Local News for residents of Stratton and Baunton for August 2023. Please send your contributions for future editions of Stratton News to NIkki Cox on strattonnews@gmail.com.

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Stratton & Baunton Horticultural Society
Cirencester Gardening Club
www.cirencestersgardeningclub.co.uk
Stratton Annual
Horticultural Show
20th
AUGUST 2023
from 1.30pm
at
Stratton School and Village Halls
Schedules and entry forms from the
Spar shop, Stratton
More details on page 5

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Contact Chris Gorton 654404
CIRENCESTER LADIES PROBUS CLUB
We meet in St Peter's Court, St Peter's Road
Our next mee ng is on Tuesday, 16 August 2022, 12 - 1pm
All welcome to join us for a coffee then an interes ng talk:
‘A Walk along the Thames Path from the source towards Oxford’
by Bill King.
Further information from Anne Collins: 01285 653293.
The Tuesday Group
Our Annual Ou ng on 4th
July this year was a day in Stra ord upon Avon:
unfortunately a er weeks of sunshine it turned out to be a very damp, wet day but
everyone s ll managed to have an enjoyable me. Many people went on a boat trip
along the canal, or took a tour around Stra ord on the Hop on Hop Off. In the
Theatre there was an exhibi on of costumes, so there were s ll lots of things to do
even if it was a wet day, and also there were many shops in Stra ord for people to
look around.
We do not have a mee ng in August. Many people will be away on holiday so the
mee ngs start again on September 5th
when we will be entertained by Mr Nicholas
Herbert who is going to give a talk on Georgian Cirencester Trade and Travel.
Do come and join us on these monthly Tuesday evenings to socialise and be
entertained. We also have a sales table which has many items, that have been
donated, on sale to help raise funds for the church. You are most welcome to
donate items to this table if you wish.
The Tuesday Group meet at Stra on Village Hall on the first Tuesday of the month.
7.00 for start at 7.30pm. Admission is £3.00. All are most welcome – men and
women, young and old – so do come along and bring a friend. For further
informa on contact Judith Wood 01285 652713 or Gill Keen 01285 652069

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Impelling Art - August 19th - September 3rd
at Cirencester Parish Church
Do come along and view our
Summer Exhibition
There will be lots of lovely
paintings to see, and to buy!
www.cirencesterartsociety.com
Cotswold Hare
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Tel: 0754 550 3684
W ’ O A
Uighur Herdsmen Racing—Tony Hardware
STRATTON VILLAGE HALL
Rural Cinema
SHE SAID
Thursday, August 24th
2023. 7.00 - 7.30 p.m.
Cast: Zoe Kazan, Carry Mulligan, Patricia Clarkson, Lola Petticrew, Katherine
Laheen, Emma O'Connor, Tom Pelphrey, Dalya Knapp, Emery Ellis Harper, Adam
Shapiro, James Austin Johnson,Katie Nisa, Andre Braugher, Frank Wood,
Sarah Ann Masse, Mike Spara, Traci Wolfe, Sujata Eyrick
Director: Maria Schrader
Two-time Academy Award nominee Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman. An
Education) and Emmy nominee Zoe Kazan (The Plot Against America. The Big
Shock) star as New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, who
together broke one of the most important stories in a generation - a story
that shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in
Hollywood and impelled a shift in American culture that continues to this day.
Ticket: £3.00. Run time: 2 hrs 6 mins. Cert: 15

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Applications are invited once again by the Trustees for
grants in aid of persons under the age of 25 years who is, or
whose parents are, resident in the Ecclesiastical Parishes of
Stratton with Baunton, and who require financial help towards
the cost of preparing for a profession or trade or in furthering
their education, or in providing group facilities for recreation and
social and physical training.
Individual applicants might wish to apply for a grant to help with the cost of
textbooks or equipment, for example, which they need for a college course.
For an application form, please contact Mrs C Bramley:
e: corinna.bramley2@gmail.com
Completed applications should be returned by 20th
September 2023.
Stratton Educational Foundation

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Cirencester’s Gardening Club
Stratton & Baunton Horticultural Society
cirencestergardeningclub.co.uk
In July, the club met for a coffee morning and sweet pea display. Normally the best
me for these flowers, we have found the growing season this year very patchy,
but that is the gardener’s lot – it changes each year so always a challenge. How-
ever, we were able to put on a small display - the pastel shades and wonderful
scent a delight to see and smell.
In August, it’s our last event for the season, before we re-start our monthly
mee ngs with a speaker on Thursday 14th
September 2023. We are looking
forward to our Annual Show, which will be our 45th
- see details below.
Meanwhile, there are plenty of local gardens open to visit under the Na onal
Garden Scheme. Please check the website: www.ngs.org.uk for up to date
informa on at such as :
· 3rd
August Charlton Down House, Tetbury GL8 8TZ 1-5pm
· 6th
August Highnam Court, Gloucester GL2 8DP 11-4.30pm
· 14th
August Ki sgate Court, Chipping Campden GL55 6LN 12-6pm
· 20th
August Bourton House Garden, Bourton -on-the-hill GL56 9AE 10-5pm
RHS top ps for August :
Ø Prune wisteria to improve the flowering display and keep under control
Ø Collect seed from garden plants
Ø Pot up strawberry plant runners
Ø Keep ponds and water features topped up.
Our next event will be our 45th
Annual Show
on Sunday 20th
August 2023 at Stra on Village Hall.
Doors open for viewing from 1.30pm a er the judging takes place behind closed
doors in the morning, a prize draw and refreshments available.
The show is open to everyone, with 64 different classes to choose from and 8
sec ons, which are for vegetables, flowers, members only, photographs, home
economics, floral art, handicra ’s and children.
We aim to show what we grow – not grow to show: the classes are judged with
winners awarded prize monies and, in some classes, trophies as well.
Show schedules, lis ng the classes and entry forms are available at the Stra on
Spar store, or visit our website, www.cirencestergardeningclub.co.uk
Whatever the weather throws at us, we are hopeful for another successful show!
Our new club season starts on Thursday 14th
September, 7.30pm
at Stra on Village Hall. All are welcome

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Chris Tovey, a member of the Stratton
Association committee, had great
pleasure in presenting the Stratton
Association Community award to Amie
Nelmes, a Stratton resident.
Amie produces all the beautiful craft work
that appears on the post box outside
Stratton Stores. Her latest work
commemorates 75 years of the NHS.
Congratulations Amie, we cannot wait to
see what comes next!
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Le : Hallowe’en Night
KNITTING IN
CELEBRATION OF….
Father Christmas down
the chimney!!!

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Le :
King Charles’
Corona on
Right:
75 years
of the NHS
KNITTING BY
AMIE NELMES,
A STRATTON
RESIDENT, IN
CELEBRATION
OF….

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Sunday 6th
August: 9.30am Holy Communion with Revd David Minns
Sunday 13th
August: 9.30am Celtic Worship with Beth and Patrick
Sunday 20th
August: 9.30am Big Breakfast Bash outside at Stratton
CofE Primary School with the Revd’s David
and Janet (full details in poster below….
Later - at 4.30pm Choral Evensong in St Peter’s Church
with the Revd’s David and Janet
Sunday 27th
August: 11.00am Holy Communion with Revd David Minns
Sunday 6th
August: 9.30am Holy Communion with Mark Venn
(by extension)
ST PETER’S CHURCH, STRATTON
... AND IN ST MARY MAGDALENE, BAUNTON

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