Produced by : Mick & Kim Workman, Mike Parker, Chris & Mel Wilson, Marilyn Butt, with watercolour above by Julian Crawford
A Sedgeberrow Blue Tit. Picture courtesy of Richard Hunt
June & July 2018 A SeSaME Production. No 40
Editorial
Not to be Missed
Editors
4. Sedge Warbler 5. Oil Buying Club
01386 881863 energy@sesame.me.uk
6. Church Fete
Mike Parker
7. County Matters. Liz Eyre
Mel Wilson Advertising – see page 12
8.Tourist Information &Volunteers 10.Wordsearch
Copy Deadlines 2018 August/September October/November December/January February/March
11. Know your village 12. Sedgeberrow Post Adverts 12. Over use of Plastic Packing. 14.Neighbourhood Plan
15th July 16th Sept 18th Nov 13th Jan
15. Church News 17. Parish Games
Do Support Our Advertisers
18. Views of Planet Earth 19. Pancreatic Quiz Results 20. 21 Sedgeberrow School. 22.WI Events 22.Defibrillator 24. Checking Advertising Mailings Thanks to them all. 25. Starchip Enterprise. So please do your bit. Consider what they are offering very 26. SeSaME Community Pantry seriously and when you respond make 27. Fairtrade Food Group sure that you let them know that you heard about them here, between the pages 29. Recipe of our village newsletter. 30. Parish Council Report
You will see that a good mix of people have responded to our offer of advertising space in the 2018 Sedgeberrow Post, showing us the services that they offer. Without them we could not afford to produce this newsletter, with its splash of colour and information for the village.
31. Community Hub/Shop Update 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
Climate Change is
31. Imagine 32.Villagers Surgery Details 33. Broadway Exhibition 34. Worcs Wildlife Trust 36. V Hall Dates 2 Real and Urgent
A Plea from Mike Thank you for your news, stories and events. The Sedgeberrow Post would never stay firmly in the ground without them.
Please look at these copy deadlines for 2018 : Now!
15th July. 16th Sept. 18th November. 13th January
Put them in your diary. Don’t wait, do it now! Then make a note for a few days before. Remind yourself to drop Mike an email telling him that you have the job in hand, whether big or small, and are planning to send your copy as early as possible. That way the really unavoidably late entries are so much easier to find a slot for. Those deadlines give us just 18 hours to the first proof print. and I’m asleep for 7 of them. Please heed my plea by keeping me informed. Editor Mike
Submitting Material For Publication Your Village Needs You
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194 Countries signed
3 the Paris Climate Accord
The Sedge Warbler
A blot on the landscape
It seems that having roads straddling our countryside can always be considered a good idea. I can remember my own delight at trying out the
Sedge Warbler pic. copyright of P&H Harris. www.kenyabirds.org.uk.
first full length motorway at Preston in 1959, the week it opened. Though I was also bored at the top speed of my old Austin. Travel over Hill and Dale will have begun with walking, then riding our horses as distances travelled became greater. It became more serious as we began steaming through the hills on iron tracks. We lost wonder then at the straightness of the Roman’s roads. It wasn’t long before the mass produced personal vehicle, beloved of the independent traveller, added its wider tracks to the Hill, Dale and Tree bashing that it’s wide tarmac required. It did seem at the time, with the flexibility it gave the traveller, all this work was considered by most of us to be worth its environmental impact. We might have thought differently at the start, had we been told what was coming - a coverage now of about 246 thousand miles of the countryside. With my fond teenage memories, enjoying an unspoiled meadow called paradise in Lancashire to fish from, I would certainly have wished restraint had I known. I would scramble the meadow’s slopes enjoying the lyrical calls of the then ubiquitous curlew - wondering at the screams from large lapwing flocks, their exuberantly whirling and rolling wings flashing white above my head. Almost gone now! You would think the idea to upgrade the previous failed bypass, now a gridlocked “slow pass” at peak times, would raise more concern on environmental grounds. The plans for a new fast twin lane highway between the junction 9 of the M5 motorway and north of Evesham can’t avoid blotting out more swathes of fertile countryside. We shouldn’t need a crystal ball to see that a policy of expanded road building, to accommodate bigger long distance lorries and individual car drivers, is not the ideal path to take as the planet’s warmth continues to rise. Don’t take my word for it. Look about you.
Sedge Warbler Well Established
4 The Ice is Melting
Last Six Months Competitive Tenders Order Deadline Nov 25th Jan 7th Feb 4th Mar 4th April 1st May 6th
No of Orders 46 51 57 68 33 30
Total of Oil Orders 31,650 litres 35,650 litres 37,450 litres 46,650 litres 24.550 litres 21,400 litres
Price per litre + Vat 43.70ppl 46.49ppl 45.50ppl 54.95ppl 50.20ppl 47.50ppl
Saving per Litre 4.18pence 5.05 pence 7.48 pence 2.32 pence 4.25 pence 2.53 pence
Total Club Saving £1,321 £1,801 £2,800 £1,080 £1,043 £541.42
Club membership now covers the Villages of Sedgeberrow, Ashton under Hill, Beckford, Hinton, Dumbleton, Aston Somerville, Wormington, Childswickham, Conderton, Kemerton, Overbury, and Elmley Castle, with Membership now 259. The more members we have, the more competitive our buying power with greater savings (£11,857 last year). So Do Join.
Please Note: The cut off dates are usually the first Sunday of the Month. Next order deadline dates (by 23.00 hrs) Sunday 3rd June. Sunday 1st July. Sunday 5th August. Sunday 2nd September
These are the cut-off dates by which you need to order and delivery will normally follow by, or after, the next week-end, once the best value provider has been identified (500 litres is 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. Membership now 259. No Computer? There is a way. Please ring Mike at 01386 881863
Phone 01386 881863. Email: energy@sesame.me.uk Well Established FACT
Mobile: 07949200207. Website: www.sesame.me.uk 5 The Earth is Warming
Well Established FACT
6 The Sea Level is rising
County Matters Sedgeberrow– A report from Cllr Liz Eyre Well residents, as a resident myself I am now successfully signed up for West Mercia Police's Community Messaging Service (CMS) - for the area in which I live. It was not hard. I accessed West Mercia's Website. I clicked on Jobs and Opportunities - that was a bit odd but I expect access to messages about crimes in my area is an opportunity! This led me to a simple process to sign up to CMS. I chose community messages, not rural, as a start - I am not sure I need to see all messages about rural issues in the whole of West Mercia. Do give it a go. I am also chasing the Area commander about your CSO and beat officer to get more presence at Parish Council meetings etc. Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (HWFRS) supported by West Mercia Police are reminding drivers to be mindful of where they park on narrow roads, as it could prevent fire engines and other emergency vehicles from accessing an emergency. HWFRS also distributed leaflets, candidly branded 'No Way Thru' to warn members of the public about the stark realities of inconsiderate parking, and provide some parking tips to enable emergency service vehicles access. When parking please: 1) Park close to the kerb. 2) Fold in wing mirrors. 3) In narrow streets only park on one side of the road (where possible). 4) Obey the Highway Code and road markings such as yellow lines and box junctions. 5) Do NOT park too close to corners or traffic calming measures. No way through means no help for you! Assistant Chief Fire Officer John Hodges said: "We are urging people to think before they park, emergency vehicles need more space than an average car. Inconsiderate parking can obstruct emergency vehicles and cause delays." "If you would struggle to fit a car or van through parked cars it is very unlikely a fire engine and other service vehicles will. Liz Eyre. County Councillor Climate Change is
7 Real and Urgent
Broadway Tourist Information Centre Seeks Volunteers The sun is out, and with the sun come the visitors, keeping us busy in the TIC. At the beginning of this year we were fortunate to have a number of fantastic new people coming to work in the TIC, and they are now fully trained and doing regular shifts. Unfortunately, as we gained new volunteers, we also lost a few others, so we are on the hunt again. So, if there is anyone out there who would like to come along and volunteer in the TIC, we would love to hear from you. Most of us do one half-day shift of 3½ hours a week. Visitors’ needs are very varied, but the work is interesting, occasionally challenging, and fun. If you think you would like to join our friendly team, please contact us. One of us will train you up and be by your side till you’re ready to fly solo. You don’t need to know everything about Broadway – if you’re new to the area it’s a chance for you to learn more about it. If you are able to use a computer that is helpful, but it’s not essential. A friendly smile and an interest in people are probably more important. You can contact us at the TIC – come in and see us or call 01386 852937, or call Sue Blofield on 01386 584366.
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Bejing City in China is
8 choked with Industrial Pollution
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. Get Drastic on Plastic Cotton on NOW See Page 29
MORT’S BARBER SHOP
Winchcombe Barber Shop. 9 North Street, Winchcombe, Glos.
Opening Hours Monday to Friday. 9am to 1pm. Saturday. 9 am to 4 pm. Picture by Justin Hofman
Ancient Canadian, Arboreal
9 Forests have been cleared away
Contact Details of your Key Elected Members. Chris Devereaux-Little – Tel: 01386 882217. Chair of Sedgeberrow Parish Council. Email: cdevereauxlittle@btinternet.com Clerk: Donna Bowles. Sedgeberrowpc@hotmail.co.uk Parish Councillors: Richard Hunt, Emma Kearsey, Sue Morris, Maureen Pratt, Andy Thomas. George Mackison - District Councillor for Elmley Castle & Somerville Ward and Sedgeberrow Parish Council area. Tel: 01386 710351. Email: Georgegmconsulting@tesco.net 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
Cats Wordsearch
Word-search idea courtesy of Lindsey, Villager & Post Advertiser. (see page 11)
Sea Levels are Regularly 10 flooding the Streets of Miami
SEDGEBERROW Mobile Library Timetable .
The Mobile Library will be stopping at the School on the third Monday of every month 10.30 - 10.45am, on these dates:Monday 18th June2018 & Monday 16th July 2018. Enquiries about this service should be made to: EVESHAM LIBRARY, OAT STREET, EVESHAM, WR11 4PJ Tel 01905 822722, mobilelibraries@worcestershire.gov.uk
How well do you know your village? Picture courtesy of Mike Parker See page 19 for the answer.
Abbey Cleaning Services Traditional Window Cleaners Family Run Business Established 1993 Domestic and Commercial
01386 830 035.
Beauty by lindsey Sedgeberrow 01386 881 841
Lindsey is a fully qualified vtct beauty therapist and has worked in the beauty industry since 2003. The salon is peaceful, relaxing, private and professional.
01386 881 841 or 07801 629756 Treatments Include:
Waxing, manicures, pedicures, Gel varnish, facials, nonsurgical face lifts, Organic Facials, electrolysis, tinting, massage Inc deep tissue & Indian head Caci, Jessica, Geleration, SpaRitual, Guinot, Anne Borlind Gift Vouchers, Pamper Parties www.beautybylindsey.co.uk
Rain Forests in Indonesia 11 have been Incinerated
Supply chain “hangs us out to dry!”
Grrr! It’s a very odd world. You order paper straws online after the trauma of watching the Blue Planet and wotcha get? A plastic postal bag, then an inflated plastic bubble wrapped tube, containing a plastic bag holding 4 further bags of straws, themselves individually wrapped in plastic ! Will we ever get our Planet back? Carolyn Savery The Pershore Rural Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT)
are available to contact via email at pershorerural.snt@westmercia.pnn.police.uk (Please do not report crimes via email) Telephone via the local police number 101or follow us on Twitter @PershoreCops Pc 2886 Paul ACASTER PCSO 6427 Julie PARDOE PCSO 40162 Steven TINKLER
Sedgeberrow Post Advertisements To discuss your needs, format your advert, ring 01386 881863 (Speak to Mike)
Single Issue
For 2018 - 5 Issues
1/4 page ……£7.50 1/2 page… £15.00 Full page…..£30.00
1/4 page ….. £25.00 1/2 page…… £50.00 Full page…. £60.00
All adverts that are booked 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.
Ancient Greenland Glaciers 12 are Rapidly Disappearing
Dunn and Dusted Contract Cleaners Professional carpet cleaning using hot water extraction. Your carpets can look as good as new with our latest state of the art equipment. We carry out a survey of your carpet to determine fibre content and construction to ensure the correct chemicals are used to achieve optimum results. Fully insured. Landline: 01386 882902 Kim mobile: 07974 191 648 Mike mobile: 07854 872 343 Farmers crops in India 13 totally Washed Away
We need a Community Neighbourhood Plan ASAP (49 & 65 say so!) Do you believe that there are much more suitable sites for house building in Sedgeberrow than the 20 Houses off 49 Main Street that were deemed as suitable under existing planning constraints? Do you believe that the sustainability levels and energy systems that will be installed there are likely to be below what both old and new residents should reasonably expect, given flooding risks and future global warming predictions. Are you looking aghast at the changes to 65 Main Street that have been allowed under current planning laws, ignoring objection by the Parish Council? Changes that as a resident you KNOW will cause chaos to an already very fraught traffic situation in that area. Changes that are likely to lead to the local Bus Service no longer travelling down Main St. Would you like to increase the influence that residents can have regarding future planning decisions? If so contribute your enthusiasm and knowledge. Become a member of the newly formed Village Neighbourhood Plan Group. Without it our hands will be tied on many decisions about the village. Its success is vital Chris Devereaux-Little. Contact Details. See Page 10
Chimney Pots Chimney Services
Chris Hurley
-Woodburners and Liners fitted -Bird Guards and Pots fitted -Pointing and Repairs -Gutters cleaned -Broken roof tiles replaced 01386 841808 07969 423020 cjhurley@wseg.wanadoo.co.uk Ancient Arctic Glaciers 14 are Rapidly Disappearing
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 June & July 2018 June 3rd 9am Holy Communion June 10th 11am All Age Family Service June 17th 10am Benefice Confirmation at Bengeworth June 24th 11am All Age Family Service
July 1st July 8th
9am Holy Communion 11am All Age Family Service July 15th 9am Holy Communion July 22nd 11am All Age Family Service July 29th 10am United Benefice Service. Church TBA
Church News Our March coffee morning made £201 the April coffee morning made £204 both for Church Funds The next coffee mornings are June 28th and July 26th The Fete this year is on Saturday July 14th to be held in Church at 2pm From the Registers; Funeral Sedgeberrow April 16th Pauline Mills
Piglet sidled up to “Yes Piglet”
A.A.Milne
Pooh from behind “Nothing” said Piglet
“Pooh” he whispered Taking Pooh’s paw
“I just wanted to be sure of you” Climate Change is 15 Real and Urgent
ARC
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Building Surveys and Asset Reports.
Planning Application Drawings and Documentation.
Detailed Construction Drawing Preparation.
Budget Cost Pricing Documentation.
(Including Listed Buildings)
Tel:- 01386 882217 Mobile:- 07976 568037 Email:- cdevereauxlittle@btinternet.com Web:- www.arccps.org
Climate Change is 16 Real and Urgent
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Parish Games 40 Year The Wychavon Games combine a series of inter-parish competitions, wherein individual parishes compete against one another. Our aim is to get as many people as possible involved in these sociable sports and games; ability, age and gender are irrelevant. Its all about having fun with your fellow villagers: (but also making sure we beat Ashton) Competition Action Date Angling 22nd September Bell Boating 23rd June
Bell Boating
th
Bowls 16 September Crib TBC Cross Country 16th July Darts (mens & TBC ladies) Dominoes TBC
Skittles
Five-a-side 1st July Football Petanque 22nd July Pool TBC Rounders 8th July Skittles TBC Table Tennis
Rounders
7th October Cross Country
To get involved contact either: Rick Hartwell - 07837 893279 - hartwell.rick@yahoo.co.uk Sue Morris - 01386 882423 - jimnsuemorris@hotmail.co.uk Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter 17 says “Care for our common home”
Some Views of
Planet
Earth
Controlling Your Energy Who controls your energy? Energy is something that influences our lives in lots of areas we often don’t think about, nor feel the need to control. Then we receive a larger than usual fuel bill, because of some obscure incident in a country that we know little about, which means that fuel costs have temporarily soared. Only then does it get to us and become an issue. We can do a lot. We can use less by insulating our houses and keeping inside temperature levels at a reasonable level. What we so far haven’t been able to do is to generate and control our own electricity locally. That time is coming. This is partly because of the increasingly urgent drive to develop renewable energy as a means of reducing our carbon footprint, but also because of the long term financial benefits that can come to local communities who harvest and distribute renewable energy. We may doubt the ability of renewable energy to match and overtake other sources but the evidence says otherwise. Government figures show us that renewable energy, as a percentage of all energy generated, rose from 22% in 2016 to 30.2% in 2017. The 30.2% is balanced against Gas 39.4%, Nuclear 18.2%, Coal 9.2%, Oil and Other 3.1%. Consequently we will be seeing an expansion of local energy networks. Like in Bristol where their Energy Co-operative now has 500 member investors who have helped raise £11 million since 2011, with re-investment back into the community of more than £200,000 so far. Battery improvement is expanding. Battery storage, enabling energy customers to draw energy down as needed will enable a flexible response as to when and how renewable energy is used. A key to all this will be the new smart technology, allowing smooth transfers between electricity producers and the National Grid. To quote Dale Vince, founder of green electricity firm Ecotricity “Our relationship with the grid will become quite different, from being utterly dependent on the grid for power, people may become a bit more interdependent, giving or taking.” Watch this space. Editor
A Massive Change of 18
action is due NOW
Fun Quiz Night for Pancreatic Cancer Research Friday 23rd March 2018 What another brilliant and amazing quiz evening. It was very humbling to see so many people joining us for a fantastic fun night to raise money for Pancreatic Cancer Research. Not sure we could have squashed in any more tables!! We cannot thank everyone enough for their help before, during and after the quiz; also for the generous donations and raffle prizes. Grateful thanks to Judy, Jill, Joyce, Sue WC, Elaine plus Richard Hunt for their wonderful help. We couldn’t do it without our amazing helpers. A special BIG BIG thank you to Brian and Wendy Palmer for setting up and doing the quiz – they had some brilliant questions and kept us entertained! They worked so hard to ensure we all had a thoroughly good night out. Congratulations to the winning team – (names in no particular order!!) Emma, Dave, Annette, Anna and Anneka.
The total for the evening (with donations) was an incredible £665 for Pancreatic Cancer Research. General consensus was the whole evening had that feel good factor and was a proper social event. We are overwhelmed by everyone’s generosity. A heartfelt big thank you for your support. We hope to organise another fun quiz next year. Sue, Andrew and William Beasley
Here it is! The answer to the page 11 question <====== Photo courtesy of Mike Parker
It is up to 19 All of Us
SEDGEBERROW C.E. FIRST SCHOOL â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reach for the starsâ&#x20AC;? The Summer term is in full swing with lots of trips taking place. Y5 have enjoyed two beautifully sunny days bell boating on the River Avon getting ready for the Regatta which takes place in Pershore in June. They have also been on a three-day residential visit to Condover Hall in Shropshire where they enjoyed a variety of activities including climbing walls and a camp fire. Y4 have also been on a residential trip to Malvern Outdoor Elements taking part in lots of adventure activities. Reception class went on a day trip to the Cotswold Farm Park in Guiting Power where they met Strawberry the cow and learnt about where our milk comes from and also had the opportunity to hold a chick. Y1 are looking forward to a visit to West Midlands Safari Park in the near future. Y3 will be kayaking and raft building at Aztec Watersports in Lower Moor in June. At school we have had a bird box camera installed in our recently updated pond and nature area which links to our school I.T. network so that we have a live feed to every classroom. Everyone is keeping their fingers crossed that we have some activity to watch soon. This is a photo of our recently installed School Values Board, made by all the children in school, with the help of local artist, Heather Kelleher. It has brightened up the school so much and is a lovely display.
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Climate Change is 20 Real and Urgent
Reverend Binney spoke to our Y5 children after worship assembly about Confirmation and there is a school club running over the next month or so culminating in the Service at St Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church in June. Thank you to Charlie Binney with all her help running the sessions which the children enjoy immensely. Also in June is the annual school show which takes place at Pershore Number 8 and includes all the children in years 3,4 and 5. This year it is called POW! and is a fun-filled superhero epic adventure. Rehearsals are ramping up and we are all looking forward to what promises to be another Sedgeberrow School triumph. Danielle Eames School Business Manager
Main Street, Sedgeberrow, Evesham, Worcestershire, WR11 7UF Headteacher: Philip Croke. Telephone: 01386 881391 Fax: 01386 882602 Email: office@sedgeberrow.worcs.sch.uk www.sedgeberrow.worcs.sch.uk
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Mon to Sat. 8-5 Wed. Closed at
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To place your orders Call us on: 01242 620201 Or visit us in the Store. 10 Blacksmith Road, Alderton GL20 8NW Should you be 21 consuming differently?
Sedgeberrow Women’s Institute Welcome to summer. Which summer I hear you ask. Still I expect all the gardens enjoyed the rain. I can’t believe that we are already in May and I am preparing the programme for 2019. We have had some good speakers this year so far and we specially enjoyed the talk we had about Riding for the Disabled. We are hoping to visit their stables in the not too distant future. In May, Mr. Haines will have told us about his work as a First Responder. The competition at this meeting will be -A Derby Day Hat. We had our coffee morning at Ella’s ( 19 members present). Several of our members went to Dumbleton where we had a fun evening playing skittles. I ‘excelled’ myself again by winning the Wooden Spoon !! Details of walks will be in the News Letter, please look in there. Some members went to Gold Cup Day at Cheltenham and others to a later meeting when it was very hot. We are now looking forward to the Racing Club Lunch in June. Our next coffee morning will be held at Hampton Farm Shop on Monday May 21st. The Book Club will meet at Chris’s. On June 13th there will be the Hampton Ferry Walk. June 19th the Garden Party will be held at Ella’s at 6-30 p.m. If wet it will be in the Betteridge Room. In July, our talk will be on ‘ Remembering the 60s.” we hope to make this an open meeting. The competition will be ‘A Holiday Postcard. We were happy to welcome some new members and we hope that you will enjoy being with us. Everyone is welcome. We look forward to seeing you at future meetings. Ella Hardman 01386 881088
PLEASE NOTE:
A defibrillator is located just outside the Betteridge room at the Village Hall. It’s in the Yellow Box Climate Change is 22 Real and Urgent
Having Tech Trouble? Got a problem with your phone, tablet, or laptop? Solve it at the Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Head. Learn something new. All free and a chance for people to learn about getting the most out of their technology and share tips and hints. Come along to enjoy a warm and friendly environment, with a drink and a friendly chat. For more info contact Anna on 01386 881744
Bring Your Device for Friendly Advice Wednesday Evenings. Queen's Head. From 7:30pm Are you buying 23 Sustainably ?
Evesham Adventure Playground Association A call for Volunteers We rely on our volunteers to keep our programmes running. We are looking for individuals who could help with the following: -a master composter, or someone who would like to get involved with our compost heap - bike mechanic to help with our peddler project - helpers in our community pantry -driving and collecting produce from local suppliers-sorting and helping in the pantry - help with our out of school group - collecting children and providing a range of activities. All volunteers will have access to training and will have to have a DBS check great for anyone wanting to boost their CV or have some spare time and want to give back to their community. Times to fit around your timetable. You can contact the Playground on 01386 442154
Boiler Installations Boiler/ Fire Servicing General Plumbing LPG/ Natural Gas
Landlord Safety Inspections Bathroom Installations Breakdown Repairs FREE Quotations
At INCA we pride ourselves on offering a friendly, honest and reliable service with customer satisfaction for over 10 years. Call:07970680879 E-mail: info@incaplumbingandheating.co.uk Climate Change is 24 Real and Urgent
Siobhan and Ian.
The Queen’s Head 1 Main St Sedgeberrow,WR11 7UE. Tel: 01386 881135
Opening hours June to July 2018 Monday - to Friday - 6pm until finish. Saturday - 5.30pm until finish. Sunday - 6pm until finish. New Weekly Menu available Wednesday - Saturday 6pm - 8pm. Friday - Steak Night - 2 Steaks (Rump or Ribeye) & a free bottle of wine for £30. Monthly Meat Hamper Raffle, £1 a ticket.
Next ones to take place: Fridays 29th June & 27th July Win a joint of Meat, Veg, Stuffing, gravy. All proceeds to go to a local charity.
Entertainment. 30th June. Cheshire Brooks. 14th July. Louise. Stitch & Craft Group - Wednesday Evenings. 29th July. Pool Competition. New Pool Table (Possible Teams Wednesday Evenings). Not all games at home. Please like us on our Facebook Page to follow. If coming from afar - Find us on Google maps.
Use it or you have had your chips folks! Starchip Skipper has reported to the Editor that, after a really splendid start, support for the takeaway has dropped a lot. More so than after arrival in other villages. Usage is still low and the Skipper has said, “If it doesn’t pick up we will have to move to once a month, or worse. He said that other villages are asking for more visits, so we need to use them regularly or they could be off on another orbit. Editor Starchip Enterprise Has Landed Thanks to Villagers enthusiastic support we now have the ultimate mobile fish & chip van, the Starchip Enterprise, visiting the village every Wednesday, parking up just opposite Pear Tree Close. 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm Are you investing 25 in Renewables?
Sedgeberrow Sustainable & Manageable Energy SeSaME Community Pantry. On the basis that 30-50% of food produced globally for human consumption is wasted, meaning that 7.3 million tonnes of food is wasted every year in the UK, the Evesham Adventure Playground has set up a Community pantry, open Monday to Friday 12noon until 2pm. They collect discarded, yet perfectly edible, food from supermarkets that would otherwise be dumped and offer it to anyone in the community who can use it. A donation is requested, though not obligatory, to cover their transport costs. Volunteers also cook and freeze food for midday meals during holiday play schemes. With their help SeSaME is offering a similar service on Main St, at the Hovis House, during school term time, between 3pm and 4pm on Thursdays. There is the opportunity for a village community cook-in, using food from the pantry, preserving it for use in the Mike Parker. Chairman. SeSaME
ELECTRIC
Volunteers Wanted to Craft a Cook-in Climate Change is 26 Real and Urgent
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Our editorial team attaches great importance to our advertisers, as they make it possible to do what we do. It’s always a great bonus for us all when we receive unsolicited praise of an advertiser from a villager. Jenny Wood has written in of INCA, advertising plumbing and heating work on page 24: “Thank you to INCA for recently solving a difficult boiler problem by fixing it and working to avoid us having to buy a new boiler—a job well done she says. Thank You.” Editor
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Recipe: Battered Halloumi Method 1. Heat the oil in a large pan, or deep fat fryer if you have one. 2. Whisk together the flour, milk, water and baking powder and season with salt and pepper. 3. Check the oil is hot enough by dropping in a bit of the batter. If it floats and sizzles, the oil is hot enough. 4. Dredge the halloumi in the batter and fry for 5-10 mins, until golden, turning over a few times.
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SEDGEBERROW PARISH COUNCIL The Annual General Meeting followed by an Ordinary Meeting of the Parish Council took place on 8 May in the Betteridge Room. The Chairman (Chris Devereux- Little) and Vice Chairman (Richard Hunt) were both re-elected unopposed. Emma Kearsey attended her first meeting as a Councillor and John De Paris stood down after many years of hard work for the Parish. There will now be a vacancy notice published for a new Councillor. County Councillor Liz Eyre attended but our Wychavon Councillor did not. The PC accounts have been audited by Mr Goddard. As part of the PC Open Forum 3 village residents attended, 2 of whom brought up the continuing problem of speeding through Winchcombe Rd, the lack of attention to parking and the increasing number of HGVs rocketing through the village. The Chairman reported that White Gates have now been installed at the 3 entrances to the village in an effort to slow the traffic. Cllr Thomas reported on a recent survey conducted by parishioners of traffic numbers at the end of April which has indicated increased use by drivers of the B4078 as a rat run. An approach will also be made to local farmers about speeding farm vehicles. The PC is implementing some HGV strategies with CC Liz Eyre which include having signage amended at Toddington Black Barns crossroads to remove reference to Evesham, making visits to hauliers at Toddington Industrial estate and re-instating the electronic speed signs. The clerk, Mrs Bowles, updated the PC on the Data Protection changes necessary before the GDPR becomes law on 25 May and a way forward was agreed. On Planning - the Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s objection to the development of 65 Main St (removal of a bungalow replacing it with 2 x 4 bedroom houses) has been ignored by Wychavon Planners despite it meeting all of the criteria for a strong objection. The PC is writing to express our disappointment and to seek clarification for why this gross overdevelopment has been approved. The Parochial Church Council has encountered opposition from Archeological officers at Wychavon regarding their intentions to develop the Vestry into a Community room. The Parish Council had written to Wychavon in support of the Church project and is trying and assist the PCC in any way it can. On the Community Hub - the Steering Group are seeking planning permission for a temporary building on Glebe Meadow. See separate notice in Post. Cllr Morris reported that planning for Sedgeberrowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teams in the Wychavon Parish Games is going well - lots of responses. See separate notice. Cllr Thomas suggested that Sedgeberrow might consider entering Britain in Bloom and agreed to investigate further.
Chris Devereaux-Little. (Chair)
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SEDGEBERROW COMMUNITY HUB/SHOP UPDATE May 2018 The Sedgeberrow Community Hub Steering Group (SCHSG) met on May 1st 2018 to review the planning application details for siting a Temporary Community Hub on Glebe Meadow. These details have now been updated and hopefully, by the time you read this article, will have been forwarded to the Local Authority for Approval. The Steering Group plan to have met once again in May to set a date, time and location, for an open meeting of Sedgeberrow Residents early on June. Unfortunately, this information will not be available in time for this publication of the Sedgeberrow Post. Please look at the Notice Boards for an update. The SCHSG are looking to sign up as many new members as possible and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future, please let us know if you wish to join. The more members we have the greater the opportunities for third party donations and grant funding for the scheme. I would ask if you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t completed the survey and are interested in supporting this Community Enterprise please do so by following the survey details below or by contacting either Christine or I. Best regards Chris Devereaux-Little Tel: 01386 882217 Email: cdevereauxlittle@btinternet.com Christine Beaver Email: christinebeaver123@hotmail.com Please join our group on Facebook: search there for Sedgeberrow Community Hub
Have you completed the survey at: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SedgeberrowShop17 If not, please do so.
The repair cafĂŠ has re-opened at the Methodist Church, by the bridge, in Evesham. 10am - 2pm Next dates are 9th June & 14th July Renewables can 31 save us money
SEDGEBERROW PARISH COUNCIL – VILLAGERS SURGERY WHEN: - Wednesday June 20th 2018 between 19:30 and 20:30hrs. WHERE: -The Betteridge Room. At every Parish Council Meeting there’s a period of 15 minutes set aside as an Open Forum allowing village residents to only raise questions on that evenings Agenda and/or to ask for the consideration of issues to be put on the Agenda at the next council meeting. The time is necessarily restricted to allow councillors to carry out the business set out in the previously publicly displayed Agenda. Due to the limited time allowed councillors agreed last year to the introduction of a separate Villagers Surgery providing residents with the opportunity to express their views, concerns and opinions surrounding village issues in a more relaxed and informal way. At the next Surgery it is hoped there will be new topics raised and the opportunity of open discussion regarding the update of the following: Updated Highways issues, including A46 Current Status of the Proposed Community Hub/Shop/Café etc. Setting up a Working Group for the Development of a Neighbourhood Plan for Sedgeberrow (Planning Development) Sedgeberrow 2009 Vision for the future – Reviewing the existing Parish Plan These Surgeries are not formal Parish Council Meeting, though Parish Councillors may well be in attendance. If you plan to attend it would be helpful if you could please let me know of other topics you may wish to discuss as soon as possible. Best regards My contact details are: Chris Devereaux-Little. Tel: 01386 882217 Sedgeberrow Parish Council (Chair) Email: cdevereauxlittle@btinternet.com
A Lost Watch Dear Editor. I found a wrist watch at the end of March (31/3/18) in the fields to the NE of the village when walking my dog and handed it in to Evesham police station. I won’t give particulars of the item as the person missing it will be able to describe it. Hopefully it can be reunited with its owner. Kind regards, Mary Slater. The Great Barrier Reef 32 is Dying Now
Broadway Museum and Art Gallery hosts new exhibition: Art of The Great War 1914 – 1918 Thurs 7 June – Weds 12 September 2018 In partnership with the 2018 Broadway Arts Festival, the Broadway Museum and Art Gallery at 65 High Street, Broadway, WR12 7DP is delighted to be hosting the major Festival Exhibition, Art of The Great War 1914-1918, to honour the Centenary of the Armistice of November 11th 1918. The works on show will comprise original art and prints of the period, all from the John Noott Collection, in an attempt to portray the horror – and some of the humour – of a conflict that devastated the lives of millions of people. John Noott was born in 1932, and amongst his earliest memories is talk of the Great War – his father Stanley spent four years in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and young John was fascinated when his father attended Remembrance services, bowler hat and service medals on display. The second war followed, from 1939 to 1945, and at age seven John was well aware of the danger the country was in, and his memories of that period are still clear. For the last fifty years, John has been a successful art dealer, and when, during that time, artwork depicting either war has come his way he has put it to one side, enabling exhibitions of this type to be mounted. He sees them as an opportunity educate, to explain something of the history of the Twentieth Century. Broadway Museum and Art Gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am until 5 pm (last entry 4.30 pm). Please see the website for details at www.broadwaymuseum.org.uk.
Police Surgery Reminder
This will take place on the Fourth Thursday of the month 10:30 to 11.30 Sedgeberrow Church Coffee Morning or not, and work permitting.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust. S.E. Worcestershire Meetings at Wulstan Hall, Priest Lane, Pershore at 7.30 PM. Admission ÂŁ2. Now Thursday evenings, NOT Tuesdays. Big Wild Weekend at Hindlip
Sat, 16/06/2018 - 10:00am - 4:00pm Visit Lower Smite Farm to take part in our action-packed, nature-filled open day. Meet the staff, tour our grounds and take advantage of our mini discovery courses, talks and walks with our resident experts. Get stuck in to a range of activities. There'll be something for everyone and great fun for all ages from 1-101!
Watch out Wednesdays: Wild in the Woods Survival at Hindlip
Wed, 18/07/2018 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm Join us for fun in the woods. Go wild with den building, fire lighting and a campfire sing-song! Activities are designed for children aged 5-12. Under 8â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s must be accompanied by an adult. No need to book unless stated otherwise. Venues location. Lower Smite Farm, Hindlip. Worcestershire, WR3 8SZ Tel: 01905 754919. Email: enquiries@worcestershirewildlifetrust.org
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Thu, 25/10/2018 - 7:30pm - 10:00pm Venues location. Speed along to the SE Worcs meeting at Wulstan Hall. First Wulstan Hall Winter Talk An illustrated talk by Rosemary Winnall. Rosemary is very well known for her talks on the Wyre Forest. She has many other natural history interests and is a very good photographer. Will be an evening to remember! Please note: this has previously been advertised as 11th October but will be taking place on 25th October. This is the rescheduled from last 194 Countries signed 34 the Paris Climate Accord
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What’s on in July 2018 4 Parish council 7.15pm (BR) 7th Foss summer Fayre 17th WI Open Meeting 7.30pm (MH) th
20th Villager’s surgery Parish Council 7.30 pm (BR)
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