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K i n g s w o o d G r a p e v i n e |
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Issue No. 139 OCTOBER
2009 |
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Editors: Diane White (843783)
& Gill Hemming (842734) |
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D a t e s F o r
Y o u r D i a r y |
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Tues 6th Oct Mobile
Police Station Chipping 10.15am-11.45am |
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Sat 10th
“ Friends of
St Mary’s Quiz St Mary’s Room 7.30pm |
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Wed 23rd Oct Mobile
Police Station Chipping 10.15am-11.45am |
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NOVEMBER ISSUE
DEADLINE: FRIDAY 23rd OCTOBER |
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Sat 31st
“ Hallowe’en
Party Village
Hall |
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Tues 3rd Nov Sport
& Recreation Fund AGM Village
Hall 8.00pm |
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Sat 14th
“ Messiah
Concert St
Mary’s, Wotton 7.30pm |
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Sat 21st
“ Jubilee Club
Annual Bazaar Village Hall |
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Thur 26th
“ Historical
Society AGM & talk Village Hall 7.30pm |
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Sat 28th
“ Kurry Klub Village Hall |
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Messiah Concert |
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Handel’s Messiah in St Mary’s Church,
Wotton-under-Edge on 14th
November 7.30pm. International soloists including Janice Watson and Catherine
Wyn Rogers, The Rinaldo Consort and St Cecilia Choir conducted by Ben
Hoffnung. Tickets available after 19th October from Cotswold Book
Room, also by phone on 01453 843144 and booking form on |
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KINGSWOOD VILLAGE ASSOCIATION |
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A
date for your 2010 diary. Having successfully
revitalized the village GADABOUT SUPPER in the
past couple of years, we are delighted to announce that the next
one will take place on SATURDAY 20TH MARCH.
Paperwork will be distributed in the New Year. If you have been
involved before, you'll know what a lot of fun it is. If not, do keep
the date available and give it a try next year. |
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LOST CAMERA WITH
LOTS OF MEMORIES |
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Please if
anyone has found or knows of a camera being found after the Hillesley Ball on
September 12 could they contact Sally-Anne Barnes – 01453 843069 or e-mail sabsmb@tiscali.co.uk? It contains many
memories including a friend’s wedding and my daughter’s first day at KLB. It
is a Kodak Easy Share digital camera in a plain black case and has a 1 Gb SD
card in it. I would be really grateful to know if anyone has found it. The
memories are irreplaceable. |
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KINGSWOOD KURRY
KLUB, |
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Saturday
November 28th. Tickets (£15) went on sale on September 15, as
promised in the last Grapevine. By the same evening over 40 had been sold.
Hopefully there will still be some left by the time you read this. Ring Rod
Alexander on 843398 or email to rodplume@googlemail.com. |
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Friends of St Mary’s |
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St Mary’s
Christmas cards and greetings cards - £3.50 for 5; desk calendars - £3 each; magnetic
calendars - £2, as well as postcards, are now available from Simon or Trish
845204. |
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Monthly
lunches will take place on the last Thursday of the month as usual – Thursday
October 29. |
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On Saturday 10th October we
have our SUP(P)ER QUIZ at 7.30 in St.
Mary’s Room. This will include a fairly frivolous general knowledge quiz
(teams of 2, or more if you wish) with a hot supper at the half-way point, a
licensed bar and prizes. |
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Tickets are limited, but some are still available from John (520359), Rod (843398), Liz (844405) or Simon (845204) at £10. |
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KSA & KVA
Hallowe’en Party – Saturday 31st October |
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A chance
to come and have some fun on the last weekend of half term and dress-up for some
Hallowe’en games and ghoulish activities. Come along to the village hall
where a professional entertainer will be in action. There will be prizes for
the best Hallowe’en costume and for the best pumpkin lanterns. To ensure all
have a ‘witch-tastic’ time, but don’t get too ‘spooked’, there will be two
sessions: (12.30 - 2.15pm Infants: Reception - Year 2; 1.30 - 3.15pm Juniors: Years 3 - 6) |
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Please
note this event is available to all children in these year groups living in
Kingswood or attending Kingswood Primary School. We would love to see you all
there. Entry is free (with a small donation of a plate of food e.g. cakes,
sandwiches, fruit, to be arranged nearer the time); please contact Sally-Anne
Barnes 01453 843069 or e-mail sabsmb@tiscali.co.uk
if your children would like to attend. This event has been kindly funded by
the KVA. |
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KINGSWOOD ABBEY WOMEN'S INSTITUTE |
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Our meeting
this month was very interesting with a talk by Jenny Earl. As a former worker
at Slimbridge Trust she gave a very informative talk on swans, particularly
the Bewick’s, so hopefully we can all now recocognise the different species. |
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13th
October meeting is our Birthday Evening, 10th November - A.G.M, 8th
December - Christmas Evening. |
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KINGSWOOD HISTORICAL SOCIETY Contact Sheila Alexander, 843398 or sheilaplume@googlemail.com |
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A few tickets are still available for a talk by Paul Barnett on PURTON HULKS at the village hall on THURSDAY 1ST OCTOBER commencing 7.30pm. Our Annual General Meeting will follow a talk by John Dixon on TEWKESBURY IN WW2 - AN INSIGNIFICANT THEATRE OF WAR? On THURSDAY 26TH NOVEMBER at 7.30pm. Refreshments will be available on each occasion. Admission by ticket - free to Members or £3 to guests. At the AGM subscriptions are due for the 2009/2010 season and remain at £5 family, £2.50 individual and £1.50 concessions. New members are always welcome. We plan to hold an exhibition during 2010 to celebrate 15 years since our inauguration and details will be advertised when finalized. |
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Kingswood Sport and
Recreation Fund |
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The
A.G.M. will be at 8.00pm on Tuesday November 3rd in the lounge of the Village
Hall. Nominations for the committee should be with the Secretary, Mark
Roberts, by October 17th. Nomination forms are available from him at 3,
Russet Court. |
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Reading Group |
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Would you
like to join a reading group in the village? We meet monthly on a Thursday (usually
the second Thursday) to share our interest in books. Currently we are reading
“The Forgotten Garden” by Kate Morton and then we will be going on to read
“Alfred and Emily” by Doris Lessing. We have read many different types of
books in the past including poetry, autobiography and travel books amongst
others. If you enjoy reading and would like to join us please ‘phone Claire
on 01453 842699. Our next meeting is on Thursday
October 8th at 8pm. |
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KINGSWOOD
FOOTBALL CLUB |
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Congratulations
to Kingswood Football Club's first team, who, under the leadership of local
resident, Ian Evans, had their first home game in the Glos County League and
beat the current leaders 3 – 1. Any players wishing to join can just turn up
for training on Wednesday evenings at 7pm, Kingswood playing field. We also
run a reserve team, currently in Stroud League Division 2 and also an Under
15 team. |
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To
help finance the club, we run a weekly lottery. Forms are available at Dinneywicks
and Post Office, price £1, enter your 3 lucky numbers and the draw takes
place every Saturday at approx 6pm in the Dinneywicks. |
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KINGSWOOD JUBILEE CLUB |
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Kingswood Jubilee Club will be
holding their Annual Bazaar in the Village Hall on Saturday November 21st. The club meets alternate
Wednesday afternoons – next, October 7th
2.15pm - 4pm. A warm friendly welcome awaits. |
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PARISH COUNCIL |
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PARISH
PLAN - Thank you to everyone who came across to the Parish
Plan Tent. We had 107 recorded visitors who took the time to answer our
questions. That equates to approximately 10% of the village so is a great
result. We plan to work on the details of this and put the plan together in
time for the Annual Parish Meeting, which normally takes place in April. I
will let you know further details nearer the time, as we hope many of you
will come along to this event. Meanwhile there are many issues that have been
raised in the questionnaire and at the consultation that we can begin to
tackle, such as dog fouling, speeding, and provision of youth activities. |
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PLAY
EQUIPMENT DESIGN - Thank you all for looking at the
designs for the new play equipment. One Company came out in front, which is
Miracle. We are currently putting together
a working party to work on the final design and to work on this project from
design to implementation. It is important that this is a community project
and involves members of the community at all stages and includes teenagers
and children. This cross section of the Community will be vital to the
success of this project. This group would be responsible for looking at and
deciding on a final design to bring to Parish Council for a decision. |
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• The
group should ensure that the equipment is fully representative of all age
groups. |
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• The
group should ensure that the issue of involvement of the Community has been
addressed. |
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• The
group to ensure that security issues involving the playing field have been
addressed and a plan put into place. |
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• The
group to discuss a procedure for maintenance of the equipment and for risk
assessment checks of the equipment to be carried out. |
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I have some volunteers already for
this project but would love to have more, especially teenagers and older
members of the community. Please contact the clerk Mary Leonard on 01453
844659 or email - kingswood.parish@btconnect.com
to express an interest and find out more details. |
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Dog
Fouling - It is evident that this issue is causing a lot of
concern in the Community. The Parish Council debated this issue at the last
meeting and has decided to adopt a policy of zero tolerance on this issue.
Stroud District Council have adopted the Dog (Fouling of Land) Act 1996. This
makes it an offence if dog owners do not clean up after their dog when they
foul anywhere to which the public has access. Offending owners risk
prosecution with a maximum fine of £1000. The solution to this problem is in
the hand of the community. Firstly, all dog owners to observe the law, and if
that does not happen then as a community we need to report those who are
breaking this law. The dog wardens and the Neighbourhood Warden will be
stepping up their patrols and will instigate action against any one caught.
Please pass on any information you have to Alex Davies, Animal Welfare
Officer on 01453 754497 or to Natasha Anderson (Dog Warden) 01453 754491 |
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Flower
Beds on the Chipping - The Parish Council is
looking for a green-fingered member of the community to plant and maintain
the flowerbeds. These can look spectacular, but in the last year were not so
good. I am sure we have someone in
the Village who could make them look stunning again. Please contact the
clerk, Mary Leonard, on 01453 844659 or email her at kingswood.parish@btconnect.com
to express an interest and find out more details. |
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Speeding
on Wickwar Road – Mr N. Ward is representing the
Parish Council at ‘A Safer Communities’ meeting where this issue is on the
agenda. Please let him or the Clerk know of any concerns that you may have. |
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Dinneywicks |
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Senior
citizens Tuesday menu; every Tuesday 12-1.30pm £4.95 for 2 courses.
We will be having a Christmas lunch in December - watch this space. |
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Either
pop in and pick up, or phone 01453 843328 and we can send them to you. |
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The
Village Diary can be viewed on the Grapevine
website. For an entry please email Grapevine
or telephone Gill on 842734. |