Tuesdays Short Mat Bowling: 2.00pm Martley 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 Volume 20 No. 4 September 2010 Salsacise dance/exercise: 7.15pm Martley Memorial Hall Enq. Steph 07774 Editor: Michelle Higgins (01886888344) 533217 Editorial Team: Martley Alan Boon (01886 888527), Kate King (01886 888439) Wednesdays Wichenford Janet Andrews (01886 888303), Teme Valley Shufflers Line Dancing: Sheila Richards (01886 888378) 7pm Martley Memorial Hall Enq. Jeff & Advertising: Aileen Parker. 01886 888456 Distribution: Martley George & June Lawrence Thelma 01886 821772 (01886 821064) Wichenford Karen Furber Martley Folk Club: 1st Wednesday in (01886 888449) the month at The Talbot, Knightwick and Contact The Villager: Leave articles at 3rd Wednesday at The Admiral Rodney Martley Post Office, call Janet or Sheila Martley WI: 2nd Wednesday in the (Wichenford) or email the Editor at month 7.30pm Heaton House [email protected] Opinions expressed by contributors are not Thursdays necessarily those of The Villager. The Villager Wichenford Wine Club: 3rd Thursday in cannot be held responsible for any goods or the month services advertised in the magazine. Martley & District Horticultural Regular events in Martley and Society: last Thursday in the month Wichenford: 7.30pm Martley Memorial Hall Sundays See Church Words p. 27 for details of services 2nd Sunday in the month: See articles for details of special events AND Teme Valley Farmers Market for local changes of time/date/venue of regular events produce 11am The Talbot, Knightwick Martley Ramblers meet Church car park See the Diary page on www.martley.org.uk for a complete listing of all forthcoming events 3rd Sunday in the month: (that the Diary page editor knows about) Path-or-Nones meet 9.30am Martley See page 28 for contact details of organisations Memorial Hall car park to help maintain the local footpaths Articles to go in The Villager must be submitted by the 1st of the Mondays previous month Rhythm Time: 9.30-11.30am Martley Memorial Hall Enq. Rachel 01886 812565 Martley Parish Council: 1st Monday in the month 8pm Memorial Hall Records of the Parish Council meetings in Martley & Villages Carers’ Group: 1st the two parishes are not intended to be full Monday in the month 10.30-12.30 Heaton and complete minutes. Minutes of meetings can be seen by contacting the respective House. Clerks to the Councils. September 2010 * The Villager 9 OUT AND ABOUT IN MARTLEY Visit our website—www.martley.org.uk memory of Queen Elizabeth the Farm Open Day Queen Mother is being planted. Dave and Deb Powell will be opening Members had lots to talk about on the The Pard House Farm, Shelsley way home! Beauchamp, on the afternoon of Members were not able to go to Saturday 25 September for a rare Honey Brook Cottage, Kidderminster chance to view a traditional, working on 29 July and instead visited livestock farm in the Teme Valley. Barnards Green House, near Malvern, the home of Mr & Mrs Nicholls and at one time of Sir Charles Hastings The house dates from 1635, and the garden is now a little smaller than it used to be owing to one area being sold for a small housing development. The owners and their Labrador welcomed us at the front door, and after a short Martley & District talk Mrs Nicholls led the party through a wooded area (magnificent Horticultural Society tall mature trees – one a Hornbeam) The trip to Wisley on 17 July was well where we saw many shade-loving supported and everyone enjoyed these plants, shrubs, ferns etc, some rather extensive gardens with the weather unusual. Emerging from here we saw remaining fine all day. We saw roses and a superb row of juicy Black outstanding borders, rockeries, many Satin blackberries (yes, we did!!), then alpines, Japanese garden, glasshouses, on we went to the large lawned area herbs, vegetable area, wild flower/ with its enormous woodland walk, trial garden, lakes – in cedar tree, also a fact just about everything you could cut-leaf beech (rare) think of, so many different bits! and a lovely There’s a learning centre and a plant weeping ash. The centre, and a large rose garden in flower borders just 10 The Villager * September 2010 had to be admired – so colourful, and flower festival in 2009, we are looking we particularly loved the phlox forward to it very much. The specimens and hydrangeas. There is competition is for a holiday souvenir. an oval pool with water plants and a Kate King ‘white and silver’ bed. Some lovely old stone gate pillars make an Plug&Play interesting feature in one corner, also a Martely Parish Council wishes to really huge vase – made by the introduce Plug and Play, Nicholls’ daughter-in-law. To finish Worcestershire's comprehensive the tour we visited the vegetable interactive events and activities guide garden and saw fine tomato plants in for young people. It has been designed the greenhouse. Then, to cap it all – by Worcestershire County Council tea and home-made cakes on the lawn. Youth Support with a wide range of Just the job for a summer evening! partner organisations. It covers sports, On Thursday 30 September Kim Hurst arts, music, film, entertainment, will talk on Cottage Gardens. workshops, exhbitions, performances Tina Steele and much, much more: www. plugandplay.org.uk Free Is The Magic Number: When we say that Plug&Play is a free service, we really mean it. Whether you're Martley WI looking for something to do or you're advertising your own event, it's all Wednesday 8 September free. 7.30pm Heaton House Sorry Grandad, It's Not For You: With the summer break behind us, it’s unlike all of the other guides out there, time to get busy on all the Autumn our service is just for the under 20's as treats waiting for us. One thing in we give you information about events process of planning is to have a coffee and activities that arerelevant to you! morning in aid of a military charity Love It Or Hate It...Rate It: organisation. More details later. The Plug&Play lets you tell the world recent talk by Sara Dover on “Food exactly what you think of every event for Thought” was most enlightening, and activity listed. You can post especially her descriptions of how comments and reviews as well as star- health problems can be diagnosed ratings for events, past and present, or from various apparently unrelated if you're planning on going to an symptoms. event, find out what other people think This month Pauline Mills, one of our of it. very new talented members, will be It's Good To Share: in a band and demonstrating Floral Art. Having seen want to advertise your gigs? In a her productions in church for the theatre group and want to publicise September 2010 * The Villager 11 your performances? Just heard about bargains! For more information please an event or activity that you think contact the Children’s Centre on everyone should know about? Share 01886 812982 or email Tasha on and promote your events for free with [email protected]. Plug&Play. We look forward to seeing you there! We don't just tell you what's on, we TVCC and Barnado’s can help you get there with Teme Valley Children’s Centre is one information about transport and of eight across the county to be run by travelling directions to make sure you Barnardo’s Children’s Charity. It know where you're going. Visit www. forms part of an ambitious partnership plugandplay.org.uk set up two years ago between Barnardo’s and Worcestershire County Council to help improve the life chances of pre school children. TVCC is a Barnardo’s Children Centre. Registered Charity Nos 216250 and SCO37605 You will no doubt be aware that our overall aim is to support families with Teme Valley Children’s children of 0-5 years, across much of Centre the Teme Valley. We can now reach Nearly New Table Top Sale out to families who requiring As many of you know, Teme Valley additional support and have links with Children’s Centre has hosted two many other service providers in the successful Nearly New Table Top Teme Valley such as health visitors, Sales at Abberley Village Hall this midwives, health clinics, CAB, year, buying and selling children and libraries, local police team, housing, babies’ clothes, toys and equipment. nurseries, pre-schools and schools. We Nearly all of the sellers have made a recently transferred to Barnardo’s who good profit, and the buyers have been already run Children’s Centres in able to find plenty of quality items at Worcestershire and nationally. This is bargain prices. Having ‘The Coffee an exciting development for us, as Haven’ at the sale has also been a their charitable aims are so similar to great success. People are able to enjoy ours. a drink and a slice of cake whilst We appreciate being able to put a meeting new people and chatting to regular piece into The Villager and staff - see for yourself and visit our other local publications as we next sale on Saturday 25 September at recognise what an effective way it is Abberley Village Hall 11.30am— to make contact with many rurally- 1pm. Admission 50p. Get there early isolated families. Here is a quick and be the first to find those great overview of the courses and services 12 The Villager * September 2010 we will be running in the near future Rating Scale inspection.