The Bridge April 2020 The Bridge April 2020 VILLAGE DIARY Regular Meetings Forthcoming Events In the Village Hall 3rd Crafty • Gardening Club 6th Worton PC meeting 3rd Monday 8.00pm (not Aug/Dec) 14th WI meeting • Pilates classes 14th Link AGM Thursdays 7pm-8pm & 8pm-9pm 18th Book Swap • Ladies Group 20th Gardening club Last Wednesday (not Aug/Dec) • Women's Institute 2nd Tuesday 7.45pm Devizes Farmers’ Market • Worton Toddler Group Wednesday 10.00 am - Noon Next: Saturday 4th April • 1st Worton & Marston Brownies Alternate Tuesdays (term time only) Kerbside Collections • Worton Parish Council Meeting Black box and Plastic bottle 1st Monday (not Aug) or as shown on and card recycling: notice boards ** Tuesdays 7th & 21st In the Chapel at Marston Household waste: • Marston Parish Council Meeting Wednesdays 1st & 15th & 29th Last Tuesday (every odd month) Garden waste: rd th In the Rose & Crown Fridays 3 & 17 • Neighbourhood Plan Meeting Second Sunday 7pm (not Aug) Worton and Various Venues Announced Monthly Marston Link • Book Swap 2nd Saturday 10.00 - Noon If you need help with Worton and Marston Mobile Library transport for hospital appointments Parish Magazine Location: The School, 1.10 - 1.50pm visiting the doctor and dentist or Next Date other important journeys. • Mondays 27th April Call W&M Link on Please be advised that Call Wiltshire Library Services April on 01225 713727 for information 07413 912828 details of events pub- lished in this edition 2020 th were correct at the time Deadline for items for the next Bridge is 15 April 2020 of going to print. Many Price 30p Giles Collins, Editor at Westview House, 109 High Street, Worton could have subsequent- Telephone: 01380 728664 Please see important email address: [email protected] ly changed due to Coronavirus measures. forms on page 11 Page 44 Page The Bridge April 2020 The Bridge April 2020 If you wish to promote your business in the area, you could do much worse than advertise in this space. For just £30 a year your advert will appear in 12 editions (i.e. just £2.50 a month) If you know anyone who might be interested, please can you encourage them to get in contact. email: [email protected] The village hall now owns this 9m x 3m party gazebo Ideal for parties or even wedding receptions It is available for hire for just £50. We get an average saving of 4.5 pence per litre off heating oil Please contact: for our buying group members Pauline (720248) or Jeff (726845) or any other Trustee every time. Are you benefitting from such savings? 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I DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH, THAT’S ONE FIVE DE- GREES NORTH, OR COUNTER-MEASURES WILL BE UN- DERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP. Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call.” (Brought to you by mk) The Bridge is printed on sustainably sourced paper by DMC Office Supplies - 07393 815818 Page 2 Page 43 The Bridge April 2020 The Bridge April 2020 THE BRIDGE Editor: Giles Collins [email protected] Stanley Dowdle Stanley died peacefully at The Wingfield care home in Trow- bridge on February 29th 2020 aged 82 years old. He drifted into his forever sleep with Ethel, Selina and Lesley by his side. Stanley has been cremated and his ashes interred at Christ church Worton. Sadly he never fully recovered from a stroke in July 2018 and will now be at peace and pain free. He will be forever in our hearts as the whole family will miss him greatly. The Village Show A date for your diary - this year’s Village Show will be held on Saturday 5th September. We have put it back a week for vari- ous reasons but a main aim is to increase the entries in chil- dren’s classes; the children should have returned to school and hopefully will be able to work on entries then. We will endeavour to give more details each month about cer- tain classes and are planning to include the schedule in the Ju- ly edition of this magazine. Please look out for updates. The titles of this year’s adult photograph classes are: Water Farm machinery Leaves Related to the above, we have not decided on the titles of the classes in the children under-16 photograph section. We are planning to talk to the school about their ideas and what activi- ties they are doing with pupils later in the year. We hope to introduce more craft classes, more information soon. Bill Francis, show chair Page 42 Page 3 The Bridge April 2020 The Bridge April 2020 SERVICE CALENDAR Extracts from The Bridge (April 1990), April April Sun 5th PALM SUNDAY Sun 19th EASTER 2 8.00am CHRIST CHURCH 9.30am CHRIST CHURCH Holy Communion Matins 9.30am CHRIST CHURCH 6.00pm Marston Chapel No service. 9.00am Rev Wendy Tucker breakfast and 10.00am Morning Praise is at St Mary’s, Potterne. th Sun 26 EASTER 3 6.00pm Marston Chapel 9.30am CHRIST CHURCH Rev David Coppard Holy Communion 6.00pm Marston Chapel th Rev Gary Gotham Tue 7 HOLY WEEK Healing Service 6.00pm CHRIST CHURCH Benefice Compline May th Fri 10 GOOD FRIDAY rd 11.00am Marston Chapel Sun 3 EASTER 4 Family of Churches Walk of Witness Followed by 8.00am CHRIST CHURCH soup lunch Holy Communion 9.30am CHRIST CHURCH Morning Praise Sun 12th EASTER DAY 6.00pm Marston Chapel 9.30am CHRIST CHURCH Rev Tracey Lewis Festal Holy Communion 6.00pm Marston Chapel Rev Gary Gotham HC There were no weddings, baptisms or funerals at Christ Church in February. Visit the church website: www.christchurchworton.org.uk Page 4 Page 41 The Bridge April 2020 The Bridge April 2020 CHURCH ROTAS Sidesmen – April 2020 th Sun 5 8.00am Robin Shercliff Holy Communion th Sun 12 9.30am Ali Cross, June Mason Holy Communion Sun 19th 9.30am Ali Pratt, Tony Walker Matins Sun 26th 9.30am Tom Harwood, Peter Witcher Holy Communion Sidesmen – May 2020 Sun 3rd 8.00am Robin Shercliff Holy Communion 9.30am Tony Brewer, Mark Lewis Morning Praise Altar Flowers Church Flowers April 5th Lent Lent April 12th All to decorate Mrs S Horn April 19th Sally Swannell Mrs J Mason April 26th Francine Smith Mrs P Wright Church Cleaning April 5th Mr and Mrs Walker April 19th Mr and Mrs Cross Brass Cleaning April 12th Mrs Wright Christ Church Team Rector: Rev’d Ali Bridewell 01380 739064 07847 952868 [email protected] Churchwardens: Jean Lane 01380 722069 Heather Walker 01380 725785 Page 40 Page 5 The Bridge April 2020 The Bridge April 2020 Sudoku - one much more difficult than the other…. “Don’t Shiver, We Deliver” Seasoned hard wood logs, Loads available Call James on 01380 850312 or 07970781828 ‘Keeping Wiltshire Warm’ Trevor Hale NPTC Certified (arb) The Blossom Tree Tree Surgery Flowers, Home and Gift Covering All aspects 42 Rochelle Court, Market Lavington, Including Stump grinding SN10 4AT Chipping & Hedging (01380) 816268 Bouquets, Arrangements, 07737934777 Plants & Fresh Flowers www.wiltshiretreesurgery.co.uk for all occasions Stylish range of home Fully insured, Seend and gift ware. Page 6 Page 39 The Bridge April 2020 The Bridge April 2020 A Message from Richard Gamble Wiltshire Councillor for The Lavingtons & Erlestoke Division Pastoral Letter As I write this I recall that, a year ago at this time, I wrote about April is here! Spring is in the At the time of writing, one of Brexit (or the absence of Brexit, as it was then). Remember that? air. the biggest current news top- Subsequently, we have had a change of Prime Minister and a gen- I do love this time of year, it is ics is the spread of the eral election. Remember those things? a time when we remind our- COVID-19 virus, a highly in- Since then, Brexit has been done (to some degree), and I subse- selves of, and then celebrate, fectious form of coronavirus. quently put climate change and the risk of flooding at the top of my the new life that can be had The threat posed by the virus list of concerns for all of us and for Wiltshire Council. Really! How in our relationship with Jesus in this country has been the world turns, and in so short a time! using the wonderful English deemed ‘moderate’, and Climate change is not now top of my list of concerns. Just before I signs of Spring. We are fortu- there is good advice availa- started writing this, I had been shopping in Devizes. My wife had nate to live in such beautiful ble on how we can help to asked me to buy toilet paper, as well as other things, but the toilet rural villages surrounded by protect ourselves and our paper shelves were bare.