STEEP and STROUD

NEWSLETTER No 495

October 2011

THE WORK OF OUR COUNTY COUNCIL

Last month Caro Robinson, the Chairman of Steep Parish Coun-

cil, gave a brief pen picture of the members who were elected in

May. This month we have invited Vaughan Clarke, our County

Councillor, to tell us something about the work of the County

Council.

First, I‟d better tell you a bit about myself. Aged seventy one, I have

been a member of Petersfield Town Council for twelve years, have

been the town mayor twice, and two years ago was elected as your rep-

resentative on the County Council. I live in Sheet, and for good meas-

ure I am also the editor of the Sheet newsletter!

As to my earlier career – I am of course retired now - there were

two main strands to my working life: in industry as an electrical engi-

neer, and in the teaching profession. I am still involved in a way, be-

cause I am a trustee of a charity which organises races for electric cars

in both primary and secondary schools (wwww.greenpower.org.uk in

case you are interested). A number of local schools are involved with

building cars.

What part of Hampshire do I represent? My area is called Peters-

field Hangers, and covers a third of the town of Petersfield, and about

eight outlying parishes. These include Steep and Stroud, Hawkley, Pri-

ors Dean and Colemore, and broadly my area goes as far north as Liss

and Greatham, and as far west as the West Meon Hut.

Altogether there are seventy eight members on Hampshire County

Council, all elected, and all paid too I perhaps ought to say - about

twelve thousand pounds a year. (I am not paid as a Petersfield Town

Councillor, by the way). The County Council meets every two months,

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but much of the work is done on the various committees. I sit on two

of them, one dealing with the environment and transport, the other

dealing with finance, plus several sub-committees.

The main issue of the day is of course the serious financial situa-

tion, and the need to make cuts in the budget. The original planned to-

tal spend this year was £715m, but we have to save £50 million this

year and £40 million next – this at a time when inflation is quite high,

and costs of services and goods therefore rising. So you can see that

we have quite a task.

Where does the County Council get its money? Three quarters

comes from you, the voters, through your Council Tax, and the other

quarter comes from the government. These proportions are not the

same throughout the land, and in fact Hampshire, together with Kent

and Essex, gets the lowest government percentage in the country.

My final point, lest you think I spend all my time at the Council

headquarters in Winchester, is that I attend all the Parish Council

meetings in my area, and in that way have regular and frequent contact

with the people I represent. I am pleased to say that I always get a

warm and friendly reception at Steep and Stroud, who have a dedicat-

ed set of councillors, for which many thanks.

Vaughan Clarke

HARVEST FESTIVAL Along with the rest of the world we have now returned to normal life

after the summer holidays and are looking forward to the Harvest festi-

vals. The Harvest Festival Service at Stroud is taking place at 11.00

am on Sunday, 2nd October. The following Sunday 9th October at 10.30

am sees the Steep Harvest Parish Communion which is followed by

the Steep and Stroud Harvest Lunch at Lythe Farm. Contact Selina

Garstin - 263641and Susan Orringe - 268346 or members of the PCC

for tickets.

STEEP LECTURE We are looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible at the

second annual Steep Lecture in All Saints on Sunday, 2nd October at

6.00 for 6.30 pm.

CHURCH NEWS

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CHURCHYARD WORKING PARTY - 15 October The Churchyard is looking particularly attractive as it moves towards

autumn. Working parties will take place on the mornings of Saturday

8th and Saturday 15th October. A mixture of work and fun and all are

welcome.

MEMBERS OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL (PCC) We were very impressed by Caro Robinson‟s thumbnail sketches of

the members of the Parish Council in the last Newsletter and thought

that it would be helpful to do the same for members of the PCC. We

describe below the first three (all new members) in their own words

We will be continuing the series in subsequent Newsletters.

Alistair McConville I am Director Teaching and Learning at Bedales School where I

teach Religious Studies and Philosophy as well as a little Classics.

Theology is in the family - my Dad is an Old Testament professor and

there is a proliferation of vicars in the extended family. I live in Steep

with my wife Jo, three cats, some chickens and a couple of pigs. I love

playing and watching cricket and am an enthusiastic novice vegetable-

grower. I enjoy travel and am always first in line for a school trip to an

exotic clime.

David Erskine-Hill David Erskine-Hill moved to Stroud in 2002. By profession an

auctioneer specialising in worldwide Orders, Medals and Decorations

he carried out much of the research behind those commemorated on

Steep‟s Roll Of Honour for the two World Wars, the results of which

are now available to view in the Church. Once a year he creates some

fairly wayward lines while mowing the Churchyard, in addition to

providing the occasional haphazard Chalice service, so he now hopes

to make up for such shortcomings by serving on the PCC. Away from

the rostrum, David keeps himself busy by attempting to entertain his

young daughter, Hannah-seemingly without much success.

Timothy Passingham Timothy Passingham has lived in Sheet for the last six years having

been born and brought up in the village. He and Olivia married in

West Liss and then moved to Guildford and Privett before returning to

the area. He works as an architectural technologist in Guildford but is

now setting up a new business in Petersfield. Tim and Olivia have two

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children; Lavinia (six) and Henry (five). Away from work family life

takes centre stage although he enjoys playing cricket for Steep, riding

his bicycle and playing the guitar when time permits.

Geoffrey Dale Rachel Goodchild Swan

FROM THE REGISTER WEDDINGS

3 September Claire McCarthy and Aaron Ballinger

BAPTISMS 21 August Ellie-May Rose Greenman

4 September William John Clay

STUDY GROUP There will be a new Study Group on Monday 3rd October, for eight

sessions, at the home of David and Celia Storey, 102 Church Road,

Steep at 7.30-9.00pm. Our theme will be Why go to Church? Please

contact Caroline Hilton on 263460 for more information.

CHURCH DUTIES ON SUNDAYS 2 October: Stroud Harvest Festival at 11.00am - R Hannington & R

Williams

9 October: 10.30 - sidesmen H Maybury & O Jonathan, chalice G

Wicksteed, server Goodchild-Swan family, coffee P Cook

16 October: 6.30 service for departed, G Dale

23 October: sidesmen B & R Keys, chalice G Tullis, server and coffee

N Bones

30 October: sidesmen R & J Smith, chalice O Passingham (&

G Tullis), server Mileham family, tea Jane Owen

HARVEST FESTIVAL LUNCH - Sunday October 9th Anthony and Fiona Littlejohn are once again kindly hosting our Har-

vest Festival Lunch at Lythe Farm. Tickets will be available at £20 for

a family, and £8 adult and £4 child. We would be very grateful for

Tombola and Raffle prizes, and of course your lovely

'Puddings'. Please call either Susan Orringe on 01730-268346 or Se-

lina Garstin on 01730-263641 for tickets or more information.

Everyone is welcome, it is a wonderful venue and lovely oppor-

tunity for the whole community to get together. Gather up your

friends and neighbours and join in. Many thanks, Selina

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OCTOBER What man needs rubies, amethysts or jade,

Or yearns to touch barbaric pearl and gold,

Or heavy jewelled necklaces to hold,

And tracey trinkets that mere man has made?

He has to do no more than step outside,

To see the sparkling emeralds on the lawn,

The brilliant maple nature cannot hide

From ruby-dyed reflections of the dawn.

And gold of purest carat in the crowns

Of burning sycamore and flaming beech.

No glittering gem nor painted artefact

Can imitate these sights within our reach.

No need to wish for sapphires in the light,

Or want for diamonds in the frosty night

BB

25 YEARS AGO NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME It has been suggested that a

Neighbourhood Watch Scheme might be set up through the vil-

lage. The Parish Council thought that such a scheme was not

essential in a small community where residents know each oth-

er well, and are aware of houses being unoccupied and notice

suspicious characters. However, the opinions of residents

will be welcomed - please get in touch with any Parish Coun-

cillor.

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DIARY DATES

BEDALES GALLERY 28 Sept - 19 October - DEFINE INSPIRATION - Head,

Hand Heart Series. (Closed 1 October, free 19 October)

OLIVIER THEATRE 11 October - Theatre Tour International - Shylock

14 October - Theatre Sans Frontieres & Northern Stage co

-production, Lorca:Amore en el Jardin

WELCOME CLUB - 6 and 20 October 6 October - There will be a film

20 October - Judy Thompson will talk about A Day in the Life of a

VSO (Doctor).

Details from Heather Maybury - 266855 & Jessica Pocock - 260570

SOUTHERN ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SOCIETY - 8 October Southern Pro Musica with conductor Jonathan Willcocks and soloist

Sophie Langdon will perform at Petersfield Festival Hall.

Tickets from One Tree books

STROUD EVENING WI - 11 October Jan Mitchell will show us how to Spice it up for Christmas with tast-

ers. NB This meeting will be held in Steep Village Hall

Enquiries: Pauline Cook - 263406

STEEP & STROUD GARDEN GROUP - 17 October Drake Hocking will talk about trees.

Enquiries to Jocelyn Hooton 261339

STROUD AFTERNOON WI - 20 October Jim Bettley will talk on the USA - Wild West.

Enquiries to Margaret Sutton - 263777

STEEP FILM SOCIETY Saturday 1 October: It’s Complicated (2009) A romantic comedy with

Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin

Friday 14 October: Another Year (2010) The latest Mike Leigh film,

tale of four seasons around a contented, long-married couple

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Saturday 29 October: Coco before Chanel (2009) following her jour-

ney from humble seamstress, staring Audrey Tatou

All films start at 8pm at Steep Village Hall. Cash bar from 7.30pm.

Tickets from Sheila Fairley on 269339. ALL WELCOME but must

book ahead.

THE FREE RADICALS - 9 October Sunday 9th October, 3pm at Langrish House, The Free Radicals

(directed by Steve Sargent) with Louisa Denby - bassoon and

Will Lithgow - piano

Tea & scones served in the interval.

Tickets from Doris Rattray 823 419

FROXFIELD CHOIR TO SING AT BURITON - 15 October With the standing ovation from their June performance of The African

Sanctus still ringing in their ears (to quote Philip Young‟s review:

“Worthy of the standing Ovation”) Froxfield Choir‟s first concert of

their Autumn season will take place at St. Mary‟s Church, Buriton on

Saturday 15th October at 7.30pm.

The programme will include the ever popular Allegri „Miserere‟ ,

Bach „Jesu Joy of Man‟s Desiring‟ and Mozart „Ave Verum‟ plus mu-

sic by Purcell, Hummel and Morley.

Entry is free with a retiring collection and drinks in the interval.

The concert will be conducted by Froxfield‟s Director of Music,

Richard A Smith.

For more information see Froxfieldchoir.co.uk or telephone 01730-

231266

BONFIRE BUILDING WORKING MORNINGS - 16, 23 & 30 Oct The first working morning on the Common for preparation for bonfire

night (5th November) will commence on Sunday 16th October, with the

23rd and 30th to follow, meeting at 10.00-12noon. Please make an ef-

fort for all or one of these mornings to help and join in with this com-

munity build. Required also please tall greenery and branches.

Please phone Paul - 263641 or Terry - 263406

COPY FOR NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER - Wednesday 20 October To Kay Bennett, Rozel, Church Road or davidandjoanna@talktalk.net

and celiastorey@aol.com

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STEEP & STROUD NEWS

STEEP FLOWER SHOW Another bank holiday, another sunny Saturday at Bedales – it must be

Steep Flower Show, and this year was a special one, for it was the fifti-

eth to be held at Bedales. Many thanks to headmaster Keith Budge, to

Richard Lushington, to Dominic Oliver for presenting the prizes, and

particularly to John Wakefield and his team for making it all possible.

I don‟t know how we manage it, but it is nearly twenty years since

we had a wet Show, in spite of dismal weather forecasts. Entries were

slightly down on last year‟s record-breaking total, particularly in the

vegetable section, but we still had over seven hundred, from more than

a hundred exhibitors. We had entries from overseas as well as local,

and we had our youngest ever exhibitor, aged thirteen months. Num-

bers through the door were up, which is encouraging, proving that the

show is still a vital part of village life.

In spite of the weather, the quality was still good; the produce

judge commented on the high standard of the flowers in spite of the

adverse conditions. Frankie North celebrated her first year as chairman

by winning the cups for gladioli and roses, and the Denis Clarke Me-

morial Trophy for the best item in the show went to Tony Llewellyn

for plums. Other highlight exhibits include Savannah Acquah-

Storey‟s ceramic plate, which won the Harrow Sparrow for the best

children‟s exhibit, and the superb scarecrow, Inspector Clouseau, made

by John Sharpe and his granddaughters, which was awarded the Jubi-

lee plate for the best exhibit in the Arts and Crafts section, while in the

soft toy class a little greengrocer proved that if you can‟t grow prize-

winning vegetables you can always knit them.

Teas on the lawn, gentle background music and a beautiful setting –

what more could we ask?

Kate Ford - Secretary

RIDING FOR THE DISABLED We are a small, friendly RDA group working out of Newshott Lane

Farm stables, Liphook. We have a group of nine children, all with

verying degrees of special needs, from the Ridgeway Community

School in Farnham. If you have two hours to spare on a Thursday

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Flower Show Winners

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morning term times and would be interested in joining our group of

helpers, please feel free to come along and have a look at what we do.

Previous experience not necessary. For further information please con-

tact Frankie North - 263435 or Pauline Cook - 263406.

THE SAM BANKS MEMORIAL FUND The cricket match and barbecue at the end of July raised nearly

£1,100 for the fund which is almost exactly the cost of one year‟s tui-

tion and maintenance for a student at Pathshala South Asian Media

Academy in Bangladesh. The two teams were captained by Colin

Baty and Sam‟s brother, Joe. The match was played in a good hu-

moured but highly competitive spirit and was in the balance until the

penultimate ball when Joe‟s team just snatched victory. At the core of

the meal that followed was free range organic pork brought up from

his Devon farm by Sam‟s uncle. Then there was live music from

friends and family through the evening.

Shortly after this event we made the first payment to of two years‟

fees and maintenance the principal of the academy. The first student

supported by the fund has now started. Sala-Uddin is a promising

photographer from a village outside Dhaka whose potential was spot-

ted by principal, Shahidul Alam, who also supplied him with a camera.

Pathshala South Asian Media Academy is committed to providing

the highest standard of training in photography, film and television so

that its graduates can go on to work at the top of their profession inter-

nationally. A number of graduates hold positions with top internation-

al news agencies and have won awards for their outstanding work.

Next year we will start to support a second student and from 2013 we

will have three students at a time, one in each year of the three year

course.

We chose Pathshala because Sam grew to love the Indian sub-

continent during the last three months of his life. It was while on his

travels that he received the news that he had been accepted to study

film and television production at the London College of Communica-

tion. Just a week before he died he emailed us and the college express-

ing his excitement at starting. We would very much like to thank all

those in the village who have helped and supported us in this venture.

Louise and Graham Banks

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REPORT FROM THE MEETING OF STEEP PARISH COUNCIL Held on Monday 5th September 2011

The County Councillor reported on the decision by H.C.C. to procure

solar photovoltaic panels on all its buildings, taking advantage of Gov-

ernment cash incentives to reduce energy costs and carbon emissions.

The total project should reduce the County Council‟s carbon footprint

by 1,500 tonnes per year (10% of the total).

The District Councillor, Nick Drew, requested that anyone experi-

encing problems with East Hampshire District Council should let him

know sooner rather than later. To contact Nick – e-mail

nick.drew@easthants.gov.uk or phone 07884 113636.

The proposed merger of the 95/96 bus routes from Petersfield to

Steep and Froxfield and the reduced 67 route (Petersfield to Winches-

ter) were discussed. H.C.C. is proposing to offer a taxi-share or com-

munity transport scheme in order to ensure that villagers are not left

without transport. It was agreed that some kind of community

transport scheme is necessary and this will be investigated further by

the Parish Council.

A report on the new-style Community Forums was received. The

impetus is now on the Parish Council and the general public to nomi-

nate project ideas for the village. Several projects were discussed in-

cluding mains sewerage, gas and broadband services and the re-

surfacing of Footpath 15. These ideas will be progressed through the

Community Forum.

Lead has been stolen from the roof of the Village Hall and internal

damage has resulted from the heavy rain. The Trustees are looking at

quotes to replace all the remaining lead with a suitable alternative.

Better security lighting will also be considered by the Trustees at their

next meeting and residents are asked to keep an eye out for any further

problems.

A grant of £27,000 has been received by Jim Hobson, our Country-

side Ranger, to improve the surface of Old Litten Lane which runs

along the top of the Hangers.

The next full Parish Council Meeting will take place on Monday,

7th November at 7.30 p.m. at the Village Hall – members of the public

are all very welcome. The full Minutes of the Meeting held on 5th

September can be found on the website – www.steepvillage.com

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THE WHO AND WHAT OF THE NEWSLETTER No less than thirty six people in Steep and Stroud are involved in get-

ting the newsletter to your home. The editorial team totals eight, and

we meet each month at Kay Bennett‟s house in Church Road, Steep in

the third week of the month to decide on the issue for the following

month. These are the members:

Kay Bennett – a benevolent hostess and emeritus editor these days.

Fran Box – closely involved with the Steep Parish Plan initiatives

David Dobson – editor

Kate Fairweather – our expert on dogs, walks and country recipes

Celia Storey – newsletter designer; she puts it all together

Ray Street – in charge of the Steep village website

www.steepvillage.com, with which the newsletter is closely

linked

Sylvia Struthers – in charge of newsletter distribution

Rollo Wicksteed – our source of local folklore, history - and whim-

sical drawings

There is always an air of hopeful expectation at our monthly edito-

rial meetings – hopeful for we never know what is going to turn up in

the way of information, comment and ads, and our aim is to find mate-

rial that readers will find interesting, rather than just fill the pages. We

also look back at past issues, usually from 25 years ago, to see if there

any items there which still resonate today. And then there are Rollo‟s

little drawings, which add a bit of humour and lighten the pages.

To this editorial team of eight must be added Brian Keys, who is

most successful in getting advertising (the income from which goes a

long way to ensuring that this is a free publication), and a small army

of twenty seven people who do the house to house deliveries. I was go-

ing to say that theirs is a thankless task, but this month we are going to

recognise their good work and having a small social gathering to say

thank you.

Final point. Feed back and articles of interest to the people of our

two villages are always welcome. It should be noted that we steer well

clear of controversial matters, except to report facts, but that apart,

more or less anything goes.

David Dobson

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HEDGEROW KITCHEN - IN PRAISE OF THE CHESTNUT

Walk in the hangers in October and you will

find the spiky green cases of the sweet

chestnut at your feet. They look hostile, but

hidden treasures are the reward for your

efforts. Gather them on your morning walk,

soak the nuts in water for the day and by the evening they are ready to

roast. Cut a cross in the rounded side (holding flat edge to your

worktop) and spread them over a baking tray in a hot oven (200ºC or

so) for half an hour, or sit them on the top of a wood burner. Peel them

(and eat) before they cool. Or you can sprinkle the peeled chestnuts

with vanilla sugar and a pinch of crushed star anise and return to the

oven for a sweeter flavour.

You will find many recipes for chestnuts that involve chocolate and

cream – they are nothing if not versatile. For me, however, their

sweetness has a natural affinity with savoury flavours like bacon and

brassicas, thyme and sage. Try sautéing smoked bacon and roasted

chestnuts and cabbage in butter as a great accompaniment to game. Or

fry chopped chestnuts and sage in butter and toss with Brussels

sprouts. Equally good is butternut or pumpkin, slathered with

groundnut oil, salt and pepper and roasted for 20 minutes in chunks in

a hot oven (200ºC). Add roasted chestnuts and blanched almonds and

thyme or sage, toss and roast for another 15 minutes until golden, and

eat with fresh bread for a meat free lunch.

Kate Fairweather

STEEP PARISH PLAN SURVEY We have received very valuable feedback from the Parish Survey

which was completed in July. This gives us some statistical

information on a range of topics and an immense volume of written

comments which we are still in the process of digesting. Apart from a

wide range of opinion, there were many helpful and constructive

suggestions for improvements that people would like to see, as well as

plentiful views on why Steep is such a special place to live. As you

might expect, the topics of traffic; the future of the centre of the

village; and residential development also featured strongly in the

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comments.

Our aim is to produce an action plan to address the main points

raised by your views and to help us in sketching out the vision for

Steep which will form the core of the Parish Plan.

We will be holding a public consultation event in the Village Hall on

November 19th – more details of this will follow closer to the date. If

you have any questions, please contact Tony Struthers 01730 269533.

BUS SERVICES IN STEEP AND STROUD

Steep (95) buses into Peters-

field collect from the Cricketers

at 08.08,*9.36, *11.10 *14.10,

16.08 and 17.34. Returning to

Steep from Petersfield Square

(the Station 2 minutes later) at

08.59, *10.29, *13.25, *15.25

and 16.55.

Stroud (17) 08.47, 10.54, 13.54

16.54 to Petersfield Square & Tesco. (67) 07.15, 08.15 (school term), 08.30 (school holidays), 09.40 and then at x40 past the hour until 18:40.

* These buses go along Church

Road to Bedales

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STEEP OIL SERVICES

Village website: www.steepvillage.com

E. CANTERBURY LTD (BUILDERS)

BASED IN PETERSFIELD SINCE 1914

FOR ALL ASPECTS OF HOME IMPROVEMENT &

MAINTENANCE

ENQUIRIES-Kevin Kiddle TEL: 01730 262197

Steep house is a established nursing home

providing support for those who require

Dementia care

Nursing care

Respite

Permanent specialist care

Steep House Nursing Home

Tilmore Road

Petersfield

Hants

GU32 2HS

Tel: 01730 260095

Steep House

www.lrh-homes.com

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