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Tarrington Tatler Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Deadline for submission for the next issue: Friday 22 January 2016 CHRISTMAS WORD SEARCH D A A O Q N V I H J P M I G W A K L E C A R O L R N M M H D Y M S T G F C T E O L Q D R E I N D E E R S S I P R N H B W E N I E H T E T J F P W H M C A J V V U N A R B B T C E N T D F L N T R W O M N M H I I I L V T X O N V I E Y E K V L E K S Q C Y Y M V U L N I G S Y E S E U E U D L H A T L N I H H D Z K O A E T R Y S I G C B C W R V X H E F L E T R K W C E U Y K O B Z S A N T A R G Z T See if you find the following festive words... ADVENT BETHLEHEM CAROL CHESTNUTS DECORATION FRANKINCENSE NATIVITY PRESENT REINDEER SANTA TINSEL TURKEY YULE 2 Going for a Walk? Why not get out and about and enjoy walking in beautiful Tarrington this autumn? Please see the Footpaths’ Notice Board at Lady Emily Hall for up-to-date information about footpaths and the Community Garden. The Woodland Trust provides free hedgerow plants for community pro- jects and hopefully we will receive a pack to provide a short hedge along the front of the garden for planting in March 2016. We will need help to install the hedge and I will put up the date early next year. In the mean- time, please contact me if you have divided perennial plants as these can be planted in the raised beds at the garden. If you have any footpaths issues to report, please let me know or visit www.herefordshire.gov.uk and navigate to report a PROW (public rights of way) issue. Janette Ward Micro-chipping of Dogs Please remember that micro-chipping of all dogs is a legal requirement from 2016. Leaden Vale vets are giving a 20% discount on micro-chips until 2016. Jan Pierce Please help St Michael's Hospice make 2016 their best Open Gardens summer yet This year, 28 supporters opened their gardens in support of St Michael's Hospice, from large properties to community-led private gardens. Could 2016 be the year that you and your community take part as well? If you are interested in finding out more, please call the Community Fund- raising Team at St Michael’s Hospice on 01432 851000. 3 Flicks in the Sticks Films Lady Emily Hall All films start at 7.30pm, with refreshments and wine available both at the begin- ning and at a half-time interval. Tickets will be £4.50 (£2.50 U-16) at the door. If you need any help getting to the films, or could offer help to set up, serve teas etc., contact John Tallis on 01432 890720. 16th January Dark Horse (PG) This is a true story about a group of friends from a working men’s club who decide to take on the elite ‘sport of kings’ and breed themselves a racehorse. Such is the case with barmaid Jan Voxes and her wild idea to convince a group of locals, later known as The Alliance Partnership, to invest in breeding a championship racing horse. With the coalition in agreement, they set in motion the procurement of their potential equestri- an money maker, Dream Alliance. While the initial bouts were not prom- ising, the stallion proved to have as much heart as he did might. Director: Louise Osmond Writer: Louise Osmond Stars: Dream Alliance (the horse!) We will probably run this without a half-time interval, as it is only 85 mins long, but we will be pleased if you can stay afterwards for a drink, natter and some nibbles! 4 Lady Emily Hall Progress Report Progress has been made towards replacing the cooker and providing a new extractor system, in that we have received an up-to-date quote for the instal- lation, which was about £1000 higher than originally budgeted, but the Hall committee have agreed to dip into the reserves again to keep the project going. It’s possible we could have the new cooker installed and working be- fore Xmas – we just need some help to carry out some work ourselves – can anybody help put a 16 inch hole through the wall for the extractor vent pipe? The funding issues associated with improvements to the Hall have been aid- ed by everyone’s support of the recent production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘Trial By Jury’, which apart from being very entertaining, raised nearly £600 each for the Hall and the Church. I’m still trying to find time to edit the video, which may raise some more. Thank you to everyone who participated either in the cast, in the audience or in the kitchen! (Editor’s note: see page 11 for details of a DVD recording that is now available). The project to refurbish the playground area has also had a welcome boost with a donation of £200, which was raised at the Millpond Camp site’s Hal- loween party. Many thanks to all at the Camp Site. We recently held a site meeting with a potential playground equipment sup- plier attended by about 8 of our younger residents, who were very enthusias- tic about some of the options offered. A costed proposal will be sent to us and Hannah west will hold a series of consultations – pizza parties? – to find out what is really wanted and then explore how we can fund it. Please en- courage our younger ones to help with this – their input is crucial to any grant application we make. The Hall AGM was on the 12th November and last year’s committee mem- bers have agreed to continue for another year. It’s likely that the officers will remain the same, but through an oversight, this was not confirmed on the 12th! The Hall continues to be well-used, especially in the evenings, but also as a venue for family events of all kinds. As ever, if you could volunteer your time to support the activities at the Hall, whether as a committee member, as a helper at events or with maintenance work, you would be warmly wel- comed John Tallis, Lady Emily Hall Chairman 5 TARRINGTON 80 CLUB DRAW September 2015 1st J. Pierce £20 (No. 14) 2nd Grant Powell £15 (No. 72) 3rd J. Lane £10 (No. 84) October 2015 1st Rod Dawson £20 (No. 26) 2nd Gill Nott £15 (No. 36) 3rd Paul Grey £10 (No. 28) TARRINGTON FRIENDSHIP CLUB Despite the qualms of some of our members about doing ‘exercises with the physio’ at our November meeting, almost everyone entered into the spirit of things and learnt Tai Chi movement, which can even be done sitting down! Our physio, Denise Wright from Ledbury, was an enthusias- tic speaker and trainer. We were delighted to welcome 2 new members, from Dormington. Our October talk had to be cancelled so Bingo followed a delicious lunch- eon provided by Eileen and her team. We are looking forward to our Christmas luncheon on 2nd December at The Royal Oak, Much Marcle. Now we must plan our programme for 2016 - outings for the summer, as well as after lunch speakers. We do not hold January meetings as the weather usually poses transport problems for us! If you are interested in joining the Club, please phone Eileen Whiting. HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! 6 STOKE EDITH & TARRINGTON W.I. The Annual General Meeting was held on Monday 9th November when all the officers were again returned for the next year. Our next meeting will be at the Royal Oak for our Christmas Party. We have arranged our meetings for 2016 and would be very pleased to see anyone who would like to join us for one or more meetings. We shall be pleased to see you. The programme next year will include a talk about being an evacuee during WW II, Christmas Flowers, Patchwork and Quilting, The Street Pastors and Herefordshire Woodland Trust. Marga- ret Lockwood has also agreed to talk about her trip to America and New Zealand. This promises to be a very interesting programme and one we hope will appeal to everyone. If you would like a copy of our programme please let me or one of our members know. Margaret Townsend Tarrington 80 Club News Now is the time to pay your 2016 subscriptions of £20 each. Can you please make cheques payable to ‘Tarrington 80 Club’ and hand them to a member of the committee in January: Robert Hodges, Angela Stock, June Andrews or Martin Townsend. You will, no doubt, be pleased to see that in 2015 we raised £1,450, which has been split equally between the church and the community hall. The committee would like to thank all those who subscribed Many thanks to our supporters and best wishes for 2016 Martin Townsend 7 MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A PEACEFUL NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS FROM: John Watkins & Margaret Sally & Ted Willmott Mcleod Maurice Smith Margaret Lockwood Dave & Karen Coleman John & Marianne Shipp Edwin & Sharon Turnbull Jeanette & Graham Forrester Ian & Alison Howard Vivien Kouzeleas Rebecca & Evie Peter & Peggy Hammersley Tricia & Stuart Fryer Jan & Arthur Pierce Jeanette Ward Richard Price & Tonya Oleynik Margaret & Richard Brad- stock Margaret & Martin Townsend Beverley & Colin Brookes Liz & John Parry Charlotte & Oliver June Andrews Ann & Graham Jones Liz & John Tallis Ros & Brian Robertson These greetings are instead of actual cards and the money is donated to the Church of St.