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

Issue No. 138                                                                                                                                SEPTEMBER 2009     

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

 

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

Sat         5th       Sept                 Showday                                               Village Playing Field

Mon        7th          “                    Mobile Police Station                             Chipping                                    3.00pm-4.30pm

OCTOBER  ISSUE  DEADLINE:              FRIDAY  25th SEPTEMBER

Thurs    24th       Sept                 Mobile Police Station                             Chipping                                 10.15am-11.45am

Thurs      1st       Oct                   Historical Society                                   Village Hall                                            7.30pm

Sat         3rd          “                    KSA Beer Festival                                  Village Hall                                            7.00pm

Thurs    26th       Nov                   A.G.M and talk                                      Village Hall                                            7.30pm

Sat       28th          “                    Kingswood Kurry Klub

                                                Quiz – Every other Week                        Dinneywicks

Many thanks to Neighbourhood Watch for their most generous donation. As always most gratefully received, we couldn’t produce Grapevine without financial help.

Lyengar Yoga

New Lyengar yoga beginners class on Tuesday evening at the Civic Centre in Wotton. Last year's beginners are now a Level 2. Class at 6.15pm to 7.45pm and the new beginner's class starts on Sep 8th, 8pm till 9.30pm.

The class is taught by Tamara from Bristol's Yogawest Studios. I can be contacted on 01453 520074 or my website is www.yoga-glos.co.uk 

Request to motorists using Hillesley Road down to Walkmill Lane 
  • There is no footpath down this road. The speed limit is 20mph.There is often small children and Elderly Folk trying walk up and down the road. Most people I am sure consider this but if you knocked somebody down and killed or seriously injured them, how would you live with it, whether you adhere to the speed limit or not does it make any difference to your destination time?   Andrew Hill

News from Your Village Agent

Following last year’s success of “Full of Life” Event, Gloucestershire County Council and NHS Gloucestershire are pooling their efforts to arrange another bumper day of activities for older people, their families and carers from across the county. The event is planned to take place at Gloucester Rugby Club on Thursday 24 September 2009 between 1pm and 4pm.

The aim is to repeat last year’s successful formula when over 700 people attended the event. There is space for 50 exhibitors, alongside live demonstrations, fun activities and entertainment. There is a cookery demonstration booked, based on healthy eating for the over 60’s, and many agencies from across the county will be there to offer advice and information on a great many issues.

If you would like more information about this event or to discuss any other matters, please contact your Village Agent Richard Belliss on 07798 837582

KINGSWOOD VILLAGE ASSOCIATION – Kurry Klub

Kingswood Kurry Klub. Just a reminder that the Village Association will be reviving the Kurry Klub after three years. This will be run on November 28th to help the Village Hall`s funds. Tickets at £15.00 will be available from Rod Alexander (843398 or rodplume@googlemail.com ) from Sept 15th. This is always a sell out so first come, first served.

KSA BEER FESTIVAL & HOG ROAST - Saturday 3rd October 7PM

The hog roast returns again after popular demand. We have a new & local band, Soundcage & of course lots of tasty beer.  Tickets £10 (including food) available from the Spar shop , Julian Moss, Damian Pacini, Nick Rogers, Rich Skelton, Viv Benson, Andy Symanowski & Al King.( We have a list of potential baby sitters, so please ring Damian & we can pass on details tel. 521203). 
KINGSWOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH         at Kingswood Show    

We are pleased to welcome Stroud District Council Neighbourhood Watch Association display unit to our show, manned by Eddie Whitlock District Administrator, and also the Area Mobile Police Station. We hope local residents will take the opportunity to talk to the officers concerned regarding any problems they may wish to be followed up.

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

JOHN MAYO’S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Are you going to university, college or doing any other form of higher education?  If so, provided you come from Kingswood, John Mayo’s Charity may be able to help you with a grant towards books or equipment. Applications should

be made in writing to Dr D Hatton, 5 Wotton Road, Kingswood, before 31st October.

Lottery scam.

Many of you will have heard of this one but, since it has just been attempted on one of our Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinators, you might like to be aware. You receive a letter from lawyers (in this case Spanish, though could be anywhere), saying you won the lottery in their country two years ago. Your address could not be found so the money has been invested and increased in value by 20%. Highly likely in the last two years! These lawyers have been given the job of finding you. If you can prove your identity the fortune will be yours. Of course, all they want is your identity and bank details. For further information please contact Rod Alexander on 843398, who will not ask for similar details!

 KINGSWOOD HISTORICAL SOCIETY  Contact Sheila Alexander, 843398 or sheilaplume@googlemail.com

HISTORICAL SOCIETY will be holding its Autumn meeting at the village hall on Thursday 1st October when we will hear a talk about PURTON HULKS.

Our November meeting will be a little later than usual on Thursday 26 November and will introduce a talk about Tewkesbury in World War 2 followed by wine & nibbles and our Annual General Meeting. Both begin at 7.30pm prompt and admission is by ticket only, available from Sheila and free to members or £3 to non-members and guests of members.  Annual Subscriptions are due at the November meeting and remain at £5 family, £2.50 individual and £1.50 concessions.  We look forward to seeing old friends and maybe making some new ones.

KINGSWOOD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

September brings in our Harvest Services and a special choir evening on the 25th September where we are presenting a new selection of songs for your enjoyment.  We would love to share our music with you and I am sure you will be pleasantly surprised at the variety we have to offer this year.  After our Harvest Service on the 27th September we are holding a fellowship Harvest Lunch. If you would like to join with us please contact Isobel Kelly on 01453 844283.

 Our speakers for September are:

  6th September     10.30am  Pam Dix  - Communion                    6pm.     Jamie Finlay                                            

13th.                                       Liz Cummings                                         Mike Hawkins

20th                                        Munir Din                                                Visit to Wickwar Church

27th                                        Harvest Service                                        Adrian Wyatt.

You are welcome to come and join us and we look forward to seeing you.  For further information on all the events taking part during the week, please have a look at our website: www.kingswoodcongregational.org

Parish Plan             Please come along to the Parish Council Stand on Showday.

Thanks to everyone who filled out the original form. We now need further details from you to go forward and complete the plan. It is important for Kingswood to have a plan in place as increasingly any funding we apply for, is tied into this. No plan no funding!  There are also certain procedures we have to comply with such as a public consultation exercise. This will be carried out on Showday.

The Parish Plan questionnaire results will be on display on Showday.  We now need further details from you which should only take a few minutes of your time details such as;

You have indicated that you want improvements such as Village Hall, Playground? But what form would you like these to take? What would you like to see done about speeding in the Village? What needs to be completed to be a Fair Trade Village and is that what the village wants to do.

PLAY EQUIPMENT DESIGN - We will also have on display designs for the new play equipment. Three companies have designed a new play space. We would like your comments and your help in deciding which equipment to have.

DESIGN A VILLAGE LOGO - The Parish Council is looking for a logo to appear on all its communication and web site. The image we believe that best reflects the village is the Abbey Gateway. The Parish Council would like to ask all you budding artists out there to put forward a design.

The following conditions apply.  Two copies to be supplied one colour and one black and white. The image should be able to be reproduced in greyscale when photocopied. The image to be 10x7½ cms (4x3 inches). 

The image will become the property of Kingswood Parish Council for them to use in all methods of communication.

We would like to display the images on Showday and get peoples comments on which one we should adopt. Please send to The Clerk, New Rose Cottage, Chapel Lane, Hillesley GL12 7RQ or email to kingswood.parish@btconnect.com.

Work In progress - The Parish Council has started work on some of the village owned areas. The War Memorial is under-going a much needed restoration and should soon be restored to its former glory. The toilets are set to get a lick of paint and replacement windows. At the playing field we are painting the barriers in hazard colours and repainting the bollards. The swings and the flying fox will also come in for a make over.

MUSIC AT ST MARY'S - Saturday 19 September

Our next concert features Passacaglia, one of Britain's best-loved baroque chamber ensembles.  For many years the group has enjoyed a reputation for its engaging and charismatic performances, featuring the unique sound of recorders, flutes, viola da gamba and harpsichord. They have received particular acclaim for their interpretations of early French repertoire (their two latest CD's both got rave notices), as well as the enduringly popular music of Handel and Telemann. There is strong local interest in this concert because Robin Bigwood, the harpsichord player in Passacaglia is one of Kingswood Primary School's most distinguished former pupils. His harpsichord recital, twelve years ago, was the second-ever concert in our Music at St Mary's series.

Tickets from David Hatton, 5 Wotton Road, (tel 842483).  To avoid disappointment, do buy your tickets now as our concerts are often sold out.

Dog Fouling

Residents at the Bramley Flats are very angry about the constant dog fouling on the grassed areas belonging to the flats owners on either side of the flats. The 'alleyway' that runs from Bramley Close to Golden Lane is a busy public footpath and is used all day by villagers and schoolchildren. Some dog walkers in the village seem to think it is a public area and therefore OK to allow their dogs to leave ‘things’ behind to be stepped in/on. Dogs are also allowed to roam free in the graveyard and again their mess is left behind because the owners can’t be bothered to pick it up.

Please be a responsible dog owner and clean up after your dog!

You know who you are and so do we!

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