THE PENKRIDGE TEAM MINISTRY

TEAM RECTOR: TEAM VICAR: Rev. Greg Yerbury Rev. Susan Mayo The Rectory, The Vicarage, New Road, 3 Bitham Close Penkridge, ST19 5DN Penkridge, ST19 5HT 01785 714344 01785 715605 [email protected] [email protected]

CHURCHWARDENS Dunston Coppenhall Gary Pliva Robert Lawrence 01785 715833 01785 251293 [email protected] [email protected]

Linda Pliva Beth Madders 01785 715833 01785 224932 [email protected]

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ALPHA Alpha is an opportunity to explore and learn more about the Christian faith together in a friendly, open and informal environment. Come to as many or as few sessions as you like.like. Thursdays, 7pm in Dunston. No pressure. No follow up. No charge. More information from Rev Sue Mayo, [email protected] or 01785 715605

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Did you manage to get to a panto over Christmas? There’s nothing quite like booing the villain and cheering the hero! In the world of panto, good and bad are all very clear, but finding your way in the real world is a bit harder, isn’t it?

In 1993, I made the decision to follow Jesus Christ. I’d heard of Jesus before that of course but I thought he was just a good person, another historic figure whose life may have had an impact on world history but had little impact on me. Life was complex enough without the extra demands of having a faith! What I hadn’t realised was that following him would have an amazing impact on my life and that his teaching and example would help me to deal with the very complexities that can weigh us down.

Jesus isn’t some kind of ‘Super Hero’ who always swoops to the rescue and rights our wrongs for us, but those of us who do try to follow in his way recognise in Jesus someone who travels alongside us and ensures we never face our problems alone.

As we start our journey through 2020, it might be a good time to ask yourself – who am I following? And can I trust them to have my best interests at heart?

May God bless you,

Rev Sue 2 The Parish of Dunston with Coppenhall SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES IN FEBRUARY ALL AGE (FAMILY) SERVICE Sunday 2nd February Coppenhall – 9:30 am Dunston – 11:00 am Activities for children Relaxed and less formal service Stay for refreshments and a chat after the service

SACRED BIBLE STUDY GROUP For everybody who wants to know God better by reading through the Bible Next meeting - Wednesday 12th February 1:30 pm at 9, Fir Tree Close, Coppenhall.

PRAYER GROUP Monday 24th February – 10:15 – 11:00 am at 9, Fir Tree Close, Coppenhall A TIME OF PEACE AND REFLECTION EVERYONE MOST WELCOME

ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE To include marking with ashes Wednesday 26th February 7:30 at St Michael’s Penkridge Further details about services and other activities available from Revd. Sue Mayo Email: [email protected] or Tel: 01785 715605

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Coming Soon! News of where Rev Sue had this for dinner!!!

WHY NOT COME ALONG TO THE NEXT COFFEE MORNING on Wednesday 12th February in the Village Hall from 11:00am to 12:00 noon

BRING A FRIEND WITH YOU AND ENJOY SOME TLC TeaT (and Coffee), Laughter and Chat

Further details from Judith Lawrence (01785 251293) or Barbara Cantrill (01785 256210)

Organised by Coppenhall PCT

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6 From the Editor So now we are in a new decade – Happy New Decade (belatedly)! This is the first anniversary of me taking on the production of Contact from dear Rita: I do hope that she is happy with how it has developed over that year. [I think that she is happy – if only because she is no longer doing it!] I have really enjoyed the last year and greatly appreciate all the help and support many, many people have given to me over that time. In particular, I thank all those people who contributed to the magazine with excellent material without which this magazine would be very thin. In the December 2019/January 2020 issue of Contact, I set out the outcome of the review of printing and advertising costs for this magazine. A lot has happened since then. Firstly, we have had a new volunteer! Brenda Handley (right) has agreed to work for the magazine, selling advertising space and engaging with local charity/non-profit-making organisations. Brenda’s first success was to obtain a quote for printing the magazine which allowed us to reduce the costs for advertisements to £80 per half page and £50 per quarter page – a very pleasant surprise for the advertisers. Brenda has also attracted a cluster of new advertisers which really helps the funding of the magazine but also makes it a very useful aid for readers in finding local people to fill needs and so boosts the local economy and community. Very many thanks indeed to Brenda, whose energy, knowledge, ideas and delightful personality are inspiring. She is a great person with whom to work. I really hope that you like the look of Contact this year – hopefully it is more professional yet also more informative and useful. Blessings and my very best wishes to all readers.

7 Farming Update by Mike Madders Welcome to this month’s column. Happy new year, a bit late I know but the Madders family unofficial motto is “better late than never” as the editor of this magazine knows only too well. Well said Mike: so true! Ed As we head into the new year we are beginning to plan this spring’s cropping after our failed attempts to complete our autumn sowing programme. I am still hoping to get a bit more winter wheat sown but that will need to be by the end of this month, otherwise we have ordered spring barley seed for the majority of the area and some spring oil seed rape on the rest. The spring barley will not yield as well as the winter wheat would have done, probably only giving 70% of the output but it will be cheaper to grow which will limit the damage to our margins. Spring oil seed rape is a bit of a risk. If it works the yield will be okay and the value of the crop is high. It is also a good break crop so will provide a good entry for winter wheat this autumn. However, it is a less reliable crop and there is a risk the yield will be disappointing. Who needs on-line gambling when there is farming in the British climate! The remainder of the spring cropping will be forage maize which is as we planned and I will soon be ordering the seed for that. On a more positive note, the cows are performing very well with yields are ahead of last year with quality holding up. We are also fortunate that our milk buyer has been able to maintain a good price for over a year now, this is certainly a year when the steady income from the milk is a huge asset to the business, mitigating the reduced future income from the arable side of the operation. This is also a time of year when there is an opportunity to attend conferences and technical events and with this in mind I have booked in to the NFU annual conference which I always enjoy and is a good chance to catch up with old friends and hear about the latest issues first hand.

Mike Madders Feedback please to: [email protected] 8 HYDE LEA AND COPPENHALL W.I.

2020 sees another year in the life of our WI. We started off with “Fun & Games” so by popular request we had a Winter Beetle Drive. The artistic skills of members drawing a ‘beetle’ were to the fore and the overall winner was Judith Lawrence. After refreshments (cake, thanks to Jackie) member Stephanie Marston came up trumps with her famous quizzes and the brain teaser winners were Janet Woodfield, Audrey Burbridge and Angie Brown. A couple of questions from the “Name the shops” quiz: (1) Oily Fowl in American Derby and (2) Karl & Frank pair up to form a duo.

The monthly competition was for “A pocket/travel game.” Members came up with some ‘old’ favourites and the winner was Erica Pritchard and runner-up Audrey Burbridge (see winners pictured of the beetle drive, quizzes and the competition). Raffle winners were Pamela, Netta, Judith, Lynn and Moira

Doreen Frost has been busy putting together our programme for the WI here in the villages of Hyde Lea & Coppenhall for 2020-21 covering the WI ethos of friendship, fun, education, science, cookery, health, countryside, craft and gardening.

As we are affiliated to the National Federation of Women’s Institutes we pay an annual subscription (£43) and this enables us to participate in Resolutions taken to the National AGM in June, this year in the Albert Hall, London. So we voted on such topics as:- A call to increase potential stem cell donor registration; Use of female crash dummies; End modern slavery; Protecting our precious helium, and Time to talk about death and dying. On Monday 30th March we have our Spring Group Meeting. It will be held at 7:30pm in the Methodist Church Hall in Penkridge when Stretton WI is the hostess institute. The general public are welcome and we are pleased to have 9 with us David Wright from the Staffordshire Search and Rescue Team. Tickets are £3.50 (or pay on the door) and include refreshments.

But, before that, we have our Tuesday, 11th February meeting in Hyde Lea Village Hall at 7:30pm when we will be having a talk on the “Katharine House Hospice” here in Stafford from Sheryl Al-Omran. Why not pop along to one of our meetings, visitors welcome, we would love to see you.

Do come and visit us on the second Tuesday of any month. For further information, please call 01785 253230.

HYDE LEA & COPPENHALL VILLAGE HALL 200 CLUB Lottery We apologise for not yet collecting or running the lottery.. WWee aarere iinn tthehe process of handing over to a new promoter. Please bearar withwith uuss andand wewe will sort it out as soon as possible.

10 From the Local Archives by Nick Garrett

Assault in Coppenhall! Penkridge Magistrates’ Court – 1863

Appearing before Lord Hatherton, Captain Thompson and G S Tudor esq., a charge of assault against John Walker of Coppenhall and Patrick Fero of the same place was made by Simon Pickstock of the Toft, Penkridge. They were charged with assaulting him on a Sunday night in the township of Coppenhall. This was a common public house row in which the merits and demerits of the parties may be summed up in the popular formula “six of one and half a dozen of the other”. The bench dismissed the case, but on the information of Pickstock, that he was in bodily fear of Walker, the bench bound over Walker in the sum of £10 to keep the peace towards the complainant for six months. Mr Bowen of Stafford appeared for the defendants.

Fatal Act of Wantonness

A melancholy but practical illustration of the evil of Beer Shops occured last week at one kept by a labourer named George Dodd at Hyde Lea.

A poor nailor by the name of Malpas and his son, a youth of 15, who were travelling the country with a covered cart, conveying their nails for sale, arrived at the Beer Shop on a Monday afternoon and agreed to remain until the morning. They were in the habit of sleeping in their cart in which they carried blankets and straw for the purpose. The guests who were at the Beer Shop consisting of farmers, servants and others, one of whom, Wm Lear, was known by Dodd and his wife to be in the service of a neighbouring farmer, came in as early as two in the afternoon and his share of the liquor drank amounted to 2s 4d (approx 12p).

After remaining until midnight the landlord refused to draw them any more liquor and five of them left to go to another Beer Shop in the neighbourhood, kept by 11 William Choice, one of the party having offered to treat his companions with a gallon of ale (4.54ltrs). Two set off first, three others Wm Lear, John Kempson and Thomas Dodd, son of the landlord, followed them to some distance but not overtaking them, agreed to return and go and sleep in a cowhouse when they came to the crossroards, one of which led to Dodd’s house and the opposite one to the cow house.

Lear and Kempson proposed to Dodd to go with them to upset the cart in which the poor Nailor and his son were asleep, having retired at nine-thirty, the three persons above named, having seen them get into the cart. Dodd declined engaging in the act contemplated, and proceeded on towards the cowhouse.

By way of safety the Nailor requested leave of the landlord’s wife to place his cart close to the front of the house, which he did; and in order to keep his cart body steady in its horizontal position, the back part of the body were supported by legs stuck in the ground and for further security two wooden rails were placed under the wheels, but all these precautions proved vain; for about one o’clock in the morning the props were removed and the shafts and fore part of the cart were forced up into the air and thereby the back of the cart came to the ground with great force. By this sudden within shock, the youth was thrown across the bottom of the cart, his father upon his body, and the bags of nails containing abou seven hundredweight.(approx 350kg) upon the father. The latter called for assistance, which was soon afforded him from the Beer Shop; the nails were removed from the father, and he was raised up – when shocking to relate, the youth, his son, had expired!

The pressure of his father’s body and that of the nails had ruptured some of the blood vessels in the lungs; and produced this melancholy result. An inquest was held on the body before P.Seckerson Esq. Coroner. After a long inquiry the Jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against William Lear and John Kempson and the Coroner issued his warrant for the commitment to the county gaol. They were lodged in prison.

Staffordshire Advertiser - 25th January 1832 12 St. Leonard’s C of E (VC) First School, Dunston “We can do no great things, Only small things with great love.” Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (1910 – 97) Dear All, Welcome to 2020 and Happy New Year; another decade, a new school term and we officially celebrated being an academy on the 22nd January. Mr Keith Hollins our CEO came to cut a ribbon to mark this very important occasion and in our next article we will share photographs. Our school value this term is ‘Courage’ and as it’s a new year, what are your new year’s resolutions? Here at St Leonard’s we are aiming to be the best that we can be and have courage to try new experiences. Our older children have just returned from Laches Wood Outdoor Centre where they learnt new skills and had great fun doing so. We saw courage when caving; rock climbing, participating in bush craft activities and aiming in archery! However we think the greatest courage shown was being away from home! Special thanks go to our wonderful PTFA who paid for Chip from Epic Tales who came to tell stories around the campfire; the children had hot chocolate and marshmallows around the fire, it was cosy and entertaining. As a small school we show great love for each other whether we are learning or playing. We hope you have a great starttart ttoo 2020, and experience great things too. Blessings,

Tracey Parton Mrs T A Parton B.Ed. (Hons), NPQH, Executive Headteacher [email protected]/01785 712488 www.st-leonards-dunston.staffs.sch.uk

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A meeting of the Parish Council was held on 9th January 2020 at Dunston Village Hall attended by: Parish Councillors: Ms C Holden (chair), Mr G Pliva, Mr J Richardson, Mrs S Furber; District Councillor Mr L Bates; County Councillor Mr M Sutton, and Mr D Jones (clerk to the council). Councillor Sutton reported that the project to move the 30- mph sign in School Lane, Dunston is on track. Consultation with interested parties has been ongoing and the work is scheduled to be competed by 31st March. The parish received a grant of £5000 towards the cost of this work, the balance will come from Councillor Sutton’s highway fund and parish council resources. The parish council rate [precept] was discussed at length. This precept has not been raised for at least six years and during this time costs have risen. The council now finds that its outgoings are exceeding its income, and although drawing on its reserves, the financial situation is going to become more serious over the next few years. The councillors therefore decided, reluctantly, that an increase to the precept will have to be made for the financial year 2020/21. We have invited a member of South Staffs Planning Department to the next meeting to discuss the recently published Spatial Housing Strategy and the implications for the parish, which could be earmarked as an area for limited growth over the coming years. Will residents please note that there are still three vacancies on the parish council. The next meeting is on Monday 2nd March 2020 at Hyde Lea & Coppenhall village hall, starting at 7:30pm. The parish council minutes are available from the clerk or are on the parish council website www.dunstonpc.co.uk. Derek Jones (Clerk) 01785 604405 [email protected]

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Freshwater There are 53 species of freshwater fish in the UK. Much of the natural distribution of our coarse fish was established during the last Ice Age, which ended about 12,000 years ago. For 100,000 years before this, the UK north of Carmarthenshire in the West to Yorkshire in the East was covered by glaciers. The rest of the country was a vast area of tundra, similar to Greenland. No fish could survive in the frozen North and it was only when the ice sheet began to recede that natural colonisation of fish could occur.

With no freshwater link to the south, northern rivers and the lakes connected to them were colonised by fish that could swim into them from the sea, so salmon, eels and sticklebacks became common. Sticklebacks have a great tolerance to saltwater, enabling them to live in sea and fresh water. Rare Arctic char and whitefish, now only found in a few glacial lakes, also arrived by the same route but because they are cold water specialists, as the UK warmed up, their range became limited until only remnant populations still exist.

Further south, especially in the east of England, the story was very different. With vast amounts of water locked up in ice, the sea level at the end of the last Ice Age was much lower than it is today. The English Channel was dry and rivers from the south east right up to the Humber flowed into the river Danube, enabling many fish to colonise this part of the country. The connection to mainland Europe explains why rivers flowing east tend to have a richer native fish fauna than those flowing west, although many species have increased their original range, by natural distribution, such as eggs being carried by birds and stocking by humans.

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Fish Fish have been an important part of the diet since Mesolithic times. Salmon and trout were probably the most highly prized, but many other coarse species were also eaten, and evidence of fish traps and nets date back thousands of years.

Carp most likely reached the UK as food fish, originally brought here by the Romans. Later, monks also brought carp here and grew them on in custom built ponds. Up until the 1950s carp were seen as almost uncatchable and very rare. It was not until extensive stocking started from farmed stock that carp fishing took off and has now become a major pastime. A live carp weighing 10lbs and produced at a licensed fish farm would cost £100 at present. The present UK record weight for a line cought carp is over 60lbs, and a fish of this size would be worth well over a £1000 to a fishing club.

Humans have had a massive impact on our freshwater fish and other fauna. We have been building weirs and altering the course of rivers for more than a thousand years. Over the last few hundred years, pollution, especially near industrial centres, has wiped out many fish populations. Today, the run-off from farming and chemicals highly toxic to the fishes’ invertebrate food are a major concern.

We can trace the spread of many fish to their status as sport fish, the most successful has been the brown trout, which has spread right across the globe. In many cases the minnow has followed suit, stocked as suitable food for growing big trout in otherwise less hospitable environments. Fishing, as a sport has become very popular, a recent survey claimed that more people go fishing at weekends than attend football matches. Fishing has become a multi-£m industry in the UK and supports an ever-growing work force. Continued overleaf 18 Freshwater Fish (Continued) Over the years there have been many calls to ban coarse and game fishing in the UK because it is considered by a minority to be cruel, and although I go fishing myself, I can understand this point of view, even though I disagree with it. There is a common myth that fish have a very short memory, about six seconds. Recent research has shown this to be false, and from my own experience trying to catch them, I am convinced that fish not only have a memory, they can learn as well.

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Many thanks Bob. Another interesting piece on a subject which is dear to your heart. Ed

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The number of most kind donations received from readers, to assist with the cost of producing this magazine, delivered free to almost 500 dwellings, made over the last year to the Parochial Church Council (PCC) has been absolutely wonderful. They continue to arrive!

Thank you all very much indeed. If anyone would like to make a donation, please send a cheque, payable to “Dunston & Coppenhall PCC” to me at Larkhill, Chase View Lane, Coppenhall ST18 9BL.

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29 HYDE LEA PARISH COUNCIL A meeting of the Parish Council (PC) was held on 8th January 2020 attended by: Parish Councillors: Mr J Eaves (Chair), Mr R Edwards, Mr R Pitt, Mr W Mason & Mr G Denny. Mr D Jones (Clerk to the Council). Hyde Lea Bank flooding has been a major headache for a number of years. Before the Christmas holiday, Councillors Edwards, Denny & Pitt, using equipment borrowed from Madders Farms, spent a day cleaning out some of the gullies on the bank. The PC then hired a gully emptier from Burntwood Road Sweepers to finish off the emptying and pressure wash the under-road pipe work. Subsequently councillors met with a representative from County Highways, explained what had been done and that one of the pipes under the road was apparently blocked and needed CCTV to establish the actual problem. The PC was promised that all the gullies in the village would be emptied by August, but the County Council is considering extending the period of emptying roadside gullies from three to five years so this could result in an ongoing problem for the village. The parish rate [precept] for 2020/2021 was discussed. Currently the PC is spending more than it is receiving in income. The hire of a gulley emptier was over £600. The PC is having to upgrade its website and other expenses have also been gradually rising. The PC has been drawing on its reserves over the last few years, but the council has decided that a significant increase was unfortunately needed to ensure that the PC stayed financially secure in the future. The PC agreed to fund two community waste collections for the coming year, dates will be publicised when details have been finalised with Stafford Borough. New pads have been fitted to the defibrillator by the village hall. It was agreed to hold a training session on its use and the date will be advised, probably in March, when arrangement have been made. On behalf of the parish council and community, the PC would like to thank Madders Farms for cutting the hedges and verges on Barn Bank Lane, a very neat and professional job. The next council meeting will be on Wednesday 11th March 2020. Residents are encouraged to attend to raise any concerns with their councillors. 30 The PC minutes are available from the clerk or the PC website: www.hydeleapc.org.uk. Useful Telephone Numbers: • Police non-emergency 101 (e.g. for contact regarding anti-social behaviour, etc.) • Streetscene 619401 (contact for fly tipping, etc.) • Highways Hotline 0300 111 8000 (this is the Staffordshire County Council number for reporting Highways problems such as potholes, road subsidence, etc). • Stafford Borough Council 01785 619000. Derek Jones (Clerk) 01785 604405 or [email protected]

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32 33 PAINTING GROUP Thursdays, 10:00 to 12 noon at Hyde Lea & Coppenhall Village Hall. New members are always welcomed. TABLE TENNIS Dunston Village Hall on Mondays and Thursdays 7:30 to 9:30. If anyone is interested please contact Chris Hopkins mobile 07854 146915. CROP CENTRAL - A CRAFTING GET TOGETHER Dunston Village Hall on the first Saturday of each month 10am to 4pm. If anyone is interested please contact Carolyn Summers mobile 07915 183129. FRIENDLY BRIDGE DRIVE The next Bridge Drive will be on Tuesday 11th February 2020 at Hyde Lea & Coppenhall Village Hall. Coffee from 10:30am, play from 11:00 to 3:00pm. Cost £4 to include a salad lunch. Proceeds to Village Hall funds. COFFEE MORNING Wednesday 12th February 2020 11:00am at Hyde Lea & Coppenhall Village Hall. VALENTINE’S EVENING PARTY Friday 14th February, 7:00-11:00pm – See page 33 (opposite) for details STAFFORD KNOT SPINNERS We are a craft group, meeting on the first Sunday of each month from February to December inclusive 10am to 4pm, at Hyde Lea & Coppenhall Village Hall, Stafford. All things yarn related including: spinning, weaving, dyeing, knitting and crochet. New members always welcomed, have a cuppa and biscuit or cake! STAFFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL Open Days, 18th - 20th March 9-11 a.m. & 1-3 p.m. – See page 32 for details

Deadline forfo items for the March issue of CONTACT please by Tuesday 11th February to Paul Russell by email to: [email protected] preferably as a Word document, or else included as text in an email. Larkhill, Chase View Lane, Coppenhall ST18 9BL 01785 255267 34

St Lawrence St Leonard Coppenhall 9:30am Dunston 11:00am

2nd February Modern Service ( ) Modern Service All Age Service Meeting Jesus All Age Service Rev. Sue Mayo Rev. Sue Mayo

9th February Modern Service Modern Service Holy Communion Holy Communion Rev. Sue Mayo Rev. Sue Mayo

16th February Modern Service Modern Service Morning Prayer Morning Prayer Rev. Sue Mayo Rev. Sue Mayo

23rd February Modern Service Modern Service Holy Communion Holy Communion Wendy Pitt & Rev. Sue Mayo Wendy Pitt & Rev. Sue Mayo

26th February 7:30 Joint service for the benefice at St Michael’s, Penkridge Rev. Sue Mayo & Rev. Greg Yerbury

Levedale Mission: Holy Communion at 9:00am on 23rd February 2020 - Rev. Sue Mayo