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Mrs P Jones 860696 Mr J Wood 860236
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The Revd Canon Michael Cozens
AN AUGUST LETTER FROM TONY KING
Dear Friends,
Still fresh in my memory is our four-week, very wet, tour of Scotland. I don’t intend to write much about the trip here, as we plan to do a ‘Moorlands, Highlands and Islands’ presentation in the Parish Centre in Dursley later this year.
But one of the highlights of the trip was the day we went to Iona – which, coincidently, was one of the best mornings – dry, sunny and warm.
Some years ago our then-curate Rowena gave an account of her time on Iona. It was partly this that triggered our plan to visit the Isle of Mull and cross the Sound of Iona to the island. The ferry was larger than I imagined it would be – but it carries vehicles to and from the island as well, and it was busy with foot passengers even in an early and wet June. Some had cases and bags, clearly visitors intending to stay on the island – true pilgrims perhaps?
The island itself has a strange property – I was going to say magical, but perhaps mystical might be better. The ruins of the 13th century Nunnery are the first religious buildings to be encountered, followed by a 15th century High Cross (one of the few remaining on the island), the Reilig Oran which is the graveyard with its 12th century chapel, and finally the Abbey itself, most of which is 15th century.
Overall there is a sense of peace and calm – despite the hotels, B and Bs, cafes and shops meeting the practical needs of the visitors.
Very little remains of the original monastery founded by St Columba in 563AD. There is a mound to the front of the Abbey and tradition suggests that the saint’s hut stood on this hillock, where he worked and prayed and slept, allegedly on a stone pillow.
But there is one tangible reminder of the monastery – the Book of Kells, also known as the Gospel Book of St Columba, though it was created some 200 years after his death. There is good evidence that the Book, currently held in Dublin, was written/drawn/illuminated by a small team of highly skilled monks working in the scriptorium on the island, and was sent to the monastery at Kells in Ireland to protect it from the Viking marauders in the 10th century.
My interest in this Book goes back to a Christmas Office Party outing to Dublin many years ago. My colleagues knew of my interest and subsequently bought me a magnificent folio book about the Book of Kells – now a prized possession.
I know that the name of St Bartholomew must be in the Kells Gospels, since he is referred to in the three Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke), but a web search failed to find the appropriate pages. All the references to him in these Gospels, and in Acts, simply list him as one of the Twelve Apostles.
This month, of course, we celebrate the Feast of St Bartholomew in the church at Nympsfield on Sunday 25th August at 10am.
As with most of the apostles, we know very little about his life in the early Church. There are two traditional legends – that he went as a missionary to India and/or to Armenia. I suppose he could perhaps have done both. He apparently worked in Armenia with his fellow apostle Jude, and both are considered to be the patron saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Legend also has it that he was martyred in Armenia, being flayed alive and beheaded and his emblem is a flaying knife. Current scholarship seems to indicate that he actually died in India.
He is credited with many miracles associated with weights. A solid silver statue from the Cathedral of St Bartholomew on the Sicilian island of Lipari was processed annually through the town. On one occasion it became so heavy that the bearers had to put it down and rest. This happened three times and as they tried to lift it the third time walls further down the road collapsed. Had the procession continued normally the townspeople would have died under the walls.
Like St Bartholomew and the monks of Iona may we seek to spread the Good News to others.
Tony King, Reader, Ewelme Benefice
P.S.-We left the island at 2pm – by 2.30 it was raining again!
The August edition of the
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ULEY PARISH COUNCIL
CLERK – CARRIE MARSHALL TEL. 07944 066882 E-MAIL: [email protected]
PARISH COUNCILLORS
JONATHAN DEMBREY CHAIRMAN 07801217230
MELANIE PARASKEVA VICE-CHAIRMAN 07929360221
JO DEE
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JANET WOOD
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MIKE GRIFFITHS
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JULIET BROWNE
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TIM MARTIN
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DISTRICT COUNCILLOR
JIM DEWEY [email protected] 01453 860795
COUNTY COUNCILLOR
LORAINE PATRICK [email protected] 01453 546995
COMMUNITY WELL-BEING AGENT
AMBER WALTERS [email protected] 07817866354
Other Information
The Parish Council meets in the Village Hall on the first Wednesday of the month at
7:00pm. You are very welcome to attend. Details of the meetings can be found on the
notice boards at either end of the village or on the Uley village website at:
www.uleyparishcouncil.gov.uk
Uley Annual Show Saturday 7th September 2018
It’s just over a month to the Uley Annual Show. Are you putting the finishing touches to your needlework and art? Have you been practicing your decoration for the “Iced Novelty Cake”? There are new categories in all classes such as homemade fruit liqueur. New in the children’s section includes building a Bug Hotel and making
a Scarecrow for the garden. Please give them lots of encouragement to be creative and have fun. We are looking
forward to seeing and tasting your amazing creations. Schedules and entry forms are still available from the Village shop, the
Church, Surgery and the Vestry. Any queries contact Mary Pape 01453 861129. FROM THE PARISH REGISTER Recently Baptised Florie Elliott Recently Departed Joyce Poultney Recently Married: Jeremy Stephenson & Olivia Styles, Matthew Langhorne & Sarah Reaney Those whose Year's Mind falls in August: Alan Bebbington, Anthony de Vries (Tony), Terry Meadows, Dennis Thompson, Ronald Jones, Michael Watts, Eunice Neale, Olive Du Feu, Leigh Hanby, Anne Hall, Tony Marsh, Frederick Athey, Marjorie Dauncey, Michael Dauncey, Peggy Lee, Donald Mills, Sue Yates, Penelope Brooke Johnson
Next Market: Saturday 10th August
serving you with: bread; cakes; preserves; handmade crafts
and much more!
WI DIARY JULY The Quiz Night at The Gliding Club, earlier this month, was a great success with 34 ladies turning up to go into combat. The seven teams tackled two rounds of questions, a music round and an anagram sheet of cities and towns. It was a fun evening with lots of friendly banter. To the strains of Barry Manilow’s ‘Bermuda Triangle’ we welcomed our speaker last month, Dr. Nicholas Henderson, who enraptured us with his talk ‘Great Mystery and Conspiracy Theories’. He offered logical explanations concerning the mysteries surrounding the Bermuda Triangle where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Disappearances have, in the past, been attributed to paranormal activities or by extra-terrestrial beings but Dr. Henderson suggested that jelly holes and electronic fog were more likely to have been the cause of those tragedies. The heavens opened during our trip to Daglingworth House but that didn’t deter the ladies who attended this amazing trip around David and Etta Howard’s ‘Rooms within a Garden’. Boxing hares, stunning views of meadows, a beautifully woven metal spiders' web (complete with spiders) and a stairway to heaven were just some of the delights to be seen. Every turn presented a different aspect and the rain only added to the beauty of the vistas. ‘When the weather is fine it's time to go down to the river’ - or canal maybe. This is just what some of us are going to do later this month when we charter the Cotswold Canals Trust narrowboat ‘Endeavour’ for a trip on the Gloucester to Sharpness Canal. Armed with picnics and sun hats we will go to enjoy, what is sure to be, a leisurely trip. So:- ‘If you take my advice There is nothing so nice As messing about On the river.’ Belinda Williams
ULEY PARISH COUNCIL NEWS Volunteers Needed! Uley Parish Council are Associate Members of the Stroud District Road Safety Group (SDRSG). We have paid a financial contribution towards two mobile VAS systems which we will be able to use to monitor speeding in Uley. SDRSG are currently looking for volunteers to be trained on the use of the VAS systems in order to implement them in the field and to collate the acquired data. They are also looking for volunteers to review the data from the proposed sites and progress the project. If you are interest please contact the groups Chairman, Iain Dunbar. His email address is [email protected] Careline The Parish Council would like to make residents aware of a great service provided by Stroud District Council. Careline is an effective way of getting help through your landline telephone line quickly and efficiently 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. A small personal radio transmitter is worn as a pendant around the neck or on a wrist-strap. By pressing the pendant a signal is sent to the Careline, which will then dial automatically to the Control Room. The Control Room will quickly establish what assistance you require i.e. an Ambulance, Doctor, or perhaps one of your nominated contacts (neighbour, friend or a family member who ideally holds a key to your property). If you would like more details, please call them on 01453 754149 or email them at [email protected] Uley Bury As you may be aware there are currently cows on Uley Bury. We would like to kindly remind residents to not leave gates open. The cows are excluded from the West End of the Bury and this is important for the habitat. A notice will be put on the particular gate to remind residents of this.
CHURCH NEWS
Holiday Club Celebration Service
To celebrate all the fun of the Holiday Club week, there will be an informal service in St Giles at 4pm on Sunday 4th August which will finish with a tea party. All are very welcome to attend – whether or not you attended the Holiday Club! The morning service of Holy Communion at 10am is in St Bartholomew’s. Come to Messy Church – an exciting new venture!
Messy Church will be coming to St Giles on Saturday 19th October from 10.30am to 1200 noon. What is Messy Church?
It is a form of church for children and adults that includes creativity – making and doing things – celebration and hospitality – there will be home-made cake, coffee and soft drinks!
It’s for adults and children together; there will be some games, some craft activities (some a bit messy!) and a short celebration time with a Bible story, song and prayer.
Messy Church is fun! We hope this will be the start of a regular Messy Church in St Giles and we look forward to welcoming you to share this exciting time with us.
And did we mention the home-made cake and coffee? More details will be available in the next edition of the Village News but if you’d like some more information about what Messy Church is, take a look at the Messy Church website:
www.messychurch.org.uk
Rednock School Swing Band
The very popular and talented Swing Band from Rednock School will be performing in St Giles on Saturday 21st September. The time of the concert is still to be confirmed but will probably be 7 or 7.30pm. Watch out for more details nearer the time, but put this date in your diary. Not to be missed!
Holy Cross organ We are delighted to announce that the work on the organ has been completed and that it is sounding really good. The whole instrument was completely dismantled, parts of it restored or renewed and then rebuilt. The restoration took longer than expected, partly because the sound box, right at the heart of the instrument was in a much poorer state than was anticipated and had to be sent away for repair. The organ was heard at a service for the first time on 6th July when it was used for a wedding and we are now making plans for some sort of celebration when the restored organ can be re-dedicated. On Sunday 15th September there will be a service of sung Holy Communion for the whole parish in Holy Cross at 10am. This is to celebrate Holy Cross day, which is on the 14th, and is the Patronal Festival of the church in Owlpen. All are very welcome to attend this service and to hear the restored organ being played. We also continue the pattern of a monthly service of Choral Evensong, using the Book of Common Prayer, in Holy Cross at 6pm on the 2nd Sunday of the month.
FOOD AND DRINK Summer Apple Pie What you need 225g plain flour 140g butter/ margarine 3 large cooking apples 2 tbsp honey pinch of cinnamon pinch of mixed spice 1 egg, beaten
Method Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. To make the pastry, sift the flour into a large mixing bowl and add the butter or margarine. Using your fingers, mix together until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add about 3 tbsp cold water – 1 tbsp at a time – to bind the mixture into a ball. Then wrap it in cling film and leave to chill in the fridge while you prepare the apples, or for 30 mins if you have time. While the pastry is chilling, core the apples, and then cut into even-sized chunks so they all cook in the same amount of time. Put the apples into the pie dish, drizzle over the honey and add the cinnamon, mixed spice and about 2 tbsp water. Roll out the pastry on a floured work surface until it is large enough to cover the pie dish. Using the rolling pin, carefully lift the pastry and lay it over the top of the apple mixture. Carefully trim off the excess pastry (this can be rerolled and cut into shapes to decorate the pie crust if you like) and press the pastry edges onto the dish to create a seal. Make a small cut in the pastry so that the air can escape during cooking, then brush with beaten egg to glaze. Bake the pie in the oven for 20-30 mins until the pastry is golden and sandy in appearance and the apple filling is bubbling and hot. Serve hot or cold.
THANK YOU FROM ULEY SINGING ALLSORTS to everyone who supported our summer concert and for your wonderful generosity in raising over £1000 for Rory’s Well http://www.roryswell.org/ Our autumn term starts on Tuesday 10th September 7.30pm in Uley Village Hall. As well as being great fun, singing is now widely recognised as being very good for our general health and sense of well-being so why not come along and give it a go? New members are very welcome, just come along or ring Hilary 860539 for more details.
Following the success of the first Play Date at May Half-term on the millennium green, another play date has been arranged for Thursday 29th August 10am-4pm, organised by play Gloucestershire. Free activities taking place on millennium green, in all weathers! There is no registration and children are free to come and go as they please. Ages range from 7-14 and families are welcome. Under7’s should be accompanied by an adult. Full details are available in the village shop window and on the gates to The Green.
ULEY COMMUNITY STORES and POST OFFICE DIARY AUGUST 2019
Tel Shop 861592, PO 860203 (Eileen, Ailsa, Carolyn and Angela)
Enjoying the lovely weather as I write, hopefully continuing into August.
Great for BBQs, we now stock British Barbecue Charcoal which is locally
sourced, maintaining and promoting the sustainable management of British
Woodland. Also scrummy local sausages are available to go on it.
As its summer holiday time, you may be travelling abroad? Euros always in
stock but please order other currencies from the Post Office by 11am to be
available after lunch the next day. Remember the Post Office is closed 1pm-
2pm.
Lots more local produce and flowers are in stock, plus there are plenty of
village donations of home grown fruit and flowers. Well done and please
keep them coming.
Don’t forget to pick up the schedule with entry form for the Uley Show which
is only one month away. ..
UCS is very proud not only to be supporting Uley Community Spirit but also
to be donating raffle prizes to various organisations in the Village. This
includes the Uley Allsorts Choir last month and the Uley Show, helping to
raise money for their various causes.
If you have any suggestions for any new items you’d like stocked please let us
know.
Also check our Facebook page and website with up to date information for
your Uley Community Stores.
Monday to Friday Shop open 8am- 6pm. Post Office 9am- 5.30pm, closed for
lunch 1-2pm. Saturday Shop open 8am-4pm. Post Office 9am-12.30pm.
Sunday Shop open 8am- 12pm. Post Office closed.
RUN BY VOLUNTEERS
Pami Davis
www.uleycommunitystores.co.uk
Flexicare Home Services UK Ltd started from humble beginnings twenty years ago with a loving family at the heart of the company. This still, with the founder Jeanette Phillips and her two daughters, Anna Macey-Michael and Jenna Macey-Brown, who are still involved in the day to day running of the business.
Flexicare have expanded into the Stroud area, based at Westend Farm in Stonehouse. The company is currently providing personalised community services in Stroud and the neighbouring villages. The Company have gained an enviable reputation by building from word of mouth reputation. Some of the services provided include Personal Care, 24 Hour Live In Care, Palliative Care and Support, Respite Care and Dementia Care. The Company has been regulated by the CQC since 2009, and in recent CQC report (Sept 2015) the Company were deemed to be overall good with an “Outstanding” in Care delivered.
Our Palliative Lead, Sue Matthews, recently won the South West Care awards for Putting People First. Our Team offer a free, no obligation visit to answer any questions you have with regards to home care and the services Flexicare can offer.
Recruiting staff to join our friendly team
Rural OutFIT The outdoor fitness class for all
abilities.
Burn Fat, improve strength and
sculpt your body!
Classes run every week at the
Uley Playing Fields:
Wednesday: 7-8pm
Friday: 6:30-7:30pm
Sunday: 9-10am Come and have a go. First class is FREE!
£6 per class or pay £30 a month
for unlimited classes
For further information,
please contact Becky on 07805 427653,
or find us on facebook at
www.facebook.com/RuraloutfitandPT
EVERYONE IS INVITED TO OUR
12TH ANNUAL ART SHOW SUNDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER 2019
IN THE GARDEN OF ULEY LODGE, THE GREEN
TIME 2PM – 5PM Music – cream teas – wine
and cake
ALWAYS AN ENJOYABLE COMMUNITY OCCASION!
PLEASE COME IT’S FREE
Donations welcome in aid of Stroud and District
Citizens Advice Bureau
No meeting in August Thursday 19th September Monthly branch meeting Dursley Methodist Church. Doors open 10.00 a.m. meeting starts 10.30 a.m. Presenter: John
Butterworth Topic: The nurse who changed Guinea-Bissau
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