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

Issue No. 126                                                                                                                                         JUNE 2008     

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       June                 Mobile Police Station                 Chipping                                                           11.30am

Wed       4th          “                    Jane’s Coffee Morning                Wotton Town Hall                                  9.30am-12.30pm

Sat         7th          “                    St Mary’s Church Fete

Wed     11th          “                    Fashion Evening                        Cotswold Edge Golf Club                                    7.00pm

Thurs    12th          “                    Neighbourhood Watch A.G.M      Village Hall                                        7.00pm for 7.30pm

Sun      15th          “                    Open Garden at                         Ozleworth Park                                       2.00pm-5.00pm

JULY  ISSUE  DEADLINE:                     FRIDAY  JUNE 20th

Mon      23rd       June                 Mobile Police Station                 Chipping                                                           11.30am

Sat       28th          “                    Wine and Tapas             St Mary’s Room                                                 7.30pm

Stroud District Council Elections

Through the auspices of the Grapevine may I express my thanks for re-electing me to Stroud District Council.

If you need to contact me, please call on 842734.             Paul Hemming
Rose Hill School Summer Fete - Saturday 14 June 2008 - 2.30pm-5.30pm

Come and join the fun, lots of stalls, acrobatic dancers, pony rides, barbecue, Pimms, teas, coffees & cakes, ice creams, bouncy castles, children's performances and lots more. Entrance free.

Cotswold Care Hospice – Wotton Friends 

Jane’s Coffee Morning will be held on Wednesday 4th June at Wotton Town Hall from 9.30am – 12.30pm.

Nearly new /Cakes /Plants /Raffle. All welcome.

Fashion Evening at Cotswold Edge Golf Club on Wednesday June 11th at 7pm. Tickets available from Wotton Friends.
Bellringing Talks

Looking for a different subject from a guest speaker at your club or association?   Andrew Harper, Tower Captain of St Mary the Virgin, Wotton-under-Edge is willing to give talks on the ancient and fascinating art of Bellringing.  If you are interested he can be contacted on 01453 843529 or email andrewharper@uwclub.net.

KINGSWOOD VILLAGE ASSOCIATION

Boules Tournament - The 7th Annual Kingswood Village Association Boules Tournament will be held on Saturday 21st June at ‘The Dinneywicks’ pub, starting at noon. The event involves teams of three competing for the ‘Bois des Rois’ Trophy. To keep the spirits going, there will be live music, freshly cooked BBQ food and a bouncy castle to occupy the kids. So please come along and join in the fun! The entry fee is £15.00 per team. Entry forms can be found in the pub and The Spar, or you can contact James Smillie on 842467.

GADABOUT’S BACK - After a couple of year’s absence from the Kingswood Social Calendar, the Kingswood Village Association is pleased to announce the return of Gadabout. Previous Gadabouts, Fellowship Suppers and Neighbourhood Noshes are fondly remembered and have raised much-needed funds for the Village Hall. For those who have not taken part before or who are new to the village, the evening has always consisted of four separate, but equally enjoyable, parts:

1.       The Meeting Venue – The Village Hall (where else?)

2.       The Starter Course

3.       The Main Course

4.       The Final Venue – Back to the Hall for Puds, Coffee and the Bar.

The date for Gadabout 2008 is October 18th, so put it in your diaries and await further instructions!!!! For further information, please contact Angus or Fran McCubbin on 01453 844274. 
Friends of St Mary’s

As from 4th June, Friends of St Mary’s will be holding regular Wednesday Morning Coffee from 8.45-10.00am in the new Parish Room. Do come and join us straight from School drop-off, for a chat and a drink – pre-school children welcome.

Wine and Tapas - Friends of St Mary’s are holding a Wine and Tapas evening in St Mary’s Room (in the church) at 7.30pm on Saturday 28th June 2008. There will be eight wines to taste showing some of the exciting things going on in Spain, with appropriate tapas. Tickets £10.00 a head from Simon Wood (New Inn House, tel. 845204) or Rod Alexander (The Old Plume, 844398) or buy them from the bookstall at St Mary’s fete on June 7th. 

Wotton-under-Edge Branch R.N.L.I

Your local branch of the R.N.L.I is holding an Open Garden event at Ozleworth Park, by kind permission of Mr M J C Stone, on June 15th, 2pm-5pm. There will be teas with homemade cakes, second hand books, plants, an art gallery and to help create a lovely atmosphere the “Good Company Singers” will perform.  
KINGSWOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH                    

Kingswood Neighbourhood Watch Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 12th June in the village hall at 7.0pm for a 7.30pm start. All residents are welcome to attend where you are invited to put any concerns to either the police, the local P.C.S.O Andy Tring or the Stroud District Neighbourhood Watch representative, Eddie Whittock. Light refreshment will be offered prior to the meeting, we look forward to your attendance.

Stray Dog Reporting – As from April this year the police are no longer responsible for this problem, any reports should now be directed to the Stroud District Council Dog Warden Service on either 01453 754491 or 01453 754497.

The Police Information Point is available in the Post Office should you wish to report any problem to be followed up.

KINGSWOOD PLAYGROUP

Kingswood Village Playgroup would like to thank everyone who came along and helped to celebrate their 40th 'birthday' on Friday and Saturday May 9-10. Around 50 children came to the disco on Friday and 40 to the Tea Party on Saturday. The children at the Tea Party enjoyed a magic show and, thanks to Liz Beckett, a slice of specially baked birthday cake. Thanks too to Ian Green; who was question master for the quiz on Saturday evening and all those who lent photos for the display. Committee chair Bekki Pacini said: "We're really grateful to everyone who supported the events. Our real aim was to give something back to the village which has supported playgroup for the past 40 years."

KINGSWOOD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

One of the things you wont experience by reading the Grapevine is the warm welcome that awaits you at our church.  You can only experience that with an actual visit.  This is your invitation; we would love to see you.

Our Sunday Services are at 10.30am and 6.00pm.  During the morning service Kings Kids (Sunday School) and Crèche meet.  8.00pm - JIMS (all age after church meeting). Our weekly meetings are Monday at 6.30pm its Zion Club followed at 7.30pm by Z+ for years 7 & 8. Tuesday - on alternate Tuesdays at 2.15pm Bright Hour meets. 7.30pm - Bible Study

On the third Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm - Men’s Fellowship. Thursday sees Kings Kidz (Mother/Toddler/Baby) meet at 10.15am and at 7.30pm is Choir Practice. On Friday at 9.00pm and Saturday at 8.00am we meet for prayer.

All our weekly meetings are held in the Lower Schoolroom. We now have our website up and running so please take a look, the address is www.kingswoodcongregational.org.uk

If you would like to contact us please ring Jennie on 842803 or email linandnorv@yahoo.co.uk

ST MARY'S PARISH CHURCH  

At St. Mary's we're enjoying the space the new room has offered us. It's being used already, even without the carpet, for various events. We've had some 'domestic' meetings in there and an evening when our Benefactors were able to come along and see the fruits of our work and their giving. This was successful as was the Coffee Morning shortly after that. The Archdeacon is visiting the parishes of Charfield and Kingswood in July, on 25th, and at lunchtime we will have a bring and share event when he will dedicate the room. Please come along and be a part of that shared time.  In June we see the start of a series of weekly drop-in Coffee Mornings from 8.45 until 10.00 aimed firstly at those taking children to school, but all are welcome. We hope to start a Sunday School/Club in the room on 2 Sundays a month, during the service.  If you have children interested or would like to help us with this, speak to Viv or one of the L.M.T. (Bob, David, Gill and Peter). 

I went to a meeting of a Charity group recently and discovered that there is some money available under certain conditions. Whilst the charity cannot fund everything, there are some funds available to Kingswood people for help with certain things. The charity doesn't advertise this but if you had a word in my ear, I could always pass the details on to those who are in a position to make these decisions. Either phone me (01454 261751) or drop me a note to The Rectory, 36, Wotton Road, Charfield GL12 8TG. or leave a message in church for me. I'll do what I can!  The Kingswood fete is almost upon us and this was the first event I came to last year, even before I was the 'vicar'. I look forward to another successful and interesting event. I also went recently to a Cricket match. It was a cold and rainy afternoon but those players there were staunch followers of bat and ball. Sadly 'we' lost by one run.... I think it was only one... but the tea was spectacular! I shall be coming to watch more matches when the sun shines!! If you have any issues you would like me to deal with or just know about, please let me know. Best wishes to all doing exams, to those going on holiday, and to those who stay behind, may we have some good days. Viv K.

The St Mary’s Room is now available for Community use – for details please contact David Roe, Treasurer (843199).

KINGSWOOD VILLAGE HALL

The Village Hall requires a Caretaker/Cleaner to look after the day-to-day requirements of the hall. The position becomes vacant from 1st June. If you are interested please contact either Pat Harty (844016) or Paul Hemming (842734).

KINGSWOOD FOOTBALL CLUB  - link on Grapevine website.

Another season just finished and Kingswood teams had a very successful year, the firsts reached a creditable 5th in their first season in the Northern Senior League, Division 1.The reserves won promotion, as champions for the 3rd year running so next season go up to division 2 and they also completed the 'Double' by winning the Intermediate Cup. The under 13's did well by reaching 3rd in their league and were runners -up in the junior cup, Ricky Bezer, scored a massive 42 goals.
Support your local club by having a go on our weekly draw, it only costs a pound, and this weekend (24th May) the prize stood at £1100.Tickets available from Kingswood Post Office and Dinneywicks.

Old London Road Nature Reserve - special open day on Sunday the 22nd of June, from 11am!

A flower on the Edge, on your doorstep…Following a year long project funded by the Big Lottery Fund and the BBC Breathing Place’s campaign, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust is inviting residents of the Wotton-under-Edge area to come and see what has been happening at its Old London Road nature reserve (alongside the Conygres Scout Hut).

The nature reserve and the surrounding woodland is one of only two places in Britain where it is possible to see the rare Limestone Woundwort plant, and now is the time to see it in flower!  Visitors to the Open Day on Sunday 22nd June from 11am will be able to meet the plant, learn about the management that local volunteers have been doing to preserve it, and see the other work that we have been doing at the site – the laid hedge, the new leaflet, the pond, and the bench specially designed and built by students at Katherine Lady Berkeley’s School.

Afterwards county plant experts will be leading a guided wildflower walk to North Nibley monument (places on the walk are limited so we ask that people book on 01452 383333).

For those not wanting to walk so far there will be a family nature ramble in and around the reserve for budding explorers – looking for bugs, small mammals, butterflies and other creatures.  We hope to see you there!

 

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