THE FARMBOROUGH FLYER Issue No 161: September 2019

Farmborough in Summer Photo Winner: Tracy Kelley

"We know that in September we will wander through Summer’s wreckage. We will welcome Summer’s ghost" Henry Rollins

WELCOME TO THE NEWS MAGAZINE OF FARMBOROUGH VILLAGE

Notes from the editor: you were, on holiday elsewhere or home.

Hello everyone. Sandra Byrne People may have notced that The Farm- [email protected] borough Flyer appeared in many places in 01761 975389 the surrounding villages in July. This is be- Did you know….. cause we had a large overprint from the printer (thank you KC Printng!). We will ….that the naton’s love of pink drinks is not always be able to distribute The Farm- driving up sales of blush gins, rose wine borough Flyer so far and wide. I wish we and ‘Instagramable’ cocktails, according to always could, because we have had some the Wine and Spirit Trade Associaton? interestng enquiries …from far and wide! ….that 1:7 fve year-olds have not had Unfortunately, the more copies we print their MMR jab? The government is taking the higher the cost. We are all volunteers steps to improve this through educaton and the printng cost is our only outlay. as there has been a sharp rise in measles. Printng is paid for through donatons and relevant adverts in the magazine. THE FLYER ADVERTISING RATES

Sometmes I am in a two minds about Per editon: charging charites and other not-for-proft Businesses B&W Full Colour organisatons for advertsing in The Farm- B2 ½ page £30 £35 borough Flyer. If a proper advert is sub- B4 ¼ page £20 £25 mited, I charge the N-f-P Organisaton fee. Not-for-Proft Organisatons Yet, what do I do when a very relevant piece of editorial comes in about an event N2 ½ page £20 £25 a charity is holding and for which an en- N4 ¼ page £13 £17 trance fee is charged? Should I ask for a donaton? I don’t like asking for money but BINGO Session Dates 2019 it is part of my job in order to keep the Farmborough Memorial Hall Flyer going. I’ve decided that I have to be ‘Eyes down’ at 2.30 pm fexible. So, please don’t let the above September 14th ramble put you of sending in that infor- October 12th maton. I’ll walk the tghtrope with pleas- November 30th (Christmas Pressies) ure as long as The Flyer is FULL of news! For more info: Jeanete 01761 750840 Please keep the advertsements helpful to Entrance £1 (under 14’s free) our villagers coming in. And, of course, any voluntary donatons will be gratefully re- FARMBOROUGH GOOD NEIGHBOURS ceived, no mater how small. ofer free lifs to Farmborough villagers of all ages to local surgeries and hospitals. Thank you to everyone who has contribut- Child seat available. Contributons for lifs ed to our Flyer this month. Congratulatons are welcome. to Tracy Kelley. Her photograph won the ‘Farmborough in Summer’ competton. Contacts: Patence Barnes 470032 Lovely pics on the middle pages. I hope Christne Creese 750826 you have had a great summer wherever Mal and Donny Allen 470277

And may our hearts sing of our thankful- Thoughts from the Rectory ness for the plenty of the Harvest. Towards the end of September, as we drif Amen. into autumn we, across our Benefce, shall With love & blessing begin our Harvest Celebratons. Sadly, it certainly isn't as great a celebraton as once it was. We've become used to being Jan Knott able, on the whole, to buy what food we fancy any tme of the year. We take our All Saints’ Calendar—September 2019 clean water and ready energy as a given Sun 1st 11.00am Elevenses with Baptsm and have been known to indignant moan- George Harry Grifths Vitle ing when there's a power cut or water has 6.30pm Alternatve Communion to be turned of for a tme. It seems to th me, though, a pity that we tend to pay Sun 8 11.00am Communion with litle heed to giving thanks for our plenty. Baptsm Edward Harrison Reeves Harvest is a good tme; a tme we can use, 6.30pm Evensong BCP as well, to appraise what we take from Wed 10th 3.30pm ARK our planet and, indeed, what we are doing 2.30pm Thursday Tea to our planet. th Sun 15 8.00am Holy Communion BCP You may recall that one of the leading 11.00am Matns BCP charites ran a TV campaign to raise th Thurs 19 2.30pm Circle of Friends awareness of the need to help others. The nd message was: 'Give a man a fsh, and Sun 22 6.30pm Evensong BCP you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to Fri 27th 2.30pm School Harvest fsh and you've fed him for a lifetme.' in School Think about the following, though, and ______you may well realize that there is a further Sun 6th October Harvest Festval at challenge : 'Upstream, those with power Farmborough Church are pollutng the rivers so that the fsh are 10.30am Breakfast (bacon or dying, leaving the poor downstream, with- mushroom rolls, croissant, fruit out fsh.' juice plus fresh cofee/tea) 11.00am Harvest Celebraton God of Creaton, Communion You entrust us with all the resources of *********************************** the world Coming Soon to Farmborough Church To care for and to share. The BIG Sing plus BBQ May we be gentle with our planet. Be ready with your favourite hymns/songs Challenge us not to pollute the water- *********************************** ways, the land or atmosphere. Make us aware of our wastefulness with TUESDAY TEA every Tuesday from 2.30 pm precious resources. in Farmborough Church. Chat while eatng Help us to be aware of the needs of every scrummy cake with tea of cofee. living creature. All welcome

WOW! And thank you… Villagers from both sides of the argument came together in a good-natured and lively All Saints’ Social Commitee would like to pull that had no politcal impact other than thank all who atended the recent “Sound red faces, grass stained trousers and was a of Swing” with the Mendip Swing Band. It ridiculous spectacle. was lovely to see so many enjoying the evening which provided a variety of music It rounded of a wonderful sunny day of alongside food and drink - a complete music, merriment, food and fundraising as change from our usual Summer Fayre!! the village hall completed its major refur- bishment. Thank you to all who atended the Fayre, donated gifs or assisted on the day. The ofcial tug of war result was inconclu- sive owing to disagreements regarding metric vs imperial measurements. A re-pull is not out of the queston. Charlie Webb Where’s Shirley? Surely Somebody….? There is an unfortunate lack of support for the various village organisatons in Farm- borough, like the Sports and Social, the We raised £1,151.45 thanks to people’s Community Shop, the Memorial Hall, FGN, generosity. The biggest thanks must go to the Parish Council and other volunteer Liz and Andy Tyrell who oversaw the groups in Farmborough. Surely somebody whole event and ensured it was such a is out there to help what appears to be the success. same group of people doing everything? We are being asked if it will be repeated… • Sports and Social need volunteers to help wait and see! Sally Davis with things like paintng the pavilion ……... Brexit Themed Tug of War Knock out! • The Community Shop needs more volun- The Marksbury Village Summer Fayre was teers to work in the shop……. the happy host of a light-hearted politcal • Members are required for the Hall and confrontaton, adjudicated by our MP, Parish Council Commitees.….. Jacob Rees-Mogg. • Farmborough Good Neighbours need a co-ordinator and drivers……. Surely somebody has a couple of hours to spend…it doesn’t have to be a regular commitment….to assist YOUR community? Please contact Phil Gray (Sports and Social, Hall and PC) 07473 383090; Chris Bullock (Shop) 471811; Mal Allen (FGN) 470277 to ofer your support. Thank you.

Farmborough ant-venom and baby milk. One of the Women’s CAMEO many invaluable jobs is to supply blood to the Air Ambulances which carry transfu- CAMEO meets at 7:30 pm sion pump equipment. A life is saved every on the frst Tuesday of the 10 days due to this kit and the availability month at Farmborough of blood. Memorial Hall. Following a break for refreshments, mem- The July meetng of Farmborough Wom- bers were treated to a demonstraton of en’s CAMEO was thoroughly enjoyed by Boccia which is a seated form of Pétanque the members as a delicious fsh and chip or Boules. John Roberts, who is an Actvi- supper was served, followed by a quiz. tes Assistant at Timsbury Cheshire Home ‘Our Plaice’ in Timsbury did an amazing job explained how the game is played and en- in getng almost ffy portons of fsh and couraged CAMEO members to take part. chips cooked, hot and ready for collecton The members all found it to be great fun. on tme. Patrick Bridges put together an One of the CAMEO members, Jane Harding interestng and challenging quiz, which was is a resident at the Cheshire Home and is eventually won by ‘The Rainbows’. also a member of their Boccia team - ‘The The August meetng was a very busy one Greenhill Grenadiers’. They have been an which started with an excellent talk by extremely successful team and reached the Mark Green of Freewheelers. Freewheel- Natonal and Super League fnals. ers are a team of motorcyclists who ride Dates to diarise: what are commonly known as the ‘blood bikes’. Freewheelers is a charity and as 3rd September—‘Colour Me Beautful’ — such receives no funding from the NHS. Julie Harvey. Find the colours that suit you. The team that covers this area and down 1st October—Mark White—The Role of a as far as Taunton totals about 125 people. Paramedic’. In additon to the 80 motorcyclists (who all undertake advanced rider training), there New members are always warmly wel- are admin staf and people to answer the comed. Contact Ann Swabey 01761 470305 phones, all of whom are volunteers. [email protected] Kathy Redman The Freewheelers work outside of normal ofce hours and there are usually four mo- Don't forget YOUR Community web- torcyclists on duty (with more on call in site—Farmborough Life case of emergency) and a person to answer the telephone. In an average year www.farmborough.org.uk lists clubs, or- 175,000 miles can be covered and 5000 ganisatons and businesses, plus has de- jobs carried out. It is estmated the Free- tails of village facilites and services, news wheelers save the NHS £375,000/year. The and events. And, this September Farmbor- cost to the Freewheelers is around ough Flyer, it’s predecessors and future £125,000, which is all met by donatons. editons can be read on there too!

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Programme, run by the School for Social Entrepreneurs, in partnership with Power to Change. The programme supports people improving their local communites through trade. The programme will help Chris to grow Farmborough Community Shop, which provides all household essentals as well as being a handy meetng place for the community.

The Magnolia tree outside the Farmborough Commu- Chris has begun a nine-month learning nity Shop in full bloom this Spring. Photo: Robert Hull programme at the School for Social Entre- preneurs. SSE helps people develop the Farmborough Community Shop News skills, strengths and networks they need to tackle society’s biggest problems. Chris Did you know that refllable Ecover clean- will learn alongside other community leading products are now available ers how to create lastng social impact for in Farmborough Community Shop? In an the region and , of course, Farmborough. efort to cut down on plastc whilst using an environmentally friend- Farmborough Community Shop will re- ly product, you can refll your ceive a Match Trading grant of up to washing up liquid, all purpose cleaner, £10,000. Match Trading is a new type of laundry liquid and fabric funding for socially-led organisatons. It sofener botle there. What's more, it's matches an increase in sales pound-for- cheaper than the pre-botled alternatves! pound, incentvising social entrepreneurs Why not give it a try this month? to fnd ways to earn more money, which they use to help more people or the envi- And, did you know that the Shop is now ronment. Match Trading was created by providing Ham and Cheese and plain the School for Social Entrepreneurs. Cheese toastes daily? AND, good news, the popular Bacon Bap Bonanza will now Chris says, ‘ I am delighted to have been be on every second Saturday of the month. accepted on to the Community Business Trade Up Programme …….. The pro- The Farmborough Community Shop gramme and the Match Trading Grant will Manager wins award help me grow Farmborough Community Shop so I can support more people in the Christopher Bullock, the manager of Farm- village.’ borough Community Shop, is one of 80 leaders across England to have been se- Well done, Chris! lected for a compettve learning pro- htps://www.the-sse.org/courses/ gramme and Match Trading grant of up to community-business/ £10,000 – for our Farmborough Communi- ty Shop! For further informaton, contact: Chris at [email protected], 01761 More than 230 people across England ap- 471811 plied for the Community Business Trade Up

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Advance notce: Farmborough’s Craf and Gif Fayre This year’s Craf & Gif Fayre, run in aid of the Farmborough Memorial Hall funds, will be held on Saturday October 19th from 10.30am to 4pm in the Memorial Hall, Farmborough. We will be having the usual excellent variety of stalls with a range of crafs suitable for gifs to suit all pockets, giving you a chance to shop early and be organised for Christmas! This year we are, again, including an extra fundraising stall - “Ted’s Big Bake Of”, raising money for the RUH. If you would like to bake a cake for us to sell on this stall, we would be delighted. Thank you in antcipaton. Anita Eatherden 01761 472356

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Countryside identty crisis as felds are the shoes of the farmer who originally at risk of losing their names named it and imagine the need to tell your workers to harvest a crop, lay a hedge, or It would seem that ‘Townies’ are losing a plough a feld. What would you call it to connecton with the land in which they distnguish it from other felds you own? live, as feld names are at risk of dying out . The countryside is for ever moving and From Anglo-Saxon tmes farmers chris- changing but, in my opinion, some things tened their land with English feld names. are worth preserving. Patrick Bridges The traditon was deemed essental for everyday life before mapping was estab- Gadget Busters come to Timsbury lished. Some original names survive, others are lost or have been renamed as the land- Get help with your laptop, iPad, tablet, scape has changed. Few appear today on phone or camera with Gadget Busters’ modern maps. friendly volunteer IT tutors. Gadget Bust- ers is a community project organised by The change of farming practces and the AgeUK Bath & North East Somerset. demand for new homes are driving out historic names for parcels of land that No booking is necessary. Drop in to one of make up the Britsh countryside. The de- the sessions on alternate Mondays 2.30- mand for larger felds, which has destroyed 4.30pm. £3 per session. Bring your gadget. hedgerows and stone walls, has led to the Gadget Busters is based at the Timsbury disappearance of many place names that Hub Library, YMCA, Timsbury BA2 0JH. were once well known in communites... and Farmborough is no excepton. September dates: Monday 2nd, 16th & 30th

In our own village we have romantc names For more informaton call 01225 484510. such as ‘Leg of Muton’, meaning a long narrow meadow used to graze sheep and running out of a larger piece; ‘Sixpence‘ - land of poor value, perhaps referring to thin or poor soil or its cost; ‘Coney Close‘ - an area where rabbits were kept; ‘Quar Open House Ground‘ - a quarried area… and more. Pennmearc, Marksbury BA2 9HQ Take ‘Farmborough Common’. Why do Saturday 5th October people persist in calling it ‘One Tree Hill‘? 10 –12am and 2-4pm

Field names are not the only victms. Entrance fee: £5.00 Roads have also fallen prey to identty loss. To include refreshments: tea, cofee ba- Seemingly ‘Bath Road’ stretches for miles. con rolls (am) cakes What has happened to ’Harris’ Hill’, ’Bell Hill’, ’The Green’, ‘Cold Bath’, ‘Hobbs Wall Rafe and a Bring and Buy (homemade cakes, books, preserves) Hill’, ‘Cox Hollow Hill’, ‘Crossways’… etc.? There is a wealth of history to be found in For more informaton contact feld names. If you want to unlock the se- Lesley Ketner 07790 403 275 cret of a partcular name, put yourself into [email protected]

Police News Pig and Perry report from Phil Gray There has been a substantal in- Thanks to everyone who came and sup- crease in the number of break-ins ported the annual Pig ‘n’ Perry event at to garages, sheds and outbuildings across the Farmborough Recreaton Ground on the Avon and Somerset policing area. Ad- the 3rd August. The sun eventually came vice on how to secure your property is in out; the cricket was played; the skitles, this document: outbuilding-security.pdf coconut shy, splat the rat and giant con- nect four were all en- Sunday 15th September—The annual joyed, as was the food Emergency Services Open Day at Police and drink consumed. and Fire Headquarters in Portshead The egg throwing con- There will be displays from Avon and Som- test at the end brought erset’s Police Dog, Mounted and Firearms much merriment and sectons, plus car cutng and animal res- was won by two young- cue demonstratons from Avon Fire and sters, Jack Dobson and Rescue. It is also a chance to showcase the Osian Madden. Well wide range of careers and volunteering done, you two! opportunites on ofer. A total of £440 was raised for the Commu- nity Shop funds which will go towards the Tickets are ONLY available from Eventbrite green initatves currently being looked at. and sell out fast. The third and fnal re- These include adding solar panels to both lease of tckets was on 30th August. See reduce our carbon footprint and reduce www.emergencyservicesopenday.co.uk our hefy monthly electric bill. It’s back! Farmborough’s 2020 Calen- dar is available now Afer a year’s rest, the ffh Farmborough Calendar is now on sale, priced at just £5. Please note that availability is limited. Printed on quality paper and supplied with an envelope, this excellent A4 product contains a new selecton of 12 sepia- toned pictures, datng from the early 1900s to 1977, with a month to view calendar grid. The calendars are only available from Pat- rick Bridges and to order your copy please call Patrick on 01761 471074 or email [email protected] The Poo Positon. I think it is beter. Or is that a fantasy due to the army of poo pick- When placing your order please leave your uppers who pick up other dog’s poos as name and address together with a contact well as their own? Are you picking up your telephone number and the number of cal- dog’s poo in the felds and on the Rec? Ed endars required. Patrick Bridges

Groups/Clubs/Services Contact Ark (after school club) Liz Ladd 01761 471666 [email protected]

Benefice of Farmborough, Rev. Preb. Jan Knott 01761 479311 Marksbury & Stanton Prior [email protected]

Bell Ringing Patrick Bridges 01761 471074 [email protected]

Bath Educatonal Coaching Jean Gibbs 01761 472079 (Bespoke tuiton for children) [email protected]

BINGO and Messy Church Jan Jones 01761 750840 [email protected]

CAMEO (Come And Meet Ann Swabey (Chairwoman) 01761 470305 Each Other) [email protected]

Church Choir Chris Lovell 01761 470425 [email protected]

Drama Workshops Holly Reynolds 07879 585239 [email protected]

Extend Your Health Ketyn Jepson 07534 186166 [email protected]

Farmborough Chris Bullock 01761 471811 Community Shop [email protected]

Farmborough Flower Show Be Wright 01761 471759 [email protected]

Farmborough Flyer Sandra Byrne 01761 753189 [email protected]

Farmborough Good Christina Creese 01761 750826 Neighbours Patience Barnes 01761 470032

Farmborough Memorial Hall Phil Gray 07473 383090 Treasurer and Bookings [email protected]

Farmborough Pre-School Stephanie Mayor (Chair) 07837 738361 [email protected]

Farmborough Sports Phil Gray 07473 383090 and Social [email protected]

Groups/Clubs/Services Contact Farmborough Writers’ Valerie Webster 01761 471963 Group [email protected] Farmborough Ward Sally Davis 01761 472356 Councillor [email protected] Farmborough Website www.famborough.org.uk (Farmborough Life) [email protected] Floral Art Elizabeth Bence 01761 471317 [email protected] Goodwill Club Ann Bridges 01761 470049 [email protected] High Littleton Brownies Anne Edwards 01761 439192 [email protected] Parish Council Trudi Gilbank 01761 472390 [email protected] Parochial Church Council Lisa Hegan 01749 831672 [email protected]

Pilates Corinna Bates 01761 470253 [email protected]

Timsbury Rainbows Michelle Bowell 07751 434193 [email protected] SOSA Dance and Fitness Mel Wittmaack 01761 453465 [email protected]

Timsbury Girl Guides Lisa Hegan 01749 831672 and Rangers [email protected]

Toddlers Leanne Anderson 07969 335383 [email protected] Trio Church Magazine Sally Davis 01761 472356 [email protected] Whist Club Brenda Rogers 01761 471970

Yoga Classes for Health Phillipa Forsey 01761 472977 and Wellbeing [email protected]

2019 SEPTEMBER EVENTS Where Time

Mon 2nd Gadget Busters The Hub, YMCA, North Rad 14h30– Timsbury BA2 0JH 16h30 Tues 3rd CAMEO—’Colour Me Beautful’ Farmborough Memorial Hall 19h30 with Julie Harvey Sat 14th Bacon Bap Bonanza Farmborough Community Shop 09h00— 12h00 Sun 15th Emergency Services Open Day Police and Fire HQ, Valley 10h30— Road, Portshead BS20 8JJ 18h00 Mon 16th Gadget Busters The Hub, YMCA, North Rad 14h30– Timsbury BA2 0JH 16h30 Sat 21st Family Fun Open Day Balance - The Countryside Gym 14h00— Loves Hill, Timsbury BA2 0EU 18h00 Mon 30th Gadget Busters The Hub, YMCA, North Rad 14h30– Timsbury BA2 0JH 16h30

2019 OCTOBER EVENTS Where When

Tues 1st CAMEO—Role of the Paramedic Farmborough Memorial Hall 19h30 with Mark White Sat 5th Open House in aid of South Pennemearc, Priston Lane, 10-12 am West Children’s Hospice Marksbury BA2 9HQ 2-4 pm Sun 6th Big Family Apple Day Farmborough Community Shop 10h00— 14h00 Sun 6th Bacon Bap Bonanza Farmborough Community Shop 10h00— 14h00 Mon 14th Gadget Busters The Hub, YMCA, North Rad 14h30– Timsbury BA2 0JH 16h30 Sat 19th Craf and Gif Fayre Farmborough Memorial Hall 10h30— 16h00 Mon 28th Gadget Busters The Hub, YMCA, North Rad 14h30– Timsbury BA2 0JH 16h30