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May 2019
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FROM THE EDITOR …
May has arrived!! Although as I write this it’s absolutely pouring with rain. Personally I love warm, sunny weather and all that it brings especially eating ‘al fresco’. I’m certainly hoping for a repeat of the hot summer of last year although the gardeners may not agree with me. I certainly doubt if we will have a drought declared this year though! The flowers are blooming, the hedgerows are looking delightful and the birds are building nests in preparation for their broods. There are a lot of village activities to look forward to over the next few months - plant sales, open gardens and summer fayres. It’s getting busy. Please also have a look at the Kingston St Mary Good Neighbours Scheme on page 20, offering help to those who feel isolated, lonely or might need a bit of help.
‘March winds and April showers
Bring forth May flowers’
LINK-UP is the community magazine for the parishes of Broomfield, Cheddon Fitzpaine and Kingston St Mary. Any views in LINK-UP are not necessarily those of the Editor(s), the editorial staff or the LINK-UP Board. The Board gratefully acknowledges the support of all whose advertisements appear in our magazine. However, the inclusion in LINK-UP does not imply recommendation. The LINK-UP Board reserves the right to accept any material and advertisement at its discretion. The LINK-UP Board will only use personal data for the purpose for which it was provided.
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CHURCH CONTACTS Rector Rev’d Mary Styles 451189 Associate Vicar Rev’d Jim Cox 333377 Benefice Office Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri 9.00am-2.00pm 451257 [email protected] CHURCHWARDENS Broomfield Bez Purdy 451632 Cheddon Pauline Stone 277637 [email protected] Kingston Julia Hammett 451642 Jan Holmes (Acting) 451343
LINK UP OFFICERS & STAFF Chairman Sheila Jones 451170 [email protected] Secretary Jean Alger-Green 451732 [email protected] Treasurer Jackie Aldrich 451696 [email protected] Advertising Manager Annie Trolley (yellow pages only) 451312 [email protected] Distribution Manager Carol Platt 451605 [email protected] Duplication Manager Corrine McMylor 0773 0884413 Editor this month Jean Alger-Green 451732 Editor – church pages Michele Hardiman 451257 [email protected] Editor next month Lindy Mansfield 451374 [email protected]
DEADLINE FOR JUNE MAGAZINE: FRIDAY 17 MAY 2019
Hard copy 10.00am Tara, Cheddon Fitzpaine (Bungalow next to church) contributions 10.00am Fyne Court Farm, Broomfield by: 12noon Benefice Office, The Vicarage, KSM
Email contributions to the editor by:12.00 noon Only emails clearly marked ‘Link Up’ will be opened and acknowledged.
Collation: 2.00pm at KSM Village Hall, Thurs 30 May Distribution: From Friday, 31 May
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BROOMFIELD PLANT SALE Saturday 11 May, 10.00-1.00pm at Broomfield village hall
Veg/annuals/perennials/herbs/shrubs etc. Light refreshments/cakes/preserves/Bric-a-brac/raffle
Stream Farm organic produce/Local wines
Any suitable plants/items for sale can be brought to the hall Friday 10 May, 2.00-3.30pm
Please support this annual fundraiser for the Church Offers of help or other info, Bez 451632/Jane 451619
Kingston St Mary Art Exhibition Calling all artists!! This year we are delighted to have become members of Somerset Art Works. We will be a numbered venue in their annual brochure, which is distributed throughout Somerset and beyond. The exhibitions attract art lovers from a wide area and we are looking forward to welcoming everyone. Our exhibition will run from 21 to 29 September inclusive. To register your interest in exhibiting, please email
Annie Trolley - [email protected] or 451312. Entry forms will be sent out in early June
OPEN GARDEN AND ARTIST’S STUDIO
Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 June from 10.00am – 6.00pm Come and enjoy a visit to an RHS Medal winning garden
and browse in an artist’s studio at Myrtle Cottage, Church Lane, Kingston St Mary.
Original signed artwork will be on sale at affordable prices and refreshments will be available.
Admission £4 - all proceeds go to Refugee Support.
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WINDOW ON THE PAST: POUNDS
What does the word ‘pound’ mean to you these days? A useful bit of
money, a long-used symbol of weight, pounding various herbs in the
kitchen, harsh treatment of an offending article? An old building on a farm
may be known as a ‘Pound House’ and is likely
to have been the place where the pounding or
crushing of apples for cider making took place.
For centuries in most villages there was once
another meaning for the ‘pound’, originally
called the ‘pinfold’ watched over by a ‘pinder’,
which was an enclosure in which stray animals
could be secured- usually under lock and key -
to await their claiming by the owner, he had to pay a fine to retrieve the
beast which probably had been fed and watered. On the Quantocks all
stock was rounded up twice a year and driven to a pound at Wick Farm,
Stogursey, to be sold to meet expenses if not claimed.
In the 1850s, Kingston’s vestry book recorded the following: ‘To determine
the most proper measures for impounding cattle straying upon the Parish
Roads it is resolved that any such strays should be driven direct to the
Pound. And that provision of the Vagrant Act be put into force against all
persons camping by the side of Parish Roads’. Obviously, the latter had to
be moved on as quickly as possible and not have to join the animals! No
policeman then, so the current Way Wardens had to do the job. (Does
anyone remember Tiny the policeman who was very good at such a job –
his height belied his nickname?) The location of Kingston’s pound is not
known, it could have been at the bottom of Lodes Lane, with water
nearby, nor the whereabouts of Cheddon’s; possibly they shared with
West Monkton, or it was near the church.
However, Broomfield village pound was almost opposite the church, some
of its walls still existing. Older folk remember when posters about
forthcoming local sales etc. were affixed to the walls. It became the church
car park but somehow got sold off with a nearby barn conversion. The
other pound in the village was at the eastern edge near Rooks Castle. In
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16th Century it was being used for strays from a wide area. Three centuries
earlier it was recorded as the site of a Royal Piggery. ‘Porcheria’. The
King’s name in Broomfield points to the fact that the area was once an
offshoot of the Royal Manor of Somerton e.g. Kingshill.
Some of you will have seen the dog
pound at the entrance to Alfoxton on the
Quantocks. It is a well-built stone
building with a slit on one side at a
suitable height for anyone on horseback
to check its occupants. Stray dogs, as
now, were not welcome in the hills as
they could well disturb grazing animals.
The plaque on the pound states ‘This
ancient dog pound was given to the
village of Holford in 1982 by the family of the late John Lancelot Brereton,
descendants of the St Albyn’s owners of Alfoxton since the 15th Century
whose crest appears above’.
Crowcombe’s pound is near the Church House there and the one at
Bagborough was restored for the millennium.
Audrey Mead
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Happy Birthday !
Grace Thompson - 11
"When April steps aside for May,like diamonds all the rain-drops glisten; Fresh violets open every day:to some new bird each hour we listen." Lucy Larcom
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Broomfield Parish Council The annual meeting of Broomfield Parish Council will take place on Tuesday 14 May at 7.30pm in the Village Hall. This will be followed by the Annual Parish meeting, which will be a chance to hear what has been going on in Broomfield in the past year. All welcome. Peter Hall Duncan Henderson Clerk to the Parish Council Chairman Tel: 01823 421675 01823 451154 Email: [email protected]
Across The Field….. A phone call told me of the arrival of the first swallows of the season at Fulford on 1 April. Also, I have had reports that house martins have been sighted. Now we await the sound of the cuckoo! I hope that I will hear it this year. A visit to the bathroom in the middle of the night resulted in an encounter with a HUGE spider in the hand basin. All spiders look big, but this one was. It would have made a lot of mess if squashed! I opened the window, selected a tissue, scooped it up and put it out of the window. Stephen later told me he had seen it earlier in the window but had not told me. We looked it up in the Insect and Spider book and discovered that it was a cobweb spider. It usually lives in grasslands and gardens and likes to come into the house. It is from 4 - 16mm body length, oval with very long legs. The large ones are usually male. I agree with the long legs. I quote the comment with the illustration “Entirely harmless, but responsible for frightening arachnophobic householders”
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I was told that a pair of blue tits that had started to nest were ousted by a pair of great tits – we have the same thing happen in our garden. We have had a lovely show of primroses in the garden. The banks of Buncombe Hill have been covered with primroses and white anemones – soon the woods will be blue with carpets of bluebells. Rainfall: March 2019 53mm March 2018 123mm
Janet Lovell
From the Tractor Shed We have been warned by the Environment Agency that we could run short of water in the next 25 years. To me it’s not rocket science that the building of hundreds of new houses, but no new reservoirs, means we are bound to run out of water. The enlarging of the reservoir at Beacons Close was only to serve Taunton when at five o’clock they come home from work, put the kettle on and flush the loo. But the water has to come from somewhere.The last reservoir built in Somerset was up on Exmoor called Wimbleball (near on 50 years ago). Not only does it store vast amounts of water, it is a haven for wildlife, as well as water sports and trout fishing, or just to sit in the car and watch what is happening while eating an ice cream is very relaxing. We pay enough for our water, so instead of paying very high wages to the bosses of the water companies, let’s invest some of that money in a new reservoir or two up on Exmoor. There is plenty of room up there and catch some of the flood water that floods the Somerset Levels. Although we cannot live without water, the Somerset Levels showed we cannot live with too much. These new reservoirs would ensure we have enough water for years to come. It’s no good constantly increasing housing unless the infrastructure is improved. At the same time we need to collect our precious rainfall.
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Many years ago Plymouth was short of drinking water and nearby Dartmoor was swimming in water. Using the stones on Dartmoor, leats were built taking the water right from the top of the moor to the centre of Plymouth. We need some ‘clever clogs’ like that today to solve our water problem, or we could go back to the times years ago when villages had no running water and only a community pump somewhere near the middle of the village. Water is heavy when having to carry it any distance and it was hard work to manage the needs of a large family. We were lucky as we had our own pump at home, but it did not always work. The main problem was that the leather valve would wear and let out the air but father had it sussed and would make a new one cut out of the tongue of an old leather boot and it did work a treat!
Back then everybody had big rainwater barrels. We had two – one at the back door which we used for washing, and one in the yard for watering the garden, and drinking water for the ducks and hens. There was no water for flushing the loo – you only had a bucket. The lucky ones in the village lived near the stream and the loos were built over it. The only time the loos were flushed was when we had a thunder storm! Many villages had to share a loo so you had to learn to
sing. We had quite a good choir in our village. One loo was across a busy road and just when you went to use it a slow horse and cart would be trundling up the road.
A little warning: if you have planted your early potatoes in that nice weather last month, beware. “As so many mists in March, so many frosts in May”. I know it’s only an old saying, but I have known some years when it has been true. Throw some fleece over them!
Perce
Christian Aid Week 12 – 18 May When Link Up is distributed, Christian Aid week will be just a couple of weeks away. Could you help with our house to house collection? Envelopes need collecting anytime during that week and any help, even for a few houses, would help our stalwart group of collectors a lot. If you can spare an hour please call me on either of these
numbers : 07896322508 / 451206 Steve Jenkins
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Wednesday Café Kingston St Mary Village Hall
(every second Wednesday of the month) 8 May 2019
Come for the afternoon or drop in any time between 2.00pm and 4.00pm (£1.00 entrance)
Need more information? Contact one of the following:
Jean Alger-Green 01823 451732 Jackie Aldrich 01823 451696
Walking for Health - Wednesday 8 May We will be continuing with our gentle walks on some of our
footpaths and roads through the spring months. Please come with footwear suitable for the more muddy conditions! We meet at the KSM Church Car Park at 1:45pm to start at 2.00pm, and
will be walking for 30-40 minutes. We always return to the Village Hall where the Wednesday Cafe will provide a cuppa and
cake for £1 if you would like. For further information contact one of our volunteer leaders:
Jackie Aldrich 01823 451696, Heather Saxton 01823 451210 Nigel Hounslow 451358, Paul Trolley 01823 451312
Meet the Village Saturday 25 May
Kingston St Mary Village Hall 10.30am till 12 noon
£1.00 to include tea or coffee and biscuits Paperback exchange – bring a book and take one away
New and old friends always welcome
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Bridleways I have no doubt that you are aware there are a myriad of lovely footpaths in the vicinity but no bridleways whatsoever. In the four years we have
been living at Pickney we have seen an increasing number of horses and ponies in the area but nowhere but the roads to ride. Obviously there are plenty of wonderful trails once one gets up to the Quantocks but it is a long way, particularly for smaller ponies or for those trying to ride after work or school. Our lanes are heavily used by farm traffic and in recent times there have been several near misses and there has actually been a collision between a car and ponies out riding on our road.
I would desperately like to find somewhere close where the local pony riding children (and adults) can safely ride off road and wonder if we could appeal to landowners through the Link Up Magazine? I know myself and other mothers of riding children or riders themselves would be more than happy to sign liability waivers/pay the landowner or indeed make a charitable donation if paying invalidated grants etc. We would also be happy to accept limited riding, say just within the summer months, in order to preserve ground. My fear is that without anywhere safe to hack off road, it will not be long before there is another serious accident. I would greatly appreciate any thoughts/feedback you have on this!
Kat Sims, Pickney Lane Farm [email protected]
FLY TIPPING Please note that the contact details for reporting fly tipping
has changed
Somerset West and Taunton Deane: 03003048000 www.somersetwestandtaunton.gov.uk/street-care-and-cleaning/flytipping/ Sedgemoor: 03003037800 www.sedgemoor.gov.uk
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Editors note: The race will be coming through Bishops Lydeard then onwards through Cushuish, Yarford, Parsonage Lane to Mill Cross then onwards to Cheddon Fitzpaine and Monkton Heathfield. The route map can be found here: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/dsaa-coast-to-coast-1
HOSPITAL TRANSPORT & EMERGENCY PRESCRIPTION SERVICE
The following people have kindly offered to collect your prescriptions or take patients from the appropriate parish to & from hospital
For residents of Kingston only Fay Huleatt Boyd 451891 Sonia Pether 451311 Jenny Fisher 451332* (*Prescriptions only)
For residents of Cheddon only Liz Thompson 451529 Mary Gunning 412179
Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance – Coast to Coast Cycle Challenge - Sunday 12 May 2019 We are holding our ninth annual Coast to Coast Cycle Challenge, starting at 11.00am in Watchet and ending in West Bay. In 2018, 524 supporters took part in this event to help raise funds to keep Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance flying and in doing so collaboratively rode just over 28,296 miles and raised more than £62,000 – that’s enough to fund approximately 17 missions by the air ambulance. We are aware that this event may cause you and your neighbours some slight disruption and would like to apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused. If you would be willing to help marshal this event in your neighbourhood and help us keep everyone safe, we would love to hear from you. Alana Hardy, Senior Clerical Assistant, Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance
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Forthcoming events
Month Event Page
May 1 Wed Kingston WI 21 2 Thu Kingston Walking Group, 19 8 Wed Wednesday Cafe 13 8 Wed Walking for Health 13 10 Fri KSM Youth Club 10-13 F-M Open Garden (see April LU page 11) 10 Fri Cheddon Churchyard working party 11 Sat Broomfield plant sale 7 11 Sat TIMS Summer Fayre (see April LU page 10) 11 Sat Quiz night KSM Village Hall 27 15 Wed Link Up Gardening Club 23 15 Wed Dragon Quilters 19 16 Thu Kingston Walking Group, 19 17 Fri Cheddon Film Night 25 18 Sat KSM School jumble sale 22 18 Sat KSM Film Night 26 19 Sun CHSW plant sale & tea 29
20 Mon KSM PC meeting, KSM Village hall 20
24 Fri KSM Youth Club
25 Sat Meet the Village 13 26 Sun Singles lunch details [email protected] 30 Thu Kingston Walking Group 19 Jun 7 Fri KSM Youth Club 9 Sat Family Fun cycle ride (see April LU page 8) 13 Thu Kingston Walking Group 19 15-16 S-S Open Garden & Artists Studio 7 21 Fri KSM Youth Club 22 Sat Playing Field Summer Fayre 23 27 Thu Kingston Walking Group 19
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10 Sat KSM Flower Show (see April LU page 20) Sept 21-29 KSM Annual Art Exhibition 7 29 Sun Singles lunch details [email protected]
Regular Weekly Events: KSM Bell ringing: Tuesday evening:7.30pm KSM Church Contact Lois Miles 451676 or John Lock 335776 Pilates: 11.30am and Keep Fit 12.45pm every Tuesday. KSM Village Hall. Contact Alison Roberts if interested. 07850507489 or 01823 672617 Badminton: Every Monday in Kingston Village Hall 7.45pm. Please note: Starts again Monday 2 September 2019
Babies’ and Toddlers' Group: Every Monday 9.00am – 11.00am in KSM Church (term time only)
Regular Fortnightly Events: Kingston Walking Group: Contact Sandra Matthews 01823 451941 or [email protected]. Meet at KSM Church car park at 10.00am. Please bring a packed lunch. Dragon Quilters: Lavender Barn, Broomfield, 1.00-4.00pm Contact 01823 240041 . If you are planning an event in the next 12 months let us know so we can add it to our list
Don’t forget to take a look at our village websites
www.broomfieldparish.org www.cheddonfitzpaine-pc.org.uk
www.kstm.uk
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KSM PARISH COUNCIL. At the meeting of the Parish Council on 8 April 2019, the following items were discussed: Crime: Sadly, it has been reported that there’s been a number of burglaries recently around the centre of Kingston village and Nailsbourne. The break-ins involved locked sheds and out buildings, with small tools being targeted. Please be vigilant of any suspicious activity, note down vehicle makes and plates, and make sure to report any break-ins to the police.
Planning:The council decided not to object to the following planning applications submitted: Case Ref: 20/19/0005/T – Notification to fell one Laurel and to coppice one hazel tree within Kingston St Mary Conservation Area at The Rectory, Kingston St Mary Case Ref: 20/19/0002 – Creation of field access for agricultural purposes onto Yarford Road on land at Fulford. Regarding Case Ref: 20/19/0006 – Erection of 1 No. detached dwelling with double garage and formation of vehicular access on land adjacent to Cala, Kingston Road, Kingston St Mary, - the Council is concerned that some existing mature trees, which are not shown on the proposed plan, are retained in all respects, and that removal of hedges to create the proposed driveway entrance should have as minimal an impact on the hedge as possible, in order to retain the existing character of the area, and wildlife amenity. Mature Oak Tree at Tetton: An ancient tree owned by Kingston Parish and situated on Tetton drive, will undergo remedial work to remove dead and dying branches. It is anticipated that the work will take place in May.
High Speed Broadband: Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) broadband programme has announced that it is now offering vouchers through the national BDUK Better Broadband Scheme. All homes and businesses in the County with broadband speeds of less than two Megabits per second (2Mbps) and without a published delivery date for superfast broadband within the next 12 months, are now eligible to apply for an interim solution under the voucher scheme. Vouchers worth up to £350 would contribute towards the cost of equipment and installation of a 4G, Fixed Wireless or Satellite solution.
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Applications need to be made through registered suppliers on the approved supplier list at https://basicbroadbandchecker.culture.gov.uk/
Goodbye to long-standing Councillors: Several of our hard working councillors decided not to stand for the next term of office. On behalf of the whole community I would like to thank these members for their unstinting work and commitment over many years. In particular, big thanks and best wishes go to John Clarke who has served the community for more years than he cares us to mention(!), and to Ray Stokes for a very long spell as Chair. Other retiring members are Marcus Anderson, Natasha Bradshaw, Jacqui Marsh, Nick Townsend, Ken Taylor. We are lucky to be joined by Paul Townsend who lives in KSM village.
Next Meeting The next meeting of the council will be held on Monday 20 May in the village hall committee room at 7.30pm. Members of the public are invited to attend.
Your Parish Council Chair for May and June is Sharon Farnham. Sharon Farnham (Acting Chair), 451972 [email protected] Katie Gibbins (Clerk) [email protected]
Kingston St Mary W.I
At the April meeting of the W.I., the president, Kathy Pugh, introduced Eve, from the Somerset Heritage
Centre. She told members that all types of records are kept at the centre for safety, the oldest being 704AD, with the latest 2019. Any club or organisation can deposit their history records with them, and can be retrieved at any time for reference. Thanks for a very informative talk were given by Kathy. Kingston W.I. had recently hosted a Group Social meeting.
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Members from neighbouring institutes joined together and enjoyed a Ploughman’s Supper and dessert. They then took part in a session of drumming. Groups of members took it in turns to drum, bang tambourines, tap bells and use shakers. The concentration and fun on the faces of members was evident. It was voted a very successful evening by all. Next month the meeting is the AGM on the 1 May. The speaker for the evening is John Dando – Jazz in New Orleans.
Janet Lovell
KSM School Jumble Sale Saturday 18 May 2.00pm to 4.00pm, KSM School Hall
Get ready to Spring clean!
We are asking for donations of any of the following –
clothes, toys, puzzles and games, books, bric-a-brac, upholstery, cds, dvds all in a good working order, complete and clean.
No electrical items please! If you have anything which you would like to give, please bring to
the school between 10.00am and 12.00pm on Fri 17 May and/or Sat 18 May. If you need collection beforehand, contact
Corinne Dorse on 07958 985907 Come and join us on the Saturday afternoon You never know, you could find a bargain!!!
(We may need help with storage next year. If anyone has a bit of space in a
barn, garage, cupboard under stairs, we would love to hear from you.)
Any unsold items will go towards Bags to School and different charities.
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KINGSTON ST MARY & DISTRICT GARDENING CLUB
Changes were made at the AGM in March 2019 to the Link-Up Gardening Club. The Constitution was updated and the Club renamed the Kingston St Mary & District Gardening Club. The changes were necessary to ensure the Club could continue to promote interest and enjoyment
in gardening in all its forms for the benefit of residents in the Link-Up parishes and the surrounding district.
SUMMER FAYRE KINGSTON ST MARY PLAYING FIELD
SATURDAY 22 JUNE, 2.30PM
STALLS - GAMES - TEDDY BEARS PICNIC FACE PAINTING - COMPETITIONS - MYSTERY GUEST! FANCY DRESS theme “Village Life” - adults’ and children’s prizes! Pet Photography Competition!
TUG OF WAR - VINTAGE TRACTORS – SKITTLES BEER and CIDER TENT provided by The Swan REFRESHMENTS - CAKES - ICE CREAMS –MUSIC
Full details available NOW on the KSM website. If you
would like to offer help to organise, or to man a stall on the day, please get in touch with
[email protected] or 452399
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There will now be a greater emphasis during the spring and summer months on garden visits, both locally and further afield.
The programme for 2019-20 is shown below. The Club will continue to meet, unless otherwise stated, on the third Wednesday of the month in Kingston St Mary Village Hall at 7:15pm, doors open at 6:45pm. New members and visitors are always welcome and no previous gardening experience is required.
Our next meeting will be a garden visit taking place on Wed 15 May to Hartwood House & Gardens, Crowcombe Heathfield. Entrance to the gardens and tea is £10.00 per head and we will depart from Kingston St Mary’s village hall at 2pm. If you would like to join the Club on this visit, please contact me - 01823 451244.
John Manning
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15 May Hartwood House & Gardens, Crowcombe Heathfield - (Afternoon)
19 June Local Garden Visit – TBC - (Afternoon)
17 July 'Garden Pruning - why, when & how' - Gilly Hayward - (Village Hall)
21 Aug Local Garden Visit & Supper - Fulford Barton - (Evening)
18 Sept 'Landscape Architecture' - Mandy Govett (Village Hall)
16 Oct 'Trees' - Brian Bradley - (Village Hall)
20 Nov 'Orchids' - Don Hayes - (Village Hall)
11 Dec 'Natures Pathways' - Peter Triggs - (Village Hall) **Minced Pies & Milled Wine**
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15 Jan 'Gardener's Question Time' - (Village Hall)
19 Feb Annual Club Dinner - Venue TBC - (Evening)
18 Mar AGM & 30 Years Celebration (Village Hall)
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Forthcoming films to note for next season….
17 May Stan and Ollie Cheddon
18 May The Keeper Kingston
14 June Can you ever forgive me? Kingston
The list is short as all three villages will be taking a summer break. Look out for lots more films in the Autumn.
CHEDDON & WEST MONKTON FILM CLUB
Friday 17 May STAN AND OLLIE
Stan & Ollie is the heart-warming story of what would become the pair’s triumphant farewell tour. With their golden era long behind them, the pair embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille and Ida – a formidable double act in their own right - the pair’s love of performing, as well as for each other, endures as they secure their place in the hearts of their adoring public.
Biography/Comedy/Drama 97 mins PG
Cheddon Fitzpaine Memorial Hall Doors Open – 6.30pm for refreshments
Short Film – 7.00pm Main Film - approx 7.20pm Tickets £6 at door
[email protected] 01823 412278 This screening is the last before our summer break
Back on 18 October
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Musings from Mill Cross During February I was in the South East. With a spare day I caught the bus to Coulsdon, walked across Farthing Downs, over the North Downs to Redhill. On route I called in at Chaldon Church to view their striking mural from around 1120, The Purgatorial Ladder (I was reading J. L. L.Carr’s, A Month in The Country which features a medieval mural). The 504 back to Croydon was a double decker and I sat upstairs. As well as a digital display predicting the bus stops, a synthetic electronic voice announces each of the names. I was surprised that, despite much development, each contained a natural history reference, Downs, Willow, Grove, Beech, Brook and Coombe. In fact Croydon means Vale of the Crocus, difficult to picture now!
KINGSTON ST MARY FILM NIGHT
The Keeper
Saturday 18 May at the village hall Tickets £6.00 on the door, DOORS OPEN at 7pm for 7.30pm start REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE (INCLUDING WINE, BEER AND CIDER)
Based on the extraordinary true story of Bert Trautmann, a German POW held in an English camp, who was talent spotted
playing football. He fell in love with the team manager’s daughter and remained in England. Despite facing hostility and
abuse, he went on to play for Manchester City and helped them win the FA Cup Final. This film is an uplifting story about
forgiveness and reconciliation.
Certificate 15, running time 120 mins. All profits go towards the upkeep of the village hall.
For more details please contact Serena Lumley on 451877 or if anyone needs a lift to the village hall please contact
Annie Trolley 451312
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On returning to Somerset I set about looking up more place names. Ramsgate (Kent) and Ramsey (Isle of White) both refer to places where Ramsons grow. The Taunton A to Z reveals a couple of lanes next to a steam near Musgrove that caught my eye. Ramshorn Place and Ramshorn Street. No prizes guessing which plant I saw growing on the banks of the brook when I went to investigate whilst out riding The Foxglove Trail! Nick, Mill Cross
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Inner Wheel Club of Taunton Vale
Quiz Night
Saturday 11 May at 7.30pm,
Kingston St Mary Village Hall
£10 to include a hot meal and pudding (bring your own drinks and glasses)
Tickets from: Ruth Jenkins 01823 451206, Fulford Grange
Teams of 6 maximum. In aid of STAR (Somerset Trust for Arts
and Recreation) a charity supporting disadvantaged children
What is STAR? STAR is a charity for Somerset children designated as in need. Their aim is to provide opportunities through music, sport, art and recreation to young people aged 5-25 who are most disadvantaged. These activities provide stability, improve independence and build confidence and self esteem. In turn this improves mental and physical well being, and broadens horizons, connecting young people with their local communities. All the money raised at the Quiz Night will support this small, local charity.
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Kingston St Mary Good Neighbours
Kingston St Mary Good Neighbours is a volunteer scheme designed to help people who may feel isolated or lonely, those needing temporary support after leaving hospital, those needing periodic help with things like prescriptions, essential shopping, collecting library books, or those who would just value a chat over a cup of tea. The scheme is not just for the elderly. It is to support all ages combat
loneliness and to make local residents feel they are part of the
community.
If you feel that you could benefit or know of anyone that would, we
are here to help. All you need do is telephone and give details –
ideally between 10.00am and 4pm, Monday to Friday on one of the
numbers below. Or email [email protected]
Additionally if you feel you could spare an hour or two every now and
again to volunteer, we would like to hear from you and about the
areas of support you would be able to offer.
All personal information will be treated in confidence in line with the
Data Protection Act 2018, and all volunteers will be DBS checked
and First Aid trained.
Kingston is a caring and friendly village and we don’t want anyone to
feel lonely or isolated, whatever their age or circumstances.
For more details, contact:
07796838590 or email [email protected]
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Favourite Boots
You are my oldest favourite boots The soles gone through and there’s fraying hoops Every mile you’ve walked with me Mountains, valleys, pebbly shores we see We’ve felt the elation of crossing a nation We’ve toiled the soil, for this year’s spoils Your leather has weathered And so has mine
Scuffed edges, worn patches You fit just fine The blister of life used to annoy But you hold me tight in a double-sock joy Now who knows where our journey will go We’re chilled, we’re comfy, We’ll just go with the flow
Paula Mace Submitted by Janet Lovell
Plant sale and tea
Sunday 19 May 2019 Kingston St Mary Village Hall
2.00pm – 4.30pm (tea served from 2.30pm)
Please park in church car park. No admission charge. Please come along and bring your friends
If you have any unwanted garden accessories such as tools, ornaments or other items, please phone Lorraine Cross on 451112 before 19 May to arrange collection.
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Broadband Futures for Kingston St Mary BT OpenReach are the infrastructure part of the BT Broadband network and they have been quietly very active in our area over the past few months. There are a number of black cylindrical objects that have appeared on telegraph poles in and around the village, these are ‘fiber manifolds’ and are the precursor to making fiber available in our homes. Fiber to the home means enormously faster internet. The base package is 74Mbps download and 20Mbps upload. There may also be a slight reduction in service cost, depending on your service provider. To find out if fiber is available to your home, check the OpenReach Fiber Checker, you can find this by googling “OpenReach when can I get fiber”. There’s also a link in the KStM website, in the broadband section. Don’t be dismayed if it’s not good news, it takes a few weeks for the updates to show up in the fiber checker, so check again every few weeks. Once Fiber is available in the village from BT OpenReach you can request an upgrade to Fiber from your current broadband service provider. You don’t have to switch providers. Read more on the KStM web site: http://kstm.uk/
Greg Ewing
Editors note: Fiber is correct spelling in regards to this item. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The name for the month of 'May' has been believed to derive from 'Maia', who was revered as the Roman 'Goddess of Springtime, of Growth and Increase',
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TO THE EDITOR Thank You! A big thank you to those who were able to attend PTFA Quiz Night in March. We hope you had a good evening. You helped us raise just over £580 towards outdoor provisions for the school. Corinne Dorse Thanks from “The Cheddoners! The Cheddoners thank all who supported our three performances of “Plane Speaking” followed by cabaret, when some 250 tickets were sold. As a result, a thousand pounds was raised for our hall funds and from the proceeds of the raffle, our two chosen charities, Children’s Hospice South West and Love Musgrove will each receive cheques for £200. We look forward to seeing you again next March. We are always seeking new members to join up. Stuart Triggoll
-------------------------------------------------------------------- For sale/wanted/lost and found There is no charge for these notices. However due to limited space, please keep wording to a maximum of 50 words. Free!: Bamboo canes all different sizes free to collector. Anne Simpson [email protected] Wanted: Dog sitter wanted for 2 older dogs. Very quiet, family friends. Contact 01823 412418. Janet Smith Free: Brother Electronic typewriter and new unused tape. Good condition. Useful if you have no computer or access to one. Contact 01823 270100. Audrey Mead .
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Dinner Dance and Auction of Promises Saturday 14 September 2019, 7:00pm - Midnight In aid of Musgrove Leukaemic Group Somerset
with live band Snappa
In memory of Tom Langford £45.00 per person or tables of 10
£40.00 per person for tables of less/individuals Smart casual
Contact [email protected] or 07403310911/ 01823451539 Payment is now being taken to secure your seat/ table
Any donations for auction/ raffle would be gratefully appreciated
CATERING STAFF REQUIRED Outposts Ltd is looking for catering staff to join our friendly team on a casual basis. We are an outdoor activity provider based in Broomfield, Bridgwater. We run programmes on site from April – October providing and serving home cooked meals up to 3 times a day for our clients.
• All preparation and cooking of meals takes place on site in a fully equipped kitchen.
• Candidates will need to be flexible and friendly. This is a client facing role.
• Food Hygiene Level 2 is required, but assistance can be given to the right candidate to obtain this.
• Own transport essential
If you are interested in joining our team please contact us on 01823 451959 to arrange a visit
