JABA :: St James & Bartonsham - The Village in the City

Welcome to the online version of JABA, our independent community newsletter

Latest February 'What's On' flyer available to download from this link - if you'd like to join our mailing list, click here to subscribe

Produced by volunteers and funded entirely by advertising, the printed JABA is delivered to 2000 homes and businesses in the St James and Bartonsham area of Hereford, UK. We welcome your feedback, suggestions, letters and offers of help to make both the printed and online versions of JABA even more useful, fun and interesting. If you are able to help in any way, from writing copy to delivering, please let us know. All help is gratefully received as we feel, and you tell us, that JABA is playing a very useful role in our community and we want to keep it going. Some of the paper edition is featured on this site with additional features and news items as they occur. The site is updated regularly so please drop in for the latest news and views or use the RSS link.
Let us know if you want an event publicising here and via our email list - email us mailroom@jaba.org.uk

Flicks in the Sticks presents

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Mon - September 12, 2011

New season of Flicks in the Sticks

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Sat - August 20, 2011

Emergency Services Open Day - Saturday 17 September 2011

Open day being held on Saturday 17 September 2011 between 11am and 3pm.

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Fri - August 19, 2011

Friends of Castle Green - Community Car Boot - Saturday 10 September

Community CAR BOOT Fundraising Extravaganza! Saturday 10th September from 9am – 1pm on the Castle Green, Hereford. Raise a bit of extra cash for your favourite good cause or just for yourself! The Friends of Castle Green in conjunction with Hereford Celebration invite you to empty your lofts & cellars and turn up for our community jamboree!

Contact Mark Hubbard for further details & to book your car boot space: chair@friendsofcastlegreen.co.uk Tel: 01432 272684

Carboots - £5 Transit Vans/Traders - £10 arrive from 8.15am via Castle Hill entrance (no entry after 9am). www.friendsofcastlegreen.org.uk

Download A4 poster Carboot Poster A4.pdf

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Sat - June 4, 2011

Bike Week 2011

This years Bike Week runs from 18-26 June - details of local events are over at the Hereford Cycle Forum, more events may be added.

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Tue - January 11, 2011

31 January 2011 - Community Association - Notice of Annual General Meeting

St James and Bartonsham Community Association - Notice of Annual General Meeting on Monday 31 January 2011.

Venue: Riverside Centre (WRVS), Vicarage Road, Hereford. All very welcome. Wine and cakes from 7.15pm, AGM at 7.45pm.

The meeting will review the progress, aims and objectives of the Community Association and will re-elect the Executive Committee.
Nominations ahead of the meeting are welcomed (please contact secretary@jaba.org.uk).

CSO Roger Thomas will also advise on Local Policing issues. To be followed by;

"Living Local History" - In Our Age editor and Herefordshire Lore founder, Bill Laws, with some memory-teasing slides of Herefordshire's recent past. All very welcome!

Click 'Read more' to read the Chairman's report and the JABA Editor's report and survey results.

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Sat - January 1, 2011

Sunday 2 January - New Year Litter Pick

Greening the Village

St James & Bartonsham, the Meadows and Castle Green New Year’s Litter Pick.

Meet at the meadow end of Green Street at 11am. Litter pick-kit provided. All welcome!

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Wed - December 1, 2010

Pulling it out of the bag! - Hereford City Plan

The Hereford City Plan is still on target to be completed by the end of January 2011. All of the information gathered over the summer has now been put together into a questionnaire with a difference and will be dropping through your door in the next week or so.

So, why is this questionnaire different? Firstly and most important, many of the questions will be specific to the area you live in, so it is very relevant to you. Secondly the answers you give will not become just another wish list, rather your City Councillors will work hard to decide what can realistically be done, and while some hard decisions may have to be made, what can be done, will be done, however long it might take.

So, we invite you to take a few minutes to fill in the questionnaire, and then keep it somewhere safe, as City Councillors and local volunteers will be calling on you to collect – before Christmas. Many thanks.
For more information contact Pauline Striplin Project Co-ordinator, Hereford City Play, on 01432 262970, or paulines@comfirst.org.uk

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Tue - November 30, 2010

Monday 31 January - Community Association - Notice of Annual General Meeting

The St James & Bartonsham Community Association will hold their Annual General Meeting on Monday 31 January 2011 at The Riverside Centre, Vicarage Road from 7.15pm onwards. Meeting starts at 7.45pm prompt. The meeting will review the aims and objectives of the CA and will re-elect the Executive Committee. Nominations ahead of the meeting are welcomed.
Come early for wine and cakes from 7.15pm, AGM at 7.45pm. All very welcome. Click on Read more ...

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Wed - November 24, 2010

Friday 3 December - Disability Film Festival Day

The Rural Media Company invites you to the Herefordshire section of a ground-breaking national event organized by Disability Arts Shropshire. 21 venues across the country, from Glasgow to London, will screen the same top-quality films about disability on the same day at the same time. This is your chance to take part …

Venue: Riverside Community Learning Centre (WRVS), Hereford, HR1 2QN.
Price: Free but places are limited.
Screening times: 11.30am/ 12pm/ 2pm/ 5pm.
To book: Call 01432 344 039 or email: sarahl@ruralmedia.co.uk

Screenings (All films are subtitled):
11.30am: The best of Oska Bright
12.00: Made in Hereford: I’m Not Complaining, But../ Shampoo Set. (Exclusive to Hereford)
These two Rural Media Company films feature Herefordshire actors who have physical/ learning difficulties, working with professional actors. ‘Shampoo Set’ is a high-energy drama, commissioned by the Open University, that explores issues of bereavement, prejudice, history and freedom of choice. ‘I’m Not Complaining, But..’ was commissioned by Bristol University and features Robert Duncan (Gus from Drop the Dead Donkey). When care in the community fails to deliver, how do the recipients complain?
2pm: Premiere of Magic Hour 2
5pm: Raspberry Ripple

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Tue - November 23, 2010

Sunday 28 November - Friends of Castle Green Christmas Fayre 10am-4pm

Download pdf flyer: castlegreenfair.pdf

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Sun - October 31, 2010

SATURDAY 6 NOVEMBER - Coffe Morning at St James' Church

The only place to go on a Saturday morning for the best coffee, cake and conversation! 10.30am onwards.

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WEDNESDAY 3 NOVEMBER - Film - A Convenient Truth

Hereford Friends of the Earth present "A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions" from Curitiba, Brazil. For those of you who haven't seen this film yet, it's extremely inspiring and well worth seeing.

Canal Road Day Centre. Soup and bread from 6.45 to 7.30pm. Film showing at 7.30pm with a discussion afterwards.

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Fri - October 22, 2010

Wednesday 27 October - Hereford Civic Society

Hereford Civic Society invites you to a presentation by Dr David Thame, entitled "The Regeneration Game" - a look at how urban and rural regeneration works and whether it makes sense economically. Dr Thame is an experienced writer on commercial property, retail, planning and regional regeneration.

7.30 pm at the KINDLE CENTRE, Belmont, Hereford. The talk will be preceded by a short AGM.

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Sat - October 2, 2010

25 - 30 OCTOBER - Fair Trade Open House

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Wed - August 18, 2010

Journey into the magical world of Story - 23-24 October

Journey into the magical world of Story in a two day course, held in St. James on 23-24 October. There will be colourful and playful activities designed to foster story sharing and to develop storytelling skills in a relaxing and welcoming environment. No experience necessary! Phone Carol on 01432 341477 or visit www.storyspace.co.uk

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SATURDAY 16 OCTOBER - Another chance to hear 'Tales from the Archives'

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Sun - June 6, 2010

THURSDAY 3 JUNE - First meeting of 'It's OUR County' Group

If you are incensed by the ESG project, fed up with the "growth agenda" or simply despairing of how the Council seems to do business, you may be interested in Thursday night's meeting at the Shirehall.

Cllrs Mark Hubbard, Julie Woodward and David Benjamin have left the Independents to form a new grouping on the council to try and give people a real choice at the next election. This will be a local political group - with no affiliations to any national party. It will look for the best deal for Herefordshire and attempt to change the dreadful culture of control without vision that seems to have developed amongst the current administration.

If you are interested please come along - It's OUR County! 1st meeting 7pm Thursday 3 June 2010 Committee Room 1 Shirehall, Hereford.

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Thu - May 13, 2010

Lets' Lunch - seedlings & plant swap - 23 May

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Wed - April 14, 2010

Sunday 18 April - CycleHereford's next ride - First 'Sunday Spin'

FIRST MID-MONTH SUNDAY SPIN - this Sunday 18 April. Roughly an hour’s cycle ride from Hereford, this is a route round Dinmore Hill and back, with a woodland flora and picnic detour and a jar at the Wellington pub. Meet outside the Tourist Information Centre by Hereford Cathedral at 11am. Bring picnic food and usual puncture repair kits, bike pump, water etc and look forward to seeing you just before 11am. For more info: Paige on paigeinhereford@phonecoop.coop or 01432 277857

The famous MOONLIGHT RIDE series 1 (WEATHER PERMITTING): ‘Well Met By Moonlight’ ‘The full moon, sailing across an unclouded sky, made a pathway on the broad sea that led to the boundless realms of Forever.’

This ride, full of the promise of mystery, atmosphere and small furry things is planned to take place on Wednesday 29 April (being a full moon apparently) as long as it isn't raining. Time and start venue will be confirmed on Cyclehereford website when we are confident of the weather, so please visit www.cyclehereford.com a few days before ride date or to speak to Richard directly ring 01432 355460.

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Fri - April 9, 2010

Cycle Hereford announce REGULar MID-MONTH SUNDAY SPINs

New! Leisurely ride into the Herefordshire countryside. We aim for a pub or picnic spot roughly an hour’s cycle ride from Hereford in time to have lunch and get back in time to have a peep at the allotment/garden/spouse/children/grandchildren ….

Meet outside the Tourist Information Centre by Hereford Cathedral at 11am.

Our first Sunday Spin will be Sunday 18 April. If you’re interested in joining us, please contact us at editor@cyclehereford.com

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Saturday 10 April - Huge public event – Its Our City

Twenty-one weeks after it delivered its 10,000-signature petition to Herefordshire Council, the all-county It’s Our City campaign is mounting a major day of action in Hereford on Saturday 10 April. Based in High Town and Maylord Square, IOC’s Campaign Day aims to renew its pledges to the people of Herefordshire to halt planned retail development on the site of the city’s present Livestock Market, north of the Ring Road.
From 10am-2pm in High Town and Campaign HQ in Maylords. It's OUR City! are staging a CAMPAIGN DAY this coming Saturday. Practical campaigning made easy - everyone welcome. Let's show Hereford City we still believe in its historical city centre - plenty of time to stop the retail quarter!

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Tue - March 30, 2010

SATURDAY 10 APRIL - Coffe Morning at St James' Church

The only place to go on a Saturday morning for the best coffee, cake and conversation! 10.30am onwards.

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Fri - March 19, 2010

Greening the Village - Bartonsham Meadows Litter Pick

Thursday 22 April - meet at the end of Green Street @ 6.30pm
Litter is a problem on our streets, Bartonsham meadows & river footpaths especially in the summer months. Left around the banks, it goes into the river either via wind or flooding and can be a major pollution problem for watercourses and wildlife, as well as unsightly to the area.
Second litter pick will be on Saturday 31 July, @ 2pm.

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Sun - January 10, 2010

SATURDAY 20 FEBRUARY - Hereford SEED & PLANT SWAP

BRING YOUR SEEDS for the 2010 Hereford SEED & PLANT SWAP Saturday February 20th 2010 10am – 3pm The Art of Living, St Owen St. Hereford. FREE ENTRY. Bring your spare seeds and plants to swap. Also bulbs, tubers, edibles and ornamentals. Don’t worry if you have nothing to swap, you can still join in and we are happy to accept donations to the seed swap fund. Bring your favourite veg recipe for the recipe board and your blunt tools for sharpening. There will be stalls and talks including expert composting advice. Take home seed of some traditional veg varieties no longer available for sale.

For more information contact Suzanne Noble (01531 671004) suzanne@lowerhazlefarm.co.uk www.swapseeds.org.uk

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Community Association - Notice of Annual General Meeting - 1 February 2010

Past Peak Oil Travelling towards Transition

Download Reports & Constitution

Central Park Play Area - Official Re-opening - 6 December, 11am

SUNDAY 6 DECEMBER - Friends of Castle Green - Christmas Fayre

Autumn Fete, Saturday 10 October, 2-4pm

SATURDAY 26 SEPTEMBER - Climate Action Carnival

TUESDAY 15 SEPTEMBER - Public Meeting - 'Its OUR City'

Saturday 29 August is Climate Action Carnival Day!

Urgent request for help - Sat 15 August - Castle Green

Hereford's monthly Climate Action Carnival needs You!