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GLastonbUry PiLGrimaGe,easter WeeK 2020

The following was received from Churches

together in Warminster and Jacques

Desrosiers, Rector of the Minster Warmin-

ster & Asst Rural Dean.

Churches Together has given us

advance notice of an Easter Pilgrimage the

Minster Church are planning for next year

and to which we have been invited to

join in.

This is a ‘come by whatever means

possible’. The object is that as many

as can and want to come from the

Parish, Benefice, Churches Together in

Warminster and the Deanery do so. We

meet at the Abbey in Glastonbury for a

Celebratory Service on Wednesday 15th

April 2020 in the Crypt Chapel at 3pm

and follow it with a bring and share picnic

in the Abbey Grounds, permissions

permitting. Apart from the cost of any

food etc. you may need, you will need

to pay an entry fee to the Abbey.

The reduced group booking cost, at

present, is £6.50 per Adult and £5.75 per

Child (aged 5 -15).

This event will entail people

travelling by many different methods. We

will cater for those who wish to walk and

include an overnight stop or two. This is

likely to be in a Church, Church Hall or

possibly camp in an arranged field. There

are those who might run or cycle all the

way and may need reviving at the end! I

have no idea if anyone is likely to come by

horse, but Tony Berridge has offered seats

in his Minibus. And finally, some people

will drive there by car and hopefully give

lifts to others. The most important thing

is to be there!

If you are travelling under your

own physical steam, there is nothing to

stop you getting a little sponsorship. There

will be more on this and we will choose a

Christian charity for the funds raised. BUT

the most important thing is that we all

end up in the Crypt for the Service and

then the Picnic after. At some point,

before or after the Service and picnic,

Harold is proposing to arrange a tour

round three important sites around

Glastonbury. These will include the Joseph

of Arimathea tree and the well.

Afterwards, for those keen to do it, there

is the Tor to go up!! Then off we all go

home. Just to kick everything off Jacques

has suggested he will walk both ways! Who

will join him?

No doubt further details to follow:

Rev Cliff Stride, Team Vicar

TRAVELLING LIGHT

I’ve just returned from Australia and New

Zealand – a wonderful trip. It involved

going to places which were very cold and

some which were very hot – and in New

Zealand, you are warned to “expect all

four seasons in one day”. So, I had to plan

my packing quite carefully. I did manage

with one modest suitcase (weighed at 16

kg) and a rucksack (about 8 kg) … and a

thick padded jacket which at times was

quite an encumbrance. Several people

commented “You are travelling light”, but

I thought I was actually carrying half my

wardrobe – and, of course, it turned out

that some clothes were never worn at all.

That got me thinking about the

unseen ‘baggage’ that we carry through

life and how much of it is essential. Part

of it is memories of people we’ve loved

and lost – and in November we remember

our own loved ones at All Souls, and our

national heroes on Remembrance Sunday.

And this is part of who we are, and

necessary to us.

But some of our baggage is more

troublesome – resentments at past

injuries, lingering guilt at things done or

left undone, broken relationships ... each

of us knows what we carry from our past

life. As we begin to look towards

Christmas, that season of “peace on earth

and goodwill to all”, perhaps this would

be a good time to try to lose some of that

baggage – to make the first move towards

healing a relationship, to say sorry where

it is called for, to work on forgiving past

wrongs. One of the hardest teachings of

Jesus is the reminder that we will be

forgiven as far as we have forgiven others

– “the measure you give will be the

measure you receive”. Forgiving is a

process rather than an event, and it feels

like hard work. But when the work is

done, a relationship is restored or the past

laid to rest, we can travel on with a light-

ness of heart, without the burden of the

“baggage” that weighed us down, and

with a new sense of freedom.

May you travel light this month,

and may you know the joy of “livin’

forgiven”.

LIGHT IN DARKNESS

At this time of year, the days draw in

faster and faster, and we become aware

of turning on the lights earlier each day.

We take our electric light for granted, and

sometimes even dim down its brightness;

but, when I was in South Sudan, where

there is no electricity, we were thankful

even to have one candle at night. It was

enough.

For us now, apart from romantic

dinners for two, candles are more

symbolic. We may light one in a church

where there are candle stands, to

accompany a prayer. We light candles

on the altar for worship. In school

assemblies, candles may be lit, and the

leader says, “Jesus says...” and all chorus,

“I am the Light of the World”. This month,

in our All Souls services, we will light

candles to commemorate our departed

loved ones.

But the biggest candle of all in our

churches is always the Easter or Paschal

candle, and this has the most powerful

symbolism of all. This candle is lit first

thing on Easter day, from fire freshly

kindled, and it is borne into church

(ideally a still-darkened church), as “The

Light of Christ”; and then the shout goes

up: “Christ is risen!” and all reply, “He is

risen indeed,” and add, “Alleluia!” So,

this candle symbolises for us the Risen

Christ in our midst – and, as He is always

with us, so the Easter Candle stays lit

throughout the year (except for Lent,

when we are preparing afresh for the new

Easter). The symbolism is especially

significant at a baptism or christening,

when we light a new candle from the

Easter candle and give it to the newly-

baptised person, saying “You have

received the light of Christ”, – and they

take that light out into the world them-

selves.

So next time you light a candle, be

aware of its power to banish the darkness

– and of all it symbolises of resurrection

and eternal life.

Jane Shaw

thoUGht For the month

Paul then stood up in the meeting of the

Areopagus and said: “People of Athens! I

see that in every way you are very

religious. For as I walked around and

looked carefully at your objects of

worship, I even found an altar with this

inscription: to an unknown god. So you are

ignorant of the very thing you worship—

and this is what I am going to proclaim

to you.

“The God who made the world and every-

thing in it is the Lord of heaven and earth

and does not live in temples built by

human hands... For he has set a day when

he will judge the world with justice by the

man he has appointed. He has given proof

of this to everyone by raising him from the

dead.”

Acts of the Apostles Chapter 17 v22ff

RH

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Well, the long spell of lovely summer

weather has finally come to an end as we

move into October. The bees are feeding

on ivy, and if you stand and watch at the

hives, workers are returning with pollen

sacks full of bright yellow pollen and, with

the entrance reducers on, they have to al-

most queue up to get in the door.

We put entrance reducers on for a

number of reasons; one is so the guard

bees can defend the entrances better

against wasps and robbing bees. As the

season comes towards its end, bees from

other hives are on the lookout for a weak

or badly defended colony, so they can nip

in and steal their food. Very often this is

the end of the weaker colony. The other

thing I am guarding against is mice; they

just love to get in and set up home on top

of the frames where it’s warm and cosy.

Surprisingly enough, the bees don’t seem

to mind at all, but the damage the mice

can do is devastating.

At the back end of September, I

had a visit from a group of school children

and some of their parents as they wanted

to look around an apiary to learn a little

about honey bees. We had a great time as

they were so enthusiastic and asked lots

of questions. I tried to show them as much

as I could in such a short time, but I think

the highlight for them was when I showed

them a fresh frame of honey that had only

been taken from the hive the day before.

They were able to push their fingers into

the fresh runny honey and taste it and the

look on their faces said it all; I think the

parents quite enjoyed themselves as well.

It was just a shame the weather

was not that good, as we had a little light

rain. There were some bees flying around

as, where there is honey, there are bound

to be bees, and although the children

looked a little apprehensive, with a little

reassurance they were fine and I was well

impressed with their behaviour. All too

soon it was time to go, so their parents

bought some honey and the children said

thank you and off they went.

I was left with the clearing up and

feeling how good it was that they came,

and really rewarding for me, as yet again,

I got the opportunity to talk about our

fantastic bees.

Thanks to them for coming.

Den Pictor, your local friendly beekeeper

a ro u n d t h e a P I a rY

looking after for them, with the caption,

‘A couple of old ruins – with the Acropolis

and the Parthenon in the background.’

How we laughed – not!

We are all home and I now know

what they went through when their

children went off on gap years eons ago.

Their gap two weeks was bad enough on

my nerves, thank you very much.

turBo’s tales – the doG BloG for autumn

In some years the dog days (or dog days

of summer) are the hot, sultry ones that

dry everyone and everything out. They

were historically the period following the

heliacal rising of the star system Sirius,

which Greek and Roman astrology

connected with heat, drought, sudden

thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs,

and bad luck. They are now taken to be

the hottest, most uncomfortable part

of summer and, here, we have had

something like it this summer.

Then came the rain; much needed,

but all at once. I had gone to stay with an

old friend for a couple of weeks while the

Guvnor and his wife deserted me to go

gallivanting (nice, old-fashioned word)

down the Dalmation coast. I don’t expect

they were looking for Sirius per se while

in Italy and in Greece but they did find

good weather, went on interesting histor-

ical tours and prepared for those by lis-

tening to erudite lectures. Two out of

three of these learned people were

excellent but the third reminded the

Guvnor, apparently, of his early forays

into academia and the definition of the

worst kind of learning – ‘a presentation

that consisted of the passing of dubious

information from the notes of the teacher

to the notes of the student without

passing through the minds of either’.

Back here I was helping my

guardians with important work which

began on my first evening. I accompanied

my host to their local church to lock it up

for the night and spotted a cat by the

altar. Doing what comes naturally, I went

to chivvy it out so we could secure the

premises. The cat had other ideas

and zoomed up into the bell tower

where it remained for the next two days

until lured down by its furious owner.

Unsurprisingly, I am still persona non

grata there.

Meanwhile, the Guvnor and his

wife were traipsing around the sights

and smells of the Ionian and Aegean seas

and making a nuisance of themselves in

cathedrals, churches and archaeological

sites and being robbed in the street in

Athens. The Guvnor sent a photograph

back to their children in England and

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sceptical about ‘The Choice’ which was

recommended to me by close friends.

As soon as you start this memoir,

the reader is not in Auschwitz or

Auschwitz Birkenhau, but in the office of

Dr Edith Eva Eger who maintains a clinical

practice in La Jolla, California. She holds

a faculty appointment at the University of

California. She is also a consultant for the

US Navy and Army in resiliency training

and the treatment of PTSD. In this

introduction, she is treating a very

troubled man. Her account of the

treatment she administers is very precise

and open and one quote which stood out

for me was a comment she made very

early in this chapter: “My own search for

freedom and my years of experience as a

licensed clinical psychologist have taught

me that suffering is universal. But victim-

hood is optional.”

Eger then gently leads us into

her history, we learn of her childhood,

transportation to Auschwitz, the very

detailed accounts of the transport and

the selection upon arrival in Auschwitz.

Her childhood keeps occurring

through memories and the changing back

and forth from the camp to her earlier

THE CHOICE

Embrace the PossibleA Memoir by Dr Edith Eva Eger

If you Google, ‘Books about Auschwitz’,

you will be surprised at the amount of

literature that is available. Some of the

most recent include: ‘The Tatooist of

Auschwitz’; ‘Auschwitz: A New History’;

‘The Librarian of Auschwitz’; ‘Auschwitz

Lullaby: A Novel’ and many more.

Having read them all, I was somewhat

B o o K r e V I e w

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holocaust.

The book also gives an interesting

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the fact their prime minister, who was fed

up with bowing to the German authori-

ties, stopped transportations, unfortu-

nately too late, as hundreds of thousands

had been sent to the camps.

As a reader you begin to question

why, after approximately a third of the

book, Eger leaves Auschwitz on the march

to Germany, where once again there is

more deprivation than in the camp. That

is one feature of the book, it makes you

question, and that is where the title

comes from, the making of choices.

Where the author takes us is unimagin-

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as weird as there was nothing rising at all.

I do not assume from this that there are

no longer any sea trout or salmon parr

in the river (fish of about 4 inches) or

resident trout, but I do assume that there

were no insects for them to rise to!

This situation is commonplace throughout

the UK.

There was an interesting note in

the press the other day about bird migra-

tion. We are seeing increasing numbers of

yellow browed warbler coming from Russia

to spend the winter in our balmy climate

and swallows are beginning to overwinter

on the South coast. It will be a great boon

to the swallows if they do not need to

migrate and may help to counteract the

problems they face due to declining

numbers of insects. I have seen reasonable

numbers this summer around the cattle

units, where there are plenty of flies, but

few elsewhere. It may also explain why I

saw swallows with chicks in the nest

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Robin Mulholland

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A Perfect Start for the Football Club.

It was a good summer for the Club. Eight

friendlies were played at the Park against

good opposition, often from higher

leagues, Heytesbury winning seven of the

games. The summer was also spent making

major improvements. A new pathway was

laid at the entrance, the exterior of the

changing rooms was painted and there was

lots of tidying and grass cutting around the

park.

Heytesbury have made a great

start to the new season, winning their first

five games. Four league matches have

produced 4 wins scoring 25 goals, conced-

ing only 3. Trowbridge Town reserves were

the visitors in the first round of the A&B

Cup and Heytesbury continued the goal

feast, wining 11-1. It is pleasing that this

has been achieved with a squad that con-

tains several new signings. We often have

five players aged under 18 in the team,

these have blended well with the more ex-

perienced players and some exciting foot-

ball is being played.

We have great support at the Park

and it is always good to see new faces,

free refreshments are always available.

ANGLING NOTES

I was not able to fish during the first half

of September and, by the time, I was able,

we were caught up in bright sunshine and

low rivers. The Avon and the Wylye were

as low as I have ever seen them. I was not

here of course in ’76 so am not able to

make a comparison. There was no induce-

ment therefore to go fishing. This dry pe-

riod has been followed by the tail end of

the Caribbean cyclone season and again

there was no incentive to fish. Therefore,

for the first time in more than 50 years,

I have not wet a line in September. I blame

climate change for this sad state of affairs

but it may also be age related! I have

however targeted a visit to our lakes

towards the end of the week and I have

spent some time during the heavy rain

dressing some flies for the lakes, to use

during the winter.

A friend came back from her

regular visit to fish for sea trout on the

river Liddle, a tributary of the border Esk.

Always on that river, as on all rivers with

salmon and sea trout, there would be

salmon and sea trout parr rising together

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Can you help us?

Enabling regular contact between prisoners

and their families is at the heart of thework of the Friends. There is no conven-ient bus service from Westbury station tothe prison. Our ‘Transport Scheme’,whereby volunteers in their own cars meettrains and take visitors to and from theprison – allows many visitors, who cannotafford to pay for taxi journeys, to make

f r I e n d s o f e r l e s to K e P r I s o n C h a r I t Y

The scheme could not operate

without the Volunteer Drivers. We arrange

an annual meeting in the prison where

drivers see the Visits Hall, meet with

prisoners, exchange views with each other

and meet Prison Staff who explain how the

Visit Booking Scheme works.

If you are willing to help, please

email Belinda Southwell at: bms@rcs-

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regular visits. We have a stalwart team ofdrivers already, but the scheme is sopopular that we need more!

“Thank you for your help – we could not

have afforded it or managed without you.

It is a lovely organisation and we are so

grateful to have met you all.”

We receive many such messages

when prisoners are released or when they

are transferred to another prison.

the thrIll of sInGInG In the Cathedral

One Sunday afternoon in September six

members of the Upper Wylye Valley team

choir set off for Salisbury cathedral to

take part in the Diocesan Choral Festival.

Once a year church choirs from around the

diocese meet up to sing music within

a service which can then be added to

the repertoire at their home church. The

occasion also offers the opportunity to

meet choir members from other parishes

and enjoy the thrill of singing in the

Cathedral within a large choir.

After registering and robing in the

Cloisters, we were marshalled into long

lines of individual voice parts (a somewhat

massed choir made a colourful procession,

with a wide variety of colours and designs

of choir robes all moving into the nave.

The service included the presenta-

tion of awards to some younger choristers,

and Bishop Nicholas said a few words,

reminding us all to thank God for the gift

of singing. After months of rehearsal, the

service always seems to go very quickly.

The ‘Mag and Nunc’, which had proved

tricky to learn, flowed easily and the

service ended with an uplifting setting of

‘God be in my Head’ by Peter Parshall.

Then it was time to return to the Cloisters

to change, meet up with supporting family

and head for home with a sense of joy at

having been part of such an inspirational

service. Hilary Connellan

chaotic process) and then processed into

the Cathedral nave for a full rehearsal

under the baton of David Halls, Director of

Music at Salisbury Cathedral. Each year

there is a theme for the service. Last year,

the theme was Remembrance; this year it

was Choral Evensong, the music including

an old favourite Panis Angelicus but

also more challenging music in a

specially commissioned Magnificat and

Nunc Dimittis by Chris Totney, and Preces

and Responses composed by David Halls.

After rehearsal,there was time for a tea

break in the Refectory before donning

our surplices for the evening service. The

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young folk and you will see children, as

young as 3 years old, confidently leading

a calf around the ring. This is a trust

achieved over time and a mutual respect

between the pair. Our son followed in his

grandfather and uncles’ footsteps with

showing and still, at 22, continues to keep

the Pottow name alive within the showing

world. He had many happy and very

successful years as a young breeder,

including representing Team U.K. in

Belgium at the European Young Breeders

Show in 2017, a great accolade to be

recognised by the industry.

Showing is a very social affair and

a great introduction to the industry for

those who don’t come direct from farm-

ing, but want to be involved and learn

more. It’s not just about the grooming,

clipping, shampooing, hair drying and

making sure every hair is in place, it’s also

about understanding the animal and its

breeding, what makes a good dairy/beef

cow? Stock judging is all part of the

competition. Training for this starts at a

young age, starting with regional events

and progressing to the International

stage, providing skills in public speaking

as you can be explaining your decisions to

hundreds of onlookers, as well as a panel

of professionals. This is knowledge learnt

through a passion for the breeds you work

The colours of the changing scenery are

exquisite and there is nothing better than

a walk with my four-legged team to

admire and take this stunning season in.

One aspect I enjoy about my dog walks is

the folk I meet and their four-legged

friends, such a variety of breeds and a

great topic of conversation.

The breeds of dogs are huge, and

cows are the same. You will see a variety

of beef breeds in our area, along with the

classic black and white dairy cow, in our

case Holstein Friesians but to get a true

indicator of the different breeds there is

no better way than a local, County or

National Show to observe up close the

dairy and beef breeds. Along with sheep,

pigs, goats etc.

The showing season is an opportu-

nity to showcase some of the best animals

and breeding there is and, to show others

within the industry, the standard of your

animals and the quality as you sell ani-

mals on to other herds.

The shows will now be winding

down, but it would have been a season of

long days and nights as teams prepare for

months. Halter training calves will begin

in the calf’s early days and a relationship

between calf and handler builds with

confidence and trust. Calf showing is a

wonderful introduction to showing for

d o w n o n t h e f a r m

with and own. There is nothing more

satisfying than showing your animal to the

judge, other competitors and the public

and the dedication put in, is a way of

promoting the industry in a positive light.

November is when the Royal

Winter Fair is held in Toronto, Canada.

The pinnacle of the showing season and

attended by competitors and visitors from

all over the world. The elite will be in

attendance and it will be a week of

intense competition and hard work for all

involved, as the very best animals are on

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‘Knitting should be prescribed on the NHS’

heralded a Telegraph article back in March

last year. Vanessa Bailey from The

Woollery, Westbury wholeheartedly

agrees. Her fascinating presentation at

the September gathering of the

and Villages Health, Wellbeing and Social

Care Forum explained why. Studies from a

wide range of academic and clinical

organisations show that knitting can lower

blood pressure, reduce depression and

anxiety, slow the onset of dementia,

distract from chronic pain, increase sense

of wellbeing, reduce loneliness and isola-

tion and increase a sense of usefulness

and inclusion in society.

Often regarded as the pastime for

older ladies, Vanessa talked about its

historical connections with the sailing

industry; where sailors would knit nets as

well as while away the time on long sea

journeys. In conclusion Vanessa said

knitting has significant psychological and

social benefits, which can contribute to

wellbeing and quality of life. If you are

interested in trying out the benefits of

knitting you are welcome to visit the shop,

The Woollery, in Westbury or email the-

woollery@gmail.com.

Hot on the heels of this came

Emma Abel, from Abel Mosaics, who talked

in a similar vein about the benefits of

creating mosaics. Her four-stage craft

sessions take people from sketching out

their initial design, glass cutting, gluing

through to grouting and finish. Emma

showed some of the work completed by

her clients working mainly in ceramic and

glass, which require patience and

imagination as well as motor skills. Emma

stressed that the materials are manage-

able even for those with hand weaknesses,

allowing them too to create beautiful

pieces. She echoed the benefits identified

in Vanessa’s presentation and the impor-

tance of creativity, focus and imagination

in countering myriad health issues. Emma

holds work groups in Chitterne but can

travel to other locations as necessary.

To find out more go to the website

www.abelmosaics.com or find her on

Instagram @abelmosaics.

In a similar theme – non-clinical

interventions – the group welcomed Claire

Lowman from Public Health, Warminster’s

recently-appointed Local Area Coordinator

(LAC). She opened by outlining the role’s

charter – which is to ‘develop partnerships

with individuals and families/carers as

they build and pursue their goals and

dreams for a good life – and with local

communities to strengthen their capacity

to welcome, include and support all

people as valued, contributing citizens’.

One of a group of nine LACs covering

Wiltshire, Claire gave an insight into the

type of activity she supports, which is very

much centred on the aims of the individu-

als she works with. Claire stressed people

are not referred to her – she can be con-

tacted directly. She has no office, working

literally within the community in places

such as in the library, coffee shops etc,

but you can get in touch via the Council

web pages https://www.yourcareyour

supportwiltshire.org.uk/local-area-coordi-

nators.

In the round of general news that

then followed, Healthwatch Wiltshire

provided an insight into five upcoming

surveys: Safeguarding Adults; Improved

Access, relating to GP access; Advise and

Contrast, looking at people who pay for

their own adult social care; Listening to

Military Families, dealing with the

re-basing of military families; and Young

Healthwatch. Please check the website for

more details.

Chris and Bev, the Local Health

Trainers, advised that their open session is

on Tuesday in the Library alongside Citi-

zens Advice from 1000 to 1200 hours.

Andrew Day from the Alzheimer’s

Society spoke about the need for

volunteers to support the pairing activity,

‘Side by Side’ activity, (a free service with

volunteer costs reimbursed).

The Warminster and Villages

Health, Wellbeing and Social Care Forum

is a volunteer group, open to anyone

working, or with an interest, in commu-

nity health services. The group aims to

raise awareness of local health services,

encourage use of the services and help

challenge any barriers that prevent

access. It meets quarterly at the Civic

Centre and the next gathering is 4th

December 2019. Please contact the group

for more info about anything in this

article.

Debs Gogarty

Chair, Health, Wellbeing and Social Care

Forum email: healthandwellbeing

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NORTON bAvANT

Early Christmas Coffee Morning

in aid of All Saints Church

and Norton Bavant Village Hall

Cake and Produce Stall

Raffle and much more

Conker Fight

(Weather Dependant)

Saturday 23rd November

10am – 12noon

Venue: Norton Bavant Village Hall

V I l l aG e n e w s

They will then disappear from public view,

perhaps for a hundred years.

This project has been of great

interest for many people and has

attracted much attention, in the press and

elsewhere. We hope that the community

in Codford has been stimulated by the

experience to reflect on a usually hidden

aspect of a local church. Do listen to the

bells with new insight next time you hear

them ringing.

Anthony Bainbridge

HEyTEsbuRy

RIdE ANd sTRIdE: 14th september 2019

Thanks to all involved and we would like

to let you know that we raised £50 for the

Wiltshire Historic Churches Trust by

launching paper aeroplanes from the

pulpit in Heytesbury Church! Not much

money, but a lot of fun! RH

PROduCE sALE HEyTEsbuRy

We have had another successful season in

the church, with wonderful cakes and

bakes and amazing produce grown by

dedicated gardeners, together with

flowers, soft fruit and vegetables.

The proceeds go towards keeping

us all a little warmer in church during the

winter. The Produce Sale continues every

Saturday morning from 10.00 am to 11.00

am at The Red Lion, everyone from the

village and further afield is very welcome

to come along for coffee, and the sale of

cakes and savoury bakes. AT

COdFORd

uPdATE ON THE bELLs OF sAINT PETER

We had been expecting the bells to be

returned to Codford during the first week

of September, but bell no. 4 was found to

have developed a crack 15 inches long in

the underside of the crown. This is not

uncommon with very old bells (our no. 4

dates from 1671) because the crown

staple (the strange item looking like a

crown by which bells have traditionally

been suspended, and which was cast in

iron for additional strength) differs in its

material properties from the bell itself,

which is cast from bell metal (an alloy of

copper and tin, similar to bronze but with

a higher tin content). Over centuries of

ringing, stresses can build up, arising from

the different metal properties, sufficient

to crack the bell. The crack was welded

by a specialist company - a long slow

process, carefully controlled - leading to

a delay of 7 weeks.

The bells will arrive back on 28th

October and, after village people and

schoolchildren have had the opportunity

to see them in their pristine condition,

will be hoisted into the tower with the

help of a good team of volunteer muscle

power, and rehung shortly afterwards.

CHRISTMASCOFFEE MORNING

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A talk on local history by

David Dawson

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Thursday 21st November6.45pm for 7.15pm

Sutton Veny Village HallTickets cost £18.00

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V I l l aG e n e w s

THOuGHTs FROm sHERRINGTON

I am using some of my allotted words to

praise October’s issue of the Parish News!

The cover was stunning with the bird life

pictures by Roger Hammond: what a

skilled wildlife photographer he is. The

review of The Salt Path I thought spot on,

an amazing true-life story that I have read

twice, and I loved Turbo’s account of

The Guvnor’s Birthday Cards!

In the village, there was drama on

the cress beds. The swan family had

returned, parents and two fully grown

cygnets (two did not survive it would

seem). They were not in adult white

plumage, but still the lovely marble grey.

They were here for a week and then an in-

terloper flew in. The ensuing fracas was

seen by Heidi in Cress Cottage. The family

were not driven off (it was four to one)

but were seriously disturbed and all swans

are gone, perhaps they will return.

Early one morning, there was sound

in the sky and looking up I saw a skein of

about twenty-five Canada geese in perfect

formation, lovely to see and to hear.

The little church had visitors. A

couple from Kansas had come to England

to celebrate fifty years of marriage and to

trace their roots. Apparently a great,

great, great Grandfather had married in

Sherrington church. The record is now in

the archive in Trowbridge but, over tea in

the garden, we learned of other discover-

ies and it was fascinating.

On the Ride and Stride event, Sher-

rington was represented by Beatrice and

Florence. Beatrice cycled an amazing

60kms and Florrie joined her for the last

23kms, well done both.

Hallowe’en looms and we expect a

visit from Sherrington’s rather superior

ghouls. We have a courgette in the garden

that thinks it is a pumpkin (perhaps it is)

so it will do the honours in the lane.

Farewell to our Summer visitors

now braving the challenge of migration.

Farewell too to our hollyhocks, just a few

flowers left along with the golden bud-

dleia, a top-up for last foraging bees. BL

AuTObIOGRAPHy

OF suTTON vENy REsIdENT

IAN HARRIs LAuNCHEd

Former commodities broker, Ian Harris,

has published his autobiography ‘Work

Hard Play Hard’ and launched it in July

this year. Born in England, with National

Service in the RAF and a working lifetime

of more than thirty years spent in East

Africa, Ian describes a life spiced

with adventure, acquaintances including

Idi Amin, the King of Toro and President

Kenyatta and all narrated using anecdote

and tales of derring-do.

The Parish News will feature extracts

and a review in subsequent issues.

from the reGIsters

Funerals

Our sympathy and love to those who mourn the passing of

Peter stacey-Cox

on 17th September

at Salisbury Crematorium

May he rest in the peace and light of Christ

Please contact the Ministry Team to make

arrangements for Baptisms, Weddings, Funerals,

Confirmation preparation or Service of Prayer

and Dedication after a Civil Marriage.

The clergy will officiate at any

crematorium service.

suTTON vENy ENd OF sEAsON

suTTON vENy’s PROduCE sTALL

After 13 weeks of Saturday morning gath-

erings in the High Street, we rounded it all

off with a very successful coffee morning

in our church with an abundance of won-

derful produce, tombola, coffee and

scones, music and good village banter.

Since 1983, our village has held a

produce stall on a Saturday morning

throughout the summer months, bringing

people together for a short time each

week. It has grown over the years and be-

come a real part of our village life.

This year we have raised the mag-

nificent sum of just over £1270! This won-

derful amount will be used to go towards

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