Burnham On Sea LocalReach December 2016 Issue No. 78

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FROM THE EDITOR

Welcome to the December edition of LocalReach.

There is a busy month ahead of us with plenty of Christmas festivities taking place in and around Burnham-on-Sea. There are craft events, Christmas bargains to be had, carol concerts and performances to entertain us as the winter draws in.

There is now a new outdoor gym at the Apex Park that is available for everyone to use, regular health walks to take part in and lots of other groups offering great ways to keep a healthy heart and healthy mind. I look forward to receiving any information for the January edition nice and early owing to the Christmas shut down.

All that is left for me to say is, Merry Christmas!

Editorial deadline for the January 2017 issue is 2nd December Jacqui Strong, Community Editor for LocalReach. jacqui@localreach.co.uk

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Burnham-on-Sea Pagan Moot

We are a small friendly group who meet on the fourth Tuesday of the month at the Ritz Social Club, Victoria Street, Gatsby Room at 7.30pm, except in December.

All paths welcome. We celebrate the Wheel of the Year.

We have a speaker each month. Next Moot is Tuesday 24th January, where we shall be having a story, music and poetry evening led by Sue. Our February Moot is on Tuesday 28th, and our speaker will be from Chalice Mead, with the subject Honey, Bees and Mead. Advance notice for Tuesday 23rd May 2017, our speaker will be Professor Ronald Hutton, all welcome.

For further details, contact derwen73@gmail.com or 07776 306125.

Carols by Candlelight – Manor Gardens

The people of Burnham and Highbridge are invited, for the fourth consecutive year, to enjoy Carols by Candlelight on Sunday 18th December at 4pm. Bring the whole family, including four legged friends, to the tranquil and relaxed atmosphere of Manor Gardens.

We will come together to sing carols and reflect on the Christmas story in the soft candlelight. Refreshments will be provided by Burnham Community Church.

Christmas Concert

The Burnham & Highbridge Choral Society’s popular annual Christmas concert is on Thursday 8th December at 7.30pm in St. John’s Church, Highbridge, TA9 3HS. They will be singing a selection of traditional Christmas music from composers such as Vaughan Williams, Handel, Stanford, and Holst. The choir will also be singing a carol written by one of its members. The choir will be joined by The Burnham and Highbridge Brass Band, who will be accompanying them this year.

They will also be joined by Baritone soloist Andrew Wilson. Come and enjoy some quality Christmas music. The choir appreciates the continued support we receive from you, the audience each year. Tickets cost £5, and £2.50 for children (over 5 years), which are available from Material Needs (cash only please), choir members, or may be purchased on the door. The choir would like to take this opportunity to wish all their friends and supporters a very Happy Christmas. The new spring term will start on Thursday 5th January 2017 at 7.30pm in the Methodist Church Hall, Burnham-onSea. New members are welcome.

Carols by Candlelight – St. Andrew’s

The Siobhan Johnson Singers, including her two choirs 'Burnham on Song' and 'Burnham Youth Choir,' will be performing their annual 'Carols by Candlelight' Carol Service at St. Andrew's Church, Burnham, on Saturday 3rd December from 7pm in aid of the local charity 'In Charley's Memory’. Local 'Virtuoso' pianist Richard Lennox will be their special guest for the evening, who will be delighting the congregation with his amazing talent on the piano. There will also be a time of reflection to light a candle in memory of a loved one.

Tickets £3 (under 5s free) available from The Crafty Tea Cup or on the door.

For further information, please contact Siobhan Johnson on 01278 751115.

St. Andrew’s Church Christmas Fayre

This year’s fayre will be held in the church hall on Saturday 3rd December from 10.30am – 12pm. There will be refreshments and stalls, including jewellery, toy tombola and toy sale, Christmas decorations, cakes, bottle tombola, books and bric-a-brac. The Children's Society and Tradecraft will also be selling items. There will also be a raffle.

An Evening of Festive Cheer - the “Big Band” sound of the Worle Wind Band The Worle Wind Band will be returning this year by popular request for a fourth concert in Mark Parish Church on Saturday 3rd December starting at 7.30pm. The band’s selection of music ranges from standard “swing” tunes, stage and screen favourites, to popular hit music from the 1950s to the present-day. There will also be some Christmas Carols. Tickets £7 (including programme and refreshments) are available from Isabel Lillico (782347) or from Jon Glauert (786270). Tickets may be available on the door, but we cannot guarantee seating. Accompanied children are free.

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St John’s this December!

St John’s Church, Highbridge, will be a busy and joyful place this December with our Advent and Christmas worship and celebrations. Here they all are, in a handy list format…

27th November, 6pm Advent Folk Carols: We begin our preparation for Christmas with this less formal, but poignant time of worship as we sing some traditional but less common Advent carols. There’s a range of readings and poems, and we end with refreshments.

3rd December, 10am to 12pm Christmas Fayre: Lots to buy and lots to eat, and a good time to meet up!

8th December, 7.30pm: Burnham and Highbridge Choral Society concert 10th December, 7pm: King Alfred’s Concert Band concert 11th December, 4pm: Christingle! A very childfocused time of worship, and everyone gets an orange and some sweets!

18th December, 5pm: Carols by Candlelight The traditional start to the celebration of Christmas, nine lessons and carols. Followed by mulled wine and mince pies.

Christmas Eve, 4pm: Blessing of the Crib.

Very much for younger children, and a wonderful way to share in the wonder of the season.

Christmas Eve, 11.30pm Midnight Mass: The true start of Christmas, as we welcome Christ into our lives.

Christmas Day, 10am Family Communion: Share in the joy of Christmas morning.

All our worship is open to all people, without exception. You are welcome to all we do! Just come along and the doors will be open to you.

Blessings! Further details and contact info: stjohnshighbridge.org.uk and on Facebook / stjohnshighbridge, 01278 780633

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Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge Sea Cadets Christmas Fayre The Sea

Cadets will be hosting their Christmas Fayre on Friday 2nd December, 6pm – 8pm at TS Dulverton (near Bay Centre); there is plenty of free parking. All welcome to the Sea Cadets Christmas Fayre; come and see Father Christmas, treat yourself to a turkey roll or a cake, and a cuppa. There will be craft stalls, Christmas card stalls and stocking filler stalls. You could visit the chocolate tombola or try your luck at any of the traditional games. Raffle on the night. Anyone wanting to have a stall at the fayre please contact the unit on a Parade Night (Mon or Thurs) 01278 781028 or pop along and have a chat to a member of staff.

Burnham and Highbridge Band Christmas Concert Get the festive season off to a fantastic start, brass band style, with the Burnham and Highbridge Band and their Musical Director Stephen Sykes at the Princess Theatre on Sunday 18th December. The programme will be packed with Christmas classics and of course the very best carols, so bring your best singing voices!

The Christmas Concert has become the highlight of the band’s season at the Princess Theatre and is an established audience favourite, so book your seats early! The doors and the bar open at 7pm and the concert starts at 7.45pm. Tickets can be obtained from the Princess Box office at £7 / £6 concession on 01278 784464 or buy online at www.theprincesstheatre.co.uk

Monday Club Christmas party

The Monday Club are holding their Christmas Party on Monday 12th December, 10am - 3pm with Janice Fri JC discos, with the following week seeing the Monday Club meal and awards on 19th December, 10am - 3pm. For more information on Monday Club, email Jonathan@bayc.co.uk or call 07850582723

Fritzlar Twining Join us for Kaffee & Kuchen on Wednesday 7th December between 2pm and 4pm in St. John’s Church Hall, Highbridge. This is an informal gettogether to enjoy cake and coffee and see the photos from this summer’s visit from Fritzlar. All welcome. To find out more about our German link and the planned trip to Fritzlar in July 2017, please contact the Treasurer (782902) or Secretary (786789).

Picture Perfect for Young Photographers Homes in Sedgemoor held a photography competition via their Facebook page for young photographers. Their aim was to inspire young people to capture moments in and around Sedgemoor.

The standard of entries was extremely high and the winners were chosen by the public, via social media. Shannon Haslam, age 14, won the 12-16 age group with a stunning photo of Browne’s Pond in Bridgwater, and Ffion Thomas, age 11, won the 7-11 age group with a beautiful floral photo taken in her own garden in Burnham-on-Sea. Homes in Sedgemoor’s Managing Director, Jen 6

Feel Better with a Book Innovative shared reading groups are happening at Burnham-on-Sea Library every Monday from 2pm - 4pm. They are hosted by The Reader, a charity whose aim is to connect people from all communities and backgrounds with great literature for improved well-being. The sessions are free to attend and open to people of all ages and abilities.

A trained facilitator leads the session by reading aloud; there’s no pressure to read but those who wish to, are welcome to contribute aloud. "This is the highlight of my week. I look forward to it every Tuesday", - Shared Reading Group Member.

All reading materials are provided free of charge, there’s no need to book in advance, and we always have free tea and biscuits! For more information, contact Emma Crago on 07970 247410 or email emmacrago@thereader.org.uk We already have existing groups in Taunton, Wells, and Yeovil and would love to see you at our Burnham group. We look forward to welcoming you along.

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Jen said, “It was great to be able to meet the young women who had taken such fantastic photographs.

We’re keen to involve as many of our customers as possible, of all ages, in the work of Homes in Sedgemoor, and this is a brilliant way to be able to use Facebook to encourage people to get involved.”

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Burnham & Highbridge Gateway Club Parkinson’s Support Group

Members and helpers of Burnham and Highbridge Gateway Club will be enjoying their Christmas meal at the Oaktree Arena on Thursday 8th December.

The meal will be followed by a disco - always a favourite with the enthusiastic members. The following week (15th) the Town Band will be playing carols for the club at the Burnham Area Youth Centre. This is another annual event which is eagerly looked forward to and thoroughly enjoyed by both band members and Gateway members. At a recent committee meeting of the Burnham and Highbridge Gateway Club, Barbara Thorogood was appointed as the Club Leader for the coming year. Details of next year's holiday to Butlin’s in Minehead were discussed and various ideas were put forward to try to limit the increase in costs to members.

Thanks were given to David and Sally Meek for their hospitality for the meeting and for David's work as the Club Treasurer. Merry Christmas everyone!

This group meets the second Monday of the month, providing friendship, advice, information and support. We meet at the Catholic Church in Burnham (parking available). It is an opportunity for people with Parkinson's, their carers, friends and family to meet others in similar situations. We sometimes have guest speakers or social activities. There is no regular meeting in December, instead we have skittles and a buffet lunch on Monday 12th December at Oaktree Arena. Prizes for raffle, wrapped food/drink welcomed please. The singing session will be on Tuesday 13th December.

No exercise classes in December, the next one will recommence on January 11th 2017. The group would like to thank Ronnie Broadley for all the work she has put into the group, co-founding and successfully running it for three years. Although standing down, Ronnie is still involved. Christine Manners is taking on the role of Group Leader. For info, contact Christine 783696/ Jenny 785653/ Malcolm 01934 740282.

Burnham-on-Sea Farmers’ Market will be taking place on Friday 23rd December on the High Street between 9am – 1pm. This is a brilliant opportunity to stock up with local produce before the Christmas celebrations begin.

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President Offers Encouragement

Nigel Hess, Joint President of Highbridge Festival of the Arts, has sent his best wishes to the Festival Team as they prepare for their 70th Festival in March 2017. Nigel has been President and supporter of the Festival for many years and is very keen to encourage young people to share and develop their talents in the performing arts. He read music at Cambridge University, and has since worked extensively as a composer for the stage, screen and concert hall. His numerous works include scores for the Royal Shakespeare Company, HRH The Prince of Wales, the Royal Air Force and many television series such as New Tricks, Maigret, Wycliffe, and Hetty Wainthropp Investigates.

He has received the Ivor Novello Award twice for Best TV Theme and was nominated for a Classic Brits Award for his film soundtrack to Ladies in Lavender. The syllabus for the 2017 Festival is now available at www. highbridgefestival.org.uk, and Nigel says, “Do take a look and take the opportunity to enter. You never know where it may lead.”

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Burnham Road, Highbridge, £1.50 per family includes songs, crafts, stories, Bible stories and snack time. Join us between 9.30am - 11.30am during term time only.

Christmas Coffee Morning

The next Friends of the Community Centre coffee morning will be held on Saturday 3rd December, 9.45am until 11.45am at the Community Centre, Berrow Road, Burnham-on-Sea. Please support this friendly festive event and have a browse or buy a ticket for our Christmas raffle - all welcome, no admission charge.

There will be cards, gifts, books, jigsaws, bric-a-brac and clothes etc. Refreshments including homemade cakes will be available.

Belles of Burnham WI

The group meets on the first Tuesday in the month, with the next meeting being held at The Avenue Tennis Club on Tuesday 6th December. This meeting is a Christmas celebration with a quiz - bring a plate of food and secret Santa! The bar will be open – if you are interested in finding out more, find us on Facebook.

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Gardening Jobs for December

We’re in winter, so the weather continues to dictate just what we can do in the garden. If conditions are suitable finish any winter digging and gather up any fallen leaves left after autumn.

• Fruit trees such as apples and pears can be pruned, but not stone fruit trees like plums and cherries.

These types need to be pruned during the warmer months to prevent silver leaf disease. Pruning usually involves removing dead, diseased and damaged growth, and cuts should be made just above an outward facing bud. At the same time you can check on the conditions of any tree stakes.

• Indoors, sheds and greenhouses can be tidied up and trays and pots cleaned ready for next year’s sowings and plantings.

• Undercover broad beans and shallots can be started in pots, modules or root trainers ready to be planted out later in the new year.

• If the weather permits, continue planting new shrubs and trees and divide and replant rhubarb.

• Plan ahead for next year and order new seeds, potatoes, plants, fertilizers and composts.

• Do some serious daydreaming about your most successful gardening year yet in 2017.

For more tips why not join your local gardening group? The Burnham and District Horticultural Society meet at 7.30pm on the third Monday of each month (except December) at the Community Centre, Berrow Road. All welcome. Members of the Society free, visitors £1.50. N.B. No meeting in December. The next meeting is 16th January 2017 with a talk “The Development of the Bishop’s Palace Gardens in Wells” by Head Gardener James Cross.

East Huntspill Garden Club wishes all

their members, friends, supporters a very happy Christmas and productive and happy 2017. Our next meeting is on Thursday 23rd February in East Huntspill Church Hall at 7.30pm with a talk by Suzannah Applegate of Kellway Nurseries (Iris and Peony) - everyone welcome. Entry is £1.50, to include refreshments. There will also be a raffle.

The Huntspill Art Group wish everyone a very happy Christmas and look forward to seeing you at the Village Hall, East Huntspill on alternate Wednesday afternoons. Our dates for December are 7th and 21st December and we meet again after Christmas on the 4th and 18th January 2017. For more information, please contact our secretary Brian on 01278 760759 or Kay on 01278 789678.

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The BD Jazz Club

The BD Jazz Club is the local Burnham area Traditional/New Orleans Jazz Club. The club usually meets on the last Friday of every month for regular club sessions at Laburnum House Lodge in Sloway Lane, West Huntspill, which is situated a short distance down the A38 from Highbridge – turn right opposite the Crossways Inn into Church Road and follow the signs. The club Christmas special is on Friday 16th December, featuring Bob Reynolds New Society Jazz with special guest Dorine de Wit on banjo, guitar and vocals. There will be lots of fun and good jazz. Please bring the spirit of Christmas with you, festive hats especially welcome. The venue is at our usual BD Jazz Club at Laburnum House Hotel; playing times are from 8pm to 11pm, and admission £10. Find the full programme of events on the BD Jazz Club page at www.newsocietyjazz.co.uk For further information please contact Diane on 01278 788070. We look forward to seeing you at one of our future regular club sessions or additional special events. BD Jazz Club is a non-profit making organisation that aims to preserve and promote New Orleans/Traditional Jazz.

Apex Park, Highbridge Outdoor Gym Now Open

A state-of-the-art free-to-use outdoor gym is now open in Apex Park, Highbridge. The outdoor gym, which cost £30,000, includes a cross trainer, arm pull down, shoulder press, spinning bike, chest press, seated rower, dips and leg raise unit, leg press and sit-up bench, as well as space for warming up/cooling down.

The gym area also includes a new link path and seating area and is next to the children’s play area to encourage parents and families to get active whilst their kids play. All of the new gym equipment features innovative QR codes which feature instructional videos when scanned using any smart phone.

Works began in early October 2016 and have been completed on time and to budget. All other Apex Park facilities remained accessible during the works.

A spokesperson for Sedgemoor District Council said, “We are so pleased with the new outdoor gym at Apex Park - the day after it was finished it was really fantastic to see lots of families already using it. These wonderful modern facilities are suitable for all ages and abilities. At a time when people are struggling to find money for gym fees this is a great way to get or stay healthy without having to spend a single penny.

Sedgemoor District Council would like to thank The Friends of Apex Park and park users for working with us to support this fantastic project. We are planning a personal trainer-led outdoor gym class, as part of a larger health-focused event, in early spring next year, so look out for details nearer the time.”

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from the team at LocalReach

Well what a year 2016 was for LocalReach! We decided to expand and build on the great success of LocalReach in Burnham on Sea and now we publish in Street & Wells. In the new year we will be expanding into Shepton and Glastonbury as well.

With our Burnham issue we have already expanded into Huntspill and Brent Knoll. So from all the team at LocalReach we wish all advertisers, contributors and readers a very merry Christmas and hope you have a very prosperous 2017!

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Christmas Fayre Somerset Time for Youth would like to invite everyone to their Christmas Fayre on Saturday 10th December, at the Baptist Church Hall in Burnham-on-Sea, 11am - 3pm. Meet Father Christmas in his grotto, have your face painted, buy that special gift for someone from one of the stalls, enjoy the chance to win one of our many exciting raffle prizes*, or take a chance on our tombola, then sit down and relax with a hot drink and mince pie. We wish to thank our members and their families, old and new, for supporting the club throughout 2016, and wish them all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for 2017. We have better and bigger ideas for the club in 2017, and look forward to spending time and sharing these ideas with you all. We would also like to take the opportunity to thank all of our outstanding volunteers, who do an amazing job, session after

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session, supporting and helping out - a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all. Lastly, we would like to thank everyone who has supported us, by giving us donations, we truly appreciate your interest and support in Somerset Time for Youth, and may we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy and successful 2017. - Somerset Time for Youth Committee. * See our web page www.somersettimeforyouth. com of the list of the many prizes on offer.

All music will be provided, and help will be on hand if you need it. The first three weeks are completely free, so why not come along and sing with others who enjoy music. Our spring concert is on Saturday 29th April 2017 in St. John's Church, Highbridge.

For any question or queries, email Jane at jane.lee36@btinternet.com , visit our Facebook page www.facebook.com/ BurnhamAndHighbridgeChoralSociety, (you do not have to be a member of Facebook to do this), or phone Bev Hearn on 01934 732041.

Aladdin This year's pantomime takes you on a magical trip to China, with the production of Aladdin! With a brilliant cast under the direction of Lorna Blair and Xavier Underwood as Musical Director, this promises to be a Genie-us pantomime! The pantomime will be performed at the Princess Theatre and Arts Centre from Friday 27th January until Saturday 4th February. Tickets are available from The Princess Theatre and Arts Centre Box Office or on their website. So hop on your magic carpet to see if Aladdin beats the evil Abanaza and marries his beloved Princess Mandarin, with the help of a magical Genie, a sparkling Slave of the Ring, his hilarious mum, widow Twankey, his barmy brother, Wishee Washee and two very potty Policeman.

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Nearly There The organisations which make up the Bathing Water Quality Group are pleased that the beach at Brean has been classed as Excellent, and Berrow as Good, under the tougher Bathing Water standards. The group is disappointed that the bathing water quality at Burnham Jetty North Beach has again been classified as ‘Poor’.

However, the very good news is that all the work that has been going on means the water quality is continuing to improve. Wessex Water work to enhance the sewerage system in and around Bridgwater and Highbridge should be one of the final pieces in the jigsaw to improve things together with all the work by the partners and the local community. Analysis over the past five years has been done to investigate a range of pollution sources. These include household plumbing wrongly connected to surface water systems, overflows from sewerage infrastructure, agricultural inputs, run-off from agricultural land, dog waste, sewage treatment works and septic tanks. There is a huge catchment area related to the sea at Burnham-on-Sea, and the bathing beach is located at the mouth of the two large rivers that drain this area. There is not one discharge source causing the problems; there are ‘thousands’ of sources of pollution across a huge catchment area of the Rivers Parrett and Brue. Six years of concerted effort by members of the group have brought Burnham Jetty North much closer to passing the tougher standards. The group will continue its efforts to tackle the problems across the catchment area. This includes a multi-million pound investment by Wessex Water to help improve the bathing water quality. A spokesman for the Bathing Water Quality Group said, “We are so pleased that we are very nearly there with the classification at Burnham Beach. A huge amount of work has been done over the season and the results are paying off. Everyone has a part to play in protecting and improving our local bathing waters. If we continue to work together to reduce pollution, we can improve water quality and ensure our bathing waters and coastal communities continue to thrive.”

Harriet Yates-Smith, Litter Free Coast and Sea Somerset said, “The Environment Agency’s results have shown that Burnham Jetty North’s bathing water is continuing to improve, and this year the community has been part of this progress. Lots of people have shown a real passion for protecting their environment by working with Litter Free Coast and Sea Somerset to set up key groups like the Friends of Burnham Beach clean group or helping to spread the word about responsible dog ownership through the Burnham Pooper Troopers. Businesses have also been a part of the movement towards cleaner seas and beaches through their involvement in the ‘Don’t Feed the Locals’ campaign, helping to spread the word about the negative effects of feeding seagulls. I want to thank everyone who has been involved with Litter Free Coast and Sea Somerset so far and remind people that you don’t have to be part of a group to help protect bathing water. You can help at home too by making sure you don’t put fats, oils and greases down the sink as it can cause blockages. Blockages affect waterways causing raw sewage to flow into our rivers and oceans. Make sure you let them cool and scrape or pour into your food waste bin for recycling or into your household waste. You can help in the loo too by only flushing the three Ps – pee, poo and paper - everything else should go in the bin!”

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Christmas at The McMillan Theatre

At just a year old, The McMillan Theatre, Bridgwater, is booking more and more talented acts, offering a plethora of events and performances.

If you want the chance for some audience participation, then don’t miss West End vs. Broadway on Friday 20 January, 7.30pm. Battling it out in a musical fight between the West End and Broadway, the audience gets to choose who sings what, with live voting! This concert guarantees a night of classics and new hits all mixed in with laughs! Who wins? You decide!

Are you a fan of Strictly? Then we recommend buying your tickets for An Audience with Ian Waite and Natalie Lowe very quickly, as they’re selling out fast! Ian and Natalie have developed a whole new show with newly choreographed routines of their favourite Ballroom and Latin dances, and will be with us on Friday 31 March, 7.30pm.

If you enjoy National Theatre, we are screening No Man’s Land (staring Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart), from the West End stage, on Monday 19 December 7pm, Saint Joan (Gemma Arterton plays Joan of Arc), screening live from the Donmar Warehouse, on Thursday 16 February, 7pm, and Hedda Gabler - a modern production of Ibsen’s masterpiece, on Friday 24 March, 7pm.

All tickets for The McMillan Theatre can be purchased from www.mcmillantheatre.com or from the Box Office in person, or by phone, Monday - Friday, 10am - 2pm, 01278 556677.

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Age UK Somerset Tai Chi in Highbridge

From Thursday 3rd November the time of our popular Tai Chi class in Highbridge is changing to the earlier time of 12 noon – 1pm at Highbridge Community Hall, TA9 3BW. Experienced teacher Cheryl Mountford welcomes beginners and improvers to a class that is excellent for overall general health and improving strength and balance.

It is not strenuous, and concentrates on combining slow movements with breathing and relaxation.

The sessions cost just £4 and you can pay as you go. There is no need to book, just come along wearing loose fitting and comfortable clothing. We look forward to meeting you, but if you require any further information or to find out about different exercise classes in the area, please do not hesitate to ring Age UK Somerset on 01823 345626. Or visit our website: www.ageuksomerset.org.uk Government guidelines for physical activity state that older adults should incorporate activities to improve balance and co-ordination on at least two days a week, example activities include Yoga and Tai Chi.

Brent Knoll Christmas Bazaar, Farmers’ Market and Parish Cafe

Join us on Saturday 10th December at Brent Knoll Parish Hall between 10am and 12.30pm.

There will be locally produced fresh beef, pork, chicken, goat’s milk, cheese and meat, eggs, cheese, pickles and preserves, a vegetable stall, speciality bread, Westcroft Cider, homemade cakes and savouries, Phoenix Cards, handmade cards, silver and beaded jewellery, children’s games and toys, local crafts, dog treats, textiles, etc., CDs, DVDs, books and bric-a-brac and almost anything to fill the stockings! Plus, the Christmas 200+ Club Draw and the very special Christmas Raffle. The Parish Café will be serving seasonal drinks and light snacks.

The entrance is free, and good quality, clean items for the bric-a-brac stall (no electrical goods, please) will be appreciated, (collection or delivery). Contact us to arrange or to book a table (£10 per table), phone Eddie Fuller (01278 760308). Proceeds to Brent Knoll Parish Hall.

WHAT'S ON AT THE WINDMILL BAR & BISTRO IN DECEMBER Weekly Events; •

Wednesday Carvery, Every Wednesday, 12.002.00pm, Adults £8.95, Children £5.95

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Sunday Carvery, Every Sunday, 12.00-7.00pm, Adults £8.95, Children £5.95

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Bingo, Every Friday, from 9.00pm, free entry, Bingo Cards £2.00 each

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Bingo, Every Sunday, from 8.30pm, free entry, Bingo Cards £2.00 each

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Cooked Breakfast, every day 9.00-11.00am, Small £5.25, Large £6.95

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Quiz Night is every Wed from 8.00pm, free entry

We advise customers to check entertainment throughout December in advance, due to a high volume of Christmas Party Bookings events are subject to change.

Saturday Night Live Entertainment; •

Rockin Ronnie, Saturday 3rd December from 9.00pm, free entry

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Steve E, Saturday 10th December from 9.00pm, free entry

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Disco with Tony Shaw, Saturday 17th December from 9.00pm, free entry

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Burnham Brass Band playing Christmas Carols 7.00 - 8.00pm, followed by Beaver from 9.00pm, Saturday 24th December, free entry

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New Year’s Eve Party with a hot buffet and entertainment from Petra E, Saturday 31st December, from 7.00pm, tickets available now at £15.00 each

We are also taking Christmas Day bookings: including a 3 Course Meal and Christmas Carols played by Burnham Brass Band.

Pre-order required at £62.50 per person for adults and £29.50 for children.

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The Friends of Burnham Hospital Invite you to a Christmas Concert

Get in the mood for Christmas, with a free entry concert!! Join us on Thursday 1st December commencing at 7pm in the Methodist Church, College Street, Burnham.

Performances by U3A Concert Party & Impromptu Plus. All profits will be split between The Friends and the Methodist Church Roof Fund. There will be a raffle and a retiring collection. In the interval there will be refreshments on sale. Please join us. To get your free ticket, please phone Bernie on 01278 785727 or U3A. We shall be hosting our final coffee morning for the year on Saturday 17th December commencing at 10am till 12noon in The Methodist Church, College Street, Burnham.

We would love to see you. There will be books, and bric-a-brac on sale and we will also have our usual raffle. It would be lovely to see you. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Church for allowing us to utilise their facilities throughout 2016 and wish them all success in their continued fundraising for their roof fund.

We are also looking for donations of quality bric-a-brac to aid our table top sales and any donations of unwanted gifts, bottles, boxes of

chocolates and biscuits for our ongoing raffles.

If you do have anything that we could use, please contact Ceri to arrange a collection on 07977 191799 or 01278 823794. Thanks to everyone who has already donated, we really appreciate you keeping us in your thoughts. Up to the end of December we are one of the three chosen charities in Asda, Highbridge for the green counter collection, so if you shop there please collect the green counters and place them in our collection box.

You can become a member of The Friends by making an annual donation of ÂŁ5. To find out more, visit our website at www. friendsofburnhamhospital.org.uk You can also like us on Facebook. Finally, we would like to wish you a very festive season and all the very best for 2017, and thank you all for your ongoing support.

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Just call in to our High Street offices or telephone 01278 793700. Alternatively email us: Sales enquiries to graham@garyberryman.co.uk and Lettings enquiries to pennyc@garyberryman.co.uk Number 1 in TA8 and TA9 since 2008. Estate agency data is collected from the internet and is collated and published by Savvyagent. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the data, due to variations in data published by estate agents, this cannot be guaranteed and Savvyagent accept no responsibility for any discrepancies errors or omissions.

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2016 - ANOTHER EXCITING YEAR AT KINGFISHER, THE FAMILY FIRM.

July in particular was momentous as we held our 30th Anniversary garden party and the opening of our new showroom in Wells.

We have felt for sometime that Wells would be a great place to branch out and it has proved to be correct, many people who have come into the shop have been really pleased to see us and our vans have been seen around the city.

This Christmas we would like to thank all of our customers, old, new and prospective, by inviting you to come to our showroom in East Brent, to enjoy a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie with us on Monday 19 December, from 12.00pm.

We are also offering a £30 discount on any window and door, ordered in the Month of December, please see our website or call the showroom for further details.

If you cannot make it, Kingfisher would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2017.

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I.T. for the Terrified – for all your computer training needs.

A skill-sharing, informal, community project. Run by a committee, staffed by volunteers.

I.T. for the Terrified is now using Cheddar Village Hall for our computer training sessions, with an ethos of friendly, informal, relaxed and individual help to use your computer, tablet or smartphone. If you need the use of one of our machines, please let us know as this can be arranged. Anyone of any age or ability can learn how to order prescriptions or library books, do your shopping, share photos, email or chat to friends and family online, etc.

Our opening hours will be flexible, because we have different trainers with different skills on different levels on different days, and need to work around when the hall is available, but we will arrange an appointment to suit both parties as quickly as we can. Appointments are essential and cost £20 per two-hour for a 1:1 or £30 per two-hour for 1:2 sessions. We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our customers past, present and future, a very Merry Christmas and a Peaceful, Happy and techi New Year. Contact us at I.T. for the Terrified: 01934 741751 www.itfortheterrified.co.uk itfortheterrified@btconnect.com Using Cheddar Village Hall (used to be Cheddar Church House), Church Street, Cheddar, Somerset, BS27 3RF, next to St. Andrew’s Church and almost opposite the road to Sainsbury’s (used to be Budgen’s). If you can spare two hours a week and have skills on any level (especially basics) that you would like to share with others, please get in touch. Registered Charity No. 1130308. Company No. 06779600.

Santa Claus is Coming to Brean

Come and visit Father Christmas in his grotto at Brean Play, Brean Leisure Park this Christmas. New this year is our elves workshop where kids can get crafty with all things Christmas. Have fun in our magical snow globe and enjoy our Christmas magic show. Grotto tickets start from just£6.50 and include grotto entry with quality gift, entry to our elves workshop and Christmas show. Plus a £1 discount off Brean play admission if you wish to stay and play. Don't miss our tea or breakfast with Father Christmas, at great value of £7 per child and free adults which includes a play session and tea/ breakfast with Father Christmas. For opening times and further information visit our website www.breanplay.com or call 01278 752123. Free car parking.

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Burnham Mobile Foot Health Clinic - Treatments in the comfort of your own home.

Feet can be a problem: Do you ever have problems with your feet? If so, now is a good time to look for a solution. In extreme cases, unattended minor difficulties can begin to spoil your enjoyment of life and even limit mobility. Very often, the causes are easily identified but the solutions are difficult to apply unaided, particularly as we get older. Let’s face it, feet are inconveniently located!

We are visiting foot health practitioners and complementary therapists, operating across Burnham and surrounding areas, attending people in their own homes or work places.

If you are plagued by discomfort with your feet, however great or small it may seem, you might well find that your situation can be substantially improved by one of the treatments we offer.

Experience has shown that the provision of foot health care offers a significant improvement to many people’s lifestyles, helping them remain active and energetic, whether at work, engaging in recreational activities, or simply as a way of enjoying their homes and gardens. It has also shown us that this form of care needs to be delivered at a time and place that suits each individual’s lifestyle.

Check feet daily: People with diabetes are at much greater risk of developing problems with their feet, due to the damage high blood glucose levels (also called blood sugar levels) can cause to sensation and circulation (blood flow). If they aren’t treated, these problems can cause foot ulcers and infections, and at worst may lead to amputation. However, most foot problems are preventable with good, regular foot care.

We look forward to treating you. Please refer to our treatments as listed below: Nail conditions: Thickening of the nail, nail fungal infections, nail cutting & filing, ingrowing nails.

Skin conditions: Callus, corns, verruca’s, athletes foot.

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Motor Neurone Disease Association

Motor Neurone Disease is a totally debilitating disease at the present time. The association can help with advice, a person to ask questions of, meetings for carers and patient, and most of all, fundraising to help provide specialised equipment that the NHS cannot provide, if required in a short space of time. Much research is ongoing, again this requires funding. Classed as a rare disease, almost everyone has heard of someone who has suffered from MND. At any one time 5,000 people have MND in Britain. Please come to see the film The Dressmaker with Kate Winslet at the Ritz cinema on Monday 16th January from 1.30pm and help the local branch. South and West Somerset MNDA. Charity no: 294354.

Burnham Wine Club Alternative Christmas Party

Don't fancy your works do? Fancy doing two Christmas parties? Or maybe not the biggest fan of your colleagues? Whatever your reason, join the Burnham Wine Club for their Alternative Christmas Party on Friday 16th December at 7.30pm. Held at the Avenue Tennis Club, expect fantastic wines by the glass, and the favourite cocktails from their 2016 tasting evenings.

Tickets available from Eventbrite; search "Burnham Wine Club" or email bosfoodfest@gmail.com

Bulb Planting in Apex Park - That’s blooming lovely!

Staff from Sedgemoor District Council and the Friends of Apex Park braved the grey and cold weather to plant over a thousand bulbs in awardwinning Apex Park in Burnham and Highbridge during November.

In a bid to make Apex Park even more bright and colourful come spring, three 25kg bags of daffodils and 75 bluebell bulbs were dug and planted by the volunteers and staff around various parts of the park. A spokesperson for Sedgemoor District Council said, “We would like to thank all of the Friends of Apex Park who braved the chilly weather and gave up their own time to help. We would also like to thank Friends of Apex Park and local ward councillors, Mr and Mrs Roger and Janet Keen who kindly donated the bluebells to the park. We hope the new bulbs will add to the beautiful spring scenes in Apex and encourage even more visitors to enjoy this wonderful lake and park.”

To find out more about joining the Friends of Apex Park, please visit: www.sedgemoor.gov.uk/6350 or call 0300 303 7800 - ask for the Parks team.

You can follow Sedgemoor District Council on Twitter at @SedgemoorDC by visiting https://twitter.com/ sedgemoordc or see tweets about Apex Park by searching the hashtag #ApexPark

LEAFLET DELIVERY PEOPLE REQUIRED LocalReach Ltd require local people to deliver this magazine and leaflets in this area.

You need to be honest, fit, reliable and like walking.

This is a monthly, part-time position with a good rate of pay.

In the first instance please send your name, age and street name by email to:

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Contact the Elderly - Brighten Up Your Sunday!

One Sunday afternoon a month, local older people and volunteers OF ALL AGES get together for afternoon tea. Our guests are aged 75 and over, live alone, often without family nearby, so the teas are a nice opportunity to leave the four walls behind.

A couple of months ago we launched the first Contact the Elderly tea party group in the Mendips area. The group has older guests and volunteers from Wells, Shepton and lots of surrounding villages. It’s going really well, and has a full house of older guests already. We’d love to get a second group going so we don’t have to keep people on the waiting list.

Can you help by volunteering, or spreading the word?

We are looking for: DRIVERS: You will collect a couple of older people, in your own car, and take them to a host’s home, joining the rest of the group for tea HOSTS: Offer to hold a tea party for the local group in your family home once or twice a year (downstairs loo and easy access required).

COORDINATORS: just a bit of admin and organising makes the party happen.

It is a simple yet very effective idea, and it gives our older guests the knowledge that someone really cares. Most importantly it changes lives - maybe yours too.

To volunteer or to find out more about being a guest, please contact: Helen Ker-Bridges.

Helen.ker@contact-the-elderly.org.uk, @contact_teas, 01225 873812

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Burnham-on-Sea Trefoil Guild

Burnham-on-Sea Trefoil Guild, a branch of the Girl Guide Movement, have been meeting monthly in St. Andrew's Church Hall for the last 14 years. We are a happy, friendly bunch of ladies, but at the moment we have a BIG WORRY on our minds.

Our Annual meeting will be held in January, but the New Year may be a sad time for the Trefoil ladies as it appears that we will not be able to elect a Treasurer. Unfortunately without a Treasurer we cannot operate and will have to close.

We are hoping that someone, or even two people would offer to be our Treasurer/s and help us with our very small accounts. Thus making a group of ladies happy again. We would be very grateful. If anyone is interested please phone June Garton on 01278 794638 for a chat.

Local Business A - Z ACCOUNTANTS

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Call Ian Robson on 01278 760067 Professional and Personal service at comPetitive rates Self Assessment Tax Returns • Annual Accounts • Bookkeeping • VAT • Payroll • Sole Traders • Partnerships • Limited Companies

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Plumbing and Heating

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