Health & Family

Bags of love thanks to WI members

A BOXfull of handbags containing toiletries and pamper gifts has been delivered to a women’s refugee organisation in Bristol after being collected by members of Bishop Sutton and Stowey WI.

Pictured with their handbags (l to r) are back row Liz Balmforth, Julia Young, Marion Mason, Nita Wendover and Cheryl Taylor, front row Jenny Harris and Alison Ewins.

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Confidence of youth pays dividends

ANSFORD Academy students who run the Fed community kitchen project in Castle Cary made their market stall debut at the eat:Cary food festival – and promptly sold out of more than 500 cakes!

They were so confident that their baking efforts would be a success that the team even prepared a “sold out” sign which went up on their stall just after lunchtime.

Fed was set up during lockdown to give the students a chance to use their cookery, marketing and other skills – using locallysourced produce – to offer healthy meals to anyone in need in the town and surrounding area

Also making their first appearance at eat:Cary were members of the team behind The Cooking Pot book of recipes written in lockdown by residents of Castle Cary and Ansford with stories about local food and drink businesses. Every penny of every book sold goes to the Castle Cary Parish Charity supporting Cary Cares. Copies of the book are still on sale in the town and from ccacookbook@hotmail.com

Hundreds of visitors enjoyed the sights, sounds and smells of the first eat:Cary festival since 2019. The number of traders able to attend was reduced as part of efforts to ensure social distancing by organisers, eat:Festivals, a not-for-profit company based in Burnham-on-Sea.

The festival also saw the launch of Cary’s own marmalade competition, won by Carrie Weir, from Ditcheat, with her Seville orange recipe.

Marmalade winner Carrie Weir with competition sponsor George Kronk, from George’s Greengrocers Street entertainment added to the festival atmosphere

What a success! Members of Fed on their sold-out stall

First class send-off for village postman

resiDents in Chelynch, Cranmore and Doulting turned out in force to say farewell to popular postman Mike singer who has retired after 13 years on the round. in two separate presentations on his route, Mike was given gifts including a cheque, a book of villager’s memories and many cards.

Mike, 65, who lives in Chilcompton, was a postman in all for 15 years, walking 12 miles a day on his east Mendip round.

The presentation in Cranmore

Mike makes his last collection from Cranmore

Rotary in action

WitH the lockdown easing, Wrington Vale rotary Club members have been back in action. a doughty group assembled in Banwell to collect litter in the pouring rain, creating a more pleasing environment for all.

Taking to the water

YOungpeople at glastonbury & street sea Cadets are looking forward to setting out on the county’s rivers after receiving a cash boost. the youth group, which currently has almost 30 members, has started to meet face-to-face again after a year of Covid-19 disruption. and the group is now a step closer to buying nine kayaks and a box trailer after receiving a £1,000 grant from Persimmon Homes severn Valley.

Cadets’ chairperson, elaine Dearling, said: “Covid-19 has had a huge impact on our members and their families. Families have struggled with the isolation of lockdowns and for some of our young people, sea Cadets is their only social outlet outside of school and so they have missed the structured training and of course their sea Cadet friends.

“We want to give them something to smile about and look forward to. these nine new kayaks will do just that.”

Royal party plans

Organisersof Paulton’s Party in the Park, led by george Batchelar, have decided to cancel this year’s event because of the pandemic. However they say the event will be back next year - but with a difference! instead of being held on the first saturday in July, it will be held on the first saturday in June to coincide with the Queen’s four-day Platinum Jubilee weekend.