North Cotswold Villages Childswickham, Murcot, Broadway and Leedons Parks, Aston Somerville, Willersey, Hinton in the Green, and Bretforton
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY see inside for more details • Sunday, 25th February Fleecy Folk: Damien O’Kane band at the Fleece Inn 8.00pm • Saturday, 3rd March Wedding Fayre at the Fleece Inn 10.00am • Taste and Tour evening at the Fleece 5.45pm • Saturday, 10th March Wedding fayre at Evesham Town Hall 11.30am • Sunday, 11th March MOTHER’S DAY • Sunday, 11th March Cheltenham Festival Preview at the Fleece Inn 7.00pm • Tuesday, 13th—Friday, 16th March Cheltenham Festival • Saturday, 17th March STEAMCHICKEN live at the Fleece Inn 8.00pm • Sunday, 18th March Fleecy Folk: Siobhan Miller at the Fleece Inn 8.00pm http://www.village-news.org.uk Send emails to [email protected] Visit the Childswickham website http://www.childswickham.org.uk
Next issue April 2018 Deadline March 10th 2018 Village News MARCH 2018 Childswickham Church St Mary the Virgin Joan Barnet, Churchwarden 01386 858309 Carol Strotten, Churchwarden 01386 852312 Services in March at 10.30am. Prayer and praise on 1st and 3rd Sunday. Holy Communion on 2nd (Revd H K Nicholls ) 4th Sunday (Revd R Pestell).
Come and join us as we share together in worship and fellowship.
Wednesday, 28th at 12 noon Passover Seder. Come and be inspired by taking part in a re-enactment of the Passover meal which Jesus ate with his friends the night before he died. Lunch included. Revd Jean Herrick, who has much experience, having lived in Israel, will be teaching us about the Seder Meal. Please see Carol Strotten (Churchwarden) or phone 852312 to book your seat at the Passover table.
Good Friday, 30th March A short service to remember our Lord’s sacrifice for all. Easter Sunday, 1st April Canon David Williams. Come and join us as we celebrate the Lord’s resurrection together.
Advanced notice for April 8th Annual Parish Church Council meeting following the morning service. If you wish to vote on any items on the agenda please make sure your name is on St Mary’s Electoral Roll. Forms available from Carol.
Cleaning Contacts Childswickham Coffee Rota
Feb 23rd Mr & Mrs E Watts Joan Barnett, Churchwarden 858309 Feb 25th Brenda Wadsworth Mar 4th Margaret Flanagan Mar 2nd/9th Mrs P Hackett Carol Strotten, Churchwarden 852312 Mar 11th Carol Strotten & Mrs A Kirk Mar 18th Susan Morris
Mar 25th Mary Burfitt Mar 16th/23rd Mrs Saville Bell ringers: Mar 30th/Apr 6th Tower Captain, Graham Lee Mrs Stephenson & Mrs Hawkins 01386 858422
The Great Daffodil Appeal www.mariecurie.org.uk
Here is an opportunity to support a really worthwhile cause. March brings us the annual Marie Curie’s Great Daffodil Appeal, and volunteers are always needed for collections. Could you help?
Founded in 1986, the Appeal helps fund Marie Curie nurses to care at home for people living with any kind of terminal illness. In 2013/14, Marie Curie was able to support 40,844 people living with a terminal illness.
People cared for by Marie Curie Nurses are three times less likely to be admitted to hospital in an emergency at the end of their lives. Seven out of 10 people cared for by Marie Curie Nurses are able to die in their own homes.
That daffodil time of year
O how I love, as poets do That time when skies turn deeper blue, And all can know the vernal thrills Of landscapes filled with daffodils.
I love to spend a pleasing hour Admiring nature’s golden flower; That trumpet shape, enhanced by dew That vibrant, cheering yellow hue!
No better herald of the spring No flower can more pleasure bring; And spirits crushed by winter’s ills Are lifted by the daffodils!
By Nigel Beeton
Next issue April 2018 Deadline March 10th 2018 Village News MARCH 2018
Amazing grace
You will not have heard of Ian Squire: or you have, but you have forgotten! He was the Missionary Optician from Surrey who, along with three others, was kidnapped in a remote village of Nigeria, last October, an event widely reported on the News and in the Press. Being where he was implied courage: what he did showed initiative – collecting glasses from the lost property department at Heathrow Airport and, by developing a solar powered lens grinding machine, enabling his clinics to make spectacles on the spot: a sort of Vision Express for the developing world.
All this was brought to a sudden halt with the kidnapping by a gang of terrorists who were well known in the Niger Delta. His life ended when, having been handed his acoustic guitar by his captors, he was shot as he played ‘Amazing grace.’
Ian Squire was not part of any frontline Aid agency: he was an optician who, alongside two doctors and an optometrist was the ‘below the radar’ of Christian mission and service. Ian worked under the banner of ‘Mission for Vision.’ His doctor colleagues with ‘New Foundations.’
Their work, unseen and unsung, has made a difference. Quite apart from improved vision for many people, child mortality rates in the area were around 45%. They have reduced that to 2%. Even the local witch doctors have taken notice of that.
Last month, the clinic re-opened in the village of Enekorogha. The three remaining returned – to find that locals are naming their babies ‘Ian’ in memory of Ian Squire. Not many of us in this highly privileged village any longer bother with the church, or the gospel it proclaims. But for those who do, we should feel honoured to be associated with the people like Ian Squire who, seeking nothing for themselves and without honour in the public eye, serve ‘the Master’ with the whole of their lives, even to the end. Ioannus
Leave it Alone In my tiny front garden I have a shrub. I don’t know its name, but it has won a place in my life-long affections. Recommended about six years ago by a horticulturalist friend, it has produced every summer a magnificent array of splendid red blooms, much admired by my neighbours. They always ask what it is, but I can’t remember – I must find out the next time I’m in touch with her. In the Autumn it’s an absolute mess for a couple of months, dead leaves, stalks and trailing branches everywhere. However, ‘just leave it alone’ I had been told, and very willingly I have.
The reward has been the astonishing sight of new shoots in early Spring, and eventually, in late May, the return of my beautiful bush and its glorious flowers.
‘Just leave it alone’ – Oh, the joy of that advice to a non-gardener. I could be an expert at just leaving things alone, like little Bo-peep in the nursery rhyme: ‘Leave them alone, and they will come home, bringing their tails behind them’. Sometimes the Creator really does know best.
Join the Public!
‘When I arrived at the scene, a member of the public was assisting the victim’. We all recognize that as ‘police-speak’. To a police officer the world consists of other officers, paramedics, members of the armed forces and this mysterious identity, ‘member of the public’.
I’m one, and so probably are you. But when did I join? And what exactly is this club I belong to? I know what ‘public’ is – public toilets, public houses, public right of way. But all of those mean ‘for everybody’. How does one join ‘everybody’?
It can get odder. The word ‘public’ derives from the amalgamation of two Latin words: ‘people’ and ‘adult’. So was I automatically enrolled as a ‘member of the public’ when I was born, or when I became an adult? I’m very happy to be a member of the public (along with all the other bodies I voluntarily belong to). But it would help to know what the terms and conditions of membership are, and what the subscription is. The Leedons’ Day Trippers Group
Our 2018 National Trust events and visits starts off with an illustrated presentation by Sarah Malleson, Head Gardener at the National Trust’s Hidcote Manor Gardens, explaining her role in this wonderful Arts and Crafts garden created by American Lawrence Johnstone. Wednesday, February 7th, at 7pm in Leedons Hall, Leedons Park, Childswickham Road. Tickets £2 to include light refreshments.
Monday, April 16th Lacock Abbey, Chippenham. Monday, May 14th Calke Abbey, Derbyshire. Monday, July 9th The Workhouse, Nottinghamshire.
Details and booking forms from Dave Bruton 18 Aston Road, Leedons Park 853148
Next issue April 2018 Deadline March 10th 2018 Village News MARCH 2018 Day Time Activity Contact Monday 9.30am–11.30am Baby and Toddler Group Lizzie Ellis 07834365441 Jen 07935 401598 6.30pm–9pm Carpet Bowls Robert Simms 01386 853752
Tuesday 9.15-10.15am Keep Fit Tess 01386 858796 10.30-12.00noon Yoga Aston Colley 01386 870893 6 pm-8 pm Puppy Training Sue 07857 277184 Wednesday 10am- 12.00noon Quilting Georgina 01242 820423 2pm – 4pm Evergreens 2nd/4th week of month Dawn Bindoff 01386 858769 7pm – 9pm WI (1st & last week) Innes Cole 01386 852740
Thursday 7pm – 9pm Dancing Ballroom Kleo Tanner 01386 858905 7pm – 9pm Parish Council (not April, June, August and December 01684 773236
Friday 9am-12noon Art Group Claire Watson [email protected] 10am-12noon U3A winter months only nd 2 Friday Charges Main Hall Residents £6.50 Non Residents £11.50 Helen’s Room Resident £6.50 Non Residents £11.50 Snooker Residents £4.50 Non Residents £5.00 For more information and to make a booking please contact Anne Wood 01386 854955 See web site for Rules and Conditions http://www.childswickham.org.uk
Childswickham WI
WI members enjoying lunch at the House of the Open Door in January.
Our speaker on Wednesday, 7th February was Ginnie Meakin, the owner of Cotswold Vale Alpacas which can be found near the A46 in Sedgeberrow.
Ginnie started by telling us how she built up the business from scratch. She started with a piece of unfenced land with no buildings and now has a herd of 36 alpacas and a flourishing diversified business.
Alpacas are part of the camel family and originate from South America. There are 2 types of alpaca and Ginnie has both. Huacaya are the big fluffy ones and the rarer Suri have a fleece that hangs down in ringlets. Alpacas are bred for their soft warm fleece which contains no lanolin and therefore produces an excellent hypoallergenic fibre.
Ginnie brought with her a spinning wheel and she demonstrated the carding and spinning of the fleece. She also had samples of different coloured fleeces and several knitted items and wool for sale.
Not only do they breed alpacas but they also provide alpacas for different occasions such as weddings, care home and hospital visits and by arrangement, the public can visit the farm, feed the animals and take them for a walk.
This was a truly fascinating talk which gave us a good insight into the history,needs, personality and behaviour of these gentle creatures. Anyone interested in finding out more about The Cotswold Vale Alpacas can visit their website: www.cotswoldvalealpacas.co.uk
Next issue April 2018 Deadline March 10th 2018 Village News MARCH 2018 The first age is learning at school, the second is learning at work and the third age is when that is over and you can learn whatever you like. Our name can be misleading. We are not remotely like university students. We do not sit exams. It is all about friendship, keeping active in body and mind, and enjoying our leisure hours in ways that our parents would have envied.
Membership is only £22 a year for a couple or £12 for individual. A general open meeting is held at Willersey Village Hall on 2nd Thursday of each month from 2.00pm and usually finishes by 4.00pm. Our Open meetings are open to visitors. We welcome a donation of £2.00 for members and non members.
Groups meet throughout the week, mornings and afternoons, at this hall or other determined places. As usual there is the web site for more information. http://u3asites.org.uk
Next Open meeting Thursday, 8th March at 2.00pm
Speaker: Poet Peter Wyton
His poetry appears on a monthly basis in the Cotswold Life Magazine and he also presents from time to time on Radio Gloucestershire. Some of his poetry may touch on serious subjects but in general his aim is to entertain and amuse.
For Your Information - correspondence received from Revd Ward, Priest in charge at Broadway.
I'd like to take this opportunity to inform you that in November 2016 the PCC (Parochial Church Council) received a letter, a Section 20 (5) of the Endowments and Glebe measure 1976, informing us that there is 32 acres of Glebe land in Broadway which the diocese wish to promote. As you can see from the map - the land is from the bridge on Station Road as you go out of the village on your left or on Childswickham Road to the right as you leave the village. Under this measure ownership of the glebe passed from the parish (i.e. the PCC) to the diocese and is vested to the Diocese of Worcester board of finance - under the oversight of the Glebe and Investments Committee.
The PCC sent a letter back asking for more information and objecting to this plan also asking for a meeting with someone from the diocese. (We found out that promoting land essentially means selling it.)
In March 2017 The Churchwardens met with members of the Parish Council, Broadway Trust and The Archdeacon of Worcester to express their concerns about selling glebe land for development.
In October 2017 the PCC were informed of the need to write formally if they wished to object to the land being promoted - which we did and advised the Parish Council and Broadway Trust of this, we believe they did the same.
I have now been informed that on 13th December 2017 the Diocesan Glebe and Investments Committee met and decided they still wished to promote the 32 acres of Glebe land in Broadway and because we've formally objected, paperwork with our representations are being sent to the Church Commissioners to consider.
I will write and update you when I have more news and I ask that we hold this issue in our prayers.
Yours in Christ Shellie
Editor: if you have concerns about the sale of this land and possible development please contact Childswickham and Broadway Parish Councils asap. The next meeting of Childswickham PC is on Thursday, 29th March at 7.00pm in the Memorial Hall.
Next issue April 2018 Deadline March 10th 2018 Village News MARCH 2018 Broadway Station Progress A significant event occurred on 23 December 2017 when the railway’s track gang laid the final rails to connect Broadway with the rest of the railway, and brought their engineering train carefully into the station. This received media coverage, including in the Evesham Journal. The train will be making several more visits to drop ballast before the tamping machine makes the final adjustments to allow the railway to run public trains.
The clock is counting down the time until Good Friday, 30 March 2018 when the first public trains since 1960 will run in and out of Broadway station. The railway’s volunteers and contractors are working hard to be ready for the big day, and the station is a hive of activity. At the beginning of February the kerbing and fencing beside the driveway footpath was complete, and paving slabs were being laid on the platform under the canopy. On the forecourt side granite kerbstones were being laid to replicate the original appearance of the station. Some of these kerbstones are originals, recovered on the site, and others have been sourced from a reclamation yard.
During March there will be a number of test trains running into the station, and on two days there will be special trains giving our volunteers and major supporters a preview of the run from Toddington to Broadway. For us 30 March is the big day we have been working for over the last nine years and it is sure to be an emotional time. However, for now facilities at the station will be limited. The booking hall and toilets will be ready for use, but there will be no refreshment facilities on the station. There will be no public parking available at the station and it is recommended that visitors should park in Broadway village or start their journey from Toddington or Cheltenham. All disabled visitors are encouraged to park at Toddington Station. However, looking further ahead, the good news is that the railway has reached an agreement with Wychavon District Council that they will construct and run a car park on the land on the Evesham side of the embankment between Evesham Road and Childswickham Road. It is planned to be operational by the late summer of this year.
‘RETURN TO BROADWAY’ EVENT: Good Friday 30 March to Easter Monday 2 April. Over the 4-day Easter period It is expected to be very busy and, although we are adding trains and an extra carriage to each of our trains, we cannot guarantee a seat. Please arrive early if you wish to travel with us. There will be a complimentary classic Routemaster bus service operating between Broadway village and the station. The first bus will depart from the War Memorial in the centre of the village at 09:00, via the car park in the Childswickham Road at 09:05 to arrive at the Caravan Club site opposite the station at 09:10. The bus will repeat this journey every 20 minutes throughout the day. This will give visitors, whether joining the train at Broadway or one of our other stations, an opportunity to visit the village. It is expected that local and national media will be very interested in both the railway and the village, over the Easter period. The special timetable for this event is the same as the Red/Green timetable in the railway’s regular 2018 timetable, with the addition of an earlier departure from Broadway (and Cheltenham) at 09:40 on each of the four days. Timetables are available in the TIC and many of the pubs and cafes in the village.
‘WARTIME IN THE COTSWOLDS’ EVENT: Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 April. This is a popular event in the railway’s calendar, and this year are delighted that following the opening of the railway’s extension to Broadway, villagers and local businesses will be entering into the spirit of the occasion. An intensive steam train service will operate between Cheltenham Race Course Station and Toddington and there will be a regular diesel railcar shuttle service (1950s time- warp!) between Toddington and Broadway, with a vintage bus service running to the village. Please note that the parking restrictions as given above will also apply for this event. While for this year the main activities will be staged at the railway’s other stations, on Sunday 29 April, and new for this year, our three special guests, "King George V1", "General Montgomery" and "Winston Churchill" will come to Broadway village in a ‘vintage convoy’ at approximately 2.45pm to deliver speeches on the Green. Liz Eyre, District Councillor and Chairman of Wychavon District Council, will greet the King's party with a welcome speech. There will be a 1940's big band and a 1940's tea stall with tea, coffee and cakes. Villagers are encouraged to dress in 1940's costume and to bring a picnic for the afternoon. There will also be a display of vehicles from the period by the War Memorial. We also understand there will be a competition for the best dressed window display.
More details of these two events can be found at www.gwsr.com and www.broadway-cotswolds.co.uk
For those of you with internet access who want to keep abreast of progress on a regular basis, a blog detailing our work at the station can be found at: http://broadwaystationgroup.blogspot.co.uk and a blog giving details of the tracklaying can be found at: http:// broadwayextensionblog.blogspot.co.uk John Blofield
An excellent New Year’s Resolution for everybody Here is something very easy, and very good, for you to do this year: simply eat more slowly. It could save your life. Recent research in Japan has found that diners who gobble their food quickly are five times more likely to develop metabolic syndrome, the name for a cluster of dangerous health problems such as high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity. Those of us who eat quickly are also more than three times more likely to gain weight. Scientists believe that eating quickly prevents the brain from noticing when the body has taken in too many calories. Unused calories are then stored as fat, which places pressure on the heart. Eating fast also appears to cause spikes of blood sugar, which can stop insulin from working effectively. Metabolic syndrome affects one in four adults in Britain. Next issue April 2018 Deadline March 10th 2018 Village News MARCH 2018 So you think English is easy? Read on: 1) The bandage was wound around the wound. 2) The farm was used to produce produce. 3) We must polish the Polish furniture. 4) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert. 5) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present. 6) A sea bass was painted on the head of the bass drum. Mothers and Mothering The American invention, “Mother’s Day”, will be celebrated on Sunday, 11th March, though the cards, boxes of chocolates and reservations for deliveries of flowers will be in the shops long before. It’s a very nice idea, as most of us love our mothers dearly and welcome a chance to celebrate their importance in our lives.
I say “American invention”, because long before Mother’s Day there was a Christian event, marked nowadays in the Church Calendar, with the title ‘Mothering Sunday’. It’s still widely observed in churches on the fourth Sunday of Lent, and yes, that’s 11th March, too.
The difference between them is subtle but profound. ‘Mother’s Day’ is about who she is, particularly in our lives. ‘Mothering Sunday’, as its rather awkward name implies, is about a quality which we recognise in mothers but can be present elsewhere – to ‘mother’ someone.
We have all needed mothering, from time to time, and not simply when we were tiny and helpless, literally dependent on our mothers for our sustenance and survival. During the years of the last War I was ‘mothered’ by my grandmother. Sometimes a friend acts in this role for us, when we feel lonely or helpless. ‘Mothering’ means caring deeply, sustaining, supporting, whatever the cost.
On ‘Mothering Sunday’ we celebrate so much more than our own beloved mums. We celebrate the whole glorious notion of care, compassion and nurture. And of that care, very often our own mothers are the very best examples. David Winter
When two plus one = loneliness MOTHER AND TODDLER GROUP Becoming a parent is a wonderful thing, but it does bring enormous changes to your life. A new baby can take up so much Now meeting on Monday mornings time that it seems that half of all new mothers and fathers admit to from 9.30am until 11.30am feeling lonely, cut off from their friends and colleagues, and even family. in Childswickham Village Hall.
Recent research by Action for Children and Mumsnet found that Cost £2 per session ‘having a baby changes your life in many ways, not all of them as joyful as you might expect.’ And so, a new twitter campaign, Contact #startswithhello is encouraging people to offer a ‘hello’ coffee or Lizzie 07834365441 playdate to new parents in their neighbourhood. or Jen 07935401598
These may be funny, embarrassing, and…oh, just read them yourself. Enjoy, and share them with someone who needs a laugh!
The English test had only one question: ‘Write an essay on “The Most Beautiful Thing I Ever Saw.”’ One of
the students finished his essay in less than a minute. It read in its entirety: "The most beautiful thing I ever saw
was just too beautiful for words." He got the only A in the class.
My boss was always keen to motivate us to come up with bright ideas. One day, in the men’s room, he placed a sign directly above the sink. It had a single word on it: "THINK!" It obviously inspired somebody, because the next day, right below it, and immediately above the soap dispenser, someone had carefully lettered another sign. It read simply: "THOAP!"
Today, I was in the bathroom at a popular coffee chain. Someone had written "What Would Jesus Do?" on the wall. Another person had added, directly underneath: "Wash His hands." Then a third person wrote, "And your feet." S M I L E L I M S Grandfather noticed his five year old granddaughter out in the garden brushing the family dog’s teeth. When he asked her what in the world she was doing, she replied quickly: “I’m brushing Sooty’s teeth. But don’t worry, Grand-pa – I’ll put your toothbrush back, like I always have.”
Next issue April 2018 Deadline March 10th 2018 Village News MARCH 2018 LOCAL WALKS WITH THE COTSWOLDS VOLUNTARY WARDENS March 2018
The Ebrington Boundary Stones – Friday 9th March - Strenuous The third of a series of walks based on the boundary stones erected to commemorate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. This walk will visit the final stone marking the boundary between Quinton and Ebrington and revisiting others. Please bring a packed lunch. 5.5 hours: 11 miles. Start: 10:00 am Mickleton church. OS Map ref SP 162 435.
Snowshill (the rest of it) – Thursday 15th March - Moderate We know all about the Manor but there is an interesting parish around it, from Bronze Age and Iron Age remains to (relatively) modern quarrying. Bring suitable refreshment. 3 hours: 6 miles. Start: 10:00am Snowshill village car park (free), next to NT car cark for the manor. OS Map ref SP 096 340.
Windrush and Wardens Way Circular – Walk 1 – Thursday 22nd March - Moderate This is the first in a series of four circular walks encompassing the Windrush and Wardens Ways. This walk takes us out on the Wardens Way to Roel Gate, returning via the Windrush Way. We should get wonderful views down the Sudeley valley. Bring a packed lunch. 4.5 hours: 8 miles. Start: 10:00 am Winchcombe Back Lane car park (pay & display £1 per day). OS Map ref SP 094 375.
PLEASE use appropriate footwear as some walks may be steep and muddy in places. EASY - Length may vary but terrain is mainly flat (level); MODERATE - includes some hills and rough ground. STRENUOUS – may be rough underfoot and ascents and descents may be steep. We welcome guide and hearing dogs - sorry, others not allowed.
Walks are free although we do invite donations to help fund our conservation and improvement work.
The Wardens run a full programme of guided walks throughout the Cotswolds. For more information see www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk or Tel: 01451 862000, also for any changes to arrangements such as due to extreme weather.
Yoga to Relax & Revive
Gentle movement and relaxation. Beginners welcome.
Childswickham Village Hall Tuesdays 10.30-12.00pm,
Bretforton Village Hall Tuesdays 6.30-8.00pm.
Broadway Lifford Hall Wednesdays 7.00-8.30pm.
Enquiries Aston Colley 01386 870893 www.unwind-yoga.co.uk
Sudoku 10
Each line, column and square must contain the numbers 1 to 9.
Next issue April 2018 Deadline March 10th 2018 Village News MARCH 2018 CRACKERS — a Quiz today. Each answer begins with the letters STAR. Do you know the answers? 1. a beginning 2. a bird 3. the right side of a ship 4. used to stiffen washing 5. surprising 6. what is Patrick, SpongeBob
Squarepants friend?
6.Starfish Startling 5.
Starch 4. Starboard 3.
Starling 2. Start 1.
Where in our world is this? Happy Mother’s Day
Next issue April 2018 Deadline March 10th 2018 Village News MARCH 2018 St Peter’s Church, Hinton on the Green Services: 2nd Sunday at 6pm 4th Sunday at 11.15am St Mary’s Church, Aston Somerville A service of Holy Communion is held on the 2nd Sunday of alternate months at 4pm.
St Michael & All Angels, Broadway Sundays 1st, 2nd 4th Parish Communion 10.30am 2nd & 4th Holy Communion (BCP Said) 8.00am 3rd Morning Worship alternating each month with Iona service 10.30am 5th Parish Service 10.30am Wednesdays Holy Communion BCP 11.00 am
Broadway United Reformed Church
Sunday Service 10.30am — 11.30am
77 High Street, Broadway
St Saviour’s Roman Catholic Church, Broadway Anticipated Sunday Mass at 5pm on Saturday Weekday Mass at 10am on Tuesday and at 11am on Friday Leamington Road, Broadway
House of the Open Door Childswickham House, Buckland Road, Childswickham, WR12 7HH email : [email protected] Tel: 01386 852084
WAYFARERS CLUB
We have enjoyed days out to Henley in Arden, Alcester, the Valley and our Christmas Shopping trip to the Swindon Designer Outlet Village.
We are looking for Volunteer drivers, do you know somebody who enjoys driving, helping people and has one day a month to spare? please let Bill know.
In 2018 we are changing our pricing. We are no longer asking for a membership fee, instead we will be charging £6.00 per day trip.
Trip Schedule to March 2018
27 Feb Gloucester Quays and Cathedral 13 Mar Webbs of Wychbold 27 Mar Coventry Motor Museum/Cathedral/Shopping
If you would like to learn more about the club, please contact Bill Watson on 01386 852959 and for bookings Sylvia Parker on 01386 858401 or email [email protected].
Next issue April 2018 Deadline March 10th 2018 Village News MARCH 2018 Hospice launches Build 2020 appeal towards £5.3m expansion
St Richard’s Hospice has launched an appeal to the community to help raise the final £1.4m urgently needed to build a bigger hospice to care for more patients and families in Worcestershire.
Chief Executive June Patel explained, “Currently areas of our hospice building in Worcester are bursting at the seams and we are struggling to respond to the ever-increasing number of patients. We will have to expand and adapt our current space and services so we can better support our current patients and reach the unmet need of thousands of local people in the future. Demand for our care is set to rise sharply with our aging population and people living longer with multiple illnesses such as heart failure, Parkinson’s, and motor neurone disease as well as cancer.”
She added, “Our vision is for a bigger hospice where we will be able to support people from the point they are diagnosed, improving their quality of life and offering support to their loved ones.
“The bigger hospice, widespread redevelopment of the current building and a focus on more flexible, seven day a week care and support will mean we can reach more people in ways they want, helping them to learn new skills and strategies to manage their illness and increase independence as well as helping them to come to terms with the impact on their lives.”
St Richard’s currently supports more than 3,000 people a year. They anticipate the bigger hospice will enable the hospice team to care and support up to 4,000 individuals by 2021/22.
All the new and expanded services will run alongside St Richard’s current wide range of patient and family care including support in people’s own homes and 17 in-patient beds.
St Richard’s Hospice provides free specialist palliative care for patients living with life-limiting illnesses and supports their loved ones. The hospice strives to provide the best medical, practical, emotional and social support they can to help people live life to the fullest, as independently as they can, for as long as they can.
How to support the Build 2020 appeal:
Donate: Online: Find out more and donate at www.strichards.org.uk/build2020 By post, please send a cheque to St Richard’s Hospice Build 2020 appeal, Fundraising Dept, Wildwood Drive, Worcester WR5 2QT. ( please make cheques payable to St Richard’s Hospice) Or donate by telephoning the fundraising team on 01905 763963.
We offer a beautifully constructed candy cart personalised to suit the theme or occasion.
Saturday, 10th March Be creative as traditional or as spectacular as you like. 11.30am — 3.30pm Sweet cart products are perfect for weddings, Evesham Town hall parties, baby showers, and corporate events. Where there’s an occasion Free Entry there’s a Sweet Treat Candy Cart.
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Next issue April 2018 Deadline March 10th 2018 Village News MARCH 2018 BROADWAY DOG GROOMERS
A professional dog grooming service where our number one priority is your pet.
Lucie is ‘City & Guilds’ qualified and operates from a well equipped, relaxed luxury parlour in Broadway. Please contact 07807 666859 or http://www.broadwaydoggroomers.co.uk
Pick up and drop off available to fit in with your busy lifestyle. Going away on holiday? I can have your pooch staying with me in the comfort of my own home.
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Viewing: Wednesdays, March 28th and April 25th from 9.00am — 5.00pm
Sale days: Thursdays, march 29th and April 26th from 10.30am
Next issue April 2018 Deadline March 10th 2018 Village News MARCH 2018 Local Independent Family Run Funeral Directors 24 HOUR PERSONAL SERVICE
Golden Charter Prepaid Funeral Plans Please contact us if you would like to arrange a free no obligation home visit to discuss a prepaid funeral plan. [email protected]
At Merstow Green Funeral Home we are here to provide practical guidance and emotional support when grief and intense feelings of loss can make C A B even the simplest of tasks overwhelming. Our qualified Funeral Director Mr Philip Tomlins and his professional staff are committed to offering the Citizens Advice Bureau highest level of service and bereavement care during your time of need. at SignPost in Broadway 01386 859029
Sessions usually last Thurs in month www.merstowgreen.co.uk 1.00pm – 3.00pm
Your local, legal specialists offering quality professional advice in the following areas:-
• Residential and Commercial Conveyancing • Bespoke Will Drafting Service (to include free drafting for over 55’s* ) * terms & conditions apply • Probate/Administration of Estates • Lasting Powers of Attorney and Court of HINTON PEST CONTROL LTD Protection Matters A local Company with 15 yrs of Pest Control Experience Speedy Response to Domestic Calls Commercial Quotes Available For further information or to book an appointment Wasps, Flies, Bed Bugs, Fleas, Carpet Moths/Beetles, Biscuit please contact our office. Beetles, Ants, Cockroaches, Rats, Mice, Rabbits, Squirrels, Birds, Moles. Tele No. 01386 858107 Fax 01386 859454 Email [email protected] Fully Insured, BPCA/RSPH II Qualified Staff Web site www.aaholmes.co.uk Very Competitive Rates
Telephone: 01386 41762/ 07775 168666 The Old British Schoolroom, Website : www.hintonpestcontrol.co.uk 47b High Street, Broadway, WR12 7DP
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Philip Tomlins BLUE CABS TO ADVERTISE IN Funeral Directors & of Broadway Monumental Masons THIS SPACE
07770 175 175 please contact:-
Airport and Station Tel (01386) 765133 Transfers in comfort 24 Hr Service editor.childswickhamnews Best rates and reliability Private Chapel of Rest @gmail.com The Leys, Evesham Credit and Debit cards WR11 3AP accepted LINDSAY BECKMAN & CO LTD
Pre-payment Plans Available Local and long distance Chartered Accountants
Business & Alan Aston Tax Advisors Motor Engineers First For Service For all your accountancy needs
Eastwick Garage Eastwick Drive 8, Bloxham Road, Evesham Worcs. Broadway, WR11 2LG Worcs, WR12 7EU
01386 853653 Tele. No 01386 760700
The Perfect Venue from only £11.50 per hour If you’re looking for a spacious venue for your event or activity, our hall in the beautiful village of Childswickham could be just the place for you.
Kitchen facilities - Snooker room available-Separate meeting room- Parking-Disabled facilities
DANCE CLASSES – MEETINGS - ART GROUPS – DEMOS – TALKS - PLAY GROUPS- CHRISTENINGS - FUNCTIONS - RECEPTIONS etc
FOR FURTHER INGFORMATION
Please phone Anne on 01386 854955 or Rob on 01386 853752 www.childswickham.org.uk
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For free no obligation quotations call:-
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The Fleece Inn Fizzy Friday The Cross Every Friday 12 noon–9pm Bretforton Start the weekend early and WR11 7JE enjoy a bottle of Prosecco for 01386 831173 just £15 [email protected] www.thefleeceinn.co.uk Fish & Chip Take away Monday-Saturday 12 noon- 2.30 pm & 6.30pm –9pm Fleecy Folk: Damien O’Kane Band Treat yourself. Freshly Beer 25th February at 8.00pm £14 battered Cod and Chips £5.75
Wedding Fayre 3rd March 10.00am Free entry Pie and a Pint Night Taste and Tour evening 5th March at 5.45pm £20 Tuesday from 6.30-8.30 pm Enjoy a homemade pie of the Cheltenham Festival Preview day and a pint or standard la- 11th March at 7.00pm £15 (tickets selling fast) ger or real ale £9.95
Live at the Fleece STEAMCHICKEN Celtic Folk night Every third 17th March at 8.00pm £14 Wednesday night in the Pewter “a mulch of jazz, folk and Americal hoedown – hilarious” Room
Fleecy Folk: Siobhan Miller Folk Night Every Thursday 18th March at 8.00pm £14 in the Pewter Room from 8.30/9.00 pm
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Keep checking the website for entertainment information as booking early will avoid disappointment
STEAK NIGHT Every Thursday SUNDAY LUNCH 12 noon– 6.00pm FISH FRIDAY Every 3rd Friday Sirloin, Rump and Ribeye £18.50 2 courses A selection of delicious fishy starters and main
£13.95 £23.50 3 courses courses washed down with that Friday Fizz.
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WE ARE A FAMILY RUN BUSINESS AND WANT LEADWORK PEOPLE TO TRUST US ALL THE WAY. OUR SERVICE COSTS START AT £95 AND WE ONLY CHARGE GUTTERING FOR THE WORK WE DO AND FOR THE TIME WE TAKE ON THE JOB BRICK AND STONE REPOINTING WE DO NOT BOOK TIME AS SUGGESTED BY CAR MANUFACTURERS FULLY INSURED & GURANTEED Station Road, Broadway WR12 7DE Tel:01386 852276 Mob:07921911353 T: 01386 858117 M: 07972 506248 broadwaymotautoservices.co.uk E: [email protected] lwroofing.co.uk
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