West of Severn Benefice Services June 2018 West of Severn News
3rd June Trinity 1 Green Frontal Corse 8.30am Holy Communion (BCP) Deuteronomy 5.12-15 Ashleworth 9.30am Holy Communion (Sung) 2 Corinthians 4.5-12 Staunton 9.30am Holy Communion Mark 2.23-3.6 Hartpury 11.00am Holy Communion Psalm 139 shortened Tirley 11.00am Holy Communion Hasfield 12.30pm Summer Family Service & BBQ 10th June Trinity 2 Green Frontal Hartpury 8.30am Holy Communion (BCP Said) Genesis 3.8-15 Staunton (+ Corse) 9.30am Joint Family Service 2 Corinthians 4.13-5.1 Maisemore 11.00am Holy Communion Mark 3.20-35 Tirley 6.00pm BCP Evening Prayer Psalm 138 17th June Trinity 3 Green Frontal Corse 8.30am Holy Communion (BCP) Ezekiel17.22-24 Ashleworth 9.30am Holy Communion (Sung) 2 Corinthians 5.6-10, Hartpury 9.30am Toddlers’ Praise 14-17 Hartpury 11.00am Morning Prayer Mark 4.26-34 Hasfield 11.00am Holy Communion Psalm 20 Maisemore 6.30pm BCP Evening Prayer 24th June The Birth of John the White Frontal Baptist Staunton 8.30am Holy Communion (BCP) Isaiah 40.1-11 Ashleworth 9.30am Morning Prayer Acts 13.14b-26 Corse 10.00am Healing & Worship Luke 1.57-66, 80 Maisemore 11.00am Holy Communion Psalm 85.7 to end Tirley 11.00am Holy Communion June 2018
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West of Severn Benefice Services Hasfield with Tirley and Ashleworth Clergy Priest in Charge Early July 2018 John Longuet-Higgins The Rectory Over Old Road 1st July Trinity 5 Green Frontal Hartpury GL19 3BJ 01452 700965 Corse 8.30am Holy Communion (BCP) 2 Corinthians 8.7-15 [email protected] Cathedral 10.15am Steve Godsell’s Deacon Service Mark 5.21-43
www.westofsevernchurches.org.uk Corse/Staunton Village Benefice Lunch:
Hall The Godsells’ Songs of Praise
Churchwardens 3pm ish
Hasfield Mr J Meath Baker Mr E Douglas Miller Haw Farm The Old Rectory To Advertise in this Haw Bridge Hasfield Parish Magazine Tirley 01452 780305 GL19 4HJ Please contact the Editor 07595 022709 [email protected] Tirley Mrs J Clutterbuck Mrs K Creese 01452 700742 3 Bridge House Great Sandpits Tirley GL19 4HL Tirley GL19 4HF 01452 780339 01452 780271
Ashleworth Dr R J Barnes Mrs V Funnell Let’s Live: A Cancer Self Ashleworth Manor 4 Nupend Help Support Group White End Ashleworth Ashleworth GL19 4JJ David Harper, a cancer GL19 4LA 01452 700712 sufferer himself, is willing to 01452 700350 talk to and start a Clive Annetts Churchwarden Emeritus self-help group in our area, if people are interested.
Please telephone David on Please make all enquiries for Baptisms, 07905 140610 or email Magazine Editor Weddings or Funerals to John Longuet-Higgins. [email protected] Caroline Saunders Please send material for the [email protected] July 2018 magazine (by e-mail only) 01452 700742 to the Editor by June 12th 2018.
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Revd John Longuet-Higgins for the West of Severn Benefice: consisting of Ashleworth, Corse, Maisemore, Hartpury, Hasfield, Staunton and Tirley.
“So what can follow that?” Vicar’s Bit Revd John Longuet-Higgins
I write on Ascension Day…
One of the joys of writing a monthly piece is imagining what collectively we will be thinking about a month ahead. In June, there will be the football of course. And to celebrate the World Cup, the church and our three primary schools are putting on a feast of football themed fun, called ‘The Pulse Games’, held at Hartpury School on Wednesday 13th June.
Yet, because I write this piece on Ascension Day, I share inwardly the disciples’ surprise at what God has done at Easter. Jesus is alive and ‘with us’, touchable and very present, on several resurrection appearances. Like the disciples, with awe and wonder flooding through me, I ask the Lord: ‘So what can follow that?’
Christ’s Ascension led to an interregnum. With Jesus gone, the disciples asked each other:’ What would life be like when the Spirit comes in power?’
In the same way, this June, our Benefice is in a time of interregnum: God has been preparing the churches of the Benefice for the future shape of things. Notably, in recent years, we have become proficient in sharing ministry together. And, in fact, Steve Godsell asked Bishop Rachel if he might join us to train here as our curate because we have this gift of shared ministry. Jesus is promising us an empowering of the Holy Spirit as we develop this gift.
Full of the life of the risen Jesus and enlivened by the Holy Spirit, our gift for shared ministry will flourish even more as we welcome the Godsell family. TOWN STREET FARM Steve Godsell is ordained Deacon at Gloucester Cathedral 10.15am on Tirley Sunday July 1st. We have abandoned our normal Sunday church services, so we can go to the ordination service. Afterwards, we return to Corse and Staunton Village Hall. Please bring your contributions for a ‘bring and share STAUNTON CROSS GARAGE lunch”’ At the end of which we shall have a special Songs of Praise. Steve, Bed & Breakfast Tel. 01452 840201 or 840077 Debbie, Hannah and Robert will each share something of themselves and Proprietor Ian Fardon www.townstreetfarm.co.uk explain why the Song they have chosen is significant for them. We shall Light vehicle repairs, also have three Songs which reflect something of the life of our Benefice. [email protected] servicing & MOT Courtesy car free of charge (over 25’s) As I write, the Godsells have no home in any of our villages. They will use Sue & Charles Warner for now the curate’s house at Drybrook. We are looking for a three-bedroom house with a living room and study. Please contact me (01452 700965) with Call: 01452 780442 8.00am—5.00pm Monday-Friday 8.00am—1.00pm Saturday any ideas…
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The early church flourished on a life of prayer and an openness to the PARTRIDGE WINDOW leadership of the Holy Spirit. Please pray for Steve, Debbie, Hannah and CLEANING Robert, and for shared ministry to flourish in the West of Severn Benefice in WINDOWS, GUTTERS & K. SACKLYN & Co. the coming three years they are with us. CONSERVATORIES
01452 780437 or 07701 328770 High performance fibre glass And finally… flat roof systems We have heard the wonderful news of financial support for the ‘Family 20 year guarantee Development Minister’ project from the Gloucester Diocese LIFE HARTPURY UPHOLSTERY Tiling, slating & leadwork Development Fund. Whilst we still are looking for further funding from & Furniture Restoration charities, I’m continuing to share the vision of the project on a series of At Hartpury Post Office Tel/Fax: 01531 828407 Saturday socials at the Rectory. So drop over to the Rectory to catch up on Hartpury GL19 3BG Mob: 07971002410 the discussions on either: 01452 700004 or 07788 104177 www.hartpuryupholstery.co.uk Saturday 2nd June 4-6pm or Saturday 16th June 4-6pm.
Special Services in June
Sunday 3rd June 12.30pm at Hasfield Church: Summer Family Service followed by BBQ
Weddings in June Edward Gilder Contracting We offer these couples our congratulations and prayers for their life together agricultural fencing, groundworks and construction.
Saturday 9th June All types of agricultural and domestic fencing 2pm at Hartpury Church: Wedding of Thomas Gough and Hannah Wood supplied and installed. Saturday 16th June All aspects of groundworks covered including: 2pm at Hartpury Church: Wedding of Alexander Stephen and Heather Knox drainage and ditching, concreting earth moving and farm track
Saturday 30th June crushing, stabilisation & creation. 12 noon at Hasfield Church: Wedding of Jack Mulcahy and Anne Dunlop* 360 degree excavators for hire with operator. 12 noon at Hartpury Church: Wedding of Oliver Draper and Charlotte Flemons Farm buildings and livestock handling systems 2.30pm at Ashleworth Church: Wedding of William Ormond and Joanna Cooper *guest Priest: Revd Kay Mundy supplied and erected. Also top quality hay and straw available. Please contact: Edward on 07980757384
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LONGFORD FENCING & News and views from the Church in and around Gloucestershire LANDSCAPING LIMITED June 2018 Excerpt taken from The Messenger: www.gloucester.anglican.org
Living out Christ’s Love and Hope Fencing: Using sport, music and art to build relationships and share the Christian faith to include Wooden, Metal, Security, Agricultural, Canon Benjamin Preece Smith, Diocesan Secretary Sports is a really powerful force that brings people and communities together in Gates: Let us pamper your cat made to measure or standard while you’re away. a positive environment. What many don’t realise however is that modern sports Sheds: Luxury heated chalets come from a deeply Christian place: basketball was a mission programme purpose made or standard sizes with large individual runs. invented by the YMCA! The concepts of teamwork, shared endeavour, equality Bin Storage/Compost Bins/ All diets catered for: on the pitch, respect for referees, coaching and good grace in victory and defeat Cuddles for those that enjoy them, were means to bring a Christian framework to those who struggled with Trellis Work Care and respect for those that Hard Landscaping: don’t! traditional Church and learning methods. Whilst the Church drifted away from Patios/Decking/Sleeper beds & sports in the late twentieth century people did not. retaining walls 01452 678307 www.maisemorecattery.co.uk We hope you will join us (and encourage others to do so) at some of the events Contact: Phil Cockburn on and opportunities below where you can hopefully capture some of that vision 01452 500478 or for how we can share our faith and lives with this generation, through sports. mobile 07540 120356 www.longfordfencing.co.uk Sports internships at Viney Hill Christian Adventure Centre Or visit: 1A Northbrook Road, FARM FRESH Love sport? Want to gain nationally recognised outdoor qualifications? Viney Hill off Eastern Avenue, Gloucester, GL4 3DP Christian Adventure Centre is offering two residential (18+) positions and two (by McDonalds entrance) OVEN-READY CHICKENS non-residential (16+) six week positions. No experience needed. Pay £180 per LOCAL DELIVERIES week (free on-site accommodation for those 18+). The closing date for LOUISE ENGLAND Thursdays & Fridays applications is 13 June. Contact Kate Wyatt, [email protected] 01594 Lifestyle & Home Assistant Finch 01452 700318 or 700753 516162 for more information and the full application pack.
Louise provides lifestyle and home assistant services in Gloucestershire. She is like a PA for the home— Play football inside Gloucester Cathedral! 16 June, 10am to 9pm sorting things out and getting jobs done in your home Jesus fished with the fishermen and taught with the teachers; would he play quickly and efficiently. football with the footballers? We think so; in face he’d probably play in goal. Projects include de-cluttering, paperwork, help with house moves – and all of those other jobs that keep being put off (Jesus saves? Get it?). The World Cup is just around the corner and to celebrate, and you never get around to doing. we’re hosing a football tournament in the Cathedral. With a day full of football PETER FINCH Based in Tirley—please contact her mayhem, including skills demonstrations, free games and refreshments, you can if you need some assistance! Lawn & Hedge just come along or sign up your team and play for ultimate 5-a-side glory.
Call: 07770 925092 Maintenance Email: [email protected] Fully Insured More details at: www.gloucester.anglican.org/2018/football-tournament- Website: www.louiseengland.co.uk 01452 700238 cathedral/.
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Staunton & Corse Surgery Patient Group OVERTHROW PROPERTY MAINTENANCE COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL The SUMMER NEWSLETTER is now available. Pick up a copy from the Surgery, look out for a copy posted on your Parish Council or Village Hall notice board or access at Painting / Decorating , www.stauntonsurgery.co.uk and go to ‘Newsletters’. Kitchen / Bathrooms fitted, Plastering, Tiling, Plumbing, Electrics & Roofing NEW PATIENT GROUP MEMBERS NEEDED Also Hard Landscaping, Decking, We want our Patient Group to truly reflect our diverse practice population so we can Patios & Paving work with the practice on your behalf to ensure your needs are met and that any areas for improvement or development are raised and considered. If you are reading this and you are: All work guaranteed & carried out by *A parent of young children Qualified Tradesmen *A student e.g. at Hartpury College *In work Call Rob on 07836313629 or 01531 820996 *Not in work *Retired through ill-health *Have a chronic long term condition H & T PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
We would love you to join the Patient Group as our current membership is made up of ROOFING: Traditional Roofing Repair. retired patients and we are conscious that we are not necessarily aware of or meeting the Approved Specialised Flat Roofing Contractors. Gutters & Down Pipe needs of the whole practice population. Replacement or Repairs. Fascia Boards / Soffit Boards Your Patient Group Representatives: Replacement or Repair. Loft Insulations.
• Sue Knox (Chair) Hartpury FLOOD DEFENCE SYSTEMS: 24/7 Flood • Norman Davis Corse Defence Systems supplied and installed.
• John Leask Tirley PROPERTY MAINTENANCE: All types of • Malcom Harley (Vice-Chair) Corse property maintenance looked at. • Ann Watkins Redmarley No job too small No obligation quotes ALL WORK GUARANTEED • Donald Peach Corse Call Mike on 0787 6524954 or 01452 • Roger Boaler Hartpury 780474 or email [email protected] Contact Us: If you have any suggestions about how our practice might improve patient services, you can pass these to the Patient Group for consideration. Either drop a note in our Suggestion Box which is situated in the foyer at the surgery or send an email to us at Liz Clutterbuck [email protected] or call Sue Knox (Chair) on 01452 700882 Family Hairdresser & E-Newsletter: Beautician Fully Qualified Mobile If you would like to receive our newsletter by email, please let us know at Service [email protected] 01452 781046 or 0771 3518657
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Hartpury Heritage Trust RJL PLUMBING AND HEATING Events coming up at the Orchard Centre in Blackwell’s End:
OFTEC & GAS SAFE REGISTERED INCLUDING LPG Saturday 16th June: Moth night ‘morning after’ – come along from 8am, HOME (ASHLEWORTH) 01452 700692 watch the opening of the traps to see what has been attracted to the lights overnight. Toast and drinks served from 8.30am. MOBILE (24 HRS) 07804 923495 Thursday 21st June: International Make Music Day.
Come and listen to all sorts of music in the open air. The music is being co-ordinated by Rob & Gillian from May Hill, who play at the Wassail. There will be food and a bar, so bring a chair or a rug, and hopefully enjoy some CLEANIAN GLOUCESTERSHIRE’S FINE ART AUCTIONEERS Midsummer’s Day weather! Bring a picnic if you want.
CLEARLY the CLEANEST Regular fine art & antiques sales Free admission. 7pm-11pm. Stay as long as you like.
Insurance & probate valuations th nd th Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Specialist Starting 14 June, on the 2 & 4 Thursdays in the month through the 01452 344499 CALL IAN JONES of Eastnor, [email protected] summer, the Orchard Centre will be open from 2pm–5pm. Teas and
formerly of Chaceley www.chorleys.com homemade cakes will be available, and Hartpury perry, cider and apple 01531 566012, 0800 0854425 juice will be available to buy. Come and enjoy the superb setting. or 07831 332226 Give your home a fresh look. Maisemore Local History Society Touch, See, Smell and Feel the Difference On Thursday 26 April 2018, Carolyn Heighway gave an excellent illustrated talk on the Development of Gloucester Cathedral: from an abbey in c.681AD, it changed and changed again over the years. Carolyn had appeared on our television screens only two days before, on a programme on BBC4 TV – the story of Æthelflæd. An archaeologist of many years, Carolyn and her husband Richard Rob Cockburn Bryant have dedicated their lives to the history of Gloucester.
Tree and Hedge Services With a full house and eleven visitors, we completed our 20th season and, looking All Tree Work operations undertaken back over the years, I feel we have provided interesting, illuminating and Take down, Reductions, educational evenings for the members and visitors who travel from surrounding Dead wooding, Crown Lifting, Bracing Weekly Music and Movement for the under 4’s villages as well as further afield: Stonehouse, Cheltenham, Kings Stanley and Stump Grinding No commitment - Pay-as- you go! Tewkesbury. Tree and Hedge Planting Tuesday 11-12 The Old School Room, Hedge laying, trimming and reductions Highnam Community Centre In September, we begin again with our AGM on Wednesday 19 September 2018 – Firewood £60 a load Thursday 1.30-2.30 Staunton Village Hall yes, WEDNESDAY – with John Greene showing films on ‘Gloucester Memories’: Fully NPTC Qualified and We’d love to see you!
Insured scenes from the Good Old Days. With a glass of wine, we will toast the last 20 Available for parties, nursery sessions and Mobile 07787 578845 playgroups and pre schools years and look to the next 20 years! Landline 01452 700388 Ros Lane Contact 01452 702045/07753751073 [email protected] Or find us on Facebook for more details
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TV PROBLEMS? POOR PICTURE?
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New TV Aerials Freesat & Sky Installations Extra TV Points Fitted Set-Up and Installation of Equipment The third and final trial cinema evening went ahead on Saturday, 12th May Catch-Up TV Problems 2018, when ‘Hidden Figures’ was shown. It again proved a popular event, Broadband, Wi-Fi & with an audience of 49 enjoying the entertainment, as well as the Networking opportunity to mingle and chat before the film itself and in the interval. CCTV Installations GREENFIELDS As those who have been to an event are aware, we have been gathering (Incorporating Greenfields Tel. 01452 290028 Woodland of Remembrance) [email protected] opinions by way of a questionnaire, completed during the evening itself. We have had 49 returns in total and the following is a summary of the findings: We are an independent family run www.aardvarkinstallations.co.uk funeral business. We have our own private Chapel in a quiet rural CATERING · Frequency: every 6/8 weeks, excluding the summer months of June, setting. We are able to make July and August arrangements in the comfort of Ashleworth and Hasfield WI
· Interval: Is popular and about the right duration your own home and in the For family events: Christenings, · Refreshments: About right presence of your family. birthdays and funerals. We also do teas · Most popular types of film to be shown: Drama, Adventure & For burials, cremations, green for walking parties. burials in our own natural burial Comedy We will provide: ground or pre-paid funeral • A delicious homemade buffet With some 171 adults and 16 children attending Ashleworth Cinema since arrangements, please contact • A pleasant and sympathetic its first outing in February this year, the committee feel that this is a John or Christine Rowlatt on: service • At a very reasonable price venture that should continue (subject to approval from the Village Hall 01452 840460 or 0771 859 5584 day or night Committee). So, we have a provisional diary date for you for September. Please contact Carole Probyn on: 01452 700423 On Saturday, 22nd September 2018, we hope to be showing ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’, starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant, a film ?? COMPUTER PROBLEMS ?? Local Computer Solutions Provider which is both delightful and poignant, suitable for all ages. Please put this date in your diary provisionally for now and look out for notices in Broadband - Internet - Setup - Systems - Hardware - Software forthcoming issues of this magazine as well as posters around the village. Networks - Accounts - Security - Accounts
Patrick Kemple: Brangwells Farm, Haw Cross, Redmarley GL19 3JQ Thank you for your continued support of this community venture. Home 01452 840458 Mobile 07932 111704 [email protected]
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APPEAL FOR GLOUCESTER FOODBANK DONATIONS GLOUCESTERSHIRE THROUGH THE EYES OF ITS POETS The Gloucester Foodbank is part of The Trussell Trust’s network of 428 foodbanks, working to tackle food poverty and hunger in local communities. The Foodbank Network was founded in 2004 after four years of developing the original foodbank SATURDAY 7th JULY 2018 based in Salisbury. Since then The Trussell Trust has helped communities work 2pm-5pm together to launch foodbanks nationwide in a wide range of towns and cities, including Gloucester. In 2017-18, The Trussell Trust’s Foodbank Network provided Gadfield Elm House 1,332,952 three-day emergency food supplies and support to UK people in crisis. Malvern Road Of these, 484,026 went to children.
Staunton Our local foodbank relies on your goodwill and support. Over 90% of the food GL19 3PA distributed by foodbanks in the Trussell Trust network is donated by the public – that’s why food donations are absolutely vital to our ability to give everyone Music and poetry to be experienced in the beautiful garden at referred to us a balanced and nutritious three-day supply of food. Gadfield Elm House, just north to Staunton, the garden of the late Canon John Evans and now cared for by Jane, his wife. Are you able to spare any of the following non-perishable items?
Doors open at 2.00pm and at 2.30pm Adam Horovitz, poet, and • TINNED RICE PUDDING Becky Dellow, fiddle player, will perform for one hour. • TINNED FRUIT • TINNED READY MEALS Then there will be a break during which the garden can be enjoyed, • JARS OF COFFEE followed at 4.00pm by an hour’s poetry written by poets who were • LONGLIFE FRUIT JUICE born in this county or were influenced by Gloucestershire, and read • TINNED BAKED BEANS by lovers of Gloucestershire poetry including one poem read by its • SHOWER GEL composer, a young lady just 11 years old. If you are happy to drop off food donations, then Pat and Rod Riach, at Ashleworth Post Office, have very kindly agreed to act as a collection point. The Tickets are £10 with Pimms and other drinks served with donations will then be sent to the Gloucester Foodbank at: The George Whitfield refreshments during the interval in aid of the CPRE Centre, 107 Great Western Rd, Gloucester GL1 3NF. Alternatively, if you want to (Campaign to Protect Rural England) drop off donations at the Centre itself, the Foodbank opening times are as follows:
Monday 12:00-15:00 Tuesday Closed Please ring Ros Lane on 01452 527341 by Wednesday 4 July for Wednesday 12.00-15.00 further information or to reserve your place. Thursday 11.30-14.30 Friday 12.00-15.00 Saturday Closed Sunday Closed THANK YOU!
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The Bleak House Chronicles Declarations of Interest Invited All great changes are preceded by chaos.
Doesn’t time fly when you are having fun? Well that’s a hypothetical question I ask myself on a regular basis and I’m still none the wiser. All Lease of Grass Keep I know is that life’s little treats come around every year but are more expensive and sometimes difficult to find. Take for instance the annual At Ashleworth, Gloucester holiday which at Bleak House is the start of the Summer Offensive. Permanent Pasture Field near Wickridge Street Marching orders are issued and the great quartermaster in chief, none other than Mrs P (who is not to be trifled with), dusts off her 1.10 Acres known as Baggars Land compendium of battle plans and issues lists. My role in this annual event has diminished year after year on account of my total inability to be a competent crystal ball gazer or be proficient at reading the Great Untrifled With’s mind. I’m not even allowed to select the clothes I would like to take so I go nowhere near the packing lists. No: my role in Ashleworth Parochial Church Council invite all of this is the supply chain, especially the acquisition of the holiday Declarations of Interest for the lease of grass keep at spongeros i.e. the spending money. Having “worked” in a bank for nigh on 40 years, I could claim to know my way around the banking system. Baggar’ Land Well, that is what I thought: Oh deluded me! First you have to find a bank. These days they are as rare as hens’ Declarations of Interest to be sent to: teeth. Tewkesbury is a great example. I swear it was a bank when I drove past it to park my car but, when I got there, it had transformed into a Charity Coffee Shop and Wine Bar. I headed into Cheltenham Caroline Saunders where, when I worked there, there were at least 5 branches. Now Ashleworth PCC Secretary there is one. There used to be over fifty staff in that branch with a Redmire Lodge counter of at least 6 cashiers and, indeed, there was one even allocated solely for withdrawals at gun point. Customer service was paramount. Ashleworth Today, there are four machines you can withdraw money from, two into GL19 4JG which you can pay money and one that did neither but can offer to sign you up for loans and credit cards and throw in a mortgage to boot. [email protected] Foreign currency – well that’s a different matter! On my visit, they had a human being (with or without a pulse, it was difficult to say) in charge of that section and I asked for £50 of Ruritanian Spongeros, a modest 01452 700742 amount but enough to fund my daily purchase of yesterday’s English newspaper and English confectionery which you have to buy to see if it ST tastes the same. Sadly, they did not have £50 pounds worth left And received by 1 AUGUST 2018, at the latest. although I could have £100 worth or indeed £500 worth, too. Confused – I bet you are because I was totally bewildered. It turns out that Further information will be given on receipt of foreign currency is now pre-packed just like shredded wheat, declarations. cornflakes and sausages. So, it was the pre-packed amount or nothing. Being ex-staff, I was given preferential treatment and was told that, Thank you. as long as I didn’t tell anyone else, Sainsbury’s had a proper Bureau de Change in their store and they offered a better rate.
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Well I suppose you can’t have everything but at least the banks offer a totally reliable internet banking service! Rain or Shine Theatre Company present
John Price Much Ado About Nothing Still in the good old days
On Sunday June 3rd 6pm outdoors at Hartpury Village Hall Severn Vale Mobile Library - Wednesday, 27th June 2018
Tickets Adult £13, Child £6, Family (2+2) £30 12.15pm —1.15pm Ashleworth Grounds open 5pm for picnics Village Hall Car Park Tickers now on sale from Hartpury Post Office
The performance will be indoors if it is wet. HARTPURY METHODIST CHURCH Enquiries please ring 01452 700707 SATURDAY LUNCHES
First Aid and Defibrillator Training organised by Following the refurbishment of the kitchen Ashleworth and Hasfield WI
th we are pleased to announce that we will be Date: Saturday, June 9 2018
Time:10.30 am - 12 noon opening again for Saturday lunches on
Venue: Ashleworth Village Hall 2nd June 2018: 12 noon to 2 pm.
Instructor: Bridget Nulty from St John's Ambulance We will then be open for lunches on the first
Everyone is invited to take part but do let me know if you are planning on coming. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided. Saturday of each month.
A donation to St John's would be appreciated. There will be a cake and produce stall (including plants) on 2nd June. More information from Ivy Clayson 01452 700683 All are warmly welcomed.
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ASHLEWORTH SHOW – 1ST SEP 18…..TIME IS TICKING BY…..
The summer is well and truly upon us, so we hope that you are enjoying tending your produce and flowers in readiness for this year’s Ashleworth Show. For the wet days that happen over the Summer period, you can practise your culinary skills and your creative skills, with 70+ classes which will be exhibited in the main marquee. Please find the preliminary schedule on the Ashleworth Village website: www.asleworth.btck.co.uk/AshleworthVillageShow
We are delighted to have found a volunteer to coordinate the car parking and entrances. Steve Monk, with his previous experience of the Show, will be a great help. We hope that the Woodpeckers Footballers will once again help Steve out with their usual enthusiasm and discipline on the day itself. Thank you all in advance. Any other volunteers would be welcome.
We have not had a rush of ideas for mini ‘community’ activities/attractions, so do get in touch if you’d like to run a sideshow game/activity even for a short while. We would welcome ideas seen at other shows you may visit over the coming months.
The raffle tickets are now available. As far as is practicable, we have distributed some tickets to the community groups who are the usual Keep up to date with Hasfield News at www.hasfield.org.uk recipients of our surplus money for them to sell on our behalf. Thank you for that. All unsold tickets and stubs and cash can either be dropped at the Village Shop in advance of 1st Sep, or brought to the Raffle Stand on the day of the Show. We’ll be in search of helpers on the raffle stand and ‘roving’ ticket sellers soon. DON’T FORGET:
There will be a crockery smashing stall, so look out for where to drop your St Michael and All Angels Church unwanted crockery nearer to Show day. Tirley Summer Evening Concert of As usual, we will be grateful for any help setting the Showground up on the Music and Readings evening of Thurs 30th Aug, and with dismantling it immediately after the Show. If you’d like to volunteer for anything else, then just let us know – The Severnside Singers there’s always plenty to do!! (members of Philomusica of Gloucestershire and Worcestershire) Our next full Committee meeting is set for Thurs 21st Jun, so do feed in your suggestions for consideration before then. Saturday 9th June 2018 7.30pm
Light refreshments Admission Free Raffle Many thanks for your ongoing support for this fun event. Retiring Collection in aid of Tirley Church MAGGIE MITRA Chair, Ashleworth Show Committee 700098 [email protected]
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COFFEE MORNING & Tirley Library BOOK EXCHANGE Club
Next Coffee Morning & Book Exchange
Saturday 2nd June 2018
Tirley Church: 10.00 to 11.30am
Please come and join us for a coffee or tea and a chat, and support Shaun and the Traidcraft Stall.
Books are always available on the bookshelves in the Church. Tirley Church serving the local community
QUILTS IN THE GARDEN
NEWENT QUILTERS present An Exhibition of their Work in the Unique Setting of the National Trust’s Westbury Court Garden Westbury-on-Severn, Glos. GL14 1PD
Sunday 10th June 2018 10.30am to 4.00pm
National Trust Admission Charges Apply
See: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/westburycourtgarden
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Ashleworth and Hasfield WI public or ordinary water courses – that is, almost anything carrying water Notes from meeting 1st May 2018 that is not a private sewer, a highway drain, a ditch adjoining private land Speaker: Peter Wyton Performance Poet and thus the responsibility of the riparian land owner or a main river. Under delegated powers contained in a section of the Land Drainage Act Peter Wyton diverted us with his witty poems which he performs regularly (1991), some responsibilities have been delegated to Tewkesbury across Gloucestershire and on local radio stations. As we were having a Borough Council. Where an ordinary water course such as a ditch, stream or culvert is identified, the responsibility lies with the riparian land owner, celebratory dinner, he chose poems on the theme of food: other subjects that is, the owner of the land adjoining the water course. Only in cases included the ‘Ladies of the Charity Shop’ and the ‘Noisy Library’. The where the owner is TBC or GCC would this then become the responsibility meeting particularly liked his poems with a local flavour about of TBC. The Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) Highways ‘Report It’ Gloucestershire, its rich social history and the River Severn which he can be found at: https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/roads-parking-and- described as a ‘rogue river, disdaining all retraining orders by bursting its rights-of-way/roads/report-it/ and their emergency number is 08000 514514. banks and being a lamb in summer and a lion in winter’. He recited poems about well-known local characters of the County Flooding of any sort can be extremely damaging and dangerous and we including Tweedy the Clown, Laurie Lee and Adam Henson. should all do our utmost to report it promptly. Unfortunately, it is sometimes Peter had his books for sale at the meeting and said he loved writing his not a clear-cut issue as to who is responsible and disputes between poems, entertaining people and keeping busy at Gloucester Royal Hospital. neighbours are not unknown. Please go through the agencies listed above One of his heroes is Edward Jenner whose statue is at Gloucester Cathedral to seek resolution of water problems. but did not have enough recognition, according to Peter. He was thanked for being our entertaining after dinner speaker to the joint meeting of Ashleworth and Hartpury members.
Country Dancing in Apperley Carole Bowe Find us on Facebook: Apperley Country dancing seems to be going from strength to https://en-gb.facebook.com/Ashleworth-Hasfield-WI-716607531753434/ strength - very good attendances recently, especially March Next Meeting: June 5th 2018 @ 7.30pm and April! We are having different callers each month, so as a result our dancers (and the band!) are getting to try new dances Speaker: Gloucestershire Air Ambulance and tunes. New members always welcome Next dates are: June 28th and July 26th
(No dance in August). ASHLEWORTH LUNCH CLUB Still only £3 each, with children and spectators free, 2 - 4pm, At The Memorial Hall, Ashleworth no need to book, just turn up. Next date: Info: 01452 780401 [email protected] Wednesday, 13th June 2018 Booking: Amanda Chamberlayne 01452 700241
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Water, Water Everywhere…. If there is one thing that crops up on the Ashleworth Parish Council’s (APC) News from Plant Sale, Open Garden agenda every year, it is the problems with excess water – water flooding and Art Exhibition th across a road and getting dangerously close to driveways and doorsteps, Held on Sunday, 13 May 2018 at Ashleworth Manor drains spilling water out along the highway, sewerage pumping stations unable to cope and ditches blocked and unable to cope with any substantial amount of rain. Jeremy and Mary Barnes would like to pass on their As with many things, the Parish Council has very few powers in this regard heartfelt thanks to all those who made this event so and local residents would raise their concerns far more effectively by successful: both helpers and visitors. contacting the appropriate people. But who are the appropriate people for The result was the best ever, in perfect weather the different types of flooding? After several conversations with the likes of conditions, raising a magnificent profit of Severn Trent Water Authority (STWA), the flood risk management engineer £1488.60 for Christian Aid. Thank you all! from Tewkesbury Borough Council (TBC), Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) Highways department and the Environment Agency, APC is keen for all local residents to know the contact details for the different agencies which deal with the different types of problems. If incidents are not reported, then often no action will be taken and, increasingly, it is the number of times that certain incidents are reported which will trigger effective action from the appropriate agency. And most importantly, take a photo and submit that as the evidence. 1. Call the Environment Agency to report: A blockage, for example a fallen tree COFFEE MORNING MEET-UP Collapsed or badly damaged river or canal banks TIRLEY VILLAGE HALL Unusual changes in river flow th Flooding from the Severn WEDNESDAY 20 JUNE AT 10.30am Their 24 hour Incident Hotline is 0800 807060. Their web site is: https:// COFFEE, TEA, CAKES & RAFFLE www.gov.uk/report-an-environmental-incident. 2. If the problem has any of the following, it is likely to be the responsibility of Severn Trent Water (STW): Your property and others are experiencing sewer flooding There is foul debris, such as toilet paper and sanitary products, in the water The flooding is coming from a public sewer and/or manhole. You can call their incident number - 0800 783 4444 - at any time of day or night. The STW ‘Report a Problem’ page can be found at: https:// www.stwater.co.uk/in-my-area/report-a-problem/. This enables you to provide plenty of detail about the incident. Please be aware that if the leak from the drain is within your property boundary, it may be your A SMALL CHARGE FOR REFRESHMENTS responsibility. Please call to reserve your place 01452 780966/ 01452 780441 3. In 2012, Gloucestershire County Council became the Lead Local We need to know you are coming so we can cater for all Flood Authority under the Flood and Water Management Act (2010) with WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE responsibilities for managing flood risk from surface water, groundwater and
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Severnsiders Senior Citizens Club We started the meeting with Sue Woodthorpe announcing that we had a full complement of members in attendance, although the numbers are Sir Edward Massey, MP for Gloucester in 1660, somewhat depleted as we have lost a few old friends this year. With this in was successful in defending Gloucester mind, we would like to invite some more of you to join us each month and during the siege of 1643. enjoy a beautifully cooked meal, among friendly people, and with entertainment too: just ring 01452 780610 and all will be arranged.
Suggestions were invited for venues for the July outing and then it was on to Maj. Gen. Sir Edward Massey the important task of enjoying lunch. After the raffle, we were introduced to our Speaker Greg Smith who is a Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Gloucester. Civil War Hero, Traitor or Greg arrived in Apperley in September 1997 to take up his new position as Opportunist? Principal of Gloucester College. It did not take him long to realise that the College had 40,000 students and a severe money problem. This necessitated some difficult decision making and the need to make 200 staff Discover the facts about this intriguing character who redundant, as well as selling off some land to raise funds for a new College. Greg helped to set up an Urban Regeneration Company for Gloucester, rode and strode across our local landscape which enabled a new College at the then run down Gloucester Docks to be during the English Civil War. built, and to invite other Companies to invest in the improvements to the Richard Graham will be sharing with us his latest area. The whole enterprise was a huge success and, in 2010, Greg was research into this period of our local history during an asked to become one of the 30 Deputy Lord Lieutenants of Gloucester. Before this could happen though, the ‘non-disapproval’ of the evening of food and entertainment in: Queen had to be sought! Her Majesty must have approved in the end as she officially opened the College and then enjoyed a meal which was The Old Chapel by Hartpury Church cooked and served by the students. As the Deputy Lord Lieutenant in Friday 15thJune, 7pm for 7.30pm attendance on the day, it was Greg’s job to accompany the Queen and the Duke on a boat and chat to them for at least 20 minutes. I am sure he did not have any difficulty there. Richard Graham, MP for Gloucester, The Deputy Lord Lieutenant’s position involves giving out awards, attending was founder of the Gloucester History Festival Citizenship Ceremonies, recommending candidates for honours and and chairs the Gloucester History Trust. invitations to the Queen’s famous Garden parties, among other things. 700 million pounds of investment was attracted to the Docks as a result of the regeneration scheme for Gloucester Dock and Quays, and deservedly Tickets £10 to include 2 course supper won a National Award. Greg was given an honorary Doctorate from the University of Gloucester and was granted the Freedom of the City of Gloucester. With the latter Cash Bar comes the right to drive his sheep through the city. Does this mean that we will see him practicing his sheep herding skills down Gabb Lane any time Tickets available from: soon, while he plans novel ways of entertaining Her Majesty, should she visit the area? We enjoyed hearing about Greg’s career in Gloucestershire and look Eileen Magee 01452 700353 forward to hearing from him again. Mary McGhee 01452 700347
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