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32 West of Severn News: May 2018
6th May Easter 6 (& Rogation
Sunday)
White Frontal
Corse
Ashleworth
Staunton
Tirley
Hasfield
Hartpury Orchard
Centre
8.30am
9.30am
9.30am
11.00am
6.00pm
6.00pm
Holy Communion (BCP)
Holy Communion (Sung)
Holy Communion
Holy Communion
Evening Prayer (BCP)
Open Air Rogation Service
Acts 10.44-48
1 John 5.1-6
John 15.9-17
Psalm 98
13th May Easter 7 White Frontal
Hartpury
Corse (+ Staunton)
Maisemore
Tirley
8.30am
9.30am
11.00am
6.00pm
Holy Communion (BCP Said)
Joint Family Service
Holy Communion
BCP Evening Prayer
Acts 1.15-17,21-26
1 John 5.9-13
John 17.6-19
Psalm 1
10th—19th May 9 Days in May
Tirley 10th
Hartpury 11th
Corse 12th
Hasfield 14th
Ashleworth 15th
Staunton 16th
Corse 17th
Hartpury 18th
Maisemore 19th
7.00pm
8.15am
8.15am
8.15am
8.15am
8.15am
8.15am
8.15am
8.15am
Ascension Day Service
Morning Prayer
Morning Prayer
Morning Prayer
Morning Prayer
Morning Prayer
Morning Prayer
Morning Prayer
Morning Prayer
See Article on Page 3
20th May Pentecost Red Frontal
Ashleworth
Hartpury
9.30am
11.30am
Holy Communion (Sung)
Pentecost Family Praise & BBQ Acts 2.1-21
Romans 8.22-27
John 15.26-27 & 16.4b
–15
West of Severn Benefice Services
May 2018
West of Severn News
May 2018
for Hasfield with Tirley & Ashleworth
2 West of Severn News: May 2018
Hasfield with Tirley and Ashleworth Clergy
Priest in Charge John Longuet-Higgins
The Rectory
Over Old Road
Hartpury GL19 3BJ
01452 700965
www.westofsevernchurches.org.uk
Churchwardens
Hasfield Mr J Meath Baker Mr E Douglas Miller
Haw Farm The Old Rectory
Haw Bridge Hasfield Tirley 01452 780305
GL19 4HJ
07595 022709
Tirley Mrs J Clutterbuck Mrs K Creese
3 Bridge House Great Sandpits
Tirley GL19 4HL Tirley GL19 4HF
01452 780339 01452 780271
Ashleworth Dr R J Barnes Mrs V Funnell
Ashleworth Manor 4 Nupend
White End Ashleworth
Ashleworth GL19 4JJ
GL19 4LA 01452 700712
01452 700350
Clive Annetts Churchwarden Emeritus
Magazine Editor
Caroline Saunders
01452 700742
Please make all enquiries for Baptisms, Weddings or Funerals to John Longuet-Higgins.
Please send material for the
June 2018 magazine (by e-mail only) to the Editor by May 12th 2018.
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To Advertise in this Parish Magazine
Please contact the Editor [email protected] 01452 700742
27th May Trinity Sunday White Frontal
Staunton
Ashleworth
Corse
Maisemore
Tirley
8.30am
9.30am
10.00am
11.00am
11.00am
Holy Communion (BCP)
Morning Prayer
Healing & Worship
Holy Communion
Holy Communion
Isaiah 6.1-8
Psalm 29
Romans 8.12-17
John 3.1-17
Trinity 1 Green Frontal 3rd June
Corse
Ashleworth
Staunton
Hartpury
Tirley
Hasfield
8.30am
9.30am
9.30am
11.00am
11.00am
12.30pm
Holy Communion (BCP)
Holy Communion (Sung)
Holy Communion
Holy Communion
Holy Communion
Summer Family Service & BBQ
Deuteronomy 5.12-15
2 Corinthians 4.5-12
Mark 2.23-3.6
Psalm 139 shortened
West of Severn Benefice Services
Late May & Early June 2018
Let’s Live: A Cancer Self
Help Support Group
David Harper, a cancer
sufferer himself, is willing to
talk to and start a
self-help group in our area,
if people are interested.
Please telephone David on
07905 140610 or email [email protected]
30 West of Severn News: May 2018
STAUNTON CROSS GARAGE Tel. 01452 840201 or 840077
Proprietor Ian Fardon Light vehicle repairs,
servicing & MOT Courtesy car free of charge (over 25’s)
8.00am—5.00pm Monday-Friday
8.00am—1.00pm Saturday
TOWN STREET FARM Tirley
Bed & Breakfast www.townstreetfarm.co.uk [email protected]
Sue & Charles Warner
Call: 01452 780442
West of Severn News: May 2018 3
Revd John Longuet-Higgins for the West of Severn Benefice: consisting of Ashleworth, Corse, Maisemore, Hartpury, Hasfield, Staunton and Tirley.
9 days in May: Thy Kingdom Come:
Vicar’s Bit John Longuet-Higgins
10th
– 19th
May: Nine days: What is so special? Well, across the world Christians are waiting and praying. We shall be too. For whom? For what? The Holy Spirit and the coming kingdom. On Ascension Day, Thursday 10
th May, Jesus
ascended to heaven and on earth we pray ‘thy kingdom come’. During the novena, we shall be praying daily in all our churches:
10th May 7.00pm Thursday Ascension Day Tirley Church 11
th May 8.15am Friday Hartpury Church
12th May 8.15am Saturday Corse Church
13th May Sunday services
14th May 8.15am Monday Hasfield Church
15th May 8.15am Tuesday Ashleworth Church
16th May 8.15am Wednesday Staunton Church
17th May 8.15am Thursday Corse Church
18th May 8.15am Friday Hartpury Church
19th May 8.15am Saturday Maisemore Church
And at the end of our praying, the Holy Spirit comes. So we can more effectively ‘gather together’ on May 20th for Pentecost, this year we are holding just two services, a 9.30am Pentecost Communion Service at Ashleworth and the 11.30am Pentecost Family Praise, followed by a BBQ (‘baptised by fire’). We are making a special effort to make this 11.30am service a wonderful family occasion. It might not have passed your notice that on Saturday 19
th May there is the Royal
Wedding and the FA Cup final. To add to the festivities, there is a Festivall night at Maisemore Church (part of the diocese Festivall initiative). The stars are the Leadon Vale Community Choir and ex Gloucester Cathedral Nick Bury giving a talk on ‘Festivals’. The evening will end with light food and drink and community singing. The evening is free with donations to Maisemore Church (see Page 20 of this magazine). On Thursday 24th May, at 7pm at Staunton Church, there will be a celebration of bells. The local church bell ringing will be followed by a concert by the Cranham Handbell Ringers including classical, folk, spiritual, sea shanties and wedding music. There will be a talk on the history of bell ringing. Light refreshments will be served. Admission is free, with donations to Staunton church. This event will be interesting and entertaining for both experienced and non-experienced church bell-ringers and hand bell-ringers. The evening will encourage us to get involved in both types of bell-ringing (see Page 9 of this magazine).
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Returning to the Waiting in Prayer theme, on Saturday 5th
May 3-5pm at the Rectory, I’m holding a social gathering to share news of the Family Development Minister. This initiative has the potential to transform the way we ‘do’ church in the Benefice. It follows the Messy Wedding event at Staunton and Corse School, after school on Wednesday 2
nd May.
Finally, with the arrival of Steve Godsell in July as the Benefice curate, I’m keen to run with him an autumn Confirmation Group. If you are aware of anyone, whatever age, who might be interested, please contact me on 700965.
Special Services in May 6th May 6pm Hartpury Orchard Centre - Outdoor Rogation Service 10th May Ascension Day Thursday 7pm Tirley Church – Ascension Day Communion 19th May Saturday 12.30pm Corse Church - Wedding of Tom Ball and Nicki Yearsley We offer our every blessing and congratulations 20th May Pentecost 11.30am Hartpury Church - Family Service followed by BBQ
ASHLEWORTH PARISH COUNCIL Our next meeting is
Tuesday 15th May 2018
All members of the public are invited to attend meetings of the Parish Council and there will be a short ‘open session’ at the start of each meeting where members
of the public can ask questions and raise matters of interest. For updates of Planning notices, Agenda, Minutes and other Parish news, please
look at the Village website and Parish Board. All meetings are held in the Committee Room at the Memorial Hall from 7:30pm
unless stated otherwise and will begin with the 15 minute public discussion.
Clerk to the Parish Council: Nicky Hill 01452 781028 [email protected]
West of Severn News: May 2018 29
Edward Gilder Contracting agricultural fencing, groundworks and construction.
All types of agricultural and domestic fencing supplied and installed.
All aspects of groundworks covered including: drainage and ditching, concreting earth moving and farm track
crushing, stabilisation & creation. 360 degree excavators for hire with operator. Farm buildings and livestock handling systems
supplied and erected. Also top quality hay and straw available. Please contact: Edward on 07980757384
K. SACKLYN & Co. High performance fibre glass
flat roof systems 20 year guarantee
Tiling, slating & leadwork
Tel/Fax: 01531 828407 Mob: 07971002410
HARTPURY UPHOLSTERY & Furniture Restoration
At Hartpury Post Office Hartpury GL19 3BG
01452 700004 or 07788 104177 www.hartpuryupholstery.co.uk
PARTRIDGE WINDOW CLEANING
WINDOWS, GUTTERS & CONSERVATORIES
01452 780437 or 07701 328770
28 West of Severn News: May 2018
Let us pamper your cat while you’re away.
Luxury heated chalets with large individual runs.
All diets catered for: Cuddles for those that enjoy them,
Care and respect for those that don’t!
01452 678307
www.maisemorecattery.co.uk
FARM FRESH OVEN-READY
CHICKENS
LOCAL DELIVERIES Thursdays & Fridays
Finch 01452 700318 or 700753
LONGFORD FENCING & LANDSCAPING LIMITED
Fencing: to include Wooden,
Metal, Security, Agricultural, Gates:
made to measure or standard Sheds:
purpose made or standard sizes Bin Storage/Compost Bins/
Trellis Work Hard Landscaping:
Patios/Decking/Sleeper beds & retaining walls
Contact: Phil Cockburn on 01452 500478 or
mobile 07540 120356
www.longfordfencing.co.uk Or visit: 1A Northbrook Road,
off Eastern Avenue, Gloucester, GL4 3DP (by McDonalds entrance)
PETER FINCH
Lawn & Hedge Maintenance Fully Insured 01452 700238
LOUISE ENGLAND Lifestyle & Home Assistant
Louise provides lifestyle and home assistant services in Gloucestershire. She is like a PA for the home—
sorting things out and getting jobs done in your home quickly and efficiently.
Projects include de-cluttering, paperwork, help with house moves – and all of those other jobs that keep being put off
and you never get around to doing.
Based in Tirley—please contact her if you need some assistance!
Call: 07770 925092 Email: [email protected] Website: www.louiseengland.co.uk
West of Severn News: May 2018 5
News and views from the Church in and around
Gloucestershire
May 2018
Excerpt taken from The Messenger: www.gloucester.anglican.org
Living out Christ’s love and hope Being advocates for human flourishing, through initiatives which
combat injustice, environmental destruction, exclusion and
isolation
6 West of Severn News: May 2018
News from Hartpury Methodist Church As you might have heard, we have been having some renovations and refurbishing done to the kitchen at chapel. During this time we have not been able to continue with our Saturday lunches. It is possible that we will reopen for Lunches (12 - 2pm, first Saturday of every month) on May 5th. Please check our noticeboard and in local shops as the time comes nearer, as we will advertise our plans as they develop. Everyone is welcome to the Saturday Lunches - plenty of good food to eat and conversations to be had: we’d love to see more local people coming along to join the enthusiastic regulars. We have plans in the pipeline for more events to be held in the schoolroom when we have completed planned decoration of this room - watch this space and keep an eye open for June 26th. Once all the work is completed, we plan to hold a grand relaunch of our shiny new, comfortable and welcoming premises to everyone. Our church services will continue as normal - 10.30am every Sunday. This is advertised in the other parish magazine and on our noticeboard in Hartpury.
Ann Williams Sadly our dear friend Ann will not be with us to celebrate the relaunch. Ann was an enthusiastic helper at Saturday Lunch and a tireless breath of air and sunshine, as she brought her infectious joie de vivre to our fellowship. We said au revoir to Ann at her funeral service on 27 March when the church and schoolroom were packed to overflowing with friends and relatives wishing to show their love and appreciation for a lovely lady who shared so much in the life of the church. Ann was often assisted by Martyn in doing things for the church and we send our love and condolences to him and to the family.
Liz Ledger
West of Severn News: May 2018 27
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Also Hard Landscaping, Decking, Patios & Paving
All work guaranteed & carried out by
Qualified Tradesmen
Call Rob on 07836313629 or 01531 820996
Liz Clutterbuck
Family Hairdresser & Beautician
Fully Qualified Mobile Service
01452 781046 or 0771 3518657
H & T PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
ROOFING: Traditional Roofing Repair. Approved Specialised Flat Roofing Contractors. Gutters & Down Pipe
Replacement or Repairs. Fascia Boards / Soffit Boards
Replacement or Repair. Loft Insulations.
FLOOD DEFENCE SYSTEMS: 24/7 Flood Defence Systems supplied and installed.
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE: All types of property maintenance looked at.
No job too small No obligation quotes ALL WORK GUARANTEED
Call Mike on 0787 6524954 or 01452 780474 or email
26 West of Severn News: May 2018
Weekly Music and Movement for the under 4’s No commitment - Pay-as- you go!
Tuesday 11-12 The Old School Room, Highnam Community Centre
Thursday 1.30-2.30 Staunton Village Hall
We’d love to see you!
Available for parties, nursery sessions and playgroups and pre schools
Contact 01452 702045/07753751073
Or find us on Facebook for more details
Rob Cockburn Tree and Hedge Services All Tree Work operations undertaken
Take down, Reductions, Dead wooding, Crown Lifting, Bracing
Stump Grinding Tree and Hedge Planting
Hedge laying, trimming and reductions
Firewood £60 a load
Fully NPTC Qualified and Insured
Mobile 07787 578845 Landline 01452 700388
Regular fine art & antiques sales Insurance & probate valuations
01452 344499 [email protected]
www.chorleys.com
GLOUCESTERSHIRE’S FINE ART AUCTIONEERS CLEANIAN
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Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Specialist
CALL IAN JONES of Eastnor,
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01531 566012, 0800 0854425
or 07831 332226
Give your home a fresh look.
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RJL PLUMBING AND HEATING
OFTEC & GAS SAFE REGISTERED INCLUDING LPG HOME (ASHLEWORTH) 01452 700692
MOBILE (24 HRS) 07804 923495
West of Severn News: May 2018 7
Affordable Housing at Nup End Redcliffe Homes Development
Mike Fellows, Chair of Ashleworth Parish Council, has penned this brief article in response to questions raised regarding affordable housing. ‘Broadly speaking, affordable housing schemes aim to make cheaper homes available for people who can’t afford to buy or rent at market rates. The government defines affordable housing as ‘social rented, affordable rented and intermediate housing, provided to specified eligible households whose needs are not met by the market’. But, in a briefing paper released in August 2017, the House of Commons Library said there is ‘a great deal of ambiguity’ in the way the term ‘affordable’ is used in housing - there is no standard definition and approaches differ between local areas. http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7747 Affordable Housing at Nup End comprises 14 units, as follows: 4 x 1 bed apartments 7 x 2 bed houses (2 of which will be shared ownership) 3 x 3 bed houses (2 of which will be shared ownership). A site layout is available at: http://publicaccess.tewkesbury.gov.uk/online-applications/files/7B9BF03F1943642A2AC0864D629E6FF0/pdf/15_00965_OUT-S106_OBLIGATIONS_-_COLOUR_BLOCK_PLAN__A1-662043.pdf The affordable housing will be managed by Merlin Housing Association. For further information, please contact Tewkesbury Borough Council Housing Officer John Bryant on 01684 272162 and he should be able to explain eligibility and how to express interest. Alternatively, either please see details at: http://www.redcliffehomes.co.uk/developments/ashleworth-gloucestershire Or contact Redcliffe Homes at Holly House, 4 High Street, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, BS37 6AH Telephone: 01454 316633 Email: [email protected]’
Clerk to the Parish Council: Nicky Hill Tel 01452 781028 Email: [email protected]
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The Bleak House Chronicles
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” – Henry Ford
You are never too old to be surprised or indeed shocked. Now that the evenings are longer, I took a stroll with my beloved, Mrs P (who is not to be trifled with), along the byways adjacent to Bleak House. At first, I thought the screech was a bird call but it got louder and louder and more frequent. Then there were two separate screeches coming from a ditch and, when I went over to get a closer look from whence the noise was coming, I saw to my horror that a rat and a hedgehog were locked in battle. I always thought that hedgehogs rolled into a ball when attacked but this one was giving as good as it got. Although it was over in probably no more than three minutes, it seemed like an eternity as I watched. It just goes to show that you learn something new every day.
An even greater surprise was to see my Mother, The Dowager, riding a motorised pace bike at the Commonwealth Games in Australia. She was expected to ride off the track when the set pace had been reached but it seems her competitive spirit took over and, as a result, she got through to the quarter finals before being disqualified following a dope test. She next sprung up sitting by the long jump take off board, holding a red flag in her right hand and a white flag in her left. She was relieved of her duties when Elsie, her trusty lieutenant from The Dowager Crew, waved from the stands which then resulted in the Games’ favourite for long jump being red flagged, which the sand pit rakers took for a foul jump. TV replays suggested that it was a new world record but the landing mark was raked over before it could be officially measured. Apparently the Dowager’s suggestion that worse things happened at sea did little to calm the situation which ended in the long jumper being taken to hospital with a suspected broken nose. Mrs P is not the only one who should not be trifled with. I thought that Mother would be deported for these incidents but apparently the Australian Government exercised professional etiquette and my dearest Mother is now a coach for the Australian Boxing Team and skills coach for their national cricket XI. There is certainly never a dull moment at Bleak House!
For those who are interested in the outcome of the rat/hedgehog set-to, I can reveal that the hedgehog won on points. Boom! Boom!
John Price Wishing it was all true
West of Severn News: May 2018 25
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CATERING
Ashleworth and Hasfield WI
For family events: Christenings, birthdays and funerals. We also do teas
for walking parties.
We will provide: A delicious homemade buffet A pleasant and sympathetic service At a very reasonable price
Please contact Carole Probyn on: 01452 700423
GREENFIELDS (Incorporating Greenfields
Woodland of Remembrance)
We are an independent family run funeral business. We have our
own private Chapel in a quiet rural setting. We are able to make
arrangements in the comfort of your own home and in the presence of your family.
For burials, cremations, green burials in our own natural burial
ground or pre-paid funeral arrangements, please contact John or Christine Rowlatt on:
01452 840460 or 0771 859 5584 day or night
TV PROBLEMS? POOR PICTURE?
Call Aardvark Installations
New TV Aerials Freesat & Sky Installations Extra TV Points Fitted Set-Up and Installation of
Equipment Catch-Up TV Problems Broadband, Wi-Fi &
Networking CCTV Installations
Tel. 01452 290028 [email protected]
www.aardvarkinstallations.co.uk
24 West of Severn News: May 2018
News from the Woodpeckers: A New Membership System!
As we transition from the football season to the cricket season, we're also migrating onto a new membership system. This is all part of our desire to increase potential future grant funding for enhancements to the Woodpeckers Sports & Social Club, by demonstrating we have a great many active members. Some of you may well have received an e-mail already!
You can now apply to become a new member through our website. Our existing members will also be able to pay for their annual memberships through our website, along with receiving reminders when renewals are due. We have the ability to issue membership cards too, should we feel it necessary in future.
As a matter of admin, when you pay your cricket or football membership you will automatically become an individual member (we'll update the system once payment is received) so you can ignore those emails! If you'd like to know more or update your membership details, visit: https://membermojo.co.uk/woodies. Alternatively if you're struggling, don't hesitate to contact Amy at: [email protected].
I hope you will all find the new system to be a real improvement and I would like to take this opportunity to thank Amy Williamson for all her hard work. Rupert Barnes [email protected] 07966 060304
West of Severn News: May 2018 9
ASHLEWORTH LUNCH CLUB
At The Memorial Hall, Ashleworth Next date:
Wednesday, 9th May 2018
Booking: Amanda Chamberlayne 01452 700241
Keep up to date with Hasfield News at www.hasfield.org.uk
West of Severn Benefice
FESTIVALL Celebrating inclusive community
17th May – 16th June 2018
STAUNTON CHURCH Thursday 24th May
7 pm
A CELEBRATION OF BELLS
The Church Bell Ringers will ring from 7pm
From 7.30pm the Cranham Handbell Ringers will give a musical concert of classical, folk, spiritual, sea shanties and
wedding music. There will be a short talk on the history of bell ringing.
Light refreshments during the interval
Admission free Donations to Staunton church
Car Parking and Toilet
10 West of Severn News: May 2018
NEXT SCREENING – Saturday, 12 MAY 18 Following the successful second screening, where 56 people came to the performance of ‘Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool’, the next Ashleworth Cinema screening will be on Sat 12 May 18, at Ashleworth Memorial Hall. Doors open at 7pm. The film will be ‘Hidden Figures’:
Three brilliant African-American women at NASA -- Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe) -- serve as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn (Glen Powell) into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation's confidence, turned around the Space Race and galvanized the world.
Tickets on sale (£5) from Ashleworth Post Office. Look out for posters and leaflets around the village. For more information, please contact either Maggie Mitra on 700098 or Caroline Saunders on 700742, but not the two characters below! After this third trial, we’ll assess how it’s all gone and plan accordingly. Thank you for your support with this community venture.
West of Severn News: May 2018 23
ASHLEWORTH SHOW – 1ST SEP 2018 Your Ashleworth Show Committee has begun planning for this year’s Show, to be held on 1st Sep. The preliminary schedule for classes is now on the Ashleworth website: http://www.ashleworth.btck.co.uk/AshleworthVillageShow The basic format will remain the same as last year, with a large central arena for the main attractions, surrounded by stalls held by community groups and by commercial stall holders. The main exhibition marquee will be integral with the café area again. Other activities and entertainment will be fitted around these. We have yet to decide upon attractions, so if anyone has any contacts for suitable possibilities, please let us know. We have also agreed that it would be good to have a few more community stalls, so, again, if you have an idea for an activity or small competition and would like to run it (it needn’t take all afternoon, unless you wanted it to), please get in touch. We would still like to have a new committee member to coordinate car parking/entrances, and one to coordinate the stalls. Let us know if you can help. If you know of anyone who would like to reserve a stall to sell items, please contact me in the first instance (details below). We will be increasing our use of social media this year and are looking at having an online competition for under 12s using snapchat or similar. Look out for notifications. The caption competition will also be online this year. Raffle prizes are always much appreciated. Jackie Eardley does a marvellous job of collecting these, so please contact her on 702012 if you have something to donate. Our next full meeting is on 12 May – ideas and suggestions always welcome, via the Secretary, Steph Collier on 700667. Many thanks for your contributions and support. MAGGIE MITRA Chair, Ashleworth Show Committee 700098 [email protected]
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Rain or Shine Theatre Company present
Much Ado About Nothing
On Sunday June 3rd 6pm outdoors at Hartpury Village Hall
Tickets Adult £13, Child £6, Family (2+2) £30
Grounds open 5pm for picnics
Tickers now on sale from Hartpury Post Office
The performance will be indoors if it is wet.
Enquiries please ring 01452 700707
First Aid and Defibrillator Training organised by Ashleworth and Hasfield WI
Date: Saturday, June 9
th 2018
Time:10.30 am - 12 noon Venue: Ashleworth Village Hall Instructor: Bridget Nulty from St John's Ambulance
Everyone is invited to take part but do let me know if you are planning on coming. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided.
A donation to St John's would be appreciated.
More information from Ivy Clayson 01452 700683
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Corse and Staunton of Yesteryear Tony Fardon and I are continuing research into the history of our area with
the intention of publishing a follow-up book to Volume 1. We are
constantly seeking photographs of times gone by and would appreciate the
loan of any you may have. We also would ask for any articles or memories
of events on any aspect of the local area to help create an archive of our
history. If you can assist, we would be most grateful. If you have any ideas
or small snippet of stories ,please get in touch.
In this regard, Andrew Houldey is writing the history of the Staunton and
Corse Football Club which will celebrate its 100th Anniversary next year,
2019. He has offered us an edited version for inclusion our in Volume 2. He
has this photograph of the team dated 1952 or 1953.
Andrew can name Doug Preece, who is fourth from left in the back row,
Tony Saint is in the middle of the front row, Joe Wells is the goalkeeper
and Zera Wells/Hampton who was the Club Secretary.
Can you assist Andrew by supplying any other names of the team members
please? He would also be grateful for any further memories, stories, names
or history of the Club you may have. We will pass the details onto Andrew.
We appreciate your help: thank you.
Derrick Hall 01452 840558
Tony Fardon 01452 840342
West of Severn News: May 2018 21
Severn Vale Mobile Library - Wednesday, 2nd May 2018
12.15pm —1.15pm Ashleworth
Village Hall Car Park
Tirley Parish Council
Annual Parish Meeting
Wednesday 23rd May 2018 at 7.30 pm in the Village Hall
All Tirley residents are invited to attend.
The meeting will be followed by the Annual General Meeting
ASHLEWORTH MEMORIAL HALL
Ashleworth Memorial Hall was refurbished in 2010 and is a warm and light hall in the centre of Ashleworth village, with dedicated parking directly across the road. Together with the shop and Post Office, the school and Woodpeckers Sports and Social Club, the Hall is a wonderful resource for the village. In recent years the Hall has been used for a wide range of events such as children’s and special occasion birthday parties, formal presentations, wedding receptions, funeral wakes and musical events. Our next major event is a special wine-tasting on Friday 4 May, starting at 7pm.
We are a registered charity and managed exclusively by volunteers on the committee with other helping hands and we are always looking for new recruits. We only meet five or six times a year, so the time commitment is not too onerous. Please visit: http://ashleworthmemorialhall.btck.co.uk/, and http://ashleworthmemorialhall.btck.co.uk/RegularEvents page to find out about weekly social groups and classes.
If you have a query about hiring the Hall or would like more details about any of our regular events, please use the details above or the 'Contact Us' link on the web site. Tony Eardley, Chair, Ashleworth Memorial Hall Committee Tel: 702012 Email: [email protected]
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SATURDAY 19th May 7.15pm FESTIVALL
ST GILES, MAISEMORE
Join us after the Royal Wedding
& the FA Cup: IT’S FREE!
With the Leadon Vale Community Choir and Nick Bury (former Dean of Gloucester Cathedral)
giving a talk on ‘Festival’: with Community Singalong and light refreshments.
Donations gratefully received (after costs are met, all monies go to the 7 Royal Charities…)
St Michael and All Angels Church Tirley
Summer Evening Concert of Music and Readings
The Severnside Singers (members of Philomusica of
Gloucestershire and Worcestershire)
Saturday 9th June 2018 7.30pm
Light refreshments Admission Free Raffle
Retiring Collection in aid of Tirley Church
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Next Coffee Morning & Book Exchange
Saturday 5th May 2018
Tirley Church: 10.00 to 11.30am
Please come and join us for a coffee or tea and a chat, and support Shaun and the Traidcraft Stall.
Books are always available on the bookshelves in the Church.
Tirley Church serving the local community
Tirley Library
Club
COFFEE MORNING & BOOK EXCHANGE
QUILTS IN THE GARDEN
NEWENT QUILTERS present
An Exhibition of their Work in the Unique Setting of the National Trust’s
Westbury Court Garden Westbury-on-Severn, Glos. GL14 1PD
Sunday 10th June 2018
10.30am to 4.00pm
National Trust Admission Charges Apply
See: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/westburycourtgarden
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Ashleworth and Hasfield WI Notes from meeting 3rd April 2018 Speaker: Matthew Gacek ‘Maintaining a Cornish Jewel’
In 2001, Matthew and his wife undertook a life changing experience and moved from Sussex to Cornwall to a completely new life. After answering a small advert in a newspaper requiring a couple to work in Caerhays Castle in Cornwall, Matthew was shocked to be accepted. They sold up and went, with little experience of looking after a large country estate. It was a decision they did not regret. Matthew became an undergardener and, what he lacked in horticultural expertise, he made up for in enthusiasm. He and his wife certainly enjoyed the 120 acres of idyllic surroundings and Matthew had to get used to the back breaking labour after a life in the classroom.
When the estate was designed, it was a time when plant hunters went off to the Himalayas to collect plants, sending them back to England in the hope of making them look natural species here in the country estates. The gardens house the national collection of magnolias, with over 600 species growing there. In Japan, magnolias are mostly white but in England the majority grown are pink. The magnolia is a fascinating and ancient plant: fossils have been discovered which are 1 million years old.
The gardens are renowned for their spectacular showy camellias, azaleas and rhododendrons. Matthew advised phoning before visiting in case a biting east wind has caused the flowers to spoil.
Other notable species found there include Drimys Winteri or Winters Bark which contains citric acid and was chewed by sailors to avoid scurvy. And Lithocarpus Pachyphyllus (or stone oak) which takes 2 years to germinate. There are many varieties of tree ferns which thrive in the microclimate of Cornwall. Plants are put in a special nursery area and, if they survive after 3 years, they will be transplanted into the main garden: there is no molly-coddling of plants.
Tea is now produced from the tea camellia and sold, the foliage carefully harvested and measured before being shipped up to London on the night train for Covent Garden florists. The castle, built 200 years ago designed by John Nash, was used to film the 1980s version of Du Maurier’s Rebecca (a variety of rhododendron is named Rebecca) and it is now a popular wedding venue. Highland cattle are kept in the grounds and are popular with visitors—from a distance.
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Tewkesbury Choral Society
www.Tewkesburychoral.org.uk
SATURDAY 12th MAY 2017 7.30pm Tewkesbury Abbey
Tewkesbury Choral Society with Chameleon Arts Orchestra directed by John Holloway
Hannah Davey & Victoria Jess – Sopranos Paula Badley - Tenor
Felix Mendelssohn – Hear My Prayer and Hymn of Praise
Tickets £15 from Society members, Tewkesbury Abbey Shop 01684 856148
Online at Ticketsource.co.uk/t-c-s or on the door. Accompanied School children free.
Plant Sale, Open Garden and Art Exhibition
Sunday, 13th
May 2018 at Ashleworth Manor
10.00am to 1.00pm and 2.00pm to 5.00pm
Coffee and Cookies in the morning: Tea and cake in the afternoon. In Support of Christian Aid
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BAKE-OFF FEVER HITS THE FETE WHEN A CELEBRITY JUDGE IS ANNOUNCED,
BUT ALL IS NOT AS IT SEEMS…..
HARTPURY DRAMA GROUP PRESENTS
THE GREAT BRITISH BUMP OFF
AT HARTPURY VILLAGE HALL
FRIDAY 11TH & SATURDAY 12TH MAY AT 7.30pm
TICKETS £12.50
TO INCLUDE REFRESHMENTS
FROM HARTPURY POST OFFICE AND PATRICIA GALLAGHER 01452700200
RAFFLE BAR AVAILABLE
Matthew openly admitted gardening was not his forte and the other gardeners were amazed he’d been hired. He was soon relegated to the visitor centre where he was of more use chatting to tourists, organising tours and enthusing about the estate and its history. He much preferred this to clipping 3 miles of laurel hedging or rowing out to the 3 islands on the lake to strim the pampas grass. The gardens are open to the public 2 months a year and Matthew convinced us they are well worth a visit. http://www.caerhays.co.uk/ Carole Bowe Find us on Facebook: https://en-gb.facebook.com/Ashleworth-Hasfield-WI-716607531753434/ Next Meeting 1st May 2018 Speaker: The Bard of Gloucestershire Radio, Peter Wyton 7.30pm New members welcome
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Severnsiders Senior Citizens Club
We started the meeting with a very brief Treasurer’s Report from Alan
Tickner. He announced that our accounts are ‘all in the black’, which is
very reassuring. We will have a proper breakdown of the figures at a later
date.
Sue Woodthorpe then took over the proceedings and announced the sad
news of the death of Claire, one of our members. Everyone will remember
that she liked to dance, whenever we had any music playing. We send our
sympathy to the family.
We then heard that Rosemary, who normally cooks our lunch, had
somehow managed to injure her arm and was sporting a natty splint. Many
thanks to Mandy, who stepped in to assist in the kitchen. No wonder
Rosemary looked so cheerful and tucked into the meal of pork and leek
casserole. This was followed by an array of puddings to tempt everyone’s
sweet tooth. We were given a choice of three different trifles, fruit jelly, bun and butter pudding and a lovely pavlova. Very tasty! Then we enjoyed a
nice cup of tea while Lynn shouted out the numbers for the raffle. She did
so well that I did wonder if she is in training to be a bingo caller!
After this we welcomed Cate Morris who was our Guest Speaker. Cate
has obviously mastered the art of multitasking, as she chatted away about
her family and life on the farm, whilst at the same time assembling two
beautiful flower arrangements. Cate took a City & Guilds course in Tex-
tiles and Flower Arranging, so it is no surprise that she says she was ‘roped
in’ for the Deerhurst Flower Festival. Cate is currently training several
young girls, some of whom will be going to Malvern Spring Show. I am sure
that they will do her proud.
We were each given a raffle ticket and at the end two lucky people won the
arrangements that Cate had just assembled in front of us. Janet Dance was
the winner of a small arrangement which was in an old flowered cup and
saucer and featured delicate pink rosebuds. This was my favourite.
Heather Parker was the delighted recipient of a larger basket of greenery
and flowers which was complete with a ribbon and colourful decorative
eggs to finish it off, as it was Easter time.
Well done Cate! She can come at any time.
This was a very pleasant way to spend the day. If you would like to join us,
then please ring Sue Woodthorpe on 01452 780610.
Velma Sutton
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Sir Edward Massey, MP for Gloucester in 1660,
was successful in defending Gloucester during the siege of 1643.
Discover the facts about this intriguing character who rode and strode across our local landscape
during the English Civil War. Richard Graham will be sharing with us his latest
research into this period of our local history during an evening of food and entertainment in:
The Old Chapel by Hartpury Church Friday 15thJune, 7pm for 7.30pm
Richard Graham, MP for Gloucester,
was founder of the Gloucester History Festival and chairs the Gloucester History Trust.
Tickets £10 to include 2 course supper
Cash Bar
Tickets available from:
Eileen Magee 01452 700353 Mary McGhee 01452 700347
Maj. Gen. Sir Edward Massey Civil War Hero, Traitor or
Opportunist?