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Tarrington Tatler Photo courtesy of Maggie Darron Deborah gets a new hat! Neighbourhood Development Plan - Pg 5 New thatch for Tarrington Cottage - Pg 15 MacMillan Coffee Morning Success - Pg 17 What’s in a Village Name? - Pg 21 Bats About Bats - Pg 22 Deadline for submission for the next issue: Tuesday 19th Nov Hello fellow Tarringtonians, The weather is getting distinctly autumnal now and our summer flower displays are starting to look decidedly sad. I don’t know about you, but we’ve still got lots of hedge trimming to do - some of which are rather high! There is also all that leaf collecting to look forward to, but maybe some great opportunities for autumn walks too - like in this photo, courtesy of Jan Pierce. If you like trees, and who doesn’t, take a look at the article on page 18 from our Tree Warden, Suzanne, and come along to the tree seed sowing event, it should be fun. Unfortunately the Bushcraft Workshop advertised in the last Tatler has had to be cancelled, but will hopefully be rearranged for next spring, so watch this space. However there are other events coming up to look forward to. Some great films at Flicks in the Sticks, and the Tarrington Race Night, which you need to get your tickets for early as it promises to be an exciting night. So I hope to see you there - hopefully in fine voice to cheer the jockeys on! And don’t forget to read the Neighbourhood Development Plan and get your comments in by 25th November. Judi 2 Dates for your diary & Forthcoming Attractions Date Event Further info 5 Oct Harvest Supper, Yarkhill Pg 4 6 Oct Harvest Festival, Tarrington Pg 4 12 Oct Flicks in the Sticks. Tolkien Pg 12 18 Oct Harvest Bingo, Yarkhill Pg 19 19 Oct Tarrington Race & Curry Night Pg 13 24 Oct Tree Seed Planting Evening Pg 19 2 Nov Churchyard tidy up Pg 7 9 Nov Flicks in the Sticks. Rocketman Pg 12 10 Nov Remembrance Service Pg 4 11 Nov Parish Council meeting Pg 25 12 Nov Craft Group Open Day Pg 14 14 Nov Lady Emily Hall AGM Pg 20 25 Nov Deadline for comments on NDP Pg 5 Every Thursday - Coffee Mornings at Lady Emily Hall Pg 10 Market Theatre, Ledbury, & Regular LEH Events Pg 26 & 27 Hereford Cathedral have a wide range of concerts, talks, services and exhibitions on offer. See www.herefordcathedral.org for details. 3 CHURCH SERVICES: OCT & NOV TARRINGTON YARKHILL STOKE EDITH Harvest Festival Harvest Festival Sunday 06 Oct 9.30am 11.00am Parish Communion Sunday 13 Oct 9.30am Sunday 20 Oct Parish Communion Morning Worship 9.30am 11.00am Morning Worship Holy Communion Sunday 27 Oct 9.30am 11.00am Parish Communion Parish Communion Sunday 03 Nov 9.30am 11.00am Remembrance Day Sunday 10 Nov Service 10.45am Parish Communion Morning Worship Sunday 17 Nov 9.30am 11.00am Morning Worship Holy Communion Sunday 24 Nov 9.30am 11.00am Harvest Supper, Yarkhill Village Hall Saturday 5th October, 7pm for 7.30pm With “The Windfalls” An evening of harvest themed entertainment including: Live music, poetry & prose, Ploughman’s Platter & Pud, & Cider Tasting Tickets in advance: £10 per head from Julia Savagar: 4 5 A sacred space - a new way of caring For various reasons it’s been a struggle keeping up with the churchyard this year but thankfully, it now seems to be under control again. We are pleased to have secured the services of Greg Mowbray who does excellent work but Greg has to earn his living and we have to make sure that we have the funds to pay him as well as to make other improvements that are needed, a tap and a path in the area over the bridge for example. Mandy has suggested that we start a ‘churchyard fund’. This would be a dedicated fund so that people who wish to, might make a donation in the knowledge that it will be spent on the churchyard rather than on other areas of the church’s work. Pending the formal consideration of this arrangement, donations can be made payable to ‘Tarrington PCC’ with an accompanying note to confirm that the donor would like it to be spent on the churchyard. Donations should be sent to Graeme Forrester, Tarrington Church Treasurer, Tantallon, Church View, Tarrington HR1 4HY. Even with these new arrangements in place, we remain very grateful to those who care not only for the areas of their family graves but for other areas too. We hope that they will now feel more supported in their endeavours than they might have done previously and that they will continue to do what they can. There might be others who are not able to handle a mower or strimmer but who can organise an event to raise money for this new fund. It is surprising how many people visit the new churchyard over the bridge; it is doubtful that a day goes past without at least one visitor. So many people have friends or relatives buried there and we owe it to those left caring and to many of our own families in the future, to keep it looking a truly sacred area. John Watkins 6 Remembrance Sunday You will see in the list of services that the Remembrance Sunday service will be held in Tarrington starting at 10.45am. on 10th November. It seems only right that as part of this act of Remembrance we have the area around our war memorial looking as well kept as possible. In that way those who died in chaos and debris can be remembered and honoured in a well kept and beautiful part of their home village. Thankfully the churchyard is looking better now than it has done in many months but if you would like to be part of a working party to pay special attention to the area around the war memorial do join us at 10.00 am on Saturday 2nd November. If you cannot help but would like to make a donation to the care of the churchyard, please send that to Graeme Forrester our church treasurer at Tantallon Church View Tarrington HR1 4FE. Cheques (with a note confirming that you want money spent on the churchyard) should be payable to ‘Tarrington PCC’. John Watkins Bell ringing instruction Here we have Charlotte West who has recently had her tenth birthday taking the first steps in learning how to be a bell ringer like her mother. All those wanting to try it out or who want to start learning, do so under the very watchful eye and guidance of tower captain, Robert Hodges. The ringers meet for practice at 7.30 pm on Fridays, (but you probably know that already); if you would like to try yourself, come along on practice night or if you have queries beforehand, call Robert Hodges . 7 Rectors Ramblings Early autumn is a time of change. Change in weather, landscape, activity and life patterns. I have always felt that, even though we celebrate a new year in January. The reality of our lives today is that the autumn seems like a time of new beginnings. Whether or not we are part of the educational or academic world, in many ways it feels like a New Year for us all. For our youngsters it is the beginning of new things; new classes and teachers, new schools, perhaps even a first day at school of nursery for our youngest children. Many young adults head off to sixth form college and university, with growing and even first tastes of independence. Scary times for those stepping out into the unknown and perhaps scary times for those of us who love them. Even for those of us not in education, the autumn is often the time when we begin new adventures; learning new skills, joining new groups, taking up new opportunities. As we wave good-bye to the summer season of rest and reflection, we embrace the season of change. Across the benefice, our Harvest festivals are taking place (see poster left, for harvest arrangements in Tarrington). They are an opportunity to gather and thank God for the blessings he showers upon us. It is a time to be generous in sharing some of the fruits of those blessings with others. As we welcome a weekly branch of Ledbury Food Bank into the Benefice in Bosbury, I encourage all in our benefice villages to continue to support and make your Harvest donations to the Food Bank. Cont. 8 The blessing of a bag of groceries when you have reached rock bottom is more than just physical sustenance, it can also bring about a change from despair to hope and belief that the compassion of others shows that even in the darkest times, people care and are prepared to turn that care into action. Another change for us in the benefice, is the change of service patterns in three of our benefice churches. The new service pattern will be introduced on Sunday 6th October. For Tarrington the changes will be that we move to a four-week pattern of communion and morning worship services all beginning at 9:30am. We hope these changes will make worship more accessible to parishioners. The reflections and work that has gone into making a new pattern work within the context of the needs of eight churches have been much appreciated and I am heartened by the enthusiasm and commitment of those who have been willing to step forward and offer to become lay leaders of worship.