Author: stpetrock1

The inaugural meeting of the Poetry Group will be next Thursday 15th February from 2pm – 3.30pm in St Petrock’s Church, Timberscombe. All are most welcome to come along and join in. It is intended that the Poetry Group meet on the third Thursday of each month.

We will work from a book entitled ‘By Heart : 101 Poems to Remember’ edited by Ted Hughes and published by Faber. Ideally everyone will have their own copy but there will be no problem with sharing either!

I look forward to seeing you there – Allan Sutton

Next Wednesday – 7th February at 7pm in The Lion Inn

Everyone involved needs to be there as this will be the last big get together before the Reveal! Please bring everything you have done with your square – finished or not. Also, if you have changed your mind about it, or feel it’s not for you, don’t worry. We can re-allocate the square, just speak to me next Wednesday. If you are struggling with anything we can help and guide you. Just ask and we can maybe buddy you up so you can achieve a result you are happy with. Simply ask!

Look forward to seeing you all. Many thanks, Adele.

Timberscombe village and parish magazine – relaunched February 2024 – please renew or sign up now.

This new monthly version of the Dunkery Tidings is available whether by an annual payment of £6 (due now), or a one-off purchase at 60p per copy from the Post Office.

Our aim is to make the Dunkery Tidings a really useful one-stop guide to village businesses as well as events happening and news from our school, village hall, Parish Council, The Lion Inn, St Petrock’s Church, Good Neighbours, The Old Dairy and elsewhere. Useful contacts are also regularly included.

This is complementary to village information available online https://timberscombevillage.com/

Thank you to Tom Sperling for a wonderful new front cover illustration.

We have a number of new adverts for local businesses and are still looking to increase business entries to make this list as comprehensive as possible. We are very grateful to all our advertisers for showing wonderful support for our village magazine.

If you have anything you would like to contribute, please contact Lynn Davidge, Editor, at dunkerytidings@gmail.com

Thank you – Lynn Davidge, Jenny Gratton, Kate Hart and Marion Jeffrey

I have been asked by a number of people if I could organise a group to extend the work begun with the Advent Event and other readings I have organised here.  The focus will be on understanding poetry as “language in performance”, as something to be read aloud, to be experienced rather than merely understood.  After all, nobody ever asks the “meaning” of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony or The Girl With a Pearl Earing but they move us just the same.

The group will be open to all ranges of experience.  All you will need is an open mind, an ability to feel the power and beauty of language and a willingness to explore these in a group of like-minded fellows in a beautiful building with a lovely accoustic.

I have over thirty year’s teaching experience, coached for the RADA Shakespeare Qualification, and was involved with the Shakespeare Schools Festival for ten years.  I don’t know all the answers but I have a range of useful and effective questions gathered over the years and would be glad to share them as they have enriched my life in good times and bad.

St Petrock’s Church is offering Thursday afternoons for the group.  If you would be interested please get a message to me regarding your interest and the possible frequency of meetings.  I shall be at the Thursday morning Warm Welcome on the first Thursday of February.  I shall not be asking for any money for the meetings but  St Petrock’s would appreciate a donation for the upkeep and heating of the church.

Allan Sutton