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ContentsCharities p 6Children’s Soc p 6Church Services p 4Family Service p 7FeckenOdeon p10Fun on the Square p11Newshound p5Small Ads p5Thanks p6Thought for the .. p7Village Hall p11W.I. p14

Front CoverAqua-zorbing at The Wake.Just look at those threateningclouds!Photo by Ian Bellion

Production TeamIan Bellion – What’s On

892130 whatson@feckenham.f9.co.ukChris Fletcher – Newshound 894568

cefletcher44@gmail.comAntonia Pulsford – Reviews 892268Jo Warrilow – Advertising, Mags by

post 892059Jane White – Letters, Reports etc.

893281 ejw55@hotmail.co.uk

Tues 2nd 12.30am Lunch Club Village Hall,Back Room

Wed 3rd 10.30am -noon

“Drop in” forcoffee and a chat

Parish Church

Fri 5th 8pm FeckenOdeon 2 Village Hall,Back Room

Sat 6th 7.30pm “An AngelAbroad”

Village Hall

Thurs 11th 12.30pm Feckenham W.I. From TheSquare

Sat 13th Over 60’s Outing

Thurs 17th 10.30am -noon

“Drop in” forcoffee and a chat

Parish Church

Thurs 18th Parish councilMeeting

Village HallBack Room

Wed 31st 10.30am- noon

“Drop in” forcoffee and a chat

Parish Church

Sat 20th 6.30pm Fun on TheSquare

The Square

26th-28th Beer & CiderFestival

Cricket Club

AUGUST

Fri 2nd 8pm FeckenOdeon 2 Village Hall,Back Room

JULY Diary

Tues 2nd 8pm Village Hall AGM Village Hall

The Commitments

Lincoln

www.feckenham.com

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Readers and Intercessors

Sunday 7th 11-00am Sung EucharistTrinity 6 Isaiah 66 : vs. 10-14 Clare Furey

Galatians 6 : vs. 7-16 Doug CurtisIntercessions Lin Preece

Sunday 14th 8-00am Holy CommunionTrinity 7 Romans 6 :vs. 19-23 John Eaton

11-00am Family Service “Active Prayer”

Sunday 21st 6-30pm EvensongTrinity 8 Genesis 18 : vs. 1-10a Oliver White

Luke 10 : vs. 38-end Gerry EostIntercessions Mark Wheatley

Sunday 28th 11-00am Family EucharistTrinity 9 Colossians 2 : vs. 6-15 Jenny Snel

Intercessions Cyril Warrilow

X Box Sunday SchoolWill be held in Church on Sunday 7th July. All children will be warmly welcomed.

Partners in PrayerEcumenical lay led service of prayer for the community, Wednesdays at 9.15am for 30 minutes in

the Parish church. All welcome.

Church ServicesJULY

PARISH CHURCHof ST. JOHNTHE BAPTIST

Priest-in-Charge: Rev Wyn BeynonChurchwarden: Ann Matthews 01527 892180 Church website: www.feckenhamchurch.org.uk• • Email: info@feckenhamchurch.org.ukParish Office: Telephone: 01905 778181 Email: bowbrookgroup1@gmail.comMon. Closed: Tues., Wed. & Thurs. 10am-1pm & 2-5pm: Fri. Closedat - The Bowbrook Group, The Parish Office, St Andrew’s Street, DROITWICH, WR9 8DY

Mass is celebrated every Sunday at 10.15am in the ChurchFr. Edward Clare, The Presbytery, Redditch. Tel. 01527 63096Local contact—Phyllis Mott, Feckenham. Tel. 01527 893898

Feckenham Roman Catholic ChurchSt John Fisher & St. Thomas More

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Newshound

CongratulationsTo Kathy Gee who has had one of her poemspublished in “Gardens of England: Treasures of theNational Garden Scene.” This particular poem waswritten for the last open gardens festival inFeckenham and was actually printed in theFeckenham News at the time.

WeddingsThe wedding took place on May 18th betweenGreg Anthony and Kirsty Lee at Feckenhamparish church. The couple live in Redditch butdecided to get married here after attending aBaptism in the church. After the ceremony theguests enjoyed Pimms on the village green andthere were free ice creams from an ice creamvan! While the photographs were taken theArrow Valley Brass Band played and the sunshone; the marquee erected as a precautionagainst rain was not required!

On the 1st of June, Emma Jane White, daughterof Sheila and Alan White of Ham Green, wasmarried to Ben Russell Evans of Droitwich in theparish church in Feckenham. Emma’s parentshave lived locally for about 12 years and Sheila isone of the volunteers in the village shop. Emmaarrived for her wedding in a stylish horse drawncarriage and the reception was held in a marqueenear to her parent’s home in Ham Green.Although both Emma and her new husbandcome from Worcestershire they actually met ina bar in London! After a honeymoon in St Luciathe couple will live in London.

Diamond WeddingEnid and Len Burley will celebrate theirDiamond Wedding Anniversary on the 18th July2013. Enid and Len have lived in the village formost of their 60 years of married life. We jointheir family and friends to send ourcongratulations to them.

New grandchild.Steve and Chris Fletcher of the High StreetFeckenham are delighted to have a third

grandchild born on June 10th. Madeleine AnnFrances is a second daughter for their son Tomand daughter in law Claire who live inOrmskirk. And a little sister for Lucy aged twoand a half.

Stop Press News -Congratulations again to Kathy Gee who hasbeen awarded the MBE in the Queens Birthdayhonours. This I believe is for services tomuseums.

FOR RENT - Office/Studio, also withstorage space and car parking. InFeckenham. 892479

WANTED - 2 bedroom cottage, for cashbuyer. Please ring 07714209463.

SmallAds.

A traditional freehouse village pubwith Food. Owned and run by the

Clarke family

Proper Pub Food at Proper PricesReal Ales & Ciders

We’re in the GOOD BEER GUIDE!Special dishes - every day

Full Menu available dailyLunch & Evenings

Summer atThe Rose & Crown

Come and enjoy our Beer GardenSample our Guest Beers whilst having a

bite to eat in the garden.We’re open all day Saturday & Sunday

Look forward to...23rd to 26th August

Bank Holiday BEER FESTReal Ale & Ciders - Entertainment every day

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Thank you boys! I'd just like to tell everyonehow grateful I am to young Alexander Oldcornand his• sharp-eyed friends in Turton Gardens.Alexander and co. saw someone from outsidethe village crash into my car that was parked inthe village car park in April and when she droveoff without leaving her details (but leaving a bigdent in my car's door and me £600 worse off),Alexander and his two friends took the timeand effort to take down the offender's detailsand put a note through my door. I'm nowfighting with her insurance company and I'mprobably going to end up £250 out of pocketbut I would be even worse off if Alexander andthe lads from Turton Gardens hadn't been soconsiderate. It's lovely that we have suchcommendable young people in our village.Jen Clements

Fund Raising Fun at The Paddocks. Lastautumn Pat Dormer held a fund raising event ather home. It was such a success, and severalhundred pounds were raised for the Children’sHospital who were delighted with this largedonation. Also, two other charities havebenefited - Cancer Research and Breast CancerResearch, very worthy causes! Pat would liketo thank all her family and friends who havebeen so supportive and generous at all herfundraising events over the years. Well donePat, and thank you on behalf of all the charitiesinvolved.

ThanksFECKENHAM CHARITYFunds are dispensed from this ancientcharity to individuals and organisationswithin the boundaries of the AncientParish of Feckenham, as the Trusteesthink fit.

Closing date for receipt of applications31st August, 2013

Further enquiries/applications to:

Mrs J. Bate(Clerk to the Trustees) ‘Wychway’,

Droitwich Road Hanbury,BROMSGROVE

B60 4DBTel 01527 821285

FECKENHAMEDUCATIONALENDOWMENTThe endowment makes grants to youngpeople in the pursuit of further educationor training. If you are under 25 and livein the parish you may be eligible for agrant.

Closing date for receipt of applications31st August, 2013

For more information and an applicationform contact:

Mrs J. Bate(Clerk to the Trustees) ‘Wychway’,

Droitwich Road Hanbury,BROMSGROVE

B60 4DBTel 01527 821285

The Children’sSocietyJo Warrilow

A Date for Your DiaryOur annual “Coffeee Morning” for the purposeof collecting house boxes will be held onSaturday October 19th. All welcome. Detailswill appear on October What’s On.

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and now, not tomorrow, we can find love,laugh and have fun. We cannot flourish tomor-row, for tomorrow is never here and nevernow. But here and now is. Let’s live to full, let’sflourish, today. Tomorrow (with its troubles)said Jesus, will look after itself.

Have a flourishing summer!

best wishes,

Wyn

Thought for themonth Wyn Beynon

Dear Friends,

I enjoy natural history programmes on the TVand I’ve particularly enjoyed “Ice Age Giants”recently. It’s odd to think that the lastMammoths and Mastodons were around onlya few thousand years ago. I would love tohave seen them. Yet the history of the worldis about succeeding species - one re- placinganother. A few, like the shark, have survivedfor millions of years, whilst others have comeand gone to be replaced in nature’s complexinterdependent relation- ships by newspecies.

Humans today play a disproportionate part inthat process and many species are disappearingrapidly. It’s important to remember that re-placement is a natural process. The problem isthat we have accelerated that process and dis-torted it. And that must stop if the world is toretain a healthy biodiversity.

But no species is here for ever. The plants andanimals have their time, and the geologicalrecord shows how the earth itself has gonethrough geological epochs of immense lengths.But the universe itself is slowly, unimaginablyslowly, running down until there is nothing hap-pening anywhere!

That tells me that every moment is precious. Igrew up in a society that had a habit of puttingall its effort into the future. Now was a time tobe endured. One of my senior clergy colleagueswas hard to work with because he was so con-cerned with the next job that he never reallyconcentrated on the job in hand. And he neverfully enjoyed it either, I don’t think.

“We flourish like the flower of the field; whenthe wind goes over it is gone, and its place willknow it no more”. I often read that at thegraveside at funerals. But far from being sad ormorbid I find it uplifting and positive. It tells meto flourish. But flourish here and now. Here andnow is the only time we have. And here

Village HallImprovement Fund 2012/13

June Winners59 Gary & Alison Crellin £2550 Betty Power £1551 Enid Whitehead £10

The July Draw will be held in the Village Hallat 8.00 pm on Tuesday 2nd July 2013

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The FeckenOdeonCinema Society

Ian Bellion

LINCOLN

The FeckenOdeon’s Summer Seasoncontinues with Steven Spielberg’s

“Lincoln” which is showing on Friday, 5thJuly at 8pm.

Perhaps only Americans are able to veneratetheir former leaders to such a degree - and yetBritish actor Daniel Day Lewis makes thepresident human, flawed even - but ultimatelydriven in the pursuit of his worthy goals. This isperhaps not the film for action lovers but whatit lacks in spectacle it makes up for in tension,intrigue and sheer drama. Mr Day Lewis earnedhis Oscar - no-one living can know how Lincolnmoved, how he talked or what he felt at timesof stress but Mr Day Lewis is an actor whowears his role like a second skin and feels itdown to the nerve endings - it’s totallyconvincing. This is acting of the highest order.

The film covers the period from the latterstages of the civil war through the abolition ofslavery to Lincoln’s death. It’s a very Americanstory but the amazing performances andcompelling direction make this a story to appealto everyone.

Tickets for all the summer shows are on sale at TheVillage Shop and The Rose & Crown. Book by phoneon 0844 8700 887 or online at...

www.feckenodeon.co.ukAnnual Membership is available online or

from The Membership Secretary, 11 Alcester Road.

SOON...2nd August - The Commitments - AlanParker’s film based on Roddy Doyle’s book 31stAugust - FeckenBOND FestMatinee - Sean Connery in Goldfinger Evening- Daniel Craig in Skyfall28th September - Les MiserablesSubscriptions for the Main Season are on salenow at £30.

OVER 60's SUMMER OUTING -Saturday 13th July 2013

The Over 60's Summer Outing this year will beto Cardiff Bay on Saturday 13th July and isorganised by the Committee of the FeckenhamFlower Show and Over 60's Party Fund.

Invitations will be sent out to all those we knoware eligible, but if you do not receive yourinvitation or have recently turned 60 and livewithin one mile of The Square, please contactAngela Fletcher on 01527 893231 so that youcan be added to the list of invitees.

Feckenham Flower Show &

Over 60’s Party FundRob Cole

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ENID’S BLIGHTY - VINTAGE FUNOn the evening of July 20th The Square will betransformed into an earlier incarnation as weenjoy an evening in those halcyon days vaguelyevoked by Enid Blyton’s Secret Seven stories -or perhaps even in the era of Just William. TheVillage Green (The Square) will be cunninglydisguised as... a village green - complete withduck pond and maypole.There’ll be plenty to enjoy for youngsters andoldsters alike - traditional things to eat,traditional games to play and lashings oftraditional things to drink. In fact it’ll be sotraditional that such a place probably neveractually existed - so, come and wallow with usin our imagined but cosy vision of an EnglishCountry Fair complete with Morris Dancers,The O’Cajunal PlayBoys band, three legged sackraces, catapults and tin cans, stripy humbugs,beefy pies, dogs called Rover, fruity crumbles(with lashings of custard) and English ales andcider. The village school will be doing a MaypoleDance (well, the weather was lousy in May) andthere’ll be a traditional Tuck Shop and aTraditional Korner Cafe

OUR OWN HOMELY CHARITY....It’s all in aid of the upkeep of The Square whichis owned and maintained for the village byFeckenham Village Amenity Trust - a registeredCharity. The Square doesn’t belong to theCouncil - it isn’t maintained by any municipalbody - it’s ours! This annual Fun fundraiserprovides the major part of the money neededto keep the village’s centrepiece in good order.All the work is done by the volunteers of TheSquare Management Committee so pleasesupport their efforts by coming along andenjoying yourself!Saturday, 20th July - from 6.30on The SquarePlease note that this is a fundraising event. Therewill be a well stocked bar and food at veryreasonable prices so please don’t bring your own!Every penny taken will be used to look after ourvillage green.

Square ManagementCommittee

Feckenham Village HallAGM - HELP WANTED

Feckenham Village Hall is run and maintained onbehalf of the village by a small Committee ofvolunteer Trustees. It’s a lively and lightheartedCommittee dedicated to ensuring that first classfacilities are available for the people ofFeckenham. New members will be welcomedwith open arms (and a paintbrush). If you wantto find out more why not come along to theAGM on Tuesday, 2nd July at 8pm in theBack Room. Many hands make light work!

JESTAMINUTE - AN ANGEL ABROADWe thought our theatrical season was over -but then, out of the blue, came JestaminuteTheatre Co with their latest Arts Councilsponsored show. An Angel Abroad is a newplay written and direct by Jestaminute's directorAndy Higgitt. Experience a rollercoaster ofemotions as you join a poignant, sometimesfunny, journey into the lives of three sets ofcharacters connected by the common themeof power and control in relationships. Threefictional stores based on the real life testimoniesof those who have suffered domestic abuse.Think you you know what domestic abuse is?You might be surprised when we lift the veil onwhat happens behind the smile. Maybe somepeople are an angel abroad and a devil athome........Saturday, 6th July at 7.30pmTickets £8 are on sale at The Village Shop andThe Rose & Crown.

LOCAL RADIO - FECKENHAMON THE AIRThere’ll be a much fuller article nextmonth but in the meantime theW.A.K.E FM team would like to thankeveryone for making the four days ofbroadcasting such an enjoyableexperience. In particular, we areextremely grateful to Alan Jones for allowing usto use his front room as a studio... and for beingso understanding when our transmittercompletely wiped out his television signal!

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Stock & BradleyGardening Club

Rob ColeThe meeting on Wednesday 3rd July2013, 7.30pm - 9.00pm is a visit to MalleyTerry's garden at 24 Alexander Avenue,Droitwich, WR9 8NH.

Malley is one of those gardeners who can pack alot of interesting plants into a town garden, butwithout making it look overcrowded. Shegrows dozens of unusual plants amongst the 'oldfavourites', and has been featured in manymagazine articles over the years.

You should make your own way to the garden,and arrive at 7.30pm - there is plenty of streetparking in Alexander Avenue. Malley opens hergarden for the National Gardens Scheme, andentry is £3.00.

If you need any further information, you cancontact Dinny Pynsent on 01527 821355 orSheila White on 01527 545572.

Please note that there has been a change in thevenue for the American Supper on 7th August2013, and it will now be held at Rob and DianeCole's garden at Meadow Farm, 33 DroitwichRoad, Feckenham at 7.00pm.

Outing on Thursday 11 July to theNational Memorial Arboretum,A limited number of places are still available forboth members and non-members on the outingto the National Memorial Arboretum; partnersare also welcome. The coach will leaveFeckenham at 1230pm arriving at Alrewas around2pm. On arrival, there will be a welcome talk andintroduction to the Arboretum followed by aguided tour on the land train around theArboretum taking in as many of the memorials aspossible in the time. The afternoon will concludewith afternoon tea – sandwiches, pastries, cakesand a choice of tea or coffee. The coach willreturn to Feckenham for around 5.30pm.

The cost to members is £13.50 and to non-members £17.00. Anyone interested pleasecontact Gay Bligh, 01527 893321

Garden Visits The WI is visiting the followinggardens to which non-members are welcome:Wednesday 3 July – Moreton Hall, Stock Wood- £5 to include entrance, tea and cake – arrivaltime 10.30amSaturday 20 July – Pump Cottage, Weatheroak- £5 to include entrance, tea and cake – arrivaltime 2pmPlease contact Vivien Hunter – 01527 402360 –as numbers to the gardens are restricted.

12th September - An Open Meeting atwhich the talk will be “Shirley’s AfricanAdventure” and will be combined with Bring &Buy and Raffle in aid of St Basil’s charity forhomeless young people.

Feckenham W.I.Gay Bligh

Rous Lench & InkberrowRoyal British Legion inc.Feckenham Roger HuntThe branch meets on the first Tuesday of eachmonth at 8pm at The Wheelbarrow & Castle,Radford. This is an open meeting, all interestedpersons are welcome. The chat is good and thebar is open.

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