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September 2009September 2009September 2009September 2009
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Tots ‘n’ Toddlers
9-11am
Village Hall
3 Stay and Play SM School
1.30-2.30
4 Mixed Plastics
Wheelie Bins
Green Waste
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7 Gardening Club 7.30
pm Village
Hall
8 Friendly Club 2 pm
Village Hall
9 Tots ‘n’ Toddlers
9-11am
Village Hall
10 Stay and Play SM School
1.30-2.30
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12 The Meeting Point
9.30-12
Village Hall
Saturday Scene Village
Hall 4.00 pm
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15 Parish Council
7.30 pm
Village Hall
16 Tots ‘n’ Toddlers
9-11am
Village Hall
17 Stay and Play SM School
1.30-2.30
18 Mixed Plastics
Wheelie Bins
Green Waste
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23 Tots ‘n’ Toddlers
9-11am
Village Hall
24 Stay and Play SM School
1.30-2.30
SMRA
8 pm Village Hall
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29 30 Tots ‘n’ Toddlers
9-11am
Village Hall
September 2009
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In this Issue:
Church News ............................4 - 5 Parish Council News.......... ......8 - 9
Church Services Schedule..............6 NO2EDA........... ............................9
Gardening Club............................. 7 100 Club Winners.........................11
Friendly Club................................ 7
Dear Friends,
As a child I used to worry about going back to school after the long summer holiday. What would the new teacher be like? Will my friends still want me to be their friend? Will I find my way and will I be able to do the work? However, the thought that was uppermost was ‘This is a new start, I have learnt more, I will try harder.’
Our underlying fears seem to remain the same what ever age we reach—will I be acceptable? Will people like me? Am I really able? The Good News of the Gospel is that whoever we are, whatever the past has held, with Christ we know that God, our ultimate judge, loves us and failure is never final.
‘The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end, they are new every morning: great is your faithfulness.’ Lamentations 3vv22&3.
To know this in our hearts is freedom indeed; we can rest in this knowledge and can share it with others in friendship and acceptance. So few people seem to understand this truth and perhaps that is why they retreat into their own little worlds like those portrayed in the British Gas advertisement. But instead of little green pretty planets they become fortress prisons and we lose the ability to relate to one another.
☺Smile — God Loves YOU!
God bless you, Vicky Fleming
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Church News
The High Five High Five High Five High Five service for children up to 5 years begins again on 9th September at 10am We would love to see you there!
‘Craft Company’ This month we meet again in
Mary Cooper’s house on Wednesday 2nd September at 2pm.
Our evening meeting will be on Thursday 10th September at
7.30pm at Mary Cooper’s house—if you love crafting then
come and join us for inspiration and encouragement as well as good
company. More details please contact Vicky Fleming.
From the Registers: Baptism
4th July Henry Robert William Monckton Bryanie Rose Monckton
Judith Natasha Monckton Juliet Donna Monckton
26th July Paige Mary-Anne Fleming
8th August Lola Poppy Watson Macy Boo Watson
9th August Thomas William Michael Smith
In Memoriam 22nd July Lillian Kennington funeral held at Kingsdown Crematorium
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11am Sunday 5th September11am Sunday 5th September11am Sunday 5th September11am Sunday 5th September at South Marston Churchat South Marston Churchat South Marston Churchat South Marston Church
Our Family Service is offers a creative way to find out more Our Family Service is offers a creative way to find out more Our Family Service is offers a creative way to find out more Our Family Service is offers a creative way to find out more about the Christian faith and connect with Godabout the Christian faith and connect with Godabout the Christian faith and connect with Godabout the Christian faith and connect with God
A warm and happy welcome awaits youA warm and happy welcome awaits youA warm and happy welcome awaits youA warm and happy welcome awaits you
Saturday Scene for young families Saturday Scene for young families Saturday Scene for young families Saturday Scene for young families returns on returns on returns on returns on
12th September in the Village Hall 12th September in the Village Hall 12th September in the Village Hall 12th September in the Village Hall 4pm to 5.15pm 4pm to 5.15pm 4pm to 5.15pm 4pm to 5.15pm
Contact Donald Page on 825693 Contact Donald Page on 825693 Contact Donald Page on 825693 Contact Donald Page on 825693
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The Meeting Point Coffee morning with table top sales
(Please book your table by contacting Vicky Fleming before 7th September. Fees: £5 for people who live in the village, £10 for people
who live outside and free to village organisations - bookings on first come first serve basis)
This is a great opportunity to meet with your friends and spoil yourself with a homemade cake, then browse the stalls for great gifts. We look forward to welcoming you.
12th September from 9.30 –12 noon in the Village Hall
The Parish Church of South Marston is part of the Stratton St. Margaret
Team. The Church office is located at St. Margaret’s Church Centre,
Kenwin Close, Stratton St. Margaret.
Office hours are: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings from
8.30 am – 12 pm, email [email protected] or tel 826505.
All enquiries for christenings and weddings should be made to the
Rev’d Vicky Fleming on 827021. Team Staff Members are:
The Rev'd Victor Howlett - Team Rector - 822793
The Rev'd Vicky Fleming - Team Vicar - 827021
The Rev'd Phil Ashby - Hon Curate - 759008
Dan Read (Lay Minister) 763016
Christine Burston (Lay Minister) 822403
Rob Stewart (Lay Minister) 766713
Church Office
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Church Services (all at South Marston Church unless otherwise stated)
6th September 11.00am Family Service
13th September 8.00am Holy Communion
9.30am Holy Communion
20th September 10.00am TEAM SERVICE St Margaret’s
27th September 8.00am Holy Communion
9.30am Holy Communion
4th October 11.00am Family Service
SOUTH MARSTON SUMMER FETE A huge thank you to all that came and took part at our Summer Fete
on 12th July. What an enjoyable day we all had, even the weather was
good. The village organisations between them raised just over £2000
profit, what a great success.
Special thanks to
our fantastic
Morris Dancers
who did really well
considering they had
such a short time to
practise their routine.
Well done to you.
Thanks also goes to our helpers on the day – if we didn’t have your help
each year our fete wouldn’t be such a great day, so many thanks to all the
helpers, from putting up the marquees, to car parking attendees, to the
ladies on the refreshments stalls and our BBQ chaps.
AGAIN A BIG THANK YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
SEEING YOU ALL AT NEXT YEAR'S EVENT
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Friendly Club
Gardening Club
Recent Events
B.B.Q.
On Monday 6th July we held our annual B.B.Q. at
Catsbrain Farm (special thanks to Eric Barnes for the
use of his facilities.) We all enjoyed the excellent
food, good company and the dulcet tones of
"Squeezy" accompanied by George.
Flower Show.
On Saturday 15th August we held our Flower Show. It was
lovely to see the wonderful produce people wanted to show.
Entries were up by 30% this year which made close
competition in several sections especially in the cooking.
Here are the results-
Challenge Cup for vegetables - Ashley New
Bill Smith Trophy for best dahlia - Julie Wright
Rose Bowl for flowers - Josie Manners
Cookery Trophy - Joint winners Josie Manners and
Sara Roberts
Photographers Cup - Julie Wright
Children’s Cup - Charlie Hancock
Hanging Basket Cup - Sheila Lavender
Banksian Medal - Sheila Lavender
Future Events Our next meeting is on Monday 7th September at 7:30pm in the
village hall. We will be entertained by Lionel who will showing a
collection of photos entitled "The Beautiful Countryside".
We meet on Tuesday 8th September – 2.00pm in the Village
Hall. This afternoon meeting is the start of our Autumn/Winter
programme. We will be entertained by Lynda Warren who will
tell humorous tales, titled “A funny Way to Make a Living”.
A summary of the summer’s events will appear in next month’s
Tower & Tap.
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South Marston Parish Council News
Vandalism at the Allotments
Some vandalism at the allotments has been reported to the Parish Council by the newly formed South Marston Allotments Association. This happened on either the Sunday or Monday evening of 2nd or 3rd August. Various crops where damaged by garden furniture being thrown on them and one shed was damaged when a forced entry was attempted.
This is the first time that anyone can remember any vandalism at the allotments so it is really disap-pointing. The incident has been reported to the police so if any-one has any relevant information please report it to them
Eastern Development Area
(EDA) As you may have heard, Swindon Borough Council have finally agreed that we should have an integrated plan for the development of the village.
As a first step we had a meeting with the members of the Working Party from two years ago on 10th August to bring them up to
speed and look at how the matter is best progressed from here.
Attendance was rather disappointing but this was probably due to it being held in the holiday period.
There is a further meeting arranged with members of the Swindon Council planning team and, possibly an independant urban design consultant to be employed by the PC, on the evening of the 25th August. Background information from the Village Strategy work in 2006/7 and up to date information on the EDA issues are available on the village website www.southmarston.co.uk.
Parish Council Vacancies
There are now two vacancies on the Parish Council following the resignations of David Marner last month and more recently of Des Jones.
If you feel that you would like to join the Parish Council, please contact either the Clerk (Roger Powell 827515) or the chairman (Colin McEwen 825312).
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Dog Fouling
We are receiving complaints about dog fouling on the playing field. It is clear that many dog owners are ignoring the notices and allowing their dogs to run free which means that they cannot deal effectively with any mess left by their dogs.
There is particular concern about dogs’ mess in the area of the play equipment and the SMRA has asked that notices should be displayed asking owners to keep their dogs out of this area.
We would hope that owners would be responsible enough to comply with these notices.
East Swindon Communities/No2EDA Group
Downing Street Petition
We have set up a No.10 website petition on the Prime Minister’s
website:
“We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to call an
immediate halt to the South West Regional Spatial Strategy whilst both housing numbers are reviewed and greater efforts are made to avoid the development of green field sites at a time when many Towns are becoming increasingly neglected and Government
funding for infrastructure is unavailable.”
Can we ask that you use the go to the website: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/SOUTHWESTRSS/
to sign the petition and ask all of your friends/relatives to do the
same. You will need to fill in your details as prompted and then the
site will send you an email to confirm your ‘signature’ of the petition.
Reply as instructed and your name will be added.
Please do your very best to spread this as widely as possible – all of
this is making a difference. Thank you to for your continued efforts!
Simon Olive
Tower & Tap Submissions Please email items for Tower & Tap to [email protected]. The deadline for October’s issue is 15 September 2009.
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THE SOUTH MARSTON HOTEL & LEISURE CLUB
(FORMERLY THE NIGHTINGALE HOTEL & LEISURE CLUB)
YOU ARE ALL INVITED
to
Come and see our refurbished interior of the Hotel,
finished to a superb standard.
ONE MILLION POUNDS has been spent on the Hotel
It is back to its old charm with a modern feel to it
WE ARE NOW TAKING BOOKINGS FOR CHRISTMAS
AND NEW YEARS EVE PARTIES
To make a booking please call us on
(01793) 833 700
or email us at:
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Bourton Village Hall Art Course Programme 2009/2010 10-week Art Courses (numbers limited on all courses)
Monday morning courses continue in Autumn Term!
Monday 28th September—this course will run each Monday from 28th September
until 30th November 2009 from 10.00am until 12.00 midday. The winter term
will commence mid-January 2010 do keep watch for the details to be published
next month.
All courses are suitable for complete beginners and leisure artists of all levels.
For further information (and booking form) please contact Margaret on
01793 782927 or email [email protected]
100 CLUB WINNERS:100 CLUB WINNERS:100 CLUB WINNERS:100 CLUB WINNERS:
June winners: £30 winner: 60 Anna Forrester £10 each: 82 M Hopkins 4 M Williams 5 John Staniforth 66 A McIlroy
July winners: £10 each: 36 Mrs Lester 97 Vicky Jones 4 M Williams 77 Maureen Hayward
A S W Garden Company
Complete Gardening Care
• Lawn Mowing • Planting & soft landscaping
• Regular maintenance • Hedge cutting
• Spring pruning • Winter tidy ups
Call on 07801 490489 or 01793 822122
or email [email protected]
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Useful Contacts South Marston www.southmarston.co.uk
Parish Council Chair Colin McEwen T 825312
Parish Council Vice Chair Des Jones T 828665
Clerk to the Parish Council Roger Powell T 827515
Parish Council Project Co-ord’r TBA T TBA
SMRA Chair Mary Case (temp) T 826038
SMRA Secretary Julie Hatherall T 826028
Village Hall Bookings Julie Hatherall T 826028
Football Field Bookings Chris Maull T 824505
Tots and Toddlers Rachel Case T 703550
Youth Club Julie & Steve T 07923 441296
Gardening Club Mike New T 827807
Friendly Club Brian McGlone T 826243
History Society Jane Cook T 832999
Afternoon Home Group Shirley Wildern T 826160
Marston Minstrels Maureen Withers T 825660
SM Football Club Nigel Franklin T 766590
Spitfires Football Club Bev Maull T 824505
South Marston School Alison Lowe T 823379
Pre–School Pre-School Staff T 07847 590601
Swindon Borough Councillor Doreen Dart T 762033
Member of Parliament Anne Snelgrove T 615444
Team Rector Victor Howlett T 822793
Team Vicar Vicky Fleming T 827021
Church Wardens Richard Sansum T 831473
Donald Page T 825693
Useful Contacts Stanton Fitzwarren Some useful contact numbers for Stanton Fitzwarren are shown below,
which our readers may find useful:
Clerk to the Parish Council Zena May T 702869
WI President Margaret Parker T 762065
Village Hall Bookings Alison Charnock T 762093
St Leonards Church Wardens Liz Hillman T 762935
Sue Mackenzie T 765538
