K I n g s w o o d    G r a p e v i n e

Issue No 117                                                                                                                   JULY/AUGUST 2007     

Editors: Diane White (843783) & Gill Hemming (842734)

 

D a t e s   F o r   Y o u r   D i a r y

Tues         3rd         July                         Computer Surgery                                               Village Hall                                             2.00pm-4.00pm

Thurs       5th             “                            Mobile Police Station                                          Chipping                                                                                3.30pm

Sat            7th             “                            KSA Summer Fayre and Duck Race               Ash Path                                                              11.00am

Sun           8th             “                            Kingswood W.I. – Town Hall Teas                   Wotton

Mon          9th             “                            Holistic Treatment                                               Village Hall                                                     12-4.30pm

Fri           13th            “                            Neighbourhood Watch Annual Party               Boundary House                                                 7.30pm

Sat          14th            “                            Tubbs Turf Finals Day                                                                                                                      12.00pm

SEPTEMBER  ISSUE  DEADLINE:                      FRIDAY  AUGUST 17th

Sun         22nd         July                         Mobile Police Station                                          Chipping                                                                           11.30am

Mon          6th          Aug                         Mobile Police Station                                          Chipping                                                                           11.30am

Sat          18th            “                            Cricket Club Hog Roast                                     Tyndale House

Wed        29th            “                            Mobile Police Station                                          Chipping                                                                           11.30am

Sat            1st          Sept                        Kingswood Showday                                          Playing Field                                                         1.00pm

Fri           28th            “                            World’s Biggest Coffee Morning                      Ridgeway, Wickwar Road                    10am-12.30pm

Attention All Dog Owners

Kingswood Playgroup recently went for a walk to feed the ducks – normally a very pleasant experience, but not this time. The children aged between 2-4 had to spend the whole time looking at the ground and calling out if they spotted any dog mess. Is this the experience we want to give our young children, where dog mess is the norm? What are we teaching them? As anyone knows cleaning dog mess off one pair of shoes is bad enough, but try 20!!

Please, please, please lead by example and pick up your dog’s mess.
KINGSWOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH                     

Kingswood Neighbourhood Watch will be holding its Annual Party on Friday 13th July at 7.30pm. Janet and Terry are kindly letting us use their lovely garden at The Boundary House. There will be three complementary drinks plus nibbles for the unchanged ticket price of £5.00. We hope you will come, not just because this is the only fundraiser for this otherwise free service, but also a very enjoyable evening.      Tickets are available from any of your Neighbourhood Watch reps.

The Police Information Point is available in the Post Office should you wish to report any problem to be followed up.
KSA Summer Fayre and Duck Race

 We would like to invite everyone to our School Summer Fayre on Saturday 7th July. It will start with the annual duck race at 11.00am at the Ash Path and continue into the school playground for fun and entertainment. There will also be a bar, B-B-Q and cream teas for those in need of refreshment.  If you would like to buy a duck to take part in our “go like the quackers” or “The flying duckman” races, please contact the school office or Shaenna on 520371. 
Treatment for Tanzania

Another huge thank you for your continued support of our work in Tanzania. In the last 18 months we have raised £32,200 for the work – including buying 2 Landrovers, and 5 of our team having gone over to work, with another 3 planned for later in the year.

On Saturday 4th August a number of our team are working for free to raise further funds. If you would like a Saturday appointment, please call us on 844646 or visit www.chippingmanor.co.uk whether you are a registered patient or would like to be!! 
KINGSWOOD 2007 VILLAGE APPRAISAL

The village’s highly representative (83% response) 1997 Village Appraisal will be repeated this year. A questionnaire will be delivered to all houses, asking the views of all villagers, of the age of eleven and above, on a wide range of issues. Many of the 1997 questions are still important. Others will be added. The questionnaires are being prepared now and will be sent out later this year. We will need volunteers for delivery and collection, each of which will take about two hours and need not be done all at once. If you are able to help with delivery and collection please contact Rod Alexander (843398) or Pat Harty (844016). Rod also has a few copies of the attractive, collectable and relevant 1997 Appraisal for just a £2 donation to the cost of this year’s Appraisal.

There will be a separate Appraisal for businesses. If you run a business from home we might not know. However small your business, if you want your views included please ring Rod or Pat and they will see you get a copy of the Business Questionnaire.

 World’s Biggest Coffee Morning

The annual Macmillan World's Biggest Coffee Morning is on Friday 28th September - please support this event at Ridgeway, Wickwar Road from 10 am to 12.30 pm.
Kingswood Post Office and Stores

We are currently in need of a more ‘mature’ person (must be over 21) to work Tuesday and Friday evenings 6-8pm.

Besides general shop duties you will be required to carry out end of day procedures for the tills and National Lottery as well as locking up the store. For further details please contact Clare or Sue either in the shop or ring 845086.

Family Visit

The Adams family, previously of 7 Somerset Close, are coming back to visit the village three years after emigrating to Canada. They will be staying with Karen's sister in Wickwar from 17 July until 7 August. They say they are looking forward to meeting all their old friends and neighbours and you can expect to see them around the village and in Wotton. If you want to make contact before or during their visit then you can email Douglas at douglasncadams@yahoo.ca  If you catch them in the Dinneywicks, Douglas even says he'll buy you a pint - maybe Canada is rubbing off on a tight Scotsman.

Fascinating Rhythm

Fascinating Rhythm - one of the UK's top female harmony singing groups presents an evening of harmony and fun! Saturday 14th July, King George V Memorial Hall, Rangeworthy, 7.30pm. Guests - Great Western Chorus (a BBC Radio 3 Choir of the year finalist and current UK bronze medal Barbershop chorus) and Havoc (current UK ladies Barbershop silver medal quartet). Bar opens at 7.00pm.  'After show glow' with informal singing and general merriment 'til the bar closes! Tickets from Brenda Roberts 845456.
Village Agent – Computer Surgery

There will be a free computer 'surgery' in Kingswood Village Hall on Tuesday 3rd July at between 2pm and 4pm. At least one tutor will be available to assist with your individual needs and to answer your queries. Places are limited so give me a ring for further information. Marion (village agent) 07810630134 or 844375.

KINGSWOOD VILLAGE ASSOCIATION

KINGSWOOD SHOWDAY.  Don't miss this year's Classic Car Show and Fayre on SATURDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER.   It opens to the public at 1.00 pm but all items for the indoor PLANT, PRODUCE & CRAFT Show need to be set up for judging by 10.00 am.  Pink schedules have already been distributed to all households and a further copy will be delivered to you soon, so please send your entry forms to Angela or James by the end of August and enjoy planning and preparing your exhibit.  You could win a prize, or even a cup!  On the same day, we are staging another ART EXHIBITION, which, as before, is aimed at encouraging local artists (amateur or professional) to show and sell their work.  Entries are invited from anyone over 16.  Contact Jim Sinkinson (843074).  Many village organisations have been contacted with regard to running a fund-raising stall on the day.  If you know of any others who would like to be included, please contact Claire Adams (842026) to reserve a pitch on the field.  Finally, if you are new to Kingswood or are keen to get to know people and be involved in village events organised by the Village Association, please contact Dave Rothwell (843789).

KINGSWOOD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

Sunday services for July                                                                                      August

  1st          10.30am  Sarah Wimbow       6pm         Churches Together                   5th          10.30am  Rev Philip Hopes     6pm         Rev Philip Hopes

  8th          10.30am  Claude Withan         6pm         Pastor C Harris                        12th          10.30am  Adrian Wyatt           6pm         Steve Flint

15th          10.30am  Rev Philip Hopes     6pm         Ed Stuart                                 19th          10.30am  Munir Din                  6pm         T.B.A

22nd         10.30am  Alan Tarling             6pm         Brian Organ                             26th          10.30am  Family Service         6pm         Open Hour

29th          10.30am  Iain Marchant           6pm         Rev Norman Page                  

10.30am “Kings Club” and crèche                         8pm         JIMS in the lower Schoolroom

Monday ZION Club meet 6.30-7.30pm in the Lower Schoolroom and will break for the summer holiday.

Tuesday                Ladies Bright Hour will meet on the 3rd and 17th July at 2.15pm in the vestry. They will also break for the summer and resume in September. Prayer and Bible Study meet at 7.30pm in the Lower Schoolroom. Home Bible groups will meet July 31st and August 28th in various homes.

Thursday              Mother and Baby group “Kings Kids” meet 10.15am, Lower Schoolroom. Choir rehearsal at 7.30pm in the chapel.

Friday                     Prayer meeting at 9pm in the Lower Schoolroom.

Saturday               Prayer meeting at 8am in the vestry.

Other Events        Please join us for our usual Open Air Service with both churches in the Abbey Gateway at 6pm July 1st; our speaker will be Rev David Russell. All donations will be for Water Aid in Mali.

July 30th – August 3rd Village Hall 10.00am-12 midday – Summer Holiday Club. Join our band of pirates searching for hidden treasure on a desert island. Then discover the greatest treasure of all – Knowing Jesus. Our holiday club is a programme for 5-11 year olds, which introduces Jesus to the children and invites them to become his followers. Come and enjoy all the fun activities with us.

Tuesday July 10th – Ken Barratt, our guest speaker, will talk about his missionary work in Spain at 7pm in the chapel.
KINGSWOOD VILLAGE CRICKET CLUB

Our annual hog roast will be held on the evening of Saturday August 18th in the Garden of Tyndale House, High Street, by kind permission of Stephen and Judith Bavister.  Tickets (£7.50 from cricket club members) entitle you to all you can eat.  As well as excellent food, we can promise good beer and decent wine.  Definitely an evening not to be missed!      
TUBBS TURF

Come & join us on Finals Day Sat 14th July 12.00pm onwards. Enjoy delicious food from the BBQ, a beer or a glass of Pimms with friends & neighbours - the beautiful gardens at Tubbs Turf make ideal surroundings for watching the local tennis players young and old compete for the prestigious finals. For the more energetic you can join in with a game of fun mixed netball or table tennis - sign up on the day. Please support us – it is our one fundraising event of the year to raise money for the maintenance of the grounds & courts. Everyone welcome – we look forward to seeing you there.

ST MARY'S PARISH CHURCH Churchwardens; Josie Eldridge (844187) and Rob Rayfield (842302).

We are delighted to announce that the Rev. Vivienne Kerner is to be the new priest for the Benefice of Charfield and Kingswood.  Viv, as she likes to be known, is currently Non-Stipendiary Minister in Hardwick, Elmore and Longney, where she has been a very popular and effective presence in those communities.  She and her husband, Steve, will move into the rectory at Charfield during August.  She will be licensed by the Archdeacon of Gloucester at 4pm on September 9th, here in St Mary’s.

Many thanks to everyone who gave such wonderful support to the St Mary’s Garden Fete on June 16th.  After some very unsettled weather, some of the worst of it on the morning, we were once again blessed with beautiful sunshine when it mattered most.  As a result of a really big turnout we raised a massive £2,500 towards the costs of keeping a working, living church, here in our village.

Services for July and                                                                                                          In August just one service each Sunday in the Benefice:

  1st July 11.00 am Parish Eucharist       6.00 pm Open Air Service for Water Aid                           5th Aug   10.30 am Family Service    –      St Mary’s, Kingswood

 8th July  11.00 am Sung Matins                                                                                      12th Aug   10.30 am Benefice Comm.  –        St John’s, Charfield

15th July 11.00 am Parish Eucharist       6.00 pm Evensong                                           19th Aug   10.30 am Family Service    –         St John’s, Charfield

24th July 10.30 am Family Service                                                                                   26th Aug   10.30 am Benefice Comm.  –     St Mary’s, Kingswood
KINGSWOOD JUBILEE CLUB

The club held their 30th Anniversary party last month in the village hall. We were very pleased to have two original members, Mrs Freda Thornton and Mrs Emily Crewe, to cut the Celebration cake, 54 other members and Mr Fizz then magically entertained guests. Snippets of minutes from 1977-2007 were read, bringing smiles and memories to some members. Many thanks go to the committee members for their hard work that day; also to club members for your support, generosity and friendship in keeping the club going. A marvellous achievement, long may it continue. Why not “Join” us or be a “guest”, fortnightly, Wednesday afternoons 2-4pm.
A Night Not To Be Missed

60’s Music Night in aid of St Mary’s Restoration Fund – Saturday 20th October at Kingswood Village Hall with 60’s recording artiste Ricky Ford as Roy Orbison. Tickets £10, to include interval buffet, from Spar Shop or telephone 843199.

T’ai Chi Classes

T'ai Chi class will be at Kingswood Village Hall on July 5th, 12th and 19th between 4pm and 5pm all welcome. Cost dependant on class size but will be very reasonable. Any queries do give me (Marion) a ring on 07810630134.             Look forward to seeing you.

The Village Diary can be viewed on the Grapevine website. For an entry please email Grapevine or telephone Gill on 842734.