Tewkesbury Direct Magazine March 2019

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APPFEST IS BACK FOR 2019

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KAISER CHIEFS & JAMES HEAD FOR LAKEFEST With Happy Mondays already announced as this year’s Saturday headliner, the organisers have confirmed that Kaiser Chiefs will be headlining Friday and James will headline Sunday's 2019 music festival

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Set to return to Eastnor Deer Park, near Ledbury, from August 8th–11th, the Lakefest line-up is delivering its best yet.

Perfect for families to enjoy, the team have always made a point of listening to their loyal audience (the majority of whom have happily made the transition from the music festival’s former home at Croft Farm Waterpark), and this year they are surpassing expectations.

Kaiser Chiefs will be headlining the Abbey Stage on Friday night.

A much-requested band who need little introduction, you can expect to hear the likes of ‘I Predict A Riot’ and ‘Everyday I Love You’.

Sunday’s headliner, James, have produced a string of huge hits, including: ‘Come Home’, ‘Sit Down’, ‘She’s a Star’ and ‘Laid’.

Their 2016 album

Kaiser Chiefs

debuted at number two in the UK album charts and they have sold a total of more than 25 million albums worldwide.

James’ reputation as a uniquely transcendent live act is well-earned, having headlined festivals from Glastonbury in 1992 to Festival No.6 in 2015.

Lakefest’s Director Lee Martin is a very happy man: “We could-

James

n’t be happier with the line-up for 2019.

“This year is all about Lakefest coming back bigger and better and we knew exactly who we wanted as our headline acts.

“The last six months have involved a lot of behind-the-scenes prep but it’s a happy day when it all comes together and we can formally announce our complete offering.

“Our ticket sales are well-up year on year and everything is looking positive for an epic August.”

The most up-to-date line-up info for all music stages can be found at lakefest.co.uk Tickets are also available via the website. All Early Bird tickets have now soldout but Standard Release tickets are on sale with a limited number available to buy on a deposit scheme.

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BOOK OF THE MONTH with Alison’s Bookshop & Music Room ‘White Houses’

by Amy Bloom Paperback, £8.99 Published 04.03.19 This is an unusual novel, it is really a fictionalised biography of the close relationship between journalist Lorena Hickok,(Hick) and the then First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt.

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The story line covers all of Hick's life from impoverished childhood and a hard home life through her adolescence to eventually achieving an education and creating a career as a successful journalist, which provided her with an introduction to the Presidential household.

experiences and good times these two ladies enjoyed make this book.

Hick's early years, alongside their story move the book away from being rooted soon after FDR's death in April 1945, and broaden the appeal and depth of this read.

They established a special friendship and over the years whilst this was tested by the pressures of the White House we see glimpses within the Administration and of FDR himself, during his time as the only US President to serve three terms.

Bloom's novel must depend a lot on the vast correspondence these two ladies exchanged over 3,000 letters, yet she writes a readable tale and anyone who has read her earlier novels "Away" and "Lucky us" should enjoy this unusual book.

The accuracy of their biographical data brings this story alive, and produces an interesting angle to this period of U.S. history over the depression and then into WW2.

Please note this book is due for publication on Monday 4th March 2019.

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Experience lambing live at Cotswold Farm Park Is there anything better about the start of spring than the sound of the first bleats of new arrivals?

Lambing takes place at Cotswold Farm Park, near Guiting Power, every day until 28th April. Visitors will be able to get close to the adorable animals and can even have a go at bottle feeding little lambs and goat kids.

There are plenty more chances for visitors to get close to the animals.

Fluffy chicks and rabbits are waiting to be cuddled, and take a stroll through the Rare Breeds Through History Walkway, where the animals can be hand fed.

The usual Farm Park fun and activities will be returning; including the Farm Safari and Meet The Farmyard Animals.

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tion of indoor and outdoor play for the kids to let off some steam.

The newly constructed Visitor Centre opened in February and both the Café and Shop remain free to enter. Guests can enjoy panoramic views of the Cotswold countryside in the Café, a scene not to be missed whilst tucking in to a hot meal or perhaps a cup of tea accompanied by a slice of homemade cake.

The Farm Park is open daily from 10.30am to 5.00pm.

Tickets can be purchased on arrival or by booking online. www.cotswoldfarmpark.co.uk.

For more details call 01451 850307.

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THERE’S A NEW GUITAR IN TOWN! Actually, there’s more than one new guitar in town - there’s lots of them!

And they can all be found upstairs at the Malt House Emporium, Ashchurch; in a brand-new guitar shop called ‘Strummers’.

We asked owner Paul Thomas about the venture: Q: Why Tewkesbury and why a guitar shop?

A: I’d been toying with the idea of opening my own guitar shop for a while and it was my wife, Rachel, who suggested the Malt House, Tewkesbury.

She’d been visiting the place since it opened although I must admit I’d never been myself.

Paul Thompson at Strummers The moment I walked in, I really loved the vibe and the owner, Helen,

was really encouraging.

So that’s how Tewkesbury came about and I’m really glad to be here!

Q: How long have you been interested in guitars?

A: Ever since I was a toddler really. My uncles all had guitars and, luckily, they were happy for me to play with them.

I loved twanging the strings and dropping the plectrum through the sound hole! When I was about seven, after a lot of begging, my dad bought me my first guitar and I’ve been playing ever since.

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THE TEWKESBURY DIRECT WORDSEARCH by Lenny Lexicon

HCPC REGISTERED CHIROPODY AND PODIATRY Lorraine Monck M.Ch.S Emma Godson M.Ch.S Liz Brown M.Ch.S Warm Wax Therapy Treatment Paraffin wax heat therapy increases blood flow, tolerance for pain, relaxes muscles and increases hydration in the skin.

Intended to moisturise and soften the skin while providing a therapeutic and healing effect to sore and aching joints, it is particularly beneficial to those suffering from arthritis and rheumatic pain.

We also offer the following treatments: Routine Chiropody treatment -i.e.

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NEW GUITAR IN TOWN Continued from page 5 I’ve had loads of different ones during my life and I’ve loved them all.

Q: What kind of guitars do you sell at Strummers?

A: Vintage, collectable or retro. We’ve got vintage guitars from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s and we’ve also got contemporary guitars with a retro vibe.

We’ve got wellknown brands like Gibson, Fender, Gretsch and Epiphone and more obscure stuff too. Prices currently range from £95 to £695.

Q: Any particular favourites?

A: A tricky one that!

Probably the Shergold Meteor De Luxe.

It’s from 1979 and was really one of the last guitars made by a British guitar company of any size. It’s a real beauty and quite rare.

You can visit Paul’s fascinating new shop, Strummers, at the Malt House Emporium, Tewkesbury Retail Park, Ashchurch GL20 8JP Open seven days a week from 10am to 5pm (4pm Sundays).

You can make telephone enquiries to Paul directly on 07840 865816 Or E-mail paulrachel@hotmail.co.uk

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A rare panoramic viewpoint One of the ‘eyecatchers’ built outside the historic Croome Park will be open to the public for a limited time this Spring.

The Grade 1 listed Panorama Tower, designed by James Wyatt in 1801, will be open on Saturday 23rd March (11am-2pm) and Wednesday 17th April (11am3pm) for visitors to take in spectacular views.

The tower’s design was based on and earlier one

by Robert Adam, and it was built from Bath stone.

Inside a spiral staircase leads to the 360 degree viewing platform, from where visitors can see part of 'Capability' Brown Croome Park, Worcester Cathedral and the Malverns - weather permitting.Funding from The Rowlands Trust and Natural England enabled Croome to acquire and restore the Panorama Tower. It is situated on Madge Hill - a lane off the A38 just before Severn Stoke, heading north from Tewkesbury. Sat Nav WR8 9DG.

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Expert, friendly advice always available at Tewkesbury Garden Centre

Wonderful plants, trees and shrubs to enhance your garden | Everything to grow your own veg Beautiful Garden Furniture - new ranges arriving daily | Seeds, bulbs, planters and pots No-bend veg trugs I Weber BBQs I Poultry feeds | Selection of Horse feeds and bedding

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Join us for fresh, home-cooked food - breakfasts, lunch and afternoon tea Sunday roasts (booking essential) • Seasonal daily specials • Healthy, vegetarian and gluten-free choices Open Mon -Sat 9am-5.30pm, Sun 10am-4pm | Call 01684 299996 | Visit www.tewkesburygardencentre.com

Make mother’s day special with a beautiful bouquet Hand tied bouquets our speciality • Weddings, funerals and special occasions • Order in store or online Flower Shed Open Mon -Sat 9am-5.30pm

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SPRING IN YOUR GARDEN with Tewkesbury Garden Centre

Thinking and planning for the new growing season ahead at Tewkesbury Garden Centre With the milder weather of late and the glorious sightings of early daffodils, snowdrops and crocuses we could easily be fooled to think that spring is already here. Now is the perfect time to start thinking and planning for the growing season which is fast approaching.

Rachel Gallagher and her team at Tewkesbury Garden Centre are busy making preparations for the arrival of new stock.

“Being an independent garden centre gives us so many more opportunities to bring our customers new and exciting products offering individuality, quality and where possible locally grown and produced” Rachel explains.

We are keen to keep introducing new lines, our latest being horse feed, bedding and poultry food with plans to grow this range, another area Rachel is passionate about, being a Farmer’s daughter.

The Garden Centre has been established for many years, previously Mythe Nurseries before changing ownership and becoming Tewkesbury Garden Centre. Over the last ten years this family run business has grown and developed to offer customers so much more than plants and giftware.

Brown’s Garden Restaurant - perfect for a cuppa, breakfast, lunch or afternoon tea.

Harriet, our accomplished chef, has developed a fabulous menu that caters for everyone and with daily specials you’ll always find something that makes your mouth water!

In-house florists, The Flower Shed (formerly known as Design for

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Owners Rachel Gallagher, Geoff Brown and Woody the spaniel invite you to see great garden ideas in store Flowers), showcase Rachel’s passion for flowers which started at Horticultural College sixteen years ago. “I am very lucky to have such talented and creative florists!

“With high quality flowers together with the skills of our florists, our arrangements, however big or small, are guaranteed to put a smile on someone’s face!”

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You will find us on the Worcester Road (A38) just north of Tewkesbury (GL20 6EB).

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TEWKESBURY THEN AND NOW by John Dixon (with thanks to Pat Webley, Honorary Abbey Archivist)

WILLIS BAKERY VANS: AN UPDATE

This is a tale of aristocratic rivalry from the time before 1868 when Tewkesbury had TWO MPs, writes John Dixon.

Following the publication of ‘Then and Now’ in February’s Tewkesbury Direct, John Dixon received this message from Jo Freeman, of Tewkesbury.

Hello John, Just to put it right about Willis’ van, I agree that my Great Uncle Reg Brick is sitting on the trailer, but there is no way that he was the driver of the van.

He repaired shoes in one of the shops in Sun Street about two up from where his father, William Brick (my Great Grandfather), had his shop on the corner of Sun Street. William Brick was there before Preston.

I know Great Uncle Reg was there in 1947 because I used to go and see him sometimes after school. I was at the Church of England School in Oldbury Road where George Robinson (Boss Rob) was Headmaster.

Regards, Jo Freeman.

John Dixon is always pleased to received information about articles published in this magazine, so please email him at johnhistory46@btinternet.com

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Above: Lord Gage’s Abbey Gates Below: Dowdeswell’s Gates in 2014 returned to their ancestral home in Pull Court, Bushley; restored thanks to the generosity of Bredon School.

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In the days before MPs were paid, it was worth their while to canvass for votes by presenting the Town with a substantial gift – in this case, gates for the Abbey.

The Dowdeswell dynasty regarded itself as almost hereditary MPs for Tewkesbury from 1660 to 1868 (after which we had only one MP). Lord Gage (an Irish peer, entitled to sit in the Commons) was something of an interloper. With financial interests in the Forest of Dean, he was elected one of our MPs from 1721 until his death in 1754.

It seems the Abbey in 1750 was focus of their rival generosity when Dowdeswell’s Gates were placed “next the street, the wall and the pallisadoes”. (In 1750 there was no A38 and the road to Gloucester turned down Mill Street and continued through the modern Victoria Pleasure Gardens.) Gage’s gates “handsome” according to historian Dyde in 1790 were relegated to the porch entrance into the church.

Thus they remained until the major restoration of the Abbey which took place in 1879. Initially no change was proposed but in September it was announced that “the splendid pair of iron gates at the entrance to the North Porch have been removed to the position of the entrance Gates”.

The Dowdeswells could only repossess their unwanted gates and return then to the family seat in Bushley to be forgotten for over a century until the recent intervention of Bredon School.

The Gage Gates have now been elevated to iconic status and have been lovingly restored in the following years. The donors and their rivalry have now been forgotten but modern Tewkesbury has surely been the beneficiary.

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Above: Dowdeswell’s Gates in the Register, 1949

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SUPER SPRING OPEN DAY AT TEWKESBURY’S NEW COUNTRY STORE THURSDAY 21ST MARCH 10.00am to 9.00pm P&D Engineering are holding an Open Day on Thursday 21st March at their Bredon depot, between 10am and 9pm. Customers are invited to visit during that time where refreshments will be available throughout the day.

This is an opportunity to see not only the range of products that P&D Engineering offer throughout the store on a daily basis, but to see a full range of their agricultural machinery, alongside smaller compact tractors, mowers and other ground maintenance products.

They will have super special offers on lawnmowers, strimmers,

chainsaws, hedgecutters and other ancillary products which are purchased or ordered on the day.

There will be a working display of the latest robotic mowers (meaning you will never need to mow your lawn again!).

There will be plenty of parking made available and they will offer a ‘carry to your car’ serv-

ice for bulkier goods.

Representatives from their major suppliers will be on hand during the day to assist with customers individual enquiries.

Orders can be made on the day and either taken away or reserved for collection later.

So pop along to the P&D Country Store and pick up a bargain.

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We are on the B4080 Tewkesbury/Bredon Road just by the motorway bridge.

We accept all major credit cards

Why not call in and have a browse around. Plenty of parking available.

COME TO YOUR NEW COUNTRY STORE OPEN DAY Thursday 21st March 10 am to 9.00pm Unmissable, on the day special offers on a great range of products.

Don't miss out and bring your friends and family.

Safety Footwear • Electric Fencing • Ratchets And Straps • Sealey Tools • A Range of Power Tools • Worklights • Oil • Fluids/Lubricants Dashcams • Strimmer Cord • Battery Chargers Welding Supplies • Toolboxes • Generators Overalls and Clothing • Model Tractors Logsplitters • Lawnmowers • Strimmers Chainsaws • ATV Quad Locks • Towing Accessories • Water Fittings • Pressure Washers • Fuel Containers • Tractor Paint Cutting and Grinding Discs • Boc Gas …and much much more!

A range of Animal/Horse feeds and bedding always in stock.

In addition to a full range of agricultural tractor and machinery parts.

We are also stocking a full range of compact tractors, mowers and accessories for smallholdings and estates.

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Simply stunning, combining character with contemporary interior design. 3/ 4 bedrooms; master with ensuite; open plan kitchen/dining/sitting room; study; utility; upstairs bathroom; downstairs shower room; lounge; double garage; landscaped gardens; ample driveway parking.

EPC tba.

Immaculately presented, a chalet bungalow peaceful located within beautiful gardens. 4/5 bedrooms; 3 bathrooms; lounge; conservatory; separate dining room; office; laundry room; utility; modern kitchen/breakfast room; double garage; greenhouse; gated block paved driveway. EPC D.

A very large detached house located on the village green.

3/4 bedrooms; master with ensuite; 4/5 reception rooms; kitchen/ breakfast room; 3 bathroom/ shower rooms; large office; private gardens; ample driveway parking. EPC D.

Norton

Twyning

Bredon

£550,000

£435,000

£425,000

Stunning detached home in a peaceful village location. 4 bedrooms; master with ensuite and dressing room; kitchen/ dining room; triple aspect lounge; second reception room; downstairs wc; double garage; attractive gardens. EPC D.

Sitting in an elevated position, this is a lovely extended detached bungalow. 3 bedrooms; lounge; kitchen/ breakfast room; dining room; bathroom; private rear garden; integral double garage; ample driveway parking. EPC E.

A large detached home within a small private close with views towards Bredon Hill. 4 bedrooms; master with ensuite; 2 reception rooms; kitchen/ breakfast room; downstairs wc; family bathroom; private garden; driveway parking; double garage. EPC C.

Stonehills

Mitton

Mitton

£420,000

£415,000

£400,000

A completely unique design for this large detached home on this small residential development. 4 bedrooms; master with shower room; 3 reception rooms; kitchen/ breakfast room; study; utility; double garage; private rear garden; solar panels. EPC C .

Individually built and extended home offering versatile, spacious and light accommodation. 4/5 bedrooms; master with ensuite; 2/3 reception rooms; kitchen/ breakfast room; conservatory; downstairs wc; utility; upstairs bathroom; garage; carport; private rear garden; driveway parking. EPC D.

Immaculately presented throughout, this is a lovely detached home. 4 bedrooms; master with ensuite; lounge; kitchen/ dining room; 2nd reception room; study; downstairs wc; utility; upstairs bathroom; ample driveway parking; garden.

EPC D.

Stonehills

Bredons Hardwick

Twyning

£365,000

Beautifully presented detached family home. 4 bedrooms; master with ensuite; large garden room; lounge; dining room; study, downstairs wc; upstairs bathroom; garage; ample driveway parking; garden. EPC C.

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£350,000

An individual 30s build detached home. 3 bedrooms; dual aspect lounge; kitchen; dining room; downstairs wc; upstairs bathroom; driveway parking; private rear garden; garage.

EPC E.

£345,000

Popular village location for this extended semi detached home. 5 bedrooms; master with ensuite; kitchen; lounge; dining room; utility room; downstairs wc; family bathroom; integral garage; garden; ample driveway parking. EPC tba.

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Stonehills

£335,000

Twyning

£325,000

Mitton

£320,000

This is an extremely deceptive home offering excellent space located within this popular residential estate. 4 bedrooms; master with ensuite; large kitchen/ dining room; lounge; study/ reception room 2; conservatory; downstairs wc ; utility room; family bathroom; garage ; garden; driveway parking. EPC D.

A lovely private position for this extended detached bungalow. 3 good sized bedrooms; kitchen/ breakfast room; lounge; dining room; conservatory; shower room; single garage; driveway parking; garden. EPC E.

Only one careful owner from new in 1967, this is a lovely home. 3 double bedrooms; lounge; kitchen/ dining room; large conservatory; ground floor wet room; upstairs bathroom; single garage; driveway parking; garden; no onward chain. EPC D.

Newtown

Bredon

Bredon

£250,000

£235,000

£225,000

An extended semi detached home with the opportunity to further improve. 3 bedrooms; lounge; dining room; kitchen; sun room; utility room; downstairs wc, family bathroom; ample driveway parking; garden; no onward chain. EPC D.

If you are a train enthusiast and have ambitions for a pretty detached village home – then this is truly the house for you! 2 double bedrooms; lounge; separate dining room; modern kitchen; downstairs wc; upstairs bathroom with separate shower; double garage with power and light; no onward chain. EPC D.

A beautifully light and well presented home for the over 55s. 2 double bedrooms; lounge; dining room; kitchen; conservatory; downstairs wc; bathroom; unallocated parking; patio; conservatory; communal gardens; no onward chain. EPC D.

Northway

Town Centre

Town Centre

£185,000

£185,000

£175,000

Ready to move straight into, this mid terrace home is immaculately presented. 3 bedrooms; lounge/ dining room with patio doors out to garden; modern kitchen; upstairs bathroom; single garage; driveway parking; no onward chain. EPC C.

Beautifully presented top floor apartment with views of the Abbey. 2 double bedrooms with fitted wardrobes; lounge/ dining room; kitchen; large entrance hall; bathroom; single garage with power & light; % share of Freehold; balcony. EPC C.

Full of character, a historically significant town centre property. Grade II Star Listed; 2/3 bedrooms; kitchen/dining room; lounge; ground floor wc; upstairs bathroom; covered courtyard/ workshop; gas central heating; heart of the town.

Home Abbey House

Town Centre

Town Centre

£150,000

With a delightfully interesting view 365 days of the year this is a lovely apartment. Updated to a high standard; over 60s only; 1 double bedroom with fitted wardrobes; large lounge/dining room; modern fitted kitchen; contemporary styled shower room. EPC C.

£139,500

Last plot remaining for this comtemporary styled ground floor apartment. Double bedroom; modern kitchen/ dining room; lounge; bathroom; balcony; new build; courtyard; 999 year lease; % share of Freehold; Help to Buy available.

EPC B.

£70,000

This is a lovely light and spacious ground floor apartment located within the town. 50% Shared Ownership through Severn Vale Housing; 2 Bedrooms; lounge; kitchen; box room; bathroom; communal courtyard. EPC C.

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OSTEOPATHY ADVICE with Katie Hogg, Two Rivers Osteopathy

Flexibility vs Stability The body is always balancing flexibility with stability. For example, the hip and shoulder joint are very similar, both being ball and socket joints.

However, the hip is weight bearing and so needs to be very stable.

This is created by having a deep socket joint for the ball to sit in and large strong muscles holding it in place. The shoulder joint in contrast needs to be mobile for us to use the arms for different tasks and so the socket for the ball is much flatter and the musculature is made up of more, but smaller muscles than in the hip.

When joints are working correctly as you need them to for your job or hobbies, you should find that where you need to be strong and stable the joints won’t have as much movement as other joints. This can become

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asymmetrical as most of us have a natural dominant side.

Cyclists can often suffer from mid back and shoulder girdle pain where the body stabilises the spine and base of the neck in order to get a strong position on a bike. However, when you then go out on a walk the body needs more movement in the spine and shoulder girdle.

Golfers encourage their spine to be mobile in a rotational movement in the lower back.

This is not a movement this part of the back is very good at and so muscle strengthening is

Katie Hogg needed to aid this movement.

In short, the body is excellent at adapting to what we need and pain is always the end result of adaptations not working. If you feel your hobbies or job may be altering your movement speak to a manual therapist. Often a certain stretch or exercise can aid your body in adapting to what you are asking of it.

By Katie Hogg T. 01684 296884

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Walton Cardiff

£425,000

Mitton

offers over £300,000

Newtown

£315,000

5 bedroom detached | Nice position with open aspect | Double garage with power and light | dual or triple aspect rooms | Kitchen with appliances | 3 ensuite and family bathroom

Extended semi detached house | 100ft enclosed gardens | Now four bedrooms | Conservatory and workshop | Kitchen breakfast and utility | Excellent local school catchment

4 bedroom detached | First class presentation | Refitted kitchen and bathroom | Ample off road parking | Double glazing and central heating | Enclosed lawned gardens

Bredon Lodge

Newtown

Walton Cardiff

£167,950

£335,000

£240,000

Heart of the village | Over 55s with telecare service | 2 double bedrooms | Conservatory | rare garage | No onward chain

Individual detached house | Beautiful presentation throughout | Large kitchen with appliances | Conservatory | Ample parking | Garage

Westbury Chelmsford Design | 3 double bedrooms | Refitted kitchen | Refitted en suite | Low maintenance garden | Garage

Walton Cardiff

Bredon

Town Centre

£200,000

£425,000

£142,500

Bovis Mallory Design | Lovely condition throughout | Lounge and kitchen breakfast | Garage and off road parking | Gardens with rear access | Overlooking green

4 Bedroom detached | Backing on to amenity land | Stunning orangery with roof lantern | Pavier off road parking | Double garage | Fantastic accomodation

First floor flat | 2 good bedrooms | Double glazing | Central heating | Rare private parking | No chain

Tewkesbury Park

Walton Cardiff

Perry Hill

£895pcm

Four bedroom extended end of terrace house Available Now Tenant Fees Apply EPC Rating D

£695pcm

Two bedroom mid terrace house Available Now Tenant Fees Apply EPC Rating C

£650pcm

Two bedroom first floor apartment Available Now Tenant Fees Apply EPC Rating C

Tewkesbury: The Ancient Grudge, 15 High Street, Tewkesbury, GL20 5AL. Tel. 01684 275276 Fax. 01684 276661 Walton Cardiff: 4 Columbine Road, Walton Cardiff, Tewkesbury, GL20 7SP. Tel. 01684 295417 Fax. 01684 851780 www.tagestateagents.co.uk | info@ancientgrudge.co.uk

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Treat your Mum to a homecooked meal this Mother’s Day

Wartime in the Cotswolds 27TH/28TH APRIL at Gloucestershire, Warwickshire Steam Railway

Halfords Traditional Butchers offer meats, sourced and produced as locally as possible Open: Monday to Friday 8.00am - 5.15pm Saturday 8.00am - 4.00pm

Easter orders now being taken • Homemade pork pies, gravy pies, sausage age rolls, faggots and pasties cooked daily • Your stockist of British, free range and local produce including Gloucester Old Spot Pork • Seasonal game, BBQ selection, exotics range and frozen fish selection also available • Special offers available in store and bulk buy discounts

01684 299933 • info@halfordsbutchers.co.uk www.halfordsbutchers.co.uk 45 High Street, Tewkesbury, GL20 5BH

A light hearted look at 1940s Britain with an emphasis on the Home Front.

Travel on a train between Cheltenham Race Course Station and Broadway on this beautiful heritage railway line, stopping to look at the exhibits and entertainment on offer at Gotherington, Winchcombe and Toddington stations.

Live entertainment, dancing, displays, including an RAF plotting room, military and civilian vehicles, a full size replica Spitfire and 1940s traders.

We are hoping to have a flypast by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

(subject to weather and operations). Again, the King, Monty and Churchill will be with us, and rumour has it also General De Gualle.

Something for all the

family.

Discounted advance tickets available on line via our website.

More information at www.gwsr.com and www.facebook.com/wart imeinthecotswolds.

SAUSAGE AND CIDER FEST 2019 at The Village Inn, Twyning Green, Tewkesbury, GL20 6DF 29th June 12 noon until 30th June 21.00 Fabulous homemade Halford Butchers sausages, extensive selection of ciders by The Village Inn. Bands lined up all weekend, other food and drinks options available. Free Admission.

SUPPLIERS OF TOP QUALITY PLANTS Attract the butterflies

Give Mum a real treat at our

Bedding plants have arrived

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Fuschias, Geraniums and trailing plants

Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st March 2019

Cottage garden plants

1ltr Alpines

3 for £12

3 for £10

Roses now available Many gorgeous plants and shrubs arriving daily!

Also see our range of veg plants!

In our Grapevine Restaurant we will be serving a most delightful menu (booking a table is advisable).

Please pick up a menu or telephone 01452 841151 for details.

Plenty of thoughtful gift ideas for Mothers Day too, including planted bowls and baskets.

Tel. 01452 840612 www.stauntongardencentre.co.uk Staunton Garden Centre, Staunton Cross, Ledbury Road, Staunton, Glos. GL19 3QA 16 - TEWKESBURY DIRECT

Peter Ball & Co Advert 22/02/2019 14:43 Page 1

01684 293161 1 Barton Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5PP

tewkesbury@peterball.co.uk WESTMANCOTE

NEW PRICE

CHACELEY

£625,000

A large individual and impressive family home.

Ground Floor Shower Room | Large Main Living Room | Dining Room | Conservatory | Family Kitchen | Utility Area Four Double Bedrooms | Master with Dressing Room & EnSuite | Guest Shower Room | Double & Single Garages | Workshop | Extensive Parking | Energy Rating D

UPTON-UPON-SERVERN

NEW INSTRUCTION

UPTON-UPON-SERVERN

£475,000

£385,000

A new build detached house constructed and designed by a local developer and forming part of a select development.

Two Reception Rooms | Kitchen with Adjoining Breakfast Room Two/Three Bedrooms | Guest Shower Room | Main Bathroom | Self Contained Annexe | Stable Block | Two Small Paddocks | Additional Field | Garage/Store | EPC Not Required

Entrance Hall | Living Room | Kitchen/Dining/Family Room | Utility | Cloakroom | Four Bedrooms | En Suite | Family Bathroom | Garden | Off Road Parking | Garage | Gas Central Heating | uPVC Double Glazing

NORTHWAY

£335,000

NEW INSTRUCTION

An idyllic rural Grade II listed cottage with paddocks/field and annexe.

NEW INSTRUCTION

TEWKESBURY TOWN

£310,000

NEW INSTRUCTION

£235,000

A new build detached house constructed and designed by a local developer and forming part of a select development.

A very well presented detached house located in the desirable Northway area of Tewkesbury.

An extended modern family home close to the centre of Tewkesbury.

Entrance Hall | Living Room | Kitchen/Dining/Family Room | Cloakroom | Four Bedrooms | En Suite | Family Bathroom | Garden | Off Road Parking | Garage | Gas Central Heating | uPVC Double Glazing

Entrance Hall | Living Room | Dining Room | Kitchen | Utility | Cloakroom | Four Bedrooms | En Suite | Family Bathroom | Garden | Off Road Parking | Gas Central Heating | uPVC Double Glazing | Photovoltaic Panels

Spacious Open Plan Main Living Area | Inner Hall | Second Reception Room | Modern Kitchen | Three Bedrooms | Shower Room | Private Garden | Garage & Parking | No Onward Chain

WALTON CARDIFF

NEW INSTRUCTION

TEWKESBURY TOWN

£229,950

NEW INSTRUCTION

ASHCHURCH

£215,000

NEW INSTRUCTION

£210,000

A very good sized three bedroom town house set opposite an open green with garage and parking at the rear.

In a very unique setting at the end of quiet cul-de-sac yet close to town.

A modern and well presented mid terrace town house in a sought after location overlooking the park.

Entrance Hall | Dining Room | Kitchen/Breakfast Room | Ground Floor Cloakroom | Living Room | Three bedrooms Ensuite & Family Bathroom | South Facing Garden | Energy Rating C

Tucked Quietly Away | Modernised Terrace House | Close to Town | Three Bedrooms | Family Kitchen Diner | Spacious Lounge | Gardens to Front | Garage & Parking | Energy Rating C

Over Three Floors | Three bedrooms | Bathroom & En-Suite Cloakroom | Utility | Kitchen/Dining Room | First Floor Living Room | Good Size Garden | Off Road Parking | Garage | Gas Cental Heating | uPVC Double Glazing

NORTHWAY

NEW INSTRUCTION

WALTON CARDIFF

£210,000

NEW INSTRUCTION

ASHCHURCH

£210,000

NEW PRICE

£129,950

A well presented three bedroom terrace located within easy reach of the town centre.

A very well presented modern family property with gardens front and rear.

A modern and exceptionally well presented three bedroom property.

Entrance Hall | Living/Dining Room | Kitchen/Breakfast Room | Three Bedrooms | Bathroom | Good Size Garden | Ample Off Road Parking | Gas Central Heating | Modern uPVC Double Glazing

Hallway | Guest Toilet | Main Living Room | Conservatory Kitchen | Three Bedrooms | New Bathroom in 2017 | Garage & Parking | Private Garden | Further Courtyard | Energy Rating D

Hall | Main Living Room | Large Kitchen Dining Room | Guest Toilet | Three Bedrooms | Bathroom | South Facing Rear Garden | Off Road Parking | No Onward Chain | Energy Rating C

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Live your dream in an outstanding location

Open 12 months of the year, 365 days, which means you can enjoy our spectacular views all year round.

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Swallow Lakes is a beautiful new development, conveniently located between Gloucester and Ross-on-Wye. Swallow Lakes is set amongst outstanding Gloucestershire countryside, and is family owned, which means no middlemen – you always speak directly to the park owners.

Come and view our Luxury Lodges in Gloucestershire… Viewings available Wednesdays & Saturdays | 9am – 5pm

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STOKED UP FOR SPRING Following essential track and general maintenance during January and February, volunteers at the award-winning Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway are gearing up for their new season, as services resume on Saturday 9th March. Trains will run every weekend until November thereafter.

The restored railway line stretches for fourteen miles from Cheltenham racecourse, running through the Cotswolds to Broadway.

The extension from Laverton to Broadway re-opened last year, bringing trains back to the popular tourist destination for the first time in nearly sixty years.

The number of passengers soared in 2018, and this year more facilities have been added, including a tea room at Broadway station.

A ‘Cotswolds Express’ service has been introduced, which stops at two principal stations en route - Winchcombe and Toddington.

Lots of special events are planned throughout the year, starting with the ‘Easter Eggspress’

fun day on Monday 22nd April, followed by the ‘Wartime in the Cotswolds;’ weekend

(27th -28th April), when the railway makes a nostalgic return to the 1940s.

For a full programme of special events, timetable details or to buy discounted travel tickets in advance, visit the railway’s website www.gwsr.com

WHAT’S GREEN ON THE LOCAL SCENE with Cate Cody TEWKESBURY REPAIR CAFÉ Saturday 9th March, Tewkesbury Baptist Church, please note their new time of 25pm TEWKESBURY FAIRTRADE STALL Methodist Church, Sunday 10th March 11.30am and Saturday 23rd 10am -12pm. Profits from Fair Trade products help people in poorer countries.

STONEHILLS COMMUNITY GROUP For meeting dates and further details, please get in touch with catecody99@gmail.com TEWKESBURY FRIENDS OF THE EARTH - meeting, Friday 22nd March, 7.30pm, Medieval room at the back of The Berkeley Arms TEWKESBURY NATURE RESERVE see their website and Facebook Page for updates and volunteering opportunities http://tewkesburynaturereserve.or g.uk/wordpress/ TEWKESBURY FOR EUROPE stalls in the High Street and other campaigning, for more details contact tewkesbury4europe@gmail. com TEWKESBURY DIRECT - 19

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RAMBLING AROUND with Jack B. Walker

BESIDE THE SEVERN AT BUSHLEY

Two miles upstream from Jack B. Walker.

Situated in a quiet corner of rural Worcestershire, a walk around the village is pleasing in itself, for there are some truly fascinating cottages dating back centuries. Of particular interest is the Elizabethan building opposite the church which formerly housed

Tewkesbury is the delightful old agricultural community of Bushley, writes the local school.

Farming and cider making were the traditional occupations in this truly peaceful spot, and Bushley is still very much a working village to this day.

Our walk (which should never be attempted when flood warnings

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are in place) begins at the Village Hall.

Leave the car park and turn right, past the church, to go along the main street. As you reach the edge of the village look out for some barn conversions on your left.

At Hither Ham House go over the stile by the brick built gate post and past some tennis courts to a five bar gate. Go through, and bear right to cross a stile (1).

Walk down the slope, following the direction of the yellow marker arrows, to another stile and over a stream (2).

Go diagonally right across the field to the far corner (3) and into the next field keeping the boundary to your right.

At the end of this field go through into another field (4) and head towards the house that stands beside Mythe Bridge.

Passing the back of the house, pick up the Severn Way (5) to reach the river bank. Turn left and walk along the bank, keeping the Severn to your right at all times.

On the eastern bank

of the Severn, sand and gravel extraction took place for many years on this stretch between Tewkesbury and Upton.

Nowadays pleasure craft have largely replaced the working barges The wind pump the towpath passes was used for raising water to the meadows between here and Bushley.

DISTANCE: approx 2.25 miles, mainly flat.

CAR PARKING: in the small car park at Bushley village hall, next to the church.

REFRESHMENTS: there is no shop or pub in Bushley; nearest facilities are in Tewkesbury.

FLOODING: check local weather forecasts before setting off. The walk should NOT be attempted when flood warnings are in place. Can be muddy.

NOT TO SCALE: OS sheet 190 (Malvern Hills and Bredon) is recommended

The old wind pump After three quarters of a mile, look out for a stile (6).

Cross this and, keeping the hedge to your left, head over the field to go through a farm gate on to a lane, (7).

Walk ahead up this lane, passing a farm, to return to the village street, near the church.

Looking north along the Severn near Bushley

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Beautifully presented 3/4 bedroom detached family home. Self contained Annex with its own entrance.

Modern fitted dual aspect kitchen/Diner with pantry and island. Dining room, lounge with a multi fuel fireplace. EPC D.

Well presented 4 bedroom detached family home. Double glazing, gas central heating and integral garage with off road parking for 3 cars are just some of the benefits this property has to offer. EPC C.

Beautifully presented 4 bedroom detached family home. Spacious and versatile accommodation has three reception rooms with both the lounge and dining room having double doors opening onto the rear garden. Modern fitted kitchen with integral appliances. EPC tbc.

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Offers in excess of £255,000 The Mews, Evesham

Well presented 4 bedroom detached family home.

Double glazing, gas central heating and integral garage with off road parking for 2 cars are just some of the benefits this property has to offer.

EPC D.

Built by the ever popular Bloor Homes, ’The Whitfield’ is a beautifully presented imposing three bedroom detached property. Lounge with bay window, landscaped rear garden. Double glazing, gas central heating and a detached garage and off road parking for two cars. EPC B.

Beautifully presented 3 bedroom detached family home. Modern fitted kitchen/diner with double patio doors leading through to the rear garden. Raised patio area to the rear of the garden. Double glazing, gas central heating and garage with off road parking for 3 cars. EPC D.

£250,000 Cartwright Way, Evesham

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£90,000 Bredon Court, Broadway

Beautifully presented 3 bed semi detached family. Modern fitted kitchen/diner and double patio doors to the south/westerly facing rear garden. A good sized lounge, utility room, cloakroom, gas central heating, double glazing, garage and off road parking. EPC tbc.

beautifully presented 2 bedroom semi detached family home. Built by the ever popular Taylor Wimpy the property is one year old, leaving 9 years on the HSBC guarantee. Open plan kitchen/dining/living area and double patio doors to the rear garden. EPC C.

Executive one bedroom first floor apartment for people over the age of 55. Located in a superior retirement location, within walking distance to the Doctors surgery, dentist, numerous restaurants and public houses. EPC A.

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A new refreshment room for the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway When the GWSR extended its running line to a brand new station at Broadway last year, it proved to be an instant hit with customers.

To cater for lots of hungry and thirsty customers it was decided to provide a refreshment room in the recreated, Edwardian style, station building.

Over the winter, a period themed refreshment room has been created, which is due to open when services restart in March.

Visitors will be able to use the brand new car park that has been created near the station and travel by heritage trains to Toddington, Hayles Abbey, Winchcombe and Cheltenham Racecourse stations.

Tewkesbury Flower Club Our next meeting is on Tuesday 12th March at Bushley Village Hall, GL20 6HT. The doors open at 7.00pm and the meeting starts at 7.30pm.

Our demonstrator this month is Marie Munday and the title of her demonstration is “Colours of Spring.”

Visitors are very welcome to join us and entrance is only £6. No experience is necessary - just come and join us for an enjoyable evening watching an expert arrange beautiful flowers which will be raffled at the end of the evening.

Tewkesbury Flower Club celebrates its 50th anniversary.

2019 is the 50th anniversary of Tewkesbury Flower Club and to celebrate our Golden Anniversary we are holding an Afternoon Tea at Eckington Manor on Tuesday 9th July, tickets cost £20.

If any of our ex-members would like to join us to celebrate this event please contact Jill Cooper telephone 294544 - for further information.

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Credit, where credit is due A fabulous make over on one of the pine trees outside the Northway Pub has been carried out by the parks and grounds department of Tewkesbury Borough Council.

The tree is one of several that remain from the days when the Northway Pub was a manor house and the trees were part of the formal gardens.

Since then, Northway Lane has been routed through the grounds and the shopping precinct, housing and car parks now occupy much of the former grounds.

Over the years, the remaining pine trees

have been overwhelmed by ivy creepers, obscuring their classical shapes, but the recent remedial action by the council has restored the looks of one of these lovely trees.

How nice it would be if all the trees could be tidied up and areas of overgrowth removed and residents, could once again, enjoy the environs of a once great garden.

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ROTARY CHARITY CONCERT Tewkesbury Rotary Club and Gloucestershire Music Service are holding a concert at Tewkesbury Abbey on Saturday 23rd March with over 120 young musicians and singers taking part.

This is the 14th annual Charity concert featuring Gloucestershire Youth Orchestra organised by the Rotary Club and this year the proceeds will be donated to the Sue Ryder Hospice in Leckhampton.

Previous concerts have supported local and international charities including Youth at Heart,

KAREN DODD Director and Head of Conveyancing at WLS Solicitors

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who help children with congenital heart disease, Barnardo’s, CICRA and many other Rotary Charities.

As well as raising money for charity, the concert gives young musicians the opportunity to play at an iconic venue, in front of an audience of around 400 people.

The Gloucestershire Youth Orchestra is made up of young musicians from all over the county and is conducted by former member Jonathan Trim.

Tickets are available from both The Tewkesbury Abbey shop and the Sue Ryder shop in Tewkesbury.

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NEWTOWN W.I. Jack Boskett, our local photographer, turned his hobby into a career when at the age of 19 he left his job to concentrate full time on his passion. He proved that through hard work and dedication (plus taking criticism from your Dad) it is possible to achieve your dream.

Now his days are filled with photographing Steam Trains, Royalty, weddings, the Tewkesbury area and other subjects that were beautifully illustrated in his presentation. His work is appears in many railway magazines and national newspapers. It was an inspiring talk enjoyed by all our members and visitors.

At the next meeting on March 13th Angela Panrucker will talk about ‘The Order of the Garter’.

If you are interested in joining us please telephone 01684 292067 for more information.

BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION COTSWOLDS BIKE RIDE Sunday 12th May 2019 Sign up at: www.bhf.org.uk/cotswoldsbikeride

WE HAVE AISLES OF GREAT IDEAS FOR MOTHERS DAY

Mothers day ideas at THE CARD RACK

“I have plenty of ideas your mum would love this Mothers Day. So pop in and see.”

Lisa x

111 high street, Tewkesbury

Tel 01684 292024

SUNDAY 31ST MARCH

Fresh Spring Floral Bouquets made to order

Fine chocolate, shortbreads and biscuits from Jenny Wren, Simply Cornish and more

Pottery giftwear by Gisela Graham of London

Body care and soaps from 100 Acres and Cotswold Lavender

Tewkesbury CIC Please can you help, we need: Books, CDs, DVDs, Audio Books, Large Print, Sheet Music, Puzzles, Pictures, Prints, Maps, Stamps, Coins.

Collection can be arranged

A warming bottle of ruby red sparkling Villa Cialdini perhaps?

FOOD HALL BUTCHERY COFFEE SHOP

Always a Gold Cup winner, Pol Roger Champagnes Teddington Hands (Roundabout), Evesham Road, Teddington, Glos GL20 8NE 01386 725400 www.teddingtonstores.co.uk

Your local food hall serving British & Local Produce

Volunteers also needed to help raise money for the local community

01684 438385 9am-5pm Monday-Saturday

150 High Street, Tewkesbury Supporting local charities and Cancer Research UK

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THE TEWKESBURY DIRECT Quick Crossword

Across 1 - Ordered arrangements (6) 7 - Relating to a mother (8) 8 - The gist of the matter (3) 9 - Blunt needle (6) 10 - Baby beds (4) 11 - Soft drinks (US) (5) 13 - Lack of (7) 15 - The exposure of bedrock (7) 17 - Monster with nine heads (5) 21 - Cut of beef from the leg (4) 22 - Squirt (6) 23 - School of Mahayana Buddhism (3) 24 - Wore clothes on the catwalk (8) 25 - Groups of eight (6)

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As one of Gloucestershire’s leading pubs, our commitment is to using the finest local produce to create mouth-watering dishes, marrying it with an informal, relaxed service whilst still delivering excellent value for money.

Join us soon!

Here at Gupshill Manor we are committed to using only the finest local produce to create mouth-watering, outstanding dishes for you. Join us for Mother’s Day and celebrate in style!

to start speciality bread - v trio of speciality bread - basil pesto dip - marinated olives sundried tomatoes sweet potato, chilli & coconut soup - v - c - g speciality bread pan fried mushrooms - c creamy garlic sauce - rustic bread atlantic prawns & scottish smoked salmon - c - g marie rose - mixed leaf - rustic bread chicken liver parfait - c - g fruit chutney - rustic bread - mixed leaf goats cheese - v warm goats cheese & caramelised red onion crostini rocket & balsamic

to follow gupshill roast - for anyone who is hungry! - g a monster plate of roast beef - pork - chicken 2 yorkshire puddings - loads of roasted spuds sage & onion stuffing - mixed vegetables - pan gravy (supplement £3.50) roast beef - c - g roast beef - roast potatoes - yorkshire pudding - pan gravy chicken - c - g oven roasted chicken breast - roast potatoes sage & onion stuffing - yorkshire pudding - pan gravy roast pork - c - g roasted loin of pork - roast potatoes - yorkshire pudding sage & onion stuffing - pan gravy sweet chilli glazed salmon - g dressed mixed salad – khobez flatbread

Book your table now for MOTHERING SUNDAY 31st March 2019

char grilled local gammon - c - g pub chips - free range fried egg - peas pan fried chicken & bacon salad - c sliced new potatoes - free boiled egg - dressed mixed salad pan fried sea bass - g new potatoes - provencale sauce nut roast - v roast potatoes - yorkshire pudding - vegetarian gravy beer battered haddock fillet pub chips - garden peas - char-seared lemon gnocchi - v - c basil pesto & sundried tomato cream - khobez flatbread all main courses served with mixed vegetables

to finish ice creams and sorbets - g ice cream in a waffle basket - 2 x scoops adults, 1 x scoop child - vanilla - strawberry - chocolate - mint choc chip honeycomb - blackcurrant or passion fruit sorbet dark chocolate and bailey’s pot brulee - g - sugar curl warm apple & berry crumble - creamy vanilla custard lemon meringue roulade - c - g chantilly cream - berry coulis chocolate brownie - c - raspberry coulis - chantilly cream sticky toffee pudding - c - toffee sauce - creamy custard white choc & raspberry cheesecake - berry compote british cheeses - g stilton - farmhouse cheddar - creamy brie - fruit chutney biscuits (£1.50 supplement) Three courses - £23.95 (under 10s £13.95) Two courses - £18.95 (Under 10s £10.95) Children’s portions available (c) Booking essential

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Abby Locke Joins Tewkesbury Park As New Spa Manager Patrick Jones, General Manager of Tewkesbury Park, is pleased to welcome Abby Locke as the new Spa Manager, effective immediately. A well-versed spa practitioner, Abby joins Tewkesbury Park at a time when the hotel continues to build and increase sales in its spa business. Since the addition of the hotel’s spa rooms in 2016, sales have increased by 150 percent!

Abby joins Tewkesbury Park, following an eleven-year tenure at Cheltenham’s wellrespected spa - Chapel Spa, where she held the position of operations manager. Previous to this, she worked at the five-star hotel, Cowley Manor for four years.

Besides carrying out a wide range of treatments, Abby’s new position will see her responsible for the day-to-day running of the spa operations; tasks will range from team training, developing new spa experiences and working closely with the marketing and sales team, to create unique spa and well-being residential packages.

The hotel’s beauty partner is Bath-based Natural Spa Factory, an independent, familyowned company who specialise in natural spa products, free from parabens and other nasties. All treatments are undertaken by a team of

qualified therapists, with an array of options available.

Tewkesbury Park, set in 165 acres of undulating parkland, recently completed an extensive three-year £10million renovation with the additions of a brandnew restaurant - Mint; nine luxury historic suites; two spa rooms; the Cotswolds Suite and Berkeley Bar; two events rooms; an Orangery and a Cocktail Lounge.

The hotel has an 18hole par 73 parkland golf course, 9-hole academy course and practice range. A health club, which features a sauna, steam room, indoor swimming pool & outdoor hot tub, leadingedge gym, squash and tennis courts, is also available. Tewkesbury Park is only five minutes from M5 junction nine, on the doorstep of Tewkesbury and within easy reach of Cheltenham, Gloucester and Worcester.

Abby Locke

Blooming early Mrs J Cummings of Walton Cardiff wanted to cheer readers up with a photograph of her Aubrietia that has been in flower since the beginning of January.

Spring is on the way and thank you.

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Fruit Tree in Your Garden?

Fruit trees are one of the staples of our rural landscape. We have an abundance of large-scale growers in this area who grow apples, pears, plums and more. But, beyond that, many gardens are lucky enough to have a fruit tree in them, providing an annual bounty.

Often these garden trees become neglected. We have no time, or perhaps no idea, how to deal with them. They get to the point where they are unruly, too large for the garden, too copious in their amount of fruit or generally unmanageable.

Fruit trees are very specific. They need to be pruned within a certain window and in a certain way. Whereas gardeners and tree surgeons can offer to cut these trees, they lack the knowledge of fruit production required to maintain a

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healthy tree which bears fruit.

Fruit trees should be pruned every year.

Proper pruning of fruit trees has numerous benefits. Firstly, it improves the overall health of the tree by removing old and diseased wood.

Secondly, it can affect yield, leading to better sized fruit. Thirdly, it promotes new growth to improve the lifespan of the tree.

Whereas commercial growers prune their orchards for consistency and volume, garden fruit trees need more love and attention. They need to meet the dual requirement of fruit alongside aesthetics. In short, garden fruit trees must fit in with the layout and functionality of the garden, but also be considered for their fruit production.

I have worked for over 18 years as a fruit tree pruner, with experience in both the commercial and private sector. I come with a wealth of information and offer a consultation service alongside pruning work.

Fully insured and friend-

ly. My Facebook page ‘Kristy’s Fruit Tree Pruning’ has examples of my work. Please feel

free to contact me at any point on 01684 594033 or 07758 105578.

By Kirsty Teele.

Kirsty Teele busy pruning a tree

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THE PAGEANT OF 1931 The Museum has several good copies of the programme for the 1931 Pageant, the souvenir booklet published by the ‘Register’ and newspaper cuttings but very little else. Until recently, that is, when we were very generously given a family photograph album of the event.

The album belonged to Miss Muriel Crouch of 35 High Street. The family were well known as bakers and their confectionary bakery still stands in Walls Court, though no longer baking.

The Pageant was staged to raise money to build the new hospital in Barton Road (now demolished).

Vincent Yorke, President of the Hospital, took charge.

Gwen Lally, who was an experienced pageant director was engaged to arrange it.

She recruited 2,000 performers, including all the gentry of the Seven Vale. She chose the meadow between the Abbey and the Vineyards as her stage, with the Abbey as the backdrop. It’s known to this day as Pageant Meadow.

The event opened with a flourish of trumpets, followed by the singing of a choir of artdeco golden-robed angels from the Abbey Tower. Muriel Crouch was one of that choir and the album has photographs of some of the

choir members including ‘baby’ angels. The commonly-seen photographs are of the Countess of Plymouth and Lady Cynthia Asquith, who took the roles of Archangels.

There were seven episodes, each representing a historic event in Tewkesbury’s history (except the last episode, which was Mr Pickwick’s visit to the Hop Pole). It started with a prologue and ended with a grand finale involving all the players. The event was mime, with a narrator and orchestral accompaniment.

The album contains pictures from the souvenir booklet and the newspapers as well as postcards, but by far the most interesting are the photographs, which are of friends and family who seem to have almost all been angels.

The costumes are imaginative and not at all ‘rustic’. It must have taken Gwen Lally’s considerable powers of persuasion to dress Tewkesbury in Art Deco style!

TEWKESBURY RUGBY CLUB PRESENTS A PAST PLAYERS’ LUNCH At “The Moats” Saturday 23rd March at noon 3 Course Lunch Raffle Prizes and so much more!

Tunes ‘til late by “The Turn” Tickets only £15 each from the bar.

Tables of 6 or 8 available (first come, first served).

(Net proceeds to Midlands Air Ambulance, The Wooden Spoon Society and TRFC).

MITTON W.I. Our February meeting was an extremely enjoyable talk about Yellowstone National Park, the first national park in the world gaining that status in 1872. Did you know that the park actually sits on a giant culdero (volcano) measuring 46 miles across and erupts approximately every 600,000 years - it is now 10,000 years overdue so if you wish to visit the park do it soon!

Paul Willerton and his wife brought along many beautiful slides of the area and its wildlife and it was good to hear about the area from a tourist point of view rather than an official one. He could advise all the ‘dos and don'ts’ with regards the roads and view points for all us future visitors.

Many thanks Paul for a great talk.

We also welcomed some new members to our group and hope they enjoyed the evening too.

Our next meeting will on March 4th when Esme will be giving a talk about the history of the W.I. and the benefits of Denman College. April’s meeting will a talk regarding a charity helping in schools in Gambia.

New members very welcome to come along and join us. Mitton W.I. meets every first Monday of each month at Mitton Manor Primary School at 7.30pm. If you would like more information please call 07846 453523 or MittonWI@gmail.com.

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A novel way to have lunch

The LOWER

LODE Inn Book now for Mother’s Day Sunday 31st March The Idyllic Riverside Venue for Parties, Weddings, Christenings, Receptions and Events

Guest rooms available for family gatherings

Up to 200 guests can be accommodated in our lovely function room Smaller parties catered for in our 55 seater restaurant.

Ideal for walking groups, family get togethers etc.

Forthampton GL19 4RE Easter Holidays Telephone: 01684 293224 …why not camp by the river?

Only ten minutes walk from Tewkesbury Town Centre via ferry.

By road from Tewkesbury take the A438 to Ledbury and turn off to Forthampton. At the duck pond turn left and follow the road to the end.

Job vacancy Reserve Manager HOURS / SALARY: 15 hours per week; £21,100 per annum pro rata.

Flexibility required, including occasional evening and weekend working.

DURATION: 3 years initially, from June 2019

LOCATION:

From March volunteers at Bookworm are offering book lovers an opportunity to pop into the shop on Tuesdays and Wednesdays to enjoy a light lunch.

As a special introductory offer there will be a choice of homemade soup available (all suitable for vegetarians) at just £3 per bowl which also includes a hot drink.

Perhaps you will dip into the tomato and aubergine soup or you may prefer to try the delicious cream of mushroom? Whatever your choice, Karen guarantees there will be two to three soups available each week to suit every taste.

Don't forget to leave some time to browse the packed bookshelves over two floors to pick up a few bargains. You will find the high street shop's frontage deceiving, and just like the Tardis, this bookshop is a lot larger on the inside than the outside!

The Bookworm team will also be serving light lunches at the Tewkesbury Abbey tea room on Thursdays and Fridays during April which is open from 10.45 am to 1.45 pm for a wider selection of light meals.

Bookworm raised £10,000 with help of the local community last year and donations have previously made to Cancer Research UK, the town's Christmas lights fund, Tewkesbury in Bloom, the Hospital, the Roses Theatre, Vale Wildlife centre, the Boys Brigade, Tewkesbury PROPRIETOR Museum and Repair Cafe DAVID JENKINS just to name a few.

Donations of good LOCAL SERVICE quality books, DVD's, CD, BASED IN NORTHWAY jigsaws and stamps are always welcomed too.

By Shelby Powell

DJ’S PRIVATE HIRE 01684 273669 07816 088583

8 Seater Minibus

Airport and Seaport Transfers

TNR is an independent, community-run wetland nature reserve on the edge of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. Established in 2014, TNR is a registered charity.

The TNR trustees wish to recruit a part-time reserve manager to be responsible for all aspects of the maintenance and on-going development of the reserve, ensuring environmental management in line with best practice, legal compliance, and a rewarding experience for visitors. The Reserve Manager will report directly to the trustees, delivering several of the objectives from the TNR strategic plan.

An ability to work independently, flexibility, and the skills required to engage with volunteers, contractors, other environmental groups and the public are all essential qualities for this post.

Tewkesbury Nature Reserve plus some home working.

For further information and details of how to apply, please email

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info@tewkesburynaturereserve.org.uk

www.tewkesburynaturereserve.org.uk

ArightNature Haven on your

Doorstep

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WHAT’S ON in Tewkesbury and District 䡵 BREDON CRAFTERS: third Wednesday of the month,1pm until 5pm.

A social group and an opportunity to try crafts and developtechniques.

Village Hall, Bredon. 䡵 MOVEMENT TO MUSIC: every Tuesday, 10am-11am, 50+.

Tewkesbury Day Centre, Station Road. For more details please call Mrs Allvey on 01531 650200. 䡵 CREATIVE CLUB: Mosaics,Pottery, Embroidery and Crochet Every other Monday from 21st January 2019, 7pm - 9pm Tewkesbury Baptist Church, Station Road, £3 per week.

For further information please call 07377 429495. 䡵 BREDON BABY & TODDLER GROUP: Every Wednesday morning, 10am 11.30am. Bredon Village Hall during Worcestershire term time. Everyone is welcome with their children/grandchildren from newborns to pre-school age.

For more information please contact bredonsteppingout@googlemail.com or check Facebook.

䡵 FREE LOCAL HISTORY ADVICE: You will find a family and local historian at Tewkesbury Library most Thursday afternoons. Advance booking is essential - for more information please call 01684 293086. 䡵 TEWKESBURY VIPs: A club for the visually impaired and socially isolated meets on the first Thursday of each month, 2pm to 4pm at Tewkesbury Baptist Church. Great musical entertainment plus lovely cake provided by Tewkesbury School.

Transport available. Call Chris on 01684 293527 䡵 CARE TO SING TEWKESBURY Tewkesbury Day Centre.

Second Wednesday of the month 2pm to 4pm.

For those with memory problems and their carers/companions.

Tea and cakes and singing favourite songs together. £2.50 per person. Call 01684 772559 for more details. 䡵 BUSY NEEDLES A free club for independent crafters who wish to pursue their craft whilst making friends. For more details please call 01684 276503.

䡵 BREATHE EASY TEWKESBURY: Held every second Tuesday of the month, 2pm-4pm at the Tewkesbury Boys Brigade Community Centre.

Open to sufferers of lung conditions, their families, friends and carers.

British Lung Foundation Support Group. 䡵 TEWKESBURY MEMORY CAFE: Tewkesbury Day Centre, last Wednesday of each month (2-4pm).

For those suffering from memory loss and/or dementia.

Advice and support, craft activities etc.

Plus tea/coffee and cakes in return for a small donation. Details call 01684 296238.

䡵 TEWKESBURY YMCA RAILWAY SOCIETY: at the YMCA, Church Street, GL20 5RS. 7.45pm start.

Tue 5th March Members evening bring your Slides, DVDs and memory sticks to share Tue 12th March Karl Jauncey with a video presentation entitled “Mainline steam in action” Tue 19th March Members evening bring your Slides, DVDs and memory sticks to share Tue 26th March Robin Boyle with a presentation entitled “Railways on digital camera” For more details of meetings and events see the society’s website www.tymcars.co.uk

TEWKESBURY HISTORICAL SOCIETY CANAL LADIES: THE LIVES OF THE NARROW BOAT WOMEN THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR CRAFTS Presented by Jill Ruiz - The Boaters’ Craft Group

Thursday 21st March at 7.45pm Methodist Church, The Cross, Tewkesbury GL20 5PY

Members £2.50 and Visitors £4. All welcome Further details on the website tewkesburyhistory.org

Re-pointing and repairs of masonry using both lime and cement based mortars ~ Working on new, old and historic buildings to repair masonry and to cut out and re-point where cement based mortars have been used instead of traditional lime mortar ~ Damaged stone and brick repairs ~ Telephone:

07525 976940 or 01684 298029 Rachel’s Helping Hands Over 14 years experience.

Providing a personal service in the comfort of your own home.

NVQ level 2 with a clear CRB. • Assisting with local transport • Personal care needs • Housework • Companionship • Food shopping

Please call Rachel on 07540 490239

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MEET YOUR LOCAL PRODUCERS by Deb Gilder

1982-2018

TEWKESBURY’S FAMOUS INDIAN AND BANGLADESHI RESTAURANT

The management are very pleased to have served the Tewkesbury community for the past 36 years and very much look forward to seeing you in the future

Celebrating 19 years in Tewkesbury

Open 5.30pm-11pm 7 Days A Week

Take away with free local delivery

DINE IN • DINE OUT TAKEAWAYS • (01684) 273727 FREE DELIVERY (within specified area of Tewkesbury) OPEN 6pm UNTIL LATE Rajshahi, 121 High Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5JU

Fully Licensed

69-70 Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5RX 䡵 Deb Gilder of Teddington Stores is getting behind National Pie Week (4th-10th March)

岼01684 294353 www.niralatandoori.co.uk

The pies have it!

Whether you like short or flaky, filo or water pastry, sweet or savoury, there’s something to get your teeth into this month with the arrival of Britain’s National Pie Week (4th-10th March).

CHINESE & MALAYSIAN CUISINE

OPEN TUES-SAT 5pm-11pm & SUN 5pm-10pm (CLOSED MONDAYS)

DELIVERY SERVICE AVAILABLE (MINIMUM ORDER £15)

01684 292046

17 High Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5AL

Specialists in freshly prepared Bangladeshi & Indian Curry, Balti & Tandoori Dishes Opening Hours Lunch 12 noon - 2.00pm Evening 5.30pm - 11.30pm

Owner of local food hall Teddington Stores, Deb Gilder, is looking forward to making the most of the celebrations with her range of locally produced pies from Plenty!Pies and Outdoor Pig Company.

Plenty! have won multiple British Pie Awards since they were founded in Nailsworth nine years ago.

Owners Mark and Katie Birch make the pies in their own bakery at Woodchester, using over 150 recipes. Each week they choose six from their repertoire, using seasonal ingredients.

During the summer months they use fresh herbs, a variety of vegetables and lighter, fillings, suitable for eating hot or cold. Come the colder weather stockbased recipes are used.

61 High Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5BJ Telephone 01684 299584 䡵 Plenty Pie

At The Royal Oak, Main Road, Bredon, Tewkesbury GL20 7LW Restaurant Opening Times Monday & Wednesday-Sunday Lunch: 12 noon-2.30pm Dinner: 5.30pm-11.00pm

Katie and Mark love to use game, and their Cotswold venison fillings are always very popular.

A couple of fillings are so popular - the award-winning Breton

chicken and rich overnight shin of beef, that they bake them year round.

䡵 Outdoor Pig Pork Pie

The Outdoor Pig Company, based in Evesham, were crowned Pork Pie Champions at Melton Mowbray three years in a row, and have received many accolades at food festivals for their tasty products - which use free range pork.

There’s ample free parking right outside Teddington Stores, off the A46/A435 roundabout (GL20 8NE), or call 01386 725400 for more details.

Also famous for its pies is the Railway Inn at Ripple, which is just north of Tewkesbury, off the A38. On Thursday 28th March the pub will be holding one of its famous pie nights, with nine different varieties including suet and herb crust top and favourites such as steak and kidney. To book a table, call 01684 592225.

FREE HOME DELIVERY 20%on OFF TAKEAWAY collection orders over £10

in specified areas within 3 mile radius of Tewkesbury

寿 01684 295 226 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 6.00pm-11.00pm 117/118 High Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5JY

www.crystalriversdining.co.uk

Quay Street, Tewkesbury

01684 293220 Mon-Fri 11.45-2 & 5pm-11pm; Saturday 11.45-2.30 & 5pm-11pm

THAI SET LUNCH 2 Courses £9.95 Take Away Collection Get 10% Off Delivery service within 3 miles Pub open every day from Noon

Exceptional quality Indian food with very traditional flavours

Chinese Restaurant & Take-Away DELIVERY SERVICE AVAILABLE

Tewkesbury Fryer FOR A TASTE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN FISH & CHIPS, KEBABS AND BURGERS Gluten-free batter & pizzas now available every day Columbine Road, Walton Cardiff

01684 293714 or 07724 630083 The Crown, Mythe Rd, Shuthonger, Tewkesbury GL20 6EF Sun & Tues-Thurs 5pm-10.30pm, Fri & Sat 5pm-11pm Monday closed, Open All Bank Holidays 34 - TEWKESBURY DIRECT

01684 290888 STONE WILLY’S PIZZA

Mon & Tues: 4.30pm-10pm Wednesday to Saturday: 12-2pm & 4.30pm-10pm

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Test your powers of recall with six of the best questions in this month’s Tewkesbury Direct Pub Quiz. 䡵 1: Which is the only town or city in Worcestershire to have ever had a league football team? 䡵 SUN 3rd MARCH: Cate Cody, The Roses Theatre.

䡵 4: Standing at 1017 feet and completed in 2012, what and where is the tallest building in Europe?

䡵 6: Which island’s parliament, said to be the world’s oldest (having been established over 1,000 years ago) is known as the Tynwald?

THE BERKELEY ARMS HOME OF LIVE MUSIC IN TEWKESBURY

Live music every Saturday. Resident band the Future Set last Friday of every month.

Free barn hire for functions and band practice. Real Ale - Real Food - Real Pub

Church Street, Tewkesbury Tel: 01684 290555 䡵 THURS 21st MARCH: Acoustic Session, The Anchor, Eckington.

䡵 WED 27th MARCH: Feast of Fiddles, The Roses Theatre.

䡵 SAT 16th MARCH: Cara Dillon, The Roses Theatre.

䡵 FRI 22nd MARCH: Jacqui McShee’s Pentangle, The Roses Theatre.

䡵 THURS 28th MARCH: Paul McClure, Folk In The Foyer, Evesham Arts Centre.

䡵 SAT 16th MARCH: John Illsley, No.8 Arts Centre, Pershore.

䡵 SAT 23rd MARCH: Don Kipper, No.8 Arts Centre, Pershore.

䡵 FRI 29th MARCH: The Future Set, The Berkeley Arms.

䡵 WED 20th MARCH: Mike Weaver, Dragon Folk Club, Worcester.

䡵 WED 27th MARCH: Jazz Club with the Kim Cypher Quartet, Theoc House.

䡵 MON 1st APRIL: Jam Session, The Pickled Plum, Pershore.

䡵 SAT 9th MARCH: Saskia Griffiths-Moore The Old Baptist Chapel.

䡵 3: Which actress starred in the Princess Diaries, Brokeback Mountain and One Day?

䡵 5: In Indian cookery, what is Aloo?

TEWKESBURY LIVE Sponsored by

䡵 MON 4th MARCH: Jam Session,The Pickled Plum, Pershore. 䡵 THURS 7th MARCH: Acoustic Session, The Anchor, Eckington.

䡵 2: Which celebrated horse won the Cheltenham Gold cup in 1964, 1965 and 1966?

ANSWERS: 1.Kidderminster; 2.Arkle; 3. Anne Hathaway; 4. The Shard, London; 5. Potato; 6. The Isle of Man.

TEWKESBURY DIRECT Pub Quiz

䡵 FRI 17th MAY: Gordon Giltrap, The Roses Theatre.

䡵 WED 29th MAY: Kim Cypher Quartet, Theoc House.

䡵 FRIDAY 31st MAY: The Future Set, The Berkeley Arms. 䡵 FRIDAY 21st JUNE: ‘Folk Treble’ with Kim Lowings, Town Musicians of Bremen and Mike Weaver.

The Old Baptist Chapel.

Please note: events are at Tewkesbury venues unless otherwise stated.

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It is fascinating to see what it is that fascinates people these days and how peoples thoughts and feelings change regarding things over the years, writes David Slater.

I am fascinated that the computer that I am using now is far more powerful than the ones that were used in early manned space flights.

Computers that used to take up rooms in a building can now fit into your pocket!

I am fascinated that a space craft can send a space craft to the very edges of our universe, billions of miles away, and the craft can send us photographs of what it sees out there.

How wonderful it is that our doctors can cure diseases today that only a few years ago was only a distant wish and dream.

Are these worthy of the title of Wonder of the World?

The world is full of breathtaking wonders.

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Great Pyramid of Giza or the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

But the world has advanced so much over the centuries that I think we could each write a list of what we considered to be the Seven Wonders of the World - and the lists may vary considerably yet be equally valid in their assertions.

A group of children were asked to compile their own list of what they considered to be the Seven Wonders of the World.

Many lists were very similar.

Many included the Great Pyramid.

A lot included the Great Wall of China.

Many said the International Space Station. One child even said “My Nan!” There was one child in particular who came forward with a totally different list which really took the teacher's breath away.

Let me share that list with you now : 1.To SEE 2.To HEAR 3.To TOUCH

4.To TASTE 5.To FEEL 6.To LAUGH 7.To LOVE The teacher read the list to the class and you could have heard a pin drop.

The child had pulled everyone up short.

This child was looking at wonders that we take for granted most of the time.

We overlook them as just being simple and ordinary, everyday things in life. Actually what the pupil causes us to do is to look at, to

reassess and appreciate the things which are truly the most precious things in life.

Note, too, that not one of them is made by a scientist or a builder.

Not one of them can be bought over the counter of a shop.

These ARE the real Wonders of the World which makes our lives so precious.

A timely reminder of something we should never forget as it represents what makes us essentially human.

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DOGS: CHEWING IT OVER We all know that puppies chew, exploring the world with their mouths and soothing the pains of teething, writes Nigel Sligh.

Adult dogs chew for various reasons, they could be bored, anxious, have separation anxiety and sometimes they chew because they think it’s fun.

Here are a few tips: • Provide mental stimulation when walking your dog with balls or frisbees.

• Be inventive with toys, use buffalo horns or antlers. Fill a Kong toy with kibble and add a splash of water to make it swell. Freezing the Kong will make it last even longer.

• When you are not at home, put your dog in a ’safe room’ with some tried and tested chew toys.

• For teething puppies, freeze a wet dishcloth to help soothe those painful gums.

Don’t chase your dog to reclaim your shoe, your dog may run away in fear or think that this is a new game. Rather, quietly trade with a favourite chew toy.

Teach your dog to drop a toy. Use a favourite chew toy and give the animal a treat every time it obeys the ‘Drop It’ command.

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As an example of the wide range of different speakers and the subjects they cover, Tewkesbury and Bredon Hill Probus Club played host in recent weeks to two amazing women speakers, both high achievers but in totally different fields.

At the end of January Dr. Katy Bellamy (who happens to be the niece of the TV naturalist David Bellamy) gave a talk with the intriguing title of “The Joy of False Memory”.

Katy is a cognitive neuroscientist who told us that accurate memory is the exception rather than the rule. Our memories are often coloured by events early in our lives and cultural and societal influences determine what we remember.

Quoting from research by Professors Frederic Bartlett and Elizabeth Loftus, she told us that the brain tends to erase memories that are no longer useful and that memory is not immutable but is constantly changing and can often make us believe in something that never happened.

Katy discussed “gaslighting” a technique used by people wishing to dominate or abuse others to manipulate them by psychological means into doubting

their own sanity. It is often done slowly, so the victim doesn't realize how much they've been brainwashed. Torture is an example of this which explains how sometimes victims of torture are made to create false memories of events that did not happen.

Our second remarkable woman speaker was Celia Hargraves BEM, her subject being the Marathon des Sables or the Sahara Marathon – which isn’t really a 26.2 mile marathon, but a 150 mile run across the Sahara Desert over 6 stages.

She described how participants have to carry everything they need in their rucksacks (food, water, sleeping bag, medication, first aid kit and sunscreen) and how participants were obliged to sleep in rough-and-ready shared tents and how any departure from the strict rules about what they were allowed to carry were punished by instant disqualification.

Punishing is a very appropriate word to describe the whole event and at the end of the talk Celia was asked why she does it. She told us of the unforgettable wonder of the night sky in the Sahara with no pollution to interfere with the beauty of the stars, how she had met so many wonderful people and made so many friends with the same interest in overcoming similar challenges.

If you are a retired or semi-retired professional or businessman and would enjoy the stimulating company of likeminded individuals, you are very welcome without obligation to come along to one or more of our Tuesday morning meetings as a guest.

Please contact our Secretary Bill Bush on 01684 298419 who will be more than happy to introduce you to members and experience the Probus Club spirit.

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APPFEST RETURNS

Organiser of the areas largest tribute band festival, Dan Pardoe, is pleased to announce that popular APPFEST Music Festival will take place on Saturday 14th September in the grounds of the Royal Oak public house, at Much Marcle.

Featuring, a fantastic tribute to the King, with Ben Portsmouth as “Taking Care of Elvis”, and live crowd pleaser, Chesney Hawkes.

The show will feature six other great original and tribute acts all to be announced in next months Tewkesbury Direct.

It had been hoped to run two festivals this year, the second planned for Tewkesbury in July, but due to licencing difficulties it will now take place at a local venue on Saturday 25th July 2020.

For more information check out App-Fest UK Chesney Hawkes on Facebook.

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Forthcoming Meetings in March: 5 March - English whose (who's) English with David Howe 12 March - Global Warming with Ken Ingamelis 19 March - Visit to the Star Centre in Cheltenham 26 March - Remembering the Swinging Sixties with Ray Sturdy Meetings are held at 10.15 a.m. in Bredon Village Hall. Every interested person will receive a very warm welcome. Please contact our Secretary, Bill Bush on 01684 298419 for further information.

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Do you see what I WEEKLY BINGO at The Roses see? Art Exhibition Every Monday at 2pm Cost: £1 per book (6 games) Cash prize to be won!

A selection of children from Queen Margaret Primary School have been working on an art project involving local landmarks in Tewkesbury, and their work will be on display at the Roses Theatre Gallery in Sun Street until 17th March 2019.

KS1 children (4-7yrs) worked on their artwork with coloured pencils, depicting their impression of what they see.

The focus of the activity was to use colour and directional lines in their drawings.

KS2 children (711yrs) used chalk pastel on coloured paper focusing on colour and tone in their work.

All the children were able to select their image to interpret including the

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This type of activity allows children to use their creativity and learn all about their local area at the same time.

My thanks to Sara Benyon, Headteacher at queen Margaret Primary School, Tewkesbury for all her support in putting together this project.

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FOLK ALBUM LAUNCH IN TEWKESBURY The highly-rated young singer-songwriter Saskia Griffiths-Moore will visit Tewkesbury's historic Old Baptist Chapel on Saturday 9th March, for an intimate concert to launch her latest CD. Saskia Griffiths-Moore is a contemporary folk singer, blending simple acoustic songs with modern moods, melodies and meanings.

Sky Television (2017, 2018), and her newest single 'All For You' received national, and regional BBC, play. The young, Baez-esque,

Saskia Griffiths-Moore Her authentic sound has found her featured four times on Sky Television (2017, 2018), and her newest single 'All For You' received national, and regional, BBC radio play.

The special concert in Tewkesbury is part of the launch tour for her brand new album 'Ocean of Stars'.

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singer-songwriter of the folk world returns year round to stage after stage to put on creative live performances nationally and internationally, and, for her sins, has been awarded Arts Council funding three times for her UK wide tour.

The concert will begin at 8pm on Saturday 9th March with doors open at 7.30pm. Saskia will be joined on stage by

accomplished musicians Jack Cookson. The Old Baptist Chapel is situated in a medieval alleyway off Church Street, opposite the Royal British Legion.

Tickets are £10 in advance from WeGotTickets - visit https://www.wegottickets.com/event/458398.

Tickets are also available from The John Moore Museum, Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5SN (Saturdays 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm). Tickets may also be available on the door at £12 each (cash sales only).

TEWKESBURY RUGBY CLUB PRESENTS A BAND NITE At “The Moats” Saturday 23rd March 7.30pm ‘til late Featuring “The Turn”

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The road & weather conditions should also be considered when choosing the correct tyre. All brand new tyres sold in the U.K. must include information about the fuel economy, weather & noise ratings.

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We Have Now Moved Crescent Vet Centre is now located at 77, Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5RY Tel: 01684 290 500 Entrance via St Marys Lane

We are delighted to welcome current and NEW pets to experience our premises and services.

We pride ourselves on providing a personal service, making time for you and your pet. We also recognise some animals are nervous when visiting the vets so we aim to provide a welcoming stress free environment.

It would be our pleasure to welcome you and give you a guided tour. We are proud to be able to offer:• Free parking • Separate dog and cat waiting area • Pet retail facilities • Spacious consult rooms designated to cats and dogs • Separate pet bereavement room adjacent to the main building • Dog Grooming facilities

Exciting news!

Opening at the end of March – “RJC Grooming” Rebecca will be able to offer your pets a full grooming experience. The salon will be located within our building. Please contact Rebecca on 07746 719 028 or our surgery for further details.

Health Care Plan - We will also be launching our very own bespoke health care plan in the coming weeks. You will be able to spread the costs and feel confident in our products.

Pet shop – coming soon… “Crescent Pet Shop” providing you with quality products and the very best advice. Thinking of getting a pet? Come and talk to us. We combine knowledge and experience with competitive prices. With some great deals on all the essentials be sure to look out for new products and promotional offers…

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NEW OWNERS TO BUILD ON THE REPUTATION OF THE AREA’S LEADING REAL FIRE CENTRE Returning to Gloucestershire after living in New Zealand for 7 years, Chris and Nicola Wilson were looking for a business to purchase and an exciting new challenge, they found it in The Fireplace Gallery, Cheltenham.

The Fireplace Gallery opened its doors in Knightsbridge Business Centre, Cheltenham in 1988 by Harry & Ellen Lord. 31 years later The Fireplace Gallery employs 12 staff including 5 Heating engineers who install, maintain and service the fires they fit across 3 counties.

The Engineers hold all the relevant qualifications for Gas (Gas Safe) and Hetas certificates for solid fuel installations.

Backed by a wealth of experience, the team has completed more than 13,000 installations as part of the company. The showroom itself has more than 50 live fires and 70 fireplace displays, ensuring you can experience your fireplace in a homely setting before you buy.

So, if you’re not sure what kind of fireplace you’re looking for, The Fireplace Gallery’s friendly sales team are highly experienced to answer all the questions

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The Fireplace Gallery is also branching out into the outdoor fire market with fire pits and outdoor

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Chris and Nicola would love to invite all new and existing customers into the showroom, whether you are looking to buy or just browse, and will give you a very warm welcome!

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Warners Motors invest in new showroom for the future A brand new Citroen concept has been unveiled at the Warners Motors Shannonway dealership to provide the best in customer service, and satisfaction.

Brand new up to the minute features, allow each of the new models to be demonstrated showcasing their interactive displays and smart on board connected features.

New customer facilities, include a new children’s area, a wifi and coffee bar including a separate lounge area along with custom led lighting to better display the vehicles, Warners motors are ready to welcome both loyal and new customers.

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Warners are the main service specialists for service, repairs, diagnostics and testing of both brands for Gloucestershire.

The improvements coincide with the launch of the fabulous new C5 Aircross SUV, a car which offers an unrivalled quality of ride and is packed with loads of exciting new technology.

Dealer Principal, Marc Warner adds “If you are looking for a new comfortable SUV to provide with the needs of your family and the roads of today, then you must come in and see the new Aircross, and have a test drive, we think you will love it, because we do.”

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DUSTY, BUT NEVER DULL! Tewkesbury Museum is a living, breathing record of life in our town. From roman remains to 2007 floods we have artefacts, pictures, documents on display and in store.

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Court Farm, a delightful local site for camping and motorhome breaks

YOUNG IDEAS By Sofia Hasa, aged 8

Camper, John Chard wrote in to tell readers about a fabulous campsite near Tewkesbury that he and his partner, created, voluntarily, from a modest start.

This month Sofia discovers a book she has enjoyed reading.

Sofia bought the book, The Magical Faerie Door, by Michelle Louise Gordon at a recent mind, body and soul event, held recently at Tewkesbury Town Hall, and she said “I loved every moment of reading it” and her mum Emma was please they popped into the event and made a great discovery.

“In 2010 my partner and I visited Court Farm as motorhomers for a week.

We weren’t impressed.

The field was shared with horses. Horses ate everything. Nothing by way of the existing site made us feel comfortable.

However though the owners though were warm and helpful. Nowadays I like to feel as if we are friends.

“A little bit later, I asked the owners if they would allow me to make some dramatic changes to the camping site. I needed to give the whole field a makeover.

The horses departed.

I asked for 500 saplings, a few sacks of grass seed and I promised free labour. Oh yes and a cheap ride on mower. I needed a chal-

lenge. I got what I needed.

“A few years later, the field resembles nothing of it’s previous life. It’s green grass is split into three separated areas, a number of electrical outlets and refurbished facility block.

“I could tell you much much more, but I won’t, because it would sound all about me.

“The most important thing we would like to say is this, and that is that without owners, Mr and Mrs Gormans agreement I would never have been given the opportunity to express myself in

very well behaved small to medium size dogs are

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welcome. Please bear in mind that we no longer have a dedicated dog walk area on site. All dogs must be kept on

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leads.

“With grass pitches from £15 without EHU to £17.50 per night, Court Farm is located just 2-3 miles north of Gloucester along side the A38. There are bus stops in both directions right outside the gate.

Meaning you can forget the car and visit local sites easily.

“You, your tent caravan and motorhome are very welcome indeed” For further imformation, please call 07792 676760.

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Care’s Alley is unique in that it’s still there but no longer used as such. It is closed by doors at each end, and not claimed as a public right of way, so if it ever was an alley it isn’t now.

The Alley is named after William Care, baker, and the ‘Front House’ was a Care’s bakers until about 1844. It sold all manner of merchandise after that, even becoming a beer-house, the Foresters Arms, between about 1880 and 1917. It is now Halfords Butchers shop.

The alley is still intact and paved with blue bricks. It runs down to Red Lane, to a locked door between the old Healings Mill offices and L&L’s establishment.

By the nineteenth century there were no more than five houses occupied in the alley, though there had been more in earlier days. In 1874 four cottages and a ‘former cottage’ were sold at auction. That was the entire alley. Over the years there were the

same time recommended for demolition. This was completed by June 1936.

The Alley now has only two, much improved, cottages.

There was a high turnover of occupants, which really isn’t surprising given the description of the Alley

by John Rogers in 1905: “This is a very old alley and most of the houses are dark and wretched places to live in, but the rents are low and the poor people are very glad to get low-rented cottages because work is scarce and wages low.”

Looking at census records, few families stayed for ten years. A lot seemed to be young couples in their first homes. Francis and Ann Chapman, in their seventies, are described as paupers. The Daffurn

usual complaints about the condition of the cottages, and official notices to remedy them until in 1936 three cottages were offered for sale and almost at the

family, in 1861, had seven children. Life must have been very trying in a small, dark cottage.

The Walkers stayed the longest. First recorded there in 1881, generations of Walkers lived in the Alley until the middle of the twentieth century. John Walker was a boatman, as many were in the area. He died in 1908, aged 76. The one blot on his character was being fined two shillings for using profane language.

His grandson, also John, was a Sergeant in the Worcestershire Regiment and in 1916 was awarded the Croix de Guerre for distinguished service in the field. A month later, his six year old son was out playing, alone, and fell into the Mill Avon and drowned.

This wasn’t the only drowning tragedy in the Alley. In 1868 James Holland, another water-

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Such accidents were all too common in Tewkesbury.

In 1934, there was an evacuation of the cottages when the British Legion building in Quay Street, which backed onto the Alley, caught fire and was gutted.

Luckily, there were no injuries and the fire was contained to the one building.

In 1892, after a complaint about the state of the Alley, the owners, Tewkesbury Brewery Company, asked the Council to pave it, claiming that they had paved other private alleys. The Surveyor denied this, and refused.

Negotiations must have carried on, though, because in 1901 it was paved with blue bricks, the mark of a public right of way. In 1938 a complaint was made that a door had been fixed to the alley and the Town Clerk was instructed to order its removal. By 1949 there were four doors there and the owners were told that they were blocking a right of way and they

were given fourteen days to take them down.

This they must have done, because eight years later Mr Hill, who lived in the front house, complained that on dark winter evenings the alley was full of courting couples, who were creating a nuisance. The Council approved fitting a door to the alley, and it has been closed off ever since.

The Alley’s neighbour on the north side was Johns’ Brewery. Mr Johns lived in 46 High Street (Now Subway) and the side passage led to the brewery, established there by 1770.

After the death of the Thomas Johns, Master Brewer, in 1864 the enterprise was continued under the name of Tewkesbury Original Brewery until 1875, when brewing transferred to Quay Street and the buildings became stores. Several residents of the alley were Brewery Workers and the brewery became owner of all the Care’s Alley cottages. This would have ended in 1890 when the brewery closed and sold up.

It was always a quiet alley, and it remains closed off and secret.

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They’re taking this “Wyrd Sisters isn’t sellers.”

Tewkesbury will come approach a step further just for Pratchett fans,” Rehearsals are well along!” with their latest says director Brenda under way. “We’re all ‘Terry Pratchett’ and production, Terry Read-Brown. “This proenjoying our rehearsals, ‘Discworld’ are regisPratchett’s Wyrd Sisters duction has so much and we’re sure that tered trademarks. (adapted by Stephen it’s huge! It has 23 audiences will enjoy the Tickets are available Briggs), which will be scenes, with a soundproduction. We’re hopfrom The Roses box shown at The Roses scape to give atmosphere ing that everyone in office.

Theatre on 23rd and - something TADS has 24th March. never tried before - so Fans of Terry it’s almost filmic. We Pratchett will already have a cast of 20 really know the story, but it’s talented actors, and almost a classic tale anymagic effects and way. There’s a murdered pyrotechnics - and it’s king, with the usurper very funny, too.” on the throne; a play“You need a lot of within-a-play; and a people for a production love story. It’s set in a like this,” Brenda adds. different world, but has “I have an associate echoes of Shakespeare director who provides and fairy tales - with a lots of good ideas; fanrefreshing dash of comtastic sound, lighting, mon sense, an insight set, publicity and cosinto human nature, and tume designers; a makefar more laughs than up artist and invaluable Shakespeare ever propeople who act as stageTewkesbury Arts and Drama Society (TADS) cast starring in Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters. vided. hands and programme

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TEWKESBURY’S NEW MICRO PUB TO OPEN SOON Tewkesbury has established itself as a leading town to go out and socialise at the many of the town’s pubs and eateries.

Bucking the general trend, a new micro pub,

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The new proprietors are proud to announce that they have completely restored the premises complete with a Victorian tiled interior.

The pub boasts an array of other period features including oak beams and paneling, all of which makes an ideal venue for an evening drink.

On offer will be a choice of five locally sourced cask ales, set up behind the bar on tap, as well as local ciders and perry’s, which will rotate and vary so that there is always something new to try.

The owners delayed opening the pub after the original features were discovered under internal cladding and have invested heavily in the restoration, which included the remanufacture of replacement matching tiles by a manufacturer in Stoke on Trent.

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NOW AND THEN EXTRA with John Dixon and Jack Boskett Our Resident Historian, John Dixon has teamed up with local Photographer Jack Boskett to provide some remarkable comparisons of the town, after some aerial views of the town, were discovered in Australia.

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TEWKESBURY, AS IT WAS IN THE 1950’S AND 60’S As featured in our December edition, we ran an editorial on some old newspapers that were discovered under lino by Mags Thompson of Barton Street.

This month we include picture houses were some old advertiseentering into a period of ments and editorial decline, as home televisnippets from the time, sion was growing. which make interesting However, who would reading. have thought at the time Certainly the story of that, Cinema’s would bicycle lamp thefts from have their place in our behind the Sabrina towns and cities today, Cinema and the efforts with advent of downto catch the thief, by the loading and streaming. local Policeman, do seem Our own Roses to indicate that Theatre, built on the site “Bobbies on the beat”, of the old Sabrina, is did make a difference. testament to local supNo doubt, too, that port, and the desire for a Elvis Presley, starring in good night out with the motion picture, Love friends and family.

Me Tender, drew crowds of fans to the Sabrina, at a point in time where

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The Grand Twyning Easter Bonnet Parade On Saturday the 30th March 2019, Twyning will be hosting their Easter Bonnet Parade. This is hosted by Twyning Community Parade Team. Starting with a meet at the Village Inn at Twyning at 3pm.

Then the parade will follow, dance and sing along with a tractor around the green. The party continues at the decorated Village Inn Skittle Alley at around 4pm for a children’s tea party and music until 6pm.

The theme this year is

‘The Greatest Showman!’ The Parade Team will be dressed up as characters from the film and invite people to dress up also if they wish. It is classed as an Easter Bonnet Parade so if you want to come please make and wear one, there will be prizes

for the most interesting creations for different age groups.

Organisers say this is a great, happy community event, so please make a note for your diary.

Pictured: The beautiful themed door murals at the Village Inn, painted by local artist Brandon Higgins, in preparation for the forthcoming Easter Bonnet Parade.

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SERVICES OFFERED AT PRIORS PARK NEIGHBOURHOOD PROJECT MONDAY: Job Club: 10.30am - 12.30pm Careers Advice Drop In: 1pm - 2.30pm.

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for beginner, commencing Monday, January 14th. Please call Craig at Adult Education on 0800 542 1655.

TUESDAY: Art Group: 10.30am – 12.30pm.

New programme of activities for January with our artist, Debi (cookery classes can be arranged on request).

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WINNER OF THE SUPER CHALLENGE JAY BANBROOKE Jays a regular member of Gym & Tonic, but had never taken one of our super challenges.

Jay fancied something to push him to the next level so when I suggest this he was keen to give it a try.

From training 1-2 times a week before the challenge, he’s now a regular 3-4 and sometimes 5 times a week.

From start to finish a great effort was put in on getting to the gym more regularly and pushing himself more each session.

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Contact us for free no-obligation advice and quotations

(01684) 491802 07707 656487

Mobile: Email: enquires.prs@gmail.com

REGISTER Licence No: 2337437 Reg No: 199878

Aerial & Satellite Installations Multi Point Systems Digital Specialists Freeview and Sky TV

01684 293480 The Workshop, Red Lane Tewkesbury, Glos

SECURITY SYSTEMS

FREEMAN ELECTRICAL/SECURITY INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL & DOMESTIC INSTALLATIONS SSAIB REGISTERED COMPANY Established 21 years BASED IN TEWKESBURY

PROPERTY MAINTENANCE 䡵 SPECIALISING IN

FLAT ROOFS 䡵 EPDM RUBBER &

GRP FIBREGLASS 䡵 FASCIAS &

All work completed with a 20 or 25 year Guarantee

GUTTERING

INTRUDER ALARM, FIRE, CCTV, DOOR ACCESS MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR TO ALL SYSTEMS, 24 HOUR CALLOUT FOR ALL YOUR SECURITY NEEDS TEL 01684 273248 MOBILE 07966 174648 EMAIL freemansecurity@btinternet.com

䡵 CHIMNEY

REPOINTING 䡵 ROOF

MAINTENANCE

FREE QUOTATIONS

SIGNS & VEHICLE GRAPHICS

Mobile: 07776 003678 Email: sd.roofing@outlook.com

GUILD OF MASTER CRAFTSMEN

• 24 Hour Assistance • General Repairs • Maintenance • Minor Development Work Undertaken Electrical - Carpentry - Plumbing “Flexibility Is Our Strength”

Rooftech Rubber Roofing Specialists

EPDM Flat Roof Systems, Sheds, Dormers, Porches, Extensions, Garages Life Span 50 Years 20 Year Guarantee

Tel: 07889 046526 Lindon526@btinternet.com SEWING, TAILORING & REPAIRS JO FIGGETT SEWING & DRY CLEANING at Monarch Drycleaners 8 Mitton Way, Tewkesbury GL20 8AN • SEWING ALTERATIONS • REPAIRS • CURTAIN/BLIND MAKING • BRIDAL ALTERATIONS • HABERDASHERY

Tel (01684) 850496 or 07773 718786 jofiggett@yahoo.co.uk

TEWKESBURY 01684 296419

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STOVES & CHIMNEYS

WINDOW & GLAZING SERVICES

IS YOUR CHIMNEY SAFE? DOES IT LEAK? DOES IT NEED RE-BUILDING, RE-POINTING, REDUCING, CAPPING, COWLINGS, BIRDGUARDS, FLASHING REPAIRED/RENEWED FIREPLACE RESTORATION, ROOF REPAIRS EXTERNAL DECORATION UNDERTAKEN

Ring THE CHIMNEY MAN now FULLY INSURED - C.I.T.B REGISTERED

01684 273538 Mobile 07801 700254

To advertise in

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UPTON GLASS

& GLAZING LTD Chimney Sweep/Stove Liner Installer

An efficient, friendly local business

• No Mess • No Dust • No Fuss • Fully insured • Bird Cowls Fitted • Certificate Issued • Rotary Power Sweeping • Traditional Sweeping • Smoke Test Every Sweep

• Glass cut to size in our workshop • UPVC windows, doors and conservatories supplied and fitted • Greenhouse repairs • Same day replacement of broken glass • Shop fronts - same day replacement • Mirrors and shelves supplied and fitted • Replacement double glazed units • Secondary glazing • Police and insurance company approved

Stoves Serviced and Repaired

FENSA approved

FOR ALL YOUR GLAZING REQUIREMENTS

Tel: 01684 591138 24 Hour: 07974 783472

Carbon Monoxide Alarms Fitted

The Workshop, 69a Old Street, Upton upon Severn, Worcs. WR8 0HN

h 01684 296078 m 07718 605677

www.uptonglassandglazing.co.uk

PUBLIC INFORMATION

e ajschimneyservices@gmail.com TREE PRUNING & SURGERY

MATT HALE TREE SURGERY 01452 780831/07884 380406 www.matthaletreesurgery.co.uk See our main advert on page 2

UPHOLSTERY & CARPET CARE

imperial carpet care

WASHING MACHINE REPAIRS

WASHING MACHINE REPAIRS MOST MAKES INCLUDING ARISTON AND HOTPOINT MOST LEADING MAKES FACTORY TRAINED ENGINEER OVER 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE

NO CALL OUT CHARGE COMPETITIVE RATES • FREE ESTIMATES FULLY GUARANTEED WORK

GERALD WILLIS WEBSITE DESIGN

FREE

protection with every clean

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COOKE R FRIDGES & S TOO

DOMESTIC APPLIANCE SERVICE (01684) 561804 or (07831) 433892

FRESHEN UP YOUR HOME

20 years experience Carpet and upholstery cleaning specialists Domestic and Commercial • Stains pre spotted All chemicals biodegradable

24 HR EMERGENCY BOARDING AND RE-GLAZING SERVICE

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PHARMACY MATTERS by Peter Badham

Help us to help you The current health campaign for pharmacy is ‘Help us Help you,’ writes Peter Badham.

䡵 Peter Badham

We can do so much to help our patients. I think the biggest challenge is letting the public know what services we do proCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE TRADE FLEET WORK INSURANCE

TERS PANEL BEAD D E C N IE R EXPE S REQUIRE & PAINTER

Quality vehicle body repairs and paintwork All makes and models including: • Cars, Motor Homes, Vans, HGV’s • Dents, Scuffs, Modifications • Full and part resprays • We work for all major insurance companies.

• See website for more details Established 1982 Opening Times: Mon-Fri 8.30am-5.30pm, Sat 9am-1pm, Sun Closed

Unit 31, Northway Lane, Newtown Trading Estate, Tewkesbury, GL20 8JG

01684 291998 www.autocolourservices.co.uk enquiries@autocolourservices.co.uk

vide. Here are just a few - and they are all free of charge, without an appointment.

• Medicine use review • New medicine use review • Smoking cessation help and report • Delivery service for your medicines • Weekly medication trays • Medicine administration forms • Blood pressure tests • BMI tests We also give advice on healthy lifestyle changes - all delivered with a friendly smile by staff you can rely on for good advice.

Our Tewkesbury Pharmacy is in Priors Park at 105 Queens Road (GL20 5EN) so why not pop in and see how we can help? You can also call us on 01684 290659.

We have other pharmacies throughout the county and in Bristol, as well as a mobility shop at St Paul’s Medical Centre in Cheltenham.

See our website badhampharmacy.co.uk

*All prices include labour, materials, consumable and VAT *Additional charge for fluid changes of antifreeze, gear oil, brake fluid *£5.00 surcharge on fully synthetic oil vehicles *10% extra for 6 and 8 cylinder cars *Fixed price excludes 4x4 vehicles

s eat Deal Same Gr iendly Same Ferrvice S

We aim to service/repair your vehicle to the highest standard at the lowest price

MOT Testing Class 4 Same Day Appointments Free Re-Test (within 10 working days)

COURTESY CARS AVAILABLE We have now returned to our completely refurbished workshops and new MOT Testing Station at

UNIT 2, CYMBIO BUSINESS CENTRE NORTHWAY LANE, TEWKESBURY GL20 8JG

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EVESHAM ARTS CENTRE

SPRING MOTORING SERVICING

This month’s highlights for getting out and about

9 MARCH VOODOO ROOM (HENDRIX & CREAM) 16 MARCH MATT RICHARDSON: SLASH www.eveshamartscentre.co.uk

MOTs

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TYRES, EXHAUSTS & BRAKES

LEDBURY MARKET THEATRE

including FREE tyre and brake checks

27-31 MARCH OLIVER! (OUR STAR THEATRE CO.) themarkettheatre.com

CAR REPAIRS

and fault diagnostics

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AIR-CONDITIONING

MALVERN THEATRES

Re-gassing

19-23 MARCH THE LADY VANISHES 25-30 MARCH A SONG AT TWILIGHT www.malvern-theatres.co.uk

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FREE Spring Motoring Checks FREE Courtesy Car or Collection & Delivery Open:Mon-Fri 08.00-18.00 Saturday 08.30-12.30 Sun Closed

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01684 296999 www.twyninggarage.co.uk

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