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The Timsbury Letter
Photo credit Wesley Thorne
PUBLISHED BY TIMSBURY
PARISH COUNCIL
NO: 506 September 2021
timsbury.org.uk
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Welcome to the October
Timsbury Letter
Features this Month
Community Infrastructure Levy – page 5
Parish Clerk- page 6
Timsbury Boccia club - page 10
Flower Festival – page 16
November Letter Deadline: Thursday 14th October
Please send articles and adverts EARLY to:
Madeleine Potts, newsletter@timsbury.org.uk 07834 859291
47 Southlands Drive. Images & adverts in JPG format.
Village News
Windfall from Wheelers Yard
The Parish Council has received the sum Conygre housing development which is
of £50,216 to be spent within the next situated at the crossroads on the old
five years on village infrastructure for mining site (formerly known as
the benefit of the community. Wheeler’s Yard). More details page 5.
The money comes from a levy imposed
by B&NES Council on the new Upper
Parish Clerk
Angela Wilson began work as Parish She can be contacted by telephone on
Clerk on 1st September . She will work 07594 651366 or via email
from an office in the YMCA building in at timsbury.parish.clerk@gmail.com.
North Road and will be there most More details page 6.
mornings, Monday to Thursday,
between 10.00am and 1.00pm.
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Planning Applications
Comments by the Parish Council can be 21/03203/FUL Bailey Cottage, 3 Pitfour
seen on the B&NES planning website, in Terrace, High Street, Timsbury Erection
the Parish Council Minutes at: of garage to replace existing garage.
timsbury.org.uk/parishcouncil/meetings PERMITTED
and on noticeboards in the Conygre Hall
and outside the Our Plaice chip shop.
DEADLINE
Applications decided by B&NES Council
November Issue Deadline:
21/02782/TPO Parish's House, Hook,
Timsbury, BA2 0ND. Fell 13 trees and Thursday 14th October
prune 11 trees. CONSENT
Please send articles and adverts
21/02896/FUL 33 The Glebe, Timsbury EARLY to: Madeleine Potts
BA2 0LT. Erection of front single storey
infill and single storey rear extension newsletter@timsbury.org.uk
with garage conversion. PERMITTED
21/03074/FUL 3 Homefield, Timsbury
07834859291
BA2 0LU.Alteration and increase in 47 Southland Drive
height of boundary wall and associated
works. PERMITTED Please send images and
adverts in JPG format.
DISCLAIMER:
Views and opinions expressed in the Timsbury Letter are those of each individual
contributor and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Parish Council.
Next Parish Council Angela Wilson, Parish Clerk
Meeting timsbury.parish.clerk@gmail.com
th
Monday 4 October 07594 651 366
7.30pm in the Conygre Hall
c/o YMCA, North Road, Timsbury
See timsbury.org.uk/parishcouncil BA2 0JH
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Important Parish Council Notice
Community Infrastructure Levy
The Parish Council has received the sum All ideas and suggestions will be
of £50,216. The money must be spent considered by the Parish Council
within the next five years on village alongside its ongoing projects and
infrastructure for the benefit of the aspirations providing they meet the
community. qualifying criteria.
The money comes from a levy imposed The criteria are shown on the Parish
by B&NES Council on the new Upper Council website.
Conygre development which is situated
Please send submissions, before 31st
at the crossroads on the old mining site
December 2021 to: Angela Wilson,
(formerly known as Wheelers Yard).
Parish Clerk, c/o YMCA, North Road,
The Parish Council is responsible for Timsbury. BA2 0JH.
decisions on how to allocate the
monies. However, to ensure that a wide
range of options are considered
Timsbury residents are invited to submit
ideas and suggestions as to how it might
best be used. Submissions, which
Timsbury Wives
should reach the Parish Clerk before the
end of the year, will relate to improving
Dates
the community infrastructure in the
13th October
Parish. Requests are to be supported by:
1/. A fully detailed explanation of the 27th October - Woodford Lodge,
suggestion. Chew Valley. Lunch time meal.
2/. The estimated cost. 10th November
3/. What other funding may be available
to supplement the cost.
8th December.
4/. Who will benefit All meetings at the Short Mat
5/. The number of people who will bowling alley at the Conygre
benefit. Hall at 2.00pm
6/. How long the benefit is expected to
last.
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Parish Clerk
much-loved dogs, an elderly cocker
spaniel and a more active Yorkshire
terrier.
In addition to the dogs her hobbies
include genealogy; craft work- mostly
with paper; quiz nights and gardening.
At home she tends flowers and a
wildlife pond and, on her allotment
plot, she grows vegetables.
“Coming to Timsbury as clerk is an
exciting opportunity for me,” Angela
confirmed. “I’ve been assured that it is
a welcoming community with a strong
sense of identity and I very much look
forward to meeting everyone and
getting to know more about the
Angela Wilson was appointed to the activities and interests in the village.
position of Parish Clerk on 1st “We have established an office in the
September . She brings to the job a YMCA building in North Road and I
wealth of experience in administration expect to be there most mornings,
and organisation. Monday to Thursday, between 10.00am
Her previous jobs include a long spell and 1.00pm. As I shall also work from
with the Ministry of Defence at Foxhill, home and be out and about in the
Bath, and five years with Norton village it would be helpful if anyone
Radstock College where she taught wishing to meet me for a chat could
business studies and administered the make an appointment on 07594 651366
highway engineering courses. She or via email at:
served as parish clerk for Peasedown St timsbury.parish.clerk@gmail.com.
John for three years and was a director
of Radstock Co-operative Society for 28
years, 10 of them as chairman. Project Linus meeting
Angela was born in Radstock and has
Fri 29th October
lived in the town all her life. She
presently shares her home with two Conygre Hall, 10.00am-2.00pm
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Postal Attraction
By David Collett
Woodland Creatures, a set of crocheted Heather explained. “That must be a
animals, made a surprise visit to positive thing right now and both Amy
Timsbury at the start of August and took and I are delighted that so many people
up residence on the post box outside have said just how marvellous the
Health and More in High Street. Creatures are. Apart from an overnight
disappearance by Mr Fox the animals
They were brought to the village by
have survived well and hopefully they
Amy Shaw who created them especially
will be there to provide a smile well into
for that position while confined to
the autumn.”
working from home during the recent
lockdown. The Woodland Creatures are only the
latest of Amy’s crochet work to be seen
Amy, who lives and works from the
in the village. Her previous efforts
southern outskirts of London, appointed
included a selection of Brussels sprouts
her mother Heather Shaw as the
at Christmas time and Easter chicks, all
Creatures’ local guardian. Heather and
sold to raise funds for St Mary’s Church.
husband Tony are much closer in
Bloomfield.
“The Creatures have no purpose other
than to bring a smile to your face”
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RNLI
Tea and cakes by the lake
By Adrian Dodd
As a tentative first event after A capacity gathering of no less than 120
lockdown, Chew Valley RNLI Fundraising loyal supporters turned out and enjoyed
Branch held its ‘Tea & Cakes by the tea with a great variety of donated
Lake’ on Friday afternoon, 3rd cakes to choose from. A bar and raffle
September. Considering the preceding helped swell the income and we
lengthy spell of overcast and cool eventually cleared around £1000.
conditions, we were preparing for a Musical interludes were expertly
continuation of the same! It was a provided by Ruth Kenyon a professional
great relief when the afternoon turned harpist from Bath, which added to the
out to be one of those perfect days with enjoyment of the event.
plenty of sunshine to show off the lake
Our grateful thanks are due to Chew
in the best possible light and, of course,
Valley Lake Sailing Club and Bristol
all activity could be held outside. It was
Water for accommodating us and to
idyllic.
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those who provided cakes and worked and hopefully we may be able to run
hard on the day. We also thank our the event safely in February or March
supporters and the public generally for next year. We will let you know the
making our event a great success and situation nearer then.
continuing to provide the RNLI with vital
If you are interested in getting further
funds needed to continue its essential
information about RNLI, there is a
work. The new series of “Saving Lives at
wealth of detail on their website:-
Sea” shows the wide range of rescues
rnli.org , and if you would like to be
and help which the RNLI can bring to all
added to our list of supporters for direct
who venture into the sea, and it is
communication, please contact our
worth watching on BBC 2.
Secretary, Tim Gracey at
We had hoped to run our annual “Curry tandbgracey@gmail.com. Any
Lunch” in November but we feel that, as information supplied is entirely kept for
this will be an indoor event, the time is communication purposes only and
not yet appropriate until Covid shared with no other group or
incidence is much lower and further organisation (not even RNLI).
immunisations may have been done.
We will keep the matter under review
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Timsbury Boccia Club
By Colin Allen
ball closer to the Jack than the balls of
the opposing team. The number of ends
played depends on the number of
players. For teams of three, six ends are
played and each player in turn throws
the jack once. For pairs, four ends are
played, so each player throws the jack
once. For singles, four ends are played
and each player throws the jack twice.
At the end of a game if the score is a
The Conygre Hall in Timsbury is unique draw, one more tie break end is played.
in the fact that it has a marked out
A set of Boccia balls cost from £280.00
Boccia court in the main hall. There are
so individual players would not be
only a handful of permanent Boccia
expected to have their own. When a
Courts in the South West of England
club is formed, then a set would be
and most of them are in sports centres.
purchased by the club. At the moment I
There is one in Bath and one in Yate.
have a set available for anyone who
The only Boccia club that uses the court
wants to “have a go”.
in Timsbury is the Greenhill House club,
who play in the Bath League and Boccia The cost of hiring the Boccia court at
England national tournaments. the Conygre Hall, Monday to Thursday
evenings from 6.00pm to 10.30pm is
The game of Boccia is played indoors,
£28.50. So for a team of 6 players it
using leather balls, on a BOCCIA court,
would be £4.75 each. (About the same
which is about the same size as a
as a decent pint).
badminton court. The game can be
played as a singles or as a pairs or as If you would like to play during the
two teams of three. In each case, each colder months, indoors in the warm and
side has six balls, one set of red balls sitting down, or you would like more
and one set of blue balls. The 13th ball is information, please contact me, Colin
the jack which is white. The players Allen (BOCCIA England referee) at:
must be seated within their own colin.allen2@talktalk.net
throwing box when they throw the ball. 07889363018.
As in Petanque, the idea is to get your
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100th Anniversary 2021 Poppy
Appeal
By Chris Fiddes
Timsbury/Camerton & Tunley 2020 subject to any future Covid-19
Poppy Appeal restrictions. Could I ask if any of my
regular volunteers are reading this can
Like so many things in 2020, last year's
you email me to confirm you are
Poppy Appeal was forced to adapt to
available this year please. Also if their is
the threat of Covid-19. With millions of
anyone who would like to volunteer, as
people across the UK unable to leave
I need someone to cover an area of
their homes to find a poppy and
Camerton. Wreaths are also available
collectors unable to carry out house to
for any organisation, business or family
house collections, we called on the
who would like to lay a wreath at the
everyone to show their support from
Remembrance Service or privately for a
home.
donation of £18, again email me please,
Whether you donated for poppies in the cfiddes@btinternet.com
post, displayed a poppy in your window,
Here are some key dates for this year's
fundraised for the Poppy Appeal or
Poppy Appeal and Remembrance
getting your Poppy in the Village shops
period:
and businesses, we want to thank you
for getting involved and helping us raise • National Poppy Appeal launch -
to date: £2200 supporting the 2020 Thursday 28th October
Poppy Appeal.
• Poppy Appeal collecting period runs
The Royal British Legion National Poppy from Saturday 30th October -
Appeal raised an amazing £24 million Saturday 13th November
from October 2020 to February 2021, a
• Bristol Poppy Day with Military
remarkable sum during full lock-down
involvement Tuesday 9th November
restrictions for the second week of the
appeal. • Armistice Day - Thursday 11th
November
Poppy Appeal 2021
• Festival of Remembrance -
We are hoping that this year's Poppy
Saturday 13th November
Appeal will see our fantastic volunteer
collectors out and about in force • Remembrance Sunday - Sunday
collecting door to door once again, 14th November
12Just a reminder Timsbury Royal British atmosphere at Timsbury RBL Club,
Legion Club is the only one still open everyone is welcome and you don't
locally with very competitive prices at have to be ex- forces to come in or join
the Bar. It is open Friday evenings the Club.
5.00pm-11.00pm, Saturday lunchtime
Also after many months of research I
11.30am-3.30pm, Saturday evening Live
have put on a display in the Club, the
Music 7.00pm - midnight and Sunday
history of Timsbury Royal British Legion.
lunchtime 11.30am-3.30pm, Sunday
There are many photographs from the
evening Bingo 8.30pm-11.00pm.
past to the present day and information
There is a large screen with Sky and BT about the history of Timsbury Legion
Sport. The Club will be opening more since it's formation in 1929.
regularly with the Skittle season due to
Contact: Chris Fiddes
start in a few weeks time. So now
cfiddes@btinternet.com
winter is nearly here come along and
meet the friendly and excellent bar staff Hope to see you all soon!
and enjoy a drink at very competitive
prices. Dance, bingo, skittles or watch
your favourite sports in a nice friendly
Lunch Club starting again
By Mary Dolman
If you live in Timsbury or the you to make your own transport
surrounding villages, and LIVE ALONE, arrangements.
the popular lunch is starting again on 9th
Next year we begin the bi-monthly
December 2021 in the Conygre Hall
lunches in February but details will be
12.30-2.00pm. There are no age limits
available nearer the time as will menu
and anyone living alone is welcome. You
for the month and prices. For further
will need to book, so numbers do not
information please call me on 01761
exceed our safe dining under covid
472635 and I hope to see all the
guidelines.
“regulars” back again.
We understand many people are still
Mary Dolman
anxious about mixing indoors but all
necessary risks assessment will be in St Mary’s Church Timsbury
place. For this initial get together we ask
13Village Church Services
St Mary’s Church, Timsbury
Sunday 3ed October 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP 1662) 11.00am Holy
Communion
Sunday 10th October 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP 1662) 11.00am Holy
Communion
Sunday 17th October 11.00am Harvest Thanksgiving 6.30pm Harvest Supper (Bring
and share)
Sunday 24th October 8.00am Holy Communion (CW) 11.00am Holy Communion
Sunday 31st October 10.00am Benefice Service. All Saint’s Dunkerton 3.00pm
Annual Memorial Service for the Departed
Every Wednesday, weekly 9.30 am Holy Communion Service.
Revd Martin Blewett
Benefice of Timsbury with Priston, Camerton & Dunkerton
The Rectory, South Road, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0EJ
Tel: (01761) 472448. Mobile: 07854 273489
Email: martinblewett@gmail.com
Benefice Safeguarding Officer. Mrs Elaine Martin. (01761) 479506
Tabor Free Methodist Church
Tabor have decided to hold fortnightly services for the foreseeable future. The
October services will be on October 10th and 24th. The preacher for October 10th is
yet to be confirmed but October 24th will see the return visit of David Parker. A
warm welcome is extended to all.
Tabor will continue to operate the two large monitors fitted at the front of the
church to enhance worship. It will stream hymns direct into the building via the
internet projecting them on the monitors.
Pastoral Matters- Eric Barge 01761 420234
Secretary- Geoff Shute 01761 568524
www.taborfreemethodist.org
14Methodist Church South Road
Once all Covid restrictions have been removed and it is safe to do so Open Doors
will be returning. In the meantime everyone is welcome to join us at our Sunday
services where a warm and friendly welcome awaits.
Sunday 3rd October 10.30am Harvest Festival -Mrs Margaret West
Sunday 10th October 10.30am Mr Michael Lowe
Sunday 17th October 10.30am Holy Communion- Rev David Winstanley
Sunday 24th October 10.30am Mr Mike Honey
Sunday 31st October Mrs Anna Durkin-Auty
Revd David Winstanley
40 North Medows, Peasedown St John, Bath , BA2 8PS
01761 439934
dwin64@hotmail.com
Secretary Frances Nicholson 01761 470841
Congregational Church North Road (with full wheelchair access)
Secretary: Maureen Cox 01761 479656
Gadget Busters
Gadget Busters are continuing with phone sessions
Organised by Chew Valley Gadget Busters
We urgently need volunteers!
On-line 1.30 - 3.30pm 1st October and 15th October
cvgadgetbusters@gmail.com
15Flower Festival
By David Collett
Photos by Graham Nicholls
Art
th
For the weekend of September 10 to and creativity that we have come to
the 12th St Mary’s Church became the expect from the Farmborough group.
setting for a splendid display of floral We at St Mary’s are delighted to host
art. The window sills, the font, the choir the exhibition and are very grateful
pews and the Lady Chapel were all both to flower arrangers and to all
transformed by a host of beautifully those who worked so hard to provide
arranged flowers. The members of catering and refreshments for the
Farmborough Floral Art Group created event. The Flower Festival is an
around 20 exhibits on the theme of important element in our calendar”.
“Village Life”.
Farmborough Floral Art Group meet
“This is a tremendous display,” monthly. Details from Ann Bevan on
commented Rev. Martin Blewett. “And 01761 414045.
the flowers show all the imagination
16Mining Cricket
Church
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Seven StarsA Fond Farewell
By Lydia Brimble
Painting by Leela Sluggett
My grateful thanks to everyone who away !
sent in their stories for Jeff's A-Z
It was really wonderful to see so many
scrapbooks and for the handwritten
people turn up at the Conygre hall to
messages for Leela's memory book.
celebrate Jeff's life. An amazing
My heartfelt thanks goes to Jos Blake, afternoon where Jeff's family, friends
Jan Bailey, Jacqui Grainger and Peter and colleagues enjoyed meeting old
Buchanan for their continued support friends, sharing memories and feeling
over the last nine months and also to the love that filled the rooms.
Sue Padfield of Fosse Farm Flowers
A finale that brought us all together to
(07792520902) who donated the
bid a very fond farewell to this
beautiful multicoloured fresh flower
remarkable man, who packed so much
posies that nestled amongst the vast
into his life, helped so many people and
array of memorabilia that I was able to
made a multitude of friends from all
display on Sunday 29th August. Our
over.
thanks for the memorabilia, of course,
goes to Jeff himself for being such a He left a Jeff size hole in many people's
squirrel and never throwing anything lives but, as suggested by David his
18brother in law, he is most probably busy Jeff, we thank you. God Bless and May
filling them in with off cuts of 2 x 2, you Rest in Peace.
plasterboard and 4 inch nails !! Our
Anyone wishing to view the A-Z please
hearts will mend and his memory will
contact me on 07890637201
live on.
A letter of thanks from Gerald
Sluggett
dear brother at the Conygre Hall last
Sunday.
I found it very emotional to see his
name over the door which is now
known as The Jeff Sluggett Room. A
wonderful fitting gesture not forgetting
the bench, suitably inscribed. I know
from conversations with him over the
years he thought so very much of the
enjoyment he got from engaging with
all aspects within your community
especially the theatrical group which
you could say was his forte.
I am still finding it very hard to accept I
will never hear or see Jeff again. We will
always have treasured memories of a
man with so many talents but above all
a man who loved helping others in his
own unique way.
May he rest in peace.
Hello Peter. With all good wishes for the continued
May I take this opportunity to thank success of the Conygre Hall.
you and your fellow members of the Gerald Sluggett
Conygre Trust for all the dedication and
love you all showed remembering my
19Youth Work in Timsbury
By Jane Van-Haaps
Youth and Community Worker in Timsbury
(all being well) we will have resumed
our Youth Club in the YMCA -aimed at
those in School Year 7-10, cost £1 per
session. New people are always
welcome, do get in touch if you need
any support in accessing the club in
anyway. We will be sorry to leave the
freedom of the park, but as the weather
is bound to deteriorate, it will also be a
We are recruiting! welcome return.
Do you have a heart for young people The Young Leader’s Project should
or a skill you would like to share? already have started on a Wednesday
Ideally we are looking for a regular paid 6.30-8.00pm at the YMCA. As I’m not
worker for Friday night youth club as quite sure what this is going to look like,
well as volunteers. I will let you know more next month.
We are also looking for people prepared The youth sessions at St Peter’s Church
to help run an activity or share a skill and aimed at 9-13 year old's living in
with young people age 11-16. We have Camerton continue the first Tuesday of
funding to pay for this work on a self- the month 4.30-6pm: 5th October and
employed basis. Examples could be: 2nd November.
art, craft, sculpture, cooking, baking,
make-up, holistic treatments, first aid, Finally, as I’m writing this during the
dance, drama etc. first week of children returning to
school following the summer holidays,
Sessions could be during Friday youth can I say a big THANK YOU to all those
club or Wednesday evening during the who work in our schools/ colleges/ pre-
small group session. [Regular staff, schools who have helped them to settle
need to go through the usual in, especially those starting a new
recruitment checks.] If you are aged school, and who often go the extra mile.
18+ and interested in joining our team, Covid has helped us not to take these
do get in touch – it’s great work, for the places and people for granted.
right person, with never a dull moment.
Jane van Haaps 07483156995
From Friday 1st October 7.00-8.30pm jane@bathyfc.co.uk
20The Natural History Group
By Rod Bruce
Secretary
After two years the re-opening of our the re-introduction of Beavers. Joshua
group was an eagerly awaited occasion. Harris will enlighten us on Monday 18th
Unfortunately to meet publishing October at 7.30pm in the Conygre
schedules I’m writing this before the
event. However, knowing Brian Plant,
his knowledge, photographic abilities,
and his residential qualifications in
South Africa I’m sure we will have had
an interesting evening.
October sees a new topic that I don’t
remember us covering before, namely
DRAGONFLY
GARDENS
Borders – Lawns – Hedges
Fruit and Vegetables
Problem areas cleared
Emma Moffat
07708 663275
Timsbury and surrounds
2122
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Timsbury Theatre Group
By Peter Buchanan
Pantomime rehearsals are under way! making their Timsbury debuts.
Rehearsals have now started for our Aladdin will be on stage at the Conygre
Christmas pantomime “Aladdin (a lot of Hall for five performances from
trouble)”. This very entertaining script Wednesday 15th to Saturday 18th
by Sam Allen has all the traditional December. Tickets will go on sale soon
pantomime business (oh yes it has!) but – visit our website www.thettg.org
includes some innovative ideas
HELP WANTED!
referencing up-to-date technology.
We are really keen to recruit willing
Principal boy Aladdin (Rosalie Hodges)
volunteers to assist our stage
is the usual work-shy layabout son of
management team with scene changes
the laundry proprietor Widow Twankey
and the many other backstage tasks
(John Ford), whose other son WIshee
which ensure the smooth running of a
Washee (Neil Moon) fills the
show. If you’re interested, please
conventional pantomime role of
contact Peter Crooke on 01761 434479.
linkman.
We would also appreciate help with the
Aladdin falls in love with principal girl very important front-of-house tasks
Princess Yasmin (Bessie Eschle) but the such as selling programmes and sweets.
course of true love doesn’t run smooth Please contact Jo Whittock (472745) or
(does it ever in a panto?) – he gets Peter Buchanan (471818) to find out
chased by the comedy policemen more.
(Claire Bramley and Sharon Wilkins),
We expect to go ahead with our much-
falls foul of Yasmin’s royal parents who
delayed production of “The Vicar of
order his execution (spoiler alert – he is
Dibley” at the end of March 2022.
saved)! Things get complicated when
Further details will be published nearer
Abanazar (John Plucknett) turns up to
the time. All 2020 tickets will be valid
offer the impoverished Twankey family
for the same night of the week, but if
riches beyond their wildest dreams. Is
there are any ticket-holders who would
he to be trusted? Of course not, he’s
like to be refunded, this can be
the villain, boo hiss!
arranged by emailing
Directors Jo Whittock and Jon Hickes timsburytheatre@gmail.com.
will be in charge of a large cast with a
More information about the group is on
nice mixture of youth and experience –
our website www.thettg.org and you
we welcome a handful of newcomers
can find us on Facebook and Twitter.
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Ruminations of Radford Mill
By Richard Fox
We’re three weeks away from the most Our management of the countryside has
important political event this year - - the killed off most of the flying insects that
Climate Change conference in Glasgow. we used to have for pollinating crops
All the most important people in the and feeding birds, and we’ve reduced
world will be there to discuss how to our capacity to feed ourselves. It is very
solve the climate “emergency”. clear that we all need to make some
very significant changes in our lifestyles,
Who are the “most important people” in
not just turning off the light switch now
this “emergency? All those folks who
and then or putting a brick in the toilet
show up in Glasgow next month will
cistern.
sleep in a room heated to about 20
degrees, just like you and me and all our So, is it hopeless? Is it just too big a job,
neighbours. too difficult to think about? I don’t think
so. I think it requires a fundamental
As soon as they get up they’ll start using
change in perception and attention, for
water, just like you and me and all our
all of us, every day.
neighbours. They will flush the toilet,
use quite a lot of hot water for their The most significant is to reduce our
shower and coffee, wash all those consumption . You’ve heard about the
breakfast dishes in hot water. They will 30% waste of food that we buy? Well,
spend most of the day in a well-heated just buy less. Don’t be so quick to throw
building and they will use more and things in the bin. Look at your electricity
more water, electricity, and fossil fuel bill -not the money part of it, rather the
throughout the day, just like you and number of kilowatt hours you’ve
me. consumed. Set yourself a target to use
10% less during the next year, and that
EVERY day, each of those important
means using less today than you did
people will consume 4, 5, or 6 Kwh of
yesterday. And do the same for water -
electricity, water, fossil fuel, plastics,
use less of it every day.
imported foodstuffs laced with
chemicals, and so on Cut down your mileage year by year that
you travel. Be VERY cautious about
Our rivers, particularly chalk streams,
imported vegetables that probably
are running out of water, and our
require air freight.
sewage systems almost everywhere are
at capacity or beyond capacity You can become a closet eco-warrior.
whenever there’s heavy rainfall. But why stay in the closet?
26BEST BEFORE BARGAINS
UNIT 34 OLD MILLS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
PAULTON, BS39 7SU
Best Before Bargains is a small warehouse open to
the public selling surplus stock and stock that is
either near or just passed its 'best before' date.
Please see the government advice on ‘Best Before’
dates.
We do NOT sell anything past it’s ‘USE BY’ date.
Please visit Best Before Bargains on Facebook
At the moment our opening hours are:
Thurs, Fri, Sat 10.00am till 5.00pm
Sundays 10.00am till 4.00pm
27SHAWN LYE
01761 472 774
07791 309 582
Building and Roofing
Groundworks
Driveways
Fencing
Drainage
Paths and Patios
Mini/micro digger hire
28Fun day at Balance Gym
By Vicky Rees – Davies
Balance The Countryside Gym wanted For more information on all of the
to bring some fun and fitness to exercise classes available at Balance and
Timsbury and did so in the form of a fun new courses starting including Kids and
day last Saturday, the 11th September. Teen Yoga, Mum & Baby Yoga please
head over to our website
The sun shone and the village was
www.balancethecountrysidegym.co.uk
treated to a selection of taster classes
including a ‘Bounce’ session on mini
trampolines to wake everyone up, a
relaxing yoga class and an introduction
to Qigong. There were a selection of
small local business owners selling and
educating us on jewellery, clothes, well-
being and nutrition and not forgetting
time out for parents with a kids area
with free entertainment. A big shout
out to Michelle and Ash Mogg, James
Murphy and Mark Howard who all won
prizes in the rowing competition.
29Tabor Ringers
By Diane Carter
By the time you are reading this it is some new faces to join us. There is no
hoped that, after over a year apart, The need to be able to read music, it is all
Tabor Ringers, based at Tabor Church done by numbers.
Timsbury, will have commenced
Our engagements include; Care Homes,
rehearsals again. It is planned these
Social groups, Fund raising concerts, as
should resume on 13th September at
well as performing at Tabor on special
2.00pm in the Church. Leader, Angie
occasions. There is no charge for
Poole, has sorted some of the easier
services, although a donation is
music to get us back into the swing of
welcome which helps us support local
playing, although she has admitted she
charities as need arises.
may have a fight on her hands for the
first meeting as she thinks all we will We would really welcome new
want to do is chat. Well... we haven’t members, come along and give it a go.
seen each other for over a year! For any further information please
contact our Secretary Mrs Barb Spalding
We are a very easy-going, fun loving,
on (01761) 752177.
chatty group who would really love
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Elaine Hale
Visiting Chiropodist
H. C. P. C. Registered
29 Waterloo Road
Radstock
Bath
BA3 3ER
Tel: 01761 751596
32Tree Top Logs
Quality Seasoned
Firewood
Part & Full Loads
Available
Competitive Rates
Call 01761 472140
HOBBS
Marble and Granite Ltd
Monumental and Stone
Masons
Headstones, tablets, vases
Cleaning, renovations and
additional inscriptions
Please contact us for a free quote
And to see our full range of ser-
vices
Showroom at Radstock Road
Midsomer Norton
BA3 2AA
01761 412934
www.hobbsmarbleandgranite.co.uk
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