The following is taken from a press release from Cotswold District Council...
Cotswold District Council are introducing new refuse and recycling
collection rounds, to simplify arrangements and increase
efficiency. This will be introduced over the fortnight beginning
Monday 14th June, and will involve a change in collection day for many
residents. Each household will soon receive details of the new rounds,
advising them of the new collection arrangements, together with new
collection calendars.
The District Council estimates that the total annual savings could be as much as £70,000.
One advantage of the new system is that it will be the same collection
day for all (CDC) areas of the villages - there will no longer be a
different day for Lower Sevenhampton and Brockhampton Mews .
The new collection day for Sevenhampton and Brockhampton will be Thursday.
The first new collection will be on Thursday 17th June (food & garden waste only)
The following Thursday (24th June) will be a full collection.
The Changes only apply to the parts of the village which come under
Cotswold District Council, Tewkesbury Borough residents will continue
to have collections on Wednesdays
Bench and Tree Memorial to Colin Rosser
The Parish Council has made a recommendation for a memorial to Colin Rosser on which it would like some comments.
The idea is to plant a tree (possible an Acer) and put a semi-circular
stone bench round it on “the triangle” near the Brockhampton Millennium
post box. Being close to Colin’s home and with his horticultural
passion, it seems an appropriate way to celebrate a life.
If you have any views on the proposal please let the Parish Clerk have them.
01242 820718 email removed to prevent spam
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64th PRODUCE SHOW & FETE 28th August 2010
By
now everyone should have received a yellow Show Schedule. If you
haven’t (or you need more or you can’t find it) copies are available
from John Benson, Ray Oldham, Annie van Rossem and Francis Barnard. You
can also download them from www.sevenhampton.org/show.
Please take a minute ( or longer ) to locate your copy now amongst all
the other literature you receive and begin to plan your entries; the
more entries you put in, the better the Show and the more you will
enjoy it.
Some ideas to get you going;-
1. The Dog Show- a great success last year.
The 4 categories are in the Schedule - the one I like is “The Happiest
Dog”
2. The glove puppets-a frog and a bird-which are for charity. It just need(le)s you to get started.
3. In the Novelty Section (open to all ages)
the limerick starts “There was a young lass at the fête” and there is a
competition to find a logo for the Show which we can use every year.
4. Finally a note to all grandparents, uncles
and aunts, remember that entries can be made by children related to
residents of the parishes..
The veggies (there is still time to sow carrots, beetroot, cucumber,
courgettes and beans (Runner and French), the flowers, the cookery and
the conserves are still there—more information on displaying them will
be given before the Show.
YOUR Show needs YOU!
Any questions?..John Benson 820960 or Ray Oldham 820423
Parish Council
The Next Meeting of
Sevenhampton Parish Council
will be on Wednesday 21st July
at 7.30 pm in the Reading Room
There will be a short question and answer session at the start of the meeting.
Pipeline News
As
the gas pipeline marches on apace we hear that some
archaeological remains have been exposed during the excavations
not far from Oxleaze.
Also that the road running East from Brockhampton will now have to
close for one day to allow the pipeline to be laid underneath it.
Details, when we know them, will be on the sevenhampton.org website.
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VILLAGE DIARY
including church services
Key:
RMH = Rhodes Memorial Hall
RR = Reading Room, Rhodes Memorial Hall
CA = ‘Craven Arms’
Ch’A. = St Martin’s Church, Charlton Abbotts
S’h. = St Andrew’s Church, Sevenhampton
Every Thursday
10.30 - 11.30am in the Reading Rom - Coffee Club,
10.00 - 12.00 am Reading Room - Village Agent
June
Sun 6th 6.30pm Ch'A - Evensong
Mon 7th Daytime Garden Club Outing
7.30pm RMH - W.I.
Sat 12th 10.30am New House Brockhampton
All Day Coffee
Sun 13th 11.00am Ch'A - Matins
Sun 20th 11.00am S'h - Holy Communion
Sun 27th 11.00am S'h - Family Service
+ Baptism
July
Sun 4th 11.00am Shipton - Barn Service
5.00pm Whitehall Barn -
Jack Stringer on Whttington Court
Mon 5th 7.30pm W.I. Garden Meeting
Fri 9th eve Garden Club vist to
Kiftsgat
Sun 11th 11.00am Ch'A - Matins
Sun 18th 11.00am S'h - Holy Communion
Wed 21st 7.30pm RR - Parish Council
Sun 25th 11.00am S'h - Family Service
Craven Arms
bookings 01242 820410
Quiz nights - Thursdays 3rd June & 1st July
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Thank You for Making Tea Party a Success
Georgina Oldham wishes to thank all of you who lent your
splendid china tea services, cake stands, lace table-cloths and napkins
etc which all helped make the old fashioned afternoon tea party
on 25th April so enjoyable.
We must also thank Georgina herself and her band of helpers, together with the
Thamyse String Quartet for such a wonderful afternoon.
The event raised £430 for the village hall.
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All Day Coffee
12th June 2010
The New House Brockhampton
Home made coffee and biscuits
Plants and Cakes for Sale
Children's Lucky Dip
Donations in aid of St Andrew's, Sevenhampton
& St. Martin's Charlton Abbotts
Century Club
The Century Club meets every month.
Anyone of retirement age is welcome to join, a talk or activity is followed by a substantial tea.
Sometimes there are a lunchtime or afternoon outings.
Tuesday 8th June - Outing
Tuesday 13th July
Arthur Burgess - ‘A Garden in Six Pictures’
Reports of the last two meetings:
In April, the speaker was Mr.
Jack Stringer who gave us Part ll of the history of Whittington
Court. He showed us slides of the awful dereliction into which
the Court had fallen and spoke of the work which had to be done to
rescue it. His parents-in-law lived in the house at the time but
he and Jenny had moved into a cottage in the village. They
discovered many artefacts tucked away such as Minoan pottery, old
Worcester porcelain and some poison-headed arrows!...a most interesting
talk.
The speaker at the May meeting was Mr. John Heathcott
who gave us an extremely interesting and illustrated talk about the
Woodland Trust. He told us we were one of the least wooded countries in
Europe, but Glos' was one of the best wooded counties thanks in large
to the Forest of Dean and the Wye valley. We were told how to
recognise ancient woods, coppicing, pollarding etc and he finished with
pictures of native flowers which grow in Lineover Wood which is on our
own doorstep.
Incidentally Mr. Heathcott is leading a walk through
Lineover at 6.30 p.m. on Sunday 31 May, beginning at the entrance
opposite the Reservoir - anyone is welcome to join in.
Both talks were followed by our usual excellent tea.
For further information contact
Iris Young 01242 583098
Sevenhampton and District W.I.
Meetings
Monday 7th June -
Ms Caroline Sanderson - 'Kiss, Chase and Conkers’
Monday 5th July - Garden Meeting
Regular meetings are at 7.30 p.m. in the Rhodes Memorial Hall.
If you aren’t a member come along anyway and give it a go.
Further information from
Georgina Oldham 820423
Garden Club
Events:-
Monday 7th June - Outing to the Manor House, Bledlow
Friday 9th July - Evening visit to Kiftsgate Court.
Further information from the Secretary, Cindy Haines 820914
Whittington Court
If you missed the talks Jack Stringer
gave in April on Whittington Court you will have a second chance to
hear its fascinating story on Sunday July 4th -
at Whitehall Barn (Whitehall Cottage)
at 5.00pm.
Further information and directions:-
Elisabeth Waterhouse 821161
Sevenhampton Tweets
Sevenhampton is now on Twitter where
we hope give the occasional tweet about anything going on in the parish
which comes to light between editions of this magazine -
twitter.com/sevenhampton.
Or, if you would prefer to subscribe to a news feed (RSS), go to www.sevenhampton.org and click on the RSS Logo.
Either way you will receive any village news as it happens - although probably not as quickly as on the usual village grapevine.
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Good Neighbourhood Scheme
If you need help with transport etc
ring a coordinator
Sheila Agius 820102
Di Brown 820271
Thora Corris 820242