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UPPER KENNET NEWS Published by Fyfield, West Overton and East Kennett Parochial Church Council for the Upper Kennet Benefice May 2017

We are well and truly into spring and the whole of creation is bursting into life around us. Sometimes finding time to really stop and notice eludes us completely. Or perhaps you are one of those who notice bits and pieces but feel unable to stop and just stand still in the moment. The loveliness lingers only briefly, and we miss so much of the Creator’s gift in the season of new life.

For much of spring a halt has been put to your Rector’s gallop. Forced to move at a snail’s pace and only cover short distances I found myself treasuring the smallest of changes in nature as the season slowly started unfurling. The fruit trees in the churchyard in full blossom, a tiny vole with big ears in the long grass, the bees beginning to wake and forage. Clusters of hibernating ladybirds made unexpected appearances at Celtic Communion services crawling around on the white lid of the wafer-box and on the back of my white cassock. A family attending the Good Friday Walk of Witness produced two of them towards the end of the service reminding us that in the midst of trouble and pain and sadness we can find beauty to lift our spirits and gladden our hearts. Sitting as a passenger in the car I had time to watch the kites flying high overhead, and on one walk discovered I was being watched from a fence post by a large buzzard.

At dawn on Easter Day it felt as

if the whole of Creation was singing a hymn of praise - gathered together were humans of every age, a large variety of dogs, a herd of 24 young and curious cows and high on the field beyond I spotted two hares. The birdsong resounded in the still, quiet half-light as we gathered. Then as the human voices rose in song the lowing began. And the sun rose and the smell of incense and burning wood and straw mingled with cooking bacon. And there was joy and it felt like the first day of a new creation. I wonder what others noticed that morning?

I wonder if we are so busy being busy that we forget to just BE. I am learning something of the need we ignore so often, even those of us who think we are great outdoors folk, with great energy, to simply be in and with creation. Poet and priest John O’Donoghue once wrote:

‘I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding’.

The flow is nothing to do with a person being perfect or right or belonging to the right set, and one does not even have to understand it. All we need to do is to allow ourselves to be touched and moved by the beauty around us, to find time to appreciate the moment, and admit that sometimes it is only when we are vulnerable or weak that we find the moments of true insight into the world, into creation, into God and into ourselves.

A view from the Rectory

Maria’s New email address Please use this new address with immediate effect :-

[email protected]

.FOUND - SHEARS IN MONKTON

CHURCHYARD A pair of green extending hedging shears were found in April in Monkton churchyard. Contact Penny Gold 01672 539158.

Kennet Valley Lottery Club draw winners

March draw winners £100 Number 69 Jill Loveday £75 Number 34 Janet Rayment £50 Number 43 Phyllida Joel April draw winners £100 Number 52 Jason Galley £75 Number 21 £88 Number 88 Alex Hay

If you would like to join the lottery, ring David Snape on 01672 861267 or email: [email protected]

Another way to support our churches at West Overton, Fyfield and East Kennett

Notice Board Baptism Elsie Rendell 26 March West Overton Funerals Patrick Deacon 22 March East Kennett David Harris 27 March Broad Hinton Enid Burnett 28 March West Overton

Little Angels West Overton Church

10-11 am on the following dates

Thursday 4th May Thursday 18th May Thursday 8th June Thursday 22nd June Thursday 6th July Thursday 20th July

Welcoming parents, babies and pre-school toddlers for bible story time and play. Talking shop for adults about life’s big questions.

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Sunday 7th May – White Easter 4 Acts 2. 42 – end Psalm 23 1 Peter 2. 19 – end John 10. 1 - 10 Sunday 14th May – White Easter 5 Acts 7. 55 – end Psalm 31. 1 – 5, 15 – 16 1 Peter 2. 2 – 10 John 14. 1 – 14 Sunday 21st May – White Easter 6 Acts 17. 22 – 31 Psalm 66. 7 – end 1 Peter 3. 13 – end John 14. 15 – 21

Sunday 28th May – White Easter 7 Acts 1. 6 – 14 Psalm 68. 1 – 10, 32 – end 1 Peter 4. 12 – 14, 5. 6 – 11 John 17. 1 – 11 Sunday 4th June – Red Pentecost Acts 2. 1 – 21 Psalm 104. 26 – 36 1 Corinthians 12. 3b – 13 John 20. 19 - 23

UPPER KENNET CHURCHES SERVICES

Readings

St Nicholas

FYFIELD

St Michael &

All Angels

WEST

OVERTON

Christ

Church

EAST

KENNETT

St James

AVEBURY

St Mary Mag-

dalene

WINTER-

BOURNE

MONKTON

St Katherine &

St Peter

WINTER-

BOURNE BASSETT

St Peter ad Vincula

BROAD

HINTON

Wednesday

3 May

10.30am Cel.c Communion—AVEBURY

7.00pm Medita.on (Taize) Service—EAST KENNETT

7 May

Easter 4

8.30 am

Prayer Book

Communion

10.00 am

Cel.c

Service

11.15 am

Holy

Communion

9.45 am

Holy

Communion

Wednesday

10 May


7.00 PM - Medita.on (Taize) Service WINTERBOURNE BASSETT

14 May

Easter 5

8.00 am

Prayer Book

Communion

10.00am

Holy

Communion

11.30am

Amber Guest

Bap.sm

3.00pm

BERWICK

BASSETT

Russell

Bap.sm

9.45 am

Prayer Book

Ma.ns

Wednesday

17 May



21 May

Easter 6

10.30 AM—BENEFICE COMMUNION SERVICE - WEST OVERTON

Wednesday

24 May


7.00 PM - Medita.on (Taize) Service WINTERBOURNE BASSETT

Thursday

25 May

Ascension

Day

Deanery Service

28 May

Easter 7

10.00am

Holy

Communion &

Folle?

Bap.sm

6.00 pm

Evening

Prayer

6. 00 pm

Evensong

10.30am

Holy

Communion

11.15 am

Morning

Prayer

Wednesday

31 May



Palm Sunday at West Overton

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MONKTON LENT LUNCH – RESULT! A huge THANK YOU to all who supported the Monkton Lent Lunch on 29 March. Donations received (when gift aid is included) will result in over £300 being raised, £150 of which has been sent to the Salisbury Diocese fund for South Sudan to help alleviate the famine there. The remainder will go to Monkton church to help with the cost of urgent electrical repairs. A special thanks goes to the Avebury Community shop which generously donated goods and the intrepid soup makers and servers.

The Social Centre, Avebury VOLUNTEER NEEDED

After many extremely successful years of handling the Social Centre

bookings Joan has decided to retire.

We are looking for someone to take on the responsibilities of the Booking Clerk.

The work can all be done from home and you will need access to a

computer.

If you want to do something of great benefit to the community and you are well organised and enjoy dealing with people then this could be for

you!

If you are interested and would like more information please contact the Chairman of the Management Committee,

Mr Tony Farthing on 01672 539294

SPRING CLEANED - MONKTON CHURCH AND CHURCHYARD

A huge THANK YOU to the stalwarts who turned out to clean the church and tidy the churchyard on a glorious, sunny Sat 8 April. The church is gleaming and the churchyard neat and tidy (but no-one told the moles!). An excellent preparation for our glorious Easter Day service.

MONKTON CHURCH FLOWER FESTIVAL -

SAT 22 JULY A note for your diaries please! Monkton Church will be "All things Bright and Beautiful" on Sat 22 July (Our Patron Saint's Day - St Mary Magdalene) when it will be open from 11 - 4pm for our Flower Festival. Teas, plant and produce and tombola stalls will also be available. More details from Penny Gold.

East Kennett Literary Evening After a brief hiatus, the village of East Kennett once again enjoyed

an evening of Literature. There is something quite unique about a village coming together in

a beautiful church to enjoy a glass of wine and listen to a selection of carefully chosen readings. I, for one, love the intimacy of listening to such a varied collection of personally chosen pieces.

Could a computer programme ever produce the literary heights of the seduction scene from Thomas Hardy’s Tess, imagined in the ancient woodlands of The Chase? Bob Mann reminded us of the frozen beauty found in the intricate, detailed writing in ‘Dr Zhivago’. Susannah Thompson’s tour de force illustrating the decline implicit in Waugh’s ‘Brideshead Revisited’. Three novels which would challenge any IT specialist.

How dangerous could John Evans be? Another pertinent reading from John took us through the addictive dangers of coffee houses. Julia Kitchen gave us pure humour in Lawrence Durrell’s hilarious account of a diplomat accidentally swallowing a moth during an official dinner. Humour is always welcome and Annabel Chilvers reminded us, prompted by Mrs Beeton, that it really is better to leave one’s pets and one’s children outside in one’s carriage when visiting one’s friends. The complexities of the game of cricket were explored in Graham Kitchen’s reading of Colin Cowdrey’s autobiography.

Philip Loveday gave a remarkable and poignant reading of Ian McKewan’s ‘The Children Act’, surely the reading of the evening.

We raised nearly two hundred pounds for the church and thanked Chris Flood, who was present, for the lovely new church gates. I look forward to our Autumn evening and hope you will join us.

And in answer to the question regarding computers writing a selection of prose such as we heard. How can a machine describe the touch of a petal? Easier, by far, if they concentrate on colonising Mars.

Heartstart - CPR Training Courses

Every year 30,000 people in the UK have an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, but the survival rate is less than 1 in 10. We’re determined to transform the UK into a Nation of Lifesavers: a country where everyone knows how to save a life. There are over 1,700 Heartstart schemes across the UK supported by the British Heart Foundation where individuals or groups can attend a two-hour training course and learn how to:

• Deal with an unconscious person

• How to recognize a heart attack and a cardiac arrest

• How to perform CPR

• Deal with a person choking Respond to serious bleeding. The Kennet Valley Hall Committee is interested in providing one or more of the British Heart Foundation Heartstart courses at the hall. If you are interested in attending either as an individual or part of a community group, please register your interest at [email protected] or call Rob Duckett on 01672 861446 for further information.

Thank You


News from Berwick Bassett and Winterbourne Monkton

Spring is in the air and its time for a Spring

Clean There will be a village clean up in both

villages on Saturday 13th May. 2 groups will start in their relevant village. The Winterbourne Monkton group will meet at the standing stones on the lay-by by Middle Farm and the Berwick Bassett volunteers will meet at the triangle at Berwick Bassett by Home Farm, both at 2pm. Works will concentrate on litter picking on footpaths and village roads and strimming verges. Please wear suitable clothing but equipment will be provided. Last years event turned out to be very fruitful and enjoyable. The more the merrier.

The Cleanup will concentrate on areas within the villages. Don’t forget that you can also download the Wiltshire Council app so you can report issues such as potholes, lights out etc using your smartphone or computer. The app can be downloaded from your usual app store

Of particular concern regarding village cleanliness is the amount of dog excrement found on hard footpaths, field footpaths and verges. Even in our rural environment it is an offence not to pick up after your dog. Please don’t leave it for someone else to clean up after you.

Spring will also bring a change to your Parish Council. There will be no election for Parish Councillors on May 4th. A quorate council has been elected unopposed but there remain 3 vacancies. If you’d like to be considered to be co-opted to the council please contact the clerk below.

The first meeting of the new council will be on Wednesday May 10th at approximately 8pm preceded at 7.30 with the AGM.

Janice Pattison Clerk [email protected]

Avebury & District W.I. Craft Group

The Craft Group holds a meeting on the afternoon of the first Wednesday of every month at the Social Centre, Avebury from 2 - 4pm. All are welcome. You do not need to be a W.I. member to attend. The cost is £3 per session. There are quilting courses and a variety of other crafts. For further details call Margaret on 539184

Local Table Tennis Club Success Story

Kennet Vale TTC had some great successes at this year`s Devizes Table Tennis League Championships. Many of the senior players reached finals in the Senior`s tournaments but it was in the Junior sections that the club really excelled. Rueben Tinto was a deserved Runner Up in the Under 18s, Harrison France won the Under 15/16s and Samson Cartlidge retained his Under 13s title. So well done all our boys!

To cap it all, the club`s Senior B team won the Division 2 title which will now give us two teams in Division 1, plus, we hope to have a third team in Division 2 next season

The club operates out of Kennet Valley Hall and it`s origins go back to 1969. If you are hiding your own table tennis talent and fancy a comeback, why not give us a call. Also, due to some older boys moving on to Uni` we can currently accommodate two or three new juniors. Ideally about 9 or 10 they would be introduced to this most enjoyable sport. We operate our Junior section on Tuesday evenings from 5.45 – 7.15 during the season. If you have a child who you would like to have an initial trial, just give Brian a call on 861513, or Colin on 861672.

I haven’t heard how our "old men" got on last night in the SuperVets but our young men excelled themselves last night in the Juniors. Reuben was a deserved Runner Up in the Open event, Harrison won the Under 15/16s and Sampson held on to his title by winning the Under 13s. A number of memorable matches were headed by Harrison beating the eventual winner of the Open (Connor) in the Group stage, and closely followed by Sampson's tactical display in his final where, having lost to the Wiltshire Under 13 champion in the Group stage beat him effectively in the final.

Another victory worth mentioning was John Wyles winning the Handicap Singles having had his handicap increased to -3 before the event, and although I don’t have the details we had various other finalists in other events.

Last, but not least, well done the B Team for winning the B Division.

There were many more special achievements during the

season, so overall the club has had an exceptional season. So well done everyone.

Easter Bingo –a Sweet Success ! The annual Easter Bingo event took place at the Kennet Valley Hall on April 7th with an attendance of over 70. It was nice to see many young families having a nice evening out together. An enjoyable evening was had by all with the many prize winners spread nice and evenly around the hall. A big “thank you” to Nick Helps, manager of Tesco Marlborough, for his continued support in donating all the Easter Egg Bingo prizes - including the numerous Easter Eggs distributed amongst the children during the evening, and at the end. Also a special thanks to local businesses Waitrose, for their Easter Hamper, St Peter`s Coffee Shop for their lovely Easter Cake, and our regular supporter, Marlborough Confectioners for their specially created box of chocolates. All these, plus many other prizes, made the raffle an Aladdin’s Cave of Goodies. Along with the traditional Christmas Bingo, these two events constitute the Hall`s main fund raising activity. As all the prizes were donated, the £525 raised during the evening became a net contribution to the Hall`s maintenance funds. Thanks to all who supported the event and all those who contributed to a very successful social evening.


Shop Phone Number: 01672 539200

Please note new summer opening hours: Monday- Saturday 9am - 5pm, Sundays &

Bank Holidays 10.30am – 4.30pm

AGM Our AGM this year will be on Tuesday 11th July at 7.30pm. Following the AGM, we will be having a talk from one of our suppliers, Ian Lacy from “Love from the Artist”, who provide our greetings cards. Please try and support this event and have a say in the running of your shop.

Redecoration Our shop has been redecorated from top to bottom. Thank you to our customers for their patience for the days we had to close to allow this to happen; and thanks to our staff and volunteers who worked so hard to make this happen. Thanks also to Brian Watts for all his hard work, and to Victor Paradise for all his help in the shop.

Product News As the weather gets warmer, don’t forget that we have lots of lovely local produce for you to enjoy. We have local sausages to have on your barbecue as well as cheeses, pies and salads for you to have for picnics. We also stock small tubs of local Rowdey Cow ice cream. If you fancy a cream tea we are now stocking fruit scones and clotted cream as well as several types of jam. Tickets for Sale The shop is acting as box office for Avebury Rocks 2017 - 7th-9th July at East Farm. Discounted tickets are available for locals. Avebury Rocks raises vital funds for our local Prospect Hospice

Volunteer Appeal In order for the shop to stay open, we need more volunteers. We need volunteer shop assistants, but if you don’t want to be in the public eye there are lots of other things you could do to help such as baking, helping with deliveries, our collections of supplies, keeping our garden tidy and so on. We don’t expect you to volunteer at the same time every week unless you want to. If you can only help occasionally we would also be grateful for this. Any help however small is gratefully received. If you think you would like to volunteer, even for an hour or two, just to help out, just call Lyn, Lynda or Louise at the shop on 01672 539200. We promise tea, biscuits and a giggle!

Local Deliveries Please don’t forget that we can deliver to you if you are unable to come into the shop. Just give us a ring on the number at the top of this article.

Michele Lomas (Chair of Avebury Community Shop)

Avebury Rocks 2017 Friday 7th—Sunday 9th July

at East Farm, Avebury

Avebury Rocks: a celebration of great live music with local and national artists over two stages on Friday night and from noon on Saturday ********************** all proceeds go to supporting the ongoing care provided by Prospect Hospice

Visit: aveburyrocksfestival.net

Tickets now on sale: online or from Avebury Community Shop or Sound Knowledge, Marlborough

Residents’ Discount: 15% off for residents of Avebury and Winterbourne Monkton parishes available from Avebury Community Shop or online The Walk—Saturday morning A great sponsored walk across the World Heritage Site to include music stops, archaeological info and a Samba Band return to East Farm. Register online for walk forms to start raising mon-ey for Prospect.

Music and more... Scout and Sage gin bar & mini-gin workshops, + Ministry of Samba will be leading a workshop + children’s activities + Foodwise wood-fired pizzas + gourmet burgers + a traditional Tandoor + bar refreshments provided by Avebury Club

Young Artists’ Competition A competition for young artists (11-18 yr) to win a spot on the 2017 Avebury Rocks line up. Anyone aged between 11-18yrs can apply. The lucky shortlist will be invited to perform in front of a panel of judges at the Avebury Club on 10th June. 3 winners will selected to play at Avebury Rocks.

For more information visit aveburyrocksfestival.org or grab an entry form from the Community Shop.

Now returning for a 7th Year This year’s innovations include:

music from 7pm on Friday, Camping from 5pm Friday, Young Artists’ Competition, 2 stages ...


Avebury Club Refurbishment With the help of a dedicated team of volunteers

we have recently carried out some major improvements to the Club to make it an even nicer experience when you visit.

This includes installing pumps at the bar again with beer, lager and cider now on tap, with some real ale also available at times.

There is a new 55” TV for those sporting occasions and the little room has been seriously made over in a modern style making it far more comfortable and pleasing to the eye.

Come along and see – memberships are still only £5 as well.

Wiltshire Sight Treasurer Wanted

Wiltshire Sight is an innovative, progressive local charity based in Devizes supporting people living with sight loss in Wiltshire and Swindon. They assist more than 2,500 people of all ages, as well as their families and carers. The charity’s current Treasurer is at the end of his term of office, this means they require a new volunteer to join the Board of Trustees and support them in the coming years. Chief Executive, Leanne Hubbard commented: “He has been invaluable during a transitional period for Wiltshire Sight and the team wish him all the best for the future.” They are looking for someone with a strong grasp of charity accounting or who has experience of managing multiple complex budgets. An understanding of managing an investment portfolio and accounting software (xero) would also be beneficial. Commitment and Duties: • Actively commit to the charity for, initially, a

period of three years • Attend around six board meetings a year and

take part in other events • Chair quarterly Finance Resources Sub

Committee (FRSC) meetings • Advise and guide the management team and

Board of Trustees on financial matters • Liaise with the auditors In return, you will have the opportunity to use your experience to help the charity make a real difference to the lives of people living with sight loss in Wiltshire and Swindon. Full training and support will be offered to the successful applicant. Applications from people whose lives are affected by sight loss are encouraged. Informal discussions with Chief Executive, Leanne Hubbard are welcome. Expressions of interest and CVs should be emailed to [email protected]

Avebury Parish Council

Headlines from Avebury Parish Council meetings on 7 March and 4 April 2017

Planning applications: we decided to support applications

for an extension and a car port at Freshfield, Beckhampton, a dormer window at 2 Red Houses, Green Street, a porch and extension at North Rutlands, Swindon Road, a car port at Isobel Cottage, Beckhampton and a conversion to a residential lodge at The Grange, Beckhampton.

Transport Group: following a meeting with Highways and World Heritage staff, it has been agreed that designs for A4 improvements at Beckhampton and West Kennett will be developed at the same time, and some investigatory work at West Kennett is now being commissioned. 50% of the cost of the cost of design work (£18,775) is coming from Wiltshire Council’s Area Transport Group, 25% is being met by the Parish Council and the remaining 25% is being raised by local households and businesses. West Kennett has already raised its half share; Beckhampton is well on the way to £1,000 but needs to raise about £1,400 more. So further contributions will be gratefully received! Moya Brannan (07801 684 202) is also organising a fundraising Cyclothon for the work of the Transport Group at the Red Lion over the second May Bank Holiday, from 27 to 29 May.

Defibrillator: Maggie Lewis has now raised v irtually the full cost of leasing and installing a defibrillator, which will be on the porch of the Social Centre. We will be signing the lease agreement shortly, and the South West Ambulance Trust will be providing training soon.

Coach House toilets: we have had meetings with the National Trust about our proposed partnership scheme to assist it, with voluntary helpers and grants, to improve the opening hours of the toilets to, hopefully, daylight hours throughout the year. While we are considering the feasibility of a recent Trust proposal that the Parish Council takes on the full costs and management of the toilets under a lease at a low rent, we hope our original partnership offer to assist the Trust to run the toilets can still be agreed.

National Trust update: Most items reported at our March and April meetings will have passed by the time UKN is published, but please see the National Trust’s updates in the Parish Council’s minutes on our website and the Trust’s March newsletter which was delivered to local households.

Improving dialogue between the National Trust and the Parish Council: Wiltshire Councillor James Sheppard joined our April meeting and we are exploring new ways of improving dialogue.

URC Chapel: hav ing put the Parish Council’s Community Right to Bid on hold in September 2015, we submitted our bid in February to give any local group interested in developing a scheme six months’ time to do so. We will be raising the issue at our annual Parish meeting on Tuesday 25 April and will then advise Wiltshire Council, who will decide whether CRtB conditions will be imposed on the sale.

A303 tunnel scheme at Stonehenge: we have received a reply to our submission from Highways England. All feedback is being assessed and the Secretary of State for Transport is due to make an announcement on the preferred route later in 2017. We will also be writing to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to point out that a bypass around the World Heritage Site will avoid all archaeological damage, and will also be £¼bn cheaper to build.

A damaged planter in the High Street is due to be replaced shortly.

Parish Clerk: Liz Moore (861424) and [email protected]


SHEPPARD DECORATORS Local, established, traditional,

perfectionist painters and decorators

We take pride in our work and have a passion for the upkeep of old English houses and period properties.

Contact Darren Sheppard for a friendly quote, no job too small.

www.sheppard-decorators.co.uk Tel: 01380 501898 Mob: 07876 433655

Pheasants Cottage Bed and Breakfast Linda Seeley 31, Lower Fyfield Marlborough, Wilts. SN8 1PY Tel: 01672 861680 and 07518 281872 [email protected] www.pheasantscottage.com


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WOODSTOVES & CHIMNEY LININGS

Woodstoves: many makes, new and second hand discounted.

Flue lining: Stainless steel, ceramic, pumice. Installed TV flue camera for internal chimney inspection. Anti-jackdaw cages for bird protection. FREE site visit and advice recommended

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Kennet Valley Hall Movie Nights

After a successful winter season showing a broad range of movies the team are taking a break and will be back in the Autumn. In this past series we have shown four wonderful movies that showcased the best of British cinema. The list was as follows: I, Daniel Blake Bridgette Jones Baby Queen of Katwe A United Kingdom Regulars will know that there is a mailing list to advise you of the upcoming movies for your Sunday evening entertainment as well as the paper advertising in the Upper Kennet News. If you would like to join the mail list this is easy to do by e-mailing [email protected]. Equally if you would like to be involved from choosing movies for the next season from the list we receive to helping on the night then an email to the above address will be all you need to do. Have a great summer, we look forward to an enjoyable Autumn Season.

Best wishes from The Movie Team

Marlborough & District Embroiderers’ Guild

The March speaker, Vivian Prideaux, introduced us to Alec

Walker. Born in Yorkshire in 1889 Alec was given a rundown mill by his father and he started producing Vigil silk. Kay Earl responded to an advert for a designer and in 1918 Alec moved to Newlyn in Cornwall. He and Kay married and in 1920 they founded the couture company, Crysede.

Alec Walker was invited to go to Paris and was introduced to Raoul Dufy and Ossip Zadkine. Influenced by their designs he transformed his own paintings into textiles. The business continued to expand so they brought in Tom Heron (father of painter, Patrick Heron) as Manager and the company moved to the Island at St Ives. They were the first company to offer mail order, opened retail shops and sold their designs at Liberty’s.

On Monday 3rd April we enjoyed our annual Ploughman’s

lunch. After we were shown a presentation from the Embroiderers Guild which explained the history of the organisation and showed a number of textiles which have either been collected or donated to the Guild over the years. There were items from the 16th C onwards and from all over the world.

The branch has been asked to donate money towards the conservation of these items so everyone was asked to contribute threads, fabrics, magazines and books to be sold and the money raised will go towards this request.

The next meeting of Marlborough & District Embroiderers Guild will be on Monday 8 May 2017 at the Kennet Valley Hall, Lockeridge. The speaker will be Anna McDowell and her talk will be entitled “History of Dorset Buttons”. Doors open at 13.30 for a 14.00 start.

All are welcome and if you have any queries please contact 01249 750865. Further details visit our website: http://www.marlboroughembroiderers.org

Kennet Valley 60+

There were several members away for the March 60+ get

together, but we still had an enjoyable afternoon listening to

Ray Rumming talking on small rivers and springs around the

local district. Even though most of us have lived around this

area for many years one can always learn from talks and

film slides like this.

We had the usual raffle and tea with chocolate biscuits

kindly made by our tea girls.

Hope to see you all at our next meeting.

Gerald Smith

Get closer to history at Avebury The World Heritage Site on your doorstep.

Spring is in full bloom and Avebury is looking its best -

with wildflowers on the Avenue and beau�ful blooms in

the manor. Why not join in some of the ac�vi�es; you

can experience yoga in Avebury Manor garden, make a

bee hotel or take part in the spring floral workshop.

If you'd like to receive our Avebury newsle'er or if you

have any ques�ons or ideas, or could spare a few hours

to volunteer with us, please do get in touch.

Call 01672 539250 for details

na.onaltrust.org.uk/avebury

When you visit, donate, volunteer or join the Na�onal Trust, your support

helps us to look a+er special places such as Avebury for ever, for everyone.


Kennet Valley National Trust Association

The Association was launched in 2000 and is well supported by National Trust members and volunteers drawn from the Marlborough, Pewsey and Devizes area. Annual membership costs £8 per person per annum enabling members to attend talks, outings and holidays as well as meeting other members at social events. Kennet Valley Association is independent of the National Trust and is run entirely by volunteers. The Committee is elected at the annual general meeting each June and has a constitution common to all such National Trust Associations. Meetings are on the 3rd Monday of each month commencing at 7.30pm at KENNET VALLEY HALL, Lockeridge SN8 4EL and occasionally at Slade House, St James' Gardens, Devizes, SN10 1EL Entry: Members £3.00 Non-Members £4.00

Diary of events spring / summer

Meetings 15 May. A Story of the North Wessex

Downs AONB - Rose Somerset

19 June. Annual General Meeting . followed by 7.00pm Prehistoric use of sarsen stone and the modern sarsen industries - Katy Whitaker

17 July. Runneymede and Magna Carta -James Evans 21 Aug. Summer social Visits WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY and DUNSTER CASTLE (NT) Tuesday 23 May Departures: Marlborough Polly Tea Rooms 0800 Devizes Corn Exchange 0830 Return: Leave Dunster c1645 Cost: £ 34 pp (coach + rail fare) WESTBURY COURT GARDEN (NT) & FRAMPTON MANOR Wednesday 21st June Cost £48.00 Includes Coach Gratuities, coffee and Westbury garden tour, House tour of Frampton

Manor, 2 course lunch and tea Admission to Westbury Court Garden (NT) free (non-members £5.17) Departures Polly’s Tea Rooms Marlborough 8.30 am Corn Exchange Devizes 9.00 am. Leaving Frampton Manor 4.15 pm LYTES CARY MANOR AND TINTINHULL GARDEN Wednesday12th July2017 COST: £21.00 for N.T. members ( non members price tbc and payable on the day) Departure: Marlborough - Polly’s Tea Rooms 08.30 Devizes – Bus Island 09.00 Leaving Timtinhall Garden 16.45 for the return LORD LEYCESTER HOSPITAL & PACKWOOD HOUSE (NT) Thursday 17th August Cost £32.00 Includes Coach Gratuities, coffee and guided hospital tour Admission to Packwood House (NT) free , non-members £9.30 Departures Polly’s Tea Rooms Marlborough 8.30 am Corn Exchange Devizes 9.00 am. Leaving Packwood House 4.00 pm For further information please see http://kennetvalleynta.weebly.com or email [email protected]

Fyfield and West Overton Parish Council

Annual Parish Meeting About 40 residents attended this meeting. Our two new Community Police Officers, introduced themselves and gave a report on their work in the locality. As usual, crime figures are low, but theft from parked cars at our local beauty spots is still an issue which they are working to address. We then enjoyed an excellent illustrated talk from Rose Somerset about the North Wessex Downs. Annual General Meeting This will be held on Monday 22nd May at 7pm in the Kennet Valley Hall.

Marlborough Medical Practice Patient Participation Group (PPG) Update

Carers Week will be taking place from 12–18 June 2017. This is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges that Carers face and recognise the contribution they make. A Carer is someone, of any age, who provides unpaid regular support to family or friends who could not manage without this help. More information is available on the practice website, along with an electronic version of our Carers registration form: http://www.marlboroughdoctors.org.uk/info.aspx?p=3 Wiltshire Carers can be contacted by phone on 0800 181 4118, or through their website: http://www.carersinwiltshire.co.uk/


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WHO’S WHO in the Upper Kennet Churches

RECTOR - REV’D MARIA SHEPHERDSON 01672 539643 The Rectory, 27 High Street, Avebury, SN8 1RF email [email protected] If you require a priest in an emergency and are unable to contact Rev’d Maria please telephone one of the churchwardens. LAY PASTORAL ASSISTANTS Mrs Claire Stiles 01793 731620 c.j.stiles@hotmail. co.uk Mr Graham Kitchen 01672 861349 [email protected] BENEFICE OFFICE: Ray Manley, Anne Robinson (Mon-Thurs, 10am-1pm) Tel: 01672 861786 e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.upperkennetchurches.org.uk Address: The Garden Room, 62 Lockeridge, SN8 4EL CHURCHWARDENS AVEBURY Mrs Maureen Dixon 01672 539690 Mrs Sandra Hues 01672 539444 [email protected] Mrs Helen Vickers 01672 539482 [email protected] EAST KENNETT Mr Graham Kitchen 01672 861349 [email protected] Mrs Jo Snape 01672 861267 [email protected] WEST OVERTON Mrs Susan Rogers 01672 861374 [email protected] FYFIELD Ms Vicky Evans 01672 861622 [email protected] WINTERBOURNE MONKTON Ms Penny Gold 01672 539158 [email protected] WINTERBOURNE BASSETT Mrs Glynis Long 01793 731398 [email protected] Mr Peter Barry 01793 731589 [email protected] BROAD HINTON Mrs Jenni Moseling 01793 731629 [email protected] Miss Sally Cartwright 01793 731050 [email protected] Benefice Council Lay Chairman Mr Mark Wightman 01793 731452 [email protected] PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL SECRETARIES AVEBURY Mr David Davidge 01672 513819 [email protected] EAST KENNETT, FYFIELD & WEST OVERTON Mrs Lynne Williams 01672 861511 [email protected] WINTERBOURNE MONKTON Mr Bill Buxton 01672 539199 [email protected] WINTERBOURNE BASSETT Mr Martin Knight 01793 731764 [email protected] BROAD HINTON Mrs Marjorie Sykes 01793 731471 [email protected] MAGAZINES UPPER KENNET NEWS in Fyfield, West Overton, East & West Kennett, Beckhampton, Avebur y Trusloe, Avebury, Winterbourne Monkton & Berwick Bassett: Editor David Throup, Longmynd, Lockeridge SN8 4ED 01672 861279 [email protected] Please send all copy including advertising and payment to David Throup. Final copy date 20th of each month LOCAL NEWS in Uffcott, Broad Hinton & Winterbourne Bassett: Editor Dawn May 01793 739130 [email protected] Final copy date 20th of each month

What’s On at AVEBURY SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB

Wednesday Pool, Thursday Darts and Friday Skittles League Nights see website for fixtures

Unless stated all activities start at approx. 8.30 pm

NEW – Yoga every Monday night from 7.00pm – see website for details May Saturday 6th – Skittles for cash Saturday 13th – Casino Night with Happy Hour Saturday 20th – Games Night Saturday 27th – Race Night with Happy Hour

Every Sunday - Bingo - Eyes down 8.00pm - ££ Cash prizes WANTED – An Instructor to take Keep Fit classes – We have members keen to increase their fitness and enjoy exercise – if you are interested in teaching such a class please contact Alan

Avebury Club is available to hire, contact Alan Blake – Secretary on 07860 112455 or email at [email protected] or alternatively call Avebury Club (when open) on 01672 539258 or visit Avebury Club website to check availability. www.avebury-club.co.uk

ALL ENQUIRIES AND BOOKINGS ARE TO BE AGREED AND FINALISED WITH THE CLUB’S SECRETARY ONLY.


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Avebury Rocks Festival 2017 Now at its new home on East Farm Avebury Rocks is giving music lovers two days and two stages of great live music, with the option to make the most of the weekend and camp on Friday and Saturday night as well. As usual there will be an eclectic line up with something for everyone’s musical taste, from folk to rock and everything in between. Details of artists already announced can be found at www.aveburyrocksfestival.net with more to follow, and lots of new artists to discover. It’s not just about the music though there’ll be wood fired pizzas, gourmet burgers and a traditional tandoor to keep rumbling tummies satisfied and local beers, ales and ciders available at the Avebury Club bar. This year there’ll be a new addition to the drinks offering with a special gin bar provided by the gin cognisors from Scout and Sage, you’ll even have the option to take part in a mini masterclass with them over the weekend! Avebury Rocks raises funds for Prospect Hospice and by buying a ticket to the festival you’ll be helping them provide care and support in the local community. Tickets start from £5 for children and £10 for adults, full details and more information can be found at www.aveburyrocksfestval.net.

Concert for Richard St Katherine & St Peter’s

Winterbourne Bassett on

Sunday, 2nd July 2017 at

6.00p.m.

Viola:

Michelle Urquhart Piano:

Keith Mitchell (from Sydney, Australia)

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Music to include works by Brahms, Glinka, Piazzolla, Chopin

and Mozart’s Piano Quartet in G Minor Interval Drinks!

Retiring collection for

Prospect Hospice and St Katherine & St Peter’s

Concert St Peter’s, Marlborough

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Viola: Michelle Urquhart

Piano: Keith Mitchell

(from Sydney, Australia)

with the Ditchley String Trio

Music to include works by Brahms,

Glinka, Piazzolla, Chopin and Mozart’s Piano Quartet in G Minor

Interval Drinks!

Retiring collection for Brighter Futures Radiotherapy

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