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The Drift 97 PDF
The Drift 97 PDF
The Drift 97 PDF
Thank you in anticipation of your assistance - remember a walk is one of the best medicines and hopefully you can
enjoy our village and perhaps meet some neighbours on the way and make new friends!
robin@perryprint.eclipse.co.uk 01460 220819
TWAM (Tools With A Mission) any trade you can think of. They send to Ipswich,
where they are checked, cleaned, mended if needed
Just an up-date to say as we were taking some more and put on containers and sent to various countries.
things (mechanic tools & tool box) for ‘Tools With A They send about 20 containers every year.
Mission’ and we also took 2 sewing machines & garden
tools which would like to say ‘Thank You’ to those who So if you are clearing out and if you
donated them. have any unwanted tools please contact:
John & Wendy Hilton Dorchester
TOOLS
There is a new couple that are collating any type of on: 01305 267098. WITH A
tools – sewing/knitting machines, certain computers
(not printers, scanners, overhead projectors or TV’s), To find our more check out: MISSION
gardening, plumbing, mechanic, carpentry - in fact www.twam.uk Marion Slyfield
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NEWS FROM THE MEMORIAL HALL TATWORTH AMATEUR
PANTOMIME SOCIETY
T&F Movies
The winter programme continues as follows: OH YES IT IS! Don’t forget that TAPS
are putting on 'Cinderella' at the end
Friday 21st February: ‘Yesterday’ (12A). February! It has all the usual laughs
A comedy/drama/musical directed by Danny and the evil that go with panto!
Boyle and written by Richard Curtis tells the
story of a singer-songwriter in a tiny English
The ugly sisters causing problems for Cinderella, her faithful
seaside town whose dreams of fame are rapidly
fading despite the fierce support of his friend Buttons helping all he can to make life easier for her
childhood best friend. Pure fantasy of joyous plus some of her animal friends as well, The fairy godmother
proportions with Beatles hit after hit. coming to her rescue so that she can go to the ball. Will she
win the princes hand?
Friday 27th March: ‘Downton Abbey’ (PG).
Drama featuring the well known Crawley family Come to watch to find the answer, look forward to seeing you
and their staff as they prepare for a royal visit. in February.
Scandal, intrigue and romance in generous
measure which leaves the future of Downton
hanging in the balance. Starring Maggie Smith
and Hugh Bonneville this film is a "must" for all
fans of the TV series.
JUST A THOUGHT! 3. Unless allergic eat nuts every day, especially walnuts -
protects cells and reduces inflammation in the body.
Reading recently from a daily newspaper were 4. Brush your teeth standing on one leg - helps maintain
found some tips on how to stay healthy and young, balance and stops falls.
and avoid illnesses usually associated with the 5. Boil kettle and stretch your neck
ageing process. physiotherapist recommends you
exercise your neck by looking up and
1. Drink coffee but only 1 or 2 cups a day - caffeine gets down and to the sides which will help
the circulation going. maintain a range of movement - any
excuse to make a cup of tea!
2. Recite your times tables up to 20 - gets the grey matter
working! Worth a try perhaps!
If you are not sure if our walks are for you, come and have a Please note that the 60th Annual Open Show of the Society will
chat at the Hall, tag along and see how it goes. There's no be held in Tatworth Memorial Hall TA20 2QA on Saturday 22nd
August 2020 opening at 2.30pm.
pressure as we cater for everyone's pace, and dogs on leads
are also welcome to accompany you too! Our Summer Trips will be:
Rick Chubb Tuesday 12th May
The Garden House, Buckland Monochoram, Yelverton.
Monday 22nd June
RHS Gardens, Rosemoor, Great Torrington.
TATWORTH GOOD COMPANIONS Friday17th July
The National Trust Property, Kingston Lacy (near Wimborne).
Stella Marks writes:
Tatworth Good Companions finished 2019 with a visit to Otter
Nurseries for coffee and those last minute gifts before
TATWORTH FLOWER CLUB
continuing to Lakeside Manor. Here we enjoyed a tasty Valerie Garth writes:
Christmas lunch followed by the arrival of Father Christmas
with his usual sack of presents. The first meeting of the New Year on February 6th we have
national demonstrator Lucy Ellis demonstrating under her title
Why sit at home in 2020? come along and join us, new of ‘Opera goes to the Movies’.
members always welcome. Our 2020 program includes visits, On March 5th trainee demonstrator Ellie North will
demonstrations and the usual bingo, tea or coffee. We meet demonstrate with her title ‘Lets Celebrate’.
on the 2nd and 4th Thursday mornings of the month.
Meetings are held in Tatworth Memorial Hall, TA20 2QW. Doors
For further details please telephone Anne on: 01460 239434 - open 1.30pm for a 2.00pm start. Visitors are most welcome for
Thank you. an entrance fee of £6.00.
01297 35557
On the A358 between
Axminster and Chard EX13 7NF
media@buffersmodelrailways.com Remembering Not to Forget is a small
charity established at the end of 2013 to
support people impacted by dementia.
Glues – Paints – Balsa Wood – Tools – Plastics –
Metals – Model Kits – Scenery – Games Workshop Co-founders Laura and Ali both have close
and so much more! family members with dementia. They have
Clubs and ‘how to' workshops - pop in and ask! experienced first-hand the pain of seeing
someone affected by the condition.
Your local and friendly family run model shop. We wanted to do something to support
other families facing a diagnosis of
Opening Times: dementia.
Tues - Fri 10am - 4.00pm
Sat 10.00am - 1.00pm. Sun-Mon - Closed www.rememberingnottoforget.org.uk
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FEBRUARY/MARCH GARDENER Containers can be used successfully for bulbs, summer
flowering bedding plants and annuals as well as specimen
Planning and refreshing - the exciting year ahead for your standard shrubs. Try some vegetables such as new potatoes in
garden a deep container if you haven’t done so before, they taste
superb. Containers can be moved around to achieve the best
How content and happy are you with your garden? What do you position, but do so before adding water as they become too
really want to achieve? Will a simple plan enable you to make heavy. Keep them well watered during hot weather and add
changes and improvements and provide interesting ideas for water crystals before going away. They work well!!
thought and discussion? Was last year’s gardening experience
up to your expectation? What plants did you enjoy looking at? What Action next?
Try and make a list looking back to those warmer months. Can May I recommend spending a cold or gloomy day enjoying
you remember ideas you thought might motivate you to make some relaxation and making a list of what improvements you
those exciting changes you always wanted to? It’s not too late would like to see. Next month I will suggest some plants that
to make decisions for the coming gardening year so grab a may be worth looking up in books or electronically that may
pencil and paper and make a start. List any structural and guide you and quick ways to improve different soil.
planting changes you’d like.
Enjoy the new year planning and look after our wildlife, two
Do you want to create more space? and four legged.
Do some raised beds need adding? Especially useful if growing
tap root vegetables, the Umbelliferae (parsley) family eg
carrots, parsnips, celery etc require depth which also helps to For your interest…
stop that surface resident the dreaded carrot fly. Drainage also …A Monkey Puzzle Tree in Tatworth!
improves hugely with a raised bed and you can add attractive
and fragrant companion annual plants such as tagetes
(marigolds) that many vegetable pests hate. Yes it does work!!
Tony Arnold MCIHort
Author Science for the Gardener
Be bold - get rid of poor and unsightly shrubs and plants that
Secondary Science Resource for
no longer contribute to your garden enjoyment. Add fragrance
RHS Schools Gardening
and attractive foliage and more colourful longer flowering
spring and summer species. It’s worth having a look in a
garden book/website/garden centres for ideas. The RHS
website is helpful in describing a plant’s horticultural
requirements. Spend time double checking plant labels to Do You Want a More
assist your planting decisions. ‘Buy me plant me now’ - garden
centres can offer an instant seasonal pick-me-up plant for your Beautiful Garden?
gardens as well time to meet up with fellow gardeners to
exchange ideas over a warming cuppa. Discover How Science Can
Quick planning priority list: Help Your Garden Grow
Of vital importance your soil - Acid, Alkali or Neutral - try to - Tips to make a greener - more beautiful garden
do a pH check with an inexpensive testing kit. Take a small - Help to Get to Know Your Plants
sample of soil, add some distilled water and shake then use - How Thinking Scientifically will Help you Horticulturally
the indicator to see what soil pH you have. If that’s a bit too
time consuming look and see if you have acid loving Spring approaches but are you ready for any problems
(ericaceous) plants thriving such as Heather, Azaleas, or queries that might arise. Why not seek guidance
Rhododendrons as that is a certain sign of a low pH acidic from ‘Science for the Gardener International’, an
soil . Is your soil sandy or clay or is it nice and mixed and informative enjoyable and easy to read reference
crumbly? Tip some into a jar and add water, shake up and you book for gardeners everywhere.
will see instantly the mixture you have stones, grit and sand
sinking and clay and silt particle high up with some organic The book answers queries such as:
(composts) floating. Estimate visually your soil mixture. The * What plant where?
ideal loam soil is an even mixture of (inorganic-non living) * What plant when?
clay, sand, and fine silt and 10% (organic –living matter). * What soil is required and how to measure pH easily?
* What loam - organic - soil do you have and how to do a quick
Add plenty of fresh organic matter (compost – manure – leaves check?
or leaf mould) your plants will soon respond as this creates * Quick Guide to easy understanding of plant naming
fresh nutrients, holds moisture and restricts weeds effectively. * Where to find and tackle pest and disease info
Some moderate slow release feeding will be welcome in March * Easy to understand plant reproduction
onwards, then moderate liquid feed when plants start to * Health benefits of Gardening
flower. Different vegetables will have their own feeding
* Exciting future developments such as GM v Organic and
requirements, so do check first. topical horticultural debate
Plant for size, not just colour or fragrance – consider height ‘Science for the Gardener’ - Available at all good bookshops,
AND width, and, so often omitted, spread and space occupied Chard Bookshop, also on line from Amazon, (fast link from my
in full bloom as well as light and air circulation. Shrubs are website), Wordery or Book Depository, Foyles and advertised in
small trees so plan and prune carefully. Country Gardener.
Or purchase direct (at the discounted price of £12.00), from
Ground cover may also be just what you want in difficult Tony Arnold MCIHORT: da.arnold42@gmail.com
planting areas. Climbers should give great pleasure and lift Cash, cheque or card payments accepted.
colour up above all the other plants and can be used for 01460 221519 or da.arnold42@gmail.com
covering up unsightly objects.
Our final New Year Tea Party took place on 9th January,
At the January meeting, to which members of
a rather wet and windy afternoon, when we received a Thorncombe WI had been invited, members
brief resume of the wide variety of activities undertaken heard an amusing talk on ‘The Life & Work of
by the Wives Group during the 55 years since it was first Joyce Grenfell’. They also paid subscriptions for the new
established and we were able to look at minute books, year and handed in their voting slips, on which they chose
records and photographs covering that period. Some of which one of the five short listed new Resolutions they
those present shared memories of the Group’s origins wanted to be taken forward for debate at the National
and events, and we heard how initial meetings were Federation of W.I.s Annual Meeting in June. The Resolutions
held to see if there was sufficient interest amongst are about (a) Improving potential stem registration, (b)
young married ladies to meet once a month, and after Female crash dummies, (c) Ending modern slavery, (d)
Rev. Coleridge, who was then the vicar became Talking about death & dying, (e) Protection of our precious
helium.
involved, the Young Wives Group was formed in 1965
under the auspices of St John the Evangelist Church. As
During this month Nan Austin held a ‘Coffee & Chat’
the membership grew older the ‘Young’ was dropped morning. There was a ‘Programme Planning Meeting’ on the
and we became known simply as the Wives Group. 20th, to decide which speakers to have and what visits to
make in the year 2020/2021, and a lunch was arranged for
Since the Wives Group’s formation our aim, as well as the 30th. Some members tried the ‘Walking Netball’ at the
providing an opportunity for married women to meet LED Sports Centre at Axminster, which restarted at 4.25pm
together socially, has been to raise money for local on the 9th and of course Kurling and Seated Volleyball on
charities and St John’s Church. Since 1988 the Group’s Monday afternoons in the Memorial Hall also recommenced
activities have raised well over £16,000 for local in January.
charities and specific projects at the Church. But the
The speaker on the 20th February will be Niclola Hardy
Group has also contributed every year to the general
talking about ‘The Life of a Village Agent’. Angela will be
running costs of the church by running stalls at the
holding a ‘Coffee & Chat’ morning in February on a date
annual Church Fete and the Christmas Fair. At this, our yet TBC and Jane Grant is looking into a suitable luncheon
last meeting, we received an update on our project for venue and date for the month.
2019 to raise money for the purchase of a defibrillator
for the Church. The present position is that a faculty is A few Members are visiting Trull on the 11th February for a
still awaited from the Diocese, but as soon as that has ‘WW1 Social History Lunch’ and presentation by Vicky
been received a cheque for £1,100 will be presented to Straker, the great granddaughter of Dorothy Peel. Dorothy
the Church, and it is understood a grant should also then compiled ‘The Daily Mail Cookery Book’ one hundred years
be available from the Parish Council. Jane Grant also ago and in 1917 the Ministry of Food hired her to tour the
presented a cheque for £258, the proceeds from the country to show war-weary cooks, how to make nutritious
meals from left overs and the scarce ingredients available
Christmas Fair held at her home, to one of our Church-
during food rationing. The lunch after the talk will include
wardens, towards the refurbishment of the Church dishes based upon some of these recipes! SCFWI have also
Room. arranged a ‘Crime Mystery Dinner’ at Taunton on the 28th
February.
A bouquet of flowers was presented to Nan Austin, our
Secretary for many years, and we concluded our last On the 19th March, John Terry will talk about ‘Amateur
meeting with a delicious afternoon tea prepared by the Photography’ and I am sure will provide lots of useful hints
Committee – a fitting end for the Wives Group’s life. for those keen photographers amongst the members. There
will also be a ‘Bring and Buy’ stall at this meeting.
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MOTORCYCLE MANIA! EDITORIAL
Rick Chubb writes: Here we are at the beginning of February with hopefully
some better weather to look forward to with Spring not too
In the last edition of The Drift, The Editor asked for far away!
our stories about our own hobbies, here's mine…
Some residents have remarked on the state of many of our
Back in the 60's, still at school in Chard, I had a friend roads and pavements and I have to agree that there are
who was a little older, who would arrive on his many potholes and areas that need repair. You will have
motorcycle and give us a quick ride up Zembard Lane. I noticed some white lines marked on pavements denoting
had always enjoyed cycling and still do, but this was areas that are recorded for attention. However, if you
very exciting and as time went on I couldn't wait to get examine the areas outlined you will have also seen that
a bike of my own. only 50% of the rough areas is enclosed by the lines.
Exams completed and now at work, eventually I had Why not do a proper job!
enough money to buy a BSA 250 and due to resistance If you have a particular area around you that is causing
distress please contact the Highways Department at
from my parents, it was hidden in the garden shed and
Somerset County Council or myself so that the problem can
only ridden when mum was out for a while. In those
be highlighted and hopefully addressed. Of course money is
days you could teach yourself and then apply for a test,
tight and there are restrictions on what money can be
which I did and passed this in Taunton. spent on but it is a shame that our village is beginning to
look so shabby and uncared for. If we do not complain
During this time I had both met my wife to be, Maggie, nothing will be done!
and also met fellow motorcyclists and spent many ours
in the High Street Cafe, drinking tea and discussing the I would like to draw your attention to the article on the
likes of Phil Read and Mike Hailwood. Although not front page of this issue of The Drift relating to a request
always an ideal form of transport, cold and wet for help in distribution. Our valued helpers are doing such a
sometimes, we started to venture further from home good job and it is much appreciated by all, BUT they do
and visited race meetings at Thruxton, Castle Coombe need a hand - PLEASE can YOU spare some time once every
and then the Grand Prix at Silverstone, camping and two months?
either roasting in the sun or getting soaked, but
enjoying the stars of the day, Barry Sheen, etc. Lastly, can I remind you of the deadline dates which
appear in each Drift for the receipt of articles/reports
In the 80’s, we ventured further away, to Ireland and which in this issue is 14th March for the April/May
then to France, again, camping to keep the costs down, publication. However interesting or important if the
with a mortgage to pay. deadline is missed it could be “old news” and irrelevant
for insertion in a later edition. Therefore, please ensure
In 1984 I decided to try to improve my riding and joined that YOUR contribution is received in time - thank you!
the local advanced group in Taunton, at that time there
Robin Munday - Drift Editor
was no bike group and my first experience was in the
back of a car. The following month, a policeman turned
up on his police bike and took me out for an observed
ride. Eventually we formed a bike section SAM,
Somerset Advanced Motor Cyclists, which today has URGENT HELP REQUIRED
more than 250 members. Dog walking help urgently required at weekends
for house-bound lady in the village.
Over the years, Maggie and I have visited the Isle Of Man The gentle Greyhound requires only 15 minutes
over 30 times for the TT or Classic races and toured per walk and is very easy to handle.
Walk times and remuneration
Spain several times. I have also been to Germany and
to be discussed with owner.
now do an annual trip to Scotland.
Initial enquiries to me please: 01460 220966
Apart from the riding I spend many hours in the garage, Thank you - Judy MacOmish
as I prefer to do the servicing myself. I think this works
as a sort of therapy, as I work through the various tasks,
concentrating on the job in hand and forgetting any
other problems for a while.
Regulars
Every Mon - 2.00 - 3.00pm Yoga, Relaxation and Gentle Exercise Classes Ch Hall
Every Mon - 2.00pm New Age Kurling & seated volleyball - £1.50 per session, including refreshment TMH
Every Mon - 7.00 - 8.00pm Celia’s Fat Burning and Body Toning Class (Fun and friendly) TMH
Every Tues - 5.00 - 6.00pm Under 10’s Softball Cricket (up until 19th April) HSH
Every Tues - 6.00 - 7.00pm School years 6 - 10 Hardball Cricket (up until 19th April) HSH
Every Wed - 10.00am Tatworth Health Walks TMH
Every Wed - 10.00am - 2.00pm Wendy’s Kitchen TMH
Every Wed - 3.30 - 4.40pm Celia’s Get Fit, Exercise Class for ages, 50-90 plus TMH
Every Wed - 7.00pm Chard & District Lace Group - Brewer Room TMH
Every Thurs - 6.45 - 9.30pm Chard Bridge Club Evenings TMH
Every Thurs - 7.00pm Chard Karate Club - Juniors (R) PSC
Every Thurs - 8.00pm Chard Karate Club - Seniors (R) PSC
Every Fri - 9.00pm Perry Street Club - ‘Chase The Joker’ Raffle Night PSC
Every Fri - 10.00am - Noon St John’s Church - Toddler Group (During Term time) StJ
First Tues - Monthly Chiropodist - Mr Grimminger - Tel: 30114 TMH
First Thurs - Monthly - 7.00pm Tatworth & Forton Parish Council Meeting TMH
Third Thurs - Monthly Tatworth WI Meeting TMH
Third Sat - Monthly Perry Street Club - Quiz & Bingo Night PSC
Third Sun - Monthly - 3- 6.00pm Perry Street Club - Open Mic PSC
Fourth Tuesday - Monthly Kents Fellowship KCR
Last Tues - Monthly - 6.00pm Perry Street Club - Tuesday Night Crew Night PSC
Last Fri - Monthly Perry Street Club - Monthly Big Quiz PSC
2nd/4th Fri - Monthly - 7.30pm Forton Clubhouse Bar Open FCH
2nd/4th Thurs - Monthly Tatworth Good Companions Morning Meetings TMH
KEY: Ch Rm - St John’s Church Room, PSC - The Perry Street Club, TMH - Tatworth Memorial Hall, TPF - Tatworth Playing Fields,
TPS - Tatworth Primary School, StJ - St John’s Church, KCR - Kents Common Room, SCC - South Chard Church, KCR - Kents Close,
FCH - Forton Community Hall, FF - Farriers Field, Post Office Lane., KSM - Kingston St. Mary Village Hall.
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