The Drift Newsletter for Tatworth & Forton Edition 068

April / May 2015 Issue 68

T&F MOVIES - FUNDRAISING FOR THE HALLThe films are one of the ways the Hall Committee raises fundsto meet the running costs of the Hall. Why not come along,enjoy the film, support the Hall and be home in time forcocoa!

Friday 24th April“The Imitation Game” - Cert 12ABased on the real life story of Alan Turing and his team ofcode-breakers at Bletchley Park during World War II.Excellent script and a superb ensemble of actors make thisirresistible viewing. Benedict Cumberbatch (Turing) wasnominated for Best Actor at the Oscars for his performance.

Future performances will be on Friday 22nd May and Friday26th June. We will be announcing the films for these showsat the April film night.

Thanks to everyone who has completed a reaction slip. Thecomments are very helpful to the Committee when choosingfuture films. Some are also very amusing so have a read, theyare displayed near the bar at each performance.

Film nights start at 8pm, doors open at 7:15; bar and raffle asusual and still only £4.

RAG ACTIVE LIVING FOR THE OVER 50'SSue Russell writes:

TALK & TEA - THE SPRING PROGRAMMEWe have three Talk & Tea afternoons to tempt you - all oflocal interest so why not come along to the Brewer Room atTMH and be entertained? This Spring, for the first time, wehave two professionally made films each lasting about 45minutes. You don't have to join anything and there is nocharge, only a contribution towards refreshments. Theafternoons begin at 2pm and finish with tea and cakes atabout 4pm. The dates for your diary are:

APRIL 29TH - CHILDHOOD REFLECTIONS OF WEDMORE byretired farmer Peter Tinney

MAY 20TH - THE TAUNTON TO CHARD CANAL FILM withAlan Keene. Find out what lies beneath B&Q!

JUNE 10TH - STARLINGS ON THE LEVELS FILM with NeilClarke. See this spectacular natural wonder in the warm!

THE COACH TRIP - 15th SEPTEMBERFollowing last year's successful trip to the Imperial WarMuseum, would you like to come to Portsmouth's HistoricDockyard? The cost of the coach is £5 (heavily subsidised byour Active Living Grant). There are various ticket optionsoffering entry to ships and museum etc. and the best dealseems to be the Seniors ticket offering entry to the ships etc.for about £22 per person and it is valid for one year. TheDockyard's website is very friendly so have a look - allreduced price tickets have to be booked on line and inadvance.

Ring Sue Russell on 220339 for more information or to book.

TATWORTH PLAYING FIELDSRun by the community for all to enjoyThe 4th Annual Tatworth Beer Festival will be taking place atTatworth Playing Fields on Friday 3rd April between 4:00pmto 10:30pm and on Saturday 4th April between 4:00pm to11:00pm. Entry to the festival is free and there will be 8 realales and a cider on offer as well as the normal bar. On theSaturday evening there will be a BBQ at 5:00pm and later inthe evening there will be live music provided by the excellentlocal band “Rocket Science”.

This year marks the 40th Anniversary of Somerset CAMRA (theCampaign for Real Ale) and the Somerset Branch will besupporting the event.

Andy Jones

TATWORTH PRIMARY SCHOOL Linda Kelaway writes:

Hot Lunch ServerPortlocks’ Pantry, who provide our hot school lunches, arelooking for a Lunch Server. If anyone is interested in thisposition please contact Rachel Portlock at Portlocks’ Pantryon 07727 639454. The hours are 12:30pm – 2:45pm eachschool day and the position involves a car owner to collectthe hot meals from Chardstock School and deliver, serve andclear up at Tatworth, starting from next week if possible.

TATWORTH FLOWER CLUBFebruary meeting – 'Blooming Spring:'Spring came to the Memorial Hall for a little while when weheld our February workshop. Members and visitors enjoyedwatching Maria from 'Sue's Flowers' demonstrate how toarrange spring flowers in various containers and varyingshapes. Maria's design was an 'all round' but we were invitedto choose our design. Maria showed us how to use sisal andmoss to conceal our mechanics and the effect gave a veryspring-like finish.

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The Drift – Thank YouThank you to those people who have donated towards this edition of The Drift. Sponsorship and donations, both large and small, which, together with our volunteers, are all essential to our continued publication. Each edition costs almost £200 and sponsors will be able to call on The Drift to provide space for their message, which might be to celebrate a special occasion or simply to publicise something. If you would like to make continued publication possible, by sponsoring an edition of The Drift, advertising, or simply donating towards it, please contact our treasurer - Nick Bernard on 01460 220339.

TATWORTH AND FORTON PARISH COUNCILAllotments Allotments are now available for use next to the Jubilee Field.

Some full size plots of 125m2 have been prepared with theturf having been removed and manure spread in readiness foruse. Smaller plots are also available.

Please contact the Clerk if you would like to take theopportunity of growing your own produce. The Clerk’s contactdetails are below.

Somerset Emergency Community ContactsSomerset Local Authorities Civil Contingencies Partnership islooking to put together a database of Somerset EmergencyCommunity Contacts who can be used as a first point ofcontact when an emergency is happening in our area. TheParish Council is eager to consider nominations for this role.The nominated contacts must be able to speak with authorityon behalf of our Council, community or geographical areas.The contacts should be able to give current information abouthow an emergency is affecting your area and any problemsarising where help may be needed. All nominations will beconsidered at a future Parish Council Meeting. Should yourequire any further information, please contact the Clerk.

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The submission from the Parish Council on this occasion isshortened due to the elections being held in May.

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Tatworth and Forton Parish Council, The Parish Office, Tatworth Memorial Hall.Tel: 01460 221066;

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.tatworthandfortonparishcouncil.org.uk

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Anne Goody thanked Maria for her time and helping the ladieswith their designs.

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March Meeting:Our chairman Rosalie Palmer welcomed members and ninevisitors to our March meeting. She announced that we shall begoing to Winchester in June where we shall be able to see theflower festival being held at the cathedral. Names weretaken.

Rosalie then welcomed Lisa Fowler, demonstrator for thismeeting, whose title was 'Spring has Sprung.' Lisa did fivevery varied designs placing them in containers she had madeherself. Her foliage included winter jasmin, flowering ivy,pittisporum and curled tulip leaves. Lisa included manyvarieties of spring flowers arranged both in their growing potsand in oasis, and to give variety, roses, camelia, ranuncularand gerbera were used. Very pretty blooms.

During her demonstration, Lisa told us about her experience atChelsea Flower Show last year, and she had kindly broughtwith her the designs she had made which won her a goldmedal and Best in Show. She has been invited back to Chelsea2015. We wish her lots of luck and hope she repeats her wins.

A very worthy vote of thanks was given by member Ann Gough.

Competition Results:

Novice Class: Ann Newman – 9 points,

Valerie Garth – 8 points,

Pat Sargent – 8 points.

Judges Choice: Ann Newman.

Our next meeting is on Thursday 2nd April and we look forwardto welcoming Barbara Clatworthy who will demonstrate underher title 'Pots of Colour.' The competition is titled 'EasterBonnet' and we hope to see lots of pretty bonnets! Doors openat 1:30pm for a 2:00pm start at Tatworth Memorial Hall. Wehope to have lots of visitors who are always welcome – the teaand home made cakes are delicious!

Rosemary Walton – President

FROM THE INBOXA Selection of letters and emails from Residents: Sincere Thanks - From Thelma Poole:

May I, through The Drift, say a sincere thank you to everyonefor their support at this time, especially my wonderful W.I.friends who with cards, phone calls, flowers etc. have kept upmy spirits over the past weeks. My special thanks to WendyCotton and Aloo Haggerty, who provided transport when Ineeded it, and to those W.I. members who have volunteeredto transport me for further treatment.

TATWORTH WOMENS INSTITUTEReport from meeting held on 19th February 2015:

Angela welcomed all members and their families, friends andguests. This open meeting was very well attended as thesubject for the talk was Bletchley Park, so we tried to getthrough the business part of the meeting quickly.

The previous minutes were available to be read. Nationally,1650 members voted on the Resolutions and the results werefirst Care of the Elderly and second the abolition of FGM.Would anyone like to go to the Bath and West Show, to bethere all day and help with refreshments – the dates are 27thto 30th May?

The February edition of WI Life has all candidates standing forelection to the NFWI Board – please vote. Chard WI areholding a quiz on 14th April.

On 4th June we are planning to attend Horton WI for thescreening live of the NFWI AGM. Details of the ACWW coffeemorning at Binegar were available. The BBC have asked ifanyone would like free tickets to see “Deal or No Deal”.

We have received two more anonymous donations of £60 and£15 for the Kurling equipment fund. The new list of members’addresses and phone numbers were distributed. The ACWWwalk on 29th April will probably be at Ottery. Ilminster WIhave challenged us to a Skittles match on 20th April at 7.00pm which we will be hosting at the Bell and Crown in Chard.Our Centenary party will be on Saturday 26th September andthe speakers will be Graham and Janet Walton, parents of thefamous Walton sextuplets, telling us what life was like withthe girls.

Next was the talk by Roy Kibble-White about Bletchley Park.Roy illustrated his talk with slides and explained how hebecame a guide at Bletchley Park when he retired. The houseat Bletchley was chosen because of its location, central toOxford, Cambridge and London with good rail and road links.The officer in charge, Commander Denniston was rumoured tointerview new recruits with a gun on the desk and to say ”Ifyou say anything about what happens here, I will personallyshoot you”! Everyone had to sign the Official Secrets Act andtook it very seriously, with the result that long after the warwas over they were reluctant to speak of their experiences.There were 4 or 5 women to every man working there and thePoles did a lot of the code breaking, all of which had to bedone by hand and was slow and laborious. It was set up in1938 and by 1940 5,000 people worked there; 10,000 by 1941.Several huts were occupied in the grounds and papers weretransferred from one to another by means of sliding a tin on apiece of string as it was forbidden for security reasons to gointo a hut other than the one you worked in!

Roy then spoke in some detail about the Enigma machineexplaining how it worked. The Enigma machine didn't send

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messages, its purpose was to change messages into code whichwas then given to a radio operator who would send the codedmessage. The Germans had 150 Enigma machines in operationand because it was able to encipher and decipher messagesboth people would have the same machines. They onlyweighed 26lbs. so were easily portable and could be used inthe field.

Barbara Gault

TATWORTH WIVES GROUPHester Down writes:

Our meeting on 5th February was a well attended openmeeting at which Pauline Homeshaw talked to us about thework of the Soldiers’, Sailors’ & Airmen’s Families Association(SSAFA). She explained its origins in the late nineteenthcentury and how its role had developed during the First WorldWar. The organisation has been serving the armed forcescommunity for about 125 years and it continues to meet theneeds of servicemen and women and their families. There areover 90 SSAFA branches across the UK as well as branches inIreland, France and Germany, and a wide range of support isprovided for members of service families of all ages.

Pauline used slides to illustrate specific cases where peoplehave been helped by the organisation. She also explained howSSAFA’s role now embraces the Military Wives Choirs madefamous by Gareth Malone’s television programmes, and thesignificance of the part they play, not only in bringing militarywives together and forming friendships through singing, but inraising funds for the organisation’s work.

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At our meeting on 5th March our speaker was Ellie Baer whotalked to us about her life as a singer songwriter in the UnitedStates of America. She is originally from New Jersey andexplained how having come from a family with a theatricalbackground, she went to drama school in New York. Hercareer initially involved work in New York and California whereshe had record deals, and then worked in radio and sang oncruises. She then became a TV producer in Hollywood forabout 20 years during which she wrote music for Walt Disneyand did voice over work for audio books and children’s stories.She subsequently married a Tatworth man and now lives in thevillage. You can follow Ellie on her blog, via the link on TheDrift Newsletter Facebook page.

Our next meeting at Tatworth Church Room will be onThursday 7th May when our speaker will be Ann Plested whowill talk about her pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. Thiswill be an open meeting to which everyone including visitorsare welcome.

FOR SALEAn extremely good collection of coarse fishing equipment – all in good condition, some unused:TWO SHIMANO MATCH REELS WITH SPOOLSDIAWA HARRIER MULTY QUIVER 13'DIAWA MULTY QUIVER 11' ROD - AS NEWTWO APEX CARP LANDING NETSFOX ADJUSTABLE CHAIR AND CARP MATBOSS SEAT BOX AND BOSS TROLLEYROD HOLDALLNYLON UMBRELLAand alsoV FIT EXERCISE BIKEFor more information and to view, please contact Mrs Frost on01460 220140

ST JOHN'S CHURCH NEWSDaphne Carslake writes:

Rock to Classics with the Gittins!The Von Trapp family have had world recognition for many

decades, due to the cult musical "Sound of Music" whichportrays the talented family from Austria during World War ll.This is all set to change shortly due to an equally talentedthree generational family in Somerset, who all play a varietyof musical instruments and sing and on occasions, dance, toraise funds for local churches and charities.

Debbie, Dave, Jack and Emma Thatcher from Tatworth, inconjunction together with her brother Dave Gittins, his wifeJo, daughters Sophie and Alice, plus parents Brian and AnneGibbs from Hawkchurch, are the gifted family. They will beappearing, for one night only, at St John the EvangelistChurch, Tatworth on Saturday 25th April at 7pm.

The evening's entertainment will include classic, choral music,modern chart hits, rock & roll from the 60's/70's on a diverserange of instruments, including drums, keyboard, flute,recorder and guitars. Tickets for the Concert are priced £5 perticket or £12 for a family ticket of four to includerefreshments during the interval. Tickets can be purchased inadvance or on the door on the night. For further information,please contact Mrs. Johnson on 01460 220221.

St George's Day Lunch.St John's Church is hosting a lunch to celebrate St George's Dayon Sunday 26th April, after the morning service, at 12.30pm inthe Church Room. It will be £5 per ticket (available fromLesley Frankau 01297 33420), tickets limited! There will betraditional English fare and some homespun entertainment.

Get your Garden Growing with St John's Church Mammoth Plant Sale.This year the eagerly awaited plant sale is on Saturday 2ndMay - 10 to 12 noon. The Memorial Hall will be open at 8amfor setting up and to receive your kind donations. Apart fromplants of all kinds (house plants, annuals, biennials, shrubsand bulbs) there will be 'Jan's Pantry' offering delicious homecooked cakes etc, 'Petticoat Lane' with all the gifts you couldimagine, 'Nearly New Fashions', ''Find the Bird Table and ofcourse the irresistible Bacon Butties! Do put it on yourcalendar for a great morning out to get your garden growing.

TATWORTH & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETYKen Johnson, chairman, writes:

“The worst enemies to gardens are moles, cats, earwigs,snails and mice, and they must be carefully destroyed orall your labour is lost.”

Quote from Sir Thomas Hanmer, 1589.

We need to keep pests and diseases under control in order toget the best from our plants; sick plants mean poor flowersand crops. Plants under stress are more liable to succumb topests than healthy ones.

The next Spring Meeting will be held on Thursday 9th April2015 the 'Gardening for Wildlife' by a Gold Club Speaker.

'Calendar Year' Annual Membership: £3.00 per person. Visitorswelcome: £2.00 per Meeting.

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The proposed Summer Trips, all leaving from TatworthMemorial Hall, are as follows:


Gilbert PlasteringWith over 25 years of first class plastering covering all

types of internal and external work.

SYLVAN TRYST, WHITEGATE, FORTON, CHARD, TA20 4HQT: 01460 221920 / 07958027833www.gilbertplastering.co.uk

Wednesday13th May 2015

Afternoon Trip to South Wood Farm,Cotleigh, Near Honiton. Contact: Janet Wood - 01460 221823.

Tuesday 9th June 2015

Full Day Trip to Castle Hill Gardens,Filleigh, Near Barnstaple. Contact: Nick Bernard - 01460 220339

Thursday 2nd July 2015

Afternoon Trip to Lympsham Manor,Lympsham, Near Weston-Super-Mare. Contact: Helen Johnson - 01460 220221.

“Open unto the fields, and to the sky;

All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.

Never did sun more beautifully steep

In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;

Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!

The river glideth at his own sweet will.”

Extract from William Wordsworth - “Composed upon Westminster Bridge.”

Report from meeting held on 12th March 2015At the second open meeting of the Spring programme thespeaker was Rob Cotterill, who spoke on “My Horticultural Lifein Ten Plants”.

Rob chose the ten plants from a wide range of locations - UKto Japan, Australia, New Zealand, China, India (Himalayas)and a time line from his early childhood to his professionalcareer to date as a garden maker (designer).

The plants varied from his earliest memories of growingpotatoes to the strange New Zealand Alpine, which looks likesheep's wool. There was also an interesting description of riceplanting and growing, which cannot be grown in our northernclimate.

Rob, a qualified horticulturist, is obviously a keen plantsperson and enjoys designing water cycle gardens in particularon a professional basis.

There were several questions to the speaker, particularly ongrowing Acer japonica in northern climates which are notalways successful without a warm and wind free shelteredlocation.

More Seasonal Gardening Hints from Tony Arnold ACIHortApril GardenerI hope you will all really enjoy the coming Spring - theweather has to get better but beware late frost and plantingoutside too quickly those tender superb new plants from thegarden centre.

Plant FindingTalking of buying plants, don’t forget to look up plant familyrelatives if you have particularly successful growing plants, astheir growing characteristics may be similar! If you growlupins or roses or bell flowers (campanula etc) for example,look up their families, leguminacea (fabaceae), rosaceae orcampanulaceae respectively; you will find an Aladdin’s cave ofplants that may well enjoy the similar conditions in yourgarden. It’s very similar with vegetable families as well -cabbage, peas beans, and carrot families. It works!

Do contact me if you require information and advice onfinding your related plant families ... [Tony can be contactedby posting on The Drift Newsletter Facebook page]. Good websites will then guide you to a target list of plants andgardening advice for growing each plant. The RHS is a userfriendly excellent web site.

PlantingTrees shrubs and climbers should be planted now, also hardyannuals, but do offer protection against April wind and rainstorms which can do great damage to new plantings!

Feeding and Mulching Water is now being taken up by plants so start feeding liquidfeed if flowering now and place slow release feed over mostof the garden as winter rain will have leached out a lot ofessential nutrients. This is the best time to feed bulbs aswell, often forgotten as they exhaust themselves afterflowering! In general add modest amounts of general andorganic fertiliser to all your flowering beds. Do not overfertilise as this will attract pests and diseases to lush growth.

Mulching with growing media after your ground warms up mid-April is one of the most recommended tasks, again to replacelost winter nutrients. We all forget soil and organic matter(called loam) gets used up each year. Make sure your acidloving plants get acidic soil (ericaceous) which will be clearlylabelled along with the plants that require it. Addinghorticultural epsom salts will help return colour to greenleaves turned yellow but these plants will still need ericaceousliquid feed urgently to restore depleted nitrogen and iron.Vaccinium fruits (Blueberries loganberries etc) require strongericaceous growing conditions, at least pH under 7.

Most vegetable plants may need some liming to raise pH above7, and some additional manure. Peas and beans (leguminaceaefamily) carry nitrogen nodules and will not require manure,just phosphorus and potassium and trace elements. Tomatofood is popular, but look around for specialist latestproprietary products for your vegetables, for best advice.

Pruning Complete pruning and tidying up of shrubs except thoseshowing buds. Prunus trees do not require pruning unlessshowing disease symptoms. Check pruning regimes if you arenot quite sure and beware cutting into old wood especially ifit’s the main stem!!

LawnsGrass is a plant requiring feeding and mulching and if possible- very important - rake gently to rid dead thatch that deprivesliving grass of oxygen and moisture. Add high nitrogenproprietary liquid grass fertiliser. Raise mower blades as grassis weak after winter as mowing blades can rip out roots aswell! Avoid mowing if ground is still very wet.

There is so much to do, but plan and enjoy your long awaitedSpring and if you feel the need to get away from your gardenfor a short while, my thanks to Leone Aston for suggestingsome interesting places to visit this Spring:

• Plant Fair at Mapperton, nr Beaminster, Dorset, DT8 3NRSunday 12th April (10-4)

• Devon Plant Fair, Burrow Farm, Dalwood, Sunday 19th April(10-4).

• Tulip Extravaganza at Forde Abbey April 11th – 17th May

• Yarlington House, Yarlington, Somerset, BA9 8DY. A prettyManor House rarely open to the public. Special one dayopening 16th May (10-4) in aid of St. Luke’s Church.Refreshments available all day.

Local media, Country Gardener and Marsh Vale, are excellentmagazines (free at garden centres) and contain a wealth oflocal horticultural/gardening events.

WALKING MATTERSJoin John Barber and myself for a Spring walk of 5 - 6 miles onSunday May 10th.

Meet at the shop on Dyke Hill at 10am for a walk to Holditch.Please wear boots or strong footwear because some wet and muddy conditions are inevitable.

Bring a snack and a drink.

Jane McGee 220826

TATWORTH GOOD COMPANIONSAnne Goody writes:

• April 2nd is Tea/Coffee, Chat & Easter Bingo


• April 16th is our Mystery Trip

• April 30th is Tea/Coffee, Chat & Bingo

• May 14th Open Day & Table Top Sale

• May 28th Trip

All Bingo session commence at 10am with coffee/tea/hot chocolate and biscuit over a chat. Bingo commences at 11am.Visitors and new members are always very welcome with annual membership only being £3.

For further information please contact Secretary Anne Goody on 01460 239434 or Assistant Secretary Helen Johnson.

RHTS Firewood & Logs07774 909202

Seasoned Harwood Logs

1 cubic metre loose load £95.00

2 cubic metre loose load (most popular load) £185.00



Nets of Logs £3.50 each

Nets of Kindling £3.50 each

Hotmax briquettes (20kg bags) £5.95 each

Winter bundle: 2 cubic metre loose load, 3 netsof kindling and 5 bags of Hotmax

£220.00

All prices include VAT @ 5% and delivery within 10 miles of South Chard, TA20 4QN.To qualify for free delivery there is a £75.00 minimum order.All wood is ethically sourced from sustainable woodland with active replanting programs and is seasoned for at least 12 months prior to being cut and split and then left to air dry.

ORDER EARLY TO AVOID THE WINTER RUSH

PERRY STREET CLUBClub Secretary writes:

The club will be holding the following events:

• Sat 4th April - Special Easter Bingo and Quiz

• Sun 5th April - Live entertainment in the bar from 7:30pm

• Mon 6th April - Family Day with Tractor Run from 11:30am,Children's Easter Egg hunt, Bouncy Castle & food on sale.

• Sat 25th April – Elijah Wolf and Angelina

• Sun 26th April – HOWL Open Mic

• 9th May – Live entertainment with Rockin Ronnie in the barfrom 8:30pm

• 31st May – HOWL Open Mic


Open every evening & Saturday & Sunday lunch timeBookings are advisable call 01460 220285

By Popular demand we will be continuing to run our successfulPie Night throughout the summer

Join us every Thursday for a selection of our finest homemade piesaccompanied by a glass of wine, pint or soft drink for only £10

Have an event or get together coming up? Don't forget we are more than happy to open

lunch times in the week for tables of 10 or morePerry Street, South Chard, Somerset, TA20 4QH

www.thegoldenfleecechard.co.uk

WENDY'S KITCHEN VILLAGE CAFE☑ Everyone welcome –--- No need to book

☑ Good home-cooked food ---- Friendly atmosphere

☑ Come along and enjoy lunch or a snack, coffee & cake, etc

Every Wednesday 10am – 2pm at TMH

Celia's SalonExtra special Experience at a Beautiful Countryside Salon

Celia is passionate about showing women how a great hairstylemakes you look fabulous and feel great. She is a highly dedicatedand qualified hair stylist with over 24 years of experience.

Extra time to discuss the best styles to suit your face, hair typeand life style, each haircut is created with care and precision ina peaceful, relaxing environment in a highly professional salon.

BRAESIDE, BUGWAY, CHARD COMMON, TA20 4HHT: 01460 221444 / 07971 675577


Maddy’s Homemade TreatsFree delivery to Tatworth and Forton

Celebration cakes, Christmas Cakes, cupcakes, jams and other yummy treats.

Maddy will work with you to create your dream cake.

Food and hygiene rating 5 very good.

SYLVAN TRYST, WHITEGATE, FORTON, CHARD, TA20 4HQT: 01460 221920 / 07985590313

www.maddyshomemadetreats.co.uk

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EDITORIALOur choices …Before the June/July edition of The Drift, we will have had theopportunity to choose the next Member of Parliament torepresent our constituency of Yeovil at Westminster, the nextCouncillor to represent our ward of Tatworth and Forton on SouthSomerset District Council, and a full complement of Councillors torepresent us on Tatworth and Forton Parish Council.

The election for Tatworth and Forton Parish Council will no doubtbe clouded by allegations of “Cemetery grave mix-upaccusations” to which the Council is reported to have responded“Our residents can be confident that all is as it should be in ourwell-managed cemetery.” (C&I News.) The publicity concernedis to be addressed by an Extra-Ordinary Meeting of the Councildue to take place after The Drift goes to press.

If past elections are anything to go by, the ballot paper will havea long list of names, many of whom we may not know. Perhapskeying their names into our favourite search engine might help?

The Drift Newsletter Facebook page will provide furtherinformation, both before and after election day 7th May.

EDITORIAL TEAMRuss Wardell T: 01460 221376, CoordinatorPlease send COPY to: 7 Dairs Orchard, Tatworth, TA20 2TA or email to: [email protected]

Deadline for The DRIFT no: 69 - 14th May 2015

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VARIOUS GROUPSCHARD BRIDGE CLUBMeets at TMH, Thursdays 7pm. Contact: 221315

CHARD & DISTRICT LACE CLUBMeets at TMH, Wednesdays 7pm. Contact: Jill Bond 220677

WENDY'S KITCHENEvery Wednesday at TMH 10am – 2pm. Delicious home cooked foodMonthly Roast lunches

GOOD COMPANIONSMeets alternate Thursday mornings at 10am at The Playing Fields.Contact: Anne Goody 239434

THE BOOK CLUBMeets regularly at members homes. Contact: Sue Osborne 220330THE ART CLUBMeets Brewer Room, TMH Wednesdays at 10am

THE EXERCISE CLASSTakes place at TMH on Wednesdays 3:30-5pm STRETCH & FLEX CLASSTakes place at Church Room on Mondays 2-3pm with Liz Murtha.Contact: Di Ramsay (Age UK) 08456434702

TATWORTH CRAFT GROUPMeets at TMH, Tuesdays 2-4pm. Contact: Cynetta 221173

TATWORTH WIVES GROUPMeets on the 1st Thursday in each month in the Church Room at 7:30pm. Contact: Nan Austin 220708

TATWORTH W.I.Meets on the 3rd Thursday each month in TMH at 7:30pmContact: Angela Long 220953 or Marguerita Bond 220198

TATWORTH FLOWER CLUBMeets on the 1st Thursday each month in TMH at 2:00pm for flower arranging demonstrations. Contact: Rosalie Palmer 65883

TATWORTH HORTICULTURAL SOCIETYMeets on the 2nd Thursday each month in TMH at 7:30pm. Contact: Ken Johnson, Chairman 01460 220221

RAG PROJECT TEAMSContactsActive LivingSue Russell 220339,Marguerita Bond 220198,Margaret Kitch 220099,Janet Wood 221823

The DriftRuss Wardell 221376,Phillip Pepperrell 221610

Community Speed WatchDoug Allen 220116

Health & Wellbeing CentreRoy Bain 220152

WalksJane McGee 220826

EnvironmentJudy MacOmish 220966

Public TransportAndrew Turpin 220691

Community Emergency Management Team - (CEMent)

John Pearce 221899

The Project Teams welcome new members – could you perhaps spare a little time?



Date & Time Event VenueThu 2nd Apr – 2:00pm Tatworth Flower Club – 'Pots of Colour' with Barbara Clatworthy – 'Easter Bonnet' competition TMH

Thu 2nd Apr – 7pm Tatworth & Forton Parish Council Meeting TMH

Tatworth Playing Fields – Beer Festival – from 4.00pm TPF

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Perry Street Club – Live entertainment in the bar PSC

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TMH

Tatworth W I Skittles Challenge Match – 'Bell & Crown,' Chard

T & F Movies - “The Imitation Game” (cert 12A) – based on Turing's life – doors open 7.15pm TMH

Sat 25th Apr – 7pm 'Rock to Classics with the Gittins' – Concert – see text StJ

Sat 25th Apr PSC

St Georges Day Lunch – see text Ch Rm

Perry Street Club – Howl Open Mic PSC

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“St John's Church Mammoth Plant Sale” - open 8am for setting up TMH

General & Local Election Day – for details see your Polling Card or contact SSDC

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Walking Matters – a walk to Holditch – meet at the shop on Dyke Hill – see text

Tatworth & District Horticultural Society – Afternoon Trip to South Wood Farm – see text

Tatworth & Forton Parish Council Meeting TMH

Wed 20th May – 2pm TMH

T & F Movies – programme to be announced – doors open 7.15pm TMH

Sun 31th May Perry Street Club – Howl Open Mic PSC

TMH

Tatworth & District Horticultural Society – Day Trip to Castle Hill Gardens – see text

Talk & Tea - “Starlings On The Levels” - a film with Neil Clarke – see text TMH

Tatworth Primary School – Curriculum Evening TPS

T & F Movies – programme to be announced – doors open 7.15pm TMH

RegularsEvery Mon – 2pm Stretch and Relax Class Ch RmEvery Mon – 2.30pm New Age Kurling Group - £1.50 per session, including refreshments TMHEvery Mon, 7pm – 8pm Celia’s, Get Fit, Tone-up & Stretch Class TMHFirst Tuesday, Monthly Chiropodist – Mr Grimminger – Tel: 30114 TMHEvery Tue 2pm – 4pm Tatworth Craft Group - £1 each including refreshments – Brewer Room TMHEvery Wed 10am – 2pm Wendy's Kitchen TMHEvery Wed 3:30 – 5:00pm Exercise Class TMHEvery Wed 7pm TMHEvery Sat 5pm – 7:30pm “Traditional Fish & Chips” van TMHFirst Thu, Monthly 2pm Tatworth Flower Club (for contacts see text) TMHFourth Tuesday, Monthly Kents Fellowship KCRLast Fri, Monthly Perry Street Social Club's Monthly Big Quiz PSC

The DRIFT DIARY 2015

Fri/Sat – 3rd & 4th Apr

Sat 4th April Perry Street Club – Special Easter Bingo and QuizSun 5th Apr – 7.30pm

Mon 6th Apr Perry Street Club – Family Day - see textThu 9th Apr – 7.30pm Tatworth & District Horticultural Society – 'Gardening for Wildlife' by a Gold Club Speaker.Mon 20th April – 7pm

Fri 24th April – 8.00pm

Perry Street Club – Elijah Wolf and AngelinaSun 26th Apr – 12.30pm

Sun 26th Apr

Wed 29th Apr – 2pm Talk & Tea - “Childhood Reflections of Wedmore” - talk by Peter Tinney – see text

Sat 2nd May 10am – 12noon

Thu 7th May

Thu 7th May Tatworth Wives Group - 'Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostella' with Ann PlestedSat 9th May – 8.30pm Perry Street Club – Live entertainment with Rockin' RonnieSun 10th May – 10am

Wed 13th May

Thu 14th May – 7pm

Talk & Tea - “The Taunton To Chard Canal” - a film with Alan Keene – see textFri 22nd May – 8.00pm

Sun 7th Jun Mini Rally - Tractor Trundle 6th JuneTue 9th Jun

Wed 10th Jun – 2pm

Wed 10th Jun

Fri 26th Jun – 8.00pm

Chard & District Lace Group – Brewer Room

KEY: Ch Rm – St John's Church Room, PSC – Perry Street Club, TMH – Tatworth Memorial Hall, TPF – Tatworth Playing Fields, TPS – Tatworth Primary

School, PO – Premier Stores/South Chard Post Office, StJ – St John's Church, KCR – Kents Common Room

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