THE FARMBOROUGH FLYER Issue No 163: November 2019

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Go put on your mask. Say ‘trick-or-treat’ in costume. It’s All Hallows’ Eve! Richelle E Goodrich

WELCOME TO THE NEWS MAGAZINE OF FARMBOROUGH VILLAGE

Notes from the editor: The Farmborough Flyer Hello everyone. SHOUT OUT this month goes to two donors who Brrr…. The clocks have gone back. It is wish to remain anonymous. dark! What is that out there in the dark? Oh, it only a few ghouls and monsters! It is Thank you so much for your donations Halloween! If you didn’t receive this No- vember magazine in time for All Hallow’s THE FLYER ADVERTISING RATES Eve, I hope you had a good one. Per edition: At least it is a fun break from the daily Businesses B&W Full Colour

Brexit drama. As I write, we are not sure if B2 ½ page £30 £35 by the time you read this we will still be a B4 ¼ page £20 £25 part of the EU or not! Not-for-Profit Organisations Next month will be the Christmas edition of the magazine, so do get your infor- N2 ½ page £20 £25 N4 ¼ page £13 £17 mation for events and special advertise- ments in by the 15th November, please. Transformation of the Min I would like to ask veteran Farmborough The Royal Hospital villagers if they would be willing to share for Rheumatic Dis- stories with me about the village in times eases , better past? I aim to have a ‘Looking back’ section known as The Min, in the magazine in the new year. Please do loved by many, has contact me if you have anything to impart now completed its relocation to the new about village life before it developed so RNHRD and Brownsword Therapies Centre much. Snippets or big happenings! Old on the RUH, Bath site. photos would be wonderful to scan in with a story. I look forward to hearing from you. The Min has been bought by a Singapore Investor- The Fragrance Group - and plans I would like to thank Tony Piddock for his to carefully transform the Grade II listed hard work in distributing the Farmborough building into a 169-bed hotel with a spa Flyer…..for many years... and who has now and restaurant should be submitted for decided to retire. Thank you, Tony. And planning permission soon. Work on the welcome, Maggie Chandler, to our team of project could begin at the end of 2020. It is distributors. Thank you, Maggie. hoped the hotel will ‘breathe life’ into the Enjoy this read. There is quite a bit in it. Do centre of Bath. wrap up warm when out and enjoy your The Farmborough Goodwill Club cosy evenings in. Until next time…. welcomes new members. Meetings start Very best wishes, at 2.30pm on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month. There is always something Sandra Byrne organised for members’ enjoyment— [email protected] music, outings, talks. For this month’s ac- 01761 753189 (my apologies for this being tivities and more information, please con- incorrect in previous editions) tact the Secretary, Pat Tiley, on 470491

being, gathered into the love of God. Thoughts from the Rectory Maybe that can bring us some comfort as ‘Remember me when I am gone away...... ’ we remember those who have gone away. The opening line of Christina Rossetti's well known poem, 'Remember'. With love and blessing, I recently went to London to take my last Jan Knott surviving Aunt's funeral. It was an end of All Saints’ Calendar—November 2019 an era but, mixed in with the sadness was a sense of celebration. At the reception Sat 2nd 10.30—12.00am Gift Day that followed the funeral, we did a great Coffee morning with informal organ recital. deal of remembering. Some of this was Bring your gift envelope, have a coffee and joyful, some of it was not. It was inter- listen to good music esting to see how we had some differing Sun 3rd 11.00am All Saints Day views on things that had happened. I came 6.30pm All Soul’s Day away with a kind of quiet smile and a feel- A reflective Service with lighting of candles ing of gratitude for the happy times I could as we remember those who have died recall spent with my Aunt. Wed 6th 3.30pm ARK Fri 8th 2.30pm Remembrance Service As the month rolls in we spend our first at Farmborough Church School two Sundays in times of remembering. At Sat 9th Concert in Church the All Souls' Service there is the oppor- Sun 10th Remembrance Sunday tunity to think of those we love who have 10.50am Remembrance Service died. We light candles and, for me, this 6.30pm Lest we Forget symbolizes the great light of love we have Meditations with Communion received from our loved ones and from Sun 17th 8.00am Holy Communion BCP God. It is, also, a reminder that this love 11.00am Matins never ends. Thurs 21st 2.30pm Circle of Friends Our next service is that of Remembrance Sun 24th 11.00am Friends and Family Sunday. A time to recall the many whose Communion lives ended as a result of armed conflict; a 6.30pm Evensong BCP time to recall the dreadful evil of war and Sunday 1st DECEMBER—Advent Sunday to honour those who sought and seek to 11.00am Elevenses and Gifts for stop it; a time to look to the future, pledg- Safe Houses ing ourselves to work for and to seek 6.30pm Light in our Darkness peace. A Service of Advent readings and Music in Alternative Communion Thinking about it, each Sunday we remem- ber the solidarity God has, in Christ Jesus, At our Advent Services we would appreci- with all the suffering and pain in the world. ate gifts of toiletries, chocolates, tinned/ It is what the cross is about. We go on, packet food to go to Safe Houses in Bath— though, and recall that after crucifixion places of refuge from abusive relationships comes resurrection; New Life bursting from the tomb. This points to our great TEA and cake every Tuesday from 2.30 pm

Christian belief that death is not the end, in Farmborough Church. All welcome. rather it is a journeying on to a new way of

What is it all worlds. During Samhain, banquet tables about? were prepared to placate unwelcome spir- its with food and drink... and animal cos- Do we all know? Here is a brief history: tumes and masks were donned to hide From Wikipedia: Halloween or Hallowe’en from these feared spirits and chase them (a contraction of Hallows’ Even or Hallows’ away. In the Christian era, the festival was Evening), also known as Allhalloween, All re-assigned to the feast of All Saints. Hallows’ Eve or All Saints’ Eve, is a celebra- Why do we ‘Trick-or-Treat’? In later centu- tion observed in several countries on 31 ries, people began dressing as ghosts, de- October, the eve of the Western Christian mons and other malevolent creatures, per- feast of All Hallows’ Day. It begins the forming antics in exchange for food and three-day observance of Allhallowtide, the drink. This custom, known as mumming, time in the liturgical year dedicated to re- dates back mainly to the Middle Ages and membering the dead, including saints is thought to be an antecedent of trick-or- (hallows), martyrs and all the faithful de- treating (although a form of mumming can parted. be traced right back to Egyptian times). It is widely believed that many Halloween In Scotland and Ireland, young people took traditions originated from ancient Celtic part in a tradition called ‘guising’, dressing harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic up in costumes and accepting offerings festival Samhain; that such festivals had from various (usually rich) households. pagan roots; and that Samhain itself was Rather than pledging to pray for their dead, Christianised as Halloween by the early as was done in the 9th Century when Chris- Church. Some believe, however, that Hal- tianity merged with Celtic traditions, they loween began solely as a Christian holiday, would perform a song, recite a poem, tell a separate from ancient festivals like Sam- joke or perform another sort of ‘trick’ be- hain. fore collecting their ‘treat’, which typically From The Celtic Book of Days by Caitlin consisted of fruit, nuts or coins. Source: www.history.com/topics/halloween Matthews: ‘The modern festival of Hallow- een or All Saints’ Eve derives from the Celtic emigrants to America took these Celtic Festival of Samhain’ (pronounced traditions with them. It was banned in sow-n). many States and then WW2 intervened, halting these festivities. Baby Boomers in The Celtic New Year festival on the night of America reclaimed the place of trick-or- the 31st October into the 1st November treating amongst other Halloween customs celebrated the end of summer and the and, as ‘candy’ was now freely available beginning of winter when the agricultural after the war, this became year ends and the new growth cycle be- the ‘payment’ for a ‘trick’. gins; the cold forcing the seeds to wait for This is the modern Hallow- the return of the light in Spring to spring een custom adopted by forth. On Samhain night the Celts believed many countries. And….. the gates of other worlds opened, allowing the pumpkin is an American creation! their departed ancestors to return and pass on wisdom and lore. It was a time So, are tricks IN this Halloween? To receive when they could enter each other’s your treats? Have fun! Editor

Farmborough an ambulance. Mark brought in some of Women’s CAMEO the items and explained how, and for what they are used. CAMEO meets at 7:30 pm on the first Tuesday of the Anna Wilson gave the vote of thanks for month at Farmborough what was an extremely interesting and

Memorial Hall. well-presented talk. th Mark White (a Farmborough village resi- Tuesday 5 November - Talk by Dr Amy dent) captivated the CAMEO audience last Frost, Senior Curator at Bath Preservation month with his talk about ‘A Day in the Life Trust on ‘The Architecture of Roman Bath’. of a Paramedic’. Open meeting. (£3 charge for visitors). Kathy Redman Mark worked for many years as an RAF Medic, which included tours of Bosnia and Take care of your Afghanistan. He is currently employed as a pets this Firework Rapid Response Paramedic and Operation- Season al Commander. This very important role results in Mark dealing with some of the Firework night is fun most serious incidents. for lots of us, yet for many pets it can be a stressful and dangerous time. Mark explained that, on any day, there could be as many as 3000-4000 calls to the 45% of dogs display signs whole of the South West Ambulance Ser- of fear at the sound of vice. These calls are classified into Catego- fireworks (RSPCA Sur- ries 1—4. Category 1 means it is a life- vey). Similarly, cats and threatening situation. other animals find this time of year extremely distressing. A typical day for Mark would consist of a 12-hour (or more) shift, which starts by Fireworks are allowed to be 120 decibels – checking the car and equipment. As Mark the equivalent to a jet aircraft taking off. is an Operational Commander, he would The RSPCA has called for this to be re- also need to check for staff sickness and duced to 97 decibels unless it is at a public welfare, resources and manning, the avail- display. ability/deployment of vehicles as well as Ignoring you pet’s fear could result in ag- dealing with general paperwork. gressive or defensive behaviour or even in Incidents on one day that Mark was con- a pet running away. The Blue Cross report fronted with recently were: assisting with an influx of pets into their rehoming cen- the birth of twins, dealing with a stabbing, tres having run away from home. a road traffic accident, a cardiac arrest With this in mind, think about fitting pets (there can be 30 –40 of these in a week) with a microchip before Bonfire Night so and then Mark has to support staff and that, if they do run away, they have a very others involved in the incidents. good chance of being reunited with you. There is a vast amount of medical equip- Find out more info. on how to take care of ment available to the paramedic in a Rapid your pets (do’s and don’ts) during fire- Response Vehicle (RRV) with even more in works time at www.firstaidforpets.net

Josie White Art should leave your property when asked. Police always recommend using a door A local artist, Josie White, has been a bo- chain and asking to see the identification tanical artist for many years. She was re- of unexpected callers. cently made a Fellow of the Society of Bo- • if you are suspicious of a caller ring 999 tanical Arts. A few years ago she started a straight away business of transferring her beautiful bo- • keep your cash in the bank, not at home tanical paintings to cards first and then • keep windows and doors secured if cushions and now her latest creations have you’re not in the room been scarves. Long, 6ft scarves made of • set up a No Cold Calling Zone–contact the most beautiful Regenesis Satin. This is your Council Trading Standards Office no ordinary fabric—this fabric is made of recycled plastic bottles and plastic waste! What3Words Josie is launching Police and the emergency services have her 14 exclusive urged everyone to download a smartphone scarf designs on app they say has already saved several the 9th Novem- lives. What is it and how does it work? ber. The Lodge Studio, Eastcourt Road, Temple Cloud BS395BU will be open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. for you to view not only the scarves but also her cards and cushions, prints and original botanical designs. And you will be able to purchase items at a very special launch unit.pillow.culling—3 unique words which price. Also, with the first scarf purchase pinpoint exactly where in Bedford, Bed- will be included a free magnetic JBee Pin fordshire, UK that fireman is standing. (an exclusive holding magnet designed by Josie that enables pinning without having what3words is an app that essentially to pierce the fabric). points to a very specific location. It is free to download on your phone. The app does Police News not need a phone signal to tell someone their three-word location. There have been reports of “Nottingham Knockers” in action again. These are cold Its developers divided the world into 57 callers who usually tell residents that they trillion squares, each measuring 3m by 3m are ex-offenders trying to go straight, then (10ft by 10ft) and each having a unique, try and sell poor quality and over-priced randomly assigned three-word address. cleaning products. The police want to re- They found there were enough combina- mind residents they are under no obliga- tions of three words for every location in tion to answer the door to anyone they the world. In fact, 40,000 words sufficed. don’t know or aren’t expecting. If you do talk to them, they are supposed to be able what3words is now being used in 35 lan- to provide a valid Pedlar’s Certificate and guages. Download it! It may save your life!

DEADLINE FOR THE DECEMBER FARMBOROUGH FLYER : 15th November

THE LAST 2019 BINGO SESSION

Farmborough Me- morial Hall

November 30th (Christmas Pressies)

Eyes down—2.30pm

For more info: Jeannette 01761 750840

Entrance £1 (under 14’s free)

Second-hand St Mary’s Primary School HAPPY uniforms are available to buy and there BIRTHDAY! are free second-hand children’s shoes and This month Timsbury free second-hand books. Hub celebrates having Opening times: been open for a year. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 2 -5.00pm The Hub is housed in the YMCA building in Saturday 9.30am – 12.00pm North Road (next to the Co-op). and pro- The Hub is manned by volunteers so, if you vides library and internet services as well a have a few hours to spare, please consider base for various community groups and being one! activities. Activities at the Hub include: Baby Hour, There are over 3000 books on site and, Carer’s Café with Bath Mind, Gadget Bust- through Libraries West, books, audio books ers, Story Time for Pre-schoolers and and other library items can be arranged to discussion groups. Please check with Liz be delivered to the Hub for collection. Also, Casson for dates and times or for any oth- books can be returned to the Hub for any er information 01761 470295 or e-mail library within the Libraries West area. [email protected]

There are comfy chairs in which to enjoy a The Hub is a terrific community project good read and a café area for teas, coffees and well worth a visit – just call in and and for reading the daily newspapers . have a look! Jeannette Jones

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JAZZ ’N CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

COME TO A FESTIVE EVENING CAROLS to sing SAXOPHONY Sax Quartet SONGWAYS CHOIR sing Comedy Ballet with LUCY HIND from Dorothy Coleborn School of Dance At St Michaels Without, Bath, BA1 5LJ 2ND Dec 6:30 pm Mulled wine, Stollen and Mince Pies £10 Contact Celia Widdowson [email protected]

In aid of The Dance Again Foundation

FARMBOROUGH ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH who may be able to help, please contact Christmas Wreaths one of the numbers below. In the meantime, if you require a lift, phone one of the other co-ordinators i.e. Mal or Donny Allen 470277 or Christina Creese 750826. Do not leave a message, in case they are away, and please allow at least 48 hours’ notice, if possible, for a reply. They will try to help you if they can We are Grave but it may not always be possible. Thank you. again making wreaths Door Barbara Chard ( secretary to FGN ) for Christmas. We make a limited number so it is important you order your wreath as soon as possible. Deadline is December Don’t forget your Community Web- 14th 2019. Wreaths are only £7.50 each. site! farmboroughlife.org.uk

The wreaths are suitable for door or grave. for events, news, village facilities and Please state which you require. They will services….and more... be made from the beginning of December To add your event or news, please email: and can be collected or delivered (if not [email protected] too far away) up until December 20th. Contact Sally Davis 01761 472356 Coffee logs? 1 Church Lane, Farmborough or email Do you have a wood-burning stove? It is [email protected] better than using gas for heating, isn’t it? Important News from Farmborough Yet, wood is a finite resource and how effi- cient is burning wood anyway? A lot of Good Neighbours your heat may be going up in smoke in- At the end of this year Patience Barnes will stead of getting it back as heat. be retiring as a co-ordinator for Farmbor- There is now an environmental answer to ough Good Neighbours. This means that these dilemmas. Logs made from coffee we urgently need to find a replacement for grounds! Their credentials are impressive: her. Patience has done a marvellous job they burn 20% slower and hotter than real over the years and we gratefully thank her. wood and they divert organic waste from A co-ordinator’s job is simply is to receive going into landfill. phone calls from someone needing a lift Coffee houses, restaurants, cafes, universi- and then phoning from the list of drivers ties and offices across the UK are contrib- provided to find someone available to un- uting their coffee grounds to make the dertake the lift. This may take several logs. One log is made up from about 25 phone calls which are reimbursed. The co- cups of coffee! ordinator does not necessarily need to be a driver themselves. So you are contributing to caring for the environment with all those cups of real If you are able to help or know someone coffee that you drink!

Update on the 179 Bus Service from The Commercial Officer, First West of Eng- B&NES Council land, Easton Road, Bristol BS5 0DZ provid- ing your email address and telephone The Council have awarded a new contract number and First will contact you to ar- to CT Coaches based in Radstock. This will th st range a refund . If you wish to get a refund run from 10 November 2019 to 31 Au- for an mTicket, please email gust 2020. [email protected] or call The Monday to Friday service will be ex- 0330 094 7577. tended to start and finish at the Beecham  CT Coaches is not presently able to ac- Place development in Midsomer Norton cept contactless payments or issue via the town centre. The frequency will be mTickets but this functionality will be avail- widened to every 2 ½ hours. able in the first half of 2020. • AvonRider tickets (day or week) will be Owing to financial restrictions, the existing available from the 179 driver. These are Saturday bus Timsbury – Bath – Timsbury valid on virtually all bus operators’ services service will continue as is. in the area. for more information, visit B&NES Council acknowledged they re- www.travelwest.info/rider ceived a good deal of useful information See the next page for the new timetable for from the passenger surveys and say they the 179 bus are very grateful to everyone who took the time to comment. The new timetable ad- Farmborough Floral Art dresses some of the shortcomings that We had a very entertain- were identified in the current timetable ing evening in October and also has some additional features. with National Demon- For passengers to note: strator, Michael Bowyer MBE from Salisbury,  Adult single fares will mostly be the who produced some same as currently charged by First. Child stunning arrangements single fares will rise to approximately 2/3 entitled 'This Changing of the adult fare. Season'.  Return fares will be available – except before 09h00 Monday to Friday – at ap- All our members and friends of the club proximately 1½ times the adult fare. went away with plenty of ideas for flower  10-journey tickets will be available for arranging at this beautiful time of the year. regular travellers, offering a discount of And by the time you read this, we will have +-15% on the price of 10 singles fares. been further entertained in the Conygre  First network tickets will no longer be Hall, inspired by the hugely experienced accepted on service 179. Passengers who National Demonstrator, David Ryland. currently have First season tickets will be th More on that evening in the December able to use them on service 179 until 30 Flyer. Liz Bence November 2019 only.  Refunds for papers tickets will be availa- Word of the month: ble. Contact First’s ticketing team on ‘Suserration’ - Whispering or rustling, as [email protected] or write to in, ‘the suserration of the river’

FARMBOROUGH GOOD NEIGHBOURS offer free lifts to Farmborough villagers of all ages to local surgeries and hospitals. Child seat available. Contributions for lifts are welcome. Contacts: Christina Creese 750826 Mal and Donny Allen 470277

Did you know…… ...that the female equivalent of ‘Where’s Wally?’ is ‘Where’s Wilma?’

CARETAKER/CLEANER REQUIRED for Simon Cutler DipFA, MLIBF FARMBOROUGH MEMORIAL HALL

Call Farmborough resident Simon From January 2020 on 07710332634 or email [email protected] Flexible hours (approx. 20 hours/ for advice on investments, pensions, month) retirement planning, mortgages FURTHER DETAILS FROM SALLY DAVIS and financial protection. 07866193911 or As a mortgage is secured against your home, it could be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments. [email protected] Blackdown Financial is a trading name of W&T Ltd. Registered in England No. 3717558 CLOSING DATE NOVEMBER 30th www.blackdownfinancial.co.uk

Our Farmborough Village Trees There has been some consternation expressed in the village about sev- eral trees being cut down recently….for building; because they were cracking walls..etc., Picture 2 when we should be con- internal loss of solid strong wood in the serving trees to take in trunks was too great. the carbon dioxide our vehicles, etc. emit. One villager sadly commented, ‘I have So, a further RIP to two beautiful saplings watched that tree grow from when it was become huge trees over many years. just a sapling’. Picture 1 is of the trunk of the largest tree, It might not always be an act of destruc- about 8 m up where a large branch joined tion when a tree is felled, however. It may the main trunk. be necessary, as proven by the latest sad Picture 2 is of the trunk of the second tree loss of two beautiful beech trees in Recto- at ground level. It shows about 80% decay ry Close, Farmborough. The beech tree is at its core. known as the Queen of British trees. Thanks to Tibbs Tree Surgeons for the These two trees had to come down recent- information. ly because their trunk cores were severely decayed and there was a danger that their (large) canopies would not be able to be held up by the trunks and so they consti- tuted a danger. An instrument called a resistograph was used to probe the inter- nal wood to discover the extent of sus- pected decay in each of the trees. Resisto- graphs are used for inspecting trees and Renewable energy sources provided more timber in order to find internal defects, electricity to UK homes and businesses and to determine wood den- than fossil fuels this year, for the first time sity and growth rates. Both since the UK’s first plant was fired in 1882. trees had severe decay and little density in the centre of Recycling their trunks. B&NES have requested that all plastic con- Picture 1 tainers be rinsed out before placing in The tree surgeon had to apply for planning your recycling box. permission to fell the trees and this was granted on the basis that they were a dan- Apparently, there have been occasions ger. The tree surgeon assured me that if it when a few tonnes of recycled plastic has were possible to save the trees by reduc- had to be discarded because of contami- ing the crowns, he would have, but the nation from one source.

‘We need a strong new set of environmen- tal laws to hold our governments and oth- ers to account and to set long-term and ambitious targets. Only a robust approach to environmental protections and law mak- ing can deliver this for England, Wales and Kittiwakes and other seabirds have struggled because Northern Ireland’, says Rosie Hails, Nature of the lack of sand eels in our oceans and Science Director at the National Trust.

The National Trust’s State of Nature The report was complied by 50 conserva- tion organisations. report 2019 : loss of nature since 1970

 15 per cent of species are under Talent and Trading Scheme (T&T) threat of extinction and 2 per cent of spe- Since our last piece in the Flyer, on Satur- cies have already gone for good day 21st September we held a Ploughman’s  Average abundance of wildlife has Lunch in aid of the Forever Friend’s Appeal fallen by 13 per cent with the steep- (RUH). Cheri Langley kindly hosted this at est losses in the last ten years her and Ray’s home, Barrow Vale Farm.  41 per cent of UK species studied have Cheri managed to seat 40 people comfort- fallen and 133 species have already been ably and an enjoyable time was had by all. lost from our shores Thank you, Cheri.  Butterflies and moths, down 17 per Together with some kind donations, cent and 25 per cent respectively. Num- £637.00 was raised! We would like to bers of high brown fritillary and gray- thank all who supported us in any way. ling butterflies, have fallen by more than three quarters We have, at present, raised a total for this • The average amount of mammals has year of £1,467.00 for this charity and we fallen by 26 per cent and the wild cat and still have one more fundraising event ‘up greater mouse-eared bat are almost ex- our sleeve’. Watch this space! tinct. Ros Hulcoop The National Trust say that they are doing Did you know…. everything they can to protect wildlife by ...all Sainsbury’s shops have stopped sell- addressing some of the biggest challenges ing fireworks? facing the natural world. These in- clude climate change, intensive farming, … that orchids are the largest family of pollution, an increase in non-native inva- plants in the world? With 30,000 known sive predators and the destruction of species, you could acquire a different woodlands and wetlands. orchid every day for eighty years and still not grow them all! By 2025 they will have created 25,000 hec- tares of wildlife habitats. They also want at ...that Waitrose and John Lewis are to least half of the farmland in their care to stop selling Christmas crackers containing be nature-friendly so that plants and ani- plastic toys and glitter from 2020 as part mals can thrive. of plans to cut down on single-use plastic?

2019 OCTOBER EVENTS Where Time

Sat—Sun Cam Valley Art Trail Various: see for details Varies 2nd & 3rd www.camvalleyartstrail.co.uk Sun 3rd Sunday Lunch Carvery Farmborough Memorial Hall 12h30

Sun 3rd Bonfire Night and Fireworks The Recreation Ground, 17h00- Farmborough 20h00 Tues 5th CAMEO—Talk on ‘Architecture of Farmborough Memorial Hall 19h30 Roman Bath’ by Dr Amy Frost Sat 9th Bacon Bap Bonanza Farmborough Community Shop 09h00- 12h00 Sat 9th Josie White Art Exhibition Lodge Studio, Eastcourt Road, 10h00- Temple Cloud BS39 5BU 20h00 Mon 11th Gadget Busters The Hub, YMCA, North Road, 14h30- Timsbury 16h30 Thurs 14th Wine Tasting Farmborough Community Shop 18h30- 20h30 Mon 25th Gadget Busters The Hub, YMCA,North Road, 14h30- Timsbury 16h30 Thurs 28th Farmborough Community Shop Farmborough Memorial Hall 19h30- AGM 20h30 Sat 3oth BINGO Farmborough Memorial Hall 14h30

Mon 2nd Jazz ‘n Carols St Michaels Without, Bath 18h30 DECEMBER BA1 5LJ Thurs 5th The Little Christmas Pop-up Shop– Beechwood, The Avenue, 16h00- DECEMBER Preview Timsbury BA2 0HU 20h00 Fri—Sun The Little Christmas Pop-up Shop– Beechwood, The Avenue, 10h00- 6th,7th,8th Sales Daily Timsbury BA2 0HU 17h00

Mon 9th Gadget Busters The Hub, MCA, North Road, 14h30- DECEMBER Timsbury 16h30 Sat 14th Bacon Bap Bonanza Farmborough Community Shop 09h00- DECEMBER 12h00 Mon 23rd Gadget Busters The Hub, YMCA, North Road, 14h30- DECEMBER Timsbury 16h30