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Also in this edition:

Newspaper deliveries end Letter from Michelle

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It’s shoebox time again Operation Christmas Child

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Local history book launch Get your signed copy!

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Half marathon in village? Support John’s charity run

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Christmas cards already! Snap up these bargains

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THE LOCAL MAGAZINE FOR THE SOMBORNES AND ASHLEY OCTOBER 2016

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suitable for all levels of experience

King’s Somborne:

Mon 9.30-11am & Thurs 9.30–11am in Working Mens Club

Tues 6-7.30pm & 7.30-9pm in Epworth Hall

Houghton:

Wednesday 7.30-9pm & Friday 9.30-11am at Studio Yoga

Carolyn Ryan 01794 388743 [email protected]

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Seasoned dry stored logs and kindling

Timber sourced only from sustainable woodlands

Firewood available throughout the year

Professional and personal service

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The Somborne & District Society

Talks on Local History and related subjects.

Visits to places of interest - Quarterly Newsletter

Visitors always welcome!

Regular meetings held on the

4th Wednesday of each month - 8.00pm, in King’s Somborne Village Hall

Refreshments from 7.30 pm

Contact : Gordon Pearson 01794 388662; [email protected]

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Why not use the Village Hall as a meeting place or as a venue for your party?

Available for single events or regular meetings

Contact Sarah Pennington (email please):

[email protected] 01794 389354 (evenings)

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Parish Church

Vicar:

Rev Jonathan Watkins 01264 810810

[email protected] pa to vicar:[email protected]

Licensed Lay Ministers: Sue Holligan

Howard Rowe

01794 388484

01794 388400

Wardens: David Bevan

Sandie Pepperell

07769 682696

01794 388021

PCC Secretary:

David Bevan

07769 682696

Treasurer & Gift Aid Sec:

Claire Bevan 01794 341923

Flowers: Penny Ward 01794 389649

Methodist Church

Minister:

Revd Ruth Fry 01962 882828

Steward: Pam Gravenor 01794 388531

Roman Catholic Churches

Hampshire Downs parish 01962 852804

St Swithun Wells parish 02380 273882

Village Hall

Bookings: Sarah Pennington 01794 389354

(tel. after 7.30pm please) or email

[email protected]

Epworth Hall

Bookings:Marion Downing 01794 388121

[email protected]

Doctors

Stockbridge surgery 01264 810524

www.stockbridgesurgery.co.uk

Broughton surgery 01794 301210

Out of Hours service 01962 718697

Pharmacy

Stockbridge Pharmacy 01264 810624

Schools

Somborne Pre-School

King’s Somborne School

Test Valley School

07530 893773

01794 388381

01264 810555

Police

Crimestoppers

Police Station

Urgent calls

0800 555 111

101

999

Neighbourhood Watch

Andrew Brock 01794 388227

Parish Council

Clerk: Peter Storey 01794 389688

Borough Councillor

Tony Ward 01794 389649

County Councillor

Andrew Gibson 01264 861138

Member of Parliament

Caroline Nokes MP

Romsey & Soton North Conservatives

01794 521155

Village Correspondent Jo Finch 01794 388462

Village Website

www.thesombornes.org.uk

The Gauntlet

Editor: Harvey Saunders 01794 388029

Advertising: Sue Byram 01794 388521

Distribution: Lin Curtis 01794 389373

Please deliver articles for

The Gauntlet to

[email protected]

or The Post Office.

Copy date is no later than 5.00pm on

the 15th of the month please.

Useful names and numbers

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Allotments Contact: [email protected]

Lisa Johnson 07796175875 or 388504

Art and Crafts group

Contacts:

Madeline Edmonds 01794 389014

Pam Watson 01794 388429

Badminton Club

Monday evenings in the Village Hall

Contact: Sue Jackson 01794 388884

Bellringing

Every Monday 7.30 - 9.00pm.

Contact: Sue Spurling 01794 388266

Catherine Edwards Trust

Provides grants to village students

Contact: David Bevan 07769 682696

Cricket Club

Contact: Frank Fahy 01794 388314

Christians Together in Somborne

and District

Welcome all to open and ecumenical

meetings and services throughout the

year.

Community Responders

Contacts: Kathryn Lee 01794 388554

Sheila Nevines 01794 388043

Dial-a-Ride

Trips to Romsey every Wednesday, for

senior citizens and disabled people, at

2.00pm. Fare £2.00.

Contact: Dick or Zoe 01264 356808

Drop In Coffee Morning

Coffee morning at the Epworth Hall.

Every Tuesday (except the second in the

month) at 10.30am.

Epworth Lunch

Lunch for over 50s at the Epworth Hall.

On the second Tuesday in the month at

12.30pm.

Contacts: Sue Jackson 01794 388884

Marilyn Bolton 01794 389356

Friends of King’s Somborne Church

Contact: Brian Orange 01794 388235

Football Club

Contact: Andy Gannaway 01794 388733

Footpath walk

Monthly walk on Parish footpaths on the

last Sunday of each month. Check the

Village Diary or village website for details.

Contact: Duncan Gould 01794 388049

French Twinning Association

Contacts: Louise & Andrew Causer

01794 389364

FunDay Club

Meets after school on Mondays for children

in years Reception to 4

Contact: Sue Holligan 01794 388484

Garden waste scheme

Garden waste will be collected in w/c 10th

and 24th October.

Home Group

Bible study group. Usually third

Thursdays of the month at 8.00pm.

Contact: Nigel Coleman 01794 388449

Horticultural Society

Meets for two talks and one visit per year

and organises the annual Flower Show.

Contact: Pollyann Monk 01794 388482

Household waste

Non-recyclable household waste (black

bins) will be collected in w/c 10th and 24th

October.

Recyclable household waste (brown bins)

will be collected in w/c 3rd, 17th and 31st

October.

Messy Church

Fun, creative event (with tea!) for children

of all ages and their families. 3rd Sunday

of each month in term time, 3.30 - 5.30pm

at Epworth Hall.

Contacts: Pam Gravenor 01794 388531

Sam Barnes 07742 077114

Village Directory

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Neighbourcare

Transport to essential appointments and

other small tasks.


Mary Bradley 01794 388386

Pastoral Care Group

Contact: Fi Chilton 01794 388160

Parent, Baby & Toddler Group

Informal friendly get-together for babies,

pre-school children, parents and carers.

Every Wednesday 10.00am - 11.30am in

the Village Hall.

Contact: Rebekah Sutton 07476 201662

Prayer Group

Contact: Dulcie Witts 01794 388267

School Association

Social and fund-raising events to benefit

the school and its pupils.

Contact: Andy Chadwick 01794 389587

Scouts

Beavers Wednesdays 6:00– 7:00pm

Cubs & Scouts will resume in the New

Year

Contact: Wendy Jarvis 01794 389552

Somborne & District Society

Meetings held on the fourth Wednesday of

each month at 8.00pm, usually in the

Village Hall.

Contact: Chris Kirby 01794 389034

Somborne Music Appreciation Group

Contact: Frank Fahy 01794 388314

Somborne Needleworkers

Meet each Thursday at 2.00pm at

Nutcher’s, 3 Nutcher’s Drove.

Contact: Sally Wilson 01794 388675

Somborne Players

Amateur Dramatics Society. For both

children and adults. Activities every

few months from formal plays to get -

togethers.

Contact: Catherine Cartwright 07950

929957

Sombornes Pre-School

Early Years education for children aged

from 2 to school age.

Contact: Rebecca Hunt 07530 893773

Somborne Sessions

Details: www.sombornesessions.co.uk

Contact: Trevor Ryan 01794 388743

Somborne Singers

Weekly meetings to sing ballads, songs

from shows etc. every Tuesday at 7.45pm

in the Parish Church.

Contact: Howard Rowe 01794 388400

Somborne Sisterhood W I

Meets on the first Friday of each month at

8.00pm in the Village Hall

Contact: Samantha Boot 01794 389554

Table Tennis

Sundays 5.00pm to 6.00pm Village Hall.

Contact : Frank Fahy 01794 388314

Tiny Tots

Meet in the Parish Church each Tuesday at

2.00pm.

Contact: Lucy Wolverson 01794 389241

Village Agents


Lin Curtis 01794 389373

Women’s Institute

Meets on the second Wednesday of each

month at 7.30pm in the Village Hall.

Contact: Linda Aucock 01794 388542

Working Men’s Club

Various entertainments.

Contacts: Janette Batchelor 07583 163607

Trina Masham 07852 257596

YMCA youth group

Youth group (11-18 years) meets 2nd and

4th Fridays, 6.30pm at Scout Hut.

Contact: Steve Watson 07851 987993

Village Directory (continued)

This month’s edition of The Gauntlet

was edited by Gill Butler

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Songs Of Praise After another August month of

Marquee Markets the parish church

was the venue for the village’s eighth

Songs of Praise, to thank everyone for

their generosity and give thanks for

their success. This year’s very well

attended service, planned by Amy and

Norman Dennison, was themed around

the Church’s Christian year. The

service opened with the music group

playing ‘Come on and Celebrate’, after

which Norman welcomed all to the

service and Amy read the opening

prayer. The nine readings and ten

hymns which followed took the

congregation through the various

celebrations of the year, commencing

with Trinity and ending with

Pentecost. This was an opportunity to

recall and experience a journey

through the Christian year of the

Church in the space of just over one

hour. The readings opened with two

John Betjeman poems - the amusing

‘Diary of a Church mouse’ and the

rather more serious ‘Advent 1955’.

Lesley’s Evans’

reading from the

Queen’s Christmas

broadcast of 2008

a f f o r d e d a n

opportunity for the singing of the carol

‘In the bleak mid winter’ at a time of

year when it is not usually heard.

Readings from scriptures recalled

Epiphany, Ascension, and Pentecost

with contemporary writers being

represented by evangelist Derek Prime

and Anglican minister Susan Sayers.

There were also readings of work by

the late John Meade Faulkner, perhaps

better known as the author of the novel

‘Moonfleet’ and the late Piers

Warburton, one time MP of Mid

Cheshire. Hymns sung included ‘great

is Thy Faithfulness’, ‘Make way, make

way’ and ‘Praise my soul’. Following

the service cream teas were served in

the marquees outside the church.

Jo Finch

Creatures great and small It was brilliant sunshine on Sunday

11th September for the ‘Pet Service’

on the field by the Village Hall. A

mixed bunch of pets, pet owners and

children gathered to thank God for

animals of all types, and to worship.

Howard Rowe, one of our Licensed lay

Ministers, led the proceedings, and

told a story from real life about a

missing tortoise, a bin lorry and a

thermal imaging camera! (ask

someone who was there for details).

Then we heard Jesus’ own story of a

lost sheep and the Good Shepherd who

searches out those who get lost and

welcomes them back.

We talked to the pets, the children and

the pet owners, who were very well

behaved (the pets and the children, that

is)! The service ended with chocolate

brownie cake and coffee. What a

marvellous way to spend a bright

Sunday morning!

Howard Rowe

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Sunday October 9th

Harvest Festival

All harvest gifts received will be taken

to Winchester Night Shelter

Please come and join

the celebration!

Thank you I would like to say ‘Thank you’ to all the friends and relations that supported Norman during his illness and then supported me and the family later. Cards, kind words and hugs all show how much you cared.

Anne Oram and family

Harvest Festival gifts for the Winchester Churches

Nightshelter

Following on from last year, we will again be providing paper carrier bags for

your October Harvest gifts. These can be used by individuals or groups. Please

do not feel obliged to fill the bag – just put in the items you would like to give.

Bags will be available for collection from the Parish Church and Methodist

Chapel. It is hoped that bags will also be located at The Crown, Post Office and

Martin’s Stores where single items may be dropped in.

A list will be enclosed in each bag indicating the items (all non-perishable) that

have been requested.

We hope you will be willing to participate in this project and thank you in

advance for your generosity and support.

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Royal British Legion Poppy

Appeal 2016 This year has seen many 100th

anniversary services relating to the

First World War, none more

significant that the commemorations

for the start of the Battle of the

Somme. There has been much in the

news and of the television of this awful

battle and the scars are still to be seen

if you visit any of the battle fields

connected with this conflict which

lasted for months. However, there

have been many more conflicts that the

armed services and the auxiliary

services have also been engaged in and

more recently the terrible results of

deaths and injuries in both Iraq and

Afghanistan.

Whatever dangers they faced, these

me n a n d wo me n me t t h e m

unflinchingly, as they always have

done throughout history. The men

who endured the dangers and mud of

the Great War pledged their service to

a grateful nation. The PoWs in WWII

had vowed to fight to protect the

country and its interests. Veterans of

more recent conflicts such as the

Falklands, the Gulf, Bosnia, Iraq and

Afghanistan have

ma d e s i m i l a r

pledges.

The Royal British Legion was born as

a result of the World War I and it is the

Legion’s duty to be there to support

them for as long as it takes in any way

it can. And what of their families? It

is the Service Charities that are

providing and paying for the

accommodation and respite care for

families so that they can be near their

loved ones who are still being treated.

This year’s Annual Poppy Appeal

takes place from Saturday 29th

October to 12th November inclusive.

As usual, the willing volunteers in this

village will be coming around during

this time for the house to house

collection. We ask that you remember

those who suffer as a result of military

service and also the families of those

who have given their lives in the

service of this country and who need

our support.

Sandie Pepperell

RBL Poppy Appeal Co-ordinator

388021

Annual Remembrance Services This year’s Remembrance Day service will take place on Sunday 13th

November. There will be a short service at the Village War Memorial at

10.50am followed by a United Service in the Parish Church. A collection on

behalf of the Royal British Legion will be taken during the service at the War

Memorial.

There will also be a service on Remembrance Day Friday 11th November at

10.55am at the War Memorial, when the school will be joining with us.

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Saturday

8th October 2016

at the Village Hall

7pm for 7.30pm

3 Course Menu

Free lucky ticket draw

-BYO DRINKS-

Tickets £10 on Sale at

Cross Stores

until 6th October

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Many of you have been very tolerant

of late delivery or no delivery of your

papers over the last year or more. I am

genuinely sorry for the distress and

disappointment this can and has

caused. I see delivery of papers as part

of a tradition, which allows young

people their first chance to earn their

own money and learn commitment to

work.

As many of you will know, the

suppliers often miss entire bundles of

papers off the delivery van and then

have to come again later in the

morning. That means the delivery

people who have to go to school or

college can only take the papers

already delivered and we then have to

go over the same route again for those

papers that came later. We, of course,

pay the same to the young people even

if papers are missing, as it’s not fair to

punish them for the supplier’s errors.

This summer, we have had three lucky

young people going on summer

holidays with their families. This

meant that there was only one

paperboy left to do all the local

deliveries by himself. This is likely to

be the case every summer with young

people going away during the school

and college holidays. I do enjoy the

occasional walk around our beautiful

village, which is just as well, as I often

deliver papers myself due to the

supplier’s errors, holidays or sickness.

However, Nick will be giving up the

rounds as he is going to University

next month and Heidi is giving up as

she is going to college. They have

been with us for a long time and we

have had the pleasure to watch them

growing up and we wish them the very

best in the future.

Having had to deal with all the

difficulties and the early hours

required to have the rounds ready

every day, we feel that the supplier

issues (which are totally out of our

control) leave us with no other options.

We are extremely sorry to say, after

years of trying to ensure we deliver

newspapers every day of the year, rain

and shine, we have little choice but to

end deliveries in King’s Somborne,

the 3rd September being the last day.

The deliveries to Up Somborne and

Houghton will continue as normal.

We are sorry for the inconvenience

this will cause and hope you

understand the difficult decision we

have had to make. As always, you can

still get your daily paper from the

shop.

Kind regards,

Michelle

The end of the rounds

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Women’s Fellowship in the Epworth Hall

at 2.30pm on Friday, 28th October Theme - Desert Island Treats!

Bring along an object or piece of music (cd), that you would take

to a desert island, or you may have a relevant poem you would

like to share.

We hope to see you there. All are welcome

For more information call Marion 388121 or Marilyn 389356

Summer may be drawing to a close,

but there’s double reason for music

fans to celebrate in King’s Somborne

as the Somborne Sessions have not

one, but two events in October.

The new season kicks off on Saturday,

1 October with a fabulous duo, Will

McNicol & Luke Selby. Will & Luke

draw on many influences, from

Brazilian sambas through driving

African rhythms, from Celtic folk

melodies to North American foot-

stamping blues numbers. Combining

this worldwide diversity with Will &

Luke’s instrumental virtuosity and

musical understanding has created an

exhilarating live show, full of

surprises, which has gained them more

than a few standing ovations. Will

McNicol was Guitarist Magazine’s

“UK Acoustic Guitarist of the Year” in

2011.

And, on 29th October, pull out your

worst/precious/best-forgotten 1980s

clothes out of

the loft to

welcome the

mighty China

Crisis to the

village. No

strangers to

the Top 40, doubtless you’ll remember

hits such as “Wishful Thinking” and

“Christian” and many more from their

35-year career.

Tickets are on sale now from

www.sombornesessions.co.uk

Will McNicol & Luke Selby £12 ( £14

on the night if still available)

China Crisis £20 (or, if still available,

£22 on the night).

Keith Watson

[email protected]

Somborne Sessions

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Parish Council notes September 2016

Mr Dyke (Open Spaces Warden), Dr

Macintosh (Chairman Village Hall

management committee), B/Cllr Ward

and two members of the public

attended the public session of the

meeting held on 5th September 2016.

Dr Macintosh highlighted the urgency

for reaching agreement on the

proposed land transfer from Fields in

Trust to the Parish Council so the

Village Hall could determine the best

way to accommodate the needs of the

Pre-School under new legislation

coming into effect. The Chairman

advised that progress was being made

although no final date for the transfer

could yet be determined.

Dr Macintosh also stressed the on-

going vandalism problems suffered by

t h e H a l l a n d B / C l l r W a r d

recommended contact be made with

the Test Valley Borough Council anti-

social behaviour team. All incidents

of vandalism should also be reported

to the Police on 101 by anyone

concerned as to date there were

insufficient recorded incidents to

justify the presence of a police

officer.

B/Cllr Ward highlighted TVBC’s

willingness to organise computer

training for residents in the Village

Hall. Currently, there were 4 people

interested in this one to one training

opportunity but more names were

needed. Do contact him if you are

interested. He also spoke about the

proposed traffic regulation orders

(TROs) limiting HGV access to certain

narrow roads in the area

and that local farmers

were unhappy at vehicle

size limitations unless

exceptions could be made.

Legal advice was being sought on the

implications of introducing TROs and

their impact on farm vehicles and in

the meantime more discussion would

take place between interested parties.

Installation of the all-weather path

from The Gorrings around the edge of

the 3 Fields to the school and the

Village Hall began on 5th September

2016 and, weather permitting, the

work should be completed by early

October.

A bid had been made on SSE’s

resilience fund for a grant to purchase

an emergency generator, radios and hi-

viz clothing for use in emergencies by

the Parish resilience team. SSE also

has a priority services register on

which you should have your details

recorded so that in the event of a

sustained power cut you receive

priority for connection to an

emergency supply if you are reliant on

dialysis or other life support forms

requiring electricity for power.

Contact SSE if in need or doubt.

Nine volunteers have now come

forward to join the proposed

Community Speedwatch scheme.

There is no maximum limit and some

more names would be good to make

the scheme more effective; no new

speed reduction measures are likely on

either the Winchester Road or the

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A3057 at this time so this might be the

only way of the community having an

impact on speeding drivers. You only

need to be available for a few or as

many hours each month as you feel

able to give. Full training is provided.

Please contact the Clerk, if interested.

Irresponsible dog walkers continue to

plague the recreation ground and other

open spaces by not picking up after

their pets. The Test Valley dog

warden has powers to prosecute

offenders but evidence is required for

the prosecution to be successful. He

will be increasing his visits to King’s

Somborne in an attempt to improve the

situation. As part of its awareness

programme, the Parish Council has

installed more reminder notices to pick

up after your pet and will be installing

a poop bag dispenser on the recreation

ground to encourage dog walkers to

pick up and deposit in one of the red or

green waste bins at the 3 Fields site.

Aster Housing has been approached

with a plan to increase the available

parking slots in the area of Scott Close

and their reaction was awaited.

Work continues on the Neighbourhood

Development Plan. A survey has been

completed on those brown field sites

within the Parish with development

potential and a Housing Needs Survey

will be completed shortly. A public

meeting will be called when the draft

plan is available for public comment.

The Parish Council has a dedicated

website, as does Neighbourhood

Watch, and also has Facebook and

Twitter accounts. Much useful local

information can be found on these

websites and by liking our Facebook

page or Twitter account. More people

are wanted to sign up to both Facebook

and Twitter to enable us to continue to

improve upon the spread of

information around the Parish which,

in turn, will help us illustrate to

external organisations whose help we

are seeking, the efforts to which we go

to spread information and seek

opinion.

As always, a full set of minutes can be

found on the Parish Council website

and in both Cross Stores and Martin’s

Corner Shop.

The next meeting of the Parish Council

will be on Monday 3rd October 2016

at 7.00pm in the Epworth Hall. All

Parish Council meetings are open to

the public and we look forward to

seeing you there.

Peter Storey

Clerk to King’s Somborne Parish

Council

Sad news

Just as we were going to press, it was announced that Philip Ray,

formerly of Old Palace Farm, died in Stevenage Hospital on the 8th

September at the age of 90.

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Having suffered defeat by thirteen runs

at the hands of Crawley in the first T20

match of the season, KSCC was up for

a fight in the return match. The

visitors won the toss and put us in.

Quick bowler Van Eden took the

wickets of our first four batsmen for

twelve runs, and the home side was

soon staggering at 27 for 6: some

fight! However, the tide turned with a

crucial partnership between Miles

Gibbons and Phil Pidgeon stopping the

rot, with Miles retiring for 26 and Phil

finishing with 22 not out. Rohit

Sharma hit a crucial 13 at number ten,

for us to reach a total of 115. It has to

be confessed that the visitors were

involuntarily generous, managing to

make ‘extras’ second highest score

with 26. The innings of Crawley bore

a similarity to ours with two visiting

batsman exceeding a sum of 60 runs

between them and their last man being

the only other batsman to make more

than ten runs. Jake Batchelor and Phil

Pidgeon bowled fast and economically,

each taking three wickets to confine

the visitors to a losing total of 108.

The next match was played away

against Michelmersh and Timsbury.

We found it hard going. Phil Pidgeon

took the only three M&T wickets to

fall; two of their batsman retired on

25+ or more, as the rules dictate.

Together with one opener’s score of

20, plus the third highest score of 25

‘extras’, the home team reached a total

of 107. New members David Rudall

and Gary Mugridge scored 17 and 21

n o t o u t ,

respectively, and

Mat t Mar t in

retired on 25 in

the losing total of

94. One M&T bowler took half the

KS wickets with figures of 5 for 7!

The following match was played

against Roke (Manor), where

‘Hawkeye’ was invented. Our bowlers

performed well, but too many

‘extras’ (20) were again leaked. Jake

Batchelor removed both the openers

and Phil Pidgeon took 3 wickets for

14. New member, Chris Webb took a

wicket with the first ball he bowled for

us: is this a club record? The only two

notable innings of the visitors in a total

of 80 were 16 by one opener and 20 by

number four. We reached a winning

total in half the available overs. Miles

Gibbons retired on 25, Matt Martin

scored 23 and Chris Webb and another

new member, Adam King, each scored

12 not out.

We next travelled to Leckford Estate

and batted first. Against what is

always formidable opposit ion,

Leckford’s local rule required that all

players except for the wicket keeper

should bowl only two overs. Our

opener David Rudall was run out on

19; John Fahy and Miles Gibbon each

scored 16, and Matt Martin hit an

excellent 26 before having to retire. It

seemed likely that Leckford would

reach our score of 114 fairly easily;

but, in fact, they took 17 overs so to

do. Only two Leckford wickets fell; to

King’s Somborne

Cricket Club

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Chris Webb (1 for 4) and Rohit

Sharma (1 for 8). Two new members,

Adam King and his wife Rachel have

joined the club. Rachel is a wicket

keeper and kept well against Leckford.

I believe that this is an historic

development for the club which is

most welcome.

On the third of August, we played

away at Broughton, who batted first.

Our bowling was tight, keeping the

scoring rate down, and with no repeat

of the previous leaking of extras – only

2! One of the opposition retired on 25

and two others scored 15 and 17 in a

total of 82. In reply, Matt Martin

retired on 28, and a few smaller scores

contributed to a winning total in 16

overs.

On 18th August, the Old Men’s

Cricket Club visited our recreation

ground. The anticipated rapid

darkening of the dusk persuaded the

captains to allocate only 16 overs to

each side. Our innings opened by

losing three wickets in the first two

overs. John Fahy made a slow start

with seven singles, but then opened up

with some hefty flows to reach 25 and

retirement. Phil Pidgeon took some

time to accommodate to the pitch, but

then accelerated to 25, followed by

Matt Martin who hit some excellent

clean shots for four before retiring for

the fifth time this season, upon which

achievement he is to be congratulated.

As the innings moved towards its end,

the captain, Ben Sherfield, hammered

the opposition bowling to reach not out

on 22, with the innings closing on 124.

In the innings of the visitors, one of the

openers just missed out on retirement

with 24 and a colleague made 21.

Rohit Sharma picked up two wickets

and Chris Webb took a ‘caught and

bowled’. The visitors’ scoring rate

was insufficient to threaten the home

team, who won by 36 runs.

After facing the distinct possibility

before the season began that we would

not be able to fulfil our fixture

commitments for lack of players, it is

most encouraging that eight new

players have since joined the club,

contributing to a season has been the

most successful for a number of years.

The considerable burden of pitch

preparation and square maintenance

throughout the season has been

shouldered principally by Richard

Harwood, Roger Jackson, Chris Kirby

and Dave Challis, without whose

efforts the club could not operate, and

who deserve the gratitude of all the

other players who benefit from their

hard work.

Frank Fahy

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This year’s fayre

will be held on

Saturday 19th

November. There

will be many stalls

decked out in

festive mood.

There will be the

ever popular cake

stall with loads of wonderful delights.

Belinda Reed is busy making things

for her Christmas stall. There will be

books stalls for the young and the not

so young, and the school will be

having their usual toy stall. The

tombola, ever popular, is being

o rg a n i sed b y t he So mb o r n e

Needleworkers and there is of course,

the Grand Raffle.

On other stalls, the Church Christmas

cards, novelties and Christmas gifts

will be on sale.

When you have finished and need

some refreshments, cups of tea and

cakes will be served all afternoon.

So please do come along, note the date

in your diaries and bring your family

and friends along and start your

Christmas Shopping in what should be

a great festive atmosphere.

If you have any of those unwanted

presents or wish to donate items and

contribute to the various stalls please

contact the stall holders below.

We look forward to seeing

you there!

David Bevan and Sandie Pepperell

The Parish Church Christmas Fayre

Saturday 19th November– Village Hall

Tombola Sally Wilson 388675

Raffle John Vanderpump 388647

Gift Stall Belinda Reed 388181

Cakes Linda Aucock 388542

Books Phil Carr 388656

October walk 6.5 miles (10.25km) 2.5 hours

Sunday 30 October 2016 2:00pm King’s Somborne Village Hall

We start by walking over the fields to Eldon Road and then

south along Eldon Road to pick up the path through Humbers

Wood to Lower Eldon Farm. From there we take the path to

Brook and on to the Test Way. We turn north along the Test

Way, passing Horsebridge and on to How Park before returning

to the village via Froghole.

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King’s Somborne

Parish Church

Christmas Fayre SATURDAY

19th NOVEMBER AT 2PM

VILLAGE HALL

Festive gifts* Christmas Cards* Festive Produce*

Stocking Fillers* Christmas Novelties* Games* Tombola*

Teas* Cakes* Books* Grand Raffle with Christmas

Hamper* And lots More!

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SATURDAY 15THOCTOBER

AT THE VILLAGE HALL 2 -4.15PM

THE BIG TABLE TOP EVENT WHERE

EVERYTHING IS EITHER NEW OR NEARLY NEW

Have YOU anything new or nearly new that you do not

want that you could donate for this mega Event? This is

an ideal time to throw out all those unwanted presents

you have been given in the past, or in deed have bought

yourself and find you have never given to anyone. Even

unused old Christmas or Birthday Cards would be

welcome. Please deliver to Brian and D Orange at

Fromans House, Romsey Road, or phone 01794 388235

and we will collect.

On Saturday 15th October, there will be tables in the

Village Hall 2 - 4.15 pm, with everything at BARGAIN

PRICES. There will be tables for 50p, £1, £2, £3, £5,

and £10 and over. It really will be worth coming and

seeing if you can buy bargain priced presents for this

Christmas!

Meantime all proceeds will go to The Friends of St Peter and St

Paul whose sole object is to provide funds to maintain the Fabric

of our lovely Church.

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Dave McLoughlin Memorial

Cup This year the cup was contested as a

one off challenge match between

Somborne and Michelmersh &

Timsbury. After a very hard fought

game M&T came out on top 1-0. We

raised £70 for The Brain Tumour

Charity.

Andover League 6 a side

Tournament In the usual curtain raiser to the season

Somborne played superbly throughout

the day to see off all other clubs

in the league to retain the cup. In

a particularly sweet conclusion,

we beat Broughton on penalties

in the final.

First League Game -

Broughton 4 KSFC 4 If the previous weekend's 6 a side

battle wasn't enough, the fixtures

threw us together again for the

first league game. This was a

classic and is hopefully a good

sign for an entertaining season

ahead. Somborne went in front

through Mark Tanner, then Broughton

struck back with two quick goals.

Tom Woods squared things just before

half time, the second half was end to

end stuff with Broughton twice going

ahead. Somborne stuck at it with

another from Tanner and got the

equaliser with 3 minutes to go, Dan

Sherfield coolly putting away a penalty

after Josh Barnes caused panic in the

home defence and was brought down.

October Fixtures No games confirmed at present for the

first two Saturdays, but we are meeting

the rivals again, this time at home in

the cup, followed by two league

games:

Saturday 15th October KSFC v

Broughton North Hants Cup ko 2.30

Saturday 22nd Kingsclere v KSFC ko

3.00

Saturday 29th KSFC v Over Wallop

ko 3.00

King’s Somborne Football Club

The victorious KSFC squad after winning the

Andover 6 a side tournament

The winning M&T squad with Gloria

McLoughlin after presenting the trophy

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Somborne and District

Society

The sun shone for our annual summer

picnic on the 9th August which was

held in the lovely garden of Willow

Cottage alongside Chilbolton Common

by kind invitation of Doreen and John

Rowles. Fifty members and invited

guests assembled in the large marquee

to be greeted by a glass of Pimms.

Our hosts had prepared cheeses, roast

beef, roast ham and baked potatoes,

together with John’s superb home-

made breads and jams with honey

from his own hives. Members

provided accompaniments and a fine

selection of desserts. For the first

time, entry tickets included a raffle for

which there were five prizes. My

thanks go to all those who participated,

including those who erected and

dismantled the marquee.

After a gap of several years we have

decided to organise an afternoon

meeting again by special request which

is in addition to our usual monthly

meeting. We meet at 2.30 p.m. on

Wednesday, 12th October in the village

hall when well-known local raconteur

Louis Atkinson will recall his early life

in a small Hampshire village. Louis,

now a gentleman of mature years, has

lived in Weyhill since he was 17. He

became director of the London office

of Christian Dior, the large,

international fashion and fragrance

company which was founded in 1946.

Following early retirement, he

attended an agricultural college and

acquired a large flock of sheep, the

subject of one of his presentations he

gives to raise funds to promote his

charitable work. Light refreshments

will be served and a charge of £2 made

for each member or guest attending.

Our next regular meeting will be held

in the village hall on Wednesday, 26th

October at 8.00 p.m. when Jan Smith

will talk to us about “Vagrants,

Paupers and the Welfare State”. Jan

spoke to us last season when she told

us of the Wessex Film and Sound

Archive and showed historic films of

local interest. She was formerly the

Hampshire Chief Archivist and ran the

Hampshire Records’ Office for eight

years. Be there at 7.30 p.m. for tea/

coffee and a chat with fellow

members.

Gordon Pearson

[email protected]

Friends of Ashley St. Mary The AGM of the Friends of Ashley St. Mary was

postponed from 25 September. I will let members know

the new date once it is available.

Terry Mackintosh

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Our next Messy Church is on Sunday 16

th October

3.30 – 5.30 pm at King’s Somborne Methodist

Church

Lots for all the family to make and do together

Bible story & action songs Scrummy sit-down tea with

sandwiches & cakes for everyone

No need to book, and it’s FREE! (All children must bring an adult

with them) For more info contact

Pam Gravenor: 01794 388531

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Operation Christmas Child It’s time to start filling those

shoeboxes again as Samaritan’s

Purse’s Operation Christmas Child

appeal gets underway.

King’s Somborne regularly collects

over 100 boxes full of gifts for

underprivileged children around the

world - this is a wonderful

achievement, and we are so grateful to

all of you who have supported the

appeal in the past. We’d love to collect

even more boxes this year!

OCC’s overseas partners select

children to receive boxes purely on the

basis of need, irrespective of

nationality or religious beliefs, and all

the boxes are given unconditionally,

with no strings attached. I have

witnessed first-hand the impact that

receiving the simple gift of a shoebox

can have, not only on the delighted

child, but also on their family who

realise that even though they may be in

desperate circumstances, someone

somewhere cares about them. Your

one little shoebox can be a powerful

thing!

And working in our local school, I

have also seen the fun that children

here can have in assembling their very

own shoebox for a child in another

country.

Packing a shoe box is simple. All the

instructions are in the leaflet which

will soon be available in the village

shops, churches and school.

As soon as your box is ready, just

bring it to School or Church, or contact

me on 01794 388531.

D o n ’ t

worry if

you don’t

h a v e

e n o u g h

items to

fill a

w h o l e

box –

just bring us what you have and we

will make the complete boxes up. We

are always short of warm hats and

scarves, if there are any knitters out

there!

Each b o x id ea l l y ne ed s a n

accompanying donation of £3.00 to go

towards promotion, t ransport ,

processing and distribution. And if you

pay this online and follow the

instructions given, you will be able to

receive an email in the New Year

telling you which country your box has

been sent to.

Many thanks, as ever, for your support,

Pam Gravenor,

(local Samaritan’s Purse contact)

Please hand in your box by

Friday 11th November.

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What’s on Your guide to events in and around the district

Winchester Science Centre General opening times: Monday-

Friday 10.00am – 4.00pm, weekends

10.00am – 5.00pm.

8 and 22 October: Saturday night at

the Planetarium – Live show

12 October: 4.30pm and 6.30pm

Space lecture – The Origins of

Thermonuclear Supernovae

Book 01962 891925 or online.

Manor Farm and Country Park Manor Farm is open daily from

10.00am to 5.00pm from April to

October. The country park opens from

8.30am to 6.00pm in October.

Mottisfont Abbey House open 11.00am – 5.00pm in

October. Gardens, cafe and shop open

10.00am to 5.00pm. Art gallery

11.00am – 5.00pm.

May – October: Contemporary artists’

work at The Observatory

1 October – 13 November: The

Mottisfont Open Exhibition 2016

Hinton Ampner House open 11.00am – 4.30pm.

Eestate, garden, shop and tearoom

open daily from 10.00am to 5.00pm.

3 – 14 October 10.00am – 4.30pm:

Conservation in Action

Romsey Abbey Open 7.30am -6.00pm Monday to

Saturday, 11.00am – 6.00pm Sunday.

Free admission.

1 October 7.30pm: Southampton

Concert Orchestra

7 October 7.30pm: Winchester

College Music Scholars concert

22 October 7.30pm: Jazz and the

Psalms – Jacqui Dankworth

29 October 7.30pm: 10th anniversary

Concert – Charity Symphony

Orchestra

Winchester City Mill Watermill and shop open 10.00am –

5.00pm every day.

22 and 30 October: Baking

demonstrations 11.00am – 5.00pm.

The Vyne, Basingstoke House open 12.00noon – 4.00pm,

garden and tearoom open 10.00am –

5.00pm, shop open 11.00am – 5.00pm

1 – 31 October : The Vyne in

Transition – see the house transform as

the roof project begins.

Andover Museum Free admission

Open Tuesday – Friday 10.00am –

5.00pm, Saturday 10.00am – 4.00pm.

Winchester Cathedral Opening times: Monday – Saturday

9.30am – 5.00pm, Sunday 12.30pm –

3.00pm

20 July – 12 October: Wednesday

Afternoon Special Tours

8 October 6.30pm: Boys Choral Open

Day – a free event for boys in school

years 3-6 to experience what it would

be like as a Cathedral Chorister

Info from 01962 854189

Janet Ingleson

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Theatres

Theatre Royal, Winchester 01962 840440

www.theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk

1 October: A Comedy Gala

2 October: Russell Kane – Right Man,

Wrong Size

4 October: Blind Man's Song

9 October: Jacqui Dankworth –

Shakespeare and all that

jazz

11 October: The Red Shed

13 and 14 October: Pinocchio

15 October: Rick Stein – Long

Weekend

19 October: Rich Hall – Live 2016

20 – 22 October: The Season Ticket

24 – 25 October: Jasper Carrott and

Alistair McGowan

Plaza Theatre, Romsey 01794 512987

www.plazatheatre.com

11 – 15 October: Hot Mikado

19 October; Plaza Ghost Walk

Nuffield, Southampton 02380 671771

www.nuffieldtheatre.co.uk

8 October: Gingerbread Man

11-15 October; The Complete Deaths

27 October: Griff Rhys Jones: Jones

and Smith

28 – 29 October: The Emperor's New

Clothes

The Mayflower, Southampton 02380 711811

www.mayflower.org.uk

13 September – 8 October: Mamma

Mia

3-5 November: Kiss Me Kate

Salisbury Playhouse 01722 320333

www.salisburyplayhouse.com

29 September – 1 October in The

Salberg: And then come

the Nightjars

3-8 October: Lady Anna all at Sea

6-8 October at The Salberg: 1972 The

Future of Sex

13-15 October at The Salberg: Disco

Pigs

20 October – 5 November:

Frankenstein

Salisbury City Hall cityhallsalisbury.co.uk

11 October: Psychic Sally: Call me

Physic

15 October: The Elvis Years

24 October: Sir Chris Bonnington

Watermill Theatre, Newbury 01635 46044

www.Watermill.Theatre@arts-

mail.co.uk

22 September - 29 October: The

Wipers Times

31 October – 4 November:

Frankenstein

The Haymarket Theatre,

Basingstoke 01256 844244

www.theatresonline.com

29 September – 1 October:

Frankenstein

6 October: Petula Clark - “From Now

On” Tour

14 October: Elaine Page

26 October: The RAF in Concert

Janet Ingleson

http://www.theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk/

http://www.plazatheatre.com/

http://www.nuffieldtheatre.co.uk/

http://www.mayflower.org.uk/

http://www.salisburyplayhouse.com/

mailto:[email protected]


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Village diary for October

18th Drop in Coffee 10.30am

19th Baby & Toddler 10.00am

Voices of Syria 12.30pm

Dial-a-Ride 2.00pm

20th Over 50s Minibus 10.00pm

Needle workers 2.00pm

Hortic Soc Autumn

Talk

7.30pm

24th Bell ringing 7.30pm

Badminton 7.30pm


Drop in Coffee 10.30am

26th Dial-a-Ride 2.00pm

Somborne Society 8.00pm

27th Needle workers 2.00pm

28th YMCA Youth 6.30pm

29th Somborne Sessions

30th Footpath walk 2.00pm

31st Bell ringing 7.30pm

1st Somborne Sessions

3rd Bell ringing 7.30pm

Badminton 7.30pm

4th Drop in Coffee 10.30am


Dial-a-Ride 2.00pm


Over 50s Concert 7.30pm

7th WI Sisterhood 8.00pm

8th Harvest Supper 7.00pm


Badminton 7.30pm

11th Epworth Lunch 12.30pm


Dial-a-Ride 2.00pm

W I 7.30pm


14th YMCA Youth 6.30pm

15th Table Top Sale 2.00pm


Badminton 7.30pm

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District diary for October

11 April – 30 October

Hillier Gardens

Capability Brown – Exhibition

27 August – 23 October

Love the Denim - exhibition

Winchester Discovery Centre, The

Gallery

1 October

Andover Traditional Market, High

Street

1 October

Romsey Abbey. Southampton Concert

Orchestra 7.30 pm

1 October

Salisbury French Market

Market Place, Salisbury

2 October

Romsey Farmers’ Market

2 October

Artisan Market, Market Place,

Salisbury. 10.00am– 3.00pm

4 and 11 October

Winchester Cathedral

Lunchtime Recital 1.00pm

5 October

Winchester Cathedral Special Tour:

This Royal House of Saxon Kings and

Saints

8 October

Wheelers Travel

Horse of the Year Show – Day trip

www.wheelerstravel.co.uk

9 and 30 October

Winchester Farmers’ Market 10.00am

– 2.00pm

12 October

Winchester Cathedral Special Tour:

Pestilence, Penitence and Putrefaction

14 October

Salisbury Foodie Market, 10.00am –

5.00pm. Market Place, Salisbury

15 October

Winchester Book Fair, Winchester

Discovery Centre, 10.00am – 4.00pm

15 October

Romsey, King John’s House and

Gardens 10.00am – 4.00pm

Apple Day – mix of apple activities

22 October

Wheelers Travel – Day trip

Autumn Quilt Festival, Malvern

www.wheelerstravel.co.uk

25 and 27 October

Season Cookery School at Lainston

House Hotel, 10.00am – 4.00pm

Book 01962 776088

27 October

Hampshire Record Office Lunchtime

Lecture: Hampshire and the Olympic

Games 1.15pm—1.45pm

28 October

5 Wine Tasting Supper with Wine

Utopia, 7.00pm, The Courtyard,

Winchester Guildhall

Book 01962 840500

28 October

Salisbury Vintage Market

29 October

Romsey Abbey 7.30pm

Charity Symphony Orchestra in aid of

Hampshire and IOW Air Ambulance

Janet Ingleson

http://www.wheelerstravel.co.uk/

http://www.wheelerstravel.co.uk/

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King’s Somborne Working Men’s Club Forthcoming entertainment: Friday 14th October Open Skittle Night in Aid of Charity

Cash prizes to be won

Open to everyone 14 and over

8pm start

Saturday 15th October Quiz Night Open to Everyone

Maximum of 4 in a team

£1 per person entry fee

8.30pm start

Saturday 29th October “Halloween Disco” Family night

Prizes for best Fancy Dress

Open to everyone

Saturday 12th November “Party Animalz” 70s band

16s and over

£5 members £7 non-members

New Year’s Eve Disco Fancy Dress Chilli Supper

Over 16s only

£5 members £10 non-members

The Winchester Committee

A TALK ON ANTIQUES by

Peter Raw FRICS, late of The Antiques Road Show

SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER - 7pm for 7.30pm

At Chilbolton Village Hall, SO20 6AT Wine and Canapes followed by the talk £15 per person

Enquiries to Lindy Baines: 01264 860448

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Kings Somborne & District

Horticultural Society

Autumn Talk

Alan Edmondson on

“Gardening in Shade”

In the Village Hall

Thursday 20th October

At 7:30pm

Admission Free to Members

Non members £1, also welcome

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Female prospective

engineering and

computing students

Are you hoping to do a degree in engineering or computer science?

Could you do with a little extra cash?

The Somborne Sisterhood WI (King’s Somborne’s answer to the youthful WI!)

would like to support you in your efforts. Write a short e-mail explaining what

you would like to study and why. Tell us a little about yourself and why you

think that we should offer you a small bursary. Should you be successful in

winning this, we would just ask that you come and tell us about your course, at

some point in your first year.

Please email: [email protected]

Somborne Music Appreciation Group

(SMAG) SMAG will meet on the second Friday of each month at 2.00pm in the Epworth Hall,

starting on 14th October 2016.

Two group members volunteer, at each meeting, to make presentations to the next meeting

of about 35 minutes each of selections from their favourite pieces of music. There is no

restriction of form or genre or number of pieces of music presented. An audio system

which can play CDs, vinyl records and audio cassettes is provided. This equipment will

generally be operated by the chairman. T he Epworth Hall has good acoustics for small

audio presentations. Tea and biscuits are served in the break between presentations. There

is a charge of £2 per person for each meeting all of which all goes to the Hall.

Everyone is cordially invited to attend the meetings; no notice is necessary. You won’t

have to present if you don’t wish to - just listen and enjoy. You might like to bring a

cushion! Please direct enquiries to Frank Fahy at [email protected] or 01794 388314



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CHRISTIANS TOGETHER IN SOMBORNE & DISTRICT invite you to their

AUTUMN TALK

‘VOICES OF SYRIA’

In his illustrated talk the Rev. Andrew Ashdown will explore the context of the conflict, share some of the experiences he has had

in the country and the voices he has heard in his recent visits. There will be time for questions and discussion

When: Wednesday, 19 October 2016

Where: Village Hall, King’s Somborne

Time: 12.30pm – 2.00pm

A light lunch will be served

Stockbridge Community Cinema Stockbridge Town Hall

Doors open 30 minutes before the start.

Tickets £6 from John Robinson and Garden Inn in Stockbridge or online via

www.stockbridgecinema.org.uk

Friday 14th October

Dheepan (15) A Sri Lankan Tamil warrior escapes

the horrors of civil war by teaming

up with a woman and child and

adopting their identities. The

‘family’ are smuggled into France

where they find life in Paris is not

trouble-free. English subtitles

Showing at 7.30pm.

Wednesday 19th October

Love & Friendship (U)

Lady Susan Vernon takes up

temporary residence at her in-laws'

estate and, while there, is

determined to be a matchmaker for

her daughter Frederica - and herself

too, naturally. Starring Kate

Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny in a

period comedy based on the Jane

Austin novella Lady Susan .

Showing at 5.00pm AND 7.30pm

http://www.stockbridgecinema.org.uk/

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Gordon Pearson will present a 30

minute talk on the history of Up

Somborne and Rookley in the Village

Hall on Thursday, 6th October at

7.30pm to which all are invited. The

launch of his book will follow and tea/

coffee/biscuits will be served.

This ancient settlement dates from the

Bronze Age and Gordon’s book covers

all aspects of its history including the

manor and its farms, listed buildings,

Church and chapels, school, public

house, beerhouses, village people and

families, Up Somborne Down and

Forest Extra. One chapter illustrates

life in the isolated community in the

19th and early 20th centuries.

His book is a comprehensive A4 sized

220 page softback which includes 40

photographs and 30 drawings and will

be sold at its cost price of only £16 per

copy with free local delivery. Orders

by post cost £4.50 extra. ISBN 978-0-

9515110-9-1

You can contact Gordon on (01794)

388662 or by email on

[email protected] if you

wish to purchase a copy or would like

a flyer.

Local history: book launch and

presentation

The Scouts need your help! It is with great regret that the scout group committee has made the

decision to temporarily close the Cub and Scout sections within the

group due to lack of leaders/helpers and the low numbers of

children.

We hope to reopen the sections in the new year but we need

leaders/ helpers & children, if you know any children who wish to

attend or people who are willing to give up a few hours a week/

month to run or help at either of these sections then please contact

me. The beaver section will continue as normal on Wednesdays 6:00

-7:00pm.

If you have any queries please contact me:

[email protected]

SCOUT AGM 28th September 7:15, please come along, we need

your support.

Kind Regards,

Jess MacBean

Chair of 11th Romsey (King's Somborne) Scout Group



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Neighbourcare

If you have a medical or other important ap-

pointment, and have no other means of getting

there, phone Sue Jackson on 388 884 and tell her

the time, date and place you need to be.

She will then try to find a volunteer driver from among our 30 or so volunteers

to take you to the appointment, wait until you are ready to leave and bring you

home again. There is a charge to cover petrol costs based on around 40p a

mile, which you pay direct to the driver.

Our drivers lead busy lives, but try to fit in a trip or two each month to provide

this service, and we take around 40 people each month. We would love to

have more volunteers, so do get in touch if you feel you could help out.

BROUGHTON FIREWORK EVENT 5th NOVEMBER

Broughton's fantastic annual family firework event will once

again take place on 5th November with a children's torch

procession leaving The Square (by the Greyhound pub) at 6.30pm. The procession will then make its way to the

sportsfield in Buckholt Road (SO20 8DA) where the bonfire will be lit at approximately 6.45pm. The firework display will

commence around 7.30pm and lasts about 20 minutes

Free parking adjacent to the cemetery/allotments (off

Salisbury Road – please follow signs)

Refreshments, hot food and merchandise for sale

Licensed bar.

Tickets available on the gate and entry is £6.00 for adults and £5.00 for concessions and children.

Sarah Hendy

Secretary Broughton Firework Club

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Over 50s

Concert at Somborne

Park

Evelyn Owen & Choir

7.30pm Lifts will be provided if necessary

Please phone 388 884 to book your place

Raising money for

The Friends of St Peter & St Paul's Church, Kings Somborne

Charity Number 1117240

(focuses on the maintenance and preservation of the church)

John Ingleson, on his 75th birthday, 4 November 2016

will run a half marathon

22 laps of the Trim Trail

starting at 9.00 am

Please sponsor this event by donating on line at Just Giving

(www.justgiving.com/friendsofkings-sombornechurch)

or making a cheque payable to 'The Friends of St Peter and St Pauls

Church' or cash to either:

Michael Templeman, Treasurer, Streamside, Romsey Road

Brian Orange, Chairman, Fromans, Stockbridge Road

John Ingleson, Hayes Barn, Romsey Road

Thank you for your support

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Epworth Lunch

Supported by Methodist Outreach & Village Agents

Tuesday October 11th 2016 12.30pm £5

*Chicken Curry, Rice, Onion Bhajis, Mango Chutney *

*Fruit Salad*

*Coffee & Mints*

At The Epworth Hall

Booking essential - phone Sue 388 884 or Marilyn 389 356

Over 50s Minibus Trip

Thursday 20th October 2016

Autumn Leaves Drive & Lunch Pick up 10.00am

Home for 3.00pm

£6

Booking essential - phone

Sue 388884 or Lin 389373

After 5 years of stalwart service as

Village Agent, Lin has decided to take

on different challenges and use her

skills elsewhere.

We shall all miss her cheerful face and

happy attitude to solve any problem.

The good news is that she will

continue to help with the Epworth

lunches, so we shall not be completely

bereft, but I shall miss her support very

much indeed.

However, all good things come to an

end, so we wish Lin

well in the future.

If anyone would like to

take up this role, please

get in touch.

On another matter, we have been

invited to a Concert at Somborne Park

on October 6th. Evelyn Owen and her

choir will entertain us with music and

poetry . Phone me to book your place!

Sue Jackson 388884

Lin to retire this month

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Somborne Sisterhood WI A brilliant turn out for our September

meeting at the Working Men’s Club,

and it was lovely to welcome two

members from King’s Somborne WI

and two guests who were able to join

in the fun.

Samantha Boot made sure all had

glasses of something to drink before

calling the meeting to order and

making br ie f announcements ,

including volunteers for helping at and

baking for the vintage car event later in

the month and an update on the group

craft entry for the Romsey Show. She

then explained the rules of ‘Death

Ball’ – a game of skill, based on

traditional pub skittles, before the first

ball was thrown.

The evening proved very popular with

everyone giving their best shots (some

better than others!) before a tie was

declared as the

last four could

not be split.

Congratulations therefore to Bronya,

Kelda, Hannah and Annie.

There was much talk of setting up a

regular skittles club which the

Sisterhood will look into, and our team

of five for the Test Valley & Romsey

group WI skittles match in October,

managed to pick itself.

At the end of the evening, Samantha

thanked the staff and patrons of the

Working Men’s Club for making us

feel so welcome, the raffle was drawn

and the meeting closed.

Next meeting – Friday 7th October,

8pm, when we will be back in King’s

Somborne Village Hall for an evening

of Hoola Hoop fitness. Please wear

suitable clothing.

IT in the community Test Valley Borough Council is

working with King’s Somborne Parish

Council to launch a pilot of ‘IT in the

community’ to support residents to

gain online computers skills. This can

range from support using their own

devices (such as laptops, phones and

tablets) to creating new email

accounts.

Following Cllr Tony Ward’s notice in

last month’s Gauntlet we have had a

few people say they are interested but

we know there are many more people

in the community who need this type

of one to one hands on help. The next

stage is to find Community Mentors.

We are looking for Community

Mentors to assist clients at King’s

Somborne Village Hall for a few hours

a month. Appropriate training will be

provided. To date fortnightly sessions

are successfully running in Lockerley

and Nursling & Rownhams.

If you are interested in volunteering

please get in contact with Sarah

Fordham for an informal chat or for

more information.

Sarah Fordham

Community Engagement Officer

01264 368069

[email protected]


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Women’s Fellowship Women’s Fellowship is an informal meeting for women of all ages

which is held in the Epworth Hall once a month. The dates for the

next few meetings are as follows:-

Friday, 28th October Speaker - TBA

Monday, 28th November Speaker - TBA

Monday, 19th December Favourite carols and Christmas poems

All meetings start at 2.30pm with a hymn and a prayer.

Why not come along and see if it’s for you?

For more details call Marion 388121 or Marilyn 389356

I am pleased to say that the new store

room is almost ready to be occupied

and all that needs to be undertaken is

some electrical work and painting,

once these jobs have been done we

will be able to decide what goes

where! Because we will have more

storage the VHMC have decided to

purchase a further 50 new chairs of the

same type as the last batch which have

proved so successful.

The major item which was discussed

last week at a joint meeting of the

VHMC and the VHDC was the

increased requirements of the pre-

school as a result of the Governent's

plannned changes to Early Years

education. As from next September

children age 2-4 whose parents are

both working will be entitled to 30

hours pre-school education each week.

Much as we support our excellent pre-

school I am afraid that within our

existing building we cannot provide

either the space or time to meet this

entitlement. The pre-school would also

like an area of the hall to be entirely

dedicated to their service. After

considerable discussion the VHMC/

VHDC decided in principle that the

pre-school should have such an area

but that it should be available to other

hirers during school holidays. The fact

the the joint committees have agreed in

principle to this request does not

necessarily mean that it can be

achieved by next September. An

urgent meeting of the VHDC will be

held to consider the short and long

term planning considerations of the

decision but this is a complex problem

and it may not be possible for the

village hall to achieve a satisfactory

solution without help from other

authorities.

Meanwhile we will soldier on!

Terry Mackintosh

(Hon. Chairman VHMC)

King’s Somborne Village Hall

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Village Christmas cards There are three new Christmas cards

on sale this year, all done by local

artists.

Thelma Blamey took a lovely

photo of winter foliage, Caroline

Hervey Bathurst has produced a

design titled ‘Victorian Christmas’

in pastels, and Elizabeth St.John

has produced a watercolour

painting titled ‘Snowman King’s

Somborne’.

Each card has the greeting ‘With

best wishes for Christmas and the

New Year’. We are very grateful

to all of them for their generous

contributions.

The cards will be available from 31st

October in the Village Shops, also at

some Services and at the Winchester

Combined Charities Christmas Card

Shop in the Tourist Information Office

at The Guildhall, which opens on 27th

October.

Please note that if you buy any parish

cards at the Guildhall, we receive

every penny that you spend. The Shop

is staffed entirely by volunteers

(including us!) and takes no

commission—indeed a group of

volunteers from the village will be

manning the shop on Thursday 1st

December in the morning. The cards

measure approx. 6” x 4 and will cost

£4.00 for a pack of 8 cards and

envelopes.

The good news is that readers of

The Gauntlet will be able to buy

the cards at £4.00 by filling in the

form on the opposite page. We

will even do our best to deliver

your order so you can have all

your cards written before the

Christmas rush begins!

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Order Form

Please send me:

……… packs of ‘Collage of Winter leaves and berries’ at £4.00 each

………. Packs of ‘Snowman, King’s Somborne’ £4.00 each

………. Packs of ‘Victorian Christmas’ at £4.00 each

Grand Total………………………

I enclose a cheque made payable to ‘The Parish of Somborne with Ashley’.

(If you require your order to be posted please call in advance on 01794 388119,

to discuss p+p charges.)

Name:….……………………………………………………………………..

Address:…………………………………………………………………………..

……………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………

Tel. ……………………………………………………………………………….

Please return form to Elizabeth St. John at ‘Ashley Lodge’ Old Palace

Farm, King’s Somborne SO20 6NG

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The 2017 All Saints Winter Lectures,

Upper Clatford Monday 16th January 2017 James is currently the BBC's Diplomatic Correspondent and an award-winning diplomatic journalist, broadcaster and author. He has reported on British politics for more than two decades covering five general elections and more recently, the Brexit referendum. Prior to this, he was Chief Political Correspondent, leading the BBC's 24 hour political news coverage from Westminster for five years. He has also presented a variety of programmes on television and radio including the Andrew Marr Show, The Daily Politics, The World at One, Westminster Hour and Straight Talk. In December 2015, he was named Broadcaster of the Year by the Political Studies Association for what they called his "huge contribution to the public understanding of politics".

Tickets and Venue

The cost is £12.00 per person. Please make cheques in favour of “All Saints Church”. Tickets can be bought at Clatford Village Store & Post Office, The Abbotts Ann Village Store and The Crook and Shears. You can also contact Nicki Crosthwaite Eyre (01264 35 25 30 or e-mail: [email protected]) and send her a stamped addressed envelope to The Old Malthouse, Upper Clatford, Andover, SP11 7QL, stating the number of tickets. Time & Venue Doors open at 7pm and the lectures start at 8pm at the King Edward VII Memorial Hall, Upper Clatford, SP11 7QL. Parking is available behind the hall.

Funds raised will be shared between All Saints PCC and a charity to be

announced on the day.


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King’s Somborne WI The meeting, held on Wednesday 14th

September, which was chaired by our

President Thelma Blamey, opened

with a discussion of the previous two

months' activities. Walks had

continued on a weekly basis, to the

enjoyment of those taking part. It had

been decided to re-convene the Book

Club and to consider ways in which it

might better reflect the preferences of

members - meeting every two months

perhaps, choice of titles to be read, etc.

As usual, we did not hold a monthly

meeting in August, but instead hosted

a fund-raising event on 10th August to

celebrate the Queen's 90th Birthday.

In spite of taking place in the holiday

season, the party was well attended.

The principal beneficiaries of the funds

raised were the W.I.'s Denman College

and BOAZ (a charity which supports

young people with learning difficulties

once they end full-time education). A

smaller contribution was made to the

ACWW, an organisation which helps

women in poorer countries all over the

world to set up local self-help co-

operatives.

T h e

contribution of

our speaker, Mr.

Tim Austin, OBE, which was entitled

“Something for Everyone: Songs and

anecdotes”, did not disappoint.

Accompanying himself on the guitar,

Mr. Austin treated us to many old

favourites from our younger days,

inviting us to sing along (which we

surpr ised ourselves by doing

enthusiastically). The songs, ranged

from Buddy Holly (“Oh, Boy!”),

Tommy Steele (“Singing the Blues”)

and Jim Reeves (“Walk on By”) to

Lonnie Donnegan (“Putting on the

Style”) and “Eidelweiss” from “The

Sound of Music” and he was joined by

one of our members , Sarah

Pennington, for a spirited rendition of

“There's a Hole in my Bucket”. The

songs were interspersed with stories,

jokes and tricks and he finished with

“When the Saints Go Marching In”. A

very enjoyable time was had by all.

Our next meeting will be on

Wednesday, 12th October, at 7.30 p.m.

in the Village Hall. All are welcome.

Beryl Fahy

Broughton School Jumble Sale Saturday 15th October 2-4pm

Broughton Village Hall

Entry £1 Lizzie Lane 01794301139

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Winchester Live at Home Scheme For further information, contact

C l a i r e M o r g a n

P h o n e : 0 1 9 6 2 8 9 0 9 9 5

Email: [email protected]

New Seated Exercise Class –

Promoting wellbeing for the over

60’s

Winchester, September 13 2016 –

Older people encouraged to improve

health and wellbeing through exercise.

The Winchester Live at Home Scheme

(WLAHS), which supports older

people living in their own homes is

setting up a new Seated Exercise Class

in King’s Somborne as part of an

expansion project supported by

Hampshire County Council. The first

class started on Monday 12 th

September, 10.30am – 12noon at

King’s Somborne Village Hall and will

run on a weekly basis.

Claire Morgan, manager of the

WLAHS, said: “We are excited to be

expanding our services to older people

living in King’s Somborne and

Stockbridge. The sessions are designed

to improve the strength, flexibility and

mobility of the participants as well as

promote a general feeling of

wellbeing”.

“Each week there will be an hour of

gentle seated exercise followed by half

an hour for Members to socialise over

tea and coffee”.

The new class is not the only service

being offered in this area – Winchester

Live at Home are also setting up a

befriending scheme for older people in

the area and are looking for new

Volunteers to support this service.

Befriending involves visiting an older

person at home on a regular basis,

perhaps an hour a week for a chat and

a cup of tea. Anyone can be a

Volunteer befriender, the only skills

needed are a caring nature and good

listening skills.

If you are interested in becoming a

Member or a Volunteer please visit

www.wlahs.org for more information

or contact the WLAHS office on

01962 890995.

JANE AUSTEN SINGERS

LAST ADVENT CAROL SERVICE

St Peter ’ s Church, Stockbridge,

Sunday 27th November, 6pm


http://www.wlahs.org

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Prayer Meeting We hold our prayer meetings on the first Monday of each month

at 2.15pm. We meet for about an hour at Shappon, Romsey

Road, when we pray for our parish, families, friends and anyone else in need.

If you have any prayer requests there are slips on the table at the back of the

church which you may put into the box provided or alternatively phone me,

Dulcie Witts on 01794 388267.

Our meeting is very informal and we should be pleased to welcome new

members.

Youth

Every 2nd and 4th Friday 6:30 - 8:30

At the Scout Hut

For young people in Year 7 - Sixth Form

(Sponsored by Parish Church outreach)

Meeting the Vicar As many will know, when families get in contact to arrange a

baptism, wedding or funeral, I usually meet with them either in

their homes or at The Rectory in Stockbridge.

It might be that from time to time some would like to take the opportunity to

see me for other reasons, such as for a brief chat, to check something out or if

they need some help.

With this in mind, I am planning to be in the ‘Parish Room’ (entrance through

the brown left side gate of the ‘New Vicarage’, Romsey Road) on a number

occasions in the next few months. For those unfamiliar with the ‘New

Vicarage’, it is next to Froghole, Please go around the side of the house and

do not ring the bell on the front door as the Vicarage, at present, has tenants.

The date when I will be visiting is:

October Tuesday 25th, 2.00—4.00pm

I look forward to meeting anyone who calls in.

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Tiny Tots has now restarted and we

have thoroughly enjoyed welcoming

the children back after the long

summer break. The first session of the

year saw us celebrating the seasons of

the year and the children made a

beautiful painting depicting a tree in

all 4 seasons.

Throughout the rest of the half term we

will be turning our attention to

Harvest. We will be busy thinking

about all the food we have to be

thankful for and have already begun

learning some Harvest themed songs.

The session we are all looking forward

to is 'Bread' when we will have our

ever-popular tasting session!

New faces are always welcome so, if

you would like to join us, please come

down to the church at 2pm for a drink

and biscuit. The session gets under

w a y b y 2 . 1 5 a n d f i n i s h e s

by 3.15pm with songs and music. It’s

an informal group, so if the 2PM start

conflicts with napping schedules, you

are welcome to join us mid session.

Hayley, Katie, Becky and Lucy

TEST VALLEY VILLAGES LECTURE

BROUGHTON VILLAGE HALL

WEDNESDAY 19TH OCTOBER - 8PM

HOW DO YOU THINK?

Following the very well received talk on ‘Who do you think you are?’ last

season Andrew Seber CBE has agreed to return to tackle the subject of ‘How do

you think’ .The human brain and nerves make up an amazing biological

computing and communication system. Molecular biology has led to an

increasing understanding of how the brain works. Over half the drugs made

today ( legal and otherwise ) act on cell membranes and Andrew looks at the

fundamental science behind it all.

Andrew studied at Oxford and York Universities and specialised in cell

membranes. He spent most of his working life in public service education and

on his retirement has been explaining to a wide audience the basis of molecular

biology.

The evening is great value at £4 , to include a glass of wine. Proceeds are

donated to our speakers nominated charities. No charge for full-time students.

All are welcome.

Broughton Learning

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Church services in Leckford, Longstock

and Stockbridge in October Sunday 2nd October—Trinity 19

8.00am St Nicholas Leckford

Said Holy Communion

10.45am St Peter’s Stockbridge

Matins

5.00pm St Mary Longstock

Harvest Service followed by

Harvest Supper at the

Village Hall.

Sunday 9th October—Trinity 20

9.30am St Mary Longstock

All Age Worship

10.45am St Peter’s Stockbridge

Parish Communion

Sunday 16th October—Trinity 21

8.00am Old St Peter Stockbridge

Said Holy Communion


Morning Worship

10.45am St Peter Stockbridge

All Age Worship

6.00pm St Nicholas Leckford

Evensong

Harvest Songs of Praise

Sunday 23rd October—Last Sunday

after Trinity


Parish Communion

10.45am St Peter Stockbridge

Parish Communion

Sunday 30th October

10.00am Benefice Service at

St. Nicholas Leckford

Holy Communion Service each

Tuesday Morning at 9.30am at

Rosalind Hill House, Stockbridge.

From the Parish Registers 4th September Baptism Mabel Grace Mould

(b.02.09.2014)

7th September Thanksgiving David Keith Martin

12th September Thanksgiving Norman Frederick Oram

16th September Wedding Emily Stott and Alex Edwin Hibdidge

Christians Together in Somborne and District

Homegroup We are a small, inter-denominational group who enjoy discussing the

meaning of the Bible which inspires and guides our Christian Faith.

If you are interested in joining in our informal study of scripture, you

will be very welcome!

For further information please contact Nigel Coleman 01794 388449

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Church services in October 2016

Parish Church 2nd October—Nineteenth Sunday

after Trinity

10.00am Parish Communion * Readers:

Patricia Mallock: Habakkuk 1.1-4; 2.1-4

Christopher Kirby: 2 Timothy 1.1-14

Linda Aucock: Luke 17.5-10

9th October—Twentieth Sunday

after Trinity

8.00am Holy Communion (1662)

10.00am Harvest Festival * Readers: Christians Together

16th October—Twenty-first Sunday

after Trinity

10.00am Parish Communion * Readers:

Janet Ingleson: Genesis 32.22-31

Guy Boney: 2 Timothy 3.14-4.5

Christine Mitchell: Luke 18.1-8

23rd October—Last Sunday after

Trinity


10.00am Matins * Readers:

David Bevan: Jeremiah 14.7-10,19-22

David Evans: Luke 18.9-14

6.00pm ALiVE! Speaker: Joint Services Chaplains’

Department, Amport House

30th October—Fourth Sunday

before Advent


10.00am Benefice Service—

Leckford

2nd November—All Souls’ Day

7.00pm All Souls Remembering

Service

Wednesdays

10.15am Holy Communion (1662) *

*Stay for coffee and biscuits after

services marked *

Methodist Church Sunday October 2nd

10.30am Mrs Valerie Wright

Sunday 9th October

10.30am Local Arrangement

Sunday 16th October

10.30am Mr Ken Richardson

3.30pm—5.00pm Messy Church

Sunday 23rd October

10.30am Rev Peter Cornick

Holy Communion

Sunday 30th October

10.30am Mrs Jane Rogers

Roman Catholic Churches St Thomas’ Stockbridge

9.00am every Sunday

St Joseph’s Romsey St Andrew’s N. Baddesley

Saturdays: 6.00pm—URC Hall Sundays: 9.00am—St Andrew’s 11.00am—St Andrew’s

For details of services at RC churches, see: www.hampshiredowns.org.uk www.stswithunwellsparish.org.uk

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Printed and published by the Parish of Somborne with Ashley, Church of St Peter and St Paul,

King’s Somborne, Hampshire. SO20 6PW

The Vicar has the last word Yes, it’s the vicar writing Last Word for the 3rd month in a row!

In September I reminded us about how the “ordinary” regular things are rolling

again. The Olympics and Paralympics are over, the Football season is underway

and schools are well into the term.

Of course there are always the extra-ordinary life events to celebrate –

New babies, weddings and 25th and 50th anniversaries as well as big birthdays –

18, 21, 50, 60, 80 and more and more 90s and even100s!

But most of the time it’s the ordinary everyday stuff we have to deal with.

“Ordinary Time” is the longest of the church seasons.

It’s been running from mid-May just after Pentecost and carries on until the end

of November when Advent begins. There’s another shorter period of Ordinary

Time between Epiphany and Lent. At least 33 weeks of each year is “ordinary”.

Many of us think a bit about Jesus round Christmas and Easter but we can know

His presence right through the year. Ordinary doesn’t have to be boring and it

doesn’t mean God has gone away. In the Bible there’s a verse that tells us –

Jesus said “I will never leave you or forsake you…” Hebrews 13.5.

If you are feeling alone or need some encouragement try listening to

Premier Christian Radio www.premierchristianradio.com or

UCB (United Christian Broadcasters) www.ucb.co.uk

They are both available on digital radio or you can listen on your computer.

When you hear a good news story – make a note of it.

When you hear a song that lifts your spirit - write down the title and listen out

for it when it’s played again.

Any of this may help on the ordinary, the bad and the good days.

Meanwhile, it’s harvest time - come along and celebrate at the Harvest Supper

and Harvest Service on 8th and 9th October. More details in this magazine.

With my prayers for the whole community

Jonathan

http://www.premierchristianradio.com/

http://www.ucb.co.uk/

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COUNTRY BUILDERS Property Repairs

Alterations

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Painting & Decorating

Patios & Brickwork

Carpentry & Fencing

Pvc Cladding & Windows

Free Estimates

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Experienced, recently retired YR5/6 Teacher available to offer English and Maths tuition for

YR6 SATS (May 2017), entrance exams and 11+.

Please contact me for further details at

[email protected]

To advertise here,

Please contact

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01794 388521

[email protected]

Two bedroom shared-ownership semi-detached house available to a local person

£150,000 for a 75% share

Please contact Pam Howard

of English Rural Housing Association

on 01483 540873 for details

or please visit English Rural’s website at

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01794 388026 (Home)

[email protected]

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Neat Sweeps Chimney Sweeping

Chimney need sweeping? Need a specialist survey or inspection of your chimney? Thinking about having a solid

fuel stove installed or reinstating a fireplace?

Neat Sweeps are an established local chimney sweeping

business and we can help!

We issue sweeping certificates, essential for insurance

purposes.

For more information phone

01794 341812 or email [email protected]


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Call Beverley

CROSS STORES AND POST OFFICE News agent National Lottery Off licence

Shop: 01794 336555

7.30-7.00 Monday-Friday

8.00-7.00 Saturday

9.00-1.00 Sunday

Post Office: 01794 388341

9.00-5.30 Monday-Friday

9.00-12.30 Saturday

We are a family owned traditional Post Office, Newsagents, office licence, and convenience store. We stock fresh bread, milk and vegetables, frozen foods, stationary and gifts, winter fuels and BBQ fuels, a bit of almost everything really!

See our Facebook page for local news and events: www.facebook.com/crossstoresltd

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A.H. CHEATER FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Simon & Michael Peace, Giles Sadd

PRIVATE CHAPEL OF REST

122, THE HUNDRED, ROMSEY , HANTS

DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE - TEL:01794 513393

PRE-PAYMENT PLANS AVAILABLE

HANDYMAN Home and Garden

Maintenance and improvements

Painting and decorating

General repairs and improvements

Fencing

Brickwork

Garden renovations and

maintenance Shed roofs and repairs etc.

(Liability Insured)

Tel : Chris Johnson 01794 399917

Promotional Video/DVD’s Birthdays, Anniversaries DVD Production VHS tapes transferred to DVD WEBSITE VIDEO PRODUCTION - edited video clips to bring your website alive

CALL MARTIN ON For a Professional Service: 01794388668 EMAIL: [email protected]

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Domestic Appliance Repairs

Tel 01794 390055

All Leading Makes Repaired

Over 20 Years Experience

Washing Machines, Tumble Driers. Dishwashers

Fridges, Freezers and Electrical Cookers/hobs

Guaranteed work - Qualified Electrician

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Oakleigh Drive, Landford Wilts SP5 2AT

TW Glazing and

Window Repairs 01264 860129 / 077 652 60922 / 077 878 53289

Replacement misted double-glazed units and single-glazed units

into existing frames. Also hinges, handles, locks and gaskets.

Cat-flaps into UPVC doors and greenhouse glass installation.

Face-puttying where needed and for listed buildings.

FREE QUOTES AND ADVICE. OPEN 7 DAYS PER WEEK.

Please go to www.twglazingandwindowrepairs.com

Vintage Tea Parties

Delicious teas delivered to your home or venue.

Crockery and everything you need, with collection. No washing up for you!

Box of hats and other props supplied.

For menus and prices: Tel 07710 968 931

http://www.twglazingandrepairs.com/

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Tree surgery

Tree surveys

Hedges

Stump removal

Planting

Logs

Qualified (ND Arbor) and

fully insured to £10m Public Liability

Tel: 01794 341939 Mob: 0794 336 6573

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Servicing, Repairs & Maintenance

Experienced mechanic

offering a reliable service to all cars

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