Kemble/Somerford Keynes/Poole Keynes

Pat Ayres

ayrescares50@gmail.com 

FIRST on a personal note my husband Brian and myself have just come back from visiting France and Belgium as we took part in the Royal British Legion GP90 Pilgrimage marching the same route as the soldiers who left at the end of WW1. In 1928 11,000 WW1 veterans and war widows visited the battlefields and also marched that route culminating in a parade and ceremony at the Commonwealth War Graves commission's Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres.

Exactly 90 years on that's what we were part of with 54 coaches picking up over two thousand representatives i.e. Standard Bearers and wreath bearers from around the UK to make their way across the channel for this most moving and emotional journey and experience.

All the representatives were funded by their legion branches/parish councils and generous donations.

We would like to sincerely thank our supporters as we considered it a great honour to acknowledge all those names that are engraved on our parishs' war memorials to say thankyou on behalf of the communities we were representing.   

SUNDAY services being held are at 9.30am in Kemble Family Holy Communion  when Tony Ferris will give a short talk on the work of the Entrust Kenya (Dominic Opaka). In Poole Keynes at 9.30am a Family Service. At 11am in Somerford Keynes an All Age Service takes place. Tony Ferris church warden on 770756 can provide further details and sponsor forms if you would like to take part in the Gloucestershire Historic Trust ride and stride on Saturday September 8th. 

THE Walker family (three generations) would love you to visit their Model Railway Exhibition - Kings Cross (N gauge) in the late 1950's and Choo-choo railway at Frampton Mansell village hall over this weekend of 18th/19th open from 10am until 4.30pm. Entrance just £3 with accompanied children free. All proceeds to Railway Children, a charity for street children. 

A STORY from the past - 100 years ago, as reported in this newspaper:- At Northleach Petty sessions, Thomas Edgington, Cocklebury Cottages, Aldsworth was summoned by his next door neighbour, Sarah Ann Ayres, a married woman, for assault.

The trouble arose over complainant's chickens. High words passed and Mrs Ayres alleged that she received two blows from the defendant, one on the arm and the other under the right breast. In consequence of the latter blow she had to wean her five-months-old-child.

Defendant called his wife and daughter as witnesses, and it was admitted that he pushed complainant twice owing to her behaviour to his son. A fine of 10shillings was imposed. (Sarah was the grand mother of my husband.)