18 minute read
Bulletin Board
CHURCH NOTICES...
The Filling Station - Poitou-Charentes. Local Christians of all denominations who meet for spiritual renewal and evangelism. www.thefillingstationfrance.com or Carolyn on 05 45 84 19 03.
Advertisement
ALL SAINTS, VENDÉE - Puy de Serre. We hold two services each month (+ Sunday school), on the 2nd and 4th Sundays at the church of St. Marthe, Puy de Serre, at 11h. www.allsaintsvendee.fr
The English Speaking Church of the Valley of the Loire (ESCOVAL)
meets at the R.C. Church in Arçay every 3rd Sunday of the month at 11am (just off the D759, Thouars to Loudun).
Eglise Vie Nouvelle
Bilingual (French / English) weekly service based in Civray See www.vie-nouvelle-civray.com Contact 05 49 87 49 04
The Chaplaincy of Christ the Good Shepherd, Poitou-Charentes,
normally holds Sunday services in English. Please see our website for current information: www.churchinfrance.com
Christian Fellowship - Chef Boutonne
Meeting each Sunday at 15h. Visit www.chef-boutonne.net or telephone 05 49 29 81 34
The National Holidays, Religious and Feast Days
2022...
Sat 1 January Sun 17 April Mon 18 April Sun 1 May Sun 8 May Thu 26 May Sun 5 June New Year’s Day (Jour de l’an) Easter Sunday (Pâques) Easter Monday (Pâques) Labour Day (Fête du premier mai) VE 1945 (Fête du huitième mai) Ascension Day (Ascension) Whit Sunday (Pentecôte)
Mon 6 June Thu 14 July Mon 15 Aug Tue 1 November
Whit Monday (Lundi de Pentecôte) Bastille Day (Fête nationale) Assumption day (Assomption) All Saints’ Day (Toussaint) Fri 11 November Armistice Day (Armistice) Sun 25 December Christmas Day (Noël)
source www.publicholidays.fr
LOCAL MARKETS
Mondays......... Benet 85490 La Châtaigneraie (last Monday in month) 85120 Lencloître (1st Monday in month) 86140 Tuesdays......... Lezay 79120 Civray 86400 Coulonges-sur-l’Autize 79160 Thouars 79100 - and - Bressuire 79300 Vasles 79340 Wednesdays.... Parthenay 79200 - and - Celles-sur-Belle 79370 Ruffec 16700 Thursdays........ Sauzé-Vaussais 79190 - and - Niort 79000 La Mothe St Héray 79800 Gençay 86160 Fridays............... Thouars 79100 - and - Melle 79500 Secondigny 79130 (pm)-and-St Aubin le Cloud (pm) Civray 86400 (small food market) Antigny 85120 (1st and 3rd Fridays - pm) La Mothe Saint-Héray 79800 (Place Clémenceau)
Melle 79500 (la Place Bujault) AIGONDIGNE 79370 (Place de la Gasse, 4pm-8/9pm)
Saturdays........ Bressuire 79300 - and - Champdeniers 79220 Chef-Boutonne 79110 Airvault 79600 - and - Niort 79000 Saint Maixent-l’École 79400 Fontenay-le-Comte 85200 Ruffec 16700 Magné 79460 and Moncoutant 79320 Sundays............ Coulon 79510 - and - Neuville-de-Poitou 86170 Thénezay 79390 Saint-Varent 79330 Saint-Loup-Lamairé 79600
A big thank you to EVERYONE who helps get our magazine into your hands each month
FRYER TUCKS
Fish and Chips
Sadly we have had to bring the Fryer Tucks journey to an end.
We would both like to thank all of you who have been customers and friends over the last 3-4 years and wish everyone the very best for the future.
"So long and thanks for all the fish" Thank you Darren and Caroline
MARKEY’S PORK ‘N’ PIES
TRADITIONAL BRITISH COOKING
Sat: Fontenay-le-Comte (marché), Vendée and at Saint-Jean-d’Angély (marché intérieur), Charente-Maritime Sun: Aulnay (marché), Charente-Maritime Open mornings Tel: 05 46 01 54 65 www.markeys-pies.com
SIRET : 484 920 285 00018
MR T’S FISH & CHIPS
Regular venues at:
• Aulnay de Saintonge 17470 • Beauvais Sur Matha 17490 • St Jean D’Angély 17400 • Sauzé-Vaussais Hope 79 79190 • La Chaumière, La Chapelle 16140 • Charroux 86250 • Saintes 17100 • Savigné 86400
SIRET : 537 606 972 00025
September
September 1, 1914
Martha, the Passenger Pigeon, died of old age in the Cincinnati Zoo. She was believed to be the last living individual of her species after two male companions had died in the same zoo in 1910.
September 3, 1939
In response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland two days earlier, Britain and France, who were both allies of the overrun nation, declare war on Germany. Within hours the British ocean liner Athenia was sunk by the German U-30 submarine that had assumed the liner was armed. 112 lives were lost.
September 4, 925
The coronation of Æthelstan took place at Kingston-uponThames, perhaps due to its symbolic location on the border between Wessex and Mercia. He was crowned by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Athelm, who probably designed or organised a new ordo (religious order of service) in which the king wore a crown for the first time instead of a helmet. Modern historians regard him as the first King of England and one of the "greatest Anglo-Saxon kings".
September 7, 1813
The United States gets its nickname, Uncle Sam. Samuel Wilson, a meat packer from New York, supplied barrels of beef to the United States Army during the War of 1812. He stamped the barrels with “U.S.” for United States, but soldiers began referring to the food as “Uncle Sam’s.” The local newspaper picked up on the story and Uncle Sam eventually gained widespread acceptance as the nickname for—and personification of—the U.S. federal government.
September 8 1966
Star Trek aired in the US (although it had debuted two days earlier on Canada's CTV network). Created by Gene Roddenberry it follows the adventures of the star ship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) and its crew.
September 9 1087
King William I (William the Conqueror) died early in the morning at the age of fifty-nine, having ruled England for twenty-one years and Normandy for thirty-one more. His burial in St. Stephen’s Church, which he had built at Caen, was as eventful as his life. The funeral procession was disrupted by a fire in the town, a local noble complained that he had been dispossessed of the land in which William was to be buried, and when attendants forced the body into the too small tomb it burst, spreading a disgusting odour throughout the church.
September 14 1927
Dancer Isadora Duncan is strangled in Nice, France, when the enormous silk scarf she is wearing gets tangled in the rear hubcaps of her open-top car. She was travelling as a passenger in her new convertible sports car when her scarf somehow blew into the well of the rear wheel tightening around her neck, dragging her from the car and onto the cobblestone street. She died instantly. Tragedy seemed to follow Duncan’s motoring life - in 1913, her two small children drowned when the car they were in plunged over a bridge into the Seine in Paris, and Duncan herself was seriously injured in car accidents in 1913 and 1924.
September 15 1890
Mary Clarissa Agatha Miller, later known as Agatha Christie, is born in Torquay, England. She was the author of 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections and is best known for those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. Christie used her knowledge of poisons, gained when working in hospital dispensaries, to inform her storylines. Following her marriage to archaeologist Max Mallowan in 1930, she spent several months each year on digs in the Middle East and also used her first-hand knowledge of this profession in her fiction.
September 19 1893
New Zealand becomes the first country in the world to grant national voting rights to women. The Electoral bill was the outcome of years of suffragette activities across the country, with women often travelling considerable distances to hear lectures and speeches, pass resolutions, and sign petitions. New Zealand women first went to the polls in the national elections of November 1893.
September 26 1687
During the bombardment of the Acropolis by Venetian forces, part of the Parthenon was destroyed in a powder explosion. The Ottoman Turks fortified the Acropolis and used the Parthenon as a gunpowder magazine, despite having been forewarned of the dangers of this use by the 1656 explosion that severely damaged the Propylaea (a monumental ceremonial gateway). About three hundred people were killed in the explosion which also caused large fires that burned until the following day, consuming many homes.
The information here is as accurate as we can get it but PLEASE check events have not been cancelled or altered before you leave the house. WHAT’S ON DIARY
01-04/09 VILLAGE DE LA GOLDEN GLOBE RACE LES SABLES-D'OLONNE 85100. Celebrations around the skippers and their boats for the Vendee Globe. Free activities and workshops for young and old, concerts and shows.
02/09 MARCHÉ DE PRODUCTEURS MAULEON 79700. Local producers and artisans introduce you to their food and drink. Music. Bring your cutlery, plates and glasses. From 18h. Free.
02-04/09 LA MONTGOLFIADE DE THOUARS SAINTE-VERGE 79100. Forty hot air balloons will take off on Friday from 19h, Saturday and Sunday at 7h30 and from 19h. Many activities for children, music and fireworks, a cycling and pedestrian hike, market and exhibition of old cars. Catering on site. Free.
02-04/09 EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS CHANTECORPS 79340. Exhibition of paintings by local artist Anthea Libby. Open 10h - 18h each day. 02-04/09 FÊTE DES ROSIÈRES LA MOTHE-SAINTE-HERAY 79800. Friday 21h, parade of floats from the orangery to the town centre. 23h fireworks, refreshment bar and fast food. Saturday 21h, Bal de la Rosière with DJ at the sports complex, on-site catering with food-trucks. Sunday 15h departure of the great cavalcade. Free.
03/09 VIDE-GRENIER ET BRADERIE PARTHENAY 79200. Large street sale through central Parthenay. 8h-19h. Free.
03/09 MARCHÉ DE PRODUCTEURS SAINT-PROUANT 85110. Local producers and artisans introduce you to their food and drink. Music. Bring your cutlery, plates and glasses. From 18h. Free.
03/09 SPECTACLE ÉQUESTRE AIRVAULT 79600. A parade through the streets of the city centre from 16.30h and a show to immerse yourself in the world of chivalry. Open to all at 18h.
03/09 MARCHÉ DE PRODUCTEURS L’ABSIE 79240. Local producers and artisans introduce you to their food and drink. Music. Bring your cutlery, plates and glasses. From 18h. Free.
03/09 APÉRO CONCERT CHAMPDENIERS 79220. Craft market from 16h then concert. Restoration by reservation and refreshments on site. 16-23h. Free.
03-04/09 FOIRE À L'ANCIENNE HERMENAULT 85570. Meal and free fireworks on Saturday from 19h. Exhibitors and events of a village festival as in the old days. Musical entertainment, lively parade with street performers with fanfares, traditional garage sale, refreshment bar and catering on site. From 9h. Free.
04/09 DÉPART DE LA GOLDEN GLOBE RACE LES SABLESD'OLONNE 85100. Start of the longest sailing sporting event in the world. 13.30h Everyone on the quays, along the channel, to encourage the skippers. 16h Departure.
04/09 LES PUCES DES COUTURIÈRES THOUARS 79100. Sale of fabrics, buttons, laces, threads etc. 9-18h. Free. 04/09 FÊTE AU VILLAGE SAINT-GEORGES-DE-NOISNÉ 79400. Giant barbecue with entertainment for young & old, craft stalls. 12-21h. Free. 04/09 FÊTE AU VILLAGE FONTIVILLIE 79110. 8 or 12 km hike. Exhibition of old agricultural equipment. Guided tour of the lavoirs. Old-fashioned bread demonstrations. Children's games, pony ride. Food truck refreshment. Free.
04/09 SOAP BOX RACE GOURGE 79200. Catering and refreshments available. 9-17h. Free .
04/09 FÊTE AU VILLAGE VAUSSEROUX 79420. On the theme of Tour de France various exhibitions, crafts and festive meal with braised Bison. Continuous entertainment and games, buffet bar. 8-19h. Free. 04/09 FÊTE DU VILLAGE PAMPLIE 79220. Vide grenier, vintage car show, organised walk, group motorbike ride (9h departure), equestrian show, photo and crafts exhibitions, food (steak lunch) and drink. Reservations for lunch or bike ride: 05 49 25 67 45 (French) or 05 49 40 72 08 (English).
09/09 MARCHÉ DE PRODUCTEURS COULONGESTHOUARSAIS 79330. Local producers and artisans introduce you to their food and drink. Music. Bring your cutlery, plates and glasses. From 18h. Free.
09/09 MARCHÉ DE PRODUCTEURS CHERVEUX 79410. Local producers and artisans introduce you to their food and drink. Music. Bring your cutlery, plates and glasses. From 18h. Free.
10/09 JOUR DE FÊTE AU PONT PREUIL VAL EN VIGNES 79290. Street arts show at 18.45h. Rap concert at 21h. Refreshment bar from 17h, catering from 19h. Free. 10/09 VILLAGE ET FROMAGE EN FÊTE SAINT-LOUPLAMAIRE 79600. Animations, games, tastings, farmers' market, catering, refreshments and fireworks at 22.45h at the stadium. From 15-23h. Free.
10/09 OPERA ‘DIDO AND AENEAS’ BY PURCELL Chateau d’Oiron (Salle d’Armes), OIRON 79100. Fully staged performance with baroque orchestra. Tickets 20€ full price, 15€ students/unemployed, under 16s free. From 20h. Reservations: 07 86 88 52 57.
11/09 FOIRE AUX MELONS BECELEUF 79160. Walk, concert, games, pony rides. Bar and food. 8-16h. Free. 16/09 FÊTE DE LA BIÈRE L'ABSIE 79240. Oktoberfest with different guest bands: 20-05h. 10€. 16/09 FÊTE DE VILLE SAINTE-OUENNE 79220. From 20h take advantage of the catering and the refreshment bar, then fireworks at 22.30h. Free.
16/09 LES BARJOTS DUNKERS SAINT-PARDOUX-SOUTIERS 79310. The Barjots Dunkers are a professional acrobatic troop on trampolines with an acrobatic basketball show. From 19h. Free.
WHAT’S ON DIARY
16/09 FESTIVAL SOUD'ART PARTHENAY 79200. Live metal sculpture festival with around forty artists. Craftsmen and creators will be present. Four concerts planned for the weekend.
16-18/09 FESTIVAL "FOOD TRUCKS N ROLL" CHAURAY 79180. 60 food trucks. Entertainment with 12 free concerts.
17-18/09 JOURNÉES EUROPÉENNES DU PATRIMOINE
ECHIRE 79410. Life in the Middle Ages; free visits to Château du Coudray-Salbart throughout the day. 10-18h.
17-18/09 JOURNÉES EUROPÉENNES DU PATRIMOINE
POZAUGES 85700. Medieval activities in the grounds of the Château by Compagnie Alagos: horses, donkeys, dance, fire, fights. Saturday 14h-19h, Sunday 10h-18h.
17/09 SEMI-NOCTURNE MOB SCOOTER SAINTCHRISTOPHE-SUR-ROC 79220. 13h-24h. Inflatables, bar and catering on site. 150 machines will set off for a 10 hour endurance race. Fireworks at 23.45h. Free entry.
17-18/09 JOURNÉES EUROPÉENNES DU PATRIMOINE
ENSIGNE 79170. Medieval village. Vikings. "Have a go" workshops. Jousting. Archery. Jokes and story telling. Midday food, tavern and creperie. 10h to 18h.
17/09 SOIRÉE ENTRECÔTE FRITES FAYE-SUR-ARDIN 79160. On the menu: free aperitif, Bayonne-Melon ham, 250g steak and fries, cheese, dessert & coffee. Music by DJ Juju. Reservations before September 11. 22€ (11€ under 12).
17-18/09 JOURNÉES EUROPÉENNES DU PATRIMOINE
ENSIGNE 79170. The Templar castle of the Commanderie will be in celebration on September 17 and 18 with medieval troops and the troop of the XVIIIth century of Rochefort, many associations and artists, craftsmen and succulent stalls. Continuous animations, lectures by Mr Auzanneau and Mr Desbois. European Heritage Days "sustainable heritage". Something to eat outside or under cover. Non-stop from 10h to 18h.
17-18/09 JOURNÉES EUROPÉENNES DU PATRIMOINE
Many of the region's museums and historical buildings offer free visits or open days to interest visitors. Check the local tourist information centre for details of events in your area.
17-18/09 JOURNÉES EUROPÉENNES DU PATRIMOINE
COULONGES SUR L'AUTIZE 79160. Range of FREE activities across the weekend including the tours of the Château, an exhibition of "The story of Little Red Riding Hood", the museum of Carpentry and Cooperage, Exhibition "Désordre" by Henri Aublet at the Hall'Expo, Halles de style Baltard, Saint-Etienne Church (when no religious service is being held). Heritage walk around the water (map available at the tourist office). For more details call 06 22 88 67 21.
18/09 MUSIC BY THE CHARENTE CONDAC 16700. The integration association Le Coq et La Rose present music, a hog roast and a bar. Bring your own cutlery, plates, chairs and table. There is plenty of free parking. 12h-16h. Entry 10€ to members and 12€ for non-members, under 14's free.
25/09 ASSOCIATION GALIA PORTES OUVERTES FONTENAYLE-COMTE 85250. Association Galia open day with games, vide grenier and shop. Refreshments available. Free.
17-18/09 JOURNÉES EUROPÉENNES DU PATRIMOINE
SAINT-ANDRE-SUR-SEVRE 79380. What could be better than Lego® at the Château de Saint-Mesmin. Dioramas, Duplo® space, participatory workshop and treasure hunt, all as an enticing discovery of the “Fantastic Beasts”. 14.30h-18.30h. 4.50€, under 18 free.
17-18/09 JOURNÉES EUROPÉENNES DU PATRIMOINE
PARTHENAY 79200. Weekend of historical re-enactment and investigation, recreation of daily life in the Middle Ages combining games and educational workshops. Free.
Details of vide greniers on in Deux-Sèvres ... www.brocabrac.fr/79/
If you know of any events on in September or October, tell us about them and we will tell everyone else. info@thedeuxsevresmonthly.fr
The information provided here is accurate to the best of our knowledge at the time of printing. Do check though.
info@thedeuxsevresmonthly.fr
Hello Everyone, We have double oven gloves for sale, incorporating poppy fabric in a hand stitched patchwork design. If you would like to buy some, which you can see are a double all-in-one mitt (hard to come by in France), then all we ask is 12 Euros (including postage which is ever increasing). ALL proceeds go to the poppy appeal. Thanks for supporting us. You can place orders by email: poppybox2020@gmail.com Let us know how many you would like and we will send them to you by post (we will need your full postal address of course). We will send you a payment request with your order. All cheques payable to “The Royal British Legion” or pay via our Just Giving page www.justgiving.com/fundraising/little-fatnorm.
All funds raised are credited to the Poppy Appeal for the Bordeaux Royal British Legion Account. Pat and Kay Johnson, based in The Aude.
CHOIR FOR A DAY
Ever thought of joining a choir but didn’t have the confidence to sign up? Didn’t think your voice might be good enough? Fearful of what others might think? Well, now’s your chance to put that right. Liam Maguire, musical director of Reaction Theatre’s KeyNotes Choir is offering anyone of any ability the chance to become part of a ‘choir for a day’ on Saturday 24 September at La Salle L’Étape, (next to the library beside the church) in St Pardoux from 10:30am to 3:30pm. The idea is that Liam, plus a few established choir members, will run a one-day interactive workshop for anyone who has ever thought of joining a choir but never plucked up the courage to do so. We’re charging just 10 euros per person for the day to help cover our costs. “By the end of the day, we will aim to have anyone who takes part in the workshop singing at least one song confidently in the part appropriate for their voice,” said Liam, “be that soprano, alto, tenor or bass.” “And don’t worry if you don’t know which part suits you best – that’s something we can discover in the workshop.” “There will be no judgment about your singing ability, no compulsion to join the choir after the workshop and no hard feelings if you find it’s not for you after all.” Liam explains: “Since I took over as KeyNotes musical director just over a year ago, in the middle of the COVID pandemic, we’ve done our best to keep our choir going though times have been tough. We lost a few members, mainly due to them relocating back to the UK, but we’ve gained others who have fitted in really well.” “We’d like to grow our choir by attracting both English and French speakers in the Deux-Sèvres and Vendée areas and think that a workshop such as this might be a great way to start. We hope it gives new people a real taster of being part of a community choir.” “None of our choir members are professional singers – they’re all just enthusiastic amateurs who happen to be able to make a nice sound together.” Liam speaks fluent French and is able to conduct rehearsals in both French and English: “It’s a great way for people of either nationality to learn each other’s language, as well as make new friends.” Liam is a professional music teacher and sound technician with many years’ teaching experience in both France and the UK. “We’ll be starting on our winter concert programme in September and it would be great to have new choir members become a part of that." “Currently we rehearse every Thursday afternoon in Scillé, but we’re open to suggestions on different times and days, especially if people have busy working lives and can’t make weekday daytime rehearsals." “So please consider becoming part of our ‘choir for a day’ and joining us in St Pardoux on 24 September. We’d love to see you there.”
by Sally Cox
If you’d like to join us or find out more, please email: info@reactiontheatre.eu or go to our website www.reactiontheatre.eu
Reaction Theatre Book Club
Have you found yourself with more time to read after being confined to the house by COVID and, more recently, by the heatwave? If so, you might like to join a book club which will be running on a monthly basis from the end of September. The idea is that a book of the month is nominated and all club members read it and come to an afternoon meeting to discuss their reactions to it. A new book will then be chosen for a future month. Our September book is ‘The Tidal Zone’ by Sarah Moss. available from Amazon or from secondhand online sellers such as Wob and Momox. The September meeting will be held at 16.00 on Wednesday the 28 September at the Café des Belles Fleurs in Fenioux. If you are interested and plan to attend, please contact John Round via johnwround@gmail.com in advance so that he knows how many to expect. If you can’t get to this meeting John will keep you informed of the book for October. There is no charge for the first meeting but if you wish to become a regular member, Reaction’s very reasonable membership rates would apply. Reaction will be planning more theatre performance activity in 2023 but, during the autumn of this year, we hope to start two other 'spoken word 'activities' - Poems and pints evenings would involve people bringing and sharing their favourite poems in a convivial atmosphere, linked to a predetermined theme. If you think you would like to join us either as a poetry reader or just to listen please let John know of your interest and he will keep you informed once dates and themes are decided upon. Later in the year, we hope to be able to start a play reading group. It isn't easy to imagine how a play would work when you simply read it yourself in your armchair, but it can come to life when you gather round the table with others to read it aloud as a play for voices. More on this one in a future DSM. If you think this might be something that you would enjoy, please let John have your email and he will keep you informed of progress. And finally, our Autumn choir sessions will be restarting in September. No definite date as yet, but please check in on our website for more news – reactiontheatre.eu
