Tetbury Advertiser February 2024

TETBURY ADVERTISER

February 2024

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ished 1974

Tetbury Probus

Greening Tetbury

Tetbury Police Museum

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we love tetbury and we love property

Sherston Beautiful period cottage located in the heart of the pretty Cotswold village of Sherston..

• Charming Cotswold stone cottage • Popular village location • Walking distance to amenities • Pretty cottage garden • Driveway parking • Two double bedrooms • Home office/utility room • Spacious accommodation • Character features

£415,000

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Oaksey

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A beautifully presented family home built approximately three years ago, located in the very popular village of Oaksey.

Purchase a 40% share and pay rent on the remaining percentage at £487.67pcm.

A charming cottage in the centre of The Green with parking and a private courtyard garden, a few steps from the town centre.

£365,000 Guide price

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Useful Information 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

Contents

What’s On 1st Feb

6th Feb

7th Feb

7th Feb

7th Feb

History of Tetbury Society Archive meeting, 7.30 pm at Christchurch.

Tetbury and District Footpath Group Westrip, Ruscombe, Whiteshill and Randwick, meet at the Goods Shed car park at 9.30 am. Further walks every Tuesday.

Tetbury Art Society Sarah Howard presents Landscape Photography, 7.30 pm at Tetbury Library.

Avening WI

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Chelworth Bookworms

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Citizens Advice

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Cotswold Friends

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Girlguiding

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Greening Tetbury

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History of Tetbury Society

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Letter to the Editor

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Lion’s 200 Club

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Lion’s Den

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Rodmarton Manor Start of the open Snowdrop Gardens.

Mayor’s Report

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News from St Marys’ Church

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Tetbury Lions Club Monthly meeting, 7.30 pm at the Priory Inn. ALL WELCOME

Shots from a Lawyer’s Gun

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South Cotswold Bridge Club

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St Mary’s Playgroup

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12th Feb Tetbury WI Monthly meeting including presentation ‘1 man, 1 horse, 2,700 miles and 30 Cathederals’ 7.30 pm at the Goods Shed.

Tetbury and District Footpath Group

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Tetbury and District u3a

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Tetbury Art Society

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Tetbury Bowls Club

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17th Feb Westonbirt Arboretum ‘Fun with Sticks’ family event Runs until Friday 21st.

Tetbury Community Choir

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20th Feb Tetbury & District u3a Talk by Michael Norton MBE, 10.30 am at the Goods Shed.

26th Feb Tetbury WI Coffee morning, 10.30 am at the Snooty Fox. 22th Feb Tetbury Goods Shed Film ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’, 7.30 pm V do olun na ta tio ry no nly

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The Team

February trips: To book 0345 680 5029

Sat 3rd BATH Sat 10th WORCESTER Sat 17th CHELTENHAM

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

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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 33 Tetbury Probus

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Tetbury Rugby Club

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Tetbury Theatre Group

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Tetbury Trail

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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

Young by Name How to Make More of 2024 Having a birthday soon after the turn of the new year makes me feel as if time is passing me by too fast. Short, dark wintry days make it seem as if I’m up against a giant hourglass, its sands running away too quickly. Consequently, at this time of year I’m usually looking for new ways to make the most of every minute of every day – an impulse that diminishes as the daylight hours lengthen.

Just now, I’m testing the Pomodoro® Technique for time-management, invented not by a Professor Pomodoro but by university student Francesco Cirillo back in the Eighties. The name Pomodoro® comes from the Italian for “tomato”, in honour of a simple, time-management tool ubiquitous in those days: the plastic, mechanical tomato-shaped kitchen timer.

How does the Pomodoro® Technique work? You just set the timer for twenty five minutes and work flat out until it pings.

Then take a five-minute break, before starting over. Knowing the ticking clock’s demands will be short-term makes you more focused and productive. After four stints, you earn a longer break, before starting over. Breaking larger tasks into

smaller ones makes them so much easier to complete. Think of the Pomodoro® Technique as the vegetarian equivalent to that old saw of eating the elephant one bite at a time.

These days anyone under a certain age might gravitate towards a more high-tech timer, such as the stopwatch function on their smartphone. However, an analogue representation offers psychological benefits. Would Countdown contestants feel so pressured without the giant wallclock behind them? I think not.

My daughter, powering through university assignments, introduced me to the best of both worlds: a phone app showing a pie-style timer, showing at a glance the proportion of time remaining. If you prefer old technology - or have a penchant for kitsch – plastic tomato timers are still readily available.

If you’re after more sophisticated methods, or would feel silly with a plastic tomato on your desk, the official website www. pomodorotechnique.com offers tips, tools and training courses for the business environment. Find out more about its inventor, now an IT wizard whose motto is “work smarter, not harder”, at www. francescocirillo.com.

Me, I’m happy with the basic tomato. If only it counted as one of my five-a-day...

If the Pomodoro® Technique doesn’t work

for you, take heart: this month you’ll have an extra twenty four hours at your disposal on Thursday 29th February.

Happy Leap Year, however you plan to spend it!

Debbie Young www.authordebbieyoung.com Debbie Young’s latest novel, Driven to Murder, was published on the 26th of January in ebook, paperback and audiobook. In this ninth Sophie Sayers Cozy Mystery, Sophie investigates a murder on the soon-to-be-axed village bus, hoping to catch the murderer, save lives, and restore the bus service!

Tetbury Lions’

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Saturday the 9th of March at 7.00pm To book your place please contact Maggie Heaven on 07747 608990

The Great Tythe Barn, Newnton Road, Tetbury

Tickets £10 to include a Pizza Supper Licensed Bar

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Lion’s Den £10pp to include tasty pizza. There will also be a quick raffle held on the night. It is profits from these Lions events which go towards the donations mentioned above, so please book your team in now. (Maggie Heaven 07747608990).

This month we made our regular donation of £200 to the Foodbank and… …both SWR and St Mary’s Schools benefited from our donations of Tesco vouchers just before Christmas with a total value of £1,260. Lions provided the transport, mince pies and sherry for Senior Citizens at the pre-Christmas panto Dick Turpin, held in cooperation with Community Connexions and the Dolphins Dramatics Society.

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.

included a lovely donation of £80 in his memory (plus extra for tickets) from the grandson of former Lion Tom Warner. Many thanks to all our contributors.

The Quiz was such a success, both as an enjoyable community event and as a fundaiser, that we are running another one at the Great Tythe Barn on the 9th of March.

This will be called the “March Hare” Quiz:

Lions Big Quiz at the Great Tythe Barn on the 16th of December, together with the raffle held on that night and outside the Post Office before Christmas, raised £2,249.

(See picture of the winning team – “One wheel short of a unicycle.”) The raffle sums

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Early in January we assisted Longfield Hospice by collecting used trees for their Christmas Tree appeal. Longfield are hoping to gather more than three thousand five hundred trees and raise over £50,000 this year through the scheme.

Sadly, this month Lion Nick Tucker passed away, having been ill for some while. Nick had many ideas which helped Lions in their community work and in his own right had done much to assist in providing counselling and support at Longfield.

I would like to use this opportunity to thank the many who, in all weathers, help Lions deliver the Tetbury Advertiser to villages and farms outside Tetbury. Thank you. Without them the magazine would not convey news of forthcoming events, nor give our advertisers such an extensive coverage for their goods and services.

The deliverers were rewarded with some Christmas fare and for assistance with that we must thank Tetbury Tesco for their generosity, as is the case on many other occasions where they support Lions.

Lions 200 Club is another fundraising activity. This month’s winners were:- Richard Glanville, Mrs C.J. Taylor, Pam Hewitt and A Haslett. Congratulations to them.

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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 enjoyable social times.

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200 Club An annual payment of £13 buys you into the Lion’s 200 Club lottery. We use these subscriptions to help local causes – and you get the chance to win a cash prize! Application forms can be obtained from Malcolm at Tetbury Hardware.

The 200 Club winners from the final draw on the old system are 8 prizes of £25.00 each to: Jwala Jurong, Lola Minchew, R Hughes, Brian Thacker, Chris French, T Ribbins, P R Williams and Phil Williams.

One prize of £100.00 to E P Atkinson.

There are four winners for the month of January, each received £25.00 Richard Granville, CJ Taylor, A Hadley and Pam Hewett

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Tetbury in Bloom Despite the inclement weather we’ve… …experienced over recent weeks, we have still managed to get out and enjoy some much-needed gardening exercise: weeding and raking up the last of the leaves! The nights are now noticeably drawing out and already the bulbs are coming through. Very soon the snowdrops, crocus and early flowering daffodils will be in full bloom. Over the next few weeks, the spring displays will be ever-changing and will culminate in April-May when hundreds of brightly coloured tulips will fill all the beds that we tend.

Plans are already in place for summer and once again we will be supplying our hanging baskets. If you would like to support us by purchasing one or more of them, please see our advert below and let me know your requirement as soon as possible. The 14” baskets comprise easy-

care trailing begonias in pink, red and apricot shades OR you can choose trailing geraniums in a mixture of vibrant colours.

For those living in Tetbury, they will be delivered to your door by arrangement during the first two weeks in June. This is our

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main fundraising initiative and all profits raised will go towards funding the work that we do. If you purchased our hanging baskets last summer and we haven’t yet had your empty containers back, we’d really appreciate their return now as soon as possible please. We need to wash the containers this month ready for them to go to the nursery for replanting. Please give me a call as soon as possible on 504213 or email me on sue@tetburyinbloom.org.uk to arrange collection.

In the meantime, weather permitting during these early months, the Tetbury in Bloom team will continue to be out every Tuesday and Thursday morning to keep the flower displays looking their best. We really do enjoy what we do and gain much satisfaction from knowing that the displays we create and the difference we make, brings such a lot of enjoyment to so many people.

If you think you would like to join the team on a regular weekly basis, please contact me using the details shown above for more information.

Call Ollie on 01666 848097 – 07823881639 – info@pixielock.com www.pixielock.com

Sue Hirst, Team Leader, Tetbury in Bloom

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To save you the trouble of loading the car, parking and carrying items, I visit people’s homes for a free 30 minute consultation within a five mile radius of Tetbury, bringing samples from which you can choose, then re-deliver the finished item.

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If in Tetbury: Will be delivered to your door by arrangement during first 2 weeks of June.

Order from Sue Hirst on 504213 or email sue@tetburyinbloom.org.uk

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ARE YOU MAKING USE OF YOUR ANNUAL ALLOWANCES

The 5th April close brings with it a clear “use it or lose it” deadline on annual allowances.

Six planning tips to consider before tax year end:-

• Maximise your ISA • Save for your grand children • Top up your pension

• Take dividends • Utilise your Capital Gains Tax allowance • Make gifts

If you have not considered the above and want to make sure you have the right strategy, it’s often worth talking to a local chartered financial planner.

We offer a complete range of financial advice services; from retirement and investment planning to long term care planning 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.

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The value of an investment with St. James’s Place will be directly linked to the performance of the funds you select and the value can therefore go down as well as up. You may get back less than you invested.

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The levels and bases of taxation, and reliefs from taxation, can change at any time. The value of any tax relief is generally dependent on individual circumstances.

Book a meeting now to discuss your options - Please contact us to find out more.

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The Partner Practice 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 www.sjp.co.uk/products. The title ‘Partner Practice’ is the marketing term used to describe St. James’s Place representatives. Cotswold Wealth Chartered Financial Planners is a trading name of Cotswold Wealth Solutions Ltd. SJP Approved 23/02/2023

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Some of our preschoolers visiting St. Saviour’s church to decorate our tree for the Christmas tree festival, and our 2 narrators from our nativity.

Tetbury Nursery Playgroup the exercise session. We’ve also started a weekly letter basket where children are encouraged with help from their parents, to search around their homes for items that begin with our letter of the week. We started the year off with ‘A’ and the children brought all sorts in from an apron, an apple and an ambulance to a crocheted Avocado!

We work closely with our local primary schools and they always reiterate that the children’s ability to recognise their own name, sit and listen for short periods of time, put coats, shoes, PE kits on independently and follow simple instructions are just as important at the reception stage as being able to hold a pen correctly and count to ten.

During this term we’ll be exploring the weather, with ice and snow, and be talking about the Chinese New Year and Valentine’s day. As we move into spring we’ll be exploring growth and new life and as we spend more time outside would love to have more tree stumps in our garden for children to sit on or use as stepping stones if anyone has had any trees felled recently.

2023 ended on a high here at TNP with a wonderful nativity and Christmas party, as well as our tree at the St. Saviours Christmas Tree festival. Our preschoolers performed the nativity story brilliantly in front of family and friends, and although some were a bit shy, they were all very excited when Father Christmas turned up at the end of term party! We must extend thanks to all the local companies and

families who supported us over the festive period including Steve Scott, Tetbury Trees, The Priory Inn, Tetbury Hardware, Tesco, Eager Sew and So, Raz-tastic, Nana D Knits and Cheryl Smith. Our Christmas raffle raised over £150 towards new toys and supplies for playgroup.

We’re off to a busy start to 2024 already and welcome our new starters this term. As we start the preparation for their transition to primary school, our preschoolers have begun PE sessions where supporting and encouraging the children to change independently is just as important as

We are also looking out for people to join our team here as bank staff to cover staff holidays and absence, if you’re interested please contact Karen Milhench using the contact details below.

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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Mayor’s Report Local councils do not receive any direct funding from central government and are therefore reliant on the local precept and any other income they can generate from the services and facilities they provide.

Tetbury Town Council must approve its budget before it can set its precept; this is the local council tax requirement required from local electors to meet the budget. We must submit our precept request to Cotswold District Council (CDC) by the end of January.

At our December Full Council meeting we agreed the outline budget, which we took to the Town Meeting on the 17th of January for consultation. After general running costs (such as wages and pension provisions, utilities, office supplies, audits, insurance and subscriptions) and our on-going commitments to youth services and youth holiday provision; maintaining the various open spaces around the town, including the rail lands and the open and closed graveyards; the provision of the Friendship café, Visitor Information Centre and Police Museum; and repayment of loans, we have allowed a small provision for organisational grants.

The Town Council is currently repaying two public works board loans, one for the original purchase of the rail lands and the second for the refurbishment of the Goods Shed, which is owned by the Council.

Tetbury Town Council has been providing support for youth provision in the town since Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) closed the youth club in 2011. Our support helps with mental, emotional and physical health; improves social and economic wellbeing and ensures there is access to non-formal learning and recreation.

We also assist Gloucestershire Highways by cutting the verges throughout the year to maintain safety for all road users. Whilst we receive some funding from GCC, this is not sufficient to cover the full cost incurred.

From this year we will no longer receive a grant of £5,000 from CDC towards tourist services and our Visitor Information Centre.

The cost-of-living increase also impacts us and, using the calculation provided to us by CDC, we estimate that our budget will represent an increase of 5% for a “Band D Equivalent” property. This rise is comparable to what similar sized towns will be charging locally.

We are not complacent and are committed to keeping our costs and service provision under review.

Personally, life has been a little less busy since I attended all the many carol concerts and Christmas events at the end of last year. I enjoyed them all. I also enjoyed the singalong and lunch at the last Friendship Café of 2023. I was delighted to be asked to draw the girl guiding raffle in support of their residential event in March; well done to everyone involved. On the 6th of January I was pleased to support Will Cook with the tree planting to create a small wood on the bank bordering the children’s play area at the rail lands, for future generations to benefit from.

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Tetbury Theatre Group for jury service. With a dozen of his fellow American citizens, he is responsible for the fate of the man accused of manslaughter.

For Ross, as well as the defendant, it is a life -changing experience. It was a brilliant play. Very gripping and so slick, there were lots of smiling faces getting on the coach for the return journey.

In November we visited one of our local theatres, the lovely Everyman theatre in Cheltenham.

It is a grade II listed building based in Regent St. It was designed by Frank Miatcham and was originally called “The New Theatre and Opera House” and opened on the 1st of October 1891. One of our members told me he was taken to a pantomime when he was a child when the theatre had its original name. There are two auditoriums in the building – the six hundred and sixty five seat in the main auditorium and the sixty seat studio theatre, originally named the Ralph Richardson studio after Ralph Richardson.

We saw “Twelve Angry Men.” Following a record breaking West End session, this gripping courtroom thriller is considered one of the great ‘must sees’ of all time.

The guilt of a young delinquent charged with the murder of his father seems a foregone conclusion but as prejudices and preconceived views are exposed, it is not so clear cut. The story begins in 1954, the scene is the New York Supreme Court in Lower Manhattan. It is here that a television writer called Reginald Rose has been called

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In December, we visited the Malvern Theatre for an evening performance of “In Dulci Jubilo.” Few countries celebrate Christmas as the Germans do, although Italy comes close. The Armonico Consort, Baroque Players, The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble performed works from the Splendour of Venetian Baroque to the grand works of Praetorius. If this was the first time you have ever heard ‘In Dulci Jubilo’’ in 21 parts it was an amazing experience. The singers from the Armonico Consort were wonderful. The instrumental music was also very good and this was provided by the Baroque Players consisting of violins, viola, cello, and organ and the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble who played the renaissance instruments, the cornett, sackbut and dulcian. How the singers and musicians managed to walk around the theatre, up and down the steps still performing I do not know but doing this provided amazing sound effects. It was a wonderful Baroque start to Christmas.

The concert was held in a different part of the Malvern theatre to where we had been previously which emphasised the fact that the Malvern theatre is a really big complex.

We have a variety of visits to look forward to.

In February we are off to the NEC at Birmingham to see the Birmingham International Tattoo. In March we are visiting Cardiff New Theatre to see “And Then There Were None” written by Agatha Christie This will be an all day trip . Thursday 18th April visit is again to Cardiff but to a completely different venue at the Millenium Centre which is in Cardiff Bay to see “An Officer and A Gentleman”. This will be an all day trip. On the 22nd of May we have booked to see “Hamilton” at the Bristol Hippodrome.

As it is such a popular show we have had to book very early to buy many tickets, however you may be able to buy one or two tickets privately, if you do manage this do contact us as we may still have places on the coach. Our booking is for the Matinee.

On the 5th of June we are seeing “Drop The Dead Donkey” at the Cheltenham Everyman Theatre, this is a matinee so another lovely all day trip. Invitations not sent out yet. On Thursday the 11th of July we are off to The Mill at Sonning where we have a lunch and are seeing “Three Men in a Boat”.

If you would like any more information do look on the web site tetburytheatregroup. co.uk , or telephone our membership secretary Diana Challis 01666502768 or Helen Price our chairperson 01666502187 Tetbury Theatre Group

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History of Tetbury Society At our last meeting HOTS member, John Peters came to talk about ‘A Boy in Tetbury’, the book that his late father wrote about his memories of life in Tetbury in the early 20th C. Frank was bornin Tetbury in 1905 where he lived and worked until the early 1930s before moving to Yorkshire and died in September 2000, having begun to write his memoirs when he was ninety.

Frank’s impetus for writing the book was becoming a great grandfather. Writing

many old photographs of the town, some of which were ‘new’ to some of us. As a child, Frank wore hand me downs from Hector who lived at Upton House, these were then handed down again to Frank’s younger siblings. His jobs included being an errand boy at Gale’s in Long Street and at The Priory where he cleaned shoes and chopped sticks for the fires. He visited Tetbury often after he left.

Some wonderful old photographs were shown throughout John’s talk.

Our Zoom January meeting was about ‘Tasting the Tudors, Food and Drinks in the Tudor Period’. Our speaker, Kat, explained the hierarchical manor of food when Sumptury Laws laid down the number of courses that were allowed at meals. For example, cardinals had nine, whereas the gentry could only have three. All food would be presented at the same time. She explained how many of the ‘table rules/ sayings’ then are still relevant today. Most people sat at trestle bordes and elbows were not allowed on the bordes as they could tip up the tables! At the time it was customary for only one person to have a

chair, the host or most important person and all people were shown to their specific places, everyone else would sit on bordes, hence ‘chairman’.

Those persons who were more wealthy/ important would sit above the salt. Some salt cellars were elaborate affairs as can be seen below.

Not everyone would have all food offered to them, the poorer had less expensive food, such as ‘umble pie’ made from the internal organs of the roast meat being served to the wealthy. Hence ‘eating humble pie’.

Many food came from exotic parts of the world such as fruits, wine and spices. Kat also explained the tableware and cutlery that was used at the time, showing us replicas of many of them and gave us some recipes to look at.

All in all it was a fascinating insight into the food and drink of the Tudor period.

Next month will be our ‘Archive’ meeting, when members bring along items to show, is on the 1st of February at Christ Church beginning at 7.30 pm.

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Tetbury WI limited some of the walking to just coffee at the Trouble House.

The Book group is thriving and the Gin group goes from strength to strength.

The whole membership came together to stock our stall at the Tetbury Christmas market and our selection of crafts, jewellery, mince pies and snowmen cakes contributed to the £500 we raised for Tetbury Hospital.

A very Happy New Year to everyone …

Tetbury WI finished 2023 with our Christmas social: games, a quiz, mince pies, a little ‘fizz’ and a challenge to match up the newly elected committee members with their childhood photos. We’re still not sure if it’s good or bad that nobody successfully paired our ‘then’ with our ‘now’! Nevertheless, everybody enjoyed themselves and there was a lot of laughter, especially over the game of Handbag Bingo.

2023 has been a very busy year both at our monthly meetings, with speakers’ subjects

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At our first meeting this year, each Resolution was presented in full and President Linda Sheen, who participated in a Zoom meeting with other Gloucestershire WI groups, outlined the background and intent of each subject. There was a frank and fair exchange of views to contribute to the debate and, by an overwhelming majority, the fourth Resolution ‘Improving outcomes for women in the criminal justice system’ was endorsed as our choice to go forward.

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The Tetbury Trail A new public right of way has been created in Tetbury.

Gloucestershire County Council has made an order to create a new restricted byway along the track of the old Tetbury Railway.

This runs from the Wiltshire Bridge on the B4014 Malmesbury road to the end of Preston Park crossing land owned by the Town Council and leased by the Feoffees.

This section of the track bed had been used as a public path ever since the railway was closed in 1964 and believed by many people to be a right of way.

However, in 2021 signs were erected on the Town Council’s land stating that the existence of the path was not evidence of a public right of way and access was by permission of the Town Council. The following year an application was thus submitted to the County Council to make the route a public bridleway so it would have the same status as the rest of the Tetbury Trail. This was agreed by the County Council and the Order to create the right of way came into force on the 30th of November 2023.

Due to complex legal reasons the new right of way that has been created is a restricted byway but it is equivalent to a bridleway for all practical purposes. This means that everyone has a legal right to walk, run, ride, cycle and take dogs on or off the lead along the entire three mile length of the Tetbury Trail.

The section of the Trail the new right of way runs over had a crushed limestone all-weather surface installed when the Rail Lands were landscaped in about two thousand. Crushed limestone is a natural material that isn’t obtrusive like tarmac and blends into the landscape over time.

The crushed limestone surface is suitable for pedestrians, horses and bicycles and particularly for disabled people who find it difficult to access the countryside. It is ideal for prams, pushchairs, mobility scooters, wheelchairs and rollators. It is also suitable for the elderly and less able who find it difficult to walk on rough country paths deep in mud with projecting roots and other trip hazards.

For the above reasons, a crushed limestone surface was also installed on the section of the Trail between the Newnton Hill road and a point about one hundred yards past the Trouble House. Unfortunately, the owner of the land between the end of Preston Park and Newnton Hill won’t allow the Rail Lands Regeneration Trust to install a crushed limestone surface on this section of the Trail.

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watch their peers, I may narrate and describe what is happening around them or offer a hug with kind words.

I provide opportunities for exploration in, craft, sand, messy play, books, maths, construction, small world, role play, playdough and snack areas. Our outside space is set up with a variety of activities and space to run.

Inviting the child to choose an activity, with gentle hand holding, other times by playing in the activity myself they join me or engage with a giggle, squashing my playdough creation. I spot a child who doesn’t like getting their hands messy and over time with gentle encouragement, they learn that this is safe, fun even. I’m on the floor with my socks off showing how to put socks on. Oh, happiness is when they independently put on their second sock!

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The National Lottery Community Fund have awarded our club a grant of £10,000 in recognition of the value Men’s Sheds bring to the community.

This grant will enable us to equip our workshop with new tools and equipment and finance our move to the new location at the Goods Shed. Thanks must go to Tetbury Lions Club, the people of Tetbury and the Shedders who have helped us put the Workshop and the Allotment on the map.

The project to move the workshop to its new location at the Goods Shed is progressing, with the plans now submitted to CDC waiting for final approval. The converted site office that serves as a workshop, has been fitted with new tools and equipment, and

As we attract more members, we will be able to help with projects around Town, for example, the refurbishment of the four GWR benches. Last summer, we applied for a grant to fund a project to refurbish the benches supported by Tetbury Town Council. Just before Christmas, we received the news that our application to Caring for the Cotswolds was successful and we can begin the work.

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When it was first suggested that Tetbury Men’s Shed be relocated to the site of the Goods Shed, we researched the history of GWR buildings that had been sited at Tetbury Station. Using the Great Western colour scheme and authentic signage, the workshop will become a working part of the Goods Shed Arts Centre.

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Tetbury Bowls Club The past few months might have been wet, windy, and a bit on the chilly side, but our hardy ‘Men in Hats’ have kept at it to improve our club. And everyone at Tetbury Bowls is chuffed at their progress. The key task this offseason was to remove the existing retaining wall below the outdoor viewing area, dig new footings and replace it with a new double wall topped with new shelving. It took a few hard-working weeks for the team lead by Vic Bridgeman and specialist Greg Sharpe, and ably helped

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Tetbury Art Society A Frosty Day, Cotswolds ©Sarah Howard at 7.30 pm is at the Goods Shed in Tetbury with a bit of a Spring Social afterwards.

Members of the society are delighted to be busy working on entries for ‘EQUINOX’ the first ‘Open’ Exhibition of Tetbury Art Society hosted by Spencer House Gallery which will be held on the 23rd and 24th of March 2024 from 10.00 am - 4.00 pm. Members and non-members are welcome to enter with submissions in any media. There will be prizes and certificates, in five categories, presented by the Gallery.

Entry fee proceeds to the ‘Restoring Hope’ campaign for women in Afghanistan, via Women for Women International.

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Our first meeting of 2024 will be held on Wednesday the 7th of February… … at Tetbury Library at 7.30 pm when we have Sarah Howard presenting Landscape Photography. Sarah is a professional landscape photographer based in the Cotswolds who is well known for the beautiful images she takes in the UK and Europe. She is currently working on her second book; ‘Photographing the Cotswolds’ and regularly gives talks to local photographic and art societies.

We think this will be of particular interest to all landscape painters who may struggle sometimes with composition and also those who paint from a photograph to define the focus or essence of that image.

Sarah’s website shows some beautiful and inspiring images. This will be the last meeting at the Library in Tetbury.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like to join us. Guests are always welcome at our monthly meetings held on the first Wednesday of the month from 7.30 pm.

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Tetbury Community Choir of readings and carols on the 17th of December. We were able to provide a decent size choir of thirty six choristers who filled the church from the front with harmonious carols of our own and boosted the volume of the congregational carols throughout the service.

We have serenaded many with carols throughout Tetbury, including the King!

The Community Choir have now completed a busy schedule of engagements over the Christmas period and we started our Spring term rehearsals in late January after a well-earned rest.

We were asked to provide a group of carol singers to serenade those attending the launch of the new King’s Trust Crafts Centre at Highgrove in early December and were rewarded by a chat with the King who was attending the event. He was in a jolly mood and pleased to see a choir from Tetbury represented at the event although he turned

down our, somewhat tongue in cheek, invitation to join us at our next rehearsal!

We were delighted to have a couple of opportunities to share some seasonal good cheer with people in our community by singing carols and other Christmas songs with the residents and staff at Upton Mill and Kingsley House Care Homes on the 15th and 18th of December, where we were given warm welcomes.

We were also invited to join the church choir at St Marys’ church for their service

A Choir of about thirty joined the audience at the Goods Shed annual carol event on the 22nd of December singing two pieces of Christmas music on our own and joining in with the audience and Avening Silver Band singing carols and other Christmas music between readings and a lovely piano and cello duet.

Plans are being made for our first fundraising concert for charity on the 25th of May 2024 at Minchinhampton church. The charity this time is Longfield Community Hospice in Minchinhampton. We started rehearsing for this concert in January, but it’s never too late. Anybody interested in joining the choir should turn up at Christchurch in the Chipping at 7.00 pm on a Thursday evening, our usual rehearsal time, (but do please check dates on our website https:// www.tetburycommunitychoir.co.uk/). We are particularly interested in recruiting more tenors and sopranos, but of course all are welcome.

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Tetbury Goods Shed Here at The Shed we are up and running with a wide selection of… …events being organised throughout the year – ranging across a wide choice of genres, interests, and ages – something we trust for everyone.

January started the year with a bang – tribute band The Beatles for sale went down a storm, world famous classical musicians William Howard together with Matthew and Emma Denton brought some incredibly beautiful music from Fanny and Felix Mendelsson plus the award winning film showing of Oppenheimer and so much more.

Take a look at our advert here in the Advertiser to see whats coming in February and make sure you book your advance tickets for the best seats in the house. Last month some people were disappointed when events sold out.

Also, in January we held our annual thank you party for our incredible band of Volunteers without whom we simply could not survive – the help and support they provide to ensure our events go so smoothly is amazing. Perhaps you

would like to join us? There are a variety of roles available, and training is provided where necessary. It can be something as straightforward as manning our Reception area for a couple of hours, welcoming visitors to the Goods Shed through to helping at Events, on the Box Office, behind the scenes with technical support or liaising with performers to make their time with us as pleasant as possible.

For more information please contact either Kairen or Kathryn on 01666 505496 or email reception@shed-arts.co.uk – we look forward to hearing from you.

Some of you probably realise that we receive very little outside financial support meaning we have to organise special fundraising events or apply for grants to maintain and improve our Building. This year we hope to make our raked seating a little more accessible by adding a handrail to one side of the steps. Another objective for 2024 is to replace the Foyer doors with something a little more welcoming and easier to open than currently – electronic doors operated by a push button. Another challenge is to update our current sound and cinema system meaning we can live stream events.

But it all takes rather a lot of money so if there are individuals and/or companies who might want to become a Friend or Patron of the Shed again we would be

delighted to hear from you. Kathryn our Manager can be reached on 01666 505496 or her direct email address is office@shed-arts.co.uk Finally – a big thankyou to you for coming along to events – that is what we are all about – creating a very special place where very special events can take place, where you can make friends and maybe make new ones and get to enjoy some outstanding shows and performances and if you havent sampled the delights of our Whistle Stop Café then you are really missing a treat.

People travel miles for a piece of Sasha’s bread and butter pudding.

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Tetbury Police Museum and Courtroom At the start of a new and exciting year we would like to thank… …the many people who have helped at and volunteered in the Tetbury Police Museum and Courtroom.

The Museum over the past year has been a busy and fun place to be. We have had more visitors come through the ‘new’ entranceway than last year. people come form all over the country and the world.

We know some of them Google us but many are told about the museum by the staff at the Visitor Information centre for which we are extremely grateful.

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Tetbury Rugby Club It’s been a while since our last report in the Advertiser, but rest assured we’ve kept going through November and December, in spite of some wet weather. Although we faced a couple of cancelled away fixtures across the club due to the weather, we’ve been fortunate that both the pitch at the Rec and the grounds at SWR have held up well, allowing to keep playing and training week in and week out.

We’ve started a regular touch rugby group for adults, running on the Rec on a Saturday once a month, which has attracted a great mix of existing club members and new faces, with experience levels ranging from grizzled veterans to those who’ve never laced up a pair of boots before. As well as being a bit of fun, a great way to stay in shape and to introduce rugby to new people, we’re hoping to use the events to keep in touch with senior members who

might be interested in turning out in the future for either the senior men or veterans’ sides. We’re not just committed to getting the senior side back to playing games on a regular basis, but also to exploring new opportunities for adults in general, whether it’s touch, walking rugby or sessions for women in particular.

Our touch sessions on Saturday the 10th of February and Saturday the 9th of March also coincide with two of England’s Six Nations fixtures, away to Wales and Ireland, respectively. As well as opening the

clubhouse bar to televise all of the England men’s games this year, the opening fixture between Italy and England in the women’s tournament on Sunday the 24th of March will coincide with our own girls’ sides facing off against Drybrook at home. Why not warmup for joining us for any of the televised fixtures with watching or partaking in some rugby right here in town on the Rec? For more information on touch rugby events, head to http://bit.ly/trfc-touch or keep your eyes on our Facebook group.

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We’re really pleased with how the minis and youth section has grown in recent years, especially in the younger age groups, but as ever we could always do with more players and volunteers. We run teams in ages from U6 (year 1 at school) all the way to U16, with children from a wide range of schools in the area. This Spring, we’re aiming to boost our connections with local schools, starting with providing rugby balls for Luckington Primary School, where we have a small but growing group of players and parents. On the volunteering side, as well as being indebted to the efforts of the adults who regularly turn out on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays to help with training and matches, we’ve taken on a number of young people as part of their Duke of Edinburgh awards. If you or your children are interested in playing or volunteering with us, head to http://trfc. leaguerepublic.com and contact Claire, our club secretary.

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I would like to start by wishing everyone a Happy New Year and I hope that 2024 is kind to us all.

Whilst Christmas seems a long time ago now, I am sure you will all have noticed the new lights on The Market House, which means that we now

have the old ones available to donate in the community. Are you a group or organisation who would like these? They are on long strings but could be altered

The Feoffees and Thirteen by an electrician. If you are interested in any of these please send us a message via the Contact Page on our website.

Our grateful thanks go to Geoff Turbott, for his recent clearing of the pathways through Berkeley Wood and along the Tetbury Trail, his hard work and commitment to helping us keep Preston Park and this wonderful recreation area for our residents and community in good order is greatly appreciated.

Would you like to learn more about the Feoffees and Thirteen, our history and the work we do in the town? If so, Thirteen member Dr Tony Walsh arranges talks for groups and organisations, please contact us if you would like to arrange one this year.

Finally, we have been pleased to support Tetbury Bowls Club with financial assistance towards their kitchen renovation works.

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

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Tetbury Probus Adventures in Vietnam on a Motorbike was the title of our Probus talk on the 2nd of November.

Our presenter Nick Fluke, after recovering from a serious illness, was looking for a real “off grid” adventure. It was decided that he and three of his friends should undertake a two week motorbike trip in the north of Vietnam and before they headed off four had become six with ages ranging from the early thirties to the mid-sixties.

Flying to Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam with a population of 5.25 million, they rapidly understood why it is famed for its traffic.

After hiring some fairly old motorbikes locally, they set off on a circuitous route to the north of Hanoi covering nearly a thousand miles up to the border with China.

Their fascinating trip was well illustrated with numerous slides and their “adventure” was so successful they are planning another trip to the south of Hanoi.

After only the first two days of traffic experience they devised their own version of the Vietnamese Highway Code: 1. Drive on the right.

2. Drive on the left if the right is inconvenient.

3. Lorries and Buses drive in the middle of the road, overtake when they want and all other traffic gives way.

4. Use the horn as much as possible.

5. Water buffalo’s always have right of way.

6. Ignore all of these rules if you feel like it.

The misfortunes of Queen Elizabeth was the theme of a talk by one of our members, David Hollister.

He gave us a history of some of the impossible situations Queen Elizabeth found herself in after the death of Diana, when there was public anger as she stayed at Balmoral rather than returning

to London. David started a programme of research working back from that event and quickly found up to thirty such trials the Queen had to deal with and he highlighted just a few.

The decommissioning of the Royal Yacht Britannia forced on her by the Blair government because the refit would be too expensive.

The fire at Windsor Castle; to watch one’s favourite home burning is hard to imagine.

The breakdown of four royal marriages, Margaret, Anne, Andrew and Charles.

With the abdication of Edward VIII, she was only ten when her father became King. It was explained to her that she was Heir Presumptive but if her parents subsequently had a boy, she would become Heir Apparent. The princess is said to have included in her prayers that such a boy would be born.

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Our extra meeting on the 30th of November was a visit to the REME museum at the old RAF station at Lyneham. Sixteen members enjoyed a most interesting and informative visit to this large establishment with many interactive exhibits.

The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, known as the Sappers, was established in 1942 and is responsible for the maintenance and repair of military equipment and every part of the British army has its REME detachment.

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We are told to watch out for the Powers of Attorney Act 2023…

summoned to a care home, on behalf of an elderly client by the local authority, as they wanted my client’s house sold to pay for the Nursing Home fees. I duly attended with a solicitor from another firm as the plan was for me to act as the attorney. …coming into force shortly. The aim The other solicitor confirmed the capacity apparently is to make the process faster, of the client, who signed a lasting power easier, more accessible, and secure. Fraud of attorney in my favour. The problem has always been an issue because way back with the lasting power of attorney was in 2007 lasting powers of attorney were that it had to be registered at the Court of brought in to avoid fraud but since then Protection before it could be effective. I the process has been adapted which would therefore took the precaution of asking the make fraud more likely. A key person in the client to sign a further power of attorney process has been the certificate provider under the 1971 Act, solely for the purpose who has a responsibility to confirm the dealing with the sale of the house. We got donor’s mental capacity. At the moment that the house sold before Christmas. My client responsibility is not confined to qualified died in early January and the day after the people. The New Act allows identity checks lasting power of attorney was registered. If on those making the application.

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From the very beginning we have worked closely with Community Connexions without whom we could not exist. Our initial aim was to provide social and shopping minibus trips at an affordable price, (i.e. a voluntary donation) to Tetbury residents, but more particularly to those who would otherwise find it difficult to get out and about.

In order to make this possible with minimal risk we sought to obtain money from a number of sponsors, namely Tetbury Feoffees, Tetbury Lions, South Cotswold Rotary Club, Waitrose, Tesco etc.

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FTCT subsidises any shortfall from sponsorship money. Since 2019 FTCT has been self financing and it has not been necessary to seek any further sponsorship monies.

Paul Riddick CEO Community Connexions commented at our first AGM- “Friends of Tetbury Community Transport, is a shining example of local volunteers providing much needed services for local people. The volunteers do a tremendous job for people who might otherwise find it difficult to get out and about. This gives local people their independence and improves their quality of life. I am proud to be associated with this invaluable organisation”.

During the last seven years we have provided more than five thousand passenger trips by minibus covering fourteen thousand miles seeking only voluntary donations from passengers.

The volunteer car service, since it was reintroduced in 2018, has undertaken one thousand eight hundred passenger trips covering nearly firty thousand miles.

We currently have three volunteer minibus drivers and ten volunteer car drivers in Tetbury but we desperately need more to meet the enormous demand. Community Connexions cover the cost of all training, dbs checks etc. Volunteer car drivers can claim the statutory mileage allowance whilst the minibus drivers merely do it for self satisfaction. If you are interested please contact Roger Bellairs 07759 142577 to learn more about what is involved.

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News from St Marys’ Church

three hundred plus people gathering on Remembrance Sunday, to over six hundred folk sharing in the services on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

“The church is a beautiful and historic building but …

But it is clear that – when it comes to our building – we need to adapt to survive.

Currently we lack the most basic facilities: the “kitchen” and “parish office” are little more than cupboards, with one toilet that is hard to access, and no appropriate spaces for meetings or storage. The heating is ineffective and eco-unfriendly and with fixed box pews – there is no flexibility for either community use or gathering together for worship.

it has to be looking forward not back if it is to be relevant today.”

That’s a powerful statement and just one of the responses to the conversations we’ve been having with the people of Tetbury: asking you to imagine how the church building might better serve and support the community, and what’s needed make that possible.

Meeting last month, St Marys’ trustees Parochial Church Council (PCC) - had a chance to review what you said. Most importantly, we heard how much people value St Marys’. As one person said: “The church has the community as its heart.

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As one person wrote: “As an old Tetburian - christened, confirmed and married at St Marys’ - much as I like the pews, they do keep people segregated. To survive, the building has to update and be used as much as possible.” That means finding or creating a space that is welcoming, accessible, comfortable, serviceable, sustainable and flexible.

Carefully considering your views, the PCC then looked at a number of options, including leaving St Marys’ and moving to another building. Of all the possibilities, our lovely St Saviour’s Church was of course the most popular alternative. In the event, however, the PCC was concerned that it is simply too small to accommodate big community services or the modern facilities needed. So, this was put on hold for the time being.

This means, as the next step, the PCC will investigate further the possibilities of adapting the existing building. There are huge challenges – from gaining permissions to change this Grade 1 listed building, to raising the funds needed. So, we’ll be taking initial advice from experts including architects and heating engineers, to be reviewed in May. Do please continue to support your church, and the dream to make this wonderful iconic building fit for the future, and equipped serve Tetbury in God’s name.

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Girlguiding Girlguiding is all about giving girls experiences and adventure.

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and now has thirteen members, at least half of whom had never picked up a ukulele just nine months ago. The progress made by the group has been astonishing and the group is now regularly performing in and around Tetbury.

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Avening WI Resolutions…. those promises we make to ourselves to do better in the year ahead….and then forget!

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Looking back and looking forward Looking back to 2023 there were some great Greening Tetbury projects: Workshops at Highgrove, clothes swap events and plenty of planting. Sophie transformed the land around the Library into an oasis of biodiversity in the centre of town. Bulbs and wildflower seeds were sown into verges and bloomed – encouraging pollinators

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Trees for the next generation This is Will Cook planting a Wild Cherry I purchased in January – as part of his treeplanting initiative on the bank near the Tetbury Goods Shed children’s play area.

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