76 Ivor Bickerton £359 John Waters £1582 John Hughes £10

FordSnookerClub100 club draw

BingoIn

Etal Village Hall

Youth Arcade DaysBranxton Village Hall

July 16th 1-4pm

August 6th 1-4pm

August 27th 1- 4pm

Fun games day for kids:- parents welcome to stay and take part.

Entry free- just turn up and have funmore information contact Eddie -

07742252787

The items of interest below have been selected by The Fourum from the DRAFT minutes of the respective councils

Community Police-The Chairman welcomed thePolice Officers to the meeting. PC Mark Lynninformed the meeting there have been no incidentswithin the area in the last 2 months and PoliceOfficers will attend future meetings if available and ifnot they will submit a report. PC Mark Lynn & PCDan Perry left the meeting at that point

Min 274- Election of Chairman for 2016/17-Parish Councillor I Mark proposed & ParishCouncillor P Turnbull seconded Parish Councillor N.Allen as Chairman for the forthcoming year.

Min 275- Election of Vice-Chairman for 2016/17-Parish Councillor J Wilson proposed & The Chairmanseconded Parish Councillor P Turnbull as Vice-Chairman for the forthcoming year

Apologies for Absence: Parish Councillor R Neill &Rev R Kelsey

Declaration of Interests: The Vice-Chairmandeclared a Personal Interest in the RecreationalClub/Play Park as a member of the Recreational Club.

Min 276 (Min 264) - Pot Holes- The members raisedconcerns again about the pot holes in the Parish. Itwas agreed that the pot holes should be reported viathe Northumberland County Council website on aregular basis.

Min 277 (Min 265)- Road Gullies- CountyCouncillor A Murray advised the meeting that he hadreported this matter to Northumberland CountyCouncil, but would follow this up. Parish Councillorsasked County Councillor A Murray to also raise thebroken grill on the Main Street.

Min 278 (Min 266)- Street Lights- The Clerkinformed the meeting that Branxton area is due to beupgraded between July & September 2017. Themeeting agreed the Clerk re-submit the previousinformation to the Street Light Officer.

Min 279 (Min 267)- Recreational Club/Play Park-The Clerk informed the meeting if the Parish Councilbecome responsible for the play equipment they canno longer be included within the NorthumberlandCounty Council Insurance scheme. The meetingagreed to remain in the Northumberland CountyCouncil Insurance scheme and members look to see ifthe Village Hall could include the play equipmentwithin their Insurance Policy.

Min 280- Annual Audit-Parish Councillors considered and agreed the AnnualAudit paperwork previously circulated for Yearending 31st March 2016. The Annual GovernanceStatement was completed and the Chairman thensigned the Annual Audit Return which completed theAnnual Audit for year ending 31st March 2016. Themeeting agreed to pay E Rathbone £10 for completingthe Internal Audit.

Min 283- Annual Insurance Premium- The Clerkinformed the meeting that to date the renewalinformation has not been received. Parish Councillorsagreed to agree the Annual Insurance Premium viae-mail and ratify the decision at the Septembermeeting.

Min 284 - Correspondence-Clerks & Councils Direct-Newsletter NCC- Love NorthumberlandAwards information

A Deptford- Information on defibrillators. Themeeting agreed this should be a Village project.County Councillor A Murray agreed to fund adefibrillator from his Small Grants Funding. ParishCouncillor J Wilson agreed to be the Parish Councillink on the project.

Min 285- Transparency & Websites- The Chairmanagreed to continue working on this matter and reportback to the September Parish Council meeting

BRANXTON PARISH COUNCILMinutes of the Annual General Meeting held on Tuesday 17th May 2016,

In Branxton Village Hall at 7.00p.m.PRESENT:

Chairman: N Allen Vice- Chairman: P TurnbullParish Councillors: R Neill, J Wilson, & I Mark

County Councillor: A MurrayPC Mark Lynn & PC Dan Perry

1 member of public

Min 286- Anne-Marie Trevelyan’s letter- Themeeting considered the letter requesting informationon any resident receiving a VC in WW1 andinformation about grants to repair War Memorials.The meeting agreed nobody within the Parishreceived a VC in WW1 and the War Memorial plaqueis located in the Church.

Min 287- Parish Council meeting dates 2016/17-The meeting agreed the following dates for ParishCouncil meetings in the forthcoming year:

13th September 2016 13th December 2016 14th March 2017 16th May(AGM)2017 (this may need to be rescheduled due to elections) All meetings commence at 7pm

ANY OTHER BUSINESSMin 288- Notice board- Parish Councillor J Wilsonagreed to be responsible for putting Parish Councilinformation on the noticeboard.

Min 289- Resignation- Parish Councillor I Marktendered his resignation from the Parish Council dueto his relocation. The Clerk agreed to organise thenecessary paperwork.

Date of the next Meeting is 13th September. At 7.00p.m. in Branxton Village Hall.

“On Tuesday 7th July Ford First School celebrated the Queen’s 90th Birthday in style. Wewere delighted to be joined by a lovely group of visitors from the villages who turned out in

their finery to be served a delicious cream tea by the ever-generous and talented PTA. Thechildren played party games in the sunshine all dressed in red, white and blue and then sang GodSave the Queen..Lord and Lady Joicey very kindly attended and Lord Joicey delighted the children by presentingthem all with a commemorative gift, also provided by the PTA. They laughed when he said he canactually claim to have been at the Coronation (because he was in his Mum’s tummy!).

Our older children took the opportunity to interview our more senior guests about their memories of Ford school and ofprevious Royal occasions. It was a really delightful afternoon for our children, staff, families and guests and the childrenhave been delighted to receive so many thank you cards which are displayed in school.”

Jacqueline Dalrymple, Acting Head Teacher, Hugh Joicey C of E First School, Ford

It is also hoped that more people would be willing totake the email version to reduce the number needingto be printed, at present 450.The Friends are determined that the Fourum willcontinue to provide (freely) information about all thatis happening in the two parishes of Branxton andFord.

At the Friends meeting on 8th June the followingfinancial information was presented by the HonTreasurer, John Pentland.

For the current year November 2015 to 8th June 2016Income £305 Expenditure £378.53

All change at the Fourum!

Glen ValleyBus Services

TALL SHIPS AT BLYTH26TH – 29TH AUGUST

Applications open for Ford Pre-school sessions(Monday - Friday : 8.45am until 2.45pm) for 2,3 & 4

year olds from September 2016. We still have a limitednumber of sessions available. Please contact

07929403411 for further details.

Saturday 27th, Sunday 28th August, will seeCrookham Village Hall holding its annual arts andcrafts festival.There will be displays of artwork from the Crookhamart group, needlework from the Knit and Natter groupand mini gardens on the theme ‘Celebration’ from thegardening club.The main exhibit this year will be provided byLowick Quilters.Crookham Church will have an exhibition and ThePeace Garden will be open.Light refreshments will be available so you can relaxand enjoy the exhibits.

Further information from Gemma Banks01890820452

10am to 4pm both days. Entry is free.

CROOKHAMARTS AND

CRAFTS

Future displays of work at LadyWaterford Hall include:10th July-13th August - Hannah Longmuir, Artist

14th August-17th September - Sue Shaw, Ewetree Crafts

18th September-30th October - Jane Jackson Cards

Look for details of each on ford-and-etal.co.uk/events

ETAL ONION CLUB

TillVAS members have been helping with the Flodden 500 Flodden Routeways project andhave been excavating at several Scottish Border sites.

TillVAS plans to help with the proposed surface excavation at the ruined medieval LennelKirk at Coldstream. More news of this later.

Keep up to date with the excellent TillVAS website which is regularly updated.www.tillvas.com

Some members are also helping with the Peregrini Landscape Partnership Project .For details see the website at www.peregrinilindisfarne.org.uk

The project covers archaeology, geology, local history, walks, talks and excavations.It is well worth looking at the website.

TillVAS Local History Update

An Exhibition of TillVAS recent research and Village Atlas work.Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday during July from 11am – 4pm

in ‘The Poultry Shed’ at Heatherslaw Mill.

Old maps, documents and photographs.Census returns for Branxton and Crookham area.

Details of progress made on the Village Atlas – all well worth seeing.

No charge – please call in and see us.

TillVAS

TheQueen’s90th

have been excavating at several Scottish Border sites.

Ford & Etal July/August Events4th July-31st August every Monday, Tuesday &Wednesday – Summer Holiday Bread-making atHeatherslaw Cornmill, 11.30am & 2.30pm.

5th-28th July – TillVAS exhibition in ‘The Poultry Shed’ atHeatherslaw Mill. Open Tuesdays, Wednesdays andThursdays 11am-4pm

Every Thursday throughout July & August – St Abb’sMarket, 11am-3pm in Etal Village Hall

30th July – The Handlebards return to NorthNorthumberland, performing ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ atPallinsburn House followed by the Handlebardettes (theirnew, all-female troupe) at Ford Castle on 18th August,performing ‘The Taming of the Shrew’. As in previous yearsthis is a fundraising event for HospiceCare NorthNorthumberland.Tickets are available direct from the HospiceCareWebsite or at Etal and Ford Post Offices.

31st July – Antiques & Collectors Fair, 10am-4pm, EtalVillage Hall. Admission 50p

1st-31st August – Art Exhibition in ‘The Poultry Shed’,Heatherslaw Mill – work by Libby Patterson and JennyPrince

17th July & 21st August – Farmers Market at Hay FarmHeavy Horse Centre

29th August – Local Craft Fair, Etal Village Hall 11am-3pm

27th August – photography workshop in the Poultry Shedwith Jim Gibson.

As the sun belted down visitors flocked to Etal once again tospend the day watching the Heavy Horses going through

their paces.

The organisers were delighted with the appearance of youngsterstaking a huge part within the event. Little Katie Willey won theClydesdale Societies Young Handler as well as receiving theShow Reserve Champion with Bencannon Duchess. Quite a sightto see this little girl taking command of this huge 18-hand horse.

John Fairbairn Jnr delighted crowds with his showing of MarshallMeadows Lady Emily - 5-week-old Shire foal, under the watchfuleye of Bill and his father. To the organiser’s surprise childrenwatching the event were not going to be left out, and as TheNorthumbrian Police Horses demonstrated their skills, this wasfollowed by a short game of football with the children.

Around the show field there was an array of differentdemonstrations including the working horses that displayed anumber of old working implements that were from the collectionthat is displayed at Hay Farm Heavy Horse Centre.

Many visitors took part in learning of old skills demonstrationsand had hands on experience of leatherwork and greenwooddemonstrating. One demonstrator would have preferred the dayto have been a lot cooler as the area rang out all day of metalbeing worked into shoes.

The organisers would like to thank everyone that helped withrunning the event and of course a huge thank you to those whovisited. Now work starts for the Looking Back event on 8th &9th October dedicated to the working horse.

HEAVY HORSE CENTRENr. Heatherslaw, Ford,Northumberland TD12 4TR01890 820 601

£1,707

£3,885

£850

Use it or Lose it.

Phone:01289 309191 or07990545967

Local & reliable service.

Ed Redfearn. Home and Garden Handyman.Grass cutting, Garden Tidying,

Fencing, Hedge cutting.Shed and Greenhouse erecting.

Small home repairs andimprovements.

Painting and Decorating.

Alex PenmanBuilding Contractor

Total homemaintenance

I provide home and building maintenanceimprovements and repairs……. NO JOB

TOO SMALL, JUST GIVE ME A CALL FOR AFREE INSPECTION AND ESTIMATE.

A short list of services offered, if you don’tsee your project below, then just give me a

call.

Plastering, Rendering, Pointing, GardenFencing, Paving, Brick work, Stone work,Concreting, Kitchen and Bathroom Tiling,

Roofs and gutters.

Tel: 01289 382915,Mob: 07714697414,

Email: totalhome7@aol.co.uk

Address: 3 Grindon Farm Cottages,Norham, TD15 2NN

24 HOUR EMERGENCY CALL OUT

PETROL LOGSPLITTER FOR HIRE(available with or without

operator)

For details call MichaelBell: 07584644246

Norham, TD15 2NN

Ford Village Shop, Post OfficeVillage Tearoom plus Bed & Breakfast

Open daily from 08:00 until 17.00.Post Office open Mon-Fri 8.30 till 12.30 only

You will find us opposite The Lady Waterford Hallin the picturesque village of Ford.

We are a Newsagents, a well-stocked Grocery Store,Off Licence & Post Office.Brian & Laura Thompson

01890 820230sales@fordvillageshop.co.ukwww.fordvillageshop.co.uk

Ford, Etal, Lowickand Bowsden areas

Bell View are running a regulartrip to Berwick using our minibus. We will pick you up from

home and stop at variouslocations so that you can shop,have lunch, visit the opticians,meet with friends – whatever

you would like to do,

£7.50 pertrip

For more information orto book a place contact

Jane or Paul at Bell Viewon

01668219220

Your very Good Friend …A milkman who has been serving Coldstream for around twenty-fiveyears is now making door to door deliveries of fresh milk in the local

villages including Branxton, Ford, Etal and Crookham on Mondays andThursdays before 6 am.

Based in Coldstream, he can do returnable 1 pint glass bottles as well asplastic 1/2ltr, 1ltr, 2ltr, and 3ltr.All enquiries to Daren Bruce

on mobile 07708061033 or 01890 882950.

R.A. Warner, Tree and Garden Management.Fully NPTC qualified Tree Surgeon and Climber.Fully insured with £5m cover.All aspects of tree and garden work undertaken,domestic and commercial.

Ring: 01890 820423; Mobile: 07555 274547.; Mail: www.rawtgm.co.uk

www.rawtgm.co.uk

Branxton Village HallHire Charges

Whole morning or afternoon - £20 per session Whole evening - £30 per session Short term hire -

whole hall £10 per hour half hall £5 per hour

Etal Village HallDon’t miss outon your date for your event, book innow.

Special offer to ParentsHire the hall for £20 for yourChildren's Birthday Party

Web: www.etalvillagehall.org.ukE-mail: etalvillagehall@yahoo.co.uk

For all you brainy fisheaters out there

Geoff & CarolTRADITIONAL FISH & CHIPS

The van visits on Tuesdays as follows.Please note times are approximate.Milfield (Village and then Threefords) 4.30 to 5.40Etal (Black Bull ) 5.50 to 6.10Ford (Village) 6.15 to 6.30

Date Branxton (B) Carham (Ca) Cornhill (Co)

C H U R C H N E W S

For information, please contact the Rector,Victor Dickinson, on 01289 388229.

There is a Sunday service of Holy Eucharist everySunday during July and August at St Michael and

All Angels, Ford at 10.30am.

The services on July 3rd and August 7th

are All Ages services.Children are especially welcome at all our services.

Refreshments served after all services.All welcome.

The Church is open to visitors during daytime. Thereare copies of some of the church records at the backof the Church for people researching family history.

Refreshing worship over traditionalafternoon tea

Crookham United Reformed Church

4-5pm Sunday 14th August 2016

Bookings via David Herbert 01668 219584or Ann Tunnard 01668 213475

Tea Time Church

Mass every Sunday at 9am.

Whist

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