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small low building that was the old
Steep National School. It was very
near the church and positioned on
land that now forms the front gar-
den of the house known as the
Tithe Barn. This National School
was a single storey building with a
pitched roof, white walls and arched
windows in its gable end. It was the
forerunner of our present village
primary school. The National School
in Steep began in 1843 when the
Bishop of Winchester granted land
for it to be built next to the church.
In the 1840s, Church Road and
Ridge Common Lane, as we know
STEEP AND STROUD
NEWSLETTER
NO 549 MARCH 2017
The Steep History Group recently
looked at a picture of an 1846 wa-
tercolour of Steep church by Richard
Ubsdell. The church at that time was
very different from that of today. It
had a low tower. There were no
stained glass windows. Some of the
familiar old gravestones are still in
place, as is the yew tree by the
south door. There is no sign of a
lychgate or of the familiar stone
walls that surround the church to-
day.
Quite remarkably, what is also
shown to the right of the church is a
STEEP CHURCH IN 1846 AND THE OLD STEEP NATIONAL SCHOOL
CONTENT
25 YEARS AGO page 5
DIARY DATES page 7
STEEP/STROUD NEWS page 11
USEFUL CONTACTS page 15
CHURCH NEWS page 21
SERVICE TIMES page 24
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email [email protected]
Village website: www.steepvillage.com
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them, did not exist but were merely
tracks across areas of common
land, which stretched as far as
Stroud. Surrounding the common
land were farms, fields, woodland
and a few labourers’ cottages and
gardens. The gardens served as
allotments in which food was grown
by the cottagers. The church and
Restalls - then known as ‘By the
Church’, were in place, but very few
of today’s houses. The larger and
older areas of settlement at Steep
were at Ashford, Dunhill, Steep
Marsh and near the Harrow.
The Steep church registers of this
time show marriages taking place in
which ordinary people signed the
register with a mere cross as their
mark, indicating that they had per-
haps received little or no education.
The coming of the National School
must have been a great benefit. In
1867, one Bertha Pocock black-
smith’s daughter aged 27 years,
married Henry Hounsome, at Steep
Church. Bertha stated her occupa-
tion as ‘schoolmistress’. She may
have been a teacher at the Steep
National School.
The Steep National School was
probably founded by the National
Society for Promoting the Education
of the Poor in the Principles of the
Established Church in England and
Wales. The society collected dona-
tions and built small schools for the
education of poor children in nearly
every village, town and city. Educa-
tion was based on the teachings of
the Church of England. The schools,
like this one at Steep, were usually
next to the parish church, and
named after it. They often contained
one or two rooms and may have had
an earth floor. Later, the 1870 Edu-
cation Act laid down the principle of
education for all children between
the ages of five and twelve years. In
Steep, a larger piece of land, adja-
cent to ‘the recreation ground’, was
obtained. The old Steep National
School was demolished and in 1875
and our present school was built.
The 1846 picture of Steep church
and National School is copyright
Portsmouth Museums and can be
seen in the book: “Hampshire: Dis-
covering the C19 World of Ports-
mouth Artist R. H. C. Ubsdell Vol 2”
by Chris Brindle.
Copyright. The content of the
newsletter (excluding the ads) is
the copyright of Steep PCC, un-
less otherwise indicated. If in
doubt, contact the editor.
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07795 381633
077919 62327
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The Editor
Steep and Stroud Newsletter
Dear Editor,
I spoke to you briefly on the tele-
phone after you published Peter
Emmerson’s views on Remem-
brance. Yesterday I attended the
funeral of a fellow member of the
Petersfield Branch of The Royal Brit-
ish Legion who fought with his regi-
ment during the Normandy landings
and throughout the campaign in
Europe thereafter. At the time he
was a young man of 20/21. Quite
recently France awarded him the
Legion d’ Honeur as a hero in the
liberation of France. I found myself
thinking of those who pontificate
scathingly about Remembrance and
the “rigmarole” of bands bugles
and marches.
There can be few who would dispute
that war is appalling and It is up to
individuals how they wish to remem-
ber. However there are those, many
of them youngsters, who would have
little cause to remember the sacrific-
es of so many men and women dur-
ing the war unless it is brought pub-
licly to mind by annual Remem-
brance services and parades. More-
over the wearing of a poppy brings
to mind the need to give in charity to
help and support those former mem-
bers of the armed forces who were
prepared to lay their lives on the line
for our country but through injury,
wounds, illness or bad luck need
help. I would venture it is a very wor-
thy charity indeed.
The pace of life and human nature
being what it is there needs to be
music or spectacle to drum up pub-
lic attention. Those who feel uncom-
fortable at Remembrance celebra-
tions albeit with good intentions
should feel slightly ashamed.
With my good wishes,
Guy Obbard
Mustercombe Farm, Stroud.
25 YEARS AGO STEEP PARISH COUNCIL ... with the help of local
residents, has been pressing the authorities to
extend the 30 m.p.h. limit (which ends at Bell
Hill Ridge) through to the foot of Stoner Hill.
This dangerous stretch of road which passes
through the Dunhurst/Dunannie bends, over the
crossroads at the Cricketers Inn, and up to the
Island has long been a source of concern to the
Council ...
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STEEP FILM SOCIETY 3 March - Bridget Jones’ Baby
18 March - Wild
31 March - Florence Foster Jenkins
Sadly, due to lack of support, for the
time being there will be no more
films shown after this month. Re-
funds will be given. Meeting 29 April
Tickets from Sheila Fairley -
269339. ALL WELCOME
EDWARD THOMAS FELLOWSHIP The Edward Thomas Birthday Walk,
Sunday 5th March. Each year the
Edward Thomas Fellowship stage a
birthday walk in Steep. Non-
members most welcome to join in.
Walks (10.30am and 2.15pm,
starting at Bedales) around
Steep and the Shoulder of Mut-
ton Hill, with poetry readings
A Birthday Tribute and tea in
Steep Church
Free car parking available in Be-
dales School
See the website: www.edward-
thomas-fellowship.org.uk
BEDALES OLIVIER THEATRE
5 March - Youth Dance Platform -
the Hampshire Youth Dance Compa-
ny is able to join us again this year
for our annual Youth Dance Plat-
form. Alongside them, we will be
seeing a variety of works from local
schools, colleges and groups in
Hampshire.
9 March - Bedales Dance Performs -
by the Bedales dance students from
Block 4 to 6.2 and their independ-
ent work that they have choreo-
graphed.
21 March - Ventoux - the most fear-
some mountain encountered on the
Tour de France. It is also the story of
Lance Armstrong and Marco Pantani
– whose drug-fuelled race there in
2000 was the greatest cycling had
ever seen. Ventoux charts the paral-
lel lives of these champions who
overcame great adversity in tandem,
and the mountain that cast them in
opposing directions.
THE QUAD
24 March - The Spring Concert
In the second major concert of the
school year, all of the senior
school’s vocal and instrumental
ensembles contribute to a varied
programme in the final week of the
Spring term.
Bookings: bedales.org.uk/bedales-
arts or 0333 666 3366
STEEP PARISH COUNCIL Next meeting will be at 7.30 p.m. on
Monday 6th March in the small
meeting room at Steep Village Hall.
DIARY DATES
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STROUD PARISH COUNCIL The next full meeting of the Parish
Council, will be held on Tuesday 7
March at 7.30pm, in Langrish School
Hall. All are welcome to attend
WELCOME CLUB Thursday 9 March - "Bedales Musi-
cians Entertain". (NB Not a mistake
- Dunhurst has a clash now so has
a r r a n g e d f o r B e d a l e s t o
come). 3.30pm - Steep Village Hall.
Thursday 23 March - "Spring Read-
ings." Bring your favourite excerpt
or poem about the season of
Spring. 3.30pm - Steep Village Hall.
Judy Thompson - 267362
STEEP HISTORY GROUP Tuesday 14 March at 10.00am at
Merries, Church Road
Enquiries to Fran Box - 266284
STROUD EVENING WI 14 March. Pauline Cherrett will
demonstrate how to make Pop-up
Books. Steep Village Hall at 7.30
Enquiries: Pauline Cook - 263406
STROUD AFTERNOON WI 16 March. History minus the boring
bits - a talk by Susan Howe. We
meet at 2.15pm at Herne Farm Lei-
sure Centre
Details Susan Kuruber 261351
STEEP FILM CHALLENGE
Submission deadline date, 19
March and screening/awards even-
ing 25 March Phyllida Baarnes
FROXFIELD CHOIR
Froxfield Choir is performing further
afield for this year's Spring concert.
Come and hear The Armed Man: A
Mass For Peace by Karl Jenkins, on
Saturday 25th March at 7.30pm, in
the beautiful church of St Peter and
St Paul in West Wittering. We would
love to see as many as possible of
our loyal supporters for what prom-
ises to be a rousing performance.
Tickets are £10, available at the
door or call Nico Jackson on 01730
828090.
THE HANGERS GARDEN CLUB Regrettably, at the AGM last month,
the Hangers Garden Club decided to
discontinue their activities.
Contact - Jocelyn Hooton - 261339
COPY FOR THE APRIL NEWSLETTER
not later than Wednesday 15 March To David Dobson at Downgate Cottage, Steep Marsh, GU32 2BE
Or [email protected] and [email protected] (new email)
FOR STROUD to Jeremy Mitchell at Fairlands, Finchmead Lane, Stroud
GU32 3PF or [email protected] - tel 267214
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STEEP FILM CHALLENGE 2017
After the fun and success of the 2015
Steep Film Challenge, entries for the
2017 Steep Film Challenge are now
invited. We hope that many of you will
have noticed the flyers all over the
village and elsewhere and announce-
ments on the Steep Film Challenge
Facebook page and the Steep Village
website but, if not, and you are tempt-
ed to enter (and win some of the
£400 worth of prize money), here are
the conditions of entry :
Films can be any genre; horror,
comedy, dance, documentary etc..
The duration can be anything up
to a maximum of 3 minutes.
There must be a visual reference
to Steep in the film.
Delivered either on MP4, WMV, or
DVD format
As before there will be a special
prize for Best Original Soundtrack
By submitting entries you waive
copyright and agree for them to be
shown online
We have a superb panel of judges,
including Rupert Day, award winning
director and editor, Andrew Lotbi-
niere (of Pukka Films – who pro-
duced the 2014 award winning film
Kajaki) and Rachel Portman, who is
undoubtedly Britains most stellar
composer of film soundtracks. Her
STEEP AND STROUD NEWS scores include those for Chocolat,
The Cider House Rules and One Day
plus The Manchurian Candidate
(Jonathan Demme), Oliver Twist
(Roman Polanski), Hart's War
(Gregory Hoblit), The Legend of Bag-
ger Vance (Robert Redford), Beloved
(Jonathan Demme), Life Is Sweet
(Mike Leigh), Never Let Me Go (Mark
Romanek),), The Duchess (Saul
Dibb), One Day (Lone Scherfig) The
Lake House (Alejandro Agresti), Mo-
na Lisa Smile (Mike Newell), and The
Human Stain (Robert Benton).
This is truly a group of people any
passionate film makers and com-
posers need to present their talent
to! Submission deadline -
Sunday 19th March
There will be an Awards Evening and
Screening on Saturday 25th March
at Steep Village Hall starting at
around 5.30pm (see the Steep Film
Challenge Facebook page and the
Steep Village website at http://
www.steepvillage.com/ for more
details.
Register your interest or address any
queries to: Phyllida Barnes: 01730
269267 / 07876 615040
[email protected] or mes-
sage the Steep Film Challenge Face-
book page.
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COUNTY COUNCILLOR’S RE-
PORT FOR FEBRUARY 2017
The new educational funding formu-
la has recently been published. In
East Hampshire the larger schools
seem to have gained funding, whilst
the smaller ones have lost, though
the total for the District has been a
gain of some £266K. The figures
are:-
Froxfield Primary - £8K
Greatham Primary - £13K
Herne Junior + £115K
Langrish Primary - £4K
Liss Infants + £13K
Liss Junior 0
Petersfield Infants + £42K
Sheet Primary - £11K
Steep Primary - £10K
Petersfield School + £131K
Figures have recently been released
on the number and size of claims
made by motorists for damage
caused by potholes. The figures
given did not take account of the
large variation in the number of
roads between counties, nor the
fact that some counties, including
Hampshire insure themselves, ra-
ther than taking out insurance poli-
cies.
For all the counties in the south of
England, Hampshire has the lowest
pothole claims of 8.51 per 100km
of highway, with the highest being
Buckinghamshire and Berkshire
with over 20 claims, and our neigh-
bouring counties all being around
15. In cash terms the amount paid
out in the last financial year was
£92K, which for 5,300 miles of road
in Hampshire, represents about
£17.50 per mile.
The various activity centres within
Hampshire, including Calshott and
Runway’s End, have now almost
reached the stage where they are
self-funding. Because they were
designed originally for school use,
for many years they have only been
fully used for a relatively short peri-
od in the summer. The facilities are
now also used by an increasing
number of companies for staff train-
ing, and this has greatly helped the
funding situation.
Vaughan Clark 268 206
CHILDREN'S SOCIETY BOXES
If you have a Children's Society
collecting box would you please
return it either to Pam Morgan at
Myrtle Farm, 38 Winchester
Road, Stroud (263843) or Sylvia
Struthers at Rokewood, 59
Church Road, Steep (269533) for
the annual count
Many thanks.
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FOOTPATH IMPROVEMENTS
IN STROUD
Two well used footpaths have been
resurfaced around stiles and areas
of high footfall, thanks to the co-
operation of landowners and a Dis-
trict Councillor grant organised by Nick
Drew (East Hants District Councillor).
Two stiles on Footpath 4 (where the
ground had been significantly erod-
ed, leaving the stiles awkwardly
high) have received tarmac planings
at their base, which has raised the
ground level and provided much
needed grip. Stroud Parish Council
is very grateful to Colonel and Mrs
Obbard for providing useful hand-
rails to help walkers access the path.
Planings have been laid on parts of
Footpath 703 to keep feet out of
the mud. A work party is planned in
the near future to spread more plan-
ings on wetter areas of this path.
The Parish Council approaches
landowners for permission to under-
take improvement works to foot-
paths on their land, and we are all
very grateful to landowners whose
co-operation and understanding in
these matters enables us to do this.
If you have any issues to raise
about Rights of Way around Stroud,
please contact Ony Rogers
(P266929, [email protected]).
MARY SUGGS 1927-2017
Mary Snuggs, who died January
aged 89, was a teacher at Steep
School for many years. For most of
that time she, and Head teacher
Marian Fletcher, were the only
members of the teaching staff,
and Mary ruled the crowded and
busy infant classes.
Her own early childhood was spent
in China where he parents worked
as missionaries, but when the Jap-
anese invaded in1941 she was
sent to an internment camp where
she lived from the age of 14 to 18.
It was in this unlikely environment
that she had her first experience
of teaching as she was put in
charge of the youngest internees.
After being liberated by American
forces in 1945 she returned to the
UK and studied Education at The
Froebel Institute. For a generation
of Steep School pupils (and their
parents) Mary's gentle and com-
forting presence at the school gate
provided welcome assurance that
all was well with the world. In the
years since she retired the number
of her pupils who have sent their
own children to the school pro-
vides an eloquent testimony to the
affection and gratitude she is
owed by all who knew her.
Rollo Wicksteed
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STEEP FLOWER SHOW
26th August
At the moment it's difficult to imag-
ine the glorious sunny day in August
of the Steep Flower Show, but in
fact now is the time to start planning
for the growing season. It will also
give time to look for photo shots and
perhaps for practicing baking!
There are some changes in the
schedule which will be useful to
know.
In the pot plants, pelargonium re-
places begonia and in the Novelty
section we are looking for 3 stems
of a green flower instead of white.
In Flower Arranging the subjects are
Heatwave (maximum diameter
45cm), An arrangement in a rame-
kin and Flowers in a basket. For
men only, An arrangement in a beer
mug, size not specified.
In Domestic, Classes 77 to 80
change to a chocolate cake, a Bake-
well tart, white bread rolls uniform
shape x 4, and for Men Only a round
seeded loaf.
The subject for the Scarecrow is a
politician - vent your political feel-
ings!
The photography subjects are: A
Garden, Movement and Wood. For
children 16 and under, Home.
Children's categories 108 to 113
have changed to; 6 cheese straws,
an exhibit of any fruit flower or vege-
table grown by the child, any article
of craft. For children aged 4 and
under, a model or picture, and there
are 2 extra categories for 12 to 16
year olds, a poem and a sultana
cake.
Please save the date!
Jan Cobb. Secretary
[email protected] - 300100
Judy Thompson. Chairman
[email protected] - 267362
USEFUL CONTACTS Newsletter: David Dobson 261344 [email protected]
Police Support Officer: John Payne [email protected]
Steep Village website: www.steepvillage.com
Steep Parish Clerk: Jenny Hollington 267784, [email protected]
Stroud Parish Clerk (part time): [email protected] or
Elisabeth Foulston 48 Winchester Road, Stroud, GU32 3PG
Stroud Village website: www.stroudvillage.co.uk
Village Hall: Jenny Hollington 267784
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Steep to Petersfield Bus Service 71
Steep enquiries call 01962 846786
Wednesdays and Fridays at : Return
Steep, Bedales School 09:35 Petersfield Tesco 12:27
Petersfield Hospital 09:42 Petersfield Square 12:30
Petersfield Railway Station 09:45 Petersfield Railway Station 12:33
Petersfield Square 09:48 Petersfield Hospital 12:35
Petersfield Tesco 09.51 Steep, Bedales School 12:42
Stroud contact Xelabus - See Stroud buses on www.xelabus.info or phone
023 8064 4715. They only run a restricted Wednesday service.
Other village services to Winchester and into Petersfield are run by
Stagecoach.
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Winchester/Winchester%20Route%2067_04-09-16_WEBFILE.pdf
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PETERSFIELD YOUTH THEATRE
Step Into the Spotlight…………
Are you up for a challenge? Do you
love musical theatre and would you
like to become part of a fully staged
musical in just four days? This year,
Petersfield Youth Theatre’s 19th
Easter Holiday Activity will be full of
fun and inspirational experiences
for young people aged five to fifteen
years.
Each year, 150 young people
come together to spend a week
having fun and making new friends.
This is a fantastic way for local
young people to spend a week of
their Easter holiday working with
professional performers and direc-
tors. Step Into the Spotlight will
feature song and dance numbers
from popular musical theatre. The
four days will end with a perfor-
mance for friends and family.
Petersfield Youth Theatre is re-
nowned for its exciting approach to
theatre for young people. To find
out more about Step Into the Spot-
l i g h t v i s i t t h e w e b s i t e
www.pyt.org.uk where you can
download an application form by
clicking the ‘what’s on’ button…
this form will be available after half-
term.
Venue: Bedales School, Steep
Date: Tuesday 18 – Friday
21 April 2017
PRUNUS INSITITIA - BUL-
LACE, WILD DAMSON AND
PRUNUS SPINOSA - SLOE:
One of the country names for black
thorn (sloe tree) is Snow in Spring,
being one of the first trees to flower
in the spring, and covering patches
of hedgerow in small white blossoms
- it heralds the promise of brighter
warmer days. At last, life begins to
stir in the hedges. And yet this plant
also carries a rather dark reputation
in country lore, which may have de-
veloped because a puncture from
this thorn feels so evil. Accompanied
by great pain, the wound often be-
comes septic and can spread to cre-
ate reactive arthritis in remote parts
of the body. Perhaps the venomous
nature of the wound was the reason
why dark witches used the thorns to
pierce wax poppets in their spells of
evil intention.
The medical uses are the same, both
for the sloe and the wild damson
(Bullace) but their culinary delights
are wildly different. I have a wild
damson tree in the hedgerow bor-
dering my garden, and what a de-
lightful tree it is. In the late summer,
I stand under the tree, a bit like a
monkey, popping plump fruit after
fruit into my mouth. Despite my
greed, I have never got the expected
diarrhoea from eating too much
fresh fruit, and that would be be-
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Medical Herbalist
Jo Dunbar
(MSc. Dip Herbal Medicine)
Available for consultations in
London, Surrey and Stroud
Further information and
herbal workshops see
www.botanicamedica.co.uk
07932 764417
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cause both sloes and bullace fruit
have a binding action, and can be
used for the treatment of diarrhoea.
The flowers, on the other hand, of
both plants act as a mild laxative.
To achieve this, you would make an
infusion and sweeten with honey.
So we see that these two plants
both loosen the bowels and restrict
diarrhoea, depending on which part
of the plant you use.
Jo Dunbar (MSc, Medical Herbalist)
07932 764417
UPDATE FROM STROUD PARISH
COUNCIL
Stroud Parish Council would like to
thank District Councillor Nick Drew
and Hampshire County Council’s
Small Grants Scheme for grants
towards the installation of a new
kissing gate at the entrance to
Stroud Common. We are also grate-
ful for the co-operation of the land-
owner for permission to make this
improvement and hope that the
new gate will now make the foot-
path more accessible to all.
The Parish Council have also recently
been notified of the theft of a wheelie
bin from a property in Ramsdean
Road and also a theft from a vehicle
in the same road and would like to
remind local residents that if they
notice anything suspicious in the fu-
ture to please contact the police on
101.
The Annual Parish Meeting this
year, to be held on Tuesday 4th
April, will be an update on the po-
tential housing development on
Ramsdean Road. Further details will
be published nearer the time.
GREAT BRITISH SPRING CLEAN
East Hampshire is encouraging and
supporting groups and individuals to
do their bit to help clear up the litter
that blights our streets and parks in
the Great British Spring Clean cam-
paign. Litter picking equipment will
be supplied by EHDC’s street
cleansing contractor.
In order to do their bit to help, Steep
Parish Council are organising a vil-
lage litter pick for Sunday,
19th March and anyone interested
in volunteering should contact the
Clerk, Jenny, on clerk@steep-
pc.gov.uk. We will concentrate on
Ridge Common Lane, Church Road
and Mill Lane initially (depending on
numbers of volunteers) - however, if
anyone from Steep Marsh would
like to volunteer to lead a group,
we’d love to hear from you.
Volunteers should meet at Steep
Village Hall car park at 9.30 a.m.
Please let Jenny know if you are
able to make it so that we can en-
sure we have enough equipment for
everyone -267784
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Learn how to make a variety of breads
Relaxed, friendly, home atmosphere.
Small groups max 6 per class.
Courses: first Saturday of each month
10:00am-14:00pm Includes light lunch
For more details and prices see
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Contact Diana Portelly 07747 698118
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CHURCH NEWS
ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH
MEETING
The annual parochial church meet-
ing (APCM) takes place once a year.
This is an important occasion at
which the Churchwardens and PCC
are elected, detailed church ac-
counts are produced and the
Churchwardens set out their review
of the year in the Churchwardens’
report.
The meeting will be held in the
Church at approximately 12 noon
on Sunday, 6th April immediately
after the Sunday service and the
coffee which follows..
The meeting consists of two parts.
The first comprises the Parishion-
ers’ meeting, the main purpose of
which is to elect the two Church-
wardens for the forthcoming year.
Everyone in the parish, whether or
not on the Church Electoral Roll, is
entitled to attend and to vote at this
meeting.
The second part of the meeting, the
APCM proper, approves the ac-
counts, elects the PCC and sides-
men and receives reports from the
Vicar and Churchwardens among
other matters. Only those on the
Church Electoral Roll are entitled to
vote at this second meeting.
We hope that as many people as
possible will be able to attend wheth
-er or not you are able to attend the
Parish Communion immediately be-
forehand.
FONT HANDLE CARVING
You may have noticed that the font
handle carving has become acci-
dentally. damaged. This will be
quickly repaired but would be easier
with the missing section - if anyone
has put it aside for safekeeping it
would be very useful!
ELECTORAL ROLL
At this time of year the Electoral Roll
is updated. All on this roll are enti-
tled to vote at the Annual Parochial
Church Meeting, which will be held
on Sunday 23rd April 2017
There will be forms available for
those who would like their names to
be added, on the font at All Saints’
Steep and on the notice board out-
side Stroud mission Church. Com-
pleted forms need to be placed in
the box at the base of the font by
Sunday 12th March 2017.
If you have any queries please con-
tact me on Tel 287362 or ju-
Judy Thompson, Electoral Roll
Officer
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Located under the Ashford
Hangers
Sleeps 6 with 3
bedrooms, 2
bathrooms and
spacious living area.
Available for short breaks or holidays.
For more details, please check
www.ashfordfarmturkeys.co.uk
or call 01730 268131
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EXCITING BENEFICE SERVICES
AHEAD!
Benefice Services on the 5th Sunday
of the month are now the sole Sun-
day service in order that we can
make them special occasions for the
two parishes of Steep and Froxfield
and that we can enjoy worshipping
together. We are delighted to an-
nounce visiting preachers at joint
services including Canon Peter Leon-
ard (11 June, Privett, 1030 am);
Bishop Ian Brackley (30 April, 1030
am, Steep); the Bishop of Ports-
mouth 23 July, 1030am Steep). We
look forward to seeing you there.
EAMES ALMES HOUSES RE-
SEARCH
Ruth Whiting would love to hear from
anyone whose relatives, or anyone
they knew, lived in the Almshouses
between their foundation in 1882
and the 1970s. She is also trying to
locate any craftsmen (or relatives
thereof) who worked on repairs and
reconstruction of the buildings.
[email protected] / 01730
262715
DIARY DATES
EDWARD THOMAS TEAS
Sunday, 5th March is a day to cele-
brate the birthday of the late Edward
Thomas (3rd March) and is marked
by walks on the Hangers and the
AGM of the Edward Thomas Fellow-
ship in the Church. Teas will also be
served in the Church from 4.00 pm.
THE RUSSIAN LYRA SINGERS
The Russian Lyra Ensemble from
St. Petersburg have agreed to en-
tertain us again on this year on
Wednesday 26th April 2017.
h t t p s : / / w w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m /
Lyra.UK. Entry is free.
FROM THE REGISTER
FUNERALS
Mrs Joy Clarke – 21st February
2017 aged 87
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Parish Communion Services are in modern language
Early Sunday Services are from the Book of Common Prayer
STEEP - Every Thursday: Silent Prayer 6.30pm; Holy Communion 7pm
Choir Practice: Saturdays before Parish Communion 9:30 am
Sunday School: During Parish Communion except during school holidays
Vicar: John Owen 264282 [email protected]
Assistant Priest: Chris Prior-Jones 894040
Lay Pastoral Assistant: Lindsay Clegg, 827505 [email protected]
Reader: Caroline Hilton 263460
Churchwarden: Suzi Openshaw 827743 and 07718 255957
Church website: http://steepfroxfield.com
Wednesday 1st March - Ash Wednesday (Purple)
7pm Holy Communion with Ashing, Steep
Sunday 5th March - The 1st Sunday of Lent (Purple)
8am Holy Communion, Steep
9. 30am Parish Communion, High Cross
10.30am All Age Eucharist, Steep
Sunday 12th March - The 2nd Sunday of Lent (Purple)
8.30am Holy Communion, Stroud
10.30am Parish Communion, Steep
Sunday 19th March - The 3rd Sunday of Lent (Purple)
8am Holy Communion, Steep
9. 30am Parish Communion, High Cross
11am Ignite, Froxfield Village Hall
Sunday 26th March - The 4th Sunday of Lent (Purple) - Mothering Sunday
10am Mothering Sunday Communion with Distribution of Flowers,
at High Cross
10.30am Mothering Sunday Communion with Distribution of Flowers,
at Steep
6pm Iona Worship and Taizé Prayer, Steep
Sunday 2nd April - The 5th Sunday of Lent (Purple) - Passiontide begins
8am Holy Communion, Steep
9.30am Parish Communion (shortened), High Cross followed by APCM
10.30am All Age Eucharist, Steep
CHURCH SERVICES IN STEEP, STROUD & FROXFIELD