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4/2 Ilton Talking October 2004

Merryfield Pre-School at Ilton

Chard & Ilminster Pensioners Forum

St Mary & St Peter's First School

ILTON MEMORIAL HALL, Down but not out

Welcome to Ilton Talking.
In this issue we have the latest news about the Village Hall.. Information about the buses and how you can help shape the future of Ilton. Plus all the usual information about community events. If you have any information you would like to share with the rest of the Parish such as events or fundraising activities, please pass it to me and I will include it in the next issue. You can send it by e-mail- david@johnamor.freeserve.co.uk, or by telephone-53382. We also need people to help deliver Ilton Talking in the following areas,
Cad Road, Ashwell, Ilford, Frost Lane and Rod Lane. If you can help please contact me. Back to top

Ilton Youth Club

We are still running every Monday night 7pm?9pm.
If your child is 8yrs or over feel free to come along to one of the Monday sessions and see what we do.
If you can offer any help please contact June 55845 or Kim 55562.
The Club would like to thank the Cricket Club for the use of their field during the summer. Back to top

Dog Mess

The council has provided a couple of dog bins in the village, one is near the bus shelter and the other one is near Spurwells.If you are aware of any other problem areas in the village where a dog bin might be needed, please contact your Parish Council. We would also remind people that the playground should not be used to exercise dogs in. Please respect the area for the use it is intended for, as a recreation field, and for obvious reasons of health and cleanliness please DO NOT allow dogs into the fenced off area. Back to top

Parish Council

The Parish Council meets every month. An opportunity is usually made available for Parishioners questions between 7.30pm and 8.00pm. This is to enable members of the community to raise any issues that may concern them and to see if the council can help in any way. The clerk to the council is Mrs. C.Churchill. See notice board for dates of meetings. Councilors are- Mr. P Lonton - Chair, Mr.D.Amor, - V/Chair, Mr. R Lock, Mr. R.Miller, Mr.N Dewbury, Mrs.A.Chew, Mr C Carden,Mr.I.Sherwood,Mrs A Bulgin. Back to top

Neighbourhood Watch

We now have Neighbourhood Watch schemes running from The Wyndham Arms through to Spurwells.
We are still looking for co-ordinators for Copse Lane and Pennys Meade.

The scheme helps to prevent crime and you could also save some money on your insurance.

If you would like any more information, please contact Mandy Bulgin on 55255. Back to top

Coffee Pot

Do please come along to the Memorial Hall for tea, coffee and biscuits and a friendly chat with old and new friends on alternate Tuesdays.
For more information please contact Mrs Blasdale on 53907. Back to top

Ilton Mothers and Toddlers

Tuesdays at 2.00pm until 3.00pm, Thursdays at 1.30pm until 3.00pm.
We meet at Merryfield Pre-School which is situated on the school base in Copse Lane.
Come and join us for a coffee and a chat while the children enjoy playing with the numerous toys and games or arts and crafts. For further information contact Sharon on 54723 or Anita on 54624. Back to top

50+ CLUB, Whist Drives

The 50+ Club meets once a month in the Memorial Hall.
Various activities are organised and guest speakers are invited to give talks. Please come along and enjoy some refreshments and a chat.
For further details please contact Sheila Funnell on 57309

Whist Drives are held in the Memorial Hall every fortnight.
If you would like to Come along and join in please contact Primrose Carter on 54006.

All proceeds are for the Village Hall.
We look forward to seeing you there. Back to top

Merryfield Pre-School at Ilton

We are a small but friendly group registered with Ofsted, which means we now accept the Government funded vouchers. We are also running five sessions per week Monday to Friday from 9.15am until 1.00pm.

Your child will grow and learn through various stimulating activities and play with us.

Merryfield pre-school is situated on the school base at Ilton in Copse Lane.

For further information please contact the supervisor Anita Cox on 54624.

Merryfield Pre-School Coffee Morning

Merryfield Pre-School will be holding our annual coffee morning on Friday 22nd October at Ilton Memorial Hall from 9am to 12 noon. We will have various stalls and the Tempest photographer will be attending as usual. Refreshments will be available. For further details contact Sharon 54723 or Anita 54624. Back to top

Bus Service

There was some concern that some of the bus services to the village would be stopping. It has now been confirmed that in fact the present services are being maintained, but the numbers of the buses have changed. The County Council have agreed to provide a new time table board at the bus stop. Timetable information can also be found at the following web site-, http://www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/southwest/somerset/timetables/timetableindex.php
The service is 30,30a, 930 and also 630/632/633. Back to top

Footpaths

There are a number of very pleasant walks around the village on public footpaths. Most of these are marked with posts. They are walked regularly to check if they are accessible and all the gates are in good order. A map showing the footpaths and rights of way around Ilton is available from Mr C.Carden on 52582. Should You find any problems with any of the footpaths, please contact Mr Carden. Back to top

Chard & Ilminster Pensioners Forum

Pensioners of Ilton, are you fed up with big rises in Council Tax? Are you happy with your state pension and the minimal rises we are given each year? Do you like "means testing" as a method of claiming Pension Credit? Do you feel let down and ignored by Politicians?

Why not join us and increase the power of "the Pensioners voice", the grey vote.

We are not Politicians; we are not associated with any Political Party. We are an action group providing a co-ordinated collective campaigning voice on behalf of Pensioners in South Somerset. The more members we have the stronger we are and have more influence we can have when we lobby local councillors, MP?s and Parliamentary Candidates in next years general election.

We are affiliated to the National Pensioners Convention, which has over 1000 affiliated organisations from all over the country, with over1.5 million members. We are also members of the ?Is-it-Fair? campaign aiming for the reform or abolition of Council Tax.

There is no membership fee to join Chard & Ilminster Pensioners Forum; if you?re interested in joining we only ask for your name and address. There are some leaflets about he "Forum" available in the Village Shop, or you can telephone me for one on 53788.
You may like to come to our next meeting, which is taking place in Chard Guildhall on Friday 29th October 2004 at 10:30am.

Chris Plaster (Secretary). Back to top

St.Peter's Church Ilton

Readers of Ilton Talking will recall the widespread shock in the village during the summer of 2003,when a small group of village youngsters broke more than 40 panes of glass in the church windows. This thoughtless vandalism has now been repaired and protection against similar foolishness given to other windows.

The Parochial Church Council has had to divert around £600 of its funds including donations from other good causes to pay for this. I daresay that many villagers would think it only right that those that caused the damage should contribute towards the repairs and additional protection. They and anyone else, who wishes to contribute, may send their donation to the PCC Treasurer, Mr Colin Carden at Mudges Farm, Ilton.

The repair of the two tombstones that were also damaged in the churchyard has yet to be undertaken, and the Parish Council will doubtless be pleased to receive donations towards this work.

Andrew Tatham
The Rectory,
Broadway
01460 52559.

Church notices.

PARISH MORNING PRAISE This is the short informal service which we run ourselves on the third Sunday of each month in the Church at 11.am. Please come and join us. Everyone welcome.

ADVANCE NOTICE. OUR CHRISTMAS COFFEE MORNING with Mince Pies! Will be held in the Memorial Hall on Saturday November 6th from 10:30am--2:30pm. We hope to have our usual stalls and perhaps something different if anyone has any new ideas. Would you please be kind enough to start collecting or making suitable articles for our Christmas Gift and Decorations Stall which is always one of the most popular stalls. Nearer the time we will be very grateful to receive donations of books in good condition, plants, cakes (on the day) and raffle prizes. If you require any assistance for transporting items to the Hall, please contact any Church member if you are able to help.

THE VILLAGE CAROL SERVICE This year will take place on Monday 20th December at 6:30pm.

FIRST COMMUNION OF CHRISTMAS will be at 10:00pm on Christmas Eve 24th December. Everyone warmly welcome at both these services.

All good wishes and blessings to you. Back to top

St Mary & St Peter's First School

The autumn term began on September 2nd and we welcomed sixteen children into Reception. Alexander Drayton, Olivia Jeffrey, Zoe Muntz, George Oakes, Hannah Oakes, George Packham, Jade Dibley Parrott and Sophie Plumbley joined the Barrington base and Bradley Amor, Megan Butler, Emma Cridland, Karl Harris, Ashley Hartnell, Ann-Lou Phillips, Ryan Perkins and Zara Williams joined the Ilton base. Aimee Lenihan and Daniel Tierney have also joined the school. We hope that all of these children spend many happy years at school with us and we are looking forward to teaching them.
Mrs. Ferguson will be teaching KS1 children on the Ilton base all day on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings and all day Friday. She will be on the Barrington base on Tuesdays and Wednesday and Thursday Afternoons. Telephone numbers are Barrington base 01460 52266 and Ilton base 01460 52574. Mrs. Cunningham will be based at Ilton but will visit Barrington first thing on some mornings.

We will soon be celebrating Harvest Festival. This year the service will be held at St Peter's Church Ilton on Tuesday 5th October at 2:00pm and we hope that you will join us for the service which will be taken by the children. We hope that the children will bring in produce, which will be made up into baskets. We will sell the baskets after the service and the money will be given to the Darfur, Sudan Appeal. Please support this worthy cause by sending in gifts of food and buying them back! More details nearer the time.

We are holding an Open Day on Monday 18th October when you will be able to talk to teachers about the children's settling into school and progress in the new term. The Open Day will be held from 3.3Opm onwards. Appointments can be made nearer the time.

The PFA's on each base will be holding fund raising activities throughout the term and you will be kept informed about events.

The Annual Report to Parents Evening will be held this term on the Barrington base. We hope that as many parents as possible will attend the meeting to hear the governors report to parents for the year 2003/2004. Details of the date and time will be sent out soon.

Half term will be October 21st to November 1st inclusive.
INSET days for the year 2004/2005 are September 1st, November 1st, February 11th and June 6th. INSET days are when staff training takes place and the children do not attend school.

Mrs Ferguson
September 2004.

Friends of St Peter?s PTA

The Annual Christmas Fayre will be held on Saturday 27th November at Ilton Memorial Hall from 10:00am to 1:00pm. There will be many Christmas Stalls, Refreshments, Carol singing by the pupils of the Ilton Base and a special visit from Father Christmas. Please come along and support our local School.

Our Halloween Disco will be held on Thursday 28th October at Ilton Memorial Hall from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. There will be fun and games and refreshments available. Special family tickets will be available from the School. Look out for further details. Back to top

Ilton Parish Plan

The funding for the Parish Plan is now in place. We are now ready to start with the consultation process. We desperately need help from the community with this task.

If you are able to give some time to help with delivering and collecting leaflets/questionnaires. Or can offer any other help or would like to join our steering group, please contact Dave Amor on 53382.

Help shape the future of Ilton. Be a part of an exciting opportunity.

How do you want to see the future of ILTON. Would you like to see more homes built? The village Hall close? More heavy vehicles driving through our village? Loss of amenities? If you have an opinion we want to hear it Back to top

ILTON MEMORIAL HALL, Down but not out

Just a brief update on the hall - as you are all probably aware by now our hall was unsuccessful with it's second lottery application, the reason given that, although our application was good enough to secure funding and was recommended, there were "insufficient funds" to grant money to everyone's project - ours being one of them. We were further told that this would be the case for the foreseeable future and therefore any further applications would be unsuccessful too! However, although we are down we are not out!! Your committee are very dedicated and resolute that, someday, there will be a new village hall in Ilton and, even as you are reading this we are already looking at other alternatives. We will continue to fund raise and the next time we start to "shout" will be when we have secured the land and money for the new hall to start being built.

From dealing with local authorities, grant funders, charity grants, other halls and many other organisations over these past couple of years one thing in particular has become very clear. When our new hall is up it will have to be run far more business like (otherwise in 30 - 40 years time we will be in the same position that we are in now!) and to this end it is VITAL that we ensure our hall is in use at least five days a week (or 29 hours, whichever is the greater) and half of these hours are going to come from "outside" bookings. Now, it is these "outside" bookings that are going to sustain our hall and make it possible for the groups & residents of Ilton to have an affordable (and private - a facility which no other venue in Ilton can offer) venue for their groups & parties.

Therefore, we feel it is important that we build our hall on a site that is big enough to house both a hall and it?s own car park in order that we can attract the "outside" bookings , the very business that will help to keep us going & at the same time allow us to have an affordable venue thus "keeping our community together".

So???..do we stay where we are with a virtually shared car park and, as it currently stands, very little capital? Do we apply for more grants? ( we would need several to get us going and getting them to all come together is a virtually impossible task). If we stayed, where would we build the new hall bearing in mind the Cricket Club still dispute the boundary line? Or do we sell our land and raise the best part of the capital that way? If so, where do we go? These are the current questions facing us and ones we hope to resolve soon ? if you feel you can help us, or have any comments, then please contact any one of us and we?ll be only too pleased to listen!

Numbers to phone are; Jacqueline & Mark Bennett 54164, John Matravers 53918, Mandy Bulgin 55255, Tony Bell 54723, Tony & Hilary Miller 53531, June Harris 55845, June Male 57099, Chris Lock 53142, Mrs Blasdale 53907, Wendy Chipping 259072, Primrose Carter 54006 or Anita Chew 54471. Thank you. Back to top

Ilton Memorial Hall events.

Hairdressing In Ilton

Whilst it is now apparent that our new hall is not going to be with us just yet one of the projects we are keen to get off the ground (as it was one of the requests from our survey) is a hairdresser in Ilton. Mobile hairdresser, Hannah Sibley, is willing to provide the service and so, until the new hall is built, various people are willing to provide this service from their homes.
We are going to trial this to see how it goes on Tuesday 12th October from 1 pm onwards at 3, Cottage Corner, so ladies if you want a shampoo and set or cut & blow dry, mums if you want the kids hair cut after school or dads if you?d like a quick trim after work then just ring 54164 and make your appointment today. A sample list of prices are as follows; Shampoo & Set: £5.00 ~ Child Trim aged 10 and under: £2.50 - £5.00 ~ Cut & Blow Dry: £13.50 ~ Perm (including cut & finish): £30.00 ~ Dry Cut: £5.50 ~ Wet Cut: £6.50 ~ Cut, Shampoo & Set: £11.00 ~ Indian Head Massage: £15.00 or just ring for any other enquiries.

Craft Fayre
Saturday 16th October
The Village Hall, 10am ? 4pm

Come and browse through the variety of stalls ? books, jewellery, clothes, cards, toys, knitwear, giftware & much more. At this, and the Old Ilton Night in November, we are offering advanced tickets saving you money. Tickets for the Craft Fayre are 50p in advance or 75p on the door and include a FREE cup of tea/coffee/squash. Tickets are available from either Sheila Funnell, 28, Spurwells (57309), Jacqueline Bennett, 3, Cottage Corner (54164) or June Harris, 43, Copse Lane (55845)

Old Ilton
Friday 26th November
The Village Hall 7.30pm

On this night we will be taking a look back at some of the history of Ilton. On display will be details of the 1841 ? 1901 censuses ~ the now familiar old photos of Ilton and some more new ones ~ local newspaper cuttings ~ details of the sale of Ilton in 1915 ~ old maps and much more. SPECIAL FEATURE: at 8pm we will be having a slide show of some of the old photographs - interesting, fascinating and well worth watching! At this, and the Craft Fayre in October, we are offering advanced tickets saving you money. Tickets are £2.50 each or £3.00 on the door and include a FREE glass of wine. Tickets are available from either Jacqueline Bennett, 3, Cottage Corner, (54164), Colin Carden, South Mudges, (52582) or June Harris, 43, Copse Lane, (55845). Back to top

Christmas Parties

Saturday 11th December 2004 @ Ilton Memorial Hall

Once again, we'd like to invite you to a Christmas lunch/quiz/party. If you would like to attend any of these events then please fill in the form and return them, with payment, to either Jacqueline Bennett, 3, Cottage Corner (54164) or June Harris, 43, Copse Lane (55845) by 30th Nov latest, though as early as possible would be appreciated (catering for numbers etc.)

Over 50?s Lunch 12.30pm. This year we are offering a buffet style lunch for £2.50 per person. The price does not include wine but please feel free to bring a bottle if you?d like a glass with your meal. Would you also please indicate which sweet you would like.
Name(s) _______________________________

Address ________________________________

Dessert Choices; A Strawberry Trifle _______B Raspberry Pavlova _________.

C Christmas Pudding _____ D Fresh Fruit Salad _________

18 - 50's Afternoon Tea & Quiz 3-5pm Ladies & Gentlemen, Mums & Dads, why not treat yourself this afternoon to a couple of hours off and come up to the hall for a chance to relax over a tea or coffee with some mince pies, nibbles and a social quiz. The cost is £2.00 per person so, go on, get granny to babysit and come on up!!

Name ____________________________________

Address ___________________________________

1 - 9 year old Christmas Party 5.30-7pm If your child, or grand child, would like to come to a party just for them then this is the place to come. We'll start off by having a bit to eat, play some games, run around or dance to some music and just before they go we've been told that Santas elves may have made up a present just for them to take home! The cost is £3.00 per child which includes their tea and a present.

Name _______________________________________

Address _____________________________________ Back to top

Parish Plan Car Boot Sale.

Free Car Boot Sale
In the Village Hall
Sunday 31st October
10.30am to 1.30pm

Free Refreshments, Free entry
Free prize Draw.

Ring Mike or Anita on 01460 54471
To book your pitch (no trade)*
Pitches are limited to Ilton Villagers Only.

To qualify for the prize draw and contribute to our village please answer the question below AND if you answer yes write below any improvements you think could be made OR if you answered no then tell us what you like best about our village.

Do you think ILTON can be improved Yes/No

*All sales pitches must be booked in advance. There are limited numbers so book early.

Name______________________________________(optional)

Address_________________________________________________(optional)

Telehone Number_________________________________________(optional)

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