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No.024 December 2017

A Monthly Newsletter for Chilmark & Ridge and with

Next Issue Welcome to the December and January issue of The Village Voice May we remind our readers that As Christmas approaches it was sad to discover that thieves keen to cash in on the this issue covers both December season had targeted a holly tree outside a home in the and January and so the next village. The berry-laden tree, on the north side of the Village Voice will be the February B3089, was crudely sawn off at trunk level; the branches issue. The deadline for this is were then dragged along the pavement towards Park Saturday 20 January. Drive and chopped up before being loaded onto a white open-topped transit van. The holly-laden van Village Voice News was subsequently spotted turning round in front of The Current and back issues of Black Dog as dusk fell, but the villager who saw it had The Village Voice can be no reason to realize the holly was Chilmark-sourced. downloaded from the website: www.chilmarkvillagevoice.co.uk On a more positive note there’s much to look forward to If you wish to share village news or in the village in coming weeks, starting with the Reading information, please email Room Christmas Bazaar on Saturday 9 December, [email protected] 2-4pm (p4&5). The following week on Thursday 14 December the charity Team Rubicon is hosting its Christmas Drinks in the Reading Room to which everyone in Chilmark and Ridge is invited (p5). The first village carols of the season are at St Margaret’s Church on Friday 22 December at 7pm. Remember to bring your torch for this atmospheric Candlelit Carol Service. The following night, Saturday 23rd, there’s a Carols double billing, starting with round-the-village carol singing at 6pm in aid of Trust for the Homeless (p5); then it’s on to The Black Dog at 8.30pm for a wonderful repertoire (and lots of fun) led by Sophie Eden (see p5). Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve will be at 10pm in St Margaret’s. The Christmas Day Family service the following morning starts at 11.15am. Meanwhile, if you’re planning to spend New Year’s Eve in Chilmark, do remember to head down to The Cross at midnight to hear the church bells ringing in the New Year. In this issue Looking ahead to 2018, Chilmark’s bell ringers are already making plans for Contact Numbers 2 Armistice100, commemorating the end of World War I. There will be dedicated bell- What’s On & Diary 3 ringing across the country at various times (see p9). Also looking ahead to the New Village News 4-9 Year are the organizers of Chilmark Village Show. Please come to the Horticultural Society AGM on Thursday 18 January, 7.30pm, at The Black Dog. We will be looking Church Times 10-12 for volunteers to help run next year’s show. Other News 13-16 Finally, we say farewell to John & Yvonne Stocker who have moved to Warwickshire Recycling & Waste 15 after eight years at Forge Cottage, Chilmark; also to Selaine Saxby who has moved Local Police 16 to North Devon after nearly seven years in the village. And, a warm welcome to Rob Evans and Jo Fenner who have moved into Forge Cottage with their dog Ned, having come from near Chester.

We wish everyone a Happy Christmas and fruitful New Year. The Editorial Team The Village Voice - Village Directory

The Village Voice Editorial Team Copy deadline 20th of each month. Please note that there will be one issue for December & January (copy deadline 20 November) and one issue for July & August (deadline 20 June). Items will be welcomed from any individual or village organisation and should be sent to the Editor. However, newsletter content remains at the discretion of the Editorial Team and on some occasions will be space dependent. If you wish to advertise in the newsletter, please contact the Treasurer. Editor Sarah Miller 01722 717473, [email protected] Whitehill, Beckett’s Lane, Chilmark Deputy Editor/ Treasurer/ Advertising/ Mike Scott 01722 716971 [email protected] Joint Deputy Editor Bev Small 01722 716943 [email protected] Design & Layout Glen Miller 01722 717473 [email protected] Goods & Services Directory Felicity Trotman 01747 820503 [email protected] Distribution Stephanie Lucas 01722 716463

Directory Clerk to the Parish Council Mrs Jenny MacDougall, 01722 790339 [email protected] Chairman, Parish Council Mr Patrick Boyles, 01722 716416 [email protected] Citizens’ Advice Bureau 03444 111444 www.cabwiltshire.org.uk Chilmark & Fonthill Bishop School 01722 716348 www.chilmarkfonthillbishop.wilts.sch.uk Chilmark Cricket Club Carl Jacobs, 01722 716422 [email protected] Doctors’ Surgery Hindon 01747 820222 www.hindonsurgery.co.uk Doctors’ Surgery Tisbury 01747 870204 www.tisburysurgery.nhs.uk Flooding - emergency number 0300 456 0100 (24hrs) Neighbourhood Watch Mary Boyles, 01722 716416, [email protected] NHS 111 Service Call 111 when you need medical help fast but it’s not a 999 emergency Police (non-emergency) Tel: 101 (emergency? - call 999) Pothole & Fly Tipping Reporting go to www..gov.uk and select ‘Report’ Reading Room bookings Mrs Jenny Gavin, 01722 716306 [email protected] South Wiltshire MP Dr Andrew Murrison, 0207 219 8337 [email protected] Scottish & Southern Electricity 0800 0727282 Power Cut? dial 105 or visit www.powercut105.com Tisbus 07500 802525 www.tisbus.co.uk Tisbury Sports Centre 01747 871141 [email protected] Tisbury Library 01747 870469

Village Show (Horticultural Society) Jo Scott, 01722 716971 [email protected] Wessex Water Leaks: 0800 692 0692 Supply & Sewerage: 0345 600 4600 0300 456 0100 www.wiltshire.gov.uk Wiltshire Councillor Cllr Bridget Wayman, 01747 830406 [email protected]

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December Dates for your Diary

Monday 4th 6.30pm Pilates Class Chilmark Reading Room (CRR) Monday 4th 8.30pm Pub Quiz The Black Dog Tuesday 5th 2.45-3.20pm Mobile Library Hops Close Tuesday 5th 7pm Social Stitchers CRR Wednesday 6th 9am Kettlercise Class CRR Friday 8th 10.30am Art Group Life Drawing CRR Saturday 9th 2-4pm Reading Room Christmas Bazaar CRR Monday 11th 6.30pm Pilates Class CRR Wednesday 13th 9am Kettlercise Class CRR Wednesday 13th 7pm Christmas Wreath Workshop CRR Thursday 14th 7-9pm Team Rubicon Xmas Drinks CRR Tuesday 19th 7pm Social Stitchers CRR Friday 22nd 7pm Candlelit Carol Service Chilmark Church Saturday 23rd 6pm Village Carol Singing Bus Stop, The Street Saturday 23rd 8.30pm Black Dog Carols The Black Dog January 2018 CRR Tuesday 2nd 2.45-3.20pm Mobile Library Hops Close Tuesday 2nd 7.30pm Social Stitchers CRR Wednesday 10th 7pm Parish Council Meeting CRR Friday 12th 10.30am Art Group Life Drawing CRR Tuesday 16th 7.30pm Social Stitchers CRR Wednesday 17th 7.30pm Reading Room Committee CRR Thursday 18th 7.30pm Horticultural Society AGM The Black Dog

Activities Contacts: Social Stitchers - Emily Wilkins on mob 07523 131630 Art Group - Jane Hobbs 01747 871200 Reading Group - Sally Butcher on 01722 716387 or [email protected] Pilates - Shirley Rutter on 07733 085077 or [email protected] Kettlercise - Karen Whewell 07500 080227 or [email protected]

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Parish Council News Flood Warnings for groundwater, call 0345 988 118 (24 hour service) or go online at: To read the latest minutes and future agenda: www.gov.uk/sign-up-for-flood-warnings www.southwilts.com/site/chilmarkparishcouncil/ We advise everyone that maybe affected by groundwater New Parish Councillor to register; you can sign up to receive flood warnings by At the Parish Council meeting in November Mr Ian Dennis, phone, email or text message if your home or business is of Frog Lane, was co-opted to fill the remaining vacancy at risk of flooding. If you would like more information on on the Council . To see the up to date list of Parish the groundwater flood warning service please email us at: Councillors and their contact details, please visit the South [email protected]. Wilts website as above.

Speeding on the B3089 Police speed traps are to be set up on the B3089 through the village in coming weeks. This follows the revelation that AGM average speeds on the road are too high for a Community Thank you to everyone who attended the Reading Room Speedwatch Scheme to be operated safely. A South Management Committee AGM on 22 November. After Wiltshire Community Safety Group meeting was told that a hearing annual reports from Reading Room Trustee Speedwatch programme wouldn’t be available to Chilmark Patrick Middleton, as well as from the Treasurer Johan until recorded speeds were brought down to a safer level. Denekamp and the Chairman Sarah Miller, those present The current average speed on the 30mph stretch of road elected a committee of 10 for the coming year. Following past the Black Dog is 43.57 mph, with 15% of motorists the election, it was suggested that a number of villagers travelling at or above 49mph. As a result, might be happy to join a team of Reading Room Events have advised that the area is to be treated as a priority ‘helpers’, without having the responsibility of being on the for the next three months, with police monitoring and committee. This suggestion was enthusiastically received. enforcement to be carried out. Meanwhile, Chilmark Parish To this end, if you’re interested in being an occasional Council has decided against joining forces with Dinton and helper at Reading Room events during the year, we’d be one other village to purchase a Speed Indicator Device delighted to hear from you. (SID). Despite a possible Area Board grant of £1,500 for Please contact Sarah Miller on 01722 717473. the project, the parish would have to find a further £500 towards the cost. In addition, volunteers would be needed At the meeting immediately after the AGM, officers for the to install it and there would be further costs for insurance coming year were elected as follows: and possible repairs. Secretary – Jenny Gavin Treasurer – Johan Denekamp Trees consultation Chairman – Sarah Miller Residents of Hops Close and Kents Hill have been asked Joint Vice Chairmen: what kind of trees they wish to see planted in place of the Barny Guthrie and Kirk Murray-Jones conifers cut down because they were blocking light from homes. The fir trees were originally planted to provide Reading Room Christmas Bazaar houses in Hops Close with screening from the water Saturday 9 December 2-4pm distillation plant across the road. A tree preservation order Please join us for a fun and festive afternoon and the was modified to allow removal of the trees on the basis opportunity to shop locally for Christmas Gifts and treats. that the Housing Association would replace them within 6 We’ll have a variety of village stalls, including Christmas months. At the parish council meeting it was agreed that produce, plus a Raffle with fantastic prizes (see below) if the trees are to be replaced, then it’s important a more and a Tombola. Delicious mulled wine and mince pies, as appropriate variety is chosen. The PC has now written to well as tea or coffee, will be served. Items for the Tombola affected householders asking for their views. (eg Bottles, Biscuits, Chocolates, Gifts) will all be gratefully received, as will home-cooked donations for the Proudce New Salt Bin stall. Please contact Sarah Miller on 717473, or Janey The Parish Council has installed a new yellow grit bin Middleton on 716231, or Jenny Gavin on 716306. outside Chilmark village school. It is hoped the availability Raffle prizes will include: of grit by the school will improve road safety for parents • Day out for two with the Historic Sports Car Club at when dropping off and picking up children in icy weather Sliverstone conditions. • £100 voucher for a meal at the The Royal Oak Next Parish Council meeting • A bottle of Islay single malt whisky The next Parish Council meeting is Wednesday 10 January • Roast Sunday lunch & pudding for two at Pythouse at 7pm in the Reading Room Kitchen Garden plus many other wonderful treats! We look forward to Groundwater Flood Warning Service for seeing you on the day. the Chilmark Stream The Environment Agency (EA) has launched a new service Fish ‘n Chips & Quiz night which could alert people in vulnerable communities to the Friday 2 February 7 for 7.30pm onset of groundwater flooding, in some case up to a few We’re delighted to have booked a highly rated mobile days in advance. This service is available for the Chilmark Fish ‘n Chips ‘shop’ for the Reading Room’s next Quiz Stream. The flood warning for your area is called South night. ‘Sam and the Frying Machine’ will provide freshly- Wiltshire Downs – The Chilmark Stream. To find out if you cooked Fish ‘n Chips (using line-caught Iceland Cod) or a are at risk and to register to receive these Flood Alerts and mozzarella vegetarian option (gluten free batter available). contd.... 4 The Village Voice

This will be followed by another mind-bending Reading Room Quiz! Booking and payment in advance is essential and we need a minimum of 30 customers on the night. Tickets £10 - please contact Sarah Miller on 01722 717473.

To read Minutes of the AGM and the meeting that followed immediately afterwards please visit the Reading Room website: www.chilmarkreadingroom.org.uk

Carol Singing Night – Saturday 23 December Round the village carol singing will start at 6pm, meeting at the Bus Stop on The Street. If you would like the carollers to sing at your front door (or would prefer us not to!) and perhaps have a favourite carol, please contact me as below. I cannot guarantee that we can comply with all requests, but we shall do our best. Money collected will go to Salisbury Trust for the Homeless. Felicity Pattenden 01722 716271 or [email protected]

Meanshile, Carols at The Black Dog will start at 8.30pm on Saturday 23rd. Kathy and Nigel warmly invite everyone to come along for a fun-packed night of carol singing with Sophie Eden. There will also be a grand draw. We very much look forward to seeing you.

Quiz Night at The Black Dog Pub Quiz enthusiasts need to head to The Black Dog on Monday 4 December for its first Quiz of the season. Proceedings will get underway at 8.30pm. Teams of up to six maximum. Entry £1 per person. The winning team takes the Cash Prize.

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From our Ireland Correspondent Aussie expat cum Chilmark Cricketer Brand King is Spike spending the winter in a remote part of Co. Donegal, When we first came to Chilmark, 20 something years working on his memoirs: ago, there seemed to be more wild animals. I particularly remember the flocks, yes literally, flocks of chaffinches, So it turns out I’m staying in a haunted house. I came to this but everything seemed in greater abundance (and of realisation myself, some weeks before locals at the pub course the unicorn was wandering through the woods). confirmed my suspicions. The ghostly spectre manifests Now only the pigeon seems in the ascendency, though we itself in a number of ways. For example the heating do have the wonderful acquisition of the Red Kites over switches itself on at five o’clock in the morning, despite the American Road, and we did once go to The Langfords the system being on a timer that specifically excludes that to see a rare Great Bustard which I thought was a swan. possibility. When I mentioned it to the gardener, hoping he It wasn’t! might show the timer had some hidden switch, he simply shrugged as if it shouldn’t happen. The next morning it But I digress; from what, I haven’t even started? My didn’t. Perhaps the ghosts liked him, I thought, or maybe subject today is the hedgehog. Another rarity these days, I was imagining things. Then it started happening again. measured by the reduction in the number of flattened, They also like to bang on doors at all hours, pull at my hair circular corpses that we see on the road. (How macabre as I try to sleep and make my car breakdown. Though, to gauge the number of the living by counting the dead). admittedly, that last thing might just be because my car’s We haven’t seen any in the garden for years, but recently a piece of rubbish. Biggles, our terrier, brought a baby into the house held carefully in his mouth. After this happened a second time, In other developments I went a month without drinking and after a search to make sure that no parent hedgehogs alcohol, something that’s not happened since Phil Tufnell were around, we decided to bring him (her? we may never was ’s premier spinner and Donald Trump was know) indoors. harmlessly going bankrupt running beauty pageants. This was not an intentional dry spell, rather a quirk of How to look after him? Would/should he hibernate? What circumstance combined with being out of the jurisdiction about feeding? Your Editor came up with some useful of Chilmark Cricket Club’s Social Committee. guidance, and we were soon in touch with The British Hedgehog Preservation Society (tel: 01584 890801). The I decided to break this drought, however, on a recent crucial parameter, we were told, was his weight: only if he Saturday night. The village looked quiet as usual and after was over 450 grams was hibernation OK, otherwise we walking past an empty first pub, I made my way to the would just have to feed him up. second in the expectation there would be next to no-one there. Then I pushed open the door and found it packed to Given that Spike, as he was soon named, was a mere 226 the rafters. Football game. Ireland drew with Denmark and grams, his future was clear: he would be housed in a plastic the locals were happy enough. I tried to keep to myself but box in our home and fed cat food whilst being weighed one jovial fellow decided he should make my acquaintance every day. In between all this excitement he would sleep in and then introduce me to everyone in the pub. I’d not his bed of leaves, but this was not hibernation! just gone a month without a drink, but a month without really talking to anyone. This was a sudden flood of social His weight oscillates a bit: clearly his poo, either in or out, interactions I wasn’t prepared for. It got worse, my new has a significant weight of its own, and tends to skew – as friend decided he would take the guitar and microphone we engineers say – the result, but in 10 days he was up to from the two-piece band and sing me a song. Awkward 320 grams ± the poo effect, so another fortnight might see doesn’t begin to describe it. When he tried to marry me off him ready for the Big Sleep. I’ll let you know . . to the (big boned) mayor’s daughter, I decided to make my excuses and leave. I haven’t been back since. Spike Sitrep - (Military: Situation Report) Dateline 24 November: Spike has now been with us for Poltergeists and bachelorettes aren’t the only locals of 26 days, during which his weight has increased from a interest though. There is also a large colony of rooks. There measly 226 grams to a feisty 383 grams, all done on his must be about 400 of them nesting in the trees beside the daily diet of catfood! At an average increase of 6g/day, cemetery. During the day they disperse across the lough he should be up to the target weight of 450g on about and over the peninsula to feed on the fertile farmlands in 5 December. Then it’ll be time to contact Hedgehog HQ the area, before returning at dusk. Occasionally when they (HHHQ) for further instructions. In the meantime, Spike come together at this time they fly as one over the beach has visited the School (aaah) and kept our dog Biggles in formation, pitching and turning like a murmuration of and cat Felix at bay (grrrr). starlings in the spring. It’s quite the sight. If the wind’s up, Patrick Middleton and coming from the right direction, they ascend into the sky above their nests and let the wind hold them there before gradually falling towards the treetops where they Music from the Baroque Era - Sunday 28 January repeat the act. They all do this at once. It’s remarkable to at 3pm, Tisbury Parish Church (St Andrew’s Chapel – watch, unless you’re standing underneath them of course, warm!). Members of Salisbury Baroque will be presenting in which case you’ll need an umbrella. a programme of music by Handel, Telemann and their Brand King contemporaries, introduced by Angus Menzies. Admission is free but there will be a retiring collection for charity. A splendid way to brighten up a dismal January afternoon! Chilmark Horticultural Society Bric-a-brac & Cake Sale Thanks to everybody who came, contributed and helped at this event on Saturday 11 November. The sale raised £170 towards the Horticultural Society. Jo Scott 6 The Village Voice

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Pupils enjoyed a mufti-day in mid- November to raise money for Children in Need. The non-school uniform fundraiser event proved a big hit with the pupils and staff alike; even Head Teacher Mr Smith took part, sporting a spotty tie. The children had been asked to think about how they could contribute to the wider community as part of their education in Christian responsibilities and British Citizenship. Elm Class pupils persuaded their parents to help them set up a toy sale after school, to raise more for the appeal. Pupils were given responsibility for posters, collecting toys and setting up the stalls, although some very kind mums helped as well. The event raised for Children in Need was Mr Smith awards prizes £147 – an impressive sum for a small school.

This philanthropic spirit is part of a drive for values in which the school is focusing on Faith, Resilience, Kindness, Resourcefulness, Love, Reflection, Friendship and Reciprocity. Following an inspirational talk from a nurse at Julia’s House, the children’s hospice charity, the whole school committed to taking part in a ‘run the extra mile’ challenge. On the fourth Friday in November, children decamped to the Playing Fields where each pupil either ran, walked or skipped eight laps, many of them in wellies owing to the muddy ground.

Julia’s House representative Jan Shaw was a guest on the day and gave a talk explaining how the sum they raised would be used and what impact it would have on the lives of families. The children’s efforts raised the fabulous sum of more than £200.

Headteacher Adam Smith said: ‘Events such as these help our children develop empathy with others who face great challenges in their lives. I was so pleased with how the children took this on and developed it themselves.’

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Thank you John Rooke wishes to thank all those people in the village who were so kind and supportive when he was unwell recently. He says particular thanks are due to Nick and Wendy but he is appreciative of just how considerate everyone has been. John is pleased to report that he is now back at work!

New Year Bells ‘We have heard the chimes at midnight’ - Henry IV Part 2 We are proposing to ring the bells again at St Margaret’s in traditional and time-honoured fashion on New Year’s Eve. These will herald in the New Year, in Tennyson’s phrase to ‘Ring out the old, ring in the new’. We rely on several visiting ringers from other towers to help us out, for whom we are very grateful. We hope that you will enjoy hearing the bells and, if you are up and about, do come into the church to watch and listen.

While we are looking towards the start of a new year, it is worth remembering that 2018 is the anniversary of the end of World War I. To commemorate this there will be some dedicated bell-ringing across the country at various times. In addition, the Government is supporting a campaign to encourage the recruitment of 1400 new ringers over the next year, who will be able to ring as part of Armistice100. This is symbolic as the number represents the 1400 bell- ringers who lost their lives in the Great War. If anyone in the village is interested in learning to ring, now is the time, so please get in touch. We practice on alternate Thursdays from 7 pm and will teach you how to handle a rope and to ring the bells. It would be wonderful if we could get our band up to six ringers in time for this memorable and poignant anniversary next year.

We wish you all a very Happy New Year, Chilmark Ringers Linda Jones, Tower Captain

Chilmark Playground Management Committee The Chilmark Playground Management Committee maintains the playground area in the school playing field by Claybush and Ridgeway. This playground has been a feature of the village for many years and is situated on land generously gifted to the school and village by Mrs Mary Edith Martineau in 1966.

The playground is a local amenity that is reliant upon the fund-raising activities of the Playground Committee for its continued existence. It costs money to run and maintain and the Committee is now seeking the views of the community as to whether this is a facility that it wishes to keep, upgrade or consider for other uses.

Please find with this edition of Village Voice a questionnaire in which we ask your views on the play area. It should only take a few minutes to complete and will help inform the future for the play area. You can also complete the questionnaire online at this address: www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6YKX2XL Completed paper questionnaires can be returned to a box in the porch of the Reading Room. Many thanks. Sally Butcher

9 Focus Point - Snow at Christmas? In the meantime your prayers are sought for all those Have you heard the weather predictions lately? Apparently involved in this process: there is a strong possibility that we may be due some harsh winter weather. So should we be thinking about a Heavenly Father, you have welcomed each one of us and white Christmas – indeed, are you dreaming of one yet? called us to be the body of Christ in the parishes of the There does seem to be something rather special about Nadder Valley; Send us your Holy Spirit at this time of the idea of snow at Christmas time. Snowball fights and uncertainty and change, to fill us with vision, energy and sledging. Making snowmen. Painfully cold fingers. The way faithfulness in prayer, that we may be true to our calling things grind to a halt. These happen whenever it snows in to bring new life to our communities. And guide with your England! Yet why is snow at Christmas so special? heavenly wisdom those who are to choose a new Team Vicar for this benefice, that the one we receive may be a Well, there’s certainly something special about the morning wise and gentle shepherd of your people: ready to serve after a night of snow: the stillness and peace, the unmarked us with joy, to build us up in faith, and to lead by example blanket covering the ground, the simple beauty. And don’t in loving obedience to your son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. these ideas link so strongly to our thoughts of Christmas: AMEN the Peace and Stillness helping us to think of night time Graham Southgate -Team Rector in a stable: the quiet of being away from the hustle and bustle of busy ‘hotels and inns’ in Bethlehem two thousand years ago as people gathered for the census. Peace and Service of Healing and Wholeness Stillness broken only by the sound of a new-born baby, the Wednesday 13 December, 7.30 pm at St Andrew’s sound of a child, of new life, of simple beauty. Chapel, Church of St John the Baptist, Tisbury

The image of a perfect blanket of snow perhaps emphasises An opportunity to pray in stillness for all those for whom the birth of the new child. We see a blank canvas, and are we care. reminded that Jesus’ birth was at the beginning of God’s plan to give humanity a new start, a second chance. A Whether you wish to pray for someone you know who baby has no bad thoughts, it cannot lie or harm. That same needs prayers, or for a situation near to your heart, join us perfection – honesty and purity – is what we find in Jesus, in a time of Prayer for Healing; all welcome. and the blanket of fresh snow can remind us of this. You are also invited to receive personal healing through Whether it snows or not, whether or not we get a glimpse Laying on of Hands and Anointing. of the blank canvas, Christmas itself can remind us of new beginnings and second chances. It is also closely followed Please bring forward the names of anyone for whom you by another, more commonly acknowledged, opportunity wish to pray. for fresh starts – New Year, with its tradition of resolutions. Among our pledges to get thinner / fitter / complete outstanding projects etc, this year we might try to consider some wider issues.

We can remember the simplicity and honesty of that first Christmas and the baby Jesus. In picturing the purity and clarity of freshly fallen snow we can think about those first footsteps that mark the clean white ‘blanket’. We can try to change something in our lives, and think about what we might do to make a real difference to the people and the world around us. Leaving a mark on life – like those first steps across untrodden snow.

Appointing new Team Vicar The responsibility for choosing a new Team Vicar in succession to the Reverend Andrew Staley falls jointly to the Team Rector (as Incumbent of the Nadder Valley Benefice) and the Bishop of Salisbury. We consulted widely via the Team Council to ensure that the needs of the parishes have been properly ascertained.

Advertisements for the Tisbury-based post were placed in the Church Times and from the two applications received, one applicant was short-listed for interview on 14/15 November. The first “familiarisation” day was very positive; however, just prior to the start of the formal interview we were informed that the interviewee had withdrawn his application having discerned that the post was not right for him, so I have not been able to make an appointment. Hopefully, we shall be able to place fresh advertisements in early 2018.

10 NADDER VALLEY BENEFICE – CHURCH ROTA – DECEMBER 2017 Date 3rd December 10th December 17th December Midweek 24th December 25th December 31st December Carol Services & SUNDAY Advent 1 Advent 2 Advent 3 Advent 4 Christmas Day Christmas 1 School Carols Christmas Eve Southern Area rd ANSTY 1115 MBCP JA 1115 PC GS 1115 HCBCP JN 23 1630 GS - - 1115 FC GS - - Carol Service COMPTON 0930 PCT GS - - 1600 Carol Service GS - 2200 PCT TF - - 0930 PCT GS Area Service 0800 HCO2T GS 1800 Carol Service JN - - - 0930 PC GS - - nd SUTTON 1800 EBCP GS 0930 PCO2T JN 0930 PCO2T GS 22 1800 GS - - - - Carol Service SWALLOW- 1115 PCT GS 1800 EBCP EB 1800 Carol Service GS - 2200 PCT JN 1115 SoW JA - - CLIFFE Northern Area BARFORD 1115 FC EB 0930 M LAY 1600 Carol Service EB 19th 1900 Carols at 2200 PC CS - - 1000 PC EB Heath Farm Park Area Service nd BAVER------22 1800 EB - - 0930 PCT RW - - STOCK Carol Service th CHILMARK 1115 PCT TF 1115 M LAY 1115 FC EB 14 1700 EB 2200 PCT EB 1115 FC EB - - School Carols 22nd 1900 TF Carol Service th DINTON 0800 HCBCP EB 1115 PC EB 1800 Carol Service JA 20 1400 EB 1600 Crib Service EB 0930 FC EB - - School Carols T. EVIAS 0930 FS LAY - - 1800 Carol Service EB - - - 1115 FC CF - - T. MAGNA - - - - 9th 1700 EB ------Lighting Up Magna Western Area th - - 1800 EBCP GS - - 20 1900 MH 1800 PCBCP MH Carol Service HINDON 0930 HC MH 0930 FC MH 1800 Carol Service MH 6th 1800 MH 2200 PC MH 0930 PC MH 0930 PC MH 1800 Service of MH School Carols Area Service Light st FONTHILL 1700 EBCP JA 0800 HCBCP GS - - 21 1800 GS - - 0930 PCBCP MG - - BISHOP Carol Service FONTHILL 0800 HCBCP JN 1115 MBCP JH 0800 HCBCP GS - 1600 Carol Service- JA 1115 PCBCP MH - - GIFFORD th 0800 HCT JH 7 1400 JA 0800 HCBCP JN 0930 FC JN - - TISBURY 0930 FS LAY 0930 PC GS 0930 PC MH/ School Carols 1800 PCT JN 1600 JN JA 18th 1930 GS/JN Christingle Village Carol Service Service 2330 PC GS 1800 QF MH

BCP – Book of Common Prayer CW – Common Worship HC – Holy Communion (said) PC – Order 1 Communion (with hymns) PCT – Order 1 Communion, traditional language (with hymns) CbE – Communion by Extension PC O2T Holy Communion Order 2 traditional language (with hymns) FC – All Age Family Communion FS – All Age Family Service SoW – All Age Service of the Word M – Mattins or Morning Prayer QF – Questioning Faith MPr – Morning Praise E – Evensong or Evening Prayer P&P – Prayer and Praise CF – Colin Fox CS – Chris Savage EB – Elaine Brightwell GS – Graham Southgate JA – Judy Anderson JH – John Hamilton JN – Jo Naish MG – Michael Goater MH – Mark Hayter RW – Richard Wren TF – Tina Fox

Church Cleaning Rota St Margaret’s Chilmark - Church Notices If you have any queries please contact me on 01722 716571 - Many thanks, Chrissie Eden St Margaret’s Candlelit Carol Service will be on Friday 22 December at 7pm. We look forward to December Group welcoming you all to this special start to Christmas. 3rd ten Other services over Christmas: 10th one Christmas Eve, the first communion of Christmas at 10pm, 24 December 17th two Christmas Day, Family Communion at 11.15am 24th three area Parish Communion 31st four Sunday 31 December 10am: service is at – no service in Chilmark that January 2018 day 7th five There will be a Christingle service at St Margaret’s, Chilmark, in January, date to be confirmed. Janey Middleton

Church Flowers Reminder! To all those who have kindly agreed to arrange flowers for the Candelit Carol Service, please note the new date of Friday 22 December, 7pm. Please ignore any earlier published date. Apologies for any confusion!

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TEAM CLERGY Revd Dr Graham Southgate, (Team Rector). The Rectory, Shaftesbury Road, Fovant, SP3 5JA 01722 714826 Parish Priest responsible for Ansty, , , Fonthill Bishop with Berwick St Leonard, Fovant, , Swallowcliffe, and Tisbury. Email: [email protected].

Revd Elaine Brightwell, (Team Vicar) 01722 717883 Parish Priest responsible for Barford St Martin with Burcombe, , Chilmark, Dinton, and Evias with . Email: [email protected]

ASSOCIATE PRIESTS Revd Mark Hayter, High Spinney, Sutton Road, Fovant, SP3 5LF 01722 785176 Parish Priest responsible for Hindon with Chicklade and Pertwood Email: [email protected]

Revd Jo Naish, Coombe Warren, Hindon Lane, Tisbury, SP3 6QQ 01747 871820 Email: [email protected]

LICENSED LAY MINISTERS Miss Judy Anderson, 29 Brook Close, Tisbury SP3 6PW 01747 873142 Mrs Thelma Caughey, Steeple Close, High Street, Hindon SP3 6DJ 01747 820840

PARISH CENTRE Hinton Hall, Church Street, Tisbury SP3 6NH 01747 871697 9.30-11am Monday-Friday Email: [email protected]

TEAM ADMINISTRATOR Mrs Carol Sayes, Cleeve Hill, Vicarage Road, Tisbury SP3 6HZ 01747 871805 Email [email protected] CHURCHWARDENS Chilmark, St Margaret of Antioch Fonthill, All Saints with Berwick St Leonard Mrs Jane Middleton 01722 716231 The Hon Mary Morrison 01747 820231 Mr Richard Haupt 01722 717472 Mrs Penny Mellish 01747 820524 ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Parish Priest: Fr. Robert Miller, Trellis House, High Street, Tisbury SP3 6JR 01747 870228 [email protected] MASSES Tisbury, Sacred Heart: Sunday 9am (sung) & 6.30pm (said) Wardour, All Saints: Sunday 11am (sung)

TISBURY METHODIST CHURCH Minister: Revd Denise Binks, 7 Ridge Way, Shaftesbury SP7 9HB, [email protected] 01747 854631 Sunday Service: 10.30am

CHILMARK CHURCH, ST MARGARET OF ANTIOCH Treasurer Major John Eden 01722 716571 Choir Felicity Pattenden [email protected] 01722 716271 Organist David Davies [email protected] 01722 714440 Polly Dickins [email protected] 01747 870226 Bells Linda Jones [email protected] 01747 870595 Angus Menzies [email protected] 01722 717925

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Hindon Surgery News - cost of this trip is £11 (children £5.50, under 8s free); pick GP Surgery opening hours ups start at 9am, returning at 2pm. For many years all the local surgeries have been working On Monday 18 December, Tisbus will be holding its annual together in a group - the Western Locality of the Wiltshire Christmas lunch at The Barford Inn, Barford St. Martin. CCG - as primary care moves towards what is known as Fabulous food, a warm welcome, Tisbus members, friends, ‘working at scale’. All the locality practices and their patients drivers, trustees and true Christmas spirit. The pub has a keep their individual identities, but we work together when special seasonal Christmas menu, priced at three courses it makes sense to do so – like having common policies and for £16.50 (plus the cost of your drink) with the bus cost of joint training. Our practice nurses have already formed a £6 on top (children £3); pick ups start at 11am, returning training and support group. at approximately 2.30pm. This meal requires a £5 deposit and menu choices are to be picked before the day. For When the Conservatives called for everyone to have more information, to become a member, or book a seat on access to routine GP care from 8am-8pm every day of the one of our trips, simply phone 07500 802525. week, the locality launched an initiative to find out what extended hours would be relevant for our patients. Tisbury Pre-School Jumble Sale, Sunday 28 January, We already know from the periodic IPSOS MORI patient 2-5pm, at Hinton Hall, Church Street, Tisbury SP3 6NH. surveys and the continuing Friends and Families Tests that Please bring donations on the day from 1pm. Smaller the patients of all the small local practices are generally items may be left at the Pre-School in January. very satisfied with their present access, and few ask for extended opening times. Emergencies would continue to be looked after by the present out-of-hours services. It is likely that any additional extended hours service would be access to a primary care clinician (not necessarily a GP) at various centralised locations across the area.

Each practice surveyed around a hundred of their patients to find out how satisfied they are with the present opening times for routine planned care. All the local practices have reported similar results. These are the summary results from Hindon Surgery:

98 forms were completed. Of these, 96 patients were either very satisfied or satisfied with the present opening times. One patient was dissatisfied and would like us to be open at weekends for emergencies, as they felt that the present services in Salisbury or are so far away. One patient was neither satisfied nor dissatisfied. Just three patients said they would like access to their GP on Saturday mornings. Join our Heating We will use the information to commission the service most relevant to all patients in this area, and ensure that any expansion of services to meet a minimal need Oil Buying Club! does not adversely affect all the current services during the normal working hours. We will also look into why our patients cannot use the out-of-hours clinic in Shaftesbury and SAVE up to that they were able to in the past.

Many thanks to everyone who completed these surveys – 10% on your we will keep you informed of any developments. heating oil cost! We would like to thank all our patients for their continuing support and the enormous generosity of many who have • Free to join made donations to the Hindon Medical Fund. This helps • Independent of suppliers us buy equipment to provide care for you in the surgery and not have to refer you to distant hospitals for things we • Order for more than one location can now do ourselves. Dr Patrick Craig-McFeely • Pay the supplier direct • Bi-monthly reminders December Delights with Tisbus • Over 500 members On Wednesday 6 December Tisbus will be taking members to Andover to do a bit of Christmas shopping. FOR MORE INFORMATION With great High Street and independent shops you are AND FREE REGISTRATION VISIT: sure to find that special Christmas gift. If shopping isn’t for you, why not catch up with friends and go for lunch in one www.nadder.oilbuyingclub.com of Andover’s many eateries. The Christmas lights will be on and everyone will be getting into the spirit of things. The 13 The Village Voice

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Films in Tisbury The Council has 24 gritters ready to treat the primary at the Nadder Centre, Weaveland Road. network which makes up 25% of the county’s roads, including primary A & B roads. If conditions become more Friday 12 January - we are pleased to be showing My severe, then about 50% of the network is salted and that Cousin Rachel (12A) starring Rachel Weisz in the lead includes lower class roads and main accesses to villages and Sam Claffin as a young Englishman keen to plot and hamlets. revenge against his late cousin’s mysterious beautiful Salt bins in the village should all be filled by now. If not, widow. Directed by Roger Michell, it is a drama, mystery please report the empty bin on the Council’s website, and romance and well worth seeing. www.wiltshire.gov.uk using the ‘Report Something’ button, or let the parish council know. The salt in the bins is for Tickets £6 will be available from mid-December at Kate use on roads and pavements that are not treated by the Good Pottery, High Street, Tisbury - 01747 870367, closed council; please do not use it on private drives. Many parish on Mondays. Doors open at 6.30 for 7pm performance. councils also salt other roads that the council does not Tisbus are happy to arrange transport to the Centre so, if treat. Please remember that the majority of minor roads you would like a lift, please ring 07500 802525. will receive no treatment and because arrangements do not always go to plan, you should never assume a road Friday 9 February - we shall be showing the film Victoria has been salted. and Abdul (PG) a much-acclaimed film, starring Judi There is no guarantee that roads will be completely clear Dench and Ali Fazal. Travelling to Europe to participate of ice or snow and it takes time for salt to become effective in the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, Abdul is surprised to find after roads have been treated. Rain can wash salt off roads favour with the Queen herself. The two forge an unlikely leaving them prone to re-icing and, in severe cold weather and devoted alliance that her household and inner circle all with temperatures below -8C, salt will not be as effective. attempt to destroy. As the friendship deepens, the Queen “Dawn Frost’ can occur on dry roads when early morning begins to see a changing world through new eyes. dew falls on cold road surfaces and freezes on impact. So, please drive carefully at all times during cold weather! Councillor Bridget Wayman Recycling & Waste Collection for December 2017 & January 2018 Voices of Tisbury: your chance to be part of a Soundscape. You’re invited Tuesday 5 - Blue lid, Black box, Green lid to a Christmas party with a difference at Messums Blue lid - plastic bottles, cardboard, brown paper, Wiltshire on Friday 22 December. A soundscape about shredded paper Tisbury’s history will be recorded by a leading sound artist Black box - glass bottles & jars, newspapers, junk mail, and composer. Everyone is welcome to take part and tin cans, clothing, silver foil no singing experience required. The bar will be open for Green lid - Garden waste, NOT household compost mulled wine, warm drinks and mince pies from 6pm for a 6.30pm start. Entry is free. Tuesday 12 - Household waste (grey bins) Tuesday 19 - Blue lid, Black box, Green lid Tuesday 28 - Household waste

January 2018 Thursday 4 - Blue lid, Black box, no garden waste Wednesday 10 - Household waste Tuesday 16 - Blue lid, Black box, Green lid nb: leave your Christmas tree next to bins if you have paid for Garden Waste Tuesday 23 - Household waste Tuesday 30 - Blue lid, Black box, Green lid

For more details of which bin to use, visit the following link: www.wiltshire.gov.uk/rubbish-and-recycling/recycling

All household recycling centres will also be closed from 1pm on 24 December and all day on 25 December, 26 December, and 1 January. At all other times normal opening hours will apply, 10am-4pm, five days per week. We encourage residents to visit www.wiltshire.gov.uk/household-recycling-centres to check which days your local centre is open.

Ready for Winter Wiltshire Council is ready for the winter weather. Salt stocks are standing at 11,000 tonnes. The Council used 6,500 tonnes last year, 5,000 tonnes the year before and 7,300 tonnes in 2014-15. If we have a particularly severe winter and stocks are used up, we can replenish supplies quickly from the salt mines in Cheshire. 15 The Village Voice - Local Police

Wiltshire West Community Team Contacts Policing Team, Tisbury Community Sector Head: Inspector 41 Andy Fee: Welcome to the report for November 2017. [email protected] Deputy Sector Head: Ps 1629 Gill Hughes: Cyber Fraudsters [email protected] With the countdown to Christmas fast Community Coordinator: Pc 2446 Charly Chilton: approaching, millions of people will go [email protected] online to buy presents for their friends and Local PCSO: PCSO 6192 Neil Turnbull: family. What many do not realise is the hidden threat that [email protected] we now face from criminals online. Internet shoppers are being targeted with scams, which on the surface promise to Please follow us on Twitter - twitter.com/wiltshirepolice save them time and money but in reality only deliver festive or on Facebook - www.facebook.com/wiltshirepolice/ heartache and misery. Make life as difficult as possible for cyber fraudsters, and be aware of the following: For a detailed breakdown of the crime in your area visit: www.police.uk/wiltshire/ • Always check payment pages are secure, and log out when you’ve finished shopping online. • If possible use online retailers and brands that you are Baroque Chamber Concert Friday 16 February aware of and trust; for major brands always go to the at 7.30pm, St Martin’s Church, Barford St Martin. official website to find a list of authorised sellers. A Chamber Concert by members of Salisbury Baroque, • Do all you can to check the sellers or buyers are with Nicky Ogborn, Soprano. Tickets £12.50 to include authentic. glass of wine; under-14s half price. Contact Pamela • Only look at tickets from a reputable website that is Clements on 01722 741422 from beginning of January. secure (showing padlock) and before buying, do an Cheques please to ‘Barford St Martin with Burcombe Internet search for reviews. PCC’. • Avoid entering your bank or credit card details on public or shared computers. • Whether you’re planning a break at Christmas or next year, make sure the holiday or flight is genuine by researching it thoroughly, and check travel agents for an ABTA/ATOL number. • Always pay with a credit card; if they don’t accept, don’t buy from them. • If you receive an anonymous e-card, better to play it safe and delete the e-mail. • Passwords that are easy to guess, that you use for more than one account, or that you share with others, are a no-no! Do not save passwords or personal or financial information onto your mobile device unless it is absolutely necessary. Do not leave your Bluetooth switched on. • If signing up to an online dating website you need to be on the lookout for fraudsters trying to win your affection. Trust your instincts; if something feels wrong take steps to protect yourself.

Summary of crimes Advertising in The Village Voice Sutton Mandeville, 8 November - Theft: suspect climbed Revenue from the quarterly Goods & Services Directory goes to over a five-bar gate, walked through the fields, and then Chilmark Parochial Church Council (via Hindon PCC). Cost (for stole a car battery used to secure the fencing to field 30 words max) is £16 for 4 issues (a year); £12 for 3 issues; £8 where horses are kept. for 2 issues; £4 for one issue. Please contact Felicity Trotman Tisbury, 9 November - Arrest: known male stopped in his (see Village Directory, page 2) if you wish to include an entry in the next Directory. Cheques payable to Hindon PCC. vehicle and failed a roadside breath test; he was arrested on suspicion of drink driving. All other advertising revenue (display and classified adverts) Tisbury, 13 November - Theft: suspect took a Niwaki goes towards The Village Voice printing costs. Tripod ladder valued at £220 and a long-reach pruner valued at £100 from the roof rack of the victim’s van Display advert prices as from 1st September 2016 are: Fonthill Lake, 26 November - Theft: a rear passenger quarter page - £60 per year (10 issues) window of a Land Rover Freelander was smashed and a eighth page - £40 per year handbag containing cash and cards was stolen from the rear footwell. Classified adverts can be run for up to three issues at the rate of 10 pence per word (30 words max) per issue. Should you wish to place a display or classified advert please contact our Treasurer Mike Scott: [email protected]

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