April
2008
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Pippa's Song |
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The
year's at the spring, And
day's at the morn; Morning's
at seven; The
hill-side's dew-pearled; The
lark's on the wing; The
snail's on the thorn; God's
in His heaven- All's right with the world! |
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Robert Browning |
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Magazine for Falfield, Oldbury
Rockhampton & Shepperdine.
EDITOR Mrs
Maureen Bland.
Little Green Cottage, Ham,
Tel: 01453
811004
PRINTED BY Oldbury Deckers.
Tel: 01454 412153
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Church Contacts :-
Thornbury & Oldbury.
Parish office 281900 Wed. Thurs. Fri. mornings
Revd
Methodist Rev Iesinga Vunipola 412269
Rockhampton, Falfield, Tortworth,
Tytherington & Cromhall
Revd Canon Pat Lyes-Wilsdon 294767
Christ The King Thornbury.
Father Alex 412223
Local Village Web Links www.oldbury-on-severn.com www.falfield.org.uk
www.MyThornbury.com
Oldbury Memorial Hall –
contact Len Hales 415144
Oldbury Youth Club 07831
849742
2008 CALENDAR DATES FOR OLDBURY
Sponsored by Ian Knapp Builders.
2nd April Wed Oldbury Sequence Dancing
19th April Sat Oldbury Sequence Dancing
10th May Sat Oldbury Quiet Day – Chapel
21st May Wed
15th June Sun Fun Run
Songs of Praise 6.00pm The Pound
28th June Sat
& lots
more. Oldbury Playing Fields
29th June Sun Oldbury Open Gardens proposed date
5th July Sat Cricket Club Summer Do
12th July Sat
6th Sep Sat Oldbury Horticultural Show
13th Sept Sat
Coffee
mornings are held at the chapel on
the 3rd Saturday of each month in aid of charity.
A community
library will be held in the Oldbury Chapel School Room on the 1st
& 3rd Thursdays of each month 11.00 – 12.00 noon. Everybody is
welcome to come along for a chat and a cup of coffee.
If
you have any more fund raising or social events you would like to include in
this diary, please contact Ian Knapp on 419332
Oldbury
Deckers
meet in the pavilion,
Friday 5.00pm
– 10.00pm
Primary age children have priority with all activities
before 6.30pm
The
contact number at club is 07831 849742
If
unavailable contact – Barry 07732 637246 or Bob 411506
The
Saturday night thing
Saturday
March 19th
7pm
– 9pm
This
month’s Theme :
"Gentleness"
Come
and join us!
At the Chapel
(open to 11 – 15 year olds)
“The cost for each session is £2. This is to cover the cost of the craft
(which has turned out to be
really popular) and also to cover other running costs.
Thank you!”
For more information contact Lucienne
416149
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Meetings
at Armstrong Complex, Thornbury Demonstrations 3rd Wednesday in the Month at
2.00pm |
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April 21st (Mon) 6.30pm for 7.30pm Coffee and Desserts Evening with Angela Turner (Nat Dem) `Flowers for Life' Raffle, Plants, Sales & Charity Tables April
28th Practice – A Vertical Design |
THORNBURY LIBRARY
1. Frightened
of your new digital camera?
Thornbury Camera Club can
put your mind at rest so that you - and your camera - can enjoy your summer
holidays and have the photos to prove it!
Come along to a special one
off ‘beginners’ session’ at the library on Wednesday 16 April at 7.30pm.
Tickets are £5 and available
in advance from the library. Numbers are limited so please book early.
All proceeds are for
charity.
2. Children’s
Easter holiday activities
Animal antics!
Wednesday 9 April. This
event will be FREE but ticket only to limit numbers.
Once again first come first served so please book
early to avoid disappointment!
3. Overdues and reservation notifications by e-mail
Last year it cost the
library service over £12,000 to send out overdues and
reservation notifications by post. Please help us to save money by providing us
with your current e-mail address. This could benefit you as it’s quicker and we
could also tell you about library events/new books etc. We are also looking
into the feasibility of a pre-overdue which would save you money!
4. Healthy
living during the month of May!
Don’t forget our health
month in May. Lots of local groups have kindly offered to take part from Salsacise dancing to a relaxing massage so please come
along on most Wednesday and Saturday mornings in May when you can do more than
just read about it you can actually do it!
5. Thornbury
Library Committee
The next meeting is on
Wednesday 9 April at 7.30pm and you are welcome to come along at the start of
the meeting to raise any issues relating to your local library. Entry is via
the back door on
For more
information on any of the above items please give the library a ring on our new
number 01454 868 006 (24 hour renewal line 08450 020 777) or visit our web-site
on www.southglos.gov.uk/libraries.
Police report for the month
of February
Hello, here's the police
report for the month of February.
The
Safer Stronger Community Group priorities for the police remain as
speeding/inappropriate vehicles on the B4461 Elberton and Rockhampton. The next
meeting of this group (which is open to anyone on the Severn Ward
) is 7.30pm on Wednesday 16th April 2008 at
February
saw a total of 54
calls to the police and a fall to 7 reported crimes. At the beginning of the
month a caravan in Aust had gas bottles stolen from outside. Stables in Ingst were attacked again where doors were forced open and
quite a bit of damage caused. The Insurance company
that occupies the old services in Aust had money stolen from offices.
In
the middle of the month a turn out rug was stolen from a horse in a field in
Old Down and the electric fence to the field was damaged. An assault was
reported in
On
19th February a house in Redhill Lane Elberton was
subject to a burglary. At about 4.45pm offenders used a couple of large stones
to smash the glass to the door, they then climbed through forced the alarm
control pad and siren off the wall then made an untidy search of all rooms and
stole items such as a DVD player, Playstation and
games and jewellery.
A
couple of residents of Olveston tell me that they've suffered from nuisance
types of incidents where large flower planters have been turned over and other
similar sorts of things. I'm also going to include Olveston village and
The
next beat surgeries at Olveston Stores are on 3rd April then 8th May and run
from 1030 to Midday.
Roger
Hopes PC 3404
Neighbourhood
Beat Manager DC 125 Severnvale
Phone:
0117 945 5959
Fax:
0117 945 5981 (65981)
Thornbury Police Station,
E-mail:
roger.hopes@avonandsomerset.pnn.police.uk
May the force
be with you!
A
Project to Build a New Performance & Arts Venue in Thornbury
Reg.
Charity No. 1120422 ACT.Thornbury@yahoo.co.uk
Company
No. 6009419
Attention
all music lovers!
On Thursday 17th April, Dr David Shaw, who
has been the organist at St Mary’s Church in Olveston for a grand total of 25
years, will be giving an organ recital on behalf of ACT (
Arts and Community in Thornbury).
David has a very eclectic taste in music and this will be reflected in
his recital, but he promises there will be something for everyone. The programme will include music both ancient
and modern, with a little of David’s well-known humour and a sprinkling of
spirituals sung by the Olveston Church Choir.
The recital will start at 7.30 pm and there will be
refreshments served during the interval.
Tickets at £7.50 and £6.50 (Facts) are available at Thornbury Garden
Centre in the High Street or please ring either Jackie on 01454 416421 or Jenny
on 01454 417038 for further information.
This event is part of ACT's rolling calendar of arts events to raise
awareness of our project and should be an evening of excellent musical
entertainment, not to be missed!
Oldbury Rain Fall
February 2008. February 2007 February 2006
28mm 90mm 31.5mm
1.10" 3.53" 1.24"
Mayor's Grand Charity Show
The Mayor of Thornbury,
Councillor Bob Griffin invites you to the Mayor’s Grand Charity Show to be performed in the
Armstrong Hall on 3rd May 2008.
Come and be entertained - the show promises
to be a sell out! The production
contains a wealth of Thornbury talent and is directed by Jeanette Ward. Thornbury Castle Band will open the
proceedings followed by the Thornbury Musical Theatre Group, Irish Dancers and
the Northavon Youth Theatre. During the
interval you will marvel at our magician’s sleight of hand as he passes amongst
you performing his close up magic. The second half promises to be equally
exciting as it contains Thornbury Choir, TADS, concluding with a rousing
sing-a-long with the much loved Concert Party.
So come and join us either
at 2.30 pm or 7.30pm. Tickets are now
available from the Town Hall priced £10 raised seating/£9 on the flat with
concessions of £9 raised seating/£8 flat.
Get your tickets early to
avoid disappointment. All profits from
these two performances will be distributed to local Thornbury charities.
Oldbury Church Flowers
April 6th Mrs J Tibbenham
13th Mrs J Tibbenham
20th Mrs Frost
27th Mrs Frost
May 4th Mrs Belbin
11th Mrs Belbin
OLDBURY FUN RUN 2008
Once
again the 2008 Oldbury Fun Run and Walk will be held on 15th June, with the
funds raised going to CLIC Sargent. Other local causes will benefit from the
proceeds of the associated activities and stalls.
The
Fun Run is organised by the Oldbury Fun Run Committee in association with
Thornbury Running Club and is highly enjoyable for all entrants, whether they
are serious runners trying to break the longstanding course record of 18.5
minutes or toddlers enjoying a wander round with Mum and Dad.
Alongside
the Fun Run, the village will again have various stalls and attractions,
including a tug of war contest, a treasure hunt, a bouncy castle and many more
surprises. Put the date in your diaries to
make sure you don’t miss this chance for a great day out for all the family.
Register
now to save money, it will cost more on the day. For further information on the
day’s events and to download a registration form, visit the fun run website at www.007funrun.com .
Alternatively registration forms are also available from: The Anchor and
The Ship pubs in Oldbury and from Bonds Estate Agents, Thornbury Motors, Elite
Gym and The Chantry in Thornbury.
TO ALL INTERESTED IN FOOTBALL IN OLDBURY
I hope you will know by now that
the Parish Council and its Playing Field Sub-Committee have ordered an All
Weather Multi Sports Surface to be installed at the Playing Field in the next
few months. It will be marked out, have side boarding and goals suitable for
'5-a-side football. We hope a group, team(s) or club will be formed to utilize
this, and there could be an additional benefit for footballers:-
Installation of the surface
will result in up to 400 tons of top soil becoming available and this could be
an (and maybe the only) opportunity to do something about the present unusable
football pitch at an affordable cost.
It needs a group of
enthusiastic Oldbury residents interested in football to grab this chance to
restore the pitch. The Playing Field Committee will support an initiative and
we are sure funds can be raised from various sources to pay for excavation and
drainage work.
The next Playing Field
Committee Meeting is in the Pavilion on Thursday 3rd April at 7.30pm
and will start with a discussion of the possibilities for the football pitch
and, hopefully, formation of a group or club or committee to take it forward.
PLEASE COME TO THIS MEETING TO HAVE YOUR SAY.
ML. For more info phone 413024
ROCKHAMPTON PARISH COUNCIL
Rockhampton
Parish Council met on Wednesday 20th February in the village hall,
with South Gloucestershire Councillor Matthew Riddle in attendance. The Council paid tribute to Edwin Ford who
had been an active member of the Council for more than 30 years before his
untimely illness and death.
A
number of issues regarding Highways, Planning and Finance were discussed during
the meeting, including the proposal to install a new Parish notice board on
Common Land adjacent to The Wheel.
THE
NEXT MEETING, ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 16TH, WILL BE
THE
ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
DO
COME ALONG!
Rockhampton Village Hall 100 Club
February winners were :-
David Clark.
Julie Bryce, Pam
Button.
Dave Howard, Beth England.
Many thanks to everyone who
has joined
the 100 club for the next year
from April 2008.
A lovely surprise.
We were very pleased and
gratified to receive a generous donation of £20 from Rockhampton Parish Council
towards the cost of running the magazine. A very big thank
you to you all from the committee and readers of 4-ward.
Maureen Bland.
WOMEN'S WORLD DAY OF
PRAYER
"This was the best one yet!”
That was the thought of several after this year's
service at Oldbury on March 7th.
They are always good, but this one, from
The theme was
" God's wisdom provides new understanding
", and was prepared by the Christian women of