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The Villager Minsterworth News
January 2018
Price 30p Edition 183
A year in Minsterworth by Sarah McHale
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Dear Readers,
Happy New Year to you all! On the ‘coldest night of 2017 so far’ I couldn’t clear the frozen snow off my windscreen so I never made it to the December Parish Council meeting, so no PC minutes I’m afraid. You can get the official minutes from www.minsterworthparishcouncil.org.uk.
Paula
Closing copy date for the February edition is Monday 15th January 2018 but earlier is even better!
All items for consideration to:- Paula Ruffley, Editor The Villager E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 01452 751226.
Responsibility is not accepted for the accuracy of submitted items nor the content of advertisements.
KERBSIDE RECYCLING January
BLUE bin & caddy GREEN & BROWN bin & caddy (recycling) (landfill) (garden)
Tuesday 9 Wednesday 3 Tuesday 23 Tuesday 16
Tuesday 30
10.00 – 10.30 Mobile library Friday 12th January outside school
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CoffeemorningatMinsterworthVillageHall
Afterallthefussofthefestiveseasonwhynotcome&meetyourfriendsatMinsterworthVillageHallforacupofteaorcoffee,acatch-upandachat.Bringthekids&enjoygoodcompany.
Come&meetyourfriends&perhapssomeyouhaven’tseenforawhile.
Freeentry
Saturday13thJanuary10am–11.30am
Funds raised for Minsterworth Village Hall
Fish & Chip supper £10
Friday 19th January 7pm Minsterworth Village Hall
for St. Peter’s Parish Church
Plus mystery film (See the film for free if you don’t want the fish supper)
Contact Rita Garbutt on 750128
or Anthony Lynch on 750339 no later than Wednesday 17th January
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AffordableHousingProgress–
Thefoundationsofall14houses(7x2)havenowbeenbuilt,andthefoundationsformthesupportsfortheconcretefloorbeams.Inthehouseontheright,thespacesbetweentheconcretebeamshavebeenfilledwithinsulation.
Itshouldbesnug!
PicturecourtesyofAndyRuck,[email protected]
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Dates for the 2018 Diary
As a result of a recent fund raising meeting for Minsterworth Church, the following events have been arranged. You may wish to make a note in your
diaries! Details will be found in the magazine nearer the time of each event.
******************************************************************* 19th January Film & Fish & Chip Evening 3rd February Pudding Evening (joint event with Village Hall) 17th February Talk by Dame Janet Trotter
(joint event with Village Hall) 23rd March Film & Fish & Chip Evening 21st April Liz & Gerald's Pop-in Coffee Day 27th April Talk by Hugh Worsnip – Old Gloucester 19th May An Evening with Johnny Coppin
(joint event with Village Hall) 9th June Cream Teas 14th July Riverside BBQ 29th July Riverside Songs of Praise
(donations for Salvation Army) 25th August Craycroft Event 21st September Antique Evening 13th October Harvest Supper 16th November Film & fish & chip evening 1st December Christmas Coffee Morning with stalls
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Puddings Evening with
Sheep Drive What’s this?
Come along and eat delicious puddings….. and enjoy a ‘fun’ Sheep drive (If you played Beetle drives as a child – you will soon pick up this game...)
at Minsterworth Village Hall on Saturday 3rd February 2018
at 7pm
Please book your ticket early, to avoid disappointment £7.50 / ticket
Cathy 750701 / 07546497203
Any donations of favourite’puds’ would be much appreciated
Funds raised for St Peter’s Church and Minsterworth Village Hall
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ViewSnowdropsatTheNaightFromValentine’sDay(WednesdayFebruary14th)fortwoweeksoursnowdropsareexpectedtobeattheirbestonboththeriverbanksandinthewood.Forrefreshment(tea/coffee/softdrinks,biscuits)whenyouvisitTheNaightHouse,pleasering01452750339before.Forgroupsofmorethansix,e-mail:[email protected]’sChurch,Minsterworthanditscharities.ASL&PRL
Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.
Winston Churchill
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HISTORICAL SNIPPETTS AROUND MINSTERWORTH
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve been asked why Minsterworth is such a long strung-out village. Undoubtedly, the presence of the A48 main road has influenced development (the road was turnpiked in 1726), but the explanation goes back much further – at least to Anglo Saxon times.
The Domesday Book, commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086, describes the lands controlled by Anglo Saxon lords before the Normans took control and it provides us with a good idea of what the area we now think of as Minsterworth looked like. According to Domesday, the area of Minsterworth comprised three separate manorial estates each with its own community, two small ones known as Murcott and Dunny and the third larger one un-named but identifiable by analysis as Minsterworth. Thus we have a picture of three separate hamlets or communities under different manorial lords. This situation continued through much of the medieval period with all three estates being held by the abbey of St Peter’s Gloucester but under the over- lordship of the Crown and then of the Duchy of Lancaster. By the 13th century a parish church was set up to serve this collection of settlements and this too will have had the effect of bring them closer together, with the church at its centre. Following the dissolution of the monasteries, the lands of Minsterworth were redistributed or sold off by the Crown to wealthy new owners and we begin to see the development of a single manor of Minsterworth. Its centre and manor house was probably near to the church, very likely where Tithe Cottage now stands. By 1757 when Sir Charles Barow acquired the rights to the manor and set up his grand residence at Hygrove, Minsterworth was effectively a single manor estate and a consolidated settlement stretching from Murcott in the north-east down to Dunny in the west. TM-S
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Minsterworth Affordable Housing
I’msurethatyouwillhavenoticedthatbuildinghasstarted,sohaveYOUstartedthinkingaboutwhetheroneofthehomeswouldbesuitableforyouoroneofyourfamily?Thereisamixtureofproperties:twoandthreebedhousestopartbuy,andhousesandbungalowstorent,includingpropertiessuitableforthosewhowishtodown-size.Allpropertieswillbeofhighspec.andwellinsulatedandthebungalowswillhavefacilitiesforthosewhoarelessmobile.ThesharedownershippropertieswillincludewhitegoodsandbecarpetedthroughoutandtherentedpropertieswillhavetheirownPVpanels.Ifyouareatallinterested,canyouPLEASEregisteryournameontoBOTHthewww.homeseekerplus.co.ukwebsite(forrentalproperties)and/orwww.helptobuysouth.co.uk(forthesharedequityhomeownershipproperties).ForadviceabouthowaffordablerentedpropertiesareallocatedpleasecontactTewkesburyBoroughCouncilthroughtheirHousingAdviceTeamon01684272212orhousingadvice@tewkesbury.gov.uk.AdditionaldetailscanbefoundonRooftop’swebsite,www.rooftopgroup.organdclickon‘newhomes’.BookletsonHomeseekerPlusandHelptoBuyarealsoavailablefromtheParishCouncil.
Providedthatyouregister,Minsterworthresidents,thosewithfamiliesinMinsterworth,orthoseworkinginMinsterworth,willbegivenfirstoptionforthesehouses.Itwillbe‘firstonthelist,firstchoice’,evenforMinsterworthresidents.
YouhavenothingtolosebyputtingyournameforwardsoIFYOUAREINTERESTEDMAKESUREYOUREGISTERASSOONASPOSSIBLE!TherewillthenbeanOpenDayattheVillageHallonaSaturdayinearlyFebruary(probablySat3rdFeb,butdatetobeconfirmed)whenyouwillbeabletoseemoredetailsofthetypeofhousingavailableandguidanceonhowtoapply.
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ROYAL BRITISH LEGION MINSTERWORTH AND DISTRICT
Come and join the Royal British Legion in the Legion
room at Minsterworth Village Hall. We meet at 8pm on
the second Wednesday every month except August
and December.
You do not have to have served in H.M. Forces to
become a member. Your support would be gratefully
received and appreciated.
Terry Bourne, Chairman
TheGreatGloucestershireRoadTrip–Minsterworth
BBCRadioGloucestershiretakesavisittoadifferentcommunityeachweek.Lastweek,DominicCottervisitedMinsterworthonthelatestlegofhisGreatGloucestershireRoadTripDominicjustturnsupatthedoorunannounced,asksifhecancomeinandcarriesouttheinterviewthereandthen.Forthoseofyouwhomayhavemissedpartsorallofit,theinterviewscanbelistenedtoonhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05mwlf1.YouwillhavetoregisterwithBBC,youmusthaveavalidTVlicence,andtheprogrammeisonlyavailableuntil10thJanuary2018
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Minsterworth Village Hall
So what have we been up to...
Since the Village Hall AGM in the Church on Tuesday 20th June what on earth has the new committee been up to – you’ve gone very quiet?
Well, after putting on the fete at Hygrove in record time we have been dealing with various regulatory issues & getting to grips with the bank’s ‘safeguarding’ process. This gets in the way of business & seems like one more obstacle to take up time & adds no value but we were just unlucky to be chosen at random. I’m sure the bank really is safeguarding donors’ assets. Lets hope we miss the next one!
Meanwhile we’ve been fortunate to receive a number of generous donations, making use of the government’s extra 25% of Gift Aid. And Brian has taken a lot of bookings for hiring of the Hall too. So our finances are looking much better than they were, but we know that something unexpected could well come our way as it did for the previous committee.
We will open up the Hall on Saturday 18th January (see p. 3) for villagers to meet up in daylight after the festive season. We also plan to have a fete at our own village hall & grounds, date TBC. We will have a programme of events for 2018, but really we need to get on with applying for grants to renovate the Hall and bring it up to date – especially the kitchen! Paula Ruffley Treasurer TTreasurerTreasurer
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St Peter’s P.C.C.
The Whist Drive There was the feeling of Christmas for the December whist drive with a well decorated tree in the fireplace and decorations around the hall. The burning question on everyone’s lips was “how did they get that tree into the Hall?” Thanks are due to the Hall committee who obviously spent quite a time making it all look so festive. There were prizes of chocolates, biscuits, wine, groceries etc chosen by the lucky winners of both the whist and the raffle. Thanks are due to all those who kindly gave prizes which reflected in the proceeds being more than usual - £115. As always thank you too, for the kitchen helpers, and those who set up and put away the tables and chairs.
The next monthly whist drive will be on Monday 1st January at Minsterworth Village Hall, 7.30pm. New players are always welcome.
200 Club The winners of the November draw were as follows:- £100 No. 020 Richard Cockcroft £50 No. 060 Ellen Bullock £20 No. 005 Nigel Garbutt £10 No. 146 John Bennett
Church Service times & Flower rota Date Time Service Flowers 7 January 11am Family Service Beverley Robinson 7 January 5pm Evensong Beverley Robinson 14 January 11am Holy Communion Beverley Robinson 21 January 5pm Evening Prayer Gill Payne 28 January 9.30am Holy Communion Gill Payne
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Severn Bore ramping up?
Given to looking up Severn Bore times as I am I checked to see if the 2018
times were out yet and they are.
I can report that for the most part the prospects continue to be rather
uninspiring but there will be a 4* morning bore in February and in March
4* morning bores on the 1st
weekend, so expect lots of excited people
coming to Minsterworth to view.
Night time 4* bores in August, September and October but all mid-week.
So we’re on the upward part of that cycle. Will we see 5* bores in 2019 or
is that too soon? Probably.
For those new to the village it’s worth taking the time to watch a bore.
They can be slightly later than predicted so go early & accept that you may
have a long wait. They’re not exactly exciting but the rise in river level
after the wave has passed never fails to impress me. The bank by
Minsterworth church is one of the best places to view from so you might
as well have a look – since you’re here.
PR
The book to be read in February will be:
All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr.
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MinsterworthVillageHallManagementcommittee TendersopenforgrasscuttingatMinsterworthVillageHallToinclude:approximately14cuts,strimming,ride-onmowerandhandmowerworkFlexibilityiskeytothisworkandobviouslyweatherandbookingdependantIfyouareinterestedintenderingpleasecontact:TheVillageHallChairmanTonyPearson:01452750174orViceChairmanCathyThomas:01452750701formoredetails&atenderform
All tenders to be received BEFORE 1st February 2018 MINSTERWORTH VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
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WestburyPostOfficeandStores
Wishing all our customers a Happy New Year.
–------------------------------------ Your community Post Office,
providing free cash withdrawals, bill payments,
phone cards, gas and electricity top ups and mobile
phone top ups. –------------------------------------
We have a wide range of groceries and household goods, alongside cards, local crafts,
stationery and gifts.
Monday to Friday 9am to 2pm 01452 760682
I was raised as an only child, which really annoyed my sister – Will Marsh
I used to be addicted to swimming but I’m proud to say I’ve been dry for six years – Alfie Moore
Crime in multistorey car parks. That’s wrong on so many levels. - Tim Vine
iWeekend
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Do you think we can?
We know that in November 2018 we will be remembering that it was 100 years since the end of WW1
We will stand together to re
member in St Peters Church Minsterworth Other villages and towns around the Country are
commemorating this…..
A few of us have come up with the idea of
decorating part of the Church with knitted, crocheted or felt poppies BUT
We need your help, please. If you are interested in making some poppies,
please contact Cathy – this will be a DIY in your
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An evening with Dame Janet Trotter DBE, Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire
Saturday 28th February 2018 Minsterworth Village Hall from 7.30pm
Dame Janet helped found the University of Gloucestershire in 2001and became its first Vice-Chancellor. In 2010 she was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. So what exactly is a Lord Lieutenant? What is their function? How did the office originate? Those who have heard her speak before know that Janet is an excellent, interesting and entertaining speaker. We are looking forward to another fun evening. All are welcome.
• A best friend is like a four leaf clover, hard to find, lucky
to have. ... • Never let your best friends get lonely... keep disturbing
them. • There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true
friendship. • Make new friends, but keep the old; Those are silver,
these are gold.
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Facts about January
• January’s gem is garnet which represents constancy
• The zodiac signs for January is Capricorn (December 22 - January 19) and Aquarius (January 20 - February 18)
• On January 10, 1920 the League of Nations was established.
• National Blood Donor Month
• On the first Monday of January, Handsel Monday is
celebrated in Scotland
• The Anglo-Saxons called January “Wulfmonath” as it was the
month hungry wolves came scavenging at people’s doors.
• More couples separate or divorce in January than in any other
month.
• The first air-mail letter was carried by balloon from England to
France in 1785.
• Plough Monday is the first Monday after Twelfth Night. It was an
important and fun day for farm workers.
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JOHNHALL
ForacompleteFuneralservice
Tel:Gloucester750489
ChapelofRest
Good bye good bye,
Our year is done, We worked we played we had some fun,
So let's be happy and safe and kind, As we welcome another one.
Happy 2018!
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Thank you for adding 25% to your donation to the VILLAGE HALL thro’ Gift Aid
MJ Lawless Alison Raeburn Roger Blowey Paula Ruffley Louise Treutline Mike Preston Liz Duff Brian Billingham Liz Savage Brian Tandy Gordon Taylor Norma Blowey John Garbutt Rita Garbutt Nigel Garbutt Tony Pearson Simon Ruffley If you would like to Gift Aid your donation please complete the back
page, tear it off and send it with a cheque payable to MINSTERWORTH VILLAGE HALL to Paula Ruffley at:
The Firs, Church Lane, Minsterworth GL2 8JJ.
SevernBoreJanuary2018Day Time Tide(m) Prospect
Weds2 08.35 9.8 3*Thurs3 09.21 9.8 3*
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Thank you to our sponsors for your support in 2017/18
FOR YOUR DIARY
January 2018 Date Event Page 1 St Peter’s PCC Whist Drive 13 3 Minsterworth Reading Group 14 8 Minsterworth Parish Council Meeting 13 Coffee Morning 3 19 Fish & chips & film 3
Recycling Collection dates 2 Mobile Library dates 2
Mike Preston William East Carol & Allan Selwyn Simon & Paula Ruffley Alison & David Raeburn Terry & Iris Bourne Mrs M Price Nicky Milligan Terry Moore-Scott P Trigg Roger & Norma Blowey Liz Duff Nigel & Rita Garbutt Benn & Sophie Boseley Claire McNulty Brian Billingham Karen, Chris & Bryson Elias Gordon & Joy Taylor Mr & Mrs F Greening Mrs AE Lane Carol Blackburn Rona & Ashley Martin Mrs GA Payne Pat Haizell-Neves
If you would like to sponsor The Villager please send a cheque payable to Minsterworth Parish Council to the editor Paula Ruffley at:
The Firs, Church Lane, Minsterworth GL2 8JJ.
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