September Diary

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Regular activities (Village Hall unless stated).

Mondays Pilates 6pm , Yoga, Lois Farm, Horsington  7pm More. . .
Tuesdays  Upholstery 10.30 (From 9th Sept), Badminton 8pm,.
Wednesdays Adult tap dancing 6.15, Zumba Templecombe Social Club 6.45-7.45pm  Thursdays Art 10.00
Fridays Art 10.00

Click here to go to the Village hall Website

Other events

Monday 2nd September Ladies Lunch Group, Green Man, Kings Stag 1230 Wednesday 4th September  Half Moon Music Night, 2045
Thursday 5th September Women’s Institute Outing, First Rehearsal for Milborne Port Opera’s “Utopia Limited”, Methodist Hall, Milborne Port
Saturday 7th September  “Pawfest” featuring Showaddywaddy, Balsam Farm, Wincanton . More
Sunday 8th September Charity boot sale at Yarlington House in aid of  Somerset Sight from 9.30
Tuesday 10th September North Cheriton Gardener’s Society, N.Cheriton Village Hall 1930
Thursday 13th September Parish Council meeting Village Hall 1930
Sunday 15 September NEW! Street market, Wincanton, from 1100.

St John’s Church services
8th September  11.00am Morning Prayer
15th September 9.15am Holy Communion
22nd September 11amHoly Communion
29th September 10.30am Benefice United Service at Horsington

Heart attack help in the phone box

Horsington’s parish council is supporting a move to install a defibrillator in the old phone box opposite the Half Moon. A team of volunteers will be trained to operate the equipment, which will provide rapid emergency help in the event of anyone suffering a heart attack.

Fact: The chance of surviving a cardiac arrest (heart attack) decreases by 23 per cent per minute. So you have less than 5 minutes to get help and start treatment.

Alongside the defibrillator will be a Village Emergency Telephone System (VETS).  This will ring all the volunteers and first aiders simultaneously, and the first one to pick up can accept of refuse the call out. If they are unavailable, it will go on ringing the others until there is a positive response. VETS can be used for any medical emergency, not just heart attacks.

The scheme is the brainchild of parish councillor Charles James, who has agreed to provide some financial support – The defibrillator costs just under £2,000 and the VETS system costs £150 a year to run. It is hoped that the local authority will also help with funding, and donations are welcome from businesses and individuals.

About Defibrillators
A defibrillator delivers an electrical current through the chest which aims to shock the heart back into a normal rhythm allowing it to pump again.  Rapid response using automated technology can significantly improve the quality of life of a survivor, as the longer the brain is starved of oxygen, the more damage that can occur.

Horsington’s proposed portable defibrillator is designed for people with no medical background.  When applied to the victim, voice commands and screen messages will guide the user step-by-step through the process and its intelligent technology will only allow it to shock a ‘shockable’ heart rhythm. In other words, if it’s not needed, it won’t work.

About Sudden Cardiac Arrest:
Sudden Cardiac Arrest or SCA is an electrical malfunction of the heart (most commonly Ventricular Fibrillation) in which the heart stops pumping blood to the body and brain due to an abnormal heart rhythm known as an arrhythmia.  As the victim consecutively loses pulse, consciousness and ability to breathe, the victim is termed “clinically dead” and can only be physically brought back to life in a very small window of time using a defibrillator .

The rate of survival of a Sudden Cardiac Arrest is dependent upon time. The quicker the intervention, the better the outcome. Brain death starts after 3 minutes so urgent action is needed, particularly in rural areas where it can take several minutes to get a competently trained person to the scene.

There is one of these in Mere High Street. Your editor tried to put money in as he thought it was a parking meter!

If you would like to donate or volunteer (no previous experience necessary) please contact Charles James – charles@otteryantiques.co.uk
More information on the equipment

August Diary

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Regular activities (village hall unless stated).

Not all activities take place in August. Check with the organiser

Mondays Pilates 6pm
Tuesdays , Badminton 8pm, Thai Night, Half Moon.
Wednesdays Adult tap dancing 6.15, Zumba Templecombe Social Club 6.45-7.45pm  Thursdays Art 10.00
Fridays Art 10.00

Click here to go to the Village hall Website

Other events

Thursday 1st August “West Country Witchcraft”, Womens Institute, 19.30
Monday 5th August Ladies Lunch Group The Forester, Donhead St Andrew, 1230 Wednesday 7th August  Half Moon Music Night, 2045
Thursday 8th August Parish Council meeting Village Hall 1930
Saturday 10th  August North Cheriton Gardener’s Society Annual Show North.Cheriton Village Hall 1430
Wednesday 28th August Tea and Chat St John’s Church 1430

St John’s Church services

4th August 9.15am Holy Communion
111th August 11.00am Morning Prayer
18st August 9.15am Holy Communion
25th August 8.30am Holy Communion(BCP)

July Diary

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Regular activities (village hall unless stated).

Mondays Pilates 6pm
Tuesdays  Badminton 8pm, Thai Night, Half Moon.
Wednesdays Adult tap dancing 6.15, Zumba Templecombe Social Club 6.45-7.45pm 
Thursdays Art 10.00
Fridays Art 10.00

Click here to go to the Village hall Website

Other events

Monday 1st July Ladies Lunch Group Rose and Crown, Bradford Abbas 1230
Wednesday 3rd July  Half Moon Music Night, 2045
Thursday 4th July Women’s Institute Village Hall 1930
Tuesday 9th July North Cheriton Gardener’s Society N.Cheriton Village Hall 1930
Thursday 11th July Parish Council meeting Village Hall 1930
Saturday 13 July Beer festival, Half moon
Wednesday 24th July Tea and Chat St John’s Church 1430

St John’s Church services

7th July 9.15am Holy Communion with Sunday School
14th July 11.00am Morning Prayer
21st July 9.15am Holy Communion
28th July 8.30am Holy Communion(BCP)

Mrs Badger writes. . . .

It’s that woman again. She writes . .

Dear Editor,

Can you do something about the many builders and plumbers I encounter who insist on wearing ill-fitting trousers which display an unsightly “builders’ crack” whenever they bend down to tighten a nut, or whatever it is they are doing?

You might like to try one of these novelty T-shirts, available in any good German department store -Ed

Builders

Revealed: MoD’s secret spot in Horsington

At first sight it's just an everyday disused privy
At first sight it’s just an everyday disused privy

A large, secret, underground complex has been discovered beneath a wood near Horsington. Its purpose is not clear, but he Ministry of Defence’s fingerprints are all over it. Expect property prices in the area to fall.

The Blog literally stumbled upon the secret complex while exercising dogs in the wood, which is on private property, but which can be accessed by tracked vehicles from the old railway line.

There has been a noticeable increase in digging activity recently, with a lot of heavy plant and machinery on the roads. Large lorries carrying away heaps of spoil have been seen, and there are still piles of earth and dead trees littering the landscape.

The work has been done under cover of improving the drainage on the marsh, but the true purpose was revealed when the entrance to the secret complex was discovered.

Or is it?
Or is it?

It looks for all the world like a disused privy in the corner of a remote wood. But who would put a privy there? Then health and safety-obsessed officials gave the game away by posting safety notices on the entrance door while work was in progress on the site and personnel were below ground.

The Blog’s security adviser, a retired colonel who lives in nearby Yenston told us “This a classic MI5 trick. The chemical toilet lifts away to reveal a shaft leading underground, just the sort of thing the chaps did to hide tunnels in WW2 prison camps”.

The landlord of the Half Moon has reported that there have been quite a few mysterious guests at the pub recently. “They leave early and come back late. They never go to the bar and they talk in a foreign language.”

“This is typical of MI5”, the colonel told us. “Just the sort of cunning stunt and double bluff they would engage in!”

Nobody warned us -they just did it
Nobody warned us -they just did it

Other tell tale signs of something going on are the unusual concentration of large solar power farms in the immediate area, the unannounced closure of roads at short notice, alterations and interruptions to the water supply, and major work on the telecommunications infrastructure involving traffic control on the A357.

We tried to confront our local councillor, William Wallace, with the facts on April 1st and asked if he would comment, but an aide told us that he was unavailable as he was “on a mission in Africa”.

It is all highly suspicious, and we promise to keep readers informed.

Milborne Port Opera’s “Iolanthe – Video trailer – Meet the cast, join in the fun

BloggoVisionMilborne Port Opera’s promotional video trailer . Meet the cast. Join in the fun. Come and see the show after Easter at Milborne Port Village Hall – 3-6 April
httpvh://youtu.be/Czsu7AglJR4

Village dinner raises funds for the hall

Congratulations to the hard-working team who put together the highly successful and delicious village dinner at the Village hall on Saturday night. The evening had an Irish theme, it being St Patrick’s night. The proceedings were presided over by village Hall chairman John MacDonald, resplendent in an emerald green, sequinned bow tie.

Thanks to him, Chris Bailward, Emelie Gordon, Vicky Franklin, Maria Hawkins,  and their young helpers.

Funds raised go towards the care and maintenance of the village hall.

John Macdonald, Chair, St Margaret’s Hall Committee writes:
The Village Hall committee would like to thank all those villagers who participated in and donated to the St Patrick’s day fundraiser. We are constantly amazed and gratified by the generosity of our community of Horsington and South Cheriton. Needless to say, we raised a considerable sum for Hall funds which will go in some way to cover some of our recent heavy costs.

I would also like to say thank you to my hard-working committee for their support in running the Hall Dinner. Praise for the chefs, Vicky Franklin, Emelie Gordon, Maria Hawkins, Anthea Hughes and Sarah Warren. Thanks to Chris Bailward and Paddy Hughes for their organisational skills and to Sally Collins, Jackie Pyne and Gareth Cherry, who while unable to be with us, gave support. Also, thanks must go to the many diners who supported us with puddings, including Annie Bailward’s ‘historic’ bread-and-butter pudding. Finally, a big thank you to Phillipa and Andrew at the Half Moon for providing the Colcannon side dish.


Judging by the many notes of thanks I have received dinner went down well. (Pun intended).

 

May Diary

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Regular activities (village hall unless stated).

Mondays Pilates 6pm
Tuesdays Upholstery 10.30 am , Badminton 8pm, Fish Night, Half Moon. More . . . Wednesdays Adult tap dancing 6.15, Zumba Templecombe Social Club 6.45-7.45pm Thursdays Art 10.00
Fridays Art 10.00

Click here to go to the Village hall Website

Other events
 
Wednesday 1st May  Half Moon Music Night, 8.45
Thursday 9th May Parish Council Meeting, Village Hall 7.30
Monday 13th May Ladies Lunch Group King’s Arms, Charlton Horethorne, 1230pm
Saturday 25th May North Cheriton Gardeners’ Society Annual Plant Show at Horsington Village Hall  10.00 am

Future Event  Horsington Village Fete  Saturday 15th June

St John’s Church services

5th May 9.15am Holy Communion with Sunday School
12th May 11.00am Morning Prayer
19th May 10.30am (Pentecost/Whitsun) United Service at Milborne Port Parish Church
26th May 8.30am (Trinity Sunday) Holy Communion

Iolanthe tickets now on sale

Milborne Port Opera will be performing Gilbert & Sullivan’s Iolanthe at the MILBORNE PORT Village Hall from Wednesday 3rd to Saturday 6th April at 7.30 pm.

The show stars MPO regulars Jessie Copper and Lloyd Davies with powerful support from Andrew Armstrong, Sarah Bignell, Mark Blackham and James Craw and introduces Gemma Kiddle as Iolanthe.

The Topsy Turvy  and satirical plot about Fairies taking over the Government and threatening the existence of the House of Lords is full of wonderful music and as relevant today as when it was written.

An 11 piece orchestra under the Direction of Peter Mumford will support the action on stage and enhance the choral singing for which MPO has become justifiably renowned.

All performances start at 7.30pm. Tickets, priced at £10 with concessions available at £8 on Wednesday and Thursday only.

Box Office 07926 983585 (please leave a message if there is no reply) or tickets@milborneportopera.co.uk. If you’re in Milborne Port, tickets are also available from Wayne’s butcher’s shop or the Post Office.

Stop Press. Holbrook House hotel,  Wincanton have generously donated a free day using the gym, pool  and classes at their leisure centre to those attending Iolanthe at Milborne Port. But you have to produce  a copy of the programme, only obtainable at the show, to take part! Why not make Iolanthe a part of your spring fitness programme?

More about Milborne Port Opera
Listen to the MPO team’s interview with Cat Paterson on Abbey 104.7, Sherborne’s new radio station

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