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PUCKLECHURCH NEWS Summer 2013 www.pucklechurch.org Funded by the Parish Council Pucklechurch Friday 14th June 4.30-6.30pm, Senior Revel 2013 Citizens Entertainment in the Community Centre. Demonstration by Pucklechurch Majorettes. As I write this I'm looking out Saturday 15th June Revel Day starts with of my window at a very wet parade and windy day. Let's hope that June brings sunshine Judging at 11.45am. Lots of stalls and arena and blue skies. Surely we are due a sunny events throughout the afternoon after the Revel day after last year's strong wind and traditional Revel Day Parade at noon as well as heavy showers! live music. Revel Day will end at 7.30pm. There are lots of fun events to look forward to Date for your diary: during Revel week which starts on Friday 7th Sunday 13th October 10am-12 midday. Photo June with the Beer and Cider Festival. This and art competition at Community Centre. event will be on for two consecutive nights, Closing date for entries Saturday 21st Friday 7th and Saturday 8th June, 7pm until September. Entries to be submitted to Elaine midnight. Great bands are booked, BBQ on 9373105 or email [email protected] both nights. Tickets £7 Friday, £9 Saturday or a two night ticket £13, available from Walkers Newsagent, The Star and Village Hall Social Club. Graham Edward Winbolt For the children on Saturday 8th June at 2pm, make a miniature garden and join in the scavenger hunt on the Rec. Children must be Dr Graham Winbolt, who served as GP for pucklechurch accompanied. Tickets from Lyn Ford at school for over 30 years, died on 7th March 2013, aged 79. or Walkers newsagents. Originally from Liverpool, Dr Winbolt attended Sunday 9th June 10.30am meet in the Cambridge and then St George’s Hospital Medical School Community centre car park for the Revel in London. Called up for national service in1959, he spent Ramble, an easy 3 to 4 mile walk around the three years as a medical officer with Her Majesty’s Foot area. The Revel Service takes place later in Guards. After his service ended, Dr Winbolt spent a few years the day at 6.30pm in the Vicarage garden, or training in Devon before joining a medical practice based in church if the weather is really wet, followed by Marshfield which also covered Pucklechurch. In 1966, Dr fellowship and a glass of punch. Winbolt and his family moved to Pucklechurch and had a surgery built adjacent to his house on Castle Road, where it is Monday 10th June Revel Quiz Night still in use today. The practice expanded over the years to 7.30pm at The Fleur de Lis. meet the needs of a growing village. Dr Winbolt retired in Thursday 13th June Bob Todd Memorial Pram 1998. Race and Tug o'War on the Rec, 7pm. In his spare time, Dr Winbolt devoted himself to collecting Weather permitting. Contact Marie Walkley British military electronic instruments to save them for 9373986 for more details. Tug O' War teams posterity. His collection, amassed over 30 years, was please call Mike Rawlins 9373049. displayed at Bletchley Park in the 1990s and now resides at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford. Wednesday 12th June Poetry in the Garden. Dr Winbolt is survived by his wife Reineke, children Erik, For more details and £5 tickets please contact Elise and James, and six grandchildren. Elaine Stone 9373105. Wednesday 12th June To read more about Dr Winbolt’s career as a village also sees Revel Bingo 7pm at PVSSC. Over doctor, read the 2004 artical fromPucklechurch News at 18's only. http://pucklechurch.org/html/features _sept_2004.html#Tales 1 St.Thomas-a-Becket‘ Pucklechurch Playgroup SPECIALCHURCH SERVICES There are Spaces available from rd September 2013 Sunday 3 June at 10a.m. Café Church Playgroup Hours: Monday-Friday 9.15am-12.15pm th Sunday 9 June 6.30p.m. Revel Service Pre-School Session In Vicarage Garden if dry (or Church if wet) Wednesday 9.15am-3.15pm Some spaces available for two year olds. th Sunday 14 July 10a.m. Patronal Festival Please contact either: Family Communion George: 07736 713730 Or st Sunday 21 July 10a.m. Family Communion Fiona: 07545 351364 Music Sunday Dyrham and Hinton Revel Fete Garden Party th The 2013 Dyrham and Hinton Revel Fete will be held Saturday 29 June 2p.m. at Vicarage (Church if wet) in Wynter House in Dyrham at 2.00pm on Saturday Stalls: Cakes/ Tombola/, Books/, Bric-a-Brac 29th June. This is a traditional village fete with stalls of Plants Raffle Sideshows Strawberry Cream Teas interesting and useful things, including food and and refreshments. drink, pluslots of fun things to do for all the family. There will be a band providinglive music. Do follow the signs and join us for a great family afternoon Out! Thank you John Miller Scarecrow Competition D&H RevelCommittee Thanks to everyone who made the ABSON VILLAGE MARKET scarecrow competition a great success . again this year. The Church received £2,058, To be held in Abson church just over what was raised last year. (the money is put Sat June 22nd and Sat Aug 24th into our church restoration fund to go towards the upkeep 10.30am -12.30pm. of our very old village Church). So thank you to all the All the usual stalls scarecrow makers, visitors and organisers. plants...veg...bric/brac...cakes...meat....cards...etc. The winning scarecrows were 'The Twits'. JULY 27th will see the "ABSON VILLAGE FETE Congratulations to the prison chaplaincy who made this held on the green, again lots of stalls and extras. If fantastic pair of scarecrows! The closest runners up were you would like to run your own stall at any of these The Black Knight and Snow White. As always the events please get in touch with Julie Young tel.. standard of entries was great. Congratulations everyone. 9372156. All the scarecrows with their names, will soon be available to see at Pucklechurch News http://www.pucklechurch.org/html/scarecrow.html. Funded by the Pucklechurch Parish Council Produced by The winner of the most correctly guessed scarecrows was Sarah Nunez Noah Ball. Noah was delighted with his prize. The Prison 07540243627 9374653 Chaplaincy have kindly handed their prize back to the editing and proofreading Church with a request that it be used for children's and [email protected] youth work. Discussions are under way as to where it Claire Dolman,( could be best spent in the village. layout and printing 07855 061735 The scarecrow committee hopes you had a great couple Helen Toghill, of days. Here's to next year! collection, collating and distribution The Team at St Thomas a Becket 937 3837 1 Orchard Road With very best wishes. Please email articles to [email protected] or drop them off to any one of us at the addresses above. Please include your name and Julie Gardner telephone number in case we have questions about your article. We reserve the right to edit all articles. We cannot be responsible for the Dear Pucklechurch News accuracy of articles submitted for publication. What a fantastic thing the Scarecrow trail is for our community and so nice that the sun shone for the organisers. It is such a Copy Deadlines: 10th August for Autumn issue (September) simple construct yet clearly brings so many benefits with it - 10th October for Christmas issue (November) friends, families and visitors had fun in the sun whilst money 10th January for Winter issue (February) was raised for good causes. Everyone who is involved with this 10th March for Spring issue (April) should be congratulated - from those whose idea it was several 10th May for Summer issue (June) years ago, to the volunteers who organise it today and of course the the many scarecrow makers without whom there would be For the latest news, visit the online version at no trail at all. Long may it continue to bring joy! Gail Boyle www.pucklechurch.org 2 defibrillator elsewhere in the vicinity of Oak Tree Avenue. PROJECT UPDATE : JUNE 2013. Community First Responders As most of you will know we have been very busy over the last year and have managed to achieve We have three trained and active Community First our goal to raise £10,000 for four defibrillators and Responders. But we are still looking for people cabinets to be placed around Pucklechurch. Our within the village who are willing to be trained by thanks once again go to the Parish Council and South Western Ambulance Service to be a First local businesses, those that obtained workplace Responder for Pucklechurch. The time commitment awards and applied for grants, those who attended once trained would be approximately 12 hours a our fundraising dance, donated via our collection week. boxes, or contributed to our 50: 50 challenge and to the local village organisations who worked very Basic Life Support Awareness sessions hard to raise money for the project. These sessions can be organised for any group, or Where are the defibrillators? organisation within the village. As more people are Defibrillator No. 1 is situated outside the aware of the cabinets and defibrillators we are Pucklechurch Community Centre on Abson Road being asked how they are used. Defibrillator No.2. is situated outside the Pucklechurch Sports and Social Club, St Aldams If you are interesting in arranging Basic Life Support Drive. Awareness sessions or willing to train as a Defibrillator No 3. Is situated outside the Coach Community First Responder please contact Angela House Café on Westerleigh Road, which is the Hallett on 9374252 or by e-mail nearest public building to the Rose & Crown.