Lyden January 2020
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T h eLYDEN Issue 541 January 2020 For the Parish of LYDDINGTON and WANBOROUGH In the United Benefice of Lyddington, Wanborough, Bishopstone and Hinton Parva 1 Lyden Magazine 2 Lyden Magazine The Lyden Magazine – January 2020 January Diary Event Date Page Liddington Parish Council Mee.ng 8 January 10 Far ers’ Market and Caf1 18 January 5 P2A Fil Night 24 January 12 Ward Councillor Mee.ng 25 January 10 Wanborough Parish Council Mee.ng 27 January 8 P2A 6uiz Night 1 February 12 January 2020 Church Services Wednesday 1 January No Service 08.30 Holy Communion Bishopstone Sunday 5 January 10.30 Family Communion Liddington 18.00 Evensong Hinton Parva Wednesday 8 January 19.00 Midweek Communion Wanborough 08.30 Holy Communion Liddington Sunday 12 January 10.30 Family Communion Bishopstone 18.00 Evensong Wanborough Wednesday 15 January 19.00 Midweek Communion Wanborough 08.30 Holy Communion Hinton Parva Sunday 19 January 10.30 Family Communion Wanborough 18.00 Evensong Bishopstone Wednesday 22 January 19.00 Midweek Communion Wanborough 08.30 Holy Communion Wanborough Sunday 26 January 10.30 Family Communion Hinton Parva 18.00 Evensong Liddington Wednesday 29 January 19.00 Midweek Communion Wanborough Details of Church Services correct at time of going to press. They can also be found at www.wanborough.info Copy date for the Lyden is 14th of the month prior to publication 3 Lyden Magazine Vicar’s Leer De Fnd n Nibr, appy New 7ear8 I say this as I write before Christ as, the General Elec.on and who knows what else. Edi- tors need to have . e with their fa ilies over Christ as too. So all of the prepara.on for the January edi- .on of our agazine takes place well in advance. With a ind to the future, and with our last twelve onths as its backdrop, the line between specula.on and hope has the poten.al to get a li=le thin. Of course, ge?ng thin is another topic that pops up at this . e of year. 2he Church began its New 7ear at the beginning of Advent. Like those who have received the good news that there will be an addi.onal e ber of the fa ily, the season of preparing for their appearance gives way to the reality of their arrival. 2his is o@en Alled with a co bina.on of hope for the future and a lot of eBort. If only to ensure that all concerned have best chance to succeed. A Senior Sister visited e a@er giving birth to her Arst child, having recently returned to work. She was astonished at Cust how uch of her self conAdence had di inished as a result of her li=le hu- an/s arrival. With all of the gi@s that babies bring, especially those that need a lot of clearing up a@er- wards, coupled with a very diBerent body clock, if not . e zoneD hanging on to anything of their for er self conAdence had beco e a aCor challenge. We spent . e developing a syste of no.cing every achieve ent, however s all, and then had a think about what they ight do that would give the a sense of achieve ent with no reference to their past. Her epiphany was as diBerent as it was EoB the wall’. At our neFt ee.ng I was et by a very eFcited individual, and what fell out of her outh was a surprise to say the least. GBelly Dancing8H she said with as straight a face as she could uster. 2he look on y face ust have been a picture, the subseIuent grin on her face soon broke into hysterical laughter. It was a real tonic, both at the . e of her announce ent (we/d had a tough shi@) and subseIuently. Convinced that if she could carry this oB she could cope with anything, it certainly worked for her. It/s a azing how the Ele@ of Aeld/ can ake a dra a.c diBerence. Jesus, God ade Lesh and the Creator of the Mniverse, was born without fanfare, astonished the wise and the doubters and went on to conIuer death without an ar y. Many diNcult situa.ons have been overco e by si ple if not radical ideas. Spending . e with those who love us, Cust like our editors try to do at Christ as, is an opportunity both to enCoy love and learn how to love even ore. And it can be catching8 So if there is any New 7ears resolu.on worth having at all, it has to be spending ore . e like this. Onowing Love and sharing it is our 2rue Life in God. EnCoy8 Wi es ie n r!r, B#$ If you have anything that you would like our village prayer group to pray for please telephone 790088 or e ail villageprayersPg ail.co 4 Lyden Magazine Welcome to our Ne Readers 2his onth we welco e any new readers. We hope you enCoy reading the agazine. 7ou/ll And regular updates fro any local organisa.ons, along with news fro the villages and local features. Contribu.ons are always welco e, so if you are a keen photographer that would like to provide cover photos for the agazine, or you enCoy wri.ng and could provide an ar.cle or two, please get in touch. As with ost parish publica.ons adver.sing is an i portant source of revenue - so if you are a local business and want to reach over 900 local households, please contact us for details. E ail us on lyden agazinePg ail.co Wanborough Farmers’ Market 2he Arst Far ers’ Market of 2020 will be on Saturday 18 January in the Village Hall between 9-12. Following his highly successful debut at the arket last onth, Oen of OenRs Fish would like you to contact hi on 07590 979 194 if you would like to order Ash or Cust talk to hi about what is available. As usual, the Co unity Connect CoBee Morning 2ea will be at the arket oBering free refresh ents (teas, coBees and ho e- ade cakes). Buy fro local producers and growers and at the sa e . e help raise oney by dona.ng to the local branch of Headway, the brain inCury associa.on. 2he Swindon branch which has a strong connec.on with Wanborough, is an a azing charity helping people cope with the devasta.ng conseIuences of a brain inCury. It provides support, services and infor a.on to brain inCury survivors, their fa ilies and carers, as well as to professionals in the health and legal Aelds. Many thanks to those who ca e in Nove berD we raised a fabulous S224 for Prospect Hospice8 For ore infor a.on about the arket contact Sue or David Birley on 01793 790438 or sbirleyPgn.apc.org The Ridge ay Link Happy New 7ear to everyone. 2he Tidgeway Link started in March 199, and hopefully we have provided a useful service over the years. Many new people have co e into the area since then and ay not know what we do. Essen.ally, we provide a transport service for residents of the four villages in the BeneAce who need it. Msually this is for visits to the doctors, den.sts, op.cians and hospital, although we do so e. es include shopping and we can collect prescrip.ons. If you have a need to go so ewhere else, please ask, we will help if we can. We provide the service free of charge using volunteer drivers although we do appreciate dona.ons. If you, or so eone you know, need a li@ please contact our dedicated telephone and leave a essage. Tachel, our co-ordinator, will get back to you as soon as possible. 2he nu ber is 791192 We always welco e new volunteer drivers, there is no ini u co it ent and if you have a car and feel you can so e. es help out we would be pleased to hear fro you. Louisa Barnes is the volunteer co -ordinator and can be contacted on 790372. Best wishes fro the Co i=ee U Brian, Louisa, Jan and Tachel. Liddington 100 Club 2he winner for Nove ber is Julie Bishop - congratula.ons Julie. Caroline 2a s 5 Lyden Magazine Wanborough Parish Council Parish Council would like to wish residents a Happy New Year. Welco e to January/s edi.on of the Lyden agazine. With the help of the Parish Council this agazine is now being delivered to all residents in Wanborough village. Hopefully you will And the agazine useful and it provides you with infor a.on about what/s happening in the village. If you would prefer to receive a so@ copy by e ail (Wanborough residents only), rather than a hard copy through your door, then please co plete the Gconsent for H on page 9 and return to the Parish Clerk as soon as possible ready for February/s edi.on. 2he consent for can also be downloaded fro the Parish website. (www.wanborough.info) Footpath ) Village Maintenance 2he Village Handy an has been concentra.ng on aintenance of the play areas, re oving graN., clearing leaves and cu?ng back shrubbery. He has also started work on clearing leaves fro footpaths and hopefully you will start to no.ce an i prove ent in these areas. If there is anything that you feel needs to done, then please report any village aintenance issues to the Parish Clerk by either e- ail clerkPwanborough.info, by using the GMaintenance TeportH on the Parish website www.wanborough.info, or alterna.vely teFt, ring or Whatsapp on telephone nu ber 07588 7,9829.