Tetbury Advertiser December 2025

TETBURY ADVERTISER

Celebrating 51 years of the Tetbury Advertiser

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3rd Dec Christ Church

Hosts a Carol Service, for all groups. See article for details.

4th Dec History of Tetbury Society

Host a talk by “Phillips of Tetbury Baker, my family and book”. See article for details.

5th Dec Tetbury Christmas Lights Switch On.

10th Dec Tetbury Film Society

Show ‘The Penguin Lessons”, at the Dolphins Hall, 7.00 pm for a 7.30 pm start.

11th Dec

19th Dec

Tetbury Santa Dash

See advert for details.

Tetbury Goods Shed

Host a Community Carol Service, 6.30 pm. See article for details.

21st Dec Christ Church

Hosts a Church Carol Service. See article for details.

2nd Jan Tetbury Goods Shed

Hosts the pantomime, Robin Hood. See article for details.

8th Jan Tetbury Probus

Host their monthly meeting. See article for details.

14th Jan Tetbury Film Society Show ‘The Ballard of Wallace Island”, at the Dolphins Hall, 7.00 pm for a 7.30 pm start.

Friends of Tetbury Community Transport

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

DOLPHINS HALL COMMUNITY CENTRE

Bookings can be made at www.dolphinshall.org or email: contact@dolphinshall.org

Tetbury Useful

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

POLICE STATION The Old Courthouse, Long Street Tel: Emergency - 999, Non-Emergency101 (note new number).

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

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

The Friends of Tetbury Community Transport Roger Bellairs, 07759 142577

The Robin - Bookable Bus Service Tel: 0345 263 8139

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.

Tel: 01453 731355 Mob: 07969 302042

Email: tonyevanstowncrier@btinternet.com

VISITOR INFORMATION Police Museum, Long Street. tourism@tetbury.gov.uk Tel: 01666 331222

All Change

A relatively warm autumn made me defer until late November, bringing down the winter warmers stored for the summer in my loft. I’d already stashed away the really lightweight clothes in October. But, ever the optimist, I was pretending, like the tomatoes still ripening in my greenhouse and the roses blooming in my garden, that winter wasn’t nearly upon us.

Fortunately, I gave in to common sense just before the temperature took a tumble. But as I exchanged flimsy linen sundresses for thick fleecy frocks, I wished the whole palaver wasn’t necessary. Although I’d hate to live somewhere with only a single season, I’d love to be able to wear the same clothes all year.

This is not only because I love the effortlessness of summer clothes, with a single layer sufficing. It’s also because I’d prefer to get straight on with the day when I wake up, rather than dithering about how to dress.

President Obama once said he favoured wearing the same colour suit every day because it meant one less decision to make in a day full of pressing questions. (I wonder whether Bill Nighy, famous for his dapper navy-blue suits, concurs.)

In my first house, a Victorian two-up, two-down terrace in Tring, Hertfordshire, the bedroom still had the original fitted wardrobe: a door to a tiny corner cupboard with two hooks on the wall. Presumably one hook was for everyday wear, and the other for Sunday best. Needless to say, that wasn’t enough for all my clothes—but even then, I couldn’t help wishing that it was.

While I count myself lucky to have so much choice in my wardrobe, I still hanker slightly after an ultra-minimalist wardrobe, of the “one in and one in the wash” variety. I wouldn’t mind Churchill’s wartime siren suit or even the signature two-piece Mao suit pioneered by his predecessor Sun Yat Sen.

The English climate, even more erratic these days thanks to global warming, makes such a year-round uniform impractical. I’m hopeful that one day textile technologists will invent a fabric that will warm and cool in response to the ambient temperature.

A bit like my cat’s fur, perhaps. Since the clocks went back, their coats have spontaneously been getting thicker and warmer by the day. Consequently, Bertie’s girth has expanded so much that he looks like he’s wearing a puffer jacket.

Do you think Father Christmas has already mastered that technology? After all, wherever he is in the world, he’s always wearing the same outfit. Not once has he been spotted in the tropics in t-shirt and shorts. I just hope he’s got a spare Santa suit in the wash.

Whatever you’re planning to wear this Christmas, I wish you a cosy one, and a peaceful and fulfilling New Year.

Debbie Young www.authordebbieyoung.com

Debbie will be hosting the Hawkesbury Upton Literature Festival’s Christmas Special at the Bethesda Chapel, Back Street, Hawkesbury Upton on Saturday the 6th of December (11.00 am-3.00 pm) – a great place to buy signed copies of books from local authors to give as Christmas presents.

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October was the highlight of our year.

Malcom Philby who has been a Lion for FIFTY YEARS was awarded The Melvin Jones award for dedication and services to Lions Club International Foundation. This was a great honour to Tetbury Lions Club. The presentation and celebration was held at our annual Charter Night Dinner Dance at the Great Tythe Barn. As a complete surprise to Malcom all his sons and family arrived for the evening which included one son flying in from Sweden just for the event. Lizzy and myself kept all a complete surprise until twenty mins before we sat down when Malcom had to be nosey and have a look to see who was on his table. It was then the game was up.However, it was still a very emotional and thoroughly enjoyable evening. We danced to the Saga Louds band 60’s, 70’s and 80’s music with nearly everyone on the floor making it a fantastic evening.

The caterers were as usual excellent and the setting inside the Great Tythe Barn was perfect. Our next Black Tie Charter Night will be October 2026.

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Jones started the Lions in 1917 in Chicago The organisation has grown to become International and Tetbury are extremely proud to be part of it.

We are a friendly bunch of people and if you enjoy helping organisations or individuals why not come to one of our monthly meetings and see whether its an organisation you would like to join and help the community.

Tetbury Hospital are needing funding towards a new X Ray machine so Tetbury Lions are in full swing to help raise as much as possible. The two day Bucket Shake outside Tesco’s raised £425. Our last Quiz was as usual a huge success and raised £900, all of which will go to Tetbury Hospital. On top of the money raised from those two events Tetbury Lions are match funding and aim to donate a total of £10.000.

We have donated our monthly sum of £300 to the Food Bank and will be helping with their special Christmas collection on the 29th of November.

At full committee it was agreed that we would again be providing Tesco Food Vouchers to deserving families with children attending St Mary’s and SWR schools.

Once again Tetbury Lions are delighted to be providing a grant to the annual Pantomime. The fantastic team of Lions will be transporting local residents to and from the Dolphin Hall. We will be providing sherry, which is being very kindly donated by Hunter French Estate Agents. Soft drinks and mince pies will also be provided. Each person will be given a raffle ticket with the hope of winning one of the many prizes.

Together with sponsoring the audience we

have donated £200 towards the costumes worn by the actors.

Our Christmas raffle has many luxury prizes which will be sold at the Christmas Lights Switch On on the 5th of December. Also many of us will be outside the Post Office or under the market hall on the 13th and 20th of December. The draw will take place on the 20th of December at the Snooty Fox.

Christmas is nearly upon us and no doubt many of you will have Christmas Trees to dispose of in the New Year—-look no further. Longfield Hospice will be running it’s Christmas Tree recycling programme and Tetbury Lions are sponsoring two large vans and collecting Christmas trees for a donation to Longfield. Last year they raised £80,000.

Everyone at Tetbury Lions wish all residents of Tetbury and surrounding areas a very HAPPY CHRISTMAS and Joyus NEW YEAR. There will be no Tetbury Advertiser in January but the Team will be back in February.

Best Wishes to everyone

Lion Maggie Heaven President.

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What’s Been Happening at St Mary’s School

It’s been a busy and exciting term at St Mary’s as we’ve embraced learning, kindness, and community spirit through a range of activities.

Odd Socks Day

Anti-Bullying Week

We kicked off Anti-Bullying Week with Odd Socks Day, a fun and meaningful way to celebrate individuality and remind everyone that it’s okay to be different. The children loved showing off their colourful and mismatched socks while taking part in discussions and activities about respect and kindness.

Children in Need

Pyjama Day Fundraiser

Our school community came together to support Children in Need with a cosy Pyjama Day! Pupils and staff swapped uniforms for their favourite PJs and raised funds for this fantastic cause. It was wonderful to see everyone enjoying the day while making a real difference for children across the country.

Preparing for Christmas

As the festive season approaches, we’ve been busy preparing for Christmas. From rehearsing for our nativity plays to creating beautiful decorations, the excitement is building! We’re looking forward to welcoming families to our Christmas events and sharing the joy of the season together.

Thank you to all our pupils, parents, and staff for your enthusiasm and support in making these activities so special.

St Mary’s Primary School Team

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Tetbury Goods Shed

Is it too early to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a peaceful and successful New Year?

Here at the Shed we have been so lucky to have such an amazing team of volunteers helping us put on such a variety of shows, movies and entertainment. Without them we simply couldn’t function. And to our Sponsors and Benefactors again a great big thank you for keeping our head above the water (just). Sasha and her team in the Whistlestop Café produce a fabulous array of tasty treats and encourage people to come and see what we are all about.

Anyone passing our train carriage recently will have heard a lot of banging and drilling – heralding the arrival of a loo! For a long time, performers have had to share the public space, meaning they usually take over the disabled loo which is not ideal for all concerned and having a toilet fitted in the carriage will prove a great benefit for people using the carriage for meetings, gatherings and associated happenings. We are grateful to TTC awarding us a grant towards the costs of this work – thank you.

Come the New Year we will be sharing news about our ambitious plans to extend and expand our Café area. As well as providing more space for café customers it will also mean we can have a proper reception area at events providing additional opportunities generally. It has taken a certain amount of determination and hard work of some of our Trustees to get this far and planning permission was granted only the other week.

Of course, this comes at a significant cost meaning some major fundraising efforts are planned. Any individuals or businesses wanting to support our efforts please do contact either Richard Kingdom or Kathryn Limoi in the office – we will be delighted to hear from you!

Events at the Shed this December include festive wreath workshops, a special Quiz Night as well as our two day Christmas Craft Fair. Tickets for Johnny Coppin and the Abba special are selling fast so don’t delay. Or if a more traditional ghost story for a winter’s night is more your style check out Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Our advert below carries all the information you need to book.

Of course it wouldn’t be Christmas without our Community Carols service on Friday the 19th of December. We will be joined by Tetbury Community Choir as well as Avening Band and everything kicks off at 6.30 pm. Please do come along and join in

one of Tetbury’s very special evenings with festive cheer, mulled wine and mince pies.

Just room to mention Robin Hood the Panto at the Shed on Friday the 2nd of January – oh yes it is – two shows to choose from 2.00 pm and 5.00 pm.

Thank you for all your support over the year and we look forward to welcoming you to the Goods Shed very soon.

Tetbury Goods Shed Team

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This December we’re thinking about how to celebrate a sustainable Christmas.

Here are some tips in the spirit of reduce, re-use and recycle.

Gift Wrap

Avoid plastic wraps

Use brown paper decorated with potato prints of holly, ivy or stars

Use paper tape and strips of cloth as ties. Gather, fold and store wrap for next year

Christmas trees

Artificial trees are often not used long enough to offset the environmental cost of their manufacture, which is energyintensive and uses valuable resources.

If you have an artificial tree, use it until it falls apart, or buy an FSC certified real tree from a local supplier

Recycle it after Christmas through Longfield Hospice

Buy a tree with roots that you can grow on Rent a potted tree, from Winstones, for example.

Christmas

Cards

If you choose to send Christmas cards, Avoid cards with plastic or glitter

Get crafty and make your own, re-using materials from last year’s cards or gathered from nature

Create a Christmas greeting on your window for your neighbours to see instead of sending cards

Send e-cards or compile e-newsletters

Gifts

Avoid even more unwanted stuff in the world, especially plastic items that give a moment’s thrill but are then discarded.

Give gifts that support wildlife, like hedgehog houses, or gift subscriptions to environmental charities

Spend time with friends for a walk or treat them to a day out

Buy from local eco-friendly businesses or charity shops

Choose items made from eco-friendly materials

Decorations

If you have pinecones, holly berries or ivy in the garden or can responsibly gather them from the wild they can give your homes an eco-friendly winter lift that will increase your appreciation of nature and give endless hours of creative pre-Christmas fun.

Swap glitter and tinsel for natural foliage

Paint pinecones with chalk paint

Make cinnamon stick bundles

Make paper chains from scrap paper/old maps

Use LED light bulbs indoors and solar power in the garden

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Food and treats

Avoid food waste

Plan your meals carefully so you don’t buy food that won’t be eaten

If you have food left over check out sites like lovefoodhatewaste.com for zero-waste inspiration

Buy food with low food miles from local producers

Freeze or use up leftovers in omelettes/ curries/ wraps

Avoid plastic bottles - buy drinks in glass or aluminium

Buy local or make your own mince pies, puddings, or cakes

Make or buy chutneys from local producers

We hope to see you at our children’s craft activity and display tables upstairs in the Market House at the Christmas lights switch-on, on Friday the 5th of December.

From all of us at Greening Tetbury, we hope you have a very peaceful and happy Christmas!

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What a joy it was to welcome so many of you to the Goods Shed in November for our epic hymn book folding extravaganza!

Young and old alike arrived and enthusiastically launched themselves into a huge pile of books armed with glue sticks, scissors. and boundless enthusiasm.

By lunchtime, the Shed had transformed

into a celestial production line with a heavenly host of handcrafted angels ready to charm their way into new homes. These divine creations are now raising funds for St. Mary’s and the Men’s Shed, proving that

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a little glue and a lot of heart can work miracles. Where can we buy one of these perfect Christmas gifts? You ask. The Goods Shed annual Christmas Craft Fayre will be held on Saturday and Sunday the 6th and 7th of December from 10.30 am when you will be able to purchase many beautifully crafted items.

As we wrap up our second year in Tetbury, we’d like to send a heartfelt thank you to everyone who’s supported the Men’s Shed. Your encouragement, good humour, and community spirit have made all the difference. We also extend our sincere thanks to Bradstone and Newland Homes for their generous donations of building materials, which played a vital role in the successful completion of our new extension.

We were involved in the Co-op’s Community fund for 2024-25 which raised over £2,000 for the Tetbury Men’s Shed. This scheme involved nine hundred and eighty Tetbury Co-op members who signed up for the scheme and donated a percentage of their spending over the year.

To all our friends, we wish you a joyful Christmas and a bright, fulfilling New Year! Our Community Workshop is open to all, fully wheelchair accessible, right next to the free car park and just a few steps from disabled parking.

If you would like to find out more about us, contact me on 07955 088580 or join our Facebook Group “Tetbury Men’s Shed Workshop” More details of our activities and where to find us are on our website www.tetburymensshed.co.uk

Alan Greenway TMS Workshop

…...and from the allotment

Well here we are, the final update of 2025. Looking back this has probably been our best and most productive year since we first put a spade into the ground in 2019. Relatively free of rabbits and pigeons we managed a good crop of our more popular items and successfully introduced new varieties. Green vegetables featured strongly and the introduction of both cavolo nero (also known as a Tuscan Black cabbage) and rainbow chard did very well. Displayed on the stone wall that fronts onto Herd Lane, our range of produce attracts many walkers, some of whom have become regular customers. To progress and expand in 2026 we will need a few more pairs of hands. So if you like the great outdoors this community allotment project is just for you. No special skills are required, just a willingness to take part and of course, eat biscuits. Please call Ken on 07923 445684 for further encouragement.

Season’s greetings from all on the allotment.

Ken White TMS Allotment

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder

by Holly Jackson

Pippa is in her last year at school, studying for her A Level’s, applying to university and preparing her end of year project. That project is to research the way media reports affected the investigations into a local murder which had happened five years before. Salil Singh was the boyfriend of the murdered girl, Andie Bell, and his guilt was confirmed after sending a confession text to his parents, shortly before committing suicide. Pippa’s true motive, however, is to try and prove that Salil was in fact innocent. Up until that fateful day, Sal has always been

a model student, clever, kind and always smiling. She had looked up to him and could never reconcile the boy she knew with the notorious villain that he was now known to be. Aware that this project was a very sensitive subject did not deflect her from her mission and her starting point was Sal’s ostracised family, guilty by association and exiles within their own town for the last five years.

Initially suspicious, Sal’s younger brother Ravi soon jumps at any chance to try and clear his brother’s name and hopes that Pippa, as an outsider, will have more luck speaking to witnesses and gathering information. Their main focus is on the group of friends that Sal was with that night, four teenagers who initially provided him with an alibi but who then changed their story. Their other main area for investigation is the victim herself, Andie

Bell. As their enquiries progress Pippa and Ravi learn that, rather than the beautiful innocent that local sentiment has made her out to be, Andie had a darker side and many secrets.

As the days and weeks pass and their investigations widen, Pippa’s list of ‘Persons of Interest’ grows into a complex web and, whilst she becomes more convinced of Sal’s innocence, the identity of the real killer is no clearer. Desperate to conclude, Pippa starts to take risks. Can she find the evidence she needs before she becomes the next victim?

A fast-moving story with an unlikely heroine – a 17 year old swot with a head for facts and a strong streak of determination. A real page-turner with a growing sense of jeopardy – recommended.

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Tetbury Film Society

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to film lovers everywhere.

On Wednesday the 10th of December, Tetbury Film Society will be showing ‘The Penguin Lessons’, Cert. 12A. This film is inspired by the experiences of a British

teacher, Tom Mitchell, who rescued a penguin from an oil slick whilst teaching in Argentina, the unusual friendship that develops, and the impact on the lives around them. The story unfolds against the backdrop of Argentina’s economic and political instability in the 1970s. It stars Steve Coogan.

On Wednesday the 14th of January, we will be screening the charming and lighthearted film ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’, Cert. 12A. In this film, folk singer Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden) arrives at Wallis Island in a rickety rowing boat expecting to play a festival-style gig, only to learn that his eccentric host Charles (Tim Key) has plans for a more intimate performance. I particularly enjoyed this film, with its wonderful acting, gentle storytelling and folk-pop tunes.

The December screening will be accompanied by a complimentary drink to celebrate the holiday season.

Visitors are always welcome to join us. Doors at the Dolphins Hall open at 7.00 pm and the screening will begin at 7.30 pm prompt.

Liz Farnham

Chair Tetbury Film Society Member of Cinema for All

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As we celebrate the festive season, we extend our thanks to you all for your continued trust and support throughout the year.

We would also like to recognise our dedicated staff and volunteers whose compassion and commitment ensure Tetbury Hospital continues to deliver outstanding patient care.

Warm wishes for Christmas and the New Year.

Please check our website for our Christmas opening hours.

Our Minor Injuries and Illness Unit remains open. We can still see you if you need an X-ray, we will direct you to another location and follow up with you afterwards.

Need Advice? If you are unsure about where to go or what services are available, please contact our MIIU team on 01666 501765

Timeline & Updates: Our X-ray Unit is re-opening in February 2026.

Thank you for your support and understanding as we work to upgrade our X-ray system to enhance patient care.

It’s not too late to donate using our X-ray campaign button at www.tetburyhospital.co.uk

What is the point?

We live in unsettled times. I believe Covid put an end to a lot of established working practices. People are living longer and whereas the decline of cognitive ability only affected a few that stood out, I find that I am frequently coming across many families where one has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or vascular dementia. Some medical practitioners can be quite helpful and state that although the patient is suffering from dementia, they still have capacity to understand what a power of attorney entails. It helps if you know the family.

I am across many lawyers and accountants who have had enough at the age of sixty. No member of my family in the last three generations has retired before the age of seventy five. That is because the nature of the job and who you are dealing with changes. One can attend a meeting with a farming family where one generation is pressing for a variation of a deceased’s will to ensure that while it exists the family should take advantage of what is left of agricultural or business relief. The deceased will have had his future widow in mind when making his will many years ago. The widow on his death will feel very vulnerable but would under normal circumstances receive the deceased’s

set to abolish or reduce the tax privileges. As advisor one has to weigh up the inter family dynamics and assess whether or not the widow is being bullied or not when she is in a vulnerable position. What is right under the circumstances? Even if you conclude as to what is right, the Solicitors Regulation Authority may have another view as to what is right and some of their activities have been alarming.

Thirty years ago, I used to be employed part time by the Lord Chancellor’s department to hear cases and in particular heavy matrimonial cases where there had to be a redistribution of assets. Again, one had to assess the characters of the parties over a period of two days in some cases and the capability of the parties to survive financially after the breakup but with the cover of the courts and the guidelines of the

Matrimonial Causes Acts the responsibility was not so heavy. One had to defend oneself from bullying judges as opposed to bullying relatives and the SRA inflicting a heavy fine for stepping out of line.

Ultimately, it is the quality of advice that is given that counts and if the client refuses to take that advice it is a matter for them. What is more difficult is whether to follow instructions if you feel the client is being harassed. You can still walk away and hope that the client does not fall into the hands of an unscrupulous adviser and there are plenty of them on the fringes.

Michael Hodge

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Try Tetbury Hardware First!! – Use it or Lose It!!

Please support your local retailers, you will be surprised at the range of products and services they o er, often at very competitive prices.

We at Tetbury Hardware have been your local store for over 14 years. We can deliver items locally just ask - subject to value.

Key Cutting

Our Yale keys are only £5.00, and Mortice £6.50. We can replace Car Key Batteries at much lower costs than elsewhere in town and get shoes repaired at very good prices. Ask us for details all at the lowest prices locally!

Pet Products

Most major brands of Pet Foods can be obtained for you. Most major brands of Pet Foods can be obtained for you. We have a wide range of treats, bedding, toys and other pet items. Come and browse or discuss your requirements. Place your Christmas food orders early.

Garden Care

The 2026 Mr Fothergill Seeds in December are 10% o min 3 packs min.

We will order in any item you need to get your garden ready for Winter.

Local Supply

We are your local suppliers of all DIY products, cleaning products, electrical goods, kitchen items as well as fuels for res and wood burners.

Have you got any old videos that you haven’t seen for years? We can move them to DVD or Memory Stick. Can be done for Christmas if ordered early.

Christmas! We have Lights, Tinsel, Wrap etc but should you need other items just ask. Stockist for SodaStream Gas in time for Christmas!

With November safely behind us here at Christ Church we are looking forward to the Christmas Season.

Last month we hosted the Holiday@Home Autumn Tea where as well as our usual guests we entertained a number of smart and wellloved teddy bears as this was held on “Hug a Teddy Bear Day”. On Remembrance Day our morning service was led by Wendy, our minister and in the afternoon, we joined with the other churches for a service at St Marys’ and afterwards for the wreath laying at St Saviours.

So to our Christmas events. Starting with our annual Carol Service for all the groups that use Christ Church during the year. This is a popular event and is always well attended. It is on Wednesday the 3rd of December at 6.30 pm and there will be welcome refreshments after all the singing.

The weekly church groups – Coffee Pot on Wednesdays at 10.30 am and the Chippin’ Chicks (0 – 3) on Fridays at 10.00 am will no doubt be having Christmas celebrations. I did hear that one of them will receive a visit from Father Christmas. Why not come along to see which one it will be?

Our church Carol Service will be on Sunday

the 21st of December at 10.30 am and all are very welcome! This year we are not holding a Christmas Eve service but all will be welcome to join with St Mary’s for their Crib Service or Midnight Mass. The Christmas Day Service at Christ Church is at 10.00 am, to allow plenty of time to get home for lunch preparations, present opening etc and we would love to see you.

Advent – the weeks before Christmas when we await the celebration of the birth of the Christ Child. The run up to Christmas can be many things – exciting if you are a child, worrying if you have health or financial problems. Always a busy time with shopping, preparations for “the day”, maybe difficulties with relatives.

Sometimes it can feel so materialistic that we feel that everything has lost its real meaning. That God sent His son, as a human baby to earth to be our Saviour so perhaps we should take a moment to appreciate the magnitude of this greatest Christmas gift of all.

So however you plan to spend your Christmas we at Christ Church wish you God’s love for a Joyful (and hopefully relaxed) time and a Peaceful New Year.

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There was a definite change in the weather as we moved from October into November, from Autumn towards Winter. It has been unseasonably warm but the days have become murkier and damper (though generally we have been lucky in avoiding heavy rain on our walks),

For our first walk in November we ventured to the far side of Stroud from Tetbury, to the village of Randwick. We had a very pleasant walk through the extensive woods and to Haresfield Beacon, followed by an excellent lunch in the village pub (the Vine Tree). The following week it was Uley Bury and Cam Long Down, a very interesting and invigorating (though somewhat muddy!) walk. The next week we started from Tetbury) on a popular circuit (the ‘Ashley Loop’) taking in the old railway line, Cotswold Airport and the village of Ashley. Finally, we had a stroll around Minchinhampton Common, with

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There are currently eleven Firefighters at Tetbury, each giving between sixty and and one hundred and twenty hours cover per week, responding by pager alert when required. You need to either live within five minutes of the station or work within eight minutes whilst you’re on call. We get an average of three calls a week, but that can be three times in one day, followed by a couple of weeks of nothing! It depends on what’s happening in the community. Most calls take around an hour, but it can be much longer if it’s a big job.

Our crew live and work in Tetbury, with understanding employers who recognise that their people get great development from being a firefighter and recognise that firefighters are an asset to their workforce. We’re often short of people Monday-Friday 8.00 am - 6.00 pm, so we’re looking for people who can provide support in this period. Do you work in Tetbury? Do you live here and work from home a lot? Are you retired and fancy something a bit spicy to keep you entertained? Will your employer and family support in this?

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Dance Like No One’s Watching at Tetbury’s Christmas Silent Disco!

Are you ready to throw some crazy moves and celebrate the festive season in style? If so, get yourself down to Tetbury’s new Dolphins Hall on Friday 19th December for a fun-packed Christmas Silent Disco, complete with tinsel, twinkly lights and excellent tunes.

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With school out for the holidays, this is the perfect way for the whole family to get the party started. There will also be a pizza van on site for anyone who wants a night off from cooking the kid’s tea.

Tickets are just £5 adults/£3 for 16 and under, with a £5 headset deposit (cash only please). Great value, great music, great fun — don’t miss it! Tickets are on sale now at tetfest.co,.uk

2025 has been a very busy year for all of us at the museum.

We started with our professional standard customer service training which we did with the staff and volunteers at the Corinium Museum. If you have been keeping up with our articles here you will know that there has been a lot of hard work and research going on in the background. We also had a day in the Gloucestershire Police Archive with the Sue Webb the archivist. The volunteers have arranged various displays and exhibits. Currently we have our exhibition Wheels of Justice in the courtroom and Our End of WWII display downstairs until the holidays.

The museum would not exist without our wonderful volunteers. If you are thinking of doing some volunteering in the New Year why not try us out. We need stewards for

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the need to re-read one of Agatha Christie’s seasonal crimes. Perhaps The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding. But did you know that there is a link between Chavenage House and Poirot?

The Mysterious Affair at Styles, 1917

Not a Cold Case File, but interesting none the less.

Did you know that the TV episode The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1990 starring David Suchet and Hugh Fraser) was filmed at Chavenage House, near Tetbury?

front of house but there are plenty of other jobs to do. Why not come in and asks us about volunteering.

The museum will be closed over Christmas and New Year. But if you are having visitors and you would like to show them the museum do get in touch and we will see if we can arrange a private tour. Please get in touch by the 16th of December. The volunteers will be back in the museum later in January. But we will be doing collection work, training and cleaning over the winter months which may disrupt our opening times. You can check our website for these dates.

As a holiday special we have gone through the archives for a little story. I don’t know about you but every couple of years I feel

Set in the summer of 1917, The Mysterious Affair at Styles follows the war-wounded Hastings (Hugh Fraser) to the Styles St. Mary estate of his friend John Cavendish. The Cavendish household is wrought with tension due to the marriage of John’s widowed mother to a suspicious younger man. In the village, Hastings runs into his old friend Hercule Poirot (David Suchet), the famous Belgian detective. When the estate’s trouble turns deadly, the friends unite to solve a most baffling case.

Chavenage House was originally built in 1383; there have been additions and renovations to the property over the centuries. Since Tudor times, only two families have owned Chavenage, the current owner David Lowsley-Williams having inherited the House from his uncle.

All of us at the museum would like to wish you a safe and enjoyable Christmas holiday and a Happy New Year!

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Holiday at Home

Edward (in picture) really had an excellent time at the Tea Party held on the 7th of Nov – of course known as Hug-a-Teddy

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He was joined by numerous bears, along with over fifty guests from around Tetbury area at a ‘Holiday at Home’ tea at Christ Church, on behalf of Churches Together in Tetbury.

As many will know the focus of Holiday at Home is to enable some of our more elderly residents in Tetbury, who perhaps do not get away as much as others, a chance to meet up for fellowship, entertainment and food!

Our entertainment this time was from Tetbury’s Ukulele Band (TUKEs) – who royally entertained us, although we did have to help them out by singing along as well! That was followed by a sumptuous tea.

Holiday at Home is financially supported brilliantly by Tetbury Feoffees, who generously give a grant to enable this event, as well as a Tea in the Spring and

two full days in the summer. This funding enables us to provide all the events free to our guests. We also appreciated practical First Aid support cover from the staff of Aspire Care South West (based in Priory Park in Tetbury).

Thank you to the volunteers who drove, made tea, looked after everyone which made for a great time together.

If you know of anyone who you feel would welcome an invitation to our next event, please contact one of the co-ordinators.

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Tetbury in Bloom

During the weeks running up to December we managed to complete most of our autumn work schedule…

…to change the planting in many of the beds around the town. All we can hope for now is that everything we planted will survive the winter and start to flourish come the spring and summer months ahead.

We’d like to take this opportunity to give our grateful thanks and appreciation to everyone who has supported us over the past twelve months:

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• All the people who gave up their time to help us keep the beds and displays watered throughout the town during the long hot and dry summer months, and a special thank you to Sian who helped us plant the beds and displays in June.

Our own fundraising initiative this year was the supply and delivery of over one hundred summer hanging baskets. We are extremely grateful to all those residents and traders who supported us by buying one or more of them. To order our baskets for next summer, look out for our advert in the February edition of the Tetbury Advertiser.

All the support we receive is very much appreciated. Without this help, whether it’s financial or practical, we wouldn’t be able to do anywhere near as much as we manage to do each year (and over the past twenty one years!) to keep Tetbury looking as attractive as it does, for the benefit of us all.

The next Tetbury Advertiser will be delivered at the beginning of February and by then the spring flowering season will have already started with the appearance of hellebores, snowdrops, cyclamen, anemones and early flowering crocuses.

In the meantime though, from everyone on the Tetbury in Bloom team, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year.

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came early for Tetbury Community Choir!

Following our two-week break, we returned in early November full of enthusiasm to begin rehearsing for our very full programme of Christmas events. Those of you who attended our recent concert at The Goods Shed will be aware that we are soon to lose our Musical Director, David Kyle, as he and his wife Glenys are moving

It goes without saying that we are tremendously grateful for all the work they have both put in to make our choir so successful over the recent years. However, we realise that good things sometimes have to come to an end, and change is inevitable.

As we say goodbye to David, we are saying hello to Lizzie Adkins, the wife of our accompanist, Jonathan. Lizzie is currently trialling with us, working alongside David to run our rehearsal sessions, and we are all on our best behaviour in the hope that she will feel she can work with us long-term! We have all enjoyed the energy and enthusiasm she has brought with her, and we hope she will take over full-time after Christmas.

In the meantime, she will be working with us on some new material to perform at the concerts we will be giving at care

homes and The Goods Shed, and we are thoroughly enjoying the new Christmas music that we’re learning.

For full details of dates and weekly charges, please visit our website: www. tetburycommunitychoir.co.uk

Marketing Mission and Ministry; Liz Angell

The Probus meeting at the beginning of October, was given by Liz Angell who recounted her journey towards becoming ordained as an Anglican Priest.

Brought up in Devon with her family, Liz attended the village church each Sunday, where her father was a churchwarden. After graduating with a language degree and a further qualification Liz worked in international marketing and publicity.

She attended a London church but it was not until she was on holiday in Turkey that she realised in her heart that she wished to work as a committed Christian.

Liz spent some time as a missionary in Africa and widened her career by working for a Christian Charity which partners churches in over fifty of the world’s poorest countries. Realising that this was her calling Liz, was ordained and became a priest in Shropshire and Leicestershire.

Liz moved to Tetbury in 2020 retiring just before lockdown. As a retired priest she has permission to officiate and now plays a full part in the Church’s mission and ministry in Tetbury.

The Wool Trade and the Cotswold Lion; Sophia Ashe

The second meeting in October was given by Sophia Ashe who trained at Agriculture College and then decided to follow her passion to work on a farm rearing and looking after the famous Cotswold Sheep, known as the ‘Cotswold Lion’ due to its prolific golden coloured fleece.

Known since the time of the Romans, this breed, which is now on the endangered list, has been saved from extinction by Joe and Adam Henson. It is not known if this breed originally came from the Romans or was already an endemic species. For many centuries the breed provided a good living for Cotswold Farmers and much of the wealth of the Cotswolds was due entirely

to this breed. At one time the fleece was so valuable that bandits would raid farms at night to shear and steal the fleeces. The fleece was regarded with such value and prestige that it still today provides the woolsack cushion for the Speaker in the House of Lords. The wealth generated by this wool was also sufficient for one landowner to build the grand mansion at Gatcombe Park now the home of the Princess Royal.

Sadly, the situation today is very different; the importing and manufacture of cheaper linen and other cloths has caused the demand for this fine wool dramatically to decline. The consumption of meat has lessened or been met by cheaper imports and the cost of feed, veterinary bills, vaccination, and shearing is now far greater than the value of the fleece.

Sophia’s enthusiasm and dedication was inspiring and her take-home message was for all of us to buy more wool products, mutton from local butchers and attend agricultural shows where the finest specimens of Cotswold Sheep are displayed by dedicated farmers such as Sophia.

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Next Probus meetings: January 8th, 22nd and 29th 2026.

Saturday 6th December 2025 12 noon - 4pm

Get festive at our Christmas fair and stock up on unique presents for your family and friends. We have a variety of local stall holders offering the perfect gift for all of the family. Enjoy complimentary mulled wine, home made jacket potatoes and festive cakes and treatsprepared by our Head Chef. You’ll also get the chance to win great prizes in our raffle along with other fun activities.

Hector Cole MBE master arrowsmith and archaeological iron worker…

…gave us our November talk on “Forging arrowheads and archaeological artefacts”.

Starting work at a blacksmith’s shop in Lincolnshire pumping the bellows, he had a keen interest in metal work from childhood and made his first horseshoe aged 9. Hector as a longbowman had interest in arrowheads and made his first head from a 6” nail in his teens.

He did metal work at secondary school and later went on to study handicraft (now Design Technology). His thesis was

on Saxon swords in Europe, he then went on to teach until 1969 when he started his own metal work business.

‘Gift from the Gods’ is how he described Meteoric iron. The method of making iron into tools and weapons fascinated him as there is a two stage process to the production. Copper and silver melt by heating alone but iron has to be placed in a furnace with charcoal until it melts, if you get the process correct it goes into a lump at the bottom of the furnace you can then retrieve it, this is called the “bloom”. It is

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then sent to the smith’s to be reheated and beaten into a bar called a billet from which tools, swords, arrow heads etc can be made.

We were shown a piece of Meteoric iron that had landed in China in 1557 and was obtained by Hector, there is an embargo on this iron now so is no longer available to buy. From some of this he made a knife for the cutting of a wedding cake. For a BBC documentary he produced a replica of Tutankhamen’s dagger with Namibian Meteoric iron and a small replica arrowhead using Estonian Meteoric iron.

His first major piece of filming for the BBC was the programme “Meet the Ancestors” they experimented making Saxon sword blades. He has since made many artefacts for programmes and museums where they require replicas for display.

The Chiseldon cauldrons, twelve found in a pit stacked one inside the other made from beaten copper with an iron rim. Having made a replica of one of these cauldrons he has since made another replica of cauldrons found in a pit in Leicestershire.

One of his proudest achievements was producing an arrowhead “extractor” based on a sketchy design of John Bradmore’s invention. This was used to extract an arrow from Henry, Prince of Wales’s face, later Henry V. Working on ideas with his experience he eventually came up with the solution, he confirmed it worked successfully by extracting an arrowhead from a warm pig carcass. When the original manuscript was found his replica was almost an exact copy.

Hector’s interesting talk illustrated he is a very knowledgeable craftsman who enjoys his work and the process of discovering how tools and weapons from different ages have been crafted and developed.

Our next meeting on the 4th of December 7.30 pm at Christ Church when the talk will be “Phillips a Tetbury Baker” – my family and book. For further information please see our website www.tetburyhistory.com or contact Jane on 01666 504196.

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Cauldron made by Mark Somerville

Roman billet of iron

Replica arrow extractor

Our in-house craft day in Cherington Village Hall was well attended…

…and very successful. We could learn candle making, paper crafts, the basics of quilting and card making to name but a few. We had a bring and share lunch and carried on throughout the afternoon. The photo also shows the bunting we made a few years ago.

By the time this is published we will have held our AGM. All our committee members agreed to stand for another year and once this business part of the evening was over our speaker told us all about the history of Pantomime and a small number of members performed at the end of her talk. As in past years, we collected donations for the Stroud Refuge and the Food Bank.

Fifteen members and several dogs had a very enjoyable walk along the Tetbury Trail to the Trouble House where we had a lovely lunch. Most of us then walked back to the Goods Shed car park. Guess who we met on our way to the Trouble House – several members of Tetbury WI who had been there for coffee – it’s always good to chat with members of other WIs.

Plans are well in hand for our next long distance walking challenge. The Wysis Way, approximately fifty miles, and runs from Chepstow to Kemble. We are hoping to start in the Spring.

In December, our Theatre Group have booked to go to ‘A Christmas Carol’ at the Barn Theatre. We have a wreath making workshop planned and are looking forward to visiting the Thames Head Inn for our Christmas Lunch. For our Christmas outing we are going to Burford Garden Centre.

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Our last meeting of 2025 is our Christmas party. Always a really fun evening with silly games, quizzes, Secret Santa and a bring and share supper.

Gwyneth and Soo have been very busy putting together our programme for 2026 and now that is complete are working on 2027! We’ve also got several trips and visits either in the pipeline or booked.

Avening WI wish everyone a very Happy Christmas

Liz Knowles, Avening WI

Tetbury Scout Group

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Remembrance Day

Tetbury Scout Group took part in the Annual Remembrance Day service and Parade on Sunday the 9th of November. Thirty very well turned out Beavers, Cubs and Scouts arrived to support this special occasion. The flag bearer’s and escorts performed their prestigious roles beautifully, and as leaders, we were immensely proud to stand alongside such well-behaved, respectful young members of our community.

Scout Post

We will, once again, be delivering Christmas Post within Tetbury this year. This is one of our major fundraisers and we would be incredibly grateful for any support. We charge 50p per small card and can be dropped off at post boxes at the following locations: Tenovus, Tetbury Hardware, Scentiments, Premier Stores (Hampton Street), Tetbury Audi, Upton Mill.

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Tetbury Art Society

We held our Table Sale at the Market Hall last month on the 18th and 19th of October.

Our table sale each year allows an artist to pay for a table and set up a stall to sell as many of their paintings as they wish. There were many bargains to be had and many sales. We also sell our own greetings cards which always prove to be popular.

The Society met this month to enjoy a demonstration by a local artist Sheila Bryant who uses watercolour, oil and pastels to paint traditional landscapes and portraits amongst many other subjects. Sheila used one of our Society members to create a charcoal portrait using a ‘cloud’ method and eraser to bring the features to life. It was almost like watching an artist sculpt a face on paper!

We have finished our meetings for the year now and we will resume at our AGM on the 18th of March next year at Tetbury Goods Shed.

Please refer to our website tetburyartsociety.org.uk for details of our exciting program for next year.

If you wish to join us as a member or visit our demos which are the first Wednesday of each month or as a guest, please look at our website for all details. Any queries

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Raclette is Back!

This December, we’re turning up the indulgence with our famous, melt-in-your-mouth cheese raclette, served in our Alpine-inspired pizza chalet — the ultimate winter warmer!

Prefer something more traditional? Cosy up in our classic pub restaurant and enjoy our locally sourced Christmas menu:

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From comforting classics to festive favourites, all made with the best local ingredients — it’s the perfect setting for long lunches, evening gatherings, or a Christmas do with a twist.

Visiting the Westonbirt Arboretum Enchanted Christmas light display this year? We’re just five minutes down the road – the ideal spot to start or end your evening.

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At the start of halfterm fourteen girls and three leaders from 2nd Tetbury Brownies…

…headed to PGL Liddington for an adventurous weekend that proved to be action packed. The Brownies had a jampacked schedule of activities that included aeroball, archery, canoeing, climbing a telegraph pole and trying to catch a trapeze in the air, learning survivor skills in the woods, problem solving, climbing a tower and zip wire. The weather at the start of half-term was very chilly so they opted for an improvised indoor campfire which was led by their Australian Leader for the weekend. During the weekend, the girls all took on the challenges that they faced and have been awarded badges for water,

height and sport. At the end of their stay, which featured a surprising amount of the sleep, the girls were already asking the leaders to plan the next trip!

1st Brownies have been looking at beliefs, values, and traditions. They have been working on their story telling skills and finding out how a story is created. They have upcycled some old socks into puppets and redecorated their notice board. They have spaces for girls aged 7-10 on a Thursday.

Rainbows completed the Reflect skills builder badge and are now working on the Guiding Sparkle badge. There are going to be lots of badges to hand out at a special meeting at the beginning of December.

Members of every section were proud to represent Guiding at the Remembrance service and parade. Please look out for Dorothy’s stall at the Christmas lights switch on evening and support her fundraising for a trip to Croatia. We are looking forward to a Crafternoon in December when all sections will come together for an afternoon of making Christmas crafts.

Sue Doidge Girlguiding Tetbury District Commissioner tetbury@girlguidingglos.org.uk

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Christmas approaches, I

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like to take this opportunity to wish… …all residents and traders in Tetbury a very Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy 2026.

I would like to also thank the members of the Feoffees and Thirteen and Tetbury Plumbing and Heating, who decorated the Market House with our Christmas Lights and 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 Friday the 5th of December – well done to all those, led by Tetbury Town Council, involved in creating a wonderful, seasonal community event for us all.

Work continued over the autumn with Feoffee Will Cook and his team of volunteers from the Thirteen planting a new hedge along a section of the Tetbury Trail.

Don’t forget that the Christmas Tree Festival at St Saviour’s Church will be taking place from Monday the 1st of December – Friday the 2nd of January, where groups and organisations will display their trees and on Saturday the 6th of December at 5.00 pm in St Saviour’s there will be the annual

Finally, I am delighted to confirm that we gave the following grants this month:

£8,000 to St Mary’s Primary School for their Trim Trail.

£1,500 annual donation to Tetbury in Bloom to support their work around the town.

£300 for a Swindon Town youth player towards a football tournament in Barcelona.

£300 towards an international Girl Guides trip to Croatia in 2026.

£300 for local competitor towards competing at the British Equestrian Vaulting Championships in Cheshire.

£300 towards the Tetbury Town Council crowdfunding campaign to upgrade the playpark at Suffolk Close.

£300 towards a Christmas meal for the Monday Club in December.

£300 towards the craft club at Tetbury Library to assist with materials. – this group is open to the public and run by volunteers.

£150 towards the Poppy Appeal.

£75 towards the Tetbury Town Council Christmas grotto at the Light up Tetbury evening.

If you think we may be able to help you or if you are a member of a group who could be helped with a grant, please visit our website www.thefeoffeesoftetbury.co.uk where you can also find out more about the work we do in our town.

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Finally, if you would like to volunteer to help us, please get in touch or speak to one of our members.

Lance Vick, Chairman

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November provided lots of opportunities for learning through themed play, activities, books and crafts, including Remembrance, Diwali, Bonfire Night, Children in Need and of course the beginning of Christmas. The glitter is well and truly out and we’ll be wrapping pretend boxes, practising mark making with letters to Father Christmas, making decorations and decorating our trees. Huge Thanks to ‘Tetbury Trees’ at Worwell Farm for donating a real tree for playgroup. We’ll also be making decorations and taking some of the children round to decorate a tree for the Christmas Tree Festival at St. Saviours Church (please visit during December to see all the lovely trees decorated by many local organisations).

A big ‘thank you’ also to Les Brice and team for arranging the recent quiz night at The Dolphin’s Hall in aid of playgroup, as we continue to fundraise for our outdoor shelter area which has definitely seen better days! Thanks also to all the local businesses and individuals who donated prizes for the raffle including Mayfair &

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Now Christmas season is upon us we’re practising our carols and our pre-school nativity which we hope will be as big a hit as previous years, when we’ve had more than 1,300 views on social media! It’s always a very relaxed performance with no pressure put on the children, where rarely anything goes to plan, but we find that often makes the best nativity plays! We also have a Christmas party for the children on the last day of term and fingers crossed we’ll get a certain surprise visitor wearing a red suit again this year!

would all like to take this opportunity to wish the playgroup children and their families a very Happy Christmas, thank you all for your continued support, and we look forward to continuing to have lots of fun with the children in the new year.

As the year comes to an end most of our sessions are full, but if you’re looking for a playgroup or pre-school space for your child for next year, then please get in contact with us, email us at tetburynurseryplaygroup@ eygloucestershire.co.uk or give us a call on 01666 504855 to arrange a look round.

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Tetbury Bowls Club

Whilst the outdoor bowling season has come to an end for 2025 the Club’s thoughts turn to preparation for 2026.

The green is the first action that has to be taken in the autumn and winter months. Our greenkeepers are supported in their early endeavours of putting the green to bed by Avonmoor our contractors who arrive during October to use various pieces of specialised machinery to cut, slice, sweep and bore the green followed by an application of six tons of top dressing and reseeding.

This work has to be completed early enough in the autumn to allow the new seed to germinate and grow before everything settles down through the winter with a very occasional mow of the green dependant on grass growth and weather.

As members arrive at the Club for social events through the closed season, they take a glance from the balcony at the green with a longing look and in anticipation of April 2026 when the new season starts.

The Club has held its Annual General Meeting which was well attended and voting took place for appointing members to the new Management Committee who met for the first time in November.

Activities that the Club promotes during the winter months are bingo, quizzes, the newly introduced “Play Your Cards Right”,

Sunday morning coffee and bacon rolls sessions and the last event of the year being the Christmas Dinner.

Various members of the Management Committee have duties to perform during the Closed season. The website Manager has to keep on top of various changes to the information provided on the Club site, the Fixtures Secretary has to work through the various requests for friendly matches in 2026 and the Ladies and Men’s Captains have to keep in touch with their leagues to attend meetings and discuss the league set up for 2026.

Our Secretary has preparation work to carry out for the New Year when annual subscriptions are collected and playing members have to be affiliated to Bowls England and Gloucestershire County.

The Club’s “Men In Hats” have already completed some maintenance and improvement works and the next challenge for them is the complete refit of the kitchen. Monies have already been raised to pay for this work following a Race Night and a hugely successful Auction. Donations for the auction came from local businesses and shops and the membership is grateful for the support received.

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Bridge Matters

What do Claudia Winkleman, Mahatma Ghandi, Dwight D Eisenhower, Winston Churchill, Buster Keaton and Bill Gates have in common? You’ve guessed it – they are/were passionate advocates of the game of bridge. Being a recent convert to Bridge myself, I can testify to the addictive nature of the game. It really is that enjoyable. But can this popular hobby also be good for us? Recent research has found that playing bridge has a statistically significant positive effect on wellbeing. Researchers at Stirling University undertook a survey of over seven thousand people, most of whom were bridge players. A majority of respondents indicated that playing bridge brought benefits to them personally in the form of the game having a competitive element, facilitating socialising with friends, and – most commonly –being mentally stimulating and deriving enjoyment from the activity

It has also been proven that undertaking some form of activity that tests mental agility on a daily basis helps to protect us from dementia and Alzheimer’s. and that social interaction amongst the elderly can stave off cognitive decline. Although not a cure for dementia, there is evidence that playing bridge can contribute to helping to keep the brain healthy:

How to learn the game

The beauty of Bridge is that it is so accessible – you don’t have to be a genius to play good bridge – and learning the basics can be done quickly, allowing you to get into game playing as soon as possible. The English Bridge Union offers a range of options when it comes to learning bridge, one of which is a FastTrack course

Fast Track Bridge is a fun and flexible way to learn bridge quickly – perfect if you’re short on time or just eager to get playing fast! Instead of spreading lessons over months, this course packs everything you need into around twenty four hours of learning. You can do it over a few days, during a holiday, or at your own pace – whatever works best for you.. There is also a Fast Track book designed for would -be players to teach themselves.

Personally, I enjoyed the twenty week course I attended – it helped me meet new people as well as picking up a new skill, but there are plenty of options available to learn. If you are interested in learning or playing, contact South Cotswold Bridge Club by email jimedwards811@gmail.com or by calling 07879 400193.

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On Remembrance

Sunday, like millions around the UK and the world, we laid a wreath…

… on behalf of our members to remember the fallen of both past and present conflicts, so it was a stark reminder the next evening at our November meeting to find that there are still hundreds of thousands of casualties from both world wars, the Korean war and all the other 20th century conflicts, who have no grave, or an accurate record of where they may have died.

Our speaker was Alexia Clark, a member of the MOD’s Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre – the ‘War Detectives’ – who took us through the painstaking processes required to attempt to identify the human remains still being

found from battles some now more than a hundred years ago. DNA tracing is a vital modern tool that can help the identification but it has to be preceded by lengthy and complicated searches through the records

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However, once an identification has been proven, the department then arranges a burial and a headstone, or, in the case of those already buried in one of the many Commonwealth War Grave cemeteries, replace ‘Known to God’ with a name, a rank and a regiment. The burials are celebrated with a burial detail from their regiment (or the contemporary regiment if the original regiment has been absorbed into another) with family, the British Legion and often local dignitaries and regimental associations.

Everyone who attended the meeting was profoundly moved by her description of the lengths to which the Centre will go to bring a closure to the lives of these fatalities and to their families.

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The meeting concluded with our AGM, with the re-election of the committee and a new President and reports from the Secretary, the Treasurer and the President, plus short reports from the groups. Linda Sheen has been an outstanding President, and, as the one elected to step into her shoes, I already know she will be a very hard act to follow

On a lighter note, our Christmas dinner will be celebrated at the Cirencester Agricultural University on the 1st of December and our December meeting will be a social, with, quite possibly, a little fizz and a few nibbles.

It just remains for me to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and a great 2026, we do welcome new members, and we’d be delighted to welcome you as a guest initially to see if our organisation has something to offer you,

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Tetbury Theatre Group

Thursday the 13th of November started as a pleasant sunny day…

…and we set off in a cheerful mood to The Watermill Theatre, Newbury, Berkshire. We were looking forward to a good lunch and a lovely afternoon enjoying ‘Charley’s Aunt’. Written by Walter Brandon Thomas and first performed in 1892, the well-loved farce centres around mistaken identities with a man masquerading as The Aunt.

At first, we enjoyed the energetic and spirited acting but it quickly became apparent that this new adaptation was a very different version of the play we knew. Written by Rob Madge, in this version

Charley and Jack, two undergraduates, needed a female chaperone in order to court their girlfriends. Babbs, the butler, was chosen to dress up as the Aunt. However, now that we had the programme of the play, we were able to read Madge’s intentions. He advised that the play ‘has been significantly queered up’ and intended that we should ‘laugh with our gender-bending hero instead of admonishing them.’

This new adaptation retained some of the joyful humour of the original. The cast played their parts with energy and commitment and we laughed with them at their antics. However, as the play developed, it felt as though the author’s message had turned the play from a farce to a kind of polemic on how to treat sexual identities. The author intended that we should understand and have compassion for nonbinary people as represented by Babbs, who comes to ‘a great understanding of who they are’. Many in the audience had come expecting the original farce and the author’s intention was not fully conveyed by the script. Consequently, we were

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baffled about what was happening on the stage. At the final curtain, there was muted applause. Perhaps the genre of a farce was not entirely compatible with Madge’s more serious message.

However, we appreciated the quality of the acting and an enjoyable lunch in the delightful surroundings of the old mill building which houses the theatre.

Coming up

AGM Members are warmly invited to the annual general meeting of the Tetbury Theatre Group which will be held on Friday the 30th of January 2026 at St. Mary’s School Tetbury at 7.00 pm (prompt) because the outside door will be locked when the meeting begins. The meeting will be followed by refreshments.

Theatre Visits

‘Treasure Island’ 12th of December, Bristol Old Vic from 2.00 pm. Invitations sent

‘Death on the Nile’ 5th of February 2026, The Everyman Cheltenham, 2.30 pm. Invitations sent.

‘Fawlty Towers’ 25th of June 2026, Millennium Theatre, Cardiff from 2.30 pm. Invitations sent.

Other events to be confirmed.

Please note: theatres require us to book seats far in advance. If you wish to join Tetbury Theatre Group, please note there will be a gap between applying and buying a ticket, unless we have a space on the coach. (Waiting list available). To join, please contact Diana Challis (Membership Secretary) 01666 502768 or Helen Price (Chairperson) 01666 503187, email: retreatcottage17@btinternet.com.

Website: www.tetburytheatre group.co.uk Linda Goodhew, Tetbury Theatre Group

Forest School

At St Mary’s Playgroup in Tetbury, we are delighted to offer Forest School sessions alongside our indoor sessions every Wednesday and Thursday morning from 8.30/9.00 am – 1.00 pm, all year round!

This term, the children have been actively engaged in developing their gross motor skills and creative thinking. The children have demonstrated great imagination and problem-solving as they explored climbing large reels and constructing their own slides and steps to access them using wooden planks and pallets.

Forest School is guided by a number of important safety rules. However, our most valued principle is to ensure that every child has fun!

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It has been a pleasure to observe the children immersing themselves in a wide range of outdoor activities. From tree climbing, slackline balancing, imaginative play in the mud kitchen, bug hunting and using binoculars to explore nature. The children have shown high levels of enthusiasm and curiosity. We have introduced new practical skills, including whittling sticks and hammering nails into wood. These activities have provided valuable opportunities for both fine and gross motor skills development. In addition to these physical and creative achievements, we have seen wonderful social progress, with many new friendships forming and a growing sense of teamwork among the children.

St. Michael’s Catholic Church will celebrate Christmas Masses…

…at 7.00 pm on Wednesday the 24th and at 9.00 am on the 25th of December Everyone will be very welcome. Mass is also celebrated every Sunday at 9.00 am and Wednesday at 10.00 am. For further details please see Home - St Michael’s Tetbury and St Peter’s Cirencester.

The Parish Christmas lunch will be held in the Hall from noon on the 12th of December. Please contact Mary on mary. dignan81@gmail.com for further details.

The Church is located on The Green in the centre of Tetbury.

We have enjoyed sharing campfire experiences, where the children have had the opportunity to toast bread and marshmallows on the fire and recently, we enjoyed cooking hot dogs to celebrate bonfire night. A particular highlight this term has been when the children were using tools such as hammers and nails to build their very own music wall using pallets and pots and pans.

Forest School continues to be a special and enriching part of our playgroup, offering children the chance to learn, grow, and connect with nature in our wonderful outside space. We currently have spaces available for 2026. If you would like to enquire about a space for your child please do contact us via email. stmarysplaygrouptetbury@hotmail.com

St Mary’s Playgroup Team

Our next monthly talk on “Driving Safely in Winter” will take place…

…on Monday the 12th of January 2026 at the Tetbury Goods Shed, from 10.30 am – 11.45 am and will be provided by Nigel Lloyd-Jones. Nigel is Lead, Gloucestershire Older Drivers Road Safety Partnership. His talk will include lots of road safety tips around driving ability, vehicle preparedness and journey planning. Do come along and meet us there. Please note - there will be no monthly talk in December.

We hold our monthly meetings at Tetbury Goods Shed on alternate Mondays and Tuesdays. The talks at our meetings are on a wide range of interesting topics and are given by experts in their fields. We serve tea and coffee so that you can mingle before and after the talk with other members in an informal manner. The programme for 2026 is available on our website tetbury.u3asite.uk

Our u3a can give you the chance to share and develop your interests, make new friends and enjoy yourself. Membership is open to all who are retired or semi-retired, and there is no age limit. Membership for one year is £10 per member and runs from August – July each year (with reductions for

those joining between April and July).

As well as the monthly talks, we have a rich variety of active groups which are listed here:

Art Appreciation, Golf, Aviation & Classic Cars, Historic Buildings, Backgammon, History, Badminton, Mah-Jong, Board Games, Meditation & Mindfulness, Book Clubs, Photography, Boules, Play Reading, Computing - Apple beginners, Pub Lunch,

Computing - technical support, Quiz, Creative Writing, Scrabble, Cribbage, Short Breaks, Curry Club, Short Walks, Family History, Spanish, French, Ukulele, Garden Visits and Wine Tasting.

If you would be interested in joining the u3a, take a look at our website tetbury. u3asite.uk to find out what we can offer, and details of how to join, or come to one of our monthly talks.

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