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Look What Sprang Up!
At the back of St Mary’s church is a list of my predecessors as Rector. The
name known to all of you is that of Dr Robert Challoner who became Rector
here in 1576.
Dr Challoner died in 1621 and in his will left money for the Grammar School to
be founded properly, which was duly done in 1624. The inscription next to
Gilbey’s restaurant in the High St shows the upper rooms where the school met
for nearly 300 years.
It was an accepted part of the duties of the local Rector to teach Greek and Latin
Grammar to local lads who showed an aptitude. Sounds dull, but in those days
all university scholarship was conducted in Latin, and the ideas of Greek
philosophy, literature and mathematics completed the curriculum. Without a
good knowledge of this Classical grammar, no one, however bright, could make
their way in the educated professions.
Having taught the local lads himself in Elizabethan and Jacobean times, Dr
Robert Challoner left money in his will for the tradition to continue of bright
local lads to be taught free of charge, to make the best of themselves and make a
real contribution through study.
After many ups and downs over the years, the school was finally adopted by the
County Council in 1905, became State funded, and moved from being co-ed to
having separate sites for boys and girls. But in a sense nothing has changed in
nearly 400 years. The ongoing vision of the schools is for study to lead to
service.
St Paul once wrote, “People reap what they sow..... Let us not become weary in
doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give
up.” (Galatians 6:7)
Challoner had no idea what immense good would spring up from his idea all
those years ago. The little things we do can seed for a similar harvest of good or
bad in the future. Sow with care, and liberally. The Holy Spirit will do the rest.
Tim Harper.
Rector.
Harvest 2005
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News from All Saints'
Revd Carolynn Croisdale-Appleby
Our Curate Carolynn, and two others, are to be ordained as priests by the
Bishop of Buckingham at a service in St Mary’s Church on September 24th at
5.30 pm. All are welcome to support her on this important day.
Ian Morgan and Tim Barnard
Ian and Tim are new Readers in the Parish, and we have been pleased to
welcome them when they have assisted in services recently. We look forward to
seeing more of them in the future.
Special Family Service
The parents and families of children baptised at All Saints’ during the past two
years were invited to a special service on Sunday June 12th. This was well
supported.
Harvest Thanksgiving
There will be a Family Harvest Festival Service with Communion at 9.00 am on
Sunday 2nd October, and a Harvest Choral Evensong at 6 pm on the same day.
Harvest Supper
The Harvest Supper is this year on Friday 7th October. Newcomers to Coleshill
have found this event in the Village Hall to be a good occasion for meeting
other villagers.
Harvest Gift Day
All Saints’ is taking part in the Parish Harvest Gift Day, when donations will be
invited to contribute to the upkeep and running costs of our beautiful village
church. Last year these costs were nearly £25,000! Our church is the focal point
of the village, and is used for many varied occasions in addition to regular
Sunday worship. This usage is amply illustrated by the three lists overleaf. Each
of these events took place in All Saints’ Church. Your support is crucial.
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Baptisms
Harry James Bench - 10th July
Hugh Douglas Curling - 10th July
Demi Katie Woodgate - 10th July
Jasmine Katie Thompson - 31st July
Holy Matrimony
Alex Horsburgh-Porter to Jennie Downing - 19th June
Christopher Rickets to Elizabeth Eardley - July 9th
James Ullman to Lisa Cookson - 3rd September
In Memoriam
Maurice Price – 15th June
Ewart Harold Smith - 30th June
All Saints’ Charity
A Cookery Demonstration will be held in Coleshill Village Hall on Friday 21st
October. It will start at 11am and lunch will be served at 1pm. Tickets price £15
will be available shortly from Marigold Curling (726431), Patsy Wright-Warren
(433356), or any member of the committee. Once again the proceeds will go
support to the Rosanna Hospital in Kurdestan, more in need than ever in the
current political situation. We hope that you will come and support this event –
the first one of its kind in Coleshill for some years.
Church Christmas Cards - The sale of the All Saints’ Christmas cards, which
show a beautiful stained glass window of the Virgin and Child in the chancel of
the church, made a useful profit for the Church last year. They will shortly be
on sale again for those who had already bought their cards before they were
available last November. Also available will be a card of one of the windows in
St Mary's depicting the Three Wise Men. Anyone who is interested should
contact Patsy Wright-Warren (433356)
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Cecil Sydney Ware
1916 - 2005
Born in High Wycombe in 1916, Sydney Ware moved to Clivia in Coleshill
as a young child. His grandfather had been the last working miller at Grove
Mill. He attended the village school and formed lasting friendships with his
neighbours the Puseys and other village children. At 14 years old he cycled
daily into High Wycombe Tech where he trained as a cabinetmaker. This was
a skill he put to good use when renovating our homes.
Aged 21 and seeking further experience, he joined the Colonial Police Force.
He was' posted to Palestine in 1937. The first few years were idyllic, the
people were friendly (he liked the Palestinians) there was plenty of sport,
especially cricket his great love; and a good climate. In the final years before
the formation of the State of Israel, the situation became much more
dangerous and as a young man he experienced gross violence and the loss of
some close friends.
In 1948 he was moved to Malaysia. On one of his occasional visits home on
leave he met Ann, then married to his best friend David Pusey. On a
subsequent leave David had tragically died, leaving Ann with two small
children, Loveday and Peter. He and Ann became very close and they married
in Coleshill Church in 1955. She and the children moved to Malaysia. He
took a demotion from his command in the jungle to be in Kuala Lumpur so
they could live together as a family.
After independence in 1958 they returned to Coleshill. Now with the
responsibility of three children, despite doing extremely well in his civil
service exams, he declined a job in London preferring to work locally.
After his adventures abroad he enjoyed village life. He became a keen
gardener, developing his own garden at Clivia and later Littlelands, as well as
maintaining All Saints' churchyard. He rejoined the church choir, and became
clerk to the Parish Council.
As a father of four children he was not 'hands on' in the modem sense, but he
was a wonderful role model of decency, politeness and punctuality. Above all
was his undying love for Ann. In later years he took tremendous pleasure in
his extended family and great pride in the achievements of his children and
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Red Lion
Probably you will have heard of our successin the Chiltern District Council’s
annual pub competition. We were voted best community pub in the area (one
better than last year!). However, in a funny way Chris and I felt more
satisfaction in taking 3rd place as overall best pub. In this section we were
competing against a number of gastro-pubs with all the facilities that pub
companies and breweries have available to them.
During the summer our back garden has been in full use for a change. We have
hosted two weddings, and are much looking forward to the ‘Straight Eights’
Concert on Friday. This event was as sell-out within 10 days of tickets
becoming available.
The only summer sporting event was the Summer Darts Team, and again the
successful run has continued, as they won the league relatively easily. Graham
Flack won the Johnnie Dean Memorial Trophy for the second time in three
years beating Kerry Ferguson in a hotly contested final. The mixed doubles
takes place in a fortnight, and the crib and dominoes finals night is next week.
The winners will be published in the next Newsletter.
From what I have written above, villagers can see that we can provide a venue
for parties etc. with the help of a marquee in the back garden. The Village Hall
and Cricket Club are obvious venues and less expensive. However if anyone is
stuck for whatever reason, do come and talk to Chris or I and if we are not
available our daughter Helen will be on hand to help.
John Ullman
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Cricket Club
Sadly my last report as chairman after eight years in that office. I have taken
much pleasure and satisfaction from my time ‘at the helm’. As in so many other
leisure pursuits today, time plays a large part and cricket is very time
consuming. Players are no longer prepared to commit themselves to playing
regularly, and as result we have struggled to field two teams every week. This
lack of commitment has shown in our positions in the league. The 1st XI
managed to avoid relegation, just. The 2nd XI were firmly at the foot of their
division. However there are positives. My junior coaching sessions on Thursday
afternoons have proved to be as popular as ever., with record numbers enjoying
the two nets now available, thanks to the generosity of the Vice Presidents. The
older boys are are of sufficient standard to be able to contribute valuably to the
teams in which they play, and I will find time to continue these sessions next
year.
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Parish Council
Whilst Coleshill did not win the “Best Kept Village” competition this year we
did receive a Certificate of Merit for achieving a Highly Recommended grade in
the Tindall Cup. Well done everyone!
At recent Parish Council meetings there has been concern shown, during the
democratic periods, about a number of issues. These have been mainly about the
feeling of lack of consideration shown to neighbours. For example bright
exterior lighting which is on all night and these lights are positioned so that their
brightness shines onto and into neighbouring properties. Whilst many villagers
feel, there is a necessity for outside security lighting, think of your neighbours
when having these lights fitted, perhaps toning down the brightness and
repositioning the beam so as not to shine brightly into a neighbour’s house.
There can also be a problem with noise, whilst you may enjoy loud music not
everyone does and it can encroach upon your neighbour’s wellbeing. At one
meeting a matter was raised concerning posters that are put up throughout the
village advertising forthcoming events, it has been asked for them to be
removed after the event has taken place. Another item raised on many occasions
is the issue with dog fouling; we would ask all sensible dog owners to clean-up
after their dogs. As with any situation within a small, quiet, close-knit village
neighbourly consideration should be paramount at all times.
The Parish Councillors are always pleased to see members of the public at their
meetings, and it’s during the democratic 1⁄4 hour that matters not relating to the
agenda can be raised by the public. Sometimes the Parish Council can not
directly help but they can advise and recommend which department within the
Chiltern District Council or Bucks County Council the villager takes their
complaint or concern to.
The next Parish Council meeting is on the 13 th September 2005 in the small hall
of the Village Hall, come along - you are always welcome.
Susan Smith
Clerk to the Coleshill Parish Council
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good shape, and thes ewere helped enormously by a most enjoyable barbecue
and fireworks party on the 28th August.tahnks largely to considerable support
of the village. We were blessed with good weather, and particularly thanks go
to James Ullman, who again provided a marvellous fireworks display.
In closing I would like to remind anybody who wants a venue for a function,
that the pavilion is available through the winter. Those wishing to use it should
contact me, or any of the new committee, which will be published in the
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Sydney Ware - Some memories
I was a near-neighbour of Sydney’s for forty years, but only got to know him
in the later years of his life. After he developed a heart problem he took to
walking and would cover miles around the Parish. Gradually these long walks
shortened, until they became a circuit of the Common. He was always happy to
stop and chat as he walked round, and it was on one such occasion that he told
me a little about his family connections with the village.
Sydney’s grandfather was the miller at Grove Mill, and he was in fact the last
miller to work the Mill to produce flour. The Puseys had come after, but they
were farmers, and used the mill to store grain etc. Grandfather also owned a
windmill at Cholesbury, he thought, and two water-mills in High Wycombe.
One of his sons worked one of the water-mills, and when the wind blew hard
he would come over quickly in the cart to give his father some much-needed
help.
The Common in Sidney’s young days was fenced, so that animals could be
turned out to graze. There were often sheep on it, and someone used to graze
goats – though these were tethered. What is now the levelled grassy area was
in those days covered in old clay diggings – dips and mounds – grassed over
and with small bushes. There was not a single flat area anywhere. Barracks
Hill, where Sydney and I stood talking, was a rough road made of flints.
On another occasion I asked him about the old ‘Fleur de Lys’ pub whose
landlord was Walter Wingrove. He recalled that the neighbours in the cottages
there were Bricky Blakely and the Slades. The Slades were the blacksmith
family. They had eleven children, and all of them big people. They made up a
football team between them! The cottages each had only two bedrooms, and
shared an outside water tap.
Only last December I met Sydney opposite Grove Mill, and we looked down
onto the open grassland of the Common. He said that before that area was
levelled in the 1950’s, the water from the spring at Wheatsheaf Cottage used to
flow across the Common in a narrow bed, to disappear into the dell above Dell
Cottage. This stream never dried up. The pump (now in the garden of
Wheatsheaf Cottage) was used by the villagers, and Sydney remembered
Albert Bates walking up the Common from Thornbury Cottage every day,
returning with two pails of water carried on his yoke.
I shall miss those meetings. Sydney had such a love for Coleshill, and such
knowledge of what is now a bygone age.
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Global Village - Pakistan
Hi Folks,
The family Pond, the wrinklies, number one son and Ozzie girlfriend Kirsten
have spent a few days in Peshawar and Chitral in NWFP. We took advice and
decided to travel to Chitral by pick-up truck, (you must drive, it’s the best part of
the trip, along the ancient silk routes). We returned by air because 14+ hours over
the sort of roads that tend to shake the dental fillings loose seemed like enough of
the silk route for one year. We travelled through the Swat valley (strictly off
limits for Brits) and along roads of rock and boulder, often so narrow that the
eyes remained tightly shut. We finally climbed to the top of the pass through a
dark and sombre landscape, descending into the Chitral valley. Much more
appealing but the road was even narrower and had disappeared on occasion. Our
jocular driver treated us rather like irksome kids, 'only another 50 kilometers' he
would say; and repeat exactly the same assurance an hour later. It would be nice
to say how attractive the place was but by then it was pitch dark and all we could
do was fall into the hotel, take a late dinner and tumble into bed. The following
morning we realised how beautiful the Chitral valley is, and we could see much
of it from our bedroom window. We got back into motor transport, a jeep this
time, for our continuation into the Kalash Vally, the next one over from Chitral.
Again the scenery was enchanting, sorry this appears repetitious but it is difficult
to find anything mundane in the Himalayan landscape. This time however the
scenery was matched by the charm of the Kalasha people, a non-muslim minority
now restricted to three valleys in this area. Difficult to describe their
religion/culture, but it involves a good deal of nihilism and the dead and the act
of dying are very important. Nevertheless they are warm and open and intensely
proud of their culture and history. We enjoyed our two days in the area and after
another night of luxury at the Hindu Kush Heights, a hotel to be recommended
we took the flight fron Chitral to Peshawar. The journey that had taken 14 hours
on the way up took 45 minutes on the return. Once in Peshawar Philip and
Kirsten visited Edwardes and agreed to give up some of their weekends to assist
with student activity, particularly of the sporting kind. The gentlemen then
slumped in front of the 3rd Test whilst mother battled her way through the
nightmare traffic (it was the evening of Independence Day and the locals were
out in a frenzy of nationalism and jollity, tuc tucs and taxis battling for every inch
of the road) for take away pizza. Returned yesterday to Islamabad with nerves a
jangling and a sore bum - yes the roads were really that bad!
We are still 'enjoying' the monsoon but I am off to Mubai at the end of August
with even higher humidity - ah the delights of working in a foreign land.
Love and blessings Derek, Alex and woof - the latter has been shorn once again,
this time all the hair around his eyes and ears has gone so that we are able to spot
the ticks all the better.
Alex & Derek Pond
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Horticultural Society
Well, we have packed the staging away for another year, and it seems that again
everyone enjoyed the Village Show. My thanks to all our generous patrons, our
talented entrants, everyone who came to appreciate their efforts and Peter
Lawrence who opened the show, with some interesting personal observations
about the people who have played a part in the Society over the years.
From the entries it seems that we have fewer vegetable gardeners and more
photographers than ever, and that the embroiderers have had a year off!
The flowers looked lovely despite the battering they took during the storms of the
previous week, and we had several floral arrangements in the class which
specified that all the flowers had to be from the entrant’s own garden.
The introduction of ‘Teas’ was very popular, and we are likely to keep this feature
in future shows.
It was good to see some new names on some of the cups, and the men were
particularly successful: Denis Hall won the Grindley Cup for his vegetables,
David Hall the Ovington Rose Bowl for his lovely yellow and pink rose, Colin
Lambert took the Edmond Waller Challenge Cup for his baking skills, and John
Savory the Premier Cup for the largest number of First places – which ranged
from tomatoes to pickle, bread, photography and even painting.
As ever, the children had worked on some terrific entries which provided lots for
us to look at, and many of them won prizes in the adult categories too. Katy
Roxburgh was a well-deserving winner of the Wheatsheaf Children’s Cup,
amongst some tough competition, and Mack Tate took the Magpie Club Award
for the best effort in the Children’s section.
A full list of Cup Winners is included on Page 14 of this Newsletter. You can
view all the pictures taken at the show in full colour on the website.
The sadness for us all was that our Life President, Ewart Smith, died two months
ago. He had been such a strong presence in the Society for so many years – and
served on the Committee for at least a quarter century. Fortunately he had kept his
wonderful and individual artwork for the Spring Talk posters he did every year.
These are a fine example of his creative mind, his artistic skill and his energy and
dedication to any project which he undertook. We will have the opportunity of
showing even more of them at next year’s Diamond Jubilee Show.
On this subject, we think it would be good to mark our Jubilee by supporting the
next generation of gardeners and hobbyists. With this in mind we would like to
run a series of fun and craft-filled workshops for children of all ages.
Workshops are planned throughout the year filled with lots of fun gardening
activities as well as craft projects and the Society hopes that lots of children will
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If you have a child that might be interested, Sarah Parker would love to hear
from you. She can be contacted by phone (432983) or e-mail:
Also with our Jubilee in mind we would like to plant a couple of areas of the
village that we all drive, cycle or walk past on a regular basis: Pool’s Patch at
the junction of Magpie Lane and Chalk Hill, and the triangle at the junction of
New Road and Village Road. We need to submit planting plans to the Highways
Department, so if anyone has ideas about how they would like them to look, or
what we might plant on them, please let me know – bearing in mind the safety
issues of road users with regard to visibility and concentration (and the need to
maintain a tee-off area on Pool’s Patch for the Boxing Day golf!).
The Committee will be meeting in October to finalise some more plans for next
year’s 60th Anniversary – and I thank them all for their ideas, enthusiasm and
sheer hard work.
To conclude as I started, with the staging, I have a plea to make.
For many years, we have been fortunate to have been able to store the staging at
Luckings Farm, thanks to Mr and Mrs Heimann. They now have other plans for
the space, so we are in urgent need of a new home for it. It takes up about a
third of a standard single garage, so if anyone has, or knows of space that might
be available, please could you let me know?
Heather Auton
You can find out about the Horticultural Society by going direct to our
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Village Show Results
CUP
The Grindley Challenge Cup
Vegetables grown without help
The Jerram Challenge Cup
Vegetables
The Orchard Trophy
Fruit
The Woolacott Vase
Flower Arranging – overall
The Jackie Ferguson Memorial Award
Single Flower arrangement (Class 49)
The Cotswold Challenge Cup
Flowers
The Ovington Rose Bowl
Single Rose
The Joseph Cup
Alpine Container Garden
The Coleshill Challenge Cup
Preserves
The Edmond Waller Challenge Cup
Cakes and Pastries
The Whitefield Cup
Best Photograph
The Windmill Bowl
Handicraft – senior citizen
The Clifton Cup
Handicraft
The Le Mead Cup
Embroidery or canvas work
The Red Lion Cup
Men’s Rock Cakes
The Wheatsheaf Children’s Cup
Children’s overall
The Magpie Club Award
Best effort in children’s section
The Premier Cup
Largest number of 1 st places in Show
WINNER
Denis Hall
Diana Heimann
Heather Hollamby
Lindsey Haubner
Lindsey Haubner
Virginia Jordan
David Hall
Sarah-Jayne Lipman
Heather Auton
Colin Lambert
Tessa Ware
John Savory
Sarah-Jayne Lipman
Not awarded
David Codling
Katy Roxburgh
Mack Tate
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Neighbourhood Watch
There are all sorts of changes going on in the policing of our Chiltern Area.
Most local to us is that our Area Beat Officer, Scott Mcfarland, has now left
Thames Valley Police. There are three Officers in the pipeline to replace him,
one of which will be allocated to the Coleshill, Winchmore Hill and Penn area.
In the meantime if you have any queries or concerns then please contact PCSO
John Webb at Amersham station.
The Sergeant for our area is Tim Mcgirr, so we can also make contact through
him and Inspector Gilbert. Scott has left instructions that Patrols in the area
should still be maintained and asks us to give his regards to the village. He also
left an email address but, when I have tried to use this it has been returned.
The initials, ANPR stand for Automatic Number Plate Recognition and refer to
a system whereby number plates can quickly be assessed. If the car has no tax
or insurance or if it is wanted in regard to a crime, it will be stopped and
appropriate action taken. Several officers are required to man these patrols so, if
you see a group of cars and officers, it is likely this is what they are doing. Last
month a blue Citroen Xantia, seen at the scene of a crime was recovered and
during an operation in Iver, two men driving a vehicle wanted for a series of
auto-crimes in the South Bucks area were arrested. 162 auto-crimes occurred
during the week of 25-31 st of July, 32% of these in Wycombe, 17% in South
Bucks, 14% in Chiltern and 37% in Aylesbury Vale. In the Chilterns there were
twenty two car offences:
Nine were Theft From Motor Vehicles
One Theft of Motor Vehicles
Twelve Criminal Damage
With these kinds of crime so prevalent, we are asked not to leave anything on
display in our cars. To take all our belongings with us or to lock them in the
boot - preferably before we start our journey.
The central enquiry centre phone number, if you wish to report a crime or
information of a non-emergency nature, remains the same, Tel. 0845 8505 505.
Forty one people in the village receive information as soon as we get it, through
the emailing system. Occasionally this is used when other
village information needs to be circulated. If you would like
to join the system, send a completely blank email (no
subject or anything) to
Jack and Lindsey Haubner
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Tennis Club
We have had a wonderful summer for tennis. The Club Play sessions (Tuesday
evenings and Sunday mornings) have been well attended, the warm weather
helping to extend the playing hours!
The Village Open Tournament day, held in mid-June was very successful, the
Frost Shield being presented after a splendid tea. We were very pleased to have
Joan Frost with us that day to present the Shield. Similarly, the Ladies Doubles
Finals day and the Men’s Doubles Finals day was very well attended and
competition fierce. The results for these competitions have been posted on the
Village web-site.
By the time this Village Newsletter has been received the Club’s Junior Coach,
Paul Mason would have held his junior’s one day competition. This is a new
competition dedicated to the Club’s juniors. The emphasis of the day was to be
one of a fun day but also giving the juniors the opportunity to be competitive.
We are hopeful that this event will be a regular on our calendar.
The next and final Club competition is the Finals Day being held on the 11 th of
September. Please do look at the Club Notice board for the format of the day.
We are pleased to announce that the Tennis Club will be holding a Barn Dance
on Friday 14 th October at the Village Hall. We have booked The Kinderhook
Band, a live band with a very energetic Caller! The band has been very well
recommended and the evening promises to be entertaining. Please do note the
date in your diaries and look out for notices that will be placed around the
village – we look forward to seeing you there.
A final note, the Club’s AGM will be held at the end of November as normal.
A reminder notice will be put on the Club house notice board during
November. Happy tennis days.
Angela Perry
Sinnfull Country Homemade Pies
The Autumn has come, and Sinn Louis-Proctor is making pies and pasties
again. New variations and new recipes. Starting on Saturday, September 24th at
Ongar Hill Farm, Off Magpie Lane, between lOam - 2pm. The pies can be
made to order with a double or single crust. Just call 01494 724 149 to make
your request.
Starting on Saturday, October 1st and every other Saturday thereafter, she will
sell her pies and pasties from Coleshill Village Hall from 10.00 am to 2.00 pm
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Village Hall
Plans are being submitted to Chiltern District Council to provide a permanent
disabled ramp at the entrance to the Hall. It is hoped this will make it easier for
wheelchair users, parents with pushchairs and hirers off loading equipment to
gain access.
From 24 th November the Village Hall will have a Premises Licence which
allows the Hall to show films and plays, have indoor sporting events and supply
alcohol.
John Ullman, as a member of the Village Hall Management Committee, will be
our Designated Premises Supervisor, and will hold our Personal Licence for the
sale of alcohol.
Ann Lawrence
Village Hall has weekly bookings which are:-
Monday BOWLS CLUB 7.30 pm
Tuesday TRISHA’S FITNESS WORKSHOP
BRIDGE CLUB
FIT QUICK 9.30 am
Wednesday WAY TO GO FITNESS
(The Small Hall is used as a Crèche) 9.45 am
Thursday FIT QUICK 7.00 pm
Sunday FIT QUICK 9.00 am
7.00 pm
Contact details are in Village Hall or telephone 433421
The rest of the week, except for Monday, is free for hiring.
Ann Lawrence
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Coleshill Infants School
The school is currently closed for the summer holidays and we hope Jenny Earp
and all the staff are having a well earned rest before another busy autumn term.
The school report will appear in the next edition. We do know that many of the
pupils from the school have been busy this summer with projects for the Village
Show and we wish them every success.
Coleshill Common
'Work parties for conservation and maintainance on the Common have been
arranged for the Autumn period. If you would like to join us you would be very
welcome. The work can be as much or as little as you wish, and it is not
necessary to attend regularly. If you enjoy the outdoors and have an interest in
the environment, even brambles and nettles have their attractions!'
Work Parties - Autumn 2005
If you would like to help, please contact Chris Wege
September
Wednesday 21st
10.00 am
October
Monday 10th
10.00 am
Wednesday 19th 10.00 am
November
Sunday 6th
10.30 am
Wednesday 23rd 10.00 am
Chris Wege
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Christmas Crackers
Sharon Hall and her team are already hard at work on their beautiful handmade
Christmas crackers in aid of The Iain Rennie Hospice at Home. If you would
like to place an order please do so as soon as possible by calling Sharon on
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Christmas Greetings
As we close the Horticultural Show on a gloriously hot day, I realise it must
seem incongruous to include this notice in the Newsletter as an early reminder
of Christmas!
For those who do not know, your Christmas Greeting donation is what pays for
the majority of the printing of your four Village Newsletters per year. The
balance of the cost is covered by the Parish Council.
I have included a form below. Please complete this and return it to me with a
donation of at least £1.00, (more if you wish) and I will arrange for your
Greeting to be included in the Christmas Newsletter, and also appear on the
village website!
I am sorry that it will not be possible to remind everyone again but of course
you do not have to wait until the November 11th deadline to let me have your
greeting by sending me the coupon below!
Frank Auton
Christmas Greetings
I would like to include Christmas Greetings from:-
.........................................................................
(please print)
I/we enclose donation of £.........
(cheques should be made payable to Parish Council)
Please complete and return in an envelope before
Friday 11th November 2004 to:-
Frank Auton
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Coleshill W.I.
Being President means that I am kept busy most of the year but there are three
blissful weeks in August when the only thing I have to do for W.I. is write this
report! The rest has been very welcome as just before then we were very busy
with our charity lunch for the deaf club from St. Saviours, in Acton. As always
this was on one of the warmer days of the year and providing a hot lunch for
fifty people is tiring work, but so worthwhile to see their happy faces and to
receive so much gratitude in return for our efforts. I was delighted by all the
offers of help from our members, some donate gifts to sell, others bake, or turn
up to lay tables, or serve, or wash up and everything comes together in a real
team effort. In providing a day out for others we have a lot of fun ourselves
especially when we sit down to a glass of wine and tuck into the left-over
puddings!
We were asked how long this lunch has been a part of the life of Coleshill W.I.?
One lady said she had been coming
for at least twenty five years! I need
to check in our archives to see if next
year is a special anniversary and plan
accordingly. This brings me to the
point where I remind our fellow
villagers that we do have this
wonderful set of archives which not
only detail W.I. events but also
contain some village history as the
Published
with
two things are obviously entwined.
apologies to Ann Trotman looks after them for us
Private Eye and they can be borrowed from her
for a token charge of £1.
So what else have we been doing?
Our outing to Dorneywood Gardens
was a great success, a beautiful house
in a wonderful setting with a variety
of interlinking small gardens which showed us everything from formal roses, to
cottage flowers, a herbaceous border, vegetables, orchards, greenhouses, a pond,
a dell and some marvellous vistas across the countryside and after all that a
delicious tea!
We had another tea party of our own in Pat’s garden, where we set the chairs
under the shade of the trees and relaxed, chatted and enjoyed having the time to
develop friendships, and forge new ones.
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Women’s Institutes and this was duly celebrated with a huge picnic at
Denman College, in Marcham, near Oxford. We consider ourselves lucky to
live near our own college and this was a good opportunity for those who had
not had time to go before to have a look around. I noticed several folk
returning clutching brochures with details of the courses.
We helped man the Yellow Stall and were delighted to take the most money
even if we didn’t win the prize for the most artistic layout. Our theory of
‘stack ‘em high and sell ‘em cheap’ paid off!
It is also the 90 th year of our national organization and we shall remember this
at our September meeting which is traditionally a more informal gathering
and a good time to visit us for the first time if you’ve been thinking about
giving W.I. a try. You can be sure of a warm welcome on Thursday 8 th
September at 2:30p.m. in the village hall.
Eileen Gershon
Newsletter Future Editions
We now publish four editions of the Newsletter - Easter, Summer, Autumn and
Christmas. I welcome contributions from anyone in the village about anything
they think would be of general interest to the residents of Coleshill.
If you would like to submit an article, either e-mail or drop it in. I can work
with anything from word processed documents to hand written entries. Photos
are especially welcome and I can work in any format from digital to Polaroids!
The Newsletter is in black & white but I can convert colour pictures very
easily. The deadline dates for future editions are as follows:-
Frank Auton
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Diary
Dates Diary
Dates
for Your
Now
All Saints’ Christmas Cards now on sale
Now
Orders for Christmas Crackers for Iain Rennie Hospice
Saturday 24th September
Ordination of Revd. Croisdale-Appleby
Sunday 2nd October
Family Harvest Festival Service
Sunday 2nd October
Harvest Choral Evensong
Friday 7th October
Harvest Supper
Monday 10th October
Common Working Party
th
Friday 14 of October
Tennis Club Barn Dance
Wednesday 19th October
Common Working Party
Friday 21st October
Cookery Demo All Saints’ Charity
Sunday 6th November
Common Working Party
Friday 11th November
Deadline for Christmas Newsletter
Friday 11th November
Deadline for Christmas Greetings
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Tuesday 15 November
Parish Council Meeting
Wednesday 23rd November
Common Working Party
C O L E S H I L L HORTICULTURAL S O CI E T
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Contact Numbers
Reverend Tim Harper - Rector
Dorothy Potter - Parish Secretary
Dumpy Swerling - All Saints' Pro-Warden
Patsy Wright-Warren - All Saints' Pro-Warden
John Brumwell - Parish Treasurer
Chris Wege - Hon Secretary All Saints'
Catherine Green - Church Flowers
Ruth Murphy - Organist & Choirmaster All Saints'
Frank & Heather Auton - Newsletter
Susan Smith - Clerk Parish Council
Ann Lawrence - Village Hall Bookings
Marianne Holt - Magpie Club & Parish Youth Worker
Jenny Earp - Head teacher Village School
Jack & Lindsey Haubner - Neighbourhood Watch
Eileen Gershon - President Coleshill W.I.
Amanda McCallum - Iain Rennie Hospice at Home
David Smith - Coleshill Horticultural Society
Angela Perry - Secretary Coleshill Tennis Club
Terry Power - Secretary Coleshill Cricket Club
John Holland - Coleshill Short Mat Bowls
John & Chris Ullman - The Red Lion
Chris Wege - Common Management Committee
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Parish Councillors
David Hall Chairman of Parish Council 725231
Richard Valentine Vice-Chairman of Council 725794
Jan Atkinson Member of Parish Council 434830
Frank Auton Member of Parish Council 431036
Tony Barber Member of Parish Council 722143
John Jefford Member of Parish Council 433230
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Services in the Parish
St Mary’s 8.00 am Holy Communion
All Saints’ 9.00 am Holy Communion
(except 2 nd Sunday)
All Saints’ (2 nd Sunday) 10.00 am Holy Communion
St Mary’s 10.15 am Holy Communion
St Mary’s 11.45 am Matins
All Saints’ 6.00 pm Evensong
(1 st Sunday of every month)
St Mary’s 6.00 pm Evensong
(except 1 st Sunday of month)
Sunday 2 nd October 9.00 am
6.00 pm Harvest Thanksgiving
Harvest Festival Choral Evensong
All Saints’ Services
Sunday 6 th November
Sunday 13 th November
9.00 am
6.00 pm
All Saints’ Patronal Festival
Choral Evensong
10.00 am
Remembrance Sunday:
Communion then short service at the War Memorial
Sunday 11 th December 5.00 pm Christingle
Sunday 18 th December 4.00 pm Festival of Lessons and Carols
Tea in the Village Hall afterwards
