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COVER 13th OCTOBER: FEAST DAY
ST. EDWARD CONFESSOR 1003—1066
October 13th sees the celebration of the life of St Edward the Confessor, King of England 1042–66, the re-founder of Westmin- ster Abbey. Canonised in 1161, to this day pilgrims come to pray at his shrine in the abbey. Held his witan nine times in Gloucester.
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FROM THE STUDY WINDOW Hi everyone,
By the time this reaches you I shall have been ‘ Instituted and inducted” at Sandhurst Church as the new Rector of the Seven Towers Benefice, sounds painful! I am hoping it isn’t!
I might have seen your face there…I might not, either way I look forward to putting names to those faces and seeing new faces and making new friends, whether you are ‘church’ people or not!
I look forward to working with you all in the building of a world where God’s will is done, you don’t have to be ‘religious’’ to do that.
As I was praying this morning, I was struck by the reading from the Old Testament (2 Chronicles 2.1-16) it recounts Solomon sending a letter to the king of Tyre asking for his support with the building of God’s house and we hear that King Huram who had helped Solomon’s Father David, was glad to help and saw his involvement as part of an ongoing partnership.
Building the temple spanned two generations and required co-operation across kingdoms as well as across land and sea. It took the pooling of a wide range of skills and varieties of materials.
I would love it if you and I could see ourselves as partners in building a world (starting with our communities) where God is at home, where his will is being done. Where friendships are being built, where generosity and hospitality is flowing, where no –one is left outside, no one is marginalized. Where we all as God’s children can flourish and grow and be all he ever intended us to be.
It requires co-operation across our own little kingdoms, be they our homes, our places of work, of leisure, our places of worship, and the dif- ferent groups we belong to within our different communities.
As harvest is almost upon us, and we celebrate the overflowing generosity and provision of God and his good earth, I look forward to seeing new faces making new friends and partners as we share in God’s hospitality and generosity already made visible amongst us in the many invitations to har- vest suppers.
With love in Christ
Suzanne
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PRAYER DIARY — OCTOBER Tuesday 01 Staff, pupils and governors of secondary schools in this area Wednesday 02 Our farming community Thursday 03 Diocese of El Camino Real - USA Friday 04 Carers in residential and nursing homes Saturday 05 Those attending the men's and ladies' breakfasts Sunday 06 People living in The Leigh Monday 07 Members of the Local Ministry Team Tuesday 08 Visitors to our churches and villages Wednesday 09 Colleagues at work Thursday 10 Diocese of Karnataka Central - India Friday 11 The work of Christian charities overseas Saturday 12 Those preparing to lead worship and preach tomorrow Sunday 13 People living in Norton Monday 14 Our rector Tuesday 15 For those working in the police fire, and ambulance services Wednesday 16 Those ill in hospital and those who are housebound Thursday 17 Diocese of Dornakal - India Friday 18 The work of Tearfund Saturday 19 Those preparing to lead worship and preach tomorrow Sunday 20 People living in Staverton Monday 21 Those who clean our church buildings Tuesday 22 Bishop Michael and Bishop Martyn Wednesday 23 Children and young people in the Benefice Thursday 24 Diocese of Västerås - Sweden Friday 25 Churches in the Severn Vale Deanery Saturday 26 Those preparing to lead worship and preach tomorrow Sunday 27 People living in Boddington & Barrow Monday 28 Mike Dill, our magazine editor Tuesday 29 Our bell ringers Wednesday 30 Our assistant clergy and reader Thursday 31 The Diocese of Gloucester
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Editor Mr Mike Dill 01452 730767 [email protected] Advertisements Mrs Margaret Brind 01452 730744 [email protected] Correspondents Down Hatherley Mrs Helen Nicol 01452 730025 The Leigh Mrs Pat Arkell 01242 680262 Norton Mrs June Hipwood 01452 730425 Sandhurst Mrs Caroline Watson 01452 730207 Twigworth Mrs Margaret Riddick 01452 730700 Staverton Mr David Bound 01242 680692
Clerks to the Parish Councils: Boddington Mrs Diane Hughes
The Leigh Miss Kate Tilling 01242 680089 ([email protected])
Down Hatherley Mr David Bayley 01452 501796
Longford Mr Paul Ounsworth 01452 526495
Norton Mr David Cooper 01452 537831
Sandhurst Mr David Cooper 01452 537831 07766004001
Staverton Mr Paul Ounsworth 01452 526495
Twigworth Mr David Bayley 01452 501796
Local History Group Mr Denis King 01452 730773
Longford Flower Club Mrs June West 01452 525121
Norton Mother & Toddlers Group Katy Bailey 07747728475
Norton W.I. Mrs Josie Wragg 01242 680235
Sandhurst WI Celia Poffley 01452 739487
Scottish Dancing Class Mrs Joan Leyfield 01452 730926 Mrs Pam Parkes 01452 730592
Traidcraft Goods Sarah Sharpley 01452 739179 Ellie Stevenson 01452 739142
UB Youth Club Alison Moseley 07759 458494
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MAGAZINE TEAM
LOCAL CONTACTS
Sunday 6th October Green Trinity 19
First Reading 2 Timothy 1.1—14
Gospel Luke 17.5—10
Gospel Luke 17.11—19
Gospel Luke 18.1—8
Gospel Luke 18.9—14
Sandhurst Evening Prayer 6:00 pm Chris Lane
Twigworth Holy Communion 9:30 am Rev Suzanne
Down Hatherley Holy Communion 9:30 am Fr David
Norton Harvest Festival 11:00 am Revd Suzanne
The Leigh Evening Prayer 6:00 pm Team
Staverton
Boddington
Rev John Risdon
4 Staverton & Boddington Harvest Supper (See AROUND THE P’SHES P. 18)
5 Ladies’ Breakfast Group (See MONTHLY MEETINGS Page: 11)
5 Down Hatherley Gift Day and MORE! (See AROUND THE PARISHES P. 19)
5 Norton Village Bring & Share Supper (See AROUND THE PARISHES P. 15)
5 Norton RFC (A) Cainscross 3pm
5 Women’s Day 2013 (See EVENTS Page: 16)
8 ‘Make a Will’ Fortnight (See EVENTS Page: 23)
10 Evening Home Group (See MONTHLY MEETINGS Page: 11)
12 Down Hatherley Harvest Supper (See AROUND THE PARISHES P. 19)
12 Sandhurst Harvest Supper (See AROUND THE PARISHES P. 17)
12 Norton RFC (H) Hardwicke & Quedgeley 3pm
15 Sandhurst Table Tennis Open Evening (See AROUND THE P’SHES P. 18)
Sunday 13th October Trinity 20 Sandhurst Holy Communion HARVEST 9.30am Rev. Suzanne
Twigworth Holy Communion 11.00am Rev Brian Parfitt HARVEST & LUNCH
Down Hatherley Evening Prayer HARVEST 6.30pm Rev. Suzanne
Norton Morning Prayer 9.30am Team
The Leigh Holy Communion HARVEST 11.00am Canon David (NB No lunch)
Staverton Morning Prayer 10.00am Chris Lane
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OCTOBER
Twigworth Holy Communion 11:00 am Rev John Risdon
Down Hatherley Evening Prayer 6:30 pm Team
Norton Morning Prayer 11:00 am Rev Suzanne
The Leigh Holy Communion (Said) 8:30 am
Staverton No Service
Rev Suzanne
Sandhurst Family Service 9:30 am Team
Twigworth Morning Prayer 10:30 Team
Down Hatherley Holy Communion 9:30 am Fr David Norton Holy Communion 9:30 am Canon David
The Leigh Evening Prayer 6:00 pm Chris Lane
Staverton No Service
Boddington Harvest Festival 11:00 am Rev Suzanne
All Wildlife Photography Awards Nature in Art (See EVENTS Page: 23)
16 Afternoon Home Group (See MONTHLY MEETINGS Page: 11)
16 Sandhurst WI (See MONTHLY MEETINGS Page: 11)
17 Norton WI (See MONTHLY MEETINGS Page: 11)
18 Cobalt Card Sale (See EVENTS Page: 22)
19 Craft Fayre at Down Hatherley Village Hall (See EVENTS Page: 12)
21 Longford Flower Club (See MONTHLY MEETINGS Page: 10)
23 Police: Keeping in Touch (See EVENTS Page: 21)
26 Norton RFC (A) Minchinhampton 3pm
28 Norton & The Leigh Local History Group meet
(See MONTHLY MEETINGS Page: 11)
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MAGAZINE COPY
Next month’s copy date: For inclusion in the November 2013 edition of the magazine, copy should reach parish correspondents by 17th October or be sent directly to Mike Dill by the 18th October.
November, December etc. 2 Nov All Souls’ Day Service (See Page: 8)
9 Nov Norton RFC (H) Smiths Industries 3pm
20 Nov Police: Keeping in Touch (See EVENTS Page: 21)
23 Nov Norton RFC (A) Tredworth 3pm
24 Nov Messy Church (See EVENTS Page: 22)
29 Nov Sandhurst Christmas Fayre (See AROUND THE PARISHES P: 16)
4 Dec Norton RFC (H) Minchinhampton 3pm
9 Dec Longford Flower Club (See MONTHLY MEETINGS Page: 10)
14 Dec Norton RFC (A) Hardwicke & Quedgeley 3pm
14 Dec Longford Christmas Bingo (See AROUND THE PARISHES P: 14)
18 Dec Police: Keeping in Touch (See EVENTS Page: 21)
21 Dec ‘The Snow Queen’ Sandhurst Village Hall (See AROUND THE
PARISHES P: 16)
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BAPTISM “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
(Matthew 28:19)
Down Hatherley
15 September
WEDDINGS “God is love, and those who live in love live in God; and God lives in
them.” (1 John 4: 16)
Pat Beasley St. Mary, Boddington D. 10th September
Mark Turner & Emma Wood
Down Hatherley
FUNERALS “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live,
even though he dies.” (John 11:25)
ALL SOULS’ DAY
2nd November 6:30pm St Matthew’s, Twigworth Please write the names of loved ones you wish to be remembered at the service on the sheets at the back of the churches.
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MONTHLY MEETINGS ROUND UP
Parish Council Meetings: Twigworth: Meetings held on a Thursday at 7:00pm in St. Matthew’s vestry. (Door at left side of church)
2013: Oct 2 Nov 7
2014: Jan 9 Mar 6 May 8 (AGM) July 3 Sept 4 Nov 6
Members of the public and press are cordially invited to attend. There is a chance for public participation at the beginning and at the end of every meeting.
Down Hatherley: Meetings held on a Wednesday in the village hall at 7:00pm.
Members of the public and press are cordially invited to attend. There is a chance for public participation at the beginning and at the end of every meeting.
Sept 4 Oct 16 Dec 4
Sandhurst: Meetings are held in Sandhurst Village Hall, starting at 7:30 pm on the first Monday of each month (unless this is a Bank Holi- day). All parishioners are invited to attend.
The Leigh: Meetings have now been altered so that there are 4 planned meetings a year, one of those will be the Annual General Meet ing each May where Councillor Officers are appointed to Parish Council roles. Meetings are held in St Catherine’s Church, on a Wednesday at 7.30pm. All parishioners are encouraged to attend. Next dates are:
Nov 13
2014: Feb 12 ; May 14 (AGM)
Longford: Meetings are held in Longford Village Hall, first Tuesday of the month, starting at 7:30 pm. All residents are invited.
Norton: Meetings are held in the Village Hall committee room starting at 7.30pm. All parishioners are welcome to attend.
Oct 2; Nov 13;
Staverton:
Boddington: The Council meets on the 3rd Wednesday of every other month at the Cheltenham West Community Fire Station at Uckington.
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SANDHURST COFFEE MORNINGS
In Sandhurst Village Hall on 2nd Monday of the month at 10:30am:
14 Oct; 11 Nov; 9 Dec.
The Orchard Knitting Club We meet every Thursday from 10:15 till 12:15 in the Coffee Shop at Nature in Art, Walsworth Hall. New members always welcome regardless of ability. Bring your own projects or help with knitting for charity. For more details contact Mavis on 07974033428.
MEN’S BREAKFAST CLUB
LONGFORD FLOWER CLUB 21st Oct
9th Dec
‘Mists and Mellow Fruits’ is the title for the arrangement the class will be depicting at this month’s meeting. Autumnal foliage and harvest gatherings, together with the final flowers of the season before winter sets in, will be the order of the day. The class commences at 7:30pm in the village hall. For further information contact June West on 01452 525121.
The meeting in December will be a demonstration in aid of the Sue Ryder Care Home at Leckhampton. Hopefully, there will be plenty of support, for this is a local charity which has touched many people’s lives. Further information in the November edition of the magazine.
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CHRIS’S CORNER How was that for another interesting summer then? Every year I comment about the conspiracy of nature and the weather, of a myriad permutations that test our every effort to champion the daily battle. As September moved on, the vegetable plot was swept with a blizzard of cabbage white butterflies, I have never seen anything quite like it. The green stuff was netted, sprayed, dusted and still they came. We were repeat sowing and to no avail, caterpillars found their mark and even seedlings were stripped. The charge just seems to be quietening now and I am replanting. There is little choice if I am to have spring cabbage next year.
As has been the case generally, it is all a game of catch up. Winter onions and garlic have only just become available so I have them to plant and over wintering peas and beans will go in soon. As usual there have been some good bits and in particular I have harvested some decent potatoes (although the dry season has made them unstable and liable to fold quickly in hot water).
There is so much mess to sort out though, nothing has had a smooth journey and a few rough days in September really knocked things around in all corners of the garden. I did get slightly ahead of the game with the flower borders and have already been sticking in Pansies and Violas, I have just a couple of tubs to do. I have also been getting the bulbs in. I want to get some roots on them ahead of the winter having sustained heavy losses in the cold and wet of the last one and will also put out a few wallflowers.
The grass seems to want to keep growing, so I am hoping, with a couple of dry days ahead to give the lawn a clip. If you are too, then set the blade up just a little, hard cutting can bring a surge of growth if the weather stays mild or land you with a yellow strip if the frost catches it. The weather will turn quickly now, so have a final check on tender things that you may be looking to keep. By the end of the month soft stuff needs to be offered shelter.
And finally, three weeks from now the clocks go back and we move into dark nights.
Happy gardening
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MONTHLY MEETINGS’ ROUND UP
LADIES’ BREAKFAST GROUP The Ladies’ Breakfast group will meet again on 5th October from 8:30am - 10:00am at Mary Limbrick’s home. More ladies are always welcome and if you’d like to come, please contact Mary on 01452 731257. If you’re able to make a donation to help cover costs that would be good (but not essential!).
Home Groups We have two home groups which meet for Bible study, prayer and fellowship.
The afternoon group will meet at the home of the Godwin’s on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 3 pm. This month’s meeting will therefore be on Wednesday 16th October.
The evening group will next meet on Thursday 10th October at 7.30 pm at Church House, Staverton, the home of Katie & Edmund McClure.
NORTON WI
New members and visitors always welcome. Meeting at 7:30pm on 17th October, the speaker for the evening, Victoria Logue, will give a talk entitled ‘Getting the Most from your Garden’.
SANDHURST WI
Meeting at 7:30pm on 16th October, the speaker for the evening, Ged Cassell, will give a talk entitled ‘Wildlife in Costa Rica’. New members and visitors always welcome.
NORTON & THE LEIGH LOCAL HISTORY GROUP
Meeting at Norton Village Hall on 28th October at 7:00pm. A short AGM will be followed by a ’Bring & Share Supper’ and Magic Lantern Show given by Patrick Furley.
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EVENTS
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COLIN’S COMPUTER COLUMN
Finding The Words In the early days of computing I tried to develop a program for solving anagrams, as often featured in crossword puzzles. I thought that it should be feasible to take in a string of letters, arrange them in all possible sequences and then test the sequences by a series of rules which said, for example, "the only letter than can follow q in the English language is u " and "we cannot have the same letter three times in succession" and "we cannot start a word with the same consonant twice in
succession" and a great many other complicated rules. I realised that there were going to be many, many steps in the program, especially in the case of longer words, but the thought was that, even in those days, a computer worked so fast that something should be achievable.
It was, but the achievement was rather modest. The program was slow and came up with many words which were rubbish because there wasn't a rule to reject them. Nevertheless, running an eye swiftly over a few pages of valid and invalid words could quite often lead to spotting the solution to the crossword clue. I toyed with the program from time to time for a few years and then gave up when I realised that computers had become so fast and memory storage so huge that a much simpler program could be developed to check letter combinations against a big database of all the words in the English language. I presume that that is the principle behind the many anagram solvers which can be downloaded (often without charge) from the Internet.
Oh well, it was fun trying.
Quite recently, I came across a free program which sorts out all the words which can be made from a string of letters, lets you choose a word, offers you all the words that can be made from the remaining letters and repeats the process for as often as it takes to solve the multiword anagram. If you are curious, enter "iterative anagram solver" into a search engine.
Finding
The
Words
Downshifting
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About Healthwatch Gloucestershire Healthwatch Gloucestershire does this by having a visible local presence out in the six districts of the county on a regular basis, listening to your views and experiences of health and social care and sharing them with the people who plan and deliver those services locally. We will also pass your views onto the Care Quality Commission as regulator and Healthwatch England, who will use them to identify regional and national issues and trends. In addition, we have built upon the legacy of the GUiDE Information service to provide or signpost people to information, advice and Independent Health Complaints Advocacy, to help you make informed choices about health and care services or raise concerns/complain about your experiences. Your voice really does count and can change health and social care for the better. Join us and make a difference today. Tel: 0800 652 5193 | 01452 504989 [email protected]
VILLAGE & COMMUNITY AGENT REPORT
Jane Griffiths 07810 630244 Village Agent for Maisemore, Ashleworth, Hasfield, Tirley, Chaceley, Forthampton,
Deerhurst with Apperley, Sandhurst, Twyning & Tewkesbury
Lesley Wall 07810 630064 Village Agent for Boddington, Down Hatherley, Elmstone Hardwicke, Leigh, Norton,
Twigworth, Staverton, Swindon Village, Stoke Orchard and Uckington
Ken Haines 07810 630234 Village Agent for Highnam, Innsworth, Longford, and Minsterworth
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FEEDBACK
CENTRAL MOBILE LIBRARY
As part of the new Library Strategy there have been changes to the mobile library service. Routes F and H no longer exist and so there will be no visits to Sandhurst, Norton and Staverton. The only remaining visit on ‘our patch’ will be at The Swan, Coombe Hill.
Village Stop Name Time
Dates: 18th October 15th November 18th December
Staverton Coffee Morning - Thank you
A very big “thank you” to all who gave so generously at the recent coffee morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
It was lovely to see everyone enjoying a get together.
£600.65 was made.
Thank you from Sandhurst Village Hall Committee
A huge thank you to everyone who was involved in the Sandhurst Village Summer Fete on August Bank Holiday Monday. The sun
shone and we raised over £1300 to help maintain our village hall.
Thank you every volunteer that manned a stall, every person who donated an item for our tombolas, raffles or other stalls, all who helped set up and clear down the site, every baker who provided a cake and every person that came and spent time and money at the event.
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AROUND THE PARISHES — LONGFORD
HO...HO...HO...IT’S CHRISTMAS BINGO
Meet our Santa Caller
LONGFORD VILLAGE HALL on 14th December 2013 Starting 7.00 pm prompt
STRICTLY BY TICKET ENTRY ONLY
£5 Adults - £4 Children (under16)
This will include a Delicious Buffet & 10 Free Bingo tickets
THERE WILL BE FANTASTIC PRIZES TO BE WON FOR BOTH LINE AND FULL HOUSE!!! Including a MASSIVE CHRISTMAS
HAMPER - Meat Vouchers - Wines - Tins of Chocolates- A selection of Restaurant and Takeaway Meals for Two all Donated by the
Longford Village Hall and Local Businesses.
There will also be a GREAT selection of Raffle Prizes.
For Tickets and to book your table early please telephone:
Steve Ashmead on Glos 558284 or
Lynn Gough on Glos 731765
Please remember to bring your own drinks & glasses and for catering purposes please book your tickets early because this year entry is by
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All parishioners welcome to attend.
VILLAGE GET-TOGETHER BRING-AND-SHARE SUPPER MEET YOUR FELLOW VILLAGERS
LEARN THE LATEST GOSSIP (PUB?)
HELP THOSE IN NEED
Saturday 5th October 7pm for 7:30pm
American / Bring & Share Supper
Bring your own tipple!
Celebrate all things ‘harvesty’—food and beer and wine!
Got unused / unwanted tools in the shed / garage—bring them along so that they can be taken to Kenya.
The new editor of ‘Norton News’ is Mary Lee. Inclusions in the newsletter should reach Mary by the 27th of each month: telephone 730814 or email: [email protected] (in Word format).
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AROUND THE PARISHES — SANDHURST
The Snow Queen Rain or Shine Theatre Company is proud to present this Christmas an enchanting tale of friendship and adventure based on Hans Christian Andersen’s classic story, sure to delight and enchant the whole family.
Sandhurst Village Hall Saturday 21st December
Doors open: 7.00pm for 7.30pm performance More details nearer the time
FRIDAY 29th NOVEMBER Look out for further details in November’s ‘Seven
Towers Benefice Magazine’.
EVENTS
WOMEN’S DAY 2013 5th October at St. Andrew’s Church, Churchdown
The guest speaker this year is Laura Ryder, a director of Mercy Ministries UK, a national Christian charity that helps young women. The event will include worship, biblical teaching, prayer and fellow- ship. If you’d like to go along, full details can be found on:
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Harvest Festival Weekend
Vegetarian option available on request
Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm
£10 per ticket
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AROUND THE PARISHES — STAVERTON & BODDINGTON
Calling all table tennis fans in Sandhurst Sandhurst Table Tennis Club invites anyone in Sandhurst inter- ested in table tennis to come along to an open evening at the village hall on the Tuesday 15th October at 7:15pm onwards. The object is to see if there is interest in holding social table tennis evenings occasionally (or regularly) to play, chat, or just watch and have a cup of tea/coffee. Contact: Norman Saunders (01452 730208).
Staverton and Boddington
The annual Harvest Supper will be held on Friday October 4th
at Boddington Manor - doors open at 7.00pm for 7.30 start
Tickets are available NOW from: - Debbie Drinkwater (680006), Jacqui Maguire (680161),
Gill Parker-Dodd (680784) or Chris Evans (01452 713068) To help with catering, please ensure that you have
booked AND paid by Friday 27th September - thank you. “Tickets remain at the outstanding value of £6” Book early - don’t wait until they have all gone!
Remember to bring cutlery + whatever you wish to Drink All Donations for Raffle Prizes greatly appreciated
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EVENTS
2013 British Wildlife Photography Awards
September 17th - November 3rd Nature in Art is excited to be the very first venue, since its launch in London, to be showing the very best entries from the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2013, including the com- petition’s overall winning image, entitled: ‘In the Living Room’ (left).
The Leukaemia & Intensive Chemotherapy Fund Registered charity number: 1078183
Take part in our
Make a Will Fortnight Not made a will yet? Then this is for you.
During the two weeks 8 - 22 October 2013 BPE Solicitors are offering to draw up your will free of charge
in return for a donation to LINC.
If you are interested in doing this please contact the LINC office on 0300 422 4422 for an information pack
or visit www.lincfund.org
10.30 am - 6.30 pm
Friday 18th October at
Complimentary coffee and cake. Please come and bring your friends.
SEVEN TOWERS GROUP OF CHURCHES INVITES YOU TO
SUNDAY 24th NOVEMBER 2013
3:00PM - 5:00 PM Norton Village Hall
CRAFT, CELEBRATION AND FOOD FOR ALL THE FAMILY! NO UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN PLEASE
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DOWN HATHERLEY GIFT DAY AND CHURCHYARD WORKING PARTY
SATURDAY OCTOBER 5TH 10AM - 4PM
Come and enjoy meeting others at the church.
Refreshments provided.
If you are able to support the hard working volunteers maintaining the churchyard that would be much ap- preciated. Bring your gardening gloves and help us for as little or as much as you like!
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St. Lawrence Church,
Sandhurst. 23 September
Open Saturdays 9:00 am - 4:00 pm or phone Simon or Louise for your weekday orders.
All British produce reared on the farm. 01452 730222 / 07774 420420 (mobile)
Mussel End Farm, Sandhurst, Gloucester GL2 9NT
Nurseries and Garden Centre
Classic Printing 01452 731539
PONDEROSA PET SUPPLIES - Pets and Pet products
“THE WITCHES BREW” - Coffee Shop
Dundry Nurseries ..... Altogether a better place to shop
Bamfurlong Lane, Cheltenham OPEN 7 DAYS 01452 713124
Church of England United Benefice of: Twigworth including Longford; Down Hatherley;
Norton; The Leigh with Evington; Sandhurst; Staverton with Boddington.
SEVEN TOWERS BENEFICE MAGAZINE
Traditional Farm Butchers
Local, farm-reared and traceable!
WHO’S WHO IN THE BENEFICE
Rector: Rev Suzanne Skepper 01452 731994 Associate Ministers: Canon David Godwin 01452 730435 Father David Humphries 01452 529582 Chris Lane (Reader) 01452 520662
Seven Towers Benefice online at: www.seventowers.org.uk Churchwardens: Down Hatherley Ann Warriner 01452 730371 Andy Nicol 01452 730025 The Leigh & Evington Mrs Sue Roberts 01242 680835 Vacancy Norton Mr Simon Trapnell 07774 803177 Mrs Jean Smith 01452 730265 Sandhurst Mr Jim Brown 01452 731900 Mr Pat Collins 01452 731567 Staverton with Boddington Mr Edmund McClure 01242 681139 Mr Rob Buckland 01452 713155 Twigworth & Longford Mr Chris Baldwin 01452 534105
Vacancy
Enquiries about baptisms, marriages and funerals should be directed to the Rector.
Printed by Classic Printing Ltd. Tel. 01452 731539
COVER 13th OCTOBER: FEAST DAY
ST. EDWARD CONFESSOR 1003—1066
October 13th sees the celebration of the life of St Edward the Confessor, King of England 1042–66, the re-founder of Westmin- ster Abbey. Canonised in 1161, to this day pilgrims come to pray at his shrine in the abbey. Held his witan nine times in Gloucester.
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FIREWOOD FOR SALE
Seasoned Ash and Oak split firewood available for collection or delivery in 300kg bags or 15kg nets
Contact:- Woodsman Matt Shaw 07921 680052 Or email:- [email protected]
Boddington Estates Ltd, Boddington House Farm. 01242 680609
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FROM THE STUDY WINDOW Hi everyone,
By the time this reaches you I shall have been ‘ Instituted and inducted” at Sandhurst Church as the new Rector of the Seven Towers Benefice, sounds painful! I am hoping it isn’t!
I might have seen your face there…I might not, either way I look forward to putting names to those faces and seeing new faces and making new friends, whether you are ‘church’ people or not!
I look forward to working with you all in the building of a world where God’s will is done, you don’t have to be ‘religious’’ to do that.
As I was praying this morning, I was struck by the reading from the Old Testament (2 Chronicles 2.1-16) it recounts Solomon sending a letter to the king of Tyre asking for his support with the building of God’s house and we hear that King Huram who had helped Solomon’s Father David, was glad to help and saw his involvement as part of an ongoing partnership.
Building the temple spanned two generations and required co-operation across kingdoms as well as across land and sea. It took the pooling of a wide range of skills and varieties of materials.
I would love it if you and I could see ourselves as partners in building a world (starting with our communities) where God is at home, where his will is being done. Where friendships are being built, where generosity and hospitality is flowing, where no –one is left outside, no one is marginalized. Where we all as God’s children can flourish and grow and be all he ever intended us to be.
It requires co-operation across our own little kingdoms, be they our homes, our places of work, of leisure, our places of worship, and the dif- ferent groups we belong to within our different communities.
As harvest is almost upon us, and we celebrate the overflowing generosity and provision of God and his good earth, I look forward to seeing new faces making new friends and partners as we share in God’s hospitality and generosity already made visible amongst us in the many invitations to har- vest suppers.
With love in Christ
Suzanne
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PRAYER DIARY — OCTOBER Tuesday 01 Staff, pupils and governors of secondary schools in this area Wednesday 02 Our farming community Thursday 03 Diocese of El Camino Real - USA Friday 04 Carers in residential and nursing homes Saturday 05 Those attending the men's and ladies' breakfasts Sunday 06 People living in The Leigh Monday 07 Members of the Local Ministry Team Tuesday 08 Visitors to our churches and villages Wednesday 09 Colleagues at work Thursday 10 Diocese of Karnataka Central - India Friday 11 The work of Christian charities overseas Saturday 12 Those preparing to lead worship and preach tomorrow Sunday 13 People living in Norton Monday 14 Our rector Tuesday 15 For those working in the police fire, and ambulance services Wednesday 16 Those ill in hospital and those who are housebound Thursday 17 Diocese of Dornakal - India Friday 18 The work of Tearfund Saturday 19 Those preparing to lead worship and preach tomorrow Sunday 20 People living in Staverton Monday 21 Those who clean our church buildings Tuesday 22 Bishop Michael and Bishop Martyn Wednesday 23 Children and young people in the Benefice Thursday 24 Diocese of Västerås - Sweden Friday 25 Churches in the Severn Vale Deanery Saturday 26 Those preparing to lead worship and preach tomorrow Sunday 27 People living in Boddington & Barrow Monday 28 Mike Dill, our magazine editor Tuesday 29 Our bell ringers Wednesday 30 Our assistant clergy and reader Thursday 31 The Diocese of Gloucester
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Editor Mr Mike Dill 01452 730767 [email protected] Advertisements Mrs Margaret Brind 01452 730744 [email protected] Correspondents Down Hatherley Mrs Helen Nicol 01452 730025 The Leigh Mrs Pat Arkell 01242 680262 Norton Mrs June Hipwood 01452 730425 Sandhurst Mrs Caroline Watson 01452 730207 Twigworth Mrs Margaret Riddick 01452 730700 Staverton Mr David Bound 01242 680692
Clerks to the Parish Councils: Boddington Mrs Diane Hughes
The Leigh Miss Kate Tilling 01242 680089 ([email protected])
Down Hatherley Mr David Bayley 01452 501796
Longford Mr Paul Ounsworth 01452 526495
Norton Mr David Cooper 01452 537831
Sandhurst Mr David Cooper 01452 537831 07766004001
Staverton Mr Paul Ounsworth 01452 526495
Twigworth Mr David Bayley 01452 501796
Local History Group Mr Denis King 01452 730773
Longford Flower Club Mrs June West 01452 525121
Norton Mother & Toddlers Group Katy Bailey 07747728475
Norton W.I. Mrs Josie Wragg 01242 680235
Sandhurst WI Celia Poffley 01452 739487
Scottish Dancing Class Mrs Joan Leyfield 01452 730926 Mrs Pam Parkes 01452 730592
Traidcraft Goods Sarah Sharpley 01452 739179 Ellie Stevenson 01452 739142
UB Youth Club Alison Moseley 07759 458494
Wainlode Quilters Mrs Tilly Page 01452 730046 Mrs Hazel Goad 01452 730360
MAGAZINE TEAM
LOCAL CONTACTS
Sunday 6th October Green Trinity 19
First Reading 2 Timothy 1.1—14
Gospel Luke 17.5—10
Gospel Luke 17.11—19
Gospel Luke 18.1—8
Gospel Luke 18.9—14
Sandhurst Evening Prayer 6:00 pm Chris Lane
Twigworth Holy Communion 9:30 am Rev Suzanne
Down Hatherley Holy Communion 9:30 am Fr David
Norton Harvest Festival 11:00 am Revd Suzanne
The Leigh Evening Prayer 6:00 pm Team
Staverton
Boddington
Rev John Risdon
4 Staverton & Boddington Harvest Supper (See AROUND THE P’SHES P. 18)
5 Ladies’ Breakfast Group (See MONTHLY MEETINGS Page: 11)
5 Down Hatherley Gift Day and MORE! (See AROUND THE PARISHES P. 19)
5 Norton Village Bring & Share Supper (See AROUND THE PARISHES P. 15)
5 Norton RFC (A) Cainscross 3pm
5 Women’s Day 2013 (See EVENTS Page: 16)
8 ‘Make a Will’ Fortnight (See EVENTS Page: 23)
10 Evening Home Group (See MONTHLY MEETINGS Page: 11)
12 Down Hatherley Harvest Supper (See AROUND THE PARISHES P. 19)
12 Sandhurst Harvest Supper (See AROUND THE PARISHES P. 17)
12 Norton RFC (H) Hardwicke & Quedgeley 3pm
15 Sandhurst Table Tennis Open Evening (See AROUND THE P’SHES P. 18)
Sunday 13th October Trinity 20 Sandhurst Holy Communion HARVEST 9.30am Rev. Suzanne
Twigworth Holy Communion 11.00am Rev Brian Parfitt HARVEST & LUNCH
Down Hatherley Evening Prayer HARVEST 6.30pm Rev. Suzanne
Norton Morning Prayer 9.30am Team
The Leigh Holy Communion HARVEST 11.00am Canon David (NB No lunch)
Staverton Morning Prayer 10.00am Chris Lane
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OCTOBER
Twigworth Holy Communion 11:00 am Rev John Risdon
Down Hatherley Evening Prayer 6:30 pm Team
Norton Morning Prayer 11:00 am Rev Suzanne
The Leigh Holy Communion (Said) 8:30 am
Staverton No Service
Rev Suzanne
Sandhurst Family Service 9:30 am Team
Twigworth Morning Prayer 10:30 Team
Down Hatherley Holy Communion 9:30 am Fr David Norton Holy Communion 9:30 am Canon David
The Leigh Evening Prayer 6:00 pm Chris Lane
Staverton No Service
Boddington Harvest Festival 11:00 am Rev Suzanne
All Wildlife Photography Awards Nature in Art (See EVENTS Page: 23)
16 Afternoon Home Group (See MONTHLY MEETINGS Page: 11)
16 Sandhurst WI (See MONTHLY MEETINGS Page: 11)
17 Norton WI (See MONTHLY MEETINGS Page: 11)
18 Cobalt Card Sale (See EVENTS Page: 22)
19 Craft Fayre at Down Hatherley Village Hall (See EVENTS Page: 12)
21 Longford Flower Club (See MONTHLY MEETINGS Page: 10)
23 Police: Keeping in Touch (See EVENTS Page: 21)
26 Norton RFC (A) Minchinhampton 3pm
28 Norton & The Leigh Local History Group meet
(See MONTHLY MEETINGS Page: 11)
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MAGAZINE COPY
Next month’s copy date: For inclusion in the November 2013 edition of the magazine, copy should reach parish correspondents by 17th October or be sent directly to Mike Dill by the 18th October.
November, December etc. 2 Nov All Souls’ Day Service (See Page: 8)
9 Nov Norton RFC (H) Smiths Industries 3pm
20 Nov Police: Keeping in Touch (See EVENTS Page: 21)
23 Nov Norton RFC (A) Tredworth 3pm
24 Nov Messy Church (See EVENTS Page: 22)
29 Nov Sandhurst Christmas Fayre (See AROUND THE PARISHES P: 16)
4 Dec Norton RFC (H) Minchinhampton 3pm
9 Dec Longford Flower Club (See MONTHLY MEETINGS Page: 10)
14 Dec Norton RFC (A) Hardwicke & Quedgeley 3pm
14 Dec Longford Christmas Bingo (See AROUND THE PARISHES P: 14)
18 Dec Police: Keeping in Touch (See EVENTS Page: 21)
21 Dec ‘The Snow Queen’ Sandhurst Village Hall (See AROUND THE
PARISHES P: 16)
For information about events taking place in Gloucester Cathedral, visit: www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk
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BAPTISM “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
(Matthew 28:19)
Down Hatherley
15 September
WEDDINGS “God is love, and those who live in love live in God; and God lives in
them.” (1 John 4: 16)
Pat Beasley St. Mary, Boddington D. 10th September
Mark Turner & Emma Wood
Down Hatherley
FUNERALS “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live,
even though he dies.” (John 11:25)
ALL SOULS’ DAY
2nd November 6:30pm St Matthew’s, Twigworth Please write the names of loved ones you wish to be remembered at the service on the sheets at the back of the churches.
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MONTHLY MEETINGS ROUND UP
Parish Council Meetings: Twigworth: Meetings held on a Thursday at 7:00pm in St. Matthew’s vestry. (Door at left side of church)
2013: Oct 2 Nov 7
2014: Jan 9 Mar 6 May 8 (AGM) July 3 Sept 4 Nov 6
Members of the public and press are cordially invited to attend. There is a chance for public participation at the beginning and at the end of every meeting.
Down Hatherley: Meetings held on a Wednesday in the village hall at 7:00pm.
Members of the public and press are cordially invited to attend. There is a chance for public participation at the beginning and at the end of every meeting.
Sept 4 Oct 16 Dec 4
Sandhurst: Meetings are held in Sandhurst Village Hall, starting at 7:30 pm on the first Monday of each month (unless this is a Bank Holi- day). All parishioners are invited to attend.
The Leigh: Meetings have now been altered so that there are 4 planned meetings a year, one of those will be the Annual General Meet ing each May where Councillor Officers are appointed to Parish Council roles. Meetings are held in St Catherine’s Church, on a Wednesday at 7.30pm. All parishioners are encouraged to attend. Next dates are:
Nov 13
2014: Feb 12 ; May 14 (AGM)
Longford: Meetings are held in Longford Village Hall, first Tuesday of the month, starting at 7:30 pm. All residents are invited.
Norton: Meetings are held in the Village Hall committee room starting at 7.30pm. All parishioners are welcome to attend.
Oct 2; Nov 13;
Staverton:
Boddington: The Council meets on the 3rd Wednesday of every other month at the Cheltenham West Community Fire Station at Uckington.
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SANDHURST COFFEE MORNINGS
In Sandhurst Village Hall on 2nd Monday of the month at 10:30am:
14 Oct; 11 Nov; 9 Dec.
The Orchard Knitting Club We meet every Thursday from 10:15 till 12:15 in the Coffee Shop at Nature in Art, Walsworth Hall. New members always welcome regardless of ability. Bring your own projects or help with knitting for charity. For more details contact Mavis on 07974033428.
MEN’S BREAKFAST CLUB
LONGFORD FLOWER CLUB 21st Oct
9th Dec
‘Mists and Mellow Fruits’ is the title for the arrangement the class will be depicting at this month’s meeting. Autumnal foliage and harvest gatherings, together with the final flowers of the season before winter sets in, will be the order of the day. The class commences at 7:30pm in the village hall. For further information contact June West on 01452 525121.
The meeting in December will be a demonstration in aid of the Sue Ryder Care Home at Leckhampton. Hopefully, there will be plenty of support, for this is a local charity which has touched many people’s lives. Further information in the November edition of the magazine.
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CHRIS’S CORNER How was that for another interesting summer then? Every year I comment about the conspiracy of nature and the weather, of a myriad permutations that test our every effort to champion the daily battle. As September moved on, the vegetable plot was swept with a blizzard of cabbage white butterflies, I have never seen anything quite like it. The green stuff was netted, sprayed, dusted and still they came. We were repeat sowing and to no avail, caterpillars found their mark and even seedlings were stripped. The charge just seems to be quietening now and I am replanting. There is little choice if I am to have spring cabbage next year.
As has been the case generally, it is all a game of catch up. Winter onions and garlic have only just become available so I have them to plant and over wintering peas and beans will go in soon. As usual there have been some good bits and in particular I have harvested some decent potatoes (although the dry season has made them unstable and liable to fold quickly in hot water).
There is so much mess to sort out though, nothing has had a smooth journey and a few rough days in September really knocked things around in all corners of the garden. I did get slightly ahead of the game with the flower borders and have already been sticking in Pansies and Violas, I have just a couple of tubs to do. I have also been getting the bulbs in. I want to get some roots on them ahead of the winter having sustained heavy losses in the cold and wet of the last one and will also put out a few wallflowers.
The grass seems to want to keep growing, so I am hoping, with a couple of dry days ahead to give the lawn a clip. If you are too, then set the blade up just a little, hard cutting can bring a surge of growth if the weather stays mild or land you with a yellow strip if the frost catches it. The weather will turn quickly now, so have a final check on tender things that you may be looking to keep. By the end of the month soft stuff needs to be offered shelter.
And finally, three weeks from now the clocks go back and we move into dark nights.
Happy gardening
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MONTHLY MEETINGS’ ROUND UP
LADIES’ BREAKFAST GROUP The Ladies’ Breakfast group will meet again on 5th October from 8:30am - 10:00am at Mary Limbrick’s home. More ladies are always welcome and if you’d like to come, please contact Mary on 01452 731257. If you’re able to make a donation to help cover costs that would be good (but not essential!).
Home Groups We have two home groups which meet for Bible study, prayer and fellowship.
The afternoon group will meet at the home of the Godwin’s on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 3 pm. This month’s meeting will therefore be on Wednesday 16th October.
The evening group will next meet on Thursday 10th October at 7.30 pm at Church House, Staverton, the home of Katie & Edmund McClure.
NORTON WI
New members and visitors always welcome. Meeting at 7:30pm on 17th October, the speaker for the evening, Victoria Logue, will give a talk entitled ‘Getting the Most from your Garden’.
SANDHURST WI
Meeting at 7:30pm on 16th October, the speaker for the evening, Ged Cassell, will give a talk entitled ‘Wildlife in Costa Rica’. New members and visitors always welcome.
NORTON & THE LEIGH LOCAL HISTORY GROUP
Meeting at Norton Village Hall on 28th October at 7:00pm. A short AGM will be followed by a ’Bring & Share Supper’ and Magic Lantern Show given by Patrick Furley.
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EVENTS
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COLIN’S COMPUTER COLUMN
Finding The Words In the early days of computing I tried to develop a program for solving anagrams, as often featured in crossword puzzles. I thought that it should be feasible to take in a string of letters, arrange them in all possible sequences and then test the sequences by a series of rules which said, for example, "the only letter than can follow q in the English language is u " and "we cannot have the same letter three times in succession" and "we cannot start a word with the same consonant twice in
succession" and a great many other complicated rules. I realised that there were going to be many, many steps in the program, especially in the case of longer words, but the thought was that, even in those days, a computer worked so fast that something should be achievable.
It was, but the achievement was rather modest. The program was slow and came up with many words which were rubbish because there wasn't a rule to reject them. Nevertheless, running an eye swiftly over a few pages of valid and invalid words could quite often lead to spotting the solution to the crossword clue. I toyed with the program from time to time for a few years and then gave up when I realised that computers had become so fast and memory storage so huge that a much simpler program could be developed to check letter combinations against a big database of all the words in the English language. I presume that that is the principle behind the many anagram solvers which can be downloaded (often without charge) from the Internet.
Oh well, it was fun trying.
Quite recently, I came across a free program which sorts out all the words which can be made from a string of letters, lets you choose a word, offers you all the words that can be made from the remaining letters and repeats the process for as often as it takes to solve the multiword anagram. If you are curious, enter "iterative anagram solver" into a search engine.
Finding
The
Words
Downshifting
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Healthwatch Gloucestershire Your independent consumer champion for health and social care On April 1st 2013, Healthwatch was launched all over the country and replaces the previous Local Involvement Networks (LINks) and in this case, Gloucestershire LINk. Healthwatch gives the public a powerful voice locally and nationally. Local Healthwatch works to help people get the best out of their local health and social care services. Whether it is improving them today or helping to shape them for tomorrow, Local Healthwatch is all about local voices being able to influence the delivery and design of local services. Not just people who use them, but anyone who might need them in the future.
About Healthwatch Gloucestershire Healthwatch Gloucestershire does this by having a visible local presence out in the six districts of the county on a regular basis, listening to your views and experiences of health and social care and sharing them with the people who plan and deliver those services locally. We will also pass your views onto the Care Quality Commission as regulator and Healthwatch England, who will use them to identify regional and national issues and trends. In addition, we have built upon the legacy of the GUiDE Information service to provide or signpost people to information, advice and Independent Health Complaints Advocacy, to help you make informed choices about health and care services or raise concerns/complain about your experiences. Your voice really does count and can change health and social care for the better. Join us and make a difference today. Tel: 0800 652 5193 | 01452 504989 [email protected]
VILLAGE & COMMUNITY AGENT REPORT
Jane Griffiths 07810 630244 Village Agent for Maisemore, Ashleworth, Hasfield, Tirley, Chaceley, Forthampton,
Deerhurst with Apperley, Sandhurst, Twyning & Tewkesbury
Lesley Wall 07810 630064 Village Agent for Boddington, Down Hatherley, Elmstone Hardwicke, Leigh, Norton,
Twigworth, Staverton, Swindon Village, Stoke Orchard and Uckington
Ken Haines 07810 630234 Village Agent for Highnam, Innsworth, Longford, and Minsterworth
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FEEDBACK
CENTRAL MOBILE LIBRARY
As part of the new Library Strategy there have been changes to the mobile library service. Routes F and H no longer exist and so there will be no visits to Sandhurst, Norton and Staverton. The only remaining visit on ‘our patch’ will be at The Swan, Coombe Hill.
Village Stop Name Time
Dates: 18th October 15th November 18th December
Staverton Coffee Morning - Thank you
A very big “thank you” to all who gave so generously at the recent coffee morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
It was lovely to see everyone enjoying a get together.
£600.65 was made.
Thank you from Sandhurst Village Hall Committee
A huge thank you to everyone who was involved in the Sandhurst Village Summer Fete on August Bank Holiday Monday. The sun
shone and we raised over £1300 to help maintain our village hall.
Thank you every volunteer that manned a stall, every person who donated an item for our tombolas, raffles or other stalls, all who helped set up and clear down the site, every baker who provided a cake and every person that came and spent time and money at the event.
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AROUND THE PARISHES — LONGFORD
HO...HO...HO...IT’S CHRISTMAS BINGO
Meet our Santa Caller
LONGFORD VILLAGE HALL on 14th December 2013 Starting 7.00 pm prompt
STRICTLY BY TICKET ENTRY ONLY
£5 Adults - £4 Children (under16)
This will include a Delicious Buffet & 10 Free Bingo tickets
THERE WILL BE FANTASTIC PRIZES TO BE WON FOR BOTH LINE AND FULL HOUSE!!! Including a MASSIVE CHRISTMAS
HAMPER - Meat Vouchers - Wines - Tins of Chocolates- A selection of Restaurant and Takeaway Meals for Two all Donated by the
Longford Village Hall and Local Businesses.
There will also be a GREAT selection of Raffle Prizes.
For Tickets and to book your table early please telephone:
Steve Ashmead on Glos 558284 or
Lynn Gough on Glos 731765
Please remember to bring your own drinks & glasses and for catering purposes please book your tickets early because this year entry is by
ticket only. Don’t MISS OUT bring your family & friends along and have some great fun.
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Demolition, Reclamation Foundations Concreting Tree / Hedge cutting.
Garden Clearance.
1.5 — 14 Tonne Excavators 1/4 — 12 Tonne Dumpers Loading Shovel, Tractors
Contact Trevor or Liz : Tel : 01452 730155
Mobile : 07836 758080 By Quote or on Day Work www.tjhcontracting.co.uk
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Wired Electrical
All aspects of electrical work covered, no job too small or too large
Fully insured and Part P registered - Over 10 years experience
24 hour call out
PROPRIETOR: - Mrs Sallyann Rolfe
26 LEWIS AVENUE, LONGFORD, GLOUCESTER, GL2 9BQ 07721 768577 01452 305381
www.houseofrobinson.co.uk Soft furnishings individually designed to suit your lifestyle and budget,
from simple roman blinds to intricately designed curtains, expertly made to measure soft furnishings, from your fabric or our own.
Handmade curtains Roman blinds Swags & Tails Pelmets Bedspreads Loose Covers
We offer a consultation service in the comfort of your own home, with a wide choice of fabrics, trimmings, curtain poles and rails.
Shiny Bright Cleaning Ltd Experienced domestic cleaning service
Weekly cleans, Deep cleans, Spring cleans Interior and exterior window cleaning
Solar Panel cleaning Gutters cleared, fascias, & soffits cleaned
Moving in and out House Clean
A friendly local firm - Contact Jan 01452 731895 or 07894 058792
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All parishioners welcome to attend.
VILLAGE GET-TOGETHER BRING-AND-SHARE SUPPER MEET YOUR FELLOW VILLAGERS
LEARN THE LATEST GOSSIP (PUB?)
HELP THOSE IN NEED
Saturday 5th October 7pm for 7:30pm
American / Bring & Share Supper
Bring your own tipple!
Celebrate all things ‘harvesty’—food and beer and wine!
Got unused / unwanted tools in the shed / garage—bring them along so that they can be taken to Kenya.
The new editor of ‘Norton News’ is Mary Lee. Inclusions in the newsletter should reach Mary by the 27th of each month: telephone 730814 or email: [email protected] (in Word format).
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AROUND THE PARISHES — SANDHURST
The Snow Queen Rain or Shine Theatre Company is proud to present this Christmas an enchanting tale of friendship and adventure based on Hans Christian Andersen’s classic story, sure to delight and enchant the whole family.
Sandhurst Village Hall Saturday 21st December
Doors open: 7.00pm for 7.30pm performance More details nearer the time
FRIDAY 29th NOVEMBER Look out for further details in November’s ‘Seven
Towers Benefice Magazine’.
EVENTS
WOMEN’S DAY 2013 5th October at St. Andrew’s Church, Churchdown
The guest speaker this year is Laura Ryder, a director of Mercy Ministries UK, a national Christian charity that helps young women. The event will include worship, biblical teaching, prayer and fellow- ship. If you’d like to go along, full details can be found on:
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JOHN HARTLAND
07811 340975 or 01684 275859 www.glosfirewood.co.uk
Mobile firewood processing unit, log splitting service and tractor hedge-trimming
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BRAND NEW SPECIALISED ZUMBA® FITNESS CLASSES
TRY ANY CLASS FREE FOR UP TO 2 PEOPLE WITH THIS AD!
Wednesdays 6.15-7pm, Longford Village Hall, GL2 9EL The popular Zumba® formula of Latin fun & fitness with less-complicated choreography! Learn Salsa, Tango, Flamenco & Cha Cha using simplified steps & modified low-impact moves. Improves tone, balance & co-ordination.
Great for Zumba® beginners, the active older participant, post-natal/injury etc
Starts Sept 11th, £4.50 on the door or £4 with loyalty card.
Tuesdays 7.20-8pm, The Pavilion, Hatherley Lane GL51 6PN A core-strengthening Zumba® workout with dynamic vertical core movements to improve psture & alignment. Starts Sept 10th, £4 or £2.50 with 6.30 class
Rachel Ainslie: 07931 649790 / (01452) 617464 www.LeapOfFaithZumba.weebly.com
Fearn Fitness Personal Training
6 weeks Personal Training
just £99 (3 training sessions per week for 6 consecutive weeks)
See our website for news & information
Unit C10, Innsworth Technology Park, Innsworth Lane,
Gloucester, GL3 1DL. Free secure parking
Contact debbie : - Tel: 07729 271568
[email protected] www.fearnfitness.co.uk
Harvest Festival Weekend
Vegetarian option available on request
Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm
£10 per ticket
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AROUND THE PARISHES — STAVERTON & BODDINGTON
Calling all table tennis fans in Sandhurst Sandhurst Table Tennis Club invites anyone in Sandhurst inter- ested in table tennis to come along to an open evening at the village hall on the Tuesday 15th October at 7:15pm onwards. The object is to see if there is interest in holding social table tennis evenings occasionally (or regularly) to play, chat, or just watch and have a cup of tea/coffee. Contact: Norman Saunders (01452 730208).
Staverton and Boddington
The annual Harvest Supper will be held on Friday October 4th
at Boddington Manor - doors open at 7.00pm for 7.30 start
Tickets are available NOW from: - Debbie Drinkwater (680006), Jacqui Maguire (680161),
Gill Parker-Dodd (680784) or Chris Evans (01452 713068) To help with catering, please ensure that you have
booked AND paid by Friday 27th September - thank you. “Tickets remain at the outstanding value of £6” Book early - don’t wait until they have all gone!
Remember to bring cutlery + whatever you wish to Drink All Donations for Raffle Prizes greatly appreciated
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EVENTS
2013 British Wildlife Photography Awards
September 17th - November 3rd Nature in Art is excited to be the very first venue, since its launch in London, to be showing the very best entries from the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2013, including the com- petition’s overall winning image, entitled: ‘In the Living Room’ (left).
The Leukaemia & Intensive Chemotherapy Fund Registered charity number: 1078183
Take part in our
Make a Will Fortnight Not made a will yet? Then this is for you.
During the two weeks 8 - 22 October 2013 BPE Solicitors are offering to draw up your will free of charge
in return for a donation to LINC.
If you are interested in doing this please contact the LINC office on 0300 422 4422 for an information pack
or visit www.lincfund.org
10.30 am - 6.30 pm
Friday 18th October at
Complimentary coffee and cake. Please come and bring your friends.
SEVEN TOWERS GROUP OF CHURCHES INVITES YOU TO
SUNDAY 24th NOVEMBER 2013
3:00PM - 5:00 PM Norton Village Hall
CRAFT, CELEBRATION AND FOOD FOR ALL THE FAMILY! NO UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN PLEASE
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DOWN HATHERLEY GIFT DAY AND CHURCHYARD WORKING PARTY
SATURDAY OCTOBER 5TH 10AM - 4PM
Come and enjoy meeting others at the church.
Refreshments provided.
If you are able to support the hard working volunteers maintaining the churchyard that would be much ap- preciated. Bring your gardening gloves and help us for as little or as much as you like!
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St. Lawrence Church,
Sandhurst. 23 September