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Issue No. 132 31st July 2018

The Next Kingsdon Parish Council Meetings

Thursday 13th September 2018 at 7.30pm

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Village Hall Meeting

Saturday 14th July 2018

Many thanks for the large turnout for our village meeting this month. The results as you are probably aware were

112 in favour of granting the parish council authority to dispose of the village hall and 17 against. That now al-

lows us to commit time and money to the future of the village hall without the prospect of refusal to dispose of the

current one.

There were some questions about the strength of the vote against, with a number of people stating that they knew

of more than 17 who were intending to vote against. Given the size of the majority it did seem a little unneces-

sary and perhaps questioning of the impartiality of the vote counters but the returned slips are still available if

anyone still has reasonable doubts. One of the consequences of a secret ballot is that people will often say one

thing and then vote another way.

The size of the turnout suggests that despite previous misgivings, a Saturday morning is probably the best time for

meetings of a similar nature. With that in mind, we are proposing to hold another meeting, provisionally, on

13th October 2018, to look at the background to the potential development plan, which will include a site for the

new village hall. There will be no vote at this meeting but you will have the opportunity to hear more detail of the

plan, and to express you own views. Any formal support or objections will have to wait until a planning applica-

tion is submitted.

We are also hoping to host a similar meeting at some stage to discuss the new village plan, to which you all

contributed with you survey returns. The date of that meeting is still to be decided.

Future parish council meetings are clearly going to include discussions about the way forward with regard to the

hall and planning and you are all very welcome to attend. Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each

month, except August.

David Beswick

As the Festival is a charitable event raising money for the village it is hoped everyone attending appreciates this and buys their drinks and food at our Bar & BBQ, which have needed lot of effort organising. It is the profits from the BBQ & Bar predominantly that makes the money for distribution to the village, where it is required and importantly it covers the cost of putting on future Festivals and events. I hope all attending understand.

Thank you. Wally

A polite request regarding the Kingsdon Festival

All Saints Church

Priest in Charge: Revd Alan Symonds Tel/Fax 01458 272029 (For arrangement of Baptisms, Weddings and other occa-sional services) Church Warden: Mrs Bel Allan Tel. 01935 840878 Parochial Church Council: Secretary: Nicholas J. Allan Tel 01935 840878 Treasurer: Tony Steele-Perkins 01935 840184 Tower Captain: Jackie Ellis Tel 01935 840344

Church Services for August

Sunday 5th August 11 a.m. Holy Communion Rev. Adrian Hopwood

Sunday 12th August 9.30 p.m. Morning Prayer Bruce Lyons

Sunday 19th August 6. p.m. Holy Communion Rev Alan Symonds

Sunday 26th August 11 a.m. Songs of Praise In the Marquee at Kingsdon Festival

Church Rosters for August

Brass: Angie Saunders Flowers: Ann Baldwin Gill Paine

Kingsdon Village Hall

For all information (except bookings) contact: - David Thomson, Park Farmhouse, Lower Rd. Kingsdon TA11 7LL Tel:01935 841453 For bookings contact Marilyn Elliott, 4 Manor Close, Kingsdon, TA11 7LW Tel 01935 841444 Email [email protected]

Bookings for August 2018

Short Mat Bowls Mondays 7.30pm - 9pm, and Tuesdays 10am - 12noon Table Tennis Club Tuesdays at 7.30pm Puppy Training Sundays 9.30am Keep Fit Sundays 7.15pm Scrabble Club - Thursday 2nd at 6. 30pm Practical Study Group Wednesday 15th Kingsdon Festival Friday 24th, Sat 25th & Sunday 26th

Kingsdon Table Tennis Club

The Table Tennis Club play in the Village Hall on Tuesday evenings between 7.30pm and 9.30pm. If you are interested then please con-tact Martin Singleton on 841162 or just come along.

Kingsdon Afternoon Club

The Afternoon Club meet on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 3pm in the Village Hall. New members (any age) are always welcome. For information contact Club Secretary Marilyn Elliott, 4 Manor Close, Kingsdon. Tel 01935 841444

Kingsdon Boule & Croquet Club (New Venue)

From 26th April members will meet at the Kingsdon Cricket Club ground every Thursday between 2pm and 4 pm weather permitting. The club welcomes new members or just come along to enjoy a taster session followed by tea and cake in the club house. For more details contact Nina Carlisle on 01935840933 or email [email protected]

Kingsdon Cricket Club

Chairman : Marilyn Elliott 4 Manor Close, Kingsdon, Somerton, TA11 7LW Tel 01935 841444 07990673935 Secretary: Simon Rumbles Fixtures Secretary/ Team Selection: Ian Birrell Watersmeet, Huish Episcopi, Langport. TA10 9HE Tel 01458 259231 07817959709 Trustees: B. Carlisle, I. Birrell, J. Schofield Captain / Treasurer: J. Schofield

The Kingsdon Chronicle

The Kingsdon Chronicle is an independent journal published monthly and is financed by voluntary donation. Cheques paya-ble to ‘The Kingsdon Chronicle’ The Kingsdon Chronicle welcomes correspondence from its readers “All contributors to The Kingsdon Chronicle are required to give written permission to the Editor for their material to be published on the vil-lage website. The Kingsdon Chronicle reserves the right to edit items for publication. Contributed letters and articles printed in The Kingsdon Chronicle do not necessarily reflect the views of The Kingsdon Chronicle production team. The editor will assume that all material supplied is original, or from copyright free sources. (It is the contributor’s responsibility to gain any necessary permissions and to provide acknowledgments).” Editor: Wallace Elliott, 4 Manor Close, Kingsdon. TA11 7LW Tel 01935 841444, Mobile 07990673935, Email: [email protected] www.kingsdon.org/kingsdon-chronicle/

The Kingsdon Jubilee Fund Trustees

Chairman: Andy Fryer, Secretary: Martin Gilmore, Treasurer: Tim Taylor, Ian Dibben, Marilyn Elliott, Wally Elliott, Mark Freeman, Beverley Fulton, Robert Fulton, Chris Taylor, Keith Thomas

Kingsdon Knitting Club (Knitting for Good Causes)

The Knitters meet on the second Saturday of the month at 10.30am to midday in the Community Shop. For information please contact: Linda Rumbles 01935 840132 or Babs Conway 01935 841811

Kingsdon Calendar of Events for August

1st Wed

2nd Thu 2pm to 4pm

6.30pm Croquet Club Scrabble Club

Cricket Ground Village Hall

3rd Fri

4th Sat 2pm Kingsdon Cricket Home to CVCC Frog Lane

5th Sun 11am

7. 15pm Holy Communion with Rev Adrian Hopwood

Keep fit All Saints

Village Hall

6th Mon 7.30pm - 9pm Short Mat Bowls Village Hall

7th Tue Re-cycling Day

Black Wheelie Bin

10am - 12noon 7.30pm -

Short Mat Bowls Table Tennis Club

Village Hal Village Hall

8th Wed

9th Thur 2pm to 4pm Croquet Club Cricket Ground

10th Fri

11th Sat

12th Sun 9.30am

9.30am Morning Prayer with Bruce Lyons

Puppy Training All Saintt

Village Hall



Green Bin 10am - 12noon

7.30pm - Short Mat Bowls

Table Tennis Club Village Hall Village Hall

15th Wed 10am Practical Study Group (PSG) Village Hall


17th Fri

18th Sat

19th Sun 2pm 6pm

Kingsdon Cricket - Away to Dinder Evensong with Rev Alan Symonds

Dinder All Saints


21st Tue 10am - 12noon



22nd Wed Re-cycling Day

Black Wheelie Bin

23rd Thu 2pm to 4pm Croquet Club Cricket Ground

24th Fri Kingsdon Festival On Village Field 7pm

Old Dogz new Trixs Marquee

25th Sat Kingsdon Festival On Village Field

Village Fete Big Band Night

Village Field Marquee

26th Sun

Kingsdon Festival On Village Field

9.30am 11am 2pm 7pm

7.15pm

Puppy training Songs of Praise

Dog Show Jo Burt Experience

Keep fit

Village Hall Marquee Marquee Marquee

Village Hall

27th Mon BANK HOLIDAY 7.30pm - 9pm Short Mat Bowls Village Hall

28th Tue 10am - 12noon



29th Wed Re-cycling Day

Green Bin


31st Fri

1st Sat

2nd Sun

9.30am 11am 2pm

7.15pm

Puppy Training Family Service with Jenny Gollop

Cricket - Home - Queen Camel Keep fit

Village Hall All Saints Frog Lane

Village Hall

3rd Mon 7.30pm - 9pm Short Mat Bowls Village Hall


Black Wheelie Bin 10am - 12noon



5th Wed 6.30pm - Y.D. Canine Soc. Village Hall

6th Thur

10am - 12noon 2pm to 4pm 6.30pm

Art Club Croquet Club Scrabble club

Village Hall Cricket Ground

Village Hall

7th Fri

8th Sat

9th Sun

9.30am

1.30pm 7.15pm

Holy Communion with Anthea Reilly & Rev Alan Symonds

Home Cricket -v- Batcombe Keep fit

All Saints

Frog Lane Village Hall


11th Tue Re-cycling Day Green Wheelie

10am - 12noon 7.30pm -


Village Hall Village Hall

12th Wed 6.30pm - Y.D. Canine Soc. Village Hall

13th Thur

10am - 12noon 2pm to 4pm

7.30pm

Art Club Croquet Club

Parish Council Meet

Village Hall Cricket Ground

Village Hall

14th Fri

15th Sat

16th Sun

9.30am 1.30pm

6pm 7.15pm

Puppy Training Cricket Away

Evensong Keep fit

Village Hall Batcombe All Saints

Village Hall


18th Tue Re-cycling Day Black Wheelie

10am - 12noon 7.30pm -



19th Wed 10am

6.30pm P.S.G.

Y.D. Canine Soc. Village Hall Village Hall

20th Thu 10am - 12noon Art Club Village Hall

21st Fri

22nd Sat P.M. Private Village Hall

23rd Sun 9.30am

10 am Puppy Training

Benefice Together Village Hal

Charlton Mack

24th Mon 7.30pm - 9pm Short Mat

Bowls Village Hall Short Mat Bowls Village Hall

25th Tue Re-cycling Day Green Wheelie

10am - 12noon 7.30pm -



26th Wed 3pm 6.30pm -

Afternoon Club Y.D. Canine Soc.



28th Fri

29th Sat

30th Sun

9.30am 9.30am 7.15pm

Puppy training Holy Communion

Keep Fit

Village Hall All Saints

Village Hall

Kingsdon Calendar of Events for September

From the Vicarage

Has July been a wonderful month weather-wise or a complete disaster? It probably depends if you are someone who enjoys

the hot weather or hates it. The conversations in streets, bus stops, and shops have all been either its wonderful or its too hot,

and probably by the time you are reading this, the children will be on holiday and the summer weather will have returned to

its damp usual. But as a reminder of the good days I have tried to put together ten advantages of the sunny weather so that if

we are still having those conversations we can perhaps find some fresh inspiration in them. If we are not having those con-

versations then it might remind us of what we once had as we prepare for the onset of Autumn / Winter.

The Advantages of hot weather

1. There is no need to cut the grass, it is not growing.

2. It enables us to bring out that hat from the cupboard and unashamedly wear it in public.

3. If someone catches us sleeping in the afternoon we can say we took advantage of the cooler weather and were up very ear-

ly.

4. If someone catches us sleeping in the morning we can say we took advantage of the cooler weather last night and were up

very late.

5. It is too hot to do anything. (That is an advantage really!)

6. It saves money because we do not have to travel abroad for a holiday. (or we simply have to go to the Mediterranean to get

away from this heat)

7. We can have a free upper body workout simply opening and shutting all of the windows.

8. We can discover hours in the day which had previously only existed in our dreams.

9. If we accidently spray someone with a hosepipe, they are grateful.

10. It makes it easier to hold knobbly knee competitions.

Whatever the weather enjoy it; it’s a gift from God and each day is precious.

Have a blessed Summer.

Alan Symonds

Kingsdon Festival Songs of Praise

Your Choice of Hymn

Why not choose your favourite Hymn to be included in the Festival

‘Songs of Praise’

on Sunday 26th August at 11am. Please send any requests by Aug 10th to

Chris Taylor Email: [email protected] or 01935 841402

August Collection Dates

Wheelie Bins Tuesdays 7th & 21st

Kerbside Collection 7th, 14th, 21st & Wednesday 29th

Green Bins Tuesdays 14h & Wednesday 29th

‘Professor’ Peter Dann

Will perform his

Punch & Judy Show

for The Kingsdon Festival

on Saturday 25th August at

11:30am & 2:30pm

Meet Willow Artist

Sophie Courtier

Sophie has worked in willow for many years and specialises in large-scale sculptures and liv-ing willow projects. You may have seen the leap-ing deer on the A303, which she jointly sculpt-ed with Stephan Jennings and the striking Beast of the Blackdown Hills she recently completed near Blagdon Hill. Sophie’s work has been featured in many national publications and garden-ing magazines including Somerset Life. She en-joys teaching children

and adults of all abilities and takes great pleasure in seeing students that have little or no previous experience of willow, taking home a sculpture they have created.

Sunday Night with the Jo Burt Experience

Jo Burt is an English songwriter, story-teller, singer and guitar player possibly best known for his incredible history working with musical legends such as Freddie Mercury, The Troggs and Black Sabbath over the past 40 years.

The last few years have seen Jo making a name in his own right with his project The Jo Burt Experience. Originally cre-ated as a songwriting development tool, in the last 3 years the band have be-come an outstanding live act playing festivals and venues around the UK, Europe and North America.

The festival commences at 7pm on Friday evening 24th August, with the brilliant rock 'n' roll band

‘Old Dogz new Trixs’

The Old Dogz are a bunch of ex-pro musicians who came to-gether for a one-off 60's charity gig. Their performance was so successful that they decided to stay together and continue play-ing the music they love. That was in 1996, and they are still go-ing strong.

Based in Somerset, the guys have played all over the UK and abroad. Both individually and together they have performed with many well-known bands including The Rolling Stones, The Searchers, The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Tremeloes, Marmalade and Vanity Fair.

Their extensive repertoire covers a wide range of music but with the emphasis on rock and pop songs from the late 50s and 60s.

A Kingsdon Resident on reading that Old Dogz New Trix were appearing at the Kingsdon Festival said,……….”Wow, my mother thinks they are the greatest, she goes to all their concerts”

Saturday night is The Kingsdon Big Band night

The Kingsdon Festival Big Band reforms every year for the Kingsdon festival. Comprising of talented professional musicians all with distinquished musical CVs and performance track records.

The band members have played with some of the best artists and venues in the music industry. From the Royal Albert Hall, O2, Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club, not to mention Covent Garden, tours with the Rat Pack, Tom Jones, Andrea Bocelli, Shirley Bassey, Led Zeppelin, Barabera Strisand, Pink Floyd, West End musicals, film soundtracks (Gladiator, Lord of the Rings). Found out more about this amazing line up by clicking here

At the festival the Kingsdon Big Band will play a repertoire of popular big band and swing numbers including Glen Miller’s “In The Mood” and Little Brown Jug”; Dave Brubeck’s”Take Five”; Herbie Hancock’s “Chameleon” and “Watermelon Man”; Elton John’s “Crocodile Rock” and Stevie Wonder’s “I Wish” all arranged to get you on your feet or at the very least get your feet tapping.

Marinades &

Spice Rubs £35

The Kingsdon Festival Fete 10:30am - 4:30pm Saturday 25th August

For information on Stalls and Attractions please contact Susan Turpin

Either by Email: [email protected] or Telephone: 01935 841056 or mobile: 07770 958530

Sunday 26th August at 2pm on the Village Field (In Marquee if wet)

Registration from 1pm - Entry Fee £2

The Kingsdon Festival Best Dressed Trou-

sers Competition Display your dressed trou-

sers in a prominent position

at your home or a location of

you choice. Fill in the compe-

tition form at the back of this

Chronicle and leave at

Kingsdon Community Shop

Judging will take place on

Sunday Moring by Clive &

Chris Orford, our new resi-

dents of Joliffe House,

Kingsdon Manor.

Sunday at 12.30pm

The Village Picnic Lunch

Everyone is invited to bring a picnic lunch to enjoy in and around the Marquee with your family & Friends The Bar will be open from noon

Kingsdon Knitting Club

The Poppy Cascade

Work has commenced stitching on the hundreds o knitted poppies

Knitted War Time Figurines

Joan Yates with her knitted figurines that will be used as part of a display in our Church

Centenary of the ending of WW1 - Can you please help?

I need to borrow the following items to use in a display in All Saints Church, Kingsdon.

1. Fabric flags from Commonwealth and Allied Countries, also any Service flags. 2. Fatigue caps and Dress caps to dress the windows of the Church If you can help, please ring Norma: 01935 840727

Our next meeting will be in the Community Shop, Saturday, 11th August, where you will be very welcome to join us, or to hand in any poppies you may have. Alternatively these can be handed to Linda:840132 or Babs:841811 or left in shop at any time.

We now have in stock a large range of Jam Shed preserves

A delicious Macaroon

Amaretto d'Italia is a traditional Italian biscuit:

a classic of Matilde Vicenzi range. Matilde

Vicenzi's attention to quality ingredients and

the delicious art makes Matilde Vicenzi ama-

retto the first one in Italy to have obtained

the product certification. The macaroon’s se-

cret ingredients of its unique and special fla-

vour are the apricots kernels that give the

dough, made of sugar and egg whites, the very

bittersweet taste conquering even the most re-

fined palates. The fragrance and deliciousness

of the Italian macaroon make it perfect for con-

sumption as a snack at any time of day or as a

special touch while preparing the most deli-

cious sweet and savoury recipes.

An addition to our Tiptree line

of products is a fine cut

Lime Marmalade

Kingsdon Community Shop BBQ & Cream Teas

A very successful BBQ & Cream Tea afternoon at the shop

on Saturday 28th August. Once again particular thanks goes

to Guy Osborne for slaving over his hot barbeques keeping

us well fed and amused. Thanks also to Beverley & Robert

Fulton, Ann Leahy, Marilyn & Kirsty Elliott and Steff. With-

out whose help the event would not have been possible.

By closing time at 4pm a profit of £224 had been made

thanks to all who attended.

Jurassic Coast Mighty Hike – 22 miles Weymouth to Corfe on the coastal path

Saturday 30th June 2018

Yes it certainly was a “mighty hike”, 22 miles in 28 centigrade with high UV and pollen count, and very little breeze, but successfully accomplished.

Our “Team Jess” of twelve, just part of 1500 plus walkers, set out from Weymouth in a phased release, early on Saturday morning. We actually left at 7.50am, had a refreshment break after 6miles at Osmington Mills, and lunch at the half way point in Lulworth Cove.

The really tough section was the next six miles to Tyneham (the abandoned village on the MOD tank firing range), very test-ing and challenging, where we arrived for a very welcome tea break. The final stretch to the finish at Norden, just north of Corfe Castle, was completed by 8.00pm, tired but with a great sense of achievement and exhilaration. Analysis of the topog-raphy of the complete walk indicates that we climbed up and then down approximately 1500 metres. Certainly we all compli-mented the Macmillan organisation for their planning and arrangements for this walk as everything was undertaken exceed-ingly professionally.

Throughout the walk we met so many interesting people, motivated like us, who were walking in memory of loved ones who had died or were suffering from some form of cancer. I am delighted to report that thanks to the family and friends of all our team members not only have we exceeded our target of raising £3k but have actually doubled it.

So thank you to everyone who sponsored me, your generosity, caring and support, is really greatly appreciated. If anyone would still like to contribute this can be done directly via the Just Giving website

https://www.justgiving.com/Jurassic-hikeTeamJess

Thank you Kingsdon We would like to thank all our Kingsdon friends and neighbours for the welcome we were given when we first came to Kingsdon and for the friendships we have since made. It was with great sadness that we decided to leave and we know we were incredibly lucky to have had seven years in such a wonderful community. Thank you all and very best wishes for the future. Nick and Lisa Newbery

Thank you

The collection at Susan Hill’s Funeral was £202.33p, shared between St Margaret’s Hospice and the Air Ambulance.

Thank you to everyone.

Cecil & Margaret Hill

https://www.justgiving.com/Jurassic-hikeTeamJess

The next Parish Council will be held on Thursday 12th July 2018

in Kingsdon Village Hall commencing at 7.30pm

Cllr. Susan J. Mackay Cottage Barn, Top Street,

Kingsdon TA117JU Tel: 01935 840023

[email protected]

Member of Parliament for Somerton & Frome

David Warburton Unit G9, Woodside Court,

Dairy House Yard, Sparkford, BA22 7LH Tel: 01373 580500

Email: [email protected]

Kingsdon Parish Councillors / District Councillor / County Councillor / M.P.

Cllr. David Beswick Chairman

Arnor, Top Street, Kingsdon TA11 7JU Email: [email protected]

Tel: 01935 840795 (environment, allotments, trees and church link)

Kate Hatt Kingsdon Parish Council Clerk Bluebell House, Mow Barton Road,

Kingsdon.. TA11 7DX Tel: 01935 841275 Email [email protected].

Cllr. Brian Paine Vice-Chairman

Westgate, Top Street, Kingsdon TA11 7JU Email: [email protected]

Tel: 01935 842058 (Former school field parish council link )

Cllr. Phillip Waters The Old Bakery, Chapel Hill, Kingsdon TA11 7LN

[email protected] Tel: 07815898065

(Trees, Drains, Ditches, Litter and Flytipping, working party of field)

Cllr. Ian Dibben 27 Kingsdon TA11 7LF

Email: [email protected] Tel: 01935 840726 07967272432

(Village hall link and footpaths)

Cllr. Guy Osborne Delimara, Pitts Lane, Kingsdon TA11 7LL

[email protected] Tel: 01935 841137 07951067872

(Highways, verges and footpaths)

Cllr. Wallace Elliott 4 Manor Close, Kingsdon, TA11 7LW

[email protected] Tel: 01935 841444 07990 673935 (Village field, emergency contact person,

communications, playground checks)

County Councillor

Dean Ruddle Freshfields, Cartway Lane,

Somerton, Somerset, TA11 6JH Tel: 07976 556054

Email: [email protected]

South Somerset District Councillor

David Norris 62 High Street, Wincanton

Somerset, BA9 9JF Tel: 01963 34535

[email protected]

Draft Minutes of the Kingsdon Parish Council Meeting held on Thursday 12th July 2018 in the Village Hall

Parishioner comment time: A parishioner requested to speak about the village plan at item 8.

Present: Mr D.Beswick (Chairman), Mr B. Paine (Vice-Chairman), Mr W Elliott, Mr I.Dibben, Mr G. Osborne, Mrs S Mackay, (Parish Councillors);Mr D Norris (District Councillor); Mrs J Land (RFO)and Mrs K Hatt (Parish Clerk) plus 16 parishioners.

1. Apologies: Mr D Ruddle (County Councillor); Mr P.Waters

2. Declarations of Interest: As already declared; no changes.

3. Minutes: The minutes of the monthly parish council meeting held on the 14th June 2018, which had been previously cir-culated, were proposed by W.Elliott, seconded by I.Dibben, unanimously approved and signed.

4. Matters arising not covered by agenda items: P.Waters is sorting out the brambles when he does the verges next week.

5. Chairman’s Report: The Saturday village hall meeting is on Saturday at 10am, please be there if you can. David Norris explained that district council is going through some reorganisation as they need to save a lot of money. He explained these changes, which in summary is going to be case workers and fewer specialists, instead of separate depart-ments, there will only be one set of administration. The senior management level has been restructured which lost some high quality people. Many staff are being made redundant. There are no more enforcement officers. A new IT system is also being introduced and most information will now be through the website. It should be ultimately a good thing but the next six months will be difficult.

6. Correspondence: B.Paine has received a donation of £500, from a local charity towards the old school field plans, the parish council will need to match fund it.

7. Finance: 7.1 and 7.2 Finance- report and cheque signing. All councillors have received the quarterly report. D.Beswick asked if we can do a projection profile, so we can see how our spending is comparing to the budget. D.Beswick and RFO will chat in more detail about this.

B.Paine proposed that £500 from general accounts is moved into the account for the school field, seconded by I.Dibben, all in favour.

B.Paine proposed that we accept these payments, seconded by S.Mackay, all in favour.

KPC Account Opening balance as at 31.5.2018 £2,518.57

Net Cheque /Standing Order Balance £90.00

Payments/Transfer In £810.00

Transfer Out £0.00

Closing Balance as at 30.6.2018 £3,238.57

Savings Account Opening balance as at 31.5.2018 £29,709.44

Net Cheque Balance £0.00

Interest £8.68

Transfer In £0.00

Transfer Out £500.00


Asset Savings Account Opening balance as at 31.5.2018 £10,501.07

Transfer In £0.00

Interest £3.68

Transfer Out £0.00


Clerk Services New Standing Order May 2018 - March 2019 N.B. Monthly payments of £90 x 11 payments

£990.00 12 April 2018

K Hatt Clerk Services for June2018 (standing order) £90.00 Pre approved as part of standing order

Wallace Elliott - Reimbursement for timber for play equip-ment (supplier = online playgrounds)

£54.00 12-Jul-18

Wallace Elliott - Reimbursement of renewal of Defibrilator Pads

£75.48 12-Jul-18

AED Locator (E.U.) Ltd - Defibrilator Monitoring £58.80 12-Jul-18

Public Works Loan Board - First Half payment loan for pur-chase of old school field £1,680.09

Pre approved as part of long term loan repayment plan

8. Village Plan: A parishioner stated that some of the information in the village plan has come from the survey. In the sur-vey there was a statement that development in the village is inevitable, please comment on the types of development you pre-fer. Wants to be clear on what the policy basis is for development in the village?

This was discussed at length with D.Beswick concluding that a lot of this is going to be discussed at the meeting on Saturday and also at a further meeting in September.

S.Mackay reported that the village plan will be in draft format to councillors tomorrow; this will then be forwarded to salc for their review, and then out for everyone to see. There are no great revelations; it does not vary greatly from the last one. The consultation with the village was through the survey, the plan is based purely on this.

9. Allotments: D.Beswick explained that we have had someone say they can maintain the unused allotments so that they remain in a condition for people to hire.

D.Beswick has proposed £200 is put to maintaining these unused allotments, seconded by G.Osborne, all in favour.

10. Defibrillator: A.Colton no longer looks after the defibrillator; W.Elliott has taken on this role again, which is the guard-ianship of the defibrillator. He has to report via an iphone to the organisation. The electrode pads were soon to be out of date. There is a new monitoring service that we have to do. We will need to budget for the defibrillator in future.

11. Play Equipment: W.Elliott previously presented a quotation for all the repairs that were identified at the last inspection in August. The wooden step has already been sorted by W.Elliott and a parishioner. D.Beswick explained that the 106 money cannot be used against existing play equipment. D.Norris confirmed that this is cor-rect. D.Norris said that all new developments can attract SIL, £6 a square meter (15%), this can be used as the parish wishes. So any further maintenance needs to be costed out and put in the budget for the next year.

12. Date of next meeting: Thursday 13th September 2018

The Chairman closed the meeting at 8.35pm

Draft Minutes of the Kingsdon Planning Meeting held on Thursday 12th July 2018 in the Village Hall straight after the Parish Meeting

Present: Mr D.Beswick (Chairperson), Mr B.Paine (Vice-Chairman), Mr W. Elliott , Mr G.Osborne, Mrs S.Mackay, Mr I.Dibben, (Parish Councillors), Mrs K Hatt and 14 parishioners. 1. Apologies: P.Waters 2. Declarations of Interest: None. 3. Previous minutes: The minutes of the last planning meeting were read, approved and signed. This was proposed by G.Osborne, seconded by I.Dibben, all were in favour. 4. Determination of Planning applications: Application No: 18/01447/FUL 4 Kingsdon, - Application refused. 5. Planning applications: To consider a planning application: 18/01718/ful, demolition of car port, 1.5 storey side exten-sions and single storey rear extensions. Relocation of vehicle access and replacement garage within side extension, Park House, Mr J Chorley-Lugg It is a massive change. It has increased a lot in size but the actual footprint has not increased much. Are there any reasons to object? A parishioner has said it is very big but being done really well. No objections, councillors approved the application. To consider planning application: 18/01801/ful, erection of single storey stables and store, Land 0009 Langlands farm, Mr and Mrs Edgar. There were no objections, councillors approved the application. ACTION: K Hatt to email the comments to the planning inspector. Meeting closed at 8.40pm.

100 Club July Winners

Kingsdon 100 Club July Draw was made at the

Shop by Keith Thomas on Thursday 5th July 2018

1st £15 - 43 Michael Frost

2nd £10 - 45 Linda Parry

3rd £5 - 94 Ian Dibben

South Somerset District Council Planning Applications

Application No: 18/01492/FUL Applicant: Katie Campbell Location: 2 Manor Road, Kingsdon, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 7JX Proposal: Extension and relocation of front door. Application Status: Application permitted with conditions

Application No: 18/01447/FUL Applicant: N. Shirley Location: 4 Manor Road, Kingsdon, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 7JX Proposal: Change of use from an Annex to independent dwelling with single storey extension Application Status: Application Refused

Application No: 18/01718/FUL Applicant: Mr J Chorley-Lugg Location: Park House ,Frog Lane, Kingsdon, Somerton, TA11 7LL Proposal: Demolition of car port, garage and garden room, and erection of two storey front extension, 1.5 storey side exten-sions and single storey rear extensions. Relocation of existing vehicular access with replacement garage located within side extension Application Status: Application permitted with conditions

Application No: 18/01801/FUL Applicant: Mr & Mrs M Edgar Location: Land 0009, Langlands Farm, Frog Lane, Kingsdon, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 7LL Proposal: The erection of single storey stables and associated store Application Status: Pending consideration

Application No: 18/02323/REM Applicant: Mr & Mrs J Smith Location: Land At The Old Coach House, Kingsdon, Somerton, Somerset. Proposal: Demolition of barn and the erection of a dwelling with landscaping. Application Status: Pending consideration.

The next meeting of Kingsdon Scrabble club will be on Thursday 2nd August 2018 at 6.30pm, Kingsdon Village Hall. £3 Adults £1 Children U18. This is to cover the cost of the hall & electricity. All profits go to Charity

Refreshments provided for a small donation.

A different range of scrabble boards are provided for a varied game.

Please come along and support your local community. Need a lift? Can’t get out? Give us a call and we’ll come and pick you up from anywhere in Kingsdon Village. Tel: Miche & Ken Eagle on 07469896483 for more infor-mation

The Scrabble Club meets at 6.30pm on the

1st Thursday of every month

Kingsdon Cricket Club Results for July 2018

Sunday 8th July - v - Batcombe - Home - Won Kingsdon 101 (S. Gough 42) Batcombe 84 (A. Dale 5 -37, I. Birrell 4 - 44) Sunday 29th July - v - Wookey Hole - Away - Match cancelled due to weather

Remaining Fixtures for 2018

4th August Saturday C.V.C.C. Home

13th August Sunday

19th August Sunday Dinder Away

27th August Monday Cowboys C.C. Home CANCELLED By the visitors

2nd Sept. Sunday Queen Camel (1.30pm) Home

9th Sept. Sunday

16th Sept. Sunday Batcombe (1.30pm) Away

St Margaret’s Hospice Community Support Volunteer Service

Do you have a couple of hours to spare on a flexible basis?

Would you like to volunteer in your community?

Could you support our patients and their families in their own home?

If the answer is yes, we need you!

What is our Community Support Service? It is a home visiting service delivered by trained hospice volunteers and operates across Somerset.

How does the service work? Volunteers offer their time depending on their availability, usually this involves a visit once a week for a couple

of hours during normal working hours Monday to Friday.

Volunteers are assigned a patient who they support over 8 visits, by the end of this time, many patients feel much

more confident about living with their illness.

Volunteers will use their own cars to visit patients. However it is not necessary to be a car owner, we welcome

volunteers who would be willing to walk, cycle or use public transport. Travel costs are reimbursed.

What can a Community Support Volunteer do? The support provided is built around supporting patients achieve identified goals. Everyone’s needs are different,

but the sort of things you can help with include:

Helping patients find relevant information about benefits and other services

Accompanying patients to a GP, hospital appointments, shopping

Taking patients out for a drive or walk

Talking about planning ahead

Spending time with patients so that carers, family or friends can have a break

They are not able to provide medical or personal care. Training and support.

Full training and ongoing support provided

How can I apply or find out more? To learn more about this rewarding role, please contact Katie Baker by emailing Community.Support@st-marg

-hospice.org.uk or calling 0845 070 8 9 10 (option 2)

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

Just booked a table for Valentine’s Day for me and the wife. Bound to end in tears - she isn’t any good at snooker. f you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tins of ham then delete it. It’s Spam Lady (to her doctor): "What l am worried about is my height and not my weight." Doctor: "How come?" Lady: "According to my weight, my height should be 7 feet, 8 inches." John was a meeter and greeter at a B&Q Superstore. He was very good at his job, in fact he was the best one they had ever had. There was only one problem - he always seemed to be ten or fifteen minutes late in the morning Finally the manager called him in to his office and said, "John, we have a problem. I have no complaint about your work, in fact you are really good at what you do and I only wish the rest of the staff were as smart, friendly and efficient as you are. But you really must get here on time in the morning." John replied, "Yes I am aware of the problem and I assure you that I really do try to be punctual." The manager said, " I believe you were in the army before you came here, John, how did you cope there? What did they say to you when you arrived quarter of an hour late in the morning?" "Well they usually said - 'Good morning, Colonel, would you like tea or coffee?'" When the waitress in a New York City restaurant brought him the soup of the day, the Englishman was a bit dismayed. "Good heavens," he said, "what is this?" "It's bean soup," she replied. "I don't care what it's been," he replied. "What is it now?" A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin 5, and Ryan 3. The boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake. Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson. "If Jesus were sitting here, He would say, 'Let my brother have the first pancake, I can wait.' Kevin turned to his younger brother and said, "Ryan, you be Jesus!" Two small boys, not yet old enough to be in school, were overheard talking at the zoo one day. "My name is Billy. What's yours?" asked the first boy. "Tommy," replied the second. "My Daddy's an accountant. What does your Daddy do for a living?" asked Billy. Tommy replied, "My Daddy's a lawyer." "Honest?" asked Billy. "No, just the regular kind," replied Tommy.

My daughter came home so excited... She had to parallel park whilst shopping and received the following note of praise: PARKING FINE. "Doctor, doctor, you have to help me out!" "Certainly, not a problem. Which way did you come in?"

My wife was going through her wardrobe, she said “look at this, it still fits me after 25 years” I said “it’s your ***** Scarf.” I gave my father £100 and said, “Buy yourself something that will make your life easier.” So he went out and bought a present for my mother. A man running a little behind schedule arrives at the cine-ma, goes in to watch the movie that has already started, and as his eyes adjust to the darkness, he is surprised to see a dog sitting beside its master in the row ahead, intently watching the movie. It even seemed to be enjoying the movie: wagging its tail in the happy bits, drooping its ears at the sad bits, and hiding its eyes with its paws at the scary bits. After the movie, the man approaches the dog's owner, "Wow, your dog really seemed to enjoy the movie. I'm amazed!" "Yes, I can't believe it myself," came the reply. "He hated the book."

He didn't like the casserole And he didn't like my cake.

He said my biscuits were too hard... Not like his mother used to make.

I didn't perk the coffee right He didn't like the stew, I didn't mend his socks

The way his mother used to do. I pondered for an answer I was looking for a clue.

Then I turned around and smacked him one Just like his mother used to do.

A little girl was watching her parents dress for a party. As her dad donned his tuxedo she warned, “Daddy, you shouldn’t wear that suit.” “And why not, darling?” he asked. “You know that it al-ways gives you a headache the next morning.” After the christening of his baby brother in church, Jason sobbed all the way home in the back seat of the car. His father asked him three times what was wrong. Finally, the boy replied, "That preacher said he wanted us brought up in a Christian home, and I wanted to stay with you guys."

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