Temespan September 2018

a young steward who works on Radio 2.
the Titanic; The Affair, set in Tickets are available for the three
Rome in 1961–62 as Elizabeth individual events on-line from
Taylor and Richard Burton fall in www.bewdleyfestival.org.uk
love while making Cleopatra; and
No Place for a Lady, about two Trevor Price
Victorian sisters who travel out to Chair
the Crimean War of 1854–56 and
face challenges beyond anything & Partnership Co-ordination
they could have imagined.

Gill also writes historical August’s Tote Draw
non-fiction, and uses her (the fifth draw in this series)
background in medicine to write
on health, nutrition and relation-
ships.

The Literary Day at Bewdley August’s prize draw of the
Festival concludes at 8.00pm Tote was decided when Rev’d
with STUART MACONIE, the Robert Barlow (making a guest
radio DJ and television presenter, appearance) rolled the dice on
writer, journalist, and critic. He 2nd August to select the set
is currently a presenter on BBC of random numbers and the
Radio 6 Music, where he hosts starting point. As a result, the
an afternoon show five times a prize winners are as follows:
week (Monday–Friday, 1 pm – 4 The £50 winner is Sally Garrett
pm), alongside Mark Radcliffe, of Lindridge (Draw no 125)
called Radcliffe & Maconie, The £30 winner is Alec Kincaid
which broadcasts from the BBC’s of Pensax (Draw no 317)
MediaCityUK in Salford, Greater The £20 winner is
Manchester. The pair had previ- William Redman of
ously presented an evening show Lindridge (Draw no 157)
on BBC Radio 2. He also hosts You are still able to join this
BBC Radio 6 Music programmes series – please contact your
The Freak Zone, on Sundays from local co-ordinator or Robin
8 pm to 10 pm and The Freakier Dean on 01886 853295 or by
Zone, on Saturday night/Sunday email [email protected]
mornings from midnight to 1
am and is a frequent stand-in for
holidaying presenters on BBC

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The Parish Council of Lindridge
has a vacancy for a Councillor
to be filled by co-option.

Those who are interested in Full information on eligibility,
serving the community in this way the role of the Parish Council and
and want to become a candidate its schedule of meetings may be
for co-option should obtain an obtained from the Clerk and/or
application form from the Clerk. the Chairman.

Completed forms should be Clerk:
returned to the Clerk Miss R S Lambert
Any applicant should be over 18, Whiteleys
a British subject or citizen of the Frith Common
Republic of Ireland, and either: - Tenbury Wells
(1) A local government elector Worcs.
of the parish, or WR15 8JX.
(2) Has during the previous Telephone: 01584 881599
12 months occupied as owner or Chairman:
tenant any land or premises in Mr S Workman
the parish, or Broombank Farm
(3) His/Her principal or only Newnham Bridge
place of work during that 12 Tenbury Wells
months has been in that area, or Worcs. WR15 8NX
(4) Has during the whole Telephone: 01584 781094
of those 12 months resided in
the area, or within 3 miles (4.8
kilometres) of it.

Closing date for articles
is the 6th of the month unless

agreed in advance.
Closing Dates for Ads
is the 6th of the month
Please send your contributions to
[email protected]

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[BARN DANCE]
with international
Country & Western
stars
The Hoedown Band

event generously supported by

[Magic Bars]

7:00pm–i2:00am. adults £i0. under i6s free

Noverton Farm, Stanford Bridge

Tickets Noverton Barn Dance
or Michelle 07894 747807

PROCEEDS TO ST MARY’S CHURCH, STANFORD WITH ORLETON

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H’art week
September 8th to 16th

see h-art.org.uk for full list of venues and times
(mainly 11am-5pm.)

September 8th to 16th 2018 Photographers & Makers (118);
11am-5pm in general- check on On Their Metal (119); Bouvier
web or in programme for times Fine Arts (120); Jenny Crisp
and events. Basketmaker(121). Then leave
It’s h-art week, Leominster on the Bromyard
It only comes round once a year, Road and at Bredenbury visit
So come on in and look your fill, Jewels Williams (35) on into
From places far and near. Bromyard and Printmakers at
Circular Route around Tenbury, The Chapel (39), back towards
Bromyard and Leominster. Tenbury and on the way there is
Starting at Tenbury visit Spotty Ralph Court gardens (35)
Dog (114) then take the Leysters It’s h-art week,
road and visit St Michaels So open up your purse and say
Church, St Michaels, (115); carry I’d like that one you’ve made
on towards Leominster and today
Stockton Bury Gardens (116). And keep the artist’s bank draft
then in Leominster the venues clear
are; Hereford Printers Painters So they can craft another year.

THE FILLING STATION

Our next meeting of the above at 7.20pm. Come along and enjoy
will be held on Thursday 20th this regular get-together with
September when our speaker local Christians and be blessed by
for the evening will be Wayne the encouragement and support
Davies whose present role is we always experience during our
Intergenerational Missioner for evenings together.
Ludlow working with the Church For further information ring
of England. Sue Stokes (after 6pm) on 01584
We meet at our usual venue of 781384 or email Kate Harley on
Penlu Sports Club, Tenbury Wells, [email protected]

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Tenbury Wells

U3A is for retired people looking for
the company of other active minds.
Our groups include: Badminton,
Board Games, Book Club, Croquet,
Computer Use, Film Study, Garden
Visiting, Genealogy, Piano, Slimming,
Scottish Country Dancing, Spanish,

Ukulele and many more.
A desire to learn is all that’s needed

- if it’s not fun it’s not U3A!
Find out more at ‘Coffee & Chat’ in
The Pump Rooms 10am – 12noon

on the 1st Friday of every month
See details of all of our groups at:
www.u3asites.org.uk/tenburywells

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LOCAL GPS AND THEIR PRIMARY CARE TEAMS
JOIN FORCES WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS
TO PROMOTE SOCIAL PRESCRIBING

The general practices of Great Witley, the private sector. It is hoped the
Knightwick and Tenbury (the rural appointment of a Social Prescriber
neighbourhood) are launching an whose remit is to meet individuals
exciting new programme to be known and help them identify and engage
as the Social Prescribing Initiative. with local services, will have signif-
The concept of Social Prescribing is icant impact on health and wellbeing.
that residents’ health and wellbeing At a meeting in June Jo Robins, a
may be improved if they have an Consultant in Public Health in Shrop-
awareness of and access to partici- shire, gave a summary of their Social
pation in social activities. Prescribing pilot, which is already
The rural neighbourhood is creating up and running. There was also a
a directory of local and national presentation from Claire Edwards,
services that are available; some in the newly appointed Social Prescriber.
the voluntary sector and some in

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PENSAX PARISH COUNCIL

Next meeting is Monday 17th fully informed.
September at 7pm PENSAX Speeding – The Police have
VILLAGE HALL - Alice Spearing agreed to monitor speed of traffic
from St Richard’s Hospice will be on B4202. Clerk to ask Highways
attending to give an insight into to meet Cllr regarding speeding
the hospice. All welcome, Alice concerns raised on roads
was unable to attend the July approaching Menith Wood,
meeting as previously advertised. Gritbins – WCC still to contact
WW1 CENTENARY OF PC regarding siting of bins.
ARMISTICE DAY Service – BT Box Menith Wood – Cllr is
11th NOVEMBER 2018 – 3PM looking at costs of repainting box.
- STOCKTON AND PENSAX Planning – MHDC Enforcement
WAR MEMORIAL Team are continuing to work on
SMARTWATER - Cllrs agreed issues within the Parish.
not to take this matter further as Data Protection Law changes May
the cost of purchasing kits is high 2018 – Please note all residents
compared to the interest shown need to email their consent to the
in the product by residents. Clerk if they wish to continue to
The Police are working with the receive emails from the PC. Your
Smartwater company and kits details will be deleted from the
are now being offered to residents contacts list on 30th September
for £19.95. If interested residents 2018 if you do not respond. Thank
should contact Smartwater you to those who have already
direct on 0333 320 7797 quoting given their consent, it is much
2WMBCRIME25. If you wish appreciated.
you can also register your items Email Communication with
for free at www.immobilise.com, residents – If you wish to be
it takes minutes to do but will included in Parish emails, have
enable stolen property to be views on items above or have
returned to the rightful owner. other concerns please contact
PENSAX VILLAGE HALL – Clerk.
The Trustees, the PC and Thrift Clerk - Sue Burrows, 5 Summit
shop are working to ensure the Road, Clows Top DY14 9HN – T
Hall is financially secure for 01299 832722
the short-term. The long-term E [email protected]
future of the Hall is now being Website http://e-services.worces-
considered, residents will be kept tershire.gov.uk/MyParish

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Location Location Location!

Lindridge Parish Hall in Eardiston
is available for hire.

Ideal for classes, clubs, parties and meetings.
Well equipped kitchen

Modern heating and lighting
Disabled facilities
Wifi
Car parking

Great value at £12 an hour with no hidden extras! Details can
be found at www.lindridgeparishhall.btck.co.uk or email Janet

on [email protected]

Lindridge Drop In Café
Parish Hall
Lindridge Parish Hall
A last minute Wednesday September 26th
reminder for the All are very welcome to come
Autumn Show on
along to meet friends
Saturday over a cup of coffee and a
September 1st. delicious home baked cake
There is still time Open between 10.30 and 12
to enter those prize-
winning attempts. Craft and Produce Market
There will also be a Lindridge Parish Hall
display of patchwork.
All profits donated to Saturday September 29th 10 -12.30
It’s never too early for
charity. Christmas shopping.

The emphasis for the Autumn markets
will be on crafts and toiletries
together with the usual local
produce and homebaking.
Call 01584 881615
to reserve your table.

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TEME VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

A group of 15 members enjoyed of the Nine Worthies.
a visit to Harvington Hall on the The Hall is surrounded by a moat
15th June. This was enhanced and has some beautiful gardens.
by a guided tour given by Pat There is a formal knot garden and
Green with some interesting
information and saucy anecdotes!

The Hall was built in 1580 by courtyard surrounded by cottage
Humphrey Pakington who was style borders.
a recusant Catholic under the We rounded off our trip with a
Protestant rule of Elizabeth I. visit to the Moatside Tearoom – a
This was a dangerous time to be treat not to be missed.
a Catholic and even more for a
priest. It was high treason for a
Catholic priest to be in England.
Devout Catholic families who
wanted to practice their faith
needed a priest to conduct mass
which resulted in hiding places
being built into these houses.
They were known as “priest
holes” and Harvington Hall has
the largest surviving collection
of them. The ingenuity of their
construction is believed to be the
work of Nicholas Owen who was
arrested and tortured to death in
the Tower of London in 1606.
In addition to the hides there is
a superb collection of rare Eliza-
bethan wall paintings including
arabesque drawings and figures

Our next meeting will be held
on Tuesday 25th September at
7.30pm at Abberley Village Hall
when Robert Barber will give a
talk entitled “History of Sugar”.

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Domestic

Cleaning

Service

Spring Clean

Builders Clean

Weekly or fortnightly
Telephone

Spit & Polish

tel. 01584 781719

Lynne Evans

STOKE BLISS & DISTRICT
A.I.S. PLOUGHING MATCH

71st Year
SATURDAY 15th SEPTEMBER 2018

10am – 4pm

SUTTON PARK, MILL LANE, SUTTON,
TENBURY WELLS, WR15 8SJ

(Located off B4214 Bromyard to Tenbury or B4204 Tenbury
to Clifton-on-Teme Roads)

Ploughing, Homecrafts, Produce & Children’s
Competitions

LOCAL CRAFT FAIR & DEMONSTRATIONS
FACE PAINTING, BOUNCY CASTLE
Entrance Adults £2.00 Children Free
More details & schedule on website:

www.stokeblissploughingandhomecrafts.org
Hazel Farrant 01885 410510 or Lis Morris 01885 483727
Charlie Merrick 01886 812562 or 07496 394731 (ploughing)

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Teme Valley Wildlife

The topic for this month’s article by Stephanie Mocroft
comes from a request made based on the Clee Hill on 01584
recently on the Teme Valley 890801. They have recently
Wildlife Group website. We have teamed up with the People’s
been asked to remind readers of Trust for Endangered Species
the potential dangers of using to highlight help for hedgehogs.
slug pellets in our gardens, after Together they are running a
the death of a hedgehog which campaign called “Hedgehog
sadly had to be put to sleep Street”, which acknowledges
because it had been poisoned. the importance of gardens, both
The most commonly available urban and rural, to the survival
slug pellets contain a chemical of these popular animals.
called metaldehyde, which has Happily, there are many things
been implicated in the poisoning we can do to help them. As
of both hedgehogs and birds. they travel up to 2 kilometres
Much valuable advice regarding every night searching for food,
hedgehogs can be gleaned from they need to be able to cross
The British Hedgehog Preser- garden boundaries. If your plot
vation Society. They are the is securely fenced, a hole cut in
first port of call for help and are the bottom just 13 square centi-
metres in size (the size of a CD)

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will allow them to range freely. active. Watering with biological
Long grass, piles of leaves and control nematodes is effective,
logs left in a quiet spot provide but expensive, and the instruc-
good hedgehog hiding places and tions exacting. So watering
borders mulched with garden plants with a garlic solution is
compost contain plenty of inver- another tactic, as recommended
tebrate food for them to snack by Hosta growers. Here’s the
on. Being inquisitive creatures recipe. Boil up 2 crushed cloves
they have a tendency to falls of garlic in 2 pints of water for 5
into things, so open drains and minutes. Strain and add 1 table-
gullies should be covered and spoon to every gallon of water.
ponds should have a ramp to help Job done. And if it’s not, you will
them out. To avoid inadvertently be!
harming hedgehogs, always The next meeting of the Teme
check a bonfire before lighting Valley Wildlife Group is on
it, and always check long grass Thursday September 13th 2018.
before strimming. Strimmer We welcome Matt Shardlow,
injuries are common, severe and head of the national insect
frequently fatal. charity Buglife. The meeting
Now, if we’re to avoid using is at 7:30pm and the venue is
slug pellets we need some other Stoke Bliss and Kyre village
ideas, so how about these? Try hall, WR15 8RR. It is just £2 on
arming yourself with tweezers the door and everybody is most
and a torch and hand-pick welcome.
under cover of darkness. Too For up-to-date information on
time-consuming? Try setting what wildlife is being seen in the
traps before it gets dark, area, or to give us your sightings
removing the offenders in the or comments, visit our Facebook
morning. Traps can be made page. Our programme of events,
using squeezed-out orange or bird survey and archive photo-
grapefruit halves or beer-filled graphs are available on our
saucers. Use crushed eggshells, website www.temevalleywildlife.
coffee-grounds or dried seaweed co.uk
round prized plants (slugs don’t The group normally holds
like grit or salt) or put copper meetings on the second
barrier tape on pots (they don’t Thursday of the month. All
like copper). Water the garden are welcome. Contact us by
in the morning rather than the telephone 01584 881397 or email
evening hoping the ground is [email protected]
dry when the blighters are most

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Brown-lipped snail - Teme Valley Wildlife Group

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Clubs and Societies
I: Information - T: Telephone - E: Email - W: Web

Abberley Angling Club Coarse the month at St Lawrence’s church,
fishing club with own pool in Abberley. Lindridge, 7.30-8.30pm, singing at
Seniors - I: Dave Yemm Parish communion on the first Sunday
T: 01299 896 737. of the month, plus other special
Juniors - I: Colin Bates services. We are a friendly group, no
T: 01905 798 225 prior experience is required, so if you
Clows Top Garden Club meet on the love singing why not come and join us?
4th Wednesday of each month at the I: Andrew Barker
Victory Hall, Clows Top. E: [email protected]
I: Marion Wilson T: 01299 270 475 Teme Valley Childrens Centre
E:clowstopdistrictgardeningclub@ run a number of relevant events for
hotmail.co.uk children and parents.
Eastham Garden Club this has T: 01905 622 354
been recently set up with occasional E: [email protected].
meetings at Eastham Village Hall uk
I: Diana Clarke, Secretary Teme Valley Geological Society meet
T: 01584 781 505 monthly at the
E: [email protected] Martley Memorial Hall
Lindridge Art Group Art for I: John Nicklin T:01886 888 318
everyone - meetings at Lindridge E: [email protected]
Parish Hall every Tuesday at 3.00pm. blog: www.geo-village.eu
We have an excellent tutor and your Teme Valley Historical Society meet
first lesson is free. monthly on the last Tuesday in the
E: [email protected] month at Abberley Village Hall I:Mike
Knighton Friends meet 3rd Harley T: 01584 881 194
Wednesday of each month in the Teme Valley Wildlife Group
afternoon for meals, garden visits, boat meet 2nd Thursday each month at
trips etc. I: Sheila Bragger Stoke Bliss and Kyre Village Hall
T: 01584 781 190 Stoke Bliss WR15 8RR
Menith Wood WI meet generally on I: C. Roseman T: 01584 881397
the first Monday in the month at the E: [email protected]
Old Chapel Hall T: 01584 881 102 W: www.temevalleywildlife.co.uk
Rock Bridge Club We meet every Tenbury Rambling Club
Sunday at Rock Village Hall at 7.00 I: Ian T: 01584 876 698.
pm. New members welcome whether Tenbury Town Band meet for
on own or with partner. The meetings rehearsals at Penlu Sports Club on
are very sociable and relaxed. We do Sundays (Apprentices 4 – 4:30 and full
not play Duplicate Bridge. band 4:30 – 7:00)
I: Luke Grant T: 07854 951 330 I: Steve & Mel Parker
St Lawrence’s Church Choir meet T: 01584 881 683.
for rehearsals the last Wednesday of W: www.tenburytownband.co.uk

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The Parish of Teme Valley North

Priest in Charge of the churches of Knighton, Lindridge, Pensax, Stockton,
Abberley, Great and Little Witley, Shrawley
Reverend Ted Whittaker

The Rectory, 1 Chiltern Close, Great Witley, Worcester. WR6 6HL
Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 01299 890100 or 07791 484774

Reader 01584 781094 [email protected]

Marjorie Workman

Church Wardens Lindridge St Lawrence

Vickie Melling 01584 881086 [email protected]

Dianne Smith 01584 881893 [email protected]

Church Wardens

Knighton St Michael and All Angels Vacant

Pensax St James the Great Vacant

Stockton St Andrew Vacant

Church Contacts: Gill Morgan 01584 781412
Sandra Jabbett 01584 881 217
Knighton-on-Teme Jean Rudd 01299 832 513
Stockton-on-Teme
Pensax

PCC Details above [email protected] Chair
01584 881086 [email protected] Lay Chair
Revd Ted Whittaker 01584 881086 [email protected] Secretary
Vickie Melling 01584 881274 Treasurer
Chris Melling
Bill Andrews

Baptisms Weddings and Funerals

See page 17

Children's Worker

Elizabeth Whitehead 01584 781651 [email protected]

Stourport Deanery Church Officer
Ms Vikki Day 01905 621022 [email protected]
Mission Developer

Temespan 07917 783159 [email protected] Editor
01584 881274 [email protected] Advertising
Pete Thorp 01584 781230 [email protected] Knighton Church
Bill Andrewes 01584 881086 [email protected] Lindridge Church
Jane Hogan Pensax Church
Vickie Melling 01584 881563 [email protected] Stockton Church

Sally Webb

Parish Website - www.temevalleynorthparish.co.uk

Chris Melling 01584 881086 [email protected] Webmaster

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