BN May 2012

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Welcome to the May edition www.burbage-village.org.uk

BURBAGE HOME HELP

Washing ~ Ironing

Vacuuming ~ Cleaning

Dusting ~ Dog walking

House-sitting ~ Gardening

Baby-sitting (CRB checked)

...and LOCAL

Need help with any or all of these?

do you need someone to keep an eye

on a friend, neighbour or relative,

dropping in for a friendly chat?

Do you want a bit of short-term help

with routine jobs, or a hand with the

household chores?

Katey Masey can help. CRB checked

and local resident, able to help with

most things, and at very

reasonable rates

Please telephone to book or

for

More information:

01672 810 308

Jubilee Help List

Walkabout photographers

needed for covering the

occasion – are you skilled with the

shutter?

Your Royal Party Contacts: Mike Vardy: 07802 218 014

[email protected] Karen Brown: 01672 810 518

There’s so much happening we only have space to say Hi! Enjoy this issue and have a

great May - Look out for articles with the special Jubilee logo like the one below!

Don’t miss out!

The Olympic Torch passes through Marlborough on Wednesday 23rd

May en route to the games!

open studios 2012 5th – 27th May This is an art trail [rather like Marlborough Open Studios] covering West Berkshire, North Hampshire and also East Wiltshire. Visitors to studios, exhibitions, workshops and arts events can enjoy and buy the work of over 120 artists , working in varied media from paint to textiles to wood to ceramics to glass, sculpting, printing and jewellery making. Artists also participate in the exhibition - INSIGHT 2012 at the New Greenham Arts Centre, 113 Lindenmuth Way, New Greenham Park, Newbury, RG19 6HN For full details of all events and opening times visit www.open-studios.org.uk or look out for a free Directory of Artists from various business locations in Burbage, Marlborough, Hungerford, Newbury and surrounding villages. A red flag or poster shows where each studio is. Your nearest is in Burbage at 16 Taskers Lane (Helen Colling, textiles, # 23) and 5 more nearby in Wilton, Shalbourne and Froxfield!

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The big day officially begins as the church bells

ring out at 2.45pm and we wait for the arrival of

the King and Queen. No, not the ones from London,

but the ‘King and Queen’ of the Burbage

Festivities!

Their Majesties, the King and Queen of the Ceremony will arrive in their

horse-drawn carriage at 3.00pm. All children will be able to wave their flags

(provided free!) as their majesties parade past, entering through the Castle

Entrance at the southern corner of Eastcourt, closely watched by the Royal

Clockwork Guards.

All guests to this most auspicious of occasions will be able to have their

photograph taken at the Aunt Sally Royal Photo Shoot, and will be

entertained throughout the day by a fantastic Swing Band

The celebrations will commence with Razamatazz, the Children’s

Entertainers who appeared last year, followed by the Punch & Judy Show.

Then there will be a Family Scooter Relay Race: It is an obstacle course laid

out around the Palace, with teams of four family members! There will be

prizes for First - including a Knighthood, Second and Third place, as well as

Best Dressed Family Prize and Best Dressed Scooter Prize.

You can get in the mood with period dress; come along in clothes from any

period from the 1950’s – if you can remember that far back - to today’s

modern trends. You will also be able to view pictures from the children’s

Colouring Competition. Entry forms will be distributed through the local

“Party in Saturday 2nd

-Burbage Street Party

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schools. Bring your favourite home-made

cakes for the Cake Competition! Everyone,

young or old, can enter

There will also be lots of different ways to

keep the children busy with the Tug o’ War,

Bat the Rat, Smash the Royal Crockery, Face Painting, Bouncy Castle and

many other games.

Bring a picnic and something to sit on, as the grass area will be our picnic

site and there is no formal sitting-down time. You can eat when you like!

There will be a Quiet Area, serving Afternoon Cream Tea and Cake for

those who remember The Coronation or those who prefer a more sedate

celebration.

There will be Candy Floss, Ice Cream and Soft Drinks available. Later on

from about 6.00pm there will be hot food with our two hog roasts and Thai

Food (Veggie option).

There will be some sparkling entertainment in the evening and the bar will

be open all day until 11.30pm.

See you there! Your Royal Party Contacts:

Mike Vardy: 07802 218 014

[email protected]

Karen Brown: 01672 810 518

the Palace” June, 2012 - Free admission-

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Your Letters to the Burbage News

Race For Life

Hello! This year I’m taking part in The Race For Life at Newbury Showground on the 8th July. I want to raise as much money as possible and in order to do this I need a lot of sponsors. I am racing for my Nan, who lost her battle against cancer in 2004, and my Auntie Tracey, who also lost her battle the following year, when I was only 10. I love and miss them both and want to help other people who are fighting this disease.

Please, please sponsor me to help researchers find a cure. I want to collect as much money as possible and you can help by following the link (Shortened here by BNET, and also on the Burbage Village website) http://goo.gl/FQZ3G

or use your mobile phone and text: QNBW83 (plus the amount in pounds, e.g. £1, £5, £12 etc) to 70070 Every amount counts and together we can beat cancer

Thank you

Jasmine Kirby

Jubilee Flowers

The Church Flower Arrangers are planning to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee by decorating the Church with flowers. We hope you will have time to visit the Church: The arrangements will be on display from Saturday 2nd June. Let’s hope for good weather for our celebrations Any donations for the cost of the flowers will be gratefully received

Lillian Richardson

Westcourt

Name and Gain

Dear Burbage News In this day and age with so many warnings to look out for scams and dodgy collectors, it beggars belief that someone would think stating ‘collecting for charity’ is enough to make us part from our hard earned coffers. I will only give if I know where it is going so please, make sure any fund raising event names the charity. That’s the only way they are likely to gain my support

Details withheld on request

The Burbage News would like to apologise

for any article or advertisement that did not

display the name of a chosen charity. We

usually insist on knowing who the

beneficiary will be, and if it does not appear

in the Burbage News for some reason

(usually late copy) it will be found on the

village website

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Filthy Pigs

Dear Burbage News, I wonder if the time may be right to mention the filthy individuals who seem to live in Burbage these days & who continue to misappropriate their dog mess for all to walk in to? I live in Ailesbury Way and this morning on the pavement, someone had left a pack of dog mess. I suppose, given the benefit of doubt, they could have dropped it. However, I don't think so; it was too large to miss. ! Perhaps these dirty individuals will be happy when we have to empower "Plastic Policemen" to look out for " filthy litter louts" and then deal with them immediately by way of an instant fine, then perhaps, they will be happy that people who can no longer be responsible for their own actions, simply have to be monitored by big brother. These filthy pigs will have their own undoing. By the way, since when has it been a good idea for children to be "walking" very large dogs which, if they went out of control, there is no way these children could hold them back? What would their caring parents say then? What "Dangerous Dogs Act?"!

Kind regards

Details withheld on request

BEST KEPT VILLAGE The next litter pick is on

Saturday 19th May

Meet outside the Village Hall at 10.30am and join in

Burbage Village Summer Fete

1.30 - 4pm, 30th June 2012 at Burbage Primary School

Come along to the Burbage Village Fete

for an afternoon packed full of fun for the whole community.

BBQ, Beer Tent, Teas, Coffees, Cakes,

Ice Cream, Market Stalls, Crafts, Games & Activities, Savernake Scouts’

Climbing Wall, Phoenix Brass Band, Face Painting, Competitions, Raffle,

Challenge Events for Everyone.

Competitions For adults:

Flower arranging Best cake Best jam

For children:

Best dressed Olympic fruit or vegetable Handwriting

Miniature garden 5 Cupcakes or 5 Biscuits

For everyone:

Go-kart challenge! Build your own go-kart and race it around our track. Trophies for best looking kart and

fastest kart

Every village voluntary organisation is invited to have a free stand to raise

money for their own causes at the fete. Commercial stalls are also welcomed

for a small fee. For more information on the event, the competitions or to book a

stall, please contact Emma on: [email protected]

or phone: 01672 811415.

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After an absence of more than 10 years in the village, the scout group successfully restarted 12 months ago in May 2011 and now proudly celebrates its 1st anniversary. Over 50 youngsters from the village and local area have been meeting at the East Sands Scout Hall, which recently escaped being re-developed as housing.

The group started with just Cubs and Scouts and now also includes Beavers. It’s also the shared home of the District Explorer Scouts and therefore provides a venue for fun, adventure, team work and much more from the ages of 6 years right through to 18 and beyond, and all on our door step. So what have we been doing in the last year? Hopefully you will have seen us making bird boxes at the Brain Tumour charity day, or perhaps painting the outside of the scout hall, or did you see us hosting the District Go Kart Championships in East Sands or helping plant the Diamond Jubilee trees in the village or did you hear that we won the county Scrap Heap Challenge? And if you didn’t see us at

Savernake Forest Scout Group celebrates First Peter Shellswell,

any of these, perhaps you saw us hiking back from Pewsey Vale one frosty night or learning to navigate our way through wild Savernake Forest?

If you missed any of those, come and see us at the Burbage Village Fete on 30th June. We’ll have the climbing wall with us and will be daring you to feel the excitement from the adrenaline rush as you let go at the

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top! We’ll also bring along lots of exciting games and interesting demonstrations for you to try. We have plenty more coming up too. If you are aged 6 – 8 years, perhaps you would like to join us at our annual camp, ‘Beaver Babble’, with Alice the camel! Try out some Funny Map Reading or maybe you are brave enough to come and see our dragons? If you are aged 8-10 1/2 you could take aim and try your hand at archery or track your friends using sticks and pebbles? Could you camp out under the stars or bandage your mum or dad up like an Egyptian Mummy? Or if you are aged 10½ - 14 you could be the driver of the fastest go kart on our circuit when we host the district go kart

Anniversary since the group restarted Chairman

championships? Perhaps kayaking and getting wet is for you or do you fancy trying your hand at a little backward cooking using underground ovens and open fires? If so then contact us at [email protected] or call 01672 567007. To help keep the momentum going and all the young people challenged

and excited, can you help us? We’re planning to have a metal recycling skip in June where we want you to donate your scrap metal to us so that we can raise funds for the upkeep of the hall. Could you spare 8 hours in a year to help run an evening beaver, cub or scout meeting, or perhaps just 2 hours to help us set up at the village fete? Many hands make light work, so please consider us. For those of you who have helped us and continue to do so, your time and support is truly appreciated and has helped make it the success it has become,

we thank you. Arthur, Archie, Sophie, Ebony, Oliver

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Helping older people to live at home for longer

The Bedwyns, Burbage, Grafton Tidcombe and Fosbury

Contact Mary Soellner 07557 110418

Good Companions Club Bernard Patterson

Members and a new member, Keith Amiss, were welcomed to the meeting in the Village Hall on Wednesday 18 th April by the Vice- Chairman, Jill Terry. A presentation was made to Jean Bierschenk to thank her for preparing and delivering birthday cards to members on the appropriate date. The speaker, John Price, entertained the meeting with his tales of adventures over several years while he has been walking around the coast of England, Wales and Scotland, section by section. His endeavours began in Pewsey with a walk to Salisbury that extended to the coast of Devon and Cornwall, later to Kent and the east coast. He intends to walk the remaining few bleak miles in North West Scotland to complete the circuit. Highlights were the wild life he saw in its natural habitat, Lighthouses, Bridges and the many local residents who have helped his travels to lift his spirits. The next meeting is at 10.30am in the Village Hall on Wednesday 16 th May for the Annual Coffee Morning with a Bring and Buy to top up Club funds

The Diamond Jubilee Celebration Luncheon is at 12.30pm on Weds

6th June in the Village Hall.

Defibrillator Update We would like to say a massive Thank you to all that came, helped, donated and supported us at The Burbage Swish. We raised in total over £400. Congratulations to David Burton for getting the closest weight of ‘guess the weight of the cake’ of 2.25kg (4.96lb) which was 2.109kg (4.64lb) and to Mrs Stewart for winning the bottle of Taittinger champagne . We would also like to thank Pauline Flint and all at The White Hart who have raised an amazing £500 from the Thursday Quiz nights throughout February, with other donations we have now got £1000, well on our way to our next machine.

Keep an eye out for us at the Burbage summer fete on June 30th we will have some fun things organised for the children and we hope to get some first aid courses up and running in the next few months.

PLEASE HELP US HELP YOU TO POTENTIALLY SAVE SOMEONE’S LIFE. For more information please contact Cassi [email protected] or Sally [email protected]

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Patient Liaison Committee June Brew, Chair

We hope you all had a happy and healthy Easter The next meeting of the Committee will be on Tuesday 15th May 2012. If anyone has a matter they would like the Committee to discuss at this meeting please either speak to one of the Committee members or send a request via e-mail to :

[email protected] As mentioned in last months News the results of the Patient Survey carried out by the Committee are available. They can be seen on the Committee Notice Board in the Surgery or on the Surgery website which is:

www.theburbagesurgery.co.uk The overall results revealed that there is overwhelming satisfaction with the service provided by the Surgery and great support for the doctors, nurses and supporting staff. We are fortunate to have such a Surgery in the Village as well as the Pharmacy which is greatly appreciated by patients.

Great Outdoors Challenge Sponsorship

Geoff Hill

Would you like to support the Save the Children Fund in its work in some of the poorest regions of the world? Its work will be particularly vital over the coming months as the ongoing drought in sub Saharan Africa is predicted to lead to mass malnutrition when of course the children will suffer worst. If so you could do so by sponsoring me in my attempt to complete “The Great Outdoors Challenge.” So what exactly is “The Great Outdoors Challenge”? The event, which takes place over the 15 days between 11th and 25th May, is an unsupported, non competitive walk across Scotland limited to 350 people either travelling alone or in groups of up to four. I will be doing it solo. Places are awarded by ballot which is only open to experienced hill walkers. Once accepted entrants plan their own route, must sign out from one of 9 places on the west coast of Scotland and reach the east coast somewhere between Fraserburgh and Arbroath and then make their way to Montrose to sign in by 25th May. I will be starting at the hamlet of Lochailort just south of Mallaig and aim to reach the east coast at Montrose itself. My route takes me via Spean Bridge, Dalwhinnie, Braemar, Brechin and finally Montrose. The complete route is 276km (171miles) long and involves 8,500m (27,600ft) of climbing and two bridgeless river crossings. Because I will be away from habitation for up to four days at a stretch I will carry up to 15kg(33lb) of clothing, camping equipment and food. At this time of year in the highlands you

have to be equipped to cope with the weather that can range from snow, to torrential rain, to blazing sun. I expect to take the whole 15 days on the crossing but hope to arrive in time for the celebration dinner on the final Friday! Please sponsor me for what I believe is a very good cause. You can do this either direct (tel : 811 424) or via my “Just Giving” webpage which is:

www.justgiving.com/Geoffrey-Hill0 Many thanks Geoff Hill

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Burbage Flower Club Julia Russett

Are you interested in flower

arranging? Would like to be able to arrange flowers in your home?

I would like to start a New Look NAFAS (National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies)

affiliated Club in Burbage

The first step is to enquire how many people would be interested in joining the flower club, we need a minimum of 20 members to affiliate to NAFAS. Once I have a list of people interested I will arrange an evening demonstration where the Area Chairman has agreed to attend. This will give you an insight to the benefits of being affiliated to NAFAS and what can be achieved from our club. From this evening hopefully we will have a keen group of volunteers to form a committee and take this new club forward. Please register your interest by calling

Julia 01672 810829 - 07969311153 or email [email protected]

Burbage Strollers Irene Dymond

Thank you to those who did give feedback from last month’s Burbage News.

Colin Paul has very kindly volunteered to lead 4 Sunday walks this year, so a big thank you. The evening “stroll” has not received much response, however, I am aiming to walk most Wednesday evenings through to the end of September. If you feel like joining the regular few, please meet at the village hall as below; we would love to see you! DATES FOR YOUR DIARY: Wednesday evenings – 7.15 p.m. To approx. 8.15 p.m. – meet at village hall Sunday Circular Walks: Sunday 20th May: Walk to Crofton for tea & cake! Leave the Village Hall at 1.45pm Sunday July 22nd: Walk to Brimslade - Leaving the Village Hall at 1.45pm Sunday 19th August: Wolf Hall returning along the canal towpath via Savernake or The Wharf. Leave the Village Hall 1.45pm Sunday 23rd Sept: Pub lunch walk to the Royal Oak, Wootton Rivers – meet near Westcourt Road Bridge for a 12 noon start. There is no cost involved in joining the Strollers for a walk, you are responsible for your own health and safety, and dogs are welcome.

For more information call Irene on: 01672 811586 / 0791 769 2451

or email: [email protected]

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Families with children

already at Pre-school

are also welcome to

come along and join

us.

Burbage Pre-school is open for children from 2½

- 5 years during term times. Morning sessions

are Monday – Friday 9.15am – 11.45am, lunch

club is Monday – Friday 11.45am – 12.30pm and

afternoon sessions are Monday & Wednesday

12.30pm – 3.00pm.

Anyone interested in their child joining can

contact our Pre-school Leader, Mrs Janet

Burstow, on 01672 811420 during Pre-school

hours or 01672 810736 at any other time. Our

website www,burbagepreschool.org.uk You are

welcome to visit us at any time. We are located

behind the primary school, however access is

via the footpath opposite the church.

Pre-school had an

exciting visitor last

month, local

Professional

Percussionist, Sacha

Johnson. Sacha did

some musical activities with the children which

included clapping games and exploring loud &

soft and fast & slow sounds. Sacha also brought

in a selection of percussion instruments that the

children had a chance to play. Pre-school would

like to thank Sacha for his time.

If you would like to find out more about Burbage

Pre-school, then prospective families are warmly

invited to our Open Afternoon on Thursday

21 st June between 12.30 and 2.30. As well as

being an ideal opportunity to find out more about

what we do at Pre-school there will also be fun

childrens’ activities and refreshments

provided.

We have had fun

celebrating Easter,

making some

feathery chick cards

and enjoying some

Easter cakes for our

refreshments. We are

now looking towards

the summer and

planning more

celebratory activities,

this time for the

Olympics and the

Diamond Jubilee.

We are hosting a

community coffee

morning and second

hand book sale on

Tuesday 15th May 10am-11:30am. All books are

50p each and there will be fresh coffee and

homemade cake for a small cost. You can stock

up for your holidays!

Our AGM is on Tuesday 8th May, 8pm at the

White Hart, Burbage. It is an excellent

opportunity to socialise with group. We'll be

providing snacks and the first drink. The whole

committee are standing down because their

children have

reached preschool age

and Tiddlywinks needs

a new committee to

carry the group forward

to the future. We have

all thoroughly enjoyed

being on the committee

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work but without a big

commitment. Do come

to the AGM and if

possible, consider

becoming a member;

we're friendly and it

will be a fun evening.

Our sessions are held

every Tuesday during term time from 9:30am to

11:30am at Burbage Village Hall for all

preschool aged children and their parents or

carers. It is a very friendly group with lots to

entertain the little ones and fresh coffee, cakes

and plenty of chat for the grown ups! Please do

join us if you would like to, it is a great way to

make friends. For more details contact Rachel on

07990878593. We look forward to welcoming

you soon.

Burbage Baby & Toddler Group .

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Healthy Diet Rules #4 Petra Gericke

Rule – No draining breakfast “Draining breakfast”: cereals, muesli, weetabix, porridge, bread/toast Why?: All these “healthy” advertised products are too high in carbohydrates (based on 100g: Kellogs Cornflakes 84g, Quaker Porridge Oats 60g). The carbohydrates are not used up over the next few hours as you aren't exercising. Your insulin rockets and your body transforms the excess carbohydrates into fat. This is the basic building block for obesity and a variety of chronic diseases. Instead: Have a boosting breakfast made of starch-free vegetables, proteins (egg, goats/sheep’s cheese, meat, tofu) and omega 3/6/9 oil. Breakfast ideas: www.helpinghands-uk.com/Nutrition.htm

Tai Chi in Burbage -update Burbage was lucky enough to be selected by Age UK Wiltshire for a pilot series of 20 subsidised Tai Chi sessions, led by Anne Liddell, an experienced tutor. Tai Chi /Shi-ba-shi was created to improve the health and general well-being of modern society and is now practiced by millions of people around the world. Research has recently shown that it is the best exercise for older people as it improves relaxation and mobility of muscles and joints, strengthens and energises the nervous system and helps dissolve tension away. Tai Chi at Burbage follows a simplified set of movements to very peaceful background sounds and music. We all move according to our own ability and those who prefer sit in a chair to do the exercises. The sessions started in mid January and support has grown rapidly. We now have around 20 members –men and women – and there is the chance for a hot drink and chat after the exercises. As the pilot has been so successful, it has been decided to continue the sessions after the pilot sponsorship ends. We are very grateful to Age UK Wiltshire for starting up and sponsoring the pilot and now look forward to our club continuing to flourish in the future. New members will always be welcome – there is plenty of room in the Village Hall! If you are over 55 and would like to enjoy relaxing and toning up in a friendly atmosphere, why not come along to Burbage Village Hall on a Thursday morning from 10.00 –11.00am and give it a try? £2 per session Hope to see you there!

Jubilee Help List

Does anyone have a large

piece of carpet or coconut matting to beg, borrow or steal to cover the road for the Punch and Judy show plus other

games and events?



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www.savernaketeam.org.uk

Savernake Team Letter May 2012

Revd Robert Grist [email protected]

01672 811431

Revd Robert Grist, Assistant Curate writes:

Dear Everybody, What a difference a few days can makeK. The week before Easter my world was turned upside-down by the unexpected and untimely death of my dear mother. At the time it made it difficult for me to reconcile the emptiness I was feeling inside with the triumphant emptiness of Jesus’ tomb. And then, after some time off work, I returned only to find that two of my three senior managers were leaving the business (one had gone already) now throwing my whole work situation into confusion. It’s at times such as these that all any of us can do is to reach out in faith to the one who is unchanging, unfailing and dependable – as the Psalmist puts it; he is our rock, our fortress, deliverer, shield and refuge. (Psalm 8:2) And he is still our hope. At the end of this month we remember another day which turned the world upside-down for a lot of people. For we celebrate the festival of Pentecost - the fiftieth day after Easter. The word literally means ‘fiftieth’ and, as a multiple of seven, is a special number in biblical terms. Seven has always indicated God’s fullness or completion; in the Genesis account, God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh, when it was complete. And so as a multiple of seven plus one day, Pentecost also points beyond the fullness of God’s revelation in Jesus to the Holy Spirit. At Christmas we celebrate God the Father’s wonderful gift of his Son; at Easter we celebrate Christ’s triumph over death; and at Pentecost, the third most important festival for the Christian Church, we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit who gives the gift of faith.

contd......

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The Ladies Group will be attending ‘Releasing your full potential’ with Mrs Bryony Springate on Saturday 26

th May 2012

Bryony will cover the following during the day: What traps you and stops you firing on all cylinders? How can you be set free to realise all that God has for you? Through the day, we shall be looking at the “answers” to the two questions, using examples from scripture, and also looking at ways to help ourselves. There will be prayer offered at the end of each session, and hopefully you will be encouraged and enthused! The day course starts at 10am with worship. Refreshments are served midway through the morning, and lunch is provided at 1pm. Lunch, is included in the £20 charge for the day and although Harnhill do provide a vegetarian option, they are unable to cater for any other diet. We will be stopping for a meal on the way back from Harnhill. Please book your place with Debbie Brown on 01672 810853.

On the first Pentecost (Acts 2), we read how the Holy Spirit came powerfully upon the disciples. Such was the revelation that ‘about three thousand’ were baptised that day. This tradition continued through history and is the very reason we also call it Whit Sunday (after ‘White Sunday’) when those newly baptised into the church would dress in white. Pentecost celebrates the birthday of the Christian Church - the Church which survives to this very day! So why not join us on May 27 this year at Burbage for a very special celebration? And so, on reflection, I thank God that a few days can indeed make a difference. Because in a few days at Easter the world was indeed turned upside downKnot just for me, but for everybody! And we are reminded of this right through until Pentecost and we continue to celebrateK. HE IS RISEN INDEED. Alleluia! With every blessing Rob

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Following all the amazing events in the village over the Jubilee

weekend, All Saints Church would like to invite everyone to

A service of Thanksgiving for the

Diamond Jubilee of her Majesty the Queen

At All Saints Church Burbage

on Sunday 3rd June at 11 am

Everyone is very welcome to this Jubilee Thanksgiving Service, which is going to be a

special event for the whole community.

A celebration service with traditional hymns and prayers which have been specially

prepared for this Jubilee year and will be used widely across the country

In addition we would especially like to hear from anyone with special memories of the

actual Coronation Day that we might be able to incorporate into the service.

Please look out for more information posters around the village soon

10AM - 4PM SATURDAY 5th May

at ALL SAINTS’ BURBAGE

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Georg Carey, will be leading a day of teaching and renewal, titled ’Re thinking Christianity’.

Lord Carey whose latest book ‘We Don’t Do God’, published in February 2012, will speak on

Christianity Revisited during the day. He will also be available to sign copies of his new book which will be on sale.

Cost £5.00 - Please bring a packed lunch

To book a place, contact Debbie: 01672 810853 I would like to book places for the Renewal Day

on Saturday, 5th May 2012 and enclose £

From: .............................................................................................

Address: .........................................................................................

........................................................................................................

Church (if any) ..................…………….............................................

Cheques payable to "The PCC of Burbage" please.

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Ladies Group @ All Saints’ Church

Burbage

[email protected]

Please join us for a Ladies’ Breakfast Saturday 19th May at 9am

Church Centre

Enjoy a continental breakfast in a relaxed

atmosphere

and listen to

our very own Shirley Tawney, who is going to share her journey of faith with

us. For more information on this event

contact Debbie Brown on 01672 810853 or any of the other

ladies on the committee:

Linda Dytham, Heather Moore, Kay Francis, Joyce Kennington,

Val Nelson Piercy and Sue Goalby

CALL MY WINE BLUFF

The Church Centre, Burbage

Saturday 19th

May 7.30pm A light hearted and entertaining evening when teams of

4 – 6 test their palates and knowledge against the questionable information given by our panel of local ‘experts’!

Tickets £10 per person from Trish Street 01672 810965

or Jane Bowyer 01672 810969

All profits to the Sudan Building Bridges Fund

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During the Clergy Vacancy For enquiries about : Weddings, Funerals or Baptisms, go initially to Mrs. Debbie Brown, Church Administrator, who will liaise with the appropriate people; Debbie is in the Church Office every weekday morning: 01672 810853. For problems which you feel need the help of a minister: For questions concerning Young People’s worship: go to Rev. Linda Dytham: 01672 811025. For matters which Lay Pastoral Assistants may be able to help with, go initially to Mrs. Sue Masey, who will liaise with the appropriate people: 01672 810308. For House groups, cell groups, the first Wednesday of the month Mid Week meetings, the Renewal Day and the parish weekend at Ammerdown (including bursaries), go to Mr. Barry Smith: 01380 860593

Appointing new clergy We are looking forward to the Rev. Michael McHugh arriving in Great Bed-wyn ready to start his work as Team Rector in early July. We shall now be able to begin the process towards appointing a Team Vicar to be resident in Burbage.

On Sunday 20th May 6pm – 8.30pm

Come and enjoy table tennis, table football, music, food and a different

look at the Christian faith at our Christian Youth Group.

If you’re aged 11 to secondary school year 11 please come along

and join us for the evening. Church Centre, Burbage.

Contact Alan & Debbie Brown for more details 810357

1-5-0 Fest

150 Fest is a music event which Swindon Youth for Christ are hosting in partnership with IMPACT and some local supporters.

It is a one-night-only music event featuring 3 Christian bands – Fire Fall Down, Saving Strike and The Origin. Check out their websites by googling their names!

All the bands are really fantastic and it should be a great night.

We hope to take some or all of our youth group along, with any of their friends. This will be a very accessible event and something credible that they can confidently bring their non-Christian friends to.

Saturday May 5th, 7pm – 10pm at The Platform Youth Centre,

Swindon

If you’d like to come please contact Debbie Brown on either 810853 (office) or 801357 (home), we’ll be arranging lifts!

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From the Diary

Booking the Church Centre:

Please contact:

Rob Hartwell on 01672 810839 or email: [email protected]

REGULAR EVENTS Fill The Gap-every Thursday 12-2pm in the Church Centre. Great atmosphere, all ages welcome, come and join us!

Coffee ‘n’ Browse

First Friday of each month 9am-12noon in the Church Centre, meeting locally to help families afar! See you on Friday 4th May

Further events/dates: 5th May Renewal Day with George Carey—see Debbie for bookings and details 17th May Team Ascension Day Service—7pm at Chute Causeway 19th May Ladies Group Breakfast—church centre 9am see Debbie for more details 19th May Call My Wine Bluff—church centre 7.30pm see larger ad for more details 20th May Youth Group—church centre 6.00pm to 7.30pm call Debbie 810357 for more details. 25th May Mums & Tots coffee morning—church centre 9am 26th May Ladies Group Day out to Ladies Day at Harnhill—see larger ad for details. 27th May Pentecost Service at 11am in the church. Come and experience the Holy Spirit!

Please see our website for further information on any events or services detailed in this section:

www.savernaketeam.com/Burbage-and-tidcombe

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Who’s Who at All Saints’

Team Vicar........................ Assoc Priest ...................... Asst Curate ....................... Churchwardens................. Church Life Coordinator.... Administrator..................... Church Centre Manager ... Lay Pastoral Assistants ....

Vacant............................................. The Revd Linda Dytham................. The Revd Robert Grist................... Joy Guy .......................................... Peter Devenish ............................... Barry Smith..................................... Debbie Brown ................................. Rob Hartwell ................................... Sue Masey......................................

01672 810258 01672 811025 01672 811431 01672 810767 01672 810296 01380 860593 01672 810853 01672 810839 01672 810308

Magazine Contributions.......................churchofficeburbage@gmail.com

May Service Pattern

Mid Week Meeting

Holy Communion All Age Worship

Mothers Union Holy Communion

Morning Prayer Family Communion

Holy Communion All Age Worship

Morning Prayer Pentecost Family Service

Morning Prayer

2nd May 8.00pm

6th May 8.00am

11.00am

9th May 9.30am

13th May 8.00am 11.00am

20th May 8.00am 11.00am

27th May 8.00am 11.00am

Every Friday Morning 7.30am

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A funny thing happened on the way to….! Aka Wildlife Watching Andrew Dawes

BBC NHU Radio researcher/producer

As I crossed the garden the other day, there on the lawn was a large shiny beetle. It was a black oil beetle Meloe proscarabaeus. Now, there are two interesting things about that. Firstly I’d never seen an oil beetle in the garden before, and secondly it was a female and mortally wounded. Turning round to get my camera for a photo, I turned back to the beetle only to discover it had disappeared.

Was I seeing things? Well no, in reality this oil beetle was probably dropped by a passing bird and while my back was turned, the bird nipped back to retrieve it. Logically then, the oil beetle must have come from somewhere nearby. So the following day I headed off to see if I could find myself a live oil beetle. Sadly at the time of writing, I’ve failed to do so in the Grafton area, but over the coming months I shall look again. There are four species of oil beetle in Britain, and Wiltshire is a good place to find the 2 common ones. The black, and the similar looking violet oil beetle Meloe violaceus. Adults are about 2 centimetres long and when laden with eggs the female can be twice the size of the male. They are active on warm sunny days between

March and June often seen awkwardly trundling about feeding on celandines (picture below). I was told a useful tip recently, look for swarms of micro flies around celandine and probably somewhere nearby will be a beetle. If disturbed, oil beetles can ooze a noxious oily fluid from their knee joints, used to deter predators, and from which they got their name. The male is smaller than the female and has a kinked antenna, used to grip the female when mating. Look along pathways or clearings as the beetles like to use bare soil both for digging holes to lay eggs, and to catch the suns warmth. The life cycle of both these oil beetles is one of the most extraordinary life cycles of any British insect. Living only a few months, the newly emerged adult’s mate, after which the female digs a burrow into which she will lay a few thousand eggs. The tiny larvae, known as triungulins, emerge, climb onto the flowers of celandines, buttercups and dandelions and wait to attach themselves onto the backs of a solitary mining bee. Once on the bee, they are then taken back to the bees nest, where the triungulin consumes the egg and pollen supply of the host bee. It then pupates and emerges as an adult beetle the following year. A female oil beetle can lay 40,000 eggs in her lifetime, but only a few will survive. So next time you are out and about

maybe have a look for these fantastic beetles as I will do on warm spring days. A useful identification guide and details of a national oil beetle survey can be found on the Buglife website: www,buglife.org.uk

You can read more on Andrews Blog: http://wessexreiver.blogspot.com

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'Just good friends,' is the common statement

made by many couples who later get married.

This was the way that Steve and Helen Colling

described the beginning of their relationship.

They actually met in 1980 while they were both

working in Germany. At that time Steve was

stationed there in the Army and Helen was a

teacher in one of the Joint Services Children's

Schools. 'We didn't rush into it,' Steve assured

me. They were eventually married at St.

Mary's Church, Thatcham in 1993.

Steve was brought up in Litchfield,

Staffordshire. He told me that he 'ran

away,' to join the army at 16! First he

went to the Army Sixth Form College

before officer training at Sandhurst. He

joined The Royal Electrical and

Mechanical Engineers and gained his

degree in electrical engineering at

Shrivenham before going on to become

a Chartered Engineer and, much later, a

Fellow of The Institute of Engineering and

Technology. He explained that one of the most

interesting placements during his training was

to the Aston Martin factory in Newport Pagnell.

He seemed quite disappointed that Helen

wouldn’t let him buy one on retirement!

Helen spent her childhood in Coventry going on

to Reading to undertake teacher training at

Meet Your Community – Steve and Helen Colling

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Bulmershe College. She then returned to

Coventry to teach infant and primary aged

children for four years. Then for ten tears she

worked with the Services Children's

Organisation at Soest in Germany, which was

where she and Steve first met. She then

returned to this area and taught at a school in

Greenham, near Newbury before marrying.

Steve and Helen told me that they enjoy

travelling and visiting other parts of the World.

This for many servicemen and women is one of

the perks of military life. Steve talked with

enthusiasm of postings to Germany, Cyprus, the

Falklands, Australia and the Gulf. They were

incredibly lucky to be posted to a Canadian

Forces base just North of Toronto for their first

posting together and over a 2 year period

travelled extensively in Canada and the USA.

This was followed by a move to Arborfield. It

was their final posting that brought them to live

in Burbage as Steve needed to commute to

Andover and Bristol.

Steve's Army career ended last year with some

months of resettlement training. He spent some

time at Manchester Business School going first

to Salamanca and then Berlin on language

courses. I have to admit that his Spanish is now

better than mine! They both told me that they

are very fond of Spain and have travelled there

quite often. We often talk about places we are

both fond of in Spain, such as Barcelona.

Since her retirement from teaching Helen has

been able to develop her interest in art work.

She graduated with a diploma in stitched

textiles after 7 years part time study at Windsor

College. She now belongs to The Society of

Design Craftsmen and was recently elected to

Member status. She has exhibited her work in

London at the Mall Galleries and participated in

the Marlborough Open Studios. You can find

out more about her work at: http://okra-

textiles.com/artists/helen-colling. During May

Helen's work will be on display as part of the

Newbury Open Studios scheme see: http://

www.open-studios.org.uk/ for opening times

and other details.

The church and village have 'looked after us

very well' Steve told me. Life in the church is

not just 'singing and praying' but much more

and through it they have got to know many

people and become involved in many interests

and activities including ballroom dancing and

'Fill The Gap' You will see that Helen now

writes the reports for 'Woman's Own', which

you will see on another page of the Burbage

News and shares her interest in needlework

through 'It's A Stitch Up!' Steve successfully

organised a recent jazz concert featuring The

Helen Barrett Trio to raise funds for the

church's project to buy seeds and tools for the

people of Sudan. He also enjoy pottering in the

garden, photography and making furniture.

Steve and Helen have really become members

of the Burbage community.

In conclusion, I must make mention of another

member of The Colling household. He is one of

the biggest feline balls of fir that I have ever

seen, the 13 year old Oscar. You may meet him

if you go to view Helen's textile work, that's if

he can be bothered to wake up and greet you!

Interview by John Guy

Jubilee Help List

Would you have any Throne-like chairs we could borrow for our

King and Queen?



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Woman’s Own Helen Colling

The next meeting will be at 7.30pm on Thursday May 18th in the Church Centre. The speaker, Marion Dale from Lackham College will be talking about the origins of some of our favourite garden plants. Visitors most welcome to join us. Please contact Jean Weller 810079 for more details.

Coffee ‘N’ Browse Sarah Scott

Thank you to all those who attended the Coffee N Browse on 30th March, when we were able to raise £85 for the Church’s Tearfund Sudan appeal & the Mother’s Union stall raised £69 – fantastic. Also congratulations to Joyce Kennington, who won the free competition prize of ’William’, the Teddy! Our next Coffee N Browse is on Friday May 4th, the main proceeds of which will be going to Farm Africa. As well as the free competition to win a luxury embroidery anglais cushion cover, & the book swap & play area there will be great tables to browse from 9am to 12 noon at the Church Centre, namely: Marie Hattersley’s handcrafted jewellery; Pam Lovell’s quality greeting cards & goodies; bags & hats from Julia Radbourne; Gill Bryant’s silk painted delights; Chloe Groom’s pearl jewellery; accessories & treasures from Jo Ball; and the chance to decorate & plant up a pot of bulbs for £1.50 for the Sudan fund.

MEETING LOCALLY, HELPING FAMILIES AFAR –

keeeeeeep browsing!!

June Coffee N Browse will be on Friday

1st June 2012

Results for the April draw:- £5 172 Mrs D Acheson £5 99 Mr M Mundy £10 132 Jan Swatton £10 32 M Mills £50 151 Mr G Black

Sports Club 200 Winners

For more information contact: Ros McGowan (01264) 791324 or

Daphne Carter (01672) 810461

Jubilee Help List

We are asking all small businesses in the village to support this event in whatever way they can, e.g. children’s prizes or a donation



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Burbage & Easton Royal

British Legion Club

The May Newsletter For members old and new, or not yet joined - this

is the Official Club Newsletter

By Gavin Ketchen, Chairman.

Dear Members and readers We are currently holding back on the planned improvements until we have re-built our reserves following the recent battering by the costs mentioned last month. We intend to go ahead with the changes, preferably sooner rather than later, but to do so means we will have to work harder to raise a few more pounds for these projects We are still pursuing various new ideas and once all the formalities are completed, we should have a brand new gaming machine in, to complement the existing one What would YOU like to see at the British Legion Club? We have had many great suggestions and over the last year, most of them have been tried and a lot of them were very popular. We could do with some new ideas, please! After all, it is YOUR Club so tell us what you want to see One idea is to hold Whist or Bridge nights and have either individual players or teams to play in-house, or at other reasonably local Clubs. Interested? Please contact me or send me an email. Use this email address: [email protected] Or phone me on 07879 444 345

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What’s happening

at the Club? Members - free admission.

Follow us on Twitter! Simply go online to: twitter.com/BERBLClub

Any Saturdays that are not listed, keep an

eye out for the latest updates by either

visiting our mini-site

(www.burbage-village.org.uk)

Or phoning the Club (01672 810 369) or

looking out for the posters! The Film Club

should be back soon and this and other

events will be advertised in the Club

Dates for your Diary:

Jubilee Rock ‘n’ Roll with Elvis56:

The next BIG event will be the return of

Elvis56 on Saturday 26th May. This

extremely popular act will feature some

Elvis greats, and will be expanding the

range to include some of the best Rock ‘n’

Roll hits!

Another special night is planned in May

but it’s a secret (especially since it seems

that everyone knows about it already,

but…)

There will be another of the ever-popular

Super Bingo nights in early June - A

Jubilee Special. Exact date to be confirmed

Are you a forward planner?

Will we be holding the 4th Annual

Burbage Garden Show?

Will the prizes be even better than last

year?

If we do hold it, will it probably be in

August?

Will entering be open to all (YES!)

Are you thinking about growing something

spectacular? If so, let us know and we’ll

even print a progress chart

Don’t forget to send us your ideas for

entertainment.

See you soon

As you can see from the Notice below, we

are applying to vary our existing Club

Premises Certificate. This is also to ensure

we are properly covered for the use of

recorded (visual) materials, needed not only

for the Film Club (despite holding a Film

Licence) but also for other entertainments

such as Race Nights, and the use of video

projections for business/meeting purposes

These are only minor changes but there is a

formal process to comply with, which we

are currently doing. The Film Club will

resume once this application has been

approved

These changes will make no noticeable

difference to the normal, routine running of

the Burbage and Easton Royal British

Legion Club

Application for a variation of a club premises

cerificate (Sections 84 of the Act)

Name of Club:

Burbage and Easton Royal British Legion Club

Postal address of club premises including

postcode: 58-60 Eastcourt Road, Burbage,

Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8 3AJ

Variation to existing club premises certificate at

above address.

The Licensing Register may be inspected at The

Licensing Authority Wiltshire Council,

Browfort, Bath Road, Devizes, Wilts SN10 2AT

between 9.00am and 4.30pm (Monday - Friday,

excluding Bank Holidays)

Any representations by a Responsible Authority

or Interested Party must be made in writing to

the above address by Tuesday 15th May 2012.

It is an offence knowingly or recklessly to make

a false statement in connection with an

application punishable on summary conviction

by a maximum fine of £5,000.

Licensing Act 2003- Public Notice of Application in Local Newspaper

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PICNIC AT THE PALACE Jubilee celebration Saturday 2nd June

A right royal cupcake competition is planned! We will be serving afternoon tea and cakes as part of the Jubilee Celebrations and we need your help Please bake, decorate and deliver your cupcakes to the Church Centre between 10 and 11.30 am Saturday, 2nd June where they will be judged at midday. We would then like to serve the cakes for afternoon tea. If you would like to bake but don’t want to compete we would love to have your cakes to serve as well. I’m also looking for volunteers to help serve tea. We had a fantastic response for the Royal Wedding celebrations last year. If you can help this year, either baking or serving, please let me know ( 810949 or email [email protected] Thank you so much. Helen Colling

Diamond Jubilee Trees Geoff Hill

You will be pleased to learn that despite the very dry conditions since November virtually all to the trees you planted have successfully established themselves. Some are already growing strongly and most of the rest are in leaf. There are half a dozen that are still bare, although even these have buds and should flourish following the recent rain, and only one looks as if it may not have made it. This is a critical year for the trees. Although we have had a lot of rain recently this has not penetrated that far into the soil. As a result the trees could become short of water very rapidly if we get periods with no rain during the rest of the spring and summer. You could help enormously over the next few months if during any week without rain you could give your tree a bucket or watering can full of water around its roots. I will take responsibility for watering the Jubilee Oak. Thanks

Keep up to date with the latest plans by visiting the special ‘Party in the Palace’ section on the Burbage News website

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Saturday 12th May

The Saturday Market and MeetThe Saturday Market and MeetThe Saturday Market and MeetThe Saturday Market and Meet At Burbage Village Hall - 11.00am – 3.00pm

Visitors – Entrance free

Refreshments available

Selection of cakes, biscuits, and tea, coffee and soft drinks. A great chance to meet

your friends for tea or coffee and cake, and relax in our café area

Please put the date in your diary and come along to see what there is on offer

NOT A CRAFT SALE / NOT A FOOD SALE

NOT A SALE OF ONE PARTICULAR TYPE OF GOODS

BUT A MIXTURE OF ALL OF THE ABOVE AND MORE BESIDES

Please come and support local businesses

The Meet part - many local organisations to see if you would like to join, or to

discuss local issues

Visit our mini-website at www.burbage-village.org.uk -Village Hall- Saturday

Market page where there are booking forms for May, June and July markets and

where a regular update of tables booked will appear. Any local business is welcome

to contact Sandy for more information

SPECIAL OFFER AT THE MAY MARKET AND MEET

Savernake IMAGINE PORTRAIT STUDIO will be attending in May and are offering the

following to people who sign up on the day:

Imagine Portrait Studio will be offering family portrait experiences at their studio for an

introductory price of £35. This experience will include a 60 minute family photo session

where you can even bring the dog! Your photo session can consist of studio and stunning

outdoor photography on the farm. You will also get a private cinema viewing where you can

choose a 10”x8” framed portrait to take away! This experience would usually cost £150, so

you will be making an amazing saving on paying just £35

COUPONCOUPONCOUPONCOUPON

Bring this coupon with you to the May Market and Meet and exchange it for a

FREE CUP OF TEA/COFFEE or SOFT DRINK

We look forward to seeing you there

Buzz, Buzz, Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Welcome to May’s news

from your Parish Council.

The annual Parish Meeting

took place on the 4th April.

This is meant to be a

chance for the whole

village to meet and voice

any concerns or ideas that

they have on what they

would like to see in the village or on how

things could be changed, added or

improved. It is not a PC only event; the

council organise it but it is open to

everybody, and all external organisations

and individuals are encouraged to attend.

This year, less than 20 people turned up,

which is very disappointing, but part of the

discussion we had centred on the fact that

most people are unaware of this meeting and

what it is meant to achieve. We will

continue to work on ways to improve both

the content and communication of the aims

and objectives of the meeting. Hopefully

next year’s meeting will have greater

success.

However, whilst the parish meeting is one

way of meeting your council, and the

monthly council meetings are another, we

are also in attendance at the monthly

Saturday Markets that have successfully

started in the Village Hall. More details of

this event can be found elsewhere in this

magazine, but feel free to come along and

say hello.

The new council working groups that we

have established continue to work well –

planning, maintenance and governance

issues are handled by sub-groups of the

council who then make recommendations to

the full council to vote on. It means that

issues can be properly studied and debated

Burbage Parish Council www.burbage-pc.org.uk

and informed decisions

reached.

The Localism Act came

into law in 2011 – this is

intended to give local

councils more power and

authority in decisions

making issue that affect

their community. There are

a lot of things to learn, both legally and

operationally, and I am delighted to report

that your councillors will be undertaking

Wiltshire Council approved training courses

over the coming year to make sure that we

operate both legally and to best practice and

procedure.

As you may be aware there will be a street

party in June to celebrate the Queen’s

Jubilee. This is not a council organised

initiative but is being organised by a

separate group of volunteers, again more

details in other parts of the magazine. Your

council voted to purchase commemorative

coins to be given to children of the village as

a memento from the Royal Jubilee.

We will again be entering the Best Kept

Village competition. This is not a “beauty

contest” but a chance to show the judges

that we care about our village – we can all

help by minimising litter, dog mess and

general rubbish that is strewn around.

To contact the Parish Council, please email

[email protected]. A full list of

councillors names, addresses and telephone

numbers are also on the web site, or

alternatively they are also listed on the

notice board at the Post Office and Londis

Colin Brown

Vice Chairman Burbage Parish Council

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COMING SOON -

WATCH THIS SPACE!

A BRAND NEW RANGE OF STUNNING

HIGH DEFINITION iPOD SPEAKER DOCKS

www.bayanaudio.com

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Next meeting is at

the Church Centre Saturday

June 9th 9.30am –12.30pm

Cost £5

Do join us

Bring your own work: knitting,

crochet, patchwork, hand or

machine sewing, etc,etc…

Help and advice always available

Contact Helen 810949 or

Kay 811093 for details

BURBAGE AND EASTON ROYAL TENNIS CLUB Andrew Gordon

Spring 2012 is the perfect time for Tennis in Burbage.

• Our courts are looking fantastic. After the upgrade last summer, they are among the very best in Wiltshire.

• Two excellent new coaches are starting courses for children (Aged 4 upwards), teenagers and adults of every ability.

• Friendly club practice from 10.30 on Sunday mornings, or play with friends when you like.

• Men’s doubles and two Mixed doubles teams playing league matches through the summer.

• Adult, student and family membership charges are still held at 2010 levels. • Members can enter our ballot for Wimbledon tickets.

Contact us, and discover how best you can learn, improve and enjoy your tennis in Burbage. It’s a marvelous opportunity: Nobody is ‘too young’, ‘too old’ or ‘not good enough’. Come and join us!

Chairman Andrew Gordon [email protected]

Membership Louise Crawford [email protected]

Coaching Coordinator Helen Mackenzie [email protected]

Jubilee Help List

If you have any unwanted crockery,

cups, teapots, plates, cups and

saucers, please bring to

Mike Vardy at 24 Eastcourt

or to the British Legion Club, Eastcourt Road (after

7.30pm) for the purpose of ‘Smash the Queen’s Crockery’

(no glass or pyrex, thanks!)



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June 2012 Edition

Please send your news and articles from around the village by no later than: Wednesday 16th <ay. Use these details for Classified Ads, letters and messages:


You can post or deliver articles by hand to the editors below:

Burbage News

Burbage News is the independent local community magazine for Burbage, with over 800 copies being distributed each month. Items are welcomed from clubs, organisations, businesses and the public but may be edited for legal reasons and/or to fit the editorial space. Every care is taken to ensure that articles and wording do not offend, but no responsibility can be accepted for statements made by the subscribing authors. The views expressed may not represent the views of the Burbage News editors. Articles submitted to the Burbage News will also appear in the online version. If your article contains personal information for yourself or others, such as a birthday, name, address, telephone number or email address &c, you can have this information removed or replaced from the online copy before it is posted. You MUST inform the Editors when submitting an article IF you want any changes made to the online version, including the contributor acknowledgement for articles. It is otherwise assumed you give and/or have obtained the relevant permission(s), for any personal detail/s (or other information) which is reproduced in the online copy of any issue of the Burbage News

Cover Designs, contact Bill Mather: 01672 810924 Interviews and help with articles, contact John Guy: 01672 810767

Business Advertising (colour) Annual Rates (12 copies)

Inside front/back page (annual only) Full page.............................£500 Half page ............................£325 Quarter page ......................£200 1/8 (business card).............N/A Other pages Full page.............................£450 Half page ............................£275 Quarter page ......................£165 1/8 (business card).............£70

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Full page.............................£55 Half page ............................£35 Quarter page ......................£25 1/8 (business card).............£15

Event Advertising Due to rising costs, we regret we must now charge for event advertising, including post-event articles, This does not affect the free space available to our regulars, but additional space may be chargeable Local groups/charities, per issue: (up to) Half page (black/white ...... £10.00 (up to) Full page (black/white)...... £20.00 Non-local groups/charities, per issue: (up to) Half page (black/white) ..... £15.00 (up to) Full page (black/white)...... £30.00

Keith Amiss Willow House, 3 The Withies

Burbage SN8 3TT

Gavin Ketchen 5a Webbs Way

Burbage SN8 3TF

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UNIQUE LIVERY

OPPORTUNITY

A small picturesque yard just

outside of Hungerford has livery

spaces available.

This peaceful 10 box yard also

has a fantastic Monarch horse

walker, a Martin Collins

surfaced outdoor arena, plenty

of turn out and miles of local

hacking right on the doorstep

without having to go on a single

road.

Whether it’s part, full,

competition, schooling livery or

even somewhere to send your

horse to be cared for whilst you

are away on business/holiday we

can offer all of this and more.

For further information

contact Amy on: 07768648787

[email protected]

BN May 2012

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