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Editorial This is Spectrum with a difference as we have no Diary of Events or adverts for them as there will not be any events to attend. None of the usual weekly meetings and no fetes or quizzes. No list of Church Services either but do please look at the information from Christine. So we make our own entertainment and only see our neighbours when they pass by getting their daily exercise or when we go outside to clap for the NHS. Strange times. On the other hand, so many people are offering help with shopping, collecting orders, collecting and delivering prescriptions, etc. We are so lucky to have such kind people in the neighbourhood. Difficult times are bringing out the best in so many people. So we call friends and family members and have long chats, send emails and text messages with more regularity than before and spent hours trying to place orders online. We give delivery drivers a wave and a thumbs up from the safety of the house. However, being of a tactile nature, I do miss hugs and kisses. Keep safe. MEG http://www.wooltonhill.com/Spectrum.html Spectrum is a monthly community magazine serving East Woodhay and Woolton •Fully Quali ed and Insured Hill. It is run by a committee of volunteers and is a not for profit publication. Reports on village activities and articles of local interest are welcomed for Tree Surgery publication subject to the discretion of the editor. Copy should reach the editor by the seventh day of the month preceding publication and should be a maximum PlantingPruningRemovals of 500 words. In the event of pressure for space, the editor reserves the right to reduce the length of the article while attempting to maintain the style of the writer Hedge Cutting and retaining as much content as possible. Stump Grinding The editorial committee accepts no responsibility for the views expressed by Spectrum contributors or for the quality of goods and services provided by Woodland Management advertisers in this magazine. Chip, Mulch & Logs for Sale The contents of this magazine are protected by copyright and nothing may be greentips reprinted without prior permission. Editor for June: Mary Gulliver, The Old Bakery, North End, Newbury RG20 0AY T: 01635 254712 TREE SURGERY [email protected] Tel: 254567 M: 07903 259973 Editor for July, August & Spetember:: Jim Hannington, c/o Woodlands Cottage, Broad Layings, Woolton Hill, RG20 9TP YOUR LOCAL TREE CARE SPECIALIST www.greentipsuk.com [email protected] Tel: 0789 5637611 Front cover – A promise of plum jam to come. 1 The Rectory, Woolton Hill NORTH WEST HAMPSHIRE BENEFICE Dear Friends, Ashmansworth + Crux Easton + East Woodhay + Highclere + Woolton Hill As I look back on my letter for April it is incredible how much has changed in so making Christ known in our communities few weeks. How confident I was in writing that in the face of the spread of corona MAY 2020 virus our churches have not stopped meeting or praying! When I wrote that I meant of course that public worship was continuing in our church buildings all be it with Update some adjustments. However, the Church has never been just about the buildings, it is just as much We are sorry that in these unprecedented times we are not able to about the people – and so I can still write with confidence that our churches have hold any public services of worship. We have also been instructed, not stopped neither meeting nor praying. We are finding new ways to connect and for reasons of public welfare, during this time of seeking to restrict some online ways of communicating which have been long overdue in development the spread of Corona virus, to keep our church buildings closed for locally have now sprung into life, including a benefice Facebook page! Goodness the time being. we in the church were behind the times!! Now we have even begun sharing worship and meeting virtually using some of the video conferencing tools, like Zoom. These As things change, we will of course resume public worship and skills are new to many of us but have in their own particular way enabled a sense of details will be posted on our church noticeboards and our ongoing community and shared prayer. Facebook page. Across our communities we have found other ways to connect too, with moving We are holding some online services and to find out more about shared appreciation of our health service and key workers, with children’s rainbows, these, or to subscribe to our weekly e-mail update, please send teddy bears in windows and online activities and competitions. There has been a tremendous coming together of groups and volunteers under the East Woodhay your e-mail address our co-ordinator Sue at and Highclere Coronavirus Community Support. [email protected] or contact the Rector, phone During these weeks we have been apart by necessity, and for some there has number below. been great hardship, but my prayer is that we have learnt many new lessons about Also you can follow the latest news, worship and activities of the togetherness and the values of compassion and service which honour, respect and church by liking our benefice Facebook page ‘North West support our neighbours. As restrictions lift, which they surely will in time, I hope we Hampshire Benefice’ (www.facebook.com/nwhbchurches). won’t simply begin again where we left off, for some that will prove impossible, but that we will all find a new and sustainable perspective for our shared life. May peace be with you all and every blessing in changing times, Rector: Revd Canon Christine Dale (Rest day: Friday) Canon Christine The Rectory, The Mount, Woolton Hill, Newbury RG20 9QZ 253323 Associate Priest: Revd Canon Marvin Bamforth 254718 Readers: Mary Herbert 255700, Horace Mitchell 254677, Mike Sarson 07913 943504 Reader Emeritus: Rosemary Cahill 253306 Lay preacher: Angela Myers 254559 Pure Clean Window Cleaning From the Church Registers: March 2020 Baptism: we ask God’s blessing on the life of.... also frames, canopies, cladding, 15th March Arabella Rose Joy Dunn Highclere conservatories, guttering & soffits Funeral: may they rest in peace 5th March Dennis Victor George Smith East Woodhay 19 th March Maureen Greta Elizabeth Smith East Woodhay Call Claire or Martin on 01635 523917 or 07958 207451 email [email protected] 2 3 Light & Day Electrics Redlands Property Services Ltd Antique Silver & Gold Part-P & 17th Edition qualified Specialist in All Aspects of Oil Fired Heating and Plumbing New installations New Boiler Installations, Servicing, Breakdowns, Oil Tank Replacements Bought, sold & valued New circuits Under oor Heating, Mains Pressure Hot Water Cylinders Installations Rewire Consumer unit replacement All Work Guaranteed/Free Quotes Extend Circuits Please call : James Mead Lighting Garages OFTEC Registered Company C8170 Outside Buildings Smoke alarms Tel 01189 810 310 / 01635 282 172 Mob 07795 063 067 Fault Finding www.rpsllp.co.uk email [email protected] For all your electrical needs & Free estimate Edward Reis Silverware, Phone Jeremy Ball Hill. 01635 278 485 Tel. 01635 250505 07885 985 275 [email protected] . FOOT HEALTH CARE by PAULA CARTER Dip CFHP, MPSPract HOW CAN I HELP YOUR FEET? Calm, kind, accessible Hatha Yoga & I’m a fully qualified, accredited and insured foot meditation for everybody health practitioner. General foot care and routine Highclere Village Hall:Tues 5.30 pm & Weds problems relieved quickly and painlessly in the 4.15 (chair yoga) & 6 pm comfort of your own home. Newbury Mon 7pm, Headley Tues 10 am Kingsclere Village Club Friday’s 9.30 am & Deep Yoga Relax – mindful micro retreats • Nail cutting & filing • Fungal or thickened nails • Ingrown nails • Painful corns removed • Cracked & dry heels • Verrucae • Athletes foot Contact Joanna Edge 07970 166675 [email protected] • Callus reduction • Diabetic care • Plantar faciitis & heel pain www.RealMeYoga.co.uk Call or text 0790 1822 125 4 5 From the archives, May 1942 the Rest Centre: The Church Hall and the School are being equipped as a Rest Centre. Refugees Alexander CHIMNEY SWEEP will be sent to the village from badly bombed areas, and we shall care for them A PROFESSIONAL CHIMNEY SWEEP SERVICE Technique CLEAN RELIABLE BRUSH AND VACUUM until they can be accommodated in billets. They will be given one cooked meal at FULLY INSURED MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE mid-day and hot drinks at other times with sandwiches, etc. It is necessary to have a large team of helpers, and we hope to arrange for each to stay at the Hall for four Relieve back & neck pain hours at a time. We shall need helpers to prepare vegetables, cut bread and butter, AGA’S wash up, and supervise the buildings during the night. If you can help in any way, at Enhance health & well-being RAYBURNS any time, please give your name to Mrs.Aird, Mrs.Uzielli, Mrs.Trier, or Miss Franklin. JETMASTERS Improve posture & stamina ALL OPEN FIRES The Red Cross Working Party has had a holiday, but once more it is “All hands on WOODBURNERS deck”. The great call is now for knitting. This may seem peculiar as the warm weather NEST REMOVALS (we hope!) is approaching, but don’t forget two very important points (1) that it for lessons and courses: OIL FIRED BOILERS is never too hot in a trench and (2) that England has now to depend on her own Judith Turner MSTAT SWEEPING CERTIFICATES ISSUED knitting for herself and for her allies, as America cannot supply us any longer as CAPS AND COWLS SUPPLIED AND FITTED she has her own men to look after.