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Colerne
Parish Magazine
JANUARY 2021 FREE
NEW YEAR
INSPIRATION
Run, cycle,
walk!
see p.12
Honours New Year
WE CELEBRATE COLERNE’S COVID HEROES
HISTORY: ELM WORKS ● NEW! NATURE NOTES ● WILTSHIRE IN PRINT
The Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Colerne
A member of the Lidbrook Group of Churches
Priest-in-Charge
Revd Dr Janet Anderson-MacKenzie
The Vicarage, Church Lane, Box, Wilts SN13 8NR
Tel. 01225 744458 Email: janet@anderson-mackenzie.co.uk
Ministry Team
Revd Clair Southgate Mrs Margaret Edmonds
Churchwardens
Rob Featherstone, 47 Round Barrow Close, SN14 8EF
Tel: 01225 743044 Email: rob.featherstone4@gmail.com
Karen Brzezicki, The Stables, 11 Trimnells, Colerne, SN14 8EP
Tel: 744499 Email: karen@brzezicki.co.uk
For enquiries to hire the Parish Church for a community event, contact the Churchwardens
To arrange a Baptism, please contact the Vicar or the Churchwardens
To arrange a Marriage, contact Celia Batterham, celia@washmeres.co.uk or 01225 744809
To arrange a Funeral or make an application for a churchyard memorial,
contact Ray Barker, ray262@btinternet.com or 01225 743402 or 07768 500684
Website: www.colerneparishchurch.org.uk
Magazine Committee
Editorial Team
Phil Chamberlain (07793 018283) Email: editorial.colernemag@gmail.com
Kathryn Houldcroft (744006) Email: editorial.colernemag@gmail.com
Lavinia Wilson (742417) Email: Lavinia.wilson@valecourt.org
Design and prodution
Liz House (740098) Email: design.colernemag@gmail.com
Advertising
Celia Batterham (744809) Email: celia@washmeres.co.uk
Distribution: Rosemary Sadler (742531)
Facebook page: @ColerneParishMagazine
CHURCH FLOODLIGHTING
Anyone wishing to arrange for the Church Floodlighting to be turned on should contact
Derek or Julie Burgess on 743999 or 07470 031062 or at del.burgess@gmail.com
Front cover: By Jody Gaisford, Colerne Photographic Company, of Colin Rolfe from The Fox and
Hounds, Colerne. See p.22 for more on Colin and other local Covid heroes from our community.
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SERVICES FOR JANUARY
During January we have planned a simple service of
LINK holy communion at St John the Baptist Parish Church at:
9.30am each Sunday and 9.45am each Thursday
We also have a number of ZOOM services in the Lidbrook Group of Churches,
Box, Colerne please contact Rob Featherstone, see p.3 for contact details.
& Rudloe ★★★
When attending a service in the church please bring and wear a face covering unless you
are officially exempt. Access to the church and services are subject to guidance from the
Our Good Neighbours’ Government and National Church. Please keep an eye on the notice boards near the church for
Organisation further and more up to date information on services and openings for private prayer.
for anyone in need of help
FROM THE REGISTERS
Just ring and ask FUNERAL SERVICE AND BURIAL: 25th November – Laura-Jo JEFFRIES
Tel: 07970 617617
Monday – Friday 9.00am–5.00pm
NEW YEAR BEST WISHES
www.boxlink.org.uk As we start 2021 Colerne Parish Magazine is looking forward to all the people, events,
history and news to bring you in the months to come.
We could not do that without all our amazing correspondents, the volunteers who deliver
the magazine, the advertisers, our editorial committee and the feedback from readers.
M W Bayfield We are lucky in this parish to have such a community to support us and write about. Let
Chartered Institute of Plumbing us hope we can all continue to support each other through 2021.
& Heating Engineering
(reg. plumber) COLERNE VILLAGE HALL ASSOCIATION
The 300 Club monthly Prize Draw winners drawn in the Village Hall while
Plumbing, Heating, Gas & s Solar observing social distancing rules are:
Installations and Maintenance Skilled Pruning October: £25, No: 33, Mrs P Sames, £15, No: 250, Mrs D Dymond,
Felling/Dismantling £10, No: 50, Mrs N K Guest.
2 High Street Immaculate Cleaning Up November: £25, No: 65, Mr C Reynolds, £15, No: 197, Mrs L Wilson,
Free Quotations £10, No: 14, Mrs D Hutchinson.
Colerne Fully Insured December: £25, No: 187, Mr P Plank, £15, No: 36, Miss S Nicholas,
SN14 8DB £10, No: 111, Mrs J Gardiner.
01225 571405 For the Hall’s COVID19 Risk Assessment and
Tel. 01225 743315 Special COVID19 Conditions of Hire and any other information
Mob. 07903 087862 07849 248980 about the Hall please see the Hall’s website www.colvhall.co.uk
Email – m.bayfield@virgin.net
Joe Thomas
Tech Cert (Arboricultural Association)
Web Site – www.bayfieldplumbing.co.uk RFS Cert in Arboriculture
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Happy New Year speakers planned but we can’t do
to all our members anything until we know what is to come.
and all those ladies We did over the summer of 2020 meet
who might be in gardens for tea socially distanced and
thinking of joining in the future. a maximum of six and we were very
I’m Caroline Moore and I’ve taken lucky with the weather.
over as president from Wendy James Norma also held our committee
who did such a brilliant job for five meetings in her garden so we were able
years. A hard act to follow. to keep up with federation and national
I have lived in the village for over information.
45 years and 40 have been spent as a Let’s hope we can all meet up safely as
member of the WI. the new year unfolds.
This past year has been so strange, All best wishes
normally we would have events and Caroline Moore
This poem was supplied by Margaret Edmonds:
HOPE
Four candles slowly burned.
The ambience was so soft one could almost hear them talking
The first candle said, “I am Peace.
The world is full of anger and fighting
Nobody can keep me lit.”
Then the candle of Peace went out complete
MARSHFIELD SCHOOL OF DANCING The second candle said, “I am Faith.
I am no longer indispensable.
PRINCIPAL: Rachel A Hopkins AISTD Dip(NB, TB, MB, IB) It doesn’t make sense that I stay a moment longer.”
ASSISTANT: Alesha Austen (BAHons Dance) Just then a breeze softly blew out Faith’s flame
Established for over 20 Years Sadly the third candle began to speak, “I am Love.
People do not understand my importance,
Classes take place at the Community Centre, Marshfield Village They simply put me aside.
They even forget to love those nearest to them.
Children from 2½ years I haven’t the strength to stay lit.”
And waiting no longer, Love’s flame went out
Ballet, Tap, Modern and Jazz Lessons Suddenly, a child entered the room and saw the three candles no
Great for Discipline, Musicality and Confidence longer burning. The child began to cry,
All Teachers CRB checked “Why are you not burning? You
are supposed to stay lit until the end.”
Morning & Evening Pilates Classes Then the fourth candle spoke
“Don’t be afraid, for I am Hope,
Exams, Shows or Just for Fun – Saturday Morning and Weekday Lessons and while I still burn, we can relight the other candles.”
All Abilities Welcome With shining eyes the child took the candle of Hope and lit the other candles
Call or Email for more Information. Never let the Flame of Hope go out of your life.
With Hope, no matter how bad things look and are.
Tel: 0117 961 6557 Mob: 07928 454709 Peace, Faith and Love can shine brightly in our lives.
Email: marshfieldschoolofdancing@gmail.com Anonymous
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the Wiltshire references in books. The
spiritual and political machinations of
Salisbury are particularly popular. Nobel writes about the immigrant experience
Prize winner William Goldings’ The coming to the county. While Swindon
Spire is a fine example. Victorian writer was the setting for the child narrator in
Anothony Trollope’s set of six novels set The Curious Incident of the Dog in the
in the fictional county of Barsetshire and Night Time.
town of Barchester are based on Wiltshire For many it seems like Wiltshire is merely
and Salisbury. Edward Rutherford’s a land of stately manors. In Brideshead
Sarum has been very popular. Revisited it is the place narrator Charles
Karen Sayers Limited Meanwhile lots of thriller and science Ryder calls home. It is also where the
fiction writers have chosen to use Malfoy family in Harry Potter reside.
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Nature notes
All our logs are In a new and occasional series we’ll bring you observations from the hugely
T: 01225 743742 fully seasoned, varied natural history in the parish. If you have any nature notes, even if just
M: 07825 535095 locally sourced a picture, you can email editorial.colernemag@gmail.com
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Birds nest removal, cowl supply and fit. unload and stack. seen in Thickwood. North Wiltshire is the 6th Vice
Nature notes
County* in the league table for sightings in the UK. Colerne Birds
Clean and efficient.
Its scientific name is Geastrum triplex, the Geastrum November was a month of
SERVICE WITH A SMILE THAT Tel: Tom & Kay Hall referring to earth, Geology, ‘astrum’ means a star meagre returns; an influx of
WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN 01225 743351 (astronomy); while ‘triplex’ refers to the three layers Redwings and Fieldfares early
than make up the fruiting body of the fungus. on gave hope for a rewarding
They appear late summer/autumn and often last for month’s birding, but the
months. The central spore sack is hidden at first but unrelenting gloom thereafter
exposed as the outer two layers peel back, to leave it saw little in the way of reward
Home & Business sitting in the saucer-like base, 5-10cm across, with a for a lot of fieldwork. Dorothy
Computing variable number of “rays” formed from the split outer Robertson had bird of the
layer. Raindrops hitting the ripe spore sack will cause month in the form of a Redpoll
Support, help and advice a jet of spores to be released into the air. in her garden on the 21st, so
call for a local and friendly service: Chris Wood keep an eye out around the
village for this pretty little
l Purchasing + set up advice winter visiting Finch.
l Broadband, Internet + email Red Kite sightings have been
l Cloud computing regular from the Three Shires
l Share Files, photos etc Stones, as have a group of
around 100 Golden Plover.
l Defence against the dark arts The autumn rains bloated
l Backup valuable information the By Brook, forcing up to a
l PC, Mac and phones dozen Little Egrets into the
open. There was a mixed Tit/
DOG WALKING
Call Ian on 07711 513722 to Finch flock around the Mill
talk about what you want and how including Bullfinch and Marsh
I can help, or see our web site Hayleys.hounds@aol.co.uk Tit. Other November notables
were Kingfisher, Goldcrest (our
for more information: 07584 665530 smallest bird), Tawny and
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* A Vice County is a geographical division for the purposes of Little Owl.
recording biological data. Keith Mortimer
10 Colerne Parish Magazine, January 2021 Colerne Parish Magazine, January 2021 11COELRNE 2021 CARDIO SPECIAL every way. From the Roman motorway,
Beacon Batch, down to its Velvet Bottom
Ru n n i n g
and up the aptly named Hell’s Steps and
repeat. My most favourite individual
achievement.
There are two unique marathons for
GOING THE DISTANCE
me. In 2015 I was lucky enough to
run the Bristol to Bath Road Marathon,
unique because it was a one time only
Veteran marathon runner Bernie Rigby
event. It was hard but worth the finish
recalls her racing and fundraising highlights in Bath. Second has to be 2020’s virtual
H
London. Planning the route, fuel points
aving served more than 22 years in the Royal Signals I suppose staying fit, strong and training all done in four weeks. A
and challenging myself became a lifestyle. But marathons are something else. wet, cold, windy day, a great support team
and 4.02 finish.
The saying “a marathon is hundreds of miles, the finish is 26.2” is true. It takes a
healthy balance of self discipline, endurance training, strength and diet (I never give up
A marathon in stages
My absolute favourite and my fastest
chocolate brownies or Prosecco). It’s never going to be easy and there are no shortcuts. marathon is the London. The whole In Advent 2020 Rev Janet Mackenzie
You put in the work and you get stronger. event is awesome. The most iconic route, ran a marathon for the churches in the
fantastic support, crossing the Tower Lidbrook Group.
But, it’s also a mindset and incentive that gets you out in all weathers; early, late and
Bridge halfway and then the world’s best Rev Janet aimed to run the
sometimes when you just don’t feel like it. For me it’s fundraising and great causes.
finish line. I only wish everyone could get marathon in seven segments of 6km
Many miles have been run, a tandem parachute jump, abseiling, Christmas day swims that feeling, it’s truly inspiring. each between 29th November and
and a super amount of support from friends and this community has resulted in more Christmas Eve.
than £10,000 raised for seven charities. Mostly I’m grateful I have my running, Money raised will go towards
it keeps me both physically and mentally churches in Colerne, Box and
A funny marathon story. When stationed in strong. Ditteridge where income has fallen
Rheindahlen I took part in the Moenchengladbach
The person who starts a marathon is dramatically due to Covid restrictions.
marathon and Army championships. Having
crossed the line in 3 hours and 27mins I drove not the same who finishes: Psalm 26.2
straight back to camp as I had a charity football
match. The next day I found out I was the first
Army lady finisher and missed my own medal
presentation. Plus side, we won the footie and had
Seven Marathon Facts rough rule, a runner burns up to 100 calories
per mile, or 2,620 calories during a race.
a great BBQ and a few beers. 1. The current course London Marathon 5. The oldest marathon is the Boston which
record for the men is 2:03:05 achieved
It is not all about marathons. In Cyprus I was by Eliud Kipchoge, whilst the women’s is
celebrated its 112-year anniversary in 2019.
lucky enough to take part in a 24-hour charity run. the world record set by Paula Radcliffe of
6. Women weren’t allowed to take part in
Early hours we left our base south of Famagusta 2:15:25. Radcliffe ran the second half of the
marathon races during the 20th century
headed to Dhekelia, running the coastal roads in the race quicker than the first
because it was believed the rigours would
sunshine from Larnaca, Limassol to Episkopi. We be too physically challenging [Tell that to
spent the night climbing the mountain roads up and 2. In 2016, New York held the largest Bernie, ed]. It wasn’t until 1984 that the first
around Troudos and we descended during sunrise marathon ever with over 50,000 finishers. women’s Olympic marathon took place, with
and back to base. A tough and amazing 24 hours. 3. There are Japanese monks who live on Joan Benoit Samuelson winning the race in a
time of 2:24:52.
The hardest marathon ever (and the slowest)
Mount Hiei who practice the challenge of
Mostly I’m grateful I running a marathon a day for 100 days for
was at Cheddar Gorge – it was tough, hilly and 7. Born in 1911, Fauja Singh is the oldest runner
have my running, it keeps glorious at the same time. It is a National Trust
seven years. to take part in a marathon. He ran the 2011
me both physically and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with some 4. The number of calories burnt while Toronto Waterfront Marathon, aged 100 at the
mentally strong. unforgiving terrain and this challenged me in running varies for individuals. However as a time, and completed it in a time of 8:11:00.
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Better health is
C y c l i ng
REFLEXOLOGY
only two feet away
TWO WHEELS, MUST TRAVEL
Why try Foot Reflexology?
“The benefits for runners and sports people is that it’s a time to relax, to take care of
a part of the body that is under appreciated and often unloved. When our mobility Tutton Hill resident Donald Thompson has racked up the miles over the years on
is compromised our lifestyle is dramatically affected. Reflexology may help to locate his bike. Commuting to Bath and regular cycling holidays have added up to tens
tensions in the feet, that are sometimes reflected elsewhere in the body, and it’s believed of thousands of miles. One of his earliest excursions was as a 17-year-old. Donald
to stimulate the body’s natural healing system to bring the body back into balance.” decided, as you do, that he and a school friend would cycle from his then home in
Kent to Glasgow. He hadn’t cycled that far before, he had a budget of £5 and a
I also offer: Hot Stones l Reflexology for lymphatic drainage, fertility and maternity
heavy Raleigh four-speed sports bike. It was set to be an adventure.
l
C
l Facial Reflexology l Online skin consultations
l Neal’s Yard Remedies Independent Consultant olin and I were both at Bryanston Raleigh sports bike with 4-speed Sturmy
School in Blandford, Dorset, when Archer gears. My bike had originally had
we decided, in the summer of 1952, to a casing round the chain which added to
COLERNE
cycle to Scotland and combine cycling its weight and for the trip I removed it.
with trainspotting. Colin’s bike looked and felt more suitable
IN
T: 0751 665 8729 Neither of us was a particularly fit for the escapade.
E: DeborahArmitage-HolisticTherapist@outlook.com cyclist; I was 17 and Colin was 16. I lived My training over the summer holiday
www.DeborahArmitage-HolisticTherapist.com in Orpington, Kent and Colin lived in involved cycling to Sevenoaks, Tonbridge
Harpenden, Hertfordshire. Our cycling and Tunbridge Wells on a regular basis.
exploits were confined to cycling to This conditioned me to cycling up Polhill
65
Dorchester, Salisbury to Knockholt and River
CONCEPT and Templecombe for
trainspotting.
As far as money for this Hill up to Sevenoaks on
FITNESS trip was concerned, I had the return journey from
We planned to make Tunbridge Wells after
the journey at the end £5 which I had to make a day’s trainspotting at
Specialist senior’s personal trainer for over 65s of August and take last for the entire trip. the West Station. That
nine days for the 440- sounds diligent but my
• 25 years senior’s health and fitness experience odd miles. We aimed to return by train diary confirms that I had been on a two-
• For healthy agers to frail senior’s who require assistance from Glasgow in time to start school in week holiday in the Channel Islands before
• Neurological disorders September. Our route would be from returning to Orpington. I played golf the
Harpenden along the A5 to Cheshire, day before setting out, so had done no
• Falls and balance training across the Mersey by way of the Runcorn cycle training for about three weeks.
• Zoom classes for the elderly with different levels Transporter Bridge and then on through I had a haversack that I fixed behind the
Whether you are wanting optimum health and fitness in your Lancashire on the A6 to Carlisle before saddle resting on the strong mudguard
older years or you need help with your independence, call me.
joining the A74 to the outskirts of of the Raleigh. Colin had panniers either
Glasgow. It helped that in 1952 there were side of his back wheel. That way each of
In these strange times, health and fitness has taken on a new meaning. 4.2 million registered vehicles on the us was not encumbered by having our
A fitter body means a healthier immune system. road compared with 35.6 million now. We belongings over our shoulders.
Find out how I can help you age better and regain your health. booked ourselves into youth hostels and As far as money for this trip was
our destination was to be East Kilbride concerned, I had £5 which I had to make
Call Arthur on 07971245221 or email arthur@conceptfitness65.co.uk where I had been born. last for the entire trip. Our meals at the
Visit me at www.conceptfitness65.co.uk or follow me on Colin had the latest Raleigh Lenton Super Youth Hostels were prepaid – our evening
Sports bicycle. I had a relatively heavy meal and breakfast – so all we had to w
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Colerne After
School Club Ltd
The IRON lady w buy was food for the middle of the day
our plan to see places of interest.
and possibly the odd snack, mid- morning DAY FOUR
Ofsted Registered URN: EY494696 and/or mid-afternoon. There were no credit Our next run was from Lichfield to Delamere
cards or mobile phones in those days – we Forest, just east of Chester. Cheshire is
Fully Qualified Staff with years of
experience in child care just got on with cycling, trainspotting and a lovely county to cycle through and I
Collection from Colerne Primary School sightseeing for just over a week! still recollect what a pleasant experience
Variety of activities for all age groups it was because of its rural nature. We had
Very competitive prices DAY ONE a superb meal at a restaurant in Nantwich
For regular orders or one-off I must have had a good breakfast and which cost us 4/6 (23 pence). Naturally, I
We are open backlog clearance. early lunch when I set off from Sevenoaks can’t remember what we ate, but we were
Monday to Friday: Road, Orpington, to ride to Colin’s home very well provided for. As part of our
7.30–8.30am Professional and flexible service in a
for Breakfast Club smoke and odour-free environment.
in Harpenden through Central London – trainspotting programme we visited Crewe
Bromley, Lewisham, Elephant & Castle, North locomotive shed. We had already
After School Club hours are: Please call Gilly for prices Victoria, and Hyde Park Corner to the start obtained a shed pass and we just walked
Monday to Thursday: 3.25–6.00pm and further details. of the A5 at Mill Hill Northway Circus, St past other children hoping to get someone
and Fridays: 1.30–4.30pm Albans and Harpenden. In South London, to take them in. Crewe North was a shed
Free collection and delivery
Please contact: within Colerne. I had to cope with tramlines which you that housed/serviced some of the named
Jemma on 07446 447541 or had to steer across, rather than get your passenger locomotives, many of which
Bev on 07881 367022
or email cascltd@outlook.com Mobile: 07810 248408 wheels caught in the tracks. Hyde Park were never seen in the south of England.
see our Facebook page: Corner was also a bit scary, but once
Home: 01225 744611
Colerne After School Club Ltd across and into the Park, it was all modest DAY FIVE
traffic thereafter. Welcomed by Colin’s Delamere Forest to Lancaster was another
parents, a good night’s rest, fed and 60-odd mile run. We made our way to
watered for the ‘off’ after lunch for our Runcorn on the banks of the Mersey
Hazelbury first ride together. My parents didn’t know and crossed by way of the transporter
HealtH Your Local Salon
Colin or his parents and until I arrived at
Harpenden his parents hadn’t met me.
bridge to Widnes. [The transporter bridge
has long ago been superseded by a road
Practice 01225 743736 bridge – Thelwall Viaduct on the M6.]
38 High Street DAY TWO Our route took us to St Helens and Wigan
We offer Homoeopathy and Harpenden to Astwell Castle Youth until we joined the A6 near Chorley
Kenshin Anma Shiatsu Hostel was an easy starter for our trip. which we kept with through Preston and
Kenshin Anma Shiatsu is a wonderfully relaxing and
Open on Got back onto the A5 and cycled through Garstang before coming into Lancaster
energising form of massage therapy which is very Tuesday 8.30am-2.00pm pleasant countryside in Hertfordshire and where we found accommodation in a
ancient, predating even Shiatsu, and works to rebalance
Thursday 8.30am-4.00pm Northamptonshire to arrive at our first Temperance Hotel. [My great grandfather
youth hostel after 42.5 miles. had owned the Temperance Hotel in
the entire system. Kenshin means ‘essence of health’,
and Anma means ‘spreading peace with the hands’. It Friday 8.30am-5.00pm
is performed fully clothed and lasts 75 minutes. Anma Alva, Clackmannanshire.] As part of our
is non-diagnostic and is not recommended for pregnant Saturday 8.30am-1.00pm DAY THREE cultural raison d’etre, we naturally visited
women or cancer patients.
Extended hours by appointment only Having experienced and survived our the Roman Catholic Cathedral situated
Laurent and Susan Lacroix hold diplomas in first night in a youth hostel, and having just off the A6.
Anma from Anma France. Susan is also
a registered homoeopath and counsellor and offers We cover the whole performed our mandatory duties, we were
consultations and sessions. family’s hairdressing needs ready to leave by mid-morning for a 60- For the next leg Donald and Colin had to
odd mile run to Lichfield. Once again we tackle the steep ascents of the Lake District
from perming, cutting and
Hazelbury Health Practice made for the A5 (Towcester, Daventry, before the final long run to Scotland and
Hazelbury Manor, barbering to hair extensions Atherstone), before leaving again five then try and get back for the start of term.
Box, Wiltshire SN13 8HX and colouring
tel: 01225 810644 miles north of Tamworth and heading off Find out in next month’s edition if they
to Lichfield. Visited Lichfield Cathedral manage to complete their trip.
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Sport & Science
EXERCISING THE MINDS
Keeping fit starts long before the PE classes, as these pupils at
Colerne have been finding out
S port and PE at Colerne
Church of England Primary
School is something all are
felt their hearts and had
a go at taking their heart
rate. On completion of our
very passionate about. The investigation, the children
children take part in two PE were very excited to know
sessions a week; one with their that their prediction was
class teacher and one with a right. The children really
sports coach from Up and enjoyed discussing how
Under Sports. exercising is really important for us as
Here Warwick Class explain how they it keeps our hearts healthy and our
have been learning about keeping fit. muscles strong.
“In Warwick Class we love to keep The children have taken their new
active. During the autumn term we have knowledge about keeping healthy into
17(17) Hyundai i10 1.0 SE taken our enthusiasm into other subjects. their PE lessons.
5Dr, in Blue, Bluetooth, Cruise, DAB, EW, A/C, CL etc ….£6,795 In science we have been exploring what Circuit training is their current focus. Each
happens to our hearts when we exercise. week the children practise a different skill
14(14) Hyundai i20 1.2 Active, The children made a prediction. “When we which will become a circuit at the end of the
5dr, in Blue, Bluetooth, A/C, EW, CL, Alloys, CD etc ....... £4,995 exercise our heart will beat really fast and unit. They are very keen to set themselves
we might get a bit out of breath,” said Rosie. challenges and beat their scores.
10(10) Seat Leon 1.4 TSI SE, In small groups, the children planned We certainly enjoy a competition in
5Dr, in Black, Climate, Cruise, Alloys, CD, EW etc …..........£3,995 an investigation and chose exercises to Warwick Class and there are definitely
complete to see if they were right. Before some competitive children in our village.”
beginning the exercises, the children Kelly Russell
18 Colerne Parish Magazine, January 2021 Colerne Parish Magazine, January 2021 19REFLECTIONS irrelevant institution. Recent adverse criticism of certain members of the royal family
T
have accentuated this perception. Along with this tendency, there seems to be an
he assassination of Julius Caesar occurred at the end of the Roman republic on increasing proclivity for successive British governments to adopt a presidential style
the Ides of March (15 March) 44 BC. It was the culmination of a conspiracy of administration. We have seen unelected apparatchiks introduced into the heart of the
led by Marcus Junius Brutus and Cassius Longinus. The conspirators were government to play a significant policy role which many believe goes well beyond their
concerned that Julius Caesar appeared to be intent on making himself supreme ruler of stated role as special advisers. Fortunately, the most contentious of these persons has
Rome thereby bringing the republic to an end. William Shakespeare’s account of this now departed from government.
event occurs in his play, Julius Caesar, probably produced in 1599, at the end of the
reign of Elizabeth I. When one considers the utter shambles of the recent presidential election in the United
States and the continued insistence of the outgoing President that his rival’s victory
In the play, Shakespeare puts the following words in Cassius’s mouth as he endeavours was the result of fraud, without providing any convincing proof, one concludes that
to persuade Brutus to join the conspiracy: the British constitutional monarchical system has a lot going for it; as long as there are
‘I cannot tell what you and other men sufficient members of the Royal Family willing to undertake their allotted roles.
Think of this life; but, for my single self, John Crittenden
I had as lief not be as live to be
In awe of such a thing as I myself.’
This was a brave thing for Shakespeare to have written during the reign of a powerful
monarch. Elizabeth had imprisoned and beheaded Mary Queen of Scots on a charge COELRNE 2021 CARDIO SPECIAL
of conspiring against her life. It is one of the ironies of history that Mary’s son (King
W a l k i ng
James VI of Scotland) became King James I of England on Elizabeth’s death in 1603.
In those febrile times, Shakespeare might easily have lost his own head by having one
of his characters proclaim the justification of a republic over a monarchy.
When Oiver Cromwell died in 1658, the short-lived Commonwealth collapsed and
Charles II became king on the restoration of the monarchy. PILGRIM’S PROGRESS
M
With the restoration of the monarchy, there began the process of what may be called the
resetting of the British constitution. From that time onwards, the powers allowed to the ay I thank John Crittenden for on her own) and the churchwardens and
monarch by the people through Parliament were gradually whittled away until, in the his kind words in his December others, who kept the parish running very
present day, the monarch has little if any power left, other than that directed towards her Reflections – retired rectors still read smoothly without me.
own household. She may not express an opinion in public on the great affairs of state parish magazines! I did indeed walk If a parish priest keeps going for another
and the residue of the monarch’s prerogative seems now to be acted upon solely by the The Pilgrims’ Way, from Winchester to ten years he or she is entitled to a second
prime minister. Nevertheless, the British public, and in particular the media, continue Canterbury, in June 1989, and it was a sabbatical. By then I had moved to be the
to show an intense curiosity in respect of the royals who are subject to almost constant very interesting and enjoyable journey. Team Rector of Corsham, but this time I
attention. It is therefore not surprising that some members of the royal family feel life I actually took eight days and it was the cycled eight hundred miles round southern
in a gilded cage is not for them and decide to jump ship. last part of my first sabbatical. If clergy England to see the places on which T
can stay alive long enough without S Eliot based his Four Quartets, a long
Believe it or not, the above resumé of some historical matters is a prelude to informing being found out, the diocese give them poem reflecting on the nature of time. But
you that I received presents of the first three series of The Crown for my recent birthday. three months study leave. You have to that, as they say, is another story...
Since then, I have viewed the whole of the first ‘season’ of The Crown and begun to undertake a specific project. We’re still walking – last September
view the second. It is a well-produced production, not necessarily containing the whole My first two months were spent Penny and I walked The Dales Way, one
truth, but I am sure it will be repeated and referred to many times in the forthcoming backpacking up the west coast of of the national trails, which goes through
years when the media comments on the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. As I am only two Scotland in the steps of the Celtic the Yorkshire Dales. It’s only 80 miles,
years younger than the Queen, I find the whole series of great interest as it reminds me saints, finishing up by climbing some but we took our time. It goes through
of what I was doing when the events depicted occurred in reality. I could be said to have of the biggest mountains in Torridon. beautiful country.
had a worm’s-eye view of the reign and these events. Remarkably, it only rained twice in the We shall be interested to hear if any of
Reviews of The Crown that I have read in newspapers have indicated that there is whole three months. I couldn’t have your readers take up John’s challenge of
a mood, among some journalists at least, that suggests a shift of preference towards done all this without the support of Janet doing the Pilgrim’s Way!
republicanism for the British constitution. The monarchy is seen as an increasingly (who was looking after three small boys Roger Clifton, former Colerne vicar
20 Colerne Parish Magazine, January 2021 Colerne Parish Magazine, January 2021 21Colerne’s
Covid
I would like to mention Mrs Thomas as a Covid
hero. My daughter was in year 6 last academic
year. She and her classmates missed their
residential, end of year performance and
all the other activities that would usually
Kim and Dennis happen in their final year of primary
Harris on Forrester school. However Mrs Thomas made sure
Green – nominated
that the year 6s still made memories by
for being good
neighbours! creating videos, having silent discos,
a red carpet on the final day and just
being an awesome person who
truly cared about the well-being
of her pupils.
Dorothy Robertson has been an amazing
whirl of activity and ideas to get the Covid I would like to nominate
N
volunteers up and running. Mollie Ley as she worked as key
one of us were unaffected by the owners to volunteers. We stepped up. worker in Morrisons from the first
Covid pandemic which swept the Last year we asked you to nominate lockdown and is doing it still. We worried
world in 2020 and remains with us still. those in the parish who had helped out I would like to nominate Emma about her doing it and she did too but
Tragically it claimed the lives of several during the crisis - to remember the good Hucklebridge of Colerne News as she knew that she was needed and
of our neighbours while more were that we have done as we start 2021. during the first lockdown she went couldn’t let them down.
infected but thankfully recovered. It also So this is our very own New Year’s out of her way to make sure that the
had a huge impact on our working and Honours List. We don’t claim it to be villagers of Colerne could access
social lives. comprehensive. You may well have other their money, use the postal services, Please include Dr Karen Prees in the Colerne
And yet it also brought out the best in names and stories to share. receive newspapers and she also COVID Heroes Honours List for her continued
our community. From nurses to milkmen, But for all those listed and everyone supplied basic items such as milk. hard work and dedication at keeping the
delivery drivers to teachers, business who served anonymously - thank you. Even though the shop had to close communities of Colerne, Batheaston and
she arranged boxes around the village surrounding areas safe during this pandemic.
Trish Phillips so that people could pick up their She is a local GP and often goes out of her way
she voluntarily works in and has transformed the primary newspapers/orders. She also provided to support members of Colerne in their time
school garden into an amazing place to be! The teachers, a box outside the Post Office for of need. Many thanks!
Lucy Corry from children and parents are amazed at the transformation. postal services.
Larch Road for She supplied the village with all the freshly grown
doing long hours fruit and veg anyone could wish for from the school YOU A
with Medvivo out- garden shed during lockdown and continues to do Colin and team at STEP LL
PED
of-hours care so from the Post Office. She does it all just for the the Fox & Hounds UP! Suzy Price from the
love of it. They turned the pub into a place
High Street who worked
Also all those
to buy fruit and veg. They hosted the
all throughout both
carrying on with
bakers. And you could get takeaway
lockdowns delivering
doorstep luncheon
meals and a si-in cafe. The way they
prescriptions from
Fiona Brooke-Vincent club. Our postman
responded as a business, quickly and
Box Pharmacy.
She volunteered as a nurse in adult ITU near Glenn and our Milk effectively, was a credit to them and as a
the beginning of the pandemic and has & More milkman community we’re lucky to have them.
since changed departments to work
there permanently - she’s helped THANK 145 people signed up as Covid volunteers
to treat and save people with COVID
19 as well as many other patients.
YOU at the start of Lockdown 1. See next page...
22 Colerne Parish Magazine, January 2021 Colerne Parish Magazine, January 2021 23Colerne’s
Covid
Jane Brookes Tiah Harper Sarah Porter
K
I wanted to say a massive Ian Butterworth Brian Harris
THAN John Porter
thank you and shout Julie Burgess Karen Harvey Karen Prees
out to Lisa and Wayne Ian Buss Liane Hayens YOU Daniel Prideaux
Summsion. My parents live Jenna Buss Annabelle Heap Abigail Reilly
in Pembrokeshire and are Clare Callery Chris Hibell Lecia Rees
both in their 80s my Dad Sophie Cattermole Annette Hitch Bernie Rigby
has multiple health issues Phil Chamberlain Hilary Holman Dorothy Robertson
and my Mum doesn’t drive. The Three Shires Surgery: Rose Sadler Jo Chambers Lizzie House Duncan Robertson
Coincidentally Wayne has a Dr Pedro Pinto Vickie Thomas Andy Chapman Carmen Irving-French Karen Sayers
relative that lives in the same Dr Jeremy Cottrill Leanne Dunstone Henry Clarke Megan Jones Catherine Simon
village as my parents and this Dr Liz Dixon Jill Scott Greg Corr Julie Joyce Alan Simon
had been mentioned to Lisa Rachel Legg Tina Goodway Emma Corr Zeynep Kayacan Gemma Small
previously in conversations. Susanne Read Becky Costello Sophie Crawley Justine Knight Hayley Smith
At the beginning of Liliana Barnard Susi Gaston Melissa Dawn Hilary Lavender Sarah Stephens
Lockdown 1 my parents Caroline Yallaoui Paula Couzens Keith Dorsey Julian Lavender Lisa Sumsion
were having trouble getting Cathy Atkins Josie Osborn Cat Dilloway Sophie Lavender Jade Titmus
groceries etc and being so far Jennie Smith Ella Reed Louise Dirs Chris Lilley Paula Tucker
away I felt helpless. Sue Knight Izabela Bradley Oliver Dirs Amanda Lindsay Alison Turnbull
My husband suggested that Alison Turner Nannette Savine Catherine Dixon Phil Lucas Helen Tylee
I contact Lisa and see if her Rebecca Loughlin Tim Bunting Dorothy Dunkley Clare Lucas Jax Ward
brother in law may be able to Lisa Overton Sarah Vickers Tora Edmonds Jackie Mason Mark Wakefield
help. Lisa responded swiftly Eileen Collins Sarah Edmonds Jules Meadowcroft Jessie Walrond
and was most concerned. The staff at Colerne Church Sally Phillimore Sarah Fern
SUP
Jessie Meredith Liz White
YOU AL
The following day I spoke of England Primary School: Mark MacPhee Chris Fereday
HE ER
Nicola Middleton Amy Witwicki
STEPPEL
with my parents and they told Kelly Sullivan Karen Carey Emily Fereday
ROE Tristan Middleton Paula Wilcox D
me that they’d had a phone Stella Harding Mark Solomon Sara French S Celia Mike UP!
call from the vicar offering Kim Russell Carole Rowlands Jane Gooding Ally Minch Brian and Nancy at
them help. The phone call Donna Burns Archie Gooding George Morris Anstees Bakery.
had been generated from Julia Johnston The school Oliver Gooding Alison Mortimer All the staff at
Lisa’s brother in law and Sally Kearns gardening team: Dan Grabham Keith Mortimer The Firs Surgery.
he also provided Lisa with Jess Feghali-Brown Christine Rogers Corinne Greenman Dawn Mowat Alison Blake Reed
names of local companies Kimberley Bennetts Trish Phillips Kay Hall Charlotte Mumford Mandy Pocock
that were delivering to the Daisy Broomfield Mike Rogers Amanda Hayllar Jennifer Nixey
elderly and vulnerable. I then Ellie Gordon Shirley Willcox Jack Harper Hannah Newton
utilised this information and Gillian Low
ordered a meat box delivery Kelly Russell Covid 19 volunteers,
for my parents. They were so Nikki Brennan area leads in bold: KEEPING COLERNE SAFE FROM COVID-19
grateful for Lisa’s help and Ann Jennings Jen Allan
If you are shielding, have been asked to self-isolate or your usual family/neighbour
concern. Even though they Sam Thacker Penny Andrews
support is unavailable, give us a call. We can help with shopping, prescription
have never met her. Carole Palmer John Armstrong
Lisa then continued to ask Julie Baldwin Tessa Armstrong collection, posting letters, and dog walking.
after my parents and still does Ruth Holden Abi Ashfield Are you feeling isolated and a bit low? We can help you connect with others - you
even now. Zac Topping Karen Brzezicki
won’t be the only one.
She went above and beyond. Maura Chamberlain Celia Batterham
Truly deserves a mention. Kerinne Bunting Cathy Biggs To be put in touch with your nearest volunteer contact Dorothy Robertson on
Keren Wynn Julie Bright 01225 742767, email cv19colerne@gmail.com or use the Link number 07970 617617
Gemma Banfield Peter Brookes
24 Colerne Parish Magazine, January 2021 Colerne Parish Magazine, January 2021 25Grounds for Optimism – Chapter XLII
Port Area, Bukoba (W shores of L Victoria), Kagera District, NW Tanzania;
mid-day Tues. 23rd Jan 2018
Background Where I’d taught from 1967 to 1971 I’d been allowed to give workshops
to show fellow science teachers how the study of local manufacturing industry (e.g.coffee
processing) could enthuse students with more memorable and relevant lessons.
Continuation Bosses at the coffee curing factory had bade me farewell with a cuppa and
doughnuts and I walked back into town by the shore past little pyramids of dried sardines for
sale, remembering to admire swings and slides at a lake-side play area financed by Bukoba
Rotary Club, whose current chairman was factory manager Mashusha.
A bit further on another persistent cultural import from pre-independence times was The
Club originally an expatriate watering hole. Today there was less sport but still bottled beer,
bonhomie, brides-to-be betrothal parties and billiards. Golf and cricket were dead already in
1967. I remember the story of long grass and two caddies – a short one to find the ball and a tall
one to find the short one. I’d been a “social member” organising children’s Christmas parties.
As a bingo caller, I learnt to count in Swahili. Sunday curry lunch profits bought a fence round
the tennis court, but we never benefited from it because the club became a Tanzanian army
officers’ mess when border skirmishes with Idi Amin’s Ugandan army started.
That afternoon I saw the most persistent cultural import of all – the craving for education
and qualifications as a route to promotion and a better life. Universities and training colleges
abound, many founded and financed by churches. A secular government in a cash-poor country
cannot possibly pay for them all but does insist on inspecting and licensing them and validating
their certificates. One such institution is Lutheran foundation “JOCUKO”, Bp Josiah Kibira
(aka “Tumaini” = Hope) University where colleague Reuben from Ihungo was a part-time
chemistry methods lecturer. This offshoot campus had good modern buildings and labs but,
a rarity, an uncooperative administrator dubious about the value of my input. Reuben and his
assistant Marcelline won him round in a country where dogged politeness is appreciated.
We were 20 delegates in all, one third female and all were science teachers in training. I
stretched the permitted hour to two, finishing in time for supper. To convince how industry
can create wealth, I handed out eleven paper £20 sterling notes depicting Adam Smith, the
Scots 18th century enlightenment philosopher. His treatise The Wealth of Nations used the
division of labour in his local pin-making factory to show how efficient, profitable industry
could bring prosperity and freedom from want. We talked about Tanzania’s industries
already transforming the country, providing goods and services people were ready to buy for
money. We were not starry-eyed; delegates were realistic about practical problems changing
ideas into reality. They quoted examples where things had gone wrong in 50-plus years
since independence and how cronyism, nepotism and get-rich-quick attitudes had held them
back. We concluded that a scientifically
literate populace would be a central part of
successful nation building.
Does this sound worthy yet stodgy? We
leavened it with the fun of experiments,
convincing one another that science only
works when it is honest and its practitioners
trustworthy. All eleven Bank of England notes
were
returned. Rodney Priest
26 Colerne Parish Magazine, January 2021 Colerne Parish Magazine, January 2021 27Old School, Vicarage Lane. Clerk: Sharon Whelon: 01225 742207
NEWS
e: clerk@colernepc.uk
Village website: www.colerne-pc.gov.uk COLERNE
PARISH COUNCIL
Restored footpath!
In June 2019 local school girl Alice Hayllar
from Thickwood, wrote to Cllr. Brian Matthew Notification Wiltshire Council decisions of planning consent determined:
to ask if the Council could do something local 20/08075/FUL. 37 Martins Croft, Colerne SN14 8DT. Proposal: Single storey rear extension.
to stop climate change. Her idea was that if the Decision: Approve with conditions.
footpath between Thickwood and Colerne could 20/06980/FUL. Lucknam Park Hotel, Colerne SN14 8AZ. Proposal: Redevelopment of
be repaired (it was very pitted with pot holes and existing garage block to provide 2 self contained guest cottages to be used in conjunction with
over grown at the sides), then children like her Lucknam Park Hotel. Decision: Approve with conditions
could cycle or use scooters to get to school and
the village, and adults with mobility scooters The month of December
could do the same, or walk without tripping up, saw the lifting of the second Cotswold
or the need to drive. This was raised at Colerne
Parish Council and letters were written to
COVID19 ‘Lockdown’ and Voluntary
with it, the Cotswold Voluntary
Wiltshire Council’s roads department. Wardens (CVW) have enjoyed Wardens
Some work was done as a result by our parish a busy period of hedge and
steward Mark, but during December 2020 broadleaf tree planting. They have planted
Ringway have been restoring the path and laying 300 metres of hedge adjacent to Public Right
new tarmac! of Way COLE11. This hedge-line will provide
Well done Alice! I think you may have brought a super-highway for animals, birds and insects
Thickwood a very nice Christmas present! connecting Bob’s Wood to Abbotscombe
Wood. They have planted mix of fifty oak,
field maple and beech as replacement trees in
Gigaclear’s broadband installation Bob’s Wood, and also replaced two stiles and
installed two Way Marker Posts in order to
in Colerne’s conservation area improve navigation of within the Parish.
They are starting a programme to restore the
Residents will have noticed streetworks commencing as Gigaclear installs the new superfast dry stone walls within the Parish and will
broadband service which we mentioned last month. The Parish Council were concerned with complete the Ogbourne dry stone wall as
Gigaclear’s initial plans to install a series of connecting cabinets (green metal street boxes) a dedication to Russell Harding who sadly
along High Street, through the conservation area. passed after a long fight with illness.
As Wiltshire Council does not routinely notify communities of these rural broadband
installations, it was late in the day before the Parish Council was able to get in touch with
Gigaclear and discuss their plans. A Parish Council task force, made up of councillors and Russell Harding
residents, met on-site with Gigaclear representatives at the end of October to review their Russell was for many years Cotswold Warden
proposals. for Colerne Parish, and in 2018, the Corsham
We are pleased to report that Gigaclear responded positively to our concerns and have recently Area Board of Wiltshire Council acknowledged and formally thanked him for his long-
undertaken to place the connecting equipment below pavement surface along the High Street. standing work as Cotswold Warden and his many other services to the PC and our community.
The PC thanks Gigaclear for their cooperative Many will remember the Tuesday Tramps that Russell regularly lead, and then when his
response and is pleased to report this success in health prevented him venturing out - helped create the route using his extensive knowledge
preserving our conservation area streetscape. of our delightful countryside.
28 Colerne Parish Magazine, January 2021 Colerne Parish Magazine, January 2021 29TRIBUTE TO A NORMANDY VETERAN,
Award Winning, Family Run,
Farm Shop
Colerne Liberal Club COLERNE BUILDER AND SPORTSMAN
R
Established for over 30 years
Selling Quality Local Produce
oystone Clarke, known survived after being under
Open Daily 9.00am – 5.00pm
10.00am – 4.00pm on Sundays
universally as Roy, intense fire for some time.
HOME & LOCALLY REARED
FRESH MEAT, POULTRY & GAME The Club is ready to reopen. was the fourth child of In 2016 he received the
HOMEMADE SAUSAGES, BURGERS & FAGGOTS Henry – always called Harry – French Legion d’Honneur
As soon as we are allowed to and Ethel Mary. Sister Lillian for his part in the liberation
reopen, we shall reopen. was born in 1911, brother of France in a ceremony at
(We do not sell Scotch eggs) Albert was born in 1914, the Guildhall in Bath.
brother Ronald in 1917 and After the war he could have
To monitor developments, please Roy in 1923. His father was returned to Westinghouse
the Box blacksmith for 50 but he wanted to work
LOCAL CHEESES & HOME COOKED MEATS keep an eye on the Club website at
LOCALLY GROWN VEGETABLES, FRUIT & SALADS
HOMEMADE CAKES & PIES ✪ http://www.libclubcolerne.co.uk years and the family lived in outside and did so with John
LOCALLY MADE CHOCOLATE & FUDGE Laurel Cottage, Devizes Road. Field and Colerne Builders.
FINE WINE, LOCAL ALE & CIDER
PRESERVES & CHUTNEYS
and on Facebook at On leaving Box School He made so many friends
GIFT HAMPERS ✪ Colerne Community Pages Roy went to work at Westinghouse in through that work and his legacy of
Chippenham where he was involved building is there to be seen.
Orders now being taken for
Minimum Contact Collection & Delivery
Many thanks for your messages of in testing electrical equipment for the Roy was always a keen sportsman. He
Email orders to sales@allingtonfarmshop.co.uk support and suggestions via email railways and later for wartime aircraft. relished the day at the end of the war when
He cycled to work on a Raleigh bicycle he played for the Army against Ipswich
www.allingtonfarmshop.co.uk TEL: 01249 658112 ✪ colernelibclub@yahoo.com
Allington Bar Farm, Chippenham, SN14 6LJ bought for him by his mother for 7/6d. Town at Portman Road. He played football
When war broke out Roy was a young for Box Hill & Colerne at centre half and
member of the Home Guard in Box. He played cricket for Box.
GREENTEAM
joined up on May 27th 1942 at the age After the war, Roy moved to Martins
of 18 but needed a special Certificate of Croft where he lived for a short time at
Release because Westinghouse was a no.5 with his brother and his family.
THE GARDEN AND LANDSCAPE SPECIALISTS wartime factory. Fortuitously next door at no.4 lived
After six months training at the 58th Royal Monica Collett. Romance blossomed and
● Garden clearance Armoured Corps Regiment at Bovington they married in 1951 and were together
he joined the 1st Northamptonshire for 69 years.
● Tree work Yeomanry who were then based near Roy was a loyal member of the British
● Real and artificial turf Marlborough. From there he went to Bury Legion for more than 60 years. With his
supplied and laid St Edmunds where he trained as a rear wife Monica and his former comrades he
gunner on Sherman Tanks. Incidentally, visited France on numerous occasions.
● Fencing Roy had the best tank library outside of Roy died in the Royal United Hospital
● Grass cutting and the Bovington Tank Museum. aged 97 having contracted the Covid-19
general maintenance The war changed Roy’s life and he was virus. It is ironic that his grandfather died
always at his most lucid and animated in the last big pandemic, the Spanish flu,
● Domestic & commercial talking of his wartime experiences. in October 1918.
● Based locally On June 13th 1944 he landed as part of Nephew Philip Clarke said: “We say
the D-Day operation in Normandy and goodbye to Roy after a life led to the full,
Call Mark for a FREE QUOTE went right through to Holland where he serving his country bravely and leaving
was wounded. Among his many wartime behind such pleasant memories which
07913 003 065 experiences was the episode when four we will not forget – there are so many
Email: green_team@post.com tanks were sent out on a sortie to German lessons we can learn from his friendship,
lines. Three tanks were wiped out but his generosity and wisdom.”
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