Temespan September 2016

Teme Span

Lindridge Knighton Stockton Pensax
Eardiston Broombank Frith Common Menith Wood

Lindridge Autumn Show
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September 2016



Index Editors
Note
Page Number and Article
P4: Temespan Appeal I do hope you’ve had a wonderful
P5: Service Times summer so far.
P7: Allowing time for yourself Your magazine is absolutely
P9: Harriett Baldwin - Going forward crammed again this month! Talk
P11: Menith Wood and WI about value! I couldn’t get another
P13: Knighton on Teme thing in! Full to busting with 72
P15: BWF and Macmillan Coffee pages of local news and events.
P17: Lindridge Please note, there are lots of
P19: St Lawrence Club important features to read in this
P20/21: Godly Play, LBGT, Competition months magazine from all around
P23: Book Review your community.
P25/27: Pensax and Glasshampton Talking of which, this magazine is
P29: Stockton delivered free to over 800 homes
P31/33: Tenbury Show and businesses so do please also
P35: A special dinner invitation read the article over this page
P36/37: Lindridge Autumn Show from Bill Andrewes and give your
P39: Caring for creation support if you can.
P41: Ordination thanks & New You You’ll need your diaries handy to
P43: Ludlow Rotary finance note all the dates of events so as
P45: Androcles and Diana thank you usual grab yourself a drink and a
P47: Scam Awareness comfy seat, before diving in.
P49: Clifton-on-Teme Finally, once again, may I thank
P51: Changing the Story - Christian Aid you for sending in all this months
P55: Lindridge Parish Council copy without which the rest of us
P57/59: TVWG and thanks would not be quite so rewarded!
P61: CTGC Do please continue your kind
P63: TOTE support. We all love to read about
P65: Filling Station & Am Dram what everyone’s up to.
P67: Historical Society
P69/70: Contacts

Sent in by Mrs Martha Kincaid. And he comes to give us rest
God’s Garden God’s garden must be beautiful
When hope has gently left us He only takes the best.
And a cure is not to be And then when we are sleeping
God wraps his arms around us At peace and free from pain
And he whispers ‘come to me’. Our loved ones keep us in their
He sees when we are tired hearts
Until we meet again. (unknown.)

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We hope you enjoy Temespan and Teme Valley North, the PCC would
find it useful and informative. like to say a big “thank you”.
Temespan serves the parishes Advertising revenue covers the
of Knighton-on-Teme, Lindridge, bulk of the costs of Temespan,
Stockton-on-Teme and Pensax. It is but we also rely on this annual
a voluntary endeavour and there is appeal to maintain this valuable
no charge for this well established community magazine. Temespan
community magazine. Temespan costs about £450 per month to
provides details of all local events print, so any donation you can
and lots of local-interest stories. It make towards meeting these costs
the first “go to” source for all types is very much appreciated; you
of local services from carpentry will find an envelope in this issue
and cleaning to teachers and tree of Temespan. Please put your
surgeons. It provides a vital link donation in the envelope and give
between the churches and all it to the person who delivers your
residents and is delivered free to magazine or to any of the church-
your door. wardens or church contacts; their
Each month, a group of volunteers names are in the back of the
work together to achieve a minor magazine.
logistical miracle to get Temespan Alternatively, you can send the
to you. Our editor Pete Thorp envelope directly to the PCC
and Barbara Selkirk, who looks Treasurer at Lindridge Priory,
after the advertising, also give Tenbury Wells, WR15 8QJ.
their time and services volun-
tarily to support the community. Bill Andrewes
To everyone who plays a part in Treasurer Teme Valley North PCC

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4Rivers Churches

Knighton, Lindridge, Pensax, Stockton, Abberley, Great Witley, Little Witley, Shrawley

Services in September 2016

Sunday 4th September – Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity

8.00 a.m. Great Witley Holy Communion in Traditional Language

9.30 a.m. Lindridge Holy Communion with Godly Play

11.00 a.m. Abberley St Mary Holy Communion

11.00 a.m. Shrawley Family Service

3.00 p.m. Pensax Songs of Praise

6.30 p.m. Abberley St Michael Evening Prayer in Traditional Language

Sunday 11th September – Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity

8.00 a.m. Abberley St Mary Holy Communion

9.30 a.m. Great Witley Village Hall Family Service

9.30 a.m. Stockton Morning Worship

11.00 a.m. Knighton Holy Communion in Traditional Language

11.00 a.m. Little Witley Family Service

5.00 p.m. Lindridge Evening Prayer

6.30 p.m. Abberley St Michael Evening Prayer in Traditional Language

Sunday 18th September – Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity

9.30 a.m. Great Witley Holy Communion

11.00 a.m. Abberley St Mary Matins

11.00 a.m. Pensax Harvest Holy Communion

11.00 a.m. Shrawley Holy Communion

5.00 p.m. Stockton Celtic Evening Prayer

6.30 p.m. Abberley St Michael Evening Prayer in Traditional Language

Sunday 25th September – Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity

8.00 a.m. Lindridge Holy Communion
9.30 a.m. Abberley St Mary ‘Essence’
11.00 a.m. Knighton Matins
11.00 a.m. Little Witley Harvest Holy Communion
5.00 p.m. Great Witley Evening Prayer
6.30 p.m. Abberley St Michael Celtic Communion

Intercessory Prayer Group

Each month, on the evening of Church at 7.30pm - anyone is
the second Monday, a group of us welcome to come and join us.
meet to share a bible reading and If you’d like more information,
spend some time in discussion contact Vickie Melling on 01584
and prayer together. 881086
On September 12th, we are
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Allow time for yourself

By Archdeacon Nikki Groarke

My social media feed has been filled busy time – a
over the summer with pictures from new term,
Christian conferences and youth perhaps new
camps. People meeting together for Alpha or Pilgrim courses beginning
worship, pilgrimage, inspirational – the visit of the Archbishop of
teaching and community building. Canterbury this year for us being
Simon Hill, our Youth Officer, spoke a particular focus. I have tried to
on the radio about Spree, where prepare myself for this by spending
many of our young people had a lot time in August in retreat and
of fun, and I was moved by a picture refreshment, ‘abiding’ with Jesus,
of Justin Welby at Soul Survivor in reading and allowing some space
the midst of thousands of teenagers to grow. It’s important to continue
praying fervently for him. a sustainable routine into the
I had the privilege of a week in a tent busyness of autumn – short, regular
on the Bath and West Showground periods of prayer and reflection
at New Wine, where I was delivering perhaps or meeting with smaller
a seminar, but mainly receiving groups of kingdom people week by
input from others and mingling with week, to learn and pray together
wonderful Christian people with and encourage one another.
whom I shared coffee and wine, and What are your spiritual refreshment
learned much from as we chatted in patterns – annually, monthly,
queues and over barbeques. I came weekly? How, at the start of this
back refreshed and re-envisioned. new season, can you ensure they
There is something powerful about don’t get crowded out?
gathering with many others for In Matthew 11:28-30, The Message
celebration, worshipping our God translation, Jesus says:
in a way which is different from our  “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned
weekly rhythm. God’s people have out on religion? Come to me. Get
always done it. Festivals of different away with me and you’ll recover
kinds are woven through the Old your life. I’ll show you how to take
Testament, and we see patterns a real rest. Walk with me and work
emerging of annual pilgrimage, with me—watch how I do it. Learn
high days and holy days, significant the unforced rhythms of grace.”
seasons marked out as special in
the Church through the ages. I pray we all, as kingdom people,
It is healthy to have annual rhythms will learn the unforced rhythms of
in our spiritual life which sustain grace in ways which sustain us, and
and feed us. Autumn is always a enable us to flourish.

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Image courtesy of http://www.harriettbaldwin.com And so going forward

By Harriett Baldwin MP

Theresa May has been in office of Government is keeping our nation
for only a short time, but our new safe and secure so it was heartening
Prime Minister has been busy, to see such a large majority of MPs
visiting Scotland, Wales, Northern from both sides of the House voting
Ireland, Germany, France, Poland to renew our nuclear deterrent. This
and Slovakia. She’s set up two new is vital at a time when the threats to
Government departments - the our country are growing.
Ministry for Exiting the European My main focus will be the Strategic
Union and the Ministry for Interna- Defence and Security Review - a
tional Trade. comprehensive assessment of what we
These two important new ministries, are doing and what we will do to keep
headed by David Davis and Dr Liam Britain safe, including an equipment
Fox respectively will work to make plan to invest £178 billion to back
Brexit a success by focusing on free our Armed Forces, counter-terrorism
trade and market access for business. police and intelligence agencies with
I am delighted that locally, Robin the resources they need.
Walker and Mark Garnier were The Minister for Defence
appointed as Ministers to serve in Procurement task was done previ-
these Government departments. ously by neighbouring MPs Sir Peter
Together with Sajid Javid as Commu- Luff and then Philip Dunne. Theirs are
nities Secretary, it means that the big shoes to fill but I took advice from
Worcestershire voice will be heard them both ahead of my first meetings
loud and proud in Westminster. I hope at the Ministry. I have also been
that, together, we are able to make fortunate to be on the Armed Forces
significant progress towards some of Parliamentary Scheme and the NATO
our important aims - better transport Parliamentary Assembly, which has
links, more inward investment and shown me how many and varied are
each Minister waving the flag for the demands on our service men and
Worcestershire across the globe. women, and how we must always
My job moved from the Treasury be prepared for the unexpected in
to the Ministry of Defence to be in warfare. It is vital that we get quality
charge of buying the right kit for and value for every pound spent on
our armed forces and ensuring it is our brave armed forces.
properly supported. The first priority

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Menith Wood News OLD CHAPEL HALL

The book sale raised over £70. out lots of delightful things about
Thank you to all who helped. Did our historic local town;
you see the photograph in the free Bewdley, for a town walk, on the
Tenbury paper? hottest day of the year, where  the
100 CLUB High street has more places of
August 1st Colliers Fish’n chips worship in one road than one can
voucher. M Fox.   2nd Wine C imagine. The circular Roman
Coglan. Catholic church is of specific
EVENTS interest and beauty, the riverside
9th September walk was refreshing but very busy,
Quiz & Fish’n’chip Supper. Byod this was followed by a splendid
28th October supper ;
Halloween Stories. Byod  and a Our garden meeting was at Astley
plate of food to share. Towne House,   a unique, jungle
2nd December. like, exotic garden with banana
Christmas Crackers 2016. plants, metal and wooden safari
Phone 01584 881 333 or 102 to book animals complete with a Tree Tops
your place. Byod ‘hotel’ and an underground grotto.
Menith Wood Meets A surprise round every corner !
Thursday, 22nd  Sept and 27th Oct At the August meeting we
10.30 - 12 noon. Come along and welcomed Ray Sturdy, who took
meet the neighbours. A chance for us on a nostalgic journey of the
all you new villagers to find out what Sixties with his talk and slides. A
we do and make new friends.   We lively evening naming some of the
don’t bite and would like to share notable events and personalities of
the delights of the village with you. the era.
WI The Strawberry Tea was successful
Over the last few weeks members in raising money for local charities
have visited;  The Hive in Worcester, and £150 was raised for Macmillan’s
where we saw old maps of our area, at the Coffee morning.
the marriage lines of William FUTURE EVENTS
Shakespeare,   some archeological Sept 5th Visit to Menith Wood
finds and a mention of the recently Lakes by kind invitation of Jackie
wrecked Eastham bridge; Yapp.
The Pump Rooms, the Regal Oct   3rd Needle Making Mr Paul
Cinema and the Museum at Betterton
Tenbury Wells where we discovered Oct   9th Birthday Lunch at The
many items of interest, you can Sun & Slipper
make your own Town Walk by
following a Treasure Trail and find

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St Michael and All Angels Knighton on Teme

Readers: Knighton on Teme 300 Club
11th Sept
Capt. P Morgan, Miss E Gittins April 2016 £30
25th Sept Mr J Pargitter £20
Mr K Bunn, Mr A Bunn Mr M Plant £10
Sidesmen: Mr M Hogan
11 Sept
Mrs S Hardiman May 2016 £40
25th Sept Mrs A Audsley £20
Capt. P Morgan Mrs S Underhill £10
Flowers: Mr R Hughes
Sept. Mrs A Audsley
Cleaning: June 2016 £50
Sept. J Hurds Mrs S Hardiman £20
Good Companions: Mrs L Hoosenally £10
7th Sept 2pm Parish Rooms Z Hoosenally
Knighton Friends
Knighton friends is a ladies
afternoon club. Meetings are held
on the third Wednesday of each
month. We go for meals, garden
visits, train rides, boat trips
etc. For this month’s venue ring
Sheila on 01584 781190.

Date for your Diaries

Our Harvest Thanksgiving course suppers and coffee etc.
Service will be 9th October Please bring your own drinks,
at 11am, more next month’s we now have own glasses! £15
magazine. ticket available from Keith Bunn,
Harvest Supper 8th October the Church Warden and Sheila
Parish Rooms. One of Phil’s 3 Hardiman. Don’t delay - tickets
selling well. 7pm for 7.30pm.

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Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals

If you are interested in being Baptised, Hutton by email: beneficebookings@
or having your child Baptised, come gmail.com, or by phone: 01299 896
along to St Mary’s Church, Abberley 126 between 9am and 8pm Monday to
at 10am on one of the following Friday.
Saturdays in 2016 to meet Rev’d Ted For Funeral enquiries, please contact
Whittaker: Rev’d Ted Whittaker on 01299 890 100
* 3rd September * or 07791 484 774.
* 1st October * Rev’d Ted Whittaker is Priest in
* 5th November * Charge of the churches in Shrawley,
* 26th November * Great & Little Witley, Abberley,
* 17th December * Knighton-on-Teme, Lindridge, Pensax
If you are interested in being Married and Stockton-on-Teme.
in one of our churches, contact Louise

Macmillan Coffee Morning

An invitation to help change lives Thanks to the continued support
together..... for the annual coffee mornings
Every year in Worcestershire more held across the country, Macmillan
than 3 thousand people are given can ensure that nurses have more
the news that they have cancer. The time to provide more emotional,
money raised at Macmillan Coffee practical and financial support to
Mornings helps support vital local people living with cancer because
services for these people as well as no-one should have to face cancer
for the Macmillan GPs in Worces- alone.
tershire working to increase early So we invite you to the Macmillan
diagnosis and improve support for Coffee Morning we are holding at
people living with cancer during Pensax Thrift Shop on Wednesday
and after treatment. Every pound 28 September between 9am and
raised will help make sure no-one 11am. (Pensax Village Hall is on
faces cancer alone in Worcester- the B4202 Clows Top to Abberley
shire and across the whole of the road.) We look forward to seeing
UK. you there!

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St Lawrence
Lindridge

Primary School Leavers’ Service year’s sponsored Ride and Stride
On July 22nd Lindridge St Lawrence organised by the Worcestershire
Primary School and parents filled and Dudley Historic Churches
the church to say farewell to the Trust.  Please come and visit
Year 6 pupils who were moving on Lindridge St Lawrence, where
to High School. Each of the Year Lindridge St Lawrence Primary
6 pupils received a tribute from School Choir will be in the church
Mrs Sneyd, a bible, and a gift from to sing at 11.30am and a group of
St Lawrence Club. Following the children from the primary school
lead of Bright Lights we all joined will also be ringing the church bells.
together to sing Reach for the Stars In the early afternoon, three local
raising the roof of the church (not talented young musicians will play
literally!). Our prayers are with all the organ and piano.  Tea, coffee
the young people at Lindridge St & cakes will be available between
Lawrence as they move on to their 10am and 4pm.
new classes and for Year 6 leavers, Services
their move to new schools. Sunday 4th September at 9.30am:
Lindridge Autumn Show Parish Communion with Godly Play.
Do come along to the Lindridge Sunday 11th September at 5pm:
Autumn Show on September 4th Evening Prayer
at Lindridge Parish Hall. The show Sunday 25th September at 8am:
opens for viewing between 1pm Holy Communion.
and 4pm, when there will also be Please do also come and join us for
tea, coffee and cakes served. If you our Harvest Family Communion on
want to enter your produce for the the 2nd October. All the goods from
show, bring it along between 9am this Family service and the School
and 10.30am, judging takes place Service, which follows on Monday
from 11am. New for this year is a the 3rd October, will be distributed
Children’s Art Competition and to Maggs Day Centre and St Paul’s
there is also an Art Exhibition. Full Hostel.
details can be found on Lindridge
Parish Hall website:   http://
lindridgeparishhall.btck.co.uk/
AutumnShowSchedule
Tea, Cakes and Music
September 10th is the date of this

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St Lawrence Club, summer term.

This weekly lunchtime club is held at ways in which children are helped,
St Lawrence Lindridge CE Primary both in the UK and overseas, concen-
School. trating on the serious
During the second drought in Ethiopia
half the the summer where thousands of
term we explored a children are suffering
variety of topics. We from malnutrition.
learnt about the use of During National Insect
the precious mineral Week in June, which
salt in Biblical times, encourages young and
and how it is essential old to learn more about
to life and good health the world of insects, the
on planet earth, not children made a lovely
forgetting that too mini-beast collage, as we
much can be harmful! thought about all God’s
We discovered some creatures, both great and
amazing facts; salt’s small.
value was considered We had fun learning
so great that about all sorts of
sometimes people’s different Crosses and
wages were paid in it; their meanings, and were
salt was often used as surprised there are so
a sign of an agreement many!
between two people Thinking about
to show that it transitions, focussing
would last, because particularly on the
of it’s preservative year 6 Leavers, we all
qualities. We made contributed to prayers for
a guess at how many times salt them to take away in a special Prayer
is mentioned in the Bible, and Box, and made each one a lovely sun
discovered it’s actually over 40. catcher Cross gift.
Celebrating Father’s Day and
Friendship Day we made wonderful With grateful thanks to Carol, Julia,
cards, thinking about what we Marjorie and Mike for all their help
could do to help at home and in the and support with the club.
community. We look forward to meeting once
We were treated to a special talk with again in the autumn term.
photographs by Julia Cooper about
her support for Save the Children. Liz Whitehead
She talked about some of the many Children’s Worker

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Lindridge Godly Play

At St Lawrence The presenta-
Church, tions are unique,
Lindridge on the making use of
first Sunday of very special
each month. We visual resources,
meet in church which bring
at 9.30am then go biblical stories
to School House alive.
for our story and
creative activities. We enjoy talking
Godly Play about each story
and sharing our
A time to wonder, thoughts, this is
explore and extended into a
respond........... time for personal
response, when
During Godly we are invited to
Play sessions get creative and
we explore messy, having
many biblical stories together, fun with arts and crafts.
including Old Testament, Advent All ages welcome.
and Christmas, Epiphany, and For further information please
parables which are presented in contact Meryl Roberts on 01299
gold boxes. Lent, Easter, and the 896001 or Liz Whitehead on
season after Pentecost. 01584 781651

Collection for the Worcester East Refugee Solidarity Group

Thank you to all who contributed for the 1st August shipment to
foodandclothingfortheWorcester France.
East Refugee Solidarity Group. David Bland (who organised the
We took a car load of supplies to collection) offered his thanks for
The Priory in Leominster ready the donations.

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Lindridge Baby and Toddler Group

The Lindridge Baby and Toddler The second meeting was at Top
group restarts for the new term Barn Farm Park where a group
on  Thursday 8th September  at of us had a very enjoyable time
Lindridge Parish
Hall from 9.30am to together watching
11am.   If you have the children stroking
children between 0 and rabbits and chickens.
5 years, please do come We all had fun
and join us for fun feeding the goats
activities and to make and watching the pig
some new friends.   racing! There were
The group met a toy tractors to ride, a
couple of times over fort to climb and lots
the summer holidays. of other activities to
Once at Lindridge St keep us all amused
Lawrence Primary for a few hours.
School (thank you to We look forward to
the school for letting meeting you all when
us use your grounds). the group restarts
Sadly, we had typical in September at the
British weather and we Parish Hall.
all got a little wet!  The There is a charge of
children still enjoyed £1.50 for each family
painting and running around for each session attended. If you
though! A big thank you also goes have any questions, please contact
to Marjorie and Pauline who both Vickie at  lindridgetoddlers@
helped at this session. gmail.com or 01584 881086

Competition

There’s still time to get your entries in for the competition I set
you in the July/August edition of the Temespan.
Up for grabs is a lovely meal for two with an option for an evenings
entertainment at The Den at Stanford, kindly sponsored by Jo.
The competition closes on the 6th October and the winner will be
announced in the coming November issue of this magazine.
Send your entries to me here at the magazine.
[email protected] T&C’s apply. See website for details.

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Ann’s Evacuation Country Style

At the beginning of the war Ann Yardley
was evacuated from Birmingham to
Knighton-on-Teme where she spent four
wonderful, memorable years. She has
written about her time there in her book
‘Ann’s Evacuation Country Style’.

The book is available in Tenbury from
Ann’s sister Jane (tel: 01584 819844) and
from Tenbury News. It is also available
from Amazon ISBN-13: 978-1533493446

A LITTLE TREASURE

A review of Ann’s book by Peter Morgan

I have just read a book, published Commonwood Villa at Woodgate
privately, that will be of great Green, the then home of Mr & Mrs
interest to many of the people of Bourne. Not all children who were
Teme Valley North, and especially evacuated enjoyed the experience
to those living in the area of Knight- but this little girl, whose name is
on-on-Teme. Ann Yardley, was very lucky to find
ThebeginningofWorldWarllcaused herself with such a kind and caring
great anxiety in the Government family.
and among city dwellers across the The book is full of her experiences
British Isles, and none more so than while in the area, of names of places
in Birmingham. Many thousands of and houses that we who live there
children were evacuated, to escape now are very familiar. There are
the expected bombing, to rural also the names of many families,
areas across the country. Among and some individuals, who are still
those, was a little girl of six who very much in and around Knighton.
found herself, with a card with her In her own words ‘This, for me,
name pinned to her and carrying a was the beginning of the most
gas mask, deposited at the school wonderful adventure’.
at Knighton-on-Teme.

From thence she was taken to meet It is an enchanting little book and I
her new guardians at what is now can thoroughly recommend it.

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St James the Great
Pensax
Pensax Church Summer Fayre
Thank you to all who helped to happiness when she moves house.
make this event such a success – She has done so much over the years
stall-holders, raffle prize donors, for the community, especially at the
ticket buyers, supporters on the Thrift Shop and she will be missed.
day – all who contributed. It would The same applies to Maeve and Don
have been nice to see more Pensax Currie, whose work at the Village
faces there, but you were generous Hall and on the Parish Council was
in your support beforehand, for much appreciated. We hope they
the raffle, so that is important too. are enjoying their new home. Best
Thank you! wishes!
Bingo will be held on Friday, 16th. We are sorry to tell you that our
September at 7.30pm in Pensax application for a Roof Repair Grant
Village Hall. Many thanks to Carol for the church was unsuccessful
Portman and her friends, who are for the second time. We heard
making this fundraising event ever yesterday that there were 1500
more popular and successful. applications for about 400 grants
The winners of the £50 prize for the so it is not surprising really. This
Bonus Ball in June and July were means that Pensax Church is still
Sally Baker and Jean & John Rudd faced with the problem of raising in
respectively. Congratulations and the region of £200,000 for necessary
thank you for your support. repairs in the coming years. This is
Temespan distribution. We need way beyond the scope of the current
someone to deliver 8 magazines, 10 committee and the consequences for
times a year, in the Snead Common the church building are obviously
area – a person who walks their dog dire. At least we tried!
regularly? Contact David/Anna
on 01299 832195. Failing this, they
will be left on the table at the back
of Pensax Church for individual
collection. Nerys Hughes has done
this until recently. We would like
to thank her and wish her every

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Computer Use, Film Study, Garden Ample Parking. Member of:
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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Looking forward, we shall be holding singing all our favourite hymns.
our ever popular Harvest Supper Do come along and support this.
on Saturday, October 22nd at 7 If you would like your hymn to be
for 7.30pm in Pensax Village Hall. included, please give Jean Rudd a
This year, we are having a super ring on 01299 832513. The service
Pig Roast. Tickets are £10 (£5 for will be on Sunday, September
children under 16). As usual, bring 4th. at 3pm in Pensax Church.
your own drinks and glasses. This is Our Harvest Festival Service
always a popular event, so contact with Communion will be at 11am
Jean Rudd (01299 832513) or Anna/ on Sunday, 18th. September in
David Whymant (832195) as soon Pensax Church. Do come along and
as possible, to reserve places. Raffle help us to celebrate God’s gifts to us
and lots of good company and fun! and please bring an offering of tins,
Proceeds from the raffle will go to jars or dried goods, which we will
Khwendo Kor, our Parish Charity. then take to a local charity. Nothing
Every year, we hold a special Songs perishable, please.
of Praise Service, in which we enjoy

Glasshampton Quiet Day

Wednesday 21st September 2016, 10.00 am to 2.00 pm
at Glasshampton Monastery

Very early in the morning , while it was still dark , Jesus got up, left the house and went to a solitary place ,
where he prayed ' - Mark 1:35

Tea and coffee are provided, but please bring a simple lunch, a bible
and something to read in the quiet time.

To reserve a place, please contact Vickie Melling (01584 881086/[email protected])
Numbers are limited so please book early

4Rivers Churches

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St Andrew’s
Stockton

Services- see listing on page 5 October 9th at 9.30am and all are
September Flowers & Cleaning – welcome. Please bring non-per-
Alison Tidmarsh ishable food to the church for
September Grass Cutting – Peter the service and they will then be
Tidmarsh taken to Maggs Day Centre.
Advance notice Church Tower
Harvest Festival Teme Valley North PCC has
The Harvest Service for St commissioned work to replace
Andrew will be on Sunday the hip flashings on the tower
at St Andrew’s as one is slipping
off and all of them have perished.
This work will continue over the
coming months. (from Vickie
Melling)

Stockton Parish Meeting

The next parish meeting will if there is anything you would like
take place in St Andrew’s Church included on the agenda.  
on Wednesday 21st September, Contact [email protected] or
starting at 7:00pm.  Please let the 01584 881611.
parish clerk or the chairman know

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Tenbury Show
By Ann Webber

I am extraordinarily fond of shows.
Geelong, my mother’s home is an indus-
trial port city and a service centre for the
rich farming district of western Victoria,
Australia. The “country comes to the city”
in October and for several days we mean-
dered  between  sheep shearing competi-
tions, sheepdog trials, displays of wool
destined for exotic markets, the year’s
best  pasture and feed, and  fantastical
scenes “painted” with fruit and vegetables.
After  a day clutching sticks of kewpie
dolls and fairy floss, I would flop onto the
grass  with my family to watch  fireworks
crack the purple twilight.

Rural Gippsland in eastern Victoria, my are afresh with local identity. The festooned
father’s boyhood home, is known for Agricultural Tent embodied perfectly the
its dairy and timber. My  family joined “learn to show, show to learn” philosophy
his extended clan around the show’s wood of shows. There were eggs with sun-bright
chopping ring in vocal  support  Uncle yolks,  delicately stripped spring onions,
Darcy,  barrel chested  in a blue singlet colourful birthdays cards for Her Majesty,
and cream trousers, who could swing his Mr McGregor’s garden  scenes  and,  my
magnificent axe through tree blocks as if
through soap. Between heats, my aunts in 31
cat sunglasses and home made sun dresses
lounged in canvas chairs exchanging
gossip and pineapple upside down cake.
Cousins flitted between the eucalypts and
the older menfolk  relived their own tall
timber glory days over cold ones.
The Tenbury Show has that same sense of
novelty and nostalgia. Favourite competi-
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favourites,  oceans  of  banana-dolphins,
capsicum-crabs and watermelon-sharks. 
My heart  though  was captured by the
seemingly quaint children’s handwrit-
ing competition. My (admittedly thin)
research reveals these competitions were
started in The Children’s Newspaper, first
published in 1919, and continued by Look
And Learn in the 1960s. Today’s Tenbury
children were asked to display their skills
transcribing lines from Shakespeare, God
Save The Queen or Roald Dahl’s BFG.  
Well  before these delights though,  I was
alreadyafan of the Showwhen thecommen-
tator for the  Wyre  Forest Beagles  and
Ludlow & Clifton  Foxhounds  invited  the
public to clamber the barrier and join the
canine throng. I now know the riders’ coats
are termed pink after the tailor who made
them,  they are  hounds  never “dogs” and
they “speak”, never bark. Under a glorious
blue sky, surrounded  by a joyous  pack
of talking beagles - who could not fall in
love with the Tenbury Countryside Show.

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7th - 16th October 2016 = Something for everyone
 

This   year,   this   highly   successful   regional   arts   event   brings   music   from   Neil   Innes’  
iconic  band  The  Rutles,  singer/songwriter  Judie  Tzuke,  a  cabaret  performance  from  
actress  Anne  Reid  and,  for  classical  fans,  a  fascinating  Alice  in  Wonderland  themed  
Family   Concert   plus   a   piano   recital   celebrating   Shakespeare.   From   TV   and   radio  
royal   historian   Kate   Williams,   Antiques   Roadshow   glass   expert   Andy   McConnell,  
world   music   lover   and   foreign   correspondent   Andy   Kershaw,   ex-­Radio   4   presenter  
Charlotte   Green,   ‘Lilian   Bellamy’   from   The   Archers,   George   Egg’s   hit   Edinburgh  
Fringe  show  Anarchist  Cook,  a  display  and  talk  on  authentic  WWI  fashions,  Graham  
Short’s  story  of  engraving  the  Lord’s  Prayer  on  the  head  of  a  pin,  Radio  4  naturalist  
Brett  Westwood  and  a  visit  on  film  to  the  Uffizi  Gallery  in  Florence.  Miles  Jupp  brings  
us   his   unique   style   of   comedy,   and   other   guaranteed   sell-­outs   will   be   Max   Keen’s  
lecture   on   Hereward   the   Wake   and   Lesley   Smith   as   Margaret   Thatcher.   Saturday’s  
Party   Night   will   have   a   great   80s   theme   and   Festival   will   close   with   a   new   and  
expanded  musical  Church  Service  celebrating  Time.  
Throughout   October,   local   artist   David   Tedham   will   exhibit   his   vibrant   abstract  
paintings  and  there  will  be  a  decorated  Duck  House  Trail  even  bigger  and  better  than  
last  year.    
Tickets   on   public   sale   from   30th   July,   in   person   from   Bewdley   Tourist  
Information  Centre  -­  call  0845  6077819  to  check  availability  -­  or  by  phone  from  
Worcester  Live  Box  Office  01905  611427    

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Telephone:   DR.  SIMON  WATSON   GREAT  WITLEY  SURGERY  

01299  896370  Emergency   DR.  ISABEL  TEAGUE   WORCESTER  ROAD  

01299  896788  Appointments   DR.  HELEN  ROSEWARNE   GREAT  WITLEY  

01299  896873  Fax   DR.  STUART  JONES   WORCESTER  

  DR.  NICOLA  COX  (Associate)   WR6  6HR  

  DR.  JULIA  FARR  (Associate)    

 

 
24th  June  2016    

 

 

 

 

As  most  parishioners  are  aware,  the  access  to  the  Great  Witley  Surgery  is  quite  tight  and  at  

school   pick   up   times   there   is   a   particular   problem   with   the   sheer   volume   of   traffic   and  

insufficient  parking  spaces.      

 

Clearly,   the   village   hall   car   park   is   used   for   school   access   and   there   is   a   real   problem   with  

overflow  at  the  peak  times.    If  our  entrance  is  blocked  or  part  blocked,  there  is  a  concern  that  

on   the   albeit   infrequent   occasions   emergency   vehicles   need   access,   this   could   cause   a  

problem  and  a  delay  which  would  be,  to  say  the  least,  unfortunate.      

 

This   is   the   sole   reason   why   we   have   asked   people   not   to   park   anywhere   other   than   the  

marked   bays   in   the   car   parks.     Hopefully,   in   due   course,   the   car   parking   problem   will   be  

solved  and  access  will  be  easy  for  everyone.  

 

Many  thanks  for  your  help  with  this.  

 

Dr  S  P  A  Watson  

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Caring for Creation
By Sam Setchell
Communications Officer
In March, Diocesan Synod discussed Eco Church and action churches
could take to benefit the environment.

Following Bishop Graham’s There are bronze, silver and gold
attendance at the Paris talks on awards, and very practical steps
climate change, he addressed on how to improve our care for
the Diocesan Synod in March, God’s creation.
speaking about the leadership One of the Five Marks of Mission
being given by Pope Francis (in of the Anglican Communion
Laudato Si) as well as the heads is: “To strive to safeguard the
of the Orthodox and Anglican integrity of creation, and sustain
churches, urging the Church and and renew the life of the earth.” It
the world to confront climate is part of our Christian mission to
change. The Children’s Council work towards a more sustainable
also challenged Synod with state- way of life on God’s earth. Hugh
ments and calls to action. says: “Imagine our churches
Hugh Burton, chair of the becoming beacons of hope and
relaunched Diocesan Eco group, good practice, sharing our wonder
reminded us that the Church at God’s amazing creation, and
of England is committed to our joy in nurturing and caring
reducing its carbon emissions for it. We need to change our
by 80% between 2005 and 2050, unsustainable lifestyles towards
with a target of 20% reduction by a way that treads much more
2015 – last year! He encouraged lightly on the earth that God has
parishes in the Diocese to adopt entrusted to us.”
the recently launched Eco Church Find out more at: ecochurch.
and its award scheme as a way arocha.org.uk and greenchristian.
of reducing our carbon footprint. org.uk

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Sallie’s Ordination –
A note of thanks from Richard Butcher

When the party got underway during her ordination; For the very
after Sallie’s ordination, Trevor generous financial gift; for the words
Nott spoke eloquently about her of encouragement that helped to lift
dedication to ministry within the her spirits when assignments were
parishes. It was very humbling to proving hard to complete; but most
us both to hear how much her past of all for making the time to join
service as a Reader has been appre- with me and her family and friends
ciated. at the Cathedral to celebrate the
It is inevitable that, as a newly successful completion of this first
ordained Deacon in the new joint element of her training for the
benefices, the future will hold new priesthood.
challenges and opportunities for her I do know that her parents and
– which I know she will rise to meet. brothers were surprised and
Sue Coley had excelled herself with touched by the love and support you
a tasty and varied spread of food have all showed to Sallie.
which amply complemented the I apologise for not making our
champagne, cava, sekt and prosecco gratitude clear at the time but take
used for the congratulatory toast this belated opportunity to say,
(We are, in drink at least, very quite simply – THANK YOU!
Pan-European!)

What was forgotten, in all the P.S. You generously contributed
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New Year, New Interest by Ann Marriott

For anyone who was ever a school- The local society Teme Valley DFAS
child, and that’s all of us isn’t it? A meets in Ludlow Assembly Rooms
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of the Wallace Collection, The Elgin lecture for £8 on the door, and /
Marbles and John Betjeman. All or take the plunge and become a
lecturers are knowledgeable and member for £40 for the year. Contact
have enthusiasm for their subject. Membership Secretary Mrs Sue
This leads to entertaining and Johns tel:01886 812304 or email
informative lectures. [email protected]
This year’s program begins with Membership gives you access to
a lecture called “Getting to Grips interesting study days and outings
with Abstract Art.” This lecture will as well as the eight lectures.
demystify abstraction as well as Further information can be found on
showing some exquisitely beautiful www.temevalleydfas.org.uk
images. Come along for a trial

Ludlow Rotary Cares 2016

Last year the Rotary Club of Ludlow Further information can be found on
was able to invest some £3,000 in a the website www.ludlowrotaryclub.
range of local community projects org.uk which includes details of the
through the initiative ‘Ludlow criteria that will be applied and a
Rotary Cares’. This year, following simple application form. Organisa-
a very successful Ludlow Dog Day tions which meet the criteria will
event at Stokesay Court held in July, need to get their applications in by 24
the Club is looking to double that September. Those which are short-
figure to around £6,000. listed will be invited to an evening
‘Ludlow Rotary Cares’ is the name event on 18 October at which they will
the Club has given to a scheme aimed be asked to explain their project for a
at encouraging funding applications few minutes to a small panel. There
from charities and other organisa- will also be an opportunity to meet
tions supporting community life other applicants as well as members
in and around Ludlow which could of the Rotary Club. Cheques will be
benefit from a modest grant of up to handed out very soon afterwards!
£500. The Club is keen to hear from a wide
The Club intends to be very open range of organisations so if you are
minded about the types of activ- involved in or are aware of one which
ities it will support so long as the might benefit, do take a look at the
project or programme responds to a website. For further information
community need in or within 15 miles please contact John Howick on 07530
of Ludlow and meets its criteria on 071876 or at [email protected].
the giving of grants. What the Club Barry Forrester
will need to understand is exactly Hon Secretary – Ludlow Rotary Club
what the money will be used for, who
will benefit from it and how much
difference it will make.

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Androcles and the Lion.

By Adam Wilson (Androcles) all of this Hermione is captured by
On 16th June Lindridge Players the Roman slave traders and sent to
put on a production of Androcles work as a slave, so Androcles comes
and the Lion at Eardiston Parish up with the cunning plan of getting
Hall. It was great fun meeting each himself captured as well. He does
week for rehearsals with friends this so he can be with Hermione,
and really exciting. My favourite and once they were there he would
part was probably acting it out with find a way to earn his freedom.
an audience. At the very end it was Androcles was captured and they
rewarding when we heard all of the were both together in the slave
nice, positive comments after the quarters about to be fed to a lion in
show had finished. front of thousands of people in the
During the performance I was lucky coliseum. Androcles was led out
enough to be involved a little behind into the middle of the arena, and
the scenes, changing the lights when the lion was unleashed he
which was awesome! came right up close to Androcles
Androcles and the Lion is an but did not hurt him, he just looked
Aesop’s Fable, Androcles is married at him in the eyes and licked his
to Hermione, they are both on their hand, and can you guess why he did
way to Rome to be in a better place. this? It was the same lion that he
On their journey they come across a had taken pity on, when he removed
talking lion! The lion has a thawn in the thawn from his paw. Androcles,
his poor so Androcles feels pity for Hermione and all the friends they
him. So with music from his harp and had made within the cells were set
a lot of courage Androcles gets the free.
thawn out of the lions paw. During Thank you to all involved in making
this production possible.

By Grace Wilson (Diana) learn, whereas the others plays
Earlier in June Lindridge Players were all improvised. One of the
decided to put on a performance great things about my experience
of Androcles and the Lion. in being involved in Androcles
We rehearsed every Thursday was meeting people from all
evening at Eardiston Parish Hall, corners of the Teme Valley, and
and enjoyed meeting together, we coming together to do something
had fun playing warm up games fun.
at the start of each rehearsal. The play itself is one of Aesop’s
Androcles and the Lion was famous fables, the moral of the
different to past productions, as story is that gratitude is the sign
there was a script to follow and of a noble soul and the meaning is
that kindness can repay you.

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In the performance the crowd to put on another performance.
reacted well to all of the comedy I would like to thank Marjorie,
moments, I enjoyed every minute Pam Sherry, Sheila and Steve
of this play and really hope for helping us with the play and
that the Lindridge Players will making it all possible.
someday come together again

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Fabulous Effort By All! By Serena Spring

The children of the Clifton-upon-Teme
Early Years Centre entered artwork
into various classes at the Tenbury
Countryside Show on the 6th August
2016 including ‘decorate the first
letter of your name’, ‘decorate a plate’
and ‘finger painting’.
Henry Edwards achieved second
place for his 3D model of a jelly fish
made from his paper plate!
Joshua Hill achieved fourth place
with his beautiful ‘J’ that he created.
Georgie Gibbs achieved ‘highly
commended’ for her ‘Lady’ on her
plate.
Charlie Stevens also achieved ‘highly
commended’ for his ‘Person’ that he
created using finger painting.
We are also very proud of our very
own Tara Birch for taking part in
the fancy dress on her ‘blue’ pony;
“Rainbow Dash!”
A huge well done to all the children
that entered for their fantastic
creative work!!

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