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Pumplet Number 64 December 2014 ` PUMPLET NUMBER 64 DECEMBER 2014 Parish Council Job Responsibility Area /Responsibility Mr M Andersen(Chmn) 07760 170300 Roads Dashwoods Lane, Combe Close Mr C Warren(Vice Ch) 07872 470133 Planning Trendle Lane, Quantock Moor, Chilcombe La. Mr D Venner 656637 Quantock Hills Culverhayes, Newton, Kingswood, TA4 4ET Mr J Grellier 656799 Police Liaison Church Lane, Parsons Close, Gatchells Lane Mrs N Russell 656710 Young People 13 Church Lane Mr R Murphy 639394 Rights of Way Quantockside, TA4 4EH, Woolston Mrs C Skinner 618300 Environment Hill Lane, Honey Row Lane, Halsway Mrs C Richards Clerk 656870 Parish Clerk 9 Pickpurse Lane Stogumber Mrs J Leeming 656870 Parish Clerk 9 Pickpurse Lane Stogumber TA4 3TB Neighbourhood Watch Wardens Murray Bush 632 878 Woolston Carol Darke 656 222 South of A358 NEIGHBOURHOODJohn Lees 656 333 Dashwoods Lane, Combe Close John Grellier 656 799 Church Lane, Gatchells Lane, Parsons Close Cerys Randell 656 956 Trendle Lane, Quantock Moor, Chilcombe Lane Kees ter Braak 656 633 Honey Row Lane, Hill Lane I have received a letter regarding dog’s NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH – John Lees writes:- mess. A number of instances of this have NW works!! Recently a very pleasant young occurred on the person’s lawn, which is man (with no ID documents) was round adjacent to a footpath. Any dog can be "doing the houses". Sally Simpson rang me to taken short but please endeavour to clear it report. I rang our Police Support Officer (Peter up - especially if it is quite clearly on a Bolton). The young man was "sussed", and tended garden lawn. stopped operating...Good end to story... Please can you contact the clerk at Otherwise be wary! Sheds and garages are [email protected] with your name targets again. and e mail details so that we can ____________________________________________ automatically notify you of new Parish YOUR PARISH MATTERS Pumping publications, as well as Council Mike Anderson Chairman writes: minutes and meetings. Mary Hill has formed a group looking at renewing the village playground. Please lend Welcome to the Parish her your support and any fund raising ideas Amy and Gareth Lile and Family for contacts that you may have. 23 Church Lane. John Grellier is looking for Parish volunteers to Jeremy Philips and Elizabeth keep are lovely Parish tidy. Please let him Whites Meadow. know of your willingness to help. Phone 07745 609174. [email protected] LIGHT UP THE NIGHT - it cheers us all to see the Leaf dropping time is upon us as well as the church lit up. If you want that done in rainy season. If you pass a road gully and see memory of someone, please call John Lees – some leaves on top then please spare a 656333 moment to brush any loose leaves from the ____________________________________________ grill – let’s try and keep all watercourses free SOCIAL CLUB – Jean Challender writes: to drain away. The Social Club meets every third Wednesday of the month (except August www.bicknoller.com page 1 and December) at 2.30 pm in Bicknoller group ably lead by member Pam Wallace. A Village Hall. Members are not restricted to four-mile walk around Steart Marshes was residents of Bicknoller – we have members much enjoyed and weather permitting we from Woolston, Sampford Brett, Williton and hope to do another walk in February. Cedar Falls and warmly welcome new Some members will be attending the members. Membership costs only £15 per Somerset Federation carol service at Wells year, or if you would like a “taster”, you may Cathedral in December with lunch first, and attend individual events for £2.50. Crowcombe Church for the Seven Seas In January 2015, Keith Cook will be inviting us Group carol service. to exercise our “little grey cells” with another We have decided how to celebrate the of his entertaining quizzes. Come as an centenary of the WI in England and Wales individual, or make up a team with friends – next year and instead of a garden meeting in no more than four in a team please. July, we will have an open meeting at the February sees Ian Anderson transport us village hall with a buffet supper and magical away from the cold and gloom to the colour entertainment. A small charge will be made of the Keukenhof Garden in the Netherlands, for visitors and there will be a raffle. The funds and the warmth of south-west France with his raised will be given to the Village Hall audio-visual presentation entitled “A Dutch Committee to go towards their fund-raising journey” and “Bastide towns of southern for the new children’s play-ground. France”. In March we have the Club AGM, The 2015 programme has been finalised with followed by “An afternoon with Miss Joyce an excellent variety of speakers and Grenfell”, presented by Joan Knowlman, demonstrations. The range includes serious which has been highly praised. subjects such as “The History of The Mineral For further details, please contact Jean Line” and “Islam and Women” while there Challender, the Secretary, on 656760. are light-hearted subjects such as “Exercise ____________________________________________ with Dance”, “Puppetry (of an unusual sort)”, BICKNOLLER W.I. - Maggie Pumphrey writes: “Encaustic Wax Demonstration” with some We are coming to the close of a very active participation, “Making Celebration Garlands” and happy year, our final meeting being at with full participation, “Hand bell Ringing” the Bicknoller Inn where we will be tucking with some participation and our New Year into a 3-course meal with husbands/partners Party in January and Christmas Dinner in as our guests. At the suggestion of a few December. Our external visits will be agreed members last year we will be ending the early in the New Year. evening with a Christmas song-along! We have been pleased to welcome new At our November meeting we learnt about members during the year and our numbers the growing of willow and how to treat it are growing. All new members, potential ready for weaving and then our speaker members and visitors are assured of a warm gave an excellent demonstration of how to welcome – ladies if you have not already make wreaths of different shapes. Such was done so, do consider coming along and the interest that a workshop is to be arranged giving us a try. so that members can have a go themselves. ____________________________________________ At our birthday meeting in October our OUR VILLAGE HALL- Marie Robinson writes: booked speaker didn’t turn up and we had We have had several enjoyable fund raising visitors with us from other WIs in the area – activities this year. what an embarrassment. However, one of We commenced with a very successful Quiz our own members – Kate Harrison – stepped last March and we hope to have another into the breach and gave an excellent talk of next March. A May Market, and thanks here a fascinating experience when she was to all the volunteers who are now taking on “spotted” and asked to do a television the task of growing on the plugs which Clive advert for Dove deodorants. It was an has ordered for us - I believe 500 has been amusing and absorbing talk and we were so mentioned. Previously Clive grew these on grateful to Kate for getting us out of a fix. by himself and that was quite a job. Apart from our monthly meetings, when we The Coffee Morning held in June and always have a social half hour, we meet at November, and the Boot sale in August - the The Bick for friendly skittles most months and coffee mornings were very successful and have now started a Bicknoller WI walking the cake stall was particularly successful, thanks to all the Bicknoller Bakers. The Boot www.bicknoller.com page 2 sale was not as successful as the previous 14th December 10.30am, Rev Jon Rose is to year. Do let the Management Committee be licensed by Archdeacon John Reed, as have any thoughts you might have about a Assistant Priest in the Quantock Towers sale next year - or should we go back to the Benefice. Congratulations Jon. Jumble Sale format? No Christmas Eve Service this year, The Halloween Dance was very successful, But 10.30am Family Communion on Christmas we raised £516.33 and I believe a jolly good Day. time was had by all - but I didn't realise just And finally some good news-: OUR BOILER IS how many witches we had in Bicknoller! MENDED!!! Thanks to Mike Pennington-Ridge Our grateful thanks go to all the organisers of who has worked so hard to achieve this and these events -without their efforts we would to make us warm again. be struggling for funds. Happy Christmas everyone _________________________________________ From us all at St George’s. ST. GEORGE’S CHURCH - ____________________________________________ Belinda Mountain PCC Secretary writes: MOTHERS’ UNION – Quantock Towers Branch What a glorious summer we had this year, it Molly Farmer writes: made all the out-door events so enjoyable. Since reporting in the September edition of On 14th September the annual Ride and Pumpings Members have been busy with Stride fund raiser started from Bicknoller and events in the Branch, the Deanery and further we walked, (me on my scooter and Jazz afield in the Diocese. Speakers at Branch running,) to Nettlecombe Court, about 5 Meetings have included Liz Cummings who miles, and partook in a Deanery-wide Service spoke of her work with the Royal Family; the ‘The Original Hymn Sandwich’ which was Revd. John Franks and Val, his wife whose very well attended, and delicious! The money subject was "Fair-trade and the M.U." The visit raised went to The Deanery Mission Project.
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