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Continued from page 1 Service times and openings Our church buildings remain open as below, What about church is important to you now? but if you would like to visit outside of these What would you like church to be and to do times, please contact the churchwardens, who for the future? will do their best to accommodate this. You are If you are unable to make this then next very welcome to come and spend some time month in TemeTalk there will be a brief ques - in these spaces to reflect, to pray and just to tionnaire to enable to have your say about what ‘be’ for a quiet moment. the future might hold for parish life in times and in a society which are rapidly changing. I St Peter & St Paul, Eastham look forward to seeing where our future heads Tuesday 9am to dusk in the coming months and years. St Mary, Stanford on Teme Rev’d Julia Thursday 9am to dusk St Mary, Kyre Wyard Friday 2.30pm to 5pm From the registers Our prayers and sympathy are with the family Church to be attended and friends of Arthur Vobe, known as Jack. Silent Prayer ‘Take Breath” 4 to 4.30pm After his funeral in Bromyard, he was laid to St Michael, Rochford rest in Stoke Bliss churchyard on 31st March, Wednesday and Sunday 9am to dusk a beautiful sunny day. St Peter, Stoke Bliss We also hold in our thoughts the family Friday 10am to 4pm and friends of Ian Brookes of Stanford who All Saints, Hanley William died recently. His funeral service and burial Saturday 9am to 4pm took place on 29th April at St Mary’s, Stanford. Thanks to all of you who are willing to air May they both rest in peace. the churches and have offered to lock and un - lock. Without you we could not re-open. Services in May and beyond As we continue to follow the road map out of I don’t know much about art but ... lockdown, our churches have begun to have A group of us have been meeting via Zoom services more regularly. We are still following once a week over Lent to discuss paintings Covid guidelines, so masks will need to be and commentaries in a book by Sister Wendy worn and social distancing maintained, with - Beckett (you may remember her from her TV out congregational singing indoors. We will series about art). Our discussions, and the return to old patterns initially with the reten - paintings, were interesting and challenging tion of daily prayer on Zoom and a monthly and we have decided to continue them look - pre-recorded service. ing at paintings that reflect the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit listed in chapter 5 of the Epistle to Take Breath the Galatians – love, joy, peace, patience, kind - Silent prayer continues weekly at Kyre church ness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and from 4pm on Fridays. We hold about 25 min - self-control. utes silence together. All welcome, please The sessions will be on Monday evenings bring a mask. starting on 10th May running from 7.45 to With the opening of the Antiques Barn and 8.30pm. You would be most welcome to join coffee shop at Kyre Park there is the opportu - us. If you are interested please email TVS Ad - nity to make an afternoon of it with a walk in ministration ([email protected]) and the beautiful gardens, and browse at antiques include the titles and painter of any paintings and outdoor refreshments too! that fit any of gifts that you think would be in - teresting to look at and discuss. Rev’d Julia

3 Rochford 49 Club Teme Valley Tote Congratulations starts again in May to this month’s £25 winners: Because of the current difficulties, I decided to delay April’s draw until May – therefore Wednesday winners we will have two draws in May! This year the March 24th No 30 not sold price of each subscription is again £10 – for March 31st No 12 Sheila Palmer this you will be entered in each of 12 monthly April 7th No 29 Angela Keysall draws with the possibility of winning £50 or April 14th No 34 Phil Bull £30 or £20 each month. If you still wish to take part and have not Saturday winners so far entered you can to contact your local co- March 20th No 21 Andrew Keysall ordinator or … March 27th No 29 Rosemary Ayres If you have internet banking you can sub - April 3rd No 5 not Sold scribe by bank giro credit – the account name April 10th No 30 Hugh Nicholson is North Teme Group of Churches Tote Ac - April 17th No 4 not sold count – sort code 20-39-64 – account number 30947539. Please give your name and district There are still plenty of numbers available – as a reference, and also email me on why not join in? It’s just £1 per draw and the [email protected] profits are split between Rochford church and Or you can send a cheque made payable the village hall – plus you get two chances to TVN Tote to me at Rectory Cottage, Stan - each week to win £25! Remember, you must ford Bridge, Worcester WR6 6ST. be in it to win it! If you have any queries about the Tote, Ring Gill Smith on please contact me on 01886 853295 or email [email protected]. 07815 030050 Robin Dean Teme Valley Tote Organiser TemeTalk [email protected] STAY AT HOME Home Support

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4 Rochford Fête Rochford Fête will be on Sunday 22nd August, the quintessential village fête and dog show. Rochford We will need donations for the tombola, white elephant, plant and book stalls, so if you are Rochford having a post lockdown tidy-up, please bear it Rochford in mind! Hello and goodbye We would like to welcome the Thornley family Future events to Rochford. We hope they will be happy living We’re planning a Big Breakfast followed by a in Rochford and enjoy the friendship and activ - walk. The date is still to be decided so watch ities that this community has to offer. this space for more information. We also hope Sadly Nick and Carol Rubery are leaving the to be able to have events in the village hall later village for pastures new. We would like to in the year, including our ever-popular quiz thank Nick and Carol for all their help with vil - night and the murder mystery evening that lage activities over the last eight years. Their was cancelled at the start of lockdown last year. village highlights for me include Carol’s Mini full of balloons and Nick’s TVR at the fête, Nick Church services in Rochford arranging and running the bar, and Carol as Physical church services, subject to Covid rules, “Mrs Pimms” at Rochford Rocks, together with are taking place again at 6.30pm on the second practical help and advice with risk assessments Sunday and 10am on the 4th Sunday in the and health and safety. We hope you will keep month. Everyone is very welcome. in touch and still come and visit when you can. We need your help! Rochford Open Gardens Community events take significant planning We currently have around six gardens to be and setting up, so we would really appreciate opened on Sunday 27th June, 2 to 5pm, with some additional ideas and help to make these many thanks to people that have volunteered events as successful as possible. Offers of help so far. The gardens are well spread throughout with any of the functions will be greeted with the village and will provide a lovely relaxing open arms. We are planning an open meeting Sunday afternoon. If Covid restrictions are on Friday 21st May at 7.30 to discuss this year’s lifted, cream teas will also be on offer. village events. Please come along and tell us It would be great to have a few more gar - your ideas and let us know if you are able to dens to visit in the village, so please can you let help with any of the events. It will be in the Ann know if you are willing to open your gar - garden at Parsonage Farm. Please contact An - den. drew on 01584 781298 or email [email protected]) if you have any thoughts or ideas, and please come to the meet - Neighbourhood lunches Take-away neighbourhood lunches (delivered ing if you can. or collected) will be available on Friday 14th May. As usual please bring your own plates Rochford village hall car park and let Ann know by the previous Monday. This is a private car park belonging to the vil - From this month the lunches will cost £6, the lage hall, not a public one, and a contribution first rise since we started in 2012. Where has towards its upkeep would be appreciated. that time gone? As lockdown eases and the hall gets busier, unauthorised parking on the carpark is an issue. Both long and short term parking can Rochford Rocks Rochford Rocks will return on Saturday 21st only be allowed with permission and payment August – a great event with live music, danc - for a permit. These can be obtained from Ann ing, hot food, homemade puds and a Pimms Prosser, 01584 781317, or Norma Goodall, 01584 and real ale/cider bar. We all need a good 781395. Your cooperation on this matter will be party, so put the date in your diary. much appreciated. Andrew Barbé Stoke Bliss and Kyre Paul Northwood Our horse chestnut tree Jenny and Ian Northwood and all their family The horse chestnut or conker tree is a large de - wish to thank everyone for their condolences ciduous tree of the same family as soapberry and the support and prayers that surround and lychee. The seed and leaves are used for them in the loss of their son Paul. treating haemorrhoids and swollen veins! Fas - Paul will always live on, not only in the cinating, I hear you say, but what has that to do hearts of all who knew him, but also by his cre - with Stoke Bliss? ative work with oak and the furnishings that During the storms in March a large limb form a lasting memorial to his talent. broke away at the collar from the main trunk of the horse chestnut tree in the churchyard at Stoke Bliss. The limb caused some damage – it landed on the fence at the back of the church - David John Thomas yard, pushed a couple of gravestones off their David John Thomas of Conwy passed away footings and unfortunately split one in half. Yet on 21st March after a short illness. Formerly rather amazingly the other branches weaved of Old Hall, Rochford and Pool Ridge, Stoke themselves among the other grave stones with Bliss. Father of the late Philip and Sara. Sur - no ill effects. vived by his loving wife, Dianne Thomas, as Local tree surgeon Lee Johnson has in - well as his children Richard and Ceri. spected the tree and has confirmed that the tree is healthy and there is no indication of bleeding canker. The plan is to chip and log the tree limb, Deadline for the next issue repair the fence and return the gravestones to their rightful locations. A big thank you to ev - of TemeTalk is 18th May eryone who has helped and supported us with [email protected] this. 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7 Hanley Happenings

Clearing ditches Telephone box Each village appoints a lengthsman who is Another suggestions has been put forward for tasked by the parish council to complete tasks the future use of the redundant telephone box – in the parish such as cutting back vegetation a charging point for electric cars. Further inves - around signs. tigations are being made to see if this is a viable This parish has used the lengthsman histor - option. ically to keep ditches clear of debris and mud. This cannot now continue without the council Church services being notified by the landowner. Go to the As reported elsewhere, normal services are Worcestershire County Council’s website at gradually being reintroduced, which will be www.worcestershire.gov.uk and pinpoint the easier when restrictions are eased and warmer reported incident on the map. The council will weather comes! Singing Easter hymns outside consider whether the situation needs attention. at Hanley William in a snow flurry on the Sun - A photo may help. day after Easter was some experience! Jane De - Tracy Stuart-Allen lahay bowed out from her unofficial role of custodian of the church at this service, after Village Hall many years of service, and we thank her for all The village hall will of course be open for the her hard work in preparing the church for ser - local elections on 6th May. After cleaning it is vices. hoped that table tennis and art classes can begin This is a good chance to say thank you to again after the middle of May subject to Covid Julia and her team for providing some form of regulations. virtual worship throughout the benefice during Further clarification can be obtained from Ed the last twelve months. Yarnold (07930 882728) or Tracy Stuart-Allen Peter Thorneycroft (07972 183164). More Hanley Happenings on page 13

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9 Our Future and God’s Church Times of lockdown have brought some bless - Bowling ings in the midst of challenges and this feels to Keep fit and have fun! be a good moment to engage in a broad con - @ Brimfield and Little Hereford versation about the shape of the future as Teme Valley South churches begin gently to emerge Bowling Club from lockdown. Call Josie Ward on 01584 881435 Do come along on Saturday 5th June to Hanley Rectory Garden between 10am and 3pm as we capture stories about how church has been important to you and how you might like church to be in the future. Covid compliant light refreshments will be available. Please let TVS Administration (assis - [email protected]) or Rev Julia know if you will be coming and book an hourly slot. Garden Centre and Gift Shop Rev’d Julia Bedding plants • Vegetable plants Pond plants • Indoor plants Garden furniture Pots and garden ornaments HWS PEST CONTROL Gifts and local crafts Wasps H Bees H Hornets H Ants H Rats Mice H Flies H Fleas H Moles H Squirrels Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5.30pm Sunday 10am-4pm Farm contracts and private work First class service, unbeatable rates! MILL FARM COUNTRY RETAIL Call Darren 24/7 on Stanford Bridge WR6 6SP 07967 642270 07778 033862 [email protected]

10 All you need for the garden at Angel Gardens “We were lucky that we could stay open during all three lockdowns,” says Louise Mawditt, owner of Angel Gardens, “so we could deliver compost, plants and seeds to all the people who had been bitten by the gardening bug during the pandemic and couldn’t come to us.” Angel Gardens, at Mill Farm Country Retail, Stanford Bridge, celebrates its third anniversary on 28th May. Louise stocks a huge variety of plants – pond plants and marginals, alpines, the most beautiful hellebores as well as shrubs, climbers and fruit trees. Her two polytunnels are full of bedding plants and vegetable plants which will be available towards the end of this month, and she is also taking orders for hang - ing baskets. Last year’s hanging baskets were very popular and she is happy to see so many returning customers now that lockdown re - supply at the moment so Angel Gardens is strictions have finally eased, and to have had lucky to have a good range of rattan chairs and so much positive feedback. sofas as well as a few aluminium and powder The Angel Gardens shop is packed with gar - coated sets. dening essentials, seeds, gardening gloves and As well as Helen, who has been working at secateurs and a big display of indoor plants. Angel Gardens for the last year, Daphne the cat There is also a range of children’s gardening is always around, tripping people up and get - equipment, which Louise hopes will encourage ting as much fuss from the customers as she the younger generation to learn to love garden - can. Louise says she is good at testing the gar - ing. den furniture, less good when she starts chas - Louise is especially pleased that Angel Gar - ing dogs out of the shop! dens has been chosen to stock David Austin Louise is still offering a free delivery service, roses. This year has seen a huge drop in pro - but why not come to Angel Gardens and see all duction so David Austin is only supplying a the beautiful plants for yourself. You can make few gardens centres in Herefordshire and an afternoon of it now that Mill Farm Country Worcestershire and Louise is delighted that she Retail if fully open – The Den serves delicious will have a gorgeous selection of beautiful food and coffee and there is a great selection of healthy roses. independent retailers selling a wide range of Outdoor garden furniture is also in short gifts. Louise, Helen and Daphne would like to say a huge thank you to all the fabulous customers who have supported them throughout the last year. Louise says, “We wouldn’t be here with - out you and we look forward to seeing you again soon”.

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12 Plants! Plants! Plants! Anna Fletcher’s plant sale will be taking place Any money raised will be divided between at Hanley Court Gardens on Saturday 8th the Air Ambulance and local community initia - May from 9.30 am to 4.30pm. tives in the village. Despite the very variable weather Anna has To meet Covid regulations please come with managed to produce a fantastic selection of an - a suitable mask. Hand sanitisers will be avail - nuals, perennials shrubs and tomato plants. able at the Gardens. It would be helpful if you Reference books and The Journal of Hardy could let me know (07836 733072) roughly Plants will be available for further information. when you might be arriving to avoid too many This is an opportunity to buy a tremendous people arriving at once. There is plenty of car range of plants, some not generally available parking at the Gardens – the entrance is the elsewhere, and the many people who pur - first drive on the right about half a mile past the chased stock last year will I’m sure be back. church on the road to Eastham. Putting Hanley Childe on the map During the last three years we have become the race and Georgie was one of only three En - used to passing the racehorses operating from glish trainers to have a horse who finished – no the stables on top of the hill. Here Georgie mean achievement for a very small yard, so Howell trains and her daughter Tabitha Wors - very well done to both of them. ley rides on the National Hunt circuit. This year The Hanleys have a long tradition of racing they had a runner, Sub Lieutenant, in the starting with the Kerbys after the war on the Grand National. point-to-point circuit and it is fitting that Caro - They rightly received a lot of pre-race pub - line should now ride out for Georgie, following licity both on the television and in the newspa - in the footsteps of her uncle and aunt, both pers and were rewarded with a fourteenth leading riders in their time. place out of an entry of 40 horses. Tabitha was Peter Thorneycroft one of only two woman jockeys to complete

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13 My motoring memories Just before we won the WorId Cup in 1966 I doors shut and jump in over the top with the passed my driving test. This allowed me to use hood down – not so good in wet weather. the family car, an Austin Westminster, and later The structure was beyond repair so the car a Ford Zephyr 6, and occasionally dad’s busi - was parked up at home and rotted away. The ness van, the Austin J4. The van was hopeless front seats had a short after-life as surprisingly for romance as he often used it to ferry suckler comfortable deck chairs. calves from Hereford market and there was al - As a slow learner I followed this with an - ways some evidence of them in the back. other Moggy (hard top this time) and then an Having started driving MG Midget (I must have tractors (Fordson Major or looked very big indeed in the Dexta) it was novel to find little thing). you didn’t need to keep steer - By the mid 1970s I had a ing to make the car go straight Mini Clubman and then, after on! getting married, a Triumph My parents received Child Spitfire for our honeymoon Allowance of about 10 shill- and when the wheels fell off ings a week and they squirrelled this away in a that, a Triumph Dolomite. post office savings account for me. When I left In 1981 I found the holy grail, a company car. home to start college in 1967 those savings The firm asked me what I would like, within amounted to about £500 (nearly £10,000 in reason. I asked for a black Ford Cortina. After a today’s money) and I convinced myself I month or so the new car arrived – a white Vaux - needed a car! With my father’s help I found a hall Cavalier. It had vivid red upholstery in faux 1958 Morris 1000 convertible and off I went. leather and automatic gears. I drove all over the Before long the problems started. The rear country in it and grew to love it. This was my window in the hood failed, the clutch needed first experience of a non British Leyland car. replacing, the brake pads were worn and, worst Since then my cars have been much more re - of all, with passengers aboard the doors would liable but much less interesting. not shut. We had an answer for this – keep the Brian Griffiths

14 “I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve had to do with the village ...”

Sally Jones moved to Eastham in August 1979. through a door with an unwelcoming creak. Moving on to Tenbury, she says, “I’ve enjoyed Children should be seen and not heard, indeed everything I’ve had to do with the village”. children were better not to be in church at all! She and her husband Reg bought the for - A cup of tea after a service was unheard of. mer school on the Highwood. Turning Now the door doesn’t creak. Children it into a family home was a task to are welcome in services and (until make you either laugh or cry, so Covid intervened) refreshments they called it “Comedy”. Later and conversation after worship Sally moved, staying on the are part of the church’s life. Highwood, to 2 Old School Sally has served on nearly House (so named as it too had every village organisation. Her been a school). Describing her - move to Tenbury has been self as a “city girl”, they had de - prompted by her eyesight, which cided to give living in Eastham a is all right for driving at present, couple of years to see how it went. but sensibly she has decided to They settled and in her time in East - move when she can rather than when ham, the Jones family had three weddings, she must. Her house already feels like home, one baptism, one funeral and an ordination. especially as Tenbury has been her local town In the Teme Valley Sally discovered the for the last 42 years. But it’s not “goodbye” to beauty of the landscape, the sense of commu - Eastham or Teme Valley South Churches. She nity and the joy of seeing the coming and going still feels very much part of the community and of the seasons. Even the rain was all right, and intends being part of its life. snow she describes as “brilliant” so long as you Villagers and Teme Valley South churches have what you need in the house and can not look forward to her ongoing participation. go out for a few days. The sense of community Robert Barlow she describes as the way the village comes to - gether when there is someone in need, giving the example of the offers of support that she had when Reg died. Sally writes ... Change in the village has been gradual. Thank you all very much for your kind When she moved in there were already fewer good wishes for my move down the road to farmers than in previous generations. The Tenbury. I have been carried on a waft of flow - school had closed. They were not unusual in ers and prayers, cards and messages. Here I commuting for work. There was a library van am in my bright upstairs living room, formerly that used to visit and a grocery van. Their “ the home of Margaret Morris of Eastham so it’s places have been taken by supermarket home somehow all of a piece. Daily new shrubs and delivery vans and numerous other delivery ser - flowers are coming into bloom in the garden. I vices. There has been very little new house still have Clee in my sights and the birds sing building with some barns being converted to all the day long. I have been made most wel - housing. come by neighbours. God is indeed good. The fête and flower show has continued year I am delighted to receive visitors in my on year. She remembers in her early days being sunny front garden at 3 Berrington Mews, so impressed by the super competent women run - please drop by whenever you like. We have ning the fête tea tent. 37 years later she knew much to look forward to this summer. she was really part of the village when she was Sally invited to help with the teas. [email protected] The church has changed. Entry used to be 01584 819435

15 Walking Church Walking Church has been going for just over a year, and what an interesting year it has been! The good news is that organised walks come into the category of organised outdoor sporting events and are not subject to the rule of six. We can be relaxed about numbers, though we need to ensure proper risk assessments are done, Daily Hope – a new way of bringing worship contact details kept etc. and prayer to people’s homes Our Walking Church for this month will be on Sunday 16th May, the Sunday after Ascen - Recently the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin sion Day. There is a very pleasant walk across Welby, launched Daily Hope, a free phone line arable fields and pasture with stunning views, offering hymns, prayers and reflections 24 starting at the lay-by on the B4204 just outside hours a day during the lockdown. The line re - Rochford (just before Rochford Mount). It's just ceived more than 6,000 calls in the first 48 hours under three miles but it does have stiles. of its launch. They're not difficult ones but when I gave it a The free phone number is: 0800 804 8044 test walk earlier I was glad I had only taken a It opens with a greeting from the Archbishop small dog, not the large one. We'll meet there followed by a number of options: at 2pm and please let me know if you're intend - * To listen to a full message from the Arch - ing coming as even though we can be relaxed bishop of Canterbury about numbers we still need to ensure an ap - 1 Hymns We Love propriate group size. 2 Hymns line – for some uplifting hymns Robert Barlow 3 Prayer line specific and relevant for coron - [email protected] , 07947 600627 avirus times 4 For more options which are as follows; 5 Daily Church of England service TemeTalk 6 Morning and evening prayers [email protected] 7 Covid-19 advice

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17 M o r e E a s t h a m J o t t i n g s

Continued from page 7 Millennium weathervane This has been reconditioned, thanks to Matt Wish list for donations Hall, and will be fitted on the Memorial Hall There are still items on the list on the hall web - later in the year, when all the snagging is com - site. To donate please telephone Mike Palfrey pleted. on 07967 854267 or email mike.palfrey@east - hammemorialhall.org.uk.. Memorial Board restoration Thanks to everyone who has given so kindly Memorial Hall Events Team for the restoration of the Eastham and Orleton The team consists of Claire Davies, Jane Spils - board, especially those in Orleton who have bury and Simon Neary. Please complete your joined those from Eastham to raise the money. questionnaire and return to the hall around 6th We now have £800 of the £995 we need. Cash, May. cheques (made payable to Eastham Memorial Hall) or online donations to Celia Adams at Community garden [email protected]. Helpers are needed to repair the grass area, put together some wooden planters and do some planting. This will have to happen with social Bird box Thanks to Mike Palfrey for making a bird box distancing in mind. If you would like to help to and to Wilf Knott who has donated a further make the site look its best in time for the open - two double boxes. Wilf is unwell at the moment ing, please contact David on 01584 781505. and his daughter Louise is arranging a trip for Where there’s a will, there’s a way! him to see the new hall. Eastham Church do - nated its Easter collection of £60 to Louise’s charity, Read UK. Thanks to Wilf for years of TemeTalk bird boxes throughout Eastham and beyond. Deadline 18th May Celia Adams

18 Righting rules There has been some discussion in the press re - Be more or less specific. cently about the importance of spelling and Parenthetical remarks (however useful) are punctuation. Precision in language used to be (usually) unnecessary. considered important for clarity and under - Contractions aren’t helpful and shouldn’t be standing, but now apparently used. correct English is a tool of cul - One should never generalise. tural oppression. Hull Univer - The spell cheque Comparisons are as bad as sity plans to drop the clichés. requirement for proficiency in is knot always Abandon ampersands & written and spoken English, write!!! abbreviations etc. and academics at Worcester Cut out commas, that are, not University have been told that necessary. if spelling, grammar and punctuation are not Parenthetical words however should be en - “central to the assessment criteria”, students closed in commas. should not be judged on them. Never use a big word when a diminutive one If, like me, you pride yourself on always would be sufficient. using clear concise English, properly spelt and Don’t overuse exclamation marks!!! punctuated, you may need these new rules to Take care to use you’re words appropriately. make sure you always get it write. Its important to use the apostrophe in it’s proper place. Prepositions are not words to end sentences Who needs rhetorical questions? with. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than And sentences should not begin with a understatement. conjunction. Proofread carefully to see if you any words Shy away from clichés like the plague. out. Absolutely always avoid annoying The spell cheque is knot always write. alliteration. SG

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19 Have you been given a date for your Covid vaccination? Can we help by taking you to your appointment and bringing you home?

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20 Enjoy the freshest vegetables, Rochford Parish Council Our annual Parish Council meeting is on Mon - grown in Eastham day 10th May at Rochford Village Hall starting Eastham’s country garden (allotment) scheme at 8pm followed by an ordinary Parish Council provides fresh vegetables grown in Eastham meeting. throughout the year, with funds from the Telephone box scheme going back into the community. The Many thanks to Tom Jones for giving the tele - land is tended with loving care by Debbie Pow - phone box a makeover with a lick of paint, and ell, who does all the planting, watering, weed - keeping it clear of vegetation etc. Councillors ing, harvesting and delivery. have decided to start with a book swap shop. Debbie grows all vegetables – potatoes, If you have any shelving that would fit in the onions, runner beans, broad beans, green beans, telephone box, please let the clerk know. parsnips, marrows, pumpkins, squash ... the list is endless. She also has a polytunnel with toma - Speeding toes, peppers, cucumbers and lettuce as well as We are currently awaiting a speeding data re - many varieties of herbs. view to find out if we are eligible for commu - She delivers through Eastham and beyond nity speed watch. to neighbouring villages. Minutes, agendas etc can be found on the no - The scheme is run by Temework Limited tice board by the telephone box, and online at and as the proceeds are Covid 19 proof with the www.worcestershire.gov.uk/MyParish. year end of April 30th, the usual distribution If you have anything to report or discuss, has been made into the local community. Teme - please call Carole (Clerk) on 07813 567207 or work has distributed over £16,000 since it was email [email protected]. set up 12 years ago, first with organic boxes and latterly with the allotment scheme. Payment is by monthly standing order – a full subscription Deadline for the next issue of is £12 and a half is £6 per week. TemeTalk is 18th May For further information please contact Celia Adams on 01586 781258 or email eastham - 01568 750665 or [email protected] [email protected] ROB NORTHWOOD RENOVATION AND REPAIR OF TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS Oak-frame Restoration and Decoration • Extensions and Oak Porches • Stonework and Roofing We specialise in all your excavations • and landscaping needs Pointing and Chimney Repairs 3 Foundations / Footings / Concreting • 3 Lime Work Ground Clearance / Driver Hire 3 • Septic Tanks / Soakaways Complete Renovations, 3 Treatment Plants / Drainage Small Repairs and Maintenance 3 Water Piping / Trenching • Over 20 Years’ Experience Based in Tenbury Wells we cover the three counties of Worcestershire / Herefordshire / Shropshire 01885 410425 delivering professional groundwork projects 07811 288986 [email protected] Simon Jeffries www.robnorthwood.com Mobile 07581 531346 Email [email protected]

21 One a penny, two a penny ...

... hot cross buns. Yummy! A tasty traditional with a Cadbury’s creme egg inside, the whole Good Friday treat. Not so traditional this year, thing deep fried, sprinkled with cinnamon and though, as supermarkets advertised hot cross served with hot fudge sauce. buns with chocolate, with rum soaked raisins, It was only after I’d read the post several with chilli and chocolate ( chilli and chocolate?!? ). times to take in the full horror of this Easter However a Facebook post from my niece treat that I noticed the date – 1st April. I do who runs a restaurant in Pukekohe, New hope it was an April fool’s joke ... Zealand, gave me the biggest shock. She was SG promising customers a hot cross bun baked Fantastic Worcestershire Walks Are you fed-up with doing the same old walks? or away on holiday, you will be able to find a Then Walking in Worcestershire walk suitable for you”. www.walkinginengland.co.uk/worcestershire With walks from half a mile to more than is the website for you! twelve miles long and a note of suitability for With hundreds of walks to download and pushchairs and wheelchairs, everyone can find print, free, it also has books of walks, contact a walk to enjoy. details for all the walking groups in the county So home or away, check out the websites and much more. Whether you want to walk on and get walking! your own or with a group, all the information John Harris is there in one place. www.walkinginengland.co.uk John Harris of Walking in England said, email: [email protected] “There is so much walking information on the web but it is difficult to find. Walking in Walking in Worcestershire is part of the Walking in Worcestershire has brought it together in one England suite of websites (www.walkingin-eng - place so whether you are walking from home land.co.uk) – one for each county in England.

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22 Teme Valley Wildlife One of the unexpected the disadvantages that effects of living through pets can cause. As a cat the pandemic has been owner I’m all too aware the increase in the num - of the effects my felines ber of households keep - have on the local rodent ing a family pet. Months and bird population and of coronavirus lockdown I know that keeping a and the prospect of in - well-stocked bird table creased future home- doesn’t redress the bal - working have combined ance. I’ve tried to min - to give many people the imise predatory extra time they need to behaviour by fitting bell bring a pet into their collars and keeping the lives. Dogs have been catflap locked at night, particularly popular, per - but neither action has haps because they offer had much effect. I was in - the health benefits of ex - terested therefore to read ercise and access to the about research from Ex - great outdoors as well as eter University which has providing companion - found a strategy that ap - ship. Stroking an animal’s fur can lower a per - pears to help. The study asked people to son’s blood pressure, so even cat owners, spend ten minutes each day encouraging their whose pets are generally ill at ease on a walk, cat to pounce on a feather attached to a string, can get to see a health benefit too. followed by play with a toy mouse. Over the As with all things in life, the pleasure of twelve-week trial owners noted a reduction of animal ownership has to be weighed against twenty-five percent in prey caught. The study looked into diet too, and found that cat food with a high meat content also reduced the number of prey animals brought through the catflap. D&G Sadly dogs are no more popular with birds than cats. When off the lead dogs can disturb Garden Services ground-nesting birds and can threaten the breeding of endangered species such as larks Contract lawn mowing and curlews. Keeping your dog on a lead on Hedge trimming walks through bird-nesting habitats is ad - vised. At least small mammals are safer with Treework dogs than cats, although some types of dog Border upkeep are known to attack hedgehogs. A different aspect of pet ownership which may affect wildlife is the use of antibiotics and For a complete garden service anti-flea medi-cations which, if used inappro - telephone G Powell priately, can have unforeseen consequences. Antibiotic resistance is a serious problem in human medicine and given that some drugs are used for both people and animals we 01886 o8r 12302 should use antibiotics in pets only when they 07951 464408 Continued on page 24 23 Continued from page 23 are absolutely necessary. Antibiotics should al - ducted via Zoom. The talk is called “Butter - ways be used with restraint so that they stay flies of the Malvern Hills” and will be given effective when we really need them. by Mel Mason. Please consult our website or Flea medications are pesticides and it is of Facebook page for details of how to join. We concern that they are now being detected in invite everyone, members and non-members rivers, including our own River Teme. These alike, to take part. All are welcome. chemicals can harm freshwater invertebrates, For up-to-date information on what wildlife is a lack of which impacts on creatures higher up being seen in the area, or to give us your sight - the food chain, such as fish, amphibians, bats ings or comments, visit our Facebook page. and birds. I would urge the use of anti-flea Stephanie Mocroft medication only in pets suffering an infesta - tion. The common practice of using them reg - Our programme of events, bird survey and archive ularly as prophylaxis against fleas is not photographs are available on our website justified and is likely to cause greater environ - www.temevalleywildlife.co.uk We normally hold mental disturbance in the future. meetings on the second Thursday of the month. All The next meeting of the Teme Valley are welcome. Contact us by telephone on 01568 Wildlife Group is on 13th May and will be con - 750413 or by email at [email protected].

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24 25 Tenbury & District Carers Farm Community Network Support Group Confidential phone line 7am to 11pm meets on the 4th Wednesday of every 0845 367 9990 month from 10.30 am to 12 noon at Penlu Sports Centre Samaritans It’s available to support all carers 01905 21121/0345 909090 01886 853633 Free confidential support and advice Sue’s Richard Haines Ironing Service The Worcestershire Chimney Sweep 07752 116629, 01584 781358 [email protected] www.theworcestershirechimneysweep.co.uk

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26 What’s on in Teme Valley South

May 5th Wednesday Eastham Coffee Morning by Zoom, 10.30am 8th Saturday Plant Sale, Hanley Court Gardens, Hanley William, 9.30am-4.30pm 10th Monday Rochford Parish Council annual meeting, Rochford Village Hall, 8pm 11th Tuesday Hanley Parish Council meeting and AGM, Village Hall, 7.15pm 14th Friday Rochford Neighbourhood Lunch (delivered or collected) 16th Sunday Walking Church, 2pm 17th Monday Eastham Memorial Hall AGM, Eastham Memorial Hall 18th Tuesday Hanley Parish Council Meeting and AGM, Hanley Village Hall, 7.15pm

June 2nd Wednesday Eastham Coffee Morning, Eastham Memorial Hall, 10.30am 5th Saturday Our Future and God’s Church, Hanley Rectory Garden, 10am-3pm

July 7th Wednesday Eastham Coffee Morning, Eastham Memorial Hall, 10.30am

August 4th Wednesday Eastham Coffee Morning, Eastham Memorial Hall, 10.30am 15th Sunday Eastham Riverside Fête, Eastham Memorial Hall, 12 noon 21st Saturday Rochford Rocks 22nd Sunday Rochford Fête

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Tel: 07951 07 48 64 01452 344499 [email protected] Technical So lutio ns Tel: 07773 63 69 09 ele vate inf o@g oele vate .co .uk www.chorleys.com 27 Services May/June 2021

We are praying online daily via Zoom so do email Rev’d Julia if you would like to join us. If you have a prayer request to be included please ring or email Rev’d Julia or your local pas - toral team member – see Teme Valley South Contacts on page 2.

The Blessings Group continues to meet weekly and is coordinated by Richard Skerrett who can be contacted on 01886 853099 for details. Online Sunday services continue. For details see: • Teme Valley South Churches Facebook page • Our website, www.temevalleysouth.org • Google ‘A Church Near You’ and put in your postcode to find us • The Church of England has a pre-recorded weekly online service: search Church of England weekly services or go to www.churchofengland.org/more/media- centre/church-online/weekly-online-services Sunday Services (Subject to change – check with your churchwarden or Rev’d Julia) Please bring a facemask for services inside a church building Sunday 2nd May 10.00am Stanford Holy Communion 6.30pm Stoke Bliss Evening Prayer

Sunday 9th May 10.00am Hanley Childe Outdoor service celebrating Rogation 6.30pm Rochford Evening Service

Thursday 13th May Ascension Day Online Pre-recorded Ascension Day Service

Sunday 16th May 10.00am Eastham All Age Service 2.00pm Walking Church 6.30pm Hanley William Evening Communion

Sunday 23rd May 10.00am Rochford All Age Service and Communion 6.30pm Kyre Celtic Prayer

Sunday 30th May 10 to 11.30am Hanley Rectory Garden Café Church – BYO Picnic (parking at Hanley Village Hall) (Please let Rev’d Julia know if you are coming)

Saturday 5th June 10am to 3pm Hanley Rectory Garden Our Future and God’s Church – see page 10

Sunday 6th June 10.00am Stanford Holy Communion 6.30pm Stoke Bliss Evening Prayer

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