Issue No 64 30th November 2012

Dates for your diaries 1st December - Memorial Service for Sir Donald Limon at Wells Cathedral 2.30pm 8th December - Carols around the tree 7pm in the Village Hall 16th December - Annual Carol Service at 6pm All Saints Church 27th December - Christmas Quiz / Dance 7pm in the Village Hall 10th January - Kingsdon Parish Council Meeting 7pm 18th January - Take Art (Moscow Drug Club)

The future of The Kingsdon

Chronicle is in your hands.

Turn to page 4 - if you care about the future of The Chronicle

Kingsdon at Christmas

An invitation to an evening of

Christmas Song and Carols

around the Christmas tree in Kingsdon Village Hall Saturday 8th De-

cember at 6.30pm

Mulled wine & Soft Drinks with mince pies & sausage rolls will be served after the singing

A small charge will be made to cover costs and any profit will be for the Friends of Yeovil Hospital

Please bring your Carols & Song booklets with you, if

you still have them from last year, and water if you need this whilst singing

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David Black

Appeals on behalf of

The Lord’s Larder

Kingsdon will once again be sending non perishable foods for Christmas. Please help us to help those in great need who live in

Yeovil & District. We will collect or you can deliver To David at Park Villa (840727)

by Saturday 8th December at the very latest. Dry goods and in-date cans please

(but not baked beans!) Thank You

A warm welcome awaits everyone to All Saints Church, Kingsdon

this Christmas Tide for the following services

On Sunday 2nd December at 11am children are encouraged to bring their parents to a Family Stir-up Service.

Sundays 9th and 16th at 11am will be Holy Communion Services Sunday 23rd 11am Benefice Holy Communion Somerton (no Kingsdon service)

Christmas Eve Holy Communion at 9.30pm

Christmas Day Holy Communion at 11am

Sunday 30 Dec 11am Mattins

Christmas Eve Monday 24th

Sunday Evening 16th December

Carol Service at 6pm

Crib Service at 2.30pm

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The Future of The Kingsdon Chronicle

For some months the question of how I go about the future production of the Chronicle has been under serious discus-sion. This has come about by the need for a new printer, or means of having the Chronicle printed. I have looked at all the various options available to us, and listened and explored many suggestions that have been put forward. Whichever decision is made for the future printing, there is no cheap solution. For the last 5 years since the Chronicle has been going, I have been very fortunate to have received some very generous donations that have covered the production costs. To those generous people I thank you from the bottom of my heart. A couple of months ago I decided to look at setting up a ‘100 club’, if successful, it would provide sufficient income to cover the production costs per year and mean I would not have to send out the annual begging notice. As the 100 club at the village school was so successful I asked Gillian Carnal, who had run it, for advice. From what she said, provided I had sufficient support, then it would secure the future for the Chronicle. Gillian agreed to run it for me so it is up and running. To-date we have sufficient members signed up to cover the cost of the prizes, more participants are now re-quired to meet the running costs of the Chronicle. Having just ordered a new printer costing £1,000, I do hope I receive your support with the 100 club, if you have not already done so. I do appreciate some residents have already given donations and prefer to support me in that way, and others have signed up to the 100 club. Either form of support is equally acceptable. Anyone can join the 100 club, whether you live in Kingsdon or elsewhere, each individual member of a household may join. Membership application forms can be found at the back of this edition. 100 members will cover the annual production costs and will mean I have a less stressful life worrying about raising the necessary funding. Completed application forms can be left at Kingsdon Stores or at 50 Kingsdon The December draw will take place on 19th December. Thank you Wally

Kingsdon Ladies Club

The Kingsdon Ladies meeting was held on 13th November and welcomed 25 members. Humphrey Hamlin was the guest speaker who gave us a talk on Lantern Slides. He displayed the slides on a lantern that had been adapted to elec-tricity, but the original ones would have run on lamp oil. The slides he showed dated from 1860 to 1960 and the early ones were hand painted! We saw a small part of his collection and were very amused by the comedy movies!! The first public shows were held in local chapels for education as well as entertainment. The birthday girl for November was Jenny Gamblin and the flutter was won by Edna Gordon. There is NO meeting in December but the Christmas Meal is being held at the Lime Kiln on 11th December at 6. 30 pm for 7 .00 pm. Transport will be arranged. The next meeting in the village hall will be on 8th January 2013 at 7.30 pm and the speaker is Gerald Morgan talking about Chelsea Hospital. New members are welcome.

Kingsdon Church Bazaar 17th Nov. 2012

On behalf of the PCC I would like to thank everybody who helped to make this years Christmas Bazaar such a great success. To those who organised, ran stalls, donated goods and prizes, helped out on the day, and especially to all of you who came and spent their hard earned money, many thanks indeed. We managed to raise a wonderful total of £764.06, and the individu-al stall totals are as follows;

Many thanks once again.

Alan Carnall – Hon. Treasurer

Stall Totals Cakes - £165.30 CD’s/DVD’S - £41.40 Bottle Stall - £54.50 Refreshments - £37.90 Toys/Games - £52.00 Bargain Stall - £39.40 Gifts - £151.50 Books - £36.45 Face Painting - £10.50 Tombola - £64.50 Donations - £25.00

TOTAL = £678.45

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is back in Kingsdon Village Hall on January 18th 2013

Featuring

Is a curious musical place where certain elements of 1930’s Ber-lin Cabaret, Hot Club de France, Nuevo Tango & Gypsy Campfire meet, have a few to drink and stagger arm in arm into the darkness of some eastern European cobbled street on a mission to find the bar where Django Reinhardt & Tom Waits are having an after hours jam with the local Tziganes.

Combining their original material with songs by the likes of Jaques Brel, Leornard Cohen, Tom Waits & Ber-tolt Brecht, Moscow Drug Club provide an intoxicating & intimate musical experience.

You are cordially invited to share a wry smile with us as you enter the darkly comic world of Moscow Drug Club…..this way please & mind the stairs!

Tickets Adults £8 Concession and Children £7 now on sale at Kingsdon Stores and from Richard South at the Old Stores and Brian Paine at Westgate, Top St.

All walkers and dog owners

Complaints have been made with regard to walkers and dog owners who have been walking over farmland and entering barns. This also includes dog fouling where feed is stored.

This is clearly unacceptable and we would therefore request that everyone keep to the marked footpaths and bridleways at all times. Where a right of way crosses a field one should keep strictly to the foot path and all dogs must be kept on lead.

The walking on any other farmland with or without dogs is not allowed without the farmers permission. We are very fortunate here to have many off road walks where people may freely go and dogs may be exercised provid-ing they do not interfere with other animals and are not a danger to the general public.

We therefore ask that everyone respects the farmland and the farmers who give this village much support and help when needed. Dog owners are reminded that dogs should be on lead when on the public highway both for the safety of the dogs and the safety of motorists.

Should anyone wish to speak to Council ref the above please contact :

Footpaths and rights of way: Dave Morris Kingsdon Parish Council Dogs issues: Mel Clode Kingsdon Parish Council

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Christmas Fun Quiz (using our new big screen)

and FancyDress (Optional) Dance

for the whole family 7.30pm Thursday 27th December

2012 Kingsdon Village Hall Dance to Nelsons Disco

Alias, Our Postman Michael Tickets - Adults £5 Children £3 Available from Kingsdon Stores

A bring your own supper and drinks event

Tickets will be strictly limited so please get yours early to avoid disappointment

Presentation of a £1,000 cheque by Joyce Limon to Su Pearce, Deputy Manager of the St Margaret’s Hospice shop in Somerton. The £1,000 was raised at the Quiz held in memory of Sir Donald Limon

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THE KINGSDON INN

Christmas Menu

Roasted parsnip soup with parsnip crisps and honey creme fraiche

Confit duck and soft herb terrine with a grape and sherry salsa, salad

leaves and brioche

Smoked salmon with avocado mousse and toasted homemade sourdough bread

Goats cheese mousse, Jerusalem artichoke, apple and toasted almond sal-

ad

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Roast turkey with bread sauce and traditional accompaniments

Roast Pork loin apple sauce and traditional accompaniments

Vegetarian roulade of roasted nuts, confit shallots, toasted cumin and soft herbs with a selection of seasonal vegetables and potatoes.

A rich bouillabaisse of Cornish shellfish and daily caught local fish,

with poached fennel, black olives and garlic bread.

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Sticky toffee pudding with butterscotch and homemade ginger ice cream

Homemade Christmas pudding with whisky infused sauce anglaise

Dark chocolate torte with black cherry and mascarpone ice cream, cocoa crisps and mini chocolate and orange fondants

A selection of homemade sorbets and ice creams

Premium grade Tuxford & Tebbutt stilton with spiced port chutney

and homemade crackers

Two courses £17.95 Three courses £22.95

Canapés and a glass of bubbles on arrival

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Pan fried scallops and crispy pork belly with spiced parsnip and apple

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Duck "three ways" with beetroot, foie gras and orange

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Champagne sorbet

****************************** Seared beef fillet with dauphinoise potato, baby spinach

and an oxtail and red wine jus or

Poached monkfish with roasted langoustine and a winter vegetable and shellfish broth

****************************** A tasting plate of mini desserts

or Tuxford and Tebbut stilton with spiced chutney and

crackers

*************** £35.00 per head

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Vegetarian Menu on Request

You are advised to book early to

avoid disappointment

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A man was walking in the woods and came to a cottage where the walls were covered with clocks. He asked the woman who owned the cottage what all the clocks were for. She replied that everyone in the world had a clock, and every time you told a lie your clock advanced a second. He saw a clock that was hard-ly moving and when he remarked about it, he was told that it "belonged to Moth-er Teresa. He then asked where Tony Blair's clock was. The woman replied, "It's in the kitchen, we're using it as a ceiling fan."

A woman bought herself some new cosmetics, which claimed to make the user look years younger. After applying the "miracle" products she asked her husband, "Honestly, what age would you say l am?" Looking carefully, he replied, "Judging from your skin, 25; your hair, 20; and your figure, 18." "Oh, you flatterer!" she gushed. "Wait . . ."he interrupted. "I haven't added them up yet."

A Sunday school teacher was telling her class the story of the Good Samaritan. She asked the class, "If you saw a person lying on the roadside, all wounded and bleeding, what would you do?" A thoughtful little girl broke the hushed silence, "I think I'd throw up."

A man wins the National Lottery and scoops £8 million. The press call on him at home and ask him, "What's it like to win 8 million pounds? Will it make any difference to your job as a cleaner with Asda?" He says, "You bet your life it will, I have told them to stuff their ruddy job and I'm going to enjoy myself from now on." The journalist says, "And what about your wife? Will it make any difference to her as a cleaner at Tesco?" He says, "Why? Has she won the lottery as well?"

A Sunday school teacher asked, "Johnny, do you think Noah did a lot of fishing when he was on the Ark ?" "No”, replied Johnny. "How could he, with just two worms."

Two Mexican detectives were in-vestigating the murder of Juan Gonzalez. 'How was he killed?' asked one detective. 'With a golf gun,' the other detec-tive replied. 'A golf gun! What is a golf gun?' 'I don't know. But it sure made a hole in Juan.'

“I’m getting awfully tired of raking up your underwear”

An Essex girl is involved in a car crash and when the paramedics ar-rive, one asks her, "What's your name love?" "Sharon." replies the girl. On closer inspection the paramedic notices a lot of blood on the girl's clothing. "Where are you bleeding from Sharon?" he en-quires. "Romford!" says Sharon.

Evidence has been found that William Tell and his family were avid bowlers. Unfortunately, all the Swiss League records were destroyed in a fire, ...and so we'll never know for whom the Tells bowled.

A man rushed into a busy doctor's surgery and shouted, "Doctor! I think I'm shrinking!" The doctor calmly responded, "Now, settle down. You'll just have to be a little patient."

An Indian chief was feeling very sick, so he summoned the medicine man. After a brief examination, the medicine man took out a long, thin strip of elk rawhide and gave it to the chief, telling him to bite off, chew, and swallow one inch of the leather every day. After a month, the medicine man returned to see how the chief was feeling. The chief shrugged and said, "The thong is ended, but the malady lingers on."

A famous Viking explorer returned home from a voyage and found his name missing from the town register. His wife insisted on complaining to the local civic official, who apologized profusely saying, "I must have taken Leif off my census."

There were three Indian squaws. One slept on a deer skin, one slept on an elk skin, and the third slept on a hippopotamus skin. All three became pregnant. The first two each had a baby boy. The one who slept on the hippopotamus skin had twin boys. This just goes to prove that... the squaw of the hippopota-mus is equal to the sons of the squaws of the other two hides. (Some of you may need help with this one).

A sceptical anthropologist was cataloguing South American folk remedies with the assistance of a tribal elder who indicated that the leaves of a particular fern were a sure cure for any case of constipation. When the anthropologist expressed his doubts, the elder looked him in the eye and said, "Let me tell you, with fronds like these, you don't need enemas."

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CHRISTMAS IN THE FORTIES by Peter Crowter

If I think way back to the forties, the Christmases were full of fun,

|I don’t think we spent lots of money, and there was a war to be won. Toys were unsophisticated, all made of tin or p’raps wood,

Plastic had not been invented, and bakelite was not so good.

Electronic toys were unheard of, just clockwork to make the things go, Jigsaws and board games like Ludo, and footballs that you had to blow. Draughts was a favourite and card games - snap, pelmanism and whist, And then with a pencil and paper, word games where you made a list.

Holly we cut from the hedgerow, the Christmas tree had to be bought,

To go to the woods to purloin one, the chances are you would be caught. To find mistletoe was not easy, it grew on the odd apple tree,

But somehow we managed to find some, and kisses were many and free.

For dinner we never saw turkey, chicken back then was a treat, Pickles and ham for our supper, and maybe a slice of cold meat.

Wine wasn’t drunk at the table, that was for the French and the posh, All that we had was just water, and that’s what we drank with our nosh.

The king gave his speech after dinner, but couldn’t be viewed on a screen,

For nobody owned a TV then, so he was just heard and not seen. There was a real drink for our parents, enough anyway for a toast,

A wine that was called Tarragona, seemed to be one they liked most.

Christmas has changed over decades, in August is now when it starts, And though it is now more commercial, it holds the same place in our hearts.

We celebrate Jesus’s birthday, the carols we sing are the same, We join with our friends and our loved ones, goodwill is the name of the game.

We’re now host to many religions, a welcome to all we must give,

They have their own places of worship, whoever may come here to live, But if they won’t say, ‘Happy Christmas’, then don’t let them lead you astray,

‘Cause Britain is a Christian country, to all ‘Merry Christmas’ I say.

Beth Waller It is with much sadness that the death is reported of former Kingsdon resident Beth Waller age 96

Her family send the following message

Beth Waller sadly died on 8tn November. She left Kingsdon in August 2011 after 62 happy years there, and moved to a residential home in Malmesbury. She really loved the village and had many friends and ac-quaintances there who will remember her 90th birthday party five and a half years ago. She woke on Nov 8th looking forward to a trip to Westonbirt Arboretum in the afternoon .. but suddenly collapsed. She had become very frail and thin and her body had just had enough.

Beth will be cremated in Swindon on Nov 23rd, and, as she wished, we shall have a remembrance service for her in Kingsdon Church in a few months.

We should like to use this opportunity to thank all of you who helped make her life in Kingsdon so complete and happy.

Vivienne (Steels), Rosalind (Bailey), Peter (Waller)

(Beths cremation service was conducted by the former Kingsdon Vicar, Rev. Jim Hill)

December Recycling Dates

for Kingsdon

Wheelie Bin Refuse Collection Days - Tuesday 4th

& Tuesday 18th

Recycling and Food Waste Collection Days - Eve-

ry Tuesday except 25th

Firewood For Sale Kindling £3.00 per bag

Pallet Logs £5.00 per bag or £80 per load

free delivery to Kingsdon otherwise £10

Tel Pauline on 07835036865 or Les on 07925327353

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Dry Cleaning A dry cleaning collection service is available at Kingsdon Stores. The Dry Cleaning Co. will collect every Friday

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Minutes of the Kingsdon Parish Council Bi-Monthly meeting held on Thursday 8th November in the Village Hall at 7pm

Present: A.Masters (Chairman), Messrs. A. Colton, D Morr is, M. Clode, Mrs A Saunders, Mrs E Owen (Par ish Councillors); Mr J Zouche (County Councillor); Mr. J. Calvert (District Councillor); Mrs. S Smith (Parish Clerk). Plus 6 Parishioners.

Minutes: The minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed read, approved and signed.

The Council brought up the subject of the Agenda and it was confirmed that Parishioners’ Time, when Parishioners can bring up subjects of concern, would be held in accordance with general regulations at the beginning of every meet-ing. If the subject was wor thy of consideration, it can then be put on the official Agenda for the following meet-ing.

It was clarified that only items which have been raised prior to a meeting can be put on the Agenda for discussion at that meeting. This means there will not be a category under “any other business” and only items listed on the official Agenda will be discussed at a meeting.

It was agreed this would be the format for all following meetings.

1. Parishioners’ Time. Parishioner Mr P Leahy raised concern over a lack of maintenance around the village, especially the grass areas out-side the village field and the school. It was agreed to include an agenda item of maintenance of boundaries at the next Parish meeting.

2. Resignation and vacancy on council. The Chairman, Mr T Masters, said he had received a letter of resignation from Council Member Richard Hollaway. The Council expressed their thanks for Richard for his 10 years of contribution to the Coun-cil.

3. Kingsdon Community Centre and Sports Field 3.1 Report from sub-committee

On the 19th October local people had the opportunity to visit inside the old Primary School.

It was explained that the next step is to complete an official CAT application as our initial expression of interest. A meeting had been held with the Village Hall Committee and they were happy that any future activities at the Primary School would not impinge on activities taking place in the current Village Hall. It was explained that the following step would be a full business plan and public consultation. Cllr J Calvert said he will check up on the current status of the planning application submitted for the land only section of the site and would also follow up the potential of bene-fit from Sector 106 involvement re the development of Kingsdon Manor School in case there could be any potential for support from that.

3.2 Village Field Community Asset Transfer

It was confirmed that the Parish was also interested in the recreation field and Mr D Morris said he would be manag-ing the application here.

The Chairman Mr T Masters said the Council had indicated that there would be no problem on leasing the sports field if required but there was some discussion of risk involved here and the potential of the Council reclaiming it if it was-n’t used at an adequate level.

4. Maintenance 4.1 Walls Mrs S Smith, Parish Clerk, read out information from ex Councillor Mr R Hollaway stating that Mr Andy Crossman has visited the area and made an assessment of the work required. The Chairman Mr T Masters said he would follow this up and ask Mr Andy Crossman for an estimate.

4.2 Telephone Box Mrs S Smith, Parish Clerk, gave a summary of the correspondence she has had with both the Council and also BT. She said eight calls had been made from the box in the last 12 months. South Somerset District Council was happy to with-draw its objection to the removal of the phone box and Kingsdon Parish could now adopt the phone box if required, with BT removing all equipment. The alternative was that BT repair the box and bring it up to standard; they have said this would be possible under their 2013 budget. There was discussion on the cost of the Parish repairing the box and its usage if it was adopted. A Parishioner said he would put together an estimate on the cost of repairing it ourselves.

5. Footpaths and Trees Mr D Morris confirmed that the old oak tree damaged by a truck was the responsibility of the Parish. He said the Council’s Mr P Poulton had been out to visit the tree and an estimate from Andrea Maisrello Arboriculture of £440 for tree surgery had been obtained. BCOM had accepted responsibility for the damage and was willing to cover the cost. 6. Highways 6.1 Report on speed changes and restrictions Mr A Colton said the road markings were down but there was still a wait for the traffic speed measurement camera to be fitted. He said data from this needed to be obtained before deciding on any further traffic calming measures.

7. Parish and Environmental works \page 12

7.1 New dog litter bin Mr M Clode said the replacement dog bin was now in place.

8.1 Jimmy Zouche’s Health and Well Being Fund Applications had been sought and received for financial support from this fund. These included: Request to help fund a required £800 for the Kingsdon Church Clock restoration Request for £648. 47p to help fit out the toilet, kitchen area and dressing rooms of the Kingsdon Cricket Club’s new pavilion Request for additional play equipment There was discussion on the merits of all three requests. Mr J Zouche said the Church Clock might prove problematic to include within this category. Mrs A Saunders read a letter from a local father saying there was a requirement for additional play equipment for under three year olds. Mr D Morris said new gates for the allotment would be useful. All requests had to be finalized by the end of the year. The clerk Mrs S Smith said there was still £1,200 in the Parish Children’s Fund which could be put towards play equipment. Mrs A Saunders said she would obtain an estimate for additional children’s play equipment and would liaise with Mr J Zouche to further requests under this funding.

8.2. Request for Church grounds maintenance assistance. There was brief discussion that the Church benefits all members of the community in various ways.

Proposed by Mrs E Owen, seconded by Mr A Colton, that the Parish Council make an annual allowance to the Church to assist towards maintenance, the amount to be determined on a yearly basis.

The motion was carried.

Proposed by Mrs A Saunders, seconded by Mr M Clode, that the amount to be given this year would be £400.

The motion was carried.

It was suggested the amount should be paid out after the Parish had received its annual precept to ensure funding was always available and it was agreed the moneys should be paid in April when the precept is received.

8.3 Village website Mrs E Owen said the website was being looked at and should be operational soon. She also said Kingsdon Village is now on twitter.

8.4 Notice board. Mr T Masters said the brand new notice board for the village was in his garage. Mr D Mor-ris and Mr A Colton said they would talk to the Village Hall Committee re the placement of the board.

8.5 Kingsdon Chronicle. Mrs E Owen said she would like to do a small story on the precept to counter mis-conceptions and it was agreed this could be a good idea.

8.6 Precept. Par ish Clerk Mrs S Smith said the application for next year ’s precept had to be in at the end of Jan-uary. She said she had been in contact with the daughter of Mrs Elizabeth Berry of Kingsdon who is now living in Vancouver, Canada, and understood that Mrs Berry wishes to continue making a very generous annual donation to help cover the rent of the village field.

8.7 Cheque signing and financial report.

The Parish Clerk, Mrs S Smith said the current financial situation was: Savings Account 30340251 £7,219. 63p Current Account 70554340 £895.06p Children’s Account 53247953 £1,122. 84p She said she had encountered problems in claiming back VAT from the printing of the Kingsdon Chronicle and there was concern over the fact that some of the advertisements were paid for which made the Chronicle a business and therefore VAT could not be reclaimed. She was still pursuing the matter. Cheque signing was agreed for the following: Cheque 100315 Greenslade Taylor Hunt ½ year field rent: £215. Cheque 100316 Mr W Elliott agreed annual cost cutting of village field: £775. Cheque 100317 Mr R Hollaway, refunding for fee to Mr R Law trimming field edges £28 Cheque 100319 Moore Stephens Annual Audit of village finances: £144. There was no further business and the meeting closed at 9pm.

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Former Village School Sports Field

Much has been discussed recently concerning the fate of the village school and its’ potential of being transferred as a community asset to the village.

Villagers will also need to consider what may happen to the former school playing field (adjacent to the allotment) and decide if the village is interested in retaining it either as a sports field or for other purposes.

Kingsdon Parish Council certainly feels that the field should- Be retained as some form of open space in accordance with the Village Design Statement. Be retained in public ownership for both present and future use by the parish and villagers. Create an amenity for the benefit of the village as a whole

Early indications from Somerset County Council is that the field might be allowed to be retained by the village on a re-newable short term lease basis if a worthy and viable uses (or uses) were presented and approved by the Council.

Of course the original and intended use of this land is as a Sports Filed and to change from this would require the Coun-ty Council to apply for permission to do so from the Secretary of State. Such a change may be possible if no sporting or healthy recreational activities are being continued on it.

Somerset County Council would monitor any permitted use and may (in time) decide to extend the lease dependant on how viable or beneficial to the community they deem the use to be.

All ideas for options and uses need to be presented to the Kingsdon Parish Council so that a proposal can be made and presented to the County Council in due course.

Whatever use is selected (if the SCC allow it) must see the field actively and regularly used for that purpose. For exam-ple putting forward a request that it remains as a sports field would need to see it used very regularly as such for the SCC to accept this.

If no workable and demonstrably sustainable ideas are put forward then the SCC will take full control of the land and doubtless consider the development potential of the site.

Some ideas already put forward include :- remaining as a sports field, extending the allotment, planting a community orchard, installing a small solar panel system, a wild flower meadow and harvestable wood planting. It is possible that more than one use may be considered and it may be possible to think of initiatives that link with the Village hall.

These are some ideas, and if you agree with any of them, or have ideas of your own please contact any of the Parish Councillors or leave your suggestions at the village shop for collection.

We cannot consider or put your ideas forward if we do not know what they are!!!!

D.Morris No. 28 A. Coulton No-30 Kingsdon Parish Councillors.

The Kingsdon Defibrillator Earlier this month a Kingsdon resident called 999 for an ambulance as an elderly lady, who had got off the bus in Kingsdon by mistake, was thought to be having a heart attack. The ambulance control told the resident to get the defib-rillator. Unfortunately the person in the control did not give the code required to open the cabinet containing the defib-rillator. Even after a further call they were unable to give the code. I have contacted South Western Ambulance Service who have informed me they will investigate what went wrong and let me know the outcome. I have also informed ‘AED Locator (E.U.) Ltd’ who oversee the coordination of the defibrillators nationwide. They replied: Many thanks for keeping us in the picture on this. As you probably know, we send a monthly report to each Ambulance Service giving them an update on the fortnightly inspections of all the Public Access Defibrillators in their region. For SWAS, our contact is Rob Horton. When we issue the next monthly report, we will ask Rob to confirm in writing that all the cabinets are recorded on their Emergency Services System and that the data is immediately acces-sible along with the Access Code for each.

Daffodils

Big thank you to John Yates who has single handed planted 1,000 daffodil bulbs around the village, adding to the ones planted last year.

Kingsdon Seniors’ Club The monthly meeting was held on 28th November, attended by 22 members. Richard South reminded the meeting of the Memorial Service for Donald on 1st. December. He then introduced the guest Speaker, Bob Musgrave who gave a very enlightening and humorous talk, with slides, on the history of Pub Signs. Many signs dated back to Roman Britain or had connections to 15th Century Royalty. Teas were provided by Brenda Hodges and Margaret Hill There will not be a meeting in December, instead a Christmas Lunch will be held on Wednesday 5th December at the Kingsdon Inn at 12.30pm.

@KingsdonVillage

Kingsdon is now on twitter!

Using twitter news can be relayed quickly. It’s up to you what you would like to say, but example messages might be:

Lytes Cary road flooded, take the high road if you are going out of the village today. Reminder: Parish council planning meeting Thursday 7pm village hall Suspicious white van reg no…… ring 101 if seen Just picked some lovely blackberries, plenty left up the hill

To send a message to everyone following KingsdonVillage start your tweet with @KingsdonVillage. A moderator will retweet your message.

Please remember: Retweeting will be done asap, but may take a few hours. People receiving by email may get them the next day. To keep messages positive, so people have a good impression of our village. Messages are not private to residents, anyone (including the press) can access KingsdonVillage tweets.

Jenny Owen has volunteered to moderate for the time being, but if someone else is keen to take this on (or if you have questions about the above) please contact Elaine Owen at elaine.kingsdonpc@uwclub.net

THE KINGSDON JUBILEE FUND TRUSTEE MEETING Minutes of the Trustees’ Meeting held on Tuesday 27th November 2012 at The Kingsdon Inn, Kingsdon, Somerset.

Present: David Thomson - Chairman, Wally Elliott - Treasurer, Babs Conway, Antony Colton, Lynne Davies, Richard Holloway. Also present: Marilyn Elliott & Kathy Jamison

(1)Apologies for Absence: Elaine Owen (2) Welcome and Introduction: Those present were welcomed to the meeting and thanked for their continued support and time. The sole purpose of this special meeting was to consider the applications for the c£3,200 residue funding available, as discussed at the last meeting and as detailed in the Kingsdon Chronicle (twice). (3)Applications for Funds The Chairman had repor ted that applications for funding have been received from local residents as follows: The Joshy John Foundation, Kingsdon Cricket Club, Childrens Play Ground Equipment - Mike Brown Kingsdon Chronicle- Elaine Owen (x2) & Margaret Close, Village Field Maintenance – Freda Curtis

3.1 The Josh John Foundation: The Trustees had no hesitation in welcoming this application and agreeing a £1000 donation to the fund 3.2 The Kingsdon Cricket Club: This application for funding towards the improvement and maintenance of the Cricket Square was agreed at £350, as requested. 3.3 Playground Equipment: The Trustees were agreed upon the impor tance and need for additional Chil-dren’s playground type equipment within the Village Field and thanked Mike Brown for his proposal and ideas. It was noted that the PC had unallocated funding of around £1200 for this purpose and that these funds should be used first. It was also noted that wider and further reaching important considerations around Health and Safety and maintenance/upkeep existed. 3.4 Kingsdon Chronicle (x3): Three ideas had been received for the allocation of funds to the Kingsdon Chroni-cle, in relation the printing and production of the monthly Village publication. (None originated from The Kingsdon Chronicle). All Trustees were agreed upon the importance of this monthly publication for the Village, Village Life and villagers themselves, and that it was a worthy and proper cause to support. However the funding requirements were unclear at present as the Jubilee Fund had recently initiated and sponsored a fund raising scheme (100 Club) which, it was hoped, would provide secure and adequate funding for the foreseeable future. The trustees moved to monitor the new funding arrangements but remain open to any formal requests for additional funding from The Editor in the future. It was agreed that a sum of £1000 be retained for allocation towards possible future Kingsdon Chronicle support re-quests and any future Village celebratory events. 3.5 Village Field: This application refer red in par ticular to the annual rent for the Village Field facility. The Trustees felt this was a matter for the PC, which held the lease and had available funding for such village amenities. 4 Allocations and Balance Remaining: The Treasurer agreed to inform all applicants of the above decisions and award the funds as agreed. This would be completed before the decisions were made public (December 2012 Is-sue The Kingsdon Chronicle) The Trustees agreed that the £850 balance be retained pending future applications and or Village events. There being no further business, the meeting closed at 9pm. (These draft minutes were prepared and issued by David Thomson)

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All Saints Church Priest in Charge Revd Alan Symonds Tel/Fax 01458 272029 (For arrangement of Baptisms, Weddings and other occasional services) Assistant Priest Revd Wendy Griffith Tel 01458 224087 Church Warden David Beswick. Tel 01935 840795 Parochial Church Council Secretary Nicholas J. Allan Tel 01935 840878 Treasurer Alan Carnall Tel 01935 840692 Tower Captain Jackie Ellis Tel 01935 840344

Church Services for December

Sunday 2nd 11am Stir up Family Service Sunday 9th 11am Holy Communion Sunday 16th 11am Holy Communion 6pm Carol Service Sunday 23rd 11am United Benefice Holy Communion at Somerton Christmas Eve 24th 2.30pm Crib Service 9.30pm Holy Communion Christmas Day 25th 11am Holy Communion Sunday 30th 11am Mattins Please note that there will be no services in Charlton Mackrell until further notice because their heating system is out of action. All Charlton services will be in Charlton Adam.

Kingsdon Village Hall For all information (except bookings) contact: - David Thomson, Park Farmhouse, Lower Rd. Kingsdon TA11 7LL Tel:01935 841453 For bookings contact Marilyn Elliott, 4 Manor Close, Kingsdon, TA11 7LW Tel 01935 841444 Email marilyn.elliott@hotmail.co.uk

Bookings for December 2012 Short Mat Bowls Mondays 7.30pm - 9pm, Tuesdays 10am - 12noon Table Tennis Club Tuesdays at 7.30pm Yeovil District Canine Soc. Wednesdays at 8pm Art Club Thursdays 10am - 12 (Term time) Carols around the Tree Saturday 8th at 6.30pm Private Hiring Fr iday 14th All day Practical Study Group Wednesday 19th Dance / Quiz Saturday 27th 7pm

No Seniors or Ladies Club meetings in December

Kingsdon Table Tennis Club The Table Tennis Club play in the Village Hall on Tuesday evenings (apart from the 2nd Tuesday in the month) between 7.30pm and 9.30pm. If you are interested then please contact Shirley or Martin Singleton on 841162 or just come along.

Kingsdon Cricket Club Secretary: Marilyn Elliott ) President: Wally Elliott ) Chairman: Ian Bir rell, Watersmeet, Huish Episcopi, Langpor t TA10 9HE Tel 01458 250246

Kingsdon Seniors Club The Seniors Club meet on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 3pm in the Village Hall. New mem-bers are always welcome. For information contact Club Secretary Marilyn

Elliott, 4 Manor Close, Kingsdon.

Tel 01935 841444

Kingsdon Ladies Club The Ladies Club meet on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm in the Vil-lage Hall. New members and visitors are always welcome. For information contact Club President Lynne Davies, Holly House, Frog Lane, Kingsdon. TA11 7LL Tel 01935 840660 or Club Secretary Jackie Ellis, Hill House, Rocky Hill, Kingsdon. TA11 7LB

Tel 01935 840344

The Kingsdon Chronicle The Kingsdon Chronicle is an independent journal published monthly and is financed by voluntary donation. Cheques payable to ‘The Kingsdon Chronicle’ The Kingsdon Chronicle welcomes correspondence from its readers. Name and address must be sup-plied but may be withheld from publication on request.. The Kingsdon Chronicle reserves the right to edit items for publication. Contributed letters and articles printed in The Kingsdon Chronicle do not necessarily reflect the views of The Kingsdon Chronicle production team. Editor: Wallace Elliott, 4 Manor Close, Kingsdon. TA11 7LW Tel 01935 841444, Mobile 07990673935, email: wallyelliott@hotmail.com http:www.ukvillages.co.uk/UserNews/39269/The+Kingsdon+Chronicle

4 Manor Close, Kingsdon, Somerton, TA11 7LW Tel 01935 841444

Church Rotas for December

Brass: Linda Beswick & Sheila Lord

Flowers: Norma Black

Kingsdon Jubilee Fund 100+ Club Membership Form

I would like to become a member/ renew my membership of the 100+ Club.

I enclose my payment of £12 as a cheque made payable to Kingsdon Jubilee Fund.

Name..................................................................

Address...............................................................

............................................................................ Post Code...................................

Telephone...................................... Mobile.......................................

Email..................................................................

You will only be contacted to let you know if you have won a prize or to remind you that your membership is drawing to a close. Please let Gillian Carnall know by email if you change your details (alan.carnall@btinternet.com) or put a note through the door at No. 50.

Kingsdon Jubilee Fund 100+ Club Membership Form

I would like to become a member/ renew my membership of the 100+ Club.

I enclose my payment of £12 as a cheque made payable to Kingsdon Jubilee Fund.

Name..................................................................

Address...............................................................

............................................................................ Post Code...................................

Telephone...................................... Mobile.......................................

Email..................................................................

You will only be contacted to let you know if you have won a prize or to remind you that your membership is drawing to a close. Please let Gillian Carnall know by email if you change your details (alan.carnall@btinternet.com) or put a note through the door at No. 50.