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1 THE PARISHES OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, MARSTON MAGNA and RIMPTON www.marstonmagnachurch.org.uk RECTOR. Revd. Barbara Stanton [email protected] Tel: 850745 The Rectory, Camel Street, Marston Magna, BA22 8DD (To whom all enquiries should be made) EDITOR: Samuel David Crabb [email protected] Tel: 850274 Wickham Farm, Marston Magna RIMPTON CONTACT Nicola Benbow, Ash House, Rimpton [email protected] Tel: 850434 MARSTON MAGNA CONTACT Molly Crabb, Wickham Farm, Marston Magna [email protected] Tel: 850274

RIMPTON: Normally every Sunday 10.45am, with Holy Communion on 1st Sunday each month. Morning Worship and Morning Prayer on the 2nd and 4th Sundays. The 3rd Sunday Communion is either at Rimpton or Marston.

MARSTON MAGNA: Normally every Sunday 9.30 am, with Parish Communion on the 1st Sunday each month, and Morning Prayer on the 2nd and 4th Sundays. The 3rd Sunday Communion is at either Marston Magna or Rimpton.

CHURCH OFFICERS RIMPTON MARSTON MAGNA

CHURCH WARDENS Mrs H. J. Stephens, Home Farm Cottage 851860 Mrs M L Crabb, Wickham Farm Tel: 850274 Mr J Tricker (Acting) Lessenden 850922 Mr K N Field, 2 Homefield Court Tel: 850705

TREASURERS Mrs Pam Hopkins, Ash Cottage, Marston Magna 850949 Mr Hugh Privett, The Manor Tel: 850294

P.C.C. SECRETARIES Mrs. M Green, Lark Rise, Woodhouse Lane 01963 220943 Mrs B Field, 2 Homefield Court Tel: 850705

ORGANISTS Mr Stephen Suttle, 4 Cooper's Barns, MM 850167 Mr Hugh Privett, The Manor Tel: 850294

CAPTAIN of BELL-RINGERS Mrs Caroline Baillie, Ginaville Tel: 850128

CHURCH ROTAS MARSTON MAGNA Flower/Church Cleaning Sidesmen/Readers Mrs M L Crabb, Wickham Farm Tel: 850274 Mr. Richard Venning Park Farm Tel: 851104

RIMPTON Flower Rota/Brass Cleaning Church Cleaning Mrs M Le Hardy Tel: 850212 Mrs Green Tel: 01963 220943

THIS MAGAZINE IS DELIVERED FREE OF CHARGE TO EVERY HOUSE IN THE TWO PARISHES AND IS PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST DAY OF EACH MONTH. MATERIAL SHOULD BE SENT TO THE RIMPTON AND MARSTON MAGNA CONTACTS NOT LATER THAN THE 20TH OF EACH MONTH. IT IS PRINTED ON THE 26th MONTHLY. VOLUNTARY DONATIONS TOWARDS PRODUCTION COSTS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME

THE MAGAZINE IS ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE AT marstonmagnaparish.co.uk AND AT rimpton.net

2 THE RECTORY June 2020 Dear All

Life has changed quite a lot since the last Newsletter. There are less restrictions. The number of people dying of Corvid 19 and infections have gone down. We look forward to the news when there are no more deaths or infections. I or a designated person can now go into churches for prayer providing they lock themselves in.

I will continue to pray Morning and Evening Prayer and Holy Communion on Sundays at home in the Rectory or garden. I have been into Marston Church and rung the bell on Ascension Day and sadly, to fill in records after the graveside funeral of Cynthia Eydmann. Do read the tribute to her in the Newsletter. This brought me into contact with all the books etc we had in the Church to take before total lock down. It reminded me of speaking to someone from my first parish who said they were leaving books in porches for people to take. Others in Marston had already been thinking about this.

From Sunday 24th May the books etc from the Church will be possible to take from a table under a gazebo outside the Church between 11 and 4pm on Sundays and Wednesdays, weather permitting. Please wear gloves when handling the books. A different set of books etc will be out each day which also allows the 72 hours decontamination time. Do come and hopefully find something of interest remembering to keep to the usual rules of social distancing.

May meant I could not go to see a former colleague in France and June means I cannot go to Eastbourne tennis, but we have rolled over the booking onto next year. I expect most of you are experiencing similar disappointments. But we are so fortunate to live where we do and continue to clap for the NHS and all care workers on Thursdays, especially remembering the staff of Fir Villa.

Now my bike is ridable, with tyres that stay up, I have taken to cycling again. Not done since I came to live here, not liking the main road outside. With less traffic and in the interest of the environment (excellent Life Scientific on Radio 4 the 19th May on air pollution) I am trying to go on a bike ride each day. The bike is red so you may catch a glimpse of me under a dark blue helmet!

Trinity Sunday comes this month on the 7th June, when remember God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Services containing talks and prayers continue to be e-mailed. If you would like to receive these please contact me. Also contact me should you wish someone to be included in the prayers.

Lots of other services from Yeovil and Wells are being streamed. Do contact their websites.

I pray that next month the virus will have lessened and that we will be freer to live our lives in ways that will slowly bring us back to something beginning to look more like normal.

Revd. Barbara 01935 850745 [email protected].

CHURCH OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN MUDFORD A Café every Thursday morning, starting at 10 am to 12 noon in the Village Hall. This is now suspended. A service every Sunday starting at 11 a.m. Not until further notice.

CHURCH OF ST. JAMES, CHILTON CANTELO. A Café the first Saturday morning every month, from 10.30 a.m. to 12 noon in the church. This is suspended. A Service the second Sunday every month, starting at 9.30 a.m. Not until further notice.

ST MARY THE VIRGIN, RIMPTON - June 2020 There will be no services at Rimpton Church until further notice. HS Friday Cafe at Marston Magna Village Hall Following the Government’s recommendation that social gatherings be restricted it has been decided to suspend the Village Café until further notice. Thank you for all your past support and look forward to seeing you in the not too distant future. Beryl and Kenneth Field From the Registers – St Mary the Virgin – Marston Magna We commit to the Lord’s loving care. Praying He will guide and comfort the family and friends of - Cynthia Eydmann For whom on 19th May 2020 there was an Interment.

3 CALENDAR OF SERVICES June 2020 SUNDAY 7th June WHITE TRINITY SUNDAY MARSTON MAGNA No Service Reader: Sidesman: RIMPTON No Service. Reader:

SUNDAY 14th June GREEN FIRST AFTER TRINITY MARSTON MAGNA No Service Reader: Sidesman: RIMPTON No Service Reader:

SUNDAY 21st June GREEN SECOND AFTER TRINITY MARSTON MAGNA No service Reader: Sidesman: RIMPTON No Service Reader

SUNDAY 28th June GREEN THIRD AFTER TRINITY MARSTON MAGNA No Service Reader: Sidesman: RIMPTON No Service Readers:

MARSTON MAGNA Church Cleaning Church Flowers Locking Up JUNE 2020 High Altar CHURCH WILL BE LOCKED

RIMPTON Church Cleaning Church Flowers Locking Up June 2020 CHURCH WILL BE LOCKED High Altar

STUDY GROUPS Marston/Rimpton Home Group

The Group will not be meeting now. Hopefully, they will meet again soon, please contact Richard Gardner on 850127 for advice and help on this.

Letter from the Right Reverend Ruth Worsley, THE RAIN REPORT Bishop of Taunton For Parish Newsletters – June 2020 April continued much as March had ended with very little rain. The first 27 days saw some rainfall Recognise the one who stands beside you on just 4 days totalling 12 mms (½ inch). Low pressure dominated for the last 3 days with the first ‘Stay alert’ is the message as we ‘ease out of substantial rainfall for 6 weeks totalling 30.5 mms lockdown’. We know that for some there is little ease (1¼ inches). This brought the April total to 42.5 as we begin to re-engage with a world that is still mms (1 ¾ inches), well below the April average of fearful of Covid-19 and uncertain about its future. 62 mms (2 ½ inches). The requirement to ‘stay alert’ is to encourage us to watch out for signs of the virus and protect ourselves There have been several very wet Aprils in the last and others as necessary. 30 years. The wettest I have recorded was 2012 with a hefty 170 mms (6 ¾ inches) and by contrast We’ve just celebrated Pentecost, often recognised the driest 2007 with a tiny 3 mms (1/8 inch). This as the birthday of the Church. Jesus’ message to his was in fact the driest month I have ever recorded. followers as he left them to return to his Father was that they were to ‘stay alert’, not to guard against For what it’s worth, the dry April of 2007 was something fearful to come but rather to be watchful followed by a very wet summer. Will this be for the Spirit that would free them from fear. It didn’t repeated this year? Who knows? We shall see. mean that there weren’t still physical dangers to face but rather that their spiritual lives should grow in Ricky Gibbs. boldness. Online and Virtual Church Services We have seen much courage exhibited throughout this crisis to date. Key workers who have continued Just because no one can worship with others does to serve us day by day even whilst most of us have not mean worship cannot take place. St John's remained at home. The NHS has quite rightly been Yeovil are streaming their service at 10.30 am applauded and appreciated at this time and there each Sunday morning, access is through their are so many more. website www.sjyeovil.co.uk

I’ve been especially impressed by our schools and The BBC on Long Wave or DAB have a daily their teams who have largely been open throughout service at 9.45 am on weekdays. There is also a this period to be provide care for key worker families service every Sunday on Radio 4 at 8 am which I and vulnerable children. Even at weekends and usually listen to before going to Church .I will not during this past half term holiday they have been have to rush off for the near future although I will tirelessly supporting their local communities. be in Church at 9.30 am on Sundays to offer Staying alert to the needs of our young, they have worship on behalf of others and to pray for all. shown their commitment and care. I want to express my huge gratitude to them! There is also a televised service on Sundays at 11.45 -12.15. As we move into June, we may be seeing more children returning to schools having been home- “Thought for the Day” is at 7.50 am and Songs of schooled for a time. This will not be without fear for Praise on BBC1 on Sunday afternoons. There are some and a need to be especially alert to physical various apps for smart phones such as Common dangers. Whatever the situation we find ourselves Worship Daily Prayer, Sacred Space and Pray As to be in at this point, we are reminded that we have You Go, all of which can be downloaded from a Comforter, an Advocate, the Holy Spirit, who Google. strengthens and encourages our faith even at times of doubt and anxiety. If you go to the Church of England website www.churchofengland.org/ you can sign up for a Whether still at home and isolated or beginning a daily hashtag Live Lent email, which will give you return to wider community life, may you find yourself daily reading and reflection. Wells Cathedral will being alert for and recognising the one who stands hopefully remain open for personal prayer and alongside you, the Spirit, who is friend, guardian and reflection, the lighting of candles and pastoral comforter. care. The Cathedral will also be live streaming.

With every good wish With every blessing Revd. Barbara + Bishop Ruth

MARSTON MAGNA AND RIMPTON “SPRING INTO SUMMER” GARDENING CLUB

(AN ART COMPETITION FOR ALL The last meeting due to take place on 7th April was THE FAMILY) postponed. Castle Gardens have reopened, we will arrange an event there when we can and hopefully, we will receive a 25% off discount voucher, valid for all their stock! The competition is for residents of Marston Magna and Rimpton. All Al the plug plants have gone. entries must be A4 size (mounted if Keep well. smaller), in any medium. Eileen Oldham, Club President

From Cath Holloway There will be prizes for the best Adult June 2020 Edition News from your Village Agent Team entry and Child (12 and under) entry for each village. It will be judged by CCS Agents News:

Mike and Louise Burks, well known to So far at CCS, we Agents have handled an us all from Castle Gardens in incredible 42,000+ requests for support since Sherborne. lockdown began - have you seen the short film about our work? You can view it here https://tinyurl.com/ybu8d8bf Entry costs £3 per adult, £1 per child It has been wonderful to be part of the brilliant (only one per person). Proceeds will community support that has been carried out by go to each Village Church. local parishes, churches and volunteers to keep our most vulnerable fed and in receipt of their prescriptions. We should remember them in our Marston Magna entries to Pamela regular Thursday evening applause.

Hopkins, Ashe Cottage and Rimpton Exciting news from CCS Village Agents this month entries to Hilary Stephens, Home is that Talking Cafes are going to be live on Facebook - the first is 14th May at 11am and then Farm Cottage. daily at 11am from the 18th May!

st Now that we have adapted to dealing with ‘the new Closing date 31 July 2020 and ALL normal’, the time felt right to reopen the Talking entries will be exhibited in the Cafes – albeit in a virtual sense. We have really missed seeing our clients at our Talking Cafés so relevant Church when they reopen hopefully in the short term this will help & support after the current crisis, by kind you from the comfort of your own home! www.facebook.com/TalkingCafeSomerset/Live - permission of the Rev Barbara and the you can ask questions during the Live video in the Churchwardens. comments section and have your answer there and then – hope we see you there!

Any queries, please contact Pamela Keep up to date with our news on Twitter and Facebook - @RuralSomerset Hopkins on 01935 850949. Scams: Queen Camel Bowls Club Sadly, there are some unscrupulous people out Queen Camel bowls club. The new season will not there who are using the crisis for criminal purposes be starting again in April, but if anyone interested and many new scams have appeared. There is in playing in the future, do please contact Norman some comfort in that Avon and Somerset force, so Holt on 01935 850646. far are not aware of any victims and have not received any complaints or reports of people being

duped by fraudsters. They are keen to keep this https://www.ageuk.org.uk/somerset/our- trend going and want to help safeguard our local services/scams-advice/ communities. Their main advice is here WHO TO CONTACT THROUGH THE https://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/news/20 CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN FOR SUPPORT: 20/03/beware-fraud-and-scams-during-covid-19- pandemic-stay-at-home-stay-safe-on-line/ • Contact CCS via the usual website and our with the main headlines being: COVID-19 response form www.ccslovesomerset.org. An Agent will contact Watch out for scam texts and emails– do not you with relevant information about local click on the links or attachments in suspicious volunteers, as well as shops and restaurants that message and never respond to unsolicited are able to deliver to you in your area. Agents can messages or telephone calls that ask for your also provide any other support regarding benefits personal or financial details. and housing. • Contact Somerset Direct if you have As Village Agents we have been made aware of safeguarding concerns or care plan issues phone phone calls asking for your bank details for free 0300 123 2224 school meal payments. These come as e- • Somerset County Council has a created a vouchers or printed if required so please do not dedicated COVID-19 helpline: 0300 790 6275 share bank details for this. • Contact your local Parish Council for doorstep support. Please see the back pages from last Reporting Fraud month. • Contact your GP, NHS 111, and pharmacy or if you have been a victim to Action Fraud wellbeing advisors if you have any medical www.actionfraud.org.uk or the Citizens Advice concerns. Consumer Service on 0808 223 1133. Tell your friends, family, and us so that we can share and allow everyone to be prepared for the next potential scam. If you are feeling upset by a call, contact us on 01823 331 222 for a bit of reassurance and advice.

Shopping online – be wary of deals on websites or links to external sites from social media. If you decide to go ahead with the purchase, use a credit card if you have one, as most major credit card providers insure online purchases. Look for the padlock mark on the web address bar to the left of the www. to show your credit card details are safe. Cath Holloway Mobile: 07968 521746 Doorstep selling: Email: [email protected] www.somersetrcc.org.uk Do not give money to people you don’t know to do your shopping, and when receiving goods, people I support unpaid carers in South East Somerset to should knock on your door, step back & will not ask connect them with community resources, support for a signature. We can check who your village groups and personal support around benefits and volunteers are for you, so you know who to expect allowances. We also have a new team of or who to contact. Community Agents and Village Agents in South Somerset to contact. For more information please Protect your devices from the latest threats – visit www.somersetrcc.org.uk and always install the latest anti-malware software and www.somersetcarers.org or call me to see who is app updates to protect your devices from the latest your local village agent. threats A full list of identified scams can be viewed on the National Trading Standards website - www.nationaltradingstandards.uk/

Age UK Somerset have a clear list potential scams here:

SOMERSET WASTE PARTNERSHIP UPDATE (compost will not be available to buy), Commercial JUNE 2020 waste, Asbestos or plasterboard

Waste services - impact summary Please do not take, unless essential (as it will be landfilled Recycling sites reopened on Monday 11 May Anything usually recycled kerbside – food, cardboard, paper, cans, glass etc., Wood, metals, Eleven recycling sites reopened on Monday 11 small electrical items, plastic pots, tubs, trays, May for essential visits only - in line with updated Tetra Paks and other beverage cartons government guidance - and garden waste collections resumed from the same day. Is your BBQ a risk, bonfire a nuisance or parking a problem? To ensure social distancing, protect public and staff and limit numbers, there will be a range of As we head into summer, it is important to temporary restrictions; queues and delays are remember the impact your fun, your waste and likely. your car can have on others.

Government guidance states visits should only Adding the wrong items to rubbish bins and black take place if waste cannot be stored safely at sacks could put lives at risk by starting a fire. As home without risking harm or ill-health, or harm to well as the danger of a fire in a rubbish bin public health and amenity. If not an essential threatening homes or business premises, lack of journey, please wait until sites are back to usual. care could start a blaze in rubbish lorry or see a landfill conflagration putting staff at risk. Among Recycling sites open from 11th May: Bridgwater, the danger items that should never be added to the Chard, Dulverton, Frome, Highbridge, Street, rubbish bin are hot ash or part-burned materials Taunton, Wellington, Wells, Williton and Yeovil. from domestic or garden fires or barbecues.

The other five sites reopened from Tuesday 26th It may be tempting to burn garden waste and May. waste materials material in your garden, but we All 11 will be open six days a week: are all being urged to hold fire and think about the 9am-6pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, impact on neighbours and emergency services, and Fridays since bonfires cause air pollution, exacerbate 9am-4pm Saturdays and Sundays health problems and annoy the neighbours, while all closed Thursdays wasting firefighters' time.

Access is "one in, one out", a number plate As you park your car, even if legally, do take a system will be used: second to check if a fire engine or waste truck can Odd numbers only Mondays, Wednesdays, get through, preventing recycling or rubbish Saturdays collections or putting you, your family or your Even numbers only Tuesdays, Fridays and neighbours at risk in a fire. And if you see a car Sundays parked badly and know the owner, a polite request could be all that is needed to prevent missed Other restrictions include: collections or even to save a life Maximum two people per household No people with COVID-19 symptoms, or who have Stay safe, keep others safe been asked to shield No large vans (3.5 tonne or heavier) If anyone in your household has COVID-19 or No trailers symptoms of the virus, personal waste, such as Gloves to be worn outside vehicles used tissues, masks, gloves and disposable cleaning cloths, should be stored securely within Only these materials will be taken: double-bagged disposable rubbish bags. These Refuse usually put in your rubbish bin, and bulky bags should be kept separate from other waste for items, such as furniture, Garden waste, Large at least 72 hours before being put in the rubbish electrical items, such as cookers, fridges, TVs etc, bin. Other household waste can be disposed of as Hazardous chemicals, such as those from garden usual. sheds or garages You should disinfect waste container handles and Not taken until further notice: wash hands before putting out recycling or rubbish Anything involving payment, such as charged-for and after taking back in containers. Please hardcore, soil, tyres, gas bottles or vehicle parts maintain social distance with any waste staff

Somerset County Council – measures put in place during the Cold War. update

From all of the Somerset Prepared partners we hope that you are all keeping safe during these difficult times.

Mindline Somerset - Mindline is a confidential listening service which provides a safe place to talk if you, or someone you know, is in distress. We can also give basic information about mental health and local support services. Contact them on 01823 276892.

An update from the Environment Agency: We remain fully operational, with the majority of our It was quickly assembled and tested – maybe you staff working from home. Our remaining frontline heard the siren play several times during the teams will be active, where necessary, on the course of that momentous afternoon? ground tackling priority issues such as flood risk and pollution. It was supplied to the village by The Home Office and presumably it remains their property and, in Inspections of flood risk assets damaged in many ways, it would be desirable for a home to be Storms Ciara and Dennis are still underway using found for it somewhere in Marston. local inspectors. We are prioritising our work to protect the most at-risk communities to ensure If anyone has any ideas, please contact me. At they continue to remain resilient. present it is sitting in our shed, but a permanent home needs to be found. I have checked it out on During this pandemic, the Environment Agency the internet, and it could possibly, as a last resort, continues to protect people and the environment, realise a decent sum of money for the village. working alongside our partners. Please report any pollution incidents on 0800 80 70 60 and stay Jenny Dench. #floodaware. The Old Exchange. 850592 jennydench@hotmail,com Volunteering: There has been an outpouring of public support and care for each other across LOCAL RIMPTON ARTIST, LUCY CARUTH Somerset communities as COVID-19 (Coronavirus) continues to increase across the Glass making and oil paintings UK. If you would like to get involved please go to https://www.sparksomerset.org.uk/covid-19 to see Bespoke presents in glass including pendants, what you could do to help. cheese boards, decorative bowls and slumped

WANTED! A NEW HOME glass bottles.

As VE Day celebration music spilled out onto An oil painting of your house or garden Camel Street on May 8th from the garden of Fir Villa, my neighbour popped his head over the 01935 850 209 fence and asked if I thought the village would be [email protected] interested in something that had been lying in his garage since the 1960’s. He lives in The Old Memories of Rimpton Part 2 Police House although anyone in the village with a from Nicola Benbow long memory would consider it the new Police House! Sheila Fewkes writes: ‘in 1882, my grandmother Kate Bishop came to Rimpton to take up the The item proved to be a UNITED KINGDOM position of Head Mistress of the village school, a WARNING AND MONITORING SYSTEM HAND post which she held, with the help of an assistant OPERATED SIREN. It was still secured in the teacher, for 40 years. In those days, the school delivery wooden crate and it must have been was controlled by the church, and the Vicar, living issued to all communities as part Civil Defence next door at the now Old Rectory, took an active interest in the school. At break time, the children

would go outside to play on the space in front of and in answer to a complaint at a parish council the building, by the Rectory entrance. The meeting, a neighbouring farmer was heard to say schoolroom was one big room, with a sliding ‘cows don’t wear nappies’! partition in the middle to divide it into two classrooms. At first, Kate lodged at one of the Peter Woolley from Pound House writes: Manor cottages, and a few years later she married Sometime in 2011, I saw two women stop and the local builder, John Hutchings, who lived at spend some time just standing and looking at the Woodside. The present drive of Woodside and house. They were probably in their mid -70s. We part of the garden of Orchard House was the struck up conversation and they said that they builders’ yard and work sheds. were sisters who had been evacuated from a deprived area of south London to Rimpton, in the Kate was described by one of her ex-pupils as Autumn of 1939. being big and bossy, but generally the children were fond of her and every school morning, they The elder sister had stayed in Pound House with a would wait for her and all go in to school together lady who was a Head teacher in Sherborne (her arm in arm. Kate and John’s only child was younger sister stayed with a family in Middle William, my father; he wasn’t interested in carrying Street). She said she owed this lady ‘everything’ on the building business and wanted to be a and that she prayed for her and Pound House farmer, so in 1920 he bought Middle Farm, (the every night. She said the lady taught her how to house and 47 acres) for £3,390. The school finally ‘behave ‘, e.g. laying the table and eating closed in 1951 and after being a hay store for mannerly, how to bake and prepare food, some while, was converted into a dwelling. I still generally look after herself and to improve her have the hand bell that my grandmother used to writing . summon the children, and the big bell that hung outside over the school door. John died in 1939 She said the evacuees and village children used and Kate in 1945. They are buried together in to congregate where Derek Pullam’s house now Rimpton Church yard’. stands, and she sat on the Pound House wall which overlooked that area. I invited them in for Slade House, Slade Lane – in the 1970’s, David tea and showed them around the house which Schreiber set up a small production line making seemed to thrill them. As you know, the evacuee candles in their large wooden garage. Several programme did not last long, and most children Rimpton residents walked up the hill to work there, returned to their homes in 1940. The lady who but what had begun as a cottage industry outgrew had stayed at Pound House said it had changed its premises and moved to a larger site in Mere, her life. The owner had given her confidence and trading as Ethos candles. a sense of direction. When she left her south London school, she followed her interest in A lovely story from Roxy Ryall: ‘Some years ago, cooking and went into catering with some success. we owned a racehorse which had been turned out in the field behind the cottages. Our lad went out A memory from the Brady family: ‘we arrived in to bring him in but couldn’t find him anywhere; we Rimpton in 1984 with three young children. Living searched all around until we found some hoof on the outer reaches of the village, they would prints on the other side of the fence, which walk up to meet their friends to play and have immediately set off alarm bells as I knew that there adventures and travelled together each day to was a swimming pool close by. My concern was Queen Camel School on a 50-seater coach. They justified as I saw our horse in the shallow end of were the last pick up each morning and the last the pool. Luckily, he had gone through the floating drop off each evening and it was not unusual for cover and not under it, or the story would have had some of the nursery children to be asleep when a sadder ending. Fortunately, there were shallow reaching Rimpton at the end of a long day. They steps leading into the pool, so I got in and led him remember conker fights at the bus stop on autumn out. He was very cold and frightened but did not mornings, and they would go down to the river with have any side effects and went on to win a few a picnic and paddle up and down the mill stream more races. The pool had considerable damage all afternoon on a white dinghy. to it though, and the owners were less than impressed on their return from holiday, but They played the organ in church whilst Dad cut the eventually we all had a laugh over a drink!’ grass, and remember receiving cream eggs from the Vicar at Easter, and in particular Sunday Charmian remembers the cows walking along the School, when the Reverend Peter Clarke would High Street twice a day for milking, the resultant come along on ‘Stir up Sunday’ with various mess being the reason for the raised footpath. ingredients, bowls and wooden spoons and allow The locals would refer to the road as the sewer, them all to have a stir of the pudding mix. They

remember the excitement the day the new village Please do continue to save the bottle tops and as hall opened, as many people dressed up in soon as the Café re-opens, we can start to gather costume with a parade along Middle Street, and them together. they were turned out as Butcher, Baker and Candlestick Maker. The new hall was superb and Thank you everyone. And keep safe allowed for badminton to be played without hitting the ceiling or walls, they danced to the latest Marion Dean, records and Joan Gibbs and Gladys Bond filled 13 West End, 01935 850032 their paper bags with sweets and fizzy drinks. As they grew older, they met up with friends as Fir Villa Parish News, June 2020 teenagers love to do and put the world to rights and felt that they owned the whole village and the Hi all, hope you are all safe and well. surrounds’. We continue to be in “lockdown” at the home to For those of us who have lived in Rimpton for shield our high risk and vulnerable Residents, but many years, it is easy to feel nostalgic – for when it has not stopped us from having fun within the we used to have Guides and Brownies and home. Activities are going strong and with the Sunday School and a village shop – but we still lovely weather we have had, we have spent a lot have so much to be thankful for. A kind and caring of time in the garden planting flowers and community, a kind and caring Rector, a parish vegetables for the summer. magazine and information of all kinds on social media, a protective Parish Council and PCC, a We also celebrated the 75th VE day, with our own playing field and a village hall for Harvest Suppers garden party, which we hope many of you heard, and fetes, and much improved flood protection! as Stevie, one of our Care Assistants kindly We are surrounded by beautiful agricultural land provided the entertainment by singing lots of old and glorious views. We are very lucky. tunes. We will be celebrating Fathering Sunday with our own little pop up pub and will be WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP US? remembering the “Fathers” in our lives. Even though the Olympics has been cancelled this year, We are always looking for volunteers to join our we will continue with our own Olympics which is in “Friends of Marston Magna Village Hall” group. line with our Home project this year of the outdoors and movement, and will look forward to seeing all This is so that we can call on people to help with the competitiveness throughout the home! tasks, like baking cakes, helping at a function in aid of the hall, manning a stand, or just generally We would like to say thank you again for all the helping us. There is no need to become a committee support the community are providing us, it has member. Anyone interested should contact Karen been wonderful, we just wait for the day when we Price by phone or email please, or any member of can come out again and see you! the committee. Take care, stay alert and be safe! Karen Price (Chairperson) Telephone 01935 851336 Kind regards

MILK BOTTLETOPS Becky and James Please feel free to contact Becky on 01935 850670 Can you all please remember to remove the foil pull caps from the tops, because the metal detector on MOBILE HAIRDRESSING Perry’s conveyor belt stop the machines. Also remember it is only plastic tops with a 2 or 4 in the Grace Isbell from Mudford Sock operates a mobile recycling symbol that I can accept, all the rest go in hairdressing business in normal times. Unfortunately, my wheelie bin. the government has decided that hairdressers should cease work as from 23rd March, as it is impossible to There is a company called Massmould, who keep a reasonable social distance and cut or style produce tops made from the same plastic as milk hair. bottle tops e.g. Robinson’s squash, and Evian water, so from now on, I can accept any tops made As soon as the current restrictions are lifted do by Massmoulds. contact Grace on her mobile 07738 636489 or by email [email protected] or her home number is 01935 410800. Grace would also be very happy to visit you in your home in the future which would save

a journey to Yeovil or Sherborne. Or you can visit her Campbell McKee: 01935 850471 / 07889 salon in her home. Normal business will be resumed 874893 soon. We hope. Keep safe everybody. Kate Whittell: 01935 851758 Matthew Whittell: 01935 851758 Marston Magna Bowls is now cancelled until further notice. If anyone would to join our happy band, just let me know! If you would like more information, contact Tony Green on 01963 220943. JP FIR VILLA COMMUNION Marlene Green Unfortunately, the monthly Holy Communion service held at Fir Villa will not now take place this Rimpton Ladies Walking Group month, until the foreseeable future. All our future walks are cancelled. You are very much encouraged to do For further information contact Revd. Barbara your own private walks, but do keep Stanton, 01935 850745. a good social distance from others at all times A VILLAGE QUIZ No 5

For full details contact All answers are to be found in “Our Village in the Sheila Fewkes Tel 850227 20th Century”. Copies are still available at £12 per copy from Jenny Dench 850592

QUESTIONS 13-15 THE MARSTON INN

THE WARS. Who acted as the recruiting officer in The Marston Inn, along with all Public Houses and WW1 for the villages of Marston Magna, Rimpton Restaurants in the area are now closed, by order and Chilton Cantelo? of HM Government. We wish everyone the very best of health and look forward to seeing you all FAMILIES. Who was sent to live in Yeovil after this crisis has ended. Workhouse at the age of 9 or 10?

Many thanks from Jo Andrews MARSTON COURT. Which well-known children’s Telephone 01935 850587 TV programme is connected to Marston Court?

Neighbourhood Network - don’t forget! ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 10-12

As covered in previously a few of us villagers have The Methodist Church land was purchased for £10 got together to offer help to both MM and Rimpton - Page 14 villagers, as and when needed. There were 8 people involved in breadmaking in

1901 - Pages 91&92 As someone who has an 89 year old father on his Jim Noyce served with the Royal Horse Artillery in own in Hertfordshire, I know he doesn’t always feel WW1 - Page 110 well enough, for example, to go food shopping, go to appointments, collect tablets, take his dustbin Jenny Dench down the drive etc, but he always welcomes visitors for a chat and a cuppa. So, it must be the case too in our two villages, perhaps more now CLOSURE OF PLAY EQUIPMENT than ever.

The play equipment at our Village Halls are now If you need anything, or want a visit, please feel out of bounds, as the Government Statement free to please call any of us listed below - perhaps says, but the route through is still open for people even keep these numbers handy for whenever you walking to and from the West End and the Village. might need them. Signs are going up on all the equipment

Matthew Phillips: 01935 851399 / 07786 126686 LH Julia Phillips: 01935 851399 / 07770 827263

Eileen Oldham: 01935 851019

Ann McKee: 01935 850471 / 07710 355969

Birds in our Parishes Or type BirdSongBasics into your search engine, and you’ll find a series of 1-minute video clips from the BTO of the commonest birdsongs – and quizzes to test yourself!

Late-May, and most of our summer migrant species have arrived. I wonder what you spotted last month. Several people noted the arrival of the House Martins. Amanda in Marston Magna spotted the first in late April, and now there are two nests on either side of their bedroom window. She says it is pretty hectic when all the birds fly in together. They love to watch them and to hear their ‘space cadet’ chatter during the night. There are many others to suit anyone. Some you need to pay for, e.g. Apple’s fun ‘Chirp’ birdsong And the Swallows are here, of course. I have not app, which costs £3.99. The gold-standard is heard of anyone seeing any Swifts locally – possibly Collins Bird Guide app – it has all the anyone seen any? information just like their book, but with audio songs and calls, and super-clear images to zoom We are fortunate in our villages to have very many into. garden birds, particularly if we provide feeders. I have been sending in my sightings to the Garden For an entertaining book I recommend ‘Bird Birdwatch organised by the British Trust for Watching with your Eyes Closed’, an introduction Ornithology which I mentioned last month – we to birdsong, by Simon Barnes. saw 19 species last month, including a blackcap (photo above). And for one glorious moment we Good listening! looked up from our terrace to see a red kite soaring overhead. Sam Woodhouse [email protected] In the fields Ricky is talented at spotting and 078123 95912 photographing a lot – this month a Buzzard (photo below), Red Kite, Heron, Sparrow hawk and Message to Rimpton from the First Yellowhammer; one evening he saw a Tawny Owl Responders team calmly sitting on a telegraph pole in Middle St. As you are aware due to Covid 19 the government Please keep sending in your sightings! have advised that we must keep to "Social Distancing", this instruction obviously impacts the The leaves on the trees have also arrived in the role of first responders. As a result, we will not be last month … glorious … but it’s tricky to spot the able to carry out our normal call out procedure until birds in amongst them! April is the best month to advised otherwise. actually see birds, before the leaves come out. After that we sometimes have to rely on bird song We will obviously inform you when the situation rather than sight. One of the few positive results changes, until then please dial 999 in any of this lockdown has been the fact that people are emergency as your first course of action. noticing birdsong so much more, as there is more time, and less traffic. The defibrillator situated in the Telephone box is available for personal use if needed and any of our How to tell which song is which? As a starter I’d first responders can be called for advice. suggest the RSPB Birdsong Identifier: www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/bird- SW songs/what-bird-is-that/ Simple and easy to use.

Marston Magna & Rimpton Income Generation Committee. Not content with WI Report for June 2020 that, she was also prominent within the Yeovil Group, where she served as Public Affairs & All our plans for future WI meetings, lunches, International Representative and also a term as outings, scrabble and book clubs, have been Group Treasurer. cancelled until further notice, due to the Covid 19 pandemic. Cynthia joined Marston WI when Mudford was forced to close in the early 1990’s. She became We will keep you posted. president in 1996 for the first time and has done several more stints as well as beavering away as Submitted by Jill Eagland. secretary for much of the time.

CYNTHIA EYDMANN The following words of a fellow member sum up Cynthia beautifully: It was with great sadness that we learnt of the death of our WI President. Despite having been at We had many visits to Denman College when we the heart of activities in Marston Magna WI for over frequently shared a room and she was great twenty years, she had only very recently made the company. She always had good ideas and the move to live in the village amongst her friends. confidence to carry them out. When we started the Walking Group, we spent many hours doing Cynthia was a farmer’s daughter and her love and ‘recces’ together. I will miss her so much; she was concern for all countryside matters was always such a good friend and very caring and apparent. She would recall with pride how she understanding. learnt to drive all the farm vehicles before she was old enough to hold a licence. She then spent Latterly she had suffered many hospital visits but seventeen years as a young bride in East made so little of them that many did not realise Griqualand where her husband David had a motor how serious it was. Her positive attitude and fierce vehicle dealership. She took delight in running independence shone through even in these pony club events for the children there and this difficult days. There will be a big Cynthia shaped beautiful part of South East Africa remained close hole when Marston Magna reconvenes, and every to her heart. She returned very recently to revisit member will sorely miss her. and reconnect. She will be laid to rest with David in the village where she enjoyed so many happy hours among her many friends.

MARSTON MAGNA PARISH COUNCIL Full Minutes including all Appendices can be viewed and/or downloaded from the Village Website, by going to: -

https://marstonmagnaparish.co.uk/agendas- minutes/ . Anybody unable to use the website who needs to see a hard copy of the full Minutes please contact any of the Councillors.

There was a virtual meeting of Marston Magna th Parish Council on Zoom, held on 20 May. Do look at the website for Minutes.

When David and Cynthia returned to the UK, they found a home in a quiet spot at Upper Mudford and it was from here that she became a WI member with the Mudford Institute. As well as being very active at a local level, her talents were soon spotted at Somerset County Federation and she served on the Executive Committee from at least 1987. She filled various roles including Chairman of the Environment & Public Affairs Committee, Science Co-ordinator and was a member of the

DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING is to be advised.

Lucy Gibbons – Clerk to Marston Magna Parish QUEEN CAMEL Council. Rose Cottage Pendomer Yeovil Somerset TENNIS CLUB BA22 9PH. T: 01935 863106 Email: [email protected] A small friendly Club with 2 floodlit hard courts RIMPTON PARISH COUNCIL for all players on either a ‘Pay & Play’ basis or as a club member. A wide variety of coaching The full Minutes of all meetings, including all is available including Saturday a.m. coaching Appendices, can be viewed and/or downloaded for Juniors plus Camps in the holidays. from the Village Website by going to CLOSED AT THE MOMENT UFN The minutes can be seen on the Rimpton website We welcome new members for the season (http://rimpton.net/parish-council/parish-council- that will start in June? meetings/draft-parish-council-minutes/) and (in part) on the village noticeboard, and you can also Visit www.qctc.co.uk or call the Club see them by getting in touch with the Parish Clerk. Secretary on 01935 850300 for more If you do not have an internet device, you should information. find the minutes on the noticeboard by the bus shelter, or you could ask the Clerk for a copy.

The meetings for 2020 are scheduled now for 7th July, 1st September and 3rd November. All these meetings (if they take place) will be at 7:30 pm.

Patrick Pender-Cudlip, Clerk & RFO - Rimpton Parish Council. The Cobblers, High Street, Queen Camel, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 7NE; Tel. 01935 850692; [email protected] Update from 3rd Sparkford Scout Group

Anyone who would like to get involved in our Scout group please contact our Group Scout Leader on Marston Magna Village Hall Management [email protected] Committee North Cadbury – Sparkford – Queen Camel – Unfortunately, the Village Hall is closed until further Marston Magna – South Cadbury – Corton notice. Please take care everyone. Denham – Castle Cary – Compton Pauncefoot – Galhampton – West Camel – North Barrow and Karen Price (Chairperson) more!!! Our Scout, Cub and Beavers come from Telephone 01935 851336 all these villages so please read our news. Thank Email – [email protected] you so much! For any other enquiries or ideas please contact Helen Wooldridge – [email protected] Marston Magna Midsummer Fair ADVERTISMENTS & NOTICES. With considerable regret, we have made the decision th to cancel the Midsummer Fair planned for 20 June, FARMERS’ PRODUCE MARKETS IN OUR due to the Government’s advice on limiting mass AREA. gatherings to deal with the coronavirus outbreak. The following Farmers’ Markets are taking place in our neighbourhood. Somerset Farmers’ Market We will be considering other ways to raise funds for 2019:- For more information visit village causes over the next few weeks to www.SomersetFarmersMarkets.co.uk or phone compensate for the lack of income. If you have ideas 01373 814646 and offers of support, please contact Ann McKee on 01935 850471.

Many thanks Campbell [email protected]

THE LITTLE CURTAIN WORKSHOP Beautiful Fabrics, Handmade Curtains, Blinds and Soft furnishings Unit 4, Barrows Hill Farm East Chinnock, Yeovil Somerset BA22 9EY www.thelittlecurtainworkshop.co.uk 01935 862700

KEITH TUCKER – Carpentry, Joinery, Building. - Also, Handmade Kitchens, Fitted Kitchens, Refurbishments, Garden Summer Houses and Furniture. ROSEBUD Lady gardener. RHS trained. Orchard Carpentry, Tel. 0779 954 6088 01963 220615 and 07708 267854, [email protected] Gardening work undertaken locally, good reference's, call Graham on 07969 869774. LAWRENCE ELECTRICALS [email protected] Domestic/Commercial/Security (Inc. alarms/CCTV)

from extra sockets to Full Rewire. Tel: 01935 891090, Just a quick message to say thank you for all Mobile 07889511576. Covering Dorset & surrounding your orders for veg and tomatoes This week I’ll areas. Part P Registered for Building Regulations. be open tomorrow, Thursday and Saturday, 10- Lawrence Dolan City & Guilds Accredited. Free 1 and 2-4pm. For those people who’ve ordered Estimates. plants, please come Friday or Saturday within the above hours ( veg orders please ring first on my mobile 07969 372979). Please queue in the Graham Raymond, Electrical & Plumbing Services, car park area abiding by social distancing rules Installer of Quality Bathrooms & Kitchens including and wait to be invited in....thank you. Tiling, Breakdowns, Repairs, Alterations & Upgrades. Best wishes all. Derryn and Ollie Vale of Free Estimates, Trading locally for 34 years. Please Camelot Growers Sparkford BA22 7JR call Landline: 01935 851700 or my mobile: 07976 [email protected] 307449 Tel : 07969 372979

Carer with 20 years’ experience Friendly & BROADBAND PROBLEM? Any computer problem discreet DBS insurance References on South solved: computers, networks or phone Somerset micro Provider directory: offering but not lines. Broadband and networking installed for home limited to Personal care - Meal preparation - or office. Specialist engineer BT trained with over 30 Housekeeping trips – Companionship – Respite - years experience. Quality guaranteed, friendly service. Sitting service - Return from hospital care. Tel. Richard Crabb 01935 808094 email Rainbowsmile care 07944 879437 Kara [email protected] PHILIP HODDER ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR. Part P Registered, Over 30 years experience, small jobs welcome, personal service.- Rewiring, replacement fuse boards, extra sockets, lights etc. fault finding. Telephone 01935 850027 & 07836 710130

TREE CARE Chris Lee- Qualified Tree Surgeon NCH (Arb) & NPTC, Gardener, Hedge Trimming, Landscaping & more. Etc. Garden & Tree Maintenance. Tel 01963 440352, New Number Mobile 07899 000107

Mell’s Helping Hand – Hi, my name is Mell. I am local to the area. I would like to offer my services to you, in your home. I can help with: *Cleaning *Personal Care * Dog Walking and sitting. DBS Checked. Over 4 years’ experience in care. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON MY SERVICES CALL: 07495 934766

ANN-MARIE BAX Dip MCFHP and MAFHP

Caroline Holbrook Tuition - Does your child

need extra support to achieve their true potential? Are they lacking in confidence? If you QUALIFIED FOOT HEALTH PRACTITIONER are wondering how you can best support your Call: 07864 340341 child with Maths or English, I can offer weekly Email: [email protected] sessions, giving tailored support to meet their CORE FOOT CONDITIONS INCLUDING NAIL needs. As a very experienced primary school CUTTING, THICKENED NAILS, CORNS, teacher, I would love to help your child gain VERUCCAS, ATHLETE’S FOOT, FUNGAL NAILS, greater confidence and knowledge to help them INGROWING NAILS, HARD SKIN & CRACKED progress. Please contact me to arrange a first HEELS. session: 07751156180. [email protected]

REMOVALS & STORAGE - Armishaws J C Roofing Removals will move your furniture or store your goods. Office: - Wincanton Business Park, & Building Wincanton, Somerset, BA9 9 RT, Tel. 01963 34065, email [email protected] Maintenance web www.armishaws.com using code BW 222

General roof repairs of pitched and Reliable Honest flat roofs Friendly Service for all your Motoring Needs. Garden Machine Repair & Chimney repointing and lead Service. All types of Car or Van flashings Maintenance, Services and Repairs, Diagnostics, Fully Mobile, Timber and plaster repairs MOT Pre-Check and Call out Gutter, fascia and soffit Service. Call Simon: 07969 123425 or 01935 850403 replacement [email protected] – Contact your local tradesman on Rimpton, Yeovil. Land 01935 840277 Mobile 07483 832654

Garden Machinery Sales & Service Unfortunately, due to retirement we are no longer able to service garden Machinery. Apologies for any inconvenience. Draper hand power tools plus Gardening tools, Corded and Coreless Power YOGA Tools, Drill Bits, Spanner sets, Socket sets, Screw Drivers, Hammers, Chisels, Punches Rimpton Village Hall and many others. Water fittings, Electric Regular weekly Wednesday class fencing, Auto electrical consumables, 9.30 – 10.30am

Antifreeze, Batteries, Oils, Maintenance Sandford Orcas Village Hall sprays, Gloves, Gate Hardware Regular weekly Monday Class Pet food, A selection of pet food and 6.30 – 7.30pm treats are in stock, £6 per class , Location. Come and see for yourself Kate Whittell at Rimpton Road Marston Magna 07881628780 or TEL 01935 850426 [email protected] Opening times Mon – Fri 8 am – 5.00pm magna-yoga.co Sat 8 am – 12.00 noon All abilities very welcome Classes involve standing and floor work Please bring a yoga/pilates mat if you have one DO YOU NEED YOUR GARDEN MAINTAINED? DON’T DELAY CAL MARK TODAY! VERY COMPETITIVE PRICES GUARANTEED Over 15 years experience REIKI & CRYSTAL HEALING Grass Cutting Fence painting Holistic Healing for Mind, Body and Hedge trimming/Cutting Spirit Rose pruning Turfing/grass seeding Fenella Raymont Pruning Reiki Practitioner Borders edges & tidied Plus More & Crystal Healer Contact Mark 01935 851271 or 07790 937030 Tel: 01935 424212 Mob: 07591 907214 [email protected] 10 years experience at Scotts Nurseries Merriott

Looking after you and your home

• We can offer help with cleaning, washing and ironing and other task to keep your house tidy • Helping you to get up, wash,

shower or bathe, get dressed and

have breakfast.

• We can drive you to appointments or shopping and once there, will help you every step of the way. • Meal preparation at Lunchtime and teatime 7 days a week, we offer a hot fish and chips from the local chippy and delivery to your doorstep • We are qualified and experienced

small team of community workers

and looking forward to hearing from you. Pilates

Tel: 01935 507792 or 07895718611 Pilates Foundation

Email: [email protected] Friday at Marston Magna Village Hall Xtra Help In 5.00pm – 6.00pm (Beginners) Sarah Barry Self Employed Support Worker 6.15pm – 7.15pm (Intermediate) • Regular and one-off support available Contact Mo for details on: • Personalised approach (what is important to you?) • Dementia Friend

• DBS checked 07815748518 • Compassionate and practical • Understands the role of a carer [email protected] Tel: 01935 812908 / 07970 402457 Email: [email protected] Private Sessions 1 to 1 also available

We welcome new visitors of all ages and abilities

RIMPTON VILLAGE HALL DIARY – What’s on? – Regular items and contacts Wednesdays 7.30p.m. – 10.00 p.m. Badminton Mrs Anne Ing 850315 - SUSPENDED

For the Diary June - Everything is cancelled/Postponed For hall bookings – please contact Dale McLoughlin – 851100

MARSTON MAGNA VILLAGE HALL DIARY - What's on? - Regular items and contacts. Mondays 09.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. Aerobics Classes. Steph Edwards 07444 979297 - SUSPENDED 11.00 a.m. – 12 noon Standing & Floor Exercise – 5-week course starting 22.07.2019 by Steph. - SUSPENDED Winter 12.30 – summer 19.30 p.m. - 2nd Monday monthly W.I – Cynthia Eydmann 851392- SUSPENDED Thursdays 2.30 – 4.30 p.m. Short Mat Bowls Tony Green 01963 220943 - SUSPENDED Fridays 10 a.m. – 12 noon Marston Village Café Beryl Field 850705 - SUSPENDED 5.00 p.m.- 7.15 p.m. Pilates Contact Mo 07815 748518 - SUSPENDED Various classes – do look at notice board in Village Hall

For the Diary. June - Everything is cancelled or postponed 20th June - Midsummer Fair is cancelled

For Village Hall bookings – please contact Mrs C. Griffiths Tel. 850647.

The Mobile Library will NOT be in Rimpton UFN. The Mobile Library has now been cancelled and will not be calling until further notice.

Re-cycling- Every THURSDAY in Marston Magna and Rimpton from 7 a.m., and Wheelie Bin Collections are also from 7 a.m., normally on Thursdays and will be on the 11th and 25th June 2020. This does depend upon available staff. Please see Page 8 for more details. Recycling Centres are now open.

The Story Pig Free range Tamworth pork, from our farm in Sandford Orcas. Ask us to supply you with our amazing bacon, sausages, joints, gammons and lots more. Buy Local, delivered to your door! We deliver our own meat, local veg, milk, cheese and eggs. Plus, ready meals cooked by Charlotte.

Our Tamworth Hog Roast Moist and succulent and beautifully tender. Nothing like our Tamworth taste and crackling!

James & Charlotte Tel. 07724885353, 07802443905 www.thestorypig.co.uk [email protected]