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Full colour issue VILLAGE NEWS www.biddestone.org.uk December 2018 / January 2019 Issue 459 Editorial Committee [email protected] Editor Linda Lobl-Smith Home Farm 714475 Treasurer Annalisa Duff Willow Lodge 712247 Julie Walton The Old Rectory 701784 June Pearce The School 701030 Chris Draper Home Farm Cottage 248557 Biddestone Broadsheet and the village website seek to reflect the life and interests of the village. Written contributions are invited from readers on any subject that will be of interest. Photos, Drawings and Art work would also be welcome. Any opinions expressed or implied within this publication are not necessarily those of the Editor or Committee and no responsibil- ity can be accepted for any errors of fact printed on these pages. We will of course endeavour to be as accurate as possible. Last copy date is the 3rd Sunday in the month, copy should be sent to the Editor at the email address above. 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To post an item on the Biddestone Village Website or facebook page please contact the Editor Linda Lobl-Smith Donations Received The Broadsheet has received the following donations this month; We would like to say a huge thankyou for the £605 in donations. front cover image: Rock Nativity by Emily and Gertie Draper Village Hall Classes Main Hall Thursday 10.30 – 11.30 am Precision Pilates Amber Edenbrow – 07725316923 or [email protected] Monday 9:45 -11:45 a.m. Painting Group Sue Tennant - 01249 720615 Thursday 7.30 – 10.00 pm Dancing Phil Fletcher – 01793 936091 or [email protected] Monday 8.00 – 10.00 pm Hips & Haws Clog Jan Field – 01380 827140 or [email protected] Friday 6.30 – 8.00 pm Yoga for healthy backs, knees and shoulders Lydia Holmes [email protected] Tuesday 9.00 – 10.00 am & 10.30 – 11.30am Real Life Yoga Emma Goodwin – 07771662567 or [email protected] New Club Room Tuesday 6.00 – 9.00 pm Iyengar Yoga Class Monday 7.15 – 8.45 Precision Pilates Edgar Stringer - [email protected] Amber Edenbrow – 07725316923 or [email protected] Wednesday 10.00 – 11.30 am Iyengar Yoga Class Tuesday 10.30 – 11.30 Health in Motion Lydia Holmes – [email protected] Mandy Roberts 01225 811667 or 07980696919 Wednesday 2.00 – 4.00 pm Womens Institute (3rd Wednesday in Wednesday 10.00 – 12.00 am Writing Group month) Tim Smith – 01249 714455 or [email protected] Wednesday 6.00 – 7.00 Circuit Training Wednesday 12.00 – 4.00 pm Quilting and Patchwork Class Simon Bennett – 07815619138 or [email protected] Anne Chapman - 01249 782842 Thursday 7.00 – 8.00pm Boxersize (coming soon) Village Hall To Book the village hall or the newly finished club room. Please contact the Booking Secretary at [email protected] Or 07391 511495 Editorial December Welcome to the Christmas issue of the Broadsheet, packed with should be now able to confidently plan ahead, knowing that seasonal village events: The Advent supper hosted by Simon we are on a sound financial footing. and Charlotte Bruce is a popular fundraiser for the church; Caroline Dale and Co. will be entertaining us with an evening We will be holding a coffee morning in the village hall club of music plus, of course, their special rendition of Bohemian room on 13th December to thank our supporters and the dis- Rhapsody! There will be singing around the Christmas Tree on tributors who work tirelessly to deliver the Broadsheet to your the Green and back to Home Farm for mince pies and mulled door each month. wine afterwards. The village pubs have various festive activi- ties, too. We would like to wish all our readers a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. The Broadsheet committee would like to thank all of those who donated their fivers (and more!) to our fundraising drive, the total sum raised was £540. We also went before the Parish Council to request an annual raise which they responded to Welcome to Dave and Cath Cooper plus Benno the dog at No. with a generous increase from £300 to £600 per annum, so we 14 Little Challows! Advent Supper Friends of St Nicholas Biddestone Join us to celebrate Advent with a candlelit supper. Sunday 23rd December 2018 at 7 pm at The Oak House. £20.00 per person, all ticket money to the Friends of St Nicholas. Please book before 10th December so that tickets can be issued and numbers finalised. To book or discuss special dietary requirements please call 01249716330 or email [email protected] Snow Wardens Before the winter arrives forcefully in Biddestone and Slaugh- terford, we would like to appoint additional Snow Wardens so that there are at least two people covering each area of the villages. We are looking to update the Snow Plan for the December meeting of the Parish Council due to be held on 11th December. If you would be willing to act as a Snow Warden, please give me a call or drop me a line. Recipe by Julie Walton A Dairy-Free Christmas Cake INGREDIENTS 350g plain flour 2 tsp baking powder 3. In a large bowl mix all of the dried ingredients togeth- 175g dark brown sugar er, except the baking powder 225ml vegetable oil 300ml soya milk 4. In a jug, dissolve the baking powder in the soya milk, 2 tbsp black treacle add the vegetable oil to the milk, stir and then add to the 125g raisins dry ingredients and mix until combined. 125g currants 125g sultanas 100g chopped glacé cherries 5. Add the soaked fruit, mixed spice and black treacle, 75g mixed peel mix well and put into the prepared cake tin, place the 2 tbsp mixed spice blanched almonds in circles gently on top of the cake 3 tbsp of a spirit of your choice mixture. Place a piece of baking parchment with a small Blanched almonds for the top of the cake hole cut into the centre, the size of a 50p. This allows the 22cm round cake tin, double lined with baking parch- steam to come out and prevents the cake from burning on ment. the top. 1. Soak dried fruit and cherries in the spirit of your 6. Bake for 1hr 45 mins, or when a cocktail stick inserted choice for 1 hour or over night. into the comes out clean. 7. Allow to cool thoroughly before storing in an air tight 2. Pre heat the oven to 160 C. tin. Record of meeting of Biddestone & Hartham Women’s Institute, 1st November 2018 Val Ringham, President, welcomed 12 members and one centenary wall hanging. Al- visitor, and introduced our speaker, Peter Knight, for his talk ison and Val S-J reported on on “Ancient origins of church – symbolism”. With the aid of their WI holiday in the north- many explanatory slides he demonstrated how pagan symbols west; next year’s would be in and those from other cultures had been adopted and adapted Lincolnshire. to illustrate Christianity and to promote its own agenda. Such symbols included the halo, the serpent, dragons, the sun and New correspondence. Details the moon. He concluded by saying: “The real power of sym- of a mechanism by which bols and myths is that they possess the ability to engage not members making certain only the mind but the heart”. Carol gave the Vote of Thanks. purchases on-line could arrange for the WI to receive funds. Trapunto Workshop in Devizes on 9.2.19. Centenary Fair at Delicious refreshments were provided by Val S-J, and the Rowdeford School on 15.6.19. with many different categories, raffle prize was won by Linda. including craft items, flowers, cakes, photography and writing a story in eight words. Val R had made some stars following Business meeting instructions in the Nov/Dec WI News. The Minutes of the last meeting were read and signed as a Finance. Carol said the situation continued to be healthy. The correct record. WI had provided a wreath for the Remembrance Sunday ser- vice in view of the special anniversary this year, but it would Matters Arising. No more information about data protection. be the last. The two Vals would attend a New Speakers Day on 22 Novem- ber (if members had any ideas for speakers they should suggest Christmas Party, 2-4 on 12 December. Arrangements con- them). Dates in July, November and December 2019 had been firmed. Challenge: Make a snowflake in any medium. offered for the WI Adviser’s visit. We should make a centenary banner for our branch, even if we did not submit it – sugges- 16th January meeting: Beryl Pendley would talk about Royal tions still needed. We had to choose our favoured Resolution Bargemasters. All welcome. using the form in the Nov/Dec edition of WI Life – Val S-J would collect these at the Christmas Party.Val S-J thanked Beryl and Julia for their contributions for Bonfire Night, which had been a great success. Carol had sent her square in for the Farming Notes By Ian Smith The farming year has all played out now, next year’s crops have gone in with near perfect planting conditions and will need to do nothing but sit tight through the coming winter.