Produced by : Mick & Kim Workman, Mike Parker, Chris & Mel Wilson, Marilyn Butt, with watercolour above by Julian Crawford
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December 2014 & January 2015 A SeSaME Production. No 19
Not to be Missed
Editorial
4. Sedge Warbler
Editors
5. Oil Buying Group
Mike Parker 01386 881863
6. Rupert Graves Somme Poem
Mel Wilson
6. Word-search
energy@sesame.me.uk
Advertising – see page 10 Copy Deadlines 2014/5 Feb/Mar April/May June/July Aug/Sept
18th Jan 15th Mar 17th May 12th July
6. Know your village? 8. Join www.sedgeberrow.com 9. Church News 10. Evesham Repair Cafe 10. Advertise in Sedgeberrow Post
13. Worcs Wildlife Trust 15. Solid Wall Insulation Deal Do Support Our Advertisers 16. Sedgeberrow School News 17. Energy Quiz. You will see that a good mix of people have responded to our offer of advertising 18. WI Events space in the 2014 Sedgeberrow Post, 20. A Traumatic Walk showing us the services that they offer. 21. A Hybrid Motor Car Without them we could not afford to produce this newsletter, with its splash of 22 & 23. Running a Flour Mill colour and information for the village. 24. Shop til u Drop Thanks to them all. 27. Wassail News So please do your bit. 28. Ollie Tries To Stay Calm Consider what they are offering very seriously and when you respond make 29. Recipe sure that you let them know that you 31. British Legion Womens Section heard about them here, between the pages 32 & 33. Superfast Broadband of our village newsletter. All paper used in the Sedgeberrow Post has been sponsored by Kim & Mike Workman, courtesy of Dunn & Dusted. This publication is printed on recycled paper
34 & 35. Parish Council Report 35. Missing Plaque 36. Police & Have Your Say 38. Flood Group. 40. Village Hall Bookings
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Do You Lack Rhythm? If so, that’s maybe why you might miss getting an article into the Sedgeberrow Post on time. We have to admit that the increased gap, caused by being bi-monthly, makes timing a little complicated for article and minute writers. It does though significantly reduce the pressure on the time commitment of the busy twenty two villagers who generously arrange the rhythm of their lives around dropping the Post onto your doormat.
You can get rhythm though! Please look at these 2015 copy deadlines: Now!
18th January, 15th March, 17th May, 12th July. Take the floor, swirl into action, plot and plan your meetings so that you are left with time to catch the Sedgeberrow Post. Pen your articles with an eye on those magic dates. Don’t think of them as a target! Treat them as a route map beacon that you will arrive at early. Thanks.
Submitting Material For Publication Your Village Needs You Have you any experiences you wish to share, a skill that could please our villagers? Do please us all by submitting articles, recording your events and most importantly, hitting our bi-monthly deadlines. If you are a local villager you will have a choice of a double A5 page spread, a single A5 page, a half page and a quarter page. We can help you estimate how many words you will need for each size. Talk to Mike, who will help you sort out how much space you will need. (01386 881863)
Sedgeberrow Post is available online. Go to www.sesame.me.uk & click on the Kingfisher. If you want a reminder on every publication date see below: Just contact the editor via energy@sesame.me.uk.We won’t deliver but send you a link to its place on our SeSaME website. A reader wrote: “What an excellent, beautifully produced, easy to navigate, online magazine.” Note from SeSaME: We process personal data in accordance with the rights of data subjects under the Data Protection Act. Please inform us if there is any data that you do not wish us to store on our computers.
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From: The Sedge Warbler
Energy Business Opportunity Explored. Sedge Warbler pic. copyright of P&H Harris. www.kenyabirds.org.uk.
Invitation to Nuclear Waste Summit. I was significantly surprised to receive an invite last October to attend a two day Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Management Summit, this coming month of February 2015. All for the tidy sum of £1,495.00 (+VAT). The summit’s aim being: “Establishing new working partnerships in nuclear decommissioning & encouraging innovation in project management” All this to be achieved through these three themes below and a long list of high powered speakers. 1. “Effective engagement: Translating nuclear 'image' through tackling communication challenges.” 2. “Ensuring efficiency and productivity by working with the local community.” 3. “Right of withdrawal and commitment to local community benefits.” Wow I thought, being a great recycler, surely there can’t be enough financial advantage, in sorting out nuclear waste, to warrant spending that kind of money over just two days? I decided to suss out the kind of cash flow that, from a business point of view, might be involved in such endeavours. Sellafield Power Station was the obvious starting point, being currently de -commissioned. I didn’t have to look far as it turned out, nor look anywhere else. In February 2014 the BBC reported the (PAC) Public Accounts Committee saying that “the estimated cost of cleaning up Sellafield nuclear reprocessing site in Cumbria has risen by almost £2.5bn in a year.” They said “clean-up costs at the complex had risen from £67.5bn in 2013 to an "astonishing" £70bn.” Its MPs were reported as saying that the Sellafield £70bn clean-up costs were 'astonishing'. Lots of money there for the canny entrepreneur was the thought that came to mind. But then I declined the invite. After all, such event money could fund the Sedgeberrow Post for a year and anyhow, there clearly isn’t enough land to spare in Sedgeberrow with big enough holes. Plus our community’s efficiency and productivity might not be up to the job. Sedge Warbler
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Results of our 13th October 2014 start-up order. We tendered for an order of 11,900 litres, for 20 club members to three suppliers. The price paid by all members (500 or 1000 litres) was 46.83ppl plus VAT. It represented a saving of 2.6 pence per litre against the average standard price from all the suppliers for a single order. Our total club saving was ÂŁ309. Countrywide offered the best value and completed the delivery. Although this was the first time we have used the system we have been pleased with how smoothly the process has run for members, with only small hiccups. If you encounter a glitch though, do persevere and ring Mike As more members register and order through the Club, not just in our village of Sedgeberrow, but in Ashton under Hill, Beckford, Hinton, Dumbleton, Aston Sommerville and Wormington, the more highly competitive will be our buying power and the greater the potential savings.
Next order deadline dates (by 23.00 hrs) Monday 8th December. Monday 12th January. Monday 9th February. These are the cut-off dates by which you need to order and delivery will normally follow within the next week, once the best value provider has been identified (500 litres are still the minimum order) Don’t delay, PLEASE REGISTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE to become a member and place an order at: http://sesame.oilbuyingclub.com Once done your registration lasts for ever. No Computer? There is a way. Please ring Mike at 01386 881863
Phone 01386 881863. Mobile: 07949200207. Email: energy@sesame.me.uk Website: www.sesame.me.uk 5
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Rupert Graves’ poem in memory of Mametz Wood, the objective of the 38th (Welsh) Division during the First Battle of the Somme.
To you who’d read my songs of War And only hear of blood and fame, I’ll say (you’ve heard it said before)
“War’s Hell!” and if you doubt the same, Today I found in Mametz Wood A certain cure for lust of blood. Robert Graves – “A dead Boche”.
Sedgeberrow Word-search Vegetables
The idea for this Word-search comes to you courtesy of Lindsey, a Villager and Post Advertiser. (see page 13).
If you have any ideas to share about what would be good to see in the Post, please let us know. (Editor)
How well do you know your village? Where was this picture taken then? (Pictures & idea courtesy of Peter Loomes) See page 35 for the answer.
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Watercolour by Pam Cuthbert. 2003
The Sedgeberrow Village Website: www.sedgeberrow.com If you are a village group who would like to keep people up to date with activities on your own page on this website, then contact Mike Parker at energy@sesame.me.uk or on 01386 881863. Courtesy of our own Chris Wilson, we are offering to enter villagers’ information to their own page for a modest sum, enabling them to have updated written material. We are asking a nominal charge of £10 a year to cover administration costs. We hope that people will come forward to cover many facets of village life.
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Sedgeberrow Parish Church News Benefice of Hampton, Sedgeberrow & Hinton on the Green. Priest in Charge: Revd. Mark Binney at Hampton Vicarage on 01386 424235. Churchwardens: Ann Banks 881623 and Roger Horton 881307 Drawing by John Livingstone
Services for December & January December
January
Dec 7th Holy Communion Dec 14th 11am Family Service. This will be a Songs of Praise Service Dec 21st 9am Holy Communion Dec 21st 3pm Carol Service Dec 24th 6pm Crib Service Dec 25th 9—30am Holy Communion Dec 28th 10am Joint Service at All Saints Evesham
Jan Jan Jan Jan
4th 9am Holy Communion 11th 11am Family Service 18th 9-30am Holy Communion 25th 11am Family Service
Church News CHRISTMAS TREES We would like to display Christmas Trees in Church again this year. If anyone is interested in decorating one please get in touch with Ann Banks 881623 COFFEE MORNINGS The Coffee Morning in December will be on TUESDAY December 16th 10am to 12noon with the Christmas Trees on display. This will be the last coffee morning until 26th MARCH. BINGO December 6th at 8pm in the Village Hall St Mary the Virgin
SONGS OF PRAISE Sunday 14th December 11am. We look forward to seeing you
The PCC committee would like to thank you for supporting your Church during this last year and would like to wish you a Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year.
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Brakes Adjusted
Evesham Repair Cafe Goes from Strength to Strength
Leaf Blower Repaired
Our first Repair Cafe was held on 12th July. Amid excitement and anticipation members of the public drifted in to see what it was all about. Having just held our third Repair Cafe the public are much more aware of what to expect. Each Repair Cafe has gained more visits and we are pleased to say our repair record has soon increased. We are lucky to have the support of local experts who give their time freely to help the community and to date we have repaired, bicycles, laptops, a printer, radios, lamps, a torch, sewn shirts and made alterations to a tailored suit and sharpened various pieces of garden equipment, to name but some. Evesham Repair Cafe is held on the second Saturday of the month 10 am – 2 pm at imaGine, Market Square. The next one is scheduled for 13th December. If you have a skill you would like to offer you would be most welcome. For any further information please call Tony Piper 07908 968567 or Fran Webb 07801 983112. You can keep up to date with what is going on at imaGine, Market Square, Evesham by following us on facebook at www.facebook.com/imagineevesham
Sedgeberrow Post Advertisements To discuss your needs, format your advert, ring 01386 881863 (Speak to Mike)
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All adverts that are booked for issues starting from February/March 2015, will also appear at no extra charge on the village website, under “Local Traders” on the menu list. View www.sedgeberrow.com Please email advert material to: energy@sesame.me.uk We can afford to include some colour in your advert for a logo or small section. If however you wish to have full colour throughout we will need to negotiate with you on the price.
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Contact details of your key elected members. Maureen Pratt – Chairman of Sedgeberrow Parish Council Tel: 01386 881637. Email maureenpratt@btinternet.com Clerk: Jacqueline Shields. Sedgeberrowpc@hotmail.co.uk Parish Councillors: John de Paris, Darren Farmer, Richard Hunt, Alan Stow.
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Roma Kirke – District Councillor Woodpeckers, 9 Hands Orchard, Great Comberton. Liz Eyre – County Councillor 150 High Street, Broadway, WR12 7AJ Tel: 01386 854807. Mobile: 07801816755
Harriett Baldwin – Member of Parliament for West Worcestershire. The House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. Email:harriett.baldwin.mp@parliament.uk.Website: www.harriettbaldwin.com. For caseworkers and advice surgery: Call Malvern Office to make an appointment on 01684 585165
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust. S.E. Worcestershire Meetings at Wulstan Hall, Priest Lane, Pershore at 7.30 PM. Admission ÂŁ2. Tuesday 9th December 2014 - 7:30pm - 10:00pm. Venue: Wulstans Hall. A talk on Farming and Biodiversity by Caroline Corsie, Agriculture and Grasslands Officer for Worcs Wildlife Trust. Tuesday 17th February 2015 - 7:30pm - 10:00pm. Venue: Wulstans Hall. Bredon Hill Through the Year - a Nature Lover's View An illustrated talk by Roger Umpleby, a professional applied entomologist and horticulturalist. Find out more about this iconic location from a passionate plantand nature-lover who enjoys sharing his love and respect for the natural world with anyone prepared to listen. Contact: Harry Green. (Chairman) 01386 710377
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Please Note: The Stores are now a Parcel shop. Do call in to the shop and find out all about it. You will need to register and book at: myhermes.co.uk
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Home Energy Event & Green Deal Community Fund External Solid Wall Insulation Hopefully all our Green Deal Assessments have been completed by now and villagers are awaiting a detailed cost assessment of the work that they would like done, plus what percent of the costs will be available from the Green Deal Community funding. Work Commences Meanwhile some of us on Winchcombe Road had already bitten the bullet, tapping quickly enough into the earlier, short-lived national scheme to be able to successfully get the funding that they needed and then to insulate their homes. Two home owners there had been conscious for some time that the solid walls of their 1950s homes were losing heat by the bucket load as they pumped expensive energy into the house. Damp walls and growing children are also not a good combination. The property needed a new coat of paint anyhow. They talked to their neighbours, who thought it was an excellent opportunity to join forces in seeking the most competitive price from the potential contractors and to jointly upgrade their homes. Having been given assurance after their Green Deal assessment that a grant was available, it was a simple question of going through the list of approved contractors on the Government website and choosing three of them to visit and give them quotes. They wanted a contractor as local as possible and chose the one who they thought to be not only efficient and appeared to know what they were talking about, but also asked them questions about things that they wanted as potential new customers. Have they any ideas for future house improvements? They have no immediate plans but will continue to consider The Final Result affordable ways to make their property more sustainable, whilst saving them ongoing costs. Editor
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News from Sedgeberrow CE First School 01386 881391 www.sedgeberrow.worcs.sch.uk
Our Christian value for this half-term is PEACE and we did a lot of work about Remembrance in November. Following a whole school assembly on the theme each class did some lovely work which included a beautiful wreath of poppies made in Year 1, some lovely paintings of the poppy fields in Year 3 and some very thoughtful illustrations in Year 4 to go with Wilfrid Owen’s poem. Year 5 recently visited Bredon school in Tewksbury to take part in a cluster cross country race with Year 4 and 5 children from other local schools. We are very proud that one of our children came 7th out of about 70 pupils for the girls and another came 7th out of the boys! The winner of each race received a medal and a trophy, and everyone that took part in the race was also given a medal and a certificate. We held our annual ‘Sedgeberrow’s got Talent’ show again this year following a break for iSingPop in 2013. All children were welcome to audition and then many were put through to the final evening show. This year we had a real mixture of singing, dancing, playing the piano, doing karate, performing gymnastics, and many more amazing acts. The hall was packed for the final performance and all children are to be congratulated on having the courage to get up and have a go. There were collection buckets at the Talent show for ‘Children in Need’ and we have been selling wristbands to raise more money. On the actual day children came in with more donations and dressed as heroes to fit with the theme for this year. We are now looking forward to all our Christmas performances and events. Our Christmas fair takes place on Friday 5th December at 3.30pm, to which all are welcome and term ends with our annual whole school Christmas lunch kindly provided by F.O.S.S. Sedgeberrow CE First School would like to wish everyone a very happy christmas and a peaceful new year. Mrs M M Humphreys Headteacher
www.sedgeberrow.worcs.sch.uk
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Energy Quiz ,
Variety is the spice of life so what better than a energy quiz or two for a change? It’s for you the reader to come up with the answers. ne Who owns what? Pencil in your answer and check if you are right on page 21 Big Six Energy Providers
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Sedgeberrow Women’s Institute By the time that you read this Christmas will be almost upon us. Done your Christmas shopping yet? Started to write your Christmas cards? I know that we have been having a pretty busy time. At the end of October the coffee morning was at Ella's. Our speaker that month was Roger Workman from Cotteswold Dairies. He was a really excellent speaker and the history of the Dairy was very interesting. We had a 'friendly' Skittles evening at the Dumbleton Club, which was great fun, Barbara Brunsden being the overall winner !! We entered a team in the group Quiz, sadly we were not successful. The A.G.M. took place in November, and we heard then about Helen's visit to the Commonwealth Games. November 17th was our annual Christmas shopping trip, travelling to the Touchwood Centre in Solihull. November 25th, Scrabble evening at Judith's. November 28th, Book Club when we discussed the book 'Daughter' by Jane Shemilt. Now for December. December 1st. Carol Concert at Cheltenham Town Hall when Aled Jones will be the guest singer. December 9th. Members Christmas party night December 13th. We shall be decorating our tree for church. December 16th. The W.I. Dinner will beheld at Dumbleton Hall. In January our speaker will be Peter Loomes who will talk to us about Computing and being safe on line. Our coffee mornings and book club meetings will go on as usual. In the new year of 2015 we are hoping to start having a W.I. lunch each month and resuming our walks. Meanwhile, do have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !! PS.Answers to the 'Body parts quiz' will be in the next Sedgeberrow Post' Ella Hardman 01386 881088
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If you walk over the fields today... Saturday morning, and I had time for a more leisurely walk with the dogs; time to walk further, time to enjoy the beautiful countryside around our village. Well, that was the idea. I’d just walked through the first gate onto the fields, when I heard a lot of barking in the field beyond. Not one, two or three dogs barking; many more than that, more like a pack. Not really barking either, baying was a better way to describe it. A pack of baying, yelping dogs, running all over the public footpath that many of us from the village walk once, or even twice daily. I could see people on horses across the other side of the river, on the path to Wormington. People in ‘hunting pink’ (what’s the idea in calling a red jacket ‘pink’? I’ve never understood that one). So that was the end of my much-looked forward to Saturday morning walk, as I could hardly risk walking my two small terriers and a young puppy through a pack of hunting dogs. Now I realise that hunting with dogs is a controversial topic in a rural locality. My personal point of view is that the wide diversity of birds and animals that I am lucky enough to observe on my walks have as much right as we do to be here, and equally, every right not to be hunted down by people on horseback taking pleasure in watching them get torn to bits by a pack of hounds. However, I do understand that not everyone will share this opinion. But what surely is undisputable is the fact that these people, their horses and their dogs were running amok all over a public right of way. A path which many people walk, some though not all, with pet dogs, including the elderly and young children; a place where sometimes children camp, climb trees, make rope-swings across the river and play the other childhood games that we have all enjoyed. I wonder how the hunting crew obtained permission to carry out their selfish activity – and I say selfish, because certainly no-one else was able to walk along the footpath on that morning. What other group of people would assume they had this right - just imagine the outcry that would ensue if a group of young people decided to have a motor or quad bike race on this footpath! In conclusion, take care. Because it’s clear that public footpaths are not always for the general public! Chris Long
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Another hybrid vehicle . I arrives in Sedgeberrow
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Did you know the answers to the Quiz on Page 17? Here they are. Editor
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RUNNING A FLOUR MILL -THE HARD WAY. Mike Lovatt I run a water powered corn mill in the Cotswolds, producing wholemeal and sifted flour. Nothing particularly unusual about that, but the background and equipment used in the mill may well be unique. The mill is one of four that existed back in the 1300s on the Stanway estate. It was originally a fulling mill, (pounding cloth) but was converted to a corn mill on the colMill Pond lapse of the wool industry in the 1500s. It subsequently became the estate timber saw mill in the 1800s, but eventually fell into disuse in the 1950s. All the machinery with the exception of the waterwheel was ripped out and the building slumbered on until 2002 when the present owner, the Earl of Wemyss and March financed a complete rebuild as a cornmill. As there was no machinery left, an entire drive train from the waterwheel to the grind stones had to be made from cast iron using Mill Wheel Top View wooden patterns, with flour grader, elevator and sack hoist. Two pairs of abandoned French Burr mill stones were found in Yorkshire and these were rebuilt and dressed. Grain bins, a grader, staircases, window frames and a new Cotswold stone roof completed the job and after 8 years work, the mill finally began to grind corn again. Whereas Lord Wemyss’s original remit was to make the mill work for demonstration and educational purposes, you cannot run a mill without producing something, and the flour, which is made from Solstice or Gallant wheat grown by an estate tenant farmer a mile away, is sold through local farm shops and delicatessens. “Serious” bread makers buy the flour at the mill, and we also supply Drive Wheels a few local restaurants and pubs on a regular basis. Contd over
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Early on it was decided to put in a grader or sieve so we could produce 00 grade white flour as well as wholemeal. The bran or husk goes to the local horses or pigs – in exchange for the occasional parcel of pork sausages! My own involvement with the mill started about half way through the restoration. Being Viewing the sifting a mechanical engineer by trade, I have always been hopelessly addicted to watermills, and worked on a number over the years. I just turned up at Stanway one day and offered my services. After some entirely justified suspicion on the part of the two millwrights working on the mill, I gradually got given more interesting and challenging engineering and carpentry jobs . When the work was finished, I remained and subsequently became the miller, maintenance man, flour seller, guide and general dogs body. It has been a steep learning curve. I picked the brains of colleagues and friends in the milling world, relied on a mixture of instinct Mill Stones and trial and error and changed direction several times, brought about by needing to meet a raft of safety and hygiene regulations. It has been a major challenge to produce flour in an ancient building, a constant battle to keep the machinery running and clean, keep a lot of visitors and school children safe and happy, keep a constant supply of wheat, brochures, paper bags and sacks, keep a website running, organise pest control visits, alarm and fire control systems, do the accounts, organise volunteer helpers and promote the mill at local food festivals etc, etc . But, make no mistake, I enjoy every minute of it, and consider it a privilege to be able to run a machine which uses no fossil fuel and produces one of mankind’s basic foods entirely naturally. Mill Wheel Side View For more read Mike’s book: “The River Isbourne In the service of Mankind”
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Shop ‘till we drop without leaving the house
3. Always ensure that the site you are shopping at has a secure connection between you and it, especially when you are paying. You can tell if the connection is secure by look ing in the address bar in your browser (the bit where you type www), there should be a padlock like the one in the picture with the letters https:// If that is not there don’t enter any personal details or pay ment details. This secure connection reduces the risk of somebody read ing the communication between your computer and the retailer or payment site. 4. If you are redirected to a third-party site to make payment such as Pay Pal, WorldPay or Sage for example, ensure they are showing the padlock and check the address that appears looks genuine. 5. If making a payment to another per son, don’t pay direct to their bank account, use a third-party payment service like PayPal. 6. If you are really worried about credit card fraud think about getting a card which you only use for on-l ine transactions and keep a very low limit on it. Always log out of shopping and payment sites when you are done. Just closing the browser can leave your Ac count open and pos sibly usable by someone else.
Peter Loomes
Probably the most common activity on-line is shopping. Putting aside all the debates about the damage to the High Street, it is just so easy and convenient, especially at this time of year when we shop and shop. But how safe is it? With a modicum of precautions it is extremely safe, so here are some top tips to having a good shopping experience. Think before you leap. Is the shop genuine? Do you know who they are? Do they have a physical address or telephone number? Is that offer just too good? I have been caught out here, ordering something that looked like a really good deal and not doing the checks. It turned out the company was in Hong Kong, although the web site gave no indication of that. The product took ages to arrive, was inferior and I had a VAT bill. I had to put it down to experience as it would have cost even more to return it. Deal only with reputable dealers and look at their feedback. Check them out. Don’t reply to unsolicited special offers via email. The offer may be more special than you think!
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Wassail 2014
Saturday 20th December @ 6.00pm After a break last year we are back with a new programme. This year to be held in the church. (NOT IN THE HALL) The church will be decorated again with Christmas trees representing all our different village groups and some families also (it’s not too late to supply and decorate your own family tree to join the wonderful display). If you haven’t visited the display the church looks wonderful when all the trees are in (as many as twenty in the past). Do come along to the Christmas Coffee morning on Tuesday 16th and see the trees displayed More Christmas celebration family type songs with only a couple of carols (that’s for the carol service), a happy fun family sing-along. Santa will still be on hand to distribute a simple present for the children, coffee & mince pies will be available. Children are free and we ask only for a donation from adults. Start your Christmas celebrations, young or old, just a nice way to spend 45 minutes and put you in the mood. (not that the children will need it this close to Christmas day) So don’t forget In the Church Saturday 20th Dec 6.00pm for this years Christmas Wassail In Victorians time the family would gather round the piano and just enjoy being together with family & friends, so join us for a nostalgic stroll down memory lane just like we used to do. Brian Palmer
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Ollie tries to stay calm... Well, here we are again, and I’m afraid the news is still bad. My humans have really been fooled. Look at him – he’s still getting bigger. And you know who I’m talking about – that big Flynn. He’s not even sitting up properly in this picture – slouching, how lazy! You will of course notice how nice I’m sitting (that’s me on the right). I’m not really impressed with this photo either, because he’s done something to my ear. Still, at least for once I’m right in front of the big warm thing that’s suddenly appeared – my man-human says I’ve got pole position again, whatever that means. Humans! They say the funniest things! Anyway, I thought my humans were bound to see sense a few weeks ago, because Flynn was the naughtiest of all the naughty dogs in the world. The first thing he did was to steal my lady-human’s binoculars (you know, the things she puts on her face before she looks at paper things – what a waste of time when she could be chasing sticks!) Anyway, he said he couldn’t see properly with them on so he bit a hole in the corner, and my ladyhuman was very cross. But not half as cross as when he did the next bad thing – take my lady-human’s wedding ring and watch out into the garden and LOSE THEM! I thought that would be the end, and they would definitely take him back – I mean, my man-human has even started to call him ‘Burglar Bill’ – but then he acted all sorry and passed at his puppy class (pah! – he’s rubbish as well) and not only that – he won a big doggy chew for the best trick (a ‘hi-five’ – also rubbish!) Here he is, showing off with his rosette and his prize. I am really fed up – this is my page, not his – so next time it will all be about me! With licks and tail wags. (sorry - a bit of a droopy tail this time!) From Ollie.
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Veggie Sausages Vegetarian recipe for anyone struggling with ideas for a meat free Monday or fish free Friday (can be eaten any day of the week)
Ingredients: 225g/8oz breadcrumbs. 125g/5oz grated cheese, a strong cheddar works well. Pinch of salt and pepper. 1/4 tsp dry English mustard, or 1 teaspoon of ready made. 1 leek chopped finely and sautĂŠed in a little butter for two minutes. 1 heaped tablespoon of fresh, chopped parsley. 1 beaten egg for binding.
Method: Mix all ingredients, except egg, together. Add a little of the beaten egg and mix thoroughly. You need the mixture to bind together but not be too sloppy. Keep adding egg until you have the correct consistency. Shape into about 16 small sausage shapes. Chill in the fridge for 20 minutes. These can either be shallow fried in a little oil for ten minutes on each side, or for a healthier option popped under the grill. Serve with a salad and/or chutney.
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SEDGEBERROW Mobile Library Timetable
School Stop: 9.50 - 10.15am. Note: The Mobile Library will now only stop at the School The Mobile Library will be visiting the School on the 2014 dates listed below:-
15thDecember 2014. But it’s all change for 2015, as a result of the consultation process, with hopefully new timetables from the 1st January. Keep an eye on the website then, or ring the Hub for more information Enquiries about this service should be made to: EVESHAM LIBRARY, OAT STREET, EVESHAM, WR11 4PJ Tel 01905 822722, mobilelibraries@worcestershire.gov.uk
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6 Dec Dee Marie. 20th Dec Trisha Clark. 27th Dec CopperLine Quiz Nights are usually held every fortnight @ 8pm on a Sunday…. Some variations may occur though. Sun 14th Dec, Christmas Quiz Sun 28th Dec HOW WELL CAN YOU DO? CAN YOU BE OUR WINNER? ENTRY: £1 A PLAYER WE CAN SUPPLY QUIZZES FOR ALL EVENTS
Sedgeberrow British Legion Womens Section Our next meeting is a Group Meeting to be held on: WEDNESDAY 3rd December , at 7.30pm in the MAIN HALL. If any member is available to give a hand to prepare it, would be much appreciated. If anyone is available could they let me know and I can give a time that we are allowed into the Hall. If any Member would like to give a raffle prize that also would be appreciated. There will be no meeting in January. Our first meeting for the new year will be held on: WEDNESDAY 4th February at 7.30pm in the BETTERIDGE ROOM. Thank you, Sylvia 01386 881620 Poppy Appeal 2014: Many thanks to all who donated to the Poppy appeal and the fabulous amount of £1305.53 collected from the villages of Sedgeberrow, Aston Somerville and Hinton. Many thanks to all concerned for this brilliant total, from the organisers. Ann Crowther & Hazel Woodhouse
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Superfast Broadband Cometh NOW! Cones, Openreach vans, even some short –lived traffic lights were all worth it – we are now Superfast Sedgeberrow! Two friendly engineers at the top of the hill (working on what is officially known as ‘Ashton Under Hill Cabinet Number 1’) happily revealed the innards of the new cabinet. The new cabinets are known as DSLAMS and are mini exchanges. They give a superfast fibre ‘kick ‘to the old cabinet, thus creating much more bandwith on the existing copper that goes to your house. Hence the technology being known as Fibre To The Cabinet, or FTTC. The engineers were splicing cable connections from Evesham and then blowing the fibre through the ducts to the DSLAM. This process is now complete, and the DSLAM is live! What this means is that anyone connected to ‘Ashton Under Hill Cabinet 1’ will be able to enter into a new contract from their supplier to buy a much faster service. The way to check that you can access this new service is simple. Go to http://www.dslchecker.bt.com/ put your number in, and you will get a screen that looks like this below: (Superfast Broadband Cometh contd over page)
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As you can see, this shows a Sedgeberrow number capable of receiving 80mbps! A random sample of numbers throughout the village appears to indicate most villagers are linked to this cabinet, whether on Sandfield Lane, Main Street, or Winchcombe Road. This is great news but with a caveat. If you are a long way from the cabinet, you may not get the same download speeds enjoyed by those people who live near it. It appears that at the southern end of Winchcombe Road you might only get 18mbps, whereas at the top of Main Street, 80mbps is possible. The Hollows appears to be coming in at 40mbps, and the middle of Main Street around 60. If your copper cable within your home is quite old, it may also not be capable of delivering the highest speeds, so please be aware that there are some factors that might result in lower than advertised speeds. And please do remember - superfast broadband might be here: but you need to call your ISP (or try a new one) to enter a new contract. Your service doesn’t improve automatically. Overall, this is great news and a reward for all the effort put in by the people who delivered letters about superfast broadband two years ago, and for all of you for registering your interest with Superfast Worcestershire. About 50% of us said we wanted it and this helped sway the investment decision to enable our cabinet before others. So raise a glass to yourselves and, once you have that new contract, enjoy watching catch up TV without buffering, get onto Skype and talk to (and see!) friends and family all over the world for free, use all your devices simultaneously without slowing each other down, and enjoy not seeing a drop in service once the school buses have dropped off! Chris Brooks
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SEDGEBERROW PARISH COUNCIL Wychavon Parish Games In this year’s Wychavon Parish Games the Sedgeberrow Angling team, consisting of Andrew and William Beasley and Howard Kay, again won the event and retain the Angling Trophy for another year. 17 teams took part and William had the top weight of the whole fishing match. Many congratulations to the Angling Team members, and thanks to the organisers of the other events, and to the Sedgeberrow residents who took part in this year’s Games. The Presentation Evening was at the Bell Inn, Eckington on 19th November.
Village Litter Pick A village Litter Pick took place in September and was carried out by members of the Flood Group and SeSaME. The bursary of £200 has been shared between these two groups. Many thanks go to everyone who took part, and to Wychavon District Council for the loan of the equipment and for collecting the bags of rubbish.
Police Report At the last Parish Council meeting it was reported that there had recently been one crime reported in the parish and that was a theft from a car. Other Police information can be found elsewhere in ‘The Sedgeberrow Post’.
A46 Closure Please be aware that a Public Notice appeared in the Evesham Journal on 6th November stating that the Highways Agency will be carrying out resurfacing work on the A46. It will be carried out overnight between 21.00 hours and 06.00 hours for 3 weeks during the period Friday 28th November 2014 and 19th January 2015. During this time both the northbound and southbound carriageways of the A46 will be closed between Teddington Hands roundabout and the roundabout junction with Cheltenham Road, south of Evesham. Vehicles will be prohibited from entering or leaving at the junctions with these side roads: The Groaten, Ashton-under-Hill: Sandfield Lane and Cheltenham Road, Sedgeberrow junctions: School Road, Aston Somerville: Broadway Road, Hinton-on-the Green and Bevans Lane, Hinton-on-the –Green. Diversion routes via B4077, B4632 and A44 and vice versa will be signed, and local diversion routes will also be in operation. Further information can be obtained from Deborah Makinde on 0121 687 4099. Contd over
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Defibrillator The Parish Council is anxious to obtain a Defibrillator for use in the community. In order to fund this project offers of funding are required from the village organisations and residents. Please let me know if you would be willing to help fund the project, and also please let me know if you have been trained to use a Defibrillator, or would be willing to undergo training.
Christmas Greetings With the Festive Season fast approaching, on behalf of the Parish Council, I would like to wish all village residents a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Maureen Pratt – Chairman. Tel: 881637 Email: maureenpratt@btinternet.com
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Missing Plaque The plaque has gone missing off the light against the Church path. This light is dedicated to Eric Brown, whose wife is Sylvia Brown. If anyone knows of its whereabouts, please contact Sylvia or Ann Banks. 881620/881623
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About Your Team Your Safer Neighbourhood Team is working with partners to tackle issues causing most concern in your neighbourhood. Come along to your next PACT surgery to let us know what you would like us to deal with. The surgery will be held, either at the Church Coffee Morning or just outside, if there is no coffee meeting on the 4thThursday of every month at 10:00 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 11:00 All dates and times are pending operational demands.
Making neighbourhoods safer by cutting day to day crime and anti-social behaviour is at the heart of keeping people in West Mercia safe. Thanks to an investment in mobile tablet style computers, these will enable officers to spend more time on patrol on the street and in neighbourhoods. Officers will continue to come to people when they need them and provide a high quality service however you contact us - in person (on the street, at community bases and at partners and communities together [PACT] meetings), on the phone or online. Your team are: Pc 3243 Sean WOODS, PCSO 6427 Julie PARDOE, PCSO 40162 Steven TINKLER
Are your Parcels and Deliveries Secure? At this time of year many of us are ordering items off the internet or through catalogues to be delivered to our homes. Many of us may not be at home when these deliveries are made. Please make sure there is a secure area for these parcels/packages to be left, if there is no one home to receive them and give these instructions to the delivery firm. Get them delivered if possible to your work or a trusted family member or a friends address. Ask a neighbour if they will accept the package on your behalf. Please be vigilant and report any suspicious activity immediately on the local 101 number. Remember to dial 999 in an emergency.
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Update on recent activities. Our new Isbourne Catchment Group (or I.C.G.) is now officially up and running following our first very successful meeting which took place on Thursday 13 November! We had representatives attend from the length and breadth of the catchment including Cleeve Common, Winchcombe, Hinton and of course Sedgeberow , together with technical advisers from the Gloucestershire Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group and also the Countryside and Community Research Institute and the School of Natural and Social Sciences at the University of Gloucestershire. As we mentioned last time, our aim is to cover the whole catchment and look at more innovative projects to reduce the risk of flooding. Initially we will need to pull together all the historic work and research that has been done before and look at it again in light of more recent developments. We are particularly interested in obtaining old drainage plans from any of the parishes and farmland in the catchment that show us where the original systems used to run and how they worked. If you have any information you think might be useful we would love to see it, so please contact us. We continue to be vigilant back in Sedgeberrow with our own drains and especially with the leaf fall and debris at this time of year. Please remember to report any blockages or issues so we can make sure we keep the water flowing. Finally, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy 2015! Richard Hunt. Flood Warden. 01386 882079
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Village Hall Events
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