Poulshot

Village News

December 2016
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From the Editor

Welcome to Decembers Poulshot Village News.
This month our front cover comes courtesy of
Jean Perrett who recently held an exhibition at
the Poulshot Village Hall.
Its the Christmas season with lots to look forward
to - the Over 60s Dinner, Club Dinners at the
Raven and of course the Carol Singing and Services.
In January we have the return of the Untold Theatre (remember The
Tempest?) performing The Ghost of Mr Dickens, so get your tickets before
they sell out! Also, its Burns Night again, so get your dancing shoes
ready.
A Merry Christmas from the team at PVN
P.S Remember to send us your Christmas Party photos for Januarys
magazine

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A View From My Window

Change is in the air! It has been all year and who knows what next year will bring?
For my part Im glad I dont know what lies ahead. Yes, there are things planned , for
sure, and obviously one of the most important changes will be that Maureen will
cease to be our Rector. As you know from the last ediEon of Spotlight , she reEres on
January 1st. If I may, I would like to just put on record what a brilliant Rector she has
been, and personally inspiraEonal for me as Im sure she has been for so many others.
If anyone wants to know what best pracEce is in rural ministry , just come to Seend,
Bulkington and Poulshot.
As I said change is in the air; rst Brexit, then the American elecEon each of which brings uncertainty, and
now, very few sEpendiary clergy in these parts. By the end of 2017 Im sure we will all have a clearer picture,
but for the moment we are not sure what lies ahead, as we go into the season of Advent, Christmas, and then
the new year.
But there is certainty too. The season of Advent will bring with it the need to clean out our houses ,
metaphorically and factually; to re-examine ourselves if you like in readiness for all the Christmas fesEviEes.
We cannot welcome guests if the house is full of the detritus of the year and the spare room full of cluTer.
We cannot welcome the baby Jesus into a house where there is no room for him, because of all the stu and
muddle, and we are too busy. We must make the space. A baby needs space and calmness and care.
There is certainty that every morning the sun will rise, whether behind clouds or not, and the moon will wax
and wane , and if we take Eme to noEce , the stars will come out and we can gaze and gaze and wonder
about it all. Thats what those rst shepherds did out on the hillside outside Bethlehem; they took Eme to
noEce; the lights of the city did not get in the way of the glow of the angels. Thats what the wise men from
the east did too; they marvel led at the night sky and with all their mathemaEcal genius they knew that all
they had to do was to follow the special star.
And for 2000 years, millions of people around the world have been watching and wondering and falling to
their knees in amazement at the glories of creaEon and the most precious giY of love. Just think of the last
Eme you saw a new born baby. Did you just carry on with what you were doing, or did you bend or kneel
before it, and smile; the giY of love, the giY of creaEon, the giY of the son of God. They recognised him then
and I hope and pray that we recognise him this Christmas, and that we will be reassured that God will be with
us as we enter the uncertainty of the new year. There is a lovely carol which speaks reassuringly to me.
I wonder as I wander out under the sky
How Jesus the saviour did come for to die
For poor ordinary people like you and like I.
I wonder as I wander out under the sky.
Maybe the answer to all that wondering is that God really loves us, you and me , and he made us of himself
because there was nothing else to make us out of, and so may I wish you all a loving and peaceful Christmas.
Jane Knowles

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The Benefice of Seend, Bulkington and Poulshot

CHURCH SERVICES IN DECEMBER 2016

You are welcome to worship at any of the services in any of the churches in the
Benefice.There is something for everyone!
Thursday 8th December 2016
6.00 pm
Christingle service at Seend
Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th December 2016
10.00 4.00 Crib Festival in Bulkington
Sunday 11th December 2016 (3rd Sunday in Advent)
9.15 am
Parish Eucharist at Seend
4.00 pm
Crib Festival service at Bulkington (note change of service)
6.00 pm
Evensong at Poulshot.
Tuesday 13th December 2016
7.30 pm
Christmas Concert with Calne Choral Society at Seend
Sunday 18th December 2016 (4th Sunday in Advent)
8.00 am
Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer) at Seend
10.00 am
Nativity service with Blessing of the Crib at Seend (with carols and the Christmas story.
Dress the children as shepherds or angels & bring them along!!)
11.00 am
Parish Eucharist (Traditional) at Poulshot
6.00 pm
Carol service at Bulkington with the Seend Singers (note change of service)
Thursday 22nd December 2016
7.30 pm
Carol service at Seend with Cappella Nova
Saturday 24th December 2016 (Christmas Eve)
2.00 pm
Nativity and Blessing of Crib service at Bulkington (with carols and the Christmas story. Dress the
children as shepherds or angels & bring them along!!)
6.00 pm
Traditional Carol service at Poulshot
11.30 pm
Benefice Midnight Eucharist at Seend
Sunday 25th December 2016 (Christmas Day)
9.15 am
Festal Eucharist at Poulshot
9.15 am
Festal Eucharist at Bulkington
11.00 am
Festal Eucharist at Seend
Sunday 1st January 2017 (New Year 2nd Sunday of Christmas)
10.00 am
Benefice Eucharist at Seend. Maureens final service
Every Tuesday at 9.00 there is a short Benefice service of Matins (BCP*) at Poulshot church
Every Thursday at 9.00 Morning Prayer will be said at 4 Northfields, Bulkington. All are welcome.

From the Benefice records

Baptisms
The newest member of the church family is;
Martha Mary Bartholomew who was baptised at Seend
on 12th November

Funerals
We pray for the family of;
Kenneth Bill Adams whose funeral took place at
Semington Crematorium on 9th November

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Poulshot
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Available for meetings, functions, clubs
and private parties

Booking fees
Residents - 6 an hour
Non-Residents - 10 an hour
All bookings for the hall are taken by
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Poulshot Friends & Neighbours

NOVEMBER TALK
JEWELLERY DEMONSTRATION, TEARS OF THE DRAGON
I have never seen so many pearls of different variety, shape and colour.
The talk, given by Frances Benton, who is an English lady living in Burgundy in France was very
illuminating. The profits from her sales go to a charity that helps street children in Durban, in South
Africa, one of whom she adopted and who is now a lawyer in South Africa.
Who knew that the "pearl" was formed, not by grit getting into the shell, but as a defence mechanism
against a parasitic worm.We also learned that the cultured pearl industry began in Japan in the late
19th century, but before that only the immense privileged could afford the rare, and hard to find,
natural pearls.
It is amazing how many colours pearls come in, caused by the colour of the shell and the waters that
they grow in. It was also interesting that pearls can be cultured to different shapes dependent on the
type of irritant inserted into the oyster.
Those of us who attended found it an interesting and entertaining talk, and some were even moved to
make a purchase.
The next event is on the 13th of December and is our Christmas Meal at The Raven at 7.00pm for
7:30pm. We will have a secret Santa and spending can be up to 10 per person

If you have any quesDons. please contact Pam on 828151 or Kate Hunloke on 828333

BURNS NIGHT
Traditional Scottish Supper followed by

Scottish Country Dancing

Saturday 21st January 2017 at 7.30pm

Tickets: 10 to include welcome drink, supper and
Scottish Country Dancing. BYO.
Tickets from Tor: 01380 827188 / tor@tormorgan.co.uk

PRACTICE DANCING SESSION:

Sunday 15th January 4pm, Village Hall

All welcome with/without partner

Dates For The Diary

December

January

February

5th

2:15pm

Poulshot Farming Club (Wacky Magician). Village Hall

13th

7:00pm

Friends and Neighbours Christmas Meal. The Raven

14th

7:30pm

Ladies Book Club. Village Hall

7:30pm

Poulshot Readers Christmas Meal. The Raven

17th

7:00pm

Over 60s Christmas Dinner. Village Hall

18th

7:30pm

Carol Singing In The Raven

24th

6:00pm

Carol Service - St Peters Church

25th

9:15

Christmas Service - St Peters Church

10th

7:30pm

WI: Julias House - A talk on the new childrens hospice due to

be completed in 2017 - Worton Village Hall

10th

7:30pm

Parish Council Meeting - Village Hall

15th

4:00pm

Burns Night Practice Session - Poulshot Village Hall

18th

7:30pm

Untold Theatre Presents - The Ghosts Of Mr Dickens

Village Hall

19th

7:30pm

Poulshot Friends & Neighbours - Annual Meeting. Village Hall

21st

7:30pm

Burns Night- Poulshot Village Hall

6th

2:15pm

Poulshot Farming Club. Village Hall

9th

7:30pm

Poulshot Community Fund Meeting. Village Hall

Christmas Draw of the 100 Club

1st Prize 100 Kate Hunloke

2nd Prizes, each

50 Stewart Willis and

Jean Perrett

The Village Hall Committee thank all members for their invaluable support and
wish everyone in the village a happy and prosperous 2017.

Maureens Christmas Ramblings

Nick was not happy. It was the afternoon of the Nativity play, his first at school. He
had wanted to be Joseph, always on stage, helping Mary and holding the baby
Jesus. But instead he was the inn-keeper. All he had to do was stand in the doorway
and say one line. His moment came. Joseph knocked on the door and, right on cue,
Nick it. What do you want? He demanded. We need a bed for the night, Joseph
said. Sorry, no room. But we are tired and my wife is about the have a baby.
Nick looked at Mary and faltered a bit. The teacher held her breath. Was Nick
going to forget his lines? The prompter in the wings whispered. Go away, there is
no room here. Nick responded automatically, Go away, there is no room here.
The teacher breathed a sigh of relief. Joseph placed his arm around Mary, just as
they had practiced it, and Mary laid her head upon his shoulder. The two of them
began to slowly and sadly move away. But Nick, who was supposed to close the door behind them, just stood there.
His mouth was open and his brow creased with concern as he watched Mary and Joseph walk away. And then his eyes
unmistakably fill with tears, and that's when the miracle happened. Don't go, Joseph! Nick called out. Bring Mary
back! And then his face filled with a bright smile. He called out, you can have my room! The Nativity play may not
have been faithfully presented, but Nicks response to Mary and Joseph and the Christ child thrilled the audience and
thrilled God.
I wonder what I would have done if I had been that inn-keeper on the night that God came to earth as a child,
vulnerable and longing for us to recognise him and welcome him. Maybe I would have been too busy to notice that the
miracle of Christmas was happening in front of my eyes. Life is too busy to take Jesus home. And even if I invited
Jesus in, where would I put him? Where do I fit God in amongst the work and the hobbies and the house and the
garden and the family and all the things that take up my time and energy? There is no room in my life to take Jesus
home. And even if I could find the time and the room, my place would not be good enough for God - not with my
doubts and fears, not with my sins and failures. I would have to redecorate and make some changes. And what if I find
him an unwelcome guest? What if he talks to me of my loving and my living and whispers to me that there are
different ways to be and different priorities to have? What if he asks awkward questions about my relationships and
my attitudes and my prejudices? What if he asks me to share my life with him? I am not sure that I am ready for what
it might mean if I invite Jesus home.
But the baby welcomed into the stable does want to come home with us this Christmas; he doesnt want to be left in a
stable or in church or in our memories. He wants to live with us, to share in all that we are and in all that we do. And
whatever the state of our decoration and of our heart he wants to love us and forgive us and help us with the cleaning,
the mending and the redecoration of our broken and wounded lives. He wants to spend 2017 and eternity with us.
Jesus doesnt mind that we are not yet quite ready or prepared. I mean, he was happy to be born in a stable and be laid
in a manger. It is the invitation and the welcome that matters. It matters to him that the little inn keeper said, there is
no room in the inn, but come in. I dont have much to offer, but I will give you what I have. I pray for you all
Gods blessings this Christmas and always.
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spending more than 10% of their annual income on hea8ng alone. We give grants of 200 directly to those
iden8ed. We work with partner organisa8ons such as Aster, Age UK Wiltshire and Ci8zens Advice to secure
further help and support for people in need in an eort to reduce the problem.
If you know someone who would like to apply for a grant contact one of our partners directly:
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Wiltshire Ci8zens Advice - 03444 111444
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If you would like to donate your own winter fuel allowance to support
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The church hosted Bulkington Village Christmas Lunch

takes place on Wednesday, 7th December, 2016
and the New Year lunch on the 4th January, 2017 at 12.15
at The Well. Contact Jane Coles in advance for the menu
(07484064345). New people are always welcome to join us.

CHRISTINGLE SERVICE FOR ALL THE FAMILY

at 6.00 on Thursday, 8th December 2016 at Seend Church

Benefice BUZZZZ Group

will meet on Wednesday
7th December 2016 at 4.00
at 4 Northfields, Bulkington, led by Maureen Allchin
There will be a CHRISTMAS COFFEE MORNING on Saturday, 10th December from
10.30-12.00 at the home of the Diffords (14 Bulkington the Tudor Cottage). Raffle, produce,
hand-made items and flower arrangements, etc. Everyone is welcome.
THE TEA AND CHAT SOCIAL GROUP
will meet on the Monday, 5th December at 46a Bulkington (Phyl Yarde 828116)
from 2.00 4.00. Bring your own craft item or leave it at home and just come and chat!

The Revd. Maureen Allchins final service

st
will be on Sunday, 1
January 2017 at 10.00 at Seend
Maureen completes her 18 months appointment as Interim Minister for our Benefice. You are
most welcome to her final service as Rector (come with your hang-overs!!)
There will be light refreshments following the service.

CHRISTMAS CRIB FESTIVAL

10th and 11th December 2016 (10-4) in Christ Church,
Bulkington with a wonderful display of nativity cribs from
around the world and a raffle to win this crib hand made
of olive wood in Bethlehem a real heirloom. A special
service at 4.00 on Sunday,
11th will bring the festival to a wonderful conclusion

COMING TO POULSHOT THIS JANUARY

The year is 1867 and, aboard the SS Cuba, Charles Dickens set
sail for his second tour of America. Despite the signs of his
waning health, he has planned the most arduous of schedules.
During his journey across the Atlantic, the renowned author
becomes plagued with guilt-ridden visions and visitors from the
spirit world. Figures from his life such as his parents, his wife,
his companions and his children appear alongside characters
from his stories. These spirits return to guide (and taunt) him.
They accompany him on the sea crossing and throughout his
readings.

Though his health is failing and his mind troubled, his

performances are inspiring. But he struggles to contain the
creations of his fevered imagination. As reality blurs into fiction,
much like Ebenezer Scrooge, the author is compelled to revisit
the sins of his past. But this is no tale of redemption.
The Ghosts of Charles Dickens portrays two incarnations of the
writer struggling against one another real and fictional versions
of himself; the actual man and the man he wishes to survive beyond the grave.
After a successful collaboration with Beyond
Expectations, writers (Avril Silk and Martin Levinson)
and producers (Untold Theatre) team up once more.
This production combines ensemble performance and
digital projections to explore the final years of Charles
Dickens the characters he created, and the ones that
created him.
The Ghost Of Mr Dickens will be coming to
Poulshot Village Hall on Wednesday 18th January
Tickets, 10. Available from your usual Village Hall
Committee Members.
Malcolm Nixon, Ray Josey, Alan Weber, The
Martins, Giles Morgan, Sam Wright-Hurn & Nicole
Niemeyer.
01380 828206/827010
or events@mypoulshot.com

The Ghost is a presentation by the theatre group

who bought us The Tempest earlier this year returning to Poulshot as they loved us so much.

A brief history of Christmas decorations - a guest

article from Athena Antiques.
The 21st century home for many does not escape the
Christmas phenomenon. Adorning them with wreaths,
baubles, =nsel and lights. The tradi=on of decora=ng trees
goes back centuries, even as far back as the 8Th century
intertwined with old pagan tradi=ons. Trees appeared in
private homes as far back as 1521, when Princess Helene
de Mecklembourg placed one in her Paris home. This
sparked such a popular custom it caused areas of Alsace to
almost consume all their pine trees!
17th century Europe, par=cularly Germany, saw the rise of
the Christmas decora=ons we are more familiar with today.
With glass baubles, candy twists, paper owers in red and
white, gingerbread shapes, wax gures and candles. Tinsel
is believed to have originated in Germany as intertwined
strips of silver. Britain embraced decorated trees much later during the reign of Queen Victoria, with crochet
owers and stars, paper baskets with sugared almonds and glass baubles and =nsel ordered from Germany.
Glass baubles were rst produced by German glass maker Hans Greiner in Lauscha. In 1847 he produced
glass fruits and nuts, with the inside made to look silvery with mercury or lead and later with silver nitrate
and sugar water. By the 1870s they were expor=ng their unique glass decora=ons to other parts of Europe
and Britain. Including the round ball shaped glass baubles we are more familiar with today.
Electric lights appear to have been patented as early as 1882 but the produc=on of the ar=cial Christmas
tree only began in the 1930s,using such things as feathers and one company using the bristles used to make
toilet brushes!
The evolu=on of the modern tree
and decora=ons is a fascina=ng
journey through history and
tradi=on. Whether you put a fairy
or a star on top of your tree, the
hanging of Christmas decora=ons
has become a special event for so
many children, and adults, at this
special =me!
Happy Christmas from Athena
An=ques

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Towels - Hand/Tea - 0.50

Shirt/Blouse (hung) - 1.20

Dress, Short - 1.50

Bath/large - 1.00

Shirt/Blouse (hung and starched) - 1.50

Dress, Long - 2.50

All kids items of clothing half price

MINIMUM CHARGE OF 15.00

1.50 collection/delivery charge outside of Rowde

Contact: Stacey / Brigette

Telephone: 01380 829910 / 07999 818741

Email : iteamironing@gmail.com

For T&Cs visit www.i-teamironing.com

Richardson & Paige

INTERIORS
Specialist Upholstery
www.richardsonandpaige.co.uk
Come and visit us at our website or our workshop:
Unit 1, Manor House Yard, Poulshot, Devizes SN10 1RY

01380 828228 07974 454747

Traditional, Modern and Bespoke Specialist Upholstery
tailored loose covers; new furniture made to order; antiques; modern
reupholstery; recovering & repairs; free quotes deliveries
Members of the Association of Master Upholsterers & Soft Furnishers

The latest Community Fund CommiXee mee8ng

was held in the Village Hall on 6th October to
consider two applica8ons for funding.
The Village Hall Trust applied for funding to help
pay the costs of new plas8c cladding on the sots,
this will minimise future repain8ng. The grant was agreed at 2,500. Tim Nixon put in an applica8on to
purchase, on behalf of the village, a re pit, which would live in the Green Gardens. While the idea was
met with approval, Tim was asked to conduct more research on certain areas and represent his applica8on at
a future mee8ng.
All details of the PCF and applica8on forms can be found on the village website. Please do put in an
applica8on and talk to a member of the Panel prior to pudng in your applica8on as they may have hints
and 8ps. As a reminder to readers the aim of the Poulshot Community Fund is to promote community
ac8vity within the Parish by providing nancial support for community organisa8ons working for the benet
of the residents of the village.
The Community Fund CommiXee can award grants to new as well as exis8ng organisa8ons which either
represent or are located in the Village together with individual residents. Applica8ons can cover a whole
plethora of interests ranging from village ameni8es and facili8es, through older/young people, arts and
culture, sport and recrea8on to enhancing the environment. The sky is almost the limit!
If readers consider that they have an idea which will benet Poulshot and wish to obtain an applica8on form
they should apply to the Community Fund Secretary (Elizabeth Mar8n) by email:
poulshoptparishcouncil@gmail.com or by phone: 01380 828206 or to Community Fund CommiXee members
who will also help advise and support where required.

Poulshot Parish Council

Village Contacts
St Peters Church

Chairman
Mr Geo ColleX (828465)
Clerk
Mrs Elizabeth Mar8n (828206)
email: poulshotparishcouncil@gmail.com
Council Members
Mr Adrian Baber
Mr Nicholas Hunloke
Mr Steve Housby
Mr Tim Coleman
Mr Ben Hamilton
Mr Tim Nixon

Priest in Charge
The Revd. Maureen Allchin (828931)
maureen@mallchin.co.uk
Re.red Priest:
The Revd. Jane Knowles (870325)
jane.knowles2@b8nternet.com)
Churchwardens
Mrs Joyce Arnold, Mrs Kate Amery

Local Wilshire Councillor

Cllr Jonathan Seed (850696) e-mail:
jonathon.seed@wiltshire.gov.uk

Village Trust

PCC Members
Mr Nicholas Hunloke (Treasurer)
Lady Kate Hunloke (Secretary - 828333)
Mrs Angela Bullen
Mr Brian Arnold
Mrs Dankay Cleverly (Deanery Synod)

Other Village Contacts

Chairman
Mr Nicholas Hunloke (828333)
Secretary
Mr Ray Josey (Secretary - 827010)
email: raydenjosey@gmail.com
Trust Members
Tim Coleman (Vice-Chair)
Ben Hamilton (Treasurer)
Mrs Denise Josey (Archivist)

Farmers Club
Mr Richard Francis (828232)
Poulshot Cricket Club
Declan Gaule (Chairman - 07779 303849)
Jon Weeden (Secretary 07769 696026)
Phil Ireson (Captain 07802 756465)
www.poulshot.play-cricket.com
Poulshot Friends and Neighbours Club
Lady Kate Hunloke (828333)
Pam Gillies (828151)

Village Hall

Neighbourhood Watch
Mr Tim Coleman 827095

Chairman
Mr Ray Josey (827010)

Devizes and District Link

01380 721775

Secretary
Sam Wright-Hurn (828183)
Bookings
Elizabeth Mar8n (828206)
email: bookings@MyPoulshot.com

Poulshot Readers
Philip Piper 01380 828326

Wiltshire Numisma=c Society
Richard Jeery 01225 703143
jeery.melksham@gmail.com

Poulshot Website www.poulshot.org.uk

Contact Elizabeth Martin 828206 or email poulshotparishcouncil@gmail.com

Sunday 18th December, Lunch from 12noon 2:30pm

& Christmas Carols singing with Drinks only from 7:30pm.
Monday 19th - Saturday 24th, Lunch 12-2pm & Dinner 6:30 - 9pm.

Christmas Eve, from 10pm come and join in the Singing.

Christmas Day, Drinks only from 12noon to 2pm.
The Pub will be closed in the evening.
Boxing Day Drinks only from 12noon to 2pm.
The Pub will be closed in the evening.
Tuesday 27th - Saturday 31st, Lunch 12-2pm & Dinner 6:30 9pm.
New Year's Eve Three Course Dinner 25.00 per head
Please Reserve Your Table Soon Or Come Join The Rave' Inn Party from 10:30pm
to see in the New Year.
Sunday 1st January 2017, Lunch only from 12noon.
The Pub will be closed in the evening after New Year's Day Lunch.
From Monday 2nd January 2017, Lunch & Dinner served as
usual.
Please note The Raven Inn is Open for Lunch and Dinner
on Monday 19th December & Monday 2nd January 2017.
Merry Christmas wishes to You and Yours from
Nathalie, Jerry, Melody & Reuben