Village Live no 79 (text only)

Hadfield Fine Art Spring Exhibition

Editorial

Please note the photo scanning dates for the local Archive Project. Dig out those interesting artefacts. We’ve not had a village historian of late but the “Combe Sisters” record of Brockhampton 1900 to 1950 is a great addition. Maybe between us we can do 1950 onwards.
Seems to have been a great response to the Broadband Survey though it does reveal very slow local speeds generally.
The WI continues to hold interesting talks. Next is by our own Liz Suckling on local landmark “Crickley Hill”.
Following December’s play, BADS is planning a new production. Interested? Next meeting is Feb 23rd 7.30. JOIN!

The closing date for items to be included in the next (April-May) edition is:-
15th March 2012
Bill & Anne Jenkin: 820338

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Village Diary including Church Services

Every Thursday
10.30 - 11.30am in the Reading Rom - Coffee Club,
10.00 - 12.00 am Reading Room - Village Agent.

February
Thu 2nd	7.30pm	Craven Arms	Quiz Night
Sun 5th	6.30pm	Sevenhampton	Evensong
Mon 6th	7.30pm	Rhodes Mrl. Hall	W.I.
Thu 9th	7.30pm	Rhodes Mrl. Hall	Film - 'One Day'
Sun 12th	11.00am	Charlton Abbotts	Matins
	6.00pm	Hawling Chapel	Holy Communion
Mon 13th	4.00pm	Whittall Barn	Informal Concert
Tue 14th	3.00pm	Rhodes Mrl.Hall	Century Club
Fri 17th	7.30pm	Rhodes Mrl.Hall	Garden Club
Sat 18th	10.00am	Rhodes Mrl.Hall	Village Archives
	South Paddock - Art Exhibition Opens*
Sun 19th	10.00am	Sevenhampton	Family Service
Sun 26th	11.00am	Sevenhampton	Holy Communion
	6.00pm	Hawling Chapel	Holy Communion

March
Thu 1st	7.30pm	Craven Arms	Quiz Night
Sat 3rd	2.15pm	Rhodes Mrl.Hall	Jumble Sale
Sun 4th	5.30pm	Sevenampton	Evensong
	South Paddock - Art Exhibition Ends*
Mon 5th	7.30pm	Rhodes Mrl.Hall	W.I.
Thu 8th	7.30pm	Rhodes Mrl.Hall	Film Show
Sun 11th	11.00am	Charlton Abbotts	Matins
	6.00pm	Hawling Chapel	Evening Service
Tue 13th	3.00pm	Rhodes Mrl.Hall	Century Club
Fri 16th	7.30pm	Rhodes Mrl.Hall	'Songs from Musicals'
Sat 17th	10.00am	Rhodes Mrl.Hall	Village Archives
Sun 18th	10.00am	Sevenhampton	Mothering Sunday S
	11.00am	Hawling Church	Mothering Sunday S
Fri 23rd	7.30pm	Rhodes Mrl.Hall	Garden Club
Sun 25th	6.30pm	Sevenhampton	Evensong (TBC)
Wed 28th	7.00pm	Rhodes Mrl.Hall	Parish Meeting

*Fine Art Exhibition runs from 18th Feb to 4th March

April & May dates for your Diary:
22nd April - Tea Party with String Quartet.
28th April - Making Diamond Jubilee Bunting for the Marquee
5th May - Coffee Morning in aid of the British Heart Foundation.

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Broadband Survey

Tex Cook, our local ‘Broadband Champion’ reports that in the recent survey he had 110 paper forms returned and that at least another 20 informed him that they had done it on line. “I think that is really good. Also, some will have done it and not told me.”
Speeds vary considerably but over 75% of those that reported a speed were less than 1Mbps and about half were around the 0.5Mbps- 0.75 Mbps which is very poor.
BT report that 80% of the UK will manage 20Mbps by this March, if this is true then we are way behind. It is now up to GFirst (www.gfirst.co.uk) in Gloucester to collate the facts and use them accordingly.
Tex has written to our local MP to tell him the details and will be contacting Chris Cowcher of Gloucestershire Rural Community Council to get advice on where we go from here..
You can contact Tex on 821018

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Village Archive Project

Do you have old photographs, newspaper cuttings or any other document or object relating to our villages? If so please help us keep our past alive.
Bring anything which gives a little insight into what things were like in earlier years to the village hall on one of the dates below. They can be photographed or copied and eventually a scrapbook will be compiled and kept in the hall. It could also be placed on the village website.
Old photos (including slides or negatives), aerial shots of your house, maybe an old show programme or newspaper clipping, please bring them along.
Let’s not lose our past.
18th February and 17th March - 10am to 2pm
If you can’t make it on one of those dates but have something of interest contact Georgina on 820423

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Parish Meeting

The Annual Parish Meeting will be held at 7.00pm on Wednesday 28th March 2012 in Rhodes Memorial Hall, Brockhampton.
It will be followed by a meeting of Sevenhampton Parish Council

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Grass Cutting 2012

Tenders are invited for grass cutting services within Sevenhampton Parish for a period of 12 months with effect from 5th April 2012
The full tender document may be obtained
from the Parish Clerk at the address below,
TENDERS TO BE RECEIVED BY THE
PARISH CLERK BY 15 MARCH 2012
The Old Shop, Brockhampton, GL54 5XG

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Brockhampton 1900 - 1950

If you are new to the village, or not so new but wish to find out more about what went on here in the comparatively recent past, you must get hold of a copy of ‘Brockhampton 1900 - 1950’, a booklet compiled from the memories recounted by sisters Val Smith and Gill Lanfear (née Combe) in their walk round the village last year. It is a fascinating glimpse of some of the characters and a way of life which existed here 50 years and more ago.
You can get them from Georgina Oldham for £2 (820423).

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Young Quilters

We meet once a month in the hall from 10am to 12.30pm having fun and learning to sew by hand and with machines. Any girls or boys aged between 5 and 18 are welcome to join.
Next meeting 4th February
Phone Georgina 820423

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Informal Concert

INFORMAL CONCERT
at Whittall (Whitehall) Barn
MONDAY FEB 13th at 4.00pm
Violin Students age 10 - 15 with exams!
Elisabeth Waterhouse invites you

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Bus Service

Problems and New Timetable
There have been reports of people having to wait a long time in Andoversford for their connecting bus and difficulties in getting on the bus which takes them on to Cheltenham and having to stand. If you experience a problem, please make a note of the date, time and bus and let the Parish Council know about it* so that we can make representations to Glos CC. We hope to be able to have suitable forms available for this in the near future.
*Parish Clerk 01242 820718

Changes to Bus Times
There are some changes to the bus times from Monday 30th Jan 2012 as follows: The Early bus from Temple Guiting to Andoversford will run ten minutes earlier than at present and the connecting bus from Andoversford will run 15 minutes earlier i.e.
Service 804 (Mon to Fri)
Brockhampton 07:30
Sevenhampton 07:34
arr Andoversford 07:52
Service 801(Mon to Fri)
dep Andoversford 07:57
arr Cheltenham 08:17
N.B The later ‘shoppers bus’ which runs on Tuesdays and Saturdays is not affected.

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Hadfield Fine Art Exhibition

18th February - 4th March 2012
South Paddock, Sevenhampton, GL54 5SW
ORIGINAL CONTEMPORARY BRITISH ART
Group Exhibition with a room dedicated to local scenes of the Cotswolds
Thursdays - Sundays 10.00am - 5.00pm
Other times by appointment
Art Lunch - Tuesday 28th February 1-3pm
See Website for Further details or tel: 821251
www.hadfieldfineart.co.uk
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Film - 'One Day'

Thursday 9th February
Rhodes Memorial Hall, Brockhampton
doors open 7 for 7.30pm
Twenty years. Two people...
One Day - cert 12A
Anne Hathaway & Jim Sturgess
in David Nichols’ own adaptation of
his best selling novel.

tickets £3.00 on the door
further information 01242 820338
www.sevenhampton.org/films
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Sevenhampton & District Womens Institute

The local Women’s Institute meets usually on the first Monday evening of each month in The Rhodes Memorial Hall in Brockhampton at 7.30pm

We have interesting speakers and it’s a great way to get to know people, so if you are new to the village, why not come along and meet us.

In 2011 we celebrated our 75th birthday, ending the year with a special afternoon tea party in October to which we invited past members. We held a day workshop making willow garden structures, visited Cheltenham Ladies College, made a day trip to the WI’s own college; Denman and some members visited The Blue Glass Factory in Bristol.

Our August meeting was held in a beautiful garden in Winchcombe. Amongst our varied monthly speakers there was a very colourful belly dancing demonstration which led to one or two members taking up classes. Throughout the year we collected items towards the Samaritan’s Purse shoebox appeal and as a result we were able to fill 43 boxes.

A team was entered in the county quiz and finished in third place. Our skittle team weren’t quite so successful this year. We’ve organised jumble sales, made pennants for the Olympics and knitted neurons for the Cheltenham Science Festival.

So, you can see, contrary to popular belief, it’s not all jam and Jerusalem, so why not come along one month and see what you think.
Next meetings:
Monday 6th February
Mrs Liz Suckling - Crickley Hill
Monday 5th March
Mrs Fiona Warin - Lost the Plot
7.30 p.m. in the Village Hall. Further information from Georgina Oldham 820423

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Century Club

Jenny and Jack Stringer again hosted the Christmas party for the Century Club on the 13th Dec'. Before tea Iris produced another of her quizzes, this time on the theme of sweets and chocolates. All thought it sounded easy, but proved to be anything but. The joint winners were Violet and Mildred with 19 correct answers out of 24. Well done.
We then had another of our excellent teas, with crackers donated by Jack and Jenny, and afterwards we were all again given a pot of hyacinth bulbs to take home. Thank you Jack and Jenny, and thanks too to the people who stepped in at short notice and provided cakes and sandwiches.
Our next meeting will be on the 14th Feb' and the speaker will be Mr. David O'Connor talking on the subject of "150 years of the Battledown estate". David is a local historian and has written several books on the history of the local area.

The Century Club meets on the Second Tuesday of the month in the village hall at 3.0 pm.
For further information contact Iris Young 01242 583098

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JUMBLE SALE

JUMBLE SALE
Saturday 3rd March 2.15pm
Bring any jumble to the hall on either Friday 2nd between 6.30pm and 7.30pm
or Saturday 3rd between 10am and 11am
or make alternative arrangements with Georgina 820423
PLEASE DO NOT DUMP IT
OUTSIDE THE HALL

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Songs from the Musicals

Friday 16th March
7.30pm Rhodes Memorial Hall
An entertaining evening watching clips from many different musicals.
Any requests please phone Georgina.
Snacks provided, but bring your own drinks.
Tickets £5 from Georgina 820423

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Craven Arms

Quiz Nights 7.30pm
Thursday 2nd Februay
Thursday 1st March

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The Garden Club of Sevenhampton & District

Meetings
Friday 17th February
Rachel Salisbury - The Great Plant Hunters

Friday 23rd March
Jon Mason - Spring Gardening Tips

7.30pm in Rhodes Memorial Hall
Non-members are welcome to attend our meetings for a fee of £4
Information - Sally Coelho 821251

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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

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