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Gardners’ Club
YES .. .. we know !
Time has stood still in Chaddesley (for a long while) - since March 2023.
The
3’
long
Minute
Hand
snapped
off
the
church
clock
and
impaled
itself
in
the
ground
below
(like
an
arrow
fired,
presumably,
from the Robin Hood pub in Drayton ?).
Well,
a
new
one
has
been
made
..
and
fitted
!
..
and
other
necessary
work
done
on
the
mechanism;
so
..
its
now
up
to
Leo
to
keep it wound and ticking.
During
this
interval
time
(pun
intended)
the
other
three
faces
still
showed
the
right
time
(leaving
some
to
suggest
that
being
‘two-faced’ is nothing new).
August
No meeting this month with so many enjoying their well-earned holidays.September
Our meeting on Wednesday 11th September will receive a talk by Robin Pearce - he of ‘World’s End Garden’ - on the topic of “Crazy Daisies”
Women’s Institute
Our July meeting had, as its guest speaker, Jackie Oakley, who spoke of the next leg of her sailing voyage from Panama to New Zealand - of small Pacific islands, of medical emergencies, and of her love for the islands of her final destination .. all brought vividly to life. Cakes and tea followed and were accompanied by reminiscences of past trips and expeditions. No August meeting planned before we reconvene on Wednesday 4th September for an ‘Open Meeting’, where our guest speaker will be Meriet Duncan on the topic of “The Queen Bee” of the Honourable Honey-bees.
Farmers Weekly
As that celebrated journal Farmers Weekly celebrates 90 years of publishing, we take a nostalgic look back to the days of TVO (tractor vaporizing oil) .. ? pneumatic tyres .. ! and the game-changing Three-Point Linkage .. !! Thousands of responses to it’s question .. “Name the outstanding Tractor of the past 100 years” were received and assessed .. and the results are ‘In’ ..Overall Winner
Ferguson TW20
The ‘little grey Fergie’ (1946) which brought ‘modern’ farming within reach of the average farmer. 2 litre, 20hp, 4-cylinder engine with 4-speed manual transmission.Runners Up
Massey 135
Ford 6600
1964 - 2.5 litre,45hp 3 cylinder diesel 1975 - 4.2 litre, 4 cylinder engine with a six-speed transmission with with 16-speed transmission 2 reverse gears
Local Nature Recovery Strategy
Chaddesley Corbett Endowed Primary School
AIM: to increase access to nature, to improve flood mitigation, and capture and store carbon The school has started discussions with pupils about what this means to them .. ie dropping litter shows disrespect to both friends and neighbours. The pupils have produced posters which will be displayed around the parish. These are by Eliza and Lenny (click to enlarge). Over the summer holidays the pupils were taking photos of the nature that they discover in gardens, parks and nature reserves which they will use during the Autumn term.
