Fivehead Village Magazine

Fivehead Village Newsletter No. 151

OCTOBER

2012

Parish Council Chairman

Mr

M

Cavill

281750

Vice-Chairman

Mrs

H

Clarke

281634

Members

Mrs

K

Beacham

281414

Mrs

N

Cameron

281358

Mr

R

Fielding

282934

Mr

K

Male

281233

Mrs

L

Howard

282911

Clerk

Mrs

M

Knox

281341

Newsletter

Mrs

P

Price

281573

Forthcoming Village Events Weekly Mon

Short Mat Bowls

7.30pm

Parish Council Meeting

8.00pm

Mthly

1st Mon

Oct

Fri

19th Quiz Night

Oct

Sat

20th Mad Hatters’ Tea Party

Nov

Mon 19th Newsletter Deadline

Dec

Sat

1st

Dec

Sat

15th Christmas Bingo

Christmas Fair

2.00pm— 4.00pm 10.00am 7.30pm

Published BI-MONTHLY BY FIVEHEAD PARISH COUNCIL

The Crown Inn Tel: 01460 281919 Email: thecrown_inn@btconnect.com Web: www.thecrowninn.2day.ws Hi all, We are once again playing the waiting game with regard to the shop.

There is a grant available that will help us not only with the building costs but also the early running costs.

The down side is that we cannot start anything until this sorted as, if we do, we would cancel our qualification.

On a brighter note, we have joined together with the Baptist Church to organise a Mad Hatters Tea Party on Saturday 20th Oct: at the village hall in aid of MacMillan nursing.

We also have live music from the Trefellas on the evening of the 20th of November.

They are an acoustic combo well worth listening to so we look forward to seeing you here.

The shop opening times are still Mon: 7am ‘til 12 noon Tues: to Sat: 7am ‘til 2.30pm Sun: 8am ‘til 2.30pm And, of course when the pub is open in the evenings.

We thank those of you who are supporting us and hope to see more of you.

Steve &Jacqui

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Items for the next Newsletter should reach the Editor Mrs Pat Price, 7 Ganges Close, Fivehead (01460) 281573

by FRIDAY 19TH NOV: for distribution early DECEMBER ‘12 The editor cannot be responsible for any errors/omissions.

Email me on harryprice183@btinternet.com

Sadly Hazel Clarke has had to resign from her position councillor. She has been a strong member of Council for many years and was able to provide valuable guidance thanks to her legal background. Council thanks her for all her hard work. She will be much missed.

We are delighted to have received to date one application for the vacant position and so look forward to being able to make an appointment on October 1 st. thereby returning to full strength. There is however an existing councillor who, due to pressure of other commitments, would be very happy to stand down should there be a parishioner who would like to step up. If you think you just might be interested but are not sure what is involved please do talk to any councillor or the clerk.

Once appointed new councillors are sent on the next available short training course given by Peter Lacey who runs the Somerset Area of Local Councils. Peter manages to make these sessions fun as well as informative. Travel expenses are paid. Especially welcome would be interest by a young person or a parent of school or pre-school children as that section of residents is not directly represented at present.

Again South Somerset District Council have offered bulbs to enhance the village.

These will arrive in November. If you would like to help with the planting Council would like to hear from you. Whilst most councillors are willing to help with no day set as yet it may be that only a couple of them are available on the day. Many hands make light work! We envisage the majority going in various places along the A378.

A big thank you to everyone, landowners and volunteers who have helped to keep our paths walkable in this summer of exceptional rainfall and resultant plant growth. You all know who you are!

The weather was kind to us for the Summer Fete, the club ran the raffle, the proceeds of which were divided 50/50 between the Village hall and the Fellowship.

The raffle made a profit of ₤340 pounds of which the profit for the fellowship was ₤170 pounds. We also made an extra profit of ₤134 on our Tombola stall.

Many thanks to all who took part, and ran these two activities. Also thanks to those who donated prizes and for their time. It was a good day and a lovely fete with the sun lasting until we had taken down the tents and packed them away.

Our September speaker was Simon Anderson, who gave a very interesting talk and live demonstration with his two dogs, about the training of dogs for the disabled. Such as bringing the hair brush, a letter, something from the fridge, opening and closing doors, even answering the front door! It was very in depth and impressive.

On Tuesday October 2nd we have our mystery tour outing and a pub supper. This is open non members as well.

Contact Numbers John Taylor for outings 01460 281424 Any other enquiries Bruce Whittle Chairman 01460 281892 There are still places available for the winter trip to the Birmingham Military Tattoo contact John Taylor as above.

Club meetings are held on the first Tuesday in the month at 2.30pm at the village

As summer has drawn to a close we look back on a wonderful summer fair. Please see the article by Richard Hadfield to see our reflections on the great day.

However, with autumn now approaching we now turn our attention to indoor events and in particular our approaching quiz night. These are fabulous evenings and great fun is had by all ages. Graham has once again been booked to host the evening and to tease us with an assortment of questions on a variety of subjects.

Our next quiz night will take place on Friday 19th October. Tickets cost £6.00 per person and the price includes a hot dog. A licensed bar will be available on the evening but those attending are also invited to bring along their own drinks. In order to book your places please contact Richard Hadfield on 281904 or Kevin Stevens on 281395.

I’m sure like me Christmas still feels a long way off (and I’m so sorry to mention it in October!) but before we know it the festive season will be upon us so now is the time to put Saturday 1st December in your diary. On this day at 10am we will hold our annual village Christmas Fair. At this event you will be able to purchase a good range of gifts and cards whilst supping a cuppa and munching on a mince pie. For those of you with smaller children there will also be a free craft area to entertain the little ones whilst you browse the many stalls on offer. So why wrestle with all the crowds in Taunton, this will prove to be a much more civilized shopping experience!

Summer Fete Please may I take this opportunity to thank all those involved in organizing

and running of this year’s Fete. From comments I have received it was enjoyed by all those who attended and participated in the mini Olympics. We were extremely fortunate with the weather but unfortunately the weather that proceeded the day prevented the field next being cropped, but Ken Male came to the rescue, allowing us to use his field further down the lane, sorry about the walk. I personally was impressed by the involvement of the Baptist church who not only ran the games but provide numerous amusements for the children. The event raised £650 split between the Playing fields and the Village Hall committees.

We have already started planning for next year; it will be held on Saturday 10th Aug, put the date in your diary now. Next year we will move away from the 6 a side cricket and hope to have a country sports theme, with demonstrations and team events in Archery and Clay pigeon shooting, if health and safety permits, plus possibly some equine participation. We are always looking for new inspiration and assistance so if you feel you can help please contact either myself on 281904 or Frank Doggett on 281549.

Thank You—Richard Hadfield

Looking back, looking forward As we look back on what I for one thought was a quite extraordinary summer with the Olympic and Paralympic Games having taken centre stage, I have to say that I am also looking forward to seeing who will be crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year! Where do you begin?

While the exploits of so many stood out in the Olympics, I was enthralled by the achievements of the Paralympians. In particular, I was bowled over by the visually impaired sprinters who ran in such incredible harmony with their sighted guides. What struck me was that in the midst of a culture that seems to be fixated on physical perfection and bullish individualism, here was a demonstration of how absurd that perspective is.

To me it gave a small glimpse of what I see Jesus speak about repeatedly in the Bible as the ‘Kingdom of heaven’. On numerous occasions, Jesus demonstrated that he had come, not to welcome those who on the surface had everything sorted, but to welcome those who recognised that they needed help. He said that he came that we might have life in all its fullness.

That does not promise a straight or easy road, but that in living in cooperation with Him, we might be able to be the people that we were created to be who can, among other things encourage and inspire others along the way. That is an offering that is open to each one of us.

Rev. Andy Graham Tel: 281122

www.fiveheadbaptist.co.uk

visits Fivehead on Tuesdays – every 4 weeks.

Dates: Oct: 2, 30, Nov: 27, 2013 Jan: 22, Feb: 19, St, Martin’s Close …......

2.50 - 3.05

Orchard Rise………….….

3.10 - 3.25

Ganges Close……………..

3.30 - 3.40

Webbers…………………. .

3.45 - 4.00

Beercrocombe and District History Society

We run a programme of talks of historical and local interest in Curry Mallet Village Hall on the 4th Monday of alternate months at 7.30pm. The programme for the 2012/2013 season will be:

24th Sept. Churches in Somerset- This is still to be confirmed.

26th Nov. Turnpike Roads, concentrating on Somerset and Devon by Mr Alan Rosevear. This is the time for our annual social get together.

28th Jan. Lost Singers of Somerset by Miss Yvette Staelens from Bournemouth University.

25th Mar. Archaeology of Exmoor by Mr Rob Wilson North of the Exmoor National Park Authority.

We also organise visits and during Summer 2012 we explored the History of Langport including the Hanging Chapel and had a special tour of Muchelney Abbey. We keep the subscription low at £5 per year or £2 at the door. Members note subscriptions are due on 1 st Sep- please send them to John Townson, Belmont Farmhouse, Hatch Beauchamp, TA3 6AA, particularly if you are not coming to the first meeting. Any queries to John Prideaux on 01823 480736

We would like to thank all those who attended or assisted at the village Fete we raised £137.00 profit from our own stalls plus the £ 170 from the combined funds with the village hall which will be very useful for the upkeep of the playing field. Our present project is the bottom of the field which has had delays due to the wet weather. We have now got things in hand and hope that it will soon merge in with the rest of the field.

We received a petition (thankyou Mark Corns and friends) asking for a skateboard facility on the playing field, and the committee looked into whether we could oblige. However, conventional skate parks proved too expensive, and a low-cost option of adapting the half-Muga/Kick wall area was ruled out for safety reasons following advice from the District Council, Bad luck this time, but we will review the position if finance can be found.

At the Club’s meeting on 12th June members enjoyed a talk on “Victorian Pleasures and Pastimes”. Pat Haste covered a broad spectrum of a Victorian lifestyle.

On 3rd July the weather was very unkind to us. Our coach trip to Dartmouth, (some members took the steam train to Totnes), was accompanied by rain all the way. However members enjoyed lunch in Dartmouth before an unscheduled visit to Trago Mills on our way home.

At the Village Hall Fete we will be running the raffle (proceeds to be split between the Fellowship and Village Hall) and a Tombola Stall (proceeds to our Club). Any one wishing to donate Tombola prizes can leave them at Val & Mike Eggins. For the raffle, prizes can be left with me at Quarry Cottage. The Fete has an exciting programme, details of which will be coming through your door soon.

On 4th September the talk at our meeting will be about dogs for the disabled, by Simon Anderson. On 2nd October an evening Mystery Tour and Pub Supper is planned, open to members and non members.

If you are interested in the proposed trip to Birmingham to see the Military Tattoo and have yet to contact John Taylor please do so (01460 281424) before 7th August.

John Taylor can also provide details of the October trip. For information on any other matter please contact me on 01460 281892.

Bruce Whittle Chairman.

To be performed on Fri: Jan: 18th 7.30 pm Sat: Jan: 19th 11.30 am and 7.30 pm

More information in the next issue

Stowey Road

10.14

Surgery

12.05

Langport Town Hall 10.30

Langport Shopping Precinct 12.06 approx.

Surgery

Stowey Road

10.32

12.23.

The reported crimes for the month of August 2012 Theft. – money from a charity box, also hedge trimmer from road side Anti Social Behaviour none reported

Remember When reporting a crime or an incident Please call the following numbers: 101 In case of emergency 999 CRIME STOPPERS on 0800 555 111 - Your call cannot be traced and you will not be asked your name Further ways of contacting the police in your area; By booking an appointment with your local neighbourhood team –101 Calling in to a beat surgery – local details are on the ‘in your area’ pages of our website If you are deaf, deaf -blind, deafened, hard of hearing or speech impaired, Emergency text number: 80999 Non-emergency text number: 81003 Non-emergency Textphone: 18001 followed by 0845 456 7000 or 101 For more information and for more advice on all the above and much more

visits Fivehead on Tuesdays – every 4 weeks.

Dates: Oct: 2, 30, Nov: 27, 2013 Jan: 22, Feb: 19, St, Martin’s Close …......

2.50 - 3.05

Orchard Rise………….….

3.10 - 3.25

Ganges Close……………..

3.30 - 3.40

Webbers…………………. .

3.45 - 4.00

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. I HAVE RAISED ALMOST ÂŁ2200 FOR CHRISTIAN AID. Well folks, I made it! Along with 3 friends from Pitney, Rob Walrond, Andy Eaton & Jeremy Taylor. We had a tremendous time covering 310 miles in all. We started from Selsdon Park Hotel in South Croydon, London from where we cycled to Dover, the longest day at around 84 miles. Our first night's stay, very welcome, was in Calais where we eventually arrived at 10 pm, having achieved getting to Dover by 4.30 pm! Each day was effectively divided into four with two water stops and one lunch stop. We cycled almost 80 miles a day in four 20 miles rides. We ate like horses and burnt 5-6000 calories a day.

Most mornings we started cycling around 7 a.m. and finished by 4-4.30 p.m. This enabled us to find our hotel rooms for the night, switch on the TV to see how Le Tour was going, in particular our man Wiggins, have a shower, then explore the town, find a suitable tavern for refreshment, and then head back to the hotel for dinner at 8 p.m.

Our route from Calais took in the medieval town of Arras, followed by Compiegne and then Paris. Arras was fascinating with its cobbled market squares and splendid town hall. We saw very little of Compiegne as we stayed on the outskirts, but the road form Arras to Compiegne took us through the area of the Somme and our crew, Global, suggested we took time out to visit the war cemeteries both of allied forces and German. This we did and the Allied cemeteries were outstandingly well kept, with their white gravestones and immaculate borders and flowerbeds. On the other side of the coin the German cemeteries were of stark contrast and somewhat austere with their black ironwork and simple black crosses. These cemeteries were in open countryside and surrounded by huge arable fields.

On route Rob was adamant that we should sample the french Patisserie. His nostrils would act as radar as we cycled through the small towns and villages. Whilst I initially was not keen, I have to say I was easily converted! The french pastries and cakes were a delight.

And so to Paris. We all gathered at the last water stop on the outskirts of Paris. We were instructed to cycle in large groups through Paris to Le Louvre. From here we cycled up the Champ Elysees around the Arc de Triomphe and then to the Jardins du Trocadero to the north of the Eiffel Tower. And whilst the Eiffel Tower is in the background of my photos it is a considerable distance away. I was lucky enough to have my family, Sandra, Rebecca, Richard and girlfriend Sam as well as my sister Margaret at the finish which added to the occasion.

By now it was late Saturday afternoon. Saturday evening was our last dinner with the 34 cycling companions and Christian Aid had compiled a small presentation of where our fund raising would be used together with a compilation of photographs of our trip. One centre picture was of yours truly sitting on steps outside a particularly good Patisserie, glasses on nose sampling their pastry delights oblivious to the world and the photographer!

Sunday we were able to take a quick tour around Paris, in the morning, before gathering on the Champ Elysees to see the closing stage of Le Tour. The atmosphere was electric and of carnival mode. It was terrific to be there, especially to see our man Wiggins win Le Tour, and that man "Cav" (not me!) win the stage.

The camaraderie and goodwill on the trip made it a very friendly, and at times, a very entertaining ride. Organisation of the trip, food stops and directions, by Global Adventure Challenges, was excellent. The French roads were of high quality, both in width and surface. Traffic was considerably less and motorists very aware and considerate to cyclists. We all felt a sense of achievement and vowed we should do it again. I wonder!