St. Nicolas Church, Chute with Chute Forest

St. Nicolas Church, Chute with Chute Forest

Team Vicar (responsible for Chute):Revd. Mary Edwards
The Vicarage, Church Street
Collingboume Ducis
Wiltshire, SN8 3EL
Tel:01264 852 693

Team Rector and Rural Dean:Revd. Nicolas Leigh-Hunt
The Vicarage, 5 Eastcourt
Burbage, Marlborough
Wiltshire, SN8 3AG
Tel:01672 810258

Churchwardens:Mrs. Hannah Sykes
New Zealand Farm, Upper Chute
Nr. Andover
Hampshire, SP11 9EU
Tel:01264 730717
Mrs. Amanda Holroyd
Providence Cottage, Chute Cadley
Nr. Andover
Hampshire, SP11 9EB
Tel:01264 730233

Lay Pastoral Assistants:Amanda Holroyd01264 730233
Hannah Sykes01264 730717
Vikki Alderson01264 730388

Services at St. Nicolas, and other Wexcombe Team churches,

are given inside the back cover.

TEAM LETTER

The Team Vicar, The Revd Mary Edwards (01264 852693) writes…

WHOSE CHURCH IS IT ANYWAY?
The answer is that it is yours! That is each and every one of you that lives within the parish boundary! It is to this church that you may come for baptism, to be married and at the end of your days to be buried in the churchyard. Of course not everyone living in the Parish comes to worship in church Sunday by Sunday or participates in the activities of the church or indeed has a belief in God - but most people still see the church as central to Village life.

Over the years - Church going - a commitment to worship God, has declined in numbers and so fewer and fewer people are supporting the work of the church. During the next few weeks - all the parishes throughout the Salisbury Diocese will be involved in the Financial Awareness and Giving Programme which is aimed at raising the planned giving to all our churches.

The church needs your money!

Money to help with the upkeep of our historic buildings and to enable the work, mission and ministry of the church to continue. Without more money - does the church in your village have a future? Will there be a church for the Christenings, the weddings and the funerals? We all hope and pray that there will be - but a lot depends on your response! Now is the time to consider how God is good and loving and generous to us all and respond to this by giving something back to his church.

May God bless you.

Yours in Christ,

Mary Edwards

Your Church in October

Sunday 6th October / Evensong / 6pm
Sunday 13th October / Harvest Festival / 11am
Sunday 20th October / Matins / 11am
Sunday 27th October / Holy Communion / 8am

Chute Bible Study

This term the Chute Bible Study group is joining the Alpha Course at Burbage and will be re-grouping after Christmas.

Harvest Festival

We have had a good harvest this year and are blessed to live in a country of plenty, so come and give thanks for all the blessings God gives us.

Harvest Festival Flowers

Could all people who wish to donate flowers or produce to decorate the church bring them to St. Nicolas before 10am on Saturday? This year we hope to be able to give the Andover Crisis Centre groceries that will keep, such as tins and packets, as well as produce from our gardens, these can be brought with us to church on the Sunday.

Harvest Lunch

This year we are hosting a harvest lunch at 1am on Sunday 13th October, instead of supper. Tickets are available from the Woods in Chute Forest 730 685, the Aldersons, in Chute Cadley, 730 338 and the Browns in Upper Chute, 730 236. For larger families there is a £10 family ticket, otherwise, adults are £4 and children are £1.

Come and enjoy a delicious meal and of course, excellent company!

Wednesday Worship

With the colder weather approaching we have decided to close the Wednesday worship service from October 2nd. We will be reviewing it in the spring.

HOLIDAY CLUB

This was back in August and I should have included our thanks in last month's Chronicle to everyone involved - the children who came (averaging about 30 a day) and the helpers, Elisabeth Penman, Hannah Sykes, Anne Wicks, Liz Tar, Fran Clark, Candy Alderson, Dorothy Stock and Carolyn Hardiman, who helped. We couldn't have managed without you!

SUNDAY CLUB

This resumes on the first Sunday of the month - so 10 am-12 noon in the Village Hall on 6th October, 3rd November and 1st December. The format is really just the same as Holiday Club and it's open to all children aged 4-10.

Tom Vallis left a wonderful bequest to Sunday Club and this will remain invested in the Church funds to provide an income of about £50 pa. However, we have bought a lovely multi-coloured parachute (known as the Vallis chute) which was introduced at Holiday Club and will continue to be used for games and story-telling in the future. Thank you Tom!

CHRISTMAS CHOIR

The first rehearsal will be at 7.30 p.m. at Tantanoola on Monday October 21st., and I look forward to seeing you all then. Any new singers would be made most welcome.

SAFARI SUPPER

There are still a few vacancies for the informal progressive supper within the Chutes on 9th November in air of FARMAfrica – a charity which gives practical help to poor herding / farming families in Africa.

Each course will be at a different venue, the actual houses only being revealed as the evening progresses. Tickets each £15.

For further information, please phone

David & Elizabeth Bament on 730726.

CHUTE PARISH COUNCIL

There are 4 applications to record:

• 3 Tolleys Cottages, Cadley : To erect a garage.
• 3 Tolleys Cottages, Cadley : To carry out tree work.
• Wansdyke, Upper Chute : To carry out tree work.
• Melbury Cottage, Upper Chute : To carry out tree work.

There are 2 planning application outcomes to record:

• 3 Tolleys Cottages, Cadley : Tree work - Approved
• Lantern Cottage, Upper Chute : demolition and replacement - approved

LAST COUNCIL MEETING

A vote of thanks from your Parish Council for the encouraging turn-out on the 19th September. It is hoped that those who came found the Wiltshire County Council presentation on 'Future Management of Rights of Way' useful and will pass on the gist of this, and the Parish Council's efforts to protect the environment, to those who couldn't make it.

NEXT MEETING OF CHUTE PARISH COUNCIL

Is scheduled for 7.30pm on Thursday 7th September 2002. Venue: Village Hall. Members of the Public are welcome. The Agenda will be displayed at the four Notice Boards around the Parish and the minutes of the previous meeting will be displayed on the Council Notice Board at the Village Hall

David Clark - Clerk to Parish Council

CHUTE FOREST PARISH COUNCIL

Planning:

• Erection of new 5 bedroom house and triple garage at land adjacent to Roundway Lane, Clanville. Mr. & Mrs. M. Percey. Permission refused.
• Permission granted for extension to dwelling and erection of replacement garaging at Merry Lawn, Grove Wood, Chute Cadley. Mr. & Mrs. F. Bovington.

Council have received the Countryside Agency's Draft Map of Registered Common Land and Open Country, Central Southern England. Chute Forest. The only area defined is the Village Green at Lower Chute, and is designated Registered Common Land. The Council agrees with this and will not comment. The map may be seen, by arrangement with the Clerk at Tantanoola, and any comments should be made in writing, to the Country Agency by Midnight, December 3, 2002.

A. Cherrington

Clerk to the Council

ADOPT A PATH

My thanks to the dozen families from the village that have kindly volunteered to “Adopt a Path”. The tentative allotment is over two paths per family. In order not to impose individual burdens, I would like reduce this further so a couple more volunteers are needed before paths are assigned

Please let me know how you can assist.

Bill Shaw 730328

(Footpaths Councillor – Chute Parish Council)

'COUNCIL' HUMOUR

Quote from the 'Isle of Thanet Gazette' :

"A pat on the back to the Council. Whenever we go to Ramsgate, the toilets are clean, and the seats are just right for viewing the sea".

CHUTE WEDNESDAY CLUB

As 2002 marks the 50th Anniversary of The Queen’s Accession to the throne, to celebrate the Golden Jubilee, it was decided to mark the occasion by taking advantage of one of the special events at Buckingham Palace. Accordingly 40 of us travelled by coach on Wednesday, September 18th to take advantage of the opening to the public of The State Rooms of Buckingham Palace. These rooms form the heart of the working palace and are used regularly by the Queen and Royal Family to entertain guests on official, court and ceremonial occasions.

After various security checks we entered the palace by the Ambassadors’ Entrance, a temple like portico of Bath stone on the south side of the palace, leading on through the lower corridor, lined with many important paintings, sculpture and porcelain, into The Grand Hall with a floor and Corinthian columns of white marble and the whole in white and gold decoration. Passing along the magnificent red carpet we arrived at The Grand Staircase, again of white marble, of one straight flight dividing into two arms along the sides. This staircase is one of the principal architectural features of the palace. An arrangement of portraits on the Grand Staircase was devised by Queen Victoria showing her immediate ancestors and relations.

We then entered The Green Drawing Room, which forms the anteroom to the Throne Room, where guests and official visitors gather before being presented to the Queen. This room contains many fine examples of George IV’s collection of French furniture and works of art.

The Throne Room was designed for investitures and ceremonial receptions of dignitaries but in the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign it was used as a ballroom. We then passed through into The Picture Gallery, designed by John Nash for George IV and the paintings hung here are part of one of the finest collections in the world.

Passing on through The Picture Gallery Lobby and The Silk Tapestry Room we entered The East Gallery providing a vast ballroom and a series of galleries for royal processions. Leading off this gallery is The Ball Supper Room and to mark The Queens’ Golden Jubilee an exhibition is being held to show some of the state gifts presented to the Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh by foreign heads of state during the Queen’s fifty-year reign.

Today the Ballroom is regularly used for investitures at which the recipients of honours receive their insignia from The Queen. These insignia, as well as the sword with which The Queen confers knighthoods, are displayed in cases around the room. The Ballroom also forms the setting of the state banquets given by The Queen in honour of visiting heads of state. The Ball Supper Room together with The Ballroom can accommodate up to 600 guests. Passing through the West Gallery we entered The State Dining Room which is used regularly by The Queen for official entertaining, luncheons and formal dinners. On these occasions the tables are set with part of the great collection of silver gilt acquired over many years by George IV.

The Blue Drawing Room is said to be one of the finest rooms in the palace. It was intended to be a ballroom but today guests gather here for drinks before large luncheon parties and grand state and diplomatic occasions.

Next is The Music Room originally known as the Bow Drawing Room which occupies the centre of the garden front of the palace behind the enormous bow window. This is the room where guests, having assembled in The Green Drawing Room, are presented before a dinner or a banquet. Here, too, royal babies are sometimes christened - The Queen’s three eldest children were all baptised here with water brought from the River Jordan.

The White Drawing Room, which contains a secret door beside the fireplace, is where The Royal Family gather before meeting guests in the music room. Like the other staterooms, this room also contains magnificent French furniture acquired by George IV.

Passing down The Ministers’ Staircase, at the foot of which is a magnificent marble group of Mars and Venus by the great Italian sculptor Antonio Canova, we entered The Marble Hall, another most imposing room containing many important pictures, sculpture and furniture and so to The Bow Room, originally intended to be George IV’s library. In this room is a grand Chelsea dinner service commissioned by George III and Queen Charlotte. In 2000 The Bow Room was the setting for a birthday lunch for Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother on the occasion of her hundredth birthday. Today guests at the garden parties pass through this room to enter the garden as we did to make our exit to join our coach.

We then went to Hyde Park where we had a late picnic lunch and so on through the London traffic and home, tired and footsore but well pleased with the fascinating insight of the wonders of Buckingham Palace.

Our next outing is on Wednesday, 16th October when we visit The Wetland Centre at Barnes. This is a new type of visitor attraction - an inspiring wetland landscape stretching over 105 acres almost in the heart of London. Where wildlife, in particular wild birds, find a haven to nest and feed, or to stopover on their long migratory journeys. Thirty wild wetland habitats have been created from reservoir lagoons to ponds, pools, lakes and reedbeds and all are home to a wealth of wildlife. Coach leaves at the usual times. Those who have not booked please do so soon as there are only a few seats left. Non members are welcome to apply but priority must be given to members. Please ring Ann Burden on 730289.

It is with regret that we have to announce the death of one of our past members in the person of Olga Anderson who for many years was our Treasurer. The funeral was on Friday 27th September at St Thomas Church, Tangley.

John Burden

BARN DANCING

We are starting Barn Dancing again on Friday 18th October at Chute Village Hall, 8pm. Please come and join us for a good evening. Bring your own drink and nibbles. Please put this date in your diary.

Barbara Long, 730655

FROM THE EDITORS

The recent notice (in the August Chronicle) and letter (in the September Chronicle) have created considerable debate and controversy – not least amongst the editorial team itself. As a result, the Editors have received a number of complaints about the “political” nature of these pieces, and one of our long serving distributors feels so strongly about this subject that she has resigned - thank you for your efforts over the past years, Margaret (Edwards), they are greatly appreciated.

The Editorial team gave careful consideration to the subject and concluded that the Chronicle should inform the village of events that may be of particular interest to many in the village. Similarly, letters or notices submitted for publication should not normally be censored just because they contain strongly held views with which some may disagree. We will, however, refuse to reproduce anonymous letters, whether on this or any other subject.

But what do you think? What do you want in your village magazine? Should we censor, or refuse to publish, letters that we receive? Should we be selective in what we bring to villagers’ attention? And if so, on what grounds? Those that are defamatory or submitted anonymously, certainly, but where should the line be drawn?

Let us know, and we will do our best to reflect the views of the majority of the villagers – we do, after all, live in a free democracy, where open discussion should be encouraged.

NOVEMBER CHRONICLE

Deadline for the November Chronicle is 23rd October. Copy, electronically if possible please, to Bill Shaw at or to Well Cottage, Chute Cadley (730328).

PLEASE NOTE BILL’S NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS

GARDENING CLUB

Tuesday 15th October – Trees through time in the landscape

An illustrated talk by Michael Lear.

The Sales Table

It is probably time to remind everyone that the Sales Table at the monthly meetings provides the opportunity to buy and to sell plants or plant-related items. The latter can be anything from equipment to books or food, etc. Price tickets should be detachable so that we can calculate individual sales at the end of the evening - the Gardening Club will take 10% of the sale price and the rest is yours. The table has been very sparse of late, so I hope this reminder will encourage you to support the scheme.

Seed Orders

This year we have two options for buying seeds. As usual, we will distribute the Fothergill’s catalogues (probably in November) but, in addition, we are joining forces with the Ludgershall Allotment Society to buy seeds from E.W. King and Co. King’s catalogue includes a huge range of vegetable and flower seeds – but no pictures. The prices work out at slightly less than Fothergills (even with our usual 37% discount). If you would like to see a catalogue please contact either me or David Bament, but please remember that these orders need to be sent in within the first half of October.