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What’s on this Month Sunday 26th Jan 9.30am Holy Tedstone Delamere; 3pm HC by Extension Communion at Whitbourne at Edvin Loach Wednesday 29th 9.30am Morning Prayer Wednesday 19th 9.30am Morning Prayer at Wolferlow; Friendship Lunch, at Upper Sapey Whitbourne Village Hall Sunday 23rd 9.30am Holy Communion at Saturday 1st Feb 11am Coffee & Chat, Whitbourne; 3pm Child-friendly Olly’s Friendship Room, Upper Sapey “Pancakes” service at Tedstone Church Delamere Sunday 2nd 9.30am Morning Praise at Wednesday 26th Ash Wednesday 11am Whitbourne; 11am Holy Communion at Holy Communion with Ashing at Upper Sapey Whitbourne; 12 noon Lent Lunch at Wednesday 5th 9.30am Morning Prayer Whitbourne at Whitbourne; Coffee & Chat, Whitbourne Village Hall, 11am Contact the Editor to get a listing in Sunday 9th 9.30 Holy Communion at ‘What’s on’ Whitbourne In this issue . . . Monday 10th Film and Pizza Night 7pm Try making Sue Heywood’s Moussaka at Olly’s Friendship Room, Upper Sapey Church Don’t know what a lengthsman is? Read all about it in Chris Evans’ article Tuesday 11th Whitbourne WI Gordon Bailey interviews Maureen Wednesday 12th 9.30am Morning Prayer Williams at Tedstone Delamere Andrew Kneen reports on Whitbourne Sunday 16th 9.30am Holy Communion at Parish Council Whitbourne; 11am Holy Communion at
The Magazine The Magazine is published by the Parochial Church Council (PCC) for the communities of Edvin Loach, Tedstone Delamere, Tedstone Wafre, Upper Sapey, Whitbourne and Wolferlow. Eleven issues are delivered free to every household each year (joint January - February New Year issue is published mid-late January). It is financed from advertising income with any profits gifted to the Church. It is managed by a group of volunteers who deal with editorial matters, billing and distribution. If you want to get involved, please contact the Editor. Contributions are most welcome and can be emailed to the editor, Mark Powell, at [email protected] (01886 821121). Anonymity will be considered on request, but not provided automatically. The views expressed by contributors to the Magazine are their own and do not represent the position of the PCC or any other body. The last day for submissions is the 10th of the month. See page 24 for details of advertising rates . Front cover: ‘Spring is coming’ by Mark Powell
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This Month….. I suspect we have reached the time when it is no longer correct to say Happy New Year! But let me wish it to you anyway. We seem to me to be on the brink of a new beginning – and I’m sure Greta Thunberg would say hurray to that. Here we are at the start of a new year, a decade, a parliament, possible conflict escalating in the Middle East and the demise of our planet as we know it. Climate change is a reality and it is the young who seem to have the weight of this on their shoulders. I say this as my children ask ‘What have you done to our planet? What is there for our children?’ We all need to take responsibility for the future. I am most definitely a cup half full person and I firmly believe that we can always learn from the past and we can all make differences which help. Even tiny changes help, so selecting loose veg and fruit in the supermarket, selecting non- plastic alternatives, always carrying a material bag in your pocket for shopping. A challenge a week to find a way of improving the little bit of world around you will have an impact. It’s not so easy to see how we can affect the political decisions of our government, still less of the USA or Iran, but I don’t think Greta Thunberg thought that about climate change - and look at what she has achieved! Do you have a space to plant a tree or have you somewhere to grow your own fruit or vegetables? This would mean less trips to the supermarket, exercise which is health- giving and fruit and veg on your plate which have the smallest number of food miles ever! You could even achieve this with a window box and salads and herbs, every little helps. What a wonderful sense of achievement to be eating your own food. Or are you, as I am, needing to make decisions about how you will heat your home in the coming years? The wonderful world we have to live in needs a little TLC right now; are you up for this and can you make the first of a few changes in Greater Whitbourne which, together with the rest of the UK, will make a world worthy of the Creator who created our home? May God bless you all as we work together for our children’s children’s future. Much love, Dawn Clergy Helpline Please let Dawn or Doiran know if you would like a visit or a phone call, or if you know someone who would. For example, they may be ill, or recuperating, or recently bereaved. Or someone may have a troubling problem they need to discuss in strict confidence. Please contact either Revd Dawn Hyett : 01885 483747 or Revd Doiran Williams : 01886 821189.
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News and Notices Tedstone Delamere News perhaps it's due to job satisfaction, being On the 1st December we held a Christingle outside or that the activity attracts positive service at Tedstone Delamere - it was well people. Whatever the reason, it makes for attended and there were nine children. All a very enjoyable morning. of us made a Christingle. My thanks to Wrap up warm for the first 2020 litter-pick Marian and Mike for taking the service on January 11th starting at 10am at the which was enjoyed by all. Thank you also Village Hall. Everyone welcome – we have to the Bromyard Co-op who kindly litter-grabbers suitable for small children donated 50 oranges. Dawn said a few and long-armed adults! words about the ‘Posada’ which started its The picture shows that some of the journey round the Parish and came back to December team found it difficult to follow me on Christmas Eve. all the health and safety guidelines! The Carol Service was lovely; it was nice to Rachel Freeman hear the organ again after three years. There is more work to be done in the New Year. Thank you to David, our organist, Chris for taking the service, all of the readers, everyone who came, Tom our sidesman for his help over the year, and Joyce and Elsie for their part in making the Church look so beautiful. Thank you to Jan for taking our service on Christmas Day. I rang the New Year in at midnight and enjoyed the firework display afterwards. A Happy and Healthy New Year to you all. Kathleen Harris. Whitbourne Coffee & Chat Litter Action Whitbourne (LAW) We are an informal group that meets once Our December pick was on a beautiful day a month (first Wednesday at 11.00) in the with a full rainbow colouring the sky. Once Village Hall for coffee (or tea) and a chat. again we found lots (11 this month) of There is no need to let anyone know you empty cans of Thatcher Gold on Church are coming – just turn up and see who else Bank; after a bit of speculation on who is there. might be responsible we'd like to invite Coffee & Chat is held on the first them to join LAW. Wednesday of every month at 11.00 in the A big thank you, to Chris and Creek for Village Hall and everyone (all ages) is hosting the LAW Christmas gathering! One welcome. Refreshments cost £1.00 and thing I've noticed about the group is that there is an optional raffle (50p a ticket). there's lots of laughter amongst everyone; We also run a book stall to swap unwanted
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books for which we ask a donation Friendship Lunches at Whitbourne towards our costs. Village Hall If you would like more information please 29th January – Roast Gammon, Parsley contact Ann Roberts (01886-821063) or sauce, Quiche, Two veg and potatoes, Eileen Badger (01886-821501). Apple and Raspberry crumble, Custard, We look forward to seeing you all. Crème Caramel. February 26th - Cottage pie, Vegetable lasagne, Two veg and Our dates for 2020 are February 5; March potatoes. Treacle sponge and custard, 4; April 1; May 6; June 3; July 1; August 5; Fruit Salad. Please contact Dawn Hyett to September 2; October 7; November 4; book (normally £8). December 2. Ann Roberts AGM Whitbourne Village Hall Committee Upper Sapey Parish Meeting & Village Hall Places are currently available on the AGM @ Upper Sapey Edith Silcock committee and we would welcome new Memorial Hall on Thursday 26th March members. One of our members will be 2020 @ 7.00pm. returning in May but in the meantime, if you are interested, perhaps you would Saltmarshe & District WI like to give it a try and see if you enjoy Our 2020 year gets fully underway in working with this friendly team and February when we'll be meeting contributing to the organisation. For at 2pm on the 12th in Saltmarshe & further details, please email either Joanne District Hall, along the Stourport road out O'Donnell ([email protected]) or Chris of Bromyard Wier ([email protected]). This meeting will be a talk by Peter Poole People on the Move titled "Bee Keeping" and is an appropriate People on the Move is still a lifeline in the subject for a WI as the National WI began Middle East. So bravo to all in the Greater a campaign against the decline of the Parish who put in such a great effort honeybee population in 2009; it will be before Christmas. interesting to hear from someone involved with the care of bees these days. Winter is well and truly still with us so refugees still need clean clothing, We always have a competition at our bedclothes, boots and trainers. meetings where Members put a coin by whichever item they favour and the As before, the organisers based in money collected goes to the "ACWW Leominster Priory arrange collection, pennies for friendship" scheme. This is the sorting and final distribution, especially to Associated Country Women of the World Greece and Syria. Please deliver your which celebrated its 90th anniversary last contribution to us at Howberry, year and provides a voice and support to Whitbourne WR6 5RZ. Just telephone first empower women in rural communities. to make sure we’re in 01886 821189. Maureen Williams In February our competition will be a 2020 Calendar so Members will be bringing along a calendar and we'll see
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whose turns out to be the preferred one. current holder is Jean J. Do please feel Future competitions this year include a welcome to come along on February 12th winter scarf, oriental style pottery and at 2pm. Jean Spelman something blue. At the end of the year the Member whose items have been chosen most receives the Mrs E M Bellville Cup which was first introduced in 1977. Our
Whitbourne Garden Society
It's nice to start the new year in the garden and many that are suitable for garden and you'll find there's plenty to be growing in pots. Bare root rose season done in early January, from seed sowing runs until the end of March, so go online to tidying the borders and planting trees, or look in your books and catalogues and shrubs and bare root roses. Let’s get plant within the next six or so weeks for a started straight away to transform your great floral show this summer and for garden for this year. January is the perfect many summers to come. Finally on an time for sowing Sweet Peas; old toilet environmental note, according to a rolls or long thin pots are perfect. Place Chinese proverb “The best time to plant a two seeds per pot and push an inch into tree was 20 years ago. The second-best the pre-watered compost, cover with time is now.” Alternatively if you’re short newspaper and keep warm until the seed of space and would like to dedicate a tree, germinates which is usually about two take a look at nationalforest.org. Jill weeks. Once the seedlings appear, keep Studer them cool at about five degrees Noel Knight (Hon Sec) adds: Our recent centigrade, this will help promote root Social Evening was well supported with growth and not stem growth. A cold over 30 present; we also welcomed some greenhouse, potting shed or cold frame is new members. As ever the table was ideal. Why not try sowing petunia, spread with a variety of salads, chutneys pelargonium and begonias and fill your and pickles to accompany a range of own baskets and pots this summer for a quiches and roasted ham. For dessert we fraction of the cost? Sow chard under enjoyed apple crumble, trifle, florentines cover; I love the multi-coloured stems of and a medley of cheeses washed down Rainbow Chard, once you get used to with either apple juice or home made having this in your garden, you’ll wonder cider. The buffet was rounded off with tea how you survived without it. You can use and coffee. An enjoyable evening. the stalks and the leaves, and it's brilliant Numerous suggestions were put for risotto, gratins, stir fries and soups. forward as possible topics and speakers Other veg that can be sown from seed in which the committee welcomed. They will the greenhouse are leeks, onions, hardy help us arrange a programme of events, peas, carrots, broad beans and spinach. hopefully to suit all interests. There’s a rose out there for every size
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Lengthsmen – past and present
grown-up in overalls, hair to keep the roads open, severely combed towards passable, well drained and the back of his head, with signs readable, by probably with Brylcreem, eleven parish councils, although I never asked. He including North Bromyard was friendly too, except and Bromyard itself. He when he noticed you deals with roads and playing with his barrow verges, but hedges only as a behind his back. He had a last resort. “Standing water big shovel which he used to on roads is expensive in the “Lengthsman” – am I the move roadside mud and grit long run. The frost gets in only one who finds it a hard from where it should not be and repairs are needed. word to pronounce? Six to where it should, or else Better to keep the water consonants without a vowel to lean on when a friend off,” Robert points out. is a problem. Is it a record came by. Each parish has hundreds of for the English language? So much for incomplete gulleys, installed over many It does not appear in my childhood memories; what decades. These are metal dictionary, but according to is the job like today? grills which allow water to Google it is an old name, Robert Wilks is Chair of run off the road surfaces from the 1700s, meaning North Bromyard Parish and into underground “someone who keeps a Council. He lives in Upper drains, along with large length of road neat, tidy Sapey next to the B4203 - quantities of leaves, mud and passable”. In those one of ‘his’ roads - with his and stone chippings. “Tar days, it also applied to a partner and younger and chip” is not a popular length of canal towpath. daughter. Their elder method of road repair for Anyway, as the rain falls daughter has moved away. him; it blocks too many and puddles deepen, we He runs a contracting firm drains. Some gulleys are are reminded how much we with 3 - 4 employees and a notorious and become rely on lengthsmen to keep yard full of machinery, blocked by just one tyre the roads clear and well tractors, a digger, gritter, running onto the verge, drained. sweeper, flail, strimmers, others are no trouble and are known only to him. There was such a person chain saws, snow plough employed by the Council as and jetter, to name a few. A blocked gulley is not quite I was growing up in He will take on a contract to on a par with a calving cow, Whitbourne, but we didn’t maintain almost any track requiring all-night attention call him a lengthsman. We or piece of land, but for the if needed. It will, after all, called him Charlie James – last 15 years he has been a still be blocked in the or rather, my parents did. County Council lengthsman. morning and can be dealt To us children he was a big He is currently contracted with in daylight. But in wet weather it is a pretty
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unending business. “We fascination in one place as complaint was a mild know where it floods”, says water flowed into a post observation that Robert has Robert, “and it’s a satisfying box through the slit where occasionally been soaked moment when you can letters are supposed to be by drivers who did not slow clear a flood.” Occasionally, posted. down when approaching such as in 2007, there are “And what about road standing water. He’s got a people to be rescued stuck users?” I asked, thinking good point there. in their cars in deep water. that I might hear stories of Chris Evans And he remembers that conflict or complaint. But year watching with no. The nearest thing to a Whitbourne Parish Council Report Eight members were present and our for cutting back and reshaping the smaller County Councillor, Nigel Shaw, managed one. to join the meeting later. The endless discussion about using more Even though there were nineteen items of the S106 money to slow traffic on the agenda to be considered and, if between Ardley Meadows and Gladstone necessary, voted on, there is not a lot to House {the Old School}, made slow report. But no news is good news. How progress. It was agreed that the Parish lucky we are to live in a place where the Council will meet in the road itself to climax of the year is the arrival of a new decide if and how white lines painted bus shelter, and what a lot of work along the edges of the road would help to councillors have put in getting it ordered, slow vehicles down. A triangular warning installed and, hopefully, paid for, when sign ‘Slow, pedestrians ahead’ will be Herefordshire Council finally disgorges the placed at the entrance to the village. A S106 money. How smart it looks! We speed display device could be loaned must cherish it. from Herefordshire Council for a couple of A new litter bin and a cycle rack will be months to test if it would be effective coming to join it on the 23rd of January, enough for Whitbourne to buy one. It was and the Parish Council decided to renew agreed that this should be investigated. the litter bin by the Noticeboard as well The Planning items on the agenda are the with our own money. Let’s hope that responsibility of Herefordshire Council. whoever discarded the eleven cider cans In August it refused an application to that were litter-picked down Church Bank convert the Wheatsheaf into two is not too lazy to use them. dwellings but without any extra houses in The two oak trees in front of the Village the garden or carpark. Some of the Hall will be getting a make-over too. It reasons were: was agreed that it would be better to wait It had not been proved that no one would until the larger tree was in leaf to see if it want to buy it to keep as a public house. needs treatment. A quote was accepted
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The plans did not show where vehicles Rosemore Grange permanent use for parked behind the building would join the holiday-lets. The Parish Council had not public road, so Highways could not opposed this, as long as existing ascertain if there would be any danger. conditions, banning outside music, A bat survey had not been done to make fireworks and intrusive outside lighting, sure that roosts would not be affected by were retained. the conversion The Chief Planner assured him that it The owner has now appealed. The Parish would be determined A.S.A.P. As it is now Council agreed to repeat its previous fifteen months since the application was comment in favour of the conversion but made, as soon as possible appears to concerned that drivers turning off the A44 mean, sometime, never, in council-speak. would not be able to see a vehicle coming The Parish Council accepted out from behind the building in time to Herefordshire Council’s proposal that all stop. road verges, except those at junctions, The application to extend the hours should not be cut until September, to during which music could be played at allow wild flowers to seed. Crumplebury has been withdrawn. Andrew Kneen Nigel Shaw has seen the Chief Planner about the outstanding application to give
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9 Jan-Feb 2020
Children’s Page 6th January is called “Epiphany”, and is the day we remember the arrival of the three Wise Men (or Kings or Magi) bringing their precious gifts to the baby Jesus. So that’s this month’s theme! John Bland Epiphany Word Search – can you find all 18 words?
R O B E S J C K I N D E STRAW CAMEL C A B U L T O A I U S M GOLD MYRRH P A S A F J A S T N G U FRANKINCENSE JESUS C E M H B R Z B E T G E JOSEPH MARY J R O E E Y S C L P L S STABLE CATTLE W V O G L P N T I E H E SHEPHERDS SHEEP E D N O D I H X A Y H C CROOK ROBES Q A O L K P S E N R A R CROWNS KINGS M M O N E E P T R E N O MANGER BABY A G A E K H L Y R D K W STAR DONKEY M R H R E E M P O A S N Find both puzzle F S L A Y R Y S K E W S Solutions on Page 24 There are 12 differences in these pictures – can you find them all?
10 Jan-Feb 2020
Edith Silcock Memorial Hall Update
Welcome to our Edith Silcock Memorial Our aim is to provide a relaxing Sunday Hall update (aka Upper Sapey Village afternoon lunch with good food and a Hall). friendly welcome. All for a reasonable We’d like to take this opportunity to price of £12.50 per adult and £7.50 for thank those who attended our lunch on children under 12 yrs old. A date for our Sunday 24th November, we really do next lunch hasn’t been finalised yet - so appreciate your support. As with all keep a look out in this magazine for an village halls we rely on the goodwill of update or you can contact either John local people to help us keep it going. Bailey 07891 596429 or Doh Jones 07527 230712 for information. The events where food is provided tend to be particularly busy and so thank you Proceeds from our events allow us to to those of you who have given up your improve the hall and make it a better time, either to help with the preparations venue for hiring out to the local or help out on the day with cooking, community. serving and clearing up as, without your Harvest Supper – this was held on help, we could not offer such events. Saturday 12th October and we thank As always if you feel you’d like to become everyone who came along and made it a involved or can help in any way at all successful evening. Roast Beef with all we’d love to hear from you – we’re the trimmings plus a vegetarian option, grateful for any help, no matter how followed by a variety of puddings and small. cheese & biscuits, tea and coffee were served. On this occasion we had 77 paying guests and they had the following choices to If you have any ideas for events at the make: Creamy Mushroom Soup; Parsley, hall or you would like to become involved Turkey & Ham Terrine; or Tomato and please contact John or Doh – we Mozzarella with a balsamic side salad for recognise everyone is very busy and you starters. Followed by Turkey, Ham & Leek may not have a lot of free time, but really Pie in puff pastry with creamed potatoes; every little bit of help is very much Lamb, Port and Cranberry Hot Pot; or appreciated. Haddock, new potatoes & Cauliflower Other ideas include a quiz night, Karaoke, Gratin served in a creamy cheese sauce, cheese & wine evening, bright & breezy all served with a selection of seasonal breakfasts on occasions too, so if these vegetables. And for dessert, Christmas are of interest, just let us know as it will Tarte Amandine; Mincemeat and Almond help us to plan events that match what Tart; Individual Sherry Trifle; Chocolate you want to see. Torte; Selection of Cheese & Biscuits, Any enquiries or views, please contact ending with coffee or tea with something John Bailey, Doh Jones or Di Yarnold sweet! (07814 142809).
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Conquest Theatre Island. see website for dates and times www.conquest-theatre.co.uk Feb 26 The Charging Bullet - An Electric 01885 488575 Adventure. Fred Spaven (with Enfield) tells of his journey on his battery powered motorcycle from Land's End to John Films @ 7.30 pm O'Groats 7.30 pm Jan 24 Downton Abbey Screenings Feb 7 Judy 12A Jan 21 Matthew Bourne's Romeo & Juliet Feb 28 (Borderlines) Sorry We Missed 7.30 pm You 15 Jan 29 ROH La Boheme 7.45 pm Live on Stage Jan 30 Exhibition on Screen In Search of Feb 6 Quick Duck Theatre "Yours Mozart 7.30 pm Sincerely" Will Jackson storytelling (supported by Arts Alive) 7.30 pm Feb 1 NY Met Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess 5.55 pm Feb 8 Blues Sisters - female harmony vocals - swing, rock'n’roll, blues 7.30 pm Feb 25 ROH The Cellist/Dances at a Gathering 7.15 pm Feb 14 Folk in the Foyer Tom McConville & Tony Wilson - two of the North East's Feb 29 NY Met Aggripina (Joyce finest sons 7.30 pm DiDonato features) 5.55 pm Feb 15-22 Conquest Panto: Treasure
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Birds, Bugs and Beasts : The Nature Notes Page If robins are our favourite birds, volume of fibres entering the marine hedgehogs are probably our most-loved food chain where they are building up, mammals. But English hedgehog numbers poisoning fish, mammals and birds. are down about 50% since 2000. What is Eat fewer meat meals – one lunch a going wrong? week, weekday lunches, one evening The latest ‘emergency’ UN climate talks, meal? Vegans can pass on this one! held in Madrid in December, failed Use public transport more – just one spectacularly to make any meaningful car journey makes a lot of CO2, and progress, even after a direct appeal for we are so lucky still to have buses. action from a Marshall Islands delegation; large parts of this Pacific nation were Reduce plastic waste – buy unwrapped under water – the first country to suffer goods, or choose biodegradable so acutely from rising sea levels. Not far packaging. behind are Bangladesh, large areas of Can you join the monthly Litter Pick? Indonesia, coastal China . . . where will all Reduce food miles – buy more these people go? seasonal fruit and veg ‘the way we Our election is over, and the way each of used to’; choosing local produce also us voted doesn’t really matter now. What helps support our farmers. does matter is that 85% of UK adults are Buy less, bin less – the easiest and now worried about climate change (IPSOS cheapest one of all. Mori, August 2019). If you are one of the unconcerned 15%, then turn the page – the rest of this is not for you. What can the 85% of us do that will make a difference, if the politicians are, quite literally, fiddling while the earth burns? Here are my nine targets to cut climate chaos. Plant a tree, if you have space – and And the hedgehogs? They too are maybe one for a neighbour, too. Apple casualties of climate change; these mild tree for you, berries for birds, leaves winters disrupt their breeding and for the hedgehog. hibernation, and they find themselves Wear more natural fibres – wool, awake and very hungry. So if you have a linen, cotton; ideally organic or garden and think you have a visiting unbleached. hedgehog, feed it with some meaty (not fish-based) cat-food – and enjoy saving a Wash synthetic clothes less often, on species from extinction. gentler cycles – this reduces the Kate Lack
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Cook’s Corner Thoughts of a Mediterranean Summer it was that I served up a very tall, multi- I have learned, over layered, rather sloshy dish of inter- the years, to love mingled minced beef, cheese-sauce and Greek cookery. I pasta - to tutors who were luckily less wasn’t lucky enough knowing than me! And it was miraculous to be taken to foreign to have found a packet of lasagne sheets restaurants when I in a delicatessen in Leicester. Had I even was younger, meals known about Moussaka at the time, I’d were meat and veg and always potatoes. have never found any aubergines to make When courting I was taken to a Chinese it authentic…luckily now our local Village restaurant in Birmingham and I lived Shop always has them!! through mortal terror of being poisoned So here’s how I make my Moussaka: when faced with the “Chicken and cashew Slice 3 aubergines (or an aubergine and nuts” because the chicken pieces in the courgette mixture) and sprinkle them with dish reminded me of those hideous pinky- salt. Leave them for about 30 minutes beige slugs I was made to gather (for him (this draws off the wetness and bitterness to destroy) from my dad’s vegetable that some older aubergines have). Rinse garden…Yeuk! My 16-year-old them and dry them on kitchen paper. imagination worked against my stomach and no amount of logical explanation Peel a couple of large potatoes and slice could stop my heaving. them, rinse them, dry them and fry them in oil until they begin to soften. Do the Interestingly I didn’t get stuck in this same with the aubergines. Set aside. seemingly developing phobia. Chicken with cashew nuts is now my go-to Chinese In a saucepan fry a couple of chopped meal! onions with some garlic (maybe 3 cloves). Add some lean minced beef. My dish will But Greek food is close enough, but take a kilo/2 pounds…you might use foreign enough, to be always deliciously 500g/1 lb for a family of 4. Cook the meat acceptable. They love rich meaty meals until it’s browning then add a tin of and have little regard for concerns about chopped tomatoes, a tablespoon of fatty/oily food. They also have year-round tomato puree, maybe a cinnamon stick, a salads and access to sweet vegetables… bay-leaf and a Knorr beef stock cube (or My first Lasagne I made from a recipe for salt and pepper). Cook for at least 40 my friends and tutors at University. mins. Taste it…it should have a good Dinner parties were fashionable then and flavour. I had a really lovely flat, with a dining- In an ovenproof lasagne dish, (perhaps table! The recipe didn’t have a picture of 24cms x 30cms?) cover the base with the what it should have looked like and the potato slices (these will absorb the juices only large ovenproof dish I owned was a and stop the moussaka becoming too large “Marmite” pot which was about a wet). Remove the cinnamon stick and bay foot tall and 9 inches or so in diameter. So
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15 Jan-Feb 2020
Gonsales has been given the gift of three body at any point within three months sets of precious stones with unusual and anointed with a certain local herb, it powers by the Lunar King, Irdonozur, would be joined together again and whilst staying at his palace … perfectly whole within a few hours. After less than a quarter of a moon there I But the chief reason for their blameless was sent back to Pylonas; just in time, for behaviour is that all the people, young if we’d stayed a day or two longer the sun and old, hate all manner of vice and live would have overtaken us before we in such love, peace and friendship so that reached home. Now, it was strange that the society of the moon seems to be after it was known that the great another paradise. Any imperfect beings monarch Irdonozur had honoured me are discerned at their birth, and as no one with such gifts, the Lunars respected me is put to death, they are sent away to the far more than before. My guardians Earth (although I have no idea how) and became much more open with me about are changed for other children before the government of their world so I learnt, they can do anything amiss. They have to partly from them and partly from Pylonas, be kept there for a while before the all I will tell you on the matter. changing to allow their colour to alter to So, O Readers, a taste of their society. ours. The normal destination for these They have had no thieves or children is a certain high hill in North whoremongers amongst them for at least America, whose people I can easily a thousand years as they have all that believe are descended from them – partly they need: food grows everywhere from their colour, and partly because without anyone having to work for it, the they continually use tobacco, of which Superiors provide clothes and housing the Lunars are inordinately fond. and anything else they might require. Sometimes, the Lunars mistake their aim, They do have to do a little work for this, and the changeling children alight in but it is more like playing, and they do it Christendom, or Asia, or Africa, but this is with pleasure. seldom. Some years ago, I read some stories confirming the dispersal of Lunar Their women are all of perfect beauty and children on earth, especially one chapter once a man has known a woman, he will of William of Newburgh’s History of never desire another. As for murder, it English Affairs, which tells of the Green has never been heard of - it is not even Children of St Martins’ Land. There are possible, as there is no wound that others but I, Domingo Gonsales, care cannot be cured. They assured me – and I nothing for others’ testimonies. I can give do believe it – that even if a man’s head proof of all I tell and remove all doubt. were cut off, if it were put back on his
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There are no lawyers on the moon as When he dreams, Godwin’s old, bloating contention is stopped before it even body is weightless. He floats free of the starts. With no crime there need be no earth as if buoyed by a force he cannot execution of justice. They have no see just as Gonsales’ Gansas rested in the physicians – they never eat badly, their air. If he wakes alone and uncomfortable air is temperate and pure, and I never in the smallest hours, he is not sure heard of any of them fall sick. When the whether his dreams continue, or whether time that nature assigns to them has he is creating again; inventing and been spent, they simply cease to live – imagining how, one day, it might be. How dying painlessly as a candle does when its there might be secrets hidden in rocks and tallow is consumed. minerals and elements that could help a I attended the departure of one of them. man to fly. That could create a source of Despite the happy life he had had, and heat without morning sticks or fallen the multitude of friends and children he wood. That could perhaps light up the would be leaving, as soon as he great nave of Hereford Cathedral with a understood his end to be approaching, he gesture as light as a finger tapping on a prepared a great feast, gathered his wall. He will never see the revelation of favourites and loved ones around him those secrets but he has faith in God to and bade them rejoice with him for he keep pressing man on to greater things: would soon leave the counterfeit science, discoveries, health. Sometimes, pleasures of this world and gain true and he feels God’s disappointment settle upon perfect happiness in the next. I wondered him until he has to kneel in prayer to not so much at his stoicism, but rather at block it out. As Irdonozur gave Gonsales his friends’ reactions. On Earth, we gifts, so has God given Godwin a fine mourn, or pretend to. Here, all rejoiced. brain, an extraordinary imagination. Their dead bodies do not putrefy and are Perhaps God had intended him to be one not buried but kept in certain rooms of the inventers of the future and he has designed for the purpose so most Lunars wasted his brain hiding in this quiet can show their ancestors’ bodies corner of England. Perhaps he could have undecayed for many generations. created light and heat from There is never any rain there, wind or the merest tap change in the air, never summer nor or flick; winter, rather, a perpetual spring. Oh, my perhaps there wife and children! What wrong have you will be a done me to cause my return from the reckoning. happiness of that place?
17 Jan-Feb 2020
Interview with Maureen Williams of the Angel Centre, which provides a base in Worcester for a wide variety of charities. There she oversaw a major
fundraising drive to change it from a factory to a charity centre, an experience that was useful when in 1993, on Doiran’s ordination to the priesthood, she joined
Whitbourne Parish Church.
She kept the commitment to the Angel Centre, now as chairman, which lasts to the present day but found ample opportunity for fund raising at
Whitbourne. She was heavily engaged in the building of the Village Hall and in the provision of affordable housing at Bannercroft, an initiative of the W.I. in I met Maureen in her own home where 1989. she and Doiran have lived for 31 years. A home that has such inspiring views of the From 1996 to 2019 Maureen was an countryside. active member of Whitbourne Parish Council and chaired the committee which She was born in Plymouth and lived in prepared the Neighbourhood Hertfordshire and Surrey before moving Development Plan. All the members of to Whitbourne. the Committee were local residents and Trained as a domestic bursar she worked no fees were paid to outsiders for expert for 9 years at the Royal Free Medical assistance. This was in marked contrast to School and another 9 years at Garnett some local authorities, which incurred College in Roehampton. major financial costs when drafting their Doiran was a Reader in the local parish. N.D.P. In due course the Government With a Roman Catholic neighbour Inspector approved the draft plan with no Maureen, a member of the United significant amendments, and it was Reformed Church, joined the passed in a referendum by an interdenominational group Doiran had overwhelming majority in 2016. set up. He was a widower with two This means, for example, that in teenage children, Mark and Julia, and in considering any new building application 1977 they married. In 1979 their in the parish the County Council must daughter Alison was born and in 1988 consider the N.D.P. until it expires in they arrived in Whitbourne. 2031. Maureen joined the Worcester United Commitment to Whitbourne Church has Reformed Church and became a trustee led to her taking a leading part in
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obtaining vital grant funding for the North that marriage, family life, hobbies and Aisle Addition (2000) and restoration of interests, involvement in village activities the Reredos (2007). She believes the and church occupy her time completely. church must care for the needy and I asked her if there was a fact about her supports various initiatives with that aim, that many people would not know. She at home and abroad. thought for a moment before saying ‘I As a child she read Winnie the Pooh and was going blind when I was 30.’ She has Enid Blyton and was thrilled each spent forty years attending Moorfield’s Christmas to receive her favourite Eye Hospital, the world’s leading specialist Annuals. hospital dealing with her condition. Over She has a variety of creative hobbies and time Maureen’s condition has required interests including reading, sewing, four corneal graft operations. tapestry, gardening and drama, and I asked her to tell me what is the most regrets the closure of the village drama important thing in her life and, without group. hesitation, she replied “Family, children I asked whether they had pets. ‘Norfolk and five grandchildren.’ Terriers,’ she said, ‘our present one is our Everyone I have interviewed has had the fourth.’ same or a similar response to that She has no favourite film and, when I question. I know that answer would be asked her about her favourite kind of included as a part of my reply should I be music she simply said ‘None!’ I surmise asked the same question. Gordon Bailey
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Longlands: Reflections on a Decade I set up Longlands Care Farm ten years ago. Its mission is to provide an alternative environment for learning to young people for whom the conventional classroom just doesn’t work. Looking back if I had known then what I’ve learnt in the last ten years I’m not sure I’d have started! Recently we hosted our 100th student, a fairly typical profile of many of our young people. He’s a child in care, with anxiety, low self esteem, dyslexia and ADHD, and was becoming increasingly difficult in school. Spending two days a week at Longlands, learning and achieving practical tasks – animal care, farm work and help with building the new round house headquarters – in parallel with his school work – we have set him up to succeed. And the other vital piece of the jigsaw is the therapeutic supportive relationships we staff build with the students. He may be here only a few weeks, or he may go on coming for the whole year – we will see what he needs. The care farm started in 2009 with myself, three teenagers and a teaching assistant, twice a week. Longlands now employs five staff, supported by ten volunteers including a fantastic Board of six trustees, and we currently have 14 young people attending each week during term time, with new referrals coming in. We have been working with the same schools for the decade and have built up a reputation for engaging and settling some of their most challenging pupils. I still wonder sometimes about the impact we are having, but most young people love their time here, and many keep in touch, calling in occasionally, or returning to volunteer. Has it been worth it? Our 100th student is now settled and doing well here and much better in school. He has a positive future ahead of him. Yes – it’s worth it. Julia Evans
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20 Jan-Feb 2020
What’s been happening at the shop?
The main news from last month is that the winner of the loyalty card Christmas prize draw was Mrs June Rose, who was the proud recipient of £50 cash, presented by our Chair, Alec Heywood. The next draw will be at Easter, so make sure you get your card swiped every time you spend more than £10. The prize will again be £50 cash or £60 loaded onto your card to spend in the shop. There will be lots more interesting news and promotions as the year progresses, so keep an eye on the shop Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ WhitbourneVillageShop/) and our website (www.whitbournevillageshop.co.uk/)
2020 Chris Roberts Memorial Community Fund The grants scheme will be running in 2020, so keep an eye open for full details when you are in the shop. Just to remind you, grants were awarded last year to support first aid training, the Man in The Moone event and Litter Action Whitbourne. All three were excellent uses for grant money and we encourage anyone with a good idea for a community project to apply this year. Robert and Sarah Lane
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21 Jan-Feb 2020
Dementia Friends Why Become a Dementia Friend? and residential homes. When this Since posting the information on our programme ended I continued to develop Dementia Friends event in January, a few my knowledge and practice, marrying my people have asked for further outdoors arts work and, inspired by information. So, in response… Dementia Adventure, I have been leading outdoor tea dances in Bromyard, Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Friends Leominster and at Longlands Care Farm. programme is the biggest ever initiative to Last year, students from the local high change people’s perceptions of dementia. schools got involved and over 300 people It aims to transform the way the nation of all ages and abilities attended the three thinks, acts and talks about the condition. events. Elders’ responses included: “I Dementia Friends is about learning more enjoyed the company of others, especially about dementia and the small ways you being made welcome by the young can help. From telling friends about people.” “The food and company is good. Dementia Friends to visiting someone you Music and dance are very important.” know living with dementia, it all helps. If you were not able to come to the One in 13 people over the age of 65 will January coffee morning, please get in develop dementia so if you are a touch to learn more about dementia, volunteer at the village shop, help with what it is and the different ways it can village events, visit public venues, travel affect our lives and the many positive on public transport or leave your home ways that we can support people living you are likely to come into contact with with dementia and those who care for someone living with dementia. them. We are here for everyone affected My experience began six years ago while by dementia - alzheimers.org.uk. Get in working with Hereford Courtyard’s touch today. Rachel Freeman Creative Ageing programme, leading [email protected] dance activities and training staff in care Tel. 0787042958
Useful information Herefordshire Council 01432 260000 (all numbers 01886 except where stated) Upper Sapey Village Hall 853512 The Live Inn (Whitbourne) 822276 Worcestershire Council 01905 763763 Knightwick Surgery 821279 Whitbourne Village Hall bookings Great Witley Surgery 01299 896788 (email [email protected]) Clifton-Upon-Teme Primary School Police – West Mercia 0300 3333000 812258 Clifton-upon-Teme Village Hall 812464 Nunwell Surgery, Bromyard 01885 Whitbourne Village Shop 821867 483412 Clifton Upon Teme Village Stores 812303 Bromyard Town Council 01885 482825 Live and Let Live (Bringsty) 821462 Saltmarshe & District Hall 853512
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Church Services (Liturgical colours) Wednesday 22nd January – 9.30am Morning Prayer at Edvin Loach Sunday 26th January – Epiphany 3 (White) 9.30am Holy Communion at Whitbourne Wednesday 29th January – 9.30am Morning Prayer at Wolferlow Sunday 2nd February – Presentation of Christ (Candlemas) (White) 9.30am Morning Praise at Whitbourne 11am Holy Communion at Upper Sapey Wednesday 5th February – 9.30am Morning Prayer at Whitbourne Sunday 9th February – 3 before Lent (Green) 9.30 Holy Communion at Whitbourne Wednesday 12th February – 9.30am Morning Prayer, Tedstone Delamere Sunday 16th February – 2 before Lent (Green) 9.30am Holy Communion at Whitbourne 11am Holy Communion at Tedstone Delamere 3pm HC by Extension at Edvin Loach Wednesday 19th February – 9.30am Morning Prayer at Upper Sapey Sunday 23rd February – Next before Lent (Green) 9.30am Holy Communion at Whitbourne 3pm Child-friendly “Pancakes” service at Tedstone Delamere Wednesday 26th February – Ash Wednesday (Purple/Lent Array) 11am Holy Communion with Ashing at Whitbourne 12 noon Lent Lunch at Whitbourne Sunday 1st March – Lent 1 (Purple/Lent Array) 9.30am Morning Praise at Whitbourne 11am Holy Communion at Upper Sapey Please check the parish website (www.whitbourne.org.uk) for last minute changes. Edvin Loach: St Mary, HR7 4PW; Tedstone Delamere: St James, HR7 4PS; Upper Sapey: St Michael & All Angels, WR6 6XR: Whitbourne: St John the Baptist, WR6 5RS Interim Minister—Revd Dawn Hyett, 01885 483747; [email protected]
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ADVERTISING DIRECTORY Advertising opportunities and rates Index Advertisements are intended for local 25 Animals and pets service providers, retailers and clubs and 25-27 Building services (surveying, should comply with the ethos of the groundworks) Magazine. 27 Cars Annual advertising rates are £75 and £40 for 27 Catering quarter and eighth page adverts 27 Education respectively. 28 Funeral services Other advertising opportunities are 28– 29 Garden services (tree surgeons) available - full details at 29-31 Hobbies, Health and beauty www.whitbourne.org.uk/AdGuide.pdf 31 Going out (cafés, pubs, theatre) The Magazine cannot be held responsible 31-37 Home (bathroom, kitchen & for goods or services advertised herein. conservatory, chimney sweep, Enquiries to the Editor, Mark Powell, 01886 cleaning, computers & TV, drainage, 821121 [email protected] heating, interior design, painting & decorating, pest control, plumbing, electrical, carpentry, security, window cleaning) 38 Shopping 38 Taxis 38 Travel
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TANGA IN TOUCH
Many thanks to everybody who contributed to our Christmas Appeal, which goes towards school uniform etc. for the orphans of Tanga, in Tanzania. The total comes to £750, including £230 raised by David Howell in and around Ross. Here is the report from Hosea Tulole in Tanga, who looks after the distribution of the Street Children money. Tanga in Touch Street Children Report for 2019. Academics About 5 children have selected to join Govern- ment Secondary School, amongst is John Domi- nic who performed the best one in his class. John is from Kisosora North street, located no. 3 on the December’s food distribution form. We have included John on the list of Christmas appeal, even though Street Children project and Christmas Appeal are separate entities but we thought it would motivate him to get Uniforms and Shoes when he goes for his new School. Glory Clemency from Amboni Street performed best in her standard five exams, while Lucy Erasto is managing better and better in form two. The above children have performed outstandingly, but even the rest are doing nice. Nobody knows the destination of these children perhaps some will become ministers or ambassadors! They will be talking about this assistance where ever they go testifying that they have become what they are because of you, as they were once wandering in the streets searching for food des- pised with no hope but you came for their rescue. Health: You will find that children’s health status have positively changed, unlike in the past when most of them were dietary sick, suffered from malnutrition, leaned, some cachectic and depressed. Visit and Follow up: The children were very happy also to find that you care and visit them whenever you have such opportunity, this happened when Rev. David Howell came in Sept. 2019, though they were eager and expecting also to see the person with the name Brenda Allan! Thanks: Children, Local leaders, parents or Guardians sends their warm love to you for what you did for the last 12 months to supply food to children for the whole year 2019. ------I should have gone in September, but was prevented by a bad back. I hope to visit again later this year. Brenda Allan