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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

3rd Oct History of Tetbury Society

Tony Condor talk on “the formation of our County”. See article for details.

9th Oct

Tetbury Film Society

Showing “My Sailor, My Love”, at the Dolphins Hall. See article for details.

11th Oct Lions Charter Night

See article for details.

12th Oct The Feo ees

Community Water Course Clean Up. 10.30 am, Goods Shed Car Park.

14th Oct Tetbury WI

Talk by the Police on scams and fraudulent activity. See article for details.

18th Oct Tetbury Community Choir

Fundraising Event. See article for details.

21st Oct Tetbury & District U3A

Nick Brazil talk on “Pangbourne to Split”. 10.30 am, the Goods Shed.

25th Oct Lions’ Big Quiz

See article for details.

26th Oct Tetbury Art Society

Market Hall Art Sale. See article for details.

Friends of Tetbury Community Transport

October trips: To book 0345 680 5029 Sat 5th GLOUCESTER KEYS 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Sat 26th HIGHFIELD GARDEN CENTRE 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

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 O ce. 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, Low eld 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 O ces 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

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

Never too late to learn

Don’t we all have a skill we yearn to learn but have never quite got round to mastering?

When I entered the job market postuniversity, one of the rst things I did was to learn to touch-type. That skill has been a boon in every job I’ve ever had, using every generation of technology from the electric typewriter to the electronic tablet.

Aiming for a job in journalism, I also planned to acquire a decent shorthand speed. Instead, I got no further than buying a Teach-Yourself Pitman’s book before landing my rst full-time job. Lucky to be in constant employment from then on, my shorthand book gathered dust for many years until, working as news editor for a trade magazine, I decided I didn’t need to learn shorthand after all. Instead, I gained the knack of writing longhand very fast, joining letters in unusual ways to speed the pen across the page. My onceneat handwriting became a scrawl, but it worked for me.

Expecting the rise of digital voice recording to have rendered shorthand obsolete, I was surprised to discover recently that it still ourishes in certain

quarters. Shorthand is essential for court reporters, for example, because voice recorders are not allowed in court.

At my age, I don’t plan to become a court reporter (though I’m longing to be picked for jury duty out of pure curiosity). Nor do I need to write secrets in a code illegible to others, as Pepys did in his diary. So why does the idea of learning shorthand still appeal to me? As Mallory said when asked why he wanted to climb Everest, it’s simply because it’s there. Of our two challenges, I’ve certainly picked the easier.

Also, we’re constantly told that learning new skills keeps our brains young. While I’ve worked hard to maintain a lengthy

Duolingo streak in Latin, shorthand will be more useful in daily life. My rst Teeline instruction book is now on order.

Like Mallory’s ill-fated ascent a century ago, my journey will start with this single step. Thankfully, my adventure is less likely to make me disappear without trace.

Debbie Young www.authordebbieyoung.com

Debbie’s latest novel, Death at the Old Curiosity Shop, the rst in a fun new cosy mystery trilogy, will be published on 11th October by Boldwood Books, in paperback, hardback, ebook and large print.

This month’s Advertiser marks fty years since the rst edition back in October 1974,

the Tetbury Lions take great pride in providing this publication to Tetbury and the surrounding villages. Long may it continue to inform and give pleasure to you the readers.

At our last meeting, we were delighted to welcome a gentleman from Nailsworth who not only plays guitar in a band, but also makes them from various kinds of wood. A very interesting talk which was enjoyed by all members. He also spends much time helping the local youth of Nailsworth.

Last Saturday, the 7th of September one of our members Keith Hodgson and his wife Sue organised a very successful Treasure

Hunt, which was thoroughly enjoyed by both members of Tetbury Lions and residents of Tetbury.

We started at The Goods Shed and nished up for tea and cakes at The Priory Inn. A big thank you to Natalie and Mat.

Alan Greenway gave an update on Men’s Sheds. This project headed by Alan has proved to be a huge success.

This month we agreed a substantial sum of money to Maggie’s in Cheltenham. This is a centre where people receiving treatment for cancer can spend time conversing with

colleagues and members of sta . We were also pleased to give a grant to a past Lion who was helping to repair the child’s play area in the Recreation Area.

The food bank we continue to support on a monthly basis. Next month we will be discussing, dare I say Christmas food vouchers and of course it’s almost time for the wonderful Pantomime that we sponsor. I’m told this year’s performance is “Puss in Boots”. We all know and appreciate it will be most welcome by residents of Tetbury.

The Lion’s Big Quiz is taking place on the 25th of October at the Great Tythe Barn. Tickets cost £10 per head and include a ploughman’s supper.

Also we still have tickets for the wonderful President’s Charter Night Dinner Dance. This is being held at the Great Tythe Barn on the 11th of October. Tickets costs £50 and include Prosecco on arrival, a three course meal with wine and a 60s/70s disco. The dress code is Black Tie or Lounge Suit.

For further information regarding either event please contact Maggie Heaven.

Lion Peter Coleman President

Tetbury Bowls Club

It’s bittersweet to see another outdoor season come to an end.

For twenty two weeks, from mid-April to midSeptember, Tetbury Bowls players have faced the challenges of opponents, unpredictable weather, and sometimes tricky unknown greens. Throughout, we’ve enjoyed excellent bowling, strong team camaraderie, and plenty of laughter (sometimes mixed with groans of disbelief at near misses).

What often goes unnoticed is the dedication of many of our members who ensure Tetbury Bowls remains competitive, accessible, and a valuable asset to the town. A huge thank you to everyone who volunteered their time and skills, whether helping during matches with catering or setting up the green or serving as a club o cer. Our nomination and election process is underway, where new or returning volunteers will step up to continue the great work of keeping the club moving forward.

Another big thank you must go to Specsavers Tetbury for becoming our newest sponsor. We’re thrilled that they

very kindly provided funding for our new team shirts, which we will be proudly wearing next season.

Our closing gala and delightful bu et were, as always, a fantastic time. Unfortunately, the heavy rain and ooded green prevented players from enjoying one last outdoor game before the o season. Instead, the afternoon was spent tackling quiz master Mark’s various challenges and questions. Many members continue to meet during the winter, thanks to our social program, which has started strong with midweek pool games and a schedule of bingo and quiz nights. If you’d like to join as a social member, contact us at tetburybowls@gmail.

com for more information.

In mid-October, an adventurous group of members will embark on a week-long trip to Albufeira, Portugal. Although we’ve toured before, it’s been several years since travelling overseas. We’re excited to enjoy some sunny weather while bowling and testing our skills against local clubs in three scheduled matches.

For a list of club competition winners, visit www.tetburybowlsclub.co.uk/compwinners and to catch up on our news, visit www.tetburybowlsclub.co.uk/blog.

Susanne Knaus, Tetbury Bowls Club

Dave Hicks, Alan Bailey, Mike Hicks, 1990 moving into the new unit

The Castaways

by Lucy Clarke

Lori and Erin have left London behind for a much needed holiday in Fiji. Although incredibly close since their parents died, minor resentments and secrets come to the surface on their rst night and Erin storms o after dinner. She has still not returned when Lori boards the small transfer aircraft taking them to one of the outer islands where they will be staying. Thirty minutes into the ight the plane disappears, no trace is found.

Tormented by guilt at the way they parted, Erin spends the next two years searching for her sister. After the initial investigation reveals nothing and the media frenzy dies down, she is left alone, back in London, trying to put her life back together without her best friend and supporter. Then, out of the blue, the plane’s pilot is found on Fiji where he has been living under an assumed name. Within hours Erin is making her way back to the Paci c to try and nd out what actually happened to her sister and why the pilot was the only one to survive.

Running parallel to Erin’s story is that of Lori and what happened after the crash. The few survivors are a desperate bunch who do not really trust each other. As the days pass, they begin to wonder if they will ever be found and if they can continue to live without proper food or shelter. Alliances form, suspicions come to the surface, tension and threat builds.

At the heart of the story is what matters most to each person, is it themselves or someone else? When you nally realise what you really want, what will you do to achieve it? A suspenseful tale with a satisfying ending – de nitely recommended. Paramount must have thought so and has made it into a TV series.

Ghilly Vincenti Chelworth

Bookworms

Leighterton Primary School

… to see their friends and to nd out what they will be learning about this term in their new topics. We were delighted to be able to welcome many new families to Leighterton.

We have also welcomed new teachers, Mrs Holian, Miss Yarham and Miss Roberts to our teaching team.

During the summer holiday, our new classroom was built. The number of children on roll has increased again and we have opened another new class for our Year 5 children. This means that in the mornings, all of the children are taught as single year groups, in small classes. Our classes are all named after thickets of trees near Leighterton and are: Apsemore,

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At the end of last term, children in Years 5 and 6 were able to apply, in writing, to be a Buddy. Our Buddies support the youngest children in school, leading games, ensuring they have a friend to play with on the playground, helping the children at the lunch tables and sitting with them, as role models, during assemblies. Every child in Years 5 and 6 was successfully interviewed and all of them undertook training. The Buddies have settled into their leadership roles magni cently and are all doing an amazing job supporting the younger children.

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Children in Years 5 and 6 are preparing for a residential visit to the Brecon Beacons where they will be taking part in a night hike, gorge walking, navigating a disused train tunnel and visiting The Big Pit. These team building activities will give them opportunities to further develop their friendships whilst challenging themselves in new situations.

We will be holding an Open Morning on the 14th of November from 9.00 am – 11.00 am for anyone who has children due to start school in September 2025. Some of our children, school team and governors will be conducting school tours and there will be an opportunity to talk with leaders. If you would like more information or to come along, please contact Mrs Davey in our school o ce: admin@leighterton. gloucs.sch.uk. We do have space in some of our year groups and if you would like to nd out more, please contact Mrs Davey.

If you would like to come and visit us then you are very welcome to contact Mrs Davey in the school o ce on (01666) 890273 and we would be delighted to show you round at a convenient time. Further information about school is also available on our website - www.leighterton.com.

Meryl

Hat eld Leighterton Primary School

A Brief History of the Tetbury Advertiser

The Tetbury Advertiser

started in 1974 with the intention of…

were sheets of A3 folded to A4 and collated together without stitching. During Jeremy’s time as editor Prince Charles and Lady Diana were engaged and a twocolour cover for the Royal Engagement was produced. Subsequently a full colour cover was printed for the Royal Marriage.

continue and Dave Roberts (Brian’s son) became responsible for the artwork and design, as he is to the present day. By this time the printing company had changed its name to Wheatley Printers Limited, who continued to print until last September. The print is now completed by a company based in the Cotswolds.

…giving local clubs and other organisations a platform for their news and views and to fund this forum with revenue from paid-for advertising, to bene t both local businesses and customers alike. A further fundamental commitment was to distribute any residual monies to local causes and national and international aid and health programs, in line with the aims of Lions International. The Advertiser continues to hold fast to these principles.

Following Jeremy, Brian Gough, who some of you may remember as a Physics and Chemistry teacher then Bursar at Sir William Romney School, took over. The arrangements continued for some time until it was decided that the printing should be given to the Home Farm Trust in Avening to support their printing project.

Some Advertiser Highlights:

• The rst edition was published in 1974 in one colour and A5-sized paper, 12 pages.

• The Christmas issue was of 16 pages including small ads, editorial and comment. The Ormond’s Head Hotel was one of the advertisers – as they are today. Circulation was 2,500.

Throughout this year, to mark our fty years in print, we will re-run some ‘interesting’ stories from previous copies, and you will notice spread throughout this edition we have highlighted covers showing the evolution of the magazine over the years.

At this time a lady from the Trust used to do the page makeup, however, when to address problems and improvements Brian Roberts was again asked to print the Advertiser, the artworker decided not to

• Colour was rst introduced in 1986 and by this time the town had grown and circulation was up to 3,000. Pam Sim’s

We would not have a magazine without the regular excellent editorial contributions and advertisers, which we use to compile each month what you see today, huge thanks to those both past and present.

Our Printing Roots:

The rst Advertisers were printed by Sanderson Press in 1974 when Peter Sanderson of the Lions leased part of some factory premises from Mr Brian Roberts in Chalford to start his letterpress printing company. A little later, Mr Roberts took over a printing company in Stroud, F. Wheatley Printers, with whom the Advertiser is still closely associated.

Dave Hicks introduced Brian Roberts to Jeremy Gahagan, the new editor, and they discussed some new ideas for the publication. It was in A5 booklet form but Jeremy, who’d worked on broadsheets in Brighton (or so he said!) wanted to increase the size to A4. Initially the copies

edition to celebrate the

“Aunt Sally” column had given way to Jim Marshall’s “Topical Gardening” feature and Val Roseblade’s “Serendipity”- the new mainstays of the magazine.

• 25 years continuous publication was celebrated in October 1999 with the rst 4-colour cover; circulation was now 3,800 and the anniversary issue was 48 pages, containing 86 adverts.

• Bill Kelley (the rst editor) was followed by Jeremy Gahagan and Brian Go , but much of the growth of the magazine is due to Ken Lewis (editor between 1983

and 1996), Brian Gammon (editor between 1996 and 2003), Barry Gibbs (editor between 2003 and 2013), Richard Smith (editor between 2013 and 2020) and the current editor Mary Roberts who took over from Richard.

• In 2005 the Advertiser was re-designed and incorporated 4-colour covers as standard and a centrefold “feature”, as well as occasional special editions. Circulation rose to over 4,000. Between 2004 and 2005 the average size of the magazine had grown to over 50 pages and 100 adverts.

Celebrate in style

• Today, the Advertiser is produced in full colour, has a distribution of 4,700 and regularly exceeds 60 pages and 150 advertisers. Virtually all of the copy and advertising is gathered online, helping to streamline the operation - and it’s also published online via “ISSUU” where it attracts 500-plus hits a month from locations all across the world.

The Advertiser Team

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Tetbury Art Society

Another year, another exhibition and another summer social!

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All very well attended and successful. We now look forward to our Autumn programme, in fact we have already started with a demonstration and talk by Nicola Durrant about her mixed media work. Lots of good ideas and inspiration to a packed St Michael’s Hall, Tetbury.

Michelle Motti

We are back at our original venue of St Michael’s Hall for our monthly meetings having been an itinerant art society for a couple of years now. It was like coming home!

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We have an art sale booked at the Market Hall on the 26th and 27th of October so come along and meet our members and artists.

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Also to be enjoyed is the Flying Monk Art Trail in Malmesbury this month and an exhibition at Westonbirt Arboretum by Gill Ashley, Simon Eeles and me, Jenny Riley in October. All details on the relevant websites.

If you are interested in joining, please visit us. We meet the rst Wednesday every month at St Michael’s Hall 7.30 pm or contact me by email : jennyriley571@gmail.com

Tel: 0785 505 6769

Our website www.tetburyartsociety.com for our programme to the end of the year.

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For something completely di erent,

on Wednesday the 11th of September fty three members booked seats for the evening performance of Michael Flatley’s ‘Lord of the Dance’ at the Cardi New Theatre. The sunny evening was cool but looked summery as we drove west towards the sunset.

The show tells the story of the Little Spirit

of the Dance. In her dream the Lord of the Dance represents all things good in the world but he must ght against evil in the form of The Dark Lord and his army of Warlords. Morrighan the Temptress comes between The Lord and his true love Saoirse, while Erin the Goddess puts into

song the words that the dances express. It is a ‘classic tale of good versus evil’. The spectacle features ‘forty of the world’s most outstanding young performers’ led by veteran dancers Matt Smith and Cathal Keaney as the Lord. The performance is directed by Michael Flatley, with music by composer Gerard Fahy.

The young dance troupe, most of whom were not yet born when Flatley put on his rst performance, performed highenergy routines. Dance steps included a strong element of Flamenco and the lead dancer seemed at times to channel Freddie Mercury. The speed and accuracy with which the dancers rattled out the staccato rhythms was breathtaking. There was a particularly dramatic passage portraying the battle between good and evil. The goodies won – of course.

A huge screen behind the dancers echoed the mood of the dances through imaginative scenes including a owering forest with butter ies, a dreamlike Van Gogh starry night of bright stars ying out towards us; or scenes of burning trees and destruction to represent the dark side. The dance music was recorded but live music came from Erin the Goddess who sang Irish folk songs including the lovely ‘Carrickfergus’, and two talented ddlers who danced while playing.

It was a full-on, loud, show-bizzy spectacular with more emphasis on spectacle than traditional Irish. We seemed to have mixed reactions but overall the audience was won over, joining in with loud boos for the baddies but mainly showing their appreciation by clapping, whooping, whistling and cheering. The young dancers gave everything to their performances, pushing the speed and accuracy of their steps ever higher. Afterwards, as Dan the driver drove us home, we watched the outside temperature drop to seven degrees. Perhaps autumn was on the way.

Coming up

Two matinee performances as previously described: ‘The King’s Speech’ on the 24th of October, The Watermill, Newbury, with lunch at theatre restaurant. ‘Birdsong’ on the 20th of November, Malvern Theatre and Blenheim Christmas Lights on the 11th of December, which is a day trip. Please do remember that theatres require us to book months in advance in order to secure block bookings so book your seats as soon as we send out the invitations.

For enquiries and to join the Tetbury Theatre Group, please contact Diana Challis (Membership Secretary) 01666 502768 or Helen Price (Chairperson) 01666 503187

Website: www.tetburytheatre group.co.uk

We look forward to welcoming you!

Linda Goodhew,, Tetbury Theatre Group

The rst Sunday in September found the Goods Shed preparing…

… for their annual “O the Rails” festival of music, entertainment and family fun. We took the opportunity to o er our books for sale and an invitation to check out what we do in our workshop. Throughout the day we played host to our visitors and made some new friends, some of whom will be joining us as new members. We all enjoyed the great music and variety of refreshments and street food on o er and were grateful for the ne weather.

Men’s Sheds began as a modest idea in rural Australia and has now blossomed into a global movement, with over two thousadn ve hundred sheds operating in twelve countries and more than fty thousand Australians participating each year. Tetbury Men’s Shed was started in 2019 as an allotment in Herd Lane and has since expanded with a workshop o ering our twenty regular members many crafts and hobbies.

Many of the Shed members prefer to work out of doors and can usually nd something around town to repair. We are preparing to build a dozen new picnic benches to replace the old ones situated around the playground and Whistle Stop Café. The new benches will be constructed

to our own design and will incorporate wheelchair accessibility. Most of the items produced in the workshop are made from recycled timber and furniture saved from land ll. So before you take something to the recycling centre, why not contact us, it could have a new life.

If you think Men’s Sheds might interest you, or someone you know, we are open every Wednesday morning and Thursday afternoon.

You do not need to book or even let us know you are coming, just turn up on Wednesdays between 9.30 am – 12.00 pm or Thursdays between 2.00 pm– 5.00 pm. Find out more, contact us on 07955 088580. More details of our activities and where to nd us are on our website www. tetburymensshed.co.uk

…and from the allotment

With regular features on Facebook our sales have increased signi cantly, and we now have customers returning on a weekly basis. Some of the vegetable beds are now

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empty and await remodelling as we have a large polytunnel to erect, thank you very much to the gentleman who donated this item. Once installed we can seed a greater number of items earlier in the season while using the extra greenhouse space for more delicate but popular items like tomatoes.

Pumpkins, our new item for this year, have been a great success with twenty nine pumpkins from just nine plants.

These will now be part of our annual crop along with the more traditional allotment favourites. While the season is now coming to an end, we nonetheless still have plenty to o er, including our rst crop of sweetcorn.

Do come visit us, Wednesday 10am - noon in Herd Lane, behind the Royal Oak.

Alan Greenway, Tetbury Men’s Shed

Despite the rugby season ending at the beginning of May, our summer calendar has been packed with events – adult touch rugby days, girls open days and of course running the bar for two busy nights at Tetfest. Our Minis and Youth sides are back playing rugby on Sundays at Sir William Romney’s School and the Memorial Rec in Tetbury, and with more rugby than ever we’re looking forward to an exciting season.

Our Boys U15 side are competing for the rst time in the Gloucester Development League, whilst our Girls’ U16 side enter the

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For adults, we are holding monthly touch rugby sessions throughout the year, usually on the third Saturday of every month. Over the last year, we’ve run a number of beginners’ training sessions, and we are hoping to add more walking rugby sessions. Keep your eyes peeled on our Facebook page and our website –http://trfc.leaguerepublic.com – for more information on events.

There is renewed construction activity at Pike Field, as our partners McGurk Group are back on site. Access to plant and drivers has been compromised due to their allocation to the major Birdlip Bypass Project. With

Keyway back on site, the current work is to nalise the training area at the Quercus Roadside, as well as Pitch 2, which is in the middle of the site. Finalisation of these areas is due to happen in October and November. Pitch 1, to the east of the site, remains compromised due to Scottish & Southern Electricity’s decision to increase the cost of burying the overhead power cable by 100%, signi cantly a ecting the project’s funding model.

However, this funding has now been raised, and the burial of the cable is imminent. This is a major milestone for the project. Once all three areas have been nalised, the next construction phase is drainage and grass planting, with the latter proposed for March next year. With fair weather and further membership and community engagement and fundraising, we hope to be playing rugby at Pike Field in the 2025/2026 season.

We continue to thank the people of the town and members of the club for their patience, but we hope that we’ll be able to keep moving onwards and upwards over the coming months.

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Mayor’s Report

September has now gone, and we are deep into Autumn. We have seen devastating Legislation enacted to remove the winter fuel payment from all but the most vulnerable pensioners on pension credits.

This will a ect so many in our community who are on very low incomes and we as a council are committed to help those most in need.

On the 4th of September, we held a Town Meeting to discuss Burial provision in our town. I would now like to reiterate our press release to clarify our position.

Tetbury Faces Burial Ground Crisis: Town Council Explores Options Amid Space Shortage

Tetbury the 4th of September 2024 — Tetbury Town Council (TTC) has announced that it is facing a critical shortage of burial space, with no land currently available to establish a new burial ground. During a public meeting held on Wednesday 4th September, residents were informed that once the nal plot at St Saviours Churchyard is taken, the town will be left without the capacity for any future burials. As a result, TTC is now working to explore all possible options to address this urgent issue.

The town’s burial situation has become increasingly complex following the 1st of September 2024 zoning change, which placed Tetbury in a Source Protection Zone 2 (SPZ2). While this zoning temporarily allows new burials, the Environment Agency (EA) reserves the right to revert the town to an SPZ1 zone—a designation that would prohibit all burials. As such, the ability to plan for a long-term solution is crucial to the town’s future.

Council Exploring Possible Burial Sites

In response to the looming shortage, TTC has committed to investigating alternative sites within the town’s boundaries. One potential location being explored is part of Tetbury’s recreation ground, which has been identi ed for potential borehole testing to assess whether the land is suitable for burials. This matter will be discussed in detail at the upcoming Full Council Meeting on Monday the 23rd of September 2024, at Tetbury library, where further information will be shared with the community.

The potential use of the recreation ground comes with several signi cant challenges, including:

1. Land Ownership: The land is not owned by Tetbury Town Council, which poses an immediate barrier.

2. Acquiring the Land: Because the land in question is “in trust” there are number of restrictions on the land that would require several terms to be satis ed for the land to be acquired by TTC. The process would be both complex and probably quite long and would involve the cooperation, agreement and approval of the Dolphin Recreation Centre (DRC) Trustees, the Charity Commission and a Town Referendum.

3. Sport England: If the land were to be acquired, planning approval would need to be obtained for burial. However, Sport England would most likely stipulate that an equivalent amount of new recreation space will need to be provided to replace the land being taken.

4. The Environment Agency: The environment agency would need to approve the land as suitable for burial.

Costs and Delays

The council has emphasised that any solution will take considerable time and nancial resources. The process of acquiring land, securing permissions, conducting tests, and navigating the referendum and planning processes could lead to delays in making a new burial ground available. Additionally, there are concerns that the existing burial space at St Saviours Churchyard could reach full capacity before a new site is established, leading to a lack of burial facilities for residents.

“We understand the importance of this issue to the community, and we are doing everything in our power to nd a viable solution,” said Cllr P Coleman Mayor of Tetbury Town Council. “However, the challenges we face in terms of land ownership and the necessary permissions mean that it will take time to provide a new burial site. We will continue to update residents as the situation evolves.”

What’s at Stake?

If the town fails to secure a new burial ground in a timely manner, it will result in signi cant disruptions to the community. The costs associated with the project will also fall upon taxpayers, as planning, testing, and permissions will require additional funds.

Tetbury Town Council remains committed to working with the community to ensure a smooth transition to a new burial ground and will continue to provide updates as more information becomes available.

In conclusion we have many challenges facing us this winter, but I and my fellow councillors are here to help.

The upcoming October committee and Full Council meetings are as follows:

Monday 7th October – Heritage and Regeneration

Monday 14th October – Health, Wellbeing and Youth

Monday 21st October – Finance and Scrutiny

Monday 28th October – Planning (starts 6.30 pm), Full Council

All meetings start at 7pm except for Planning and are held at Tetbury Library, Close Gardens.

Peter Coleman, Tetbury Town Council

Magic moths

As we move into autumn and the days shorten, it is a good time to consider our nocturnal neighbours. Earlier this year, local moth expert Peter Martin, found a Barberry Carpet (Pareulype berberata) moth. It is a Red Data book moth and a protected species in the UK. It relies on the Wild Barberry (Berberris) to feed its caterpillars. These plants are now rare. They were removed from hedgerows because they host a fungus that attacks arable crops, Stem rust. Now most crops are resistant to the fungus, but Barbary plants are few and far between.

Moths are important pollinators; perhaps more important than day- ying insects. There are two thousand ve hundred moth species in the UK versus about sixty butter ies. Sadly, many moths are declining, but you can help the Barberry Carpet. It has been seen in Crudwell and Long Newnton. There is a plan to create a Wild Barbary bush corridor between Crudwell and Westonbirt to help the moth. St Mary’s Church hopes to grow Barberry bushes in the churchyard, and you could plant a bush too, to help the local population ourish.

Help a hedgehog

Another nocturnal visitor is the Hedgehog. Sadly, Tetbury’s Hogwards hospital has seen an alarming increase this year in hedgehogs being severely injured, a number fatally, from being caught by trimmers or mowers. A hedgehog won’t

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run away from noise; it curls up and waits for it to go away. Please take care when clearing long grass or moving garden debris. Following these tips will help our local hedgehogs.

• With Guy Fawkes Day coming up, bon res should be built on the day they are burnt.

• Please continue to put out wet or dry non- shy cat or dog food and water for our prickly friends. But only leave food out from dusk to morning – hedgehogs are nocturnal.

• Hedgehogs are excellent swimmers but please ensure that ponds have a beach or marginal plants so they can get a foothold and leave safely.

• Roll up football nets when not in use. Leave a gap underneath garden netting.

• Don’t get rid of your autumn leaves –pile them up in a corner for hedgehogs, and many other creatures, which will make the pile their home.

Jobs for September

Make a simple but e ective hedgehog hibernation box/feeding station using a sturdy upturned cardboard box, cutting out a small entrance hole. Cover it with plastic and then earth, stones and leaves. Position the box in a quiet area against a bank or fence. Make sure the entrance does not face north or northeast. If you’re lucky, a hedgehog will make its nest in it.

If you want to take part in a national hedgehog monitoring programme, a new pilot project that will produce the rst ever robust hedgehog population estimate, visit the National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme website www.mammalweb. org/en/nhmp.

Dan Fletcher Treasurer, Greening Tetbury Hedgehog images by Mary Hinton

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It seems a long while since May, when we started out on the journey to refurbish the Memorial Recreation Ground play area, to make it t for purpose and to secure its future for the children of the community. I am very pleased to say that the new train engine has now been delivered safely - and installed perfectly on time. All change!

Funding played a big part, so thanks again to Malcolm and Lizzie, Scotty and Co., of the Recreation Playground Committee, and to Tetbury Lions. A very big ‘thank you’ too, to the local suppliers who gave very generously (either free or at trade prices.) Leaders of the pack were Andy and Mandy of GLC Williams, and others included Travis at Ryalls, Emma at Eagle Plant, Mike at Tetbury Motor Centre, the lads at Gardens of Stone and the team at County Building Supplies. Very kindly, the neighbours helped too, especially Bob in Chavenage Lane who lent us his electricity supply!

To Chief Engineer Colin Poole a big thank you – to Paul Stead the jack hammer specialist, (he’s a general handyman and

stoker by trade,) to Geo , who is always good to have around, to painters Derek and Bernadette, to Kevin the photographer, Richard Smith in the PR department and lastly to Malc and Lizzie once again, for doing the internet stu .

There have been some very memorable moments along the way! As we were taking the steering wheel o the climbing frame

in the toddlers play area, a little girl called Olivia came over to ask, “What are you doing, mister?” I said we were going to mend and repaint the steering wheel. She immediately asked, “Can I choose the colours?” The red, white and blue steering wheel is Olivia’s inspirational choice. Not to be outdone, a little boy called Rueben - who was full of adventure - chose the colour of the wooden steps in the climbing frame.

On another occasion, when I was weeding

generosity did not end there - they also

telephone call from Paige, the manager

On another occasion, when I was weeding the Toddlers play area, a young lady called Willow asked if she could help. This was immediately followed by her brothers and sisters of all sizes and ages pitching in and helping to pull out the weeds and brush up. I was a modern Tom Sawyer, surrounded by helpful young Huckleberry Finns! Their generosity did not end there - they also invited me to spend lunchtime with them. Toward the end of the project, I had an incredibly pleasant surprise. I received a telephone call from Paige, the manager of Tesco, saying they would like to donate £500 under their ‘Community Grants’ Scheme. I must admit I was blown away and shed a few tears about this very generous ‘icing on the cake.’ It gives us more scope to add a bit more magic, so a huge thank you to all the sta at Tesco.

Where do we go from here? Well, we have some re nements to make to the Toddlers play area. We also intend to recycle the old train engine in one form or another, to put it back into use. We may be able to use it as a tunnel, modifying the existing installation certi cation. We’ll see. The biggest thing for now is that we need a name for the engine! We will be running a competition to do that, so to take part please see the entry information which we will be publishing on social media.

Meantime, from Temporary Station Master Warren, many thanks to the Tetbury Community. Without your help and support, none of this would have been possible.

Warren Hateley Tetbury Memorial Playground Team

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If you’ve walked a particular route before and know which direction the sun rises and what you’d like to include in your picture, then I’d say you’re very organised and well done for planning the shot! Aim for an exciting view, whether it be the silhouetted outlines of the town’s interesting buildings, a eld of lovely textured grasses or the sun peeping over the horizon line. I don’t lug my tripod around for early morning walks - initially, it’s a bit dark, but once the sun is up, there’s no use carrying around a heavy tripod; shooting handheld is ne!

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Our baby and toddler group is now back up and running in the capable hands of our Charlie, this session is a wonderful stepping stone into early years provision as well as a much needed haven for new parents. Join us on Monday mornings term time only from 9.00 am.

As a Chairty playgroup we rely on funding and community support to maintain our Ofsted rated Outstanding setting. If you are keen to help support a local group or have some spare time to fundraise please consider our AGM on Tuesday the 1st of Oct (venue to be con rmed).

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Striving for Excellence Together

The Sir William Romney’s School in Tetbury, Gloucestershire is delighted to announce that they have been awarded the Gloucestershire Healthy Living and Learning team’s Mental Health Champions Award. Following a rigorous application and inspection process, it was decided that the school met the high standards to be awarded this status.

A young person’s emotional health and wellbeing has an impact across all other aspects of their life, including educational attainment, their ability to make friends, sleep, eat healthily, and keep active. It can also impact on their emotional health and wellbeing as an adult and their opportunities later in life.

SWR is a school that looks after the wellbeing of its students in numerous ways to support their educational journey. This was recognised by the Gloucestershire Healthy Living and Learning team in July when SWR was awarded their Mental

Health Award. This prestigious award recognises the work SWR has continuously put into student and sta wellbeing.

SWR prides itself on the holistic development of every child and adult in our school community, as we strive for the very best outcomes.

It has been globally recognised that the pandemic had a signi cant impact of the wellbeing of young people, and as society has recovered from numerous lockdowns it became clear that young people’s mental health had become a casualty.

SWR o ers education about wellbeing and promotes a range of activities that support – to mention just a few for example – large number of enrichment clubs, personal development lessons on wellbeing, assemblies, tutor activities, visiting drama productions and focussed celebration days such as ‘Wear Green for Mental Health.’

For those students experiencing poor mental health we o er a variety of bespoke interventions and therapy’s equipping them with a range of tools to improve their wellbeing now and into the future.

Our students have told us that they would rstly turn to their families at home initially for support, therefore we have also o ered parents/carers numerous information events and signposted external support where appropriate.

Will Ruscoe, Headteacher at Sir William Romney’s School said: ‘This award is testimony to the importance that we have placed upon this issue and the dedication and hard work that has been deservedly recognised. Mrs Lynham (Assistant Headteacher) has led our application for this award and relentlessly pursued our ambition to deliver the highest standards

of awareness and care for mental health throughout or community.’

We will be celebrating our achievement at our Open Evening on Wednesday the 18th of September 2024 at 6.00 pm until 8.00 pm. We will also be holding Open Mornings on Tuesday the 24th of September and Wednesday the 25th of September at 9.15 am - 11.15 am.

Book your place at www.swr.gloucs.sch.uk. Sir WIlliam Romney’s School Team

Congratulations to

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well done Lions and everyone involved in this magni cent publication and supporting the local community with the funds raised.

September at the Goods Shed saw the start of our autumn series of Wednesday afternoon concerts, together with our latest selection of Shed screenings – with lots more coming in October we are con dent we have “something for everyone”.

Also, in September we welcomed back one of Britain’s best little literary festivals organised in conjunction with Yellow Lighted Bookshop with authors, poets, musicians and workshops covering everything from Craftivism, a medieval con woman, the history of mountaineering, butter ies, toadstools and mushrooms, together with a fabulous concert from The Bookshop Band performing music from their latest album. A husband and wife team they write and perform songs inspired by hundreds of authors from Shakespeare to Philip Pullman.

Exhibiting at the Shed through to early November is local artist Alison Adams, an expressionistic contemporary, mixed media artist whose colourful and vibrant work is

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mostly inspired by the natural world. For many pieces, she often has no idea where any given piece is going and revels in that exploration and challenge. She regards her art as adult play and doesn’t take herself too seriously, regarding her work as “adult play” hoping it will add colour, interest, and joy to any space.

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New to the Goods Shed this month is the Tetbury Wool Fair –- the day includes a variety of wool related stalls, demonstrations, talks and workshops, a special screening of Shaun the Sheep as well as two small ocks of actual sheep. Entry is free but donations will be gratefully accepted.

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Tetbury in Bloom

Although the weather wasn’t as warm and sunny as most of us would have liked: being cooler and wetter had the advantage of us not having to water the beds so much albeit, the tubs and troughs still needed watering on a regular basis.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those residents (you know who you are!), who took on the regular responsibility of watering some of the

locations we tend i.e. the planter on Millennium Green, the tubs on the Chipping Steps, the troughs at St Saviour’s church and the beds at Braybrooke Close and The Anniversary Garden. We also wish to thank Sian and Madeleine, very much indeed, for helping us to plant the summer bedding during June. Everyone’s help has been invaluable as it allowed us to focus more on all the other beds and displays that we have responsibility for throughout the town.

Now October has arrived, our minds are turning towards the jobs we need to do at this time of year: stripping beds of summer bedding plants, trimming the dead and dying growth from perennials, and of course planting additional bulbs for the 2025 spring displays.

For confidential advice or to arrange an assessment contact: stuart@tetburycbt.co.uk

This month, it is more than likely that the hanging baskets we supplied to residents and traders in June, will be getting past their best. I’ll soon be contacting everyone who supported us, to arrange collection of the empty containers when ready. There is no rush, just as and when you have nished with them. We will then be able to wash and disinfect the containers ready for use again next year. If yours have already nished, and are ready for collection now, please ring me on 504213 or email me on sue@teturyinbloom.org.uk so we can arrange a suitable time to pick them up (or for you to deliver back to me, if you live outside Tetbury.) Very many thanks.

Sue Hirst, Team Leader, Tetbury in Bloom.

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On the 1st of August Probus Club member David Smith delivered a…

…talk to us with the intriguing title “The Unknown Sailor and the Naked Lady”. It took the form of an armchair walk around the Devil’s Punchbowl on the Hampshire/ Surrey border.

David was fascinated by several historical features that were easily accessible on foot.

These included a memorial stone to an unknown sailor who was murdered in 1786 by three fellow sailors. The felons were quickly caught, tried and hanged close to the spot and their bodies left to rot in chains. The memorial stone and the gobbet were

subsequently subjected to many rumours of curses and David provided many examples of stories from contemporaneous folklore featuring the grisly murder and later stories from Charles Dickens and Monica Edwards that referred to the curse.

The walk continued to the site to a former magni cent hunting lodge and a search for the elusive “Naked Lady of the Woods”a piece of signed wartime gra ti on a magni cent beech tree. The gra ti was a well-kept secret until it was discovered by workers on the A3 tunnel in 2011.

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The walk ended at the gravestone of the sailor in nearby Thursley. It features detailed carvings of the murder and an engraving telling the story.

The political and social events leading up to the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act in 1807 was the subject of David Collision’s talk on the 15th of August.

Britain, Portugal and many other countries were very active in the African slave trade with some 10/12 million Africans being transported to the West Indies over a two hundred year period to work on the sugar plantations.

This was known as the “Triangular Passage”. The ships started their journey with holds full of cheap manufactured goods to Africa, loaded slaves and transported them to the West Indies and then returned to Britain with sugar, co ee, tobacco and rum. This trade represented approximately 80% of the income of Great Britain in the late 18th century.

The abolition of the slave trade was brought about by a political and social campaign led by William Wilberforce and Thomas Clarkson and the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act received royal assent on the 25th of March 1807. The abolition of slavery by Great Britain took until 1833 to become law and Brazil was the last country to abolish slavery in 1888.

Britain agreed treaties with a number of countries and paid out signi cant sums of money to enforce the treaties, pay o the coastal African kings to stop the trade and pay both the plantation and slave owners to compensate them for their loss of income.

Britain had gone a long way to erase the stain of slavery from its conscience.

On the 29th of August a party of twenty ve members and guests visited the GWR Steam Museum at Swindon. We were escorted throughout by two former railway employees who kept us highly amused with fascinating anecdotes from the history of GWR.

Lunch at Sally Pusseys Inn on the way home completed a fun day out.

Malcolm Parrish, Tetbury Probus. tetburyprobus@gmail.com

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London to see my ancée. The secretaries were addressed by their surnames with the usual pre xes. There was Miss Je reys, Miss Strong and Mrs May who keep the books. Mr Merrett was the managing clerk who dealt with conveyancing In London we had been a little more relaxed in our communications with sta . Gordon Straker would come in to see his mate Howard Gar eld and they would have a good smoke in his room. The Lions had their solicitors, estate agents and building society managers active in charitable work and were prominent. They broke down that aura of hierarchical pomposity that seemed to exist with professional people at the time. You had to have Latin “O” level to qualify as a solicitor or doctor in those days. You had to be a “ t and proper person” to be a solicitor and only barristers could become Judges.

Women had already made progress in the legal profession and doors were beginning to open in Wiltshire and Gloucestershire. If you completed a house purchase, you would go around to the other solicitor’s o ce with a Banker’s draft, and they would hand over the deeds. For a young man this could be a terrifying experience. Nowadays you rarely see the other solicitor in a transaction. We were told that compulsory land registration in the area was a long way o . It was not until 1989 that we were all subjected to the registration process.

My grandfather was Mr Hodge until he died in 1970. My father was Mr John until my grandfather died. I was always “Michael.” I never achieved the status of Mr Michael. An earlier Chair of Wadworth’s brewery said that you never achieved manhood while your father was alive. He inherited the Brewery at thirty two. I am glad I had to wait until I was seventy to achieve “manhood.” Although I have too much rather than too little work, I am happier with my dealings with other solicitors. The feminisation of the profession is a welcome change. I am sure the pompous ass can still be found somewhere but I have not come across him for some time. I hope the next fty years are good for the Tetbury Advertiser and the Lions.

Michael Hodge Lansdowne Legal

Bellringing is a team activity that involves ringing bells in a pattern, often changing the order of this pattern to create greater interest.

using ropes, they can be swung to produce ‘full circle’ ringing. St Mary’s in Tetbury is fortunate to have eight wonderful bells, the heaviest of which, called the ‘tenor,’ weighs 17cwt, about 860 kilos! All but one of the eight are the original bells which were installed in 1722.

It is not easy and though accessible to most, it can take years to achieve a good level of pro ciency. Ringing is usually a contribution to church life, such as a call to worship or for the celebration of a wedding, or for a funeral. Bells can also proclaim an important national event like the recent Coronation of King Charles or, for us more locally in Tetbury, the bells have announced the appointment of a new Feo ee.

Like many ancient traditions, bellringing could become a dying art if we are not careful. Many ringers are pensioners and some of us have been ringing most of our lives! It can be di cult to attract and recruit younger people into ringing today with so many exciting alternative activities, but it is essential if we are to keep the tradition going. Whilst larger towns and cities may have several churches and enough ringers to share the duties, more often out in the villages there are no ringers and the bells have fallen silent.

top of the tower, right across the town! Though we understand that not everyone will appreciate the continuous ‘dings and dongs,’ we do endeavour to advertise and to warn the church’s neighbours and the wider town, when we plan a longer spell of ringing, such as a full peal which can last for three hours. This would be to herald a particularly important occasion and bells have always traditionally been used for this purpose.

Tetbury ringers would welcome visitors to our practice night, to show folk what is involved, what we do and how we do it, and if you wish, you could have a go! There are also several occasions in the year when we have a church ‘Open Tower’ event when folk can ascend the tower, observe ringing and then go up to the top of the tower to look out across the surrounding countryside.

To ensure you receive noti cation of any longer rings or wish to express interest in visiting us on a Friday, please contact the parish church o ce: o ce@ tetburychurch.co.uk

Bellringing has developed over hundreds of years, with its roots in the 16th Century when bells were rung on wheels so that,

Tetbury has its practice night on Fridays and this is when ringers, old and new, learn to ring, hone their skills and strive to improve the standard of the ringing. We always nish by 9.00 pm. Bells are the largest musical instrument there is and by de nition, make a lot of noise as they sound out from the

Jane Spencer (On behalf of the St Mary’s Church bell ringers)

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Since our last update …

We have walked a variety of areas with good attendance for all of the outings - the Heavens (including lunch at the Stroud Brewery), a local walk ending with a very well supported Tea and Cake charity fundraiser in Rob and Helen’s garden, a Minchinhampton circular with a pretty route via Longford’s Mill.

So far in September we have walked from Old Sodbury (an unfamiliar area for most of us) and completed a circular walk from Coates. Remaining walks for September

include a hillier walk from Miserden with optional lunch at The Carpenters Arms and ( ngers crossed for the weather) the postponed longer picnic walk around Cherington Lake. In October we are looking forward to walks around Coln St Aldwyns, Hares eld Beacon, a local walk to Doughton, Ampney Crucis and at the end of the month Sheepscombe and Cranham with optional pub lunch.

There is a real mix in the upcoming walks some at, some less so and distances ranging in distance from just under ve

Tetbury and District Footpath Group

to seven miles plus the longest one the eleven mile picnic walk.

Full details of all our walks and how to join us are available on our website www. tetburywalkers.co.uk . As always, we continue to aim for a mix of types of walks some starting from Tetbury itself and some slightly further a eld (lift shares are easily arranged).

Tetbury and District Footpath Group Team

In common,

I’m sure, with other WI County Federations,

Gloucestershire arranges a ‘taster’ morning every two months to present speakers hoping to appeal to our various branches. These are invaluable as a way to bring potential speakers on a wide spectrum of topics to the attention of those local committee members looking to address the interests of all of the members of their branch, not that anyone can hope to “please all of the people……”, you can only try.

So, as an organiser it can be risky choosing activities that might be out of many people’s comfort zone, but, by the laughter and fun our members had at our September Harvest supper, spinning plates, twirling diabolos, balancing feathers and making patterns with coloured scarves appealed to us all. We were introduced to these circus skills by Andy Fowler from Stroud, who instructed us brilliantly in the techniques needed and encouraged our e orts as plates were dropped (or not, as several of our members showed distinct ability), feathers drooped and diabolos escaped. He is a great presenter and maybe we’ll

consider asking him to return in the future to instruct us in African drumming skills!

After our e orts, everyone was refreshed with a bowl of seasonal butternut squash soup (made by members of the committee) and a roll and butter, before concluding the evening with WI business.

In contrast, our meeting on Monday the 14th of October at 7.30 pm will be far more serious as we will be welcoming a speaker from the Police to talk about the latest scams and fraudulent practices they’re seeing and, hopefully, how to avoid putting yourself at risk.

In August, members from our own branch and Kemble and Ewen WI were treated to a guided tour of the house and gardens and a sandwich lunch at Rodmarton Manor. Our guide, Judith, was very informative about the history of the house, the family, and the craft work displayed in the furniture, wall-

hangings and furnishings throughout the house. We don’t meet formally in August, instead choosing to arrange an outing to somewhere that addresses the various interests of members.

The Garden group too had an outing in late August, when they visited Bourton House garden at Bourton on the Hill, and a second outing to the gardens at Malmesbury Abbey at the beginning of September. We are very keen to ensure that outings are open to everybody so we car-share wherever possible, not only does this serve to keep the cost of transport down but ensures that members who don’t drive are included.

Our next co ee morning at the Snooty Fox is on Monday the 28th of October at 10.30 am.

Members of Tetbury WI come from the town and surrounding villages, but we are happy to see people come as a visitor initially to see if the organisation is for them. We hope they will like what they see and join us.

Rowena Palser, Tetbury WI www.tetbury-wi.org.uk

On behalf of our Board of Trustees, Friends of Tetbury Hospital volunteers and colleagues at Tetbury Hospital Trust,

we want to say a huge thank you to everyone involved in the Tetbury Advertiser for their continual support and guidance in publishing our hospital services and fundraising updates in this wonderful magazine, as they mark the 50 year anniversary! Editors, printers, and distribution team, you have all been amazing in spreading news to the Tetbury community!

Tetbury Hospital Door to Door Collection in 2023

We also want to say thank you to everyone in the community who supported our Door-to-Door collection last year, for your incredible generosity that raised £11,739 and helped us to provide a covered walkway, leading from our Minor Injuries and Illness Unit (MIIU) to our main hospital and X-ray Department.

Patients and visitors can now access our hospital under cover, keeping them protected from inclement weather. A handrail provides safety from oncoming tra c, we have installed lighting for the winter months and there are three disabled parking bays close to the main entrance. We have also planted wild ower beds and seating for the wellbeing of patients, visitors and sta .

We know that our Minor Injuries and Illness Unit and our X-ray Department is highly valued by the community, and we could not

have provided our covered walkway without your contribution. Thank you so much.

This year we are fundraising to buy a new X-ray machine, and you can nd our familiar envelope, with more information, inside this edition.

For more information on Tetbury Hospital services, how to refer as an NHS or private patient, and fundraising events please visit www.tetburyhospital.co.uk or call us on 01666 502336.

Tetbury Hospital Team

Rangers is the place to be for girls aged 14-18!

Four have achieved their Bronze awards and will be going to London to celebrate, and have the badges presented. They have completed activities and learnt skills on the themes of “Have Adventure” and “Take Action”. As part of Take Action they completed their Voter and Volunteer badges. Their volunteering over the last couple of years has included leadership roles with Guiding and Scouting units, helping set up for WI meetings, litter picking and helping at Holiday at Home for local residents. For the Voter badge they investigated how to register for a vote and held a debate on the manifestos from the recent General Election. They tried a quiz on the minimum age for young people taking

part in everything from ying a plane to buying a pet. Some of their adventures have included a weekend trip on a narrow boat, stand-up paddle boarding and lots of cooking on camp res.

Apart from the trip to London, plans for this term include a visit to the Tetbury ri e club and ower arranging - truly something for everyone! Did your daughter leave Guides a year or so ago and are now old enough to join Rangers? They would love to see them for a visit!

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Rainbows have welcomed ve new girls this term – we hope this is the start of a long journey with guiding! They have started a friendship challenge badge and have made friendship bracelets and learnt some Makaton. We have welcomed Tess to our leadership team – there is always room for more!

Tuesday Brownies started the term with a game’s night. Girlguiding is introducing lots more interest badges over the next year and the Brownies have been testing one of them out. Thursday Brownies are exploring what makes them unique.

Guides have started the term looking at re safety and making smores. They are busy planning for a residential at the end of term where they will celebrate Christmas a little early! Thank you to Daisy, Violet and Isabelle who also helped at Holiday at Home giving up a day of their school holidays. They served refreshments, painted nails and talked to the guests. All the girls made a great impression and have been asked to return next year.

Daisy had a great time on her trip with Gloucestershire Guiding to Norway and we hope to have her report in the next edition.

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

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Tetbury Library

‘Autumn is a second Spring where every leaf is a ower’

Albert Camus

Thinking of volunteering? Register online to volunteer at Tetbury Library (every other Tuesday 2.00 pm till 5.00 pm). Come into the Library and have a chat to see what it involves.

If you are interested in learning how to 3-D print or Laser Cut wood and plastics – you can book an appointment at the Stroud iLab (01452 425555).

10.30 am – 12.00 pm

Storytime and Craft

Saturday the 12th of October 11.00 am – 12.00 pm

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Tuesday the 8th of October 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm

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Thinking of getting out of the house in the Autumn months? Why not have a change of scene and come and try one of our lovely friendly library clubs. We have Knit and Natter (beginners welcome), Scrabble and Paper Crafters. Keep an eye on the Gloslibraries.com website for special events and children’s craft and story activities. We hope warm and welcome will start up again so you can help yourself to tea, co ee and hot chocolate drinks. When you come in.

Bus Passes – you can come to Library to request a new one or up-date an old one. Please bring proof of age and address.

Saturday the 19th of October 11.00 am – 12.00 pm

Scrabble

Wednesday the 16th of October 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Library Club

Friday the 25th of October 10.30 am – 12.00 pm

Reading by an open re is a lovely pastime in these colder months, so pop in and choose a book from our selection. We have some brand-new Quick Choice, a good stock of general ction from a wide variety of authors and a great Crime and Biography section. Remember, it’s free to join the library and you get free access to Borrow Box App for audio and digital books, great for travelling, and Press Reader App, which is newspapers and magazines. Pop in and we can show you how to download these onto your mobile or iPad.

Some special dates coming up in October are Black History Month staring from the 1st to the 31st of October and Vegetarian Awareness Month starting with World Vegetarian Day on the 1st of October, National Poetry Day on the 3rd of October, Dyslexia Week (we have a selection of suitable books) the 7th – the 13th of October and Recycle Week the 16th – the 22nd of October.

Adele, Sophie, Linda, Fran & Sam Tetbury Library

Dates for the Diary:

Baby Bounce and Rhyme

Every Wednesday 2.15pm – 2. 45pm

Lego Club

Every Friday 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm

Paper Crafters Group Saturday the 12th of October

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astonishing that Tetbury, being a wool town has never previously hosted a wool fair, well that discrepancy is about to be corrected!

The rst ever Tetbury Wool Fair is being held at the Goods Shed on Sunday the 20th of Oct. There’s sixteen separate yarn retailers, manufacturers, spinners, dyers and felters.

There’s an amigurumi creator, Shawn the Sheep movies for children thanks to Aardman, a bring and take away for free table for unwanted knitting patterns, a giveaway knitting pattern, two workshops,

real live sheep and a host of help and instruction for knitters, so make sure you bring your work along.

Leading up to the event are two woolly related activities. The rst is a talk by Richard Martin of the Cotswold Woollen Weavers on Wed the 25th of September and a guided walk around our beautiful wool town on Sunday the 29th of September. The Festival is free but the workshops and

Tetbury Wool Fair

etbury Mo r Centre

special events are by ticket.

Go to the Wool Festival section of upcoming events on www.tetburygoodsshed.co.uk

Tetbury Wool Fair Team

As the nights draw in, I look back on a busy September for the Feo ees and Thirteen.

and Preston Park is one of these areas and I would like to respectfully ask dog owners to please keep their dogs on a lead or under control when exercising them in this area. We have recently had experiences reported to us of loose dogs running onto resident’s allotments and dog mess not being picked up – please remove any mess made by your dogs, there are plenty of general bins and dog bins around where this can be disposed of – thank you.

am - please meet us at the Goods Shed Car Park Picnic Area.

Dates for your Diary

Saturday the 12th of October 10.30 am –Water Course Clean Up along the Tetbury Trail towards Preston Park

Friday the 29th of November – Christmas Light Switch On Event

Firstly, we opened our meeting room and put on a display about our history and role in Tetbury today for Heritage Weekend, where members of the public could meet some of the trustees and members to nd out more about our organisation. Many thanks to Thirteen member Rachel Lee for organising this event.

This was followed the next weekend by the annual Beating of the Bounds. Many thanks the Feo ee Jim Pearce for leading this walk, Pam Bird for her hospitality at the halfway point and to Thirteen member Rachel Lee for organising the refreshments in the Market Hall before the presentation of the accounts.

We have also received reports of loose dogs running through the water course alongside the Tetbury Trail and being injured by glass/bottles in the riverbed. We understand that this is coming from the bank along Herd Lane/Berkeley Wood, which was historically the town tip and so we are planning a community water course clean up on Saturday 12th October at 10.30

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.thefeo eesoftetbury.co.uk – where you can also nd 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.

Lance Vick, Chairman

Many of you will know that the Feo ees own and are responsible for a large amount of open space and land, which we maintain for the bene t of all our residents and it is with this in mind that I am asking for some community support. The area of Herd Lane

We are delighted to have maintained the price of membership of Tetbury Film Society this year.

It costs only £27 to watch the full programme of nine lms; this includes a glass of wine at our Christmas screening and the AGM! Alternatively, you are welcome to join us as visiting guests at

anytime at a competitive price of £6 per person, per lm.

We aim to offer something a little different to the mainstream. We show films that are produced by smaller film production companies.

On Wednesday the 9th of October we will be showing the drama“My Sailor, My Love”, about how a retired sea captain and his daughter struggle to reconcile their relationship, and a new housekeeper who tries to bridge the

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gap. Although Director Klaus Härö is Finnish, the lm is set in the beautiful remote cost of County Mayo, Ireland, and it marks his rst feature lm in English.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Liz Farnham, Chair Tetbury Film Society Member of Cinema for All

Now well into our new term, the children are settling in nicely.

Getting to know each other, the sta and the routines has been the main focus. Our sessions are mostly made up of freeplay where the children can access lots of di erent toys and make choices about what they do, dotted with some adultled activities to cover each of the areas of learning, plus singing, circle games, story time and of course snacks and lunch!

Since our outside tidy-up in the summer holidays the garden is much improved and the new addition of the playhouse kindly donated by Noah and his mum Marie Morris, is a new rm favourite with many of

the children. We’d like to thank those who helped with sprucing up the garden – it made a real di erence. Also thanks to Dave from D & R Cleaning Services for cleaning our external windows – of which there are quite a few! We’re planning our next tidy-up day soon – please look out for further details on our Facebook page, we’d welcome any parents, grandparents, carers, former attendees, friends or neighbours who are able to spare us any amount of time just to do a little bit to help us keep our outside areas tidy and interesting for the children. At TNP we are very keen to help our

children learn about their local community and would love to hear from anywhere, within walking distance, we could take the children to experience new things, or from anyone who’d perhaps be willing to come and visit us to show the children what they do or make. Tetbury Fire Station are always so welcoming when we visit, and our local PCSO’s drop in from time to time, we have a visit to Tetbury Library planned soon and we walk to St. Saviours at Christmas time for the tree festival, but we know there is so much more out there so please get in contact on the email address below or via our Facebook page ‘Tetbury Nursery Playgroup’ if you think you can help.

Finally, the team would like to say a big thank you to those parents of the preschooler’s that left us in July, who kindly clubbed together to give us a lovely gift of afternoon tea at The Trouble House. We nally found a date all of us could make and as you can see from the photo it was really lovely. As I think the quote goes “Chance made us colleagues but the fun, laughter and craziness we share made us friends”.

If you’re looking for a playgroup space for your child for 2025, 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.

Tetbury Nursery Playgroup Team

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Simon Draper’s talk

‘Making a Living on the Severn’ was fascinating.

A 19th century sh house built into the sea wall

He concentrated on two villages south of Gloucester, Minsterworth and Elmore, which face each other across the tidal Severn. He has researched them in detail for the Victoria County History (VCH) of Gloucestershire, which was inaugurated as a tribute to Queen Victoria on her 60th Jubilee. VCH covers the history of every English county from pre-history to the present and also gives a history of every parish. VCH started in 1899 and is ongoing in most counties.

Minsterworth parish is situated north of the Severn, once with a detached part over the river in Elmore parish. Elmore village has been built away from riverside marshland and is protected from oods by defences known as ‘The Great Wall of Elmore’. From early times the river provided both villages with an income from shing and boats.

Fish were caught by hand with baskets and later, in a constructed sh weir, where withy fences directed sh into baskets. As the river is tidal, men were needed twice a day to empty, repair, replace and reposition the baskets. A weir keeper was employed at each one. Salmon, roach and eels were all in demand, particularly from priories, before they were closed in the 1540s. When demand fell, sh traps replaced weirs. Traps were shaped baskets designed to catch

speci c types of sh or eels that could be sold at Gloucester market. Supporting industries included making baskets, sh traps and fencing from osiers grown on the marshes, shnet knitting, and making eel spears, small boats and punts. Although salmon and elvers sold well locally, this was a much reduced market, so villagers turned to river trade.

The Severn was navigable for small boats as far north as Shropshire. By the 1600s a third of the population of both villages were reliant on boat making and carrying goods to Bristol, towns along the north coast of Devon and Cornwall, Wales and Ireland. In Elmore this all ended before 1700, but Minsterworth had quays in the

detached portion in Elmore that were still working. Economically, Minsterworth had a big advantage over Elmore. As Duchy of Lancaster and Crown land the parish was exempt from paying tolls on sh, transport or anything bought or sold. But trade dried up after the Sharpness Canal was built in 1827, as it avoided the tidal, silting upriver and was deep enough for ocean going ships as far as Gloucester.

Today, except for some salmon shing, all past industries have gone. The ferry closed, so the river is now a barrier.

Simon was warmly thanked for his fascinating insight into life in two villages most of us had not heard of.

Our next meeting is on Thursday the 3rd of October, when Tony Condor will tell us about the formation of our county. If anyone would like to join HOTS, please see our website: www.tetbutyhistory.com or telephone Jane Haines 01666 504196.

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Our next monthly talk “Pangbourne to Split, a Balkan Adventure” , will take place on Monday the 21st of October, 10.30 am at the Goods Shed, and will be provided by Nick Brazil.

Nick spoke to us in 2023 about weird inventions and many members said how much they enjoyed his talk and his sense of humour. This time, he has an illustrated

travel talk for us encompassing some of Europe’s most stunning Cities, including Munich, Ljubljana and Zagreb, nishing in Split. Do come and join us – new members are always welcome.

Our u3a groups have been busy this summer – here are some examples of what we’ve been up to.

The Art Appreciation Group discussed J W Turner’s Chichester Canal (c 1828). The painting belongs to the Tate London collection but is on permanent display at Petworth House in Sussex. The picture re ects the tension between nature and the gradual encroachment of industrial development. They went on to discuss an entirely di erent topic - Body Art - from Neolithic times, spreading in Europe, triggered by tattooed sailors from Captain Cook’s voyages in Polynesia, through to modern times. A fascinating topic.

Our Wednesday Book Club discussed “The Woman in the White Kimono” by Ana Johns. A fascinating saga set in Japan in 1957, when a young Japanese girl falls in love with an American sailor much to the shame of her family who want her to marry the son of a Japanese business colleague. Running alongside is a parallel story set in the modern day. A gripping tale.

The Gardening Group visited the garden attached to the Special Plants Nursery near Cold Ashton in August. This is astonishingly beautiful and our visit did not disappoint.

Built from scratch since 1996 and planted with all manner of rare and interesting plants, it is like an oasis in a turbulent world and all the members who attended were very happy to have seen it.

If you would be interested in joining the u3a, take a look at our website www.tetburyu3a. org.uk to nd out more, including our monthly newsletter www.tetburyu3a.org. uk/newsletters/, and details of how to join.

Tetbury and District u3a Team

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Tetbury Area Youth and Community Trust

Most people are aware that TAYCT is the charity that runs Tetbury Youth Club;

have had. One parent said “I don’t know what we would have done without the sessions, they really helped her to feel happier at school and also at home where I noticed a huge di erence. I worry about her as she is so quiet and doesn’t always talk much so knowing she has someone she likes to talk to makes me feel better about her mental health.”

a thriving project currently o ering three busy sessions a week to young people in Tetbury as well as projects, holiday activities and community events all focused around young people and families in the town.

TAYCT are pleased to announce that we have successfully applied for grants from the Gloucestershire Community Foundation,

the Charles Russell Speechlys Foundation Community Fund, and the High Sheri of Gloucestershire to allow Becky to continue her Mentoring work in SWR for the 2024/25 academic year. Fully funded by TAYCT, she will continue both the 1:1 work and the lunchtime sessions, supporting the school and working with young people to address their social anxieties, school avoidance, mental health and provide a trusted adult with a listening ear, when they need it.

Lisa Hoult Tetbury

Area Youth and Community Trust

TAYCT also o ers Mentoring. Mentoring provides a trusted and trained adult for young people to spend time with them, listen to them and help them to work through any challenges that they might be facing. In the 2023/24 academic year TAYCT fully funded a youth worker to work in SWR School one day a week o ering both 1:1 mentoring for young people and also a lunchtime group for any young people who were struggling to make friends, settle at school or who wanted a safe and quieter space to spend their break time in. Throughout her year there, Becky worked with around thirty young people on a 1:1 basis plus another fteen through the lunchtime clubs. Feedback from the school, parents and most importantly the young people themselves, has been incredibly positive as to the impact that these sessions

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September is a month when we tend to look both ways,

we look back at the long summer days and light evenings and also look forward to the glorious colours of autumn and the crisp chilly mornings with mist draped across the elds.

And at Tetbury Community Choir we looked back at the tremendous fun we had at the beginning of August when we performed

on both days at Holiday at Home at Christ Church. We sang a variety of pieces including the nautically themed, “What shall we do with the drunken sailor?” and an excerpt from “HMS Pinafore” and one of our popular signature pieces, a medley of Les Miserables favourites. Our twenty- ve choristers dressed in red, white and blue really welcomed the enthusiastic participation of the audience. We were also able to take advantage of some wonderfully warm and sunny weather, enjoying a BBQ generously hosted by David, our musical director, and his wife Glenys in

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their magni cent garden. About thirty- ve of us were able to attend and food, drink and much excellent conversation were thoroughly appreciated by all.

We are now looking forward to future performances and rehearsals have once again resumed from the 3rd of September to practise our Christmas music. As well as our usual round of carol concerts, we will be singing at the St Marys’ Church carol service on the 22nd of December. Before that we will be appearing at a fundraising event at The Holy Trinity Church, Long Newnton on the 18th of October.

We are extremely fortunate to have the very accomplished pianist and organist, Jonathan Adkins, as our accompanist. He brings with him the mastery of many di erent styles of musical arrangement and lls the choir with con dence in both rehearsal and performance.

Finally, we are always ready to welcome new members, so if you would like to sing in a community setting, please make contact either through our website (www. tetburycommunitychoir.co.uk) or by simply calling into one of our rehearsals which are usually on Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm at Christ Church on The Chipping – but please check our website for de nitive days and dates.

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Hilary Peters of Worcester Lodge, and the Athelstan Pilgrim Way.

Unbeknown to almost everyone, Hilary had been on a “church crawl” – her words – around the churches of the North Wiltshire deanery, with a few of her close friends. She had mentioned to Catherine Price, who works for Malmesbury Abbey, about creating some sort of pilgrim way or passport, between these churches.

And then Hilary suddenly died. And by chance, I met Catherine.

Many of you will have known or heard of Hilary. She called herself a part-time hermit and lived for the last 15 years of her life in Worcester Lodge, Didmarton, the gatehouse for the Badminton Estate visible to us from many di erent places in our beautiful countryside around here.

My book, ‘Past, Present, Presence’ is an account of Hilary, her life, achievements, and how she is the inspiration for the newly created Athelstan Pilgrim Way, linking over 30 churches that she visited and wrote brief notes about. My book that is the Companion Guide to the Athelstan Pilgrim Way, and I talk about each of the

churches, taking Hilary’s thoughts, and discovering for myself the history, people, villages, communities, and of course, the churches, involved.

Carole Britton speaks at 4pm in Didmarton Village Hall GL9 1DS on Saturday 12th October 2024 about her new book, Past, Present, Presence a journey through the life, legacy and words

Carole Britton speaks at 4pm in Didmarton Village Hall GL9 1DS on Saturday 12th October 2024 about her new book, Past, Present, Presence a journey through the life, legacy and words of Hilary

As caretaker and gatekeeper, no-one could have asked for more. Hilary would share her home with any stranger who wished to drop in, and impart her extensive knowledge of the Lodge and estate along with provision of her home-made refreshments. For us who knew her, she was the warmest and most truly sincere person we have probably met. The late Duke wished her to live in Worcester Lodge as “she was the right person”.

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I am telling the story of what I discovered about Hilary and how the Athelstan Pilgrim Way came about from a conversation between two friends. Whether you knew Hilary, or would like to nd out who she was, she is remembered for “an extraordinary life well lived”.

Badminton Benefice are presenting my talk at Didmarton Village Hall, GL9 1DS on Saturday thr 12th of October, where I will also be signing copies of Past, Present, Presence. Advance reservations can be made by calling or texting 07990 576514.

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As I write this, we have entered autumn;

early mornings are chillier, the evenings are getting darker but today as I write this the sun is shining.

As the tress change their colour and can be quite beautiful before their leaves begin to fall.

We hope that children and young adults are enjoying being back at school; whether it’s your rst day at school, rst at senior school, college or university or you are returning to a new year, we wish you well. I remember my rst day at school which was fty nine years ago! I sat at a table with three other girls one of which I have

remained friends until today, we have been through a lot of challenges but have remained there for each other.

Father Maria has been with us for a year now and we hope that he has settled in and that he will remain our spiritual guide for some time, as we assure him of our prayers and support.

All are invited to join us at Mass on Sunday morning at 9.00 am, whether you are new to Tetbury or have been away from church for whatever reason. You are assured of a warm welcome, people of all ages are welcome.

Elaine Wright

Parish Administrator

St Michaels Catholic Church

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The Athelstan Pilgrim Way: Inspired by Hilary Peters former resident of Worcester Lodge

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Holidays are an ideal opportunity to play bridge in a di erent environment and with di erent people. It is possible to go on a holiday which is entirely focused on playing bridge.

To some people, probably the AABP (above-average bridge player), this adds enjoyment and relaxation to the holiday. But not for everybody.

I have recently been lucky enough to go on a cruise holiday. Bridge is always played on sea days. I did once venture into these stormy waters to be paired with a formidable lady from New Zealand who told me that “bridge is my life. I knew I would be a disappointment to her so did not return a second time. On this last occasion, I gave the idea of participating in bridge some consideration, but not for long.

with a stranger. I am on holiday and do not need stress.

Do not let this put you o learning to play bridge. It is a great game and a wonderful social opportunity. I have many bridge friends who relish the challenge of playing with new people.

If you do play bridge in a di erent setting with new people, there is a printed card on which you can write your usual form of play. The intention is that a new partner will then understand your bids. It also looks professional and may intimidate a less experienced player by setting out several conventions which they may not know. This puts you at an advantage!

Assuming that you have lled in your card with the basic conventions, the Unassuming Cue Bid takes you a step further.

Cotswold and District Bridge Club

The problem is that bridge play starts at 2.00 pm. On holiday, with later dinner and entertainment, 2.00 pm is the ideal siesta time. Furthermore, I tell myself that it will be good to play bridge, but stressful to play

This is a bid in the opposition’s bid suit. It tells your partner that you can support their bid suit without bidding too high. For instance, the opposition opens the bidding with One Heart (1H) and your partner overcalls One Spade (1S). An Overcall tells you that your partner has at least ve

Spades, with at least two honours (Ace, King, Queen or Jack), a minimum of eight points, maximum of sixteen. An overcall at the two level shows a better hand and more points.

You may have support in Spades (at least three) and ten points. Rather than respond with two Spades, you can use an Unassuming Cue Bid of 2 Hearts (the opposition’s suit) giving your partner the opportunity to bid low (2 Spades) if he has the minimum hand or bid higher if he has a stronger hand.

I can assure you that no one at the South Cotswold Bridge Club is intimidating; we are all very friendly.

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The view is Kotor in Montenegro

We had a very interesting speaker after our summer break,

Jeni Whittaker, talking about “The Courage Game, my great aunt the su ragette.”

Gladys Mary Hazel was a teacher in Birmingham. A job she really loved but she had to give it up to become a su ragette. At one point she was sent to prison, went on hunger strike and was force fed which was an extremely unpleasant experience.

Our walk in October will be from Chavenage Green to Beverston and back followed by lunch at The Royal Oak in Tetbury. At the end of July we walked from Chalford to the Felt Café and back. We followed the path between the river and the canal which, unfortunately, was very choked with Himalayan Balsam. One part of the path was ooded but we all managed to negotiate it without falling in although it was a close thing for a couple of walkers!

We had a lovely lunch at The Felt Café. Our Cotswold Way walkers are tackling another stretch of the walk at the end of September.

We had a theatre trip to The Barn in Cirencester in August and all really enjoyed their performance of ‘Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em.’ There are already plans in the pipeline for our next theatre trip. The Book

Group are reading ‘The Paris Apartment’ by Lucy Foley at the moment and will be meeting to share their thoughts on it later this month.

A team of four Avening WI members headed to Cheltenham for the nal of the GFWI quiz. Eighteen teams from around the County took part. They felt it was a di cult quiz but were very pleased to come fth. Well done Gwyneth, Penny, Sharon and Gillian.

We have decided to take part in the Great UK Water Blitz which will monitor water quality across Britain on the Weekend of the 20th – 23th of September. Our testing kits have arrived and we will be testing the stream in Avening and also further along its course at Nailsworth Garden Centre.

We have an Art workshop arranged for the beginning of October when our budding artists will be producing watercolour cards. We always follow our workshop mornings with a bring and share lunch which is the perfect way to nish o the event.

The Bite to Eat team have been busy over the summer catering for a Wake, running the Community Café in Avening (see photo) and we’ll be providing a bu et supper for Nailsworth Bowls Club Presentation Evening at the beginning of October.

Visitors are always very welcome at our meetings which we hold on the 2nd Thursday of the month in the Memorial Hall at 7.30 pm.

Liz Knowles, Avening WI

An exciting start to the Autumn term

We are back in the swing of things here at Avening School after the summer break. We have welcomed our new reception children and their families into the school and also a few new faces in some of our other year groups. The Owls class are gearing up for their residential trip to PGL Liddington at the end of September where they will take part in a variety of activities, including archery, abseiling and the zip wire.

With a new term comes a new topic and children in each class are already immersed

in their learning, with the Kestrels and Owls classes learning all about Avening as they explore the history and geography of our local area. The Hawks class are travelling back further in time to the Stone Age, while the Eagles class get to know each other in their very rst topic, learning ‘all about me’.

The learning doesn’t stop at the end of the school day here at Avening School with after school clubs available each week covering a wide range of interests from sport to art to drama. This terms o erings include recorder club, STEM and tag rugby.

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The school library is open for borrowing every Friday afternoon and is full of new books thanks to the generosity of families and members of the local community who donated books during the summer term.

We were honoured to recently receive the award for Mental Health Champions. As one of the few primary schools in Gloucestershire to achieve the award, this re ects the hard work and dedication from all sta in prioritising the mental well-being of all our pupils and the whole school community.

Our Fledgling sessions on Friday afternoons have resumed in the school garden. For pre-school children from 0-4 years and their grown-ups, our outdoor forest school sessions run from 2-3pm every Friday. Please contact the school o ce if you would like more information on these sessions.

We will be opening our doors in October and November for two open mornings where families can enjoy a tour of our wonderful school in action. Join us from 9.15 am – 12.00 pm on Friday the 4th of October or alternatively, on Wednesday the 6th of November.

For more information about this busy place of learning, please see our school website: www.avening.gloucs.sch.uk

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TETBURY MUSIC FESTIVAL

THE FINEST MUSIC IN THE COTSWOLDS

28 SEPTEMBER - 6 OCTOBER 2024

Imogen Cooper, piano

Beethoven - The Last Three Sonatas

Amy Harman, bassoon

The Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

Mozart, Brahms, Pejačević and Carpenter (world premiere)

Polyphony, conducted by Stephen Layton

Stanford, Parry, Finzi, Vaughan Williams, Holst

Arcangelo conducted by Jonathan Cohen

Vilde Frang, violin, Julia Doyle, soprano

Purcell’s Fairy Queen Suite and works by Bach, Telemann and Handel

Craig Ogden, guitar

Vivaldi, Villa-Lobos, Rodrigo, Loveday