MAGAZINE

for the villages of

Lugwardine, Bartestree, and

March 2021

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Editorial

Once again this edition is having to be online only but I am hoping to be able to revert to the printed version next month. Thank you to the composer of this bit of doggerel that has been sent in. I feel it says it all and I have little to add! Maggie Henderson

The Covid Plague

There's a market down in Wuhan where you buy a dog or cat - For a tasty flying morsel you can have a horseshoe bat. But the animals on sale there carry extra virus too, Which may leap from bat to human, causing ills for me and you.

The new Covid which now ravages every nation on the Earth It has murdered many millions - it is not a cause for mirth. But has used its virus spikes to stab and enter our small cells And it tends to kill old people - spares the younger boys and girls.

Two vaccines have been rushed out from the US and UK I've had a single jab and hope it's working well today I assume my antibodies wait to pounce on every germ And smother them at outset, so I strongly reaffirm I've taken sensible precautions, and am ready any day To engage the virus, beat it back, destroy it in my way.

But we must not meet for parties, to a rave we must not go These provide such splendid places for the viruses to grow. And meanwhile in South Africa, Brazil, and even Kent New Covids have evolved against the vaccines we've been sent.

Each Covid takes up residence in lungs and throat and nose From which it spreads around, so the infected cohort grows. If we sneeze or shout or argue we can spray the beast about, That's the reason for the masks we wear, that make us look, no doubt Like some bandit on the prowl who does not want to show his face Lest he suffer apprehension, capture, shame or deep disgrace.

And this Covid can persist and stay to lurk in chest and throat And continue to affect us - and we're all in the same boat. Thus we need to stay prepared and yet retain our long-term hope. That our jabs and immunology provide the way to cope.

In years when it and we have well adjusted or evolved The problem may seem easier and even almost solved, With infections catching children, causing mild upset and ills And adults less affected – so not needing jabs nor pills.

So just now we seek solutions, whether jabs or better drugs And in time we'll have adjusted, enjoy hand-shakes and also hugs, When the Covid blight is ended, this sad page will soon be turned, Another chapter in the Book of Life, an extra lesson learned.

Copy for the Parish Magazine should reach the Editor at ‘The Old School’, Rhystone Lane, Lugwardine, HR1 4AW or e-mailed to:- [email protected] by the 15th of the preceding month.

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BARTESTREE CROSS GROUP OF Www.achurchnearyou.com : Reverend Simon Tarlton The Vicarage, Lugwardine, , HR1 4AE Tel: 01432 507986 Email: [email protected]

“Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all -

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard - And sore must be the storm - That could abash the little Bird That kept so many warm -

I’ve heard it in the chillest land - And on the strangest Sea - Yet - never - in Extremity, It asked a crumb - of me.

"Hope is the thing with feathers" (written around 1861) is a popular poem by the American poet Emily Dickinson. In the poem, "Hope" is metaphorically transformed into a strong-willed bird that lives within the human soul—and sings its song no matter what. Essentially, the poem seeks to remind readers of the power of hope and how little it requires of people. It sounds to me very much like a hymn of praise, honouring our capacity for hope. The poem argues that hope is miraculous – I would argue Divine - and therefore impossible to defeat.

The poem begins by establishing its key metaphor—that hope is a bird. It then tells the reader more about this bird, adding detail, before showing it in different situations. The poem concludes by stating that, despite all it does, hope never asks for anything from the speaker. In summary, what we hear is hope turned into a vividly imagined character, in order to show how important it is, both to individuals and to humanity as a whole. Dickinson wants us to look at hope in a new way—to see it clearly but not take it for granted.

So where do we find this wonderful thing hope? In the poet’s imaginations hope’s home is the human soul where it sings without ever stopping. This perseverance in song represents our infinite capacity for hope. Even in the depths of despair, the poem seems to say, people can still have hope—and this hope will sustain them. But to focus the source of hope in nature and to borrow images of natural beauty to describe and make sense of it can distract us from our consideration of and journey towards what I would say is hope’s real origin; not natural but supernatural, not human but divine. The clue to that truth I believe is found in what hope expects of us. Like grace, God’s hope neither requires nor expects anything at all in return.

Hope costs nothing, not a “crumb”—yet it can literally and figuratively keep people alive. With hope we can make it, indeed we have made it, through the hardest of times—we just have to listen to “the little Bird” singing its tune. “Hope is the thing with feathers” implores us to value our capacity for hope—and to recognize that, whatever the circumstances, hope never leaves us. Having received all the hope we need, freely and without question, we have only one task – to pass it on.

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Bartestree Cross Churches Service Rota

Date & Readings Dormington Lugwardine Westhide Weston Withington * Beggard 7th 11am 9.30am 11am 3rd Sunday of Lent Holy Holy Morning Prayer Exodus 20:1-17 Communion Communion John 2:13-22 14th 11am 11am 9.30am Mothering Sunday Family Service Morning Holy 1 Samuel 1:20-28 Prayer Communion John 19:25b-27 21st 6pm 8am 11am 9.30am 5th Sunday of Lent Evensong Holy Holy Holy Jeremiah 31:31-34 Communion Communion Communion John 12:20-33 28th 9.30am 11am 4pm Palm Sunday Holy Holy Family Service Isaiah 50:4-9a Communion Communion Mark 15:1-39 1st April 7pm Maundy Thursday Holy Exodus 12:1-14 Communion John 13:1-17, 31b-35 2nd April 4pm Good Friday Celebration of the Passion

3rd April 7pm Easter Eve Vigil

4th April 11am 9.30am 6am 11am 9.30am Easter Day Holy Holy Daybreak Holy Holy Acts 10:34-43 Communion Communion Service Communion Communion Mark 16:1-8

* Until further notice, due to ongoing building work all services in Withington will be outdoors – bring a chair!

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Letter from the Archdeacon of Hereford March 2021

As I write this we are approaching the start of Lent. Easter this year falls very early and it feels like only yesterday that we finished celebrating Christmas. One impact of COVID-19 and the pandemic is that time can feel somewhat stuck. It can feel like we are trapped between events rather like a strange Science Fiction world where we are caught up in an endless cycle of repeating the activity. It reminds me a little of the film ‘Groundhog Day’ where the main character is trapped in a world where he simply repeats February 2nd over and over again! I think if we are not careful our spiritual lives can get stuck too, with little opportunity to worship together in church and limited social interaction, we can very easily become dislocated from our faith and from each other. Lent traditionally has been seen as a time of self-examination, self-discipline and fasting although interestingly it didn’t include Sundays as these were feast days and celebrations. It took its form from the 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness following his baptism. It also marked the traditional beginning of Spring and the word Lent is based on the old English word for ‘Spring season’. As part of that preparation and self-denial, we have traditions of giving things up for a season and abstinence. In more recent times we have been encouraged to take something up that is of spiritual benefit to ourselves or general benefit to others instead. One of the things we have perhaps lost sight of is it was also a season of spiritual generosity and almsgiving. When I did some research as part of some studies into what helps churches to grow one of the common themes that emerged was that growing churches were generous churches. They held lightly to their money and buildings, giving of time, talents and money for the ‘Common Good’ through acts of service and generosity. They saw money as a resource to be used for the Kingdom rather than horded for a rainy day that never came.

This Lent is a prime opportunity to set time aside to realign our spiritual lives. John writing his Gospel gives us a wonderful picture in chapter 15 of the vine and its branches. In that Jesus says to his disciples:

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me, you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” John 15 5-8

If we are going to be effective disciples, we need our lives to be rooted in Jesus. We have to learn not just to listen to Jesus’ words but live them out. I think one of the reasons many of us find the pandemic restrictions so hard is that the Christian faith is primarily lived out in the community and is not a solitary or individual activity. If we are going to make the most of Lent then we need, as a church, to rediscover a communal faith which looks outwards. To put our faith not in an institution called ‘church’ but instead in the person of Jesus who longs to change us into the people God created us to be.

However, you use these coming weeks why not discipline yourself to spend a few minutes each day to reflect on your spiritual journey and your relationship with God, to offer yourself to Him that we might become more like Him, as CS Lewis said:

“We must lay before Him what is in us, not what ought to be in us.” from Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer, chapter 4

Derek

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Flower and Cleaning Rota 2021 N.B. * indicates Lent / Advent – No flowers incl porch.

CLEANING FLOWERS Sidesman’s Rota March Pam Wallis & * 1st Sunday in month Mrs E Evans Rhona Eyes 2nd Sunday in month Mrs N Minter

April SPRING CLEAN 4th EASTER SUNDAY 3rd Sunday in month Mrs M Henderson (22-27th March) EVERYONE, PLEASE! 4th Sunday in month Mr K Cawte 5th Sunday in month Mrs M Henderson May Elizabeth Evans Elizabeth Evans

Please try to arrange a swap if unable to do your month. Any problems please contact Marion Wilson (850254). I would be delighted to hear from anyone willing to take a turn on the rotas!

St Peter’s Church, Lugwardine Readings

March 7th 3rd Sunday of Lent St Peter’s Church, Lugwardine Exodus 20:1-17 (P514) Mrs N Minter Annual Parish Church Meeting John 2:13-22 (P518) Mrs E Evans March 14th Mothering Sunday The APCM for St Peter’s Church, 1 Samuel 1:20-28 (P126) Lugwardine will take place on 20th April John 19:25b-27 (P130) Mason family 2021 at 7pm, the venue still to be decided. March 21st 5th Sunday of Lent Please could anyone wishing to be a church Jeremiah 31:31-34 8am service warden or a member of the PCC contact the John 12:20-33 secretary, Mike Wilson (850254), as soon as March 28th Palm Sunday possible. Isaiah 50:4-9a (P529) Mr K Cawte Mark 15:1-39 (P536) Dr R Henderson April 1st Maundy Thursday Exodus 12:1-14 (P162) Mr M Wilson John 13:1-17, 31b-35 (P165) Mrs M Henderson April 4th Easter Day Acts 10:34-43 (P541) Mrs N Lunt Mark 16:1-8 (P546) Mrs E Evans

Sadly the deaths have occurred of 2 Lugwardine centenarians.

Betty (Alice) Sutton died peacefully at the Charlton Kings Care Home, Cheltenham on 4th January 2021, aged 101. For many years she and her husband lived at ‘Avalon’, Lugwardine, but having been widowed she moved to ‘The Rose Garden’ in the Road, Hereford where she continued to maintain her strong links with Lugwardine. More recently she moved to the care home in Cheltenham in order to be near family. She will long be remembered for her love and great expertise at flower arranging. Though a Roman Catholic she was always willing to support Lugwardine church and its events in any way she was able, as well as supporting her own church. Her cremation took place in Cheltenham but there will be a Memorial Service (to be arranged) that will be held at Our Lady’s Church, Hereford.

Monica Jennings, who was brought up and spent her life in Lugwardine at High House, has also sadly died at the age of 100. Her funeral is taking place on 18th February in Lugwardine graveyard where she will be interred in her husband’s grave. Monnie was a regular attender of the 8am monthly communion service at Lugwardine and her parents before her had long connections with the church. When she finally had to be admitted to Field Farm Nursing Home Monnie’s daughter, Jane, and her husband took over High House which had been in the family for so long. Monnie’s parents, Mr and Mrs Webb, had lived there and her Auntie Joan ran the shop, which in those days was next door. Though no longer at High House we send our sympathy to Monnie’s daughter, Jane Rolfe, her husband and to their daughter, Katie.

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Janet Cox (27/10/1937 - 8/1/2021)

It is sad news that Janet Cox, beloved wife of David Cox, mother of 3 children Tim, Claire and Rachel, grandmother of 8 grandchildren Tasha, Rebekah, JoJo, Raymond, Daniel, Liam, Ryan and Connor and great grandmother of George, passed away on the 8th of January this year. Janet was born on 27th October 1937, in a large family being the last of nine children. Growing up Janet lived in Leckhampton and Cheltenham. She married David in Leckhampton church in 1959. They moved around a couple of times with David’s work before they finally settled in Lugwardine. While in Lugwardine they both were very active in the church where they made many lifelong friends over the years. When they moved to Lugwardine Janet started work at Lugwardine nursery, which was by the church. While there she cared for children who still remember her to this day for her kindness. When the nursery moved to Bartestree she moved with them and continued her work there. After David passed away Janet still continued to go to the church; her friendship with Wendy became stronger and they then went to church together. On some Sundays they would go to The Crown and Anchor pub and enjoy a Sunday lunch, particularly the desserts she knew she wasn’t allowed. On a Wednesday once a month Janet would meet up for a ladies luncheon, loving to catch up with friends. To keep herself busy she also joined Bartestree Gardening club which she very much enjoyed. Growing up Janet’s children and grandchildren have very fond memories of a kind, graceful and funny woman. Janet had a love of baking which went along well with her sweet tooth, baking treats for when her grandchildren would come and visit. She also liked sneaking sweets to her grandchildren that they weren’t allowed as they were David’s. In the last 2 years Janet had developed Dementia but she still kept going. A lot of you might remember seeing Janet on her little walks around the close. She enjoyed her walks seeing and speaking to people. Unfortunately at the end of October Janet caught Covid-19. She was taken to hospital where sadly she never fully recovered from the side effects. We as a family will miss her greatly as we are sure you as a community and friends will as well.

Written by JoJo Cox Granddaughter

These flowers in Janet’s memory were left for all to see in Lugwardine church and show her love of donkeys.

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Parish Council News Bartestree with Lugwardine

NDP Review: February 15 – March 15 The Parish Council carried out a ‘Call for Sites’ late last year as a first step in finding land that was available for development. Twenty-seven sites were submitted. These have been professionally and independently assessed and seven sites have been recommended to go forward to a whole Group Parish Consultation. Every household should have received documentation that includes a map and brief description of each site and asked to rank them in order of preference. Responses can be made by email, by post to the Parish Clerk or handed in to one of two named collection points, the Church or the Village Hall. If you have not received a consultation document, please contact the Parish Clerk. We need to carry out this review and to include at least one new site for development in order to take our Neighbourhood Plan back to full strength. Please take this opportunity to have your say and be sure to respond by 15 March.

Census The next census in and Wales will take place on 21 March 2021 and will be administered by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The census seeks to collect demographic information from all households and communal establishments. The 2021 census will be the first to be carried out primarily online. The usual paper version will also be available. The census must be completed by every household.

Highways & Traffic Issues: Please contact Herefordshire Council directly: 01432 261800 or on-line at herefordshire.co.uk, to report a road problem. The more people who contact them, the more likely the problem will be solved.

Dog Fouling: It is good to see so many people walking in all parts of the two parishes. Please remember to follow the code by keeping to the public rights of way, keeping dogs under control and, very important, to clear up after them. Please dispose of bags of dog waste in your bin at home and not in the bins in the children’s play areas. Thank you.

Next scheduled Parish Council meeting: Tuesday 12th March 2021 at 19.30 via Zoom. Parishioners are invited to attend.

Parish Clerk: [email protected] 01885 490414 Parish Website: http://bartestreewithlugwardinegroup-pc.gov.uk

Ward Councillor: Paul Andrews 07792 882143 [email protected]

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Lugwardine Primary Academy

Everyone is working hard - both face to face and with remote learning. The children have enjoyed the social interaction via “zoom” with their classmates over the course of the first half term. Now Zoom is being used to deliver either live or recorded lessons. It is amazing how everyone’s technological abilities have improved. Squirrel, the school dog, has been kept exceptionally busy due to daily walks taken by the different classes. We all have wellies in school and are well equipped for all weathers. Fresh air and exercise remain a priority. Classroom ventilation hasn’t been too bad over the winter but keeping rooms well ventilated without losing too much heat has been a balancing act. It has been cold and we wear lots of layers. Despite the cold, spring is in the air with bulbs and buds appearing in the school garden. This gives us hope and lifts our spirits. Hopefully we will soon be able to welcome all our children back in school. It’s World Book Day on March 4th 2021 and in school our theme will be ‘Dreams’. There will be a dressing up day, book related activities and a poetry competition. Reception class have been exploring the story of the gingerbread man. There has been fun, both in school and home, baking gingerbread men. The children kept an eye on them to make sure they didn’t run away. Story maps and puppets were made by the children to retell the story - with interesting questions to ask him. They have kept active with frosty walks and cosmic yoga trips - travelling to space ( they did come back). The zoom sessions have helped the children and those at home to share their work and activities. Their teacher is very proud of all the children and parents for their achievements this half term. Year 1 children in school and at home have been very busy on their topic work of “Heads and Tails”. In science they have been learning about different groups of animals and their diets. They also learnt some very tricky words when sorting animals into groups of carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. Winter has been the theme of their literacy studies and they have been reading poems and describing winter using their senses. The children composed their own poems and these were readily shared with classmates on their zoom meeting. Great fun was had in drawing self portraits with amazing results. Year 2 continue their studies about The Great Fire of with children completing some amazing artwork at both home and in school. Samuel Pepys has been of particular interest with the children compiling a file of interesting facts. Their favourite fact was how he buried his cheese and wine in his garden to save them from burning. They have enjoyed reading entries from his diary and finding out what it was like in London whist the fire was burning. He used a secret code in his diary so if found it could not be read. The children wrote their own secret messages using the code and quills that they made out of straws. Year 3 have become times table superstars learning both the 4 and 8 times table. In literacy they have started their new class book called “Flood”. It’s a book without words that is about the effects of a flood on a family and their home. After examining the illustrations very closely they were able to see and describe how devastating a flood can be. The children carefully considered items that were special and they would take with them if they were ever asked to evacuate. The children also explored the life of Shark Ambassador, Finlay Pringle, a young boy who has shared his views on plastic pollution and climate change with politicians. In art the work of the artist Claude Monet was studied and and the children painted one of his famous paintings named ‘Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies’. Year 4 are loving their zoom lessons with their classmates studying at home. Their topic work about the Vikings has continued with some Viking Mythology stories and artwork. They have been studying birds of prey and if animals can affect the environment and whether for the good or not. Year 4 have been trying out some artwork like the famous artist Andy Goldsworthy. All the children in Year 4 made a ‘care box’ for someone who is important to them. They decorated the box and in it they placed a letter, included jokes, some sweets, a balloon and some magic dust. The children in school made them for their friends who are being homeschooled and the children at home made them for a relative, neighbour or friend. The children in school were not forgotten as their teacher Ms Ballance made one for each of them. 10

Lugwardine Primary Academy’s artwork inspired by the environmentalist artist Andy Goldsworthy

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Bartestree & Lugwardine Gardening Club

We now have a newsletter on gardening topics, in an attempt to keep us together during lockdown. Send me your email address, with subject 'Newsletter' (so I can avoid putting it into spam and will know it's not from one of the kind people who want to advise me on our bank account). Or if you're a member and pc-free please 'phone me and I'll post a print. If you're not a member I'm more than happy to email you a copy. There's some ideas on activities for lockdown as well. If there's enough interest I'll do this monthly.

Vic Breeze

What a lovely way of spending lockdown and keeping in touch with grandchildren in a foreign country, unable to see them other than in this photo of them made into a jigsaw! It is such an uplifting picture and I am delighted to have been sent it for the magazine.

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OLD ANGUS’ COLUMN

Angus in the Cold

February has come in with floods, frost and even a little snow. In our garden, the wildlife struggles to find enough food. Fat balls attract a collection of tits and sparrows, while the birds which have difficulty accessing the balls peck on the ground beneath, and take the fragments which drop off when the balls are attacked. An exception to this is a male blackbird (or might there be more than one?) that flies up at the fat balls and tries to peck while going past. He has not learned to cling on with one or both feet. His technique appears seriously energetic, and looks rather wasteful, and the energy expended must use up some or all of the value of the food he obtains. So far no other blackbirds appear to have copied him.

Outside our house, when we venture into the cold, the snowdrops are blooming well with a few early daffodils plus the odd early iris. A local willow tree has green branches from which will appear the first shoots. So there are some encouraging signs to point to the next Spring. Our roses need pruning, and now must wait until slightly milder weather. Meanwhile in the greenhouse, it looks as if some mouse or other small animal has eaten the new seedlings. In the rough ground a hedgehog lies dead among some leaves. Presumably some hedgehogs die of old age - we hope it is nothing seriously un-natural.

Old heather bushes planted by our predecessor are covered with white rather old-appearing flowers. When we have had a milder day, the bushes were sampled by numbers of dark bees. Presumably there is pollen, nectar, or both available for an early and adventurous bee. At the other extreme, on the coldest mornings the most exposed snowdrops were lying down, but ready to rise again with any thaw, while those with a small amount of protection were still standing alert and bold.

Angus is pleased to report that he has had a Covid jab – of the American vaccine which has to be kept cold. The injection was over a month ago so even although his immune system is pretty old his antibody levels should now have had good time to develop. And even old people's responses are reputed to preserve against severe illness and hospital admission – both seriously to be avoided if possible. Eventually these Covid infections will settle down, and just become something for fairly regular vaccine injections. And then we can plan holidays again, even ones which take us abroad to warmer climes in aeroplanes, when these are still available.

Angus has written a few lines about a cricket team for which he used to play. A friend is asking about a more up-to-date account of the team, which has played local villages and teams for at least 20 years. During that time, the number of teams and pitches in Hereford had diminished seriously. Various sides have stopped playing, and presumably hungry house developers have taken over the grounds. Cricket must pay far less well than new houses.

DORMINGTON NEWs St Peter’s Dormington

A decision about whether or not to re-open the church will be taken following the Government’s review scheduled for 22nd February. Please look on the notice-boards for an announcement.

Churchyard Mowing Rota Week commencing Monday 1 March Conroy Jones / Clive Huffer

Week commencing Monday 15 March Daniel Squire / Ed Thomas / John Wood

Week commencing Monday 29 March Neil Bagley / Les Hoyes / Rob Walsh

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News from Weston Beggard

Coffee and Chat

Weston Beggard coffee mornings have been continuing via Zoom at 2 weekly intervals during the current situation. They start at 10.30am on alternate Wednesdays. Please let Penny know if you would like to join in - 01432-853261 and she can give you the dates in March.

As you will all know, there are no regular activities, groups, and fund-raising gatherings taking place at the moment. For most, exercise continues under the lockdown - walking, jogging…….and for some, walking from the house to the car!!

Church Services are not now taking place in our group of churches. In the continuing restrictions and concerns for our health service and one another our churches will remain closed for worship until further notice. However churches are open for your private prayer every day with the exception of Withington (where the builders have taken up residence and are making great advances with the work they are doing installing toilet, kitchen and hospitality facilities) and Weston Beggard where a quick phone call to Simon or the churchwardens will get the church unlocked for you. Hopefully our usual services will resume – as soon as the current Covid restrictions and dangers are reduced.

Details of our weekly youtube service are on our website: https://bartestreecrossgroup.co.uk

Useful Information for Residents

Booking system for Hereford and household recycling centres Please Note Pre-booked access onto sites is now The Mobile Post Office visits required. Bartestree Village Hall car park on Thursdays from 9.00 - ROTHERWAS COUNCIL TIP 10.00am every week. Please (tel. 01432 343420) give it your support.

HOURS OF OPENING Monday to Sunday 8.00am - 6.00pm

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St Michael’s Hospice Tour de Hereford

Following last year’s success, St Michael’s Hospice will be embracing the thrill of the world’s most famous cycle event by inviting you to explore your favourite routes on two wheels during the Tour de Hereford. Get sponsored to go as far as you like as often as you want during the Tour de France, either on your own or with your loved ones (Covid guidelines permitting). And don’t worry if you haven’t got a bike; our friends at Beryl Bikes are offering eight Tour de Hereford fundraisers free hire throughout the Tour’s three-week duration, in return for pledging to raise at least £100 in sponsorship. This is on a first-come first-served basis. For further information, including sign-up details, visit st-michaels-hospice.org.uk

Tour de Hereford | 26th June – 18th July

Welcome to Simon

St Michael’s is set to benefit from the fundraising and commercial skills of a former Commercial Manager at Hereford Racecourse Simon Kershaw joins St Michael’s Hospice as Events and Community Fundraising Officer, and says he can’t wait to get going. ‘I’m delighted things have come full circle and that I’m back in Herefordshire,’ he said. ‘It’s a huge honour for me to join St Michael’s, a charity which is respected across the county and further afield.’ Following his time at Hereford Racecourse, Simon worked as General Manager at Bath Racecourse, then Commercial Director at Newmarket Racecourses. He joined Cardiff Bay-based sponsorship agency Fusion, helping establish a charity called ‘The Level Playing Field’ to generate funds for children from disadvantaged backgrounds using the power of football. Simon later returned to horse racing with a post as Commercial Director at Sandown Park before becoming Head of Catering & Events at London’s Natural History Museum, then Director of Events at The Honourable Artillery Company, also in the capital. ‘These wide-ranging positions have given me an invaluable insight into the corporate world and the huge role businesses can play in helping support and raise the profile of charities and other good causes,’ he added. ‘I look forward to re-establishing relationships with companies and other community organisations in Herefordshire as well as working with the already successful fundraising team at St Michael’s to help ensure the Hospice’s prominent profile continues.’ Simon can be contacted by calling 01432 852 603 or emailing [email protected]

For more information contact Paul Broome, Communications Officer at St Michael’s Hospice, on 01432 852 643 or email [email protected]

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Dormington and Group Parish Council meet from 7.30 pm on the third Wednesday of each month at the Prior’s Frome Chapel (except August and December). The Parish Council is here to help keep your Parish working for you—if you have issues or concerns about any aspects relating to the Parish, please let us know, by email, phone, message or by coming along to the meetings, where you are always welcome. Details of meeting agendas, minutes and forthcoming events, planning applications, and your local contacts are all available on the Parish Website, and you also have a Facebook page where you can post comments, photographs and details of events. We look forward to hearing from you and to meeting you—and if you are interested in becoming a Parish Councillor, please get in touch! https://dormingtonmordifordgroup-pc.gov.uk/

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For quick and effective treatment of … UPVC WINDOWS AND DOORS • Low back, neck & joint pain FENSA registered no. 12120 • Pregnancy related pains REPLACEMENT GLASS & DOUBLE GLAZING • Postural problems • Disc injuries and trapped nerves  Your local independent glazier and window fitter • Sports related injuries • Sciatica  Friendly, reliable service - 30 years experience • Repetitive strain injuries  Traditional putty work or modern double glazing  Replacement of misted double glazed units The Rickyard Holcombe House Shucknall Gravel Hill  All aspects of glazing undertaken Hereford Ludlow  Replacement greenhouse glass HR1 3SJ SY8 1QU  Quality UPVC windows & doors 01432 850667 01584 874200 Enquiries: 01432 851284 (answer service) 07813 274137 Mobile: 07790 424914 24 HR SERVICE [email protected] www.ludlowandherefordosteopath.weebly.com 1 Penelope cottages, Lugwardine, Hereford HR1 4DS

Julie is trained by Peter Prosser in Hereford and Trevor Sorbie in London, many years experience in all aspects of hairdressing.

Available to visit you or you can visit her. Please call Julie on 07747 015217

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NEED YOUR PATIO, BLOCK PAVING, PATHS, DRIVEWAYS, GUTTERS etc. CLEANED Smartseal Agents Fully insured Call Paul 01432 265091 or 07488242825 www.countyjetclean.co.uk

GREEN ACRES

Please call David on: 07540 418108/ 01432 850427  Garden Maintenance  Garden Clearance  Garden Builds & Repairs  Hedge Trimming  Landscaping  Handyman Services

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BIOLOGY TUTOR Swept Away Chimney Services

 25 years experience ° Chimney Sweep  A level Biology ° Woodburner servicing  GCSE Biology, Chemistry & Physics ° Rope seals, Firebricks & Glass  Key Stage 3 Science

Dave Matthews, Stalls Cottage, Bartestree, Hereford. 01432 850191 / 07929 734129 Call - Alec 07530800658 www.biologytutorhereford.co.uk www.chimneyman.co.uk

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Village Directory Tel: Rector Rev’d Simon Tarlton 01432 507986 [email protected] mobile: 07462 893457 Church website: Www.achurchnearyou.com

Lugwardine with Bartestree, St Peter Churchwarden PCC Secretary Mr Mike Wilson, 10 St Peter’s Close, Lugwardine 850254 Treasurer Mrs Mary Hurstbourne, The Stables, New Rents Farm 853107 Organist Fiona Chryssides 07710 191608 Captain of Bell ringers Henry Webb 890744

Weston Beggard, St John the Baptist Churchwarden Mrs Wendy Haigh 850196 Mrs Gerry Lilly 01432 632038 Treasurer Mr Andrew Taylor 853261 PCC Secretary Mrs Penny Taylor 853261 Organist Ms Sheila Thackwray 851077

Dormington, St Peter Churchwardens Mrs Heather Jones 850806 Mr N Brewin, 18 The Maltings, Dormington 850456 Treasurer Dr B Wood, Woodavens, Dormington 850543 PCC Secretary Mrs C Brewin, 18 The Maltings, Dormington 850456

Lugwardine Christian Fellowship Leader Brian Hodges 359523

Around the Villages Primary School Headmistress: Miss Lindsey Taylor 850449 Gateway Nursery Mrs Judith Larkin 851392 Brown Owl Mrs B Hughes, 2 Sufton Rise, Mordiford 850863 British Legion A.S. Taylor 853261 Playing Fields Assoc. Chairman: Malcolm Harris, Upper Court, Lugwardine 851170 Cricket Club Secretary: Nigel Shore 07968 185095

Village Hall See Below

Parish Councils Lugwardine & Bartestree http://bartestreewithlugwardinegroup-pc.gov.uk/ Chairman Wendy Soilleux 07970 032512 Clerk Mrs. Emma Thomas 01885 490414 Weston Beggard Chairman Keith Bayliss, Moorend Farm Clerk Emma Thomas 01885 490414 ([email protected]) http://westonbeggardpc.org Dormington https://dormingtonmordifordgroup-pc.gov.uk/ Parish Council Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/dormingtonandmordifordparishcouncil/ Chairman David Lloyd ([email protected]) 01432 870515 Clerk Chris Bucknell 07777 669662 ([email protected]) District Councillor (Backbury ward for Dormington) - John Hardwick 860322 District Councillor ( ward for Lugwardine/Bartestree) - Paul Andrews ([email protected])

Magazine - Editor Maggie Henderson 850767

Bartestree Village Hall Contacts Registered Charity Number 520933 Chairman Vice Chairperson Secretary Treasurer Booking Clerk Mr. Dom Robertson. Mr L Martin, Mr. Jonathan Mrs. Yvonne Robertson 10 Hollylea Close, 26 Barnaby Ave, Jackson 10 Hollylea Close Bartestree, Bartestree Hephill Bartestree 01432 851231 Bartestree 01432 851231 07971 005367 01432 851189 23

DAILY DIARY What’s on, Where and When MONDAYS Short Mat Bowls 1.45pm-4.45pm (not Bank Holidays or August) Bartestree Village Hall (contact Jean Haslock - 01432 851339, Eleanor Atkin –01432 357114) Brownies 6pm-7.30pm (contact Bernadette Hughes - 850863) Bartestree Village Hall Cool Moves Dance & Fitness 6.30pm-9.30pm (contact Matt Heenan 01989 750354) Bartestree Village Hall Gardening Club 7.30pm-9.30pm on 2nd Monday of month Bartestree Village Hall (contact Vic Breeze - 851096) Bellringing 7.30pm-9pm (tel. Henry Webb 890744) St Peter’s Church, Lugwardine Prayer Meeting 8pm Lugwardine Chapel

TUESDAYS Xplorers 2001 6pm – (Term Times) 4-11 years Lugwardine Chapel Hereford Art Circle 9.15am-1215pm (contact Jenny Price [email protected]) Bartestree Village Hall Weight Watchers 6-7pm (contact [email protected] 01684 569599 Bartestree Village Hall Pilates 7.30pm-8.30pm Bartestree Village Hall (contact Hannah Morely [email protected] 07510321131) Parish Council (Lug & Bart) 7.30pm-9.30pm -2nd Tuesday of alternate months Bartestree Village Hall

WEDNESDAYS Bridge Club 6.30pm-10pm (contact Val Lee Hfd. 275565) Bartestree Village Hall

THURSDAYS Thursday Encounter 10.30am - Term Time Lugwardine Chapel Coffee Morning 10.30am (usually 3rd Thursday) Lugwardine Chapel Hath Yoga 9.30-10.30am ([email protected]) 07712 896902 Bartestree Village Hall Nicola School of Dance 4-9pm ([email protected]) 07900 167740 Bartestree Village Hall Xplorers Youth Club 7.30pm – Secondary School ages Lugwardine Chapel Hereford Photographic Society 7.30-9.30pm (1st & 3rd Thursday excl summer season) Bartestree Village Hall (contact Cliff Spooner: [email protected])

FRIDAYS Bridge Club 11.30 – 2.30 p.m. Bartestree Village Hall (tel. Val Lee Hfd.275565 or Peter Harrison Hfd.271904)

SATURDAYS Football Training 10am-11.30am (5, 6 and 7 year olds) Bartestree Playing Field (anyone interested in playing football, all ages, contact Duncan Prosser, tel 850754, mob: 07854 495351)

BARTESTREE WITH LUGWARDINE GROUP PARISH COUNCIL

FLY TIPPING

PLEASE HELP TO KEEP OUR VILLAGES TIDY

IF YOU NOTICE ANY ITEMS OF REFUSE WHICH HAVE BEEN DUMPED ON THE ROADSIDE OR IN THE LANES AROUND OUR VILLAGES PLEASE REPORT THE MATTER TO HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL ON 01432 261761 24