No: 619 August 2021

Thanks to Nick Miller for the Masthead

100 Club WINNER The Recreation Trust are pleased to announce that the July winner of their monthly 100 Club Draw is:

Number 15: Sue Jones All profits go to improving our facilities in

and around the Village Hall and surrounding play area.

Many thanks for your continued support. If you don’t yet have a number, please visit Gill

at Ingate House on Church Road, where we have a number of numbers (!) available.

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Thanks to Nick Miller for the Masthead

Compactor Van

… no fridges or freezers; * please bring green garden waste separately to be composted; * this service is pro-vided for small loads and from domestic properties, so you can use this service to dispose of bulky items not

normally collected with household waste; * no commercial refuse or hazardous waste such as

asbestos, batteries, liquids, gas bottles.

Is coming to Wormingford Village Hall on Saturday August 28th - from 9.30 to 10.45am.

8th August @ Wormingford Village Hall … see inside for full details

Wormingford Parish Council (WPC) Report

Notes of the WPC meetings held at the Village Hall on Thursday 8th July 2021.

The meeting commenced with the public participation session when a resident of Robletts Way outlined concerns about some inconsiderate motorists parking and driving irresponsibly in the vicinity on football match days. This is an ongoing issue currently being addressed by the Football Club, Recreation Trust and Parish Council.

Peter Byrne was elected as Vice Chairman for 2021/22. Two new Coun-cillors, Ralph Patmore and Anita Connor were co-opted and will remain in office until the next election. The Parish Council now has a full com-plement of seven councillors:

Peter Bentley (Chairman), Peter Byrne (Vice Chairman), Andy Boyce, Anita Connor, Dan Fenn, Tim Hearne, Ralph Patmore.

The Local Highway Committee has committed to the funding to introduce a width restriction on the Wormingford bridge which is scheduled to be introduced January to March 2022.

Councillor Lewis Barber reported that Fordham and Aldham Parish Councils are happy to work with Wormingford to fund and operate a Vehicle Activated Sign, which can be shared and operated in various locations to help reduce speeding throughout the villages. Cllr Barber would be prepared to assist with the funding using his Locality Budget.

The defibrillator has arrived and will be stored until installation, which will take place when the work to extend the Sports Pavilion is completed, hopefully by early Autumn. The PC will look at the possibility of arranging some basic first aid/CPR training for residents to coincide with the equipment becoming operational.

The next meeting of the Parish Council is scheduled to take place at the Village Hall on Thursday 9th September com-mencing at 7.00 pm.

Please email any comments or views to the Parish Clerk at wormingford@outlook.com. Further information and the latest draft minutes and past copies of the Worm can be found at http://www.essexinfo.net/wormingfordpc/

Gardening Tip

According to the Met Office this April had the lowest average minimum temperatures for April in the UK since 1922, as air frost and clear conditions combined for a frost-laden, chilly month, despite long hours of sunshine. This was followed over the last few weeks with a prolonged period of mild and wet conditions. The result of this is many plants were weeks behind in their development have now put on considerable

growth but are being outstripped by the development of weeds. Just one example on the village allotments early growth of raspberries this year was stunted by frost in April. In most raspberry patches, if weeded at the beginning of the season, the growth of the raspberries tends to crowd out weeds, so no further weeding is needed through the summer. This has not happened this year as the weeds are now higher than the raspberries. The unusual weather pattern has also been seen on the lawns. From late April through May in most years lawns grow at their quickest. This year lawns did not start growing rapid-ly until June. The wet weather with relatively warm temperatures means lawns are growing rapidly with opportunities to cut them sometimes limited. In addition, with larger lawns the amount of grass clippings produced exceeds the number of garden waste bags that can be put out

for collection by the council. One way to overcome this is to set your lawnmower one setting higher. This can reduce the amount of grass clip-pings by nearly half whilst not being that noticeable. In addition, you will usually find that you can cut the grass in wetter conditions than is possible using a lower setting. A further advantage of cutting grass a little higher is that once we do get dry conditions the lawn will be less prone to dying off and going brown. If you have any gardening questions, please feel free to email me at davebodle242@hotmail.co.uk and I will try to answer your question.

Bouncy Castle

“Welly Whanging”

Target Golf

From 1pm on Sunday 8th August @ Wormingford Village Hall & Playing Field

… Fun for all the family with lots of things to eat, drink, peruse & buy, listen to, get involved in and generally enjoy yourself!

Tea, coffee, cake, beer & Pimms

Burgers & Hotdogs

Live Music

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Steam Engine Display

ST ANDREW’S CHURCH services in August

OTHER SERVICES IN THE BENEFICE – August Mount Bures - St John the Baptist

Little Horkesley - St Peter & St Paul

St Andrew’s Church News The Mount Bures Flower Festival was very well attended over the weekend of 17th and 18th of July, the Church looked lovely as you will know if you visited or followed on our Facebook pages. Emma held a service with a Covid compliant full Church and we were joined by around 20 pets although it was notice-able that the dogs did not choose to wear masks! Interviews were conducted with two candidates for our Priest in Charge vacancy on 19th July and a deci-sion was reached which we hope to be able to bring more news of very soon. In our Wormingford with Mount Bures and Little Horkesley benefice we have a full programme of ser-vices arranged for August and September and we believe that we cater for most tastes in the type of ser-vices that we offer. In Mount Bures and Wormingford our Community services, generally led by Emma, offer some traditional prayers with hymns and a relevant message and last around 35-40 minutes. In Wormingford and Little Horkesley our Morning Services are more traditional with different leaders bringing some variety and Holy Communion celebrated occasionally. In Little Horkesley the mainstays are the Book of Common Prayer Evening Services which are generally sung with the help of a choir. Holy Communion is generally celebrated on the 3rd Sunday. There is something to suit almost everyone so why not come along to one of our services? Churchwardens: Mike Crisp – 07747 623172 & Richard Batterham - 01787 228172

1st 11.00 Community Service with Emma 8th 11.00 Morning Service with Hugh and Julia 15th 11.00 Community Service with Emma 22nd 11.00 Matins with Joy Budden 29th 11.00 Benefice Service with Emma Sept 5th 11.00 Community Service with Emma

1st 9.15 Community Service with Emma 8th No Service 15th 9.15 Benefice Flower Service with Emma 22nd No Service 29th No Service – Benefice at Wormingford Sept 5th 11.00 Community Service with Emma

1st 11.00 Morning Service BCP with Hugh and Julia 8th 6.30 Evening Service (Phyll Wood) 15th 6.30 Evening Service + HC with Revd James Ridge 22nd 6.30 Evening Service BCP with Emma 29th No Service – Benefice at Wormingford Sept 5th 11.00 Morning Service BCP with Hugh and Julia