MAY 2011 USEFUL NUMBERS PARISH COUNCILS Coln St. Aldwyns: Chairman: Mrs J Perkins (01285 750810) Team Vicar: Reverend Craig Bishop Clerk: Dr C Jackson (01285 750851) The Vicarage, Coln St. Aldwyns Hatherop: Chairman: Fraser Hart (01285 750720) Cirencester, Glos GL7 5AG Acting Clerk: Fraser Hart (01285 750720) Tel/Fax: 01285 750013 Eastleach: Chairman: Mr P. Jones (01367 850406) e-mail: [email protected] Clerk: Mrs G O’Shaughnessy (01367 850262) Quenington: Chairman: Mr Michael Scott, (01285 750356) Associate Priest: Reverend Canon Chris Finlay Acting Clerk: Mr Michael Scott, (01285 750356) Coombe House, Calcot Southrop: Chairman Col. S. Longsdon (01285 740472) Cheltenham, GL54 3JZ Clerk: Dr Leonard Brookes (01367 850204) Tel: 01285 720806 Gloucester Council Website: www.gloucestershire.gov.uk

Readers: John Exelby Hanmer Webb-Peploe SURGERIES: Fairford (01285 712377) : Lechlade (01367 252264) Baxters Farm Millfield HOSPITALS: Fairford (01285 712212) Fyfield Coln St. Aldwyns Cirencester (01285 655711) Tel: 01367 850236 Tel: 01285 750138 Great Western Hospital, Swindon (01793 604020) John Radcliffe, Oxford (01865 741166) Editor: Rachel Mehtar Advertising and accounts: Cheltenham (01242 222222) 45 Eastleach, Allan Lees CHEMISTS: Fairford: Boots Cirencester, Glos GL7 3NQ 31 The Green Lechlade: Lechlade Pharmacy, High Street (01367 252285) Tel: 01367 850450 Quenington, GL7 5BS SCHOOLS: Hatherop Primary School: Head: Miss Davis (01285 750318) [email protected] Tel: 01285 750260 Southrop Primary School: Head: Mr A. Brown (01367 850246) CHEQS IS VERY GRATEFUL TO HATHEROP CASTLE SCHOOL FOR Hatherop Castle School: Head: Mr Easterbrook (01285 750206) THEIR CONTINUED SPONSORSHIP OF THIS MAGAZINE VILLAGE HALLS: Eastleach: Becky Robins: 01367 850499 Quenington Institute: Mrs Palmer: 01285 750493 CHURCH WARDENS/CONTACTS: Southrop: Mrs Barge: 01367 850271 Southrop Jubilee Field: Catherine Champion 01367 850305 Coln St. Aldwyns: Mr H Poole-Warren (01285 750719) Kirsty Rosenfeld 01367 850570 Hatherop: Mr J Berry (01285 750692) EASTLEACH PO Ena Constable, Tuesday from 1.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m. - 01367 850410 Eastleach: Mr B Backhouse (01285 711625) CHEQS GARDENING CLUB Mrs S Souter (01367 850449) Quenington: Mr D Abel-Smith (01285 750358) Chairman: Jan Bradley (01285 750367) Membership Secretary: Judith Davies (01285 750580) Mrs D P Barham (01285 750362) Programme Secretary: Jenny Huggett (01367 860146) Southrop: Mr S Hinton (01367 850432) EASTLEACH AND SOUTHROP FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE Col. S Longsdon (01285 740472) Mrs Jane Jenkinson (01367 850393) Mrs Sally Parris (01367 850321) The Gate on The Green: Miss A Faulkner (07581 294139) SOUTHROP LADIES QUENINGTON YOUTH CLUB Catholic Church, Fairford: St. Thomas of Canterbury, Horcott Road Mrs Sally Parris (01367 850321) Judy Reynolds (01285 850522) Fr. Philip Beisley (01285 712586) www.btinternet.com/stthomas.fairford LEACH VALLEY FAMILY SPORTS CLUB LECHLADE MOTHERS UNION Richard Walker (01367 850560) Kathy Newton (01367 252543) EMERGENCY NUMBERS: Cirencester Police Station 0845 090 1234 SOUTHROP AND EASTLEACH TODDLER GROUP Rural Watch, Horse Watch, Wildlife Liaison, Hunt Liaison etc. P.C. 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Baptism, Weddings and Funerals LOCAL TRADE DIRECTORY - To advertise in this magazine call 01285 750260 Baptism: Emile Lendis, Hatherop on Sunday 20th March DRY STONE WALLING rd Another Brick In The Wall Memorial Service: Albert ‘Nick’ Knight, Southrop on Wednesday 23 March Qualified dry stone wallers, mortared walls, archways, paving and slabbing 01285 711267 Ben and Peter Bicknell – email: [email protected] (m) 07910 244519

Mike Harris WELCOME 01285 750525 Dry stone walling (m) 07810 888070 Eastleach would like to welcome Carolyn, Jenny and Sam Bowyer. They have (pm) moved in to 7 Blunts Hay. SN COMPLETE GROUNDWORKS 01367 850717 Drainage, Driveways, Fencing, Patios etc. 07738 937697 nd THE COTSWOLD CHURCHES FESTIVAL, 14-22 MAY BED & BREAKFAST All our churches are always open to visitors and worshippers alike during Coltsmoor Farm, Coln St. Aldwyns, Jackie Bayliss 01285 750527 daylight hours. http://www.cotswoldchurchesfestival.org/. Events include: BEAUTY TREATMENTS Coln Church Choir Concert: Saturday 14th May at 7pm gloss Professional Beauty Treatments. Salon based in Quenington. Manicures, 01285 750715 pedicures, waxing and eye treatments. Contact Emma for a brochure or to book an A vibrant choir with over 50 members; a mix of contemporary and traditional appointment. (m) 07967 370958 music - an enjoyable evening followed by refreshments. Tickets £10 all money Cotswold Therapy Rooms – Beauty Treatments and Massage Therapy 01285 711329 will go to the church restoration fund. Reflexology, Facials, Eye Treatments, Waxing, Manicure, Pedicures, Deep Tissue, (m) 07736 Refreshments on the Vicarage Lawn: Swedish and Hot Stones Massage, Wedding Makeup and special event packages. Cam 051352 Saturday 14th, Sunday 15th and Saturday 21st May, 11am to 4pm. House, opposite St Mary’s Church, Fairford www.cotswoldtherapyrooms.co.uk th th BUILDERS Hatherop Church Art Exhibition: Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 May Michael Rixon. Building, roofing, Cotswold stone tiling, property maintenance 01285 750517 Two local schools, Hatherop Primary School and Hatherop Castle School, will CARPENTERS AND CABINET MAKERS be displaying art work created by their pupils. Work from the Fairford Arts Peter Wordsworth – Bookcases, wardrobes, kitchens, doors, windows 01285 750239 Society and local professional artists will also be on display. From 10am to 5pm T J Sallis Carpentry - Fully qualified carpenter/joiner (m) 07973 142948) 01285 750438 both days. COMPUTER SERVICES Computer Solutions – Iain Atkins – Personal service for all your IT issues 01285 750277 Eastleach Church Flower Festival Home Computer Training – learn in your home on your computer at your pace: Mary 07799 634835 For the whole week the church will be especially decorated with an array of Thomas colourful flowers by the dedicated team of flower arrangers. CURTAINS AND SOFT FURNISHINGS th Quenington Church Fete: Saturday 14 May 3pm to 5.30pm Kim Harvey – Bespoke curtains, blinds and soft furnishings 01367 850134 A traditional village fete with; numerous stalls and activities, refreshments, duck CLEANING SERVICES - OVENS race and inter-village tug-of-war! It takes place across the road from the church Cotswold Oven Valeting Ltd – professional cleaning of all ovens (incl. AGAs), hobs, 01367 850522 in the lovely gardens of the Old Rectory. extractors and microwaves Southrop Church Super Swap: Saturday 14th May, 10.30am to 12 noon DOMESTIC SERVICES Aquaflow – local plumbing company, competitive rates (m) 07914 934740 01367 850499 You are invited to bring something or somethings you don't want to the church Strong’s Oil-fired Boiler and AGA Services, maintenance and repair 01285 750344 and to swap them with somebody else whose wants them and has something you EAST GLOS ENGINEERING are pleased to support CHEQS magazine. Garden would like! There will be a small transactions fee to raise money for Southrop machinery repairs, tools, welding, iron goods made to specification etc. 01285 712322 Primary School PTA. There will also be prizes for the people who get the ELECTRICAL SERVICES highest marks in our special church quiz (categories for all ages). Light PLUG – Electrical Services and Domestic Appliances repair, fully qualified and 01285 750755 NICEIC approved refreshments will be provided. th FIREWOOD Fairford, St Mary’s Church, Sunday 15 May, 6pm A Kinch – Firewood delivered to your home 01367 850255 A celebration with Bishop Michael of Gloucester and the launch of the new FLOORING Team identity. Graham Ford Flooring – Carpets and vinyl supplied, own carpets fitted and cleaned 01285 657439 Keble Service, Wednesday 11th May, Bouthrop Church, 6.30pm LEARN TO DRIVE A service of choral evensong lead by Revd Canon Chris Finlay with the choir With Mick’s Way School of Motoring. ADI Pass Plus instructor 01285 713389 and chaplain of Keble College, Oxford.

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FIVE VILLAGE DIARY VILLAGE ROUNDUP May 1 Fairford & Lechlade Food & Drink Festival, from 10am The Editor reserves the right to exclude any article considered unsuitable and does not accept liability for anything contained in the magazine. All items submitted for inclusion should May 5 Eastleach & Southrop Friendship Circle Mystery Tour & Lunch include the name and contact details of the sender in case of any questions. Material for May 9 Southrop Parish Council Meeting, Village Hall, 7.30pm inclusion in the Village Roundup should please be received no later than THE 12TH DAY OF THE MONTH PRIOR TO PUBLICATION. Contact Rachel Mehtar on 01367 850450 or May 11 Southrop Village Hall AGM, 8pm [email protected] . If emailing it would be very helpful if text could be copied into May 11 Cotswold Decorative and Fine Arts Society, May Lecture, Bradwell Hall, 2pm the email itself. Please note no colour can be used. Thank you. RM Advertisers should please contact Allan Lees, 01285 750260. May 11 Keble Service, Bouthrop Church, 6.30pm

May 14 Quenington Church Fete, 3-5.30pm THE SOUTH COTSWOLD CHORAL GROUP May 14 Refreshments on the Vicarage Lawn, May 14th, 15th and 21st, 11am-4pm Many local singers are involved in performing Verdi's great Requiem at May 14 Southrop Church Super Swap, 10.30am-12noon Tewkesbury Abbey on June 4th 2011 at 7.30pm. May 14 Coln Church Concert, Coln Church, 7pm The South Cotswold Choral Group is proud to present the performance May 14/15 Hatherop Church Art Exhibition, 10am-5pm which will involve a grand chorus of 200 singers accompanied by the Bristol May 15 Fairford, St Mary’s Church Service, 6pm Concert Orchestra, conducted by Nigel Perrin with soloists Siân Winstanley (soprano), Kate Woolveridge (alto), Philip Holtam (tenor) and Gareth Rhys- May 17 Gardening Club May Meeting, Plant Sale and Cheese and Wine Davies (bass). The South Cotswold Choral Group is greatly indebted to May 20 The Quenington Society May Talk, Quenington Institute, 7pm Smith & Williamson for their generous sponsorship of this event. May 22 Quenington Youth Club, Car Boot Sale The Concert is also in aid of the Jessie May Trust and the Motor Neurone May 26 Southrop Ladies AGM & Supper Disease Association. Members of the audience will be invited to contribute. June 2 Hatherop Church Ascension Day, 7pm Nave tickets cost £12, aisle seats are £8, and £2 for those under 16. June 3 The Quenington Society June Talk, Quenington Institute, 7pm Further details can be obtained from Julia O’Connor Beach on 01454 260877 June 4 South Cotswold Choral Group, Tewkesbury Abbey, 7.30pm email [email protected] or Jos Gregson on 01454 411652 email June 5 Macaroni Farm Open Day, Beerfurlong Farm [email protected]. June 7 Gardening Club June Meeting, Southrop Manor ND TH June 9 Eastleach & Southrop Friendship Circle Afternoon River Trip & Cream Tea DEANERY RETREAT 2 – 4 SEPTEMBER 2011 June 11 Southrop Village Fete Our parish retreat is taking place at Nympsfield again this year, a delightful Cotswold village between Tetbury and Stroud. We have been returning here June 11 Quenington Bulldogs Barn Dance, 6pm for several years, as the accommodation and facilities are so good, and it is June 12 Quenington Youth Club, Car Boot Sale very near to us. We leave Fairford between 4:00-5:00 on the Friday and June 18 Fresh Air 2011, PRIVATE VIEW, Quenington Old Rectory, 4-8pm return after lunch on Sunday. We all have our own rooms; and the cost of all June 19 Fresh Air 2011, open to the public until July 10 this with excellent home cooking is £96. June 23 Southrop Ladies Walk & a Pub Meal This will be a time of quiet reflection and consideration about our devotional June 25 Youth Barn Service, Coln St Aldwyns, 7pm lives in our busy timetables. If you would like to join us, please contact Joanne Roberts on 01285 711386 or e-mail [email protected]. June 26 Chapel Circuit Barn Service, Coln St Aldwyns, 6pm

June 26 National Gardens Scheme, Quenington, from 2pm SOUTHROP LADIES GROUP July 7 Eastleach & Southrop Friendship Circle Garden Tea, Old Rectory Hatherop The Meeting for May will be our AGM & Supper on Thursday May 26th July 24 Quenington Youth Club, Car Boot Sale which will be held at the home of Margaret Davey (the Quoin). July 30 Big Band Picnic at the Mill House, Coln St Aldwyns

THE COTSWOLD DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETY CORINIUM MUSEUM The Cotswold Decorative and Fine Arts Society May lecture will take place EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS MAY on Wednesday 11th May in the Bradwell Village Hall, Burford. The title 2011 is From Posset Pots to Pew Groups, Fashion for Collecting Early English Pottery by Jane Gardiner. This lecture looks at the vitality and diversity of early English pottery from the first English delftware of the early 17th century to the development of Staffordshire white salt-glazed stoneware of Eeles Family Pottery exhibition: Saturday 26th March - Saturday 21st the middle of the 18th century. May Jane Gardiner trained at the Victoria and Albert Museum and lectured in Entry to the museum’s temporary exhibition space is free. their Education Department. In 1987 she joined Sotheby's Institute, she Cirencester Parish Church Project: Thursday 26th May 7 - 8.30pm became Senior Lecturer in 17th and 18th century decorative art before An evening lecture with Malcolm James becoming Deputy Director of Sotheby's UK. The lecture begins at 2pm, Tickets cost £5.50 or £5 to season ticket holders. All lectures are from 7- coffee and tea are available from 1.15. Visitors are welcome (suggested 8.30pm (this includes time for questions). Finish times may vary. donation £8). For further information please see our website www.cotswolddfas.org. Rural Cinema: Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th May at 2.15pm Tickets can be booked in advance, and cost £4.50 (Adults) £3.75 (Concessions and season ticket holders). THE QUENINGTON SOCIETY Hare Mosaics - a family drop-in: Monday 30th & Tuesday 31st May, Come to a talk about otters with a chance to meet Belinda an Asian otter on 10.30 to 11.30am and 2.30 to 3.30pm Friday 20 May. Daphne Neville and her family have kept otters since 1980 Family drop-ins are suitable for children aged 3 and above. Cost £1 for in order to promote clean rivers. Daphne’s talk will include anecdotes about activity only, or included in the price of admission. All children must be her time looking after otters but will also stress the threat to the Asian otters accompanied by an adult. Please note that last admissions will be 10 minutes in The East. 7.00pm for 7.30pm at the Quenington Institute. £3 entry. before the end of each drop-in session. Everyone welcome – no membership required. On Friday 3 June the society also presents an opportunity to hear about the historic importance of our Religious Iconography Treasure of the Month with Georgina Hiscock: ancient highways and byways in an Illustrated talk, by local geographer and Tuesday 31st May at 12.30pm historian Alan Pilbeam, entitled:- Cost is included in admission, free to season ticket holders. “Old Pathways of Gloucestershire” Contact details: A number of these ancient track-ways, such as Akeman Street , Ermine Way, Corinium Museum, Park Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 2BX Fosse Way and the Saltway pass through or close by our CHEQS villages Tel: 01285 655611 Email: [email protected] but why and what is their story? This presentation will take place at the Quenington Institute 7.00pm for 7.30pm. No membership required - all are Website: www.coriniummuseum.cotswold.gov.uk welcome. Pay at the door £3. EASTLEACH & SOUTHROP FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE FAIRFORD UNITED CHURCH We have a half day River Trip planned for Thursday 9th June. (CONGREGATIONAL/METHODIST) We will be picked up by Coach, taken to Oxford and will board the Boat Sunday services start at 10.00 am each week. On Sundays when there is no there to travel down river to Abingdon. Cream Teas will be available on All Age Worship, there is Sunday School provision for children. Friday 6th board during the trip. May – Contact Group 12.30 pm – 2.30 pm – meet friends old and new over The Coach will then meet us at Abingdon & bring us home. tea/coffee and light refreshments.

SOUTHROP SCHOOL QUENINGTON TODDLER GROUP Spring has sprung at Southrop and what Quenington Toddler Group is run by mums, and takes place at the Gate on better way to celebrate than with lots of the Green every Tuesday morning during term time, from 10am to 11.30am. outdoor fun. A magnificent makeover of We want to spread the word to mums, dads and other carers with babies, the Wildlife Garden by the PTA and toddlers or pre-schoolers who are looking for a safe and friendly place for helpers has created wonderful beds ready their kids to play while they enjoy some time to chat. for the new season. Parents have kindly Each week we set up the hall with toys, big and small, and a Play Doh table. donated plants but if you have any spare There’s also a baby area. We serve elevenses for both mums and children, plants or cuttings you can share with the pupils, they would be most grateful. and round off each session with a very informal sing-song. You can telephone the School office on 01367 850246 to arrange to drop them off. The garden was much admired during the School’s open afternoon It’s pay as you go: £1 per adult and 50p per child, per week. And, if that’s when, for the first time, local residents were invited to come and see behind not enough, the grown-ups’ biscuits are always chocolate smothered. the scenes. A number of our neighbours took up our invitation and enjoyed Call Helen on 750360 if you’d like to find out more. seeing how School had changed since their day ... Keep an eye out for the next open afternoon if you’d like to come along next time, all are welcome. SALLY WORSLEY WINS HOLMES SALVER FOR

For once, the annual Easter Bonnet Parade was blessed with glorious HATHEROP! sunshine; the playground was awash with colour and joy as the children Hatherop PCC is delighted to announce that Sally has won The displayed their carefully-designed and intricately-crafted creations. There Gloucestershire Historic Churches Holmes Salver for the amount raised in were hats of all shapes and sizes – lots of Easter bunnies peeping over brims, their Ride and Stride event visiting churches. many floral garlands, exuberant towers of tissue paper, beaded inventions At £1,450 she raised more than any other contestant, whatever their age! and the odd minimalist baseball hat from some of the older boys. It was a Half of this comes to Hatherop PCC. wonderful event and a great way to end the term. Well done Sal and Thank You.

Lots more outdoor fun is planned for this term: a new fundraising idea from our tireless PTA is the Southrop School Marathon. Parents were greatly SOUTHROP PARISH COUNCIL – CLERK REQUIRED relieved to hear that they weren’t all being asked to run 26 miles, but to work Due to the retirement of the present Clerk, a vacancy for this position has together, with the children, to collectively run the full distance. There’s even arisen. Applicants are encouraged. talk of aiming to beat the current record of 2 hrs 3mins and 59 secs .... The For further details please contact Leonard Brookes: 01367 850 204; marathon takes place on Friday 20th May at the Jubilee Field from 3pm. [email protected]. All applications will be dealt with in strict confidence. Come and see how we get on and sponsor anyone you know who’s taking part; we aim to raise £1,000 for much-needed resources. QUENINGTON 100 CLUB Finally, the PTA is helping out at the Southrop Super Swap on Saturday 14th Quenington Institute Results 100 Club April Draw. Numbers: May at St Peter’s. As part of the Cotswold Churches Festival, you are invited 1st No. 16 Anne Goddard to bring along an item you no longer want and swap it for something you nd might like. There will be a levy of 50p for children and £1 for adults for each 2 No. 3 Joan Sewell rd swap. Bring along anything you like between 10.30 and 12.00 on 14th May 3 No. 22 Christine Mace and take part in a special church quiz run by Revd Bishop. The PTA will be For new number please contact D Bostock (750456) or J Sewell (750046). serving refreshments so make a morning of it!

HATHEROP PRIMARY SCHOOL CHEQS GARDENING CLUB We have had a very busy half term with many highlights, the first of which Our May meeting is our Plant Sale and Cheese and Wine evening, at the was our amazingly successful Red Nose Day in which we raised £2438! This Home of Jenny Huggett, our Programme Organiser, on Tuesday May 17th at is a huge amount for a school of 80 pupils and we are grateful to all those 7-00 pm. (See Members Programme for details) who sponsored the children for their Assault Course, sponsored silence and Please join us, bringing plants you wish to sell, and a plate of nibbles for the the Bring and Buy Sale. finger buffet. Alison Dugdale and her friend and neighbour, Raji, organised a wonderful ‘ India day’ to celebrate the Festival of Pongal ( which is the equivalent of We also have a wonderful EXTRA visit in June - not in our printed our Harvest) and the children had the opportunity to try their hands at Indian Programmes- a very kind invitation to visit the gardens of Southrop Manor Cookery, Rangoli Patterns, Dance, mask and pot making, and they also made on Tuesday 7th June. Claudio, the Head Gardener will meet us at 3pm and celebration cards and flags. The day was introduced by Raji who gave us an guide us round the garden, after which we are being given tea and scones in insight into what the festival means to her. the Tythe Barn. 13 of our year 5 and 6 pupils took part in a Mock Trial at Cirencester There is no charge for this very special visit, and we are very grateful to Magistrates’ Court. We are thrilled to say that although we have never done Southrop Manor. For Members, the visit is free, but Guests will be charged this before we came in 3rd place out of 12 local schools. We were beaten by £5. Please let Jenny Huggett know if you wish to go no later than Tuesday Watermoor and Powells who vied for top places last year when they took 31st May. (01367 860146 or 07961 036489) part. The children received certificates and £25 prize money. We are very You still have time to renew your membership before this event (£5 single grateful to David Hicks Beach and Ruth Wells who came in to rehearse the £9 double) - please contact Judith Davies (01285 750367) for details. children and give them tips on how to deliver their lines in court, using their Please do not hesitate to contact Jan Bradley (01285 750367) for further invaluable experience as magistrates. Class 1 have continued to enjoy the information. Horseshoe Forest and have enjoyed their Topic on Toys, the highlight of which was bringing in their parents’ and grandparents’ toys to look at. We are grateful to Craig for leading a lovely Easter Service attended by the whole School at the newly refurbished Hatherop Church, which is just fantastic now! Some of our parents enjoyed a cup of coffee and biscuits after the service served up at the new ultra smart ‘coffee bar’. Year 5 and 6 pupils have been working with Jordan Goodchild from Farmors’ School on a Young Leaders Course which gives them skills to lead others in sporting activities. We hosted our annual Football Tournament up at the football field and our first team narrowly missed getting through to the SOUTHROP VILLAGE FETE finals. Our second team did get through but were beaten in the final match. Southrop Village Fete will be held on Saturday 11th June at The Manor. They all played valiantly so well done to the two squads. Gates open at 1pm and the theme will be "The Farmyard". Emily Rayment did extremely well to get through in a very competitive field to the County Finals of the Cross Country Championships. Well done Emily. We also had 5 pupils get through to the finals of the swimming SOUTHROP PARISH COUNCIL Championships. Tom Couldridge came first in his race and Jossie White, The next meeting of Southrop Parish Council will be held on Monday 9 May Shaun Skinner and Scott Mounty came 2nd. Congratulations to them too! in the Village Hall, starting at 7.30 pm. Our Netball team have done extremely well and have just won the Cotswolds This is the Annual Meeting of the current Council, to be followed Schools Partnership High Five Championships against Chesterton, immediately thereafter by the first Meeting of the new Council. Cirencester Primary, Leighterton and Great Rissington. They are now Everyone is welcome through to the County Championships! Brilliant stuff. We are now looking forward to our Easter hols to recharge our batteries before another busy Summer term. EASTLEACH & SOUTHROP BABY & TODDLER GROUP SUE BLACK - VILLAGE AGENT FOR QUENINGTON, The baby & toddler group meet on Monday mornings from 10am to 11.30am HATHEROP, COLN ST ALDWYNS, SOUTHROP, at the Eastleach village hall, for play, songtime, stories and snacks. We EASTLEACH AND ALDSWORTH understand Mondays can be a bit of a struggle, but if you are able to come My name is Sue Black and I am the Village Agent for the above villages.. along with your little ones you are more than welcome, as it is a great The role of the Village Agent is to provide older people in the community opportunity to meet other parents and guardians from the CHEQS area. with easier access to information and services. Due to the Easter break and Bank holiday Mondays, the group will meet Survivorship - Living with and beyond Cancer once again from Monday 9th May. We will be bringing back craft-time and the children will be putting together a display of all the things they see According to Macmillan Cancer Support (2008), there are approximately 2 in the CHEQS villages. We hope to display it in the Eastleach village hall for million people living with cancer in the United Kingdom, and that total is everyone to enjoy. rising by more than 3% a year. One in ten people (10%) over 65 are currently living with a diagnosis of cancer. We are always grateful for donations of toys, so if you are having a clear-out please bear us in mind. Please contact Christine on 850323 or Beth on An increasing number of people are being cured of cancer or are in 850575. remission. Although this is good news, Macmillan knows that the impact of a cancer diagnosis does not suddenly stop when treatment is over and this is when your local Village Agent may be able to help. With the support of funding from Macmillan Cancer Support, Village Agents are now trained to support people living with and beyond cancer in the community. I am pleased to let you know that I am one of the Village Agents who has

received this additional training for the Macmillan project.

ARTESHOW 2011 I can help with access to financial support and advice, cancer and cancer survivor information. The Artseshow 2011 will be held at the Keepers Arms Quenington from Sunday June 19th until Sunday July 10th . I can signpost people living with and beyond cancer, their carers and families to the most appropriate information and care to help improve the quality of Several artists, the Quenington Youth Club and a couple of well-known their lives. locals have submitted pieces which will be on view for the duration. Please do not hesitate to contact me on 07810 630167 with any queries or The show will be opened officially at 9pm on Saturday June 18th when all concerns and I can arrange a home visit (in complete confidence). artists will be available to discuss their work. There will also be live music from Oxfordshire band "Ear Candy". Some of the pieces will be auctioned off on Saturday July 9th and proceeds BARN SERVICES will go to local charitable causes. There will be a Youth Barn Service in Coln St Aldwyns on Saturday 25th Quenington Bulldogs Barndance Saturday June 11th 1800hrs till bed time. June at 7pm. Pig roast, Live music, dancing and fun fun fun. Followed by a Chapel Circuit Barn Service on Sunday 26th June at 6pm – for Email [email protected] for tickets or The Keepers or Coln all ages. Shop.

May 2011 Sunday June 5th (1st Sunday) Midweek Services 8.00 am Holy Communion BCP Hatherop CB Thursday 5th May 9.30 am Holy Communion CW Coln 9.30 am Holy Communion CW Southrop CF Thursday 12th May 9.30 am Holy Communion BCP Coln 11.00 am Holy Communion CW Coln CB Thursday 19th May 9.30 am Holy Communion CW Coln 11.00 am Morning Prayer BCP Eastleach CF Thursday 26th May 9.30 am Holy Communion BCP Coln 6.00 pm Evening Prayer BCP Quenington CF

Sunday April 24th (Easter Sunday) BCP – traditional language CW – contemporary language 9.30 am Holy Communion CW Quenington CB 9.30 am Holy Communion CW Southrop CF HYMNS AND READINGS 11.00 am Holy Communion CW Coln CB 11.00 am Holy Communion BCP Eastleach CF 24th April Easter Day White HC/FC Acts 10: 34-43 John 20: 19-end Sunday May 1st (1st Sunday) Hymns 75 77 73 8.00 am Holy Communion BCP Hatherop CB 9.30 am Holy Communion CW Southrop CB 1st May 2nd of Easter White 11.00 am Holy Communion CW Coln CB HC/FC Acts 2: 14a, 22-32 John 20: 19-end 11.00 am Morning Prayer BCP (& Baptism) Eastleach CF MP/EP Psalm 16 Exodus 14: 10-end; 15: 20 -21 John 20: 19-end 6.00 pm Evening Prayer BCP Quenington CF Hymns 83 82 78(2nd tune)

Sunday May 8th (2nd Sunday – Readers Sunday) 8th May Easter 3 White 8.00 am Holy Communion BCP Hatherop CB HC/FC Acts 2: 14a, 36-41 Luke 24: 13-35 9.30 am Family HC CW Quenington CB MP/EP Psalm 116 : 1-3, 10-end Zephaniah 3: 14-end Luke 24: 13-35 nd 11.00 am Holy Communion BCP Eastleach CB/HWP Hymns 80(omit v3) 263(2 tune) 431 6.00 pm Evening Prayer BCP Coln JE 6.00 pm Evening Prayer BCP Southrop HWP 15th May Easter 4 White HC/FC Acts 2: 42-end John 10: 1-10 Wednesday May 11th MP/EP Psalm 23 Genesis 7 John 10: 1-10 6.30 pm Keble Evensong Bouthrop Hymns 162 134 126

Sunday May 15th (3rd Sunday) 22nd May Easter 5 White 11.00 am Morning Prayer BCP Eastleach CF HC/FC Acts 7: 55-end John 14: 1-14 6.00 pm Deanery Service, Fairford, Bishop Michael MP/EP Psalm 31: 1-5, 15-16 Genesis 8: 1-19 John 14: 1-14 Hymns 122 131 170(omit v3) Sunday May 22nd (4th Sunday) 8.00 am Holy Communion BCP Hatherop CB 29th May Easter 6 White 9.30 am Holy Communion BCP Quenington CB HC/FC Acts 17: 22 -31 John 14: 15-21 11.00 am Morning Prayer BCP Eastleach JE MP/EP Psalm 66: 7-18 Genesis 8: 20- 9:17 John 14: 15-21 6.00 pm Evening Prayer BCP Coln CB Hymns 104 227 105(omit vs 4&6) 6.00 pm Evening Prayer BCP Southrop RL 5th June Sunday after Ascension White Sunday May 29th (5th Sunday – Rogation Sunday) HC/FC Acts 1: 6-14 John 17:1-11 8.00 am Holy Communion BCP Coln CB MP/EP Psalm 68: 1-10 Ezekiel 36: 24-28 John 17:1-11 9.30 am Holy Communion CW Southrop CB Hymns 140(omit vs 2&3) 141 139 11.00 am Morning Prayer BCP Quenington CB 11.00 am Morning Prayer BCP Eastleach JE