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May 2015
Inside this issue: • HRH Hospital Visit ................................................................................ page 6
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• The Summer Show ................................................................................ page 6
• Inside the Lion’s Den ................................................................................ page 5
• It’s Woolsack Day! ................................................................................ page 12
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What’s On 2nd – 4th May Tetbury Art Society Spring Exhibition In the Market Hall Details in this isssue 4th May Wacky Races! 8th – 9th May “Pack up your troubles” in Sherston Village Hall, 7.30pm Tickets (£7 / £6 concessions) from Sherston Post Office, or 01666 840778 (eves.) 10th – 17th May Christian Aid Week 16th and 23rd May Woolsack Grand Raffle Ticket sales at the Market Place end of Long Street 17th May Woolsack Lunch and Auction In the Snooty Fox – commences 1.00 pm 17th May ”The Great Tennis Weekend “ initiative begins Details in this issue 19th May Free Dementia Awareness Week tea party at Ilsom House. 2.00 pm Contact Jan Pitcher or Val Croft on 01666 504131. 21st – 23rd May “The Importance of Being Earnest” Dolphins Production Details in this issue 22nd May Cotswold Care Hospice Coffee Morning 10.00 am - 12 noon at the Market Hall. Raffle, cake stall and bric-a-brac. 23rd – 30th May (except the 25th) at Tetbury Library Drop in to contribute to the Tetbury Frieze
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24th May Avening Open Gardens Day 12:00 – 4:00 pm
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Contents Avening Primary School 10 Avening WI 56 Christian Aid Week 50 Community Speed Watch 52 Computer Advice 36 Cotswold Dog’s and Cat’s Home 34 Cotswold Voluntary Wardens 30 Dolphins Dramatic Society 38 Dolphins Recreation Centre 4 Guiding 31 Guild of Craftsmen 54 History of Tetbury Society 8 Letters to the Editor 49 Lions Den 5 Mayor’s Report 25 News from Christ Church 9 News from St Mary’s 47 Patient Participation Group 48 Perfection 46 Priory Inn Blog 11 Probus One 45 Puddle Ducks Nursery 14 Sir William Romney’s School 44 St Mary’s Playgroup 28 St Mary’s Primary School 24 Students of Marketing and Design 43 Summer Show 6 Tetbury and District Footpath Group 35 Tetbury Art Society 57 Tetbury Camera Club 15 Tetbury Community Choir 52 Tetbury Dolphins Lawn Tennis Club 18 Tetbury in Bloom 21 Tetbury Library 19 Tetbury Model Railway Club 29 Tetbury Police Museum 42 Tetbury Rail Lands Trust 16 Tetbury Theatre Group 41 Tetbury Tourist Information Society 40 Tetbury Town Youth Football Club 20 Tetbury WI 22 The Feoffees and the Thirteen 22 The Friends of Tetbury Hospital 26 The Malt House 59 Unsung Hero for May 11 Woolsack Day 12 Young by Name 32 Young Musician 2015 53
Useful Information POLICE STATION The Old Courthouse, Long Street Tel: Emergency - 999, Non-Emergency 101 (note new number).
Gloucestershire County Council, Shire Hall, Gloucester. Tel: 08000 514514. www. gloucestershire.gov.uk
DOCTORS Romney House Surgery, Long Street. Tel: 502303 The Tolsey Surgery, High Street, Sherston. Tel: 01666 840270.
CHURCHES Christ Church, The Chipping 01453 839250 Gospel Hall, Hampton St.Tel.503166 St. Mary’s - C of E- Church St. 500088 St. Michael’s - R.C. - The Green 502367 Tetbury Community Church, 25 The Ferns 07739 909047.
HOSPITAL Malmesbury Road. Tel: 502336. PHYSIOTHERAPY Tel: 501766. CHIROPODIST Tel: 504228. OSTEOPATHS Tel: 503599 and 502214. LOCAL AUTHORITIES Tetbury Town Council, Old Courthouse, Long Street. Tel: 504670 (Mon-Fri 9am - 3pm) Council Info. Services, in Council Office. Email: administrator@tetbury.gov.uk Cotswold District Council, Trinity Road, Cirencester. Tel: (01285) 623000
SCHOOLS - SWR Comprehensive, Lowfield Road. Tel: 01666 502378 St. Mary’s Primary, St. Mary’s Road.Tel: 01666 502275. Rodmarton Primary School, Tel: 01285 841284. TOURIST INFORMATION 33 Church Street. Tourism@tetbury.org Tel: 503552. NATIONAL EXPRESS Bookings taken. Daily return service from Cirencester to Heathrow. www.visittetbury.co.uk
RAILWAY STATION Kemble - 6 miles Enquiries Tel: 0845 748 4950 LIBRARY Close Gardens. Tel: 502258 (Mon 10.00-1.00, Tue 10.00-5.00, Wed 10.00-5.00, Fri 10.00-6.00, Sat 10.00-1.00) DOLPHINS HALL COMMUNITY CENTRE Bookings through 504670 or website www.dolphinshalltetbury.co.uk COTSWOLD VOLUNTEERS DIAL-A-RIDE @Tetbury, 3 New Church Street, Tetbury, GL8 8DS. Tel: 01666 502514 Monday-Friday 9am-1pm Voluntary Hospital Car Service Tel: 01285 659374 SWRS SPORT/LEISURE CENTRE Tel: 501086 TETBURY SHOPMOBILITY Tel: 01666 500166 Mon - Sat 10am-4pm. www.tetburyshopmobility.org.uk
of a trainer or by yourself is a great way of beat is vital, otherwise you lack the ability weeks. For example, perform 30 minutes developing exercises and regimes that are to track improvement. of exercise on a Monday, Wednesday and right for you. Follow these steps to plan a Friday. Once you have been doing this for ATTAINABLE better fitness goal. 4-6 weeks, change it – maybe increase the A goal should be achievable you – are Society length of your workout or switch reports from for Dramatic production of exercises. “The SPECIFIC We are receiving very positive you in the right place and have the right This will keep your body and brain A goal must be individual to about you, aiming Importance of Being Earnest”, between hall users theatnewaccess bar arrangements, for the objective you have set? guessing, and help lead you to yourthe 2015 whatseem you to want to Setting smaller 21stdevelop and the 23rd of May. which be attracting a greater ones use can help you fitness goal – you can do it! accomplish. General and work towards a bigger end goal. of the hall for social events. Indeed, the new targets lead to In addition to the web-site www. The copy date for May’s Advertiser comes financial with a wedding REALISTIC reducedyear focus kicked and too off dolphinshalltetbury.co.uk we now have just before the Dolphins Recreation Trust’s reception in the hall onTo April the 1st Tim be realistic youfor must be able to visualize much wiggle room. a Facebook page too – and for anyone AGM, so it is probably tempting fate to yourselfwe achieving objective. Too high a Jablonski and Laura Hamer; wish the them MEASURABLE booking goal and you may struggle to see the end,the hall, we would be pleased to make any comments about the likely every happiness forbethe future. A goal must publicise too low and you will find yourself lessthe event on either. Please let Tara outcome of that event. able to be motivated. from the Town council offices know, when May seesmeasured the hall used for a number of – However, it is safe to say that the past year TIMEDinaugural Tea you are booking the event. whether the on Mayor’s events, including Havingthe a time frame for(of a goal is important, scales or 2nd on of a May, has worked out well for us, with a healthy Dance on the election Barry Gibbs, as this is what you must work towards. This stopwatch, having a end of year balance up some £4,000 from course) on the 7th of May, and the Dolphins and keepsRecreation Trust Committee time or weight to will give you a sense of urgencyDolphins last year, which should enable us to continue our policy of making improvements to both the hall and the recreation ground. Having said that, we are grateful to Tetbury Town of the symptoms•that • Migraine Justhas some ofJust thesome symptoms Acute low back pain Council for their £5,000 grant which • Neck can be helped by treatment:• Chronic that can be helped by treatment: lowpain back pain helped us particularly with the extra tree • Tennis elbowneck pain • Acute/subacute Call now for free consultation surgery, necessary to keep the perimeter Call now for a consultation! • Lowneck backpain pain • Chronic Tetbury Chiropractic hedges in check. Commitment-free 15-minute • Knee osteoarthritis • Migraine Vicinity Health and Wellbeing Centre whiplash-associated • Shoulder girdle pain disorders assessment available • Acute DermaCo House • Tennis elbow • Foot and ankle joint problems 2 Charlton Road (hip wear and tear) Telephone 07469 187004 • Hip osteoarthritis disorders • Acute whiplash-associated Jwala Gurung Tetbury Jwala Gurung • Knee osteoarthritis Tetbury Doctorofof Chiropractic, • Hip osteoarthritis (hip wear and tear) Gloucestershire Doctor Chiropractic, info@tetburychiropractic.co.uk Mchiro, CCEP, LRCC. GL8 8 DY info@tetburychiropractic.co.uk Telephone 07469 187004 Mchiro, CCEP, LRCC. Tetbury Chiropractic, Vicinity Health and Wellbeing Centre, DermaCo House, 2 Charlton Road, Tetbury GL8 8DY
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Dear Reader, Now that April has flown we are now looking forward to the darling buds of May, and judging by the buds on my wisteria, I feel sure we are in for a terrific summer. May is a wonderful time for Tetbury and it has a busy start with the Wacky Races on the 4th and of course the Woolsack on Monday the 25th. By the time you read this you will have noticed that the bunting has been put up and we Lions are very pleased that we have managed to contribute financially toward
acquiring it. Bunting was sadly missed last year and I’m sure you all agree that it gives a tremendous atmosphere to our town for both our visitors and residents alike. We are also delighted to have been able to assist in the start-up of the Library’s Chess Club, with a donation of £200; we wish them every success with this incentive and, like them, we hope it will benefit all age groups and help to bring the people of our town together.
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have supported us with a significant contribution. This is a major boost for which we are very grateful especially as it comes after funds were badly impacted by the promise of severe weather last year that kept many attractions and visitors away. While some of the major attractions have yet to be confirmed for this year, we can advise that all the fun fair rides have been booked, as have the children’s go-karts and the ever-popular Trigger the land train, who will also be taking part in the parade through the town. We will also have many model boats and planes and one or two
(hopefully) miniature steam attractions. The show has always had a strong emphasis on delivering to our young population an awareness and understanding of our rural environment and how it should be respected, but delivered in a fun way and with family participation. Watch out for updates regarding this element of the show in the next issue. Summer Show Committee
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History of Tetbury Society The HOTS Meeting on April 2nd related very well to the last meeting as it carried on with the Roman theme. The guest speaker was Nick Humphris, a volunteer from The National Trust who is based at Chedworth Roman Villa. Nick explained that there had been a villa on the site in the 2nd C, but it did not become the high status site that we know today until the 4th C, when more buildings were constructed to make a divided site with at least two dining rooms and several bath houses. It was never a military or agricultural site, unusually, but a private home within easy reach of Corinium.
bath house, both of which were covered by small sheds to protect them. In addition, the museum was built to store and exhibit artefacts for the site, which is still in situ. The owner, Lord Eldon, then decided to sell in 1923. The site was bought by Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society (BAGAS), who had visited in 1889, for £2,500, and was then gifted to The National Trust in 1924 to save it for the nation.
Why build here? There is a natural spring with fresh water and a skeleton of an Iron Age boy has been found making it possible that it was built on a previous domestic site. When the Romans left Britain in the 5th C, the villa was robbed out and not discovered again until 1864, when a gamekeeper (who was out ferreting) found some tesserae down a hole. Frantic excavations that year unearthed the western dining room and
Since then much work has been carried out and it is still an archaeological site with digs often being run to discover more. The main features of it, now covered by a state of the art new building, are; the impressive
dining room with two mosaics, one of which shows Bacchus and Ariadne with their entourage of Satyrs and Maenads, at each corner being a cupid showing a different season; the bath house with changing room, warm room, hot room, hot tub and cold plunge pool and the corridor with mosaic, the longest in Britain as laid by Romans. There are more dining rooms, bath houses and mosiacs (excavated, but now recovered) and three different styles of hypocaust. One under the dining room floor with deep channels, one under the bath house, with piles of tiles and one in room twenty six made from stone pillars. The site is constantly being upgraded and worked up on to find more information and artefacts, more recently some painted plaster has been found, reinforcing the high status of the site. It was a very interesting talk that prompted us to visit on Easter Monday! Next month will be our first outside visit of the season. We shall be visiting Estcourt Park hosted by James Trotter. We meet in The Chipping car park at 6.45pm on 7th May. Where possible we need to share car travel and arrive at the same time because of the electronic gates.
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News from Christ Church April was a busy month at Christ Church. First, we had the services around Good Friday and Easter Sunday, then, a working party was involved in cleaning and painting. In the middle of the month we had two weddings on one Saturday. We did an Easter service at The Priory and are investigating taking a regular service at Ilsom House. This May will see our premises used for serving refreshments for both the Wacky Races and the Woolsack Day – and after that, members will be busy preparing for the very successful Holiday at Home which will be held on Thursday 30th and Friday 31st July.
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Avening Primary School Time to be out of doors! After an Easter break full of sunshine, the summer term got off to an equally fine start, with the children and staff looking forward to an exciting term of learning, ahead, including lots of opportunities to learn outside. The topics in each of the four classes have an environmental theme this term. ‘We are the future’ is the theme for the Owls class (Y5/6). This will give pupils the opportunity to learn about current environmental issues around the globe. They will also be looking at how to ensure they have a safe and healthy future with a visit to Skillszone in Gloucester to support this aspect of learning. Later on in the term, the class will be extending their outdoor learning with a residential visit to South Cerney where they will be learning to paddle-board, kayak, build rafts and generally have a great deal of fun! Pupils in the Hawks class (Y3/4) have gone from being Romans last term to ‘Eco-Warriors’ this term, destined to save the Earth from destruction! The children have relished their learning challenges and are fully motivated on their mission to reduce, reuse and recycle. Later on in the term, their environmental prowess will see them cultivating eels, in a national project to support the declining eel population and they will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their nature
knowledge and outdoor skills with a visit to Copsegrove Farm. The Eagles (Reception/Y1) & Kestrels (Y1/2) will also be visiting Copsegrove Farm for their term topic ‘Dens and Dandelions’. Both classes are making great use of our wonderful learning garden, studying the plants and wildlife and witnessing the tadpoles growing in the school pond.
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Woolsack Day Over the years Woolsack Day has provided a great free family day out, and 2015 will be no exception. By now thanks, to CDB Building Services, the town’s summer bunting will have been erected and the streets will take on a festive outlook for the months ahead. On May 25th late Bank Holiday Monday the streets of Tetbury will once again be full of the sights and sounds of Woolsack, but in order to spread the load a bit this year we are holding the Woolsack Lunch and Auction in the Snooty Fox on Sunday May the 17th.
This has become an event not to miss in its own right, with a first class carvery lunch starting at one o’clock, followed by the Grand Auction at three o’clock. We are looking forward to selling lots of interesting items at first-class prices; look out for the Auction Catalogue that will be appearing nearer the date. We’ll also be selling tickets for the Grand Raffle on Saturday the 16th and Saturday the 23rd of May. First prize will be £100 and tickets will be available from our pitch at the Market Place end of Long Street. On Woolsack Day itself the French Market will be in full flow down Long Street, the Market Place and Church Street, and will host many traditional Woolsack traders selling a vast assortment of items. Chipping Street seems to have become the spiritual home of nurseries and plant suppliers over the years, almost filling the street with greenery. We have attracted a number of new stall holders this year so their offerings will be even more varied than usual. On the entertainment front we welcome back to Tetbury the Gugge 2000 band who provide their own unique vibrant brand of music guaranteed to entertain the assembled crowd. There could be no better start to the day. They come all the way from the Bournemouth area to perform in Tetbury and what a great band they are! If you want to get a sample of their music, their website is www.2000.co.uk and they also feature extensively on You Tube. We hope that the fantastic Ile Axe Samba band from Bristol will appear during the afternoon and coupled with a number of street entertainers, the programme for the fun side of the day looks extremely exciting. Entries are still coming in for the races themselves and we look to be heading for another full afternoon of sport, with Gumstool Hill providing the usual daunting challenge for our fearless competitors. Our Woolsack races seem to have acquired a reputation of eccentricity and quirkiness worldwide - this year we have some interest from a Japanese TV company! Discussions
are at an early stage as they wish to have one of their personalities actually take part. We hope they’ll be able to meet the challenge that Gumstool Hill provides… The whole plan for a great day came together thanks to a new band of dedicated volunteers plus a number of traditional helpers, who gave up their time very generously. Tetbury traders are also coming forward to provide sponsorship and assistance, which is extremely pleasing and encouraging. The main beneficiary this year is the Ferns Playgroup, which plans to remodel their premises to continue providing a great service to many Tetbury mums and their young children. Our website www.tetburywoolsack.co.uk will provide up to date information about Woolsack and special parking will be available in the Recreation Ground and the Football Field at Preston Park in Cirencester Road, so please come down to town on the 25th of May to wander around and enjoy a great free day out, and to help support charities which, with your help, Woolsack has provided many tens of thousands of pounds, over the years. The Woolsack Committee
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Wycliffe College has named Nick Gregory as its new Head from September 2015 Mr Gregory, will replace the current Head, Margie Burnet Ward who will be retiring at the end of this academic year. Before becoming a teacher, Mr Gregory spent eight years in a management role at Barclays, before moving to a teaching career. He has taught modern languages at Barnard Castle School, County Durham and Merchant Taylor’s School, Northwood before becoming a boarding Housemaster at Old Swinford Hospital, Stourbridge. Mr Gregory said: “Modern education must be an excellent preparation for life – professional, personal, social, moral and I believe that Wycliffe produces people who are ready to face up to life after school and deal with its challenges.”
compete with anyone at anything, provided we were prepared to work hard, commit some energy to something and make the most of our talent. I hope this is something that people will believe in at Wycliffe.”
The new Head, who is currently Deputy Head (pastoral) at Mill Hill School, London, has a
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be educated at Wycliffe and Ben, who has an autistic spectrum condition will be attending school elsewhere but will be very much part of their life at Wycliffe.
He said he hoped to pass on a deep belief he has held since his own school days. “It was really important to me to feel that at my school we could punch above our weight and
sons, Harry, Ben and Sam – Harry and Sam will
“I want someone’s time at Wycliffe to be an experience in itself,” he said. “It should be something to be enjoyed and appreciated for its
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We were very excited this week to receive a special visitor to the setting as we returned from the Easter break. Two spring lambs called Oliver and Spotty Dotty came to say hello. The children were able to bottle feed them their lunch before the lambs decided it was more fun to explore the garden! We have also been enjoying the garden in the beautiful spring weather and have even enjoyed lunch outside. Looking back to the end of last term, the children have been continuing looking at sounds with Jolly Phonics and a wide variety of activities. Our thanks go to PC Leah Davis and PCSO Paul Hancock who took the time to drop by and see the children when we were looking at ‘P for Police’. We enjoyed sitting in the police car and finding out just how loud the sirens are when you are standing right next to them!
The children know how wonderful their mummies are and what a good job they all do and so we celebrated them all with a Mother’s Day lunch of soup and a roll all made by the children themselves. Lots of mummies came and a wonderful time was had by all.
first moments. The children decided to call him Marlon and we very quietly sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to welcome him. Marlon is a very friendly duck and took to life in setting very quickly! He has gone now to live with Catherine but we hope he will come and visit us from time to time.
Puddle Ducks is currently full and unable to offer any new places this term - however we are running a waiting list for September 2015 and January 2016. We may be found at the back of the Dolphins Hall in Tetbury and run Monday to Friday from 9.15am to 12.15pm, with an optional lunch club until We are also pleased this month to bring 1.15 pm in term time only, for children news of the eggs that we were incubating. between 2½ and school age. If you are Although they were not due to hatch until interested in your pre-school child joining the last day of term, the fi rst one very us in the future please contact Catherine considerately made an appearance on the Chidley on 01666 504257 who will be very Wednesday before the Easter holidays and pleased to arrange a time for you to visit us even timed his entrance into the world just during a morning session. as thePage children were coming back in from CL Tetbury Advertiser_Layout 1 14/04/2015 13:59 1 1251009 the garden so we were able to witness his Puddle Ducks Nursery
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A visiting speaker in March was Martin Cooper, a local photographer and a member of Stroud Camera Club. Martin has had many pictures accepted in exhibitions across the world and he also sells copies via his personal web site (wwwmartincooperphotography.com). Martin showed us a wide variety of his excellent images, taken in a range of locations and included some abstracts, accompanied by his extremely interesting and detailed commentary. This was followed by the battle with Cirencester, held at Cirencester. We had won against Stroud and, using the same set of prints and digital images, hopes were high for a victory against Cirencester. In the event, our hopes were fulfilled and we beat Cirencester. We shall have to work pretty hard to maintain this record of two victories when the battles come round next year.
interesting that an experienced judge, Club member Sandie Cox, had previously viewed all the images and independently selected her view of the winning portfolio……..by Liz Cooper. A recent speaker was Leigh Preston, a well-known name in photographic circles. Leigh was accompanied by Peter Johnson, a fellow member of Gloucester Camera Club. Many members had responded to the request to bring in prints for critique by Leigh. Leigh selected a range of prints from those offered and then he and Peter waxed lyrical, or fairly lyrical, about them in terms of ‘Seeing, Design and Purpose’. As he had demonstrated in a previous visit, Leigh was very eloquent in expressing off the cuff comments about all the prints he had selected. During the second half of the evening, Leigh and Peter showed some of their own images to illustrate the messages of the workshop.
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Tetbury Rail Lands Trust This month we have started to plan the new layout for the inside of the Goods Shed incorporating the retractable seating system. We’ll soon have the updated drawings and we will show the new design in our model of the Goods shed. Local joiner Pat Hennessy has just finished fitting two doors within the large sliding ones at the front of the Goods Shed. This will make the building easier to use as we now have accessible exit points that will allow us to close the large doors during our events, keeping sound and heat inside. The new doors blend in very well from the outside. Nicola Clarks’ Goddesses evening was a great success. Although it wasn’t that warm, it was attended by an enthusiastic audience of around a hundred people. The seed of inspiration for the evening was sown late last year, when Nicola described her vision to paint eight big canvasses, one for each of the Goddesses, embodying the progressing seasons and festivals in the Celtic calendar. The Goods Shed became her studio as there was plenty of room and she needn’t worry about mess. Soon Nicola realised that she had suitable models for each of the deities amongst her musical friends and she began composing
original songs for each character to perform on the night. Nicola finished the enormous task in time so on the evening of Sunday 28th March all the amazing canvasses were hung in order on the back wall and eight lovely goddesses all dressed in black with coloured shawls processed by candlelight onto a low stage in front of their images. It was truly magical listening to the songs performed so engagingly by each goddess and looking at the sparkling depiction of each one. We were spellbound and stayed till late mulling over the show with nibbles and wine. It is exciting to experience now how inspiring a venue the Goods Shed will become.
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For that one night of magic Nicola truly brought the Goods Shed Art Centre to life! She has been painting in the Goods Shed for the last six months and we have all enjoyed popping in to watch her work. Her next project is in America where she will be painting a large mural that will take about 3 months. We thank her for all she has accomplished, wish her well and look forward to her return in the autumn. April’s Car Boot Sale was well attended and successful - and although we all take things down to sell, we still seem to end up buying things and bringing more back! Up to now we have had to take down water in containers and soon we will be having the
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Many Tetbury Library customers are enjoying success with their improving IT knowledge and skills, thanks to our wonderful Computer Buddy, Bob. Now that Bob’s students are ‘flying the nest’ and working more independently there are some vacancies for computer tuition – please book your free, personalised lesson. Would you like to get more from your reading in a friendly and informal environment? Pop into the library and sign up for Tetbury Library Reading Group. Books on dementia are still available to borrow and are now in the health section where you can find books to help improve your understanding and quality of life in all areas – from easing back problems to stress busting. A member of staff will be happy to help you locate the book you need.
Tetbury Library recently witnessed a great feat of engineering when the ‘Team Picnic’ family created an elevated structure (just out of paper straws) that supported 104 books and a girl! Well done to all the families that took part in the British Science Week Science and Engineering Challenge – it certainly was a fun morning – and especially to Team Picnic for becoming Tetbury’s Top Scientists! This month Tetbury Library will be closed on both Bank Holiday Mondays (4th and 25th) then from Tuesday 26th May we are pleased to be hosting a special display to remember the Tetbury men who fell at Gallipoli. We look forward to seeing you soon. Kylie, Linda, Liz & Sophie.
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Tetbury Town Youth Football Club Training continues through the month of May... ...for our youth teams and will up until our Annual Presentation Celebrations on May 30th at The Dolphins Hall and Recreation Ground. Celebration football matches begin at 10.30am with the presentations following at 11.30am. We look forward to celebrating our players for the efforts they have ALL given throughout the season. The Facebook group ‘Old Tetbury’ is very popular and we all enjoy its many posts from members. It makes interesting viewing seeing the old photographs posted of past football teams and players. Did you know on this page there is an album titled Tetbury Town Football Club, and any photograph relating to the club you may have can be posted here. So, if you have any football photos you would like to share and add to the growing album please do so. We look forward to seeing these.
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May is the month when miracles start to happen in the herbaceous border.
Tetbury in Bloom Open Gardens Day is on Sunday 28th June, between 2.00pm and 6.00pm. There will be several new gardens to visit this year. Do look out for the details in my next article, for posters around town, or check out our website at www. tetburyinbloom.org.uk.
Looking back over the past decade, the Anniversary Gardens has seen one of our most dramatic, but less well known, projects. The Anniversary Gardens, located between The Chipping and The Ferns, was a tired space until it received the Tetbury in Bloom makeover in the spring 2007, to mark the 80th birthday of Her Majesty The Queen. Inspired by the vision of our good friend, Eric Simpson, and with the support of the Civic Society and neighbours it is now a quiet oasis and beautiful sensory garden in the centre of town.
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In 2013, we replaced the lavender bushes with hardy fuchsias to complement the white Japanese anemones and the red leaved heucheras. We added snowdrops and narcissus to extend the flowering season into early Spring.
Many thanks go to Gerald and Hortense Oates of ‘Hortensia’ for donating the generous proceeds of their Easter egg auction which will go towards making Tetbury look even more attractive. Liz Farnham
We added a pergola to give height and interest, to provide support for climbing plants such as clematis (which start to flower this month) and to draw visitors in. We added more paths and widened existing paths to make access easier. We extended the planting areas and we removed the old broken paving and walls and turfed the bare areas. We gave the existing rosebushes, rosa regosa (or “apple rose”) a severe pruning to bring them back into life with luscious new growth, and added a further fifty rose bushes. We added crocuses among the grass. But we have had to remove the cherry tree due to disease but have plans to replace it with a new tree soon.
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Tetbury WI We were delighted to welcome Mr Jeremy Field to our meeting in April. He is a surgeon who specialises in the treatment of hands. His presentation was highly professional and informative and he engaged with all of us by answering a wide range of questions and with a lot of hand-holding.. A significant event in March was the movement of a baton through Gloucestershire to mark 100 years of the WI. The baton came to us at the Market House from Avening in a Ferrari. Sallie then cycled it to the Green where it was taken by Yvonne, Mary and Dee who ran with it to
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Supper at No 65 was a fun evening out, as was a recent skittles match, and our monthly coffee mornings continue. Four of us enjoyed helping at the Tetbury NCT Easter party at the end of March. Despite a rather cold afternoon the egg hunt outdoors was very popular (but we made the tea). Our next meeting is on May 11th at 7.30 in the Dolphins’ Hall when we have our Resolutions night. We enjoy having visitors. Chris Gibson, Tetbury WI
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I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone... ...from the organisations that work tirelessly to raise funds for good causes, from Tetbury Town Council, from local businesses and of course you, the people of Tetbury. Everyone works so hard to make this a town to be very proud of! Yes, we can always say that there is more to do - there always is. Work never stops! With this in mind I was very honoured to be invited to the opening of the new X-ray
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The Friends of Tetbury Hospital Prince Charles visits to open the upgraded X-Ray Unit. The Prince of Wales recently visited Tetbury Hospital as Patron of the Friends of Tetbury Hospital, the group which raises funds to support the purchase of new equipment and the maintenance of the hospital building. His Royal Highness opened the newlyupgraded X-Ray Unit, which took the Friends of Tetbury Hospital around twelve months to fund, by raising the £108,600 needed to purchase the state-of-the-art equipment. During the tour of the hospital, HRH spoke of his visit to the hospital around 25 to 30 years ago, when he cut off the top of one of his fingers, staking trees at Highgrove. He said that the hospital at that time was unable to do the necessary surgery and so he was referred to Swindon.
Wendy Hadfield, manager of the Minor Injuries Unit, explained that the hospital has come a long way since then and could now easily deal with like problems. Wendy then showed HRH some of the new equipment that the hospital is using and spoke about her own forthcoming London Marathon run in support of Children with Cancer.
Since the recent NHS re-organisation, the Hospital serves both Gloucestershire and Wiltshire with more than 50 consultants from both counties holding regular clinics at the Hospital. Friends of Tetbury Hospital
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St Mary’s Playgroup As we begin a new term so too do we begin a fresh new chapter, here at St Mary’s Playgroup! We are so excited to announce that we have started the summer term with two new members of staff who are jobsharing the Playleader role. Both Amanda and Heidi are qualified Primary Teachers and are delighted to be bringing their experience and new ideas to the playgroup, to help us uphold our high standards. Along with this we have also just released our new logo for both the Playgroup and Baby and Toddler Group (now named ‘Seedlings’) which we have to thank our mum Lizzie Walkley for designing. I hope you’ll agree when you see it that she did a fantastic job! We believe the logo of the tree and apple are reflective of our fun, nurturing group and also shows our growth and emphasis we will be putting on outdoor learning. And to top it off we have also launched our new website which is clean, contemporary and simple to use for providing information to parents looking for childcare in the area as well as keeping our current parents up to date with what is going on. www.stmarysplaygrouptetbury. co.uk This term we are focusing on learning around growth in the great outdoors and will incorporate a number of much loved books including ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ and ‘Jasper’s Beanstalk’. The children will get to ‘grow their own butterflies’ starting with baby caterpillars and watch the life cycle before releasing them into the wild, as well as a whole host of planting, seed play and exploring colours and minibeasts outdoors. We will also be focusing on developing the children’s fine motor control skills with lots of tearing, scrunching and cutting and incorporating numeracy activities each day to work on counting and number recognition. Alongside all of this we will be
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modelling subjects over the autumn and winter. Subjects have ranged from “scenics” to soldering, plaster casting to modelling in plastic card and the principles of the electric motor. So successful have these been that we intend to continue and broaden the range of subjects next autumn.
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The Club continues to develop and expand both the junior and the exhibition layouts and it is our intention to exhibit both static and operating models at the forthcoming Classic Car Show at Sir William Romney’s School on September the 6th. We are also receiving an increasing number of requests from individuals to help with aspects of their own personal layouts. A couple of members have been updating “Kleaver Hill”
John was the inspiration for the establishment of the Club back in November 2012 and his leadership, enthusiasm and dry sense of humour will be greatly missed. David Ellison has replaced John as chairman and Terry Bird has taken over as secretary. We have had a very successful series of talks and demonstrations on various
Tetbury Model Railway Club a compact N-scale GWR-themed layout with two automatically operated signals, one for each direction, using reed switches and magnets. The results will soon be displayed in the Tetbury Tailor’s shop window and if, as a result of seeing this layout, you feel inspired to have a go at railway modelling we would be very pleased to welcome you to one of our club meetings. These are held every Wednesday evening, 7:00pm to 9:00pm on the first floor of Old Coombe House on New Church Street. Please contact Terry Bird (01666 826146) or look at our website (tmrc.org.uk). 1110609 David EllisonJo Gale:Layout 1
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horse, rode through the gates of Chavenage House and was then immediately riding on the cliffs of the Cornish Coast! You’ll be pleased to hear no such strange occurrences befell us as we worked nearby, clearing overhanging trees from sections of two bridleways on the estate, improving the surface of a steeply-graded slippery section and installing a new gate and rehanging another one.
Views: Two other locations we have worked at in the last month have been on the Cotswold escarpment - both with magnificent views and both on the “Cotswold Way” path. At Uley Bury we have done some more brush cutting and clearance to maintain the views and the pasture land, and at Brackenbury Ditches near Wotton-UnderEdge we have done more tree-felling on the ramparts of the iron-age hill fort. If this were not done, these ancient fortifications would disappear.
the 25th of May. There is a small charge for church funds and you will have to climb the spiral stairs, but you will be rewarded by magnificent views including one of Prince Charles’ estate at Highgrove. You’ll also see the bells and can even try your hand at ringing. I shall be there!
The Cotswold Lion: The summer edition of the Cotswold Lion newspaper has now been published and is available from the Tourist Information office in Church Street, Tetbury. It includes an article on Cotswold viewpoints. And if you’d like a good view without having to walk into the countryside, come to Tetbury Church Tower for the tower opening on Woolsack Day, on Bank Holiday Monday
Other articles in the Cotswold Lion are about Cotswold gardens, rivers and meadows. Subsidies to improve marginal grassland through fertilisation have been stopped recently as “not cost effective” so concentrating particularly
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on the Commons, on the escarpment and on water meadows in river valleys a project to save our magnificent meadows is underway. The grassland supports wonderful wild flowers, including frog and bee orchids, Cotswold pennycress and the beautiful purple Pasque flower, pictured on the Cotswold Lion magazine’s cover. We, as the volunteer arm of the Cotswold Conservation Board have been involved in this project at several locations, including Uley Bury, Stinchcombe Hill, Woodchester, and Selsley and Rodborough Commons.
Fifty Guides and their leaders combined adventure and fun recently, when they went on an activity weekend at PGL. They all had the chance to attempt eight different activities including crate stacking, climbing, fencing, canoeing and zip wire. The giant swing was very popular with the girls but terrified me –
Walks: The Lion lists all the walks led by the Warden’s until September. The local walks in May are: • Thursday 7th May at 10.00 am for coffee at the Bell Inn, Selsley, departing at 10.30 am for 5.5 miles to Woodchester and Selsley Common. (Park on the road near the Bell Inn.) • Sunday 10th May at 10.00 am to 2.00 pm around Rodborough Common led by the National Trust. (Park by Winstone’s Ice Cream.)
even though I stayed firmly on the ground watching! It was great to see so many of them overcome their fears and achieve things they didn’t think possible, however, I don’t think we took the same girls that parents said “would not be able to try anything up high” and “would not eat very much as they were very fussy.” Curious! We were able to subsidise this event from funds raised at our annual book sale – please see the advert for details of this year’s event which will be helping fund the four Guides who have been selected to attend International events in the summer. Please help us by donating books for sale and coming to buy! Donations of adult paperback fiction and children’s books (in good condition please) can also be left in the labelled box at 1 Shepherds Mead.
• Tuesday 12th May at 10.00 am for 4 miles from Amberley Inn around both Minchinhampton and Rodborough Commons. (Park on the nearby road.) • Monday 18th May at 10.00 am from the public car park near the King’s Head at King’s Stanley for 4.5 miles to Selsley Common. • Tuesday 26th May at 10.00 am for 5 miles from the Tetbury Tourist Information Office in Church Street Tetbury to Long Newnton and back. Richard Glanville
Guiding I would like to thank our dedicated leaders this month as over half of them gave up another night to attend a “Safe Space” training. Several of them are now very close to finishing their Adult Leadership Qualification and the time they give up is very much appreciated. Unfortunately as some of our units are full we are now turning girls away – this problem could be solved if we had more volunteer leaders as we would be able to increase the numbers of girls in each unit. Sue Doidge - Tetbury District Commissioner girlguidingtetbury@gmail.com
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Young by name Springing into Action The unseasonably warm weather after Easter makes me buck up my ideas about housework, a topic never front-of-mind for me. With spring sunshine streaming through smudgy windows, I can no longer pretend that it’s fairy-dust adorning the piano. I brace myself to brandish a duster and head for the under-sink cupboard. First task: awaken the cleaning materials from hibernation. Second task: dust the can of polish. In search of a duster, I move aside a dozen blue, green and yellow bottles, mostly unopened since I bought them in an optimistic extension of the “new broom sweeps clean” theory. I’ve since decided that only applies to brooms, because brooms can be used straight after purchase without any more ado, unlike these fancy products, which require you to read smallprint instructions and find accessories cloths, sponges, buckets, or squeegees. Some of the products I don’t even recognise. Unable to remember buying them, I half-expect their price labels to be in shillings and pence. What a good thing they don’t bear a use-by date.
In the absence of spring sunshine, the second best trigger for housework is to schedule a party, because my loathing of housework is exceeded by my fear of being branded a slob. Fear of a visitor’s judgemental finger running through the dust on top of the piano spurs me into cleaning mode, but family fingers are less effective. The “Clean Me” message that my daughter wrote in the dust on my husband’s laptop has lain undisturbed for several days.
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This notion that the best way to get something done is to do something else is what I call “Janet’s Principle”, named after my sister-in-law, who once declared, just before serving us home-made apple pie, that “The best way to clean your nails is to make pastry”. In other areas of my life, I prefer a more direct route to results. One of my favourite mantras is “The best way to get something done is to do it”. Or alternatively hire a cleaning lady. That option wouldn’t have been open to the original working-class inhabitants of my Victorian cottage. Even so, they will have kept it much cleaner than I do, with little more than a broom, a rag, and some old-fashioned soapflakes. Our forefathers didn’t need gimmicky modern product, because they had two vital ingredients
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Start at the Tetbury Goods Shed for a four and a half mile stroll, taking in part of the Monarch’s Way Walk and Long Newnton. Entry is free, but we hope your pooch can raise as much sponsorship as possible for doing what they love doing best – going walkies with you! For more information: www.cdch.org.uk or ring 01666 504 425 0270515
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Walks for May 2015. The Group organises walks in the area around Tetbury on Tuesdays until the end of October. Visitors, or anyone not already a member and wishing to join a walk should contact the leader of the walk that they plan on joining in advance; all are welcome.
All walks begin from the Tetbury station yard free long stay car park. If anyone is planning to join the walking group after it has left the long stay car park, please contact the leader in advance to verify the exact route to be used. Leaders and the Group will not be responsible if members or visitors fail to meet the walking group after it has left the start point
Please note that the group does not insure members or visitors for these walks. Most walks have a variety and number of Participants walk at their own risk and must stiles and may be very muddy. take responsibility for their own safety and for their ability to complete the walk. Leaders not accept responsibility any 410713doPaul Dyer:Layout 1 for 18/6/13 19:52 Page 1 Tuesday 05/05/15, 10.00 am, cars needed, member of the group or for visitors. Sapperton, Pinbury Park, Daneway, Return to Sapperton along disused Canal. Optional lunch at Daneway Inn, Length 5m, (8k), AL LOC Level; B, Leaders; Chris & Shirley (502164) AIRS
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BUDGET 2014 THE PENSIONS REVOLUTION The 2014 Budget proposals have been described by some retirement planning experts as a ‘pension’s revolution’. The new reforms come at a time when the world of pensions is already undergoing other significant changes. The annual allowance – the maximum tax-efficient limit for contributions to all your pension arrangements during a tax year – was reduced again for tax year 2014/15, this time to just £40,000 – compared with the £255,000 it was as recently as 2010/11. There was also another cut in the lifetime allowance. This effectively sets the maximum tax-efficient limit for the overall value of your pension benefits. The lifetime allowance is now £1.25m against a peak of £1.8m. Automatic enrolment of employees and other workers into pension schemes is gradually progressing through the labour force, having started in October 2012 for the largest employers. The current structure of the state pension – basic state pension plus, for employees, the State Second Pension (S2P) – will be replaced by a new singletier state pension, from April 2016. This will cover both the employed and the self-employed, and it will be worth a maximum of about £150 a week in today’s terms, before any transitional increments apply.
types of pension schemes allow you to build up a fund of money that you use to provide a retirement income and a tax-free lump sum. Traditionally, most people have used their fund to buy an annuity to provide a regular retirement income, or accessed their fund through a capped drawdown plan. But from 6 April 2015, all members of a defined contribution arrangement will be able to draw money as they see fit after the age of 55, subject to the rules of their scheme also permitting this. The tax-free lump sum limit of up to 25% of the fund will remain, with the rest of the fund taxable as income. In theory, the flexibility will allow a pension fund to be treated in the same way as any other investment: you will be able to take withdrawals whenever you want. However, in practice, the tax treatment will discourage the extraction of large sums in a single year. So, unless you really need the extra income, you may want to limit any increase to keep you in your current tax band. In the event of death, up to age 75, benefits can now be paid as a tax free cash sum or as tax free income to any beneficiary, and from age 75 a Lump Sum Payment subject to 45% tax, Income payment to any beneficiary, subject to their marginal rate of Income Tax.
The latest proposals announced in the 2014 Budget are designed to change the retirement landscape further by breaking the link between pensions and annuities.
The standard earliest age at which you can draw pension benefits is currently 55. A consultation document published alongside the Budget proposed that this minimum age should increase in line with the state pension age (SPA), with the first rise being to 57 in 2028, coinciding with SPA reaching 67. However, the document also asked for views on whether a ten-year gap between the minimum pension age and SPA should be reduced to five years, “to allow more time for people to accumulate pension wealth before they reach retirement.”
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the Marquess of Queensberry, the father of Lord Alfred Douglas; the Marquess had plans to sabotage Wildes’ appearance on stage by throwing rotten vegetables at him. Wilde had issued a libel charge to the Marquess because he had implied that Wilde was conducting an illicit relationship with his son.
The Dolphins have a new box office! Malcolm Philby of Tetbury Hardware has very kindly offered to take over from Russells as The Dolphins Dramatic Society’s box office. Tickets will be on sale from the beginning of May, so don’t forget folks make sure you go to Tetbury Hardware, London Road, Tetbury to purchase them. The Importance of Being Earnest is certainly popular this year, the West End (London), The Malvern Theatre and The Wyvern are all putting on a production of the play at various times during 2015. Well, The Dolphins Hall together with The Dolphins Dramatic Society is up there with the top Theatres, I am sure we will be just as good and a fraction of the price – so do come and see us 21-23 May 2015. By the time this hits your doormat, there will only be a few weeks left to go before the show opens. The costumes and props look brilliant as does the set. All the actors have been working hard learning their lines and Phillip has made sure we all know our exits, entrances and all those little nuances that make a play more interesting. What would Oscar Wilde make of all this attention for a play that had rave reviews 120 years ago? Who were the actors in 1895?
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However, on the 5th of April 1895, Wilde was arrested and on the 6th of April his name was removed from the programme and all advertising for the play.
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Well Oscar Wilde, your name adorns all our advertising as well as the programme and The Dolphins are ‘pulling out all the stops’ to do you proud. We look forward to seeing many of you at the production but don’t worry, you don’t have to come in evening dress but you can stand to applaud if you like! 150208 & Dramatic EnglishSociety 22/2/08 Terri White,Maths Dolphins
‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ premiered on St Valentine’s Day 1895 at the St James’s Theatre, London. It was a sparkling first night, and all the audience was in evening dress. Oscar Wilde attended, wearing a most flamboyant outfit as befitted his personality. The production was a huge success. Allan Aynesworth, who played Algernon Moncrieff said ‘I never remembered a greater triumph, the audience rose from their seats and cheered and cheered again’. At the final curtain, Wilde was called to take a bow but he refused. He was avoiding
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Directed by Phillip Webb Thursday 21st, Friday 22nd And Saturday 23rd May 2015 Curtain up 7:30 pm Saturday Matinee 2:30pm Adult: £7.00 Concessions £6.00 To be performed at Dolphins Hall, New Church Street , Tetbury. Tickets available from: Tetbury Hardware, London Road, Tetbury. Or online at: www.Dolphinsdrama.uk
Tetbury Tourist Information Centre May is a busy time for us with many big local events.
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Are you a Historian, an Actor, a Raconteur? The Wacky and Woolsack Races and Can you tell a good story, spin a pleasing Badminton Horse Trials all attract visitors, tale, create some magic? If so we are looking and of course the Highgrove Garden Tours for you to become a Tetbury Town Guide. are in full swing, drawing people from far Starting from the Market House you will take and wide. The town seems to be lively visitors on a spell-binding tour of Tetbury. * 10% discount * with this advert every day of the week and to this end many Initially twice a day on a Saturday, once a of the shops on Church Street will now be
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On Wednesday April the 1st a party of thirty of our members travelled by coach to Bath. In the good sunny weather of the late morning there was plenty of time for shopping and lunch, before they attended the matinee performance of Twelve Angry Men at Bath’s famous Theatre Royal. This dramatic and very well acted play was written by Reginald Rose and based on his own personal experience as a juror at a manslaughter trial in New York early in the 1950’s.
Tom Conti, was convinced of a “Not Guilty” verdict. The judge required a unanimous verdict and so we sat through convincing and passionate arguments, with a total reversal of decisions following complex and sometimes acrimonious debate between the jurors. different and often racially-biased views of the twelve jurors
This was a thoroughly enjoyable play and all those attending gave it high praise.
The very strong cast was headed up by Tom Conti, and all the other jury members were equally competent. Although they were dealing with powerful (and often bigoted) opinions, there was plenty of humour and surprises.
The Theatre Group committee continues to research activities to meet the widely different interests of its members but for various reasons it seems difficult to enlist more than a core group of thirty to partake and this has a big influence on the cost of the transport.
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Tetbury Police Museum Alas we didn’t sell enough tickets to cover our costs for the Sherlock Holmes play back in March, but we’re hoping for better things with our summer holidays kids’ workshops - CSI: Tetbury. Look out for details for the August school holidays appearing in the Advertiser soon. If there’s anybody out there who could spare an hour or two to help out with the crime scene workshops it would be greatly appreciated. Contact John Silvester at curator@tetbury.gov.uk or leave a message on 01666 504670.
found by P.C. Arthur Garner fast asleep under some sacks. On searching him some matches were found in his possession. Mr Mitchell, in passing sentence of 7 days hard labour on Williams, remarked that it was a very dangerous practice for anyone to sleep near straw or hay when they had matches on them.
then known, and is now Christ Church) on The Chipping tells us of Thomas Holborow (“an ancient man of 69”) who was arrested for “he knows not what” in the mid 1600’s and imprisoned. He died a few weeks later. His only crime – being a Quaker!
Source: The Tetbury Police Museum & Courtroom archives; originally The Cheltenham Chronicle 10th July 1912.
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Oli has set himself a personal target to raise £3,000 and has been helped by students at his former school who have donated £125 – the proceeds of a Xmas Fayre. To date the ex-Tetbury student has raised £1,500, including £811 from collecting on London’s Underground, from bag-packing in supermarkets and from a Christmas raffle. “I’m so proud that my school has helped contribute towards funding something so important,” says Oli. “Many people don’t know what Meningitis is, and how it affects people. If my team reach this huge fundraising target, we will be able to help with the development of understanding into the disease, and provide support services for those who have suffered with both Meningitis and septicaemia.”
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This year the Art and Craft Exhibition in Holy Cross Church will be open from 10:00am to 5:00pm on Sunday June 7th Table space will be available for entrants to exhibit and sell their own paintings, crafts, cards, sewing and jewellery.
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Happy Easter! No, really! One of the things I love about our Easter celebrations is that they last 50 days. That’s ten days more than Lent, which always feels right. More time for rejoicing and lots of Alleluias! I always remember a friend of mine – not a church goer – asking why Christians are so “crazy happy” at Easter. She could understand Christmas … but not Easter. I explained it like this. All of us – at some time in our lives – will be like Mary Magdalen standing by Jesus’s grave before sunrise. We will all stand by the grave and weep. We will weep for people we have lost, for dreams and hopes that are shattered, and for relationships that seem broken beyond repair. But then Mary Magdalen turns, and finds Jesus is alive. And in that moment she knows – and we know – that fear, darkness and death will never have the last word. She knows – and we know - that in Christ love and life and light are unconquerable. And that HAS to be good news! We’ve been having some other fun too. Did you hear about Peter Andre hiding in the vestry in Holy Trinity Church in Long Newnton? ITV’s Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Away was playing a hoax on Ginny Bray, secretly filming at her daughter Phoebe’s baptism with her favourite pop star in the background. It was all good fun, and I think I managed to say on the right side of telling the truth … I did say we couldn’t use the loo because we have a problem with the vestry. The fact that the “problem” was Peter Andre was hiding there just wasn’t mentioned. And it was worth it. Ginny seemed very happy when Ant & Dec sprung the surprise on her. And the celebrations continue. Do join us on Sunday the 24th of May for our Pentecost service. It’s the birthday of the church and we’ll be having bunting and balloons … and cake.
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The AGM of the Patient Participation Group took place on 30 April...
not believe that it is healthy for anyone to stay in one position for more than three years. I have enjoyed my term as Chair and thank everyone for their support.
...far too late to give information on it in this edition of The Advertiser. Next month we will be in a better position to let you know about the practice’s five year forward plan which was an agenda item for the meeting.
The practice has put in a bid for funding for new surgery premises that will include car parking, which is one of the main matters of concern raised by patients. However, I must stress that the bid may not be successful and also, if the bid is successful, it will take years for the new surgery to be built.
There are some things I can let you know. I stood down as Chairman of the PPG at the AGM. Although there is no length of term of office written into the constitution I do
Dr Swanborough has returned to the practice after her maternity leave and Drs Cardew and Jones, who were standing in over this period, have now left. There have also been other changes in the
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The annual house-to-house collection for Christian Aid will take place from the 10th to the 17th of May this year. So if you receive an envelope please give as generously as you are able, to help really poor people throughout the world who are refugees, live in war zones, are suffering from droughts, floods or other disasters.
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This year’s local final of the annual South Cotswolds Rotary Young Musician of the Year competition... ...was held at Wycliffe College on Sunday 22nd February. Now in its 12th year, the competition is designed to give young people with musical talent an opportunity to play solo in front of a live audience under competition conditions. The local final followed heats held at Katherine Lady Berkeley School and Westonbirt School. The competition is run by nine Rotary Clubs in the area.
on each of the performances should spur the contestants on to further musical successes. Each contestant had to display mastery of technique on his or her chosen instrument(s) as well as feeling for the music and relationship with the audience.
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Guild of Craftsman The Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen return to Tetbury’s historic Market House for their annual Spring Show at the end of May. The Guild’s members are amongst the top craftspeople in the UK - many with international reputations. This is an opportunity to see, buy or commission their work and to meet over twenty professional designer-makers including jewellers, leather workers, weavers, textile designers, bookbinders, stained glass artists, furniture makers and potters. The magazine ’Gardens Illustrated’ is supporting this year’s show. Guild members will create a themed exhibition area inspired by the English Country Garden. There will also be a daily program of demonstrations for visitors to watch and discuss the designing and making processes.
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On Wednesday 1st April, four of our members talked about “How I got where I am today.” I was sorry to miss this meeting but Margaret Morgan kindly provided a report that I have précised below.
Our first speaker, Nicola Clark, was brought up in Vienna and wanted to be a painter. During the 1970’s she studied in London eg at Goldsmith College. She next moved to Germany where she drew archaeological objects precisely to scale and then to India for 7 years where her painting became side-tracked as she experimented with music. Returning to London, she resumed
Tetbury Art Society painting and was awarded the “BP Portrait Award” in 1997. Now living in Tetbury, Nicola paints horses and angels. Gill Ashley wasn’t initially drawn to art; she went into business studies and became a tutor. She later joined her husband at the National Trust in Deerham Park where, putting on an art exhibition, she began to find her artistic feet. She sought out The Gloucester art and crafts structured programme where Jeremy Duncan influenced her. Now living in Sherston, Gill uses a variety of mediums – she doesn’t like pastels but loves experimenting with acrylics and inks. Her approach is to see her subject and choose colours most suited to her taste and design. She is influenced by Anne Blockley and works from photographs and quick sketches. Our next speaker, Barry Barnes, was very interested in planes as a boy, cycling to RAF Kemble to watch the jets. His talent for drawing and painting was obvious as he always won the art prize at the William Romney School. He joined the army as a boy soldier and for part of his military career served in Germany with the Horse Guards (tank regiment). While serving at Windsor, he found a side job as an aircraft cleaner at Heathrow and later became an aviation fitter. In the 1970s when he worked for Brays, he was persuaded to join the Tetbury Art Society. This encouraged Barry, a watercolourist, who then joined the prestigious Aviation Guild where he has become a respected member.
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Our last artist was Alison King who started painting around 1999 as a new hobby encouraged by her husband and family. She was encouraged to paint from photos that she had taken while travelling- a turning point for her. When you view Alison’s work, movement and figures play a very important part, with straight lines and weaving ribbons, interwoven. The ribbons join the elements together and provide movement. The sense of strong shapes, circles and arcs provide a framing device. Alison starts her work with an idea, personal sketches, and a palette of her favourite colours, All these artists brought along a sample of their work. It was a successful and interesting evening arranged by Maureen Hawkridge. Our 2015 Roy Baker Memorial Lecture on ‘The Royal Drawing School’ was held in the Orchard Room, Highgrove by kind permission of TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall on Wednesday 11th March. Our Spring Exhibition takes place in the Market Hall from Saturday 2nd until Monday 4th May and then on Wednesday 6th May we will have a charcoal drawing workshop in St Michael’s Hall at 7:30pm. Michael Kingham, Tetbury Art Society
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1. Exiting Tetbury on the Bath Road within the 30mph zone 2. Entering and exiting Tetbury on Hampton Street 3. Exiting Tetbury along London Road between the Audi garage and Ilsom within the 40 mph zone 4. Exiting and entering Tetbury travelling between Wiltshire Bridge and Tetbury Hospital.
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If any residents have particular concerns regarding speeding in other locations in Tetbury we would be willing to consider carrying out surveys in those areas in the future. We are always on the lookout for volunteers and if you are interested in helping and can spare approx an hour a month of your time, please call 07759 142577. Community Speed Watch Coordinator
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Is it important to you? The Malt House was given to Tetbury in trust, and is now in dire need of major refurbishment. The Grade II listed building is currently home to over 150 young people in Guiding and Scouting groups and also to the Rifle Range. The Trustees and Management Committee are holding an open meeting on Wednesday the 17th June at 7.30pm in the Guide hall, The Malt House, The Chippings, and we invite all interested parties to attend. The building will be open from 6.30pm for people to look around, and at 7.30pm Steven Hirst (Town & District Councillor) has agreed to chair the meeting, as he is independent of both the Trustees and the Committee. He will take views, ideas and offers of support from everyone present. The Malt House Trustees Enquiries: Peter Clarke - 01666 503134 tetburymalthouse@gmail.com
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