The Worcestershire Grapevine August 2016 by Betty-Ann Ambury

TThe Worcestershire

August 2016 Issue No. 72

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On to this month's magazine. And the main event this month is of course, the Pershore Plum Festival - have a look at the centre pages to see what the main features are. We all like 'happy endings' so I'm sure you'll be pleased to know that Jonah, the Cats Protection cat we featured last time, has gone to a lovely new home. Have a look at the article on page 30 to see who else needs a home. St Richard's Hospice have two fund raising projects this month: Write a Will month and Waterway Walk, so look out for their adverts as you browse through the magazine.

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Front Cover & Pages 38 & 39 Mike Ambury

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10th August 2016 DISCLAIMER. All information published is correct according to those who supplied it and no responsibility is taken if it is not. Care is taken to ensure all advertisements are truthful and no liability is accepted for errors or emissions. Artwork is accepted on the understanding that there are no copyright restrictions.

In case you are wondering, the beautiful peacock on this month's front cover was photographed in the gardens of the Presidential Residence in Malta. These gardens are where some of the scenes from the first season of Game of Thrones were filmed. Those of you who are GoT fans might be interested to know that the first season was filmed entirely on Malta and Ireland, on a very modest budget of $3.5 million!

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Contents...

Cats Protection

ALM Fitness

Pershore Embroiderers & Textile Artists

What's on in August

How the Pershore Plum won the Great War

Coffee Break

Make a Will month

Neighbours Online

Index of Advertisers

Open 4 Business

Peopleton Autumn Show

The Power of a Website

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Open Studios

Pruning

Rush Farm Summer Fete

Waterways Walk

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Ashmolean Museum

A Taste of Thailand

Jargon-Busting Tax Advice

Heritage Open Day

Pershore Plum Festival

A Brilliant Day Out!

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Discover art created on your doorstep

iscover a wide range of art and craft created in Worcestershire this August bank holiday weekend when artists open their doors for the second Worcestershire Open Studios. Over four days, from Friday 26 to Monday 29 August, the public are invited into artists’ studios, homes and shared spaces at 45 different locations across the county.

also demo certain techniques and processes to give visitors a unique insight into what glass fusing is about.”

Fused and stained glasswork flower at The Art Pad in Offenham

There’s free entry to all venues. A diverse range of work by over 100 local artists will be on show including painting, printmaking, glasswork, pottery, jewellery and textiles.

Participating artists are located all over the county - from Badsey, Pershore and Ombersley, to Worcester, Malvern and Uptonupon-Severn.

Visitors will have an opportunity to talk to artists about the inspiration behind their creations and watch some of them at work. Whether you’re an art lover or have never set foot inside a gallery, you’ll receive a warm welcome.

Pinvin glass maker, Claudia Wiegand, is one of the artists taking part. She says, “Visitors will be able to see a selection of my work and discover where it is made. They will see the raw materials I use, my kilns and other equipment. I will

Droitwich based Don and Stephanie Emmerich said, “Visitors can expect a friendly welcome, excellent refreshments and lots of chat about our work and how we develop our skills. They will be able to view finished art as well as items in progress.”

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that it takes a year to put on new growth and to be able to appreciate the nice red or different coloured stems. By rotating the growth on a 3-year or 5-year cycle means you can keep the plant at a set height. So, based on a 3-year cycle:

Creating Your Garden Paradise article by Jonathan Bishop

PRUNING There are three main types of pruning: Spur pruning This is where you take a branch that has main growth coming out of the middle and then it branches off on either side as a pair. By pruning the middle part out you end up with two side shoots, a bit like two antler spurs. These then branch off and then spur again so you can go down to each branch. The advantage of doing this is the bush is then pruned back, not looking like it has been hacked. When you look at it you should see that it has been managed, but you shouldn’t see the cuts because the two side spurs cover the original cut. Another advantage of this, is to be able to prune tighter back to a joint and shape back a plant without it looking as though it has been hedge cut. It also leaves flowering buds on the shrub, which means you can reduce it and keep it under control whilst retaining the new buds and promise of further flowers. If you ran a hedge cutter over and, what is called `lollipop’ it, if it flowers on second year growth, this method would mean you would remove all the new flower heads and decimate the second year’s growth. Rotational Growth Plants such as Cornus and Dogwood are grown for their coloured stems. The RHS would say “After the winter get your Cornus right down to ground level and let them re-sprout.” The disadvantage with this is 12

Year 1 - take the oldest stem out to ground level. Year 2 - the following year you take the next oldest stems out, and the previous year that you cut out will be into the first year height. Year 3 - you take the oldest stems out again, and the first year growth becomes the second year, and the second year growth becomes the third year. This way there will be nothing that has any more than 3 years growth, and the first 3 (or 5 years) are the most colourful with shrubs like Cornus, and the bush growth will be no more than 3 years in height. Some people use a hedge cutter and prune from the top. This is fine, but the old woody stems lose their colour and you have the lovely coloured stems on the top of the plant. At some point that plant will get too big and you will have to cut it down to ground level, so all that effort of putting in the new shoots is then lost. Hazel: when you coppice them in a woodland environment, you would coppice everything down to the ground and return in 3 to 5 years’ time when it has started to produce nuts and also nice straight stems. These would have been used for hedgelaying back in the old times, or for making bows and arrows, etc. In a garden situation this is the same sort of thing: you are coppicing down to ground level, but you are only coppicing some of the plant in order to be able to retain some of the interest at all times. Again, on a Hazel in a garden situation you would maybe do it on a 5-year cycle because it takes one of its new stems up to 5 years to produce fruit; so if you wanted the Catkins and fruit on a 5-year cycle you wouldn’t lose any of the interest in a garden. A little bit of research on how long a plant takes to mature and fruit from that point of view will also help to plan out rotational growth.

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just above a bud

above a healthy side branch

Tipping When you prune something like Forsythia, which puts on a mass of new growth, this growth gets very tall and leggy, sometimes so tall that it ends up snapping off or can’t support the flowers when it comes into flower. By tipping the ends - which is pinching out at the growing point - this puts on side shoots that can then grow sideways rather than just straight up, thereby slowing the height of the plant, and putting out more side shoots, which would eventually result in more flowers. Forsythia takes 2 years to flower, so by tipping the ends, it will put on twice the bulk than if it went straight up towards the light. The secret is, if you know where it is likely to sprout from, then this is where you can tip the ends out and the flowers will become at head height. If you have something very scented you don’t want it flowering too much above your head otherwise you won’t be able to smell the flowers and you won’t be able to see them either. last year's spur

leave only main branch

never prune so that long stubs remain

cut to base or ground; file off stubs

Just about all plants will send a shoot out on a bend, so if your plant leans (Forsythia doesn’t, whereas Jasmine is very good at doing this), it leans out and then grows from the bend. This new shoot is closest to the sun, and is the straightest point to obtain goodness from the roots to the tip. This shoot grows very quickly and very strong; grows up, can’t support itself and then leans over the growth that has grown underneath it. If this keeps happening on a regular basis the underneath will die out and that is when you get a shrub that has a lot of dead underneath. The Montana Clematis will do the same thing. It grows very quickly on the joints, nice new purple growth, but smothers the growth underneath it. If you lift this plant up and take this growth from underneath out, or prune back to the joint, then all the goodness is going into the major shoots and not killing off the growth underneath. Next month I will look at when and how to water plants.

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Summer at the Ashmolean Museum Broadway Visiting the Museum At the Ashmolean Museum Broadway we have been improving our displays with room cards providing more information on the objects in the collection thanks to research carried out by staff and volunteers. If you are bringing children there is a trail to follow so they can learn more about Tudor House and the artwork and we run special activities during the school holidays. If you follow the path beside the museum you will find Broadway’s adventure playground perfect for the children to run around in after their visit.

F.L Griggs Exhibition The Ashmolean Museum Broadway’s summer exhibition, which will run until 11th September celebrates the work of F. L. Griggs (1876–1938). The exhibition has been curated by Katherine Wodehouse, the Print Room Supervisor for the Western Art Department at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. The son of a baker, Griggs was born in Hitchin but moved to Chipping Campden in 1905.He is best known as a draughtsman and print-maker. His artistic career was assured in 1900 by a commission from Macmillan to illustrate their

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guidebook series Highways and Byways. Beginning with his native Hertfordshire (1902), he completed eleven further volumes, among them one devoted to Oxford and the Cotswolds (1905). Places that he originally encountered as an illustrator often subsequently provided him with inspiration for his own topographical and imaginative work. Griggs’s experiments with etching began in 1895 but it was not until 1912, the year of his conversion to Roman Catholicism, that he created his first mature works in the medium. Thereafter, it remained his primary means of artistic expression. His profound faith reinforced his deep-seated love of the countryside and medieval architecture. His reputation as an etcher was unsurpassed as acknowledged by his election to the Royal Academy in 1931. Demonstrating an equal mastery of meticulous architectural detail and poetic effects of light and atmosphere, he created images of compelling visionary intensity. Griggs rented Dover’s House in Chipping Campden for twenty years before designing and

constructing his final home, New Dover’s House, which almost bankrupted him and remained unfinished at his death. Griggs collaborated with the renowned Arts & Crafts architect and designer, Ernest Gimson, on various projects, including several local war memorials. Later, in 1929 he founded the Campden Trust together with Gimson’s pupil Norman Jewson, the preserver of Owlpen Manor. The Ashmolean Museum’s collection of Griggs’s work is unrivalled and the exhibition displays nearly forty examples spanning his career, including volumes of Highways and Byways, etchings (over one third of the fifty-seven produced), fascinating preparatory drawings, and superb watercolours. Works never previously exhibited will be shown together with loans from private collections. Held in the 140th anniversary of his birth, this is the first opportunity in over 15 years to examine the range of Griggs’s achievement and is presented in the Cotswold locality that he made his own. The Ashmolean Museum Broadway, Tudor House, High Street, Broadway, WR12 7DP For more information visit our website www.ashmoleanbroadway.org. If you want to know more about our collection and our work take a look at our blog available through a link on the website. Contact: 01386 859047 Email: housemanager@ashmoleanbroadway.org

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A Taste Of… THAILAND

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Heritage Open Day 2016

ishampton History Society and the Friends of St. James are joining forces for September’s Heritage Open Days event on Saturday 10th at the village church. Highlights will include bell tower trips, a screening of the Battle of the Somme film, and displays featuring Bishampton’s involvement with WW1 battles. For the second year running visitors will be able to join a guided tour by volunteers from the Friends of St. James to access the narrow spiral staircase to the 14th century tower to see the six bells cast by Worcester-based William Bagley – and learn about their background as an important part of the church’s history. A display on the ancient skill of bell ringing will also feature in the church, tying neatly into one of the Heritage Open Day themes this year (see www.heritageopen days.org.uk).

The silent Battle of the Somme film, on loan from the Imperial War Museum, will be screened continuously throughout the event and is a fitting reminder of the sacrifices made by those who served. Commissioned by the War Office in 2016, it was the first feature-length documentary about war and recorded the first major offensive in which the British army took the major part on the Western Front during the First World War. Visitors will also be able to see displays about Bishampton’s Battles – where soldiers from the village were killed including:The Battle of Loos, Northern France, (Private Joseph Masters Ludlow on 26 September 1915) Action at Bouchavesnes, one of the battles for the Somme, Northern France (Private Harry Stephen Crouch, 7 March 1917) Battle of Thiepval, one of the Battles of the Somme, Northern France (Private John William Morris, 3 July 1916) Battle of Ypres, Belgium (Acting Corporal Harry Thomas, 22 April 1916 and Private George Follows, 5 June 1916)

A poignant entry in Bishampton’s School Log on 16th March 1917 really hits home what it must have been like to lose a family member in the war at that time: ‘Heard this morning that Harry Crouch, an old scholar, has been killed while serving in France. His sister received the news through the chaplain. Poor Harry was identified by letters found upon his body.’ A tapestry designed and made by local resident and textile artist, Michelle Flint, commemorating the project will be on display for the first time and it is hoped that this will find a permanent hanging space in the church. Children will be able to enjoy a variety of activities based around Heritage Open Day and refreshments will also be available from 10am-4pm. Tower trips (which do not need to be pre-booked) will feature throughout the day with a maximum of six people for each tour. For more information about Bishampton History Society see www.bishampton.org.uk; for Friends of St. James see http:// fosj.no-ip.biz or telephone 07854 362318.

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Plum Festival Throughout August

Friday 26th July – Monday 29th August 2016

Pershore will be going plum crazy this summer as it endeavours to turns the town purple in celebration of the fruit that has made it so famous. An internationally renowned event, the Pershore Plum Festival is a unique and quirky event with activities to suit the whole family cumulating over August Bank Holiday Weekend!

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Throughout the First World War food became a major issue with shortages spreading across Britain. In response to this the plums of Pershore were delivered around the country to be used to produce jams, chutneys and puddings and became a big contributor to the war effort. This was officially commemorated in 1927 when Great Western Railways named one of their trains The Pershore Plum.

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The culmination of the Plum Festival takes place over this Bank Holiday weekend. The Angel Hotel will be hosting the Big Plum, Beer, Food and Music Festival while Plum Alley will be bustling with plum products, tastings, plenty of entertainment and the judging of the purple show window competition.

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Sunday brings the Family Fun Day full with entertainment for everyone; whether it’s the Plum Pooches dog show, the 10K Plum Plodders Race, Plummy Treats and entertainment or the new addition for this year the Plum 5-a-side football tournament. Bank Holiday Monday will once again be full to the brim of plummy pleasures providing a plum crazy day out for visitors coming from far and wide. Attractions throughout the town include: plum tastings, plum products, entertainment, classic cars, award winning farmers market, children’s entertainment zone, learning and development area, arts and crafts, plenty of stalls and a food village.

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f you'd like a brilliant day out now that the summer has arrived, there's nothing quite so enjoyable as a village fete. My family meet up annually at Hallow fete and it is such a lovely day out, with so much going on. When we arrived there was already a big queue for the donkey rides, and the funfair swings, but what set the children screaming with delight was a wonderful bright yellow train that took all the family for a fun ride around the field. There were a wide selection of stalls selling bric-a-brac, jewellery, sweets, jams, honey, and pickle, and would you believe you could buy an ice-cream from a stop-meand-buy-one, old fashion tricycle. The stall selling designer patchwork doorstops was brilliant, plus there were crafts, making cards, and knitted toys. I was amazed at the quality of the handmade wooden clocks, bowls, and ornaments, plus they had a woodwork

bench, with the carpenter showing how to make each item. Some stalls had games for the children while others entertained the whole family, like the coconut shy, shooting gallery, and tombola. The archery stall was very interesting; we watched the stallholder take a shaft of wood clamp it in a vice and turn it into a longbow, which he then strung and showed people how to use. You could smell the freshly baked bread across the field, and the cakes looked yummy. The food tent was packed, and we had some delicious pork rolls for lunch. There was a brilliant falconry display, four ladies belly-dancing, and two ladies singing old wartime songs. The vintage cars were fantastic, and there were lots old farm tractors, steam traction engines, and one magnificent miniature steam engine, that chugged in and out of the crowds. There was also a photographic competition and a flower show.

I thought the Morris Dancers were really good fun with their painted black faces and colourful costumes, and their dancing was great, especially with the sticks. Years ago, in winter time, on the Welsh borders, when the earth was frozen, the farm labourers couldn't work the fields. They were starving and begging was against the law. So, they banded together, dressed up in fancy costumes, and went out dancing on the street for money. They used burned cork to black their faces so neighbours or police wouldn't recognise them. Today many people object to their blacked faces, feeling that they may cause offence. But, Morris dancing is a tradition and not meant to offend. What an enjoyable and interesting day out. I hope the summer fete never goes out of fashion, as it is a wonderful tradition, shows how talented people are, and unites the whole village. article & photos by Pamela Green 29

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Kittens galore ... ! are still many unwanted kittens handed in to the rescue centre. This puts a lot of unnecessary pressure on the resources at the centre and can slow the process of homing adult cats as the kittens can be very appealing.

t is with with a huge thank you to The Worcestershire Grapevine magazine that, Jonah, the black cat featured in the last edition has a lovely new home. His new owner was reading the magazine, saw the article and came and offered Jonah a home, where he is very happy and settled in immediately, as can been seen from the photo above.

Although kittens are great fun and are a pleasure to have in your home, they soon grow up. Cats can reproduce from as early as 6 months, while they are still young themselves. If they are not neutered at this age they can be responsible for thousands of unwanted cats. By neutering early it means that the cat will be happier and healthier and it will stop any surprises. If you are considering a new addition to your home please

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I’m also adding in a recipe this month for you to try: Low Carb Meatball Pizza Ingredients Olive oil spray 6 eggs 60 ml milk ¼ teaspoon sea salt ¼ teaspoon black pepper 4 tablespoons of pizza sauce 2oz of goat cheese, crumbled 1 tomato, sliced 12 chicken meatballs, sliced in half Bunch of fresh basil, sliced into ribbons ◆◆ Place a large oven-proof skillet over mediumhigh heat. Lightly grease with olive oil spray. ◆◆ In a large bowl whisk together the eggs, milk, sea salt and black pepper until fully combined and frothy. Pour the egg mixture into the preheated skillet and reduce the heat to medium-low.

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ur members have been busy knitting ‘twiddle muffs’ for those suffering with Dementia. We will be handing these to the Alzheimer’s Society at our coffee morning at our meeting on 16th August, held at Defford Village Hall 10am – noon. All will be welcome to join us. We will also be putting on a display of our work, and we are always happy to accept new members to our talks and workshops – you are never too old to learn something new. We meet on the third Tuesday of every month except December when it will be earlier for our Christmas party. Do come and find out what fun we have. We also run a textile group meeting on the last Wednesday of the month, 2pm to 4pm at Eckington Guide & Scout Hut.

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Wednesday 10th August The Great Wild Expedition Fun on the farm and a fire to finish! Come along to Lower Smite Farm and find out how to survive as a nature detective including tracks and signs, shelter building and finishing with a campfire. Aimed at ages 5 to 12. Booking essential. Please wear suitable clothing and footwear for whatever the weather. 2pm to 4pm. Tel: 01905 754919. £3.50 per child. Wildlife Trust, Lower Smite Farm, Hindlip, Worcester, WR3 8SZ. www.worcswildlife trust.co.uk/events/2016/08/10/great-wild-expedition Thursday 11th August Canary Girls Bishampton's Picnic In The Park and Mikron Theatre Company outdoor production of Canary Girls (WW1 Factory Workers). Gates open 6.30pm; performance 7.30pm. Bring your own Picnic. Bar, Ice Creams & Hot Drinks on sale. Tickets £10 in advance tel: 01386 462306 Friday 12th to Sunday 14th August Western Motorhome Show The highly anticipated Western Motorhome Show returns to the Three Counties Showground in Malvern. The weekend offers a vast programme of country and western themed entertainment, alongside British, European and American motorhome dealers and specialist exhibitors. The Lonestar Re-enactment group will once again put on their authentic history living display based around the 19th century Old West - this is a must see at the event. 9.30am to 5pm. Tel: 01778 391123. Adult/OAP £7, child (under 17) Free. Free parking and showguide. Three Counties Showground, Malvern, WR13 6NW. www. westernmotorhomeshow.co.uk Saturday 13th August Bishampton Summer Flower & Produce Show An enjoyable extravaganza of the best in flowers, vegetables, floral arrangements, photography, crafts, cakes, with special section for children. Pots and container entries judged in situ the previous weekend. Entry 50p, children and exhibitors free. 2pm to 4pm. Entries to be submitted by Thursday 11th August. See website to download a programme or email info@bishamptongardening club.org.uk Free parking, disabled access, raffle and auction of produce at the end. Tel: 07854 362318. Bishampton Villages Hall, Bishampton, Pershore, WR10 2LY.

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What's on in August Saturday 13th August St Richard’s Hospice Duck Race Go quackers with the St Richard's Hospice Duck Race. Adopt your duck today, small ducks £3, large ducks £5, fancy dress limited edition duck £25. All money raised will go to St Richard's Hospice. To adopt your duck in advance go to www.strichards.org.uk/event/duck-race. Prizes for the winning ducks. Starts 2pm from the Worcester Bridge, watch them race down the river, fun for all the family. Tel: 01905 763963. Worcester Bridge, South Quay to the Worcester Cathedral, Worcestershire WR1 2JJ. www.strichards.org.uk/ event/duck-race Saturday 13th August The Musical Express Severn Valley Railway is working in partnership with KAF and welcoming musicians onto their trains for one day only. Your journey will have a little extra in the form of local musicians playing for your entertainment. It will cost you no extra, musicians are playing for the love of it, so sit back and enjoy the ride. Normal train fares apply. All ages welcome. Musicians will be on trains 10.30am to 5.46pm. Severn Valley Railway, Worcestershire, DY10 1QX. www.svr.co.uk/ Saturday 20th August Vintage Fair Bringing some old time glamour to Wythall, our Vintage Fair has stalls, live music, vintage buses, and garden games. There will be a prize for the best dressed, so dust off your best frock and dress to impress. 11am to 5pm. £1 entry fee. Alcester Road, Wythall, nr. Bromsgrove, B47 6AJ. Saturday 20th August Offenham Family Festival Offenham Family Festival is a one day event for all the family. Live bands on the outdoor stage from 12noon to 10pm. The Throws, Midland Regulators, Antonia Kirby are just a few of our line up. Lots for the children to do, see and join in with: crafts, face painting, climbing wall, meet the rain forest creatures to name a few. Hog roast and other foods, bar, café, ice creams. A range of local crafts and produce stalls. Free entry. Offenham Village Hall, Evesham, WR11 8QD. www.facebook.com/ offenhamfamilyfestival. www.offenhamvillage. co.uk

Sunday 21st August Cate Cody Quintet at Pershore Jazz Festival The Cate Cody Quintet at Pershore Jazz Festival with Cate Cody (vocals), Dave Newton (piano), Trevor Whiting (clarinet / saxophone), John Day (double bass) and Charlie Stratford (drums) Tickets pershorejazz.org.uk/festival-2015/. Pershore Jazz Festival, Pershore College Campus, Avonbank, Pershore, WR10 3JP. www.jazzcats.co.uk Wednesday 24th August Bikers Night In support of the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, Cotswold Bikers’ Night meet are held at a different pub weekly in and around the Cotswolds on Wednesday evenings from 7pm. All Bikers, mopeds, motorbikes, scooters, choppers, combinations and trikes are welcome. Free entry. The Cross, Bretforton, Evesham, WR11 7JE. www. bikersnite.com/ Wednesday 31st August Bourton House Gardens trip Visit this lovely Cotswold garden using a car share arrangement. The garden features luxuriant terraces and wide herbaceous borders with stunning plant, texture and colour combinations. Imaginative topiary includes a knot garden, parterre and topiary walk and there are several spring-fed water features including a raised basket pond from the Great Exhibition of 1851. Arrive at the Garden at 2.30pm or car share with members starting off at 1.30pm from the Villages Hall, Broad lane, Bishampton by previous arrangement. Entrance £6, refreshments available at £4.50pp. Tel: 07854 362318. Bishampton Villages Hall, Bishampton, Pershore, WR10 2LY. www. bishamptongardening club.org.uk Wednesday 31st August Ten Strings & a Goat Skin Known for a rare musicality and for Integrating modern and world rhythms with traditional and original tunes, they create a fiery, contagious and unique sound that has them touring throughout Canada, the US and Europe. Having the time of their lives immersed in the music they love, hailing from the North Shore of Prince Edward Island, Jesse Périard and brothers Rowen and Caleb Gallant seemingly ignite onstage. £15. The Cross, Bretforton, Evesham, WR11 7JE. thefleeceinn. co.uk/events/ten-strings-a-goat-skin-canada/

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The fruit grown in this area was very important to the nation's war effort. Prior to the outbreak of war, Britain imported 60% of its food - cereals from the USA, dried fruits from Europe and Africa, and sugar from the AustroHungarian Empire. With enemy U-boats patrolling Britain's waters, the nation was in danger of being cut off from its food supply. At one stage, the Government was afraid that there were only 6 weeks of food-stocks remaining to feed civilians at home and servicemen abroad. The fruits and vegetables grown in the orchards, market gardens and smallholdings of Pershore and the Vale of Evesham were especially valuable as they could easily be preserved by drying, pulping or transforming into jam. Many Pershore women, who had previously helped their husbands to manage the orchards and market gardens, now found themselves in sole charge of both family and smallholdings.

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Pershore was also at the centre of attempts to mechanise agriculture. Tractors and farm equipment were produced at the Humphries family's Atlas Works near Pershore Station, for sale around the country. Pershore and Pinvin farmers each formed co-operatives to buy labour saving devices like a tractor and potato seed drill, which subscribers to the schemes could share. The potato drill was kept in the old Fire Station on Bridge Street. In November 1916, as familiar foods became scarcer, Pershore Women's Institute was established in the Masonic Hall behind the Angel Inn, so that women could work together producing, preparing and preserving food and learn valuable skills to cope with wartime conditions. Pershore WI will be 100 years old this year and are working with us on this research project, having also won £10,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Our book closes with news of a family wedding, brought about by the upheaval of war, and a description of the happy carnival and reverent Service of Thanksgiving held at Pershore Abbey once peace was finally declared in 1919.

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No. 10 The High Street, Pershore, Worcestershire, WR10 1BG 01386 554349 Email Ken@kctallis.wanadoo.co.uk Dear All As we leave the months of June and July, Her Majesty’s 90th Birthday Celebrations, and Local Street Party’s behind us, we are now busy preparing for the bustle of August, and the Pershore Plum Festival! With the shop frontage looking splendid and all in bloom, we are ready for the summer season and the great Pershore foodie drive! Please be our guests, come and join us … purple plums and all! It’s fantastic to have customers old and new travelling from afar to enjoy the mouth-watering delicacies that the team conjure up on a daily basis. • Natalie’s home-made monster meringues and Poppy’s home-made brie and plum quiche. • Try our cooked ham off the bone, or a home-made Pershore pork pie, game pie, or turkey and ham pie. • Taste the superb clotted cream delivered fresh daily, direct from Cornwall, or try one of our takeaway hot pork rolls for lunch!

From corporate feast to family picnic, we can supply you with all you need, including our speciality Pig Roasts! Book early or you won’t get in! Our butchery department are busy producing a superb selection of home-made quality pork sausages, Oxford porkies, Gloucester Old Spot, the famous Pershore Sausage, to name but a few. We also have our new range of minced steak burger, as well as our usual burger selection, BBQ minted lamb chops, pork ribs, garlic buttered chicken (or any meat that you choose) … we will glaze free of charge! Or perhaps you like a free range chicken, or some aged air-dried sirloin steak … a taste to be tried! Our new selection of old fashioned, dry cured Gloucester Old Spot bacon is hitting the spot with our bacon connoisseurs … this is bacon at its best!

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