TODAY Thursday 22 July
FARM TOUR THURSDAY 22nd July at 6pm If you’re interested in joining a tour around the farm please contact jayne@oxtonorganics.co.ukso we have an idea of numbers. The tour will take between 1-2 hours. You’re very welcome to come earlier – 5pm and bring a picnic to enjoy in the orchard Unfortunately this year we won’t be providing refreshments.
LUNCHES DELIVERED
Tomorrow Friday 23 July – Homemade lasagne and crispy potatoes served with mixed salad – £9
Sunday 25 July – Roast leg of Lamb and mint sauce OR Roast loin of Pork and apple sauce, both served with fresh seasonal vegetables and potatoes – £9 each meal + Sunday desserts – Lemon meringue roulade OR Fresh forest fruit and vanilla cheesecake OR Homemade fruit crumble, all served with fresh cream – £4 each
TO ORDER any of the above, please contact Carol-Anne and Nigel on 07866 670472
FLADBURY SCHOOL
It has been so good to see the children coming and going from school and playing again in Pool Garden in Farm Street. They broke up for the summer holidays yesterday and the children return to School on Monday 6 September.
The brand new mosaic, designed by the children and created by Jackie Nash with a little bit of help from the children, was going to featured in our celebratory weekend at the beginning of the month but can now be seen, during the summer holidays, on the wall at the children’s entrance.
Every good wish to all school staff, parents and children in all our schools for happy holidays after a very tough year.
CHURCH NEWS
· Sunday 25 July at 9.30am at St James’ Church, Bishampton – A Morning Service
and at 11.00am at St John the Baptist’ Church, Fladbury – A Service of Holy Communion.
· Sunday 1st August at 11.00am at St John the Baptist’ Church, Fladbury – A Service of Holy Communion.
· We respectfully request that face masks are worn when attending church services and that some form of social distancing is offered to others. We shall continue to sing a hymn outside in the churchyard at the end of the service (weather permitting). A decision whether to sing inside church for Sunday services will be taken at the end of August. The QR code for NHS Test and Trace, and a paper version will be available on the welcome table.
· There will be a Service of Celebration for the life of Rob Speed on Tuesday 27th July at 12noon at St John the Baptist’ Church, Fladbury. Elaine and her family will be pleased for those who would like to attend the service, to let Philip Speed pkrs1@outlook.com know in advance and before Saturday 24th July because, in the interests of maintaining some social distancing, numbers will be restricted. They will also be pleased for people who would like to show their respects to gather in the churchyard or near the church.
Sarah, Parish Warden and Wardens
THE FLADBURY FLOW…. Collect & Learn!
this Sunday 25 July from 2pm at The Chequers Inn, Fladbury when you can collect everything you need to make poppies for the Fladbury Flow and learn from one of the experts!
Angela Fowler 07811 875701
FLADBURY CRICKET CLUB
In the baking heat of last weekend, Fladbury managed 2 comfortable home wins over opposition from Warwick and Clent. The Saturday game saw a team from Warwick CC win the toss and elect to bat only to lose their top 4 wickets for just 6 runs. There was then something of a recovery which allowed them to post a total of 161 for 8 from their 40 overs. In reply Fladbury reached their target for the loss of just 2 wickets in the 27th over. No discussion was needed about who was Man of the Match with James Turner returning bowling figures of 4 for 16 and then brutally destroying the Warwick attack with a chanceless 111 not out. He is now approaching 1000 runs for the season. In a low scoring contest on Sunday Clent, batting first, were bowled out for a dismal 79 with Nick Mytton recording figures of 5 for 17. Fladbury’s reply faltered at the start stumbling to 14 for 5 wickets before Prudden and Turner steadied the ship to finish the job with a 5 wicket victory.
Two more home games are scheduled for the coming weekend. Cotswold Hills League duties resume on Saturday 24 July with a 1.30pm start against visitors Henley in Arden while on Sunday 25 July, starting at 2pm, Leamington Lemmings provide the opposition.
Pete Sudlow, tel 860335
FLADBURY VILLAGE HALL
For information and to book, please contact Andy and Jane Davies on 861158 or email fladburyvh@outlook.com or go on line https://v2.hallmaster.co.uk/Diary/ViewWeeklyDiary/7289
where you will see weekly bookings.
FLADBURY ART GROUP meets on Mondays 2-4pm Contact Nick Dawe on email daweart2015@gmail.com or mobile 07901 119279
PILATES may be Zooming at the moment but will return to the Hall. For more information and to book, please email diane.pilates4health@gmail.com or phone 07967136750
KARATE from 6pm to 7pm on Mondays – contact Tony Johnson on 07961 853522
and GAMES CAFE in the Village Hall!
Because the playing field is barred for the time being (see Parish Council below), the Games Cafe will be held in Fladbury Village Hall this coming Wednesday 28 July from 10.30. This time, please bring your own refreshments – and we’ll discuss future arrangements. It will be so good to meet again and chat and catch up – and play games!
If you want more information or would like to join in and haven’t been before, please ring Sally on 861206.
FLADBURY SOCIAL CLUB
We are pleased to announce that Fladbury Social Club will be re-opening on Thursday 29 July at 4:30pm after our Covid lockdown. As the Club is a members club and we haven’t been able to open for more than a few weeks since March 2020, we have decided to extend the membership of paying members from 2020 to include 2021. Anyone who would like membership or any further info on the club then please contact me, Mark Hatfield, on the following number 07718 584849 or email markhatfield@outlook.com
Opening times…..
Thursday 4:30pm to 10pm
Friday 4:30pm to 11pm
Saturday 4pm to 12am
Sunday 12pm to 3pm and 7pm to 10:30pm
Closed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
We will be organising a few events before the end of the year and look forward to you all back in the Club very soon.
Mark Hatfield
FLADBURY PARISH COUNCIL
Recreation Ground
The entrance to the Recreation Ground will remain barred for another couple of weeks at least. Our new, purpose built, height restriction barrier has been delayed – the supplier has too many staff pinged! We also plan to have a more substantial bar across where the chain is currently deployed. We are also looking at replacing the kissing gate with a more conventional gate to facilitate pedestrian access further away from the bridge which will make it easier for those with pushchairs, wheelchairs or bikes to get onto the field safely.
Mobile Police Station
This visit was a success with PC Paul Browne particularly pleased with the number of people who took the opportunity to engage with him on the day.
Airband – Ultrafast Fibre Broadband
Ditto Airband’s pop-up on the Green last week. More potential subscribers were signed up. If you haven’t indicated your support for the scheme, please go to the village website for more information and to sign up.
Housing Development in Fladbury
In order to understand the general feeling about any new housing development in the village, we will be circulating by email, on the website and on the village Facebook site, a short questionnaire on this matter. Please look out for this and take a few minutes to provide your response.
Parish Councillor by Co-Option
If you’re interested, please email me for more details and an application form.
Network Rail – River Avon Bridge
Network Rail estimate that the work should be completed towards the end of August at the latest but hopefully sooner.
Next Meeting
We don’t meet in August and so the next meeting will be on Monday, September 20th, 7.00 pm in the pavilion.
Ian Southcott – Chair, tel: 861061, email: iandjsouthcott@aol.com
PEOPLE
· Having been part of the Five Alive parish for over 50 years, Richard and Maggie Mumford are now living at The Birches, Hawbridge, Stoulton, Worcs. WR7 4RJ. Tel: 01905 841860. Every good wish to Richard and Maggie in their new home and we look forward to seeing them as they continue to worship in the Five Alive parish.
· One-time members of Fladbury & Moor WI met to celebrate over 100 years of the WI in Fladbury, with a tea party in Geraldine’s beautiful garden in Fladbury on the banks of the Avon. The afternoon was very hot, the welcome was very warm, sitting under the garden trees was very cool, the chat was very fulsome and the cool drinks and scones and cakes were very delicious! Marilyn of Lower Moor, most recent President, presented a small silver cup to longest member and one-time president Louise of Fladbury and then thanked all who had planned the party.
· Michelle Brotherton, senior paramedic living in Fladbury, put the following official notice on facebook….
It’s currently unbelievably busy across the West Midlands. Our staff, like our NHS colleagues in hospital across the Region, are working flat out to see patients as quickly as possible.
If you’ve got an urgent health concern which isn’t an emergency, we ask that you use 111.nhs.uk for NHS health advice (or ring 111)
Called 999 and waiting for an ambulance? Please don’t call us back asking for an arrival time as we can’t give you one. Only call us back if the patient’s condition worsens or you want to cancel our help.
LATERAL FLOW TESTS
As part of continuing Community Support, Simon Taylor (at the butcher’s shop) has agreed to becoming a Community Collection point for Lateral Flow Test Kits. These are free of charge and customers will be allowed to take up to 2 packs at a time of these kits. This service will be available from today 22 July. Lateral flow tests can help to drive down the spread of COVID-19. Rapid lateral flow tests give a quick result. They can find positive cases with high levels of virus that are easy to transmit to others, helping to intercept and reduce further infections.
Best regards, Mark Hatfield, LFT Manager, Transformation & Change Team, Worcestershire County Council, County Hall, Spetchley Road, Worcester, WR5 2NP
Mobile: 07874 883764, Email: mhatfield@worcestershire.gov.uk
MORE ABOUT BUSSES….
Following the report in last week’s KIT regarding the unexpected withdrawal of the weekly Tesco bus service, John Bolt is attempting to establish the reasons for this and whether it is likely to be reinstated. We hope to be able to report back shortly.
In the meantime we have learnt that some of our neighbouring villages have teamed up with Pershore Volunteers to operate a community bus service, providing a weekly door to door pick up and drop off shopping trip for those who are registered to the scheme. Our Parish Council have agreed to look into how this is funded and whether it could work for Fladbury. As with the service bus, its viability depends on having sufficient support. If you would like to be registered as a possible user of this service, and have not already done so, you can contact John Bolt on 860768 or myself (Jane on 860531).
FLADBURY KNIT & NATTER
Another happy Knit & Natter session took place this week, with one or two people meeting each other for the first time. Everyone welcome to the next session on Tuesday 3 August at 7pm in the Function Room at the Chequers Inn, Fladbury. Just bring yourself, your knitting/crochet and your conversation. For more information, please contact Amy McGann on 07850 075459
FLADBURY gently RE-CONNECTING…..
on Saturday 7 August – 3rd time lucky? Let’s hope so – see Tuesday’s email about joining in or contact me, Jane – 860531, email pjbugg@btintenet.com
HOLLAND HOUSE in Main Street, Cropthorne WR10 3NB
Holland House is a conference and retreat centre, with a beautiful garden and dining room serving lunches and dinners and afternoon teas when booked by the general public. For more information, see the website www.hollandhouse.org or call 01386 860330
· CLERK TO THE TRUSTEES WANTED –a The Board of Holland House are seeking to appoint a Clerk to the Trustees. This is a voluntary post – interesting and varied, computer and admin skills required. A job description is available from the Chairman of the Trustees, Paul West – email paul@policingfirst.com or phone 077768 642307
· QUIET GARDEN DAYS – Thursdays 19 August and 16 September, 10am-4pm. To book, go to www.hollandhouse.org or call 01386 860330
CHARLTON CHATTERY IS BACK – tomorrow!
Charlton Chattery is back in the Old Schoolroom THIS Friday 23 July at 2.30pm. Tea, coffee, cake and good company will be provided. If you prefer to bring your own food, please feel free to do so. No raffle or bring and buy. Suitable donations to Old School fundraising.
WJ ROWLINGS PLANT NURSERY in Cropthorne
We are changing our opening times – we will be open Thursday to Saturday 10.30-3 for the next few weeks – and then be guided by the weather. Watch this space for any changes!
Nicola and Victoria, tel:860793
FREE ADVERTISING!
As we no longer have the “Five Alive” to refer to, it would be good to have contact details for local electricians, plumbers, gas servicing engineers, painters, decorators, carpenters, joiners, Craycombe services and outlets, etc, etc, to add to this list so please let me know if you know of anyone. For a start…..
· Merfyn Merchant of Wype Piddle rang – still plumbing, bathroom installations, tiling, decorating and property maintenance – but no longer gas appliance servicing – tel: 01386 556481, mob: 07980 392136
· Merfyn confirmed that son Craig Merchant is still “electrical services” – tel: 01905 841018, mob: 07899 964866
· Brenda of Charlton uses Buzz Electrical of Evesham – tel: 01386 423600
FOR SALE
· McCULLOCH petrol mower Model M53-675DWA. Self propelled; 53 cm blade width; large capacity grass catcher bag.Good working condition. Offers in region of £75 – cash on collection
Please call 07710 043767 : Located Butt Furlong, Fladbury
· Di Blasi Folding Tricycle Model R32 20 inch wheels; 27-29 inch saddle to pedal; Low bar – easy access Including carry bag and luggage bag. Cost nearly £1800 in 2009. Excellent condition; only very lightly used. Offers in region of £500 – cash on collection
Please call 07710 043767 : Located Butt Furlong, Fladbury
FREE GIVE-AWAY
Mike Neilan – 07486 434516 – has to give away a COMPOSTER and an extendable 24 feet metal LADDER with hanging walk brackets please contact him if you want either item – or both!
News and Information – and comments! – Welcome – please ring or email Jane Bugg: 01386 860531, email pjbugg@btintenet.com