No.034 December 2018 - January 2019

A Monthly Newsletter for Chilmark & Ridge and Fonthill Bishop with Berwick St Leonard The Village Voice - Special Edition

RR Management Committee Welcome to the December 2018 / January 2019 issue of The Village Voice It was good to see two new villagers joining the Reading Room One thing Chilmark never fails to do well in the Christmas season is carols and so Management Committee at its we’re delighted to report that once again there will be three separate opportunities AGM – the committee of 10 now for carol singers to enjoy this year. First up is ‘round the village’ Carol Singing on has four ‘chaps’ on board, the the evening of Saturday 22 December, starting at the bus stop in The Street, at 6pm nearest it has been to having a (p6), in aid of Trust for the Homeless. The following evening we’re treated 50/50 share of men and women for to a double bill of Candlelit Carols in St Margaret’s Church at 6pm (p11) and then some years (p5). Sophie Eden’s ever popular Carols Night at The Black Dog, 8.30pm (p6).

All welcomed On that note, it is terrific that The Well done to the organisers of the Black Dog will be hosting this Welcome to Chilmark evening in annual Chilmark tradition of carols the Reading Room which proved and festive songs around the bar such a success despite the filthiest and equally good to know it is now of weather outside. It was an open 7 days a week and will be excellent opportunity for ‘old’ and serving a sumptuous-sounding ‘new’ villagers to meet up (p6). three course lunch on Christmas Day. NB: Church Service There is no service at Prior to that, and to get you in St Margaret’s, Chilmark, on the seasonal mood, the annual Sunday 30 December; the Christmas Bazaar in Chilmark Area Service that day will be at Reading Room takes place this Barford St Martin at 10am. coming Saturday 8 December (p5), followed by Chrissie Eden’s Village Voice website Wreath-making Workshop on 19 Current, recent and back issues of December (p6). The Village Voice can downloaded from the site: Looking ahead to 2019, please www.chilmarkvillagevoice.co.uk put Wednesday 16 January at If you would like to receive your The Black Dog in your diary for a issue as an email/pdf, rather than public meeting to discuss plans for through the letterbox, please email Chilmark Fayre 400 celebrations us at: on 20 July, St Margaret’s Day(p6). [email protected] It will be your opportunity to say what you would like to see at this In this issue one-off event marking 400 years since Chilmark’s first ‘fayre’ on The Fairmead, the field opposite The Black Dog and Contact Numbers 3 immediately northwest of the Church. It is thought the original event was a sheep What’s On & Diary 4 fair with horses; cheese and clothing subsequently being traded in the centuries that followed. Village News 5-9 Church Times 10-12 With reference to Chilmark’s past, this issue of The Village Voice contains two Other News 14-18 fascinating articles, one looking at the journey made by a young Chilmarkian setting out for the New World in the first part of 17th century (p7&8). The second takes us Recycling & Waste 15 to a Chilmark inhabited by the Durotriges, one of the Celtic tribes living in Britain Local Police 18 prior to the Roman invasion (p8&9). All thanks to our contributors Mike Scott and Brand King for these refreshing eye-openers of Chilmark in another age.

Back in the present, it was equally refreshing to learn that there were four potential candidates for a single parish council vacancy at the PC meeting in November. Chairman Patrick Boyles said he couldn’t recall an occasion when there had been so much interest in joining the Parish Council (p5). All in all, an exciting year lies ahead.

We wish you a very Happy Christmas and a happy start to the New Year. The Editorial Team

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The Village Voice Editorial Team Copy deadline 20th of each month. Please note that there will be one issue for December & January (copy deadline 20 November) and one issue for July & August (deadline 20 June). Items will be welcomed from any individual or village organisation and should be sent to the Editor. However, newsletter content remains at the discretion of the Editorial Team and on some occasions will be space dependent. If you wish to advertise in the newsletter, please contact the Treasurer. Editor Sarah Miller 01722 717473, [email protected] Whitehill, Beckett’s Lane, Chilmark Deputy Editor/ Treasurer/ Advertising/ Mike Scott 01722 716971 [email protected] Joint Deputy Editor Bev Small 01722 716943 [email protected] Design & Layout Glen Miller 01722 717473 [email protected] Goods & Services Directory Felicity Trotman 01747 820503 [email protected] Distribution Stephanie Lucas 01722 716463 The Village Voice - online : www.chilmarkvillagevoice.co.uk Directory Clerk to the Parish Council Mrs Jenny MacDougall, 01722 790339 [email protected] Chairman, Parish Council Mr Patrick Boyles, 01722 716416 [email protected] Citizens’ Advice Bureau 03444 111444 www.cabwiltshire.org.uk Chilmark & Fonthill Bishop School 01722 716348 www.chilmarkfonthillbishop.wilts.sch.uk Chilmark Cricket Club Carl Jacobs, 07890 894 570 [email protected] Doctors’ Surgery Hindon 01747 820222 www.hindonsurgery.co.uk Doctors’ Surgery Tisbury 01747 870204 www.tisburysurgery.nhs.uk Flooding - emergency number 0300 456 0100 (24hrs) Neighbourhood Watch Mary Boyles, 01722 716416, [email protected] NHS 111 Service Call 111 when you need medical help fast but it’s not a 999 emergency Police (non-emergency) Tel: 101 (emergency? - call 999) Pothole & Fly Tipping Reporting go to www..gov.uk and select ‘Report’ Reading Room bookings Mrs Jenny Gavin, 01722 716306 [email protected] South Wiltshire MP Dr Andrew Murrison, 0207 219 8337 [email protected] Scottish & Southern Electricity 0800 0727282 Power Cut? dial 105 or visit www.powercut105.com Tisbus 07500 802525 www.tisbus.co.uk Tisbury Sports Centre 01747 871141 [email protected] Tisbury Library 01747 870469

Village Show (Horticultural Society) Jo Scott, 01722 716971 [email protected] Wessex Water Leaks: 0800 692 0692 Supply & Sewerage: 0345 600 4600 0300 456 0100 www.wiltshire.gov.uk Wiltshire Councillor Cllr Bridget Wayman, 01747 830406 [email protected]

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December Dates for your Diary

Tuesday 4th 2.55-3.20pm Mobile Library Hops Close Tuesday 4th 7pm Social Stitchers Chilmark Reading Room (CRR) Wednesday 5th 9am Kettlercise CRR Friday 7th 10.30am Art Group Life Drawing CRR Friday 7th 5.30-7.30pm School Christmas Fair Chilmark School Saturday 8th 2-4pm Reading Room Christmas Bazaar CRR Monday 10th 6.30pm Pilates CRR Wednesday 12th 9am Kettlercise CRR Monday 17th 6.30pm Pilates CRR Tuesday 18th 7pm Social Stitchers CRR Wednesday 19th 9am Kettlercise CRR Wednesday 19th 7pm Christmas Wreath Workshop CRR Saturday 22nd 6pm Village Carol Singing Bus Stop, The Street Sunday 23rd 6pm Candlelit Carols St Margaret’s Church Sunday 23rd 8.30pm Black Dog Carols The Black Dog January 2019 Tuesday 8th 7pm Social Stitchers CRR Wednesday 9th 7pm Chilmark Parish Council CRR Thursday 10th 6.30pm Reading Room Committee CRR Wednesday 16th 6.30pm Horticultural Society AGM The Black Dog Wednesday 16th 7pm Chilmark Fayre ‘400’ meeting The Black Dog Tuesday 22nd 7pm Social Stitchers CRR Tuesday 29th 2.55-3.20pm Mobile Library Hops Close

Activities Contacts: Social Stitchers - Emily Wilkins on mob 07523 131630 Art Group - Jane Hobbs 01747 871200 Reading Group - Sally Butcher on 01722 716387 or [email protected] Pilates - Shirley Rutter on 07733 085077 or [email protected] Kettlercise - Annabel Webb - 07816 621300 or [email protected] Astronomy - Rod Greening 01722 717462 or [email protected]

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Parish Council News (SIDs) and Speed Watch teams. One successful initiative involved placing ‘dummies’ dressed in fluorescent jackets, To read the latest minutes and future agenda: and armed with hair dryers, at key locations in the village. www.southwilts.com/site/chilmarkparishcouncil/ Meanwhile, Chilmark Parish Council is awaiting notification from Wiltshire’s Community Area Transport Group (CATG) Mrs Bev Small was officially welcomed and co-opted at the about a metro count being installed in the village to assess Parish Council meeting on 14 November. the speed of traffic along Becketts Lane. Watch this space!

Further Parish Council Vacancy Chairman Patrick Boyles was delighted to report that he had received four applications for the more recent Parish Council vacancy. He noted that in his years as chair it has always been difficult to persuade people to stand asa Parish Councillor, so to have four residents express an Christmas Bazaar interest in joining was remarkable. This year’s Reading Room Xmas Bazaar is on Saturday 8 December, at 2-4pm. If you have any items/promises Under the electoral arrangements for Wiltshire, Chilmark you would like to donate to the Raffle and Tombola, Parish Council is permitted a maximum of seven please contact Sarah Miller on 01722 717473 or sarah@ councillors. Following the resignation of Ian Dennis raggedapple.co.uk Thank you. Either way, we very much there was one vacancy to fill. This was advertised on look forward to seeing everyone on the day. noticeboards and in The Village Voice and applications were considered by members of the PC. It was agreed to select a candidate by ballot at the PC meeting. This ballot took place after the public/press had been asked to leave the meeting. As a result, the PC is delighted to welcome Mrs Morag Philpott onto the Parish Council. Her formal co-option will take place at the next Parish Council meeting, in January. Mr Boyles added that he hoped those candidates not successful on this occasion would wish to be considered for co-option at some future point.

Emergency Planning Co-ordinator The role of Emergency Planning Co-ordinator, which became vacant when Mr Michael Eke moved from the village, still needs to be filled. The new volunteer would need to carry out practice exercises and iron out any problems so that the team can be prepared and ready for any eventuality if it happens. If anyone is interested, or would like to know more details, please contact the Parish Council Chairman Patrick Boyles, on 01722 716416 or [email protected]

Latest Planning Applications/Decisions Planning Application Ref: 18/09961/TCA Bridge Cottage, The Street, Chilmark, SP3 5AU Willow Tree – 40% crown reduction Decision: No Objection – 20/11/18

For more details on recent applications or decisions, please visit address below, entering the respective Planning Application number in Search bar: pages.wiltshire.gov.uk/planning RR AGM The next meeting of Chilmark Parish Council will be on The AGM of the Chilmark Reading Room Management Wednesday 9 January at 7pm in the Reading Room. Committee took place on Wednesday 21 November, at 7pm and was attended by 15 villagers. Janey Middleton For more information, or to comment, on above stepped down from the committee after more than 20 applications, visit: www.wiltshire.gov.uk/planning-new years, including a long stint as chairman. She was thanked for her tireless support of the Reading Room. A committee of 10 was elected for the coming year including Slowing up Village traffic! two new members, Morag Philpott and Dathan Trent who Speeding through villages was the top of the agenda at were welcomed ‘on board’. Kirk Murray-Jones takes over the latest South West Wilts Area Board meeting in Tisbury. as Chairman from Sarah Miller. Barny Guthrie & Alison Local speed-watch groups, including representatives Whipp-Long were elected Vice Chairs; Jenny Gavin and from Hindon and , gave presentations about Johan Denekamp both kindly agreed to continue in their schemes they had employed to slow up passing traffic. respective roles as Secretary and Treasurer. The other These included 20mph limits, Speed Indicator Devices two members are Liza Jack and Henrietta Cockrell. 5 The Village Voice

Jenkins’ Ear Round the Village Carol Singing The Shanty Singers Jenkins’ Ear, returning to Chilmark A stalwart group of singers will go round the village on following their first ‘visit’ in 2016, were greeted by a packed Saturday 22 December, regardless of the weather. We and appreciative audience on Saturday 10 November. have fallen into snowdrifts (rare), slipped on ice, been Their performance marked the inaugural use of the lashed by heavy rain and buffeted by sudden gusts of Reading Room’s brand new portable stage, so kindly wind, and chased by dogs - but we love it really. We meet donated by Sarah Sharp. We look forward to the stage at the bus stop on The Street at 6pm and aim to finish being used by further visiting ‘acts’ in 2019. by 8pm. This is a regular event when we raise money for Meanwhile a Quiz and Pizza night is planned in the Salisbury Trust for the Homeless, a particularly important Reading Room for February 2019. Date TBA. charity as the numbers of sleepers on our streets increase. We always welcome new singers so do wrap up well and join us (with a torch) if you would like to. If you’d rather not join us, please let me know if you have a favourite carol with which we can serenade you on your doorstep on the night. Felicity Pattenden - 01722 716271

To read Minutes of the AGM & latest committee meeting (21 November 18) please visit the Reading Room website: www.chilmarkreadingroom.org.uk

Black Dog Carols Night The Black Dog pub Carols Night is set for Sunday 23 December from 8.30pm onwards. Everyone is welcome so please come along to this popular annual Chilmark Reading Room, Christmas Wreath Workshop tradition of carols and festive songs. Wednesday 19 December - sold out. Shortlist in case of Sophie Eden cancellations, please call Chrissie Eden 01722 716571. Refreshments, raffle, proceeds to St Margaret’s, Chilmark.

Chilmark Horticultural Society AGM Welcomed to the Village The AGM of the Chilmark Horticultural Society is being On the evening of Friday 9 November a new kind of party held on Wednesday 16 January at 6.30pm in The Black took place. There have been so many newcomers to Dog. All interested parties welcome. Chilmark over the last year that it was felt it would be a good idea to have a get-together in the Reading Room to Chilmark Fayre – 400 years! welcome new residents. It also provided an opportunity, Immediately after the Horticultural Society AGM on if so wished, to meet more villagers and representatives Wednesday 16 January, a meeting will be held at 7pm in of the various groups, clubs and societies that thrive in The Black Dog to discuss arrangements for the Chilmark Chilmark. This sounds rather dry and structured but in fact Fayre, celebrating the 400th anniversary which will take it was a lively party and a great way for people to get to place on 20 July 2019. Anyone interested in supporting know each other a bit. Welcome all newcomers! the event or with ideas for the Fayre are welcome. Please do come along.

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Chilmark Past – Thomas Macey (Macy) Chilmark and 2019 marks the 400th anniversary Fonthill Bishop School of the first recorded fayre on Chilmark’s Fairmead, the field north Children from Hindon, Ludwell, Mere, west of St Margaret’s Church. Tisbury, Semley and Wardour primary schools were Perhaps, on that day, an 11 year welcomed to an art event at Chilmark & Fonthill Bishop old Thomas Macey attended the CofE Primary. Together with artist Vivienne Hewland, and fair and it seems appropriate to Head Teacher Adam Smith, they created some wonderful celebrate the life of a Chilmarkian, born in 1608, that was pictures of teapots. to play fundamental part in the history of The New World. Two workshops were held, inviting Key Stage One children in the morning and Key Stage Two in the afternoon. The By 1620 the Pilgrim Fathers had left these shores to settle local cluster of schools organise events each term and are in a town they named Plymouth in Massachusetts (MA). looking forward to a collaboration concert in the spring. In the succeeding years many were to follow, including The ‘Watch us Grow’ group held a cake sale after making Thomas Macy (the American spelling) who settled in carrot & parsnip cakes with school cook Kylie. They Newbury MA around 1635. In 1640 he was granted land enjoyed learning about the processes of growing the in Salisbury MA and in 1643 married Sarah Hopcott carrots, harvesting and finally cooking with them. born 1612, also in Chilmark. By 1649 he had moved to Amesbury MA, just across the Powow river. He was to hold many important posts in the town, including the first town clerk and signer of the Articles of Agreement of Amesbury in 1658. He and Sarah had five surviving children, Sarah, Mary, Bethiah, Thomas and John. The house he built in 1649, sold to Anthony Colby in 1654, still stands and is on the US National Register of Historic Places.

From a religious context these were turbulent times. Thomas was often at odds with the local Puritan church and against the persecution of the Quakers. Thomas harboured four Quakers from storms in 1659 and was taken to court and fined. This appeared to be the final straw for Thomas and he instigated a plan he had been harbouring, to create a new life for him and his family away from the religious feuding. In 1659 he contacted Thomas Mayhew, from Tisbury, Wilts, whom he referred to as his cousin, although a direct relationship cannot be verified.

In 1641 Thomas Mayhew had secured the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket from both the Earl of Stirling and Sir Ferdinando Gorges, to ensure his rights. Mayhew had established his own property in 1645 on Martha’s Vineyard and was happy to sell rights to Nantucket Island to Thomas Macy. In July 1659, a contract was set up passing the rights to nine new investors, namely Tristram Coffin, Thomas Macy, Peter Coffin, Christopher Hussey, Thomas Barnard, Stephen Greenleaf, John Swayne and William Pike. These were considered the founding fathers of Nantucket, with Thomas Mayhew retaining one tenth share.

In the autumn of 1659, Thomas Macy set off in a small sailing vessel to undertake the perilous voyage from the north coast of Massachusetts, across Boston Bay, around Cape Cod and across the strait to Nantucket island. He The school supported Children in Need this year raising was accompanied by his wife, his five children aged 4-13 £211 from a non-uniform day, a teddy bear sale and a years old, a small quantity of household furniture, a 12 Pudsey Bear biscuit sale. year-old Isaac Coleman and Edward Starbuck. Despite encountering severe storms, the party survived. A busy and exciting time is coming up with rehearsals Nantucket Island was inhabited by 3000 Indians, who already under way for the Christmas productions. There welcomed the new inhabitants and helped them survive is a pantomime trip booked for the whole school and the first winter. The settlers and Indians were able to everyone is invited to the School’s Christmas Fair on maintain a relatively harmonious co-existence. However, Friday 7 December, 5.30pm-7.30pm. like many of the natives of New , they were more or less wiped out by an epidemic thought to have arisen www.chilmarkfonthillbishop.wilts.sch.uk from a brig arriving from Ireland in 1763; it brought an infectious disease from which they had no immunity.

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In the spring of 1660 Edward Starbuck returned to residents were 17 Macey families headed by a male, all Salisbury (MA) to report on the success of their venture bar two of whom were born in Chilmark. Macey was by far and some eight to ten new families moved to the island the most common name in the village. that year. By cultivating the land, supplemented by fishing and hunting, the settlers flourished. Whales were prolific in In the 1911 census there were only six Macey families, all the waters around Nantucket and a whaling industry soon headed by a male born in the village. They were: Edwin b. started, around 1672. 1851 a shepherd; Frank b. 1857 a stonecutter; Benjamin b. 1863 a farm labourer; Edwin George b. 1857 a farm Larger boats were built and by 1715 there were six sloops labourer, Ralph b. 1884 a farm labourer, and Edward b. of around 50 tons operating out of Nantucket; by 1775 there 1873 a cowman. By 1939 and the Second World War, only were 150 boats operating, of between 90 and 150 tons. three Macey families lived in the village. Olive May Smith The whaling industry was to become the prime industry (née Macey) died in October 2014, aged 89, having lived in until the middle of the 19th century. In general, the island the village all of her life; her Macey name is commemorated was to prove a conducive environment and many of the on the Millennium Cross in the middle of Chilmark. inhabitants lived full and long lives. Thomas Macy died in April 1682, aged 74. He was survived by his wife Sarah, In the next edition, how Chilmark was founded on Martha’s who died aged 94 in 1706. Vineyard and the history of the Mayhew family. Mike Scott By the end of the 17th Century, many of the islanders had converted to the Quaker faith, including Sarah Macy. The Macys flourished on Nantucket island but in the latter years Chilmark’s Ancient Past migrated to many parts of the States, especially Boston History is being unearthed in the fields and gardens around and New York. It was a direct descendent of Thomas Macy, Chilmark, as a handful of keen local metal detectorists Rowland Hussey Macy, b. 1822 in Nantucket, that set up have been discovering artefacts dating back to pre-Roman the Macy’s Store in New York. He was Thomas’s great, times. great, great, great, grand-son, descended from Thomas’s fifth child, John born in 1655. Armed with more equipment than would ever get through airport security, this amateur time-team have identified Back in Chilmark, Wiltshire, many gravestones in the coins as ancient as 2000 years old. One particular Iron churchyard mark the passing of a Macey. One grave is Age relic was minted by the Durotriges tribe, who held that of Phellep Macey who died in 1711, a stonemason. sway over land stretching through modern day Dorset, The inscription on his gravestone reads: ‘He in his lifetime South Wiltshire, South Somerset and eastern parts of engraved stones for many but for himself had no time to Devon. Remarkably, despite being underground for two engrave any’. millennia, the distinctive Celtic markings can still be made out, including that of a disjointed horse. The 1841 census in England was the first to list the names of every individual. However, less information was collected Other discoveries - mostly coins - have helped make than in later censuses. In the 1851 census, Chilmark had tangible the long and complex history of settlement in the 619 residents, nearly 100 more than today. Among the 8 The Village Voice region. When Claudius’s army invaded Britain in 43AD the the death of the childless Edward The Confessor, it was Durotriges resisted gamely, however by 70AD the region Game of Thrones time. His distant cousin, William the 1st was firmly under Roman control. This meant disjointed of Normandy, crossed the channel with a few thousand horses were out, and Roman Emperors were in. The troops and defeated Edward’s brother- in-law, the erstwhile most striking find the team has made from this period is a King Harold, in the Battle of Hastings. By Christmas Day bronze sestertius featuring the profile of Emperor Marcus William had taken the throne, thus earning the moniker Aurelius, dating the coin to 161-180AD. Though a fictional William the Conquerer: the first Norman King of England. account, trainspotters might recognise the name from Coins by now were back in vogue and from this period they the beginning of the movie Gladiator, when the emperor often feature William holding a sceptre; however none has nominates Russell Crowe to become the new regent of yet been found by the local detectorists. It’s a gap in the Rome upon his death. Of course, it doesn’t work out that timeline that is crying out to be filled, as many of these way for Rusty, and Oscar-worthy dramatics ensue. coins were minted in nearby Winchester.

From the turn of the 13th century there has been another fascinating find, that of a silver sterling bearing the image of William of Hainault, the bishop of Cambrai. Imitation was everything in the medieval coin game, and this French relic was made to replicate that of an English penny featuring Edward I. As the weight and metal of coins were more important than its markings, coins such as this would still have been viable currency. It also suggests there was ample trade happening across the channel.

The early modern Britain era has given up coins from the reigns of James I, George II and George IV. Thereafter Victorian coins and knick knacks become more common, including musket balls, lead toys and farm tools. And finally, the late 20th and early 21st centuries are represented by shotgun cartridges, bottle tops, tin foil and - gems for future detectorists - 1p coins.

Hammered silver coin, 1285-86, originally from Holland

The Romans had good reason to usurp the local Celts, as the region was well known for its quarries. Chilmark stone had previously been used as packing at Stonehenge and would later be utilised for Salisbury cathedral. In between the Romans built from it some of the finest homes Britain had ever seen. A vivid example of its use can be found at Rockbourne Villa in Hampshire, while an even grander home discovered just two years ago in the Deverills is likely to have also featured the stone.

It wasn’t all villas, mosaics and spring-fed baths though; there was also an army to pay and an unruly empire to run. Not to mention a corruptible monetary system to Roman broach, similar to several 1920 lead toy figure of a horse manage. Inflation, barely regulated minting and scrimping found in Chilmark soldier on silver and gold meant that Britain was soon awash with near worthless coins; and it’s for this reason that the most Chilmark, Ridge and Fonthill have a rich history with common coins found by detectorists are from the late previous archaeological finds indicating there were people Roman era. But what wasn’t worth bending over for 1700 settled here during the Bronze Age. There’s a listed years ago, nowadays sees otherwise sensible folk invest Roman settlement on the other side of the A303, evidence hundreds of pounds in equipment to find. of burials scattered throughout the area and the famous Roman Road that passes just to the north of Chilmark. Following the final withdrawal of Roman troops in 410AD, It would be nice to gather some of these finds together the Saxons came from the Germanic coast, bringing a and display them in the Reading Room, or maybe even new language, fresh ideas for governance, and blond hair Messums. Their fiscal value is relatively low, but the story with them. They also preferred to barter for their goods they can tell is priceless. and, as such, coins almost completely vanish from the historical record for the next two and half centuries. They Before anything like that can happen though, more pieces liked jewellery though, and perhaps the most significant need to be found so that the holes in the timeline can be local find is a silver brooch dating to the eighth century. filled and the story fleshed out. If you have a little land, or a lot (does Lord Margadale get this?!) and would like to This, along with a single coin found in Chilmark, proves see what secrets it’s hiding, then feel free to contact Carl that there was a Saxon presence in the area and, given the on [email protected] ascendency of the Kingdom of Wessex during this period, Brand King there isn’t much doubt there would have been. However, evidence of their lifestyles is beguilingly rare. Things remained relatively stable until 1066 when, upon 9 Focus Point - Christmas at a Field Hospital near Basra towards Mary and Joseph wanting somewhere to stay, When I was a British Army Chaplain based in Germany eventually sending them ‘round the back’. Mary was played with the Logistics Brigade in Gutesloh, I was deployed to by a Zimbabwean nurse. Joseph, in distress with the news Iraq for Operation Telic 2, just after Remembrance Sunday of Mary’s pregnancy, hits his thumb with a hammer in his 2003. carpenter’s shop and goes to A&E, confiding his woes to the duty doctor. The doctor bandages Joseph’s thumb I flew to Iraq in a Hercules aircraft to be chaplain to22 and sends him on to me as Army Padre. I listen to his Field Hospital, the British military hospital in the desert concerns over Mary’s story of the Holy Spirit and how he in the Basra area. As a chaplain I was not armed. My thought she was making it up and had been unfaithful to work there was to give moral and spiritual support to the him. This echoed with the soldiers who’d worry if their hospital staff, the infantry soldiers guarding our base, the girlfriends at home were seeing someone else. In the play, wounded or sick soldiers who came for treatment and to I encourage Joseph to go down on his knees & pray with lead services in the tent chapel. Much of the time I would me for guidance. Suddenly, the prayer is answered and be walking round the huge tented hospital visiting people. Angel Gabriel appears to put Joseph right and tell him It was very fulfilling and challenging work. However, one to stand by Mary. Angel Gabriel was played by a hunky of the hardest aspects to deal with was the raw encounter sergeant with the insignia of the Parachute regiment wings with death and the tragedy of the loss of young lives, or the on his shoulders. In the finale, after the arrival of baby severe wounding of young soldiers. Jesus, with the kings and shepherds in attendance, all the hospital nurses were dressed as angels in white gym slips To build morale, as it was the first Christmas for the and angel wings and they danced to Madonna’s song ‘Like soldiers deployed to Iraq, a couple of doctors and I put on a Virgin’ and each bent over revealing an appliquéd letter a nativity play. It was loosely based on the popular ‘Jesus which along the line of angels spelt Happy Christmas. The Christmas Party’ with the grumpy innkeeper who is fed up soldiers were delighted! with visitors arriving to visit the new baby. We cast it with the staff members of the hospital including the Second in There was a lot of humour in our Basra nativity and we had Command playing one of the Kings. We had the Christmas queues of soldiers coming to watch it. With the humour, story from the Gospels of Luke and Matthew read out in the message of Christ coming into the world to bring peace sections, then acted out, interspersed with Christmas came over loud and clear through the Bible readings, the carols. We produced it with a modern military slant set in carols and the drama of the nativity play. present day Iraq. So, as it was the time when Saddam Hussein was captured, King Herod became the baddy Saddam Hussein. To rally people for rehearsals I used to get hold of the tannoy and call out ‘Shepherds needed for Scene 3 to rehearse in the PT tent’ or ‘Mary and Joseph needed urgently for Scene 4’. However, I wound up the Regimental Sergeant Major and unfortunately got banned from using it for this purpose

On Christmas morning I was woken early by the CO of the Field Hospital and his Second in Command arriving at my tent which I shared with the Matron and serving us a delicious warming cup of tea. This is tradition and all the soldiers and medical staff were treated to it. I thought it was the most delicious tea I’d ever had early in the morning. Then I heard it was laced with rum!

Tesco provided all serving personnel with a cardboard hamper. We were all chuffed. They contained, amongst goodies such as mince pies, red Santa hats which we all wore at our Christmas lunch. The Army chefs produced an amazing roast dinner of turkey and all the trimmings for 100s of us cooked in a simple Field kitchen on portable cookers. I still don’t know how they did it. Despite our all being far from home we enjoyed a memorable Christmas in Iraq.

So may I wish all of you a very Happy Christmas and please remember to look out for those neighbours living The innkeeper was cast as a quartermaster who was alone and your single friends, who may be on their own selfishly hoarding for himself the cold weather gear (which this Christmas, and bring them some Christmas cheer. in reality had just been issued for the soldiers as it was Revd Juliette Hulme, Team Vicar very chilly in the desert at night). He was very ungracious 10

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BARFORD 1115 FC EB 0930 MCW LAY 0930 HCBCP EB - 1600 Carols EB 2200 PC EB 1000 PCT EB / Area Service TF st BAVER------21 1800 Carols EB - - - - 0930 PCT EB - - STOCK th CHIL 1115 PCT JN 1115 MBCP LAY 1115 FC EB 20 1400 School 1800 Carols EB 2200 PCT TF 1115 FC MH - - -MARK Carol Service GS st DINTON 0930 HCT TF 1115 PC EB 1800 Carols EB 21 1400 School 0930 MCW LAY 1600 Crib EB 0930 FC CF - - Carol Service EB Service T. EVIAS 0930 FS LAY ------T. MAGNA - - - - 1800 Carols TF - - - - - 1115 PC EB - - West Area th FONTHILL 1700 EBCP JN 0800 HCBCP JMH 0930 MBCP JMH 20 1800 Carols JMH - - - - 0930 PCBCP JN - - BISHOP FONTHILL 0800 HCBCP JMH 1115 MBCP JN 0800 HCBCP JMH - 1600 Carols JMH - - 1115 PCBCP JMH - - GIFFORD th CHICK - - 1800 EBCP GS - - 20 1900 - - 1800 PCBCP MH - - - - -LADE Carols MH th HINDON 0930 HC MH 0930 FC MH 1800 EBCP JMH 11 1830 School 0930 HC MH 2200 PC JN 0930 FC MH - - 1800 MH Nativity MH Service of 21st 1800 Carols MH Light th 0800 PCT JN 12 1730 School 0800 HCBCP GS 2330 PC JMH 0930 FC JMH 1000 PC JMH / TISBURY 0930 FS LAY 0930 PC JMH 0930 PC GS Carol Service JMH 0930 PC JMH Area Service MH th 1800 HCT JMH 1600 JMH / 17 1930 Christingle JN Village Carols JMH

BCP – Book of Common Prayer CW – Common Worship HC – Holy Communion (said) PC – Order 1 Communion (with hymns) PCT – Order 1 Communion, traditional language (with hymns) CbE – Communion by Extension PCO2T Holy Communion Order 2 traditional language (with hymns) FC – All Age Family Communion FS – All Age Family Service SoW – All Age Service of the Word M – Mattins or Morning Prayer MPr – Morning Praise E – Evensong or Evening Prayer CF – Colin Fox CS – Chris Savage EB – Elaine Brightwell GS – Graham Southgate JA – Judy Anderson JMH – Juliette Hulme JN – Jo Naish MG – Michael Goater MH – Mark Hayter TF – Tina Fox

St Margaret’s Chilmark - Church Notices Church Flowers Reminder Services over Christmas at Chilmark: To all those who have kindly agreed to arrange flowers Sunday 23 December, 6pm - for the Candlelit Carols in St Margaret’s, please remember Carols by candlelight (bring a torch!) that the service is on Sunday 23 December, 6pm. Christmas Eve, 10pm - Parish Communion Christmas Day, 11.15am - Family Communion We very much look forward to welcoming you to St Margaret’s over the Christmas period. Church Wardens

From the Register Burial of Ashes - Vivian Anne Lowe on 10 November 2018, in the Churchyard.

Church Cleaning Rota If you have any queries please contact me on 01722 716571. Thank you. Chrissie Eden

December Group 2nd two 9th three 16th four 23rd five 30th six January 2019 6th seven 13th eight 20th nine 27th ten February 3rd one

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TEAM CLERGY Revd Dr Graham Southgate, (Team Rector). The Rectory, Shaftesbury Road, Fovant, SP3 5JA 01722 714826 Parish Priest responsible for Ansty, Compton Chamberlayne, Fonthill Gifford, Fonthill Bishop with Berwick St Leonard, Fovant, , Swallowcliffe, and Tisbury. email: [email protected].

Revd Elaine Brightwell, (Team Vicar) 01722 717883 Parish Priest responsible for Barford St Martin with Burcombe, Baverstock, Chilmark, Dinton, and Teffont Evias with Teffont Magna. email: [email protected]

Revd Juliette Hulme (Team Vicar) The Rectory, Park Road, Tisbury, SP3 6LF 01747 871957 Parish Priest responsible for Fonthill Bishop with Berwick St Leonard, Fonthill Gifford, and Tisbury. email: [email protected]

ASSOCIATE PRIESTS Revd Mark Hayter, High Spinney, Sutton Road, Fovant, SP3 5LF 01722 785176 Parish Priest responsible for Hindon with Chicklade and Pertwood email: [email protected] Revd Jo Naish, Coombe Warren, Hindon Lane, Tisbury, SP3 6QQ 01747 871820 email: [email protected] Revd. Tina Fox, The Pightle, The Street, Teffont, Salisbury, SP3 5QP 01722 716010 email: [email protected]

LICENSED LAY MINISTERS Canon Judy Anderson, 29 Brook Close, Tisbury SP3 6PW 01747 873142 Mrs Thelma Caughey, Steeple Close, High Street, Hindon SP3 6DJ 01747 820840

PARISH CENTRE Hinton Hall, Church Street, Tisbury SP3 6NH 01747 871697 9.30-11am Monday-Friday email: [email protected]

TEAM ADMINISTRATOR Mrs Carol Sayes, Cleeve Hill, Vicarage Road, Tisbury SP3 6HZ 01747 871805 email [email protected]

CHURCHWARDENS Chilmark, St Margaret of Antioch Fonthill, All Saints with Berwick St Leonard Mrs Jane Middleton 01722 716231 The Hon Mary Morrison 01747 820231 Mr Richard Haupt 01722 717472 Mrs Penny Mellish 01747 820524

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Parish Priest: Fr. Robert Miller, Trellis House, High Street, Tisbury SP3 6JR 01747 870228 [email protected] MASSES Tisbury, Sacred Heart: Sunday 9am (sung) & 6.30pm (said) Wardour, All Saints: Sunday 11am (sung)

TISBURY METHODIST CHURCH Minister: Revd Denise Binks, 7 Ridge Way, Shaftesbury SP7 9HB, [email protected] 01747 854631 Sunday Service: 10.30am

CHILMARK CHURCH, ST MARGARET OF ANTIOCH Treasurer Major John Eden 01722 716571 Choir Felicity Pattenden [email protected] 01722 716271 Organist David Davies [email protected] 01722 714440 Polly Dickins [email protected] 01747 870226 Bells Linda Jones [email protected] 01747 870595 Angus Menzies [email protected] 01722 717925

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13 The Village Voice

Hindon Surgery News - Winter pressures For further information on antibiotic resistance visit nhs. After a glorious summer and autumn the temperatures are uk/antibiotics. falling. The most effective ways to stay healthy in the winter are to have a warm home and to have the annual ‘flu jab. Most patients have had their flu ‘jab’, but we would remind This year we have a few jabs left that protect against the those that haven’t, and who are eligible to have this four commonest strains (including the B strain that caused vaccination, to make an appointment at the surgery. We problems last winter). have several morning and evening mid-week flu clinics available and this will also give us an opportunity to check We had hoped to have a new GP assistant this year but, if you should be having any other vaccinations - such as unfortunately for us, she wanted to pursue a career in for prevention of pneumonia or shingles. tropical medicine after a spell working in Myanmar, and this wasn’t possible from rural Wiltshire. So this winter it We wish all our patients a very happy and healthy New will be just the two GP partners, with occasional help from Year. Laurence Carter & Adam Smith Dr Hall, and our nurses taking on more of the management of long-term conditions. Next year we will be getting more help with new GP assistants joining us. More news on this Films in Tisbury in the coming months. at the Nadder Centre, Weaveland Road On Friday 11 January we plan to be showing The Much of the extra work in winter is from acute short-term Children Act, starring Emma Thompson and directed by illnesses that do not need a prescribed medicine. The Richard Eyre, but we were still awaiting confirmation from community pharmacies are excellent at giving advice and Moviola as The Village Voice went to press. Tickets will be suggesting over the counter medicines (which all GPs £6, from Kate Good Pottery, High Street, Tisbury - 01747 have been told to reduce or stop prescribing) and they 870367 - closed on Mondays. Doors open at 6.30 for 7pm should be your first source of advice. performance. Any profit from the film will be given to the If you need to be seen by a GP, they will tell you, and we East Window Appeal, St John’s Church, Tisbury. can see you in one of our ‘never-full’ surgeries. We have yet to choose films for the following three ‘Never-full’ surgeries have short appointments for one months but the dates for your diaries are acute problem only. Please help us and all our other 2,400 Friday 8 February, Friday 8 March, Friday 12 April. patients by not using this exceptional service to book a routine appointment at the last moment or add several problems to the one that you feel must be seen that Volunteer Drivers needed day. When you ring for an appointment you will find our The Tisbury & District Link Scheme is seeing volunteers receptionists will offer you the first available in a normal to join its friendly team of drivers. We use our own cars surgery or, if it is a problem you feel cannot wait, will book to take local people to medical appointments. Our service you into a never-full surgery - we see however many is very highly valued in our area where there is a lack of people want to be seen and that can be around 70 patients public transport. in a day, so please use this time thoughtfully. You can do as many drives as you can manage. You give Thank you to everyone who sponsored our daughter your time to the service and you will be reimbursed for Rachel who ran the Oxford half-marathon recently in 1 petrol costs. There is no fixed commitment. hour 53 minutes and raised over £600 for Target Ovarian Please call Link on 07484 284670 if you might be Cancer. interested. Dr Patrick Craig-McFeely

Tisbury Surgery You may have seen the current TV campaign concerning antibiotics and it is worth re-iterating the advice from Public Health England which warns that taking antibiotics when you don’t need them puts you and your family at risk.

Antibiotics are essential to treat serious bacterial infections but they are frequently used to treat illnesses, such as coughs, earache and sore throats that can get better by themselves or which may be alleviated by over the counter medicines available at the pharmacist. Taking antibiotics encourages harmful bacteria that live inside you to become resistant which means that antibiotics may not work when you really need them.

As antibiotic resistance increases, procedures such as caesarean sections and hip replacements could become life-threatening without antibiotics to ward off infections. Cancer patients are also much more vulnerable if antibiotics don’t work; both cancer and the treatment (chemotherapy) reduce the ability of the immune system to fight infections and antibiotics are critical to both prevent and treat infections in these patients. 14 The Village Voice

Recycling and Waste Collection dates for December 2018 & January 2019

There will be no waste or recycling collections on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Garden Waste collections will be suspended from Monday 24 December for two weeks and will restart on Tuesday 8 January. Collections will be one day later than normal during this week. All collections, including garden waste, will return to normal from Monday 14 January.

All household recycling centres will be closed from 1pm on 24 December and all day on 25 & 26 December and on 1 January. The centres will be open as normal on all other days.

If you pay to have your garden waste collected, you can Tisbus put your real tree out for recycling with your green bin on A reminder that the Tisbus Members’ Christmas Lunch is your first collection date in January or you can support on Tuesday 17 December, 12.30pm at The Greater Good, local charities by paying a small donation for them to Fovant. collect your real tree. You will need to Register for this at charityxmastreecollection.com Tisbus is a community bus service; friendly, flexible and affordable. It provides door-to-door, wheelchair accessible, transport for its members. It currently has four mini-buses Tuesday 4 December and is registered with both Dorset and Wiltshire councils, Blue lid - plastic bottles & containers, cardboard, brown enabling bus passes to be used. Tisbus is available to paper, shredded paper anyone in the Tisbury and Nadder Valley area for specific Black box - glass bottles & jars, newspapers, junk mail, designated services and on private journeys. tin cans, clothing, silver foil Green lid - Garden waste, NOT household compost Tisbus provides transport for school outings, shopping trips into Salisbury, Shaftesbury, Gillingham and Warminster and Tuesday 11 - Household waste (grey bins) regular days out for members. It also provides transport for private functions such as weddings and parties. Tuesday 18 - Blue lid, Black box, Green lid

Tisbus is a non-profit making company that is run bya Thursday 27 - Household waste volunteer board of trustees; it is a charitable company limited by guarantee No: 1085583. January 2019

Tisbus is supported by volunteer drivers and a coordinator Thursday 3 - Blue lid, Black box (NO garden waste) who books all services. Wednesday 9 - Household waste For bookings or enquiries about days out, or regular Tisbus shopping trips, please contact Tuesday 15 - Blue lid, Black Box, Green lid Bev Ford - 07500 802525 - (+ Christmas tree!) email [email protected] Tuesday 22 - Household waste

Tuesday 29 - Blue lid, Black Box, Green lid

For more details of which bin to use, visit the link below: www.wiltshire.gov.uk/recycling

One Voice Choral Celebration Messums Barn Tisbury will be the venue for a Christmas experience like no other on Saturday 22 December at 6pm. One Voice is a free event open to everyone. Join 200 voices, including local choirs, and sing to raise money for the East Window appeal of St John’s Church, Tisbury.

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16 The Village Voice

Chilmark’s Dark Skies please ensure that they stay sober. Drink or drug driving is Due to light pollution, more than 90% of people in the UK simply not worth the risk.” cannot see the Milky Way galaxy. Across the Cranborne Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), ‘If people do choose to drink alcohol to excess or take however, we are fortunate to have some of the highest drugs before getting behind the wheel then they need to quality night skies in the south of England. This is good for understand the potential consequences, both in respect of human health and wildlife (light pollution disturbs natural themselves and others in doing so. I would urge the public rhythms of sleep and activity), as well for stargazing and to call our Drink Drive Hotline and report any driver who tranquillity. fails to heed this warning, as we will actively target any driver we suspect to be driving under the influence.’ Chilmark residents can enjoy this star-filled display. You can see this easily by taking a look at the ‘Night Blight’ All officers and members of Tri-force maps produced in the last few years by the Council for the Roads Policing Unit will be conducting high profile roadside Protection of Rural England www.nightblight.cpre.org.uk/ checks at all times of the day and night, to catch those who maps. By dividing light shining into the sky across the UK pose a huge risk to themselves and the lives of other road into nine bands, from ‘high’ (eg central Salisbury) to ‘low’, users. the maps show that 51.8% and 40.2% of the Cranborne Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) falls The Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and into the lowest and second lowest bands, respectively. Swindon, Angus Macpherson, said: “I fully support Wiltshire Chilmark itself falls in the second darkest band, and you Police in its determination not to tolerate motorists who don’t need to go far to hit areas in the lowest band. take the risk of driving while unfit through drink or drugs. The message is that anyone who thinks of getting behind In order to recognise and preserve our beautiful starry the wheel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs will skies for the future, the AONB is bidding to become an run the terrible risk of endangering pedestrians, cyclists International Dark Sky Reserve (IDSR), a designation other drivers and their passengers.’ given by the International Dark-Sky Association; we are working with local communities and others to achieve this Anyone wishing to report an incident of drink/drug prestigious award and, if successful, we would be only the driving should call Wiltshire Police on 101 and select fifth IDSR in the UK. We need to demonstrate support, so option 4 for the Drink Drive hotline. we are encouraging people to sign our dark sky pledge, which you can find on the homepage of our Chasing Stars website: www.chasingstars.org.uk. It only takes a minute Home Library Service or two, but will be a huge help to the success of the bid. The home library service is for Wiltshire residents who want to continue reading or listening to books and audio You can also help by checking your external lighting items but are unable to visit the library and have no-one to is ‘dark-sky friendly’. There’s lots of information on our collect items on their behalf. If a friend or relative can visit website but, basically, it’s about having fully shielded light the library on your behalf, please ask us about becoming fittings that are dipped downwards, using a standard 40W an assisted reader. bulb (lumens below 500), and thinking about either timed or motion sensor lighting. If you have a good story to tell The home library service is there for people of any age about lighting improvements you have made, please do tell who are: us about it. You can contact us on info@cranbornechase. • blind or partially sighted org.uk or find us on Facebook or Twitter. • disabled in some way • suffering a long-term illness Finally, to inspire you, here are some comments made by • recovering from an operation and in need of people signing our pledge: short term help • elderly and frail ‘I have never seen so many stars in Britain before moving • unable to carry library books here. • carers who cannot easily leave home • experiencing mental health problems. ‘I live in the AONB and keep my outside lights switched off unless needed. I love stars and dark skies.’ How does the service work? A member of library staff will talk to you about what you ‘Keep looking up!’ like to read. They will then visit you at home with a library volunteer and bring you some books. Every few weeks, Amanda Scott, the library volunteer will call at a time to suit you and Dark Sky Advisor, Cranborne Chase AONB exchange your books. You can borrow every kind of book, in standard or large print and also audio books on CD. Choose from crime, romance, family stories or historical Christmas Drink Drive Campaign novels; or, if you prefer, biographies, hobby and craft Wiltshire Police are urging residents to report motorists books, war stories and local history titles. suspected of Drink Driving this Christmas. Sergeant Simon Drewett, of the Wiltshire Road Safety There are no fines or charges for this service and you can Unit, said: ‘Christmas is a busy time of the year with lots request items too. of social events taking place. We don’t wish to spoil the If you would like the home library service, you can contact fun but it’s important that people plan ahead and make us via the Access and Volunteer Manager on arrangements to get home safely when out and about. 01225 713706 or Just as important is the morning after… and if you are email: mailto:[email protected] relying upon another driver to get you home safely then 17 The Village Voice - Local Police

Hello and welcome to an edited version of reduce offences and to try to identify potential offenders. Community Policing report for November As a part of crime prevention advice, we are asking people 2018. not to leave valuable items such as tools and equipment in vehicles, and ensure the vehicles are securely locked and Staffing preferably alarmed. Report to the police any suspicious Inspector Andy Fee has returned back activity or vehicles in your area. Consider the use of home earlier than expected from his secondment CCTV to cover your property and driveways. to be the lead for West Wiltshire CPT. Sergeant James Williams has stepped back to his role Team Contacts from Acting Inspector to Deputy. Sergeant Jeff Rice who Sector Head: Inspector 41 Andy Fee: was Acting Deputy Sector Sergeant has returned back to [email protected] his shift on the CPT team based at Warminster. Deputy Sector Head: Sergeant 1604 James Williams: [email protected] Recent Crimes of note: Community Coordinator: Pc 1746 Lee Pelling: Chilmark, 3 November - Theft: between 9pm on 2 [email protected] November and 10am on 3rd suspect(s) stole a White Ford Local Pcso: Pcso 6192 Neil Turnbull: Transit Van from an outbuilding. [email protected] Sutton Mandeville, 5 November - Criminal Damage: Other Contacts sometime between 3-5 November suspect(s) drove onto • Please use 999 in an emergency or about a crime in farmland and then over planted crops. It is believed the progress. suspects were hare coursing. • Please use 101 for all past or non- Fovant, 6 November - Burglary (Residential - Shed/ urgent crimes, incidents and issues or Garage): overnight on 5 November suspect(s) forced entry visit Wiltshire Police’s new website at: into a detached garage-cum-storage building, damaging https://www.wiltshire.police.uk/ the doors; an orange Husqvarna chainsaw, a blue Hitachi Among other information, this offers a detailed leaf blower, and an electric drill set were stolen. breakdown of the crime in local areas. Tisbury Row, 6 November - Arson and Criminal Damage: • Please use the CPT email for all enquiries, overnight on 6 November suspect(s) tried to enter a farm meeting invitations, and minutes) at: via a gate, by unknown means, causing the metal gate [email protected] post to bend. They accessed one field from an adjacent Please follow us on: Twitter field and drove a vehicle over crops - possibly for hare https://twitter.com/wiltshirepolice coursing. or on: Facebook Tisbury, 13 November - Vehicle offences: sometime https://www.facebook.com/wiltshirepolice/ between 8-11 November in Hindon Lane, suspect(s) stole Thank you for your continued support to Wiltshire Police the front number plate from a Mini Clubman. Chilmark, 19 November - Criminal Damage: between 13- 15 November suspect(s) have caused damage to front grill CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS of a car in Park Drive and the bonnet has been scratched and two small dents caused. In Need of a Tutor? Chicksgrove, 27 November - Burglary (Business): Experienced, local prep school teacher. overnight on 26 November suspect(s) have gained access Available on weekdays and weeknights. to some land by cutting the chain link fence. They have Can tutor in Maths, English, 11+ or general homework. then entered two buildings and caused damage in both. Contact Ed on 07792 672917 Plasterboard has been smashed, draining pipes broken and graffiti has been painted. Outside, scaffolding poles have been thrown into the septic tank breaking it. Lower Chicksgrove, 29 November – Theft: overnight Advertising in The Village Voice Revenue from the quarterly Goods & Services Directory goes to on 28 November suspect(s) have accessed an outside Chilmark Parochial Church Council (via Hindon PCC). Cost (for insecure fridge to the side of a property and have stolen 30 words max) is £16 for 4 issues (a year); £12 for 3 issues; £8 meat and cheese from within. for 2 issues; £4 for one issue. Please contact Felicity Trotman (see Village Directory, page 2) if you wish to include an entry in Community Policing Priorities within the Tisbury Beat the next Directory. Cheques payable to Hindon PCC. The Tisbury Area currently has the following priorities: (i) Operation Artemis: Poaching and Hare Coursing. All other advertising revenue (display and classified adverts) Rural and remote locations and farms around Tisbury and goes towards The Village Voice printing costs. surrounding villages are at risk from Poachers damaging fences and gates to access land to Hare Course and Display advert prices as from 1st September 2016 are: page - £60 per year (10 issues) Poach. This sometimes leads to cattle and sheep escaping quarter eighth page - £40 per year out onto the roads causing issues for motorists and for the farmers. We are conducting pro-active patrols to reduce Classified adverts can be run for up to three issues at the rate this type of crime. of 10 pence per word (30 words max) per issue. Should you (ii) Theft from Motor Vehicles: we have seen a small wish to place a display or classified advert please contact our increase in the targeting of particularly work vans and Treasurer Mike Scott: vehicles parked up overnight across wider West Wiltshire. [email protected] They are being broken into and work tools and equipment stolen. It is likely the offenders are using a van-sized vehicle themselves to travel around and commit these The Village Voice crimes, using tools to damage locks to gain access. We Design & Layout, Ragged Apple, [email protected] have been conducting high visibility pro-active patrols to Printed by Spectrum, Wilton 01722 742678 18 The Village Voice

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