Chipping Campden Bulletin - March 2024 Issue

No 456 

March 

2024 

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of Willersey and Blockley. 

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CHIPPING CAMPDEN SURGERY 

MONTHLY NEWS FLASH 

Nurse on tour bus 

We would like to thank the Nurse on tour health promotion 

roadshow team, at Gloucestershire Primary care Training 

hub, for providing a day of health checks for our patients 

this week. The bus was located in Chipping Campden 

School car park - we would also like to thank the school for 

allowing the team to use the school car park and for waiving 

car parking charges during the day for our patients. The day 

was very well attended by patients invited to participate and 

we would like to thank our patients for taking part. 

Staff 

We would like to welcome our new junior Doctor, Dr 

Katerina Thomas-Fernandez, to the team for the next six 

months as part of her GP surgery placement. 

We congratulate Sister Angela Volpe, one of our 

experienced Practice Nurses, who has been awarded the 

honour of Queen’s Nurse for being committed to delivering 

outstanding care in the community. 

We wish Dr Degnan well for his upcoming move to Canada 

and would like to reassure our patients that Dr Degnan’s 

patients will be allocated another GP partner at the surgery 

for their ongoing care. This will be supported by our two 

new Advanced Nurse Practitioners, who are both joining 

the practice over the next couple of months. 

New telephone system 

We are in the process of implementing a new telephone 

system, with features to help improve the patient telephone 

journey. Our main number, 01386 841894, remains the same. 

Surgery Friends Quiz night 

We would like to say a big thank you to the Campden 

Surgery Friends for organising a very successful and well 

attended Quiz Night last Friday evening to help raise funds 

for important medical equipment used by the surgery for 

our patients. We very much appreciate the support shown 

and we understand that over £400 in funds were raised. We 

wish to say thank you very much indeed to all who attended. 

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LOST AND FOUND 

January & February 2024 

This report is compiled by Chipping Campden Information 

Centre. Please contact us on 01386 841206 or email 

info@chippingcampdenonline.org (not the Bulletin) if you have 

any lost or found items, or come into the office Monday-Friday 

10am-2pm, Saturday10am-4pm, Sunday 10.30am-4pm. 

Items Lost 

• Purse – black with credit cards. 

Items Found 

• Watch – Spiderman childs digital display watch (red). 

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16th May 2024 

How to book and price can be found in the Ernest Wilson 

Garden Newsletter. 

Booking is essential and is open to non-members 

Call Ann Taylor on 07759 681539 to book. 

Thursday 7th March 

WORLD BOOK 

DAY 

GARAGE SALE IN CHIPPING CAMPDEN 

Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th March 2024 

9.00am to 3.00pm both days 

Private sale due to downsizing; e.g. furniture (chairs, tables, cabinets, 

side board, book shelf, occasional furniture), carpets (2x3m and 

4x5m), car repair equipment, car battery charger, mechanical 

tools, power tools (electric welding machine and accessories, semiprofessional 

bandsaw on stand plus extractor, compressor), garden 

tools, garden ornaments, plant pots, roof felting material. 

LIEBHERR fridge freezer, CREDA Reversair tumble dryer 

Lots of bargains, come and see for yourself. Cash payment only on 

the day. Purchases have to be taken away immediately. 

Catbrook House, Catbrook, Chipping Campden, GL55 6DE 

(on the other roadside of the access to the tennis courts/ 

George Lane)

CHIPPING CAMPDEN OVER 60’s 

REMINDER 

Our sign up meeting is 12th March 2024 - 2pm - 4pm 

Lower Town Hall, Chipping Campden. 

Tea, Coffee and Raffle (NO Bring & Buy) 

Please come and support us and bring your ideas of places 

we can go - we look forward to seeing you all. 

Please contact Ann on 07759 681530 

CHIPPING CAMPDEN BOWLING CLUB 

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Friday 22nd March 2024 

Doors open 6.30pm. Eyes down 7.30pm 

Ample car parking. Bar open 

CHIPPING CAMPDEN AND DISTRICT 

TWINNING ASSOCIATION 

PLANS FOR SUMMER FESTIVAL 

17th - 18th AUGUST 

This year’s visit from Pont-d’Ouilly takes place during the 

school holidays, between 16th and 19th August. We expect 

the group to include schoolchildren and teenagers, reflecting 

the new links being developed between the young people of 

both towns. 

Together with the Cidermill Theatre and Chipping Campden 

schools and with the full support of our Town Council we 

plan to make the weekend of the French visit (17th and 18th 

August) a Summer Festival weekend for our community, with 

the Cidermill as its hub, to celebrate Chipping Campden and 

Pont-d’Ouilly and the flourishing relationship between our 

twin towns. We hope to involve local societies and businesses 

and have lots of things for young and old to see and do around 

the town. 

We will be working on the Summer Festival concept and 

aiming to pull together a programme over the next 4-6 weeks. 

If you can help or would like to be involved, please contact 

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

We welcome your contributions. 

Email: editor@campdenbulletin.co.uk 

Dear Editor 

I want to thank the lovely, kind lady, who paid for my shop at 

the Co-op, as I had forgot my purse. 

I asked the Co-op if I could pay the £2.45 the next day, but 

to no avail. 

I am 88, with a visual impairment and live half hour walk 

away, so I was disappointed at their attitude as I have been 

going there for 25 yrs. 

So, a BIG THANK YOU to that lovely lady. It is people like 

here that make this world a better place. 

Local resident, C. Campden 

Dear Editor 

Everyone at Campden Edge would like to congratulate 

Chipping Campden School on achieving their Platinum 

Artsmark Award from the Arts Council in January this 

year. Well done to all the staff and students who worked 

so hard to achieve this amazing result. The assessors said 

that they …“were impressed by your strong commitment 

to the transformative power of the arts, which is making a 

difference to arts-based practice within school and to other 

professionals within local primary and secondary schools.” 

They also noted the support the school gives to Premium 

Pupils students. 

Helena Hesketh, Head of Music at CCS would like to say 

“A big thank you to all Campden Edge donors. You can not 

underestimate the impact your generosity has made on our 

school community in recent years which has helped us to 

secure this Platinum status.” 

Dr Darren Henley OBE, Chief Executive of the Arts Council, 

adds: “Becoming an Artsmark school demonstrates that 

through offering a broad, ambitious, and creative curriculum, 

every pupil can develop character and resilience, increasing 

their knowledge, curiosity and skills that will remain with 

them through to adult life.” 

As the number of Pupil Premium pupils grows, Campden 

Edge are being asked to support more local students in 

studying music, drama, and the arts; and we feel strongly that 

an Arts Education is so important in strengthening our young 

people’s self-confidence and critical thinking. It also boosts 

self-esteem, encourages discipline, and develops the creative 

skills they will need for their future. 

All of us are volunteers – keeping our overheads to an absolute 

minimum – and we are always looking for more fund raising 

opportunities. If you would like to give your support, you can 

find the Donate page on www.campdenedge.org and simply 

press the Donate Button. Alternatively our bank details 

are: CAMPDEN EDGE Sort Code 08 92 99 Acc Number 

65690044 

Thank you! 

Keyna Doran, Vanessa Christie-Brown, Sara Wright, 

Pip Betteridge, Vanessa Rigg. 

Dear Editor 

Bye Campden it’s been a 16 year long blast. 

When you mention you’re leaving a great job, everyone 

assumes there is something wrong, but sometimes there is 

nothing wrong, things just evolve. 

When I announced I was leaving Mill House, a couple of 

‘locals’ were ‘looking for the gossip and drama’, but guess 

what, sometimes there isn’t any. 

I moved to Campden 16 years or so ago to be manager of the 

Cotswold House and Noel Arms, I then moved on to have an 

improved work life balance and spent an amazing just over six 

years at Mill House. We bought our little home and settled into 

the community (if you make an effort in this wonderful town 

it is given back tenfold). 

This letter is just ‘a little note’ to say thank you to the 

community who welcomed us and everyone who made the 16 

years memorable, (its also a note to put some rumours to bed, I 

have heard everything from ‘were you sacked’ to ‘I heard you 

won the lottery’ I can confirm neither are true. 

Although we hoped to avoid it, perhaps the writing has been on 

the wall for a while, 6 months ago, my partner was promoted 

and landed a job well outside the area, not wanting to leave, we 

quietly tried to manage with my partner working 2 hours away 

and me remaining in Campden, we tried this for 6 months, we 

really did give it a go! but in the end something had to give and 

that was ‘Campden’. 

Having made the decision, I put the feelers out for a new role, 

and secured a super new job with a past employer, within 15 

minutes of looking, so will soon be off to join my partner. 

My top tips based on 16 years’ experience: 

A walk on Dover’s Hill is vastly underrated (if you have not 

done it for a while then give it a go). 

Bantam still makes the best cakes. 

Conversations regarding parking are very contentious. 

A Pink Door festival should be created, other towns have 

things such as scarecrow festivals, Campden should start a 

whole new festival turning the towns doors pink once a year! 

The Noel still has the best pint and bar staff. 

In 16 years I have never had bad customer service from the 

Co-op. 

The Christmas lights/ market ‘people’ have done an amazing 

job each year - literally gets better and better. 

The Towns business awards are a tremendous asset to everyone 

in the town. 

Don’t let the odd negative person having a little natter behind 

your back get you down (remember I have been both sacked 

and won the lottery). 

So thank everyone and ‘that’s all folks’... or is it, we have not 

sold our house but will be renting it out as...we WILL be back! 

Paul Dixon 

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SCUTTLEBROOK WAKE 

Plans are well underway for Scuttlebrook 

2024, and over the coming months we 

will update the community with all the 

details for the event on June 1st. In the 

meantime, here’s our latest news. 

Queen’s Party 2024 

We had a very successful party on Friday 2nd of 

February, to select our new Queen, attendants and 

page. This saw us return to the traditional venue of the 

town hall, after being kindly hosted by The Lygon Arms 

for many years. We had a strong turnout from many 

families who came to support the event and enjoy the 

music, raffle, bar, hot dogs and children’s party games. 

All together, we were able to raise around £200 which 

will go toward the costs of running Scuttlebrook. The 

Queen’s party chosen for 2024 are: 

Queen: Jasmine Thorne. 

Attendants: Lucie Buckland, Edith Taylor, 

Nancy Sabin and Caralee Righton. 

Page: Cody Thorne. 

A big well done and thank you to all the runners upplease 

come back next year and have another go! 

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The Scuttlemarket 

This year will see the inclusion of a small market on the 

High Street between the fairground and the live music 

outside the Lygon Arms. There will be a number of 

pitches available for traders to set up and sell produce 

during the day. If you are interested in having one, then 

please contact our Vice-Chairman, Jos Robinson, at: 

scuttlemarket@gmail.com. 

Weddings • Birthdays 

Meetings • Social Events 

Email: bookings@honeybournevillagehall.org 

Tel: 01386 833 600 

Fundraising 

To keep Scuttlebrook thriving, we continue to rely on 

the generosity of the community. If you would like 

to consider being one of our sponsors for the 2024 

event, then please contact our Treasurer, Scott Gill, at 

scottmartingill@aol.co.uk to find out more. 

Or, if you would like to donate towards Scuttlebook, 

please visit our website below and follow the links to 

the donations page. Thank you for your support! 

The Scuttlebrook Wake Committee 

www.scuttlebrookwake.org 

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CHRIS NELSON, POLICE & CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR GLOUCESTERSHIRE - UPDATE 

PLAN FOR NEW POLICE COMMUNITY 

HUB AT CHIPPING CAMPDEN 

With funding for more than 400 extra police officers, Police 

Community Support Officers (PCSOs) and police staff in 

Gloucestershire, I want as many of them as possible to be out 

in our communities, preventing and detecting crime. That’s 

how we’ve managed to cut anti-social behaviour by more 

than 50% in Gloucestershire in the last three years, and I want 

to continue this relentless focus on tackling all Community 

Crimes should voters grant me another four years at the 

election on 2nd May. 

Police visibility in communities, especially rural areas 

like the Cotswolds, is incredibly important to provide vital 

reassurance to communities and help deter criminals. This 

is frequently raised with me on the doorstep and is why I 

have championed Neighbourhood Policing throughout 

Gloucestershire, and funded a doubling in the size of the 

specialist Rural Crime Team, to target criminals that prey on 

isolated areas and businesses. 

To do all this however, we also need somewhere for our 

officers, PCSOs and staff to work from, and I want to make 

sure they are staying in their communities, rather than having 

to travel miles back to their base stations. Now if I was to 

do this with new ‘police only’ buildings, it would be too 

expensive, and take a very long time. I also have a duty to 

make sure we have a balanced budget and that we are using 

taxpayer’s money efficiently, and making those funds go 

as far as possible. So instead, I have been working with 

Gloucestershire County Council and their Fire Service to 

take a new and innovative approach. 

These are our Community Policing Hubs. I have already 

opened two of these hubs, in existing fire stations where 

local teams can work, write up notes and even hold meetings 

with local residents (or just use the toilets and kitchen for 

a much-needed break from the elements). They are a great 

way to fulfil my ambition for visible local policing, in a cost 

effective way by working in partnership with other public 

sector organisations. It also means that our local police teams 

and fire crews have more opportunities to work and train 

together, providing a better service to residents and helping 

keep more people safe. 

This new approach is going to be a particular benefit for rural 

areas like the Cotswolds, which is why I am very pleased 

to confirm that one of the next hubs I am planning will be 

at Chipping Campden fire station. I have been working with 

Cllr. Lynden Stowe who has raised this issue with me many 

times, and as soon as the local police have confirmed the 

operational details, work will get under way. 

I know that residents 

in Newent, where 

one of the first hubs 

was created, have 

seen increased 

police visibility in 

their community, 

and I hope Chipping 

Campden residents 

will be able to see the 

same benefits very 

soon too. 

FIRST OF A KIND CCTV SYSTEM 

Whether speaking to local residents in a community, or some 

of the more than 400 extra Police Officers, Police Community 

Support Officers and Police Staff that I have funded in 

Gloucestershire, if I ask them what else I can do to help make 

our communities safer, it doesn’t take them long to mention 

the need for extra CCTV cameras in our local communities. 

This is no surprise, because whenever our front-line teams 

are called to a crime or anti-social behaviour, one of the 

first things they do is to check whether there is CCTV or 

doorbell camera footage available. CCTV, as well as being 

a great deterrent, can help gather evidence from the moment 

an incident began, and can help provide clarity to an often 

confused initial picture, which may not be all that it appears. 

Effective camera coverage and the evidence it provides has 

helped secure countless convictions, but crucially, it also 

helps reduce the fear of crime. I have seen for myself how 

effective this can be, helping communities that have been 

plagued by anti-social behaviour and community crime for 

months, almost completely eradicate the problem with the 

support of hot-spot policing and foot patrols. This sort of 

approach is relatively easy in urban areas, but for too long, 

our rural areas have been left behind. 

That is why, when my office put together our three very 

successful applications to the Home Office for funding 

through their excellent Safer Streets Fund, I wanted to 

make sure improving the availability of CCTV and other 

technologies for our rural areas was a priority. 

The isolation felt by our rural communities in particular can 

mean that unfortunately when crime does occur, it can have a 

disproportionate effect on local residents. That was certainly 

the case in Weston-sub-Edge, where, after a number of car 

thefts and break-ins, residents were very concerned. 

The local Parish Council approached the Cotswold Community 

Safety Partnership, who used £8,300 of the money I allocated 

them from Safer Streets to fund what we believe is the first 

CCTV network of its kind in a Gloucestershire village. The 

high definition cameras also have Automatic Number Plate 

Recognition technology, to help identify vehicles and their 

owners, to help track down criminals preying on the area. 

This is exactly what I had in mind when we started bidding 

for the Safer Streets Fund, helping communities to work 

alongside their local police and council to make their area 

safer, and I hope that more communities who have problems 

with community crime or anti-social behaviour will consider 

putting together similar proposals for future funding rounds. 

Chris Nelson 

chris.nelson@gloucestershire.pnn.police.uk 

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BLOCKLEY CHAMBER 

CONCERTS 

SPRING TO AUTUMN SERIES STARTS 

Friday 22nd March 

7pm for 7.30pm, St George’s Hall, Blockley 

Amicably complementing Campden Music’s Winter 

Subscription Season, BCC present six varied concerts 

between March and September. Full programme below. 

It follows the BCC’s stimulating model of drawing 

on performers from three sources. Young early-career 

performers, happy to brave the train from Paddington (and 

occasional replacement bus service); well-established 

locally-based ensembles; and Wigmore Hall level 

performers with a marvellous personal commitment to 

music in small communities. All of our performers leave 

saying warm things about BCC’s appreciative audiences, 

and the excellent acoustic for chamber music. And they 

want to come back. 

So this year, we have a return visit by one of the country’s 

best fortepianists, Steven Devine - but this year together 

with his wife, soprano Kate Devine, presenting beautiful, 

little-heard songs by Haydn and Beethoven. Plus last year’s 

outstanding young string duo - but now teamed up with a 

‘cello friend, becoming The Doncaster Trio. Plus a return 

of the Oxford-based Adderbury Ensemble – but this year 

playing as a quartet. 

As before, the series present a very wide range of music, 

ranging from Bach and Buxtehude, through the classical 

and romantic greats, to Shostakovich and Britten. 

Above all, the BCC’s objective is the same as before. To 

present chamber music as it was designed to be enjoyed – 

in a convivial gathering, in intimate surroundings, together 

with friends old and new – and with good music along the 

way. 

BCC Subscription Tickets, including drinks, are £90 for 

the six concerts (a 25% saving on single concert tickets). 

Subscription Tickets are transferrable – we positively 

encourage you to share with friends, if you can’t be at a 

particular concert. 

To book, contact lgpacker123@gmail.com / 01386 700579. 

Finally, the much-appreciated BCC Next Generation short 

recitals continue on occasional Sunday mornings in Blockley 

Church, providing a public platform for outstanding local 

school-age musicians. The first is a welcome return visit by 

Amelia Parkin, pianist and organist, on Sunday 14th April, 

11:15am to 12 noon – coffee and biscuits from 10:45am. 

BCC – The 2024 Series 

Friday 22 March The Kucharsky Quartet - Haydn, 

Shostakovich and Brahms 

Friday 26 April The Geminiani Ensemble - Bach & Buxtehude 

Friday 7 June Steven Devine, fortepiano and Kate 

Semmens, soprano - Beethoven, Mozart & Haydn 

Friday 19 July The Tedesca Quartet - Haydn, Mendelssohn 

& Mozart 

Friday 23 August The Doncaster Trio - Schubert, Tabakova, 

Perkinson & Beethoven 

Friday 27 Sept The Adderbury Quartet - Haydn, Britten & 

Shostakovich 

THE CAMPDEN CHORUS 

SPRING CONCERT 

BRAHMS’ REQUIEM 

The Campden Chorus’s Spring Concert (the first concert 

under their new name) will take place at 7:30pm on 

Saturday 23rd March in St. James’ Church, Chipping 

Campden. The Chorus will be singing Ein deutsches 

Requiem by Brahms, joined by Anna Patalong (Soprano) 

and Benedict Nelson (Baritone). The work will be sung in 

German and accompanied by piano duet (Jessica May and 

Lynn Arnold) and timpani (Amy Matthews). The Musical 

Director, Charles Matthews, will be conducting. The 

concert will also include a beautiful setting by Schubert of 

‘The Lord is my Shepherd’. 

Rather than using the words from the Roman Catholic Mass 

for the Dead, Brahms chose extracts from the Lutheran bible 

that not only mourn the dead but also comfort the living. It 

is thought that Brahms may have had in mind the deaths of 

both his mother and his great friend Robert Schumann when 

he composed the piece, although he never confirmed this. 

The work was mainly written in 1865-6 and received its 

first complete public performance in February 1869 at the 

Leipzig Gewandhaus. Brahms was only 35 at this time and 

the work established his reputation as a leading composer. 

The piano duet arrangement of the orchestral setting, being 

used in the concert, was made by Brahms himself in 1869. 

Tickets will be on sale throughout March and will be 

available from Chipping Campden Tourist Information 

Centre, from Chorus members or on the door immediately 

before the concert. The Chorus previously performed the 

Requiem in 2014 and are very much looking forward to 

providing the audience with another memorable evening. 

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STRATFORD-UPON-AVON 

CHORAL SOCIETY 

MAINLY MOZART 

THE REQUIEM & OTHER MOZART FAVOURITES 

Stratford-upon-Avon Choral Society’s Mainly Mozart 

concert on March 23rd contains several gems from the 

choral repertoire - Mozart’s Requiem, Ave Verum and 

Laudate Dominum from Vesperae solonnes de Confessore, 

plus Haydn’s Insanae et Vanae Curae. 

Stratford Choral Society, first formed in 1836, one year 

before Queen Victoria came to the throne, this year, one 

year after Charles III came to the throne, celebrates its 

188th anniversary. It shares with the Huddersfield Choral 

Society the accolade of being the two oldest choral societies 

in the country. 

Professional soloists will include returning favourite Heather 

Wardle (Soprano), Matthew Keighley (Tenor), Nick Perfect 

(Bass), with the Regency Sinfonia and Douglas Keilitz, 

organ conducted by Music Director Oliver Neal Parker. 

This concert takes place on Saturday 23rd March 2024 at 

7.30pm at Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon. 

Concert tickets £20 (adults) or £10 (students) from choir 

members, website www.stratfordchoral.org.uk, phone 

01789 750704 or at the door on the night if seats available. 

Up to two children under 16 are admitted free of charge if 

accompanied by a paying adult. 

Further information: Carol Jackson 01386 841440

LENT LUNCHES 2024 

This year’s Lent lunches are now well underway in the Church 

Rooms in Chipping Campden. The series kicked off in splendid 

fashion on Tuesday 20th February with the Campden First 

Responders taking centre stage. The remaining lunches are: 

27th February The Children’s Society 

5th March North Cotswold Foodbank 

12th March Friends of Campden Surgery 

19th March Church Rooms Refurbishment Project 

26th March Ugandan Childbirth Injuries Trust 

I commend them all to you as being worthy of your support in the 

vital work that they do, locally, nationally and internationally. 

There really is only one place to be on Tuesdays from 12.15 

to 1.30pm until the end of March: the Church Rooms! Super 

food, great company, terrific causes – what’s not to like? 

I hope you were impressed with the full-page article in the 

February Bulletin. This was all down to Edward and Tracey 

at Vale Press who drew the whole page together. Huge thanks 

go to them. 

Any enquiries to Kevin: 01386 840283 or 

nickwyndham@btinternet.com. 

VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY NEEDED 

FOR THE BADEN POWELL CENTRE 

The Baden Powell Centre urgently needs volunteers to help us 

keep the building open for young people and the community. 

Do you have handyperson, clerical or fundraising skills? We 

need help with general maintenance, centre bookings and 

fundraising to keep the Centre going and people willing to 

join the Management Committee. 

Our Scout, Guide and Brownie Leaders provide fantastic 

opportunities for our children and young people. We need 

to provide a fantastic place for them to meet and for the 

community to hire. 

If you think you can help us in any way, please contact me at 

alysonjessopp@aol.com. 

Thank you. 

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Trustee 

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Chipping Campden Music Festival - Lunch time artists announced 

We are delighted to announce the programme of lunchtime concerts in St James’ Church 

during the Music Festival. Please note the new start time for this year – all lunchtime 

concerts will run from 1205 – 1305. More information about the Music Festival can be 

found at www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk. 

Tuesday 14th May 

12:05 – 13:05, St James’ Church 

AARON AZUNDA AKUGBO - trumpet 

RYAN CORBETT - accordion 

A graduate of the Royal Academy of 

Music and an ex-principal of the National 

Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Aaron 

Azunda Akugbo hails from Edinburgh 

and is poised as a future leading exponent 

of his instrument. He brings a wide-ranging musical taste 

to his artistry and despite being classically trained, cites 

Louis Armstrong as his biggest musical inspiration. He 

is a charismatic performer with an abundance of natural 

humour which translates into an effortless engagement 

with people and audiences. 

Honegger: Intrada 

Handel: Messiah: But who may abide the day of His coming 

Purcell: Dido’s Lament 

Sibelius: Valse Triste, op.44/1 

Florence Price: Sympathy (arr. Aaron Akugbo) 

Mendelssohn: Introduction and Rondo Capricioso Op 14 

(accordion solo) arr Corbett 

Piazzolla: Café 1930 

Bach / Vivaldi: Concerto in D for Trumpet BWV 972 

Wednesday 15th May 


ARIEL LANYI - piano 

In 2023, Ariel was honoured to receive the Prix Serdang, a 

Swiss prize awarded by the distinguished Austrian pianist 

Rudolf Buchbinder. He was also nominated as a Rising 

Star Artist by Classic FM in the same year. Prior to this 

Ariel won 3rd Prize at the 2021 Leeds International Piano 

Competition, and was a prize winner in the inaugural 

Young Classical Artists Trust (London) and Concert Artists 

Guild (New York) International Auditions in the same year. 

Mozart: Andante in F major, K. 616 

Beethoven: Sonata in E major, Op. 109 

Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Bach, Op. 81 

Thursday 16th May 


IRENE DUVAL – violin 

Sought after as a chamber musician, Irene collaborates 

with Khatia Buniatishvili at Klavier Ruhr Festival and 

Rheingau Festival, and with Steven Isserlis at Hindsgavl 

Festival in Danemark, and Cervo in Italy. She will make 

her debut in Australia beginning of the year 2024. 

Programme to be announced. 

Friday 17th May 


NORTHERN REEDS 

Northern Reeds was founded 

in 2019 by five graduates of the 

Royal Northern College of Music 

and is the UK’s first established 

reed quintet. This new and 

exciting chamber music format comprises five reeded 

instruments of the woodwind family: the oboe (Hannah 

Seymour), saxophone (Nathan Holroyd), clarinet (Chris 

Hardy), bass clarinet (Beth Machell) and bassoon (Alice 

Keegan). 

Robert Schumann: Waldszenen (arr. Raaf Hekkema) 

Eden Longson: Thunder Rolled... It Rolled A Six 

Jenni Watson: Helios (arr. Sean Hayes) 

Kev Wong: Last but not least 

George Gershwin: An American in Paris (arr. Raaf Hekkema) 

Tuesday 21st May 


ALEXANDRA ACHILLEA POUTA – 

mezzo soprano 

WILLIAM BRACKEN – piano 

Alexandra Achillea Pouta is a Greek mezzosoprano, 

winner of the 2023 Guildhall Gold 

Medal Award, and a two-time finalist of 

the Maria Callas Foundation Competition. 

She is a Samling Artist and was a 2022 Snape Artist in 

Residence at Britten Pears Arts. 

Will Bracken opened the lunchtime 

recitals at our Festival last year and was 

dazzling. Since then, he has won even 

more prizes - 1st prize, press prize and 

audience prize at the 2023 Euregio Piano 

Award international piano competition and 3rd prize at 

the 2024 UniSA international piano competition. 

Programme to be announced. 

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CHIPPING CAMPDEN 

HISTORY SOCIETY 

CCHS Archive and Local History 

Room, the Old Police Station, 

High Street, Chipping Campden. 

Our telephone is currently off-line, please email us. 

Email: enquiries@chippingcampdenhistory.org.uk 

Website: www.chippingcampdenhistory.org.uk 

Facebook: https:/www.facebook.com/campdenhouse. 

CCHS Talk in the Town Hall, 7.30pm 

Thursday 21st March: ‘The Historic Inscriptions and 

Graffiti in the Medieval Buildings of the Chipping 

Campden area’: Wayne Perkins, archaeologist and 

building surveyor. 

Wayne will talk about the various forms of medieval 

graffiti which can be seen locally, including masons’ marks, 

devotional and memorial inscriptions and “ritual building 

protection”. 

‘Talking Local History’ in the Court Room, 7.30pm 

Tues 26th March ‘Women of the Weston family’: 

Mary Fielding. 

Reading the will of John Weston of Ebrington led Mary to 

investigate the lives of his 11 children - 8 daughters and 3 

sons - and the marriage links between the Westons and other 

Campden families. 

Josephine Griffiths (1863-1947) left us many memories of 

Campden which she had collected as she visited the older 

people of the town. She wrote: 

“And now just a little account of bygone customs, sayings 

and doings of those now far-off days mostly related by old 

village friends, whose parents had verbally passed on the 

tale to their own children. 

To begin with, the 4th Sunday in Lent is generally called, 

amongst its various other names: “Mothering Sunday”. 

This is derived from the Epistle for that day which contains 

the words: “Jerusalem above which is the Mother of us all”. 

That Sunday was most strictly kept in this neighbourhood 

being regularly observed by the young and a Sunday of 

which much was thought. Indeed there was quite a flutter 

amongst sons and daughters who always made a point of 

looking up their parents and dining with them and should 

the young people have unhappily lost them, some aunt or 

Staff of the Griffiths’ household with two of the children in the 

donkey panniers. c. 1870 

elderly relative who had brought them up was visited and of 

course they stayed to dinner according to the usual custom. 

Among the food served at the annual feast was a great dish 

of frumenty i.e. wheatmeal boiled in milk with currants and 

sultanas in it. 

Other friends and relations would also drop in, during the 

day and the following lines would often be quoted by the 

visitors: “Mid Lent Sunday one with another, every child 

should dine with its mother”. And indeed it was duly 

emphasised that this Sunday was different from all other 

Sundays in Lent. 

Then a fortnight afterwards came Palm Sunday. Even in 

my own young days we were always expected to wear a 

sprig of palm or sallow [willow] and every lad wore one in 

his cap. “A pinch for no palm”, was the general saying if we 

unluckily ventured to church without one, and one’s candid 

brothers could pinch in those days. 

When the girls left school their mothers taught them 

housework, simple cookery and sewing, which proved 

an excellent training for the first “little place”. They too 

worked up in the domestic staff and proved capable and 

thrifty maids; often staying with their employer till they 

married. In fact they were looked upon as “one of the 

family” and proved most loyal and sympathetic friends in 

after life. 

The girls learnt mending and darning and worked their 

samplers. The object of these latter 

beautiful examples of needlecraft was 

to be able to mark legibly all personal 

and household linen for there were no 

woven Cash’s names in those days. 

[Now even Cash’s tapes are redundant!] 

Mrs Griffin went on to relate that “there 

were no boughten shirts in there days; 

suchlike wearing apparel being always 

made at home and how well it all lasted 

to be sure.” 

Now, in the next century, we may be 

moving back again to long-lasting and 

reusable. 

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Prints taken from glass plates in the 

Jesse Taylor collection 

Girls possibly 

going home 

to celebrate 

Mothering 

Sunday

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Below are details of just four (from 34) of the hugely varied events in this year’s festival 

Helen Lederer, best known as Catriona, the dippy journalist in the TV series Absolutely Fabulous, and star of Celebrity 

Big Brother 2017, tells all. A regular on the stand-up circuit and new-wave sketch shows in the 

decade that launched the careers of today’s comedy household names and national treasures, 

she shared stages with comedy pioneers like Ben Elton and Rik Mayall, and TV screens with 

Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Harry Enfield, and many others. From Bottom to Happy 

Families, Naked Video, French and Saunders, and Girls on Top; it is difficult to think of a comedy 

show that Helen wasn’t a part of. So, plain sailing then? Well, not really. Not That I’m Bitter is a 

powerful, frank and characteristically funny memoir revealing how choppy the waters could 

be. Brilliantly written, revealing, and moving. Not That I’m Bitter is sweet, sour, and 

unforgettable. ‘Helen Lederer is the third funniest woman in the world’ Dawn French 

Laura Cumming, chief art critic of the Observer, gives an illustrated presentation on Carel 

Fabritius, painter of the haunting masterpiece The Goldfinch, who died aged 32 when a gunpowder 

explosion devastated Delft on the morning of 12 October 1654. What happened to Fabritius 

before and after this disaster is just one of the discoveries in Thunderclap that explores the 

relationship between art and life, interweaving the lives of Laura Cumming, her Scottish painter 

father, who also died too young, and the great artists of the Dutch Golden Age. Laura’s is an 

exquisitely written and produced book about what a picture may come to mean: how it can enter 

your life and change your thinking in a thunderclap. At the end of the book Laura reveals an 

astonishing fact about The Goldfinch painting 

Imagine a fireball sweeping the length of Campden High Street or through Berrington Road and 

Castle Nurseries, killing 72 residents and severely injuring over 70. Grenfell Tower was a small 

close knit community every bit as strong as the ones in Campden and the surrounding villages. It 

was not, as some might think, a transient population but a community where many residents had 

lived for years, some even born there. Imagine the impact on our communities, and the natural 

thirst and demand for justice we would feel if that fire could have been avoided! An altogether 

different story to that of the Post Office scandal (which featured at last year’s festival) the 

appalling tragedy that struck the almost 600 residents of Grenfell Tower on the 14th June 2017 is 

another scandal that stills awaits resolution, and justice for the survivors. 

'A jaw-dropping account of a callous system that swept individual conscience aside in favour of profit and 

politics.' Evening Standard. 

Henry Porter interviews Eleanor Catton, the youngest ever winner of the Man Booker Prize, 

on what it means to win literary prizes, and they discuss Eleanor’s latest novel, Birnam Wood, 

a compelling thriller inspired by ‘Macbeth,’ Climate Change, and the perils of Social Media. 

Shakespearean in its wit, drama and immersion in character. 

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UPDATE 

PLANNING & CONSERVATION MATTERS 

Good progress has been made on the draft Neighbourhood 

Development Plan (NDP), which is planned to be issued for 

public consultation on Monday 8th April. The consultation 

period will last 6 weeks. During this period, the full NDP 

will be accessible on-line and hard copies will be able to 

be held for reading at specific locations e.g. at the library. 

The NDP is important; it guides, but does not determine, 

all planning decisions relating to land use in the area. It 

should therefore reflect the views of all stakeholders in the 

neighbourhood. Accordingly, we strongly urge all residents 

to respond to the consultation; your opinions need to be taken 

into account in the process of finalising our NDP. To assist 

Campden Society members in this respect, we will be issuing 

further communications in a Members’ Newsletter early in 

the consultation period. We do not intend to provide standard 

wording for responses, but rather to help you develop your 

own responses by providing additional explanation of the 

NDP policies, their consequences, and why they might be 

important to you. 

The Campden Society continue to monitor planning 

applications for properties in the Chipping Campden and 

Broad Campden area. In particular, we look at the impact 

on the surrounding environment, neighbouring properties, 

potential flooding, parking, traffic flow, the commercial 

viability, and the heritage of the town. 

We encourage everyone to submit individual views about 

planning applications and local strategy to Cotswold District 

Council. They are currently conducting two short digital 

surveys: one is on their Update of the Local Plan designed 

to make it “green to the core” and the other on the Cotswold 

Design Code which invites comments on Lady Juliana’s View, 

amongst other recent housing developments. The closing 

date for these surveys is 24th & 31st March respectively and 

can be found at www.cotswold.gov.uk/about-the-council/ 

having-your-say/consultations/ 

WOLDS END ORCHARD 

‘Bringing In’. If you have been keeping an eye on the 

Orchard, you might have seen recent activity cutting back 

some of our veterans. We are lucky to have two experts 

who are taking on the essential work of ‘bringing in’ the 

older tree, where the spread of the branches can become too 

much in stormy weather when 

laden with fruit. This process 

is cutting back the longer 

branches thereby bringing the 

centre of gravity and fruiting 

area closer to the trunk, and 

is helpful in prolonging the 

tree’s life. We have some 

grant funding from Cotswolds 

National Landscape to pay 

towards employing these 

experts, who are also taking 

on the more dangerous highlevel 

work that volunteers 

cannot do. 

WORK PARTIES : 2nd & 4th Saturdays 10am -12noon 

There are lots of jobs to get done this winter and there are 

jobs to fit every level of activity, knowledge and enthusiasm. 

Work party mornings are 9th & 23rd March – please add 

to your diaries and consider coming along! The Orchard’s 

future and health depends on volunteer support. 

You can just turn up, but if you want to contact us, email us at 

foweo2020@gmail.com or contact us through the Friends of 

Wolds End Orchard Facebook page. 

WORKSHOPS We have run two winter pruning workshops, 

with an evening session on grafting techniques. Look out for 

summer pruning, scything, and other sessions – drop us a line 

if you are interested. 

BLOSSOM DAY A date for your diary – on Saturday 27th 

April we will hold Blossom Day, where people are invited to 

pay a spring visit to the Orchard and enjoy the beauty of the 

blossom. Something to look forward to! 

Wolds End Apple Juice is now available to purchase at £3.50 

a 75cl bottle (or at a discounted price to Campden Society 

members of 6 bottles at £20 or 12 at £40) with free delivery 

in the Campden area; to purchase, please contact Geoffrey 

White on 0781 500 5879 or geoffreymwhite@gmail.com. In 

addition, they can be purchased from Court Barn Museum. 

Best wishes from Julianne, Geoff, Susie, Mike, John, 

Geoffrey, Steven and Owen 

ART IN THE ORCHARD : We have 

decided to try an extra day at the beginning 

of a week for those of us who find Friday 

just too busy. In addition, these sessions 

will be longer to allow people to sit 

and have lunch in the Orchard. Please 

remember that dogs are not allowed in the 

orchard. Spring sessions : All 1030 - 1530 

: Monday 4th and Friday 15th March. We 

will be working towards a small display of work inspired by 

the Orchard in the Spring. Christina Kingsmill. 

SOCIETY NEWS 

Our AGM this year will be held on Thursday 25th April 

in the Town Hall. We have two vacancies on the Society’s 

main committee. If you would like to consider joining us and 

support the charity’s work, do get in touch. 

Elizabeth Devas, Chair 

Images: The Craves/Keyna Doran; Art/Penny Lindner/ Pruning/Campden Society 

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SPRING LITTER PICKING 

Saturday 16th March. 

Meet at 10am outside the 

Lower Town Hall. 

Picker tongs, bags, gloves and HV 

gilets provided. 

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CHIPPING CAMPDEN 

COUNTRY MARKET 

Friday 9am – 11am • Lower Town Hall 

The Country Market is a co-operative of food and craft 

producers that has been providing goods to the town for 

over 40 years. All our food is produced in home kitchens 

with locally sourced products. All food producers have to 

have a food hygiene certificate and comply with national 

legislation re labelling and allergens. Our crafters also work 

at home. We offer a wonderful array of savoury, sweet and 

baked goods, alongside local seasonal fruit, veg, eggs, 

marmalade, jams, chutneys and honey. As all the meals 

on offer are freshly made the majority can be frozen and 

microwaved. Our crafters offer a variety of goods, from 

cards for all occasions, knitted children’s garments, to 

willow, wooden and sewn items. 

This month we will be celebrating St David’s Day on March 

1st with all things Welsh, the 8th is Pies, 22nd all things 

Irish and we are open on 28th March - Maundy Thursday 

from 2pm – 4pm for your Easter goodies, not Good Friday. 

Do you have a Level 3 Food Hygiene Certificate? We are 

currently looking to recruit more cooks and bakers so why 

not pop along and have a chat with Angela. 

If you are a local and have never visited us, please do come 

and see what we have to offer. We also offer an ordering 

service and if you are housebound we can deliver, call or 

email for an order form. 

For more information email countrymarket@tutamail.com 

or phone 07849 521143 or see our Facebook page. 

Alyson Jessopp, Market Manager 

Sundial House Interiors 

(Campden) Ltd 

Bespoke Interior Design and Soft Furnishings 

• Curtains, Pelmets 

• Cushions and 

and tiebacks 

window seats 

• Roman and Roller Blinds • Bedspreads and valances 

• Loose covers and re-upholstery 

Suppliers of fabrics and trimmings from: 

Colefax & Fowler - Jane Churchill - Manual Canovas - Lewis & 

Wood - Zoffany Sanderson - Clarke & Clarke - Jean Monro 

- GP & J Baker - Kravet - Mulberry - Nobilis - Casamance - 

Elanbach - Ian Sanderson - Wemyss - Turnel & Gigon - Warwick - 

JAB - Ian Mankin - Design Forum - Swaffer - Romo - Villa Nova 

- Troynorth - Linwood and many more …. 

Free measuring and estimating service 

Visit our showroom at: 

Sundial House | High Street | Chipping Campden | Glos GL55 6AG 

Tel: 01386 849275 Mobile: 07714433909 

Email: sundialhouseinteriors@mail.com 

www.sundialhouseinteriors.co.uk 

Chipping Campden Bulletin welcomes 

editorial and diary date contributions. 

Please email to: editor@campdenbulletin.co.uk 

Renew 55 

a cafe-style wellbeing space 

where it’s OK not to be OK 

presents: ‘ONE LIFE’ 

Friday 22nd March 2024 

in the Town Hall 

This British boigraphical drama 

tells the true story of a 29 year 

old London stockbroker, Nicholas 

Winton, whose humanitarian 

efforts in the Second World 

War rescued over 600 children 

from Nazi tyranny in occupied 

Czechoslovakia. It stars Anthony 

Hopkins and Johnny Flynn as Nicholas (old and young), 

with Helena Bonham Carter and Jonathan Pryce. 

Doors open at 7.10pm, film starts at 7.30pm 

Tickets £5.00 from TIC ( 01386 841206 or 

info@chippingcampdenonline.org ) 

or on the door (if not sold out) Refreshments available 

15 

• 

designated quiet space 

space to be creative 

• 

• 

learn a new skill 

• FREE hot drinks hot and cold snacks 

• 

a warm welcome 

EVERY THURSDAY 10am - 12noon 

At CAMPDEN BAPTIST CHURCH 

on the High Street

At St Catharine’s, we work hard, and we prepare the children for healthy and 

happy futures. We connect with other people, we are physically active, we 

learn new skills, we care about others, and we take the time to pause, and to 

give thanks. 

 

 

 

We are part of the Chipping 

Campden community: Greene 

Class pupils have brought joy 

to residents at Mill House, and 

vice versa, by visiting them to 

A group from Y3-Y6 have been 

practising for their singing 

performance for ‘Young Voices,’ 

the world’s biggest school 

choir! The performance takes 

range 

share stories and books; place at Resorts Arena, 

Children have also made their Birmingham. 

much-loved visits to the library; 

We are contributing to the Weekly singing with Richard 

plans for the Chipping from Longborough Festival 

Campden/ Pont d’ Ouilly Opera has been joyous for staff 

Festival in August; Our children 

are also contributing to the 

Town Council’s work on future 

and children alike. The 

improvement to post-COVID 

singing has been remarkable! 

plans for the Environment. 

Within school, we build 

relationships with each otherwhen 

things go wrong, which 

they inevitably do, we reflect 

and work out how to make 

things right, and we move on. 

We have begun a trial of 

reading for pleasure before the 

first school bell. Initial 

observations are that children 

are enjoying relaxing, reading, 

and chatting with friends and 

siblings about their book 

choices, and generally 

benefiting from a softer start to 

the day. 

Our pupil chaplains have been 

leading reflective prayer 

sessions each Wednesday 

across the classes, and peace 

has been a frequent topic for 

prayer this term. 

 

If you are interested in 

securing a place for your 

child at St Catharine’s, 

please contact 01386 

840677 to arrange a visit. 

We are proud of every 

single day that we offer the 

children, and every day is 

an ‘Open Day’ at St 

Catharine’s. Spaces are 

currently available in 

Reception and Year 1, with 

potentially more availability 

from September 2024 in 

other year groups. 

Year 6 children are benefiting 

from weekly swimming 

lessons. There are a whole 

of abilities within the 

group, but children are either 

working towards the end of 

Primary School expectations, 

or they are developing their 

stamina, life-saving skills and 

fitness. 

Forest School is a popular part 

of the week for our youngest 

pupils. This term they have 

planted some new trees to 

commemorate the foundation 

of the Little Way Catholic 

Educational Trust. 

Floorball has been a popular 

club and older children have 

participated in A, B and mixed 

league fixtures. 

Inter-school cross country 

fixtures have resumed. 29 

children volunteered to run, 

and children all beat their 

previous positions, except for 

Eleanor of course, who won 

again! There were several top 

10 finishers! 

All children participated in 

cricket workshops so that they 

are inspired for the summer 

term. 

We tend for our Prayer 

Garden. 

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CHICKEN RUN FOR 

CHARITY 

Sunday 28th April 2024 

10:00am-1:30pm 

Here’s a chance to get fit and have fun! 

Join us on Sunday 28th 2024 for our first 

5K walk/run at 360Fit Blockley. 

This is a great opportunity to shake off the winter blues, get 

fit for summer and raise money for Campden Home Nursng. 

So, dust off those running shoes, spread your wings and be a 

part of something truly egg-citing. 

Our 5K Chicken Run takes places within the grounds of a 

farm, set in 28 acres of beautiful Cotswold countryside in 

the picturesque village of Blockley. 

Participants of all ages and running abilities will have a 

unique opportunity to take part in a multi-terrain, crosscountry 

5K walk or run, taking in fresh air and the natural 

beauty of the rolling rural landscape. You don’t have to 

come dressed like a chicken, but this is a jolly, family event 

with a heartwarming purpose, so we encourage everyone 

to have fun at the same time as raising Funds for Campden 

Home Nursing. 

A 5K walk/run is an achievable and satisfying choice for 

families and those new to running. You will be able take 

in the scenery in a more leisurely style, whilst supporting 

Campden Home Nursing. 

So fly the coop, get outside, and race through the Cotswolds 

fields in our 5km Chicken fun run. Please gather your flock, 

colleagues, friends, or family, and join us for a poultry-inmotion 

celebration of community, support, and genuinely 

making a difference. 

Tickets cost £15 for adults and £5 for children under 18 or 

under, whether you walk or run. 

For more information and to sign up go to: 

www.campdenhomenursing.org/event/chickenrun/ 

SHEPHERDS CLOSE OPEN GARDEN 

Saturday 18th May, from 10am-4pm 

The stunning Shepherds Close garden will be open to the 

public again, with thanks to owner, Rita Down, in memory 

of her beloved husband, Roger, who was a passionate and 

talented gardener. This gorgeous hidden gem, in the heart of 

the Cotswolds, is set in three acres of beautifully kept and 

imaginatively planned grounds. And at this time of the year, 

you’ll see the garden at its best. 

Thank you to Rita, who is donating funds raised to 

Campden Home 

Nursing. 

Enjoy wandering 

around the garden 

at your leisure. 

Refreshments 

available, provided 

by Huxleys. 

Please note, last entry 

is 3.30pm. 

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& SECONDHAND BOOKS 

BOUGHT & SOLD 

2, Sheep Street, Chipping Campden 

Tel: 01386 841392 (Shop) 

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All domestic electrical work undertaken 

Quick, friendly, local service 

01386 593421 / 07778 941942 

C.POTS 

Bird Guards • Pots fitted 

Pointing and Repairs 

Gutters Cleaned 

Broken Roof Tiles Repaired 

Call Chris M: 07969 423020 

Evenings: 01386 841808 

COURT BARN 

A museum of craft and design 

October – March: Tuesday - Sunday, 10am – 4pm 

April – Sept: Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 5pm 

Closed Mondays, except bank holidays 

MARCH 

TURN THE PAGE 

Join us to mark World Book Day - a celebration of authors, 

books and the joy of reading - when we will be hosting book 

related events and activities. 

One-on-One - Informal talks by expert speakers. 

Saturday 2nd March 

Victoria Stevens ACR - library and archive Conservator: 

• Preserving and conserving ancient documents and books. 

Saturday 9th March 

Judith Ellis - Researcher and Archivist, Chipping Campden 

History Society 

• Researching local history for publication. 

Saturday 16th March 

Hermey Deller – Library Assistant, Chipping Campden 

Library 

• Stories from the library with the Gloucestershire Libraries 

team. 

11am at Court Barn. Free with entry ticket 

Please check our website for more details 

Saturday 23rd March – Sunday 21st April 

Spring Delights selling exhibition 

An opportunity to purchase work by local makers, there is 

something for everyone and prices to suit all pockets. 

FRIENDS 

Friday 1st March 

Charles Voysey: the Last Genius of the Arts & Crafts 

Movement 

Illustrated talk by Ian Lloyd-Oswell 

£10 for members and guests - payable at the door 

6pm Court Barn 

Monday 11th March 

Friends of Court Barn AGM 

Wine and soft drinks served before the meeting. 

A short introduction to the 2024 events programme followed by 

Talk: 20th Century Women Gardeners 

6pm for 6.30pm Court Barn 

FRIENDS OF COURT BARN 

The Friends aim to provide 

promotional and financial support to Court Barn by 

encouraging awareness and enthusiasm for the museum, in 

the north Cotswolds and wider world. 

Membership includes: Free admission to the museum, 

previews of special exhibitions, events, talks and newsletters. 

Single: £15 Joint: £20 

For information on membership and visits please contact: 

friends@courbarn.org.uk 

1902 CLUB LOTTERY 

The 1902 Club Lottery supports Court Barn and gives you a 

chance of winning a cash prize each month. To be a member 

there is either an annual subscription of £60 or a standing 

order for £5 per month. Visit www.courtbarn.org.uk to 

download an application form or call into Court Barn and 

collect a leaflet. 

VOLUNTEERS 

Love local history? Meeting new people? 

We are always looking for volunteers, particularly at the 

weekends. 

As a volunteer you will benefit from our volunteer social 

events, free entry to our exhibitions, a 10% discount on all 

museum shop purchases plus a great opportunity to make 

new friends in a warm and friendly environment. 

Please contact Court Barn to discuss volunteering options. 

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SECRETS OF THE MUSEUM – 

EXPLORING COURT BARN’S 

ARCHIVES 

On full view to the visitors is a wealth of beautiful objects 

created by artists influenced by C. R. Ashbee and his talented 

artisans of the Guild of Handicraft who came to our restful 

and honey-coloured town in 1902. The idyll was short-lived 

– many had to leave Chipping Campden between 1906 and 

1908 due to the Guild’s liquidation – but those who stayed 

left a legacy which encouraged later artists to move here 

and continue to create beautiful handmade works of art. 

Not on view – but equally important – is a wealth of 

archives which reveal information and stories about some 

of the artists, but also much about the residents of our town. 

Browsing through these boxes has proved to be an exciting 

and rewarding volunteering role for two eager researchers. 

Court Barn’s archive rooms can hardly be described as 

spacious! Two tiny rooms for two rather tall people is a bit 

of a squash but the thrill of looking through boxes to gather 

fascinating information makes up for it. An 

old leather bag caught our attention which 

set us off on our first successful talk – 

about a gentleman called Fred Hart 

whom some of Chipping Campden’s 

residents will remember. David Hart 

knew a great deal about his relative and 

was generous with more information 

and trusting us with his precious 

albums. Talking to residents who have 

good memories is rewarding, underlining 

how important it is to keep and maintain 

archives. We also paid a visit to Gloucester 

Record Office to mine their archives for more information. 

Their members of staff were friendly and helpful, and we 

made several fascinating discoveries. 

Having brought Fred into the limelight we were eager to 

mine Court Barn’s archives for further revelations – the 

more we dig, the more will be revealed. We are unearthing 

many photographs, letters, drawings, articles and objects, 

which are already inspiring us to research and produce 

more articles and illustrated talks. 

People are very kind and eager to give us information. 

Archivists must able to distinguish between truth and 

flights of fancy, avoid prurient gossip, allow for spelling 

discrepancies and be confident that what they elicit is 

accurate. We will maintain these high standards in our 

research and continue with pleasure to provide more exciting 

stories about Court Barn’s small but brilliant collections. 

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Chipping Campden Rotary Club and the local 

Community First Responder Team organised a 

wonderfully enjoyable and very successful wine appreciation event in the Town 

Hall. Boe Jigge provided beautiful and original music, and many local businesses 

gave generously towards prizes for the tombola stall and auction or made donations 

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A huge thank you to the organisers, to all of our guests, to Boe Jigge, and to the 

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afield, for contributing to a delightful evening. Thank you to The Cotswold Hotel, 

The Volunteer Inn, Jeremy Houghton, Greys Opticians, Katie’s Coffee Shop, 

Frankie Doodle, Mooch, Leese Consulting Ltd, Nick West, Michael Unsworth, 

Christina Kingsmill, Sam Wilson, Dove, Victor’s, One Stop, Peter Clarke Estate 

Agent, Chipping Campden Home Nursing Charity Shop, Table and Stuff, Huxleys, 

The Bakers Arms, David Moore Butchers, Lisa Drinkwater Flowers, Vegetable 

Matters, Robert Welch, The Three Ways Hotel and also thank you to the many 

wonderful residents who gave very generous cash donations to the CFR Vehicle 

Fund! Thank you! 

Saturday 2nd March is the Rotary District Final of Young Musician at 11am Tudor 

Grange Academy, Worcester WR3 8HN. Representing Chipping Campden and 

District will be instrumentalist, George Swayne, Clarinet, and vocalist, Emily 

McCarthy. 

Our Junior Youth Speaks Competition will take place in the Town Hall Chipping 

Campden on Monday the 11th of March at 6pm (Not Tuesday 12th March as 

previously stated), the subject is ‘If Only’. 

Our speaker on the Thursday 11th April, will be Alastair Price, “What My Father 

Did in The War”, all are welcome to join us. (Please contact us for further details) 

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1ST CHIPPING CAMPDEN BROWNIES 

1st Chipping Campden Brownies started their Half Term break 

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We had a guided tour of the ground and changing rooms and 

offices before the Brownies joined the team in the tunnel to be 

their mascots to lead them out onto the pitch for their game 

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The game ended in a 2-2 draw, it was a very exciting experience 

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Then on Tuesday - Shrove Tuesday - they had the chance 

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Silk, to Aston on Carrant. Then to Kemerton and back. 

It’s an easy walk from Beckford to Aston on Carrant 

(the east town on Carrant Brook). Then north to 

Kemerton (the farm-enclosure of Cynemaer). We then 

finish by heading east back to Beckford (the ford of 

Becca across the Carrant Brook). An interesting walk 

in an interesting area. Please bring drink/snack. 

Start: 10.00am Outside Beckford Church GL20 7AD. 

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21st March – Moderate 3.5hr 7ml 

This is a watery walk only in name, as we follow 

the River Windrush towards its source, cross a Ford, 

encounter a sheepwash and cross a little bridge. The 

route wends along less well-known paths through the 

countryside passing through only very small villages. 

The paths are hilly with one short, steep slope just after 

Pinnock up through beech woods. Bring drinks/snack. 

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hills and rough ground. STRENUOUS – may be rough 

underfoot and ascents and descents may be steep. We 

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Walks are free although we do invite donations to help fund 

our conservation and improvement work. 


Baptist Church, High Street 

open EVERY FRIDAY 12 noon - 1.30pm 

Helping local people in crisis 

Donations for the foodbank may be left at: 

The Post Office at Peridot Digital (during opening hours) 

The Library (during opening hours) 

The Baptist Church (Fridays 12 noon - 1.30pm) 

We are so grateful for the support of our community! 

CAMPDEN VOLUNTARY HELP GROUP 

The CVHG is a group of volunteers who work together 

to provide the following services in: Chipping Campden, 

Ebrington, Broad Campden, Mickleton, Weston Subedge, 

Aston Subdedge. 

LIFTS TO THE CAMPDEN SURGERY 

This service is for patients who have no other means of 

getting to their appointments. It is entirely free of charge 

(donations always welcome). One of our drivers will pick 

you up and take you home with, if necessary, a stop at the 

chemist to pick up a prescription. 

CONTACT: Transport must be booked via the surgery 

when making your appointment, on 01386 841894. 

We always need new volunteer drivers for our drives to 

the surgery. You do not have to commit to times or days, 

simply be on a list for contacting and you decide if you 

can help. Contact Coreen Turner on 01386 849316. 

HELP WITH MOBILITY AIDS 

If you need a temporary loan of mobility equipment, we 

may be able to help. This is a selection of the items we 

have: Wheelchairs, bathroom equipment, zimmer frames, 

walkers and strollers. No charge is made for borrowing 

the equipment, but a donation is welcome on returning it 

to enable us to continue with this service. 

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Karcher wet vac, and a ‘Shirley Bassett’ plaster dog. So from 

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A similar mixed bag came in this time – one of our repairers 

meticulously reconstructed a roller blind mechanism on 

the spot – and took away an acoustic guitar. As always our 

electricals table was kept busy with lamps, radios, vacs and 

the like 

The principle is - repair - renew - recycle - don’t throw it out. 

We’ve saved quite a bit from landfill! 

But to feature this time are two ‘toy hospital’ items. One of 

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8 years old, and a snowman of about 18 years of age – with 

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The Bulletin’s 

monthly columnist: 

Submit and share alternative wording 

It’s an election year and I’m already bored with it all. Politics and politicking are 

ghastly as I fear it’s a race to the bottom with promises of tax cuts combined with 

a failure of foresight by all concerned to properly invest for the future. I think 

that’s called electile dysfunction. 

I’m not talking about money alone, but the hearts and minds investment made 

in the important things, manufacturing industry, traditional and bleeding edge, 

all public services, financial institutions and in the services sector which together 

form the glue bonding us. 

If there were to be a call to arms, as some were suggesting a few weeks ago, 

I suspect the very people who would be expected to swell the ranks would 

be reluctant to do so in any way similar to previous generations as they feel 

betrayed by the ‘system’ which was born in post war times to keep our fellow 

countrymen united. One must feel something is worth fighting for but the gossip 

around suggests a deepening sense that our politicians are out of touch. The 

crisis surrounding the lack of affordable homes, waiting lists, inflation, all punish 

rather than reassure. Some watchers of our society speculate that our three-class 

system has become extended with the unwelcome addition of an underclass. 

As I sat down to write this, I sought inspiration firstly, by looking into my halfdrunk 

mug of coffee and then onto the Chipping Campden Town Council website, 

yes, I was that desperate. I stumbled onto the section which deals with planning 

and the (NDP) neighbourhood development plan. My call for inspiration was 

answered! 

The Cotswolds is a very desirable place to be, and as increasing numbers of 

retirees move to the area, so their values and opinions permeate. The NDP is 

a great example of middle-class thinking being presented as something in 

‘everyone’s’ best interests. It is not. There is a paragraph in a green box on the 

response form which sets out the vision of Chipping Campden and invites readers 

to submit and share alternative wording. I would encourage you to do just that. 

You see lost in all the sanitised 59 words is the reality that farming, tourism, 

education, retail, trades, and care homes need good people, sadly earning close 

to the minimum wage, at the heart of our community. Those people need to live 

here not in the unaffordable gated community which the area is fast becoming as 

a result of the influence of new, on a good pension, middle class residents. I think 

words like creativity, culture and commerce plays to the out of touch Campden 

Society types who, via groupthink ‘guilt’ the rest of us into believing yesteryear 

is infinitely more preferable than progress. A knackered old orchard might be 

nice to have but it doesn’t help drive the local economy or care for the health 

needs of the community. An accessible, well-resourced doctor’s surgery – not 

ramps but the availability of actual appointments with clinicians, when we need 

them, a sort of health care on demand type service would be novel and what the 

NHS was intended to provide. 

The Chancellor is considering what to do with ‘fiscal headroom’ and how to best 

woo voters. I suggest don’t reduce taxes but use the cash to get hospital managers 

to sort out waiting times in A & E and the horror of queuing ambulances. There’s 

something incredibly weird about the situation that I can get an appointment, 

obtain medicine, have scans and x-rays, undergo complex surgery at a vets for 

my dog more easily than for myself in the NHS. 

Enjoy the races! 

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NOTES FROM THE MEETING 

OF CHIPPING CAMPDEN TOWN 

COUNCIL 

For full copies of the confirmed minutes - 

see Town Council website 

9th January 2024, Town Hall 

Key to Councillors: Michael Haines (MH), Patrick Spink 

(PS), Teresa Newman (TN), Chairman Chris Jones (CJ), 

Liz Hodges (LH), Lutti Bates (LB), Janet Wilkinson (JW), 

Mark Benson (MB), Paul Welford (PC), Nic Cary (NC) Julie 

Williams (Deputy Town Clerk - TC). 

Lynden Stowe (LS), Gina Blomefield (GB), Tom Stowe (TS) 

Present: Cllrs CJ, PS, MH, LB, JW, LH, TN, MB, PW 

In attendance: TC, GB, TS and 11 members of the public. 

Apologies: NC 

Minutes: Subject to the correction of one typographical error 

at Item 4, it was resolved that the minutes of the Town Council 

meeting held on 12 December 2023 be approved and signed by 

the chairman. 

Confidential meeting notes from 12 December 2023 meeting 

were received and agreed as a true record of discussions. 

Clerk’s Report: The Deputy Town Clerk gave a verbal report 

to council. 

Public Session: To provide members of the public / press with 

the opportunity to comment on items on the agenda or raise items 

for future consideration. In accordance with Standing Orders 

this will not exceed 20 minutes and three minutes per person. 

It was resolved to suspend standing orders at 19:38. 

Being a new councillor, PW requested the public introduced 

themselves before speaking, subject to feeling comfortable 

doing so. 

The following comments/questions were received from members 

of the public: 

• Temporary road closure of Church Street granted for National 

Grid from 22 - 24 January inclusive. Request to try and get the 

dates changed to February half-term. 

• Church Street parking on double yellow lines – school 

collection time is diabolical. Cars are being parked on double 

yellow lines opposite the Alms-houses for four continuous days. 

The situation has got worse in last twelve months. Yellow lines 

need to be policed. Information passed to LS. 

• Concerns were expressed that there was no mention of the 

budget on the agenda. Council advised an extraordinary meeting 

is being arranged - date to be published once agreed, but likely 

to be 23 January 2024. 

• Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding should not 

be considered as part of the income. This is wrong and false 

accounting. The Town Council spend is currently in surplus and 

if CIL money is taken out the council would be in deficit. 

• Grant to the Peelers Trust in the budget has not yet been made. 

Expenditure has been made from own reserves. Commitment in 

the budget for £10k grant. 

• Old Police Station gutters require clearing. Refer to Peelers 

Trust. 

• Could the 30mph speed limit could be extended from Dyers 

Lane to the crossroads? It was appreciated this query was a 

Gloucestershire County Council Highways issue. 

To be referred to the Management Committee for consideration. 

• If the new councillor is requesting the public to introduce 

themselves, can the same consideration apply for councillors 

having name plates? Consideration to be given to the request. 

• Regarding the traffic calming considerations for Westington 

and Back Ends, it seems a shame that the Town Council is 

sweeping it aside and saying it is nothing to do with the Town 

Council. 

• The car park at the Recreation Ground is in an awful condition. 

Could the CIL funding be used for repairs? 

• The Town Council is again going into another private session 

relating to staffing matters. £17K has been committed to legal 

expenses and still no statement has been made to the public. 

• Recycling of blister packs – there is no provision at the 

pharmacy, doctor’s surgery or Jecca’s House. 

The Town Council awarded a grand of £500 to the doctor’s 

surgery in 2023 to contribute to the purchase of blister boxes at 

a cost of £200 each. 

• Can anything be done about the increase in the number of 

parking cones being used by High Street residents to secure 

parking spaces? 

• What can be done about the electric cable being trailed from a 

letter box in Leysbourne to charge an electric vehicle? This is a 

trip hazard to pedestrians. 

• What is happening with residents parking permits? 

• The condition of the pavement outside Woolstaples Hall looks 

as if the tree roots are pushing through the slabs. To be reported 

to Gloucester County Council Highways Department. 

It was resolved to reinstate standing orders at 19:57. 

County Councillor’s Report: Cllr LS sent his apologies and 

did not attend the meeting. A written report was not provided as 

there was nothing substantial to report. 

District Councillor’s Report: A verbal report was received 

from Cllrs. GB and TS. Both councillors to forward written 

reports to the deputy clerk following the meeting. 

Planning: Minutes from the Planning committee meeting, held 

on 12 December 2023, were received and noted. A verbal update 

following the meeting held on 9 January 2024 was also provided. 

Finance, Standards & Audit: 

• It was agreed to defer approval of the financial statements for 

the Town Council Bank Accounts to the next council meeting as 

the bank statements had not been received. 

• It was resolved to approve list of payments to be made January. 

• The CIL income was received and noted – Appendix B 

refers. CIL funding already received will be ring-fenced whilst 

consideration is given to which projects the monies will fund. 

• Three anonymised options were presented to the council. It 

was resolved to appoint Option B - Gloucestershire Association 

of Parish and Town Councils (GAPTC) - to be the Internal 

Auditor for financial year 2023/24, at a cost of £275 (VAT not 

applicable), plus mileage. 

Traffic Management: A verbal update was received from LH, 

Committee Membership: It was resolved to appoint Paul 

Welford to Planning, Traffic Management and FSA Committees. 

The Terms of Reference were not reviewed and deferred to a 

future meeting. 

Training: It was resolved to authorise the Deputy Town Clerk 

to receive Clerk: The Knowledge training, delivered by GAPTC 

and split over two sessions. Part 1 – The Essentials on 23 January 

@ a cost of £45 and Part 2 – A Miscellany on 13 February @ a 

cost of £45 (LGA 1972 S111) 

St. James’ Church yard and West End Terrace Cemetery: A 

table of five anonymised options was presented to the council. 

It was resolved to appoint Option 3, Memsafe, to undertake 

memorial headstone safety testing for 2024 at both sites, at a 

cost of £3,723.25 ex VAT. 

West End Terrace Cemetery: It was resolved to appoint The 

CDS Group at a cost of £2,350 ex VAT to carry out a scoping 

survey and mapping of the area in order to secure further plots. 

Twinning Association Community Event: It was resolved 

to set-up a Twinning Association Working Party to include PS, 

LH, CJ & MH. Event funding to be considered at budget setting 

meeting in January (date to be confirmed). 

Visitor Information Centre: It was resolved to include a 

formal proposal for funding to be submitted for consideration at 

budget setting meeting in January (date to be confirmed). 

Climate Emergency: It was agreed to re-form the Climate 

Change Working Party. Members are to include Cllrs LH, LB & 

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PW. The first meeting will be held in February 2024. Interested 

non-members will be invited to join the working party. To be 

advertised locally and on the council’s website. 

Future Agenda Items: To note items for future consideration 

and not for discussion. 

• Visitor Information Centre 

• Twinning Event 

• Adoption of Littleworth telephone box 

For the protection of personal data, it was resolved to move into 

Confidential Session to discuss Separate Business, pursuant to 

s.1(2) of the Public Bodies (admission to Meetings) Act 1961 

and Standing Order 10a(xi) 

The TC left the meeting at this juncture and LB continued to 

take the minutes. 

Staffing Matters: A verbal report was provided by JW following 

the discussions/meetings held with staff. Correspondence from a 

resident and the deputy clerk was also received. Actions arising 

were agreed as follows: 

• The clerk’s requested holiday dates were approved. 

• A return-to-work meeting to be organised between LB, TC, 

and the Clerk for Monday 22 January 2024. 

• Further meeting with clerk be arranged for 25 January 2024. 

• VAT reclaim submissions to be reviewed. Advice from HMRC 

to be sought. 

Confidential meeting notes were taken – refer for further 

information. 

MEETINGS OF CHIPPING 

CAMPDEN TOWN COUNCIL 

PLANNING COMMITTEE 

23rd January 2024, The Town Hall 

All plans are available on CDC website - www.cotswold.gov.uk 

PLANNING APPLICATIONS RECEIVED 

• 24/00131/TCONR Common pear - marked A1 on the sketch plan. 

Reduce the crown by 1m so that the current 8m high x 9m spread becomes 

7m high x 7m spread. Also thin the crown by 20%. No pruning has been 

undertaken on this tree for at least 7 years. Its spread has encroached on 

the adjacent mountain ash trees (marked B5 and B6 on the sketch plan) 

and is damaging their development. This can be clearly seen in photo 

1 taken September 2023 with the trees in full foliage. The tree requires 

thinning to address crossing branches, to open the tree to sunlight and to 

encourage better quality fruiting. Mountain ash - marked A2 on the sketch 

plan. Remove as the tree has died - the tree is marked on photo 1 and can 

be seen to have no foliage in September 2023. No work is proposed to trees 

marked B1 (Maidenhair tree) and B2-B8 (mountain ash). Orchard View 7A 

The Leasows Chipping Campden Glos GL55 6ES. 

• 23/03682/LBC Demolition and replacement of annex and garage with 

associated works. Westington Mill Park Road Chipping Campden Glos 

GL55 6EB. 

• 23/03681/FUL Demolition and replacement of annex and garage with 

associated works. Westington Mill Park Road Chipping Campden Glos 

GL55 6EB. 

• 23/0059/CWS73M The following notification has been received from 

Gloucestershire County Council. Proposal: Variation of condition 6 

(Duration) to extend restoration period by 24 months until 31st December 

2025 of planning consent 18/0066/CWMAJM dated 29/03/2019 relating to 

quarry restoration variation. Location: Stanleys Quarry, Greenway Road, 

Blockley, Glos. 

DECISION NOTICES FROM CDC WERE NOTED 

• 22/03006/LBC Permit Demolish conservatory, erection of single storey 

rear extension, replace/repair windows and internal works. Primrose 

Cottage Broad Campden Chipping Campden Glos GL55 6XB. 

• 22/03005/FUL Permit Demolish conservatory, erection of single storey 

rear extension and replace/repair windows. Primrose Cottage Broad 

Campden Chipping Campden Glos GL55 6XB 

• 24/00131/TCONR No Objection Common pear - marked A1 on the 

sketch plan. Reduce the crown by 1m so that the current 8m high x 9m 

spread becomes 7m high x 7m spread. Also thin the crown by 20%. No 

pruning has been undertaken on this tree for at least 7 years. Its spread has 

encroached on the adjacent mountain ash trees (marked B5 and B6 on the 

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requires thinning to address crossing branches, to open the tree to sunlight 

and to encourage better quality fruiting. Mountain ash - marked A2 on the 

sketch plan. Remove as the tree has died - the tree is marked on photo 1 and 

can be seen to have no foliage in September 2023. No work is proposed 

to trees marked B1 (Maidenhair tree) and B2-B8 (mountain ash). Orchard 

View 7A The Leasows Chipping Campden Glos GL55 6ES. 

MEETINGS OF CHIPPING 

CAMPDEN TOWN COUNCIL 

PLANNING COMMITTEE 

6th February 2024, The Town Hall 

All plans are available on CDC website - www.cotswold.gov.uk 

10am - 4pm 


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PLANNING APPLICATIONS RECEIVED 

• 24/00250/TCONR Removal of Fir tree. Baptist Manse Back Ends 

Chipping Campden Glos GL55 6AU. 

• 24/00202/TCONR 1. Section Fell Eucalyptus tree near boundary with 

Briar Hill Farm 2. Reduce height of a leylandii conifer by one third 3. 

Section Fell 2 small Leylandii conifers immediately adjacent to the one to 

be reduced in height as per No. 2 above. Hollybush Barns Broad Campden 

Chipping Campden Glos GL55 6UZ. 

• 24/00193/TCONR T1 - Rowan by drive, removal and grind out stump, 

needed to allow greater access. T2 - Rowan by house, removal and grind 

out stump, tree is rotting and potential unstable. Walnut Cottage High 

Street Chipping Campden Glos GL55 6AG. 

• 23/03719/FUL Proposed demolition of existing conservatory and 

erection of single and 2 storey front, side and rear extension and loft 

conversion. Winterfold Hoo Lane Chipping Campden Glos GL55 6AZ. 

• 24/00263/TCONR Tulip Tree to rear of garden, thinning of internal 

branches and lifting of crown by 15%. Eucalyptus Tree, crown reduction 

by 20%. Mullion House High Street Chipping Campden Glos GL55 6AL. 

DECISION NOTICES FROM CDC WERE NOTED 

• 23/03107/COMPLY Permit Compliance with conditions 3 (Bats), 7 

(Stone tiles), 8 (Stonework sample panel including corner) of permission 

23/01677/FUL - Demolition of existing extension and erection of single 

storey and two storey side/rear extensions, fenestration alterations, 

replacement render and associated works. The Tithe House Church Street 

Chipping Campden Glos GL55 6JE. 

• 23/01459/FUL Permit Erection of a dwelling and associated works. Land 

Rear of Wyldlands Broad Campden Glos. 

• 23/03353/FUL Decided Erection of single storey rear extension. 14 

Fereby Close Chipping Campden Glos GL55 6ET. 

• 23/03961/TCONR Decided T1 - 12m mature Maple - felled to ground 

level. T2 - 12m mature Maple - 4m crown reduction. Briar Hill Cottage 

Broad Campden Chipping Campden Glos GL55 6XB. 

PUBLIC MEETINGS OF CC TOWN COUNCIL 

All meetings in Town Hall. See noticeboard on Town Hall 

for further information. 

March 2024 

Tuesday 12th Town Council 7.30pm 

To contact Clerk: clerk@chippingcampden-tc.gov.uk

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Our talk on the 13th February’s was entitled ‘Penstemons and 

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On 13th April we will be holding our Annual Spring Show in 

Washbrook Barn in Ebrington. 

Our membership is based on Ebrington but we have members 

from around the district including Chipping Campden, 

Quinton, Hampton, Shipston, Paxford, the Hidcotes and 

Charingworth. New members always welcome. 

Contact Simon or Jill Coombe 01386 593574 or by email at 

tigscoombe@talk21.com. 

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Around the villages... 

EBRINGTON VILLAGE HALL 

MURDER MATTERS 

Friday 15th & Saturday 16th March 

GREEN FINGERS 

A botanical Murder Mystery at Ebrington Village Hall 

Tickets now released for Friday 15th March as Saturday 

16th March almost sold out! 

Please contact Allison Taylor on 07855 524266 or email 

ebringtonvillagehall22@gmail.com 

Not for profit – all funds for hall upkeep. 

As readers will know from last 

month’s Bulletin, I have an 

enduring battle with molluscs 

in my garden, so it is with great 

anticipation that I’m looking forward to hearing Sally Oates 

from Dillycot tell us how to overcome pests with hand tools 

and organic techniques, when she visits Mickleton Gardening 

Club on Wednesday 20 March 2024.* This will be part of a 

broader talk on ‘How to Win on your Allotment’ returning an 

unloved plot into full production … in time to enter the fruits 

(and veg) of your labour in our Summer Show. 

If allotments or veg gardens aren’t your thing, then you may 

prefer to join the Inter-Gardening Club Quiz, which this year is 

hosted by our friends at Blockley Gardening Club on the same 

evening. 

Leaping forward to Wednesday 19 June 2024, Mickleton 

Gardening Club has it’s answer to Campden Open Gardens. 

Each year we try to vary the month and ask different club 

members (and some kind non-members) to open their gardens 

in Mickleton for members to visit and plunder ideas and 

surreptitious cuttings. 

I’m mentioning Open Gardens now, because YOU might feel 

tempted to open your garden... and it really is a joy to do. We 

seldom have an ‘end goal’ in gardening, so having a date for 

lots of friends to visit and heap praise on you for your pristine 

borders, croquet-like lawn or wildlife haven of a pond, makes 

all the work worthwhile. It’s quite an ego boost! It’s especially 

interesting in Mickleton where the older, mature gardens are 

juxtaposed the new; sizes, themes and designs vary whilst most 

owners work with clay soil and armies of molluscs. 

Please contact us through www.mickletongc.org.uk to find out 

more about opening your garden, or of course, come along to 

one of our meetings on the third Wednesday in the month, at 

King George’s Hall, Mickleton, 7pm for 7.30pm start. 

*At our Wednesday 20th March meeting, Rob will be bringing 

some of his amazing bird and bat boxes and other handcrafted 

wooden habitats for garden visitors. 

2024 PROGRAMME 

Wednesday 20th March - Winning on your allotment - 

returning an unloved plot to production and overcoming the 

elements and pests with hand tools and organic techniques 

with Sally Oates from Dillycot, bringing plants, seeds and 

seedlings to sell. 

Wednesday 20th March - Inter-club quiz hosted by Blockley. 

Wednesday 17th April - Principles and pitfalls of new 

border design with Lucy Hartley. 

Wednesday 15th May - Plants that have recently grabbed my 

attention with Bob Brown from Cotswold Garden Flowers - 

bringing plants to sell. 

Wednesday 19th June - Open Gardens. 

Tuesday 2nd July - MGC visit to Colebrook, Blockley with 

Glyn Jones - 2pm - £6. 

Wednesday 17th July - The scented garden with Gail Plant. 

Saturday 24th August - Annual show. 

Tuesday 3rd September - MGC visit to Pettifers Garden, 

Wardington, Banbury - 2pm - £10. 

Wednesday 18th September - Camassia, Chris, Chelsea and 

Chaos with Stella Exley from Hare Spring Cottage Plants, 

bringing bulbs and plants to sell. Non-members £5. 

Wednesday 16th October - It’s not time for bed yet - getting 

the most out of your garden in autumn with Helen Picton, 

bringing plants to sell. 

Wednesday 20th November - AGM with fun quiz. 

MICKLETON WI 

FEBRUARY MEETING: 

Our speaker this month was Paul Murphy 

who gave a very interesting talk about the life 

of Charlie Chaplin. 

News: Once again, we will be entering a team to the County 

Skittles Competition from Spring to the Autumn. It was good 

fun last year so we are hoping to attract 15 members so that 

absences can be covered. Our social/practice evenings will 

be held at the Butchers Arms where we will be provided with 

food. 

We will be recommencing our very popular walking group 

in March. 

Next meeting - 11th March 

Craft Session - Easter Rag Wreaths. 

Meetings are held on the second Monday of the month at 

7:30pm at King George’s Hall, Mickleton. New members are 

welcome as are visitors for whom we charge a fee of £5.00. 

THE MICKLETON SOCIETY 

PICTURES AROUND MICKLETON 

FEBRUARY MEETING 2024 

An exceptional number of members came to The Three Ways 

House Hotel on Wednesday the 7th to hear and see Terry 

Richardson, writer and photographer, talk about and show us 

his work. 

Terry, from Willersey, provides articles and photographs for a 

range of magazines and trade journals particularly concerned 

with agriculture and rural affairs. He also sells his fine art 

photography nationally and internationally. For the purposes 

of the Society talk he had cast his eye and camera around 

Mickleton and surrounding hills illustrating what he considered 

the ‘pastoral feel’ of the village. He showed stunning photos of 

our St Lawrence’s Church, a local garden and the flowers around 

the Manor. His photographs showed off the crops growing in 

the allotments and he even photographed ‘a local’gathering in 

his harvest of potatoes. Our local butcher, David Moore, also 

featured, especially as Terry is a customer. 

Terry imparted some tips to budding photographers: patience 

to avoid unwanted objects in the picture of Fish Hill without 

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cars; the virtues of a steady hand [or tripod] and a sharp 

focus to capture the essence of the subject; going out of focus 

creating depth or movement. He highlighted some common 

misconceptions: a cloudless sky can be less interesting than 

sky broken by clouds or the branches of a tree. Similarly a dark 

night sky and bright moon can be bettered by a late evening 

sky and moon to bring out the details of the moon’s surface. 

All these points he illustrated by some amazing photos of the 

stars and the ‘Milky Way’ although it was evident that some 

members didn’t relish standing in Willersey Churchyard in the 

middle of the night to get these shots. 

Finally he illustrated the effects created by photo manipulation 

software and illustrated that by showing a carless Mickleton 

High Street into which Terry had inserted a horse and cart from 

another photo to give the High Street a nineteenth century feel. 

He concluded and took questions about the cameras and lenses 

he used. His talk was rewarded with a hearty round of applause 

and members viewed more of his work on display. 

The second half of the meeting was taken up with the 

announcement of the publication of Cotswold District Council’s 

Local Plan revision, Committee member Geoff Field giving a 

summary of the plan and how it can be viewed online. This 

was followed by a brief presentation by member and Parish 

Councillor Geoff Mayling. The Parish Council are due to 

debate it at their next meeting on the 28th February, which the 

public are welcome to attend, but members were encouraged 

to read the Plan for themselves and give the District Council 

their views. 

The next talk at the Society will be on 6th March when John 

Longman, Master Cheese Maker [formerly at Daylesford] will 

talk about A Lifetime in Cheese. The meeting is at 7.30pm at 

The Three Ways House Hotel, refreshments and raffle as usual. 

WESTON SUB EDGE COMMUNITY 

TEA & COFFEE MORNING 

Village Hall • Second Monday of each month 

Want to make new friends or even catch up with 

what is going on locally and have a good chat with old friends, 

why not come and join us at 10.30am for an hour. Free to attend, 

all we ask for is a small voluntary contribution towards running 

costs. A warm welcome is waiting for you. 

To find out more, give Sue or Anna a call: Sue Prestage on 07710 

998361 or 01386 840538 Anna Edmonds on 01386 840725 

WHAT’S ON IN WESTON SUB EDGE 

Village Hall, Evesham Road GL55 6QJ 

...Around the villages 

WESTON SUB EDGE RURAL CINEMA 

Thursday 7th March 2024 

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 

Daredevil archaeologist Indiana 

Jones races against time to 

retrieve a legendary dial that 

can change the course of 

history. Accompanied by his 

goddaughter, he soon finds 

himself squaring off against 

Jürgen Voller, a former Nazi 

who works for NASA. 

Tickets: £5pp on the door 

Weston sub-edge Village Hall 

Start time: 7.30pm 

Bar will be open for food and 

drinks 

WESTON SUB EDGE RURAL CINEMA 

Thursday 28th March 2024 

OPPENHEIMER 

During World War II, Lt. 

Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. 

appoints physicist J. Robert 

Oppenheimer to work on 

the top-secret Manhattan 

Project. Oppenheimer and a 

team of scientists spend years 

developing and designing the 

atomic bomb. Their work comes 

to fruition on July 16, 1945, 

as they witness the world’s 

first nuclear explosion, forever 

changing the course of history. 

Tickets: £5pp on the door 

Weston sub-edge Village Hall 

EARLY Start time: 7.00pm 

Bar will be open for food and drinks. 

Chipping Campden Bulletin welcomes 

editorial and diary date contributions. 

Please email to: editor@campdenbulletin.co.uk 

Gentle Yoga Fri 9.45am to 10.45am Booking Essential 07969 689402 

Keep Fit Mon 4pm to 5pm 07733 221134 

Dog Training Tue PM Call to confirm 07747 798092 

Dog Training Wed AM Call to confirm 07747 798092 

Zumba Wed none 20th 6.30pm to 7.30pm 07950 602609 

U3A Tues 5th Mar 10am - 12 noon 01386 849168 

Film Thur 7th Mar 7.30pm Indiana Jones & the Dial of Destiny 

Coffee Morning Mon 11th Mar 10.30am to 11.30am 07710 998361 / 01386 840725 

Evening Yoga Thur 14th/21st Mar 6.30pm to 7.30pm Contact Caitlin on 07956 704889 

Morning Praise at Church Sun 24th Mar 11am 

PC Meeting Tue 26th Mar 7.30pm 

Film Thur 28th Mar 7.00pm EARLY START Oppenheimer 

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REGULAR EVENTS... 

Mondays 9am - 10.30am Happy Faces Toddler Group, Church Rooms (term time only) 

Mondays 6.30pm-8pm Chipping Campden Men’s Keep Fit 

Chipping Campden Leisure Centre 

Tuesdays 10am - 12 noon Chipping Campden Art Society Painting Sessions 

contact: chippingcampdenartsociety@gmail.com for info 

Tuesdays 10.30am - 12.30pm Men in Sheds, Jecca’s House, Aston Road 

Tuesdays 10.30am Probus 1&2, Upper Town Hall (first & third Tuesday only) 

Tuesdays 8pm CC Badminton Club, Meon Vale Leisure Centre 

Wednesday 2pm Living Waters, Campden Baptist Church, High St 

(First Wednesday of each month only) 

Wednesdays 2pm - 4.30pm Chipping Campden Bowling Club indoor roll up 

Wednesdays 5.30pm - 6.30pm Gentle Yoga, Draycott Mission, Draycott 

Wednesdays 6.40pm - 10pm Chipping Campden Bridge Club, Upper Room, Town Hall 

Thursdays 10am Probus 3, Church Rooms (first and third Thursday only) 

Thursdays 10am - 12 noon Renew 55, Campden Baptist Church, High Street 

Thursdays 10.30am - 12.30pm Men in Sheds, Jecca’s House, Aston Road 

Thursdays 2.30pm - 3.15pm Singing for Mindsong, Mill House (alternate Thursdays) 

Thursdays 6.45pm Rotary Club, Cotswold House Hotel (2nd & 4th Thursdays) 

Thursdays 7pm - 8.30pm Meon Singers Mickleton, King George’s Hall, Mickleton 

Fridays 9am - 11am Chipping Campden Country Market 

Lower Room, Town Hall 

Fridays 11am - 3pm Chipping Campden Art, Craft & Gift Market, Market Hall 

Fridays 10am - 12 noon Water colour classes, Ebrington Village Hall 

(school terms) Contact: davidwbirch@croftsbrook.co.uk 07890 184070 

Fridays 12 noon - 1.30pm North Cotswold Foodbank, Baptist Church, High Street 

Sundays 7pm start Quiz Night, The Volunteer Inn (every second Sunday of the month) 

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DIARY DATES... 

march 2024... 

Friday 1st 9am - 11am Chipping Campden Country Market, Lower Town Hall 

Saturday 2nd 7pm Gold II - Club Tropicana, Main Hall, Chipping Campden School 

Saturday 2nd 11am Rotary District Final Young Musician, Tudor Grange Academy, Worcs 

Saturday 2nd 7.30pm Swing from Paris, Cidermill Theatre 

Monday 4th 10.30am - 3.30pm Art in the Orchard, Wolds End Orchard 

Tuesday 5th 12.15pm - 1.30pm Lent Lunch, Church Rooms 

Wednesday 6th 7pm Mickleton Music, King George’s Hall, Mickleton 

Wednesday 6th 7.30pm Mickleton Society, ThreeWays House Hotel, Mickleton 

Thursday 7th 7.30pm Weston sub-Edge Rural Cinema, Village Hall 

Friday 8th 9am - 11am Chipping Campden Country Market, Lower Town Hall 

Saturday 9th 9am - 3pm Garage Sale, Catbrook House, Catbrook 

Saturday 9th 10am - 12 noon Wolds End Orchard Work Party 

Saturday 9th 10am - 12.30pm St James’ Church Repair Cafe, Church Rooms 

Sunday 10th 9am - 3pm Garage Sale, Catbrook House, Catbrook 

Sunday 10th Mothering Sunday 

Monday 11th 6pm Rotary Junior Youth Speaks Competition, Town Hall 

Monday 11th 7.30pm Mickleton WI, King George’s Hall, Mickleton 

Tuesday 12th 7.30pm Town Council Meeting, Town Hall 


Tuesday 12th 2pm Chipping Campden Over 60s ‘Sign-Up’ Meeting, Lower Town Hall 

Friday 15th 10.30am - 3.30pm Art in the Orchard, Wolds End Orchard 

Saturday 16th 10am - 4pm Mill House Open Day, Sheep Street 

Monday 18th 2.45pm The Arts Society Blockley, Bodley’s Buildings - Lecture 

Tuesday 19th CAMPDEN BULLETIN APRIL DEADLINE 

Tuesday 19th 10.30am - 12.30pm Campden Men in Sheds, Jeccas House 


Wednesday 20th 7.30pm Mickleton Gardening Club, King George’s Hall, Mickleton 

Thursday 21st 7.30pm Chipping Campden History Society Talk, Town Hall 

Friday 22nd 9am - 11am Chipping Campden Country Market, Lower Town Hall 

Friday 22nd 6.30pm for 7.30pm Easter Bingo, Campden Bowling Club 

Friday 22nd 7.10pm for 7.30pm Campden Rural Cinema, Town Hall 

Friday 22nd 7pm for 7.30pm Blockley Chamber Concert, St George’s Hall, Blockley 

Saturday 23rd 10am - 12 noon Wolds End Orchard Work Party 

Saturday 23rd 7.30pm The Campden Chorus Spring Concert, St. James’ Church 

Saturday 23rd 7.30pm Stratford upon Avon Choral Society, Holy Trinity Church 

Tuesday 26th 9.30am - 12.30pm Easter Football Sessions, Chipping Campden School 


Tuesday 26th 7.30pm Chipping Campden History Society Talk, Court Room 

Thursday 28th 9am - 11am Chipping Campden Country Market, Lower Town Hall 

Thursday 28th 7.30pm Weston sub-Edge Rural Cinema, Village Hall 

Friday 29th Good Friday 

Sunday 31st Clocks go forward - British Summertime begins 

Sunday 31st Easter Sunday 

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GARDEN NOTES FOR MARCH 

Prime shopping time this month, as new lines will be arriving at your local plant 

centre every few days. Go often, if you can, so not to miss what you want; but 

at the same time there is the annual warning that many plants should not go 

outside until temperatures are high enough, and should only be bought if you 

have somewhere to keep them in the house, greenhouse or conservatory with 

adequate warmth and light. Buy early for maximum choice, but plant early and 

you may have to go and buy replacements. Unfortunately my crystal ball does 

not advise on weather, and there is always a large element of guess-work. 

Both Mothering Sunday and Easter fall in March this year. A bunch of flowers 

is commonly welcome on Mothering Sunday, but they go over so quickly, even 

with the best care. Perhaps you might instead go for a flowering pot plant, or for 

a plant or flowering shrub for the garden which will give pleasure every year at 

about this time (again depending on the weather). You might even find a plant 

which can be enjoyed in flower indoors this year and then go out: bulbs would 

be one obvious choice. 

Good Friday is the traditional potato-planting day. Seed potatoes are available 

now: lay them out in trays somewhere light but frost-free to start ‘chitting’, 

starting to sprout and make a quicker start once planted. If you can’t plant all 

your potatoes at once, the main-crops should go 

in first, and the earlies follow. It sounds wrong, 

but the reason is that the main crops require more 

weeks of growth from planting to maturity. 

I read the other day that as recently as during the 

last war there was quite a shift from bread to potato 

for filling hungry mouths. It saved on imports, with 

all the enemy threats to shipping. Some wartime 

recipes suggested using a proportion of mashed 

potato as a substitute for flour. A book by a wellknown 

organic gardener of a few decades ago tells 

me that an acre of potatoes will feed as many people 

as two acres of wheat; and that bread is 21/2 times 

as fattening as potato. In an earlier age, William 

Cobbett (1763-1835) thought potatoes should be 

fed to pigs rather than people, and reckoned that 

they were the cause of ‘slovenliness, filth, misery 

and slavery’ (why?). So potatoes are to blame for 

my laziness and my reluctance to do housework. 

A snap-shot: as I write a week or so into February I have the following in flower 

outside: Narcissus “Soleil d’Or”, Sarcococca Confusa, Viburnum Bodnantense 

“Dawn” (these three strongly fragrant), Lonicera Fragrantissima (disappointinly 

less so, despite the name), early Dutch irises, Iris Unguicularis, snow-drops, 

crocuses, Cyclamen Coum, Anemone Blanda, Pulmonaria, pansies and violas, 

Hellebores, Winter Jasmine, Bergenia, heather and Erysimum (the smallish 

perennial wallflower). The list lengthens steadily, as do the evenings. Albeit by 

fits and starts, spring is on its way. Yippee! 

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