Jan/Feb - Piddle Valley Community Website

News, comings & goings in the valley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Alton Pancras
AP The fact that the audience for the Saturday performance of the
ambitious November music festival had to walk from their transport through
driving rain and flood did absolutely nothing to dampen their spirits or their
weather-related humour. They were well rewarded and will remember the
music and skills of the three young performers in the lovely church setting
long after the rain is forgotten.
AP Talking of flood, couldn’t we ‘adopt’ the nearest drain to where we
live, keeping it clear of leaves and debris? It may be authority’s responsibility
but it’s of more vital and immediate interest to us. From the north they are
located outside Little Holcombe bungalow, Box Cottage, 2 adjoining
Holcombe Mead; 2 close to Grey Thatches; opposite Austral Cottage, 8
Boldacre, another just south of the postbox; just north of the ‘ new’ Austral
farmyard entrance, 2 at the “original” farmyard entrance; church/manor
entrance road close to the south pillar and one opposite at the field entrance;
at the south end of the railings beyond the church etc lane and opposite
outside Keeper’s Cottage; Snowdrop Cottage; 2 outside West View cottage
and opposite, a grill and channel into the field; another outlet into the field
opposite West View and Cherry Cottages; and an opportunity to create a
channel through the field gate south of Meadow View into the field which
is/was a watermeadow !
AP The AP Trust recently appointed two new members, Jonathan Pethen
of Brookside and Heather Bland of Holcombe Mead. They join chairman Rex
Goddard, secretary Sue
Brazier, treasurer Terry
Cowley, and existing
members Andrew Graham,
John Squibb and John
Waterman. The Trust
originates from the proceeds
of the sale of the former
school and village hall,
today’s Higher Barton Hall,
in 1977. April 1956
AP The collection at the Valley’s Service of Remembrance held in
November at AP church produced a collection on the day of £371 for the
British Legion’s Poppy Appeal. The Harvest Festival service raised £105 for
the charity Send A Cow, which helps poor African families to move out of
poverty.
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