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CRANHAM DIARY
Forthcoming events:
June 2014
1 Sun Family Communion Church 11.00am
2 Mon Return to School School 8.45am
3 Tues Recycling
Mobile Police Station Village Hall 1.30 - 2.00pm
Parish Planning Meeting School 7.00pm
5 Thurs Ramble Village Hall 9.45am
7 Sat Village Hall Spring Clean Village Hall
8 Sun School Fayre/Open Farm Overtown Farm 12noon onwards
10 Tues School Friends AGM Black Horse 7.30pm
Flicks in the Sticks Bisley V. Hall 7.30 for 8.00pm
11 Wed Cranham Players AGM Black Horse 8.00pm
12 Thurs Cranham Friends Village Hall 2.30pm
Messy Church Church Rooms 3.30 - 5.30pm
Tennis Club AGM Black Horse 7.00pm
14 Sat CLHS Outing to Chavenage House & Tetbury
15 Sun HC & Talk by Canon Helen Church 11.00am &
12.15pm
16 Mon Village Lunch Village Hall 12.15 for 12.30pm
17 Tues Recycling
18 Wed ** Magazine Contributions Due **
19 Thurs Ramble Village Hall 9.45am
Mobile Library Village Hall 9.30 - 11.30am
Mobile Police Station Village Hall 1.30 - 2.00pm
20 Fri BB Jade Village Hall 7.30 for 8.00pm
27 Fri Garden Society Party Brimpsfield 7.00pm
Sheepscombe Ball S’combe V. Hall tbc
28 Sat Summer Concert Village Hall 3.00pm
29 Sun Painswick Singers P’wick Centre 3.30pm
July 2014
1 Tues Parish Council Meeting Village Hall 7.30pm
3, 17 & 31 Thurs Rambles Village Hall 9.45am
4 Fri School Exhibition School 1.00 - 4.00pm
7 Mon School Sports Afternoon Cricket Club 1.00 - 3.00pm
Regular Events: Please see page 38
Vicar: Revd. Mike Holloway 01452 814082
Churchwardens Mrs. Nicole Wotherspoon 01452 812387
[email protected]
Position Vacant
St James the Great
Cranham
Parish Magazine
June 2014
mailto:[email protected]
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www.beaconbenefice.org.uk
Church & Benefice
Vicar: Revd. Mike Holloway 01452 814082
[email protected]
Associate Priest and Benefice Administrator:
Revd. Andrew Leach 07564 448692
Organist: Mrs. Beryl Berry,
Four Chimneys, Cranham
01452 813200
Hon Treasurer: Bob and Clare Woodman
9 Church Close, Cranham GL4 8HT
[email protected]
01452 812767
PCC Secretary: Nicki Clapton
Bakers Piece, Cranham
[email protected]
07824 812384
Benefice Office:
Benefice Administrator
Lychgate Rooms, Painswick
[email protected]
Lydia Savage
01452 814795
Cranham Church of England Primary School
Headteacher:
Anne Nolan
[email protected]
01452 812660
Magazine & General
Magazine editors: Sue & Ian Shaw
[email protected]
01452 814839
Church articles: Sue Stick
[email protected]
01452 813407
Magazine layout: Tony Walker
[email protected]
01452 814895
Magazine
Distribution:
Janette Elkins 01452 812082
Village Hall
Bookings
Nicki Clapton
[email protected]
07824 812384
Rural Environmental Crime Liaison Officer
Colin Drewett BEM
(PCS049107 –
[email protected]
Tel: 101
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MAGAZINE CONTRIBUTIONS
All general articles for the forthcoming month should be
forwarded to the editors by email to
[email protected] (preferred option).
Articles should be forwarded as either a WORD or WORKS document
and preferably in Ariel font size 10 on A5 size paper settings.
Articles may also be sent manually typed or hand written.
Please send all Church-related articles to Sue Stick
([email protected]) who will co-ordinate them and send on to
the Editors.
Please refrain from using ADOBE EDITOR as all articles have to
be edit-ed prior to inserting into the magazine.
All hard copies should be forward to Baggend (at the Knoll).
All items to be included within the magazine will need to be in
the hands of the editors by the following dates:
WEDNESDAY 18th JUNE 2014
(hand-written articles also by Wednesday 18th June)
Magazines will be available for distribution:
Sunday 29th June
Sue & Ian Shaw
814839
[email protected]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]
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REGULAR EVENTS
Club Pulse Mondays 5.30 - 7.00pm Painswick Youth Club
(Andy Harding 07845 460163)
Orchestra Mondays 8.00pm - V Hall (Beryl Berry 813200)
Post Office Tuesdays 10.00am - 12noon - V Hall
S’Combe Learn Bridge Now on Summer Holidays!
(Please phone - Hugh Tarran on 814081 for info.)
Coffee Morning Tuesdays 10.30 - 11.30am - V Hall
Cranham Art Group Tuesdays 7.00 - 9.00pm School
(Lyn Lawson 813025)
Choir Tuesdays 7.30pm - V Hall
(Ian Wotherspoon 812387)
Retriever Training Tuesday evenings and Thursday mornings
(Please phone - Mervyn Philpott 699631 for info.)
Beavers & Cubs Wednesdays - Village Hall - times as
follows:
Beaver Scouts (6 to 8 yrs) 5.00 to 6.00pm
Cub Scouts (8 to 10 yrs) 6.00 to 7.15pm
Scouts (10 to 14 yrs) 7.15 to 9.00pm
Handbell Ringers Thursdays 9.30am - Tocknells Court
(Annie Lade 812847)
S’Combe Bridge Club 2nd & 4th Thursdays (plus 5th if there
is one!) at
7.10pm—S’come VH (stops end May restarts Sept)
(contact Joy Edwards 812588)
Parent and Toddler Fridays 9.15 - 10.30am - V Hall
(Laura Drake 813697)
Church Bell Ringers Alternative Saturdays 9.30am - Church
(Dave Dann 812581)
Garden Club Brimpsfield, phone Barbara Snell 813373 for
further
info.
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A Letter from The Clergy
Dear Friends
You don’t need me to tell you that the Church is fond of words.
There are hundreds of specialist words the Church uses. Many of
them are long, most of them come from Latin or Greek and, unless
you are in the know, a good many of them make no sense at all! Take
Paraclete for example; we know about parachutes which protect us
from falling so perhaps Paraclete protects us from cletes –
whatever those are! But the capital letter should give us a clue;
this is a title. It’s actually a Greek word mean-ing a legal
helper; with the capital it’s a title for the Holy Spirit.
Now words fascinate me – I love word puzzles and I’m never far
from my trusty Chambers dictionary. But it occurred to me that
there are two words I use often and you’ll be very familiar with
them – but do you know what they really mean? The words are parish
and benefice. ‘Oh yes,’ you’ll say, ‘parish is where I live and
worship and benefice is that thing over there that we’re sort of
linked with.’ You might go as far as to say that a benefice is a
group of churches and that’s right; there aren’t many parishes that
are not linked with others to form a benefice.
But what do the words actually mean? Parish come from the Greek
para oikos which means beside a building. It is literally the area
around a church building and that matches our current understanding
of a parish. Benefice comes from the Latin bene facare, literally
to do well. It relates to the time when the tithes and fees raised
within a parish were given directly to the parish priest; they were
his benefit – hence benefice. Many parishes were too small to
support a priest so he would have had a benefice of more than one
parish to support him.
So a benefice, like our own Beacon Benefice, is no new thing. It
has always been the case that people belong to both a parish and a
benefice. They’re not in opposition to each other, they’re just
different ways of looking at who we belong to. I’ve been surprised
by hearing quite often of ‘my parish’ but ‘the benefice’. It’s as
if the parish is ours but the benefice is something outside trying
to force its will on us. Of course our parishes are important to us
but we have to recognise that it’s our benefice too; the benefice
is just as much us as the parish is!
And, in the same way that we support our parish, we have to
support our ben-efice too. We have to get to know our friends
across the benefice because we belong together; ‘we are all one in
Christ Jesus.’ At the end of this month, we have a chance to
worship together as a benefice, as a group of Christians who belong
to-gether. We’ll meet in Painswick, not because it’s a better
building than our others, but simply because it’s the only one big
enough to take us all! But it won’t be a Painswick service, it’ll
be a Beacon Benefice service. People from across the benefice will
be involved in leading that service – we’ve stood down the
Painswick team! And just to give you an added incentive to come,
we’re having a ‘bring and share’ lunch afterwards. So come and ‘do
well’ – come and be a benefice.
God bless
Rev Mike
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Worship in Cranham - June 2014
Sunday 1st 11am Family Communion Revd Chris/Sue Hartley
Sidesman Gillian Smith
Tuesday 3rd 9am Holy Communion Revd Mike
Sunday 8th 6.30pm BCP Evensong Revd Mike
Sidesman Hazel Stacey
Readers Linda d Cossart Acts 2:1-21
Della Fish John 20:19-23
Tuesday 10th 9am Morning Prayer LMT
Sunday 15th 11am Holy Communion Canon Helen
AFTER THE SERVICE AT ABOUT 12.15pm HELEN & ALASTAIR
WILL GIVE A SHORT TALK. SEE PAGE 5 FOR DETAILS.
Sidesman Roger Moore
Readers Connie Evans Isa.40:12-17,27-31
Jean Skinner 2 Cor.13:11-13
Tuesday 17th 9am Holy Communion Revd Mike
Sunday 22nd 6.30pm Evening Worship Team (Nicole Wotherspoon)
Sidesman & Readers tba
Tuesday 24th 12pm Holy Communion Revd Mike
Sunday 29th 11am Holy Communion Revd Mike
Benefice Service
at PAINSWICK
Sunday July 6th Sidesman Jean Garratt
Evening Prayer every Friday at 7pm
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CRANHAM RAMBLERS
Our walks in June will be Thursdays 5th and 19th.
Advance notice that the walks in July will be Thursday 3rd, 17th
and 31st.
We usually walk about 4-5 miles so nothing too arduous and meet
at Cranham Village Hall, ready to leave at 9.45 am, and are usually
back by about 1.00pm at the latest. Occasionally we stop for a
drink at the end if there is a suitable hostelry nearby.
Generally the walks are within a 15 mile radius of Cranham.
In April we walked from Bidfield Barns through Workmans wood to
Sheepscoombe, and through the Painswick Valley along the stream to
Damsells Mill.
Newcomers are very welcome. There is no fee to join – just turn
up.
Cars are shared so if you have no transport that needn’t be a
deterrent.
We usually take it in turns to lead the rambles, but it is not
obligatory, and there is a file of walks which anyone is welcome to
borrow if you need ideas on where to go.
If you would like to be included in the ramble e-mailing list
please let me know - Do come and join us.
If you would like any more information please contact:-
Joan Charman
Tel: 01452 812708
mob. 07717286848
e mail [email protected]
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Village Lunch
The Village Lunch will be held on
Monday 16th June 2014
in the Village Hall at the usual time of 12.30pm.
Anyone who was not at the May lunch,
but would like to come to the June one,
they are most welcome,
but could you please let us know if you are coming
beforehand.
The menu we will be as follows:
MENU
Choice of Quiche
New Potatoes
Mixed Salads
Homemade Coleslaw
Cream Cakes
or Fresh Fruit
Juice
Tea or Coffee
Please ring Nicky on Tel: 812429
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Church Flowers
1st June Sue Stick
8th June Sue Stick
15th June Victoria Soutar
22nd June Victoria Soutar
29th June Di Blandford
6th July Di Blandford
Church Cleaning
7th June Anita Bradnum
14th June Deb Wallace
21st June Carol Tringham
28th June Jackie Fletcher
5th July Sue Stick
Coffee after the service
1st June Nicole & Ian Wotherspoon
15th June June & Mark Whitaker
Sunday, 15th June – 11.00am in Church
Come to welcome Helen and Alastair Sammon back to Cranham
Please come to the Revd. Helen Sammon’s first service back in
Cranham after seven years away, first down the hill at St. Barnabas
and then in Africa.
Whilst in Tanzania Helen has been used to congregations in the
hundreds so we need a full Church to make her feel at home. All are
welcome.
To celebrate their return we will be having wine, soft drinks
and nibbles after the service.
Also on Sunday June 15th, at about 12.15pm.
Helen & Alastair will give a short talk about their life and
work in rural Tanzania. Everyone is very welcome to come to hear
their talk even if they have not attended the service before
hand.
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All articles for the church section of the magazine are to be
sent to Sue Stick at
[email protected]
Sunday Services in the Benefice - June 2014
1st June – 7th Sunday after Easter
8.00am Painswick Holy Communion Revd. Mike 9.30am Edge Holy
Communion Revd. Andrew 9.30am Painswick Sung Eucharist Revd. David
11.00am Cranham Family Communion Revd. Chris/Sue
11.00am Sheepscombe Matins (BCP) Revd Penny 4.00pm Painswick
Evensong (BCP) Revd. Mike
8th June – Pentecost 8.00am Painswick Holy Communion Revd.
Andrew 9.30am Pitchcombe Holy Communion Revd. Penny 9.30am
Painswick Holy Communion Revd. Mike 11.00am Harescombe Morning
Prayer Revd. Andrew 11.00am Sheepscombe Holy Communion Revd.
Mike
11.00am Cranham Prayer & Praise PSALMS team 6.30pm Cranham
Evensong (BCP) Revd. Mike
15th June – Trinity Sunday 8.00am Painswick Holy Communion Revd.
Chris 9.30am Painswick Sung Eucharist Revd. Mike 9.30am Harescombe
Holy Communion Revd. Chris 9.30am Pitchcombe Morning Worship PCC
11.00am Cranham Holy Communion Canon Helen 11.00am Sheepscombe
Morning Prayer LMT/ Revd. Richard
3.00pm Edge Fathers Day Service Revd. Mike
22nd June – Birth of John the Baptist
8.00am Painswick Holy Communion Revd. David 9.30am Painswick
Painswick Praise Revd. Mike/Mike
11.00am Pitchcombe Flower Festival Revd. Andrew 11.00am
Sheepscombe Holy Communion Revd. David 6.30pm Cranham Evening
Worship Team
29th June – SS. Peter and Paul 11.00am Painswick Benefice Holy
Com-
munion Revd. Mike
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“FRIDAY NIGHT IS FAMILY NIGHT”
is back at the Cranham Cricket Club
please contact Ruth Strickland
on
Email – ruthstrickland7gmail.com
Telephone : 01452 814399
07827 916030
The Children’s Society 2014 Box Collection – Thank You
Thank you very much to all Collection Box holders in the Beacon
Benefice, altogether I have been able to send £802.26 to the
Children’s Society which is a fantastic amount – and just goes to
show that all that loose change does mount up!
I’m sorry if I wasn’t able to personally thank you when
returning your box or receipt, but I really do appreciate the time
you give to help the Children’s So-ciety do its valuable work.
This money will go towards helping change lives every day by
providing the funding to maintain vital services, including drop-in
centres for young runa-ways and case workers to protect those
already on the streets, who are at risk of drug abuse or sexual
exploitation. So Thank you again for being part of this.
If you’re interested in having a Children’s Society Collection
box please con-tact me.
Victoria Soutar - 813543
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NEWS FROM CRANHAM VILLAGE HALL – JUNE
The Simon & Garfunkel event was a great success with all the
favourite songs along with original photography/cinematography and
a narrative of the career of this popular duet from the 60s and
70s. The two performers are true fans of Simon & Garfunkel and
love to perform as a tribute the music. Pete and Dan gave a
fantastic performance and they really do sound like the originals.
There were 70 of us in the audience who gave Pete and Dan a well
deserved round or two of applause and appreciation bringing the
even-ing to a close with Cecelia.
There has been lots of positive feedback with comments such as
‘An excellent evening’, ‘A Brilliant evening, thank you to VH
committee’, ‘Very talented guys’, ‘Great evening’.
We also enjoyed a good Ploughman’s Supper and a drink or two.
Thanks for all of you who supported this Arts in Rural
Gloucestershire event. As you know these are fund raising events
for the improvements and mainte-nance of our Village Hall so we
will also have made a little profit toward im-provements in the
hall.
We will be organising another puppet show later in the year and
of course another event from the Arts in Rural Gloucestershire
programme.
We are having a bit of a Spring Clean at the village hall on
Saturday June 7
th to do the chores that can’t be fitted into the weekly
cleaning duties.
If you are free for an hour or so at 10.30 a.m. please come
along to help, there will be coffee/tea and biscuits and your
assistance will be greatly ap-preciated.
We are also in the process of organising the Art & Craft
Fayre on Sunday 30th November so if you are interested in having a
stall then please contact Jane Shepherd on 814873 or me. Please
make a note in your dairy so you can come along and buy a few xmas
gifts or a birthday gift, and enjoy lunch or delicious home made
cakes.
100 Club Winners March £25 No. 41 Sue Smith
April £25 No. 92 Debbie Brown
May £100 No. 88 Alison Roberts
Date of next Committee Meeting and AGM Wednesday 9th July at
7.30 pm
Lesley Hodges
Tel: 812943
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LOOK WHAT A CRANHAM CHALLENGE QUIZ CAN DO!
During and after the quiz there were a variety of questions
about the subject of the fund raising – THE VESTMENTS – here’s a
selection:
What exactly are vestments?
Vestments are garments worn by the clergy during services. They
can in-clude copes (like a floor length cape most commonly worn on
special occa-sions), chasubles (a single piece of material that
goes over the head and worn like a tabard), and stoles (similar to
a scarf).
Aren’t there different colours and what does that signify?
The colours represent particular times in the Christian year.
White for major festivals eg Christmas and the 12 days after,
Easter or a Saint’s day; Red for feast days eg Pentecost; Green on
the Sundays after Epiphany and after Pentecost (which is a large
portion of the year); Purple usually for seasons of preparation eg
Advent or Lent; Black sometimes used for funerals and formal
occasions.
Don’t the clergy have their own vestments?
Many do but Cranham Church also has its own set, believed to
date from the late 1800s, probably around the time the current
church buildings were ex-tended (1894-95). Several of the vestments
have had really good repairs done locally over the years but some
of them are now so unstable they are too fragile to be worn and it
has been a hope for some time that they could be restored.
What work is going to done and why?
These vestments are of course important ecclesiastical items but
are also objects of historical interest and part of Cranham’s
heritage, deserving of recognition and care as wonderful examples
of craftsmanship and excellent examples of silk and metal thread
embroidery. A programme of conservation work will stabilise both
the fabrics and heavy embroidered panels so the vest-ments can be
used again and appreciated by all at special church calendar events
such as Easter or to add to wonderful wedding services.
What are the costs?
The estimate for conservation is between £2,500 and £3,000 and
so the funds raised by the quiz are covering most of this.
Who is doing this work?
The PCC have commissioned Wendy Toulson, a qualified Textile
Conserva-tor, to work on the damaged vestments.
Under English Ecclesiastical Law church buildings, their
contents and grounds are protected by ‘Faculty Jurisdication’ which
means that most alterations and repairs have to be approved by the
Diocese before being carried out , we are
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Sunday 6th July, 11am – 4pm
Drop in Family Workshops: Inspired by Chadwick … Beasts
Taking inspiration from Chadwick’s sculptures, we will create
our own collection of
strange and wondrous beasts! A creative drop in workshop for
families with children
aged 5 +, led by artist Alison Cockcroft. Cost £1 per child,
accompanying adults free.
The Museum in the Park, Stratford Park, Stroud, Gloucestershire
GL5 4AF
Open Tuesday to Friday 10am - 5pm, Saturday & Sunday 11am -
5pm
Admission free, donations welcome. Tel: 01453 763394
www.museuminthepark.org.uk
Cranham People
We would like to express a very warm welcome to Alan and Linda
Faulkner and their children Andrew and Lucy who have recently moved
into Northwood. We hope you will all be very happy in Cranham.
If we have missed anyone, please accept our apologies!
Please make yourself known and we will include you next
time.
Thank you for your kindness …
A heart felt thank you to all those, some who I don’t know, who
have put cards through my door since Leanda’s death. I really
appreciate the support shown to me from ‘Cranham’. Peace be with
you all.
Nigel, Church Close
http://www.museuminthepark.org.uk
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LYNN CHADWICK The Maker’s Studio
14th June – 13th July 2014 at The Museum in the Park, Stroud
Exhibition curated by Gallery Pangolin
www.gallery-pangolin.com
Internationally renowned sculptor Lynn Chadwick (1914 – 2003)
lived and worked
for much of his adult life in Gloucestershire. To mark his
centenary, Gallery Pangolin
presents the first ever recreation of his studio. This unique
exhibition offers visitors
a fascinating insight into Chadwick’s working practice.
Sunday 15th June, 11am – 4pm
Drop in Family Workshops: Inspired by Chadwick … Mobiles
Create a moving sculpture inspired by Chadwick and the shapes
and forms found in
his work. A creative drop in workshop for families with children
aged 5 +, led by
artist Alison Cockcroft. Cost £1 per child, accompanying adults
free.
Thursday 19th June, 7.30pm
Evening Film Screening & Gallery Opening
Join Pangolin Directors Rungwe Kingdon and Claude Koenig for an
introductory talk
on Lynn Chadwick, followed by a new film about Chadwick’s life
and work. ‘The
Maker’s Studio’ and Museum displays will then be open until 10pm
and complimen-
tary drinks will be served in the foyer.
Tickets £14 (£10 Museum Friends). Booking necessary – call 01453
760900
Proceeds from this special event support the Museum’s Walled
Garden Project
Tuesday 1st July, 7.30pm
Evening Lecture: Lynn Chadwick, Life and Times
Art Historian Dr Alan Ford explores the life and times of Lynn
Chadwick, a figure of
great importance in the history of 20th Century British and
International sculpture.
Tickets £10 (£6 Museum Friends). Booking necessary – call 01453
760900
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An appeal for help to keep
“Open the Book” going in our Village School
“Open the Book” is an assembly taken by a team of two or three
adults, working with the children, every Wednesday during the
school term.
Some more volunteers are needed to help with this. You would be
working with others who have done it for several years. Individuals
on our team at present are getting older and it would be ideal to
have some younger volunteers joining in.
The book of stories is well laid out so that very little
preparation is needed. We always try to include some children as
‘actors’ which can be great fun for the children as well as the
team. It begins at 8.30am and is all finished by 9.15am and it can
be a very rewarding start to the day.
We do need more helpers to make sure that we are able to
continue, so please contact Jean Garratt (812077) to find out more
and to shadow us to see how easy and rewarding it is.
currently applying for a Faculty and, once approved, we can
proceed with this conservation work.
Wendy plans to start this intricate and specialised work in
September and the vestments should be returned to us within 2-3
months.
It is also really important that the storage and handling of the
garments is improved – an oak chest in the church vestry is being
moved slightly to provide better air circulation and padding and
boxes will provide safer storage preventing the type of damage that
has previously occurred from hanging up the heavier garments on
coat hangers.
Can we look at the vestments?
Of course - we showed photos on the screen at the quiz because
the vestments must remain in the church whilst we are waiting for
the Faculty but if you wish to view them, or have any more
questions, please contact Nicole Wotherspoon or me Clare Woodman.
(see front page and page one for contact details)
A big thank you to all the quiz team members,
audience, organisers and supporters!
Please see pages 26 & 27 for more information on The Cranham
Challenge
http://www.gallery-pangolin.com
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Extracts from The Messenger – June 2014
www.gloucester.anglican.org
The process for finding the next Bishop of Gloucester
The current Bishop of Gloucester, the Right Revd Michael Perham
will retire this No-vember after 10 years of service. The process
has now begun for discerning who the next Bishop of Gloucester
could be.
The Bishop of Gloucester is the Chief Pastor of all in the
diocese, which covers the county of Gloucestershire and parts of
neighbouring counties. It is home to over 600,000 people, served by
305 parishes, 390 churches and 116 church schools. The Bishop of
Gloucester also exercises a vital role in the wider community, most
promi-nently as a board and committee member on many local,
regional and national bod-ies.
For this reason, it is important that we have as many views as
possible from people in Gloucestershire and beyond on the qualities
of the person they would like to see in the next Bishop of
Gloucester. By answering these simple questions, it will help us to
get a picture of the type of person they would like to see as
Bishop:
· What would you say are the top 2 priorities for the next
Bishop of Gloucester?
· What are the top 2 things you would want to tell the next
Bishop of Gloucester?
People can email us on [email protected], tweet us
using the hashtag #newglosbishop, or place a message on our
Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Diocese.of.Gloucester. Deadline
for submissions is 7th July. Find out more at
www.gloucester.anglican.org/about/the-next-bishop/
The process for finding the next Bishop of Gloucester will take
just under a year. The announcement of the new Bishop will happen
late spring 2015 and the start date will be around the summer or
early autumn of 2015.
Launch of Crucible2
The biggest names in contemporary sculpture are coming together
in one of the larg-est exhibitions in the UK at Gloucester
Cathedral.
Crucible2 will display 100 sculptures by 61 artists, many of
whom are Britain’s most renowned sculptors including Damien Hirst,
Lynn Chadwick, Antony Gormley, Ken-neth Armitage and Jon Buck.
Hundreds of thousands of people visited the first Cruci-ble in 2010
and this event is set to be even bigger and better.
The sculptures will be placed throughout the cathedral and its
grounds, setting these modern pieces of art against a magnificent
historical building. The exhibition runs from 1st September to 31st
October.
Crucible2 is jointly organised by Gloucester Cathedral and
Gallery Pangolin and will be completely free of charge, so everyone
can enjoy some of the most exceptional sculpture produced in the
past 50 years.
The Very Reverend Stephen Lake, Dean of Gloucester, said: “The
cathedral is both ‘sacred space and common ground’, so exciting
things can take place here which have a real impact on people’s
experiences.”
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From page 38
By the time you read this, Cranham may well be headlined in the
Tabloids if Face-book is to be beliveed. “History Society holds
orgie in Gloucestershire woodland ”Our undercover reporter Catullus
attended a Local History Society meeting deep in the heart of a
Cotswold woodland, when he inadvertently became a friend of a
fellow face booker which then lead him to the closed FB site
Cranham.
The thought of this closed and secretive site in this reportedly
primeval part of the Cotswolds primed his curiosity and so he
surfed, quite boring he thought, recovery form minor operations,
the need to shelter runner beans from the wind, oh me bad back is
bad from shifting rocks. And then! “Jeremy Strickland, Ali and Rob
Garratt know me well and my vices” ; “Help bees in me chimney!” ,”
No need to worry that will be scouts looking for a place to swarm”
, b****y hell! Catlus thought child labour and up chimneys too, and
then! “Just doing some research for Martin Kaye in preparation of
the orgie in the village hall” it seems though following this leak
the venue has been quickly changed and to include royalty!” “Gate
Crashers will be fed to the lions” “Gladiators too?” “Do I need a
toga or will my gymslip do?” “Oh goody” “My friends would like to
come if free” “No its two pounds fifty” an orgy with Lions,
gymslips and, gladiators all for two pounds fifty! And it is not
even winter! Further investigation was demanded.
Catulus soon discovered that all was overseen by an amorphous
presence The Man-agement who seemed to be not there but was
referred to as the Norma from up north. The resulting whimper and
protestations about democracy from the leader of village socialist
group of two, showed the power of the Norma from up north.
He was as all journalists, excited at the prospect of a scoop
especially as he himself had witnessed four men cycling madly up
the Knowle to get as far away from the “orgie” as possible, some
had even ridiculously claimed to the end of the country!
Catlus on the night ”Of Where Have All the Romans Gone” eschewed
the temptation of any costume the evening was superficially normal
no togas or gladiators, interest-ing even until the coffee break,
two ginger nuts and a coffee later saw entering a man naked save a
gymslip talking to himself and hand in hand with the man he lived
with apparently all though he seemed alone to Catullus, followed
quickly by a group of soot covered scouts looking for a chimney.
“At this point our under cover journalist said those immortal and
spoiling words “I was obliged to make my excuses and leave”.
Dave Jones
Club President
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Sweetest of Starts
Three games three wins, a maiden century for Ben Pocket,
spectacular fielding and catching all round a sweet start to your
cricket’s clubs season up top!
Better then than our team “Completely Stumped” in the very well
organised and hugely enjoyable Cranham Challenge. We were up first
and against the beatified “Clerical Errors” who dusted us up good
and proper! Well that is not strictly true Jean Garratt did! I
think we were an honourable joint last and proud to have taken
part. Much thanks to Sue and Lissie, Brian, Simon, Joe, Phil, the
bell and the horn and the rest of her team for another of those,
“Cranham Nights! “
Family Fridays up top are again proving a success, if you have
not been up yet please try it. I promise you if you do, you will
come again and again having fun and boosting our much needed
funds.
I have to confess though, I have only been able to see a part of
the first game, due to cultural top ups at the Jazz Festival and a
trip to London for theatre and art and this Saturday the Heineken
Cup Final in Cardiff, retirement is so tough and not a day off
.
Talking of the festival, Cranham’s own Jade with her band BB
proved a success at the fringe so much so that following her gig at
the Bee Hive on the Friday before the Fest she was immediately
invited to do two gigs on the free stage at the festival. Again a
critical success and a fine achievement in her first 6 months of
performing. They were also invited to be included on the Weston’s
YouTube stage, in the sponsors VIP lounge and now share air space
with the likes of Jamie Callum, Gregory Porter, and Laura Mvula.
Look out for them whilst they are affordable! In the Village Hall
on June 20th, £12 including a light supper!
I have just realised that the club is chasing you for support
and we haven’t posted our
fixtures for the season, now there’s clever! So here we are, I
have included only the
home fixtures:
Saturday League Evening Fixtures Sunday Fixtures
28/06 Churchdown Fri 13/06 Quedgley 15/06 Corse & Staunton
2.30
05/07 Fairford Fri 20/06 Dean Close Staff
22/06 Chalford 2.30
19/07 St Stephens Thu 26/06 Cheltenham Col Staff
13/07 Cotswold Legends 2.30
02/08 Haresfield Mon 30/06 Sydney over 50’s
20/07 Sheepscombe 2.30
09/08 Kings Stanley Fri 04/07 Dace Job’s xi 10/08 Feast
11.00
16/08 Tetbury Fri 25/07 Glos Gipsies (12 noon)
24/08 Cranham Tops 2.30
07/09 Brigands Touring 2.30
14/09 Harberton 2.30
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are and to get behind the scenes information visit
www.crucible2.co.uk. Follow us on
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or use the hashtag #crucible2sculp
Women Bishops - the vote at Diocesan Synod
Representatives from churches across the Diocese have voted yes
to the introduction of women bishops to the Church of England.
Every diocese in the country is currently voting on the
proposals from the General Synod of the Church of England to enable
women to become bishops. These new proposals need to be approved by
the majority of Diocesan Synods (the governing body for each
Diocese), before the legislation to allow women to become bishops
can be debated final-ly at the General Synod meeting in July.
In the Diocese of Gloucester, the proposals were overwhelmingly
supported, with just one vote against and one abstention, both in
the House of Laity.
The Bishop of Gloucester, the Rt Revd Michael Perham, said: “It
was no surprise that the Diocese of Gloucester, which has
consistently expressed support for the ordination of women, should
once again vote so overwhelmingly for women to become bishops. No
surprises, but a moment of pleasure for many!”
House for/against/abstained: Bishops. 2/0/0, Clergy 35/0/0,
Laity 45/1/1
Bishop Michael embarks on his final pilgrimage
The Bishop of Gloucester, the Right Revd Michael Perham, will
begin his final pilgrimage on Pentecost Sunday (8 June).
Bishop Michael has been undertaking these walks since 2008, when
he set off with ten fellow pilgrims from Tewkesbury and walked over
the next seven days on a route that took in 34 churches across 101
miles.
In 2011, following a number of pilgrimages in the diocese, a
group was formed with the ambition to ensure that, by the end of
2014, he would have walked through every parish on the boundary of
the diocese. This June, he will walk the final stretch, covering 89
miles, setting off from Whelford, near Fairford, on Pentecost
Sunday and arriving at the Cathedral on the Eve of Trinity Sunday,
taking in 26 churches on the way.
During his time as Bishop of Gloucester, Bishop Michael will
have spent 35 days walking across 438 miles, visiting 173
churches.
He said: “There isn’t time and space here to explore all the
reasons for going on pilgrim-age, though it is an important
spiritual theme. But I invite you to look in your diary and, if you
are fit and well enough, to see whether you could join me and my
fellow pilgrims for a day or even half a day. You would be very
welcome indeed. Come and be a pilgrim.”
For more events & news, log on to
www.gloucester.anglican.org ‘What’s on’ events
The Messenger is produced monthly by the diocesan communications
office at Church House, College Green, Gloucester. GL1 2LY. It is
available on
www.gloucester.anglican.org/news/publications/the-messenger and
emailed to all parish and church representatives who request it.
Paper copies are also available on request. To submit items, please
email to [email protected] call 01452 835591 or send to the
address above.
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Cranham Parish Council
Extracts of Minutes of Meeting 6th May 2014
Present: Chairman Mr. Nigel Cooper, Vice Chairman Mrs. Marcia
Lynall, Councillors Mr. Mike Drake, Mr. Nick Holyoake, Mrs. Teresa
Clarke
Apologies: Councillor Mr. Charlie Overs Public Attendance: 0
Affordable Housing: The Chairman will check any comments
regarding affordable housing in the Parish Plan, and also the last
Housing Needs Survey, before proceeding with the proposed survey.
The explanation “Guide” can be put on the Council web site.
Playing Field: The 3-year licence from SDC for the small extra
piece of land, was agreed and signed.
Councillor Holyoake reported that a new lock is to be put on the
new gate, and keys held by a limited number of people. The Chairman
commented that the completed tree work has greatly enhanced the
look of the area.
Village Welcome Pack: Councillors Lynall and Overs have
completed a draft “pack”, which will be circulated to the Council
for comments, with a view to the completed pack going on the
Council web site.
Allotments Car Park & Path: The Car Park is owned by SDC,
which have confirmed that it is for the use of residents of Church
Close, and visitors. Regarding the Path, the Chairman will consult
with residents re the overgrown hedges.
Cranham Corner Bus Shelter: It is believed that the tree causing
the problem is on land owned by GCC. The situation regarding damage
to the shelter needs to be monitored on an on-going basis.
Village Emergency Telephone System: (VETS re defibrillator) This
scheme is for where a lone rescuer may need assistance in getting
the defibrillator to a patient. It needs up to ten residents to
volunteer to make their phone number available. Nine people have
volunteered, and the Council agreed to pay the £100 per annum for
the system. The clerk to proceed with its organisation. Further
training and explanation will be forthcoming.
HGV’s on lane around Greenhill: Despite the Parish Council’s
request, Gloucester Highways are unwilling to put up any further
signage, so although the Council sympathises with the situation,
they cannot take any further action.
Annual Audit: Derek Elkins has completed the internal audit. The
Annual Governance Statement was completed. The Accounts will be
sent to the External Au-ditor by June 9th.
Adoption of Accounts: Proposed by Chairman Mr. Cooper, and
seconded by Councillor Drake.
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‘Lynn Chadwick
in his studio’
Photo © Lypiatt Stu-
dio, Courtesy
Gallery
Pangolin.
‘Maquette II for R34
Memorial’ 1958
Photo © Steve Russell,
Courtesy Gallery
Pangolin
‘Lynn Chadwick’
Photograph © Stan
Dutton, Courtesy
Lypiatt Studio
as Lynn Chadwick’s studio assistant, so the exhibition will be
shaped by first-hand
memories and experiences of working with the artist.
As well as tools, materials and equipment, the exhibition
includes prints and drawings,
notebooks, and working models made in the studio in preparation
for large works cast
in bronze or constructed in steel. It also includes a film of
the casting of ‘Maquette II
for R34 Memorial’ (1958). It will be accompanied by an
illustrated catalogue published
by Gallery Pangolin as well as special events and family
activities. ‘The Maker’s
Studio’ will open its doors at Stroud’s Museum in the Park on
Saturday 14th June and
shows until Sunday 13th July. Not to be missed!
Exhibition supported by BOC www.boconline.co.uk & Daniels TV
danielstv-
home.co.uk
www.museuminthepark.org.uk
www.gallery-pangolin.com
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PRESS RELEASE
LYNN CHADWICK: The Maker’s Studio
Special centenary year exhibition curated by Gallery
Pangolin
14th June – 13th July 2014 at The Museum in the Park, Stroud
In the Stroud Valleys, Gloucestershire, preparations are
underway to celebrate the
centenary of Lynn Chadwick, the internationally acclaimed
sculptor who lived in the
county from 1946 until his death in 2003. Gallery Pangolin are
getting ready to unveil
an exhibition with a difference at the district’s local
museum.
Chadwick was one of the giants of post-war twentieth century
sculpture. His work
spanned fifty years, included over a thousand pieces and is
represented in all the
leading public art collections of Britain, North and South
America, Europe and Japan.
Essentially self-taught, Chadwick had no formal art school
training. He first came to
prominence when he was one of the twelve semi-finalists for the
Unknown Political
Prisoner International Sculpture Competition in 1953 and he went
on to win the
International Prize for Sculpture at the 1956 Venice Biennale.
Many honours and
awards followed and his work has been shown in exhibitions
around the world. In
Autumn 2003, a retrospective was held at Tate Britain,
London.
To celebrate his centenary year, Gallery Pangolin are planning a
very different kind of
exhibition – a recreation of his working studio. This unusual
exhibition makes it
possible for visitors of all ages to experience the unique
atmosphere of Chadwick’s
private workspace. By being able to look at his workbench,
anvil, tools and materials,
we can discover more about the man and how he worked. ‘We hope
to be able to
suggest Lynn has just popped out for lunch and might be back at
any minute’ said
Rungwe Kingdon, Director of Pangolin Editions.
Rungwe Kingdon worked closely with Chadwick for over 20 years
and became his sole authorised founder in 1989. Pangolin Director
Claude Koenig worked
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Planning: There were no new planning applications. The
Agricultural Barn at Wellfield, and the extension to the Store Room
at Bramley, have both been sanctioned.
Proposed Dog Bin at Witches Tump Car Park: During the village
spring clean, it was evident that a dog bin would be appropriate at
the Car Park. The Chairman to enquire if SDC would fund this.
Emergency Pack from Western Power Distribution: Following
various local power cuts during the winter, WPD have issued a
sample “emergency pack” to each Parish Council in their area. They
are not trying to sell the packs, but just to use them as examples
of what households should have to hand in case of emergency power
cuts.
The pack includes: Analogue Telephone, Torch with batteries,
Powerbank (for charging essential items like mobile phones during a
power cut), Rechargeable Radio, Foil Blanket, Reusable Hand
Warmer.
The pack will be available for inspection at the Annual Parish
Meeting. It was agreed that it would then be passed to the Village
Agent.
Appeal: It was agreed to donate £50 to Victim Support in
Gloucester.
Electoral Review: Changes to the electoral system are beginning
to take place. From 2016, all elections for local councils will now
take place every 4 years. Some boundary changes are also
probable.
A417 Missing Link: The County Council campaign for the £255m
A417 road im-provement (“the missing link”) has taken a step closer
to becoming a reality, with the Highways Agency agreeing and
including it in their list of schemes recommended to government for
funding allocation in 2015.
Date of Next Meetings: Planning Meeting - 3.6.14, 7.00pm,
School
Parish Council Meeting - 1.7.14, 7.30pm, Village Hall Committee
Room
Jane Shepherd, Clerk
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June news from your Village Agent
Lou Kemp 07776 245767
Guess who put the wrong contact number in April’s news a couple
of months
ago? Yours truly! The good news was that I still got your calls,
so that’s the
most important thing. Please take note of the correct number
above.
I am basing this month’s news on information you have either
given me or
asked me to find out on your behalf. The first topic is about
how to return
unwanted community equipment. We are very lucky to be able to
access all
sorts of equipment free of charge to help us in the home. This
can range from
equipment for daily living, such as shower chairs, raised toilet
seats, hoists,
hospital beds and commodes. Minor adaptations, such as grab
rails, stair
rails, and door thresholds would be included, as would equipment
for people
with sensory impairments, such as flashing doorbells, low vision
optical aids,
text phones, and assistive listening devices, such as amplifiers
to help hear
TV better.
We have something called “Telecare Equipment” which encompasses
clever
devices such as fall alarms, gas escape alarms, health state
monitoring
devices and “wandering detectors” for people who are vulnerable.
To access
any of this, please call the Adult Help desk or speak to your
health profession-
al such as the District Nurse, Occupational Therapist (O.T), or
Physiothera-
pist.
Sadly, I often see equipment which is no longer needed, just
left in the
garage, spare room or even the garden. If you come across any
unwanted
equipment please ring the G.I.S number given at the end of this
article.
There is a huge difference in the amount of water my household
might use
versus that of an older couple or single person. If you fit into
the latter
category, I would suggest talking to your water supplier about
getting a water
meter fitted, which is free of charge in the majority of cases
and very straight-
forward. If you are in receipt of certain benefits such as
pension credit or
have a heath condition requiring increased use of water, paying
more than
£335 a year, you might be able to enter a scheme called
WaterSure and have
your bill capped.
I am a great believer in the power of knowledge and would like
to remind you
that there is a wealth of free educational sessions on the
subject of memory
loss and dementia, some for a newly diagnosed person and others
for carers
and family, organised by Managing Memory2gether.
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A reminder that …
Well-rotted Horse Manure is always available!
Please help yourselves.
Plenty of bags available for you to fill!!
For those who don't know where it is please telephone Sue
813407
TENNIS CLUB AGM
Thursday 12th June
The Cranham Tennis Club AGM will be held at 7.00pm on Thursday
12th June at the Black Horse.
All members are welcome, as well as anyone else who might be
interested in joining and playing tennis this year. It’s a good
opportunity to meet and arrange some social games during the
summer.
In particular, the club urgently needs some new Committee
members.
Karen (Stageman) is resigning as Secretary, after many years of
stalwart service, from which all club members have benefitted.
We urgently need some more people to share responsibility for
the club – so do come along and volunteer!
We look forward to seeing you there.
For more information, please contact
Helen Daltry (Treasurer) on (01452) 863011
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Painswick Singers
Music for a summer afternoon
Sunday 29th June
3.30pm
in Painswick Centre
Admission - £10
Children under 16 - £5
(includes nibbles)
Stroud Day
Understanding Dementia Thursday 3rd July 2014
Brain & Behaviour Thursday 10th July 2014
Positive Communication Thursday 17th July 2014
Living Well with Dementia Part 1 Thursday 24th July 2014
Living Well with Dementia Part 2 Thursday 31st July 2014
Stroud
Congregational Church Meeting Room, 1 Bedford Street, Stroud.
GL5 1AY
Stroud Evening
Weavers Croft, Field Road, Stroud. GL5 2HZ
Understanding Dementia Thursday 12th June 2014
Brain and Behaviour Thursday 19th June 2014
Positive Communication Thursday 26th June 2014
Great news to finish this month; Fairshares are launching a
programme of dementia friendly walks in Stratford Park in Stroud,
starting on the 29th May and running for 12 weeks through June and
July until mid-August on a weekly basis.
Adult Help Desk 01452 426868
G.I.S.Equipment collection 01452 874980
Severn Trent Water 0845 7500 500
Managing Memory 0800 694 8800
FairShares Emma Ordinez 01453 706555
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Sheepscombe Ball
Friday 27th June
Sheepscombe Ball will once again be taking place on
Friday 27th June at Sheepscombe Village Hall.
This is a non-fund raising event and we have endeavoured to keep
costs down as much as possible,
so tickets are on sale for £65 per person.
This includes dancing to a well-known local band
(Patsy Gamble) and a sit-down meal provided by excellent local
caterers (trained by Williams Kitchen).
Everyone is welcome.
You can either reserve a table for 10 or 12 people
or reserve tickets on an individual basis.
Please contact me on [email protected]
or phone and leave a message on 01452 810783.
Helen & Alastair Sammon return to Cranham!
On Sunday June 15th, at about 12.15pm in Cranham Church,
Helen
and Alastair will give a short talk about their life and work in
rural
Tanzania.
Everyone is very welcome to come and hear their talk even if
they
have not attended the service before hand.
See page 5 for more details.
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Friday 6th June 6pm help required at Overtown
Farm putting up marquees in
readiness for Fayre
Sunday 8th June Summer Fayre & Open Farm Day
(Overtown Farm)
Wednesday 18th June Y6 Leavers’ Service at
Gloucester Cathedral.
23rd - 27th June Y6 residential to Isle of Wight.
Saturday 28th June Tidy up Cranham School 9-12
Friday 4th July Coffee Morning hosted by Class 1
(10.30-11.30) and Exhibition 1-4pm
All welcome.
Monday 7th July Sports Day - Cricket Field 1pm
Friday 18th July Break up for summer
Leavers’ Service at Church 1pm
All welcome.
Thank you for collecting
Sainsbury vouchers - if
you still have any at
home, could you drop
them into School before
7th July. Many thanks
Sunday 8th June
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Cranham School Fayre and Open Farm Sunday
Sunday 8th June 2014 at 12 noon at Overtown Farm
Once again this year we are combining the School’s Summer Fayre
and Overtown Farm’s Open Farm Day to create a fun and varied family
event. We have lots of activities lined up including:
tractor rides, pony rides, sheep shearing, traditional games, a
wide variety of stalls and lots of delicious refreshments – BBQ,
beer tent, teas and home-made cakes.
Also various entertainments and a talk and information stand
from the Help a Hedgehog Hospital.
So bring family and friends along to enjoy a great day out in
the beauti-ful surroundings of Overtown Farm.
If you would like to help or have a stall then please contact
Cranham
School, tel: 01452 812660
Brimpsfield & Mid-Cotswold Garden Society
Think of the garden in spring, and the first thing to come to
most of our minds is the flowers. Don’t underestimate leaves,
however; the bright greens of spring foliage are one of the key
ingredients at this time of year, giving an overall freshness to
the garden. Later in summer, this fades and, however colourful your
flowers may be then, the garden can start to look tired as the
leaves go dull and tatty. You can help counteract this by cutting
down to ground level certain spring-flowering plants, especially
those with attractive leaves, as their flowers fade; they will then
sprout new leaves which will look fresh and bright in summer, and
which will set off your summer display all the better. Pulmonarias
and brunneras can be cut back now, and aquilegias (Granny’s
bonnets) and alchemilla (Lady’s mantle) can also be treated this
way when they have finished flowering.
The Garden Society’s annual Garden Party will take place on
Friday 27th June, starting at 7pm, at Castle House, Brimpsfield
(opposite the War Memorial), by kind invitation of Mr and Mrs Andy
Clark. Everyone is welcome! Entry is £2 for members and £3.50 for
non-members, and this cost includes one free drink. There will be
stalls, refreshments and the opportunity to stroll in the garden.
Please park at the Village Hall (which is where we will be in the
event of wet weather!). We hope to see you there!
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Extracts of Minutes of the
Annual Parish Council Meeting held on 6th May 2014
Present: Mr. N. Cooper (Chairman), Councillors Mr. M. Drake, Mr.
N. Holy-oake, Mrs. T. Clark, Mrs. M. Lynall,
Apologies: Mr. C. Overs,
Members of the Public: 0
Appointment of Officers:
The Chairman: Mr. Nigel Cooper was proposed as Chairman by Mr.
Holy-oake, seconded by Mrs Lynall, passed nem. con. The Chairman
signed the acceptance of office form as Chairman of Cranham Parish
Council.
Vice Chairman: Mrs. Teresa Clarke stepped down as Vice Chairman,
and was thanked by the Chairman for her work as Vice Chairman. Mrs.
Marcia Lynall was proposed as Vice Chairman, by Mr. Drake, seconded
by Mrs Clarke, passed nem.con. The Vice Chairman signed the
acceptance of of-fice form as Vice Chairman of Cranham Parish
Council
Representatives on local organisations: Playing Field - Mr.
Holyoake: Village Hall - Mr. Cooper: Commons - Mr. Drake.
Proposed by Mrs. Lynall, seconded by Mrs. Clarke, all of the
above representatives appointed without opposition.
Responsible Financial Officer: Mrs. Shepherd, as Clerk to the
Council, was proposed by Mrs. Clarke and seconded by Mr.
Cooper.
Minutes of the Annual Parish Council Meeting dated 7.5.13. had
been previously circulated and were agreed and accepted by
Councillors.
Declaration of Interest. The Clerk asked the Councillors if they
had or knew of any alterations which should be made to the
Declaration of Interest Forms which were completed in July 2012.
There were none.
Annual schedule of meetings for 2014/15:
Planning – 3.6.14, 5.8.14, 7.10.14, 2.12.14, 3.2.15, 7.4.15
Ordinary – 1.7.14, 2.9.14, 4.11.14, 6.1.15, 3.3.15
Annual Parish Council (plus ordinary) – 5.5.15
Annual Parish Meeting 26.5.15. (Tuesday)
Jane Shepherd, Clerk
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Our current Value for Life is ‘Perseverance”
Miss Young and the Y6 children are looking forward to their
forth-coming residential to the Isle of Wight (23rd - 27th June).
It promises to be an exciting week with lots of different
activities planned. As last year we will be joining the children
from The Croft School. Let’s hope the good weather continues!
The FOCS are working incredibly hard to making sure the
Fayre at Overtown Farm on the 8th June is as good, if not
better than previous years! There will be lots of stalls
dotted
around the field, so please keep this day free in your
diaries.
Also there will be tractor rides, pony rides, sheep
shearing,
traditional games, Maypole dancing, BBQ, beer tent, home made
cakes
and various entertainments. Entrance is £1.50 for adults, under
16’s
free. We are grateful to Martin and Pauhla for letting us share
their
farm for the day.
Please come along to our coffee morning on Friday 4th July from
10.30 - 11.30 hosted by Class 1 - there will be lots of scrummy
cakes and refreshments and an oppor-tunity to chat and meet the
children and staff.
In the afternoon from 1-4pm we are holding our Exhibition - this
term’s topic is All things bright and beautiful. We will also be
displaying the entries received for the Ray Tortonese competition -
the entries are always amazing.
We hope you can come and see us.
The Governors are hosting a Cranham School working party
scheduled for Saturday 28th June, from 9-12 noon. If you are to pop
along and help tidy up and be prepared to do some odd jobs, we
could be delighted to see you.
Refreshments will be provided throughout the morning!
Thank you.
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Cranham Church of England Primary School
Cranham: 01452 812660
[email protected]
www.cranhamschool.co.uk
JUNE , 2014
20 IS
PLENTY
Dear All,
As the new head teacher of Cranham School I have been fortunate
enough to meet many of the residents of Cranham over the last few
weeks and am looking forward to meeting many more of you at the
Summer Fayre. I feel very proud and privileged to be head of such a
special school and have greatly appreciated the warm welcome I have
been given by the children, parents and staff.
This has been a very busy term for the school. We started with a
walk across the common to visit Overtown Farm where the children
saw lambs being born. We have since had a visit from baby kittens
and are looking forward to seeing a newborn foal and puppies in the
coming weeks.
We have also been delighted to be able to enhance our sports
programme for the summer term. The children can now regularly be
seen either walking to the village field for sport with Mr. Martyn
or walking to the village hall for gymnastics provided by Mr. Holt
from Progressive Sports. We are very fortunate to be able to use
the village’s facilities to enhance our learning. I particularly
enjoy the opportunity to watch our children play tag rugby after
school and to be able to enjoy the lovely views from the field at
the same time! We are looking to work with other small school in
the area to give the children more opportunities to be involved in
competitions and will be taking part in a cross school sports
afternoon in a few weeks time.
Another part of school life that our children clearly enjoy is
the weekly assemblies by the Open the Book team. The team are
currently looking for extra volunteers to occasionally help them.
The adults assure me that they have just as much fun as the
children! If you would like to find out more please get in touch
with the team or the school.
Thank you also to those residents who have put themselves
forward to be on our DIY volunteers list. A special thank you to
Robin Leech who has repaired the windows in our playhouse. Any
additional offers for help will always be gratefully received!
With best wishes
Anne Nolan
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[email protected]
CRANHAM FRIENDS
We welcomed our guest speaker for May, Mr. Fitt and his talk was
titled One
Man and 100 Homes.
On retirement from a Building Society he decided he would like a
part time
job, so he looked in his bible (being Horse and Hounds) to see
what was
available. His father had insisted he learn to ride a horse and
he had a dog
so perhaps this is what he was looking for. He came across an
advert for an
agency looking for people to house sit and look after family
pets and other
animals. That was the start of his new career which lasted 20
years. From
country estates to cottages all over England, Wales and Northern
Ireland he
has looked after homes and animals.
Mr. Fitt then passed photos around of the properties he had
looked after
many of the owners became friends and always asked for him when
they
went away. He told the story of house sitting for a colonel who
had high se-
curity due to being an Equerry to Prince Michael, the alarms
were being ser-
viced and were set off the Army arrived and pinned him up
against the wall.
Every photo had a story and he gave us a very entertaining
afternoon. He
thoroughly enjoyed his second career and only retired as his
wife could no
longer go with him due to ill health.
Our next meeting will be the 12th June, when we will have a
cream tea and a
quiz. Start time 2.30pm in the Village Hall, however, if we get
good weather
Jean Evans has kindly offered to host this in her garden. I will
put a notice on
the Village Hall Door on the day showing directions to Jean's in
case you
don't know.
Brenda Spence
812000
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Notice of
Cranham Players
Annual General Meeting
Cranham Players will hold their
Annual General Meeting
on
Wednesday 11th June 2014
at 8.00pm
at The Black Horse, Cranham
We have incredible support for our thriving Village Players and
your ideas will be warmly welcomed so please come and join us if
you would like to help or be involved in some way in the continued
success of the group.
Lyn Lawson
Chair
Tel: 01452 813025
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BB JADE Are JADE-OLIVIA PATRICK and THE BAD BACK
BAND
Friday 20th June - Cranham Village Hall
7.30pm Doors / 8pm Performance
Following the bands debut supporting Paul Jones and Dave Kelly
at Vonnies Blues Club and subsequent performances
at the 2014 Cheltenham Jazz Festival BB Jade will perform “In
support of the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity”
Pulling together music, molding Jazz and Blues and Country.
Breathing life into classics and treating standards to a twist,
spend an evening with 3 musicians and a singer who will tease your
senses into wanting more..
“Dave Jones” “BB Jade opened for me at Vonnies to a full house
in support of Paul Jones & Dave Kelly. They brought the house
down with a series of smooth jazz,
blues and one of the best renditions of Hotel California many
had heard!!
Bar from 7.30pm and at interval.
Tickets £12 to include light supper
from Hazel Roberts: 01452 812661 or
[email protected]
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Cranham Local History Society
Annual Outing
Chavenage House & Tetbury
Saturday 14th June 2014
Outline programme:
10.45am Assemble Chavenage House
11.00am Tour of house
12.45pm Lunch at Chavenage House (details to follow)
2.15pm Depart Chavenage for Tetbury
2.30pm Assemble Chipping Car Park Tetbury for guided walk (ends
4.00 to 4.30pm)
4.30pm Depart
Costs to be finalised but likely to be in the region of £17 for
members and £18 for non-members to include house entry, the guided
walk and a Chavenage Ploughmans lunch.
Names to Norma Kay asap phone or text
07720 046 802 or email
[email protected]
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Bernard Hathaway
Those of you who remember Bernard Hathaway will be sad to know
that he died on the 8th May aged 92 years.
For the past 3 years Bernard has lived in a home near Birmingham
to be nearer his family.
Bernard and Phyl came to live at ‘Pheasant Field’ on The Knoll
in the 1970’s. Bernard loved his garden and walking around Cranham.
He was a keen D.I.Y. man and did a lot of work on the Village Hall
when it was bought in 1977 and for many years afterwards. He could
often be found there singing to himself and getting on with the
much needed jobs.
He was, with Phyl, a very keen member of Cranham choir until he
left the village. He had a lovely light tenor voice and would sing
to anyone, anytime, anywhere. He just loved singing.
Phyl died in 2008.
When Bernard retired he decided to learn to play the violin
under Beryl’s tuition and was soon proficient enough to join
Cranham orchestra. He also learnt to paint and produced some very
nice watercolours.
During the war, Bernard joined the Royal Scots Greys Regiment.
In 1944, he was delivering tanks to France 6 days after D-Day. He
became ill with rheumatic fever and had to come home, whilst back
home, unfortunately the tank he would have been delivering was
blown up. Bernard also served in the desert, where his problem with
skin cancer began.
Bernard was quite a character and was missed very much when he
left the village. He will be remembered by those who knew him with
much affection.
Jean Evans
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CRANHAM CHALLENGE
The results of the Quarter, Semi and Final
Team A (and Members) Pts Team B (and members) Pts
Quarter Finals
Spawn of Cranham * 130 v
Common Hysteria 120
C Bircher/S Griffiths/D Clarke/P Bass S Elliott/MCrowther/M
Whittiker/B Snell
Not P. C. 55 v
Instant Relapse 130
M Drake/J Shepherd/N Cooper/M Lynall A Tyson/A Patient/D
Whiting/M Taylor
Clerical Errors 185 v
The Luvvies + 85 R Garratt/J Garratt/M Holloway/R Wood-man
J Patient/L Kemp/P Mitchell/M Bailey
Semi Finals
Spawn of Cranham 120 v Instant Relapse 80
Clerical Errors 65 points 65 v Common Hysteria # 170
FINAL
Spawn of Cranham 105 v Common Hysteria 145
* Won tie break question
+ Highest losers from Round 1
# Highest loser Qtr Finalist
From page 26
You may wonder what ‘vestments’ actually are and why should they
be con-served - if so please see pages 8 and 9 where Clare Woodman
explains all !
Sue & Phil
PS All the ‘Challenge Stuff’ is packed away in our roof – if any
Cranham individual or organization would like to use it in the
future, you are very welcome to have it all!
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Cranham Challenge 2014 - Thank you!
To the 46 contestants and reserves, named in previous editions
of the magazine, who agreed to take part. Please see page 27
opposite for the results.
To Brian, Dave, Joan, Keith, Lis, Nigel, Simon, Teresa, for
helping again this year; they were the original group who helped
devise the first Cranham Challenge in 2008.
To the 2014 question setters: Dave, Keith, Lis, Nick, Nigel W
and Phil.
To the those who helped set up: Brian, Dave, Geoff, Joan, Lis,
Keith, Kevin, (Penny & James), Len, Simon, Teresa,
To the many people who helped clear up – you know who you are
and so do we.
To Joan for persuading people to buy raffle tickets on 2 nights
running!
To Nicole for a wonderful ploughman’s supper. To Deb & Nita
for womaning the bar. To the ‘back room’ girls: Beryl, June and an
army of servers
and washer uppers. To Hugh for keeping contestants in the spot
lights. To Keith & Jean for time keeping. To Nigel W for
keeping
score. And lastly by no means least – To Simon (Chris & Joe)
for his technical wizardry without
which it wouldn’t have been almost like it is ‘on’t telly’, same
goes for Kevin (sound) and to Brian for being the QM for about 8
hours over two consecutive evenings, Jeremy P only does half an
hour!!!
Thank you also to the businesses who donated to the event:-
Eve-ryman, Bacon & Roses Theatres, Black Horse, Fostons Ash,
Hatton Court and Royal William. Tesco, Sainsbury’s.
With the help of all of the above and a very generous donation
of Stafford V-Festival tickets from Lily & Sam, expertly
auctioned by Andy, the two evenings raised £2185.36.
The Parochial Church Council (PCC) voted to restore some of the
church vestments and to provide suitable storage; The Clergy cannot
wear these beautiful 19
th century garments for fear of causing further deteriora-
tion. The money raised by the 2014 Cranham Challenge will help
fund this project.
Continued on page 27
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CRANHAM FACEBOOK PAGE - [email protected]
For access, you need to be a facebook member, but local
businesses and events can be adver-tised by sending details to the
address above.
Just in case you don't have a favourite family recipe for
chutney here is a very easy one which is a great way to use surplus
courgettes.
Courgette and Tomato Chutney
Ingredients
500ml cider vinegar or white wine vinegar 400g brown sugar (any
brown sugar will work) 1 tbsp mixed spice 2 tbsp yellow mustard
seeds (but brown or black would do) 1 cinnamon stick 4 onions,
chopped 1kg courgettes, diced 1kg tomatoes, chopped 4 eating
apples, peeled and diced 300g sultanas Method Put the vinegar,
300ml water, sugar and spices in a very large pan. Heat, stirring,
until the sugar dissolves then add the rest of the ingredients with
a tsp of salt.
Bring back to a simmer, then simmer uncovered for 2 1/2 hours
until darkened, thick and chutney-like.
To sterilise the jars, wash thoroughly in very hot soapy water.
Rinse in very hot water then put on a baking sheet in a 140C/fan
120C/gas 1 oven until completely dry.
Pour the chutney into the sterilised jars while still hot, seal
and leave in a cool dark place for at least 3 weeks before opening.
Recipe from bbcgoodfood.com, April 2012
mailto:[email protected]://www.bbcgoodfood.com/search/recipes/date/1333234800
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Time for you to pick your battle?
This year’s Feast, on August 8th and 9th, will give everyone a
chance to compete and so to shine. The range of competitive
activities, some
loosely based on our 1914 theme, will include:
Feast Week:
NEW Sheep Scarecrow Competition & Display - devise a
suitable sheep related pun and dress your sheep accordingly -
wooden silhouette of a sheep’s head provided - look for more
details in next months magazine.
Friday 8th
6pm: Water race - teams of 4 adults and unlimited children to
use yokes to race water from the pond to the cricket ground.
7pm: Tug of War - needs no explanation.
Saturday 9th
From 1pm: NEW Dog Show - fun competitions for your favourite
canines and owners - ents such as: waggiest tail & best dressed
dog - more details next month.
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All afternoon:
NEW Traditional Produce Show/Competition - Get creative and make
a jar of jam, jar of pickles or chutney (see recipe suggestion) or
show off your gar-dening skill (or not) in the display of single
vegetables and veg box for adults and, for children, sweet peas and
an animal made of natural materials. Get growing now.
All the old favourites including Skittles, maggot racing and
coconut shy.
2pm: Wacky races - you may remember last year?
Teams of three prepared to go with the flow and have a go - you
can enter on the day.
3pm: Children running races
4pm: Cranham Beast off road race - with so many runners (new and
older) in the village we expect a great turn out and lots of
competition for the famous Cranham Feast village cups.
If you want to know more, and to be prepared, just ask,
Contact:
Melanie C: 810997 [email protected]
Ann G: 813728 [email protected]
Liza D: 813555 [email protected]
CRANHAM FEAST UPDATE
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