Kingsbury Episcopi Area Newsletter - Issue 137 November

Kingsbury Episcopi Area Newsletter - Issue 137 November and December 2016 Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset St Martin...

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Kingsbury Episcopi Area Newsletter - Issue 137 November and December 2016 Thelma Salway 1929-2016 It was with great sadness that friends and relatives packed the Methodist Church for a thanksgiving service for the life of Thelma Salway (nee Tucker) on 20th October. Thelma was born in Newtown in 1929 and attended the village primary school before moving onto the girls’ grammar school in Yeovil during the war years. She had many a story to tell of her schooldays including catching the train from Thorney Halt and of forgetting her gas mask one day. She was sent home to get it and then had to return to Yeovil again. Thelma married and raised a family in the village and was very happy when several family members returned to live near her. She was brought up to “be useful” and indeed Thelma has contributed much to parish life. She was Clerk to the Parish Council for 38 years, retiring in 2005. She was also the school secretary for many years as well as being part of the team that produces this newsletter from its beginnings until a couple of years ago. Her many memories and photos were used in the two village history books and she took an A presentation made to Thelma on her retirement from the parish council active part in their in 2005. Also pictured are Kevin Cox production. She was also active in the and Bob Warren. Women’s Institute until it disbanded in this village and the Gardening Club. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset St Martin Friday, 16 September 2016 in 44minutes 1260 changes of Doubles (ie 6 bells) of the following methods: St Nicholas, Winchendon Place, St Remigius, Huntley Place, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure Place, St Simon, St Martin, St Osmund, Eynesbury, Plain Bob.

1 Keith E Beale (Conductor) 2 Mervyn A Arscott 3 Michael S Blissett 4 Giles R Morley 5 Paul Feast 6 Patrick Tucker

Rung to mark the Golden Wedding of Richard and Nicola Dowdeswell, ringers at this tower.

Mothers’ Union members of Kingsbury Episcopi and Martock Mothers’ Union on a fun day trip to Minehead on the West Somerset Railway. This was to celebrate the 140th year anniversary of the union.

Does anyone in the parish have a big fir tree that could be given to the parish for the parish Christmas tree outside of the Wyndham Arms? Please contact The Clerk, Sarah Potepa on 01460 242369 if you can help. Please make sure you have noted our new email address [email protected]

This edition is sponsored by

Glyn Stuckey - General Building and Maintenance 01935 825331 07970598687 and

Roy and Annie White

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Page 2 activities to date and next steps will be explored on the 19th November in St Martin’s Church Rooms 10.30-12.30pm, when there is a meeting about using the KTT archive and FAB platform to develop a community collage. Anne-Marie Rowson is leading on this strand of the FAB work. We hope that those who have already shown an interest in the project will attend and also extend warm greetings to any newcomers who would like to know more about our future activities. - Julia Cartwright

Community Collage

Kingsbury Time Travellers Cards for Christmas Gifts … Seeds n’ Spices ……..a gift in time We are preparing boxed sets of greetings cards ready for you to consider buying for friends and family as a gift, of and from the parish. The Cards : From the 100’s of photographs we have been given access to, 20 have been selected as representative of aspects of the parish’s life and history through its people over time. We are aiming for this to be the first print-run in a series of cards which can be used as greetings cards and at the same time celebrate our work and the parish. Our thanks for all their support in the production of these cards, to: ADPR of New Cross, Teapot Creative of Hambridge, Muchelney Pottery, Burrow Hill Cider & The Somerset Distillery, and Acanthus Print of Wellington. You should be able to buy them at the Christmas Fair. The boxed cards – and ingredients for the small pot pourri – seeds n’ spices - is going to be £7.50 for a selection of 5 different cards with envelopes. We are producing 100 boxed sets. When they are gone they are indeed gone in this Christmas Presentation Box form. Contact us on 01935 822654 to pre-order and/or buy loose. Seeds n’ Spices will be a selection from: Walnuts from around Thorney : sycamore seeds from around Burrow Hill: horse chestnuts from around St Martin’s Churchyard: acorns from around Stembridge : mistletoe from around East Lambrook. Spices will be a selection from cinnamon, cloves, star anise and all-spice and these all come from beyond Martock. There are four candles(!) and an historic recipe taken from The 1989 Kingsbury Episcopi Parish Monthly. Possibly, the most perfect gift to you and for friends and relations.

The Far Above Rubies Art Group, supported by the Kingsbury Time Travellers, is considering making a community collage to celebrate women, past and present, of the parish. We are looking for interested volunteers from the community who want to make new friends in the parish and work together to produce something we can be really proud of. Everyone is welcome; male, female, young or not so young and you don’t even need to be good at sewing! The beauty of a collage is that it can be anything we want it to be, so even if you don’t consider yourself to be particularly good at anything remotely ‘crafty’, you can guarantee that there will be many ways you can contribute Interested? Then why not come along to the next meeting where we will be discussing what we want to make and how we want to make it. The meeting will be held in the St Martin’s Church Rooms in Kingsbury Episcopi, Saturday, 19th November 10.30 am – 12.30 pm. Please let Sara or Anne-Marie know if you are interested in attending, or just call for a chat to find out more about the project – we’d love to hear from you. Anne-Marie – 01460 249054 or [email protected] Sara -01935 829162 or [email protected]

May Festival 2017 Planning for next year's May Festival is already under way: the first meeting has taken place, the accounts put in order, roles have been allocated and the calendar of events decided. Until mid-February meetings take place on the first Friday of every month in the upstairs room of the Wyndham Arms at 8pm. At the time of writing the next meetings will be on Friday November 4th, then Friday, December 2nd. Anyone may attend. The first big event is the enormously popular CHRISTMAS QUIZ! Neatly placed between Christmas and New Year ("No, sorry, we'd love to stay on and see the New Year in with you but we have to get back to Somerset.") this year's quiz is on Wednesday 28th December at 7.30 pm. As last year, the venue will be the Church Rooms. There will be a bar, food and a surprising raffle: teams of four only - £10 per team.

Now, the usual warning - the quiz really is popular and, despite Loose cards can be purchased at £1.25 each; 5 for £5; 10 for the increased capacity of the Church Rooms, space is limited. £9.00 or, the complete set of 20 - Card Series A - for £18.00. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO REGISTER YOUR All profits to help Kingsbury Time TEAM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE with your Travellers develop our work in the parish. Parrett Talk genial Quizmaster Harry Osmond on 01458 253130 or online at Is compiled by:The Far Above Rubies Project [email protected]. is progressing well. We now have 13 xA1 JOAN BATSTONE (01460) 241142 Details will follow in future editions of the posters of honourable women of the parish Shene Well, W Lambrook date for the Withy Workshop, the theme of from the KTT archive ready to be framed MARALYN LONGMAN (01935) 824459 Garail 2017 festival, and, though it's not strictly a in willow. Coates Willow at Stoke St Cottage, Bladon Hill, KE May Festival event, arrangements for the Gregory are supporting the project by STEPHANIE SHILLITO (01935) Good Friday Walk. framing these posters for us. We are 823758 Little Orchard, Thorney Rd, KE. ANNIE WHITE (01935) 823898 grateful for their generosity and A reminder - the festival is very much for Waterloo House, KE enthusiasm for the project. We hope that the people of the parish, to enjoy, to show BARBARA WRIGHT (01935) 824834 the posters will be used by the parish for off the village and an opportunity to raise Woodside, Orchard lane, KE exhibitions. funds so stalls are free for local people, We have also collated a small anthology of Please give contributions to one of the above. clubs and groups. Details of how to poems about the women which we hope to Or e-mail: [email protected] book a stall space will also follow in future expand and develop as the project editions. progresses. An update on these FAB The Parrett Talk team can not be held responsible for any misprint or incorrect information in this newsletter.

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The Candlelit Christmas Market is now firmly in the Kingsbury social calendar. The market has been running for 11 years and to date has raised £8,366.78 towards the community centre. This year it is on Saturday 26th November 6-8pm. It will be the usual mix of festive fare, wonderful hand crafted items that anyone would be pleased to receive on Christmas Day. Warm yourself with hog roast, mulled wine or a beer while listening to festive tunes and catching up with old friends and a chance to meet new ones. The Community Centre is progressing with noticeable speed and remains on target for completion in early spring. Please come along and support this event. We are still raising money for all the things that the centre will need to make it that special place. Any offers of help on the day, or offers of raffle/tombola prizes or for a stall please contact Marion on 01935 822978.

There is still time to make a donation towards the equipment fund through the Localgiving website. Go to www.localgiving.com, search ‘Kingsbury Episcopi Community Centre’, decide how and how much you would like to donate. Bookings are now being taken for the Community Centre. For more information please contact Kevin or Sarah on 01460 419702 LAUNCH WEEK: 8TH - 15TH APRIL We are currently planning the Launch Week which will commence on Saturday 8th April with a village fun day and evening party. The week will have lots of taster sessions for you to come and try. All activities will be free of charge (apart from specific fundraising events) so that everyone can come along and get involved. The week will have a full programme of events – more details to follow……. In the meantime have a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year which promises to be a very exciting 2017 for the parish of Kingsbury Episcopi!

News from St Martin’s The village Act of Remembrance co-ordinated by the churches will be on November13th. As in the last couple of years, we will form up from 9.45 am in the recreation ground departing at 10 for military marchers past and present with any followers (all welcome), pausing at the Methodist Church for wreath laying at 10.10 then parade down to start 10.30 at St Martin’s. We will observe the two minute silence at 11 am and there will be an opportunity for local groups and societies to lay wreaths. (For more information on wreaths please call Barbara Moore on 01935 822889). Kingsbury Time Travellers will provide a reflection on the life of one of our local soldiers lost in WW1 and the preacher will be Rev. Philip Wagstaff, local Methodist superintendent minister. The Gathering - a different way of doing church and thinking

Page 3 about God - will meet in the church rooms on Sunday November 6th and in St. Martin’s itself on December 4th when we’ll have an interactive prayer maze - both from 6.30 pm. Everyone is welcome. Community carols for all at The Wyndham Arms on Tuesday, December 20th and at The Rusty Axe on Thursday, December 22th - both from 8.15 pm. This is a relaxed and happy way to celebrate Christmas in the company of friends and neighbours. Come and choose a favourite. St Martin’s Patronal Festival (celebrating Martin of Tours 1700th birthday) on November 20th in St Martin’s Bishop Peter (of Bath and Wells) will be preaching and we will be singing a specially composed, brand new Gloria by Ronald Corp (of FM fame) at the 10 am communion. Everyone is very welcome. Beetle Drive November 12th at 6 30pm in the Church Rooms. Children are very welcome. Prize Bingo Friday, December 9th in the Church Rooms at 6.30pm. Everyone is welcome.

Christmas Tree Festival in St Martin’s - Saturday to Sunday, December 10th& 11th. Carols and Toy Service on Saturday, 10th at 3pm Free Community Music and Arts Festival and picnic at St Martin’s on May 20th. We will have the world premiere of Ronald Corp’s cantata and a new ballad by international singersongwriter Reg Meuross.

No Room at the Inn – Kingsbury Time Travellers at The Rusty Axe A big thanks to those who came to the Time Travellers Event held at The Rusty Axe in support of The Stembridge Cluster weekend. Through a series of home-made films, old and contemporary photographs, the theme of Buildings & People of the parish was explored. Susan Irvine contributed a creative poem - Under Your Watchful Eye - written with a reference to one of the previous owners of the building in which she and her family now live. It has a tragic reference to Lucy Ann Willy who ran the shop “Southways” in Silver Street in the early 1900s. This contribution was followed by five short films on the theme of Stories, Myth, Legend and Memories. The five people who made the films shared their memories of the Rood family and in particular the Rood sisters who lived at Higher Farm on Bladon Hill and were renowned cheese-makers. There are also many tales surrounding them. The five who made the films ranged in age from the mid – 90’s to the early 70’s – each of whom had living memories. Well done The Rood sisters’ and thanks to Betty Hebditch, Charlie collar iron Stone, Bill Elliot, Jen Tucker and Chris Bolton. Phil Shillito introduced the idea of Tithe Maps and how these can be used in our work of understanding changes in the parish Printing by [email protected]

PARRETT TALK Issue 137 over time. As our work progresses we will aim to use new digital technologies in mapping, with a view that sometime down the line, some of what we do can be accessed via an App. This could, for example, give you access to photographs from the archive of old buildings, their location, the people who lived in them - and how they appear today. This theme was illustrated by Jen Tucker, who took us on a journey through the parish using Now & Then photographs. In some we have been able to get old photographs with named people, or who are known in living memory. This part of the event caused a lot of conversation and seemed to go down well so is an approach which could be built upon and repeated. Off to War - introduced the research which has been going on over the past two years with a view to linking all those who went off to WW1 from the parish The Rood family’s with the buildings from which they left. branding iron In some cases the buildings are no longer standing. Such was illustrated through Hugh Male’s contribution. This took us on a film journey, from the burial plot of his uncle Ed in the war cemetery in France to the very spot in Little Lane where his uncle was born and brought up. Hugh ends the film standing in what is now an orchard, on the spot where the family’s house stood. He did this using an old family photograph (taken when his uncle is about 7 years old) and there they are in Little Lane. If you walked down Little Lane

Page 4 News from the Methodist Church Whether roasting chestnuts, or just tootsies, in front of the fire, it’s that time of year when Christmas blessings are counted, and we Christians celebrate the birth of the Christ child. Lots of carol singing to do before the big day! Sunday December 4th we shall be having one of our Café Church services at 10.45am. Informal and open to all. Tea and cake available throughout the worship, which will be led by Charles Freebury, who always enlightens and informs. Sunday December 11th is the Christmas lunch for Single’s at 1pm. If you live alone in the village and would like to celebrate the season with us, call Christine on 01935 826578 to book a place. Carol singing starts after the desserts. Sunday 18th December at 6pm is the Kingsbury Episcopi Band Carol Service, led by the Revd. Alan Thomasson. A real good sing, with mince pies during the intermission. Come and join the celebrations! Tuesday 20th December at 8.15pm we will be carol singing at The Wyndham, so please grab something refreshing and join in. Thursday 22nd December at 8.15pm yet more carols at The Rusty Axe! Whichever end of the village you are, we will find you, to share the joy! Christmas Morning our service will be at 10.45am. All welcome. Boxing Day between 2 and 4pm we will be offering company and cake for those in need of either or both, in The Wesley Room. Please come in for a chat. Looking ahead to January Sunday 22nd at 10.45am is our Covenant Service, for us Methodists to renew our commitment. It’s a United Service, so all are welcome to share this special occasion. Coffee Pot as usual each Friday between 10.30 am until noon, for conversation and to browse the books on sale. Craft Club Mondays (except Boxing Day) from 10am until noon. Girls Brigade Wednesdays at 3.45pm during term time. Regular Sunday Services are at 10.45am.

Front row seated from left to right are: Josephine Hamlin (Betty's daughter), Susan Jeffery (Betty's other daughter), Betty Hebditch, Margaret Elliott Back row from left Jane Hamlin (Betty's grand-daughter). Ken Hebditch (Betty's Son), Charlotte Hamlin (Betty's granddaughter), Bill Elliott, Sally (Bill's daughter) today you just wouldn’t know there was once a house on that site. All of our work is about creating a conversation between and amongst ourselves in, about and for the parish. Consequently things turn up in the shape of photographs, documents, objects, memories, stories and so on. Please feel free to get in touch if you feel you have things which you would like to be recorded, archived and shared for the good of the cause. All of the films mentioned above, along with other parts from the actual event, can be viewed on the Time Travellers Facebook presence. Go to Facebook and enter – Kingsbury Episcopi Parish Archiving Group. There are lots of other bits and pieces of interest on this site which is currently acting as one of our main communication and sharing channels, along with Parrett Talk. Apologies to those of you who were unable to get a seat and we trust this won’t put you off any future event.

Check notice-boards for any changes and additions to our programme. Good health and seasonal joy to you all. Christine Weymouth

The Macmillan fundraiser coffee morning on 30th September received £360 for this essential service. Many thanks to all who supported this event.

All publishing by Stephanie and Phil Shillito. (01935) 823758

PARRETT TALK Issue 137 Roman Evening in St Martin’s Church Rooms As you will read elsewhere in this publication, St Martin’s Church is about to begin celebrating the 1700th anniversary of its patron saint , St Martin. So it was wholly appropriate that the latest parish supper was Roman themed complete with a working volcano and multicourse Italian menu. As usual thanks must go to Graham and Liz Beckinsale and their numerous helpers for wonderful food and entertainment.

Page 5 new house captains which are: Quantocks – Toby and Maddy, Mendips – Chloe and Emily, Brendons – Freya and Tom, Backdowns – Verity and Jack. The 4th to 7th October was the year 4 residential. One year 4, Zac Collis said “It was amazing”. On 10th October the school council was elected. The school council includes: Year 1 - Chloe Bald and Finn Makdona Year 2 - Harry Plucknett Year 3 - Leah Pitman Year 4 - Eva Ellis Year 5 - Ben Park and Kyla Rose George Year 6 - Callum England and Courtney Cooper Deputies - Violet Carthew-Ware, Rosie East, William Morgan, Jack Noyce, Bethan Adams Written by Reporter Violet and Reporter Thomas

The Parrett Talk team wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and healthy New Year. We would like to thank you all for your support during 2016

Shirley Smith wonders about the fate of some of the inhabitants of Pompeii as Vesuvius erupts.

THE GATHERING Thank you to all of the Gathering team who arranged a brilliant time together on September 4th in the church rooms, Kingsbury Episcopi. It was a wonderful time of worship, sharing the truth of the gospel with one another, bread, wine and a BBQ and meeting and making new friends. Francis O'Grady

SOS We urgently require sponsors. Please contact one of the Parrett Talk team on p2 if you can help by sponsoring an edition for £40. Terry Bradley and Graham Beckinsale taking their roles as Romans seriously.

Kingsbury Episcopi Primary School Autumn First Half Term 2016 We have had a wonderful first half term at school. So far we have had a “Dahlicious” dress up day where everyone dressed up as their favourite characters to celebrate Roald Dahl’s 100th birthday. That was on the 23rd September. On 13th September it was harvest and the school supported the Lord’s Larder by donating food. We also had the Reverend David Gent come in and talk to us about it. On the 30th September, Paul Stikland came into school to make pop-up bugs with us to put up in Yeovil Library. That night, the years 2 and 3 had a sleepover in a tipi on the school field. The first house assembly took place on 4th October with the

Do you need heating Oil? Kingsbury Oil Syndicate has over 70 members and regularly manages to save costs on heating oil orders. If you would like more information please contact Pauline Warren 01460 240092 or email [email protected]

Important notice from the Parrett Talk Team Please note the deadline for material for publishing on the diary date page. We cannot guarantee publication after this date. If you wish to include your own flyer, Maralyn Longman 01935 824459 must be informed at least one week before the edition is due out. Deliveries usually take place around the first week of January, March, May, July, September and November. Getting them to us in time to put them in each copy is important. (A4 and A5 are preferred. 630 newsletters are produced.

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Parish Council Minutes September Meeting It was asked whether it was necessary for the street lights in the parish to be left on all night; surely it would save money if they were turned off between midnight and 2am. There were mixed opinions as to whether it would be a good idea or not but the Clerk would contact the County Council to ask the question. The issue of speeding traffic along Folly Road was also raised. The Clerk would contact the County Council to ask for a Speed Indicator Device to be placed on that road to monitor the speed of traffic. Council were told that there was Japanese Knotweed in Little Lane, Stembridge. The Clerk would make enquiries as to what can be done before it spreads further. Highways were still at the designing stage as to what works they will carry out at Deadlands. They were still monitoring the area and if they feel there is any safety issues there they will deal with it. Councillors were given a very informative talk by Adrian Wills regarding the 'Somerset Vernacular Building Research group'. An article would be placed in the Parrett Talk. The Clerk is to report the large pot hole opposite the Lower Burrow junction and also the drain on Hill Drove which is still causing problems. October Meeting Some residents are now extremely disappointed that they cannot see the church clock because of the overgrown trees in the churchyard, and have asked that the Parish Council look into decreasing the height of the trees. As the trees are not under the Parish Council’s responsibility but the Parochial Church Council’s, then their letter would be passed on to them. Highways have now stated that they will be putting in a 'culverted ditch system' and the work would be carried out between January and March 2017. The Clerk would clarify exactly what that work entails, as the new pipes that have already been put in place could still be used.

Note The clock weight winding was electrified a few years back so no manual winding now, but making it keep exact time is another challenge!

Discussions were ongoing with the Licensing Manager at SSDC, regarding the Community Licence. With the new Community Building needing a licence in its own right, and there being several premises that no longer need to be part of the Community Licence, now was the time to revamp it. The Licensing Manager had stated that the Personal Licence holder for the Community Licence should really be a Parish Councillor and as Cllr Cox had recently obtained his Personal Licence he would become the Premises Supervisor for the Community Licence. Cllr Aparicio volunteered to be stand in when, and if, necessary as she also held a Personal Licence. Enquiries had been made as to the speed of Broadband in Stembridge. Unfortunately the nearest BT cabinet for them is in East lambrook. The Clerk would contact the 'Connecting Devon and Somerset' project team to enquire whether Stembridge would be able to have their own cabinet at some point to speed the connection up. Cllr Langford did state that having joined Vodafone Superfast Network she was now achieving 12-13mbs. A response had been received regarding the street lights staying on all night. The County Council have a project in hand to replace over 18K street lights with the Low Wattage LED's, these lights can burn all night with approximately 66% energy savings per unit. They also confirmed that they do not use part night lighting (where they turn off alternate lights) as the LED's were more cost efficient. The new Community Building was still making good progress; the roof should be in place before the end of October. Plans are now underway for the celebrations on its completion next year. A week of activities is planned for the week beginning 8th April. A response had been received from Wessex Water regarding the ongoing problem with foul smelling water coming from a drain on Hill Drove. Apparently residents in that area had already been contacted and advised not to put cat litter or rags

We don’t have a date for this article originally published in the Western Gazette but Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee was in 1887 and, as it states that the clock celebrates its 100th anniversary, it must have been published in 1987. It comes from Charlie Bishop’s wonderful scrap book which became the inspiration for the first of the village history books. If anyone has an original of the cutting please contact Parrett Talk as this is taken from a poor quality photocopy.

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down the drains, following a recent blockage there. They will be carrying out repair work but unfortunately one manhole has been built over so they are arranging with the owner to carry out the works. The Council had previously been asked about replacing our village name signs with something more pleasant to look at such as the big hamstone that other local villages have. The Clerk has made enquiries as to the costs of these which would be approximately £1000 each. A cost that the Parish Council did not feel they could justify, as quite a few would be needed to be purchased to cover all the parish. Cllr Aparicio would make some enquiries as to what other alternatives there might be. It was however suggested that perhaps the parishioners would like to comment on what they would like to see and also whether there any local people or businesses who would be prepared to sponsor any new signs. Please contact the clerk if you wish to comment or have any idea: [email protected] The footpath from Pulpittsway to Stembridge is being churned up by horses again. This is not a bridleway and horses should therefore not be using it. The Clerk will contact the Rights of Way team at County Council about having Bristol gates put there together with the necessary signs.

DIARY DATES November to January

12th

Beetle Drive St Martin’s Church Rooms All including children are very welcome

13th

Remembrance Sunday Meet in the recreation ground

Mothers’ Union TBA

2nd

Social Coffee Morning East Lambrook School Girls Brigade Methodist Church EVERY WEDNESDAY IN TERM TIME

4th

6th

7th

Coffee Pot Methodist Church EVERY FRIDAY

May Festival meeting All Welcome Upstairs room of the Wyndham Arms at 8pm.

8 pm

Morning Service Methodist Church

10.45 am

Contemporary Holy Communion St Martin's

11 am

Evensong with Holy Communion St James’s, E Lambrook

6pm

The Gathering - contemporary service St Martin’s Church Rooms

6.30 pm

Scottish Dancing Class St Martin’s Church Rooms

Contact Liz Beckinsale (01935 826181) for further information

Pause at the Methodist Church for wreath laying

10.10 am

Service at St Martin’s

10.30 am

Matins St James’s, E Lambrook

11.30 am

19th

Community Collage St Martin’s Church Rooms

10.30 am 12.30 pm

20th

St Martin’s Patronal Festival - a service for the 1700th anniversary of St Martin with the Bishop of Bath & Wells

10 am

21st

10.45 am 6 pm

10 am 12 noon 7 pm 8.30 pm

24th

St Martin's Patchwork Club in the Methodist Church

2 - 5 pm

26th

Candlelit Christmas Market St Martin’s Church Rooms

6 - 8 pm

27th

Traditional Holy Communion St Martin's

9.30 am

Morning Service Methodist Church

10.45 am

Holy Communion St James’s, E Lambrook

11.30 am

December 2nd

7 pm 8.30 pm

Monday Craft Club Paperback Angel by Ann Long Methodist Church Wesley Room

7.30 pm

Scottish Dancing Class St Martin’s Church Rooms

10 - 11am 10 am 12 noon

Methodist Church

Evensong with Holy Communion St James’s, E Lambrook

10.30 am - 12 noon

Space to Be All Saints, Martock EVERY FRIDAY

Monday Craft Club Methodist Church Wesley Room EVERY MONDAY

10 am

Garden and Countryside Club Making a Butterfly Garden - Martin Young St Martin’s Church Rooms

10.30 am - 12 noon

7.30 8.30 pm

Pilates St Martin’s Church Rooms, KE EVERY MONDAY

Departure for military marchers past and present with any followers (all welcome)

Morning Service

3.45 pm

9.45 am

14th

November 2016 1st

6.30 pm

Coffee Pot Methodist Church EVERY FRIDAY

10.30 am 12 noon

Space to Be All Saints, Martock EVERY FRIDAY

7.30 8.30 pm

May Festival meeting All Welcome Upstairs room of the Wyndham Arms at 8pm

8 pm

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Diary Dates for November 2016 to January 2017 continued from previous page 4th

5th

7th

December continued Cafe Church Methodist Church

10.45 am

Contemporary Holy Communion St Martin's

11 am

Evensong with Holy Communion St James’s, E Lambrook

6 pm

The Gathering - contemporary Service St Martin’s

6.30 pm

Pilates St Martin’s Church Rooms, KE EVERY MONDAY

10 - 11 am

Monday Craft Club Methodist Church Wesley Room EVERY MONDAY (NOT BOXING DAY)

10 am 12 noon

Scottish Dancing Christmas Party

7pm - 9pm

Social Coffee Morning East Lambrook School Room

10.30 am 12 noon

19th

Monday Craft Club Project TBC and Faith Lunch Methodist Church Wesley Room

10 am 12 noon

18th

Morning Service Methodist Church

10.45 am

Family Service St Martin's

11 am

3.45 pm

9th

Prize Bingo St Martin’s Church Rooms Everyone welcome

6.30 pm

10th 11th

Christmas Tree Festival St Martin’s

10th

Carols and Toy Service St Martin’s

3 pm

11th

Traditional Holy Communion St Martin's

9.30 am

6 pm

Kingsbury Episcopi Band Carol Service Methodist Church

6 pm

19th

Monday Craft Club Project TBC and Faith Lunch Methodist Church Wesley Room

19th

Deadline for January/February edition of Parrett Talk

20th

Community Carols for All The Wyndham Arms

8.15 pm

22nd

Community Carols for All The Rusty Axe

8.15 pm

24th

Girls Brigade Methodist Church EVERY WEDNESDAY IN TERM TIME

Evensong with Holy Communion St James’s, E Lambrook

Christmas Eve Christingle St Martin’s Church Carols by Candlelight E Lambrook Midnight Mass St Martin’s Church

25th

Christmas Day Morning Service Methodist Church Holy Communion St James’s, E Lambrook

10.45 am

Matins St James’s, E Lambrook

11.30 am

Sunday Lunch for Singles Methodist Wesley Room

1 pm

12th

Garden and Countryside Club Owls - Chris Sperring OBE St Martin’s Church Rooms

7.30 pm

13th

Mothers’ Union Christmas Meal Wyndham Arms

14th

Mother and Toddlers’ Christmas Party

18th

Morning Service Methodist Church

10.45 am

Family Service St Martin's

11 am 6 pm

Kingsbury Episcopi Band Carol Service Methodist Church

6 pm

10.45 am 9.30 am

Boxing Day Company and Cake Methodist Wesley Room

2 - 4 pm

28th

May Festival Christmas Quiz St Martin’s Church Rooms See Advert

7.30 pm

January 2017

4th

6th

Evensong with Holy Communion St James’s, E Lambrook

5.30 pm 6.30 pm 11.15 pm

26th

1st

Morning Service Methodist Church

10 am 12 noon

9th

Morning Service Methodist Church

10.45 am

Contemporary Holy Communion St Martin's

11 am

Evensong with Holy Communion St James’s, E Lambrook

6 pm

Social Coffee Morning East Lambrook School

10.30 am 12 noon

Girls Brigade Methodist Church EVERY WEDNESDAY IN TERM TIME

3.45 pm

Coffee Pot Methodist Church EVERY FRIDAY

10.30 am 12 noon

Space to Be All Saints, Martock EVERY FRIDAY

7.30 8.30 pm

Pilates St Martin’s Church Rooms, KE EVERY MONDAY

10 11 am

Monday Craft Club Methodist Church Wesley Room EVERY MONDAY

10 am 12 noon