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Harvest Festival Lunch

Harvest Festival Lunch – Sunday 28 September 12.30.pm

Everyone is really welcome to come to the Village Hall for the Harvest Festival Lunch. This year it will be Bring and Share Lunch, with free drinks. As tickets are not being sold, there will be a Donation Box (cash not produce) for the Stroud Beresford Group (Women’s Refuge). This will also be an opportunity to meet the new vicar Mike Smith and his wife Sam who will be attending. We look forward to seeing you there.

Georgina Harford, Elin Tattersall

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Proposed Anaerobic Digester at Chavenage

[From Paula Pinkney]

Dear Paula and other Kingscote Residents,

Just to fill you in on the proposed plans for an Anaerobic Digestor at The Old Dairy Chavenage.  This will impact on the Kingscote community in that it will generate a large number of HGV lorries and large tractor/trailer traffic travelling to and from the Old Dairy via the A46 and the Calcot crossroads. Gloucestershire Highways themselves have estimated this as an HGV lorry every 6 minutes at peak times.   We have not yet  been told where all the input material will come from and so it may also mean traffic travelling between the plant and Wotton-under-Edge and beyond.

If you share our concerns, please let Stroud Planning know by emailing planning@stroud.gov.uk  Remember to give your own postcode and to make clear which proposal you are referring to.

We feel very strongly that this is the wrong plant in the wrong place for the following reasons.

  • The government give very generous grants (feed in tariffs) for Anaeorbic Digestion (AD) units in order to encourage farmers generating animal waste (poultry, pig or cattle manures and slurries) to use this waste to generate gas and electricity.  However, there are no animals at Chavenage and so this proposal will depend on maize and other crops grown at Chavenage and two other farms at Rodmarton and Tetbury Upton.    Maize requires large amounts of energy to grow it (some studies suggest more energy is required than the energy that can be generated).  It is a very bad plant for biodiversity, wildlife, soil erosion and flooding (it is an RSPB ‘sink crop’).  It also leaves the ground as ugly bear stubble from October to May.  In August and September, the height of the mature crop means walkers will not be able to see over it to enjoy their rural views. This plant alone will convert up to 1,000 acres of Gloucestershire farmland that currently grows a mix of barley, wheat and oilseed rape to maize, dramatically changing the look of the countryside.   This plant will set a precedent.  If it is passed, it will be harder to refuse others.  In Germany, where similar grants were offered, vast areas have been converted to maize production.  Is this what we want for the Cotswolds?
  • Anaerobic Digestion produces a waste product (digestate) which can be spread on agricultural land, but there are strict limits to how much can be spread per acre and what times of year it can be spread.  For every 100 tonnes of material in, approximately 80 tonnes of digestate will be created.  This is fine where the input material is animal slurry as it reduces it in quantity.  However, when the input material is crops, this process which is designed to USE waste, actually GENERATES a waste product.  The Chavenage plant will produce more waste than they can safely and legally dispose of on their own land and it is not at all clear from their proposal how the excess will be transported away from the farm and/or stored before it can be legally and safely spread elsewhere.
  • The traffic generated is inappropriate in terms of both size of vehicle and number of movements for the single lane access road which will link the AD unit to the A46.   The wheelspan of the vehicles is wider than the road in many places and will inevitably lead to further breakdown of the road edges.  The passing places are too narrow to allow large vehicles to pass  side by side.  Even the ‘normal’ farm traffic will increase by between 5 to 7 times as the total tonnage per acre generated by maize is approx 30 – 40 tonnes/acre compared to maybe 5 – 6 tonnes for barley, wheat or oilseed rape, including their straw.   Tractors travelling from maize fields spread far far more mud on the road than other crops because the harvest exposes the soil, because far more loads are required per acre, and because it is harvested in October, one of the wettest months of the year.
  • The crossroads at Calcot and the junction at the A46 are already dangerous and this increase in traffic will make them more so.   PLEASE NOTE ANY EXAMPLES OF ACCIDENTS OR NEAR MISSES AT THESE JUNCTIONS WILL HELP OUR CASE.
  • There is no evidence that there are any benefits from this development, either to the local community or to the production of sustainable energy as it will depend largely (if not entirely) on growing energy hungry crops on good agricultural land.   It does not use unwanted farm waste, no extra jobs will be created and the majority of the economic benefit will leave the county as the plant is run by a large conglomerate of speculative investors.  All energy will go directly into the national network or grid with no provision of cheaper/greener energy for local residents.  Gloucestershire tax payers and road users will be left to pick up the bill for road improvements and the inevitable regular repairs as wide, heavy vehicles travel on a road that is not fit for purpose.   Finally, as less than a third of the input material is generated from Chavenage, there is no reason why this plant should be sited here rather than on a more appropriate brownfield site.

If you would like more information, you can find all the planning documents and the objections online at www.stroud.gov.uk/planning    Reference: S.14/0673/FUL

Best wishes

Jenny Stuart

07974 179364

Jenny.stuart@keystone-group.co.uk

 

 

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Satellite Broadband in Kingscote

As a result of a villager recently installing satellite broadband to improve the service he receives, we have been approached by the companies which installed it with a proposition which may benefit the village.  

DICE is a company which initially concentrated on business based VOIP solutions.  In partnership with Global Invacom, however, DICE has co-developed a satellite communications solution which is designed to deliver TV, high-speed broadband, fixed-line telephony and mobile through a single satellite dish to several domiciles – removing the requirement for expensive long-distance cabling infrastructure.  Initially DICE and Global Invacom aimed to target this product at poorly connected and difficult to reach areas outside the UK but has identified a need within the UK to provide a similar service to rural locations.  BT has committed to the provision of fibre optic broadband but is (a) experiencing delays in installation and (b) will not confirm whether or not our village will be included in the rollout, as it may be that the returns from the investment in the provision of cable are too low to warrant our inclusion.  

Steve Leighton, Chairman & CEO of DICE, and Ian Walsh, Business Development Director of Global Invacom, will be coming to talk to the village about an interesting proposition which could benefit us all, giving us much faster broadband, landline and a strong mobile signal.  

When: Monday 13th October
Time: 7:30pm
Where: Kingscote Village Hall

We look forward to seeing you.

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The Forerunner – September 2014

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Service Calendar for September 2014

Sunday 7th Nailsworth 9.30 am Holy Communion CW
Kingscote 9.30 am Morning Prayer BCP
Horsley 11.00 am Family Communion CW
Wednesday 10th Nailsworth 10.00 am Holy Communion
Sunday 14th Kingscote 8.00 am Holy Communion BCP
Nailsworth 10.30 am Joint service at Christchurch
Horsley 11.00 am Family service
Nailsworth 3.00 pm Licensing of Rev Mike Smith
Wednesday 17th Nailsworth 10.00 am Holy Communion
Sunday 21st Nailsworth 9.30 am Holy Communion CW
Kingscote 11.00 am Family Service
Wednesday 24th Nailsworth 10.00 am Holy Communion
Sunday 28th Nailsworth 9.30 am Family Service with Baptism
Kingscote 11.00 am Harvest Holy Communion followed by buffet lunch
Horsley 6.00 pm Evensong
Wednesday 31st Nailsworth 10.00 am Holy Communion

The Little Angels mothers and toddlers group meets again on Friday 5 September at 9.45 am at Nailsworth. Refreshments served afterwards in the Parish Rooms.

 

The next PCC meeting will be on Monday 8 September at 7.30 pm in the Village Hall.

 

Our New Vicar Mike Smith will be inducted to the Benefice by Bishop Martyn at 3.00 pm on 14 September at Nailsworth Church. All parishioners are warmly invited to attend this event.

 

Also, on 28th September, following the annual Harvest Festival we will be holding a ‘Meet the Vicar’ buffet reception in the Village Hall at 12.30 pm to welcome him and his wife to Kingscote.

 

     Diocesan News                 www.gloucester.anglican.org/news/publications

                                          www.gloucester.anglican.org/news/blog

     Nailsworth Benefice        www.stgeorgesnailsworth.org.uk

    

     Kingscote Community      www.kingscoteonline.co.uk

A letter from the Churchwardens and the PCC

 

Thank you very much to Sue Sobczak for writing the Curate’s Letters during the past year, all of which have been both interesting and informative.

In September we start a new chapter in the life of our church and we are full of hope that it will be joyful and fulfilling for our parishioners. We look forward to meeting and welcoming the Reverend Mike Smith and his wife Sam, and hope that they will not be disappointed with us.

The service of induction at 3.00 pm in Nailsworth Church on Sunday 14 September is an event of particular importance which will not be repeated for many years, so if you have never been to one this is your chance. It will also be an opportunity to hear the splendid new organ and to meet the new Bishop of Tewkesbury the Right Reverend Martyn Snow who will be officiating. Many people from this benefice will be there as well as Mike’s supporters from his previous parishes.

Closer to home, the first service to be taken here by Mike will be the Harvest Festival at 11.00 am on Sunday 28 September and we hope that as many parishioners as possible will come to this and/or the buffet lunch in the Village Hall at 12.30 pm.

We can never forget the huge help we receive from the parishioners of Newington, Bagpath and Kingscote in the operation and funding of this parish church, and we will continue to do our best to fulfil your needs and requirements in support of the new incumbent. We hope that as many of our helpers as possible will join us for the buffet lunch.

We welcome your feedback and suggestions on any ways in which we can make this church more useful in your lives in this community.

The Churchwardens and the PCC

Flower Rota 

Sundays 7 and 14 September

Sundays 21 and 28 September  HARVEST  FESTIVAL

Sundays 5 and 12 October

Sundays 19 and 26 October

 Jenny Tibbert

Flower Team

Elin Tattersall

Vivienne Ainsworth

 

Wedding:  27 September, 1.30 pm, Jason Barnes and Hayley Jolliffe

Lorna Reynolds

 

Cleaning Team

 

The next church cleaning session is at 2.30 pm on Monday 8 September. We are always delighted to welcome anyone who would like to join the team.

Teresa Day

 

Village Hall Programme

 

It was lovely to see so many newcomers to the village fete in June, and we would like to encourage you all to join us again for events at the Village Hall. The September events are:

 

Friday 12 September – 7.00 to 11.00 pm, BBQ (served indoors if wet) and Bopping – join us for sausages, burgers and puddings. Adults £8, children under 10 £4 and family ticket £20. Pay bar. Call Carol on 860 649 for tickets.

 

Wednesday 17 September – 10.30 to 11.30 am, Coffee Morning – join us for coffee and cake for £1.50.

 

The regular Film Nights commence again in October on the 2nd Tuesday of the month.

Carol Paton

 

Harvest Festival Lunch – Sunday 28 September 12.30.pm

 

Everyone is really welcome to come to the Village Hall for the Harvest Festival Lunch. This year it will be Bring and Share Lunch, with free drinks. As tickets are not being sold, there will be a Donation Box (cash not produce) for the Stroud Beresford Group (Women’s Refuge). This will also be an opportunity to meet the new vicar Mike Smith and his wife Sam who will be attending. We look forward to seeing you there.

Georgina Harford, Elin Tattersall

Grumbolds Ash Group

 

On Tuesday 9 September we visit Miserden Park GL6 7JA, open from 10.00 am to 4.30 pm. Adjoining the well known gardens is Miserden Nursery.

 

We meet at the Village Hall at 10.00 am to share the driving. The attractive route via Tetbury, Cherington and Sapperton, to Miserden is recommended.

Jutta Tubbs

Book Club at 8.00 pm

 

Wednesday 10 September, ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry’ by Rachel Joyce at Louise’s.

Monday 20 October, ‘Winter in Madrid’ by C J Sansom at Teresa’s.

 

New members very welcome.

Angela Wooldridge

Horsley Fete – Saturday 13 September, 12 noon to 4.00 pm

 

This large annual event features many activities and attractions and is usually well attended by people from the surrounding district. There is a produce sale in the church and Teas are served in Village Hall.

Stan Burrage, Tel. 832 952

Kingscote Parish Council

 

The next meeting will be on Tuesday 4 November at 8.00 pm in the Hunters Hall.

 

Planning applications:

Bagpath Court – formation of new access track – recommendation pending.

Clements House Bagpath – New extensions & garage, further amendments.

4 Boxwood Close, Kingscote – tree work in conservation area.

Planning approvals:

Kingscote House – removal of 9 large Leylandii in conservation area.

 

Anna Davison, Tel. 860 244

 

Social Bridge Class – Thursday evenings from 4 September

 

Beginners   7.00 to 8.00 pm

Improvers 8.00 to 10.00 pm

 

Meet in Village Hall. £6.00 per person. New members always welcome.

 

Pauline McTear, Tel. 861 311

Free-range eggs for sale

 

Mrs Pat Cooksley of 2 The Windmill normally has some free-range eggs for sale at £1 for six. Best call afternoons.

 

Weekly Recycling – Green food boxes and wheelie bins

All current collection points – from 7.30 am, Fridays.

 

Fortnightly Recycling – Black boxes, White Bags and Blue bags

All current collection points – from 7.30 am, Fridays 5 and 19 September.

 

Fortnightly Waste – Grey wheelie bins to landfill

All current collection points – from 7.30 am, Fridays 5 and 19 September.

 

Bus Timetable Enquiries -Ring traveline on 0871 200 2233.

 

Mobile Police Van

The Mobile Police Station will visit Kingscote on Wednesday 17 September from 8.00 to 8.45 pm.

 

Mobile Library

The next visit will be on Friday 5 September when the van will park as usual in front of The Walled Garden from 9.30 to 11.30 am.

 

Magazine

Any materialwhich may be of interest for the next issue of the Forerunner should be sent by 20 September to H. Tubbs, 3 The Walled Garden, Tel. 860 194.

The Editor

 

What it takes to be a Gentleman in 2014

 

The well known magazine Country Life published an article on this subject

in the issue for 23 April 2014. Some points made were as follows:

 

Good points

A gentleman is at ease in any situation – and puts others at their ease.

 

A gentleman is always on time.

 

A gentleman dresses to suit the occasion.

 

A gentleman will eat anything that is put in front of him – but left to his own devices is happiest with unfussy fare.

 

A gentleman will occasionally be drunk – but never disorderly.

 

A gentleman does not flash his cash and is mindful of others’ financial circumstances.

 

A gentleman is more interested in finding out how you are than in telling you about himself.

 

A gentleman’s word is his bond.

 

A gentleman can talk to anyone.

 

 

Bad points

 

 

A gentleman never wears a pre-tied bow-tie.

 

A gentleman never buys fuchsia coloured trousers.

 

A gentleman never Tweets.

 

A gentleman never puts products in his hair.

 

A gentleman never wears Lycra.

 

A gentleman never walks out of a play.

 

A gentleman doesn’t dispense unsolicited advice.

 

A gentleman never owns a cat.

 

A gentleman never finishes his food before everyone else.

 

A gentleman never has a speedboat.

Food for thought ! The Editor

 

Desmond Tutu in Kingscote

 

 

 

Conversations with former residents have revealed that on occasion during the 1980’s Bishop (as he then was) Tutu visited Lady Windham at Hook’s Cottage in Kingscote. Alan Jackson has a clear memory of visiting Hook’s cottage and discussing religion with him – as one would expect.

 

Sir Ralph Windham served most of his professional life in Africa and was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court in Kenya in 1950, Chief Justice of Zanzibar in 1955, Judge of the Court of Appeal-East Africa, in 1959 and Chief Justice of Tanganyika between 1960 and 1965. The period from 1952 to 1960 was the height of the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya. Sir Ralph died in 1980 aged 75 and Rosemary played for his funeral in Kingscote Church.

 

During the 1980’s Desmond Tutu rose quickly to be Bishop of Johannesburg and then in 1987 Archbishop of Cape Town. One of his earliest memories was as a child walking with his mother when a white priest (Trevor Huddleston) tipped his hat to her – the first time he had ever seen a white man pay this respect to a black woman. It is one of the treasures of the South African experience that he came to fill Trevor Huddleston’s role as Archbishop of Cape Town.

 

Lady Kathleen Windham had served in the Women’s Royal Naval Service (the Wrens) during WW 2 and married in 1946. She was a charming lady full of grace and warmth, and it was always a pleasure to meet her as she walked Angus her little dog around the village. Her youngest daughter Belinda took part in the GHCT sponsored cycle event one Saturday morning, and then went to her wedding in the afternoon in Kingscote Church. They don’t make them like that any more. The Foreunner for July 2000 informed us that Lady Windham was to leave us to settle on the farm of one of her sons.

The Editor

 

 

 

 

Re-imagining faith

 

An extract from the book ‘God Lost and Found’ by John Pritchard

 

 

 

Religion is necessary as a vehicle to pass on the divine treasure from one generation to another. It prevents chaos, and holds mavericks to account. It sponsors order instead of anarchy, providing frameworks that give people security in which they can grow and flourish. However, religion can be – especially for teenagers – a snare and a confusion.

 

The breakthrough comes when we let the butterfly of faith emerge from the chrysalis of religion, and see that faith is about relationship, encounter and presence before it’s about concepts, arguments and structures. At root, faith is about union with the divine, the true goal of our stifled spirituality. God is the one we have been blindly seeking all along, confining him to a system of reasonable beliefs, checks and balances, when all the time God was wanting us to leap into a trusting relationship.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parish Directory

 

 

Vicar:                    The Reverend Mike Smith.

 

Curate:                  Reverend Sue Sobczak, Horsley, Tel. 01453 833 526

 

Reader                  Sue White, Nailsworth, Tel: 01453 835 693

 

Churchwardens:     Harry Tubbs, 3 The Walled Garden, Kingscote, GL8 8YP,           Tel: 860 194

                            Godfrey Ainsworth, Kingscote House, Kingscote, GL8 8XY, Tel: 861 683

 

Hon.Sec.PCC:        Georgina Harford, Ashcroft House, Kingscote, GL8 8YF,Tel: 01453 860 227

 

Hon.Treas.PCC:    Jane Nichols, Asheldown, 3 Ashel Barn Cottages, Kingscote, GL8 8YB Tel. 01453 860 534

 

Members of PCC:   The Churchwardens, The Hon. Secretary, The Hon. Treasurer, Elin Tattersall, Zoe Nichols, Chris Alford.

 

Flower and Clean Team: Teresa Day, Vivienne Ainsworth, Angela Wooldridge, Pauline McTear.

 

Nailsworth MU:     Trissa Jones,   Tel: 832 551

 

Editor of Forerunner: Harry Tubbs, 3 The Walled Garden, Kingscote, GL8 8YP Tel: 860 194

 

Gift Aid and Envelopes:   Jane Nichols, 3 Ashel Barn Cottages, Kingscote Tel. 860 534.

 

Church Flowers Rota: Lorna Reynolds, Tel. 860 231

 

Organist:               Rosemary Sims, 15 Badger’s Way, Forest Green, Nailsworth, GL6 0HE Tel: 832 446

 

Sidespersons:         Harry Tubbs, Rod Tibbert, Elin Tattersall,

Godfrey Ainsworth, Jane Nichols.

Electoral Roll:        Elin Tattersall, 3 Boxwood Close, Tel.01453 860 182

 

Mowing Team:       Harry Tubbs, Sebastian Cooper, Rick Bond, Roger Lucy, Godfrey Ainsworth, Ken Davies, Brian McTear.

 

Village Hall:                 Bookings: Pauline McTear, Kingscote, Tel. 861 311

                            Secretary: Carol Paton, Bagpath, Tel. 860 649

 

Parish Council Chairman: Graham Nichols, Asheldown, 3 Ashel Barn Cottages, Kingscote Tel: 01453 860 534

 

Parish Council Clerk: Anna Davison, Bagpath Court, GL8 8YG, Tel. 860 244

 

Village Agent:        Aileen Bendall, Tel. 07810 630 156 or 01452 426 868

 

Printer of Forerunner: Godfrey Ainsworth, Kingscote House, Tel. 861 683                                                  

 

 

The Forerunner is published by the P.C.C. who are usually most willing to

accept copy from village groups and individuals. However, please note that the opinions and views expressed by the contributors within the Forerunner are not necessarily those of the Church, P.C.C. or Editor.

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The Forerunner – August 2014

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Calendar for August 2014

Sunday

 

 3rd  

Nailsworth

Kingscote

Horsley

 

    9.30 am

9.30 am

11.00 am

 Holy Communion CW

Morning Prayer BCP

Family Communion CW
Wednesday    6th Nailsworth 10.00 am Holy Communion
Sunday   10th  

Kingscote

Nailsworth

Horsley

 

     8.00 am

    9.30 am

11.00 am

  

Holy Communion BCP

Family Communion

Family service

 
Wednesday 13th Nailsworth 10.00 am Holy Communion
Sunday 17th  

Nailsworth

Nailsworth

Kingscote

 

 8.00 am

9.30 am

  11.00 am

 Holy Communion BCP

Family service

Parish Communion CW
Wednesday 20th Nailsworth 10.00 am Holy Communion
Sunday 24th  

Nailsworth

Kingscote

Horsley

 

    9.30 am

11.00 am

6.00 pm

 Family Communion

Family Service

Evensong
Wednesday 27th Nailsworth 10.00 am Holy Communion
Sunday 31st Horsley 11.00 am Benefice Holy Communion CW and Baptism

The Little Angels mothers and toddlers group is closed for August. It meets again on Friday 5 September at 9.45 am at Nailsworth.

The next PCC meeting will be on Monday 8 September at 7.30 pm in the Village Hall.

Our New Vicar Mike Smith will be inducted to the Benefice by Bishop Michael at 3.00 pm on 14 September at Nailsworth Church. All parishioners are warmly invited to attend this event.

Also, on 28th September, following the annual Harvest Festival we will be holding a ‘Meet the Vicar’ buffet reception in the Village Hall at 12.30 pm to welcome him and his wife to Kingscote.

     Diocesan News                 www.gloucester.anglican.org/news/publications

                                          www.gloucester.anglican.org/news/blog

    

     Nailsworth Benefice        www.stgeorgesnailsworth.org.uk

    

     Kingscote Community      www.kingscoteonline.co.uk

 

The Curate’s Letter

The Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar named the month of August after himself when he was reordering his great uncle Julius Caesar’s yearly calendar. The word august inspires reverence or admiration of supreme dignity or grandeur.   August often brings on hot sultry weather, referred to in literature and common tongue as ‘Dog Days’. Days when the humidity and heat seem to stifle activity and we all long to walk along the beach taking in the sea air. The name comes from the star Sirius which was known by the Romans as the Dog Star. The ancients believed that Sirius emitted heat that affected the Earth, so when the sun and Dog Star come into conjunction during August the heat intensified, hence the name Dog Days which stuck with the month.

Psalm 19 invokes the wonder of God’s creation through a child’s eyes. The skies clearly reveal God’s glory, his hand in creation. The psalmist paints a picture of sheer delight in God’s creation, the breathtaking silent daily spectacle that goes on before our eyes. It is beyond doubt that the sun comes up every morning, and in this Psalm we learn trust from God’s creation because like the sun, God is there for us every day. It is beyond doubt and written in stone, just as night follows day. The Romans named the months after their rulers to give them glory, but we don’t need reminding of God’s glory in creation when the sun comes up for us every morning, day after day.

With every blessing, Sue Sobczak

Service in Gloucester Cathedral commemorating WW1

This service at 3.00 pm on Sunday 3 August 2014 commemorates the outbreak of WW1 on 4 August 1914, and those who subsequently lost their lives as a result. Each parish has provided a list of their names which will be presented at the altar.

Our parish will be principally represented by Brian Hillam who completed a career in the RAF and has been the driving force in having our war memorial restored. He will be accompanied by Harry Tubbs whose father fought in the Royal Artillery in France and in Belgium, aged 18 and 19 years.

These lists will then be read out on Monday 4 August from 9.00 am and members of the public are invited to attend at any time during the day.

Flower Rota

Sunday 3 AugustSundays 10 and 17 AugustSundays 24 and 31 August

Sundays 7 and 14 September

 Tracy PoolLorna ReynoldsCarol Paton

Jenny Tibbert

Wedding on Saturday 16 August at 2.00 pm, Benjamin Close and Lucy Hall.

Lorna Reynolds

 

Cleaning Team

The next church cleaning session is at 2.30 pm on Monday 11 August. We are always delighted to welcome anyone who would like to join the team and share the role.

Teresa Day

 

The Kingscote and Bagpath Fete – 28 June at Kingscote House

The Fete Committee would like to thank all of those who helped to put up and take down the marquees and move furniture etc from the Village Hall and back again. All those who helped on the day, manning stalls, the bar, organising games, the dog show, the generosity of people providing cakes, jams, filled jars, raffle prizes, produce and plants, the gentlemen who brought their classic cars, and last but not least all the villagers and their friends who turned out on the day and spent their cash to raise an incredible £1,937.

Dr Jazz were amazing – you can see how they have been successful in raising well over £1m for their own medical foundation. The Hog Roast and the bar sold out ! It was evident that people enjoyed the day; what a terrific and worthwhile community event, and it was good to see newcomers to the village involving themselves too and making new friends. Welcome; we hope to see you at the next Village Hall events which start in September.

I have managed to find owners for most things left after the Fete, but still have a gold coloured plastic plate with clear plastic cover having ‘Xmas cake 2011’ on the side. Please call me on Tel. 861 683 if this is yours, otherwise I shall put it into the Village Hall.

A huge thank you again,

Vivienne Ainsworth

 

Village Hall Programme

No events are planned in the Village Hall in August. However if anyone would like to use either the Table Tennis table or the Pool table you will be very welcome – please contact Pauline on Tel. 861 311.

Our next event will be a BBQ and Bop on Friday 12 September – put it into your diary; more details will follow. Have a good summer.

Carol Paton

 

Grumbolds Ash Group

On Tuesday 5 August, 11 of us have booked seats with Bristol Community Ferryboats for the Classic GorgeTrip between 11.50 am and 2.20 pm. We must report at the SS Great Britain (44 The Grove, central Bristol) BS1 4RB at 11.30 am. Bring a picnic lunch. We meet at the VH at 10.00 am to share the driving.

Jutta Tubbs

 

Book Club at 8.00 pm

11 August, ‘The Gift of Rain’ by Tan Twang Eng, at Pauline’s.

10 September, ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry’ by Rachel Joyce at Angela’s

New members very welcome.

Angela Wooldridge

 

Kingscote Parish Council

The next meeting will be on Tuesday 4 November at 8.00 pm in the Hunters Hall.

Planning applications:

  • Bagpath Court – formation of new access track – recommendation pending.
  • Kingscote House – remove 9 large Leylandii on rear boundary of property.
  • Clements House Bagpath – New extensions & garage, further amendments.

Anna Davison, Tel. 860 244

 

Babysitting and Dog Walking

I am 19 years old, am responsible and love working with children and animals. So if you need a babysitter or dog walker, please contact me, Clemmie Beresford on Tel. 01453 860 699 or 07780 755 083 (although the mobile signal is weak in Kingscote)

 

Churchyard

We thank the many parishioners who have in their various ways helped to keep the churchyard looking good in this season of rapid vegetation growth and frequent weddings.

The PCC

 

Free-range eggs for sale

Mrs Pat Cooksley of 2 The Windmill normally has some free-range eggs for sale at £1 for six. Best call afternoons.

 

Weekly Recycling – Green food boxes and wheelie bins

All current collection points – from 7.30 am, Fridays.

 

Fortnightly Recycling – Black boxes, White Bags and Blue bags

All current collection points – from 7.30 am, Fridays 8 and 22 August.

Fortnightly Waste – Grey wheelie bins to landfill

All current collection points – from 7.30 am, Fridays 8 and 22 August.

 

Bus Timetable Enquiries -Ring traveline on 0871 200 2233.

 

Mobile Police Van

The Mobile Police Station will not visit Kingscote in August due to the demand for the vehicles at public events during the holiday period.

 

Mobile Library

The next visit will be on Friday 8 August when the van will park as usual in front of The Walled Garden from 9.30 to 11.30 am.

 

Magazine

Any materialwhich may be of interest for the next issue of the Forerunner should be sent by 20 August to H. Tubbs, 3 The Walled Garden, Tel. 860 194.

The Editor

 

Mere Christianity

C S Lewis was one of the greatest English Christian writers and his book

‘Mere Christianity’ first published in 1952 is among the most well known and appreciated.

The final paragraph from the book is copied below:

But there must be a real giving up of the self. You must throw it away ‘blindly’ so to speak. Christ will indeed give you a real personality: but you must not go to Him for the sake of that. As long as your own personality is what you are bothering about you are not going to Him at all. The very first step is to forget about the self altogether. Your real, new self (which is Christ’s and also yours, and yours just because it is His) will not come as long as you are looking for it. It will come when you are looking for Him.

Does that sound strange ? The same principle holds, you know, for more everyday matters. Even in social life, you will never make a good impression on other people until you stop thinking about what sort of impression you are making. Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring two pence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.

The principle runs through all life from top to bottom. Give up yourself, and you will find your real self. Lose your life and you will save it. Submit to death, death of your ambitions and favourite wishes every day, and death of your whole body in the end: submit with every fibre of your being, and you will find eternal life. Keep back nothing. Nothing that you have not given away will ever really be yours. Nothing in you that has not died will ever be raised from the dead. Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in.

C.S. Lewis

 

The Rival Religions

Those who are confused, concerned, mystified etc. by the three rival religions active in Europe; Judaism, Christianity and Islam; may understandably wish to check the historical facts behind their development. Very useful texts for reference are the books A History of God and A History of Jerusalem by Karen Armstrong.

She is a highly regarded academic and theologian who presents the stories clearly in considerable detail without the jargon commonly used by such writers. She was a Roman Catholic nun for seven years, but left her teaching order in 1969 and studied for a degree in English at Oxford. This was followed by a series of school, college and university posts.

The books are available as paperbacks, but at 500 pages are not a ‘light read’. They contain lots of fascinating maps and illustrations, and certainly clarify the historical background !

The Editor

  

For the Children ~ Happy Holidays

A Child’s thought

At seven when I go to bed,

I find such pictures in my head:

Castles with dragons prowling round,

Gardens where magic fruits are found;

Fair ladies prisoned in a tower,

Or lost in an enchanted bower;

While gallant horsemen ride by streams

That border on this land of dreams

I find so clearly in my head

At seven, when I go to bed.

  

Hurt No Living Thing

Hurt no living thing;

Ladybird, nor butterfly,

Nor moth with dusty wing,

Nor cricket chirping cheerily,

Nor grasshopper so light of leap,

Nor dancing gnat, nor beetle fat,

Nor harmless worms that creep.

From ‘My Tiny Treasury’, by Nicola Baxter

 

Parish Directory

Vicar:                    Interregnum – awaiting new appointment.

Curate:                  Reverend Sue Sobczak, Horsley, Tel. 01453 833 526

Reader                  Sue White, Nailsworth, Tel: 01453 835 693

Churchwardens:   Harry Tubbs, 3 The Walled Garden, Kingscote, GL8 8YP,            Tel: 860 194

                            Godfrey Ainsworth, Kingscote House, Kingscote, GL8 8XY Tel: 861 683

Hon.Sec.PCC:        Georgina Harford, Ashcroft House, Kingscote, GL8 8YF Tel: 01453 860 227

Hon.Treas.PCC:    Jane Nichols, Asheldown, 3 Ashel Barn Cottages, Kingscote, GL8 8YB Tel. 01453 860 534

Members of PCC:   The Churchwardens, The Hon. Secretary, The Hon. Treasurer, Elin Tattersall, Zoe Nichols, Chris Alford.

Flower and Clean Team: Teresa Day, Vivienne Ainsworth, Angela Wooldridge, Pauline McTear.

Nailsworth MU:     Trissa Jones,   Tel: 832 551

Editor of Forerunner: Harry Tubbs, 3 The Walled Garden, Kingscote, GL8 8YP, Tel: 860 194 

Gift Aid and Envelopes:   Jane Nichols, 3 Ashel Barn Cottages, Kingscote, Tel. 860 534.

Church Flowers Rota: Lorna Reynolds, Tel. 860 231

Organist:               Rosemary Sims, 15 Badger’s Way, Forest Green, Nailsworth, GL6 0HE Tel: 832 446

Sidespersons:         Harry Tubbs, Rod Tibbert, Elin Tattersall, Godfrey Ainsworth, Jane Nichols.

Electoral Roll:        Elin Tattersall, 3 Boxwood Close, Tel.01453 860 182

Mowing Team:       Harry Tubbs, Sebastian Cooper, Rick Bond, Roger Lucy, Godfrey Ainsworth, Ken Davies, Brian McTear.

Village Hall:                 Bookings: Pauline McTear, Kingscote, Tel. 861 311

                            Secretary: Carol Paton, Bagpath, Tel. 860 649

Parish Council Chairman: Graham Nichols, Asheldown, 3 Ashel Barn Cottages, Kingscote Tel: 01453 860 534

Parish Council Clerk: Anna Davison, Bagpath Court, GL8 8YG, Tel. 860 244

Village Agent:        Aileen Bendall, Tel. 07810 630 156 or 01452 426 868

Printer of Forerunner: Godfrey Ainsworth, Kingscote House, Tel. 861 683                                                  

 

The Forerunner is published by the P.C.C. who are usually most willing to accept copy from village groups and individuals. However, please note that the opinions and views expressed by the contributors within the Forerunner are not necessarily those of the Church, P.C.C. or Editor.

 

 

 

 

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Electoral Roll – New System

I am writing to let you know about a new system for Electoral Registration which came into effect on 10th June, and which marks the biggest change to how people register to vote in almost a hundred years!

Instead of using a household form to register to vote (i.e. one person listing all occupants in the residence), everyone will have to take individual responsibility for their own registration – this is Individual Electoral Registration or IER.

While this means that new application to register will have to be made individually, there is the option to register online.  It is hoped that online registration will be safer and more convenient.  Paper forms will be available for those who prefer not to use the online service.

Another change means that applicants will have to provide their date of birth and National Insurance number in order to register.  These details will be used to verify that the person making the application is who they say they are, which will reduce the risk of fraud and inaccurate entries on the register.  Applications will be checked against government records, by way of a newly-created IER Digital Service.

Our electoral register data has now been checked against government and council tax records, and a match rate of 87% has been achieved.  This means that, unless any of those electors have recently moved, they will beautomatically transferred to the “IER Register” without having to do anything.  However, those electors who could not be ‘matched’ will need to re-register – either online at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote or by returning the form that they receive.

Letters will be sent out to the majority of electors around 18th July, and will give details of what, if anything, the person needs to do.  However, we will not be sending out letters at this stage to residents of care/nursing homes or students registered on campus, as we will be working direct with those establishments to make the registration process as smooth as possible and to maximise registration.

The process will continue throughout the next few months and a new Register will be published on 1st December.

The Electoral Commission’s national publicity campaign, encouraging people to look out for their letters, is now underway.  Whilst we will supplement this with our own communications, I would be grateful if you could use any circulation systems you have to let your residents know about this change.

I attach electronic versions of the publicity leaflet and poster – if you would like paper copies, please let me know how many and I will send them out to you.

Further information is available at www.gov.uk/yourvotematters

The CDC IER Helpline number is 01285 623002 and will be included on all letters.  E-mail queries can be sent toelections@cotswold.gov.uk

If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact either myself or Katrina in the Elections Team.

Kind regards

Sarah

IER leaflet

IER poster

 

 

 

Sarah Dalby, AEA (Cert)

Electoral Services Manager

Direct Dial:  01285 623229

Web: www.cotswold.gov.uk

Twitter:  @CDCElections