Welcome to Clutton

A thriving community with a great school, a busy social life and a friendly atmosphere – please read more, join in and be an active part of the community here in Clutton.

• Neighbourhood WatchBath Ringmaster Message Number 909.   Stanton Drew.   Between 1800 hours on Saturday 17th and 1000 hours on Sunday 18th December 2011, unknown person(s) damaged a tyre of a motor vehicle whilst it was parked in Bromley Road.   If you have any information regarding this incident please contact the Police on 101. Alternatively you could contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.  It is important that you ask for the call to be tagged 'Neighbourhood Watch' and quote Ringmaster Message Bath Number 909. If you witness a crime in progress or you believe a crime has just occurred please ring 999.

• Village CalenderWe would like to congratulate Lena Church on her beautiful 2012 calendar (also the 2011 one). Marion bought calendars through the helpful Clutton Post Office staff and we have been delighted with them. The text for each month only adds to the pleasure of the photos. In the 1950's we used to visit Clutton in the Summer, staying with our grandparents and aunt and uncle, Delcia and Lewis Dagger of Maynard Terrace. From: Marion Mayhew and Lucy Clarke .
• Cancer Awareness Volunteer

  You can help!

  The Care Forum is looking for

  Volunteer Champions to help raise

  awareness of the early signs of

  Bladder and Kidney Cancer

  To get more information

  Contact our volunteer coordinator Kerri Mann at:

  The Care Forum, Gill Avenue, Bristol, BS16 2QQ

  Email: kerrimann@thecareforum.org.uk

  or call 01179 589 306

  As a Volunteer Champion you will go out into the community to alert people to get checked out by their GP if they spot blood in their urine. Blood in urine can be a symptom of either bladder cancer or kidney cancer. It is estimated that earlier diagnoses of this symptom will together save almost 1000 lives. By raising awareness of the early signs of Bladder and Kidney cancer you could be helping to save someone’s life. We are looking for Volunteer Champions who can raise awareness to communities in Bristol, South Gloucestershire Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, Somerset and Wiltshire.  
• Social Club News  The club is the centre for many social activities in the village.We run skittles matches, crib evenings, a snooker league, bingo sessions, quiz nights, as well as special events such as a trip to the Ottery Brewery and Wincanton Races. We are a family friendly club who welcome new members. Membership is £10 to join which includes the year's subscription and £5 a year thereafter. A special card is given which gives discounts on drinks. Your membership is soon repaid! Junior Skittles Presentation Evening 27th February  6-30 to 8-00 pm. Prizes and food. What will the Under 8 winner  win? Find out what's been going on and future events go to the Clutton Social Club.  
• Come to Clutton Flower Show and Village Day - 13th AugustCLUTTON FLOWER SHOW looks like being even bigger and better this year.  The schedules have gone out early to encourage as many people to enter as possible.  Apart from flowers, vegetables, bonsai, crafts, cookery, photography and children’s entries, there is a new class for adults – a scarecrow, and we hope that lots of people will want to have a go at this – children as well as adults; there are good prizes for this class. A fun dog show run by Julie and Lisa of Mutts and Stuff has 13 classes to enter your dog; the last show they organised had a huge number of dogs entering so that will be fun to watch.  Also demonstrating their agility skills will be dogs from Hartley Wood and visitors will be able to let their dogs try out the events.  The Mendip Brass Band will play through the afternoon from 1.15pm, and in between their performances a local group Zephyr will be playing country and western.  The magician will be performing and also walking the field with modelling balloons. Adults and children can have a go on the climbing wall as well as the rodeo bull and there will be plenty of other entertainment and attractions.   Many stalls are already booked, but there is probably room for a few more (contact Liz on 01761-453480).  We look forward to seeing alpacas for the first time at the show, and there will be a stall with old agricultural implements and the history of the railway which went through Clutton.   There will be even more tractors, classic cars and bikes than last year on display and many owners willing to chat about their vehicles. After all the walking around the field, and being amazed at the entries in the marquee, why not take the weight off your feet and visit the refreshments marquee for a cream tea, or available from 1pm will be burgers.  Then before your leave, make sure to buy a raffle ticket or two, to win some grand prizes, including £50 first prize, garden vouchers, whisky and many other bottles, toiletries, etc. The field opens at 1pm, and at 2pm MP Jacob Rees Mogg will be officially opening the show, when judging has been completed in the flower marquee.  Schedules are available at Clutton Post Office and other retail outlets, but in case of difficulty contact Roger Snary (01761-453063).
• Clutton WI through the agesCome and celebrate 90 years of Clutton WI on Saturday 20 August 11am – 3.30pm in Clutton Village Hall Tea, coffee and cakes (of course) but no jam or singing!! Photographs and memorabilia Come and see what a good time we have. We have much more going for us than you might think – Belly dancing, gliding, abseiling, darts, skittles are just a few of our activities We don’t wear hats and most of us are quite sane!