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July & August 2018

Pilates Classes run by Emma Charlton at

Butcombe Village Hall at Pilates is an exercise & it is LOWER SCHOOL ROOM (next to Bank) suitable for most people. CHEW MAGNA Pilates can help you to FRIDAYS 10 A.M.– 11A.M. improve your flexibility, help you HOME BAKED GOODS, PRESERVES, SMOKED SALMON, HAM & BACON, gain strength & help you relax. CRAFT & CARDS, JEWELLERY & The classes are small & friendly PLANTS Please contact me if you would COME AND SEE US ! smell and taste our new percolated coffee! like to come along to a class. toasted teacakes, home made sweet and savoury snacks to buy. [email protected] See our products and producers on Facebook- “chew valley country market”

NEMPNETT THRUBWELL VILLAGE HALL is situated in a beautiful rural location with amazing views! It is an ideal venue for all types of functions and occasions, having extensive parking, level access, full disabled facilities, fully fitted kitchen, video/audio system and children’s play area.. To book or for more details, please visit our Facebook page or call 01761 462391 2

MICHAEL W. ROWE

FUNERAL DIRECTOR

A family business offering personal service day or night

Rest Room facilities

TUNBRIDGE COTTAGE CHEW MAGNA [email protected] Telephone: 01275 332565

A Chew Valley based business that specialises in all aspects of Garden Design Garden Landscaping Garden Maintenance

For discussions and quotes please contact: Gavin English Mobile: 07748968527, landline 01275 380150 Email: [email protected] www.yourenglishgarden.com We are fully qualified and insured. References are available on request.

8 ******* USEFUL CONTACTS ******

Chew Stoke Parish Council Chairperson: Dick Raffety 01275 331102 Clerk: Catherine Parkman 07779 592328 Vice– Chairperson: Jeff Dowson 01275 332911 Nempnett Thrubwell Parish Council Clerk: A Johnstone 07771 763557 Chew Valley B & NE Councillor Liz Richardson 01761 490009 Chew Stoke Church Hall Bookings: www.chewstokechurchhall.co.uk Di Abrahams 01275 333173 Nempnett Thrubwell Village Hall Gill Ford 01761 462391 Women’s Institute Hazel Wedlake 01275 332812 Toddler group Liz Boyd [email protected] Scouts/cubs/beavers [email protected] Intermediate Bridge Michelle Stagg 01275 333086 Bowling Club Martyn Edmonds 01275 474729 Chew Stoke Golf Society Nigel Roberts 01275 333516 Ro Masters 01275 331229 Cricket Club Drama Club Andrew Tromans 07710 163743 Headteacher: Chew Stoke School Ben Hewett 01275 332354 Chair/Governors: Gill Baker 01275 333753 Headteacher: Chew Valley School Gareth Beynon 01275 332272 Chew Valley Leisure Centre 01275 333375 Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club Allen Marsh 01275 331143 Hub in the Pub [email protected] Kate Tate 01225 484510 Chew Valley Choral Society Helen Boyde 01275 333014 Chew Stoke Film Club Kim Heath 01275 331711 Harvest Home Nick Baker 01275 333753 www.chewstokeharvesthome.org.uk Healthwatch 01225 232 401 [email protected]

MAGAZINE CONTACTS AND DEADLINES Got some news? Want to advertise an event or your business? You can get in touch with us either by Email: [email protected] or contacting the Editor: Cynthia K Troup 01275 333002 Handwritten entries can be delivered to Cynthia at Fairwood, Pilgrims Way, Chew Stoke Distribution: The McDonald Family Tel 01275 333130 Email [email protected]

The copy deadline for the September edition is Monday 20th August

9 WHO’S WHO IN THE CHURCH

Rector The Rev. Charles Roberts 01275 332199 Associate Priests The Rev. Sandy Munday 01275 331060 (on duty Sunday until Weds am) The Rev. Sandra Lovern 01275 332657 (on duty Thursday until Sunday)

———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Parish Office Mon, Weds, Fri 9am –1pm [email protected] 01275 331061 ______Churchwardens: Chew Stoke: Andrew Troup 01275 333002 Alison Hoddell 01275 332421 Nempnett Thrubwell: Rosemary Porter 01761 462571 Nick Houlton 01761 462075 ______Capt. Bellringers: Chew Stoke: John Bone 01275 332328 Nempnett Thrubwell: Andrew Ball 01275 472356 Churchyard Maintenance: Chew Stoke: Anne Summers 01275 333812 Nempnett Thrubwell Nick Houlton 01761 462075 Sunday School: Tina Kilroy, Angela White, Angela Hurford, Sheila Limburn, Heather Patch, Cynthia Troup Magazine Editorial: Cynthia Troup Distribution: Suzanne Macdonald

Covenant Secretary: Nempnett Thrubwell: Nick Houlton Deanery Synod Reps: Chew Stoke: Jessica McInnes Jerry Moorehouse Nempnett Thrubwell: Rosemary Porter ______PCC Secretaries: Chew Stoke: Jessica McInnes Nempnett Thrubwell: Alison Howard PCC Treasurers: Chew Stoke: Peter Jameson Nempnett Thrubwell: Nick Houlton

Chew Stoke PCC members : Alison Hoddell, Tina Kilroy, Peter Jameson, Jessica McInnes, Andrew Troup (Vice Chair), Liz Wormald, Les Poynter, Susan Theobald, Jerry Moorehouse., Laura Down, Sheila Limburn

Nempnett Thrubwell: Jane Batten, Janet Evans, Geraldine Ford, Nick Houlton, PCC members Alison Howard, Hugo King, James Everett, Jane Oosthuizen, ______Sidesmen Chew Stoke: Mesdames Limburn, Cheesley, Patch, Manville, Sommerville, Theobald, Troup and Down Messrs: Jameson, Murrant, Penna, Soper, Kilroy.

10 WHAT’S GOING ON IN OUR VILLAGE HALLS?

To book a private party, meeting, an event or class, here are your village hall contacts: Chew Stoke Church Hall Book online: www.chewstokechurchhall.co.uk Tel: Di Abrahams on 01275 333173 The Methodist Chapel Hall [email protected] Nempnett Thrubwell Hall Book online: www.nempnett-thrubwellvillage-hall.org Tel: 01761 462391 Regular bookings at Chew Stoke Church Hall

Monday 1000 -1600 Art Club 1700 Tae Kwondo (ffi Andy Mole 01275 343556) Tuesday 10.00 Keep Fit/ Dance Class (Drop-in class £3.00 a session, bring a mat) 19.30 Chew Valley Choral Society Wednesday 19.30 W.I. Meeting (3rd Weds only) Thursday 14.00 W.I. Craft Club (1st Thurs only) 19.30 Parish Council (1st Thurs only) 19.00 Film Club (last Thurs only) 10.30 The Hall Singers Choir Friday 18.00 Cubs 19.30 Scouts Regular bookings at Methodist Chapel Hall: Monday 09.30 Pilates 18.30 Beavers Tuesday 14.00 U3A Intermediate Bridge Thursday 12.30 Lunch Club (3rd Thurs only) 19.30 Duplicate Bridge Club At Nempnett Thrubwell Village Hall: Tuesday 1830 Tai-Chi

Come pray with us ...

St Andrew’s Church, Chew Stoke usually Mondays at 2pm Please call Mary Sommerville 333572 Feel free also to write in the request book at St Andrew’s Church, Chew Stoke or contact one of the clergy.

Also at 3 Madam’s Paddock, Chew Magna, first Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm. FFI Constance Bowdler 332078

CHURCH NEWS A Message from the Rector Charles Roberts My dear friends,

It’s official, it’s summer, schools will be working towards the end of term, holidays will be taken, BBQs might happen (weather permitting!), and with luck many of us will be able to enjoy some R&R, some family time, and a chance just to pause and breathe. In the church we’ll be kept busy with weddings and other celebrations, so, “no rest for the ………………..!”

That said, my wife and I did have a short break in June and it was a wonderfully refreshing time spent surrounded by the hills and mountains of Austria. While we did manage to resist the urge to bust into a song from the Sound of Music, nevertheless we were impressed by much of what we saw. If you like mountains, (and we do), Austria offers them aplenty, and if spectacular scenery makes you think of the wonders of creation, then Austria delivers in spades. Inevitably we were drawn to look inside a number of the local churches, by and large fairly uniform on the outside, but without doubt quite spectacular on the inside. While ‘high baroque’ may not be to everyone’s taste, few would fail to be impressed by the way these buildings really show off their Christian presence. It is a kind of glitz and glamour fest, with its over-the-top gold decoration and the extraordinary artwork on the ceilings, all beautifully preserved. Yes, in this country we’d find it all a bit ostentatious, while over there it is somehow absolutely fine, but it did make we wonder how we portray the faith of the church at home with our relatively modest décor, and perhaps, yes, humble voice. The kind of gay abandon in Europe seems to me to shout out the gospel from every pore of these buildings, and I think that is a wonderful thing. There is no shame, no coyness about what they are trying to say. This is rich, extravagant Christianity saying Hello to anyone who dares to come in. And there I think they have a point.

At the time of writing this, the gospel for the previous Sunday was all about family. Jesus’s own family trying to ‘sort him out and calm him down’ because for them he was not behaving sensibly. He had suddenly gone from being a ‘nice brother’ to going out on a limb, and they didn’t like it at all. Far from coming home quietly, Jesus appeals to the crowds who follow him and tells them they are his family now. It’s a tough riposte to his siblings, but an important piece of news to anyone who claims the name of Jesus. What I like about the story is the uninhibited nature of the words of Jesus. No apology, no false modesty, just truth. It is in effect a kind of “right back at you” statement!

The church can’t be timid in the way it goes about its business. We must dare to go public, be bold in our witness, and shout to the world, we’re here!

Enjoy the summer – Yours in Christ, Chares Roberts.

Our Associate Priest Sandy Munday writes:

Looking out into the garden it is clear that summer is with us. Many of us are looking forward to taking a summer holiday. The resorts along the Mediterranean coastline are gearing up for another summer season and hoping to great many sun-seeking visitors.

It is also the season when large numbers of people seeking political asylum, or an escape from poverty, flee from their homes and set sail across the Mediterranean for Europe. Sadly, where there are desperate people there are also those keen to exploit vulnerability. The people smugglers see their targets as a group of people from whom they may extract as much money as possible (and abandon them if problems arise). For countries like Italy and Greece, those fleeing their homes are a group of people who drain their limited resources as they try to reach the richer European countries. For the richer countries they try to reach, they are either viewed as a strain on the housing, education and health services or as a re- source of younger workers able to plug present or future workforce gaps resulting from an ageing native population. Generally speaking, they are perceived as “them” en-masse rather than individual people, with individual problems and unique backgrounds.

Against the scale of the problem, it can be difficult to imagine what can be done to improve the situation. Michael Ramsey, who was the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury between 1961 and 1974, wrote the following for priests struggling with falling congregations, but it is relevant for all of us: “Amidst the vast scene of the world’s problems and tragedies you may feel that your own ministry seems so small, so insignificant, so concerned with the trivial. What a tiny differ- ence it can make to the world that you should run a youth club, or preach to a few people in a church, or visit families with seemingly small result. But consider: the glory of Christianity is its claim that small things really matter and that the small company, the very few, the one man, the one woman, the one child are of infinite worth to God. Consider our Lord himself. Amidst a vast world with its vast empires and vast events and tragedies our Lord devoted himself to individual men and women, often giving hours and time to the very few or to the one man or woman. In a country where there were movements and causes which excited the allegiance of many – the Pharisees, the Zealots, the Essenes, and others – our Lord gives many hours to one woman of Samaria, one Nicodemus, one Martha, one Mary, one Lazarus, one Simon Peter, for the infinite worth of the one is the key to the Christian understanding of the many.”

Have a good summer! With best wishes, Sandy

13 DIARY OF SPECIAL EVENTS AT ST ANDREWS

July Sunday 1st July 10.30am Pet Service – see separate advert

Sunday 8th July 3.00pm Service to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the foundation of Chew Stoke School. The School has invited us to join their Service which Bishop Ruth of Taunton will be attending.

Sunday 15th July 12.30pm Baptism

Sunday 15th July 6.30pm Evensong with choir

Friday 27th July 12.30pm Wedding

Saturday 28th July 12 noon Wedding

Sunday 29th July 10.30am Group service at Stanton Drew

August Friday 10th August 2pm Bridge Tea at the Church Hall

SAVE THE DATE! Chew Stoke Harvest Home - Saturday 9th September

Sunday 1st July 10.30am Special Service for pets and their families at St. Andrew's, Chew Stoke

DO BRING YOUR PET ALONG

Refreshments will be served after the service ST ANDREW’S PASTORAL GROUP For Chew Stoke readers, if you know of anyone who would appreciate a visit, including anyone new to the village, please contact Gill Wring on 333720 or Alison Hoddell 332421

14 PARISH REGISTERS : St Andrews

Burial of Ashes 4th June 2018 Simon Chubb May he rest in peace

Weddings: 9th June 2018 Christopher Winter and Emily Cowling

16th June 2018 Thomas Bryan and Jenine Read We wish them every blessing and happiness in their lives together

Filling Station Filling Station meets at its new venue, The Pelly Barn Chew Magna at 7.30pm. Do come along and share in our hospitality and fellowship. The next will be Thursday 26th July The speaker will be Clarissa Shaw-Notice There will be no Filling Station in August

BELL RINGING TO COMMEMORATE THE END OF WORLD WAR ONE

Bells will be rung across the country to commemorate the end of WW1

Would you like to learn to ring and join us? There is still time! For further information http://www.bathandwells.org.uk/2018/02/join-ringing-peace-armistice/ Please contact John Bone on 332328 if you would like to give it a try or just take a look.

PRAYER FOR JULY AND AUGUST Loving Father, we praise and thank you for our Primary School as it celebrates 300years of educating the children of our villages. Thank you for the dedicated teachers inspiring our children as they begin to learn not just the 3 R’s but about themselves and their world. Thank you that they can also learn about you. Be with them and bless them and refresh us all through the summer months. In Jesus’ name Amen

15 FUNDRAISING IN THE CHEW VALLEY

16 Summer Swing Time at the Lake Chew Valley lake Sailing Club BS408UW Friday 6th July 6—10pm Another opportunity to enjoy supper and music by the lake! Music from the Mendip Swing band—come and join us! Tickets £12.50 (including food|) * Cash bar * Children under 14 free! Contact Tim Gracey 01275 472639 or any committee member

Hog Roast & Dance in aid of Holy Trinity Church, Norton Malreward.

At Model Farm, Norton Hawkfield, on Saturday 7th July at 7pm. Food Served at 8pm, Ticket only event: Tickets £10 from Margaret Hasell 01275 832144 or Geoff Carpenter 01275 837705

Inaugural Harptree Music Festival

The first concert is on Friday 6th of July at 7.30pm, will be given by Dr.David Bednall (University Organist, The University of Bristol) at St Laurence in East Harptree. Tickets for this event will cost £15 which includes and interval refreshments. There will also be a large screen in the church so we can all see the great man in action!

The second large concert, on Saturday 7th of July, also at 7.30pm, will be a Grand Choral Concert - a performance of Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle. Written in 1863 and really a comic opera, Rossini described it as one of his ‘sins of old age’. The line-up will feature The United Parish’s choir (in a somewhat augmented form) under the baton of Tricia Rees-Jones (conductor of the Swan Singers) and alongside soloists Sarah Poole (Soprano and well known in the Harptrees!), Abigail Fiddik (Alto), Oscar Golden-Lee (Tenor), David Rees-Jones (Bass) and the Festival’s Artistic Director, Nicholas Tall (Piano and Harmonium). Tickets for this concert will be £10. People interested in buying tickets are advised to book in advance - tickets for all concerts are available from Elaine Avery (01761 221450).

In addition to these two concerts, there will be two Free Lunchtime Concerts on Sat 7th July at West Harptree and Sunday 8th July at Hinton Blewett. Starting at 1.05pm. Refreshments afterwards are organised by all the wonderful churchwardens!

17 The gardens at Dormers, Stowey Mead and Manor Farm will be open under the National

Garden Scheme on Sunday 15th July from 2pm to 6pm. There is ample off-road parking opposite Dormers, BS39 5TL, as well as strictly limited disabled parking only at each garden. This is a very diverse group of gardens with a huge array of different features, ranging from lovely, formal clipped yews and topiary; ponds large and small; flower beds abun- dantly filled with usual as well as unusual hardy and half-hardy plants; vegetables and fruit trees; gravel and slate gardens; an alpine bank; shrubs and trees - some ancient, some not; a Ha-Ha; and some fabulous views over the surrounding countryside. Cream teas, home-made cakes and tea, coffee and soft drinks will be available at Stowey Mead and plants will be on sale at Dormers, with sale proceeds from both going to Stowey Church. The entry fee of £5 covers all 3 gardens and entry is free for accompanied children under 16. This money goes to the National Garden Scheme, which then distributes large sums of money each year to health and caring charities. Please do come and visit us and enjoy an interesting afternoon in these private gardens, which won’t be open again until next July! Jill and Graham Nicol

SCHOOL NEWS

Scarlett the poet meets the City Poet! Year 6 pupil Scarlett, from Chew Stoke Church School has been at City Hall, Bristol for a very special evening. Scar- lett was chosen to present the new Bristol City Poet for 2018, Vanessa Kissule, with a very special poetry book to mark the start of her time as City Poet. The book Scarlett was presenting, was a compilation of poems, written by children as part of the Mary Palmer Poetry Competition, and the reason Scarlett was chosen, was because she has been the winner in her age group of the competition, for the last three years! Mrs Hope, one of Scarlett’s teachers at Chew Stoke, who accompanied Scarlett to the event, said “We are so proud of Scarlett, she has worked very hard at her literacy over the last few years and to be a winner in this competition for 3 years is remarkable!.” Maybe one day it will be Scarlett who becomes the City Poet – she certainly deserves it! Pictured: Scarlett with the new City Poet, Vanessa Kissule and with Bristol Mayor, Marvin Rees.

18 Photo by Finlay McDonald

The school Bilbie bell rings again to celebrate Chew Stoke Church School’s 300th Anniversary!

A board in the church records that in 1718 the rector, Thomas Paine Snr. and others subscribed £361 1s 6d to establish a charity school for 20 boys in Chew Stoke. Although the school briefly started in the Rectory, the money raised was used to purchase and convert into a school building a house on the site of the present school. Very few people had clocks, and so school bell was needed to signal the start and end of school. At this time the Bilbie family had a flourishing bell founding business, and around 1730 Thomas Bilbie cast and donated the bell which is still used today. According to a record in the church the bell weighed 47 lbs (21.31Kg) and was valued at £2. 7s. When the school was enlarged in 1863 the bell was moved to its present position in a small open turret on the gable end of the main roof. A rope from the bell allowed the bell to be tolled from a within a classroom below. As the bell was exposed to all weather it no doubt needed rehanging at intervals, although there are no records to say how frequently, or by whom. In the 1988 the bell needed a repair which was organised by Roy Rice, the current secretary of the Bilbie Society. A broken rope in 1998 required the bell to be rehung by a local bell hanger, Mathew Higby. But the rope broke again two years ago, and the bell has since remained silent. The Bilbie Society wished to contribute in some way in the celebrations to mark the 300th anniversary of the school, and getting the bell working again offered an ideal opportunity to achieve this. Fortunately we were able to call on the ingenuity and expertise of Paul Wedlake to do this. Paul overcame the problem that the broken rope partially blocked the entry hole into the roof space, by using a stainless steel wire instead of rope. The wire was then attached to a rope in the roof space, and so the ‘hedgehog’ reception class children can now toll the bell at the end of school, and warn collecting parents to hurry up! We aim to replace this temporary rope with one with a sally in the school royal blue colours in time for the July celebrations. Derek Holloman

19 A Taste of Forest Gardening

Love home grown produce, but hate using chemicals? Well Westfield Farm in Chew Magna is an accredited LAND permaculture farm (that means it’s organic … and some!) and is run by the wonderfully knowledgeable Bryony Huntley, who is now opening her gardens and sharing her wealth of expertise in ‘natural’ gardening for everyone to enjoy the benefits for themselves! She is hosting a series of events over the summer called A Taste of Forest Gardening on 8 July, 12 August and 9 September. These delicious AND educational family-friendly gatherings here on the farm, are when you can come along and find out how you can adopt permaculture ideas into your own garden to make it more productive, and at the same time friendlier for our Chew Valley wildlife and safer (ie chemical free!) for your own children or pets to enjoy too.

Join us for a delicious vegetarian lunch harvested from our own Forest Garden and then a tour of Bryony’s Forest Garden, with plenty of time for questions and advice about your own projects.

Prices are just £15 adults, £5 children (includes a hearty lunch). Email us now on [email protected] to book your place, or visit our FB page for more information!

Nempnett Village Pump wildflower area

Nempnett Parish Council would like to give a very big thank you to the many volunteers that came to help clearing the area, your help was so appreciated. Numerous trailers of debris were removed and some seed has been sown. A few plants have also been planted but the majority of the planting will be August/ September when some wetter weather is forecasted. It will be interesting next year to see which flowers have flourished. Thank you again.

Chew Stoke Flood Remembered

Few of us will remember the Great Flood that devastated the Chew Valley 50 years ago but there will be a chance to find out all about it at an event in the Village Hall, 3.30-7.30, Thursday 20 September so please add that date to your diary. Do you have any old pictures or memories to share about the dreadful night of 10 & 11 July, 1968? If so, Ruth Coleman at West of England Rural Network (WERN) who is supporting commemorative events along the Chew, would be very pleased to hear from you. To contact Ruth, please email: [email protected] or call 01275 333701

20 Chew Stoke Parish Council Short Report for June www.chewstoke.org.uk

Public Submissions Representative attended re Bell Lane – outline application amended to 5 dwellings - new drawings have been submitted and consultation period now open. The Street - Parking problems - Bath & North East Somerset Council have suggested installing Parking restrictions which will require a period of public consultation. We await further details. Rose Cottage representatives asked for planning support from the Parish Council to meet the needs of the existing residents. Scott Lane - New construction for which outline plans have been submitted to BANES. The Parish Council planning group have concerns over the ridge height, which is higher than adjoining houses. The planning group suggest awaiting further plans on potential reduced ridge height before making any comment. Thanks received from a Parishioner for the new bench installations in Quarry Hay and Rectory Field.

Overhanging vegetation The Parish Council have received some complaints of overhanging vegetation which is causing an obstruction and thereby have become a danger to users of the adjacent road or footway . Parishioners are reminded please that Section 154 of the Highways Act 1980 places a statuto- ry obligation on landowners/occupiers to maintain their boundary to ensure that their garden vegetation does not obstruct highway users nor obstruct visibility. Any vegetation should also be kept back in line with the property’s boundary. All debris as a result of cutting should be removed from the highway’s surface. The Clerk has requested the village contractor to cut back overgrown footpaths. Please do report any overgrown public rights of way to the Parish Clerk: [email protected]

Bilbie Road Play Area A meeting has been held with the contractors and a provisional date of early July has been given for the works to commence within the Play area.

Two Parish Councillor Vacancies. These positions will be filled by co-option. To be considered for co-option, applicants must meet at least one of the following criteria: 1. Be registered as a Local Government Elector for the Parish of Chew Stoke on the current Electoral Register. 2. Has during the whole of the previous 12 months occupied as tenant or owner any land or other prem- ises in the Parish of Chew Stoke. 3. Has had his/her principal or only place of work in the previous 12 months in the Parish of Chew Stoke. 4. Has resided either in the Parish of Chew Stoke or within 3 miles thereof during the previous 12 months. Anyone wishing to be considered for co-option should contact the Clerk to the Council by e-mail to [email protected] by midday on 30th June 2018. Should more than two applications be received for the vacancies, councillors will decide the appointment by a vote, or series of votes, in order to ob- tain a majority decision. Dates For Your Diary 28th June - Public Consultation event for the Chew Valley Lake Recreational Trail from 4pm – 7.30pm in the Children’s Centre at Chew Valley Secondary School. 5th July – Parish Council Meeting 7.30 pm/ Please note no meeting held in August. 21st July - Keynsham re-use sale. Bargain household items, too good for recycling, will be on sale at a popular re-use event organised by Bath and North East Somerset Council at the old MOD building, next to the Recycling Centre, in Pixash Lane BS31 1TP. 22nd July - Non-competitive cycling sportive taking place which will pass through the village

21 The Majestic Cinema (aka the Church Hall) Singing In The Rain (Cert U)

Thursday July 26 2018 at 7.30pm

The musical with everything is a fitting end to our season. Doors & Bar open at 7 pm We’re very excited about the new season and this year we are going to roll straight into that with a screening on the last Thursday in August’ said chairman, Kim Heath. We’re aiming to making our coming season the best ever and have a number of surprises and special events planned. It is a great time to come and join the club. The Majestic is a real community affair, all members propose and vote upon the films that they would like to see. FFI about joining The Majestic contact Kim on 01275 331711 or Shirley on 01275 331143

CHEW VALLEY GARDENING SOCIETY On Thursday July 12th, Hilary Little will talk about Italian gardens. Hilary will also judge this month’s competition, which is A Vase of Annuals. We aim to provide an interesting and informative range of talks and activities for those interested in gardening, whether a beginner or experienced. Full details of the programme of talks and visits for 2018 will be shown on the Society’s website: www.chewvalleygardeningsociety.org.uk New members and visitors are always welcome at our meetings, which close with tea or coffee, giving you a chance to chat with gardening friends, old and new. Please come along to the Old Schoolroom in Chew Magna on the second Thursday each month,

The Arts Society Mendip (formerly the Mendip Decorative and Fine Arts Society)

12th Jun Giles—his life, times, and cartoons presented by Barry Venning, will follow after completion of the AGM which starts at 10.00 am. The Society meets at the Bath and West Bar & Restaurant, B&W Show Ground, Shepton Mallet, BA4 6QN at 11.00 am. www.theartssocietymendip.org.uk. Guests Welcome. Contact 01934 862435.

The next meeting of Chew Valley U3A will be held at Ubley Parish Hall on Monday, 20th August, 2018. Refreshments will be available from 10.00 am before the meeting commences at 10.30 pm. The speaker will be Mr Richard Lancaster from Greenpeace on the subject of Climate Change so do please come along and join us. There will be the usual meeting fee of £1 for members or £2.50 for non members – new members are always welcome.

Age UK Banes activities in our area

Gadget Busters – Get help with your laptop, iPad, tablet, phone or camera Wednesdays 11th & 25th July, 8th & 22nd August , 9.45 – 11.45 Gadget Busters is now based at the Children’s Centre next to Chew Valley School and takes place every 2 weeks on alternate Wednesdays £3 per session. If you’ve recently received a new tablet or iPad or smart phone and need help, drop into our friendly and informal group to talk to one of our volunteers. You don’t need to book, just turn up. at the Chew Valley Children’s Centre, Chew Lane Chew Magna BS40 8QA.

****************************************************************************** “Extend” exercise class July 11th and 25th only then every Wednesday in August: 9.45—11.45 “Extend” exercise class at the Chew Valley Children’s Centre, Chew Lane Chew Magna BS40 8QA 12-1pm £3 per session (including tea/coffee). This is a fun and gentle exercise session for older people, including standing and seated exercises. Please call Ketyn on 01225 484510 for more information or to put your name on the waiting list. Anyone can attend the sessions, you don't have to be a resident of BANES.

Chew Valley Flower Decoration Society

I’m delighted the good weather continued throughout May and into June – long may it continue! At the Flower Club we enjoyed a very informative practice evening led by Coral Gardiner, National Demonstrator, at Compton Martin Village Hall in May (our regular meeting venue). This was entitled ‘Flowers for Show’ during which Coral encouraged us all to consider taking part in flower shows both locally and around the country. She gave us lots of tips and ideas and demonstrated some very interesting arrangements. June 4th saw Julia Harrison demonstrating for us with a title ‘A Feast of ……’ . Julia came up with some fabulous arrangements and the flowers she used were beautiful.. She had made all the containers herself - they were very interesting and gave us lots of ideas to take away and try for ourselves. All the gorgeous arrangements were raffled off at the end of the evening. On 16th July one of our experienced members, Brenda Stone, will be leading the practice meeting with the title ‘Hot, Tropical and Happy’. Sounds interesting – I shall look forward to receiving the requirements list. Our autumn meetings start on Monday 3rd September when we will be entertained by Ruth Milton Jones to a demonstration entitled ‘Fairground Attraction’ – sounds intriguing! Why not put the dte in your diary and come along and see for yourself – bring a friend - your first visit will be completely free and if you like what you see you may wish to pursue this further. We meet at Compton Martin Village Hall at 7.30 p.m. on two Monday evenings each month (details can be found under ‘What’s On’ in the Chew Valley Gazette). Or you could give me a ring on 01275 332054 if you would like a chat.. We have an outing in the pipeline to the ‘Living Crafts Show’ at Blenheim Palace in November. Do enjoy the remainder of the summer. Best wishes. Christine Macmullen-Price

An evening in June saw us at the organic garden at Holt Farm. James Cox who was head gardener for 10 years, led the tour around the garden and gave us an insight into its development. Most of us had visited the garden before but it is ever changing and developing and we felt very privileged to have the garden to ourselves. James served us drinks in the cafe before our tour. He has an impressive CV having worked at Highgrove before Holt Farm and now runs his own business whilst still taking on projects for the Mead family whose garden we were visiting. The beautiful sunset over Blagdon Lake at the end of our visit rounded off a very different monthly meeting.

It is show time again in July. Chew Stoke keeps up the tradition of holding this friendly competition displaying members skills. The schedule hopefully will encourage all members to take part so ladies start taking your photos and start on the raspberry jam. It is a bit late to knit a masterpiece but you may like to make a Tussie-mussie?

Once again we are inviting visitors to see our efforts so do come and visit us in the Church Hall Chew Stoke Wednesday 18th July 4.00pm - 5.30pm Tea will be available.

We are 95 years young this year and while it is not usual to for us to meet in August we will be holding a birthday garden party at the home of Mary and Jeff Dowson with a cream tea and garden games on offer. We are pleased to welcome visitors to all out meetings so do come along .FFI tel Jan 01275 472600

NB Music Foundation and Summer Course The charity was set up ten years ago after Paul and Rachel Branston’s older son died in a car accident, two weeks after finishing his post grad at the Royal College of Music. The whole family believes in the power of music to heal and inspire everyone, what- ever the listener’s belief in their own ‘musicality’ and they work to bring music to everyone through their support of music therapy. They also produce a summer course in Bristol which is five days of mad, musical fun with an orchestra, a choir and musical theatre. It all goes on at the same time, staffed by wonderful young professionals who believe in the charity’s aims and work ceaselessly to make sure that it’s the best week of the holiday for everyone.

If the course appeals to anyone aged between 7 and 17, there is much more information at: nbmusiccourses.org or, if the following website explains the charity work, nicbranstonfoundation.org

27 ST ANDREWS CHURCH ROTAS

Reading Readers Sidespeople Children’s group st 1 July Pet Genesis 1: 24-31, Poppy Jerry Moorhouse Tina 10.30am Service Littlewood Laura Down Matthew 6: 25-33 Sara Hindle

8th July Chew Stoke School has invited us to join their service to celebrate 300 years 3.00pm since its foundation NB TIME – Bishop Ruth of Taunton will be attending. th 15 July Evensong Amos 7: 7-15, Philippa Mike Murrant 6.30pm with Choir Hawkins Susan Theobald Mark 6: 14-29 Sue Cook

nd 22 July Family 2 Corinthians 5: 14- Steve Hoddell Mary Sheila 10.30am Communion 17 Sommerville Mark 6: 30-34, 53- end th 29 July Group GROUP SERVICE – NO SERVICE AT ST ANDREW’S 10.30am Service th 5 August Family Ephesians 4: 1-16 Jerry Moorhouse Heather Patch Tina 10.30am Service John 6: 24-35 th 12 August Evensong Kings 19. 4-8, Peter Soper 6.30pm Liz Wormald Amanda John 6. 35, 41-51 Sue Cook Cheesley th 19 August Evensong Proverbs 9. 1-6, Amanda Mike Murrant 6.30pm Cheesley Peter Jameson John 6. 51-58 Susan Theobald th 26 August Family Ephesians 6. 10-20 Sara Hindle Mary Heather 10.30am Communion Sommerville John 6. 56-69

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Altar : July 1st tba: 8th &15th Lindsey S Taylor July: D Abrahams & J Williams Brass: A Summers 22nd & 29th Dorothy Thompson August: Mel, Maggie and Sandy Brass: J Power August 5th & 12th Liz Wormald CHURCH HALL CARETAKING: 23rd &30th tba July: 1 Dick 8 Mary 15 Di Lady Chapel: 22 Suzanne 29 Val July 1st & 8th Cynthia Troup 15th—29th tba August : 5 Tyson and Jill 12 Louise August 5th &12th Maggie Bone 19 Michelle 26 Dick 19th & 26th Mel Jameson

28 July Services The Lakeside Group Ministry Chew Magna, with Dundry, Norton Malreward and Stanton Drew and Chew Stoke with Nempnett Thrubwell For August services please see Church websites or notice boards For August at Chew Stoke see page 28

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Valuations for Insurance, Regular Hire / Single Event Hire Modern kitchen and toilet facilities, Probate & Family Division bar area and stage Single items or complete to see information about the hall, estates purchased. to view our calendar for availability House Clearance Service and to book on-line, visit: 40 Years Experience www.chewstokechurchhall.co.uk

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