Tarrington Tatler 50 Years Ago Floral displays in the church - Pg 5 Planning granted at Garbrook - Pg 9 Flicks did well, join the club - Pg10 History Group visit Durlow Chapel - Pg18 Personal Best at London Marathon - Pg 18 Support Your Pub - Pg 21 Deadline for submission for the next issue: Sunday 21st July Hello fellow Tarringtonians, I’m waging war this year on what I call the sticky weed - Galium aparine apparently. It seems to be trying to take over the whole garden - which is due to incompetent weeding last year no doubt. I think I’ve won quite a few battles, but I suspect I won’t have won the war! We are very pleased with the alliums we planted by the pond last year, they give a good splash of colour, and the lewisia are flowering particularly well. There are lots of gardens for you to view this summer, with the Tarrington Open Gardens event happening again, providing the addi- tional opportunity to view progress at Stoke Edith Station. The Vil- lage Fete and a Taste of Ukraine allowing a great chance to see the gardens at The Vine. In addition to that there are soirées and cof- fee mornings to go to. You will be welcomed at all these events, so lets get out and about this summer and enjoy the hospitality of those who put so much ef- fort into entertaining us. Judi 2 Dates for your diary & Forthcoming Attractions Date Event Further info 1 June - Adam & Eve paintings by Ed Kelly Pg 8 12 July at Hereford Cathedral 16 June Tarrington Open Gardens Event Pg 13 22 June Soirée at Sally & Ted’s Pg 9 23 June Taste of Ukraine at The Vine Pg 14 29 June Bartestree Cider & Beer Festival Pg 17 13 July Tarrington Summer Fete at The Vine Pg 17 20 July Coffee morning at Putley Pg 7 27 July Soirée at Richard & Tonya’s Pg 9 Thursday’s Drop in coffee mornings at the Hall Pg 19 St Michael’s Hospice Open Gardens events see http://www.st-michaels-hospice.org.uk/ for details Market Theatre, Ledbury, & Regular LEH Events Pg 22 & 23 Hereford Cathedral have a wide range of concerts, talks, services and exhibitions on offer. See www.herefordcathedral.org for details. There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. Henry Kissinger 3 CHURCH SERVICES: JUN & JUL TARRINGTON YARKHILL STOKE EDITH Parish Communion Parish Communion Sunday 02 Jun 9.30am 11.00am Sunday 09 Jun Sunday 16 Jun Parish Communion Morning Worship 9.30am 11.00am All Age Worship Parish Communion Sunday 23 Jun 11.00am 11.00am Sunday 30 Jun 10.30am All Together in Munsley Parish Communion Parish Communion Sunday 07 Jul 9.30am 11.00am Sunday 14 Jul Parish Communion Morning Worship Sunday 21 Jul 9.30am 11.00am All Age Worship Parish Communion Sunday 28 Jul 11.00am 11.00am 4 Church flowers Thank you to everyone who helped make the Church look clean and beautiful at Easter. There are currently some vacan- cies on the Flower Rota and we need volunteers. It's once or twice a year, and you do not need to be a 'Church Goer' just to like flowers! If you've always wanted to learn how to arrange flow- ers, Linzy and I would be very happy to run a 'Have A Go' session, all it takes is a willingness to have a go! If you are interested please give Margaret a ring. 5 Letter from John Watkins My dear friends If you are one of those people irritated when inserts fall out of maga- zines, then we won’t have got off to a good start because in this copy of the Tatler, you will see a questionnaire hoping to find out a little more about the sort of services you might wish to attend at your parish church. It would be a nonsense if those of us who plan these things, press on regardless of what people want. It is clear there are some who come regularly, who continue to do so almost regardless of content and even manage a smile when they leave with an encouraging word to the minis- ter thrown in. Others, how shall I put it, are rather more direct but we won’t dwell on that…. And then there are those parishioners, by far the majority, who don’t come at all. There will be many reasons for that and for most people that won’t be changed with a few well chosen words here. Somewhere be- tween those two extremes there might be others who have been put off by the timing of the services, content and style, access or a variety of other things that we should know about. We would really be grateful to know what you think and hope that you can spend a bit of time telling us. Not that we are under any delusion that, what some of us might call ‘God at work’, all happens up the other end of the church path. There is so much that happens in our village, the kindness of people to their neigh- bours and much more besides, that enriches the lives of us all. It’s easy to lose sight of that when we find ourselves surrounded by corrosive ar- guments about building and development that will always be based more on profit than on need. We hope that the church is part of the fabric that draws people together; we know that it does do that to some extent but sense that it might do more. We take what opportunities we can to work with the hall which is such an amazing resource to have in our midst. The hall should be a place of celebration of our shared life in this community and it certainly is with so many events but in recent times it too often has become a place to vent dissent and anger. 6 The pub where, in the past so many of us have enjoyed time together, a place that is officially registered as a ‘community asset’, now has an un- certain future which, as things stand, will not be determined by the needs of the community. I should have said, the demands of eight parishes have prevented your Rector from ‘rambling’ this month but you might feel that this too is a cu- rious ramble away from that earlier reference to what you think of church services. You might think that in the midst of that curious mix of turbu- lence, anger, greed, all set against acts of generosity and kindness, your parish church and its services might provide a place and a time of quiet- ness, calm and reflection on the most very important things to us in our daily lives. Might I suggest that is a good habit to acquire, your parish church a good place to do it and one that might be even better with your influ- ence. John Watkins Coffee Morning at Putley You are invited to a coffee morning At Newlands, Putley Common, HR8 2RF On Saturday 20th July, 10.00am - 12.00pm There will be a Bring and Buy sale, a cake stall and a draw. Everyone is welcome. In aid of the Church for the Deaf Margaret Harrison 7 YARKHILL CHURCH SOCIAL EVENTS Thank you to all who supported the Church's most recent fund-raising social event. 'Dreamers' was a new undertaking for us. Bernard Morgan brought Team Spirit and a specially formed orchestra to the Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington, to perform a moving and rousing musical on the life of the Reverend John Venn. John Venn was a far sighted social reformer who did boundless work in Victorian Hereford to alleviate the plight of the poor. His ideas led to the provision of a soup kitchen in the hard and hungry eighteen forties, the purchase of land for allotments for the industrious poor to provide food for themselves and most notably the establishment of the Corn Mill (now Berrows Business Centre) for ordinary people to have their grain milled and buy flour at lower prices. Venn's legacy continues in the dedicated Christian work of the Vennture Trust who we were delighted to have with us on the evening to showcase their work. The evening, rounded off with Yarkhill's delicious refreshments, was a great success and raised in excess of £600.00. Our Churches cannot survive without a significant level of fundraising so please look out for future events and please let your PCC know if you think there is anything else we can put on for our communities. Your help and support is always much appreciated. Julia on behalf of Yarkhill PCC Saturday 1 June – Friday 12 July Adam & Eve Paintings by Ed Kelly Celebrated artist Ed Kelly will display his depictions of Adam and Eve in the Cathedral Nave. 8 Market and Affordable Housing Development Land West of Garbrook, Little Tarrington, Her- eford UPDATE – May 2019 Following a Planning Application submission for the Little Tarring- ton site adjacent to Garbrook for 10 houses (including two afforda- ble homes) we are pleased to report that at the April Meeting of the Hereford Council Planning Committee the application was granted. Of 13 Members – 12 Members voted in favour while one abstained. The whole site (8) now has permission for 27 dwellings and will help Tarrington Parish to fulfil their minimum quota of new housing required by the Herefordshire Council Core Strategy. We have valued the advice and guidance from Russell Pryce of Collin’s Design and Build throughout the planning process.