All About West of the Hills April 2011

In this edition: Get into Sports this Spring Out and about in the area A view from the Hills

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Editor’s message

Welcome to the April edition of All About ‘West of the Hills’.

April 2011 Published and edited by: Sascha McDonald All About Local Magazines Ltd sascha@allabout-local.com 07906 573352 www.allabout-local.com www.facebook.com/ allaboutmagazines Photo front page: Pear blossom in Lamorna by Colwall Orchard Group Graphic Design & Layout: All About Magazines Editorial: Sascha - 07906 573352 Advertising: Tina Palmer - 07952 591031 Distribution: All About West of the Hills is distributed to 2,800 homes and businesses Booking Deadline: For May - Friday 8 April

We’ve reached a small, but significant milestone for the magazine, as this month we’ve expanded by eight pages. That’s because more local businesses than ever want to place an advert with us, but what it also means is that we’ll be able to offer more local stories and information each month. One of those new pages is written by Rob Weale of Smith-Weale Associates who lives in Colwall. Rob’s a financial adviser and will bring us regular information about financial planning.

You can read more on Page 6. We’re always keen to hear about local events, initiatves and the stories of amazing people living in our part of the world, so if there’s something you’d like to see in print, please get in touch.

Of course the extra pages will also have some more adverts, and I do urge readers to keep the magazine handy to refer to throughout the month. Just such a thing helped me after my car broke down, and I’d like to thank Forward Motors in Malvern link (Page 36) who helped me out at short notice and got my car going again!

Thank goodness the winter’s over. Have a lovely April!

Sascha

Contents Features 6 Pension Shake Up 10 Get into Sports This Spring 14 Retail Emporium 16 Heavenly Fabrics 26 Hill Management 34 Well Dressing 36 Sponsored Walks 43 Lizzy’s Recipe

Regulars 22 Health: Honey!

28 Green Fingers 30 Notice Board 32 All About...Eastnor Bowling Club 38 What’s On in April 44 Community Pages 46 Index

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Pension Shake Up

by Rob Weale from Colwall From April 2011, UK pensioners will no longer have to use personal pension pots to buy annuities and will now have far greater choice and control of how to take their pensions, dependent on their individual circumstances. It is one of the biggest shake ups of UK pensions in 35 years.

Changes to UK Annuity Purchase Rules in 2011 Under current regulations, pensioners have no choice but to convert personal pensions into annuities which provides a defined income for life. Under the new annuity purchase rules, however, the compulsory element will be scrapped. From April 2011, consumers will be given more flexibility in how they choose to use their retirement savings. They can, for example, still convert to annuities if they wish, but will also be given more options such as income drawdown and continued pension investment. There are also new tax advantages worth exploring.

Annuities An annuity is affectively a ‘promise to pay’ from an insurance company, whereby you will give them your pension pot and they will give you an income for the remainder of your life. This income level will be determined by a number of factors, age, gender (although this will not be a factor from December 2012), health, and then other options, for example indexation, spouses benefit and guaranteed periods.

Often labelled unfair for a number of reasons, not least because a pensioner dying soon after buying one loses most of their life savings to the annuity provider. Another negative factor is that annuities are at an historic low, a £100,000 pension pot buys an annual income of just £5000pa compared to £10,000 in 1995, meaning you must live at least 20 years to receive your pension pot back.

What are the Income Drawdown Pension Rules?

Although consumers will not be forced to annuitise pension savings from 2011 and could, as an alternative, drawdown income as cash lump sums, there are still rules to be followed. These have been set into place to try and avoid people running out of retirement income and becoming dependent on

state benefits. High earners and those on company pension schemes may be given more flexibility under the new rules.

Who Will Benefit From the 2011 Changes to Annuity Purchase Rules?

Although many people will be pleased not to have to buy an annuity, the benefits of the new system seem to be loaded towards higher earners. True flexibility under the changed rules will only be given to those who meet the minimum income regulation. They can then choose how to drawdown their personal pensions.

Those that cannot meet this limit may be freed from the commitment of buying an annuity but may not see much change to income levels in retirement. Their drawdown will be limited to the same kinds of rates that they would be paid by an annuity, depending on the value of their pension pot. They may, however, be able to benefit from investing for longer, have greater investment choice, take ad-hoc payments, changes also give more flexibility to those that do wish to buy an annuity but that want to choose when they do so to try and wait for rises in income rates.

Will UK Pensioners Continue to Buy Annuities as a Source of Retirement Income?

What is important, is that proper advice is sought from an Independent specialist, an annuity should always be purchased after comparing the ‘whole of market’, as huge variants can exist in what your current pension provider offers, and the open market.

Every policy holder has the right to shop around.

With regard the drawdown route, again, an independent specialist will be able to help assess whether a drawdown is suitable, and if so recommend a provider and mange your pension going forward.

Rob Weale is a founding partner at Smith Weale Associates. We can help make the critical decisions, manage your pension both pre and post retirement, and choose the very best solution tailored to your individual circumstances from the whole of the UK market place. We welcome your enquiry; 01684 577037.

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Get into Sports With the days getting longer and temperature beginning to warm up, all sorts of outdoor activities are being planned in our part of the world this spring. Below we have a selection of several local sports clubs with details on what’s going on.

CRICKET Colwall Cricket Club is a great place for all abilities of player, some of whom come from as far away as Australia! The club’s just welcomed Alex Frick for this season, who plays for South Australia’s Under 19s team, and has even appeared on an Australian tv show ‘Australia’s next cricket superstar’. The First & Second teams play in the Worcestershire County League, the Third & Fourth teams play in Herefordshire while the ladies compete in the Gloucestershire Ladies Twenty Twenty competition.

The junior teams welcome boys and girls ranging in age from the Under 10s to the Under 17s. For the less serious and more social player, the Colwall League of Gentlemen, otherwise known as the CLOGS XI, meets on Tuesday evening.

Sunday 17th April has been named as the official opening of the season for the club when they’ll be opening their new nets and enjoying a tournament involving all sections of the club. They’re particularly proud of their new nets which they describe as ‘the best for miles’. New members of the club are always welcome, whether its to play in one of the teams or to join as a social member. For more information visit http://colwall.play-cricket.com West Malvern Cricket Club has been busy preparing its ground for the new season. Today, the peaceful setting belies the hard work over the past 25 years that’s gone in to making this one of the most beautiful grounds in the area. After its origins as a pub team, the club played at many different locations locally before leasing a field from Mathon Court, which sits next door. Today, the club’s Chairman Bob Blackbourn describes the setting as ‘idyllic’.

The Club has three teams playing in local leagues this season, two of which meet on a Saturday, the other on a Sunday. The ground is used by Cradley Sports Club for Junior Cricket every Wednesday.

There are around fifty playing members with a good number of social members as well. During the winter, players have been practising indoors, using facilities at The Royal Grammar School in Worcester. Its renowned as a welcoming club and welcomes new

members if you’re interested in joining.

The season for West Malvern begins in earnest on 30th April when the First XI team will take on Aston Bank, but the Sunday XI will be playing before that.

The end of the season will see a tour of Cornwall and a memorial match for Trevor Marston, the former landlord of the Brewers Arms in West Malvern, where the cricket club started as a pub team many years ago. That takes place on Sunday 11th September.

For more information call the club Secretary Dave Cantrell on 01684 572764.

FOOTBALL & ROUNDERS Cradley Sports Club is looking for people who’d like to play rounders. There’s a Rounders League in Herefordshire, and the club wants to put together an adult team to take part. Ideally they need someone to step forward and organise games, with the assurance the club will fully support them with the work involved.

In the meantime the junior football continues to go from strength to strength and after Easter its popular ‘Football is Fun’ sessions begin again. Its the third season for the programme which offers coaching and games on Sunday mornings for children aged five and above. The Club caters for young people up to the age of 14, and runs teams for all ages.

Their girls’ team was particularly successful but that stopped once the members all grew up, the club is particularly keen to re-start a girls’ team if there’s enough interest.

The current season closes with a presentation ceremony in July when the children are presented with medals and prizes. The club is currently looking for boys who can play in its under-10 side when the new season begins in September, so if you ‘re interested then please call 01886 880081 or take a look at www.cradleysportsclub.co.uk

this Spring CYCLING ‘Come Cycling Ledbury’ is an initiative set up by local cycling enthusiasts to help us all get out and enjoy some beautiful routes around our immediate area this summer. The trails centre on Ledbury and take in countryside within a radius of ten miles around the town. ‘Its a fantastic area to cycle in’ says Bella Johnson who’s helped to set it up. ‘Compared to other parts of the UK there’s very little traffic on our country lanes, as soon as you’re off the main road there’s a huge network of back roads with practically no traffic’.

There are maps and suggested routes on the group’s website to give you plenty of ideas of where to go and what to see. The Tourist Information offices in Malvern and the new centre at the Ice Bytes cafe in Ledbury both have information as well.

Bella’s favourite route is the ‘Ledbury Loop’ which takes cyclists south to Dymock, returning via Eastnor.

On the way you’ll be able to stop off at the local pub in Dymock, which is now run by the local community, and cycle parts of the National Byway, a 4,000 mile route around Britain which happens to pass by our doorstep.

‘Come Cycling Ledbury’ will be publicised well beyond our area, with the intention of attracting cyclists from other parts of Britain and even abroad to come here and experience what we might take for granted. As well as the published routes, the local Cycle Forum also organises occasional cycling days out including popular rides during the ‘Big Apple’ weekend events later in the year.

For more information pop into a local Tourist Information Centre or take a look at www.ComeCyclingLedbury.com

TENNIS Mathon, Cradley and Storridge Tennis Club, otherwise known as MCS, sits in a beautiful location in open countryside at the bottom of Harcourt Road, between West Malvern and Mathon. They’ve been busy tidying up the three all-weather courts for the new season and all three surfaces will be repainted as soon as the weather improves. The play doesn’t stop in winter, as floodlights on two of the courts facilitate play all-year-round.

The Club began life in the 1980s, set up by an enthusiastic group of players from the villages of Mathon, Cradley and Storridge. Today it is thriving, with around 90 members, some of whom come from as far away as Evesham and Upton Bishop. The arrival of a new coach this winter has enabled the Club to offer individual or group coaching to members of all standards. The Club enters men’s, women’s and mixed teams in local leagues run by the LTA. For a more leisurely game the Club holds weekly social tennis sessions on Sunday mornings from 9.30 a.m. In addition during the summer there are often social tennis sessions on Wednesday and Friday evenings. Furthermore, members are free to arrange their own games with other members, or to improve their play by hitting against the practice wall.

The club is proud to describe itself as welcoming to players of any ability and new members will always find players of a similar standard.

For more details please call the Membership Secretary, Mrs Pat Pugh, on 01531 640682.

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Retail Emporium A new store selling classic labels, vintage clothing and items of furniture of the highest quality is opening in Malvern, but one with a very special difference.

Déjà Vu offers the chance to create a unique look.

For women there's a contemporary mix of clothes from major labels like Paul Smith, Caroline Charles, Max Mara, Escada and Alberta Ferretti. Men's labels include Ralph Lauren, Daks, Paul Smith and Hackett.

As well as new clothes, the shop will be stocking vintage clothing from the 1970s and beyond.

Uniquely, customers can bring in clothes to sell, after agreeing a price, once they are sold the money is split fifty fifty between the shop and the customer. So far customers have brought in a fantastic collection of vintage dresses and clothes. One lady brought in twenty pairs of shoes!

The aim is to create a constantly changing range of items, so that whenever you pop in you're never quite sure what you'll find, adding to the enjoyment of browsing through the collection. Déjà Vu is working with designers and students who recycle clothing and accessories to create inventive and stunning new items; part of the ethos is to support local talent.

It’s not just clothing; the store also offers the chance to sell and buy items of high quality furniture, from antique items to heirloom pieces, silverware and other decorative tableware. There will be new products too, unique to Déjà Vu; a natural bath Evening wear

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Menswear

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8 Belle Vue Terrace Malvern WR14 1PZ 01684 577890 product range coming from the Isle of Arran, a range of candles from Ireland, a range of 'vintageinspired' jewellery from Los Angeles, and scarves from a new Japanese designer. There will also be a line of handbags.

St Richard’ s Hospice wanted to open a different kind of retail outlet and this is the result. The business is set up as a trading company, with all the profits going back to help fund the ongoing work of the hospice. Déjà Vu’s manager Kathryn Roberts comes from a background in fashion design and for the past decade has been running similar retail outlets. She describes it as a 'dream job' combining all her interests, and looks forward to welcoming you soon.

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Heavenly Fabrics at Hanley Interiors “We’re still here!!” say Anne and Peter Haywood of Hanley Interiors. “We are still offering the same high levels of quality and very individual service to each and everyone of our customers.”

However, in these tougher times, Anne & Peter have introduced some new ranges of fabrics at very affordable prices from companies such as Clarke & Clarke, Robert Allen and H & S fabrics. These will compliment the existing range of fabrics and wallpapers from a wide selection of top quality companies including Colefax & Fowler, Bakers, Zoffany and Osborne & Little. Combine this with the expert make up of the hand sewn curtains, blinds and soft furnishings using good quality linings, interlinings etc and you will have a top job at an affordable price.

Anne & Peter have long years of experience tackling projects large and small. From a small modern flat or bungalow, to a half timbered cottage or farmhouse, to a large country house, once the decisions have been made you can leave it to them.

Anne will give you experienced interior design advice and can arrange a visit to your home. She will also help you choose fabrics, wallpapers and paints and

help you to decide on window dressing styles. She believes in making this an enjoyable exercise.

The curtains, blinds and soft furnishings are all made in house to ensure the high standard for every job. Peter, an experienced Joiner, will supply and fit poles, pelmet boards and tracks as well as hang and dress the finished articles.

“Come and visit us and see what we do. It is best to telephone first and we are located on the road from Colwall to Cradley just before Mathon at the head of South End Lane. Hanley Interiors is run from an old forge on the roadside in front of Weobley Cross Cottage. Pull in at the driveway by the B & B sign.”

“You are a unique individual and your needs and wishes are your own”. Anne & Peter can help you to realize your dreams at a price you can afford.

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Honey!

By Allison Maxwell from Colwall

Nature’s Nectar of Nutrients

During a recent walk along Brockhill Road between West Malvern and Colwall, I struck up a conversation with a bee keeper tending to her bees. She was covering the hives with carpet to keep the bees warm and feeding them with a sugar syrup to keep them alive until spring arrives. Apparently last year she lost a whole hive and wasn’t taking any chances this year. I learnt a lot in that conversation, how the bee populations in the UK are declining and how essential bees are in the pollination of many flowering plants.

Health Benefits of Honey Raw honey is one of nature’s richest super foods, containing over eighty different health-giving properties because of its unprocessed nature.

Pure, unheated and unprocessed honey embodies the natural bouquet of wild flower pollination and is a potent source of natural enzymes and healing elements. Truly raw honey is pure and creamy, smooth with fine textured crystals that stores indefinitely and improves with age. It is a great alternative sweetener because it enters the blood slowly, therefore maintaining a balanced stream of energy.

Decline in bee population According to the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, three of Britain’s twenty five species of bumblebees are already extinct and half of the remainder have shown serious declines, often up to 70%, since the 1970s. They believe part of the problem has been the intensive use of pesticides, some since banned, that has had an impact on the British Bee population. We gardeners, often unwittingly, do a fair bit to help bees.

But if we all do a touch more, our collective impact may well help tip the balance back in their favour.

There are key ways we can tempt them in and increase their numbers. The common belief is that bees enjoy plants from the blues, yellows and white spectrum. Apparently, bees cannot see red: a poppy looks black to them. Bees find double flowers difficult to work, they simply cannot get to the nectars because of the mass of petals. So choose plants as close to the natural species as possible and add early flowering plants. This will help the early bees who venture out when temperatures are still chilly, allowing them to gain vital sustenance. For this reason, the snowdrops and crocuses of the past two months are very valuable to bees.

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Hill Management Skylark

By Helen Stace As former Lead Conservation Officer with English Nature, Helen has worked with the Conservators, and the Malvern Hills AONB, since her arrival in the village of Colwall 17 years ago and has a wealth of experience in conservation management.

She is now a newly elected Conservator.

In the run up to the election, many people asked her why the Conservators are cutting down trees, so here are her answers to help everyone understand the issue.

“Most of the tree cutting is being done to look after the wildlife. The most special wildlife habitat on the hills is the short, dry, open textured grassland of the upper ridges. This supports tiny spring flowers (which flower and set seed before the grass dries out), lichens, fungi, butterflies, and birds such as skylarks.

In nature, grassland changes over time. On the Malverns the natural succession is from open grassland, to dense grassland or bracken and then via bramble or gorse patches to scrub and eventually woodland. This was fine when there were extensive tracts of wild land nearby, going through change at different paces, to produce a mosaic of habitats where there would always be somewhere for the flowers, butterflies and birds to live. However, many wildlife areas are now isolated within intensively farmed or developed land, so plants and animals can no longer move between them.

This means that we must look after our wildlife where it is found now, often by stopping or reversing natural succession. On the Malverns, photographic records show that trees have spread inexorably up the hills,

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This is quite a challenge, and involves reintroducing grazing and managing the bracken and gorse as well as cutting back scrub and trees.

An added complication is that the encroaching trees are mainly sycamore. This is not a native tree and so our natural habitats are not adapted to cope with it. Our natural woodland trees cast dappled shade under which primroses, bluebells, hazel and other woodland plants and shrubs can thrive. Sycamore casts very dense shade and its fallen leaves do not decay, so very little survives below. Also, very few of our native animals eat the seeds, so once it has taken hold it spreads very rapidly.”

If you want to learn more, why not join Helen for a guided walk at 3pm on Sunday 10th April, starting from the Car park at Gardiners Quarry.

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Green Fingers

by Bridget Evans of Caves Folly Nursery in Colwall Did you know that the year 2010 was the International Year of Biodiversity? We are all an integral part of nature and ultimately our fate is tightly linked with biodiversity, the huge variety of animals and plants, the places they live and their surroundings all over the world. When you consider this fact its amazing how many of us might not even have known it happened!

Most of the people I have spoken to, other than those working in areas of conservation, have had little or no idea. We rely on this diversity of life to provide us with the food, fuel, medicines and other essentials we cannot live without. Yet this rich diversity is being lost at a greatly accelerated rate because of the actions of human beings.

The decline of bee populations, highlighted by the media, has been a wake-up call which thankfully has reached most people. The interest has stemmed partly from the devastating effect the lack of pollinating bees would have on a huge range of food crops around the world. This would cause widespread food shortages as well as destroying

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All About... ...Eastnor Bowling Club

Colin Billingham is the President of Eastnor Bowling Club, which later this month is holding an Open Afternoon. Everybody is welcome to come and learn more about the club, which is keen to attract new members.

Tell us about your club

We were set up in 1930 and I would guess at that time the majority of members worked on the Eastnor Estate. When the war started in 1939 the green was dug up to plant crops. Six years later, at the end of the war, a work party of demobbed servicemen came from Ledbury to re-lay the green. The location, in the Deerpark next to Eastnor Castle is second to none, and as with all nice places the enjoyment of that never wears off.

Is it just a game for older people?

Not at all, we welcome everyone and have members ranging in age from early teens to their late eighties! You can start playing from around the age of 8 or 9, we see a lot who start around the age of 13 and play competitively. There’s no upper age limit and you can play on well into old age!

We want to encourage younger players and so we hope this year’s open day will encourage new people to come along and try the sport for themselves.

who does your club compete against?

We have regular friendly matches organised with other clubs. Generally these take place in Herefordshire, Worcestershire or Gloucestershire. There are also League matches and there’s a local league in the Malvern area as well as a County League. We’re affiliated to the Herefordshire County Bowling Association, the Herefordshire Women’s Bowling Association, and Bowls England is our governing body.

w hat do you love about it?

For me it’s about the companionship,

although obviously as a sport I also enjoy the challenge and everyone goes out to win. A lot of bowlers would say ‘It’s not a sport, it’s a disease!’ which is to say that once you’ve got the bug you’re hooked.

Within a short period of starting many people just can’t get enough, because it’s a skilful game and it takes a bit of learning to become really skilful. You have to learn it, there aren’t a lot of naturals around, you have to master it and it’s quite a challenge.

what do you say to people T ell us about the Open Day thinking of trying it?

For as long as I can remember we’ve held the event and in recent years we’ve used it to get new members involved. This year its being held on the first day of the season, 17th April, we’ll be set up and open from 2.30pm. Its a chance for people to try it and if they decide to join us, we’re offering the first year’s membership for free. It’s the first time we’ve done this but we hope people will like it and stay.

Bowls is a game that’s not too expensive, if you compare the average membership of some other sports clubs. The season starts in April and continues through to the end of September. Out of season, through the winter, a lot of players then play indoors using facilities like that in Malvern. In that way, this is a sport you can enjoy year round.

The Open Day takes place on Sunday 17th April, starting at 2.30pm. The club is located in Ledbury’s Deer Park, if you’re turning up on the day please call ahead to the Club House on 01531 634530 for directions. If you’d like more details beforehand please contact the Club Captain Mrs Rose Owen on mention 01531 633010 or Cynthia Brookes 01684 891235.

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Well Dressing 2011 The theme of this year’s Well Dressing Festival is ‘Togetherness’ which ties nicely into the Royal Wedding happening on the same weekend. Around forty local springs will be decorated across the hills, which the organisers say makes theirs the biggest event of its kind in Britain. ‘Of course Derbyshire is well known for its well dressing traditions’ says Lionel Shorstone from the Malvern Spa Association, ‘and we enjoy some friendly rivalry with them about who puts on the best show!’

Since the royal couple have chosen Well Dressing Day to get married, the decorations will be put up on Thursday 28th April. They will remain in place until the evening of Tuesday 3rd May and during the bank holiday weekend there will be a full programme of events. Perhaps the highlight of the weekend is a donkey pilgrimage to St Ann’s Well, a reminder of how visitors to Malvern travelled around the hills in days gone by. There will also be guided tours to various sites both on foot and by minibus. Water blessing ceremonies are planned with the druidic ceremony taking place at Hayslad Spout on Monday

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2nd May at 3pm. ‘The popularity of our festival seems to be growing’ says Lionel. ‘This year we’ve had a lot of enquiries from travel clubs and others interested in coming to see what we do’.

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The Malvern Hills Walk for St Richard’s Hospice offers the chance to enjoy a good day out and raise money for a good cause at the same time. Hundreds of people are expected to take part in the event on Saturday 21st May with routes of 2 miles, 5 miles and 11 miles depending on your fitness. There’s no entry fee but participants are asked to donate their sponsorship money to St Richard’s. Last year more than 500 people helped to raise more than £22,000 towards the work of the hospice, which helps patients and their families who face cancer and other lifethreatening illnesses.

There is a choice of walks depending on your fitness levels and a great sense of camaraderie. Individuals, families, and groups are all welcome, there will be catering on hand and first aiders will be in attendance to support the walkers.

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On 25th June a one day walking event takes place in support of the NSPCC and Childline. Starting at Colwall Village Hall, walkers will cover 21 miles of local countryside around the hills over the course of a day. It’s the third time the challenge has taken place, and each time the route changes so that anybody who’s taken part in the past will face a new challenge this time around.

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Sunday 17 April

Small Business Breakfast 7.30am, Blue Ginger Gallery, Cradley. Social gathering for local business owners. New members welcome. £3 which includes a very tasty breakfast.

Arts & Food Markets High quality, local arts, crafts, food & drink. Abbey Rd, Malvern. 9.30am - 5pm Fruit and Veg in Containers, Post and Tiny Pots

By Wade Muggleton. Colwall Village Hall. Free coffee and biscuits from 7pm. Visitors welcome - £3.50. More information Anne Finlay-Baird 01684 540379 Charity Bingo in aid of Air Ambulance. Colwall British Legion, Crescent Rd, Colwall. Doors open 7pm, eyes down at 8pm. Phone David for more information: 01684 540722 Guided Walk on the Malvern Hills By newly elected Conservator, Helen Stace, 3pm, starting from Gardiner’s Quarry.

West Malvern WI meeting St James Primary School, West Malvern. 7.30pm. Local sculptor Caro Sweet will be talking about a major project she took part in, in the US last year and there will be an Easter Raffle. Website for more information: www.westmalvernwi.org.uk Eastnor Bowling Open Day 2.30pm, Ledbury’s Deer Park. If you turn up on the day, call the Club House for directions on 01531 634530. For more info: call Rose Owen 01531 633010

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What’s on In April Monday 18 April

Public Meeting of Colwall Village Society Colwall Village Hall, 7.30pm. Start with AGM of the society, followed by a talk on the Bright Family of Colwall. Ever since a member of the Bright family bougth property in Colwall in 1600 it has remained in the hands of his descendents. This talk will be given

by Elizabeth Lloyd. All are welcome. Non-members entrance fee £2. Tea and coffee will be served after the meeting.

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Well Dressing With the theme ‘Togetherness’ there will be about 40 sites. A full programme of events will take place, including guided minibus tours and a town walk. for more information visit the Tourist Office in Malvern.

Monday 2 May Saturday 21 May

The Downs Malvern College Prep Open Day 9.30am - 4.30pm. For more info: 01684 544108 or www.thedowns.malcol.org

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Coach Trip to Oxford Local Charity ‘The Malvern Hills Community Foundation’ will be organising a coach trip to Oxford on 21 May. Cost £10. For details ring Dru 01684 567881.

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Facebook: Happy Hoopers, paula@happyhoopers.co.uk / www.happyhoopers.co.uk Country Market Days Home-made, Home-grown and Hand-crafted Ledbury Country Market 8.30am - 12noon, St Katherine’s Hall, High Street, Ledbury Malvern Country Market 8.30 - 11.15am, Lyttleton Rooms, Church Street, Malvern Malvern Farmers Market 9am - 2pm, Abby Road, Malvern

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Big Blossom Picnic The Colwall Orchard Group’s Blossom Picnic will be on Sunday 1st May from 11.30am. Come and enjoy the cherry blossom in Broadwood Orchard, off the Walwyn Road (signed on the day). There will be lots of fun family activities and tea and home made cakes for anyone who forgets their picnic! Please note there is no parking on site.

Why not start the day with a Dawn Chorus ramble through the orchards, setting off at 6am from the MHC Car Park opposite The Chase Inn. Please book your place, and breakfast at The Chase, with Helen and Tim on 01684 540569.

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Lizzy’s Recipe Chocolate Tiffin An easy recipe - no oven needed.

Great for children to make. Why not make a batch for Mum for a Mothers Day gift? Or a family treat at Easter?

Makes 10 Ready in an hour • • • • • • •

225g biscuits 100g margarine 4 tsp cocoa 2 tbsp golden syrup 1 tbsp brown sugar 100g chocolate handful of dried fruit

1. Line a small square tin with greaseproof paper.

2. Place the biscuits in a strong plastic bag. Roughly crush the biscuits with a rolling pin.

3. Put the margarine, cocoa, sugar and syrup in a saucepan, and then melt over a gentle heat. Add dried fruit if using.

4. Transfer the mixture to the prepared tin and press down firmly.

5. Put the chocolate in a bowl and melt over a saucepan of simmering water. Pour over the top of the biscuit mixture.

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Community Pages

Clubs, Societies, Groups, Classes Colwall Bright Sparks Colwall Pre-School Colwall Village Hall, Mill Lane. Monday to Friday 9.30am 12pm/lunch - 1pm, during term time. For children of 2yrs and 6 months to school age. Jean 01684 540061 or Sue 01684 575548.

Colwall Cricket Club With 4 Saturday League teams, a Ladies team and juniors they are blessed with a great number of volunteers, but always need more. Visit http://colwall.play-cricket.com Colwall Greener A group of Colwall residents committed to helping Colwall prepare and adapt to the demands of Global Warming and Peak Oil. Open to all. Robin 01684 540 284 or visit www. greener.colwall.info Colwall Orchard Group New volunteers are always welcome, we have lots of different things we still want to do. www.colwallvillagegarden.org or contact Helen Stace on 01684 540569 Colwall Rotary Club Meets on Thursdays at 8.00pm at Malvern Hills Hotel. If you are interested in coming along and finding out more about Rotary and our charitable work, please contact Alan Torbet on 01684 899227 or www.colwallrotary.org.uk Malvern Gym Club An informal clamber club which meets 10-11am every Wednesday during term-times at the new gym, the Downs Malvern College Prep School, Brockhill Rd, Colwall. Run by local mums, only £5 per term, per family. Great fun for active toddlers - good range of equipement and loads of space.

Call Alison 01684 567777 Colwall Probus Club Founded in 1984 to be a meeting point for retired professional and business men, resident in the Parish of Colwall. Meetings twice monthly on a Monday morning at Colwall Park Hotel.

Newcomers welcome. Contact Guy Houghton 01684 540158 for membership rules and information. Colwallprobus@msn.com Colwall Singers is a ladies choir meeting in Colwall Village Hall on Tuesday evenings at 7.45 during term time. We give concerts in aid of various charities. Newcomers very welcome, especially second soprano or alto! Liz 01684 561278.

Colwall Playgroup At Colwall Village Hall, Mill Lane. Monday 1.45 - 3.15, £1.50/ family. A range of toys and activities for children to do from babies to pre-school. Contact Louise 01684 541495.

Colwall Wildlife Group Organises three indoor meetings a year between late autumn and early spring, one all day wetland visit by coach. Some record birds visiting their garden. Contact Derek Turner 540318 Colwall Golfers - Date for diary This year’s spring meeting will be held at Upper Sapey Golf Club on Friday 6 May 2011, starting 9.30am, concluding with ‘all day breakfast’ at lunchtime!

Contact person: Derek Turner (540318) Colwall Ladies Club Members meet on the second Thursday in the month at the

Colwall Village Hall. Coffee at 10am is followed by a talk or demonstration. New members welcome. Contact Liz Daniel 01684 540904 for more details Colwall Village Society a group of local people (over 200) with an interest in the wellbeing and history of Colwall. 3/4 public meetings per year, on subjects of local interest. Membership £5 py Come and join us. Membership Secretary Margaret Matthews, PO Box 64, Malvern, WR14 4WE The Chasers International Men of Stell Cricket Team A friendly and social pub cricket team, based at The Chase in Upper Colwall. Cricket fixtures and various events. All abilities welcome. Jamie 01684 541022 or 07977 115478 Wyche and Colwall Horticultural Society For anybody with an interest in gardening. Meets on the first Monday of every month at Colwall Village Hall. Free coffee and biscuits from 7pm. Talks and demonstrations from 7.30pm.

Membership £10 per year, or come as a visitor £3.50 a meeting. Further details Margaret White 01684 540931 Colwall WI We meet on the 2nd Monday of the month at the Colwall Village Hall at 7.00pm. Following a short business and information session and refreshments, we enjoy a varied programme of talks and demonstrations. Visitors and new members welcome. Cath Blackwell 01684 540020 Colwall Players Colwall Players is a local group of performers that has been bringing live entertainment for over twenty years. Apart from coming to presentations you could be part of one. For more info visit www.colwallplayers.org Colwall Mothers’ Union MU has 4 million members in 70 countries. It promotes marriage and family life. In Colwall we normally meet with a speaker on the 1st Thursday of the month at 2.15 in the Ale House by St James’ Church. Visitors welcome.

Contact Jill Wittington 540590

Cradley Cradley Sports Club Cradley Sports Club currently provides sporting opportunities for young people within a ten mile radius of Cradley. This includes football and cricket (in season) See www.cradleysportsclub.co.uk or 01886 880081.

Cradley, Storridge & Mathon Royal British Legion Supports ex service personnel. This Legion Club is a lively place, with two full sized snooker tables, a pool table, a skittle ally and regular entertainment.

Small Business Breakfast, Cradley Is a friendly informal group of small business owners who meet on the first Friday of every month from 7.30 am in the Blue Ginger Gallery, Cradley. A £3 continental breakfast is available Newcomers welcome. Contact Miles Meager 01886 880964 or milesmeager@mi-frame.co.uk Cradley, Mathon & Storridge Art Group Meet every 2nd and 4rd Wednesday of the month at Storridge Village Hall at 2pm. We are a friendly informal bunch of all levels of ability. Newcomers will be most welcome.

New!

Storridge WI Meet every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm in the village hall. Interesting talks, demonstrations and outings.

Ring Joan Prosser for more info: 01886 880813

Mathon Mathon, Cradley and Storridge Tennis Club Situated between Colwall and Mathon, welcomes new members for friendly social or competitive tennis. Play all year round on three all-weather courts. For information Mrs Pat Pugh on 01531 640682 or Bob Hamilton on 01684 540836.

Mathon Parish Church Holds weekly services: 1st Sunday - Parish Communion at 9.30 am, 2nd Sunday - Mattins at 9.30am, 3rd Sunday Lay-led Mattins at 9.30am, 4th Sunday - Holy Communion at 8.30am, 5th Sunday (when relevant) - In one of the three Parish churches (Cradley, Mathon or Storridge) at various times.

West Malvern West Malvern Irish Dancers Classes with the award winning Sean Eireann McMahon Academy of Irish Dancing, during school term time: Fridays 4.30 - 6.30pm, at Malvern Village Hall. For boys and girls all ages. Beginners welcome. Ruth (parent) 01684 568613 or Rose (tutor) on 07976 6914686 West Malvern Royal British Legion Club Skittle Alley, Darts Crib, Live entertainment. Sunday night Honey Bingo. All welcome, always looking for new members. Tel 07985 133691 for more details. Lower Road West Malvern Baby & Toddler Group Meets 10-12 every Friday, during term-time at West Malvern Village Hall. Friendly group, lots of toys and activities. £1.50 per family per session. Contact Alison 01684 567777 Meditation in West Malvern Small friendly group meeting weekly for one hour in early evening and monthly on Sunday. Format is silent mediation as in Zen (sitting then walking) Anyone with compatible practice is welcome. Email malvernmeditation@talktalk.net or call 07816578815 West Malvern Social Club Music Session every Sunday 9pm (folk, country, jazz, roots).

Fortnightly Bingo. Licensed bar with stage available for hire for parties and events. 145 West Malvern Rd, WR14 4AY 01684 576732

Malvern Hills & Ledbury Malvern Hills Freecycle A Free Recycling Resource. To find out more you can find a link to Malvern Hills Freecycle group at www.freecycle.org Plastic Bags – No Thanks! Is a local project led by local people to reduce the use and irresponsible disposal of plastic carrier bags. www.plasticbagsnothanks.org Ledbury Children’s Centre Provides activities and services for U5’s and their families in Ledbury and surrounding areas. For more details please contact 01432 383840 Malvern Social Group Monthly social evenings and a varied programme of activities organised by members. This is a non-profit group run by volunteers and is not a dating club. New members welcome. Further info on 08450 957984 or info@ malvernsocial.org.uk Transport Ring & Ride Based in Ledbury urgently need volunteer drivers from the Colwall - Cradley area to support people in these communities with transport. Please ring 01531 636333

Citizens Advice Bureau @ Malvern or Ledbury For advice that makes a difference - it’s free and confidential and can cover money matters, employment problems, housing, consumer rights, personal problems, taxes, land...

Ring 01684 563611 for Malvern or 01432 377599 for the FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO VOLUNTEER Community Voluntary Action Ledbury 01531 635339 Malvern Community Action 01684 892381 Malvern Hills Volunteering 01684 862151 Or visit www.do-it.org.uk to search for volunteering near you Malvern Small Business Forum Provides a meeting place for small businesses - including established business, those who have just started and those considering starting up. Monthly meetings. For more information 01684 862151 (Simon Smith or Joel Killer) or www.malvernhills.gov.uk/business The Hills Bridge Club A duplicate bridge club for improvers. Meet at Mathon Village Hall, Thursdays 7 for 7.15pmContact 01684 541227 www.bridgewebs.com/hills Malvern Hills Lions Club we meet on 2nd and 4th Monday each month at the Great Malvern Hotel, Malvern, 8pm. If you are interested or want to know more about us and helping out at Charity Events all welcome. Geoff Lewis, freephone 0845 8337439 www.malvernlions.org.uk

Champagne Garden Celebration

To mark their centenary year Macmillan Cancer Support invite you to a Champagne Garden Celebration Wednesday May 11th, the eve of the Malvern Spring Gardening Show In The Garden in Harmony Theatre at the Three Counties Showground Gates open at 6pm Special Guest –Television Celebrity Carol Klein Champagne and Canapés Exclusive preview of the Show Gardens Tickets £25 Reserve your place(s) by sending your cheque and a stamped addressed envelope to Parrys of Malvern Ltd, 115 Church Street Malvern WR14 2AJ. Numbers are limited so apply early.

For more information on the show please visit www.threecounties.co.uk/springgardening or call 01684 584924 We wish to thank the local businesses that have generously sponsored this event.

Index Business Regents Th. College BP Carpets Classic Interiors 17 Hurrells Carpets 17 Ledbury Carpets 25 Cars Forward Motors 36 Children/Families Eastnor Castle 37 Kumon Centre 41 Magic Moments 2 Once Upon a Tree 37 The Downs 3 Classes & Training Painting & Drawing 39 Clothing & Shoes Aquarius 18 Connections Dress Agency 19

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Lace of Malvern 19 Zinna 19 Dentist 21 Design Architectural Consultant 12 Hanley Interiors 16 Harcourt Design 33 Sarah Jane Interiors 9 Electrician 13 Financial Advice 7 Flowers Bamboo 34 Food & Drink Hill Top Farm 43 Outside Catering 41 The Bran Tub 43

Funerals 35 Garden Branchworks 29 Caves Folly Nurseries 29 Watering Hole 29 Health & Fitness Absolute Fitness 23 Aromatherapy 23 Audley Care 20 Chiropractor 20 Feng Shui 35 Hayley Flower 18 Osteopath 21 The Hearing Centre 20 Valerie Farmer 23 Weight Balance 23 Well Woman Clinic 21 Holiday B&B 41 Cyprus Penthouses 40 Happy Campers 41 Villa Turkey 40 Home Improvements Budget Plumbing 5 Clover 47 Cradley Stoves 28 DR Lloyd 5 Fusion Property Services 31 Greg Davies 12 GWB Chimneys 33 Hanley Interiors 16 Hunaban Heating 12 Kendeen Plastics 31 Lee Hankins 12 M Goodger Carpentry 13 Malvern Tele Tunes 35 MH Furniture 33

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