No.023 November 2017

A Monthly Newsletter for Chilmark & Ridge and Fonthill Bishop with Berwick St Leonard

Next Issue Welcome to the November issue of The Village Voice May we remind our readers that the With leaves falling fast, and the first frost of the autumn already behind us, now is next Village Voice is a two-monthly the time to keep our eyes peeled for juvenile hedgeghogs, who may just be in need issue covering both December and of help. Autumn juvenile hedgehogs January. The deadline for copy are ones that are old enough to be will be 20 November. Please plan away from their mothers but too ahead if you would like to promote small or light in weight to hibernate an event, meeting or activity that successfully. is in the diary for the first months of 2018, ie January or February. If the hedgehog is a regular visitor Thank you. to your garden, is only seen at night and appears active, and you are Village Voice News prepared to feed it every night, then Current and back issues of it can be left in the wild. However, if The Village Voice can be you’re seeing them by day then they downloaded from the website: are displaying abnormal behaviour www.chilmarkvillagevoice.co.uk and may well need rescuing. If in If you wish to share village news or doubt, call the British Hedgehog information, please email Preservation Society on 01584 [email protected] 890801 to find a carer near you and seek their advice. Remember, though, hedgehogs do not hibernate in the open and so if you discover one that appears In this issue to be hibernating, ie cold and curled up in a tight ball, it is probably suffering from hypothermia and in fact dying. With their numbers in sharp decline across the Contact Numbers 2 country, these little chaps need all the help they can get this autumn. For tips What’s On & Diary 3 and advice, visit www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk Finally, if you’re planning a bonfire, make sure you only build it on the day it is to be lit. Village News 4-9 Church Times 10-12 Alongside bonfires and fireworks, this is of course the month for remembering those Other News 13-20 who’ve died serving their country. In Chilmark this year the Remembrance Sunday service - on 12 November - will be a poignant reminder of those local men – including Recycling & Waste 15 three brothers - who died 100 years ago in the First World War. Our thanks go to the Local Police 16 family of the Goodfellow brothers - and also a volunteer at the charity Team Rubicon – for providing us with details of the Chilmark men who lost their lives in 1917 (p9). Goods & Services 17-19 Our thanks also go to those villagers who regularly submit entertaing articles. This month includes a special dispatch from the West Coast of Ireland from our cricket correspondent Brand King (p6). We also include an item about the ’other’ Chilmark (in Massachusetts, USA) that may raise an eyebrow (p5).

Finally, a stop press from The Black Dog where Kathy and Nigel are the new managers (p4). They have asked us to let everyone know they will be starting Sunday roasts on 12 Novemeber.

We wish you a happy November. The Editorial Team The Village Voice - Village Directory

The Village Voice Editorial Team Copy deadline 20th of each month. Please note that there will be one issue for December & January (copy deadline 20 November) and one issue for July & August (deadline 20 June). Items will be welcomed from any individual or village organisation and should be sent to the Editor. However, newsletter content remains at the discretion of the Editorial Team and on some occasions will be space dependent. If you wish to advertise in the newsletter, please contact the Treasurer. Editor Sarah Miller 01722 717473, [email protected] Whitehill, Beckett’s Lane, Chilmark Deputy Editor/ Treasurer/ Advertising/ Mike Scott 01722 716971 [email protected] Joint Deputy Editor Bev Small 01722 716943 [email protected] Design & Layout Glen Miller 01722 717473 [email protected] Goods & Services Directory Felicity Trotman 01747 820503 [email protected] Distribution Stephanie Lucas 01722 716463

Directory Clerk to the Parish Council Mrs Jenny MacDougall, 01722 790339 [email protected] Chairman, Parish Council Mr Patrick Boyles, 01722 716416 [email protected] Citizens’ Advice Bureau 03444 111444 www.cabwiltshire.org.uk Chilmark & Fonthill Bishop School 01722 716348 www.chilmarkfonthillbishop.wilts.sch.uk Chilmark Cricket Club Carl Jacobs, 01722 716422 [email protected] Doctors’ Surgery Hindon 01747 820222 www.hindonsurgery.co.uk Doctors’ Surgery Tisbury 01747 870204 www.tisburysurgery.nhs.uk Flooding - emergency number 0300 456 0100 (24hrs) Neighbourhood Watch Mary Boyles, 01722 716416, [email protected] NHS 111 Service Call 111 when you need medical help fast but it’s not a 999 emergency Police (non-emergency) Tel: 101 (emergency? - call 999) Pothole & Fly Tipping Reporting go to www.wiltshire.gov.uk and select ‘Report’ Reading Room bookings Mrs Jenny Gavin, 01722 716306 [email protected] South Wiltshire MP Dr Andrew Murrison, 0207 219 8337 [email protected] Scottish & Southern Electricity 0800 0727282 Power Cut? dial 105 or visit www.powercut105.com Tisbus 07500 802525 www.tisbus.co.uk Tisbury Sports Centre 01747 871141 [email protected] Tisbury Library 01747 870469

Village Show (Horticultural Society) Jo Scott, 01722 716971 [email protected] Wessex Water Leaks: 0800 692 0692 Supply & Sewerage: 0345 600 4600 Wiltshire Council 0300 456 0100 www.wiltshire.gov.uk Wiltshire Councillor Cllr Bridget Wayman, 01747 830406 [email protected]

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November Dates for your Diary

Wednesday 1st 7pm Chilmark Parish Council meeting Chilmark Reading Room (CRR) Saturday 4th 10am-12noon Churchyard Tidy Chilmark Churchyard Monday 6th 6.30pm Pilates Class CRR Tuesday 7th 2.45-3.20pm Mobile Library Hops Close Tuesday 7th 7pm Social Stitchers CRR Wednesday 8th 9am Kettlercise Class CRR Friday 10th 10.30am Art Group Life Drawing CRR Saturday 11th 2-4pm Bric-a-Brac & Cake Sale CRR Sunday 12th 10.55am Remembrance Service Chilmark Churchyard Sunday 12th lunchtime Sunday Roasts re-starting The Black Dog Monday 13th 6.30pm Pilates Class CRR Wednesday 15th 9am Kettlercise Class CRR Friday 17th 10.30am Art Group Life Drawing CRR Monday 20th 6.30pm Pilates Class CRR Tuesday 21st 7pm Social Stitchers CRR Wednesday 22nd 9am Kettlercise Class CRR Wednesday 22nd 7pm Reading Room AGM CRR Friday 24th 10.30am Art Group Life Drawing CRR Monday 27th 6.30pm Pilates Class CRR Wednesday 29th 9am Kettlercise Class CRR December Saturday 9th 2-4pm Reading Room Christmas Bazaar CRR Friday 22nd 7pm Candlelit Carol Service Chilmark Church

Activities Contacts: Social Stitchers - Emily Wilkins on mob 07523 131630 Art Group - Jane Hobbs 01747 871200 Reading Group - Sally Butcher on 01722 716387 or [email protected] Pilates - Shirley Rutter on 07733 085077 or [email protected] Kettlercise - Karen Whewell 07500 080227 or [email protected]

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Parish Council News

The date of the next Parish Council meeting is Wednesday 1 November at 7pm in the Reading Room.

To read the latest minutes and future agenda: www.southwilts.com/site/chilmarkparishcouncil/

Forthcoming Diary Dates The Reading Room Management Committee AGM will be held on Wednesday 22 November, at 7pm. All The Black Dog members of the committee must be elected annually and Following the retirement of James and Jayne from The Black everyone from the village is entitled to attend and have a Dog last month, the pub is now under new management. vote. Please do come along on the evening, particularly if We give a warm welcome to Nigel Ball and Kathy Searle you have ideas about possible future events or activities who have moved to Chilmark from Pembrokeshire. They for the Reading Room and maybe interested in joining the are continuing with the same opening hours as previously, committee. We are always keen to hear from residents ie closed Sunday evenings and all day Tuesday (hours are who would like to be involved in putting on events for the on display at the pub). Kathy says ‘We have our Festive enjoyment of everyone in the village. Please contact Jenny Menu available (for group bookings only) and we are quite Gavin or Sarah Miller (numbers below), if you’re interested happy to discuss any customer requirements’. in joining and/or have any queries. Please call her on 01722 716344. The AGM will be followed straight afterwards by a regular Reading Room committee meeting at which the Secretary, Treasurer and Chairman are elected for the coming year. Remember, Remember… This year the committee is also seeking to elect a Vice With Bonfire Night soon upon us, please be neighbourly if Chair. We look forward to seeing you on the evening. you are planning an event involving Fireworks.

This year’s Reading Room Christmas Bazaar will take Do remember that there is a considerable number of place on Saturday 9 December at 2-4pm. thatched properties in the village, to which fireworks Please get in touch if you’re interested in taking a table. present a significant fire hazard. Contact: Jenny Gavin on 01722 716306 or In addition, be aware that it isn’t just cats and dogs that can Sarah Miller on 01722 717473 be alarmed by the loud whizz and bangs; even the calmest of horses can get frightened. In the wild, loud noises such Minutes of the latest meeting can be found on the Reading as these usually indicate danger is afoot. So if horses Room website: are nearby, then do ensure your fireworks are set off in www.chilmarkreadingroom.co.uk the opposite direction and well away from them. Be aware that it is illegal to set off fireworks between 11pm and 7am, except for Bonfire Night when the cut off is midnight, and Chilmark Horticultural Society New Year’s Eve, Diwali and Chinese New Year, when the Bric-a-brac & Cake Sale cut off is 1am. A reminder that there will be a Bric-a-brac & Cake Sale, For tips on how to enjoy a safe Bonfire Night, visit: plus Raffle, in Chilmark Reading Room on Saturday 11 www.bonfire-night-safety.co.uk November at 2-4pm to raise funds for the Horticultural Society. If you have any bric-a-brac, cakes or raffle prizes, please can you bring them along to the Reading Room at 1pm. Alternatively, if you have things but can’t make it on the day, please phone me on 01722 716971. Thank you. Looking forward to seeing you all on 11 November. Jo Scott

Christmas Wreath Workshop Only a few spaces are left for the Wreath Workshop on Wednesday 13 December 7pm in Chilmark Reading Room - please get in touch soon if you wish to come. It is a fun evening and enjoyed by beginners and pros alike. Tickets £6. Please let me know when booking if you require an oasis wreath or blocks or other container. Please bring your own greenery (although I will have some spare) and anything you wish to include in the wreath, eg: flowers, tinsel, balls, ribbons, fruit, nuts etc. Small secateurs or scissors will be required. Refreshments will be available and there will also be a raffle. Tickets and information call 01722 716571. I look forward to seeing you there. Chrissie Eden 4 The Village Voice

Brian Thick – 1942-2017 We were sad to hear of the death of Brian Thick who had been in ill health for sometime. He and his wife Olive ran the village Post Office and stores for many years, as well as the village paper round after the Post Office had closed. We send our sympathy to Olive in her great loss.

Brian was born in Chicksgrove and went by bus daily to the nearest school, in Tisbury. After his first job at the quarry, he was employed as a lorry driver by the Chilmark- based company Spiller and Wilkins at Barbary. One day in 1967, while parking at Barbary, he spotted a young woman tidying up some graves in the churchyard and could not resist investigating. The rest, as they say, is history. Their first date was on 8 July that year and they married three The Dry Chilmark years later on the same day in the Registry Office, which As reported in last month’s issue, it was agreed at The they always referred to as Mere Cathedral. Olive is one Village Voice AGM to make contact with our counterparts of only a handful of Chilmarkians who was actually born in Chilmark, Massachusetts, USA. The nearest equivalent in the village, at the same spot at the top of Barn Hill on to The Village Voice appears to be The Vineyard Gazette, which Brian was to build the bungalow where he and Olive a community newspaper that serves the six ‘towns’ on later lived. the island of Martha’s Vineyard, including Chilmark and Tisbury. Whilst there are some similarities between the Olive and Brian took over the village shop and Post Office two Chilmarks (more on these in later issues), a quick in 1985. Brian was a tall and strong man who could lend scan of the Chilmark news columns reveals one marked himself to any practical task. He set about modernising difference, summed up in headlines such as ‘Chilmark the shop, doing all the building work himself, including the says No to Beer and Wine’!: Yes, Chilmark USA is a ‘dry’ wall outside the The Old Post Office that marks the flood town and has been for more than 300 years. water level reached in 1990. He also built the bungalow that became their home in 1997, three years before the Imagine dropping into The Black Dog on a Friday evening, shop closed. only to discover it doesn’t sell beer or wine. Well, that’s the If you visited the village shop - and you were the only state of affairs at The Chilmark Tavern, as well as the other customer present - Brian might treat you to one of his ‘restaurants’ in town. However, before you choke on your wonderful stories. He described the old Chilmark when drink, you may be reassured to know that Chilmark, USA, all the men worked in the fields, many drinking copious isn’t altogether unlike Chilmark, UK – it turns out it’s known amounts of the local cider. His story of how the cider in some quarters as the ‘wettest dry town in America’. In was brewed was a favourite. It started with a trip to the short, while restaurants aren’t allowed to sell beer or wine, Knackers Yard in Salisbury on market day to collect a they’re very happy for you to Bring your own Bottle, and horse’s hindquarters; back in Chilmark, these would be even prepare cocktails for you, providing you’ve supplied suspended by rope into a vat of brewing liquid; raisins, the alcohol. parsnips and dead rats were added, for that special piquant flavour. After a couple of weeks, depending on Chilmark is the ‘last dry town’ on Martha’s Vineyard but it the size of the hindquarters, a resounding splash would seems residents are keen to preserve that state of affairs. signal the final lumps of horsemeat slipping off the rope. Twice in the last 18 months they have voted emphatically Nearly ready! I shall never forget the relish with which against moves to allow the sale of beer and wine in the Brian recounted his gory tales. Brian never had a holiday. town’s restaurants, despite some arguing that the alcohol His life was physical work and his devotion to Olive, and prohibition is outdated. the care he bestowed on his dogs. He will be remembered for his physical strength, his fine building skills and as an To find out more, visit: accomplished teller of local tales. www.chilmarktavern.com Felicity Pattenden www.vineyardgazette.com

Movie Memorabilia Inquiries continue The bizarre range of movie memorabilia collected by As this issue went to press Wiltshire Police were still convicted drug dealer Martin Fillery has been sold at awaiting test results to determine the cause of death of auction for just one third of what he spent on purchasing it. 54-year old Polish man Miroslaw Wisniewski whose body Fillery, 46, from Ashcott, Somerset, was one of three men was found in a field off Cow Drove in late September. jailed in August for transforming Chilmark’s former nuclear Detectives suspected the body had been dumped from bunker into a drugs factory capable of producing £2m a car driven down from the A303. Two men, aged 38 worth of cannabis a year. When he pleaded guilty to money and 45, from the Thames Valley area, were released laundering, his assets became subject to the proceeds of under investigation having been arrested on suspicion of crime legislation. Fillery had spent an estimated £1 million preventing a lawful burial. on building up the collection of more than 150 items that included life size statues of Iron Man, Terminator and Willy Wonka, and movie vehicles such as Bat Bike and Bat Boat. Put up for auction in Belfast by a firm that holds monthly government auctions, the sale netted £340,000.

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Chilmark Cricket Club to Ramelton to purchase supplies for the week ahead. Early in October, Chilmark Cricket They have Marmite there, but no Vegemite. Kind of like Clubbers trekked up to The Black Dog to hurricanes, instead of cyclones. It’s a brave new world I’m bid farewell to their finest batsman cum encountering over here. cricket correspondent Brand King, who Brand King was heading off to County Donegal in the Emerald Isle for the winter. The plan was/is to write a novel and get away from ‘it’ all. Less than a week after hunkering down, Brand awoke to discover he was in the midst of Ophelia. Eggsactly what you’d expect Luckily for The Village Voice, he agreed to be our Ireland As I may have mentioned, our poultry stock was sadly Correspondent for the day and despatched as follows: diminished. Death and attrition (by foxes, badgers and the like) had reduced a lively flock to The Odd Couple, I write this from the eye of the storm. Ophelia, or the an ancient Indian Runner duck – Wanda – and an equally twitching corpse of the hurricane that was, has meandered ancient, but nameless Warren hen. Wanda managed the across the Atlantic and stumbled into the Irish coast with occasional burst of egg-laying, but the Warren was long all the force of a mis-timed drive to mid on. None-the-less, past it. Things were getting desperate. an emergency is upon us and the locals are locking up their sheep. I have my own concerns: please, someone, Mike Read allowed that he might be able to find some sort send Vegemite. of duck, breed unspecified. This would help: ducks love to sit outside their house chatting in a quacky sort of way, Fact is the first I knew of the coming meteorological whilst the gloaming turns to inky darkness. Wanda had apocalypse was when I drew back the curtains this been missing this companionship for too long. morning and noticed the trees were a little more horizontal than normal. Squinting, I observed there was a sheet of Jenny Williams, busy downsizing, let us have half a dozen rain too - tiny pin pricks of precipitation lacquering every of her young Warrens, all, as they say, at the point of lay. bare surface with just enough moisture to keep the snails True enough, within days there were 4 or 5 large brown interested. eggs every day in the nesting boxes.

It may get worse, of course, but I struggle to dredge Slightly more than we needed! Within days we had changed up the fear. Being raised in Queensland one becomes from being buyers to sellers. Even Jenny came back for a accustomed to viciously swirling vortexes of weather few – she was suffering from withdrawal symptoms. But, slamming into the coast. It was an entertainment. For my as a few likely buyers surfaced, we discovered that there sisters and me there was no greater evening thrill than was a village-wide shortage of egg-boxes. There are of having our regular TV shows interrupted by a concerned course alternatives, but none are quite good enough. looking news anchor, the image of a galaxy shaped cloud above his right shoulder. If it was only a category three We sent off, online, for some. We got 100 boxes for a we would be disappointed. They always petered out to tenner, pretty reasonable. By some avian sixth sense, as a two or worse before they made landfall. A four offered soon as the boxes arrived the hens stopped laying. Typical! hope of some really good footage. A five, rarer in those days than they are now, was cause for concern. People PS: normal service has now been resumed (as of 15 died in fives and the images of bent over palm trees and October) and the girls are producing about four a day. The upturned yachts bashing into rocky foreshores carried less duck, on the other hand, continues to produce a duck, ie a spectre of awe. the square root of very little. Patrick Middleton But for the most part the cyclone would slam into a banana plantation a hundred kilometres from anywhere heavily populated, and a few farmers would lose the roofs from Welcome Home their sheds. That isn’t to say it wasn’t a furious storm; just We are delighted not only to welcome John Wilcox back to that the fury went largely unobserved. The storm would Chilmark after an eight-week sojourn in hospital but also then quickly lose strength. Drifting inland it became known to be able to publish his latest despatch for The Village as a Tropical Depression, which I always thought would Voice, as below. It’s good to have you back, John. be a good name for a cocktail and probably is somewhere on the Whitsunday Coast. All that water sucked from the Pacific was then dumped on the parched interior, and Marriage without the Sex rivers that hadn’t flowed in a decade would suddenly burst Yes, I thought that would draw you in. It’s that dandy old their banks and spread dormant seeds across floodplains. puller, sex, isn’t it? A word which doesn’t usually appear in When the clouds were exhausted, and the sun once more the chaste columns of the dear old VV. Well, despite the ascendant, the seeds would take root. Like a canvas headline, this column is not about that at all. It’s about my assaulted by a drunken Monet, the land would explode kidneys which I have to confess are not really very sexy into vibrant life. Flowers of all shades stretched as far as at all. the eye could see, while pelicans somehow got word and flew for days from their coastal enclaves to gorge on the Let me explain: the damned things suddenly completely frantically breeding fish. The cyclones brought more life collapsed – walked out, went on strike, withdrew their than they could ever extinguish and not once did I miss a labour – sometime early back in July. I don’t remember day of school because of their threat. the details, the symptoms; I just recall being rushed into hospital by ambulance, where I was diagnosed with But the ghost of Ophelia may surprise us yet. By the kidneys that had become infected, with what I don’t know, time you read this we’ll know for sure. I have my doubts just some sort of invasive, foreign body that was harmful. though so will shortly be making the leisurely drive down 6 The Village Voice

As a result, the organs were not doing their vital job of cleansing the blood and I was in danger of abruptly leaving Townsend Cottage and those whom I loved dearly. In such circumstances – as far as I know – there is only one treatment (not a cure but a holding-at-bay process). It’s called dialysis, which involves having one’s blood circulatory system connected to a Dalek kind of machine which, for four hours on a regular three-day a week basis, washes and purifies the blood thoroughly. All harmful, toxic materials are swept away. The process is painless but demands being admitted to a specialist hospital ward for treatment on the afternoons of Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for the rest of my life unless there is a miracle.

In my case, however, there is a bit more to it than that. Because my dear wife Betty died two years ago and I now live alone, the hospital would not release me from my two month’s internment within its walls unless I could guarantee that there would be someone waiting at home to offer full time, in house care. I could not demand that kind of sacrifice from my always caring daughter Alison, who has her own life to live in London, and so the only way I could meet the hospital’s demands and still live at home was to cash in my life’s savings and employ an agency who would provide full, all year round live-in care.

Hence, meet Jo and Linda, the two paragons who now take it `in turns’ to come and live with me and look after me throughout the year. Yes, it’s like marriage, without the sex.

The trouble is that my disease does not only affect my kidneys. It has given me short term memory loss, and now Alison and my ladies have to keep my diary so that I know with whom I am having lunch or a dental appointment. Also, it seems to have had a detrimental effect on my balance, my speech and even my ability to touch type, which is a real disadvantage to a writer.

Why am I crying on your shoulders in this depressing way? I assure you it is not to appeal for your pity; although if you could leave a penny or two in the bowl outside my cottage I would be grateful (my two constant companions don’t come cheaply!). No, it is to explain the distant vagueness perhaps when we meet in The Street, the slowness in acknowledging greetings, the inability to return hospitality, and any slur there might be on Betty’s memory by the number of strange ladies that are now to be seen crossing my threshold.

And, most importantly, to thank publically all those wonderful friends and neighbours who sent good wishes and visited me in hospital when I was ill. Despite all my moans and groans I am truly lucky. John Wilcox

Stargazing A chance to learn about the hundreds of constellations in our pristine night skies is coming up this month. Astronomer Bob Mizon will be holding a stargazing event at Semley Village Hall (SP7 9AS) on Monday 13 November, 7pm. Participants will hear stories about the astronomical wonders above their heads and be briefed on latest efforts to win International Dark Sky Reserve status for Cranborne Chase AONB. The event will last two-and-a-half hours and the cost is £5 per adult; children go free. Bookings must be made in advance on 01725 517417 or email: [email protected] 7 The Village Voice

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Remembering the Chilmark men who lost their lives in in Southampton). Alfred died on 10 July 1917 aged 40, 1917 in WW1 and is remembered at Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium. By the time of Alfred’s death, Annie Goodfellow was living Our thanks go to a Team Rubicon volunteer for at 129 Old Street, Clevedon, Somerset. researching and providing the following details of Chilmark men who died 100 years ago during the First Thomas Charles Goodfellow son of George and Ann World War: was baptised in Chilmark on 11 December 1885. By the age of 15 he was working as a Road Labourer, and Pte James Oliver Mould, 1/6th Warwicks - gave this occupation both on the 1911 Census, and when killed in action 4 February 1917 he married. On 15 June 1912 Thomas was married at Assevilliers Cemetery. Born in Chilmark. Coombe Bissett to Gertrude Nellie Lawes. Their daughter Kathleen Louvain Goodfellow was born in August 1915. Sgt Bernard Charles Bennett, Dorset Yeomanry - Thomas joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and died of wounds 4 May 1917 died on 4 October 1917 aged 31. He is remembered on Deir El Belah Cemetery. Born in Chilmark; lived in the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. At the time of his death Bryanston. his home was in Hindon.

Pte Bertram Morris Macey, 6th Wilts - Albert Henry Goodfellow son of George and Ann was died of wounds 10 June 1917 baptised at Chilmark on 21 September 1888. At the age of Boulogne Eastern Cemetery. Born in Ridge, Chilmark 22 in 1911 he worked as a Farm Labourer, He enlisted on 8 February 1915 in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Regiment. He LCpl Frank B Deverill, 1st Middlesex – went to Gallipoli where he contracted dysentery and died killed in action 25 June 1917 on the hospital carrier ‘Ionian’ on 9 August 1915. He is Wimereux Communal Cemetery. Born and lived in buried at the Chatby War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Chilmark Egypt (this possibly explains why he is not included on the Chilmark war memorial). Pte Alfred Walter Goodfellow, 165 Coy Labour Corps – killed in action 10 July 1917 NB: LCpl William Thomas Goodfellow was not one of Coxyde Military Cemetery. Born in Chilmark; lived in the three brothers; we understand he was a distant cousin. Clevedon

Pte Thomas Charles Goodfellow, 1/6th Warwicks - killed in action 4 October 1917 Tyne Cot Memorial. Born in Chilmark; lived in Hindon

LCpl Francis Edgar Payne, 6th Wilts - killed in action 11 October 1917 Tyne Cot Cemetery. Born in Chilmark; lived in Melksham

LCpl James Cull, 1/4th Wilts - killed in action 7 November 1917 Gaza War Cemetery. Born in Teffont; lived in Chilmark

LCpl William Thomas Goodfellow, 2nd Coldstream Gds – killed in action 30 November 1917 Gouzeaucourt Cemetery. Born in Chilmark; lived in Chicksgrove

The Goodfellow brothers Our further thanks go to the relatives of the Goodfellow family for providing us with details about the lives of the three brothers who died within months of each other during the 1917 action.

Alfred Walter Goodfellow, son of George and Ann was born in Chilmark and baptised there on 16 July 1876. By the age of 14 he was working as an Agricultural Labourer, and at age 24 as a Stone Quarryman. In 1911 he gave his occupation as a Road Labourer for Tisbury Rural District Council. On 5 April 1915 at the age of 38 he was married in Chilmark to Annie Feast, a Domestic Servant. It appears that it was the following year that he joined the Royal Berkshire Regiment, on 25 May 1916.

His military record showed that he lived at Mission Hall Cottage, Chilmark, with his wife Annie, and an adopted daughter Margaret Goodfellow (this was his niece, the daughter of James Goodfellow, who was a widower living 9 Focus Point support the needy and vulnerable and, over the past few America continues much in the news - or perhaps I should weeks, I have had the privilege of visiting both. Although say: Trump occupies the news. What next? they are very different, the work they are doing is amazing as they offer support and aid where it is needed. At the time of writing, a phrase that President Trump used of the Dallas shooting has stuck in my mind. He described With its headquarters based in Chilmark, Team Rubicon it as ‘pure evil’, subsequently downgrading his description UK unites the skills and experiences of military veterans of the shooter to ‘sick’ and ‘demented’; I say ‘downgrade’, and former first responders to deploy rapidly emergency for sick or demented can be offered as a defence in a Court response teams to those affected by disasters. These of Law - suggesting the perpetrator is not responsible for might be domestic or international, and by pairing the his actions. If you own an arsenal of forty-plus automatic skills and experiences of military veterans, former first weapons it seems odd to suggest that you didn’t know responders, medical professionals and technology what you were doing, especially in a country where mass solutions, Team Rubicon aims to provide the greatest shootings seem endemic. service and impact possible.

But what is ‘pure evil’? They are not words that sit naturally Through continued service, Team Rubicon seeks to together, technically an oxymoron, what we call something provide veterans with the three main things they lose after where the words seem to contradict each other. Another leaving the military: purpose, community and self-worth. example of an oxymoron would be a square circle. If Alongside leadership development, Team Rubicon looks instead we say ‘pure good’, where the words seem to be to help veterans’ transition from military to civilian life. saying the same thing twice, we attract another technical description: tautology. Another example of tautology would Recently Team Rubicon UK launched its biggest relief be a ‘round circle’. operation ever in the Caribbean, rushing dozens of volunteers to islands where weary residents are struggling But back to ‘pure evil’ - if it wasn’t lazy speaking, does to cope after hurricanes Irma and Maria ripped through Trump mean the evil is untainted by even a shred of the region. goodness? Think for a moment and you may wonder where pure goodness is sourced and where pure evil. On some islands, barely a house was spared. From the sky, Traditionally the Church would answer: God and goodness the volunteers peered through gaping roofs into smashed go together, as would evil and the devil. That is helpful, and shattered rooms where treasured possessions have because now we can say that something, God, is good. been reduced to little more than firewood. On the ground, Can we add anything else to our understanding of the God they helped shell-shocked residents who were doing their who is always beyond what we can imagine? best to pick up the pieces of their lives.

Prayers at Mass will often contain one or more words The scale of the damage is almost unimaginable but they that can be associated with God. As I write, the prayer have been able to respond on a significant scale in the offers ‘kindness’ and mercy’. It also says that God ‘reigns’. Caribbean, with 78 volunteers - predominantly military These are earthly concepts which, when added together, veterans and emergency responders - on the most hint at something. ‘Mercy’ is another such word. So we can affected islands. They will continue to have a presence on add merciful to the list. the islands until at least early November.To find out more and get up to date news visit www.teamrubiconuk.org Many prayers throw in other strong words: ‘redeems’ - language the pawnbroker would understand - and At the other end of the B3089, Alabaré have a programme ‘sacred’, which comes from the Latin word for ‘holy. And in Barford St Martin supporting vulnerable adults. Three some point us to God as the source of ‘refreshment’ and days a week they run programmes offering life skills for ‘nourishment’. those who attend. Skills such as gardening, cooking, (incorporating the produce from their own garden), Such words, after a little thought, extend our understanding woodwork and many other crafts are on offer, helping of the God who is always beyond description. We might all those who attend to gain skills, as well as confidence also want to salvage from Trump’s reference to ‘pure evil’, and self-worth, as they produce some amazing items. the ‘pure’ - a quality which is God’s alone - and as we When I visited they had just recycled plastic bottles to do so, to use ‘evil’ as a stepping-stone in the process of make poppies that will be part of the display at the Guild glimpsing what God is not. I’m not suggesting that Trump Hall for Remembrance. They were also busy making is in any sense a theologian, but if his words make us think Christmas decorations in preparation for their Christmas about God, he has his uses. sale on Saturday 18 November, 11am-3pm. There will Fr Robert Miller also be teas and coffees available and this is a wonderful opportunity to see first-hand all the great work that is done Two Charities at Work there. So, why not visit the Barford Development Centre at Over recent months as we have watched TV, read Dairy Road, Barford St Martin, enjoy a hot drink and cake, newspapers and listened to the radio, it feels that we have and learn more about the work of Alabaré while supporting been bombarded with news of natural disasters, acts of this worthwhile project? terrorism, growing numbers of homelessness and cuts Revd Elaine Brightwell in spending for children and vulnerable adults. It’s easy to begin to feel overwhelmed and move into compassion fatigue and yet the needs continue to grow.

Locally we have two very different agencies working to 10 Church Cleaning Rota St Margaret’s Candlelit Carol Service will be on If you have any queries please contact me on Friday 22 December at 7pm. We look forward to 01722 716571 - Many thanks, Chrissie Eden welcoming you all to this special start to Christmas.

November Group Other services over Christmas: Christmas Eve, the first communion of Christmas at 5th six 10pm, 24 December 12th seven Christmas Day, Family Communion at 11.15am 19th eight Janey Middleton 26th nine December 3rd ten

St Margaret’s Chilmark - Church Notices

Churchyard working party Saturday 4 November, 10-12 noon. Refreshments will be served. The more the merrier; please bring tools.

Remembrance Sunday service Sunday 12 November, starting at 10.55am in the churchyard. The Revd Chris Savage, from Wilton, will be taking this special service, marking 100 years since the deaths of those Chilmark men who died fighting for their country in the First World War (p9)

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TEAM CLERGY Revd Dr Graham Southgate, (Team Rector). The Rectory, Shaftesbury Road, Fovant, SP3 5JA 01722 714826 Parish Priest responsible for Ansty, Compton Chamberlayne, Fonthill Gifford, Fonthill Bishop with Berwick St Leonard, Fovant, Sutton Mandeville, Swallowcliffe, and Tisbury. Email: [email protected].

Revd Elaine Brightwell, (Team Vicar) 01722 717883 Parish Priest responsible for Barford St Martin with Burcombe, Baverstock, Chilmark, Dinton, and Teffont Evias with Teffont Magna. Email: [email protected]

ASSOCIATE PRIESTS Revd Mark Hayter, High Spinney, Sutton Road, Fovant, SP3 5LF 01722 785176 Parish Priest responsible for Hindon with Chicklade and Pertwood Email: [email protected]

Revd Jo Naish, Coombe Warren, Hindon Lane, Tisbury, SP3 6QQ 01747 871820 Email: [email protected]

LICENSED LAY MINISTERS Miss Judy Anderson, 29 Brook Close, Tisbury SP3 6PW 01747 873142 Mrs Thelma Caughey, Steeple Close, High Street, Hindon SP3 6DJ 01747 820840

PARISH CENTRE Hinton Hall, Church Street, Tisbury SP3 6NH 01747 871697 9.30-11am Monday-Friday Email: [email protected]

TEAM ADMINISTRATOR Mrs Carol Sayes, Cleeve Hill, Vicarage Road, Tisbury SP3 6HZ 01747 871805 Email [email protected] CHURCHWARDENS Chilmark, St Margaret of Antioch Fonthill, All Saints with Berwick St Leonard Mrs Jane Middleton 01722 716231 The Hon Mary Morrison 01747 820231 Mr Richard Haupt 01722 717472 Mrs Penny Mellish 01747 820524 ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Parish Priest: Fr. Robert Miller, Trellis House, High Street, Tisbury SP3 6JR 01747 870228 [email protected] MASSES Tisbury, Sacred Heart: Sunday 9am (sung) & 6.30pm (said) Wardour, All Saints: Sunday 11am (sung)

TISBURY METHODIST CHURCH Minister: Revd Denise Binks, 7 Ridge Way, Shaftesbury SP7 9HB, [email protected] 01747 854631 Sunday Service: 10.30am

CHILMARK CHURCH, ST MARGARET OF ANTIOCH Treasurer Major John Eden 01722 716571 Choir Felicity Pattenden [email protected] 01722 716271 Organist David Davies [email protected] 01722 714440 Polly Dickins [email protected] 01747 870226 Bells Linda Jones [email protected] 01747 870595 Angus Menzies [email protected] 01722 717925

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Hindon Surgery News - On Sunday 12 November, Tisbus will be holding a Avoiding Winter Admissions fundraising pre-Christmas Table Top Sale at The Nadder An all too familiar news item at this time of year is how Centre, Weaveland Road, Tisbury, from 9.30am to midday. hospitals struggle to cope with increased emergency A great opportunity to clean out the kids’ rooms or those admissions in winter. The NHS measures admission rates kitchen cupboards; make some money and support a good for “care sensitive conditions” - illnesses that could have cause at the same time. Sellers wanted to come and sell been avoided by better preventative or early care outside their Christmas wares, car boot sale bargains, handmade hospital - by monitoring GP practice areas. A low rate with goods or anything else of interest. Only £5 per table, free little change by season is a marker of good care, and all entry for buyers. Come along and get into the Christmas the local small practices in South West Wiltshire achieve spirit with us. To reserve a table simply phone Jody on both. 07500 802525 - tables also available on a turn-up on the day basis. We deliver an accessible and comprehensive winter vaccination programme, and also react quickly when On Wednesday 22 November there will be a lunch trip to patients get ill by offering a ‘be seen on the day’ service. The Dolphin Inn at Peacemarsh, near Gillingham. The pub We try very hard to keep our patients well, but your actions had a mini refurbishment earlier this year and its décor as patients are also very important: and menu now have a hint of Italian to them. Why not come along and try their new menu, catch up with friends Flu vaccinations are free to high-risk groups, carers and make new ones all whilst enjoying good homecooked and everyone over 65. This one simple, safe and quick food served with a warm and friendly welcome? The cost intervention is the most effective way to reduce winter of this trip is £7 (children £3.50) plus the cost of your meal. hospital admissions. All children from two to eight years Pick-ups start at 11am returning at 2.30pm. old are now also vaccinated. Flu can kill (a few thousand die every year) and treatments are pretty ineffective, but Don’t forget all our regular shopping trips to Salisbury, vaccination does reduce the risk. Shaftesbury, Gillingham, Warminster and Tisbury, on which senior citizens travel free and children travel at Keep warm - turn the heating on and wear warm clothing. half price (8 years to 19 years) and under-8s travel free. Membership costs £10 for 5 years. If you would like to Avoid risks - simple things like not going out if it’s icy. become a member please call our Administrator on Your practice may plan for episodes of poor weather by 07500 802525. avoiding routine checks and relaxing prescription ordering restrictions. Meanwhile, Tisbus are always on the lookout for volunteer drivers. If you hold a standard British Driving Licence, Give permission to share more of your summary care and would like to join our friendly team of volunteers record so that other NHS workers can see your important whilst helping your local community, then please call our illnesses, medications and any care plans in addition Administrator on the number above. to allergies. Forms are available from your practice to update the sharing permissions on your records.

Keep a Green Cross tub with your medical and contact details inside – this is a Lions Club initiative available Join our Heating from all surgeries. Many patients also discuss (with their family and doctor) what they want to happen if they become seriously unwell in the future and this can be Oil Buying Club! documented to be kept on your medical record and also at home. If needed, the surgery can provide a resuscitation and treatment escalation plan and advanced directives and SAVE up to are available from the web. Your practice can agree a deterioration treatment plan for illnesses that need emergency medicines to hand like recurrent infections 10% on your (chest, cellulitis, urine) or a long time conditions like COPD, epilepsy or diabetes. It is also important to make heating oil cost! sure you have a Will in place. • Free to join Keeping healthy in mind and body is also important, and we • Independent of suppliers are fortunate to have many local clubs and organisations and excellent local and community shops to help with this. • Order for more than one location Dr Patrick Craig-McFeely • Pay the supplier direct • Bi-monthly reminders November Tisbus outings Why not come along with Tisbus members and friends on • Over 500 members one of our outings this Autumn? On Thursday 9 November Tisbus will be venturing to Sherborne for the weekly FOR MORE INFORMATION Pannier and Country markets where traders stock some AND FREE REGISTRATION VISIT: new and unusual buys as they prepare for Christmas shoppers. The cost of this trip is £14 (children £7, under- www.nadder.oilbuyingclub.com 8s travel free). Pick-ups start at 9am returning at 2pm.

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Films in Tisbury into this fascinating and multi-layered escape story will be at the Nadder Centre, Weaveland Road. given, in aid of three Nadder Valley churches, by history enthusiast Paul Cordle in an illustrated talk using paintings Friday 10 November - we will be showing Churchill (PG) and images of that turbulent time. Tickets £15 to include a starring Brian Cox as Winston Churchill, with Miranda glass of wine and canapés, from Richardson as his wife Clemmie. This is a ‘ticking clock Gilbert Gray: 01722 714254 or [email protected] thriller’ in the 96 hours before D Day. The talk will be followed by the raffle of four generously donated prizes: x2 grandstand seat tickets for Cowdray Doors open at 6.30 for 7pm performance. Tickets £6 are Gold Cup Polo Finals, July 2018, with picnic lunch available from Kate Good Pottery, High Street, Tisbury - and champagne; a 6-bottle case of an award winning 01747 870367, closed on Mondays. Champagne; a voucher towards lunch for two at a Wright Any profit from the films will go to the General Fund, St Brothers restaurant in London; x2 tickets for Beating John’s Church, Tisbury. Tisbus are happy to arrange the Retreat by the Household Division on Horse Guards transport to the Centre so, if you would like a lift, do ring Parade 3rd week of June 2018. 07500 802525. We will open again in January 2018. Raffle Tickets available from Valerie Heal: 01722 714351 or [email protected] Proceeds to the Churches of St Teffont Film Club George’s Fovant, All Saints Fonthill Bishop, All Saints Our autumn mini-season concludes on Saturday 25 Chicklade. November with Hampstead, based on the case of a real- life Hampstead Heath squatter. Widowed Emily (Diane Keaton) is adrift and struggling to keep her flat in London’s high-toned Hampstead Village; she becomes intrigued by a self-sufficient recluse, Donald (Brendan Gleeson), whom she discovers living in a shack in a quiet corner of Hampstead Heath. Curiosity leads to friendship and to unexpected late-life love. A charming and life-affirming tale about how love can be found in the most unexpected places and that age is no barrier to second chances.

Doors open 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Tickets £6 on the door. Booking and enquiries: [email protected]

Recycling & Waste Collection dates for November

Tuesday 7 - Blue lid, Black box, Green lid Blue lid - plastic bottles, cardboard, brown paper, shredded paper Black box - glass bottles & jars, newspapers, junk mail, tin cans, clothing, silver foil Green lid - Garden waste, NOT household compost

Tuesday 14 - Household waste (grey bins)

Tuesday 21 - Blue lid, Black box, Green lid

Tuesday 28 - Household waste

For more details of which bin to use, visit the following link: www.wiltshire.gov.uk/rubbish-and-recycling/recycling

Women Who Lunch The next meeting of the Women Who Lunch group will be on Thursday 30 November. We will be at The Wyndham Arms, Dinton, as usual, 11.30am for 12 noon, and our speaker this month is Nick Cooper. Further details and bookings from Sue Evans, either 01747840600, or [email protected]

Escape or Die – Friday 17 November 7pm – Dinton Village Hall. An illustrated talk by Paul Cordle. Personal courage, a cool head and bluff characterised the future King Charles II during his escape after the Battle of Worcester in 1651, the last battle of the Civil War on English soil. On the run for six weeks, and passing through Mere and the Nadder Valley, he eventually made it to freedom. Insights 15 The Village Voice - Local Police

Wiltshire West Community Summary of crimes to mid-October 2017 Policing Team, Tisbury Community Sutton Mandeville, 21 September - Vehicle offences: Hello and welcome to the report for Suspect(s) entered a livery yard overnight and stole diesel October 2017. Its main theme is ‘Statistics’ fuel from two customer horse lorries. comprising a summary of some news taken Sutton Mandeville, 29 September - Vehicle offences: from the Wiltshire Police website. Suspect(s) entered a stable yard and, using a small rock, have smashed front passenger window of parked car, have General reached in and removed a Cath Kidston leather handbag. Figures recently published by the Office for National Swallowcliffe, 2 October - Theft: Suspect entered a gated Statistics (ONS) show that, from June 2016 until June and padlocked stable yard and stole a horse rug valued 2017, Wiltshire Police recorded 42,523 crimes; this at approximately £75. The gate and padlock remained represents an increase of just over ten per cent on the secure. previous year. Nationally, police forces have experienced Swallowcliffe, 2 October - Theft: Suspect trespassed a rise of slightly more than fourteen per cent. onto a field and stole a sealed electric fence battery, valued at £100. While the increase in crime continues, at least that Ansty, 13 October - Burglary: Suspect(s) entered a garage increase, year on year, appears to be reducing. Current and stole gardening tools to the value of £1200 including a increases are also partly attributed to changes in recording petrol strimmer, leaf blower, and a hedge cutter. practices. Swallowcliffe: 18 October - Burglary: Suspect entered victim’s house, possibly on two occasions, and stole a The profile of crime in Wiltshire is similar to the national quantity of cash. profile but we do appear to have spikes in burglary and vehicle crime. Importantly, however, volumes of drug trafficking, homicide, and the most serious crimes of Team Contacts violence are lower than the national average. Sector Head: Inspector 41 Andy Fee: [email protected] Interestingly, the Wiltshire Police is one of the best forces Deputy Sector Head: Ps 1629 Gill Hughes: in the country for crime recording accuracy. [email protected] Community Coordinator: Pc 2446 Charly Chilton: Burglaries [email protected] In the twelve months to June 2017, 4,197 burglaries were Local PCSO: PCSO 6192 Neil Turnbull: recorded in Wiltshire, an increase of 16.3 per cent over [email protected] the previous year. As a priority for the force, a burglary improvement plan (!) is now in place; this forms the basis Please follow us on Twitter - twitter.com/wiltshirepolice for all burglary investigations. Local communities remain a or on Facebook - www.facebook.com/wiltshirepolice/ vital resource for the tackling of burglary and part of the plan includes police attendance at community consultations. For a detailed breakdown of the crime in your area visit: These will give better engagement with the public and an www.police.uk/wiltshire/ improved chance of catching offenders.

Vehicle Offences The volume of vehicle offences recorded in the year to June 2017 increased by 26.2 per cent - an additional 737 crimes. Officers and staff continue to work with the community to inform them of the dangers of leaving belongings on display and how to keep their vehicles safe. Advertising in The Village Voice Revenue from the quarterly Goods & Services Directory goes to Free Fire Safety Checks Chilmark Parochial Church Council (via Hindon PCC). Cost (for As part of its focus on the prevention of fire-related 30 words max) is £16 for 4 issues (a year); £12 for 3 issues; £8 incidents in the home, Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and for 2 issues; £4 for one issue. Please contact Felicity Trotman Rescue Service are offering one-to-one advice. Wiltshire (see Village Directory, page 2) if you wish to include an entry in the next Directory. Cheques payable to Hindon PCC. residents can arrange for a member of the Service to visit them at their property. The visit will identify potential All other advertising revenue (display and classified adverts) risks and how to reduce or prevent them. Electrical safety, goes towards The Village Voice printing costs. escape plans, cooking, smoking, personal safety, and the immediate installation of free smoke alarms, if needed, will Display advert prices as from 1st September 2016 are: all be covered. quarter page - £60 per year (10 issues) eighth page - £40 per year If you live in a thatched property, or are over 65, or smoke, or have mobility or long-term health problems, or have Classified adverts can be run for up to three issues at the rate children under five years of age, do please telephone of 10 pence per word (30 words max) per issue. Should you wish to place a display or classified advert please contact our 0800 0382 323 or access website www.dwfire.org.uk to Treasurer Mike Scott: request a free ‘Safe and Well’ visit. Additional information [email protected] about thatched properties is also available.

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BED & BREAKFAST HINDON Tranquil, comfortable double bedroom en-suite (bath). Breakfast in pretty courtyard if the weather allows. Drop- off service for walkers/railway station. Parking,TV, wifi access. Wendy and Sydney Beresford-Davies Tel: 01747 820271

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BUILDING CONTRACTOR All aspects of general building and refurbishment, including the installation of kitchens and bathrooms. Member of the Federation of Master Builders. HETAS approved installer. For all your building requirements, please contact: P. F. PARSONS LTD. Unit 1, Wylye Road, Hindon, Salisbury SP3 6ER.Tel [01747 820422] email: [email protected] web: www.pfparsons.co.uk

CARPENTRY AND JOINERY All aspects of carpentry work undertaken: Extensions, New builds, Renovations, Cut Roofs, Built-in Wardrobes, Design, Supply and Install Kitchens. Over 20 years’ experience. Please visit my website www.prestigecarpentrybuildingltd.co.uk Tel:[01747 590177, mobile 07501 184604] email:[email protected]

COUNTRY CARE Qualified local carer, offering care and support for the people of Hindon and surrounding villages. SYLVIA PARRISH Tel [01747 820018] or [07795262130, evenings and weekends]

DRY STONE WALLING AND PAVING Dry stone walling and landscaping. Reliable, professional family-run business. Patrick Houchen – DSWA member. Tel. [01963 371123], mobile [07791588141], web: www.yenstonewalling.co.uk

FEET FIRST Foot Health Professional providing quality footcare in your own home. Fully trained and insured. Find out more at www.tisburyfootcare.com. Treatments include nail cutting, corn and callus removal and more. Emily Boulting, Tel. [07551 751642], email [email protected]

FONTHILL TIMBER LIMITED Timber, firewood and kindling. Hardwood and softwood, rough sawn timber. Seasoned logs cut and split to your requirements and nets of kindling supplied and delivered. Call [01747 871142] – Phil Farnell.

HAPPY HOUND DOG GROOMING SERVICE An experienced, friendly service in a quiet area of Chilmark. City and Guilds trained. Fully insured. Kay Rooke, Unit 3 The Courtyard, Field Barn Building, Ridge Farm, Chilmark: Tel [01722 716626], Mobile [07900 350846], email: [email protected]

HATHA YOGA AND RELAXATION Groups and individuals. Chairbased and mat (floor) classes. May be used to improve and provide a sense of physical and emotional revitalisation. Tel [01722 717870] email: [email protected] web: www.RuthBridgeman.co.uk

HINDON VILLAGE MARQUEES Marquees 16 x 6m, 6 x 4m and furniture for hire locally at low rates to benefit Hindon causes. Erection and dismantling service if required. Further details: [email protected] or [01747 820321]

JONNY WILSON ROOFING, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE All aspects of roof work – slate, tile, flat roofs, guttering, chimneys, moss clearance, leadwork. Building and maintenance projects also undertaken. Over 20 years’ experience, local references. Tel [07526 479360], email: [email protected]

MR CASTLE’S LANDSCAPE GARDENING From complete landscaping to general maintenance, including – driveways, decking/patios, fencing, tree surgery and waste removal. Get in contact for a free quotation. MR CASTLE, 9 Hill Terrace, Hindon, SP3 6EL. Tel: [07743 904662], email: [email protected] Web: www.castlelandscaping.co.uk

NATURAL SPIRITUAL HEALING & COUNSELLING/COACHING Physical and mental health support that helps elicit change. Clinics: 5 Ridgeway, Chilmark and LIfecare Health, Frome. Tel [01722 717870] email: [email protected] web: www.RuthBridgeman.co.uk

NATURAL STONE SERVICES All aspects of stone masonry – new build, rebuild, repairs, traditional lime pointing, floor/wall tiling in stone, ceramics, etc. Hard landscaping – walls, patios, paths, etc. Listed building works. No VAT. ROBIN EVANS 22, Frickers Paddock, Chilmark, SP3 5BU. Tel [07979 513096], emaii: [email protected]

OLD RECTORY BED & BREAKFAST A beautiful refurbished Bed & Breakfast offering a two-bedroomed family suite and two double en suite rooms. Free wifi. Reduced rates for groups and longer-stay guests. LYNDA and COLIN MASEFIELD, The Old Rectory, Chicklade Salisbury SP3 5SU. Tel [01747 820000], web: www.theoldrectory-bandb.co.uk

PAINTER AND DECORATOR SAUL MITCHELL PAINTER AND DECORATOR. Maintaining the Past, Designing the Future. Est. 2004. All aspects of Interior and exterior decorating. Covering your local area. Tel [01747 830029] Mobile [07787 927455]

RURAL PLUMBING SERVICES Plumber and heating engineer. 24/7 call-out service. Drains and waste pipes cleared. PETER SCUTT, 2 Ridgeway, Chilmark SP3 5BX. Tel [01722 716768] Mobile [07774 777380]

RURAL VIEW ESTATE AGENCY Your local estate agent. Selling, letting and managing all types of property. CHARLIE GRAHAM, Manor Farm Estate, Chilmark SP3 5AF. Tel [01722 716895] email: [email protected]

SEPTIC TANK EMPTYING Septic tank emptying, Luxury toilet hire, Temporary toilets, Portable and Luxury Showers, Temporary Fence, Barrier and small container hire and sales. ROB BEALE LTD, Copse Side Farm, Ansty SP3 5PS. Tel [01747 871464], web: www.temporarytoilets.co.uk

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SOFT FURNISHINGS & INTERIORS Beautifully made curtains, Roman blinds, soft furnishings & accessories. From measuring to fitting, a professional, fully insured client-led service. Please call Rene Fullerton, Fullerton Furnishings Showroom & Workroom, Unit 10 (Ground Floor), Berwick Courtyard, Berwick St Leonard, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP3 5UA Tel: 01747 445015 Mob: 07795274118 email: [email protected]

TANK SERVICES Specialist in domestic, commercial and agricultural fuel oil storage, water tanks, rainwater harvesting, chemical tanks, with associated pumps, hoses, meters and filters. Also supplying tank security and other tank accessories. Southern Tank Services, Unit 2, Eastern Works, Sutton Mandeville, Salisbury SP3 5NL. Tel [01722 714514] email: [email protected]

TIM HYDE THATCHING Traditional thatching in English wheat straw, water reed and long straw. Reports for surveyors and insurers. Full roofs or ridges, walls and summer houses. Traditional hedge-laying also carried out. TIM HYDE, The Stables, Milton Farm, East Knoyle, Salisbury SP3 6BG. Tel [01747 830718] mobile [07880557436] email: [email protected] web: www.timhydethatching.co.uk

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The volunteers in the Caribbean have cleared 20km of routes; organised the delivery of aid to more than 6,500 beneficiaries; purified over 60,000 litres of water; mentored locals in disaster management and also repaired schools. Their efforts have gone towards getting the community back on their feet and moving towards normality.

Thanks to tremendous support from across the country, Team Rubicon has raised more than £200,000, as well as a tremendous amount of gift-in-kind donations, such as free flights. Sarah Roberts, Community Fundraising Manager said: ‘Thank you to everyone who has donated so far; you have made a real difference to these disaster hit communities. Thanks to your support we are going be The Deverills Festival Cello and Piano Recital, Saturday 18 November, 7.30pm, able to have volunteers on the ground in the Caribbean Kingston Deverill Church. until late November.’

Guy Johnston, one of the most exciting and versatile British cellists of his generation and Tom Poster, internationally recognised as a pianist of outstanding artistry and versatility, present an exciting programme of music for cello and piano in this final fixture of the Deverills Performing Arts 2017 series of events. The programme will include an eclectic mix of Chopin, Rachmaninov, Schumann, Fauré, Beethoven, MacMillan and Mendelssohn.

For more details go to deverillsfestival.com & guy-johnston.com & tomposter.co.uk Tickets: £15 - call 01985 844385 or email [email protected]

Nadder Valley Wine Circle Unfortunately our Chairman, and founding member, Professor Alastair Bellingham has had to step down from the Wine Circle’s chair due to ill health. Luckily we have a knowledgeable oenophile to take over from him - John Muggleton - and our wine circle will continue as before. Our annual dinner is scheduled for The Forester at Donhead St Andrew in November and one of our members, Nick Beard, will be presenting a selection of Port wines in Dinton Village Hall on 5 February 2018. We still have places available for new members. If you are interested in joining a friendly bunch of oenophiles please contact one of the following; John Muggleton, Chairman - 01722 741748; Paddy Dawson, Teffont/Chilmark - 01722 716729; John Moore, Dinton - 01722 717881. Chilmark Pilates The latest block of Reading Room Pilates classes have started on Monday evenings at 6.30pm. The final class of term is Monday 11 December. Contact Shirley Rutter if Team Rubicon latest Chilmark-based disaster relief charity Team Rubicon UK you would like to join the group. Classes may be moved is continuing its massive relief operation in the Caribbean to Thursday evenings after Christmas. Please let Shirley following the devastation caused by Hurricanes Irma and know if this would suit you. Maria. From its headquarters at former RAF Chilmark, 07733 085077 / [email protected] the charity sent volunteers to the Caribbean within 48 hours of the first Hurricane, Irma, striking. Since then, 74 of their volunteers have helped communities Yoga across seven separate islands. Their volunteers are Ashtanga Yoga classes for all levels of experience, predominantly made up of military veterans, as well including absolute beginners, are taking place at Ashley as emergency responders and civilians. Efforts have Wood Farm, Fonthill Gifford SP3 6PY on Thursday focused mainly on providing relief to the British Virgin evenings at 6-7.30pm. The classes are taught by senior Islands as well as Turks and Caicos. Volunteers based Yoga teacher and registered osteopath Daniel Petkoff. in Antigua and Barbados have organised logistics to Contact as below for more details: 01985 212717 or funnel aid through the region while teams are undertaking [email protected] assessments of Barbuda and Dominica.

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