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FRESHFORD & LIMPLEY STOKE SUMMER FETE

From 2pm Saturday June 13th Freshford Village Hall Field

Bucking Bronco Games Family Fun Children's Activities Refreshments

Tug of War Live Music Books Barbecue with licensed bar from 2pm

Admission 50p Extra Parking at St Mary's Church Car Park

Members of the Fete Committee will be out and about knocking on doors over the weekend of June 6th and 7th between 6.00 and 8.00pm collecting any welcome donations of bottles for the bottle tombola stall.

Donations of bottles can also be left with Candy Harrison, The Yard, High Street, Freshford.

Thank you for your support.

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A small part of a magnificent stone wall Freshford Somerset

A Freshford wall -a Masterpiece

 

NEW ITEMS

Sat Nav preferred roads

Why does Navteq a multibillion dollar company want to direct traffic through Freshford to Bath via two roads, actually lanes (ie for illiterate lorry drivers (truckers, I don't mean that truckers are the illiterate subset of the group "lorry drivers" only that "truckers" and "lorry drivers" or for that matter HGV drivers (some) dont seem to realise that "lane" means - read on)) "lane" means a "narrow country lane".

Well they don't, Navteq do not want to misdirect drivers, why would they? But that is what they are doing, at least on my MS AutoRoute system (brilliant! Congratulations Microsoft for a great program at a sensible price)

To get back to the instructions to the driver, the route directs the vehicle to drive up Rosemary lane and then use Ashes lane to get to the A36. read more

Weight control the facts (not an ad!)

I have added an article and also a tool to manage calorie consumption. After all, that is basically what weight control requires. read more

 SHARED SPACE AND FRESHFORD SCHOOL

A new article has been published  on the danger to Freshford children of the implementation of this concept in Freshford from speeding motorists. Read it here.

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School Report

St Laurence School -pupils not doing homework? forum article

♫ because. . . its not being set ?

 

Freshford Somerset: an Introduction

Freshford is in 2009 a village dating back a thousand years or more.  Some of the property in the village is located in Wiltshire and some in Bath and North-East Somerset (known as BANES). This affects the choice of secondary school for parents, and splits up children who have grown up together in their primary school.

 The children should be able to continue their education together when they leave the primary school where they have grown up together.  Unfortunately, this division of Freshford between Wiltshire and Somerset (B&NES) is not the result of some recent skulduggery, yet its affects extend into the 21st Century. The ghosts continue to extend their influence into the time when people are free to use their intelligence, rather than witchcraft or be bound by land divisions created by the church, or the Normans. And guess what; it is the ghosts that rule. Why can't parents choose the nearest school to where they live? Parental Choice of School  Apart from the educational issues which are important to Freshford, the village is arguably the finest village in this part of the west country. This website includes many photographs that record the attractive nature not only of the village but also its beautiful setting. The parish website is: Freshford Village

To provide due respect for the work of nature and man, some photographs will be published that are of a much greater resolution than would be normally seen on a website. 

Freshford in the 21st Century

WHAT CAN WE DO?

Wouldn't it be nice to have a local  ice rink close to Bath or Trowbridge?

Well, we will NOT have that opportunity unless we can challenge a report by a Scottish consultant who carried out a secret survey for Wiltshire, correction West Wiltshire that rejects a need for an ice rink in West Wiltshire. Did you know about this report? No? I am not surprised, as I am involved in ice skating, (National Adult skater Bronze medal 2002)  and I did not know! Read the full story

Support Phil Packer to raise £1 million in support of Help for Heroes

 Major Phil Packer was injured in an incident following a rocket attack in Basra on 19 Feb 08. Sadly, as a result of the accident he lost the use of his legs and is now a paraplegic with what are classed as catastrophic injuries. He was originally told he would never walk again, however there have been positive improvements and it is his aspiration to walk the Flora London Marathon on the 26th April this year over a two week period on crutches. (which he has completed) He attends Headley Court every other month where the Medical Team assists him in physical rehabilitation. Read more


Sat Nav: unwanted traffic problem and its solution

Surely if a company instructs a HGV to follow a route (that leads through Freshford or another village) that must involve the driver of that vehicle in committing an offence then that company be it: Tele Atlas, TomTom, Garmin, Navteq or other Sat Nav mapping company is guilty of Incitement? Well if not, then at least morally, they have an obligation to devise a means to warn the driver. read more Another article The Extent of the SATNAV Problem has been updated (1st May 2009) and will be further updated as more information is found.

Nokia were given the green light by the Europian Commission to buy NAVTEQ in July 2008 they paid over eight billion USD for it!

Freshford Community shop: thieves strike

Hardly as the lead for the roof been expertly fitted -I have not even managed to post photos of recent progress yet - than thieves took the lead away. Hopefully, villagers will  keep a watchful eye on people that are coming and going and phone the police if they see anything suspicious. And perhaps forestall further thefts from our new community shop before it is even completed.

Perhaps it's also time for a video surveillance camera to be mounted on the Freshford Memorial Hall?

Rubbish Not collected! Not our fault!

Rubbish: what we can't recycle. But the fortnightly collection is NOT working. Even the West Wiltshire Councy Council is confused!! rubbish collection at a price!

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Please note that all of these photographs are copyright. You may print photos only for your own personal use.

B&NES have published an excellent appraisal of Freshford and the neighbouring hamlet of Sharpstone. Appraisal An Adobe PDF reader is required to view the document - obtain one here Download  Warning: 33mb download, only use broadband.

 

News: 

Freshford new community shop photos

I have completed adding photos of our new community shop and post office which is to be named: the Galleries Shop. There are six pages of photos amounting to about 170 in all. The photos are actually only a selection of those that I have taken. The photos were taken during the making of a video film of the development of the shop. It will be some time before the video is completed though, as the footage has to be edited!

Any trademan who worked on the site which is a project managed by John Biggs is welcome to copies of the photos -at their full resolution - 10MB. I used a Canon SX10IS. This camera has a 28-560mm lens (35mm equivalent) with it's image stabilisation and  video capability and cost of less than £300 it represents remarkable value. For another £100 the Canon SX1IS has High Definition video to!

Geoff Edwards


Bath MP's battle
to save Ashe's
Lane from lorries

RESIDENTS have won the backing of Bath MP Don Foster in their battle to ban lorries from using Ashe's Lane. The vehicles have made life 'hell', say Alan and Karin Cunningham who live on a sharp corner of the lane. Mr Foster wants effective new signs put up – and he is asking Transport Secretary Lord Adonis to force satnav firm Navteq to scrap the lane and other similar ones from its database. read more
 

Freshford's Community shop Progress

Our new shop is well under way. Last Wednesday and Thursday two carpenters: Pat and Chris and a crane driver: Andy erected and fixed the timber framework for the whole building. Photos of them working are available here: Photo gallery  also for Further information  

 

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Web Window

I can't open Microsoft files - Help!

You are unable to open Microsoft files created with Office 2007 - solution search for a download. Can't open an earlier Microsoft file - solution a lot harder . You'll need to individually download a Registry Fix at your own risk. Your IT support department will not be able to email it to you instead! Read more

Find that book! Search Biblio.com

I have found that I can find out of print, and other books by using biblio.com. Biblio is a Worldwide service for bookselllers and book buyers Biblio enables a user to find a book that is for sale from several thousand  second hand booksellers and private sellers Worldwide.  If  I need to buy  a book then I will use Biblio to find that book.

Also, there are many books that can be bought second hand that are still in print. Save trees buy secondhand first if you can. You can also sell your own books on Biblio.com.

This may or may not be a cheap service! I paid over £45 for one book but also bought a classic technical book (dated 1949) for almost less than it cost to post from the USA -which was not expensive anyway! But if you would like to buy a book that is out of print then go for this service.

And this is for real, don't waste time! As others may be looking for the same book.

 

 

 

Web Window is a new column to report on what is going on somewhere on the Internet. Occasionally the space may be used to refer to an article or post on FreshfordSomerset.

 

 Freshford Roads: Photos & Videos

Photographs and video films of the roads and road junctions in and linking Freshford village to the A36 trunk road to Bristol and Bath and east to Warminster for the A350 linking the M4 to Poole and the channel ferries have been created by Geoff Edwards a local resident.. The A36 also provides a route to Southampton via Salisbury and the  A303 London to the West country. The road junctions which can be accessed via an interactive map of the village can be viewed here: Photographic Survey of Every Road Junction in Freshford to the A36

The video films of the roads can also be viewed here: Video Survey of Road Systems in Freshford

Horse Traffic in Rosemary Lane Freshford Somerset

Links:

www.freshfordvillage.co.uk  The official website containing Parish Council Minutes and regularly updated news
www.freshford.com A website that provides historical information about Freshford and surrounding villages and towns
www.freshfordmill.co.uk A campaign website to deter building dwellings on the Freshford Mill land
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshford

Freshford Co Kilkenny Why not visit the other Freshford?

Freshford Aerial Map (courtesy of Google)

Contact 

Freshford Village Forum

Traditionally, democratic decisions are made after consultation with residents by means of meetings and questionnaires. The Internet now provides a means for residents and others to discuss ideas and comment on proposals in the comfort of their own homes and at a time that suites them. Freshfordvillage website provides a forum for residents to contribute news and comments.

Introduction to Internet Forums

An Internet forum is a web application for holding discussions and posting user generated content. Internet forums are also commonly referred to as web forums, message boards, discussion boards, (electronic) discussion groups, discussion forums, bulletin boards, fora (the Latin plural) or simply forums. The terms "forum" and "board" may refer to the entire community or to a specific sub-forum dealing with a distinct topic. Messages within these sub-forums are then displayed either in chronological order or as threaded discussions.

Such forums perform a function similar to that of Usenet newsgroups and the dial-up bulletin board systems that were numerous in the 1980s and 1990s. [1] Early web-based forums such as UBB.classic date back as far as 1996. A sense of virtual community often develops around forums that have regular users. Technology, computer games and/or video games, fashion, religion, and politics are popular areas for forum themes, but there are forums for a huge number of different topics. Internet slang and image macros popular across the internet are abundant and most widely used in internet forums.

Note. The first two paragraphs above are copied from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum

The Freshford Forum allows residents to contribute news and ideas as well as comment on that news, ideas, and comments.

Go to the Freshford Village Forum


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