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Photo by David Hurn, Pram Race for Charity, Tintern, 1976
TINTERN NEWS
March 2022
Produced by Friends of Tintern
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The storm has passed Very thankful that Eunice, anticipated to be the worst storm to hit the UK in 30 years did not arrive in full force as expected on 18th Feb, when it was predicted to push water up the estuary at the same time as the morning high tide! It was heartening to see the village pull together to prepare storm defences and reach out to help others. I think the worst was losing a few trees and travel disruption. It was the first time both Severn bridges were closed! The magnificent Wye is now full with runoff, making the ducks and swans paddle harder, but serenely, reminding us that we need to protect our river (see Friend of the Lower Wye article). The Tintern Community Council will be integrated into a new Wye Valley Community Council (see election info) but are still looking for ideas about how to best celebrate the Platinum Jubilee, a 4-day weekend now with the additional bank holiday this year on June 3 to celebrate Her Majesty's 70th anniversary as monarch. Get ideas in by the 18th of March. David Hurn, who took the cover photo is interested to know if you recognise anyone or were there for the Charity Pram Race in 1976? Names of any of the people in the photo or your story would be very welcome! St Michael’s church is finally being connected by Welsh Water so look forward to events once the toilet and kitchen are working. Please send me any info to include in the April issue or contact me about advertising in the Tintern News. Any articles contributed are VERY welcome. Thanks, Toni Harvey (tinternnews@gmail.com) The Tintern News is a vehicle for the expression of opinion by all members of the Tintern community. While it does not necessarily endorse the views of any particular contributor, it does wholeheartedly support the promotion of lively debate on the development of the village and of freedom of speech in general. However, it will reserve the right to edit any contributions in order to preserve moderation and a spirit of good intent in the presentation of arguments. Thoughts from everyone in our community will continue to be very welcome. 2
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We need your ideas!
In 2022, Elizabeth II will become the first British monarch to celebrate a
platinum jubilee (70 years).
Tintern Community Council invites all local residents to submit ideas
for ways in which we might recognise The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
There are national and regional plans – from planting new trees, to
parades, to lighting of Jubilee Beacons – but should we also mark the
occasion
in Tintern & Llandogo?
We need your ideas!
Please submit your ideas to the Clerk at clerk@tinterncc.co.uk
by 18th March 2022
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Tintern Business Forum
The Tintern Business Forum is still looking for 10 more Tintern Ambassadors.
The maximum commitment is 2 hours per week. The first induction
course was held on 28 Feb,
hosted by The Wild Hare and included a tour of Tintern Abbey with
Pascal Bidois, the Head Custodian. The scheme, supported by
Monmouthshire County Council, is a great opportunity for volunteers
to offer a warm welcome to tourists and share a wealth of information
about local attractions, activities and facilities, to ensure visitors have
an enjoyable day out in Tintern, the beautiful, historic village at the heart of the Lower Wye Valley. The
Ambassadors are based outdoors, mostly close to Tintern Abbey, our principle tourist attraction. They
work in pairs and volunteering sessions are two hour slots between 10.30am and 4.30pm from Easter to
early autumn, subject to the Covid19 restrictions in force at any time. Local knowledge of the area is not
essential as training and resources will be provided.
This is the ideal volunteering opportunity if you:
- like meeting people,
- have an enthusiasm for history, the natural world, or outdoor pursuits,
- want to celebrate and promote Tintern and
- would like to join a friendly team of like-minded people.
For more information please contact Vivien Richards email: vivien.richards@yahoo.co.uk tel: 01291
689244
HAVE YOU VISITED THE BROCKWEIR VILLAGE SHOP AND CAFÉ?
Not only can you stock up, on a wide variety of food and drink from Freshly-
Baked Bread and Deli items to Meat & Poultry; Fish; Fruit & Veg; Beers, Ciders
& Wines; Cakes & Biscuits; Dairy; Ice creams and all the traditional Store
Cupboard items, but there’s so much more… Alongside our popular café, we
also offer Postal Services, Dry Cleaning, Photocopying, a Book Exchange, Free
WiFi, Greeting Cards, Gifts, and Cashback. SEVEN DAYS A WEEK!
GREAT NIGHTS IN AND OUT!
Are you planning ‘A Bit of A Do’? Do you need to bulk order some food and drink
or would you like an affordable catering service to take away the strain? The Brockweir Shop & Café is
happy to help. We’re Event Experts and can even provide the venue if you need it. Ask us for a quote.
Brockweir & Hewelsfield Village Shop, Mill Hill, Brockweir, NP16 7NW. T: 01291 689995
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Tintern Garden Club – Annual Show
47th Annual Show
Saturday 13th August 2022
2.30pm (for public viewing)
Tintern Village Hall
Come along to view the fabulous skills of our village growers,
bakers & makers! Everyone welcome! FREE ENTRY
If you would like to compete in the show, please email
LINDSAYCOBB1@BTOPENWORLD.COM for the show schedule.
All competitors must register entries by 10th August 2022.
All adult competitors must be members of Tintern Garden Club or live in Tintern area. Child
competitors (up to & including 16 years old) do not need to live in Tintern. All entries must be
grown or made by the competitor. Entries to be staged by 11:45am on 13th August 2022.
The judges’ decisions are final!
Follow us at
facebook.com/tinternvillagehall
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The Wye Valley Greenway and the Wireworks Branch, by Kev Daniels
and Sheila Black and Carolyn Limbrick gave invaluable help and support in writing this article
In 2021 the route of the Wye Valley Railway from
Chepstow to Tintern was reopened as a walking
and cycling route by Greenways & Cycleroutes Ltd,
a local charitable community benefit society.
Greenways have been supported by over 120 local
volunteers who have helped to build and maintain
the path. At a recent work camp in September 2021
53 volunteers put in a total of 228 working days to
further develop the Greenway.
The wireworks industry in the Anghiddy valley
lasted 300 years and employed 600 people at its
peak.
The route of the Wye Valley Railway incorporated
in the 1865 Act of Parliament followed the Welsh
bank of the River Wye going directly though
Tintern passing the Lower Wireworks. A banking
crash at the time resulted in investors losing
confidence and the money to build the line could
not be raised. When a second Act of Parliament
was passed in 1874 the route had changed to
follow the English bank of the river Wye crossing
the river north of the village just before Tintern
station, bypassing the Lower Wireworks.
This angered the Duke of Beaufort who insisted
that a branch line be built crossing the river and
running directly into the wireworks which is
situated where the Lower Wireworks car park is
today.
Note: now some difficult access issues (e.g. the clo-
sure of the Wireworks bridge and the Diving Centre .
Also the tunnel is not open when bats are hibernat-
ing. The latest information on these issues, including
how to access the route is on https://www.wyevalleygreenway.org/visiting
The wireworks branch was completed in 1876. A small industrial locomotive brought the wagons
loaded with wire up to the main line. It was a Chaplin locomotive of this type, nicknamed the ‘Coffee
pot’ and could haul six wagons.
9Edgar Waite started work at the wireworks in 1887 when he
was ten years old. His job was to walk in front of the ‘Coffee-
pot’ with a flag in the daytime or a lamp in the dark to warn
people walking along the line. A local person who knew him
recalls that it was a dangerous job on the bridge at night,
especially as the wooden decking was in poor shape and there
was a danger of falling into the river.
Wireworking ran in the
family. Edgar’s two
grandfathers Josiah Waite
(born 1802) and William
Evans also worked as
wiredrawers. Edgar’s
paternal great
grandfather, also named
Josiah (born 1778), was a
wiredrawer as well.
Edgar with Dolly the cart horse at Edgar’s father Samuel William, his wife Amelia with
the Abbey Mill sawmill in early Waite was an apprentice Edgar, early 1880’s outside Beech
1940’s at the Lower Wireworks in Cottage
1844. His strict indenture
required him not to: ‘play at Cards or Dix (Dice) tables or any other unlawful games’, ‘haunt taverns or
Playhouses’ or ‘commit fornication or contract marriage’.
William lived in a Leasehold property with land. This indicates that the
wireworkers enjoyed voting privileges as at that time only
leaseholders in the boroughs (towns incorporated under royal
charter) could vote.
The health of wireworkers was also provided for when, for example,
in January 1876 Mr. George Henry Horsfall De Wolfe was appointed
medical officer for the Tintern District of the Chepstow Union, and
the Tintern Abbey Iron and Wireworks.
When the branchline was built
metalworking continued for only another
22 years until the last wireworks closed.
After that the line continued to be used
Samuel outside Beech for another 35 years with horse drawn
Cottage where he lived in wagons bringing timber to the sawmill.
later years c 1900
A Floral Mile project, situated just to the
south on the tunnel, is being established by volunteers with the aim of
creating an accessible and informative showcase of British wildflowers. The
focus will be on wildflowers that were typical in the area using a book of
Chepstow wildflowers written 100 years ago. Hedge Wound Wort
(Jan Bryant)
If you're interested in volunteering to help maintain and further develop the
Greenway, please contact wyevalleygreenway@yahoo.com .
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Household costs are very worrying for people right now. But if you are struggling to pay for energy or think you may get into difficulty there are rules, schemes and services to help you. Did you know you must be offered payment plans you can afford by your energy supplier, and emergency credit if you can’t top up your prepayment meter? You can also ask for: - a review of your payments and debt repay- ments - payment breaks or reductions - more time to pay - access to hardship funds - Priority Service registration – a free support service if you are in a vulnerable situation. Find out more about your rights and the help you can get https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/information-consumers/energy-advice-households/get- ting-help-if-you-cant-afford-your-energy-bills 12
Tintern Artists - the first in a series of interviews with Tintern residents. The Artist - Colin Frankland, interviewed by Elisabeth Lewis Colin and his wife Stephanie, a pianist, have lived in Tintern for 11 years. They decided to leave Surrey and look for a big barn in the countryside, but then visited Tintern. When they viewed the house in Parva Springs on a beautiful sunny day it was not a barn, nor was it in a good state. As they drove away, they agreed to ignore the dark and gloomy condition of the house, and to buy the property and paint the inside white. The day they moved Tintern was hit by power cuts and snow. Undeterred, they worked to create an elegant and beautiful white interior as well as a lovely garden, in spite of the hillside and the deer, problems familiar to most Tintern gardeners! Colin, when did you first realise that you had a talent for art and indeed an interest in pursuing an ar- tistic career? As soon as I could pick up a pencil! I didn’t like school and I didn’t enjoy any other subjects but art. All I wanted to do was draw, so when I left school, I trained at Lancaster and Morecambe School of Art. What did your art education focus upon? We had a thorough and comprehensive educa- tion covering a broad range of media: Drawing classes were timetabled every morning for three hours. We also studied sculpture, perspective drawing, fabric design, calligraphy, technical drawing and even silversmithing. It was an excellent grounding to be an artist and subsequently to teach art. Colin’s biggest inspiration at Lancaster was his sculpture teacher. After four years he went to Saint Mar- tin’s School of Art, to specialise in sculpture for three years. The 1960s were an exciting time for an art- ist to live in London. Colin found himself chatting to Jimi Hendrix, bumping into Mick Jagger (literally), and living next door to the Kinks. It was also an energetic and creative time for experimentation. Alt- hough St Martins School of Art was not as inspiring as Colin had wished, he had the time and space to explore his own ideas. He became intrigued by the notion of balance, and his work grew in vision as well as size. Colin combined balance and linear structure with solid forms made from resin and plaster. Subsequently Colin was awarded a four-year Digswell Fellowship which enabled him to have a studio and a flat and to make sculpture. He became fascinated by the notion of exploring a single form - the wedge, this evolved into experimentation with mirror wedges. One of these pieces was exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Colin also had exhibitions at the Arnolfini in Bristol, Structure 66 Car- diff and the Gordon Maynard Gallery. Installation pieces were a fundamental part of Colin’s creativity and he developed a series of sculptures inspired by the idea of clouds being trapped in a box. This is an idea he returned to in Tintern some years later. A serious motorcycle accident interrupted this fertile and creative period. After months of rehabilita- tion Colin decided to teach art as well as create art. Did you enjoy teaching? I enjoyed teaching young people very much, more than I enjoyed working within the confines of the institutions. Teaching re- quires patience as well as the ability to be young in the head. This is challenging and important in our digital era, when young people often exceed their teachers with their mastery of technology. Colin sold many works over the years - whilst a sculptor he also draws and paints, landscapes as well as portraits. He is comfortable with the full range of materials available to him. The iPad is a useful tool, and science and technology remain an inspiration. Particularly interesting is a body of work that Colin has been developing for many years - MECHANEYES. The series began 40 years ago with a drawing of a clock work mechanism which evolved when an eye was introduced. Here we have the concept of the observer being in the thing observed. Not all pieces have survived Colin’s critical eye. The series ex- plores the links between human and machine, with the eye becoming more and more important. The techniques have ranged from drawing to printmaking, and the use of collage and mixed media. Colin is a man of enormous creative gifts, but also modest, affable, and thoughtful. 13
works by Colin Frankland
who can be contacted via
email
artyfrank@hotmail.com
14Friends of the Lower Wye - March Update, by Nick Day 'Friends of the Lower Wye' is campaigning to get the river restored to a healthy state. Recent very high water levels remind us of the importance to all of us of the river - and indeed water in general - and how, if we don't respect her, nature finds ways to remind us of her immense power. The Friends of the Lower Wye are largely focussed on helping the biology of the river return to normal via reducing the distortion of balance in its chemical make-up. But there is also a physical side to the water's behaviour. Some of our members have signed up to study this in greater depth (hoho) with the River Restoration Centre, an accredited national body; meanwhile the Wye Usk Foundation and the Nutrient Management Board have been studying potential natural approaches to reducing the extreme peaks of flow rates. The extreme floods of 2019/20 and 2020/21 did an awful lot of damage to properties along the length of our rivers. At the same time, the power of such extreme flow rates scoured the river bed and in many cases ripped out large swathes of waterplants, and especially the Ranunculus or 'Water Crowfoot'. This plant is a central part of the river's ecosystem, because in among its extensive stems and offshoots it provides habitat for an enormous variety of other life-forms. These in turn provide a wide range of benefits for the rest of the tangled web of the watery environment. Counter-intuitively, the excess nutrients in the water haven't helped the Ranunculus to re-grow, because the pervasive amounts of algae get to the nutrients first. The extreme algal blooms as peak growing season approaches have starved everything else beneath the surface of light and oxygen, stopping everything in the water from growing. Friends of the Lower Wye have continued our publicity campaign, speaking to councillors and politicians, and trying to get something positive done to help the river. We have found a product called 'Clean-Flo', offered by a company called 'SIS Bio' that appears to have immense potential to help in cases like this. In the longer term, of course, there would remain a vital need to fix the underlying causes of the river's problems, namely excess nutrient load from agricultural runoff and inadequate sewage treatment throughout the catchment. As a result of a river improvement project that used the SIS Bio inversion and oxygenation aeration system technology, the City of Fourmies in France was awarded the “Prix de l’Environnement” for cleaning up the Helpe Mineure River. Engineers worked with SIS Bio International during the river restoration project. Approximately 43 kilometres of the Helpe Mineure River had been classified by the French Government as unsuitable for any use. The river was polluted with wastewater from a screw manufacturing plant, in addition to raw sewage from the city. Within a matter of months of operation, the river was recognisably improving. The entire stretch of the formerly polluted river is now suitable for fishing, washing, and drinking water for animals. At the end of January, Wye and Usk Foundation chief executive Simon Evans gave a stark message to a meeting of the Wye Nutrient Management Board (NMB). The NMB brings together politicians, regulators, farmers and businesses to address the river's worsening pollution problem. He stated that the River Wye will be in irreversibly worse condition within two years unless swift action is taken - "We are on the edge of a precipice," he said afterwards "We’ll see the Wye going green each year: people 15
won’t be able to swim in it. Dogs will be poisoned."
We are in touch with a number of other groups campaigning on behalf of our rivers, including River
Action UK who recently published seven essential requirements, as follows:
1. A planning moratorium on the construction of new (or expansion of existing) intensive
livestock production units (poultry, pigs and Bovine), and on the construction of any new
anaerobic digestors (ADs) unless their digestate outputs are nutrient-neutral.
2. A requirement for all Intensive Poultry Units (IPUs) within the Wye catchment to have approved
by the end of 2022 a Manure Management Plan (MMP), to be fully implemented by the end of
2023, whereby all chicken litter is exported out of the catchment to those locations in the UK
which have P deficits, and thus currently rely on imported synthetic phosphate fertilisers.
3. A requirement for all free-range egg producing IPUs to have a Nutrient Runoff Mitigation Plan
(NRMP) approved by the end of 2022, to be implemented by the end of 2023, whereby water
courses are protected from nutrient run-off from chicken ranges by nature-based solutions.
4. A significant reduction in ‘number of bird’ thresholds for IPUs coming within the permitting
jurisdictions of the EA and NRW to be implemented over the next five years on a progressive
sliding scale, thus bringing medium and smaller sized IPUs within the scope of environmental
regulations.
5. A requirement for all watercourses within the Wye catchment to be protected by continuous
river buffers of a minimum of 10 metres, providing a nature-based separation zone between all
agricultural activities and running water.
6. The allocation of additional funding by the UK and Welsh Governments to the Environment
Agency and Natural Resources Wales to a) conduct inspections of all IPUs and ADs to ensure
MMPs and NRMPs are approved and implement, and b) conduct an annual audit to ensure they
are adhering to the provisions of their respective MMPs and NRMPs.
7. Any non-compliance to result in the closure of the IPU or AD in question until compliance is
demonstrated and reapproval obtained.
To hear the latest about Friends of the Lower Wye, visit our Facebook page, and /or Email us at
FriendsoftheLowerWye@gmail.com to be put on our newsletter distribution.
This will keep you updated about:
*challenging environmentally damaging planning applications (with templates/ examples, and
highlighting in our communications)
*group litter picks, and invasive species culls in conjunction with AONB ‘WISP’ events
*water sampling (citizen science) -together with Cardiff University, WUF, CPRE, etc.
16Tintern
Easter Prize Bingo !
Easter family fun for all ages
7.15pm
Tuesday 5th April
in Tintern Village Hall
Everyone welcome!
Tea, coffee, soft drinks & Easter treats available
Donations of prizes for the raffle also welcome!
Fundraising for the Village Hall – all proceeds go towards improvements
and upkeep.
17Music news
Local resident Andy Langdon is part of a Chepstow-based acoustic band, “Rob Connolly” and their
latest release , Ripples, is inspired by the recent Black Lives Matters events in Bristol and told through
the words of a down-and-out busker, the song reflects on maintaining integrity through life’s ups and
downs. Its one of the bands supporters’ favourite tracks and will be on all streaming platforms
including Spotify and Apple from March 4th. (video Ripples - YouTube). Andy and his band will be
playing again at the Tintern Fete, this year on 25th June.
The Rob Connolly Band formed in 2016 around the songs that Andy Langton and his friend, Chris
Gallagher, had been writing for a few years. Now comprising Andy on guitar/vocals, Mike Hussey on
guitar/vocals and Jill Hussey on cajon/vocals, they have been gigging locally in pubs and festivals in
Monmouthshire, the Wye Valley and the Forest of Dean playing a mix of the band’s originals and covers
in an acoustic style they describe as “….almost country with a little bit of rock’n’roll!”
They also performed extensively online during lockdown where they perfected a multimedia
presentation which they are about to launch at their gigs.
For more information check out their gigs and music on all streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple
and Soundcloud, videos on YouTube, Facebook and all social media, and their website at
www.robconnollyband.com.
Contact: Andy Langton
robconnollyband@gmail.com
07971 578177
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115 years ago……things do not change!? article by Martin Everett
From the Cardiff Times, Saturday July 20th, 1907
Cardiff Chauffeur Fined - Dangerous Speed at Tintern
At Chepstow Petty Sessions on Tuesday James Edwin Moore, chauffeur to Mr Gething Lewis
JP of Cathedral Road, Cardiff, was summoned for driving a motor-car to the common danger
of the public at Tintern. Mr Porcher, Pontypridd defended. PC Love and others alleged that
the pace was dangerous in the village, being 20 to 30 miles an hour. The defendant denied
that the pace was dangerous, being only 12 or 15 miles an hour. A fine of £1, with £2 3s costs
was imposed, and the defendant’s licence was endorsed.
In 1907, a fine of £1 would be equivalent to nearly one month’s wages for the average working
person. PC James Love was the village policeman stationed in Tintern. He was born in
Bradford on Avon in 1868, described himself as English and Welsh, and lived with his wife Jane
in one of houses on the main road between the Rose & Crown and the Moon & Sixpence
(then called the Masons Arms). Later in 1911, a purpose-built Police Station (now containing
Wyedean Surgery Practice) and the Abbey Stores (recently closed Wool and Needlework
Shop) was opened. The cost of the build was £1,100.
20SAVE THE DATE!
For Tintern’s Big Jubilee Lunch
on the jubilee weekend of
2nd – 5th June 2022
(co-ordinated nationally with the Eden Project)
Venue: Tintern Village Hall & Playground
More details (including exact date/time) to follow!
This will be a community event and everyone will be welcome
so please do support our Big Lunch!
If you would like to help me with organising, planning, ideas and entertainment,
please do contact me (Lindsay Cobb). I need volunteers!
Contact 07717 496369 or lindsaycobb1@btopenworld.com
21Tintern Garden Club News, by Judith Dudley Despite Storm Eunice and a red flood alert, 16 members of the Garden Club gathered in the Village Hall for a talk with slides entitled “Forest Gardening”, by two of our newer members, Matt & Freyja. This was an extremely interesting talk about how land can be utilised to the full by growing plants which complement each other and creating different layers of planting such as trees with vines growing in them and shrubs and perennials below them. They are using this type of planting for part of the plan for their land in Tintern. They also talked about the One Planet Development scheme in Wales of which they are part and showed us slides of what they have done so far on their plot. They will be living sustainably with a very low carbon footprint. This all looked like very hard work and the garden club members were impressed by their enthusiasm and commitment. Our next meeting will be in the Village Hall on March 18th at 7.30pm when we will be learning about dry-stone walling. New members and visitors are always welcome. For more information about the Garden Club, please contact Colin Dudley on 01291689636 or Liz Greatorex-Davies on 01291689861. Parva Farm Vineyard News, by Judith Dudley Things have been very quiet on the farm and in the vineyard this month Pruning has been on-going and is nearing completion due to the good weather in January and the first half of February. The storms at the end of February have meant more trees falling (unfortunately on to the new fence) so that is more work for Colin and more firewood to cut up- all hard work! The sheep have been scanned so that we now know which ones are going to have lambs. The next job will be to give them their pre-lambing jabs to prevent unwanted illness in the lambs when they are born. Colin is also cleaning out the sheds in readiness for lambing which is due to start on March 28th. The shop will be re-opening at the beginning of March but we will not be doing any guided vineyard tours until May. There is a self-guided vineyard tour for anyone interested in learning about growing grapes in Wales. The shop will be open from 12.00 until 4.00pm (closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays) un- til the clocks alter at the end of March. 22
Message from IAN WATTS & SON LTD
How lovely to see Spring approaching after such a difficult time for us all with
the pandemic.
Here at Ian Watts & Son we have been particularly concerned about those who
have had to isolate and particularly those we know who have suffered a be-
reavement too. It has been a devastating time for everyone.
We dearly hope that we are all now turning a corner and wish everyone in
Tintern and the surrounding areas a happy and healthy 2022.
Love from Jo, Ben, Martin, Tara, Jane & all at Ian Watts & Son.
Visit the Tintern Village Hall
Book Shed
Take a book and make a donation in the honesty
box to the Tintern Village Hall for upkeep and
maintenance
23St Michael’s Church, Tintern Parva
Yes, the photo is of a digger outside the church gate – we are finally getting the water hooked up for
the kitchen and toilet!
Last Sunday John’s sermon was a sombre one, reflecting on the John Donne poem and prayers for the
people suffering after the invasion of the Ukraine:
No man is an island entire of itself… any man's death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
The Brigade will be back in the church again next Monday as life in Tintern is progressing back to
normal after lockdown.
Please join in the World Day of Prayer event with Llandogo and Tintern on the 4th of March at 10:30 am
in the Moravian Church in Brockweir and stay for refreshments after the service.
On the 13th of March after the Sunday service there will be a meeting of the PCC, and we welcome
church members and any other friends to begin drafting a plan for St Michael’s Church over the next
year.
There will be a Good Friday service on 15th April at noon with hot cross buns and the Brigade will lead
the Palm Sunday service at 10:30 on Sunday April 17th.
The Tuesday night Zoom Bible Study continues at 7:30 every week and is open to anyone with a
spiritual or historical interest in the Book of Acts. Please let me know if you’d like to be sent the dial in
info. (Harvey.toni@gmail.com)
Contacts:
Focal Minister: Jan Pain - 01291 624017
Churchwardens: Alan Hillard - 01291 689772 and Bill Harvey - 01291 680224
24Llandogo Early Years
Excellent Playgroup run in Llandogo, fantastic facilities with emphasis on learning outdoors.
We will be offering the 30 hour Childcare Offer
Monday – Thursday 9-3 & Friday 9-12 - Revised Hours
Children welcome from 2 years old.
We offer Nursery Funding the term after children are three
We are registered with Estyn and CSSIW
Forest School Sessions with a trained practitioner
Creative Gardening sessions with Miss Daisy
For more information call Rachel Davies on 07786831401 or Rachellou9@aol.com
Or find us on Facebook
TINTERN’S POST OFFICE VAN TIMES
Monday 11.30am – 12.30pm Thursday 11.30am – 12.30pm
2.30pm – 3.30pm 2.30pm – 3.30pm
Tuesday 11.00am – 12 noon Friday 2.00pm – 3.30pm
2.30pm – 3.30pm
YOUR COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE
Councillor Ann Webb
County Councillor
St Arvans and Tintern
Home Farm Telephone: 01291 689559
Trellech Grange Email: annwebb@monmouthshire.gov.uk
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TINTERN COMMUNITY COUNCIL Precis Minutes of a meeting of the above Council held 10th January 2022 in Tintern Village Hall. Present: Cllrs Shewell, Cllr Hayward, Evans, Ashman, Hillard, Cobb & Morrison, County Cllr Webb, the Clerk & Cllr R. Dagger (TUCC). 3206. Police Report: No Police presence. 3207. Apologies for absence: Cllr Hoskins. 3208. Public Forum: None. 3209. Declarations of interest: None. 3210. Approval of minutes of previous meeting: Approved & signed as correct. 3211. Financial Report: Community A/C £13,650.35, BMM A/C £4,142.89. Amount spent to date on revenue £15,063.11, capital £1,419.87 making a total of £16,482.98. 3212. Accounts for payment:- Merlin Environmental Services Ltd - for December, Clerk’s Salary & Expenses, Merlin Environmental Services Ltd - for January - Approved for payment. 3213. Planning Permissions:- DM/2021/01730 – Land adjacent to former Abbey Hotel (5 self-contained glamping units & manager’s office) – TCC would like surety that any other structures currently on site will be removed & NRW’s approval for sanitation. Recommend approval subject to these issues being sorted. DM/2021/01293 – Reconsultation, The Mill, Abbey Mill – storage building – approved. DM/2021/01740 – 5 The Cot – single storey extension – approved. DM/2021/01764 – 40 timber clad caravans for tourism at Livox Quarry – Approved. DM/2020/01495 – Land to west of Royal George Hotel for 4-bedroom dwelling (amended plans). TCC object on the alleged number of parking spaces and ask for a plan of these together with confirmation of exactly how many will be available. DM/2021/01416 – Tintern Old Station. Response received from MCC re queries raised by TCC in September 2021 relating to the existing camp site & toilet block. 3214. Updates:- Wye Valley Villages Project – Teams Meeting held 5th January to discuss the Draft Action Plan. The meeting mainly concentrated on gateways and signage to villages. Attendees suggested selling this new plan to villagers will be difficult, so the project seems to have reached stalemate. Tintern Wireworks Bridge – Email received from Friends of Greenway Route expressing concerns over the planned closure of the bridge next year for repairworks by Glos CC. Email received from Glos CC/MCC explaining the reasons for the full closure for the duration of the work. Work is planned to start in Spring 2022. Clerk ask for a public meeting to explain what is going to happen as there is confusion in the community about the extent of the closure. Friends of the Lower Wye – Response received from TCC’s letter to Welsh Water re pollution problem in the River Wye. 3215. Reports from outside bodies:- Village Hall - Slight change to Covid arrangement as numbers are currently restricted to 30. Brigade, Film Night & Garden Club not meeting until February. Meeting of some committee members tomorrow with the playground manufacturer to put together a design project. Llandogo School – School reopened. Reintroduced masks and collection and segregation of pupils. St Michael’s Church – Special Christingle Service in December well attended and showed that new seating arrangements can be altered. Carol Service on Xmas Eve attended by about 50 people. Contractors expected in February to dig drain across the car park and connect sewage, after which the toilets can be opened. Complaint received about overgrown state of St Mary’s Churchyard. Arrangements are being made for someone to visit and cut back as much as possible. Jan Pain will become an Archdeacon this summer. 3215. Reports from Sub-Committees:- Finance. Report back from Finance Committee. Meeting of Finance Committee held 15th December 2021 to discuss setting a draft budget for the 2022/23 Precept. 27
3216. Budget setting for new council: Cllr Shewell explained the content of the budget to Councillors which is significantly higher than usual as the per capita total will increase due to the formation of the new Wye Valley Community Council in May 2022 when Llandogo Ward will join the new Council. Cllr Shewell asked if a sum should be aside towards the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and Councillors were asked for suggestions. Cllr Cobb agreed to prepare a notice to go in the Tintern News asking for any community ideas. 3217. Quotation for clearance of the Pound: Cllr Morrison has this in hand. 3218. Christmas Tree: The tree was not erected this year and several members of the community raised comments. Unfortunately, due to various circumstances TCC were unable to erect a tree this year. They looked at the possibility of planting a tree, but this turned out not be feasible. They do however propose to put one up next year. 3219. Correspondence: MCC re introduction of 20mph zones in Monmouthshire. One Voice Wales re meeting to be held by MCC Elections on 12th January 2022 to inform councils of the election process for May 2022. 3220. AOB: Cllr Evans & County Cllr Webb walked the lane behind Parva Springs and it is in a very poor state with the culvert and bed rock exposed. County Cllr Webb & 4 Cllrs are walking the route tomorrow and will report back. Cllr Shewell raised a query re an over-hanging fence/hedge at Hazelgrove, Botany Bay. County Cllr Webb will take a look at this. 3221. Date of next meeting: 31st January 2022. Precis Minutes of a meeting of the above Council held on Monday 31st January 2022. Present: Cllrs Hayward, Hillard, Hoskins, Evans, Cobb, Ashman, County Cllr Webb & the Clerk, Sgt Lee Smith-Stephens. 3222. Police Report: High visibility patrols being conducted by the Police. Request for speed monitoring followed up and the Police are trying to educate the public on the issue. If this does not work they will look into fixed penalty fines. Tintern Community Speedwatch is no longer operating due to the lack of volunteers to become members. 3223. Apologies for absence: Cllrs Hoskins & Shewell. 3224. Public Forum: No one present. 3225. Declarations of interest: None. 3226. Approval of minutes of previous meeting: Approved & signed as correct. 3227. Financial Report: BMM A/C £4,142.89, Charitable A/C £13,117.25. 3228. Accounts for payment:- Clerk’s Salary & Expenses, Charity Donation - approved. 3229. Planning Permissions:- APP/E6840/X/21/3276396 – Appeal Decision on Ravensnest Fishery. Appeal dismissed. DM/2021/02015 - The Tump, Trellech Grange (retention of rear south elevation timber framed balcony) – Approved. DM/2021/01528 - New Dwelling & Garage in garden of Gower Cottage, Glyn View – Approved. DM/2022/00056 – 2 Firgrove, Forge Road (removal of side conservatory & erection of single storey side & rear extension) – Approved. 3230. Updates:- Wye Valley Villages Project – Next meeting 3rd February to discuss Draft Final Report. Quotation being put in for village signs & repeater signs. MCC are in the process of carrying out an experimental 20mph speed limit. Wireworks Bridge – Glos CC held a technical meeting with Greenways Engineers on 20th January to explain their plans and explore possibilities for continued access over the bridge whilst work is underway. Email received from Glos CC saying due to current Covid restrictions it is unlikely they will be able to hold an in-person live public consultation, but will continue to keep the Tintern Bridge Web Page up to date and once a tender has been awarded will hold a meeting with the contractor, Covid permitting, prior to work commencing in Spring 2022. Friends of the Lower Wye – Welsh Water requested to let TCC know if their letter could be circulated to Friends of the Lower Wye. Permission granted. 28
Dog Waste Bin Emptying Contract – Email received from MCC stating they are now in a position to advertise the contract for emptying the dog bins on the Sell 2 Wales website. Tintern Ambassadors – MCC continuing to support the scheme this year, recruitment will commence in the near future and they hope to start at Easter. They hope to recruit more local residents and TCC’s encouragement to this end would be appreciated. 3231. Reports from outside bodies:- Village Hall – Easter Bingo 5th April, waiting for quotes/designs from Playground Company. Having a meeting in March with MCC to see if they can assist. Llandogo School – Restrictions reviewed today and bubbles to be stopped. St Michael’s Church – Service last Sunday where Ministry Area Leader took the service. Were on target to start digging the drain a week ago but work has been delayed slightly relating to some paperwork from Welsh Water. As part of the restoration plan a solid floor with under-floor heating was installed but this is not as effective as hoped. 3232. Reports from Sub-Committees: Finance. HSBC now applying Bank charges. 3233. Approve 2022-23 Budget: Cllrs agreed with the proposed budget of £32,510. 3234. MCC’s Experimental Traffic Regulation Order re proposed 20mph speed limit: This is being imposed for up to 18 months to monitor the situation. Subject to there being no objections that cannot be addressed it is likely this will become permanent. 3235. Tintern Business Map: Discuss quotation received for re-print from Phoenix Maps & Wye Media. Cllrs approved go ahead of production of the map. 3236. Quotation for clearance of the Pound: Second quote still awaited. 3237. Correspondence: Welsh Air Ambulance request for donation. Agreed to give £50. 3238 AOB: 5 street lights not working. Cllr Evans reported that hedges are encroaching onto the road at Riverside Cottage. The road at the bottom of Trellech Road near the Wye Valley Hotel has still not been repaired. Clerk report all 3 issues. Walkway opposite Prospect Cottage overgrown with brambles. Cllr Cobb reported the notice asking for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee ideas is going in the Tintern News and will go on the website. Cllr Cobb re MG131 – reported the light was not working before lockdown, MCC replaced the light but electricity connection still not working. Clerk report. TINTERN COMMUNITY COUNCIL Monthly Meeting Dates 2022 All meetings to be held in Tintern Village Hall commencing at 7.00pm unless otherwise stated Monday 10th January Monday 31st January Monday 28th February Monday 28th March Monday 25th April Monday 23rd May Monday 27th June Monday 25th July Monday 22nd August Monday 26th September Monday 31st October Monday 28th November All enquires to the Clerk, Mrs. E. Greatorex-Davies Email: clerk@tinterncc.co.uk 29
COMMUNITY GROUPS IN TINTERN - CONTACT INFORMATION
Group Contact Contact Details
Friends of Tintern Elspeth Reid 01291 689456
ellielynette@icloud.com
The Monday Group Marion Derrett 01600 860134
marionderrett@gmail.com
Village Hall Committee Noelyn Allen 07512856024
BookingsTinternVH@hotmail.com
Tintern Abbey Football Club Martin Woodford 01594 531346 or 07825 832751
mwoodford999@aol.com
Friends of Old Station John Clarke 01291 680139
jjclar7@aol.com
Festivals Association John Livermore 01291 689461
baronjohn@live.co.uk
Church Lads & Church Girls Alan Carter 01291 689901 or 07824365970
Brigade clcgbtintern@mail.com
Tintern Community Council Liz Greatorex Davis 01291 689861
clerk@tinterncc.co.uk
St Michael’s Restoration John Livermore 01291 689461
Committee baronjohn@live.co.uk
Lower Wye Valley Building Mary Simpson 01291689422
Preservation Trust mary@forestviewcottage.co.uk
(Fryers Wharf)
Tintern Angling Club David Higgins 01291 689646
Tintern Heritage Watch Nick Day 01291 680023
nick.day@uwclub.net
Philosophy Circle John Clarke 01291 680139
jjclar7@aol.com
Tintern Cricket Club Sam Hayward 01291 689339 07986028031
swghayward79@hotmail.com
Tintern Garden Club Colin Dudley 01291 689636
parvafarm@hotmail.com
Tintern Wine Tasting Alan Hillard alan.hillard@gmail.com
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