FEBRUARY 2013 USEFUL NUMBERS PARISH COUNCILS Coln St. Aldwyns: Chairman: Mr Ian Powell (01285 750257) Team Vicar: Reverend Craig Bishop Clerk: Dr C Jackson (01285 750851) The Vicarage, Coln St. Aldwyns : Chairman: Bob Iles (01285 750729) , Glos GL7 5AG Clerk: Mrs Jane Skinner (01285 750727) Tel/Fax: 01285 750013 Mrs Fiona Clark (01285 750336) e-mail: [email protected] Eastleach: Chairman: Geraldine LeCointe (01367 850248) Clerk: Mrs Gill O’Shaughnessy (01367 850262) Associate Priest: Reverend Canon Chris Finlay Quenington: Chairman: Mr Michael Scott, (01285 750356) Coombe House, Calcot Acting Clerk: Mr Michael Scott, (01285 750356) Cheltenham, GL54 3JZ Southrop: Chairman Dr Leonard Brookes (01367 850204) Tel: 01285 720806 Clerk: Karen Benbow (01367 850874) Gloucester Council Website: www..gov.uk Readers: John Exelby Hanmer Webb-Peploe Baxters Farm Millfield SURGERIES: (01285 712377) Lechlade (01367 252264) Fyfield Coln St. Aldwyns HOSPITALS: Fairford (01285 712212) Tel: 01367 850236 Tel: 01285 750138 Cirencester (01285 655711) Great Western Hospital, Swindon (01793 604020) Editor: Rachel Mehtar Advertising and accounts: John Radcliffe, Oxford (01865 741166) 45 Eastleach, Allan Lees Cheltenham General (01242 222222) Cirencester, Glos GL7 3NQ 31 The Green CHEMISTS: Fairford: Boots, High Street (01285 712350) Tel: 01367 850450 Quenington, GL7 5BS Lechlade: Lechlade Pharmacy, High Street (01367 252285) [email protected] Tel: 01285 750260 SCHOOLS: Hatherop Primary School: Head: Mr Bartholomew (01285 750318) CHEQS IS VERY GRATEFUL TO HATHEROP CASTLE SCHOOL FOR Southrop Primary School: Head: Mr Brown (01367 850246) THEIR CONTINUED SPONSORSHIP OF THIS MAGAZINE Hatherop Castle School: Head: Mr Easterbrook (01285 750206) VILLAGE HALLS: Eastleach: Becky Robins: 01367 850499 CHURCH WARDENS/CONTACTS: Quenington Village Hall: Antonia Faulkner 07531 879094 Southrop: Mrs Barge: 01367 850271 Coln St. Aldwyns: Mr H Poole-Warren (01285 750719) Southrop Jubilee Field: Catherine Champion 01367 850305 Hatherop: Mr J Berry (01285 750692) Kirsty Rosenfeld 01367 850570 Eastleach: Mr B Backhouse (01285 711625) Mrs S Souter (01367 850449) CHEQS GARDENING CLUB Quenington: Mr D Abel-Smith (01285 750358) Chairman: Jan Bradley (01285 750367) Membership Secretary: Jenny Iles 01285 750729 Mrs D P Barham (01285 750362) [email protected]. Programme Secretary: Jenny Huggett (01367 860146) Southrop: Mr S Hinton (01367 850432) EASTLEACH AND SOUTHROP FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE Col. S Longsdon (01367 850284) The Gate on The Green: Miss A Faulkner (07581 294139) Mrs Jane Jenkinson (01367 850393) Mrs Sally Parris (01367 850321) Catholic Church, Fairford: St. Thomas of Canterbury, Horcott Road SOUTHROP LADIES QUENINGTON YOUTH CLUB Fr. Philip Beisley (01285 712586) Mrs Sally Parris (01367 850321) Antonia Faulkner (07581 294139) www.btinternet.com/stthomas.fairford LECHLADE MOTHERS UNION EMERGENCY NUMBERS: Cirencester Police Station 0845 090 1234 Kathy Newton (01367 252543) Rural Watch, Horse Watch, Wildlife Liaison, Hunt Liaison etc. P.C. John Palfrey – SOUTHROP AND EASTLEACH TODDLER GROUP 01242 276547 Beth (01367 850575) PCSO contact numbers: emergency 0845 090 1234, non-emergency 01285 712609 FAIRFORD DIAL-A-RIDE/COMMUNITY BUS: 01285 713852 (Office open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday mornings 9.15am until 1.00pm) SOUTHROP/EASTLEACH/CARTERTON COMMUNITY BUS 3rd Thursday in the month (market day) – call Diana 01367 850189

LOCAL TRADE DIRECTORY – cont. GARDEN SERVICES Who are you? Who may you become? Keith Ford - Ponds, hedge cutting and general pruning, shed roofs refelted, 01285 750406 walls wired up for climbers Hatherop Castle Gardens – Garden design and construction, plant nursery, NG 01285 750363 Do you ever stop to ask yourself – who are you? Why are you here? Why do gift tokens. Also selling cut flowers. Email: info@gardensandplants- hatherop.co.uk you do the things you do? What are the relationships, events and forces that GENERAL STORE have made you the person you are? What are the most significant things that Coln Stores & Post Office. New opening hours Mon-Fri 7.00 am – 6.00 pm. 01285 750294 have shaped you? Who do we thank for our successes and privileges? Who Sat 8.00 a.m. – 1 pm. Sunday 9 am. – 1 pm. Southrop Community Shop and Post Office. Open Wednesdays 8.30am- do we blame for our faults and failures? 11.30am in Southrop Village Hall HAIRDRESSER Sometimes introspection can be helpful, it can sometimes be good to ask this Amanda Reeves – Freelance Professional Hairdresser (formerly at Josh 01285 713389 type of question. Maybe we explain the world as random and without Haircutting Salon) 07796 490839 meaning maybe we see patterns and purpose. HOME DECORATING A. Tilling - Interior and Exterior 01285 810624 D J Morley, Fairford 01285 713802 Do we ever say, “That’s who I am - take it or leave it.” How often do we Perfect Painting – interior & exterior work carried out. Call Lance Watson 01285 750233 (m: 07867 495863) listen to others and change our behaviour to better accommodate them? How KITCHENS do others describe us when we aren’t in the room? Are we happy with what Mark Reynolds, F.I.O.C. Handmade traditional or contemporary kitchens, 07742 211863 they would say? To what degree do we see ourselves as set or open to fitted and free-standing furniture. Specialist joinery [email protected] change? LAND & ESTATE AGENTS Moore Allen & Innocent – Property Consultants and Managers, Land and 01285 651831 Estate Agents, Auctioneers and Chartered Surveyors 01367 252541 One of the challenges of faith and trying to follow Jesus is the call to be MOLE CONTROL more Christ-like; not ever expecting to arrive but engaging in an on-going, a Traditional Molecatcher. No mole, no fee. Qualified and fully insured with 01285 770968 life-long quest to imitate his light and love. What is the best version of references available. (m) 07766 132934 ourselves we could imagine? How can we move towards that person? A PERSONAL TRAINER Personal Training Available 7 Days A Week – Lose weight, tone up, get fitter, 01285 656986 much misunderstood quality is that of humility; it is at odds with the zeitgeist improve your health and fitness. www.falconhealthandfitness.co.uk (m) 07794 of celebrity and self-promotion. A humble person feels no need to boast, 614962 self-promote or be understood but is sufficiently self confident and aware to PLATES-A-PLENTY - Crockery, cutlery, glassware and linen hire 07974 785437 listen to others, to respond to their needs and agendas. The humble let others PUBLIC HOUSES AND RESTAURANTS The Victoria Inn, Eastleach, Stephen and Susan Richardson 01367 850277 lead and leave people feeling supported, affirmed and encouraged. The New Inn, Coln St. Aldwyns, Charlotte Close 01285 750651 The Keepers Arms, Quenington, Jon, Verity and Michelle 01285 750349 The Swan at Southrop 01367 850205 We are where we are, we are who we are but where or who might we be in RESPITE CARE 01367 850233 the future? We can open ourselves to change and transformation so that we Respite Care Available with Trish & Richard. Short/long term, living as part of can begin to fulfil our potential. The diarist Anne Frank wrote, “How a family. SOLICITORS wonderful is it that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to Wilmot & Co, 38 Castle Street, Cirencester 01285 650551 improve the world.” TV PROBLEMS?? Call Aardvark Aerials & Satellite. TV aerials, Satellite, 01285 800041 new TV points. Fully insured. www.aardvarkaerials.co.uk This Lent may you recognise your failings and develop your strengths so that TENNIS AND FOOTBALL COACH Matt Townsend - LTA Licensed coach, Schools, Clubs and private lessons for adults and children of all ages 0785 004 3056 those around you prosper WINDOWS Paradise Windows- UPVC Windows and doors, 10 yr guarantee 01367 850188 Every blessing Coln Valley Glazing – Steve Winney, Quenington. Replacement of misted or 01285 750553 broken glass units (m) 0776 578 0772 Revd Craig

Welcome LOCAL TRADE DIRECTORY - To advertise in this magazine call 01285 750260 Chris Paton, Meriel Bladon and their daughter Bridget have moved into “Hatric” Lechlade Road, Southrop. DRY STONE WALLING Another Brick In The Wall Funeral Qualified dry stone wallers, mortared walls, archways, paving and slabbing 01285 711267 th Ben and Peter Bicknell – email: [email protected] (m) 07910 244519 Ian Reeves, Quenington, Cremation, Monday 24 December Mike Harris 01285 750525 Baptism Dry stone walling (m) 07810 888070 Caleb Hanmer Harvey Webb-Peploe, Coln St Aldwyns, Sunday 30th (pm) SN COMPLETE GROUNDWORKS 01367 850717 December Drainage, Driveways, Fencing, Patios etc. 07738 937697 BED & BREAKFAST Hatherop Castle Choral Evensong, Thursday 7th February at 4.30pm in St Coltsmoor Farm, Coln St. Aldwyns, Jacqui Bayliss 01285 750527 Nicholas Church, Hatherop BEAUTY TREATMENTS Gloss Professional Beauty Treatments. Salon based in Quenington. Manicures, 01285 750715 Lent lunches, 12.30-2.00pm, half of all the money raised will go towards pedicures, waxing and eye treatments. Contact Emma for a brochure or to book an youth work. appointment (m) 07967 370958 th Cotswold Therapy Rooms 01285 711329 Wednesday 20 February, Northview, Mawley Road, Quenington, with Beauty treatments and massage therapy – mobile service available Hilary Hull Cam House, High Street, Fairford, Glos., GL7 4AD Wednesday 27th February, Garden House, Church Road, Quenington with BUILDERS Clare Capper Michael Rixon - Building, roofing, Cotswold stone tiling, property maintenance 01285 750517 White Monk Ltd. – Building Contractors 01285 750866 Shrove Tuesday, 12th February, 10am to 4pm, in Gloucester Cathedral, led CARPENTERS AND CABINET MAKERS by Archdeacon Robert. All welcome. Please contact Revd Craig Bishop Peter Wordsworth – Bookcases, wardrobes, kitchens, doors, windows 01285 750239 (01285 750013) if you would like to share a lift T J Sallis Carpentry - Fully qualified carpenter/joiner (m) 07973 142948) 01285 750438 THE COTSWOLD SERVICES th Ash Wednesday, 13 February, 7.30pm, St Lawrence’s Lechlade, a joint Ex-Show Home Furniture For Sale! Sofas, Beds, Rugs, Lamps & More. Call… 07707 275176 South Team service of ashing COMPUTER SERVICES Computer Solutions – Iain Atkins – Personal service for all your IT issues Lent Course, Tuesdays through Lent beginning 19th February, St Peter’s 01285 750277 CURTAINS AND SOFT FURNISHINGS Southrop, at 6pm a service of said evening prayer followed by a reflection. Paula Wilkins – Design and creation of quality hand-made curtains, blinds and soft 01285 712792 This year we will be using Bishop Michael’s book, Jesus and Peter: furnishings Growing in Friendship with God, as a basis of our course CLEANING SERVICES - OVENS Cotswold Oven Valeting Ltd – professional cleaning of all ovens (incl. AGAs), hobs, 01367 850522 Copies of Bishop Michael’s book can be order from the Corner Stone, 3 extractors and microwaves Doolar Street, Cirencester, GL7 2BQ, tel. 01285 644599 DOMESTIC SERVICES Daily Prayer in Lent, the Bishop is encouraging daily prayer in every parish Pure Plumbing&Heating – from dripping taps to bath refits (m) 07906 016738 01285 750707 Strong’s Oil-fired Boiler and AGA Services, maintenance and repair 01285 750344 through Lent. Material will be in every church and available from the Vicar EAST GLOS ENGINEERING is pleased to support CHEQS magazine. Garden on request. The readings and thoughts for the day are around the themes of machinery repairs, tools, welding, iron goods made to specification etc. 01285 712322 Fast and Feast, Bread and Wine, gathered around the title, “Eat the Bread, FIREWOOD Drink the Wine, of the Kingdom.” A Kinch – Firewood delivered to your home (01367 850255 or 0777 576 5509) 01367 850255

There will an additional service in Coln every Monday, 12noon, beginning Will’s Logs - Local Sustainable-sourced Firewood and Kindling for sale. Seasoned Monday 18th February hardwood firewood including oak, thorn, ash delivered in 1 cubic metre bags. Free 07771 867767 delivery across the CHEQS parish th x:site, the next event is on Saturday 9 March, in Kempsford Primary FLOORING School, 6pm - 8pm. A high energy event for 7 to 11 year olds. All welcome, Graham Ford Flooring – Carpets and vinyl supplied, own carpets fitted and cleaned 01285 657439 please contact the Vicar for more information 01285 750013 LEARN TO DRIVE with Mick’s Way School of Motoring. ADI Pass Plus instructor 01285 713389

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Feb 7 Eastleach & Southrop Friendship Circle meeting, Southrop Village Hall The Editor reserves the right to exclude any article considered unsuitable and Feb 7 Hatherop Castle Choral Evensong does not accept liability for anything contained in the magazine. All items submitted for inclusion should include the name and contact details of the Feb 7 Trust Talk sender in case of any questions. Material for inclusion in the Village Feb 9 Quenington Coffee Morning Roundup should please be received no later than THE 12TH DAY OF THE Feb 12 Shrove Tuesday, Gloucester Cathedral MONTH PRIOR TO PUBLICATION. Contact Rachel Mehtar on 01367 Feb 13 Ash Wednesday, St Lawrence’s, Lechlade 850450 or [email protected]. If emailing it would be very helpful if text could be copied into the email itself. Please note no colour can be Feb 13 The Cotswold Decorative & Fine Arts Society February Lecture used. Advertisers should please contact Allan Lees, 01285 750260. Feb 18 Lechlade History Society Talk

Feb 19 Lent Course begins QUENINGTON VILLAGE HALL Feb 20 Lent Lunch Coffee morning on Saturday 9th February 10.30-12 noon. Feb 22 Coln Cinema Come and enjoy coffee and cake and meet with old and new friends! Feb 23 Eastleach & Southrop Jumble Sale, Southrop Village Hall 2.00pm See you there! Feb 23 Fairford United Church Music Marathon Feb 27 Lent Lunch Feb 27 Travelling Trends Fashion Show, Farmor’s School Feb 28 Gloucestershire Historice Churches Trust Lecture Mar 7 Eastleach & Southrop Friendship Circle Eastleach Village Mar 9 X:site, Kempsford Primary Mar 21 Lent Reflection, Talk by Sister Frances Domenica of Helen House Hospice Mar 22 Coln Cinema THE COTSWOLD DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY

On Wednesday, February 13, 2013, Dr Paula Nuttall will lecture to the LITTLE LIGHTS Cotswold Decorative & Fine Arts Society on the topic "The Bruges of van A short informal service just for babies and pre-school children and their Eyck and Memling". This lecture evokes Bruges during its late-medieval families and carers in St. Lawrence Church Lechlade on….usually the 1st and heyday, when it was the richest and most vibrant city in Northern Europe. 3rd Wednesdays….but not in School holidays……. followed by tea, toys and Lectures are held at the Bradwell Village Hall, Burford, and begin at 11am chat! with coffee available from 10.15. Non-members are very welcome to attend Wednesday 16th January 1.45pm (suggested donation £8). Wednesday 6th February 1.45pm Wednesday 20th February 1.45pm Wednesday 6th March 20th March 1.45pm FRIENDS OF FARMORS’ SCHOOL This service includes songs with instruments, prayers and a story all suitable Friends of Farmors’ School (FoFS) invite you to grab a bargain and revamp for children 0-4 years old. New babies welcome. This is run by Kathy your wardrobe at our Travelling Trends Fashion Show on Wednesday 27th Newton 252543 and Lechlade Mothers’ Union (Christian Concern For February at Farmors School , Fairford. Doors open at 7pm for 7.30pm show. Families Worldwide) No charge. Just turn up! th Tickets £5 including a drink, Students £2 entry only, available from Fairford FAMILY SERVICE/ALL AGE WORSHIP Sunday 10 February 10am Post Office or Farmors school on 01285 712302. Mothering Sunday March 10th 10am EXHIBITION & EVENTS GLOUCESTER CITY MISSION FEBRUARY 2013 Mike Curtis, and his team who care for the homeless of Gloucester send their thanks for all the thoughtful and generous gifts. Chris Saunders, the youth worker, took 60 hampers to Mike before their Carol Service and hamper Bath Textile Artists Exhibition - Telling Tales, Friday 18th January - distribution. A remarkable effort given the variety of other worthwhile Saturday 23rd February causes. GCM would like to say a big thank you to all those who contributed. Corinium Cinema – Midnight in Paris, Thursday 7th February at 7pm

February Holiday Trail, Saturday 8th February to Sunday 17th February LECHLADE COMMUNITY LIBRARY Mosaic Mirrors - An Adult Workshop, Monday 11th February, 10am - 4pm Have you visited Lechlade’s Community Library yet? Come in and see the Painted Cirencester - A Family Drop In, Monday 11th February, 10.30 - new books now in stock for children and adults; book time on one of our 11.30am computers; find information on local organisations, businesses and events; or Mini Mosaics – Children’s Holiday Workshop, Tuesday 12th February, just pop in to meet some of our many volunteers who are helping to run this 10am - 12pm service – they will be delighted to welcome you. Mythical Masks - A Family Drop In, Wednesday 13th February, 10.30 - Library opening hours: Monday 10–4; Wednesday 10–1; Friday 1–7; 11.30am Saturday 10–1. Collage Characters - A Family Drop In, Thursday 14th February, 10.30 - Rhyme, Story and Song for pre-school children on Wednesday mornings and 11.30am Storytime for pre-school and primary aged children on Saturday mornings. Your Paintings - Portrait of John Coxwell, Thursday 14th February, 12.30pm Free events, no need to book. For more information about library activities Ceramics in the Corinium Museum Collections, Thursday 14th February, and events contact [email protected] or telephone Sue Coakley on 2pm - 3.30pm 01367 253306 THE RURAL CINEMA, Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th February at 2.15pm Æthelstan: A Great Anglo-Saxon King - An evening lecture with Tim Porter FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE th Thursday 28th February at 7pm Our next meeting will be held in Southrop Village Hall on February 7 at 3pm . We start the meeting with a Tea followed by Chair - based gentle Corinium Museum, Park Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 2BX exercise to music demonstrated by Vivien Godfrey. Tel: 01285 655611 Email: [email protected]

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23rd February LECHLADE HISTORY SOCIETY Eastleach & Southrop Friendship Circle Monday 18th February: “It was so gloriously exciting” 23rd February, Southrop Village Hall Peter Donovan will talk to us about the life and times of Miss Trehawke 2.00pm Entry 20p Davies, the first woman to fly the Channel and to loop the loop. 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall. Guests welcome £4. Contact Alan Garnell 01367 253087 Donations of Jumble, Bric a brac, Cakes, Books, Toys etc. or visit www.lechladehistory.co.uk. Can be left at the Hall on Friday 22nd 2- 3.30pm or Saturday 23rd 10- 11am. QUENINGTON VILLAGE HALL 100 CLUB – JAN WINNERS Contact Tel. Sally Parris 01367 850321 or Jane Jenkinson 01367 850393 1st No.7 J Harris, 2nd No.37 D Mellor, 3rd No.11 V Gardiner. New members always welcome - £12 per number per year. Contact D Bostock on 750456. WESSEX MALE CHOIR FAIRFORD UNITED CHURCH The Wessex Male Choir started their first rehearsals for 2013 on 8th January (CONGREGATIONAL/METHODIST) at Abbeymeads, Swindon and will be looking to increase their repertoire Sunday services start at 10.00 a.m. each week. with new pieces being learnt in the coming weeks. They will be singing in a On Sundays when there is no All Age Worship, there is Sunday School variety of locations this year including locally in Devizes, Lechlade and provision for children. Fairly traded goods are available for sale after Swindon as well as further afield such as Sheffield, The Tower of London Sunday services. and Central London. The choir will also be entering several competitions to, Our monthly Contact Group will be meeting on Friday 1st February and hopefully, increase their tally of wins. The choir are always on the lookout Friday 1st March – 12.30 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. – meet friends old and new over for new male singers so if you think you would like to have a go why not look at their web site http://www.wessexmalechoir.co.uk/ or speak to Tim on tea/coffee and light refreshments. rd 01367 252474. A happy new year to you all and we hope to see some of you Music Marathon at the Chapel on Saturday 23 February 10.00 a.m. – varied at our forthcoming concerts. selection of musical items plus refreshments throughout day, contact 01451 844532 if you wish to perform. 7.00 p.m. Concert featuring Splash of Red

Choir. Tickets £5 available from Fairford Post Office or contact 01285 LECHLADE GARDENING CLUB 750479 or 01285 712853. Many of you may already know about our club. We meet on the second Wednesday of each month at the Memorial Hall in Lechlade at 7.30pm. The HAPPY BEANS annual membership fee is just £5, with a £2 payment for each meeting attended, and your membership card gives you 10% off seeds and plants at Happy Beans preschool music group.... Energetic, friendly, fun and Burford Garden Centre! There is no meeting in January. In December Laura structured group that runs in Fairford on a Thursday morning. Currently Thornton from “The Bloom Room” florists in Lechlade showed us how to space in the 10.30am session! So if you and your little ones fancy a giggle to make Christmas wreaths. Laura was interesting and informative as well as start your day come and join us. First session is free and thereafter £4.50 per making the evening great fun. She also provided good ideas as to how the session payable half termly! 35 minutes of wiggling, giggling, singing and basic festive wreath may be adapted for other purposes, for example a "music" followed by juice, coffee and a cookie! For more info call Lizzie lavender wreath as a summer present, or a wreath made from fresh herbs. 01285 750716 [email protected] :) Laura supplies many of the raw materials at her shop in Lechlade. Other events in the coming year include a talk on the Royal Parks, a special visit to COLN CINEMA Buscot Park, and speakers sharing knowledge on alpines and on garden Coln Cinema will be showing at Vicarage Cottage Barn (through the Church pests. Do join us. See our website www.lechladegardeningclub.org.uk for nd full details of how to join and our programme of talks and visits. gate) on Friday 22 February 2013 at 7.30 pm. (doors open 7.00 pm.) Due to illness our speaker for the February meeting has withdrawn and will “Anna Karenina” be replaced by Bob Smith who will talk about Moths in the Garden. We are Director Joe Wright's bold, new vision of this epic love story, adapted from sorry for this change but it is unforseen. The meeting will take place on the Leo Tolstoy's great novel set in the lavish society of Imperial Russia. The 2nd Wednesday in February at 7.30pm Memorial Hall, Burford Road time is 1874. Lively and beautiful, Anna Karenina (Keira Knightley) has Lechlade on Thames. what any of her contemporaries would aspire to; she is the wife of Karenin (Jude Law), a high-ranking government official, and her social standing in GLOUCESTERSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST St. Petersburg could scarcely be higher. She journeys to Moscow after receiving a letter from her philandering brother Oblonsky asking her to come Thursday 28th February, lecture by Rory Young on Mediaeval Form and and help save his marriage. En route, Anna makes the acquaintance of Colour Inspiring New Work at St.Albans Cathedral from 7.00 pm at Countess Vronsky, who is then met at the station by her son, the dashing Chedworth Village Hall GL54 4NQ. Tickets to include wine and nibbles - cavalry officer Vronsky (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). When Anna is introduced £15. Please apply to [email protected] or to N. Talbot Rice, to Vronsky, there is a mutual spark of instant attraction that cannot - and will Pigeon House,Coln Rogers,GL54 3LB not - be ignored. Cert. 15. 2 hrs. 10 mins. ‘MY WILD LIFE’ by broadcaster & naturalist Mike Dilger SUE BLACK – VILLAGE & COMMUNITY AGENT Thurs 07 Feb, 7.30pm, at the Gateway Centre, Spine Road, near South As you know, I am your Village Agent. Please do contact me with any Cerney GL7 5TL. A regular visitor and a big fan of the Cotswold Water queries or concerns and I can arrange a home visit, in complete confidence. Park, the CWP Trust are delighted to welcome Mike Dilger to the Gateway Careline and Key Safe Centre, where he will give an entertaining and informative talk. Mike has worked on numerous TV programmes as a reporter and presenter, and is I have referred a few people recently for Careline (that little red button that currently on the BBC ONE Show. you can either wear around your neck or as a bracelet) that you can press if you need help. My Wild Life is an illuminating and sideways look at what it takes to produce cheap and cheerful wildlife television. Featuring some clips from I have also made referrals for a Key Safe. This is put outside your property The One Show, Mike reveals what often goes on behind the scenes on and can only be opened (to access your house key) by utilising a code which location and spills the beans on everything you wanted to know about TV is only given to the people you choose to let into your house. presenting but were afraid to ask. Mike will also recount how he spent a year This is ideal for someone who has difficulty getting to their front door or converting his back garden into a wildlife sanctuary in the small rural village who is at risk of falling and may need the help of their GP or the emergency of Chew Stoke, near Bristol. From otters to badgers, chickens to hedgehogs, services. The Key Safe means that they can get in without having to break an orchard, a pond and compost bins, to the best birdlife imaginable... what down the door! began as a seemingly straightforward mission, My Garden and Other Please do give me a call to discuss any issue giving you difficulty and I will Animals soon became the adventure of a lifetime! be happy to make a home visit. Come and enjoy an entertaining evening in the beautiful setting of the I am also happy to talk to local groups and clubs about the role of the Gateway Centre, Spine Road, near South Cerney. Doors open at 7pm, talk Village Agent in the community. starts at 7.30pm. Refreshments provided. Tickets: £10 adults / £5 children. Sue Black, Village and Community Agent - 07810 630167 Booking essential To reserve tickets please call the Cotswold Water Park Trust on 01793 THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION POPPY APPEAL 2012 752413 or email [email protected] SOUTHROP

Collection boxes £325-23, Donations £105-00, Auction £3221-00,Grand CORINIUM PLAYERS total £3651-23. Following their successful lunchtime Christmas concert, the Corinium Thank you to everyone for your support and generosity, especially to all Players Guitar Ensemble will be holding a Tea-Time Recital on Saturday sponsors of the auction, The Swan at Southrop and collectors. 26th January at 3.00pm at the Ashcroft Methodist Church.

This relaxing concert will have an eclectic mix of music from Bach, Latin and Popular modern pieces from the gentle sounds of the classical guitar as a ADVANCED NOTICE OF MINOR BUILDING WORKS AT unique ensemble. The concert will also feature a variety of duos and smaller QUENINGTON VILLAGE HALL. ensembles, so don't miss it! The hall will be closed from February 11th for two weeks for necessary Refreshments will be available after the performance. improvement works to be undertaken. Apart from this, we hope to keep disruption to user groups to a minimum, and to be completed as soon as Admission is £3 (accompanied children free) possible. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause within the hall Further details can be obtained from the website or surrounding area and look forward to fully opening the hall in the spring. http://www.coriniumplayers.com For further information please check the website at: See you there! www.queningtonvillagehall.org.uk

FAIRFORD LIBRARY COLN COMMUNITY STORES Community Drop-in session at Fairford Library on Wednesday, 6th Well, this is hopefully the first of many entries into the CHEQS Magazine. I February from 10.30-12.30. All welcome, come and meet representatives will be keeping you posted over the next few months of new products and from the Royal British Legion, Guide Dogs for the Blind, Mears Care at offers in the store. Home, People for You, a PCSO, our Village Agent, Cotswold Volunteer I will also keep you updated with the ‘work in progress’ as our shop is Community Transport Co-ordinator. They will be available to answer your transformed from its present state to a more up to date store. questions and give information and advice. Free refreshments. For those of you who have been in the store over the past few months I hope Fairford Library: Good for books and DVD hire – large selection of DVD's you will have noticed a difference. It’s much lighter and brighter and the to hire until our next opening time from only £1.50 for premier releases and shelves are fuller! as little as £1 for older titles. Audio book hire: only £1.30 for 3 week loans – The refurbishment work on the new shop is due to start in January and by the great for car journeys or listening at home. Want to learn how to use a time you are reading this it should have already started. We will be moving computer? Free computer help to get you started with our “Computer temporarily into a Portakabin, which is already in situ in the garden of the buddy'” volunteer. Free family history research help with our “Ancestry shop. buddy” volunteer. Regular events for children: Baby Bounce and Rhyme Time, Toddler Time, Bedtime Stories and special craft activities. We are working in close co-operation with our landlord, Lord St Aldwyn, who is commissioning much of the refurbishment work to the building, and Occasional free talks and activities for both adults and children. Free use of we hope to be re-opening the larger shop in early April. It will be very much internet ready computers. Free parking at rear of library. ‘onwards and upwards’, with business as usual. Opening hours: Monday 9.30–5; Wednesday 9.30–5; Thursday 9.30–7; We will still be selling bread and milk, our usual Organic meats from Adey’s Saturday 9.30–1. Farm, sausages, bacon, cheeses and pies from Cutler & Bayliss in Lechlade, Toddler Time every Monday at 10am, Baby Bounce & Rhyme Time every our risottos from Highgrove and our wholefoods from Oxford. We will also Wednesday at 10.30, Bedtime Stories first Thursday evening of each month have all our very competitively priced basics. at 6.00-6.30. Come in your pyjamas – for pre-school and primary school age One thing we will be unable to provide during the temporary move is a full children. Post Office service. Following lengthy discussions with the Post Office their For more information contact [email protected] or recommendation was that it would not be practicable to move and return to telephone 01285 712599. the new store, as I outlined in an email to many of you in early January. We will have a stock of stamps available so you will be able to post your HATHEROP CHURCH OF PRIMARY SCHOOL letters and cards. As you know the changes being made to the store include ‘Nurturing Aspirations, Celebrating Individuality, Fulfilling Potential’ an open plan Post Office and a Café. All children enjoyed another brilliant learning session in the Life Education We have had a lot of positive feedback from our customers with regard to the Bus. Class 1 learnt about their bodies, Class 2 learnt about the Brain and Café and are hoping it’s going to be a great success. Class 3 learnt about difficult decisions they will have to make. As always, We are always looking to add more ‘nice’ things in the shop, if there is the children were superbly behaved and enjoyed this experience. anything specifically that you would like us to carry then please pop in, The After School Clubs this term have been very successful. Netball Club is email me or call with your suggestions. I will look forward to hearing from going very well. Thank you to our faithful volunteers who run this club! you. Science Club has been fantastic. The children have been making their hair Of course none of this will be a success without the support from you our stand on end all in the name of Science. And Tag Rugby has continued. community. Year 5 and 6 children are busy preparing for the Mock Trial later in March So don’t be shy, come and visit Ann and myself in the Portakabin - it will be and preparations are well under way for the Cross Country competitions. very cosy! Our new school Council has been elected and they are very busy working JAN 01285 750294 towards the Fair Trade award. February 2013 HYMNS AND READINGS

rd Midweek Services 3 February Candlemas, the Presentation of Christ in the Temple White Thursday February 7th 9.30 am Holy Communion CW Coln HC/FC Hebrews 2: 14 – end Luke 2: 22 – 40 Thursday February 14th No Service MP/EP Psalm 24: 7-end Malachi 3: 1 – 5 Luke 2: 22 – 40 Thursday February 21st 9.30 am Holy Communion CW Coln Hymns 179 131 149 Wednesday February 27th 6.30 pm Evening Prayer BCP Eastleach th Thursday February 28th 9.30 am Holy Communion BCP Coln 10 February Sunday Next Before Lent Green HC/FC 2 Corinthians 3: 12 - 4: 2 Luke 9: 28 – 36 Sunday 3rd February MP/EP Psalm 99 Exodus 34: 29 – 35 Luke 9: 28 – 36 9.30 am Holy Communion CW Southrop CB Hymns 4 318 502 (tune 426) 11.00 am Holy Communion CW Coln CB th 11.00 am Candlemas Eastleach PP 13 February Ash Wednesday Purple 6.00 pm Evening Prayer BCP Quenington PP HC 2 Corinthians 5: 20b – 6: 10 Matthew 6: 1-6, 16-21 Hymns 56 115 123 Sunday 10th February th 8.30 am Holy Communion BCP Hatherop CB 17 February First Sunday of Lent Purple 9.30 am Family HC CW Quenington CB HC/FC Romans 10: 8b – 13 Luke 4: 1 – 13 11.00 am Holy Communion BCP Eastleach CB/JE MP/EP Psalm 91: 1 – 11 Deuteronomy 26: 1 – 11 Luke 4: 1 – 13 6.00 pm Evening Prayer BCP Coln CB Hymns 224 55 208 6.00 pm Evening Prayer BCP Southrop JE th 24 February Lent 2 Purple Ash Wednesday, February 13th HC/FC Philippians 3: 17 – 4: 1 Luke 13: 31 – 35 7.30 pm Holy Communion Lechlade A Cinnamond MP/EP Psalm 27 Genesis 15: 1-12, 17 – 18 Luke 13: 31 – 35 Hymns 220 64 185 (omit vv 4 & 5) Sunday 17th February 9.30 am Family Service CW Hatherop CB 9.30 am Holy Communion BCP Southrop RL 11.00 am Holy Communion BCP Coln RL 11.00 am Morning Prayer BCP Eastleach HWP 6.00 pm Evening Prayer BCP Quenington HWP

Sunday 24th February 8.30 am Holy Communion BCP Hatherop CB 9.30 am Holy Communion BCP Quenington CB 11.00 am Morning Prayer BCP Eastleach JE 6.00 pm Evening Prayer BCP Coln CB 6.00 pm Evening Prayer BCP Southrop JE

BCP – traditional language CW – contemporary language