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March 2019

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Laundry Day GARDENING

Fabulous Fruit Trees LOCAL HISTORY

When trams ran up Cleeve Hill - Part 2

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Tudor House Tudor House in Hailes Street, Winchcombe, was given to the town in 1937 by Gertrude Shikle as a home for 'Gentlefolk of limited means' and is maintained by a group of local trustees.

It is a large Victorian building and was converted into four flats in 1957. Last year, the two ground floor flats were refurbished and a new fire escape installed for the upper floors.

Plans have been prepared for alterations to the first and second floors to form three flats, giving five in total and work will eventually be carried out when funds are available.

The Trust's only income is from the tenant's maintenance charges so grants, donations and bequests are being urgently sought for this work and general maintenance. The trustees would be glad to hear from any organisations and person who could help financially. Contact: mspodd@gmail.com The property has a large hidden garden which will be open to the public during Winchcombe Open Gardens on 9th June. Do come and see the garden and what is a mainly unknown asset to the town.

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There will be some changes to our programme schedule in March. John Brooks joins the team of 'Classical Choice' presenters on Sunday 17th March; Monday evening's 'Folk Show' presented by Kevin O will be repeated at 1pm on Tuesdays and Jane Stovell's Thursday 'Country Show' will be repeated Sunday afternoons at 2pm. Lee Jay's 'Soul Train' will now be on at 2pm on Fridays and from March 18th there will be a Monday Breakfast Show starting at 8am which John Oldham and Jane Stovell will host on different weeks.

If you would like to join our team of volunteers please get in touch. Perhaps you would like to be a programme presenter or an interviewer?

Or maybe you are computer literate and have a spare hour or two each week; we could do with your help looking after our technical equipment. You don't have to live in Winchcombe and full free training is available if required for all posts.

If you would like to visit our studio to see what is involved before deciding if you would like to volunteer, again please get in touch.

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March Madness

Hello and welcome to the March issue of your local community magazine. March always seems to be a busy month with spring on its way, the daffodils coming into bloom and the start of getting the garden up together after the winter so we are ready to enjoy the long summer days and warm evenings. A real bonus is that the days are becoming a little longer every day. Don’t you just love the feeling of driving home from work without having to put your lights on – I know I do! The trouble is there is always something to do when you get home and having lighter nights means there's no excuse not to do the jobs you've been putting off for ages.

With more light streaming through the windows, I do find that it shows up the dust and dirt which prompts me to do a “spring clean”. None of us love the job of cleaning out cupboards but there is a smug satisfaction that comes from sorting

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Local History

When trams ran up Cleeve Hill - Part Two “Every little shed and shanty has invested in a pennyworth of cardboard, on which the classic legends 'Tea and Hot Water', 'Aerated Waters', 'Furnished Apartments' and so forth are inscribed in faithful and wonderful characters to entice the simple trammist.”

So wrote Selina Jenkins in the Cheltenham Chronicle in July 1901 - a month before the trams started running up Cleeve Hill.

In this article I will consider the attractions designed “to entice the simple trammist”.

Already an established hostelry, the Rising Sun Hotel's profits must have soared as trammists flocked through its door, but if they were of a teetotal persuasion, then across the road the Cleeve Hill Café beckoned. In 1901, in a far-sighted speculative venture, CJ Davies, a grocer from Suffolk Road in Cheltenham, bought a plot of land for £200 and built a rustic-looking café with a terraced pleasure garden below. Ten years later the proprietor Ernest Batstone, a pastry cook of Upper Bath Road was boasting “Parties of 200 catered for at a moment's notice”. I doubt that would meet the requirements of trades descriptions today! Sadly, the café suffered a disastrous fire in the early 1930s and the

site is unrecognisable today.

Golfers, of course, could find refreshment in one of the two club houses; the Town Club, for traders and merchants, at the clubhouse on the main road, now 1 and 2 Cleeve Hill, or the Cheltenham Golf Club for gentlemen, bordering the common near the Malvern View.

The Malvern View, then a small hotel, set up its own tea garden as shown in the postcards designed for the visitors to send home to extol the delights of the hill. From the tram terminus outside the Malvern View the trammist had to walk a hundred yards or so further on to sample The Malvern View Hotel Tea Garden can be seen in this postcard. The clubhouse of the Cheltenham Golf Club stands on the far left.

The Geisha Tea House

the delights of the Geisha Tea House - a little bit of Japan recreated on the Cotswold scarp!

In 1911 Annie Smith from Cheltenham was the proprietor, helped by Fanny Yiend who lived locally. Annie provided weekend accommodation from Saturday evening to Monday morning for 10/6d (52p). Sadly, this too no longer exists, demolished in 1988 as rot and woodworm had rendered it beyond restoration. However, a faint echo of its architectural style survives in the firstfloor balcony of the Cleeve Hill Hotel, built next door in the 1920s. And finally, across the road from the Geisha Tea House was Mrs Hobley's Cosy Corner Tea Lawns. Little is known of this venture except Arthur Hobley worked as the golf professional at the Cheltenham Golf Club from 1896 to 1933.

With this choice of opportunities for the trammists to take refreshment and enjoy the views from Cleeve Hill, many never

This card was posted in 1926

ventured onto the common. A few enterprising business people, mostly from Cheltenham must have made a good profit from their fellow townspeople seeking a pleasant trip out.

Perhaps those who lived on the hill were not so welcoming, for they complained about discarded tram tickets, orange peel and ginger pop bottles! However, no tram tickets were dropped after 1929, when the tram was replaced by the bus. The turning circle built for the bus near the top of Stockwell Lane still exists.

Although it disappeared ninety years ago the tram set the trend and Cleeve Hill continues to be a popular venue today for walkers and trippers.

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Laundry Day

“Give me a hand with this would you?” Danny had been sitting anxiously on the park bench.

He turned to a lady with a mass of wild grey hair struggling to throw a length of thin rope over the branch of a nearby oak tree.

“Me?” Danny said.

“Yes you, you’re a tall lad,” she called, unravelling the rope. “I want to tie this end to this tree, and the other end to that big one over there.”

Danny was glad of the distraction.

His cousin had set him up on a blind date with her friend Rebecca, and he wasn’t at all sure what to expect.

Under the lady’s watchful eye, he tied up the rope so that it was taut between the two trees.

“We’re going to peg out my washing,” she said, smiling.

He then saw a wicker basket filled with damp laundry on a rock behind her.

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“It’s only bedding. There’s no unmentionables, so don’t get your knickers in a twist.”

“Do you always dry your washing in the park?” Danny asked. “Aren’t you worried that someone might steal it?”

“Who’d want my threadbare sheets?” the lady cackled, unravelling a flowery duvet cover.

“It’s my First Day of Spring ritual, they always smell lovely after a blast of country air.”

“Doesn’t anybody ever stop you?” he asked.

“Like who?” She took a couple of pegs from a bag. “Air’s free, isn’t it?”

“I suppose,” Danny agreed, looking at his watch.

“What’s up?” she said.

“Stood you up, has she?”

“I hope not.” Danny helped her straighten the sheets.

As she pegged the last pillow case a small scrap of white fabric fluttered to the ground.

Danny picked it up before it could get muddy.

It was a handkerchief, and across one corner was neatly embroidered the name ‘Rebecca’.

“That’s funny,” he said, frowning, “the girl I’m waiting for is called Rebecca.”

“Well fancy that.” She coyly took the handkerchief from him. “Bet you weren’t expecting me.”

Danny gulped. It was clear he’d been the victim of his cousin’s cruel practical joke.

“You seem like a really nice person,” he began, “and you’ve got some very interesting laundry ideas…”

“Thank you,” the lady said admiring her line of washing. “You seem quite a nice lad yourself.”

“But I’m worried about the age gap,” Danny continued, choosing his words carefully.

“I’m not sure we’d have a lot in common.”

The lady brushed her hair out of her eyes and squinted at him. “I have to disagree,” she said, and winked. “There’s one thing we’ve got in common.”

“What’s that?” Danny said warily; he’d hoped she would be better at taking the hint.

“My granddaughter Rebecca,” she laughed, as a girl of Danny’s age walked towards them.

“Hello Nanna.” She kissed the lady on the cheek.

“Hello Rebecca. This is Danny.

He’s been very chivalrous.”

Danny felt his face burning. She patted his shoulder kindly. “I don’t think you need a chaperone.” She handed him the basket.

“Just bring in my washing when it’s ready.”

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First, choose a ‘rootstock’ – the type of tree root the fruit variety has been grafted on to – that has a dwarfing effect, meaning the tree is unlikely to become huge. Examples include rootstocks ‘Pixey’ on plums, ‘M9’ on apples or ‘Quince A’ on pears.

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‘Family Trees’, on to which two additional varieties of the same fruit have been grafted, let you grow three varieties of apple or pear on one tree. The varieties are selected to cross-pollinate and you should get a fair crop from an established tree.

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Your local EVENTS GUIDE WOODMANCOTE PROBUS CLUB 9.30am, Woodmancote New Village Hall. Talk at 10.30am.

5 March: Otzi the Iceman; Neville Jackson. 12 March: Chippy to Jumbo a pilot’s life; Andy Parsloe. 19 March: On the Busses, a career for life; James Freeman. 26 March: That’s life Kid; Di Whitaker.

CLEEVE LADIES PROBUS CLUB 9.45am, Tithe Barn, Bishop’s Cleeve. 5 March: Garden lore; Pam Slater. 19 March: Hearing dogs; Marleen Watson. 2 April: John Putney The history of Gloucestershire witches; John Putney.

T: 01242 529664.

MADE BY HAND 8 - 10 March, 10am, Cheltenham Town Hall Contemporary Craft Festival.

Browse handmade goods, partake in workshops (£20; book in advance) or watch demonstrations.

Admission: £7. www. madebyhandengland.org.uk SPRING CONCERT 8 March, 7.30pm, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham Concert by Cheltenham Ladies' College. Tickets £7.50; conc. £3; u18s free. www.cheltenhamtownhall. org.uk or 0844 5762210.

MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING 9 March, 10am - 12pm, Bishop's Cleeve Methodist 26

Mint & Coriander Cooking Courses

Bishop’s Cleeve Learn to cook authentic Indian dishes from scratch with Aly who will be sharing her family recipes and cooking tips with you. Variety of courses. 01242 692475, 07438 495254, mintncoriander@yahoo. com. For info & recipes: mintandcoriander.com, Facebook Mint & Coriander.

Church, Bishop's Close (off Tobyfield Road), GL52 8NT Stalls, raffle, refreshments & cake. Join us for tea/coffee and a friendly conversation.

All proceeds to Macmillan.

Winchcombe Methodist Church Hall. Shepherd's Crook Folk Choir will be singing "Songs of the Countryside". £3, incl. refreshments.

B/CLEEVE METHODIST CHURCH WEDNESDAY FELLOWSHIP. 2pm, Church Hall. New members welcome.

13 March: Members own; 27 March: Celebrate Easter.

CATE CODY JAZZ PICNIC SUPPER 17 March, 7-10pm, The Tithe Barn, Bishop’s Cleeve Enjoy a picnic supper whilst enjoying an evening of highquality swing jazz with the Cate Cody Quintet.

BYO picnic supper, drinks and a tablecloth (there will be no bar). For tickets: 07817 726069 or www.jazzcats.co.uk/dates.htm.

CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL AND GOLD CUP 12 - 15 March, Cheltenham Racecourse 12 March: Champions Day, 13 March: Ladies Day, 14 March: St Patrick's Thursday, 15 March: Gold Cup Day.

HISTORY TALK 13 March, 2.30pm, Gotherington Village Hall Gotherington Local History Society: “Inns and Traffic in the Coaching Age”.

Non-members welcome @£3; members @£2, incl. refreshments.

WINCHCOMBE MUSEUM WINTER TALKS 14 March, 2.30pm,

WINCHCOMBE LIVE 15 March, Doors open at 8.15pm, White Hart Inn, Winchc. The Jigantics. £10.

BISHOP'S CLEEVE WI MEETING 19 March, 7.15pm, Tithe Barn, Bishop’s Cleeve.

Beginner Photography Tips & Techniques; speaker Janine Kilroe. Competition: A photograph you have taken. T: 01242 677520.

WOODMANCOTE WI 21 March, 7.30pm, Woodmancote Village Hall 'Fakes, Fortunes, Art and Antiques, Forgers and Dealers' by Chris Grady.

T: 01242 672791

CHARITY CONCERT 23 March, 7.30pm, Tewkesbury Abbey In support of Sue Ryder.

Organised by Tewkesbury Rotary Club; featuring Gloucestershire music groups. Tickets £10; u16s £5; available from The Abbey Shop (T: 01684 856148) or the Sue Ryder shop on Bishops Walk.

500 YEARS OF MUSIC! 23 March, 7.30pm, St Andrew’s Church, Cheltenham, GL50 1SP. Enjoy some sumptuous music sung by Musica Vera.

The choir will celebrate the achievement of Western music across the European continent. In aid of St Andrew's Church Spire Appeal. Tickets £12 (children u18 free) available from www. musicavera.eu or on the door.

WEDDING OPEN DAY 24 March, 11am - 3pm, Ellenborough Park Hotel Explore the various function rooms. Free event.

GOTHERINGTON, WOOLSTONE AND OXENTON WI 27 March, 7.30pm, Gotherington Village Hall 'There’s no Business like Snow Business' by Paul Denny. T: 01242 317276 or go to www.gwowi.org.uk

Winchcombe Ladies Probus Club

Meets every other Tuesday morning in Winchcombe Methodist Hall. We meet for coffee at 10.00am followed by an informative talk on a wide variety of topics. We also arrange walks, outings and lunches. For further information please contact Marianna Simpson on 01242 602 352.

SANDFORDS PARK LIDO OPENING DAY 30 March, 11am - 7.30pm, Sandford Parks Lido, Cheltenham, GL53 7PU. Celebrate the start of our 2019 season! We will be showcasing our events, activities and club sessions for the upcoming season. 2p.

Have a swim, sauna & play giant lawn games!

April

CLEEVE CHORALE SPRING CONCERT 6 April, 7.30pm, St Michael & All Angels Church, Bishop's Cleeve. Incl.

Bach’s 'O Jesu Christ, mein Lebens Licht' and Handel’s 'Acis and Galatea'. Tickets, incl. refreshments: £12 (u16 free) from George Lewis Footwear, Woodmancote Newsagents, Gotherington Stores or ring 01242 674114.

Regular events

BABY BOUNCE & RHYME Tuesdays, 10.30 - 11am, Winchcombe Library For babies up to 18 months and their grown-ups.

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.

CITIZENS ADVICE SESSIONS. 1st Mon/month, 10am - 12pm, Abbey Fields Community Centre FUNTASTIC FRENCH Thursdays, 6pm & Fridays, 10am, BeSocial@GL54, Langley Rd, Winchcombe, GL54 5QN. T: 07913 905484.

Thursday Group: New class starting on 7th March.

KNIT & NATTER Fridays 10am - 12pm & 2-4pm, Winchcombe Library. A fun & friendly knitting group for people of all ages & abilities.

LUNCH DATE 1st Wed/month, 12pm 1.30pm, Guide Hall, Winchcombe. £5 for soup & a pudding. Raising money for local charities.

MIND MANAGEMENT & GUIDED RELAXATION Mondays, 8pm, BeSocial@ GL54, Langley Rd, Winchcombe, GL54 5QN. For details: 07980 269509.

RHYMETIME Saturdays, 11-11.30am, Winchcombe Library. Stories, rhymes, songs & colouring for children 18 m. +.

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Mini Orange & Chocolate Cakes These lovely little citrus cakes take no time to make and are a delicious sweet treat.

Ready in: 1 hour, plus cooling and setting | Makes 12

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Line the base of each hole with a circle of baking paper. Drop a mini chocolate cookie into each hole.

Place the butter, sugar, flour, baking powder, eggs, orange juice and zest in a large mixing bowl. Beat with a hand-held electric whisk for 3-4 minutes until smooth and creamy.

Spoon the mixture evenly into the holes in the muffin tray. Bake in the preheated oven for 18-20 minutes until risen, golden and springy to the touch. Cool in the tin for a few minutes then run a small palette knife around each cake to loosen and turn out on a wire rack. Leave to cool completely.

Dip the top of each orange sponge in melted chocolate and place on a wire rack set over a baking sheet. Leave for 30 minutes or until set. Serve topped with grated chocolate and orange slices, if liked.

These make delicious warm puddings – instead of leaving to cool and dipping in the chocolate, serve warm drizzled with the melted chocolate and with a dollop of whipped cream or crème fraiche.

WINCHCOMBE COUNTRY MARKET. Thursdays, 9 10.30am, Guide Hall, High St, GL54 5LJ. 2nd Sat/month, 9am - 12pm, under the Town Hall, outside the TIC. 01242 603124 or 01242 603673, slucyhall@hotmail.com.

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DANCE WITH PARKINSON'S Mondays, 2pm, Abbey Fields Community Centre, Winchcombe.

T: 01242 603207

HAPPENSTANCE BORDER MORRIS DANCING Thursdays 7.30 - 9pm, Winchcombe School Hall A mixed Morris group. New and experienced dancers and musicians welcome.

http://happenstancemorris.org. uk/ or Tony: 07500 486 047.

HEALTH WALK Thursdays, 10.30am, Meet outside the Plaisterers Arms. Tel. 01242 582360

MOVE IT OR LOSE IT Tuesdays, 11.30am, BeSocial@GL54, Langley Rd, GL54 5QN. Gentle exercise class for older people. 07746 672 726, besocialwinchcombe.com

MOVING WELL Tuesdays, 1.30pm, BeSocial@GL54, Langley Rd, GL54 5QN. 01242 603207, besocialwinchcombe.com TEA DANCE Last Wednesday/month 2 - 4pm, Abbey Fields Community Centre,

Winchcombe. With compere Ann Chen. Entry: £5 on the door - incl. refreshments.

Proceeds to Winchcombe Day Care Centre. T: 01242 603207

WALKING FOOTBALL & RUGBY. Winchcombe Sports Hall, 8 Gretton Rd, GL54 5EE. Football Mondays 3pm, Tel. 01242 603196. Rugby Fridays 10.30am, Tel. 01452 872273 WINCHCOMBE WALKERS Last Thurs/month.

Casual walks of 5-8 miles.

Volunteers welcome.

WinchcombeWalkers @gmail.com

YOGA Tuesdays, 7.15pm, BeSocial@GL54, Langley Rd, Winchcombe, GL54 5QN. Tel. 07745 018919

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