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FIREWORKS FANTASIAFIREWORKS FANTASIA7.30pm - 27th October John O’Gaunt School

Gates open 5.30pm - Funfair & Food Tickets Adults £6, Kids £3, Family (of 4) £15Children under 3 FREE Discount for advance ticket purchases Tickets from Crown Needlework

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Hungerford Events are set to provide a Fireworks Fantasia tomorrow night, Saturday, October 27 from 7.30.

Hungerford Events’ aim is to keep traditional town events locally organised and for the residents. This event previously organised by the now defunct Hungerford Round Table and taken on by Hungerford Events will give you - Brilliant Burgers,

Sizzling Sausages, The Best Bacon Butties, Hot Chocolate Happiness and a Family Funfair. What more could you want apart from a Fantastic Firework show professionally choreographed to music!

Gates open at 5.30pm: Fireworks at 7.30pm at John O’Gaunt School, Priory Road. Tickets from Crown Needlework.

See advertisement below. -Nigel Perrin.

FIREWORKS FANTASIA FOR HUNGERFORD

The Hungerford Christmas Market will be held on Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd November in the Town Hall and Corn Exchange (10 am – 5 pm).

The Christmas Market was begun by Kathini Graham, who ran it for 30 years. Sadly Kathini died, aged 83, on June 1st 2012,

HUNGERFORD CHRISTMAS MARKET TO MAKE SHOPPING EASYhowever she had largely already organised this year’s market and family friend, Sally Poltimore, with the help of Caroline Preston, have taken over the running of it, which this year will be held in Kathini’s memory. Every year the gate and raffl e support a different charity and Kathini’s chosen charity for 2012 is Parkinson’s UK. All other profi ts from the 2012 Market will be given to AMREF, the African charity she supported.

There will be 32 stalls at the Market, selling a wide variety of things, and there will also be a café selling delicious sandwiches and cakes. All are very welcome!

Kathini was born in Nairobi, where she spent the fi rst 35 years of her life, and many of her charitable interests were linked to the country of her birth, which she visited often.

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Citroen Specialist ..................01672 521053Elm Tree Motor Company .....01672 511777EVS...................................... 01672 540533Great Shefford Auto Centre 01488 648055

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BESPOKE TAILORINGVincent ..................................01672 511488

BESPOKE WOODEN FLOORSWhittle Woods........................08450 552488

BOARDING CATTERYLittlecopse Cattery ................01672 520879

BUILDING SERVICESCEW Builders.........................07818 233249Edward Stacey.......................01672 562734KG Parsons ...........................07921 255008Ross Edwards .......................01672 514020P.M. Rosier & Son. ...............01672 871202Simon Thorpe ...................... 07775 727389

CARPETS & CURTAINSDible & Roy ............ curtains 01672 513491..................................carpets 01672 513492

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTDavid Owen & Co..................01672 512163

CHIMNEY SWEEP Jamie ................................... 01488 648417Sarsen Stoves ..................... 01264 790033

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CLOCKSThe Clockmaker ....................01488 682277

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Bill Baxter ..............................01488 684552CURTAIN MAKER

Florence Grace .....................01488 648414DANCE SCHOOL

Elizabeth McIndoe School ....01672 520514DECORATING

David Rolls ............................01488 682953W. Talmage ...........................01488 685361

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Lambourn Electrical Contractors ................01488 670116........07958 488629Premier Electrics....................01672 890296SG Electrical Services...........01672 516724

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ESTATE AGENTSRussell Marshall.....................01488 686867

FUNERAL DIRECTORSCamp Hopson Funerals.........01488 686511

GARDEN DESIGN/SERVICESPH Landscapes .....................01672 870113RPS Services ........................01672 512350Stacy Tuttle ...........................01488 682440

GAS INSTALLERSENERcon...............................01488 680800

HAIRDRESSERSKrysia Eddery........................07796 136 517 The Gentleman’s Shop..........01488 684363Roberta’s ..............................01488 682888

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HOTELS, PUBS, RESTAURANTSThe Hare..................................01488 71386The Ivy House .......................01672 515333

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NURSING SERVICESBrendoncare .........................01488 684916

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DANCE SCHOOLElizabeth McIndoe School ....01672 520514

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GARAGE SERVICESPeter Stirland Ltd...................01488 683678Stag Service Station .............01488 682202

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GAS INSTALLERSENERcon...............................01488 680800

HAIRDRESSERSAd Hoc ................................. 01488 681944Edge Hair Salon ................ 17 Bridge StreetRoberta’s ..............................01488 682888

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HOTELSThe Bear................................01488 682512The Three Swans...................01488 682721

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IRONINGManuella’s.............................01672 512884

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MAN WITH A VANAndy .................................... 01488 684726

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PLUMBING SERVICESA4 Plumbing ..........................07771 511331

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PUBS & RESTAURANTSCasanova ..............................01488 682721Indigo Palace ....................... 01488 668896La Primavera ........................ 01488 682588The Downgate ...................... 01488 682708The Hare .................................01488 71386The Shears .......................... 01264 850304The Sun Inn .........................01488 682162

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The emergence of yet another movie-thriller about the fictional ‘spook’, James Bond, gives me the opportunity to reveal what our secret service is really like as, through my journalistic activities,

I have known several of our real-life ‘spooks’ well enough to merit their confidence on many matters.

Bond is projected as a member of the British Secret Intelligence Service, commonly abbreviated to ‘the SIS’ but best known as MI6 because it began as the Sixth division of Military Intelligence. The word ‘spook’ for a member of MI6 arose in the Foreign Office, the government department responsible for MI6. I vividly recall a senior diplomat telling me, many years ago, that a Foreign Office official I wished to question was no longer available because he had ‘gone to the spooks’, meaning that he had moved to MI6.

Every country of any consequence operates a Secret Intelligence Service because, in order to formulate a sensible foreign policy, it needs to know the true intentions of other nations towards it and especially of those which might be plotting against it as, for example, Germany, Japan and the Soviet Union were doing in the not too-distant past. Usually, this can be achieved with confidence only through the service of spies operating within those countries known to be hostile. What is needed is a regular supply of dependable evidence in the form of copies of genuine secret documents revealing the true intentions.

The SIS, with its imposing Headquarters in London, is composed mainly of ‘Intelligence Officers’ who are required to obtain the necessary evidence. James Bond is such an officer.

The Intelligence Officers are posted to the various countries of interest to the Foreign Office usually in the guise of diplomats attached to the Embassies in the capital cities of those countries. When established there, it is their duty to recruit and run ‘agents’ who have access to the secret information required. Such agents are, almost always, residents of the foreign country who already have, or can acquire access to, the information. They are traitors to their own countries and operate for money or for some

other reason. The Officers are required to secure the agents’ information by meeting them at intervals or, more usually, by picking up messages deposited in written or coded form at some secret hiding place known as a ‘dead drop’.

James Bond is projected as both an officer and an agent, a situation which rarely, if ever, exists in real life. He is also ‘licensed to kill’, which never happens in reality. The SIS has planned assassinations in the past, the Egyptian leader, Nasser, once being listed. However, the deed was to have been done by Egyptian nationals opposed to him. A former SIS chief, Sir Maurice Oldfield, told me that the only deliberate death in which he had ever been involved was the smuggling of a suicide pill to a captured agent in a foreign prison so that he could escape torture.

In running agents it is a big advantage for the Officer based in the Embassy to have a brave and dependable wife who is prepared to visit dead-drops. Even children have been involved to enable an agent to pass information to a wife sitting in a park by pretending to be talking to the children. Bond has no wife,

In the Bond world to be caught could be disastrous. The real world is much less dangerous. Those attached to an Embassy, as most SIS officers are, enjoy Diplomatic Immunity so that the worst that can happen to them or their wives is to be expelled from the country, sometimes in a blaze of adverse publicity, but, more often, quietly. It is the exposed agent who, often literally, gets it in the neck.

I have a slight personal connection with James Bond which I treasure. When the Defence Ministry decided to issue passes in and out of its London headquarters to accredited Defence Correspondents, those in charge paid me the compliment of ensuring that mine was numbered OO7. I have it framed.

RECOLLECTIONS OF AN EXCITING LIFE

THE REAL JAMES BONDS

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Continued ... She was working for the Governor of Kenya in 1952 when the

then Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip visited the country en route for Australia. Kathini helped to arrange the couple’s hasty return to London after George VI’s sudden death on February 6th. She remained proud of successfully managing to have a suitable black hat delivered to London airport which the new Queen could wear as she stepped out of the aeroplane. In the 1970’s and 1980’s Kathini was one of the best known figures on the London property scene, specialising in furnished rentals. She was still working on a part-time basis for Knight Frank in Hungerford right up until the beginning of this year. However, she also had many other interests and was particularly fond of her allotment. She lived in the Bedwyns for some 30 years with her husband Donald who died in 2000. She was a great supporter of the village, its residents and the Church and was a person of great energy, drive and enthusiasm who had many friends of all ages and walks of life.

HUNGERFORD CHRISTMAS MARKET TO MAKE SHOPPING EASY

More than 400 people crammed East Garston church with around 50 standing in the graveyard for the funeral of David Wallis on Monday.

David, who originally farmed near Thatcham, in more recent years owned Dixon’s Farm at Lambourn Woodlands.

He and his wife Wendy were immensely popular and this was evidenced by the funeral service attendance.

In the last year of his life he was president of Hungerford Rotary Club and it was former Rotarian The Reverend Sandy Railton who conducted his funeral service.

400 AT FUNERAL SERVICE

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OCTOBER 201225: Probus - Bruce Trust27: Flashback (band) @ Marl Town FC28: Spirals Craft Fair & Refreshments 10-4pm HTH28: Hung’d Farmers Mkt28: Brendoncare Gt South Run29: Marlb Embroidery Guild30: Marlb Embroidery Guild

NOVEMBER 20121: HEAT Green Drinks 8pm The Plume2: Open Mic night MTFC2: Croft Films - Wings of the Dove4: HEAT walk 10am Town Hall steps7: Marlb WI Wesley Hall 7.30pm7: Hung’d WI Croft Hall 7.30pm10: Craft Fair Hung’d TH 10am-4pm10: Musical Coffee Morn Cft Hll 10am15: Croft Films - Il Postino16: HTC Variety Show Crft Hll 7.30pm17: HTC Variety Show Crft Hll 7.30pm17: Kintbury Sch Xmas Fair 2-5 17: Chestnut Walk Coffee Morning20: MU Quiet Aftern’n, Crft Hall, 143025: Hung’d Farmers Mkt29: Probus - Romanian Experience

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Several hundred mourners gathered to farewell a great and loyal Chilton Foliat citizen on Tuesday.

The service in St Mary’s Church was for the life of Robert William Bourne who played an active part in village life until his recent illness.

Bob Bourne was responsible for planting and attending to fl owers growing in and around the churchyard, mowing, and for the magnifi cent fl owers at the base of the village tree.

He was better known for his bridge prowess and was classifi ed in the high echelons of world players.

As Pip Pocock put it in his admirable address on Bob’s life: The great bridge icon Zia Mahmood once placed his hand on Bob’s shoulder and exclaimed “Ah! -Bob Bourne; the great Bob Bourne”.

The service was conducted by the Rector, The Reverend Simon Weeden.

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A £10,000 windfall will be used to bring more visitors to Hungerford following an announcement this week.

The Hungerford Marketing Group, made up of volunteers from local businesses and the community, had applied to be part of the Mary Portas Scheme promoted by the government in order to win £50,000 to boost the local economy, together with mentoring and other support.

While the town did not win, all those who entered have now been awarded £10,000, which must be used to promote Hungerford.

Nigel Perrin, chairman of the Hungerford Chamber of Commerce and Sarah Jones from Woodlands Lifestyle, both members of the Hungerford Marketing Group commented: “Naturally we were disappointed not to be successful in our bid to be part of the Mary Portas Scheme, but we are delighted to have become Town Team Partners and look forward to receiving the £10,000 windfall to help us promote Hungerford and encourage more people to visit our wonderful town”.

“We will need to discuss the details of how best it is spent, suffi ce to say it will be on making the town more attractive to visitors and getting those who visit to stay longer.

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Hungerford Town Council’s Recreation, Amenities and War Memorials committee has been told there are 18 people on

the waiting list for allotments and four allotments empty.

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Preparation work began recently with pollarding the willow tree standing near the entrance to Town Mill. The next phase was to divert river fl ow through sluice gates into Coopers Meadow.

Silence in Kennet Place when the water stopped fl owing over the mill race was almost eerie.

An Aquadam was then rolled out across the river just upstream of the town mill bridge and the water pumped out. The next stage is the heavy machinery getting to work to take out the mill race and replace it with a series of three pools, through which trout may gain access to the upper reaches of the River Kennet. - Val Compton

FISH PASS WORK

RATS, DOG POO AND CHRISTMAS!The Amenities and Open Spaces agenda was as varied as ever.

The committee repeated requests for people to stop leaving food for ducks on the river banks in town: although rat numbers have decreased, many have merely moved to George Lane car park. More signs will be erected and pest control offi cers continue to tackle the problem. Dog mess remains an issue, particularly at the Recreation ground, where this is putting children at risk from disease when they use the play park. Signs will be erected here too, with the committee in agreement that dogs should be kept on leads. They emphasised that all dog walkers, everywhere, have a responsibility to clean up after their pets.

CHRISTMAS LIGHTSOn a brighter note, Cllr Rich Pitts commented that a vibrant town

needs vibrant lights. This Christmas, as well as a tree on the Green and one in the High Street, the yew tree in St Mary’s churchyard will be lit with 400 white LED lights. Christmas Lights switch-on, in the High Street, will take place on Thursday 29 November at 7p.m., with We Love Marlborough events in the Town Hall and a festive Communities Market, both from 3 o’clock.

BENCH REMEMBERS JIM SHERRITTCllr Pitts confi rmed that the bench on The Green, in memory

of Jim Sherritt, will be unveiled on Armistice Day, 11 November. Cr. Val Compton is investigating whether Natural England’s Paths for Communities Fund would pay for a path to connect Five Stiles Road with the Business Park. The Jubilee Orchard planting on The Common, on Sunday, was a great success and Cllr Brian Castle informed the committee that the Tree Council for Britain has awarded Marlborough a mulberry tree, that will be planted in the centre of the diamond. The committee received a report from ARK on management recommendations for Cooper’s Meadow. Plans for Stonebridge Meadow, which have received favourable comment from the public, are still available to view until the end of the month, via the council offi ces or on-line. -Shirley Pryor

NOTES FROM MARLBOROUGH TOWN COUNCIL TABLE

Like many charities, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust relies on the hard work and goodwill of its thousands of volunteers. During its Annual General Meeting held on Saturday, 20th October, the Trust took time to recognise and say

thank you to them with a Volunteer of the Year awards 2012. Judging the competition, Simone Lord, Volunteer centremanager for Volunteer

Centres Wiltshire, said “Having read through all the nominations carefully, I found the warmth and gratitude towards the nominees quite inspiring”.

The Trust is delighted to announce that the winners were: Young volunteer of the year: Richard Cureton: Richard assists with the Sarsen

Train and in the volunteer offi ce. Simone said “Richard impressed me with his overall commitment to the organisation. He has a willingness to work within all areas and this leading to him fi nding paid employment is another positive both for him and to an example for others.”

Lifetime achievement: Monica Blake: Monica is secretary of the Chippenham local supporters group, encouraging new members and particularly young people to get involved. Of the Trust’s 50 years of operation, Monica has been volunteering for over 40! On receiving her award, Monica said “however much I have given the Trust, it has given me much more.” Continied on page 11 ...

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Continued from page 10 Volunteer of the year: Les Lipscombe: With three nominations,

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Volunteer group of the year: Waste prevention volunteersSimone said that this was the most difficult category to choose

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Derek Gard, volunteer coordinator, said “While we have over 1500 volunteers, we are always happy to welcome more people who want to help us to care for Wiltshire’s wildlife. We offer a variety of roles from office work to wildlife management. Anyone wishing to volunteer with us should go to http://www.wiltshirewildlife.org/get-involved/volunteer. If you can’t spare the time to help, consider becoming a member and help us to preserve and protect this wonderful county.”

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The address to write to is: Rt Hon. Simon Burns MP, Minister of State for Transport, Department for Transport, Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Rd, LONDON SW1P 4DR

Suggested things to state are: 1) We don’t accept any reduction in our peak and off peak direct

services to Paddington or Reading. Bedwyn has 22/23 weekday calls in each direction at present giving an hourly service for most of the day, with roughly two trains an hour during the peaks. Therefore, any specifi cation which signifi cantly reduces calls or frequency will simply not be acceptable for station users. Of these calls, 12 trains in each direction (just over 50%) run through to and from Paddington.

2) Bedwyn acts as a railhead for Marlborough and a wide surrounding area.

BEDWYN ACTS AS RAILHEAD TO MARLBOROUGH3) 66% of users of Bedwyn station travel to or through Paddington.4) It’s unacceptable to do this to Bedwyn (or station of your preference)

when people have built their lives around the direct services.5) It will hit local economies, communities and house prices.6) If they do this they’d better build some big car parks at Newbury and

Andover and improve the road systems to handle the traffi c pulses that train arrivals / departures create. People do not like changing trains and will prefer to make the fi rst leg by car to a station that is direct to Paddington. The stations between Newbury and Westbury currently spread the load.

7) It’s way off any green agenda they may have.8) Why has the DfT removed the perfect solution from the ITT? This

was in their previous consultation document where the plan was to run an hourly semi-fast Paddington to Exeter diesel service. This would likely have used the HST stock freed up be electrifi cation of the London / Bristol route. Such a service could call at Paddington, Reading, Newbury, Kintbury, Hungerford, Bedwyn, Pewsey, Westbury, Castle Cary, Taunton, Tiverton Parkway and Exeter. Note this solution is BTPG’s preferred solution. If you wish you could request electrifi cation to be continued to Bedwyn or Westbury. However, we feel the HST route is more realistic (because the implementation costs are with the train operator c.f. the DfT) and has less of an environmental impact (overhead gantries and replacement of bridges)”.

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HUNGERFORD FAREWELLS GWYNNETHHungerford farewelled the loyal and hard-working Gwynneth Bullock at her funeral service in St Law-rence’s Church on Monday.

ROTARY RAISES £2041 FOR CHARITY Hungerford Rotary Club raised £2041 for charity and polio eradication funds at a supper provided by The Plume of Feathers in The Corn Exchange on Friday. 126 guests were entertained with West End songs. Club president Nick Fritz is already planning a St George’s Day supper in April. - James Brown

HUNGERFORD COACH PARK DISCUSSIONHungerford Town Council’s highways and transport committee’s has discussed a coach park in Charnham Street. The park would be at the current bus stop oppo-site The Sun Inn and would involve several extra park-ing spaces, the mayor, Cr Martin Crane said. The meet-ing also heard of a proposal for a coach park at Cobbs Farm and feeling was that if Cobbs wished to develop a coach park, they could consider it.

STATION PRECINCTS PROGRESSDELAYEDTwo over-riding factors appear to be delaying progress of Hungerford’s railway station precincts development.These factors were again aired at a recent meeting of Hungerford Town Council’s highways and transport committee.Firstly, the council needs a decision from Network Rail on the station boundaries and “ransom strip” alleged to be hindering progress.Secondly the council needs assurance that the rail ser-vice will be maintained when tenders for the service are sought next March.The meeting was told there was no guarantee that rail traffi c would continue to expand if the service was re-duced to a “shuttle service” from Newbury when elec-trifi cation of the line between Paddington and Newbury was implemented.A special council committee was to meet on Wednesday to discuss the rail service. Delegates from Hungerford, Kintbury and Bedwyn were mentioned but there was no mention of Marlborough from where there is under-stood to be concern from people who use Bedwyn and Hungerford railway stations in preference to Swindon.

“MORE POSITIVE HOUSING APPROACH”Hungerford Town Council was looking to a more positive approach to housing development within the town, the mayor Cr Martin Crane told the last council highways and transport committee meeting. He said there were areas within the town that could contain housing and moves were under way to appoint a pro-fessional consultant. He said overall involvement in a local development plan would be too costly for the council.

I am delighted to report that last night’s ‘Movies & Musicals’ night organised by The Rotary - Youth Op-portunities Committee was a huge success – in many more ways than merely funds raised for Rotary Chari-ties, although as you will see from the attached spread-sheet we have raised over £2,000.00 surplus! (Subject to all ticket monies having been paid) Everyone who attended was treated to a magnifi -cent performance by West-End performers, Jayne O’Mahony, John Langley and Andrew Sackett. The Boeuf Bourguignon, buttery mashed potato and broc-coli served up by Rotarian James Weir of The Plume of Feathers was truly magnifi cent – and almost every-one came up to specifi cally say so! Served with fresh crusty French sticks and butter with lemon cheesecake and coffee to fi nish – All this followed by an enthusiastic part II perfor-mance with audience participation and the most rous-ing selection of song tunes including Bond theme ‘Di-amonds are forever’ If you weren’t there then you really did miss out – and you should be really disappointed, you would have loved it – as those who came will surely tell you!!

This is just a quick note to say that the resurfacing of the A4 Charnham Street was completed on Friday night and some of the road markings were replaced on Saturday. Unfortunately, the wet weather prevented completion of the white and yellow lines, so the contractor will return as soon as they have a dry day.There will shortly be a post-completion inspection of the works and any defects will be rectifi ed by the contractor. We will also be sending a satisfaction questionnaire to residents and businesses later this week.Many thanks to everyone for your patience during this major project. If anyone has any queries, please let me know.


COMMENT RE LINE SITUATIONThe next Friends of the Railway Path workday is on Sunday, 14th October.Workdays are an important way of helping to keep this much-loved local greenway looking good. This one will concentrate on the section south from Ogbourne St George, around and immediately south of the car park off Bytham Road (grid ref SU 1990 7407). The work is a mixture of ecological improvements, renovation and tidying. There is a patch of grassland which, with a little en-couragement, we think can become more fl ower rich. We will clear this and remove the cuttings (so that they don’t release their nutrients back into the grassland).There is a hedge with gaps: we will remove scrub from the gaps and start planting up the gaps. We plan later to start laying sections of the hedge where the shrubs are large enough: this improves habitat for a variety of small animals.We will also clear round the car park and the woodland area to the east of the Path, and remove litter.If you would like to come, we will meet at 10.00 at the car park off Bytham Road (see the map attached below: grid ref SU 2037 7400). Please wear suitable outdoor clothing and stout footwear, and bring:· Lunch and a drink· Gardening gloves if you have some· Any hand tools which you think you would like to use. We will have a stock of tools for use on the day.You are welcome to just turn up on the day, and to stay for as long as you like. If you know in advance you would like to come, please let me know.

EAST SHEFFORD SEWAGE WORKS UPGRADED TO PROTECT GLOBALLY RARE CHALK STREAM

East Shefford sewage works has been upgraded to help improve the quality of water in the River Lambourn.Thames Water’s £2.14m of improvements have increased the capacity of the works and added another treatment process, further improving the water discharged into this treasured chalk waterway. Chalk streams are globally rare and the Lambourn, home to protected native species such as bullheads and brook lampreys, is a designated special area of conservation (SAC). During winter months the river can dry up completely and starting to run again in spring. This means that treated wastewater makes up an important amount of the fl ow and the upgrades will ensure that the outfall remains of an exceptionally high quality. Fly fi shermen have been drawn to the stream’s exceptional clarity and the thriving shoals of wild brown trout and grayling. The river had been a well-kept fi shing secret, but came to prominence after featuring in Howard Marshall’s 1967 book Refl ections on a River. “Simple things - so many of them - make up the angler’s true delight. And all of them may be found on the banks of the little river Lambourn,” Marshall wrote. The East Shefford work supports Defra’s national ‘Love Your River’ campaign, which urges people and organisations everywhere to value their local rivers and look after them. Richard Aylard, Thames Water’s director of sustainability, said: “The works operate well at the moment, but what we’re doing is increasing the capacity to make sure it can continue to do so in the future.“Treated wastewater makes up part of the fl ow of the River Lambourn, so keeping the quality high, means a healthy river downstream..“You can see this ‘knock-on’ effect, with all the bugs, birds and other wildlife that are thriving in this globally rare natural habitat. ” Environment minister, Richard Benyon, said: “We all love our rivers. They are the lifeblood of our country. They’ve shaped our landscape, and our towns and cities have been designed around them. They are vitally important for our everyday lives and our environment, and we’ve all got a role to play in making sure our rivers are as healthy as they can be. The project at East Shefford, sewage works, due to fi nish in December, involves installing a new storm tank. This will increase the amount of sewage the works can handle during heavy downpours, reducing the risk of the system becoming overwhelmed and discharging untreated sewage into the river. The project, which started in March, includes an additional tertiary treatment process. The new nitrifying sand fi lter will reduce the amount of ammonia and suspended solid material in the fi nal effl uent, making the fi nal outfl ow into the river even cleaner.-Craig Rance, Thames Water.

Hungerford Town Council’s highways and transport committee will consider letting a future contract for Hungerford’s Christmas lights. The last committee

meeting briefl y discussed the contract suggestion. The council will run a special prize raffl e and sell Christmas cards to help with the cost of around £27,000 this year. Sir John Madejski will switch the lights on at 6pm on Sunday, December 2.

CONTRACT FOR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS?


Hedgehog Hazards Some of the worst cases Wiltshire Wildlife Hospi-tal have been treating are those involving slug pel-let poisoning. They explained to the Adviser “The hedgehogs suffer terrible pain. People need to be aware that if they have hedgehogs in the garden there is no need to use slug pellets, even the ani-mal friendly ones, supposedly harmless, can effect hedgehogs in this way”.The Hospital tell us that this is a dangerous time for the offspring, as they may not gain enough weight to survive the winter months. Members of the pub-lic should be aware of the plight of the autumn juvenile. Hedgehogs already being cared for that are not up to weight, are the ones needing over-wintering and by the end of October the hedgehogs should weigh 650g to survive the winter. Advice can be misleading about weight, with 1lb (454g) sometimes being stated as suffi cient, but Wiltshire Wildlife Hospital believe this is nowhere near enough for any hedgehog to survive. Last year they over-wintered 130 hedgehogs and annually they deal with between 600 and 700 hedgehogs.Hedgehogs are now being seen regularly in Coo-pers Meadow in Marlborough. The meadow is a mixture of mown, managed and wild habitat and it is thought that leaving some of the wild patches has encouraged them to breed there. Wiltshire Wildlife Hospital are a registered charity and be contacted on 07850 778752

HUNGERFORD COACH PARK DISCUSSIONHungerford Town Council’s highways and transport committee’s last meeting discussed a coach park in Charnham Street. The park would be at the current bus stop opposite The Sun Inn and would involve several extra parking spaces, the mayor, Cr Martin Crane said. The meeting also heard of a proposal for a coach park at Cobbs Farm and feeling was that if Cobbs wished to develop a coach park, they could consider it.

SIR JOHN MADEJSKI TO SWITCH ON LIGHTS?Sir John Madejski will be invited by Hungerford Town Council to switch on Hungerford’s Christmas lights on Sunday, December 2.“Mr Christmas Lights” Rod. Desmeules told the last Hungerford Town Council highways and transport com-mittee meeting he was ready to press ahead with the lights programme and would need volunteers to help.The meeting was told it was planned to offset costs with sales of Christmas cards, calendars and a prize draw.Hungerford’s Christmas lughts have been the envy of many centres in recent years, largely due to Mr Des-meules’ efforts.

STATION PRECINCTS PROGRESSDELAYEDTwo over-riding factors appear to be delaying progress of Hungerford’s railway station precincts development.These factors were again aired at the last meeting of Hungerford Town Council’s highways and transport committee.Firstly, the council needs a decision from Network Rail on the station boundaries and “ransom strip” alleged to be hindering progress.Secondly the council needs assurance that the rail ser-vice will be maintained when tenders for the service are sought next March.The meeting was told there was no guarantee that rail traffi c would continue to expand if the service was re-duced to a “shuttle service” from Newbury when elec-trifi cation of the line between Paddington and Newbury was implemented.A special council committee was to meet on Wednesday to discuss the rail service. Delegates from Hungerford, Kintbury and Bedwyn were mentioned but there was no mention of Marlborough from where there is under-stood to be concern from people who use Bedwyn and Hungerford railway stations in preference to Swindon.

“MORE POSITIVE HOUSING APPROACH”Hungerford Town Council was looking to a more positive approach to housing development within the town, the mayor Cr Martin Crane told the last council highways and transport committee meet-ing. He said there were areas within the town that could contain housing and moves were under way to appoint a professional consultant. He said over-all involvement in a local development plan would be too costly for the council.

HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORT BUDGETHungerford Town Council’s highways and trans-port committee has a budget of £42,000 for 2013-2014.


MAJORITY IN FAVOUR OF IMPROVEDRAILWAY STATION AREAThe vast majority of the 40 people who replied to the Hungerford Town Council questionnaire on the railway station area’s future were in favour of improvement, Cr Richard Hudson told this week’s council meeting.Questions:1. Generally agree with proposed station improve-ments: 95% yes, 5% no.2. If no what would you like to see: Nil.3a. Support improving station interchange 97% yes, 3% no.3b.Support high quality buildings on neighbouring sites: 90% yes, 10% no. 3c. Support junction improvement of Park St/Station Rd. 97% yes, 3% no.4. Worth reducing parking by 15 of 70 spaces 79% yes. 21% no.5. Agree with welcome sign: Hungerford Heart of AONB 76% yes, 24% no.6. A rail station building: 61% yes, 39% no.7. Residential development on Oakes site 81% yes, 19% no.8. Close level crossing 19% yes, 81% no.9. Other suggestions:Building with cafe, toilet etc, keep Hungerford at pres-ent size, no sprawl, overfl ow car park needed, reserva-tions about parking reduction, full support to enhance station, concern about nose, want more parking, re-duce gap on train platform, use Oakes site for parking, building best on up platform, HGV access concerns, add secure cycle parking, re-position ticket machine, building as Thatcham, CCTV on platforms, improve Park St. junction, more parking spaces, more trains, longer platform.

POLICE HELP WITH DOG FOULINGPolice have agreed to accompany the dog warden on patrol in Hungerford where instances of dog fouling are rife. District Councillor David Holtby told councllors before their last meeting that fouling was particularly bad in the canal area and Croft .

GOOD RESPONSE TO FAMILYHAIR SALON OPENINGHungerford’s newest business, The Edge Unisex Fam-ily Hair Salon is the latest business to benefi t from Ad-viser advertising.Proprietor Michele Jackson said she received excellent response from her front page advertisement last week.She has elected to become yet another regular Adviser advertiser.Michele’s salon is at 17 Bridge street, opposite Rox-ton’s. You can’t beat The Adviser but you can join it. Tel. 01488 682328. [email protected]

MARLBOROUGH FUNDRAISING EVENING TO SUPPORT LOCAL LIFE SAVERS A charity dance at Marlborough Town Hall next month will raise funds for the local life saving work of St John Ambulance. The dance on 20 October, featuring the band Cel-ebration, is being organised by volunteers from the charity’s Pewsey Division and Marlborough Com-munity First Responders - volunteers who provide emergency medical aid in the Marlborough area ahead of the arrival of an ambulance. Organiser Kev Dickens says: ‘At last year’s dance everyone had a fantastic time while knowing they were helping us to provide a service which is so of-ten the difference between life and death.’ The money raised from this year’s event will go towards equipping the local community with basic fi rst aid skills as well as supporting the Community First Responders and local St John Ambulance vol-unteers. The event will also provide an opportunity for people to fi nd out more about learning fi rst aid and volunteering. Kev says: ‘Our research shows up to 140,000* peo-ple a year die needlessly in situations where fi rst aid could have saved them. We’re determined to change that appalling statistic by getting as many people as possible to learn fi rst aid.’ The evening starts at 8.30pm. Tickets are £10 for adults and £8 for concessions and will be available from the White Horse Bookshop and Carrie’s Hair-dressers in Marlborough High Street. Tickets can also be reserved at www.marlborough-boxoffi ce.co.uk

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