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Marmalade

I wonder whether you make marmalade, or whether you would like to this year? It is the year, don’t you think, with Paddington the movie on the screens. I wonder if we might make marmalade for the ebola crisis? Not to send, but to raise some money to send? Well now is the time, so if you fancy getting involved, get the marmalade making pans out. More details as time goes by….

Apologies to Roy Palmer whose name I got wrong in the last magazine. Thanks again Roy for inspiring us to sing and dance as we came down the church path on the way to the Christmas Fair – for the fairground organ you brought along. Thanks too, to Johnny Price for bringing the plough down to church in January for the annual plough blessing service – our thoughts and prayers are with all our farmers as they prepare the ground and sow the seeds this year.

A couple of events in February to bring us together at the end of the dark months: firstly a coffee morning at the Rectory on Wednesday 11th February from 10.30am, with a

chance to catch up and sit down together and chew the cud!! Cost £3 for coffee and cake and a few more things to tempt you in the week before Lent begins. Talking of Lent: we are once again preparing small gifts for Mothering Sunday for the children at school to buy for their mums. If you have anything at home that might be a gift please bring it along to church or one of these events and we will gather them all together. The other event in February is a Curry Evening at the Coronation Hall on Saturday, February 28th. Last year’s was great fun and I even managed a dance or two with my husband –so that is a spectacle in itself. Hope to see some of you at these events.

In all the chaos around us, what is most important? It is each other and our relationships. The wedding service begins God is Love and those who live in love, live in God and God lives in them. In the month of St Valentine, who has a rather dubious history if you look under the surface, may you treasure those close to you, and remember that God loves you too. Julie

Kingsland

News February 2015

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G. D. Lloyd

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Bespoke:

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Garages

Workshops

Roofing

Timber Floors

Doors

Windows

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Fencing

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on: 01568 708196

or: 07966 766963

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Bathing Clipping Nail Cutting

Professional Service Grooming since 1998

Please call Keli Partridge on:

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14, Boarsfield, Kingsland

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2 0 1 5 C A L E N D A R

Sunday 22 February - “Sea Show” performed by the Squash Box Theatre Coronation Hall, 2pm A quirky and hilarious mix of puppet show, natural history and comedy cabaret celebrating the sea with tall tales, silly slapstick, fantastic facts, live music and songs. Suitable for children and adults of all ages. All tickets £5. Early bird offer: book 2 children now and I accompanying adult goes free! www.squashboxtheatre.co.uk

Saturday 25 April - “Too Cool - the life and Music of Chet Baker” performed by Sue Richardson quintet, Coronation Hall, 7.30pm A sell out at Ronnie Scott’s, this show featuring Chet Baker’s beautiful music and recalling smoky jazz clubs of the 1950’s West Coast, is both a homage to his music and journey through his colourful but tragic life. Tickets £15. www.suerichardson.biz/music.html TBC early May - “A Conversation with Sir Robert Rogers, former House of Commons Clerk”, Kingsland Church, 7.30pm A respected and popular figure at the Palace of Westminster, Sir Robert stepped down as Clerk last year. The job is to advise MPs on constitutional matters and Parliamentary procedure as well as overseeing around 2,000 staff and the services provided to MPs. Want to find out more? Saturday 18 July - Pop Up Opera performs Rossini’s ” L’Italiana in Algeri” (The Italian Girl in Algiers) , Kingsland Church, 7.30pm Pop Up Opera are back with their fantastic new production. Isabella, the ‘Italian girl’ is one of the wisest and most formidable women you’ll find in opera and by the time the story ends, no-one, including her captive lover, is willing to stand in her way. Tickets £25

12 – 20 September – hArt 2015, Kingsland Church Following its success in 2013 , hArt returns to Kingsland Church with a brilliant selection of art on show across a wide range of media. Free entry.

October - Arcadia Music Festival, Kingsland Church, 7.30pm Directed by Thomas Bowes and Eleanor Alberga, the exhilarating Arcadia Music Festival makes a welcome comeback to Kingsland Church as part of its Herefordshire tour. Ticket price TBA.

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Kingsland and Eardisland Hospice Friends

Soup & Pancake

Lunch

Luctonians Rugby Club

Tuesday 17th February, (Shrove Tuesday) 2015 12 noon to 2.00pm (No soup after 1. 30pm!) Admission £5

Raffle Produce

Lots of Parking Come and Enjoy!!

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Luctonians Sports Club

Various sections are active. The guests

from the Caldy Club on the Wirral at

the President’s Lunch on Saturday,

January 10th, contributed to a lot of

banter! There is a growing friendship

between the two clubs, both committees

and players. The building of a store is

well under way, with a view to tidying

up the south car park. The younger

players in the 1st XV are learning with

each match, and a win against the fourth

placed team in the league was a

pleasing result. Morale remains good,

even though Luctonians are three from

the bottom. Lots happening in the

Clubhouse as Gold-Cup day approaches

and there is a big selection of events to

come in 2015!

R.W.H.

Kingsland Post Office Tel: 01568 708201

Open Monday-Friday 9.00am to 4.30pm, Saturday 9am to 12.30 pm, for all Post Office services including:

Vehicle Taxation Foreign Currency Travel Insurance Bank Deposits & Withdrawals Mobile phone top-ups

Also available will be:

¤ Sales of Cards and Stationery ¤ Dry Cleaning and Laundry ¤ Shoe Repairs

SCRUMMY BITES

made locally with you in mind

Delicious desserts, cakes &

savouries made to order using

locally grown produce.

Pick up or local delivery.

Food for celebrations &

family events of 6 – 120

people.

Call Sam Stoneleigh, Kingsland

Tel: 01568 709142

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Open House Fund Raisers.

You are warmly invited to the home of

Julie & Nick Read on Wednesday, 11th

February, for a Coffee Morning in aid

of Kingsland Church. £3 will buy

Coffee & Cake! There will also be a

raffle, cake stall and ‘Bring and Buy’

stall. Proceeds will be for Church

Funds and the event will last from

10.30am to 12noon.

On Thursday 5th March, ‘Westmead’

(home of Bryan & Jacquie Markham) is

the venue for a ‘Soup Lunch’. This

event is to raise funds to buy wooden

crosses to mark graves which otherwise

would remain unmarked. £5 is the

admission charge between 12 noon and

2pm. Again there will be a raffle and a

‘Bring & Buy’ Stall!

David Noon

KINGTON

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Richard Mann BSc. (Ost)

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9, THE SQUARE,

KINGTON, HR5 3BA

01544 239 210

Treatment for muscle-skeletal

conditions/problems head to toe.

For more information call us or visit

our web site.

kingtonosteopaths.co.uk

Marches Planning Planning & Design Consultancy

Sarah Hanson MRTPI

Chartered Town & Country Planner

Advice on the development potential of property & land

Submission of planning applications & appeals

Advice & handling of planning enforcement issues

Representations on planning applications and appeals

www.marchesplanning.co.uk T: 01568 708087 M: 07837 062 494

e-mail: marchesplanning@gmail.com

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Kingsland &Eardisland Hospice

Friends

Shrove Tuesday, 17th February, 2015, is

once again the date for the Soup &

Pancake lunch in aid of St Michael’s

Hospice. This will begin at 12 noon

and go on until 2 o’clock, although no

soup will be served after 1.30 pm. Do

come and join us and bring as many of

your friends as possible!

Bridget Eastaugh

Thanks.

I wish to use this note in the Kingsland

News to thank all my old friends who

sent Christmas and New Year greetings

last month. I am very pleased that you

remembered me, even though the period

leading up to Christmas is very hectic

for everybody,

Ruth Fisher

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The Draft Kingsland Parish Neighbourhood Plan Public Consultation Ends at 5pm on February 10th, 2015

The plan has been drafted based on extensive community input and this

consultation is the next step towards finalising it.

The final Plan will be our community’s official view of the type and extent of

development we would like to see over the next 16 years ending 2031.

This document, if ratified by Herefordshire Council and our community, will be

a statutory reference document for all future planning decisions in our Parish.

Community Objectives

Protect and enhance the rural nature of the parish so that all groups

and ages can thrive and develop in a sustainable way

Allow for a range of housing size and style which suits their individual

settings, location and purpose and the historic pattern of development

Strike a balance between satisfying the need for more housing and the

needs of a parish and village which strive to remain a typical rural

Herefordshire community.

Ensure infrastructure is developed in line with the needs of the future

growth of the community

Ensure new and existing business is beneficial to the economic health

of the parish, can grow and is in scale with and sensitive to the rural

character of the parish

What’s Next over the Coming Months?

The Plan will be amended if necessary, in response to this consultation

Formal submission of the Plan to Herefordshire Council for a further six

week consultation

Independent Examiner appointed to review the Plan

Examiner’s Report published

Referendum of parish residents on the electoral roll by Herefordshire

Council. We estimate this will take place mid-2015.

If the referendum is in favour, the Plan is adopted by Herefordshire

Council

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Please see the separate notice below on where to read our Neighbourhood Plan and how to send us your comments and views.

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Nature Notes 14/1/15

Snowdrops are appearing in numbers

and the triple bark of a dog Fox

announcing its presence to any Vixen in

the area, are typical of what will have

happened for generations in early

January. Reports of the trappings of

many Grey Squirrels continue. They

must have had an exceptionally good

breeding season in 2014. Why do they

clear apparently all nuts off Hazel,

Cobb and Filbert trees long before they

mature? Buds show on the Lilac, moles

are active everywhere, and Rooks

investigate old nests surviving from last

season. Dippers must be the first birds

to build their nest – the resident pair

appear happy with last season’s site. As

I write there is a light dusting of snow.

R.W.H.

Women’s World Day of Prayer

In Kingsland the service marking this

event will take place in the Methodist

Chapel at 2pm on Friday March 6th

.

Those taking part will join others in

over 5000 services in the British Isles

alone, and countless more over the 24

hours worldwide. The service this year

has been written by Christian Ladies in

the Bahamas. Its theme is taken from a

sentence in the Gospel of St. John.

‘Jesus said to them: Do you know what

I have done to you? Everyone is

welcome to attend the service – men

and women of all ages.

Helen Webb

Soup Lunch At Westmead,

(Home of Bryan & Jacquie

Markham)

Thursday 5th March,

12 noon to 2pm.

To raise funds to buy wooden crosses for graves

otherwise unmarked.

Admission £5

Raffle Bring & Buy

Including Oil-fired and Central

Heating Boilers

Including Oil-fired and Central Heating Boilers

CAROLINE NEWTON MCSP

Chartered Physiotherapist

Clinic Appointments and Home Visits

TEL: 01568 709005 Hollybank, Kingsland, Leominster,

HR6 9SE

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KINGSLAND BOWLS CLUB presents

Cor Y Gyrlais

Male Voice Choir

On Saturday, April 18th, 2015, 7 pm

At The Coronation Hall, Kingsland

Tickets £10 each to include supper

Telephone 01568 613466

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Attention Carers and disabled people in Herefordshire

In April 2015 the new Care Act comes into force, and has national guidelines, which all local authorities must adhere to.

This Act creates a single consistent route, establishing entitlement to public care and support for all adults who require care and support. It also creates the first ever entitlement to support for carers, on a similar basis. The Act outlines steps that must be followed to work out entitlement, and understand the process. Following a person’s ‘journey’ in the care and support system, an assessment will demonstrate eligibility (including a financial assessment). This will determine whether people need to pay for their own care, and in future will include the new capped costs payment system. Once complete a decision can then be made whether the adult is entitled to care and support arranged by the local authority. The Act sets out a new legal duty for an adult’s “eligible needs” (determined by assessment) to be met by the local authority, subject to their financial circumstances. The Act says that a person will be entitled to have their needs met when: The adult has “eligible” needs, is ordinarily resident in the local area and any of the five situations below apply to them.

1. The type of care and support they need is provided free of charge. 2. The person cannot afford to pay the full cost of their care and support. 3. The person asks the local authority to meet their needs. 4. The person does not have mental capacity, and has no one else to

arrange care for them. 5. When the cap on care costs comes into force, their total care and

support costs have exceeded the cap.

On 18th March you can find out more from the Director of Adult Social Care at Hereford Council, Helen Coombes. She will be speaking at Hinton Community Centre, Hereford as part of the Herefordshire Disability United (HDU) Open Meeting. HDU is a local charity providing quarterly information sessions, on topics relevant to the disabled and their families, carers, and older people in this county. The meeting from 10.30- 2.30 pm is FREE, but you would need to book your place. Other speakers too, all relevant to social care, will be present. A buffet lunch is provided plus the opportunity to speak personally to other organisations present. Contact Sylvia Nicholls on 07817 473813 or email: sylvia.nicholls@btinternet.com for more details and to book your place. Check out their website too: www.herefordshiredisabiityunited.org.uk

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CHurch Services in the Benefice for February

and at 10.00 am each Thursday at Kingsland unless otherwise stated:

Said Holy Eucharist BCP

Services at the Methodist Churches this month, at 11 am unless otherwise

stated:

February: 1st Rev. F. Biseker Kingsland

8th

Mr James Smith Shobdon

15th Rev Sam Stone Kingsland

22nd

Mr Jennings Shobdon

Sunday 1st February

9.30 am Family Service (Christingle) Kingsland

9.30 am Holy Communion (CW) Eardisland

11.00 am Choral Mattins (BCP) Kingsland

11.00 am Holy Communion (BCP) Aymestrey

6.00 pm Evening Prayer (benefice) Eardisland Sunday 8th

February

8.00 am Holy Communion (BCP) Kingsland

11.00 am Benefice Service for the Commemoration of

the Battle of Mortimer’s Cross

Aymestrey

Sunday 15th

February

9.30 am Holy Communion (CW) Eardisland

11.00 am Family Communion (CW) Kingsland

3.30 pm Holy Communion (CW) Leinthall Earls

6.00 pm Benefice Evening Prayer Kingsland Wednesday 18th

Feb

7.30 pm Benefice Sung Eucharist for

Ash Wednesday

Kingsland

Sunday 22nd

February

8.00 am Holy Communion (BCP) Kingsland

9.30 am Holy Communion (CW) Eardisland

11.00 am Sung Eucharist (BCP) Kingsland

6.30 pm Choral Evensong (BCP) Kingsland

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The Parish Diary 2015

February 11th Rectory Coffee Morning Kingsland Rectory 10.30 am to 12 noon 17th Soup & Pancake Lunch (St Michael’s Hospice) Luctonians 12 noon to 2.00pm 21st KMGT Open Meeting Coronation Hall 10.00 am 22nd SMAAAK Event: Sea Show’ (Puppet Show etc.) Coronation Hall 2.00 pm 28th Curry Evening (Church Fund-Raiser) Coronation Hall from 7.00 pm March 2nd RBL Quiz Night Corners 8.00 pm 5th Soup Lunch (in aid of Wooden Crosses) Westmead 12noon to 2.00 pm 11th W. I. ‘Flowers for Easter’ Pam Bufton Coronation Hall 7.30 pm 25th Life and music of Chet Baker Coronation Hall 7.30 pm April 18th Bowls Club Cor Y Gyrlais Concert Coronation Hall 7.00 pm May 12th RBL Social Evening Corners 7.45 pm 16th Progressive Supper (for Coronation Hall) Various Venues tba July 18th L’Italiana in Algeri (Pop-up Opera) Kingsland Church 7.30 pm September 12th hArt 2015 Kingsland Church tba

(Editor’s note: Events for this item need to be submitted by 15th of preceding month with clear instructions on the entry – place, time, date & title are essential information. Where more than one month’s notice is given, items will automatically be repeated unless contrary instructions are received.)

Luctonians 1st XV Home fixtures for the rest of the season.

February Sat 7 Stockport K.O. 2.15pm

Sat 21 Sedgley Park K.O.2.15 pm

March Sat 14 Preston G’s K.O. 3.00 pm

April Sat 11 Chester K.O. 3.00 pm

Sat 25 Leicester Lions K.O. 3.00 pm

Parish Church of St Michael & All Angels, Kingsland

The Next Family Service on Sunday, February 1st at 9.30 am will be:

A Christingle Service.

Leader: Mrs Karen Ball.

A 40 minute service for you and your children – not

to be missed!

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Timberworld Products Manufacturers of quality timber buildings.

Stables/Field Shelters

Garages/Carports

Sheds/Workshops

Summerhouses etc.

Also retailing timber and ironmongery at competitive prices.

Broomy Hill Yard, Kingsland, HR6 9QZ

01568 708549

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Friends of Mortimer Medical

Practice

The Friends would like to wish all

readers a very happy New Year and

pass on an update about activities from

last year.

We held two very successful fund

raising events towards the end of 2014

which were as follows:- A

lecture given by Dr Mark Baldwin on

the Enigma Machine which raised

£258.80 and a fashion show hosted by

Edinburgh Woollen Mill which raised a

total of £370.00.

During the year The Friends purchased

chairs for the Leintwardine surgery, a

new ECG machine for Kingsland, a

vaccine fridge for the Orleton surgery

and Paediatric Oximeters for all three

surgeries. We hope that as a result of

these purchases we will have helped to

benefit all users of the practice.

Ann Greer (Chair of FMMP.)

Kingslandlife Website News

I apologise that the website has been

down over Christmas and the New Year

which was due to technical problems

beyond our control. Hopefully by the

time you read this everything is

working well again. There have been a

lot of updates and in the Village Diary

you will find lots of new events from

SMAAK and others. Don’t forget to

send us yours!

You can also read Kingsland News

online via a link on the Home Page and

back copies are available as well. The

Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group

has a new Community Consultation

page where you can read the Plan and

download a form on which to send them

feedback.

If you’re a village facility, organisation,

club or business please check your

listings and pages to make sure your

information is up to date. You can send

us updates via any of the ways listed on

the Contact Us page. Meanwhile we

hope you find the website useful and

we’re always interested in any ideas

you may have for information to put on

it. Meanwhile, happy browsing!

Sally Deakin (www.kingslandlife.com)

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Wags and Wellies Dog Walking Events This Spring

Your four-legged friends are invited to our series of sponsored dog walks. There will be routes through Herefordshire’s most picturesque fields, woodlands, riverbanks and country lanes. There is a real sense of community spirit at the heart of this ever-popular event. Wags & Wellies is perfect for getting out and about with friends and family, and a chance to meet new people. There will be many doggy-themed stalls from local businesses for you to browse after the walk, so you will be supporting your local community as well as your Hospice. Collect three special St Michael’s Hospice dog tags - one from each event. There will be plenty of dog-

tastic entertainment for pets and their owners at every venue.

Hereford, Sunday 8th

March

The 5km walk starts and finishes at Wyevale Garden Centre, Hereford with halfway refreshments at Breinton Village Hall. All dogs will receive a doggy treat and a blue St Michael’s Hospice dog tag.

Leominster, Saturday 18th

April

The 4km walk starts and finishes at Brightwells in Easters Court and takes you along part of the beautiful Kenwater river. All dogs will receive a doggy treat and a red St Michael’s Hospice dog tag.

Ledbury, (venue and date TBC: please contact the Events Team to receive priority booking)

All dogs will receive a doggy treat and a green St Michael’s Hospice dog tag.

For each event, there will be demonstrations from the Paws For Thought Display Team (you can even have a go yourselves in the Doggy Dash!) and a professionally-judged "Just for Fun" dog show.

Entry fees

Individual walks: Pre-entry £5 per adult -£3 per child under 16. On the day entry £7 per adult - £5 per child under 16. All three walks: Pre-entry for all three walks £12 per adult - £7 per child under 16. For more information and for terms and conditions, please contact the Events Team on 01432 851000 or visit our website on http://www.st-michaels-hospice.org.uk/Events/wags-wellies

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Kingsland W I

Ben Cooper of the Secondhand

Warehouse and Antiques Centre in

Leominster was our speaker on the 14th

January. Members and several visitors

brought in a varied selection of antique

items for his opinion and evaluation.

They ranged from a quirky elephant in

1930's silvac style finish and portrait

miniatures from the Austro-Hungarian

Empire to a rosewood writing slope.

Ben Cooper explained that rosewood

gets its name from the smell of the

wood, not because it has anything to do

with rose trees. Disappointingly a fine

Chinese bowl from about 1730 was of

comparatively little value because there

are so many of them in existence.

Porcelain that the Chinese did not value

highly was made for the Western market

and loaded as ballast in ships. Other

items included silverware – a toast rack,

a snuff box, a spoon and a filigree

bracelet. We also saw ivory and a hippo

tusk mirror (neither fetching high prices

because of the necessity of getting a

licence to ship them abroad) and two

statuettes of a harvester and a

woodcutter made of spelter patinated to

resemble bronze dated around 1880-90.

People brought in a pipe stand and

smoker's cabinet, a shooting stick of

bamboo finished in brass, a silicon ware

jardinière from around 1883 and a 1695

print map of Herefordshire.

We all enjoyed an informative and

entertaining evening. The next meeting

will be on 11th

Feb and Miss Alice

Oxenham will speak on her life

teaching art. You are very welcome to

attend.

Pat Hughes

MARTIN

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O. Mabbort

Blacksmith

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Gates, railings, window casements,

hand rails, hinges and latches …

Contact Owen: Call - 01568708134 or 07971979223

Email - info@omabbortblacksmith.co.uk

or visit … The Dales, Shirlheath, Kingsland

Website - www.omabbortblacksmith.co.uk

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R W MANN & SON Funeral Directors

51 West Street, Leominster

Private Chapel of Rest

24 hour service

Pre-paid funeral plans arranged

Please contact 01568 612358 or

Local Funeral Director, Tony Roberts: 01568 708483

Quality without compromise

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Royal British Legion

Upcoming events.

There will be no Branch meeting

in February. Our next Quiz/Draw night

will be on 2nd March. The County

AGM was held on Saturday 17th

January - I will report in detail next

month. 2015 marks various historical

anniversaries - Agincourt (1415),

Waterloo (1815), Battle of Britain

(1940). There will be various

celebrations and I will report when

details are known.

Battlefield Tour of Ypres. Ross on

Wye are organising a coach trip to

Ypres on 14th

to 17th September.

Anyone interested should contact their

Secretary on 01989 556301 as soon as

possible. Full details are on the Branch

notice board.

Gordon Browne (Chairman)

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Kingsland Millennium Green Trust

There is an open meeting of the Trustees of KMGT in the Coronation Hall on Saturday, 21st February, at 10am. Please feel free to come along and if you would like coffee beforehand, that will be available from 9.30am. ,

Andrew Parsons (Hon Sec. Tel 01568 708592)

Aga Servicing.

I organise a group Aga servicing in

Kingsland at a discounted rate. The

Autumn list is full but two more could

take part in the Spring. If you are

interested please telephone me on

01568 709008 or email me at

dthomo77@hotmail.com.uk by the end

of February. You can then request your

position on the rota. The engineers are

from Aga HQ

(08456023015.)

Jenny Thompson

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Private Carers

Do you need personal care or just someone to help you live life to the full?

Maybe you need a companion to sit with you or take you on outings?

We can help! We also do sleepovers – sleeping nights or waking nights.

We are locally based, fully qualified with many years’ experience in care work. We give a person-centred approach. We are private carers. For more information please contact:

Sonia – 07402279931 or Kate - 07825233643

Oil Boiler, AGA and Rayburn

For service and repair call:

Bill Moss Oil Boiler

Services

of Leominster, your local OFTEC

registered oil engineer. Replacement Oil Storage tanks supplied and

fitted.

Tel: 01584 711372 (Mob: 07711899062)

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Coffee

Morning At Kingsland Rectory,

Wednesday 11th February,

10.30am to 12 noon,

in aid of Kingsland Church.

Admission £3

Raffle Cake Stall

Bring & Buy

Bed and Breakfast

With heated indoor pool available for guest use.

1 Family Room en-suite 2 Double Rooms

Mrs Heather Pickering

Gable Croft, North Road

Kingsland

Leominster

Herefordshire

HR6 9RZ

Telephone: 01568 708009 (Mobile) 07790770340

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Weobley & District Local History

Society

At the Weobley and District Local

History Society's meeting on the 25th

of

February we will be joined by Joan

Grundy who will give us a presentation

on 19th Century Farm Buildings. Joan

has published many books on this and

other subjects and the talk promises to

be very interesting. Farmsteads and

their buildings are standing evidence of

former farming activities. High value

corn crops were stored in well-

constructed barns; livestock needed

shelter and storage for winter feed;

processes such as hop-drying and cider

making required specialised buildings.

The 19th century was a time of

innovation and change for farmers. The

increasing industrialisation of the

country created new customers, but also

increased foreign competition.

Changing agricultural techniques

resulted in the continual updating and

adaptation of old buildings to meet new

needs, such as new crops or new

sources of motive power; some

landlords invested in brand new up-to-

date farmsteads. Joan Grundy’s

illustrated talk aims to extend our

knowledge of 19th century farmsteads,

to analyse changes in their evolution,

and to understand their value as

historical evidence. The meeting starts

7.30pm at Hopelands, Weobley's

Village Hall. Visitors are always most

welcome.

Also during February, starting on the

14th and finishing on the 27

th will be a

very interesting and thought-provoking

exhibition about WW1 at Weobley

Parish Church. This Exhibition on its

winter tour is produced by Leominster

Museum and is called ‘Rifles and

Spades’.

Do come and see the Exhibition. It is

centred on Leominster and there is

something to interest everyone.

Especially interesting are the letters

from the front, written by the head

gardener at the big house to his boss

and the details about local conscientious

objectors. Weobley’s Parish Church is

open every day.

Julie Peacock

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Building work on the Church

I am pleased to report that

Kingsland Village has seen this

project through to completion!

With loans repaid and VAT

reclaimed the net cost of the work

was about £170,000 of which over

£112,000 was provided by various

external grant-awarding bodies,

leaving £58,000 to be found by the

village from donations, from

SMAAAK, and from the existing

fabric fund. This is a remarkable

achievement, and reflects great

credit on a number of individuals –

those who worked with builders

and architects, those who applied

for and dealt with grants, those

who liaised with the SMAAAK

committee and assisted its

magnificent fund-raising, and

those who successfully sought and

received donations from many

generous individuals.

A building as old as Kingsland

Church is expensive to repair but

the completion of this roofing,

drainage and window-frame work

should ensure that the church will

be drier, safer, and easier to heat

than it was eighteen months ago.

Further work will certainly be

required so please continue to

support church and SMAAAK

fund-raising events.

David Noon (PCC Treasurer)

Shopmobility

We provide mobility scooters,

wheelchairs and powered wheelchairs

on a daily hire basis for anyone with

permanent or temporary mobility

difficulties wishing to visit Hereford,

Leominster, Ledbury or Ross.

Depending on the area, the service is

either free, with a voluntary donation,

or there is a small charge.

Please contact:

Hereford 01432 342166

Leominster 01568 616755

Ledbury 01531 636001

Ross-on-Wye 01989 763388

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Advertising in the Kingsland News

This monthly publication is circulated to every household in Kingsland. Advertising is accepted on completion of a form. Advertisers should make copy as clear and concise as possible. Forms are available from the editor, (01568 708672), from the back of the church, or from the Post Office. Please return the completed form, together with the appropriate fee, to The Editor at : 5, Highfield Close, Kingsland, HR6 9RS,

Enquiries to noondr@aol.com

The deadline for the Kingsland News is always the 15th of the previous month. After this date it might not find its way into the

magazine!

Patient Survey

The Mortimer Medical Practice Annual Patient Survey is in February, Questionnaires will be available at your surgery, some village shops or online at mortime.gp.surgery.net following the link to Patient Survey 2015. Your feedback is very important to your practice

Sue Plant

Size \no. of insertions

1 6 12

Full Page £12 £60 £100

½ Page £6 £30 £50

¼ Page £4 £20 £30

⅛ Page £2 £10 £15

Sea

Show Squash Box Theatre

Sunday 22nd

February at 2 pm

Coronation Hall

A quirky and hilarious mix of puppet show, natural history and comedy cabaret celebrating the sea with tall tales, silly slapstick, fantastic facts, live music and songs. Suitable for children and adults of all ages. All tickets £5. Early bird offer: book 2

children now and I

accompanying adult

goes free! www.squashboxtheatre.co.uk

arranged by SMAAAK (SEE PAGE 3 FOR DETAILS)

Love To Sing?

Join us on Sunday 8th March at The Assembly Rooms in Presteigne for a Choral Day

Workshop rehearsing and singing Welsh composer Karl Jenkins' wonderful and

popular mass for peace 'The Armed Man' under the direction of Kington Choral's MD

Roger Langford. Singers of all ages, ability and experience are welcome. Registration

from 9.30am, workshop 10am to 4.30pm with tea/coffee and lunch breaks. Only £12

pp. See website www.kingtonchoral.org.uk for further details and to request a

registration form, text 077 66 097 600, or email kingtonchoral@mail.com

The Tate Family

How many members of the Tate family belong to your church?

There is old man Dic-Tate who wants to run everything, while Uncle Ro-Tate tries

to change everything. There's sister Agi-Tate who stirs up plenty of trouble, with

help from her husband, Irri-Tate. Whenever new projects are suggested, Hesi-Tate

and his wife, Vege-Tate, want to wait until next year. Then there is Aunt Imi-Tate,

who wants our church to be like all the others. Devas-Tate provides the voice of

doom, while Poten-Tate wants to be a big shot. But not all members of the family

are bad. Brother Facili-Tate is quite helpful in church matters. And a delightful,

happy member of the family is Miss Felici-Tate. Cousins Cogi-Tate and Medi-Tate

always think things over and lend helpful, steady hands. And of course there is the

black sheep of the family, Ampu-Tate, who has completely cut himself off from the

church. Do you know anyone else in the "Tate" family?

Money Porks!!

I heard about a farmer who called the office of the minister asking to see “The

Head Hog at the trough.” The receptionist said, “Sir, if you’re talking about our

beloved Minster, you may call him Reverend or Pastor, but I don’t think it

would be proper to refer to him as the “head Hog at the trough.’” “Well, all

right,” the farmer said. “I just sold a few sows and was going to donate ten

thousand pounds to the building fund, so I was hoping to catch him.” “Oh, just

a minute, sir”, the receptionist said, “I think I heard the little porker just come

in!”