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Uley, Owlpen and Nympsfield October 2011
Village News
Supporting Church, Community and Local Business
Diary Dates
3 rd Oct Tallinding Project Meeting
5 th Oct Da Capo
5 th Oct Parish Council meeting
8 th Oct Sing into Autumn
12 th Oct WI Meeting
17 th Oct Diamond Jubilee Meeting
19 th Oct Uley Fellowship
20 th Oct Uley Society
21 st Oct Uley Fireworks
23 rd Oct Remembering & Thanksgiving
25 th Oct Coffee Morning
29 th Oct Cherishing the Churchyard
31 st Oct The Ark
5 th Nov The Big Breakfast
5 th Nov Walk on Fire
12 th Nov Tyndale Chorus Concert
19 th Nov Nympsfield Christmas Fair
26 th Nov St Giles’ Christmas Fair
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Uley Parish Council
Chair: Anne Sutcliffe 860223
Vice Chair: Gill Cathles 861106
Janet Wood 860236
Margaret Groom 860579
Adam Rogers 07969834883
Charles Goldingham 860974
Melanie Paraskeva 07929360221
District Councillor
Graham Travé 549919
County Councillors
Dennis Andrewartha 547251
Brian Tipper 547015
Clerk to the Council
Shani Baker 07582216374
The Parish Council meets in the
Village Hall on the first Wednesday
of the month at 7pm. You are very
welcome to attend.
Details of the meetings can be
found on the notices at either end
of the village.
Uley village website can be found
at http://www.uley.eu
Parish of Uley with
Owlpen and Nympsfield
Churches of St Giles, Holy Cross
and St Bartholomew
Rector: Rev’d Diana Crook
Telephone 01453 860444
Parish days off-Usually Thurs & Fri
Messages listened to daily
Churchwardens
Mrs. J Rymer 860265
Mr. D Valentin 860245
Assistant Church Wardens
Mr. D Hart-Davis 860239
Ms. E Rymer 860520
Mrs. A Hardy 860876
All bookings for the Church and
St Giles Room to
Marion Kee 860364
or email:marionkee@fsmail.net
St Giles’ is open for prayer
9-9.30am
Normal church opening times are
10am-6pm
or dusk whichever is earlier
Diamond Jubilee Meeting
Monday October 17 th at 7pm
Village Hall
The Parish Council is holding an Open Meeting to gauge support and interest
for celebrations in the village over the Jubilee Weekend, 2 nd , 3 rd , 4 th and 5 th of
June. There are infinite possibilities with so many lovely venues from cricket
to organized games, sale of goods, BBQ, performances, exhibitions etc. Two
events are in the planning: A Village Hall Lunch and Celebration Service in St
Giles’ Church with a Vintage Tea Party. It is hoped to put a programme
together over time.
All Welcome
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A letter from Rev’d Diana
There is a harmony
In autumn, and a lustre in its sky,
Which through the summer is not heard or seen,
As if it could not be, as if it had not been!
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822)
Well its official – the worst summer in living memory, although for those living in
Gloucestershire summer 2007 turned out to be our wettest and we have had some lovely
sunny days in early summer. Now the leaves are beginning to turn and we need to
welcome the changing season as autumn comes and the evenings lengthen. This autumn
reflection helps us meditate on the changing season and draw strength.
Autumn God, earth teaches me by her natural turnings from one season to another. As
she enters into the dying and rising cycles, she welcomes the changes. May I be open to
the teachings in this season of autumn and turn, as autumn does, towards opportunities
for my spiritual transformation.
When I refuse to wait with the mysteries of the unknown and when I struggle to control
rather than let life evolve, wrap me in the darkening days of autumn, Encourage me to
enter stillness and silent mystery, to wait patiently for clarity and wisdom.
When I grow tired of using my gifts to benefit others, take me to the autumn fields
where earth freely yields her bounty of her summer. Let me become aware of how she
allows her land to be stripped clean so her fruitfulness will be a source of nourishment.
When I fight unwanted and unsought changes and when I seek to keep things just as
they are, place me on the wings of birds flying south for another season. Gather their
spirit of freedom into my heart. Let me be willing to leave my well satisfied place of
comfort for the discomfort of a long flight into the unknown.
Thank you, 1 God of change and transformation, and for all these lessons that the autumn
season teaches us.
With love, Diana.
1 There are some wonderful personal articles on the subject of
“change” in the autumn edition of Churches Together Unity Magazine.
Pop into church and have a quiet read or “borrow a copy” to take home.
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From the Parish Registers
Please remember in your thoughts
and prayers
Those recently married:
Jennifer Jones and Robin Thorne
Those who have recently died and
their family:
Charles Young, Olive Ethel Du Feu,
Betty Clegg
and those whose year’s mind fall at
this time:
Marie Fletcher, Beryl Cottrell,
Florence Mitchell
Uley Fellowship
Wednesday 19 th October
2.30pm
Uley Village Hall
Cherishing the Churchyard
Saturday 29 th October
9am-11am
All are welcome to keep
St Giles’ churchyard tidy
Tel: John Wood 860236
for more details
Autumn Fires: R.L.Stevenson
In the other gardens
And all up the vale,
From the autumn bonfires
See the smoke trail!
Pleasant summer over
And all the summer flowers,
The red fire blazes,
The gray smoke towers.
Sing a song of seasons!
Something bright in all!
Flowers in the summer,
Fires in the fall!
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Save the Children Fund
A coffee morning
in aid of
Save the Children Fund
will be held on
Tuesday 25 th October 2011
at Whitley,2D South St, Uley
between 10-12 noon.
Christmas cards, diaries and
wrapping paper will be on sale.
There will also be a cake stall
and a raffle.
Entrance and refreshments
will cost £1.00.
Uley Fireworks
Provisional date of
Friday 21 st October
for this year’s event.
On the Millenium Green.
Raising funds for charity with a
fabulous pyrotechnics show,
BBQ, bar and other refreshments.
Uley Bury Working Party
We start work again!
Please come and meet at
Richard's seat (overlooking the
village) to attack ash saplings.
Coffee provided.
Oldcomers and newcomers
welcome!
For more info contact
Janet Wood (860236)
SING into Autumn 2011
with Sheila Macbeth
Saturday 8th October
10am–1pm
Uley Village Hall
£6.00
Profit to
Christmas Shoeboxes
All welcome
No need to read music
Phone Hilary 860539
for details
DA CAPO
As you may have read in the last Village News, our new
season of music-appreciation meetings begins on
Wednesday 5th October, at 2.30pm in the St Giles Room of
our church; meetings usually finish around 4pm. The
subject this time will be 'The Brandenburgs'.
New members would be warmly welcomed; for any other
details please phone me on 860004
Maurice Bullen
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CHRISTMAS SHOEBOX APPEAL
Imagine being 4 years old and living in an orphanage in Eastern
Europe. Imagine receiving your own shoebox filled with 'treasure',
imagine the joy of receiving a shoebox from some-one you don't
know but some-one who cares. Once again St Giles Church and
Uley Primary School will be filling shoeboxes - see
www.operationchristmaschild.org.uk .
Pick up a leaflet from the church, post office or pub for labels
and details of what to put in your box.
Collection deadline Wednesday 16th November.
Thank you for your support Hilary 860539.
Uley WI.
President: Sue Strain 860305
Wednesday October 12 th
7.30 Village Hall
Making a Face
Mrs Teresa Tyler
ULEY SOCIETY
The next meeting of the
Society will be held in
Uley Village Hall
at 7.30pm
on Thursday 20th October
when the speaker will be
J. Heathcott talking about
"The Woodland Trust".
New members are always
welcome.
Len Freeth 860476
Tyndale Choral Society
Autumn Concert
Saturday 12th November 2011
at 7:30p.m. in
St. James Church
Dursley
Vivaldi:
Gloria, Magnificat and Dixit
Conducted by
James Atherton
£10 (£2 for under 16)
Tickets may be reserved on:
www.tyndale-choral- society.org
or from our secretary
01452 883759
October 1911
Robert Scott's expedition leaves
Cape Evans for South Pole.
Roald Amundsen’s expedition had
set off a few days earlier.
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3 The Cross, Nympsfield GL10 3TU
Tel: 01453 860240 Web: roseandcrowninn.com Email:roseandcrowninn@yahoo.co.uk
Craig & Rebecca Mee would like to welcome you to
The Rose & Crown Inn, Nympsfield.
Throughout the week, our exclusive Over 60's Lunch offer combines
great value with excellent home cooked food.
Come along and join us for a tasty lunch, a pint of Fine Ale or
a glass of wine and catch up with friends next to a roaring open fire.
There is no better way to beat the autumn blues!
Over 60’s Lunch Menu £6.50
Christmas Menu now available to see
Children’s Menu
Daily specials
Fabulous Sunday Lunches
Bring this voucher for 10% off your food bill in October 2011
We look forward to welcoming you
ULEY SHOW 2011
A wonderful response to this year's Show with numbers surpassing
last year's record figures.410 entries from 95 exhibitors. A truly village
occasion.
Individual cup-winners as follows: Fruit and Vegetables - John Hyde,
Flowers - John Hyde, Flower Arrangements - Barbara Hyde, Preserves
and Cookery - Vicki Coffey, Handicrafts (shared) Cathy White and
Kathy Bullen, Art - Sally Lamerton and Photography - Sally Lamerton/
Small prizes were awarded to the winners in each of the Children's
Sections: Stanley Davies (2), Lydia Tutton, Orlando Paraskeva, Anna
Blanch (3), Atlanta Paraskeva (2), Grace Batchelor, Olivia Proto, Alfie
Proto and Luke Coffey.
Many thanks to everyone who helped to make the Show such a
success. To see the Village Hall overflowing with people and exhibits
is very satisfying. Next year 2012 we hope the Show will take place on
Saturday 8th September.
Len Freeth Chairman

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Get in touch today:
01666 501580
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Are you staying at home for Christmas
Would you open your home and share Christmas with a student from China, India,
or some other part of the world, who would otherwise be stuck at an almost
deserted UK university HOST invites you to give Christmas to someone who is a
guest in this country. HOST will match you with one or two guests to suit your
household. More volunteer hosts are urgently needed for 1 to 3 days at Christmas,
and weekends all year round. Please see www.hostuk.org or contact your local
voluntary organiser, Lynette Chappin 02920 693903
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St Giles’ Church
NEW Zumba Gold
at Uley Village Hall
Tuesdays 6-7pm
Low impact Zumba
(Latin and World style dances)
for all ages and experiences
£4 session (10 class free card)
Regular Zumba
at Uley School
Tuesdays 7.15-8.15pm
A faster paced higher impact
class, lots of fun!
£4 session (10th class free card)
Contact Jane on 01453 548189
or text 07878865297 or
jane@worldjungle.org.uk
for more info
www.worldjungle.org.uk
Walk on Fire for Cotswold Care Hospice!
Are you looking for the challenge of your life Then sign up for firewalking at Cotswold
Care Hospice on November 5, 2011
What is Firewalking
You will walk barefoot across hot coals. To achieve this an expert team will provide
two hours of training to prepare you to take on this challenge. To find out more about
Firewalking, please visit www.blazefirewalking.com
Where is it
In the beautiful grounds of Cotswold Care Hospice.
What time
Doors will open at 4.30pm and we ask all participants to be there for 5pm to register
and receive your training before completing your Firewalk at 7.30pm.
Can I bring friends and family Of course! The same evening we’re having a BONFIRE
BONANZA with a huge bonfire, stalls, music, food and childrens games to make a full
family evening out before the Firewalk spectacle begins.
How to register Email the Events team at events@cotswoldcare.org.uk or phone
01453 886868 for a registration form
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Football in Uley
As another football season kicks off, it is good to reflect that the game has
flourished in Uley for well over 100 years. The village had a team as early
as 1895, playing occasional friendly matches against local sides. The first
recorded match was on 23, November 1895 against Dursley St. James
(who later became Dursley Town), Uley losing 1-5. Two more friendlies
were played that year, with Uley the victors by 2-0 against Dursley St.
James reserves, and losers by the same scoreline in a re-match on 28
December. Only one match was recorded in 1896, when Uley lost 9-0 to
Dursley St. James on 16 October. Two matches were played in 1897, when
Uley beat Dursley St. James reserves 1-0, but lost the return game 2-0.On
18 July 1898 the Dursley Football League was formed, with Uley one of six
founder members. The first ever league match featured Brimscombe
versus Uley, and resulted in an 8-2 defeat for Uley. But the village team
finished a creditable third in the final league table, winning 4, drawing 3 and
losing 3 of the 10 league matches played.
Uley Association Football Club (AFC) was founded in 1898, and in
1998 Gloucestershire Football Association recognised the club's official
centenary year with the award of a plaque to mark the occasion.
Other big years were 1907-8, 1908-9 and 1923-24, when Uley were
champions of Division 2, and 1925-26, when the team were runners-up in
Division 1 of the Dursley League. In 1959-60, Uley achieved a notable
league and cup double in the last season of the Dursley League, thereafter
competing in the newly-formed Stroud and District League.
Jim Norris (chairman) and Alan Mills (treasurer) were stalwarts of the club
in the 1950s and 1960s, when the club enjoyed much success on the field.
Brothers Dave and Mike Bruton from Raglan Way were local village boys
who went on to become professional footballers. Dave played for Bristol
City and Mike was at Newport County and Forest Green.
Over the years the village has produced many good local football league
players. Dave Fisher captained the successful team in the Sixties, and son
Wayne has also been a valued member of the club. Brothers Mark and
Jason Cole also represented the club with distinction, with Raglan Way
producing numerous good players.
At present the club runs three senior teams (for players aged 16 and over)
in the Stroud League. The first and second play at Shadwell, with the third
team ground-sharing with Nympsfield Football Club. Any interested players
can come to training (under floodlights) on Tuesday evenings (7pm) at
Shadwell. In recent years The club has run successful youth teams, and
there is now co-operation between the club and village parents to start
football training for younger players at Shadwell on Saturday mornings,
beginning in October this year. Girls and boys up to and including the age
of 11 are invited to join in.
MIKE CLARKE, Chairman Uley Football Club
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ULEY PARISH COUNCIL
What We’ve Done This Month
Here are some of the items that we have been dealing with over
the past month:
1. Affordable Housing
The Parish Council has now learnt which Housing Associations have
received funding from the government to undertake affordable
housing in rural Gloucestershire. Bromford did not receive
funding, but two other HA’s, Two Rivers and Cottsway, did receive
some. The Council’s specialist adviser is approaching these two
new HA’s to see if they can help with Uley’s needs. In addition,
another HA, Severn Vale, is undertaking some developments out of
its own resources and an approach has been made to them as well.
Bromford are also considering undertaking some builds out of their
own resources and have been asked to consider Uley, but we are
aware that they have other projects which are more advanced and
may give priority to those.
2. New Bus Services
The review of the bus services has been completed and we have
been advised that the Dursley/Uley section has been amalgamated
into a new Dursley/Uley/Nympsfield/Nailsworth service 35 that
will run Mondays to Saturdays. This new service will start in
November. We have not yet been advised of the times of the bus
but will put these in the Village Shop (and into the next edition of
this newsletter) when known.
If you are sending an article for inclusion in the Village News please
make sure it is addressed to villagenews@sky.com. If you send it as
part of a personal email it may get missed.
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The Tallinding Project
The Tallinding Project started as an effort to help with the
building of a Nursery School in the Tallinding area of Serrekunda,
the largest town in The Gambia, West Africa. The school had been
started in 2002 by an elderly British couple when John and
Christine Carter, the printers of the Village News, began to raise
money to continue the building work. With local people in Tallinding
providing the labour, four classrooms were completed in 2004.
There were places for 160 children but nearly twice that many
turned up. Several years on the Nursery School is thriving but still
needs support. Christine writes;”It is magical to visit and see so
many children benefitting from a basic education”.
Children left the Nursery at the age of 7 and then had to walk
miles to school but in 2007 two more blocks of four classrooms, a
library and office were built forming the Carter Lower Basic
(primary) School. The toilet block was completed last year and a
kitchen and store this year. All the money collected goes directly
to the school for building materials and supplies, to support the
wages of the teachers and ancillary staff and for equipment. The
next stage is to build a clinic on the site for the children and the
local community.
To sponsor children from Tallinding who cannot afford to attend
school, £10 per month pays for school fees, books, uniforms and
lunches for one child.
Donations (large or small) of educational goods or money are always
welcome. Please contact John & Christine Carter on 07714385833
or 01453 810834 or email tallindingproject@gmail.com
www.tallindingproject.com
Each year, Christine and John take out Christmas boxes for the
children. If you would like to help with these boxes, Anna Blacker is
hosting a meeting at Stouts Hill Close on Monday October 3 rd at
6pm when Christine will explain more about what she is trying to do.
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UK Food Banks
Thirteen million people live below the poverty line in the UK. Every
day people go hungry for reasons ranging from redundancy to
receiving an unexpected bill. Food banks provide a minimum of
three days of emergency food and support for people experiencing
crisis. Last year the UK food bank network helped over 60,000
people who were experiencing food poverty.
Desperate Times
In desperate times food banks help prevent crime, housing loss,
family breakdown and mental health problems. All food is donated
by the public and sorted by volunteers. Frontline care professionals,
such as doctors and social workers, identify people in crisis and
issue a food voucher. Clients receive three days worth of
nutritionally balanced non perishable food in exchange for their
food voucher. Food bank volunteers make time to chat and direct
clients to other useful services.
Dursley Food Bank
A discussion has been taking place between members of the
churches in Dursley and the surrounding area and a decision has
been made to proceed. All churches in the Dursley area will be
contacted and invited to support this project and provide
volunteers who will help to implement it. Further discussions will
need to take place to decide how, when and where this facility can
be sited and managed. Volunteers will be needed to manage and
run this project.Further details and contact information will be
provided when they become available
Editor
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Village Agent News.
Winter is creeping upon us and we feel there may be people who will find their
homes are excessively cold and damp which will cause health problems. For those
who own their homes Stroud District Council have a scheme called Healthy Homes
Loan Scheme. To qualify for help there will be a Means Test except for anyone
receiving Income Support, Income Based Job Seekers Allowance, Income Based
Employed and Support Allowance, Pension Credit Guarantee, Council Tax Benefit or
Working/Child Tax Credits. A minimum of £500 and a maximum of £15,000 can be
allowed for any works the Council deem necessary to remove what are described as
a Category 1 hazard. Category 1 hazards are those where there is a real and serious
threat to an occupier’s health or safety. This could include for instance a lack of
insulation making a property vulnerable to Excess Cold, dangerous structural
weaknesses or unsafe electrical installations.
You can apply for a Healthy Homes Loan if you are an owner occupier and ;
You are over 18 years of age.
Your property is in council tax bands A. B. C. or D and a category 1 hazard
exists.
You have owned and occupied the property for more than 5 years.
You have current building insurance.
A Council Officer will inspect the property and note any defects/potential hazards
found. The Officer will judge the hazards and the likelihood of an accident causing
harm to an occupier or visitor over the next 12 months. All eligible works will be
agreed with the owner prior to the application and confirmed in writing by the
Council. The loans are only available for work to the main dwelling house, not for
garages, out buildings or conservatories.
For those applicants who are in receipt of one of the qualifying benefits above the
loan does not have to be repaid until the property is sold or transferred. For other
applicants on low income a calculation for repayments on a monthly basis will be
made. No interest will be charged on any of the loans. A local land charge will be
put against the property.
Should you think you may qualify for a loan you need to complete a Preliminary
Assessment Form available from the Housing Renewal Team at the Council Offices.
For further information telephone S.D.C on 01453 754473 or contact
Environmental Health Service, Stroud District Council, Ebley Mill, Stroud, GL5 4UB.
A change in the housing benefit payment rules means that people may be receiving
a lower rate. To help give existing claimants time to find cheaper accommodation,
or negotiate a lower rent with their landlord, SDC are able to give up to nine months
protection at the old payment rate. To find out more telephone the housing benefit
helpline on 01453 754054.
For more information on this article or any others do telephone your Village Agent.
Sue Colquhoun 07810 630 145
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Parish of Uley, Owlpen and Nympsfield
Churches of St Giles, Holy Cross and St Bartholomew
Rector Rev’d Diana Crook 860444
Churchwardens Jo Rymer 860265 David Valentin 860245
October 2011 Services
Sunday 2 nd October
St Bartholomew
St Giles
Sunday 9 th October
St. Giles
Holy Cross
15th Sunday after Trinity
8.30am Holy Communion (CW)
3.00pm GO MAD “Celebrating the Harvest
16 th Sunday after Trinity
10.00am Parish Holy Communion (CW)
6.00pm Sung Evensong (BCP)
Sunday 16 th October
17 th Sunday after Trinity
St Bartholomew 8.30am Holy Communion (CW)
St Giles
10.00am Holy Communion (CW)
Sunday 23rd October
St Bartholomew
St Giles
Sunday 30 th October
St Giles
18th Sunday after Trinity
10.00am Parish Holy Communion (BCP)
6.00pm Service of Remembering &
Thanksgiving
All Saints Day
10.00am Parish Holy Communion (CW)
Morning Prayer
9.00am Monday – Saturday St Giles’
Church
Bible Study: Home Group
Every Wednesday in Term time 11.30-
12.30
Turners Cottage, The Street, Uley
Children are welcome at all our
services. There are activities and
special worship materials for them in
each church.
Volunteer hosts are urgently needed for
1-3 days at Christmas, and weekends all
year round, for foreign university
students. Please see www.hostuk.org or
contact the local voluntary organiser,
Lynette Chappin on 02920 693903, if
you can help.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr
Rowan Williams, will be visiting the
diocese from 20 th -22 nd July 2012. More
details to follow.
Printed by J&C Carter, Taitshill Industrial Estate, Dursley GL11 6BL email:cotsmark@btopenworld.com 01453 546645
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