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Issue 52 30th November 2011
Issue 52 30th November 2011
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December Recycling Dates for Kingsdon
Wheelie Bin Refuse Collection Days - Tuesday 6th and Tuesday 20th
Recycling and Food Waste Collection Days - Tuesdays 6th, 13th, 20th &
Wednesday 28th
It is safe for children to walk to and from Charlton Mackrell School from Kingsdon
So says Somerset County Council!!
In the light of this utterly ridiculous statement from the powers that be at County Hall, our County Councillor, Jimmy Zouche, said at the Parish Council Meeting on 10th November that the County Council had deter-mined the route and a process had been put into gear for an appeal against that determination. Within the next six weeks a number of County Coun-cillors will walk the route. Cllr J Zouche said it would be helpful if letters could be written to the County Council saying how dangerous the road is, at the moment only one letter had been sent in by a parent. Letters should be sent to Mr Neil Milne, Community Governance, Somer-set County Council, County Hall, Taunton TA1 4DY (Wally)
I.C.E. In view of the recent events in Lon-don, East Anglian Ambulance Service have launched a national "In case of Emergency (ICE)" campaign, with the support of Falklands war hero Simon Weston and in association with Voda-fone's annual life savers award. The idea is that you store the word "ICE" in your mobile phone address book, and against it enter the number of the person you would want to be contacted "In Case of Emergency". In an emergency situation, ambulance and hospital staff will then be able to quickly find out who your next of kin are and be able to contact them. It's as simple as that, and for more than one contact name you can use ICE1, ICE2, ICE3 etc. 'ICE' Campaign Targeted in Virus Hoax: False warnings are circulating which claim that adding "ICE" entries to one's cell phone make it vulnerable to a virus attack or hidden charges. Experts say these warnings should be ignored.
Daffodil Planting in Kingsdon
Our thanks to Clint (left) and John of the South Somerset District Council Landscape department who gamely dug many, many holes into which Tim Owen placed 2000 naturalising daffodil bulbs on 16 November. The bulbs were supplied free by SSDC. They were planted on the oak tree triangle and verge outside the village hall, on the grass triangle outside the village school, by the entrance to the pound and a few by the main entrance to the playing field. We look for-ward to a blooming great display!
A warm welcome awaits everyone to All Saints Church, Kingsdon this Christmas Tide for the following services
On Sunday 4th December at 11am children are encouraged to bring their parents to a Family Stir-up Service.
Sundays 11th and 18th at 11am will be Holy Communion
Christmas Eve Holy Communion at 9.30pm
Christmas Day Holy Communion at 9.30am
Christmas Eve Saturday 24th
Sunday Evening 18th December
Carol Service at 6pm
Crib Service at 2.30pm
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Kingsdon at Christmas
An invitation to an evening of Christmas Song and Carols
around the Christmas tree in Kingsdon Village Hall Saturday
8th December at 6.30pm
Mulled wine & Soft Drinks with mince pies & sausage rolls will be served after the singing
A small charge will be made to cover costs and any profit will go to the Friends of Yeovil Hospital
Please bring your Carols & Song booklets with you, if
you still have them from last year and water if you need this whilst singing
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Norma Black Appeals on behalf of
The Lord’s Larder
Kingsdon will once again be sending non perishable foods for Christmas. Please help us to help those in great need who live in
Yeovil & District. We will collect or you can deliver To Norma at Park Villa (840727)
by Saturday 10th December at the very latest. Dry goods and in-date cans please
(but not baked beans) Thank You
Arch Bishop of Canterbury attends Act of Remembrance at St. Bartholomew’s Yeovilton
Friday 11th November 2011 On Armistice Day, Archbishop Rowan Williams joined Sailors and Royal Marines from the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton for the annual Act of Remembrance in the churchyard of St. Bartholomew’s Fleet Air Arm Memorial Church.
Dr William’s watched as platoons of RNAS Yeovilton service personnel marched across the airfield and took their places for the Service in the grounds of the spiritual home of the Fleet Air Arm.
During the Service, the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Roll of Honour was read out by the Base Warrant Officer,
Warrant Officer 1 Steve Uzzell and detailed all Royal Naval and Royal Marine personnel who have lost their lives from 2010 to the present day. The Act of Remembrance was led by Reverend Tudor Botwood and Reverend Ned Kelly from RNAS Yeovilton and following the 2 minute silence, Commodore Paul Chivers OBE, Commanding Officer RNAS Yeovilton laid a wreath.
As a poignant reminder of the sacrifices that have been made by members of the Fleet Air Arm, the Fairey Swordfish LS326 from the Royal Navy Historic Flight flown by lead Swordfish pilot Lieutenant Commander Glenn Allison of Kingsdon, gave a fly past over the churchyard after the 2 minutes silence at 11.03am.
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Bonfire Lane, Charlton Mackrell Nr Somerton, Somerset TA11 7BN
Email: [email protected] Website address: www.charltonmackrellschool.org.uk
Tel: (01458) 223329 Fax: (01458) 224024
Dear Friend of Charlton Mackrell School ‘Mary’s Knitting’
We are delighted to invite you to Red Class and Year One’s musical nativity, ‘Mary’s Knitting’, at the Reading Room, Charlton Mackrell, on the following dates…
Monday 5th December at 2pm Tuesday 6th December at 6pm
We would be grateful if you could let us know if you can at-tend by, either phoning the school office, or by sending us your completed slip. This year, audience donations will go to a number of recipients, notably the RNIB Talking Books scheme. Looking forward to seeing you at one of the performances!
Yours faithfully, Barbara Reade (Class Teacher) Please return to the Office as soon as possible. Name__________________________________________ I would like tickets for the following performance. Monday 5th December at 2pm ___________ tickets. Tuesday 6th December at 6pm ____________ tickets.
OUR SEASONAL CALENDAR…
Monday 28 Nov 2.00 pm CLP Advent Concert
St Michael’s, Somerton - school choir and orchestra in action.
Sunday, 4 December 4.30 pm CHRISTINGLE
Monday 5 December ‘MARY’S KNITTING’
2.00 pm performance
‘MARY’S KNITTING’ 6pm performance
Wednesday, 14 December CHRISTMAS PARTIES
6.00 pm Thursday, 15 December CAROL SERVICE
and afterwards…refreshments in school hall
FRIDAY, 16 DECEMBER *END OF TERM
* WEDNESDAY 4 JANUARY 2012 NEW TERM BEGINS HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Charlton Mackrell C of E Primary School
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Kingsdon Ladies Club
Lynne welcomed 18 members and 1 visitor to the club meeting held on Tuesday 8th November. Posies for birthdays were given to Jenny Gamblin, Mar-garet Close and Margaret Goessens Members are willing to organise and provide afternoon teas for the Jubilee next year. Anyone wanting to go to the Floral Demonstration at the Octagon on Wednesday 23rd November to get in touch with Edna Gordon. The Guest Speaker was Steve Ross from the RSPB. He gave a very good talk about the various birds and wildlife on the Somerset levels. Lynne gave the vote of thanks. Refreshments were provided by Jean Toole and Julie South. The flutter prize was won by Shirley Wilson. The December meeting will be the Christmas dinner at the Ilchester Arms. The meeting closed at 9.45pm.
Kingsdon Stores Christmas Hamper Draw
Tickets now on sale
All proceeds to Kingsdon Jubilee Fund
Kingsdon Senior’s Club – 23rd November
Douglas welcomed 24 members to the meeting, and said we needed new members, and a reminder that the next meeting is the Christmas Lunch at the Kingsdon Inn on 7th Decem-ber.
Richard introduced the guest speaker, Dr Frances Bur-roughes, owner of Bristol Blue Glass South West. He gave us a history of glass, from 17 million years BC to the pre-sent day, with many anecdotal comments keeping us well amused. He brought many artefacts which we handled very carefully; some we did not because of their great value. Bristol Blue Glass (South West) designs and produces Lead Crystal Glassware to the very highest standard, using their own unique batch blend of Silica Sand, Lead Oxide, Potash & Cobalt to maintain the colour match produced centuries ago when Bristol blue glass first took the fancy of rich mer-chants and traders around the city. By doing so they have produced that unique soft blue colour that today is associat-ed with Bristol Blue Glass and in turn earned a reputation for excellence through skill and design A visit to the works where the glass is made was muted by many of the members, perhaps next year in the better weather.
Tea was provided by Freda Curtis and Pam Ford
Congratulations to Ian Dibben.. His Sale of Honey raised a fantastic £140 for The Jubilee Fund. Many thanks Ian
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A Christmas Quiz Fed up with all the repeats on the Telly
Escape for a bit of fun in Kingsdon Village Hall
Wally will be holding a Family Fun Quiz on Tuesday 27th December at 7.30pm
A quiz with a difference with pictures on the big screen.
Bring your own nibbles and drinks Teams of 1 to 100!!!!!
All proceeds to Kingsdon Jubilee Fund Reserve you table by phoning Wally on 841444
or Email [email protected]
Phillip Waters 23rd November
Happy 30th Birthday Phil from all your friends in Kingsdon
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Herbs, Spices, Curry Kits and NEW cake sprinkles
Mulling spices for wine, cider, ale and whisky, and seasonal spices in gift packets.
Themed Gift Collections available (Indian, Thai, Christmas, Chinese, Moroccan etc) selected from our range of 120 herbs and spices.
Stockists for Decorate! cake sprinkles including stars, glitters, glimmers and chocolate toppings.
We are online at www.thebestpossibletaste.co.uk but buy direct from Innes House (next to Village Hall) for 20-30% less. Spice packets are 60p and curry kits and sprinkles from £1.60.
Kingsdon Church Bazaar 12th Nov. 2011 On behalf of the PCC I would like to thank everybody who helped to make this years Christmas Bazaar such a great success. To those who organised, ran stalls, donated goods and prizes, helped out on the day, and especially to all of you who came and spent their hard earned money, many thanks indeed. We managed to raise a wonderful total of £764.06, and the individual stall totals are as follows;
Stall Totals
Raffle - £157.00 Face Painting - £7.00 Cakes - £81.80 CD’s/DVD’S - £92.75 Christmas Stall - £60.85 Bottle Stall - £89.00 White Elephant - £23.19 Refreshments - £71.70 Toys/Games - £69.42 Buried Treasure - £9.80 Gifts - £106.55
TOTAL = £769.06
Many thanks once again. Alan Carnall – Hon. Treasurer
Hello everyone,
Around 3 years ago I decided to enter the Marathon Des Sables (MDS) 2012, also known as the ‘Toughest Footrace on Earth’. The decision was easy (as opposed to the event!) following some peer pressure from a school friend called James Birchall, we will be doing it together and I am sure his phone call will haunt me during the 150 mile unsupport-ed running race through the Sahara. So here we are with only months to go, running as Royal Navy competitors in the MDS 2012 in order to raise as much money as possible for The Children’s Trust, who support children with brain injuries. Please follow the link to find out more about our 150 mile run across the Sahara in April 2012 and donate to this cracking charity. https://www.justgiving.com/DesertMarathon2012
Crunch time.......If you think this charity, challenge and me/James are worth supporting please donate. I would be very grateful if you could influence 1 or 2 of your family and friends as this is where we will define our chances of reaching our target 12,000 pounds. Thanks in advance for sparing a few minutes to reconfirm your impression of me being insane!!! André Milne ( Formerly of Ridge Ho. Frog Lane)
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A dog thinks: Hey, these people I live with feed me, love me, provide me with a nice warm, dry house, pet me, and take good care of me... They must be Gods!
A cat thinks: Hey, these people I live with feed me, love me, provide me with a nice warm, dry house, pet me, and take good care of me... I must be a God!
Little Johnny wasn't very good at spelling. During an oral spelling exam, the teacher wrote the word "new" on the blackboard. "Now," she asked John-ny, "what word would we have if we placed a "K" in the front?" After a moment's reflection, Johnny said, "Canoe?"
A woman was reading a newspaper one morning and said to her husband, 'Look at this, dear. There's an article here about a man who trad-ed his wife for a season ticket to Arsenal. You wouldn't do a thing like that,-would you?' 'Of course I wouldn't!' replied her husband. 'The season's almost over!'
The top scorer of a Premier League team was tragi-cally killed in a car accident. Seeing an opportunity for glory, the reserve striker went to see the manag-er.
"How about me taking his place?" he asked. "Well, I'm not sure about that," said the manager, "we'll have to speak to the undertaker first."
IRISH BLONDE IN A CASINO
An attractive blonde from Cork, Ireland arrived at a Casino. She seemed a little intoxicated and bet twenty-thousand Euros on a single roll of the dice. She said, 'I hope you don't mind, but I feel much luckier when I'm completely nude'. With that, she stripped from the neck down, rolled the dice and with an Irish brogue yelled: 'Come on, baby, Mama needs new clothes!' As the dice came to a stop, she jumped up and down and squealed...'YES! YES! YES! . . . I WON, I WON! I WON !!! ' She hugged each of the dealers and then picked up her winnings and her clothes and quickly departed. The dealers stared at each other dumbfound-ed. Finally, one of them asked, 'What did she roll?' The other answered, 'I don't know - I thought you were watching.'
MORAL OF THE STORY: Not all Irish are drunks,
Not all blondes are dumb, But all men...are men.
A man is driving down a lane in Kingsdon when he spots a farmer standing in the middle of a huge field of grass. He pulls the car over to the side of the road and notices that the farmer is just standing there, doing nothing, looking at noth-ing. The man gets out of the car, walks all the way out to the farmer and asks him, "Ah excuse me mister, but what are you doing? “The farmer replies, "I'm trying to win a Nobel Prize. “How?" asks the man, puzzled. “Well, I heard they give the Nobel Prize . . .. to people who are out standing in their field."
A Somerset girl named Charlotte finds herself in dire trouble. Her business has gone bust and she's in serious financial trou-ble. She's so desperate that she decides to ask God for help. She begins to pray... "God, please help me. I've lost my busi-ness and if I don't get some money, I'm going to lose my house as well. Please let me win the lotto."
Lotto night comes and somebody else wins it. Charlotte again prays..."God, please let me win the lotto! I've lost my busi-ness, my house and I'm going to lose my car as well."
Lotto night comes and Charlotte still has no luck.
Once again, she prays..."My God, why have you forsaken me?? I've lost my business, my house and my car. My chil-dren are starving. I don't often ask you for help and I have always been a good servant to you. PLEASE just let me win the lotto this one time so I can get my life back in order."
Suddenly there is a blinding flash of light as the heavens open and Charlotte is confronted by the voice of God Himself: "Charlotte, meet me halfway on this. Buy a ticket."
Ann Summers Fatality A man walks into Ann Summers to purchase some see-through lingerie for his wife. He is shown several possibilities that range from £50 to £150 in price, the more see-through, the higher the price He opts for the sheerest item, pays the £150 and takes the lingerie home. He presents it to his wife and asks her to go upstairs put it on and model it for him Upstairs the wife thinks 'I have an idea. It's so see-through that it might as well be nothing. I won't put it on - do the modelling naked, return it tomorrow and get a £150 refund and keep the money for myself'. So she appears naked at the top of the stairs and strikes a pose. The husband says 'Stone me, it wasn't that creased in the shop'…..His funeral is this Thursday.
Job at the Council. A bloke goes to the local council to apply for a job in the office. The interviewer asks him, "Are you allergic to anything?" He replies, "Yes, caffeine." "Have you ever worked for the public service before?" "Yes, I was in the army." he says, "I was in Iraq for two tours." The interviewer says, "That will give you 5 extra points toward employment." Then he asks, "Are you disabled in any way?" The guy says, "Yes. A mine exploded near me when I was there and I lost both of my testi-cles".The interviewer grimaces and then says, "O.K. You've got enough points for me to take you on right away. Our normal hours are from 8.00am to 4.00pm... ...but you can start tomorrow at 10.00am - and carry on starting at 10.00am every day." The bloke is puzzled and asks, "If the work hours are from 8.00am to 4.00pm, why don't you want me here until 10.00am? I'm not looking for any special treat-ment y'know" "What you have to understand is that this is a council job," the interviewer says, "For the first two hours, we just stand around drinking coffee and having a good scratch. There's no point in you coming in for that."
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CLASSIFIED
Plastering - JB Plastering Jamie Brown @ 5 Magna Close, Yeovil. BA21 5RS
Tel: 07525185582
AK Tyre Services Andrew White @ Bancombe Court,
Bancombe Rd. Trading Estate, Somerton. TA11 6SB Tel: 01458 2747800
DC Computer Repair Alan Hayward
Spyware / Virus removal. Broadband installation. Tuition & Ad-vice No repair, No charge. Free local collection available 6 days a
week Telephone: 01458 272924 Mobile: 07887572418
Plumbing Andy Hainsworth
Tel: 01458 273391 mobile 07711379351
H&C Building Solutions Tel 01935 410137 mobile 07758078438 Email: [email protected]
OSBORNES of Kingsdon Ltd
Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Our service includes...
Carpet and upholstery, Rugs, Mattresses, Hard Floors, Domestic and commercial
Tel- mob. 07951 067872 01935 841137 - freephone 0800 955 4388
www.somertoncarpetcleaners.co.uk Delimara, Pitts Lane, Kingsdon, Som-
erton, Somerset. TA11 7LL
Electrician Winslow Bassham
17th Edition Inspecting & Testing, Part P Qualified Domestic - Commercial - Industrial. Free Estimates & Advice
37 Kingsdon, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 7LN Tel: 01935 840190 mobile: 07786838940
Email: [email protected]
Compost
40 litre Organic Multi-Purpose (not suita-ble for seed) £2.50 each or 3 for only £6
10 litre Multi-Purpose (suitable for seed) £1 40 litre Multi Purpose (suitable for seed)
£3 30 litre Ericaceous £3 each
70 litre ornamental bark £4.50 33 litre Grow Bags £1.25
Why struggle with heavy bags, let Paul take the strain. Buy local Save your fuel -Free local delivery
Contact Paul Attwell Tel 07906 018082. Orders also taken by Angela at Kingsdon Stores
Visit Paul’s new shop ‘Bargain Basement’ in West Street, Somerton, next to the railway bridge.
Babysitting / Child Minding in Kingsdon
Do you need the services of a Babysitter / Child Minder? Contact Kelly Osborne at Delimara, Pitts Lane, Kingsdon, Tel: mobile 07921161088, Home: 01935 840337 or e-mail [email protected] Kelly works in a school. She has plenty of experience and is the holder of an up-to date CRB reference. She is available most eve-nings, some weekends and school holidays (apart from the summer).
Kingsdon Inn Opening Times over Christmas and the New Year Christmas Day open for drinks from 11am to 1.30pm
Boxing Day closed New Year’s Eve - Tables for dining to be booked in advance
New Year’s day closed
Staff Wanted at the Inn Housekeeper needed for Tuesdays, Wednedays and Sundays
Experienced waiter/waitress needed full time Contact the Manager on 01935 840543 for more details
THE KINGSDON INN Christmas 2011
(1st December - 24th December)
Lunch Menu Tomato & Red Pepper Soup Chicken Liver & Herb Pate
Peppered Smoked Mackerel fillet Mushrooms in Cream & Garlic
Roast Local Turkey and Trimmings Fillets of Plaice with a Shrimp Sauce
Grilled Goats Cheese on Roasted Vegetables Roast Loin of Pork & Apple Sauce
Selection of Desserts
Price 2 Courses £15.50 / 3 Courses £19.95
Dinner Menu Spicy Carrot, Coconut & Coriander Soup
Smooth Chicken Liver Pate with a Tomato Pickle Smoked Salmon & Prawn Salad
Grilled Goats Cheese, Beetroot Puree & Pea Shoot Salad
Roast Local Turkey & Trimmings Grilled Sirloin Steak with Sauce Béarnaise
Smoked Haddock Fishcake with Pickled Cucumber & Dill Mayonnaise Venison, Smoked bacon & Chestnut Suet Pudding
Wild Mushroom & cherry Tomatoes Filo pie
Selection of Desserts
2 Courses £17.50 3 Courses 22.50
New Year’s Eve Menu A Glass of Bubbly on Arrival
Celeriac Soup with Truffle Oil Smoked Salmon & Dill Pate with Toasted Fennel Seed Bread
Baked Field Mushrooms with a Stilton Glaze Grilled Crab & Scallops Mornay
Charantais Melon with Plum Puree
Poached Lemon Sole Fillets with a Crayfish Sauce Wild Mushrooms Cherry Tomato & Feta Cheese Filo Pie
Roast Rack of Lamb with a Redcurrant Sauce Grilled Sirloin Steak with a Béarnaise Sauce Medallions of Venison in a Red Wine Sauce
Choice of Desserts
Price £35.00
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5 Easy Steps to Cheaper Heating Oil Step 1: Join the CCS Scheme Request a membership form from Community Council for Somerset by calling 01823 331222 or apply via the CCS web-site www.somersetrcc.org.uk/oil
Step 2: Wait to hear from your local co-ordinator We will let your local co-ordinator know that you have joined the scheme. Each month they will contact you to ask whether you want to place an order. The minimum order is 500 litres.
Step 3: Place an order Let your local co-ordinator know you want to buy oil. Each month they submit a total village order to us. Your order in-creases our negotiating power, so once submitted we regard it as binding.
Step 4: Sit back whilst we negotiate the price We negotiate the best price from a whole range of suppliers. Your local co-ordinator will advise you who the supplier is, the price per litre (exclusive of VAT, currently at 5%) and the approximate date of delivery.
Step 5: Take delivery of the oil and pay the company The oil will be delivered as soon as possible and you pay the company supplying the oil direct.
Annual membership fees Domestic: £20, Community Building: £30, Business: £100 which will cover your oil deliveries for 12 months.
Latest news
We have now placed our first order with the resulting report: The broker joined together the orders from Somerset with those of the original Oxfordshire scheme plus two other new schemes in Shropshire & the Isle of Wight. The total order was in excess of 160,000 litres. Throughout Friday (30th Sep) our broker was hard at work brokering the market, when it became clear that the price was expected to fall within the next few days. Our broker therefore waited until Monday (3rd Oct) and was able to secure a price that was 0.83 pence per litre (ppl), plus vat, lower than the price on the previous Fri-day. The prices he was able to obtain are as follows:
Market high = 61.95ppl (plus vat) Market average = 57.5ppl (plus vat) Member price = 53.97ppl (plus vat)
As you can see this is a saving of 3.53ppl (plus vat) from the average price on Monday: saving £35.30 on a 1000 litre order of kerosene. If, in the event, a supplier from a single county, i.e. Somerset, can beat a price from a national one, then the Somerset order will be separated out to ensure all members get the best price. Please note, we can also take orders on Gas Oil. This has tighter margins and is generally always 10ppl more expensive, but savings can still be made.
Community Council for Somerset, Victoria House, Victoria Street, TAUNTON,TA1 3JZ Tel: 01823 331222 Email: [email protected] Website: www.somersetrcc.org.uk/oil
Kingsdon Parish Councillors and their specific topics Tony Masters: Chairman - Jacaranda, Lotment Hill, Kingsdon, TA11 7LG Tel 01935 840801 Email: [email protected]
Angela Saunders: Vice-Chairman - Chatsworth, Top Street, Kingsdon, TA11 7JU Tel 01935 840130 Email: [email protected]
Mel Clode: Dog fouling and related items, Litter , Graffiti, Fly tipping, Fly posting, Damaged bins & Abandoned vehicles and related items - 3 Underwood Rd, Kingsdon, TA11 7LQ Tel 01935 840293 Email: [email protected]
Antony Colton: Highways - 30 Underwood Road, Kingsdon, TA11 7LQ Tel 07894954449 Email: [email protected]
Richard Hollaway: Village Hall & facilities - Kingsdon Court, Rocky Hill, Kingsdon, TA11 7LB Tel 01935 840628 Email: [email protected]
Dave Morris: Footpaths & Trees - Stithians Cottage, North Town, Kingsdon, TA11 7LQ.
Elaine Owen: Recreation Field. - Innes House, Lower Road, Kingsdon, TA11 7LL Tel 01 935 841120 Email: [email protected]
John Calvert Distr ict Councillor (Nor thstone Ward) Peacock Cottage, High St. Queen Camel. BA22 7NQ Tel 01935 850458 Email: [email protected]
Jimmy Zouche (The Lord Zouche) County Councillor (Somer ton Division) The Abbey, Char lton Adam, Somer ton, Somerset. TA11 7BE Tel 01458 223253 Email: [email protected]
David Heath MP Constituency Office - 14 Catherine Hill, Frome, Somerset, BA11 1BZ Tel: 01373 473618 Fax: 01373 455152 Claire Hudson: head of office - email: [email protected]
Sally Smith Clerk to Kingsdon Par ish Council, The Old Coach House, Top Street, Kingsdon.. TA11 7JU Tel 01935 842094 Mobile 07729 301207 Email [email protected]
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South Somerset District Council Planning Applications Application No: 11/02891/FUL Location: Land OS 4858 At Cooks Cary Farm, Hally Hill Lane, Kingsdon, Somerton. Proposal: Erection of an agr icultural building for the housing of livestock (GR: 352462/126612) Status: Application refused
Minutes of Kingsdon Parish Council Meeting Held on Thursday November 10th at 7pm in the Village Hall
Present: A.Masters (Chairman), Messrs. R Hollaway, D Morr is; Mrs A Saunders; Mrs E Owen (Par ish Coun-cillors); Mr. J. Calvert (District Councillor); Mr J Zouche (County Councillor); Mrs S Smith (Parish Clerk). There were 12 Parishioners.
Apologies: Mr A Colton, Mr M Clode
Minutes: The minutes of the previous bi-monthly meeting were confirmed read, approved and signed.
Matters arising: The order of the agenda was adjusted to allow for the ear ly depar ture of Cllr Mr J Zouche.
3.2 Kingsdon Community Centre. The Chairman repor ted that a meeting was ar ranged to be held shor tly at Somerset Country Council Offices. Mrs E Owen thanked Cllr J Zouche for helping to arrange it and said there was a list of items for discussion. Mrs E Owen said one purpose of the meeting was to find out exactly what was required to pro-duce a proper business plan for the Community Centre.
Cllr J Zouche said he was trying to obtain information from the County Council that might help as, for a community asset transfer to take place, there were a large number of specific requirements; one of the key being that the community needs to demonstrate a clear intention of the use of the asset and a secure financial base.
Mrs E Owen said she had already attended a course re raising money for community projects but it was difficult to go any further until there was a clear indication of how much money needed to be raised. A provisional agreement had been made at the Kingsdon Parish Planning Meeting held on September 21st to pledge £500 for use by the Community Group sub-committee to show full support for the objective and this decision needed to be ratified at this meeting. The moneys would only be payable on agreement from Somerset County Council to lease the premises for Kingsdon com-munity use.
Proposed by Mrs A Saunders, seconded by Mr D Morris, to ratify the decision to pledge £500 to the Community Group sub-committee, to be available only after agreement from Somerset County Council to lease the premises for Kingsdon community use. The motion was carried.
Cllr J Zouche said he would also like to bring up the subject of travel for the children from Kingsdon to Charlton Mackrell school. He said the County Council had determined the route and a process had been put into gear for an appeal against that determination. Within the next six weeks a number of County Councillors will walk the route. Cllr J Zouche said it would be helpful if letters could be written to the County Council saying how dangerous the road is, at the moment only one letter had been sent in by a parent. The Clerk agreed to write an official letter on behalf of the Parish Council. A parishioner said that he thought the County Council had agreed to provide transport and it was confirmed that the reason the school was closed so easily was because it was believed that transport would be provided. There was some discussion on the three mile regulation re transport. Mr W Elliott, a parishioner, said he would put the suggestion that parents write to the County Council on the matter in the next Kingsdon Chronicle.
3.1 Village Plan/Design Statement. Mrs E Owen asked if she could offload the village field from her responsibili-ties so that she could concentrate on the village plan. Mr R Hollaway agreed to take over this responsibility. Mrs E Owen said it usually takes a year to prepare a Parish Plan and the plan for Kingsdon needs to be in place by March 2012 so there is an aspect of urgency in moving it forward. She said consideration needs to be given on where planning in and around the village might be thought acceptable. There were a number of questions about the plan and also on a suggestion that Kingsdon could partner with Charlton Mackrell to produce a joint plan if this would be benefi-cial. Cllr J Calvert said he suggested Kingsdon Parish Councillors talk to Charlton Mackrell who were already looking at their plan and it was agreed a preliminary chat could be useful. Cllr J Calvert said he would find some examples of good design plans and give them to the Council.
3.3 Kingsdon Chronicle. Mr W Elliott said his initial request was to organize a system to enable the Par ish to claim back VAT and this process was now underway. There was discussion over the delay that sometimes occurs in paying bills when the Council only met every two months. Mr R Hollaway said most of the councillors were on email now so there was opportunity for quick communication and Mr D Morris said generally most incoming expenditure had already been planned for.
Proposed by Mr R Hollaway and seconded by Mrs E Owen to give authorization to the Chairman and Parish Clerk to sign cheques up to £300 when required and without waiting for endorsement at a Parish Council Meet-ing. The motion was carried.
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There was then discussion on the Parish Council making a donation to the production of the Kingsdon Chronicle and there was mention that the publication of the Council minutes meant a definite increase in paper use. Mr W Elliott said the full accounts with regard to the production of the Chronicle were fully available and mentioned that many parish-ioners made donations which they did not wish to be made public. It was agreed that the system worked well and the Council did not wish to have any editorial input.
Proposed by Mrs E Owen and seconded by Mr R Hollaway that a contribution of £100 per annum be made to the publication of the Kingsdon Chronicle.
The motion was carried.
3.4 Parish maps /online. Mrs E Owen said she was prepar ing a map cover ing the village and a larger map that would give far more detail for use in planning and other meetings.
3.5 Boules/Petangue Court. Mrs E Owen said she had given Mr B Turner some information about forming a club and that Mr Turner was in no rush to progress this but would be coming back.
4. Field Maintenance. The Chairman said he knew the wall had been star ted but confirmed that he had been told by Mr Gary Alleyne that he was being made redundant. It was reported that Mr Alleyne had liaised with Mr Att-well for a donation of additional stone to ensure the wall could be raised to the correct height and Mrs A Saunders said she thought she would be able to assist in this matter as well.
It was agreed that the Parish Council urgently requires confirmation that the wall will be completed and a completion date was also needed. The Clerk agreed to write to the Managing Director of Groundwork on this matter. Cllr J Calvert said he would investigate the matter further.
5. Highways. No report.
6. Parish and Environmental works
6.1 Grit bins. The Par ish Clerk reported that she had received complaints from two par ishioners on the siting of bins. It was confirmed that the siting was based on directions by a person from South Somerset District Council High-ways Dept who had visited Kingsdon for this purpose. The grit bins had been put in the areas where it was felt grit would most be needed.
7. Any other business
7.1 Church grounds maintenance contribution. Mr D Beswick, Church Warden, said the cost of maintaining just the graveyard last year was £700. There was discussion on the fact that the responsibility of a graveyard falls to the associated parish and not the Church where it is sited. It was confirmed that people of different faiths could be accom-modated in the graveyard. Mr D Beswick said the cost varies from year to year but with general costs for all aspects of Church maintenance rising year on year, the Church could no longer cover all the cost of the graveyard maintenance. Mrs E Owen said she would look into the legal position. The Clerk confirmed that it had been two years since the Par-ish Council had agreed to look at annual contributions to the graveyard and that the current date under consideration was for the period between March 2011 and March 2012.
Proposed by Mrs A Saunders and seconded by Mr R Hollaway that the Parish Council make a donation of £400 towards the maintenance of the graveyard for the year March 2011 to March 2012. The motion was carried.
7.2 Memorial seat for Pring family. The Chairman spoke of the recent death of Mr Stan Pr ing, Kingsdon’s old-est resident, and the request from Mr Pring’s son, Mr R Pring, to place a memorial bench in the field opposite No 4 Kingsdon where his father had been born and brought up. The Chairman confirmed that the Pring family was happy to cover the cost of the bench and its maintenance for several years. There was full support for this project.
7.3 Parishioner donation. The Clerk outlined a regular generous donation from a Kingsdon resident that was made every year towards the rent on the village field and it was agreed that a letter of thanks should be sent. Parishion-er Mr Adam Cain, the new general manager of the Kingsdon Inn, said he would be willing to offer a meal for two to the parishioner as a thank you. There was full support for this and Mr Cain was thanked for his generous offer. The Clerk would inform the parishioner.
7.4. Jubilee and celebration beacon. Mr D Beswick had looked at the logistics for siting a celebratory beacon on the Church tower to help celebrate the Jubilee and had checked various aspects including insurance and construction. Mr W Elliott said he has applied for a lottery grant for the Jubilee celebrations and this should cover the cost of the beacon.
Mr W Elliott said it had been agreed to provide an entertainer at the tea party for children and had settled on one who came with a lot of good recommendations at a cost of £290.
Proposed by Mrs A Saunders and seconded by Mrs E Owen that a cost of £290 for the provision of an entertain-er for children during the Jubilee celebrations be covered out of the Children’s Fund being held by the Parish Council. The motion was carried.
7.5 Village website. Mrs E Owen said the planned presentation would not take place as Mr Stuar t Nicholl, the parishioner who was putting the website together free of charge for the village, was unable to attend. However a lot of work had been done and the basic site plan could be seen at a holding site on www.drwoo.co.uk The Chairman asked what was hoped to be achieved by the website and Mrs E Owen said there would be a number of uses including online accessibility to the parish plan, activities, events and other community information. It was stated the cost would be low but input would be needed from the village for the final site. 7.6 Parish bulbs. Mrs E Owen said that the Council would be sending a van with two or three people to the village at 11.30am on November 16th to deliver and also to plant 2000 mixed daffodils. Mrs E Owen said her hus-band would be there to meet them and the main sites including near the telephone box and around the wall by the recreation field had been agreed. There was opportunity to suggest additional locations when the planting was taking place. 7.7. Lytes Cary. It was repor ted that the Chairman and Mrs E Owen together with par ishioner Mr P Leahy had met with the new South Somerset Regional Manager and Mr Simon Larkins, the new manager at Lytes Cary. Although Lytes Cary was not in the parish of Kingsdon, it receives around 50,000 visitors a year and there was potential for co-operation for mutual benefit. Holding fundraising activities at Lytes Cary and directing visi-tors down to the two businesses in Kingsdon were mentioned. 8. Other business. 8.1 Play equipment inspection. An inspection of the play equipment and site in the village field has to be undertaken every week. Mr. W Elliott said he would be happy to undertake this. 8.2.Planning. The Chairman read out a letter from Mrs. E Oram re her application which was considered at a Planning Meeting on October 14th. The letter stated that they were paying full rates on both buildings at No 7, Kingsdon. The Chairman also said that the application for an agricultural building at Cooks Cary Farm, although agreed by the Parish Council Planning Meeting on Sept 21st, had been turned down by the District Council. 8.3 Archives. Mr D Morr is said he had finally been through all the archive boxes he had collected from the previous Parish Clerk and had disposed of many items now irrelevant or duplicated elsewhere; but had kept a number of key items including old visual references of the village and individual mapping. Mr D Beswick con-firmed the Church was happy to offer space for a small 3 or 4 drawer filing cabinet to store village archives and it was agreed this was a very suitable place. 9. Finances and cheque signing. The Clerk said that the village precept for 2012 had to be submitted by the end of January and therefore would need to be agreed at the January meeting.
Parish Councillors had received updated details of the Parish Council finances, and the Clerk read out an over-view showing that excluding the Kingsdon’s Children’s Savings Account, the total in both the Community Ac-count and Business Savings Account totalled £8,165. 45p.
Incoming Cheques received: From Kingsdon Chronicle to Parish Council: £25 50p From Kingsdon Chronicle to Parish Council: £51 49p
Outgoing Cheques signed: Moore Stephens Accountants for Annual Audit £60. 00p Kingsdon Village Hall Rent, Jan to Sept 2011 £66.80p Kingsdon Chronicle Lynx Copiers £61 79p Reece Safety Products 2 grit bins £365 60p Kingsdon Chronicle Lynx Copiers £30 60p Kingsdon Parochial Church Council £400 00p Annual contribution Kingsdon Chronicle £100 00p There being no further business, the meeting ended at 9pm.
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All Saints Church Priest in Charge Revd Alan Symonds Tel/Fax 01458 272029 (For arrangement of Baptisms, Weddings and other occasional services) Assistant Priest Curate Revd Wendy Griffith Tel 01458 224087 Revd Bruce Faulkner Tel 01458 270902 Church Wardens David Beswick. Tel 01935 840795 Parochial Church Council Secretary Sir Donald Limon Tel 01935 840450 Treasurer Alan Carnall Tel 01935 840692 Tower Captain Jackie Ellis Tel 01935 840344
Church Services for December Sunday 4th 11am Family Service (Stir-up Sunday) Sunday 11th 11am Holy Communion Sunday 18th 11am Holy Communion 6pm Carol service Saturday 24th 2.30pm Crib Service Saturday 24th 9.30pm Christmas Eve Holy Communion Sunday 25th 9.30am Christmas Day Holy Communion
Church Rotas for December Brass: Norma Black Flowers: Linda Beswick & Sheila Lord
Kingsdon Village Hall For all information (except bookings) contact: - Martin Singleton, Mountsandel Lodge, Mow Barton Rd. Kingsdon. TA11 7LG Tel. 01935 841162
For bookings contact Marilyn Elliott, 4 Manor Close, Kingsdon, TA11 7LW Tel 01935 841444 Email [email protected]
Bookings for December 2011 Short Mat Bowls Mondays 7pm - 9pm, Tuesdays 10am - 12noon Table Tennis Club Tuesdays at 7.30pm (not 11th) Yeovil District Canine Soc. Wednesdays & Thursdays at 8pm Art Club Thursdays 10am - 12 (Term time) Carols & Christmas Songs Saturday 10th 7pm Ladies Club Tuesday 13th 7pm Practical Study Group Wednesday 21st 10am - 3pm Christmas Quiz Tuesday 27th 7pm
Kingsdon Table Tennis Club The Table Tennis Club play in the Village Hall on Tuesday evenings (apart from the 2nd Tuesday in the month) between 7.30pm and 9.30pm. If you are interested then please contact Shirley or Martin Singleton on 841162 or just come along.
Kingsdon Cricket Club Secretary: Kathy Jamison,‘The Swallows’ 43 Kingsdon Tel 01935 841049 President: Wally Elliott, 4 Manor Close, Kingsdon, Somer ton, TA11 7LW Tel 01935 841444 Chairman: Ian Bir rell, Watersmeet, Huish Episcopi, Langpor t TA10 9HE Tel 01458 250246
Kingsdon Seniors Club The Seniors Club meet on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 3pm in the Village Hall. New mem-bers are always welcome. For information contact Club Secretary Marilyn
Elliott, 4 Manor Close, Kingsdon.
Tel 01935 841444
email: [email protected]
Kingsdon Ladies Club The Ladies Club meet on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm in the Vil-lage Hall. New members and visitors are always welcome. For information contact Club President Lynne Davies, Holly House, Frog Lane, Kingsdon. TA11 7LL Tel 01935 840660 or Club Secretary Jackie Ellis, Hill House, Rocky Hill, Kingsdon. TA11 7LB
Tel 01935 840344
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