Newsletter 23 Draft 1 - Westbury Leigh · Friday 7 th October 7.30pm ... Brain Teasers 1) ......
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Issue Number 1 – May 2007
Notice Board Village Events and Activities Weight-Watchers: Every Tuesday- Contact is Lyn Grimstead: 474761 Drop in Market: 10 am till 12 noon on the first Wednesday of every month except January (when there’s no market). A wide range of local produce, crafts and other wares as well as coffee and chat. As the name says, just drop in. Westbury Folk Dancing Club: Eileen Dredge: 822469 Exercise Classes: Monday: Alison Jacobs: 07748 407753 Westbury Playford (Country Dancing): Susan Swann: 01985 212556 Bingo (Popular sessions – First Friday of the Month): Beryl Drake: 823971 Yoga Classes: Ben Parkes (Tuesday evenings): 01225 920826 or 07514 462459
Fiona Fallon (Wednesday evenings): 01985 846133 Sara Cheesman (Wednesday mornings): 01225 868001
Local Trades Directory Acer Tree Surgeons Nick Cranston: 31 Westbury Leigh, 0870 3830124, [email protected], www.acertreesurgeons.co.uk Advertising & Marketing Consultant - Stephen Miell 39 The Spur, 827725 or 07856 801261, [email protected] Bright Glass - stained glass commissions and beginners’ courses
Debs Sage: 23 Westbury Leigh, 07919 476994, [email protected], www.brightglass.co.uk G T Bookkeeping – G. A. Trefaut : 07789 376870, [email protected] Jewellery-making courses and graphic design service Sarah Perrett: 16 Westbury Leigh, 826303, [email protected], www.beadbuffet.co.uk Reflexology and Holistic Massage Corinne Hunter: 101 Westbury Leigh, 07710 716652, [email protected] Reflexology and Reiki Alison Lewis: Hope Cottage, Dilton Marsh, 228010. Home visits available. Reiki treatments Viv Lane: 160 Westbury Leigh, 865574, [email protected] Renovate - painting & decorating, carpentry & general property maintenance Steve Perrett: 16 Westbury Leigh, 826303 or 07887 882962, [email protected] Sewing service - curtains, blinds and dressmaking, alterations, repairs Anne Poole: 117 Westbury Leigh, 858711, [email protected] Solicitor Tony Wilkin: 74 Westbury Leigh, 824528, [email protected] Vines and Lipscombe Design Group - Architectural and Planning Services Vaughan Lipscombe: Boyers House, Black Horse Lane, 864866, [email protected] If you would like a free one-line entry in this directory in future newsletters, please give the details to Angela (303941 or [email protected]).
Newsletter Number 23 – October 2011
Next Village Association Meeting: Wednesday 5
th October, 7:30pm at the Community
Hall (upstairs).
Forthcoming events Start to get your calendars updated ready for the busy autumn/winter season. Here's a
few dates to be going on with:
Wednesday 5th
October 10am to 12 noon – Monthly Market.
Wednesday 5th
October 7.30pm – Village Association meeting – upper hall.
Friday 7th
October 7.30pm – Bingo.
Saturday 8th
October 7pm – Village Supper.
Wednesday 2nd
November 10am to 12 noon – Monthly Market.
Friday 4th
November 7.30pm – Bingo.
Saturday 12th
November 7pm for a 7.30pm start – Annual Quiz night.
Sunday 27th
November 4pm - Advent carol service.
Friday 2nd
December 7.30pm – Christmas Bingo.
Saturday 3rd
December 10am to 1pm – Christmas Craft Fayre.
Sunday 4th
December 3pm – Carol Concert with music from the Westbury Players.
Wednesday 7th
December 10am to 12 noon – Christmas Market with lots of extra stalls.
Christmas Craft Fayre Saturday 3rd December 10am to 1pm Responses to the plans for the Christmas Craft Fayre have been fantastic and we will
have lots of stalls with brilliant gift ideas. Not only will you be able to enjoy the coffee
and cake (or mince pie), but you'll also be able to buy unique Christmas presents for
your family and friends. There'll be a huge array, including:
Cards, wooden gifts, funky scarfs, jewellery, reproduction prints, alphabet cushions,
handmade bags, pin boards, potted hyacinths, candles, Christmas cup-cakes, all sorts of
smellies, and loads of personalised gifts.
That's only what we've been told about so far, so there'll be lots of other stuff too!
Village Association Contacts Brian Osborne: ℡: 858121 �: [email protected] Ian and Sue: ℡: 822659 �: [email protected] John and Angela: ℡: 303941 �: [email protected]
Community Hall Website: www.westbury-leigh-community-hall.org.uk
Westbury Leigh Village Association Website: www.westbury-leigh.co.uk
The Old School Green
Our aim is to provide a sign for the green area north of the Church, which was
originally Westbury Leigh Primary School playing field. We feel it is
important to recognise the history of this part of the village, and would like to
include the old school in the design of the sign.
What we need are some good pictures or illustrations of the old school
building, on which to base the design. So if you have anything suitable, or for
that matter, any other ideas, please let us know, or better still come along to the
next meeting to share what you may have.
Have you noticed the new sign?
Since part of the Holy Saviour Church was converted into a community hall
more than ten years ago, the Hall has been an increasingly popular venue for
activities of all kinds – weddings, parties, keep-fit classes and many others.
Some recent hirers are coming from Bradford-on-Avon, Trowbridge and
Frome. Local people know, of course, that the hall is inside the church, but
hirers coming from further afield have been confused, looking for a separate
hall along Westbury Leigh.
The Hall Management Committee asked Wiltshire Council for advice, and the
Council offered to put up a sign, at a very modest cost. The sign was erected
on 9th August and now no-one has any excuse for not finding the Hall!
Litter pick
Apologies to those of you who turned up for the litter pick on 7th August.
It had to be cancelled because of unforeseen circumstance – it wasn’t the
awful weather! We hope to organise another one soon, as the litter doesn’t
go away by itself.
Parking The Association has been made aware that a number of residents have
received parking tickets for exceeding the 23-hour limit in the car park. As
the enforcement of the limit is contrary to the purpose of the car park (ie
for residents’ parking) we have taken the matter up with Wiltshire
Council. We have also taken the opportunity to remind them again that the
parking restrictions as a whole in Westbury Leigh need review.
Did You Know? That Westbury Leigh was once a hive of industry? In the 1950s the Boulton
glove factory (Becks Mill) employed about 500 people (including outworkers)
and the tannery in Black Horse Lane (now gone) employed another 100.
That in the 1830s there were 2 maltsters in Westbury Leigh? One, Stephen
Browne, was at 18 Westbury Leigh (which then included 16 as
workshop/stables). The other was called James Knight and the Knight family
remained in the business until 1925, owning The Hollies, The Maltings and
Courtleigh House.
That there were several other industries competing for workers? In the second
half of the 19th century there were brick and tile works in Eden Vale and Penleigh
and an iron works close to the station.
Brain Teasers
1) You can take away the whole and still have some left. You can take
away some and still have the whole left. What is it?
2) Alex bought a bag of apples on Saturday, and he ate a third of
them. On Sunday he ate half of the remaining apples. He ate one
more on Monday and one more on Tuesday, then ate half of the
remaining apples on Wednesday. On Thursday he looked in the bag
and saw that there was just one apple left. How many apples did the
bag have to begin with?
Answers in next newsletter……..