“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow”. 
Helen Keller
I wonder how many of us have been enjoying the fabulous weather of late ? I for one, have not been seeing too many shadows !
As you can see in the Combined Villages section and throughout the magazine, our Parishes have really stepped up to make VE Day 80 an extremely happy and memorable occasion - plenty of sunshine and memories here.
While I was deliberating on what would make a good centre page editorial, Laura Carroll (sub editor for Gorsley) sent me an article written by a relatively new resident of the parish, Andy Ball. I found it very interesting, especially considering February’s edition of The Chimes, when I mentioned how knowledge of the past can give us a richer experience of where we are now. With this in mind I have included Andy’s article “1930’s Land Utilisation Survey” in the centre of the magazine this month. I hope that the copy of the map will be clear enough for you to see all of The Chimes parishes. If not please use the link at the bottom of page 31. You can then copy the map and enjoy it more fully in a larger version.
Finally I hope you all enjoy this prolonged sunny spell. Now that I have written this, it will probably be raining when you receive your copy of The Chimes !
Take care.

  Steve