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Condolences go to the family of Adrian Samways who died recently. A familiar figure to Chetnole having farmed here for many years, we will miss his friendly wave through the window of his tractor.

Where there’s an occasion to be marked, Chetnole always does it properly and we certainly pulled out all the stops in June for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. With the help of a great bunch of Chetnolians we partied in style all weekend; out came the flags and bunting, the bonfire was lit, children dressed up as the royals and we celebrated like only Chetnole can with the best street party ever. Thank you to Nick and Naomi for lending us their field, the Chetnole Inn’s participation and to all of you who pitched in with the organising – James and his merry band of party planners outdid themselves. Even the rain held off until the last few moments of the street party, but we weren’t beaten, oh no, Chetnolians always have a gazebo at the ready! Really glad this village has maintained its sense of community and fun in the thirty years I’ve been here. Well done Chetnole. Can we have a few quiet weekends now please to recover?

The flower show is imminent so get creative and enter a few of the classes, it’s great fun for all the family.

Thanks also to the Parish Council for providing all the village children with a commemorative jubilee mug.

What’s on in July and August:

Lots of cricket – see Dates for your Diary on page 55 3 July: Rev’d Jenny Nelson’s first communion at Chetnole Church, 11.00am followed by lunch at the hall 8, 9, 10 July: Chetnole Church Flower Festival, 11,00am–5.00pm – see poster for details 9 July: Musical concert at the church featuring clarinettist Katy Wenham, starts at 7.30pm 6 August: Chetnole Flower Show and Fete, 2.00pm Have a great summer, see you in September

Liz Tebbatt

Jubilee – Best Decorated House

Braemar in Hamlet was the winner! There was The Queen at the balcony waving with piped operatic ‘God Save the Queen’.

See pages 12–13 for more photos of the Jubilee celebrations.

St. Peter’s Church

Cathedral and she is celebrating her first communion at St. Peter’s on Sunday 3 July at 11.00am. This will be followed by a bring-and-share finger food lunch in the village hall (with drinks available by donation). Everyone is welcome to come and celebrate with Jenny.

Please do come to our fabulous Flower Festival in St. Peter’s on 8, 9, and 10 July from 11.00am–5.00pm each day. Thanks to Lyn and our church flower arranging team, St. Peter’s will be full of beautiful flower displays representing different aspects of life in our wonderful village. There will be art by local artists and pupils at St. Andrew’s School, live music twice a day, a wonderful concert on Saturday evening thanks to the Friends of St. Peter’s and a short village service on Sunday morning at 10.00am (the collection will be in support of a local charity). Free entry to everything.

Donations of course very gratefully received and will be in aid of the church roof repairs and the churchyard upkeep. See the notice in this issue of WVM and there will be a notice board with more details when we are open.

And for your diary, Chetnole Harvest Festival Service is being planned for Sunday 18 Sept at 11.30am, followed by Harvest lunch in the village hall. More details to follow.

Chetnole PCC

St. Peter’s Music Concert Series 2022

Present an evening of music to celebrate St. Peter’s Church Flower Festival Saturday 9 July, 7.30pm

To celebrate the first ever Flower Festival in St. Peter’s, please come and join us for an evening of music featuring clarinettist Katy Wenham, who will be playing a wide repertoire of pieces. 10

Chetnole Church Flower Festival

Friday, Saturday, Sunday 8, 9, 10 July 2022 11:00 - 5:00

Beautiful flower displays

based on aspects of village life Music twice a day

organ music live at 11:00 each day other live music in the afternoons Art on display including artwork by pupils of St Andrew’s School, Yetminster Concert on Saturday at 7:30 - thanks to the

Friends of St Peter's Village service on Sunday at 10:00

supporting a local charity Free entry - donations appreciated (for church roof and churchyard) Refreshments, cream teas available

at Chetnole Inn from 12:00

A celebration of our church and community through flowers, art and music

Katy studied clarinet at the Birmingham Conservatoire with Michael Harris and at the Bordeaux Conservatoire with Richard Rimbert, as well as performing in masterclasses taken by Andrew Marriner, Angela Malsbury, Guy Dangain and Joan Enric Lluna. She is currently principal clarinet of the Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra and the Stroud Symphony Orchestra, and has played with many local ensembles. She lives in Gloucester with her husband James and daughters, Laura and Marianne, and has very happy memories of her wedding at St. Peter’s in 1999.

The Friends of St. Peter’s look forward to seeing you at the concert. Entry by donation, with refreshments and light bites available. Proceeds are for roof repairs for St. Peter’s.

Save the Children, Ukraine appeal

A wonderful £610 was raised at the Richard Kay talk on 31 May. Everything was donated so a special thank you must

go to Richard, the village hall Committee and Leonora Walker who sponsored the wine, very appropriately from the sale of a painting!

Everyone who came to the talk were incredibly generous too. So many, many thanks all round.

Bee Grant Peterkin

75th Chetnole Flower Show & Fete

We can’t wait to bring you this year’s Chetnole Flower Show and Fete on Saturday 6 August. After two, more reduced years, due to Covid, it will be back in full resplendence.

As if the glory of winning a certificate wasn’t enough, every exhibitor in The Flower & Produce show will be entered in a prize draw with the chance to win £75. Being Jubilee year, there are a couple of themed classes to honour Her Majesty. Keep the kids occupied in the holidays with our fun children’s classes. There’s something for everyone, so please get growing, cooking and making.

When it comes to the fete element, as well as the old favourites such as the Human Fruit Machine and White Elephant, the village cake stall will be back, and we have lots of new and interesting trade stalls. The dog show will keep our four-legged friends happy (or very confused) and we have live music, food, Pimms and the Chetnole Inn will be providing thirst quenchers and tasty treats.

This year we are especially grateful to our sponsors who have contributed so generously: Ashfield Property & Management Services; Dockside Personnel and Castle Garden Centre.

As always, we are grateful to you for supporting the Flower Show. Do get in touch if you’d like to be involved on the day, either running a stall or helping with setting up. Please email us at chetnoleflowershow@gmail.com

See you on 6 August!

The Committee

Announcing the Chetnole Community Challenge

When you think about Chetnole, what springs to mind? What makes it special? Is it specific landmarks or the community? How would you represent these for future generations?

To mark the 75th anniversary of the Flower Show & Fete, we have introduced a new section: The “Chetnole Community Class” This is about celebrating our community and perhaps giving us something we can use in the future. To kick it off we have a real challenge: Design a Chetnole Crest and Motto which conveys the best of Chetnole.

You can enter this as a team or individual and it’s open to all ages. Please submit your entries using the flower show schedule: Section H. We’ve given you a handy template to get started and can’t wait to see your creations.

The 75th CHETNOLE FLOWER SHOW & FETE

Please join us for our popular annual Summer show Saturday 6th August 2022 2pm – 4.30pm, Chetnole Village Hall

We’re delighted that the Flower show & Fete is returning in its full format and hope that you have started growing, cooking and making in preparation.

Join us for Tea, Cakes, Pimms, Live Music and lots of fun stalls. To enter the 2022 Show you can find the schedule on: www.chetnoleandstockwood-pc.gov.uk Or follow us on FB and Insta @chetnoleflowershow

To get involved contact us at chetnoleflowershow@gmail.com

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