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Photo -Carole Snook, Urchfont

A magazine forthecommunities of Chirton, Conock,Lydeway, Marden, Patney, Stert,Urchfont,We dhampton JUNE2 020 and Wilsford £1 1 Let’s all be nonagenarians

My maternal grandmother died it on you could get yourself a drink when I was 3½ years old, so we are in the �me it took to warm up. talking more than half a century ago now. She had been ill for a li�le Well if I though we were posh while and I have very clear when we got a telephone I knew we memories of her and going and were posh when we got a television seeing my grandparents who lived it had a massive 14” black and on the East side of Reading about white screen and, like radio, it 60 miles from my parental home, a worked off VHF and had 405 lines to big journey in those days. make up its picture; it was magic. My earliest memory of what I During my grandmother’s illness watched were Churchill’s funeral. I remember my parents inves�ng in Later momentous events I two items of technology to make remember were the Mexico things easier. Firstly we got a phone Olympics in 1968 and of course Neil installed. We had a party line, Armstrong walking on the moon remember those, so you had to pick live, I wrote about that last year. Spectrum which was the most the phone up carefully as there powerful computer I had access to, might be someone already on the The television was purchased outperforming the computers we line. The phone was there so that in from “Smith’s Radio” the Radio and had access to in the Physics an emergency my grandfather TV shop in the village, can you department. I wrote the so�ware could contact us. He also phoned imagine a Television shop in one of for my 3rd year project on that when there wasn’t an emergency our villages now a days? Mr Smith computer, so it wasn’t just a toy! but he didn’t have a phone himself. was part of a family who had owned businesses in the village for I feel very fortunate to have had To make a call my grandfather a number of genera�ons and we access to this technology and the would go to the house next door got to know him very well as main point is that I was also very but one, that became a well-known changing electrical valves in our TV aware that I was in a minority of phrase of my early childhood “next became a regular event. Mr Smith people who had such access in door but one”, the house two doors had a good business in those days. those early years. It wasn’t that my down. My grandfather would then parents were rich, we never went phone from there and I presume we So,because of my grandmother’s on foreign holidays for example, it would then phone him back to that illness, we ended up on what felt was really my grandmother who the neighbours bill wasn’t impacted like the cu�ng edge of technology. prompted my parents to make the too badly. We had a telephone (yes with a party line but a telephone) and we decision to adopt these When we wanted to phone my had a huge 14” black and white technologies sooner than later. grandfather my parents would television. Admi�edly by the �me I Even quite recently we used to phone “next door but one” the le� primary school about half the ask people if they had a telephone people there (I must ask my mother children came from families with number expec�ng many to say no. what their names where, I used to television and one family even had Now a days we just ask “what’s know them but I’ve forgo�en) colour. Having a telephone was your number?” and I cannot would then go and get my becoming fairly common too. remember a couple talking to me grandfather. We would put the about a wedding or a bap�sm who phone down and call back 10 Even when I had le� university have not given me a mobile number minutes later giving him �me to get most of my friends didn’t have a in response to that ques�on in the to the phone. personal phone line for a few years a�er we graduated. I didn’t get a last 10 years. We’ve nearly got to Well that was posh enough, phone un�l I’d been out of the same situa�on with e-mail, having our own phone at home, but university for nearly 5 years and soon we will just ask people what when my grandmother came to that was in the late 1980’s. I had their e-mail address is and be stay that was the excuse to get the bought a black and white portable surprised if they don’t have one. second bit of high tech, a television. television in the upper sixth at I’m very aware that over the last My uncle had a television and I school but the excuse for that was months we have become even could remember marvelling at it, it that I needed it as a monitor for my more dependent on the Internet. was like the radio but with pictures. Sinclair ZX81 and then when I went This hasn’t been a sudden change, It had an amazing 4” black and to university I upgraded to a Sinclair over a number of years services white screen and when you turned have moved online and it has

2 become more and more difficult to and other informa�on and pushed We are at one of those points of do some things other than via the those through people’s doors who massive change and we move into a Internet. Taxing a car, submi�ng don’t have Internet access so they new way of doing things that we our Tax returns, doing our banking can at least be kept in the know. won’t fully understand un�l we get and many many other aspects of there but as things change we will, daily life are moving online. The last When I was a child it was cost as has happened in the past, leave couple of months have just that prevented people having a some behind and we should be accelerated that. phone (does my mum really believe aware of this and also aware that me when I tell her that on her new it’s okay to decide not to adopt I’ve had many mee�ngs online contract she has infinite phone calls and few days go by without me and text messages? It’s not so long something new. being part of a video call or ago that she kept phone calls to just Everyone who I have ever know conference and I’m fully expec�ng a few minutes because of the who was 90 years old or older (and that a good number of mee�ngs perceived cost). Now few people at one point I knew 6 people over that I’ve been used to going to have don’t have a phone and it’s amusing 100) have had one thing in common effec�vely permanently moved on that mobile phone calls are cheaper and that has been their a�tude to line. I’ve had at least three mee�ngs than land line calls for most people. technology. They’d looked at it and online that would have taken me a Most people only keep a physical asked themselves if they wanted to whole day or more. One was due to line for Internet access. be bothered. If they have, they have be in Salisbury, one in London and But there are people who don’t taken it on-board and made the another was to be a 24 hour most of it; I’ve known many people residen�al mee�ng in Yorkshire. The have access to the Internet and it’s not likely to be cost that is the issue in their 90’s who thought their first took 3 hours the second and smartphone was just brilliant and third took 2 hours and the last one but that it’s just one more thing to learn to do. I quite understand this. were up with all the latest Apps. saved the organisa�on £1800 in Others have decided they were not costs. I’m certain that my grandparents wouldn’t have bothered with the going to be bothered with it and What is obvious is that we are phone in the early 1960’s if it hadn’t they’ve not worried about it and let not heading to ‘going back to been for keeping in touch with a it go. normal’ we are moving to a new family that was spread over quite a It tends to be the young who way of doing so many things in our distance. I grew up in a community worry about new technology and in daily lives. Over the last months where no one I knew had rela�ves this context a young person is Joanna and I have been saying living within 40 miles. anyone in their 80’s or younger. morning prayer, joined by others The Church has always used the Perhaps we need to learn from each day, via video conferencing. those nonagenarians and be On no occasion have we been on latest technology; le�ers in the �me of the New Testament and relaxed about technology. We can our own and we are normally joined adopt it or let it pass us by, as long by at least half a dozen other controversially the prin�ng press in th as we make an informed decision people. I expect that this is how we the 15 Century which helped fuel the reforma�on. Telephones and and find a way to keep accessing the are going to join in daily prayer from message by whatever means we now on. even Television in many parts of the world in the 20th Century and from feel comfortable with. Always of Our streamed Sunday services the 1980’s the Internet. course tes�ng the validity of that a�ract about 25 streams which I message. Fake news isn’t just on guess are watched by at least 50 With the adop�on of all these the Internet! people and that is live, others watch technologies it has been the later. It’s es�mated that perhaps as message that has been important many people again watch later in but the means that might have the day, so we may have a caused the problem. The New congrega�on of about 100 people! Testament le�ers being transferred Keep safe, keep well and keep We are also aware that some via the Roman postal system. The relaxed about technology! prin�ng press enabling a regular a�enders of our online Richard Cur�s Sunday services are people who congrega�on to read what the Bible have not been able to a�end church said rather being told what it said regularly but who can do virtually. by the priest; leaving disadvantaged those who could not read. Television PS. I’ve just no�ced that since I We are having to think about how know we are only going to produce we are going to look a�er our enabling people to rela�vely cheaply reach a huge audience if electronic copies of the magazine virtual congrega�on when we can this month to prevent pu�ng get back into Church. they had access to at least a community television. And now the people at risk that I’ve But in all of this I am very aware Internet enabling us to get our subconsciously not worried about that there are some people out message out to people all over the my word count!!! there who don’t have access to the world (the furthest person joining us Internet and who are le� out of all for worship lives in the North East as this. I’ve been very grateful to those far as we are aware) but leaving out in our villages who have printed of those without access. Sunday service sheets, grapevine

3 Poetry please Most of us will have heard of Pam Ayres MBE , an English poet, comedian, songwriter and presenter of radio and television programmes. Elaine Bancro� has sent us a new poem of Pam’s, wri�en specifically for people of a certain age during the crisis in our lives. I think we can all iden�fy with the content - enjoy !

I'm normally a social girl IsolationBut Poem to bury us before we're dead I love to meet my mates Is like a red rag to a bull. But lately with the virus here We can't go out the gates. So here you find me stuck inside For 4 weeks, maybe more You see, we are the 'oldies' now I finally found myself again We need to stay inside Then I had to close the door! If they haven't seen us for a while They'll think we've upped and died. It didn't really bother me I'd while away the hour They'll never know the things we did I'd bake for all the family Before we got this old But I've got no bloody flour! There wasn't any Facebook So not everything was told. Now Ne�lix is just wonderful I like a gutsy thriller We may seem sweet old ladies I'm swooning over Idris who would never be uncouth Or some random sexy killer. But we grew up in the 60s If you only knew the truth! At least I've got a stash of booze For when I'm being idle There was sex and drugs and rock 'n roll There's wine and whiskey, even gin The pill and miniskirts If I'm feeling suicidal! We smoked, we drank, we par�ed And were quite outrageous flirts. So let's all drink to lockdown To recovery and health Then we se�led down, got married And hope this bloody virus And turned into someone's mum, Doesn't decimate our wealth. Somebody's wife, then nana, Who on earth did we become? We'll all get through the crisis And be back to join our mates We didn't mind the change of pace Just hoping I'm not far too wide Because our lives were full To fit through the flaming gates!!!

Do you have a favourite poem you could share with us ? Just give us the �tle and why you enjoy it , we will do the rest! [email protected]

The front cover picture this month was taken by Carole Snook. The cow is a one year old Aberdeen Angus. He didn’t have a name ... simply called “Angus” As he had been in the ca�le building from November to March and had been fed ca�le ra�ons, he was probably hoping for something at the garden gate whilst Carole was hanging out the washing. Time is of the essence in such a situa�on to get a picture like this!!

4 WILSFORDWILSFORDWILSFORD VIL VILLAGENEWSLAGE NEWS NEWS While on the subject of recreating the past, last week saw the popular Dear Wilsfordians, historian and TV presenter Dan Snow It’smoreofapostcardfromWilsfordthisweek, visit Wilsford to film The Chatterer Wilsforders,justtokeepusuptodatewithvillage talking about The Titanic. gossip. He stayed all day and filmed First of all, VE Day. What marvellous weather and a great Edwardian cars as well as a painting excuse to celebrate in these grange times, albeit whilst and original photographs of The also social distancing. Titanic. Thank you to Clarissa and the PCC for a fabulous display of flowers on the gates of the Church, as well and celebratory flags all the way along the village verges. These stoked up a patriotic mood and an impromptu party developed outside The Malt House where villagers - two meters apart at all times, of course - partied the afternoon away to the strains of Vera Lynn on the gramophone. The Chatterer had his WW1 dispatch riders’ Norton motorbike out, complete with blackout headlights, as well as the 1933 Wolseley and villagers really got into the Victory in Europe Day spirit. Mrs Chatterer also donned her 1940’s dress and hairstyle, so to speak, and we began the festivities with cream tea in the garden:

In sad news, this week has seen the passing of three important people in the village. Mrs Nutland from Cuttenham Farm, Tim Halton from Mulberry Cottage and Margaret’s brother, Terry, all passed away within one week of each other. Our thoughts are with their families at this very sad time and we thank them all for their contribution to village life and cheery friendship. On that very sad note, that’s all we’ve got time for this week, Wilsforders, except to leave you with this sketch from our very own Michelangelo, We were delighted that Helen could join us. This was her bemoaning the fact that we can have second VE Day, the first being when she was a teenager in no Wilsford Flower Show this year 1945. Helen danced away to Glenn Miller, as Union Flags fluttered in the warm breeze. But perhaps the villager who got most into the festive spirit was Christopher, who climbed over the fence onto the road from the paddock in full WW2 battle dress and asked: “Is it over yet!”. He also carried with him, not only the glamorous Theresa, but also a bag full of hats; from Russian military hats to French ones - the man of many hats then proceeded to entertain the crowd with vignettes of imagined scenes from the War, while we listened to Churchill broadcasting “live” to the nation on a period “Bush” radio, also in the garden. A good time was had by all, as Wilsforders wandered by and joined in the gentle festivities, albeit two metres apart at all times. Until next time, The Chatterer

5 Don’t Delay Seeking Medical Help Because of Coronavirus

People living in Wiltshire are being advised not to the toilet, or if you’ve found a lump that wasn’t let worries about coronavirus stop them asking for there previously, or if you’ve just noticed medical help for themselves or their children if something odd that is causing you to worry, you they become ill, have a serious accident or have a need to speak to your GP. concern about their health. “Should the symptom be the early warning sign of They are also being warned that not seeking something serious like cancer, that delay in seeking medical help for symptoms that could be the early help could have serious implications for how warning signs of serious conditions such as cancer successful possible treatments may be.” could be putting lives at risk. Although GP practices across the region have The warning comes as new data shows a adopted new ways of working, such as establishing considerable drop in the number of people coming isolated clinics for potential coronavirus patients, forward to ask their GP for help and advice during the practices themselves are still open to offer the coronavirus outbreak. care, treatment, advice and peace-of-mind. Recent statistics show that, in Bath alone, the total The same also goes for emergency departments at number of weekly referrals from GPs to the Royal the three hospitals in Bath, Swindon and Salisbury, United Hospital have fallen from around 2,000 at all of which continue to be open 24 hours a day for the beginning of March to 300 at the end of April. people with a genuine and life-threatening health In Swindon, the average number of patients being concern. sent by their GP to the Great Western Hospital for Additionally, all healthcare facilities in the region, further investigations into symptoms that suggest as well as those elsewhere in the country, have put cancer each week has dropped by more than 200 in place stringent infection control measures to to 80. ensure that the risk of contracting coronavirus Dr Ruth Grabham, Medical Director at BaNES, while visiting a hospital or GP surgery remains low. Swindon and Wiltshire CCG, said the statistics Details of which services continue to open, as well made for worrying reading because the drop in as how to get in contact, can be found online by numbers“is not because people are not visitingL;www.bswccg.nhs.uk experiencing symptoms.” For information about local hospital services visit; “While it may seem that coronavirus has put a stop to most aspects of everyday life, the one thing it https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/ hasn’t stopped is what’s going on inside our ,www.gwh.nhs.ukwww.salisbury.nhs.uk bodies,” she says. “Now more than ever, we need Further information on how to stay well to pay attention to anything that isn’t normal and throughout the coronavirus outbreak can be found seek help early on. at;www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19 . “For example, if you notice blood when going to

Mobile Library Dates

� Suspended un�l further no�ce.

� The libraries may be physically closed but there are s�ll FREE library resources (it's not just eBooks) available 24/7 online. The John Johnson Collec�on is a wealth of informa�on from the Bodleian Library offering unique insights into everyday life in Britain in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. For more informa�on, visit: h�p://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/libraries-online-resources

6 Chirton and Conock Parish Council CHIRTON Website:h�ps://www.chirtonandconock-pc.org.uk CONCERTS 2020 Concert Programme

Held in the perfect se�ng of the 12th Century church of Parish councillors: St John the Bap�st, there is something for everyone in the 2020 programme. David Harmes - Chair: 01380 848075 Paul Mills - Vice Chair: 07793022390 Subject to change Phillipa Radford-Howes: 7531085283 I hope that the Concert on 11th July, the Daunt Trio Lynn Organ: 7841190888 [Bassoon, Flute & Clarinet] will go ahead; I will of course Neil Warburton: 01380 840 624 let you know as soon as I can. The Concerts on 19th Gerald Lanfear: 01380 848120 September [Flute & Guitar] is firm at the moment as is Vacancy IF A RESIDENT HAS A PROBLEM OR CONCERN ABOUT the Concert on 10th October, the Edington Ensemble, ANYTHING IN THE PARISH - PLEASE CONTACT THE PARISH always very popular. CLERK in the first instance. Thank you Clerk: Susannah Lampard clerk@chirtonandconock- 11th July—Summer Concert pc.org.uk; 01380 840073 Details to be confirmed Responsible Financial Officer: Sharon Prance: Saturday 19th September—Dreams & Stories [email protected] Women Composers of the World Parish Council Mee�ngs - Virtual mee�ngs will be held Saturday 10th October–Edington Ensemble during the Corona outbreak String trios by Haydn, Beethoven and Klein All concerts are at 6 p.m. Minutes of the mee�ngs AND DATES are posted on parish no�ce boards and on the parish website -h�ps:// Full details of each concert at www.chirton.net www.chirtonandconock-pc.org.uk/council-members/mee�ngs/ Tickets are priced at £17.50 and include a glass of wine or a The Agenda for meetings will be publicised on the Parish so� drink in the interval. noticeboards, the Parish Council website (https:// www.chirtonandconock-pc.org.uk)the Chirton Community Formoreinforma�onandtobuyyourseason �ckets,pleasecontact: Facebook pageso do please keep checking as extraordinary Anthony Mather, Chirton Concerts meetings may sometimes need to be arranged. The Horsehoes, Chirton, Devizes SN10 3QR Tel: 01380 840261 Email: [email protected] DOG Thank you to all the dog owners and walkers who OR PUP clean up a�er their dogs. Unfortunately there are s�ll some PICK IT owners that don't pick up a�er their COVID-19 RESPONSE & SUPPORT dog(s), so the Parish Council have UP purchased some small signs that had been placed around the parish to remind all to clear up a�er their dog. Home Delivery services (online & telephone) Shopping: Wehavebeautifulwalksinandaround Plank’s Dairy - 01380 828600 ourparishsoplease letusallkeepthem cleanandwellkeptforeveryonetoenjoy. Plank’s Farm Shop, Lydeway - 01380 848691 Thank you. The Heritage Drive -Thru Company - 01380 860968 - www.heritagefinefoods.co.uk 5 a day box (vegetables & dairy) - BOOK SWAP/ www.5adaybox.co.uk PHONE BOX C W Butchers, The Bri�ox, Devizes - 01380 738094 Out of ac�on un�l further no�ce. Prescrip�ons: Sorry! Pharmacy2U - h�ps://www.pharmacy2u.co.uk Look out for a possible Well Repeat NHS Prescrip�ons – phone app move of Newspapers. If this is necessary a note will be put on the phone box.

7 CHIRTON & CONOCK PARISH COUNCIL

Summary of Minutes of the Mee�ng of Chirton & Conock Parish Council Held on Tuesday 14th April 2020 at 7.15pm Online via Zoom Susannah Lampard, Clerk to the Council: [email protected] .uk

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Introduc�on by Chair – Adop�on of Neil Warburton proposedPaul Mills for bun�ng and music, neighbours Mee�ng Format and C-19 Governance Elec�on as Vice Chair, seconded by celebrated, whilst maintaining social David Harmes. There were no further distance. Thank you for all those who The Chair opened the mee�ng by proposals and PM was unanimously sent photos, including Phillippa Radford- thanking all a�endees for joining online Howes. and re-iterated the following elected as Vice Chair of the Parish statement: Council for 2020/21. In September we welcomed Sharon ‘As a result of the introduc�on of ‘The Prance as RFO. SP supports the PC with Local Authori�es and Police and Crime Finance: great energy and standards. Panels Regula�ons 2020 (LO1-20)’, Resolved – Councillors approved the PC Parish Council’s are now permi�ed to Cash Book and Bank Reconcilia�on Thanks to Councillor Paul Oatway, who conduct their mee�ngs electronically. statement to 30 th April 2020 which con�nues to provide his valued support This legisla�on has been introduced un�l showed a net balance of £17,791. to the PC on planning issues and notably May 2021. Rather than cancel our Resolved – Councillors approved the an appeal to CATG regarding the re- mee�ngs during this �me, the PC has Village Hall Cash Book and Bank instatement of a footpath in front of the decided to hold its mee�ngs following th the normal schedule. Reconcilia�on statement to 30 April former Old Yeoman Pub. The welcome The agenda for each mee�ng will be 2020 which showed a net balance of news from PM was that a topographic posted, in advance, on the Parish Council £1,200.17p survey was scheduled and we await the website (h�ps://www.chirtonandconock- Resolved – RFO confirmed that as a report. Construc�on work under traffic pc.org.uk) and in physical form, on our smaller local Authority that no external signal, is due 5th-15th October 2020. no�ceboards. No�fica�on of the audi�ng or limited assurance review is The A342 which was in such a poor state mee�ng will also be posted on the Parish required and our expenditure does not of repair with regular complaints being Council Facebook page (h�ps:// exceed £25,000 for review by external made by the community to the Clerk www.facebook.com/ChirtonandConock) and Councillors, about how dangerous and shared on Chirton Community Life auditors. (h�ps://www.facebook.com/groups/ Resolved -AnnualSubscrip�ondue the road was, especially in February chirton/ ). 31 st July 2020. £163.57 Membership to 2020, was given Cllr PO’s full backing. The mee�ngs will be held using the WALC & NALC. He has secured funds and A342 works ‘Zoom’ applica�on. Apps for Zoom are Resolved - £6,300 has been received are subsequently due under traffic available for both Apple and Android/PC from Wiltshire Council as the First half of control Signal this Summer 2020. products, free of charge. The mee�ng ID our Precept for this financial year number and password will be available RFO confirmed also that the internal • PC Vacancy – 2 poten�al Candidates from the Parish Clerk in advance – 01380 Audit will be going ahead next month. suitable for the role of Councillor. 840073 or clerk@chirtonandconock- It was agreed at this point that we use Candidates to be advised of a next steps pc.org.uk in terms of online mee�ng. As is normal, parishioners and press are zoom for mee�ngs for the foreseeable future and plan to sign up. • Defibrillator – Ba�eries replaced and welcome to a�end. Please note: there is tes�ng done a specific agenda point for representa�ons/ques�ons from • Grants for PPE – it was decided that Members of the Public and visitor mics Agree Councillors’ roles and this would not be a requirement. will only be unmuted at this �me. responsibili�es for 2020/21 • Phone Box – 2nd Quota�on MB Mee�ng visitors are required to raise Joinery £840 +VAT and £200 +VAT, to fit their hand (either visually or u�lising the and Paint. We await a third quote. Zoom op�on) to request to speak. Mics Resolved – the following was agreed • Foodbank – Thank you to all those are to be kept on mute on at all �mes Data Protec�on Officer W who kindly donated to Devizes unless visitors are asking a ques�on or A�end Area Board, Quarterly LO/GL FoodBank via the church porch, making a representa�on. organised and delivered by Lynn As per the 'Standing Orders' of the A�end PCAP LO/GL/PM Bridewell. Council, the �me designated for public A�end CATG PM par�cipa�on shall not exceed 10 minutes Decisions on Planning Applica�on and a member of the public shall not Footpaths PC (previously circulated) speak for more than 3 minutes. Any 20/03747/TCA 56 The Street ques�ons raised shall not necessarily be Covid-19 Steering Group DH/PM/PRH answered at the mee�ng and the Simon Hall & David Clements Applica�on is to reduce height of 1 tree Chairman can direct a subsequent and remove others. Further informa�on wri�en or oral response at his discre�on. The Clerk noted how different this provided by the resident that one tree is If there are any confiden�al ma�ers to dead, one is in danger of falling and two be discussed, parishioners and press will mee�ng looks from last year due to Covid-19 but thanks all Parish others are causing overcrowding. not be granted access. Replan�ng will occur in the future. The The legisla�on does not extend to Councillors who, within the guidelines applica�on was supported/approved. Annual Parish Open Mee�ngs, this and with their collec�vewillingness and Mee�ng has been cancelled.’ knowledge; have enabled us to con�nue mee�ng. Confirmed dates for future mee�ngs Paul Mills proposed David Harmes for The next Parish Council Mee�ng (online The Neighbourhood Volunteers and mee�ng details to be advised in due Elec�on as Chair, seconded by Neil organisers within the Community are to course) Warburton. There were no further be thanked for their hard work, this is 9th June 2020 proposals and DH was unanimously gratefully appreciated and is on-going. 7th July 2020 Elected as Chair of the Parish Council for Victory in Europe Day on Friday the 8th year 2020/21. May 2020 was marked with flags, The mee�ng closed at 20:55 8 Dear Friends of Chirton School,

Our school is very busy and vibrant in this ‘new’ normal. Fi�y seven online learning journals on Tapestry show an impressive range of home learning and we con�nue to really encourage our families to upload the English, Maths and topic work that is set weekly, so that we can support the excellent work that they are achieving, and give feedback and comments to support pupil progress. It’s also been wonderful to see the addi�onal learning taking place and so many of them enjoying the outdoors and sunshine.

We celebrated VE Day in school with a delicious a�ernoon tea picnic, homemade bun�ng, union jacks, shared memories and music echoing through the village - ‘We’ll meet again…’ One of our villagers wanted to contact the school to ask if we could turn up the volume as it was such a special celebra�on!

Forest School con�nues and we have really enjoyed seeing the lush new growth, wild flowers and hearing the bird song during our outdoor learning. We have a new animal family se�ling in under Courage class. Mr. Parmenter, with the help of a night vision camera, has confirmed that we have Badgers on roll at our school! Our Forest School is an inspira�onal provision that offers our children the opportunity to achieve and develop confidence and self-esteem through hands-on learning experiences in a woodland environment. It is a specialised learning approach that sits within and complements the wider context of outdoor and woodland educa�on. The 6Rs (rela�onships, resilience, resourcefulness, respect, responsibility and reflec�veness) underpin our forest school pedagogy where children are challenged to solve problems, develop their crea�vity and interests.

Chirton School coupled with Chirton & Conock Parish Council organised a food dona�on event for Devizes Foodbank, to assist them in helping those most in need in the wider community. During these very challenging �mes, demand for foodbank assistance is greater than ever. Many thanks to everyone who donated, the foodbank were delighted with the wide range of foods and toiletries.

Very best wishes, Anna Woodman Headteacher

100 Club Winners May £25 – Mr. & Mrs. Withers, £10–Mrs.TCannon,£10–MissIvyBridewell £5 – Mrs. S Jones June £25 – Mrs. H Forshaw, £10–Mrs.LisaBridewell,£10–Mrs.VMorrison, £5 – Mrs. D Mouncher

9 A me�age to our children

We want you to know that. We mi� you. We miss your energy. We miss seeing you learn. We miss making a difference. We miss being able to navigate you through the good and bad �mes. We miss you op�mism, your love of life and your willingness to have a go We miss seeing all that you are capable of. Our school may be quiet and some of our classrooms empty… But you are not forgo�en Every day we think about how you are managing. We are planning work for you that you can find fulfilling and rewarding. We are finding new ways to help you cope with the challenges you are facing. We will be ready for you. We are looking forward to hearing your laughter and the hum of conversa�on Soon we will be a community again. We will help you process what has happened and find a way forward. We cared for you long before this, we want to care for you through this and we will care for you a�er this is all over. But until then, show the world what we see in you.. Little School Be determined. Be courageous. Be kind. Be helpful and bring joy to others. We may be in our own homes….. But you s�ll belong to our community. We miss you and look forward to seeing you soon. And remember. We are the li�le school with the big heart Big Heart 10 Julia’s walk around Chirton captured the community’s celebra�ons

Katherine celebrated VE Day with homemade bun�ng and picnic in the garden whilst Jenny’s 9year old son Finley made paper bun�ng for their window Phillippa and horse looking splendid for the celebra�ons MARDENMARDEN VILL VILLAGEAGE NEWS NEWS

Marden has been ac�ve during the lockdown with As we are all doing so much more walking these days, it con�nuing clapping for the NHS on Thursday evenings, is good to see how clean and �dy the surrounds of the the turnout has been good and one evening, the group River Avon are kept. I believe this is due to the efforts of at the church end of the village was enhanced by the local residents, Andrew Plank, Paul Searle, Steven Ellis mellifluous sound of the bagpipes whilst at the 'phone and Ben Wa�s. box, the dulcet tones of 'Give me Sunshine' rang out in the evening atmosphere. Both ends of the village have I certainly appreciate being able to lean on the bridge added to the general apprecia�on both for the NHS and and look into pure, flowing water and the ducks are other key workers. thriving. This part of the river is of historical significance as it formed the southern boundary of the On the 200th anniversary of Florence Nigh�ngale's Neolithic henge and in its turn was used to connect the birthday, Sue Collison extended the rainbow candles at inhabitants to the similar structure at Durrington Walls the 'phone box and lit a second wave at the village hall, about 10 miles south of Marden. The river meanders many people lit candles and lamps in support of the at this point and has formed an ox-bow lake a short tribute. distance from the bridge, the water here not being quite V.E. Day celebration so clear and free-flowing! Kate at the Millstream has been an enormous help to I t was decided to show apprecia�on of the bravery villagers, obtaining supplies which have been delivered demonstrated in all occupa�ons during the Second with a cheery wave or a long-range chat. now she has World War from the figh�ng forces, the medics, started cooking take-aways again. They are beau�fully firefighters, muni�ons workers and many more, without presented and ready for collec�on at a previously the jubila�on that this day would normally deserve. arranged �me-slot to preserve social distancing and what is more, they are delicious.Available on Thursdays, Marden decorated walls and fences with bun�ng and Fridays and Saturdays, 5-9pm there was a gathering in the churchyard when the bell was tolled followed by the Last Post and the speaking of Go to : www.themillstream.co.uk the Exhorta�on by Colonel Peter Bell leading into the two minutes silence. Thanks to everyone who organised for the menu and booking this moving occasion including Penny Nurick who tolled informa�on. the bell. Orders taken by 'phone, Lalu and Randolph Carter assisted by their daughter Ana, ran a zoom quiz later in the day for those fortunate 01380 848490 enough to master this latest online procedure. Sue Wheeler

Louise Woolley responded to the Run & Repair appeal on the A Swindon sports company, is appealing for dona�ons of unwanted bicycles which the radio for bikes for owner Ma� Jones hopes to repair and pass on to NHS workers. N H S having 2 bikes in her He explained: “I have started a sort of bike amnesty in Swindon. Where people can garage which donate their unused bikes and I am hoping to make them road worthy and then pass were in quite them onto NHS workers and first response workers for free good condi�on just flat tyres. “I have had an unbelievable response so far. With at least 80 bikes offered.” “We are looking for dona�ons of bikes in any condi�on, age or size.

These were The idea being that we repair the bikes and pass them on to NHS workers. And if the collected by a response is posi�ve emergency response workers. During this awful �me for us all, lovely gentlemen wouldn't it be great if one �ny posi�ve to come out of this, is we have more families called Bob from being ac�ve. If anyone who has bike dona�ons and can bring the dona�on to me, I would Hungerford what really appreciate it 07736 834867 [email protected] a wonderful job the N H S are Workshop, Albert St, Swindon SN1 3HJ h�ps://www.facebook.com/runandrepair/ doing all over the Contact Louise for the company in Hungerford. country

13 URCHFONT VILLAGE NEWS

‘Mass Sweeping of Chimneys’ July 2020 The mass ‘sweeping of chimneys’ by Andrew Underwood and his team will take place some�me in July 2020. If you live in the Redhorn team Note change of month area or one of the surrounding villages and would like to be included, then please contact: JANET HAWKINSby phone 01380 840386 or 07703 359104 or by email janethawkins@b�nternet.comThe informa�on I require is: By sweeping so many chimneys • yourname in the same area on the same • your address, including postcode few days, you save by getting a • your contact telephone number very competitive rate and • the number of chimneys to be swept Andrew cuts down on his movements. to

Dear Members and friends – Well we have not got much to report again as we are s�ll being advised to keep to our homes. We are s�ll trying to keep in touch by ringing round to say ‘Hello’ and hope you are managing ok. Hopefully you are able to get any shopping you need. We thank all the volunteers and the Parish Council, the village shop in Urchfont for the sterling work they are doing. Don’t feel you are alone please ring us if you want a chat to break up the day! In the pass mean�me hold on to the fact that ‘We will meet again’ when the �me is right and safe for us to do so. Un�l then keep safe and keep well.Sue 840031 Julie 840691 Kay 840608

14 Prepared by the Clerk to the Council: Mr Bob Lunn, 14 Walnut Close, Urchfont, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 4RU Tel: 01380 848737 Email:[email protected] Website:www.urchfont-pc.gov.uk

URCHFONT PARISH COUNCIL unexpected� increased noise from elsewhere in the Parish - Do not cut or & COMMUNITY WEBSITE building sites and gardens� houses and try to eradicate it yourself! – avoid (www.urchfont-pc.gov.uk) vehicles (e.g. loud radios, BBQ’s, excess doing anything and report it noise of any sort) immediately to WC ideally using the This website, which was ini�ated in My Wiltshire App. It is an offence to 2012 by Urchfont Parish Council, is Distress to the vulnerable, elderly and plant, disperse, allow dispersal or currently undergoing an upgrade to cause the spread of invasive plant other neighbours experiencing stay at species.Do not strim, cut, flail or chip facilitate a more up to date home restrictions, respiratory responsive design and improve the plants as �ny accessibility for all users including conditions, working or fighting the fragments can regenerate new plants those with disabili�es. What you will Coronavirus itself can be heightened and make the problem even more see now completes the ini�al and during these unprecedented times. difficult to manage. Seeh�ps:// probably the most obvious phase of Neighbours may be spending more time www.gov.uk/guidance/prevent- the update introducing new menu in their own gardens and having japanese-knotweed-from-spreading and page templates etc., other windows open, especially duringthe for more informa�on including how to changes / improvements will be current spell of good weather iden�fy the plant. gradually introduced over the coming days and weeks. The Parish Council, therefore, requests ‘BAG IT AND BIN IT’ Unfortunately we are s�ll seeing all residents of the Parish to be evidence of dog waste being le� by Our thanks go to e-mango who have considerate and try to minimise any been and s�ll are working closely with irresponsible owners on footpaths and activity which might be perceived as a us to facilitate these changes. in other public areas in the Parish or nuisance to neighbours . hanging in bags from trees / fences. The content of pages has basically Please ‘bag it and bin it’ in any public remained unchanged as displayed in URCHFONT POND – ALGAE waste bin or take it home and deposit the previous website templates, but Poten�ally harmful blue / green Algae we intend to review and update remains in Urchfont Pond despite it in your own wheelie bin.PLEASE DO individual page content as part of the Council efforts to eliminate. Latest NOT LEAVE DOG WASTE WHERE upgrade project. If the page rela�ng to samples (April 2020) show that MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE your organisa�on / group in the poten�ally harmful algae remains TAKING THEIR DAILY EXERCISE Community requires upda�ng, please above the level that would allow DURING THESE UNPRECEDENTED contact the Clerk to the Council ( removal of warning signs - please TIMES. [email protected] ) as soon as con�nue to comply with the warning possible. signs around the pond un�l advised FLY POSTING otherwise. whilst it is fully understood that CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) – The Parish Council will con�nue to take pos�ng some local no�ces on steps to hopefully bring down the algae telegraph poles / fences and other STAY ALERT, CONTROL THE concentra�on using dyes and bacteria VIRUS, SAVE LIVES by following over the coming weeks. loca�ons around the Parish is an the latest guidelines issued by the effec�ve way of informing the Government. Links to Government The first batch of around 1600 fish were community of an upcoming local and Wiltshire Council websites can be removed from the pond on the 16th May event, no�ces should not be allowed found on the Parish Council and 2020 as an iden�fied key step to to deteriorate and MUST be removed Community website ‘home’ page reducing the algae, and have now been (along with fixings) by organisers under ‘Latest News’. rehomed safely elsewhere. Addi�onal immediately a�er an event or ac�vity fish will be removed shortly. Plan�ng has taken place. The Parish Council Urchfont Parish Council reiterates its will be the next step to improve overall reserve the right to remove any no�ce, previous thanks and applauds the water quality. efforts and �me devoted by all especially those posted by a non-local volunteers and local organisa�ons / organisa�on and/or about an event to businesses that are suppor�ng the Please do not dispose of any of your be held outside of the Parish. vulnerable in our Community, true unwanted garden pond fish into community spirit is demonstrably Urchfont Pond at any �me. COUNCIL MEETINGS alive and well in the Parish. Whilst the next Full Council mee�ng, JAPANESE KNOTWEED including Planning, is scheduled for NUISANCE DURING The Parish Council is aware of at least Wednesday 10th June 2020, decisions CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN two sites within Urchfont where have not yet been taken as to if or how You may recall that in the May Japanese Knotweed is growing the mee�ng will be held due to the edition of Redhorn News we (Stonepit Lane and Old School Lane). need for compliance with Coronavirus identified the issue of bonfire smoke Japanese Knotweed is an invasive plant 2020 Regula�ons and UK Government that is reportable to Wiltshire Council direc�on. Watch the website and drifting across the community and (WC) and must be dealt with by causing a nuisance to neighbouring specialist contractors, it can take no�ce boards for further informa�on properties. Since then the Parish several years to eradicate and in the in due course. Council has been alerted to other mean�me can damage buildings if in forms of perceived nuisance in the close proximity. If you suspect community such as unreasonable� that Japanese Knotweed is growing 15 “The Positive energy of a caring Community”

We are living in strange times but one thing which we have as a constant is the positive energy of a caring community.

Urchfont Parish Council and residents living near the school driveway overcame the obstacles of the Corona Virus and came together for the first ever physical distancing work party.

Lisa Kinnaird marked out 3m sections with masking tape and each volunteer worked their own section of the bank.

After much raking of sticks and stones, wild plants which had been kindly donated by the community were dug in and watered.

Despite the important and necessary physical distancing it turned out to be a very social coming together.

16 Residents at Uphill stood at their gates at 11am on 8th May to show respect and observe the 2 minute silence. A spontaneous street party soon followed with tea and homemade cakes (whilst of ourse observing social distancing). One of us actually made war�me oat cakes and wore a for�es style ou�it, whilst others dressed in red white and blue. There was a large VE day flag and Union Jacks with plenty of bun�ng The mood was completed with Vera Lynn singing in the background for most of the day. Some of us even jived the a�ernoon away in the roadway. Then someone had a bright idea and asked if anyone had any chalk to draw hopscotch on the road. A neighbour, who always seems to have everything anyone asks for, had some at hand and great fun was had playing hopscotch. This all went on for about 5 hours ending with a few beers ( a certain person having quite a lot of prosecco!) A table which was in the middle of the road could, in normal �mes, have caused some problems with passing traffic but the few cars and people on bicycles passing Rachel captured the through managed to get past quite safely. II was the only one born during the war with a birth weight of nearly 10lb and all my celebra�ons at Uphill in mother worried about was if I going to fit in the special cot, which had a type of gas Urchfont mask fi�ed over it in case of a gas a�ack.

17 18 The children of Urchfont, have been very busy during the lockdown. Here are a few examples of what they have been up to…

Sam has made some wonderful soda bread for his family’s lunch. Noah has made some delicious flapjacks as part of his maths work on measuring. Home Learning Stars

Winnie has made spinach and sweetcorn fri�ers as part of her topic work Yummy and easy!

Polly and her brother have made min-beasts as part of topic work.

Isabel has been learning her weekly spellings Wilf has been wri�ng a James is making a bug hotel story using as part of his Min-beast his new topic work. study area - the trampoline in the garden.

19 A Request from Elaine...... I had a stroke on May 26th 2019 and a�er arm is a much slower process but I have a week on the high dependency ward in faith. A stroke doesn't only happen to Southampton Hospital I was transferred the pa�ent the wonderful team on to SDH to con�nue my recovery. When I Farley understand this. While in hospital arrived I could not walk or do much for we saw the signs for Walk for Wards 2019 myself as I could not move my right side. and set a target to take part in the 2020 With the amazing care on Farley Ward walk.....so here we are! Joining us on the and from my community team I can now walk is my wonderful sister Claire who walk again. Regaining the use of my right was with us every step of the way. Should the event be cancelled we will walk 5k on 5th July in our beau�ful village. To donate here’s the link: h�ps://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/elaine-greenstreet We would also like to thank everyone who sent cards and kind wishes last year – it meant so much to us all. If you prefer to donate via the sponsorship form call me 848706. Thank you, Elaine Greenstreet & family

Urchfont Community Bus Journeys in June During the COVID-19 lockdown and the rule about social distance of 2 metres, the UCB will continue to be ‘off the road’ and not available for Community Use or our regular Scheduled journeys during June. When COVID-19 restrictions are lifted/modified, the UCB Management Committee will review the situation and do our best to start our journeys again.

CHARGING POLICY We are o�en asked to place one-off REDHORN COMMITTEE adverts in the main body of the [email protected] magazine. These can vary from a small item for sale, or services required e.g. a cleaner, to something cos�ng thousands of pounds. We are happy to help in this DEADLINE FOR THE July edition way, but we would ask you to note that: a) items under £50 will be free of Wednesday 17th June charge. (However, if you would like to make a dona�on to the magazine, it Publisher : Rev. Richard Cur�s The editorial team reserves the would be appreciated.) right to accept or reject any b) Over, £50 - please send £5 to our Editor : Joan Barne�, Treasurer (Paul Scarffe, Fullaway ar�cle submi�ed and to edit Farm, Stert, SN10 3HZ). Merrywood, Eastco� Common, submi�ed ar�cles in any way Eastco�01380812593 deemed appropriate and c) Commercial advertisers will be necessary. charged a minimum of £10 per entry Classified Adver�sing Contact : The Redhorn News is not depending on size and if they would like to make a further donation this [email protected] responsible for the ac�ons or would be gratefully received. inac�on of adver�sers. Adverts The Management Committee wishes to Treasurer:Paul Scarffe, Fullaway are accepted in good faith. acknowledge the generous support Farm, Stert SN10 3HZ The Commi�ee reserves the right of our main financial sponsors. – 01380 722523 to exclude adver�sements Urchfont, Wedhampton and Lydeway Parish Council, Chirton & Conock without explana�on. Parish Council, Urchfont Scarecrow Festival Committee and Urchfont Community Bus

If you know anyone who would like to receive an electronic copy of the magazine and lives in the Redhorn Parish they should email : [email protected] giving their name, address and email address. 20 Electro-Fishing

On Thursday 14th May the village pond in Urchfont was electro-fished and 1500 fish were removed from the pond. The fish were subsequently transferred to a lake at the Cotswold Wildlife Reserve. Electro fishing does not harm the fish - the current stuns the fish and they are then immediately netted and put in a tank of constantly oxygenated water.

As most of the readers will know Urchfont Parish Council have been conducting a programme of works to improve the quality of the water in the pond and reduce the blue green algae in the pond.

Fisheries expert Bernice Brewster of Aquatic Service has been advising UPC throughout the programme. Recent water samples revealed excessively high levels of ammonia in the water which needed to be reduced prior to introducing plants to the pond - a key part of the programme to reduce the blue green algae. The ammonia comes from fish waste and the only way to reduce it is to remove the fish. All bar one of the 1500 fish caught were goldfish - goldfish are bottom feeders and constantly stir up the silt at the bottom of the pond, releasing yet more nutrients into the water on which the algae feed.

Everyone was surprised that there were so many fish in the pond - as the pond had been fished not long before the water quality improvement project started. UPC will be reviewing the Electrofishing...... need for a further electro-fishing day at the June council meeting. is a common scientific survey method used to sample fish We will provide an update on how things are progressing in a populations to determine future edition of Redhorn News. abundance, density, and species composition. When performed Mark Botham correctly, electrofishing results in no permanent harm to fish, which Vice Chairman Urchfont Parish Council. return to their natural state in as little as two minutes after being caught.

21 Readers’ Digest

More of your contributions to this month’s mag

Poem by Kathleen O’Meara (1839-88). who was an Irish- French writer during the late Victorian era and the Paris The Shredder correspondent of the magazine The Tablet.. This poem appeared in her second novel about the struggle of Polish A young engineer was leaving the office at 5:45 p.m. patriots against Russian, Austrian and German occupa�on. The when he found the CEO standing in front of a book compares the Polish-Russian situa�on to the Irish-Bri�sh shredder with a piece of paper in his hand. situa�on, praising the revolt of small na�ons against greater “Listen” said the CEO “this is a very sensi�ve and neighbours – but it is spookily relevant to our situa�on today. important document and my secretary is not here. “AND PEOPLE STAYED AT HOME” Can you make this thing work ? ” “Certainly” said the young engineer. He turned on And people stayed home, the machine, inserted the paper, and pressed the And read books and listened, bu�on. And rested and exercised, “Excellent excellent” said the CEO as his paper disappeared inside the machine. And made art and played, I went to an “I just need one copy” And learned new ways of being, Eskimo restaurant and asked the waiter about the Lesson Never, never, ever assume that your boss And stopped specials. knows what he’s doing. And listened deeper. He said: 'We've got whale meat, or Someone meditated. whale meat, or whale meat... or we've got the Vera Lynn.' Someone prayed. Someone danced. I said 'What's the Vera Lynn?' Master of Ceremonies Someone met their shadow. He said 'Whale meat Please welcome: Announces the Guests And people began to think differently. again.....’ And people healed. Mr Mrs Wrightus and their son, Arthur. Lord and Lady Knu� and their daughter, Hazel And in the absence of people who lived in ignorant ways, Mr Mrs Tick and their daughter, Fran. Dangerous, meaningless and heartless, Lord and Lady Hill and their daughter, Even the earth began to heal. Primrose and their niece, Beverly. Loopy Lou of And when the danger ended, Lydeway And people found each other, They grieved for the dead people. And they made new choices, Did you know? and dreamed of new visions, and created new ways of life - And healed the earth completely, Just as they were healed themselves.

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22 Living the dream. Memories of a Bristol Zookeeper Brian Moore shares more of his memories working as a zoo keeper at Bristol Zoo Life with the lions, and tigers, and leopards

Heaven for me in the mid six�es was not tearing about in Bill, who had been at the zoo for over forty years, never a red conver�ble E Type Jaguar with a stunning blonde came in un�l the official star�ng �me and I was always in plonked provoca�vely in the passenger seat, although, on much earlier. So rather than wait about twiddling my reflec�on, that does sound rather pleasant. Heaven was a thumbs I got on with the work. Loved it. building in Cli�on, Bristol, the Lion House at Bristol Zoo. Bill's idea of a clean was a bit of sawdust and shovel work, The Lion House was old and well past its sell by date, built use your imagina�ons there, and a quick lick round the a couple of years a�er the start of the twen�eth century. offending area with a detergent soaked mop, detergent It had thirteen cages inside and seven outside. Inside was and mop becoming increasingly dirty as the morning clean a public viewing passage separated from the cage fronts progressed. Friday was Bill's usual day off and so the by a low railing and a keepers' passage which was about flopping of mops was dispensed with and replaced with three feet wide. A set up like this would be a health and the zoo keepers’ best friends, hose pipes and bass brooms. safety nightmare nowadays because anyone of average Some�mes, Roger, a friend from the rep�le house on loan height could reach over the railings and touch the cage to me for a few hours on Bill's days off, would help me li� fronts, and children could quite easily climb over. Perhaps a scrubbing machine into the cages and we would let rip. children and adults for that ma�er, were be�er behaved The teak floor boards used to scrub up nicely. Our in those days but I can't recall an instance of that cleaning exer�ons used so much water that decades of happening. Had a few li�le treasures with their heads detritus from under the floor was washed out into the stuck in the railings with desperate parents tugging the public area and so, a�er a few weeks of this, the ancient li�le mites backwards, very painful on the ears. If the �led wall with gu�er, at the foot of the cages, had to be child's head goes through, the body will usually follow so demolished and replaced with a surface level gu�er so when it became necessary to intervene to prevent that air could circulate under the floor. This eventually damage to delicate infant ears, we found the best way stopped the unpleasant seepage that our perhaps over was to push the child through and li� them back over. enthusias�c cleaning methods had started. Relieved parents and even more relieved child. Friday also gave me the opportunity to clean our small but By today's standards it would appear to be unkind, cruel cosy mess room. It held a wardrobe containing our own to some, to keep animals in such quarters. In defence I clothing, various uniforms, one of Bill's going to some would say that this was what we had to work with at that bloke named Johnny Morris, apparently a gent of similar �me and I am glad that cap�ve management ideas have propor�ons, assorted odds and ends and an ancient 303 changed considerably since I worked with the big cats. rifle. No ammuni�on, that was kept under lock and key in Even though the condi�ons were cramped, somewhat the main office, so I think the idea as that we were to sterile and certainly not as aesthe�cally pleasing as threaten any escapee with an empty weapon un�l help modern cat enclosures, the cats were well looked a�er arrived. Other than being taken out to be cleaned and and in very good physical condi�on, some producing cubs oiled every few months, thankfully this gun never saw the regularly. I have seen both �gers and lions in their natural light of day. habitats and on all but one occasion they were sleeping. A lion in the wild can snooze up to eighteen hours a day and In our mess room were two old, ba�ered but very comfy so, if well fed, the big cats are quite lazy creatures and I armchairs where many Sunday lunch �mes were spent believe that the benefits of very large enclosures are as listening to Round the Horne. There was also a sink. On much for the public as they are for the animals. this sink Bill kept his infamous mug. Infamous because he Conten�ous perhaps, but in my experience, even in our never washed it out, just a quick rinse perhaps once a small cages, the cats slept for long periods, pacing around week, under the tap and ready for the next brew of thick only when feeding �me drew near. dark cocoa, ugh! Friday was my chance to give it a good going over. Bleach, detergent, anything I could use. Came On my first morning in the Lion House I arrived very early, up sparkling. Trouble was that Bill always moaned about very excited and a li�le apprehensive about working with my hygiene methods, said it spoiled the taste of his cocoa. Bill, the keeper in charge of the cats, as he had a Gra�tude! reputa�on of being a grumpy and abrupt sort of chap. We got on well from the first go. Star�ng from the end nearest the main zoo entrance the first cage held a pair of black panthers, sleek leopards As I was quite young at the �me, eighteen, the Head with glossy black coats and, in bright sunlight, the leopard Keeper thought I should just prepare the cleaning spots could be seen under the black fur. Beau�ful animals, materials, brushes, shovels, mops and buckets and then very lively and not at all friendly. wait for Bill to arrive before climbing over barriers and le�ng the cats out into their outside enclosures and then Next to the panthers was a spare cage used for moving start cleaning. This only lasted a couple of weeks because 23them or other cats into should the need arise. A pair of �gers occupied the next two cages, the female, Eileen, was easy going and no trouble at all. Geoffrey, the male was a different ke�le of fish. Normally content with just a snarl or two, some�mes he could erupt. On occasion, when we were by his cage he would come to the bars and lie down facing us, snarling and tail lashing. When we turned our backs to walk away he would rise up on his hind legs and let out a terrific roar, quite unnerving for any visitors nearby. Mostly, weather permi�ng, he liked to climb onto a high pla�orm in his outside cage and sleep. He looked beau�ful stretched out in the dappled sunlight with a background of racemes of blue wisteria that grew around several of the outside cages. Geoffrey - a beau�ful �ger

Bristol Zoo at that �me was famous for many things among them being the white �gers. Our pair, Champak she was big, had huge canine teeth and long claws and the male and Chemeli the female, were both named play�me with her could have been exci�ng but very a�er white Indian flowers. They were at the �me the dangerous. I contented myself with playing with her at " star " a�rac�on at the zoo and occupied three cages arms' length. in the middle of the house and had access to a glass panelled enclosure outside. The glass in this enclosure On busy days the Lion House would be packed with had to be cleaned several �mes daily because cats, visitors, all making quite a noise. Bess knew when I was whether they be large or small, have a habit of backing approaching her cage, she couldn't see me but could up to surfaces and marking them. The zoo Director’s probably recognise my footsteps, and she used to hide office overlooked the white �gers cage and we were behind the wall of her cage and leap out on me as I constantly ge�ng messages from on high, ‘’ clean the walked by. I couldn't pass by without making a fuss of glass ‘’. her, she was gorgeous. Now, there were and probably s�ll are, members of Last, but by no means least, was the leopardess Jenny. the public that believe it is highly amusing and She was kept alone most of the �me because leopards completely original to say ‘’ look at the funny monkey ‘’ are solitary animals usually only coming together whilst when a keeper is in a cage. I wish I had a quid for every ma�ng. When she came into season Jenny was paired �me I’d heard it, probably could have bought that E with the male black panther and they o�en bred Type conver�ble. There was a two inch gap at the successfully producing two or three cubs a�er a bo�om of the glass in the white �ger cage and on gesta�on period of about one hundred days. hearing the ’’monkey’ comments, I Leopard cubs are fierce li�le would inadvertently allow the jet of creatures from the moment they water from the hose used to rinse open their eyes. Direct contact with the soap from the glass to stray any cat cubs was kept to a minimum through this two inch gap. Profuse but they were all handled a�er the apologies to the dampened comic. first few weeks so that they could Revenge was sweet and wet! receive vaccina�ons and in order to sex them. Then, a couple of months Next to the white �gers were three later, I forget the exact �me frame, cages for African lions. We had two they were handled again for booster pairs, Dougal and Bess, and Charlie jabs. Tiger cubs were fairly easy to and Barbara. Charlie, a very big lion, handle for the first �me, a li�le was standoffish but Barbara was livelier the second. Leopard cubs were quite aggressive. Dougal and Bess feisty right from the start, hissing, were very friendly, coming to the spi�ng and lashing out with small bars to be stroked and talked to. but needle sharp claws. Thick gloves They were both found abandoned in some�mes needed especially for the Kenya and hand reared and as second jabs, I guess they knew what young adults that could not be was coming. returned to the wild, were donated to the zoo. The chap that reared One morning when Bill and I were just Bess some�mes came to visit and he about to move Jenny from a holding said that he thought it would be safe cage back into her usual one, he to go into her cage with her. We made the mistake of pu�ng his hand never tried. She was the friendliest too close to the only small gap in the protec�ve cat I ever worked with, but, Dougal the lion

24 mesh on the front of her cage. This mesh was put for our protec�on as the spacing of the bars gave her too much scope for pu�ng her paws through and tagging us. A gap was le� at the bo�om of the mesh to enable us to put her food in and Jenny found this gap at the wrong �me for Bill. Like lightning her paw shot out and hooked her claws firmly into Bill's hand. He shouted "she's got me Brian" then, with Jenny pulling one way and poor Bill pulling the other, the skin on the back of his hand erupted, blood everywhere, a horrible sight.

Off to hospital went Bill for the doctors to have Jenny with her cub the novelty of repairing a damaged zoo keeper s mauled by a leopard. I'll bet not many doctors have that on their CV. Bill was back at work the next day, a real trooper! He said that it could have been meat through the bars to very excited big cats in front of a worse. Too true! It could have been me. fashion conscious audience, this was the " swinging six�es" you know. I very quickly abandoned the prescribed ou�it and Part of our du�es on sec�ons housing dangerous animals was opted for the more informal look, a cheeky set of off the to maintain a presence on the sec�on, patrolling round, shoulder bib and brace overalls and a pair of rather fetching some�mes, especially on Sunday's and Bank Holidays, in size eight Dunlop wellies. Much more comfortable and this uniform, to make sure visitors did nothing silly. Some keepers was my preferred a�re un�l a more informal working wore their uniform all the �me, mine came out for high days uniform was adopted by the zoo consis�ng of maroon and holidays. I hated it. Some of the more senior members of trousers and matching jacket with Bristol Zoo embroidered on the keeping staff used to almost stand at a�en�on when it. My beloved bib and brace overalls were no longer speaking to the Director, I’ve even seen them salute. available. Shame!

At feeding �me in the Lion House, three o'clock sharp, every In later years, as my career progressed, I lived and worked on day, except Sunday, we were expected to wear uniform the zoo’s country estate now known as the ’’Wild Place ’’ covered with a crisp long white coat, very a�rac�ve! Being which was completely private so I could wear any old thing , rather lacking in the ver�cal inches department, I looked a but that was s�ll a few years in the future with some tales sight, oversized white coat flapping around, peaked cap s�ll to tell of my �me as a keeper at the Cli�on, Bristol and flopping over my eyes, traipsing about stuffing large joints of West of England Zoological Society.

Bristol zoo - History The Zoo was founded on 22nd July 1835, by Henry Riley, a local physician, who led the forma�on of the Bristol, Cli�on and West of England Zoological Society. Riley, and a number of other prominent local individuals, gathered with the mission to facilitate ‘the observa�on of habits, form and structure of the animal kingdom, as well as affording ra�onal amusement and recrea�on to the visitors of the neighbourhood’. Shareholders at the �me included several famous Bristolians, including Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It has constantly changed and evolved since 1836, but the 1980s and 1990s saw Bristol Zoo Gardens really start to become the zoo it is today. Since it opened to the public in 1836, they have helped save over 175 species from ex�nc�on through breeding programmes, established over 30 field conserva�on and research projects all over the world, showed 40 million school-age children the value of nature and given more than 90 million visitors a great day out’. Image credit : Lion in cage with crowds c1905, Ray Vaughan Collec�on, Bristol Zoological Society Archive

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What’s in a name? David Leigh has set us a challenge! MKT LAV Urchfont Many of the surnames in use today are derived from past STOUT professions or trades. Others come of course from where Ale you might have lived, for example: Forest, Hill, Manor, Grove etc. As I had a few spare hours recently, I thought I’d see how many names I could think of that fell into the first category. I’m sure it’s not comprehensive but I hope it makes interes�ng reading. Perhaps if you have a li�le �me on your hands you could BAR CODE add to the list and let Redhorn News know. No prizes but I Loopy Lou of Lydeway hope a bit of fun. (There could even be ones that would need an explana�on in 2020). 59 far ………………………. Looking for some light relief during these lockdown days? Po�er, Carter, Painter LOCKDOWNREADINGSFROMSIR Fletcher, Cartwright, Porter, SIMONRUSSELLBEALE Monger, Carpenter, Barker, Relax and immerse yourself in some nature Brewer, Butler, Slater, writing from the 19th-century Wiltshire writer Thatcher, Tanner, Stoker, Richard Jefferies, read aloud by the Master, Weaver, Constable, Marlborough Literary Festival Patron, Sir Simon Russell Beale CBE. Simon will be doing Cook, Bishop, Wright, some weekly readings which you can listen to Smith, Farrier, Shepherd, on our website here https:// Fisher, Bowman, Merchant, www.marlboroughlitfest.org/litfest-speaking/ Farmer, Mason, Cooper, Richard Jefferies was a Victorian nature Miller, Piper, Barber, writer, renowned for his depiction of English Butcher, Collier, Glazier, rural life. He grew up on a small Wiltshire farm in the village of Coate, which heavily Archer, Gardener, Ha�er, influenced his writing; the farmhouse is now a Baker, Taylor, Abbo�, museum open to the public. The Richard Turner, Silver, Wainwright, Jefferies Society and The White Horse Bookshop in Marlborough award an annual Tiler, Clothier, Forester, prize for nature writing, cementing Jefferies’ Saddler, Draper, Hunter, literary legacy to a genre that has become Jack, Tinker, Major, increasingly popular. Weaver, Gold, King Everyone needs to be reminded of the Porter, Reeve, inspiration and calm that nature can provide, especially if they can’t get out into it themselves at the moment. We hope you'll all You can find the origin of your surname here: enjoy this literary treat - listen to the first of h�ps://www.surnamedb.com/ Simon's readings here https//www.marlboroughlitfest.org/wp- content/uploads/2020/05/Wild-Flowers- readby-Simon-Russell-Beale.mp3

Simon Russell Richard Beale Jefferies

26 MayinaChirtonGarden I read today that some people are happy in lock down and are not too bothered about going back to life as we knew it.

One of the reasons for that is that they have discovered all sorts of other activities - gardening being one of them! However much we may miss the social aspects of our lives it is nice for some of us to have the pressures of everyday life lifted and time to focus on what we really enjoy. Having said that, when garden centres reopen I may well be one of the first ones there! In May and June the garden is usually at its most colourful, but have you ever noticed how shades of green can be just as beautiful?

Another harbinger of Summer is Clema�s Montana. My husband chose this one, Mayleen,to go over the arch and trellis - he said its selling point was its amazing perfume I thought he was exaggera�ng un�l its second year -whenit came into its own Acers and the acid yellow of euphorbias make a and filled striking contrast. Euphorbias are amongst my the air favourite plants. This one, Euphorbia epithymoides, is with gorgeous - and although it doesn't keep its colour for scent. as long as some others - it is worth it, for it shouts ‘here I am’ as Spring gets into its stride.

One of the main criteria for gaining admi�ance to our garden (it would be different if the garden Of course, May was a huge acreage!) is to have wouldn’t be complete perfume. Our roses struggle a without lilac. This one bit on our sandy soil but with is, again, only a few a bit of care they produce beau�ful, scented blooms. The years old, but is first one to flower this year is a beginning to flower climber -Bathsheba . It’s a well. Can’t wait for it David Aus�n rose, as are most of to grow even bigger ours. The colour changes from baby pink to apricot. Lovely! so that you don’t Another rose, just about to flower, is have to clamber into calledTeasing Georgia. A strong yellow. I managed to the flower bed to sniff propagate two of these, from cu�ngs of a rose we bought for the flowers. the front garden - and these now grow up the arch with the Clema�s Montana - and another clema�s which is yet to flower. Such a sense of achievement when you get a cu�ng to grow.

The snowball tree was a cu�ng taken by accident at my last garden. It was intended as a cut flower for the Not everything in the garden has a strong perfume though. As a plantaholic I kitchen table - but it decided to produce roots in the can’t resist any plants. This broom came into flower in early/mid May and makes a lovely show. It was a bargain buy at a fete a couple of years ago. You vase! Much too good an opportunity to waste, so it was may, like me, remember where most of the plants in your garden came from po�ed on and several years later it is blooming in or who gave them to you. When they appear each year, or burst into flower,27 Chirton and not Erlestoke. A reminder of a former lovely, they evoke strong memories. if steep, garden. if we are lucky enough to have balmy evenings to sit out and actually enjoy the garden, the Veronicas do�ed around really stand out.

Alliums are another favourite of mine. These were planted in the autumn and are now coming into flower. What I like about them is that they fade so well and look good even when their first flush of youth is over. Lucky things!

My gardening tastes have changed over the years - and I have discovered I like groups of plants that I really hadn’t no�ced much before. Geums are a case in point. So many different varie�es - and so willing to flower and flower if deadheading is done regularly

This year the lupins are really growing strongly - unlike some other years when they seem to start well and then keel over. Another favourite now are the Fingers crossed they keep going and all their buds open. Heucheras. I used to think they were garish - but that may have been the way they are displayed in garden centres with all the colours jostling together. Akind neighbour offered me some plants last year and since then I have been hooked. The bronze leaved one here goes beau�fully with the red azalea and in the right place - with the right partners they look stunning.

Talking of right partners - my husband has s�ll been slaving away in ‘his’ vegetable garden. He's even moved some of his many hostas there! Everything is coming along - broad beans, carrots, parsnips, onions, le�uce and more! The rhubarb has decided it likes it in its new posi�on and has really taken off. There is a delicious recipe for rhubarb cake in the April edi�on of Gardeners World. It’s worth growing rhubarb for that alone! Strawberries are flowering in their own li�le beds and a new blackberry (thornless!) is ge�ng going on the side fence. We’ll never be self sufficient but the pleasure of growing your own, even in a small space, is well worth it. 28 Julia M Due to the coronavirus we were unable to have our sound display of Brunel’s thoughts, the sea�ng inside usual photographic exhibi�on in Urchfont church during the head can hold five people and is well worth the the Scarecrow Fes�val this year. We usually exhibit experience. around 80 to 100 pictures each year which takes a lot of �me and effort, not only the edi�ng and selec�on of The pressed flowers are laid flat on glass which is the pictures, but se�ng up the stands and moun�ng backlit giving an unusual view. them. So we thought it would be nice for members to The bee on the flower is a good example of close up show a sample of their photos in the Redhorn. photography. Most modern cameras these days have a The pictures are also grouped into similar sec�ons, for se�ng permi�ng one to get nice and close to the example landscapes, animals, portraits. subject. When taking portraits focus on the eyes if possible as The pictures on these pages are some examples of our this ensures the persons face is nice and sharp. If using work, some from holidays, some form the garden even a camera on automa�c its best if you can select some form camera club nights. All the pictures have “Portrait” mode. This will try and open the lens been edited in some way and in a few cases cropped to aperture to blur the background and make the subject display the content to the best advantage. stand out. For example the “Boat to Long Island” format has been We hope to be able to share our interest in changed to oblong which suits the boat be�er. photography over the long lockdown and con�nue to Brunel is part of his exhibi�on at the SS Great Britain feature in Redhorn each month with something site. You can go inside his head and watch a light and interes�ng.

PHOTOS Top Le�: All at Sea Right: Pressed Flower

Middle: two views of Sidmouth

Bo�om Le�:Portrait

Right: Angus

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RIGHT: Ayu�hya Thailand

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Inle Lake, Burma

RIGHT: Brunel

LEFT: Boat to Long Island

BELOW: Flower and Bee

Cheetah, Botswana

TOP: Ludlow Castle

LEFT: The Hills

30 This is the month of rapid growth, with the first of the summer flowers appearing, so still plenty of jobs to be done. Hello June

Plant tomatoes outdoors, with canes for support, and water regularly. Plant winter cabbage, broccoli and leek seedlings and courgettes. To keep weeds down, hoe between the plants.

Prune lilac, philadelphus and weigela after blooms have faded. Fuchsia cuttings can be rooted in a greenhouse and shoots from vigorous deciduous shrubs which have flowered can be cut out.

Feed flowering bedding plants with liquid tomato feed Start a regular lawn-mowing programme. weekly. Remove suckers Take houseplants outdoors for a restorative from roses, pulling them break. Clean foliage with a damp sponge and off as close to the base of replace the top layer of compost, or repot if the bush as you can. Have they have outgrown their containers. Plant a look at roses in other patio pots with bedding plants and keep gardens and note which them well watered. Take cuttings of pot varieties you would like to plants and shrubs and root them in small order later. Sow half- pots of compost hardy annuals outdoors early in the month and keep them well watered.

The Committee has noted the most recent publicised Government ruling on relaxing the ‘lock- down’.Unfortunately the social distancing rule of keeping a 2 metre space between people who are not living together has made it very difficult if not impossible for such organisations as Clubs to continue with their meetings and Shows. The Garden Club Committee has therefore decided to CANCEL the following events which are in our Programme for 2020: June. Garden Club visit to Biddestone Manor Garden planned for 12 June.

Friday 17 July. Talk about growing herbs by Peter Biggs.

Saturday 1 August. Annual Show in the Village Hall.

Cancelling the Show is a great disappointment but it would be impossible to maintain distancing during the morning when the many exhibits are brought in and set up and in the afternoon when we have visitors to walk round the show tables. The aisles are very narrow. We thought about more outside displays but we can not guarantee the weather, so the decision has been taken to cancel the Show for 2020.

Our first meeting after the summer holidays is Friday 18 September. We hope to keep this meeting but will let you know in good time if we have to cancel it.

We have also had to cancel the visit to RHS Wisley on 10 June.

31 STOP USING BOTTLED WATER!! Should be the mantra but sometimes we can’t help it. Here are a few ways to keep the children busy creating useful ways to reuse and recycle plastic bottles.

Plas�c Bo�le Recycling Ideas: Upcycle Bo�les to Keep Your Kids’ Cra�s in Order

Keep your li�le ones’ playroom organised using a few old plas�c bo�les, zippers and a li�le hot glue. Cut off the top of one 20 oz. soda bo�le, and the bo�om of another. Hot glue the zipper pieces to both ends and connect to create your own makeshi� coloured pencil case. Make a DIY Plas�c Bo�le Planter Cat planters from plas�c bo�les. Yes, this is a real thing. Spark your DIY spirit with a simple project that turns 2-litre into a useful and appealing indoor planter. Here are some simple step- by-step instruc�ons for how to make a DIY plas�c bo�le planter: Cut the bo�om third of a 2-litre bo�le. Paint the bo�le white or the colour of your choice. Use parts of the rest of the bo�le to cut out ears. Draw a face and other features on the bo�le. Fill the bo�le with seeds and soil.

DIY WATER BOTTLE PIGGY BANKS Supplies needed: 2 Empty Water Bo�les, shorter ones 3-4 Sheets Paper, pink pa�erns 4 Small Self-S�ck Googly Eyes 1 Pink Pipe Cleaner 8 Small Pink Wooden Beads (about ½â€) Glue Gun Scissors On one side of each bo�le, cut out a slit about 2 inches long and ½ inch wide. The long length of the slit should run the same way as the length of the bo�le.

From the paper, cut out a piece for each bo�le that will fit them by wrapping it around the bo�les. The paper should be sized so there is about an inch of plas�c showing at the bo�om of the bo�les and the spout part will be showing at the top of the bo�les. Wrap each paper around each bo�le and glue with your glue gun. Cut out the paper where you put the slits in the plas�c so those are open. Make sure before you glue things on, the slit opening is at the top of the bo�le when it is laying down.

Cut out 4 li�le pig ears from another piece of pink paper and cut out 2 li�le round circles the same size as the lids to the bo�les.Glue each circle to each bo�le cap. Glue 2 li�le ears on each bo�le on the edge of the paper nearest to the spout part. S�ck 2 googly eyes on each bo�le about halfway between the cap and the ears.Turn the bo�le over to the bo�om side, the side opposite of the slit opening. Glue on 4 pink beads so they look like the pig’s legs. Spread them apart equally so when you turn it back over the pig will be standing on the four bead legs.Cut a short piece of the pipe cleaner, twist it into a loose spiral, and glue it to the bo�om of the bo�le to look like the pig’s tail.Drop some money into your bank and start saving! This is a great repurposed cra� to find a use for those plas�c water bo�les instead of clu�ering our landfills,

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Squash & sausage risotto

The flavours given by the addition of chilli flakes and fennel seeds in this risotto are wonderful!

INGREDIENTS METHOD

Serves 4 Finely slice the chipolatas and place in a large high-sided pan on a medium heat with 1 tablespoon of oil, the fennel seeds and chilli Serves 4 flakes. 6 chipolata sausages Stir and fry while you chop the squash into 1cm dice (leaving the skin on and de-seeding) (Can use vegetarian sausages or use a tin of borlotti beans and add them at the same time as Peel and finely chop the onions. the rice) olive oil Stir the veg into the pan, then cook with a lid ajar for around 20 minutes, or until the squash is starting to break down and 2 teaspoon fennel seeds caramelize, stirring regularly. ½ teaspoon dried red chilli flakes Push the squash aside, and pour the Chianti into the pan. Let it ½ a (large) butternut squash cook away, picking up all that goodness from the base of the pan. 2 onions Stir in the rice for 2 minutes, then gradually add the stock, a ladleful at a time, stirring and waiting for each ladleful to be 1.2 litres organic veg or chicken stock absorbed before adding the next. 125 ml white wine Repeat this, stirring and massaging the starch out of the rice, for 20 minutes, or until the rice is cooked but still holding its shape, 300 g Arborio risotto rice and the risotto is oozy. 15 g Parmesan cheese Taste and season to perfection. Portion up and serve with a fine grating of Parmesan Books and Authors Quiz (Quiz was in the May edition - Answers below)

1 Ulysses/James Joyce 51 Niineteen eighty four / George Orwell 2 Oliver Twist/Charles Dickens 52 North And South/Elizabeth Gaskell 3 A Study In Scarlet/Arthur Conan Doyle 53 Les Miserables/Victor Hugo 4 Tom Jones/Henry Fielding 54 Saturday Night And Sunday Morning/Alan Sillitoe 5 The Wind in the Willows/Kenneth Grahame 55 Vanity Fair /William Makepeace Thackeray 6 Bridget Jones’ Diary/Helen Fielding 56 The Three Musketeers/Alexandre Dumas a Birdsong/Sebastian Faulks 57 The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry/Rachel Joyce 8 Anna Karenina/Leo Tolstoy 58 Ivanhoe/Sir Walter Scott 9 The Curious incident of the dog in the night time/ Mark Haddon 59 Treasure Island/Robert Louis Stevenson 10 Catch22/Joseph Heller 60 Peter Pan /J M Barrie 11 Three Men in a Boat/ Jerome K Jerome 61 Crime And Punishment /Feodor Dostoevsky 12 The Witches of Eastwick/John Updike 62 A Game Of Thrones/George RR Martin 13 Brideshead Revisited/Evelyn Waugh 63 The Canterbury Tales/Geoffrey Chaucer 14 Heart Of Darkness/Joseph Conrad 64 A Room With A View/EMForster 15 Rebecca/Daphne du Maurier 65 For Whom The Bell Tolls /Ernest Hemmingway 16 Casino Royale/Ian Fleming 66 Cat On A Hot Tin Roof /Tennessee Williams 17 The Jungle Book/ Rudyard Kipling 67 The Painted Veil /W Somerset Maugham 18 Enduring Love /Ian McEwan 68 Charlie And The Chocolate Factory/Roald Dahl 19 Of Mice and Men /John Steinbeck 69 Tfhe Bell/Iris Murdoch 20 Little Women/Louisa M Alcott 70 The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer/Mark Twain 21 To Kill A Mockingbird/ Harper Lee 71 Don Quijote/Miguel De Cervantes 22 The Handmaid’s Tale /Margaret Atwood 72 The African Queen /C S Forester 23 My Family and Other Animals/Gerald Durrell 73 Frankenstein//Mary Shelley 24 The Catcher in the Rye/JD Salinger 74 Just William /Richmal Crompton 25 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone/ J K Rowling 75 About A Boy/Nick Hornby 26 The Portrait of Dorian Grey / Oscar Wilde 76 The Woman In White/Wilkie Collins 27 To The Lighthouse/Virginia Wolfe 77 Around The World in Eighty Days/Jules Verne 28 Northanger Abbey/Jane Austen 78 Private Peaceful/Michael Morpurgo 29 Lorna Doone/R D Blackmore 79 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy /John Le Carre 30 Jane Eyre/Charlotte Bronte 80 Cider With Rosie /Laurie Lee 31 Breakfast At Tiffany’s/Truman Capote 81 On The Road/Jack Kerouac 32 The Mill On The Floss/George Elliott 82 All Quiet On The Western Front /Erich Maria Remarque 33 The Great Gatsby/F Scott Fitzgerald 83 One Hundred Years Of Solitude /Gabriel Garcia Marques 34 Madame Bovary/Gustave Flaubert 84 His Dark Materials/Philip Pullman 35 Far from the Madding Crowd/Thomas Hardy 85 The Big Sleep /Raymond Chandler 36 Doctor Zhivagp/Boris Pasternak 86 The Hunger Games/Suzanne Collins 37 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy/Douglas Adams 87 Brighton Rock/Graham Greene 38 Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland/Lewis Carroll 88 Moby Dick/Herman Melville 39 Lord of the Flies/William Golding 89 War And Peace/Leo Tolstoy 40 The Diary Of A Young Girl/Anne Frank 90 The Call Of The Wild/Jack London 41 The Shining/Stephen King 91 Where The Wild Things Are /Maurice Sendak 42 The Chronicles of Narnia /C S Lewis 92 The Cat in The Hat /Doctor Seuss 43 Notes On A Small Island/Bill Bryson 93 The Diary Of Adrian Mole/Sue Townsend 44 Moll Flanders/Daniel Defoe 94 The Turn Of The Screw/Henry James 45 The Lord Of The Rings/J R R Tolkein 95 The War Of The Worlds/HG Wells 46 Gulliver’s Travels/Jonathon Swift 96 Winnie The Pooh/AA Milne 47 Dracula/Bram Stoker 97 The Tale of Peter Rabbit/ Beatrix Potter 48 A Passage To India /E M Forster 98 Charlotte’s Web /EB Whit 49 Brave New World / Aldous Huxley 99 Gone With The Wind /Margaret Mitchell 50 Wuthering Heghts/Emily Bronte 100 Watership Down /Richard Adams

34 Top tips for using email safely and securely If you receive an email you haven’t requested or it seems suspicious in any way, make sure it’s actually from the person or organisation who claims to Mental Health INCIDENTSOFZOOM have sent it. Do this by calling the actual Awareness person or organisation on a number you BOMBINGREPORTEDIN know to be the right one. WILTSHIRE Don’t click on links in emails from We know the past few months have been unknown sources, or if it seems strange difficult for everyone. People are downloading new that the email would come from that platforms to keep in touch online, source. Never open attachments from Over the past two months, it has been unknown sources, or if it seems strange the simple acts of kindness made by one of which is Zoom - a video that the email would come from that members of the public that have inspired conference application. With its rapid source. us all. From the handmade cards of rise in popularity, unfortunately thanks dropped off at stations for our comes a rise in potential risk. Check for poor design, grammar and officers and staff, to the national stories spelling, and whether the email including that of Captain Tom Moore who Users who are unfamiliar with the addresses you by your name. However, raised millions for the NHS. Kindness app and recommended security even if an email passes these tests, it strengthens relationships, develops settings, can leave themselves open may still be from a fraudster. community and deepens solidarity. to incidents of 'zoom-bombing', Don’t make purchases, payments or whereby uninvited guests are able to charity donations in response to spurious What may seem like a small gesture to hijack the virtual chat sessions with emails you, could have a really positive impact inappropriate language or display on someone who may be struggling with offensive or indecent images. Beware of emails which suggest that you their mental health. need to transfer money, provide personal it's easy to take a few simple steps details or perform some other critical action urgently to ‘resolve a problem’. If you feel that you are struggling, it is to ensure this doesn't happen when Banks, government departments, the important to know that help and support hosting a video call: police and other trusted organisations remains available for you during these would never communicate with you in difficult times and you are not alone. 1. 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Limit screen sharing permissions unwanted emails getting through, but to either just the host or trusted permitting authentic ones from trusted attendees. sources. Check junk mail folders regularly in case a legitimate email is filtered there 4. If publicising the event on social there in error. media, be extra vigilant with your settings. Use strong passwords to prevent your email accounts from being hacked. Keep You can also record meetings in passwords to yourself, and don’t use the Zoom, which will help an same or a similar one for more than one investigation in the event of criminal online account.. activity, however you must ensure When sending emails to multiple people, Wiltshire Police will be targeting the participants are aware if any list their addresses in the ‘BCC’ (blind speeding drivers as part of a two-week recording is being created. copy) box instead of in the ‘To’ box. 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35 WILTSHIRE AND SWINDON HISTORY CENTRE – HOUSEHOLD RECYCLING CENTRES COVID-19 REQUEST LIVING IN LOCKDOWN UPDATE PROJECT 2020 All of Wiltshire’s household recycling centres The Council’s Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre wants to (HRCs), bar Stanton St Quin�n, will reopen from make a collec�on that reflects people’s individual and collec�ve MONDAY 18 MAY with an easy to use postcode experiences during lockdown for future genera�ons to study. entry system to help limit the number of people Communi�es and people are being asked to share their stories on site at any �me and ensure social distancing. and experiences of living in lockdown to help Wiltshire Council Postcode System Postcode: SN10, You are allowed create a new archive. to visit HRC on the following dates: May 18,19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31st. June 2, 4, 6, 8,10,12,14th The history centre wants to create a new collec�on that will For more informa�on click on website: show how lives have been transformed by this global crisis. The www.wiltshire.gov.uk • People should also bring proof of address in order to use the household centre wants people to think about what future genera�ons recycling centre. might want or need to know about 2020, COVID-19 and living in lockdown. The record of experiences might be wri�en – a diary • Please check the opening �mes before se�ng off or poetry – be drawn, photographed, painted or cra�ed. This is as all sites have different opening �mes. • People an opportunity to make a crea�ve response to challenging will only be allowed entry to visit Wiltshire’s HRCs �mes. on the days that correspond to the first part of their postcode. There is no excuse for fly-�pping. People are also asked to keep hold of items such as leaflets, You can be prosecuted if your waste is illegally fly- official communica�ons, posters, flyers – which can also be �pped. Check who is an authorised waste carrier added to the centre’s local studies collec�ons. For more by visi�ng the website: informa�on about how to get involved with the Living in www.environment.data.gov.uk/publicregister/ Lockdown project, people should visit the Wiltshire and view/search-waste-carriersbrokers or call the Swindon History Centre website: www.wshc.eu Environment Agency Tel: 03708 506506.

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36 EventsIn the wider community Worton & Cheverell FC (Youth) ‘The Badgers’ http:// www.wortonandcheverellfc.com Devizes Jobcentre Plus Maryport Street, Devizes SN10 1AE, 0870 218 382509.00-17.00 week days - Weekends closed With the football season officially over at grassroots level Are you looking for a job? and all leagues/Cup Compe��ons void for this season. Do you need help with Benefits? The club are now in the posi�on of wai�ng for any reduc�on Contact the Devizes Jobcentre Plus in Devizes, to find out in lockdown to see if we can start ac�vity again with the about the benefits and support you’re entitled to players. including; Tax Credits, Universal Credit, Income Support, Jobseekers Allowance, ESA and Pension Credit In the mean�me, we are star�ng prepara�ons for next season (fingers crossed) and iden�fying the teams we will have, coaches, equipment and pitches so we are in best posi�on possible.

Teams are looking for players for next season, doesn’t really ma�er what standard players are as they will received training from our FA approved coaches. With a�en�on focused on our badger cubs ( age 4-6 years ) on Saturday mornings.

Teams are always looking for more parents to get involved with helping teams in suppor�ng roles or in coaching roles, 2020 EDINGTON MUSIC FESTIVAL CANCELLED: but we look the club will enable training for those who wish to get forward to online ac�vity and to 2021. involved. Please speak to your managers to help support them. It is with great regret that the Directors of the Edington Music th ContactsBadger Cubs/U7 – Dave Kiddle - 07843 678781 Fes�val have had to decide to cancel this year’s fes�val, the 65 , U8/9/12 – Mark Goddard – 01380 813160 which was to have taken place from the 23 - 30 August. U10 - Sharon Black 01380 818193 Director Richard Pinel says, “In the light of the Coronavirus U11 – Paul Miller – 07917 582873 guidelines and regula�ons recently updated by the Prime U13 – Dave Kiddle – 07843 678781 Minister, it is clear that restric�ons around the lockdown are very U14 – Neil Black – 01380 818193 unlikely to be eased to accommodate the large numbers of Adults – Pete Drew – 07885 527546 visitors whom we would normally expect in the Priory Church during the fes�val. With an eye to ‘Safety First’ for our hosts, the Follow us on Facebook – Worton and Cheverell Youth Football Club (No other pages are approved by the club) community, our musicians and our visitors, we will not be holding the fes�val this year. Needless to say, this is a cause of great sadness to us all.”

During lockdown, the choir has been He con�nues, “However, the fes�val in 2021 will s�ll be the 65th, offering a Thursday Zoom Singalong and we will be able simply to move this year’s programme to which starts at 8pm. The idea came next year. We have all the music and themes for each day in from Tim Price, one of the choir’s place ready for re-ac�va�on. It will be a doubly celebratory pianists and thankfully he was able to guide us through the week of glorious music in an environment which is very dear to technology we needed if we wanted to take part. This week all of us who are involved in this unique event.” will be our eighth session!! There’s usually around 25 of us but it’s not always the same people so when someone joins the Prepara�ons are also being made for ‘Edington Online’ during ‘mee�ng’ who we haven’t seen for a while, there’s great the fes�val period. We will celebrate our core tenets of excitement!! We really enjoy the chance to see our friends friendship and fine liturgical music through a series of online and then to sing a selec�on of popular music plus some pieces videos, making use of archive material and new virtual-choir from our repertoire. Star�ng two weeks ago, we’ve also been singing some of the Pied Piper songs for our future concert. recordings along with readings and thoughts for the day from our regular team of fes�val par�cipants and clergy. Informa�on We none of us know when we shall be able to sing together at and updates will be posted on the website, the Community Hall but in the mean�me LCC Zoom choir is www.edingtonfes�val.org and through our Instagram, Twi�er keeping us singing and Facebook pages. For more informa�on please contact [email protected] If you know someone in the Redhorn Parish who would like an electronic copy of the magazine tell them to send their name, address and email address to:[email protected] URCHFONT Combine Community Bus POSTOFFICE Our regular bus services will pick Hire our lovely hall for parties, clubs, up & drop you off at your door. meetings,classes etc It has a fully equipped MONDAY - CLOSED ALL DAY kitchen, disabled access, car park and very The Driver will help to carry in your shopping should you TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND competitive rates: require assistance. Marlborough: depart on the third Wednesday of the month THURSDAY £8 ph non-villagers (market day in Marlborough) at 9.00am - 1.00pm and £5 ph villagers 9.30am returning from Marlborough at 12.30pm. (includes heating and electricity) 2.00pm - 5.00pm Fare £2.50 Devizes supermarket Contact Brigid Jones on FRIDAY- CLOSED ALL DAY Fridays:depa rts at 9.50am and departs 01380 848955 Devizes at 12.00pm Fare £1.60. SATURDAY10.00am-12.00noon [email protected] Salisbury 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month: departs9 .20am. Easterton, Departs Salisbury at 1.50pm Fare £3.00. 01380 848507 Market Lavington, This is the only direct bus service from the villages we cover & Urchfont Whoever you bank with, pay in and Tuesday is market day in Salisbury. If you have a bus pass then theseservices are free. Even if you do cashorchequesortakemoneyout. Link Good Neighbour Scheme. CONTACT OUR not qualify for a Bus pass these fares are excellent value so Foreign currency, CO-ORDINATOR ON why not join us? Mobile Phone top-ups, 01380-812755 AllservicesaredialarideandwepickupfromConnock,Chirton,Patney Pay bills, Beechingstoke,MardenWoodborough,Bo�lesford,Honeystreet,Alson FOR ANYONE NEEDING A LIFT TO Barnes,Hilco�andManningfordBruce. ContactAlanCoggins One 4All gi� cards SURGERY, HOSPITAL OR SHOPPING 01380 840302 ALL THIS AND MUCH MORE OR JUST A HELPING HAND U r c h f o n t P r e S c h o o l Our highly qualified and enthusiastic team is ready to welcome your child into our fun, safe and caring environment. We provide a rich and stimulating pre-school experience, which will be a positive influence on your child’s learning and development. We are based in a modern purpose built classroom within the grounds of Urchfont Primary School, with whom we have close links. Close by is Oakfrith Wood where we hold a fantastic weekly Forest School. Pre-school is open to children 2 years and above 9am - 3.15pm term time. We also run breakfast and afterschool clubs which are open 8am-8.50am and 3.15pm - 6pm term time [email protected] 01380848444

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TEL 01380 813699 47 COMMUNITY GROUP Community Bus : Gill Hill 840794 Linda Jennings 840413 Sue Fowler 840031 CONTACTS Anthea Donald 848113 Community Shop: 01380 848700 Lamb Inn :,Julie & Alex Elliott 848848 URCHFONTMums & Toddlers: Romarna Corke 840208 Allotments: Joyce Organ 848233 Neighbourhood Watch: Colin Whitehead 840569 Oakfrith Wood: Bob Organ 848233 ART GROUP: C. Milanes 840402. 2nd and 4th Parish Council:Bob Lunn, Clerk 848737 Wednesday of every month. 2 –4.30pm Village Hall Post Office: Urchfont 848507 (except Aug and part Dec.) Pre-School : Di Cooper 848444 BADMINTON: R. Hawkins 840386. Village Hall, Primary School: Urchfont C of E 840793 Wed 7.30 - 9.00pm, Sept -April Village Hall: (Bookings)Liz Dark 840019 BELLRINGERS: M. Halliday 840322 URCHFONT CUM WEDHAMPTON PARISH RIGHTS Practice night Thursday 7.30 - 9.00pm. Learners, visitors OF WAY: (Footpaths) P. Melhuish 840413 welcome . Meets monthly. CAMERA CLUB: B. Taylor 840479 . Meet monthly on Fridays. see diary for dates 7.30 - 9.00pm. URCHFONT VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS [email protected] CRICKET: David Mottram 840612. Players of all standards. WOMEN’S INSTITUTE: Marion Whitehead tel: 840569. Second Tuesday of month, Village CROQUET: Nigel Partridge 840701 play every day. Hall 7.30pm Beginners welcome. GARDEN CLUB: P.Cook 840001 3rd Friday in month - W.E.A. : R. Winckely 840370 7.30 pm Village Hall, new members welcome . Evening and day courses throughout the year. each year. FRIENDS & NEIGHBOURS: Julie Maidment 840691, K Bowyer 840608, S Fowler 840031. 3rd Wed of month, FRIENDS OF ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH : Village Hall. Paul Bancroft 848246 HAND BELLS: E. Bean 840555. Meet every Tuesday 2.00 to 4.30 p.m Urchfont Church. CHIRTON BELLRINGERS: J. Cannings. 840725 FRIENDS OF OAKFRITH WOOD: Bob Organ 01380 Wed 6.45 - 7.45pm Sunday ringing 30mins before 848233. services (except 8.00am) Just turn up! PARISH TRUST: C. Cannon 840405 URCHFONT PLAYERS: S. McCutcheon 727512 Parish Clerk: Susannah Lampard840073 Amateur Dramatic Society Primary School: Chirton 840684 Chirton Pre-school: 07910195330 840684 SCOUTS: DanTurner 07971173455 Meet Thursdays [email protected] Village Hall7.30 -9.00pm CHIRTON BOOK CLUB: Caroline 848635 SHORT MAT BOWLS : Alan Jenkins 840380 Meet 1st + Meet monthly on a Wednesday evening at The 3rd, 4th Tuesday (+5th if one) every month. 7-9pm Millstream. New members always welcome (from Village Hall. New members always welcome. any surrounding villages).

URCHFONT SCARECROW FESTIVAL: D. Stevens 07931930631 [email protected]

SEWING and CRAFT GROUP : J. Taylor 840479 Fridays 10 - noon. r ea TENNIS CLUB: N. Hughes 848109, G. Hill 840794 app to lub to c ils our eta k TODDLERS: R. Corke 840208, Thursday afternoons e y d .u lik nd .co ld se ail term time only 1-3.00pm Village Hall ou n m w the g ou re @ f y e mag I h rn URCHFONT WITH STERT MOTHERS' UNION: E. Grant ho ? red e- 840425 2.30pm 3rd Tuesday of the month (except Aug) b d clu our Me y FARMERS FIELD: Phil Milanes 840402 . meet monthly on at GM upd A om to our il.c the second weekend of each month @ 9.30am. New Get r y a g te gm for af @ members welcome. ’t ils ag Aon ta m D rn ho VILLAGE HALL CARETAKER : Ian Walker 07484151581 red

48 MARDEN BELLRINGERS: L. Woolley 848200. USEFUL Mondays 7 -8.15pm Occasional ringing on Sundays. New ringers always welcome NUMBERS Community Bus: Alan Coggins 840302 Parish Clerk : 07855 746041 C/O St Bartholomew’s Marden Village Hall: Brigid Jones 848955 Team Rector Vicarage, Glebe Rd, Wooton Basse� Richard Cur�s SN4 7DU [email protected] PATNEY Rev’d Joanna Porter 01380 860596/07377 423884 Parish Councillor & Clerk: Peter L Small, Assistant Team [email protected] Cobbetts, 56 Woodland Road, Patney SN10 3RG, 01380 Curate 840994, [email protected] Lay Worship Elizabeth Greed 01380840865 WILSFORD Assistants Ian & Pauline Smiith 01380 840104 SHORT MAT BOWLS: L. Woolley 848200 Yvonne Morris 01380 840614 Mondays 7.30 - 10.00pm, Village Hall. Lay Pastoral Louise Woolley 01380 848200 Assistants Evelyn Grant 01380 840425 Elizabeth Currie 01380 860309 Judith Gay 01380 860701 Yvonne Morris 01380 840614 Team Treasurer William Allen

GENERALNUMBERS Team Office Helen Rawlings Bus, Bookable: Connect2 01249 460600 Administrator [email protected] 01380 860416 Chemist :Day Lewis 01380 813395 Opening �mes Mon 9.15 - 12.15, Tues 11.30 - 16.30 Doctors Surgery: Mkt Lavington 812500 Thurs 9.15 - 13.15 Dog warden: 300 456 0107 Electricity(emergency) SSE 0800 072 7282 ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS, URCHFONT Jobcentre Devizes 0870 218 3825 closed weekends Leisure Centre Devizes : 826111 Wardens Chris Grant 16 Walnit Close 840425 Library Devizes : 726878 Ian Smith Orchard Co�age 840104 Link Scheme : 812755 Secretary Carole Jones Peppercombe Close Police Non-emergency : 101 840338 Highways : 0300 456 0105 Mally Kimber Secondary School Lavington : 812352 Treasurer Train Enquiries : 0845 74849 50 ST NICHOLAS, WILSFORD Water & Sewerage: emergency 0845 6004600 Warden Clarissa Riley 07733431748 Wiltshire Council : 0300 456 0100 or Secretary Richard Lowe 07941376109 0122571 3000www.wiltshire.gov.uk Treasurer Sharon Prance ST JOHN THE BAPTIST , CHIRTON WITH PATNEY Wiltshire Unitary CouncillorsPhilip Whitehead Councillor for Urchfont and TheCannings. [email protected] 07769894481 Warden Vacancy Paul Oatway Councillor for Chirton,Conock, Marden Patney Diana Clarkson 58 The Street and wilsford [email protected] Secretary 840744 USEFUL WEBSITES/EMAIL Treasurer Alison Dredge Urchfont : www.urchfont-pc.gov.uk ALL SAINTS, MARDEN Marden: www.mardenwilts.org Jobcentre website: https://www.jobcentrenearme.com Warden Janie Bell The Chequers 840250 Secretary Georgina Woods 840907 Treasurer Janie Bell ST JAMES, STERT Wardens Clive Boyes Stert House 723761 Paul Scarffe Secretary Paul Scarffe Treasurer Neville Moody 723449 The Churches of All Cannings, Bishops Cannings and Etchilhampton have their details in their own magazine.

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