There will be a meeting of
Sevenhampton Parish Council
on Wednesday 7th September 2011
at 7.30pm
in the Reading Room, Brockhampton
There will be a short question and answer session before the start of the meeting.

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Septic Tank Registration

Did you know that the Environment Agency has decreed that all ‘sewage outfalls’ have to be registered? This includes outlets from septic tanks & domestic sewage plants. If you do this by 31st December 2011 it is free but if you miss this date the proposed charge is over £100.
For more information & links to online registration -
www.sevenhampton.org/sewage
or telephone the environment agency for the forms & map on 08708 506506.

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Craven Arms

Wed 27th July, 6 pm.
Malvern Swordsmen Morris

August Bank Holiday Weekend
Annual Beer Festival
Saturday 27th August -
Hog Roast BBQ & and Live Music
Sunday 28th August -
Jazz at 1.30pm

Quiz nights
There will be no quiz night in August
Next quiz: - Thurs 1st Sept
information:- tel. 01242 820338

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Tai Chi Qi Gong

Who enjoyed the Tai Chi Qi Gong classes in the spring? Doris Austin needs to know numbers of those interested so that she can contact the tutor to arrange dates and times. So please give her a ring on 820425 if you want to give it another go or try it for the first time.

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Brockhampton Quilters Exhibition

17th & 18th September 2011

10:00 - 17:00

Rhodes Memorial Hall

11th Exhibition of beautiful quilts including demonstrations of techniques, trade stands including Doughtys, Sues Crafts, Oakshott, Cornerhouse Crafts. Quilt raffle and our renowned homemade delicious lunches and teas.
Entry £2
Contact details: Georgina Oldham 820423
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Remembering Mick Denley

Carol, Mick’s wife, thanks you all for the support her family has had from Gloucestershire friends since Mick’s sad death. He’s missed here as well as in Cornwall.

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VILLAGE DIARY

including church services

AUGUST Sun 7th 6.30pm S'h - All Parish EvensongTue 9th 3.00pm RMH - Century ClubSun 14th 11.00am Ch'A - Matins 6.00pm H - Evening Service Sun 21st 11.00am S'h - Holy Communion Sat 27th 2.00pm RMH & Show Field -

Produce Show

7.30pm CA Beer Festival Pig

Roast & BBQ

Sun 28th 11.00am S'h - Family Service 1.30pm CA Beer Festival - Jazz 6.00pm H - Family Service September Thu 1st 7.30pm CA - Quiz Night Sun 4th 6.30pm S'h - All Parish Evensong Mon 5th 7.30pm RMH - WI Tue 6th 3.00pm RMH - Century Club* Wed 7th 7.30pm RR - Parish Council Thu 8th 7.30pm RMH - Film Show Sun 11th 11.00am Ch'A - Matins 6.00pm H - United Holy Communion Thu 15th 7.30pm RMH - Garden Club Sat 17th 10am to 5pm & Sun 18th - RMH - Quilters Exhibition Sun 18th 11.00am S'h - Holy Communion Sun 25th (Harvest) 11.00am S'h - Family Service 6.00pm Hm - Family Service*NB Change of Day
Every Thursday
10.30 - 11.30am in the Reading Room - Coffee Club,
10.00 - 12.00 am Reading Room - Village Agent
key:
Ch’A. = St Martin’s Church, Charlton Abbotts
S’h. = St Andrew’s Church, Sevenhampton
H = St. Edward’s Church, Hawling
Hm = Hawling Methodist Chapel.
RMH = Rhodes Memorial Hall
RR = Reading Room, Rhodes Memorial Hall
CA = ‘Craven Arms’

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Brockhampton Oil Club

Would you like to buy your heating oil collectively, at a discount and with consideration of the village environment?
Current scheme benefits include:-
Price the same irrespective of quantity ordered – same price per litre for 500 litres and 2,000 litres
Set delivery day not to coincide with rubbish day, MONDAY
A small tanker causing less damage to verges, kerbs and hedgerows
An annual commission paid to the club for funding community activities.
To find out more and to register, telephone Vicky Lewis on 01242 820325.

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The Produce Show and Fete is on its Way

SATURDAY 27TH AUGUST
STARTING AT 2.00pm

It’s great entertainment for all the family

A display by the Thames Valley Morris Men from 2.20
The Fun Dog Show at 2.45
Children’s Races and Grand Tug of War from 3.50
Raffle draw and presentation of cups and prizes at 3.25
Fantastic Auction of Show Produce from 4.40

In between all that there is time to view
the exhibits in the village hall and the show marquee.
Take part in the other activities. Maybe just relax with tea and a cake and have a go at the special Tea Time Quiz or have a good old chin wag with a refreshing glass of beer cider or Pimms.

The children and grandchildren can visit ‘kids corner’ and have a go on the bouncy castle, take a dig in the lucky dip tub, get a tiger face in the face painting section or top up with an ice cream and a soft drink.

Last year you did really well with increasing the number of entries. So let’s all have a go at making it an even better display of what we can all grow, bake, knit, paint and photograph because the more you enter the more we have to sell at the Grand Auction at the end of the show.
Later in this edition of Village Live you will find a guide on how to make a success of your entry. Let’s get everyone in the family, including the grandchildren, involved in making at least one entry in one class.

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Your Show Needs Your Help

The organising committee have put in all the planning for this year’s show but in the run up to the show they need your help to provide some of the things that make the show the success it is. Please have a look down the list below and see what you can offer and then contact the person named if you can help.

Cakes
When making your Ginger & Marmalade cake for the cake competition (Class 57) would you make another different cake to sell on the cake stall or use to serve in the tea tent. Please contact Enid Turner on 820331

Nearly new and unwanted gifts and books etc but not jumble
Do you have a gift which you appreciated receiving but have no practical use for. Also Cd’s and DVd’s and books which could make space for new ones. Even though you may no longer want them someone else may pay a few bob for them.
Please contact Julia Chandler on 820629

Raffle Prizes
If you can give a prize please either bring it to the show, early on please, or preferably contact Gill Lanfear on 820862 beforehand.

Plants
Victoria Logue will again sell plants you would like to donate. Please make sure it is one you would want to buy to plant in late August. So tomato seedlings? No thank you. What will work best is if you have siblings from unusual admired plants from your garden or your house. If you have 000’s of Aquilegias then it is probable your neighbours do too! Please label the plant. The English name is fine. Do not price it Victoria will do that for you. Either contact her on 820772 to let her know what you can give or bring the plant to the show.

Outdoor furniture
We need tables and chairs and parasols for the tea tent. If you can lend some please contact Nick Fresson on 820678. He will arrange to have it picked up and delivered back to you.

Volunteers
We need volunteers to assist with running all the activities. Please volunteer to give us just half an hour of your time during the show. Contact Malcolm Bell on 821397 to offer your help

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Making a Successful Entry to the Produce Show

Entering the show helps to make it the success it has been for the last 64 years. A great display of the talents of everyone who lives in the parishes!

So don’t keep your talent hidden. Have a go and enter at least one class. If you can’t find the copy of the schedule for the show that was delivered to you go to sevenhampton.org/show2011schedule or contact Malcolm Bell on 01242 821397.
If you have a child who wants to enter the hand painting in Class 79 then go to
sevenhampton.org/show2011class79 or contact Malcolm Bell.
The tips in this guide won’t guarantee you will win but they will give you a real sense of satisfaction that you have done your best and hopefully had some fun along the way.

Get your entry form filled in properly and sent in on time.
Use one form per person entering and ensure all the entries for that person are on that form. If you need more space write on the back or complete a second form and make sure they are stapled together.
If you cannot find the form that was distributed with the show schedule or need more than one then download from sevenhampton.org/show2011entryform.
Have the schedule nearby so you can check the number and description of the classes you are entering.
Have the right total entry fee. It is 20p per class except children’s classes 76-88, which are 10p a class.
Entry forms and fees must reach the Show Secretary Ray Oldham at Rose Cottage by Wed 25th Aug.

Get your actual entry to the Village Hall on time
Go to the Village Hall on Friday 26th August between 6.00pm and 6.30pm, or the next morning between 7.30am and 9.30am.
Ray Oldham will give you an exhibitor’s ticket for each class you have entered. Then take your entry and the exhibitor’s ticket to the place in the hall or the show marquee where the class place for each of your entries is marked out.
If your entry is in any of classes 1 to 69 and you want it back at the end of the show then tell Ray at this time and he will give you another ticket to put with your entry. If you do not do this it is likely your entry will be included in the end of show auction.
Do any final arranging of your exhibit and place your exhibitor’s ticket for it next to it.
Please do not move any other exhibit or ticket which is already there.

OK, that’s all fine but how do I present my entry in the right way?
Here are some general hints followed by some more specific help for nearly all of the classes which have been set up with help from the RHS Horticultural Show Handbook and the W.I Handbook for Judges.
Try to avoid a last minute rush
Check that you are exhibiting the correct number of items required for each class and that you have followed any presentational requirements set out in the Show Schedule. That means in the correct containers or on the recommended mounting for things like Art and Photography.
With fruit and vegetables the judges will be looking for “uniformity of all the characteristics of the specimens constituting the exhibit”. So select specimens that are of as similar size, shape and colour as possible.

Vegetables
Wash vegetables carefully with a soft cloth and plenty of water. Most can be placed directly on the show bench (if relevant, stalks all facing the same way).
For Potatoes in classes 5 and 6 have equally matched tubers with shallow eyes and free from blemishes; stage on a plate.
For 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 in class 15 need to be staged on a plate, stalk uppermost.

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
Note the number of flowers asked for in the schedule, too many or too few will eliminate your entry from the judging.
Try to arrange the flowers so they face the front – you can use oasis or scrunched up clear plastic bags, cellophane or cling film in the container to achieve this.
Measure your arrangement to ensure it is within the
measurements on the schedule, otherwise it will be eliminated.
Pots should be clean and no bigger than the size stated in the schedule. Measure it. What it says it is on the base isn’t always right.
With plants remove any dead leaves or spent flowers

Preserves (Classes 45 to 50)
Use plain jars with no trade names so start saving them now if you have not already got a stock.
Lids should be either twist tops, pliable press on covers or a wax disc covered with a cellophane top.
You do not need a wax disc under a twist top or pliable plastic cover.
Jars with Jams should be filled to 3mm (?”) of the top. Fruit should be evenly distributed and the skins tender. The consistency should be ‘jellified’. Runny is no good!
Jars with Chutney should be filled to 12mm (½”) of the top

Cookery
Biscuits for Class 51 should be rolled and cut in a uniform size with a 5-6cm (2-2½”) fluted cutter. Make them approximately 3mm (?”) thick.
The Fruit Flan in Class 52 should be made with short crust pastry and you can add sugar and mix with egg and water. Use either a flan dish or a ring. If you are using a dish try putting it on a hot baking tray to help cook the base.
The Bread in Class 55 should be well risen and evenly baked to a golden brown.
If you cannot find the recipe for the cake in Class 57 go to sevenhampton.org/show2011recipe.
The Quiche in Class 59 should be pastry flan base which is not too thick. The filling should be a savoury egg custard which is well blended and has a good combination of flavours, carefully seasoned. Make sure the base is well filled but not overflowing.

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Sevenhampton & District Women's Institute

Meetings
Monday 5th September
Mr Bob James - Shoebox Appeal
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 82042

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The Village Garden Club of Sevenhampton and District

Meetings
Thursday 15th September
Ellie Phillips
- Wild Flowers of Cleeve Common

7.30pm in Rhodes Memorial Hall
Non-members are welcome to attend our meetings for a fee of £4
Further information from the Secretary, Cindy Haines 820914

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Century Club

The annual outing of the Century Club in June this year was to see the house and gravity-fed fountain at Stanway House. I was away in Scotland at the time so Gill Hyatt organized and was responsible for this - for which many thanks Gill. I am told that the outing went well and was found interesting though the garden was not up to expectations. The fountain, however, was most impressive and the house very interesting.

Jack Stringer was booked to give the talk at the July meeting which was to be about Libya, a topical subject at the moment. Unfortunately, he was unwell so I stepped in and gave an illustrated talk about New England. Unfortunately, (again) a lot of the slides were very dark, a fact which I cannot explain as when run through at home the day before they had not been so dark. Sorry everyone - will try to do better!

The next meeting on Aug' 9th will be organized and run by Doris Austin (I will be on a river cruise in Germany), many thanks to Doris. She would like everyone to tell about their earliest memory and/or bring something of interest and tell the story behind it.
The September meeting is one week earlier than usual on Tuesday 6th September. The speaker is Janet Margrie, subject to be announced.
Info. - Iris Young 01242 583098

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Good Neighbourhood Scheme

For help with transport etc
Sheila Agius 820102;
Di Brown 820271;
Thora Corris 820242

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Village Live no 76

(Text only edition)

August /September 2011

Parish Council