Adviser February 18 to 25, 2011

This issue: Friday, February 18 to February 25, 2011 VOL 18: 886 UK NO.1. Advertising closes for next issue on Friday, February 18 at 5pm.

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COMING SOON!

More than 100 people attended the Hungerford 2010 + town plan thinktank on Thursday, February 10 in the Corn Exchange.

Chairman Chris Scorey said the plan was for the people by the people and he urged everyone interested in Hungerford to become involved.

The well-organised meeting featured individual tables with information backed by informed members of the expanded steering group. Wall charts indicated Town and also Manor land and plans.

Mr Scorey said the plan was being refreshed every fi ve years.Most important town organisations were now represented and there was

a plan for a parallel option for John O’Gaunt Community College input.The public were being asked for their views on suggested improvements

and dislikes involving Hungerford. This fi eld included development, planning, building, access, safety, transport, parking, eating, health and medical care, traffi c calming, transport services etc.

The initiative is being strongly backed by Hungerford Town council, its mayor Cr Anthony Buckwell and councillors. Interested organisations and people not already involved should contact the civic offi ce on 01488 686195.

HEALTHY LOOK INTO HUNGERFORD’S FUTURE

Hundreds of people are reported to be seeking positions on the staff of the new TESCO store in Marlborough. The bulk of applicants are coming from Marlborough and Swindon and the

opportunities are seen as a great boost for Marlborough employment. Many Marlborough and district residents are reported to have been shopping in the Hungerford TESCO.

CHANGING TRADE SCENEIt is expected many of these will shop in Marlborough when the new

store opens. This could affect some Hungerford trade which has been boosted by shoppers from Marlborough.

There is a suggestion that a trade tug o’ war is developing between Newbury and Marlborough traders to secure Hungerford business.

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HOTELS, PUBS, RESTAURANTSThe Hare..................................01488 71386The Three Swans ................. 01488 682721

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NURSING SERVICESBrendoncare .........................01488 684916

PAINTING & DECORATINGD & R Randall ..........01672 539213 ............

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ROOFING SERVICESHeritage Roofi ng ......................01488 71117MEJ Martin.............................01488 685341MJS Roofi ng ........................ 01488 683662Roofright ...............................01672 871207

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TAXIS & PRIVATE HIRE1st Direct Cars.......................01488 681182

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TRAVELFarewise Travel......................01488 686858

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WINDOWS & CONSERVATORIESSalisbury Glass .....................01722 328985

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The adviser, Friday, February 18 to 25, 2011

The political rumpus surrounding the attempt by media mogul Rupert Murdoch to secure full ownership of his TV-news company, B SkyB, has recalled my meetings with this extraordinary man.

I had never heard of him when, in 1953, I fl ew to Adelaide to attend a test of a British atomic bomb to be staged in an uninhabited part of the South Australian desert. With many Australians objecting in principle to the use of their land for that purpose, and because of the danger of contamination by radioactive fall-out, it was essential to wait for a wind which would take the mushroom cloud over uninhabited land. We were warned that this meant that there might be some delay which turned out to be more than a fortnight.

During that time I explored the joys of Adelaide, a delightful, old-style town then, and discovered an excellent restaurant where I entertained two of the RAF chiefs who were running the bomb-test operation, one whom had met an attractive local girl called, Pam. One evening while dining there with all three, a tall, pleasant-looking chap in his early twenties drifted in causing Pam to exclaim, in the slightly cockney accent which was common in Australia then, ‘Hello Rupert!’. Her friend came over and was introduced to us as Rupert Murdoch, who owned and ran the Adelaide Advertiser a newspaper founded by his father. He seemed quiet and unassuming.

Having decided to devote his life to the media business, young Murdoch acquired other papers in Australia for a parent company he called News Corporation which he expanded into Britain by acquiring The Sun, in 1969, converting it into a highly successful tabloid.

Early in the 1970s, I was shooting with Harry Hyams on his splendid Ramsbury Manor estate where, on arrival, I recognised one of the other guests as Murdoch. He was wearing an obviously new knicker-bocker suit and had a brand new shotgun. On the way to the fi rst drive he asked me ‘What do we do?’, explaining that he had never experienced driven pheasants before.

I felt appalled for him because we were opening with the Plantation Drive

where the pheasants always came very high and fast. So, I had time only to advise him what not to do – which was to not to shoot at birds going to other people. Predictably, he hit nothing. However, by the end of the day he was shooting surprisingly well. Clearly, a man determined to succeed at whatever he attempted.

Murdoch told us that he was not enjoying Britain because of the snobbish attitude of many people, especially to his wife, Anna. He was, therefore thinking of moving his base to the US. He did so, acquiring his fi rst American newspaper in 1973. Later, he bought the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal also acquiring the British Times and Sunday Times in 1981. With remarkable foresight for technological advances, he introduced electronic production of newspapers in Britain and, with great courage, broke the power of the print unions which had held the UK newspaper industry to ransom. In the US, where he became a citizen in 1985, he moved into television, investing heavily in satellite TV. He is now worth more than $6 billions and is rated one of the world’s most infl uential people.

I met Murdoch again in June 1984 at the Cliveden hotel on the Thames, at the 50th birthday party of Lady Annabel Goldsmith, staged by her husband Jimmy, whom I had known from his youth in Paris before he, too had become mega-rich. Jimmy and I had become close friends and had written an anti-communist book together. Also in our company was Harry Hyams, who from nothing, had made a huge fortune in the property business.

Knowing so many of the self-made super-rich why did I never learn how to join them?

RECOLLECTIONS OF AN EXCITING LIFE

RUPERT MURDOCH

CHAPMAN PINCHERBY

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Marlborough’s incoming mayor Cr John Alexander Kirk Wilson this week predicted an exciting year of development for the town.

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Cr Edwina Fogg said she deemed it a great privilege to be elected deputy mayor and she would do her best to support the mayor.

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Hungerford MemoriesCoronation Year 1953

MEMORIES OF HUNGERFORD & THE KENNET VALLEY

A very special year, made even better as Margaret’s dad Bill Cox

and brother-in-law the late Ian Cox journeyed to London to see The Queen!

We travelled to London on Monday, June 2nd and I have a copy of The Times dated June 2nd, 1953: the headlines stated that “Thousands spend night on coronation route”. Well, the three of us were part of that crowd. We travelled by train from Hungerford on Monday, June 2nd and we were in place in Oxford St. whilst it was still daylight. (incidentally the copy of The times cost 4d in 1953).

We sat and talked and snoozed and waited retaining our places on the pavement, but I well remember walking from Marble Arch to Piccaddilly Circus without problem.

We purchased a paper for coronation day and this royal edition cost 6d but there was a good selection of pictures.

It is sad to relate and I expect many will remember the day itself was overcast with periods of drizzle and at times steady rain but people were prepared to ignore the weather and keep cheerful.

We did not see the procession to Westminster Abbey but the route after the coronation covered fi ve miles and this included the whole length of Oxford St.

News was soon spreading through the crowds that Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tensing had reached the peak of Everest and there was great interest from our small group that Col. E.J.S. (Jackie) Ward rode at the side of the coronation coach as Commanding Offi cer of the Household Cavalry. -continued next week

Hungerford reservoir, off Sanden Road, is being expanded to safeguard the town’s water resources for at least the next 25 years.

The 2.2 megalitre enclosed reservoir will be expanded by 1.1 megalitres

Thames Water will spend the next six months, from February 17 to the end of August, building an additional cell on the reservoir to increase its capacity by a third.

Lawrence Gosden, Thames Water’s head of capital delivery, said: “We provide THE essential service – clean, safe drinking water and sanitation -to nearly 14m people across London and the Thame Valley, and as a long-term business our job is to make sure we can do this effectively not Just today but for many decades to come.

“Expanding Hungerford reservoir will enable our water resources to keep pace with the forecast rise in demand caused by predicted population growth for at least the next 25 years. “Each one of our water customers uses a tonne a week of water on average.

Making sure there is enough to go round is a must-do job, which is why the £800,000 project we’re doing at Hungerford is so important.” The new cell on the covered-over reservoir, which supplies 2,800 properties in the Hungerford area, is being designed to fi t sympathetically into its new surroundings, with all efforts made to minimise the impact of the work on nearby residents.

Anthony Buckwell, the mayor of Hungerford, said: “Improving the town’s water supply is something to be welcomed in light of probable increases in population in future.

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FEBRUARY 201118: Hung’d Film Club Crft Hall 19: Reading FC v Watford (H)21: KVNTA KENNET VALLEY HLL 7.30PM22: Reading FC v Millwall (H)23-26: Hung’d Town Show JOG24: Probus Lunch Brit Legion Hung26: Reading FC v Crystal Palace (A)27: Hung’d Farmers Mkt

MARCH 20111: House of Flying Daggers V.F.S.2: Oak Tree Lunch2: Hungerford WI Croft Hall 7.30pm2: Marlb WI Wesley Hall 7.30pm4: Hung’ Meth Ch - Womens World Day of Prayer4: Hung’d Film Club Crft Hall5: Reading FC v Middlesbrough (H)5: Valley Film Society - Film Day6: HEAT Guided Walk6: Prize Bingo Hung’d Brit Legion 3pm7: Marlb Emb Gld - 01793 5255178: Reading FC v Ipswich Town (A)9: Tuesday Club Hungerford12: Reading FC v Preston (H)18: Hung’d Film Club Crft Hall19: Reading FC v Barnsley (A)20: Prize Bingo Hung’d Brit Legion 3pm21: KVNTA KENNET VALLEY HLL 7.30PM27: Hung’d Farmers Mkt 27: Prize Bingo Hung’d Brit Legion 3pm30: Over 50 club Hungerford31: Probus Lunch Brit Legion Hung31: Merchants House Spring Lecture

APRIL 20112: Reading FC v Portsmouth (H)3: HEAT Guided Walk4: Marlb Emb Gld - 01793 5255176: Hungerford WI Croft Hall 7.30pm6: Marlb WI Wesley Hall 7.30pm6: Oak Tree Lunch9: Reading FC v Notts Forest (A)12: Reading FC v Scunthorpe (A)13: Tuesday Club Hungerford16: Reading FC v Leicester City (H)21: Queen’s Birthday22: Good Friday23: St Georges Day23: Reading FC v Leeds Utd (A)24: Easter Monday24: Hung’d Farmers Mkt25: Reading FC v Sheffi eld Utd (H)27: Over 50 club Hungerford28: Probus Lunch Brit Legion Hung29: Royal Wedding29: Bank Holiday 30: Reading FC v Coventry City (A)

MAY 20114: Hungerford WI Croft Hall 7.30pm4: Marlb WI Wesley Hall 7.30pm4: Oak Tree Lunch

8: Reading FC v Derby County (H)9: Marlb Emb Gld - 01793 52551711: Tuesday Club Hungerford16: KVNTA KENNET VALLEY HALL 7.30PM21: Rotary Plant Sale, 16 The Croft 10am26: Over 50 club Hungerford

JUNE 20111: Marlb WI Wesley Hall 7.30pm1: Oak Tree Lunch6: Marlb Emb Gld - 01793 5255178: Tuesday Club Hungerford20: KVNTA KENNET VALLEY HALL 7.30PM29: Over 50 club Hungerford

JULY 20114: Marlb Emb Gld - 01793 5255176: Marlb WI Wesley Hall 7.30pm18: KVNTA KENNET VALLEY HALL 7.30PM27: Over 50 club Hungerford

AUGUST 20113: Marlb WI Wesley Hall 7.30pm9: Marlb Emb Gld - 01793 52551710: Tuesday Club Hungerford15: KVNTA KENNET VALLEY HALL 7.30PM31: Over 50 club Hungerford

SEPTEMBER 20115: Marlb Emb Gld - 01793 5255177: Marlb WI Wesley Hall 7.30pm14: Tuesday Club Hungerford19: KVNTA KENNET VALLEY HALL 7.30PM28: Over 50 club Hungerford

OCTOBER 20113: Marlb Emb Gld AGM- 01793 52551712: Tuesday Club Hungerford16: Prize Bingo Hung’d Brit Legion 3pm17: KVNTA KENNET VALLEY HALL 7.30PM23: Prize Bingo Hung’d Brit Legion 3pm26: Over 50 club Hungerford30: Prize Bingo Hung’d Brit Legion 3pm

NOVEMBER 20117: Marlb Emb Gld - 01793 5255179: Tuesday Club Hungerford30: Over 50 club Hungerford

DECEMBER 20115 MEG Xmas Lunch - 01793 5255177: Over 50 club Hungerford12: KVNTA KENNET VALLEY HALL 7.30PM14: Tuesday Club Hungerford19: Craft Fair Hung TH 10am-4pm

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high quality block paved driveway or patio please contact

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Probus is a club for retired professional and business people. If you have retired recently and live in the area, you could consider

joining the local club which is a mixed group of men and women who come from a variety of work backgrounds. The Club meets for lunch, once a month, on the last Thursday at the British Legion Hall in Church Way Hungerford. The lunch is followed by a short talk from a variety of speakers.

It is a good way to meet local people and find out what goes on in the area. At present we have vacancies so would welcome inquires. For further information ring any of the numbers below and come as a guest on the first visit and see if the Club is for you.

01488 682 351 or 01488 684127 or 01488 682236

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FLORENCE GRACETHE CURTAINMAKER

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Kennet House, 19 High St, Hungerford, Berks RG17 0NL Phone 01488 686867 [email protected]

An attractive period house in an idyllic location with wonderful views over the surrounding countryside. The accommodation includes a sitting room with French doors leading out to the

garden, a well appointed kitchen and an adjoining dining room. There is also a useful utility/boot room. The bathroom completes the ground floor accommodation. Upstairs, four

bedrooms arranged over two floors and a separate WC. Outside, there is a lovely garden which backs directly onto farmland.

There is a garage situated in a nearby block.

HAM £375,000

Little Barn occupies a wonderful rural position on the edge of rolling countryside. The accommodation includes a drawing room, a dining

room with flagstone flooring and a high quality ‘John Lewis of Hungerford’ kitchen/breakfast room with French doors opening onto

the garden, a study or fourth bedroom completes the ground floor accommodation and is served by a shower room. Upstairs, there are

three bedrooms. The large master bedroom and dressing room has an en-suite bathroom. A family bathroom serves the remaining bedrooms. Outside, to the front of the property there is a detached garage block and further substantial outbuilding/shed. To the rear, the gardens have been beautifully landscaped and include sun terraces, expansive lawns and

mature trees and shrubs.

OLD HAYWARD BOTTOM £580,000

An immaculately presented modern house quietly situated in a small cul-de-sac on the northern fringes of Hungerford. Arranged over three floors, the accommodation includes an entrance hall, a cloakroom/WC, a stylish and well equipped kitchen and a light and airy living/dining room with doors

leading to the rear garden. Upstairs, there are three generous sized bedrooms served by a luxurious bathroom. Outside, a long driveway leads to the single garage and there is a lovely

rear garden which enjoys a southerly aspect.

HUNGERFORD £275,000

A delightful semi-detached cottage set in a secluded garden on the edge of the village. This immaculately presented property

is of Victorian origin with later additions and retains great character. The accommodation includes a kitchen/breakfast room, sitting room with a fireplace housing a wood burning

stove, study, three generous sized bedrooms, a shower room and separate bathroom. Outside, the mature garden is a particular

feature and there is a detached garage providing off street parking.

KINTBURY £435,000

An attractive and immaculately presented cottage located at the top of Hungerford’s tree lined High Street. This lovely home includes a sitting room, a separate dining room and a

well appointed kitchen. Upstairs, there are two good bedrooms served by a smartly fitted bathroom. The property benefits from

gas fired central heating. Outside, there is a neatly kept paved garden area.

HUNGERFORD £197,500

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ADVISER ON WORLD WEB AS FULL PUBLICATION

The Hungerford and Marlborough Weekly Adviser has gone on to the world web as a full

publication.Readers can bring The Adviser up on their computer

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PEWSEY RD. BRIDGE OPENS ON FEBRUARY 13

Pewsey Road bridge at Marlborough was expected to re-open on April 13, town clerk Mr Liam Costello

told the last Marlborough Town Council meeting. He said the bridge would fi rstly be closed in late February to complete the work.

NEW VICAR FOR WHITTON BENEFICE

The Reverend Candice Marcus has been appointed Part-Time Team Vicar in Whitton Benefi ce. This

was announced by Team Vicar The Reverend Simon Weedon in St Mary’s Chilton Foliat recntly. The Rev. Marcus will be licensed on June 16 at Aldbourne. She is an Assistant Curate.

CONCERNS OVER PUBLIC HOUSES

Concerns are being expressed over the future of some four public houses in Hungerford district.

The recession and demands by breweries are being blamed.

CANAL FOOTBRIDGE ON SCHEDULE

Work is expected to begin on Hungerford canal footbridge on schedule in April. Funds have

been assured for the project despite major fi nancial cut-backs in the West Berkshire budget.

CR GWYNNETH BULLOCK ILL

Hungerford’s hard-working Councillor Gwynneth Bullock is reported to be in hospital. Prayers

were said for her recovery at Hungerford’s last Town Council meeting.

JUBILEE OR PENNY FARTHING?

The newly developed housing area of North Standen Road at Hungerford is expected to be

named either Jubilee Close or Penny Farthing Close. A third suggestion was Tutti close.

Doubts are being expressed over proposals for a referendum on May 13 concerning the United Kingdom’s voting system and electoral

boundaries.Proposals for a preferential voting system and to

change electoral boundaries are not being met with enthusiasm in some quarters.

There is doubt as to whether the suggested preferential system would be better than the existing fi rst-past-the post system.

The £90m cost of a referendum and the future cost of a more complicated system are also being questioned.Suggestions to change the systems are reported to have been made during the Labour Party’s tenure supported by the Liberal Democrats.

The proposed changes were explained without bias prior to the annual meeting of Ramsbury and Chilton Foliat branch of the Conservative Party on Thursday night.

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DOUBTS OVER CHANGINGELECTORAL SYSTEM

MARLBOROUGH PARKING AND TRANSPORT TO BE DISCUSSED

Cr Guy Loosmore told the last Marlborough Town council meeting the whole complex problem of transport in Marlborough needed attention with a

view to a bigger scheme.A decision was also needed as to whether the council would

support a residents’ parking scheme.Committee consideration and a future public meeting were

mentioned.

MARLBOROUGH WEST WOODS SALE CONCERNMarlborough Town Councillors at their last meeting

expressed concern at the proposed sale of West Woods.

Cr Nick Fogg said the woods were a resource for the people of the town and surrounds and with the inclusion of the Wansdyke section could constitute an historic heritage site.



Hungerford Town Show Props will enjoy a secure home at College Farm, courtesy of David Liddiard, Patron of the Community

of Hungerford Theatre Company. West Berks Council overturned the advice of offi cials and granted permission to remain on site for three years, at the recent meeting of WBC Planning Committee. In granting the application the committee recognised the efforts of Cllrs Holtby and Hewer, Hungerford Town Council and Kintbury Parish Council in support of the application. The Theatre Company was seen to be an asset to the local community and can now continue its good work.

From 23-26 February the company will be performing `The Likes of Us`, an early collaboration of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, performed for the fi rst time in West Berkshire at the John O’Gaunt Community Technology College. Tickets for this tuneful and heartening story, with a talented cast of local children and adults are now available from Crown Needlework in Hungerford High Street or on 01488 684011. A show not to be missed. -Barry Waddell

WITCHCRAFT IN BERKSHIRE

4.2.2011

FUTURE OF HUNGERFORD TOWN SHOW SECURED

The Hungerford Historical Association were this month treated to a talk by their youngest ever speaker, Douglas Clapp, entitled ‘Witchcraft in

Berkshire during the 16th & 17th Centuries’. Douglas, 21, is studying history at Reading University and his thesis provided the basis of the talk.

The English idea of a witch at that time was generally an old, poor woman, probably a widow, who had gained a reputation with her neighbours as a witch. English witches knew other witches, but acted alone, and they inherited their ‘powers’ from a familiar spirit (e.g. a cat) who they paid with their own blood! In 1542 the fi rst law against witchcraft was introduced, making it a capitol offence. This law was revised in 1563 under Elizabeth I to make execution less likely, but the law was made harsher again under James I, who was very suspicious of witches. The last execution for witchcraft was in 1684 and the law was eventually repealed in 1951.

Some examples of Berkshire witches were then given, including the unusual case of ‘The Windsor Witches’, which eventually fi nished with the hanging of 4 witches after wax effi gies were found that possibly resembled The Queen. Another case involved a man from Hungerford who made his daughter fake enchantment, so that he could accuse his neighbour, in order to settle a grudge stemming from a football match! The last case mentioned was the ‘Newbury Surfi ng Witch’, a royalist woman spotted by parliamentarian soldiers using a piece of wood to traverse the Kennet and automatically assumed to be a witch! This claim was apparently confi rmed when they opened fi re on her and she failed to die, so they waded in and fi nished the job with their swords, just to be on the safe side.

The next talk is entitled ‘Tree-rings – a Time and a place’ by Dr Andy Moir and is on the 23rd February at 7.30pm at The Corn Exchange, Hungerford.

A special meeting of repesentatives of user groups affected by the oncoming threatened closure of John O’ Gaunt Community Youth Centre and the Croft Field will be held

in Hungerford Town Council offi ces on Thursday, February 24.Hungerford’s mayor, Cr Anthony Buckwell stepped in to offer

council help at Wednesday night’s West Berkshire John O’ Gaunt open meeting in the centre.

The meeting will formulate an action plan expected to involve voluntary community work.

Wednesday’s meeting attended by about 60 people heard an unconvincing West Berkshire case for closure of the centre on March 31.

It was a case of more of what was not revealed than what facts were actually presented in the case for austerity.

It would appear that 12 full time West Berks youth posts will become redundant, three out of four of the posts in the western area directly affecting Hungerford,

The meeting was told that both Hungerford centres were running at losses. Although the cost of keeping them open was not mentioned, it would appear to be in the region of £100,000 a year, some 80% of which involving salaries. Income would apprear to be in the region of £5000 a year.

The meeting agreed that the youth service was a vital one for the comunity and the centres should be kept open on a long term basis.

There was some doubt cast upon West Berkshire claims of ownership to the buildings and this is to be clarifi ed.

Head Teacher of John O’Gaunt Community Technology College, Neil Spurdell said the college had a vested interest in keeping the centre open and he would therefore be disappointed to see it close. The college would not be able to contribute fi nance from its school budget, he said.

The whole issue of threatened closure and measures to keep the centre open will be discussed publicly at the town’s parish meeting on March 17.

HUNGERFORD COUNCIL TO HELP IN COMMUNITY

CENTRE CRISIS



An Art and Architecture day at St John’s on 14 December was a big success. Students, artists and adults from the community spent a

day working together to come up with designs for a 3D installation to go into the School’s atrium. Ideas ranged from glass shards hung to throw coloured refl ections onto walls and fl oor, to paper darts fl ying around the atrium and symbolising the journey of young people at school. There were eight designs in total all presented to a panel of judges.

After several days of deliberation the judges who included St John’s Headteacher Dr Patrick Hazlewood, Architect Neil Armitage and Artist Fenella Elms selected an installation made up of fl ocks of birds soaring around the space. The birds are in fact cut-outs of hands and St John’s hopes to be able to include the hands of thousands of people from the Marlborough area. Primary schools are being invited to participate, but St John’s would also like to involve the whole community.

Speaking on behalf of the judges, local artist and project coordinator Fenella Elms, said, ‘We were impressed with all eight of the design ideas. But we had also to take into account the technical complexity of the making. A fl ock of birds created from hands soaring around the atrium is a wonderful idea that will look great. Now all that we need are lots of people making the Hand Birds!’

Now students and volunteers from the wider community are working together under the guidance of St John’s Head of Art Leesa Spokes and artist Fenella Elms, the project co-ordinator to create the sculpture, and want to involve as many people as possible in creating “Hand Birds”. Thousands of birds will need to be made, by reusing plastic milk bottles to create pairs of hands that will be fi xed in the atrium to look like a soaring fl ock of birds.

The School’s Headteacher Dr Patrick Hazlewood is very keen to involve the wider community to ensure that the installation is made up of the hands of people of all ages and from all parts of the area. Messages of sharing, individuality, freedom and fl ight will all be enhanced by having hundreds of these ‘birds’ of all shapes and sizes grouped and fi xed onto clear plastic piping.

Each bird is made from a cut out recycled plastic milk bottle, preferably the two litre size. Simple to make, after cutting off the bottom and top fi ddly bits of the bottle, fl atten, fold in half and draw around your hand to create your own Hand Bird. Cut it out while folded and then open out to see your fi nished bird.

of 30th March. The workshops take place on selected Mondays from 3.15 - 4.30 with the installation talking place in late March. For further details call Fenella on 01672 541076. -kate Hunter.

ST. JOHN’S NEEDS HANDS-ON HELP

CORKS TO POP AT TWINNING ANNIVERSARY

This year, February 14th will marked not only Valentine’s Day but the 30th Anniversary of the twin-town links between Hungerford and

Ligueil in France. To mark this occasion, members and friends of the Hungerford Twinning Association (HTA) attended a celebratory dinner at the Three Swans on Saturday 12th February. A special feature was the Champagne Reception provided through the generosity of TESCO.

Jack Williams, Mayor of Hungerford in 1981 and Founder of these links reminded guests of the many long term Anglo-French bonds that have been forged over the past 30 years. At the same time, he will be anticipating building upon the successful visit of last year’s party from Ligueil that included nearly 20 teenagers who

enjoyed a taste of Hungerford hospitality. This year it is Hungerford’s turn to visit Ligueil [27 – 31 May] and it is hoped that a similar number of the youth of Hungerford will join in the fun on the other side of La Manche. Further details of the Dinner and Bookings can be obtained from HTA Secretary Virginia Crane of 01488 684804.



New Musical Director for Aldbourne Band - David Johnson LLCM LRSM – watch him conduct at Immanuel Church, Swindon.

Aldbourne Band have great expectations that their new Musical Director will lead them back into the Championship Section this year. The work has already started with the West of England test piece – an overture called ‘Le Carnival Romain’ written by Berlioz. This will be played in Torquay on 12th March competing against other First Section bands. The Band need to be placed 1st or 2nd in order to qualify for the National First Section Finals held in Harrogate in September. A win at Harrogate guarantees a promotion back to the Championship Section. The New Year has seen two new players from Jaguar Band join Aldbourne in its quest to regain championship status.

At the Band’s 48th annual concert in Immanuel Church, Swindon on 29th January the audience will have the opportunity to hear Le Carnival Romain for its fi rst public airing this year. Tickets are £7 on the door for a 7pm start. Special guests are the Ramsbury based Bella Voce Choir.

David was born and raised in Sennen Cove near LandsEnd in Cornwall.

At the age of 10 David began playing the baritone in Penzance Silver Band under the baton of Claude

Nicholas and then he moved to his much loved Euphonium.

At 14 he accepted the position of Solo Euphonium at Lanner and District Silver Band where he remained until he joined the Royal Marines Band Service in September 1990 at the age of 16 as a Euphonium & Cello player.

Whilst under training David studied the Euphonium under the tutelage of Steve Shimwell.

In 1993, David completed his training and was drafted to the Staff Band Royal Marines Deal. His career has taken him too many countries including the USA, Canada, Russia, Ethiopia, Japan, and Australia.

As well as a euphonium player, David is also an arranger of music for both the brass band and wind band and has been featured as a Soloist and arranger at the Royal Albert Hall at the Mountbatten Festival of Music on many occasions.

David is currently the Chief Librarian of the Royal Marines Band Service in Portsmouth.

His Brass Band career has been successful as a player and a conductor.

He has taken his previous band Verwood Concert Brass from the Forth to the First Section in four years and looks forward to great success with Aldbourne Band this year. -Deborah Sheppard

NEW MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR ALDBOURNE BAND

Friends of Aldbourne Band have permission to give a screening of the new hit fi lm “The Kings Speech”. This widely acclaimed British fi lm

has been nominated for BAFTA “Best Film” and stars Colin Firth, winner of the 2011 Golden Globe for Best Actor.

A long time resident of Aldbourne, Richard Price, was involved in the early development of the fi lm and its subsequent production. As an enthusiast for the Band and one of its trustees, Richard has kindly arranged for permission for the special screening of “The King’s Speech” with proceeds going to the Friends of the Band, a charity which raises funds on its behalf.

Tickets for the evening showing on Saturday 19th February sold out almost immediately, so a second matinee performance at 3:30 for 4:00 pm was organised. The screening will be at the “Ramsbury Roxy” venue

in Ramsbury Memorial Hall and another screening is scheduled for Friday 18th by the regular community cinema, this time in aid of a defi brillator for the village. Friends of Aldbourne Band are grateful for the technical assistance being given by the Roxy volunteers. Tickets, if still available, are from both Aldbourne and Ramsbury Post Offi ces.

Richard Price is a former chairman of BAFTA and is a Fellow of the Royal Television Society. He was involved with the development of “Mamma Mia!”. Richard is delighted with the response to The King’s Speech screenings and said “The huge local reaction meaning that three performances have had to be scheduled is very pleasing and I am very happy that two of our local charities will gain substantially. I hope to introduce briefl y all three performances.” -Deborah Sheppard

LOCAL CHARITIES TO BENEFIT FROM KING’S SPEECH



EMERGENCY SERVICE CONCERN

Concern was shown at the last Hungerford Town council meeting at the loss of Hungerford’s home-based emergency 999

service. Councillors were told 999 reaction was from Blewbury.

PARISH ASSEMBLY ON MARCH 17

Hungerford’s annual parish assembly would be in the Corn Exchange at 7pm on March 17, the mayor Cr Anthony Buckwell told

the last council meeting.

HUNGERFORD & DISTRICT COMMUNITY

ARTS FESTIVAL 2011(HADCAF) 1st – 24th July

This year marks the 20th annual Hungerford & District Community Arts Festival. The Festival launches on Friday 1st July with

a very English entertainment entitled By George!, and draws to a close on Sunday 24th July with a recital by the very talented young pianist Kausikan Rajeshkumar. In between, more fantastic events have been lined up including jiving the night away with King Pleasure & the Biscuit Boys, a poetry evening with Andrew Motion (Poet Laureate 1999-2009), a play about Queen Elizabeth 1 using her own words, Benjamin Britten’s comic opera Albert Herring, a Variety Show, and much more besides.

If you would like to open your garden during HADCAF (for a charity of your own choosing if you so wish), please phone Beryl Fowler on 01488 684901. If you would like to take part in the Art, Craft and Photography Exhibition (on 2nd & 3rd July in the Corn Exchange) please contact Catherine Hill ([email protected] [email protected]) or tel 01488 683719.

Programmes will be available from 1st June from the box offi ce (Newbury Building Society, Hungerford branch), the Library and many other outlets around the town. For more information please visit the Festival website: www.hadcaf.co.uk or email [email protected] or telephone Elizabeth Davis on 01488 684038

Opening of Marlborough’s recycling centre in the new busines park has been delayed.

Cr Nick Fogg at Marlborough Town Council’s last meeting said he understood there was a problem of piping beneath the site. “It may take a while”.

Marlborough’s old people’s Christmas Dinner is expected to be held in Marlborough Town Hall on May 1. It was cancelled before Christmas because of the cold.

RECYCLING CENTRE DELAY

PRAYERS FOR COUNCILLOR BULLOCK

Marlborough Town Councillors at their last meeting prayed for Hungerford’s Cr Gwynneth Bullock who is in Swindon’s Great Western Hospital.

OLD PEOPLE’S DINNER

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Hungerford reservoir, off Sanden Road, is being expanded to safeguard the town’s water resources for at least the next 25 years.

The 2.2 megalitre enclosed reservoir will be expanded by 1.1 megalitres

Thames Water will spend the next six months, from February 17 to the end of August, building an additional cell on the reservoir to increase its capacity by a third.

Lawrence Gosden, Thames Water’s head of capital delivery, said: “We provide THE essential service – clean, safe drinking water and sanitation -to nearly 14m people across London and the Thame Valley, and as a long-term business our job is to make sure we can do this effectively not Just today but for many decades to come.

“Expanding Hungerford reservoir will enable our water resources to keep pace with the forecast rise in demand caused by predicted population growth for at least the next 25 years. “Each one of our water customers uses a tonne a week of water on average.

Making sure there is enough to go round is a must-do job, which is why the £800,000 project we’re doing at Hungerford is so important.” The new cell on the covered-over reservoir, which supplies 2,800 properties in the Hungerford area, is being designed to fi t sympathetically into its new surroundings, with all efforts made to minimise the impact of the work on nearby residents.

Anthony Buckwell, the mayor of Hungerford, said: “Improving the town’s water supply is something to be welcomed in light of probable increases in population in future.

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FOR NEXT 25 YEARS

WOULD YOU CONSIDER JOINING

PROBUS CLUB OF HUNGERFORD?

Probus is club for retired professional and business people. If you have retired recently and live in the area, you could

consider joining the local club which is a mixed group of men and women who come from a variety of work backgrounds. The Club meets for lunch, once a month, on the last Thursday at the British Legion Hall in Church Way Hungerford. The lunch is followed by a short talk from a variety of speakers.

It is a good way to meet local people and fi nd out what goes on in the area. At present we have vacancies so would welcome inquires. For further information ring any of the numbers below and come as a guest on the fi rst visit and see if the Club is for you.

01488 682 351 or 01488 684127 or 01488 682236

MARLBOROUGH PARKING AND TRANSPORT TO

BE DISCUSSEDCr Guy Loosmore told the last Marlborough Town council

meeting the whole complex problem of transport in Marlborough needed attention with a view to a bigger scheme.

A decision was also needed as to whether the council would support a residents’ parking scheme.

Committee consideration and a future public meeting were mentioned.

MARLBOROUGH WEST WOODS SALE CONCERN

Marlborough Town Councillors at their last meeting expressed concern at the proposed sale of West Woods.Cr Nick Fogg said the woods were a resource for the people of the town and surrounds and with the inclusion of the Wansdyke section could constitute an historic heritage site.

RECYCLING CENTRE DELAY

Opening of Marlborough’s recycling centre in the new busines park has been delayed.

Cr Nick Fogg at Marlborough Town Council’s last meeting said he understood there was a problem of piping beneath the site. “It may take a while”.

PRAYERS FOR COUNCILLOR BULLOCK

Marlborough Town Councillors at their last meeting prayed for Hungerford’s Cr Gwynneth Bullock who is in

Swindon’s Great Western Hospital.

OLD PEOPLE’S DINNER

Marlborough’s old people’s Christmas Dinner is expected to be held in Marlborough Town Hall on May 1.

It was cancelled before Christmas because of the cold.

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