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Short Story Paws for Comfort By Jackie Brewster “Are you Ian, the bellboy?” An elegant lady in a tweed cape strode into the hotel ballroom, startling Ian, who’d been busy admiring his hair from every angle in the mirrored walls. Behind her another lady in an anorak, wrestling a nylon men’s suit carrier in her arms, struggled to keep up. Ian nodded warily. He’d already carried one old lady’s luggage to the second floor and that seemed like quite enough work for one day. “You’ll do perfectly,” she said, and turned to her companion. “Dolly, don’t you think he has the look of a young Liberace?” “Very handsome, Val,” the lady nodded emphatically. Ian instinctively smoothed his hair. “So that’s settled,” Val said. “You’ll do it.” “Do what?” Ian was alarmed. As a rule, he tried to do as little as possible. “We’re holding a fashion show in the hall and our model has let us down.” She smiled demurely. “I assume you have catwalk experience?” “A bit.” Ian’s gran had once entered him into a beautiful baby contest, so he knew that the world of fashion was just waiting to discover him. He frowned. “I’ll have to ask my manager.” “Don’t worry yourself about that,” Val said. “I’ve already cleared it with Mr Fulsome; he’s delighted with the arrangement.” Ian was surprised to hear this Page 6
because the air between him and Mr Fulsome had been frosty ever since Ian had been caught taking selfies in the honeymoon suite Jacuzzi. “What would I have to do?” Ian asked. “Imagine New York fashion week,” Val raised two manicured hands to set the scene, “and you’re the star of the show.” Ian’s eyes lit up.
In a few excited taps of his phone Ian alerted the world to his big catwalk debut.
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“You’re just perfect for my outfit.” She grinned as though unable to take her eyes off him. Ian had seen fashion designers in magazines but none of them looked like Dolly Cramp. He hoped the grubby anorak she was wearing wasn’t one of her designs. “The local TV station is here already,” Val added, “so you’ll get lots of exposure.” “What?” Ian suddenly felt excited. “Where?” Val pointed to the ballroom exit. “Just through those doors.” “Have I got time to let my friends know?” Ian pulled out his phone. Nothing was going to stop him announcing his big break in fashion. “Be my guest!” Val cried. “Get it out on social media, and everyone will see you on the teatime news.”
“We’ve seen it all before,” Dolly grinned, offering him the bag, “haven’t we Val?” “Let’s turn our backs anyway, Dolly?” Val said. “Give the lad his dignity.” Ian unzipped the bag, and a long brown garment of furry padded fabric came tumbling out. “What’s this?” He thought there must be a mistake. “It looks like a onesie?” “It’s the star of my Paws for Comfort range,” Dolly called over her shoulder. “Incredibly snuggly, and it makes the wearer look like a gerbil. Will you need a hand with the tail?” Ian held up the costume in horror and wondered whether he could make a run for it while their backs were turned. “And be quick,” Val added. “The cameras are rolling just outside.”
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Outstanding young man from Gloucester wins Rotary award Dale Rawlins, aged 21, has recently been recognised with a Rotary Young Citizen Award and a ÂŁ500 cheque for his exceptional work helping young disabled people get into football either on the pitch, in the sports shop or as a coach. Dale set up a disability football team when he was just 14 and went on to open a social enterprise sports shop to create employment opportunities for players when he was 16. He has since succeeded in generating several first-time jobs, including many for young people with learning, mental or physical disabilities. He has also helped youngsters to achieve FA Level 1 qualifications, enabling them to coach others.
The number of sportsmen and women Dale has brought into the game is about 400. He now runs the largest pan-disability football club in the UK, with 13 adult and three children's sides. He has set up one of only five disabled ladies sides in the country and one deaf team with over 130 regular players.
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Unique knitted show garden installation Hundreds of knitters from all over the world have answered a Gloucestershire widow’s call to craft hearts for a special knitted garden in memory of her husband. Clare Young, 50, from Gloucester, has been overwhelmed by the huge response to her ambitious plan to create the world’s first full-sized knitted show garden installation at RHS Malvern Spring Festival on May 10-13 (www.rhsmalvern.co.uk).
have been sent to Clare – more than doubling her target well before her early May deadline.
Her plea to knit 10,000 hearts for the garden has been shared and re-shared on social media and people from as far away as the USA and New Zealand have picked up their knitting needles in response.
The knitted hearts will be hung in and around the knitted garden, with some of the additional hearts made available for visitors to purchase. The money raised will go to Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice in Cheltenham which cared for Clare's late husband Ken.
Amazingly four crafters, now known as ‘Queen of Hearts’, have created 1,000 hearts each. As a result, a staggering 25,000 ‘works of heart’
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Local History
The Birth of a Railway
Demolition at Winchcombe in July 1979
By David Aldred
The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway is now open all the way from Cheltenham to Broadway. For this month's article I thought it might be interesting to discover how the heritage railway came into being. The death knell for the Cheltenham to Honeybourne railway line was sounded in March 1968. The last regular passenger train was withdrawn by British Rail so that only goods trains and the occasional passenger train, diverted from the main Bristol to Birmingham line, travelled the route. Its end, however, dragged on, despite the obvious fact that British Rail was losing money keeping it open for the few trains which used it. Matters nearly came to a head in June 1972 when it announced the line would be closed on 1 January 1974. This news got Cheltenham councillors very excited and they spent ÂŁ60,000 on a report into the feasibility of building a north to south relief road on the abandoned track. Imagine their dismay when less than a year later British Rail changed its mind! Trains continued to run. On 25 August 1976, the unexpected happened. Several wagons of a goods train travelling to South Wales derailed just outside the site of Winchcombe station, damaging a stretch of track. British Rail decided not Page 16
Lifted track awaiting collection at Bishop's Cleeve
to repair the damage. It offered the track and the land to an embryonic Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway Society, which had been started by just four visionaries who hoped to keep the line intact. Not surprisingly this small society could not afford the purchase, and so it was ironical that three years later in July 1979 when funds had been promised, British Rail changed its mind for a second time, declaring it wanted to keep the route open, despite already removing the rails! Then in August just a year later British Rail changed its mind for a third time! Its chairman Sir Peter Parker announced it was prepared to sell the line because of the financial problems it was facing. The society immediately started negotiations with a view to initially reopening the stretch from Toddington to Honeybourne. There was great enthusiasm for the project with over 700
people attending a meeting in Shaftesbury Hall in the centre of Cheltenham in February 1981 when the society first appealed for volunteers. Tim Bazeley, the secretary, painted for the audience an ambitious future as a tourist and community railway possessing thirty-five steam locomotives in this respect subsequent events indicated that enthusiasm outran realism! However, there was enough enthusiasm to ensure wheels began to turn the very next month. A company was set up to raise capital for the purchase, and both the company and its supporters still continue to manage their developments and finances carefully and prudently to ensure the continuing success of the railway. In March the Toddington site was leased from British Rail so that a start could be made before the actual purchase. By early June one hundred and twenty yards of track had been laid towards Winchcombe (not Honeybourne as originally planned)
Tim Bazeley waves from the first locomotive driven along the short re-laid track at Toddington
and by late June steam locomotive 2807 had arrived from the famous locomotive scrapyard at Barry for restoration; it still runs on the railway today. The first public train ran on 22 April 1984 to Didbrook. The rest, as they say, is now history – and a remarkable achievement.
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Chalk Talk I am absolutely delighted that Cheltenham’s multimillion-pound bid for capital investment in Cheltenham General Hospital has been successful. This is hugely significant. It means that CGH will be getting a multi-million-pound upgrade, to include refitted wards for inpatients, additional theatres and plenty more besides. After a decade in which it felt like our hospital was being passed over for investment, this is so, so welcome. I also welcome the assurances from NHS bosses that this investment does not pre-determine the outcome of the STP (plan for future health services in Gloucestershire). A consultation will take place later in the year. I will continue to campaign not just for the retention of our local A&E, but for the restoration of 24/7 cover. Make no mistake, the campaign to improve and revitalise Cheltenham goes on. This funding boost for our hospital is part of a pattern of major transformational investment in Cheltenham. We’ve won £22m from the Government to support our cyber future. £3m will be coming to support new affordable housing in Portland Place. We have secured vital funding to tackle rough sleeping in Cheltenham. Our secondary schools are receiving an extra £600 per pupil. Work improving Cheltenham Spa station and the introduction of sub 2-hour London trains is about to start. Meanwhile, the public consultation on the £500m A417 Air Balloon scheme means we are a step closer to the biggest road improvement scheme in Gloucestershire for a generation. There is so much more I want to achieve but this is truly fantastic news. By Alex Chalk, MP for Cheltenham
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Festival of Performing Arts. Starting on the 8th, Cheltenham’s oldest festival will be continuing the party the Jazz Festival leaves behind with over 300 events and classes on offer at the Town Hall.
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May kicks off with the Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Like every year, you can look forward to an incredible lineup. This year brings, amongst others, visionary singer-songwriter Van Morrison, multi-million-selling singersongwriter Corinne Bailey Rae, awardwinning pop-jazz singer Caro Emerald and chart-topping Irish vocalist Imelda May to Cheltenham. The six-day festival is one of the highlights of the local calendar and never fails to make Montpellier Gardens come alive. This month also brings the Cheltenham
The Everyman also has a fantastic lineup this month. Kneehigh Productions are bringing you their new show 'The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk' in the first week of the month, followed by 'Great Expectations' from the 8th to the 12th starring Nichola McAuliffe. Mid-month brings Balletboyz on the 21st and the well-loved Gifford Circus from the 17th to the 21st. Ending the month on a high, the huge smash hit show 'Hairspray' is making its way to Cheltenham for a week of performances bursting with energy and sparkle. It is not to be missed! You can end the month in the most classic Cheltenham way possible with the Suffolk Street Fair and the iconic cheese rolling down Cooper’s Hill - both take place on the 28th. Have a great time! You can find more of my work and reviews of shows, plays, etc. on my blog www.watchingfromthecheapseats. wordpress.com
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Councillors Corner By Cllr Klara Sudbury, Mayor of Cheltenham As I come towards the end of my year as Mayor (it has flown by!), I wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who has helped me make my year very special – from the hundreds of people I have met at local charity, business and community events to those who have contributed in some way to my charity appeal. My final charity fundraising event is taking place at Sandford Parks Lido between 9am and 1pm on Sunday 13th May. It is a wellness and fitness morning with yoga, pilates and Zumba classes, followed by a swim. Entry is £21.55pp and tickets are available at https://wellfitmayor. eventbrite.co.uk. This event is kindly supported by Sandford Park Lido and Asda Cheltenham as well as local studios and individuals leading the classes. All proceeds will go to the Mayor of Cheltenham’s Charity (Reg. Charity No. 1118165), which will benefit the Hollie Gazzard
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Cheltenham Cocktail Week is back – and it’s really going to sparkle! Three new cocktails and the involvement of several new venues will make the second Cheltenham Cocktail Week extra special. The event is again being organised by Cheltenham Business Improvement District (BID) and Pernod Ricard UK. Eight events will be held in different venues from Monday 14 May to Saturday 19 May.
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MAY & JUNE EVENTS Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2 - 7 May, Various venues across Cheltenham Jamie Cullum returns as Guest Artistic Curator - see the best in jazz from Europe, the USA and beyond. www. cheltenhamfestivals.com/jazz Armour at the Abbey 6 & 7 May, 12pm - 4.30pm, Tewkesbury Abbey Medieval encampment. Demonstrations & entertainment. £5/day or £7.50 for both days. Sudeley Castle Events Winchcombe GL54 5JD 7 May: Victorian May Day 13 May: Porsche Club UK 17 – 21 May: Giffords Circus 30 May: Children's Wednesday www.sudeleycastle.co.uk The Importance of Being Earnest 11 May, 7.30 - 9.20pm, Tithe Barn, Bishop's Cleeve Adults £20, children £10. Tickets: www.splitsecondproductions.com GWSR May Events GWSR, The Railway Station, Toddington, GL54 5DT 12 & 13 May – Cotswold Bricks & Trains Weekend. 12 & 18 May – Fish & Chip Specials. 19 & 20 May – Spring Steam and Real Ale Weekend. www.gwsr.com Tewkesbury Choral Society Concert 12 May, 7.30pm, Tewkesbury Abbey Felix Mendelssohn's 'Hear My Prayer' and 'Hymn of Praise', directed by John Holloway. www.tewkesburyabbey.org.uk Tewkesbury Half Marathon 13 May, from 8am, Tewkesbury Leisure Centre Same route as in 2017 but with a spectacular improved
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Elvis Tribute Night- 19 May, 7pm - 1am
Jurys Inn Cheltenham, GL510TS Elvis tribute night with Adam Carter as Elvis! "Regarded as one of the best Elvis tribute artists in the world, Adam Carter has been at the top of his game for over 20 years." £29.95 per person - incl. 3-course meal, live entertainment & disco. 01242 232691 or cheltenham_conference@jurysinns.com www.jurysinns.com/hotels/cheltenham
Churchdown Postcard, Cigarette Cards and Stamps Fair 28 May, 10am - 4pm, Churchdown Community Centre, Parton Road, Churchdown GL3 2JH Independent fair attracting 29 dealers buying, selling and exchanging on the day. Refreshments & free car parking. Free admission. If you have anything to sell, then bring it along on the day. Simon Collyer - 07966 565151/ 01283 820151 or simoncollyer289@btinternet.com. finish line. To sign up visit: www.tewkesburyhalf.com Classics at Prescott 13 May, Gates open at 9am, Hill Climb 10am, Prescott Speed Hill Climb, Gotherington Open Classic Car event organised by Cleeve Vale Rotary Club. Classic car owners will "Drive the Hill" or take part in a static display. Spectators: £15 per car/passenger. www.prescotthillclimb.com The Mayor’s Well Fit Morning 13 May, 9am - 1pm, Sandford Park Lido, Cheltenham A morning of fitness sessions, followed by a swim in aid of the Mayor of Cheltenham’s Charity. Tickets: £21.55 pp – from wellfitmayor.eventbrite.co.uk.
Gloucester Dragonboat Regatta 13 May, First race 10am, Gloucester Docks Fun for all the family. 30 teams battle it out in 40ft dragonboats, to win the coveted “Gloucester Dragonboat Shield”. 01452 724144. Cheltenham Cocktail Week 14 - 19 May, Various Venues in C. Eight different venues will host ticketed events ranging from a whiskey blending evening to a Champagne brunch. www.visitcheltenham.com Winchcombe Walking Festival 18-20 May 2018 Variety of walks for all abilities. Knowledgeable guides. www. winchcombewelcomeswalkers.com
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Events cont'd... Tewkesbury Big Weekend 19 & 20 May, Town Centre Free music & entertainment. Boat trips, parade, fairground rides, raffle, tombola, stalls & more. www.tewkesbury bigweekend.co.uk Treorchy Male Choir Charity Concert 19 May, 7.30pm, The Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury In aid of local prostate cancer care. Tickets: £24 (concessions available). Box Office: 01684 295074 Cowley Village Fete 20 May, 2 - 5pm, Cowley, GL53 9NJ Fun family day with dog show, stalls, tombola, vintage clothing, BBQ, bar, cream teas & ice creams. Live music from Ukesanon Ukelele Band. Raffle. Entry: £2 for adults, children under 16 are free. Winchcombe Festival of Music & Arts 21 - 28 May A celebration of local bands, groups, artists, poets and writers. A week-long extravaganza of concerts, performances, exhibitions, workshops and talks. www.winchcombefestival.co.uk La Vie en Bleu incorporating La Vita Rossa 26 & 27 May, Prescott Speed Hill Climb, Gotherington First car on the track approx. 8.30am both days. Scheduled finish time around 5.30pm. www.prescott-hillclimb.com Forever Jackson 26 May, 7.30pm, Everyman Theatre, Regent Street, Cheltenham, GL50 1HQ 30th-anniversary tour. From the Jackson 5 to the King of Pop Michael Jackson’s greatest hits performed LIVE! Tickets from £26. Box Office: 01242 572573 or www.everymantheatre.org.uk
RNLI Fun Day 27 May, 10am - 4pm, Croft Farm Waterpark, Bredon's Hardwick Stalls, games and entertainments inc “Barnacle Buoys” shanty group, puppet show, RNLI education team, model boats, Churchdown Male Voice Choir, fire and rescue. Join “Stormy Stan” for the great “Wellie Walk”. Details Tom Lawrence at tom@ croftfarmleisure.co.uk. Annual Coopers Hill Cheese Roll 28 May, First Race at 12pm, Coopers Hill This event sees various sane and insane people chase a giant cheese down a steep hill! You attend entirely at your own risk. www.cheese-rolling.co.uk Edufun May Holiday Activities 30 & 31 May, 10am - 12pm, The Rock, St Peters, Tewkesbury Rd, Cheltenham Free workshop for children aged 4-12. Sign up: edufunsters@gmail.com, 07581211043 or 07964422629.
JUNE Three Peak Challenge 2 June, 8am, Cheltenham A one day, 30km trek taking on the best of the Cotswolds, in aid of local charity St Vincent's and St George’s Association. £35, to include entry to the challenge, full support from a dedicated fundraising team & end of challenge celebrations. www. stvsandstgs.co.uk/threepeaks/ GWSR June Events The Railway Station, Toddington, GL54 5DT 2 June - Fish & Chips Special. 16 June - Murder Mystery Fish & Chips Special. 17 June Classic Vehicle Clubs Day. 23 & 24 June - Day Out with Thomas. www.gwsr.com Cheltenham Science Festival 5-10 June, Various times & venues 100s of science-themed events
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Cleeve Chorale Summer Concert 30 June, 5pm, Grangefield School, Bishop's Cleeve "Songs from the Shows" incl. items from Oliver, West Side Story & My Fair Lady; with Grangefield School choir. Tickets: £10 pp (accompanied U16's free) in local stores and on the door.
LOCAL CLUBS, GROUPS & CLASSES Advice Bites Café Last Thurs/month, 6 - 7pm, Grevill House, 279 London Rd, Charlton Kings, GL52 6YL Free group for those concerned about a friend or relative getting older. Share concerns & experiences. Guest speaker & refreshments at each session. The Orders of St John Care Trust Facebook page, manager. grevill@osjctglos.co.uk, 01242 512964 / 07712 433978. Bishop's Cleeve Craft Fair 2nd Sun/month, 11.30am - 2.30pm, Bishop's Cleeve Community Centre Wide range of stalls; refreshments. Free entry. Libby Cleal: 07776 301767. Cheltenham Lions Club 2nd & 4th Mon/month, Burlington House, Lypiatt Rd, GL50 2SY Contact: Peter Weir - 07973 807159 or Club President David Storey - 01242 235606 Cheltenham Parkinson’s Group Last Tues/month - eves or daytime, St Mark's Methodist
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Maggie's Lymphoma Support Group Thursdays & Saturdays, The Lodge, College Baths Rd, Cheltenham, GL53 7QB Meets most months. Saturday meetings tend to be more social, Thursday evenings more educational with guest speakers and clinical nurse specialists present. Gaynor Raine (Cancer Support Specialist): 01242 250611 or gaynor. raine@maggiescentres.org or Ian Gosling: 07711 824284, goslings_1@sky.com. Next meeting: 10 May, 6pm - 7.30pm. Trinity Ladies Probus Club 1st & 3rd Weds/month, 9.45am for coffee (meeting 10.30am), St Mary’s Parish Centre, New St, Charlton Kings, GL53 8JJ Social group for retired or semiretired women. Guest speaker at every meeting. Trips, events. £2 (£1 for members). Mary Irwin 07783 338875, mirwint@yahoo.com.
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