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Issue 115 Spring 2016 Newsletterfrom the Barkham Village Residents Association http://www.barkham.org.uk

We sAll need a new Social Secretary – it would be a great shame if the social events, such as the Quiz, Carols in the Park and Easter Egg Hunt had to cease. Please help – see pages 2 and 12 Easter Egg Hunt Easter Sunday 27 March 3pm Junipers Play Area - see page 12

Barkham Clean Up – Sunday 20 March See page 9

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In this issue…

Quiz 2 Development Update 6 Local History 14 Social Secretary Vacancy 2 WBC Councillor 7 Space Calling Barkham 15 Editorial 3 Barkham Clean Up 9 The God Particle 17 Parish Council 4 Gardening 10 Local Concerts 18-20 Website 5 Social 12 Diary 23 BVRA 2015/16 GENERAL Laurence Heath reports on the BVRA Social Secretary Vacancy COMMITTEE MEMBERS Arborfield Green development and also on the threat to Barkham Chairman: Stewart Richardson (acting) from even more houses resulting As men'oned previously, our Social Secretary Judith Collins is planning to [email protected] from a Local Plan Update. We move out of the parish and we need a volunteer to replace her. Secretary: Christine Leigh will keep residents up to speed 977 4333 on this through the newsletter, [email protected] website www.barkham.org.uk Treasurer: Ian Overton Judith and the rest of the Social Commi=ee have organised the various regular 973 4806 and Development Watch emails social events we hold each year, such as the quiz and the Easter Egg Hunt. [email protected] (if you’re not already signed up Social: Judith Collins for these alerts you can do so 977 1579 via the website). Please make Please consider volunteering to take on this important and interes'ng role on [email protected] Wokingham District Council behalf of the Barkham community. It’s a great opportunity to contribute Membership: Jim Butler aware of your views when they 978 3572 Editorial are in “consultation” periods. to and be part of the social life of the village. Judith will be happy to provide [email protected] more details as to what the role entails and to support the new Social Newsletter: Stewart Richardson Welcome to the spring 2016 edi- Local historian Janet Firth gives 979 1914 tion of the Barkham Newsletter! us an in depth report on the fact Secretary as they “learn the ropes”. [email protected] Can I start by reminding residents that in Barkham we have the Web Site: Dave Clements 989 2198 that the annual BVRA Member- largest known assemblage of Alterna'vely, if you would like to help but do not feel able to take on the [email protected] ship Fee of £2 per household is stoneware Apollinaris bottles in leading role, the Social Commi=ee is always looking for new members Development Watch: Lindsay Brown due so please pay your distributor Britain (soon to go to Reading 07968 958151 as soon as possible. If you don’t Museum). Not a lot of people and ideas for events so please consider helping by joining the commi=ee. [email protected] have their details, please contact knew that! the Membership Secretary. Judith’s contact details can be found on the facing page. Joe Kinnagan reports that the Can I also please ask you to con- Space Station (complete with Tim sider giving some of your time Peake) will be passing directly Advertising and to helping the BVRA to function? over Barkham at the start of April The Quiz Newsletter Contributions You will see that we have still not and is encouraging residents to found a replacement for Judith not miss it. Whilst we will stay well clear of politics in this publication (national ones at least), I do try to make the quiz themes vaguely topical from as our Social Secretary (or even time to time. As the question of whether we should remain in the EU and the planned referendum is getting plenty of press as I write, the Newsletter articles / contribu- just to join the Social Committee). theme for this edition’s quiz is “Europe”. 10 questions, each featuring at least one different EU member state (some more than once): tions for the Summer edition Thanks also to my regular con- Unless we do that, it is likely that should be in by 20 May 2016. It tributors covering gardening, 1. In which city is Google’s European Headquarters? we will stop holding any of the helps if these can be submitted rambling, church, music and social events when Judith moves 2. Which of these countries is a EU member – Norway, Bulgaria, Iceland? in electronic form by email to other local societies. out of the parish. This will be a [email protected]. 3. What nationality is the footballer David Silva? great pity but the residents’ asso- They may also be sent to the As always, we have a quiz, this ciation is operated by volunteers 4. If you were standing on the Charles Bridge, in which European capital would you be? Editor, Stewart Richardson, at time on the theme of “Europe” - and so if residents don’t volunteer 342 Barkham Road, Wokingham, very topical as as I write the PM 5. Two of the states of the “former Yugoslavia” are now members of the EU. Name them. to help, we cease to function! RG41 4DE. has just announced the date of 6. Which country is famous for “Vinho Verde”? the referendum! On a more positive note, this is For trade adverts, contact 7. Where will the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest take place (clue: this country has won it 3 times, once with a very famous a bumper 24 page edition with a Ian Overton by email to Finally, if you have any com- song). wide range of articles. There is [email protected], or ments (good or bad, but hopefully news from the Parish Council (in- 8. What was the name of the Polish trade union, formed in 1980 and whose leader became President of Poland in 1990. For call 973 4806. We offer three sizes, constructive!) on the contents of cluding the annual Parish Clean- an extra point, name the leader. 64mm x 54mm at £22, 124mm x the newsletter please email me up on 20 March) which includes 105mm at £52 and 190x130mm at at [email protected]. 9. In Italian cuisine, what is a “Calzone”? some photos of the facilities in £100, for 4 quarterly insertions. the new Garrison development 10. And finally, the GCSE Geography question! The Danube passes through (or borders on) 7 EU countries. How many can Stewart Richardson (now to be called Arborfield you name? If you can also name the 3 non-EU countries it passes through please send in your entry to Mastermind! Editor Distribution of the next issue will Green, even though it is mostly Answers on page 23 take place in mid June. in Barkham!) and also from our WBC councillor, John Kaiser. 2 3 Construction at the site is now The Annual Parish Meeting progressing and the new sec- ondary school is well underway. Why not come to the Parish Members of the Parish Council Meeting this year, it is not a were given a tour of the buildings Council meeting but a meeting that will remain on the site which of the Parish electors. The Parish we had previously not been able Meeting this year will be held on Tuesday 12th April to access. The sports hall will be , we will be Barkham web site starting earlier in order that this News from Your Parish magnificent, there is a large climb- We are constantly looking for ing wall that the MOD have left will encourage more residents Council to attend, we plan to hold the ways to improve our website behind, plus badminton courts www.barkham.org.uk and would Keep up to date with all the lo- Annual Meeting at 7.30 – 8.30 and many other sports courts. welcome your suggestions. cal news and information at our Other rooms will be refurbished p.m. and follow the meeting with website. for dance studios and gym equip- normal Parish Council Meeting. More photos please! Do come along and question your The Parish Council has had a ment. The aim is for the school to We are always in need of attrac- have access to the sports facilities Councillors and Borough Coun- busy month and after much back- cillor and hear the reports of the tive images of the Barkham area ground work has set its budget during the day and for the public for both the web site and newslet- to have access in the evenings. activities from the local groups for 2016 – 17. It has set a budget such as the Church, Village Hall The gym ter, so if you have some interesting (precepted) with Wokingham Residents will find this to be a photos and would like to share wonderful facility and a swim- and Barkham Village Residents Borough Council for £42,342 di- Association. them please get in touch. vided amongst the 1,200+ house- ming pool will be built at a later holds, to operate throughout the date. See photos opposite. Basketball Hoop in the Junipers Dave Clements forthcoming year. This is a slight See more detailed report from We are now waiting for a dry peri- increase on last year’s figure. Laurence Heath, the vice Chair- od and for the ground to dry out in Barkham Village Hall Barkham Parish Council uses man of the Parish Council, in a order that a new basketball hoop Next to St James’ Church, beau- some of this money to support more extensive article in this can be installed. The installation tiful rural setting for weddings, many charitable organisations magazine. will require an area of tarmac to christenings and parties. that provide services for our be laid in order that the ball can residents such as Keep Mobile, Parish Clean Up From as little as £22/hr for both be bounced, please bear with us WADE, The Village Hall, The halls. £25/hr after 6.00 p.m. on We hope to see many of you help- as we are doing everything we Barkham Village Residents As- Saturday. ing us to keep Barkham a lovely, can to get the basketball hoop sociation (which goes towards the clean and litter free place to live installed for the warmer light Can accommodate 175 guests and publication of these magazines) by volunteering at our annual evenings for you to enjoy. now has a new fully equipped and a grant to help maintain St Parish Clean Up. This is a friendly kitchen. Plus with the benefit of James’ churchyard which I am History Book morning where you can meet Lottery Funding a new ceiling sure you will agree is always well some other local residents. Tasty and lighting have been installed kept. For more details of all the We are delighted to inform you The lecture hall refreshments will be served at which can be fully dimmable for grants and to see how the money that the Parish Council now the village hall, so do join us for evening celebrations. is predicted to be spent go to the have a new stock of “Barkham bacon rolls and homemade cakes Barkham Parish Council web site A History”. The history book If you are a group who needs after litter picking. Finance page. has now been reprinted with a somewhere to meet on a regular The date of the Parish Clean Up new Foreword which details the basis why not use your local vil- SDL devel- th will be Sunday 20 March. We REME move of the Garrison to lage hall, we have plenty of tables opment update meet at the Village Hall from RAF Lyneham. If you are new to and chairs and spacious car park the area and do not own a copy and grounds for use during the Crest the developer have now 9.30 – 10.30. Remember to bring of the history book they can now summer. We offer very competi- named the new development gloves and we will provide you be purchased from the Clerk for tive rates for regular users. “Arborfield Green” as a result with a litter picker and sacks. You £8.50 each, or they are on sale at of over 9,500 leaflets being de- don’t even have to bring the rub- Further information can be ob- Henry Street Garden Centre and livered to all households inviting bish back as we will collect it for tained from the parish council Barkham Post Office. residents to choose one of the five you. Any families with young web site with photographs of names suggested. Which is an children will be given a park or Judith Neuhofer the hall plus a calendar with irony as the majority of the 2000 safe footpath so please don’t let Clerk to Barkham Parish Council availability. Please contact Judith homes will in fact be in Barkham this put you off. . All volunteers Neuhofer on 979 0296 or email Parish. will be very welcome The school (under construction) [email protected] 4 5 garrison redevelopment nearby, This time our task in fighting Preparatory work is continu- A planning application for the some proposals wriggled through development will be even more ing on the site. These include western section of the Nine Mile the system - the Cala Homes difficult, as the government is installation of services to serve Ride Extension have been sub- development in Barkham Road clearly desperate to build more the school site. Archaeological mitted. Ultimately this road will being a case in point. houses. Various steps in the last investigations are currently being form a westward continuation few years have been taken to undertaken across several parts of of Nine Mile Ride, and then take It is certainly indisputable that the loosen planning rules and the the site. Building the first houses an S-bend passing the proposed country in general and the south government’s new housing bill will start very soon with comple- District Centre before linking east in particular faces a serious is likely to loosen the rules even tions by the autumn. with the A327 south of the Poper- housing shortage, owing to a further. Meanwhile, in spite of inghe Way roundabout. The new resurgent population increase. WBC achieving its own housing Crest have advised that they are road will include pedestrian and Development lobbies have fo- targets, it is facing pressure from preparing development briefs cycle paths. The Parish Council’s cused on the planning system as neighbouring councils such as during the early part of the year main concern is that these are Yet more housing for Barkham? being the main obstacle to build- Reading to take on additional for the new District Centre, the sensibly integrated with properly Make sure you have your say. ing more houses, quite unfairly housing as they have little unused stable block (which is a listed designed crossings, with controls Why the increase in in my opinion. It is cheaper and land for development. structure) and the area in the if necessary. This is especially council tax? I had innocently thought that more profitable for developers to vicinity of the cricket pitch and important as an access route to- Barkham might have a few years build on greenfield sites. Other For Barkham itself, it seems the Moat House (another listed wards the school will be near to Wokingham is the lowest funded more respite from further major factors such as the shortage of grossly unfair given that we have building). Consultations are one of the bends. authority in the country with development, as WBCs Core skilled building workers and the had to accept the garrison devel- also imminent with regard to regards to the government sup- Strategy runs to 2026 and as practice of “land banking” have opment, with 3.500 houses in the further parcels of housing land, Crest Nicholson have agreed to port grant, a position that will construction of the garrison site all played a part. It is not helpful parish or just across our borders, one near to Commonfield Lane reinforce the process with con- continue over at least the next 4 is now progressing. Sadly I have that a substantial proportion of and then be expected to absorb and another area adjacent to the tractors in regards to tree felling, years. Because of this the work to report that the pressure is on houses are being sold to investors hundreds, possibly thousands, A327, south of Tyler Drive. after some initial mistakes were to find savings and extra income again, as Wokingham Borough, in rather than new home owners more new houses. All the usual made. The Parish Council will will be more difficult than in the response to government require- and this has made it difficult for infrastructure problems, not least WBC is in the process of progress- be notified following the issue past and the assumption was that ments, has initiated a Local Plan younger people to even get on traffic congestion in Barkham ing the new Secondary School of formal notices to WBC with we would need to find £8M of Update. One of the early steps the housing ladder. Road and Bearwood Road, will and the Nine Mile ride exten- regards to tree works. A system combined savings / extra income was to invite local land owners just become impossible. sion. The photographs on page 5 of marking trees to be felled will for this year. Late last year the to submit proposals for land that As a result we are likely to see show that the new buildings are be set up, hopefully avoiding council had reached that target they might wish to develop. The more urban sprawl across the Once the list of sites becomes taking shape while the interim future mistakes. with their budget setting only to closing date of the call for sites south east, with large estates be- public, Barkham Parish Council buildings are also being made find out on the in December that was 5 February. ing built in areas with inadequate and the BVRA will make known ready. Although I was not able to On the subject of trees, Crest have the proposed settlement was even transport and lack of infrastruc- what sites are under threat. It is participate in the Parish Council’s produced a list of proposed street worse and which meant another The list of sites has not yet been ture - Wokingham itself being a essential that everyone makes recent visit, I hear reports that the names for the first phase of devel- £2M had to be found. made public. I could hazard a prime example! Gone are the their views known to WBC, par- gymnasium is very impressive opment, using the names of trees. guess that large parts of Barkham days of more imaginative propos- ticularly addressing the sites of indeed – it just amazes me that it The initial list had to be pruned So why was that? Basically the and adjacent areas will be put als such as complete new towns most concern to them. We will has been sitting unused for many (excuse the pun!) to avoid dupli- government has changed how forward. which can support a full range endeavour to provide guidance years, but that is another story! cating names used elsewhere in they calculated the grant from of infrastructure and employ- on how best this can be done. The library block is also in good Wokingham: for example Cherry them which resulted in that extra We went through this exercise ment opportunities. Meanwhile shape. I anticipate that the gym Tree is already used in Elizabeth £2M loss. This meant that one before, in 2008. Many of you may redevelopment in urban areas, Arborfield Green eventually will be a shared use Park. Also the Parish Council of the key components of that recall the proposals, which could not least London itself, seems facility with access by the school has made the point that names calculation, the Revenue Support have resulted in virtually con- to benefit investors rather than I was disappointed that Crest and by the public at different should reflect the new planting, Grant, was not reduced by a third tinuous development all the way would-be residents - when I chose the name Arborfield Green times of day. The library block, not trees that disappeared. We do as we had expect but reduced by from Wokingham to the other look out from the train passing for the garrison development. I am sure, will have a long term not want to see a name such as half. side of Arborfield. In the end, Battersea and Vauxhall and see While I have to accept that the future. It would be ideal as a Willow attached to a road where most of these proposals did not the massive construction sites, name seems to have support of sixth form centre in due course, all the willows have just been This means the gap the council materialise as WBC only accepted I do wonder what proportion residents in the immediate vicin- alternatively it could be adapted felled - I think Crest have taken needs to bridge is made up of 4 enough sites across the borough of the new apartments will be ity, it unfortunately perpetuates as a community centre: the lecture this point on board. key components: to satisfy its long term building purchased by foreign investors the confusion that we had with hall could even be converted into target. Responses from residents rather than by local buyers. Arborfield Garrison mainly a theatre. Laurence Heath paid a large part shaping the final The reduction in the revenue sup- being located in Barkham, not Vice Chairman decisions. In spite having the port grant (50%) continued… Arborfield. Barkham Parish Council 6 7 … PLUS Inflationary pressures, spite the transition grants which removal of the breach, if this is primarily driven by staff pay rise are one-off. This grant simply not possible the council will look agreed by the government provides breathing space for the to enforce using all legal powers council to allow us to properly at its disposal including prosecu- LESS any increase in council tax plan the changes we need to make tions via the courts at the same through new houses being oc- in order to balance the books on time looking to recover the cost cupied those two later years. By the time incurred in pursuing such cases. we reach 2019/20 residents will The council will provide updates PLUS extra demand for services be funding 91% of the cost of run- to interested parties although due such as Adult Social Care as we ning services and the government to the time it can take to resolve all live longer which, at £2.4M is grant will be reduced by 74%. some issues it may appear noth- 64% of the total growth ing is happening for some time as There is another key factor which we have to follow the guidelines and the procedure as laid down When you do the calculation you to date has gone unreported. That by government guidance and get a total of £10.2M of a combina- is the addition to government’s legislation which means we must tion of savings and income. calculations which they have called the “generally available give reasonable time for offenders funds” or “core spending power”. to comply. The Council has found £5.4M of that combination which left We recognise the importance of £4.8M to find. The government The government has defined that Barkham Clean Up Day 2016 pro-actively monitoring devel- has recognised the pressures of the core spending power should opment that occurs within the increased Adult Social Care de- not change at all over those 4 Borough. However, the Council Barkham Village Hall on Sunday March 20 mands and has allowed councils years. For Wokingham this is issues approximately 3000 plan- to levy a specific tax on residents £110M. The problem is this pro- from 9.30am until 12.30pm. ning permissions every year and of up to 2%. That would bring in cess is that it ignores fundamental these range from small-scale £1.6M of that shortfall and covers financial pressures like additional residential extensions to major two thirds of the extra demand demand or inflation which will Please come along and lend a hand but remember housing and commercial devel- with the balance of £0.8M having naturally push that number up. opments. As such it is impossible to wear gloves, strong footwear and suitable to be paid for by cuts or increased for the council to monitor all per- clothing. income. That leaves £3.2M to All this has resulted in an increase missions and relies on the local find. The maximum council tax in council Tax of 1.94% plus an knowledge of local people and the increase will also provide an extra addition tax of 2% which is ring- town and parish council to be its Refreshments, safety vests and litter pickers £1.6M which left £1.6M to find. fenced can only be used for Adult eyes and ears so if something is The government announcement social care. will be provided. happening in your area and you of the transition fund provides a are not sure if it is unauthorised one-off payment of £2.1M which Development Watch please contact either the council has allowed us to close that gap. Just turn up on the day or for further details or me Over the last few weeks I have please contact Judith Neuhofer on (0118) 977 Whilst this government initiative been involved in number of is- All the best 2857 or visit: www.wokingham.gov.uk/litterpick is good news it is important to sues in the ward which have realise that these funds are not resulted in the serving of enforce- John Kaiser in the base grant, i.e. it is given ment notices, injunctions and Wokingham Borough Councillor once only and then removed tree protection orders (TPO) to For Barkham Ward for subsequent years. Why is stop unauthorised development [email protected] this important? Services have to and destruction of much valued 0771 419 2352 funded every single year so any countryside. contribution to funding those services have to be there each and All reported breaches of planning every year and not just for one or control will be investigated by the two years. council and all reports are treated in strictest confidence. Where The cuts over the full 4 years of the possible; the council will look for settlement have not changed de- voluntary compliance through

8 9 them home and set them out on have my automatic lights set up British Red Cross Farley Hill Bowls Club my egg boxes to chit in the green- to artificially extend the daylight, Open Gardens News house. A couple of weeks later we otherwise they get ‘leggy’ as they had a really cold snap and most seek the light when in winter there Why not buy a British Red Cross We had a Quiz Night on 13th of them were caught by the frost is not a lot of it around! When I Open Garden season ticket to visit February, and we will be having and were very soggy, oh dear! So look out at night the greenhouse some of the beautiful gardens of a Race Night on 12th March. We back to the garden centre, by now looks quite eerie, a bit like a space- , Hampshire and Isle usually have one social evening they had the normal full selection ship coming into land, remember of Wight? I would like to thank Angela during most months throughout and so I now have them all set out Close Encounters? Our Open Gardens season offers a Hands for writing this piece for so the year. We play around 50 again in the greenhouse with rare opportunity for all to explore many years. I will aim to maintain friendly matches against other a bit more protection this time the secrets of hidden and private her standard. local clubs during our outdoor and they survived the harsh gardens. Come along for a stroll bowling season, which starts Alan’s Patch frost last night. This year so far we have had and, maybe, a cup of tea and a two meetings. In January I ran on 20th April this year and runs slice of delicious homemade cake. through to mid September. A warm and wet winter this year My other problem during this a craft workshop where we did so far as I write in mid February. I winter was when I ordered Your season ticket will give you “book folding” and I am pleased Our Open Day will be on Sunday am so grateful to have been unaf- some more fruit trees online entry to over 30 gardens for you to say that some of them are now 8th May, from 2.00-6.00pm, when fected by the heavy rain and feel from a specialist fruit tree to enjoy from April to September complete. we will also be celebrating 50 so sorry for those less fortunate grower that I haven’t used this year. For more information years as a Member Club of the in other parts of the country. for many years. Unfortu- about the gardens visit, www. Royal County of Berkshire Bowl- What strange weather we have nately one of the trees was redcross.org.uk/opengardens.A ing Association. This is always been experiencing! I mowed the broken just above the graft. single season ticket is fantastic the best opportunity for anyone lawn around Christmas time, I was shocked by the sup- value at £20, or buy a couples/ who wants to try their hand at how bizarre is that? There has plier’s attitude to replacing family season ticket for £35 for lawn bowls for the first time, and hardly been a winter at all and the broken tree, eventually the year. To purchase your Open to consider joining our club. All the plants are really confused. The begrudgingly refunding the cost, So on the menu at the moment Gardens season ticket, contact you need is a pair of flat soled snowdrops are out of course but so I won’t be using them again. are potatoes, shallots, beetroot, Anne Huddart on: 0118 935 8221, shoes to protect the green, trainers already the crocuses and daffodils Anyway I have planted them carrots, parsnips, spinach and a or email: ahuddart@redcross. will do. There will also be a plant are starting to flower and I heard and must hope that they survive reasonable range of herbs. I’m not org.uk sale and some free refreshments, on the radio yesterday that even and prosper as I don’t relish the a big fan of brassicas so I grow This is one I made for a friend’s as usual. magnolias are in flower already! thought of having to contact that them very selectively, there are 80th birthday. It looks compli- supplier again. a few cabbages maturing in the Flower Club cated but everyone managed to If anyone would like to inspect In the Autumn I built a leaf cage greenhouse and will be ready to try. In February it was our AGM our club facilities at any other alongside the compost heaps us- In November I planted some eat in early Spring. We meet at the California Rate- and we also held a silent auction time, you will usually find some ing wire netting and filled it with broad beans to over-winter, a bit payers Hall on the fourth Mon- to raise money for the club. The members there working on the leaves collected from, mainly the late really, so I wasn’t very hope- On looking through the window day of every month at 7.30pm for talk at the April meeting on April green on Thursday mornings, lawn. In a year or two there should ful. Normally they would grow in the morning a few days ago on 7.45pm start. The meeting takes 6th will be “Launchpad” about weather permitting, between 10 be some lovely leaf mould to use to a couple of inches before the a dank, miserable, drizzly day I the form of refreshment, time to homelessness in Berkshire. and 12 am. We are at the Victory on my patch. winter proper starts, however spotted a family of three roe deer chat to friends while others stage Hall, Church Road, Farley Hill, they germinated really well and in the field behind us, now that’s exhibits before a demonstration We also run social events in addi- of flower arranging. There are tion to the monthly meetings. In RG7 1TR. I celebrated Christmas Day with raced away so rapidly that they cheered me up. As long as they are usually five different displays all January we went for an evening the first and only apple I allowed are now a foot high. Unfortu- in the field and not in the garden are raffled at the end of the meet- meal to the Tally Ho at Eversley For further information please to mature from one of the fruit nately the growth was so soft that then that’s fine! ing. Visitors and new members and we also go regularly to the visit our website: www.far- trees I planted last Spring. It was they couldn’t support themselves are always welcome (Visitor’s fee Wokingham Theatre. leyhillbowlsclub.org.uk a Kidds Orange Red and it was so I don’t expect much of a crop I wonder what this new growing £5) For further information please Or, please contact the Club Sec- absolutely delicious and I look from them. I’ve planted some season is going to have in store We meet at Barkham Village Hall contact. Lis Barrett (chairman) retary - Bill Dowling on 01344 forward to many more of them more last week and will follow for us. By the time you read this on the first Wednesday evening 989 2092. 772130, or e-mail: billdowling@ in years to come. up with another batch in a couple we should have reasonably light of the month at 7.45pm. Visitors talktalk.net of weeks or so. I’ve also planted evenings and I’m really looking are welcome so if you are new to Forthcoming meetings are: Early in January I went to the local my shallots. forward to them. the area why not come along and garden centre to buy my seed po- April 25th. ‘Celebrations’ by Keri Harvey meet us for an evening and then tatoes. They had a limited choice In the greenhouse my tomato and Alan Edwards May Club dinner - venue & date to be advised see if you would like to join. as all the varieties had not arrived aubergine seeds germinated well June 27th. ‘Sources of Inspiration’ Pam Edwards but I bought a few anyway, took and are growing nicely. I now by Stephanie Cornell 10 11 so that is why I have given plenty of notice about my intended move so that hopefully someone will come forward. I have booked the hall for 19th November for this event and will be there whether I am still living here or not.

The Carols in the Park held on the Friday before Christmas, was Social Matters again a great success and we were very fortunate with the weather. How lovely it is to see the day- The band again did us proud light hours increasing and by and my thanks go to them and to the time you read this it will be the people who helped with the nearly time to change the clocks. serving of the mulled wine and So far we have been extremely mince pies – and they were not lucky with the weather (let’s hope all committee members. Stewart, that I have not put a jinx on that) Ian and Paul did sterling work though we really do need a cold with the organising of the carol- spell to kill off all the bugs. Some lers from The Woodlands to the of my daffodils were in flower entrance of The Junipers Field. over Christmas whereas some are It was lovely to see the families now just coming into bud – what enjoying themselves and the dogs a strange season it has been. that attended were well- behaved as well. It seems ages ago that we organ- ised the quiz night, when 16 teams The next event will be the skittles competed against each other for evening in early March which the shield. This time it was won unfortunately misses this edition by ‘Strangely Strangers’ consist- so I will report about it in the next ing of Chris, Carolyn, Pat, Roger, newsletter. Steve and Dave. This was their first time of competing and our Easter Sunday at 3pm will see the congratulations go to them on this Children’s Easter Egg Hunt in The achievement. Hopefully they will Junipers where the entrance fee be back in November to defend will be 50p as usual. Don’t forget their title. The quizmaster has the clocks will be going forward said that this will be his last event on that day otherwise it will all be so if you want this to continue over by the time you arrive. May I someone (or maybe more) need wish you, rather belatedly, all the to come forward to take over the best for 2016 and I sincerely hope job of the social secretary or join that some-one comes forward to the committee. help on the social side? It would be a shame if the functions in the At the moment there are only a village were to cease. few people on the committee and although only a small number of I can be contacted either by the events take place each year, they social email or by phone – please have to be organised in good time. see page 3 for details The village hall gets booked up months in advance (which I am Judith Collins pleased to see) so there is no point Social Secretary in leaving things to the last minute 12 13 Barkham Survey - Apolli- ‘lip’, also have one, two or three tle. Most finishes were glossy, a at 50 feet. When the spring had Over the last 40 years from all naris bottles – a large num- horizontal grooves impressed few others matt. Abrasions and been provided with adequate sources in Barkham we have ber of German stonewares on them. We have one or two irregularities, thumb marks and equipment Georg Kreuzeberg amassed 641 sherds weighing samples of necks with remnants little pieces of lead were visible began a mineral water business. 34.613kg and seven whole bot- found in Barkham which show that the bottles were on many exteriors, which contrib- In two decades a yearly turnover tles. We have also unearthed six sealed with a cork and this was uted to the hand-made impres- of just under two million bottles complete large ones holding 1 In 1976 at The Bailiff’s Cottage, covered with a metal cap clamped sion of these bottles. The interior was reached which was later litre and one half-size for 500 Barkham, a neighbouring farmer over the horizontal grooves. The colours were mostly matt, just a surpassed; the mark was reg- mls. The three sherds from field- with a digger helped us to clear literature suggested that these few were glossy and ranged from istered in London in 1876. The walking only weighed 43gr. The out our silted roadside pond. were wired down to prevent the greyish to fawn to deep orange. name ‘Apollinaris’ was chosen, assemblage was seen by the late Along with the mud out came escape of gas. The circular 1cm Originally a paper label was as a small chapel dedicated to St John G Hurst (formerly RCHME) all kinds of interesting objects, thick bases were cut and added glued to part of the exterior. There Apollinaris of Ravenna a patron in about 1997. He had taken a including iron and other metal later as were the 1.5cm thick were several sorts of stonewares saint of wine, was near the brun- special interest in stonewares and there were many villages where rubbish mostly agricultural, handles which were attached made in Germany which have nen or spring. pronounced that in Barkham we stoneware bottles were made; broken domestic crockery dating below the neck, although their been imported into this country had the largest known assemblage Norst I have been unable to find. to the last 140 years, lawn shoes position up the side of the bottle since the fourteenth century. The importation of Apollinaris of stoneware Apollinaris bot- once worn by ponies when pull- varied. Handles were made of a However, amongst the ones we mineral water into was tles in Britain, even greater than On the opposite side of the bottle ing lawn mowers, iron-working sausage-shaped length of clay, have found whilst fieldwalking a complicated story which began the collection in The Castle Mu- there was an impressed stamp debris, fuel ash and a few whole flat on the inner side but rounded in Barkham, Apollinaris bottles in 1874 when Eduard Steinkopf, seum, Norwich. One of our 1990s consisting of two concentric cir- and many broken sherds of Ger- and scored on the outer. They are quite distinct. a German living in London ap- Barkham Survey team members, cles around the figure ‘4’ under man stoneware bottles of a par- proached the Kreuzberg famiy the late Barry Parker went to look which was a curved line with ticular type. More were found and set up an import business. and found that John Hurst was an arrow pointing upwards at later across the garden but in After the introduction of the correct! When The Museum of each end like an anchor. Between lower numbers. bottle press in 1876, glass bottles Reading heard about the assem- the two circles were the words: began to overtake the production blage in Barkham the accession BRUNNEN-M-W o APOLLINAR- The sherds consisted of necks, of stoneware bottles circulating committee were very keen to IS and below in three horizontal handles, bases and parts of cylin- on the continent, but from our evi- acquire them for the Museum lines: GEORG KREUZBERG/ AH- drical bodies which had once held dence it appears that stoneware collections, which is why we are RWEILER/ RHEINPREUSSEN. naturally sparkling mineral water bottles continued to be imported working on them just now. from the Apollinaris spring in the into England as late as 1890. By Ahrweiler area on the west side In the 1990s we found documen- 1913 the company was producing Why then were they found in of the River Rhine. This was well tation in both German and Dutch 40 million bottles, exporting 90% such quantities in the pond and before the days when we were on the production of mineral wa- world-wide. There are several garden of The Bailiff’s Cottage, ‘archaeologically aware’ so we ters, generally in Germany, also references to Apollinaris in lit- Barkham? This was formerly took samples to John Hedges, a containing information about erature, for example Jerome K. Barkham House Farm or Manor potter in Newbury, who analysed Apollinaris which was translated Jerome Three Men on the Bummel Farm (depending on the name for us how he thought they were by Joan Morley. It was very in- (1900). given to the house opposite which made; the following are partly his formative and well-illustrated; owned it from 1851 at least). As one can now of course find in- conclusions, but as he was uncer- To compare the numbers and the nineteenth century censuses formation about Apollinaris on tain about some aspects my own weights of the sherds found in showed it was here that the bailiff the web. observations have been added. were fixed to the bottle at the top Below the handle of the complete Barkham according to their loca- or farm manager for Barkham with a ring of clay, but roughly bottles and on a few sherds were tion I divided the garden initially Manor lived. It seemed likely that Originally these Apollinaris bot- finished at the bottom with one stamped ‘M’ or ‘N’ and eventually Georg Kreuzberg discovered the into 30m x 10m sections; as we he was given rubbish from the tles were slab-made longitudi- or two thumb strokes. we found others stamped with ‘J’, spring in his vineyard in Bad found them on most of the dug Manor to dispose of and threw it nally in two halves, later pressed ‘K’, ‘O’ and ‘P’. All but one had Neuenahr on the west side of beds the final assemblage was into the Manor Farm pond! together; in the process some The bottles were salt-glazed, a number over this from 1 to 99. the River Rhine in 1851 after he a ‘total collection’ of those dug round shapes were distorted. both inside and out; the result- We understood that the letters found that some of his vines were areas. We also found a few in Who was the occupant at Barkham The join was smoothed externally ing external colour was anything referred to the potting villages growing poorly and that this was molehills in the adjacent farm- Manor between 1873 and say and internally by means of a liq- but uniform and ranged from a where the bottles were made. ‘M’ due to escaped carbonic acid gas yard and one in a ditch between 1890? It was acquired by John uid clay finish swilled inside to light grey-cream through yellow it was suggested stood for Mö- (CO2). He was very curious about Barkham Manor (the modern Walter III in in 1878 from the hide the join. This was however or fawn with dark speckles, red gendorf and N for Norst (John G this and had several shafts sunk one) and Barkham Road. During Trustees of the Clive estate after still visible in some of them. The tones to dark brown and some Hurst, personal communication). to explore its origin. In 1852 a archaeological fieldwalking in the the death of Mrs Charlotte Clive wheel-turned necks, which all had varied coloured strips of Mögendorf is in the Westerwald shaft hit upon a strongly gush- parish we found one sherd each in in 1874, widow of Mr Henry Clive have an even circular outward top different shades on the same bot- on the east side of the Rhine where ing spring rich in carbonic acid three fields out of the 30 walked. (French and Firth 2000,104). … 14 15 …Unfortunately we do not know Space Calling Barkham of entirely the wrong kind, but who was living in the manor strange goings on in the village house after 1873 for the eight Was I the only one captivated overhead it passes, and you could of Threepiggs force them to work years until it was rented by Lieu- by the week of Stargazing Live be watching it while it travels for together and find their common tenant General William Rickman programmes on BBC2 in Janu- well over 1000 miles. Although it The God Particle ground. JP with his family and servants in ary? Tim Peake was settling into is dark on the ground, the craft Thursday 28 April 2016 1881; he lived here until he died his temporary home aboard the is illuminated by the Sun as it is In a heart-warming, laugh-out- Things are changing again – they in 1900. So we must presume that International Space Station (ISS). 250 miles above the ground, in loud way, The God Particle takes A quantum physicist and a vicar always do. From the first of Febru- he had a penchant for drinking He is the first Britain to be doing the same way that we can see science and religion seriously, walk into a bar… joining forces to ary this year if you are a landlord Apollinaris mineral water from a stint there and we were treated the Moon. It was a very clear with each challenging the other. solve a perplexing mystery, they or a new tenant you need to fol- the stoneware bottles, but we do to coverage of his spacewalk to dot in the sky as I watched it one The play explores the purpose discover the real meaning of faith, low the new rules in the ‘right to not know if the previous tenant replace some electronics, neces- evening – probably not even over and practice of both, and how knowledge, love and the impor- rent’ legislation. Renters will need did as well. sary to get the solar panels fully England. they can come together. It is tance of keeping an open mind. to prove that they have the right working again. I am delighted suitable for everyone, and par- Today both the source of the ticularly aimed at those aged 13 to reside in the UK before they that special events are being We have a very special moment Arborfield and Barkham Church- Apollinaris mineral water and and upwards. Amongst others, can rent property. You can find scheduled into his busy five coming up. There will be a brief es are delighted to be hosting a the brand, now sold in glass it will appeal to watchers of Dr out more about this by going to months aboard the space craft conversation between Tim Peake performance of this brand new bottles, is owned by Coca-Cola Who, The Hitchhikers’ Guide to www.gov.uk and entering ‘right to capture our imaginations, es- and Professor Brian Cox in the romantic sci-fi comedy from which acquired it from Cadbury- the Galaxy, Rev and The Vicar to rent’ in the search box. pecially those of schoolchildren. gap between programmes on James Cary, the award-winning Schweppes in 2006. of Dibley. co-writer of BBC1’s Miranda, Money is tight for many people, BBC3’s Bluestone 42 and Radio particularly at this time of year It is likely that there are other hid- 4’s Another Case of Milton Jones. The play has been written to den accumulations of Apollinaris be set in a church building and when they are facing the financial stoneware bottles in the parish will be performed at Arborfield impact of Christmas. If you have The God Particle is a 75-minute or area; it would be interesting Church at 8pm (doors open from a problem with paying bills we one-act play featuring Rev Dr Gil- to know. 7:30pm) on Thursday 28th April can help. We have a free, special- bert Romans, the new local vicar, 2016. Tickets are £8 if booked in ist debt advice service which can and Dr Bex Kenworthy from the help you with debt solutions. If The team working with me to pre- advance from the church website Institute of Advanced Quantum you need help with debt, or any- pare the bottles for The Museum www.abch.org.uk or will be £10 Physics. Their meeting produces thing else, please contact us. The of Reading are members of The on the door. Do join us for what a big-bang-chemical-reaction sooner the better! Berkshire Archaeology Research should be a memorable evening! Group. Loddon Valley Ramblers’ Walks For more information please see www.wokingham-cab.org.uk. Janet Firth ([email protected]) For more walks, including some longer ones, visit Loddon Valley If you want to talk to us on the Ramblers Website: www.lvra.org.uk phone about anything you can References: Thursday 17th March: Walk to Medmenham Hill Fort, down Ferry Lane to the Thames, then return below call Adviceline on 03444 111 306. Hopefully it will help attract more BBC2 at 12:00 on Friday April Danesfield House hotel with a last view of the Thames 5½ miles 10.30 after careful edge-of-wood park- French, David and Firth, Janet of our youngsters into careers of the first. Not only will the ISS be ing around triangle between Hollowhill and Pullingshill Woods SL7 2DS (approx) Leader Dougal M 0118 You can also email us on public@ 2000 Barkham a History, Barkham. 924 1979 or 07719 450283. science and engineering. travelling over England at the th wokingham-cab.org.uk or drop Reprints now available in the Post Sunday 20 March: A lovely walk through Sulham woods, across fields to Little Heath and returning by the River time, but exactly at noon, it will be Pang 6 miles 10.00 from Pangbourne station road CP by the village hall RG8 7AN (Free on Sundays) in to one of our offices: Office and Henry Street The programmes introduced me directly above Barkham (for less Leader Cathy O 0118 961 9024 or 07940 801261. to some great websites covering than a second). You may want to Sunday 27th March: Wander over farm land & gentle slopes (with a few stiles) through Littlewick Green, Wokingham Hurst, John G, formerly a mem- Shottesbrooke and Waltham St Lawrence 6 miles 10.00 from lay-by on A4 by former Seven Stars PH 2nd floor, Waterford House, the ISS movements as it orbits set your video recorder to capture RG10 9UR Leader David B 0118 934 1084 or 07927 694134. ber of the Ministry of Works In- Erfstadt Court RG40 1AP the Earth at 17,000 miles an hour, the moment if you can’t watch it Thursday 31st March: A leisurely walk over Carter’s Hill and Barkham Brook. 5 miles 10.00 CP at Arborfield [email protected] spectorate of Ancient Monuments almost 5 miles per second, to live as I think Barkham will even Pavilion, Swallowfield Road, Arborfield About 200m down the Swallowfield Road from the “Bull Inn at www.wokingham-cab.org.uk (later English Heritage), a leading complete each circuit in a little get a mention. If the sky is clear Arborfield”. Those wanting lunch there are advised to book ahead; could then park in their car park RG2 authority on medieval pottery, 9QD Leaders Ricardo & Silvia S 0118 976 1737 or 07846 434861. Hours: over an hour and a half. On a you could go outside and look rd Mon - Thu: 9.00am - 3.00pm deserted medieval villages and Sunday 3 April: A challenging roller-coaster encircling NT ‘Holies’ estate with stunning views from Lardon clear night, just before dawn or up and wave as Tim zooms past, Chase and Lough Down 6 miles 10.30 from Goring Station CP (charge £2.80) RG8 0EW Leader David Fri: 9.00am - 1.00pm co-Director of the excavations just after dusk, if the Earth is fac- a faint black dot in the daylight. T 0118 977 4184 or 07899 938397. Telephone assessments: 0844 499 4126 at Wharram Percy. He travelled ing the right way, you can watch Sunday 17th April: A nearly flat leisurely walk around commons and farmland to include Pinkneys Green and Maidenhead Thicket 5½ miles 10.30 from NT free car park on Pinkneys Drive SL6 6QF Leader Ray S from Great Casterton, Rutland to the ISS pass overhead with the Joe Kinnagan see our assemblage of Apollinaris 07761 251217. naked eye. This takes up to five Thursday 21st April: Outskirts of Henley, passes through Gillsmithers Wood and Harpsden 6½ miles 10.00 bottles in 1997. minutes, depending how directly from Mill Lane CP, Henley RG9 4HB Leader John A 0118 977 4183. 16 17 in Russia and currently studies at the Royal College of Music. She is was a string finalist in the 2014 BBC Young Musician of the Year. Britten’s concerto, com- Last season was an exciting one composer, written in 1938, and posed when he was just 26, is a for members of the orchestra as tells the story of the infamous out- lyrical and emotional work but well as the audiences. Our Di- law in an almost cinematic way until recently seldom performed. rector of Music, Robert Roscoe, and in a style so different from However in the past few years it continues to challenge us with European musical traditions. We has become very popular with some amazing music which a few can picture the wide open prairie violinists and audiences alike. years ago would have been way and scenes from the Wild West out of our league, but we have with the inevitable gun battle; the Please note the earlier start- risen to each occasion and have incorporation of cowboy tunes ing time of our Spring Concert had some marvellous experiences and folk songs makes for an en- is 7.30pm with doors open at with many of our concerts attract- joyable and lively piece. Copland 6.45pm. Tickets are available ing capacity audiences. Probably is wonderfully innovative with from Traveltime in Crowthorne the most memorable evening was his composition bringing a real High Street and Bookends in when we played the Shostakovich sense of a young life gone very Wokingham (£13 in advance or 5th Symphony. It was gratifying wrong by the use of conflicting £15 on the door), or can be pur- to find our audience was also rhythms and harmonies. chased on-line via our website. thrilled by this amazing 20th Note that the ticket now includes century work. Once again we have the privilege a drink in the interval. As usual of performing with an exception- children 16 and under are free. Our Spring Concert at the Old Gym, Wellington College will be The orchestra welcomes new on Saturday 16th April at 7.30pm members, especially strings, (NOTE earlier time) and will also subject to vacancies - if you are feature some 20th century music interested and are a competent although the popular ‘Swan of player, even if you have taken a Tuonela’ Suite by Sibelius was break from playing, please get in written just a few years before the touch. We have a reputation as a turn of the century. This has some friendly bunch and have mem- wonderful atmospheric string bers of all ages. Weekly rehearsals music as well as probably the best are on Mondays in term time from known solo for cor anglais in the 7.45-10pm at Oaklands Junior orchestral repertoire, represent- School, Butler Road, Crowthorne. ing the voice of the swan. Check our website for up to date information on concerts, rehears- Malcolm Arnold’s dramatic ally talented young musician. als, workshops and more: www. ’Peterloo Overture’ was com- Our soloist in Benjamin Britten’s crowthorneorchestra.com missioned in 1968 by the TUC Violin Concerto will be 19 year- to commemorate the so-called old Elizaveta Tyun who was born Chris Gadsby Peterloo Massacre of 1819, when cavalry charged into a crowd of tens of thousands of workers who had gathered in Manchester to demand reform of parliamentary representation.

Aaron Copland’s suite ‘Billy the Kid’ is another popular 20th cen- tury work. This is one of the best known works by the American 18 19

Wokingham Choral Society WHY NOT BECOME A DISTRIBUTOR? We are delighted to present our Tickets £12.50 (£5.00 under 18s This follows a long tradition of Spring and Summer Concert and Students) WCS making collections at their Programmes: Christmas concerts for various Please come and join our team of distributors for the The photo shows a picture of local charities. Spring Concert – Vivaldi Glo- our Charity Cheque Presenta- Barkham NewsleGer. ria, Mozart Solemn Vespers, tion from donations we received J.S. Bach Jauchzet Gott in allen from our Christmas Concert on 19 Landen, Handel Dixit Dominus December 2015. The first cheque Conductor – Patrick Allies was presented to Wokingham We currently require a distributor for the secKon of Saturday 2nd April 2016 – Town Mayor, Councillor Phillip 7.30pm (Pre-concert talk by Mirfin who accepted the cheque Barkham Road in Barkham parish beyond Sandy Lane . Patrick Allies 6.30pm – 7.00pm) on behalf of his chosen charity for Great Hall, University of Reading, the year, MacMillan Cancer Sup- London Road Campus, Rg1 5AQ port. The second cheque, made So for the opportunity for a liGle light exercise and a Tickets £15.00 (£5.00 under 18s out to the Wokingham Choral and Students) Society’s chosen charity of the chance to meet your neighbours please call me (Jim) on year, Headway Thames Valley, Summer Concert – He- was presented to Mr. Stephen 978 3572 or e-mail [email protected] roes and Villains – Chorus- Welch, Chief Executive Officer es from Musicals and Operas of the charity. Both Councillor Conductor – Patrick Allies Mirfin and Mr Welch then gave Saturday 18th June 2016 – 7.30pm speeches of thanks explaining the Thank you. All Saints’ Church, work that their charities carry out. Wokingham, RG40 1UE Woodland Copse north of The Shires and bordering Sandy Lane Come and join us Some months back the residents have qualified for preservation Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Do you enjoy an evening out? The Townswomen’s Guild or- If you are the type of woman who of The Shires became aware of as veteran trees. Residents were Habitat – Lowland Mixed De- Do you enjoy eating out with ganisation (TG) was originally would like to become involved tree felling within the plot of land urged to apply for Tree Preserva- ciduous Woodland. The adopted friends? formed in 1929 when women and you would like to meet like north of The Shires and initial en- tion Orders to be applied to the Wokingham Biodiversity Action Wou;d you enjoy raising money first won the right to vote. TG minded women then we would quiries of the people undertaking remaining trees. In addition, if Plan 2012-2024 has the target of for local charities? has lobbied on national and lo- love to hear from you. the work was that certain trees illegal tree felling had taken place seeing no loss or fragmentation of cal issues. It has been a platform were being removed because of then a report should be made to woodland from development. He Do you enjoy rambling so long for hundreds of women who are disease. Work ceased for a pe- the Forestry Commission at the also advised that any suspicion as there is a pub at the end of We meet on the third Tues- encouraged to have ideas and riod of time and then restarted earliest opportunity. that a wildlife crime may have the route? day in the month at St Paul’s views, develop new skills, cam- Parish Rooms, Reading Road, with the removal of more trees. taken place should be reported Do you enjoy winning a game of paign on various issues, support Wokingham at 7.30pm. If you Further enquiries were made In January 2016 a letter was sent to to the police. The police and the Scrabble? each other, become empowered, don’t want to come on your own by the residents and they were Clare Lawrence, Head of Devel- press have been contacted and the Are you looking to make new make new friends and above all, then bring a friend with you. told that Forestry Commission opment Management and Regu- Forestry Commission are sched- friends? have fun. permission had been granted to latory Services at Wokingham uled to make a site visit. fell and remove trees. Council, outlining the destruction The rallying cry of the suffragettes If you would like to speak to Our local Townswomen’s Guild of trees and wildlife habitat. This This is a salutary lesson to all at the beginning of the 20th Cen- someone regarding our Guild would like to thrive but we need Contact was made with the letter was in turn forwarded to residents of Barkham of the need tury was to “Come and Join Us” then please contact Jill on new members, but more impor- Wokingham District Veteran Tree the Service Manager Regulation to be aware of the rights we have to improve the rights of women. tantly we need younger women Association and an open meeting & Compliance and the Head of to challenge actions that affect The same cry can now be heard 0118 989 2649 or please come to join which will allow the group took place between residents of Trees & Landscape for action. the local greenery and wildlife in the 21st Century but this time along and see us in action at to continue in to the next decade The Shires and Janet Firth of that make living in the parish it is from members of Wokingham the Novotel Hotel, Friar Street, and beyond. The Townswomen’s WDVTA and Derek Oxbrough worthwhile and pleasant. Evening Townswomen’s Guild Reading on Saturday 9th April Further correspondence was re- Guild is an organisation which of Barkham Parish Council. It who would like to hear from lo- commencing at 10.45am. ceived from the Ecology Officer has clout and this will boost our was pointed out by WDVTA that cal women who would consider at Wokingham Council stating Ed Shoobridge group or maybe allow us to form trees had been felled that would that this land is likely to be UK joining this organisation. a separate Guild. 20 21

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