Village Live no 70

(Text only edition)

August /September 2010

Published for the residents of Sevenhampton  and Brockhampton, Gloucestershire.
Sponsored  Sevenhampton Parish Council
EDITORIAL
This is the Produce Show Special and we hope that you’ll all find at least one and preferably many more classes that you’d enjoy entering.  Don’t forget to ring John Benson 820 960 to volunteer to help on a stall or sideshow.
The Donnywell Clapper Bridge is an exciting discovery and it will be great to see whether it is revivable and whether we can work out how the route was used in the past.
Mike Moseley gave a short but interesting talk on green power at the Parish Council pre-meet.  If you have a large south-facing roof then you could reduce your electricity bill - planners permitting.
As is now traditional, the Produce Show shares Bank Holiday weekend with the Craven Arms Beer Festival which includes a Pig Roast on the Saturday evening  as well as “Live Music”  -  mellow or metal?  We’ve occasionally found sitting in the pub, when the music’s on the opposite side of the plot, works best!
Village Cinema returns on SeptembThe next parish council meeting is on
Thursday September 16th
At 7.30pm
In The Reading Room
There will be a short Q&A session before the meeting begins.
er 15th   - film as yet unknown.  Check website nearer the time or look out for posters.
Look out too for ragwort and if you do pull it up - destroy it properly.  Don’t dump it where it can dry and become even more toxic for horses and other live stock.  Good idea to inform the farmer if you find it when walking locally.
Items for the next Issue (October/November)  by 20th September please.
Bill & Anne Jenkin:    820338
email: removed to prevent spam

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Donnywell

The parish council has been investigating improving the bridge at Donnywell. On clearing away some of the soil and
vegetation small stone clapper bridge has appeared.  The council is now considering restoring this bridge, replacing the stone where necessarySEE
YOU
THERE
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First Aid Course

If sufficient people are interested the Emergency Planning Committee is exploring the possibility of running a First Aid Course in the Village Hall in the near future.  Please contact Lynne Jackson (820 469) to put your name on the list.

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Village Hall Parking

The Hall Committee would like to ask local residents and Hall users to please respect the parking restrictions imposed at the front of the Hall.
The disabled bay is for disabled users only and these users may need extra space either side of the marked bay to access their vehicles.
In addition, cars should not be parked across either of the fire exit doors at the front of the Hall unless on a temporary basis whilst being unloaded.
Regular disabled users have experienYour Rough Guide to the Produce Show and Feteced difficulties in exiting from their cars recently and several visitors paying to use the Hall have commented that they have found it difficult to unload heavy items because of cars being parked across this area.
In general, Hall users should fill the Hall car park first before resorting to parking on the lane.  If you do need to do this, please do not park across driveways or in a position which makes it difficult for local residents to access their properties.
Thank you for your co-operation.

Village Hall AGM
Will be at 7.15 pm
on Monday 13th September

Parish Council

The next parish council meeting is on
Thursday September 16th
At 7.30pm
In The Reading Room
There will be a short Q&A session before the meeting begins.

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Craven Arms Annual Beer Festival

Craven Arms Annual Beer Festival
August Bank Holiday Weekend
Saturday 28th August
Hog Roast and Live Music
Sunday 29th August
 Lunchtime Jazz

bookings 01242 820410

And don’t forget the regular Quiz nights
Thursdays 5th Aug.
& 2nd Sept.

VILLAGE DIARY

including church services
RMH = Rhodes Memorial Hall
RR = Reading Room, Rhodes Memorial Hall
CA = ‘Craven Arms’
VCh’A. = St Martin’s Church, Charlton Abbotts
VS’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.
August 
Sun 1st   6.30pm   Ch'A - Evensong
Thu 5th   7.00pm   CA - Quiz Night
Sun 8th   11.00am  Ch'A - Matins
Tue 10th  3.00pm   Century Club
Sun 15th  11.00am  S'h - Holy Communion
Sun 22nd  11.00am  S'h - Family Service
Sat 28th  2.00pm   RMH & Show Field -
                   2010 Produce Show
          All Day  CA - Beer Festival
          Evening  CA - Live Music &
                        Hog Roast
Sun 29th  8.30am   Andovesford Ch Cntr
                        Holy Communion
          12.00    CA - Lunchtime Jazz

September
Thu 2nd   7.00pm   CA - Quiz Night
Sun 5th   10.00am  S'h - Holy Communion
Mon 6th   7.30pm   RMH - WI
Fri 10th  7.30pm   RMH - Garden Club
Sun 12th  11.00am  Ch'A - Matins
Mon 13th  7.15pm   RR - Rhodes Hall AGM
Tue 14th  3.00pm   RMH - Century Club
Wed 15th  7.30pm   RMH - Film Show (tba)
Thu 16th  7.30pm   RR - Parish Council
Sun 19th  11.00am  S'h - Holy Communion
Sun 26th  11.00am  S'h - Family S; Harvest

Your Rough Guide

to the Produce Show and Fete

Show starts at 2.00 pm
2.00 -2- 45 Explore the show
2.45 - 3.45 Fun dog show
3.45 - 4.15 Children’s races & Tug o’War
4.15 - 4.30 Raffle prizes & cup presentation s
4.30 - 5.00 Auction of Produce
5.00 close & pack up
Fete Attractions including:
A Grand draw Children’s Races The Fun dog show Teas & homemade cakes New Attractions & Games Tombola Bouncy Castle beer tent & BBQ and much much more..

The Produce show compeRagwort
We have been asked to remind your that Ragwort is a  listed pernicious weed and toxic, sometimes fatal, to grazing livestock and should be pulled up and destroyed before it seeds.
titions.. Let’s make this the best
show EVER! We need lots of entries in all sections
Fresh produce & plants: In the field Marquee
Section 1.Fruit and vegetables 24 Classes
Section 2.Flowers and plants 19 Classes
Cookery and Creative: In the Village Hall
Section 3.Jams and Preserves 24 Classes
Section 4.Cookery 19 Classes
Section 5 Handicraft 10 Classes
Section 6.Pictures & Photographs 6 Classes
Just for the kids. Get them involved!
Section 7. For Children of all ages
13 classes Under 5’s 5 -7 8-10 11-14

Your Show Needs....You
As ever the Show climax will be Charles Arkell’s Produce Auction. What he sells depends on You. Give him plenty to flog by entering your beans even if bent, your marmalade a bit runny or cakes rock solid. Doesn’t matter - enter anyway.

If those of us who never usually enter, try to have a go at maybe one or two classes each the judges would have a tougher time. If you can’t enter,persuade the grand kids. Play a full part and really enjoy the Show. (Tips & rules here but don’t despair.)

Can You Help?....Please!
To get the Show on the road (and keep it there) all sorts of help is needed from the locals.Please look down the list and contact the person named if you can help

CAKES: To sell on cake stall packaged & Priced
ready for sale please contact Liz Ball Tel 820055

CAKES: To serve in the Tea Tent If you will
make one please Contact Georgina Oldham 0820423

Outdoor Furniture: Tables chairs, parasols needed
for the tea tent Marked with your name Please contact Mike
Weatherley Tel 82109
NEARLY NEW & UNWANTED NEW GIFTS:
 - NOT JUMBLE ...
Also books, CDs & DVDs please contact Julia Chandler on Tel 820629
RAFFLE PRIZES : Please Bring Early on the day or please contact Gill Lanfear on Tel 820862
PLANTS: Bring on the day. Mark with plant name & suggested price please contact Victoria Logue Tel 820772 CARDBOARD BOXES Needed for auction Bring to show, Leave in show tent
And last but not least we need ...
HELPERS to run a stall or attraction just for
an hour
Please volunteer:-  John Benson on Tel 820960
SEE YOU THERE
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 How to Win at the Produce Show

(or at least not be disqualified)
With help from the RHS Horticultural Show Handbook and WI Handbook for Judges
ENTRY FORM, WHERE & WHEN TO DISPLAY YOUR EXHIBITS
  • One form per person.
  • Complete the form with the Schedule nearby so you can easily see the number and description of the classes you are entering.
  • The entry fee for each class is 20p, except the children’s classes (77-89 inclusive), which are 10p.
  • If you need more room, write on the back of the form, photocopy, or a new one or download from www.sevenhampton.org/show
  • Get your completed form and entry fees to the Show Secretary, Ray Oldham, at Rose Cottage by Wednesday. 25th August.
  • Go to the Village Hall on Friday, 27th August between 6.00pm and 6.30pm, or the next morning between 7.30am and 9.30am.  Ray Oldham will give you exhibitor’s tickets for each class you have entered.  Then go to the Show Tent or the Hall with your entry and your tickets where places for each Class will be marked out.  Arrange your display alongside other exhibitors’ items and place your ticket next to your entry.  Please do not move another exhibitor’s ticket away from his/her entry.
GENERAL HINTSRagwort
We have been asked to remind your that Ragwort is a  listed pernicious weed and toxic, sometimes fatal, to grazing livestock and should be pulled up and destroyed before it seeds.
  • Leave yourself ample time to do your arranging – no last minute rush!
  • Check that you are exhibiting the correct number of items as stipulated in brackets in each class!
  • In Fruit & Vegetable Shows “uniformity of all the characteristics of the specimens constituting the exhibit is important”. Do not mix, for example, large specimens with others that are smaller.  Choose specimens of as similar colour, as similar shape and as similar size as possible
VEGETABLES
  • Wash vegetables carefully with a soft cloth and plenty of water.
  • Most vegetables can be placed directly on the show bench (if relevant, stalks all facing the same way).
  • POTATOES. Select equally matched
  • tubers with shallow eyes and free from
  • blemishes; stage on a plate.
  • ONIONS. Uniform, well ripened bulbs of good colour are required.  There are 2 classes, round onions and ones that are flatter at the base.  The tops should be bent over and tied or whipped using raffia or string, and the roots neatly trimmed back to the basal plate.  Show onions on rings or soft collars – sections cut from the inner cardboard of toilet rolls do very well.
  • TOMATOES.  Stage on a plate, stalk uppermost.
COOKERY
  • BREAD ROLLS Any shape acceptable, but should be uniform in size, well risen and neat in shape. Glaze should be applied evenly and carefully. Weight should be light Avoid ugly marks from kneading and shaping.
  • SAUSAGE ROLLS These should be uniform in size and colour. Size 5-6cm (2-2 1/2" ).If shortcrust pastry is used the pastry join should be underneath the roll. Sausagemeat should be well flavoured and in good proportion to the pastry. Glaze evenly and carefully.
  • MINCE PIES should be identical in size and shape. Use shortcrust pastry with a full-size lid. They should be lightly golden and cooked underneath. Dust lightly with icing sugar. Use a flavoursome mincemeat filling.
FRUIT
  • Pick as near to show time as practicable.
  • Fruit in general should be picked with the stalks intact.
  • Handle the fruits as little as possible and by their stalks to preserve the natural bloom.
  • Use scissors, not fingers, to remove soft fruit.
  • Fruit should be “fresh, uniform, free from blemish and characteristic in shape and colour”.
  • Do not polish the fruit.
  • Stalks should always point to the back of the table.
  • Apples and similar fruit are best on a plate (paper will do).
FLOWERS
  • Try to arrange the flowers so they face the front – you can use oasis or scrunched up clear plastic bags or cellophane in the container to achieve this.  Note the number of flowers asked for in the schedule, too many or too few will eliminate your entry from the judging.
  • Pots should be clean and no bigger than the size stated in the schedule.
  • PLANTS. Remove any dead leaves or spent flowers.
FLOWER ARRANGING
  • Measure your arrangement to ensure it is within the measurements on the schedule, otherwise it will be
  • eliminated.
PRESERVES
  • Plain jars should be used with no trade names.
  • Lids must also be plain.
  • Various tops are acceptable – twist tops, pliable press on covers or wax disc covered with a cellophane top.
  • Jars should be filled to within 1/8” of the top.
  • No wax disc is necessary with a twist or plastic top.
  • Labels should state contents and date when made.
Download schedules, entry forms, cake recipes & knitting patterns from www.sevenhampton.org/show
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Sevenhampton and District
Womens  Institute
Meetings
August  - no meeting

Monday 6th September
Mrs Jill Fraser -
'How to Survive in an English Vicarage when you are not the Vicar'
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
 The Garden Club of Sevenhampton and District
Meetings
Friday 10th September
Sue Applegate - "Peonies and Irises"
7.30pm in Rhodes Memorial Hall
Non-members are welcome to attend our meetings for a fee of  £3
Further information from the Secretary,
Cindy Haines 820914

Century Club

Our July meeting was on Tuesday 13th and Arthur Burgess showed us beautiful pictures of gardens, most of which were those of the Garden Club members.  Arthur had showed these pictures earlier and they had been enjoyed so much that he was asked for a repeat performance for us at the Century Club.  A computer gremlin disrupted the order of some of the pictures but nonetheless everyone enjoyed the presentation very much.
Tuesday 10th August 3.00pm
Games Afternoon
Tuesday 14th September 3.00pm
Liz Suckling - Belas Knap
For further info - Iris Young  583098
Film Nights
The first show for this season is on Wednesday 15th September.  For film details keep an eye on the notice-boards or sevenhampton.org/films
Other dates:
Thurs 14th October; Wed 17th November.
In 2011 they will be every 2nd Thursday

 Ragwort
We have been asked to remind your that Ragwort is a  listed pernicious weed and toxic, sometimes fatal, to grazing livestock and should be pulled up and destroyed before it seeds.

Good Neighbourhood Scheme

If you need help with transport etc  ring a coordinator
Sheila Agius 820102
Di Brown 820271
Thora Corris 820242