VILLAGE HALL MONTHLY DRAW June £25 No 10 Mrs C Ellis 13 Gravelands Lane £10 No 31 Mr J Rooks 31 Newlands Road £5 No 34 Mrs E Yarde Henlade PO

The July BINGO will be on Wednesday 12th and in August on the 9th. Doors open at 7pm and its EYES DOWN at 7.30pm. The SNOWBALL is now £55. (Please note all participants must be over 16 years of age).

The July WHIST DRIVE is on Wednesday 26th and in August on the 23rd. Doors open at 7pm and play commences at 7.30pm.

The July Health Walks. will be on Weds 5th July at 10.30 from Creech Canal car park, and on Wednesday 19th July at 10.30 am from Ruishton Village Hall. Walks are up to 1.5 hours in duration. Dogs are welcome but must be kept on leads. For more information please ring Pat Pike on 442609 or Andy Smith on 444815 . RUISHTON CARPET BOWLS CLUB : Club Members will be joining you at the RUISHTON VILLAGE DAY on Saturday 15th July. Where we will be holding our very popular Bottle Stall Draw, with a good selection of bottles that have been kindly donated by all our members,and friends, with the proceeds going towards Club funds, and a donation to Village Day. We look forward to seeing you all. Our next club meetings after the summer break will be on Tuesdays from 5th Sept 7-9pm, and Fridays, but not until the 15th Sept 2-4pm (Due to our annual outing on the 8th Sept) Contact: Mavis Skeggs Treasurer 01823 442427 or Derek Garrett Chairman 01823 442876 Ruishton Village Day 15th July 2017 All previous stall holders have now been contacted re this years show, but still waiting for a few to get back to us as they are having problems getting volunteers to help. Can we ask all our past helpers to come down from 8am to help set up and from 4.30pm to help pack away. Lots of things to see and do, games to include egg throwing competition, lots of fun with a cash prize to the winning pair. By popular request the Wellington Majorettes march from the Ruishton Inn car park at 13.50 hrs to the recreation field and will give another splendid display. Looking forward to every ones support on this our 35th year, A special thanks to our sponsors Roy Bulgin Ruishton, and Paul of the Carpet Shed Ilminster. Roy Bulgin 442147, J Elston 442568 Ruishton Companion Dog Show 15th July 2017. Bookings on the day from 1pm, show starts at 2pm. Taunton and District Canine Associiation have arranged this years judge Lilian Beazley (CINONNIE). Also look out for special offer on multiple classes 5 to 14. Schedules available on day from 1pm, or from myself if you come and collect. Ringside parking if fine, but limited space so get there early to avoid disappointment. All last years cup holders must return their cups to me or any member asap or bring to the show, (polished would be appreciated!) Thanks to our sponsors Hannah’s Hairline Salon Ruishton and Craig of Western Fuel Oils Bridgwater. J Elston 442568 and Diane Swales 01458 251614. Flower Show – 15th July See page 6 for details of Flower Show. Wine Circle Schedules were handed out for two shows with classes that members could enter their wines in. An entry at Ruishton Flower Show on the 15th July was said to enable entrants to get a pre show assessment before the ‘Premier Wine Show in Somerset’ held at the Taunton Flower Show on the 4th and 5th of August. Future Circle activities include a ‘Boules and Beer’ evening at The White Horse at Bradford on Tone and the Circle BBQ at their July meeting and stewarding in the wine tent at the Flower Show in August . Details are available from the Secretary on 01823 256265. For all bookings and enquiries regarding the Village Hall, please contact Chris on 07958574905

ALL ITEMS FOR THE September 2017 newsletter should be delivered to the Editor, Liz Harper, Marl Bank, Bushy Cross Lane, Ruishton (443369) NO LATER THAN Friday 18th August 2017 or email ruishton_magazine@hotmail.com

RUISHTON VILLAGE HALL NEWSLETTER JULY 2017

Please note there is no news-letter in August, the next one will be the September edition.

LADIES COFFEE CLUB We meet on Monday 10th July at 12.30pm at Joan’s house (for lunch) and on Monday 14th August at 2.30pm at Janet’s. Sally McEwen 442733. RATS (Ruishton Artists in TexStyles) We are a group of craft enthusiasts who work with fabric and thread. We are now meeting on the 3rd Mon of each month 10.00a.m. - 3.00p.m. in the Village Hall meeting room. For more information about our regular meetings ring Rosemary (442039)

TAUNTON & DISTRICT FRIENDSHIP CLUB We are a club offering a wide range of social activities for the over 50s, so why not come along and try us out at our next meeting from 2-4 on Thursday 20th July. (No meeting in August). For more information contact Sally (442733).

Ruishton Book ClubThis month we read 'Heartbreak Hotel' by Deborah Moggach. It is a story about a retired actor 'Buffy' who moves from London to rural Wales, to a run down 'B&B' that he has inherited. In order to make ends meet he embarks on a plan of 'Courses for Divorces' filling his house with an intriguing collection of guests. Deborah Moggach has written an amusing book, imaginative and alert to human folly and foibles. There were a lot of people to try and keep track of and no great depth to the story or characters. A light read that would make a good farce. We are meeting next on 12th July at 10.30am to talk about our next book 'The Versions of Us' by Laura Barnett. If you would like further information about our Book Club phone Jenny on 01823 442589. RUISHTON CARPET BOWLS CLUB : Club Members will be joining you at the RUISHTON VILLAGE DAY on Saturday 15th July. Where we will be holding our very popular Bottle Stall Draw, with a good selection of bottles that have been kindly donated by all our members,and friends, with the proceeds going towards Club funds, and a donation to Village Day. We look forward to seeing you all. Our next club meetings after the summer break will be on Tuesdays from 5th Sept 7-9pm, and Fridays, but not until the 15th Sept 2-4pm (Due to our annual outing on the 8th Sept) Contact: Mavis Skeggs Treasurer 01823 442427 or Derek Garrett Chairman 01823 442876

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RUISHTON GUIDING If you wish to put your daughter's name on any of the waiting lists please contact: Guides Cath Ellis (442398), Brownies Kay Allen (444426), Rainbows Cath Ellis (442398)

BUS to ASDA There is a regular WEDNESDAY MORNING bus to Asda. First stop is at Alexavia Caravan Park at 11am, by the Post Box at bottom of Lawn Meadow at 11.05am. It is FREE and the return journey leaves ASDA at 1.00pm.

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For Sale 1. Andrew James 990W Power Juicer, 2 speed, low for soft fruit, high for vegetables As new with handbook £20 tel 07785775412 2. Henry vacuum cleaner £40 Tel 443369 In stitches @ St George's will next meet on Friday 14th July and on Friday 11th August between 10am and 12noon in the Ruishton Church Meeting Room. Newcomers are always welcome and anyone who enjoys knitting or crochet should just come along. Our “yarn bombing” tableaux for Taunton Live 2017 celebrates the Queens 65 year reign, her Sapphire Jubilee. We are pleased to have found an indoor location this year and our Queen (not the real one!) will be enjoying tea and cake in Jenny's Tea Rooms, Bath Place from July 24th – 29th. Early in August she will be relocated to enjoy her tea and cakes in Ruishton Church, so please pop in and say “hello”. Muriel Coles (443019

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RUISHTON AND THORNFALCON PARISH COUNCIL MAJOR PLANNING APPLICATION The following Planning Application has been received by the Parish Council from Somerset County Council 4/38/17/0205 Construction of a new road scheme including the widening and enlargement of Junction 25 roundabout, the widening of Toneway over approx. 200m length from J25, the construction of a new roundabout to the South Western corner of the Gateway Park and Ride site and the construction of linking sections to J 25 and the A358/Ruishton Lane junction, junction alterations, provision of pedestrian and cyclists facilities and associated street furniture. It is a huge application with numerous documents totalling over 800 pages with detailed plans and diagrams available to view on the SCC’s web site although the PC requested and received a paper set of plans. The consultation period for this application was just 21 days up to 14th June which is the normal time allowed for planning applications. However, the Parish Council did, in the end with a bit of a fight and with intervention from the Leader of the Council of SCC, manage to get the consultation period extended to 25th July although the Planning Officer has requested that any comments should be forwarded as soon as possible, rather than to leave it until the last few days, when the County Council then has to rush to take them into consideration. So, if you have any observations on this application, please forward to Somerset County Council at the link below. http://schpwebapppln.somerset.gov.uk/ePlanning/loadFullDetails.do?aplId=40141 This application will be on the PC’s agenda at the 5th July meeting. A358 TAUNTON TO SOUTHFIELDS SCHEME CONSULTATION The consultation of this has been subject to change with the announcement of a General Election which ‘plunged’ Highway England into Purdah. This meant that H.E. could not consult and had to cancel David Stock, Major Projects Manager, from attending the Council’s Annual Parish Meeting held on 17th May. The good news is that H.E. are now out of Purdah and the Council has arranged for David Stock to attend a P.C. meeting on 21st June. It is appreciated that by the time you read this newsletter, that date would have gone but the consultation period has been extended until 16th July (was 20th May) so it you wanted to respond to the consultation, there would be time. There will be a final public exhibition event on Friday 30 June between 10am and 7pm at the Holiday Inn in Taunton (Blackdown Suite, Holiday Inn, Deane Gate Avenue, Taunton, TA1 2UA). This event replaces the one that was due to take place on 8 May 2017. If you do attend this event by car and park in their car-park, please register your car number plate at the reception or you could be liable for a fine. ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT FOR YEAR ENDING 31.3.17 The Accounting Statement and the Governance Statement are now of the web site to view. NOTICE OF THE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF THE PERIOD FOR THE EXERCISE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS Any rights of inspection, objection and questioning of the auditor may be only be exercised within a single period of 30 working days. This period is from 14th June – 24 July. Any persons interested may inspect and make copies of the Annual Return and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts etc. relating to them. Please contact the Clerk or look on the web site for more details DATE OF THE SCHEDULED MEETINGS FOR 2017 5.7.17 2.8.17 6.9.17 4.10.17 1.11.17 6.12.17 Council Meetings commence at 7.30pm (unless otherwise stated) and are held in Ruishton Village Hall. There is an opportunity at 7.30pm for the public to make comments or ask questions. A full set of minutes can be seen our website at www.ruishton.org.uk Parish Clerk: Mrs Heather Bryant, Northay House, Northay, Chard. TA20 3DN. Tel: 01460 234770. Email: ruishtonpc@gmail.com Neighbourhood Plan - link to the website www.Ruishton.org.uk<http://www.Ruishton.org.uk> and to the Facebook page "Ruishton, Thornfalcon & Henlade".

Household Survey Feedback and Village Day The Neighbourhood Plan team will have a stall at Village Day on Saturday 15th July 2017 and are looking forward to providing feedback to the community on the findings from the Household Survey that many of you contributed to recently. Come and see what you all think! In addition, to promote the Environment aspect of the survey, everyone will have the opportunity to help build a couple of large bug houses for siting within the Parishes, and find ways of encouraging and supporting wildlife in your gardens.

Work from Home?

Don’t forget, we would like to gain the views of those who Work from Home, so if you would like to tell us your thoughts and ideas about what you need to support you in your business, just send your email address to Catherine Faulkner, Neighbourhood Plan Administrator at RuishtonNP@hotmail.com. We will then contact you later this year to gain your views on what your current business needs are, what works well for you now, and what you may wish for in the future, so that this can be considered as part of our Neighbourhood Plan. Your details will not be used for any other purposes than to contact you in relation to the development of our Neighbourhood Plan.It doesn’t matter whether you Work from Home occasionally or regularly as your views are equally of value.

Flower Show – 15th July We’d like to see a record number of entries again this year and with over 100 classes to choose from its not just about flowers, fruit and vegetables there are plenty of classes for handicrafts, baking, photography, flower arranging plus wine & drinks. Please check your Schedules carefully as we’ve made some changes to the number of specimens in some classes. And don’t forget that the Hanging Basket Competition will be judged in situ, on Sunday 9th July. The Scarecrow Competition, (Theme – Traditional Scare-crow) will also start on Sunday 9th July and will be on display until Friday 14th July as a Trail for you to follow and to give you the opportunity to vote for your favourite. Maps will be pinned around the village showing the location of each scarecrow. Judging slips are in each flower show schedule, remember there are two votes per household this year. So hang up your baskets and dress up your scarecrow, we want your entries! Schedules have been delivered to each household, extra copies are available free from Henlade Post Office, or you can access the classes and entry forms on the village website www.ruishton.org.uk and remember to look at our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/1283138038446496/ Would last year’s cup winners please return cups (polished please!) to any committee member by Sunday 25th June. Mike Marshall (Chairman) 442294

Ruishton Community parking/ traffic Meeting

Held on Thursday 8th May 2017 at 1900 at Ruishton C of E School Hall. Highways agency, PCSO and County Councillor unable to attend the meeting. Those present: Parish Councillors (Doug Lowe, Mike Marshall), Alison Davidson (Governor) acting as Chair, Chris Kamin, Seonaid Curry, Tim Gibbs, 8 parents. The meeting was opened by Alison stating that traffic and parking around the school is not solely the school’s responsibility. Alan Adams (parent) shared a letter (attached) from Andrew Bowey (parish Councillor), stating that he does not agree with the school’s strategies to deal with parking issues and asking for alternative, posi-tive measures to be suggested to address/ improve the situation. CK shared a letter which was sent to parents outlining a plan to set up a school traffic patrol. He cate-gorically refuted any suggestion that the school was not putting child safety first. AD stated that the Y6 parking patrol (supervised by CK) was having a positive impact already, but that additional measures need to be looked at. Parish Councillors shared that there is a history of problems surrounding parking going back 20 or more years. We cannot use the village hall as the car park forms part of a hirer’s entitlement when they hire the hall. (There are issues around the safety of a walking bus in any event, due to the speed at which cars approach the school along this road). Mr Adams: Dangerous driving and inappropriate parking on Lawn Meadow is not within the school’s control. Mrs Hill suggested engaging local residents’ support. She also felt that we should be pushing PCSOs as they are much more visible in other areas. Mr Hembery suggested a lollipop person, preventing access at the cul-de-sac spur. Miss Gower outlined the results of a survey which she has conducted in local schools in respect of signage, fencing and road markings. See below. She suggested that the PTA would be prepared to contribute financially to physical measures which would keep the children safe. Kerry Holmes pointed out that Hub/pre-school staff also contribute to the parking congestion. Mr Graham has suggested (and others agreed) that in the short term, we should ‘cone off’ the car park and put in temporary additional signage to reiterate message to drivers. He will arrange addi-tional signs.

Actions/ possible strategies

A staggered start time was suggested.

Harness child pester power: Deliver in school activities to educate children/ raise awareness and

encourage this to be passed to adults outside school.

Contact Highways re: signage and road markings.

PTA may be able to contribute towards/ fund fencing to allow other access to be used and keep

children off the crossing.

Develop a rota/ source finance for a lollipop person.

Write to the Crime Commissioner outlining our problem and make clear that we have no PCSO in

attendance. Seek suggestions for what (s)he would have us do.

Put cones across the access to the car park at drop off time. School to action.

If school grows (additional buildings) in the future, we can apply for a traffic assessment.

It was suggested that some local residents may be happy for hub staff/ parents to park on their drive-ways all day/ during drop off and picking up time. This would alleviate (some of) the on road parking. This possibility to be pursued by Rachael Gower.

Survey of traffic/ parking control measures at local school carried out by Miss Gower.

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‘SLOW’ 

on road

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