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ItÕs our 100th 
edition! 

WeÕre celebrating at the 
Nailsworth News. Who could 
have guessed in July 2000, when our 
first edition rolled off the printing 
presses, that the paper would not 
only make it through 10 years and 
100 editions but would grow from 
8 pages to 24? Nothing that matters 
has changed - we 
still aim to be a 
monthly, free, 
informal link for 
the community, 
we still make 
mistakes (who 
doesnÕt?) and 
we are still 
independent and 
entirely staffed 
by volunteers. 
Thank you all 
for your support; 
now letÕs make 
the next 100 
editions even 
better! 

(more about the 
history of the NN 
on page 21).

Nailsworth 

 News

April 2010


A free monthly community paper for the 
parish of Nailsworth, available in colour on 
our website www.nailsworthnews.org.uk. 

Forest Green Rovers - 
a cry for help

At the time of going to press, Forest 
Green Rovers has joined the long 
list of football clubs that has publicly 
declared financial difficulties. The club 
has fought off two winding-up orders 
recently but the problem will not go 
away. 

Richard Overthrow, Business Community Officer at 
FGR, comments, ÔLast year FGR changed its constitution 
to one of ownership by shareholders. However, the share 
issue has not raised as much revenue as hoped, despite the 
minimum share price being only £100. This, coupled with the 
effects of the recession and the bad winter postponing games, 
has led to a financial crisis.Õ

Richard tells us that the recent underlining by the club of 
their desire to work with the local community has become 
a cry for help, with significant investment needed. FGR has 
been part of Nailsworth's heritage for 120 years and now 
needs local people to get more involved. (See also page 21). 


From the front cover of the first issue, July 
2000

Also in this edition:

The Forest Green Community Hall project continues to 
attract debate - see pages 3, 4 and a letter on page 8. 

ÔWhy a Black Jesus?Õ - a new painting of the Last Supper is 
introduced on page 19. 

Cycling, as seen through the eyes of local children - our 
centre spread features original work by 10 and 11 year olds 
from Nailsworth Primary School.

A roundup of Business News from Bill Affleck on pages 15 
to 17, as well as Green Matters on pages 9 and 10 edited by 
Claire Stapleton. 



Nailsworthy 

A free monthly 
newspaper for the 
parish of Nailsworth 

John Cross: 1935 Ð 2010

Respected local resident John Cross was 
not just part of NailsworthÕs past; he will 
continue to influence our future through the 
impact he has had on his friends, his family 
and his community. 

 Many people have attempted to capture 
in words why John was so much loved by 
all who knew him. It isnÕt just the many 
contributions he made to this town - as a 
Councillor and Mayor, as a committee member 
of the BoysÕ Club, as part of the Christchurch 
community, as a singer, or in his later years 
as a key member of the Nailsworth News 
team. He shone in all those positions, but we remember him for more than 
that. Perhaps it is because of his great gift for friendship. He loved people; 
not just children, although as an ex-teacher, a father and a grandfather his 
life had always been full of youngsters, but people of all ages. When I was 
talking with John (for he loved to talk, and was never happier than when 
relaxing with friends or family putting the world to rights), listening to his 
treasure-house of knowledge and laughing at his wry sense of humour, it 
always seemed to me that all was well with the world. Oh, those coffee time 
chats! Global warming, politics, history, local gossip Ð John was interested 
in it all, not just as a listener but as someone actively involved with life.

 Others have talked of JohnÕs wider interests, so I will just mention a 
couple here. He followed sport keenly, especially football and cricket, and 
his stories of famous events that he had witnessed firsthand were legendary. 
He had also been an avid collector and painter of model/toy soldiers since 
his childhood. Then there were the models he made for his grandchildren; 
most of you will have seen the cardboard Nativity scene in the window of 
the Town Information Centre last Christmas, but you may not have known 
whose hand wielded the scissors and glue.

 For me though, the memory that will endure is of relaxing outside The 
Olive Tree with John sitting in his accustomed place - which was facing 
outward so that he could see what was happening in town - with his wife 
Frances nearby and Jackson (their dog) under the table. We would take 
turns to comment on the odd scenes that were unfolding before our eyes. 
Nailsworth never failed to supply them, and John never failed to spot 
something amusing.

 John, you were a gentleman in every sense of the word. I was proud to 
call you my friend.

 Martin Stone, Deputy Editor of the Nailsworth News

 


Published by the Nailsworth News 
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or c/o And Clothes, Market Street

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Business Editor: Bill Affleck 832619, 
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Green Editor: Claire Stapleton 
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Civic matters


Town MayorÕs report 

Hello. Next month will be the last 
report I make to you in Nailsworth 
News, because my term of office ends 
then. This month I want to tell you 
where we are with the Forest Green 
Community Hall. A contractor has been 
chosen and we only await decisions from 
grant applications we have made before work starts, possibly 
in the summer. Hopefully we shall hear back in time for me 
to report to you at the Town Meeting.

Our aim is that all the costs of the building work will be 
met from various grants. I have heard rumours that the whole 
cost of the building would be met from council tax payers. 
This is quite false; the furniture, I.T. and so on may come 
from our own funds, but we may be able to obtain grants 
even towards these costs.

As was reported in Nailsworth News, the Town Council 
has followed the democratic processes. We have done so 
openly and fully. After literally years of discussion with 
the town and in planning, the Town Meeting last April was 
called and the specific key issue for it was to discuss the 
Community Hall. The meeting was very well advertised and 
the proposal was generally supported. As you can see, any 
suggestions that we have not consulted fully are false. After 
all these years of consultations we have now moved on to 
implementing the plans. We made the decision to proceed 
with the Hall at a Town Council meeting last September. The 
process we adopted has been completely open.

I have only summarised some of the points that have 
arisen, but if you contact me I can send you a more detailed 
document that covers extra matters Ð parking, income from 
hiring, and so on. The Town Council, unlike the District 
and County Councils, does not work on party political lines. 
Councillors have heard the evidence and made up their own 
mind on their merits. Most of us think that Forest Green 
deserves its Community Hall.

Norman Kay

 

Core Planning 

The devil is in the detail 

At Stroud District CouncilÕs Core Planning public 
consultation in the Mortimer Room on 2nd March, 
visitors were asked their preference for the direction of future 
planning in the district. The event sought to involve residents 
in a major process that will affect town and country planning 
for the next 16 + years. Seven options were given, ranging 
from putting all new developments into 3 parts of the district 
(Cam, Eastington and/or Stonehouse) to focussing on a wide 
range of small sites including Nailsworth. 

You may not realise that as part of this, consultants acting 
for SDC have identified sites for 10k new dwellings in the 
district. Eleven of the sites are in Nailsworth, some of which 
are currently green field desingated! Planners stress that none 
of the sites may actually be developed; it depends on the 
policy eventually adopted by the Council. 

The process is confusing on a number of counts. Why 
identify detailed sites when the broad policy will not be 
finalised until 2011? The reason given is that it would be 
wrong to give the public options in the consultation process 
that are impossible to implement. However, many of the sites 
identified have been turned down for planning permission. 
Worryingly, the process of Ôcalling for sitesÕ appears to 
be somewhat random and, on occasions, details seem 
inaccurate or confused. For example, the site entitled ÔLand 
in WhitecroftÕ is in fact in Northfield Road and another site 
appears to be a central car park. 

It is early days, but the outcome will be crucial to the 
future of our town and it would be wise for residents to 
keep their ears to the ground. For details of the planning 
consultation go to www.stroud.gov.uk/core, and for plans of 
the Ôcall for sitesÕ go to the A-Z, then to 'S' and then SHLAA.

Don Luke


Detail from proposed site at Lower Newmarket Road


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Civic matters

Annual Nailsworth Town Meeting

This meeting will be held on Monday 10th May 2010, 7.30 pm at Nailsworth Town Hall. It will include an 
update on the new Forest Green Community Centre. Everyone is welcome to attend this event, at which 
local clubs and associations give a report of their past yearÕs activities and future projects. It is an opportunity 
for members of the public to learn what the Town Council has achieved in the past year and to raise issues of 
concern with Councillors. (Notice from Nailsworth Town Council).

be surrounded, three have now resigned, 
showing the strength of their feelings on 
the subject. Neither the questions they 
raised nor the replies given have ever 
been made public. A fourth Councillor 
was so concerned at what he felt was 
lack of a clear record of a key FGCH 
meeting (which was itself held in closed 
session) that he left the March meeting 
of the full Council after what he viewed 
as cavalier treatment of his questions.

The Nailsworth News has already 
invited the Town Council to hold 
a public meeting on this topic. The 
Council response has been to add an 
ÔupdateÕ on the FGCH project to the 
agenda of the Annual Town Meeting 
which will be held on 10th May (see top 
of page). That is not what we asked for 
Ð but if it is all we are going to get, then 
it is at least an opportunity for residents 
to raise some of the questions that they 
want addressed. 

We are therefore issuing an 
invitation to our readers. We would be 
happy to collate any questions you have 
about the Forest Green Community 
Centre/Hall Project, so that these will 
be raised on your behalf at the Town 
Council meeting on 10th May. We will 
send them to the Council on May 3rd to 
give staff time to gather the information 
needed to respond, and we will post the 
outcomes of that part of the meeting on 
our website.

Editorial comment 

The proposed community 
centre/hall in Forest 
Green remains contentious. 

At a cost of at least £600,000, this is 
the largest project ever undertaken by 
the town. It will impact on all residents, 
not just those living in Forest Green. It is 
therefore right that the proposals should 
be exposed to full public scrutiny.

Many people in Nailsworth are 
seeking more information about the 
project. How are they to get it? In his 
report on page 3, the Mayor states 
that formal consultation on the project 
is complete and that we are in the 
implementation stage. Those who want to 
express their views therefore now seem 
to be doing it by talking or writing to the 
press Ð including this newspaper Ð and 
also through the website http://www.
nailsworth.com/, where an impressive 
body of grassroots opinion has built 
up. Some have also attended Town 
Council meetings, but that opportunity is 
constrained by the time limit on public 
questions.

We have the right to expect that as 
Nailsworth Town Council continues its 
deliberations, all shades of opinion are 
represented and respected. That does 
not appear to be happening. Of the four 
Councillors who have raised questions 
about both the project itself and the 
excessive secrecy with which it seems to 

How you can get involved

If you have questions that you would 
like to put to the Council relating to 
the Forest Green Community Hall 
project, please email them to fgch@
nailsworthnews.org.uk or drop them 
in to And Clothes in Market Street, 
by 26th April. We donÕt need to know 
your name, but please limit yourself to 
short questions rather than statements of 
opinion.

Election results

Congratulations 
to Myles 
Robinson and 
Gail Smith, 
NailsworthÕs 
new Town 
Councillors, 

who were 
elected last 
month by 531 
and 661 votes 
respectively 
(turnout was 
21%). We 

wish them 

well as they 

take up their new positions. 


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Community

With Spring on its way, there are lots of opportunities to get involved with 

local good causes. Below, we tell you about a few of them.


Local runner needs your sponsorship

50-year-old Angie Ayling, a Nailsworth resident and a keen member of the Cotswold Allrunners, 
will be running in the London Marathon on 25th April this year, and has pledged to raise at least 
£1500 for the Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre. 

Angie has lived in Nailsworth for nearly 5 years, and was brought up in Minchinhampton (where 
her father was rector). She is the Head Teacher at Eastcombe Primary School and is training for the 
marathon alongside the head of Oakridge School. 

£1500 is a challenging financial target, so Angie needs every penny she can to benefit the excellent 
cause. Why not visit her donation website www.justgiving.com/Angie-Ayling and help out? 

Keeping Stroud 
CAB open

We have received a heartfelt 
appeal from the local 
CitizenÕs Advice Bureau. 
It needs desperately to raise 
funds in order to carry on 
offering its valuable services 
to local people (which of 
course includes Nailsworth 
residents). The organisation 
tells us that without more 
help, they will soon need 
to make cuts to services. 
Grants from Stroud District 
Council, and other local 
councils have been a great 
help, but many have frozen 
over recent years. However, 
enough people donating £5 
a month could make all the 
difference. Find our more on 
their website http://www.
strouddistrictcab.org.
uk/ or ring Liz Rowley on 
833274. 

Walk part of the Cotswold Way

St John Ambulance Gloucestershire are holding their Cotswold 
Way Challenge on the 19th June 2010, to raise money to 
support the charity in Gloucestershire. There are four walks ranging 
from 2 miles to 24 miles, allowing anyone of any age and ability 
to take part. For more information or to register, please contact 
Chloe Moorhead on 01452 858220 or email cotswoldway-
challenge-2010@glos.sja.org.uk.

Can you help?

The Stroud group of 
the national Macular 
Disease Society need 
help at their monthly 
meetings, which are held 
in Nailsworth on the third 
Wednesday of each month. 

Members number nearly 
50 people who have central 
vision loss due to macular 
disease. The group provides 
speakers, information 
on access to support and 
free loan of electronic 
equipment, It arranges 
theatre visits for audio-
described performances, 
guided walks, meals, visits 
to the resource centre, and 
other outings. 

Anyone interested in 
assisting Ð even helping 
make tea and coffee - please 
contact Jo Beard on 01452 
813594 or Doug Harris on 
01453 823178.

Spring Community Volunteer Day at 
Ruskin Mill College

Ruskin Mill needs to get some of the overgrown 
areas in its valley under control before the summer 
months, and is seeking volunteers to help at its 
Spring Community Volunteer Day on Sunday 
25th April 9.30 am - 3.30 pm. Many of us benefit 
from their beautiful amenity, which is accessible 
to the public by means of a permissive footpath. 
Helpers can come for half a day, a few hours or 
the whole day Ð whatever suits. Volunteers are 
fed extremely well! Children are welcome also, 
although they will need to be supervised near 
the ponds. If you are interested phone Sophie 
Willingale on 837513 or email sophie.willingale@
rmc.rmet.org.uk.


Permissive for 
ducks too?


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Community


Picking a chicken

Trying to reduce 
your carbon 
footprint? 
Struggling to 
compost leftover 
food and vegetable 
parings? Sign up 
to receive FREE 
locally sourced 
chickens and your 
problems could 
soon be over! 

This idea has reached Nailsworth from 
the Belgian town of Mouscron, where egg-
laying hens are being given away to reduce 
the environmental threat from leftovers 
that are currently binned. Families have to 
provide written assurances that they will not 
eat the chickens within two years, and to 
authorise inspection visits.

Fired by this example, a new voluntary 
group called Peckitup plans to trial 
chicken power in Nailsworth. Working with 
environmental bodies, health and safety 
officials and local animal welfare groups, it 
is looking to reduce significantly the amount 
of our organic waste that goes to landfill. 
From 1st April 2010, anyone wanting to get 
involved can apply for free hens (the number 
you are allocated will depend on the size of 
your household and the volume of your food 
waste). You will need to demonstrate that you 
understand how to care for poultry and have 
enough land to allow your birds to range. 

To book your hens, contact the charity 
by phoning via 01453 010410. Peckitup 
is particularly keen to hear from anyone 
who has poultry that they can donate to the 
scheme. 

Yee Har!

Yes, itÕs that time of year again - the 2nd 
Amberley Cow Hunt is nearly upon us! 
Over 30 wooden cows have been decorated 
in weird and wonderful ways, and soon 
they will be scattered around the village. 
Come and join the fun on Saturday 8th or 
Sunday 9th May from 1.00 pm until 5.00 
pm. Trail maps will be available from the 
start point at Amberley Parochial School, 
and a pushchair friendly route is included. 
If last year is anything to go by, you are 
in for some delicious home-made cakes 
afterwards, and there is common land for 
children to play on while you sip your tea 
from a vintage china cup. Profits go to the 
school, so you will be supporting a good 
cause, and completed maps will be entered into a free prize draw. 


Is this a mad cow?

Googling 
Nailsworth

If you havenÕt realised 
already, much of Nailsworth 
now features on Google 
Street View (accessible 
from the Google home 
page). We at NN have 
had a lot of fun finding 
photographs of our own 
streets and houses, as well 
of those of our friends. Be 
warned though; it is a great 
timewaster!

Browse books, drink 
coffee and support local 
charities, all at once!

The Nailsworth Branch of the Stroud 
and Swindon Building Society have 
chosen the AlzheimerÕs Society Stroud 
District for their charity for 2010. On 
Friday 9th April they will be holding 
a coffee morning/raffle and book sale 
at the Branch to raise money for it. 
Proceeds will also support the Renoir 
Umbrella garden that the children from 
Horsley School are creating in the 
Rococo Gardens in Painswick. Please go 
along Ð who knows, you might find just 
the book you are looking for! Also, if 
any readers have other ideas to help with 
the fund raising please pop in and see 
the team in Fountain Street.



Community


Walk tall with 
Pacerpoles!

We all walk, but do we do it in a way 
that benefits our posture, fitness and 
endurance? 

In July last year, there was an article 
on how local resident Pam Browne 
(pictured right) uses medically designed 
Pacerpoles to help. Pam has had her 
Pacerpoles for about a year and they are, 
in her view, the Concorde of the walking 
pole industry (or as someone said to her, 
Ôfour wheel drive for walkingÕ.) She has 
had so many enquiries about them that she 
is now inviting interested people to join 
her in a number of FREE Ôtaster walksÕ, 
each to last about an hour Ð time and place to be decided based 
upon response. Groups will be small, to allow for individual 
explanation and questioning, and pacerpoles will be provided. 

To find out more, contact Pam on 832907. The Pacerpole 
website is www.pacerpole.com.

Help keep our 
town clean!

As part of the SDC 
Spring Clean initiative, 
the Annual NN 

Litter-pick will take 
place on Saturday 17th 
April, from 10 am till 
noon. The usual formula applies, with volunteers selecting 
their least favourite littered spot and heading there to pick up 
all the discarded rubbish. In previous years we have collected 
an enormous amount of rubbish including hundreds of drinks 
cans and bottles, food containers, car parts, bikes and even a 
kitchen sink! This year we are very pleased to be joined by the 
Nailsworth Rotary Club. 

The more people who come along, the better job we can 
do, so do get involved. It would be helpful if you could phone 
or email to let me know where you are picking and avoid 
duplication. Meet in the Old Market car park by the recycling 
bins at 10 am if you require bags or pickers, and return at 12 
noon with your bulging bags for a group photo (the photo is 
important to publicise the problem and hopefully achieve an 
improvement.) 

I know that many residents already clear up outside their 
houses every week. Without their efforts we would be knee 
deep in litter. Each year helpers ask me what can be done to 
prevent littering and frankly I have no idea. If you have any 
novel solutions, please phone or email our editor who will 
summarise them in our May edition.

Don Luke 832812, donmorningside@gmail.com


Allsorts Support Group

On 11th March, Serena Green started a support group for 
parent carers of children in Nailsworth (aged 0-24) with 
any disability. They meet to swap information and support 
each other over tea and coffee. There will be occasional 
guest speakers, as well as outings and activities. If you are 
interested, please contact Serena on 07794 009663 or email 
serena@allsortsglos.org.uk.


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From our readers

(Some letters have been edited for length)

Dear Editor

In response to the Town MayorÕs article in the February NN, I 
have been Ð and still am Ð involved with the Nailsworth Recreation 
Centre since it opened in the mid 1990s.

The facilities have not in fact decreased, except for the use of 
the music room as a meeting room. They are still there; if the public 
will not use them, it is not the fault of the Centre. The Karate and 
Taverners Football Club were there before Stroud District Council. 

I was responsible for setting out the pitches and locking up 
after Karate. All activities, eg line dancing, were booked by the 
organisers of their own clubs. If there was not enough attendance 
the centre with which they booked, ie NRC, would shut them down.

The reason the Joint User Centre has more facilities is that most 
were already at the schools.

Yours etc

Mr. M. May

Dear Editor

From the other side of the world I'd like to 
congratulate you and wish you all the best for your 
100th Anniversary issue of The Nailsworth News. 

I am descended from Brinkworths who came from 
Horsley in 1839 to farm at Nailsworth in Adelaide. 
Nailsworth, now a suburb of Adelaide, was named for 
your town by one Enoch Fry who came from there in 
1837. I have visited Nailsworth every few years since 
1975 and always enjoy coming. I keep in touch with 
what's going on through reading the News, which 
must be one of the best of its kind in England. It's 
always lively, topical, informative and enjoyable to 
read. And, yes, I know Mike Brinkworth and always 
read his column. We have family connections way 
back in history, but we have corresponded and visited 

each other for more than 25 years. Mike is 
a marvellous chap, a supremely fit walker, 
entertaining writer, local history authority and 
Cotswold Warden. A local treasure. His column has 
brought to life many other wonderful people who 
live in and around Nailsworth.

May the Nailsworth News continue to prosper.

Yours etc

Peter Brinkworth

Dear Editor

Many thanks for the very newsy and informative Nailsworth 
News, we really enjoy reading it. Regarding the article from 
Jenny Barnett earlier this year, we too enjoy walking the 
footpath/cycle track to Stroud and the friendliness of people that 
we meet. The only thing that spoils it is the state of the track. 
Near Dunkirk Mills the track is virtually impassable as it is so 
wet, and one has to be so careful looking around, particularly at 
the pond life, because the surface is uneven. Is there anything 
that can be done?

Yours etc

Mr & Mrs P Stokes


Nigglesworth

Our article about fly tipping on the 
outskirts of the town has prompted 
a reply providing chapter and verse 
about similar problems occurring in 
other places near Nailsworth. The list 
of discarded items includes toilets, 
sofas, TV sets, empty bottles of all 
kinds, condoms, and large amounts 
of rubber stripped from copper cable. 
Our correspondent points out the 
limitations of the service that the 
County Council Recycling Centre can 
offer, and asks tellingly ÔEven if you 
were lucky enough to see someone tip, 
what could you do?Õ What indeed? 

ItÕs Nailsworth Primary School - but in Adelaide!



Local people

Local heroes

We have three heroes this 
month! The theme that 
binds them together is their work 
to help alleviate suffering caused 
by the recent Haiti tragedy.

First, Liz ODell, for the time 
she is spending in Haiti with 
disasters emergency charity 
ShelterBox - see page 15 for her 
picture and the full story. 

Our other heroes come from 
Nailsworth Primary School, 
which held a ÔBlue and RedÕ 
dress code day to raise money for 
the Haiti Appeal. £92 was raised. 
ÔNot enough!Õ 
said Sunny 
and Rabinder 
Samra 
(pictured) and 
so they held 
a collection 
at Lawnside 
Stores. Money 
poured into 
their jar, 
which was 
decorated to tell everyone about 
the problems in the disaster area. 
£200 was the result. Well done - 
now that is initiative!

Japanese visitor brings sunshine

of Japan is apparently an Oxford 
Graduate).

We asked Yui what she liked best 
about Nailsworth. As you can see, shops 
were top of her list; apparently the kind 
we have here canÕt be found where she 
lives. She seems to have particularly 
taken to ÔCocoÕ, 
and she also likes 
teddy bears a lot Ð 
or maybe it is the 
folks back home 
that like them, at 
any rate when she 
left her suitcase 
was bulging with 
these cuddly toys! 
Yui also mentioned 
how much she 
appreciates our 
weather. Hmm. 
Really? 

ItÕs always interesting to see our town as 
others see it. This month the new eyes 
taking in Nailsworth belong to 16-year-
old Yui, who is visiting us from Japan. 
Her nickname translates as Sunny Girl, 
and when you meet her it is easy to see 
why.

Yui lives in a village of about 1000 
people. She has wanted to come to 
England for a long time, having read 
about this country in magazines and 
also seen photos of some of our cities 
and landscapes. So when the chance 
came to visit through a school study 
trip she jumped at it, and spent time in 
March staying with a hospitable family 
in Nailsworth. Her sightseeing schedule 
has already taken in London Ð including 
Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and the 
Millennium Eye Ð Bristol, Gloucester 
and Oxford (the last being of particular 
interest because the wife of the Emperor


Winner of survey draw

Thank you, all those people who kindly 
responded to our NN survey last month. 
The submission date is now past, and 
we are busy analysing the information 
you gave us to see what it tells us about 
the direction this paper should go in 
the future. There will be more about 
that in a future edition. Meanwhile, we 
are pleased to be able to report that as 
a result of the prize draw, Henrietta 
Court has won dinner for herself 
and a companion at The Olive Tree. 
Congratulations Henrietta!


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Green matters

Easy tips that save energy and 
money

Severn Wye Energy Trust (SWEA) along with 
Nailsworth Town Council hosted an evening 
at Nailsworth Primary School on 10th March to 
offer us help to establish how energy efficient our 
homes are, reduce our household carbon footprint 
and look at ways of addressing climate change in 
Gloucestershire. Despite a low turn out, it was great 
fun and informative. 

I picked up some useful tips and it reminded me of 
some of the simple easy things that we can do every 
day, such as:

1. Not leave the fridge door open when grabbing 
milk for coffee. For every minute the fridge door 
is open, it takes 3 minutes to regain the lower 
temperature.

2. Iron clothes damp, on a low temperature where 
possible, and do fewer in a longer session (I like this 
one as I now have a good excuse for letting ironing 
pile up!)

3. When decorating, choose pale colours for walls/
ceilings: you may need fewer lights.

4. Turn out lights in empty rooms. 

Electricity monitors are a great way of finding out 
how much electricity you are using and where you can 
make savings. By monitoring usage you can discover 
which devices consume the most and where it is being 
wasted. An electricity monitor is available to borrow 
from the Library (although I believe there is a long 
wait), or you can buy them from The Greenshop in 
Bisley and other stockists. 

Finally, I discovered that everyone can receive 
some form of funding for implementing energy saving 
work in their own home. To find out more contact the 
Energy Saving Trust for free, independent and local 
energy saving advice on 0800 512 012, or visit www.
energysavingtrust.org.uk.

Claire Stapleton

Bunting Hill increases biodiversity

Thanks are due to the Environment Committee of Nailsworth 
Town Council, who agreed to fund two days of scrub clearance 
by the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers on the grassland 
at Bunting Hill. Many thanks as well to the volunteers who 
worked hard in cold and sometimes wet or snowy conditions. 

Bunting Hill grassland is a Key Wildlife Site and important 
for butterflies, snails and various other small animals and 
flowering plants. By 
clearing garden shrubs 
and invasive bushes like 
blackthorn there will be 
more space for these to 
thrive, increasing the 
townÕs biodiversity. 2010 
is the Year of Biodiversity 
so it is wonderful that we 
can make a contribution.


Volunteers hard at work.


Orchard 
updates

The Norton 

Wood Orchard project 
team has been working 
hard during February and early March 
coppicing, which has allowed the 
bluebells to begin to show. The picture 
above shows a dry hedge that has been 
laid by the path, providing shelter for 
field birds and other animals. Feel free 
to join the working party on the 2nd 
Sunday of each month at 2pm.

Meanwhile, Rockness Orchard 
has had 15 fruit trees planted and so 
it's now looking much more like an 
orchard! 

Dry hedge housing (above)


New trees on the block!



Green matters

Fairtrade Big Swap Tea Party.

The Tea Lounge and Cake Centre 
Cafe in Fountain Street hosted an all 
day tea party on 6th March as part of 
Nailsworth's celebration of Fairtrade 
Fortnight 2010. People were urged to 
swap their usual purchases for Fairtrade 
alternatives, and this year's focus is on 
tea. If you missed the party, you can 
still join the regular Fairtrade coffee 
mornings on the fourth Saturday of the 
month at the Mortimer Rooms, and 
also pick up copies of the Nailsworth 
Fairtrade Directory of shops and 
businesses from the Town Information 
Centre.

Your Green Editor needs YOU! 

For the next issue of NN, I would love to hear 
from some residents who have lived in Nailsworth 
for 30 years and more. I am interested in answers 
to questions such as, ÔWhere did you buy food?Õ 
ÔDo you remember the cattle market?Õ and 
ÔWhat have you always done to save energy and 
resources?Õ

Most of the messages I come across these days 
in terms of improving our way of life to be kinder 
to the planet, seem to have roots in the words 
that echo around my head from my Grandma. I 
believe that there is much that those of us who are 
in younger generations can learn from some of the 
wise old heads in our town. Please contact me - 
Claire Stapleton on 832465.


Keep GoGrow-ing 

GoGrow Nailsworth Valleys (for those needing a reminder) is a local food network 
working promoting food security for Nailsworth. The garden-share scheme still has a 
list of people offering gardens for food growing and the GoGrow team can help keen 
food growers to locate growing space, and link them with the owners. 

A directory of local food is planned, so GoGrow wants to hear from local 
producers, both organic and non-organic. If you would like your products and 
contact details to be included contact dilly@dillywilliams.co.uk.

GoGrow has a regular stall at Nailsworth FarmerÕs Market, which aims to be a 
place where local food gardeners can share or sell vegetable and fruit that is surplus 
to their own needs. They welcome offers of seedlings that can be shared with 
other growers. If you are a food gardener and would like to get involved, contact 
lizchild@phonecoop.coop or pop along to the stall.


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Schoolchildren put their best foot forward

This month, we are are featuring a number of young writers. They are from Nailsworth Primary School, all are 
aged 10 or 11, and their theme - which was chosen as part of the schoolÕs new Creative Curriculum - is Cycling. 
On this page are poems; on the next is an account of what sounds to have been an action-packed cycle ride! We 
are delighted to be able to share their work with you. Although this paper usually edits submissions, in this case 
we have left the articles exactly as written by the children, and the choice of font and colour is also their own. 

Steering wheels, tyres, ferris wheels, cogs, wagon wheels, 
hamster wheels, water wheels and more

Wheels wheels are everywhere!Jasmine Fulcher

Wheels are round

Wheels are shiny

Wheels go round and round.

Wheels have inner tubes

Wheels have tyres 

Wheels have reflectors

Wheels MIGHT SQEAK

WHEELS MIGHT MEET

WHEELS MIGHT EVEN GO BANG! 

Tigan Field

Wheels here, wheels there,

Wheels, wheels everywhere. 

Big ones, little ones, giant 
ones too,

You couldnÕt count them or 
could you.

Trolleys, bikes a scooter and 
car,

Pushchairs, wheelchairs they 
all go far.

Tractors and diggers, big and 
small,

But there are many, many 
more. 

Molly Wear

My Bike

My bike gets me from A to B,

like from Nailsworth to 
SainsburyÕs. The wheels turn and 
pedals squeak, 

A drop of oil thatÕs all it needs.

All day long I have lots of fun, 

until comes down the setting sun.

So then my bike gets put away, 

and locked up safe to use another 
day.

Chloe Bignell

 
My poor friend Abbey. I should have 
been there.

It all started on Abbeys birthday, she 
got a shining pink bike. Down into the 
woods she went.

Abbey heard footsteps. A sudden 
crack like a burning firework made her 
tempted to turn.

She turned quickly and got a twig 
stuck in her wheel and flipped off her 
new bike.

Abbey screamed. Her older sister 
Jessie came running. She was goneÉ

I heard the terrible news and raced to 
the woods.

But all that was there, not new, not 
shining,

just a pink rusty bike.

Most worrying no Abbey! 

Emily Fryers

 


I shouldnÕt have done it, being late for 
school and having detention would have 
been better. I was speeding down the hill 
30, 35, 40 mph. This was it the feeling 
my eyes wet as water, mouth dry as 
the desert, hair wild as the jungle and 
legs unable to peddle. The needle of the 
speedometer was flicking of the metre this 
was the fastest IÕd ever been. A Screech 
of wheels from the road below pierced the 
air as I crashed into a car. The last thing 
I remember was my spanking new bicycle 
and the fear of the drivers face when he 
realised what heÕd done.

Jasmine Fulcher


Terror strikes

Last week on Friday 
13th a mad scientist 
invented a bike, 
unfortunately he did 
some thing wrong and 
it went evil and flew 
away. The heroic 
mystery is still going 
on.

James Davies

 
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Newspaper article on bike ride 

On Wednesday 27th January 2010, 3h and 3d in Nailsworth C of E Primary 
School went on a bike ride from Egypt Mill to SainsburyÕs in Stroud and back. 
It took them three exhausting hours.

There was a lot of in incidents. Such as locked brakes, punctures, cuts, and 
locked wheels, although they all enjoyed the experience.

Connor (age 10) said Ôhis group very enjoyed their exhausting ride.Õ Alex 
(age 11) said Ôthat he saw a flock of ducks and a lot of factories.Õ Phase3 
walked back up to school when they got back to school it was lunch time but 
they all had to get changed before they had lunch. 

Matthew Pretty 

Liam Scott

Bikes bikes and more bikes

On Wednesday 27th January phase 3 (year 5 
and 6 pulps) from Nailsworth primary school 
travelled on an exiting bike 
ride from Nailsworth to Stroud. 
They did this to match their 
theme for the term on bicycles. 

 At 9.00 am the class met at 
Egypt Mill car park. After 
the register they set off along 
the muddy path on the way 
to Sainsbury. They set off in 
groups and after 5 minutes they 
had a bike pile up and a black 
eye. Each group of 7-8 

people had 1 adult as the 
team leader. The groups set of 
one by one on their exciting 
Journey.

 Emily F (phase 3) quoted ÔI 
enjoyed the bike ride because 
it was a great opportunityÕ The bike ride soon 
became mayhem as bikes began to break and 
there was a 4 bike pile up. James Davis was in 
the crash and he said. ÔI rode into my mum then 
BellÕs handle bar went in my eyeÕ. 

 Despite all the mayhem phase 3 thoroughly 
enjoyed their day out and are looking Forward 
to the next event. 

Grace Delnevo

!BICYCLE RIDE!

Phase 3[year 5/6 pupils] of

Nailsworth Primary 
School went on an 
adventurous bike ride 
from Nailsworth to 
Stroud along the canal 
path on Wednesday 27th 
of January. The reason 
for this educational 
adventure was because 
their theme for the term 
is bicycles. The brand 
new curriculum is 
based around first hand 
experiences.

 A total of 54 children, 
5 staff and 3 parents all 
met in Egypt Mill car 
park at 9:00 am. Shortly 
after taking 

the register the cyclists 
set of group by group. 
Around 5 minutes later a 
4 Bike pile up ended in a 
painful black eye for James 
Davies aged 10]. Despite all 
problems everyone enjoyed 
themselves.

Jasmine Fulcher

PHASE 3 BIKE RIDE

On Wednesday 
27th of 
January 2010 
year 5-6 of 
Nailsworth 
Primary 
School went 
on a bike ride, 
they started 
at Egypt Mill 
and ended at 
Sainsburys in 
Stroud.

 At Nailsworth 
Primary school 
their new 
curriculum 
is giving the 
children first hand 
experience (of bikes) 

 Within 5 minuets of starting James 
Davies and other members of his 
group had a collision in the process 
he got a black eye.

James Davies


Megan Turner & Tomas 
Pearse

Isaac Harris


The awesome bike ride 

On Wednesday 27th of January 2010 phase3 children and staff, along with willing 
volunteers went on a really adventurous bike ride. The trail took place from 9am-12pm 
for three whole hours to the local Sainsbury and then back to Egypt Mill.

 Along the way there were loads of accidents like locked up tires from Cameron Cowley 
(aged 10), punctures and black eyes but we were still on that bike ride to have fun and 
to learn valuable skills. 

Sol Farrer (10) explained what happened. Along the way Lloyd, pulled right in front of 
Toby luckily Toby swerved to the side, but also there were a few 
minor accidents like Hayden barging Connor into the bramble bush 
Connor said ÔDavid had been trying to get Hayden into the bramble 
bush all morning but hadnÕt succeeded so Hayden thought he 
would get one of his friends. Luckily for me I only had a swelled up 
thumbÕ. Hayden said Ôit was extremely funny as a joke and made 
the ride more interesting. 

 This is how Annabel felt ÔI thought it was very good and would 
want to do it again.Õ

Sol Farrer


Keeley Rosser


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Schools


Nailsworth Primary 
School

At the request of our new Parent 
Forum at school, I am going to share 
other aspects of the school alongside the 
childrenÕs reporting of life there.

New building work will start at Easter 
to integrate the Phoenix Nursery into 
the school building. This will boost the 
learning environment and support our aims 
of Ôimplementing an excellent themed 
curriculum with an easy flow between 
inside and outside learning.Õ If you are 
interested in seeing the plans please 
contact the school office.

For our themed curriculum, topics 
this term are based on pirates, Tudors and 
bicycles. We are still looking for local 
opportunities to develop broad learning 
experiences. Staff are working on themes 
for the summer term of superheroes, 
goodies and baddies, butterflies and the 
Olympics. Please contact us on 832382 if 
you would like to contribute.

We plan to invest significantly in 
supporting childrenÕs reading skills. Our 
Parent Teacher and Friends Association 
has helped raise £1,000 to begin renewing 
the school library with new books, and a 
number of parents are keen to build up a 
volunteer pool of adults prepared to listen 
to children read. Children love to have 
their reading heard, and done regularly 
this is by far the most effective way of 
improving their literacy skills. If you 
would like to help, please ring the school 
office Ð (depending on how much time 
you can give, we may need to ask you 
to undertake a criminal records bureau 
check.) We are also bidding for a £10,000 
grant to improve the existing library room 
Ð fingers crossed.

Vince Southcott, Head

Horsley Primary School

Horsley School pupil Daniel Knuckle, 
age 9, has won an international Short 
Story Competition that formed part of 
World Book Day. On Friday 5th March 
Ann Hart from the Evans Publishing Group 
visited to give a certificate to Daniel and 
copies of the newly published book to the 
school. To DanielÕs delight, the title of his 
story ÔLord of the Ring Doughnuts,Õ had 
been chosen for the whole anthology.

There were over 3000 entries for the 
competition from around the world, with 
16 published. The children, all 11 or under, 
were given opening lines from popular childrenÕs authors. DanielÕs was written by the 
present childrenÕs laureate Anthony Browne: ÔThat night a mysterious tapping on his 
bedroom window just wouldnÕt stop; he had to see what it was.Õ 

DanielÕs inspiration for his own story was the Lord of the Rings trilogy by JRR 
Tolkien, mixed with his own idea of a giant food fight. His favourite author is currently 
Andy Stanton, and he would love to meet him to discuss the way he writes his ÔMr GumÕ 
series. 

The World Book Day celebrations were enjoyed by the whole school, with children 
dressing as their favourite book character. 

Daniel Knuckle and Ann Hart from Evans 
Publishing

St. DominicÕs

I would like to begin by thanking the kind people who contacted us in regard to the 
curriculum areas mentioned in my last report. We received very interesting pictures of 
India which have been used to support the Class 3 topic. Thanks also to all the staff at ÔThe 
Passage to IndiaÕ for providing the children with a variety of food to enhance their Indian 
experience. In the words of Angus: ÔWhen we got to Nailsworth (they walked along the 
cycle track) we were starving and we needed something to eat. Me and my two friends liked 
the mango chutney and I also liked the chicken korma and rice. It was great fun. We were 
planning to get the bus back to school but we had to walk, but still it was fun!Õ

Since my last report we have been heavily involved in fund raising for Haiti. In 
response to an idea by Samantha in Class 3 we raised money towards the purchase of a 
Shelter Box as demonstrated by Brian Webster from the Stonehouse Rotary Club. The 
community raised £490 to buy a box. We are now looking forward to tracking its progress, 
and we hope that it will make a big difference to the lives of some families.

This term has seen the two new ÔfirstsÕ for our older children. It is the first time that 
they will have taken part in the Stroud Music Festival at the end of March. The other first is 
our Year 6 children taking part in the Mock Trial experience held at Stroud Court. Later this 
term we will also be taking part in the annual Country Dance festival, which will hopefully 
mean that Spring has well and truly arrived!

Margaret Smith, Head



Minding our own business

Bill AffleckÕs roundup of business news

Old Market off-licence re-opens

Nailsworth Wines & Spirits is now open, with Jazz 
Mann and his wife running the business. Jazz has 
been in the off-licence trade before; he had a shop in 
Cheltenham which he sold almost three years ago. It 
was situated between two Tesco stores so he has a well 
developed sense of price competition. No two locations 
produce the same demands, and Jazz is looking to his 
Nailsworth customers to tell him what they want Ð and 
heÕll arrange to stock it. In the meantime thereÕs an 
impressive variety of beers on offer (Ômore than youÕd 
see in TescoÕ) and local ciders including Black Rat on 
tap (bring your own bottle!) Most of his stock will come 
from his preferred wholesaler but heÕs not bound to a 
single supplier and will go elsewhere to get what you 
want. Prices? The opening offers are very keen and in 
normal trading he expects to match supermarket prices 
Ð except for their promotions. 


Liz goes to Haiti

Liz Odell, who ran the Edward Jones office 
in Nailsworth before she was made redundant, 
is off in foreign parts. SheÕs in Haiti helping 
with the relief effort as a Response Team 
Member. This is her first deployment with 
the charity ShelterBox, following a gruelling 
9 day training course. The charity has sent 
over 8,000 ShelterBoxes to the earthquake 
ravaged country and Liz is there to help distribute them. 
Each ShelterBox contains a tent which houses a family of 10 
people, blankets, cooking equipment, tools, water carriers and a 
childrenÕs pack; it costs £490 including delivery. 

Liz is the Junior Vice President of Nailsworth Rotary Club. 
In 2008 she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro together with 7 other 
people from Nailsworth Rotary Club, and raised over £3,000 for 
the ShelterBox charity. She says: ÔMany local people, schools 
and Rotary Clubs have been raising money for ShelterBox. I am 
proud to be one of the people who will see first hand where their 
money is being used and I would like to express my heartfelt 
thanks to all the people who have donated money.Õ (Liz is a NN 
Local Hero for April - see page 9.)


Get help when moving home 

Perry Bishop and Chambers has introduced a new product 
for all its customers - online access to a wide range of essentials 
to complement a home move. For new carpets or flooring, 
professionally designed furniture packages or a reliable removals 
and/or de-cluttering service, all at competitive internet prices, 
visit www.perrybishopservices.co.uk. PB&C have linked up 
with the Vogue Group of companies to bring this exclusive 
range of products and services to their clients. The Group has 
over 10 yearsÕ experience servicing the new homes market and 
has used this knowledge to develop an online service specifically 
for Perry Bishop and Chambers. Contact PB&C in Nailsworth 
for more information or call in to pick up a ÔMoving Made EasyÕ 
pack explaining this unique service.

Holly Parker, Caroline Freem, Vicky Ruther, 

Jazz Mann (proprietor) and his wife Jennifer


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Minding our own business

New pottery course

The Nailsworth Community Workshop (which 
operates in the Subscription Rooms) has a new course 
coming up. There will be two consecutive Saturday 
pottery mornings - 24th April and 1st May; 10.00-12.00 
am - open to everyone aged 9 - 99. The total cost will be 
£45 for the two mornings including materials. 

DonÕt forget their Wednesday evening course, 
where people can drop in and make wooden objects 
of their choice; £10.00 for two hours 7.30 pm - 9.30 
pm. Recently they also established Monday evening 
as a Youth Club evening. Nailsworth Youth Club 
have booked a six week course doing silverwork, and 
have been coming down and making rings. If anyone 
is interested in these courses they should contact Pam 
Brown at the Youth Club on 07971 737626 or pam@
practicalintelligence.org.uk. This is a great venture and 
really deserves our support! 

Interior decoration with flair

New to the ground floor of the Old Warehouse by Old 
Market is Green Cube Studio. Christian Corgier, 
whose enterprise this is, comes from Provence via 
London and an English wife to Nailsworth Ôto get the 
children out of LondonÕ. He loves it here. Christian 
(pictured below) is an Interior Decorator (and the capital 
letters are entirely appropriate). If you want a painted 
ceiling - and we mean painted, not just whitewashed - 
heÕs the nearest youÕre going to get to Michaelangelo. 
He works on big (3 metres by 10 metres) sheets of 
polyester canvas, and comes along for a day when itÕs 
all done to stick the finished work on the ceiling, walls, 
doors or what you will. Go to www.painted-ceilings.
com to see what itÕs all about. 

Green Cube Studio 
also displays the work of 
two resident artists. One is 
Lee Barlow (see NN for 
September 2009) and the other 
John Bowen who Ôoffers a 
professional, international, 
efficient, exterior and interior 
decorating serviceÕ as well 
as being a Nailsworth News 
distributor. Recent work ranges 
from Williams in Nailsworth, 
through Newark Park to Zagreb 
Castle (!) Have a look at www.
greencubestudio.co.uk or call in to see some serious 
craftsmen at work.


Nailsworth gets connected

On 31st March the long awaited roll 
out of BTÕs 21st Century Network 
will finally arrive in Nailsworth, 
giving the residents and business in 
the town access to speeds of up to 
24 Mb download and up to 1.2 Mb 
upload, restricted by your physical 
distance from the exchange. This 
means that if you are 100 meters from the exchange you 
can expect to receive at 24 Mb and if you are 2.5 km 
from the exchange you are likely to only get around 2 
Mb. ItÕs to do with the length of copper in the ground and 
how signals pass over it. Contact Sam Dawkins at ITEC 
Support above WilliamÕs Kitchen for more information, 
on 799085 or www.itec-support.co.uk. As Sam says,Ôthis 
will give many broadband users in Nailsworth ADSL 
speeds of up to 20 Mb, which is quite exciting if youÕre 
into that sort of thing.Õ


A last item of local news - we told you in October 2009 
that Nick Miles (the builder, who has advertised with 
Nailsworth News since it started) was changing his 
business. Go to www.mileswardandassociates.co.uk to 
see what heÕs up to.



Minding our own business

Nailsworth Funeral Directors 
invest in new building

Fred Stevens Funeral Directors are building new 
premises behind Prices Mill in Newmarket Road. These 
will supplement their existing building, which will now 
house the private mortuary, garage and coffin furnishing 
workshop. The ground floor will contain a reception/
meeting lounge, two new chapels of rest and toilet 
facilities Ð all fully accessible to disabled visitors, with 
an administration office on the upper floor. Fred Stevens 
Funeral Directors is still a privately-owned company, 
now run by James Baker, who took over the company 
following the retirement of Mr. Raymond Stevens in 
1999. James says, ÔThis project has taken two years 
to negotiate and obtain planning permission and I am 
extremely grateful for the support and co-operation of 
our neighbours throughout this process. The investment 
in this new building underlines our commitment to 
serving Nailsworth and surrounding areas for many 
more years to come.Õ 

Local Boy Makes Good! Good Bread! 
Outstanding Bread!

Tom HerbertÕs family has been baking bread in the Cotswolds 
for five generations. Tom started with his father and grandfather 
and at 16 began his formal apprenticeship. Fresh out of college 
he won Young Baker of the Year, and now at 32 he continues 
to win awards for the family firm, Hobbs House Bakery. 

Tom is passionate about handmade bread. His quest to 
make the perfect loaf, shown on the BBC 4 programme ÔIn 
search of a Perfect LoafÕ, took him to Cornwall to learn how 
our ancestors might have baked bread. Then he visited the 
medieval water mill at Stanway 
House in Gloucestershire to meet 
Professor Brian Reuben, a leading 
authority on the history of bread 
and to Brackman's Jewish bakery 
in Salford. Here Tom learnt how to 
make the specialist Jewish bread, 
ÔChallah.Õ 

TomÕs journey helped him to 
come up with what he hopes will 
be a competition-winning entry 
for the National Organic Food 
Awards: an enormous, two kilo, 
white, spelt, sourdough loaf made 
using his familyÕs 75 year old sourdough, organic spelt from 
Somerset, Cornish sea salt and Cotswold water from a local 
spring. Tom has named it ÔThe ShepherdÕs LoafÕ. 

The BBC 4 programme about this went out on 25th March. 
We hope that it may be repeated on BBC 2 but there are no 
promisesÉ


Tom Herbert at work

James Baker at the building site


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Faith matters

Easter message from the 
Rev. Stephen Early

ÔIt is finished. Then he bowed his head and gave 
up his spiritÕ - the account in St Johns' Gospel 
of the crucifixion of Jesus. He had done what 
he was sent into the world to do and through 
his death and resurrection prepared a way that 
meant all who believed in him could be forgiven 
and rest with the Father in heaven forever.

While he might have finished what he set out to do, it was 
just the beginning of the Christian Church which now has over 2 
billion members across the world. Those words of his were echoed 
just over a year ago as the heading of an email I received from 
the painter Lorna May Wadsworth when she announced she had 
finished her painting of The Last Supper after 5 months hard work. 
Read about it on page 19. All are warmly invited to attend the 
unveiling of this stunning painting in St George's on the 23rd April 
at 7.30 pm. Lorna will be talking about the painting, a choir of 50 
will sing a composition written for the ocasion, we all get to sing 3 
cracking hymns and the painting will be dedicated. I really do hope 
I will see you there and in the meantime I wish everyone a happy 
and joyous Easter. 

Stephen Earley

Woodchester Priory

Do you remember The Giant Snowdrop Company 
at Hyde? I first heard of it at Hartpury College years 
ago, when one of our tutors brought along a catalogue. 
It was started by Brigadier and Mrs Mathias with their 
gardener Arthur Ransome in the 1940s, and many new 
varieties were bred. Theirs was the first company to sell 
snowdrops Ôin the greenÕ. It lasted until the late 60Õs, 
when the owners became ill.Their grave is just outside the 
South porch, which is why the churchyard has so many 
snowdrops. As I write, the lawn of St MaryÕs Hill House 
is also carpeted in them as well as and the small mauve 
species crocus tomasinianus.

Last year several of us made an Easter garden by the 
North porch of Woodchester Priory. It will be there again 
this year to remind us of the Resurrection. By Easter, our 
church will be newly painted, enhanced by all the beautiful 
Spring flower arrangements.

Easter is a time for renewal, so if you feel a gap in 
your life and for one reason or another have been unable to 
attend church, take the plunge and come home. You wonÕt 
regret it, and that gap will be filled. I had been a Ôfloating 
voterÕ for some years until circumstances brought me back 
and I ended up here three years ago. I enjoyed the liturgy 
so much that I joined the choir and have been made very 
welcome, as you would be too (especially if you also were 
able to join our choir.)

We have a new venture on the first Sunday of each 
month. Tea, coffee and cake is now available after Mass, 
providing an opportunity to make new friends and catch up 
with old ones.

Jenny Bailey


Resurrection -

medieval stained 
glass window 
from Canterbury 
Cathedral. 


A Tasty Treat

WeÕve been asked to pass 
on a thank you to Bramleys 
Greengrocers for donating veg 
(from the bargain table) to go 
into home-made soup at some 
Christian Aid Austerity Lunches. 
People enjoy soup, bread, cheese 
and pickle followed by cake, on 
Wednesdays at 
St.George's Hall, 
12 noon. All are 
welcome.



ÔThe Last SupperÕ by Lorna May Wadsworth

The painting in St. GeorgeÕs church will be unveiled on 23rd April, St. GeorgeÕs Day, at 7.30 pm. Lorna 
May Wadsworth, the artist, and members of the Denman family will be present. The service will include 
a choral piece, ÔHaggadahÕ by Michael Castle. Do come!


ÔAnd when evening had come, He sat down with the Twelve. And as they ate, He said, Truly I say to you that one of you will betray meÕ.

When Alan Denman, a former member of St. GeorgeÕs Parish Church, died in January 2008, he left a substantial 
sum to the church : Ôfor a mural with a religious theme, preferably The Last Supper, on the East wall of the 
Church behind the high altarÕ. Alan was Surveyor and Chief Public Health Inspector for the Urban District Council 
from 1959-1974. He attended St George's Church and served on the PCC, enthusiastically supporting the building of 
the Parish Rooms. Tina, Alan's wife, who was a keen W.I member and a flower arranger, died suddenly in 1993. AlanÕs 
bequest, augmented by some others and by PCC funds, has paid for this picture to be painted and hung in the Church.

During the painting Lorna sent regular e-mails charting her progress. 
Here are some excerpts:

2008

July 22nd - I envisage a painting in the region of 12 x 3. ft 
(306x107cm), depicting The Last Supper. In the manner of Da VinciÕs 
painting the 13 figures would be seated on the same side of a long 
table. It would sit behind the altar and provide a focal point for the 
congregation.

Sept 10th - I've finally found a suitable studio! The space has a lot of 
light, is in walking distance from my flat and is big enough for the 12Õ 
picture, and 13 models!

Nov 12th - Possibly the most stressful of my artistic career:- waiting for 
Mr. Blair or walking into a room to meet Lady Thatcher has nothing on 
trying to round up 13 boys in a cold corner of Hackney on a freezing 
Saturday morning É I decided the best way was to give them lots of 
food and wine (as they weren't getting any money!) .. this would get 
them relaxed and give the air of a real meal taking place. The studio is 
freezing! I think it's only fair to aim the heater at the boys .. as I've made 
them part with their jumpers to drape a pashmina around them.

Dec. 19th - My bag was stolen on Monday ..I've lost the numbers of 
some of my disciples! I was with Lawrence, who is John. I'd taken him 
out for a glass of wine to celebrate him being alive after he somehow 
managed to set himself on fire by standing too close to the calor gas 
heater!

2009

Feb 24th - I've been painting endless glasses of wine and plates. 

April 3rd - ÔIt is FinishedÕ The Last Disciple was painted last weekend, 
the figure far left. He is a beautiful French model called Adrien 
Brunier. He told me when he was sitting for me, that he lives in 
Monmartre near SacrŽ Coeur. The day I called him he'd gone into the 
building and stayed for Mass ... when I called and asked him to be in a 
Last Supper later, this was one factor that made him say yes.


Lorna May Wadsworth 
was recommended by a 
friend of one of AlanÕs 
sons, Nigel Denman. 
At 29, she has already 
painted Archbishop 
Rowan Williams, Lady 
Thatcher, Tony Blair 
and umpteen Labour 
politicians.

Why a black Jesus?

Lorna May Wadsworth explains: ÔI wanted 
Tafari to be my Jesus from the very first. As a 
female painter, if I were to follow Velazquez, 
Rubens and all the artists around the world who 
have painted Christ in their own image I would 
paint a woman! This I didn't want to do, so then 
who is my point of reference? To paint Christ as 
a black man is as meaningful or as meaningless 
as painting him as a white man. We don't know 
what Jesus looked like although we do know he 
must have been of Middle Eastern descent. 

I had painted Tafari before, for my ÔBeautiful 
BoysÕ exhibition, and people were drawn to 
something in his face and the expression in 
his eyes. I was surprised by their reactions and 
seemed to have caught something of which even 
I wasn't aware. I knew this quality was more 
important than skin colour or politics or anything 
else. Quite simply, I knew he could move people.

Reverend and Mrs Earley attended a private view in the Crypt of St. Martin-in-the-Fields on 4th March with an enthusiastic 
gathering which included such notables as Lord and Lady Howe, Sir Derek Jacobi and Rolf Harris. The painting is on show 
until 7th April.

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Sport

Try your hand at bowling...

Preparations are well under way for the start of the 2010 outdoor season 
at Nailsworth Mills Bowling Club. The opening date is Friday 16th 
April at 6.30 pm at Avening Rd. Anyone interested in this activity is 
cordially invited to come along then or on any club Friday evening at 
6.15, so why not give it a go? Casual dress is acceptable. For further 
information, please contact Brian Hughes on 832689 or any other club 
member. 

Oiling the willow...

I have just 
put the first 
cut on the 
cricket square 
at Nympsfield 
which has 
reminded me 
to write to 
NN about the 
new season which starts in April. Cricket has not 
been played in our town for more than 30 years 
(when the old Newman Hender Ground closed) 
so Commoners are the nearest thing we have to a 
Nailsworth cricket team. If you would like to join 
us phone Ron Birch on 750371. We need scorers 
and officials as well as players, so if you can do 
Sudoku (or even if you canÕt) or wave an arm as an 
umpire, please get in touch. There is no financial 
recompense, but the teas and refreshments are 
superb and it is a great club to be part of.

Don Luke


Free Table Tennis at 
The Old BoysÕ Club

Did you know that we have three 
table tennis clubs in town, the 
newest being The Nailsworth 
Phoenix Table Tennis Club set up 
in the ÔOld BoysÕ ClubÕ in the centre 
of Town? You are invited to play. 
If you are between 8 and 80, male 
or female, they would love to see 
you and your first game is on them! 
Nailsworth (and in particular the 
BoysÕ Club) has produced excellent 
players in the past. The Club is looking for players who thought 
they had put their bat away for the last time - or are of a certain age 
and have not played before - or are juniors wanting something more 
exciting than computer gaming. The space has been brilliantly spruced 
up, there are new tables, proper training is given if you want it and 
matches are proposed against other Clubs for all ages and levels. 

This is well worth looking into, and if nothing else it is a great 
fitness workout in a really friendly environment. For more information 
please contact Andy Hammond at andyhammond123@btinternet.
com, phone him on 07777 642378 or look at the website www.
nailsworthphoenix.co.uk. And remember that The Phoenix is rising...

Mike Davis, Phoenix TT

Face in the crowd

Is this YOU?

If so, you qualify for a FREE 
ground pass to FGRÕs next 
Home match. Just call in at the 
Club Office with a copy of this 
paper. 

(Brought to you by NN in 
association with FGRFC.)



Sport

FGR Ð Ôgoing to the wireÕ ... again!

Remember the Roker Roar? Now we need the Rockwool Roar 
from everyone at FGR. Yet again they are going to the end of 
the season in real trouble and itÕs going to be tight. Please be 
up at The New Lawn for every match now - support is vital! 
There is still great football on offer and Nailsworth might lose 
one of its prize assets if 
we go down. There are 
many matches to go until 
the season ends, and the 
noise and support will 
boost everyone.

As you will see from 
our front page, FGR has 
other problems to cope 
with right now. Have you 
ever considered becoming 
a shareholder? It costs 
as little as £100, and in 
doing so you will help the 
club in the current crisis. 
Please contact them on 
834860 if you want to 
know more. 

Nailsworth Notes

The paper that you are reading is the 100th full 
edition of the Nailsworth News. 

Reflecting on that fact, I unearthed the first ever 
paper - published in July 2000 - to see what stories it 
featured. Some of them look eerily familiar...

¥ Then as now, FGR dominated the front page, 
with the headline at that time being ÔFG 
Rovers MD appeals to the communityÕ. The 
issue then was limited stadium capacity

¥ Mohibur Rohman had just joined Nailsworth 
Town Council 

¥ Paul Dangerfield introduced himself as the 
new Community Police Constable

¥ Hazlewoods was heading for closure, with 
60 job losses predicted

¥ 98-year-old Lilian Day, ÔForest Green LilÕ, 
was our first Nailsworthy. 

There have been four editors over the lifetime of 
the paper. Liz Green was the first, followed by Joyce 
Affleck, Noel Burgess and then Joyce once again 
before I took over. There have also been literally 
hundreds of volunteers involved during the years, too 
many to list. Some have been with the paper since 
its inception. These unpaid workers are truly the 
backbone of the Nailsworth News, and they are one 
of the reasons that month after month it continues to 
be produced and to reach local homes and shops. The 
other reason relates to the loyalty of the advertisers 
who fund our printing costs; we owe them thanks 
also.

 Will there be 
another 100 editions? 
Well, we certainly 
hope so! There will 
be changes, of course 
Ð nothing stands still, 
nor should it. For 
instance, the internet 
has had a considerable 
impact. These days we 
publish the paper on 
our website, which is increasingly well visited, and 
there are other Nailsworth sites and blogs serving the 
community alongside us.


Shortwood on a roll

If FGR are having a torrid time on and off the field, Shortwood 
Utd are not! Flying high in the league, all guns blazing and 
with a 70% + win rate, 
something good must be 
happening up the valley! 
They are still in with a very 
good chance of promotion 
and success in the various 
cups Ð so this looks a happy 
time, with goals galore. There 
is great footie to watch as 
well as a welcoming bar to 
frequent before, during and 
after the match. Bliss! You 
can look at their website 
www.pitchero.com/clubs/
shortwoodunited for all the 
fixtures in the last few weeks 
of the season, and there are 
many other activities going on 
there. 


Nailsworth in 2000

We are in the middle of analysing 
our first market survey, to find out 
what YOU want from this paper. But 
LizÕs words in her first editorial still 
hold true. If we can continue to be 
Ôa monthly, free, informal link for 
the communityÕ, and to support and 
celebrate Nailsworth and its people, 
we will count it a job well done. 

Jo Lloyd


Chess 

Tetbury-based Colin Francis is keen 
to get some local chess up and running. 
Anyone interested in meeting others for 
a game is welcome to go to the Ormond 
Hotel in Tetbury on a Wednesday 
morning between 
10.30 am and 
noon Ð or how 
about starting 
a Nailsworth 
group? If you are 
interested, contact 
Colin on 01666 
505835.


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Nailsworth Festival Programme 2010 - Main Events

Festival fever is about to hit town again - just look at the line-up below, there is truly something for 
everyone. Brochures with more details can be found at many points, including the Town Information Centre 
and the Library. We advise early booking for the main events and you can now book tickets online (www.
nailsworthfestival.org.uk), as well as by post or in person at the Town Information Centre, Fountain Street, 
Nailsworth (please note that tickets for Chris Wood can only be booked through Ruskin Mill.).

Monday 24th May

In association with Nailsworth 
Society, a talk by Richard Angwin 
ÔHere is the weather forecastÕ. Town 
Hall 7:30 pm £5.

Friday 28th May

 ÔLight and ShadeÕ. Enjoy an evening 
of double drama - two contrasting one-
act plays, performed by the Nailsworth 
Dramatic Society. Town Hall 7:30 
pm £7 bar. ÔThe ProposalÕ by Anton 
Chekhov and ÔCan you Hear the 
Music?Õ by David Campton.

Festival Saturday 22nd May

A full programme of events is planned 
for Festival Saturday. 

- In Mortimer Gardens you can watch 
amazing antics; listen to joyful songs 
from community singers; sway to a 
samba band; or learn to bop. 

- The FarmersÕ Market will offer 
high quality local produce and further 
afield you will find craft workshops, 
childrenÕs entertainment, exhibitions 
and special lunches in some of 
NailsworthÕs renowned eating houses. 

- In the evening, the 1st Nailsworth 
Poetry Slam will be an exciting 
evening of performance poetry in a 
knockout competition - Comrades 
Club 7:30 pm £5.


Saturday 29th May

Kasa• Masa•, the African beat with 
a jazzy edge! Town Hall 8:00 pm 
Tickets £12 bar.


Tuesday 25th 
May 

Chris Wood, 
Singer of the Year 
and Best Album 
BBC Radio 2 Folk 
Awards 2009. 
Ruskin Mill 7:30 
pm £15. To book please contact Ruskin 
Mill 01453 837537. 


Sunday 23rd May

The Finzi Quartet - coming to 
Nailsworth following their recent 
debuts at both the Purcell Room and 
the Wigmore Hall. Christ Church 7:30 
pm £12.


Walks, exhibitions, workshops 
and groups 

During Festival week numerous events 
will be taking place across Nailsworth. 
Further details will be available in the 
May edition of the Nailsworth News. 

Wednesday 26th May

Bristol Gasworks Singers concert. 
They will entrance you with an 
acappella mix of pop, world, folk, 
classical , jazzÉÉ.. St GeorgeÕs 
Church 7:30 pm £5.



Regular Weekly Events

April 2010

Sun

Salsa class for beginners & improvers. Single or with partner. 
Comrades Club, 4.30 pm-6 pm, £5. Info 07774 707625

Mon

Yoga (Gentle class), Christ Church Hall, 11.15 am Ð 12.45. Info 
Sally Deacon 751937

Archive Office open, Town Hall, 10 am Ð 12 noon

Beginners Calligraphy, Christ Church Hall, 2 Ð 4.30 pm. Info 
Pam Harmer 832725

Yoga at Nailsworth Primary School, evening Info Chris Hewitt 
834304

Aerobics & Body Conditioning, Christ Church Hall, 9.30 am. 
Info Tina 753895

Aerobics & Body Conditioning, Christ Church Hall, 7.15 pm. 
Info Tina 753895

Tue

 Yoga, Christ Church Hall, 10 Ð 11.30 am. Info Sally Deacon 
751937

Nailsworth ÔLightwavesÕ Shintaido, Christ Church Hall, 1.30-
3.30 pm. Info David & Nagako Cooper 756569. 1st ÔtasterÕ 
session free

Health Walk (30-60 mins). Start Nailsworth Library, 2.30. Info 
754505

Yoga. Nailsworth Primary School, evening Info Chris Hewitt 
834304

Eurythmy class, Horsley Village Hall, 5 Ð 6 pm, 20th April Ð 18th 
May. Info Elizabeth 832921

Wed

Pilates on the Ball, Christ Church Hall , 9.30 am. Info Tina 
753895

Stroud Valleys NCT Bumps and Babies Coffee Morning, TubbyÕs 
CafŽ, Waterside, 10 am Ð 12 noon. Info Clare 544583

Group Hypnosis, Natural Health Centre, 12.30 pm-1 pm, £6.00 
per session. Info and booking: 836066 or 767399

Toddler Group (0-4 yrs), St DominicÕs Hall, 1.30 Ð 3 pm. £1 per 
child (inc. drink & snack). Term time only

Wed

Yoga, Christ Church Hall, 7 Ð 8.30 pm. Info Sally 
Deacon 751937

Iyengar Yoga, Mortimer Rooms, 7.30 pm Ð 9 pm. Info 
Alison Griffin 752249

Love Meditation, a guided opportunity to quieten the 
mind. venue tbc (depending on numbers) 7.30 pm Ð 9 
pm. Info Maddie 0845 539 9938

Jazz, Jive, Swing. Beginners, Comrades Club, 7.45 pm. 
£4. Info James 01452 770701

Thu

CrocÕNÕRoll childrenÕs music class (6 mths Ð 4 yrs), 
Forest Green Community Centre, 9.10 am, 10.00 am, 
10.40 am. £3 per class. Info Stephanie Urquhart 07957 
235413. Term time only.

Baby Group, ChildrenÕs Centre, Library, 10.30 Ð 11.30 
am (From 12th Nov) Info Sarah Dean 755373

Yoga, Christ Church Hall, 5.45 Ð 7.15 pm and 7.30 - 9 
pm. Info Sally Deacon 751937

Buddhist meditation and mindfulness, Friends Meeting 
House, 7.30 pm. All welcome. Info Will on 839453.

Jazz, Jive, Swing classes, Comrades Club, 7.15 pm 
Beginners, 8.15 pm Intermediate, 9.15 pm Advanced. 
£4. Info James 01452 770701

Taiji Wuxigong, Christ Church Hall, 9.30 Ð 11 am. 
Info Poh Eng 836425. (New class starts 15 Apr for 15 
weeks)

Fri

Country Market, Mortimer Room, 8.45 am-11 am

Little Angels, Singing and Music for Parents & 
Toddlers, St. Georges Church, 9.30-10 am

Archive Office open, Town Hall, 10 am Ð 12 noon

Taiji Wuxigong, Christ Church Hall, 11.15 -12.45. Info 
Poh Eng 836425 (New class starts 16 Apr for 15 weeks)

Bingo, cash prizes. Green Man (FGR), at 7.30pm.





DonÕt miss Evita 

On Friday 9th April 2010 
Nailsworth Film Club will 
present Evita (1996 - Alan 
Parker Cert PG). You know 
the one; impoverished woman 
sleeps her way to fame 
(singing) but there's no happy 
ending. Wax your moustache, 
tighten your tango trousers, 
splash out the red lipstick - and 
all you guys feel free to join in 
too. It's Dress Up time. Sing 
along with the chorus. There 
will be prizes! Venue is the 
main hall at Nailsworth Primary School, Forest Green, bar 
opens from 7.30 pm and the film starts at 8.00. 

Nailstock cancelled for 2010

The Committee of Nailstock 2010 reports Ôwith a 
heavy heartÕ that the 23-25th April event has had to be 
cancelled. It is particularly sad because of all the time 
and effort that has been put in this year. Unfortunately 
there are insufficient resources to manage ticket sales 
and publicity, and with time running out the risks of 
going ahead are simply too high. 

Nailstock needs a huge amount of community 
involvement from the people of Nailsworth if it is to 
be a success. Committee members are already thinking 
ahead to 2011, and calling on businesses and community 
organisations in the area to make links with them so that 
next yearÕs event can go ahead and be the best ever. All 
bands and volunteers that have already applied will be 
kept on file and contacted next year - they do not need to 
reapply.


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WhatÕs On - April 2010

To include events,

contact Tina on 835295 or

whatson@nailsworthnews.org.uk

1

Thu

NSoc Luncheon Group, Egypt Mill, 11.30 
am. 

Rotary Club, FGR, Liz Odell talk Trip to 
Haiti with Shelterbox

Info Fiona Hodges 832878

2

Fri

2nd Ð 5th April. Down the Road Easter Beer 
Festival, Social Club. £1.50 members, £2.50 
non-members.

3

Sat

Shortwood Utd v Kidlington, 3 pm

Taiji Wuxigong, Christ Church Hall
10 am Ð 5 pm. Info Poh Eng 836425

4

Sun

Family Service, Nailsworth Primary School, 
11 am. Everyone welcome

Sale of books, cards, jewellery, Carol 
Embrey Suite FGR, 10 Ð 2 pm. Sunday 
lunches 12 Ð 2. Info 834860

The Honeymoon Trio at The George, 
Newmarket, 8 Ð 11 pm + curry evening

5

Mon

FRG v Tamworth 3 pm

NSoc Arts, Crafts & Music Group, 
Mortimer Room, 7.30 pm

6
7
8

Tue
Wed
Thu

Bookbinding Workshop, Acorn School, 9.30 
Ð 3.30. Info Ann Weare 01285 760328

6

Tue

Library Club for older people. Library, 
11.15 Ð 12.30 Info 832747. Transport can be 
provided

7

Wed

Flower Club Meeting, Town Hall, 7 pm 

8

Thu

Canasta, Hanover Gardens Community 
Room, 7.15 pm. All welcome.
Info Jane Hobdell 835937

9

Fri

Coffee Morning/book sale/raffle, Stroud & 
Swindon Building Society, in aid of Stroud 
District Alzheimers & Horsley School 
Renoir Umbrella Garden project

Evita, Film Club, Primary School, 7.30 for 
8.00 pm. Info 549661

10

Sat

Darts Tournament, The Green Man, 1 pm 
(Registration 12 noon). Entry £5

11

Sun

Norton Wood Orchard Project working 
party. Meet Jovial Foresters car park, 2 pm. 
Info Marilyn Miles 832974

Honeymoon Trio at The George, 
Newmarket, 8 Ð 11 pm

12

Mon

W.I., Meeting, St. Georges Parish 
Room, 7.30 pm. Talk on History of 
Minchinhampton Common

NSoc Local History Research Group, 
Mortimer Room, 7.30 pm,
Info 832228 or 837807

15

Thu

Royal British Legion meeting,
Nailsworth Social Club

Rotary Club Outing to Berkeley Castle,
Info Fiona Hodges 832878

17

Sat

FGR v Histon, 3 pm

Rotary Club litter picking in Nailsworth,
Info Fiona Hodges 832878

19

Mon

NSoc Gardening Group, Mortimer Room
7.30 pm. Info 834046

20

Tues

Trefoil Guild, Thailand, Hanover Lounge
7 pm. Info Maureen Embrey 833772

Town Council meeting, Town Hall, 7 pm

21

Wed

Stroud & District Macular Society
Christ Church Hall, 10 am Ð 12 noon 

22

Thu

NSoc Ramblers Group, Meet outside 
Library, 9.30 am. Info 834907

24

Sat

Farmers Market, Mortimer Gardens, 9 am Ð 
1 pm

Archive Office open, 10 Ð 12 noon, Town 
Hall

Shortwood Utd v Binfield, 3 pm

25

Sun

Taiji Wuxigong, Christ Church Hall, 10 am 
Ð 5 pm. Info Poh Eng 836425

26

Mon

NSoc Local Studies Group, Mortimer Room, 
7.30 pm. Info 832034

28

Wed

Alzheimer CafŽ, Christ Church Rooms, 2 Ð 
4pm. Info 834714

30

Fri

Mystery Film, Film Club extra, Nailsworth 
Primary School, 7.30 for 8 pm

Ashes to Ashes, 80Õs tribute band, FGR 
Carol Embrey Suite. Over 18s only. Tickets 
£10. Info 834860

May

1

Sat

FGR End of season presentation, Tickets 
adults £20, under 12s. Info 834860

2

Sun

Family Service, Nailsworth Primary School, 
11 am. Everyone welcome

5

Wed

Flower Club Meeting, Town Hall, 7 pm

6

Thu

Canasta, Hanover Gardens Community 
Room, 7.15 pm. All welcome. Info Jane 
Hobdell 835937

8
9

Sat
Sun

Amberley Cow Hunt, , Amberley Parochial 
School, 1 Ð 5 pm

10

Mon

Town Meeting, Town Hall, 7.30 pm





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