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Higher Farm, Sutton, Nr Ditcheat, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 6QF Opening hours Mon-Sat: 7.30am to 6.30pm For Tool Hire & Repairs. Tel 01749 860199: Mobile 07771632221 How To Find Us Turn off the A371 Castle Cary to Shepton Mallet road, between Moff Motors and The Brook House Inn, and then t ake t he first t urning left t o Sutt on. Follow this road unt il you see our signs on the right, and then turn right. Hope to see you soon! 2 This Mont h The Editor’s Letter Advertisers Index 62 Alhampton Inn 7 Alhampton News 6 One hundred years since the end of The Great War and Avoid Being Scammed 10 there are plenty of local opportunities for you to Baby & Toddlers 14 remember the sacrifices of the generation involved in British Legion 40 the carnage. And maybe to reflect on the fact that, for Christmas Bingo 25 all the idealists’ hopes that it would be a ‘war to end all Christmas Coffee Morning 23 Church Services 32 wars’ - no one could imagine waste on such a scale Diary dates 4 happening again – given the bloodier conflict less than Directo ry 60 three decades later, and the fighting in the Middle East Ditcheat Big Screen 11 and elsewhere continuing today, it could perhaps more Ditcheat Book Group 48 accurately have been described as a ‘peace to end all Ditcheat Church Rota 58 peace.’ It would seem humans are ineluctably bellicose. Ditcheat PC Notes 49 Ditche at Schoo l 8 th Ditcheat Weather 26 At East Pennard Village Hall, on the 8 , there is an Early Christmas Greeting 48 illustrated talk on WW1 by local historian Adrian Pearse EP Church Rota 58 and, on the 10th, a Pop-Up Museum and Tea Party EP Hall News 22 where the community art project to commemorate the Friends of Ditcheat Sch 9 soldiers of the village – a ‘field of fingerprint poppies’ - Ga rdening 56 Ga rdening C lub 57 will be unveiled (P23). Ho me Libra ry Se rvic e 15 Letter from the Bishop 44 The Remembrance Parade and Service will be held at Letter from the Front 36 Ditcheat on Sunday, 11th, accompanied by a display of Men's Breakfast 14 memorabilia in the Jubilee Hall (P41). If you have any Mothers' Union 18 Natural World 16 personal keepsakes you would be happy to share they One Hundred Club 6 would be most welcome. Pylle has a Winter Warmer Pennard Pop-up Pub 23 Remembrance Lunch in the Village Hall on Sunday 11th Pte. Harry Tidball 34 (P25). Pylle News 28 Quiz Night 25 And to get a personal description of a Tommie’s life Rector's Note 33 Rendezvous 27 read ‘Letters from the Front’, page 36. Safe Families 15 School Admissions 9 In reflective mood. Skittles at Ditcheat 44 SM Market 5 Village Lunch 14 Margy Cockburn Tim Sanders Waste Not, Want Not 57 Wheelbarrow Harvest 46 www.fossetrinitynews.co.uk Wildlife Group Update 30 Winter Warmer Lunch 25 WW1 Centenary Event 24 WW1 in 3D 24 Front cover: Soldiers at the Front Please send your cover photos to [email protected] 3 Dates for your Diary Regular Events Weekly Monthly Pilates (9.00) Linda 860067 Baby and Toddler (9.30-11.00) Sally 860304 Mon Tai Chi for Health (10.30) Richard 880308 Ditcheat Badminton Club (8.30) James 860355 Ditcheat and Pylle Singers (7.00) Di 07831 289945 2nd Rendezvous (10.00) Linda 860067 Tue 1st 3rdDitcheat Art Group (10.00) Liz & Stewart 860755 Ditcheat Badminton Club (2.00) Gaye 860081 Wed Ditcheat Short Mat Bowls (7.00) Martin 860780 Ditcheat and Pylle Singers (7.00) Di 07831 289945 Keep Fit (9.15) Linda 860067 Thu 1st Alhamptonians (8.15) Louisa 860252 3rd Skittles at Ditcheat Manor House Inn 860276 Fri 2ndFolk Dance Club (7.30) Ama 672911 2nd Sat Men’s Breakfast Roger 860551 (Oct+Nov) 1st November 2018 Thurs 1st 8.15 pm Alhamptonians, Alhampton Inn Louisa 860252 P5 Thurs 8th 7.30 pm WW1 in 3D, Adrian Pearce, EP Vil. Hall Anna 860347 P24 Mothers’ Union, Baltonsborough Thurs 8th 2.30pm Jill P19 Church Fri 9th 7.30 pm Friends of Ditcheat School Quiz Night P6 Sat 10th 2.00 pm WW1 Pop-up Museum, EP Vil. Hall Kim 850789 P24 Remembrance Sunday Lunch, Pylle V Sun 11th 1.00 pm Joanna 838757 P25 Hall Tue 13th 10.00 am Rendezvous, Jubilee Hall Linda 860067 P27 Fosseway Gardening Club, Pylle Vil. Tue 13th 7.30 pm Barbara 860438 P57 Hall Jon P43 Tues 13th 2.00pm British Legion, Charlie’s 01458 850241 Thurs 15th 7.00 pm Ditcheat Big Screen – The Bookshop Anne 860444 P12 Sat 17th 8.00pm Pennard Pop-up Pub, EP Village Hll Monica 860519 P23 Tue 27th 12.30 pm Village Lunch, Jubilee Hall Jessica 860205 P15 Further Ahead Sat 1st Dec 7.00pm Quiz Night, Pylle Village Hall Marilyn 831186 P25 Tues 4th Dec 6.30pm Christmas Bingo, Jubilee Hall P25 Wed 5th Dec 3.15 pm Christmas Craft Fair, Ditcheat School P6 Sat 8th Dec 10.00am Christmas Coffee Morning, EP Vill Hall Anna 860347 P23 4 5 Alhampton News Good news from the pub. They are at the moment in the throes of refurbishing the kitchen and doing so thoroughly, which is why it’s taking longer than you might think necessary. Look out for information about food starting again. As Christmas approaches remember the now traditional singing of carols and other Christmas songs in the pub on Christmas Eve. We usually start about 6.30 and it lasts for about half an hour or so – or as long as our voices last. Hopefully this allows children to come along and those with a lot still to do a chance to have a break before getting back to work. There will be more news in the December edition but make a note. Haddon Wood has been looking lovely lately and many of us have had the opportunity to gather some luscious blackberries well away from the roads. Thank you to all those who work so hard to keep it looking so good. Incidentally, the other day, driving past one of the parking areas near the rugby club, I saw three bright yellow poo bags lying on the ground. It was good of the dog owner to pick it up I suppose but did they think the good fairies would come along and dispose of them? Actually by the time I came back, intending to stop and do something about them, they had disappeared so obviously somebody – probably more solid than a fairy – had cleared them up. Thank you to them, too. Congratulations to Linda Stalley on holding a very successful coffee morning for Macmillan the other day. Yes, people are generous but it needs someone to do the organising. Alhamptonians meet on 1st November if you are free and interested. Louisa Oborne 100 Club Winners October’s winners are:- Ball 19 £100 Linda & Marcus Wyburn-Mason Ball 54 £50 Lucy Ford Ball 8 £25 Paul Barber 6 The Alhampton Inn Following a changing of the guard in June it has been a busy summer at the Alhampton Inn. You might have noticed a few changes but there have been plenty more that are out of sight. The steady stream of trade vehicles that has been outside the pub over the last few months have been upgrading electrics, sweeping chimneys, checking the gas supply, making sure that everything is up to regulations as well as waging war on the Virginia creeper (twice) and taming the garden. We have just finished refurbishing the manager's accommodation (new bedroom and bathroom), removed the redundant mobile home (no intention of replacing it) and built a new smoking shelter to the side of the pub to replace the previous iteration that was there. At the time of writing we are closed for a few days as the old kitchen is being stripped out and the kitchen area made ready to receive a new trade kitchen. We hope to be fully installed and ready for our first service by the end of November. Because we have been unable to serve food during the summer we have put a pool table in the dining area. This is temporary and the pool table will be removed once new the kitchen is up and running. For those Ronnie O'Sullivan's out there, you need to get your games in before the end of the month. We have also cleared out the stables and back field filling a number of skips with items that have accumulated over the years. Most unusual items found to date being an inflatable dingy (under the hedge) and Terry's fireman wellies. Thank you to everyone who has continued to support the Alhampton Inn during the summer months. It has been great to see you and also to welcome new faces. Our plan is to nurture the pub and to make sure that it recaptures its former glories. We hope that the local community will continue to be supportive of that and to come in and see Chris and the team for a drink (or two) and very shortly for something to eat as well. Julian and Clare Mant 7 Ditcheat School We have had a busy month at school. Bikeability A group of five Year 6 children at Ditcheat Primary School braved the wind and rain to complete their Bikeability course. The course ensures that the children have the practical skills to be out on the roads today.