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EDITORIAL

We welcome the month of November with

photos on the front page that I hope

represent the poppy appeal. You will see

that the Royal British Legion Appeal for

Heytesbury, Tytherington and Knook will

not include door to door collections, but

we hope readers will use other means to

contribute, and following on from

Lawrence Binyon’s message on the front

cover, we will remember them even in

these difficult times.

Please do get in touch if you want the

locations of the photographs.

If you would like to write for the

Parish News please get in touch, we will

consider all pieces for publication. Any

youngsters who want some more aspects

for their CV, this is a good opportunity to

see your work in print.

I interviewed hundreds of teachers in

my teaching career, and always looked out

for some of the other things in which they

had been involved. I have a friend who

runs a huge company and he gives CVs

a close scrutiny to find as he puts it ‘real

people’. Could also be useful for

university applications.

Robin Culver

PRAYER gROUPWe pray daily.

If you have any prayer requests,

please call Anne on 840339.

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ROYAL BRITISH LEgION (Heytesbury, Tytherington and Knook.)

This year there will be no door-to-door or

street collections. However, there will be

static boxes in the school, the shop, the

church and (with permission) our two

pubs. Please give generously!

MEN’SFELLOWSHIP BREAKFAST

Sadly a further addition to the long list of

cancelled events is the series of Men's

Fellowship Breakfasts which were due to

start in October. A full English breakfast at

The George, Longbridge Deverill and the

opportunity to hear speakers on such

varied subjects as using drones for counter

piracy, the business career of the owner of

Moonpig and a Dragons Den entrepreneur

and the Commonwealth War Graves will

have to wait for another day! Unless

Covid-19 regulations change significantly

for the better it is likely that those in the

New Year will go the same way.

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THE APPEAL LAUNCHEDIN OCTOBER

The October appeal for donations from our

readers has begun really positively. I will

report fully in the Christmas edition but,

for now, very many thanks to those who

have responded so generously. I would also

like to thank loyal advertisers and

welcome our new ones. So far, so good; we

are delighted and grateful.

David Shaw, Chairman

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THOUGHT FOR THE MONTHThere is no need to worry; but if there

is anything you need, pray for it,

asking God for it with prayer and

thanksgiving, and that peace of God,

which is so much greater than we can

understand, will guard your hearts and

your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

(Letter to church in Philippi, chapter

4 v 6,7) RH

MINISTRY LETTER

novembeR to RemembeR

November begins suddenly with the grey

weather coming and soft dark clouds

hanging low over the houses and a vague

wondering about where the day light has

gone. Just as suddenly we are into the

marvellous clear nights of autumn with

huge constellations and bright planets

hanging in the sky like coloured balls.

There is the magnificence of God.

November is a time for remember-

ing. We remember loved ones and those

who have died and were close to us as

family or in friendship as we mark All

Saints and All Souls tide on the first

Sunday. Our attentions then move on to

Remembrance Sunday when we recall the

human cost of war in our own lifetime and

in the past. We remember those who have

fallen (and are still falling) in war zones,

with a renewed determination to bring an

end to the death, maiming and mental

health problems that come from war.

Some of those memories are intensely per-

sonal;others are part of collective memo-

ries shared by the church, by communities

and by nations.

It’s a time for remembering past

times, times of happiness and sadness and

of people and places. A time for marvel-

ling at the huge distance that separates

our own soul from the soul of the

individual standing next to us. One could

call the recalling of people, events and

places ‘pilgrimages of the mind’.

Our collective histories, our

personal stories, consist of memories and

the interpretation of memories. At times

we look back with nostalgia – a longing for

things to be different combined with a

partial memory of how things were.

We do a lot of Remembering in the

month of November. As the days shorten

and darkness seems to be a greater

feature than sunshine over our British

world, we think back and remember.

This year, just as importantly, due

to Covid 19, we remember all those we

have been separated from so we add them

to our remembering. As we prepare for

Christmas, we remember those we

continue to love and care for. So we

remember the living as well, the

physically close and those living away

from us, maybe not seen for a long time.

We treasure our memories of people –

both the living and those who are no

longer with us physically.

November is definitely a time for

Remembrance in more ways than one! For

the past and for the future, we determine

not to take our family and friends for

granted, but to treasure them. We

continue to remember them.

Reverend Jayne Buckles

RemembeRing Loved ones WhoARe no LongeR With Us.

Five of our churches across the UWVT

would like to invite you to plant a spring

bulb as we remember our loved ones.

Bulbs will be provided near a clearly

marked, designated area for you to plant.

There may be a hole ready dug for you,

but if you have trowel please do bring it

along with you, but if you do not, there

will be tools available for you to use. We

ask that after using them you clean any

part that you have touched with the

cleaning materials provided.

We invite you to plant your

remembering bulb anytime between

Saturday 31st Oct– Saturday 7th Nov.

To find out more information

please contact Rev Trudy Hobson on

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Codford St Mary – Derek Buckles 851176

Upton Lovell – Andrew and Gilly Cummings

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Sutton Veny – Richard Jackman 840899

Norton Bavant – John Acworth 840134

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• Taking care of a gravesite – pulling

weeds, choosing flowers to bring at

special times, washing a memorial stone,

etc.

The Church also has ways of

remembering those we love who have

died:

At All Saints’ Day (November 1st),

we remember those Christians who have

died, who we don’t know personally.

A ‘saint’ is someone whose life shows us

how to follow Jesus.

On All Souls’ Day (November 2nd),

the church remembers all those we know

more intimately who have died. This year

we will be holding two special services

where you can add names that you would

like read out on our list. To have names

included in our lists please do contact

Rev Trudy Hobson or any of the ministry

team.

Remembrance Sunday goes on to

explore the theme of memory, both

corporate and individual, as we confront

issues of war, peace, loss and self-gift,

memory and forgetting.

For our local All Souls and

Remembrance Sunday services please look

at the service rota at the back of the

Parish News.

LOVE, LOSS AND REMEMBERING

Autumn has traditionally been a time

when Christians explore the big questions

about life and death. Watching the leaves

fall and the nights draw in is an

opportunity for all ages to think about

love and loss and remember in special

ways. Many people ask questions about

death for all kinds of reasons. It may

come from seeing a local war memorial,

or closer to home with the loss of a loved

one, a family friend, a neighbour, or a

pet. For some, the impact of loss has huge

consequences, especially if it’s the death

of a loved one. However, and whenever

those questions come, there are good

ways to remember those we see no longer

at home:

• Light a candle on important days and

say a prayer. “Loving God, thank you

for_________ and help us to remember

them well.”

• Gather some items that remind you of

that person – letters they wrote, photos

of them, items of clothing – and keep

them in a nice box.

• Taking part in charities connected to the

person who died; Race for Life is a family

friendly event that can honour people

who died from cancer, for example.

Finally there will be a review into

abstraction guidelines to help in

discussion with the EA and water

companies. These studies are expensive

and partnership funding is essential.

It also of course gets all of the relevant

bodies involved in the problems and the

solutions. We are on the southern limit of

the grayling’s distribution which is why it

is the first cold water species to feel the

effect of climate change.

Robin Mulholland

ANGLING NOTES

The electro fishing survey of grayling and

trout populations on the Wylye which the

Piscatorial Society began in 1984 and

which was brought up to scientific

standards in 1996 now represents the

longest running data set on Grayling,

certainly in Europe and probably in the

world. It has become an important tool in

combating the effects of climate change

on grayling populations and if climate

change continues to raise temperatures it

will have relevance to trout also. Working

with the Game and Wildlife Conservation

Trust, the EA and Natural Resources Wales

and funded by the Grayling Research Trust

a post doctorate research worker Dr Tea

Basic identified from the data that the

reason for declining grayling populations

in the Wylye was rising temperatures and

low flows.

Subsequently a study of the data

by Dr Jessica Marsh identified factors

affecting survival rates of different

grayling life stages. This study was funded

by The Grayling Research Trust, the

Piscatorial Society and Wessex Water and

supported by the G&WCT and Natural

Resources Wales. In order to complete the

picture Dr Marsh has been commissioned

to look at the effect of rising

temperatures and low flows on growth

rates of the grayling.

This study is again funded by the

GRT, The PS, the G&WCT and possibly one

other local angling club. It is expected

that from this study it will be possible to

produce not only a peer-reviewed

scientific paper but also a study report

which builds an integrated population

model leading to a research and

management information leaflet which

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of cameras and said, “It is not the end of

the world; when I go home I will open the

door and my dog will still lick my face.”

Out of the mayhem of the last six

months have come many wonderful

stories, some inspirational examples to

thrill us and lots of wise words of wisdom.

For example:

• We like the plaque on one famous statue

where the last line says, ‘Should you

reflect on his errors, remember his many

virtues; and that he was mortal.’ This is

what the Guvnor calls ‘balance’.

• The Guvnor keeps banging on about

keeping safe being common sense – it is

about taking care and being responsible,

but he is the first to admit that luck also

plays a significant part in ‘keeping clear’.

• No large family gatherings at Christmas?

The nation heaves a collective sigh of

relief.

• Woman says to man: “Do you think it’s

too early for a Christmas drink”? He

ponders, just for a moment, and replies:

“Middle of July? I don’t think so.”

As we begin the run-in to

Christmas, I’d like to remind my fan of the

great Monty Python song ‘Always look on

the bright side of life..’ and, closer to

home, I want to repeat the last couple of

verses from the Guvnor’s entry in the

Codford Covid-19 poetry competition:

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Cometh the hour, cometh the person!

If matters continue to gradually worsen,

The young and others will ‘step up to the

plate,’

And let’s pray that vaccines are not too

late.

Chin up, be cheerful and let’s raise a glass

To the day when we see this crisis pass;

When all this stuff that seems so abnormal,

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and outside spaces for walks; we have a

shop nearby and kind neighbours but we

are acutely aware that so many are not so

fortunate. Like so many households, I have

watched mine with a mixture of concern,

pride, admiration and amusement – but

most of all, there is hope here.

The Guvnor was telling us about an

inspirational international skiing champion

of 1988 and the decade that followed; it

was about an Italian called Albert Tomba,

Olympic champion and an ARGE (this is one

of the Guvnor’s prized accolades and

stands for ‘All Round Good Egg’. His father

was one and his grandson is one, but I

can’t think of any others in his book to

date. Anyway, when Tomba eventually fell

off his competitive pedestal coming

second in a world event the media was all

over him, speculating that his career was

over and that he was ‘yesterday’s man’.

Eventually, he looked straight at an array

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These different techniques all have

pros and cons. The pros being: ploughing

can bury trash and more importantly the

weed seeds to a depth where few will

survive. If we then cultivate or direct

drill, we will not bring weed seeds back

to the surface and then we can use less

herbicide. Ploughing is also the most

expensive operation because it is

relatively slow, about three acres an hour

and then we still have other cultivations

after, which means we use lots of diesel

which we try to avoid. How fortunate we

are not to have to use the plough on

display in our yard with only one furrow

and which would have been horse drawn.

Our current ploughs have 6 furrows.

Robert will tell you that proper ploughing

using the old techniques is an art form

and can still be seen at ploughing

matches, whereas his ploughing is purely

commercial!

The biggest con is that if there is lots

of trash left on the surface by the

cultivator and it is really wet (like last

There I was minding my own business

early in the morning walking the dogs

around one of our fields when my beloved

appears in his tractor – currently the only

place you will find him, and showcasing a

variety of attachments to said tractor.

This morning it was a cultivator, we have

a number for different jobs.

The primary aim is to level the field

after it has been ploughed and produce a

fine, firm seed bed exactly as you would

your own garden. The field I was in today

has not only to be cultivated but drilled

with Italian Rye grass, which is planted

only just below the surface. Next week

we aim to start planting wheat. We use a

few different methods to plant wheat.

After grass it is again ploughed to bury the

old grass crop. Following other crops

there is not as much trash on the surface

so we may well just cultivate before

planting. After a crop of maize if the

conditions are good we may not even

cultivate and direct drill the crop of

wheat.

D O W N O N T H E F A R M

Autumn) it makes it very difficult for the

soil to dry out enough for the drill to

operate. This can be an issue with the

fields around Heytesbury Mill because

they can get particularly wet and sticky.

A dry Autumn is a cheap Autumn! This

year the early maize harvest is making life

easier as we can hopefully get the crops

in before winter sets in ‘down on the

farm’.

Kit Pottow

P L AC E S TO V I S I T W I T H O U T B R E A K I N G T H E B A N K ( o r f o r t h a t m a t t e r, h av i n g t o b o o k o n l i n e )

WOODHENGE

It never ceases to amaze me that every-

one I speak to knows about Stonehenge

but few have heard or visited Woodhenge.

A round journey of approximately 30 miles

from the Upper Wylye Valley (well

Heytesbury). This could be the afternoon

visit when you want to get them away

from their iPad, Xboxes or just the telly.

You will have the opportunity to wear

them out or just show them something

that was built at the same time as

Stonehenge. There are parking spaces for

four cars, but most of the visitors on the

occasion I visited were parked by

Woodhenge on the road.

If you visit, you will enter at a

gate(hand sanitiser available) which is the

entrance to Woodhenge. There is an

information board just to the left of the

entrance gate, move to this board which

tells you you are now at the entrance to

what was a timber monument with six

oval rings of posts. There was discussion

amongst the children who were with me

as to whether the rings were oval.

The signage is worth reading,

concise informative and to the point.

Basically you are not going to spend hours

reading it. There is also a potted history

of the two archaeologists, Maud and

Benjamin Cunnington who excavated the

site, uncovering the post holes.

Maud named the site Woodhenge

and had the holes marked with coloured

concrete pillars to help visitors

understand the site. Be prepared for the

youngsters who suggest the posts are not

wooden but concrete. At this point

besides showing a great deal of interest

the children decided it was a good

running track around the stones and a

competition ensued, with them all

finishing out of breath.

When you finish exploring or

racing around Woodhenge walk to the

next field on the right and you will be

entering the Cuckoo Stone Field. Again

there is brief and concise signage as to

the meaning and location of the stone.

Once you have visited the Cuckoo stone

walk to the kissing gate and you will

come to a footpath which leads to Cursus

Barrows, and eventually to Stone

Henge.

We then raced back to car, where

I had a quiet journey home.

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B O O K R E V I E W

THE GREAT WAR (Stories inspired by objects from the

First World War)

This is a superb collection of stories,

which were inspired by objects from the

First World War.

Each of the eleven objects (Brodie

Helmet, Verner’s Pattern Compass, Nose

from a Zeppelin Bomb, Recruitment

Poster, Princess Mary’s Gift Fund Box,

Soldier’s Writing Case, Sheet Music, The

War Time Butter Dish, Victoria Cross,

School Magazines, and a French Toy

Soldier) are individual stories, told by

Michael Morpurgo, David Almond, John

Boyle, Marcus Sedgwick, Tracy Chevalier,

Sheena Wilkinson, Timothy De Fombelle,

Adele Geras, A.L. Kennedy, Ursula

Dubosarsky, and Tanya Lee Stone.

The reader can choose an object

and read the story befitting that object or

they could just read it from cover to

cover. Each story is well written with all

the right twists and turns one comes to

expect from such an illustrious group of

authors.

This book was recommended to me

to help with some research I was doing on

the Great War. Unfortunately, the

research went out the window as I

enjoyed the stories so much.

If you are trying to encourage a

child to read, this might be a way in, my

grandson has already borrowed the book.

The book is illustrated by Jim Kay

(winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal)

and this makes it even more attractive as

his illustrations reflect the objects and

The Great War.

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G I N G E R P I G G E RY

The Ginger Piggery is host to a cluster of

small workshops and places to browse.

Pily Batt and Whelpton Ceramics both

have good websites where you can see

examples of their artworks and find

details of their classes in painting on

china, or throwing pots, but it’s even

more satisfying to visit the shop and be

tempted by what you see.

Pily has been in residence at Studio

5 for 11 years. Pily’s abstract canvases

range from quite small to very large, in

vibrant colours, no doubt reflecting her

Spanish background; I’d be very happy to

have one on my wall if I had a bigger

house. She also holds classes for painting

on china which is a really enjoyable occu-

pation (I speak from experience).

Whelpton Ceramics is close by. Rob

holds pottery classes and creates his ce-

ramics in the workshop, whereas his wife

works from home, and their work is on

display in the shop, in contrasting styles.

Classes are on Mondays 7-9, or Fridays 10-

1 and 2-5, and several regular students

were clearly having a busy and enjoyable

time. Rob doesn’t talk much, but you can

find out more online.

Other businesses around the court-

yard include Dan in the Black Barn, who

sells Scandinavian furniture, and Sue at

King Interiors, whose range includes soft

furnishing, wildlife painting on wood and

abstract art on canvas. And there also

Cilla’s Vintage Fashion with rails full of

‘new opportunities’.

Ginny’s Cafe is a hub of refresh-

ment for cyclists on Route 24 of the Na-

tional Cycle Network. On a fine day the

cyclists are queuing for coffee and cake

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there are latecomers. It’s really a co-op-

erative there with Steph at the helm; her

Dad’s speciality is Bara Brith and ginger

cake, her Mum the flapjacks and coffee

cake, Steph is the expert on carrot cake

and Marie the Dorset apple cake. Tina

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menus include home-made soups with

bread made by Marie, and even your dog

can be catered for, with a tub of

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lots of things to see and do, including

craft displays by local artists, and classes

in lampshade-making, jewellery and

block printing onto fabric. Hidden behind

the screens Sew Dizzy offers alterations

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Knit and Knatter (and cake?)

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THE ENCHANTED APRIL by Elizabeth von Arnim

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I am about halfway through the book...

not that it is difficult to read, on the

contrary, it is a joy. It makes me cross,

laugh out loud, admire her English and

grammar and the way in which it is

written. I am about to garrotte Mrs Fisher.

I trust she improves. And I am concerned

about the imminent arrival of Mr Wilkins.

I feel sure all will be revealed. And I am

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the 1920s...

But I would like to go and stay in

that castle in April....any offers?!!! LW

What a beautiful read to finish off a

summer where my head is still in April —

and my heart with the awkward Lottie

Wilkins.

I loved how each lady had what

they thought was their own story to tell; a

story that’s based and driven by the male

gaze and what is expected of them as a so-

cialite, a wife or as a widow, and finishing

with the women finding out (or not) who

they really are as people.

Fantastic read and very much of

its time. KM

HEYTESBURY BRANCH, LADIES SECTION, ROYAL BRITISH LEGION

The Heytesbury Branch, Ladies Section,

Royal British Legion has been in existence

for 79 years and it is with great sadness

that I have to announce closure of our

branch.

Several reasons have forced this

unhappy decision upon us. The advancing

age of many of our members, the fact that

no member has come forward to replace

the chairman, secretary or treasurer, all

of whom have been in post for more than

ten years, and last but not least the

closure of our place of meeting due to the

Corona virus.

We can however be proud of our

record of monthly events with speakers,

films, quizzes or social events which

I hope we enjoyed ourselves as well as

raising funds for service families. We have

attended County and National Meetings

and have been awarded Cups for

Efficiency and Handicrafts.

Our Standard Bearer has attended

World War Memorials in the UK, Holland,

Belgium, as well as parades, funerals,

and our own Remembrance Services in

Heytesbury Church.

This year for the first time in many

years, sadly, there will be no British

Legion Standard carried at the

Remembrance Service in Heytesbury

church, but in the future we hope to be

able to Lay Up the Standard in the

Hungerford Chapel of the church. We are

rightly proud of our standard and hope

that many parishioners will be able to

attend this ceremony – which will of

course be advertised in the Upper Wylye

Parish News.

On a personal note, I would like to

thank all my members and you our village

friends for your very generous support to

the Ladies Section, Royal British Legion.

Ginnie Sincock: Chairman

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D I D YO U K N OW ?

Be it remembered that on Wednesday the

12th day of June 1765, about 12 o’clock

in the forenoon, a dreadful fire began at

the west end of the town of Heytesbury,

in the County of Wilts, at a house then in

the occupation of Mr William Wilkins,

which burnt with such irresistible violence

(the wind then blowing very briskly from

the west, and the weather very dry) that

notwithstanding the endeavour of the

inhabitants and neighbourhood, with the

help of 3 engines to stop its progress, the

hospital and chapel adjoining thereto,

together with the free schools, barns,

stables, outhouses, ricks of corn and hay,

belonging to the several farms, Stocks in

Trade and other effects; the whole loss

being computed at 13 thousand pounds.

Two persons were miserably burnt, one of

them an old woman between 70 and 80

years of age, the other a child 19 months

old, who died a few days afterwards..

Many of the inhabitants being

destitute of houses, were forced to take

up their lodgings in the church, till houses

could be produced for them.

From a sampler made by Alice Snelgrove

in 1790

Footnote:

Those unfortunate to lose their homes

were invited to seek shelter in the

church. Heytesbury church has always

served as a refuge for the needy, and we

continue to offer our practical assistance

and reassurance to many.

The Parochial Church Council has

in mind a number of ways to make the

church more accessible and to offer

opportunities for wider community use,

when circumstances allow.

RH

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story as we went along. The older ones

love the contributions from the younger

ones, albeit continual references by the

two year old to poo (and I don’t mean

Winnie) did become a bit wearing… but

boys will be boys. This has now expanded

into them messaging me with new parts of

the story. I hasten to add they expect me

to compile it and send it to their parents

by email which can then be read to them.

In a future edition, I might write

one for you to read to your children.

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I D E A S I N T H E E V E N T O F A N OT H E R L O C K D OW N

As with many people the thought of

another lockdown fills us with trepidation

and dread. Especially, those who live alone

with children who are spread around the

globe.

During the last lockdown, my

grandchildren, who are spread around the

globe and the UK, thought about ways of

keeping Grand dad happy. The first one

was using Face Time, fortunately, Grand

dad has no problem with this sort of

technology and he was able to receive calls

and talk to the children. There are two

downsides which he had to explain, and

which children do have a tendency to not

know about or for that matter forget.

The first one if they are in a time

zone five hours behind grandad, they need

to advance their time by five hours. An

eight pm call means a wake up call for

Grandad.

The second one is when they go to

their room to fetch something to show

Grandad, they need to remember to come

back. But face time is a good way of

keeping in touch and hopefully most

people can use it. I appreciate there is also

Skype, and Zoom.

That brings me to another funny

story, my son had a Zoom meeting which

involved hundreds of colleagues, and

whilst working at home recently his

daughter celebrated her 13th Birthday.

My son was in the middle of his meeting

when someone asked him where the

singing was coming from. He went on to

explain that it was his daughter’s birthday

and her grandfather was singing Happy

Birthday and he had to apologise for the

fact that grandad could not sing and he

was using the squashed tomatoes and

bread and butter version. Apparently,

everyone loved the light hearted banter of

that meeting.

I was also in the early days of the

lockdown available to get a hug from what

then was my youngest granddaughter. No

we didn’t break the rules, she lay down on

a large sheet of paper and her parents

drew round her, she then went on to paint

the picture (see Photo). This was then

posted to me and has been on the wall in

the lounge ever since.

On a recent visit she pointed out

the Christmas tree to me which is in the

middle of her forehead. I had not noticed

it.

Finally, Grandchildren love stories,

well mine do. We started to do a

continuum, I would start a story with them

on a group chat and they would add to the

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thoUghts FRom sheRRington

Autumn’s palette is primed and we have

the first strokes of the gilded brush.

However, we need bright, crisp days for

the full glory of the seasonal tapestry to

be revealed.

Wildlife has had a difficult time in

the days of torrential rain. Toby Bainbridge

brought down a Buzzard he had found

soaking wet and starved in the wet grass,

it was in a very poor way. Nigel has a food

store for such emergencies (we have his

and her freezers) and the bird certainly

had a voracious appetite! Once it was dry

and well fed it was taken back to be

released but on emerging from the pet

carrier it was unable to fly. It is now at the

Hawk Conservancy in Weyhill. Examination

found no injury excepting a loss of flight

feathers. It is now in a large aviary and

when the feathers regrow it can come

back to Sherrington and be released.

Today, Oliver Keighley braved the

pouring rain to report a kestrel standing in

the wall in Poolman’s yard (well done

Oliver). It was easily taken up, obviously

at a low ebb. It is currently in a pet carrier

in the sitting room and, like the buzzard,

taking on necessary rations! The anxiety is

that though it has no apparent injury it is

surprisingly calm and when, after a few

days of rest and food it is to be hoped that

it is able to fly. We hope that Oliver can be

around to see it take off. In this weather

there must be any number of less

fortunate birds.

Sherrington provided a generous

contribution to Warminster’s Food Bank.

We received a letter of thanks, and we had

donated 42.3kg of supplies. The Food Bank

supports 250-300 needy people per month

so Sherrington’s gift was most welcome.

Two things in the area have brought

me cheer of late. Firstly, the gate above

the chalkpit at Sherrington bottom has

been rehung and secondly, the hedge at

the Boyton end of Parson’s Path, replanted

several years ago has now matured into a

beautiful, dense hedgerow, brilliant!! B L

Feeding the hUngRY

Have you been concerned about the

number of people who have relied on

Foodbanks to feed themselves and their

children since Covid struck? The

Warminster and District Foodbank has

adapted to the virus: instead of being

open to callers, those needing help ring up

and book a delivery. New volunteers have

offered to be drivers. Currently about 300

people a month are being helped, not only

in Warminster but also in Westbury, the

Upper Wylye Valley and the local area as

far as Mere. We are generously supported

by people giving food, toiletries etc but as

people go less to supermarkets and shop

online our stocks have declined. You can

also help by making donations online at

http://warminsteranddistrictfoodbank.co

.uk/contact_us These can be Gift Aided.

We should be very grateful for your help,

as we were for all the Harvest Festival

gifts from our churches.

If you wish to support foodbanks

more widely, a new organisation, Bankuet,

has been set up to support foodbanks by

bulk buying and distribution and by

offering an online giving facility.

See: www.bankuet.co.uk

Caro Barker Bennett

V I L L AG E N E W S

Lemon dRiZZLe CAKe

For this recipe you will need:

4 oz Marge

4oz caster sugar

1 dessert spoon of syrup

Grated rind of one lemon

Beat well together…

Beat in 1 egg, beat in second egg.

Fold in 4oz SR flour and the juice of half a

lemon.

Cook for 35 minutes at 180 or Gas Mark 4

or until a cocktail stick comes out of the

centre clean.

Filling

6oz icing sugar

3 oz Marge, beat together until smooth.

Add juice of half a lemon. If too runny

thicken with more icing sugar.

Cut cake through centre add filling.

drizzle

Juice of 1 Lemon, 2 dessert spoons of

sugar

Place in a pan, bring to boil, boil until

mixture is syrupy, about half liquid has

gone.

Poke holes in top of cake, pour drizzle

over top of cake, leave to soak in and

enjoy.

JC

goLden sYRUP CAKe

4oz butter

2oz caster sugar

2oz brown sugar

6oz golden syrup

6oz self raising flour

1 egg

150 mls of milk or almond milk

Heat in pan sugar syrup and butter and

leave to cool for 10mins

Mix egg and milk together

Add flour and the syrup mix

Bake for 1 hour at 160

Leave to cool 10mins and add 1tbsp of

syrup on top

CM

TWO RECIPES THIS MONTH (IF IN DOUBT EAT CAKE…)

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on 6th October

eric horsham

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on 14th October

May they rest in the peace and light of Christ

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Picture taken by Ian Keighley. Female Kestrel in Poolman’s Yard.

1st Heytesbury 8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)All Saints’ Codford St Peter 9.30am Holy Communion ChoirSunday Zoom 11.00am All Souls Service Sutton Veny 3.00pm All Souls Service Norton Bavant 6.00pm Patronal Holy Communion (BCP) Choir 8th Upton Lovell 8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)REMEMBRANCE Codford St Mary 10.45am British Legion Remembrance ServiceSUNDAY Heytesbury 10.45am Remembrance Service Choir Sutton Veny 10.45am Remembrance Service Codford St Mary 6.00pm Remembrance Evening Prayer (BCP) 15th Sutton Veny 8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)2nd Sunday Codford St Mary 9.30am Holy Communionbefore Advent Zoom 11.00am Service of the word Heytesbury 6.00pm Evensong Choir 22nd Boyton 8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)CHRIST THE Heytesbury 9.30am Family Eucharist ChoirKING Zoom 11.00am Service of the word Upton Lovell 6.00pm Evensong Choir 29th Sutton Veny 9.30am Holy Communion TEAM ServiceADVENT Heytesbury 6.00pm From Darkness to Light: SUNDAY Advent Service Choir

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OPENING TIMES OF OUR CHURCHES

Boyton Wednesday 10am – 6pmCodford St Mary Wednesday All dayCodford St Peter Wednesday, Saturday All Day and Sunday All DayHeytesbury Thursday 9am – 1pm Sunday 1pm – 6pmKnook Thursday 6pm – 6.30pmNorton Bavant Contact Churchwarden John Acworth 840134Sherrington Thursday All DaySutton Veny Wednesday 9am – 1pm Saturday 1pm – 4pmTytherington Closed ClosedUpton Lovell Closed Closed

UPPER WYLYE VALLEY TEAM UPPER WYLYE VALLEY TEAM

A LoCKed ChURCh

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but let my heart be open to your

presence.

lines by the Revd Alan Amos

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WOOLSTORE THEATRE Codford Post Office 850345 Booking Theatre: Anne Twinn 850004CODFORD GARDENING CLUB Karen Johnstone 850258CODFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY Sir William Mahon 850586 Sally Thomson 850339CODFORD LADIES CIRCLEEvelyn Read 850831PARISH WEBSITESTeam www.upperwylyevalleyteam.comWebmaster admin@newvalleywebdesign.comHeytesbury www.heytesburyparish.co.ukNorton Bavant www.nortonbavant.co.ukSutton Veny www.suttonveny.co.ukSPORTS CLUBS Badminton (Codford) Dominique Beagley 850952Cricket (Heytesbury & Sutton Veny) Chair: Justin Wagstaff 840782 Secretary: Robert RobsonHeytesbury Football Club Martyn Spratt 07790 728197Tennis (Codford) Chair: Vincie Abbott 850239 Secretary: Philip Spicer 850577STARQUEST Astronomy Club: Pete Lee 840093SUTTON VENY FLOWER SHOW www.suttonvenyflowershow.co.ukWOMEN’S INSTITUTE Sutton Veny President: Penny Carroll 841340

MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT Dr Andrew Murrison MP 01225 358584WILTSHIRE UNITARY COUNCILLORS Andrew Davis 217431 Christopher Newbury 01373 822508 Fleur de Rhe-Philipe 213193POLICE: Warminster Neighbourhood Team PC 2342 Helen Daveridge PCSO 7984 Candida Jackson WarminsterAreaCPT@wiltshire.pnn.police.ukCommunity Police (non-emergency) 101

PARISH COUNCILSBoyton/Corton Chair: Caroline Wheatley-Hubbard 850208Codford Chair: Colin Beagley 850952 Clerk: Karungi Grant 850523 karungigrant.codfordparish@yahoo.comHeytesbury Chair: Ann Perry 841474 Clerk: Heather Parks FILCM 07970780424Sutton Veny Chair: Valerie King 841104 Clerk: Melissa Atyeo 840821Upton Lovell Chair: Steve Boxall 851171 Clerk: Nicola Duke 01373 864127 clerk@uptonlovell.org.ukROYAL BRITISH LEGIONCodford Branch: Col Nick Quarrelle 851149HEYTESBURY, HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN Administrator 01985 620097DOCTORS’ SURGERY CODFORD 850298CODFORD POST OFFICE (Budgens) 850345HEYTESBURY POST OFFICE 840914

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