Tewkesbury Direct Magazine May 2022

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ALL SET FOR FABULOUS FAMILY EVENTS The final plans are complete for Tewkesbury’s Big Weekend, which takes place on the weekend of Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd May. The line-up looks to be the best yet, with a huge variety of things to do.

“On Saturday we will have the ever popular dog show at the Vineyards,” said organiser Carol Crilly.

“If you have a dog we have a class for your special pooch!

“There is a Craft Fayre in the Town Hall and further attractions in the gardens. The Ukulele band will be about town adding some music to the festivities.

“Visit the ‘Stitch Story’ in The George Watson Hall from 10am.

The action in town finishes with the street parade at 3.30pm.

“The river-side activities next to Healings Mill will be on throughout the weekend.

“We have children’s attractions, stalls, and SUP (stand up paddleboard) taster sessions.

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“On Sunday the focus comes to the river with a Boat Parade at midday and Katakanu races starting at 2.30pm. And new for 2022 is ‘Picnic in the Park’ - at The Victoria Gardens Sunday 22nd May 12.30, with afternoon teas and entertainment More details are available on the Facebook page and www.tewkesburybigweekend.co.uk

Tewkesbury Festival

Later in the Summer Tewkesbury Festival returns to the Boathouse. The popular riverside venue hosted its first music festival

last August, and after such a fabulous response from local people, the organisers have scheduled a second event this year (Sat 27th/Sun 28th August).

For more details, see the article on page 33 in this issue. Tickets are available at www.tewkesburyfestival.co.uk Railway enthusiasts have a treat in store in June, when the Cotswold Festival of Steam returns to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.

‘Somerset and Dorset Remembered’-themed event will be taking place at Toddington between Friday 3rd and Sunday 5th June.

Guest locomotives (including Black Prince) will join residents, with a total of nine engines expected to be in steam, working an intensive timetable over the 14 mile line. There will also be freight trains and shunting at Winchcombe station. For details see www.gwsr.com

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by Nathan Harris Paperback £8.99 Set as the American Civil War is in its closing stages in a town called Old Ox, in Georgia; the story is based on the relationship of local resident, and landowner George Walker, and his wife Isabelle and the bond they build with brothers Landry and Prentiss, newly freed slaves from their neighbour's plantation. George meets them hiding in his woods soon after he has learnt of his only son's supposed death in the war, this devastating news conveyed to him by Austen Webler.

The two lads grew up together and being best friends enlisted in the same unit of the losing Confederate side, though, supposedly in a protected posting, due to Austen's father's wealth and influence.

George takes his time to tell Isabelle about their loss, something she will naturally hold against him; but their separate sorrows are more than compensated for by their son, Caleb's safe return, which leaves questions to be asked of Austen, and the relationship between the two boyhood friends.

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Meanwhile George has created a bond with Landry, who is basically mute, and Prentiss, and they have moved in to the barn on the farm and are helping George to create a peanut plantation. For a man who has never bothered to cultivate his land, but lives off his inheritance, this is a new experience. However, though this venture was started as a way to overcome the loss of his only child, when Caleb returns, he also becomes a willing hand in this enterprise.

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Meanwhile the relationship after the war between the two friends Austen and Caleb provides the second strand to the story-line; Caleb's father Wade pushing his son forward into the family business, and a suitable wedding with all the right connections. Caleb tainted by his working with the brothers on his father's farm.

These strands provide a tinderbox which explodes and drives the characters and events forward so that each of the main players discover new things about themselves, and their loved ones.

This novel nominated for various awards including the Booker prize 2021, is another story about slavery, but in this instance what can happen to freed men and women. The historical setting so soon after the end of hostilities is well presented, and having read and enjoyed several novels over the last few years with a theme around slavery this is a good addition to this oeuvre.

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A NEW PILGRIMAGE WALK FROM TEWKESBURY ABBEY Tredington and Stoke Orchard Parochial Church Council has unveiled a new triangular way-marked ‘Pilgrimage Walk,’ to mark the restoration of the wall paintings in St James’ Church, Stoke Orchard.

Starting from Tewkesbury Abbey, the route is split into three definite sections, which may be walked individually or together.

Researched and devised by local rambling writer Guy Vowles, a leaflet and map is available from the historic churches en route Stoke Orchard, Tredington and Deerhurst - as well as the Abbey itself.

The route is waymarked with signs of a shell, the emblem of St James, to whom the ancient church at Stoke Orchard is dedicated.

The medieval wall paintings in the church

times, after being covered by whitewash for centuries. Painstaking restoration was finally completed in 2020, but

the walk’s launch was delayed by the pandemic. St John The Baptist at Tredington, Deerhurst Priory’s Saxon church,

Odda’s Chapel (English Heritage) are also highlights of the walk, which takes in quiet countryside and part of the

Severn Way. Leaflets are free, but donations to church funds on collection are most welcome.

Wall paintings at St James’, Stoke Orchard depict the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, last resting place of St James the Great. Pilgrims are believed to have worshipped here en route to the shrine in Spain.

28 panels, which were created between 1200 and 1273, were first uncovered in Victorian

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FUNDING FOR JUBILEE PARTY Bookworm Bookshop has been awarded a grant from the Arts Council’s ‘Let’s Create Jubilee Fund’ by Gloucestershire Community Foundation – ensuring that creativity plays an important role in local community celebrations for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

The ‘Let’s Create Jubilee Fund’ will ensure that thousands of people from communities all across England will have the opportunity to take part in creative events to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee.

From puppetry and story creation, through to making crowns, carnival and art trails, there will be a huge range of exciting activities for people of all ages and backgrounds to get involved in.

In Tewkesbury volunteers from Bookworm community bookshop are organising a Bank Holiday vintage jubilee party in the town centre to enable people to get together for a fun and nostalgic celebration with traditional activities on offer.

The event is taking place on Saturday 4th June from 11.00 am and will be based in the large hall and grounds of the Baptist Church in Station Road, within walking distance of the middle of Tewkesbury.

There will be a 1950s holiday camp feel with Hi-de-Hi Yellow Coats greeting visitors, who can try their hand at tra-

Ready to entertain you - Anne Rayleen ditional summer holiday activities including crazy golf. There will also be homemade cake and tea on offer in the vintage tearoom, and traditional beach chairs in which to enjoy an ice-cream after vintage shopping.

There is non-stop entertainment planned including live music from Anne Rayleen, a contestant from the 2022 ITV talent show Starstruck, who will performing popular music from the 1960s; watch out for an energetic ballroom dance showcase, and other nostalgic live entertainment too.

The Hi-de-Hi Yellow Coats (courtesy of

Tewkesbury Manor Players) will also be on hand for holiday laughs, re-creating the popular 1980s hit comedy BBC TV series, set between 1950s and 1960s, when families flocked to holiday camps before foreign package holiday were available.

This is all made possible thanks to National Lottery players and administered by UK Community Foundations on behalf of the Arts Council. The Let’s Create Jubilee Fund will support a huge range of projects throughout England.

“We noticed there was nothing planned in Tewkesbury town centre for local people to come together to celebrate the Queen’s platinum Jubilee. We decided on a nostalgic vintage event to share the best bits of the various decades of the Queen’s reign to celebrate such an important milestone”, said Karen Brennan, manager of Bookworm bookshop.

The programme of entertainment and details of attractions will shortly be made available on Tewkesbury Vintage Fair’s Facebook page.

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Bring things that need fixing (toys, electronics, furniture, electrical items, gadgets, plus clothes / sewing that need mending / altering etc etc) and tools that need sharpening.

Can sometimes be postponed, so double check if travelling.

TEWKESBURY NATURE RESERVE There are lots of opportunities to volunteer, including on school visits and the Nature Guardians group.

Please see the website www.tewkesburynaturereserve.org.uk or email the Learning & Outreach Officer learning@tewkesburynaturereserve.org.u k for more details on how to get involved.

TEWKESBURY TOADS ON THE ROADS - 165 toads (this number also includes a few frogs), were taken across the road safely by around twenty volunteers.

Sadly, there were still a few which were squashed by cars, so if you’d like to help, make a note on your calendar to sign up in January to help next year.

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FAIR TRADE - The stall is held in the Methodist Church (by the Cross) on the 1st Sunday of each month from 11.30am to 12pm and on the 3rd Saturday of each month from 10am to 12pm. You can treat yourself to a cup of coffee too and meet likeminded folks; a win-win.

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Beckford Jubilee Open Village This popular village event returns this summer with a special weekend of open gardens, attractions and Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

On Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th of June there will be thirteen beautiful and very different gardens to explore. Refreshments served will include afternoon teas with homemade cakes, a champagne bar, barbecue on Saturday, hog roast on Sunday and ice creams.

The historic church will be splendidly decorated with flower displays. Take a while to admire the unique Norman nave and carvings, and see the working scale model of the whole church reproduced in fine detail.

Wander around the pretty Beckford Nature Reserve with its lake and bird hides where you can enjoy the tranquillity and wildlife.

Other highlights include a quiz trail for children, plant sales, classic cars, vintage radio display, locally made artisan glassware, preserves

stall, tombola, raffle and more!

The gardens and attractions are open from 1-5pm each day. Admission is £5 (U16 free) which covers all gardens over both days. Dogs on leads welcome. Free parking at Beckford Village Hall, GL20 7AD. Proceeds are for the maintenance of the church, with donations being made to other local causes.

Family Jubilee celebrations will follow each evening. On Saturday the Platinum Party at

the Pub will take place at The Beckford Inn from 5pm until late, and on Sunday The Big Jubilee

Hog Roast continues at The Old Post Office from 5-8pm For more information visit beckfordopenvillage.org.uk.

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Kemerton Celebrations for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Plans are well advanced for Kemerton’s celebrations of this auspicious occasion on Saturday 4th June.

The party will begin with a ‘Spot the Corgi’ treasure hunt for village children (and their parents!).

The route will take them round upper and lower Kemerton, spotting the corgis and ticking off and recording the names of all the Queen’s corgis.

All prize corgis have been kindly knitted by members and friends of Kemerton WI. Between 3.30 –

5.30pm, a Jubilee tea fit for the Queen will be served at the newly refurbished village hall and villagers are invited to dress for the occasion by wearing a special Jubilee hat.

To round off the day, there will be an evening of traditional family games and races plus a barbeque. This will be held on the field behind the village hall (by kind permission of Mr George Workman and his fami-

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Boyhood nostalgia at Probus Club Tewkesbury and Bredon Hill Probus Club is a group of retired professional and businessmen and almost by definition most members are old enough to remember the 1950’s as schoolboys.

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One big attraction to boys in that era was a magazine called The Eagle and one of our members, Chris Brown gave an illustrated talk all about what he called “The thinking-boy’s Magazine.” Chris drew a distinction between the typical comics of the time notably the Dandy and the Beano compared to The Eagle. The quality of printing and paper of the Eagle were so superior as were the wide variety and quality of the articles and the strip cartoons including of course Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future which many people remember even today.

Still on the publishing theme, we invited Alison Harris, a renowned and experienced journalist and newspaper editor to give us an insight into her long and varied experience in the industry.

Alison was probably the first female editor in the UK in the days when women did the horoscopes, were agony aunts or just wrote the women’s page. She told us many fascinating stories including some about the famous peo-

ple she has interviewed and several of the funny typographical errors and quirky headlines she has encountered.

Now retired from mainstream journalism, Alison edits the national

quarterly Probus Magazine which has been temporarily withdrawn during the pandemic but which she hopes will reappear later this year.

Closer to home, Mike Lovatt gave us a talk about the restoration of the old Cotswold water mill at Stanway. Mike described the challenges and complications of the restoration and the bureaucracy to be overcome before the Mill could be completed and formally opened

by Prince Charles. As

a follow up to this talk, we are planning a members’ visit to the Mill in August.

If you are a retired professional or business man and you would like to come along to one or more of our meetings, please visit our website at www.probusclub. net/tewkesbredon/ or contact our Secretary Steve Tucker on 07803 907243. Our event programme for the coming month is featured on P48 in this edition of Tewkesbury Direct.

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GARDENING MONTHLY with Tim Hoskins

Permaculture for all Permaculture is a system of land management that uses natural processes to encourage better health of your ecosystem (garden), writes Tim Hoskins.

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Small productive trees like fruit, nuts, Szechuan pepper, sumac etc can be our canopy. The understorey/shrub layer can be soft fruits, cordon/dwarf fruit or bigger crops like globe artichoke.

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Malvern is gearing up for a bumper crop of farming food and family entertainment at the Three Counties Show. This year it will be held at its famous showground from 17th to 19th June. New for this year is a food festival, which will run alongside the usual agricultural, horticultural and equine events. For more details, visit www.royalthreecounties.co.uk The annual Moreton Show returns on Saturday 3rd September. Moreton prides itself on bringing together all that’s best of the British countryside in one day; farming, food, and family fun. Tickets are on sale now.

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Include as many perennial edibles as you can through the layers, as these allow strong soil systems to establish.

You can use ornamentals for any of these layers, but Daubentons kale is compulsory in my opinion.

Management: stop digging your soil over.

The days of doubledigging are gone.

Top dressing with organic matter and letting nature ameliorate is the way forward. We’re replicating falling leaves or dying herbaceous vegetation and reducing disturbance of the soil ecosystem.

Also, stop removing spent vegetation to a compost heap if you

Tim Hoskins don’t need to. The ground needs it and you’re wasting time and energy double-handling it.

No veg patch? Grow beans up your fence, put perennial vegetables into your borders (Amaranthus looks great and tastes good too; herbs look good particularly when they flower), put a gooseberry, blackberry or raspberry Rubus phoenicolasius into an awkward bit at the back of a bed.

Have fun, save money, improve your ecosystem and you’ll also qualify as a garden hero.

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Another Trusted Trader Award for LCM Flat Roofing Tewkesbury-based LCM Flat Roofing are delighted to have received their second ‘Trust Trader’ Award from consumer champions Which? magazine.

Which? magazine described LCM’s Award as another deserving win for the popular, family-run business “Impressing our judging panel with its topnotch customer service (and not for the first time), LCM Flat Roofing has been named Which?

Trusted Trader of the Month for April 2022.”

The company, which previously scooped a Trader of the Month award back in August 2020, specialises in pitched roofing and tiling, fascias and soffits,

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guttering, cladding, chimneys and conservatory conversions.

Founder Liam Mellor, who recently featured on Which? magazine’s Loft and Roof Insulation experts panel, says his company can pretty

LCM Flat Roofing has now been operating for over a decade, steadily building a customer base that values the firm’s attention to detail.

Initially, the company specialised in long-lasting flat roofing, but has since expanded to cover all aspects of roofing.

The company is managed by its two directors, Liam and Jo, working alongside a wider team

that Liam says he couldn’t be without.

“We have increased our team of excellent workers, but still remain a small team as our main focus in business is always the customer, said Jo. “We want to adhere to the highest professional standards, and Liam always likes to be on site to keep the continuity with the customer.

“Working long hours until each job is complete, and often late into the evening with the administration side, this

Specialist flat roofing by LCM award is a welcome recognition of how hard work really does pay off!”

Which? magazine’s Trusted Traders account manager Lucas Inglis said: “It has been such a pleasure to work with LCM Flat Roofing. They thoroughly deserve it.

“When I speak to Liam and Jo, the passion for their business really shines through. Their goals and the way they carry out the work fits the Which? Trusted Traders ethos perfectly.

“You can tell they really believe in their business and are doing what they can to provide outstanding service.”

Liam Mellor Happy Customers When they received the award in April, LCM had a flawless customer score of five on the Which? Trusted Trader website, based on nearly 200 customer reviews.

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“The job was completed ahead of schedule, the team were polite and considerate and the site was left tidier and cleaner than when they had arrived!”

Liam believes that the Which? Trusted Trader Logo has had a major impact on the success of his business, which continues to go from strength to strength after over ten years of trading.

“It has positively affected our business and we continued to thrive during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Liam and Jo’s work force still continues to expand: they recently welcomed baby Elsie (above) to the team.

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WINCHCOMBE WELCOMES BACK WALKERS Ramblers will be descending upon the Cotswold town of Winchcombe this month, for the return of its popular annual Walking festival.

As the meeting place of several trails, and with its plentiful supply of restaurants, inns and tea rooms, Winchcombe has long been a popular base for walkers.

This ancient Saxon Borough hosted its first walking festival in 2009, and 20th-22nd May this year sees a return to its traditional format.

Guide-led walks for all abilities will be held on each day of the festival, visiting popular parts of the Cotswolds AONB, as well as hidden corners and places off

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Riders can explore the Cotswolds on its quietest country lanes and hidden byways, stopping at cosy pubs and breathtaking sunset viewpoints. Nearer to Tewkesbury you can follow in the tyre tracks of Edward Elgar to the summit of the Malvern Hills for some of the most splendid views of England, and discover for yourself the scenery that inspired his finest compositions.

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Tewkesbury Museum has two temporary exhibitions for summer 2022.

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To celebrate 100 years since the first girl guide troop was set up in Tewkesbury, the Museum is hosting a display of guiding memorabilia going back to the early 1900s. There are dozens of colourful items that many people will remember wearing or using in their youth, including uniforms, badges and flags. A lot of visitors make strange cooing sounds when they see the exhibits:

‘Ah, I remember that!’ and ‘ Ooh, I used to have one just like it!’

illustrations of items from the collection.

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2022 is also an important anniversary for the Museum itself: on 11 May 1962 it will be 60 years since it was opened by Sir George Dowty. To commemorate this diamond anniversary, museum volunteers are putting together a display highlighting major events in the Museum’s life with

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Perhaps you could help run the Museum? It has an ambitious plan to open to the public 7 days a week during summer months, but is struggling after a number of vulnerable volunteers left over the last two years.

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If you’re interested, the Museum would be delighted to hear from you. Just drop a note to secretary@ tewkesburymuseum. org or call in to the museum at 64 Barton Street for an enquiry form.

New riverside, pub garden, coming soon.

Work is well underway on the garden of the Black Bear public house.

Freshly turfed, with new paving and raised beds, it will attract many, to enjoy socialising, and Al Fresco dining. when the venue reopens.

The careful restoration of Gloucestershires oldest hostelry, will be an added attraction for visitors coming to the town.

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Tewkesbury Bridge Club Following a difficult couple of years, Tewkesbury Bridge Club is now in full swing, playing Duplicate bridge regularly each Wednesday evening. We have new premises, and play in the Sports Hall of Tewkesbury Baptist Church, on Station Road. The club was founded over 60 years ago and is affiliated to the English Bridge Union.

We welcome visitors, and the table money is £3.00 per night (£3.50 for visitors), including tea/coffee in the interval.

If you have played bridge

before and would like to come along as a visitor, you would be most welcome. Later in the year we may be starting a refreshers group, where

“Greatest Songs From The Movies” will be performing at the Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury on Thursday 19th May. The show promises an unforgettable mix of famous film themes and songs from “Lawrence of Arabia” to “Star Wars”, “James Bond”, “Jurassic Park” and “Harry Potter” plus many more favourites… Performed by multi-instrumental / vocalists Five Star Swing who have famously played for Pinewood Film Studios, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Winner, Michael Cain and the Film & Television Veterans Association. Show starts at 7.30pm. Tickets available from Box office 01684 295074, www.rosestheatre.org.

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RAMBLING AROUND with Jack B. Walker

AT TIMELESS GRAFTON

Distance: Approx. 4 miles, one steep climb.

Car Parking: near the church in Beckford village centre, with respect to local residents.

Refreshments: The Old Post Office Café and the Beckford Inn; there’s also an ‘eatery’ at Beckford Silk.

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Wandering down memory lane, Grafton

“God laughed when he made Grafton, that’s under Bredon Hill,” wrote John Drinkwater. His poem ‘At Grafton’ perfectly captures the tranquil spirit of this small hamlet, which has hardly changed for over a century, writes Jack B. Walker. I was lucky enough to live here for a short while 35 years ago. on to reach the cottage at To visit this lovely spot, the junction of another which even the back driveway and the road, roads pass by, park near and turn right (10), the church in the centre towards Beckford. These of Beckford village. open fields once grew Go through the lychfruit, including ‘pick gate and follow the path your own’ strawberries to the left of the church, and blackcurrants for bearing right around the the makers of Ribena. building to take a narFollow the road row path at the far cortowards Beckford, and ner of the churchyard, just before the turning to which eventually brings Beckford Silk, go you on to a road. through the metal gate Turn right (1) and Grafton: old thatch and Bredon limestone on your right into follow the road as it Beckford Nature Reserve ascends, passing Court vate home, but the origiand climb to cross (11).

Farm House. Bear left to nal arch can still been another stile amongst Follow the path ahead enter the farmyard, then seen in the end wall. In some trees (6).

- where you may visit a take the lane on the right recent years there has There are good views hide and observe some (2) which is known been much sensitive from here to Dumbleton of the birds on the lake. locally as ‘The Yellow renovation of several Hill and the Cotswolds You may spot coots, Brick Road.’ homes in Grafton, but beyond. Follow the waymoorhen, swans, little Follow the lane uphill, until 1986 nothing new marked path down grebe (dabchicks) and which becomes quite was built here for almost across fields and stiles, assorted ducks and steep, ignoring tracks to 100 years. to reach a metal five bar geese. It can be noisy the left and right, until When you arrive at a gate. Walk through and here in Spring! you come to cross track T-junction by a farm. ahead into Grafton (7).

Follow the path to the junction. Turn right (3) (8), turn right and keep Follow the lane, right of the hide, skirting and follow the lane until on the tarmac road as it which bears right down the lake on your left, and you come to a turning on leaves Grafton, curving through the village, follow it right around the the right (4). left towards the Beckford passing some ancient lake, ascending to a Take this path and Road. Look for a footcottages - including metal kissing gate, pass behind a barn, to path on your right, (9) Norman Cottage which which brings you back go left over a stile into a which crosses a field and was once a Chapel of on to Court Farm Lane. field (5). Follow the way passes over a drive leadEase for the church at Turn left and re-trace markers to descend ing to a bungalow.

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TEWKESBURY THEN AND NOW with John Dixon We learn so much from each other, writes John Dixon of Tewkesbury Historical Society I am grateful for Christine Mitchell of Northway who wished me to know that her farm grew hops in the past and they had oast houses, with a Hop Yard, commemorated by a modern street name.

I would now love to see a Northway oast house photo and a receipt with the Hop Pole’s name!

The Good Old Days in Tewkesbury is the best social media, which supplies so many historic photos and comments to enrich them. I was fascinated by this flood

bound house (A). Mary Daff informed us that Mr. Bartholomew Sweet the undertaker who used to live there – and he certainly did in 1955 when he participated in an Aldermanic Election.

Steve Perry remembered the lovely walled garden, when he worked at Mitton Garage in the early 70s, cleaning new cars. Tony Carlyon gains an A for his precision: “I can tell you the precise date when the cottage was demolished. It was 23rd January 1976.

I passed it in the morning on the way to a job interview in Gloucester, and it was gone when I passed the site on the way home (I

䡵 (Above) end of the road (from an anonymous Google collection) and (below) the site of Verdun Cottage today

didn’t get the job by the way!)”.

Ken Hodges remembers that it was called Verdun Cottage, which interests me recalling the famous battle of WWI – which did not involve the British directly.

Patricia Mace is determined that it was not named after the battle, but it is a family name.

“My father-in-law was Frank Verdun Mace and my husband and I named our eldest son Paul Verdun Mace”.

Apparently, this was a very popular name at the time of the Battle of Verdun and for years after. I think it was down to the battle, Patricia.

Looking at genealogy website, FREEBMD you will find hundreds of first names, starting in December 1914 and gradually petering out, as memories faded except there were still three in December 1945.

Frank V[erdun] Mace was registered in AprilJune 1916 and the first shot had been fired on 21 February 1916.

Another sixteen were named in the county but no one from our county.

Frank does not register as Verdun because it was not his first name – and he was born in Monmouthshire.

Thanks to everyone for contributing to our knowledge.

䡵 (A) The Facebook photo (left) and (B) The Railway Bridge being dismantled post 1961 – with a glimpse of Verdun Cottage

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OUT AND ABOUT THIS SPRING with Jack B. Walker

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We have a wealth of places to visit in Gloucestershire, so here are a few ideas for getting out and about this month, courtesy of our correspondent Jack B. Walker: 䡵 BATSFORD ARBORETUM: Beautiful arboretum with lovely Spring walks near Bourton-on-the Hill, with lovely spring walks ‘Impressions of Batsford’ photography courses in May and June. Admission to the arboretum by prebooked tickets. To reserve visit www.batsarb.co.uk There is no admission charge for the adjoining garden centre or café. 䡵 BROADWAY TOWER: Privately owned destination with a country park, excellent views, landmark folly, red deer heard, tower museum, shop and restaurant. WR12 7LB Buy online tickets from broadwaytower.co.uk

䡵 CHEDWORTH ROMAN VILLA: National trust managed remains of one of Britain’s finest Roman Villas. Pre-booking is recommended: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/chedworthroman-villa 䡵 CHASTLETON HOUSE: Cotswold manor house which encapsulates 400 years of family history.

Admission by timed ticket www.nationaltrust.org.uk /chastleton 䡵 COTSWOLD FARM PARK: Popular family attraction with lots to see and do inside and out. Over 50 flocks and herds of rare breed farm animals. Near Guiting Power - GL54 5FL. Book tickets online www.cotswold farmpark.co.uk 䡵 COTSWOLD WILDLIFE PARK: One of the Cotswolds’

favourite family destinations since the 1970s.

Book advance tickets online at, www.cotswoldwildlife park.co.uk. 䡵 CROOME PARK: Capability Brown’s stunning landscape park near Pershore. Walks, shop, café and RAF Museum, plus historic Croome Court. For May events and times, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/croome 䡵 EASTNOR CASTLE: Enchancting castle at the foot of the Malverns.

Chilli Festival 1st-2nd May, Steam & Vintae Vehicles 28th-29th May. Book online eastnorcastle.com 䡵 GLOS WARKS STEAM RAILWAY: 14 mile heritage railway with services at weekends and holiday weekdays.

Travel from Broadway, Toddington, Winchcombe and Cheltenham Racecourse. See

www.gwsr.com 䡵 SCULPTURE TRAIL, FOREST OF DEAN: Choice of wonderful walks from Beechenhurst in the Forest of Dean: new sculptures this year as the trails mark their 35th anniversary. Details www.forestofdean-sculpture.org.uk 䡵 SEZINCOTE: one of Britain’s most unusual houses, built in the Indian style. (GL56 9AW) www.sezincote.co.uk 䡵 SUDELEY CASTLE: Historic castle and grounds near Winchcombe. Co-existence animal sculpture exhibition. sudeleycastle.co.uk 䡵 SNOWSHILL MANOR: Fascinating 16th century manor near Broadway, housing the amazing collection of objects amassed by Charles Wade. Tickets nationaltrust.org.uk/snowshill

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䡵 1: What do Prime Ministers Boris Johnson, William Petty, Andrew Bonar Law and the Duke of Wellington have in common?

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䡵 2: What was unusual about the Cambridge v Oxford University Boat Race in 1877?

䡵 4: Which 1922-born actress was best known for her roles in Are You Being Served, The Liver Birds, Hugh and I, and Coronation Street? 䡵 5: Which Italian vegetable’s name translates into English as

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䡵 3: Which English city lies at one corner of what is known as ‘The Rhubarb Triangle’?

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䡵 MON 6th JUNE: Acoustic Jam Night, The Pickled Plum, Pershore.

䡵 TUES 3rd MAY: Luke Daniels, The Roses Theatre. www.rosestheatre.org

䡵 TUES 7th JUNE: Keith James - The Songs of Leonard Cohen, The Roses Theatre. www.rosestheatre.org 䡵 SAT 11th JUNE: Steve Ashley (support

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䡵 Luke Daniels 䡵 SAT 14th MAY: Simon & Garfunkel Through The Years, The Market Theatre, Ledbury.

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䡵 SAT 14th MAY: Kevin Brown (Blues Guitar), No.8 Arts Centre, Pershore.

䡵 SAT 11th JUNE: Ceilidh Dance & Disco, The Watson Hall. tewkesburytowncouncil.gov.uk/whats-on/ 䡵 WED 22nd JUNE: Spiers & Boden, The Roses Theatre. www.rosestheatre.org All events are taking place at Tewkesbury venues unless otherwise stated.

Live in Concert at The Old Baptist Chapel, Tewkesbury

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Tickets £10 in advance www.wegottickets.com/event/541407 or the John Moore Museum, Church Street, Tewkesbury Doors 7.30pm, Start 8.00pm • No Bar - please bring your own drinks

䡵 SAT 14th MAY: Walk Right Back - The Evely Brothers Story, The Roses Theatre. www.rosestheatre.org 䡵 SUN 15th MAY: The Julie July Band, Huntingdon Hall, Worcester. 䡵 THURS 19th MAY: Show of Hands, Huntingdon Hall, Worcester. 䡵 FRI 20th MAY: Soul Sisters, The Musical, The Roses Theatre. www.rosestheatre.org 䡵 FRI 27th MAY: Sarah McQuaid The Old Baptist Chapel, www.wegottickets.com/ event/541407 or the John Moore Museum.

A lunchtime of historical inspiration and lunch, courtesy of Loz at The Anchor, High St, Tewkesbury GL20 5BH ‘The Anchor University Spring Term’ next meeting on

Tuesday 10th May 2022 12 noon - 2.00 pm

Centenary of War Memorial: Remembering Matthew Stuart, 1982 & Brian Soden, 1972 All those who love history and family and friends are welcome It is intended that these meetings continue as planned but plans may be changed because of government regulations

䡵 FRI 27th MAY: Open Mic Night (with hosts The Future Set), The Watson Hall. tewkesburytowncouncil.gov.uk/whats-on/ 䡵 SAT 28th MAY: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Roses Theatre. www.rosestheatre.org 䡵 SAT 28th MAY: Meatloud (Meatloaf tribute show), The Watson Hall. tewkesburytowncouncil.gov.uk/whats-on/ 䡵 SAT 28th MAY: Forever Elton (tribute), The Henrician, Evesham.

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One of British folk's finest singer-songwriters, Steve Ashley, heads for Tewkesbury on Saturday 11th June, to play an intimate concert in the town's historic and atmospheric Old Baptist Chapel.

He has also played a Steve's reputation for significant role in the writing contemporary development of British songs inspired by the folk-rock, performing as English Tradition was a lead singer with the established in 1974 with first Albion Country his innovative debut Band, then with his own album, Stroll On. Ragged Robin and variSince then his songs ous line-ups of The have been recorded by Steve Ashley Band. He many leading folk artists has also performed occaincluding Ralph McTell sionally with members and Wizz Jones, Fairport of Fairport Convention.

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Steve has released twelve highly-acclaimed solo albums, one of which (Steve Ashley's Family Album, 2021) was reissued by Talking Elephant, with extra tracks of the album first released by Woodworm Records in 1982.

One song, Somewhere In A Song was reinstated from the original sessions and For Bruce, which Steve released on his album Another Day in 2017 was also included in recognition of the late Bruce Rowland's involvement in the production of the album.

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Steve will be supported at The Old Baptist Chapel by local singersongwriter Mike Weaver.

Advance tickets, at £10, are now available online www.wegottickets.com/event/544315 or from the John Moore Museum, 41 Church St, Tewkesbury (open from Tuesday to Saturday 10am-1pm and 2pm5pm). Please note there is no bar at the chapel but audience members are welcome to bring their own drinks.

Tewkesbury’s Festival is back with it’s long awaited encore and this year its bigger and better!

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Introducing artForce collective Sarah Jemmett, Colin Clark, Tracey Cadogan, Carrie Sermon, Karen Fitzparick, and Jo Biggadike.

We are a group of 7 local artists who originally came together while working on a project with Priors Park Neighbourhood Project to increase awareness of the charity and provide a way of raising funds, as well as promoting local artist’s work.

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– Carrie Sermon, MA. We would be delighted to welcome you to our next major exhibition at Sixteen Gallery, Montpellier, Cheltenham from Friday 20th May to Wednesday 1st June 2022.

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OSTEOPATHY ADVICE with Katie Hogg, Two Rivers Osteopathy

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in and try to lift the hand on your stomach higher than the hand on your chest. This method of deep breathing uses the diaphragm properly and effectively. It can result in better oxygen levels and can in fact improve your posture. Once adept at this method of breathing try it in different positions. Sitting, standing, bending from the waist, all these positions will feel different and give

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you an indication of your use of your diaphragm.

Ribs articulate with the vertebrae at two sites.

These joints are synovial, meaning they are joints with fluid between. With overuse these joints can become restricted in movement and result in pain when taking a deep breath, coughing, or sneezing. The good news is these joints are easy to get moving again and normal function can be restored with a couple of easy treatments from an osteopath, chiropractor or physiotherapist.

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Volunteer Event

As part of National Volunteer Week, which is the first week in June, we will be holding a 2 day event at Tewkesbury Town Hall.

Local volunteer organisations are invited to have a free stall or pitch, to showcase what they do within the community.

It will also be an opportunity to celebrate all the hard work and good that our volunteers do in the town and surrounding areas. The event will be open to the public from 10am – 4pm on Sunday 5th and Monday 6th June 2022. Any organisation wishing to take part please email karen5brennan5@gmail. com, ring 07806762157 or pop into Bookworm for more information.

Tewkesbury Choral Society Brahms Requiem Saturday 14th May 2022 at 7.30pm Tickets £15 available from members of the Society, the Abbey Shop, Alison’s Bookshop, online or on the door.

MITTON W.I.

Our April meeting was certainly a quieter affair than usual due to illness, but it was lovely to welcome back a long-standing member and also welcome another new one.

We were supposed to be having a talk about the GIs in Tewkesbury, but, unfortunately, our speaker was unable to attend.

So, following announcements, we were put through our paces by Clare in an inpromptu quiz evening - watch out the rest of you, we may well be in line for the W.I. trophy!!

The March meeting was lace making. With the help of Sue and Sue, many of our members completing snake bookmarks.

A coffee morning is arranged for 27th April and a trip to Nature in Art is also being arranged for the very near future. Next month’s meeting is a talk on bee keeping, and hopefully local honey for sale.

Mitton W.I meets at The Baptist Church in Station Road. Meetings start at 7.30pm, all welcome so please come along and join us.

If you would like further information please ring 07846453523 or MittonWI@gmail.com.

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OUR ALLEYWAYS with Steve Goodchild

EVANS COURT or ALLEY

67 Barton Street is now the Bluebell Wood Florist shop. Beside it there’s a closed door which was once the entrance to an alley which went down to Saffron Road.

The brickwork of the alley entrance has an intriguing ‘cutaway’ which must have had a purpose we can only speculate about; a ghost of a forgotten past.

It’s had a lot of names.

John Rogers, whose history of the alleys tells us much of what we know about them called it Evans Court, named for William Evans, ‘a plain working man, a nail-maker’ who lived in the front house and worked from a workshop in the alley. In the 1841 census, though, it was Clark’s Alley, named for Thomas Clark, a cooper.

Before that it was Pullock’s Alley, named for George Pullock. In 1848, though, the commissioners for the Tewkesbury Streets decreed that it should be called Evans Court and that is what it remained, though occasionally being referred to

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as Evans Alley.

Despite it being a short alley there were seven houses in it. The nail-making shop used

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be easily individually identified on the early Ordinance Survey maps of the area.

The demise of stocking knitting can be traced through the alley residents. In 1841, five cottages had stocking makers amongst their occupants. In 1861 there were three and by 1881, long after the end of the trade in Tewkesbury, only Eleanor Smith was recorded as making stockings, and she was a widow of 81 years, living alone and probably on poor relief.

Life in the alley seems to have been quiet and uneventful. There were occasional problems,

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she was an ‘eyesore’ and turned her out onto the street. He alleged that on the last occasion he was wholly justified because he’d arrived home to find another man in the house, which he took exception to. When the Bench refused to grant a maintenance order, a tussle broke out between them which court officers had difficulty calming down. Mrs Cook seems to have moved to Cheltenham.

In 1937, there were five cottages in the alley, which were offered for sale as a single lot, together with the front house. Later in the same year, though, the alley joined the list of those scheduled for clearance.

The process was slow because it had to give opportunities for owners to propose alternatives to demolition and it had to have government approval. The first proposal was that Nos 3 and 4 might be saved, Nos 1 and 2 should be subject to a clearance order, requiring the tenants to leave, and No 5 should be demolished. Two years later that was still the position. Despite the intervention of the war, and the housing crisis it brought. It appears that 1,2 and 5 were indeed demolished. 3 and 4 survived as separate dwellings into the 1950s.

The last records found are of Albert Huggins being fined £1 for assaulting his neighbour, Ward Martin. Then, in 1952, Ward Martin was fined 10s (50p) for failing to stop at the ‘Halt’ line on the Ledbury Road junction whilst riding his bicycle. A common misdemeanour at the time. After that, the alley simply faded away and disappeared.

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Dear readers, Tewkesbury Scouts would like to open a Scout Group in the Ashchurch area.

We would like to promote our various opportunities to local families to see if there would be any interest from parents in helping to establish a Group. I would be most grateful if you would be able to publish the short paragraph below in your magazine to help us

reach local families who may be interested in working with us.

Please contact me if you would like any further information about what we are trying to achieve in the Ashchurch area, I thank you in anticipation.

Tewkesbury District Scouts are keen to set up a Beaver Scout Colony and a Cub Pack in the Ashchurch area. Beavers are for boys and

girls aged 6 – 8yrs and Cubs for boys and girls aged 8 – 10.5yrs, The programme is based on learning skills for life while enjoying outdoor and indoor activities, making friends and having fun and games. You can find lots more information on our website www.scouts.org.uk. We help local adults set up new Groups by training and supporting them through the stages of

getting Groups started and we make sure that all of our adults are DBS checked and fully trained

so they are confident in running a Group. If you or a group of friends are interested in talking about setting up a Beaver Colony or a Cub Pack please contact me and I

will be please to meet you and tell you all about it.

By Chris Brewster Assistant District Commissioner Development Scouts, Tewkesbury chriscbrewster@aol.com

Tewkesbury Flower Club Our next meeting is on Tuesday 10th May at Bushley Village Hall, doors open at 2.30 and the meeting begins at 3.00.

This month our demonstrator is Alisha Suffolk and her title is “You never know”. Visitors are very welcome to join us and entrance is £6. No experience is necessary - just join us for a relaxing afternoon watching an expert arrange beautiful flowers.

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Tewkesbury Medieval Festival presents

ARMOUR BEHIND THE ABBEY Sunday 1st May 12-4pm Monday 2nd May 11-4pm Horses • Living History Encampment Show • The Cannon • Combat & Archery Demonstrations • Fashion in the 15th Century and much more! £5 per head, children under 12 FREE At Pageant Meadow (off Gander Lane car park)

TEWKESBURY’S POSH CAR BOOT SALE SUNDAY 1ST MAY - 11AM - 3PM by Joanne Raywood, Tewkesbury Town Mayor

The Posh Car Boot Sale will take place on Windmill Hill, next to the Borough Council Offices.

It is a collaborative venture between the Brimpsfield Music Society and the Tewkesbury Town Mayor’s Charity.

Brimpsfield have done these events before, but not in Tewkesbury.

Brimpsfield Music Society raises money to give talented underprivileged children in Gloucestershire access to tuition and musical instruments.

Spring has Sprung, and with it the weeds are putting in an impressive appearance around the town. So Tewkesbury Regeneration Initiative in partnership with Tewkesbury in Bloom have set dates and meeting places to start clearing areas in an attempt to keep the Town Centre and Riverside presentable and attractive for both residents and visitors.

If you would like to help please come and join us, just bring gardening gloves and your favourite weeding tool - or use one of ours.

The aim of the Town Mayor’s charity this year is to improve accessibility in the town, especially in the Town Museum and between the Back of Avon and the Anglo-American Garden of Remembrance.

Many people in the

town are wondering what makes a car boot sale ‘posh’. Well, the location is rather special, for one thing. As for the rest - they must come and see.

For more information please call 01452 864692.

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NEWTOWN W.I.

Our meeting this month was definitely not for the faint hearted or easily shocked, we had a very entertaining and somewhat surprising talk from Kirstie Bingham of the John Moore Museum.

The title was Sex, Loos and Swearing, although not sure what to expect we all enjoyed a highly entertaining afternoon. It was such fun, the props and slides she had brought were real eyeopeners and caused lots of hilarity, and we all went home thankful that we now have privacy and modern sanitation.

Our talk next month is “The trouble with Trivia”, in June we will be having Platinum Jubilee Tea Party, so as you can see, we have a very varied program throughout the year, as well as a monthly craft group and knit and natter, with the emphasis on natter.

We are a very friendly group, and we would love to welcome you to our meetings which take place on the second Wednesday of every month at 2pm at the Wheatpieces Community Centre. If you are interested in joining us, contact Esme Gedge on 01684 292067, or just come along, we would love to see you.

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Event postponed from 2020 celebrates the Somerset & Dorset Railway The Cotswold Festival of Steam returns to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway next month.

Guest locomotives will join residents from Friday 3rd until Saturday 5th June, with a total of nine engines expected to be in steam, working an intensive timetable over the 14 mile line.

The event, postponed from 2020, remembers the days of the much-celebrated Somerset & Dorset Railway, recreating the trains that once plied the route, albeit in the Cotswolds rather than the Mendip Hills.

The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway has rightly passed into the stuff of legend. The route from Bath Green Park to Bournemouth through the Mendips was challenging with steep gradients, yet it handled heavy summer express trains including the famous the ‘Pines Express’ which first ran in 1910 between Manchester and Bournemouth West.

The line passed through stunning scenery and was much loved by photographers, not least Ivo Peters, who took hundreds of outstanding photographs and cine film of the route, often including his beloved Mk VI Bentley. Closure of the line, parts of which were first built in 1862, finally happened as part of the Beeching cuts, on 7 March 1966 against considerable protest from the communities it served.

GWSR spokesman Ian Crowder commented: “This is shaping up to be an especially exciting and spectacu-

lar event after a twoyear gap due to the pandemic. The ‘Somerset & Dorset’ theme was planned for our 2020 Festival which, of course, had to be cancelled.

“Four of our five visiting engines were associated with the former Somerset & Dorset line, a chal-

direct (and the shortest) access to the South Coast from the Midlands via Somerset. It was heavily used by holiday traffic from the Midlands and North but fell victim to the infamous Beeching cuts of the 1960s.

It is much missed – especially by those in the communities it once

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that an additional feature will be the Bentley once owned by the late photographer, Ivo Peters. “During the latter years of the S&D many outstanding photographs of trains in the Mendips were taken by Ivo Peters.

He often included his Bentley in the pictures he took. The car is now owned by Julian Birley BEM, and we are delighted that he is able to bring the car to the event.”

A range of other attractions include displays, model railway, preservation society stands, beer tent and refreshments, Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway, ‘behind the scenes’ visits to the Toddington locomotive works and Winchcombe Carriage & Wagon works - as well as opportunities for pre-booked footplate and freight train brake-van rides.

For tickets, timetables and further information visit the website www.gwsr.com.

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“Our small organising team is hugely grateful to all of the owners for enabling their locomotives to visit the GWSR for this special event.”

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Stoke Orchard Market / Car Boot Sunday 8th May 11:00 - 13:00 Indoor & Outdoor FREE entry for buyers.

Amazing craft people, artists, the Animal Shelter and much more!

Tea, coffee and snacks available in the shop and a play park.

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Tewkesbury Arts & Drama Society

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Saturday 7th May 2.30pm & 7.30pm Sunday 8th May 2pm & 6pm At The Roses Theatre T. 01684 295074 Tickets £12 (under 26s: £8)

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Stitchstory: The Immortalisation of History

by Annabelle Lee Stitchstory is a unique opportunity focused on the local area and residents of Tewkesbury however all are welcome to get involved. This project encourages local people of all ages to add a stitch on one of ten panels depicting local historical events such as the Medieval Festival, The Mop Fair, The Floods and a myriad of other significant historical happenings, that are important to the immortalisation of our rich market town.

There is also an opportunity to stitch personal history panel which will border the main piece, further showing the town’s personality that could potentially easily get lost due to the historical significance in the county and beyond. To immortalise this rich history further, a team of ‘Digital Storytellers’ have been recruited, which I’m happy to say I am also part of, and are interviewing people who have attended Stitchstory events or who have memories they want to share of the town.

These stories will

create a QR trail around Tewkesbury that allows the wider community to engage with the history without having to scour the archives for it. This audio trail will take listeners on a tour of many local landmarks such as The Roses Theatre, The Abbey and just some of the very many Alleys whilst they listen to a Tewkesbury resident retelling a personal story or a humorous anecdote in connection to the

building or location. We’ve already met with people that have been personally touched by this place or events here, such as the 2007 flooding, but are looking for more stories.

This trail can be listened to whilst following a map, in a walking sequence or as one-off discoveries that reveal more about Tewkesbury through the eyes of the people that know it best.

There will also be an accessible route available which the Digital Storytellers are helping to design.

In order to tell these rich stories effectively, the Digital Storytellers have been given early access to ‘The Lab’, which are offering accessible digital skill development for all ages and abilities and are part of Tewkesbury Library.

This amazing space is full of advanced technological equipment such as VR headsets and a brand-new laser cutter (which we saw in action!) This Lab includes editing software and studio equipment that will be available for the public to use from late May, an exciting local opportunity that allows everyone to become more technocentric, if desired.

The aforementioned QR trail along with the finished Stitchstory project will be launched on Saturday 21st May at The George Watson Memorial Hall on Barton Street and coincides with the Big Weekend event.

This project gives Tewkesbury an im-

mortal voice and allows the town and its personal recollections to truly encapsulate its rich past and permit people to potentially discover something new about the town they live in.

If you have any stories you’d like to share, email Megan at megan.dunford@ therosestheatre.org or call The Roses and ask them about the project.

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS IN MAY 3 May – No meeting (Bank Holiday) 10 May – A Wimbledon line judge’s story (with Brian Partridge)) 17 May – A musketeer in the English Civil War (with Paul Connell) 24 May – Viscount Nuffield (with John Macartney) 31 May – The Gloucestershire Police and Crime Commissioner (with Chris Nelson) 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, Steve Tucker on 07803 907243 for further information or visit our website at: www.probusclub.net/tewkesbredon/

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I think it can be of enormous benefit to patients and their GP. If the patient is on stable medication, then rather than having to reorder their medications every month, which takes up valuable Surgery time, then could ask their GP if it possible for them to go on Pathfinder.

The Pathfinder system is where the GP can supply the pharmacy with a batch of prescriptions for up to a year.

All the patient needs to do is to call the pharmacy once a month and peel off the items they require for the following month.

Patients can turn off items not needed, but the following month they can turn those items back on, so it cuts waste and put the patients in control.

If the patients is going on holiday and they

䡵 Peter Badham need two months' supply because of the timing of the holiday, that is fine, they can have two months' supply.

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ZULUDIVER SPONSOR LOCAL LEISURE LEAGUES SIDE The Tewkesbury Sports Centre is located on the grounds of Tewkesbury School and offers a variety of facilities for hire, including an all-weather 3G full-size floodlit football pitch.

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On Monday nights since the pitch was created in 2011, the sports centre has held a 6-a-side football league.

The Tewkesbury Prawns, made up of 30something dads from the Walton Cardiff area, were one of the first teams to start playing.

The Tewkesbury Prawns played their debut game in September 2011, against another team called Real Betis Hot Pot; sadly, the Tewkesbury Prawns lost 12-0.

Many players joined and left the squad during the following few years, with only a few founding members surviving.

Their fortunes have been varied, but their signature pink and black kit has always stood out and is recognisable by the other teams.

By August 2020, the few members who remained were having difficulty fielding a team every week. However, Dave, the goalie, also played for another team, The Desperados, who were having trouble as

䡵 The Prawns in their Zuludiver-sponsored kit well - and the two sides merged to form The Prawns.

Last September, the school sports centre approached Leisure Leagues, one of the UK's largest and most experienced football league operators, and requested them to take over the Monday night competition.

The Prawns had their finest season ever last season, going undefeated and winning the division, as well as receiving a fantastic trophy from Leisure Leagues.

Their team kit has seen better days after many years and hours

Get your dancing shoes on for proper swing around the dance floor to some of the nation’s best Ceilidh musicians, then stay on after for a disco at the Watson Hall next month.

The Hilltop Ceilidh Band have been calling the steps and ringing the changes on the UK scene long enough to earn a substantial following.

They specialise in bringing traditional barn dances to events up and down the country with a fun, energetic style - and will be rolling up in Tewkesbury on Saturday 11th June.

The band’s combination of smooth folk instruments such as

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fiddle and accordion with bass and drums creates a pioneering folk/rock sound.

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Dance the night away at Tewkesbury’s Ceilidh

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of playing. So they approached ZULUDIVER, a local on-line watch strap company, and asked if they might sponsor a new kit.

ZULUDIVER is a subsidiary of Geckota Limited, which is owned and operated by businessman Jonathan Quinn.

Jon founded the business in 2010 from his back bedroom in Tewkesbury, where he sold on eBay. The company has evolved into a well-known and successful reseller of watches, and replacement watch straps.

Geckota's headquarters are located on the

Tewkesbury Business Park, and the company now employs 17 people.

"We are really glad to be sponsoring a local team, The Prawns, with a replacement kit, and we hope they continue to play in the league for many years," Jon said.

"Thank you for ZULUDIVER and Jon for supporting us," Andy Hillier, one of the squad's only two founder members, said.

"We play for enjoyment and we have a terrific team. We've had over 36 different players play for the squad throughout the years” If you're interested in joining the Tewkesbury Monday 6-a-side league, visit the wbsite www.leisureleagues.net to learn more

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For the uninitiated, ceilidh’s are traditional celtic gatherings where the audience gather to enjoy traditional music, and take part in dancing. No previous experience is necessary!

The Ceilidh will be followed by a disco, playing some of your favourite dance floor tunes.

For more information and tickets, visit the website tewkesburytowncouncil.gov.uk/product/ceilid h-dance-and-disco/

EXPLORING HISTORIC TEWKESBURY ON FOOT If you are fornuate enough to live in Tewkesbury, there’s a wealth of history to explore right on your own doorstep, writes Jack B. Walker.

Project Alleycat is a community project set up to promote interest in Tewkesbury’s historic alleyways.

The organisation offers leisurely walking tours, exploring the heritage of the alleys, and their social history. The next walk will be on Sunday 8th April, leaving from Warders Alley (next door to M&Co in the High Street) at 2.30pm. There is no need to book; the cost is £2.50 per person.

Tewkesbury Battlefield Society runs regular guided tours of the1471 battle site, which last about two hours, and leave the Abbey Gates in Gander Lane at 7pm. The next dates are Thursday 2nd June and Thursday 7th July. Families and dogs on leads are welcome. The tours are free, although donations are accepted.

There’s also a special Anniversary Walk on Sunday 1st May; for details of this please visit the society’s website www.tewkesbury.org.uk - where you can also find information about the upcoming Medieval Festival.

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2022 Tour of Britain Cycle Race stages will start in Tewkesbury Britain’s premier cycling road races, the Tour of Britain, heads for Tewkesbury this summer.

Stages for both the mens and womens races will start in the town.

Gloucestershire County Council’s commitment to supporting tourism and active travel will see the Women’s Tour, the UK’s most prestigious women’s cycle race, visit the county in 2022 for a Tewkesbury to Gloucester stage on Wednesday 8th June.

The women’s Stage Three will leave Tewkesbury and conclude in Gloucester, taking a route through the Forest of Dean. 100 of the world’s top female cyclists will be taking part in the premier event; the biggest field in the eight year history of the tour.

Stage six of the men’s event will set off from Tewkesbury on Friday 9th September, and head through Bishop’s Cleeve before taking the high road through the Cotswolds to Cirencester, down into the South

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Gloucestershire area and back north via Stroud, to finish in Gloucester.

With the start and finish locations separated by a little over ten miles, fans will easily be able to attend both on race day, which will further add to the atmosphere at this free-towatch sporting spectacle.

Stage six’s route will head into the Cotswolds before approaching the finish by the historic Gloucester Docks.

For more information on the event see www.tourofbritain.co.uk for the men’s event in September, and for next month’s women’s event, check out www.womenstour.co.uk

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TEWKESBURY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Annual General Meeting Thursday 19th May 2022 Methodist Church, Tewkesbury Cross at 7.45pm unless regulations change For more details visit tewkesburyhistory.org