All About West of the Hills June/July 2018

June/July 2018 Issue 77

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Contents

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Some amazing community-inspired events are happening over the next two months. From Cradley’s Village Fete to The Colwall Ale House festival and West Fest in West Malvern, there are dedicated teams of volunteers working very hard to make it all happen. Well done to them!

In Ledbury we have the annual Community Day in June and The Great Ledbury Celebration at the start of July, when the Poetry Festival comes to an end.

In between all of that are many smaller, but no less popular events and activities.

Take a look at our What’s On and Noticeboard pages for some inspiration.

Enjoy Local 6 Community News 8&9 Competition Royal 3 Counties Show 11 The Doggies Doodahs 12 Ledbury Community Day 14 Local Events 18 Colwall Ale House Festival 20-21 Legal Advice 23 Local Focus 24 Recipe: Fruit Scones 30 Green Fingers 32 Well Being: Wild Things 34 Classes & Courses 35 Our Lizzy Recipe: Summer Tarts 36 Local Groups 38 - 40 Financial Advice 43 Notice Board 44 - 46 Newbridge Farm Park 47 A Ledbury Celebration 48 What’s On 50, 51 & 53 Theatre News 54 Competition Theatres 54 www.facebook.com/allaboutmalvernhills @allaboutmalvern Instagram: allaboutlocalmagazines www.allaboutmalvernhills.com

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Have a great summer!

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Enjoy Local 1. the blooming great tea party The Blooming Great Tea Party offers an afternoon of family entertainment on Sunday 24th June. Its taking place from 2pm until 5pm in the grounds of The Vine at Tarrington, which is between Ledbury and Hereford.

Entry is £5 which includes tea and a slice of cake, there will also be stalls to browse, a treasure hunt, an archery competition and music.

The afternoon is raising money for Marie Curie which offers care and support through terminal illness.

There are a number of exhibitions running throughout the year from March to October, including painting, sculpture, furniture, photography, ceramics, glass, textile and encaustic work.

Entry is free and the exhibition can be visited between 10.30am and 4.30pm from Wednesday to Sunday.

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things to enjoy local During June & July

The summer exhibition of Ledbury Art Society takes place this June.

Celebrating fifty years of the group, it opens at Weavers Gallery on Church Lane on Monday 4th June from 2pm until 4.30pm. It continues through the week (10am until 4.30pm) until Sunday 10th, when its open from 10am until 2pm.

Entry is free and you can read more at ledburyartsociety. blogspot.co.uk

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4. hellens garden festival The festival is set in the beautiful grounds of Hellens Manor. Taking place on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th June, visitors can spend the day exploring and enjoying the 100 exhibitors, talks and walks, interactive demonstrators and creative family activities including making a land artwork. Visitors can also meander through a meadow sculpture trail, and sample delicious food and drink whilst relaxing to music. Now in its 12th year, the event raises awareness of sustainable and environmental issues and practices. It also raises funds for local charities, St Michael’s Hospice and the Back to the Wild project for young people. hellensmanor.com

5. the art of the fifties The Art of the Fifties is a new exhibition coming to Malvern this May and June.

Bringing together fabrics, paintings, prints and posters it includes work by John Bratby, Fernand Leger, John Piper and many other artists. The exhibition takes place at Elmslie House, a restored, award-winning Grade 2 listed family home on Avenue Road in the centre of Great Malvern. Entry to the exhibition is free and its open daily from 10.30am until 4.30pm from Saturday 26th May until Sunday 3rd June. There’s also a late opening on Friday 1st June until 8pm and some prints and posters will be available to buy.

For information, contact Richard Turkington on 07714 106386 or email richard@fiftiesart.com - elmsliehouse.co.uk

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community NEWS WEST FEST West Fest, the popular community festival in West Malvern, takes place this year on Saturday 7th July.

There’s a packed schedule of bands providing the music, plus all the usual attractions including arts and crafts, children’s activities, food stalls and the beer tent.

The day raises money for local good causes – last year £7,000 was raised. West Fest runs from Midday until 10.30apm on West Malvern Playing Fields.

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The ELY Memorial Fund helps local families with the costs of arranging a funeral when they lose a child in a road traffic collision. The charity was set up by the mother of Emma Louise Young who lost her life in a crash near Ledbury eight years ago. The charity constantly needs funds to continue their work and they’re holding a Challenge Bike Ride on Sunday 1st July and a charity Golf Day at Burghill Valley Golf Club on Saturday 21st July.

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News MASTER’S HOUSE IN LEDBURY There’s lots going on at the Master’s House in Ledbury this summer. The twice-yearly book sale returns between 23rd and 30th July and is held in the Panelled Room during library opening hours.

On Monday 6th August there’s an illustrated talk and private viewing of a new exhibition titled ‘A Celebration of Timber Frame Buildings’. The exhibition organised by Friends of the Master’s House and local publishers GHAL Productions of Ledbury features character buildings that tell us much of the social history of Herefordshire and the middle Marches. Tickets for the private viewing cost £6 after which entry is free. The exhibition continues until 18th August.

You can read more at http://themastershouseledbury.org or call the library on (01432) 383499

MALVERN HILLS TOOLS FOR SELF RELIANCE Malvern Hills Tools For Self Reliance began life just a year ago with the aim of collecting unwanted tools. After sorting and refurbishing, these are sent to projects in Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Zambia.

So far, seven crates of refurbished tools as well as larger items of equipment, plus 14 sewing machines have been sent. The group also relies on fundraising and at the seventh Annual Seed Swap in Great Malvern on 14th April, over £500 was raised for the charity.

This will be used to buy seven new welding kits which will be sent to projects in Malawi.

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ledbury community day The sixth annual Ledbury Community Day takes place this year on Saturday 9th June.

Once again, more than seventy groups and organisations will be present around Ledbury to tell you what they do, what they can offer you or how you can help them.

This year The Friends of Ledbury Children’s Centre are celebrating the centre’s tenth birthday with a fun day for children with all kinds of activities.

At the Master’s House there’s a special invitation to experience at first-hand the extraordinary skill of hand forging. There will also be tours of the building, a photo exhibition and the chance to make a bug hotel.

As well as all the members of the groups taking part, a group of organisers puts a lot of effort into making the day a success. If your local group isn’t involved yet, there might still be some space available. You can phone the organisers on (01531) 633637 to find out more.

The Midlands Air Ambulance Charity is bringing the POD, a decommissioned air ambulance helicopter cabin, which gives people of all ages an experience of what it is like to be a part of the crew.

You can try your hand at lawn bowls or short mat bowls, find out about our local running and cricket clubs and the many other leisure and educational activities available in Ledbury and district.

A number of local groups will be pleased to tell you about how you can help them to serve the local community in all kinds of ways and several welfare groups will be present to tell you how they can help you.

You will also be able to comment on local health services, find out more about local heritage sites and what’s happening at the Barrett Browning Institute.

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You can pick up a printed copy of the programme in many places around Ledbury as well as view it on the Ledbury Community Day website www.ledburycommunityday.org.uk

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cradley summer fete Cradley Village Fete takes place in the village hall and church grounds between 11am and 5pm on Saturday 30th June.

In the best traditions of a village summer fete, there will be stalls to browse, live music and refreshments. A children’s cup-cake icing competition is being held and this year there are two exhibitions. One is of work produced by the Cradley, Mathon and Storridge Art Group, the other is photographs by members of The Beacon Camera Club.

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perrycroft open garden The garden at Perrycroft on Jubilee Drive, Upper Colwall, will be open for visitors this June.

Opening from 11am to 4pm every Thursday and Friday, the garden sits high on the side of the hills with views towards the Herefordshire Beacon.

Since the current owners moved to Perrycroft in 1999, they have been busy restoring this ten acre garden which includes formal areas as well as wildflowers, ponds and woodland.

There is an entrance fee of £5 per adult while entry for children is free. Well behaved dogs on leads are welcome.

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colwall ale house festival 2018 Colwall Ale House Festival is back! There’s a week of events in the village, with Festival Day on Saturday 30th June. Sue Armstrong is one of the organisers and tells us more.

What’s in store this year?

Starting on Friday 29th June, we have a weeklong series of events from talks to walks and singing, with a grand finale summer concert on 8th July. The Festival Day on 30th June offers fun for all the family with food and drink, arts and crafts, and much more.

One of the highlights in the arena is the Paws for Thought Dog Display team plus, for car lovers, the addition of the Land Rover Series 1 Club in the Classic Car Cavalcade. New this year is the Marketplace where stallholders will be selling their home-crafted wares. So many local groups and organisations are taking part to make this a truly Colwall event. It takes place between 11am and 5pm.

Tell us the background to the event The Festival started in 2014 when the founder and Chairman Phil Hitchen decided to ‘Put the Ale back into the Ale House’. The first Festival was a huge success, and this was repeated in 2016. The events all help to raise money for the upkeep of St James Church and its Ale House. It also supports local businesses and charities who are given the opportunity to raise their own funds.

The committee is just seven people, but the reach is so much wider. The Colwall Ale House Festival is a real community event and it’s all thanks to the efforts of many people.

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Yes please. We are still looking for people to help out on Festival stalls, just for an hour or so.

Help with setting up on Festival Day or de-rigging would be much appreciated. Please contact Sarah-Jane and Jeremy at dale1simon@aol.com or call (01684) 541615. Every offer of help is very welcome.

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ALE HOUSE FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Friday 29th June – Flicks in the Sticks presents the film ‘Darkest Hour’, 7.30pm, Colwall Village Hall (£5 entry) Saturday 30th June – Festival Day – 11am to 5pm at St James’ Church and the Ale House (Free entry). At 7.30pm Colwall Community Choir and Friends perform at the Village Hall (£8 adult, children free) Sunday 1st July – Hiking and Singing with choral coach Doug Watts (11-3pm, £10), The Great British Bump Off with The Colwall Players (3pm in the Festival Marquee, £8 including cream tea) Monday 2nd July – Colwall WINGS WI hosts the Ledbury Group Meeting (6.30pm in Festival Marquee, £10 or £7.50 for members), Wyche and Colwall Horticultural Society meets 7.30pm at Colwall Village Hall (£5 for non-members) Wednesday 4th July – A Celebratory Summer BBQ, 6.30pm at Colwall Park Hotel

HIGHLIGHTS CONTINUED Thursday 5th July – Beer, Cycle and Curry Evening, meeting at The Ale House, 7pm cycle, 9pm curry (£10) Saturday 7th July – All About Orchards, 9am to 3pm at Colwall Village Garden on Old Church Road (£3 adult, £1 child, under 5s free). At 7pm its ‘Tales from the Antiques Trail’ with Ben Cooper from Bargain Hunt, at The Ale House (£10, including wine and nibbles) Sunday 8th July – Festival Celebration Service, 10am at St James’ Church, Colwall. The Festival Finale Concert of Music and Readings takes place at 5pm at the church (£6)

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In 2008 Mrs Robinson (who was then 76 years old and frail) went shopping in Huddersfield city centre but got inadvertently caught up in the arrest of a suspected drug dealer by four plain clothes police officers. The officers decided to arrest the suspect outside a bookmakers, he resisted and as the five men tussled they moved towards Mrs Robinson with one of the officers backing into her and knocking her down and with all five men then landing on top of her. Mrs Robinson sued the police for damages in respect of her personal injury alleging that the officers had been negligent in the way they carried out the arrest. When the case came before the Court of Appeal the court considered an earlier case from 1990 called Caparo. The Court of Appeal took the view that it would not be fair, just and reasonable to impose a duty of care on the police towards Mrs Robinson as, in effect, this would prevent them from doing their job by, in this case, arresting suspected drug dealers. The Court of Appeal therefore rejected Mrs Robinson’s claim.

However the Supreme Court overturned the Court of Appeal’s decision instead placing reliance on evidence given at the original trial by one of the arresting officers that there was a risk that the suspected drug dealer would run away and that there was therefore potential for harm to members of the public if he did try to escape.

The officer concerned said that if it had appeared to him that someone was in harm’s way he would have walked past the offender without effecting the arrest but, although Mrs Robinson was only a yard or so away, the officer had not noticed her.

In the media we often hear criticism about the “compensation culture” but many people might regard it as unfair if Mrs Robinson had not been able to claim damages for her injuries as she was just unfortunate enough to be caught up in a disturbing street arrest through no fault of her own.

Jonathan Lewis has been a solicitor for 30 years and is an experienced personal injury practitioner. If you think you may have a personal injury claim to pursue please contact Jonathan who provides an initial free consultation: jl@ormeandslade.co.uk

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Local Focus

ledbury poetry festival Ledbury Poetry Festival, the UK’s biggest and much-loved poetry festival returns with ten days of events at the end of June and the first week of July.

Following on from last year’s 21st anniversary celebrations, which attracted record-breaking audiences of 15,000 people, the festival returns with an extra feather in its cap, having won Best Community Festival at the prestigious Visit Herefordshire Awards last year.

This year’s festival will have the usual mix of readings, workshops and many other events.

The poet in residence this year is Zaffar Kunial, whose debut collection Us is published by Faber and Faber in July. The festival also runs a poetry competition, with separate categories for adults, young people (12-17 years) and children (11 years and under). The closing date this year is Thursday 12th July and you’ll find full terms and conditions on the festival website.

On the last day of the festival is The Ledbury Celebration, see Page 48 for more details. www.poetry-festival.co.uk

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The National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS) is urgently in need of new volunteers locally.

Known as Independent Visitors, volunteers give their time to befriending and mentoring children and young people. Over time, these Independent Visitors become positive role models and help to build long term, safe and trusting relationships that help young people achieve a more positive future.

Volunteers of all ages and from all walks of life are welcomed, the main requirement is for a minimum commitment of two years. If you’d like to make a difference to a child’s life, you can contact the NYAS local co-ordinator Diana Harding on 07436 818827 or via email at diana.harding@nyas.net.

You can read more about the service at www.nyas.net or find NYAS on facebook and twitter.

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tea-time fruit scones A recipe from Meg Edmunds at Roots At Roots we make A LOT of scones! There is nothing quite as comforting as the wafting aroma of baking scones and they really are simple to make. With a few store cupboard ingredients you can turn an afternoon cup of tea into quite a treat which is always appreciated by a friend calling in, or in my case, particularly enjoyed by children after a long day at school.

Ingredients 450g Self-raising Flour 75g Butter 50g Sultanas 1 tbsp Caster Sugar

Transfer the scones to the lined baking sheet.

Dust with a little flour and put straight into the hot oven. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool on a cooling rack before serving with whipped cream and strawberry jam in that order (of course!).

Pinch of Salt 325g Milk You will also need a 6cm cutter (plain or fluted), a baking tray and some silicone paper.

Pre-heat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7.

Light and fluffy scones require a gentle touch!

Using the tips of your fingers, rub the butter into the flour until there are no large lumps. Then add the caster sugar, pinch of salt and sultanas, mix well. Check that the oven is up to temperature before adding the milk to the dry mixture. Once the milk is added work quickly to combine the ingredients into a rough dough and turn out onto a floured surface. Bring the dough together and knead through three or four turns, just until the dough is smooth and fully combined.

Flatten the dough (using your hands or a rolling pin) to a thickness of approximately 4cm. Cut the scones closely together to minimise the amount of re-working cut offs (I have a rule of no more than three re-works) to give 8 scones.

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Gardening

green fingers Down at Caves Folly Nursery in Colwall, Bridget is making the most of the long days with a long list of gardening jobs.

Summer is here, the garden is blooming and the barbeque is out! This is the time to enjoy being outside and take time to savour the colours, shapes and scents of the flowers. For vegetable growers the satisfaction of growing and eating your own produce is so rewarding after all that hard work.

There is always lots to do in the garden but try and spend some time looking at other gardens.

Why not visit some National trust and NGS gardens and make a note of colour combinations and plant varieties that catch your eye.

Plan a new border for the autumn or just add some different plants to spice an old border up!

Don’t forget to take some pictures to remind you.

Do not cut spring flowering meadows before July.

Salad potatoes may be ready for harvest.

Keep ripening strawberries off the ground with a straw mulch (or cardboard will do).

Regularly remove side-shoots on cordon tomatoes and tie plants to supports.

Plant tender veg outside such as tomato, cucumber, squash and melons.

Sow salads, herbs such as coriander in succession every two or three weeks. Only sow small amounts each time.

Regularly hoe and weed to keep weeds under control.

Here’s some of the jobs you can be getting on with during June and July:

Sow biennials such as foxgloves and wallflowers to flower next year.

Regularly feed fruit, veg and flowers in grow bags or containers.

Enjoy the summer and make the most of these long evenings!

Mow lawns regularly, providing they are not suffering from drought.

Bridget Bridget runs Caves Folly Nursery on Evendine Lane in Colwall (WR13 6DX). They are open from 8th March until October, Thursdays to Saturdays from 10 - 5. You can contact them on 01684 540631 or visit their website:

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Well Being

the peace of wild things When I sit on the hills and look out at the stunning views good states of mind arise naturally.

When I go out into the deep countryside and look up at the night sky I am awestruck.

To see the arm of the Milky Way stretching through the sky, fine points of light and a soft fog as the many stars blend into one another, is to be reminded of how vast, powerful and wonderful the universe is. Sometimes I get the same sense when I am walking on the hills, when the view appears through a gap in a wooded trail, or when a wildflower greets me from the side of the path.

I am moved to gratitude as I see the natural world continually offering itself to me. The natural beauty of the landscape is mostly the end process of millions of years of geology, biology and evolution. Personally I had very little – if anything – to do with bringing it into being, and yet here it is!

Sometimes I moved to heartbreak too, when I see how little we offer in return, how so often we take the gifts of the natural world for granted, and how our greed damages the global eco-system.

This heartbreak feels like a healthy reaction – I am standing witness to how things are, and I am motivated to examine my own relationship to the natural world. Can I use fewer resources? Can I make my own garden wildlife friendly? Can I support the work of those who are engaged in taking care of the world?

There are people deeply engaged in good work, and I am moved to gratitude when I encounter them, or remember them.

Gratitude can also lead me to action, planting more wildflower seeds in the garden, signing up to support the RSPB or local Wildlife Trust, and taking others into the natural world to inspire them as well.

At the end of June I am co-leading a mindfulness walking weekend in the Malvern Hills. We’re being funded by the Area of Natural Beauty Malvern Hills Sustainable Development Fund.

Studies have shown that spending time in the natural world is as good as mindfulness

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By Kaspa Thompson meditation for returning the mind to peaceful states. I’m not surprised, given my own experiences.

How many of us make time to get outside? How often do we leave our insulated houses and cars and “come into the peace of wild things”? (As Wendell Berry called it in his wonderful poem) Take this article as an invitation to find your own peace ofMagic wild things; to go out into spaces where of Christmas Concert nature thrives; to make time to stop and connect with something other than the merry-go-round of modern life.

Every morning I make a pilgrimage around the temple garden: I pay attention to the cow slips (have you seen how many there are on the roadsides this year?); I notice the tadpoles in the pond, and the water boatmen; I try to see if the ferns are any less tightly curled than yesterday; I hear the constant chattering of robins competing for territory.

Go into your own garden. Or get a map of the hills from the tourist information centre and find a new path. Go on your own or take your family and friends. Connect with the natural world, let it move you to better states of mind, and move you to taking care of the world.

The Mindfulness Walking Weekend is 30th June – 1st July. For more information email kaspa@ kaspathompson.co.uk or http://bit.ly/malvernwalk

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Makes 12

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Ready in 30 minutes

Ingredients

Savoury Summer Tarts

200g Shortcrust pastry 1 packet silken tofu pinch of turmeric pinch of Marigold bouillon powder salt and pepper to taste 1 red onion sliced handful of fresh thyme

Perfect for picnics or served with a salad for a tasty lunch.

1. Heat oven to 200°C/Gas 6.

2. Place the tofu in a bowl, mash with a fork.

Add a pinch of turmeric and a pinch of bouillon powder. Season with salt and pepper.

3. Heat a little oil in a pan and add the onion, cook for a few minutes until caramelised. Add the thyme leaves.

4. Roll out the pastry and cut 12 circles, place in a tart tin.

5. Add a spoonful of filling to each pastry circle and top with the onions and thyme.

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Dog Groomers 07975 903054 1-2-1 dog grooming, no cages Multi dog discount Text reminder service Contact Sarah to discuss your grooming requirements wagtailsmalvern@gmail.com Wells Business Centre, Wells Road (A449), Malvern WR14 4HA (Behind Malvern Wells Convenience Store)

Colwall Colwall Pre-School Contact: Jane or Sandy on 07580 355359 wellsandwychepreschool@hotmail.com Colwall Cricket Club www.colwallcc.org.uk Colwall Greener Contact: Robin on 01684 540 284 or visit greener.colwall.info Colwall Orchard Group Contact: Helen Stace on 01684 540569 or visit www.colwallorchardgroup.org

Woodlands Country Cat Hotel

Colwall Rotary Club Contact: Alan Torbet on 01684 899227 or visit www.colwallrotary.org.uk

Caring, family run, modern cattery near Ledbury. Indoor pens with outdoor views. Heated sleeping beds.

Colwall Probus Club Contact: Jim Speedy 01684 541024 or email jim@jspeedy.wanadoo.co.uk

“Where cats are at home”

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Colwall Bell Ringers Contact: Robin Riches 01684 541240 Colwall Village Playgroup Contact: Rachel Huckle 01684 541142, rachelkara@hotmail.com Colwall Golfers Contact: John Morgan on 01684 541974 jmorganz@yahoo.co.uk Colwall Ladies Club Contact: Trish Shaw 01684 541613 trishshawclc@gmail.com Colwall Village Society Contact: Mary Clayburn on 01684 540486 The Chasers International Men of Steel Cricket Team Contact: Jon 01684 252858 or 07804 544623 Wyche & Colwall Horticultural Society Contact: Joan Wright 01684 541102 Colwall Players Contact: www.colwallplayers.org Colwall Mothers’ Union Contact: Susan Humphrey on 01684 540870 Colwall Wings WI Contact us at colwallwings@gmail.com or visit our website www.colwallwings.co.uk

Friendly, Reliable & Competitive Prices Fully licensed to dispose of your waste Legally & Responsibly

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To promote your group: email julie@allabout-local.com or call 01684 252242.

More info on each group available on the website: allaboutmalvernhills.com

D R LLOYD General Building

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ARE YOU READY?

THE PRACTICE

By Andrew Tannatt Nash

ACCOUNTANCY PRACTICE

Important changes to VAT, that come into effect from April 2019, have been announced. This is being introduced as part of Making Tax Digital (MTD).

The changes impact on businesses and individuals with trade or property income with an annual turnover of more than ÂŁ85,000. From 2019, businesses with turnover above the VAT threshold, will have to keep digital records and file their VAT returns via functionally compatible software.

The new rules do not currently apply to other taxes but most accountants expect a further roll out of MTD sometime after 2020. Businesses can however accelerate compliance on a voluntary basis.

Why is this happening?

The government first announced MTD as a concept in the March 2015 budget. It was first heralded as a transformation of the tax system, which saw the end of the paper tax return.

Why was it delayed?

A consultation highlighted concerns raised by businesses and accountants and, after the election, the government announced a revised implementation timetable.

What do you need to do?

If you have engaged an accountant to prepare and file your VAT returns, it is highly likely that you are already complying with the new rules. It would, however, be sensible to check. If you are filing the returns online yourself you may need to take action to ensure compliance.

Plan Ahead You still have plenty of time to put plans in to place, but it is important to act sooner than later.

I would recommend that you start complying with the new rules as soon as possible. Your accountant will be able to support you through the process and provide suitable software. You can also obtain software directly from suppliers.

Whilst this might seem a little painful at first, the concept should improve your accounting records and lead to the smoother production of year-end accounts.

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Colwall MOT & Tyre Centre • MOTs available on site • Tyres and puncture repairs available for any make of vehicle • Advanced tyre fitting equipment for modern cars • All tyres available for Sport, Prestige, SUV, Runflats, low profiles, 4x4, etc • 30 years experience

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FLICKS IN THE STICKS COLWALL 8th June – The Eagle Huntress (2016) Cert. U 29th June – Darkest Hour (2017) Cert. PG Doors open 7pm for a 7.30pm start At Colwall Village Hall, Mill Lane Entry: £4 adult, £2.50 age 16 and under

THE DAFFODIL SUZUKI FLUTE SCHOOL Nicola Shorland is a graduate of the Suzuki Teacher Training programme and offers flute lessons in Upper Colwall You can meet Nicola on 1st July, 3pm at Elmslie House, Malvern (WR14 3AG) and on 8th July, 5pm at the Colwall Festival Finale at St James’ Church, Colwall

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Hellens Manor Textile Bazaar On Wednesday 11th July 11am until 6pm And Thursday 12th July 10am until 5pm Collectable World Textiles and clothes for sale in the beautiful settting of Hellens Manor, Much Marcle Entry £1, Lecture £4, Workshops £6

For details call (01453) 823375 or email bailey@baileycurtis.com www.hellensmanor.com or www.textilefairs.co.uk

the art of the fifties 26th May until 3rd June A major exhibition bringing together fabrics, paintings, prints and posters from across Britain, Europe and the United States.

Includes work from John Bratby, Fernand Leger, John Piper and many other artists.

Free entry at Elmslie House, 8 Avenue Road in Great Malvern (WR14 3AG) Open daily from 10.30am until 4.30pm with late opening on Friday 1st June until 8pm

For information, contact Richard Turkington on 07714 106386 or richard@fiftiesart.com elmsliehouse.co.uk

Aug/Sept Deadline: Friday 6 July

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Notice Board fundraising volunteer needed for Malvern Welcomes, supporting the resettlement of refugees in the Malvern Hills area.

You need to be IT literate, have access to a computer and preferably some fundraising experience.

Flexible hours, need to attend evening meetings once or twice a month

Cradley Village Photo Marathon Takes place on Saturday 30th June, part of the Grand Summer Fete Two categories: Adult and under 16 All you need to take part is a camera or phone, as well as curiosity For details of entry fee and a registration form, email photomarathon@dampney.plus.com

Or visit www.cradleyvillagehall.org.uk

advance notice The 1st Colwall Scouts’ Jumble Sale takes place this year on Saturday 22nd September from 2pm at Colwall Village Hall. Entrance 50p, thousands of bargains, refreshments

Find out more on the Colwall Scout Jumble Sale page on facebook

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Bosbury Farmers' Market and Coffee Morning SATURDAY 16TH JUNE 10.30am until Midday at Bosbury Parish Hall

Free entry and a warm welcome!

Mathon Cradley Storridge Tennis Club Open Day Sunday 24 June, 10am to 1pm Come and play some tennis – all ages and abilities welcome! Bring your family and your friends for an enjoyable morning of tennis.

We are a small friendly club in Mathon for players who enjoy competition but also for those who just like to play socially. We take part in the Hereford & Worcester Leagues and every year hold a club tournament and three American tournaments.

If you want to join, individual membership costs £110 a year to play as often as you like with no extra fees but if you join on the Open Day there is a significant discount. A popular offer is an annual £10 membership fee for primary age children.

Coaching for children and adults takes place on Mondays and for adults on Fridays as well. Contact John Chidlow on email connexusproducts@gmail.com or telephone 07922 652622 to find out more about coaching.

MCS is at Harcourt Road, Mathon, WR13 5PG. Find us at mcstennisclub.co.uk Contact Catriona Robertson at catrionarobertson364@gmail.com or 01684 563365 for more information

HEARTSTART MALVERN Could you spare just over 90 minutes to learn some simple skills that could help save a life?

Heartstart Malvern provides free resuscitation and defibrillator training.

For more information or to book a course, visit www.heartstartmalvern.org.uk or call 01684 342 999

Aug/Sept Deadline: Fri 6 July james@allabout-local.com

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Business News

CARPETS & FLOOR COVERINGS

Bouncing Bunnies Toddler Mornings Wed 6th June - Moo Music More dates announced on our website & Facebook page.

New for 2018 Larger playbarns, improved giant sandpits & outdoor play area!

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Check our website & facebook for opening times.

Closed Sundays.

Newbridge Farm Park is full of fun this Summer!

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CRADLEY STOVES Installation & maintenance of woodburning and multifuel stoves

Children of all ages enjoy the variety of play and animal contact that is offered at Newbridge; feeding and holding animals, having a lot of fun in the soft play areas, hay bale tunnels, rope swing, sandpits, zipwire, car track, trampolines, and playframes! Parents love the large, open play area, offering a safe play environment for their children.

This family-run farm park is a perfect way to spend the day with your family and friends. The friendly selection of animals, including alpacas, donkeys, rabbits and goats will be happy to greet you.

As well as feeding and hands on sessions, you can experience a fast and bumpy tractor ride, which visitors of all ages enjoy!

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Town Party

a Ledbury Celebration on Ledbury High Street – Sunday 8th July Food, Drink, Music, Poetry and Heritage Ledbury High Street is the place for a town party and food fair, celebrating all that’s best in Ledbury on the last day of the Ledbury Poetry Festival.

Food and drink stalls will recall the markets of yore, lining Ledbury’s historic High Street leading to an entertainment area around the Market House.

The poetry and music stage compered by comedy poet Rob Barrett will provide entertainment from 12 noon to 5pm. It features poets Kurly McGeachie (hip hop Shakespeare) and Nico Reznick plus music from the Ludlow Jazz Collective and SassCappella. LADs will be around to provide drama and local poets will add to the day. Watch out for Ledbury Fringe buskers, popping up almost anywhere with instant entertainment.

There will be thirty food and drink stalls along the High Street, celebrating some of the best local produce from the Three Counties. There will be food and drink to enjoy on the spot or to take home. The market will open at 11am and close at 5pm.

Don’t forget to visit Ledbury’s heritage buildings including the Master’s House which is opening for this event. There’s also a Classic Car display, an art competition at the Market House and the children’s Box of Delights garden competition.

Not to mention the cake cutting!

Visit www.ledburyfoodgroup.org for the latest information and programme for the day. Public car parks will be open and free plus additional parking at John Masefield High School (by donation) and Ledbury Primary School.

Lee Hankins Carpenter and General Builder Property Maintenance All Aspects of building work undertaken Over 20 years experience

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We specialise in allergy and free from diets.

Enjoy our range of gluten free, sugar free, wheat free, dairy free and vegan foods.

Call today to have your oven, hob, extractor or Aga professionally cleaned

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We have fresh, ready to eat foods, tarts, wraps, pasties and amazing vegan cakes!

Visit our website or come and see us for help and advice.

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What’s On Earth Matters

June & July

Until 8th July

Friday 8th June Ledbury Country Market Run by local people, selling homemade, home-grown and hand-made produce. 8.30am to 1pm every Friday in The Burgage Hall, Ledbury - ledburycountrymarket.co.uk

An exhibition by painter Brontë Woodruff, potter Jason Braham, painter Julienne Braham, and jeweller Deborah King

Birds of a Feather Collographs by Sue Brown 10th July - 19th August

ART & CRAFT GALLERY & CAFE Open: Weds to Sun ~ plus Bank Holidays ~ March to Dec ~ from 10am to 5pm

HOME END FARM, CRADLEY - entrance on the A4103

www.blue-ginger.com or 01886 880240

Summer Fete - Mexican Style Free admission for all the family

Saturday 21st July

3.30pm onwards @2nd Malvern Scout Hut WR14 1AJ (Next to the Rugby Club on Spring Lane) Hot Food - Bar - Tea & Cakes Competitions - Games Tombola - Raffle Bric-a-Brac Plants & much more!

Prize for the ‘hottest’ Mexican fancy dress

Proceeds towards scouting activities Charity No. 1030019 - The Malvern District Scout Council

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Saturday 9th June Ledbury Community Day More than 70 local groups setting up around town to promote their work. Lots to see and do all day, pick up a programme around town or visit www.ledburycommunityday.org.uk Saturday 9th June & Sunday 10th June Hellens Garden Festival with demonstrations, activities, music, food and drink.

Entry £7 adult, under 16s £2.50, family £16, helping to raise money for local charities.

10am until 5pm in Much Marcle www.hellensgardenfestival.co.uk Friday 15th June until Sunday 17 June The Royal Three Counties Show A celebration of the countryside and rural life at The Three Counties Showground www.royalthreecounties.co.uk Friday 15th June & Friday 13th July The Big Village Quiz 8pm at West Malvern Social Club, teams of 4 to 6 players, £1 per player. Proceeds to local charities www.wmsc.org.uk Sunday 24th June Friends of Eastnor School Family Fun Day at Eastnor Cricket Ground (HR8 1RL), 11am -2pm. Join us for a fun-packed day with games, traditional stalls, barbeque, bouncy assault course & bungee, dance displays and much more!

Friday 29th June until Sunday 8 July Ledbury Poetry Festival Ten days of events around the town For details visit www.poetry-festival.co.uk

Promote your Aug & Sept events: email james@allabout-local.com

What’s On Saturday 30th June Colwall Ale House Festival Day fun for all the family with food and drink, arts and crafts and much more. There’s a week of events taking place.

See Page 20 for details

Are you organising a special event?

A wedding or maybe a corporate gathering?

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Saturday 30th June Cradley Grand Summer Fete From 11am at Cradley Church and Village Hall, with stalls galore, games, music and entertainment. There’s also a photo marathon taking place.

For details see www.cradleyvillagehall.org.uk Saturday 30th June Science in the Park A free and fun family event in Priory Park, with hands on activities and demonstrations from 10.30am until 4.30pm www.innovatemalvern.com/science-in-park

The Blind Man Huge selection of all types of blinds at extremely low prices For a free no obligation quotation phone

01886 821404

Sunday 1st July Terrific Trees Join Conservation Manager Jonathan Bills on an exploration of the trees on the Malvern Hills. Organised by the Malvern Hills Trust. Booking is essential, please call 01684 892002 or email info@malvernhills.org.uk to reserve your place Friday 6th July Stop! The Play A hilarious new comedy by David Spicer at Wellington Heath Memorial Hall, 7.30pm. Presented by Our Star Theatre Company in association with WHADS. Tickets £12 (students £8), from 07742 878329 Saturday 7th July West Fest A community festival on the West Malvern Playing Fields from Midday until 10.30pm, raising money for local good causes.

See www.west-fest.org.uk

or call 01684 252 242 by Friday 6 July 2018 at the latest To advertise please call: Tina on 07952 591031 or email tina@allabout-local.com

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What’s On EASTNOR POTTERY & THE FLYING POTTER

Sunday 8th July The Great Ledbury Celebration A day of food, drink, music, poetry and heritage.

From 11am until 6pm in the centre of Ledbury.

For details see Page 48. www.ledburyfoodgroup.org

POTTER’S WHEEL EXPERIENCES for families, groups and individuals

Book your session today!

Saturday 21st July & Sunday 22nd July The Much Marcle Steam Rally A superb array of steam traction engines and other vintage vehicles plus entertainment for all the family.

For details and admission prices see www.muchmarclesteamrally.com

01531 633886 admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk www.eastnorpottery.co.uk

Saturday 21st July A Summer Fete – Mexican Style From 3.30pm onwards at the Second Malvern Scout Hut (WR14 1AJ, next to Malvern Rugby Club) With Competitions and Games, a Tombola and Raffle, Bric-a-Brac, plants, food and drink.

Saturday 21st July Repair Café Malvern Hills 10am to 1pm at The Friends Meeting House on Orchard Road, get household items repaired by skilled volunteers (meets the third Saturday of each month) www.malvernhillsrepaircafe.co.uk Friday 27th July Who Knows where the Time Goes?

A tribute to Sandy Denny album launch with the Julie July Band at West Malvern Social Club from 8pm www.wmsc.org.uk Saturday 28th July The Retro Market On Abbey Road (by the Abbey Gatehouse) in Great Malvern, 10am - 4pm. Inclusing jewellery, books, furniture, art, clothes, porcelain, glass, variety of object d’art and craftwear. Something to suit the interior designer, home maker and collector Sunday 29th July Malvern Festival of Cycling 2pm until 8pm at Malvern Cube, with music, food and bike-related activities. For details nearer the time visit www.malverncube.com

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Theatre News

the case of the frightened lady

Competition

the case of the frightened lady

Building on the phenomenal, decade-long success of The Agatha Christie Company, which sold over two million tickets around the UK, comes a new thrilling chapter from ‘the king of the detective thriller’ Edgar Wallace, one of the most popular and prolific crime writers of the 20th Century.

Win a pair of tickets to this show at Malvern Theatres.

When Inspector Tanner is called in to investigate a ruthless murder at Mark’s Priory, the grand ancestral home of the Lebanon family, he quickly discovers that nothing is quite as it seems. As Tanner moves closer to the heart of the mystery he uncovers a shocking and closely guarded secret.

Email the answer plus your name, postcode and phone number competition@allabout-local.com

by Sunday 1st July 2018.

The star cast includes Gray O’Brien, one of TV’s most popular actors, known for his memorable roles in The Loch, Peak Practice, Casualty and as Tony Gordon in Coronation Street; Denis Lill from long-running drama The Royal and Only Fools and Horses; and film star Oliver Phelps, who makes his stage debut having played the character of George Weasley in one of the most successful film franchises of all time, Harry Potter. Joining them is Deborah Grant from Not Going Out and Bergerac; Philip Lowrie, from Coronation Street; April Pearson, star of award-winning drama Skins; Agatha Christie Company stalwart Ben Nealon from the popular series Soldier Soldier, and Glenn Carter, widely recognised as the definitive Jesus in the hit musical and film of Jesus Christ Superstar.

The Case of the Frightened Lady will be on stage at Malvern Theatres from Tuesday 17th to Saturday 21st July. Tickets are on sale at the Box Office 01684 892277 and online at malvern-theatres.co.uk

Please answer the following question: What is the name of the author of ‘The Case of the Frightened Lady’?

The winners will be drawn from the entries and notified by Monday 2nd July.

Good luck! *For terms & conditions see our website www.allaboutmalvernhills.com Postal entries: All About Magazines, Colwall, Malvern, Worcestershire WR13 6QN - please include the answer, your name, postcode and phone number

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Tuesday 17th - Saturday 21st July

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