Tarrington Tatler

50 Years Ago

 Floral displays in the church - Pg 5

 Planning granted at Garbrook - Pg 9

 Flicks did well, join the club - Pg10

 History Group visit Durlow Chapel - Pg18

 Personal Best at London Marathon - Pg 18

 Support Your Pub - Pg 21

Deadline for submission for the next issue: Sunday 21st July

Hello fellow Tarringtonians,

I’m waging war this year on what I call the sticky weed - Galium aparine apparently. It seems to be trying to take over the whole garden - which is due to incompetent weeding last year no doubt. I think I’ve won quite a few battles, but I suspect I won’t have won the war!

We are very pleased with the alliums we planted by the pond last year, they give a good splash of colour, and the lewisia are flowering particularly well.

There are lots of gardens for you to view this summer, with the Tarrington Open Gardens event happening again, providing the addi- tional opportunity to view progress at Stoke Edith Station. The Vil- lage Fete and a Taste of Ukraine allowing a great chance to see the gardens at The Vine. In addition to that there are soirées and coffee mornings to go to.

You will be welcomed at all these events, so lets get out and about this summer and enjoy the hospitality of those who put so much effort into entertaining us.

Judi

Dates for your diary & Forthcoming Attractions

Date Event Further info

1 June - Adam & Eve paintings by Ed Kelly Pg 8 12 July at Hereford Cathedral

16 June Tarrington Open Gardens Event Pg 13

22 June Soirée at Sally & Ted’s Pg 9

23 June Taste of Ukraine at The Vine Pg 14

29 June Bartestree Cider & Beer Festival Pg 17

13 July Tarrington Summer Fete at The Vine Pg 17

20 July Coffee morning at Putley Pg 7

27 July Soirée at Richard & Tonya’s Pg 9

Thursday’s Drop in coffee mornings at the Hall Pg 19 St Michael’s Hospice Open Gardens events see http://www.st-michaels-hospice.org.uk/ for details Market Theatre, Ledbury, & Regular LEH Events Pg 22 & 23 Hereford Cathedral have a wide range of concerts, talks, services and exhibitions on offer. See www.herefordcathedral.org for details.

There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. Henry Kissinger

CHURCH SERVICES: JUN & JUL

TARRINGTON YARKHILL STOKE EDITH

Parish Communion Parish Communion Sunday 02 Jun 9.30am 11.00am

Sunday 09 Jun

Sunday 16 Jun Parish Communion Morning Worship

9.30am 11.00am

All Age Worship Parish Communion Sunday 23 Jun 11.00am 11.00am

Sunday 30 Jun 10.30am All Together in Munsley

Parish Communion Parish Communion Sunday 07 Jul 9.30am 11.00am

Sunday 14 Jul

Parish Communion Morning Worship Sunday 21 Jul 9.30am 11.00am

All Age Worship Parish Communion Sunday 28 Jul 11.00am 11.00am

Church flowers Thank you to everyone who helped make the Church look clean and beautiful at Easter.

There are currently some vacan- cies on the Flower Rota and we need volunteers. It's once or twice a year, and you do not need to be a 'Church Goer' just to like flowers!

If you've always wanted to learn how to arrange flowers, Linzy and I would be very happy to run a 'Have A Go' session, all it takes is a willingness to have a go!

If you are interested please give Margaret a ring.

Letter from John Watkins My dear friends

If you are one of those people irritated when inserts fall out of maga- zines, then we won’t have got off to a good start because in this copy of the Tatler, you will see a questionnaire hoping to find out a little more about the sort of services you might wish to attend at your parish church.

It would be a nonsense if those of us who plan these things, press on regardless of what people want. It is clear there are some who come regularly, who continue to do so almost regardless of content and even manage a smile when they leave with an encouraging word to the minis- ter thrown in. Others, how shall I put it, are rather more direct but we won’t dwell on that….

And then there are those parishioners, by far the majority, who don’t come at all. There will be many reasons for that and for most people that won’t be changed with a few well chosen words here. Somewhere between those two extremes there might be others who have been put off by the timing of the services, content and style, access or a variety of other things that we should know about.

We would really be grateful to know what you think and hope that you can spend a bit of time telling us.

Not that we are under any delusion that, what some of us might call ‘God at work’, all happens up the other end of the church path. There is so much that happens in our village, the kindness of people to their neigh- bours and much more besides, that enriches the lives of us all. It’s easy to lose sight of that when we find ourselves surrounded by corrosive ar- guments about building and development that will always be based more on profit than on need.

We hope that the church is part of the fabric that draws people together; we know that it does do that to some extent but sense that it might do more. We take what opportunities we can to work with the hall which is such an amazing resource to have in our midst. The hall should be a place of celebration of our shared life in this community and it certainly is with so many events but in recent times it too often has become a place to vent dissent and anger.

The pub where, in the past so many of us have enjoyed time together, a place that is officially registered as a ‘community asset’, now has an un- certain future which, as things stand, will not be determined by the needs of the community.

I should have said, the demands of eight parishes have prevented your Rector from ‘rambling’ this month but you might feel that this too is a curious ramble away from that earlier reference to what you think of church services. You might think that in the midst of that curious mix of turbu- lence, anger, greed, all set against acts of generosity and kindness, your parish church and its services might provide a place and a time of quiet- ness, calm and reflection on the most very important things to us in our daily lives.

Might I suggest that is a good habit to acquire, your parish church a good place to do it and one that might be even better with your influ- ence.

John Watkins

Coffee Morning at Putley

You are invited to a coffee morning At Newlands, Putley Common, HR8 2RF On Saturday 20th July, 10.00am - 12.00pm

There will be a Bring and Buy sale, a cake stall and a draw. Everyone is welcome.

In aid of the Church for the Deaf Margaret Harrison

YARKHILL CHURCH SOCIAL EVENTS

Thank you to all who supported the Church's most recent fund-raising social event.

'Dreamers' was a new undertaking for us. Bernard Morgan brought Team Spirit and a specially formed orchestra to the Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington, to perform a moving and rousing musical on the life of the Reverend John Venn. John Venn was a far sighted social reformer who did boundless work in Victorian Hereford to alleviate the plight of the poor. His ideas led to the provision of a soup kitchen in the hard and hungry eighteen forties, the purchase of land for allotments for the industrious poor to provide food for themselves and most notably the establishment of the Corn Mill (now Berrows Business Centre) for ordinary people to have their grain milled and buy flour at lower prices. Venn's legacy continues in the dedicated Christian work of the Vennture Trust who we were delighted to have with us on the evening to showcase their work. The evening, rounded off with Yarkhill's delicious refreshments, was a great success and raised in excess of £600.00.

Our Churches cannot survive without a significant level of fundraising so please look out for future events and please let your PCC know if you think there is anything else we can put on for our communities. Your help and support is always much appreciated. Julia on behalf of Yarkhill PCC

Saturday 1 June – Friday 12 July Adam & Eve Paintings by Ed Kelly

Celebrated artist Ed Kelly will display his depictions of Adam and Eve in the Cathedral Nave.

Market and Affordable Housing Development Land West of Garbrook, Little Tarrington, Her- eford UPDATE – May 2019 Following a Planning Application submission for the Little Tarring- ton site adjacent to Garbrook for 10 houses (including two affordable homes) we are pleased to report that at the April Meeting of the Hereford Council Planning Committee the application was granted. Of 13 Members – 12 Members voted in favour while one abstained. The whole site (8) now has permission for 27 dwellings and will help Tarrington Parish to fulfil their minimum quota of new housing required by the Herefordshire Council Core Strategy. We have valued the advice and guidance from Russell Pryce of Collin’s Design and Build throughout the planning process. We also take this opportunity to thank the Community for all the support they have given to both applications. This has been much appreciated. Philip and Angela Stock

A Soirée - or two... The first of this year’s Summer Soirées will be on Saturday 22nd June at 6.30pm. At The Coppice, No. 1 Church View the home of Sally & Ted Willmott

The next Summer Soirée will be On Saturday 27th July at 6.30pm At at The Vine the home of Richard & Tonya Price

There will be canapes and fine wines. Everyone is welcome. There are no tickets but any contributions to church funds will be welcomed on the evening.

Flicks in the Sticks Films at Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington We have no films showing at the Hall until September, but I thought it would be worthwhile to summarise how we have done since the season began in September 2018. The Film club has continued and this year we have had 30 members. There is a £20 annual fee, but members only pay £2.50 instead of the regular £5 entry charge. It provides the Hall with an assured basic income for the film showings, allowing us to be slightly more adventurous with film choices, risk- ing the occasional smaller audience. A small group within the club are responsible for choosing the titles to be shown and tries to select a range of subjects, some more challenging than others!The selection process has been very successful, though, and we have shown 10 films with an average audience size of 56 (including 14 club members) which is up from 42 last year. There was 1 film when we were almost at full capacity with just over 100 people and 2 more with over 80. The audience comes to us from a very wide area, particularly during the Bor- derlines Festival and when we showed the “Tales from the Hopyard” film. From the Hall’s point of view, it is a valuable source of income with net proceeds of around £1,900, including the sales of refreshments. It takes quite a lot of effort, though, with a film show having about 10 volunteers helping – putting up posters, setting up the Hall, preparing and serving refreshments, selling tickets AND clearing up afterwards. I must thank everybody for their help in running the shows and to those in the village who have joined the Film Club or simply attended on an ad-hoc basis - we’ve created a facility and programme which is much admired around the county. Finally, we will be sitting down soon to plan next year’s programme – and would be pleased if we can encourage more people to join the Film Club, attend films or help with the organisation. Contact John Tallis [email protected] 10

Stoke Edith & Tarrington W.I. At our May meeting the W.I. Resolutions were discussed. This year the first is to persuade more women to go for a Cervical Smear Test as the numbers having this have declined. The other one under discussion is the decline in Rural Bus Services. These two Resolutions will go to the National Conference to be voted on, the W.I. then has a dedicated team to deal with the successful vote. After the business we held a very successful bring and buy book and plant stall. Our June meeting is to be a garden visit to Kimbolton. The date has yet to be arranged but if you would like to join us please ring Gwyneth Wil- liams we shall be pleased to see you. Future meeting: 8th July Hereford Venture – Robert Thomas If any of these meetings are of interest please come and join us. It is lovely to catch up and have a coffee or tea and refreshments. We look forward hopefully to seeing you. Margaret Townsend

For more information on the W.I. please contact Margaret Townsend, Judy Davis or Gwyneth Williams

Missing Chopping Board The large, heavy, wooden chopping board has gone missing from the WI cupboard in the LEH kitchen I would be very grateful if anyone who knows of its whereabouts would arrange for its return to the hall ASAP. Many thanks Gwyneth Williams

Dear Readers, Stoke Edith Station project We are pleased to confirm our participation in the Tarrington th Open Gardens event on Sunday 16 June 2019.

Our gates will be open for all who are keen to come and have a look around the station & grounds. Members of the Davies clan will be available on site to answer any questions you might have, as well as providing access to the station building and down to see the planned site for track laying (hoping to continue this in the Autumn).

We are also hoping to have our little four wheel diesel locomotive going on the day and if so, we’ll invite folk up for short ride and tug of the horn – not a long excursion but a lovely novelty nonetheless.

Hope to see you on the day, take care. The Davies Family.

https://www.gofundme.com/help-bring-local-history-back-to-life

St Michael’s Hospice Open Gardens:

A varied array of venues makes up the St Michael’s Hospice Open Gar- dens programme for 2019. There are a host of attractions ranging from community open gardens in Weobley, Kimbolton and the Aylestone Hill area of Hereford, to the beautiful Gatley Park on the edge of Mortimer Forest, and popular wedding, event and holiday venue Brinsop Court, plus many others.

For a full list of gardens, pick up a copy of our Open Gardens brochure from any one of our retail shops, at the Hospice in Bartestree, or by calling our Community Fundraising team on 01432 851 000. They are also available at www.st-michaels-hospice.org.uk

Friendship Club

Vince Lane joined us for lunch on 3rd April after which he entertained us with a wonderful selection of 50s and 60s songs! EVERYONE joined in either with singing or actions (or both) A quick chat with members (and a vote) resulted in our booking Vince for our Christmas do!

We planned our trip with The Willow Trust on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal for the following week. However, by this time our numbers had reduced considerably due to illnesses—but those who re- mained had a lovely day. Cloudy with rain when we left Tarrington, but the boat was bathed in sunshine for our trip when we enjoyed a picnic lunch provided by the volunteers.

Hedgehogs, were the topic in May. We all think we know about them, but we hardly ever see them (apart from those flattened on the road!). Mareen Baker-Williams, from Hol- lycroft Rescue Centre, came to give us an insight into the 'traps' in our gardens that can be life threatening for these inquisitive crea- tures. Netting being one of the worst as they catch their feet in it and cannot extricate themselves. One of Maureen’s rescued hogs came with her. Very cute— and did you know, it’s very rare for them to have fleas?

Mark from The Nest Garden Centre is coming in July after our June garden party at the home of John and Judi at Barrs Court.

Our lunch club is open to all senior citizens and a warm welcome awaits anyone who would like to join us on the 1st Wednesday of each month, we would be delighted to see you. We can provide transport if needed.

Contact Janet Pierce or Jeanette Forrester for further information

FUN DOG SHOW AT THE FETE SATURDAY 13 JULY 2019

FOR ALL WITH PRIZED DOGS (AND THAT IS CALLING ALL DOG OWNERS!)

We intend to invite entries for the following Classes in the Dog Show:

Class One: Most handsome Dog; Class Two: The prettiest Bitch; Class Three: Best condition Rescue Dog or Bitch; Class Four: Best Child Handler (up to 12 years old); Class Five: Dog or bitch with the most appealing eyes; Class Six: Waggiest Tail; Class Seven: Best condition Veteran Dog/Bitch 7 yrs old and over; Class Eight: Best Six Legs; Class Nine: Dog or Bitch that the Judge would like to take home.

Entries will be priced at at £1.50p per Class or four Class entries for £5. Entries will be accepted as soon as the Fete opens at 12 noon. The Judging will begin at 2.30pm.

There is a Cup for the Best in Show Dog or Bitch chosen from the Nine Class Winners and we plan to have a prize for the Runner-Up Best in Show. Rosettes will be awarded to those with Places in each Class.

Dog owners will of course be totally responsible for the behaviour of their animals and no liability will be accepted by the Fete organisation or the land owner. Dog poo bags and bins will be available, so

Please be sure to clear up after your dog.

We seek four helpers for the record keeping, refilling water bowls and similar tasks; please ring if you would like to help: Sally Willmott

Tarrington Summer Fete Saturday 13th July 2019 12.00 - 5.00pm At The Vine

With lots of stalls and attactions, including: The Fun Dog Show - back by popular demand Cake stall - fantastic home made cakes Plant Stall - fill your garden with colour Competitions Bric-a-Brac Games

There will be refreshments and a bar So come and join in the fun.

LOCAL HISTORY GROUP Tim and Jane Wilson very generously hosted the Group at Durlow Chap- el and the adjoining Marlborough Cottage recently and Tim gave a very learned presentation of what is known of the history of each building, illustrated by various maps, deeds and photos. The Chapel was founded in 1875 by a dissenting group known rather quaintly as “Christians Not Otherwise Identified” who were “escaping persecution” (opinions were expressed as to exactly where from!) at the princely cost of £70. The Chapel fell out of use some time ago and Tim and Jane bought it and the cottage (and nicely restored both) in 2009. We are very grateful to them for their hospitality. Other projects that the Group is working on are a Tarrington Timeline (significant events/dates in the history of the village), oral history record- ing from some of our longer-term residents and investigations into the old Medieval highway. If anyone would like to join the Group please contact me. Richard Price

No. 19434’s Personal Best at the London Marathon It’s not until you start talking to people in Tarrington that you realise how many of them RUN! Whether its for their health and fitness, an individual goal or a sense of fulfilment! Although I can’t see it myself: my knees and the rest of my body are well beyond anything more than a swift walk However there is someone I would like to congratulate on his perfor- mance at the London Marathon with a PB (personal best) time, of 3hours 47 mins! So Andy Wathen of the Old Rectory I salute you! I’ve watched the months and months of intense and ever increasing training; a real dedication! He was raising funds for a Crohn’s and colitis chari- ty. Unfortunately a disease TOO dear to his heart! Please donate if you can, it’s not too late! Thanks, Liz Parry

Spring into Summer Coffee mornings at The Lady Emily Hall

Our new community venture of coffee mornings at the Hall had a great start on the first two weeks. There were homemade cakes, coffee and plenty of chat. It has started small but we hope it will grow.

It is unfortunate that the two recent elections have prevented us from meeting on those dates, but we are therefore extending the trial to run to the end of July at least.

During the summer we hope to have plants for sale and to have donations of produce from those who grow too much! We also plan to start a book swap soon.

So do come along, Thursday mornings from 10.30 to 12.00, have a coffee and a natter, and let us know what ideas you’ve got to make it the “must go” event of the week!

Judi Ryan

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.

Mark Twain

Tarrington Parish Council Meeting 13th May 2019 Janette Ward was re-elected as Chairman and Paul Grey was elected Vice Chairman. The new Clerk will commence work on 1st July. The Draft Neighborhood Development Plan will be sent to Herefordshire Council for Regulation 14, which means that they will respond with their comments to the Parish Council. The Footpaths' Officer reported a fallen fingerpost at TR3, School Road. Cllr Grey will install a new post. Repairs to the bridge and reinstatement of paths through the crops around TR16 to Durlow was reported. Obstruction of the public highway by large planters at Oakapple, School Road was reported. This was not resolved so the footpaths officer will report again at the July meeting.

Annual Parish Council meeting 20th May 2019 Celia Winter, from the Lady Emily Hall committee, reported on the success of the many regular clubs at the Hall:. Film club, Craft, Bowls, Bad- minton, W.I., Friendship, Rifle Club, Archery, Tots Playgroup and the Coffee Mornings. The Parish Council thanked Celia, the Hall committee and Chairman John Tallis, for all their work in the community. Cllr Ian Howard had attended a meeting about the new Hereford Univer- sity, NmiTe, which is forging ahead with plans. Ian will keep us informed of progress. Parish Council Chairman, Janette Ward, gave a report: We have two new noticeboards and a bench. We were sorry about the resignation of our Clerk, Janet Chester, who worked hard for us over many years. Our new Clerk starts work on 1st July. The draft Neighbourhood Development Plan will be sent to Hereford- shire Council for their comments under Regulation 14. Cont.

The interim report from Hereford Council on our Traffic Regulation Order recommended speed reduction to 40mph through Garbrook. This will no doubt be progressed during development of housing at Garbrook. The Chairman thanked all fellow councillors for their help and support. Also thanks to John Hardwick our Ward Councillor, who had sent apologies, Janet Chester, Lynda Wilcox, Hereford Asociation of Local Councils, Vikki and Deborah for managing the website and Judi for edit- ing The Tatler. In Open Forum there was a discussion about the pub, which will be reported separately. (See below, Ed.) Janette Ward, Chairman

Full minutes of the meeting will be published on the Parish Council Website https://tarringtonpc.org.uk in due course The Tarrington Arms

There was a discussion in Open Forum at the Annual Parish Council meeting (20th May) about our pub, The Tarrington Arms.

Would people interested in supporting and promoting the survival of our pub please email me or speak to Ian or Robert in the pub and we will arrange a get together in the pub to talk about it.

Thanks Janette

THE MARKET THEATRE, LEDBURY Online address: www.themarkettheatre.com Box Office: 01432 383663 - Out of Hours: 07967 517125

JUNE JULY LIVE VIEWINGS LIVE VIEWINGS Thursday 11th July 7.00 pm Tuesday 18th June 7.15 pm NATIONAL THEATRE ROYAL BALLET SMALL ISLAND. Tickets £14/£12 ROMEO AND JULIET Tickets £14/£12 Thursday 25TH July 7.00 pm

th LIVE NATIONAL THEATRE Thursday 27 June 7.00 pm THE LEHMAN TRILOGY ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Tickets £15/12/50 THE TAMING OF THE SHREW LIVE SHOWS Tickets £14/£12 Saturday 6th July 7.00 pm LIVE SHOWS POETRY FESTIVAL. DEVIL’S Thursday 13th – Saturday 15th June PARTY THEATRE. PARADISE LADS PRODUCTION ROCKS. Tickets £12 ONLY from BEDSIDE MANNERS Poetry Festival Outlets

Tickets £11 Saturday 13th July 5.00 pm – 6.30 pm

Saturday 22ND June 8.00 pm CAPELLA CHOIR. ON THAT NOTE. Tickets Free or PWYF OYSTER CREATIVES OYSTERS Saturday 13th July 8.30 pm Dark Comedy with live music POETRY SLAM. Tickets £9.50 ON- Tickets £14.00 LY from Poetry Festival Outlets

rd Sunday 23 June 7.30 pm FILMS DYNAMIC DANCE3 Monday 8th July 8.00 pm ICONIC ALL IS TRUE. SHAKESPEARE Song and Dance Extravganza RETURNS TO STRATFORD AF- Tickets £14 TER THE GLOBE IS DESTROYED BY FIRE. Tickets through Poetry FILMS Festival Outlets only

th Wednesday 19 June 10.30 am Wednesday 10th July 10.30 am TULIP FEVER STAN AND OLLIE Tickets 6.00 (to include coffee/biscuits) Tickets £6 to include coffee.

Friday 21st June 8.00 pm Friday 19th July 8.00 pm 1945 CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME. Tickets 6.00 Tickets £6

th Friday 28th June 8.00 pm Friday 26 July 8.00 pm THE FAVOURITE BLACKkKLANSMAN Tickets 6.00 Tickets £6

REGULAR LADY EMILY HALL EVENTS

Please check meeting dates with contact before attending! Time Group Frequency Contact Name Contact Phone Monday 10:00 - Weekly, in term Sarah Morgan tarring- 11.30 time Alyson Slater tontots@gmail. Tarrington Tots com & facebook 19:15- Tarrington Short Most weeks Veronica 01432 890431 21:15 Mat Bowls Hodges nd 19:15- Stoke Edith & The 2 Monday of Gwyneth Wil- 01432 851624 21:15 Tarrington WI most months liams 19:30- 2nd Monday of alter- Janette Ward 01432 890532 Tarrington Parish 21:30 nate months (Jan, Council Mar, etc) Tuesday 09.00- Weekly Ian Lloyd 07712 896902 10.00 Hatha Yoga 10:30- Weekly, except for Nora Bevan 01531 640219 15:00 Craft Club Xmas, Easter and August 19:00- Most weeks in win- Robert Hodges 01432 890431 22:00 Rifle Club ter (Oct-Mar) Wednesday 12:00- 1st Wednesday of Jeanette For- 01432 890440 15:00 Friendship Club most months rester

18:00- Tarrington Weekly, in term Annette Em- 01531 670771 19:30 Brownies time brey Thursday 18:00- Ledbury Archery Weekly, in winter Pete Dobson 07523 863214 20:00 Club (Oct-Apr) 20:00- Weekly, except for Margaret 01432 890595 22:00 Badminton Club Xmas, Easter and McCleod August Friday 09:30- Weekly, except for Nikki Schecht- 07813 780234 10:30 Pilates Class Xmas, Easter and er August 23

5 Years Ago Apollo 11, Lunar Module Eagle, successfully landed on the Moon. Com- mander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin made that one small step fifty years ago on 20th July 1969.

As of January 2019, the amount of space junk estimated to be in orbit is 34,000 objects larger than 10 cm in diameter and 900,000 objects between 1 and 10 cm in size. More than 500,000 pieces of debris are tracked by NASA as they orbit the Earth. They all travel at speeds up to 17,500 mph, fast enough for a small piece to damage a satellite.

In May this year Victor Vescovo descended nearly 11km (seven miles) to the deepest place in the ocean - the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench - and broke the record for the deepest ever dive. The American explorer found plastic on the sea floor. What are we doing about it?

The Marine Conservation Society run education programmes in schools, Operation Clean Sweep is a global initiative to stop raw materials enter- ing the sea, microbeads are being phased out of cosmetics and there are various anti littering campaigns. [Information from the British Plastics Federation.] But I’m sure we could all do our bit. Judi Ryan

REFUSE COLLECTION DATES Tarrington, incl T. Common, Alders Garbrook, East- Little Tarrington End, Stoke Edith, wood & Durlow Sparchell & Perton Day Friday Thursday Tuesday Bin Green Black Green Black Green Black

14th, 7th, 6th, 13th, 4th, 11th, Jun 28th 21st 20th 27th 18th 25th

2nd, 12th, 5th, 4th, 11th, 9th, Jul 16th, 26th 19th 18th 25th 23rd 30th

Ledbury Food Bank Fownhope Medical Cen-

Please consider donating tinned or dry tre goods, home essentials or money to the Ledbury Food Bank. The demand is much Contact Details higher than originally anticipated and all Surgery: 01432 860235 are desperately needed. Donations can Dispensary: 01432 860241 be left in St Michael’s Church, Ledbury, Web: www.fownhopesurgery.co.uk the Council Offices in Church Lane, or at the Master’s House. Surgery Hours Monday to Friday, 8am to 6.30pm. Volunteers are also needed to serve in the Reception staff are available on the tele- Food Bank, sort gifts and control stock, phone from 8am until 6pm each day. amongst other things. If you can help, please telephone 01531 633357 or 01531 Making an appointment 633643. The number to call is 01432 860235. Please advise the surgery as soon as pos- If you are in need yourself, please contact sible if you are unable to attend an ap- a health professional, police, CAB, Age pointment. UK or other voluntary organisation, or state welfare. Otherwise contact your local Out of Hours Should you need a doctor between the Vicar who will also be able to refer you to hours of 6pm and 8am Monday to Friday the Food Bank. You will be treated with and 6pm Friday to 8am Monday, please total confidentiality. telephone NHS on 111..

TELEPHONE NUMBERS Tatler Editor

EMERGENCY Judi Ryan, Barrs Court, Tar- rington, HR1 4EU Police/Fire/Ambulance………. 999 Police (non-emergency)...…… 101 Gas…………………………….. 0800 111 999 Tatler Distribution Welsh Water………………….. 0800 281 432 Kath Lane, 10 The Laurels, Severn Trent Water………….. 0800 783 4444 Tarrington, HR1 4HY

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LOCAL SERVICES Citizens Advice Bureau……… 01684 563611 Age Concern………………….. 01531 631280 Samaritans……………………. 01432 269000

LOCAL CLERGY Mandy Williams………………. 07780 586846 John Watkins…………………. 01432 890595 Nicky Seabright………………. 01531 640252

476 BUS TIMES Tarrington to Hereford Bus Station M-F M-S M-F M-S M-S M-S M-S M-S S S Tarrington 0704 0800 0834 0954 1024 & every hr to 1424 1519 1724 1854 2024 2254 Hereford 0720 0830 0900 1015 1045 & every hr to 1445 1540 1740 1915 2045 2310

Tarrington to Ledbury Market House M-F M-S M-S M-F M-F M-F M-S M-S S S NSD NSD Tarrington 0745 0855 0940 & every hr to 1440 1540 1640 1740 1810 1935 2150 2335 Ledbury 0758 0910 0953 & every hr to 1453 1553 1653 1753 1823 1948 2203 2348

M-F Monday - Friday S Saturday only M-S Monday - Saturday NSD Not School Days 26

Approved - Affordable - Community Support

I have always prided myself in delivering services to the best of my ability. The passion I have in this area has given me the drive to now deliver a service of my own, in the way I believe to be truly respectful of clients and their wishes. The objective is to aid daily living and essentially be the extra bit of support and guidance that sometimes we all need a little of. There is no judgment passed, there is no criteria to be able to use the services we offer. Simply, if you feel that we can be of use to you we would love to help. Georgia Langston, MD Services include:  Most domestic chores  Cooking/meal prep  Senior sitting/carer breaks  Social outings  Errand running  Appointments and shopping  Confidence building  Gentle exercise  Encouragement of active daily living and independence  'Personal admin' (phone calls, paperwork, bills etc.)  Escort and support to and from events/appointments

For more information about the service contact our small friendly team

Tel:

07891 734921

Email: [email protected]

Visit: www.morefromlifeltd.co.uk

Approved by Herefordshire County Council, Adult Social Services