Gloucestershire Echo, The back issues from September 2007:
Go for colour
Sep 01, 2007 ... When it comes to choosing the right colours and shades to suityour complexion, it can all be just too confusing. Prescriptives is running colour analysis sessions this month tohelp you become ...
Mighty menu is fit for a Queen
Sep 01, 2007 ... Want to take someone special to a place that's impressive but notgoing to break the bank? If so, you could do worse than to go to Spice Lodge. The restaurant is in a beautiful mansion house that was once usedas an office for the Eagle Tower office block next door. It ...
Gill's having a ball as an England cricketer
Sep 01, 2007 ... When Gill Richards tells the children in her class she's anEngland cricketer, they ask why she is still teaching them. "They say why are you here then? "They think it must mean I'm rich and famous," she says. The reality is that the 26-year-old, who lives in Cheltenham, ...
Make thyme for rosemary
Sep 01, 2007 ... As befits a garden with an international reputation, BarnsleyHouse has something to offer at any time of year. From the famouslaburnum walk in late spring to the asters and dahlias of autumn,there is always something of interest. Designed by the late Rosemary Verey and now a luxury ...
Ensure you reap what you sow
Sep 01, 2007 ... Apart from the blight that has decimated tomato and potato cropsthis year, how's your vegetable garden growing? My beans are magnificent (I have 14lbs in the freezer already),all the courgettes turned into marrows over night, and the gherkincucumbers are almost useable as ...
Tempting fete
Sep 01, 2007 ... Floaty frocks, strawberries and cream, floppy sun hats and coconutshies - summer wouldn't be summer without the good old British fete. And whether yours is in Chedworth or Campden, some things neverchange in the quest for the quintessential English afternoon. Strings of bunting ...
Hidden treasure
Sep 01, 2007 ... It is not often you walk into a house and want to move in straightaway, but Stoney Pool ticks all the right boxes for contemporarycountry living. The stunning family home, located halfway between Cirencester andFairford, has undergone extensive renovation and redecoration ...
Still singing the blues
Sep 01, 2007 ... When Michael Roach says he wants to make Gloucester the bluescapital of the UK you might dismiss the idea. Is the old music from black America really relevant to the locals? "Blues is an old music but it's still fresh and it has a greatemotion and mystery to it. It's what ...
Loir living is just heavenly
Sep 01, 2007 ... This is heaven - cycling in the summer sunshine to an auberge fora leisurely lunch and ambling back through lush countryside. InFrance, the cyclist is queen and motorists give you a respectablywide berth. The Loir Valley is one of France's best kept secrets. While theEnglish ...
See it live
Sep 01, 2007 ... Homeowners featured in the popular television show Grand Designswill be sharing their experiences and expertise at Grand Designs Liveat the NEC next month. Couples from three of the projects that appear in the currentChannel 4 series, hosted by Kevin McCloud, are taking part in ...
Something old, something new
Sep 01, 2007 ... Being old, wrinkled, lined and cracked is not a great sellingpoint. But no chic room is complete without something which shows thepassing of the years or reflects the design glories of a bygone age. The key is a clever blend of old and new. That means a modernsetting with ...
Get some star scents
Sep 01, 2007 ... Florist to the stars Rob Van Helden is launching a new range ofscented home products to inject some glamour into everyday living. Rob helped bedeck Sudeley Castle with flowers for Liz Hurley'swedding earlier this year and is also the man behind Elton John'swhite ...
Battle climate change
Sep 01, 2007 ... The flood waters may have subsided in Gloucestershire but thedevastating impact of this summer's flooding will be felt in thecounty for a long time to come. Doubtless there's lots of debate about whether this severe weatherevent was due to climate change, or was just one of those ...
Potty about gardens
Sep 01, 2007 ... At first glance, The Potting Shed may appear to be a smallshop.Step inside, however, and you will find everything that youcould possibly need for the garden. For serious growers there are shelves laden with shrubs and herbs,organic seeds, terracotta pots, craftsman-made leather ...
I need electricity to rebuild my life
Sep 01, 2007 ... Dave Cochrane lost everything in the flood - and still has noelectricity. The 65-year-old and other residents of Woodmancote Park Homes aredesperate to start rebuilding their lives. Some face a struggle to save their mobile homes, which wereinundated with water. Mr ...
Farmers reap fuel rewards
Sep 01, 2007 ... Farmers in Gloucestershire are benefiting from the search forreplacements for oil. Concerns over the long-term future of oil have led to an increasein interest in alternatives, such as biofuels from maize and rapeseed. As the crops increase in value, more farmers are ...
Licence fee fund boosted
Sep 01, 2007 ... Radio Winchcombe has been saved by a financial boost from SevernTrent Water following its vital role during the floods. Operators for the station, which usually only broadcasts twice ayear, had to pay an extra pounds1,500 for an emergency licence duringthe floods. This was ...
We're a fair lot in our town
Sep 01, 2007 ... Winchcombe is now officially a Fairtrade town. The certificate of its status, awarded by the FairtradeFoundation, was presented at Winchcombe Flower Show to the group whocampaigned to gain the accolade. Individual certificates were given to the businesses and communitygroups ...
Grab a costume, it's carnival time
Sep 01, 2007 ... Oakley residents gathered in Clyde Crescent to revel in a carnivalatmosphere. Smiling faces illuminated the Whaddon playing fields as OakleyCarnival rolled in to town. More than 200 children and parents turned out to try breakdancing,Caribbean dancing and circus tricks, while ...
Flooding won't get us down
Sep 01, 2007 ... Flood victims in Canterbury Leys, Tewkesbury, have not beendisheartened by the flooding. Several residents are living in caravans while their homes areredecorated, and new furniture is installed. Many have been told they won't be able to return until February.But they ...
1,000-mile ride is grand effort
Sep 01, 2007 ... A Head gardener will dig into his energy reserves for a charitybike ride. Glyn Jones is cycling 1,000 miles to celebrate 100 years ofgardening at Hidcote Manor, near Chipping Campden. With volunteer Len Potter, he aims to raise pounds5,000 towardsthe restoration fund for the ...
Campaigners fight to halt new homes
Sep 01, 2007 ... The Villages Action Group is the latest organisation to opposeplans to build 450 homes near Bishop's Cleeve. Earlier this year, Wimpey lost its bid at the High Court to forceTewkesbury Borough Council to designate the Homelands site fordevelopment in its Local Plan. The ...
'Twin' aids flood fund
Sep 01, 2007 ... The Gloucestershire Flood Relief Fund is pounds20,000 better offthanks to the fundraising of the people of Miesbach in Germany. The area in Bavaria is twinned with Tewkesbury borough and adelegation is in England as part of the 25th anniversary of thefriendship link. Before a ...
Hospital gives water all-clear
Sep 01, 2007 ... Mains water is back on at Cheltenham General Hospital - more thana month after it was cut off. Staff at the hospital have only just started to use mains wateragain despite Severn Trent Water giving it the all-clear to drinkthree weeks ago. More than 140,000 homes were left ...
Woman hurt
Sep 01, 2007 ... An Elderly woman was hurt after her car was involved in acollision with a tractor near Tewkesbury. The accident happened on the A38, near the Twyning turning, at ...
Hirst sells pounds50m skull
Sep 01, 2007 ... Controversial artist Damien Hirst has sold a diamond-encrustedcast of a human skull for pounds50 million. The artist, who is renovating Toddington Manor, near Winchcombe,sold the work to an anonymous group of investors. Entitled ...
Howlers comedy club back for a new season
Sep 01, 2007 ... A New season of award-winning comedy is coming to Cheltenham. Howlers Comedy Club at The Wheatsheaf in Leckhampton returns withan exciting line-up of performers from London and beyond. Headlining next Saturday is Irish comedian Owen O'Neill who haswritten several shows for the ...
Morris men in Moreton
Sep 01, 2007 ... Despite a number of setbacks this year including flooding and thefoot and mouth crisis, Moreton-in-Marsh Show is set to go aheadtoday. There will be no cattle, sheep, goats or pigs at the agriculturalevent this year. Instead, the focus is on horse and pony showing, show ...
Hospital let down my war hero dad
Sep 01, 2007 ... The family of Korean War hero Major Sam Weller have criticised hygiene standards of Gloucestershire Royal Hospital where he died ofthe superbug C.difficile. They say Maj Weller, who spent three years as a prisoner of theChinese and was decorated for his gallantry, was let down by ...
History boys are let out of the classroom
Sep 01, 2007 ... The National Theatre's smash-hit production of Alan Bennett'saward-winning play The History Boys comes to The Everyman theatre inCheltenham this month. Set in the North of England in the 1980s, TheHistory Boys charts the fortunes of an unruly bunch of bright sixth-form boys in pursuit of ...
Gipsies win fight for extended site
Sep 01, 2007 ... Controversial plans to allow the extension of a gipsy caravan sitehave been given the green light by Cotswold District Council. Members of the council's planning committee decided to permit 11extra pitches, as well as a new access road and ancillary buildingson the Shorncote site, ...
Appreciate what game has to offer
Sep 01, 2007 ... At this time of the year I am always at the peak of my enthusiasmfor chess. Readers of my article throughout August would appreciate that thisin part to the annual premier chess event in the UK, the BritishChampionships. This year I followed the exploits of Gloucestershire ...
Best in show
Sep 01, 2007 ... Teckels Animal Sanctuary is hosting its annual dog show tomorrowin Whitminster. More than 150 dogs which have been successfully re-homed by theshelter are taking part. Categories include most handsome male, best child handler, bestrescue dog, ...
Mother stole from store
Sep 01, 2007 ... A Young mother who stole pounds250 of food and electrical goodsfrom Lidl in Cheltenham has been told she could be sentenced to acommunity service order. Tracey Jobbins, of Wheatland Drive, Cheltenham, committed theoffence in July. Cheltenham Magistrates' Court heard the ...
Man admits car offence
Sep 01, 2007 ... A Builder who drove into a wall and then pushed his car into a pubcar park has kept his licence. Andrew Evans, of Evenlode Gardens, Moreton-in-Marsh, lost controlof his car in Chipping Campden on May 12. Cheltenham Magistrates' Court heard witnesses had seen him ...
Lead taken from chapel
Sep 01, 2007 ... Lead was stolen from the roof of the old chapel at TewkesburyCemetery. Police said thieves stole more than pounds1,000 worth from theGloucester Road site on Thursday night. Spokeswoman Hannah Swingler said: "If anyone is approached ...
Have you got the x-factor?
Sep 01, 2007 ... Cheltenham wannabes will be given the chance to show off theirsinging skills at a fundraising X-Factor-style contest. Pub chain Yates's, in Crescent Terrace, Cheltenham, is running theFame Finder competition. Budding superstars could win pounds100 worth of 18-to-30 ...
Cinq heavens for my marks
Sep 01, 2007 ... Exam joy came early for some Winchcombe School pupil Sarah Murphy. The 12-year-old scooped an A* in GCSE French. She was among one ofthe top five candidates to sit the AQA exam, beating more than100,000 other hopefuls. Sarah said: "I'm really astonished. I can't believe I'm one ...
Cars attacked
Sep 01, 2007 ... Three cars had their windows smashed and doors prised ...
Transit raid
Sep 01, 2007 ... The fuel tank was taken from underneath a Ford Transit van ...
Confusion reigns in shop work
Sep 01, 2007 ... Lunchtime shoppers faced queues and confusion when a Cheltenhamsupermarket began a refurbishment. Tesco Metro in High Street has replaced its express tills with atobacco kiosk, leaving long queues for its main grocery tills. It made no announcement of its plans, leaving ...
Sneak pair steal pounds100
Sep 01, 2007 ... Two men stole pounds100 from an elderly woman after posing aswater company workers. One told the woman they needed to drain off her water because theyhad been felling trees and had damaged a mains pipe. The victim did not notice the second man entering her home butafter the ...
Calendar is window for artists
Sep 01, 2007 ... Gloucestershire artists will show off their work in an onlineadvent calendar. Launched on December 1 by The Visual Arts Centre at Cheltenham ArtGallery, the Advent Art website is new website concept based on atraditional advent calendar. Every day visitors to the site will be ...
Chipping campden
Sep 01, 2007 ... Hilary Sinclair 01608 661053 On Sunday September 9, there will be a celebration in song - AJoyful Noise - at the Quaker Meeting House in Broad Campden. A small group from each of several choirs: Muslim, West Indian,Gospel, Jewish and Quaker, have been invited to join ...
Naunton
Sep 01, 2007 ... Cathy Turton 01451 850668 Pat Boult's team, A Cotswold Circus, entered the Relay for Life,cancer fundraising weekend rally held at the Cheltenham Racecourse onAugust 18/19. They did well in all directions, winning prizes forseveral fancy ...
Local history for sale
Sep 01, 2007 ... Local history buffs will be out in force on Thursday when 19thcentury books come up for sale. The sale is at Simon Chorley Art & Antiques at Prinknash ...
Prestbury
Sep 01, 2007 ... Tudor Williams 01242 243137 What a bit of luck we had with the August bank holiday weekendweather. it must have made all the difference to the campers andvisitors at the Greenbelt Festival at the racecourse. It was good onSunday morning to hear How Great Thou Art coming over ...
Dan aims to kick racism off the pitch
Sep 01, 2007 ... A Former Cheltenham College pupil is on a mission to stamp outracism in sport. Dan Tennant-Ralphs was appalled when he went to a football matchand heard fans chanting like monkeys when black players came on tothe pitch. So he decided to take a stand. The 20-year-old student ...
Guiting power
Sep 01, 2007 ... Stella Daker 01451 850337 Tomorrow is the late summer fun ride over the Charlton Abbotsestate. I hope everyone has a great day and raises lots of money forCheltenham Riding for the Disabled. Good luck. Last-minute inquiriesto 01386 881540. Tomorrow's service will be ...
Hedgehog risk is no shock
Sep 01, 2007 ... A Tewkesbury animal campaigner says she is not surprised hedgehogshave become an endangered species. The Government's new Biodiversity Action Plan has added theprickly garden-dwelling creatures to the list of animals in need ofconservation and greater protection. Tidier ...
. . . Then join us in pensioners' row
Sep 01, 2007 ... A Group of pensioners reckon they have the secret of longevity -whisky in the morning and a house in Roman Road. Tom Breen, Linda Breen, Jessica Etherington and Freda Gunn havebeen neighbours for more than 30 years and they think they could bethe oldest street in ...
Hester's way
Sep 01, 2007 ... Chris Greenccgreen2000@btinternet.com Courses at Hester's Way Neighbourhood Project will be restartingthe week beginning September 17. There are spaces on all the computercourses, beginners, CLAIT, ECDL and advanced. These take place onMondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays ...
Dumbleton
Sep 01, 2007 ... Gail Braham 01386 882092 Everyone at Oak Hill school would like to welcome to the childrenstarting in the reception class this year. A reminder for Ashleigh,Katie, Darcey, William, Jessica, Luke, Archie, Bertie, Harriet andIzzie that there are only three more sleeps until ...
Longdon
Sep 01, 2007 ... Betty Fowler 01684 294640 Sarah Moss 01684 833256 lilmisssunshine1991@gmail.com A coffee morning will be held at Longdon Vicarage on SaturdaySeptember 22, 10am to noon in aid of Age Concern. Lynne Mole, whomanages the On The Move project, will give a ...
Stoke orchard and tredington
Sep 01, 2007 ... Sue Coleman 01242 680648 Tomorrow's church service will be at Tredington at 10am. On Tuesday, the parish council will meet at York Barn, Tredington,at 7.30pm. I also have a note from council chairman Paul Holliday:"The parish council wishes to recognise and thank all ...
Alderton
Sep 01, 2007 ... Carla Edelston 01242 620600 The children start back at school during the coming week and manyorganisations start their autumn programmes and meetings arescheduled. The residents' club meets on Wednesday September 12 in the hall at2.30pm when Alaister Goldie will be ...
Warden Hill
Sep 01, 2007 ... Margaret Meads 01242 527130 Tomorrow the two local churches unite for their family worship atthe United Reformed Church in Salisbury Avenue at 10.30am followed bythe Traidcraft stall, creative cards and refreshments. Many clubs and groups return this week after the ...
Bishop's Cleeve
Sep 01, 2007 ... Ruth Low 01242 677487 ruthyl@blueyonder.co.uk A table-top sale is being held by Bishop's Cleeve Seniors' Club atDenley Hall today from 10am to 11.30am. Entrance is free. The Cheltenham branch of Cats Protection has a jumble sale todayin St Michael's hall, ...
Chedworth
Sep 01, 2007 ... David Broad 01285 720313 david.broad@mail.com Chedworth Silver Band will be playing at the Kempsford andWhelford Church Fete at Kempsford Manor tomorrow at 2.30pm. Cotswold District Council has agreed to sell land at Courts Close,Chedworth, for affordable ...
Whaddon
Sep 01, 2007 ... Denis Williams 01242 245180 denis.williams@blueyonder.co.uk Due to the shortage of water, the Cornerstone Centre was closedfor two weeks, but we are pleased to say it is up and running again. On Monday at 7.30pm there is bingo for some good money prizes ....
Adlestrop
Sep 01, 2007 ... David Burkedburke@beeb.net On Thursday there is a guided walk to Chastleton House throughDaylesford Estate to Lower Oddington. Please bring a packed lunch. Itis rated moderate. Meet at Adlestrop Village Hall car park at 10am.More details on 01451 862000. The annual sponsored ...
Twyning
Sep 01, 2007 ... Mary Haines 01684 93686 maryhaines@hotmail.co.uk Annette Heyring will welcome guests wishing to take part in TheWorld's Largest Coffee Morning at her home, Avondale, Church End from10am to 12.30pm on Friday September 28. This is in aid of MacmillanCancer ...
Tewkesbury
Sep 01, 2007 ... Evelyn Ley 01684 290116 Edna Mills 01684 296340 jigsawtewkesbury@yahoo.co.uk Priors Park Chapel is ...
Ashchurch
Sep 01, 2007 ... Diana Bailey 01684 292653 bailey-d3@sky.com Tomorrow at St Nicholas', there will be a special Kings Clubservice at 11am. This is followed by barbecue in the rectory garden. County councillor Gordon Shurmer has sent the following:"Gloucestershire Highways are ...
Shurdington
Sep 01, 2007 ... Paul Calleja-Gera 01242 862726 www.shurdington.org Shurdington Cricket Club were really lucky with their six-a-sidecricket festival last Sunday; a true summer's day and the game waswatched by quite a crowd both local and visitors. Playgroup starts up again next ...