At
the time of publication of this month’s newsletter we have not yet found a
venue for the Tintern Seniors’ Christmas Party.
We hope to bring you more news at the beginning of December.
The Christmas
Lights, costing in excess of £1500.00/£2000.00 will go ahead and the lights
will be fixed on the lampposts in Tintern at the beginning of December.
Recently a
‘new’ commercial digital photocopier costing over £600.00 plus maintenance has been
purchased to help continue the production of the Tintern News, a vital organ of
communication in the Village.
The Friends of
Tintern Committee wish to send their thanks to those businesses in the Village
who have made contributions for the purchase of the copier:
Sue and Barry at the Wye Valley
Hotel
Rob and Liz at the Tintern Garage
Bob and Fran at Abbey Gallery and
Studios
Dr. Elizabeth
Colter at the Wye Dean Practice Tintern.
You will see
from the level of costs how desperate we are for donations and support for our
activities to continue. Not for us – for you. To keep you informed and to keep
you involved. To keep our Village together. WE
CANNOT DO ANY OF THIS WITHOUT YOU.
If
you would like to sponsor a Christmas light or to make a donation in support of
the lights or the Newsletter, or to offer help in fund-raising for Friends of
Tintern, please contact Sue Ball on 01291-689629 or Colin Rea on 01291-689479. ER
AUTUMN
SOUP LUNCH
Homemade
Soup & Pudding
£3
Wednesday
12 November
Tintern
Village Hall
12.30 - 2pm
TINTERN COMMUNITY COUNCIL
Minutes
of the meeting of Tintern Community Council held on Monday 29th
September 2008 at 7.00 pm at Tintern Village Hall.
Present: Chairman Cllr Mrs. Shewell. Councillors:
Mrs. Saunders, Mrs. Webb, Hayward, Hoskins, Francis and Mrs.
Greatorex-Davies (Clerk).
Members of the Public: PC Cowburn,
Mr. C. Mackie, Mr. A. Parker, Mrs. H. Taylor, Mr. G. Jones, Mr. J.
Simpson and Mr. R. Woods.
561 Police Report: PC Cowburn gave his report which included a deer
fatality on the A466 south of the village which was not removed for several
days.
562 Apologies: Cllr Smith and Cllr Williams.
563 Declarations of
Interest: Cllr Hayward.
563a Public Forum: Mr. Parker reported on the condition of the road
from Penterry to Tintern. Cllr Shewell
replied that this had been reported a few months ago and we would contact the
MCC again regarding it.
Mr.
Parker also requested that he would like to see a copy of past and present
minutes. It was agreed that this would
be allowed. It is the intention to post
a copy on the Tintern Website in future.
Mrs.
Hazel Taylor and Mr. Gary Jones reported on Mr. Alan Carter’s letter received
at the last meeting and which she had seen a copy of. She read out to those present her reply and
gave us a copy. Apparently the main
concern in the letter is the amount of water coming down Rocky Road. Their reasons for changing the drive are
because of its steepness and planning permission was obtained.
Mr.
Roger Woods gave a report from Fryers Wharf Committee:-
They had met Pam Lloyd re grants, etc and
agreed to keep in touch.
Also saw Andrew Blake from the AONB.
Also Sue Middleton, co-ordinator for
Overlooking the Wye but they have no money
left.
Had contacted all boat
owners.
Contacted Matthew Fox, Welsh Water, but he
did not want to see him – sent him
a letter.
564 Minutes of the meeting of 1st
September 2008
were approved and signed.
565 Planning Applications: Removal of Condition 9 Barbadoes
Cottage.
566 Approval
of Accounts for Payment:
N. Hoskins £30.00
PlaySafety Ltd £81.80
Childline £50.00
AONB Trip (Cllrs Shewell &
Saunders) £18.00
Ann Webb Clerk’s Expenses £40.91
567 Correspondence:
MCC
re Recycling, etc – passed to Chairman to make contact. One Voice Wales – Cllr
Shewell & Francis will try to go. MCC re new website – Cllr Francis to test.
Janet
Haines re training clerks/members – Clerk to contact her and ask where next
course is. Cllr Shewell proposed Clerk
write and accept the bursary and go on a course and also ask on behalf of
councillors. Cllr Saunders seconded.
MCC
re Charity Evening – Clerk to write and decline with thanks.
MCC
re review of taxi ranks – note changes.
MCC re Highways Feedback – passed to Cllr
Hoskins
MCC
re Cabinet Meeting – nothing of interest to us.
MCC
re Planning Training – Cllr Francis would like to go on 21st
November. Clerk to ask Cllr Williams if
he would like to attend too.
ARCS
– filing only.
Local
Health Board re AGM – filing, received too late.
CAB
re AGM – filing, received too late.
568 Updates from previous
meeting:
Cycle
Track – Clerk had written to Sustrans but not yet had acknowledgement. Agreed to write again asking them to advise us of current
situation. Cllr Francis reported
that he had had
a meeting for Tintern Business Community Development Association and met with
Sustrans a couple of weeks ago.
Apparently the whole scheme hinges on being able to construct a bridge
across the river opposite Tintern Station and they have £75,000 to spend on
this.
569 Beaufort Cottage: Cllr Saunders brought up the poor state of this
property which is owned by Cadw. It was
felt that we should ask them to tidy it up.
Cllr Webb felt it would make a good Tourist Information Centre. Cllr Saunders proposed we write to Cadw and
say we are not happy with its condition.
Cllr Hayward seconded.
570 Abbotswood: At an earlier meeting it had been queried
what building works were going on there but we never had a response to our
letter to MCC. Cllr Hoskins proposed we
write again and Cllr Saunders seconded.
571 Report from meeting re Fryers
Wharf:
Cllrs
Shewell, Francis & Hayward went to the meeting. The Chairman and Vice-Chairman had been told
to set up a proper body to look into it which they were doing.
572 South-East Wales Transport
Plan: Cllr Saunders has the paperwork for the last
plan.
573 Condition of over-hanging
branches over roads: Many are over-hanging
throughout the village and Cllr Shewell reported that a member of the public
had complained about the condition of the road.
The Council are supposed to ask owners to cut back if over-hanging and
if they do not will do it themselves and charge the householder accordingly.
The exit from Sylvan View is particularly bad.
Cllr Shewell proposed and Cllr Saunders seconded writing to MCC and Cllr
Webb suggested addressing it to Mark Watkins as he is supposed to be looking
into the matter. She will remind
him. A meeting with two council members
was also suggested by Cllr Shewell (Cllrs. Saunders and Hoskins offered). Clerk to write letter.
574 Dustbin Lorries in Sylvan
View: Sue Ball had sent a report into
the meeting to be read out in her absence, one of which was about insufficient
parking in Sylvan View and also inability to turn in the road. This is mainly because there are too many
vehicles parked in Sylvan View. The
small piece of land at the end by the old allotments could be used but would
probably be too expensive. Cllr Hoskins reported
that when the old-peoples bungalows were built MCC should have reinstated the
road to Roger Woods but this was never done.
Agreed that Clerk write to Monmouthshire Housing Association and ask if
they could address the parking problems in SylvanView.
575 Forestry Commission Tree
slipping: Cllr Shewell proposed and Cllr
Hoskins seconded that clerk writes to the Forestry Commission (R. Gable) and
ask them to remove the felled trees and repair the promenade fence.
576 Rose & Crown Gabion
Baskets: Cllr Saunders reported that these
will be fine given time.
577 Pavement
Near Brockweir Bridge Subsiding: Clerk to write to MCC
Highways and draw their attention to it.
578 Barbadoes Hill Pond: There are various concerns regarding the proposals
to dig a pond at this property. Cllr
Saunders said that if it is dug in the field this is an SSI and they should be
informed. Cllr Shewell advised that MCC
Planning should be advised as if it is of a size large enough to warrant a
planning application they should be informed given the sensitive structure of
the hillside. Clerk to write to them.
579 Green Shed at Fryers
Wharf: Cllr Hayward reported that the
Vicar had not had a reply to enquiries she had made about who owned the
equipment kept in the shed. TCC own it
but don’t know who holds a key. Clerk to
ring Rev. Hill and enquire who holds the key and who is using it.
580 Clerk’s Contract: To be discussed at end of meeting.
581 Signage for Tintern
Church: Cllr Francis reported that the
Wye Valley Hotel are happy for us to put a sign up on
their property. Clerk to write back to
Rev.Hill and say that new signage is going to be put at several points
throughout the village and the Church will be included in this. Cllr Shewell said that the Footpaths Officer
should maintain the Wye Valley Footpath Notice and clerk to write to Matthew
Lewis, Countryside Officer. Regarding
the Brown Tourist Signs – inform Rev. Hill that she should write to Rick
Longford regarding this and inform him we will support her. Clerk also to inform her she should speak to
Kate Arnold regarding dog owners responsibilities. Finally inform her that unfortunately our
constitution does not allow us to make specific contributions towards repairs
and restoration of the Church but we will help in any other way.
582 Refuse Bins Botany Bay: Clerk not had a reply to her letter to MCC. She was asked to write to C. Jones and ask
for a response.
583 Reports from outside bodies:
Village
Hall – no representative present.
Llandogo
School – no representative present.
Friends
of Tintern – Cllr Hoskins advised us that there was a meeting that night and we
are to expect a letter in response to our request following our last meeting.
Tintern
Business Forum – Cllr Saunders attended a meeting and reported that all is very
positive. They are forming a proper
association to apply for grants. Cllr
Francis said they had applied for £4000 to cover the cost of signs and maps.
Gloucester
Harbour Trustees – Cllr Shewell had received a letter from them and the Clerk
was asked to write back to them and notify them that Cllr Francis is the
appointed representative and ask for details of the meeting in November.
Reports
from Sub-Committees:
Finance
– On this committee at present are Cllrs Shewell & Saunders. Cllr Shewell proposed Cllr Hayward join them
and Cllr Hoskins seconded. They will be meeting
again before the next meeting and report back.
Cllr Shewell passed around a provisional assessment of figures to be
discussed at the October meeting. Cllr
Webb reported that she had spoken to the Auditor and this was in hand.
Business
& Tourism – They have not had a formal meeting but Cllr Francis asked what
TCC’s plan is for it. Cllr Shewell felt
that they ought to have another meeting before the TCC’s next meeting.
Survey
2006 – Cllr Hoskins advised that Cllr Floyd had said that the sub-committee had
met and having received the information they had perused it. They are having another meeting to discuss
their plan.
Fryers
Wharf – Dealt with earlier in agenda under public forum.
584 Any Other Business: Filing Cabinet – Problems had been encountered
having this delivered to the new Clerk.
Cllr Shewell reported that it had been delivered to her house.
She
thanked Mr. Gregory for delivering it.
Sue
Ball sent a note with several concerns:-
Items
5 & 6 already discussed earlier in the agenda.
Items
1 & 2 – Cllr Hayward reported that someone is clearing the drains. Simon Morgan has complained about the drain
collapsing.
Clerk
to write to Martin Evans, Drainage Officer re Items 1, 2 & 4.
Item
3 – Clerk to write to Forestry Commission and ask them to restore the hillside
following logging activities.
585 Date of next Meeting: Monday 27th October 2008 at 6.30 p.m.
There
being no further business the meeting closed at 9.10 pm. A private session followed when the new
Clerk’s contract was discussed.
There
was a very good turn out at the monthly meeting of the Tintern Village Produce
Association to hear Ray Flashman’s talk on “Clocks and Time”. Ray brought along with him several examples
of time-keeping and, to ensure he kept within his speaking time, he lit a
candle (a very old method of time-keeping), set a large Egg-timer going and
also wound up a clockwork timer. He also
brought examples of various watches. He
went on to explain how important clocks were to navigation and showed photographs
of various competition winners at the time they first came into use to
calculate longitude.
Members
of course had many questions following the talk.
The
next Tintern VPA meeting will be in the Village Hall on Friday 21st
November at 7.30pm. with a talk by Mrs K Jenkins on
“Beatrix Potter’s Lake District”. The
competition will be a photograph of “A Garden Feature”.
Any
new members will be made very welcome. CB
The
speaker who had been booked to talk on “Scrapbooking” at the October meeting
unfortunately had to cancel. So at the
last moment Jan Gibbard very kindly gave an illustrated talk on her recent trip
to many different places in China. The
members thoroughly enjoyed being transported to another country and Jan was
thanked for a very interesting afternoon.
WI
business followed a delicious tea and there was lively discussion on recycling.
Several people offered to help with the soup lunch on Wednesday 12th
November in Tintern Village Hall. The profits from the November soup lunch will
be donated to Tintern Village Hall. Many members helped, serving tea, coffee
and biscuits, at the recent Flu Clinic when £88 was raised for the St. David’s
Foundation charity. On Saturday 22nd
November members will be baking cakes again for the Christmas Bazaar where we
will run a cake stall and serve teas.
The profits from the cake stall and serving teas will be shared between
St Michael’s Church in Tintern and Tintern WI.
The
next monthly meeting of Tintern WI will be on Monday 17th November
at 2.00pm. in Tintern Village Hall. We will have an afternoon of Christmas
Crafts. Anyone interested in joining us
then will be made very welcome.
CB
It’s been nicked!
Mostly
we proceed with a way of life, taking much for granted and, being peaceful and
trusting, pass over. Then one day it’s gone. I know it
was there, I passed it going to Chepstow, on the right hand side of the road
between Reddings Farm and the quarry. I mentioned the loss of this in the
village here and there, having to explain in depth
what has been nicked, and also reported it to two Tintern Community
Councillors. To date, I’ve had no
feedback but I’m sure that one day I will have a reply on this issue. If this
was about A-boards and such, County Hall would be snowed under with phone
calls, emails or whatever by two Community Councillors.
It
was not too long ago when we lost St Mary’s Church so it could happen again.
The nicked item is a stone trough, listed at Monmouthshire County Council. If
I’ve got my facts right, it was removed from its place during recent work by
the Council to put a new storm drain under the A466 main road.
Please contact your Tintern Community Councillors to have this Linenwell trough re-sited – alongside the main road at Upper Linenwell Wood.I have taken action. Please support. Do your bit.
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Quayside Bungalows,Tintern, NP16 6SZ
Project
Update
The
archaeological discussions have finally been resolved with an agreement to dig
4 small trial pits in the leats that TAP propose to
use. The first 2 will be commenced in early November. The results of these digs
will enable GGAT to make a decision as to whether or not TAP will be allowed to
install the pipe along the line of the leat.
The
remaining surveys required by the Environment Agency have been completed during
October. They are the aquatic invertebrates survey,
the crayfish survey and the water vole survey. Reports of the findings will be
issued in November.
It
is now more than 12 months since TAP started measuring water flow rates. Apart
from occasional days in June, July and August, the flow rate has been
consistently above the minimum likely to be specified by the Environment
Agency. Regular measurements will continue and will be posted on the web page.
The Friday Market Bus – is in danger of being lost through disuse.
The market bus
leaves Tintern at 10.00am on Friday mornings.
The bus stop is by the Royal George Hotel on the road to Raglan. It travels via Pontysysan and then comes down
and stops stops on the Trelleck Road close to the Wye Valley Hotel at about
10.30am, travelling
on via Llandogo, Redbrook and Wyesham to arrive in Monmouth at about
11.00am. The return journey is from
Monmouth Bus Station at 1 –1.15pm. The
fare is £1.30 return, children 65p, seniors with a bus
pass travel free.
The bus can be
requested to stop for people to get on an off – but not on the regular bus
route, from Chepstow to Monmouth – small detours can be made just off the main
road.
My
name is Geoffrey Greenham I am the son of Alice Hallet of Parva Springs. My
Father Royston Hallet (Roy) passed away this year, after a long and painful
illness. Many people may remember him for the dolls house he built, which I
believe was on show in Tintern, My mother Alice Hallet has now unfortunately
developed vascular dementia and has had to go in a Nursing Home near Bath to be
closer to her family. She wishes to say goodbye and is very sorry and saddened
on leaving Tintern and her many friends especially her neighbours Bernard,
Christine, Ken and Rita.
There will be
an open day on November the 18th to sell the contents of the house, 12
Parva Springs. It would make my Mother very happy if at least some of her
memories and possessions remained in Tintern.
Geoff Greenham
Daisy Morgan
I would like
to thank everyone who attended My Mum’s funeral - Our Mum’s funeral. And to thank you all for the flowers and donations received (amount
not yet know). I was overwhelmed with the amount of cards I received, as
were my two brothers Ken and Geoff with those they received.
It’s obvious
we are going to miss my mum (our mum) very much. She was loved very much by all her family and
also by a lot of other people.
My mum was
well known in the communities of Tintern, Chepstow and surrounding areas. Just
today I was asked by one of the girls on the till at Tesco “where’s that lady who is always with
you?”
Mum always
made the effort to attend all fund raising events in the Village.
Mum loved her
bingo. She and her friend Ruby would travel to Newport each Saturday on the bus
to play bingo, have lunch and then meet her family afterwards at the Rose and
Crown in Tintern.
Daisy enjoyed
her life and was very proud of her family.
There are not
now many locals/characters left in the Village. So it is my age group that are
becoming the ‘characters’.
Can I just say
thanks to all my friends that have helped with various things and rallied around.
My mum – our
mum – had 10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
We have had
four deaths in the family within the last 8 months. It is going to be very hard
seeing someone else live in my mum’s house, as she had been it for 50 years.
So missed – so
loved. Daisy Morgan.
Sue Ball.
St.
Michael’s Church
- Cleaning Rota - fortnight beginning:
3rd
November Tintern WI
17th
November Carole Evans
1st
December Trudy and Nina Phelps
29th
December Elspeth and Karen
12th
January Janet, Sue and Barbara
Church Services – United Benefice of Tintern and Llandogo with Whitebrook
St. Oudoceus Church, Llandogo –
Communion Service 9.00am every Sunday - Rev. John Dearnley
'Worship
and Junior Church, Kids for Christ, led by the music group at Llandogo Village
Hall at 10.45a.m.
under the direction of Rev'd John Dearnley and the
Parish Ministry Team.'
Everyone
is warmly invited to all of these services.
Tintern Pentecostal Church - every Sunday at 11:00am and 6:00pm and every Wednesday at 7:30pm
Tintern
Youth Club every Wednesday from 6.30 – 8.00pm – Village Hall.
Wednesday
11th November –
Bingo at the Anchor from 7.30pm
Monday
17th November – WI – 2.00pm – Village Hall
Friday
21st November – VPA 7.30pm – Village Hall
Saturday
22nd November – Friends of Tintern and St.Michael’s Church Christmas
Bazaar – 2.00pm – 4.30pm
Tintern
Village Hall - Bookings can be made by contacting the committee at: Tintern.hall@yahoo.co.uk OR Ring: 07512 856024.
Catbrook Memorial Hall – Events
Saturday
8th November, 2-5 pm - Singing Workshop led by Harmony Bee. Do you fancy
an afternoon of singing in a relaxed friendly atmosphere? No musical
experience or knowledge required as the songs
are taught by ear (no need to read music). Refreshments provided. £10 adults. £7 concession.
Contact Sheila on 01291-689281 if you are interested.
Sunday 9th November at 3 pm - Remembrance Day Service.
Saturday
6th December at 7.30 pm - Festive Wine Evening by Peter and Carole Ayling.
Tuesday/Wednesday 16th or 17th December - The Narth Singers
at 7.30 pm (confirmation of which night at Catbrook next month).
21st
December - Carol Service.
New Year's Eve Disco/Dance with Sam's Motion Music.
17th
January 2009 - Caldicot Male Voice Choir.
Art for Africa Exhibition 2009 will be held the first weekend of July.
Coffee Mornings held on the third Tuesday of each month at 10.30 am. All
welcome.
Yoga Classes with Ruth Routh on Tuesday evenings and Thursday mornings.
Contact her for details if interested on 01600-860648.
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However, it will reserve the right to edit any contributions in order to
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