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Rev Julia Curtis But Mousie, thou art no thy lane, Telephone 01886 853286 In proving foresight may be vain: [email protected] The best-laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men Gang aft agley*, Parish website An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, www.temevalleysouth.org.uk For promis’d joy! Items for inclusion should be sent to Sandra Griffiths Continued on page 3 by the 18th of the preceding month and will be included subject to space This month’s front cover photograph is by Stephanie Mocroft For Sale TemeTalk Brand new unopened Apple iPad mini Deadline 18th February Cost £377 Please note this is the last day for First offer over £325 secures! contributions – the sooner you send Please contact Brian on 01568 750665 your items to the editor, the more (Unwanted Christmas gift, see page 12) chance there is that they will be included

Teme Valley South Contacts PAINTER Priest-in-charge: Julia Curtis 01886 853286 Associate Priest: Sally Jones 01584 781526 and DECORATOR Reader: Pete Thorp 07917 783159 JAMES MUNRO Churchwardens Eastham: Celia Adams 01584 781258 Free Consultation and Quote Rochford: Ann Prosser 01584 781317 Professional Reliable Service Stoke Bliss & Kyre: Jen Jones 07749 977821 Hanleys: Ed Yarnold 07930 882728 Interior & Exterior Stanford: Robin Dean 01886 853295 Domestic and Commercial Pastoral Team vvvvv Stanford: Lesley Dean 01886 853295 Hanleys: Peter Thorneycroft 01885 410484 LEADED LIGHTS Stoke Bliss : Design, make, install or repair Rochford: Ann Prosser 01584 781317 Jenny Barbé 01584 781298 vvvvv Eastham: Helen Matravers 01584 781510 07415 699808 / 01584 781129 Parish Safeguarding Officer: Sue Softly [email protected] 01584 881342

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From the registers Service times and openings Our prayers and sympathy are with the fam - Our church buildings remain open as below, ily and friends of Mick Pound. His funeral but if you would like to visit outside of these took place at Hereford Crematorium on 1st times, please contact the churchwardens, who December. will do their best to accommodate this. You Also with the family and friends of Joyce are very welcome to come and spend some Spilsbury of Eastham, whose funeral took time in these spaces to reflect, to pray and just place at Wyre Forest Crematorium on a snowy to ‘be’ for a quiet moment. 29th December. May Mick and Joyce rest in peace. St Peter & St Paul, Eastham Tuesday 9am to dusk St Mary, Stanford on Teme Take Breath Would you describe yourself as spiritual, but Thursday 9am to dusk not religious? Then silent prayer may be for St Mary, Kyre Wyard you. Friday 2.30pm to 5pm Silence goes beyond words; beyond abso - Church to be attended lutes. It draws us towards something that is St Michael, Rochford hard to define, yet the practice of holding si - Wednesday and Sunday 9am to dusk lence in a small group can be a very powerful St Peter, Stoke Bliss one. Friday 10am to 4pm With the start of a new year, I invite you All Saints, to join with us at Kyre church to try a time of Saturday 9am to 4pm silent prayer and Take Breath. As we explore Thanks to all of you who are willing to air this together the time of silence will be grad - the churches and have offered to lock and un - ually lengthened, but we will start by gather - lock. Without you we could not re-open. ing for 30 minutes from 4pm on Friday 15th Rev’d Julia Curtis January. All welcome and we will observe Covid secure guidelines. Please bring a mask.

Continued from page 1 Marika Harding Still thou are blest, compared wi’ me! DO The present only toucheth thee: But Och! I backward cast my e’e, On prospects drear! OSTEOPATH An’ forward , tho’ I cannot see, I guess an’ fear! (*Gang aft agley = Often go wrong) • Cranial Osteopathy • Traditional Osteopathy Unlike Robert Burns, let’s go forward into 2021 with hope and expectation, making the • Treating symptoms and best of the here and now, rather than guessing the background condition and fear of what the future might hold. Trust - ing that God who is with us, sustains and hold us when plans do go wrong in our eyes and Hanley Broadheath when our lives turn out to be less than perfect. For God sees the longer horizon, and loves us that far ... and way beyond. 01886 853080 Rev’d Julia

3 Rochford 49 Club Teme Valley Tote Congratulations December’s prize draw of the Tote (the ninth to this month’s £25 winners: in this series) was decided when Rev’d Julia Curtis rolled the dice on 1st December to se - Wednesday winners lect the set of random numbers. Prizewinners Nov 18th No 45 Sarah Forsyth are: Nov 25th No 48 Ann Prosser £50 – Sharly Hughes of Eastham (No 264) Dec 2nd No 48 Ann Prosser £30 – Neil Jackson of Knighton (No 692) Dec 9th No 26 not sold £20 – Janice Lucas of Eastham (No 294) Dec 16th No 35 Garry Burns Dec 23rd No 21 not sold January’s prize draw of the Tote (the tenth in Dec 30th No 45 Sara Forsyth this series) was decided when Rev’d Julia Curtis rolled the dice on 2nd January to select Saturday winners the set of random numbers. Prizewinners are: Nov 21st No 47 Tina Lord £50 – Mr and Mrs Marriott of Nov 28th No 32 Andrew Barbe (No 330) Dec 5th No 18 not sold £30 – Lily Yarnold of Stoke Bliss (No 758) Dec 12 No 59 not sold £20 – Val Patrick of Stoke Bliss (No 844) Dec 19th No 23 Jean Harrison (Interestingly Val asked that a previous prize be Dec 26th No 6 Treena Jones reinvested – and she has won on one of these tick - Dec 2nd No 37 Ann Prosser ets!)

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4 Christmas wasn’t cancelled On a very wet day Rochford carol service changed at the last minute from an outdoor ser- Rochford vice at the Old Forge, to a drive-in carol service, with very grateful thanks to David and Pam Rochford Powell for letting us use the car park behind Rochford the Old Rectory / St Marys school at very short notice. There were 20 cars and with a “home- Coronavirus update spun” PA system we had carols and readings, Happy New Year, and we look forward to 2021, and everyone could sing along in their cars. vaccinations and a return to a more normal life Thanks to everyone who was involved and also with community activities and a big party thanks to Rod and Di Rickets at the Old Forge, when social distancing fades from our con- who had decorated their tree and garden for sciousness. In the meantime, as we get used to the outdoor service. life in lockdown, if you are shielding and need On Christmas Eve we had a moving service assistance the Rochford coronavirus care group as we welcomed the birth of Jesus and looked will continue to help out with collecting pre- forward with hope to a happy Christmas and a scriptions, shopping and sharing online deliv- healthy new year. eries and local information. If you need help please ask. Neighbourhood lunch Rochford has looked very cheerful this Because of Covid restrictions Ann will take a Christmas with Christmas lights throughout break from takeaway neighbourhood lunches the village, and we have had some lovely com- in January and we will see what happens in ments on how festive it looked. February. Many thanks to Ann for all her hard Thanks to everyone who has been involved work in preparing lunches during this difficult in supporting our community this year, we are time and we look forward to their return in very fortunate to live in a caring community 2021. where neighbours help each other and we look forward to celebrating with community social activities in 2021. Old Rochford residents Jane Griffiths (née Adams) who used to live in Rochford, at New House Farm and Hazledene, was honoured with an MBE in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours list, for her work in her community in Llandrindod Wells. Many congratulations to Jane on her work and her award. A few of you will remember John McCaull, who used to live in Dunstan Villa (Ann’s old house) with his wife Brenda and family. John died recently and we express out condolences to his family and friends. Digital aerial and satellite services Once again we wish you all a happy and Approved Freesat Retailer/Installer healthy 2021 and look forward to getting to- gether again. Fully Insured and CRB checked Andrew Barbé

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Coffee morning Christmas Day collection The next coffee mornings will be on Wednes - A donation of £100 was collected at Eastham’s day 3rd February and Wednesday 3rd March at Christmas service for St Richard’s Hospice, in 10.30am by Zoom. Nicky Webb has volun - memory of Rachel Arnold, Ian Vaughan, Pete teered to lead the discussions in February and Moseley and Jeremy Hughes. Thanks to every - Josie Ward in March. one who gave so generously to support the hos - If you would like to join and/or need help pice. with Zoom, please call Celia Adams on 01584 781258 or email [email protected]. Eastham Memorial Hall annual meeting Regulars will get an invite on the morning of The annual meeting will take place on Zoom on the coffee morning. 18th January at 7pm. The public meeting is open to all Eastham residents. If you wish to Flowers, cleaning and sidesman join the Zoom meeting please contact Celia February – Stuart and Josie Ward Adams on 01584 781258 or email eastham - March – Celia Adams [email protected]. The agenda is available Thanks to everyone who has helped in 2020. It from Celia Adams or can be viewed on the vil - has been an odd year with only four services in lage notice boards at the hall and on the High - the church, but this didn’t detract from the wood. beautiful harvest and Christmas arrangements which were as fabulous as ever. Eastham community garden Let’s hope we can get together for the an - We were delighted to reach our target of £6,450. nual spring clean of the churchyard and church Thanks to everyone who made pledges which in April – date to follow. have all now been collected. The fund will enable us to enhance the out - Eastham Riverside Fête side area around the hall to make it more pri - There is no formal meeting this month but the vate. We hope to start planning as soon as proceeds of the 2020 Flower and Produce Show possible. If you would like to get involved have been distributed. Eastham Memorial Hall please call Mike Palfrey on 07976 854267, email and St Peter and St Paul’s Church each received [email protected]. £1,050. Look out for further news on the 2021 Eastham Riverside Fête throughout the mag - Wish list for donations azine! There are still some items on the list, for exam - ple wall lights at £50 each (four are needed), Poppy sales and a specialist storage loft ladder at £500 We were delighted to donate £37.17 to the Please contact Mike on 07976 854267 or email poppy appeal from the poppy box left in the [email protected]. old phone box in late October and November. Celia Adam s Thanks to everyone who contributed. The dis - trict raised £1,593.33 in total. See Memorial Hall update on page 14

Christmas card stamps Eastham Residents Association Please drop used stamps in the RNIB box in The AGM of Eastham Residents Association the old phone box. The box will be collected at will take place via Zoom on the end of January 2021. Thanks to Tammy Thursday 18th February at 7.30pm Starling for coordinating. We will try and get If you are an Eastham resident and wish to the box for Christmas 2021 stamps in the phone attend please contact Sally Jones box earlier at the end of the year. on [email protected]

7 Hanley Happenings

Looking forward with optimism Carols at Hanley Childe First can I wish everyone a very happy and On the Sunday before Christmas 15 brave souls healthy New Year. So much has happened since joined Pete Thorpe and Julia for an outside our last note written in mid November, and al - carol and readings service. The weather was though I had hoped that by Easter we might kind and the whole experience was intimate have been in a much better place this now looks and heart warming. Not many churches can unrealistic. But I do still feel optimistic about have such a wonderful view as we sang looking the latter half of 2021. down the valley towards Ludlow and the Long We have all been uplifted by the sight of Mynd, so thanks to Ed and Pete and all the Christmas decorations outside houses right readers, especially those of us whose eyesight across the benefice and the ingenuity of those is possibly not what it was! who have been able to organise events either in reality or online. Village Hall Every one of us has an obligation to look out The hall will be closed until the Covid situation for our neighbours without being becomes clearer, probably not before Easter. The overbearing.In my role as the pastoral visitor plans for the proposed extension are displayed for the Hanleys I can only respond if I am made on the noticeboard outside the hall but I under - aware of need so please feel free to contact me stand no one has yet commented on them so in on 07836 733072. due course a planning application will be pre - pared and submitted. If you have any com - Macmillan Marathon ments please contact Ed Yarnold, chairman of Several people responded to Carole’s walking the hall committee (07930 882728). marathon challenge between 1st December and Peter Thorneycroft 2nd January and over £800 has been raised to date – a great result at a time when we all See page 11 for this month’s local talent, cellist needed a focus to end a pretty difficult year. Corinne Frost. Carole would like to say a big thank you to ev - erybody who rose to the challenge and who might be fitter now than they were on 1st De - cember. Meadows

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8 Stanford • Stanford • Stanford Where to begin again? Thanks Firstly a Happy New Year to all our readers! Thanks to David Lane for floodlighting the We pray for a more normal world after Covid church and supplying a Christmas tree – we are and Brexit! really grateful for this reminder of Christmas – At the time of writing (2nd January) we had beamed to anyone who can see the church. just moved into tier 3, but three days later as Thanks to Cate for her daily advent calendar we go to press, we are in national lockdown on Facebook. again. Thanks to everyone involved in organising Some while ago, I was a lecturer in manage- the virtual Christmas Tree Festival – £202 was ment and computing at Herefordshire Techni- raised to share between the Maggs Day Centre cal College. I used to deliver a course on and Acorns Children's Hospice. Well done to statistics to a variety of audiences – I started everyone who participated! each course with the book by Darrell Huff en- titled How to Lie with Statistics and with the Communications quotation “There are three kinds of lies: lies, I put this section in October, November and dammed lies and statistics” which Mark Twain December’s TemeTalk but I received no re- appears to attribute to Benjamin Disraeli! So sponse so I assume that no one is interested. what – we are bombarded with statistics and However, I repeat it below. opinions which are mutually exclusive – be- In these uncertain times it is not always pos- ware of fake news! I hope that you treat unex- sible to communicate immediately through pected calls from Amazon or Microsoft or your TemeTalk which is published once a month. bank with scepticism as they are probably a Therefore if you wish to be kept in the ‘village scam – some of the statistics we are receiving loop’, please let me have an email address if are misleading! you have one? If you do not, please let me know and we will try to phone you. Alexandra The new normal and Cecilia are maintaining a Stanford page on Holy Communion is at St Mary’s at 10am on Facebook which will have the latest informa- 7th February. tion and there is a Teme Valley South website Assuming that we are still able hold public and a Teme Valley South Facebook page. services, social distancing measures will be in place during the services. Masks should be Volunteers please – again worn at all times unless if you are doing a read- People have recently joined both the church ing or prayers. We also need to collect your committee and the village hall committee but names and details for contact tracing – these we would welcome some more, especially lists will be destroyed after 21 days. We will when the crisis is over. What should we do to continue to try to stream services or record celebrate the end of the crisis? Robin (01886 them and we will continue to record special 853295) is happy to explain what is involved services and publish them on Facebook and the and you are welcome to one of our meetings TVS parish website. when they restart so that you can see what it is like. We need people to organise events and as- St Mary’s sist. In Stanford we will open St Mary’s for private Robin Dean prayer from 9am to dusk every Thursday dur- ing January. There will be a continued need for social distancing when in the church and you Advertise your event FREE in TemeTalk will be asked to use the provided hand sanitiser and reach 660 households both on entering the church and on leaving. in seven parishes Thanks to Anthony for opening up each Thurs- email [email protected] day. or call 01568 750665

9 Lent Reflections British Legion Poppy Appeal We invite you to join us during Lent as we re - 2020 flect on the images in the following publication Thanks to everyone who contributed to this which is widely available online to order as a year’s Appeal from , , paperback or in kindle format : Stockton, Stanford, , East - “The Art of Lent” by Sister Wendy Beckett ham, Hanley, Stoke Bliss and Rochford. We We will meet weekly at 7.45 pm on Zoom be - raised over £1,500 – this was a magnificent ef - ginning Monday 22nd February to share our fort considering the restrictions on our collec - thoughts on the paintings and artwork from the tions. Thank you to all the schools, shops and previous week. pubs and the all the individuals involved. We For more information or to book a place are looking for collectors for next year’s appeal please call Jen on 07749977821 – please contact me on 01886 853295 if you would like to be involved. Churches Together in the Teme Valley Robin Dean Explore the parable of The Good Samaritan Poppy Appeal Organiser for through a series of Zoom talks: Abberley and District (MDD01) “The Good Samaritan – equality, diversity and all that” • Wednesday 13th January • Wednesday 20th January Advertise in this space • Wednesday 27th January for a year for just • Wednesday 3rd February The evenings will be run on Zoom, starting at £50 7.30pm and finishing at 9pm. Please register Telephone 01568 750665 or email your interest with Jill Smith on [email protected] [email protected] We hope you can join us! TemeTalk is funded entirely by advertising If you have any concerns about Zoom, revenue – so we need your support! please contact us.

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10 Local talent – Corinne Frost For this month’s feature dementia homes and has on local talent we turn to also developed her unique the cellist, Corinne Frost, skills of improvisation and also known to many of creating musical portraits you by her married name, of individuals. She is part Corinne Skerrett. Corinne of a classical group called moved to Hanley Broad - Epiphany which spe - heath with her husband, cialises in improvisation, Richard, in 2014 and has and also plays by request since played an active part at birthdays, weddings, in local musical life. funerals and special A Suffolk girl by birth, events. Corinne started playing So what impact has the the cello at the age of five! virus had on Corinne’s life At the age of 17 she won a and work? Inevitably or - scholarship to the Royal chestra work, recitals and Academy and after gradu - care home visits have all ation went on to study had to be put on hold, and with the celebrated French there are serious questions cellist, Pierre Fournier. She as to how live music will joined the distinguished survive. But Corinne has Philharmonia Orchestra in taken opportunities to London, playing under perform online for care the baton of some of the world’s most eminent homes and to take part in ESO video record - conductors, travelling all over the world. In ings, and she even managed to give two live 1993 she moved to Worcestershire, initially liv - recitals in Malvern and play on Pitchcroft in ing just down the road in Clifton-on-Teme. She Worcester as part of the Luke Jerram installa - became an Associate Member of the world-fa - tion commemorating those who died from mous City of Birmingham Symphony Orches - Covid and celebrating the work of the NHS. tra (CBSO) for 23 years and the chances are that She offers the use of Zoom to teach and has re - if you have been to a concert in Symphony Hall cently extended her teaching to piano and wor - you will have heard Corinne play. She also be - ship guitar. She also specialises in problem came co-principal cellist of the English Sym - solving, technical issues, breathing and posture phony Orchestra (ESO) which is based in for musicians. Worcestershire, and she still holds that role as If you are interested in finding out more you she does for the Orchestra Pro Anima. Corinne can visit Corinne’s website, www.corinne is a governor of the Elgar School of Music in frost.com, or contact her by email on corin - Worcester and teaches both there and at Marl - [email protected] or by phone on 01886 borough College. 853099. She will be very pleased to hear from Corinne is Musical Director of Volante you. Strings, a local string orchestra which has reg - ularly played at St Mary’s, Stanford. She gives recitals with pianist Janine Parsons and poet Eastham Riverside Fête and composer Helena Cavan, and as Downside Last year’s restrictions resulted in no fête but Up with Stephen Warner (double bass and gui - we managed to put on a successful Produce tar) she gave us a memorable evening at Han - Show with over 40 people exhibiting and sig - ley Village Hall. She also gives a one-woman nificant funds were raised through sponsor - show, An audience with Corinne, which has been ship and the tote organised by Robin and enjoyed by Worcestershire WIs and audiences Celia. Funds raised have been distributed to at Elgar’s birthplace. In recent years she has Eastham Memorial Hall and Eastham church. had a passion for bringing music to care and

11 Christmas presents – the perils I set out with the very best of intentions to buy livered and wrapped. Not so. More online re - my wife a Christmas present, so on 8th Decem - search revealed this supplier was actually ber I went online to order the gift from John based in the far east with lots of negative feed Lewis & Partners (never knowingly under - back about non delivery or very very late de - sold!). Their email confirmed all was well and livery and lots of grumpy customers. delivery was expected shortly. So after a positive start early in the month, After a week I started to worry but getting 23rd December came and I had no present and further information would involve a telephone serious doubts about the present I had ordered call, waiting and lots of questions to answer so ever arriving. I left it a day or so. I shared my concerns with my wife at break - On 18th December I plucked up courage fast. I told her she could call me a prat and ex - and called John Lewis & Partners. Within 20 plained my hopeless situation. minutes I had been passed from first base to Diligent to the end, and hating myself for distribution and then to a supervisor. doing it, I went to Amazon and they had one The parcel was lost. available ... but even with Prime it couldn’t be Even worse, they had no more in stock – at delivered until Sunday 27th. I plunged again least not until after Christmas. They would re - into the world of online shopping and the pre - fund my payment so with just a week to go I sent duly arrived – two days late but it is what was back on the starting line. she wanted and it does work. At this point I lost my presence of mind. The tail of this long tale is that two days I googled the item and at the top of the list later, on 29th December, a parcel arrived from was a co.uk website offering exactly the same the orient. thing for about £40 less than John Lewis. We now have a spare Apple iPad mini, Result! available for sale at a very reasonable price. Without another thought except that I had WBG to get the present by Christmas, I clicked “buy” and entered my card details. Optimistic to the On Christmas Day he gave me my other present, a end – seven days should be enough to get it de - wooden spoon, so that was nice! – SG

12 Salmon wellington with a champagne sauce The Boss and I had this for dinner on Christmas the other side of the fillet. Divide the tarragon Eve and it is absolutely delicious, a real celebra - butter into four and put a piece in each of the tion dish – and there’ll surely be something to pockets. celebrate soon! I used champagne for the sauce Roll out the puff pastry to no more than 4mm but I’m sure any sparkling white wine would thick. Cut a piece of pastry about 15cm square, be fine. The recipe is for four people but can depending on the size of the fillet. Lightly easily be halved – I used two boneless and skin - brush the surface with water, place the fillet less salmon fillets from the supermarket. along one edge of the pastry, ensuring that there is spare pastry on either side. Roll the fillet over, Ingredients lifting the pastry up and over too until the near edge touches the pastry on the other side. Press down to seal and cut away any surplus. Brush the fillets with egg wash and chill for at least half an hour. Preheat the oven to 200ºC/gas 6. To make the sauce, put the fish stock, champagne, mush - rooms and onions in a small saucepan and re - duce by half. Add 120ml of the cream and reduce it until it coats the back of a spoon. Pass through a sieve, then keep warm. Whisk the re - maining cream in a bowl until it starts to thicken. Bake the salmon for 12 minutes. Slice each por - tion into four or five pieces slightly diagonally, 600g salmon fillet, skinned so that when you place them on four warm 450g puff pastry places each slice lies against the next. Move the 1 egg, beaten slices apart a little so that you can see the For the tarragon butter salmon inside the pastry; it should be moist and 180g unsalted butter, softened slightly pink. 1 tbsp fresh tarragon, chopped 12 teaspoon salt Finish the champagne sauce by adding the 4 turns of the peppermill chopped herbs and whisk in the whipped Juice from a quarter of a lemon cream just before serving. Pour some over the salmon and serve the rest separately. For the champagne sauce 300ml fish stock Recipe from English Seafood Cookery by Rick 120ml champagne Stein 15g mushrooms 15g onions, chopped 180ml double cream 1tbsp chopped fines herbes (parsley, chives, tar - Eastham Riverside Fête ragon, chervil) You may say that it’s too early to even think about the 2021 Eastham Riverside Fête but here we go again with the preparation. Method Make the tarragon butter by mixing the tar - We hope to put on a successful fête for the ragon, butter, salt, pepper and lemon juice. first time in the newly rebuilt Memorial Hall. So put the date into your diary, Sunday 15th Cut the fillet into four portions, then cut a August starting at 12 noon, and prepare for a pocket in the side of each, trying to make this great day in the new hall. as deep as possible without cutting through to

13 Work progresses on Eastham’s new village hall The new hall is progressing well with the completion date anticipated at the end of January. Up - dates and construction plan can be found by visiting the website https://easthammemorialhall.org.uk/news/new-hall-build-project.html and Facebook page Teme Eastham. Photographs by Keith Gluyas

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14 The pleasure of a visit… Desperate measures ... Calling all those who knew Cliff and Louise Shakespeare when they lived in Eastham. After Cliff died Louise, a non-driver, went to live in Tenbury. For some years now she has been a resident at the Old Rectory care home in Tenbury. Throughout the pandemic the home has never stopped residents from seeing family and friends. At first, there were window visits. Now there is a tent by a window which, when open, is protected by a perspex screen. Just before Christmas, I went to see Louise and give her a gift and one of the nurses said that mine was the only visit she had received. She is getting frail now but loves a chat and dis - traction. Mostly she loves to talk about old times. If you want to visit her, call the Old Rectory on 01584 810249. I’m sure she would be de - lighted to see you. AO

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16 Enjoying our beautiful countryside How lucky we are in to have so many ter how long it continues, they must keep to public footpaths and bridleways to explore, roads, lanes and tracks and off the grass. It’s a particularly in these difficult times. bore but it has to be done – would you like There are 140,000 miles of footpaths and bri - horse hoof divots out of your lawn? Apart from dleways in England and Wales, of which over the appearance, the deep holes can cause 3,000 are in Worcestershire. The Malvern Hills twisted ankles and damage mowers. alone has 100 miles and we also have Wyre For - If you are new to the countryside, welcome! est and Woods nearby. What could be Read the Countryside Code and if you plan to nicer than to pack up family and pets and go walk or ride, acquire the OS (Ordnance Survey) for a tramp, with a picnic in maps. On the OS Explorer the car to look forward to af - maps, footpaths are shown terwards? as dashed green lines; on Of course we all need to the OS Landranger maps, remember the Countryside they are smaller dashed Code: dogs on leads, clean pink lines. The law requires up after them (use council you to stick firmly to the dog bins or take waste home designated paths/bridle - to dispose of it) and leave ways, no matter how nar - gates as you found them. row. There are footpaths, Use common sense if you bridleways, byways, re - find someone ahead of you stricted byways, recre - has left a gate open and ational routes, National there is stock in the field. Loose stock on the Trail and Scotland’s Great Trails, traffic-free roads can cause serious accidents – and farmers cycle routes, managed access areas, open access lose their livelihoods. Never leave gates open. land, coastal margins and permissive paths and And be prepared for the weather. Experi - bridleways! enced riders know that in wet weather, no mat - Continued on page 18

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18 Poems from lockdown

We all have our own ways of dealing with No-one in charge. lockdown. Here are some poems which re - Trump’s in the White House, it’s each for his flect the writers’ feelings ... own, And the government’s damned if they do or ... The value of Nothing they don’t. Scientists say there’s so much we don’t know, Nothing to do. And the right-wingers think we should let the I wake in the morning and stare at the wall. old go. My job’s in the freezer, my coat’s in the hall. I’ve books on the shelf but where should I Nothing but Life. start? I look through the window and there are the My clubs are all shut, I don’t have the heart trees. The sunlight is catching the red/gold/green No-one to meet. leaves. My family is scattered, I see them on Zoom The world’s full of beauty and I am alive, But it isn’t the same when they’re not in the And disasters we fear often do not arrive. room. We make our own meaning in life every day, My friends are on WhatsApp, we circulate So nothing should stop me from finding my snaps. way. I could meet some outside but the weather is And Nothing gives space when life moves so crap. fast. Nowhere to go. For nothing lasts long and this too shall pass. There’s no point in travelling, it isn’t allowed Trevor Ponman And the pubs are all closed so they don’t draw 20th November 2020, from lockdown a crowd. There’s no pleasure in shopping, I do it online. A walk on Oldwood Common I can’t see this stopping before Christmastime. The common is mine, No-one in sight but a man and his dog far away. ROB NORTHWOOD The morning dew shining in the grass RENOVATION AND REPAIR Like tiny shards of glass, OF TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS The sun breaking through the autumn mist, Already warm, promising a lovely day to Oak-frame Restoration and Decoration • come, Extensions and Oak Porches The well-worn path through the tussocky • grass, Stonework and Roofing All this is mine. • The plunge into the deep dark wood, Pointing and Chimney Repairs The path criss-crossed with tree roots, • The birdsong, the tiny crashes Lime Work Of unseen creatures in the bushes and ferns, • The old plank bridge, worn and wobbly, Complete Renovations, All this is mine. Small Repairs and Maintenance The shade of the old oak tree, • The acorns crunching underfoot, Over 20 Years’ Experience The dew still shimmering on the grass. 01885 410425 All this is mine. 07811 288986 This time is mine. [email protected] Sandra Griffiths, September 2020 www.robnorthwood.com Continued on page 20

19 Poems from lockdown

Growing the veg and eating it too 2020 – The Covid Year Or turning it in to a great veggie stew. What a year this has been, so full of the news – I said at the start, I’ll give this a while But how to unravel the various views; To heal up the ankle, then do things in style. Of how many people infected – or dead. The plague is upon us and fills us with dread. Well the ankle has healed with help from my friends Yet, hope too has been there as folks rally round But the afternoon tea got lost round the bends Ensuring the shielded are kept safe and sound. Of u-turns and backtracks and dealing with By doing the shopping and ringing to chat numbers About things important, or just this or that. that depend on whose counting and if there are The absence of hugs and a smile you can see blunders. Has hit us all hard in the way we can be. Decisions to make when no outcome is clear We’ve learnt how to value the quiet that descends And results depending on people (oh dear!) As cars are all silenced and planes don’t ascend, We aren’t all the same and will go our own way To savour the seasons, sow seeds in a row, Whatever we’re told and whatever we say. Listen to birdsong and watch as plants grow. But I’m sure we’ll look back and new lessons Take time just to be and assess where I’m at, have learnt. Freed from the need to get on with that ... Seen how green is my valley and what can be In gaps between lockdowns I’ve welcomed my burnt friends For renewable energy or used one more time, But kept at a distance lest rules I offend. Reducing the landfill and mountains of slime! So what will I keep from a year that’s so strange Maggie Kingston But pleasure at being at home on the range.

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20 Evelyn Joyce Spilsbury of Oakhill, Eastham, 14th June 1932 to 10th December 2020

Joyce was born at Hall Farm, So many people appreci - Stottesdon on 14th June 1932, ated the easy warmth of her the third child of Tom and welcome, her twinkly smile, May Beddoes. She later at - her kindness and generosity tended Kidderminster High to family, friends, neighbours School where she met David’s and strangers alike ... whether sister, Olwen, and began visit - jams, cake, eggs, fruit and veg, ing Eastham Park. plants or cuttings, she wanted Joyce married David in to give you something. 1953 and in 1955 they took It was a full life, well lived. over at Eastham Park, farming We have received many kind in partnership there for 40 and lovely messages sharing years before moving to love and appreciation for Oakhill in 1996. Joyce, referring to her as a pil - Joyce embraced Eastham, lar of the community, not just village, and community life to in Eastham but in the district the full. She was in the WI, on as well. Thank you all for the fête and patronal festival your messages, kindness, love committees, she was part of and support, and for your do - the church cleaning and deco - nations in memory of Joyce. rating team. She ran the tea tent with fabulous Our special thanks to all who braved the efficiency for 40 years, doing it for the last time snow to pay their respects to Joyce along the at the age of 80. She organised the pudding tent route from Oakhill to Eastham village hall, and at the village barbecue, she made and served those who gathered there. We were deeply thousands of cakes over the years and as one touched and grateful. lovely card said, she enjoyed many lovely times and poured many cups of tea! Joyce was someone who just got on with it. If it needed doing, she did it, without any fuss. From the largest to the smallest thing, she did it with love and care, with precision, and she did it well! ELECTRICAL SERVICES She is widely and affectionately remem - SERVING THREE COUNTIES SINCE 1996 bered by so many for her cooking. She made and iced exquisitely detailed and intricate wed - ding, anniversary and birthday cakes, as well as Christmas cakes to give away and for prizes in the Christmas raffle at Eastham. She was a cornerstone of the village coffee morning. Taking a basketful of home produce, she’d be gently mobbed as she stepped through the door, everyone eager to see what Joyce had brought! She loved gardening and was a member of the gardening club for many years. Always busy, always working, always smil - ing and happy, she was a powerhouse of en - ergy. She’d always find time to help, or stop and chat. She never really retired at Oakhill. www.rewired-worcester.co.uk

21 Word of the month: plethora Noun, singular, mid 16th century (in the medical sense): via late Latin from Greek plēthōrē, from plēthein ‘be full’ This is my new favourite joke. A woman is sitting in church at her hus - band’s funeral when a man approaches her and says, “Would you let me say a word?” “Of Daily Hope – a new way of bringing worship course,” replies the woman. So the man stands and prayer to people’s homes by the coffin, faces the congregation and says “Plethora.” As he returns to his seat, the widow Recently the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin says, “Thank you. That means a lot.” Welby, launched Daily Hope, a free phone line And that’s my word of the month, plethora . offering hymns, prayers and reflections 24 But plethora doesn’t just mean a lot. It means hours a day during the lockdown. The line re - a very large amount of something, especially a ceived more than 6,000 calls in the first 48 hours greater amount than you need, want, or can of its launch. deal with, or an excess of bodily fluid, particu - The free phone number is: 0800 804 8044 larly blood. It opens with a greeting from the Archbishop My husband recently stopped me using the followed by a number of options: word to describe the effect that coronavirus * To listen to a full message from the Arch - had on our business, particularly the very large bishop of Canterbury number of systems we had to put in place to 1 Hymns We Love make sure our letting caravans were not only 2 Hymns line – for some uplifting hymns clean but also sanitised at every changeover. 3 Prayer line specific and relevant for coron - “It’s a bit pretentious,” he said, “Just say many .” avirus times Pretentious, moi? Like the widow in my 4 For more options which are as follows; joke, I think it’s a good word that should be 5 Daily Church of England service used more often. 6 Morning and evening prayers SG 7 Covid-19 advice

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22 Teme Valley Wildlife Happy New Year – I won - they fly with such grace der what 2021 will bring? and precision that they are A return to normal for our never in view for long. Teme Valley Wildlife Other introductions, of group meetings, I hope. great bustards to Salisbury One of the talks we had to Plain, storks to the West postpone last year was Sussex Knepp estate, about a project to re-intro - cranes to the Somerset duce beavers into a num - Levels and golden eagles ber of sites in Wales, so I from the Highlands to thought I would write southern Scotland, prove about the increasing use of that breeding animals in this method to boost captivity, or relocating wildlife numbers in the them from countries British Isles. where they are abundant, One of the most suc - can boost or replace popu - cessful and certainly most lations that in other places obvious wildlife reintroductions has been that are in decline. of the red kite (above). In 1989 Spanish birds Of course, the availability of suitable habi - were set free in the Chilterns and later in three tat is key to these projects and wildlife organi - other areas, including, nearest to us, the hills of sations make detailed plans to ensure that their mid-Wales. Anyone who has taken a Chiltern subjects have the greatest chance of success. Line train or driven down the M40 will have Last year I saw a report of a golden eagle noticed how they have prospered since. We (rather unprosaically dubbed “Beaky” and re - now enjoy seeing these beautiful birds power - cently moved to lowland Scotland) taking a 90- ing up and down the Teme valley, although mile flight to check out the Pennines. This was the first English sighting for many a long year, and as she was female, it is to be hoped that she PAuL NORTHWOOD was looking for somewhere suitable to build a nest here. Mammals are finding themselves being as - sisted into new territories too. Hazel dormice Distinguished furniture (below) and water voles bred in captivity are made to commission currently being released into many habitats from which they had previously been lost. Pine martens, larger animals who thrive in the north Restorer of antiques of Britain, have recently been released in Wales

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23 Continued from page 23 and in the Forest of Dean. These elusive char - venue/Zoom event at Lindridge’s Covid-se - acters have already begun to breed in their new cure village hall. Please look out for details as homes. Beavers are a bit controversial, hence they’re not yet finalised. There will be no en - our hoped-for talk, but the need to alleviate trance fee for attendance in person, but pre- flood risks has given them and their pond-cre - booking will be required. ation activities a boost and some animals ille - Stephanie Mocroft gally re-introduced have recently been given permission to remain. For up-to-date information on what wildlife is being Insects have also benefited from naturalists’ seen in the area, or to give us your sightings or com - attentions. The large blue butterfly has been ments, visit our Facebook page. Our programme of successfully re-introduced to former sites, al - events, bird survey and archive photographs are though it’s early days yet to determine success. available on our website Often a considerable amount of research needs www.temevalleywildlife.co.uk We normally holds to be done to establish the exact conditions for meetings on the second Thursday of the month. All creatures to thrive. The large blue requires the are welcome. Contact us by telephone on 01568 presence of particular ant colonies and grass 750413 or by email at [email protected]. grazed to a specific height before it can settle happily into a new home. What complex re - quirements! Watch this space for the Welsh beaver story, which we hope to bring you later in the year. The next meeting of the Teme Valley Wildlife Group is being planned as a joint Homemade Beeswax Food Wraps Sustainable, reusable, natural TemeTalk Packs of six in three sizes for £15 Deadline 18th February or a 50cm x 1m roll for £20 [email protected] 01885 410228 01568 750665 [email protected]

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26 What’s on in Teme Valley South

January 15th Friday Take Breath, via Zoom, 4pm 18th Monday Eastham Memorial Hall annual meeting, via Zoom, 7.00pm

February 3rd Wednesday Eastham Coffee Morning, via Zoom, 10.30am 18th Thursday Eastham Residents Association AGM, via Zoom, 7.30pm

March 3rd Wednesday Eastham Coffee Morning, via Zoom, 10.30am

May 8th Saturday Plant Sale, Hanley Court Gardens, Hanley William, 10am

August 15th Sunday Eastham Riverside Fête, Eastham MemorialHall, 12 noon

Send items for inclusion to Sandra Griffiths by 18th of the month telephone 01568 750665 or email [email protected]

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Regular fine art & antiques sales CCWTiFVi S Solyutsiotnes ms International online bidding TV & Satellite No charges for unsold lots Audio & Video S ystems Extensive free parking & café Insurance & probate valuations Do mestic , Commer cial Contact us for a free and Agricultural “S er ving The T eme V alle y & Be yond” auction01452 valuation344499

Tel: 07951 07 48 64 01452 344499 [email protected] Technical So lutio ns Tel: 07773 63 69 09 ele vate inf o@g oele vate .co .uk www.chorleys.com 27 Services January/February 2021 We are praying online daily via Zoom so do email Rev’d Julia if you would like to join us. If you have a prayer request to be included please ring or email Rev’d Julia or your local pastoral team member – see Teme Valley South Contacts on page 2.

The Blessings Group continues to meet weekly and is coordinated by Richard Skerrett who can be contacted on 01886 853099 for details.

Online Sunday services continue. For details see: • Teme Valley South Churches Facebook page • Our website, www.temevalleysouth.org • Google ‘A Church Near You’ and put in your postcode to find us • The Church of England has a pre-recorded weekly online service: search Church of England weekly services or go to www.churchofengland.org/more/media- centre/church-online/weekly-online-services Sunday Services (Subject to change – check with your churchwarden or Rev’d Julia) Please bring a facemask for services inside a church building

Sunday 10th January 3.30pm Rochford Evening Service Sunday 17th January Online Zoom Morning Prayer 2.00pm Walking Church Sunday 24th January Online Plough Sunday service 10.00am Rochford All-age Service and Communion Sunday 31st January Candlemas Online Zoom Café Church, contact Rev’d Julia for the link Sunday 7th February 10.00am Stanford Holy Communion Sunday 14th February Online Snowdrops Songs of Praise 10.00am Hanley William Holy Communion 3.30pm Rochford Evening Service Wednesday 17th February Ash Wednesday 7.30pm Online Service to mark the start of Lent Sunday 21st February 10.00am Eastham All-age Service and Communion 2.00pm Walking Church 3.30pm Hanley Childe Evening Service Sunday 28th February 10.00am Rochford All-age Service and Communion

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