Quidhampton Village Newsletter

September 2015

What’s On in September Quidhampton events in bold

Wednesday 2 Term begins at Bemerton St John school and year 7 and 6th form
only at Sarum Academy
Thursday 3 Term begins Sarum Academy for all other years
Thursday 3 Monthly Quiz The White Horse 20.00*
Wed 16 Bemerton Film Society: Julie and Julia 19.30 St John’s School*
Thurs 17 Bemerton Local History Society: Clifford Lodge, growing up in Bemerton*
Friday 18 Rugby World cup. Watch important matches at The White Horse*
Tuesday 22 Quidhampton Parish Council 19.30 Village Hall
Wednesday 23 Quidhampton Women’s Group meal at The White Horse*
Advance notices:
- Harvest Festival auction: Tuesday 6 October
- Jumble sale in aid of Village Hal: Saturday 10 October
- Pumpkin Party: Saturday 17 October
- Quidhampton Fireworks display : Saturday 7 November
* more details further in newsletter

Monthly Quiz Thursday 3 September raised. And there is also the legendary
Quizmaster extraordinaire Howard Half Time Challenge, a separate quiz with
Rowley writes: chocolate prizes.
This month’s quiz has the usual collection So why not come along and make an
of “I’ll know it when he tells me” questions. evening of it with a range of low priced
We keep the format as friendly as possible suppers or the conventional pub menu?
so a team of 2 has as much chance of Or just come for the quiz and a drink.
winning the £25 meal voucher as a team Don’t worry if you are on your own: the
of 6 because the winners are the ones locals are friendly and you will be invited
with the best average score (total points to join a team if you want.
divided by team members). Last month the money raised went
In addition the winning team chooses a towards the village hall, a facility for the
worthwhile cause to receive the money whole village that needs a bit more
support to keep it going.

The newly formed Quidhampton’s

Women’s group had an enjoyable day 100 Club winners
in Bath recently. Their next event is a July
meal at The White Horse on 23 Septem- 1st 4 M and J Young
ber. Membership is open to women who 2nd 55 Paul Cripps
live in Quidhampton or have close 3rd 92 Trowbridge
connections with the village. Contact August
Joyce Harvey 742309 by 9 September if 1st. 169 M Hutchins
you would like to go to the meal. 2nd. 28 J Barnes
The group will in future be known as the 3rd. 9 J Corcoran
Sovereign Set.
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Parish Council News—July meeting issues with John Cater (treasurer) the
Eight members of the public attended Parish Council agreed to grant the village
the meeting hall £350 a year for the next two years
and to investigate further grants, subject
Vacancy: Zoe Hoare of The White Horse to a business plan being provided.
was co-opted to the council Planning: the council decided to object to
20mph speed limit: the metrocount will a second application for a house on the
be in the village in September when traffic land east of Pennard for the same
is at normal levels. If it records an aver- reasons as the first application. The
age speed of 24 mph or below that is an- parking provision would be double
other important step towards establishing checked – the scale of the plans was not
a 20 mph limit in the village. very clear.
Bemerton St John School admission Football nets: new nets have been
policy: a meeting between the school and purchased after considerable difficulty in
the Parish Council is being arranged in finding ones that fitted the goals. A
September. The Council resolved to run a member of the public thought the old nets
campaign for changes to the admissions had been removed and kept by a villager
policy. Chris Edge, Caroline Hampson because of issues with the way the pitch
and Dave Roberts will form a working was used, and they had not been stolen.
party and invite Wiltshire Councillor Peter Football nets and use of the recreation
Edge to join it. ground will be on the agenda at the
Quidhampton Village Hall : after examin- meeting on 22nd September.
ing the accounts and discussing the

Pumpkin Party: Saturday October 17. Request from Parish Council: hedges
Contact Marie Young 744066 or Joy Would villagers please keep their hedges
Wagstaff 743080 if you would like your trimmed where they overhang the
children to attend. More details in pavement or sides of the road.
October newsletter. Quidhampton is not the easiest village to
walk in and overhanging hedges push
pedestrians and their buggies etc even
Fireworks evening Jonathan Young further into the traffic. Thank you!
writes:
Subject to obtaining the relevant
permissions and financial support, there Poppins Out of School Club
will be another village fireworks event on Poppins Out of School Club starting in
Saturday 7 November with food and Bemerton in September!
entertainment from 16.45 and the A Fun and Caring club for children aged
firework display starting at 18.30. up to 11, run by experienced and
I would be keen to hear from anyone qualified teachers after school
who is able to help set up on the at Bemerton St John School.
Saturday morning, act as a steward dur- 3.15 - 5.30 every day.
ing the event and / or clear up on the Poppins also offers all day holiday
Sunday morning. activities during the October half-term
Contact [email protected] or from Tuesday 27th - Thursday 29th and
on Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd
07795 151533.
December.Contact Kathryn Willis at
Full details of the event and
[email protected] for further
information about tickets in the
information.
October newsletter.
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News from The White Horse
QUIZ NIGHT Don’t forget food is available beforehand but booking is recommended
as it gets busy.
STEAK NIGHT every Tuesday from 18.30. 2 steaks and a bottle of wine, just £22.00.
Again, it is advisable to book.

RUGBY
We’ve got a busy time ahead with the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The opening
ceremony is at 19.00 on Friday 18 September, and the first match is England v
Uruguay, kick off at 20.00. There will be deals on the beer, half time pasties and some
patriotic paraphernalia.
Other matches being shown are on our website (whitehorsequidhampton.co.uk)

HARVEST FESTIVAL AUCTION

Tuesday 6 October is our annual Harvest Festival Auction. There will be a Harvest
Festival Supper followed by the Auction (times confirmed in the next newsletter).
Like last year, you are very welcome to donate a ‘lot’, whether it be garden produce, a
cake, fish, or homemade chutney. Could these please be brought in on either Monday
5 or on Tuesday (no earlier). The pub will donate some “Mystery Prizes’ too - last
year’s prizes were a bottle of Scotch whisky, a meal for two and a wooden spoon.
CHRISTMAS Our Christmas menu is now available for those who want to plan ahead
and ensure your party booking is on the day of your choice. Call in and pick up a
menu, or if you would like one posted or emailed, give us a call 01722 744448

PARTY Thank you to every one who wished us well as we completed our first year at
the pub. The feedback we received was great and it really does mean a lot to us both.
Thank you also to every-
one who gave us flowers,
cards and gifts, you are
very kind.
We had a fabulous party
to celebrate. There were
many more people we
wanted to invite but sadly
couldn’t due to space
restrictions.

Bemerton Film Julia Child and describing her attempts in a

Society, Wednesday popular blog. The film shuttles to and fro
16 September St between the lives, obsessions and loves of
John’s School, Film the two women, separated by an ocean and
begins 19.30 several decades.
This is a film for food Meryl Streep alone is worth the price of
lovers. It shows Julie entry - delivering a superb performance,
Powell recreating all the both humorous and sympathetic, which is
recipes in a 1961 part imitation and part natural charisma.
seminal cookbook by And then there is all the glorious food……..
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Village Hall AGM
Five members of the public attended this meet-
ing and committee members Jennifer Tyler
(chair), John Cater (treasurer,) Sabine Dawson
(booking secretary), Viv Bass and Vicky Frank.
It was felt that further consultation about the
future of the hall with villagers was desirable and
the committee would consider the best way to do
this. A business plan will be drawn up and
presented to the Parish Council as requested.
Meanwhile villagers were asked
to support the hall, a unique resource for Quidhampton, by using it, (pictured above
at Craft Fair 2011) joining the 100 Club* and supporting the jumble sale Viv Bass is
running on 10 October.
*100 Club: £12 a year and the chance to win £40 a month, plus second and third prizes. You
can enroll friends and family who do not live in the village. Contact Viv Bass.

Jumble sale in aid of Village Hall Village Hall: Maintenance

Saturday 10 October
Help wanted to trim shrubs and
Wanted: clean wearable clothes etc, books and brambles in the small area at the side of
raffle prizes. Items can be delivered or collected the hall. If you can spare some time for
after 1 October. this contact John Cater 744079
Contact Viv Bass 742483 for more details or to
offer help.

Janet Singleton A message from Jane

20 January 1945 Taylor of Alexandra
– 21 June 2015 Cottages:
Keith would like to Many thanks to all who
thank everyone sponsored me for the
who joined him in Walk for Wards walk on
celebrating Janet’s June 21. Thanks to
life at her funeral your generosity I have
and then shared sent £103 to the Stars
memories and friendship in The White Horse. Such warm Appeal to be used for
support was overwhelming and has really helped him at the Breast Cancer Unit
this very difficult time. at Salisbury Hospital.
Jan was proud to have been the first customer to be served I very much enjoyed the
by Zoe and Nick (see photo) and passionately believed in walk, which was
the importance of the pub in village life. extremely well
She also wanted to sponsor the newsletter so Keith is organised, and I was so
sponsoring this month’s issue in her memory. interested to see the
Rest in peace, Janet. Quidhampton will miss you. extent and character of
the Wilton House
Estate.
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The Gale Family previously of Haviland procedure but, working with Abigail
Cottages would like to say a farewell to Stirman, discovered the Office of the
Quidhampton. Charlie writes: Schools Adjudicator, appointed by the
"We bought our cottage from Jim’s Grand- government to help clarify the legal
mother, Mrs Watson, five and a half years position on admissions policies in schools,
ago in the hope that it would be our especially when differences arise. These
forever home, Jim’s family having been in differences are usually between schools
the village for many generations. and local authorities. In this case it
However, having our second child meant appears that the use of an incorrect map
our needs changed and we sadly outgrew on Wiltshire Council’s website misled
the space fairly quickly. parents.
We have moved just up the road to Skew The Schools Adjudicator is investigating
Bridge to a home with more space, and the case and Charlie says that is her
are very much hoping that we will still see leaving present to Quidhampton. “We will
you all. We plan to visit, and to attend still be here 'in spirit' as we will always
village events- if we are permitted! have a strong tie to the village, hence my
We had some lovely neighbours, whom desire to do what I can to help”.
we also consider to be good friends, and Polly would have been the fourth
we would like to say a big thank you to generation of her family to attend St
them all for making us feel so welcome John’s school. Quidhampton will certainly
and at home in the village. We will miss miss Charlie, Jim, Polly and Frankie, not
Quidhampton and its wonderful least for their infectious community spirit
community spirit but we will not be strang- and energy. It is sad to see an ‘old’ village
ers!” family leave the village but new faces are
always welcome and we look forward to
Charlie was very involved in the recent getting to know Emma and Lee.
issues about the admissions policy of
Bemerton St John primary school. When Correction to previous article: four
her daughter Polly was refused a place Quidhampton families were unsuccessful
she not only followed the schools appeals in getting a place at the school. (not
three)

Palestinian Cycle Ride Matt is covering all the costs of the trip
Matt Eyre will attempt his 275 kilometre himself and has now revealed that he has
ride across the West Bank this month to a generous sponsor who will double the
raise funds for Medical Aid for total amount he raises. So you can
Palestinians – see last newsletter for more donate at www.justgiving.com/matt-eyre
details. He says: and know that every penny of twice the
I have visited Palestine a number of times amount you give will go to making a real
and am a long-time supporter of MAP. difference in a troubled part of the world.
They do an amazing job providing medical Matt used to live at Still Waters, Lower
staff and equipment for some of the Road, where his proud mother, Sandie
world's most needy people, and in doing Smith, now lives. She is very happy to
so help the Palestinians keep alive their accept donations for him.
dream of one day having their own
independent state.

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St John’s Church — SUCCESS! access entrance and a toilet block at the
By now most people will have heard that north western corner, and to build a kitchen
enough money was raised to save St John’s pod and storage in the north aisle.
church and begin the process of converting Enormous thanks are due to all sorts of
it for community use. people, including Peter Webster, the original
Rev Simon Woodley said: “The community chair of the group, and Simon Woodley who
response has been fantastic and, at times, took over 2 years ago and of course to the
quite moving. People have been so funders: the Diocese, numerous grant giving
generous, and many have given in memory trusts, and the City and Unitary Councils.
of loved ones who were connected to St. But most of all, Anne says, we need to
John’s.” thank the generosity and spirit of local
It’s been seven years of hard work and people who have got behind the project and
Anne Trevett of the core group describes made it their own. Every contribution has
members pinching themselves as they try to been vital and led to the Chair of the City
believe it. Over £500,000 was raised in Council describing this as a model local
grants, fundraising and donations and many community project.
hours were spent negotiating with planners The work still goes on. Keep your fingers
and English Heritage, drawing up plans and crossed for two bids for money from the
reworking them. Lottery that could pay to complete the
Building work starts around 7 September to building work AND provide community
restore the roof and install new heating, activities to take place in the wonderful new
lighting and flooring, to create a new easy space.

Police News “We are all very concerned for the future of
Dear All, local Policing. It is no secret that we have
Sorry to have been a bit quiet of late but I’m been drastically reduced over recent years
still covering for my colleague in Wilton so and with imminent cuts being foisted upon
the old work load is a tad excessive! us it is not a situation that I see improving.”
Hopefully you saw my appeal with Mr Bolger The campaign says that cuts are already
in the Journal – what a fine pair!* Reports of irreparably damaging the police service.
LGV’s are still coming in steadily but nothing It is a tribute to PC Pete that with all the
untoward. extra demands on his time he still manages
The current spate of damage to vehicles to come to most of our Parish Council
continues to be investigated. There were 24 meetings.
crimes on the night of 20/21 August across *Pete’s appeal with Tony Bolger of Haviland
Wilton, Salisbury and Downton area by the Cottages for a reduction of LGV’s through
same bunch of toe rags. It has generated a the village was as a result of the problems
fair amount of work as you can imagine and Tony had with the clanking manhole cover
we may have a lead from some CCTV on outside his house. The highways
one of the Downton jobs. department promised but repeatedly failed
Otherwise so far not too bad. Apart from the to fix it. Journal investigations revealed it
dreary weather which means it will probably was the responsibility of Virgin Media who
be a scorchio Christmas! Regards, PC Pete immediately repaired it. Although he can
now sleep at night Tony is still troubled by
Pete also wants to draw attention to the the vibrations from oversize lorries who wait
Wiltshire Police Federation Campaign: Cuts at the pinch point.
Have Consequences. He sums it up like Do your bit: take the registration number
this: of oversize vehicles and send them to
Pete
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 The White Horse
Beer Festival
took place in
June

Community Oil Buying Club

A Netherhampton based community oil buying club seeks members in Quidhampton.
The organisers say it will save you 10% against normal prices. It is an online system.
The club negotiates a reduced price and members pay the supplier directly.
Membership is free.
Further details: http://oilbuyingclub.com/sites/netherhampton
Other oil buying clubs are available. Parish Clerk Clare Churchill can tell you about the
Nadder Oil Buying Club or go to: http://oilbuyingclub.com/sites/nadder
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Bemerton Local History Society
Contributors & Contacts
Thursday 17 September 19.00 Hedley
Davis Court Cherry Orchard Lane Police non emergency no.: 101
PC Pete Jung and Wilton Police
The speaker this month is Clifford Lodge,
Station: 01722 438981
who contacted Bea Tilbrook earlier this
year because he remembered being [email protected]
taught by Clarrie Price. He will be talking St John’s Primary School: 322848
about his childhood in Bemerton. The White Horse : 744448
Quidhampton Mill : 741171
Some more Quidhampton history: Cliff Footshill B&B: 743587
has connections with Quidhampton too. Wiltshire Good Neighbours:
His grandparents, Agnes and Walter Val O’Keefe 07557 922034
Lodge, lived in The Poplars (now Withy Wilton and District Link
House) and after his birth in 1933 Cliff Scheme :01722 741241
and his mother stayed there for a few Parish Council clerk:
weeks before going home to their Clare Churchill 743027
Bemerton butchers shop. Cliff says it [email protected]
was his grandparents who cut down the 1 Tower Farm Cottages, Skew Rd.
poplar trees that stood outside the house Website:
after a branch fell off and injured the son
parishcouncil.quidhampton.org.uk/
of the publican.
Wiltshire Council 0300 456 0100
Agnes and Walter Lodge later sold The
Area Councillor, Peter Edge
Poplars and built Strathlene and
01722 742667 [email protected]
Braeview on the land next to it. They
Rector of Bemerton
lived in Braeview during the war. He
Rev Simon Woodley 333750
thinks they also built the house that stood
where Greenways Barn is now. Their Parish Office 328031
daughter was Millie (Lily) Palmer. Problems with HGVs: contact PC
Jung or leave a note in the black box.
Village Hall bookings: Sabine
Editor’s note: a flyer advertising Dawson 742843 (not Sundays)
Community Emergency Volunteer:
Romano’s newspaper and magazine
John Cater 744079
delivery service is in the newsletter this
month. I can thoroughly recommend Floodwarden:
them as the most reliable deliverers I Ken Taylor 742456
have known, and the most obliging. I am Waste and recycling dates (Sept)
part of the Talking Newspaper team that
records the Salisbury Journal for people Monday 7 Household waste
who are partially sighted and I need my Monday 14 Recycling
copy very early when it’s my turn to do it. Monday 21 Household waste
Romanos now drop it off for me before Monday 28 Recycling
05.30 on my duty days. Normal The paid for garden waste
weekday delivery is between 06.00 and collections are on Thursday 3 & 17
06.30. Wonderful! Do support them.

Newsletter sponsored by Keith Singleton Newsletter editor: Bea Tilbrook 742456

in loving memory of his wife, Janet. [email protected] Meadow Barn
Fisherman’s Reach SP2 9BG.
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