Saturday 9 May will be very special in Horsington. In order to celebrate and remember VE day, when hostilities ceased in the Europe in WW2 ,John Samson and the Half Moon are putting on a special music night featuring BERTIE’S BIG BAND – The South West’s foremost big band, plus many other entertainments, starting from 5 pm
Bertie’s Big Band
Every performance by Berties Big Band is a feast of entertainment and fun. Audiences are treated to the whole range of Big Band music from Glenn Miller right through to modern day arrangements.
This is a real coup for the village. Tickets are £10.00 on the door or £8.00 if you book in advance at the Half Moon before May 7.
The Band plays from 8 pm, but there will also be supporting musical acts throughout the day. Andrew Tarling will be putting on a Barbecue and some special beers.
A great opportunity to have some fun, and get over the election results gloom!
Profits from the evening will go to the Horsington and South Cheriton defibrillator project
Regular activities (Village Hall unless stated). Mondays Pilates 6pm Tuesdays Upholstery 10.30 am , Badminton 8pm, Wednesdays Adult tap dancing 10.00 am Thursdays Art 10.00 Fridays Art 10.00
Other Events
Mon 4th Ladies Lunch Group (Note TEA not lunch) Cole Manor tea Rooms Tues 5th North Cheriton Gardener’s Society Discount evening Castle gardens Wed 6th Music Night Half Moon Inn 8.45 pm Thurs 7th Wincanton Race evening meeting. Wincanton Racecourse 4 – 8.20 pm Sat 9th Badminton Horse Trials Cross-country day. Coach Trip. Tel. Alison 370990 Sat 9th V.E.Day celebration. Half Moon Inn, Horsington 5-10.30pm Tues 12th Wincanton Races . Ladies day. Wincanton Racecourse 12 – 5.05pm Wed 13th Pins and Needles. Springfield, Horsington Marsh 2pm Tel.371215 Thurs 14th Parish Council Meeting Village Hall 7.30pm Fri 15th W.I 90th Birthday party Village Hall 7.30pm Fri 15th Renewable Energy Talk by Chris Maltin St John’s Church 7.30pm Sun 17th Wincanton Choral Society Wincanton Sports Hall 7.30pm Tues 19th Film “The Book Thief” King Arthur’s School 7.30pm Sun 24th Cricket against the Tabard Pilgrims CC, cricket ground 2.30pm Barbeque, followed by Quiz at the Half Moon
St John’s Church services
3rd May 9.15am Holy Communion with Sunday School 10th May 11.am Morning Prayer 17th May 9.15am Holy Communion 24th May Pentecost 8.30am Holy Communion (BCP) 31st May Trinity Sunday United Service in Henstridge Church 10.30am
Jeremy Warner, the much-respected Telegraph writer, has published a piece about a contagious global credit bubble which threatens to bring down bond markets (and presumably lots of other markets too). And all this despite massive quantitative easing by central banks.
Eventually, he says, there will be a massive correction, in which creditors will suffer sickening losses.
If you haven’t time to read the article, at least take note of his conclusion:
“Nobody can tell you when that moment will arrive. We live in an “extend and pretend” world in which economies pathetically fight between themselves for any scraps of demand. One burst of money printing is met by another in an ultimately futile, zero-sum game of competitive currency devaluation. As if on cue, along comes another soft patch in Britain’s economic recovery, with first-quarter growth quite a bit weaker than expected. Like a constantly receding horizon, the point at which UK interest rates begin to rise is pushed ever further into the future. It’s like waiting for Godot. When Bank Rate was first cut to 0.5pc in response to the financial crisis, markets expected rates to start rising again in a year. Six years later, Bank Rate is still at 0.5pc and markets still expect them to rise in a year. In Europe it’s not for four years.
Both Keynsian and monetary economics seem to be in some kind of end game. What comes next is anyone’s guess.”
Profesor Horatio Zolby, publisher of the Zolby Blog
The Horsington Blog is honoured to have climate scientist and political expert Professor Horatio Zolby BF, BO, CFC, as a guest. Professor Zolby has taken it upon himself to create a strong and illuminating link between the government of the day and the electorate. He employs this to explain such things as energy policy in a simple and transparent way. Required viewing before you cast your vote next Thursday!
Like the Editor of the Horsington Blog, the Professor spends much time in his potting shed contemplating life, the universe and everything, and it is from there, Mimosa Street, Fulham, that he addresses the nation. Visit Professor Zolby Blog
The Wincanton Choral Society, which boasts several Horsington residents among its membership, is celebrating its 25th year – a year younger than Milborne Port Opera.
It’s 25th Anniversary concert, on Sunday 17th May 2015 in the Wincanton Leisure Centre, remembers the First World War.
The performance will include the ‘Spirit of England’, Elgar’s last choral work, which he was inspired by Laurence Binyon’s famous post-war poetry. It’s a powerful, inspiring and thought-provoking work.
‘Songs of the Fleet’ by Charles Villiers Stanford was written to celebrate the accession in 1910 of a new King (George V), who was a Navy man. It’s a light-hearted piece written by and for people with a love of the sea and with pride in the Royal Navy.
Musical director, Stephen Twistelton, has written a choral piece for the anniversary performance. The choir will sing his very moving piece “The Argument of His Book”, based on a beautiful Finnish poem, with soloists Paul Bradley (Tenor) and Philip Smith (Baritone).
Tickets are available from 01749 813899 or from the Box Office: www.netaticket.co.uk. Prices are £14.00 in advance if bought by 11th May, £15.00 on the door with under 18s at £7.00 at any time. Licensed bar.
I am very disappointed on the level of election coverage in the Blog. I would have hoped for some erudite comment and some forensic analysis of the various policies on offer from the different parties. When my late husband was alive he would be up all night poring over magazines and websites, studying the finer points of the election debate.
I live alone, and would welcome some advice on where to place my vote.
Yours,
Amelia Badger (Mrs)
The Blog’s political correspondent Kevin Mustard has sent us this postcard. He says that on the fees the Blog pays him, it’s all we can expect, but we hope he will file something more substantial before the big day -Ed
Richard Gaunt as Donovitz and Lloyd Davies as Linz in “Spring Fate” at Milborne Port Village Hall (Picture: Andrew Lakeman)
Milborne Port Opera’s “Spring Fate” opened on Wednesday 6 April to a very warm reception. Thursday is virtually full, Friday is SOLD OUT, but there are still a few tickets left for Saturday.
Take advantage of the lovely weather and the dearth of watchable TV programmes on Saturday nights and treat yourelves to a live show! Tickets 07926 983 585
According to the “Western Gazette”, the Boys in Blue are out there looking for speeding motorists. Clearly no Blog reader would do this, but you might want to pass the information on to others as a warning.
Here are the current locations of speed detection cameras:
They seem to have the area pretty well covered!
A303 2 1/4 miles east of Wincanton (70mph) Site: 6129
A303 2 miles west of Wincanton (70mph) Site: 6042
A303 2/3 mile east of Wincanton (70mph) Site: 6128
A303 3 miles east of Sparkford – eastbound (70mph) Site: 6026
A303 3 miles east of Sparkford – westbound (70mph) Site: 6047
A359 Cole Road, Pitcombe (30mph) Site: 6106
Bayford Hill, Wincanton (30mph) Site: 6030
Horsington Pond infested with killer fish – did the butler do it?
It may look like a peaceful village pond to you, but what’s under the surface?
There’s something nasty beneath the calm pellucid waters of Horsington Pond. It seems a flock (er-what? –Ed) of carnivorous fish have made their way into the pond, and are making a meal of anyone – or their feet at least – who goes near the water.
The fish are a breed called garra rufa obtusas, or “Doctor fish”, used for carrying out so-called fish pedicures in spas and hairdressers. The little blighters nibble away at all your dead skin, treating any infections and returning your feet to pristine condition.
So how did they get into the pond? Police are dismissing the theory that they escaped from a local hairdressing salon on the grounds that there are no hairdressers upstream of the pond. However the brook which feeds the pond passes through the gardens of, or near, some of Horsington’s most prestigious and expensive residences – including Horsington House, Horsington Manor and the Grange, and the area is known for its upmarket and well-heeled residents.
Police believe that someone may have kept the animals as domestic pets, using them for the occasional toe job. Then, perhaps while they were away, a well-meaning cleaner or butler may have accidently pulled the plug.
The bad news is that these creatures only eat human skin and flesh, and no-one knows what a domesticated strain will do when they are released into the wild. As a result, cautionary warning notices have been erected around the pond and people have been advised to keep away.
You have been warned!
However, animal rights activists have claimed that to deprive the fish of human flesh will starve them, and this amounts to terrible and unwarranted cruelty.
Is our quiet village going to be besieged by activists and fish campaigners? Or overrun by foot tourists? Will it put local hairdressers out of business? Local politicians better be prepared, as it’s a potential vote loser in the sensitive run-up to the elections.
We understand a SSDC meeting to discuss the matter , scheduled for April 1st, has been mysteriously postponed.
We shall, of course, keep you informed!
Anonymous Horsington residents take advantage of the disaster for a free body scrubHorsington Pond in happier times
Saturday 9 May will be very special in Horsington. In order to celebrate and remember VE day, when hostilities ceased in the Europe in WW2 ,John Samson and the Half Moon are putting on a special music night featuring BERTIE’S BIG BAND – The South West’s foremost big band, plus many other entertainments, starting from 5 pm
