From The Upper Wylye Parish News, March 2006:
Heytesbury, Imber & Knook Parish Council. An Independent View.
Parishioners might reasonably expect to see scaffolding erected around the Blind House [in Heytesbury] periodically between April 2006 and October 2007, and worker(s) about. The stringent conditions imposed by English Heritage (to secure the grant) have now been agreed and an EH-recommended architect has undertaken the renovation task, and has between those dates to complete the project.
Tuesday 31st August 2004:
Heytesbury Football Club recently held a successful Reunion Day, with over 30 former players, aged between 30 years and 60 plus, turning out to play in a match before dining at the Red Lion Inn.
The match kicked off at 3.00 p.m. and within five minutes there were many red faces and hands on hips from the former players but they were still enjoying themselves.
Both teams played some nice football, with some good one-touch work, but the final shots went a bit wayward.
Eventually, the present team broke the deadlock with a well-headed goal. The former side stepped up a gear, pushing forward with great determination but paid the price when they were caught on the counter-attack. This didn’t deter them and they got their reward just before half-time, when the score was 2-1 to the present side.
The second half was played in the same spirit but neither team seemed bothered about defending, so the goals came thick and fast. First to score were the present side, going 4-1 up within ten minutes of the re-start.
This inspired the former players to bounce back with 2 goals before the present side scored a fifth to make it 5-3.
The final ten minutes of the game proved very exciting. The present side mistakenly thought the game was won. They were disappointed when the former side pulled a goal back to make it 5-4, leaving only injury time to be played.
With only seconds left the former players were awarded a dubious penalty. Basil Guy was chosen to take this all-important spot kick. He stepped up with confidence, sent the keeper the wrong way, and his goal made the final score a 5-5 draw.
This fairy-tale ending brought the Reunion match to a successful close, with many players asking for an annual reunion in the years to come but this was left undecided.
Report by Steve Richardson.
Wednesday 4th August 2004
Emergency services, including Warminster Fire Brigade, attended a road traffic collision on the A36, on the brow of Unicorn Hill, Heytesbury, at the junction of the Warminster to Salisbury Road with the B390 to Chitterne, on Wednesday 4 August 2004. The accident happened just before 5 p.m.
September 1998
R.J. Print
44 / 45 High Street, Heytesbury, BA12 0EA.
Printing
Letterheads, Business Cards, Compliment Slips,
Booklets, Leaflets, Tickets, Labels, Envelopes,
Invoices.
Services
Stationery, Photocopying, Encapsulating,
Cob Binding, Folding, Drilling, Faxing.
Telephone 01985 840914
September 1998
Roger & Sylvia and family and the friendly staff
warmly welcome you to
The Red Lion, Heytesbury.
Come and sample our real ales
with delicious home-cooked food and
vegetables fresh from our own garden.
Enjoy the large garden beside the River Wylye.
Barbecue facilities, function room, parties catered for.
Excellent accommodation. Bookings available.
Children’s Play Area.
Dogs are welcome.
Horse enclosure – available for riding parties.
We hope to see you soon.
Tel: 01985 840315.
September 1998
The Post Office, Heytesbury.
We are your local village shop with all
convenience goods you require.
Come in and see Angus and Felicity McLellan
at the Post Office, Heytesbury.
Newspapers, Magazines, Cigarettes,Groceries.
Off-Licence.
Free glass hire with all drink orders.
Sale or return available.
Any drinks obtainable on request.
7 days a week newspaper delivery
to all surrounding villages.
Telephone 01985 840204.
Thursday 9th November 1995
The Rt. Rev. David Stancliffe, the Bishop of Salisbury, has blessed the new extension at Heytesbury School.
The number of pupils at the school has grown from 29 to 70, since the building of the Heytesbury Bypass.
The head teacher is Peter Ward.
Some notes first published in the Heytesbury Extravaganza Souvenir Programme, Saturday 9 September 1995:
The award winning Real Meat Company offer an alternative product and service to that available from the dominant supermarket led retailing business.
The company was founded in 1986 by the husband and wife team: Richard Guy and Gilly Metherell, operating from East Hill Farm, Heytesbury. The guiding principles of the business are Quality, Purity and Welfare. These principles are maintained by adherence to a self imposed set of codes for the raising, transportation and slaughter of livestock.
The Real Meat Company Codes:
* Ban all growth promoters and reserve drug use to therapeutic use only.
* Ban all practices which affect the animal’s freedom and/or well being and which are performed solely to cheapen livestock production.
In order to monitor these strict codes on the home farm and other Company supply farms, random checks are carried out by the Bristol University School of Veterinary Science, a body independent from the Company and the meat industry in general. Additionally, members of the public are granted instant access to any of the supply farms upon request, and can see for themselves this unique farming practice,
The Company campaigns strongly against the practices of intensive factory farming and supermarket control by producing its own Real Meat News Letter which highlights some of the extreme practices and misleading wording common in certain quarters. They strongly believe that the best traditional farming methods not only benefit the livestock but offer the customer a product of the highest quality, food without unnatural additives,
Farming based upon such an ethos in today’s “fast, efficient” western world has its critics and problems. Cost is usually highlighted as the major problem. The Real Meat Company is a sustained commercial organisation which obviously needs to trade successfully. They do this by offering consumers a very high quality product of exceptional taste. The Company is now in its tenth year of operation, demonstrating that there is a long term market for the traditional meats no longer available in modern supermarkets.
Should you require further information about the Company then please telephone Warminster (01985) 840436 or write direct to them at East Hill Farm, Heytesbury, Wiltshire, BA12 0HR.
September 1993
Danny Howell writes:
The Heytesbury/Knook parish boundary marker which was given to the Warminster Dewey Museum in 1993 by the Highways Department of Wiltshire County Council has been returned to them.
The Warminster History Society, which oversees the Warminster Dewey Museum, had not accessioned it but Graham Zebedee had given it an undercoat as the first stage of conservation.
It transpired that the marker is a Grade II listed monument and should have remained in situ.
Danny Howell had received phone calls about it from the County Council and the Department of the Environment requesting its return.
The Highways Department have reinstated the marker, where it was before, adjacent the road outside Bunter’s Cottage, on the brow of Unicorn Hill at Heytesbury.
Friday 13th March 1992
For Sale at Heytesbury – Former Highways open storage depot.
Approximately 2.19 acres. Suitable for a variety of uses.
Apply: Property Services Department, Wiltshire County Council, County Hall, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 8JA.
Telephone Trowbridge 753641 Extension 2185.
