Tetbury Advertiser December 2023

TETBURY ADVERTISER

December 2023

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Contents

What’s On

Editorial/Advertising copy to:-

2nd/3rd Dec Tetbury Goods Shed Christmas Craft Fair.

Avening WI

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Barn Theatre Review

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3rd Dec

Tony Sykes - Accounts Rockside, Fox Hill, Tetbury GL8 8XA. Tel: 07813 091440 email: tony@tonysykes.com

St Marys’ Church Advent Carol Service 6.00 pm.

Chelworth Bookworms

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8th Dec

Girlguiding

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Greening Tetbury

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Alan Greenway - Distribution Willowbank, Tetbury, GL8 8BT. Tel: (h) 01666 504715 (m) 07955 088580 email: alang196@gmail.com

Badminton Estate Whisky and Chocolate Tasting.

See advert for details.

History of Tetbury Society

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9th Dec

Join the Debate

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Lion’s Den

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Mary Roberts - Editor Tel: 07814 850464 email: mary@wilprintdesign.co.uk

Badminton Estate Christmas Mince Pies Class with Julie Jones. See advert for details.

Notice to Advertisers and Contributors

10th Dec St Marys’ Church Celebrate Christingle 4.00 pm.

See article for details.

Copy date for the February 2024 Issue is Thursday 11th January 2024 Delivery - 27th/28th January 2024

13th Dec Tebury Film Society “Ride like a Girl”. 7.00 pm Dolphins Hall. See article for details.

Please ensure that copy is submitted by the deadline.

There is NO guarantee that late copy will be published.

No liability is accepted for any loss or damage arising from any error, inaccuracies or omission from any copy or advertising in this publication. The Editor reserves the right to omit any item not considered suitable for printing. All reasonable efforts will be made to meet the wishes of our advertisers and contributors.

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16th Dec Tetbury Lions Big Quiz at The Great Tythe Barn.

See advert for details.

20th Dec Tetbury Police Museum “Christmas Ghost Stories” .

7.30 pm. See article for details.

10th Jan Tetbury Film Society “Confetti”. 7.00 pm Dolphins Hall.

See article for details.

15th Jan Tetbury and District u3a talk by Anthony G Rudall on “Dead Dogs and Chiggers”.

10.30 am at The Goods Shed.

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Useful Information

DOLPHINS HALL COMMUNITY CENTRE Bookings can be made at www.dolphinshall.org or email: contact@dolphinshall.org

CHURCHES Christ Church, The Chipping 01285 653655 St. Marys’ - C of E - Church St. 01666 500088 St. Michael’s - R.C. - The Green 01666 502367 COMMUNITY CONNEXIONS TRANSPORT Suite 132,Corinium House, Corinium Avenue, Barnwood Point, Gloucester GL4 3HX Tel: 0345 680 5029 COTSWOLD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU TEL: 0808 800 0511 DOCTORS Phoenix Tetbury, Long Street. Tel: 01666 502303 The Tolsey Surgery, High Street, Sherston. Tel: 01666 840270 HOSPITAL Malmesbury Road. Tel: 01666 502336 OSTEOPATHS Tel: 01666 503599 & 01666 502214

LIBRARY Close Gardens. Tel: 01666 502258 (Mon 10.00-1.00, Tue 10.00-5.00, Wed 10.00-5.00, Fri 10.00-6.00, Sat 10.00-1.00) LOCAL AUTHORITIES Tetbury Town Council, Old Courthouse, Long Street. Tel: 01666 504670 (Mon-Fri 9am - 2.30pm) Council Info. Services, in Council Office. Email: reception@tetbury.gov.uk Cotswold District Council, Trinity Road, Cirencester. Tel: (01285) 623000 NATIONAL EXPRESS Bookings taken at the Visitor Information Centre. Daily return service from Cirencester to Heathrow. www. visittetbury.co.uk

Mayor’s Report

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News from St Marys’ Church

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News from St Michael’s Church

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Shots from a Lawyer’s Gun

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South Cotswold Bridge Club

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St Mary’s CE VA Primary School

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Tetbury and District Footpath Group

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Tetbury and District u3a

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Tetbury Area Youth & Community Trust 43 Tetbury Art Society

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Tetbury Bowls Club

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Tetbury Community Choir

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Tetbury Community Fire Station

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Tetbury Cricket Club

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Tetbury Film Society

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Tetbury Goods Shed

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Tetbury in Bloom

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Tetbury Library

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Tetbury Men’s Sheds

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Tetbury Nursery Playgroup

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Tetbury Police Museum and Courtroom 30 Tetbury Probus

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Tetbury Theatre Group

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Tetbury WI

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The Feoffees and the Thirteen

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Young by Name

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SCHOOLS Sir William Romney’s, Lowfield Road. Tel: 01666 502378 St. Mary’s Primary, St. Mary’s Road.Tel: 01666 502275.

TETBURY SHOPMOBILITY BOOKINGS Monday-Friday 9.00-3.00 Tetbury Town Council Offices 01666 504670. Saturday 10.00-4.00 Tetbury Tourist Information Centre.

Tel: 01666 503552 The Friends of Tetbury Community Transport Roger Bellairs, 07759 142577 TETBURY CARES, www.tetburycares.org Website to signpost local health services TETBURY LIONS, www.tetburylions.com Tetbury Town Crier Tony Evans, 24 Box Crescent, Minchinhampton, Nr. Stroud, Gloucestershire GL6 9DJ.

POLICE STATION The Old Courthouse, Long Street Tel: Emergency - 999, Non-Emergency 101 (note new number).

Tel: 01453 731355 Mob: 07969 302042 Email: tonyevanstowncrier@btinternet.com

RAILWAY STATION Kemble - 6 miles Enquiries Tel: 0845 748 4950

VISITOR INFORMATION 33 Church Street. tourism@tetbury.gov.uk Tel: 01666 503552

COTSWOLD WEALTH CHARTERED FINANCIAL PLANNERS www.cotswoldwealth.co.uk

“Wishing you all a Merry Christmas” We offer a complete range of financial advice services; from retirement and investment planning to long term care planning and inheritance tax advice in the Tetbury area.We have been awarded Chartered Financial Planner status, the financial industry’s ‘Gold Standard’ for best practice and code of conduct

We provide an experienced wealth management service and offer specialist advice in a wide range of areas including:

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Tel: 01666 503751 Address: 13 Market Place, Tetbury, GL8 8DA Email: cotswold.wealth@sjpp.co.uk Website: www.cotswoldwealth.co.uk Cotswold Wealth Chartered Financial Planners is an Appointed Representative of and represents only St. James’s Place Wealth Management plc (which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority) for the purpose of advising solely on the group’s wealth management products and services, more details of which are set out on the group’s website http://www.sjp.co.uk/products. The ‘St. James’s Place Partnership’ and the titles ‘Partner’ and ‘Partner Practice’ are marketing terms used to describe St. James’s Place representatives.

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Tetbury Lions’

BIG STMAS I R CH

QUIZ

Saturday the 16th of December at 7pm The Great Tythe Barn, Newnton Road, Tetbury Tickets are £10 each and include a luxury Ploughman’s Supper, comprising of a selection of cheeses, warm bread rolls and chutney.

There will also be a chance to buy a ticket for our special Christmas Draw. First prize £100, Second prize a luxury hamper, plus many other prizes to be won.

The draw will take place during the evening.

To reserve your place, or to buy a Christmas Draw ticket, please contact Maggie Heaven on 07747608990 8888888 1011123

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Lion’s Den

Lions International has donated hundreds of thousands of pounds around the world but Tetbury Lions’ focus continues to be on the local community… …where this month we made our regular donation of £200 to the Foodbank, agreed a grant to help a Tetbury family whose child has cancer to have a getaway and provided £250 to Sir William Romney’s School to assist with their running of a course to help fight violence. Both SWR and St Mary’s will also benefit from our donations of Tesco vouchers just before Christmas. Another grant agreed was £500 towards the recently held panto Dick Turpin for Senior Citizens, held in cooperation with Community Connexions and Dolphins Dramatics Society. Lions also provided the transport, mince pies and sherry.

separately. Contact Maggie Heaven on 07747608990 for Quiz tickets. It is profits from these Lions events which go towards the donations mentioned above, so please come along or give generously.

We are planning to assist Longfield Hospice in their Christmas Tree appeal where, for a donation, used Christmas trees are collected (for instance around Tetbury by Lions) and recycled. Longfield are hoping to raise more than £50,000 this year through this scheme. We are appealing for the one day use of a suitable van (14th Jan) to help us make this happen. Please email president@tetburylions.com We badged up new Lion Keith Hodgson at our November meeting and also awarded a unique “Certificate of Appreciation“ to Lion Malcolm Philby for his fifty years membership and service in Tetbury Lions.

We do have more potential recruits to Lions “in the pipeline” but more Lions are needed if we are to support events, large and small, throughout the year.

Tetbury Men’s Sheds, which continues to be strongly supported by Tetbury Lions, had a great day at the Great Tythe Barn Christmas Fayre on the 26th of November providing items for sale made by the Shedders.

Sadly, one of our most active and long serving Lions, Brian Thacker decided to retire from Lions in October. (See picture of presentation of Appreciation Certificate.)

As well as participating in all the usual Lions fundraising events, Brian ran the 200 Club monthly draw which also brings in funds for Lions charities. The revamped version of the Lions 200 Club is now being launched . Brian’s past record included membership of two other local service clubs and he was the founder of the Stroud Talking Radio Station which is still operating today. We shall miss Brian’s efforts.

Why not give Lions a try; young and old, male and female members will all be made to feel very welcome at our monthly

meetings at 7.30 pm on the first Wednesday of the month at the Priory. Come along and see what goes on. Your ideas and energy could help support and benefit the people and organisations of Tetbury whilst at the same time you will have some fun such as Lions, friends and guests did at our 50th Charter Night at the wonderful venue of Ingleside in Cirencester last month. As a first step, perhaps you would like to help out with one of our key services to Tetbury – helping to deliver this magazine. See the poster elsewhere in this issue.

There is no Advertiser published in January so may I, together with all of Tetbury Lions, thank Advertisers and the people of Tetbury for their support throughout the year and wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Derek Harvey Lions President

Christmas and New Year rush upon us and as usual that brings a very busy time for Tetbury Lions. We shall have our Christmas Raffle in the Market Hall on the night of the Christmas Lights Switch on – Friday the 1st of December and also on the 9th and 16h of December the raffle stall will be outside the Post Office with a raft of lovely prizes (£100 cash, luxury hamper and many more). On the 2nd of December we shall be supporting the Foodbank with their traditional Christmas collection at Tesco.

There will be another Lions Big Quiz at the exciting venue of the Great Tythe Barn on the 16th of December – get your team together now, ready to win that coveted trophy for your mantlepiece: £10 per person to include a selection of luxurious cheeses and bread rolls. The draw for the aforementioned Lions Christmas raffle will take place on the evening of the Quiz, but winners who are not there will be notified

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Young by Name

academic gown and mortar board posing for a photo beside the statue of Alfred the Great, I realise it’s degree day. Hundreds of new graduates are flocking with their proud parents to ceremonies in the cathedral.

What’s more, surrounding the cathedral is the newly-opened Christmas market, housed in dozens of little huts reminiscent of a medieval village. As we browse the market stalls, my friends and I are often separated by the crowds. I’m repeatedly casting around to find my companions.

Mistaken Identity On my first trip abroad for over a year - only my second since before Covid - I find it refreshing to hear other languages spoken.

My short break in the historic city of Bruges exposes me to far more than Belgium’s three official languages, French, Dutch, and German. The cheerful hotel receptionist who greets us in fluent English converses just as easily in Spanish with other guests.

As we roam the cobbled streets, we catch drifts of Asian languages from tour guides leading walking groups.

Amid this Babel, locals may find it amusing to guess the nationality of tourists and address them in the appropriate tongue.

Before I open my mouth in shops and cafes, they speak to me in English.

I’m therefore surprised when, stopping on our way home at a Calais hypermarket, a checkout assistant asks me in rapid colloquial French whether I have a store loyalty card. She must think I’m on my home turf. I interpret this as a compliment.

After all, aren’t French women always more elegant than British? On the other hand, she might just be going by the sparse contents of my trolley: it’s not full of the cheap wine and beer beloved by the typical British booze-cruiser.

Next day, back in England, I meet two old

schoolfriends in Winchester. (I cover a lot of miles this week.) We’ve been best friends since our first day of secondary school.

Although we now live too far apart to see each other very often, as soon as we’re together, we revert to our teenage years, dredging up old in-jokes and catchphrases, laughing and egging each other on.

We have chosen Winchester as a quieter alternative to our usual London rendezvous, but as I navigate through town to find a car park, I’m puzzled by the bumper-to-bumper traffic. When I spot a young man in an

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Greening Tetbury a Ferrero Rocher chocolate in the centre.

Also homemade crackers with material which can be used from year to year. These are very personalised presents and will thrill the recipient.

The Charity shops are full of things that will please, some unused. What about contributing to a meal for a homeless person?

Gloucestershire Recycles is running a campaign ‘Plastic Free Festivities’ Don’t let Christmas cost the Earth, check it out at www.gloucestershirerecycles.com/ plastic-free-xmas

Happy R R R Christmas There have been festivals at this time of year for millennia. Our ancestors celebrated the winter solstice and the hope that winter will end. Nowadays, Neo-Pagans carry on that tradition; Christians celebrate the love and light Christ brought to the world; Jews and Hindus have festivals of light; Buddhists celebrate the Buddha’s day of enlightenment and Zoroastrians honour the death of their prophet.

There are lots of reasons for decorating our homes and celebrating together in a dark time of the year. The problem is our consumption usually rockets, the planet is already choked with our waste and, for many of us, money is tight. However, it is possible to Reduce, Re-use and Recycle and have a more conscientious, eco-friendly celebration of love, light, family and friendship.

Reduce the food waste by using up the leftovers in some inventive new recipes. If you have some unusual recipes pop them on the GT website or Facebook page!

Wrap up warm and get out and enjoy the countryside and keep the heating to a maximum temperature of nineteen degrees (saves the heating bill).

Some ideas: See in the photograph, these cute little knitted Christmas puddings with

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Please be aware that Tetbury Hardware accept payments and vouchers in an envelope only.

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One of GT’s aims over the next few years is to focus on Nature and Biodiversity. We are introducing areas for wilding; increasing biodiversity by planting trees, seeds and bulbs and making ‘joined up’ corridors for wildlife; these things do not happen overnight. They take a lot of planning and working with other groups as well as with the weather and the seasons. We need to be patient.

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GT members will be joining Will Cook to plant trees in the vicinity of the Goods Shed on the first three Saturdays from 10.00 am in the New Year. You can purchase a tree to plant on the day or at Carolyn’s stand at the Goods Shed Christmas Craft Fair on the 2nd and 3rd of December. We are looking for volunteers to join this planting scheme, if you are able to help, please email: greeningtetbury@gmail.com.

Planting has already started in St Saviours cemetery and there are four other sites waiting for seed sowing.

Our next meeting of Greening Tetbury will be in December 2023. Please check the website and Facebook page for the date, time and venue. All welcome. If you are not a member, please email to join the meeting.

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Mayor’s Report Tetbury Town Council has been busy building the budget for the next financial year. Times are hard for everybody, and we are having to make some tough decisions. The preparation of an annual budget is one of the key statutory tasks of the Council. It results in the setting of the precept for the next year. The scale reflects that Tetbury is the second largest settlement in the Cotswolds. Whilst neighbouring parishes can use services provided in the town, they do not fund them, which is reflected in the difference in the size of our spend.

Before the budget is approved and sent to District Council, you get to have your say. Please join us at 6.00 pm on Wednesday the 17th of January at the Dolphins Hall to receive a breakdown of how we have compiled the budget and what this could mean for your Council tax next year.

It is a busy time of year.

I have re-taken my ‘Being an Effective Chairperson’ training to help me improve my skills and help make Full Council meetings better. I have met with the new CEO at the Gloucestershire Association of Parish and Town Councils to understand how we can work together more effectively as a Council. I have responded to lots of correspondence on subjects ranging from planning matters and a proposed 20mph zone, to funding and the siting of a workshop for Men in Sheds on Council-owned land alongside the Goods Shed.

On the 8th of November I represented Tetbury Town Council at the Cotswold District Council Planning Committee. I am pleased to report that the planning application for a purpose-built doctors’ surgery and affordable housing was approved after a long and indepth debate regarding the loss of a greenfield site versus benefit to the town.

I sold poppies in support of the Royal British Legion appeal. Well done to Jane and the team of volunteers for all they do in support of this worthwhile cause. I attended the Remembrance Sunday service and parade - always such a moving occasion. I attended Lady Bathurst’s 50th Anniversary reception in aid of the Severn Area Rescue Association charity, and I attended the Lions Club of Tetbury 50th Charter night. (Thank you to everyone involved in the production and distribution of this award-winning community magazine.) I supported the speed watch team. I met with the Burgermeister (Mayor) of Zwingenberg (Dr Habich) to discuss how

CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL Friday 1st DECEMBER 2023—Tuesday 2nd JANUARY 2024 ST SAVIOUR’S CHURCH, NEW CHURCH STREET, TETBURY Carol service will be held on Saturday 2nd December 5pm in St Saviour’s Church followed by mince pies and mulled wine.

Get in the Festive spirit and visit the Church to see a range of beautifully decorated trees representing local organisations, schools and clubs.

All donations received will be gifted to the Churches Conservation Trust in aid of St Saviours Church.

If your organisation would like to take part please contact 504670 or email reception@tetbury.gov.uk

we might reinvigorate the twinning association in support of their 750th Jubilee celebrations next August - we will be seeking involvement from the wider community and will keep you fully informed as plans evolve.

I attended my first Comic Convention, which was lots of fun. I joined the second birthday party for the Friendship Café. I very much enjoyed going to Tetbury Trees to choose my home Christmas tree from amongst hundreds. I am planning to attend the Pantomime and as many festive events as practically possible.

Thank you to everyone involved in making this year’s Switch-On evening such a success, particularly: Vicki and the organising committee; the Build Back Better Business Council and Gloucestershire County Council (with the support of County Councillor Stephen Hirst) for their grant contributions; The Feoffees for their support and for lighting up the Market House; the Lowsley-Williams for their donation of the trees either side of the steps to the Market House; the Council employees and the volunteers (including my sister-in-law and brotherin-law) who helped with the practicalities on the day itself.

We are also grateful to Sue Hirst and her team for all their hard work over many years to light up the trees in the town. If you are interested in helping to take over this responsibility next year, please contact Tara at the Council to find out more at ceo@tetbury. gov.uk or call 01666 504670.

Also, a very big thank you to The Close Hotel, and their staff for their commitment to provide a hot meal to Tetbury people on Christmas Day, and the volunteers for delivering them.

Wishing you and those you hold dear a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year on behalf of everyone at Tetbury Town Council.

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In the Autumn we hosted a Charity Car Wash, collecting for two charities. The Fire Fighters Charity and The Friends of RUSH Skate Park. We raised a fantastic £800.

Alongside attending Emergency Fire Calls, Road Traffic Collisions and other Emergency Special Calls, at Tetbury we Co-Respond for the Ambulance Service, attending any life critical emergency’s which are rated Category 1 calls, to include Cardiac Arrest. Seven members of the Crew at the Station are trained to respond to these calls.

News from Tetbury Community Fire Station…

We have had a busy year at the Fire Station, not just with emergency calls but also with changes to personnel, celebrations and achievements of our members of staff.

Currently there are thirteen members of staff following the recruitment of Liz Hocter, as our new Fire Fighter, joining Tracy Bray, Luke Ravenhill, and Scott Lee, all training to become qualified Fire Fighters.

One member of our crew, FF Neil Perks, successfully passed out in September to become a fully qualified Fire fighter after being assessed by Officers from Gloucester and we pass on our congratulation to him for all the hard work he put into passing the exams.

Stephen Chidley also achieved competency and passed his exams in October, to become a Crew Manager at Tetbury. This followed two years of training and my full congratulations goes to him for the time and effort he put into the entire process.

In addition to our core duties during 2023, crew members have volunteered to attend various Open Days including local School Fetes, Wacky Races, the Summer Carnival and we have also welcomed local community groups to Station 22, including playgroups, Brownies, Cubs and Scouts.

October also saw the nostalgic departure of Fire Fighter Antony Moore, who left the Fire Service following fifteen years’ at Tetbury. I would like to give huge thanks to him and his family for all they have done for the town and the surrounding community during those years.

On the 6th of November, we also had a celebration at the Station for Andrew Howell, as he was awarded his twenty year, Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Celebrating this occasion with his family and friends, a senior officer from

Now Christmas is upon us we will be concentrating on fundraising within the community. The Christmas Carol Float’s first event will be the ‘Christmas Lights Turn On’, on the 1st December, supporting Father Christmas’s travel up Long Street. Through December we start our tour of the Tetbury streets, keeping up what has now become part of Tetbury’s residents Christmas tradition, allowing families to see Father Christmas from their own homes while collecting donations for The Fire Fighters Charity. We will be touring over three nights and the routes around the town will be advertised on our Facebook page ‘Tetbury Christmas Carol Float’. The nights we will be going around the streets are the 11th, 18th and 20th as well as Saturday the 23rd of December when we will be parked outside Tesco’s supermarket.

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Tetbury Men’s Sheds We welcome new members Paddy and Chris to the shed this month and we are glad to report that they have been presented with their prestigious name badges. A massive thanks goes out to Heather Phillips for a generous donation of tools and equipment to the Men’s Shed. We are sure Michael would be pleased that his beautifully organised workshop is already being put to good use.

Meanwhile, over the wall, the allotment produced enough Halloween pumpkins to raise £60 for Lions funds. Thanks go to Kathryn Minchew and the allotment team for a great effort.

The project to move the workshop to its new location at the Goods Shed is progressing, with the plans now submitted to CDC for approval. Hopefully, in the spring of 2024, we will be welcoming new members to join our team.

The Tetbury Shedders have been busy in the workshop this Autumn.

In preparation for our first public appearance at the Great Tythe Barn Winterfest on the 26th of November we have been producing some unique items for sale. Our woodturning supremo, John Fairbairn, has produced a range of hand turned bowls in a variety of hardwoods and a fascinating, unique range of personalised pens turned to thousandths of an inch.

Alan, Derek and Eddie have been using reclaimed timber from discarded pallets to produce bird feeders, nesting boxes and

If you are not yet familiar with the Men’s Shed movement, Tetbury is one of the latest of nearly one thousand sheds across the UK. Activities in sheds vary greatly, but you can usually find woodworking, repairing and restoring, electronics and model building in a typical shed. Whatever the activity, the essence of the shed is not the building or location, but the connections and relationships between its members.

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News from St Marys’ Church Silent night, holy night.

I love the opening words of this beautiful carol, which always helps me find a calm centre at Christmas. To remember that, with all the joyful busy-ness, at the heart of our celebrations is the birth of Jesus, in the quietness of a simple stable, held in the arms of his mother, Mary.

Throughout December, St Marys’ Church extends a warm welcome to everyone to prepare for Christmas, getting ready to receive this gift of God’s son, born into our world to dwell among us.

We look forward to being part of the “Switch On” on Friday the 1st of December – look out for our stall, with gifts and information about what’s on. On Saturday the 2nd between 10.00 am – 12.30 pm everyone is invited to the St Marys’ Christmas Fair in the Market Hall. You’ll discover many delights – from homemade cakes to gifts, craft stalls and games. Then, at 5.00 pm, come along to the beautiful “Christmas Tree Service” of carols and readings at St Saviours.

The celebrations continue with a family service at 10.00 am on Christmas morning.

All are welcome.

I look forward to sharing this with everyone.

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Then family events include “Celebrate Christingle” at 4.00 pm on Sunday the 10th of December: make your own Christingle and enjoy some singing around the fire.

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Every week through December at 10.00 am Little Fishes Sunday School will have special Advent activities.

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We have also been invited by St Marys Church to join with the Church Choir to sing at their Carol Service on Sunday the 17th of December at 6.00 pm where we will be harmoniously joining in with all the congregational carols within the service and singing three Christmas pieces on our own.

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It’s at this time of year that we like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who has supported us over the past twelve months.

Our grateful thanks go to Tetbury Town Council, not only for their financial support but for their much-needed practical assistance, without which we would find it extremely difficult to carry out our work.

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The next Tetbury Advertiser will be delivered at the beginning of February and by then the spring flowering season will have just started with the appearance of hellebores, snowdrops, cyclamen, and early flowering crocuses. For me, this is always the best time of the year when the days are noticeably getting longer, and the gardening year ahead is full of promise.

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In November, John Putley, from Gloucester Archives, gave us a fascinating, well illustrated and humorous talk about ‘Medieval Pets’, including a history of pet keeping.

Prehistoric man hunted wild animals for food, with inedible parts being made into tools and clothing. Before long he had domesticated those most useful to him – cows, horses and dogs. Although most of them were put to work, cave paintings and archaeological evidence from the Eastern Mediterranean area suggests that pre14,000BC, some, especially dogs were pets.

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We all thoroughly enjoyed the talk and John was warmly thanked.

Our next meeting will be ‘A Boy in Tetbury’ presented by John Peters, whose father wrote the book recalling his Cotswold boyhood.

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Tetbury Cricket Club Good day fellow athletes, Well, I can’t quite believe this is the final article I’ll be writing in 2023, just where has the year gone?!

I suppose time does fly when you’re busy (or is the real saying “having fun”) and the last few weeks have been no exception in what has been a phenomenally busy year.

Since I last put pen to paper, we’ve had a wonderful End of Season Presentation Dinner at the Royal Agriculture University.

The food was fantastic, the speeches short and the dance floor was packed... what more could you want from an end of season celebration! Special thanks must go to Jill, Lou and Jamie who were the driving force behind the evening and making it such a special event for everyone. The personalised polaroid photos instead of name place cards was a particularly

thoughtful touch. While seeing all the award winners collect their well-deserved accolades, special mention must go to Jacob Horrell for winning the Sam Cook Award for Youth Player in Adult Cricket in his first season in open age cricket. Jacob’s had a fantastic season finishing the third leading wicket taker in the 3rd XI and showing great maturity in a match winning innings against Cam at home.

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The final thought from me is that we’re now deep in planning for the 2024 season and currently looking for any individuals or companies who would like to sponsor any of our men’s, women’s, youth or veterans teams next year. We have a great range of packages and benefits for our sponsors, including invitations to our main events including Sponsor’s Day and our End of Season Presentation Dinner. If you’re interested, or know someone who might be, please drop us an email to hello@ tetburycc.co.uk as we’d love to have a chat.

And a final, final thought, December is obviously a really special time of year, so from me and everyone else at Tetbury CC, we’d like to wish all readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from when it comes.

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Tetbury Goods Shed

As 2023 draws to a close I felt this was a good time to reflect on how…

that our volunteers provide. They are a great bunch – But if you are out there wondering what you could do to support a local charity, why not come and join our volunteers – you can do as much or a little as you wish, but every bit of support is very welcome!

lucky to attract some top class classical artists, such as Julien Bliss (playing jazz!), Charles Owen (playing amazing piano), and a William Howard piano masterclass, plus tremendous concerts by the Bristol Ensemble and the Gloucestershire Youth String Orchestra – to name but a few.

During the past year at the Goods Shed, we had a wide range of events, art exhibitions, concerts, cinema, swing jive classes and a number of interesting talks, plus we have hosted Tetbury U3A, WI and other meetings. We have had an array of music genres – including Classical, Jazz, Folk, Choirs, Tea Concerts, our Piano Club and Tribute Bands. A very varied year.

Over the last few weeks, we have enjoyed Whispering Bob Harris (from BBC Radio 2) with Colin Hall talking about the songs the Beatles gave away; the extravaganza that is Tetbury’s Comic.con; the family orientated ‘Off The Rails’ day; and the Tetbury Book Festival, in conjunction with the Yellowlighted Bookshop. All very different but highlight the diversity of entertainment on offer at the Goods Shed.

Some of the highlights: Music for Miniatures, which is for pre-school children to enjoy (with their parents too of course!) and it sells out every time; local tribute bands – such as Dire Streets, The Bon Jovi Experience and Purple Zeppelin – are always popular; and we’ve been

This does bring me on to two key topics that impact the Tetbury Goods Shed. The first is the fact that without our team of volunteers we just could not operate. We have three part-time staff who always put in more hours than they are paid for, but then we rely very heavily on the time and support

The other topic is fundraising – as a charity we are dependent on donations as the income from our events just doesn’t cover our running costs sufficiently (and the costs of maintaining our lovely building). I’d like to thank the members of our Red Carpet Club for their support as it is so important to our survival and our ambition to be a first class centre for arts and entertainment.

Every penny is put to great use!

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Tetbury Police Museum and Courtroom We have been having fun over half term in the museum.

We took part in the Mermedusa book launch with the Monster Museum Tour.

Young visitors hunted for five monsters and completed an activity sheet. (OK maybe we did too.)

Christmas is nearly upon us! We are so lucky to have Nick Brunger back for another fantastic event for the festive season. He will be entertaining us with a fine selection of Christmas ghost stories on Wednesday 20th of December at 7.30 pm in the museum.

Before then we will be open for the holiday fun on the 1st of December between 6.00 pm – 9.00 pm. The museum will be decorated and we may even have some mince pies to hand.

The volunteers would love to see you. There will be some activities for our young visitors.

We will be open on the 22nd of December as usual then the volunteers get two weeks off! We will be closed until the

14th of February so that we can do some important tasks around the museum. But if you do wish to visit us – or have friends or family visiting just email us and we will be very happy to make an appointment to show you around – you may even get to see the volunteer doing behind the scenes work with the collection.

The museum is a fun and interesting place to volunteer. According to Matt,

one of our volunteers - Volunteering at Tetbury Police Museum is, frankly, one of the best things you could ever do; Police Museums in the UK are of a small number and it’s important that we ensure the stories within our walls are spoken, less they be lost to time.

So often have I had people coming in, telling me that they’d no idea such a building existed in a town such as Tetbury and that is why this Museum is just so important, for it is easy for us to be overshadowed by the larger Museums such as Scotland Yard’s Black Archive and Greater Manchester’s Museum and that is something we must always strive to overcome.

What really makes working at the Museum so great is the environment created by the volunteers; we come from all walks of life and there’s never a dull moment goes by when my colleague Martin and I are on shift together because I just know I will be fortunate to witness yet another of his pearls of wisdom. Another reason is lineage; so often, I get asked as to my authenticity as a Police Officer because of my being in a traditional uniform). Now, whilst I myself may not be a genuine Officer of the Law, I have had family in the job; my Four Times Great Grandfather was a Leeds Constable and my Great Grandfather was a Special Constable during World War Two.

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Chelworth Bookworms

Out of Africa

by Karen Blixen Karen Blixen first travelled out to Kenya in 1914 to join her new husband on their farm in the Ngong Hills near Nairobi. Although the marriage did not last, her love of the country grew and this book is her love poem to the land and its people.

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Her lyrical descriptions transport you to a time and way of life that no longer exist, when the white man and the local tribes co-existed in relative peace – each side recognising each others’ ways but continuing with their own values and cultures. However, even as she writes, Karen is aware of the changes that have been made in the last fifty years as the increasingly mechanised and fast-moving settlers encroach into the vast plains of Africa.

Written with the perspective of the times, she relates the lives and manners of those that lived on her farm, at times taking a maternalistic view of those whom she seems to be squatters on her land. She is very aware of the hierarchy within and between the different tribes and is respectful and admiring of many – but still sees it as her land, rather than theirs.

It is only two-thirds of the way through the book that she introduces her good friend, Denys Finch-Hatton, a man out of his time. Denys is a nomadic adventurer, only stopping by the farm for short periods between long safaris, but it is when he takes her flying in his Gypsy Moth biplane that she feels most free.

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Although expressing her feelings for the land, its people and its animals, she does not let you in to her private life – that was left for the Hollywood film to imagine.

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Tetbury WI Linda played host for the first of our monthly “Time for Tea” events, welcoming four of our ladies into her home for a delicious afternoon tea and chat. This new group is open to all of our Institute members and particularly to those who may not be involved in any of our other interest groups. Contact timefortea@ tetbury-wi.org.uk if you would like to come along next time.

The weather was kind as the Garden Group headed to Batsford Arboretum to see the glorious autumn colours, truly a woodland garden for all seasons. This was followed by a trip to Burford Garden Centre during November for some seasonal retail therapy and lunch! In December, the group will gather for a wreath making session at the home of one of its members.

We held our Annual meeting in November, our yearly round up of how our Institute is serving its members. After many combined years of service, a number of committee members decided to step down, therefore,

in line with WI protocol, we also held an election to offer our membership the opportunity to vote for the committee that they would like to see serving them for the coming year. Linda, returning as our President, thanked the outgoing committee for their contribution and welcomed the new team onboard. We ended the evening with some light-hearted bingo.

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In keeping with the November month of Remembrance, the craft group finished poppies made from oven hardened clay.

As well as the traditional red colour, some of these very impressive poppies were coloured in blue, to remember all the animals that served in the wars. Our WI is always proud to be involved in the Annual Remembrance Day Ceremony held here in Tetbury. Following the service at St Marys Church on Remembrance Sunday, several members joined in the procession down Long Street to St Saviours Church where Sue placed a wreath on our behalf at the Towns memorial in the churchyard.

Following the success of last years stall at the Tetbury Town Christmas Lights Turn-On, we are delighted to have a stall once again at this year’s town event on Friday the 1st of December. Our ladies have been busy assembling various goodies to tempt you and all while supporting Tetbury Hospital.

A pre-Christmas visit to the Tracklements Factory in Malmesbury will offer an opportunity to stock our cupboards in time for the Christmas entertaining period.

There will be no coffee morning in December as the date falls within the Christmas festivities. The next monthly coffee morning will be at 10.30 am on Monday the 22nd of January at The Snooty Fox. Come along for a casual coffee and post-Christmas catch up.

We next meet at The Goods Shed on Monday the 11th of December at 7.30 pm when we look forward to some Christmas fun together! Tetbury WI welcomes members from Tetbury and the surrounding villages, do come along, we would love to meet you.

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Tetbury Nursery Playgroup patterns and decorated an outline of their hands, we also read a book together called ‘Little Glow’ by Katie Sahota about the many festivals and celebrations where light is used as an important element.

The children are really loving the book swap we offer at playgroup where they can take books home to read and then either return it or swap it for one they’ve finished with at home. We are looking for a few more books though, so if you have any used books you’re looking to pass on that are suitable for age 2-4 year olds we’d love them please.

So here’s December and all the excitement that comes along with it at Tetbury Nursery Playgroup.

During November we talked about Remembrance and made a big poppy sun-catcher and put it in our window, the children made breadstick ‘sparklers’ with melted chocolate and sprinkles, and

created some amazing firework pictures with a black background and very bright printing. To help learn about Diwali the children shaped clay into little lamps and used glue and glitter to make rangoli

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Now we’re in to December and we’re busy practising our Christmas carols and learning parts in the nativity, and looking forward to the Christmas party and hoping for a visit from a certain special person with a white beard! We have our Christmas raffle coming up to raise funds for our wonderful playgroup, we’re looking for any prizes big or small or items for a hamper. If you’re able to donate, or if you’d like to buy raffle tickets please get in touch before Friday the 8th of December. We also have a tree decorated with things the children have made at the Tetbury Christmas tree Festival at St. Saviours Church, please do go along and have a look.

Back in September’s advertiser we included some press cuttings and a bit of history about Tetbury Nursery Playgroup. We’ve since been really pleased to receive some photos from the early to mid seventies and emails saying how much former staff members and children enjoyed their time with us, thank you to Simon Black who sent the photos here from when his mother, Marjory Buckley helped to run the playgroup along with Pat Bolton and Sandra Tanner. We were also delighted to read in last month’s ‘Letter to the Editor’ a piece from Joyce Smith who was one of our founding members. We definitely can’t let our 60th Anniversary go without celebration and would love to get any TNP ‘alumni’ involved in arranging and/or attending an event to mark the occasion in the new year. If you previously attended or worked at our playgroup and would like to help with this please drop us an email or give us a call (contact details below), we’d love to hear from you.

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Finally we wish all our children and staff, both current and past, along with their families, a wonderful Christmas.

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If you’re looking for a playgroup space for your child for 2024, you’re welcome to make an appointment to come in and look around, please email us at tetburynurseryplaygroup@ eygloucestershire.co.uk or give us a call on 01666 504855.

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Tetbury Area Youth and Community Trust

As we excitedly countdown the days to Christmas please remember that for…

making, team games and at the time of writing are looking forward to a visit from Grace Del-Nevo, who is very kindly running a yoga session for our young people. We also have Sue Price from the foodbank coming to demonstrate some recipe ideas and bring some lovely slow-cooker meals to inspire our young people and of course, there shall be plenty of festive fun in the coming weeks.

…some, and especially for some children and young people, Christmas can be a very challenging time. Whilst we eat our mince pies, sing our songs and enjoy our Christmas decorations, please also take the time to check in with those around you.

It can be a lonely place when everyone else seems to be celebrating the “most wonderful time of the year.”

After the success of our Family Play Session in the Dolphins Hall over October half term, we are planning to hold another one on Wednesday the 3rd of January between 10.00 am - 12.00 pm. This is a morning for families with young children to come and enjoy a warm space to play, meet with friends and enjoy some activities and food.

This is a drop in event, no booking required.

On Friday the 5th of January during the day we will be running another exciting activity day at Westonbirt Arboretum with the wonderful community team there. This will be for Yr 7-Yr 11 children. Finally on that

We wish everyone a safe and peaceful Christmas and look forward to an exciting calendar of events in 2024.

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same evening we will be holding a New Years party for Yr 7-Yr 11 at the Dolphins Hall, music, food and lots of fun to be had. All activities are free to attend. Please follow us on social media for booking details when they are released.

Our regular youth club sessions continue to be extremely busy and full of fun, we have enjoyed a visit from DJ Rev Steve Bullock who demonstrated his skills on the decks and allowed the young people to have a go which they thoroughly enjoyed. We have held pamper evenings, enjoyed crafts, pumpkin painting, soap making, jewellery

Tetbury and District Footpath Group A highlight of the last month has been the walk David and Maggie led on a… …circular walk descending the Cotswold escarpment from Hawkebury Upton down into the hamlet of Hawkesbury and its hidden gem - the splendid church St Mary the Virgin. We then walked through the vale on quiet lanes to Horton Court (National Trust) and its ancient church St James the Elder. From there, we steadily climbed back up to the top of the escarpment to join the Cotswold Way passing through the Iron Age hillfort at Horton Camp. We returned to Hawkesbury Upton enjoying excellent views over the Severn Vale - the weather was perfect! Pictured below is the Millenium Owl House seen on the route

The Group walk on Tuesdays and you can find the walks itinerary on our website. You will also find details of how to contact us we always welcome new faces.

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Tetbury Art Society On Wednesday the 1st of November we were pleased to welcome Sarah Davis a talented glass artist.

Sarah’s artistic journey began with several years at the prestigious Bristol School of Art. Her fascination with glass as an art medium led her to explore the world of stained glass. Sarah, who is based in Slimbridge, has continued to develop her glass painting, combining the art of colour, design and surface finishes. Through her use of these elements, she brings a translucent beauty to stained glass.

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St Mary’s CE VA Primary School Tetbury is such a wonderful place to be at Christmas time and… …in December Tetbury’s primary school is filled with the joy of children singing and laughing. It really is the most magical time of the year when our little ones dress up as angels, shepherds and sheep, the corridors are strewn with paperchains and tinsel and we have so many opportunities to celebrate the festive season with everyone in our community.

We will kick off the festivities with a community Christmas shopping evening in the school hall, organised by our amazing PTFA. Our Christmas choir will be performing at the switching on of the Christmas Lights at the Market Hall and we are currently busy making decorations for our special Christmas tree which stands alongside the other community trees at St. Saviours. The PTFA are also organising our Christmas Fayre on Friday the 8th of December when Father Christmas will be handing out presents, there will be a superb raffle with fabulous prizes and stalls selling Christmas goodies and lots of festive fun and games for the whole family.

It wouldn’t be Christmas without a musical and the Year 2 children will be performing in an all-singing all-dancing musical to celebrate Christmas. Reception and Year 1 children will also be putting on a nativity play for the delight of their families. Our Year 4 and 5 children will be going to see Treasure Island at The Barn Theatre in Cirencester and Early Years, Key Stage 1 and Year 3 will be visiting the Goods Shed for a performance of The Snowman. Year 6 will be having a Christmas movie and popcorn afternoon and we are really looking forward to our annual talent show when the whole school comes together for our own version of ‘St. Mary’s Got Talent’. We will also be participating with SWR at the carol service in St. Mary’s Church on the 19th of December.

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For some, Christmas is a time of loneliness and isolation though, a time for missing loved ones. Whichever one you are feeling, or perhaps a little of both, we hope that Tetbury library has a space for you. We are off ering aKP variety of events and activities 100208 Gardens 22/2/08 21:50 this December, and into January.

Tetbury Feoffee’s have very kindly and generously donated a large grant to Tetbury Library to support its monthly Nature Club and other clubs for another year. Without this amazing donation, our Nature Club and the free Nature Club packs we distribute to local families and customers simply would not be possible.

Tetbury children and families have been able to benefit from monthly Nature Club packs focusing on different animal species and seasonal natural events with puzzles and information about UK wildlife and how we can help them and our natural environment. A huge thank you to Tetbury Feoffee’s for this incredible grant.

Following a Christmas story, we will be making a 3D Christmas star decoration for your tree or window.

Baby Bounce and Rhyme Christmas party Wednesday the 20th of December 2.15 pm – 3.00 pm.

Festive Lego clubs: Friday the 1st, 8th, 15th, and 22nd of Page 1 December 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm

Library club Friday the 29th of December 10.30 am – 12.00 pm.

Festive Paper Crafters Group Saturday the 9th of December 10.30 am – 12.00 pm.

We will be making a paper crafted calendar for your table or windowsill.

Following a Christmas story, we will be making paper chain Christmas characters.

If you are lucky enough to be given (or treated yourself to) new technology for Christmas and are unsure how to use it, then why not book a session with our computer buddy. The sessions are free, and he will happily assist you in setting up your new device: getting you online: setting you up with an email address: shopping online: and searching online for queries.

Or maybe you have some photos from the summer, or festive season that you would like to get sorted. Either way Chris is available Wednesday afternoons and Friday mornings. All you need to do is to pop in to see us, phone us on 01666 502258 or email us at tetburylibrary@gloucestershire.gov. uk to book your slot.

Festive Nature Club Saturday the 16th of December

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Anyway, fifty years ago I came back from darkest Africa for Christmas in a rural part of France believing that having qualified as a solicitor I would be spared of further exams.

This was not to be. For the last twelve years we have joined the Conveyancing Quality Scheme which enables us to be on the panel for several lenders. We do various tests to keep us up to standard but now as the Reporting officer I have to pass various exams in addition to the tests before Christmas. This is a terrifying prospect.

From what I can recall from fifty years ago we were in rural Burgundy in the mountains.

There was not very much in the way of Christmas celebration because New Year was a more important holiday. It was foggy and on return to Britain we were about to enter the three-day week and the miner’s strike. It was my first year working with my father in Wiltshire accompanied by a collapse in the housing market. Profits dropped dramatically and I did not have enough to do, which was fine because I was given time to pursue my future wife who lived in London.

The difference today is that we live under huge work pressure. More people are benefitting from legal services than ever before. Professional indemnity insurance premiums are high. We are certainly more challenged now than we were then. My grandfather was a solicitor a hundred years ago. His office was open on Christmas day till lunchtime when members of his office would congregate and wish him a happy birthday. We all worked on New Years Day. My son Nicholas was born on New Years Day and has never worked on Christmas Day or his birthday. We do need our holidays.

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Tetbury Theatre Group In October we visited The Malvern Theatre for a matinee performance of William Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice.”

We had not been to a Shakespeare for some time and this was a very diverse play. It was adapted by Brigid Larmour and Tracy-Ann Oberman and directed by Bridgid Larmour. Shylock, the Merchant, was played by Tracy-Ann Oberman. It was set in the 1930s in East London amid the rise of Oswold Moseley’s Blackshirts.

Smashed glass off stage foreshadows the battle of Cable St in 1936. At the centre of this stands Oberman’s Shylock, the Jewish money lender who demands “a pound of flesh” from Antonio (Raymond Coulthard) to exact justice and is punished with a forced conversion to Christianity as part of the play ‘s rather contrived happy ending.

Antonio is a Blackshirt while Portia (Hannah Morrish) is a Mitford -style socialite. Both are charming aristocrats, coolly chilling in their amicability . This Shylock is a matriarch and a pawnbroker, dignified and steely, who is spat upon and verbally abused by powerful men on the street

and has antisemitic graffiti daubed on her house. Her demand for flesh seemed less driven by simple vengeance and more an outraged response to Moseley’s campaign of antisemitic persecution – as well as a single mother’s fearful defence against the rising forces conspiring to render her powerless. It ended by the cast skating across the stage and chanting stop ‘The March’ and urging the audience to join with ‘They shall not pass’.

It was another thought-provoking play, very well acted. The majority of our group really enjoyed it, but a few did not as it was so different. A real marmite play but a really lovely day out.

In November, we are off to The Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham to see “Twelve Angry Men.” In December, we are off to Malvern Theatre to an evening performance of “A Baroque Christmas” which will be a lovely musical evening. On Friday the 26th of

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We had to book really early to buy tickets, however you may be able to buy a small number if you want to do this and use the coach, do let us know.

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This month we look at weak responses when your partner opens one of a suit.

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Firstly, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all residents and traders in Tetbury a very Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy 2024.

My thanks go to members of the Feoffee and Thirteen and Tetbury Plumbing & Heating, who decorated the Market House with our new Christmas Lights and also the two beautiful trees, kindly donated by the Lowsley-Williams family at Chavenage. The Market House is the jewel in the crown at Christmas and the focal point for the Light Up Tetbury event on the 1st of December – well done to all those, led by Tetbury Town Council, involved in creating a wonderful, seasonal community event for us all.

enjoy community carols followed by a mince pie and mulled wine.

Don’t forget that the Christmas Tree Festival at St Saviour’s Church will be taking place from Friday the 1st of December – Tuesday the 2nd of January, where groups and organisations will display their trees and on Saturday the 2nd of December at 5.00 pm in St Saviour’s there will be the annual Christmas Tree Festival Carol Service – please do go along, wrap up warm and

Tetbury Area Youth and Community Trust - £5,000 to sponsor holiday provision activities for children in Tetbury.

If you are a small business who would like a stall at the Market House occasionally, please call in to Jo at Scentiments and let her have your contact details, as we do have free slots pop up, which we would be glad to fill.

Finally, we are pleased to have supported the following groups and residents with financial grants this month:

Foodbank - annual donation of £1200 Tetbury is now a Foodbank Plus Centre, this grant will also help them engage with the Tetbury community as part of their outreach programme.

Tetbury Library - £1,000 Feoffee sponsorship of the Nature Club for the community.

Tetbury Town Football Club - £1,000 to support with equipment.

Club 77 - £200 - towards the running this voluntary group, helping people with additional physical needs and learning disabilities.

Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal - £150 Historical Annual Advowsan grants - £75 Tetbury Town Council for maintenance of pavements and £30 - Rev. Poppy Hughes for lecturers’ grant.

Local student - £250 - support for an educational trip to Ghana.

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A fantastic fun event for all the family in aid of Tetbury Hospital.

Come along dressed in your favourite festive attire, we’ll supply you with a complimentary Santa hat and then you can choose to walk, run, hop, skip or jump the loop of just shy of a mile around the town centre.

Start and finish at the Market House, where there will be mince pies and mulled wine on your return!

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On Sunday the 3rd of December we begin Advent; it is a time of expectation and hope.

“Advent” means “arrival” or “coming,” and it prompts us to pause each day in December and remember why Jesus came at Christmas.

The Advent wreath is created out of evergreens, symbolising everlasting life amid winter. The circle reminds us of God’s unending love and the eternal life He makes possible. Advent candles shine brightly in the midst of darkness, symbolising and reminding us that Jesus came as Light into our dark world.

A new candle is lit on each of the four Sundays before Christmas.

The first candle symbolises hope and is called the “Prophet’s Candle.”

The second candle represents faith and is called “Bethlehem’s Candle.” The third candle symbolises joy and is called the

“Shepherd’s Candle.”. In liturgy, the colour rose signifies joy.

The fourth candle represents peace and is called the “Angel’s Candle.” He came to bring people close to God and to each other again. Attending Church during Advent we are able to sit in silence away from the commercial world in which we live in.

Unfortunately, the fourth Sunday in Advent this year is on Christmas Eve. After morning Mass when we have celebrated the end of Advent; we have to prepare the church for our Christmas Masses.

The flowers that were arranged the day before are brought into church. The altar can be prepared partly, and the purple tabernacle veil will be changed for a white or gold veil. Later in the stillness of the night, we are invited to take part in the second Mass of Christmas. The first reading from the prophet Isaiah, 9: 2 commences with ‘The people who have walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness on them light has shined’.

News from St Michaels Church Attending the night of Christmas Mass is a lovely experience, commencing with the Blessing of the Crib. When I walk out into the still night and on a clear night looking into the sky and see the brightest three stars and I know that Graham and my parents are not just watching over me but over their family too. Our celebration of Mass on Christmas Day also remembers the birth of Jesus gathered around the crib.

As a child as well as the traditional Christmas tree, we also had a crib; a tradition that my Mother, carried on until her death. I too have displayed a crib since I moved out of home. You are invited to attend our Mass on Christmas Eve at 9.00 pm or on Christmas Day at 9.00 am.

However, we recognise that for some Christmas can be a difficult time, on behalf of our Priest, Fr Maria and all our parishioners may I wish you all God’s Blessing this Christmas and throughout the coming year.

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Tetbury Probus On the 5th of October, the intriguing title of that day’s presentation was… … “The last person to let you down”. It was only when we realised that our speaker Philip Horgan was a funeral director that we understood the pun.

Philip defined the role of a mortician and described the processes of embalming, burial, cremation and all the other arrangements for a funeral ceremony. He found that the hardest part was dealing with sad and poignant situations while keeping your own emotions under control.

The job was one where you acted as a waiter to help and allow the arrangements to proceed with dignity and respect and to be stress free for the grieving family.

Join the Debate Discussing important subjects of our time This new community debating society, which began earlier this year, has already debated Healthcare, Education, the Environment and Food. The debate on Food was - like previous events - vibrant, vivacious and extremely educational. All the debates are friendly and good-humoured.

Food, of course, is the most fundamental life-sustaining element, after water and air, but what else is there to say about it?

Quite a lot, as it turned out. We discussed how, as a society, we can make sure we all have enough of it - and that it nourishes us in the way we need. Topics also included how to raise awareness of the powerful connection between food and health, and particularly how we need to produce our food in harmony with nature.

Locally produced organic food, free from pesticides and other chemicals, is best for human health, animal welfare and sustainability. With people’s health getting worse and 80% of ill-health being related to what we eat, organic food is seen as a perfect way to improve and maintain our health.

An unexpected means of growing more food was shared, along with a fascinating discovery - being, trees communicate with each other and other plants. Who knew?

Less positively, it was revealed how far food travels before it reaches our plates - the same products are often exported AND imported by the same nations!

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The job was certainly not nine until five, but a case of being on duty twenty four hours a day three hundred and sixty five days a year with it’s sometimes adverse effects on family life.

had to organise their own personal “space suit equipment” for this. Philip found it unbelievable that funeral directors were not classed as front line workers and that they had to fight to eventually get vaccinated.

During the pandemic, morticians were the last people to deal with the bodies of people who had died of Covid and they

Philip also dealt with such topics as the repatriation of bodies and various funeral cultures from West Indian, Chinese, Russian Orthodox and those leaving their bodies to medical science.

was how intensive factory farming causes major pollution - of waterways, air and soil - as well as disrupting the food chain.

Traditional farming is in danger, but as consumers, we can help maintain a healthy food chain by buying from local producers.

In supermarkets, we see high price tags on “organic” food - while, often, these chains don’t play fair with farmers and growers.

Some thought was given to how much better life could be if PROFIT was not the main motive - if instead, the People owned the means to the essentials of life as a “commons” economy. Housing, energy, land, food, water, transport and our NHS are among those essentials – but that’s the topic for another debate to come, on OWNERSHIP! Being the first debate on Food, we barely scratched the surface of how best to end the use of chemicals on the land and plants, how organic farms might better work together such as in cooperatives, or how more local food markets could be created to help people gain access to local, nutritious and healthy food.

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The many different ways that people made their final journeys in themed funerals such as a Lorry, Push Bike, Fire Engine, Jeep, Motorcycle, Tractor and Trailer and Horse and Carriage was the source of much amusement at the end.

Winston Churchill (with a twist) was the theme of member David Hollister’s talk on the 19th of October.

This took the form of a quiz with those who attended being presented with a sheet of paper and a pencil for our answers and David asking us twenty five questions about Winston Churchill and his life. It felt as though we were all back at school with much scratching of heads as we searched for answers. We found many of the questions quite puzzling to answer, such as:- His mother’s maiden name. Where he was held as a POW. To which Trade Union did he belong and In which room in Blenheim Palace was he born?

To underline the difficulty of the quiz, of the twenty-five questions put to us, the best score of the attendees was nine.

We certainly learnt a lot more about Churchill and his life than we previously knew.

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Avening WI Avening WI welcomed forty WI members from around the county… …to join us on walks around our lovely area. Visitors gathered at the Social Club where they were served a warming drink while the walk leaders outlined the twomile, four-mile and six-mile walks on offer.

Having assembled their groups, the leaders set off in different directions, planning to show the walkers as much of Avening’s beautiful surroundings and interesting history as possible. Was it raining…. yes of course it was!!

The shortest walk was around the village.

The group headed up the High Street, along May’s Lane towards Avening Court where they viewed the lovely garden through the ‘Hole in the wall,’ returning to the village along Nag’s Head Lane, Rectory Lane and the Community Orchard. From there they visited Holy Cross Church and learnt some of its fascinating history.

The four-mile walk attracted a large group of walkers, twenty-eight in all. They headed along lanes and tracks to the west of Avening, where usually wonderful views can be enjoyed as the climb gets higher; unfortunately, the rain marred the scenery.

However, back in the village, despite the rain, the visitors wanted more and walked up the High Street, along Rectory Lane and back to the Social Club, with a few then visiting the Church.

the Golf course to Nags Head, then along tracks to Cherington, returning to Avening via Aston Farm, then Nag’s Head Lane. The visitors didn’t know Avening at all and were amazed at how beautiful it is even in the rain.

As each group of wet walkers returned to the Social Club, AWI’s catering team welcomed them back with mugs of homemade soup, warm rolls and delicious cakes, all very much appreciated by our guests.

We held our AGM in November. At this meeting members brought donations of festive food to go in the Christmas hampers distributed by the Stroud Foodbank. They also donated small gifts and toys to be given as Christmas presents to the mothers and children at Stroud Women’s Refuge.

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We will be running our popular Village Quiz in November with the profits to be donated to Allsorts, Gloucestershire. Our skittles team will be competing in the final of the GFWI Plate competition against Kilcot and Gorsley WI. We have plenty of events planned for December starting with a shopping trip to the Worcester Victorian Christmas Market. Then with Christmas Lunch at The Crown, Minchinhampton and a wreath making workshop in the Social Club with a bring and share lunch, we will be feeling in a Christmas mood. At our December monthly meeting we hold our Christmas Party which is always fun, with food, a quiz and light-hearted competitions.

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Tetbury and District u3a Attendance at the talks has been good.

We’ve changed the days of the monthly talks to alternate Mondays and Tuesdays, and many people have been able to stay for the post talk tea, coffee, chat and laughter.

It’s great to see the u3a motto of learning, laughing and living in action.

We had an excellent Christmas meal at Chavenage House in 2022, when even the snowfall couldn’t dampen our spirits, and in many ways, it enhanced the beauty of the setting. We will be going there again this December.

This has been a busy year for the Tetbury and District u3a, which is now thriving.

Membership is increasing and currently stands at three hundred and twenty seven, fifty one more than the figure for this time last year. We currently have forty interest groups, covering topics from art to wine tasting, boules to Italian, and almost everything in between! Following suggestions from members, new groups have started including a second play reading group, art appreciation group, cribbage, backgammon group and a highly successful ukulele group. We also have

suggestions for groups on blues jamming, astronomy and storytelling.

We have really enjoyed holding our monthly talks, at the Goods Shed. We have had talks on topics as varied as life as a reporter in Gloucestershire, the measurement of time, crime and punishment and antique furniture.

We have learnt about the lives of the great and good including Agatha Christie, Noel Coward and Yuri Gagarin. We even had canine visitors at the talk on Dogs for Life.

In March we held our first coffee morning for new members. This was well attended and gave new members the chance to meet each other over coffee and cake, whilst offering suggestions as to how they would like our u3a to develop.

Please note: There will be no monthly talk in December. The next one - ‘Dead Dogs and Chiggers’ - will take place at 10.30 am on Monday the 15th of January at the Goods Shed, when Anthony G Rudall will entertain us with his ‘Diary of an Amateur Adventurer’.

If you would be interested in joining the u3a, take a look at our website www. tetburyu3a.org.uk to see the range of activities we offer, our monthly newsletter, and details of how to join.

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Tetbury Bowls Club Our annual dinner and prize giving social in November is a wonderful way to congratulate and celebrate… …our players’ successes following club competitions. With over fifty attendees, this year’s special event was as lively as ever, with lots of loud applause and warm-hearted banter recognising the achievements of all our finalists, runners up as well as winners. The full list of winners is available at www.tetburybowlsclub.co.uk/ comp-winners.

This year we acknowledged one outstanding player for their contribution and success in the 50+ years he has been at Tetbury Bowls Club.

Roger Bird began playing very early on -- at the age of 8 -- and his successes are well documented on our honours boards.

His first adult club competition win was in 1980 in the Triples with M Houghton and G Ind; this year, he won the Triples with Rich Thomas and Rob Hatto (pictured from left is Rob, President Alan Harris, Rich, and Roger).

Over the years, Roger’s name appears multiple times on the Men’s Singles, Men’s 2-bowls, Men’s Pairs, Open Pairs, Handicap Singles, and Triples boards. His ability was recognised at county level too with almost one hundred matches played for Gloucestershire’s men. With this pedigree of playing achievement and his continued support of the club, Tetbury Bowls was delighted to award Roger with an Honorary Life Membership. He joins current honorary members -- Angela Wildsmith, Lance Vick, and John Hughes – who have been recognised for their contributions to the club and the sport of lawn bowls.

We’ve introduced a new winter social event following the thoughtful donation of a new pool table courtesy of the Bird family.

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and Friday’s event alternates between bingo and quizzes. If you’re interested in becoming a social member to join in the fun, give us a call on 07414 274375 or email tetburybowls@gmail.com.

Throughout December, Tetbury Bowls Club is again participating in the Christmas Tree Festival at St. Saviour’s. We hope you take a few minutes to stop by and admire not just our tree but the many wonderful displays decorated by Tetbury’s clubs and local organisations.

And from the 5th to the 21st of January, the World Indoor Championships will be keeping our players glued to their screens, watching players from around the world compete against top British players.

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