CHADRA

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RACING CAMELS

+ ARCHERY, VINTAGE CARS & LOTS, LOTS MORE!! …

FOR INSTANCE HOW MANY CAMELS CAN YOU SPOT IN THIS PALM TREE? [Palm tree illustration]

… ANSWER WILL BE ANNOUNCED DURING SPORTS & GALA DAY

SAT. JULY 12th 1.30pm ONWARDS.

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FAMILY DISCO in the Hall: 7.30 'till 11.30 p.m.: Admission 50p, accompanied children 25p

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I should like to start off by congratulating our Chairman, Mr. Cliff Gunning on his recent election onto the Parish Council.

I should also like to apologise to all our contributors for typing July instead of June as being the copy date for this issue. I hope I didn't inconvenience anyone.

Unfortunately, owing to the rising cost of our duplicating paper, we are having to increase the cost of our September issue. The profit from the sale of the Newsletter is our only source of income and covers the cost of the ink, stencils etc. However, we feel that the Newsletter is a good form of communication throughout the village, and hopefully good value.

We have again printed the Country Code at the back of this issue. In a country area like this it is very important that we keep it. I am looking forward to following this issues “Charfield Chunter”. We are very lucky, situated where we are, we are surrounded by some lovely countryside.

We have started a “For Sale” section in this issue. Although no charge is made, any donations to our funds is most welcome.

It only remains for me to say “see you all on July 12th” and let's hope that by then the bad weather will have blown away and summer will really have arrived.

Copy date for next issue is 26th September.

Sue Lapham,
xx Wotton Road.
Tel: Fal. 26xxxx.

As you must all be only too aware, Avon, like all local authorities, is under pressure to reduce expenditure and very careful attention is paid to the staffing of its schools. Each school is staffed according to the number of children attending it and the position is reviewed annually. For the last five years we have had eight classes but the number of children has fallen, only very slightly, but enough to make it likely that in the future we may have to change from eight full-time teachers to seven full-time and one part-time, with all the resulting difficulties of organisation.

I am reporting all this because staffing is based on my estimate of numbers of children made some fifteen months in advance. It is vitally important that I am kept informed of children due to start at this school well in advance. For example, in September of this year I need to know of all children who will be five years of age on or before the beginning of January, 1982. I shall be pleased to register even younger children also. If we are to keep this school correctly staffed I must have this information so that I can argue a case if required.

The issue of the hiring of what is known as the “Church Room” on the school premises was raised in the last Newsletter and I would like to clarify the situation.

3This room, which is used by us for dining, the viewing of television programmes and some group activities, would be very useful for small meetings and I would like to see it in use in the evening. However, I have no jurisdiction over this room out of school hours because it belongs to a trust known as the “National School Foundation” and, in spite of much effort on my part over the last two years, I have been unable to bring about an agreement between the trustees and the education authority for its use.

There have been some very promising recent developments and I am hopeful that this rather complicated situation will soon be resolved and the room will be available for hire for smaller meetings, although it is unlikely that its letting will be in my hands. If anyone is interested in hiring this room in the future, I suggest that Mrs. S. Lang, of xx Station Road, W-U-E xxxx who is the Trust's Secretary be contacted.

D.A. Malpass,
Headmaster.

AUGUST 11th to 22nd, 1980.

Plans are going ahead for the Playscheme and will now include all Primary School children. Plenty of interesting things are planned, including a visit to Yeovilton Fleet Air Arm Museum and Gloucester Leisure Centre, as well as local activities. We must stress that plenty of helpers are needed. Any adult, including mums with pre-school youngsters are welcome to come and help – so are the dads! Even if you can only offer your help for one or two sessions, this would help. We have reserved a Wednesday activity to blend with what additional help we have available.

We had stated in the last Newsletter that we would include application forms in this issue, but on reflection we decided to do as we had done in previous years, and they have now been issued from the school with the two weeks programme. These application forms will then be passed to either Mrs. S. Lapham, Mrs. M. Smith or myself.

David W. Parker,
Chairman,
Holiday Playscheme Committee.
xx Durham Road.

Harvest Thanksgiving weekend (DV) October 4th and 5th.

4Sunday October 5th.

Why not come and join us. Any enquiries: Church Secretary, Miss M. Turner, xx The Green, Charfield. Tel: Falfield 26xxxx.

WHY?

But he knoweth the way that I take. (Job 23-10)

Children learn quite early in life to use the word “Why” and they ask the question repeatedly. We as Christians are often prone to use the same expression in our relationship with God. Usually we aren't really looking for information, we are only voicing our doubts. “Why does the Lord allow me to suffer like this?” we ask, “Why did He take my loved one from me?” God does not always choose to let us understand His purposes immediately, but we may be sure that He has a wise and holy design in everything He allows to come our way. All is shaped by His providential hand of love.

An anonymous author has written:
I promised a doll to my dear baby girl, I had pictured a figure most fair, with exquisite features and teeth of pure pearl, moving eyes, walking limbs and real hair! We entered a shop and the sweet little maid clasped a cheap, tawdry doll to her breast; to make the exchange I was really afraid, though I wanted to give her the best. I took it away and the tears filled her eyes, but I gave her the one I had planned; the dear little face glowed in joyous surprise that a treasure existed so grand. O Saviour, I too am a child in Thy sight, and I choose the first things that I see; I struggle to keep them, I do not know quite why the Father should take them from me. But when I look back through the wisdom of years, when my faith is age-old and sublime, I know I shall see through a rainbow of tears that my Father planned best all the time.

I love to think my Father knows
The thorns I pluck with every rose,
And that I soon shall clearly see
The way He led was best for me.

First, some services to which we hope you will come.

* BISHOP CUTHBERT BARDSLEY will be the preacher at this service which will include the opportunity for the children to bring their Harvest gifts which are given to Muller's Children's Homes, Bristol.

We hope that many will support this latter service as Bishop Bardsley is an excellent speaker.

We also hope you will come to the SOLID ROCK group concert to be held on Friday the 18th July at 8.00 pm. This is arranged with special reference to youth but we hope all ages will come as they are an excellent group who have made a long-playing record of their music. Tickets are 50p to defray substantial expenses of transport and publicity – no fee is being charged by the group. Refreshments will be available.

I have just been asked for my consent to hold a service in the “old” church in Charfield. St. James'. Permission was granted us last year to hold an occasional service and so Miss Cooksley is kindly organising this as she did previously. Details will be announced as soon as they are arranged, but the date will probably be Tuesday the 22nd of July. I hope you will be able to come.

We have recently discovered, as the result of a periodic survey, that we have a beetle infestation of the timbers of St. John's Church. Fortunately it is not the dreaded “death watch beetle” but treatment of this alone is likely to cost about £450. So we shall attempt an anti-beetle drive to raise money to pay for the skilled treatment necessary right up to the roof area, inside the Church. We hope for your help since the maintenance of every Parish Church is the responsibility of the parish, there are no outside funds available for this. We hope to kill this infestation before it spreads to your houses – so do help!

Kenneth G. Grant.

Residents are reminded that a washing line full of clothing left out overnight is an open invitation to a thief.

There have been such thefts in the Charfield area in June, 1980.

P.C. Radburn,
Charfield Police Station.

Changed telephone number? – headed note paper, small printing jobs always needed. Why not try us?

It will help us to go forward to the International Year of the Disabled person.

P. Ellis,
Falfield 26xxxx.

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The village hall was not crowded to capacity on Thursday June 26th. That was unfortunate, ad Dr. John Young of C.E.G.B's Nuclear Laboratories at Berkeley delivered a most eloquent and interesting lecture on the controversial topic of nuclear power, deserving a much larger audience than the fifteen present.

Starting with some of the points of concern to the anti-nuclear lobby, Dr. Young pointed to the safety record of the nuclear industry, emphasising that the Three Mile Island incident, reputedly the worst nuclear accident, led to the death of no one, and injury to no one outside the power station. How many other industries can claim such limited effects from a bad accident? No one suggests grounding all aircraft after a disastrous air crash.

With many slides for illustration, the case for nuclear power as a supplement to fossil fuels was made, and the environmental effects were shown to be less harmful than burning oil or coal. The possibility of reactor failure resulting in a core melt-out (the so called “China Syndrome”) was discussed and it was shown that the likelihood of death and injury resulting from this is similar to that resulting from meteor impact, considerably less than earthquakes, floods and the like. I have not noticed Friends of the Earth wearing crash helmets and gazing nervously at the sky!

On the matter of waste disposal, several methods were described, and the speaker made the point that if all the country's power were produced by nuclear means, each person would be responsible for an amount of radioactive waste the size of an aspirin, each year. This “aspirin” while remaining radioactive for some years, would decay to a level safe to touch in three hundred years – in contrast to many chemicals produced in other industries, which will be just as lethal in a thousand years time as they are now.

In conclusion, Dr. Young stressed the desirability of nuclear power to supplement other energy sources, and suggested that the alternative might be the breakdown of our present society when faced with limited energy resources at unacceptable cost.

After a lively session in which Dr. Young answered questions from the floor, the meeting closed. Though the size of the audience at this meeting was small, it is encouraging that the issue of nuclear power arouses less concern in Charfield, with two nuclear power stations and a research establishment within ten miles, than in other parts of the country where doubts expressed are perhaps nothing more than a distrust of the unknown.

Dave Beer.

A picnic has been arranged for Thursday July 10th to be held by the stream in Wotton. We will leave the Hall car park at 12 noon. Anyone with young children are welcome – lifts available to those who need them.

Since the last Newsletter, we have had a few fund raising schemes including a successful Marks & Spencer Party. The Club now has £30 to spend on toys – if you have any to sell please contact Glen Ellis, Secretary, x New Street. W-U-E xxxx.

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Here we are half way through the year, at the height of summer, so to speak. What a busy time, long light evenings with plenty of outside jobs to tackle. Those who like and have large gardens are really kept on their toes. The birds and slugs peck at the fruit, weeds spring up overnight, greenfly torment the roses and to top it all the tomatoes won't ripen. Still we do try!

By the time this Newsletter is printed, Charfield W.I. Members and Young Wives will have held the Annual Jumble Sale for Sports and Gala Day funds, let's hope the profit will be larger than last year.

About that Special Gala Day. As you know we shall be serving refreshments expecting the record crowd, weather permitting, so do pop in and have a nice cuppa and something to eat (we don't use plastic or polystyrene cups!) Perhaps you will see Mrs. So and So who you haven't seen for months, a nice time to renew old friendships.

As well as refreshments, we shall be staging the Craft Show in the Hall, we hope to have learned from last year. The judging this year will be a more light hearted affair, so take a look around, I'm sure something would be suitable for one of the competitions. This year we are charging only 5p for children, 10p for adults, so we can give small money prizes, £1.00 and 50p. Last year the Hall was filled with colour from your entries. Maybe we can do the same this year.

We are about to start a scrapbook of the village called “Into the Eighties”. If anyone has an item or photo of interest that they think would be of interest, please contact me on Falfield 26xxxx. We would of course pay for the photo or developing.

CRAFT SCENE AT LONGLEAT. 1980.

If anyone is going to Longleat between 16th–20th July, stop a moment to admire the talents of 3 counties W.I's. In the grounds will be a Mammoth Craft Exhibition to commemorate completion of Longleat House in 1580, 400 years ago. 563 Institutes will have taken part in this spectacle, so making a fabulous day out for all the family. Lots of stalls, demonstrations etc. Do go along. If anyone would like some more information regarding this event, please contact me. A coach will be going from the village on Sunday 20th July.

Happy holidays to you all. P.S. The Jumble Sale for Sports & Gala Day raised £126.29p. Well done!

Pat White,
President, W.I.

We are once again enjoying a successful year so far. As you know, we won the Fancy Dress Parade at May Day Madness, although the actual football match proved too much of a strain for us. We have also had 2 very pleasant coach trips, the latest one on one of the very few glorious June evenings there have been. With Sports Day just around the corner, may we please ask for volunteers to help us run our 5 stalls. If anyone could manage just a few hours on the afternoon we would be grateful. Also some of us will be knocking on all the doors in the village asking for a donation for the Tombola Stall, so please be ready if you can, it's a good fundraiser, good fun and a good cause!

8Don't forget our monthly meetings – 3rd Thursday of every month in the Village Hall at 8.00 pm. Everyone is welcome, especially newcomers to the Village.

Lyn Dagger,
Chairwoman.

Here is yet another list of lucky winners, since last reported in the Newsletter.

Congratulations to Mrs. Archer for winning the £60 prize. Who knows, you might be the lucky winner of the £200 to be drawn week No. 52! If you haven't already contacted me to have your name put on the waiting list, please do as soon as possible.

Sue Lapham,
Falfield 26xxxx.

The rain deterred some members of the Society to meet at Charfield recently, those who did brave it were well rewarded with a total of thirty-nine species recorded during the visit to the Copse and Clay Pit, (by kind permission of Lord Ducie), and then a walk to Damery Bridge by way of fields alongside the Little Avon river.

Members commenced the walk by visiting the Clay Pit and Copse where a large number of birds were singing loudly, such as Blackbird, Chaffinch, Wren, Whitethroat and Dunnock, to name but a few. A pair of Coal Tits were seen collecting beaksful of food for their young. A Green Woodpecker flew off the island in the Clay Pit, and a Great Spotted Woodpecker was heard calling from the tall trees around the pit. A Coot and Moorhen were swimming on the water, but no Mallard was seen at this time.

9On leaving the Copse, another Whitethroat was heard singing in the hedgerow, but it could not be seen. A Tree Sparrow was spotted foraging for food in the apple trees in a nearby orchard, obviously having young to feed. Arriving at the weir near Huntingford, a glimpse of a Grey Wagtail was had, but no Dipper was seen, which was unusual. Following the river a pair of Pied Wagtail were spotted and a family of Grey Wagtail were watched as they flitted to and fro over the river catching flies. Four Cuckoos were then seen flying over in a line and a male and female were heard calling from this group which had perched briefly in the tall trees nearby.

It was with some trepidation the group then entered a field which was occupied by a big black bull and his lady-friends. Fortunately he was either too tired or too lazy to take any notice of the birdwatchers, and after a few backward glances the party resumed their interest in the birds. A Mallard duck and her family were then seen swimming on the river, but still no Dipper.

On reaching Damery Bridge the bedraggled group took the road back towards Huntingford, and for a brief spell the rain stopped. A Skylark was heard singing in the distance, and a Greenfinch, Goldfinch and Song Thrush were voicing their pleasure at the brief sunshine. On reaching Huntingford the members took to the fields again. A Mistle Thrush was then spotted and strangely enough the first Robin of the morning was heard singing, then a male Yellowhammer was seen perched in the top of a bush voicing his particular song. On arriving back at Charfield the group agreed it had been a good birdwatching venture, despite the rain.

Mrs. E.M. Kite.

If any readers would like to know more about The Dursley Birdwatching and Preservation Society, you are welcome to contact the Secretary Mr. Gerry Hadley, xxxx House, North Nibley, Tel: Dursley xxxx or Mrs. Margaret Kite, x Durham Road, Charfield, Tel: Falfield 26xxxx.

Dates for your diary. Two coffee mornings have been arranged.

On Sports Day we are running a Home Produce Stall – we would be grateful for any contributions. If you can help please contact:

Marjorie Grantham, xx Berkeley Close.	Falfield 26xxxx.
Lynne Harris, x Station Road.	W-U-E xxxx.
Pat Waring, xxx Manor Lane.	Falfield 26xxxx.

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We are jointly able to provide transport for HOSPITAL VISITING at a charge of 50p per visit. If you wish to use this service please contact any of the following:

Marjorie Grantham, xx Berkeley Close.	Tel: Falfield 26xxxx.
Lynne Harris, x Station Road.	Tel: W-U-E xxxx.
Pat Waring, xxx Manor Lane.	Tel: Falfield 26xxxx.
Julie Hillier, xx Manor Lane	Falfield 26xxxx.
Mary Hall, xx Durham Road.	Falfield 26xxxx.
Val Harris, x Cotswold View.	W-U-E xxxx.
Ann Pitts, xx Manor Lane.
Jacky Swallow, xx Station Road.	W-U-E xxxx.

This time, we have a short walk, for an evening stroll.

1. The footpath starts from the Footpath sign by the stile on the left Hand side of Station Road, just past the railway underpass.
2. There is then a short length of path, enclosed by a fence, to a second stile. The footpath then emerges onto an open grazing field.
3. Proceed across the field to the far corner, where the new aluminium footbridge crosses the stream.
4. Cross the bridge, and up over the hillock and bear left to the stile to Wotton Road, near the Aero Bearings Factory. Return to the centre of the village by the road.

When using public footpaths over farm land, please note that this ancient privilege does not include wandering over the fields. Please confine the walk as far as possible to the line of the footpath, and enjoy the quiet of the countryside and the lovely view.

C. Gunning.

Hillman Hunter G.L. White, July, 1974, M.O.T. June, 1981. Taxed, immaculate condition. £850. Telephone Fal: 26xxxx.

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Hard Core for foundations etc. If you need this there is some available at x Station Road, Charfield (W-U-E xxxx). You can either just remove the material free of charge, or make a donation to CHADRA.

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MAY DAY AFTERNOON.

Thanks to all who braved the weather and turned out to support the May Day event on the Playing Field on May 6th. Although it was cold and blustery, everyone seemed to enjoy watching the comic football matches, maypole dancing and joining in the sideshows.

The Maypole Dancers organised by Playschool put on a very colourful and lively display. Their bonnets cheered up the afternoon and even made the weather seem brighter. The judging of the hat competition must have been a really difficult one, but it was won by the most original entry work by Sarah Evans, aged 3 years.

The turn out for the fancy dress football teams was excellent this year. Every one of the 10 teams who entered made a great effort with their costumes. The eventual winners of the fancy dress were the “Tarts” entered by the Young Wives. I only hope that they went straight home after the event and didn't walk around looking quite like they did on the field!

The matches themselves were very entertaining. The 10 teams were:

St. Trinians – Netball Club.
Good, Bad & Ugly – Wotton.
Chadra.
The Fairies – Katherine Close.
Taverners Alcoholics – Football Club etc.
Tarts – Young Wives.
The Flashers – Tennis Club.
The Odd Bods – Berkeley Close.
Punks – Youth Club.
Rockers – Youth Club.

Mr. Rob Hannigan had a hard time refereeing the matches where no real rules were enforced. With St. Trinians using their hockey sticks and the Fairies their wands, a variation of football from netball to rugby was to be seen.

The cheers of supporters could be heard along with the fast running commentary from Mr. Stephen Booth and after a hard fought competition, the Tennis Club Flashers finally won through. Congratulations to them.

With all the efforts of the clubs who helped with various side shows including a very good array of refreshments, the afternoon raised a goodly sum of £140.

I hope that the same enthusiasm for the events will be shown next year and that the day will help to bring the village together out of its winter slumbers.

Jane Hall, Secretary,
Memorial Hall Management Committee.

Point of Information.
The Village Hall being a charity needs all the help it can get to raise money not only for special projects like the new extension, but also to keep the present hall running including the maintenance of both the hall and the field, without raising the hiring fees to a point out of reach to everyone's pockets.

12Please help by supporting all the fund raising events that are organised within the village in aid of the hall and help to keep the field and hall looking its best for the use of all the village.

Jane Hall, Secretary,
Mem. Hall Management Committee.

MAY DAY EVENING.

Well, what can I say?

A superb performance was put on by the Friendship Club and the Leyhill Variety Club, the evening was very entertaining and a great deal of hard work had been put into rehearsals and even the stage scenery had been painted.

However, what a disappointment it must have been after all that work to have approximately 30 people turn up to watch!

Was it that the day had been too busy or that people were just not interested? It was publicised well enough and even announced during the day.

I suppose there is no point in holding an inquest now and I doubt very much whether these clubs will ever consider doing entertainments for the village again.

Thank you for those who did turn up. I hope you enjoyed the evening as much as I did.

Jane Hall, Secretary,
Mem. Hall Management Committee.

Unfortunately I have had to resign from the position of Secretary to the Memorial Hall Committee as I will eventually be moving from the district (if someone would only buy my house!)

I wish the Management Committee well with the projects that they have begun since I have been secretary and hope that the new smaller committee and the extension plans are all successful.

I hope that the response to fund raising projects and the Committee in general are a little more forthcoming in future as the Hall itself plays a very important part in the community life of Charfield, and a decline in enthusiasm would effect the whole village.

All the best to the new Secretary, Mrs. Magner, x Katherine Close, who takes over from me on July 1st.

Jane Hall.

Once again I would like to thank you all very much indeed for your used postage stamps. You will be pleased to know, as I was, that they have in a very short time helped to raise £70. When you think about it, it doesn't take much effort to take off the stamps before throwing envelopes away, does it?

Well done everybody, keep it up, so that someone may continue to have life saving treatment.

Marion Smith,
xxx Manor Lane.

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We have received the following interesting letter from one of our local Cubs. (Ed.)

I have been a cub for three years now. Every year so far at Christmas they have taken us to the pantomime in Bristol.

We also go to camp once a year where we learn to track, cook and live out doors.

We go on trips as well and this year we are going to see the S.S. Great Britain.

We have a football team which plays other cub packs and sometimes other schools.

On Tuesday evenings when we meet we have had judo lessons, volley ball, and fishing talks. We play lots of games including crab football, port and starboard and cricket.

Stuart Reyfield, Aged 11.

Stuart has obtained his bronze, silver and gold Arrows during the three years he has been a cub, and for many months has been a Sixer in charge of a number of younger cubs. Recently he has been working for his Link Badge before joining the Scout Troop at the Going-up Ceremony to be held in July, along with several other cubs.

The cub football team were the winners of the Annual District Knockout Football Competition in 1979–80 and were awarded the shield which will be held for a year.

The Lions Cub pack first meeting in the Autumn Term will be at 6.30pm Tuesday 2nd September, 1980.

Margaret K. Coomber,
Assistant Cub Scout Leader.

As we draw to the end of the summer term we look back on maypole dancing on 5th May, the balloon race, which was won by Mr. Crouch, Yate, whose balloon reached Lundy Island, and by far the most important event, the summer outing to Weston-Super-Mare. The weather was cloudy, but dry, which didn't hamper the donkey riding and sand castle making etc.

Unfortunately we are losing Mrs. Booker from the Playgroup staff at the end of term. I would like to thank her on behalf of Playgroup families past and present, for all her loving care over the last 6 years, and wish her and her family every happiness in their new home.

Mrs. Haines is retiring as Secretary this year and I'd also like to thank her so much for all her hard work during her time as secretary. 14We are lucky to have Mrs. Margaret Lane to take her place, so if you have any need for Playgroup information, perhaps you would either contact a supervisor or Mrs. Lane, on W-U-E xxxx.

Dates to Remember are:

End of Term – Friday 18th July.
Next Term Begins – Monday 8th September.
Next Term Ends – Friday 19th December.
Open Evening for new parents – Thursday 11th September.
A.G.M. – Monday 22nd September.

A. Wood,
Playgroup Leader.

The concert held in the Memorial Hall on Saturday 7th June, when the Dursley Male Voice Choir and the Raysfield Recorder Group from Chipping Sodbury helped to make a most enjoyable evening.

It was most gratifying to have 4 young ladies who had appeared on the H.T.V. programme for young musicians proving that youth still has a contribution to make, and the rich male voices rounded off what in the end was a success for the funds of YERCOMBE LODGE.

It was unfortunate that on the previous Tuesday I had considered calling off the concert as only 20 tickets had been sold, and meant much loss of sleep.

However, there may be a next time, so please help for what is a most worthy cause, and is a lead in to 1981 the International Year of the Disabled person.

Those of us who are blessed with good health, will I am sure, give thought and practical deeds to those who are denied these things we take so much for granted.

Percy Ellis,
Falfield 26xxxx.

A Coffee Morning, to be held at the Smithy, Cromhall, on Thursday 25th September, at 10.30 am.

Cromhall Annual Flower and Dog Show, to be held on September 6th. Fancy Dress competition included.

Grand Summer Barn Dance, in aid of Cromhall School Extension. To be held at Court Farm on August 1st. Tickets £2.00 each, to include supper.

For further information on the above, contact Mrs. M. Smith, Falfield 26xxxx.

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The past few months have brought many and diverse cases to the Bureau. All enquiries, whether straightforward or complex, are of first importance to the enquirer, and all are answered with care and checking of detail. But those for whom letters are written, telephone calls made or other services, where appropriate, are contacted, add a wider and deeper dimension to the work, and a successful outcome is very rewarding to the Bureau workers as well as to the client. Several people have been accompanied to Supplementary Benefits Appeal Tribunals and one to a Medical Tribunal.

To guide and advise clients, training is an on-going commitment and a necessary part of the Bureau life and this year there have been 20 training sessions with outside speakers in specialised fields. The Bureau files which range over almost every subject are being continually up-dated to keep pace with changing legislation.

To keep the Service before the public a regular twice-monthly advertisement appears in the local press which also prints articles on particular problems recently handled by the Bureau.

Your local Citizens Advice Bureau is completely independent and so can take up any issue. If further help from a specialist or other agency is called for we know exactly who to contact.

As some of the members of the Friendship Club have said “Half a problem is knowing who to ask”. So try us – we're here to help. We offer free and confidential information to help on family and personal problems, legal services, welfare benefits and social security, rent and rates, employment matters and many others. Call or telephone – no appointment is necessary. We are at Berkeley House, Long Street, Wotton-Under-Edge, each Tuesday and Thursday between 10.00 am and 1.00 pm. Telephone No. Wotton-Under-Edge xxxx.

Jean McGonnigill.
Organiser.

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GUARD AGAINST ALL RISK OF FIRE.
FASTEN ALL GATES.
KEEP DOGS UNDER PROPER CONTROL.
KEEP TO PATHS ACROSS FARM LAND.
AVOID DAMAGING FENCES, HEDGES AND WALLS.
LEAVE NO LITTER.
SAFEGUARD WATER SUPPLIES.
PROTECT WILD LIFE, WILD PLANTS AND TREES.
GO CAREFULLY ON COUNTRY ROADS.
RESPECT THE LIFE OF THE COUNTRYSIDE.

Farmers are legally obliged to allow the public to use all footpaths but this does not give you the right to use them as you would your own garden or even a park.
The footpaths are strictly for walking along or resting, if necessary.

PICNICKING is not allowed. You should remember that a farmer can shoot you dog if it is harassing his livestock.
SO KEEP YOUR DOG ON A LEAD.

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Other Useful Information

If any of the above information is incorrect, please contact Mrs. M. Smith, xxx Manor Lane, Fal:26xxxx or Mrs. S. Lapham xx Wotton Road, Fal:26xxxx and we will rectify it for our next issue. This particularly applies to 'phone numbers.

Charfield Newsletter is produced by the Charfield & District Residents Association (CHADRA).

Transcriber Notes

This issue was produced on 17 sides of A4 paper.

Personal phone numbers and addresses have been redacted.

Minor typographical corrections and presentational changes have been made without comment.

Digitization by Brendan O'Connor.

Last update: 2016-12-01.