Memorial Hall Wichenford Ladies’ Fellowship: 2.30pm 2nd Tuesday in the month (usually) Martley Toddler Group: 1st and 3rd Tuesdays (term time) 10.30am Martley Memorial Hall Wednesdays Volume 21 No. 4 September 2011 Teme Valley Shufflers Line Dancing: 7pm Martley Memorial Hall Enq. Jeff & Advertise in The Villager: Aileen Thelma 01886 821772 Parker. 01886 888456 Martley Folk Club: 1st Wednesday in Editor: Gail Dawson (01886 889180) the month at The Talbot, Knightwick and Editorial Team: Martley Alan Boon (01886 3rd Wednesday at The Admiral Rodney 888527), Kate King (01886 888439) Martley WI: 2nd Wednesday in the Wichenford Janet Andrews (01886 888303), month 7.30pm Heaton House Sheila Richards (01886 888378) Distribution: Martley George & June Lawrence Thursdays (01886 821064) Wichenford Karen Furber Wichenford Wine Club: 3rd Thursday in (01886 888449) the month Contact The Villager: Leave articles at Martley Post Office, call Janet or Sheila Martley & District Horticultural (Wichenford) or email the Editor at Society: last Thursday in the month [email protected] 7.30pm Martley Memorial Hall Opinions expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of The Villager. The Villager See Church Words p. 27 for details of services cannot be held responsible for any goods or services advertised in the magazine. See articles for details of special events AND changes of time/date/venue of regular events Regular events in Martley and See the Diary page on www.martley.org.uk for Wichenford: a complete listing of all forthcoming events (that the Diary page editor knows about) Sundays See page 28 for contact details of organisations 2nd Sunday in the month: Teme Valley Farmers Market for local Articles to go in The Villager must be produce 11am The Talbot, Knightwick submitted by the 1st of the Martley Ramblers meet Church car park previous month 3rd Sunday in the month: Path-or-Nones meet 9.30am Martley Memorial Hall car park to help maintain the local footpaths Mondays Rhythm Time: 9.30-11.30am Martley Memorial Hall Enq. Rachel 01886 812565 Martley Parish Council: 1st Monday in Records of the Parish Council meetings in the two parishes are not intended to be full the month 8pm Memorial Hall and complete minutes. Minutes of meetings Tuesdays can be seen by contacting the respective Short Mat Bowling: 2.00pm Martley Clerks to the Councils. September 2011 * The Villager 9 OUT AND ABOUT IN MARTLEY Visit our website—www.martley.org.uk weather will not force another of her Bulmer’s Open Day proposed walks around Stourport to be Around 300 cancelled. Cars will leave the church people attended car park at 1.30pm (Please note the the Bulmer‘s earlier time). Bring cash for the car- Open Day at parking fee too! The walk around Hockhams Farm, Brockhampton led by Dot and Chris Martley recently. Fletcher was very much enjoyed and A tour of the orchards, advice on so was the welcome cup of tea in the pests, herbicides, harvesting and café. Many thanks to both Dot and machinery on show made for an Chris. There are only two more walks interesting day. The tour ended with a remaining this year after this month, presentation by the Worshipful so please be thinking of some Company of Fruiterers of the Farm suggestions for next year which can be Managers‘ Award to Robert Holloway presented at the AGM in November. for his passion and commitment to Kate King Bulmers at the 574 acre Martley and Martley WI Wichenford site. Robert began working for Bulmers in 1979 and in Wednesday 14 September 1995 he became Manager and by 1997 he began advising growers in 7.30pm Heaton House We have had a most interesting Somerset, Devon and Dorset. Always selection of ready to share his expertise, Robert is speakers this year, a great ambassador for the industry thanks to Marion and is a very worthy winner. Cumella who puts a Congratulations Robert on this lot of time and fantastic achievement. energy into contacting and arranging Martley Ramblers, them. There have been talks on fashion, demonstrations and hands-on 11 September craft and now this month we shall be Pam Bowers will be hoping that bad hearing about the Life of Elgar by 10 The Villager September 2011 Wendy Hill. This will be of particular cannot please all of the people all of interest as we live so close to his the time. birthplace. The competition is for a Kate King piece of china. The recent talk by the th lively Hat Lady was much enjoyed Ferndale Singers, 25 and the competition for a favourite hat Anniversary Concert showed members varied choices. On 2 July, in Martley, the Ferndale Mary Kipping was very fetching in Singers, under the baton of their her ―Mr Toad‖ helmet and it was very Musical Director, Merren Anthony, hard for the judge to pick a winner! sang a varied programme of music, Don‘t forget the Skittles evening at the which included a selection from Les Admiral Rodney on Friday 16 Miserables, the Sanctus from The September, 7.30pm. All friends, Armed Man, The Sound of Silence family and anyone who would like to and Blue Moon. The enthusiastic join us for a fun evening, please do audience was invited to join in a come along. humorous version of All Things Kate King Bright and Beautiful and also showed great musical agility when half the Pudford Lane audience was asked to sing When The We decided not to mow the SSSI this Saints Go Marching In, while year and are borrowing some sheep to simultaneously the other half sang eat the herbage instead. Negotiations She'll Be Coming Round The are still under way regarding the cost Mountain!! The concert also featured of the hire of the sheep, hopefully it two violin solos by 10 year old Grace will not be too costly! Jacob donkey Shepherd, who gave delightful seems to be content with his restricted performances of The Ashokan grazing, his asthma has improved and Farewell by Jay Ungar and of so has his weight. The swallows raised Adoration by Felix Borowski. In the three fledglings and have nested again interval, the audience was served with with five eggs at the time of writing wine and pieces of delicious cake. The this article. We have been warned that raffle was supported most generously parts of the lane are to be closed for and the profit from the concert, water main repair works, and as the amounting to £300, has been donated lane has been blissfully dry for several to a local Ovarian Cancer Support weeks, presumably these works will team. For the information of be to re-instate the running water so newcomers to the area, the Ferndale that the Pudford Glacier will be able to Singers is a community mixed choir of re-form in icy weather! The blackbirds 27 voices, which was formed 25 years will be pleased to see drinking water ago (hence the title of the concert). again readily available in the gullies The membership is drawn from the too. So, it just goes to prove that you lower Teme Valley villages, with September 2011 * The Villager 11 some singers coming from further against the law, in England and Wales, afield, from Bromyard, Malvern and to fire an air rifle within 50 feet of the Worcester. The choir is currently centre of a highway if this results in seeking new male members who can someone being injured, interrupted or sing Bass or Tenor parts, please endangered. These offences could be contact Chris on 01905 333225. The committed, for example, when choir will be performing a concert of someone is shooting in their garden Christmas music in Martley Village close to a road and the pellets ricochet Hall on Saturday 10 December 2011 onto the highway. Also, please at 7.30pm. Please put this date in your remember that you need the diary and more details to follow in the landowner‘s permission to shoot on December edition of The Villager. their land. Chris Baker Worcester Police Open Day Martley Local Policing News Please come I am very pleased to inform you that along and PC Paul Lambon is now in position as visit the Martley‘s Local Policing Officer. He‘s W o r c e s t e r extremely keen to get stuck into all the Police Station Open Day on 11 local policing issues, and knows the September. Loads of things to see and patch well, having served here on a colouring competition for the response. PC Lambon also has children too of which I have been previous experience of acting as an kindly asked to judge! LPO in Malvern. In this issue of The CSO Helen Wendy Cooper Villager, I‘m also sorry to have to report that there have been a couple of The Chantry School occasions reported involving the The next big event for our 4 year misuse of air rifles. Pellet gun rounds Orchard project will be our, Applefest have marked some windows on the on Saturday 8 October between Village Hall and we‘ve also had a 1.00pm and 3.00p.m. This follows on complaint of someone firing rounds at from our successful first attempt at an a horse. Please let me remind all air Applefest last October and as a result rifle users of the following rules and of this we are having a bigger event regulations: it is an offence to fire an with, hopefully a lot more visitors. We air rifle pellet beyond the land where hope to include the following, A you have permission to shoot, unless display of apple varieties – last year the occupier of the neighboring land we had 60+ varieties on display but has also given you permission.