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May: National Walking Month LOCAL EVENT

Winchcombe Walking Festival

CLASSICS AT PRESCOTT 12th May 2019

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Winchcombe’s annual celebration of music and arts is back Monday 20 May Bank Holiday Monday 27 May

Art: The everpopular Art Trail is the largest yet. Look around local studios and savour the work on display. Feast your eyes on paintings, textiles, pottery, stained glass, and visit the eclectic sculpture exhibition.

Music: There’s a great mix on offer.

Engage with invigorating bands like Slâinte and the popular Apple Mashers.

Experience the jazz-influenced songs of Zoë Gilby. Enjoy the folksong-esque world of Colin Pitts and Issy Winstanley.

Explore the classical collection. 2018’s Gloucestershire Young Musician winner Lydia Kenny will be there. Cirencester Philharmonia orchestra plays Mendelssohn and Haydn and the Carducci Quartet returns.

The Tudors: Discover Sudeley Castle’s long-lost Tudor garden; hear about the ‛considerable clothier’ John of Winchcombe; listen to Tudor music.

Family events: Come along and join inone of the workshops – pick up a ukulele or beat an African drum.

Street fair: The town will be buzzing with specialist stalls and lively entertainment on the Spring Bank Holiday Monday.

To find out more, look at the brochure, visit www.winchcombefestival.co.uk or contact the Tourist Information Centre (01242 602925). Keep up to date via Facebook and Twitter: winchcombefma 2

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PIANO LESSONS On 12th of May 2019, the Rotary Clubs of Cheltenham, Cleeve Vale and Winchcombe will once again host the ‘Classics at Prescott’ event at the iconic Hill Climb track, which is also the home of the Bugatti Owners' Club.

Now in its 16th year, the event has helped raise in excess of £200k for a wide variety of local, national and international charities.

The gates will open at 9am and from 10am the 200 paddock entries will drive the famous hill. A second drive will take place later in the afternoon. The event is noncompetitive, and in between drives the cars will be parked in the paddock where they can be viewed at close quarters.

There will also be a static display of classic cars in the Orchard throughout the day and at lunchtime a gentle cavalcade of these cars will 'drive the hill' so that everyone can see them in motion. Many spectators are motoring enthusiasts and drive their own prized classic cars to the event so even the car park is an interesting place to wander!

A souvenir programme will be handed out to each car driver and walk-in spectator.

The entry fee for cars, irrespective of the number of passengers, is £15, walk-in spectators pay £5 per person. Reduced early bird tickets are available online at www.classicsatprescott.com (click on 'Apply to take part' and save 20%). There is ample parking space on site and food will be available from several outlets.

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If you are anything like me, you spent an awful lot of time during the last couple of months sat indoors in front of some kind of screen or device, however, thanks to the warmer temperatures and longer days, I feel more and more compelled to go out and embrace the wonderful outdoors.

I'm not the sportiest of people, the gym isn't really for me, but ask me to go on a walk and 9 times out of 10 I'm up for it. Walking is a great way to exercise - it helps you blow away the cobwebs (and burn off all those chocolate Easter eggs), and best of all - it's free! Whether you have a wander around your neighbourhood, visit the park or spend a day in the countryside, you can be sure to be doing your body a favour. If you get tired easily and need support while walking, check out Linden Leisure's fantastic range of walking and seat sticks (p.11).

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Finally, if you just fancy going out and enjoying yourself - there's a fantastic range of events and festivals taking place in and around the area this month, and if all these days out leave you feeling inspired and you enjoy writing, check out the Gloucestershire Writers' Network Competition on p.14.

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Local History

A COSTLY CASE Since the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603), governments - both local and national, have struggled and continue to struggle with measures to alleviate poverty.

In 1601 Parliament passed an act requiring each parish to appoint annually two unpaid overseers of the poor who were given the power to raise taxes based on the rateable value of property. The funds were used to give paupers small sums of money or to provide them with food and clothing.

Alternatively, the overseers could build a poorhouse or workhouse, particularly for those unable to live in their own homes, usually the aged, infirm, orphans and homeless single mothers. To prevent 'strangers' exploiting the goodwill of the parish, in 1662 another act was passed which stated paupers could only receive poor relief where they had a 'settlement' where they had been born, married, served an apprenticeship or worked for at least a year and a day. In 1783 the overseers of the poor of Bishop's Cleeve entered 6

The much-altered abbot's house served as Winchcombe workhouse from 1746 to 1815.

This drawing was made just before its demolition.

Only the doorway survives, in a private garden

into a contract with their counterparts in Winchcombe to take their paupers into the Winchcombe workhouse paying ÂŁ1.10s. (ÂŁ1.50p) yearly rental and 3s. (15p) per week for each pauper, an arrangement which lasted until 1801. This is all background to a story which emerges from a document I recently discovered in the county archives in Gloucester.

My document, dated 1798, was a list of fees and expenses incurred by a Cheltenham solicitor, Thomas Markham, who had been commissioned by the overseers of Bishop's Cleeve to fight (successfully) against the removal of Thomas Lane, a pauper from Bishop's Cleeve, from Winchcombe workhouse to Cheltenham workhouse.

The first entry was dated 17 October 1798 when Thomas Markham charged 6s.8d. (34p) for a preliminary meeting with the overseers and then a similar sum to question Thomas Lane himself. Already this preliminary meeting had cost the overseers

of Bishop's Cleeve the equivalent of more than a month's payment for a pauper in Winchcombe workhouse.

And this was just the start!

Markham next journeyed to Bishop's Cleeve to interview two witnesses, Wilkes and Holbrow, to support the case, charging £1.1s. (£1.05p) for the interview plus 3s.8d. (18p) for the hire of a horse and 'other expenses'. He charged 5s. (25p) for his clerks to write the notice of the appeal and two copies of it. Taking these to Winchcombe cost 3s.8d. (18p) for the horse and turnpike tolls and 10s. 6d. (52p) for his time. When Thomas Markham returned to Winchcombe to again question Thomas Lane he charged £1.1s. (£1.05p) and this time 4s.6d. (22p) for travelling expenses.

The costs continued to mount up as Markham and his clerks journeyed between Cheltenham, Winchcombe and then to the court in Gloucester, where the appeal was held. It cost £3.5s.6d (£3.27p) just to present the case to the court. Paying Mr Hinks of the Booth Hall in Winchcombe

(by the Town Hall at The Cross) for a carriage and drivers to take a Mr Hughes as a witness cost £3.9s. (£3.45p). The case was dragging on and it was December when Thomas Lane had to travel to court - on horseback, not in a carriage, which cost 7s.4d. (36p).

The total bill came to £18.1s.10d. (£18.09p).

The court ordered the Winchcombe overseers to pay £2 and the rest was payable by the Bishop's Cleeve overseers.

How many paupers from Bishop's Cleeve might that have paid for in Winchcombe workhouse?! We are now never likely to know the reasons behind such an expensive court case - and yet there is one final mystery, for Thomas Markham was not paid until 24 August 1809, nearly eleven years after he had presented his bill!

NB I have converted the original sums of money into rounded decimal equivalents but have not attempted to convert to modern values, as the sums are all relative to each other.

- David Aldred

Circumstantial evidence suggests this now-blocked archway in Cowl Lane was created as an entrance to the workhouse because the paupers were forbidden to use the more direct entrance onto what is now Abbey Terrace Page 7

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Health

May is National Walking Month National Walking Month is an annual campaign to promote the benefits of walking.

It is perhaps walking that is the most accessible exercise, available to all regardless of current levels of fitness or income.

Your health Walking gives your leg muscles and lungs a workout; reduces stress; helps you sleep; burns excess calories; and reduces your risk of osteoporosis, cancer, depression and Type 2 diabetes.

Phew, that sounds so good it should be prescribed.

The NHS says even just a brisk daily 10-minute walk has many health benefits, counting towards your recommended 150 minutes of weekly exercise.

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if you’re relatively fit, you should still be able to talk, but not sing a song.

The free NHS Active 10 app handily tells you when you’re walking fast enough and suggests ways to fit in more brisk walking.

Particularly through the late spring and summer, walking outside will top-up your levels of Vitamin D which is good for your bone health and your immune system.

Be sociable – or get alone time Walking can be a chance to chat with your friends and family. Nordic walking classes, a Walking for Health walk, or a walking group such as the Ramblers (formerly the Ramblers Association) are ideal if you don’t have anyone to walk with.

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Raise money for a good cause For National Walking Month, the British Heart Foundation is promoting the Just Walk initiative to encourage you to raise money in an organised walk. Tying in with this is their Walk to School Week from the 16th to the 20th May, where they ask teachers, parents and children to put their best foot forward and walk to school each day.

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• Wear supportive, suitable footwear. If you are walking to work, you could take a smarter pair of shoes with you to change into.

• Stay hydrated. Always take a drink with you if you’re planning to walk for more than 20 minutes or it’s hot.

• Always consider the terrain and the weather, especially if you’re heading off the beaten track. Do you need warm and/ or waterproof clothing, headgear and footwear? Do you have snacks, drinks, a first aid kit and a charged mobile phone?

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Gloucestershire Writers’ Network Competition 2019

New festival to be added to Cheltenham's event calendar

Supported by The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival.

Do you write poetry or prose? Would you like to read your work at The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival in October? The 2019 Gloucestershire Writers’ Network Competition is now open for all writers of poetry and prose of 16 and over, who live, work or study in Gloucestershire.

There are two prizes of £200, one for the best poem (of up to 50 lines) and one for the best piece of prose (of up to 750 words) and six runner-up prizes.

The winners and runners-up will be invited to read at the Gloucestershire Writers’ Network Prize Winners event at the festival this October.

This year’s competition theme is ‘Numbers’ which you can explore as widely as you like. We are absolutely delighted to announce this year's judges.

Not only are they both excellent at their own crafts and wonderful readers but lovely individuals whose expertise will be invaluable to those more experienced or new to writing.

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This month sees the start of an exciting new festival with the launch of the Cheltenham International Film Festival which will take place from 27th of May to 1st of June.

The festival will open with the preview of a major, new motion picture (Sometimes Always Never) starring Bill Nighy. This will be followed by six days of events, including film screenings, director Q&As, master classes, panel discussions and talks by highly-respected film industry professionals and “name” celebrities.

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Your local EVENTS GUIDE JAZZ FESTIVAL 1 - 6 May, Various venues across Cheltenham 60+ events. For tickets & more information: www. cheltenhamfestivals.com/jazz/

CHRISTIAN ARTS FESTIVAL Ongoing until 12 May, Cheltenham & Gloucester Music, Art, Comedy, Drama, Dance and Film. 80 events in 44 venues. Details of free places and to book tickets: www.christianartsfestival.org or call 01242 898403.

SHOWBOROUGH HOUSE SCUPLTURE GARDEN 2 May - 16 June, 10.30am 4pm, Twyning, GL20 6DN Sculptures (all for sale) by about 80 sculptors plus indoor exhibition showcasing work by local artists. Refreshments available. Free entry, donations welcome. showborough.com HIGHNAM COURT OPEN GARDEN FOR NGS 5 May & 2 June, 11am 5pm, Highnam Court, Gloucester, GL2 8DP. 40 acres of Victorian landscaped gardens surrounding a magnificent Grade I house (not open).

Admission £5, children free. Light refreshments.

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

8 May: The Nelson Trust 22 May: Members Own SUDELEY CASTLE JOUST 11 & 12 May, Sudeley Castle, 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.

Winchcombe. Join The Knights of Royal England for a weekend of epic joust tournaments.

Two dramatic shows per day (11.30am and 2.30pm), incl. with normal admission. www.sudeleycastle.co.uk

PLANTS COFFEE MORNING 11 May, 10am, Methodist Church, Bishops Close (off Tobyfield Road), Bishop’s Cleeve, GL52 8NT Wide selection of plants.

Tea/coffee and cake.

Proceeds to Christian Aid. THE CHELTENHAM FRYER FISH & CHIP SPECIAL 11 May & 1 June, Train departs at 7pm from Toddington Station Steam train ride & large fish and chip meal. For tickets visit www.gwsr.com.

TEWKESBURY CHORAL SOCIETY CONCERT 11 May, 7.30pm, Tewkesbury Abbey. Handel's Messiah.

Tickets from £15 - from members of the Society, the Abbey Shop or at the door.

TEWKESBURY HALF MARATHON 12 May, 10am start

from the Leisure Centre.

Finish at the High Street. www.tewkesburyhalf.com

STANWAY FOUNTAIN & WATER GARDEN OPEN GARDEN FOR NGS 12 May, 2 - 5pm, Cheltenham, GL54 5PQ. 20 acres of planted landscape; one of the most interesting Baroque water gardens in Britain. Homemade teas. Adults £6, Children £2.

CRESCENDO BIG BAND 12 May, 3pm, Gupshill Manor, Tewkesbury. £10. Pay on the door. crescendoband.co.uk WOODMANCOTE PROBUS CLUB Tuesdays, 9.30am, Woodmancote New Village Hall. Refreshments followed by talk. 14 May: 'Robert Dudley, Elizabeth I, and Kenilworth entertainment of 1575'. 21 May: 'The Rebecca riots'; 'The Old Chapel community project'.

GIFFORD’S CIRCUS 16 - 28 May, Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe. Roll up, roll into the stately pleasure-dome for miracles, song, symphony and enchantment. Musicians,

horses, clowns and tumblers enfolded in this joyful paradise, with music loud and long – the Giffords Circus caravan will be taking to the road for a 2019 summer of love. Tickets from £25. 01242 691181 or www.giffordscircus.com.

WOODMANCOTE WI 16 May, 7.30pm, Woodmancote Village Hall Resolutions followed by 'A Day in the Life of a Vet' by Brad Cooper.

T: 01242 672791

OPEN GARDEN – CHARINGWORTH COURT 17, 19 & 22 May, Charingworth Court, Winchcombe, GL54 5JN Restored Georgian/Tudor house (not open) surrounded by an artistic 1½ acre countrystyle garden with Japanese influences. Open as part of NGS. Refreshments available.

Adults £5, children free.

SUMMER GIG BY MU3AC 17 May, Cheltenham Rugby Club, Newlands Park, Bishop's Cleeve. Supported by the Skiffleites; in aid of the James Hopkins Trust. Free entry, donations on the night are welcome. To obtain tickets call 01242 675748.

WINCHCOMBE COTSWOLDS WALKING FESTIVAL 17 - 19 May, Winchcombe 24 walks to suit all abilities plus 2 evening events; led by knowledgeable guides. Learn more about the history and landscape of the Cotswolds.

Early booking recommended: www.winchcombe welcomeswalkers.com

MIRA SHOWERS TRIATHLON 19 May, 7.30am - 11am, Sandford Parks Lido, Cheltenham. Swim 400m, cycle

Bishop's Cleeve Street Fair

Sunday 9th June, 12 - 4pm, Bishop's Cleeve Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing.

Parades, stalls, musical entertainment, Punch & Judy shows, Morris Dancing, Fun Fair, Jet Age Museum display, Classic Car Show. Dog Show - entry forms from Folly Gardens Vets.

Programmes, incl. raffle ticket, available from Church Road shops, Tesco 24/5 & 25/5, 31/5 & 1/6. Funds raised will be donated to Midlands Air Ambulance and local charities.

17.5km and run 2.8km. Teams of 3; £35 pp. Entry closes on 4th May. To sign up: www.sandfordparkslido.org.uk WINCHCOMBE FESTIVAL OF MUSIC & ARTS 20 - 27 May, Winchcombe A festival run by people in Winchcombe for people in Winchcombe, showcasing local artists and musicians.

Street Fair on the 27th. www. winchcombefestival.co.uk BISHOP'S CLEEVE WI MEETING 21 May, 7.15pm, Tithe Barn, Bishop’s Cleeve Resolutions, followed by Mindsong. T: 01242 677520.

GOTHERINGTON, WOOLSTONE & OXENTON WI 7.30pm, Gotherington Village Hall. 22 May: The Sting in the Tale; speaker Allan Wells.

Resolution Evening. For more information: 01242 317276 or www.gwowi.org.uk.

LA VIE EN BLEU & LA VITA ROSSA 25 & 26 May, Prescott Speed Hill Climb. A celebration of French and Italian cars, music & entertainment. Advance tickets £15 per day/£25 for the weekend. On-the-gate: £20 and £35 respectively.

Children u16 free. Free parking. www.prescott-hillclimb.co.uk COTSWOLD FESTIVAL OF STEAM 25 - 27 May, GWSR, Toddington Station, GL54 5DT. For more information & tickets visit www.gwsr.com.

CHEESE ROLLING 27 May, First race at midday, Coopers Hill, GL3 4SB. Beware the hill is very steep and parking is normally a problem.

WYCHWOOD MUSIC FESTIVAL 31 May - 2 June, Cheltenham Racecourse.

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Live music and entertainment for all the family.

June

CHELTENHAM'S THREE PEAK CHALLENGE 1 June, 9am - 7pm Walk 20+ miles and tackle the three tallest peaks in the county; Cleeve, Crickely and Leckhampton hill. In aid of St Vincent's & St George's Association. www.stvsandstgs.co.uk SCIENCE FESTIVAL 4 - 9 June, Various venues across Cheltenham For more info & tickets: www.cheltenhamfestivals. com/science/

Regular events

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

CITIZENS ADVICE SESSIONS. 1st Mon/ month, 10am - 12pm, Abbey Fields Community Centre 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

FUNTASTIC FRENCH Tuesdays, 9.30am, Thursdays, 6.30pm BeSocial@GL54, Langley Rd, Winchcombe, GL54 5QN. T: 07913 905484.

KNIT & NATTER Fridays, 10am - 12pm, Winchcombe Library. A fun & friendly knitting group for

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

WINCHCOMBE COUNTRY MARKET. Thursdays, 9 10.30am, Guide Hall, GL54 5LJ. 2nd Sat/month, 9am 12pm, under the Town Hall, outside the TIC. 01242 603124 or slucyhall@hotmail.com. www.country-markets.co.uk WINCHCOMBE GUIDED WALKS. 11am & 2.30pm, Sundays from Easter Sun until end of Oct. Starting at the Winchcombe TIC, open to visitors or residents.

Covering history of the area, 1–1¼ hours, under 1mile. New volunteer guides welcome. 01242 602925, winchcombetic@ tewkesbury.gov.uk.

Health & Fitness

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, Winchcombe, GL54 5QN. Gentle exercise class for older people. 07746 672 726, besocialwinchcombe.com MOVING WELL Tuesdays, 1.30pm, BeSocial@GL54, Langley Rd, Winchcombe, GL54 5QN. 01242 603207, besocialwinchcombe.com

TEA DANCE Last Wednesday/month 2 - 4pm, Abbey Fields Community Centre, Back Lane, 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, 01452 872273 WINCHCOMBE WALKERS Last Thurs/month.

Casual walks of 5-8 miles.

Volunteers welcome.

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Come along and enjoy the tenth anniversary of the Winchcombe Cotswolds Walking Festival.

Situated in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with an abundance of footpaths and history, the festival offers a great selection of 24 walks to suit all abilities plus two evening events.

Our walks, led by knowledgeable local guides, will furnish you with interesting facts as we visit a beekeeper, a local beef and sheep farmer, a nature reserve, an imminent archaeological dig at Sudeley Castle, a seed research station, local workshops making bespoke metalwork and a heritage steam railway.

Maybe you would like to find out more about Sudeley Castle’s involvement in the Civil War or identify wildflowers for the next time you are out walking. For those looking for a challenge, why not enter our 21-mile selfnavigation Winchcombe Way Challenge.

We are celebrating our tenth year with plenty of new walks and themes. The three-day festival is a very social event, so come along and meet like-minded people, form new friendships and leave with greater insight about the history and landscape of the Cotswolds. Forget about politics, global warming, etc. for a minute and get out in the countryside for some fresh air and exercise without having to worry about reading a map. For more information visit

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