Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
MARCH 2014Great Hinton
Round About Your ParishSteeple Ashton
Steeple Ashton Village ShopOpening hours: Monday to Friday 7.30am to 5.30pmSaturday 8.30am to 4.30pm; Sunday 9.ooam to 12noon
Shop telephone: 01380 871 211
11.15amParish Communion(BCP) (Rev Parker)
Readings: 2 Peter 1: 16-21Matthew 17: 1-9(same for both)
March St Mary’s Steeple Ashton St Leonard’s Keevil
Sunday 2nd
8am Holy Communion (1662) (Rev Dove)
10.30am Family Service(Worship group)
Sunday 16th 8am Holy Communion (1662) (Rev Parker)
11.15am Parish Communion CW (Rev Dove)
Readings: Romans 4: 1-5, 13-17, John 3: 1-17
8am Holy Communion (BCP) (Rev Parker)
10.30am Morning Prayer (Rev Dove)
Readings: Romans 5: 1-11John 4: 5-19
CHURCH SERVICES
Lent 1
9.15amHoly Communion (CW)
(Coffee will be served after the service)
Readings: Ro. 5: 12-19 Mt. 4: 1-11
9.15 amMorning Prayer (BCP)Readings: Lv. 14: 1-7 Mt. 8: 1-13
6.30 pmHoly Communion (BCP)Readings: Eph. 5: 1-14 Lk. 11: 14-28
From King James’ version Bible
Sunday 9th
Sunday 23rd
Lent 3
Every Monday (except bank holidays) Morning Office is said in Church at 8.30 am
Lent 2
8.30 amMorning Office
Next Before
Lent
The Manor House at Keevil, built around 1580Scored into a leaded window-pane in the room above the front porch of
Keevil Manor around 1770, is the following plaintive plea:Remember Ann Beach
This message, seemingly calling to us from the 18th Century, was scratched in desperation by Anne with her diamond ring. It remains as a delicate,
self-inscribed epitaph to the tragic love affair between Anne and the Rev. William Wainhouse – Curate of St. Mary’s Church, Steeple Ashton.
AshWednes-
day5th
6.30pm Parish Communion (Rev
Dove)Isaiah 58: 1-12
6.30pm EvensongReadings: Mt. 17: 1-9 Ex. 24: 12-18
3.30 pmAfternoon Special Service
with BaptismsReadings: 2 Cor. 1: 3-7 Lk. 2: 25-35
Lent 4
Mothering Sunday
10.30am Family ServiceSunday 30th
Items for the April newsletter should be received by Tuesday 18th March 2014. They should be sent to Mrs Helen Montague-Smith, 1A Butts Lane, Stee-ple Ashton or by email to [email protected]. All published items solely express the views of the author and are the copyright of the author and Round About Your Parish unless otherwise stated.The Editor would like to remind you that it is up to you, the readers, to supply all news and copy for the newsletter. The sender’s name and address need to be received before printing. Inquiries for advertisements in the newsletter should be made to Mrs Chris Plum on 01380 870875. There may be a waiting list. Please send your ads by letter not email. Please note, we do not deliver flyers for advertisers. Flyers for Village activities and events can be delivered with the newsletter. If you wish to have a flyer for a village event delivered with this newsletter, please contact Anne Howard on 870505 during the third week of the month to see if it is convenient. All flyers have to be counted out for the delivery packs and as there are 25 deliverers this can take some time. No more than two per newslet-ter would be helpful. Editor
Newsletter Information
Said Morning PrayersAlmost every Wednesday since 1995, a small group of parishioners and visi-tors have met at St Mary’s for a short service at 8 o’clock in the morning.It lasts about 20 minutes and we leave refreshed and so meet the new day with recharged energy and enthusiasm.You, the readers, are welcome to join us on this Christian journey, which has been quietly held for over 17 years. Malcolm King
continued on page 24
Bryan writes more about the front-cover photo...The images of Keevil Manor contained in the following article appear in ‘Anne Beach – A Keevil Tragedy’ by Victor & Marjory Manning, on pages 7-12 of ‘A Book of Keevil Vol. 2’ (1998). They are reproduced here by kind permission of ‘The Keevil Society’ – who hold the copyright. In this instance, their use is restricted to this issue of ‘Round About Your Parish’ only. I have also used the Mannings’ account as my main source for this article. Anne Beach was born in 1749 (most records use the spelling ‘Anne’, although her own etching reads “Ann”). By the time of her birth, Anne’s family had amassed a sizable amount of wealth. They had owned Keevil Manor since 1680, when it was purchased from the Lambert family by her great-grandfather William Beach. The Beaches increased their fortune across the decades via several notable marriages, including that of Anne’s grandfather to an heiress to the estate of a very successful East India mer-chant named James Harding. Anne’s parents – William and Anne – contin-ued to prosper, buying the Manors of Fittleton and Netheravon in 1760 from the Duke of Beaufort. Keevil Manor House remained in the Beach family right up until 1911.
PRAYERS for LENT
Confession: Psalm 32
How happy are those whose wrongs are forgiven,whose sin is no longer held against them!How happy are those who no longer lie—to themselves or to anyone else.When we refuse to admit our sin,it eats away at us, little by little,weakening us in body and soul.
So let’s come before God with our prayers of confes-sion.Let’s lay before God the sin that is weighing us down,so that we can be freed from its burden,and receive God’s mercy and love.
Silent Prayers
God, you are our hiding place!Your unfailing love surrounds us,and you fill our hearts with songs of joy!Continue to guide us in the way we should go,and watch over us,so that our lives may bring honour to your name. Amen.© 2002-2013 ROOTS for Churches
Newsletter Deadlines for 2014April 22nd; May 20th; June (July/August) 17th; August 19th; September 16th; October 21st; November (Dec/Jan) 18th.
136
STEEPLE ASHTON PARISH COUNCILCATHOLIC NEWSST. JOHN THE BAPTIST TROWBRIDGE & STBERNADETTE’S WESTBURY( incl VILLAGES).Parish Priest: CANON LIAM O’DRISCOLLTELEPHONE 01225 752152www.stjohnthebaptist.co.uk
St John’s Sunday Masses :Saturday (Vigil) 6pm; Sunday 10.30am & 6pmWeekday Masses:Mon: 9am; Tues: 6pm; Wed: 12.10pm; Fri 6pm Sat: 10am; 6pm (Vigil)Rosary: Weekdays before Mass. SVP Fri 6.45pmConfessions: Sat: 10.30-11.15am and 5-5.45pm
MASS TIMES at NEARBY CATHOLIC CHURCHESSt Joseph’s, West Lavington (01380 723572) Mass on Sunday at 9.00amImmaculate Conception, Devizes (01380 723572) Mass on Saturday 6.00pm and Sunday 10.30am and 5.00pmSt Anthony Melksham (01225 702128) Mass on Saturday 5.30pm and Sunday 9.30amSt George’s Warminster (01985 212329)Mass on Saturday evening 6.00pm and Sunday 8.00am & 10.00am(For information on any of the above please contactFrancis Geraghty 01380 871083email: [email protected])
SICK AND/OR HOUSEBOUNDAny catholic who is sick or housebound should let Canon Liam (01225 752152) know as he would be pleased to arrange a visit and bring Holy Communion, if desired.
THE NEW 300 CLUB 2014Subscriptions: £50 annually - £13 quarterly - £4.33 monthly. New mem-bers are most welcome to join at any time. Prizes are: £200-£70-£50-£10 - £5 monthly. For infor-mation and application form contact Frank Geraghty 01380 871083 email: [email protected]
SHARING OUR FAITHThe Group meets in the Parish Centre Trowbridge on Wednesdays from 8-9pm.This is open to anyone wish-ing to learn more about the Catholic Church.
St Bernadette’s, WestburySunday Mass - 9amWeekday Mass -Thursday 11 amConfessions/Reconciliation before Mass and any time on request.
AUCTIONAuction of Promises & Small Goods will be held in St John’s Parish Centre in late May. Further infor-mation in the next issue.
CONFIRMATION 2014For anyone considering Confirma-tion (Yr 9 and above) please contact Canon Liam on 01225 752152 as soon as possible.
HARE COURSINGWiltshire Police Rural Crime Team (RCT) have been increasingly dealing with the issue of Hare Coursing in rural areas, which activity has a huge impact on the rural community. Hare Coursing involves groups of people, who often travel distances to carry out their ‘sport’. Groups have been iden-tified from as far afield as Lincolnshire, Southampton and South Wales, meeting up in Wiltshire with packs of dogs to carry out hare coursing. The activity is usually structured with 4 people in a 4x4 with dogs; and is in essence a form of gambling, as well as usually resulting in the catch and death of the hare. A lurcher type of dog is released to chase a hare and par-ticipants bet on, for example, the number of turns made by the hare, how long it takes to catch the hare or which direction the hare will go next. Since the introduction of the ban on hunting with dogs in 2004, this activ-ity has become illegal but it is a crime that is very difficult to police. In addition the associated behaviour causes harassment, alarm and distress to local Community (anti-social behaviour) and thus other forces look to ASB tools and powers to address it. Large amounts of money are involved; many members of the travelling community view this as a sport, and are not always respectful of the law. The perpetrators of hare coursing frequently cut fences, damage crops, verbally abuse and intimidate anybody challeng-ing them; trespassing on land, make threats damage property, livestock and even physically assault landowners. They drive anti socially, damaging the environment and disturbing the peace. Dial 999 if you see hare coursing in progress. Do not approach under any circumstances. WILTSHIRE COUNCIL LAUNCH ‘active Wiltshire’ WEBSITEwww.activewiltshire.org.ukWiltshire Council has just launched a new interactive website that will act as a one stop shop for sport, physical activity and health across the county. Visitors to the site will have access to information on how to lead an active and healthy lifestyle, find sports clubs, groups and events in their local area and create a free profile on the site where they can record their BMI, follow a food plan and participate in challenges.If, for example you wanted to join a walking group, then there are details of ‘Get Wiltshire Walking’ which now offer 3 levels of group walking, so if you are recovering from surgery, you could join a 30-40 minute group walk on flat, solid terrain. All the walks will finish with a coffee and chat at a local café/pub. This is just one example, but the site holds details on a huge vari-ety of activities and events.
2 35
Methodist Church DiarySince 1927 the day known as Women’s World Day of Prayer is celebrated in over 170 countries in the world today. Each year the service is written by a different country, and according to Wikipedia, the last time England wrote it was in 1945! The first service of the day will take place on the Island of Samoa and the last service will take place on American Samoa. From the time that dawn breaks over the Island of Samoa until the last services of this special day, the world is circled in prayer for 36 hours.Do come along and learn more about the people of Egypt – all are welcome – men included!Diary Dates:Worship each Sunday at 9:15 a.m. unless otherwise advertised. Please join us if you can, and stay for a cup of tea/coffee and a chat after the service. Don’t forget, if you would like prayers said for you or someone you are con-cerned about, please pop a note into the post box by the door and we will pick it up and include it in our Sunday prayers.
MARCHSunday 2nd Communion Service led by Revd David CoppardMonday 3rd West Wilts Maranatha Group at 7:30 p.m. for prayer and praiseTuesday 4th Housegroup meets at 14 Holmeleaze at 7:30 p.m. all wel-comeFriday 7th 2.00 p.m. Women’s World Day of Prayer Service in The Methodist Church. Speaker Revd Jane KnowlesSunday 9th Mr Bernard CooperWed 12th Reflections & Fellowship in the Douglas Room at 10:30 a.m. All welcomeThurs 13th Lent Course at 7 p.m. in the Methodist ChurchSunday 16th Mrs Ruth McGregorMonday 17th 12:15 – Lent lunch in the Village HallThurs 20th Lent Course at 7 p.m.Sunday 23rd Mr Peter WalkerWed 26th Reflections & Fellowship in the Douglas Room at 10:30 a.m. All welcome Thurs 27th Lent Course at 7 p.m.Sunday 30th Local ArrangementAPRILThurs 3rd Lent Course at 7 p.m.Sunday 6th Mrs Jacky Williams
PLANNINGPlanning applications are considered at Parish Council Meetings and Plan-ning Issues Only Parish Council Meetings. There is an Open Forum for members of the public to comment on planning matters prior to their consideration. New Plans:13/06951/FUL - Pear Tree Cottage, 12 High Street, Steeple Ashton - Erection of garden store, bicycle shed and log store14/00582/FUL - 35 High Street, Steeple Ashton - Single storey extension14/00596/TCA - 12 A Dark Lane North, Steeple Ashton - 3 Conifer trees – fell14/01554/TCA - The Vicarage, Vicarage Lane, Steeple Ashton - Silver Birch tree - crown reduce and overall prune by approx 1m - 2mPARISH COUNCIL MEETINGSThe next Planning Issues Only Parish Council Meeting is scheduled for 7.30pm on Monday 10th March 2014 (subject to requirement) at the Vil-lage Hall. The Annual Parish Meeting and the next Main Parish Council meeting will be held on Monday 7th April in the Village Hall, starting at 7pm.
PARISH COUNCIL OFFICE (2 St. Mary’s School, High St.) This is open to the public three times a week (Monday and Tuesday 2.30pm - 3.30pm; Wednesday 10am – 11am) or by appointment. The telephone number is 01380 871461. Lynda Beaven, Clerk to the Parish Council. Tel:01380 871461 email: [email protected] For information the non-emergency POLICE CONTACT NUMBER is 101
St. Mary’s Church FeteAdvance Notice
This year our Church Fete will be held on June 21st, so please put this date in your diaries.
We would be pleased to hear from anyone who would like to help or anyone who has new ideas to help raise money for St. Mary’s Church.
Please contact Kathy or Marion Pearce (870071)
334
Steeple Ashton Village Shop
Caren FeltonMethodist Church
This month we celebrate Women’s World Day of Prayer on Friday 7th. This year it has been written by the women of Egypt and the subject is: ‘Streams in the desert.’ Our special speaker is Revd Jane Knowles from Keevil.
Joy Shall ComeJoy shall come even to the wilderness,And the parched land shall then know great gladness;As the rose, as the rose shall deserts blossom,Deserts like a garden blossom.For the living springs shall give cool water,In the desert streams shall flow,For the living springs shall give cool water,In the desert streams shall flow. Hebrew Traditional
By the time the shop closed on Valentine’s Day all our special offers (Pros-ecco and Champagne Truffles) and appropriate gifts had been snapped up, which just goes to show that romance still flourishes in Steeple Ashton!
MOTHERING SUNDAY on March 30th is the next special event on the shop’s spring calendar, and we already have a supply of traditional cards in stock. In addition, we are hoping to source some very locally made craft items and jewelry to supplement our existing range of gift items, most of which would also make suitable presents for this occasion. If you would like to have your purchases gift wrapped, we can do this for you for just £1.00, but please give us time to get it done.
EARLY BIRDS and bakers are very much needed in the shop. Due to holi-days and illness several of our regular early morning volunteers are unable to help at the moment, with the result that those who are willing to step in at these times to bake and open the shop are being overstretched. If you think you could start your day with us of baking frozen pastries (it takes about an hour and a half) PLEASE get in touch with the shop (871211) or Alison Wilson (871345) or Maureen Hodge (870276) who organize the rota. Even if you would prefer not to bake or get up early, we would still be most grate-ful to hear from anybody who could offer two hours of their time for a regu-lar shift. Guidance and training are given to everyone starting in the shop, and all of us enjoy being able to do something for our village community – perhaps you would enjoy it too!
Women’s world Day of Prayer is an inter-national, inter-church organisation which ena-bles us to hear the voices of women from all parts of the world: their hopes, concerns and prayers.We envisage a great wave of prayer, rising with the sunover the island of Samoa and sweeping across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the Amer-icas, coming to rest in American Samoa some 36 hours later. All are welcome to attend, men, women and people of all ages. For further information and resources, see the website:www.wwdp.org.uk.
“Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s party!”Robin Williams
4 33Kathleen Fielding
Steeple Ashton WI
After a very stormy day we were able to get to our February meeting in the dry as the wind had abated and the rain had eased for a few hours.
President Ann Holloway welcomed us all and thanked Alison Evans for playing Jerusalem, Liz Randall for the table flowers and Pauline Price, Ruth Pyne and Sue Hodges for doing the teas.
Nominations for Committee members were requested prior to our next meeting, the AGM.
Secretary, Marion Pearce, gave the date for the Annual Council Meeting in Salisbury, Wednesday 29th October, and she read a letter of thanks for Christmas presents donated and distributed at Green Lane and Fountains Way Hospitals. Other information from the Wiltshire Federation included a Quizzical Pursuits event, a Moodle Workshop and competitions for a poem based on ‘What my WI means to me’ and a flower arrangement with the title – Inspiring Women.
Tickets are now on sale for the Tea Dance we are arranging in the Steeple Ashton Village Hall on Saturday 17th May cost £5. The next friendly skittles match is on 26th February. Bookings were taken for our outing to Exbury Gardens during May.
Our speaker for the evening was Rev. Mary Teed and her talk had the title ‘Thorn thistles and roses (not a flower demo!)’. We were amused and enter-tained by her various experiences of flower arranging from the age of five. At this young age she was encouraged by a teacher but as the years passed many of her attempts were scorned by experts and there were a lot of disap-pointments. Eventually by joining a local flower club she was encouraged and knowledge and materials were willingly shared, which made all the dif-ference, and today she has considerable expertise. Her original teacher’s message was – simplicity is the key to beauty. A vote of thanks was given by Pauline Tiller. Rev Teed kindly donated a flower arrangement for the raffle and this was won by Val Williams. She was then asked to judge our competition – A Winter Arrangement without Flowers. Despite the awful weather there were eight entries, the result was first Kathy Fielding, second Liz Randal.
HOME COMMUNIONS If you are unable to get to church through sickness or disability, the
Vicar (01225 752635) or Rev Lionel Dove (01380 870013) will be pleased to arrange a home communion for you and/or your spouse.
SUPPORTING THE CHURCH:Those who wish to support the work of the Church by regular giving, dona-tion or will should contact the treasurer Anne Strange on 01380 870278, [email protected]. Gift Aid envelopes, for those paying tax, must have a legible postcode and address.
FRIDAY CLUB (for all the family 0-13yrs):3.45-4.30pm drink & biscuits & chat;4.30pm songs and children’s worship;4.50- 5.30pm fun & games. All welcome fortnightly:Next meetings March 14th, 28th in the Village Hall
LENT REFLECTION Group (Methodist Church)
1 HOPE 2 PEACE 3 LOVE 4JOY 5.....? 7pm Thursday 13th March 7pm Thursday 20th March 7pm Thursday 27th March 7pm Thursday 3rd April 7pm Thursday 10th April
Bring along something as a symbol for chat or for prayer….of Hope, Peace etc (eg a photo, flower, box of tissues, champagne cork etc)Simple Reflection: What do I find hopeful in the world? What do I find unhopeful? What do I find eternally hopeful in my faith…or not?
St Mary’s Flower Ladies
Summer LuncheonFriday 27th June 12.30pm
in Jo Campbell’s gardenin aid of
Combat Stressand the Church Flower Fund
....for your diaries
532
FORGET-ME-NOTS-CLUB
G. Oakley (Sec) 01225/775681
Natural History Club News March 2014
SOME IDEAS FOR MAKING MARCH meaningful(why not pick one or two or create some of your own?)>Day 1 – Start looking for signs of spring> Day 2 – Lent’s coming: a time for quiet and thought.> Day 3 – 9-12 Vicar at home. All welcome (most Mondays)> Day 4 – Learn how to fall in love with life/others > Day 5 – Ash-Wednesday; 7pm church to start a good LENT> Day 6 – Write a poem of thanks for Spring (light) > Day 7 – World Women’s Day of Prayer – pray for women!> Day 8 – Go for a walk, whatever the weather ?> Day 9 – Decide to live a generous life of giving from today> Day 10 – Write something positive of love for the magazine > Day 11 – Notice the changing shades of light – God is moving> Day 12 – Think of 5 things to say ‘Thank You’ for today> Day 13 – Pray for people who are in jobs they hate> Day 14 – Name 4 signs of goodness and hope in your life> Day 15 – Pray for children and vulnerable life everywhere> Day 16 – Go to Church to pray for family and say ‘thank you’ > Day 17 – 12.15pm LENT LUNCH at S/Ashton Village Hall> Day 18 – 12.15pm Join Lent Bring & Share Lunch - St Thomas> Day 19 – Walk in nature. Realise how peaceful 90% of the world is!> Day 20 – Pray for the children in our schools > Day 21 – Slow down, engage with life not with thoughts.> Day 22 – Have a happy hour today – run wild!> Day 23 – Smile at children; make them confident in their world> Day 24 – Sunday; day of rest for a reason – its needed.> Day 25 – Count all the negative thoughts you have today.> Day 26 – How is Lent going; are you finding space and calm?> Day 27 – Read the bible for 10 minutes> Day 28 – So, without incessant thought, what is the problem with life?> Day 29 – Reminder to buy your Mothering Sunday cards!> Day 30 – Give thanks for mothers, as a reality or a memory.> Day 31 – Pick a flower; Life is beautiful (so are you!).Julian ‘Taste and see that the Lord is Good’
Roger White’s slideshow on 5th Feb depicted the Isles of Scilly in all their natural beauty.The ever popular Fish & Chips Lunch returns on 5th March, with Susan Marshfield paying another visit on 19th March, with a talk entitled “Holi-days Afloat”. Susan’s reminiscences are always of the humorous kind, so if you are in need of cheering up, and enjoy a laugh, don’t miss this! Visitors always very welcome.
Flooding can be devastating for wildlife.This is especially true at certain times of the year and when there is not enough space across the landscape for wildlife to take refuge from these extreme events. There are some species in particular that may have to adapt to prolonged wet weather:Barn owls: Night after night of wet weather means barn owls can’t get out to hunt without their delicate (and silent) plumage becoming waterlogged.Bewick & Whooper Swans: Seem to be absent from Slimbridge this year, because it is so mild, the need to move West to escape freezing weather in Eastern England, has proven unecessary ! Water voles and otters: Water voles spend much of the winter in their burrows where they store food. But water levels can rise so fast that voles are flooded out of burrows and washed away. Despite their name, they are not strong swimmers so may try and take refuge on higher ground, where unfortunately they are easy prey for predators such as mink and birds of prey. Otter holts may also be flooded in such conditions.Fish: the eggs of migratory fish such as Atlantic salmon and Brown trout that have been laid in gravels on the river bed are at risk of being washed awayHedgehogs: In floodplains animals like hedgehogs that are hibernating under vegetation will be drowned if they can’t escape. Some species, such as the adder, adapt to such possibilities by hibernating at higher sites. The way land and rivers are now managed causes problems for wildlife. The fact that many of our species and habitats are fragmented is a major prob-lem during these extreme events. In a large area of wetland, there is usu-ally somewhere for species like water voles to take refuge that is still fairly safe. If the wetland is just a linear strip of habitat alongside the river, there is nowhere for voles to go.Where big embankments line rivers (to allow farmland to be drained as part of historic flood defences), floodwater that overtops the banks gets trapped
My prayer is that light will flood your hearts,and you will understand the truth that was given to you when God chose you. -Ephesians 1:18
O LORD, how many are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your truth! -Psalm 104:24
6 31
Natural History Club News cont
Julian Parker
battlefield......while a bird sings on a nearby tree.’ Why does the bird sing? Because it is not involved in the problematic ideas, opinions and judgments of mankind. Like most of nature, it is happy to simply be, live, in its song,……and it knows deep down in its nature that life is good.
Jesus was called ‘The Prince of Peace’. Religion has not always understood his words and the essence of his love. They have argued over meanings or got them wrong and started fighting each other as a result. It isn’t Jesus, God, the absolute that is the problem. It is our belief in words. We believe not in truth, life, but in words. That is why I say to find God, truth, love, you have to go beyond words. Follow Jesus’ example. The first thing he did after starting his ministry was to choose forty days of quiet solitude in the wilderness….Choose contemplation, reflection above an overactive mind. That is what Lent is created for. Coming face to face with truth! Slow things down. Quieten things down. Stop being taken in…..have a good Lent!
for long periods of time. This lying water can drown many insects that live in the soil which are vital food for birds like waders (and the farmers can lose their grass). The land drainage embankments which allow land to be farmed more intensively also push water downstream increasing the risk of flood-ing to communities downstream. Interestingly, earthworms can survive for several weeks under water providing there is sufficient oxygen in the water to support them. They often surface after rain, only because they can move around safely without drying out. Heavy rainfall causes storm sewers to open releasing pollution - untreated waste and toxic substances that people pour down drains. When this ends up in our rivers it has disastrous consequences for wildlife.In general, flooding is a natural process and when it is not excessive, can benefit many species.Floodwaters help plants and animals to disperse across the landscape. Seeds are moved around in floodwaters, settling in new places and allowing plants to colonise new areas. Unfortunately this also means that problem (inva-sive) plants like Giant Hogweed or Himalayan Balsam spread downstream in such flood events.Some of the rare water snails need flooding to move from one location to another. The little ramshorn, whirlpool snail is a rare species that often occurs in ditches in wet fields that flood in winter, flooding is thought to be important in enabling young snails to colonise new ditches. Smaller tempo-rary ponds that are created during flooding provide breeding sites for the common frog.Flooded areas enable ducks such as pochard, tufted duck and teal to feed in new areas of open water. Wading birds like snipe and lapwing will be seen probing the soft ground or patrolling around the edges of floodwater picking up small insects and worms.Aquatic wildlife and vegetation is fairly resilient to extreme weather, and habitats can quickly recover from any superficial impacts. Most wildlife can cope with predictable flood patterns – it is out of season flooding or extraor-dinary events like the storm surge, that cause issues.Local News. Garden bird life seems little effected, but Lapwing and Golden Plover flocks have been very scarce, and have stayed up on Salisbury Plane. Our local early bird breeders are now getting under way. The Herons at Bradford Wood are our earliest, with the Ravens up at Westbury Chalk Quarry being close behind.Share your Wildlife News ! email or telephone news to Penny Aeberhard on 01380 870602 or [email protected].
1st MISSION SUB COMMITTEEThings discussed included: 1)Trying to find a way to hold all main services at 10.30am.
2)Providing simple Service Sheets for those who cannot find their way around the Book of Common Prayer Communion Service.
3)Have a service of explanation to make what is going on in the Com-munion service more understandable and meaningful.
4)Look for young musicians and choristers to help broaden the musical tradition in the church.
5)Look for young people to serve as servers, acolytes and alter people.
6)Hold a service to celebrate Community with refreshments after; intro-duce a series of talks on subjects of general interest to modern people (stress in the family; at work; happiness etc).
7)Have monthly lunches, introducing popular subjects for discussion.
ST MARY’S STEEPLE ASHTONPRESERVATION TRUST
Notice is given that the nextAnnual General Meeting
of the Trust will be held in the Village Hallon Friday 21st March, 2014 at 7.30pm.
It will be an opportunity for all members to hear an update on plans for the year and also to comment and give their views.
Richard Young, Secretary St Mary’s Trust
30 7
St Mary’s Church, Steeple AshtonVICARS LETTER ….LENT - a time for speechlessness
As you read the words on this page I wonder what affect they will have upon your thoughts and emotions? For words have great power in our world. We react so strongly towards them….even though they don’t really exist, except as ideas in the mind of the reader. I mean they have no intrinsic value apart from the one we give them.
I know words can make people very angry, and they can be a soothing balm too. There is nothing solid about them….and yet they govern most of the way we thing and feel about life. In effect we give words too much power. A mil-lion people were machete’d to death in Rwanda on the basis of a few well chosen words spoken by people with evil intent; And 50 million people died as the result of Hitler’s own propaganda machine. Which is why we need to go beyond words to get to any kind of truth…about reality or the meaning of life for you and me. Switch the light off and get people of all races and religions to pray and we would be amazed at how similar are their wants and wishes. But switch the lights back on and suddenly differences arise in images playing before our eyes - different skin, colours , emblems of faith and religion.
It is almost Lent and that means we have forty days to be quiet - to loosen ourselves from the spell of modern society and all its words, ideas, images and double meanings. To spend some quiet time with God; to spend some quiet time with ourselves and ask: “what is the problem with life when we are not thinking too much?” What is so wrong with this beautiful loving thing we call ‘existence’ when we are not busy planning the next thing to go wrong, or thinking about all the supposed ‘problems’ with our neighbour or our world? What is wrong if we are not overreacting to the things we read or see on the TV, or believe in our minds?
How to know God? How to know truth and the purity of existence beyond temporary ideas? To simply take a deep breath and know that you are alive and that life is continuous and good….a gift….grace….love! To be still. To give thought and opinion a rest for a moment, and begin to look at existence as it is. To experience! This means to still the racing heart and mind and look beyond the changing (unstable) ideas planted there.An image…not very nice: ‘The clash of swords, the spurt of blood, the crunch of bones, the blast of bombs, last breath of bodies giving up the ghost on a
THE MONTH OF MARCH
The March wind roarsLike a lion in the sky,And makes us shiverAs he passes by. When winds are soft,And the days are warm and clear,Just like a gentle lamb,Then spring is here.
- Author Unknown
To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour.
Auguries of Innocence, (c1803) 1.1 -William Blake
Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry now
Loveliest of trees, the cherry nowIs hung with bloom along the bough,And stands about the woodland rideWearing white for Eastertide.
Now, of my threescore years and ten,Twenty will not come again,And take from seventy springs a score,It only leaves me fifty more.
And since to look at things in bloomFifty springs are little room,About the woodlands I will goTo see the cherry hung with snow.
from A Shropshire Lad II(1896) A E Houseman
8 29
Steeple Ashton Film NightSteeple Ashton FilmsOur February film, Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks, provided a grip-ping 2 hours of intense action. For those of you who were there, here is a bit of trivia from the final scene... Tom Hanks claimed that the scene of Captain Phillips’ medical examination was improvised on the spot with real-life Navy Corpsman Danielle Albert, who was told to simply follow her usual procedure. However, Danielle was so star-struck by Hanks that she froze during the first take. Hanks joked to her that he was supposed to be the one in shock during the scene!
SATURDAY 8th March 7.30pm. PhilomenaA world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman’s search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent. Starring Dame Judi Dench and Steve Coogan.
SATURDAY 12th April 7.30pm. Saving Mr BanksAuthor P. L. Travers reflects on her difficult childhood while meeting with filmmaker Walt Disney during production for the adaptation of her novel, Mary Poppins. Starring Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks.
Tickets are £5 (rising to £6 in April), available from Steeple Ashton Village Shop. Doors open half an hour before the film starts. Ice creams and sweets will be available and as usual we will have a bar. Profits from these films will go to St. Mary’s Preservation Trust and Friends of Keevil School (FOKS). For further information please phone volunteers Gill on 01380 870302 or Lynda on 01380 871701.
Acknowledgments & SourcesMany thanks to Suzanne Wickham & the committee of ‘The Keevil Society’, for copyright permission to use the Society’s images of Keevil Manor.Anne Beach’s memorial, in Baptistry of St. Mary’s Church, Steeple Ashton.Anne Beach’s tombstone, in south aisle of St. Mary’s Church, Steeple Ashton.Berrett, B. H. (2013), ‘The Fire-Ball Storm of 1772’, in Montague-Smith, H. (ed.), (February 2013), Round About Your Parish, pp. 20-22.Hiscocks, P. (1968), ‘Tragic prisoner of the manor’, in Western Daily Press, (Mon. February 19th 1968), no page number.Link, M. & Ward, R. (eds.), (2001), A Book of Keevil: Vol. 3, Highfield, Keevil: The Keevil Society, pp. 61-68.Manning, M. & Manning, V. (1998), ‘Anne Beach – A Keevil Tragedy’, in Thomsett, A. (ed.), (1998), A Book of Keevil: Vol. 2, Highfield, Keevil: The Keevil Society, pp. 7-12.
You are needed.....Church Cleaners, Village Hall, Friends of Steeple Ashton - there are several appeals in the newsletter for people to come forward and help. One of the reasons why our village is such a good place to live, is that there lots of lively and interesting things to do...it would be a shame to loose any of these.Many of us are getting older, we hear - some more than others!! Not surpris-ingly, those who have served the village loyally for many years are saying that it is time they stepped aside and other (younger?) villagers took over. We need new blood - and not on the carpet!!Please think about this - it would be a shame if any of our societies or projects folded because of lack of support. Editor
928Bryan Berrett
Madocks in Denbigh on the 29th September. The newlyweds settled in Stee-ple Ashton, and in February 1773 William was instituted as Rector to the small parish of Butterleigh in Devon. He would spend little time there how-ever, preferring to delegate duties to a Butterleigh incumbent whom he paid from the living he received; effectively, William became ‘Rector in Absence’ of Butterleigh. In August 1773, Sarah gave birth to their first child, and their second arrived early in 1775. Soon after this child’s birth, following the Christening, the Wainhouse family left Steeple Ashton for good. Their exact next movements are unclear, but it seems that by around 1777 the family was living in Berkshire, at Ufton Nervet, where William was Curate. William and Sarah Wainhouse had three more children by 1780, making five in total: two sons and three daughters. In 1789 William was instituted as Rector to the parish of Badgeworth in Somerset, while remaining as ‘Rector in Absence’ to his Devon parish. It was in this final Somerset home where he died, on the 25th October 1797 at the age of 59. Sarah died in 1819. In the Baptistry of St. Mary’s Church, formerly known as the ‘Beach Chapel’, a fine stone and marble memorial to Wainhouse’s first bride can be found, to the right of the font. It carries the following inscription:
To the dear Memory ofAnne,
Wife of the Revd. Wm. Wainhouse,Daughter of Wm. Beach Esqr. of Keevil,
She died Feby. the 10th. 1771.In the 22nd. Year of her Age:In Temper, meek & humble,
In Manners, gentle & engaging,To her Lot, in Life & Death, resign’d.
Rest, virtuous Spirit! to thy latent Grief,Death, on thy Slumbers stealing, brought Relief.
Thy youthful Days, in silent Suff’rings past,Kind Heav’n repaid with Smiles & Peace at last.
William Wainhouse doubtless enjoyed the full life which was denied his first wife. Yet – whatever the truth of his feelings towards her – while her stone memorial, and her own scratched message in the window over the front porch in Keevil Manor survive, Anne Beach, and her undoubted suffering and fortitude, will indeed be remembered.
2710
This version of ‘the story of Anne Beach’ was adopted by reporter Peter His-cocks, writing in the ‘Western Daily Press’ on Monday February 19th 1968. His somewhat sensationalised full-page account was entitled: “Tragic pris-oner of the manor”, and is accompanied by a cartoon-style illustration of ‘Anne’ cowering on the floor by a prison-cell-like door, with a hunched, face-less, long-armed father looming over. It makes no mention of Anne’s older brother, and states that Anne was the eldest child. Hiscocks’ article cer-tainly contains some accuracies, and makes for a romantic, tragic 18th Cen-tury yarn; and yet its overall tenor, coupled with the fact that he includes intimate details of events and conversations between the main characters, suggests that it should be considered essentially a tabloid account – and therefore read exactly as such. As to the fate of the Rev. Wainhouse, he carried on as Curate at Steeple Ashton; but the remainder of his life was not uneventful. It would appear that the Curate felt a need to ‘set the record straight’ (as he would likely have thought). Wainhouse produced a pamphlet – his “Narra-tive” – subtitled: “A Tale of Domestic & Uncommon Parental Barbarity”, in which he vented his feelings regarding the Beaches. The Curate blames Anne’s mother for her son’s madness – he claims she crossed him in a youthful love affair, thus throwing him into a deep depression. He also stated that she focused all her affections on her young-est daughter Henrietta – on whom she always intended to centre the family fortune. According to Wainhouse’s account, Henrietta was overheard to say that if Anne rejected her parents’ wishes, “… it would be a fine thing for her-self, as she shou’d be a great Fortune out of it.” (Henrietta eventually mar-ried into a distinguished family, and inherited the entire Beach fortune after the death of her brother). Regarding his marriage to Anne, William wrote that she had “… flung herself at me…” when she reached 21, so as to escape her family. By May 1772, 15 months after Anne’s death, Wainhouse was writing love poems to a Miss Sarah Madocks of Denbigh. A swift courtship ensued – but was almost brought to a dramatic end just weeks later. On the afternoon of June the 20th, William was standing in the north parlour of Steeple Ashton Vicarage talking to the Rev. Pitcairn of Trowbridge, when a sudden light-ning bolt hit the building – throwing a fire-ball down the chimney and into the room. Despite great damage being brought to the Vicarage, astonish-ingly, Wainhouse escaped serious injury (Rev. Pitcairn was less fortunate – a detailed account can be found in the February 2013 issue of ‘Round About Your Parish’).Having survived this freak event, in the same year, William married Sarah
THE FRIENDS OF STEEPLE ASHTON
The Annual General Meeting starts at 7.00 pm on Friday 2nd May in the Village Hall. Please put this date in your diary. All members will be receiv-ing a newsletter at the end of March inviting renewal of membership, but the Friends are delighted to welcome new members at any time : remember, membership now costs £2 a head - a one hundred per cent increase which was introduced with trepidation at the 40th Annual General Meeting.
If you have an interest in the history of the village, and you care about its present condition and future survival, join the Friends now and help in their efforts to protect Steeple Ashton – efforts which must be renewed in the light of current planning regulations. The Friends are non-profit making, and surplus finances are donated to local causes and institutions. They publish the “Maps for Walkers” series, and the excellent Steeple Ashton His-tory and Guide, on sale in the church and the shop. They were involved in the production of the Village Design Statement, and in the setting up of STASH, and run a bulk oil delivery scheme which reduces tanker traffic in the village. The committee comments on planning applications and liaises with the Parish Council when there are threats to the character and scenic quality of Steeple Ashton. They hold the lease on Luffenham Field, and continue to work towards its development as a wildflower meadow under the energetic management of Tony Evans. They arrange outings and lec-tures – the latest being the trip to Kapunda Castle at Southstoke.
March, month of ‘many weathers’ wildly comesIn hail and snow and rain and threatening humsAnd floods: while often at his cottage doorThe shepherd stands to hear the distant roarLoos’d from the rushing mills and river locksWi thundering sound and over powering shocksAnd headlong hurry thro the meadow brigsBrushing the leaning sallows fingering twigsIn feathery foam and eddy hissing chaseRolling a storm oertaken travellers paceFrom bank to bank along the meadow leasSpreading and shining like to little seasWhile in the pale sunlight a watery broodOf swopping white birds flock about the flood.
from March, The Shepherd’s Calendar, John Clare
26 11
THE FRIENDS OF STEEPLE ASHTON
HELLEBORES AT KAPUNDA CASTLE
Join us on a visit to Juliet Davis at Kapunda CastleSouthstoke near Bath on the morning of
Wednesday 12th March 2014, when she will talk to usabout her successful growing of hellebores,
give us a tour of her amazing garden and answer your questions.
There will be coffee and cake in the conservatory plus the opportunity to buy plants and postcards.
Entry is £5 per head.
If you are interested, please ring Lydia Peters on 871077or Caren Felton on 870880 so that lifts can be arranged.
By now, Anne was 21 – and the Beaches were faced with little option other than to admit defeat: the incarceration of their own daughter had not suc-ceeded. Anne had come of age and was lawfully free to associate with whom she wished. However, this ‘eminent’ Keevil couple were not prepared to let their daugh-ter decide her own future without incurring a heavy price. They laid down an ultimatum: unless Anne gave up the Curate for good, she would be cast out of Keevil Manor with “but a shilling”, and have to forfeit her claim to a share of the Beach estate. Anne made her decision: and on the 22nd November 1770, she married the Rev. William Wainhouse in St. Leonard’s Church, by special licence. Tragically though, this was not to be a fairy-tale ending. On the 10th Feb-ruary 1771, less than three months after marrying the man she had gone through such acute suffering and victimisation to be with, Anne died. Her body was laid to rest in the south aisle of St. Mary’s Church, beneath a tomb-stone which ends with the engraving: “BLESSED ARE THE MEEK!” It is generally believed that Anne died of consumption – which Wainhouse claimed she had contracted as a result of her time spent hiding in the Manor shrubbery in the cold during the couple’s second attempt at eloping. How-ever, it is notable that this incident took place more than two years prior to her death. Whatever the eventual cause of her demise, we can be quite sure that Anne would have suffered both psychologically and physically from her two years’ imprisonment. To merely note the most obvious, the porch room has no chimney – so presumably there was no source of heat; and surely, none would have been gained from the open porchway beneath. Even if we allow for the accounts of her incarceration being perhaps not wholly accurate (for example, maybe she was allowed the freedom of the house occasionally, or frequently), following such an ordeal, despite her obvious and quite remark-able strength of character, by the time of her marriage we can imagine that Anne’s overall health, and state of mind, would have been far from good. It is quite easy to surmise how, in the 18th Century, she could have been left weakened or ill beyond recovery by her experience – or in the least, left dan-gerously susceptible to the various illnesses of the era. Nonetheless, perhaps inevitably, a version of the life-story of this young, 18th Century Keevil woman persists which declares that Anne Beach died of a broken heart. It says she discovered that her new husband – unaware that Anne had been disinherited – did not love her, and had only married her for her share of the family fortune. This realisation overwhelmed the young bride, and proved to be her ending.
At the Annual General Meeting, the Chairman and Treasurer report on the past year, and the committee is elected for the coming year. This could be your chance to influence the Friends’ thinking and actions. Why not take it a step further and put yourself forward for nomination to the committee ? Five members of the current committee are due to retire : this is a wake up call for all those who would like to have an opportunity to use their ideas and their energy in the concerns which occupy the village community. If you would like to be nominated or find out more, please contact Lydia Peters on 871077.
Kindergarten update
As some of you may be aware there is a lot of work going on to establish a kindergarten in the village. At this stage there are no finalised plans as to location, and various options are being considered in consultation with us, the Parish Council, and Wiltshire Council’s Planning and Highways depart-ments. Once there is more information to share, updates will be provided through the Parish Magazine and the new website when it is up and run-ning.So watch this space......
Steeple Ashton Parish Council
12 25
SPRING JUMBLE SALEThis year in aid of
Steeple Ashton Parent and Tod-dler Group and the Rec. Group
(raising funds for the sports pavilion and hall on St. Mary’s
playing field) reg. charity no.1131674
Saturday 29th Marchat 10am in the Village Hall.
Jumble, Bric-a-brac, Nearly New,Cakes, Teas and Raffle,
Entrance 50p. Jumble donations very welcome. Please bring to hall from 8am or Contact Hazel Hawkes on 01380
870742 if you need items collected.Unsold items will be passed on to the
British Heart Foundation shop.
This incident proved to be the ‘last straw’ for the Beaches. Convinced that their daughter would not give up her quest to marry Wainhouse, and realis-ing he could not be trusted to keep his word, at some point around 1768, they resorted to drastic measures. In 1611 a front porch with a small room over it had been added to Keevil Manor. In a cruel and inhumane attempt to break the lovers apart, Anne – not yet 20 – was confined to this room by her parents. Effectively impris-oned in her family home, Anne was to be locked away from the outside world until she relinquished all desire to be with Wainhouse. Left alone above the porch, at some stage, Anne took her diamond ring and scratched: “Remember Ann Beach” into the glass of the window – the same pane through which, periodically, she may well have been able to catch sight of the man she loved, as he carried out his duties in Keevil (the high walls that now surround the Manor grounds were not constructed until later).
The Porch with room above Ann’s scored message (it is uncertain when and by whom the other inscrip-
tions were made.Just what this young woman went through psychologically in that room, we can only imagine. Yet William and Anne Beach had underestimated the strength of their daughter’s resolve – and the depth of her love for Rev. Wainhouse: following two years imprisoned above the porch, Anne had not succumbed to her parents’ demands.
THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGIONSteeple Ashton & District Branch
93rd ANNUAL DINNERFRIDAY 11th APRIL 2014
STEEPLE ASHTON VILLAGE HALL7.30 for 8 pm
Members and friends are allvery welcome
GRAND RAFFLE
Tables will be for eight. To make a reservation, ring Geoff Hyatt on
01380 871319. Following the success of previous years’ menus, there will be
a hot dish such as Boeuf Bourgui-gnon, with new potatoes and green vegetables, followed by a choice of puddings, plus cheese and biscuits,
and then coffee. Please bring your own wine – glasses are provided.
TICKETS £15.00
I’m using this reply box, for pur-poses of the Newsletter, to inform you that the delivery date for oil is Thursday, 20th March, 2014. I will need to be informed of members’ requirements by Monday the 16th. Thank you. Colin Green
Primrose Sunday Sunday March 16th
2pm-4pmCome and add your primrose plant
to the replanting schemealong Little Lane
(footpath 23)
1324
RIDE & STRIDE Saturday 13 September 2014Last year Geoff Witts (weather man) raised £160. This is early to mention this event, which is in aid of the Wiltshire Historic Churches Trust. Half of the sponsor money raised goes to the upkeep of the church of your choice. There are a number of keen cyclists and walkers in this parish. Please con-sider taking part. You make up your own route; nearly every church in the county is open, many with manners to sign your card. Most other counties are doing this on the same day. Sponsor forms and lists of churches will be available from your parish organizer. I should be most happy to have some other person take over as organizer. This also involves doing a rôta from 10am – 6pm. Many are willing to do this.Your parish organizer of 25 years - Lystra Berrett 01380/870809
Anne was the second eldest of three children. Her elder brother, William Wither, was born in 1746. He attended New College, Oxford, and wrote poetry. Apparently, William later became ‘insane’, and died a bachelor at 82. Anne’s younger sister, Henrietta Marie, was born in 1760. William Wainhouse was born in 1738. He was the only son of the Rector of Keevil the Rev. Richard Wainhouse, and his wife Mary. Having gained a B.A. degree at Oxford at the age of 21, William became both Curate and Deacon of St. Leonard’s Church, Keevil. He continued his studies and obtained an M.A. degree in 1762, following the death of his father Richard in December 1761. On the 25th September 1763, at the age of 25, William Wainhouse was ordained a Priest. He stayed as Curate at St. Leonards, and by 1764 was also made Curate at St. Mary’s Church, here in Steeple Ashton. Although he con-tinued to perform quite often as both Curate and Minister at Keevil, it is likely that William would have been living at Steeple Ashton Vicarage, or at a residence close-by. It was during his years as St. Mary’s Curate in the late 1760s that Wainhouse, who already knew Anne Beach – from her attend-ances at St. Leonards Church, and doubtless as a member of the most prom-inent family in Keevil – began to take an interest in her. By the Reverend’s own admission – in a self-penned pamphlet written later which he called his “Narrative” – Wainhouse had shifted his attentions onto Anne following an unsuccessful previous attempt at securing the hand of a lady “of good prospects” (we do not know to whom he refers). Neverthe-less, it would seem that Anne, then in her late-teens, welcomed the Clergy-man’s second venture into seeking out an eminent wife – and a friendship soon turned into romance. When Anne’s parents heard of the affair, they were far from pleased. A Curate of humble means was not what they had envisaged as an appropriate husband for their eldest daughter. Seeking to end the relationship, William Beach and his wife summoned the Curate to their Keevil Manor home. Here they extracted a solemn promise from him: to make no more attempts on Anne’s affections. William Wainhouse broke his promise – and went on to make two attempts at eloping with Anne. Initially, they intended to escape to Scotland. The lovers’ quest to be married north of the boarder was thwarted, when Anne’s sister awoke at a crucial moment. Their second plan also collapsed in its early stages – with Anne enduring a cold and lengthy wait in the Manor shrubbery while her mother searched for her at the Curate’s lodgings (pre-sumably in Steeple Ashton) after she had found her missing.
Bryan writes....continued from the inside front cover Footpath 23Many thanks to all those who contributed to the bluebell fund.£22 was collected which has paid for 100 bulbs and 2 packets of seed. The footpath isn’t yet completed but is certainly much improved. A grass and wild flower seed mix has been sown – some which we purchased and some collected at the end of the summer. Ragged robin once grew along this path and has been re-sown. Cow-parsley, celandines and red campion plants are already reshooting.
If you would like to volunteer to help (and it is great fun) come along on a Saturday morning after 10am .It’s easy to see what needs doing – spreading and ditching – just get started; you can’t go wrong. ###DON’T MISS PRIMROSE SUNDAY###
Parish MagazinesGeoff Buxton-Dean sent an article from the Daily Telegraph headlined ‘Church Fears End for Parish Papers’. One of the oldest, in Howarth, W Yorks, is to close after 115 years - only half the copies were selling (!). Their church hosts a very busy website, we are told.When our new village website is complete, some or all of this newsletter could be accessed online.Bryan wrote about the history of our magazine in June 2013. The Steeple Ashton, Great Hinton and Semington Newsletter was initiated in 1971 by its first Editor Denis Hobson but it may have started even earlier.....Bryan may find out more so watch this space. Ed
Salles de BainsBathroom and Kitchen design and installationBathrooms, cloakrooms, wet rooms,
en-suites, shower rooms and kitchens
Full installation from design to completionAdaptation of existing layouts
Solutions for reduced mobility problems Over 30 years experience Local Company
Roger Drinkwater Phone: 07808284950Email: [email protected]
14 23
Keevil Scarecrow Trail 17th-18th May 2014
During the weekend of the 17th-18th May, Keevil C of E Primary School will be holding its annual Scarecrow Trail! This year’s theme is Famous British Historical Figures and prizes are given for correctly guessing their identi-ties. It is a great day out for all ages with 40 scarecrows on show. The school also runs many stalls including a BBQ, bar, plant stall, cake stall, tombola, book stall, etc. This all helps to raise money for items/activities that schools today cannot afford from their tight budgets and Steeple Ashton children make up the highest proportion of pupils at the school. Previous monies raised have funded a timber trail, trip to the pantomime, art, craft and lit-eracy weeks, etc. to name but a few.
Jill Reynolds
We are inviting everyone from the Steeple Ashton area to get involved by making a Scarecrow! We can provide the cross section and the head and then it’s up to you to get creative! We have a list of historical figures to choose from, or you can come up with one of your own, as long as it hasn’t already been taken. A great fun activity for any school groups, organisa-tions, businesses, families and individuals with advertising available too! We already have a few local businesses involved. Best of all, there are great prizes for the best scarecrow too, so your efforts could be well rewarded. We would also dearly love to hear from any local companies or individuals willing to provide a raffle or competition prize in return for advertising. In previous years we have had many of the local pubs, restaurants, children’s attractions and pampering sessions donating fabulous prizes. Please do get in touch if you think you can help! It will be a great weekend for the whole of the local area.Kindest regards,
could you advertise here?
Please call Chris Plum on01380 870 875
1522
MOBILE HAIRDRESSER
Ladies, Gents & ChildrenReasonable Prices
Available to come to your homeat your convenience
Please contact Charlotte01380 828199
KeithDraperGarden Maintenance ServicesOver 40 years experience
References availableTel: 01225 867999Mob: 07775787284
Steeple Ashton Village Hall Contact DetailsNew Daytime/Work Telephone Number: 01225 703144New Evening/Home Telephone Number: 01225 356196
New Email Address: [email protected] and booking forms can still be posted to:Moorfield Farm, 2 Church Street, Steeple Ashton
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 6EW
Many thanks, Sandra Stevens
Friday ClubMeeting dates for March
3:45pm-5-15pm at our Village Hall
Friday 14th and 28th
Postal Collectionsin Great Hinton
Mon - Fri
4.15pm
Saturday
8.30am
Parent and Toddler Group - open every Wednesday
10am – 12. in the Village Hall.All Welcome.
Postal Collections in Steeple Ashton
Longs ArmsNewleazeAshtonCommon
4pm12noon11.30am
Mon - Fri Saturday10am11am11am
The Village Hall Committee urgently needs new members, otherwise it is possible that the Hall may have to close in a year or two.I am 80 and intend to stand down as Chairman at the AGM. I have been Chairman for 20 years and on the committee for 38 years but I am not the longest serving member. Four of the Committee members are in their 70s and 2 others are 69. The duties are mainly opening closing the Hall on a 5 week rota basis. There may be there is a better way of car-rying out the opening and closing of the Hall and putting on the heating?But we still lose items like the microphone and large Saucepan by mistake or pilfering and you can’t really leave the Hall open all the time. We are unable to obtain a Cleaner for the Hall and our Secretary Sandra comes over from Melksham to clean at present. The date of the AGM will be announced in next months magazine.
Richard Little
21
Village DiaryThe Newsletter prints a Diary of Events each month.
If you are organising activities in the village, you may wish to contact me to avoid a clash of events. Helen
Regular events in Steeple Ashton Village Hall, unless otherwise stated
Wednesday
Tuesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday Ballroom Dance Classes; 7.00pm. Tel: 07917 573831Steeple Rocks; 7.30pm. Venue, call 01380 870406
Brownies; 5.30 - 7pm. Term Time. Carolyn Collis: 01380 870379Guides; 7pm - 8.30pm. Elizabeth Leversha 01380 831278
8am Prayers in St Mary’s ChurchBaby and Toddler Group; 10.00am - 12noon1st and 3rd Wednesdays; Forget-Me-Not Club, 2.30pm.2nd Wednesday; Women’s Institute, 7.30pmDee Dee Wilde Dance Class, 10.30am
YOGA; 10.30am - 12noonMobile Library (alternate Fridays, dates and times below)Walking group meets at the Longs Arms; 2.30pmFriday Club; 3.45pm - 5.30pm, Term Time. Contact 01380 870013.
MARCH
19th
Mobile Library; 10.45-11.45am, Steeple Ashton, The Green11.50-12.10am, Steeple Ashton, St Mary’s12.15-12.30pm Ashton Common Bus Stop
SatForget-Me-Nots, Fish and Chips lunch, 2.30pm, VH
Fri
Film, Philomena, 7.30pm, VH
Purple Fish, 8pm - midnight, VHWed
Parish Council, 7.30pm, VH
FriForget-Me-Nots, talk, Holidays Afloat, 2.30pm, VHWed
Tue
Sat
HOUSEKEEPERResponsible: Professional: Hardworking
Any aspect of housekeeping undertakenCleaning, ironing, washing, gardening
References available
Please Contact Joanna07960 208423 : 01225 774376
1st5th
14th28th
7th
10th
18th
29th Jumble Sale, 10am, VH
16
Fri
Mon
Newsletter Deadline
16th Sun Primroses planting, see p1217th Lent Lunch and talk, 12.15, VHMon
21st St Mary’s Preservation Trust AGM, 7.30pm, VHSat
Steeple Rocks Choir Concert, 7.30pm, St Mary’s Church29th
Women’s World Day of Prayer, 2pm, Methodist Church8th Sat
12th Wed Hellebores at Kapunda Castle, see p11
1720
Decorating, plumbing& all those jobs around
the house & gardenFriendly, reliable & above all affordable
For a free quote call Andy
01380 871535 - 07912251297
Pete Clark Building Solutions...the builder that cares
Property renovations, extensions,hard landscaping, kitchens and bath-rooms, general property maintenance
PJC Building:01380 830331 / 07896532522
www.pjcbuilding.co.uk [email protected]
JKL PCs“No fix - No fee”
Problem withiPad - iPhone - Computer?
Call Leon 01380 870708or 07775677761
Free callouts!! - Broken iPads &Laptops a specialitySemington Wiltshire
Email: [email protected]
Hinton ServicesExceptional service since 1989
Your Local Independent Vehicle Repair SpecialistVehicle Diagnostics, Latest Software
All Makes Servicing & Repairs Inc. 4x4’s & VintageMOT Testing Station. HGV Inspections
4 Wheel Alignment, Air Conditioning, Tyres, ExhaustsBattery’s, Towbars, Alloy Wheel Repairs
& RefurbishmentCARS, COMMERCIALS & HGV’s (up to 7.5tonnes)Collection & Delivery, Courtesy Vehicles, RecoveryTel: 01380 871022/07860456724
www.hintonservices.co.ukwww.hintoncoachworks.co.uk
Hinton Coach WorksAuto Body Repair Specialists
A Garage You Can TrustA Service You Can Rely On!
Alloy Wheel Straightening & RefurbishmentRestoration Work & Insurance Work UndertakenTyres Supplid & Fitted inc Quads, 4x4 & Vintage
Computerised 4 Wheel Allignment, Air Conditioning
Tel: 01380 871022/07860456724www.hintonservices.co.uk
www.hintoncoachworks.co.uk
STEPHEN GRAVERCraftsmen in Construction
Kitchens and BathroomsDesign and Build, Bespoke Furniture
01380 871746www.stephengraver.comElmsgate, Edington RoadSteeple Ashton, BA14 6HP
Husband for HireHandyman Services
18 19
R S Electrical ServicesDomestic - Commercial - Industrial
Tel: 01225 783294Fax: 01225 783290
