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ROCHFORD EASTHAM THE HANLEYS STOKE BLISS & KYRE STANFORD

Delivered FREE to every household May 2017

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Inside this months issue ...

From Eastham Bridge to Antarctica
plus films, music, gardens, quiet days, crafty days
a doggy quiz and all your parish news

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EASTHAM ROCHFORD STOKE BLISS & KYRE THE HANLEYS STANFORD
A community going forward with God
May 2017
Published by the churches of the
Teme Valley South Group
and delivered free to every household
Designed and typeset by
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Printed by
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Editor:
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Telephone 01885 410331
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Distribution:
Vicky Bowdler
(Stoke Bliss & Kyre)
Averil Opperman
(The Hanleys, Eastham and Rochford)
Robin Dean (Stanford)
Rector
Revd Robert Barlow
The Rectory, Broadheath
Tenbury Wells
Telephone 01886 853286
email temevalleyvicar@gmail.com
or visit his blog at
http://temevalleyrector.blogspot.com
Parish website
www.temevalleysouth.org.uk
Items for inclusion should be
sent to Sandra Griffiths
by the 18th of the preceding month,
and will be included subject to space
Dear Villagers
When Im sixty four
In 1967 the Beatles asked, Will you still need
me, will you still feed me when Im sixty-
four? I was fourteen. Sixty-four seemed very
old. Half a century later, with my sixty-fourth
birthday this month, sixty-four seems quite
young!
I may still feel young, but my body reminds
me otherwise. When I see myself in a photo or
in a mirror, Im reminded that years have flown
past. Its no good pretending I am unaffected
by ageing.
How do we deal with ageing? Its not just
that we change, but the world in which we live
changes. Think of all that has happened in fifty
years. We have landed people on the moon.
Mobile phones are taken for granted, as is
skyping. The internet means we have a wealth
of information (and misinformation) at our fin-
gertips. International travel is widely available
and affordable. Language has changed. Gay
means something very different today. That
points to major changes in social attitudes to-
wards sex and gender. With all these changes
it is tempting to look back to a golden age.
But that isnt helpful.
Pretending that we havent changed or that
society hasnt changed doesnt work. Any busi-
ness, political organisation or church that ig-
nores the changes will follow the dinosaurs
into extinction. Instead we can trust in the love
of God, still there in new circumstances, and
caring for us into eternity. The risen Jesus
promised his followers that He would be with
us till the end of time.
Best wishes,
Robert
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Rochford
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Eastham
Helen Matravers, 01584 781510
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Stanford with Orleton
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From the Rectory
Well done!
Im writing this just after Holy Week and Easter
and in among all the services and activity there
were many memorable and moving events.
Some of us were able to be at the Chrism Eu-
charist in Worcester Cathedral on the Monday
of Holy Week and it was a great joy to be part
of a cathedral full of people. Maundy Thurs-
days evening service at Stanford with its dra-
matic reading brought home events of the first
Holy Week. The Good Friday craft morning in
Eastham saw a good crowd of adults and chil-
dren exploring the theme of Good Friday. There
are some excellent photos on the churches
Facebook page. Good Friday evenings Tene-
brae service was described by participants as
very moving as we moved from light into
shadow. We made the journey the other way on
Easter Day starting with the dawn Service at
Stanford.
Well done to all concerned vergers, read-
ers, organisers, painters, stickers, musicians, re-
freshment providers ... It has been good.
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Whatever you ask ...
The Latin word for ask is rogare and as the
readings set for the sixth Sunday of Easter (21st
May this year) are about asking, the Sunday be-
came known as Rogation Sunday. It became
a time to ask for Gods blessing on the growing
crops, the young livestock and the work of
farming.
This years rogation service will start in
Eastham Church before going out onto Mike
Adams adjoining farm. Well have a chance to
understand more about what happens, the joys
and the challenges he faces as well as praying
for Gods blessing for that farm and all the
farms of the villages.
Congratulations
James and Claire Urmston, married at
Rochford on 15th April.
May their marriage be life-giving and life-long,
enriched by your presence and strengthened by your
grace;
may they bring comfort and confidence to each other
in faithfulness and trust.
Welcome
Milo Blue Bateman, baptised into membership
of Christs church at Kyre on 14th March
Henry Kelly, baptised into membership of
Christs church at Kyre on 9th April
Stand bravely with Christ...
and remain faithful to Him to the end of your life.
Condolences
Katarina Dajavs, especially condolences to
Stan, following Katarinas death. She was
buried in Kyre churchyard.
Margaret Jones, formerly of Stoke Bliss, buried
in the churchyard at Stoke Bliss.
I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor an-
gels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to
come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any-
thing else in all creation, will be able to separate
us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
(Romans 8.38,39)
Robert
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 Rochford 49 Club Teme Valley Tote
Congratulations Aprils prize draw of the Tote (the First in this

to this months 25 winners:

series) was decided when Rev'd Robert Bar-

Wednesday winners
low rolled the dice on 12th April to select the
set of random numbers. The prize winners

March 22nd No 42 John Berry

are:

March 29th No 39 Not Sold

50 Mark Adams of Eastham (No 252)
April 5th No 30 Pat Mills
30 Hazel Price of Pensax (No 384)
April 12th No 50 Not Sold

Saturday Winners
20 Keith and Chris Berry of Eastham
(No 254)

March 11th No 46 Not Sold

You are still able to join this series please

March 18th No 43 Rosemary Ayres

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March 25th No 28 Bernard Reece

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April 1st No 14 Mrs Robinson

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April 8th No 21 Andrew Keysall

April 15th No 48 D J Lanman

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 Rochford
Rochford
Rochford
Mothering Sunday
The Mothering Sunday Service was a little dif-
ferent this year. As Robert was away the service
was taken by the churchwardens and Rev
Canon Jackie Hughes. We celebrated the
Mother church as well as giving thanks for our
mothers.
We thought about the Mother Church by
clipping the church. This is an old tradition
which took place one day a year when appren-
tices and girls in service returned home to their
'mother' church. The celebration started with
all the congregation linking hands around the
outside of the church and singing hymns. Our
number wouldn't reach around the church so
we held hands in front of the church and joined
in praying for our church and community. We
then faced away from the church and prayed
for the church and Christian community all
over the world. As the wind was a little cool we
were glad to continue the service inside the
church! A lovely service which I am sure will
be repeated.
Questionnaires
We have had a terrific response to the village
questionnaires, thank you to you all for com-
pleting them and a huge thank you to all who
offered assistance, we will be in touch when
rotas are being drawn up.
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Forthcoming events
The fte will be held at the church on 13th Au-
gust and will include a flower festival in the
church. We will have a meeting later to plan
events but give it some thought if you are will-
ing to help.
We will also be holding a meeting to plan
Rochford Rocks, more details next month.
Condolences
We send our condolences to Vera Beale on the
death of her sister Olive.
Neighbourhood lunches
Neighbourhood lunch is on Wednesday 31st
May at 12.30 pm in Rochford Village Hall.
Please let Ann know if you are coming on 01584
781317.
Artfoil Craft Party
Daphne Haxby-Thompson is holding an Artfoil
Craft Party on Tuesday 9th May at 7.30pm in
the village hall. Come along and free up your
creative spirit. All raw materials will be pro-
vided. See page 12 for more details.
Jennifer Gledhill
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 Stoke Bliss and Kyre
Stoke Bliss & Kyre Village Hall Still Waters
Parish Walk & Lunch
Sunday 11th June Quiet Garden
Leave hall at 10.30am at St Marys Kyre
Dogs welcome Theme: Transition
If you prefer not to do the walk,
just book in for the lunch
We will be holding reflective Quiet Garden

6 per person
sessions at St Marys Kyre on the following
dates:
Contact Jan Kelly on 01885 410582
Jan Powell on 01885 410598
Wednesday 17th May

Andrew Yarnold on 01885 410386

7 to 8pm (welcome from 6.30pm)
Sunday 25th June

Dates for your diary

Stoke Bliss & Kyre Village Hall
Fte and Fun Dog Show
Saturday 15th July from 2pm
Cream teas, white elephant, tombola, plants,
books and cake stalls
5 to 6pm (welcome from 4.30pm)
Wednesday 19th July
7 to 8pm (welcome from 6.30pm)
Sunday 24th September
5 to 6pm (welcome from 4.30pm)
For more information ring
Maggie Kingston, 01885 410431
or email mdk46@phonecoop.coop

St Marys Kyre
Raffle, games and lots, lots more

White elephants wanted!
I am looking for donations of items such as
handbags, jewellery, hats, gloves, scarves etc,
toiletries and make-up (unused!) as well as
items for a white elephant stall for the fte on
15th July. If you can donate items please call
A big thank you to all who helped on the
Spring Clean day with the floor polishing, pew
polishing, dusting and disturbing spiders, but
leaving the honey bees in the tower alone; and
the gardening and path clearing. Thanks too to
all the cemetery mowers past, present and fu-

Ni
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ture. A lot of work accomplished with cheerful-
me and I will happily collect. ness and fun!
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Maggie Kingston is running two three-hour
workshops for a maximum of four people at
15 per person, in aid of church funds. They
will be on Wednesday 3rd May from 2pm to
5pm and Saturday 20th May from 2pm to Friday 26th May
5pm, both at The Retreat, Stoke Bliss. 7.30 to 10pm
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 Eastham Jottings
Church Spring Clean
Thanks to everyone who helped tidy the
churchyard on 22nd April and tackled the list
of other jobs suggested in the Quinquennial
Survey. A great result with lots of tidying up
and weeding.
Thanks too to all the ladies who gave the
church a good clean, to Phil Gibbs for an excel-
lent barbecue at lunchtime and to the Tenbury
bell ringers for swelling the throngs and giving
the bells a good ring. Look out for the next date
in October.
Eastham Memorial Hall
Were finally getting there!
After a long struggle with
a lot of hard work, Eastham
Memorial Hall has received a
conditional offer of a grant from the Big Lottery
Fund. The first part is a 17,000 Development
Grant for professional fees and surveys. This
includes employing an architect, getting a de-
tailed design and ecological testing. The new
hall will be similar in size, but with a better lay-
out as it will be all on one level.

Dates for your diary

If all is well at the end of this stage, then we
will receive a Capital Grant of 242,710 towards
17th June Eastham Barbecue the rebuilding of the hall. Along with the
20th August Eastham Fte, Flower Show and money we have raised in the past few years,
Fun Dog Show many members of the community have gener-
ously made a financial pledge, but we still need
Eastham Memorial Hall
a little bit more. If anyone would like to hold a

Pub Night
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Friday 19th May
Friday 16th June
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 Hanley Happenings
Hanley Parish Council
AGM and Parish Council Meeting
will be held at
Hanley Village Hall
on Tuesday 9th May at 7.15pm
Members of the public are welcome to observe
Art Classes
Art classes are on Wednesday evenings from 7
to 8.30 pm at Hanley Village Hall.
Pilates
On Tuesdays from 1 to 2pm at Hanley Village
Meditation Group
Hall (except during school holidays).
meets on Saturday mornings
If you are interested please call
Marika on 01886 853080
for more information
TemeTalk deadline 18th May
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Easter Eggstravaganza
at the Friday Market
The Friday Market Easter Eggstravaganza was
a cracking success the hall was cackling with
new and existing customers conversations and
the tables were heaving under the weight of
goodies. Nick's candles filled the room with re-
laxing fragrances and Corrine's hand painted
eggs and rural dried flower arrangements en-
sured an "Eastery" ambience.
As ever Sue's cakes and Liz's pies were bril-
liant but the "doodle do" was the success of Ca-
role's hand coloured egg raffle tickets! Her
grandchildren enjoyed selling their works of art
and were rewarded with a clutch of pound
coins for the Air Ambulance fund.
Coffee drinkers enjoyed toasted Lammings
hot cross buns and as ever Sheona ensured
good health in her sales of aloe products. Eggs
and bread were quickly sold out, meats and
apple juice followed suit.
The big winner was Maureen Studer with
her hand-crafted Easter Bonnet, a millinery
masterpiece which the judge, Margaret Upton,
enjoyed immensely particularly the edible
eggs! Wed like to see more entries next year.
Weve introduced a new line in artisan
cheese and as ever Jill is working wonders with
her plants and produce.
In total we raised 92 to add to the fund and
with your continued support we hope to im-
prove on last years 1,500 final total.
Carole Gardner
Anyone for table tennis?
The table is available most evenings and play-
ing is a great way of getting fit, whatever your
standard! Give it a go.
We have a firm booking for a club night on
Monday evenings and if required could get an-
other table. If you are interested in playing any-
time or on a Monday evening, give Carole
Gardner a ring on 01886 853654.
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01885 410331
or ronsmum@btconnect.com
 Stanford Stanford Stanford
Lets walk again
Following the successful walk back in October
we are hoping to do the same again this time
on Sunday 14th May starting at Stanford Vil-
lage Hall. Please join us to walk some of the
lesser known public footpaths in Stanford fol-
lowed by hot (local) pork rolls, drinks and pud-
ding and time to relax and chat. We will be
organising two routes again, the first, longer
and more challenging, starting at 11am and the
second, more gentle, starting at 11.45am. The
aim will then be for everyone to be back at boot
camp together in time to eat who knows what
will happen this time but based on the last walk
it should be fun ...!
Please do join us and bring friends and
family. Enquiries and bookings to Sue Softly on
01584 881342.
There will be a small charge for the walk
and food afterwards (6 for adults and 3 for
children). The proceeds are being given to the
Village Hall on this occasion. Thanks to Sue
Softly, our paths warden, for organising the
walk.
Volante Strings
Volante Strings return to St Marys Church,
Stanford on Friday 30th June at 7.30pm.
They will present a concert of light classical
music. New this year will be several well-
known arias for a tenor voice featuring Ben
Weaver as the soloist.
Admission will be 12.50 for adults and
free for students under 18. The admission price
also includes refreshments at the interval.
This is always a popular concert so book
early on 01886 812206 or 01299 896771 or by e-
mail to st.marys1769@gmail.com.
Maundy Thursday
About 16 people attended the Maundy Thurs-
day service at St Marys a playlet followed by
communion. It was a very interesting way of
hearing the story of the events leading up to the
Passion. Thanks to Pete Thorp for the overall
organisation and to everyone from Teme Valley
South who either took part of attended the ser-
vice.
Sunrise Service
About 178 people welcomed Easter Day with
this special service. Robin lit the brazier at
5.30am thanks to John Lane for providing it.
We went into the darkened church, said a cou-
ple of prayers and then came out to light our
candles from the brazier with appropriate
prayers. We went back into the church with
our lit candles (there was little wind so we
managed to keep them lit) and all the lights
were switched on. Then we had a modified
communion service and several joyous hymns.
Thanks to Robert and Pete for officiating
and to Milada for the rousing organ music.
Twelve of us then went to the Bridge for a
marvellous breakfast. Thanks to Carole and
Laney for providing this at what to most of us
is an unearthly hour!
Dates for your diaries
Sue Softly is organising a Great Village
Bake Off when we have access to the land
being leased to us by Brockhill Estates watch
here for the date and the details of classes to
enter.
We also hope to have several other musical
events in the church during the summer a
classical event and maybe a Johnny Cash
soundalike concert if you are interested in ei-
ther please let Robin know.
We are also thinking of a repeat of some-
thing similar to Beer, Balti and Bingo if you
are interested please let Robin know.
Saturday 4th November our annual
Jumper Party at the Village Hall get your
Christmas presents in good time!
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 Eastham Bridge nearly ready!

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 Our front cover this month is sponsored by ...
Mike and Belinda Palfrey at Hanley Mill
Set in its own tranquil valley, ap-
proached down a long peaceful drive
and surrounded by 30 acres of fields,
woodland, streams and waterfalls, Han-
ley Mill is magical and enchanting, like
something imagined in a beautiful fairy
tale.
Mike and Belinda Palfrey have been
at Hanley Mill for just over a year and a
half and have achieved a great deal in
that short time. Their dream is to create
a haven for visitors and guests luxury
accommodation in their two stunning
holiday cottages set in the peace and
quiet of the beautiful countryside. Hanley Mill in its tranquil wooded valley
They started letting Mill Cottage
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have been carefully converted from original goodies including Belindas homemade bread,
buildings and have been individually designed local apple juice and free range eggs, not forget-
and furnished, with bespoke kitchens, comfort- ting the dog treats and fresh picked flowers
able sitting and dining areas and sumptuous from the garden. Belinda also makes plum jam
bedrooms, each with its own luxurious bath- and jelly, damson jam and Dumpsy Dearie
room. There are private garden areas with pa- (apple, pear and damson) from Hanley Mills
tios, wood-fired hot tubs and barbecues, and prolific fruit trees, as well as elderflower cor-
Mill Cottage has the added benefit of a rushing dial.
waterfall although the mill wheel was re- One guest, who stayed last December,
moved in the 1950s. wrote, A little piece of heaven! Absolutely
stunning, the owners attention to detail is sec-
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from little touches like torches by the back door
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was genuinely upset to be going worth every
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The grounds include woodland, paddocks
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The cottages are open all year round and
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For more information contact Mike or Belinda
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 Artfoil Craft Party
Rochford Village Hall
Tuesday 9th May at 7.30pm
Come and have some fun
Bring a friend and free up your creative spirit
A wide variety of tools and materials to play with
Live for the moment with fairies, flowers and butterflies
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 Come and sing
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Saturday 20th May
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Registration 1.30pm
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 A concert
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Volante Strings Orchestra

A programme of light classical music
including well-known arias for tenor voice
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 Teme Valley South Quiet Day
Saturday 6th May, 10am to 3pm
at Kyre Park
The trees of the fields shall clap their hands
Psalm 98
You are warmly invited to spend the day
in the beautiful surroundings of Kyre Park in late spring
The day will be led by Revd Sally Jones there will be some ideas to think about,
some time for quiet reflection and some time shared, as you wish
Please bring some food for a shared lunch tea and coffee will be provided
There will be no charge for the day
To book please contact Sally on 01584 781526 or revsally@live.com

Stoke Bliss & District Agricultural Improvement Society

Sunday Lunch
7th May, 12.30pm at Stoke Bliss & Kyre Village Hall
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 8th June
At the time of writing Theresa May has just an-
nounced her intention to call a General Election
on 8th June. I would encourage everyone to
pray for the coming election, for politicians and
for the way the campaigns are reported in the
media. Below is a prayer issued by the Church
of England before the 2010 Election.
Loving God,
Thank you for caring about how our country is
run, and that we have the right to vote for our
politicians and government.
But in the run-up to this general election
there are so many policies to understand, and
so many different points of view to consider
sometimes I wonder whether there's any point
in voting, whether anyone cares what I think.
As I choose who I am going to vote for, help
me not to be cynical about politics and politi-
cians, help me to remember that my vote can
make a difference, and help me vote for those
people who will protect the poor and vulnera-
ble, and do all they can to make our nation a
TVS Prayer Group
Meetings this summer will be as follows:
Monday 22nd May, 7.30pm at Peter
Thorneycrofts, Town Farm, Hanley Childe
WR15 8QY
Monday 26th June, 7.30pm at Lesley
Deans, Rectory Cottage, Stanford Bridge
WR6 6ST
Monday 24th July, 7.30pm with Maggie
Kingston at Kyre Church WR15 8QD
Monday 25th September, 7.30pm at
Dave and Jackie Hughes, Cold Green Cot-
tage, Rochford WR15 8SP
There will be no formal meeting in Au-
gust.
We ask for blessings on our gatherings
and a fruitful outcome. If you would like
prayers for yourself or for others please let
Sally know in confidence. Concerns can be
shared or remain confidential.
All are welcome. Please let Sally know if
you intend to come, on 01584 781526 or
revsally@live.com

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 Paws for thought Eastham Garden Club
Seventeen breeds of dog or words connected with
The March meeting of Eastham Garden Club
dogs are hidden in the following verse, written by
was all about the wild flowers to be found in
Jeremy Harris how many can you find? Therell
and around the River Teme, starting at the
be a small prize for the winner. Entries to the Editor
source and ending at Worcester, with special
please by 18th May.
attention given to the Teme Valley. The talk
was illustrated with beautiful colour slides.
Dan died in Monte-cap-something,
Stephanie Mocroft is a knowledgeable and
In Dalmatia, not far from Trieste;
good speaker and excellent photographer.
Our chaotic orgies were too much for him!
We were all very pleased.
A point Ernie made, just in jest.
The raffle winner was Joyce Spilsbury.
Next months competition will be "A wildlife
The flag would have flown at half-mast if Fred
photograph or picture".
Had thought; it occurred to him not;
Our meetings are in Eastham Memorial
So How tragic, how sudden we all sadly
Hall, doors open at 7pm and the meeting
said.
starts at 7.30. Entrance 2.50 on the door.
A box Ernie made was Dans lot.
At the next meeting on 20th June Eric
Davies will talk about the wildlife of North
At the Crem, next to Sal, sat Ian, in white
Worcestershire and South Shropshire.
gloves
Please remember our website, eastham-
(Repugnant, not showing respect).
gardenclub.co.uk, where you can post your
To the Cairngorms my ashes must go had
favourite flower pictures. And dont forget to
willed Dan
go through easyfundraising.org.uk. when or-
Which was something we didnt expect.
dering goods from the internet so that our
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We flew up from Speke (which is John Lennon
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 Katarina Dajavs
Katarina died on 25th March following a year
of living with leukaemia.
Showing remarkable resilience to the end of
her life, she had planned her own funeral, hav-
ing chosen where she wanted to be buried, the
coffin she wanted to be buried in, the songs to
be played and the hymns to be sung at her ser-
vice. She was so organised that when Stan went
to look in the wardrobe for his suit, he found it
hanging ready together with a white shirt and
black tie.
Katarina was 61, having been born on 15th
June 1955 at Glangrowgan Hall, Mont-
gomeryshire. Her childhood took her to Ted-
stone Court and Shobdon. She met Stan in 1999
and they discovered a shared love of animals
and country life.
In 2008 Stan was mowing grass and Katrina
asked if they should get married. Stan's answer
was yes, if she could catch the rabbit that was
running up the side of the fence. Her hand went
down and she grabbed the rabbit, so she and
Stan were married in St Mary's Kyre on 30th
December that year. Subsequently, as Kat loved
the colour blue, her wedding dress was dyed
blue.
Her other interests in life included goats
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ing broken her ankle, a paramedic was called
only for a goat to eat the contents of the
paramedics bag. Facebook was a way she kept
in touch and I will miss her comments and likes
on the churches' Facebook page
Katarina was full of life and condolences go
to Stan on his loss.
Robert Barlow
Your Kingdom Come
Wave of Prayer
Churches around the world and around the
country are responding to the request of the
Archbishops of Canterbury and York that the
period from Ascension (25th May) to Pente-
cost (4th June) should be a time of prayer.
And our churches will be joining in to.
At the time of writing details are yet to be fi-
nalised, but please look out for notices,
emails, Facebook, pew-sheets ...
I cannot remember in my life anything that Ive
been involved in where I have sensed so clearly
the work of the Spirit.
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 Antarctic Artist
Friday 19th May at Hanley Village Hall
Local art enthusiasts may be familiar with the For more details you can contact Shelly via
vibrant scenes of British landscapes and her website, www.shellyperkins.co.uk.
wildlife produced by artist Shelly Perkins. But
they might be more surprised to see
penguins, whales and glaciers featuring
prominently in her recent collections of
work see right and on the front cover
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In January this year Broadheath res-
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wildlife of the Western Peninsular of
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Join Shelly on Friday 19th May at
Hanley Village Hall to hear about her
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ice'! The evening starts at 7.30pm with
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 Letters to the Editor Public Notice
A Nightmare in Teme Valley South? Stoke Bliss, Kyre and Bockleton
15,000 cyclists having a good time, getting Group Parish Council
some exercise and probably raising a load of will be holding its
money for good causes on the way is great
news!
Annual General Meeting
Can't get out for the paper etc? A bit like and Parish Council Meeting
when it snows really, except this time you on
could go and watch, join in or just go for a Monday 5th June
walk. commencing at 7.30pm
Everyone wins, do it again ! at
Pat Sinclair Stoke Bliss & Kyre Village Hall
Carole Hirst, Clerk and RFO
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 Teme Valley Wildlife
One of the best sights in May is the explosion
of colour as flowering plants cascade into
bloom, creating huge splashes of blue, white,
pink and yellow in the landscape. Hedges
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green pastures to shining gold and intense
bluebell-blue carpets the woodland floor. Red
campion adds a shocking bright pink to na-
tures palette, blending, as nature does so
well, to please the observers eye.
Artists, too, have been inspired by the
sudden creativity of May. David Hockney,
the Yorkshire-born artist, noticed it in the
land west of Bridlington on the Yorkshire
Wolds. He captured the effect to perfection in
a series of very large canvases showing
hedgerows laden with may-blossom, which
he likened to clotted cream. I saw the paint-
ings at the Royal Academy a few years ago
and I was absolutely transfixed by them. A
fellow exhibition-goer commented that
hedges never look like that, but here in the
Teme valley, as in the Wolds, they certainly
do!
May is a time of activity and getting to-
gether. We have May fairs and maypole-
dancing and here we go gathering nuts in
May, not to mention now is the month of
Maying, when merry lads are playing!
Plants, insects, birds, animals and people are
all out and about, getting on with life. The
temperature is increasingly pleasant and its
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Continued from page 23
time to discard our winter woollies. Neer cast
a clout til may is out, goes the old saying. The
may referred to is may-blossom, not the end
of the month of May. Clout is an old word for
clothing.
Another old word came my way recently,
not clout, but cleat. A Teme valley resident
asked me if I had ever come across the word
and did I know what it referred to? She had
found it in a family recipe book handwritten by
her mother. She was keen to try cleat wine
which she had the instructions for, but no
cleats! I had to admit my ignorance, but by
chance a few days later I came across an excel-
lent book in a Ludlow second-hand shop that
gave me the answer. The Englishmans Flora by
Geoffrey Grigson has an index of local plant
names, and there is cleat, and miraculously,
cleat wine. It is made with the large downy
leaves of the wild coltsfoot plant. Apparently
beer and jelly can be made with them too. Un-
fortunately it doesnt say whether the wine was
enjoyable, or medicinal (the leaves were used
to cure coughs), but there we are.
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Well, all thanks are due to Geoffrey Grig-
son. His book was published in 1958 and he
was an eminent botanist and author. During his
lifetime his wife was better-known than he
Jane Grigson, widely acknowledged as the first
food-writer to introduce Great Britain to the de-
lights of Mediterranean cookery. I wonder, do
they make cleat wine there, too?
The next meeting of the Teme Valley
Wildlife Group is on Thursday 11th May when
we welcome Dr Debby Smith who will be talk-
ing about red squirrels. The meeting is at
Rochford Village Hall at 7.30pm and as always
it is just 2 on the door where everybody is
most welcome.
Stephanie Mocroft
For up-to-date information on what wildlife is being
seen in the area, or to give us your sightings visit
our Facebook page. The group normally holds meet-
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welcome. Telephone 01584 881397 or email zeu-
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 Rooted in ... shared vision
The seventh in our series of articles offering
thoughts on trust, communication etc in which our
churches should be rooted ...
Some months ago in Rochford in an all age
service we had two children sitting on a (ro-
bust) toy bus scooting themselves from one
end of the church to the other. To help them
we attached cords to the bus so members of
the congregation could pull and help move
the bus along. Unfortunately for the children
the congregation members were all in differ-
ent parts of the building and all pulling in dif-
ferent directions. The bus went nowhere. The
congregation members expended lots of en-
ergy and achieved precisely nothing.
The lesson from the exercise is obvious.
All pulling in different directions takes time
effort and energy and achieves nothing. If one
person pulls harder so as to "win" then the
others are likely to be resentful for having
"lost". For progress there needs to be everyone
pulling in the same direction. There needs to
be a shared vision.
That doesn't mean everyone needs to be
doing the same. St Paul's picture of the church
as a body is about different people doing dif-
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ferent things, but there does need to be a
shared sense of what direction we should be
travelling in.
There have been various times when that
sense of where we should be going has been
articulated. Before I was appointed there was
the Parish Profile in which you wrote about
your hopes for the future of these churches. It
spoke about an increasing role for lay people
in the life of the churches.
Subsequently Vikki Day (the Deanery Lay
Mission Developer) had interviews with a
range of people both at the heart of church life
and at the periphery about their hopes for the
churches and the future. From that we have
developed out Mission Statement a com-
munity going forward with God and our
work plan.
As I move on it will be time to prepare a
fresh Parish Profile. No one person will have
all that they individually want in any work
plan or profile, but Christian discipleship is
not about getting what we want. It's about
working together for the sake of the common
good.
Without pulling together we end up like
that toy bus in Rochford church, taking a
great deal of effort to go nowhere and gener-
ating a lot of frustration.
Robert Barlow
A Day Exploring
Conflict and Healing
All are invited to a Day Exploring Conflict
and Healing at St Michaels, Stourport on
Saturday 13th May, 9.45 to 3.30. The Revd
Josie Calam will lead sessions on resolving
conflict within ourselves, within our commu-
nities and throughout the world.
There will be a bring and share lunch and
a Eucharist with Prayer and Anointing in the
afternoon, followed by tea and cake.
Donations for the cost of the day would
be appreciated, and advance booking would
be helpful.
Please contact Revd Sally Jones on 01584
781526 or revsally@live.com.
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 Farm Community Network
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Bowling
Keep fit and have fun!
@ Brimfield and Little Hereford
Bowling Club
Call Josie Ward on 01584 881435
Keep Fit Group
Upper Sapey Village Hall
Mondays 10.30 am to 12 noon
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Tenbury & District Carers
Support Group
meets on the 4th Wednesday of every
month from 10.30 am to 12 noon
at Penlu Sports Centre
Its available to support all carers
01886 853633
Friday Market
at Hanley Village Hall
every Friday 10 to 11.30 am
Bread, cakes, meat, vegetables
Jam, homemade pies and pastries
Greetings cards and fancy goods
Refreshments
All profits go to Air Ambulance
Pensax Thrift Shop
Pensax Village Hall
(B4202 Abberley to Clowes Top road)
Every Wednesday
9 to 11am
from March to December
Beginners Ballroom
Dance Classes
Eastham Memorial Hall
Wednesday 7.30 to 8.30pm
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 Whats on in Teme Valley South
May
1st Monday Coffee Morning, Stoke Bliss & Kyre Village Hall, 10.30am
3rd Wednesday Eastham Coffee Morning, Eastham Memorial Hall 10.30 am
Play with Clay, The Retreat, Stoke Bliss, 2pm
6th Saturday Teme Valley South Quiet Day, Kyre Park, 10am
7th Sunday Stoke Bliss & Kyre AIS Sunday Lunch, Stoke Bliss Village Hall, 12.30pm
9th Tuesday Artfoil Craft Party, Rochford Village Hall, 7.30pm
Hanley Parish Council AGM, Hanley Village Hall, 7.15pm
11th Thursday Neighbourhood Lunch, Stoke Bliss & Kyre Village Hall, 12.30pm
13th Saturday Day Exploring Conflict & Healing, St Michaels Stourport, 9.45am
14th Sunday Stanford walk, Stanford Village Hall, 11am or 11.45am
17th Wednesday Still Waters Quiet Garden, St Marys Kyre, 7 to 8pm
Eastham Memorial Hall AGM, 7.30pm
20th Saturday Play with Clay, The Retreat, Stoke Bliss, 2pm
Film Night, Eye in the Sky, Hanley Village Hall, 7.30pm
Choral Evensong, St Lawrence, Lindridge, 5.30pm
22nd Monday TVS Prayer Group, The Hanleys, 7.30pm
26th Friday Pub Night, Stoke Bliss & Kyre Village Hall, 7.30 to 10pm
31st Wednesday Rochford Neighbourhood Lunch, Rochford Village Hall, 12.30pm

June
5th Monday Coffee Morning, Stoke Bliss & Kyre Village Hall, 10.30am
Stoke Bliss, Kyre & Bockleton Group Parish Council AGM, 7.30pm
7th Wednesday Eastham Coffee Morning, Eastham Memorial Hall 10.30 am
8th Thursday Neighbourhood Lunch, Stoke Bliss & Kyre Village Hall, 12.30pm
10th Saturday Eastham Garden Club trip to Chatsworth, 7.30am
11th Sunday Parish Walk and Lunch, Stoke Bliss & Kyre Village Hall, 10.30am
15th Thursday Rochford Rocks
17th Saturday Eastham Barbecue
18th Sunday Open Gardens, Stoke Bliss & Kyre, 2 to 6pm
20th Tuesday Eastham Garden Club, Eastham Memorial Hall, 7.30pm
25th Sunday Still Waters Quiet Garden, St Marys Kyre, 5 to 6pm
26th Monday TVS Prayer Group, Stanford, 7.30pm
30th Friday Pub Night, Stoke Bliss & Kyre Village Hall, 7.30 to 10pm
Volante Strings, St Marys Stanford, 7.30pm

July
3rd Monday Coffee Morning, Stoke Bliss & Kyre Village Hall, 10.30am
5th Wednesday Eastham Coffee Morning, Eastham Memorial Hall 10.30 am
13th Thursday Neighbourhood Lunch, Stoke Bliss & Kyre Village Hall, 12.30pm
15th Saturday Rochford Rocks
Fte and Fun Dog Show, Stoke Bliss & Kyre Village Hall, 2pm
19th Wednesday Still Waters Quiet Garden, St Marys Kyre, 7 to 8pm
28th Friday Pub Night, Stoke Bliss & Kyre Village Hall, 7.30 to 10pm

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Sunday 7th May
9.00am Eastham Communion
10.30am Stanford Communion with hymns
6.30pm Stoke Bliss Evening Worship

Sunday 14th May

9.00am Stanford Communion
10.30am Hanley William All-Age Service
6.30pm Rochford Evening Worship

Sunday 21st May Rogation Sunday

9.00am Stoke Bliss Communion
10.30am Eastham All-Age Service
6.30pm Hanley Childe Evening Worship

Sunday 28th May

9.00am Hanley William Communion
10.30am Rochford All-Age Service followed by communion
6.30pm Kyre Evening Worship

Sunday 4th June

9.00am Eastham Communion
10.30am Stanford Communion with hymns
6.30pm Stoke Bliss Evening Worship

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