Diary Of Events – October / November 2008Fri 3 Oct FOBS Puds & Puzzles. 8.00pm. Bathford Parish Hall.

£5.00 Per Person (Tables Of Six). Phone 858084 or 858326.

Sat 4 Oct Bathford RBL - Eddie Rogers – Fantastic Guitar Vocalist8:30pm – 11:30pm. Entry £3. Raffle. info@bathfordrbl.co.uk

Sun 5 Oct Harvest Festival Service – 10am. St Swithun's Church

Mon 6 Oct Tea & Toast with the Tiny Tots. 10am-11:30am St Swithun's Church

Sat 11 Oct Bathford Transition Initiative - The End of Suburbia7.45pm. Free Admission. Bathford Parish Hall. See page 6 for details

Bathford RBL - The Johnny Desmond Duo – Perfect For Dancers8:30pm – 11:30pm. Entry £3. Raffle. info@bathfordrbl.co.uk

Sun 12 Oct Bathford Transition Initiative – Apple PressingOutside the Village Shop. 9:30am-12:30pm. See page 6 for details

Bathford RBL – Harvest Auction. 1pm.

Tues 14 Oct Box WI - Social Afternoon 2.30pm. Selwyn Hall, Box. See page 7

Sat 18 Oct Bathford RBL - The Red Baron Roadshow – Disco For ALL!8:30pm–11:30pm. Possibly the best disco in the west. FREE ENTRY.

Mon 20 Oct The Ladies' Friendship Group 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' by Khaled Hosseini - Book for Discussion. 7.30pm. St Swithun's Church.

Thurs 23 Oct The Bathford Players - 'Improbable Fiction' By Alan AyckbournBathford Parish Hall. 8pm. Tickets £6 from Village Shop or on 859437

Bathford RBL – Extraordinary General MeetingUrgent meeting to discuss the financial future of the RBL. 8pm.

Fri 24 Oct The Bathford Players - “ Improbable Fiction” As Thurs 23

Sat 25 Oct The Bathford Players - “ Improbable Fiction” As Thurs 23

Bathford RBL - Halloween Party Night Feat . Memory Lane Duo.8:30pm – 11:30pm. Entry £3. Raffle. info@bathfordrbl.co.uk

Mon 27 Oct The Bathford Society - 'Bath and the Great War' by Andrew Swift7:30pm meet – talk starts at 8pm. Bathford Parish Hall.

Fri 31 Oct Light Party 2008 -Crafts, activities, games, refreshments & goody bags 5.30pm - 7pm. St Swithuns Church Bathford.

Bathford RBL - Kids Halloween Party – Fancy Dress, Games etc6pm – 8pm. Entry £1 per child.8pm til late – Adults Halloween Party Disco – Raffle. £2.

Sat 1 Nov BEFA Quiz Night. Bathford Parish Hall. See page 6 for details.

The deadline for receiving copy for the November 2008 Bulletin is October 15.Please put your items into the Bulletin Box in the Bathford Village Shop,

email to: enquiries@thebathfordbulletin.org or post to: Bathford Bulletin c/o Bathford Village Shop, 54 Bathford Hill, Bathford, Bath BA1 7SN www.thebathfordbulletin.org

The Bathford BulletinOctober 2008

The Monthly Magazine For The Parish Of Bathford

Bathford Royal British Legion Club

USE IT OR LOSE IT!See page 5 for details

or visit bathfordrbl.co.uk

St. Swithun’s Church Bathford The Reverend Tim Ling. 858325. The Vicarage, 27 Church Street, Bathford ling.tim@tiscali.co.uk | www.stswithunsbathford.co.uk

Churchwardens: Derek Brown Fenella Avison 851154Licensed Lay Ministers: Gerry Miller 858402 Michael Craine 858613

Gill Gilbert 858927 Dennis Pearson 858293Everyone Is Warmly Welcome!We have the following groups for children during our Sunday Services:Crèche (0-3); Children’s Church (3-10); Rock Solid Youth Group (10+).Sundays

8:15am Holy Communion10:00am First Sunday - Family Sunday

2nd, 4th & 5th Sunday - Holy Communion3rd Sunday - Morning Worship (No Communion)

6:30pm First Sunday - Holy CommunionOther Sundays Evensong

Mondays 9:00-9:45am Prayer Time In Church

2:00pm 2nd Monday – Service In The Community RoomWednesdays

2:30pm Holy Communion each 1st Weds after Church Family ServiceHouse Groups Details from the Vicar, Churchwarden or Notices.

From The Parish Register

Baptism Ben Boardman 7 September 2008 Wedding David Hogan and Sarah Williams 6 September 2008 Funerals Joan (Ross) Durrant 29 August 2008

Sid Humphries 22 September 2008

Bathford Baptist Chapel, High Street, Bathford

Services will be held at 6.30pm each Sunday.

If you require information or help then please call

01225 833300 or 01225 723246 or 01249 782368.

a) Your nameb) Your landline telephone numberc) Your addressd) Type of fruitBathford Transition Initiative is a small group of people who aim to set up short term and long term practical projects for the village to make the transition from our community’s dependence on oil (fuel, food transport, heating etc.) to one based on more resilient and sustainable methods. Any help is welcome.Emma Jackson, Kay Mann and Jenny HallHope and Homes for ChildrenCoffee mornings as usual on Thursdays 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd & 30th October – 10.30am to 12 noon in the Parish Hall.

The bike ride to Tours undertaken in May raised in excess of £5,000 for the charity,which will do a great deal towards helping disadvantaged children in Eastern Europe and Africa. Thanks to all sponsors.

The Annual Auction of Promises will be held in Bathford Parish Hall on Saturday 15 November at 7pm. Already more than 30 pledges have been received, details of which will be in the November issue. We would appreciate any further offers of items which can be auctioned, and these can be forwarded to Keith & Julia Masdin on 858042. Tickets for the event are £3, which includes a glass of wine and nibbles, and will be available shortly.

The £100,000 event was held by kind permission of Simon and Charlotte Crowfoot at their home on one of the better days in an unpredictable summer and we now look forward to the next £100,000 in ? years time.

Should anyone like more details about the charity's work, then please contact us. DVDs, leaflets, visits to the charity's headquarters and talks from the charityitself can be arranged.

Last year's "Pairs" quiz seemed to have been quite a popular event, and another,similar brain-teaser is being mulled over at the moment!Keith & Julia Masdin (858042)Box WIAt our September meeting, The Rev. Mary Teed gave a very humorous and enjoyable talk about her experience learning to "flower arrange", at all the churches at which she had been the minister.Our next meeting will be a social afternoon with a sales table for swapping books and puzzles. There will be refreshments and friendly conversation and all visitors and new members are welcome at the Selwyn Hall on Tuesday 14 October at 2:30pm. Jean Cherry

Letters To The Bulletin

Dog Fouling On Bathford HillAs a caring villager, mother, dog owner etc, I feel compelled to write; What has happened to Bathford Hill?I walk up to the school at least twice a day with 2 children in tow and our new 'game' is to hop over or side step dog poo left by irresponsible owners and I can honestly say it is not the odd bit of offending muck but a trail right up to the school gate! Come on people if you can't be bothered to pick it up, at least have the courtesy to kick it to the kerb!As for the plastic bus shelters at the bottom of the hill, could we please have a couple of plastic bins to match? Maybe this will encourage the litter bugs and dog owners to deposit their waste thoughtfully.Yours in hope of a cleaner villageG Johnson

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BATHFORD VILLAGE SHOP

WANTED!

A PART-TIME ASSISTANT MANAGER

UP TO 20 HOURS PER WEEKSPREAD OVER TWO OR THREE DAYS

BUT TO INCLUDE SOME EARLY MORNINGS

VERY VARIED WORKPAY NEGOTIABLE

VERY FRIENDLY WORKPLACE

COME INTO THE SHOP FOR MORE DETAILS

OR RING US ON (01225) 859186

Bathford Village Shop Quiz Nighton Sat 1 Nov at 7:30pm.at Bathford Parish Hall

Cost: £7 per person on the night

Two course supper providedChilli and rice / veg. option + dessert

Phone 859508 or 859344 to reservea table for up to six people.

Tables are limited so don't leave ittoo late!

Bar & Raffle on the night.

If you would be willing to donate a dessert please let us know on

859508 or inform the shop.

Tea and Toast with the Tiny TotsThe first Monday of each month, from 10:30 until 11.30 am at St Swithuns Church. There will be time for playing, craft, singing, a story and a selection of yummy snacks, all free of charge. Everyone welcome, just bring a pre-school child with you!Rachel (742833)

Bathford Transition InitiativeThe End of SuburbiaA popular film to be screened at Bathford Parish Rooms, Saturday 11 October at 7.45pm Free Admission.It is a film that has introduced millions to the challenge posed by declining oil reserves around the world and is a winner of many awards. It sets out the case for reducing our oil consumption in a clear, understandable and sobering way. This is truly one film that will change your life and the way you look at the world. The film will be followed by drinks and nibbles, (contributions welcome) and adiscussion about some of the issues raised by the film.

Apple Pressing Outside the village shop on Sunday 12 October from 9.30am – 12.30pm. Bring your own apples or try some from Broadlands Community Orchard (Bathford) and we will press them into delicious, aromatic juice for you. There will also be apple bobbing for the children (and adults if they like!) The shop will be selling delicious home-made apple pies etc. ready for Sunday lunch to be stocked just for today.

Harvest Help and Harvest ShareDo you have too much fruit to pick at this time of year? We are setting up a simpleregister of villagers who have too much fruit, and of people who would be willing to help gather it in return for a share of the harvest. (Perhaps the shop could have some to sell too?) We also have a professional Edible Landscape Gardener, Andy Broadley, who helps at Bathfords’ Broadlands Community Orchard and has offered to prune some fruit trees in return for a share of the harvest. So, if you would like to join our register whether it is for this year or next year, please call Emma Jackson on 858388 leaving:

Letter From Rev. Tim Ling

What do we believe at St. Swithun’s?

AT ST. SWITHUN’S WE BELIEVE THAT GOD IS PASSIONATE ABOUT PEOPLE - all people. Including you. God is passionate about you. God is not like the person who says, ‘I love humankind; I just can’t stand my next door neighbour.’ No, God is passionate about every individual on the planet. God is passionate about you. And ‘you’, just as you are; not ‘you’ in your ‘Sunday best’. When we mess up, God isn’t standing there tut-tutting as he adds another black mark in his book. His heart is aching when he sees the mess we make of things. And here’s the thing: God’s passion for us means that he isn’t prepared to leave us where we are; he’s in the business of enabling us to change. And that is what makes living as a Christian so exciting.

How do we know all this? By seeing what God was like when he came and lived among us. Jesus was passionate about people - all people. He spent all his time with people - all sorts of people. We see him at meals, at parties, surrounded by children, enjoying the company of those at whom other people turned up their noses. When people broke the rules, Jesus didn’t tut-tut; but neither did he just leave them to it. He loved them too much for that. He made it possible for them to begin to change. That’s what made him such an exciting bloke to be around. It still is today.

But Jesus didn’t just love individuals. He loved communities. He loved to see people being together - at work, at play, at worship. That’s why people should go to church: not because it is the ‘religious’ thing to do (Jesus wasn’t big into religion); not to get a tick in the book (he had some extremely harsh things to say to people who thought they were holier than others); but because that is what

life is about - people, loved by God, enjoying life in all its aspects, together.

At St. Swithun’s we believe that God is passionate about people. He’s passionate about you.

* * *If you read this before Sunday 5 October, don’t forget you can come and celebrate at our Harvest Festival service at 10am.

Children, great news! The Light Party is coming up soon!! It’s on Friday 31 October at 5:30pm (see below).

We will also be holding a Service of Thanksgiving for the lives of those who have died at 6:30pm on Sunday 2 November. This is a quiet service of reflection and an opportunity to come and remember and give thanks for a loved one.

At 10am on Sunday 9 November we will be holding our Village Service for Remembrance Day. This service is attended by many from the Royal British Legion and local uniformed organisations. Come early if you want a seat!

Light Party 2008 - Friday 31 October - St Swithun's Church Bathford

All primary school age children are welcome to come along for a free evening of light-hearted fun! There will be crafts, activities, games, refreshmentsand a goody bag to take home. The fun starts at 5:30pm and ends at 7pm.Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Val Stone

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PARISH COUNCIL NEWS852486, 859007

clerk@bathford.net www.bathford.net

Obituaries - the council notes with sympathy the death of a parishioner, butis grateful that lately the sad news has been announced by families with anobituary notice in the shop. This has allowed those who wish to, to attend the funeral and pay their last respects. The parish council considers it is important that the life of a parishioner can be marked by the community and would like to inform families that they are welcome to put an obituary notice in the shop or on the parish notice boards should they wish to do so.

Draft minutes of Annual Parish Meeting - the draft minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting held on 21 April 2008 can be viewed on the council's website or a copy obtained from the Clerk. Any amendments to the minutes should be sent to the Clerk by 31 October. The minutes will be submitted to the council's meeting in November for formal approval.

Dog Fouling - the council is very concerned about the unpleasant amount of dog fouling and several complaints have been made. The Community Warden has walked around and shares the council's concerns. The parish council will be encouraging the Warden to make regular visits in an effort to encourage dog owners to clear up after their dogs. The Warden has the power to issue fines to those found to be committing an offence by not clearing up after their dog. Dog fouling anywhere in the village is unpleasant and can be adanger to children, but it is particularly nasty around the perimeter of the school, outside the shop and on the playing field. Please clear up after your dog wherever it fouls.

School Parking - the council would like to remind parents parking for school that under no circumstances should the double yellow lines or zig-zag area be used for parking or dropping off however briefly. The markings are there to ensure visibility and the safety of children at the junctions and hazardous bend in Dovers Park. The PCSO will be asked to monitor that the parking restrictions are being observed.

Cardboard and garden waste collection - the collection appears to be coming around the village much earlier and residents are reminded to put their recycling out for collection before 7.30am or the night before (after 8pm) to ensure that they do not miss the collection.

Mobile Library - the mobile library visits the village on Thursday fortnightly. Details of times can be found on the Bulletin website.

Countryside Alliance Awards - the categories for the Awards open for nomination are, Best Local Food Award, Best Village Shop, Rural Enterprise Award, Daily Telegraph Best Traditional Business Award and Rural Hero. If you know anyone who deserves a nomination then these will be accepted online at: www.countrysideallianceawards.co.ukhttp://www.countrysideallianceawards.co.uk/ until 27 October.

Date of next meeting - Monday 20 October at 7.30pm in the parish office, Bathford Hill.

Ruth Holding, ClerkBathford Parish Council

Bathford Flower ShowIf you enjoyed the show or would like to make any suggestions then please come along to the Flower Show AGM on 29 October 2008 in the Parish Hall at 7:30 pm.

This Years Winners

Presidents cup – Rosemary Drewett (Highest points A B & C)Runner–up – John SmartFloral Cup – ‘E’ - Rosemary Drewett Cookery ‘F’- Joyce HelpsHandicrafts ‘G’ – Mrs E Syndercombe Photography ‘H’ – Liz WhitfieldBest Exhibit A,B & C – Alan Reynolds Best Rose in show – Mrs K Watts Best Flowering Plant – no entries Children ‘I’ – Jemima Seymour Runner–up Children ‘I’ – Tabby Grist-ParkerBest Kept Allotment - Yvonne FrancesAllotment Novice – Mr & Mrs J Jackson Plot 2

Prizes given by prior Park Garden Centre :

Rose bush for best rose in show – Kath WattsFruit Bush – Highest points section B Rosemary Drewett.

Best kept Allotment Competition 20081st – Plot 55 – Yvonne Francis 2nd – Plot 34 – Dennis Wilson3rd - Plot 41A – Jennifer Ferriday

Highly CommendedPlot 8 – Mike Smith41B – David Rouse50A – Mr C Coxson50B – Roger & Rosemary Barrett31/32 Nigel Weeks

Bathford Primary School Painting Competition for the Flower Show

“The Secret Garden”1st prize Kitty Johnson - age 7 years 2nd prize Tabby Grist – age 9 years 3rd prize Edmund Emmett – age 5 years Highly Commended - Charlotte Ghali –age 8 yearsJohn Smart

Bathford Babies and Toddlers'Toddlers' runs in the Parish Hall from 10am - 11.45am every Wednesday term time (no 'Toddlers' on 29 October as half term). Don't forget to bring your own drink for your child and snacks are provided. (£1 per adult, 30p per child). We look forward to seeing you there for a play and a chat!Charlotte Crowfoot / Sarah Bloomfield

Bathford RBLUSE IT OR LOSE IT!

For those of you who attended our AGM early this year you will realise that the club is not in a good financial state at the present time.Therefore we have called an Extraordinary General Meeting on Thursday 23 October at 8pm at the club.Members are urged to attend as this meeting will discuss our finances and what future (if any), the club has including potential ways of releasing money from club assets.Bathford RBL Club Committee

Thursday Evening Keep Fit Class

The Bulletin would like to apologise to the Keep Fit for publishing the wrong times in previous editions.

The actual time is 7:30pm to 8:30pm.

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