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Loddon Valley Link, Church and Village Magazine for Sherfield on Loddon, Stratfield Saye, Hartley Wespall and Stratfield Turgis. and Bramley. June 2016TRANSCRIPT
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June 2016
Issu
e 4
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The Loddon Valley Link Church and Village Magazine
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www.Loddonvalleylink.org.uk
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Welcome to the June edition of the Link.
A bit of an election special this month with a new Parish Council in
Sherfield Park and changes in Sherfield on Loddon and Stratfield Saye.
Status quo remains in Hartley Wespall and Stratfield Turgis.
This month our centre pages are all about the beautiful woodwork on display
in St Mary’s church in Hartley Wespall. Well worth a visit.
The new Sherfield and Bramley Borough councillor gives us
her first update this month. Welcome Venetia.
Sherfield & District show is coming faster than you think so
get preparing now. Especially for the sunflower competition.
As part of the show the Loddon Valley Link has a best cover
photograph competition awarded at the show so send your
entries to the editor. Photos should be high resolution
(300dpi) jpegs in portrait format and suitable for our cover!
Apart from that anything goes but think seasonal and local.
Its Fete season! Sherfield on Loddon Village Fete is fast
approaching, closely followed by Stratfield Saye and then
Sherfest. at Sherfield Park.
We’ve got most of the usual reports this month with a couple
of notable exceptions. If we’re missing yours then get in
touch.
Don’t forget to check some of the areas beautiful gardens
opening for charity too.
Also on an editorial note we have a new volunteer editor.
Welcome to Howard Perkins who you’ll be hearing more from later in the year.
This month’s cover of ’Summer Preparations’ from me . Please keep your photos and articles
coming in to:-: [email protected].
Contents
Church Services……….….. 4 Messy Church & Registers. 5 Minister’s Letter ……....…. 7 Loddon Players ….……….. 8 Prayer Page……………….11 Sherfield & District Show . 19 Sherfield Village Fete ...… 22 Stratfield Saye PC ....…… 25 Sherfield PC …………...…29 St Mary’s Church ……. 30/31 Sherfield Park …….……. 35 NWR & Evergreens….…. 39 Beat Report ……..……….. 40 Village Green ……………42 Borough Councillor ……. 43 Stratfield Saye ………….. 47 Gardening Club …………48 Small Ads………….…….. 56 Useful Tel: Nos……………57
Simon Boase
Editorial
Stratfield Turgis Parish Annual General Meeting
Friday 3rd June
In the Cricket Pavilion on the Recreation Ground
From 7:30 pm
We have a guest speaker from CPRE (Campaign to Protect Rural England)
Wine and nibbles will be provided.
All residents welcome
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Children are welcome at all our services. Services in italics are particularly geared to children and families.
*Drive up close to the white gates, which will open automatically .
Services
June 2016
Sunday 5th June Trinity 2
10.00am Holy Communion St Leonard’s Sherfield
10.00am Family Service St Mary’s Stratfield Saye*
6.30pm Holy Communion St Mary’s Hartley Wespall
Friday 10th June
4.15pm Messy Church Sherfield Community Centre
Sunday 12th June Trinity 3
10.00am Queen’s Birthday Thanksgiving St Mary’s Hartley Wespall
11.00am Songs of Praise Sherfield Village Green
Sunday 19th June Trinity 4
10.00am Holy Communion & Sunday Club St Leonard’s Sherfield
6.30pm Evensong St Mary’s Hartley Wespall
Sunday 26th June Trinity 5
8.00am Holy Communion St Mary’s Hartley Wespall
10.00am Together in Worship St Leonard’s Sherfield
(a service for all ages)
Sunday 3rd July Trinity 6
10.00am Holy Communion St Leonard’s Sherfield
10.00am Family Service St Mary’s Stratfield Saye*
6.30pm Holy Communion St Mary’s Hartley Wespall
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Parish Registers
Baptism
Pippa Rose Harrison 17.04.16 Sherfield
Elissa Lydia Diane Toomer 24.04.16 Sherfield
Evelyn Rose Towns 24.04.16 Sherfield
Finley Thomas Towns 24.04.16 Sherfield
Wedding
Robert Symons & 07.05.16 Hartley Wespall
Carina Mill
Friday 10th June 2016
Theme -
The Good Shepherd
All welcome! Lots of craft, worship and tea for
the children!
4.15 Arrive, Register, prepare for Worship
4.30 Worship followed by craft activities
5.15 Meal - cafe style (finish at 5.30pm)
It is essential that you book
(and please advise of any food allergies).
For more information and to book, please contact :
Peta Alvares: [email protected] or on Facebook: messychurchsol
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BREACH LANE CHAPEL Sherfield on Loddon Geoff Belsham 01256 882534 / 07519 708416 Transport is available for all events at the chapel
Services for June
Catholic Services
St Bede’s and Holy Ghost Churches,
Basingstoke.
Parish Office Open
Tues to Friday 9.30 am-1.00 pm Tel.465214. Sunday Mass 9.00 am, 11.00 am
and 6.30 pm
St. Leonard’s Church
The Church Open Days for June are 4h, 18st
and 25th. Open from 10am till
4pm
Thursday 2nd 7.45pm House Group & Bible Study at 7 Pound Close,
Bramley
Friday 3rd 10.30am Open Morning at the Chapel
Sunday 5th 10.30am Family Worship led by Steve Smith
Friday 10th 10.30am Open Morning at the Chapel
Saturday 11th 12.30pm Stall at the Village Fete
Sunday 12th 10.30am Family Worship led by Alastair Sneddon
11am Songs of Praise on the Common
Friday 17th 10.30am Open Morning at the Chapel
Sunday 19th 10.30am Family Worship led by Neil Owen including
Holy Communion
Wednesday 22nd 2.30pm Midweek Fellowship led by Geoff Belsham
Friday 24th 10.30am Open Morning at the Chapel
Saturday 25th 2.30pm Through the Roof Club led by Geoff Belsham
– “Trionomoes”
Sunday 26th 10.30am Family Worship led by Rev. Richard Lane
Thursday 30th 10.30am “The Morning Dew” Ladies Fellowship led by
Cora
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Following on the ‘People who inspired me’
Dear Friends,
I have always ‘believed’, ever since I can
remember. It has been and always will be
instinctive in me. Specifically I have always
known God, as distinct from believing that
there is a God. At the age of five I clearly
understood, believed and put my faith in
Jesus and invited him to be the centre and
source of my life, though I didn’t actually
use those words. Importantly I was never
pressured and nobody forced me to this
belief – my father would never have allowed
that. You might claim that children are
impressionable and easily led and so, being
brought up in a believing household, my
early faith would make sense. However, as I
have been around children in the church
and at school, where backgrounds vary
considerably, I have observed many times
that children are deeply spiritual without any
help or influence from us. Their insights,
when they are engaged in conversations
about life issues, are often deeply profound
and their grasp has an instinctive quality.
The problem is that they are also
impressionable and we sceptical adults do
a good job of either knocking that aspect of
their whole person out of them or imposing
a religious system of belief on them in order
to contain and shape it to our version of
faith. Neither is good and neither is Godly.
We need, instead to nurture faith in them as
it appears.
My own father’s influence in this respect
nurtured me and empowered me to
embrace my faith in Jesus in the most
productive way possible. (Note: this is very
different from embracing it in my own way;
that is often misleading and flawed).
Despite being a theologian with three
research degrees, his faith was remarkably
simple and accessible. The language of
story and clear explanation he used,
coupled with the way he made
his faith real in his actions, was
amazing, enthralling and
attractive. He always
encouraged me to explore rather than just
accept at face value. He also taught me that
not everything will have the kind of
explanation I might be looking for; that there
are mysteries as well as certainties. He was
often fond of gently saying, “That is why it is
called faith, old chap”, I can still hear him.
He was far from perfect and admitted that
he had made many mistakes but his sole
focus was to imitate the simple life of Jesus,
that is the Gospel version and not the rather
ornate and complicated one the church has
sometimes manufactured. I personally
reject the encrusted versions and believe
that, if you read the Gospels (Good News),
which contain the life and words of Jesus,
who incidentally also rejected similar
encrustations on a relatively simple Jewish
faith, you will find everything you need for
life and growth in this world and the next.
To my father these were words of life as
they are to me now. He might say, if you
want a version of faith in Jesus then follow
the Gospel one (Matthew, Mark, Luke and
John) it‘s all there in black and white. He
had seen as I have that the result of adding
anything to the simple Gospel or taking
anything away, thus customizing it, is that
you end up by losing all of it. It is only
effective as it is.
Through his influence and his abhorrence of
‘nonsense’ I have come to realise that
religion is too complicated but the Gospel is
really simple. Like him, that is all I want, a
simple faith in Jesus.
Every blessing.
Stephen
(Priest in Charge) 01256 881071
MINISTER’S LETTER
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What a Farce.
A play written by
Raymond Hopkins.
Another very
enjoyable evenings
entertainment from
the Loddon Players.
This comedy is set in
the home of Anita
and Clive Debanks
who have been married for 28 years. The
passage of the play covers a six week
period leading up to Clive’s 50th birthday.
Clive, who’s never ‘played away’
endeavours to recapture his youth with a
foray into a “lonely hearts column”, without
telling his wife (obviously) suitably
encouraged by his best friend Jack with a
small wager. His wife, Anita, enters the
loveless couple into a competition for the
‘Perfect Married Couple’, to win a
Caribbean cruise, without telling her
husband. Both from the same paper. Let
the confusion and fun begin.
Another sterling performance from Pete F
(the wig suits) ably
supported by the
whole cast and I
especially want to
get my next supply
of ‘supervit’ tablets from Mavis.
Carolyn stepped in very ably for Isobel,
with barely the flutter of a script. I enjoyed
Mark hamming it up, do all journalists wear
dirty macs.
The grand finale is reached following a
whole series of well performed, fairly
predictable but still very funny
complications and denouements.
Great directorial debut by the two Pets and
I look forward to more.
Raymond Hopkins donates his royalties
from this and other farces, to
Multiple Sclerosis Research and
has done so since 1998. He was
in the audience on the night
watched and I ‘m sure he
thought it was all in a good
cause. In fact I was able to grab him in the
carpark (almost literally) as we left and he
very gallantly answered a couple of things
that were perplexing me. All it needed to
round off a lovely evening was a kiss.
THE CAST
Anita
Claire
Clive
Jack
Tracy
Annabel
Mavis
Emily
Henry
- Louise Hayling
- Jane Hatter
- Pete Francis
- Pete Cook
- Emily Browne
- Isobel Hamilton
- Carolyn Miles
- Frances Lewis
- Joy Newman
- Mark Adams
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Philippians 1 : 9-11
9 And this is my prayer: that your love may
abound more and more in knowledge and
depth of insight, 10 so that you may be able
to discern what is best and may be pure
and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled
with the fruit of righteousness that comes
through Jesus Christ—to the glory and
praise of God. The NIV Bible
Prayer for the Month.
Lord of all, as we think today of your great
faithfulness, the constancy of your love and
the dependability of your grace, so we are
made conscious of our faithlessness, our
inconstancy, our fickle undependable faith,
for our failure to live as your people. We
have so much that should inspire us, so
many reasons to put our trust in you, for
you have sustained and guided this church
over the years, speaking your word, calling
fresh generations to faith and opening up
new avenues of service, yet still our faith is
weak and our vision small. We have so
much to share together, our hopes and
dreams, joys and blessings, each of us
have differing experiences of your love and
contrasting journeys of faith. We come to
you today reminded of your faithfulness to
us, shown not because of any virtue on our
part but out of your sheer grace.
We ask you now to draw us close
to you and to help us to grow to
maturity in Christ.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
Prayer Points for June
Give thanks for the Queen and her
faithfulness and the long years of her reign.
Pray for the success of the many parties
taking place in our local villages and
throughout the whole of the United
Kingdom. May they be times of fellowship
and joy.
Pray for the people Syria who are coping
with the divisions in their country and trying
to bring peace to this war torn country.
Pray for all who affected by the divisions in
our country and may the European
elections in June bring unity rather than
further division.
The parents of and for the children who will
be baptised this month.
Those who will be married in our churches
this month and over the summer and for all
whose anniversaries fall in this month. May
their lives be guided by your Holy Spirit and
may they be aware of your presence
throughout their marriages
St Leonard’s Church Room is available for hire
The new church room is a light modern space with kitchen and toilet facilities. Suitable for meetings or children’s parties! For more information about hiring please contact:
[email protected] / 01256 882788
Thought for the Month
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www.classictreeservices.co.uk
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Miles Elliott
GARDEN MACHINERY SERVICES
Phone/Fax: 01256 882224
Mobile:07810573479E-mail: [email protected]
Servicing Repairs Tuning
Adjustment Sharpening
Turgis Green
Now’s the time for servicing
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Goddard’s Lane, Sherfield-on-Loddon, HOOK, Hants. RG27 0EZ
The Garage at Sherfield www.thegarageatsherfield.co.uk
Have a se
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MOT’s Cars and Motorcycles Service Diagnostics Repairs Air Conditioning Recovery Collection and Delivery service available.
90% of our work is repeat business
Tel: 01256 882271 Mobile: 07812 939 498
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The village fete is on the 25th June.
Preparation is well under way and all
villagers should have had a leaflet asking
for volunteers to help, so we can give stall
holders a break. If you could offer an hour
or two it would gratefully received.
We are aiming to raise money for a play
area in the recreation field for the children
of the village and of course grandchildren,
somewhere they can meet and have fun. If
you have any strong ideas where the
money could go instead please let me
know and it will passed to the fete
committee to be considered.
We are looking for items for a tombola stall
and also a raffle. Any items you can spare
can be brought to me at 41 New Street or
at the Iron Duke. At the side of each stall
will be a box of books which will be free to
take. You can leave a donation with the
stall holder if you wish.
The date of the next fete committee
meetings will be 25th May at 8.00 and then
9th June at 8.00 at the Iron Duke.
Warmest greetings to you all.
Jean Carruthers
STRATFIELD SAYE FETE COMMITTEE
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Contact Roy on 01256 861462
Mobile: 07798 570443.
Website: www.molegone.co.uk
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The Four Horseshoes
Old Reading Road
Sherfield on Loddon
RG27 2EX Tel: 01256 882296
www.the4horseshoes.co.uk
Traditional village pub
2 meals for £10
Midday to 7pm Tuesday—Friday Until further notice
Children and dogs welcome
Sit in the pub, out the front or in our secluded pub garden
Function room/skittle alley for hireFunction room/skittle alley for hire——please enquireplease enquire
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ASH BROOK INDEPENDANT FUNERAL DIRECTORS
& MEMORIAL CONSULTANTS
Independent family Funeral
Director
Day or night we provide a complete personal, caring & professional service for all your
funeral requirements
Dignified funeral service £895
plus disbursements
Please call Terina on
0118 9821111 28 Mulfords Hill, Tadley, Hants, RG26
3JE
www.ashbrookfunerals.co.uk
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Thursday 19th May saw
the announcement and
ceremony for Mayor’s
Awards for Basingstoke.
We are delighted to
announce that St.
Michael’s Home Care
received The Mayor’s
Award to Business which is awarded to a
local business that, in the opinion of the
outgoing Mayor, Cllr Anne Court, has
contributed to the well-being of the
borough.
The Mayor makes an award at the end of
his or her year, presented at Annual
Council, to up to three people who he they
feel have made a contribution to life in
Basingstoke but who would not otherwise
be recognised .Past awards have gone to
people who have worked in areas such as
organising sport for young
people, theatre and arts
activities, contributing to village
life. The award is a badge supplied
by Thomas Fattorini of Birmingham and
can be worn on a ribbon at Civic
occasions. The awards are entirely at the
discretion of the Mayor. The new mayor
Cllr Jane Frankum took over from Cllr
Court.
Outgoing Mayors Award
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West Green Road, Hartley Wintney RG27 8LP
Open June (date varies) to late September for Pick Your Own & Picked fruit, vegetables and flowers including Strawberries, Tayberries, Currants, Gooseberries, Raspberries, New
Potatoes & Asparagus; local Honey, Free Range Eggs and Homemade
Jams & Ice Creams
CALL 01252 845772 from May 1st for information, & to place
orders or visit www.westgreenfruits.com
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Meeting dates
The next Full Parish Council meeting
dates are 8 June 2016 and 13 July at
7.30 pm in the Liddell Hall. Please
check the parish noticeboards or the
website for the agendas which are
posted prior to the meetings.
Parish Council Elections
Following the elections on 5 May 2016,
there is now a new parish council.
Your parish councillors are: John
Attwood, Bruce Batting, Simon Dodd,
Diana Effiong, Richard Gaiger, Sandy
Johnston, Barry Neale and Venetia
Rowland. Cllr Rowland was been
elected at the AGM as Chairman for
the year and Cllr Neale is Vice
Chairman. Please refer
to the Parish website for
their contact details
www.sherfieldonloddon-pc.gov.uk/
Council/Councillors.aspx
Annual Allotment Competition
The judging of the allotments will take
place during the third week of July.
Hopefully the plots will be flourishing
by then.
Catherine Ryle - Clerk to the Parish
Council, Sherfield-on-Loddon,
PO Box 6862, Basingstoke RG24 4QZ
Telephone: 01256 842662
Email: [email protected]
Sherfield on Loddon Parish Council
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As a child I loved to visit old churches with my father; the more ancient the better. He had a great understanding of them but, more than that, he had the ability to connect them with the people who built them, the communities who worshipped in them and the families who were laid to rest in their churchyards, crypts and tombs. I am no expert on church architecture but I am an enthusiast. What I write here is a more of a response to being around and in St Mary’s than anything else. My purpose is simply to get you to go and explore the building for
yourselves.
Being a carpenter and joiner not only connects you to things fashioned from wood but also the wood itself; the grain,
the surface, the look, the finish, the patina, the feel and the smell. It is a whole experience for me, rather like enjoying good food. If you’re in to all of that then St Mary’s will be a treat. I have visited a lot of churches; some ornate and some plain. All have their charm and their dedicated admirers. Despite the variety and beauty of what I have seen, nothing quite prepared me for
what I found as I entered this church for
the first time. My breath was taken away and I felt, somehow, wrapped in beauty. Now I am not normally given to such effusive language, so what do I mean by that? Does it house particularly fine and exquisite workmanship? Well, no, not really. Apart from the Rood Screen, which
one historian describes as ‘fine’ (I don’t agree and see it as incongruous), the work is very ordinary and quite rough. The reality is that when working with green oak there is very little one can do to make it ‘fine’ and, when one does, there is no telling where the drying process will take your work—an extreme example being
Chesterfield Cathedral’s crooked spire.
Part of the beauty of St Mary’s is the rough, sometimes disjointed nature of the timberwork. Having worked on many vernacular buildings I have noted that the degree of ‘craftsmanship’ varies enormously as does the material. Of course there is more to read than just the original work. Nails in the curved roof braces suggest plaster lathes were present once. Damp and rot, not to mention beetle, have taken their toll too and ‘new’ pieces have been scarfed in all over the place—a task I have undertaken myself many a time. A good example of this can be seen
Church Wespall
Hartley
A CARPENTER’S REFLECTION
St Mary the Virgin, Hartley Wespall, showing it’s magnificent west wall.
Part of the main door inside the
porch. I imagine how I would have
made it
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at the base of the half round storey posts that sit between the three bays in the main Nave. Someone put those posts in, people sat beside them through countless services, a Rector or churchwarden noticed that they were decaying and someone, probably a village carpenter who worked in a simple
workshop much like mine in Dorset, found some oak at the back of his store to repair it. Who knows, he might have even had to convert it from an old log or branch —as I did in order to make my first hunting gate. There’s the point, you see, there was no builder’s merchant as such. This was particularly driven home for me as
my eye was drawn up the storey posts, past the moulded capitals and the spring arched braces to the cambered tie beams, king posts and cusped struts, the massive arched braces and then the rafters. Somebody had to find all of that material in
the form of trees, convert it, or get it converted in the saw pit by sawyers (top
dog and underdog).
One of my favourite books, ‘The Wheelwright’s shop’ by George Sturt, describes how wood was selected for various uses, in that case wheels and carts. Sturt could never get a definitive methodology from his men; they just knew by looking at a tree what it would yield—
almost wood lore.
One almost tantalising fact gleaned from ‘A History of the County of Hampshire’ ed. William Page (1911) is as follows: “Externally the building is entirely modern, except the west end of the nave, but its walls inclose the main timbers of the nave of a half-timber church of c. 1330, a very
remarkable and interesting survival.”
It is hard to chose a favourite part of the building but a prime contender has to be the external and original west elevation. There is a crude, simple beauty to the half-timber frame. Every element is cusped and the lower section seems vastly oversized. But then, it is almost mischievous, as if someone had a free hand and played it for all it was worth. Even the pilaster surmounted on the centre post, (right) echoing the shape of the stone buttresses, and apparently serving no useful purpose, makes me smile and think, ‘ I wonder what it is hiding’. Come and enjoy the church for yourself, sit awhile in the lovely oak pews, and let
your imagination wander.
Stephen
St Mary the Virgin, Hartley Wespall, showing it’s magnificent west wall.
The arched braces remind me of the inside of a whale. Upside down and you have the ribs
of a boat. The word Nave comes from the
Latin, navis, ‘ship’.
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WHAT’S ON IN JUNE
The Body Shop at Home Party Thursday 2nd June
Mind, Body & Spirit Fayre Saturday 4th June
Zoolab, mini beast workshop Saturday 11th June
Hypnotherapy workshop Saturday 25th June
Further details of these activities and how to book are on our
website www.sherfieldparkcommunity.co.uk/events
SHERFEST Saturday 2nd July
12—8pm
Live music, food stalls, Bar with real ale and cider,
inflatables, mascots, face painting, ice cream van and
more!
Free entry
Contact us on 01256 883967 or [email protected] for
tickets, bookings and information or visit www.sherfieldparkcommunity.co.uk
SUMMER
HOLIDAY CLUB Weeks commencing
8th & 15th August
8.30—6pm
Full day or half days available
More details and booking forms
can be found on our website.
Early booking recommended due
to limited availability
Rooms for Hire: Corporate meetings, children's parties, birth-
days, wedding receptions and other special occasions
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NEW PARISH COUNCIL STARTS UP
Your seven new councillors went straight to
work hosting a pop-up cafe three days after
the election to meet residents and listen to
your concerns. Later that week we held our
first official Parish Council meeting to set up
the organisation, committees and financial
processes required to serve the community.
Afterwards, the councillors invited all
attending to stay for coffee, cake and
conversation, something we plan to make a
regular feature of all our meetings.
Between these sessions and conversation
on neighbourhood Facebook pages, we are
getting an idea of the issues you would like
us to focus on. Here’s what you’re talking to
us most about:
Our poor broadband. Frustrating for all,
but a particular issue for home workers
and business owners.
Parking problems and speeding,
particularly on Rockbourne Rd. and
Cufaude Lane.
Involving more of the community in a
broader variety of activities.
Public transport, especially for older
neighbours.
Frequent communications.
Litter and dog waste.
There’s good news on the last: we’ve
received a grant from the Borough to fund a
litter warden, and will be advertising for
someone to fill the role soon. If you’re
interested (it’s a paid position), get in touch
with any of us.
On the communications front, in addition to
regular updates in the LVL please follow us
on Facebook for regular updates. We’re
working on a website which should be
functional soon. You’ll soon see three new
notice boards around the Park to further
spread the news.
Your councillors want to hear from you! To
reach us by email, use the names in the
brackets below followed by
@sherfieldparkparishcouncil.gov.uk.
From the left in the photo above, we are:
Howard Perkins (cllr.perkins)
Jenny Vaux (cllr.vaux)
Joyce Bowyer, Chair (cllr.bowyer)
Audrey Gordon (cllr.gordon)
Ellen Bencard, Vice Chair (cllr.bencard)
Herbert Goodenough (cllr.goodenough)
Not pictured:
Chris Wilson (cllr.wilson)
Our parish clerk, Sue Talbot (clerk@). is
essential to running things. As a paid
council official, she knows all the rules and
keeps us following them. If you don’t know
where to start with a request, go to her.
News from Sherfield Park (Ellen Bencard et al.)
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LOCAL ARTISTS BRING LIGHT & LIFE
TO COMMUNITY CENTRE
An inspiring exhibition called ‘Life & Light’
opened amid much excitement and a big
splash of colour at the Sherfield Park
Community Centre at the end of April. Ten
local artists known as the North Hampshire
Artists brought together many fine
examples of their work, in conjunction with
the West Berkshire & North Hampshire
Open Studios 2016 programme.
They mounted a magnificent show of
paintings in various media, including
watercolours, oils, acrylics and pastels.
Glasswork, digital art and some truly
stunning photography complemented the
show. Basingstoke Mayor, Councillor Anne
Court, opened the month-long exhibition
and had high praise for the standard of
work. A show of such high calibre, attended
by local worthies, highlights the broadening
range of activities taking place at the
Sherfield Park Community Centre.
To inquire about having your own event
there, go to
www.sherfieldparkcommunity.co.uk
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INVITES
YOU TO JOIN THE FUN
The Sherfield Park Community
Association (SPCA) depends on
volunteers: the more helping hands we
have, the more good things we can
produce for the community.
Anyone can help! You don’t necessarily
have to commit the time to becoming a
trustee (the group that runs the centre and
the SPCA). Lend a hand running the bar or
a raffle, or organise a whole event. Maybe
you’re an accountant, solicitor or design
consultant … or you have any other
specialist skills you could bring to the party.
In other news … construction on the
Community Centre’s conversion project will
start this summer, and while construction
will interfere with some of our normal
activities, we’ll be working to minimise the
interruption. Check our website and the
next issue of the LVL for updates.
The extension will add another floor on top
of the east side of the building, giving us
two more rooms to let out for a variety of
activities, as well as providing a better
home for our youth club activities.
The Shop for Sherfield Park remains on
schedule. Croudace reports that the new
building programme is going. The SPCA
trustees are interviewing shortlisted
candidates who are interested in running
the shop. We hope to announce the winner
in time for the July issue of the LVL.
The SPCA welcomes the new Parish
Council and looks forward to collaborating
with another organisation completely
dedicated to making our community a
better place. We wish all the new
Councillors well.
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Flower Festival at Bramley Church from June 23rd to June 26th.
There will be cream teas available up to Sunday in Cross House.
Open from 10am to 5pm.
THE QUEEN'S SHEEP
There was a time (not so very long ago!)
when sheep were allowed to roam freely on
the village common! You may well be too
young to remember but our Queen certainly
does and she misses her sheep!
In a unique project that supports both art in
rural settings and to celebrate the 90th
birthday of her Majesty, Proteus is working
with installation artist Louise Hight to create
life-size sheep in the royal colours in a
series community workshops.
The flock of sheep will be touring around
Basingstoke and Deane's village greens
and appearing at village fetes throughout
the summer. Come and be part of a piece
of creative history and help to adorn a
Sheep sculpture installation with royal
ribbons at a village fete near you and
celebrate Elizabeth's birthday
All workshops are free to take part in, a
fantastic way to celebrate Elizabeth’s 90th
birthday and a great source of family fun!
The ever increasing flock of sheep will be
at:
Sherfield on Loddon Village Fete, 11th June,
10am - 4:30pm
Silchester Village Fete, 18th June, 12pm -
3:30pm
Old Basing Carnival, 18th June, 12pm - 4pm
Overton Sheep Fair, 16th and 17th July,
11am - 4pm
#thequeenssheep #thesummeriscoming
Proteus Theatre Company
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Our May meeting was a ‘Hat’ evening. We
write subjects for discussion on pieces of
paper and put them into a container.
These are then pulled out at random. They
can be serious or light-hearted and almost
always result in lively discussion. We
started with ‘What wisdom would you like to
share with the next generation?’ Get a
good education was the first suggestion, as
it is the passport to your future. Others
said not to worry about things too much, let
nature take its course, support your
children and keep in regular touch with
your family.
The next topic was ‘Social
Media, especially
Facebook, is controlling
our society’. We had
already been talking
about the current
obsession with mobile
phones, how people walk along the street
looking at their screens, people on trains
don’t seem to read books or papers
anymore and diners often seem more
interested in their text messages, social
media or playing games than talking to
each other. However, our opinions varied
on the use of Facebook. Obviously some
people spend hours on it, but it can be a
useful way of keeping in touch with family
and friends, especially if they live far away
in other countries. Photos can be uploaded
and viewed by friends, who can then add
their own
comments
and you can
reach a lot of
people with minimal effort. Like a lot of
good ideas, it can be abused though.
We then discussed ‘What are you most
grateful for in your life?’ I think we all
agreed on this – good health, family,
friends, living where we do and living at this
particular time. We’ve lived through a time
of relative peace, amazing changes in
technology, increased prosperity for many
and major advances in medicine. Our last
discussion was on the forthcoming
referendum – Stay In or Leave? We were
split half and half on this one, which
probably is indicative of the whole country if
we believe what we read in the press.
Some were worried about massive
immigration if we stay in, whereas others
did not think it was a problem. Someone
asked, at what point is this country full?
There are lots of questions and views, but
no one knows the answers until it happens.
Our second May event (after the deadline
for the next edition) is a ramble and pub
meal at Winchfield – report next month.
Our next proper meeting is ‘Nominate a
Genius’, when we choose our favourite
genius, alive or dead.
Gill Fearon
This month we celebrated our birthday by
having a lovely afternoon tea at the Four
Horseshoes. We enjoyed sandwiches,
scones with jam and cream followed by a
selection of cakes. Everybody enjoyed
themselves and it was a lovely social
afternoon.
The next meeting on the 6th June will be a
talk from the Basingstoke local branch of
the RSPB.
What’s in the hat
Evergreens by May McQueen
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Burglaries:
Burglaries are a Local Beat Priority across
the whole of Basingstoke. There has been
one reported Burglary this month across
Bramley and Sherfield which is a decrease
over last month.
The dwelling burglary was in Bramley on
Cufaude Lane, offender(s) appear to have
entered a property via a window. There was
no apparent search within the property or
anything discovered stolen.
Even though the normal advice has been
on every beat report for two years I will still
promote this advice due to Burglaries being
a beat priority set by the local community
and I still visit addresses where the owner
has not completed any of the advice. (See
last month)
Anti Social Behaviour:
There have been 10 reports of ASB this
month. That is an increase of 3 reported
incidents over the last month. Five of these
incidents was ASB “Nuisance” and 5 being
“Environmental.”
I would like to encourage all residents to
report any incidents of anti social behaviour
to us on 101, or if you are a resident of
social housing and your issues are with a
neighbour also living in social housing
accommodation, please report any
incidents to your local housing officer, if the
problem then persists then your Housing
Officer will contact me. Please do report
ASB because if it doesn’t get reported then
I will not know that it’s happening and
therefore I will not be able to focus my
patrol time efficiently.
Criminal Damage
There have been a few incidents this year
of catapults being used to break windows. If
you have experienced this then please call
101 and report it as a
crime. It would appear the
main properties targeted
are visible from the Cinder
Track. Also if you see youths picking up
stones from a neighbour’s driveway then
please also call this in to us.
Suspicious Incidents:
There have also been 8 suspicious vehicle/
person reports. There is nothing to concern
me about the increase in these reports. Just
because something gets reported as
suspicious it doesn’t mean anything bad is
actually happening or likely to happen, it’s
just something that seems odd for the area.
If you see anything you consider being
suspicious please call us on 101 to report it.
If there are any units free at the time of the
call, they will attend. I am impressed of the
detail people giving to us. The majority of
the suspicious vehicles that have been
called in to us have been with a full
registration! It helps us out a lot when we
have this line of enquiry as we can normally
locate the owner and ask them what they
were doing.
Overall:
An increase in ASB as the weather starts
getting warmer, which was expected. We
have also had more reports of suspicious
incidents. The theft of vehicle is relating to a
quadbike being stolen from Sherfield on
Loddon. One vehicle seizure and the
impaired (drunk) driving are linked, this
incident happened when a moped rider
crashed in Cufaude Lane it was rider error
and no other persons were involved, the
error he made was drinking alcohol and
deciding to ride a bike he had no insurance
for. The other vehicle seizure is relating to a
female having no licence, no insurance, no
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Latest Beat Report
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MOT and no tax that was sighted in
Bramley but was stopped in Sherfield on
Loddon.
March Crime Stats
ASB – 10
Assault – 2
Burglary Dwelling – 1
Burglary non-Dwelling – 0
Criminal Damage – 6
Concern for welfare – 0
Driving Complaint – 0
Impaired Driving – 1
Public Order Incident – 2
Road Traffic Collision – 2
Suspicious Incidents – 8
Theft – 1
Theft of Vehicle – 1
Vehicle Seizure – 2
Emergency. As always, please can I ask
all residents to report any suspicious
persons, vehicles or incidents using the 101
telephone number; please only ring 999 if it
is a genuine emergency. An easy guide on
which number to use is this:
Is the incident in progress and is there a
risk of injury or damage to property? – 999
Has the incident already happened and
there is no longer any risk? – 101
Anything else we need to know about? –
101
Many thanks,
PCSO Nathan Johnson
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A Tiger’s Tale!
Celebrated local artist Jayne Perkins has
just received some really exciting news
about her work.
One of her watercolour tigers, “Waiting”,
(below right) has been shortlisted in the
highly prestigious ‘David Shepherd Wildlife
Artist of the Year 2016 Competition’.
Jayne’s picture was selected from the many
thousands sent in each year by
artists from around the world and,
regardless of the final outcome,
she is absolutely delighted to have
her work acknowledged and
accepted by the judges. We will
follow Jayne’s progress through
the final stages of the competition
with great interest.
All of pictures selected to be hung
will be displayed at the Mall
Galleries in London from 28 June
2016. So fingers crossed and well
done so far, we’ll keep you posted as the
results come in. Jayne is a member of the
‘North Hampshire Artists’ highlighted on
p35 and teaches her watercolour and pastel
techniques at the village hall in Stratfield
Saye.
See this and more of Jayne’s work at
www.janyneperkins.co.uk
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Trees
Safety work is due to be carried out in the
near future to a small number of the Horse
Chestnuts along the Bramley Road and to a
Beech near the War Memorial, which
unfortunately is diseased at the base.
Volunteers
Our third volunteering session included
weeding around the bases of young fruit
trees and then mulching them, clearing the
culvert below the Jubilee Pond weir,
removing lots of debris from the pond itself
and laying wood chippings on the path
behind the Cricket Pavilion to provide
easier walking. Thanks to everyone who
turned out and gave their time. If you see
something that you think needs attention,
please let us know through the Parish
Clerk.
Dogs – BAG IT
AND BIN IT!
The new dog
waste stations are
being well used,
but there are still
those who are not
bothering to pick
up. Keep your dog under close control at
all times, so that you know where it has
been. If you can’t control your dog, then
you must keep it on a lead particularly at
night. Please remember that used bags
can be deposited in any bin on the Village
Green, or in your own dustbin. If you
believe that the supply of bags at a waste
station is running low, please leave a
message on 01256 842662.
Ducks
Please remember to switch to healthier
alternatives than bread for our ducks such
as greens, seed
or corn. Each
year we throw
away about
1,200,00 tonnes
of fresh fruit and
vegetables, with
salad making up
a large proportion of the waste, so you
could easily give your leftovers to ducks.
(However, in a recent survey, ducks said
they liked kale best, followed by pea
shoots, rocket and iceberg lettuce, but they
weren’t keen at all on watercress……so not
all salad is the same!).
Our next volunteering session will be on
Saturday 4th June, meeting at the War
Memorial at 2pm. We hope you can
come.
Article by the Village Green Group.
Sherfield Village Green Matters by the Village Green Group
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My name is Venetia Rowland and I would
like to introduce myself to you as your new
Conservative Borough Councillor (for
Bramley and Sherfield on Loddon). As
some of you may know, Chris Tomblin
stepped down this year after many years of
hard work as your Independent Councillor.
May I wish him well in his new role on the
Bramley Parish Council.
First and foremost I would like to express
my gratitude to all those who helped me to
success, in particular, John and Pamela
Darker whose enthusiasm and support I
owe a big thank you, but most of all to
YOU, Bramley and Sherfield on Loddon
residents, who have put your faith in me. I
will do my very best not to let you down.
Thank you.
Now on to what I
stand for. I am
committed to acting
on local issues which
make the difference.
In meeting many residents the main topics
of concern are traffic issues and housing
development which will have a huge impact
on both villages. Hopefully, with the BDBC
Local Plan having now going to the council
on the 26th May there will be a more
realistic control on exploitative development
by developers and landowners.
I also support “The Safe Routes to
Schools” initiative which aims to enable
children to walk and cycle to school safely.
And lastly, if you are: running a baby/child/
youth/adult group, starting one or even
thinking about one, I would love to hear
from you. With my knowledge of setting up
small focus groups to large scale
government initiatives, perhaps I can help
you. So get your thinking caps on and let's
see if we can make a difference!
I am contactable by email
or visit my Facebook page
www.facebook.com/Bramley-and-Sherfield-
1734367933456117/
Welcome to a new Borough Councillor
Thank You from an ‘old’ one.
I would like to say a big thank you to
everyone who voted for me in the Borough
Council local elections on 5th May. I feel
honoured to be able to continue to
represent all residents of Sherfield Park
and Chineham to the very best of my
ability. Elaine
Borough and County Councillor for
Sherfield Park and Chineham
website elainestill.com
07747862913
01256880926
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The Parish Council held their AGM on
Monday 9th May 2016 in the Village Hall
when the newly elected Councillors
officially accepted their office as
Councillors for Stratfield Saye. With
regret, but also thanks for his many years
of service to the community, Cllr Clive
Manser has retired from the Council and
the new Chairman is Cllr Ian Pearson.
Thanks were noted to Suzanne Nixon,
leaving the Parish Council after several
years, and a welcome issued to Charlotte
Toosey and Amanda Harborne, who are
both joining the Parish Council for the first
time. The PC now comprises:
Jean Carruthers, Nick Hall. Amanda
Harborne, James Hare, Ian Pearson,
Geoffrey Preston. Charlotte Toosey.
Clive Manser gave his report covering the
past year which noted the installation of a
new boiler at the Village Hall, the replaced
cesspit at the recreation ground and the
very successful Waterloo Day last June
when funds were raised to fund the
defibrillator now installed on the side of the
Iron Duke.
The new Council needs to decide at the
next meeting on a name for the recreation
ground Pavilion, the placement of a new
bench dedicated to the late Duke of
Wellington and where the proposed plaque
commemorating the WW1 VC awarded to
Mr Welch (born in Stratfield Saye) should
be sited. So they are hoping parish
residents will send their suggestions as
soon as possible for all three to the Clerk
([email protected] or by telephone
01189332379) so that a decision can be
made at the next Parish Council meeting.
The next Parish meeting is Monday 4th
July in the Village Hall but don’t forget the
monthly coffee morning on Mondays 6th
June and 4th July - do come along for a
chat and some cake as it is always an
enjoyable get together for local residents.
The Parish Council also wish success to
the local residents who are in the process
of arranging a fete in the Village for the
end of June.
Penny Mayo Parish Clerk
STRATFIELD SAYE PARISH COUNCIL REPORT
(Grants for Children and Young People)
The Foundation was established by George
Pitt in 1739 and provides grants for children
and young people under 18 in the Parishes
of Stratfield Saye and Beech Hill. The
Trustees would like to encourage parents of
Stratfield Saye and Beech Hill to make use
of this historic charity.
All claims, with accompanying receipts, for
extra curricular activities, where not
provided by the Local Education Authority
will be considered sympathetically. The
grant is not means-tested and is available
for activities such as:
Music and swimming tuition, residential and
study courses, textbooks and special
equipment etc.
Applications for grants must be received by:
James Hare, Stratfield Saye Estates, Estate
Office, Stratfield Saye, Near Reading, RG7
2BT, not later than 30th June 2016.
THE STRATFIELD SAYE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
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There are no meetings in June and July but
we will be running our usual plant stall at
the Fete on 11th June. If you have any
spare plants that you want to go to a good
home, please let Dan or Andy know. We’d
be happy to take them off your hands.
In July, members of the club will be visiting
Spring Pond Garden in Laverstoke. Spring
Pond is a small private garden on alkaline
soil designed by garden designer Ian
Mylles, and created since 1995 by Carolyn
Sheffield. The garden surrounds a flint and
brick house converted from a group of
derelict farm buildings, designed by the
architect, the late Francis Johnson.
The main points of interest in the garden
are:-
A spring garden with an extensive
collection of naturalised bulbs,
Cowslips, Primroses Scillas, Anenomes
and Fritillarias.
An arboretum started in the year 2,000,
featuring ornamental trees, including
Malus, Prunus, Crataegus, Fraxinus and
fruit trees.
Roses and Viticella Clematis climb the
walls. The borders are full of colour co-
ordinated perennials, including a white
garden and a red garden.
An ornamental pond, and a natural
pond with water lilies, surrounded by
marginal plants, including Primula
Candelabra, Rodgersii, and Astilbes.
A wild flower garden.
A conservatory full of Mediterranean
and tropical plants, designed by
conservatory plant specialist, Lisa
Rawley.
The garden is open under the NGS scheme
if non-members would like to visit on
Sunday 26 June and Wednesday 29 June
(2 - 5pm). Admission is £6.00, children free.
Anyone interested in gardening will be most
welcome to join us at our meetings in the
Sherfield Village Hall at 7:45pm.
For arrangements contact Dan on 882680
or Andy on 882350
Sherfield and District Gardening Club (from Anna Scott)
Becky, Rita & Jeannette will be hosting a ‘Tea at 3’ fund raising event for St Michael’s Hospice on
Sunday 17th July 2pm – 5pm at The Old School, Silchester Road, Bramley
(drive runs along side the allotments). There will be refreshments and cakes available.
If anyone would like a stall at the event or for further information please contact Becky on 07733 466210 / 01256 881358.
Everyone welcome!’
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A BREACH LANE JOINT
CHARITY VENTURE!
Breach Lane Sherfield On Loddon
RG27 0EU
On Sunday July 3rd Terry and Brian
Raisborough open their prize winning
garden again at White Gables under the
auspices of the NGS.
Cathy and Tony Miles who live next door
at Cydonia are also opening their garden
for charity in support of M.S. by way of
serving afternoon teas and scrumptious
cakes. (Cathy lost her sister-in-law aged
39, from an aggressive form of M.S.)
Come along and enjoy the large collection
of exotic plants, cacti, hostas and lots
more including life size sculptures and a
wild bird display featuring the smallest owl
you have probably seen. Whilst at White
Gables buy a few plants and then meander
down the lane for a delicious garden
afternoon tea and cakes at Cydonia served
by Cathy and Tony.
Have a great day out and support worthy
charities at the same time!
SUNDAY JULY 3rd – 1PM - 5PM
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS &
MONUMENTAL MASONS.
ALEXANDER & DRY
Twenty four hour service.
Pre-paid funeral plans available.
1 Seal Road, Basingstoke, RG21 7NQ
Tel: 01256 844663
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Happy Faces Play group Sherfield-on-Loddon
“Bring your happy face to our
happy place” A small, friendly playgroup for
children aged 2 years 6 mths to school age
Flexible Sessions including all day
Further information:
01256 880903
Prospectus/application form:
07791 141176
[email protected] www.happy-faces-playgroup.co.uk
Est. 1982. Charity No. 1029688
T: 01256 242135
M: 07990 814143
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Tel: 01256 880044 MOBILE: 07754 554554
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experienced lady who cleans every corner. Ironing also available. References.
Tel 07933 316989. [email protected]
LOCAL PROFESSIONAL INTERIOR and EXTERIOR DECORATOR First class job guaranteed. Over 30 years experience. No job too small. For a
free estimate ring Ian 01256 882132 or 07876021772
SEWING, EXPERIENCED AND CONVENIENT. Di is now back in the
conservatory, Sherfield Garden Centre. Bespoke dressmaking, clothing
alterations, repairs, curtains & blinds and soft furnishings. 07796 045944.
PC SUPORT. For technical help with PCs, Macs, tablets, internet,
wi-fi: repairs, upgrades and installation: Call Ian on 07977 143310.
LOCAL EXPERIENCED TAX ADVISER. Self assessment tax returns,
arrears, claims, payroll, self-employed, VAT returns. Initial consultation free.
Call 07920112533 or e-mail [email protected]
INSIDE/OUT Property maintenance, carpentry, decorating, locks fitted,
garden maintenance. Tel 01256 882696 or 07713 470223. E-mail
WINDOW CLEANER. Windows cleaned or gutters cleared - one off or
regularly. Local, reliable window cleaner (testimonials available). For a quote
call Pete Owen on 07762 616600 [email protected]
MATHS AND PSYCHOLOGY TUTOR available to take on students in
Sherfield and surrounding area studying for GCSEs or A Levels. Proven track record. Contact Lexi Ball on 07557 277121 or 01256 883838 or e-mail
EVENING ART CLASS. Monday 6.30pm to 8.30pm, Sherfield Village Hall.
Drawing and painting suitable for beginners and intermediate. Taught by
qualified teacher/artist, Louise Hight ; 01256 886383. [email protected]
DAYTIME ART CLASS. Tuesday 10am to 12 midday, Sherfield village Hall.
Drawing and painting suitable for beginners and intermediate. Taught by
qualified teacher/ artist, Louise Hight ; 01256 886383. [email protected]
VIRTUAL PERSONAL ASSISTANT. Do you have a small business? Busy
diary? Virtual Personal Assistant services available on a flexible basis. Check
out www.sarawillsortit.com or call Sara on 07910839533.
FOR SALE. 1 petrol powered rotorvator and 1 petrol powered
strimmer. Both in working order. For details contact Michael Reed on
01256 881311.
GARDENER REQUIRED 4 hours per week.£6.00per hr. Suit retired
person. Please contact Jean Carruthers 01189 333230
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USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS The dialling code is 01256, unless otherwise stated.
Allotments Basingstoke Gazette Brownies St. Leonard’s Church Breach Lane Chapel Catholic Church Clift Surgery Patient Group Cricket Club (Sherfield) Cricket Club (ST & HW) Evergreens Football (Junior) Happy Faces Playgroup Loddon Players Loddon Quilters Loddon Valley Link Lunch Club. NWR Police - Sherfield local beat officer Police - Sherfield Park Police - report an incident Poppies Post Office Rainbows Sherfield. Community Care Grp Sherfield on Loddon Fete Sherfield Dist. Gardening Club Sherfield Park Community Centre Sherfield Park Parish Council Sherfield & District Show Short Mat Bowls Stratfield Saye Parish Council Stratfield Saye Village Hall Stratfield Turgis Parish Meeting Sherfield Parish Council Toddler Group 0-5s Tree Warden. Village Green Volunteers Whist Drive Women’s Institute Sherfield Village Hall Caretaker/Bookings Management Committee
Please inform the Editor of changes to the above information.
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Loddon Valley Link Management
Editor for the July edition – Jane Abrams Please submit copy for this edition no later than the 16th June.
Send copy to: [email protected]
Committee: Chairman: Dr. Donald Dawson 01256 882379 ([email protected]) Treasurer: Pip Iles 01256 880559 Secretary: Ilene Iles 01256 880559 ([email protected]) Rev. Stephen Ball Dr. John Williams 01256 882705 ([email protected]) Howard Perkins 01256 883882 [email protected] Germano Giugovaz 01189 332166 Claire Osborne 01256 324458 ([email protected]) Simon Boase 01256 881250 ([email protected]) Brian Archer 01256 882099 ([email protected]) Jane Abrams 01256 881188 ([email protected])
Church Officers
Priest in Charge: Rev. Stephen Ball 01256 881071, temporary email [email protected]) (Please note: Stephen’s day off is Monday) Assistant Priest: Rev. Sammie Armstrong 01189 816593 ([email protected]) Curate (priest responsible for Bramley & Little London: Rev. John Lenton 01256 880570 Licensed Lay Ministers : Richard Elphick 01256 882860 Andrew Doggart 01256 880092 John Williams 01256 882705 Church Admin: Lisa Goodall 01256 882788 ([email protected])
ST. LEONARD’S CHURCH, CHURCH END, SHERFIELD ON LODDON, RG27 0JB (no mail)
Churchwarden: Peter Gould 01256 882538 Churchwarden: Richard Elphick 01256 882860 Treasurer: Dan Farrow 01256 882680
Organist: Mike Abrams 01256 881188 Organist: Brian Archer 01256 882099
ST. MARY’S CHURCH, STRATFIELD SAYE Churchwarden: Dr. John Williams 01256 882705 Treasurer: Charles Atkinson 01256 882459 Organist: Dr. Gill Williams 01256 882705
ST. MARY’S CHURCH, HARTLEY WESPALL Churchwarden: Pip Iles 01256 880559 Treasurer: Michael Webster 01256 882413 Organist: Dr. Gill Williams 01256 882705 Organist: Andrew Doggart 01256 880092
MESSY CHURCH, SHERFIELD PARK Leader: Peta Alvares 0777 2322202
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