The Villager
June 2017
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2 Editorial the Villager CONTACTS
Editor: Would it be possible to remind villagers that it is inconsiderate to have a Julie Crawley bonfire during the day. Thank you 01256 851003 [email protected] As our villages are so local to Basingstoke Hospital and in North Hampshire, I wondered how many people know about the new Ark Cancer Advertisements: Treatment Centre to be built in North Hampshire www.arkcancercharity.org.uk ? Emma Foreman Listening to Mr Merv Rees, a cancer surgeon from Basingstoke, give a very strong 01256 889215/07747 015494 and moving speech with regards to cancer and how it will effect one in three of us [email protected] who was present in that room, it really hit home! Also the many people you have known who have gone through the dramatic experience. In brief, once people have cancer they have to go for treatment, and the nearest treatment centres are Distribution: Southampton and Guildford for radiotherapy - this can mean a journey every day George Rust for up to six weeks when patients are feeling unwell and vulnerable. 01256 850413 [email protected] So I thought, right, let’s get off my back side and do something to help this worthy cause! On the back of riding the London to Brighton last year, this year on July 12th -15thJuly I will be riding from the Ark to L’Arc de Future Events: Triomphe (Basingstoke to Paris) in aid of the new Ark Cancer Centre. Lindsay Berry The new centre will take on an approach to ensure that all support services 01256 850495 and complementary therapies are available alongside the chemotherapy and [email protected] radiotherapy treatments in one unique local cancer centre. For the last few years Mr Rees has worked painstakingly and tirelessly to get a Pamber Correspondent: site and planning to build this treatment centre in North Hampshire, but to do so Ann Ellis the Charity has to raise £5 million pounds on their own. Please can you consider [email protected] helping me to help others by donating to this really worthy cause. Here is a link to our Just Giving page http://www.bike4cancer.org/Ark-to-Arc-2017-perry-champion Be part of knowing you helped! Kind regards Perry Champion Contents
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Parish Council Reports 9, 10, 11
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June 2017 5 Pelican Film Society, Queen of Katwe, The Ark Conference Centre, Guests welcome £6 7.30pm 6 SSJ Women’s Fellowship, Stained Glass SSJ Village Hall 2.00pm 12 60+ Coffee Morning at SSJ Village Hall 10.00-11.30am 17 Sherborne St John Village Fete 26 60+ Coffee Morning at SSJ Village Hall 10.00-11.30am 26 Sherborne St John Parish Council Meeting, Chute Pavilion. (Planning meeting 7pm) 7.30pm
July 2017 3 Pelican Film Society, Suite Francaise, The Ark Conference Centre, Guests welcome £6 7.30pm 4 SSJ Women’s Fellowship Strawberry Tea SSJ Village Hall 2.00pm 8 SSJ Village Party CREAM TEAS FROM 3PM 3.30pm onwards 10 60+ Coffee Morning at SSJ Village Hall 10.00-11.30am 24 60+ Coffee Morning at SSJ Village Hall 10.00-11.30am 24 Sherborne St John Parish Council Meeting, Chute Pavilion. (Planning meeting 7pm) 7.30pm
August 2017 1 SSJ Women’s Fellowship ‘Where & What is That in Hampshire’ SSJ Village Hall 2.00pm 7 60+ Coffee Morning at SSJ Village Hall 10.00-11.30am 21 60+ Coffee Morning at SSJ Village Hall 10.00-11.30am
September 2017 4 60+ Coffee Morning at SSJ Village Hall 10.00-11.30am 4 Pelican Film Society, Sully, The Ark Conference Centre, Guests welcome £6 7.30pm 5 SSJ Women’s Fellowship - Annual Outing Location to be advised 16-24 Sherborne St John Village Scarecrow Competition 18 60+ Coffee Morning at SSJ Village Hall 10.00-11.30am 25 Sherborne St John Parish Council Meeting, Chute Pavilion. (Planning meeting 7pm) 7.30pm
October 2017 2 60+ Coffee Morning at SSJ Village Hall 10.00-11.30am 2 Pelican Film Society, The Eagle Huntress, The Ark Conference Centre, Guests welcome £6 7..30pm 3 SSJ Women’s Fellowship ‘A Year in the Life of a New Forest Pony’ SSJ Village Hall 2.00pm 7 Dads and Tots, Sherborne St John Village Hall, £2 per family, Tel. Scott 416272 8.00 – 9.30am 16 60+ Coffee Morning at SSJ Village Hall 10.00-11.30am 23 Sherborne St John Parish Council Meeting, Chute Pavilion. (Planning meeting 7pm) 7.30pm 30 60+ Coffee Morning at SSJ Village Hall 10.00-11.30am
November 2017 6 Pelican Film Society, Lion, The Ark Conference Centre, Guests welcome £6 7.30pm 7 SSJ Women’s Fellowship ‘The Miracle Flower’ SSJ Village Hall 2.00pm 13 60+ Coffee Morning at SSJ Village Hall 10.00-11.30am 27 60+ Coffee Morning at SSJ Village Hall 10.00-11.30am 27 Sherborne St John Parish Council Meeting, Chute Pavilion. (Planning meeting 7pm) 7.30pm
4 “Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, The SSJ and I laugh at them whenever I can” – Jane Austen 'RQ·WPLVV Neighbourhood Plan )ROOLHVDQG1RQVHQVH SUHVHQWHGE\WKHODGLHVYRFDOWULR The Neighbourhood Plan %HOO%HOOH&DQWH&DQWH&DQWRR Referendum (under the control of the BDBC Electoral Department) was held on 4th May. Voting was organised alongside elections for a new County Councillor and was %HOOH&DQWRZLOOKDYH\RXODXJKLQJFU\LQJDQGWDSSLQJ\RXUWRHV WRWKHLUH[FLWLQJPL[RIKDSS\URPDQWLFDQGVKRZVRQJV strictly controlled. DOOLQWURGXFHGE\VKRUWUHDGLQJVIURPWKHZRUNVRI-DQH$XVWHQ 3RSLQDIWHUZRUNRUDIWHUDVKRSSLQJVSUHH The turn-out was 58% and the vote: :HGQHVGD\VW-XQ:HGQHVGD\VW-XQHH Yes - to adopt the Neighbourhood Plan: SPSPSPDKHDUW\EXWHOHJDQWDIWHUQRRQWHDSP 346 SPSPSPSP´)ROOLHVDQG1RQVHQVHµFRQFHUWSP No – to reject the Neighbourhood Plan LQWKHEHDXWLIXOVXUURXQGLQJVRIRQHRIWKHROGHVWEXLOGLQJVLQ%DVLQJVWRNH Plan: 242 &KXUFK&RWWDJH A majority of 104 in favour of the Plan. EHKLQG6W0LFKDHO·V&KXUFKLQWKHWRZQFHQWUH &KXUFK/DQH%DVLQJVWRNH5*4: Following this success at Referendum, the )UHHDGPLVVLRQEXWGRQDWLRQVUHTXHVWHGIRUUHIUHVKPHQWV 3URILWVWR´-DQH·V)XQGµUHVWRULQJ-DQH$XVWHQ·VKRXVH Plan now takes on “full material weight Which Jane Austen heroine was “So in Love” and who “Caint say No” And who was “Putting on the Ritz” for (planning) decision-making purposes”. Come along and find out! ZZZEHOOHFDQWRXN ZZZIDFHERRNFRPEHOOHFDQWRWULR ZZZEDVLQJVWRNHIHVWLYDOFRXN It is expected to be formally adopted by BDBC Council on 18th May 2017.
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5 Church Matters June
How many hours per week do you at Six” meetings called “Teach and And here are some disadvantages and reckon you spend on the internet? discuss”. dangers: And, just to narrow it down a little bit, Facebook was the first of the trendy Cyber bullying • Time consuming/ what percentage of that time goes on social media. When you join it you wasting • Fake news • Hacking • the “social media”? To define what I’m are given a “page” on which you may Faceless communication • Paedophiles talking about, the internet is the global post all sorts of information about you – grooming • Terrorism • Poor language network of “servers”. These are large and what’s happening in your life. You skills • Security & privacy • Information computers which store information also have a register of “friends” who are overload • Anxiety...... (“data”) and make it readily available to sufficiently interested to want to read other servers which are connected with We went on to consider some things that info / see that photo or whatever them. These servers “talk” to each other, that it would be useful for us as you may be “up-loading” to your page. so that it is just as easy for me to find the Christians to bear in mind in our use Facebook sends them all a notification weather conditions on Table Mountain of the social media. First, they are whenever you put something new up so as on Snowdon. Provided I know the no substitute for real relationship. “I you know your “friends” are seeing it. right website to access that information want to see you face to face” wrote the Again it is clear the effect may be good (which I can locate through a “search apostle John, “so that our joy may be or bad, it all depends on the users. engine” such as Google) then I can complete.”1 Another thing is to be aware find the info virtually instantaneously. At our evening on this we asked people of the danger of misunderstanding – we Obviously such a facility has huge (who were sat round tables with a cup can so easily be interested merely in potential, both good and bad. of tea!) to list what they saw as the firing off our own response. We should positives and the perils of the social remember that “A fool takes no pleasure The “Social Media” are applications media. They produced more than 15 in understanding, but only in expressing (“apps”) of the internet which enable for each; here is a selection of what they his opinion.”2 One more, accumulating people to communicate with each came up with. As positive benefits of friends and followers is the obsession other more easily, frequently and fully. the social media: of the Facebook user, especially among Examples among many are Facebook, the young. But we should remember Twitter, Whatsapp and Snapchat. We “It’s instant” Spread the Bible’s message • that not everyone is a friend: “Be alert had an evening on this recently – the Family - keeping in touch • Education use and of sober mind. Your enemy the first of a new series of monthly “Sunday • Share similar interests • Opportunities devil prowls around like a roaring lion for the small business • Free to connect looking for someone to devour.”3 • Group messages Overcome language barrier • Church publicity...... For good or ill the social media are here to stay. We should be aware of the potential danger for the vulnerable while using them (if we wish to do so) positively ourselves. 1 2 John 12 John Hamilton 2 Proverbs 18:2 3 1 Peter 5:8
6 St Andrew’s – Sherborne St John All Saints – Monk Sherborne Services for June The Priory – Pamber End
4 June 10am Family Communion St Andrew’s 6pm ‘Sundays at Six’ – “Teach and Discuss” Sherborne St John Village Hall
11 June 8am Holy Communion Priory 10am Morning Service, Sunday Club & Crèche St Andrew’s 10am Morning Service All Saints 6pm ‘Sundays at Six’ Sherborne St John Village Hall
18 June 10am Morning Service, Sunday Club & Crèche St Andrew’s 6pm ‘Sundays at Six’ Sherborne St John Village Hall
25 June 10am Morning Service, Sunday Club & Crèche St Andrew’s 10am Morning Service Priory 6pm ‘Sundays at Six’ Sherborne St John Village Hall
2 July 10am Morning Service, Sunday Club & Crèche St Andrew’s 6pm ‘Sundays at Six’ Sherborne St John Village Hall
SUNDAY MORNINGS at 10AM: 4 Jun Your enemy the devil 1 Peter 5:8 John Hamilton 11 Jun The birth of Samuel 1 Samuel 1 John Hamilton & Andrew King 18 Jun National apostasy 1 Samuel 2 John Hamilton 25 Jun The call of Samuel 1 Samuel 3 John Hamilton & Scott Seivewright 2 Jul The Lost Ark 1 1 Samuel 4 John Hamilton
SUNDAYS AT SIX: 4 Jun Teach & Discuss Assisted Dying: should doctors help? John Hamilton 11 Jun Satan’s devices 2Cor 1:23-2:11 Steve Howe 18 Jun Men sent from God 2Cor 2: 12-3:6 Scott Seivewright 25 Jun Glorious Ministry 2Cor 3:7-18 Andy Spence 2 Jul Teach & Discuss Immigration: more than one Scott Seivewright Christian attitude?
MIDWEEK Home Groups meet in the weeks of Tuesday 6 & 20 June. We meet for Central Fellowship on Tuesday 13 & 27 June. Coffee at 7.45pm followed by Bible study discussion and prayer; finish at 9pm
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11 Pamber Parish Council Notes for Pamber End and Pamber Green
Pamber Parish Council met on Monday Highways The next meeting of Pamber Parish May 8th for its monthly and annual It has been note that many roads Council will be held at St. Stephen’s Hall, meeting. around the local area have pot holes or Little London, on Monday June 12th at 7.30pm. Planning: are in a neglected state. The Council is sympathetic to the views of all Residents a) Planning applications affected by this and it has been noticed 17/01434/HSE that potholes have now been by marked so Erection of a single storey front hopefully these should be rectified soon! extension, and a pitched roof. 22 Springfield Road, Pamber Heath. Speedwatch The Clerk and PC Scott-Molloy held a 17/01317/OUT Speedwatch meeting which was extremely Erection of 1 no. bungalow useful-it is hoped that the Speedwatch Pinewoods, 81 Pelican Road, Pamber scheme could be active by the summer. Heath. Following on from this a Roads Policing b) Planning decisions Officer has visited the area and designated Silchester Road, Pamber Heath Road 17/00470/HSE and Little London Road as suitable for Erection of front and rear extensions Speedwatch. Once all application forms and raising of roof to create first floor are in and individual checks carried out living space. specific training can commence. Should 53 Silchester Road, Pamber Heath. anyone wish to volunteer to join this GRANTED scheme please request an application 16/04242/HSE form from the Clerk. Conversion of garage to living accommodation involving creation of Neighbourhood Plan front bay window At the annual meeting, Edward Little Acorns, Clappsgate Road, Pamber Rehill, Principal Planning Officer for Heath BDBC, was kind enough to give an GRANTED extremely informative presentation on Neighbourhood Plans, a subject which 16/04104/LBC has been frequently raised over the past Extensions to existing barn and few months. The Council will discuss installation of biomass boiler the possibility and suitability of a Wyeford Farm Road to Wyeford Farm, Neighbourhood Plan for Pamber at the Ramsdell next monthly meeting in June. GRANTED
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Sunday Mass will be celebrated at the Church of St Bede, Popley at the following times: 9.00am 11.00am 6.30pm Weekday Mass Tuesday Church of St Bede, Popley 9.30am * Wednesday HG Church, Basingstoke 9.30am * Thursday Church of St Bede, Popley 9.30am * Friday HG Church, Basingstoke 9.30am * Saturday Church of St Bede, Popley 9.30am * * Time & Venue could vary 9 SHERBORNE ST JOHN PARISH COUNCIL
April Parish Council Meeting Roads Buses Apologies for the cancellation of the The state of a number of roads in the The low level of use of the number 22 April meeting – Penny, our clerk was village continues to give cause for bus suggests that Stagecoach might be indisposed for the meeting. I can concern. considering whether or not this service confirm however that all is now back is viable. HCC have been advised of the on track and our next meeting will be particularly poor state of the junction of There are instances when there has been on May 15th, the AGM, followed by the Cranes Road, Elm Road and Kiln Road. only the only 1 passenger on the journey Annual Parish Meeting. from town to the village. If you wish to monitor progress the Neighbourhood Plan HCC incident number is 21287096. It’s a case of use it or lose it. For those of you not in the know the SSJ The background is an obvious decrease/ NP was accepted by 346 votes to 242. Village Party rationing in HCC/BDBC maintenance Disappointing that approximately 40% This year’s party will be on the village activities with regard to the village of the village didn’t bother to vote on a green on the Saturday, July 8th. Music, infrastructure. This is perhaps to be such an important issue impacting the entertainment, a chance for the village expected given 39% reduction in central whole village. to come together and hopefully enjoy a government grant to our local councils. perfect summers day. The vote for was the culmination of over 4 years of work in determining a SSJ Chute Pavilion As per last year please make your own Neighbourhood plan that least impacts Chute has now had all of the scheduled arrangements re: food, drink and good the village but aligns with, and supports, repairs, improvement and general humour. Be sure to arrive early in order the wider BDBC local plan. housekeeping completed. to claim the preferred pitch for your gazebo. As highlighted previously there is no I’m pleased to note that the Parish right answer re: the SSJ Neighbourhood annual accounts have again shown that There is no charge for this event. this facility pays for itself. Plan - the village has to contribute Thank yous approx. 15 houses to the overall We are progressing yet another grant BDBC plan. To the SSJ NP plan team and their application in order to hopefully offer maintaining focus over the past 4 years more storage options. The plan is our best chance to have some to get us ‘past the post’ and deliver a SSJ control over future planning matters In line with the Village Hall, the PC is Neighbourhood plan that impact the village. looking at whether or not we should To Keith Chapman, our retiring County start charging for storage or if we should The approach now has to be to make Councillor, for his advice, guidance and consider storage as part of the overall this plan work to the benefit of the forbearance over the past years. village. hiring charge(s) Richard Morgan, N.B. With summer months coming Local Election – May 4th Chair, SSJ Parish Council and the repairs made to the tennis You will note that on the 4th you courts, now is perfect opportunity to will have also voted for a new county implement that exercise regime you’ve councillor. promised yourself! Keith Chapman has stood down after many years and we have a new county councillor, Rhydian Vaughan.
10 Monk Sherborne Parish Council
The Monk Sherborne Parish Council NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH GARDEN WASTE would like to extend a big thank you to We would like thank Martin Budd, We have been notified by a member all the villagers who have generously our Neighbourhood Watch area of the Parish that some villagers are donated their time to pick up litter and coordinator, for all his hard work over dumping their grass cuttings in the undertake maintenance work within the the last 23 years. Martin started the ditches/verges/hedgerows within the village over the past year, your efforts Neighbourhood Watch scheme in 1994 village. This could be construed as are greatly appreciated. but has now stood down from the role. flytipping and anyone caught in the act will be reported to the police. On that note, we need volunteers for We are now calling for volunteers to take litter picking duties within the village. on the role. Sadly if no one volunteers Could people also not blow leaves out Volunteers will be provided with a high then we will lose our neighbourhood of their gateway into the roads. There is visibility vest, litter picking claw and bin watch scheme and although crime an issue with flooding in the village and bag - please contact the Parish Clerk for rates are low at the moment, there is no this will only add to the problem. more information guarantee they will remain that way. We will be focussing on Highway issues VILLAGE TELEPHONE BOX PLANNING at our next meeting on 17 July 2017 and we welcome attendance from all The village has now adopted the We would like to thank all the people villagers who would like to contribute to telephone box, the telephone has who took time to register their the discussion. been removed and a cabinet for the objections to the planning application defibrillator has been installed - the to increase the number of caravans on Councillor Spencer defibrillator unit should be installed the Blackberries site. We now await by the end of May 2017. As part of this the Basingstoke and Deane Planning agreement we have been provided with Departments decision. paint to repaint the phone box and we need volunteers to do this. Anyone willing to spare some time, please contact the Parish Clerk.
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This is the third time team who won all their matches at in a row that we have achieved a ‘good’ the final league meeting, and the Year rating and this is a fantastic result as 3/4 Tennis teams who took part in the it is becoming increasingly difficult to Basingstoke tennis competition, with achieve and maintain this standard. one team coming 2nd overall. The inspector was at the school for a Well done too to all the Year 6 pupils The barbeque will be brought out again day and was clearly impressed by what who prepared for the Key Stage 2 SATs on Saturday 10th June for the School she saw. The report, which can be read with a really positive mind-set and Summer Fayre. The gates will be open in full on the school website www. plenty of hard work and enthusiasm. We from 12 noon until 2pm, so don’t worry ssj-school.co.uk, said that Sherborne St hope that the results reflect the effort about cooking lunch – come and enjoy John School was “a caring school where that they all put in! a drink and a burger with us! There will pupils are happy, enjoy learning and On 5th May we held our annual May be plenty of games for the children and make good progress.” Another comment Festival and enjoyed watching the Year you can try your luck at the tombola! was, “Pupils are well behaved, confident 4 children dancing around the Maypole, We hope to see you there! and articulate. They are proud of their faultlessly weaving and unwinding school, and the leadership roles they Sherbert – SSJ School Villager the ribbons as they went. The Year 3s can hold. For example, they can apply Correspondent also performed their country dancing for roles such as librarians, play leaders routines whilst the School Association or cashiers for the school’s building provided burgers and hot dogs from the society. One pupil told me, ‘Everybody’s barbeque. something.’ These responsibilities effectively support pupils’ moral, social and cultural development”. There was also positive comment on the “high quality of teaching across the school” and the “broad and balanced curriculum”. We are very proud of our team of staff and governors at the school and fully appreciate the support that we receive from the parents and other members of the community which makes our school such a wonderful place for the children to learn. 18 The Priory School Sitting with Jane We are delighted that we have been able Years 3 and 4 were chosen for a special We feel very honoured to have been to participate in the “Sitting with Jane” project called “Sitting with Jane”. This part of this fantastic project and we are project to mark the 200th anniversary of is part of a special celebration of Jane looking forward to seeing our bench on the death of Jane Austen. The organisers Austen’s life. We received a “book display with all of the others in Festival of the event, which has involved local shaped bench” which needed to be Place. After the exhibition is over, the artists as well as schools, say that the decorated in our interpretation of the bench will take pride of place in our project was “developed as a creative period. We started learning about the library and, who knows, it may inspire way to encourage the local community Regency period and people. Then, we a whole generation of storytellers and and visitors to explore in and around looked at patterns and furniture and artists……… Basingstoke and to enjoy everything started to put our designs together in Suzanne Kelly, Head Teacher the area has to offer from superb our sketch books. After that, we started countryside, great leisure and cultural to make our own designs for the bench. offer as well as appreciate the wealth Mrs. Britt combined our ideas into two of local history and heritage – and options. We had a class vote for our especially the strong connections with favourite design. One of our friend’s Jane Austen.” Mums came in with an awesome colour scheme and we began to paint. It turned Here is what some of the children (and out to be a brilliant bench with intricate our Art Coordinator, Mrs. Britt) have designs. written to tell you a little more about The Priory’s involvement. All Saints Church, Monk Sherborne This Easter we asked the children of Easter Sunday was a real Village Monk Sherborne to help us decorate effort...... the Church. We met on Maundy Sheila Mellor (Harrison) Thursday and were pleased by the lovely jam-jars of spring flowers, drawings and paintings. David Cullum, who is our local expert in the history of All Saints set a quiz for the children which seemed to be enjoyed & most of the questions got answered! Val Hayter We also had a superb Easter Garden of provided lots of lovely Easter Eggs Gethsemane created with stones in the which were eagerly consumed.. porch by Mrs Diane Cheyne A big THANK YOU to Ella & Zac Williams, Daisy & Jago Bilderbeck, Betty & Freddie Macgarvie, Hannah, Alex & Ben Perkins, Tabitha (& Otlilie) And an alter flower arrangement from Dean, Tom Brownlie, Jack & Harry. 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