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Wow – that was the summer that was! And didn’t it fly by? Everything is starting to get back to its normal routine. It’s not just the schools that are starting new terms; local clubs and societies are beginning their autumn programmes. We’ve included a fair number here, but there are only so many pages at our disposal, and there are SO many clubs in Wells! If you fancy learning a new skill, such as folk dancing, you’ll find a class. Or perhaps you already paint, sing or play an instrument and have talked about joining a club. Well, make this the month that you actually start. As always there is a lot happening this month with exhibitions, concerts and fundraising events. But, don’t forget, we can only write about your group or event if we know about it! So email me details or you can now contact me via twitter or facebook. If you can send a good quality picture or logo, all the better; it’s a great way to add impact. Local Reach is delivered to over 6,000 households around Wells free of charge, so it really is the ideal way to reach your local audience. October issue editorial deadline: Wednesday 7 September 2016.
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We’ve had a busy summer of activities, including a trip to see AbFab at the cinema and an informative visit to St Cuthbert's Church to find out about the Reredos project.
Wednesday 7 September
Our next meeting is on Tuesday 6 September, at Wells Museum, 7.15 for a 7.30 start. It’s time to get crafty! Wendy, from our craft group, will be leading us with making dragonfly decorations out of wire and beads. Bring old necklaces and beads that can be threaded onto wire to make your dragonfly. There will also be one last walk with the walking group, and another monthly craft evening is planned.
Following the success of the Somerset Wildlife Trust’s ‘Bats Galore’ night-time walk in August, a second one has been organised for September. If you would like to discover the incredible nighttime world of bats, join the walk around the Moat, from 8.00-10.00pm. Meet at the Bishop’s Palace entrance, Market Place, Wells. There will be a small entry fee of £2.50 for adults and under 16’s go free. For further information contact Amanda Millar at Somerset Wildlife Trust, Wells Area Group Secretary, amandamillar@live.co.uk
Visitors to the monthly meetings are most welcome. There is a charge of £3 for the evening. Please contact the secretary at wellssomersetwi@gmail.com for further information.
WELLS METHODIST CHURCH There are lots of dates for the diary for September, all in the church on Southover, BA5 1UG. Clickety-Click: The knitting for charity group meets on Mondays 6 and 20 September, 10-12noon in the church, with refreshments. Occasional Singers: An informal gathering to get to know worship songs together, with refreshments. 13 and 27 September, 9.30-11am. Coffee Morning: Saturday 10 September, 10-12noon, with refreshments, cake stall, and bric-a-brac. Harvest Festival Service: Sunday 25 September 10.30am
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CHOIRWORKS Calling all singers! Wookey's ladies choir starts on Tuesday 6 September at 8pm in Wookey Primary School Hall £4 per session (wookey.choirworks@ gmail.com). There is also Street Sings ladies choir which starts on Thursday 8 September at 7.15 pm in Street Quaker Meeting rooms £4 per session ( streetsings.choir@gmail.com ) and Street Mens choir which starts on Thursday 8 September at 8.30 pm in Street Quaker Meeting rooms £4 per session (streetsings.choir@gmail.com). All choirs run weekly, are open to anyone who wants to have fun singing, there are no auditions and no need to be able to read music.
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SOUTH WEST FLORAL AWARDS AT THE BISHOP’S PALACE Friday 9 - Sunday 11 September The Bishop’s Palace will be filled with Floral Art this autumn as it is set to host the NAFAS South West Area Floral Arts Awards. The rooms of the medieval Palace will be filled with a stunning array of Floral Art from the 40 South West area flower clubs on the theme of "ANCIENT & MODERN" to complement this unique setting. The competition is made up of 16 different classes of arrangements, including junior classes, with wide ranging titles from ‘Camelot’ to ‘Flower Power’ and many others in between! The Palace will also be putting on a large selection of stalls & shopping opportunities alongside the displays, with gifts, food, tools and materials, many with a distinctly floral theme. To inspire the younger visitors, there will also be fun floral sessions for children on offer. Tickets will be priced from £7 to £9 and will include admission into the Palace and 14 acres of landscaped, RHS accredited gardens. The competition entries will be judged in private on Thursday 8th September and the displays will then be open to the public on Friday 9th September. Trophies will be presented by The Right Reverend Ruth Worsley, Bishop of Taunton on Sunday 11th September at 4pm.
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Be entranced by stunning floral art from the 40 South West area flower clubs on the theme of “ANCIENT & MODERN”, to complement the unique setting of the beautiful medieval Bishop’s Palace. Tickets £8/£7 in advance, £9/£8 on the door. Includes admission into the Palace and Gardens 01749 988 111 ext. 200 www.bishopspalace.org.uk The Bishop’s Palace, Wells, BA5 2PD For advertising & leaflet delivery call 01749 600388 or visit www.localreach.co.uk
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WELLS CITY BAND AUTUMN EVENTS
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Mid-Somerset Amateur Radio Club seeking new members. Our next meeting is 13 September. We are a small, friendly and informal radio club covering the Glastonbury, Street, Wells and Shepton Mallet areas, meeting every second Tuesday evening of the month at 7.30pm at Peter Street Rooms Shepton Mallet.
Saturday 10 September, 5-7pm: A charity concert for Street Salvation Army, at their headquarters in Street Sunday 18 September, 5-6pm: The Freemans Fayre in Wells Market Place Saturday 24 September, 11-1pm: Playing for market goers in Wells Market Place If you’d like to join this friendly group of amateur brass musicians, check out the website, www.wellscityband.moonfruit.com. They rehearse at The Seager Hall, Union Street, Wells from 8:0010:00 pm on Fridays. The Band also has a thriving Training Band for aspiring brass musicians of all ages and abilities. They meet on Friday evenings (term time only) from 6:30 - 7:45 pm.
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We now have a working operational room (shack) and visitors are very welcome to try our receiving equipment or even transmit under supervision. The club would like to attract new members of all ages, but particularly young people and those about to retire looking for an interesting hobby. We recently operated a special event radio station for British Science Week at the Blue School Wells, which was very successful and we hope to continue our liaison with the school. Our meeting on 13 September will include a talk on recent developments in digital amateur TV. For more information please see our website www.midsarc.org.uk or email info@midsarc.org.uk
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HERITAGE OPEN DAY AT WELLS TOWN HALL Saturday 10 September Historic Wells Town Hall will be throwing its doors open to the general public again on Saturday 10th September as part of the national Heritage Open Days. Come along and see new local history displays too, all for free! Most rooms in the Town Hall will be open, including the Mayor's Parlour (where the City’s historic maces and staves will be exhibited), the Parkes Room and the ballroom. The Town Hall, which is a Grade II listed building dating from 1779, will be open between 10.00 am and 4.00 pm. Come and find out about “The Demon Drink” and “Wells Crime Hot Spots” in nineteenth-century Wells. Read about “Scandalous Southover” and “Troubled St Thomas Street”. A brand new display called “Crime and Punishment in Victorian Wells” will also feature “Villains or Victims?” You can learn about language in court (“Language, language!”) and cruelty to animals, including the flying hedgehog and the toad missile. The display will use material only just unlocked by the members of the City Archives Box Listing Team and by Clare Blackmore of the Wells Journal. Wells Railway Fraternity will also be exhibiting; Richard Green will be presenting a display about the Wells Charter Fairs and the recent images that have come to light; and evocative images from local historic postcards will be on display. For the third year running, Wells Civic Society is kindly loaning panoramic photos of the streets of Wells. This year visitors will be able to ‘walk along Sadler Street and St John Street in the year 2000’. For children, the City Archivist has created a ‘Children’s Quiz and Trail round the Town Hall’. Dr Julia Wood, City Archivist, says, “Heritage Open Day at the Town Hall is always extremely popular. Do come along and visit our lovely building and see fascinating displays from the City Archives. We are extremely grateful to all the individuals and organisations who are contributing more exciting displays for Heritage Open Day”
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WELLS CATHEDRAL FREE LUNCHTIME CONCERTS 1.05-1.45pm. Admission: free. Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music. www.wellscathedral.org.uk ORGAN RECITAL Thursday 8 September Manuel Torregrosa Valero (Murcia Cathedral, Spain). BACH COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS RECITAL 11 Thursday 22 September The eleventh in the bi-monthly series of organ recitals surveying the complete organ works of J.S. Bach over six years – this year featuring the miscellaneous chorale preludes, alongside the ‘free’ organ works – played by Matthew Owens (Organist and Master of the Choristers, Wells Cathedral): Prelude in A minor, BWV 569; Kleines harmonisches Labyrinth, BWV 591; Chorale Preludes – Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 706; Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWVs 709, 726; Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 720; Ach Gott, von Himmel sieh' darein, BWV 741; Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543.
HERITAGE OPEN DAY – WELLS CATHEDRAL MINI CHAINED LIBRARY TOURS Friday 9 - Saturday 10 September FREE Taster Tours of the Cathedral’s Chained Library. Wells Cathedral has one of the very few chained libraries remaining in Britain. Come and see chained books and hear the history of our unique library, located above the East Cloister, which dates from 1450. These free 20 minute insights are part of an Open Door event in Wells. Unfortunately the tour is not suitable for wheelchairs as the Chained Library is accessed via a medieval stone corkscrew staircase. Places are limited and MUST be booked. No under 10s. Online booking is available via the Cathedral’s website at www.wellscathedral.org.uk/hod/
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WELLS PAINTING GROUP EXHIBITION Wells Painting Group is holding its annual exhibition at Wells Museum from 10-24 September. Entry to the exhibition is free and all the work will be offered for sale. What nicer and more individual gift could there be than a delightful piece of original art - for yourself, or to put away for a Christmas present? Group members work in all types of medium and the subjects cover all manner of themes. The group was first formed as a teaching course in the 1960s and it became so popular that the group has been successfully running ever since. "The museum is a wonderful venue and from the exhibition window we have a most impressive view of the cathedral and the green so being on the duty rota is a real pleasure" says Jill Eade, the group's chairman. "It gives us huge delight to show Wells residents and visitors our terrific display of art and we look forward to seeing everyone again this year.
SOMERSET GUILD OF CRAFTSMEN Saturday 10 September, 10am-4pm If you fancy trying your hand at some craft, the September workshop at the Somerset Guild of Craftsmen, one of the oldest guilds of craftsmen in the country, is an introduction to linocut printing for beginners. A linocut is a relief print produced in a manner similar to a woodcut but that uses linoleum as the surface into which the design is cut and printed from. It uses a process you can do at home, without a press. The workshop will include demonstrations followed by practical hands on experience and experimentation with tools and techniques to create your own, unique, linocut print. www.somersetguild.co.uk
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Step back in time and explore an amazing 420 million years of geology right under your feet. A wide range of events will reveal the ancient stories that have shaped a unique and A festival to celebrate the fascinating geology of the Mendip Hills very special landscape. It’s a great chance to see some of Mendip’s best kept geological secrets, with many events being held at sites that are not usually open to the general public. There is something for everyone from family fun days to guided walks in working quarries for adults with some geological knowledge. It should tick the box for anyone interested in geology, industrial history of the Mendips and just those seeking to learn more about their natural environment. Mendip Rocks! 2016 Festival is organised by the Somerset Earth Science Centre in partnership with the Mendip Hills AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) with kind support from Natural England and Somerset Wildlife Trust. Thanks also to Frome and Wells & Mendip Museums for hosting the launch and finale events. Full programme of festival event details is available on: www.mendiphillsaonb.org.uk/events. Admission charges are free unless otherwise stated. A donation of £3/adult, £1/child is welcome towards the Mendip Rocks! Project.
LOVE IS IN THE AIR Love is in the air at The Bishop’s Palace on 18 September! If you’re planning a wedding and currently looking for inspiration and ideas, make sure you don’t miss Love Actually’s splendid showcase of some of the best of Somerset’s wedding suppliers. The event takes place on Sunday 18th September from 11am-3pm. There are few more stunning wedding venues in Somerset than The Bishop's Palace and it has played host to lavish hospitality for over 800 years. For wedding couples, the venue offers use of a medieval vaulted undercroft, the Palace Long Gallery, outdoor terrace and acres of stunning gardens to stroll across in the evening, perfect as a breath-taking backdrop to those all-important photographs to mark your special day. The wedding team at the Palace have over 30 years’ experience in the wedding industry between them, so will be sure to anticipate your every need! So, if you’re in the market for flowers or frocks, garters or gifts lists, some 20 different wedding specialist suppliers will be on hand all day to advise, and if you're looking for a venue, the Palace wedding team will be on hand to tell you all you need to know! Admission is Free to the Wedding Fayre.
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WELLS AND DISTRICT FLORAL ART SOCIETY Our autumn season begins on Tuesday 13 September at 2.15 pm with a demonstration by David Martin, Shades of the Season. David is a National Demonstrator and Gold Medal winner at Chelsea as well as being a tutor at WI’s Denham College. This will be held at St. Thomas Church Hall, Wells. Members from all over the south west area of the National Association of Flower Arrangers will be at the Bishop’s Palace for the area competitions from Friday 11 until Sunday 13 September. It will be the first time that the Bishop’s Palace has hosted the competitions. On Friday 16 September a coach trip has been arranged to Forde Abbey for a flower festival Autumn Splendour by Ile Valley Club and their guest arrangers is being held. There are still some seats still available if anyone would like to join us. The cost is £25 and further details can be obtained from Non Hobson, 01749 679077.
WELLS FOLK DANCE CLUB We meet every Wednesday evening starting on 14 September at Dinder Village Hall from 7.30pm to 9.30pm after our summer break. We always welcome beginners and please come with or without a partner. We mainly do all types of folk dancing from Jane Austen through to American contra and squares. We are a friendly group and the first week is free! The annual membership fee is £5 and £2.50 weekly for members and £3 for non-members. To find where we meet either take a look at our website www.wellsfdc.co.uk or contact Peter or Ama Bolton on 01749 672911 or Pat and Charlie Watkins 01749 674920 or e-mail info@wellsfdc.co.uk
BACH CELLO SUITES BY CANDLELIGHT Saturday 17 September, 7.00pm Some of the most beautiful music ever written for the cello, in the candlelit surroundings of Wells Cathedral, with one of Europe’s leading baroque cellists, Luise Buchberger (Co-Principal Cello of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment). The Cathedral’s ‘Bach Cello Suites by Candlelight’ programme will include Suites No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007; No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010; and No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011. Tickets: £12.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office (01749 672773) and at the door. www.wellscathedral.org.uk
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THE TREE WITHIN The Bishop’s Palace is to host a new art exhibition by artist Fiona McIntyre, opening on 14 September. The exhibition is entitled “The Tree Within” and will showcase a range of Fiona’s landscapes and treescapes reflecting the artist’s intimate connection with nature. Jonathan Sawyer, Visitor Experience Manager says “We’re delighted to be hosting an exhibition of Fiona’s work. Fiona’s depiction of trees and the natural landscape perfectly compliment the beauty and serenity of the Palace & Gardens” The exhibition will be held in the Conference Room of the Palace and will be included in standard admission to the Palace & Gardens.
WELLS CATHEDRAL CHOIR IN CONCERT – FAURÉ REQUIEM Saturday 24 September, 7.00pm In a fundraising concert for Wells Cathedral, the world-famous choir sings one of the greatest choral works ever written, alongside other choral favourites. Featuring Wells Cathedral Choir, Jonathan Vaughn (organ) and Matthew Owens (conductor) this will be a memorable performance of a beautiful piece of music. Tickets: £10.00 – £25.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office (01749 672773) and at the door on the night. Pre-concert drinks will be available in the Cathedral’s cloister. www.wellscathedral.org.uk
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MURDER MYSTERY Connect Youth are holding a 1920’s theme Murder Mystery evening on Friday 23 September. Doors open from 7pm and tickets are just £15 for an amazing 3 course meal, live actors, licensed bar and a night of laughter and fundraising for the work of Connect Youth. The Youth Team of Elim Connect centre will put on a brilliant theatrical evening where you can come and have some great food and listen to each of the suspects alibi’s and work out who is the murderer on the night! The evening promises to be a blast and you get to contribute to a good cause! Last year was a sell out so get your tickets early. Available from September at the Connect Centre office – 01749 677097. For more info contact Judy@connect-centre.org.uk or check out the website – www.connect-elim.org.uk
GUIDED WALK Wednesday 28 September 3.30pm–4.30pm “Wells Cathedral Green – A Story in Stone” is part of the Mendip Rocks! Festival. Join a guided walk around Cathedral Green with Wells Cathedral School geologist, David Rowley. Discover a range of building stones from Jurassic, Triassic, Carboniferous and Devonian, and learn about their formation and use in the Cathedral and local buildings. Meet at Wells Museum, Wells Cathedral Green BA5 2 UE. Some cobbled footpaths. Booking: Adel Avery adel@nettlebridge.com. Donations welcome £3pp. Dogs on leads. Max 20
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THE HISTORY AND WILDLIFE OF KEWARD BROOK Tuesday 27 September, 7.00pm-9.00pm at the Wells Museum Ecology Expert Shaun Plenty and students from Bridgwater College have been working hard to clear the Keward Brook waterway, to preserve wildlife habitat. Shaun will explain the importance of the work they have been doing and the difference it is making to these local habitats, and will talk about some of the species that are making this waterway their home such as Kingfishers and Dippers. To discover the full history of Keward, and its potential to be a wildlife haven, come along to Shaun Plenty’s talk at Wells Museum, off the Cathedral Green from 7.00pm-9.pm. Please note that there will be a small entry fee of £2.50 for SWT members and £3.00 for non-members. For more information on the events please go to our website: www.somersetwildlife.org
THE HISTORY AND WILDLIFE OF KEWARD BROOK DONATIONS DESPERATELY NEEDED. Wells Refugee Aid is at Wells Town Hall, from 102pm, EVERY Friday collecting donations. We need seasonally appropriate clothing and footwear, tents, blankets, towels, basic medical supplies, sanitary ware, toiletries, dried foods (not meat) tinned fruit and veg, rice and pasta etc. Please bring along anything you can. All donations go from Wells down to Refugee Aid from Taunton (RAFT) from where it is distributed around the world. There is a desperate need for additional aid in Calais, Greece, Syria and other camps around the globe. For further information, visit www.facebook.com/wellsrefugeeaid/
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SELF-KINDNESS IS THE KEY TO WEIGHT LOSS, SAYS LOCAL SLIMMING EXPERT Weight loss expert Amber Slow, a Slimming World Consultant who runs the Wednesday evening Slimming World group in Wells says that if people want to lose weight for good then they need to learn to be kinder to themselves when things go wrong. "At Slimming World we have the best eating plan in the world where members can, and do, lose weight without ever having to go hungry," says Amber "We have the best understanding of the psychology of slimmers and use the latest research to ensure we are supporting everyone in the best possible way. A recent Slimming World survey of 1,722 slimmers found that almost everyone who had tried to lose weight in the past (98%) had experienced a slip-up where they went off-track in a way that they worried would affect their weight loss journey. 84% of slimmers automatically criticised themselves, calling themselves ‘weak’, ‘stupid’ and ‘a failure’ - words they would never have used to describe someone else in their position. This harsh criticism was found to lead to comfort eating or giving up on those diets completely. The survey found that at Slimming World, members had learned how to reduce how critical they are of themselves when things go wrong and have instead become more self-reassuring. As a result of recognising that they’re only human and applauding
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What’s Coming Up Early Next Month ONE WORLD FAIR Saturday 8 October, from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m at Wells Town Hall. Over 30 charities, both local and national, will be with Oxfam for the One World Fair. The organizations already booked include Amnesty International, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Ethiopiaid, Greenpeace, Traidcraft, Fair Trade, Mendip Vegetarians, and, of course, Oxfam. Although MSOG is the organizing group, the important collaborative feature of the One World Fair will shine through – each charity having its own special focus, its own particular cause, but also a shared vision of a better world. Participating groups will be doing different things. Some will have goods to sell – handicrafts, books, Christmas cards and calendars, Fair Trade food, cakes and so on. Some will be asking people to sign their campaigning petitions. Other charities will be looking to increase their membership. One or two will be hoping to form new support groups. All of them will be keen to talk about the issues that motivate them, and to answer questions about their work. There will be a full programme of talks by different charities. And there will be lots of music and refreshments available throughout the day. Entry will be by voluntary donation, but Oxfam’s main intention is to make sure that the event fairly hums with hundreds of wellwishers. The One World Fair, first launched in 2014, is already a major annual event in the Wells calendar. For further information visit www.midsomersetoxfam.co.uk
FOOD FOR THOUGHT Sunday 9 October Sustainable Wells is delighted to be working once again with the organisers of the Wells Food Festival on Sunday 9 October. This year we are running the ‘Food for Thought’ marquee, which will be busting with bite sized pieces for you to devour. As a taster: we will be celebrating good food and tantalising your taste buds to see if you can recognise herbs and spices blind folded; there will be interactive cooking displays from young people showing off their skills and you will find out which local supermarket is best at reducing food waste!! What is there not to love about wonky veg?? Do bring along your examples to show off. We will also ask you to vote on which cake, made out of a vegetable, tastes the best. And not forgetting the human fruit machine. If you would like more information, or are interested in joining Sustainable Wells, please email Laura Sorensen lb.hpc@virgin.net
WELLS FOOD FESTIVAL Sunday 9 October Open from 10.30am to 4.30pm, this is a free, great day out for all the family, packed with fun “foodie” things to do. Last year 10,000 visitors flocked to the city. There are 150 stall holders and street food sellers in the Artisan Market which stretches from the Market Square to the Recreation Ground; the Family Marquee in the Bishops Barn has lots of activities for the younger visitors; the Food for Thought marquee in the Recreation Ground focuses on food sustainability and waste. Head to the Town Hall for three ticketed Food & Drink Tastings. These include cider tasting with local expert, Bob Chaplin, wine tasting with Wraxall Vineyard, and a home curing demonstration from the Somerset Charcuterie. And there's a photographic exhibition open to the public to enter. Bring along a photograph before 10am on the day that fits the title “Eat the Landscape”.
SOUTH WEST HARP DAY Sunday 2 October Hosted in the Cathedral Schools new Cedars Hall, this Harp Day is for young players aged 9 - 18 of Grade 4 and above. 9.30 - 4pm including Masterclasses, a 'pop harp fun' & finale concert (£30). There is also a complete beginners "Hands on Harps" lunch time session available - please enquire, as below. At 3pm there is a recital by the outstanding Keziah Thomas, of international renown. Recital only tickets are £8 each, otherwise, it is included in the full day fee. To book, visit: www.academy.wellscathedralschool.org/events/south-west-harp-day-2016 16
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