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August 2017 50p

An August Midnight

A shaded lamp and a waving blind, And the beat of a clock from a distant floor: On this scene enter-winged, horned, and spined - A longlegs, a moth, and a dumbledore; While 'mid my page there idly stands

A sleepy fly, that rubs its hands . . . Thus meet we five, in this still place, At this point of time, at this point in space. - My guests parade my new-penned ink, Or bang at the lamp-glass, whirl, and sink. "God's humblest, they!" I muse. Yet why? They know Earth-secrets that know not I.

Thomas Hardy

BCP Book of Common Prayer CW Book of Common Worship HC Holy Communion MP Morning Prayer EP Evening Prayer

Morning Prayers will be said at 8.30am on Fridays at Ashton. Holy Communion is celebrated at 10.00am on Wednesdays in St Faith’s Church, Overbury. Clergy: Revd Canon Matthew Baynes Revd Canon Susan Renshaw Revd Rick Tett (Curate) Readers: John Dodge Roger Palmer

The Rector, Canon Matthew Baynes can be contacted at any time on: 01684 772237 or email: [email protected].

Parish Office: Tuesday mornings, 9.00am to 12noon: 01684 772237 Friday mornings (Beckford Village Hall), 9am to 12 noon: 01386 881349 or [email protected] (Parish Secretary)

Schedule of Services for The Parish of Overbury with Teddington, Alstone and Little Washbourne, with Beckford and Ashton under Hill.

AUGUST Ashton Beckford Overbury Alstone Teddington

6th August

8th Sunday of

Trinity

6.00 pm

Evening

Prayer

J Dodge

8.00 am

BCP HC

C Parr

9.30 am

CW HC

C Parr

13th August

9th Sunday of

Trinity

9.30 am

CW HC

Ruth Walker

6.00 pm

Evening

Praise

R Tett

11.00 am

Morning

Prayer

G Pharo

9.30 am

Morning

Prayer

G Pharo

20th August

10th Sunday of

Trinity

11.00 am

Village

Worship

J Dodge and

Lay Team

9.30 am

CW HC

R Tett

8.00 am

BCP HC

S Renshaw

6.00 pm

Evening

Prayer

S Renshaw

27th August

11th Sunday of

Trinity

10.00 am

Annual United Parish CW HC Service at Little Washbourne

S Renshaw

SEPTEMBER

3rd September

12th Sunday of

Trinity

6.00 pm

Autumn

Songs of

Praise

8.00 am

BCP HC

11.00 am

Family

Service

9.30 am

CW HC

From the Vicarage…

As I write I am watching the tennis at Wimbledon – one of my favourite activities at this time of year. I’ve also been able to catch up with friends as we are on holiday at the moment….another favourite pastime! However, July is also the time for one of my least favourite activities – saying goodbye. I am involved in not one, or two, but three school leavers’ services, saying goodbye to those leaving our first schools as they prepare for the next exciting stage in their education in middle schools. I’m a bit of a sentimentalist and always need a tissue on these occasions….and usually have a box on hand to pass to parents! It is good to see all our school leavers with so much self-confidence, leading the services which they had prepared, to hear their memories of school and to hear about their achievements. All credit must go to the staff of our schools who have given the children such a good start to their education. We, as well as their parents, have high hopes for them in the future. Obviously they must be feeling a little anxious as they look forward to going to new schools, but they will also be excited at the prospect of the new experiences that await them there. Life is an adventure and we hope that our children will embrace it with enthusiasm. Eckington school also said ‘goodbye’ to Mrs Gill Humphriss, who has been Acting Head during Miss Breakwell’s maternity leave. Mrs Humphriss has been a wonderful headteacher at Eckington for the past 12 months and we wish her well at her new school in Stratford. We have also said goodbye recently to Richard and Chris Worsley who have retired to Yorkshire and so we are in the process of finding a new priest to join us in the Bredon Hill Group. As we say goodbye to the past, we look forward and prepare for the future. As St. Paul says, “forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead.” Well, I do hope that the children won’t forget what lies behind but will build on it as they go forward. Our children cannot stand still; time passes and new schools beckon. For some there will be the excitement and challenge of leaving home for the first time as they head towards university. Similarly, our churches cannot stand still if they are to grow, both spiritually and numerically. We need to look and see the things that God is already doing in our communities – and join in with them! We thank God for Becki, our family worker and for Revd. Rick, who was ordained priest at the end of June. We give thanks for our house groups around Bredon Hill and for the fellowship they provide. We are always happy to welcome new members! And we look forward in the future to growing as disciples together. Every blessing Susan

SERVICES IN AUGUST………….. The annual Parish Worship at Little Washbourne will be on Sunday 27th August. We will be cleaning Little Washbourne church on the morning of Tuesday 22nd August from 10am and do hope some of you will be able to join us. Please get in touch with Anne Kyle on 01242 620351 if you are able to help or have any queries.

CATCH PROJECT Over the next two months we will be including CATCH Project Reports to bring you up to date with the invaluable work being done by Sue Davies and her dedicated team with children and carers in Mzamomhle, where the CATCH Project is based. The first is on the next page. In the meantime, we have recently heard from Sue that they have lost some of their major donors, as a result of which they are struggling to find enough funds to feed the children, a vital part of their work with the AIDS orphans in their care.

Will you help with a donation?

Whatever you can give will be hugely appreciated and goes directly to where it is most needed. Please drop your donation in to your local churchwarden, who will pass it on to be forwarded c/o Margie Schutte to the CATCH team. Contact details for your churchwarden can be found in the Parish Directory at the back of this magazine.

Thank you so much for your support

Here is our soccer coach, Atti Malawu, with some of the trophies we have won.

The crochet club

Dear Friends, I am very grateful that you continue to care for CATCH Projects. I often think of you when I see all the clean plates and cups on the huge drying rack in the kitchen. You will remember your gift of this and the huge double stainless sink some years ago. Your support has spanned many years and the CATCH team joins me here to express our gratitude. I’ll give you some feedback via headings for easier reading. Mzamomhle Community This is the community which CATCH serves where 40,000 residents live mainly in makeshift shacks. Just recently the government has started to build some brick homes. These are quite small but have indoor toilets and water. The community residents continue to be impacted by poverty, violence and AIDS. Safety is a priority for families, no one feeling safe due to some gruesome weekly murders of women over the past three months. Political in-fighting results in community leadership structures remaining ineffective. A startling reliable statistic reports that the infection of HIV is rising exponentially amongst teenage girls with between 2000 and 3000 new infections per week in South Africa. CATCH is the largest and most prominent provider of services to the community and has its trust apart from a handful of enemies who seek to destabilise us in order to gain power and, as they wrongfully believe, money. CATCH serves 1000 plus women and children directly each week. We estimate there are 3000 further indirect people who benefit from food, knowledge which is passed on, or access to help. Financial Status I usually place this section towards the end of a report but put it here because I am proud of the fact that although CATCH currently works on 65% of its usual budget and human resources, we have been able to fully meet our strategy objectives for 2016/17. The CATCH team had to work even harder but new skills have been developed. Our team is united and purposeful. Recently our major donor Kinderfonds Mamas made an inspection visit to CATCH and complimented the team on the obvious development of new skills. However, in 2016 CATCH lost four significant donors. Oxfam Australia pulled out of South Africa. Another donor closed down and the other two changed their donor strategy. But God continues in his mercy and grace to care for us. CATCH terminated its government funded Victim Empowerment Programme because the government who supported the work over three years always issues funds six months late. This meant that we had to reassign our two social workers. Family Preservation Programme With the termination of the Victim Empowerment Programme, CATCH implemented a pilot Family Preservation Programme at the beginning of this year. Thirty families (the poorest of the poor) are visited weekly. The aim of the intervention is to relieve the distress of the children in these families. The two CATCH staff workers who care for the families work with each individual member of each family. Family adults are unemployed, some abusing substances and all have reached a state of hopelessness in which they remain hidden in the community unable to take charge of their destiny. Many children are born at home and are without birth certificates and health vaccinations. CATCH has placed 20 children in preschool and school and supplied school uniforms, shoes and school fees. All the children are hungry so CATCH supplies a monthly food parcel. The food parcel is given on the condition that the families establish food gardens at CATCH in order to harvest vegetables for their own food security. CATCH accompanies the adults to government offices in order to access Identity Documents, Birth Certificates and Child Grants. CATCH will remain with these families on a long term basis in order to help them towards self-sustainbility. However each family is expected to “Bambelela” which means “hold on” and play their part in solving the challenges they face. Sue Davies

News From Overbury

Overbury Street Market 2017 Report Very warm sunshine encouraged an even larger crowd of visitors this year to our 39th annual event. As usual Bacon Butties welcomed visitors and sold out while ice cream sales doubled on last year’s total. The familiar line up of stalls was soon very active and refreshments with shade and melodies, sung by Mike Weaver, allowed for relaxation in the beautiful gardens of Berkeley House and Whitcombe House. Both Overbury Bowling Club and the local British Legion had a presence, reporting interest and a couple of new members for the Bowling Club. Anne’s Pantry sold out of scrumptious home made cakes and salad vegetables and the Book Stall, newly stocked with a huge selection of second hand books, had a busy time. Freshly chilled Lamb and Beef from the Farms and Stud met a keen demand together with local honey. Both the Toys and the Bottle stalls had a good morning. ‘Going for a Song’ was, as usual, first stop for most visitors who were presented with a huge selection of everything from carpets and furniture to delicate china ware, ‘knick knacks’, and a bicycle or two. After many years running this stall Denzil and June Curtis are retiring. Their knowledge of, and enthusiasm for, second hand effects has been hugely valuable to the event, for which we thank them both. The two hours soon came to an end, preceded by the Raffle, which proved very popular, with superb prizes. Finally, the newly restored Court Clock chimed the midday hour and gradually our visitors dispersed still smiling! Within a matter of an hour little evidence remained of all the previous activity. Many thanks to an enthusiastic team of helpers, young and old. The Street Market raised £3,943 to be distributed to our parish charities as usual. Andrew John

Overbury School Report

What a busy and exciting end to the term we had at Overbury! An Indian Arts week, a fun, challenging sports day, and a Royal visit to the Estate to name but a few of the exciting events! For arts week, we invited a wonderful artist, Caroline Ball, into school. Caroline helped the children make their own Toran wall hanging, using Indian block printing. The children did a multitude of other activities, including 3D Indian elephants that were made from a net and decorated using handwriting patterns. To bring arts week to a close, parents and carers were invited to Overbury for an exhibition of the children’s work that was proudly displayed in the hall.

We were also fortunate to have super weather for sports day. The children competed well and showed excellent team spirit as they took part in races including the egg and spoon, the 3 legged race, the sack race, the javelin and the whole school relay. There was lots of cheering and clapping as the children passed the finishing lines throughout the afternoon. The Friends of Overbury School

provided delicious refreshments, including strawberries and cream. A fantastic afternoon for all that took part and came to watch. So yet another school year has passed, and with great sadness we have said goodbye to our Year 5 children as they make their way up to Middle School. We had a fabulous leavers service, not a dry eye in the Church.

School Reopens for the Autumn Term: Tuesday 5th September

PLEASE NOTE:OUR SPACIOUS SCHOOL HALL IS AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE HIRE. CONTACT THE SCHOOL OFFICE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION - 01386 725235

Thanks to all of you who supported our Family Fun Night on 14th July - the weather was kind to us and it was a great success.

The recent 32nd annual Six-a-Side Competition was won by Pershore who defeated Overbury’s ‘A’ team in the final; two really competitive nights of good cricket. As we move into the second half of the 2017 league season, the First XI are sitting third in Division 1; the Second XI have had mixed fortunes this year but hope to remain securely in Division 4. On Friday 11th August the annual golf day will take place at Cleeve Cloud Golf club. On Sunday 13th and Sunday 20th August, Overbury are playing at home in the brand new 20/20 competition sponsored by the Crown Inn, Kemerton – please come and support us ! We still need Senior players to join us ! Training nights are held on Thursdays (6pm – 8pm). Junior cricket continues on Friday evenings and will continue to the end of August - for more info please contact our Junior Coach, Ian Worrad, on (07830 002051).

Dave Devereux, OCC Chairman (01684 850329 or 07949 648372) www.overbury.play-cricket.com

St Faith’s Church 200 Draw Results of the June draw which took place on Tuesday 27

th June 2017

1

st Prize £168.96 102 Ted McWhirter

2nd

Prize £101.37 94 Richard Bennett 3

rd Prize £ 67.58 107 Cecil Swan

4th

Prize £ 50.69 21 Loraine Randles [Aimee-Beth] 5

th Prize £ 33.79 45 Faith Hallett [Alfred]

6th

Prize £ 33.79 16 Les Camden 7

th Prize £ 16.90 19 Jake Freestone

8th

Prize £ 16.90 116 Can. Susan Renshaw

9th

Prize £ 16.90 18 Wendy Semple

CONGRATULATIONS to all the above winners and THANK YOU to all members for your continued support. If you would like to be a member of this very popular and worthwhile fundraiser please contact either Pat Chambers on 01386 750358 or Michael Randles on 01386 725564. The next draw will take place in early December.

URGENTLY NEEDED FOR ST FAITH’S! Both Overbury Church Committee and the Friends of St Faith’s (the independent charity which exists purely to maintain and repair our beautiful church building), need to find a new Treasurer. James Ledingham, who has gallantly fulfilled this role for the past two years, has moved away from Overbury and now lives in Ford. In addition, he and Anna have recently had a new son, George, to join Sylvie so, not

surprisingly, he is finding that he just does not have time to also be Treasurer, especially since he no longer lives in the village. Neither job is very onerous and I know that James would be happy to do a very organised turnover for his successor. Our church banking is all on line now and he has systems in place to simplify all the record keeping. The Friends’ accounts are not very complicated either and there are not many transactions. If necessary, the two roles could be carried out by different people.

If you would be interested in learning more, please contact Faith Hallett (01386 725206 or [email protected]).

A preliminary enquiry will NOT be taken as a firm commitment I promise! Please help if you can!

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News from Ashton under Hill

Garden Tea Party for the CATCH Project, Mzamomhle

We are pleased to report that the tea party held at The Old Farmhouse in Ashton on 2nd July has raised £410 for the CATCH Project: many thanks to everyone who supported the event and who gave so generously to achieve this excellent result. Please see pages 4 & 5 for more information about the project and an appeal for help to fund the valuable work of CATCH.

Autumn Songs of Praise in St Barbara’s Church, Ashton Sunday 3rd September at 6.00 pm

Please join us for an informal service of hymns and readings to celebrate the forthcoming season of mists and mellow fruitfulness at our last evening service of the summer. You are invited to stay for refreshments after the service.

Ashton under Hill Open Gardens 2017 www.ashtonopengardens.co.uk

At last, we were lucky with the weather for our Open Gardens Weekend and over 1000 people came to this year’s event, a 20% increase on last year, helping to raise £8,500 for the community. This is a great result and entirely down to the willing efforts of over 170 people, both on the day and in the months leading up to the event itself.

Contributions have been made to current projects in St Barbara’s Church and the Community Centre, which include proceeding to the next stage of the scheme to install a disabled access toilet and kitchen unit in the church, and maintaining and improving facilities at the Village Hall, Playground and Playing Field. Donations have also been made to Bredon Hill Academy Gardening Club and Ashton under Hill First School, the enthusiastic gardeners of the future, Ashton WI and Ashton Guides. Our photographic competition proved popular again and you can see some of the entries, together with the winning picture and runners-up at www.ashtonopengardens.co.uk There’s a selection of pictures of the 26 gardens open this year too. Our visitors, many of whom came back on the second day, really enjoyed seeing Ashton at its best. We have had great feedback and they clearly appreciated our hospitality, our refreshments and the warmth of our welcome. Ashton Open Gardens can only ever be a success as a result of the generous and willing efforts of everyone who takes part in what is a truly village occasion. An enormous ‘thank you’ is due to everyone involved: to all of our garden owners, programme and plant sellers, exhibitors, exhibition minders, organists, stall holders, minibus drivers, tea servers, cake makers and everyone on car parking and point duty, or tidying up afterwards. If you took part in our first ‘Open Front Gardens’ to make a good impression on our visitors, particular thanks are due to you too. The support and hard work of everyone in the village has clearly paid dividends, and it is very much appreciated. We also thank those who were not involved, but who tolerated the two days of activity in the village. The planning process is already under way for Open Gardens 2018 which will be held on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th June 2018. Please put the date in your diaries now! If you were not involved this year but would like to help next year, or if you have suggestions for improvements, please email me: [email protected] John Kenrick, Chairman

http://www.ashtonopengardens.co.uk

ASHTON UNDER HILL W.I. - July Report

At the meeting on 4th July, Ashton under Hill enjoyed a very entertaining evening with Joan Bomford as our speaker. Joan is a special lady who was nominated “Countryfile Farming Hero” in 2015. She is great fun and quite a raconteur. First the business meeting was held. There were 35 members present which was a good number. Marjy Facer and June Lloyd had represented the Vale group at the National Annual Meeting held in Liverpool this year. They both had a great time in the city, visiting the famous landmarks, and Marjy read out her report on the Resolutions. She had been very impressed with the speakers whom she described as young and dynamic, and there were excellent debates. We welcomed John Kenrick, chair of Open Gardens, who thanked us all for our contribution of over £1,200 to Open Gardens from the WI teas. A donation was given to the WI along with a beautiful posy of sweet peas. Marjy then introduced Joan Bomford, local farmer. “What do you want me to talk about?” was Joan’s opening gambit, and we were soon laughing at her stories and reminiscences about the world of farming and especially her beloved horses. Joan grew up in a farming family near Inkberrow, and in her lifetime has seen the use of horses, tractors as well as the huge machines of today. The Bomfords even kept an old

traction engine, which used to be taken to local shows. A bit of prompting encouraged Joan to describe how she provided horses for the ”Sealed Knot” – the historical re-enactment society who stage battles and tournaments. It may have run foul of Health & Safety eventually, but Joan insisted on accompanying the horses herself. Their team took up to twenty-four horses along and they would sleep in the trailers. One

year they spent eight weeks on the road. The appearance on “Countryfile” nearly didn’t happen. A few months earlier Joan had attended a reception with the Prince of Wales and Camilla, and as a joke her son had rung up pretending to be the Royals. When the BBC producer phoned, Joan thought it was her son messing around again, so was rather short with him. Fortunately it was sorted out quickly! Joan was very honoured to take part in the programme and really enjoyed the experience. She wasn’t expecting to be named the winner. Joan is still active in breeding horses and running her riding lessons; she also has three hundred cows on the farm, and sees no reason to stop being active though she is well into her eighties. She told us that there are farmers’ wives who “do” and those who ”don’t” much to the amusement of some of Ashton’s farming wives. Mollie Groom gave the vote of thanks and we carried on chatting with Joan well after the end of the talk. The meeting on 1st August will be our annual garden party at Orchard House at 2.30pm by kind permission of Jane Williams Thomas (in the village hall if wet). The speaker will be Jez Taylor of Daylesford Organics. Judith Hunter, Secretary

"Fairest of the months!

Ripe summer's queen

The hey-day of the year

With robes that gleam with sunny sheen

Sweet August doth appear."

- R. Combe Miller

News From Teddington and Alstone

August Services in The Chapelries

August 6th: 9:30am, Teddington - Holy Communion with Clive

August 13th: 9:30am, Alstone - Morning Prayer with Graham

August 20th: 6:00pm, Teddington - Evening Prayer with Susan

August 27th: 10:00am, United Worship at Little Washbourne with Susan

We hope you will come and experience worship in the ancient and historic chapel at Little Washbourne. If it’s a dull day then do bring a torch as there is no electricity. The old box pews in particular can make reading difficult. Please see page 4 for details on when we shall be cleaning the church. The collection at the service will be in aid of the parish CATCH project in Mzamomhle and we hope you will be generous in support of this vital work. For more details about this project and the appeal, please see pages 4 and 5. From the Alstone Registers 9th July 2017: The Baptism of Ellie Grace Jenkins, daughter of Lisa Drury and David Jenkins.

TEDDINGTON VILLAGE HALL 50+ CLUB

There will be no meeting of the 50+ Club during August

Coffee Morning held at Bengrove Farm on Saturday 24th June

Our Midsummer Coffee Morning at Bengrove Farm was once more a great success. The weather was good and the setting lovely. Thank you Alec and Libby very much indeed for hosting us.

The excellent news is that we raised a fantastic total £767.75 which exceeded last year’s record amount, and will be a great help in the running of our two churches. Many thanks to all those who did so much to help, gave items for the stalls, made cakes and generously supported us on the day.

Dennis at The Grange. Chris Godfrey and I popped into see Dennis this evening and found him having supper in the dining room so we watched half an episode of Pointless. We are now experts on chemical elements beginning with A or having A as their first vowel. Next time you see us why not try us out! Dennis, now replete, was back in his room so we had a good chat. He is in good health and doesn't need anything but he did ask to be remembered to everyone, adding he'd be delighted to see people if they'd like to pop in. The best time to do that is any day between 2pm and 4pm but remember outside of those hours you may find it Pointless. Kieran

On Bredon Hill - 2016

I was delighted to have been invited to present an exhibition of my photography project “On Bredon Hill ~ 2016” in St Barbara’s Church during this year’s splendid Ashton Open Gardens weekend. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting and chatting with many of you during the event. The exhibition comprised about 24 of the 250 photographs that I retained during 52 photo-hikes throughout the year. About 9,000 were deleted! There was one big disappointment ... not a single flake of snow fell on Bredon Hill in 2016. So, no snowy Bredon Hill photographs.

At the time of the exhibition I hadn’t completed the preparation of the book of my photography project. The hardcover book of “On Bredon Hill - 2016” is now complete and I’ve just taken delivery of the one and only copy. I’m delighted with the quality of the printing, as I

have been with all of the books I’ve made using Blurb. Blurb is one of several companies who offer the tools for me to design every detail of my book and then have them print any number of copies, even just one as I’ve done. A PDF version of my book is available for purchase (£9.99 + VAT) and can be downloaded by following the link www.onbredonhill2016.wordpress.com to my blog and then the link from there to the Blurb book page, where you also can see a preview of a few of the pages.

The 96 page 13″x11″ hardback book is printed on high quality semigloss paper and contains 225 photographs taken throughout the year. The photographs are presented chronologically with two to six from any one day. A commercial print run for a large hardback book like this could easily be several hundred to several thousand copies in order to achieve anything like a sensible unit price. This is not something that is of interest to me. I simply want a record in book form of my photography project.

For single copies or small print runs there’s a very high price to pay. A single copy of “On Bredon Hill ~ 2016” costs £119.99 + VAT + shipping when ordered from Blurb – the only way to purchase it. As its creator the price I pay is only a little less than this. The price here includes a very small margin for me! If you are tempted to buy my book at this very high unit price the only way to do so is to follow the links above. It usually takes about 1 week from ordering for the copy to be printed and delivered. Stephen Gledhill

Still Walking for Womankind Last year I wrote about our daughter, Annabel, who was walking from Calais to Istanbul, and then continuing to Armenia if the way is safe enough. Her wish is to raise £2,000 for the charity Womankind Worldwide as she walks. This is an update and a request. In 2016, after walking over the mountains in Romania she travelled as far as Sofia before returning by coach to Istanbul where she worked for the winter and spring. This June she began her walk again, starting in Sofia and finishing at the Turkish border; even though she had to stop for a week with an infected blister she seemed to be back in Istanbul in no time, where she will begin a new teaching job in September. A friend has worked out that Annabel has walked more than 2,000 miles, mostly on her own, for more than 450 hours of walking. So the request is: to help her to meet her target of £2,000 for Womankind. At the moment she needs £678 to reach that amount. To sponsor Annabel by donating to Womankind and to find out more about her walk, go to: www.justgiving.com/annabel-rands. Womankind Worldwide is a charity which helps women throughout the world but particularly in Africa and Asia where many of them are struggling to find a voice. For instance, Womankind says: ‘ In Nepal when a woman becomes a widow she not only has to face her loss, but also exclusion, discrimination and even violence. Many face life on their own, unable to provide for themselves or their children. Without legal documents they can’t claim their widow’s pension or inheritance.’ Philippa Rands, Ashton under Hill

http://www.onbredonhill2016.wordpress.com

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News from Beckford

Time.......and Memories In the June edition of this magazine we launched an appeal for the restoration of the face of the clock on the tower of Beckford church, which has become faded and the numerals indistinct. There has been an excellent and very swift response and four generous donations have already taken us to a total of £1,075, once Gift Aid is included. We are truly grateful for the kindness which has prompted these gifts and which graphically illustrates the affection of villagers for the ancient building which commands a central position here. The total cost of the enterprise is expected to be around £2,500 when the necessary scaffolding and VAT is included, so we are already nearly halfway to the target figure which at this early stage is most encouraging. Anybody who would like to donate to this restoration – perhaps in memory of a family member or friend – is asked to contact Canon Baynes, Treasurer Pam Grice or Churchwarden David Carvill, whose contact details will be found on the directory page of this magazine. It is envisaged that a Benefactors' Book may be established in the church so that, if wished, the names of those remembered by donations may be recorded. It would be a wonderful achievement if the clock could be restored to pristine condition in time for Beckford Open Village 2018 when so many people descend on the village and visit St John the Baptist's church which is central to the event.

Beckford Taizé Service - 9th July Once again our evening service in the Taizé tradition, led by Matthew and held on 9th July, proved very popular and the chancel was filled to capacity with worshippers from this and surrounding villages. The reflective nature of the service and the gentle chants were inspirational, engendering an air of tranquillity which was appreciated by all those who were present.

Having discovered that Matthew had just marked the 30th anniversary of his ordination, the advertised coffee and biscuits afterwards were replaced by wine and canapés to provide a surprise celebration for him of that important milestone, so the evening ended in a happy and festive spirit. Beckford Coffee Morning – and Mzamomhle

The August Coffee Morning, on Friday 25th August will be in aid of the Catch Project at Mzamomhle as a response to the latest report from Sue Davies - see pages 4 & 5 for more information – in which she tells of the acute financial difficulties they're currently experiencing following the loss of several important benefactors. As part of this parish's effort to give assistance to this worthwhile and dedicated organisation we urge you to come along and to give

generously in the knowledge that every penny sent will be valued and used wisely. As always, we shall be open from 10.30am to 12 noon, in the chancel of the church and though the basic price is £2.50 for coffee/tea (with free refills) and cake, we shall be happy on this occasion to accept as much more as you feel able to give!

% raised so far

Still to go

BECKFORD W.I. - July Report Our President Yo Yates welcomed 30 members and 1 visitor to the July meeting of Beckford WI which was held in the garden of one of our members in Alstone. Traditionally the last meeting before the summer break is a bring and share meal and weather permitting, held al fresco. Since the last meeting, two members had been to listen to some new speakers who hoped to be chosen to speak at WI meetings throughout the county and an excellent talk about wildlife photography attracted their attention. Three members had gone to the Three Counties Show at Malvern and helped to serve refreshments on the first day of the show. It proved to be a very busy morning for them but they coped well. A visit had been arranged to a pottery near Edge Hill in Warwickshire where the potter, Penny Varley showed them her small workshop with a kiln and explained the processes involved in producing the finished ceramic items. Then she took the group to Upton House, which is a National Trust property. Here there was a group of artists exhibiting as part of the Warwickshire Open Studios event and there was an opportunity to look around the artists’ work as well as take a tour round the house and garden. In the evening of the same day, a smaller than usual team took part in the second round of the WI County Quiz and were delighted to come third and be able to proceed to the final round in October. The monthly walk was in Alstone but since the weather was so hot, it was decided to visit the church and have a stroll around Alstone rather than tackle a more strenuous walk up the hill to Dixton, as had been planned! It has been decided to support the Beckford Church Clock appeal, the Beckford Village Hall refurbishment fund and the Little Beckford playground with monies from the successful Village Fayre in June at the Beckford Inn. Plans are afoot to have a craft day which would be led by one of the tutors from Denman College, the WI college near Oxford. After the birthday posies were presented to the members whose birthdays are in July and August the formal part of the meeting concluded and the meal began. The weather was kind and everyone enjoyed the party atmosphere which was enhanced by the garden being lit by fairy lights. Yo thanked our hostess, Angela Craven-Jones, and everyone who had brought the delicious food that we all enjoyed. There is no meeting in August and the next meeting is entitled “For the Love of Tea”, the speaker being Ashley Cope. It will be on Monday September 11th at 7.30pm. All are most welcome.

Clare Henderson, Meeting Secretary

EVENTS IN AUGUST The UK declared war on Germany on August 4th 1914. The conflict had been precipitated by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, by a Serbian nationalist on June 28th 1914. Austria-Hungary, supported by Germany, then declared war on Serbia after which the other countries of Europe began to take sides. The German invasion of Belgium brought the UK into the conflict, a move that was initially greeted with enthusiasm by the British people. On August 6th 1945, the USA dropped the first atom bomb on the city of Hiroshima in Japan. At 8:15am the bomb (named ‘Little Boy’) was dropped from the B-29 bomber Enola Gay. Approximately 150,000 people were killed or wounded and 75% of the city’s buildings were destroyed or severely damaged.

The following article is not an editorial opinion but a reply to the Beckford Future article printed in last month’s magazine. Chris Godfrey, Editor

We would like to thank the editor Chris Godfrey for giving us the opportunity to reply to the article by Beckford Future in the July issue of the Parish Magazine. The Road: The Highways Agency has documented that the A46 is judged as busy but safe. Any flood risk will be lessened by the development not increased. The Size: The neighbourhood plan (PC) states that approximately 632 residents and 265 households currently exist in the parish. The retirement village plan consist of 145 one and two bedroom apartments, in 15 small, 2 storey apartment blocks, (up to 200 people when complete 2/3rd would be widows/widowers and 1/3rd couples). This does not double the size of Beckford as stated but, it would release 145 larger properties in the area, and provide very considerable council tax for Wychavon (possibly £150,000-200,000). Jobs: Up to 64 permanent jobs would be created on site (not 105 as stated), both full and part-time staff, offering a wide variety of good quality jobs for local people. (It seems strange that Beckford PC and Wychavon DC see this as a negative aspect of the application.) Financial Benefits: Wychavon DC could probably receive up to £600,000 in the form of a new Homes Bonus over a 4 year period of which at the moment 40 per cent could be passed on to the parish (your district councillor Adrian Darby could give more accurate figures than us). £50,000 would be given to the PC for infrastructure improvements and £150,000 to Vale Wildlife to allow them to build the wildlife education centre. We are not absolutely sure of the new homes bonus but Wychavon could confirm the position. The Site: The proposed development would be on an area of dilapidated chicken houses and glasshouses. These would all be demolished and replaced by high quality apartments in a landscaped setting with care facilities, spa swimming pool, etc. This would be available to residents in the locality. The whole build would be roughly half the footprint of the existing chicken houses and glasshouses, enabling more than adequate parking. This doesn't look like a catastrophe for Beckford to us. The 540 bus route to Evesham and Tewkesbury is hourly and underused. It may well be that people from Beckford and the surrounding villages would welcome more wide ranging good jobs in the locality rather than having to travel to town. There is a very good electricity supply already on site and also a well for non potable water (up to 8,000 gals/day available) so the infrastructure is already in place. A state of the art sewage treatment plant is also part of the scheme. We feel that the views of Beckford Future are not the views of the majority of the parish. We are also concerned whether Beckford PC has a strong mandate to spend so much money on consultants and a barrister to oppose this development. We are the owners of the redundant chicken farm which had come to a natural end in 2012, so we have a vested interest. The family have farmed here for 170 years and in the area since 1550. I was born and have lived and worked in Beckford all my life (73yrs) so we have the long term interests of the village at heart. We honestly believe that the retirement/care village will be a great asset to the parishioners, with excellent new facilities available to Beckford residents complementing what is already available. Surely housing for the elderly should be available in rural locations for people who have lived in the villages in the locality to retire to and enjoy their Retirement rather than just edge of town care homes. We realise that some of the financial figures are only guesswork on our part and we would welcome comments by the council as to their accuracy. A derelict poultry farm is neither natural or beautiful in the AONB except in the eyes of the landscape officer, which in our eyes is perverse in the extreme. We have no objections about Beckford Future placing this on their Facebook page . If anyone would like to visit the site just phone us on 01386 881471. David and Sarah Woodward.

Beckford Community Village Hall The committee held a regular meeting on Monday June 26th. From time to time, people borrow tables from the hall, with or without asking first. While the committee is happy for these tables to be borrowed occasionally, we would like the borrowers to ask

permission first. A modest donation to the hall would then be very welcome.

When something goes wrong at the hall requiring an electrician, plumber or other expert, it is sometimes unclear who to call in. To clarify this, a list of tradesmen familiar with the hall has been prepared and circulated. If the hall is in use by campers or other renters at the time, they will be advised to contact Tony Berriman, who will call out the appropriate help. We need more rental income to keep finances on an even keel. To help with this, a new email address - jmbbookingsbcvh@gmail - has been set up for the Bookings Secretary, which should resolve the problems experienced with the former address, and the hall website has been slightly modified in respect of bookings. Also, our advert in Tewkesbury Direct has now appeared, and will continue for a trial period of four months.

Our fields are becoming increasingly popular with caravanners and campers, who come for weekend stays. Although the site is invariably left 'spotless', we have sometimes had problems disposing of the large amount of rubbish left in bags, since we have only the two normal 'domestic' bins for council collection. We are in touch with Wychavon Council in order to explore the possibility of more collections for this.

The treasurer tabled financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2017. These statements showed net income of £674 (2016 - £4,545) and total funds of £34,421 (2016 - £33,654). The fall in net income was mainly due to a fall in receipts (hire of hall some £300, annual rents some £1,600, and hire of the fields some £1,500). The reasons for this were discussed, including the departure of the Beckford doctors' surgery. It was agreed that a hearing loop should be installed in the hall, funded by Simply Soup. It will probably be installed while the check on wiring circuits is taking place, planned for later in the summer. Graham Galer, Secretary BCVH Ltd

MORE EVENTS IN AUGUST On August 14th 1893, the driving test and driving licence were introduced in France for male citizens aged over 21. Those who passed the test were allowed to drive within the municipal boundaries of Paris ar a maximum speed of 8mph. France was a pioneer in this field; it was more than 40 years before the UK followed suit, with the introduction of voluntary testing in 1934 and compulsory testing in 1935. The French mathematician Pierre de Fermat was born on August 17th 1601. Mathematics was his hobby rather than his profession - he was a parliamentary councillor in Toulouse - but he made major contributions to number theory and probability theory and discovered principles that anticipated the development of differential calculus. He is best remembered for his ‘last theorem’, a problem that remained unsolved for nearly 400 years, despite Fermat’s tantalising marginal note. ‘I have discovered a truly remarkable proof which this margin is too small to contain’. He died in 1665.

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PARISH DIRECTORY - JULY 2017

Saint John The Baptist’s Church, Beckford

Churchwarden David Carvill 01386 882002 Secretary Graham Galer 01386 882200 Treasurer Pam Grice 01386 882514 Organist Mike Sanger Davies 01386 881910 Flowers Doreen Byrd 01386 881360 Bell ringers Nick Hopkins 01386 710136

Saint Faith’s Church, Overbury

Churchwarden Faith Hallett 01386 725206 Secretary Christine Clark 01386 725405 Treasurer James Ledingham 07595 177118 Organist Anne Brown 01684 292231 Flowers Stef Lemarechal 01386 725325 Bell ringers Ros Long 01386 725111

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Churchwarden Alex Dodge 01386 881487 Secretary Alex Dodge 01386 881487 Treasurer David Hunter 01386 882087 Organist Anthony Greenwood 01386 881278 Flowers Judith Hunter 01386 882087 Bell ringers Nick Hopkins 07790 831787 Choirmaster Alastair Humphrey 01386 881479 Regular Giving Alastair Humphrey 01386 881479 Secretary

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Churchwardens Anne Kyle, 01242 620351 Kieran Whelan 01242 620763

Secretary Nicholas Bentley 01242 620292 Treasurer Mike Wignall 01242 620031 Flowers: Teddington Caroline Marsh 01242 621139 Alstone Jane Rogers 01242 620592 Organist Matthew Birch 01386 881980

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Overbury Faith Hallett 01386 725206 Teddington Rosie Atkin 01242 620565 Alstone Betty Beckman 01242 620289 Ashton vacant Beckford Roger Palmer 01386 881746

Minibus Andrew Barnett 01386 881145 Paul Stephenson 01386 882052 (backup co-ordinator) [email protected]

Disability Awareness Representatives

Vacant Parish Safeguarding Officer

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Magazine Editor Chris Godfrey 01242 620006 Email: [email protected]

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Treasurer Laurence Alexander 01386 881814 The Old Police Station, Beckford, GL20 7AD

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Canon Matthew Baynes Vicar, Beckford Group Parish

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[email protected] Rector of Bredon with Bredon’s Norton,

Canon Susan Renshaw Associate Priest 01386 750203 Pastoral Area of Responsibility: Overbury [email protected] Vicar of Eckington with Defford and Besford, Rural Dean of Pershore Revd Rick Tett Curate of Eckington & Defford cum Besford (Working across the Bredon Hill 01386 751152 Group) [email protected]

Readers John Dodge The Old Farmhouse, Ashton under Hill 01386 881487 Roger Palmer 5, Hill View Cottages, Cheltenham Road 01386 881746

Treasurer Mike Sanger-Davies 01386 881910 Parish Enquiries via The Rectory, Bredon 01684 772237 Parish Secretary: Amanda Bath [email protected] Tues 9 - 12, The Rectory, Bredon 01684 772237 Fri 9 - 12, Parish Office, Beckford 01386 881349 Dennis Oxley has now retired from active ministry but would very much welcome visitors at his new home at The Grange, Grange Road, Tewkesbury GL20 8HZ



Parish Minibus Shopping Trips in August

4th and 18th to Bishops Cleeve

11th and 25th to Worcester

Picks up from all villages on request. Call Andrew Barnett on 01386 881145

3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st

Meditation Thursday, Committee Rm, Beckford Village Hall 6:00pm

1st Ashton W.I. Annual Garden Party, Orchard House 2:30pm

4th Ashton Lunch Club, Chapel Hall 12:30pm

9th Partners & Communities Together (PACT) Surgery, Beckford P.O. 10:30am

16th Deadline for magazine entries for September

22nd Cleaning at Little Washbourne - see page 4 for details

25th Beckford Coffee Morning in aid of CATCH, Beckford Church 10:30am

27th United Parish Worship at Little Washbourne 10:00am

August

August rushes by like desert rainfall,

A flood of frenzied upheaval,

Expected,

But still catching me unprepared.

Like a matchflame

Bursting on the scene,

Heat and haze of crimson sunsets.

Like a dream

Of moon and dark barely recalled,

A moment,

Shadows caught in a blink.

Like a quick kiss;

One wishes for more

But it suddenly turns to leave,

Dragging summer away.

- Elizabeth Maua Taylor

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