EDITORIAL
Contact Details Detail on PDF copy on home page
ASTON INGHAM & KILCOT NEWS
For Information about the village hall check out www.astoninghamvillagehall.com
For up to date information on our village and community please go to the website www.astoningham.wix.com/village
Church News
ChristmasTree
Families and friends come join in on Saturday 14th December at 11am to help decorate our Christmas tree. Refreshments provided.
Carol Service
We’d love to see you on Wednesday 18th December at 6.30pm for our Carol Service, with traditional carols and readings, followed by mince pies and mulled wine.
Thank you
We would like to thank Dave Aubrey for giving his time freely in cutting the new Churchyard hedges and the Aston Ingham Explorers, Scouts and Cubs for supporting, and parading their flags at the Remembrance Day Service at St John the Baptist Church.
Village Praise
On the 3rd Sunday of every month at 10.30am, Nic Walker leads our friendly, relaxed service, followed by refreshments.
Aston Ingham Church
Is open every day in daylight hours, for anyone who would like to find a quiet space, away from the hustle and bustle of life, while admiring the beauty of the Church.
Village News
Another great speaker for the W.I.
This month, Paul Evans came to entertain us with Anecdotes and Recitations. Paul began with William Wordsworth's famous Daffodils, followed by Stanley Holloway's Albert's Return. He then changed pace completely with a humorous poem entitled The Grandparents' Lament’: ’Please parents take your children home before I do them in' for grandparents whose patience has run thin!
Paul used different accents, fabulous changes to his pitch and tone and kept us entertained with thought provoking and humorous anecdotes, recitations, poems and readings. Paul researched monologues during Covid and realised they often have a moral message which he shared with us during the afternoon.
The hour flew by, and we all left having thoroughly enjoyed our time in the company of this wonderful orator.
Pop-Up Pub
The Village Hall Pop Up pub is going from strength to strength, providing an opportunity to have a relaxed drink and a chat around the topics of the day with friends old and new. The bar takes cash and cards and if you catch her at a quiet moment, Tania will offer a table service where she brings the drinks to you!
A range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks are available along with a selection of nuts and crisps so come and support a local initiative to bring the village closer together.
The next pub is on the 14th December and you would be more than welcome to join us. We pop-up again on 11th January.
Burns Night comes to the Village Hall
On Saturday 25th January 2025, the Aston Ingham Village Hall will once again be presenting our homage to Robert Burns in the form of an evening of food and drink and, for those who manage not to overindulge in the meal, some optional Scottish Dancing.
Ken, our resident kilt owner, will recite the Address to a Haggis as the Haggis is paraded around the hall. He will also take on the unenviable task of trying to corral the enthusiastic but generally uncoordinated dancing at the end of the evening.
Our excellent cooking volunteers will provide us with plates overflowing with Haggis, Neeps and Tatties, followed by an outstanding selection of home-made desserts.
This is one of the highlights of the Aston Ingham social calendar and is always a sell out, so avoid disappointment by getting your tickets early and come and join us for a fabulous evening. Everyone leaves having eaten well, laughed a lot and planning to come again next year.
Planning for 2025 Supper Clubs
The next Supper Club talk will be on The Great Train Robbery on Saturday 8th March 2025 at 7pm. More details in the February edition of The Chimes.
General Village Information
To book Village Hall Events please contact Janet Detail on PDF copy on home. We now have a bar at Village Hall events and we take cards as well as cash.
This months 100 Club results
Many thanks to all of you who have joined the 100 club to support the village hall.
Winners of our October draw were
£16 – P Jenkins,
£12 -. J Cannock and
£6– J Stephens.
New members welcome. Please contact Detail on PDF copy on home
NOVEMBER MEETING ATTENDED BY Cllr M.Pettit ( Chair), Cllr C. Yates, Cllr N.Smith .T.Griffiths ( Lengthsman) APOLOGIES – Cllr A-M Johnson and Cllr J. Whatley
HIGHLIGHTS from the Parish Council Meeting held on the 5th November 2024:
1 Aston Ingham Parish Council – Vacancies Our search for a Councillor is now into its sixth month. We’d love to hear from anyone who might be seeking more information about the role in this Council which aims to develop and improve existing facilities in the Parish. We certainly can’t be as effective without a full complement of volunteers.2 Clerk Resignation: Sadly our Clerk Emma Donovan is leaving in December. We will be supported by our Hereford Branch of Local Councils (HALC) in recruiting Emma’s replacement.
2 It’s Budget Time! In preparation for our draft budget 2025/26 we have identified some key projects which we aim to complete next financial year. Our budget sub-committee meets at the end of November to finalise the draft which should be available for consultation in December.
3 Lengthsman - linked updates. Terry Griffiths and his Team have completed their first maintenance visit to the Parish, listing jobs by C-road numbers Our immediate task is to communicate to the parish, locations by road name.
Cllr Whatley will be liaising with Terry regularly as we go forward.
Drainage Grant : Terry reports Parish Councils are beginning to receive their Grants so we expect to hear shortly. Public Right Of Way Grant Application is completed. Terry is meeting with our Footpaths Officer Richard Potter for additional clarification.
4 Aston Ingham bespoke Flood Alerts Our Flood Group will shortly be offering local Flood Alerts to parishioners who wish to sign up. The Alerts are linked to our range of sensors placed around the Parish which monitor volume of water runoff from the surrounding hills.
5 Road resurfacing By the time you read this bulletin the C road from Aston Crews to Lea will have been resurfaced. This is part of an £8 million planned expenditure across the county by Herefordshire Council.
COMMUNITY ACTION – SPEEDWATCH- excellent monitoring of traffic continues. See Speedwatch entry.
DATE OF NEXT PARISH COUNCIL MEETING — Tuesday 3rd December at 7pm.
This report is an abbreviation of the Draft minutes. For a more detailed account and complete minutes when approved, please visit www.astoningham-pc.gov.uk or email clerk@astoningham-pc.gov.uk