Town Council has formed a small group to look into
the matter.
The “Safer Travel for All” group has set out its
priorities and the possible ways the issues can be
addressed. We hope to make some simple changes to
improve the traffic flow through the town, which in
turn will make it safer and more user friendly for
pedestrians, cyclists and drivers. Once these proposals
have been discussed by Castle Cary and Ansford
Councils we will welcome your comments.
Renovation of finger signposts: The sad plight
and neglect of the cast-iron finger signposts has been
brought to the attention of the Council by a resident of
Ansford. It is not a priority for the Somerset County
Council Highways department to renovate them but
they are part of our rural history and we should look
after them. We need to plot their whereabouts in Castle
Cary and Ansford before we recruit volunteers to
restore them. We are looking into the cost of the
materials needed and hope to obtain local sponsorship
to cover these costs. If you are willing to help in any
way, please email Sue Hake town.clerk@castle-cary.
co.uk or leave a message on 01963 359631 with your
contact details. Someone will get back to you.
Improving the appearance of our town: We all
like to see the town clean and tidy but recently there
has been more litter than normal in the town and on the
playing fields. We are experiencing a problem every
day of rubbish being left on the floor outside the front
door of the Market House. We are so lucky to have
such a beautiful building in the town but rubbish does
not look good to visitors and gives the impression we
don’t care.
More bins are not the answer as we have to pay
more money for them to be emptied. The Town
Council works with Street Scene (part of SSDC) who
help maintain a tidy appearance around Castle Cary
but sadly their budget, like many is reducing and
consequently limits the services they can provide.
We are aware of and very thankful to a few
individuals who of their own accord take trouble to
litter pick or weed in their immediate areas but our
“Wombles” are getting overloaded and fed up with
doing it! Easy to say “not my job, that is what I pay
The newsletter for Castle Cary and Ansford which invites
reports on local events and activities.
We welcome articles from Castle Cary and Ansford groups
and organisations. Please keep below 250 words.
If you include notice of local future events do give full and
accurate dates and times.
Deadline for copy for next newsletter: Tuesday 17th Jan. 2017
Email to [email protected] or send to
“Newsletter”, The Market House, Market Place,
Castle Cary BA7 7AH
We prefer copy by email, but don’t worry if this is not
possible for you.
CASTLE CARY TOWN COUNCIL
Firstly, welcome to our 13th Councillor – Justin
Birch. He was co opted at our September meeting. We
now have a full complement of Councillors so our
workload can now be more evenly spread and we have
plenty of projects to keep us all busy!
Another welcome is to Lara Davies who has joined
the team at the Market House as the Bookings and
Promotion Manager while Anna Branson is on
maternity leave, having baby number two. A huge
thank you from all the Council to Anna for the hard
work in developing the profile of Castle Cary and the
Market House over the last 18 months and we look
forward to seeing her back in the Autumn of 2017.
Anna has made sure that the wedding business at
the Market House is growing. This year we have had
two weddings in the Market House and two in the Old
Bailey and we had a successful wedding fair last
month when a number of local businesses exhibited.
Several bookings have already been made for 2017 so
spread the word about these iconic venues.
The Tuesday market is thriving, stalls come and go
but we have our regular traders and customers and
there is always something interesting to see. Several
new stalls have recently started and again the market
will remain open throughout the winter months. Do
come along any or every Tuesday and look out for
vegetables, jams, scotch eggs, fish, bread, sausages,
cider, cakes, nuts and lots lots more.
Safer Travel for All: Following the concerns about
traffic issues in Castle Cary and Ansford, Castle Cary
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Council Tax for”. But our lovely town deserves to look
spick and span and we would welcome and encourage
others to join the self-help band and tidy up as you
move around. Please encourage everyone to dispose
of rubbish in the bins, particularly outside the Market
House.
Let’s work together to smarten up our environment.
Fairfield Project: The project team are still
beavering away at sourcing funds for this project.
Sadly, as you probably all know, we were not
successful in getting a funding from Viridor Credits
and are therefore applying to a number of new
organisations for money to build the paths, pump park,
gardens et al. We now plan to start work next Spring.
The build-up to Castle Cary’s Big Christmas
started last July with the first committee meeting.
They are a committed bunch of people who work hard
in the lead-up to Big Christmas and extremely hard
on the night. The group is very up and together,
working in teams and taking the lead for organising
entertainment, health and safety, commercial market
stalls, tombola, stalls from our many voluntary
groups; and of course our High Street will be open
until late.
We are so fortunate to have our independent shops
selling unusual gifts, food shops and an array of places
to eat, drink and be merry. Big Christmas brings
together hundreds of people who pitch in for the night
to make it such a success. Please support them on Big
BIG CHRISTMAS
Shop ’til you drop – Eat – Sing – Dance –
Smile! – at Castle Cary’s Big Christmas
Castle Cary’s Big Christmas takes place on
Thursday 15th December
when the shops will be open for late night Christmas
shopping and many events for children and adults.
There will be a grand opening procession at the
Horse Pond at 5.30 travelling down the High Street
with an array of market stalls from our regular
Tuesday market and the Anonymous Travelling
Market. Other attractions include Carol Singing in the
Market House undercroft, Community Stalls, mulled
wine, bacon butties, mince pies and much much
more. There will be live music and entertainment
from the Hillbillies, Wincanton Silver Band,
Majorettes, Morris Men and street entertainment all
evening. Father Christmas will arrive around 7.15
with sweets for all the children.
Castle Cary is THE a place to be! Come and join us and
support the Shop Local campaign to do your Christmas
Shopping with added fun on 15th December from 5.30
and stay for food and entertainment. Please note that the
High Street and Fore Street will be closed to traffic from
4.00pm.
Christmas evening Thursday 15th December and
on our new initiative ‘Switch-on Saturday’ –
December 3rd, when our festive lights will be turned
on and Christmas in Cary begins.
You may have read of the new challenges for the
Youth Matters group to continue to provide a space
for the youth club to meet. Our young people are a
great asset to the town and we are keen to look at all the
possible buildings where the many youth activities
can take place, both now and in the future. With the
new housing planned the numbers of young people
will increase. It is essential that the scouts, rainbows,
cubs and beavers, the military groups, football, rugby,
cricket and all those I haven’t mentioned should
continue to thrive and be able to offer all our young
people opportunities to enjoy their varied activities. If
you would like to be involved in a meeting to discuss
planning premises in the future you will be very
welcome to attend at the Swainson Building, Ansford
(1610 site) at 7.00 pm on Tuesday 22nd November.
Contact Judi Morison for more details.
CASTLE CARY TOWN COUNCIL
Clerk: Sue Hake; Deputy Clerk: Maureen Fletcher
01963 359631; [email protected]
Councillors:
Liz Stokes (Chair)
Martin Atkins
Justin Birch
Ian Davies
Robert Gilbey
Barry Moorhouse
Judi Morison
Pek Peppin
Terry Philpott
Sally Snook
Penny Steiner
Nick Weeks
Barbara Williams
Full Council meetings:
7.00 pm in The Shambles
November 21st, December 12th
Public welcome to attend.
Planning Committee meetings are normally
1st Monday each month (apart from Bank
Holidays).
South Somerset District Councillors:
Mr Henry Hobhouse Tel: 01963 350115
Mr Nick Weeks
Tel: 01963 350572
County Councillor:
Mr Mike Lewis
Tel: 01963 440231
Planning: Too many houses?
As many residents know, according to the South
Somerset District Council (SSDC) Local Plan, Castle
Cary has to accept a certain level of new housing – and
indeed it is quite clear that that there is some need,
particularly for starter homes. The number allocated to
us was 374 new dwellings (and this is a minimum
number with no maximum given) to be built between
the start of the plan and 2028. We have already given
permission for around 405 houses and we feel this is
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enough. If and when these houses are built the town
needs time to adjust to the resulting increase in
population and traffic. We will need time to assess the
impact on our roads and social infrastructure.
We have been appalled therefore by two further
applications which would add an additional 200
houses along Station Road – on greenfield sites with
no employment land allocated. We rejected these
applications on the grounds of overgrowth – and so did
the SSDC planning department and councillors.
Not content to accept this decision both applicants
went to appeal and this resulted in a 7-day Public
Inquiry which was held in Wincanton in the middle of
October. Many people from the community spoke –
from Cary Town Council, Ansford Parish Council, the
Neighbourhood Plan Group and Care4Cary plus a few
private individuals. All were persuasive and lucid,
however the developers had hired two top notch
barristers to speak on their behalf and pull apart the
SSDC’s arguments – and ours. The Inquiry was
chaired by a government Planning Inspector. We do
not know when we will hear the outcome. If we lose,
please forgive us – we all tried really, really hard.
built there. Apparently it is perfectly legal for them to
put these boxes anywhere they like – even in a
conservation area. When local people remonstrated
with the installers they shrugged and said “Nothing to
do with me Mate!”
The footings of the cottages have had to be moved,
which means that they will not be parallel either with
the road or with the houses opposite.
Will this look weird? We think it will.
All of the above emphasises the need for residents
to get involved… please join a group or come to the
Market House and offer your services as a volunteer…
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ANSFORD PARISH COUNCIL
Summer is over and we are well in to autumn. Which
means carnival season. So to begin with let’s start with
huge thanks to the Castle Cary and Ansford Carnival
Society for all the amazing work they do throughout
the year and during carnival. They have managed to
raise thousands of pounds towards local deserving
causes. The carnival society celebrates 40 years in
2017 so why not consider helping to sponsor them for
this special anniversary year.
The mention of autumn also brings with it a change
in the weather. So far this year it has been mild but I’m
sure wind and rain will not be far away. This often
results in falling leaves blocking drains which restricts
the flow of rain water and often results in some
localised flooding. So if you have a drain near you
which gets clogged up why not help yourself and your
neighbours by removing any excess leaves and
vegetation blocking the drain. It should only take a
Are we being dumped on?
More potentially bad news from Dimmer. At the
time of writing this, it looks likely that there will be a
waste transfer station established at the dump to
handle household waste. The Somerset Waste Board
will have made a decision in late October. While we
support the move away from landfill, we have been
opposing this on the grounds that Dimmer is the wrong
site as the B3153 (that’s the road that runs through
Clanville) cannot take any more HGVs. It seems that
behind closed doors Viridor (the firm that manages the
site) has done a deal with Somerset Waste Partnership.
If this happens waste will be trucked in to Dimmer,
bulked and then trucked out again to Avonmouth. All
the bulked waste will have to go through Clanville to
the A371 because the low railway bridge will prevent
them going West.
This is particularly galling as Viridor has refused to
help fund either the extension/improvements to
Caryford Hall or the Fairfield project. So what are we
going to get out of this? Nothing, except yet more
trucks on a B road which is (in the words of the
Planning Inspector who turned down the Concrete
Batching Plant at Dimmer) “little more than a lane in
places”.
Q. Has the world gone mad?
A. Undoubtedly.
ANSFORD PARISH COUNCIL
Mr C. Edwards – Chairman
Mr A. Gibbons – Vice Chairman
Mr N. Begg, Mr G Clothier, Mrs D Pinnions
Clerk: Gordon McCarthy – 01749 812225
email: [email protected], Address:
Taddywoody, Lamyatt, Somerset BA4 6NQ
The next two Parish Council meetings are at 7.30pm in
the Betty Churchouse room at Caryford Hall on
Wednesday 9th November and Wednesday 14th
December – you are more than welcome to attend all
open meetings of the council – and to participate –
there is a public open session on the agenda at all
monthly meetings. Agendas can be seen (a minimum
of three clear days in advance of meetings) on the
village noticeboards around the parish at Woodforde
Green, Lower Ansford and Ancastle and will also be
on the Council website.
Communication problems!
Those of you who have been attempting to walk
down Lower Woodcock Street will have noticed that
BT has popped a couple of new exchange boxes on the
South side… right in front of the row of cottages being
Website: www.parish-council.com/ansford
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few minutes and you will have the feelgood factor for
doing your bit for your community.
Not everyone has access to the internet which is
why newsletters such as this are so important to get
messages to people. As are the four notice boards
which Ansford Parish Council has located around the
parish. Apart from local events, notice of agendas for
council meetings are posted as well as other important
information. Check them out.
It was good to see the completion of the
modernisation of the traffic lights on the A371. There
was disruption on local roads which was not helped by
those driving large commercial vehicles who chose to
ignore the detour signs. Ansford Parish Council
worked closely with County Highways to ensure that
adequate signage was in place. It was unfortunate that
some drivers still chose to ignore these signs.
The improvements to the Fairfield have encountered
some problems with funding which has delayed some
of the early works. However the Fairfield committee
are working hard to remove this ‘logjam’. It is still the
intention for this project to continue.
Gordon McCarthy, Ansford Parish Clerk
booster whooping cough vaccination from 20 weeks
of pregnancy in order to provide better protection for
their newborn baby. The surgery will send an
invitation to have this vaccination from 20 weeks
onwards. Please make an appointment with a Practice
Nurse once you receive your letter.
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LEARNING AT THE MARKET PLACE (LAMP)
Our Spanish classes are well supported and will
continue for the Spring term starting in January. We
are, at present, running two classes but the beginners is
very small and we would like more people to join!
Please enquire at the information desk in the Market
House and, if you are already on the courses, please
enrol in December. We will inform you of the dates.
Our iPad courses, which have proved to be very
popular, have come to a slight halt at the moment. We
aren’t sure if it’s because everyone has learned
everything they can or we aren’t offering the right
ones. However, the smaller ‘iStuff Troubleshooting’
sessions, with a maximum of three people participating, have proved very popular so perhaps this is the
way forward? Let us know in the Market House. We
want to run what you want so we are very open to ideas.
If you are running a business, promoting local
events or just interested in modern communication the
planned ‘Twitter for iPad’ will be of great interest to
you. Whole new businesses owe their success to this
modern way of advertising and promoting businesses
and events for free.
‘Twitter on iPad’ is on Wednesday 7th December so
book now if you are interested.
We hope to offer the Creative Writing course next
term with Emma Craigie as the tutor. This course has
stimulated and honed writing skills leading to
participants being published, performing their work at
festivals and indeed ‘plays wot have been written’
performed! It’s great fun as well as stimulating. Call
into the Market House to find out more.
Our partnership with Somerset Skills & Learning
continues and they are offering the Art courses and
creative workshops. See our LAMP brochure for
details of upcoming Flowers and Cupcake decorating
workshops for Christmas and the new year offer or
view it on the Town Council website.
So....keep talking to us; we are keen to support
community development through such recent
initiatives as the Cary Carers, the Walks & Talks and
the new Library initiatives. Laura Tilling and Judi
Morison can give more information on 01963 351461
(Laura) or 350160 (Judi).
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MILLBROOK SURGERY
We now have a Facebook page which provides
information about forthcoming events at the surgery
and other health related events in the local community.
GP ACCESS
Our new GP Access system continues to work well,
especially now patients are getting more used to the
new system. Many have found their problem can be
dealt with during a telephone conversation with the
doctor and a visit to the surgery has not been
necessary. For those patients who do need to be seen,
they like being able to see the doctor quickly, usually
on the same day as their phone call.
CARERS
Jill Maronge, our Carer’s Champion, attended the
launch of ‘Cary Carers’. The group will be meeting in
Millbrook Community Room, Millbrook Gardens on
the first Thursday of every month from 10.30 to 12.00.
The next date for this is 1st December.
All carers are invited to take this opportunity to meet
with one another, make friends and enjoy tea and cake!
IMMUNISATIONS
Meningitis ACWY vaccination is being offered to
all university ‘Freshers’, up to 25 years of age, who
started university this autumn and have not had this
vaccination.
Whooping Cough Vaccination for Pregnant
Women. Pregnant women are now able to have a
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BOWLS CLUB
Health Walks and Talks
Our first “Health Walk” took place on a beautiful sunny
afternoon in October, when a dozen of us set off from
Millbrook surgery to walk just over a mile around Cary’s
lanes and footpaths, ending up at the Shambles in the
Market House nearly an hour later for a welcome cup of
tea and a short talk from one of the Millbrook Health
Coaches, Lorraine Cooper. She emphasised the
importance of exercise and surprised us with some
simple statistics showing how even this level of gentle
exertion could help reduce risk of heart disease, cancer
and many other illnesses, including, importantly,
depression. We all enjoyed our walk, and were
surprised at how much there was to observe, learn and
talk about even on very familiar territory.
By the time you read this the “season of mists and
mellow fruitfulness” will have passed and we will be
beginning to feel the grip of winter.
Our green now lies dormant, covered in a protective
layer of top dressing, snug and warm against the cold
months ahead.
Our 2016 season was a most enjoyable one
enhanced by the excellent quality of the green (thank
you Pat M and all the green team volunteers!).
Although not winners in any of our leagues we played
with great credit, finishing in mid division all round.
We were in the final of the Knockout Cup in the
Wessex Mixed Friendly League, unfortunately just
missing out by only three shots in a closely fought
game.
In the county and national competitions it must
have been one of our best years ever with several
teams and individual players progressing through
many rounds, in some instances to the final stages
before being knocked out. Some really memorable
achievements showed the depth of skill and
commitment of our members.
But now, like our bowls green, we can rest and
simply enjoy our social time together – Sunday
lunches, whist drives, our club Presentation Dinner,
New Year’s Eve gathering, Race Night and other
events which will delightfully take us round full circle
to the beginning of the 2017 season.
Just time and space for me to wish all you good
people of Castle Cary and the surrounding area a
Happy Christmas and a Prosperous and Peaceful New
Year from all of us at the Bowls Club.
Y.C.
We have planned some more. On 10th November our
walk will be followed with a talk by chiropodist Mary
Knight. Then after our final walk of the year, on 8th
December, the topic will be healthy eating. Then in the
New Year walks will be on the third Thursday of each
month, with a talk following each.
All walks start at 2pm from the Millbrook Surgery. Do
just come along.
AUTUMN LETTER: MUSINGS OF A
RURAL MINISTER
How our gardens and fields change through this busy
time of year. They require weeding, planting, sowing.
The farmers work dawn to dusk, harvesting and
helping one another by sharing equipment and labour.
How much I have learned in just one year, regarding
our shared lives in the rural community – Harvest,
Carnival, Remembrance, Christmas, Covenant, Lent,
Easter and Pentecost.
Church and community entwined in celebrations
and seasons, remembrance and thanksgiving. People
gather at our churches in joy and hope to celebrate our
shared lives in community. They find the church and
the gathered community as it always was:
co-dependent on each other. Shared meals, coffee
mornings, shared worship, a place of stillness and
renewal. A place to contemplate the power of God in
the world, and value our rich and varied tradition of
sacred space and context. This is rural life in ministry.
Autumn mists and cooler mornings herald the
changing season. Early morning mist decorates
spider’s webs with jewelled beads of moisture, and the
sheep appear on early morning walks as ghostly
disinterested figures. The season marches on and it
will soon be Bonfire Night. As we journey on, the
smell of wood smoke will permeate the air as the
occasional bonfire is lit to signal the garden’s
clearance and replanting. I am now part of a long
tradition of seasonal cooperation, with the land, and its
people, and I am privileged to play my small part.
Craig
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BRUE VALLEY ROTARY
Do you really know what we get up to?
Ask most people what we as Rotarians do and I expect
you will hear that we are a bunch of old men who
spend our time with collecting buckets outside
supermarkets when not on the golf course or
re-enacting ‘The Last of the Summer Wine’.
You will be surprised at how far from reality this is.
Brue Valley is a truly mixed club with almost an equal
mix of men and women of all ages and we rarely stand
anywhere long enough to rattle our buckets.
Since our last newsletter we have been very busy.
Three days of catering for the Tour of Wessex raised
much needed funds for local charities, we helped at the
Sherborne Classics at the Castle, a massive event and
one that is firmly in the calendar for next year.
But Rotary is not all about fund raising, it is a social
gathering and we have been round Wykes Farm and
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Mulberry, tried glass blowing, and evening walks,
Skate Jam in Wincanton, visit to Crown Pet Foods,
bellringing, playfest at Castle Cary, even having a go at
Stone Masonry and spending an evening with Kate Adie.
An important part of Brue Valley Rotary is that we
are running Youth Speaks, Young Writer and Young
Photographer for young people this year.
If this interests you, please look at our website
www.bruevalleyrotary.org to see all the great events
that I haven’t told you about.
Don’t forget to check out our website & App!
Climbing Club for Beginners is now in full swing,
every Thursday at 5pm. 8yrs +.
Gymnastics has now moved to a Monday, starting
from ages 4yrs+.
If your doctor or health professional feels that
physical activity can help with a health condition they
can refer you. You can also refer yourself to 1610’s
Wellness Works scheme if you have any existing
medical or health conditions, or even if you just need
some extra support, guidance or motivation. Wellness
Works membership gives you full access to Centre
facilities from opening to 5pm, and throughout the
weekends. Our Exercise referral gym staff will work
closely with you during the initial 3 month period to
ensure you receive the best possible exercise
prescription for you, which includes all Group
Exercise Classes, where applicable and use of our
Fitness Suite. All this from just £23 per month. Please
contact us for more information.
We offer over 17 classes a week. From high
intensity classes such as Spinning, Conditioning and
Combat, to more holistic activities such as Yoga and
Pilates. There’s an activity for everyone! The majority
are evening and weekend classes.
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CARNIVAL SOCIETY
Many thanks to everyone who supported this year’s
processions – taking part as entrants, marshals, ‘back
room’ supporters and of course spectators! Our
carnival Royals – Emily Pinnions (10), Isla Briody
(9), Kizzie Wells (8), Theo Pocock (6) and Kaila
Mullett (6) – did us proud, as did so many carnival
clubs, local groups and individuals who joined in our
processions.
Our children’s carnival was renamed Ann Hallett
Children’s Carnival in honour of Ann’s long
contribution to Cary carnivals. It was led by the
carnival’s Prince and Princess in a pony and trap, with
100 children taking part.
The Illuminated Carnival took place under clear
skies, bookended by heavy showers. There were over
40 entries, including six competition carts, four
marching bands and four troupes of majorettes.
Competition entries were joined by sponsored items
including the Male Majorettes, the Poole Gun Display
Team and Lizzie the Fire Eater.
We’ve put loads of photos on our Facebook page
and our web site, so do go and have a look!
Our Children’s Carnival collection was £326 – up
by £100 on last year! – and our evening carnival
collection was a whopping £3,350, making a total of
£3,676! We will give most of this to local deserving
causes at our Presentations Evening in February.
2017 will mark our 40th Anniversary as Castle Cary
& Ansford Carnival, so let’s make it a good ’un.
For latest news, visit our web site (www.
castlecary-carnival.org.uk) and our Facebook page
(www.facebook.com/CaryCarnivalSociety).
Paul Hansford, [email protected]
***Cut this article out and bring it into the centre
before 31/02/17 and you can try one of our fitness
classes for FREE!***
Charlotte Butt, Senior Sales Advisor
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CARY AMATEUR THEATRICAL SOCIETY
Cary Amateur Theatrical Society (CATS)
presents ‘The Addams Family’
Rehearsals are now under way for our 2017 show,
‘The Addams Family’. Containing all the characters
from the well-loved family film, this is a fairly new
musical comedy which we aim to be another success
for CATS. In brief, the story is based on Wednesday,
the daughter, desperately wanting her totally
unconventional family to appear ‘normal’ to her new
boyfriend and his typically conventional and very
straight-laced mum and dad, after she invites them
over for dinner one evening so they can all meet.
If you are looking for an evening of
light relief and amusement, this is the show for you as
it is packed with very colourful and interesting
characters, great musical numbers and it has
some hilarious scenes with extremely funny lines.
We will be performing at Ansford Academy as
usual, from 7:30pm on Wednesday 15 to Saturday 18
February 2017. If you’d like any more information at
this stage or would like to help in any way, please call
07715 510359.
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1610
We are now on Facebook /1610Caryford & Twitter
@1610Caryford. This is the best way to keep up to
date with the centre on news events etc.
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CERAMICS GROUP
The Market House
Our Autumn programme opened with a talk on
6 September by Rosie Cooke on ‘18th Century
English Coffee Cups: A Personal Collection’. On
4 October we had a session led by Pat Preller devoted
to the handling and identification of wares. On
Tuesday, 1 November there is a lecture by Paul
Atterbury on ‘Minton Masters’. Our Annual General
Meeting on Tuesday, 6 December at 2 pm will be
followed by a talk entitled ‘A Rivetting Tale’ by a
member of the Group, Pauline Fisher.
Our 2017 Session starts on 7 February with a
Members’ Meeting on ‘Our Favourite Teapots’,
followed on 7 March by a talk from a member, David
Birley, entitled ‘Some Unusual Early English Blue &
White Porcelain and Some Conundrums’ and on
4 April by a talk by Maurice Hillis on ‘The Liverpool
Porcelain of Chaffers and Christian’.
Our meetings are normally held on the first Tuesday
in the month (except after Monday bank holidays) at
2.30 pm in the Methodist Church Hall in Upper North
Street, Castle Cary.
Our annual subscription for members is £30,
entitling them to attend ten meetings a year, and the
charge for guests and other visitors is £5 per meeting,
including tea and biscuits. Visitors are most welcome,
but we hope they will become subscribing members of
our friendly group. You do not need to know about
ceramics – just have an interest.
For more information telephone our Secretary,
Duncan Chalmers, on 01460 54117.
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Castle Cary
Weddings, Exhibitions, Meetings and more!
The Market House is continuing to be a busy hub for events in
Castle Cary. We have had weddings in both the Market House and
Round House, highly successful exhibitions and a wide variety of
private and public events put on by members of the community. Our
regular coffee mornings are proving as popular as ever and create
a wonderful atmosphere on a Saturday morning.
There are still spaces available for
Christmas parties over the festive season!
If you would like to find out more about hiring
the Market House for your event please get in
contact using the details below.
Tel: 01963 351763 or
[email protected]
CARYFORD HALL
The Hall has hosted and organised a variety of events
in past months – a lecture by Will Vaughan on “When
the Train came to Cary”, a Murder Mystery Evening
with supper, and musical evenings.
The following events are currently being planned
by the committee:
The singer/songwriter Reg Meuross is performing
on Saturday November 19th at 7.30pm (doors and the
bar open 6.45pm), with a selection of old and new
songs. Tickets in advance at £10 from the Market
House, or the Bookshop, or £12 at the door.
The annual “Caryford Christmas Craft Market”
on Saturday December 3rd from 10.00am to 3.00pm.
Entry is free, and there will be a wide assortment of
handmade crafts and produce. Refreshments available
throughout the day, as well as homemade soup, bread
and cheese from 12 noon to 2.00pm.
A new venture on Sunday December 4th – “An
Afternoon of Music and Wine” from 3.00pm to
6.00pm, when you can enjoy the evocative music of
Mitchell and Vincent, while sampling fine wines from
the Somerset Wine Company in an informal
pre-Christmas tasting! Tickets at £8, include either
sampling 6 wines or a single glass of red or white wine.
Additional samples or glasses can be bought! Tickets
for under 18’s are £5, under 12’s are free – please note:
alcohol will not be served to anyone under 18.
Do come along and support us, as we raise money to
be able to fulfil our dreams of extending the hall.
Rosemary Rymer, 01963 351057
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CHOIR
Following our hugely successful performance
supporting G4 at the Octagon Theatre, Yeovil in
September, Castle Cary choir are in full swing
practising for their Christmas concerts. These will
include some seasonal favourites, some new
arrangements, and of course the opportunity for the
audience to join in singing some carols with us.
There will be two Christmas concerts this year –
Friday 2nd December at 7.30pm at the Holy Cross
Church, Babcary. Tickets £8, to include a glass of
mulled wine and mince pie, from Maureen Trott on
01963 240256 ([email protected]) or on the
door. Fundraising for the Benefice of the Six Pilgrims.
Friday 9th December at 7.30pm at the Methodist
Hall, North Street, Castle Cary for an evening of
Christmas songs, including some light-hearted
readings relevant to the joys of Christmas. Tickets £8
on the door includes refreshments. Fundraising for the
Methodist Hall and for the choir.
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We look forward to seeing you!
We are now taking bookings for 2017, so if you
need to do some fund-raising for your church or
favourite charity, maybe we could sing for you? To
find out more about fundraising, future events and to
join the choir, please call John Roberts on 07970
039007 or check out our website at www.
castlecarychoir.org.
making our own wine! The polytunnel with its new
wooden beds has been full of vegetation as the
tomatoes and cucumbers etc have loved the extra soil
and good watering.
A number of groups use the garden on a regular
basis. If you know of a group which would benefit
from access to the garden do contact us to discuss your
requirements.
We are busily planning the planting scheme for
2017 – what to grow is always a question, suggestions
are always welcome, either for out in the plots or
inside in the polytunnel. What is your favourite? Do
we grow it?
For more information on the garden, do contact
Sarah or Tim Earl-Marsh on 07944 100156.
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CHURCHES TOGETHER
The first committee meeting after the AGM in June
welcomed Chairman, Dr Nick Niven-Jevens; Vice
Chair Judith Cole; Hon. Sec. Rev. David Osborne;
Hon. Treasurer Val Chainey, plus representatives from
each member Church.
We look forward to taking part in the Big Christmas
at the Market House on 15th December – join us for a
mince pie. On Saturday 17th December a crib service
will take place in the Undercroft, and the Carol Service
will be hosted by the Anglican Church at All Saints’ on
Sunday 18th December.
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CASTLE CARY FAIR TRADE GROUP
The November showing of “Eddie the Eagle” will
mark our third birthday – amazing!
We should very soon have the list of films available
for the beginning of 2017 and we will start again in
January.
Thank you all for your support – we both look
forward to seeing so many people at film nights.
Tessa and Jeannie
Over the past few months we’ve been giving away to
local accommodation providers a wide range of fairly
traded tea bags, coffee “sticks”, sugar and hot
chocolate sachets for them to try on their hospitality
trays. Some of these products have had a bad press in
the past in respect of their quality and taste, but things
have changed, and we wanted to raise awareness of the
wide variety of excellent, reasonably priced varieties
now available. We’ve also been providing coffee and
tea for coffee mornings and other events, with the
same aim. We want to promote locally sourced foods
too, so we have included milk “sticks” produced in
Somerset in our offer.
Our next task is to go back to everyone we have
given these free “samples” to, to ask for critical
comment on what we have provided.
Gill Bagnall, 01963 350629
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CINEMA IN CARYFORD
EAT CARY COMMUNITY GARDEN
MILLBROOK TOILETS
We held a very successful Feast Day at the beginning
of October. A number of families came to gather and
enjoy the wide variety of produce from the garden, as
well as hot dogs and home made cakes. They went
home with a selection of freshly picked crops. Any
spare vegetables put on the table outside the garden
during the summer quickly disappeared!
This year, beside the regular vegetables of carrots,
onions, potatoes, and beans, we have experimented
with some exotic ones – aubergines, callaloo,
cucamelons, sweet potatoes (the children had great
fun digging deep in a bed to excavate a very large
one!), peppers and chillies, and especially some
heritage varieties of the regular vegetables. We even
planted a grape vine, hopefully next year we will be
The Town Council constantly monitors the cost of
running all properties in our town to ensure Precept
money is used in the most effective manner.
As a result of a recent review we have decided that
most of the Millbrook toilet block will be closed from 1st
November for a 2-month trial period. The disabled toilet
facility will remain open as a uni-sex facility for all.
At the end of the two months the council will look at the
savings made and the effect on members of the
community. In order to assist with this your feedback
would be most welcome. In writing please to The Town
Clerk at the Market House.
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CASTLE CARY GARDENING
ASSOCIATION
MILLBROOK SURGERY
Patients of Millbrook Surgery are invited to attend any
or all of the following presentations. If you are
interested in attending please contact the surgery on
01963 350210 and let any of the Health Coaches know
which presentation you would like to attend.
Autumn already, garden show over and my garden and
allotment put to bed. I think this year’s show was the
best ever, helped by having it on a glorious day.
Remember, you don’t have to be a member to enter.
Thanks to Heather (Heather’s Flowers) we had the
largest number of entries ever for the floral art. She did
sterling work encouraging real novices to have a go.
Our next meeting is the (very brief!) AGM followed
by a short talk by Victoria Poole from St Margaret’s
Hospice – held as usual at 7.30pm Thursday 3rd
November at the Methodist Church rooms.
On December 1st Bernard Coulter is going to give
us an talk titled ‘A Christmas Entertainment with
music, song and more’.
We take a break in January apart from our annual
members lunch on Saturday 14th January.
Our first talk next year is ‘Garden Giants’ by Castle
Gardens, at 7.30pm on Thursday 2nd February 2017 at
the Castle Cary Methodist Church rooms.
Non-members £1.
Membership starts in January and comes with
gardening discounts at Dave Marsh and Julian Shave.
Yet again we are still holding the cost at £7.
Anna
Stroke Awareness – Thursday 12th January 2017 at
2.00pm. Strokes can affect people of all ages and each
year around 110,000 people in the UK suffer a stroke.
Join us for this presentation to find out how you can
reduce your risk of joining this statistic.
Falls Awareness – Tuesday 31st January 2017 at
10.00am. 30% of people of the age of 65 will suffer a fall
each year, by age 80 this figure rises to 50%. Come
along to this presentation to find out how you can
reduce your risk of falling and how to be less afraid of
falling.
Dementia Awareness – Friday 10th February 2017 at
10.00am. This is a presentation to provide information
about the different types of dementia, the common
symptoms and how to support those affected by
dementia.
Reduce Your Risk – Wednesday 1st March 2017 at
10.00am. Come along and find out how making small
changes to your lifestyle can reduce your risk of being
affected by a whole host of illnesses including cancer,
diabetes, osteoporosis, stroke and dementia.
Diabetes – Information and Prevention –
Wednesday 15th March 2017 at 10.00am. Diabetes
touches many people’s lives. Come along to find out
more about diabetes and what you can do to reduce
your risks of suffering from this illness.
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All presentations take place at Millbrook Surgery.
FRIENDS OF CASTLE CARY LIBRARY
A small group of us has met to see how we can support
our wonderful little local library in practical ways.
Over the summer Liz Stokes enchanted children with
weekly story-telling sessions and despite the limited
space managed audiences of up to 10 children. We
would love to continue this but need volunteers to do
it. We are working out ways in which our library, with
its single computer, can offer on-line computer
training in the same way as its large counterparts. We
are discovering services the library offered that we
knew nothing about, and extend way beyond the
simple loan of books.
We need to make our group grow into an effective
Friends of Castle Cary Library – many local libraries
have very effective Friends’ Groups and we need to
emulate them. We are going to hold a coffee morning
on National Libraries Day, Saturday 4th February, and
we hope to recruit Friends then. But if you already
know you’d like to help please get in touch now, and
we can all share ideas.
Laura Tilling, 01963 351461
MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT
I have just heard from Head Office that to date this
year the Castle Cary and District Macmillan
Committee are the top remitting committee in
Somerset. We have been able, with the outstanding
local support we receive, to support Macmillan to the
tune of £20,000 (so far). Some of the highlights are
donations from:
• The Horse Pond Inn
• Castle Cary Rugby Club
• Yeovil Masonic Lodge
• Somerton and Frome Conservatives
In-house fundraising events:
• The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning
• Macmillan Birthday Event
• Rugby Club Bridge Event
• The Mammoth Quiz
There are numerous smaller individual donations,
collecting at supermarkets and the Bath and West
Showground (tin rattling), and collection boxes in
many shops and outlets in the town.
If you would like to become involved with
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Macmillan Fundraising or want help in organising an
event or need more information please get in touch
with me, Margaret Bebbington on 01963 351886.
Events are always advertised in local shops and on the
town website.
To close, a huge thank you to everybody who has
supported us and we would like to wish everyone a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
MOAT GARDEN
In times past this area was overgrown and
rubbish-strewn. Change of ownership and granted a
short lease, a band of volunteers with Lottery and local
funding created the garden and ‘outdoor theatre’.
Many people of the town have taken part in its care, the
junior school has its garden there, with successful
vegetable pickings, people visit for a sandwich lunch
or quiet time. As we write this the garden has had to be
closed. It has been living on borrowed time for two
years as the owner wished to sell. NOW, the owner has
offered it at valuation price before it goes to auction.
We have a short period to secure it.
The committee has taken on new members and with
this renewed life and enthusiasm wishes to try and buy
the land on behalf of the town. Do you feel, like us, that
the Moat Garden is a valued space in the town? Have you
used it? Have you taken children to play? Does it make
you smile, do you stop to look as you go up the hill?
Do you want it to stay? Your reply can be by email,
or via a ‘post box’ in Town Information Office, Market
House. Consider becoming a member, come to the
AGM, 6pm on 7th December at The George, to help us
plan. Donations towards the land purchase will help us
secure grant funding for the balance.
Ida West & Anne Jelliffe
[email protected]
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METHODIST CHURCH
We are delighted that Elizabeth, the wife of our
Minister Rev. Craig Manley, was accredited as a Local
Preacher in September and we send her our warmest
congratulations.
Some of the forthcoming events at our church are:
Tuesday December 13th – WI Carol Service at
2.30pm to be taken by Elizabeth Manley. Non-WI
members welcome to this service.
Christmas Tree Festival December 15th – 18th
when many local organizations will once again take
part (contact 350570).
Friday December 16th: A Quiet Reflective
Service at 7.30pm; Carols in the White Hart at
7.30pm.
Saturday December 17th – Carols around the tree
at 4.30pm
Sunday December 18th – We look forward to
joining in the United Carol Service at All Saints’
Church at 5.00pm.
‘Coffee for All’ every Wednesday between 9.30am
and 12 noon. Do join us – all welcome and lovely
cakes! There is a book exchange stall (contact
359069).
‘Toddlers’ at 10am on Tuesdays in term time (Tel.
01749 860571).
Friendly Hour, alternate Mondays for retired
people 2.30 – 4pm (contact 350510).
Luncheon Club for retired people run by
Churches Together – first Monday of the month
(contact 350510 or 350571).
Youth Group meets every two weeks (contact
01749 814964).
Bookings are available for our Church and
refurbished hall with kitchen. Please contact Patricia
Fuller 01963 351635.
Services are held on Sundays at 10.30am and
6.30pm, with Sunday School and Teenage group in
the morning. All are very welcome.
Minister: Rev. Craig Manley, 01963 351598.
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CARY RAMBLERS
Our mid-July walk began from East Somerset
Railway Station at Cranmore then up to Cranmore
Tower. In early August we started at Smallbrook
Meadows Nature Reserve – great views over
Salisbury plain with swathes of wild summer flowers
and plenty of bird life. Mid August took us to West
Dorset hills just north of Chideock taking in two
lovely churches, some fine views inland and out to
sea. The late August walk began at St George’s
Church, Fovant (Wilts) to visit WW1 war graves.
Climbing up to Fovant Down ridge we then descended
to a viewing point at road level to see the regimental
badges including the new ‘Poppy’ badge to
commemorate the centenary of WW1.
Mid September from Axbridge included walking
along the disused railway ‘Strawberry Line’ between
Winscombe and Sandford that closed in 1963.
In late September we walked from Ditcheat to
Hornblotton before skirting Alford up to Sutton
towards Alhampton, returning to Ditcheat via
Boulter’s Bridge. The interior walls of St Peter’s
church, Hornblotton are decorated with ‘sgraffito’.
There was the spectacular sight of training race horses
roaring by at great speed.
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Mid October we started at Wincanton Memorial
Hall. From Bayford we proceeded north to Shalford
and stopped at Moorhayes Farm where Keen’s
unpasteurised cheddar cheese is made. After lunch we
climbed up to Westleaze Farm to enjoy excellent
views before descending to Verrington.
We meet at Millbrook Car Park in Castle Cary on
alternate Wednesdays and leave promptly at 09.30am.
For more information contact Anne Pitt on 01963
359621.
Hotel during the winter months, for a 5-8 km (3-5
miles) jog around Cary and the country lanes. We also
meet mid-week for more taxing runs of anything
between 7 and 12 km (4 to 8 miles). Note that during
the dark evenings all runners must bring a torch and
wear some hi-viz gear. We are simply an informal
group of runners who support and help each other with
our running. We are not an official club and therefore
do not have any fees; you just need to turn up to
become part of the group. If you would like to join us
check our Facebook site (www.facebook.com/
groups/caryrunners) or call Dave Boyer (01963
350418 / 07903 276315) or Dan Patrick at the George
Hotel (07966224261 / 01963 350761) for more
information.
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RUGBY CLUB
What have we been up to? The season is in full swing
on both Senior and Junior levels. We have home
matches coming up on Saturday 29th October, 19th
November and 3rd December. Kick off at 2.30pm.
Plus a floodlit match on Friday 11th November. Kick
off at 7.30pm. Oh haven’t I told you about our new
addition to our facilities at the club. We have 15 metre
high county standard floodlights on our main pitch
enabling us to play whenever we want during the
season. The pitch and the lights can be hired out to
anyone and have already been hired by the local
schools.
On the Junior side, the kids have either training or
tournaments most Sundays so please bring your little
ones and not so little ones down on a Sunday morning
and join in with the 100 to 200 kids that have fun.
The social side has some great stuff as well. Fifth
November was our Annual Bonfire night spectacular,
12th December is Christmas Bingo and if it is as good
as our last one it will be fun for all. This starts at 7pm.
Please come and find out about your hidden gem
just outside your town. We welcome new members all
the time.
If you want to know more or want to hire any of our
facilities or fantastic clubhouse, or want to bring your
kids down on a Sunday then call Richard our Social
Secretary on 07967 484751. If he can’t help he will
put you in touch with the right person at the club.
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SCOUTS
1st Castle Cary Scout Group
We are again quickly approaching our busiest fund
raising period of the year and as always we really
appreciate your support at these events.
Our annual Bingo night will be on Wednesday 23rd
November at The BP Hall with eyes down at half past
seven. We then have a Coffee Morning on Saturday
3rd December at the Market House where we will be
also selling bacon butties. On the 15th December we
will be supporting Castle Cary’s Big Christmas.
Our busy fund raising period will conclude
with The Scout Christmas Post, look out for posters
closer to December. We plan to have two collecting
boxes located at Buy and Save and McColls or you can
drop them off at our Bingo or Coffee Morning. Cards
will cost 20p each with the delivery of all post taking
place over the weekend of December 17th and
18th. Thank you for your anticipated support.
Roy Higgins, Chairman
1st Castle Cary Scout Group.
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TOGETHER
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Together is the Parish Magazine of All Saints’ Castle
Cary and St Andrew’s Ansford, together with the
Methodist and Catholic churches, and is part of the
Christian outreach in this area. It is the What’s On in
Castle Cary and Ansford. Not only does it cover times
of church services and events you might expect in a
parish magazine, but also all sorts of other events …
coffee mornings, charity fundraisers, concerts and
lectures, gardening, wildlife, messy church, mothers’
union, scouts … recipes even … you name it.
Its invaluable trade directory includes everything
CARY RUNNERS
Many people seem to think that they are not fit or fast
enough to join Cary Runners. We have a wide range of
abilities from beginners to experienced runners, from
speedy competitors to more sedate social runners. We
use various routes so each person can chose the
distance they want to run, depending on their level of
fitness. Hence our “runs” are suitable for everyone.
We meet each Monday at 18h30, usually at the George
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from bespoke picture framing at the home of the
curious cat, to exquisite Thai food at the home of the
Old Bakehouse. What more could you want? Oh yes,
the odd joke or cartoon.
Interested in getting Together? Please contact
01963 359069, or if you would like to advertise in the
Trade Directory call 01963 350700.
villages, castles, airport, docks and stations all built to
scale so that from the nearest house to the distant
mountains the perspective is perfect. It is truly
remarkable.
We took with us a miniature steam engine and met
up with like minded enthusiasts at their local track. A
most enjoyable afternoon was spent watching and
riding on the trains and socialising with our hosts.
The successful weekend ended with a Soirée
Dansante in Bellou.
On 10th September we ran a Pig Race
Evening/BBQ at Caryford Hall with the help of Cary
Comedians. Those who attended enjoyed a fun
evening. It was a pity that more twinning members and
others did not come.
Our Annual Quiz Night, with a fish and chip supper,
will be on Saturday 3rd December at Caryford Hall.
Tickets cost £10 and will be on sale in the Market
House until 28th November. We hope to see you there.
For further details ring Lesley on 01963 359248.
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TOOLS FOR SELF RELIANCE
Many local people now know Cary’s Tools For Self
Reliance charity group. Our mission is simple: we
collect old hand-tools and Singer sewing machines,
refurbish them and then send them to communities in
Africa where they transform lives.
However, sometimes you donate tools we don’t
send for various reasons. The biggest category of these
is gardening tools, simply because there are no
gardens where our recipients live – at least not ones
requiring lawncare tools and so on.
But what TFSR does need, and more than ever, is
cash. Not only are our shipping costs heavy, but our
recipients no longer receive just tools. We also give
them training, partly in using the tools but even more
so in running a business – everything from building
business plans to marketing products and accounting.
So now the tools we don’t send have a purpose. As
you may have noticed at recent Saturday stalls at the
Market House, we are cleaning and re-sharpening
those gardening (and other inappropriate) tools, and
selling them to raise funds. It has been a huge success.
In June, we sent £1,000 to TFSR’s national HQ.
Please keep the tools coming. We can’t survive
without your kind donations – and rest assured,
whether what you kindly give us goes directly to
Africa or is converted into cash for shipping and
training, you make a direct difference to people who
have so much less materially than we have. To donate
items or join us, please call Amon Cohen on 01749
813239.
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USE LESS SHARE MORE GROUP
We’re busy with an eclectic range of activities. On
29th October we’ll be doing apple pressing at the
Market House, so anyone with spare apples and some
empty bottles can come along and turn their apples
into juice. We’ll also be launching a project to repaint
the very sad-looking, unloved telephone box next to
the Market House, to return it to its iconic brightness.
We’ll be taking part in the Methodist Church
Christmas Tree Festival, except our tree will be a
recycled clothes dryer, and its decorations all made
from thrown away materials. We’ll continue our
guerilla gardening around the town. We have a very
informal get together on the first Friday of each
month, when we discuss current and future activities –
do join us if you are interested in a world which makes
better use of its resources. Oh, and you will have found
inside your newsletter a leaflet about “starving your
black bin”. That’s from us too.
Laura Tilling, 01963 351461
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TWINNING
On Friday 15th July we left Cary for a weekend with
our French friends in Pays Rémalardais. Our hosts
were as hospitable as ever and the weather too was
kind to us.
We visited a Miniature Railway Museum in Clecy
in the beautiful region of Swiss Normandy. This
model railway, built up over 40 years by one family,
covers an area of 310 square metres and has up to 16
trains running simultaneously. It has model towns,
U3A
Camelot U3A will hold its monthly meeting at
Caryford Hall at 2.30pm on Friday 25th November
when Mr David Boag will present “The Kingfisher”.
This talk tells the story of one of our most beautiful
and spectacular birds and shows every aspect of its
life. It will be followed by tea and biscuits.
There will be no meeting in December.
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Our meeting on 27th January sees the welcome
return of Mr Bonny Sartin who will give a talk entitled
“From Corscombe to New Zealand”. He will recount
the odyssey of Edmund Sartin and his family in 1840
when they took the first ship to Taranaki in North
Island. This is a tale of poverty, pestilence, gold fever
and song, but not necessarily in that order!
Members and visitors are welcome to all our
meetings.
YOUTH MATTERS
Our new Youth Worker Cindy continues to develop
the club with over 15 young people attending each
week. BUT we have a big problem – the Swainson
Building has been remodelled by the County Council
with no consultation with the youth groups using it
and there is no longer enough space for a growing
Youth Club.
This also applies to Zoe’s Monday Club for 30
younger kids which meets every week in the Swainson
Building. In the good weather she uses the playground
for the overspill but this arrangement cannot go on for
them in the winter and therefore, she planned to close
at the end of October. However, a temporary
arrangement has been made with Ansford Academy
so that Zoe’s group can continue through the winter
from two sites – one group in a drama classroom and
the other in the Swainson Building.
None of this is satisfactory and therefore we have
called a meeting for anyone interested in looking at the
future planning of spaces in our town to ensure that
young people’s clubs can be part of the plans. If you
can attend on Tuesday 22nd November at 7.00pm in
the Swainson Building, Maggs Lane (same site as
1610 Leisure Centre) you will be very welcome to
contribute to the discussion. There will be a very short
Youth Matters AGM at the start of the meeting.
Judi Morison, Chair Youth Matters
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WOMEN’S INSTITUTE
We have been the hostesses for the Brue Valley Group
this year and our last duty will be arranging the
Christmas Carol Service. This will be held at the
Methodist Church on Tuesday 13th December at
2.30pm.
As we are such a small group we would like to offer
an open invitation to the females of all the local towns
and villages to come along and join us, even if you are
not a member of the Women’s Institute, you will be
most welcomed. Mince pies with tea/coffee will be
served afterwards – and who can resist a WI home
made mince pie!
Pauline Clegg is busy arranging our programme of
speakers for 2017. She would so like to hear from
anyone who may have an interesting tale to tell, a
demonstration to show (which we could join in with
maybe), a poem to read, etc. Contact me on the below
number and I will pass your name onto her.
At our AGM it was agreed from January 2017 we
will hold our meetings on the second Tuesday of each
month and not the third, the venue remains the same
Millbrook Gardens Day club/centre, starting prompt
at 7.15pm.
Christine Stone (Sec) 07402 765932
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BATTENS SOLICITORS AND
THE BATTENS CHARITABLE TRUST
We are approaching our second anniversary of being
at The Shambles, Market House every Tuesday
morning 9 – 12.30 and added a Thursday morning
9 – 12.30 from January due to demand. We thank you
for your continued support and hope that you all feel
welcome to come in to talk to one of us about your legal
matters. We have also been holding regular
networking lunches to introduce ourselves to the high
street and give others the opportunity to meet over
lunch; these have proved popular and useful. Let us
know if you would like to attend and we’ll add you to the
mailing list.
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WILDLIFE TRUST
The Somerset Wildlife Trust continues its
programme of wildlife talks on the first Tuesday of the
month (except January, because of the New Year).
Tuesday 6 December Dr Rob Williams, Chair of the
Somerset Otter Group, will give an illustrated talk
about these enchanting creatures at Caryford Hall.
There will also be Christmas refreshments and a raffle
to raise funds for the Somerset Wildlife Trust, 7.30pm
for 8pm, adults £2.50, children free.
Tuesday 7 February Helen Mugridge, naturalist and
wildlife photographer will talk about her experiences
with Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda. Tea and coffee
from 7.30pm, talk starts at 8pm. Venue is Caryford
Hall. Entrance £2.50 for adults, children free.
May we also take this opportunity to remind you that we
run a charitable trust which donates money to assist
local organisations. Please let us have your requests
and we can forward them to the trustees for
consideration. So far we have helped the Gardening
Association, Museum, Children’s Carnival and the
Cubs, and hope that we can report more this time next
year.
Email us on [email protected]
or telephone 01963 834477 for more information.
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LOCAL ORGANISATIONS
ACF, Castle Cary Platoon – 01963 240382
Action for Children – 01963 351554
Alcoholics Anonymous –0845 7697555
All Saints’ & St Andrew’s Churches – 01963 351615
Alzheimer’s Society – 01935 473597
Ansford & Cary Traidcraft Sales – 01963 351751
Ansford Parish Council – 01749 812225
Ansford Academy – 01963 350895
ATC 2277 (Cary & District) Squadron – 07717 683404
Bellringing – 01963 350002
Bible Study Group – 01749 860571
Britannia Carnival Club – 07855 497263
British Heart Foundation – 01963 350022
Camelot Rounders – 01963 350576
Care4Cary – 07803 855208
Cary Allotments – 01963 350917
Cary Amateur Theatrical Society (CATS ) – 07715 510359
Cary Business Network – 01963 350600
Cary Comedians Carnival Club – 01963 440472
Cary Conservative Association – 01963 350977
Cary Guides – 01963 350936
Cary Reels – 01963 350276
Cary Runners – 01963 350418
Cary Wives Group – 01963 351473
Caryford Community Hall – 01963 351057
Caryford Fitness & Leisure – 01963 350600
Caryford Short Mat Bowls – 01963 351324
CaryLive – 01963 350160
Carymarsh Nature Reserve – 01963 350418
Carymoor Environmental Centre – 01963 350143
Castle Cary & Ansford Carnival Society – 01963 440472
Castle Cary & Ansford Women’s Institute –
07402 765932
Castle Cary Bowls Club – 01963 351908
Castle Cary Bridge Club – 01935 850122
Castle Cary Ceramics Group – 01460 54117
Castle Cary Children’s Centre – 01963 359098
Castle Cary Choir – 07970 039007
Castle Cary Cricket Club – 01963 350841
Castle Cary Football Club – 01963 350587
Castle Cary Gardening Association – 01963 350618
Castle Cary Majorettes (Cygnets) – 01963 350603
Castle Cary Out Of School Club (The Hive) –
07837 772105
Castle Cary Primary School – 01963 350520
Castle Cary Railway Club – 01749 860571
Castle Cary Rainbows – 01963 350004
Castle Cary Ramblers – 01963 359621
Castle Cary Rugby Club – 07739 300144
Castle Cary Town Council – 01963 359631
Castle Cary Town Museum – 01963 351324
Castle Cary Twinning Association – 01963 359248
Christian Aid – 01963 351275
Churches Together – 01963 351304
Decorative and Fine Arts Society – 01963 350527
EatCary – 01963 351461
Ditcheat Moviola – 01749 860348
Friends of Cary 2000 – 01963 351707
Guide Dogs for the Blind – 01963 350182
Judo Club – 01749 890308
Liberal Democrats – 01963 350570
Living History Group – 01963 350168
Macmillan Cancer Support – 01963 351886
Market House Dance Studio – 01963 351503
Messy Church – 01963 351615
Methodist Church – 01963 351598
Methodist Church lettings – 01963 351635
Mid-Somerset Flower Club – 01963 351811
Millbrook Surgery Friends Group – 01963 350210
Moat Garden Project – 01963 359418
Monday Club – 01963 350931
Mothers’ Union – 01963 359069
National Blood Transfusion – 01963 350279
Parson Woodforde Society – www.parsonwoodforde.org.uk
Poppins – 01963 350002
Quiz Evenings – 01963 350510
Red Cross – 01963 350830
RoadPeace – www.roadpeace.org
Rogue mma – 07738 599670
Rotary Club (Brue Valley) – 01749 813429
Royal British Legion – 01963 351154
Save the Children Shop – 01963 351681
St Margaret’s Hospice – 0845 345 9671
Scouts/Cubs/Beavers –07773 515511
Scout Active Support – 01963 351025
Somerset Wildlife Trust (SE Area) – 01749 812127
South Somerset Community Accessible Transport –
01963 34594
Table Tennis Club – 01963 351571
Taekwon-Do Club – 07759 405601
Tiddlywinks – 01963 350341
Together Magazine – 01963 350627
Tools for Self Reliance – 01749 813239
Tourist Information Group – 01963 351763
Toybox Pre-school – 01963 351523
U3A Camelot Area – 01963 350132
Use Less Share More Group – 01963 351461
Weight Loss Club – 01963 350163
Women’s Friendly Hour – 01963 350510
Workers’ Education Association (WEA) – 01749 860352
Youth Matters – 01963 350160
Zambia Links (CMCPT) – 01963 351461
Castle Cary Town Council, Market House, Castle Cary BA7 7AH – Tel: 01963 359631 – Website: www.castle-cary.co.uk
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