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The Bugle A chance to blow your trumpet for the villagers of Alport, Middleton and Youlgrave No. 156 June 2013 Get involved with Youlgrave Welldressing The future of Bank Top welldressing has everyone there to discuss the future of been uncertain following the retirement of Bank Top. a designer, and we were unsure whether So here are the important dates for your there would be a team to make it. Many diary. We especially need manpower for thanks go to Deidre Frith who has stepped putting up and taking down the wells. They up to the task of managing a mainly new all have their own knack, so if you would team of welldressers. Philip Smith has like to join one of the teams please contact agreed to one last design and manage the Fred Baker on 07590 122969 or Peter change over – but we still need your help! Pimm on (01629) 636341. A campaign for more helpers Boards in the river: Friday has brought a few old faces 7 June, meet 6pm well back and introduced some dressing shed. new ones. If you haven’t Puddling – get down and registered an interest yet, or dirty: Monday 17 June, meet don’t know what we’re on 6pm by the river. about, please get in touch. Putting up – it’s early, but Dee can be contacted on worth it (you get to see them (01629) 636911. So, first): Saturday 22 June, 6am thankfully, we still have the by the fountain, please usual five welldressings this arrange with someone in year, plus one at the school. advance. Welldressing has donated Taking down – messy but £900 to local causes: £300 necessary (bring a paint each to 1st Youlgrave scraper): We need people at Guides for their trip to Last year’s Bank Top the wells to scrape the clay Denmark, the Church boiler welldressing. clean from Friday midday, appeal and Youlgrave then manpower at 5/6pmish. Playschool. Thanks to everyone who The traditional procession with the helped out last year to raise this money. blessing of the wells is on Saturday 22 Fountain well has had essential repairs June at 2.30pm. If you usually park on to the side panels, but apart from this we Coldwell End, Main Street. Church Street haven’t had any big expenditures this or Alport Lane, please could you arrange year, hence why we’re able to give so alternative parking for the weekend. Also, much away. Thanks to all who came to please note the road will be closed from the AGM, since we really needed church corner at 2.15pm. Thank you. 2 3 J.W. & J. 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Post: HOME VISITS TO FIT IN WITH YOUR NEEDS House of Commons Email:[email protected] www.simonnorthcottwillsandprobate.co.uk London SW1A 0AA You can contact me on 01629 636523 or 07706 956067 4 5 Dear Editor VILLAGE NOTICEBOARD YOULGRAVE BOWLS CLUB Charles (Charlie) Bacon I would like to reply to the person 1931 – 2013 THE AGM OF THE Youlgrave Bowls Club Grand Jumble Sale who put the note on my car finally took place on 4 May, after five windscreen when I parked near the Charlie was born in Youlgrave on 29 May YOULGRAVE SCOUT AND months planning and collecting the jumble, bus stop at Alport Lane at lunchtime COMMUNITY HALL IS ON waiting for the snow to clear and other to collect my two young grandsons 1931 at Bankside. He grew up and lived in WEDNESDAY, 5TH JUNE events in the village. (Thank goodness for from Playschool. I am only there for Youlgrave all his life with no desire to leave; he was a real ambassador for the village. the Village Diary in Figgs.) It was a great ten minutes at the most. I am in my 2013, AT 7.30PM AT THE After leaving Youlgrave School at the age of HALL success. Thank you to everyone who came Seventies and don’t always feel like and bought. walking, especially when the weather 14 he worked for G. E. Bacon Mining at is bad. Hassop. Any spare time he had was taken It is a public meeting: all are welcome. Anne Prince Everybody in the village is having by his passion for football. He played in This is your hall, please support it. Youlgrave's 1st team and was awarded difficulty with parked vehicles, no There will be elections of officers for more than myself when I want to get many trophies throughout his footballing the year ahead. out of my drive. career. We hope to see you at the AGM. Since retirement, Charlie loved walking in CLT logo It would be very convenient if some and around the village with his dear friends, arrangement could be made with the Contacts Garage to leave the space clear but his biggest love of all was his garden. Chair: John Youatt (636241) Charlie often referred to his garden as “the outside the school for 30 minutes Secretary: Anne Croasdell (636887) each break time for picking up and peace” and the name really says it all. dropping off pupils, because not Charlie's allotment has now been in the Bacon family for over 60 years. So long as everyone lives in the village and YOULGRAVE CLT – LATEST needs transport to get to school. Charlie could tend his garden and share his vast array of produce he was a happy man. Charlie was suddenly taken from us on 3 Youlgrave Community Land Trust Kind Regards CHURCH April this year without a goodbye and he is now has 180 members – and we A Villager sadly missed. He will always be in our SUMMER FAIR believe there are still more of you out hearts and thoughts, our treasured there who would like to join. When Name and address supplied memories will live on. He was kind, loving, Saturday 15 June you pay your £1 and become a gentle, generous and selfless; always happy member you'll have the right to vote to help, never a bother to anybody. A real Dear Editor at 2.30pm to elect the first Board. We are gentleman. organising election dates now, so I’m a part-time, ‘mature’ post We would like to thank everybody for their Youlgrave Village Hall hurry! If you want to have a say in graduate student at Birmingham kind words, support and donations in how our community can be helped to University researching World War I. Charlie's memory. A total of £438 has been remain vibrant then contact David I’m trying to track down any relatives collected and it is to be equally shared Plants, Books, Tombola, Frederickson on 01629 636568. of John B. Titterton (1886-1968), between the British Heart Foundation and Cakes, Bric-a-Brac, Cream whose grave is in the graveyard of Youlgrave Church. Teas, Raffle, Ice cream Youlgrave Church and who served in We are hoping to work with the Parish Council to place a bench in Charlie's the Great War. If you have any For all the back issues and memory near his beloved allotment. Please Please come information please get in touch. special editions, as well as to Thank you. visit it and take a moment to share Charlie's and support us enjoy the Bugle in full colour, 'peace'. go to: www.thebugle.org.uk Stuart Bell Katy Wayne (Charlie's niece) [email protected] 6 7 Simon Barton and Wendy Hilton (pictured right) tied the knot and enjoyed a memorable News from Youlgrave Playgroup day with family and friends on Friday 26 April. Thanks to the Village Hall Sewing Ladies The ceremony was conducted by Rev Garrie Griffiths at All Saints in Youlgrave. The sun Not content with local fauna, Playgroup children have shone and boy did the wind blow! The recently been spied riding polecats, zebras and other celebrations continued at the Lathkil Hotel in exotic creatures courtesy of the Village Hall sewing Over Haddon. ladies. Our very grateful thanks to them. They are Simon and Wendy couldn’t have wished for great fun and have inspired some wonderful a happier day and would like to thank imaginings of daring do – to say nothing of the everyone for their kind words, good wishes, damage they can inflict on a quick turn! support and generosity, particularly to Rev A visitor at Playgroup Garrie Griffiths for the lovely service, Jan September starters Wilson for the music, Joan, Margaret and Joy Joseph had a little lamb... for the outstandingly beautiful flowers. We and his mum Jose brought it I urgently need to know if would also like to thank our neighbours and to see us last week. One of there will be any more new good friends Kate for the delicious cake, triplets, it was being hand starters in September.