cranham village magazine
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Cranham Village Magazine
With Cranham Parish and Benefice News and Information
MARCH 2019
Inside this Month:
Wed 6th - Ash Wednesday Service
Wed 13th - Village Hall Meeting
Fri 15th - ‘Instant Wit’
Thurs 21st - ‘A Wreckers Tale’
Sun 31st - Mothering Sunday Service
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Church & Benefice
Vicar: Vacant
Associate Priest and
Benefice Administrator: Revd. Andrew Leach 07564 448692
Church Wardens: Mrs. Nicole Wotherspoon
01452 812387
Mr. Keith Ardron
01452 617648
Organist: Mrs. Beryl Berry,
Four Chimneys, Cranham
01452 813200
Hon Treasurer: Mrs. Helen Daltry, Broadridge House,
Cranham, Gloucester. GL4 8HF
01452 863011
PCC Secretary: Nicki Clapton
Bakers Piece, Cranham
07824 812384
Benefice Office: Lychgate Rooms, Painswick
01452 814795
Cranham Church of England Primary School
Headteacher:
Rebecca Slater
01452 812660
Magazine & General
Magazine editors: Sue & Ian Shaw
01452 814839
Church articles: Sue & Ian Shaw
01452 814839
Magazine layout: Tony Walker
07796 175622
Magazine
Distribution:
Sue Stick
01452 813407
Village Hall
Bookings:
Nicki Clapton
07824 812384
Rural Environmental Crime Liaison Officer
PCSO9073 Deb Collicott
Tel: 101
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A Letter from The Clergy
Dear friends,
Pancakes are divisive!
Should they be light, thin, and delicious, often referred to as Crepes, or should they be the ones that are rather thick, doughy, and stodgy? You can probably tell that I don’t like the stodgy ones but much prefer the thinner pancakes, with just a bit of lemon and sugar. I’ve never quite got what is so appealing about American or Canadian pancakes. Whilst they may be served at any time of the day with a variety of toppings or fillings including jam, fruit, syrup, chocolate chips, peanut butter, or bacon, or ham, for many North Americans they represent the perfect breakfast. It would seem that pancakes are enjoyed world-wide, with each country having its own recipe both for making them, and what goes with them.
Historically, the Ancient Greeks made pancakes called “tagēnias”, meaning “frying pan”, and they can be traced back to some poetical writings in the 5th century BC. In Britain pancakes are associated with Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day. Shrove Tuesday heralds the coming of Lent, which begins on the following day, Ash Wednesday. Cooking pancakes became a convenient means of using up all the perishable ingredients before the fasting period of Lent began.
Lent, of course, is an important season in the Church’s calendar, and is a time of reflection that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends approximately six weeks later, before Easter Sunday. During Lent, many Christians fast or give up certain things - such as smoking, watching TV, swearing, or food and drink, such as sweets, chocolate, or coffee - in order to replicate the sacrifice of Jesus Christ's journey into the desert for 40 days. Some Christians also add a Lenten spiritual discipline, such as reading a daily devotional, or praying through a Lenten calendar, to draw themselves nearer to God. The season of Lent culminates with Palm Sunday and Holy Week, marking the death, burial, and ultimately the joyful celebration on Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of Jesus (but probably more of that next month!).
As well as pancakes and Lent, March also brings with it the promise of Spring. Clocks will go forward giving us lighter and longer evenings, there will be, hopefully, spells of sunshine giving us hope that better weather is on its way, and the trees and shrubs will begin to show signs of bursting into life once again. All of which should make us feel good as we turn our backs on the Winter and welcome in the Spring.
So, enjoy your pancakes (or, if you have already had them, I hope you enjoyed your pancakes!), and whatever you choose to do during Lent, may you be richly blessed during this time of reflection and preparation as Spring, and more importantly Easter, beckon.
Mike Campbell
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Worship in Cranham - March 2019
Sunday 3rd 11am Family Communion Revd Chris
Sidesman Children & ?
Weds 6th 6.30pm Holy Communion Revd Andrew
Ash Wednesday for all the Benefice
Sidesman Ian Wotherspoon
Readers N Wotherspoon Joel 2;1,2, 12 -17
Ian Wotherspoon 2Cor.5;20b -6;10
Sunday 10th 11am Prayer & Praise PSALMS Team
6.30pm Benefice Evensong Bishop Robert
Sidesman Don Say
Readers Connie Evans Deut.26;1 -11
Phil Stick Luke 4;1 -13
Tuesday 12th 9am Morning Prayer John Watts
Sunday 17th 11am Parish Communion Canon Paul Nener
Sidesman John Watts
Readers Hazel Stacey Gen.15;1 -12,17-18
Mark Crowther Phil.3;17 -4;1
Sunday 24th 10am Benefice Communion Revd Andrew
at SHEEPSCOMBE
Sunday 31st 11am Mothering Sunday Sue Hartley
Service
Sides man Children & ?
Sunday
April 7th 11am Family Communion
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Church Flowers
3rd March Di Blandford
LENT no flowers
Church Cleaning
2nd March Sue Stick
9th March Sarah Taylor
16th March Nicky Overs
23rd March Victoria Soutar
30th March Nicki Clapton
6th April Joan Charman
Coffee after the Service
3rd March Sylvia Ardron & Julie Berry
17th March Helen Daltry & Connie Evans
7th April Sue Stick & Sarah Taylor
Beacon Benefice Prayer Weekend 21st - 23rd June 2019
Exciting news!
Our Benefice will be hosting a prayer weekend in all six parishes i.e. Painswick, Sheepscombe, Cranham, Edge, Pitchcombe and Harescombe for churches of all denominations, on the weekend of the 21st - 23rd June 2019. It will be a special time giving everyone a chance to submit prayers, to give thanks for blessings received, or else prayers for family and friends needing healing or guidance. We hope to have special services, quiet times for reflection, children's activities etc.
Watch this space for more details on the different events.
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Sunday Services in the Benefice - March 2019
March 3rd Sunday next before Lent Edge 9.30am 3 Parish Communion Revd. Andrew
Speaker: Nathan Youlton Painswick 9.30am Parish Communion Canon Michael
Cranham 11.00am Family Communion Revd. Chris
Sheepscombe 11.00am Morning Worship Mike Campbell
Painswick 3.00pm Holy Baptism Revd. Andrew
March 6th Ash Wednesday
Cranham 6.30pm Holy Communion for the Beacon Family of Churches
Revd. Andrew
March 10th 1st Sunday of Lent Painswick 9.30am Holy Communion
- Sharing in One Bread
Revd. Andrew
Pitchcombe 9.30am 3 Parish Communion Revd. Chris
Cranham 11.00am PSALMS Prayer & Praise Lay led
Sheepscombe 11.00am Parish Communion Canon Michael
Cranham 6.30pm Benefice Evening Worship Bishop Robert
March 17th 2nd Sunday of Lent
Painswick 9.30am Parish Communion Revd. Andrew
Harescombe 9.30am 3 Parish Communion Revd. Chris
Cranham 11.00am Parish Communion Canon Paul Nener
Sheepscombe 11.00am Morning Worship Lay led Speaker:
Margaret Sheather
March 24th 3rd Sunday of Lent Sheepscombe 10.00am Benefice Communion Revd. Andrew
March 31st Mothering Sunday
Painswick 9.30am Painswick Praise Mike Campbell /
Nathan Youlton Pitchcombe 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) Canon Michael
Cranham 11.00am Mothering Sunday Service Sue Hartley
Sheepscombe 11.00am Mothering Sunday Service Margaret Todd
Edge with Harescombe
3.00pm Family Praise for
Mothering Sunday
Mike Campbell
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PLEASE COME TO OUR
MOTHERING SUNDAY SERVICE
in Cranham Church on
31st March
at 11.00am
All the family welcome
Stay to the end for refreshments
REMINDER
Village Hall Meeting
Wednesday 13th March 7.30pm
All Welcome!
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All church articles for the magazine should be sent to
Catch up on all of the news of the 6 parishes at
www.beaconbenefice.org.uk
Churches Together around Painswick
Lent Groups 2019 Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 6th
All welcome from any denomination or none
PLEASE phone the number quoted to register your interest in joining a group
Day & Time Leader Venue Contact
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Monday. 5 sessions am or evening Starting 11th March
Liz Burge Time flexible to suit the majority “Poetry is the language of faith”
Yew Tree House, Painswick,
Liz Burge 01452 813177
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Tuesday 6 sessions 2.30 – 4.30pm Starting 26th February
Leaders: Anthea Glibbery Lindsay Gardiner “Aspects of Jesus’ Character”
No. 8 Gyde House, Painswick
Anthea & John Glibbery 810702 Lindsay 814282
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Wednesday 5 sessions 2.00 – 3.30pm Starting 13th March
Terry Parker "The Mystery of God"
Merrills Friday Street, Painswick
Terry Parker 01452 812191
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Extracts from The Messenger – March 2019
Faith: Finding a new shape for your life
Through the five weeks of Lent, the Diocese of Gloucester is inviting everyone to explore how faith influences what we do every day. Each week will have a different theme - relating, praying, working, playing and growing and the aim is to help us get our lives back in balance.
There are resources for people who want to look at deepening their faith with their church. There are fun activities, reflections and prayers for every week for families and for our schools. Bishop Rachel has made a series of videos about each week to help guide you through the themes.
The first week’s focus is on how we relate to others and talks about welcome and hospitality. “Where would you go if you needed help? If you needed somewhere to stay or a hot dinner? Back in medieval times everyone knew that if they ran into problems and had nowhere to stay or nothing to eat, they could go to the monks at the monastery who would always give them food and shelter for a day and night. It was part of the shape of their life that they wouldn’t turn anyone away and said, ‘Let everyone be welcomed as Christ’. They would bow their heads to people as a sign that they recognised the presence of God in them. How would you like to be welcomed, especially somewhere new? How do you welcome people to your home, school, Beavers, Rainbows, Brownies or Cubs group? Are there ways you can think of helping people who need somewhere to stay or some food, to feel welcome?”
Downloadable resources for each week are available on the diocesan website - look at www.gloucester.anglican.org/your-ministry/shapes-for-living/ to download your free pack.
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Your Voice events
Christian? Aged between 11 – 18? Do you talk about your faith with your friends? What could help your confidence in talking about those things that really matter?
Saturday 27th April, 7.30pm to 9.30pm at Revive at Kingfisher, Moor Street, Gloucester. Contact Andy
Macauly, [email protected] for more information.
Saturday 12th May, 7pm to 8.30pm at St Lawrence Church, Stroud, contact Barrie Voyce, [email protected]
Wednesday 12th June, (time TBC) at St James Church, Chipping Campden, contact Amy Todd, [email protected]
Fairtrade Fortnight, 25 years of Fairtrade in the UK
Monday 25th February to Sunday 10th March
The Fairtrade Foundation works with 1.6 million farmers and workers across 74 developing countries, ensuring them a living income, protected from changing market prices. This year, the She Deserves a Living Income campaign is focussing on the women who grow the cocoa for our chocolate treats. Without a living income, basic human rights like decent food, accommodation and schooling will not be achievable. To find out more about events happening across the country visit Facebook and click the Interested button on Fairtrade Fortnight 2019 #She Deserves. Details of Cinderford St Stephen’s Big Brew and Bake Off can be found on the events pages of the Messenger.
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Events
Big brew and Bake Off as part of Fairtrade Fortnight
Saturday 2 March, 10am to 2pm at St Stephen’s Church, Cinderford
Free samples light lunches, Fairtrade hot drinks, large Fairtrade shop and lots of information about Fairtrade and producers. www.cinderford-churches.org.uk/fairtrade
A Rock and a Hard Place
Sunday 3rd March, 4pm at Chantry Centre, Dursley and Friday 8th March, 7.30pm at Sundial Theatre, Cirencester
A new play from the Journeymen Theatre Company, based on the true life stories of survivors of domestic abuse. Tickets £7.50, concessions £5, students free. In aid of Stroud Women’s Refuge. Contact Liz Willis on 01453 836898 or [email protected]
Wild + Fit exercise class
Saturday 9th March, 10am to 12.30pm in Gloucester Cathedral
Zumba, pilates, body weight fitness session in the Cathedral for the whole family. Fund raised will go to Gloucester City Mission to support their work with people affected by homelessness in Gloucestershire.
Tickets £10 adults, £5 children, £7 teens and concessions, £25 family ticket. www.gloucester.anglican.org/wild
Stroud Sacred Comedy Festival 2019
Saturday 16th March at St Laurence’s Church, Stroud
A full day of laughs from a deeper place. Includes improv. comedy, kids comedy show, a multi-dimensional chat show and a sacred stand up night. Includes Tony Vino, Jo Enright, Stephen Cookson and Mark Palmer. Free entry to all shows, with suggested donations to cover costs. www. stlaurencefuture.org.uk for full details.
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It takes two: building a lasting marriage
Wednesday 20th March, £7 at Cheltenham Elim Church (Churches Together in Gloucestershire event)
Sometimes how we spend our time doesn’t reflect what matters most to us. While we’re quick to fix the boiler, MOT the car (hopefully) and carve out countless hours for the latest Netflix movie, we often don’t take time to invest in our marriages. This is a chance to take a night out, set aside distractions and focus on the two of you as a couple. https://bit.ly/2TLMPmT
Have your say
Visit Facebook Diocese.of.Gloucester, email Katherine at [email protected], follow us on Twitter @glosdioc, view videos on YouTube Diocese of Gloucester or visit our website gloucester.anglican.org
These extracts are from The Messenger, a monthly communication produced by diocesan communications office at Church House, College Green, Gloucester, GL1 2LY. The full ‘Messenger’ is available on www.gloucester.anglican.org and can be emailed to all parish and church representatives who request it. The extracts printed here are provided by Church House and published without alteration and therefore do not necessarily reflect the views of the Cranham magazine editorial team.
Churches Together around Painswick
World Day of Prayer
A Women led, Global, Ecumenical Movement
Come – Everything is Ready
Prepared by Christian Women of Slovenia
You are welcome to a service at the church of
Our Lady and St. Therese, Friday Street, Painswick
Friday 1st March 2019 at 11.00am
Light refreshments
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Dropshots
Calling all Tennis or sports enthusiasts! PSALMS ‘Dropshots’ is a new tennis session for KS2 (ages 7-11) for all the kids from Cranham, Sheepscombe and Croft schools.
Every Friday from the 1st March, PSALMS will be partnering with the Painswick Tennis Club to use the Tennis Courts in Painswick Recreation ground to offer fun filled tennis session, where will be learning values through sport and having a chance to question and explore faith. The first session is free, but after that it is £2 a session.
It will run from 3:30 - 4:30pm by Emily Twigg, a qualified ‘She Rallies’ Tennis Coach, and so either turn up on the day, or if you can let [email protected] know if you intend to come’.
Many thanks
Nathan Youlton
Sports Minister
Mobile: 07875 681130
A Quiet Day for Lent
A Spirituality Network for Gloucestershire event Our Spiritual Journey: insights from poetry and story.
A Quiet Day for Lent led by Revd. Dilwyn Edwards (former minister of Christ Church, Nailsworth) at Christ the King Roman Catholic Church, Thornbury on Saturday 16th March at 10.00am – 3.00pm.
Cost £10. To reserve a place, please contact Alison Evans at [email protected]
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Cranham Local History Society
2019 Outing
Local Treasures!Local Treasures!
Join us to visit Gloucester CityJoin us to visit Gloucester City’’s s amazing history with guided walks amazing history with guided walks
and lunch at the Docksand lunch at the Docks
Sunday 2nd June 2019
11.00am Guided walk around Llanthony Priory
12.30pm Lunch at Gloucester Docks
2.30pm Guided walk around Gloucester
Cost: £10 pp (excluding lunch) - members
£11 pp (excluding lunch) - non members
Travel - Shared transport where possible.
If interested, please contact Norma Kay
Tel: 077200 46802(phone or text) or [email protected]
(Monies to be paid on the day to venues/guides)
All welcome!
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The Children’s Society
The Children’s Society Box Collection time is coming round again. All
Children’s Society Box holders in Cranham, Painswick and Sheepscombe
are warmly invited to a coffee morning on Thursday 14th March at
Surmang, Cranham 9.30 – 11.30am, for those of you who would like to
bring your box in and have a coffee and chat while your money is being
counted, I would be very pleased to see you.
If you can’t make the coffee morning, don’t worry. If you can drop it into me
that’ll be great, or give me a call and I’ll come and collect it. It would be
really helpful to have all boxes by the 14th March.
The Children’s Society
• Who are we? The Children's Society is a leading children's charity
committed to making childhood better for all children in the UK
• What do we do? We take action to prevent, rescue and support
children facing life trapped in a vicious circle of fear and harm.
• We defend, safeguard and protect the childhood of all children
• How do we do it? A national network of projects, pioneering research,
influential campaigning, the UK’s first independent national inquiry into
childhood...and more.
Many Thanks to all our box holders. If you’re interested in becoming a box
holder or would like to make a donation - please give me a call.
Victoria Soutar - 813543
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Church Flowers 2019 – 2020
Thank you for all the lovely flower arrangements dur-ing the past year. Your help is much appreciated.
Here is the new rota. Please note your new date and change by mutual consent if the date doesn’t suit you. You are only responsible for providing flowers at the altar. Please ensure that your ar
rangement is watered during the week.
Additional flower arrangers are always most welcome.
Thank you. Nicole Wotherspoon
2019 April 21 Easter Jean Evans & Kathy Bonney 813330
28 Jean Evans & Kathy Bonney - do - May 5 Wendy Stuart 813895
12 Wendy Stuart - do - 19 Sue Stick 813407 26 Sue Stick 813407
June 2 Isabel Morgan 812123 9 Isabel Morgan - do - 16 Deb Carrington-Stait 813060 23 Deb Carrington-Stait - do -
30 Victoria Soutar 813543 July 7 Victoria Soutar - do -
14 Jenipher Pritchard 812637 21 Wedding 28 Hazel Roberts 812661
August 4 Hazel Roberts 812661 11 Feast Janet Whitton 812417 18 Janet Whitton 812417 25 Di Blandford 07988
840650
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Sept 1 Wedding 8 Marcia Lynall 814864 15 Liz Cattle 810859 22 Liz Cattle - do - 29 Wedding
Oct 6 Harvest Nicole Wotherspoon & Helpers 812387 13 Nicole Wotherspoon - do -
20 Deb Wallace 812484 27 Deb Wallace - do -
Nov 3 Jean Garratt 812977 10 Remembrance Ann Green 813728 17 Ann Green 813728 24 Helen Shields 810884
Dec 1 Advent - No Flowers 8 - do - 15 - do - 22 - do - 25 Christmas Day and 29th December
Nicole & Ann Green 812387
813728 2020
Jan 5 Gillian Smith 813532 12 Gillian Smith - do - 19 Sarah Taylor 812262 26 Sarah Taylor - do -
Feb 2 Gill Hopkins & Philippa Crowther 812485 9 Gill Hopkins & Philippa Crowther - do - 16 Helen Shields 810884 23 Helen Shields - do -
March Lent No Flowers
Church Flowers 2019 – 2020
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A Woman’s Life
Laura Kinnear, curator of the Gustav Holst museum, who worked very closely
with the Players on their last production, has requested that the following be
promoted: Jean Skinner
The Holst Museum proudly presents “A Woman’s Life” – a new play by BAFTA-nominated playwright Carolyn S Jones. Directed by Marianne Gaston and featuring Emma Wilkes and Emmeline Braefield. Kindly sponsored by INVESTEC. Clara von Holst and Isabella Beeton emerge from the shadows to reveal their secret lives. When: Saturday 23rd March at 7.30pm Where: Christ Church Harwood Hall, Malvern Road, Cheltenham GL50 2JH Tickets: £15 (adult), £13 (Holst Birthplace Trust Members), £6 (student/child). Available from the Holst Birthplace Museum, 4 Clarence Road, Cheltenham GL52 2AY or from The Wilson TIC, Clarence Street, Cheltenham, GL50 3JT Or buy your tickets ONLINE at http://holstmuseum.org.uk/a-womans-life/ (A small extra charge applies to online bookings).
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Cranham Common News
By the time you read this we will have completed our scrub clearance for the winter. We held 4 work parties which were well attended, with around 25 people per work party. Most of our work this winter was removing the huge number of small scrub oaks and other trees and shrubs that spread over the grassland, as well as some more clearance of woodland edges near the Trout Farm and on Knowle Bank, plus ongoing bramble clearance. We celebrated the end of the scrub bashing season on 17th February with a camp fire lunch, enjoyed by all who attended.
The winter clearance has been possible due to the hard work of many villagers who turned out time after time to help, both on the official work parties as well as some individual authorised clearance. Natural England and Cotswold Wardens have cleared some of the very dense areas of scrub.
A huge thank you to everyone who has helped to keep our beautiful common in prime condition. The remaining areas of brambles, hawthorn, blackthorn etc are a really important habitat for all sorts of birds and invertebrates so keep an eye out as you walk past them to see what you can spot as we move into spring.
Cows and invisible fencing
Sadly two of our old Welsh Blacks had to be euthanased in February due to arthritis, so we now have 8 cows. More will be added to the herd by NT when they are available.
We are still working away at the invisible fencing project, coming up with new solutions to the problem of not being able to obtain a generator powerful enough to cover the length of our cable, and we remain optimistic of getting the open grazing system working at some point!
Undergrounding of High Voltage Cables on the common
Cranham was successful in securing funding for this project back in October 2018, and we have continued to work with Western Power, Cotswolds AONB, CCT, NE and local stakeholders to agree the details of the installation of the new underground system.
We will be sharing the detail of the scheme with the village in the next few weeks, and will hold an open evening in the Village Hall so that you can see the detail and ask any questions. We hope that the village will be supportive to the scheme.
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FAREWELL TO WONDER AND BEAUTY
Holding in ones arms a little babe just born,
who can describe in mere words the very thrilling joy?
A sensation beyond compare from gentle girl or boy,
and in this world so wonderful the memory's never gone.
Encounters with ones early loves seldom ever last.
Yet in the young beholder's gaze the beauty is supreme,
blue eyes admiring those of brown in a very wondrous dream.
Brief years' experience still lives on beyond the happy past
As one looks upon the glorious red of twilight from top of
Cranham Hill,
who can not be thankful to be so richly blessed,
to have a dwelling in a plot of Paradise possessed?
Years go by as Spring and Summer flowers flourish to their fill
Our too short journey along Creation's splendid way,
beauteous scenes around us, and quite freely given,
which serves to bestow a pride to be in this world living
How grateful mankind should feel for each and every day.
Beauty reigns more calmly in our serenely later days.
aiding one another in ailments of body and of mind.
Hand in hand in companionship with Nature in wonder of one kind.
Now loving memories abound in cherishing arrays.
Ken Morgan
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Cranham Local History Society
A Wreckers Tale
Ship Breakers of the River Severn
A fascinating glimpse into Gloucestershire’s long gone maritime past. Paul Barnett returns to Cranham to chart the waxing of the region’s shipping fortunes & its demise at the hands of determined wreckers along the Severn foreshore at Sharpness.
Do come and join us:
Cranham Village Hall
Thursday 21st March 2019, 7.45pm
Members Free
Membership due if you haven’t already paid
Visitors : £3.50 Refreshments included
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Air in G
Presents
The quick fire comedy improvisation show
“INSTANT WIT”
An Evening of Songs, Gags and
General Silliness!
Cranham Village Hall
Friday 15th March
7.30pm (Doors open 7pm)
Tickets £15, includes Supper
Pay Bar
Call Jane on 814873
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A reminder that …
Well-rotted Horse Manure is always available!
Please help yourselves.
Plenty of bags available for you to fill!!
For those who don't know where it is please telephone Sue 813407
Brimpsfield & Mid-Cotswold Garden Society
March weather is notoriously fickle, so the wise gardener keeps an eye on the forecast and plans jobs accordingly. A mild spell can still be followed by a freezing blast, so don’t be too quick to start off seedlings that you can’t protect if necessary, but – especially towards the end of the month when spring should be in sight – you can get sowing and growing hardy plants if the outlook seems favourable. If not, and if you have a bed where you’re planning to grow plants from seed or plugs, consider covering it with polythene so that it warms up and is then ready to give your plants a head start!
If your gardening plans include ‘growing your own’ this year, our coffee morning meeting on Saturday 2nd March may be just what you need, as our speaker, Mr Baldwin, will talk on Vegetable Gardening. Come along and find out how to grow just a little of your own food! We meet in Brimpsfield Village Hall from 10.30am for tea, coffee, and home-made cake, with the talk starting around 11.00am.
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Village Lunch
The next Village Lunch will be on:
Monday 18th March
we hope you will join us when we will be meeting at:
12:15 for 12.30pm
in the
Scouts HQ
Menu on that day will be as follows:
MENU
Fruit Juice Sausage Casserole
Mashed Potato Cabbage & Carrots
Followed by:
Jam Sponge & Custard or Stewed Fruit
Tea or Coffee
Please ring and let me know if you are would like to come
and haven’t already booked. Thank You
Nicky (Tel: 07720 046802 or 812429)
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Back from the Brink Wildlife Surveys
As part of the Back from the Brink project ‘Limestone’s Living Legacies’ based here in the Cotswolds, volunteers are being sought to help with species surveys.
Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and People’s Postcode Lottery, Back from the Brink is one of the largest and most complex conservation schemes ever attempted. Bringing together seven species conservation organisations including Butterfly Conservation, Plantlife and Bat Conservation Trust, alongside Natural England, it aims to save some of England’s rarest and most threatened species.
As the name suggests, Limestone’s Living Legacies is focussing on the special limestone grassland habitat here in the Cotswolds which has undergone a dramatic decline since the 1930s. Working with local partner organisations, the aim is to restore and connect a network of limestone grassland sites and in turn help the conservation prospects of species such as the Duke of Burgundy butterfly, Pasqueflower, Greater Horseshoe Bat and Rugged Oil Beetle.
To do this the project needs your help and is providing free training workshops on how to identify and survey for these species. To find out more and get involved, please contact Jennifer Gilbert at [email protected] or 07483 039321.
For more information on Back from the Brink visit www.naturebftb.co.uk.
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No time to collect or chop your own kindling?..
Two budding young village entrepreneurs, Will and Harry can deliver quality kindling to your door for just £5 per large bag.
Please text or call 07736 720701 to order or visit their facebook page ‘Force & Ford Kindling’
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REGULAR EVENTS Club Pulse Mondays 6.00 - 7.30pm - Painswick Youth Centre
(Nathan Youlton 07875 681130)
Scouts Mondays 7.30 to 9.00pm (10 to 14 yrs) - Scout Centre
Orchestra Mondays 8.00pm - V Hall (Beryl Berry 813200)
Post Office Tuesdays 10.00am - 12noon - V Hall
Coffee Morning Tuesdays 10.30 - 11.30am - V Hall
Cranham Art Group Tuesdays 7.00 - 9.00pm - School (Lyn Barker 813025)
Choir Tuesdays 7.30pm - V Hall (Ian Wotherspoon 812387)
Beavers & Cubs Wednesdays - Scout Centre - times as follows:
Beaver Scouts (6 to 8 yrs) 4.45 to 5.45pm
Cub Scouts (8 to 10 yrs) 5.50 to 7.10pm
Table Tennis Club Wednesdays 7.15 - 9.30pm - V Hall
(Clive Hayden 07833 635762 [email protected])
Handbell Ringers Thursdays 9.30am - Tocknells Court (Annie Lade 812847)
Cranham Ramblers Alternate Thursdays 9.30am – Village Hall (Joan Charman 812708)
Retriever Training Thursdays 10.30am - Scout HQ
(Please phone - Mary Valentine 01684 592673 for info.)
S’Combe Bridge Club 2nd and 4th Thursdays 7.00pm - Sheepscombe V Hall
(Contact Joy Edwards 812588)
Parent and Toddler Fridays 9.15 - 10.45am - V Hall (Chloe McCarthy 07859 880641)
Church Bell Ringers Alternate Saturdays 9.30am - Church (Rob Garratt 07703 503547)
Garden Club Brimpsfield, phone Frances Ellery 01452 862412 for further info.
Cranham People
A warm welcome to Pip and Ben Saunders who have moved into Knowle House with their labradoodle Molly. Ben says having come from Richmond, Surrey, they are happy to be away from London, and are excited to be in their first home as a married couple.
If we have missed anyone, please accept our apologies!
Please make yourself known and we will include you next time.
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MAGAZINE CONTRIBUTIONS
All articles for the forthcoming month should be forwarded to the editors by email to
[email protected] (preferred option).
Articles should be forwarded as either a WORD or WORKS document and preferably in Ariel or Calibri font size 10 on A5 size paper settings. Articles may also be sent manually typed or hand written.
Please refrain from using ADOBE EDITOR as all articles have to be edited prior to inserting into the magazine.
All hard copies should be forward to Baggend (at the Knoll).
All items to be included within next months magazine will need to be in the hands of the editors by the following dates:
WEDNESDAY 20th MARCH 2019
(hand-written articles also by Wednesday 20th March)
Magazines will be available for distribution:
on Sunday 31st March or thereabouts.
The date will be confirmed to the distributors by email
Sue & Ian Shaw
814839
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Forthcoming events:
March 2019
1 Fri World Day of Prayer Painswick 11.00am
‘Dropshots’ Starts Painswick Tennis 3.30 - 4.30pm
2 Sat Garden Society Meeting B’field V.Hall 10.30 for 11.00am
3 Sun Family Communion Church 11.00am
5 Tues Recycling/Food Waste
6 Wed Ash Wednesday Service Church 6.30pm
9 Sat Wild & Fit Cathedral 10.00am - 12.30pm
10 Sun Prayer & Praise Church 11.00am
12 Tues Rubbish/Food Waste
‘Flicks in the Sticks’ Bisley V. Hall 7.30 for 8.00pm
13 Wed Village Hall Meeting Village Hall 7.30pm
14 Thurs Society Box Coffee am ‘Surmang’ 9.30 - 11.30am
Ramble Village Hall 9.45am
Messy Church St. Mary ’s 3.30 - 5.00pm
15 Fri ‘Instant Wit ’ Village Hall 7.00 for 7.30pm
18 Mon Village Lunch Scout Centre 12.15 for 12.30pm
19 Tues Recycling/Food Waste
20 Wed ** Magazine Contributions Due **
21 Thurs Mobile Library School 9.30 - 11.30am
‘A Wreckers Tale’ Village Hall 7.45pm
23 Sat ‘A Women’s Life’ Cheltenham 7.30pm
24 Sun Benefice Communion Sheepscombe 10.00am
26 Tues Rubbish/Food Waste
28 Thurs Ramble Village Hall 9.45am
31 Sun Mothering Sunday Service Church 11.00am
April 2019
7 Sun Family Communion Church 11.00am
11 & 25 Thurs Rambles Village Hall 9.45am
18 Thurs Mobile Library School 9.30 - 11.30am
For regular Events: Please see page 42