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Those of you who didn’t manage to visit the gardens at the Coombes missed a real treat. Professor and Mrs. Hamlin very kindly opened their home and woodland gardens for us to enjoy afternoon tea in an environment seldom come across these days. Two charming cottages, one with a thatched roof, nestling on the edge of a beautiful valley covering 3.5 acres provided the backcloth to this wonderful event. More…

The Christian Aid collection around the Team has raised nearly £2,100 so far which is fantastic. Thank you all very much for your donations and, once again, to the loyal team of collectors.

Those who love football will have been having a feast, with quarter-finals, semis and the final of the World Cup still to come.will already be longing for everything to return to normal! More…

Now the election is over Britain is coming to terms with what it means to have a parliament where there is no over all majority. For this generation it is a new experience and we need to look back to 1974 to discover the last time this happened. That last experience proved not to be popular or long lasting. The choice of words we use in such circumstances is interesting in itself and that use almost expresses a judgment. ‘Hung Parliament’ for example conjures up images either of ropes around a neck or to use another phrase; ‘being held in a fragile balance’. Neither suggests strong or necessarily stable circumstances. On the other hand ‘coalition’ or even ‘cooperative collaboration’ implies partnership and the bringing together of various and complimentary gifts for the common good. An example was the way Winston Churchill during the Second World War formed a coalition government. In that instance there was a clear task and a common cause which placed party politics in a secondary place in relation to a hierarchy of needs. More…

On Saturday September 18th we shall be celebrating our very own Last Night of the Proms in St Mary’s Church Tenbury. We will have a full 50 piece orchestra – yes the complete shooting match – together with a local soloist and a violin soloist from Beijing. The music will include Pomp & Circumstance No 1 with Land of hope and Glory, Fantasia on British Sea Songs with Rule Britannia, Jerusalem and much more, a full 2 and half hour concert. More…

What a success! Twenty three participants took part which included four canine friends and almost everyone completed the 8 mile hike based on Nash village hall. Paddy (Claire’s younger greyhound) who came armed with a long list of sponsors decided to walk the route in two stages, following the example of several other walkers. We found him ‘flaked out’ on the floor of the hall after the first 4 miles and wondered if he had decided that he had gone quite far enough. To our surprise he completed the course and finally succumbed to a deep sleep having earned all the money his sponsors had promised. More…

The Advertiser has published an article on the hustings at St Mary’s. You can read more here.