Memorial Hall Wichenford Ladies’ Fellowship: 2.30pm 2nd Tuesday in the month (usually) Martley Toddler Group: 1st and 3rd Tuesdays (term time) 10.30am Martley Memorial Hall Wednesdays Volume 20 No. 8 January 2011 Teme Valley Shufflers Line Dancing: 7pm Martley Memorial Hall Enq. Jeff & Advertise in The Villager : Aileen Thelma 01886 821772 Parker. 01886 888456 Martley Folk Club: 1st Wednesday in Editor: Michelle Higgins (01886 888344) the month at The Talbot, Knightwick and Editorial Team: Martley Alan Boon (01886 3rd Wednesday at The Admiral Rodney 888527), Kate King (01886 888439) Martley WI: 2nd Wednesday in the Wichenford Janet Andrews (01886 888303), month 7.30pm Heaton House Sheila Richards (01886 888378) Distribution : Martley George & June Lawrence Thursdays (01886 821064) Wichenford Karen Furber Wichenford Wine Club: 3rd Thursday in (01886 888449) the month Contact The Villager: Leave articles at Martley Post Office, call Janet or Sheila Martley & District Horticultural (Wichenford) or email the Editor at Society: last Thursday in the month [email protected] 7.30pm Martley Memorial Hall Opinions expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of The Villager. The Villager See Church Words p. 27 for details of services cannot be held responsible for any goods or services advertised in the magazine. See articles for details of special events AND changes of time/date/venue of regular events Regular events in Martley and See the Diary page on www.martley.org.uk for Wichenford: a complete listing of all forthcoming events (that the Diary page editor knows about) Sundays See page 28 for contact details of organisations 2nd Sunday in the month: Teme Valley Farmers Market for local Articles to go in The Villager must produce 11am The Talbot, Knightwick be submitted by the 1st of the Martley Ramblers meet Church car park previous month 3rd Sunday in the month: Path-or-Nones meet 9.30am Martley Memorial Hall car park to help maintain the local footpaths Mondays Rhythm Time: 9.30-11.30am Martley Memorial Hall Enq . Rachel 01886 812565 Records of the Parish Council meetings in Martley Parish Council: 1st Monday in the two parishes are not intended to be full the month 8pm Memorial Hall and complete minutes. Minutes of meetings Tuesdays can be seen by contacting the respective Short Mat Bowling: 2.00pm Martley Clerks to the Councils. January 2011 * The Villager 9 OOOUTOUT AND ABOUT IN MARTMARTLEYLEY Visit our website—www.martley.org.uk Also we are trying for a few new Martley Village Hall items for the play area. We have only I would like to thank the Committee recently heard about this grant, which for all the hard work they have put in has to be in sent in very soon as the over the past year. first stage of application finishes 7 Jan Neil Stammers 2011. (Chairman Village Hall) We need your opinions, hopefully positive, as we feel our playing field Martley Recreation would benefit from a multi-sport Association and facility. We also need your HELP with Parish Council the grant if we get through to the next We are applying for a lottery- funded stage of the application. If we are not grant under the Changing Spaces/ successful we will try for a different Community Spaces scheme. We grant. Martley Recreation Association thought of a big item –a MAPA- would love you to come and join us. (Multi–Activity-Play–Area) which Contact for help joining the grant would be 12mx22m, with a wooden committee and for booking the field: fence around and an ‘all weather’ [email protected] 01886 pitch to put on the playing field at 888406 right angles to the football pitch. This facility would be an asset to all ages, and lots of different sports, including, tennis, badminton/volley ball, football, netball/basketball, skateboarding, Martley WI learning to ride a bike or just for self- organised games. Young families Martley WI - Wednesday 12 would have the play area and MAPA January 7.30pm at Heaton House to play on, teenagers would have lots We are pleased that Helen Coombey- of healthy fun and a social meeting Jones has been elected President for area and older people could exercise another year and will be guiding us gently or with their grandchildren!. through 2011, our 90th birthday year, 10 The Villager * January 2011 with the very able assistance of disappointed so secretary, Mary Kipping. Marion come along and Cumella has arranged a very cheer and boo! interesting programme for 2011 and Tickets there is a wide variety of speakers and available as activities offered. Members have been usual from the out and about on County activity days, village shops organising and taking part. This month and The we may be more relaxed after some Admiral busy months helping to raise funds for Rodney. Troop Aid grab bags and for our own funds at the Christmas Fair. So we hope to sit back and watch another of our talented members, Pat Crook, demonstrate Felting. She says she would be very happy to organise classes if members would like to try it themselves. We are always pleased to Teme Valley Children’s welcome anyone who would like to Centre come for a taster of WI activities - and All New Breastfeeding Chums that does not mean just jam and cake- Group: Teme Valley Children’s making. Please come along – it is a Centre is pleased to announce the re- lovely warm and comfortable meeting launch of its Breastfeeding Chums place in the lounge at Heaton House. Group. The main aims of the group PS We will have a new logo next are to raise the awareness of the health month. benefits of breastfeeding and to Kate King provide support and encouragement for breastfeeding mums in our area. Breast milk gives babies all the nutrients they need for the first six months of life and provides protection Martley Amateur Dramatics against many different infections and Martley Amateur Dramatics would diseases. It reduces a mother’s like to wish all readers a very Happy chances of getting certain diseases Christmas and hope that you will later in life and women who round off the festivities with a visit to breastfeed return to their pre- our Pantomime “Dick Whittington and pregnancy figure more quickly. Also, the Doctor” which will be performed breastfeeding allows the mother and in Martley Village Hall January 7 th th th baby to get closer, both physically and and 8 also with a matinee on the 8 . emotionally. So while the baby is We are sure that you won’t be feeding, the bond can grow stronger. January 2011 * The Villager 11 Our new Breastfeeding Chums Group Mike went through the year’s events – will run fortnightly at Cob House a pretty full one, with excellent talks Fisheries, Wichenford, from 10.30am and trips and everyone pulling their until 11.30am with the first group weight too; we now have 49 members! meeting on Friday 14 January 2011. All the Officers and Committee On hand at the group will be Anna remain the same with the addition of Adshead, a trained Peer Supporter and Brian Finch to the Committee. John mum of two. She will be able to give Jefferies got a special mention for help, advice and support to anyone masterminding the erection/ who needs it. For more information dismantling/packing of the marquees please contact the Children’s Centre at the show. on 01886 812982 or email kate. President Pat Finch thanked everyone [email protected] for their efforts and especially Mike for his superb chairmanship. The programme for 2011 was read out – sounds really exciting. January’s talk will be on beekeeping. Refreshments and a competition to guess names of famous gardens from photos (plus an exhibition of our own garden photos) Martley & District Horticultural made it an enjoyable evening. Society Tina Steele The Society held its AGM on 25 (Note from Editor: The Horticultural November. Mike Dunnett welcomed Society has a new logo too and it will members on this chilly night and gave appear here soon ) a demonstration of root pruning, advising on suitable plants for this and Martley Ramblers the further care of them. He also Sunday 9 Jan 1pm Church car park produced seeds of the ‘Handkerchief At the recent AGM members were Tree’ and advised on planting - a very sorry that Pam Bowers resigned after slow growing plant indeed – we shall 11 years as our very able Secretary/ need a clause put in our wills for this. Treasurer but she will still be rambling Members were offered two or three with us. Pauline Mills has offered to each to try. Hyacinth bulbs for the 31 be Secretary and Richard Mills will be March competition were given out. Treasurer, while Harry King remains Mike’s ‘Showa’ gardening gloves as chairman. (bought off the net) were admired. The programme has been arranged for RHS raffle tickets were on offer, and a 2011 and the first walk is around large pile of free gardening magazines Worcester Riverside. Car parking fees were soon snapped up! will be applicable in Worcester, so Then came the business meeting. drivers please bring some change with 12 The Villager * January 2011 you. This walk should be on the level. In Memoriam Starting times in 2011 do vary a bit, Brian Woodburn depending on the time of year and the Brian Woodburn died on Monday 29 distance to be travelled to the start, so November. He will be greatly missed please check your programme. Details by his family and friends and did so will also be on the Martley web.