Sedgeberrow Post Aug-Sept-2012

Produced by : Mick & Kim Workman, Mike Parker, Chris & Mel Wilson, Guy

Redmond, Marilyn Butt, with watercolour above by Julian Crawford

Photo by Bob Cooper

Summer at last - we hope!

August and September 2012

A SeSaME Production. No 5

Editorial

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October/November

December/January

February/March

16th Sept

18th Nov

13th Jan

Jubilee Tea Celebrations

Page 24

Summer Walks. Page 27

Have your own group‘s web page

on sedgeberrow.com. Page 8

Bootsale Selling tips. Page 30

The View from Chris Trewick‘s

Armchair. Page 6

Visit SeSaME‘s new website and

see the Post there also

www.sesame.me.uk

Click on the kingfisher

Editors Mike Parker 01386 881863

Mel Wilson [email protected]

Advertising – see page 14

Copy Deadlines 2012

This publication is printed

on recycled paper

Parish Council Report. Page 20

Faster Broadband Survey. Page 19

All paper used in the Sedgeberrow Post

has been sponsored by Kim & Mike

Workman, courtesy of Dunn & Dusted.

Do Support our Advertisers

You will see that a good mix of people

have responded to our offer of advertis-

ing space in the new Sedgeberrow Post,

showing us the services that they offer.

Without them we could not afford to

produce this newsletter, with its splash of

colour and information for the village.

Thanks to them all. So please do your bit. Consider what they are offering very

seriously and when you respond make

sure that you let them know that you

heard about them here, between the pag-

es of our new village newsletter. Allotments

In Sedgeberrow. Page 33

Wychavon Games Cross Country.

Page 17

Not to be Missed

Bulk LPG Gas buying. Page 6

Our Shop has gone. Page 14

Remember the Oil Buying Dates

Page 5

Make your contribution. Page 3

Under 18s, your Village needs you

Flood Group in Action. Page 34

News from Sedgeberrow School.

Page 16

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Your Village needs You Have you any experiences you wish to share, a skill that could please our

villagers? Do please us all by submitting articles, recording your events and

most importantly, hitting our deadlines.

Editor’s extra request: Calling all village under 18s. Have you ever

penned a poem, drafted a drawing, crafted a cartoon, juggled jokes, or just

have tales to tell? If so, share them with us in the Sedgeberrow Post and hit

the small time!

Submitting material for publication If you are a local villager you will have a choice of a double A5 page

spread, a single A5 page, a half page and a quarter page. We have some

estimates of how many words you will need for each size. These are just

approximations and will vary according to logos that you may also want to

feature and the number of large headlines that you want. By working to the-

se parameters when you are emailing your piece, you will help the

editorial process immensely. Some of you will have a basic template that

you can modify accordingly for each new issue. Email is best for us.

A double A5 page spread. - Approx 560 words (No 12 font)

A single A5 page. - Approx 280 words (No 12 font)

A half A5 page. - Approx 140 words (No 12 font)

A quarter A5 page. - Approx 60 words (No 12 font)

It‘s all free to villagers and with colour also available. Though our recent

experience with the Christmas edition has taught us that next Christmas we

will have to ask for an affordable donation from village groups who want a

page full of intense colour. That‘s if they think it‘s worth the extra expense.

Remember. If it’s in too late you've two months to wait!

Talk to Mike, who will help you estimate how much space

you will need. (01386 881863)

Can you recommend a qualified local Tradesman who makes

a good, reasonably priced job of servicing your Oil Heating

Boiler? If so call Mike on 013686 881863 and he will pass that

information on to the retired local villager who requested it.

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From: The Sedge Warbler.

In Praise of the Wood-burner

At one time it was considered rather old fash-

ioned to have a wood fire in the house. When we

moved in here everybody seemed to be sinking

tanks into the ground to store gas or oil. We were

no exception, having installed a gas tank in the

1970s - now long gone, both tank and that era. I

had worked at haymaking in Norway, as a stu-

dent during the long summer breaks, and been

introduced to the delights of a wood stove. Not

only that, I saw first hand the importance of good

stacking, to ensure really dry logs that burn well.

So as a backup to our cheap gas we always started the winter with a year‘s

supply of logs that had been happily drying, stacked neatly away for 18 months.

Whatever the winter threw at us we were free from total dependency on our

heating suppliers over the dark months of winter.

We then had renewable energy on our own doorstep which I still have.

Times change. No cheap gas or oil now and wood-burner sales are up. Quite the

fashionable new addition to the home they are. Wood costs are also up a bit

though, inevitable unless you have cottoned onto tapping into the plentiful

supplies that can be found in skips and elsewhere.

There is some icing on the cake for me in the form of a 4 gallon, Victorian cast

iron ―kettle‖ complete with brass tap. This giant gives hot water for night-time

washing up, then enough for night-time hot water bottles and a morning wash.

The water complements the wood-burners heat dispersal, slowly adding its heat

loss to the room, after the wood-burner has cooled down, giving heat for longer .

If ever there was a time to investigate local energy sources, this is it. There is

massively increasing demand from Asia. Sources of fossil fuel are fast reducing.

Locally sourced renewable energy will be a tremendous asset in the future.

An indication of how desperate oil companies are for new supplies is the fact

that Shell‘s disingenuously named oil drilling ship, ―Noble Discoverer‖ left Se-

attle for Dutch Harbour, Alaska late in June. It will wait there until the ice melts,

awaiting permission from the US government to drill for oil there. What chances

are there of a Gulf of Mexico style oil spill in that perilously harsh environment? An unbearable thought but we can’t expect to have cheap-n-easy oil for long.

So investigate what your boiler can do for you. Sedge

Warbler

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For a monthly email reminder - contact Mike Parker

Don’t miss out! Next Delivery Dates are Fri 17th Aug & Fri 14th Sept

Make sure that you buy regularly as a member of Sedgeberrow Oil

Buying Group, as come the crunch at any time, because of supply and weather condi-

tions, loyal members will be prioritised.

1. Check the year‘s dates. – See below

2. Phone on 01905 775920 or by email to [email protected].

3. No orders taken after midday of the day before delivery.

4. You must say you are part of the Sedgeberrow Oil Buying Group.

5. Give full delivery name and address.

6. Payment can be made either at time of ordering but certainly within TEN days of deliv-

ery, either by cheque or by phoning in with debit card details.

7. Sign up with SeSaME for an ―email - order date reminder‖ if you lead a busy life.

8.The price is not fixed until two days before delivery, as market prices change every day.

Delivery Dates for 2012

Fri 12th Oct - Fri 16th Nov - Fri 14th Dec.

Sedgeberrow Sustainable and Manageable Energy

SeSaME – Email: [email protected]

Contact: Mike Parker (Chair) Tel: 01386 881863

Website: www.sesame.co.uk

Sedgeberrow Oil Buying Group. SeSaME Oil Buying Group, in association with Evesons of Worcestershire,

Do yourself a favour! Reduce your fuel costs.

Buy Oil at consistently Low Prices, Whether 500 or 1000 litres. Go for the

payment method of your choice. (You can spread payments over 12 months).

Ensure that you get a reliable delivery when the weather turns nasty.

Receive a monthly reminder to check your oil tank.

Do your Village a favour! Help bring some cash into the village to support our activities.

Reduce the number of HGVs that enter our Village.

Ensure less infrastructure damage and noise.

Over the last 12 months our households bought 89766 litres of heating oil

from Evesons, and our 0.25p a litre levy has earned a cheque for £224.41

from them. Last year‘s money helped launch this year‘s Post and this year‘s

money should be free for other projects, once we know in December that

we have a high repeat rate with our advertisers. Let‘s beat that figure with

more members over the next 12 months and also support our advertisers.

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SEEN FROM MY ARMCHAIR

For 6 weeks recently, after having surgery on both feet, I was stuck in the

armchair, unable to walk, But it has meant that I have been able to observe

the comings and goings of the village past my house in Main Street.

I have seen the good drivers and the bad – you could not believe the speed

some drive at (one day, there will be a horse in the road just around the bend,

and you will not be able to stop).

I have seen the thoughtful dog walkers, but also some unthoughtful ones,

you will know what I mean, the evidence can be seen all along our

pavements.

I have seen how some children reacted to a ‗road-kill‘ hedgehog (before its

removal by the road-sweeper) - inspecting it, and moving it around with their

feet, before continuing up or down Main Street.

I have seen a lot of people pause and look at the unusual conifer in our front

garden (for those who are interested, I am told that it is a Korean Fir (abies

koreana) and it is about 20 years old).

And, on one occasion, what I saw prompted me to contact Neighbourhood

Watch. A man with a very large camera was photographing/filming the

houses. Rapid response by NW resulted in the explanation - a TV company,

complete with Aled Jones, was filming for an episode of ―A House in the

Country―!

So, it was interesting to see what goes on – we see things that we perhaps

miss as we rush from one thing to another.

Chris Trewick (Mrs)

Watch out for increased Gas Prices. The news is that suppliers are quoting big price rises this coming winter.

If you buy LPG gas and want to explore a possible, group buying scheme

for the Village, then phone Mike on 01386 881863or email him on

[email protected]

Explore how village, bulk LPG buyers can achieve lower prices by them

regularly buying as a group. Not easy but worth investigating. Meanwhile,

check what your underground service pipe, or yard line is made of, as all

metal pipes are being replaced before the end of 2013.

Come to a meeting on Wednesday 5th September at 7.30,

in the Queens Head, to work out the best way to proceed.

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Loyalty scheme available.

Opening Hours

Monday to Friday - 9am to 6pm

Saturday - 9am to 5pm

Tel: 01242 609330

9 North St,

Winchcombe

Gloucestershire

GL54 5LH

WINCHCOMBE BARBER SHOP

Portrait Commissions

Undertaken

In Watercolour or Pastels

By local artist - Carolyn

Email: [email protected]

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The Sedgeberrow Village Website: www.sedgeberrow.com

If you are a Village Group who would like to keep people up to date with

activities on a page that you control on this website, contact Mike Parker

at [email protected] or on 01386 881863. Courtesy of our own Chris

Wilson, we are offering Villagers access to their own page, via their own

unique password, enabling them to update their own written material. We

hope that people will come forward to cover many facets of village life.

Watercolour by Pam Cuthbert. 2003

We specialise in bathroom renovations, minor heating installations and general

service and repair.

SC Heating And Plumbing

Feel free to call to arrange for a free quotation on

07850151199 or 01386 882167

www.sc-heatingandplumbing.com

A small Family business for all makes

& models of cars. Free collection &

delivery service. Free courtesy cars.

Lowest labour rates within the area.

Manufacturer’s spec Servicing .

Mots by appointment.

General repairs

Preventative maintenance

Quality used car sales

Paint work/body repairs

Tyres and clutches

Free Quotations

6 Orchard Industrial Estate

Toddington, Nr Cheltenham. GL54 5EB

Open Daily from 9.00 am to 6.00 pm

Tel: 07521 283002

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WOODY’S GARDEN

SERVICES

For all your garden requirements, your local parish lengthsman...

fully insured, friendly service,

no job too small

Martin Woodhouse Telephone 882497

Mobile 07766 113 671

[email protected]

Royal British Legion Womans Section

Come to Bingo on: Sept 29th, Oct 27th, Nov 24th

If any member would like to donate a Bingo Prize this would be very

much appreciated as this is our main money raising event.

S.M.Brown Secretary. Phone: 01386 881620

Worcestershire County Council

approved contractor

Registered & Reliable, Flexible Service

with Trust. Cost Effective.

Local in Sedgeberrow

Monthly Meeting Wednesday Sept 29th @ 7.30pm.

In the Betteridge Room.

Hostesses: Mrs E Hardman, Mrs T Holder, & Mrs A Crowther

The monthly prize Mrs Gillard

Speaker: Rosemary Prosser. ― Hot meals & Cold Meals‖

The August Monthly Meeting will be held on Wednesday 1st at Aston

Somerville, by kind invitation of Christine Bradley of 7, Glebe Road.

It will be a cheese & wine evening held at the usual time of 7.30 pm

Contact either Mrs Bradley 852331 or Sylvia Brown 881620

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200 Club Winners

Weeks 11 to 20

Week 21 No 13 Mrs McLaren

Week 22 No 195 Mrs J Hughes

Week 23 No 258 Mr P Dobbins

Week 24 No 46 Mrs Birtwhistle

Week 24 No 152 Mrs Leeson

Week 24 No 56 Mrs J Driver

Week 25 No 173 Mrs D Pinchin

Drawn by

Mrs S Wilson

Thank you for your

continued support

£10

£10

£10

£20

£10

£5

£10

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Week 26 No 285 Mrs.Dooey

Week 27 No 104 Mrs.S.Beasley

Week 28 No 150 Mr.B.Bunn

Week 28 No 325 Mrs.Jones

Week 28 No 14 Mrs.F.Swords

Week 29 No 127 Miss.Newborough

Week 30 No 307 Mrs.A.Leonard

£10

£10

£20

£10

£5

£10

£10

Drawn by

Mrs.J.Hughes.

We are always looking for new members. It only costs 20p per

week the same as it did 23 years ago.

Each week there is a £10 prize, every 4th week £20, £10 and £5

prizes, and in week 52 there is a £100 prize.

Anyone wishing to join please ring me, Cyril Banks on 881623

Cricket

I've been teaching a few hobbits how to play cricket.

Bilbo's good at catching, but he can't really Frodo.

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The Queens Head

Main Menu now started.

Abbey

Cleaning

Services

Traditional

Window Cleaners

Family Run Business

Established 1993

01386 446098

Domestic and Commercial

Food will be served at these times:

Friday 6.30 - 9pm

Saturday 6.30 - 9pm

Sunday 12.00 - 2.30pm

Our New Number is 01386 881135

Booking is advisable

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Sedgeberrow Parish Church News

Drawing by John Livingstone

Benefice of Hampton, Sedgeberrow & Hinton on

the Green.

Priest in Charge: Revd. Mark Binney as at

Hampton Vicarage on 01386 424235.

Churchwardens: Ann Banks 881623 and

Doreen Hayes 881965

August/September Services

August Aug 5th.. 10am Benefice service at Hampton .

Aug12th. 10am Benefice service at Hinton.

Aug. 19th 10 am Benefice service at

Sedgeberrow.

Aug 26th 10am Benefice service at Hampton.

Aug 26th Baptism at Sedgeberrow.

September in Sedgeberrow Sept 2nd. 9am Holy Communion.

Sept 9th. 11am Family Service.

Sept 16th. 9am Holy Communion.

Sept 23rd.11am Holy Communion.

Sept 30th. 10am Benefice service.

TBA.

Bingo starts again on Saturday September 8th, October 13th, November 17th,

December8th.. All at 8pm in the Village Hall

Coffee Mornings The coffee mornings continue to be a success so why not come

along and meet with friends and enjoy a natter. The next coffee mornings are

Thursday August 23rd and September 27th 10am-12noon.

Harvest Supper The Harvest Supper will take place in the Village Hall on Friday

October 5th 7 for 7.30pm.Tickets available in September from Ann Banks 881623

Jubilee Fete. The Jubilee Fete was postponed due to the weather conditions it was

held in the Village Hall on July 14th

The Church Clock. Our Church Clock used to tell the time to the inhabitants of

Winchcombe from their Church Tower. A new clock having been installed in

Winchcombe the pieces of the ancient clock were given to Revd. Marsh by the

Vicar and Churchwardens of Winchcombe in 1901. The pieces remained in the

Rectory Attics for one year for nobody would undertake to put it together in the

Tower. In March 1902 a Mr Collins of Radford said he would make the attempt.

He succeeded, and the Clock first struck the Hour on March 3rd 1902. With occa-

sional repairs and careful attention it has kept time ever since, and though parts of

it must be at least 250 years old it still keeps very fair time. The pieces were a gift

to the Parish but it cost £17—2 shillings and 11 pence to put it together.

Taken from the Parish Magazine August 1938

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Contact details of your key elected members.

Still

Awaiting

Photo

Maureen Pratt – Chairman of Sedgeberrow Parish Council

Tel: 01386 881637. Email [email protected]

Clerk: Jacqueline Shields. [email protected]

Parish Councillors: John de Paris, Darren Farmer,

Richard Hunt, Alan Stow.

Roma Kirke – District Councillor

Woodpeckers, 9 Hands Orchard, Great Comberton.

Pershore. WR10 3DZ. Tel 01386 710514

Liz Eyre – County Councillor

150 High Street, Broadway, WR12 7AJ Tel: 01386 854807. Mobile: 07801816755

County Hall: 01905 766880

Harriett Baldwin – Member of Parliament. The House of

Commons, London SW1A 0AA. (For Caseworkers).Tel: 01684

585165. Email:[email protected]:

www.harriettbaldwin.com. Advice Surgery: Call Malvern Office

to make an appointment on 01684 585165

Parkers Paraffinalia

“keeping old lamps aflame”

Want to know more about

your paraffin lamp? Do you

like complete, old lamps of

your own for a kind mellow

light and help in power cuts?

Then call on Mike. 01386

881863 or 07949 200207

I collect and restore all

kinds of old oil lamps, like

Tilley, Hinks and Wells

Unbreakable lamps. I am

also quite happy to help you

with queries about ways to

restore or find parts for your

lamps and give talks about

early lighting.

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.parkers-paraffinalia.co.uk

Hand tied

Bouquets,

Contemporary

Floral

Arrangements,

Country

Posies and

Vase filling.

Main St, GL20 7AD

01386 881248

Beckford Stores

Speciality Foods & Delicatessan

Post Office & PayPoint

Dry Cleaning

Email: [email protected]

Tel: 01386 881248

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Locality Village Store

Sedgeberrow Post Advertisements

Single Issue

1/4 page ……£7.50

1/2 page…...£15.00

Full page…..£25.00

For 2012 - 2 Issues

1/4 page ……£10.00

1/2 page……£20.00

Full page….. £40.00

Sponsorship: Double page spread = full page advert and full page

editorial. Plus mention in editors copy on page three.

One Issue…….£60.00

Please email advert material to: [email protected]

To discuss your needs, format your advert,

ring 01386 881863 (Mike)

We can afford to include some colour in your advert for a logo or small section.

If however you wish to have full colour throughout we will need to negotiate

with you on the price

We all had high hopes four years ago when Bridget and Steve resurrected our long lost

shop to the delight, and one must admit some surprise, of many Sedgeberrow

residents. They faced an uphill struggle as soon as it became apparent that a good

spread of rural Post Offices wasn't high on any of our Royal Mail‘s central planning

agendas. Then the surge in oil prices meant increased delivery costs.

They did their best and we should be grateful for that. I cut my milk teeth on small

shop management and I can tell you that it‘s no picnic for the faint hearted.

Thank you Bridget & Steve from all Sedgeberrow folk. For many, they could not match the price and variety of our Evesham mammoths,

Morrisons & Tesco and last year it was particularly hard for them to make it viable.

That‘s perhaps not the best memory to leave you with. Rather we might ponder how

pleased all of us were for their presence when the snow came. Mike Parker. Editor

As you will no doubt already know your only local

Village Store has now closed. It went to auction on 1st

July and, like 4 out of 10 lots, failed to meet its reserve,

Bridget and Steve have called it a day and won‘t be re-

opening. It is still for sale

So what can we do? If anyone would like to explore ideas, get together

with others, talk to the Parish Council to get their views about the possible

opportunities, then let us know before it is too late. Tel: 01386 881863

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All electrical work

undertaken:

Extra sockets, downlighters, security lighting.

New consumer units to current specification.

Testing and certification.

Free estimates.

Part P and 17th edition qualified.

Please call Pete on

01386 882212,

07899 778725.

Ohmpride Electrics

.

Regain Your Natural Poise

ALEXANDER

TECHNIQUE

Can help with:

Philippa Rands MSTAT

01386 881633

Chimney Pots Chimney Services

Chris Hurley

-Woodburners and Liners fitted

-Bird Guards and Pots fitted

-Pointing and Repairs

-Gutters cleaned

-Broken roof tiles replaced

01386 841808

07969 423020

[email protected]

stress

poor posture, back, neck

and joint pain

improved performance in

sport, music and other

activities

general health & well being

15% OFF your first visit

Sedgeberrow 01386 881 841

Treatments Include:

Lindsey is a fully qualified vtct beauty therapist, has worked in the beauty industry since 2003. The

home based salon is peaceful, professional, private and well equipped.

FOR A FULL PRICE LIST OR TO BOOK A TREATMENT CALL: 01386 881 841 OR 07801 629756

Nailtiques, Jessica, Geleration, Guinot, AnneBorlind

Brow shape £6

Half leg £12

Facials from £16

Bikini £7

Lash & Brow Tint £14

Manicure Classic ... 45min £17

Back Neck & Shoulder £18

www.beautybylindsey.co.uk

Beauty by Lindsey

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News from Sedgeberrow CE

First School

01386 881391

Mrs M M Humphreys Headteacher www.sedgeberrowfirstschool.ik.org

We were awarded an arts council grant to contribute a piece for the

Olympic Torch Relay celebrations in Broadway on Sunday 1st July and

created a whole school version of the Olympic rings. Each year group had

a ring representing a different continent and they filled it with art work

including clay models. On the reverse of their ring they put flags from all

the different countries competing in the games. The finished article was

amazing as you can see and it attracted a great deal of interest in

Broadway when we all enjoyed watching the torch come through. The

rings are now suspended in our library where we would welcome visitors

who are interested.

I do hope that everyone has had a good sum-

mer. Everything got very busy at the end of

last term with building work going on along-

side our usual end of year events. The whole

school took the theme of ‘The Olympics’ for

their topic during the last half-term and

thoroughly enjoyed all their studies.

During the Summer Term we had a whole school walking challenge aiming

to cover the distance that the torch travelled from Olympia to London.

The whole school regularly went on walks around the village aiming to

cover the distance which was represented on a large map displayed in

the school hall to show progress.

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The challenge finished at the end of our ‘Healthy Living Week’ with a

final walk down to Glebe meadow where we all celebrated with a picnic.

The money raised goes towards our ICT appeal for much-needed re-

placement computers.

Our building work is now complete and has made a huge difference to

the school. We now have two larger classrooms to accommodate the

full year groups in Year 1 and Year 2 and a larger office with proper

security areas.

We are delighted with the expansion of our lovely school both in terms

of number on roll and size of the accommodation. With 30 new children

starting Reception again this year we are moving towards being full

throughout the school however there are still some spaces so we will

be inviting everyone to an Open Morning later this term which I will

mention in the next issue.

The race will be held at Pershore High School on Monday 3rd September at

6.30pm, and the distance is about 2 miles on the school‘s grass playing fields.

For the past two years we have entered a team in this race.

The maximum number for a team is six, but so far we have only managed

to get together three runners on each occasion. Whether you run for fitness or

pleasure please consider representing Sedgeberrow, as it would be great if we

were able to put in a full team for the first time.

Whatever your ability do not rule yourself out, as although a few good

runners do enter, the overall standard is not daunting and the atmosphere is

quite relaxed. Most people take part to help out their village and just to enjoy

themselves.

If you would like more information or maybe want to chat the idea over with

me, please get in touch.

Dave May tel: 01386 882113. e-mail: [email protected]

Wychavon Games Cross Country Aged 14 years or over?

Do a bit of running?

Why not think about being part of the

Sedgeberrow team for this event?

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Sedgeberrow Based

Driving Instructor

SHIRLEY BUTCHER

Preferential Rates for

Sedgeberrow Residents

Telephone: Home 01386 881505

Mobile 07808 476412

Email: [email protected]

Yew Tree Garage Conderton Est. 1928

Quality Service and mechanical

repairs for all makes and

models of cars and light

commercial vehicles

Specialist in Classic Cars MOTs arranged

Mon– Fri: 9 – 5.30. Sat: 9 – 12

Arthur Turbefield

Tel: 01386 725223

Dumbleton Village Club

Entertainment 2012

Our Skittle Alley is currently

available. Please get in touch

to find out more.

We have live Country Music

most Saturday nights.

8:15-11.30pm

Entrance Fee £5.00

Contact : 01386 881462

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Email: [email protected]

01386 882353 or 07542748742

Call Lucy today for a

friendly, efficient service.

Need more time at home or

work? Lots of ironing to do,

but no time to do it? I accept

all orders, large or small at

very competitive prices.

Ironing can be collected and

delivered back to your door.

Hard Pressed-Village

Ironing Service

VEG BOX DELIVERY SCHEME

6-7 ITEMS £6.50

9 ITEMS £10.50

Home Grown, Local, Seasonal Produce

01386 834241

www.meadwellfarmshop.co.uk

FREE

SIGN UP TO THE VEG BOX DELIVERY

SCHEME AND GET THE 3rd DELIVERY BOX

SPECIAL OFFER

CLEEVE ROAD, MIDDLE LITTLETON,

EVESHAM, WORCS. WR11 8JR

Back Faster Broadband for the Village

The Worcestershire Broadband plan aims to get superfast broadband to

90% of the county by 2015, and for all communities to have access to at least

2 Mbps download speeds.

You can help influence the speed with which

superfast broadband is rolled out. If you go to http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/cms/superfast-broadband.aspx

you can click on the 'Show Support for Fast Broadband for Worcestershire'

link, and do just that!

Better than that. You can also join the three of us by helping to

undertake a definitive door to door survey of all villagers. That way we will

have really hard facts to support the case for Sedgeberrow village as an

essential part of that 90%. Please call one of us asap. Chris Wilson: 01386

881194. Chris Brooks 01386 565343. Mike Parker: 01386 881863.

Broadband Volunteers needed

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SEDGEBERROW PARISH COUNCIL Maureen Pratt – Chairman. Tel: 881637 - Email: [email protected]

Litter Picking. The Parish Council has agreed to award a bursary of £200 for any

village organisation that organises and carries out the annual village litter pick. If

any organisation would like to volunteer to take part, please get in touch with me

and I will let you have further details and the necessary paperwork. Clean up kits

can be borrowed from Wychavon District Council.

New Play Area. Work to refurbish the children‘s play area in Main Street is now

almost complete and the Parish Council has decided to rename it ‗The Jubilee Play

Area‘. It is hoped to arrange an official opening at the beginning of September, so

please watch the village notice board for further details. Included with the new

equipment is an outdoor table tennis table and this is available for use by children

and adults. Please supply your own table tennis bats and balls.

Register of Electors.The annual Register of Electors forms have been sent out

early this year so that Wychavon District Council can update the Register in time

for the new Police and Crime Commissioner elections that are being held in

November. If you have no changes to make to your details, you can respond by

telephone, text, mail or online. If you need to amend your details then the forms

can be returned by freepost. It is important that you register as otherwise you

could have problems in the future with getting credit, a bank loan, a mortgage, or a

mobile phone contract, as well as not being able to vote.

Flooding Help. If you are concerned about flooding, sandbags (either empty or

full) can be obtained from Wychavon District Council at Evesham Contact Centre

or Pershore Civic Centre.

South Worcestershire Development Plan. Following the public consultation last

year regarding the Preferred Options to the South Worcestershire Development

Plan, a range of proposed changes has now been published. Full details of the pro-

posals can be seen on the website www.swdevelopmentplan.org. There will be a

further public consultation into the proposed ‗Significant Changes‘ for a period of

6 weeks from 6th August to 14th September. The new consultation will be on the

proposed ‗Significant Changes‘ only and not on the Development Plan as a whole.

There are changes to housing allocations for Sedgeberrow, being 2 sites, one in

Main Street that has been brought back, and a new one in Winchcombe Road.

There will be a series of staffed roadshow events and Sedgeberrow will be covered

by the following events:

Evesham Town Hall – Thursday 30th August 4pm to 8pm

Beckford Village Hall – Wednesday 5th September 4pm to 8pm

Forms will be available for any comments, which must be on the ‗Significant

Changes‘ and on planning issues only. Any previous comments made on the De-

velopment Plan will still stand. Forms can be completed online and must be re-

turned by 14th September.

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Travel Passes. In 2008 new Concessionary Travel Passes were introduced offering

eligible elderly and disabled people free travel on off peak local bus services any-

where in England. The passes are issued on a 5-year basis, meaning that those is-

sued in 2008 will be coming up for renewal in the next 12 months. Worcestershire

County Council has approximately 70,000 travel passes to renew by May 2013 so

it is proposing to phase the renewal process over the next 10 months. The County

Council will be writing to all customers over the next 10 months to ask them to

renew their pass, free of charge, for a further 5 years should they want to continue

to receive the benefits of the scheme. Customers will be provided with full details

of the renewal process which can be done relatively simply either over the phone

or online.

Highway Issues. Any highway problems, e.g. potholes, drainage, damaged signs,

mud or oil on the road, etc should be reported to the County Council by contacting

the Worcesterhire Hub, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, by visiting the website at

www.whub.gov.uk. There is the facility to track any reported incidents by using

the ‗Track Progress‘ function and entering the reference number the incident was

recorded against.

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Sedgeberrow Parish Council

Jubilee Play Area Grant aided by Wychavon District Council

and some past parental fundraising.

Designed and built by Green Landscapes.

In full swing immediately

post the School day

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Sedgeberrow

Women’s

Institute

'Water Summer' if you will pardon the pun.

However in spite of the weather we were able to carry on with our activities.

Sadly the village fete had to be cancelled but luckily the cakes which had

been decorated for the Jubilee were able to be judged at the Jubilee Tea. The

coffee morning held at Judith's was well supported. Then Surprise! We were

blessed with a beautiful evening for our garden party, we could hardly

believe it. On July 2nd we saw the planting of a Norway Acer in the church

yard. This was to commemorate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Several of our

members attended and Mark blessed the planting. On that day the tree was

well watered in.

We debated whether or not to go ahead with the 'Games' afternoon due at

Farmcote but then decided in favour. Thursday July 5th was a perfect day,

the sun shining all day. Tennis, table tennis and boules were offered. Several

members played table tennis but mostly we sat and enjoyed the sun, the

views and of course the cream tea!

On July 14th we went on a visit to the Arts Centre and on July 17th we had a

talk on 'The Parkinson's Society given by John and Shirley Lynch.

August will be a quiet month. Some members are going to the Cheltenham

Croquet Club for an afternoon of Croquet. Other informal meetings may be

arranged in September. There will be the usual coffee morning and book

club meetings . On September 18th there will be a talk and demonstration on

Wood Turning by Oliver McLaren.

The Annual Council Meeting will be held at Cheltenham Racecourse on

September 28th.

In September there will be a sale of Christmas cards, wrapping paper etc.

We look forward to seeing you, and new members are always welcome.

Ella Hardman. 01386 881088.

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The food was great and, as Enid Blyton would say, ―lashings of tea‖

wereserved in china tea pots. We had a DVD of the Queen‘s early years as

our monarch playing in the background. We topped it by a visit from a

Pseudo Queen (from daughter in law Sarah, complete with crown & scep-

tre) and to finish off the party a rousing sing-along. What more could we

ask? Our cup truly runneth over. We must pay tribute to the ladies who pro-

vided the sandwiches, and the ladies who baked such wonderful cakes, none

of whom would accept payment. And the people who made dozens of jel-

lies, those who generously donated raffle prizes and then there were the

team who worked tirelessly to organise and run the day, from Marylyn &

Brian who decorated the hall to Sue & Pat and Joyce & Sophie and Wendy

for making seemingly endless pots of tea. It was lovely to see our Vicar and

his wife and the whole party started with the Jubilee Grace said of course by

the Rev Mark followed by a toast to the Queen from the day‘s host Brian

Palmer. If ever there was a demonstration of community in action, this was

it in spades. Thank you one and all. We deliberately wanted this to be a non

profit making event but due to peoples generosity we did have a small

surplus. Thanks to Richard Hunt agreeing to pay the hall hire from the com-

munity funds, we have enough to provide a memorial of some sort to our

Queen‘s marvellous 60 year reign. We realise that trying to get a consensus

on what that memorial should be would be impossible, so the tea party

committee (Barbara, Wendy & Brian) have opted for a professionally

framed photograph of the queen, subject to the proposal being acceptable to

the school‘s Head and the Village Hall Committee. If we do get approval it

is our intention that we have an unveiling ceremony and celebration event

sometime around autumn. Once again many many thanks to everyone for

their time, and their generosity in so many ways. I think I feel an annual

village Tea Party coming on.

Jubilee Tea Party

―By common consensus

we had a superb

afternoon tea‖

Barbara, Wendy & Brian

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Sedgeberrow Post

is now available online.

stored on the shelf for easy access. Some of us have no regular

access to a computer. Some of us don‘t want paper clutter and

like to catch up with the news on the Internet. If you are one of

those, contact the editor via [email protected] .We won‘t

deliver but send you a link to its place on our SeSaME website.

Some of us like our reading

material in hand, and then

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SUMMER WALKS AROUND SEDGEBERROW

August / September 2012

Please note that all walks start at the Village Hall.

Important: You should wear suitable clothing and footwear for country walk-

ing, and bring a drink and snack with you too. None of these routes involve

climbing hills, but as they are rural walks the surfaces will vary and we will be

crossing some stiles and narrow bridges.

Walks may be amended or cancelled if deemed necessary. Please consider

joining us on any or all of these walks, whether or not you‘re new to rambling.

Sunday 2nd September at 10.30 am: Following the success of previous

years‘ visits we are going back to Sandfield Farm to see the latest develop-

ments in the conservation areas. We will be meeting in the Old Orchard, from

where Emma Harrison (project organiser) will lead a tour of the farm, which

should last about 1.5 hours.

If you wish to walk via Sandfield Lane please be at the village hall at

10.00am, however if you are going by car, parking is available at the farm.

Suitable outdoor clothing and footwear should be worn.

Please consider joining us for these activities, whether or not you have been

before.....and of course old friends and guests are as welcome as ever.

These events may be cancelled or amended if thought necessary.

Many thanks to the farmers and landowners who help keep our footpaths ac-

cessible, and to those of you who make good use of them throughout the year.

As ever if you have any questions about the above events or our footpaths in

general, do not hesitate to contact me.

Dave May (footpath warden) tel: 01386 882113

email: [email protected]

Saturday 11th August at 10.00am: The final walk will go

across the fields to Dumbleton, then on to Dumbleton Mill.

We will return via Wormington before heading back into

Sedgeberrow through the ―lost‖ village of Littleton. This

walk will take approximately 3 hours and is about 5 miles

long. N.B. All the routes for these walks can be found on

Ordnance Survey map OL45.

FINAL SUMMER WALK AND

A VISIT TO SANDFIELD FARM

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Hallo Everyone, Muppet here What a torrid time we‘ve had! Our two-legs took us to this horrible place

where a really nasty other two-legs stuck a sharp thing in my brothers neck,

then went and stuck a sharp thing in ME – the nerve of it - and I went all

sleepy. When I woke up my tummy was really sore and it hurt for days and

days and days. It hurt every time I moved and there were a couple of

‗accidents‘ in the night, mind you, I did wake the two-legs up after I‘d done

it so she could clean it up but she didn‘t seem as happy as Grey Muzzle is to

pick up poo!

While I‘ve been in my kennel poor Doofuss has been working his tail to the

bone, guarding the lair, chasing the birds out of the garden and trying to

communicate with our two-legs – why they still don‘t understand plain dog

is a mystery wrapped in an enema to us.

We‘ve received a few training tips but unfortunately our neighbour Ralph‘s

would only work if you‘re the size of a brick built kennel and have more

paws than brain cells. Penny‘s tip only works if you are really cute and as

for Betty‘s tip Doofuss says ―Not while I have breath in my body‖ but I‘m

not sure what he means ‗cause I didn‘t get to hear what the tip was!

You‘ll be pleased to know that I‘m on the mend so I hope to see you out

and about in the village very soon.

Love Muppet (and Doofuss)

My Brother

Woe,Woe and Thrice Times Woe!

Can they both be right?

“Seeing is believing”

As is often said.

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Not only are Boot Sales a classic example of positive recycling but they

can be a fun, social occasion, often providing a fascinating insight into

the lives and tastes of other people. So take the plunge, get out there.

1.Pre-sale site planning. Choose a Sale nearby, if possible. Go as a buyer

the week before you want to sell. Check where to go and general layout.

Where is the toilet? Ask a seller when cars start arriving and the cost.

Arrival is often much earlier than the official start time.

2. Pre arrival planning. Take a cash float, lots of £1 coins, some 50ps and

20ps and a few fivers and a safe container for it. A bum bag is ideal as you

don‘t want your money to be left lying around. Price as much as you can be-

fore the actual day. Remember you will be bartered down but not up, if you

have under-priced. Some things you can decide a general price for, like

books, but some, including certain books, are more desirable than others. If in

doubt check on the internet. Try to make sure that you have three paste tables

and table cloths, if you are that way inclined. Good neighbours should be

happy to lend their tables. (Why three? see later). Monitor weather forecasts

and don‘t go if it looks like heavy rain. Stockpile unused shopping bags. Your

customers will often ask for one.

3. Who to take. Avoid doing it on your own if possible. Take your partner or

a friend and make sure that you have two folding chairs to sit on. This will

give you freedom to leave for the loo, or an ice-cream, and dare I say it, a

quick look at the other people‘s items, when the rush is over!

4. Dream Team. If one of you has a big enough car and you both don‘t have

too much to sell then ―booting‖ with a friend or neighbour is the bee‘s knees.

You can still keep your goods for sale separate. Good for entente cordiale and

halves your costs.

Bootsale Bounties

Selling Tips.

A follow on to Buying Tips in your June/July Post

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5. Packing. Scrounging a few empty, flat fruit boxes from your local shop in

the weeks before is a great help, both for packing and speedy removal from

the car and placing items on to the table. Pack the chairs first in the car, then

the items for sale. On top of them table cloths, if you are having them, and

finally the three tables. You need the tables out first.

6. Arrival tactics. Get there as early as possible. Try to be near the exit, if you

think it gives you a good position and on any hard standing, if possible. This is

good for your departure, if there is a downpour and the ground is already a bit

wet. New arrivals tend to be a bit mobbed, especially by ―the trade‖, so stop in

your chosen place, get out, lock the car and wander off to look at other stalls.

When the crowds have moved away to other cars go back, take the tables out

and close the doors again. Place one table across, just away from the boot and

the other two at right angles, arranged so that there is only one exit from the

little ―fortress‖ you have created. Unload from the rear, leaving the other car

doors closed. Keeps the ―trade‖ out of the front. Remember that if you go to a

large, busy boot sale you may not be given enough room for that table tactic.

7. Trade tips. Goods not priced and open front or rear car doors are ―manna

from heaven‖ to some boot sale ―traders‖. You end up trying to sort out all the

price queries at the back of the car, while they are rooting around at the front.

You then feel hassled and frantic as they try to push you into selling a great

item at a ridiculous price. I see it happening all the time! Keep an eye out for

theft or ―non payment‖. It can happen, especially when you are distracted.

Damaged items, particularly glass and pottery, have a much reduced value.

8) Bartering. You can expect bartering. If you want £2 for an item, price it at

£2.50 and knock 50p off. Everybody‘s happy! Sell with a smile. Make eye

contact and say hello. If you take children, make sure that they have some-

thing to do, like jobs and playthings. Give them a little money to spend! Enjoy

yourself. Hopefully you will have new money in the kitty. Mike Parker

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Guy Redmond: [email protected] .Tel 01386 882889

Cerys McCreanor: [email protected] 01386 882816

What was then needed was

a systematic attack on all

those roots of the old

closely packed vegetation

that remained.

There has been much group tackling of all the

prolific vegetation that has been growing un-

checked for some time, brambles in particu-

lar. The first plot has been allocated and this

is what confronted the new keen growers,

Anna Hadley and Michelle Baker & families

First step was to

let rip with a

petrol driven

strimmer and

mark the area.

The approach was to cut the

ground into small turf squares

and turn them upside down so

that they can rot down without

being able to easily grow back.

It will have a raised bed, the parts courtesy of

Guy‘s spare wood and posts rescued by Mike

from the skip, when the School‘s old portaka-

bins were removed. This will be filled up with

topsoil left over from the new play area work.

Here‘s the start

with still a fair

bit to go and

a stout arm &

a stout spade.

Recent Developments on the Allotment Plots

just off Churchill Road

“The First Four Steps”

If you wish to apply for an Allotment Plot, contact either

Cerys or Guy below. Help is at hand, if you are new to it all.

August/September

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SEDGEBERROW FLOOD GROUP

www.sedgeberrow.info Flood Warden - Richard Hunt 01386 882079 Secretary – [email protected]

to the many points raised by the group and this has opened the door for an on-

going dialogue which we hope to be able to report on further in the future.

See Photos below The Flood Group has carried out an Isbourne River Bank Survey to identify ob-

structions from Wormington all the way to the Hinton parish boundaries. This was

passed onto the EA to help inform their bi-annual banksman visit.

In response to the flood group raising concerns about the impact of the A46 by-

pass during the 2007 flood , the Highways Agency is now conducting a major sur-

vey on the culverts both East & West of the A46 at Sedgeberrow and you may

have noticed staff dressed head to foot in yellow around the bridge and river area.

We eagerly await the results from this survey due sometime in September.

A very successful visit took place at the

Environment Agency Incident Room in

Tewkesbury on 28th May 2012. Mem-

bers of the Sedgeberrow Flood Group

together with interested residents were

shown the facilities and technology used

to identify weather patterns and the im-

provements made to the monitoring of

rivers. The EA were extremely receptive

Insurance inconsistency issues

are continuing to be pursued

via Harriet Baldwin MP. Ques-

tions were raised in the Houses

of Parliament this month where

she repeated her call for insurance companies to continue to offer universal flood

insurance cover.

We would like to issue a general reminder to all villagers – please remember

you can contact the Environment Agency and sign up for Floodline Warnings

Direct by calling Floodline on 0845 988 1188 or registering on their website at

www.environment-agency.gov.uk. Don‘t forget you can also register to receive the Alert - All clear message. This

means you will be informed when no further flooding is expected in your area.

All villagers are asked to re-

main vigilant over the coming

months and report any surface

water flooding, particularly

blocked drains, to Richard Hunt

Flood Warden on 882079.

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Mon One on One

Studio Evesham

Zumba 6.00 - 7.00pm

Tues Sedgeberrow

School Hall

Zumba

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6.30 - 7.30pm

7.30 - 8.30pm

Weds Harvington

School Hall

Zumba

Pilates

7.00 - 8.00pm

8.00 - 9.00pm

Thur St Egwin’s

Middle School

Zumba 7.30 - 8.30pm

Fri Evesham High

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Saturday 9am - 5pm

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We have a wide range of tobacco supplies,

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7th Zumba 6.30pm (MH)

Pilates 7.30pm (MH)

14th Zumba 6.30pm (MH)

Pilates 7.30pm (MH)

21st Zumba 6.30pm (MH)

Pilates 7.30pm (MH)

28th Zumba 6.30pm (MH)

Pilates 7.30pm (MH)

4th Zumba 6.30pm (MH)

Pilates 7.30pm (MH)

5th RBLWS 7.30pm (BR)

8th Church bingo 8pm (MH)

11th Zumba 6.30pm (MH)

Pilates 7.30pm (MH)

18th Zumba 6.30pm (MH)

Pilates 7.30pm (MH)

WI 7.30pm (BR)

25th Zumba 6.30pm (MH)

Pilates 7.30pm (MH)

29th RBLWS Bingo 8.00pm ( MH)

Village Hall Events (MH) = Main Hall (BR) = Betteridge Room

What’s on in August What’s on in September

Items of Interest Countywide Roadworks. Are you tearing your hair out, as you keep unexpectedly coming

across road-works, like the most recent ones at the Abbey Rd bridge? Go to Coun-

ty Councillor Liz Eyre‘s blogspot: lizeyreupdate.blogspot.com, where she is keep-

ing a close eye on any traffic holdups. You can also visit the website map

http://www.roadworksonline.org.uk/ which can give you a pictorial view of

what‘s going on.

Worcestershire Joint Services Review The NHS in Worcestershire is looking at ways to provide high quality, safe and

affordable hospital services into the future.

Six potential models of hospital care for Worcestershire have been announced.

Read the full Case for Change document - ―Why we need to change our

hospital services in Worcestershire‖. You can also see an 'at a glance' description

of each of the models and the decision criteria here.

http://www.worcestershirehealth.nhs.uk/joint-services-review/

―The main focus of the review will be on acute hospital services (those that are

provided from the Alexandra, Kidderminster and Worcestershire Royal Hospi-

tals), but it will also look at the wider health and care system, particularly the links

for care between hospitals, GP surgeries and primary care‖.

―We want to encourage as many people as possible to get involved. We know that

the more we listen to patients, the public, professionals and our wider partners, the

better the options and future plans will be‖

Don’t just let it happen – get involved. Editor