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FROM THE RECTORY Dear Friends, freely of their time, and most of those ‘volunteers’ Well, we have made it half way through the year and are of a certain age where they may be considered vulnerable. what a year it has been! Some of us are beginning to emerge from the As I write, Grateley and Quarley churches (the cocoon of self-isolation, whilst others have not had smallest in our Team of seven) are open for private the opportunity to hide safely away. We are so prayer. St Peter’s Over Wallop will be open by the thankful for the sacrifices made by all our key time you read this, and hopefully St Andrew’s too workers. And then there are the forgotten heroes, (check the church websites). those who are shielding for the sake of their families. Funerals may take place inside the church building, I am reminded that one of the fruits of the Spirit is but only if we can get the right measures in place, patience (something I generally struggle with) and and will still be limited in size. Each funeral will be also of the psalmist who reminds us that God’s days assessed independently. In the meantime we are are unlike ours (or should that be hours?) discovering just how beautiful, and perfect, a graveside service can be. In the midst of this slow opening up come new Whilst church doors may remain closed, the church challenges. We still need to take precautions, ‘stay alert’, and it can be frustrating when announcements itself remains open. Sunday services are available on come from Downing Street that we just aren’t YouTube and Facebook, as well as Compline (Night prepared for. This pandemic has moved swiftly! Prayer), and a daily letter is sent via email to anyone who wishes to opt in (email [email protected]) Early in June it was announced that churches would or on the website www.stpetersoverwallop.co.uk . A not be open before the 4th July, then a week or so weekly letter is posted in the Village Shop window. later it was suddenly announced that church buildings could be opened for private prayer. How We want to remain in touch, so perhaps this is also a wonderful, except that not all our churches are good time to let you know that my phone number usually open, that risk assessments need to be in has changed to 07720 258 999. place, and the building itself adapted to enable ‘social With love and blessings, distancing’. Add to the mix, that we only currently have one paid member of staff, everyone else gives Vanessa

CHURCH OFFICERS Please note that Vanessa takes Friday as the ‘Sabbath day of rest’. Matthew is normally available on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays Team Vicar Vanessa Cole 07720 258999 [email protected] Associate Priest Matthew Grayshon 07960 299434 [email protected] Team Administrator Dawn Dearden 07495 085906 (M,W,F, 9-12) [email protected] Licensed Lay Minister Geoff Wortley 01264 889426 Lay Worship Leaders Stephen Baldock (783540) Marilyn Childs (783435) John Searles (781301) Pastoral Visitor Jean Hicks (781000) St Andrew’s Nether Wallop St Peter’s Over Wallop Churchwardens Emma Todd (781517) (vacant) PCC Secretaries Janet Herring (781126) Hugo Deschampsneufs (781690) Treasurers/Gift Aid John Waits (782110) Janet Baldock (783540)

CHURCH WEBSITES www.standrewsnetherwallop.co.uk and www.stpetersoverwallop.co.uk

1 FROM THE RECTORY Dear Friends, In the Wallops we have the most amazing churches, with Since the announcement that churches may now open for a history of prayer and of ‘doing business with God’. I worship, I am sure you are wondering what is happening wonder how many of you were christened or married in with your local church. Well, once more I have to give either St Peter’s or St Andrew’s? How many people have you a caveat that I am writing this half way through the you said farewell to? How many Christmases and Easters month in order to reach the deadline, and by the time you have been celebrated over the years? When the church read it everything may have changed. doors were locked we wondered what that would mean for worship, and we have been so surprised to see so Both the churches in the Wallops are now open for many more people join us. It has been a delight to share private prayer, although occasionally have to be closed those first services for Easter, and all the ones since. It again for cleaning if, for example, a funeral has taken has been a reminder to me that God cannot be restricted place in the church. Yes, funerals can now take place in to any particular building or space, but is wherever there church again, with a limited number of people present is a heart that wants to connect. and no singing. Weddings and baptisms can also take place once again. Connecting with God in many ways seems to have been easier, connecting with humans has not. We miss you, we We are opening up slowly, we do need to adhere to miss shaking hands and hugging during the peace, we precautions, sitting with a 2m-gap between ourselves and miss singing as a group of people, and we miss coffee and other ‘households’, using hand sanitiser etc. It is looking cake afterwards. Hopefully, by the time you read this we as if the first steps will be to hold compline once a week will have a plan in place. Keep checking the church within the churches. This has been livestreamed on websites (www.stpetersoverwallop.co.uk Facebook, evenings at 6pm, since the lockdown began www.standrewsnetherwallop.co.uk ) for details, or sign up (there are also services on YouTube you can join in with to the daily letter by emailing the administrator as well, search for The Walloping Vicar and compline. [email protected] Compline is a beautiful gentle service to end the day with, and has been incredibly popular across the country during Throughout the lockdown I have clung to the words of the last few months. one of my favourite Psalms, Psalm 139: Where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee In between my writing and you reading, the Team from your presence? Council and your local PCC are meeting to discuss what If I ascend to heaven, you are there; if I make my bed the implication will be for Sunday worship. Please do in Sheol, you are there. If I take the wings of the check the church websites to keep up to date with news. morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea, So much has happened during these past few months; I even there your hand shall lead me, and your right really never expected to set up a YouTube channel, or hand shall hold me fast. celebrate Holy Communion with a camera! I have been With love and blessings, wonderfully surprised to see how many people tune in to Vanessa watch Prayer Bear lead Little Angels Live – our toddler group.

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In the beginning … Rachel It was love at first sight. Rachel was the younger of womankind, but to no avail. Her stomach never the two sisters, and not expected to marry until Leah grew round as the women around her did. had first been matched off, instead, Rachel was Then Reuben, her eldest nephew, found some tasked with taking care of the flocks. Rachel was too mandrakes during the harvest and brought them young to be looking at men, even though her work home to his mother. Firm mandrakes, ripe with often brought them together. To her they were just fertility. Rachel had to have some, this may be her her father's 'men', she hadn't even considered the final chance, but her sister too was beginning to feel grown up world of marriage. Until she watched the her time running out, and would only trade them handsome young man roll away the stone from the with extra time in the marital bed. Once more Rachel well so that her sheep could be watered... and he watched her sister bloom and grow, a son, and impudently kissed her! another, and finally a daughter. The mandrakes had The man, Jacob, was kin, and a good match. He not worked for Rachel, but when she had run out of wooed her father, worked hard for him, and ideas and plans on how to manipulate her painful eventually marriage was mentioned. It was a long situation, God stepped in, healing her and enabling courtship, seven years until the wedding day, but her to bear a son, 'Joseph'. eventually everything was ready and Jacob and Joseph was her beloved son, at last a child that she Rachel were as giddy as could be. At last they could had borne to her husband, her love; and Jacob loved be together, not just as shepherds, but as man and Joseph more than any of his other children. Rachel wife, as lovers. Except that her wretched sister still was a mother at last, vindicated amongst the other wasn't married. It wasn't done for a younger sister to women, once more equal with her sister, no longer be married before the elder, it wasn't right for her to looked down upon by their maids. With the birth of be left an unwanted sister. All of a sudden everything his son, Jacob was finally inspired to cut loose from was turned upside down: it was Leah who was his father in law. The journey to Jacob's home was dressed in the wedding finery, Leah who was full of adventure and full of loving touches that covered in the heavy wedding veil, Leah who was reminded Rachel that she had been Jacob's first escorted by their father to Jacob's tent, and it was choice, she had been his true love, and still was. Leah who was made love to. Not Rachel. Jacob always made sure that she and Joseph were Rachel cried through the night; her only solace was looked after, that they were placed in the safest the horror of her lover when he discovered he had position in their travelling convoys. And then, been deceived, and his anger, and his determination without even trying, Rachel fell again. to marry Rachel. Jacob and Leah spent another week The journeying had been eventful, there had been together, consummating their marriage whilst Rachel grief, and there had been more wrestling with God; tried not to go near their tent, tried not to hear, not and then her time had come, and this child was to imagine. Then finally she too was married to proving difficult to give birth to. Rachel's nurse had Jacob. She was his first love and should have been died, her sister hated her, the maids kept their his first wife, his only wife. Their marriage should distance, and as she cried out in pain from the long have been a joy, but it was a struggle. Rachel knew and painful labour, Rachel felt all alone. Another that it was her that Jacob truly loved, but that didn't son, a brother for Joseph, and another apple for stop her husband from having sex with his first wife, Jacob's eye, but she would never live to hold her her big sister and it didn't stop her from becoming treasured child, she would never tell her handsome an aunt time and again, but never a mother. firstborn how she treasured him, and she would Desperate to compete with her sister, to be viewed never again feel the arms of her beloved husband as a valued wife, to be a mum, Rachel gave her maid around her. With her last breath Rachel named her to Jacob to sleep with, and she bore her two sons; final son Ben-oni, Son of my sorrow. but then her sister, fearing that her age now had the Rachel's husband took the child in his arms and better of her gave her maid to Jacob and two more renamed him, Benjamin, Son of my right hand; the sons were born. Jacob and his tribe were expanding, last of his children. You can read Rachel's story here. but Rachel was diminishing. She tried everything, she begged she pleaded, she used every trick known to Vanessa 3

NOT ON YOUR OWN CLUB Throughout the time of lockdown, the Not on If you have been looking through old photos in Your Own Club has not been able to meet. the last few weeks and can remember the people However, one or two things have continued to involved, take a minute to write their names on the happen. Firstly, members have been contacted on backs of the pictures. Some of us have been doing a regular basis by telephone, just to check all is this during lockdown so that future generations well – if a little quiet. Secondly, some people have will know who they are. See more on page 13. had birthdays during lockdown and a NOYO Everyone in the NOYO Club is looking forward tradition has continued: small groups of helpers to the day we can all meet safely once again. arrive to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ from a safe Hopefully, it will not be too long. If you would like distance. Birthday cards are popped through letter to join us, when relaxed restrictions allow, we boxes too, in an attempt to make the day a little would love to see you. Dates will be publicised as extra special. soon as possible. A popular activity at NOYO is the quiz. Jean Chris Haverson Portsmouth was our quizmaster for a long time and now Ellen Hailstone has stepped into her Where: St. Peter’s Church Hall shoes. We hope to continue with a brief quiz in When: Last Sunday of the month next month’s magazine, just to keep those brain Time: 2pm- 4pm cells ticking over! Cost: £2

St Andrew’s, Nether Wallop Holy Gardening 2020!

In July, nine wonderful volunteers had a speedy blast through the approach to St

Andrew’s – the car park bank, the grassy bank, the path and the hedge line all got a

haircut in preparation for t he weddings later in the year. Anyone, and everyone, is very welcome to come and help us – you do not need to be a church goer – in fact, most of the gardeners are not regular attendees and several don’t even live in the village! We meet again on August 1st at 9.30am – there will be more cake! Hope to see you there, unless you’d like to go on your own, in which case please do let me know. Alix 01264 781913 [email protected]

AUGUST CROSSWORD COMPETITION

There will again be two £5 cash prizes. The winners will be drawn from all correct solutions received by Noon on August 11th but previous winners may not enter again. Submissions to Stephen Baldock (contact details on page 2). The puzzle template may be downloaded from: www.stpetersoverwallop.co.uk/paris h-magazine and answers may be submitted either by completing the grid and scanning or by listing them, e.g. Across Clues 1. ABCDEFGHI, 8 ASDF, 9. LKJHGMNBV etc.

With thanks to Ian and Anne Scott who compiled this crossword

Across Down

1 Odious disguise to entrap gun (9) 2 Flower arrangement for love god (4) 8 Leads duke and bishop to support roof (4) 3 Very German taxi (4) 9 Blackpool’s posh neighbour or Ernie’s friend (9) 4 Subtle distinction (5) 10 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was the last (4) 5 Unable to form celestial dust cloud (6) 13 Citrus problem in Wallops’ bathrooms (5) 6 Curved opening for winged messenger (9) 15 Native American and noisy neighbour (5) 7 Heartache buries local undertaker (1,1,7) 16 Arranged the meeting plan without Rolls Royce (6) 11 Fatigue shown first by country girl (9) 17 Cockney warfare with female partner (6) 12 It’s a long story (9) 19 Peaceful and calm (6) 13 U.S. Gear change (5) 20 Unholy trinity (5) 14 Encouraged by output from hens (5) 21 Cavalry sword from ex-power station leaves a revised 18 Fur from Her Majesty’s quarry (6) gallery (4) 19 The cruel art of melancholy (6) 24 Unappointed enforcer shakes up ailing vet (9) 22 Unable to spout sanctimonious twaddle (4) 25 Diana goes in Italian opera (4) 23 Short label for a male deer (4) 26 Solitary man heads great museum (9)

WORD SEARCH – SPORTS The words that mean summer is here are listed on the right and can be found in the grid below. They may be in a straight line, spelled out backwards or forwards, or they may be set out diagonally – enjoy the search!

Solution to last month’s Crossword Puzzle

Congratulations to Richard & Sally Biles and Ian & Anne Scott. Theirs were the only solutions received, so there was no need for a draw. We hope for more entries this month and new winners! The puzzle is on page 5.

THE WALLOP PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWS As I write the news for this month, we are heading have taken part every single day, well done! The into the final week of school before the summer fastest school wins! COME ON WALLOP! holidays. With more people returning to work as Sports awards this month go to – Oliver, James F. the lockdown eases, the school opened another Ranulph, James A., Makayla, Fox, Daisy and our bubble class for critical workers children. This has Deputy Head, Mrs Sexton! meant that the school’s staff have been operating at their maximum capacity for the last few weeks, Grounds news – With the digging of the topsoil with over 55% of our pupils in school according to create the running track it has been possible to to the Government requirements. The teachers make an amphitheatre for drama and three have been very busy, both with the classes in Teletubbie mounds for the children to play on. All school and setting and marking online work. without losing any of our three football pitches. The children are lucky to have such amazing We have set aside the last two days of school to grounds and woodland to explore and play in. enable all the children, in small groups and adhering to social Year 6 Enterprise – One of the rights of passage distancing guidelines, to meet for our oldest children is to hold an enterprise their teachers for week. The aim is to ‘grow’ an amount of money September. The teachers are with their own ideas, also making online videos to advertising and sales expertise. familiarise the children with Working within the constraints their teaching staff for the of the pandemic restrictions, next educational year. they joined forces with the PTA and took their games and Sports news – As you may have seen in the challenges to the cake stall Andover Advertiser, our new, all-weather running fundraisers. They raised over £105 to fund end-of- track has been officially opened by Holly Mills, a term celebrations. young upcoming heptathlete. She was really pleased to pay our children a visit and open the Other news – Arrangements are being put in track, even bringing her collection of medals place to enable the whole school to return in (including a Gold) to inspire the children. She September, in line with current advice. Our staff answered children’s questions and spoke of her have worked very hard and flexibly to provide as hopes for the next Olympic Games in Tokyo. The much support as possible during this pandemic. track will enable us to continue running the Daily They have been delighted to receive good Mile on its special rubberised, non-slip surface. feedback and notes of thanks from our parents and they, in turn, would like to thank the parents for their support and patience. I know the Staff are looking forward to a rest with their families over the holidays but they will also be very busy getting the classrooms and curriculum ready for September. In the meantime, our lovely Sports Leaders, 360, will be running a holiday club in the school grounds. Goodbye and Hello – Sadly, at the end of term

we are saying goodbye to one of our teachers. Our Route 66 – is the name of our Kites class teacher, Mrs McRobert, is moving to a school’s new cluster group challenge. school closer to her home. She has been part of The aim is to ‘travel’ the distance the Wallop team since 2014, gradually developing across America in kilometres. You the Early Years area to the exciting place it is can walk, run, swim, cycle or scooter today. We will all miss her but wish her the best your kilometres. Then email your distance in to the for the future at her new school. competition. Two of our children, Max and Olivia

This means we will be giving a Farewell – Finally, our biggest big Wallop welcome to a new farewell must go to our Year 6 member of our staff team. Miss class, the Eagles, as they leave Pedder will join us in the Primary School. We have been Autumn term and is very excited very proud of the sensible and to meet the new reception willing way they have returned to children as they start Primary school. As we are school and done their very best. unable to hold the usual stay and play sessions, A socially distanced final assembly with prize Miss Pedder has put some storytelling on our giving will take place at the end of term, with the Reception 2020 page to introduce herself. presentation of cups and trophies. It has been a far Together with our lovely Ms Fletcher, they will from normal final year for them but they take with visit the new children at home to get to know them our very best wishes for their secondary them, inviting them in small groups to spend some education. Remember to use the values we have time in school getting used to the routines in a taught you, above all, determination to succeed to gentle way. This will give them the best possible the best of your abilities. We hope you have many start and welcome them to our Wallop family. happy memories of your time at Wallop. More next month! Sonia Shadwell FAREWELL TO TWO STALWARTS Late the other evening, quietly and without warning, our much-loved Hornbeam fell to the ground, politely landing sideways in the Glebe Field with a sound which was only heard by a few. The branch sprawling across the Wallop Brook fortunately just missed parked cars in the road. Unbeknown to us, the tree had been rotting silently from the inside and when it fell there were no intact roots to be seen. Mark Lovell efficiently cleared away the debris with the help of his Dad and son Joseph and pushed the tree stump back into the hole, leaving us with a memorial of a great tree that will be missed by many. The unexpected loss of the Hornbeam alerted us stump and a length of trunk left in the field for all to the risk posed by the huge Beech tree which of us to enjoy. stood beside the fallen Hornbeam in the same part Under Test Valley regulations, we are obliged to of the Glebe Field near the Brook. This tree had plant another Hornbeam and another Beech been noted by a neighbour to be showing within ten metres of the site of those we lost. We worrying signs of die-back in its canopy. William shall do this in the autumn, along with a Ross acted swiftly, examined the Beech and replacement for the chestnut tree which has also reported on its condition to Test Valley who died. immediately put a ‘five-day order’ for its removal. Janet Baldock The tree was felled shortly afterwards and the On behalf of St Peter’s PCC

EULOGY – CONSTANCE (CONNIE) SMITH Connie died unexpectedly on 15th May 2020, aged the people and dates of their friends and travels 99 years, a few months short of her 100th birthday, together. She had drawers of tapes, CDs and old at Holmwood Care Home, Salisbury – formally of vinyl records. These reflecting her love of music, Ashers Farm, Nether Wallop. Private burial was held especially of the dance bands and singers of the 40s at St. Andrews, Nether Wallop on 10th June. and 50s – another interest of hers that has filtered down to our generation. Tribute to Mum by Jonathan Smith: Connie, ‘Mum’ to But perhaps most of all, Mum loved words. She had Peter and me, was always been an avid letter writer to family, friends Grandmother to our and sometimes even celebrities such as Dirk six children and Bogarde. She wrote diaries, and chronicled many later, Great fond memories of her parents, and her grandmother Grandmother to the at Thaxted. Her love of words developed further two children of Matt with doing the Telegraph’s cryptic crossword for and Katie. many years; something she still enjoyed every day in Unfortunately, she the Care Home. Scrabble and later Bananagrams never got to meet were essential when certain friends or family visited her latest Great – they brought out her competitive side. She loved to Grandson, born last sort out letters to find the highest scoring or most week to Caroline challenging words. It wasn’t the winning that and Lawrence. mattered so much, but more the challenge for It is a bit of an herself. All of which kept her mentally alert. understatement to say it, but Mum lived a long and One thing people would often say about her was full life. Experiencing the many dramatic changes how young her voice still sounded; even to the end. that took place in the world during that time, most Despite her short-term memory failing her, her long- of them alongside our dear father, ‘Pop’, ‘Grandpop’ term memory was amazingly good. She loved or ‘Pom Pom’. They were married for 69 years. recalling memories of the past, often in great detail, Mum’s early childhood, she could remember it so moments and places way back to her early childhood well, had a big influence on her. The holidays she and having a good giggle about it! She was so excited spent in Thaxted, with her grandmother, ‘Nana’, to visit her beloved Thaxted and Grandmother’s instilled a love of the natural world that stayed with cottage again with me, in April 2009. Mum all her life. Something she passed on to both Throughout her long life, Mum has had the love of Peter and me. It is lovely to see and think that this her large family and of course Gordon, our father, enthusiasm and concern for nature has also filtered through both good and difficult times. However, down to her grandchildren. during the last 20 years of their lives, both Peter and She loved the seasons and to note the changes they Rosemary have been there to support, advise and brought to her garden and its wildlife. She loved the provide physical help to them. Mum, in particular, wind and windy days, when clouds would race across when Pop died in 2013, relied heavily on having their the sky. Always happier when the weather was cool support and I know she was truly grateful for all that and fresh. Spring being her favourite time of year. they did for her over those last years. Within our extended family, she was the last of her generation, Mum and Pop loved being by the sea. Many of our bar her younger brother, Tony. early family holidays reflected this – Mawgan Porth (Cornwall) in the 1950s; Mudeford (near Many family and friends would have dearly liked to Christchurch) in the 196’s; later Fowey (Cornwall) have attended today but, of course, are unable to do with her sister Vera and family and more recently, so. Peter and I have received many loving messages staying in a hotel in Paighton, for an annual reunion and condolences, cards and phone calls from friends with former Service friends. and family, even as far away as New Zealand. All of us here will have their own special memories of her, She tried her hand at many things, some of which to keep or share. This has been just my and my wife were: Yoga, watercolour painting, golf and a late but Jackie’s tribute to her to share with you. intense interest in photography. Again, like her writing, this was all organised into albums, recording Love you always Mum. I will miss you. God bless.

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RECIPE FOR AUGUST Leek and blue cheese risotto Serves 4 Recipe from ‘Effortless Aga Cooking’, page 54 By Sarah Whitaker Cooking a risotto in the oven gives the same creamy result as standing in front of it and stirring for 25 minutes, without any of the effort!

8 oz (225g) risotto rice 1. Wash and trim the leeks, then slice into rounds 1 lb (450g) leeks about the thickness of a pound coin. Crush the 1 clove garlic garlic. 2 tbsp oil 2. Heat the oil in a heavy pan on the simmering 2 tbsp white vermouth plate and add the leeks and garlic. When the 1 pint (550ml) vegetable vegetables are sizzling, cover with a lid and stock transfer to the simmering oven for 10 minutes 3 oz (75g) soft blue cheese, to soften. (Conventional oven: Cook the leeks e.g. Roquefort, gorgonzola on the lowest heat in the top of the cooker.) 2 oz (55g) butter 1 tbsp chopped fresh 3. Transfer the pan to the boiling plate, stir in the parsley rice, vermouth and stock and bring to the boil. Re-cover and return the pan to the simmering Oven: Simmering oven, oven for at least 25 minutes. 130C, 250F, Gas 1 4. Crumble the cheese – you cannot grate blue Prepare in advance: cheese! Cooked, cooled risotto will keep in the fridge for 24 5. When the rice has absorbed the stock, stir in hours the butter, cheese and parsley. Prepare ahead: Will keep 6. Serve as soon as possible, with a tomato warm in the simmering or salad. warming oven for an hour or so Freeze: Yes NAMING PHOTOS FOR POSTERITY A few of the helpers in the NOYO Club have So, this is a plea to all the readers of the Parish some lovely family photos Magazine who, shall we say, are ‘of a certain age’. but over the years some of This is something to think about doing, perhaps those family members in the during the winter months. Look out all the old photos are not so clearly family photos you have in drawers and albums and remembered. It is at these write the people’s times that we deeply regret names that you that we didn’t think to ask recognise on the our parents or grandparents back (with any dates who the people were in you remember) and those pictures. one day your Although younger people might not be interested children and your in old family photos now, they might be when they grandchildren will are older and will wish, as we do now, that they be so pleased and grateful that you took the time had found out who the people were. to do this. Shirley Mongor

THE ARMY FLYING MUSEUM IS OPEN The Army Flying Museum has opened its doors to venues of this nature would close immediately to the public this week with new measures to protect the public, came within less than a year of its re- visitors. opening following a £2.6 million refurbishment, The Museum has invited customers back in after a on 1 April 2019. three-and-a-half month closure, on Monday 13 Lucy Johnson, CEO, said: "We have had to keep July, following extensive preparations to ensure the soft play area closed, which is a blow to some that best practices are in operation for social of our visitors, and our trails are limited also, but distancing and cleanliness. we do offer children a free activity pack and our Measures in place at the Middle Wallop based outdoor play area is open again.” attraction have seen it certified ‘Good to Go’ by “We have two sessions available for visitors each VisitEngland. day, the first at 10am, the second at 1.30pm, and These measures include pre-booking tickets, these are capped at 150 people.” perspex screens in reception, a one-way system “Visitors can still gift aid their admission, and will throughout the museum, hand sanitising stations be given an annual pass for doing so, and we are and an enhanced cleaning rota, while the Apache still running our membership scheme with its Café is also operating a one-way system with a discounts and unlimited entry, but all entrants still grab and go menu. need to book their visiting times so we can control The closure of the Museum, following the the numbers entering the building.” Government announcement on 23 March that all For more information visit www.armyflying.com

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LOCKDOWN DIARY As the schools are on holiday now it didn’t seem right to invite any more lockdown views from schoolchildren. However, one last Diary has been received and it was so nicely written and seemed to touch on some aspects that may not have not been mentioned before so here’s one more as we embark on the summer holidays. Ed Dear Diary It is Monday the 30th March 2020. School is closed I have chosen to do numeracy. Each day we do a so everyone is learning from home. It is the start Lego challenge. Today we had to build a ship to of week three for me because three of us get back from Mars. We then read for 20 mins and (including me) are unwell and not allowed out. then use an app called TT Rockstars. I am 3rd out There is a horrible virus called Coronavirus, it is of 700 people in my school. spreading fast and killing lots of people so we Apart from this, we do lots of art and craft. We must stay indoors. I am very scared and worried also try to do some cooking every day. So far, I for my family, especially the older ones like my have made toad-in-the-hole, eggs on toast, banana grandparents. cake and apple and plum crumble. These are Every morning we get up, have breakfast and do a things I would not have been able to do at school. PE session with Joe Wicks on YouTube – 1 We have also been video calling all our family and million houses tune in to watch. It is lots of fun friends to keep in touch. but exhausting. Then we do whatever tasks our I have been missing my teacher and my friends. I teacher has set us on ClassDojo, which is either like home school because I am with my family. I maths, topic or English. We do this for a couple of hope we survive the virus and have a huge party! hours and then spend time in the garden. We have lots of worksheets given to us from the school so Thomas Golden (age 9). we do one or two of these in the afternoon. Today

GARDENING TIPS FOR AUGUST August is the last official month of summer and The vegetable garden comes into its own in the perfect time to enjoy your garden while it’s still August, with plenty of delicious home grown at its best. However, August isn’t the time to take produce to harvest. your eye off the ball in the garden. Here are some  Continue to feed tomato plants with tasks to keep you busy this month: a tomato fertiliser and remove lower leaves  Keep patio container plants well watered to help with air circulation and prevent and feed with a liquid fertiliser every disease. Aim to leave 5 or 6 trusses of fruit fortnight. per plant.  Dead-head bedding  Pinch out the tips of runner bean plants to plants and perennials to encourage them to encourage side-shooting. flower into the autumn and stop them self- seeding.  Limit the fruits on a squash plant to about three but make sure they are established  Cut back faded perennials to keep borders first! . tidy.  As penstemon flowers fade, cut them back  Start harvesting your maincrop potatoes as to just above a leaf to encourage more the leaves yellow and die back. Store your flowers. potatoes in hessian sacks which exclude light but allow ventilation.  Trim any lavender plants after they've finished flowering to keep them compact.  Sweetcorn is ready to harvest when you  Take cuttings of your favourite tender can pop a corn with your thumbnail and perennials such as pelargoniums and the juices are milky. fuchsia to propagate them for next year.  Lift and dry onions, shallots and  Finish dividing clumps of bearded Iris now garlic once the foliage has flopped over so they have time to form roots and flower and yellowed. Store them in onion bags to buds for next year before the cold weather prevent mould developing. arrives.  Pick runner beans regularly to prevent  Prune climbing roses and rambling them becoming stringy and to make room roses once they've finished flowering for developing pods. Leaving mature pods (unless they’re repeat-flowerers in which to set seed can prevent further flowers case leave them). developing and reduce your crop.  Look out for symptoms of ‘clematis wilt’  Take cuttings of herbs such including black discolouration on the as rosemary, sage or mint now to bulk up leaves and stems of your clematis. Cut out supplies. Put cuttings in moist, well- any infected plant material. drained potting compost (one part grit to one part compost) and place in a cold frame.  Established clumps of chives can be divided now.  Clear away any diseased and spent foliage around your veg plants to discourage pests and diseases spreading.

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NEWS FROM THE WALLOPS WI It is a sad fact that Covid 19 and lockdown The WI College at Denman is still closed to measures over the last few months has meant that residential and day courses but continues to many of our members have been confined to their expand the courses available online to everyone own homes with little opportunity to visit family and not only WI members so why not take a look? and friends. However, as the lockdown is gently Gradually it is hoped that we can find ways to eased, we are all gradually making tentative steps return to meeting up with our members and towards returning to a more normal life – albeit enjoying the social side of the WI. This time last one which must be accompanied by much washing year at our July meeting we heard all about the of hands and sanitising and the wearing of masks – Whitchurch Silk Mill, how the business came a new normal! about and grew over the years. Today, that local Face coverings and masks are becoming the new business may be able to reopen soon and welcome ‘must have’ fashion items for many and it is visitors to its lovely site again as others are encouraging to know that individual WI members beginning to do. Let’s hope we can all get out and all over the country are busy sewing for their own about again safely during the rest of the summer families and others to give away. There are and well into the Autumn. countless patterns available on the internet and the The Wallops WI has been unable to meet since WI is no exception The WI DIY face masks February, and 2020 is flying by, but it is hoped that patterns can be downloaded and printed off from we will be able to resume some aspects of the new the website www.thewi.org.uk and there is also lots programme in the near future. of information on the type of materials to use and Pam Quick tips on hygiene. In fact, the website is a mine of information on a multitude of topics from campaigns to recipes, gardening to keeping fit and much more besides.

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WALLOP COUNTRY FILE – AUGUST 2020 I suppose farming is one of the few businesses of a wet harvest, as well as going through all the that has to carry on regardless. Despite the crazy, machinery in readiness for the ‘Silly season’. crazy weather of April and May, things don’t look We have had LOTS of flints leaving the farm as too bad considering. the building industry comes back to life and the X- Our oil seed rape was desiccated some 12 days ago Country has been steady as people have been keen and should be fit to harvest as from Monday 20th to get back on their horses. July. The virus has affected each and every one of us. A We made some lovely four day hay last month week ago today (as I write) the lovely couple which should keep the horsey girls happy during George and Kathryn (my gorgeous eldest the winter. Although we have had to tackle a new daughter) were due to get married on the farm but poisonous weed called ‘catsear’ which is a danger alas it has had to be postponed until next July. to horses. Apparently, this only grows in drought I will have some harvest pictures for the next situations, hence it has grown this year. issue. Simon and George have been busy doing a lot of Nigel Pond work on our ageing drier and cleaner, just in case

WILDER WALLOP – UPDATE HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to the Wilder Wallop Photograph Competition winners! We received 140 entries wonderful entries that in multiple categories and some of the categories challenged the judges to come up with the final had everyone taking part. It was so enriching to results – it was so difficult and demonstrated the view each photograph and to see nature through quality and variety of the entries. Some the photographer’s eyes – we really do have a photographers entered in just one category others Wilder Wallop!

Adults Purposeful Pollination Insect Hotels Marvellous Mammals Banqueting Birds 1st Marion Short Amber Connett Marion Short John Boulton 2nd Janet Baldock Alena Gerrard John Boulton John Boulton 3rd Jamie Biles Mike Draper U18 Purposeful Pollination Insect Hotels Marvellous Mammals Banqueting Birds 1st Octavia Sanger (16) Octavia Sanger (16) Katelin Lovell (14) 2nd Katelin Lovell (14) 3rd Katelin Lovell (14)

Adults All is well in the World Wallop Brook Shapes & Patterns Blue and/or Green 1st Gretta Lovell Paul Graves Viv Broughton Henrietta WStanley 2nd Christian Nicel Paul Allen Ian Dunn Paul Graves 3rd Laura Raynes Ian Dunn John Boulton Gretta Lovell U18 All is well in the World Wallop Brook Shapes & Patterns Blue and/or Green 1st Ella Simmonds (16) Octavia Sanger (16) Nathaniel Lovell (6) Oliver Graves (13) 2nd Joe Lovell (16) Katelin Lovell (14) Joe Lovell (16) 3rd Nathaniel Lovell (6) Nathaniel Lovell (6) Martha Bingley (13) Nathaniel Lovell (6)

We also awarded two other awards: The Humour Award for making us laugh The Humanitarian Award Paul Graves – in Blue and/or Green for the Oliver Graves – for All is well with the World for Landscape with Hildon Lorry the photograph of a bee being revived by a spoon Marion Short – in All is well with the World for of water – well done Oliver! the Socially Distancing Pheasants! Here are three photos (by Marion Short, Gretta Lovell, Viv Broughton) but I do hope to find a mechanism that you will all be able to view the photographs very soon.

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ABRIDGED DRAFT MINUES – OVER WALLOP PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 2nd July 2020 via Zoom Logged on: Cllr K Dixon – Chairman: Cllr J and seconded by Cllr V Barnard. The Chairman Taylor Firth – Vice Chairman; Cllr V Barnard; Cllr and the Clerk will sign the relevant paperwork. D Boardman; Cllr M Glover; Cllr I Cleife; Cheques and Payments Issued In July 2020: Borough Councillor Mr I Jeffrey; Borough Councillor Mr D Coole; Richard Waterman – R.N. Waterman Wages – July 500.00 Parish Clerk; County Councillor Mr A Gibson; Came and Company Insurance 195.85 Members of the Public – 4 Mr B Pearce Notice Board works 70.00 Apologies: Cllr T Burden and Cllr C Smith. Business Stream Pavilion Water Charge 4.16 Welcome: The Chairman welcomed everyone to R.N. Waterman Computer Protection 88.99 the meeting. Total payments: £869.00 Declarations of Interest: Cllr D Boardman Bank Account Balances (After above declared an interest in Planning Application movements): 20/0131/LBWN. Current Account = £19,661.07 Premier Interest = £10,041.91 Minutes of the previous meeting: The minutes Allotments = £ 387.04 of the June Zoom meeting were approved. 30,090.02 Proposed by Cllr V Barnard and seconded by Cllr J Taylor Firth. Planning: 20/01313/TREEN – Jessamine Cottage, King Lane. NO COMMENT; Update from the Chairman: 20/01319/LBWN – Church Farm, Station Road. Traffic calming – A further meeting with Jakub to SUPPORT; 20/01372/FULLN – 72 Pound Road. look at the positioning of the turning circles has SUPPORT; 20/01401/TREEN – Freemantle, been held. A problem was identified, and the King Lane. NO COMMENT; 20/01436/AAQN drawings have been redone for the turning circle at – Wallop Farm – Section Q. Corner House. It is hoped that the project can now proceed to obtaining legal agreements. Borough Councillor Mr I Jeffrey – Cllr I Jeffrey Another option has been discussed using land has sent the Parish Council the latest copy of Mid belonging to the Parish Council on the Alans Test Valley Matters and ran though the various Evans Memorial Ground. headings in the publication giving a brief Neighbourhood Development Plan – The explanation on each topic. The Chairman thanked Chairman reported that a SHLAA (Strategic him for his report and Cllr I Jeffrey signed out of Housing Land Availability Assessment) is soon to the meeting. be published, this document will be important Street Lighting – The Clerk reported that two when discussing the Neighbourhood further streetlights have been identified as needing Development Plan. replacement – Lamp 20 Farley Street and Lamp 31 Finance: Orange Lane. SSE have quoted £1,220.76 Annual Accounting Statements 2019/2020 – The exclusive of VAT. The Parish Council agreed to Annual Accounting Statement 2019/2020 was proceed with the replacement of the two approved by the Parish Council. Proposed by Cllr streetlights. J Taylor Firth and seconded by Cllr K Dixon. The Sports & Pavilion – Cllr D Boardman: Chairman and Clerk will sign the relevant Tennis Coaching sessions for children have been paperwork. booked with Larry Nelson for the 24th,25th and 26th Annual Governance Statement 2019/20 – The August. An advert will be put in the Wallop Parish Clerk read out the Annual Governance Statement News, Notice Boards and Website. 2019/2012 ensuring that there is a sound system Football – Pizzazz Soccer wish to use the fields of internal control, including arrangements for the twice a week through to September – 20 training preparation of the Accounting Statement. The sessions form 13th July to end of September. Cllr Annual Governance Statement was approved by D Boardman will liaise with Cllr J Taylor Firth to the Parish Council. Proposed by Cllr D Boardman discuss hire charges etc.

Pavilion – The Pavilion Working Party has allotment holder who has not been attending their received 6 replies from the Architects who were plot. invited to tender for the pavilion project. The Orange Lane – A hedge on Orange Lane is details have been distributed to the Parish overgrown and needs cutting back. The Clerk was Councillors prior to the meeting. A short list of 3 asked to report this to Highways. was agreed:  CFW Cllr D Boardman – Reported that HCC hopes to  Relph Ross Partnership discuss the RCF grant for the Wallops Shop by August. Cllr A Gibson stated that he has been  Building Design Services (Chris Plumber) chasing HCC to hold a meeting to decide the grant Cllr D Boardman hoped to come back with a application. Cllr D Boardman also reported that he recommendation at the next meeting. Cllr M hoped to start working this month on the tree Glover expressed concerns about costs of planting programme for the Alan Evans Memorial employing an architect to oversee the project. This Ground. was noted. Cllr A Gibson – Reported that he is pushing hard War Memorial: Cllr J Taylor Firth reported that to get a solution to the turning places in Salisbury the hand carving of the names on the pillars has Lane to get the trial started. begun, a photograph of work underway was distributed to the Parish Councillors prior to the County Councillor Mr A Gibson – HCC is meeting. The Stonemason plans to be on site the opening more facilities at their Recycling Centres. week beginning 10th August 2020 and plans to th Members of the Public: finish on the 5 October 2020. The revised Wendy Simmons from the Allotment Society planned works will mean the postponement of the spoke about the allotments and problems with a Dedication Ceremony. tenant who is not attending to their allotment. The Parish Hall: This is still closed and will re-open Allotment Society would like to allocate this when it is safe to do so. Government guidelines allotment to a new keen tenant. Cllr M Glover are constantly changing. The Nether Wallop stated that he will speak to the person concerned School has been approached and they may use the and suggested that the plot is re-allocated. hall in September to assist with social distancing. A question about the logs on the Glebe Field was Cllr J Cotterell Chairman of Nether Wallop is now asked. The Chairman suggested that the Parochial the Vice Chairman of the Management Church Council are contacted as the logs belong Committee. Cllr V Barnard is taking over the role to the PCC. as Treasurer. Close of the meeting: Parish Councillors’ reports: The Chairman thanked everyone for logging on Cllr C Smith – Reported that all the footpaths are and closed the meeting. clear and walkable.. Date of the next meeting: 6th August 2020. Cllr V Barnard – Reported that ‘Next Door’ is still proving a good communication tool for the village. Richard Waterman (Clerk) There have been problems with the bottle bank overflowing between collections – TVBC are aware of the problem.

Cllr J Taylor Firth – Asked the Clerk if the Lengthsman Scheme is continuing. The Clerk confirmed that it was and that he is waiting for HCC to confirm that the funding has been paid into the Lead Parish Bank. Cllr M Glover – Reported that all the allotments plots are taken. There is an issue with one

ABRIDGED DRAFT MINUTES – NETHER WALLOP PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 8th June 2020 via Zoom (Full version posted on Council website) Attendance: Cllrs Cotterell, Carpenter, Souter, noted that work had started prior to Whitaker, Sangster, Roberts, Mrs G Foster, Parish permission being sought. Clerk, HCC Cllr A Gibson and 1 member of the 20/01236/TREEN 6 Fifehead Manor Salisbury public.. Hill – No comment Apologies for absence: The Footpaths officer 20/01220/DDCA Brook House Heathman and TVBC Cllr I Jeffrey had sent their apologies. Street – No comment Report from HCC Cllr A Gibson: 20/01387/TREEN 2 Church Road - No Cllr Gibson gave a short report advising that HCC comment 20/01334/FULLN Bush Farm, Hollom had been busy with Covid-19 activities and Down Road – No objection although funding had been received from central government towards the Safer Cycling and 20/01484/TPON 1 Pearl Cottages Station Walking schemes, a final decision had not yet been Road – No comment made regarding how the budget would be 20/01459/LBWN Wayfarers Cottage Trout distributed amongst Parishes. In terms of getting Lane – No objection back to normality, the Recycling Centres had 20/01458/FULLN Wayfarers Cottage Trout opened more bays and the booking system had Lane - No objection been working well in terms of visits and registering 20/01530/TREEN Kingman’s Cottage, of cars to gain access. Heathman Street – No comment There had been an increase in mineral waste sites th not being able to get rid of products and many had The minutes of 8 June 2020 were approved. applied to have extensions to their licences. Bank reconciliation, Trial Balance, payments Verbal report from the NDP Steering Group and receipts, and budget reports. All payments and to note the minutes and notes from the and budgets were unanimously approved. previous meetings: Internal auditor: The Council considered if an Minutes from the previous meeting had been internal auditor should be appointed for a half year circulated and notes from a zoom meeting with audit review in November 2020 and full the consultant had been publicised. The appointment for April 2021: Costings would be consultants would start the next tranche of work obtained and the item deferred to the next in preparing draft policies which would be to aid meeting. further discussion and consultation rather than set Risk Assessments: The Village Green and Village ideas in stone. The next public consultation was Hall Risk Assessments were approved. They would being planned for August and would be held in the be publicised on the website. open air. The consultants would prepare displays Councillors reports: for each of the policy headings and would be Highways and Safe Travel – Notes from the present at the event until early evening. The meeting on 9th July have been published on the meeting would go ahead at the playing fields on website and circulated. A list of improvements was th Friday 28 August 2020 always subject to meetings being prepared and councillors were asked to restrictions and government guidance in force at provide feedback. the time. Over Wallop Parish Council had shown interest in Costs of the NDP – Councillors agreed that the joining forces on the Safer Walking and Cycling balance cost of £11,750 should be underwritten by scheme. An advert would be placed on the council. These funds would be moved to NextDoor.com, the pump email and Facebook to Earmarked Reserves and the consultants would be recruit volunteers. advised. It was noted that grants would still be Playing Fields – A resident had offered to fix the applied for. toilet in the pavilion, and this was greatly Planning applications and agree comments to be appreciated by the council. Some work had been sent to TVBC: done to tidy the weeds around the tennis court but 20/01264/FULLN Jesmond Cottage, volunteers to help cut back vegetation encroaching Heathman Street – no comment, but it was

into the court would be welcomed. The Requirements for the Clerk’s laptop: A playground had been given a thorough inspection schedule of estimates and specifications had been by Cllrs Sangster and Souter who had concluded circulated. Purchase of a laptop and Microsoft 365 that the apparatus was still safe for children to play Business package was agreed. on, but the play space would not yet re-open due Clerk’s report and correspondence received: to the new requirements that playground The Bus Shelter in Jack’s Bush had been fixed on owners/managers had to comply with in light of 15th June. the pandemic. A meeting with HCC Highways officer had been Village Green – The mower had been serviced but arranged for 15th July via Zoom. now required another repair which was being The British Heart Foundation had confirmed that arranged. Quotes for replacements were being the ZOLL AED Plus defibrillator and a Call Push sought. Rescue training kit is available to the PC for £600. Village Hall – Cllr Souter reported that The The NWSC has kindly agreed to cover the cost of Nether Wallop Village Hall remained closed due the outdoor cabinet, the fitting and wiring in of the the Government Restrictions. This course of unit outside the village hall. The council had action was agreed by all councillors. £331.65 in EMR for the purchase of the Footpaths – The Footpaths Officer had sent a full defibrillator. A half page advert requesting report prior to the meeting which was available to donations towards the balance cost would be read on the website. Councillors expressed their drafted for the Parish Magazine. The balance cost gratitude for all the work that the footpaths officer would be paid from council reserves. had done. A resident had written to TVBC regarding the Wallops Parish Hall – The Wallops Parish Hall deterioration of the Five Bells public house. The remained closed for the same reasons as the village condition of the front of the property, the weeds hall. However the WPH would open on 14th July and garden, and the neglect of the Grade II listed for the first time since the lockdown. Only one building was cited. customer would be using the hall twice a week (the A resident had written to the parish council large hall only) and had agreed to the new cleaning regarding the NDP, asking for a copy of the plan. regime and procedures. It was agreed that a ‘soft’ A reply had been sent stating the plan had not opening would allow for issues to be resolved as been finished and inviting the resident to attend they arose. Cllrs Taylor-Firth and Cotterell would the next council meeting. continue to investigate alternatives to the oil-fired A resident had supplied photographs of potholes heating system. in Bent Street which had been uploaded to the Confidential report from the HR WG in HCC reporting portal after the recent repair work. relation to the Clerk’s contract – A confidential HCC had replied under reference 21506707. report had been circulated to all councillors. The The council’s insurers Came and Co had sent a recommendations were unanimously approved. leaflet regarding tree inspections. This has been Cost for rent of the Village Hall – It was forwarded to all. unanimously agreed that the rent be increased to Matters raised by councillors: £950.00 pa to cover the Trust’s running costs. Cllr Whitaker, advised that the George public Cricket match – Cllr Whitaker advised that a house had re-opened and that residents were community cricket match had been planned, but encouraged to support the business. that the original date was no longer viable and a Points from the floor – None raised. new date had not yet been identified. The grounds th maintenance contractor had been contacted and he Date of next meeting – Monday 14 September had requested that the area for the wicket be roped 2020 at 7.30pm via Zoom.us. It was noted that an off. It was agreed that the match should be extraordinary meeting may need to be called to supported but that a risk assessment for players agree the arrangements for the NDP open air and public was required. The residents would be meeting but this would be publicised as soon as asked to start preparing the area. possible. Gail Foster – Parish Clerk

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In the beginning … Rebekah

Rebekah was a young bride, which was pretty twins: Esau and Jacob. Just as the children battled much the norm for her culture. in her womb, their childhood and adolescence Abraham was coming to the end of his long life reveals the brothers to be at odds with each other, and he needed to ensure that the family line would one having a heart for hunting, the other for be carried on under the blessing of God. So he homemaking, one had the brawn, the other the sent his servant to find a bride for his son. The brains, and their parents each favoured one over bride should be wise and generous and of their the other. Rebekah favours her home loving son, and when it becomes time for her husband to kin. She would also need to have the same spirit of adventure and faithfulness that his own wife, bestow his blessing upon the eldest son, she helps Sarah, had, and be willing to respond to God’s call, Jacob to deceive his father and outwit his big wherever that would take Isaac. brother. The result is that Jacob flees home fearful of Esau’s anger at having been cheated out of his Rebekah’s courting is undertaken by a trusted inheritance, and Rebekah never sees her favoured servant of Abraham, who returns to Abraham’s son again. homeland. Pausing at a well at the end of the day, a time when he knew women would be coming to Rebekah has grown from being a trusting and fill their water jars, he prayed. The prayer was that willing ‘servant’, to an over-doting mother who the girl he asked to draw him some water, would pits one son against the other; and yet, Rebekah also offer to water his camels. This was a big ask! has favoured the child who God also favours. The The servant had brought 10 camels with him and line of descent will not follow Esau who has no they could drink plenty; and yet Rebekah indeed real care for his birth right as elder son until it is taken away from him (previously he had bartered it does make this offer! Rebekah shows her strength and willingness to toil, her generosity of spirit, and for a bowl of stew made by Jacob). Esau also her sense of hospitality, so important in Middle made the line of God’s blessing impossible when Eastern culture. The prayer has been answered. he married outside of the tribe, a match that made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah. Perhaps Rebekah The servant rewards Rebekah with jewellery, knew both her sons well, and wasn’t simply golden jewellery, and asks if the hospitality she has favouring one over the other, but discerning which shown him that day could be extended for the of her sons would be called by God to continue night. So begins the love story…. the servant the journey begun by her father-in-law and makes the proposal by proxy, and Rebekah returns continued by her husband. Perhaps even in what with him to meet her husband to be. And Isaac seems to be the most dysfunctional of family loves her. moments, God is at work, and Rebekah is Marriage was a blessing to both Isaac and continuing to fulfil her calling as a servant of God? Rebekah, but motherhood was more of a Read more of Rebekah’s story in Genesis chapters challenge. Just like her mother-in-law, Rebekah 24, 25 (verses19-34), 27, 28. struggled to conceive, but eventually after much prayer and a difficult pregnancy she gives birth to Vanessa

WALLOP VINTAGE GATHERING – CANCELLATION

Due to the restrictions associated with the Coronavirus, we are sorry to report that the Wallop Vintage Gathering for 2020 has been cancelled. It will be re-scheduled for 2021. Tony Macey (Organiser)

NOT ON YOUR OWN CLUB July is the time for trips out to different places to A favourite is the Rosebourne Garden Centre in have afternoon tea. In more normal times, the Weyhill. It meets all the criteria set out above and Club would have been to visit one or two locations is popular with members. Another popular trip nearby to sample their wares and compare them was the visit to Houghton Lodge. Tea was with the stunning teas in the Church hall! excellent and members were able to walk around These visits cannot be spontaneous – the the lovely gardens. There was a disaster once in committee has to make sure that several things are Salisbury, when the scones were quite clearly past in place before we arrive with the club. Firstly, is their best! the afternoon tea up to scratch? Secondly, is there As you can see, we try to add value to our little enough space for us all? A recent trip to club in a variety of ways but there is one constant Rosebourne consisted of 25 people, so we did – tea, company and cakes! need a bit of space! In addition, is there something If you would like to join us when the Church Hall of interest for the members to look at, or re-opens, then please do, we would love to see purchase? It makes the trip extra special if you. members can buy a birthday present for a family Chris Haverson member or just a little treat for themselves.

Bearing all this in mind, we have managed to visit Where: St. Peter’s Church Hall several locations. When: Last Sunday of the month Time: 2pm- 4pm Cost: £2

St Andrew’s, Nether Wallop Holy Gardening 2020!

A small band of very willing volunteers spent an hour or two making the churchyard look very tidy last month just in time for Connie Smith’s funeral. Her family were very grateful of our efforts.

We meet again on July 4th – there will be cake! Hope to see you there unless you’d like to go on your own, in which case please do let me know.

Alix 01264 781913 [email protected]

JULY CROSSWORD COMPETITION

There will be two £5 cash prizes this month. The winners will be drawn from all correct solutions received by Noon on July 10th. Submissions by email please to [email protected]

The puzzle template may be downloaded from www.stpetersoverwallop.co.uk/parish- magazine and answers may be submitted either by completing the grid and scanning or by answering one by one, e.g. Across Clues 1. ABCDEFG, 5 ASDFGHQ, 9.PKZ, etc

Congratulations to Sally and Richard Biles who won the June competition. The solution is shown on page 7.

Across Down 1 What goes with toil before the witches’ cauldron (7) 1 PC display suggesting a job prohibition (7) 5 Surpass or open air (7) 2 Prepare to get set and go (2,4,5) 9 Oddly Sally? Cunning! (3) 3 Born before a card game but hopelessly drunk 10 Gift shop for a single Jersey? (3,5,3) (6) 11 Sort out tubes lit by small birds (4,4) 4 Choose a chap to control a type of banking (10) 12 What a bishop may do to a candidate (7) 5 Monster (4) 15 Parliamentary beef (4) 6 Frustrated in the sixth war Ted has fought (8) 16 Vegetables disguise secret gout (10) 7 Tolkien’s 5 (3) 18 Designer caught up in yarn about racism (4,6) 8 Presses the back button for a victory 19 Region for engineers in a breakdown between local buses (7) organisation (4) 13 Arguments without a hundred changes (11) 22 Takes an exam again (6) 14 Dessert cream (10) 23 Positioned to sit a duet (8) 17 Projection films (8) 25 Rural accommodation for Tommy (7,4) 18 Leather from Tangier (7) 27 Palindromic beef cube (3) 20 Add iron to resolve a mobile (7) 28 Supervise beyond a bishop’s province (7) 21 Country in a hurry, we hear (6) 29 Pleased, varied and passed (7) 24 Instrument which sounds deceitful (4) 26 Employ a headless patron of the Arts (3)

WORD SEARCH – JULY All the pets that are listed on the right can be found in the grid below. They may be in a straight line, spelled out backwards or forwards, or they may be set out diagonally – happy hunting!

Solution to last month’s Crossword Puzzle

THE WALLOP PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWS Wednesday, May 20th was national ‘Thank a own special doors and looked at all the posters and Teacher Day’, and what a day of surprises it was. social distancing reminders in the corridors. Then When Mr Lambert (our Head teacher) arrived at he came in by car to show the children how to the Army Air Corps bus stop to collect the enter the school that way. Moth came from our children in the minibus, he was greeted by thank woodland, but we are very pleased to say he now you posters and a cake for the staff from some likes living in Mr Lambert’s office and helps him children in Hawks and Kites class. A little later, the with all the online assemblies. staff were delighted to find that our school PTA had put together clips of video messages from the children to their teachers, set to lovely music to show their appreciation. Some delivered thoughtful gifts (mostly edible) to the staffroom. It was so nice to see all the children and to know that their families have appreciated our efforts during lockdown. The Wallops Churches Prayer Group supplied a surprise lunch for us of pizza, salads, fruit and flapjacks to show they were thinking of Natural art from the the staff during these difficult times .Thank you all. school woodland st On the 1 June, children from Year R, Year 1 and Year 6 were able to attend school as well as the keyworkers children, who have been attending since lockdown began. A HUGE amount of work went into preparing the school in accordance with Government guidelines. Mr Phil, our caretaker, was very busy, painting social distancing marks onto the car parks, playground and walkways around the school. The staff put in many extra hours rearranging classrooms, setting up a one-way The children have been incredibly sensible and are corridor system, organising pupils own tables, enjoying being back at school. It is lovely hearing chairs, pens, pencils and reorganising all the school their laughter and chatter again. The keyworkers’ timetables to allow for social distancing as much as class (now renamed Kestrels class) has expanded possible. into two classes as more people return to work this week (15th June). The teachers’ thoughts are now The classes have been formed into ‘bubbles’ of up turning to ideas for helping the children to to 15 children, with their own teachers and transition to their new classes for September and assistants. All classes have separate entry and exit are also trialling live lessons via Zoom. doors, different arrival and exit times, staggered break and lunchtimes and, along with regular Sports news – We have some very exciting news handwashing and cleaning of classrooms, as much this month! Our long awaited, all-weather running has been done as possible. As you can imagine the track is currently being built. This will be an school now looks rather different to the open, amazing asset to the school, not only enabling us welcoming environment we are all used to. to run our Daily Mile without worry about the weather but also for cluster school events when To allay any fears on behalf of the parents and life returns to normal. children, Mr Lambert made a video of what to do and how the school looks now. He invited a very Our school is following the Hampshire School special guest. Moth, the Games online PE teaching for children at home or Woodland Elf to show the in school. This is a series of online daily challenges children what will happen. Moth with simple equipment on our Facebook page. came in on his own seat on the Hampshire School Games also have a format for minibus, had his temperature an online Sports Day as sadly, we will be unable to taken, showed each class their hold our traditional event. Well done to James,

Amy and Jessica who have been posted award certificates for their participation in the games, and to Hollie and Scarlett for their improvement shown in tennis. Nature news – This month our Nature detectives have been: Freya – for super nature photos, Ethan – for his fantastic knowledge about Ladybirds and Fleur – for helping to make a wormery at home. Well done! A special mention in nature news must go to William from Hawks Class for showing his ‘Caring’ value by organising a fundraising stall for one of his passions, wildlife. William had the idea, Value assemblies – Mr Lambert has been posting wrote a list of everything he needed to do and school assemblies online, to be accessed at home delegated jobs to his family. He earned enough by families or in class at school. The values (which pocket money to buy a sweet grabber as an give us the principle to guide our lives) we have attraction, he baked with his sister and brother, focussed on so far are: Honesty, Cooperation, made up posters to invite the neighbours, made Positivity, Happiness, Patience, Humility, Trust, lucky dips and organised animal sounds and David Responsibility, Thoughtfulness, Love, Attenborough sound bites to enhance the natural Appreciation, Empathy, Unity, Peace, Hope and ambience. Hermione made homemade elderflower Caring. For this month the focus is on cordial, which sounds delicious. They worked hard Determination. to ensure social distancing rules were heeded and provided hand sanitiser too. Lots of people In reply to the children’s video messages, the attended this lovely relaxed event. Well done to school staff made a video message to all the William, Hermione and Benjamin for raising a children to remind them how much we miss them super £79.10 for Project Wilder at school. We are and hope to see them in person soon. More next very proud of you. month, stay safe. Sonia Shadwell

THE WALLOPS PRE-SCHOOL NEWS We were delighted that some semblance of Drawing pictures/writing letters to grandparents normality returned to Pre-School at the start of and other family members has been very popular June as the oldest children (those starting school in too and a great way to September) returned to the setting. Huge thanks to connect with those the Sian and her team for working out the logistics to children have been make this possible but also to the parents of our unable to see regularly. younger children who continue to remain at home The story of The and carry out suggested activities and ideas. Gruffalo being read at New routines that have been put in place to keep Pre-School was then everyone safe at Pre-School are distanced drop off shared online for everyone to enjoy together. and pick up using cones and tape through the Gruffalo masks were made and where animals live garden entrance, extra handwashing in the garden was discussed. Making a wormery and an insect and staff wearing bum-bags, filled with all the hotel were highlights! essentials including hand gel, tissues and gloves – As many of you fully prepared! All in accordance with government know, last guidelines. month we set up The children who have returned have enjoyed a Just Giving page exploring the newly set up woodland area. as we outlined the challenging They have also time that this is enjoyed for the Pre-School. We are connecting delighted to say that with your amazing support we with their have nearly reached our target of £1,500. Any friends at further donations can be given through home through www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/thewallopspre stories like The school – all is very much appreciated. Gruffalo being shared online as well as songs, a favourite being Since the start of the year we have been collecting “If you’re happy and you know it”! Although the Jumble in anticipation of our annual Jumble sale. children are not able to be reunited, the staff and Unfortunately, due to current circumstances we parents are doing all they can to be united and we were unable to go ahead. However, we managed to are so grateful to be living in an age of technology sell what we had collected on the AAC patch where this is possible. where some of our committee live and some on local selling sites, raising approximately £470. We Weekly themes so far have included feelings, are also hugely grateful to the Scouts who had a emotions and senses and The Gruffalo. Children at cake sale along with tombola and plants, raising home and Pre-School were able to explore £600. Wow! This all helps to keep our Pre-School different emotions by drawing faces on kitchen going and we are so thankful to all who are rolls/paper plates/eggshells to make people. supporting us. Another small way you can support us is through Easy Giving, which donates money whenever you shop online: www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/thewallopsps We still have a few spaces for September 2020, if you would like to arrange a visit please do contact us by Phone on: 01264 782051 or via email: [email protected]. At this time They also made playdough faces (each child had we ask that visits are arranged so we can ensure playdough in an individual tray that only they the safety of our children, staff and their families. could touch), and they lay down on their backs Thank you again and please stay safe. and looked up at the clouds to see if they could see Fiona Nicoll faces and went on a barefoot walk. All so exciting!! Committee Member

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RECIPE FOR JULY

Spinach and tomato tart Recipe from Effortless Aga Cooking, page 48 by Sarah Whitaker Serves 4 - 6

Cooking pastry on a hot base means that you don’t have to bake it blind, saving a lot of effort and time.

For the pastry: 1. To make the pastry, put the flour, 175g (6oz) plain flour butter and Parmesan into a processor 85g (3oz) butter and whizz until the texture of 1 tbsp grated Parmesan breadcrumbs. With the motor running, cheese add the water a spoonful at a time 1 tsp mixed poppy seeds and until it comes together as a dough. onion seeds 1 tsp mixed dried herbs 2. Roll out the pastry and line a 9”/23cm 2-3 tbsp water flan dish (for a conventional oven, use a metal tin). Chill or freeze until For the filling: required. 225g (8oz) fresh spinach ¼ tsp grated nutmeg 3. For the filling, whizz the spinach to a Salt and pepper paste in a processor. Add the cream 3 eggs cheese, gruyère, eggs and 200g tub (7oz) cream cheese seasonings and whizz again. Pour 85g (3oz) gruyère cheese this green mixture into the prepared 110g (4oz) cherry tomatoes pastry case. If you aren’t using a processor, grate the gruyere cheese! Oven: Floor of Aga roasting oven, 200C, 400F, Gas 6 4. Scatter the cherry tomatoes over the top of the spinach. Prepare in advance: Cooked, cooled tart will keep in the 5. Bake the tart: Put the tart onto the fridge for up to 24 hours floor of the Aga roasting oven for Prepare ahead: Will keep about 25 minutes until the pastry is warm in the simmering or golden. warming oven for up to an hour, or cool slowly for an hour 6. Conventional Oven: Preheat the oven or so and set a baking sheet in the centre Freeze: Yes of the oven to heat up. Cook the tart on the hot baking sheet for a crisp base without the need to pre-cook the pastry.

FROM ONE DOG OWNER TO ANOTHER As you may well know, a scoop it myself! Dog poop that isn’t scooped few years ago we gave a becomes a hazard for others. Nobody likes to step forever home to a in dog poop, and there is a risk of infection leading beautiful, friendly but to blindness. noisy, puggle named Lily. Sadly, we have had some problems with dogs Lily has given us much joy pooping in the graveyard at St Peter’s, and it not and certainly made our being scooped up. On two occasions our home noisier and cuddlier. unsuspecting grass-cutting team have been sprayed The downsides to having a dog are walks on cold with poop as their strimmers have made contact rainy days, and of course scooping the poop! This with such deposits. was something we rather dreaded, but the reality So, a reminder: hasn’t been too bad as long as we are downwind! When walking through the churchyard, For some reason scooping your own dog’s poop please keep your dog on a lead. isn’t as bad as scooping other people’s dog’s poop. If you have a dog it is your responsibility to Why do I know this? clear up after it. Because fairly frequently I come across poop that Vanessa hasn’t been scooped, and if I have a spare bag will REQUEST ON THE SAME TOPIC I have received a request from Over Wallop Parish Below is a reminder of the legal position on dog Council to remind dog owners to pick up after fouling from Keep Britain Tidy. Please remember their dogs, including in areas where there are no to take a poop bag (or two!) with you on your dog bins, such as Fine Acres Rise, Over Wallop walks around the villages. The Parish Council has where there has been a problem recently with dog installed a number of dog bins, please familiarise mess on a resident’s front lawn. yourselves with their locations and make use of them. Thank you very much! Ed Dog Fouling & the law From: Keep Britain Tidy While most dog owners are caring, responsible Persons in charge of a dog individuals, there are still some people who do not (excluding the blind) have a duty clean up after their pets. Anyone who fails to clear to remove any faeces deposited by up after their dog can be issued with a Fixed the dog – failure to do so is an Penalty Notice of up to £100. If the case goes to court this could cost the owner or person in offence and could result in a fine. charge of the animal up to £1,000. Dog mess is the most unacceptable and offensive type of litter on our streets. Our research tells us The law states that being unaware a dog has fouled that dog fouling is the issue the public are most or not having a suitable bag is not a reasonable concerned about. excuse. Dog fouling is not only deeply unpleasant, it is If someone does fail to clean up after their pet, it falls to the council to get rid of it. More than 90% dangerous. Whilst rare, contact with dog excrement can cause toxocariasis – a nasty of councils have dog wardens. infection that can lead to dizziness, nausea, asthma Keep Britain Tidy has campaigned very and even blindness or seizures. successfully on the issue of dog fouling. Through It’s no wonder dog fouling is such a problem – our campaigns, we have also highlighted to dog owners that any bin will do for their pet’s mess. there are estimated to be more than 8 million dogs While some councils do provide dedicated dog- producing more than 1,000 tonnes of mess every day in the UK alone. fouling bins, any public bin can take the waste but do double bag it. There is no excuse to leave it.

IMPRESSIONS OF LOCKDOWN Isolation When isolation first sprung upon me, I didn’t 8 and their teachers, but I think it has all been really have an opinion on the whole situation. I handled very well by our school. couldn’t have. I had never experienced such a When I am not working, I’m either baking, thing before, so like everyone else, I went along cooking, walking my dog, playing games, playing with it. Now eight weeks in, I have a whole board games or watching something that isn’t at all different perspective on the situation. making good use of my time. I think my list of When school started, it did change things up a bit. activities is probably very similar to others, and I’m Obviously, I get up earlier, go to bed earlier and prouder of some points more than others. That is I’m more busy, but that doesn’t change the fact why I have learnt some new things during that I’m not actually at school seeing my friends lockdown to keep me occupied. In my time in and teachers in person. I don’t mind being at isolation I have learnt how to play poker. Poker home, in fact I quite like it. Though not seeing my has now become a ‘tradition’ (as some members of friends and other members of my family is hard. my family would like to call it) and at one point At the end of the day, you want to be able to talk during lockdown, we played it probably at least to someone who maybe isn’t your family, because once a week. I have also proceeded to learn Greek eventually we are all going to get sick of our and Spanish with the rest of the Year 8 scholars. siblings, no matter how old or how many we have. So far I have enjoyed it thoroughly but sadly I am Remote learning hasn’t been easy either, especially not certified to say that I am fluent in either, but it as a Year 8 pupil with important exams coming up. will come! The whole concept of online learning does get me Overall, quarantine hasn’t been easy for anyone. (and everyone else I think) a little bit stressed. Everyone has faced their own problems, some There are so many questions to be asked, so many more than others, but as a child I haven’t really ‘technical difficulties’, but once it’s all sorted it’s been the one facing these dilemmas, so from my fine. Isolation has affected my learning like point of view, lockdown has been pretty easy. I everyone else’s. We have shorter lessons and fewer can’t say that I haven’t enjoyed it because that of them so it’s very hard to get the work you want would be a lie, because I have! done well. This has caused a lot of strain for Year Atalanta Royle (13)

My Lockdown Experience When I was first told that we were no longer going been along before. In the garden I have planted to be going to school and that everyone was in sunflowers and am practising my handstands and lockdown, I was very happy. I do love being at cartwheels. I know we are very lucky to live in a home and I thought it would be fun. I didn’t really house with a garden in the countryside during think about how long it would be for or when life lockdown, it must be hard for other children if would get back to normal. they don’t have a garden to play in. Since being home, I have done lots of painting, I do not want to go back to school yet, but I baking and crafts. We have also been out on lots would like my brother to. of walks, discovering footpaths that we had never Poppy Green (10)

Locked down lucked out Lovely being at home with my A-levels cancelled though and I hope it doesn't go on for much and plenty of free time. Especially when the longer. I'll never forget my quiet 18th birthday and weather has been so nice. But missing my friends our low key celebrations of VE Day. Jamie (18)

IMPRESSION OF LOCKDOWN It's hard to feel bad about lockdown Especially when we are so privileged with a lovely I'll always remember Zoom school – just slightly garden, great weather and constant surreal and keeping a social distance from friends education. Actually, I have loved lockdown, what's and neighbours. there not to love but I miss my friends. Tom (16)

Throughout the lockdown what has really stuck out for me was the sunshine Because most of us are feeling sad and scared, the those who fought makes me think of how there sunshine puts a silver lining on the dark cloud. My were harder times and that it will slowly go back to family and I have really enjoyed going outside and normal just like it did for them. being distracted from all that's going on, by In 20 years, I will remember how for a few months relaxing and having a break. Also the fact everyone of my life most of the world was shut down. The who can is outside means that we can all relate and shops, cinemas, everything was closed and how we be close together and work as a community. VE were all at home and stuck with our families. Day for example we can't hug or have a party but the way we have tried to celebrate and remember Rosie (12)

Here are some experiences from Wallop Primary School children (in their own words) from Years 2 and 3: Lockdown It makes me feel sad and board sometimes. I miss my cousins and friends. I have enjoyed playing in swimming pool and baking with my Mum. I hope it ends soon and I can go to school. Callum (7)

How Lockdown has made me feel Lockdown has made me feel super sad because I have not played with my friends for 11 weeks! I also feel lots of love, happy and cared for by my family. My family help me forget about the virus. I miss my Nanny and Gaga, Poppa, aunties, uncles and cousins very much. At night I feel very emotional when I say goodnight to my Mummy and Daddy because I think about it all. I have enjoyed playing with my brother Henri, he makes me feel safe. I have also loved lots of family time. Evelyne (7) My experience of lockdown I sometimes like staying at home but sometimes I feel like I want to go back to school. The other thing is that I can’t see my friends, but for some of my friends I can still FaceTime and Zoom. The fun things I like to do are trampolining, playing restaurants with my sister, building dens in the garden and exercising. But a bad thing is that I might not have an actual birthday party in June with my friends. Can’t wait to see you but I’ll still miss my family. Max

What I think about Lockdown At the start of the lockdown I was sad. I miss going to school and seeing my friends and teachers. I try and do my school work at home but it is hard without my friends. I hope to come back to school soon so life can get back to normal. Nina

Lockdown I have enjoyed some parts of lockdown but not other parts I haven’t. I have enjoyed spending time with Daddy and him teaching me, doing Joe Wicks and playing football to stay healthy. I have not enjoyed having to stay in and I miss my friends from school. The thing I miss the most is seeing my Mum and sister. Sonny

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LOCKDOWN PROJECT – THE HOPE PADDLE POWER STATION Here is an example of an ingenious lockdown project developed by Peter Hope. He is lucky enough to have the Wallop Brook running through his garden and had always wondered if it would be possible to harness its power. So, with the added time on his hands provided by the Covid-19 restrictions, he set about inventing the Hope Paddle Power Station! The Power Station, when in position, harnesses the flowing water from the Wallop Brook to power a dynamo to produce light! The Power Station is simply a paddle wheel, connected by a chain to an old bicycle wheel to which is attached a dynamo. The paddle wheel is easily removed. Lockdown must have given rise to more resourcefulness in the villages so if there are other lockdown projects out there let’s hear about them! Depending on the response, perhaps we could have a competition of any project in the villages completed during Lockdown with a prize of a bottle of Corona beer for the one judged by the magazine committee to be the most inventive! Ed 10 GARDENING TIPS FOR JULY  Summer can still throw out a few surprises –  Prune wisteria now. Just remove the whippy make sure tall plants and climbers are well side-shoots from the main branch framework supported in case of bad weather. to about 20cm from their base (about five  Water at dusk to reduce evaporation and use leaves from the main stem). mulch to retain moisture around plants.  Take cuttings from your favourite tender  Terracotta pots are prone to evaporation so plants for overwintering indoors. Cuttings can dampen the pot down to keep roots inside also still be taken from shrubs and herbaceous cool and damp. perennials.  Regularly deadhead bedding and perennial  Apply a high-potash fertiliser once fruits start plants to encourage new blooms for as long as to form on peppers, cucumber and tomatoes. possible. You can use this on sunflowers too.  Cutting back growth in hanging baskets can  Check greenhouse plants daily. Water first encourage new flowers and foliage and will thing in the morning or in the evening to revive the display. Make sure you that feed reduce water loss through evaporation. your baskets well after doing this.  Harden off and plant out any plug plants that you’ve been growing on.

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NEWS FROM THE WALLOPS WI What a difference a year makes! The use of Facebook and Twitter to exchange With the summer solstice approaching in 2019 the news and chat has become the norm for many Wallops WI report for July focussed on the members. However, this is not possible for inclement weather for the time of year when our everyone and many WIs have decided that it is speaker Andy Thomas joined us at our open preferable to wait until they can meet again in meeting in June to give a fascinating talk about the person. unexplained and mysterious phenomena of crop On an individual level, access to the internet has circles. The following month the talk was all about enabled many of us to join Denman College in a the extraordinary fact that one had appeared virtual way with online courses of all types overnight in a field next to Danebury. available from Denman at Home. Hopefully, this Fast forward to the same time of year in 2020 will bring the WI’s own learning facility to the when the only similarities that can be drawn are attention of many members who have been unable the chilly wet and windy weather! The idea of any to attend these courses in person at Denman due sort of meeting, let alone an open one, is out of to distance or cost. the question and has meant that the way our WI The WI national (www.thewi.org.uk) and regional operates has had to be re-imagined to websites are also an invaluable way to learn about accommodate the extraordinary circumstances we what is happening in the WI world, such as the all find ourselves in today. progress of the resolution campaigns or the most The WI has always been an amazingly resourceful recent recipes to try! and innovative organisation and has risen to the There are now tentative steps to resuming our challenge facing us all on a national, regional and lives in a meaningful way and although contact has local level. Our committee has been busy on our been minimal for several months the spirit of the behalf ensuring that a programme for future Wallops WI is strong and who knows we may get meetings is in place whenever they can be to see one another in person during more typical resumed, including the AGM which had to be summer weather in the near future. cancelled in May. It is a fact that the use of the Just as last year, the best is still to come so keep in internet and electronic devices is the way forward touch by whatever means – email, Facebook, for some WIs and Zoom meetings have been Twitter, internet or good old-fashioned telephone happening around the country. and watch this space. Pam Quick

THANK YOU!

Stephen Baldock would like to thank those who have been helping with the collation of the magazine during the lockdown. It takes about 7 people-hours and since the end of March it has been done in pairs or families working within the social distancing requirements.

The volunteers have been Peter and Carol Preston, Sally Biles, Sarah Rayner, Trevor, Alix, Tessa and Sophie Johnson, Henrietta Wentworth-Stanley, Janet Baldock and John Haverson.

WALLOP COUNTRY FILE – JULY 2020 One could never have dreamt of being in the situation generation and the women of the villages, we are all in at the moment. I am sure every family has supplemented from January 1917 by the Women’s their own problems which have to be dealt with but we Land Army. are all so fortunate that we are living in the Wallops. So I believe that 19 men from the Wallops were lost in the much better than a two room, high-rise flat in a built- First World War and I have not found any reports of up area with no garden or any exercise area. much celebration when the war ended. It must have It has been a difficult 18 months in the farming world. been a very difficult time. One thing in particular that There was the very dry start to 2019 with the average effected village life was that the shortage of men annual rainfall well down and we needed some rain in resulted in a considerable number of spinsters in the the autumn. During the winter and into the New Year villages for many years to come. As an example, in my we had plenty! Nature always seems to balance these family my Mother had four sisters, three were nurses in problems out although, in the end, the ground was so the war and the oldest one, who was not very fit, wet that some of the winter corn did not get sown. As helped on the farm. Mother of course was too young to a result of the excess rain we had to bring the ewes into take part. In the end three never married and two the barn two months before lambing, as the ground married later in life, one in their thirties and one in their was just too wet for them. Usually they come in about forties. three weeks before lambing is due. The 1939/45 war had a similar effect on village life but The Herefords also had to come into the yard early in the losses in the armed forces were not so great, seven the winter and this makes more work and leads to extra from the Wallops, although the labour problem still costs. As I write they have just started calving, always existed. The government of the day was more ready for an exciting time. the start of the war and quickly began organising programmes for producing more home-grown food. Newly born calf 2020 The Women’s Land Army was re-established in June A word or two about 1939 and extra farm machinery was imported from Spring Pond. It America. My father was allocated a new tractor, an overflowed and Oliver 80, and this was a great help although he had a flooded parts of the problem finding farm that I have never someone to drive seen under water it. I think he before, but at the time eventually of writing this employed a man Country File the water who had failed the level has dropped medical for the about three metres. army. However, I do not think it will go dry this year. Oliver 80 Tractor We thought that with all the rain, spring sowing was During the potato going to be late, but after a very hot week and a drying harvest time, school children were given time off to wind, every one caught up with the work. Since then it help pick the crop. German and Italian prisoners of has been very hot and dry and we really need some rain war also helped with the work towards the end of the to keep the crops and grass growing. war. It seems that we do not get the seasons as we used to, I was ten years old on VE Day and I do not remember with winter, spring, summer and autumn which one there being any great village celebration, although my could work with, knowing the weather we could father and Percy Mouland organised a bonfire on the expect. donkey paddock (now the village green). One has to With the 75th anniversary of VE Day just past, the realise that there was food rationing, the war with Japan refurbishment of the War Memorial at Over Wallop did not end until the August and times were still very and talking to Peter Hope, we thought it might be hard. interesting to mention the effects that both wars had Finally, on behalf of the older generation in the villages on the villages. I would like to thank the younger folk for their No doubt there were national celebrations after the kindness and help during this unusual time and I hope 1914/18 war, but the huge loss of young men from the by the time that you read this we may be getting back population made a big difference. The main work on to normal times again. farms had been done during the war by the older Richard Osmond

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WOW! I am overwhelmed with the success of the Unfortunately though, we lost a lot of the Wallop Wilder Wallop photograph competition and the Orange Tip Butterfly eggs when some verges were talent within our parishes. A huge ‘well done and cut down at the wrong time of the season for them thank you’ to everyone who took part. Viewing the this year. Hopefully next year they can be glorious photos popping into the email inbox each protected in their breeding season. Do look out day was an absolute joy and I look forward to for black caterpillars in the nettles as these are sharing them with you after the judging on 22nd Peacock Butterflies in disguise and this is the time June. Each photograph gave a glimpse of how the of year for them. photographers were spending lockdown that If you would like an activity to do whilst we are enabled me to view through the lens of their own still in our reduced contact phase of Covid-19 do eyes the sights and wonders of the parish – it was a think about our local hedgehogs. I have had wonderful treat and the photographs certainly reports from a few places in the Wallops of highlight the beauty of nature all around us. sightings and as they Another success within the Wallops has been that can forage for food up the Lovell family from Jack’s Bush Farm has been to 2km per night awarded the Life on Land award from the Redlist looking after them in Revival Trust for having one of the highest our own gardens is a numbers of corn buntings on a farm. Sadly, they real possibility. In have missed out on the special Award Ceremony Duck’s Lane a few of and dinner due to Covid-19 but this is a hugely us have joined our significant recognition of the wonderful way they back gardens up with manage the land and crops to benefit nature and holes in our fences also produce a good harvest. This is on top of last and hedges to create a year’s nationally rare finding of a Pheasants Eye Hedgehog Highway to wildflower, which is being monitored by Plantlife enable them to go freely between the gardens. UK, with the hope of enabling more to grow in Check out www.hedgehogstreet.org for more the area to protect the species. information and for tips on how to create If you haven’t yet viewed Susan Simmonds Hedgehog Highways or build them a home. You fantastic educational short snippet wildlife videos I could perhaps become a Hedgehog Champion in can really recommend them. Susan is an Education your road or lane, and there are lots of resources Engagement Officer for Hampshire and Isle of and tips to help you too. Wight Wildlife Trust and the videos were created After the next Government COVID-19 update we in her garden in the Wallops, or on local lockdown will be able to begin to plan some more Wilder walks. They are found on You Tube or on the Wallop activities. If you have requests for what HIWWT Website under ‘Bringing Nature to You.’ you would like, or some other ideas, then do get in You can learn all about: Native Hedgerows, Oil touch as it is wonderful to learn and enjoy our Beetles, Chalk Streams and the Chalk Downs and countryside together. the Orange Tip Butterfly for example. Janet Herring

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY It’s the day of the beautiful bird Her lodger aghast It seems that Marks must have heard, Said, you push it and out it will pop! For to buy a roast chicken The oven to stick in But alas what they call a nice smell Was what to me it occurred. Is honestly fit for hell Far better to scrub And Oakham it was that I bought Our hands in a tub It was far too young to be slaught Of hot water and soap to excel ‘Twas for two or three Being simply me, In a germless zone for a while – (Though organic it was that I sought). My goodness we practise such guile To see off the corona- I asked others what they’d forgot Virus, a foreigner, Or wanted, not on their slot, All of us shouting, “It’s vile”! While Boots I did visit My eye did elicit So when these measures are done The sight of a sanitized pot. And the coronatorium has spun Its last restriction But grappling with the top, On our benediction I seemed to have reached a full stop, We’ll dance, at last free, in the Sun. A neighbour I passed Henrietta Wentworth-Stanley

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ABRIDGED DRAFT MINUES – OVER WALLOP PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 4th June 2020 via Zoom Logged on: Cllr K Dixon – Chairman, Cllr J Neighbourhood Development Plan – The Taylor Firth – Vice Chairman, Cllr C Smith, Cllr V Chairman reiterated that a Village Meeting needs Barnard, Cllr D Boardman, Cllr I Cleife, Borough to be held to discuss a Neighbourhood Cllr Mr I Jeffery, Richard Waterman – Parish Clerk Development Plan – obviously this cannot happen County Cllr Mr A Gibson, Members of the Public at the moment. – 3. Nether Wallop Parish Council – Cllr Mr J Cottrell Apologies: Cllr T Burden, Cllr M Glover. the new Chairman of Nether Wallop Parish Welcome: The Chairman welcomed everyone to Council has made contact regarding pedestrian the meeting. safety at the crossroads. Over Wallop and Nether Wallop will work together to look at the problems. Declarations of Interest: No Declarations of Interest were recorded. Cllr Mr E Souter has stood down as Chairman but will remain on the Parish Council. Mrs Helen Minutes of the previous meeting: The James and Mrs Karen Addison have resigned from Chairman will sign the minutes of the May Zoom the Parish Council. meeting as a true record at the next ordinary Parish Hall – The Parish Hall Management meeting. Proposed by Cllr J Taylor Firth and th seconded by Cllr V Barnard. Committee will hold a Zoom meeting on 16 June 2020. Borough Councillor Mr I Jeffrey: The latest edition of the Mid Test Valley Matters has been VE Day – The flowers placed on the War emailed to the Parish Councillors. Cllr Mr I Jeffrey Memorial on VE Day looked magnificent. A big thank you to the village for all their support. It has spoke about its contents pointing out issues that may be of interest. He highlighted that TVBC has been suggested that this is done again to celebrate managed to provide housing for all of the rough VJ Day. sleepers in the Borough during this pandemic. Correspondence – The Chairman has received an Only one person refused the accommodation email from a resident of Five Acres Rise regarding through their own choice. The Chairman dog fouling along the track. This will be reported congratulated TVBC. to the TVBC Dog Warden. A note will also be put County Councillor Mr A Gibson: The HCC in the Wallop Parish News reminding dog walkers to Recycling Centres are now taking bookings slots to pick up their dog mess. visit the recycling centres, it is hoped that this will Financial Report – Parish Clerk. alleviate the long queues. Cllr A Gibson stated that End of year accounts – The Clerk reported that he still had money in his devolved budget and the End of Year Accounts have now been audited would consider an application from the Parish and were sent to the Parish Councillors prior to Council. Cllr A Gibson reported that following a the meeting. meeting with Jakob and the Chairman to look Cllr J Taylor Firth proposed that the Accounts be again at the proposed turning points in Salisbury signed off at the July Meeting, seconded by Cllr V Lane, he is keen to push the traffic calming Barnard. Everyone agreed. scheme forward and will put pressure on HCC to do so. Cheques and payments issued in June 2020: R.N. Waterman Wages – June 500.00 Update from the Chairman: Traffic calming – The Chairman intends to hold Came and Company Insurance 195.85 further meetings with the residents of Salisbury Radley House War Memorial 857.76 Lane regarding the turning points to get an P Reynolds Audit 45.00 agreement from them on the positioning. Once Playsafety Play Area Inspection 172.80 this has been agreed HCC can be pushed to start SSE Pavilion Electricity 64.73 the trial. Total payments: £ 2,536.14

Bank account balances after above Pavilion re-build – The invitation to tender movements: document has been emailed to the 7 architects. Current Account = £20,530.07 The deadline for replies has been extended to the th Premier Interest = £10,041.91 12 June 2020. The quotes will be slimmed down Allotments = £ 387.04 to three for approval by the Parish Council. All councillors agreed the approach and thanked Cllr Total payments: £30,959.02 Boardman for his work. Planning: 20/01100/FULLN – Proposed two- Tennis – The tennis net was damaged but has storey and single-storey extensions to provide been repaired. open plan kitchen/dining/living space and guest bedroom with enlarged bedroom and bathroom Cricket – There has been no update on when/if above; change flat roof central bay to pitched roof; the cricket season will start. Holding friendly hard paving and boundary fencing – The Covey, games has been discussed. The Clerk stated that Station Road, Over Wallop – SUPPORT with the cricket team will still need insurance to hold an comment on possible loss of light for neighbours organised friendly game as the Parish Council due to height elevation. insurance will not provide cover. This was noted 20/01123/VARN – Variation of condition 02 of and the PC will work with the cricket team to 19/00195/FULLN – Haycorns, Mount Carmel ensure proper procedures are in place. Road, Palestine – SUPPORT Trees – Cllr D Boardman reported that he is NOTICE OF APPEAL – 18/03204/CLEN – putting together a tree planting programme to Certificate of existing lawful use of garage block to replace the 21 major trees that have been felled be used a separate dwelling – Manor House, over recent years. Down Lane, Over Wallop. NO FURTHER The Clerk will apply to Cllr A Gibson’s devolved COMMENT. budget for funding towards the replacement trees. Wallop Vintage Gathering: After some Cllr I Cleife – Had to sign out of the meeting due discussion on current Government legislation on to a technical fault. social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic, Mr Tony Macey confirmed that he will cancel the War Memorial 2020 Wallop Vintage Gathering. The Parish Cllr J Taylor Firth reported on the War Memorial Council confirmed that they gave the event their Project: full support and were sure that Mr Tony Macey  The War Memorial Trust has approved the has made the right decision to cancel this year due names and design of the lettering and work is to the current situation. under way in the workshop – this should take approximately 4 weeks. Parish Councillors’ reports: Cllr C Smith – Reported that all the footpaths are  The Stonemason hopes to be on site early July. clear and walkable. The flashing speed signs on the  The Architect will meet with the Chairman and approach to the crossroads are not working again. Contractor on site. The Clerk will report this to Highways.  A revised programme of works has been Cllr V Barnard – Reported that ‘Next Door’ is still requested due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. working well and providing a good line of  The Village Fund Raising Group will hand over communication in the village. £7,000 to the Parish Council. Cllr J Taylor Firth – Reported that the Parish Hall Members of the public: will be shut for a further month, it is not known There were no issues raised. when we be allowed to open again. The painter is in at the moment and the boundary fence has been Close of the meeting: repaired. The Chairman thanked everyone for logging on and closed the meeting. Cllr D Boardman – Reported: nd Wallops Shop – The RCF Grant has been delayed Next Zoom meeting: 2 July 2020. further due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Richard Waterman (Clerk)

ABRIDGED DRAFT MINUTES – NETHER WALLOP PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 8th June 2020 via Zoom (Full version posted on Council website) Attendance: Cllrs Cotterell, Carpenter, Souter,  The trees offer high visual amenity value in the Whitaker, Sangster, Roberts (co-opted during Conservation Area in accordance with TVBC meeting), Mrs G Foster, Parish Clerk, TVBC Cllr I Character Appraisal 2008. There is a long Jeffrey and 2 members of the public. standing relationship between T1, T2 and T3, Apologies for absence: Cllr Gibson had sent his Jesmond Cottage, Heathman Street, and the apologies. surrounding area. Applications for new Councillors and if thought  The condition of all four established and appropriate to co-opt new Councillor(s): Dr mature trees is believed to be good. Andrew Roberts was unanimously approved for  Annual flood/ground water is dramatically co-option. reduced by the trees and their removal would Reports from HCC Cllr A Gibson and TVBC exacerbate flooding in the immediate area, Cllr I Jeffrey: particularly to Jesmond Cottage itself and C/Cllr Gibson had sent a short written update neighbouring properties along Heathman which was available on the website. B/Cllr Jeffrey Street. had sent Mid Test Matters newsletter which had also  There is no evidence of them being a potential been posted on the website. danger to the property. Planning applications and agree comments to be sent to TVBC.  There is no mention of replacement trees. 20/00951/TREEN The Two Gables, T1 –  The application should not be considered in Sycamore – Fell to ground level – NO isolation as there have been other significant COMMENT. 20/00977/TREEN Ridge House trees removed from the property since 2017. T1 Cypress – Fell – NO COMMENT. Google Earth evidences this. 20/00964/TREEN The Old Forge Tree works  It was further noted that there is some as per submitted schedule – NO COMMENT. overhang of T1, T2 and T3 over the road and 20/01089/TREEN The Old Forge Fell 3 Ash this hinders large vehicles and farm vehicles trees labelled A, B and C – NO COMMENT. from travelling on the correct side of the road. 20/01050/TREEN Jesmond Cottage Poplar  It is suggested that TPOs are placed on all four Tree (T1) – Fell, Poplar Tree (T2) – Fell, Poplar trees and a management scheme is undertaken Tree (T3) – Fell, Norway Spruce (T4) – Fell – to ensure that pruning and other work is carried OBJECTION of felling any of the trees due to: out to comply with highway regulations and to  T1, T2 and T3 all sit within the Nether Wallop promote the health of the trees. Conservation area and are separately classed 20/01186/TREEN The Old Butchers Arms and specifically identified as ‘Important Trees’ Repollard Ash to original points – NO in the Test Valley "Nether Wallop COMMENT. 20/00988/FULLN Chalkwell Conservation Area Character Appraisal" 2008. Conversion of garage to habitable space, single  “Inconvenience” is not a reason for felling and storey extension with accommodation in loft is counter to Test Valley Borough Council space, and erection of outbuilding – NO Adopted Plan 2011-2029 Policy E5 (para 7.23 OBJECTION. 20/01102/LBWN Sunnyside in particular) with regard to destruction of Cottage Re-pointing parts of front elevation – NO established vintage trees. It is similarly counter OBJECTION. th to Hampshire County Council Tree Policy The minutes of 11 May 2020 were approved. (derived from the Natural Environment and Bank reconciliation. Trial Balance, payments and Rural Communities Act 2006 (NERC Act)) in receipts, and budget reports. that the authority has a duty to: “Conserve the All payments and budgets were unanimously biodiversity value that trees provide, including approved. old and decaying trees and.... Avoid Revised Financial Regulations: The revised unnecessary removal, disfigurement or damage draft was approved. to trees with amenity, landscape or wildlife Risk Assessments: The RAs for the playing fields value”. were approved and those for the Village Hall and

Village Green would be revised for the next footpaths in May to save Lengthsman resource. It meeting. was noted that over the past three years Councillors reports and to decide if any action considerable human and financial resource has should be taken. been expended by HCC, NWPC, and landowners, Highways – Coming out of lockdown there is in improving the footpath that runs from School noticeably more traffic leading to more noise, Lane north to A343 bus stop (this is NW FP2 and excess speed & poorer air quality. HCC had OW FP7), which has removed old stiles, added recently released a Covid Travel map and were non-slip grillages, replaced three stiles with new now using the Commonplace app to track areas of kissing gates, improved fencing, regular cutting etc highway that the public can comment on and to make this a safe means of avoiding using the provide suggestions for reducing numbers of road. people using cars. NDP (Neighbourhood Development Plan) – An Playing Fields – Cllr Sangster had inspected the electronic survey was being drafted to ask the playground on 1st June after reading the children of the parish what kind of playing fields playground inspection report. It was also they would like. The draft would be presented to questioned whether it would be better to remove the PC at a later date. the whole play area and start again. It had been suggested that the PC may wish to Climbing Frame – The reports from 2019 and consider requesting ‘gifts of land’ that landowners 2020 were very similar. The report gave the were not currently using alongside the brook that impression that the apparatus was probably not the PC could adopt for the use of the community. worth fixing. The question would be raised again after lockdown Swings – It was noted that the wooden frames had been lifted. The Steering Group approved the were showing signs of decay. proposal from the NDP consultant to proceed Signage – Estimates for clearer signs would be with writing the plan. obtained. Wallops Parish Hall – This remains closed. A Playground – Another inspection would be made. garden sale had recently been set up in the car park In the meantime the playground would continue by a member of the public without the to be closed. management committee’s permission. They had Village Green – The mower had been serviced and been asked to move. it was thought that it might last one more season. Effects of Lockdown on the Parish: The VGWG chairman would investigate the costs Road issues/Safer Travel – Government paper on of a replacement for when the time came for a Short Term improvements to reallocate road space newer model. As the Marquee team may not be in response to Covid-19: Traffic issues that the physically able to continue with the erection and primary school were facing were discussed and a putting away much longer, younger members were Working Group would be formed to request needed to share the workload. residents to join in to document ideas for change. Village Hall – This remains closed due to This would be publicised via the pump email, lockdown. The gardener was continuing to keep Nextdoor.com and Facebook. the VH garden tidy and the cleaning schedule had Local Business issues: The Cleaning contractor been reduced. The builders had been contacted would be asked to perform some deep cleaning about minor repairs that could be carried out while tasks while the Village Hall was closed. the hall was shut. The annual Fire Inspection had Maintenance of Parish Council owned/managed been carried out. facilities – the Village Hall was currently closed Footpaths – The Footpaths Officer had sent a full presenting the opportunity for some maintenance. report. All Rights of Way (RoW) are passable and The Playing Fields were being extensively used by have dried out after the Spring high water levels. all age groups. The Tennis Court in particular had There has been a noticeable increase in ‘Lockdown seen a large increase in bookings. Councillors Exercise’. A meeting had been scheduled with the agreed that the hedge surrounding the courts HCC RoW warden to discuss options for the needed some attention and volunteers would be surfacing of the new footpath between Heathman sought. Street and Church Lane. The Footpaths Officer had spent 11 hours strimming new growth on the

Grant for the Pre-School – All councillors had Rags Corner belongs to the Parish Council. The seen the advert in the parish magazine and it was Clerk is checking with the Land Registry. agreed to donate £750. Middle Wallop Airfield night flying – a response Grant awarding policy – Cllrs Cotterell and had been received regarding night flying. The full Souter and the Clerk would prepare a draft. response can be read on the PC website. Website – The decision of whether to appoint a Bus shelter in Jack’s Bush – The outstanding work new WG to consider website, domain name and on the bus shelter has been chased. Andover Glass email provider and the building of a better website Works have only recently re-opened. would be deferred until the end of the pandemic. Watercress Beds – A complaint from a resident Clerk’s laptop – the question of whether the had been received about the height of the land Clerk should be provided with a PC owned laptop known as the Watercress Beds opposite the for council business and details of software would George Public House. It is alleged that this has be noted and some specifications provided for the again been substantially raised over the last few next meeting. months and the increase was over 1m in height Playground Inspection report – All councillors and not in compliance with the planning had read the report from Seagrave Inspection permission granted. TVBC had been informed as Services. The playground had been taped off due this is not a Parish Council matter. to the pandemic and another assessment would be The council had received £200 from the Police undertaken and reported at the next meeting. Commissioner as a donation towards running Updating the Council website and email Zoom meetings for the Parish council and the system – Whether the Clerk should apply for a community. Local organisations can contact the TVBC Cllr Grant for updating the Council website Clerk to enquire if the facility can be made and email system was not considered necessary at available to them. the current time. Points from the floor: None Clerk’s report and correspondence received. A Date of next Zoom meeting: Monday 13th July resident had stated their belief that the land behind 2020 at 7.30pm Gail Foster (Clerk)

BROWNJOHN ALLOTMENT GARDENS It’s amazing what still can be found in an The allotments fell into disuse in the mid 1960s allotment plot which has been tilled for over 150 with only a few diehard local people keeping their years. During the tidying, digging and restoration plots productive. However, we have a copy of the of their new plot a corroded iron barbed and 1952 Rent Book for the allotments with the rent socketed arrowhead of medieval date was found being administered by Over Wallop Parish Council about 15cm below ground. The arrowhead is some Chairman Mr. Shadwell. This is reproduced below. 48mm in length and of broadband or spear point Some of their descendants still live in Over type. It is dated to the 13th Century. This find has Wallop. been validated via the Portable Antiquities Today, for the first time in many years, the Scheme. Brownjohn Allotment Gardens are again fully The allotments have yielded many other interesting occupied, all plots are now taken and in use. finds including many metal heels used on old Richard Quick working boots, old clay Victorian smoker’s pipes, glass bottles and a very large old door key.

THE LAST LAUGH – A BAD HAIR DAY? I thought what an opportunity to find out, in who happened to come private, exactly what my grey hair looks like along during the one and without hair dye. No fear of frightening a half hours session got a neighbours and friends – lockdown 2020 was the bit of a surprise. Then ideal time. I missed a hair appointment the week Georgia, like all before the lockdown started so my hair was in teenagers I know, could need of a trim and recolour right at the start. Six not work without a weeks went by and my hairstyle was mainly hidden suitable soundtrack from public view by the large sunhat with neck necessary for activities protector which my husband and daughters refer where concentration is to as my ‘bonnet’ (a hasty internet purchase I had vital. She chose the film made before a holiday two years ago and had Hairspray! never worn, but which came into its own with the Georgia started off very gingerly at the back of my sunny weather in May). I had not been allowed to head but then got bolder and bolder, hair cascaded wear the sunhat in public on holiday for fear of to the ground. Sometimes she asked me to hold embarrassing the family but in lockdown who was the comb as the technique of having both comb going to see on our socially distanced walks and scissors in her hand at the same time is harder around the countryside except the dog? than it looks. Those of you who are Facebook As the lockdown extended, I received several friends may have seen the video where she resorts messages from my lovely hairdresser who to popping the comb between her lips as you reminded her clients that using hairclips would be would a hairclip, and then realises how awful a a better temporary solution than using the kitchen mouthful of hair can be! scissors. I replied that so far, I was resisting my Georgia can be very funny. She makes us laugh clipper wielding daughter’s offer to cut, colour and frequently and a giggling head is not easy to cut. style my hair. She messaged me back saying But she turned a potentially stressful occasion into “please keep resisting”. Well, I did … for a while. a pleasure. She became more experienced as the A phobia (if you like) which I share with my sister cutting continued but my hair got shorter and is a dislike for the feeling of hair brushing the skin shorter as we had to even up the sides according on my face. This phobia has been with me for as to the shortest length. I was really satisfied with long as I can remember and is one of the reasons the cut and delighted to have a shorter fringe. that I have worn my hair very short for much of Every time I looked in the mirror for the first few my life. Anyway, after eight weeks in lockdown, I days, I noticed a few rogue locks which had to be cracked and invited my youngest to trim away. dealt with. She agreed in a flash and whipped out the new Would I try it again…? Yes definitely, but I’m not clippers and an old pair of hair scissors. We so sure about decided that she would follow the lines of my Georgia. She has existing hair style but take about an inch off. We increased respect consulted numerous YouTube videos and I for Becky my selected a video showing a model whom I judged usual stylist…not to have a similar style to mine…and Georgia just for her skills pointed out that the model was at least half my but her ability to age! She chose another stylist’s training video to put up with a very follow and we got started. fussy client! Oh, We spent the first 15 minutes trying to find the and the grey by best place in the house with good light and access the way is not so to a mirror. We ended up in our dark hallway bad but my sister on a Skype call remarked how which was chosen for the long mirror and hard much I looked like my mother had at 70. Cheek! wood flooring but we had to open the front door Anne Scott wide for the light to pour in. The delivery driver

THE LAST LAUGH – HAIR DILEMMAS Oh how I stress about my hair! Not being able to She was clean but not as cute as she normally is get it cut since March has caused some upset in after a haircut. our household. The husband doesn’t have these The husband decided that he really wasn’t that concerns as I have been cutting his hair for quite a keen on sharing his clippers with the dog – fussy if few years, he has offered to cut mine but I am you ask me! – so a pair of dog clippers was duly strangely loathe to take him up on his offer! I purchased from that well known online retailer. A decided the only way forward was for me to buy few weeks later, with Lupin needing another some more hats and try to hide what is becoming haircut, we hadn’t cut it short enough the first more haystack like by the day! time, we were able to clip her using her own The next problem was Lupin our lovely clippers. I started this haircut with some gusto, big Cockapoo. She normally attends the doggy salon mistake! She looked like she had been scalped in every six weeks for a pamper and comes out places. I then thought that I should try and even it looking gorgeous. We were three weeks into up, oh dear. I am just grateful that the dog has lockdown and her next appointment had been never been interested in looking in the mirror! cancelled. What were we to do? We didn’t think If you do happen to see Lupin out and about on scissors would do the job. She is a very woolly one of our walks around the village please don’t Cockapoo and her dog groomer uses clippers. mention the haircut to her! We haven’t told her Would the husband’s clippers be up to the how bad it is and if we can keep it from her for challenge? There was only one way to find out. I another few weeks she has an appointment with thought some sterilizing may be required, before her normal stylist who can hopefully rectify my using on the dog, not after, obviously! The efforts. husband knows where he stands in the pecking One thing is now clear, I am never going to have a order in this house! Well we were pleasantly career as a dog groomer and if you ask the surprised, the husband’s clippers seemed to cut husband I think he’d say “or as a hairdresser”! Lupin’s coat quite successfully. We did a very Lupin’s Mum cautious first cut and then gave her a shampoo.

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34 FROM THE RECTORY Dear Friends, I am now going to contradict my first sentence. There Fasting could not be more unfashionable to our are today those who fast out of principle – I’m thinking of various forms of vegetarianism. Here the society. And yet it is, for me, the most important devotional tool we have for uncertain and vulnerable fast is to show respect for the environment and to the days. creatures who share our planet. It is a fast which is, though, known by others, for it is a form of Why is fasting unfashionable? Because we live in days campaigning. I honour this. when deliberately ‘going without something’ is seen as ridiculous. There are exceptions: I may go on a diet, There are other ‘campaigning fasts’. I think of the but there is an expected reward! I may be training hard Christians like Wilberforce who campaigned against for a sports event, and again there is a hoped-for slavery, knowing there would be a severe economic reward. I may modify my diet for health reasons, and cost to society. Campaigners such as him forced an again there is a reward. economic fast on others and met vicious opposition as a result. Wilberforce was right to say slavery forced I’ve jumped ahead of myself. What do I mean by a grotesque and cruel fast on the humans who were fasting? In scriptural terms, here is the Christian traded as slaves. A fast which had no place in human understanding from Matthew Ch 5. activity. "And whenever you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, I’ve another direction to take for this reflection. We for they disfigure their faces so as to show others that they are can turn suffering into a fast. I’ll give a personal fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. example. Jane and I found we could not have children. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so We chose not to moan and instead strove to limit our that your fasting may be seen not by others but by your Father grief to a few strong friends. What brought me most who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward help was giving this fast-from-children to God, saying, you.” “This is not fair, and doesn’t fit your promises, but we will go without children as calmly as we can in order Fasting is going without food. Perhaps for 24 hours, to say we trust you as heavenly Father.” perhaps just one meal. Perhaps regularly every week. It can be going without some foods, e.g. only food In time the Lord honoured our fast by giving us which needs a fork and knife; it can be eating very children, from birth, for adoption. simply, e.g. bread, cheese and water. I have a final direction, and it is to do with the current And the motivation for fasting? pandemic crisis. One consequence is that we have been unable to worship together. A pending Well, not to please God. He isn’t like that. Instead it consequence is that our return to worship will be is to say to God that I am more than my physical constrained. No hymn singing. No shaking hands in needs and pleasures. My fast is to seek to show my greeting or to share The Peace. Much modified Holy respect for God by focussing on my spiritual life. It is Communion. to say to God that I want to pray and read his word instead of cooking and eating. How might we respond? We could complain and shake our fists at the heavens and even decline to Fasting is a significant form of intercession. It is as if worship because it isn’t now to our liking. Or we can God responds to the emotional and physical cost of offer these constraints as a fast. We can thank God fasting by answering prayers. I could give numerous for the changes in our worship and say to Him we examples, whether a tricky sermon coming to life, or trust Him to meet with us anyway. And for sure he a short term mission to war-torn Sudan being safe. will. In the verses quoted, Jesus is clear that fasting is a Matthew Grayshon discrete activity, to be hidden from others. We shouldn’t moan or boast because it is a God-wards activity.

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Church buildings open for private prayer: St Andrew’s (8.00am to 6.30pm) and St Peter’s (10am to 4pm) are open daily for private prayer. Please read the notices and observe social distancing.

Public worship: we hope to resume some services in September but specific plans were not available at the time of going to press, except for the open air Harvest Service at St Peter’s on September 6th (see next paragraph). As soon as details are available they will be published on the church websites and by email to regular worshippers.

CELEBRATION HARVEST SERVICE

11.00am, Sunday September 6th

on the Glebe Field, St Peter’s Over Wallop

Please bring your own chairs and observe social distancing

MARRIAGE: we congratulate David Danzelman and Pippa Grayshon on their wedding at St Andrew’s on July 25th and we pray for God’s blessing on their life together.

EDITOR’S COMMENT Dear Readers, On Saturday Following last month’s short article about the 14th August we demise of the two huge trees in front of St Peter’s celebrated the Church, we have a more detailed account on page end of the 13 from Ben Cartwright about the ageing of the Second World trees and of their place in the history of The War at the war Wallops. memorial in A local teenager has made a Lockdown Over Wallop, documentary about people’s experiences of the marking the coronavirus pandemic. Octavia has written an occasion with a article telling us all about her experience which is on two minute page 17. Her film documents how dealing with silence. It was Covid-19 has affected people across a broad section lovely to see the of ages and locations was reported on by the BBC. VJ Day floral She has now uploaded the film to Amazon Prime. tributes and Well done Octavia and let us know how you get on poppy wreath with your film making in the future! in remembrance of those who served. th To add to our Crossword and Word Search regulars 2020 also marks the 80 anniversary of the Battle of we have a Quiz this month from the Not On Your Britain and we are featuring an interesting article on Own Club (see page 12), I hope these are keeping page 19 from Ben Cartwright about the everyone entertained and there’s another Last involvement of RAF Middle Wallop through this Laugh too. time. This is part 1 of a two-part story which will be continued next month. Keep well! Christine Deane In the beginning … Leah

Leah was the elder sister, the firstborn, but also the Leah tried not to listen as her husband yelled at her overlooked one. She was not as dynamic as her father, tried not hear her sister weeping, tried to be younger sister Rachel, she was not as flirtatious as happy in her married state. Jacob returned that Rachel and her eyes did not sparkle and delight in night and fulfilled his duties for the rest of the week, the same way. Leah was thoughtful, gentle...plain. but never again was he as passionate as he had been She would make a good mother, a good when he had thought that she was Rachel. homemaker, her parents always told potential After the week had passed, she left the tent. She was suitors, but they were looking for more than that now a married woman and treated as such, but no- for their sons. So Leah remained unmarried, Rachel one could look her in the eye, there was no respect. remained with the sheep. Leah waited for marriage Rachel replaced her in the wedding tent, and and Rachel waited for her turn for the resumed her place in their husband's heart. matchmaking, but no proposals came. The child did grow in her belly. Her parents were The first proposal that did come was not good. The right she was a good mother. She carried easily and proposition was for Rachel; Leah had been began a family so large it would become a tribe for overlooked again. If Rachel was allowed to marry Jacob. Her sister, despite her beauty and vitality, Jacob, Leah would carry the shame for ever but could not conceive. Leah hoped that with the birth Rachel was in love and the match was a good one. of each son her husband would love her a little Their father agreed. more, and somewhat bitterly she hoped that he What could Leah do? Her chances and would love her sister a little less. But no, if anything opportunities had gone. Her father though, was not he seemed to love her more. prepared to support a spinster daughter into her old When they travelled, it was always Rachel who age. Laban was a cunning man, and when the would be given the most protection. It was always women gathered to dress Rachel for her wedding Rachel who received the kindest and most loving night everything was turned upside down. Beautiful looks; Leah only received looks of lust, or duty. Rachel was pushed to one side as her father entered with orders that Leah was to be decorated with Eventually Rachel did conceive. In total she gave wedding finery, and presented the most beautiful birth to two children, just two boys, whilst Leah and heavily laden veil she had ever seen. As it produced son after son, and their only daughter. A covered her head, she could hardly see through the girl, a woman to be her friend in a community thick lace, her view obscured with golden where no-one else valued her, where there was only embellishments. As Leah was led out to the ever enmity or occasionally pity. A daughter who marriage tent Rachel wailed in anguish and she would also be a source of grief for her, but that is knew that her sister could never be her friend again. Dinah's story. The plan worked: the tent was dim and Jacob had Leah was rescued from the disgrace of being left no reason to suspect that it wasn't his wife who was behind, without husband or sons to define her... but brought to him, they laid together and no words she never had love. Her sons became as deceitful as were spoken, the ritual that sealed their betrothal her husband and father had been and her daughter was all action. Both spent from a night unlike any also suffered the fate of being a powerless woman. either had experienced before, they slept. In the Leah was Jacob's first wife and his last, outliving her morning, the veil flung aside and day light flooding sister; but she never received the love and respect into the tent, Jacob was filled with anger as he every woman should receive in marriage. understood the depths of his father in law's deception. Jacob stormed out as Leah tended to You can read Leah's story in Genesis chapters 29 herself, hoping that this night together would seal and 30. their union and that a child would already be Vanessa nestling into her womb and her husband's heart.

St Andrew’s, Nether Wallop Holy Gardening 2020!

In August ten Holy Gardeners, glowing with their mention in the Daily Telegraph, attacked several approaches to the churchyard. The car park hedge got a trim, the steps and paths down from Church Hill had a tidy up and the invasive sumac was pushed back a bit. Anyone, and everyone, is very welcome to come and help us – you do not need to be a church goer – in fact, most of the gardeners are not regular attendees and several don’t even live in the village! We meet again on September 5th at 9.30am, for a final blast of tidying and neatening before the September weddings. Hope to see you there unless you’d like to go on your own, in which case please do let me know. Alix 01264 781913 [email protected]

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SEPTEMBER CROSSWORD COMPETITION

The solution to last month’s puzzle can be found on page 9.

WORD SEARCH – SPORT There are all sorts of Sporting activities listed on the right and they can all be found in the grid below. They may be in a straight line, spelled out backwards or forwards, or they may be set out diagonally – enjoy the search!

Solution to last month’s Crossword Puzzle

THE WALLOP PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWS Welcome to the school news for this month. Sadly, pupils will be lucky enough to take a freshly laid egg due to the Covid 19 Pandemic we were unable to home. A great treat. hold our traditional Leavers Day, with Year 6 This is the fitness initiative organised for our cluster putting on a show for the whole school and a of schools and Wallop School was signed up by Mrs presentation assembly in front of parents, school Parker our PE Coordinator. Could we run, cycle, governors and invited guests. Instead, Mr Lambert, ride, walk, scooter or count our daily steps to cover our Head Teacher, made a video sharing the the equivalent of Route 66? Virtually of course! children’s memories and the presenting of the Starting on June 19th, children and teachers logged school trophies, with elbow bumps replacing the their kilometres from their phones or FitBits and by traditional handshakes! A lovely memento for their 27th July we were halfway there … a monumental parents to keep. effort by everyone finally took us over the finish line Library News – Mrs Fowler, our lovely Librarian, on 8th August. That’s a huge 3,670km (2,280 miles). has been very busy installing an online system for WOW! However you chose to travel, thank you for our books. The children are now able to search for your efforts to aid our virtual journey from Chicago and reserve their chosen books online, check up on to Los Angeles. their current loans and review the books to help New School Year – September 7th brings the start others when choosing. of the first school term for the year. Complex plans We love books – Many of our pupils and staff, have been made for a safe, Covid-compliant return. have joined the Hampshire Libraries Summer Continuing the bubble arrangement for classes and Reading Challenge this year. The theme is ‘Silly their teachers and LSAs to keep everyone as socially Squad’ and it involves reading 6 books over the distant as possible. We will be using separate holidays and completing online games & challenges entrances for each classroom and staggering break to earn badges. This will help to foster a love of times. Children who arrive by car have different reading for pleasure, well done to all taking part. arrival times. Surnames from A-M or N – Z may Bracken – Our school dog has had a quieter arrive at the drop off point at their dedicated times, summer. She was diagnosed with a hip problem and following social distancing guidelines. Buses and the visited the vet for an operation. She is recovering school minibus will be operating as usual, with as well under the care of Ms Fletcher and we hope she much effort made as possible to sit the children will soon be back in school to meet the children. distanced and in their class bubbles. Chickens – Our chickens have become more free Breakfast club will be restarting, from 7.45 to range over the summer, with a willing rota of staff 9.00am, parents can book their children in for a to feed, water and collect the eggs. One has truly healthy breakfast and supervised activities before embraced free range, we hope to find her again school. After school club will be run by 360 Sports soon! I am sure they are looking forward to meeting with two sessions available, a shorter one from the new children, perhaps one or two of the new 3.45 to 4.45pm or a longer one of 3.45 to 5.30pm, their first few busy weeks. They will enter in smaller all helped along with snacks, games and activities. groups to start, gradually adding longer visits and Sadly, due to the Covid cleaning requirements for staying to lunch, then staying for the whole day. the classrooms, the teachers are unable to offer Hopefully with all these arrangements in place the their own range of after school clubs at the children will soon settle in to the new normal of the moment. school term. So, uniforms ironed, shoes polished, Our reception class team has been busy making the book bags and water bottles at the ready for the new classroom ready for our newest pupils. Miss Pedder school term. The Staff look forward to welcoming and Ms Fletcher have put lots of story-telling on the pupils and parents, old and new. website. Mrs Sexton, our Deputy Head, has made a Sonia Shadwell social story about coming to ‘big school’ and a welcome to Wallop School video was uploaded by Mr Lambert showing what they can expect from

YOGA IN THE WALLOPS The importance of balance, find it through Yoga In early July, just as we were emerging from the Yoga helps with balance, focus, movement, and strictest elements of lockdown, my mother, coordination. As well as in poses which involve otherwise healthy and in her mid-80s, fell rather stillness, balance comes from movement, inexplicably and broke her hip. A moment’s loss of transitions between positions, and developing your concentration, turning to speak to my father and a strength. Building your core muscles – those around potential life changing fall. Fortunately, she is well your pelvis, abdomen and lower back – will give on the way to recovery, but from my perspective as enhanced stability and improved balance a yoga practitioner of many years and as a qualified throughout a range of movements. Many yoga teacher since 2018, it made me think and research. poses, even as a beginner, help build bone density Was it just one of ‘those’ events or was it caused by as well as helping with flexibility and balance. muscle loss, bone density deterioration, low blood There are several yoga teachers in the vicinity of the pressure or something else? Wallops offering socially distanced group classes According to the GOV UK website: falls and fractures again, video linked lessons and private ones. There are a common and serious health issue faced by older people are also a huge range of free online classes in England. People aged 65 and over have the highest risk of distributed on all social media channels for all levels falling; around a third of people aged 65 and over, and from very beginner to advanced. If you want to around half of people aged 80 and over, fall at least once a improve balance or mitigate a deterioration in year. Falling is a cause of distress, pain, injury, loss of strength, find a way into yoga that works for you confidence, loss of independence and mortality. and ‘give it a go’. If you would like a more tailored There are many causes of falls, the main ones being: approach to improving your balance and strength with yoga please do feel free to contact me for a no  muscle weakness cost no obligation discussion. My email is  poor balance [email protected]  visual impairment Ian Dunn  polypharmacy – and the use of certain medicines  environmental hazards COME AND HELP KEEP YOUR  some specific medical conditions, which VILLAGE CLEAN AND TIDY! might make a person more likely to fall. There are also many ways to mitigate against falling: Join with the SALT Group from St Peter's Church – S: small, A: acts, of L: love, T:  movement: walk, dance, play sport of any kind together – and litter-pick our village to keep it clean and tidy.  strength exercises, however low the weight, will help SALT is a small group who meet every week  resistance exercises, using your own to bless and pray for our villages. muscles to counter, or elastic exercise bands On the SECOND TUESDAY of each month  have your eyes tested we go out to show the love of God in a  practise your balance. practical way by picking up litter on the streets and lanes of our village. We meet in a designated place and pick litter for one hour from 9am – 10am. All equipment is provided but you are asked to bring good gloves and suitable footwear. Please ring Carol on 07925 287870 for more information and the next designated meeting NOT ON YOUR OWN CLUB – QUIZ place.

The corona virus situation has hit many communities 9. What in World War 2 was a Stuka? and their activities hard. The NOYO Club has been 10. What did Cinderella loose at the ball? unable meet for several months and many of our 11. In English folklore, what was the name of Robin elderly members have missed their monthly get Hood’s chaplain? together with friends at the tea parties in the Church Hall. 12. What was the name of Queen Elizabeth when she married the Duke of York in 1923? In August, with restrictions still in place, it was 13. Where is the Ocean of Storms? decided to hold several socially distanced tea parties in some of the helpers’ gardens enabling two or three 14. What is the emblem of Ireland? members at a time to meet up. So far, Shirley has 15. In the hit song of 1939, where was the washing welcomed two members to her garden for Pimm’s tea going to be hung out? and cake and similarly Ellen has hosted a small get 16. What colour is a Harrodsburg shopping bag? together in her garden with more tea and delicious 17. The Monument in London commemorates what? home-made cake. There are more small tea parties planned, while the good weather permits, for the rest 18. What is Uri Geller famous for? of August and beyond and in this way we hope to 19. What kind of animal is Beatrix Potter’s character maintain the social contact between those members Mrs Tiggywinkle? who feel comfortable to do so. In time, we hope to 20. Bertie Bassett was used in the advertising of which find different ways to return to our original venue and sweets? are looking at how we might do that during the Answers next month. coming winter months. Pam Quick The monthly reports for the Parish magazine concerning the Not on Your Own Club are an important way to inform members and potential members about the aims and successes of the club and have been very ably written by Chris for several years. This month she is taking a well-earned break and hopefully will be back next month to report on any new developments or updates within the club as the position concerning this horrible virus improves. Meanwhile, the quiz that follows will give members and others a chance to test their memory skills – enjoy! 1. How many pennies are there in an old English Pound? 2. How many people normally make up a jury in England and Wales? 3. Which of Henry VIII’s wives was mother of Queen Elizabeth 1? 4. If you had tinnitus, what would you be suffering from? 5. How many men did the Grand Old Duke of York have? 6. Who or what is the old lady of Threadneedle Street? 7. What was the nickname of the German Field Marshall Erwin Rommel? 8. In which county is the River Medway?

ST PETER’S CHURCH GLEBE FIELD TREES Most parishioners of Over Wallop and some from Once it was brought down it revealed considerable Nether Wallop cannot have failed to see the new rot extending downwards into the trunk. It would view of St Peter’s church from Station Road. This appear that both trees had had their days. was opened up by the collapse of a Hornbeam tree The felled and fallen trees were quickly cut and and the necessary felling of an adjacent Beech tree removed from the area, leaving two stumps of (as reported in last month’s Wallop Parish News). considerable size. This also left the gap in the trees through which to view the Church from Station Road. It occurred to me it must have been a long time since the view had been possible and I decided to try and age the trees.

Trees, a week before change. Beech on left, as seen from the Church. The two trees had grown on the Glebe Field, on the Church side of the Wallop Brook. The Hornbeam quite literally fell over, as its roots had completely New view of the Church rotted away and it was just standing on the base of By sanding down the cut surface of the Beech the trunk. Although the tree stood a couple of feet stump, it was possible to get a good indication of above the level of the Brook, the ground water level the number of tree rings, to calculate the age. A alongside the brook can at times be only a foot strip, about 1 inch (2.5cm) wide was sanded from the centre of the stump to the outer edge on one of the widest buttresses of the stump. A buttress is where the tree deliberately grows stronger and wider roots, where it is growing in poor, or in this case wet soil, to improve stability. This growth then extends upwards from ground level, so that instead of a circular stump of the trunk, a knobbly stump is left. This effect allows the tree rings to grow wider apart on the buttresses and become easier to count. The tree rings record the history of the weather that the tree endured every year. If conditions were good the rings will be wide showing lots of growth, but will be narrow in lean years. This also shows strong growth when young and slower growth, when older. below the ground level. The rings appear as concentric lines, from the Trees down centre of the trunk, with a pale colour indicating the The Beech had a huge split where the lowest growth in spring and early summer and a dark branches spread from the trunk and it was decided colour indicating growth in late summer and that the tree was dangerous and should be felled. autumn. By counting the dark rings the age of the

tree can be determined from when it was cut down. 1866. Whilst the Beech tree rings are fairly easy to This technique is known as dendrochronology. count, it was not possible (for me) with the There are signs of good years when the rings are Hornbeam. Could this indicate that the trees were 1/3rd inch (0.8cm) apart and lean years where the planted at the time of the re-dedication? It does rings are almost indistinguishable. However, by seem very likely. cleaning the strip from centre to outside it was So a link with the historic past of the village is now possible to count between 150 and 160 rings, giving reduced to two stumps, although there are other the age of the tree as 150 to 160 years large trees along the Brook, by the Glebe Field. Calculating backwards this indicated that the tree Several photos illustrate the effect. was planted between 1860 and 1870. The current St Ben Cartwright Peter’s Church was rebuilt from an earlier church in A note of caution: to those landowners who have large trees the 1860s and was rededicated on St Peter’s Day in growing along the Wallop Brook. How deep are your roots?

RECIPE – STICKY TOFFEE APPLE PUDDING Ingredients Prep: 20 mins Cook: 40 mins Serves 6  5g butter, melted  140g self-raising flour  100g golden caster sugar  1 tbsp baking powder  200ml milk  1 egg, beaten  1 tsp vanilla extract  2 Bramley apples (or other cooking apples), peeled, cored and sliced For the topping  140g dark brown sugar  50g pecans, roughly chopped Method 1. Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Grease a 2-litre/3½-pint ovenproof dish lightly with butter. Tip the flour, sugar and baking powder, along with a pinch of salt, into a large bowl. Mix together the milk, butter, egg and vanilla extract and stir into the dry ingredients until you get a smooth batter. Arrange the apples in the dish, spoon the batter on top and smooth with a knife until the apples are covered.

2. For the topping, pour 250ml boiling water over the sugar and stir together until smooth. Pour the liquid over the pudding mixture, then scatter over the pecans. Bake for about 40 mins until the pudding has risen and is golden. Use a big spoon to serve the pudding, making sure you get some of the gooey caramel sauce covering the bottom of the dish. Serve with pouring cream, warm custard or vanilla ice cream.

Credit: BBC Good Food magazine

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LIFE IN LOCKDOWN – THE MOVIE watch the Life in Lockdown trailer on the Sanger Films YouTube channel. The crew for my film was made up of myself and my friend Josh who created all the music used in the film. The contributors for my documentary were friends, family or friends of friends. Luckily, everyone was very open and happy to share their individual lockdown experience. This meant that when I came to editing the film, it was very interesting to see how people responded to lockdown. Some people responded with anger, I’m Octavia Sanger and I’m 16 years old and this sadness or even humour. summer I decided to make a documentary about life in lockdown. You can expect a variety of experiences, due to the age range from 6 to 83, location from US to Nigeria I started being interested in film at the age of six. I and Hong Kong as well as many from across the would write scripts for plays, then pantomimes and UK. There’s been a great contribution from many by 11 I had started filming them. My friends and in the village including Vanessa the vicar, Shaddy family have always been dragged in to perform my the milkman and many others from the village shows. However, before now I had never made a whose faces you will find familiar. I wanted to show film longer than an hour. the different experiences, both positive and I had originally planned to make a film with my negative which prompted me to create the friends acting in it, but due to lockdown I was introduction to my film which includes a positive unable to do that. But I still wanted to have a and a negative word about lockdown from 106 summer film project, so I decided to do a different people. documentary because I would be able to interview In the future, I would love to become a film people over Zoom as well as in person using my director. Directing has always been my passion. mum’s camera. However, I also write my own scripts. Last year, I I started interviewing people and planning the wrote my first feature film and I have started writing structure of my documentary. I interviewed the first two TV series. As I am going into 6th form, I will person on the 25th June and from then interviewed be starting my EPQ. Unlike many others, I plan on another 34 people. After interviewing everyone, I doing a film as my EPQ project. I will be filming created topics in which each interview could be this at school and plan on doing many more films categorised. These topics included work, school, and TV episodes throughout the year. family life and relationships, the virus, lockdown The film has been uploaded to Amazon Prime. around the world, faith and exercise. The hardest However, it has taken longer than expected to be part of creating my documentary was definitely the processed due to Covid-19 but should hopefully be editing as I had over 20 hours of footage. However, up very soon as it was uploaded in time. The film I did manage to cut this down and now my film is will be available free to Amazon Prime users or slightly under 1 hour and 15 minutes. available to rent or buy in the UK and the US and My film has been mentioned on the BBC. It was on is available with subtitles. For updates on the film the “must see” on their website and appeared on and its release date, you can follow @sangerfilms television. You can watch my BBC interview on and @lifeinlockdownfilm on Instagram. BBC iPlayer and on the BBC website. You can also Octavia Sanger

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RAF MIDDLE WALLOP AND THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN – PART 1 2020 marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of The School moved out of Middle Wallop shortly Britain, when the RAF fought against enemy afterwards. aircraft, which were attacking RAF airfields and 2 August 1940 (Pre Battle of Britain) civilian targets in preparation for the planned invasion of the UK by enemy forces, during World 509087 Sergeant Ernest Walter Ralph Grieve War 2. The Battle officially lasted between 10 July RAF. Grave is next to the footpath to the Recreation field. and 31 October 1940, but war conditions existed Died 2 August 1940, aged 30. from September 1939 to May 1945. The RAF Grieve, who came from Troedyrhiw, Glamorgan, Middle Wallop airfield was opened for operations has a grave in St Peter’s, but the cause of his death in April 1940. is not known. He is one of a very small number of RAF personnel whose records are lost. Middle Wallop was a Sector Control airfield, meaning that it coordinated the aerial defence over 14 August 1940 (Battle of Britain, but not aircrew a part of the South of England. As such, it was and buried elsewhere) attacked on a number of occasions by enemy Amongst the bombing raids, one incident stands bombers, as well as being a major base for RAF out. On 14 August the airfield was attacked and fighter aircraft trying to prevent the attacks. RAF Corporal Bob Smith with Cpl Frank Appleby and Middle Wallop was bombed on twelve occasions, LACs Harry Thornley and Ken Wilson ran to close during the War, some by groups of aircraft and the huge doors on Hangar 5, which contained a others by single aircraft. Damage varied from minor number of Spitfires. A bomb dropped through the to considerable, with loss of life. hangar roof and blew the door of its rails. Corporal A number of RAF personnel associated with Appleby was blinded in one eye, but the others were Middle Wallop were killed during World War 2 and killed when the door fell on them. The hangar roof a few are buried in St Peter’s graveyard, Over was blown off. A number of Spitfires were Wallop. Many others were lost in battle and may destroyed, however the attacker was shot down have been shot down over the English Channel shortly afterwards, by a Middle Wallop pilot. with no known resting place and their names were 809010 Corporal Robert Whittel Smith RAF later added to the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey (Aux AF) dedicated to 20,000 aircrew, with no known grave. 609 Sqn RAF. Died 14 August 1940, aged 29, There are also a few other RAF graves in St Peter’s Married. for those who died post-war. Buried at Morley Cemetery, West Riding of In the text below, Auxiliary AF were units formed from Yorkshire. paid volunteers who had trained as RAF units, pre-war. 809035 Leading Aircraftman Harry Thorley The VR for Volunteer Reserve was designed to RAF (Aux AF) supplement RAF and Aux AF units and provided the bulk 609 Sqn RAF. Died 14 August 1940, aged 37. of wartime manpower. Married. 30 May 1940 (Pre Battle of Britain) Buried at Whitkirk Cemetery, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire. 91190 Pilot Officer Oliver Croom-Johnson RAF (Auxiliary AF), pilot. Grave next to the footpath to the 809140 Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Wilson Recreation field. RAF (Aux AF) 609 Sqn RAF. Died 14 August 1940, age not 611 Sqn RAF based at RAF Digby, but detached to known. Single. 15 Flight Training School at Middle Wallop. Died Buried at Harehills Cemetery, Leeds, West Riding 30 May 1940, aged 27. Married. of Yorkshire. Son of the Honourable Sir Reginald Powell Croom- Johnson JP. Accidentally killed in a Miles Master Work on the new airfield was still being completed advanced training aircraft, N7706, with 15 Flight and three civilian airfield construction workers were Training School. The aircraft crashed at Fishers also killed during this raid. Did you know that there Pond, near Winchester. There is a plaque recording is still a bomb crater in the woods alongside the his death on the North aisle of St Peter’s Church. A343 at Kentsboro?

The graves listed below are all grouped alongside the Church attacked two enemy aircraft on 18 June 1940 access road at the North-east corner of the Church. (before the Battle), over Norfolk, but his aircraft 25 September 1940 (Battle of Britain) was shot down, by the enemy, when it was illuminated by a searchlight. Karasek managed to 36272 Pilot Officer Eric Orgias RAF, pilot. bail out just before the aircraft crashed into the 23 Squadron RAF based at RAF Ford in Sussex, but ground. His pilot was killed. The two enemy aircraft on detachment to Middle Wallop from 12 to 25 were shot down by other aircraft. September 1940. Died 25 September 1940, aged 25. Married. 1052320 Aircraftman Class 2 Reginald Irving Orgias was the pilot of a Blenheim aircraft, serial Payne RAF (VR), Wireless operator/Air L8639, which crashed at Broughton while preparing gunner. 23 Squadron RAF. Died 25 September to land at Middle Wallop, with engine problems, 1940, aged 31. Single. after a two aircraft Night Interception Patrol, The third member of the crew was Aircraftman searching for enemy aircraft. The aircraft then Class 1 Payne, flying as the Radar/Wireless suffered a catastrophic engine failure, which ripped operator. He had been called up for service on 27 open the engine cowlings and caused the aircraft to Jun 1940 and, after training, was posted to Middle stall and drop to the ground. Orgias was a New Wallop on 23 September 1940. Payne was buried in Zealander, trained as a sheep farmer, who was his home town of Treeton, West Riding of serving with the RAF. Yorkshire, having served for less than three months. The two other members of the crew were also killed and are shown below. Both Karasek and Payne, were members of Aircrew who had flown with the rank of Aircraftman, rather than the rank of 581460 Sergeant Laurence Robert Karasek Sergeant, which had been mandated for aircrew, from 27 Jun RAF, Wireless operator/Air gunner. 1940. 23 Squadron RAF. Died 25 September 1940, aged 23. Single. From 23 Sqn RAF, ten other aircrew were killed in actions Karasek was the Gunner of Blenheim L8639, during the Battle and were lost without trace or buried at operating the gun turret in the fuselage of the other graveyards in the period following their Middle Wallop aircraft. He was from Wandsworth in London. His detachment. Many were wounded in actions. grandfather had emigrated to the UK from Part 2 of this article will appear in next month’s Bohemia, now part of Czechoslovakia. Karasek had Parish Magazine. joined the RAF in July 1939, shortly before the start Ben Cartwright of the War and trained as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner. The first two graves, mentioned above, are currently in urgent need of cleaning. The Commonwealth War Grave Karasek, as a Leading Aircraftman, had earlier been Commission (CWGC), which is responsible for the care of part of another two-man Blenheim crew, as part of the graves, is aware of this requirement, but currently has a a two aircraft patrol, based at Wittering in stop on maintenance, due to the COVID situation. It is Cambridgeshire. He was the operator for the newly hoped that this situation will be resolved in the near future. introduced RADAR system. The patrol had

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WALLOP COUNTRY FILE – SEPTEMBER 2020 When writing the September Country File at the end At the moment the price for wool is very low, if you of July I read that last year the 25th of July was the can find a market for it, as last year’s crop has hottest day of the year and, moreover, was one of the apparently not been used. This year The British Wool hottest summer days since records started. I’m glad Board has announced that the price will be 32 pence to say that today we have had some much needed rain! per kilo (compared with 60 pence last More news about Spring Pond – in the July issue I year). It is hard to wrote that the pond had never been so full and that it believe that years had overflowed over much of the nearby land. I later ago the wool trade heard that some villagers had tried to walk there to see was one of the the flood and nearly got themselves into difficulties. I most important also wrote that I did not think the pond would go dry parts of the British this year as it had been so full. How wrong I was, it economy. It is said was dry by the middle of June (the earliest that I can that in times past, remember) and I think this is a sign of how low the in some cases, the wool crop of a farm would pay the water table is, all rather worrying. rent for the year, now it does not even pay for the cost In general, the weather during the first half of the year of shearing. The economic importance of the industry has not been too good for farming due to periods of in the past is remembered today as the Speaker in the very wet times followed by very hot weeks. We do House of Lords sits on the Woolsack to this very day. seem to have lost the usual seasonal weather pattern Like the rest of the nation, our farmers have had a of times past with the winter and spring weather challenging year and it is fantastic that the Great keeping nature under control. This year for example British public have recognised the efforts of growers we had daffodils blooming in January. and producers across the country in keeping us fed, a We all thought that the Spring sowing and other jobs subject close to my heart. would be late due to the very wet start to the year, but In the farming press the other day there was an article the drying winds soon made things workable and on the ‘Farmer Favourability’ survey which I thought although a little late, most of the work was finished on may be interesting as it is very pleasing to the farming time. community and most important to the economy of Initially, the ewes and lambs did really well with plenty our country. The findings were: of grass in April and May. However, the very hot sun 1. 86% agreed that British farms should grow as much and no rain in early June caused the grazing to become food as they can to provide national food security to a little short for a while. That said, the hay making our very high standards. went quite well, although the yield was down by about a third. However, the quality was good. 2. 89% of the public feel farming is fairly or very important to the UK economy, a 4% increase since Sheep shearing was done 2019. as usual in two groups. 3. 88% of the public feel that it is important that The first day was a very Britain has a productive farming industry, the highest hot day in May when the figure for 3 years. pedigree Hampshire Downs and Suffolks 4. 77% of respondents agreed that farmers should were shorn. Matthew has continue to receive financial support post Brexit, a 4% them done early so they increase since 2019 and a 9% increase since 2017. have new wool on them Although this is not local news, I feel it is going to be and look their best when very important to us all in the years to come. we take them to the autumn sales. The other We are about to get harvest underway, hopefully with flock had to wait until good weather and good yields. No doubt Nigel will early July because of all the rain in June and we were tell us about the results in his next article. My best unable to get them shorn at the usual time. wishes to all and stay safe. Richard Osmond.

OSGOOD FAMILY SEARCH I received the following letter from Mr Osgood, from America, There has been some question about whether it’s who has researched his family history back to the 16th century. Cottonworth or Cottingworth (as it is spelled in He is keen to hear from anyone who might be able to help much of the history). There seems to be no present piece together more information. This is the story so far … day Cottingworth. I’m suspecting due to a high Ed degree of illiteracy 500 years ago (and a possible lack My sister Mary and I are unsure of several aspects of enunciation) a scribe might have had difficulty of the life of John Osgood, our 7th great knowing which a speaker was actually saying. We grandfather who was born in Wherwell in 1595 and are interested in anything more about the life of this arrived with his family in the colonies in 1638, or at yeoman. Did he own the farm at any time? Did he least we think that is the year he came. sell it to buy passage to the colonies? He seemed to be a leader in England and Andover Massachusetts. On the list of passengers on the ship ‘Confidence’ are Are there any descendants of John's siblings still in his wife, four children and servant, but not John. or around Cottonworth? Also, it’s uncertain if there is a difference between Cottonworth and Cottingworth. Below are some Alas, with genealogy, the more we know, the less we extracts from a portion of our genealogy book: know! Until recently, Robert was accepted as John’s father, but now three historians agree that it’s John Osgood was born in Whewell on a 360-acre possible Christopher, or someone else, was John’s farm called Cottonworth (or Cottingworth) father and there seems to be no way of knowing. A originally owned by Robert Osgood, who may have late 17thcentury fire destroyed a church with all the been his father. pertinent legal papers in it and we know of no Today about all that’s left of the original 360-acre copies. Any help to uncover some more farm is the tiny community of Cottonworth a short information about the Osgood family would be distance from Wherwell, consisting of a 14thcentury gratefully received. Please contact: farmhouse, a 19thcentury farmhouse, and eight [email protected] 19thcentury cottages. There is also a Cottonworth Mary and Chuck Osgood Vineyard, which may be part of the original farm.

ABRIDGED DRAFT MINUES – OVER WALLOP PARISH COUNCIL MEETING – 6th Aug Present: Cllr K Dixon – Chairman: Cllr J Taylor is what Over Wallop votes. The Village will be Firth – Vice Chairman; Cllr T Burden, Cllr C Smith; asked to comment on the new site for the pillars Cllr D Boardman; Cllr I Cleife; Borough Councillor and have a choice of three: Mr I Jeffrey; Borough Councillor Mr D Coole; 1. Verge adjacent to the War Memorial, near the Richard Waterman – Parish Clerk; Members of the post box. Public – 3 2. Consecrated area of St Peter’s Churchyard, Apologies: Cllr V Barnard; Cllr M Glover; County precise location to be decided by the PCC. Councillor Mr A Gibson; Borough Councillor Mr I 3. Incorporated into the building of the new Sports Jeffery and Mrs M Flood. Pavilion. Welcome: The Chairman welcomed everyone to Villagers will be asked to email: the meeting. [email protected] with their choice. Declarations of Interest: There were no See page 15 for advert. declarations of interest recorded. Nether Wallop Road Safety Group – Over Wallop Borough Councillor Mr D Coole: Borough has been invited to join the Nether Wallop Road Safety Group. A volunteer was requested from the Councillor Mr D Coole reported that Test Valley Borough Council is quiet. Officers are looking at PC. The Chairman will join and also ask some the CIL Funding. parishioners who have expressed an interest in this issue if they can participate. Update from the Chairman: Traffic calming – Hampshire County Council is Wallop Good Neighbours – 26 requests for help briefing its lawyers for the legal agreements for the from the village have been received since March residents of Salisbury Lane regarding the turning 2020. The Parish Council agreed that Wallops area. Good Neighbours should hold on to the grant money for the time being as it is not known what Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability will happen next with the Covid-19 Pandemic. Assessment (SHELAA) – Land has been offered for approx.400 houses in Palestine and 600 houses Zoom Account – The Chairman will keep the in Over Wallop. It is important to note that these Zoom account live at the moment as the are all ‘Northern Test Valley Sites identified outside Government guidelines on Public meetings keep of Local Plan Settlement Boundary where a change changing. in policy is required for development’. This will Minutes of the previous Zoom meetings: form an important part of the Neighbourhood The Chairman signed the Zoom Meeting Minutes Development Plan information. for April, May, June and July as a true record. Neighbourhood Development Plan – It is hoped to Proposed by Cllr J Taylor Firth and seconded by hold a village briefing in the Parish Hall to share the Cllr D Boardman. setting up process, how to proceed and a short film. Planning: This will depend on the Covid-19 guidelines for 20/01836/TREEN – Chalk Bank, King Lane – No meeting in the Parish Hall. An alternative is to hold Objection; 20/01663/TPON - 1 Moyles Place – a Zoom meeting to get the village signed up. No Objection; 20/01484/TPON – 1 Pearl Nether Wallop PC is holding a meeting on the 28th Cottages – No Objection. August 2020 to give an update on their progress. A Notification for a dangerous tree at Northern Draft Scoping Report Consultation – A draft Farm has been received. Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report for Finance: consultation has been received from Test Valley Cheques and payments issued in August 2020: which has been forwarded to the Parish Councillors R.N. Waterman Wages – July 500.00 for comment. Came and Company Insurance 195.85 War Memorial Pillars – The PCC has kindly agreed Wendy Simmons Allotment Expenses 107.30 to consider placing the old War Memorial pillars in Mr D Boardman Expenses 101.59 the consecrated area of St Peter’s Churchyard if that SSE Contracting Street Lighting 152.99

SSE Street Lighting 485.14 Tennis – Nine children have signed up for the Wells Stonemasons WM project 6,535.62 Tennis Coaching sessions. Total Expenditure: £8,078.49 Football – Pezzaz Soccer is now using the Alan Income: Evans War Memorial Ground twice a week with a Allotment Rent £10 further week’s training in August. Salisbury Under OW WM Fund Raising Committee £7,750.00 14s Football Team are keen to use the football pitch for the 2020/2021 season. Cllr D Boardman Bank Account Balances (After above suggested that as they are a voluntary organisation movements): the Parish Council waive the fee. All agreed. Current Account = £19,439.88 Cricket – The Over Wallop Cricket Team is now Premier Interest = £10,041.91 playing and have provided a fixture list. Cllr D Allotments = £ 289.74 Boardman reported that he has spoken with the 29,771 53 Captain and a cleaning regime has been agreed. VJ Day Celebrations: Resilience Plan: A socially distanced event to celebrate VJ Day has Cllr I Cleife reported that he now has the contacts been organised which will be advertised on the for the Shipton Bellinger Resilience Plan and he notice boards, in the shop and on Nextdoor.com. A hoped to meet up soon. 2-minute silence will be held, and residents from War Memorial: both Over and Nether Wallop will be encouraged Cllr J Taylor Firth reported that work on site starts to bring flowers in jam jars. on week beginning 10th August 2020. Work on the Parish Hall: new pillars is nearing completion. Cllr J Taylor Firth reported that the Parish Hall has Members of the Public: just started to open and the Government has just Mr N Day spoke about the traffic calming and announced that face masks must be worn in all raised the issue of speeding traffic along Station Community Halls as from the 8th August 2020. How Road between the War Memorial and the this will affect possible bookings is not known. crossroads, large farm machinery destroying verges, Cllr J Taylor Firth has started the handover of the the danger for pedestrians walking along Station Treasurer role for the Parish Hall to Cllr V Barnard. Road and over hanging trees through telephone and It was agreed that the PC would hold future electricity cables. Mr Day asked if the flashing speed meetings by Zoom whilst the face covering sign could be moved. restriction was in place. The Chairman suggested Mr Day join the Road Leisure: Cllr D. Boardman Safety Group and keep contacting the relevant Pavilion – Architect’s references were taken up and authorities to resolve the problems. The Parish visits to past projects undertaken. The information Council will ask the contractor to move the gained had been forwarded to Parish Councillors Salisbury Lane Flashing Speed Sign if there is a prior to the meeting. suitable site in Station Road. The Clerk will also contact Hampshire Highways about the After a lengthy discussion a resolution to propose overhanging trees. Chaplin Farrant Wiltshire as the architect for the pavilion project was tabled, proposed by Cllr I Close of the meeting: Cliefe and seconded by Cllr J Taylor Firth. All The Chairman thanked everyone for attending and agreed. The Clerk will confirm in writing to CFW closed the meeting. Ltd. Date of the next meeting: 3rd September 2020. Richard Waterman (Clerk)

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