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Church Contacts

The Benefice of Hemyock with Culm Davy, Clayhidon and Culmstock Mission Statement: To love God, and to love our neighbours rector The Reverend David Burton The Rectory, Hemyock, EX15 3RQ. Tel 681029. [email protected] The Rector will not normally be available on Mondays and Fridays Lined & Interlined Curtains administrator Hilary Clements (available Tues and Thurs 9.30am-12.30pm) Handmade Headings [email protected] 07495 639826 Pelmets Roman Blinds st mary’s hemyock wardens David Bawler, 4 South View 680352 / 07773579809 Cushions Jenny Doble 680174 services For details please see inside Laminated Roller Blinds Fabrics culm davy chapel wardens Mark FitzGerald 680564 Bespoke Soft Furnishings st andrew’s clayhidon I have a wide range of fabrics available but wardens Stephen Bullett 680561 if you preFfearb Ir iacms A hvaapilpayb lteo t om Oakrdee urp in your Denis Sanders 601342 own fabric. If you want to make curtains For more information all saints culmstock yourself I can supply a curtain package with wardens Richard Preston 680216 all the materciaallsl Syuoeu Rwisildl onne eodn. If you don’t 01823 680169 Stephen Rayson [email protected] like cutting out or pattern matching I can hemyock baptist church help. Give me a call. services 11.00am and 7.00pm 11.00am with Junior Church pastor Steve Williams, 3 St Margarets Close 680946 Sue Risdon 01823 680 169 secretary Mrs Maureen Aylwin 680111 8 rosemary lane chapel, clayhidon services 11.00am Morning Worship followed by Bible Times for Young People & Adults 6.30pm Evening Service 11.00am Family Service – 3rd Sunday only pastor Jonathan Hillman, 1 Blackdown Court, Clayhidon 681164 contact Gerald Redwood 680571

quakers Spiceland (Uffculme) Meeting House, Prescott EX15 3AZ services 10.30am Meeting for Worship every Sunday Children’s meeting on 4th Sunday 01884 32855 01823 680405 contact Pat Bell (Clerk) 01884 841375 Care, Compassion methodist church A family run Funeral Directors, caring for the local community pastor Rev Kreschnak 28 Rope Walk, Wellington 662724 and in the Blackdown Hills and Culm Valley with four generations Commitment of care and respect. Martin Pring strives to provide each r c church, cullompton family with an individual funeral tailor made for all the families contact Fr Courtney 01884 32253 needs and wishes. Pring & Son provide a 24 hour service,with Save money and pay Cullompton most arrangements taking place in the comfort of your own Pring and Sons serving the local community monthly for your pet’s 01884 35558 home, at a time most convenient for the family. preventativeCullom carepto withn our in the Blackdown Hills and Culm Valley with HoTivertonniton four generations of tradition providing a Pet Health Plans. A local provider for Golden Charter Funeral Plans 01884 35558 01884 258585 personalised, friendly and professional A simple, money-saving 01404 44095 service, to meet each family's individual way toT giveive yourrto catn or dog Honiton Mobile 07860 390002 (24hr) requirements. the regular preventative U01404ffcu l44095me Email : [email protected] treatments they need. 01884 258585 01884 841317 Most arrangements made in your own home. For full details visit us Uffculme www.pring-and-son-funeral-directors.co.uk 01884 841317 Tel : 01884 32855 or 01823 680405 online or speak to a Mob : 07860 50, Fore St. Cullompton EX15 1LB390002 (24hr) Cmemberare Cof oourm team.passion Commitment Email : [email protected] Culmstock Road, Hemyock EX15 3RJ The ‘Parish Pump’ is produced by the Churches of Hemyock with Culm Davy, Clayhidon and Culmstock for the people of the area. The views of contributors are not www.valevetgroup.com necessarily those of the Editors. The ‘Parish Pump’ accepts no liability for (i) any claims made by the advertiser (ii) any errors or omissions in any advertisement as www.valeveterinarygroup.co.uk 50 Fore Street Cullompton, EX15 1LB submitted by the advertiser (iii) any legal action as a result of the advertisement. and Culmstock Road, Hemyock EX15 3RJ 2 3

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TauntonTaunton TA1 TA1 2TB 2TB 9 8 9 61 Therapeutic Deep Tissue Massage Releasing chronic muscular pain, improving movement range & mobility in the joints. Lower back pain & sciatica/Osteo arthritic conditions/Repetitive strain, sports injuries/ Neck & shoulder tension/Postural Issues/Poor circulation/ Thai Bodywork Reducing pain/stiffness in the muscles & joints. Increasing flexibility & mobility through progressive stretches & yoga techniques. Releases blocks & increases energy flow in the body. Thai massage is effective in treating injury, aiding rehabilitation & improving posture. Pre & Post Natal Massage Massage can help support the changing body throughout pregnancy & after the birth.I also use shiatsu points during pregnancy for pain relief, relaxation & to prepare the body for birth.

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4818 19 Looking to the Future

I thought Easter was early last year – and it’s even earlier this year – 27th March. This means that the season of Lent, which is the six weeks leading up to Easter – which is traditionally a time of reflection and abstinence in preparation for the celebration of Christ’s Resurrection - begins very soon on Ash Wednesday, 10th. February.

It is also a time for study and learning in the Church, and this year, we will again have a series of Lent Study Groups open to all, focussing our thoughts on the Ten Commandments. (Please find details of the course and groups in our churches).

Jesus' summary of the Ten Commandments, was that we should First love God with all our being, and secondly, love our neighbours as ourselves. We will have a chance to explore more about what this means in our groups.

SERVICES IN THE UPPER CULM VALLEY MISSION COMMUNITY But this summary of Jesus is a sound basis for our Christian PARISH PUMP – No. 268 August – September 2018 August & September 2018 living, and representatives from all our parishes have used this Upper Culm Valley Mission Community as the basis of our Mission Action Plan which will be presented We are a group of four Anglican Churches to our churches at the end of January. in the Upper Culm Valley: ‘To love God and to love our neighbour’ Culmstock, Hemyock, Culm Davy Chapel and Clayhidon.

Visitors to, and residents of the area, are most welcome at the services throughout the Mission Community. In the Anglican Diocese of Exeter all parishes have been Our Mission Statement grouped into Mission Communities. Our Mission Community is www.culmkirks.co.uk comprised of the three parishes of Hemyock with Culm Davy, To love God HC = Holy Communion; MP = Morning Prayer; EP = Evening Prayer; FS = Family Service; Clayhidon and Culmstock. And we are called to work and co- and to love our neighbour

FC = Family Communion; BCP = Book of Common Prayer; CW = Common Worship operate in the best interests of the mission of the Church in Loving God : Seeking to put God First A Catalyst for God our area. Each Mission Community is called to produce a We seek to do all that we can to build up our community, Mission Action Plan to outline how this co-operation might be through gathering together for : I am sure it is the writer’s nightmare – sittingwork downed out with in the Ilocal think context. that in writingThis comprises these short of a pieces Mission for the Parish • Worship Services Hemyock, Culm Davy, Clayhidon, Culmstock, a blank sheet of paper, knowing that you mustStatement write (see rightPump) together and in with preparing a plan sermonsof how we each might week, it is a little• Prayer St Mary St Mary’s Chapel St Andrew All Saints’ something, but having no idea what. implement our aims.like Copies casting of seeds these in will every be available direction in – each sometimes of it will• hitTeaching/Discipleship our churches. fertile soil, often not. • Fellowship th Sunday 5 August 10.30am FS (CW) No Service 8.30am HC (CW) 10.00am HC (CW) Over very many years as vicar or rector in a number of Loving our Neighbour : Serving Christ in Others parishes I have been faced with this problemThe either Church every of England,For the like preacher most other there churches, may be the is facing odd comment many likeWe serve Christ in being open to his presence in every human Sunday 12th August 11.15am MP (CW) 9.00am HC (BCP) 10.00am FS 6.30pm EP (BCP) month – or as here every other month. Sometimeschallenges it feelstoday. You“Lovely may sermon have read vicar” of fallingor usually numbers, no comment fewer at all. being by : With baptism like I have written a load of rubbish, sometimes,clergy hopefully and diminishing Sometimes resources people - financial may takeand human.me up on This something is I have• Helping those in need • Reaching out to our local community th it may be of some help or interest to somebody.not the It seemssame across said, the or country been specifically – and I think complementary. our churches, inThis is good – I Sunday 19 August 10.30am Joint Benefice Eucharist at St Mary’s Hemyock some respects, do not reflect the degree of crisis elsewhere – • Supporting mission, justice, equality and peace To celebrate St Mary the Virgin (CW) like a particular challenge on this occasion, when this will am not seeking agreement, but hopefully enabling some throughout the world but life does not get easier, and we need to plan and prepare th be my last piece for the Parish Pump. thought and reflection about important things. It is about Sunday 26 August 11.15am HC (CW) 3.30pm EP (BCP) 11.00am HC (CW) 8.00am HC (BCP) for the future, seekingbeing, to asfind all ways of us which within draw the Churchus more might closely be, a catalystWe aim to help our Mission Community to grow by: Followed by BBQ, into the will of God and respond with a deep desire to see his • Praying and worshipping together Games & Exhibition I am beginning to understand more for God - enabling him to be active in people’s lives. the meaning of Jesus’ parableChurch of the grow and flourish. • Developing provision for Christian education and discipleship Sunday 2nd 10.30am FS No Service 8.30am HC (CW) 10.00am HC (CW) sower, where seed is scattered liberally I have to say that after having been here for six years, I• Developing children’s and youth work September & Baptism (CW) everywhere by the sower asOur he Missionthrows Actionshall Plan miss (MAP) everyone is designed enormously, to help butus do will that hope – to keep in and our Mission Statement focuses us first on God – so we • Forming a pastoral visiting group handfuls in every direction around him. touch with many of you. There will be a significant gap in Sunday 9th 10.30am Joint Benefice Eucharist at St Mary’s Hemyock – Rev David Burtons need to attend to that which builds us up as his disciples – • Bringing together a social planning group Much lands in places not ideally suited my life for some time – though I hope to keep my hand in September Last Sunday as Rector. prayer, worship and fellowship, in order that we are better able to germination and growth, though elsewhere. I may even miss the monthly blank page that And by: Followed by lunch in the Parish Hall to do what we are called to do - serve others as Christ calls us • Creating a Mission Community Planning Group some begins to grow where it has a needs filling! which will plan, help to implement, and review Sunday 16th 11.15am HC (CW) No Service 2.30pm 9.30am HC (CW) to do. difficult time with weeds, rocky or infertile soil, and the our MAP September Riders Service stone-hard path. However, some falls on theThis fertile is an soil on -goingJill work, and Iand shall members be around of ouruntil churches mid September will and rd producing, in the end, an enormous harvest. hopefully have a chance to say goodbye then. Sunday 23 11.15am HC (CW) 3.30pm EP (BCP) 10.00am HC (CW) 8.00am HC (BCP) need, with prayer and reflection, constantly to review, change September and update our plan as things move forward and develop. As the sower sows he does not fully understand the Wishing everyone a happy Summer and a fruitful Autumn. th outcome of where every seed falls – he justMay dutifully God blesscasts us all as we venture into this New Year, and enable us to be open to all that he might teach us. Friday 28 7.00pm Harvest No Service No Service No Service the seed to all quarters – and his experience tells him that May God bless you, September Service & Supper if conditions are good then there will be a harvest despite th Sunday 30 10.30am Joint Benefice Eucharist at St Mary’s Hemyock the fact that some seed has failed. September To Celebrate Harvest Friday 5th No Service No Service 6.30pm Harvest No Service October Service & Supper

Sunday 7th October 10.30am FS No Service 8.30am HC (BCP) 11.30am Harvest Harvest Followed by Lunch

Regular Mid-week Services: Tuesdays - Morning Prayer, 10 am at All Saints’, Culmstock Thursdays - Holy Communion, 10.30 am at St Mary’s, Hemyock.

20 21 Service of Morning Prayer Sea Sunday

The service of Morning Prayer at Hemyock took place at the Church At the Sea Sunday service in July we recalled that there were 1.5 Room as Café Church. The congregation both young and not so million seafarers worldwide. Despite all the modern technology it St Mary’s Hemyock St Mary’s Hemyock young welcomed speaker Nicci Maxwell as they found themselves sat is still a dangerous job with 1000 sailors losing their lives each year. at tables enjoying light refreshment before the service began. Brian We also noted that 90% of what we eat, wear, drive use etc. has Charity & Coffee Shop Charity & Coffee Shop Samuels from the Lay Team led the service, the reading was given by at some point in its journey to us, been on a ship. Whilst we still Meg Palmer and Val White led prayers. The Rector, Rev David Burton, have ferries, cruise ships and fishing vessels, the vast amount of Opening in Opening in was also present. Nicci had been due to visit St Mary's earlier in the freight carried today is mainly in containers. So whilst you’re stuck year but snow had prevented this however the wait was all the more behind a foreign lorry with a container lost in the back lanes of enjoyable, inspiring and thought provoking as she spoke about the Clayhidon you might like to consider that at any one time there are August 2018 September 2018 work carried out at Potters Village, a Child Crisis and Medical Centre 20 million containers in transit on the world’s oceans. The newest in Kisoro, Uganda. Nicci, a paediatrician spoke of the time she had containerships can carry 15000 of them. on on spent at Potters and how she was looking forward to returning with the Church Mission Society in August. You might also like to know that on a run from say China to the USA you might not see land for up to two weeks, and it is not uncommon Saturday 4th Saturday 4th for sailors to be on their boats for 8, 9 even 14months without getting off the vessels. Such is the demand placed on the crews Tuesday14th Tuesday14th and dock staff for ships to be tied up in port for as short a time as possible. Consequently the major problems today for seafarers are those around mental health. Bigger ships with smaller crews mean Tuesday 28th Tuesday 28th less time “off duty”, fewer people to share problems with, feelings of isolation from families (not all ships have internet connections) All at 10am – 12 noon All at 10am – 12 noon and increased work related stress. You’ll find lots more about this on the “Mission to Seafarers” website, as well as those of other in the Church Room, Castle Hill in the Church Room, Castle Hill organisations like the “Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen” and the RNLI. Well worth a visit! Well worth a visit! Brian Samuels She spoke of Rev Jenny Green who had founded the centre but was now based in the UK, the sadness when children and mothers died and the great joy in those the centre had, and continue, to help whether it was teaching good health, ensuring healthy births, Hemyock Bells returning orphans to extended family or finding foster families. Hemyock’s bells have been Her slide show showed the beauty of the area as well as the day Friends of St. Mary’s Update on the building works at St Mary’s Church, to day living conditions of the local community. Nicci spoke of the ringing out the news about Hemyock importance of prayer and of the financial support received from the church for about 500 various churches, St Mary's being one of those who had supported years. In 1553 there were 5 OPEN GARDEN We are very pleased to report the project for many years. A number of years ago 6 members of the bells, a lot for a small village. that the building work is nearly church had visited Uganda and two had spent considerable time over Since 1858 that number has completed in installing new the years working at Potters. An opportunity to donate towards the been 6, ranging in weight & AFTERNOON TEA toilets in St Mary’s Church and from 5cwt to just under continuing work at the centre amounted to over £450. Scones with cream and jam & cakes the other additional work in 18cwt (280 to 907kg). They making a larger informal space Janice Bawler ring to announce services in north aisle. The connections in the church, weddings, to the main sewer will be made funerals and to mark many in mid-August, after which we Retiring Collection special personal, local and should be all cisterns go! national events. As you are aware, Rev David Burton is retiring on the 9th September. Thank you for your generosity in supporting this very large project Standing next to a pillar erected by the Normans about (nearly £100,000). We are pleased to announce that there remains The churchwardens from the Upper Culm Valley Mission Community, 1120, ringing a bell nearly 400years old in the style that just £6,000 outstanding to be able to complete the project and pay Hemyock with Culm Davy, Clayhidon and Culmstock are organising a was started in the early 1500s, one has a glimpse of the all the bills (barring any late unforeseen contingencies). We will be collection to mark his retirement. traditions of ringing, just one of the many facets which th having an opening which we hope to announce in the next Parish make this form of service for the church so fascinating. Sunday, 19 August Pump and there will be an invitation for all to join with us. Please pop If you feel you would like to give a donation please pass this to any of into the Church at any time to have a look – the Church is open daily the churchwardens by 31st August. Hemyock ringers meet for practice most Thursday evenings, 2.30 – 5.00pm from 10am to 4pm. and ring for 45 minutes before the morning service on at Golden Orchard (Janet Dalton’s) Hazel Partridge David Bawler: Hemyock Sundays. They will link up with their fellow ringers from Jenny Doble: Hemyock Culmstock and Clayhidon when needed. EX15 3RU Mark Fitzgerald: Culm Davy Richard Preston: Culmstock If you would like to know more please contact the Tower Entry and Tea £3.50p Stephen Rayson: Culmstock Captain, Lin Holway, on 681522. Stephen Bullett: Clayhidon Denis Sanders: Clayhidon David Bawler

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[Type a quote from the document or the summary May We Present The Wyndham Singers Friends of St Mary's Concert of anSt interesting Mary’s point. Church, You can position Hemyock the text box anywhere in the document. Use the Text Box The Wyndham Singers were formed in the autumn of 2003 with the Local Quakers invite you to ... aim of raising funds for local charities by singing Christmas carols Tools tab to change the formatting of the pull quote around the local pubs. A core of them then agreed to sing round DROP IN TO SILENCE text box.] the year in a relaxed fashion, meeting weekly. As a result, under At The Healthy Living Centre, Hemyock Charles West, our Musical Director, the choir has become more and Wednesday 25 July more popular and this year has more concerts booked than ever Wednesday 22 August before. Aside from local venues, they have been invited to sing in the Come at any time between 5.30 pm and 6.30 pm. Cornish Male Choral festival and also in Wales, Gloucestershire and Winter Lunches Leave when you want. Free of charge. Saltash. (no lunch in August) Having entertained on a previous visit The Wyndham Singers found BRINGING PEACE, TRANQUILITY AND However, the concept of singing for charity remains and a total themselves with an audience of over one hundred when they gave st of over £100,000 has now been raised. Last year’s chosen charity a concert at St Mary's Church, Hemyock. The men's singing group SILENCE TO BUSY 21 Century LIVES Thursday, 20 Sept CHAT were the beneficiaries to the sum of £3600, which was in of just under 20 members received extremely warm applause as the addition to monies raised for other charities. This year’s charity is evening ended following a delightful variety of songs. The concert YOU CAN Thursday, 18 Oct Exeter Leukaemia Fund and as part of this support, the Singers will was organised by the Friends of St Mary's who provided refreshments RETREAT – escape the stresses of modern day living and join

in The Church Rooms, Hemyock be singing carols in the lead up to Christmas in Exeter Princesshay during the interval. The free concert made an amazing profit of £860 others in shared silence. shopping centre. The Wyndham Singers are very pleased to support is to be equally divided between The Wyndham Singers chosen charity (serving at 12.30pm) other charitable events. Exeter Leukaemia Fund and the Friends of St Mary's who would like to RELAX –no pressure to do anything. Just peace, tranquillity thank everyone for their support. and silence. Although this is arranged by Quakers there is no Donations to Fabric Fund towards The Singers rehearse on Tuesday evenings at the Wyndham Arms, philosophy, no religion and no catch. Kentisbeare at 7:30pm and warmly welcome any man who would care Opening with the lively Leave Her Johnny, a sea shanty, the mood Church building improvements. to join us to sing. We do not hold auditions and welcome singers with instantly changed as the group performed Ave Verum Corpus, by RECHARGE – go completely offline. All personal technology Everyone welcome – no need to book. a range of experience and ability. The repertoire is varied ranging Mozart, followed by the melodic Summertime sung as one of the solos will be switched off, leaving you to focus on you and your from Mozart to Verdi and then Bob Dylan to the Carpenters taking throughout the evening. Those who had not heard the group perform world. in Simon and Garfunkel and Sea shanties. If all this is beginning to before now realised their evening was going to be greatly enjoyed.

appeal, do get in touch. Accompanied on keyboard the singers diction was clear throughout RETURN – once you have enjoyed the benefits of bringing HERITAGE SUNDAY and dynamics with four part harmony excellent with the groups sense silence into your life you may well want to make returning to We also encourage any organisation who are considering a fund of enjoyment quickly transferring itself to those being entertained. Heritage Sunday is being kept in Hemyock on silence a part of your life. th raising event to contact us. Further details can be seen on www. Sunday 9 September. This year the theme is wyndhamsingers.org or contact Neil Carthew on 01884 32126. The Four Strops, a quartet from within the group, then delighted with This is a regular event on the 4th Wednesday of every month. on the centenary of the cessation of the First Moonlight Bay from the 1950s film of the same name andBlue Moon For more information or enquiries please contact Clare Sibley on 680763 or World War. The Castle will be open and there before the Singers closed the first half of the concert withTop of the 07967 051182 will be an exhibition in St. Mary’s Church from World, the moving Tears in Heaven written by Eric Clapton on the death 2.00 – 5.00pm. There may not be a lot of of his young son, and the joyful Sunny Afternoon, a popular hit song in Christmas Shoebox Appeal memorabilia from the First World War in the 1960's by The Kinks which had everyone's feet tapping. Hemyock, so the exhibition will be Although Christmas is not perhaps on your mind with the Verdi's well loved chorus Va Pensiero from the opera Nabucco was Hemyock in the World Wars hot weather we have enjoyed (or endured!) can we just the opening number of the programmes second half followed by the remind you that the charity Christian Response to Eastern humorous Eddystone Light with And So It Goes before the Four Strops If you have anything you are prepared to lend Europe will be taking a lorry load of Christmas shoeboxes and sang Ain't She Sweet and There's A Girl That I Love. then please contact Patricia Fuller, 680436 humanitarian aid to families in late November/early December. The Upper Culm Valley and beyond have for many years been Following the Singers Without You those in the audience with a [email protected] hugely supportive of this project and we do hope you or your birthday within two weeks of the concert were called to the front as Documents can be photocopied if you would organisation will feel you can support it once again. they were serenaded with Happy Birthday.

prefer the original not to be exhibited. Gifts can be for children, teenagers, adults, families or the On such a beautiful evening it seemed very appropriate the Penny Lawrence will give a talk elderly. Simply pack in a box of any size, cover with festive programme ended with What a Wonderful World. With some of the paper adding a label to say who for and age if appropriate. audiences giving a standing ovation the audience were treated to two “Hemyock and the World War 1 Allotments” Clothing in boxes must be new. encores before the highly enjoyable evening came to a close. Please contact us if you would Janice Bawler at 3.30pm. like further information. If you enjoy knitting or crocheting There will, of course, be tea and cakes. jumpers, hats, scarves and mittens are always welcome. They can be either included in Oberammergau Passion Play the box or sent loosely. Last year we had a huge number 2020 will see the next performances of the Oberammergau Passion of contributions which was Play. This 10 yearly portrayal of the crucifixion of Christ draws very much appreciated as well huge audiences from across the world. The Exeter Diocese will be as good quality secondhand clothes and bedding. With your organising a group visit to take in this spectacle. Initial details can be help the poorest of families in Moldova and Romania will know found in the July Diocesan Newsletter or on their website. there are people who care. Thank you. Janice & David. Brian Samuels Thanks to Richard Persey for bringing his bouncy castle, too. [email protected]

24 25 Hemyock Fete sun off many other stallholders. The event was opened by the Rev Hemyock Tennis Club John Stone who spent the afternoon visiting stalls and chatting to Despite televised competition from the World Cup and Wimbledon those present. Members of the Parish Council were also on hand We have been making the most of the fantastic weather, and all three Royal British Legion Poppy St Mary's Summer Fair attracted a steady stream of visitors to discuss local matters. Hemyock Scout Group put on a display of league teams are now seeing their season draw to a close. Men's and Appeal throughout the afternoon raising £1,350 with the local Scout Group various scouting activities and organised the barbeque, with church mixed A teams have held their own in their respective divisions, and raising a further amount for their funds. members kept busy providing cream teas as visitors sought shelter the mixed B team is set to grab a mid table place in Division 5. The from the extreme heat under a tent provide by the Scouts. most important thing is that those members wishing to play league This year is the 100th anniversary of the Recognising this was a special day for football fans some stalls were tennis have had opportunity. end of World War 1. decorated in national flags and bunting. Held at the Recreation Children were thrilled to use a bouncy castle which was sited in the shade as well as well as enjoying spending pocket money on toys and Dan Sizer, our club coach will be offering free coaching for children at Field one of the attractions was a locally built replica of a beautiful To be able to raise a record amount for the gipsy caravan whilst the Enigma Morris Dancers dressed in black craft. As the afternoon progressed cheers could be heard coming the following times: under 8’s: 4.15-5pm, under 11’s: 5-6pm and under and torquoise not only entertained but encouraged members of the from the flats alongside the field ensuring stallholders and visitors 16’s: 5.30-6.30pm. RBL I need additional collectors for the house public to join in causing much laughter as they attempted the dances. alike that England had successfully won their game! Stall holders to house collection in Hemyock. With the overwhelming heat the cake and savouries stall found the would like to thank the various individuals and businesses who The CHAMPAGNE AND STRAWBERRIES club tournament has been shadiest spot under chestnut trees with the plant stall protected donated goods to help make this years fair a great success. rearranged for Sunday 19th August. The previous date clashed with If you are over 16yrs and can spare a few by gazebos which along with colourful sunshades helped keep the Janice Bawler the Wimbledon men's final and the FIFA world cup final, so no excuse this time, members and non members can come along to a friendly hours during 27th October and the 10th sociable afternoon, ending with ‘refreshment’, and prizes for the November please contact me either on winners. [email protected] or 07773579809.

This year we are again offering HALF PRICE membership to all new Many thanks, members. The HALF PRICE fee for new adult members is £42.50 and for a couple £65. For new junior members the HALF PRICE fee is £10 with any additional siblings £5 each. For further details and application David Bawler forms please see the www.hemyock.org website. Poppy Appeal Coordinator COACHING Coaching is available through the club coach Dan Sizer. Coaching Gipsy caravan Scout Group Enigma Morris Dancers with members of public sessions for the juniors are on Thursday afternoons, Red s(under 8’s) from 4.15 – 5.00 Amber s(under 11’s) from 5.00 – 5.45 Juniors (under 16’s) from 5.45 – 6.45 Private coaching may be arranged with Dan directly on 07951828760 or via email to [email protected]. Website http://www. Hemyock WI dsctenniscoaching.co.uk. In June Lyn Taylor welcomed Members who had come for a talk SUMMER SPORTS CAMP about ‘Endangered Species’, but in July it was a visit to a farm Jane Attlee and Hazel Partridge (plants) Rev John Stone and Janice Bawler David Bawler Will be run by Dan on a similar basis during the first week in August. in Payhembury with just cattle, sheep and 12 dogs!.The weather The cost for the week will be £110, reduced to £95 for bookings before was perfect for such an evening and finished with an excellent 30th June. Barbecue.

CLUB SESSIONS. On July 7th there is an evening invitation to supper at Sandra’s The club weekly sessions are: house in Withy Lane. There will be a competition for the prettiest Opening Times Thursday: Mixed Club Night from 6.30pm onwards cup and saucer. Saturday: Mixed Club morning from 10.30am onwards Hemyock Churchinford Dunkeswell Sunday: Mixed Club morning (Team Practice) l0.30am onwards On September 4th Members will be back in Forbes Lounge for Hemyock Surgery an evening entitled ‘The Beauty Annexe’. There will be the usual Further club sessions have been considered, and if there is enough competition for the favourite flower plus the prettiest mirror. interest there is ample court time available, so please feel free to Please note the dispensary is closed between 13:00-14:00 Mon – Fri 08:30 – 18:00 – contact me. Sat 08:00 – 11:00 Hemyock WI meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm. With a Reading Group and a Dining Group there is always The club has applied for a grant to replace and improve the present something going on. More details from the President Lynn Taylor Churchinford Surgery floodlights. Some funding may be possible through a grant, but the on 01823 680104. club will also need to raise additional monies, and any help or ideas Mon, Tue & Thu 08:30 – 12:30 and 15:00 – 18:00 that members (or non members) have would be most welcome. The Brenda Calcraft Wed & Fri 08:30 – 12:30 – closed in the afternoon on these days objective is to install LED floodlights on all three courts. Weekends Closed NON-MEMBERS AND VISITORS. Hemyock Acorns Dunkeswell Surgery The courts may be booked by non-members at the Spar shop in Hemyock. Charges are £8 per hour for seniors and £4 per hour for Meetings: juniors. Tokens for the floodlights are available at £2 for each half hour. Mon & Wed 08:30 – 12:30 and 15:00 – 18:00 15 August Carol Carr Visitors to the area please note the HOLIDAY SPECIAL OFFER - £25 for 19 September Fire Protection in the Home Tue, Thu & Fri 08:30 – 12:30 – closed in the afternoon on these days a family, playing as often as you wish, avoiding club activities (check in Weekends Closed the Spar). If you require urgent medical assistance or advice outside of normal surgery hours please Outings: Bob Hawkes, Secretary 07540 435149 call 111. In a genuine emergency you should call 999. Chest pains and / or shortness None in August [email protected] or [email protected] of breath constitute an emergency. 27 September Wareham

For further details re. outings contact Joan Fewtrell 680674

26 27 Hemyock Parish Council Business Update found on the two Parish Noticeboards located outside the Spar Shop Hemyock Gardeners’ Association Add the apples and sultanas and mix to combine. Scrape the batter August 2018 and in the car park next to the Baptist Church. into the prepared tin and level out. Sprinkle the demerara sugar over Clerk: Mrs Donna Evans, Park Farm, Dunkeswell, Honiton, Devon EX14 4RN the prepared batter. Bake for 30-40 minutes at 160c fan or 180c until Hemyock Parish Council held meetings in June & July. A brief summary Tel 01823 680968 Email [email protected]. golden and a skewer inserted comes out clean. of the business conducted at those meetings is as follows:- As last year, we now have a meeting in August - this year on 8 August Planning Pump Distributors July 2018 we have Brian Hesketh talking about Organic Vegetable Gardening Applications received for:- and our meeting on 12th September has Mr Tony Cooper talking about • 18/00652/HOUSE. 33 Longmead, Hemyock. Conversion of existing Many thanks to all our distributors who ensure that a copy of the the Wayford Vineyard. garage to ancillary accommodation. Parish Pump reaches all the households in the area. • 18/00610/HOUSE. 31 Castle Park, Hemyock. Erection of a garage May this wonderful weather long continue, we can enjoy sitting in our following removal of existing. Churchills Rise June Lock gardens as we take a break from the watering!! Look forward to seeing • 18/00779/FULL. Oakside, Culmstock Road, Hemyock. Erection of a The Square/High St Mark Farrell you all again in August. dwelling with new access (Revised Scheme) Parklands Linda Holway • 18/00474/FULL. Erection of 2 dwellings, alterations to existing access, Logan Way Gerry King Judith Major and associated works. Land west of Elmdene, Hemyock (revised Prowses/Higher Mead Tony and Edith Butler (Secretary – 680746) Yet again, but for very different reasons, David and I were unable to drawings) Redwood Close Mikive Hussey join our members for the weekend away. I am indebted to Jane, who • 18/00784/FULL. Rodleigh Farm, Hemyock. Change of use of Prowses/Churchills/Eastmead P Gubb was mainly responsible for organising such a wonderful trip, as I agricultural land to domestic garden, retention of shed, erection of Eastlands Patsy Preston “borrow” her words from our web page: We set off on Friday morning Prings Farm Cream Tea Afternoon shed, greenhouse and installation of solar pv panels and solar hot South View David Bawler in full sunshine and it just got hotter and hotter. First stop was a water system on south facing roof. Castle Park Mary Beard delightful garden near Liskeard, Moyclare Gardens, where we were On the 24th June 2018 it was the 8th Annual • 18/00474/FULL. Land west of Hemyock. Erection of 2 dwellings, Longmead Mo and Bob Anderson warmly welcomed by the owner who gave a history of the garden. An Cream Tea Afternoon at Prings Farm, alterations to existing access, and associated works (additional Millhayes Farm David Corden acre of winding paths, trees roses and mature shrubs. In complete Madford, Hemyock and what a success it Information) Lower Millhayes Brenda Calcraft • 18/00888/FULL. Land at Nelson Farm, Hemyock. Change of use of contrast we then travelled to Lanhydrock House and Gardens, was! The weather was tremendous for this quintessentially English Hollingarth James Pullen, Patricia Fuller, agricultural land for the siting of three glamping units, combined beautiful grounds and a wooded estate to explore. Saturday was almost affair, and with tea served in vintage china, scones generously Doreen Perrott toilet/shower cubicles and ancillary parking (Revised Scheme). as hot and sunny as Friday when we visited Trewithen Gardens near St loaded with cream and jam and delicious cakes it made for a Station Road Gillian and Bob Hawkes • 18/00641/FULL. Beamley Bungalow Hemyock. Erection of a Austell. A number of champion trees and a very long lawn!! Then on to thoroughly enjoyable afternoon. Culmstock Road Julie Steed replacement dwelling with new access track. Pinetum Gardens with arboretum, lake and more champion trees. Lower Castle Hill Ruth Tartaglia The tables were laid, the marquees and bunting were up, the pianist Upper Castle Hill Pam Ashton Finance Sunday was a little wet as we made our way to RHS Rosemoor where played throughout, the plant and cake stalls were beautifully Ashculm Jenny Doble Income - included cemetery payments, interest, donation towards air the rose gardens were at their best and the scent delightful. Hot presented and the raffle tickets sold aplenty. This wonderful Culmstock Brian Samuels ambulance night-time landing site, VAT reclaim, rent and grant money borders just coming into full flower, fruit, veg, stumpery etc. etc. all afternoon culminated with an auction of donations ranging from Madford Stuart Husbands from DCC. Expenditure - included room hire, clerk’s pay and expenses, beautifully kept and an inspiration. As always, our driver Kelvin from fishing tickets, food hampers, Landrover experience vouchers, Westown Neil McLean grass cutting, village maintenance, subscriptions, other administrative Redwoods delivered us safely and on time throughout the weekend. a bird box, magnificent cakes and much, much more all kindly Tedburrow Tim and Jane Courtenay expenses, car park footpath, road signs and new external doors at The A fuller report of the weekend can be found on our web page: donated by local businesses, friends and supporters. Lemons Hill J Churchill Garages. hemyockgardeners.org.uk. Whitehall Di Whiteley This truly is a community event with so many wonderful people Street Lighting Culm Davy Anthea Edwards For those members unable to make the weekend, more local trips were offering practical help (both on the day and before), donations Most of the street lighting in the village goes off between the hours Withy Lane Sandy Coe organised and in particular a recent visit to Kia-Ora in Cullompton was and time to make this experience the success that it is, along with of 00.30 – 05.30. However, several lights stay on throughout the night. Pencross Diana Cooper much enjoyed by members. Sue Scantlebury organised the community the many hundreds of people who came on the day from far The parish council has received a request to turn off the lights on the Symonsburrow Sarah Taylor mini bus which worked well and everyone particularly enjoyed the and wide to support us, sampling the tea cakes and soaking up High Street. The council supports this request but wishes to hear from Rosemary Lane Judith Ward anyone who may object to this proposal. If you have any comments, cream teas!! The Autumn Show is in the Parish Hall on 8 September at the atmosphere. We raised a massive £3762.60 and WE THANK 2.00 p.m. Schedules have just been delivered and, as usual, from 1.00 YOU ALL. please contact the clerk before the end of August. You can also pick up a copy of the Pump from Spar, the Post Office and p.m. on the day of the show, you can enjoy a delicious ploughman’s in St Mary's Church. Sarah Machin & Judy Barton Jumping in the river! lunch in the hall before it opens to the public at 2.00 p.m. Whilst the parish council is pleased to see youngsters jumping in the If you know of someone in the parish who doesn't receive a copy of There are several classes open to non-members - the following are for river by the floodbridge and having a good time (which has happened the Parish Pump, or if you have any other queries about distribution, the children. Class 59 - up to 8 years - A Vegetable Dinosaur. Class 60 - Poet's Corner for many years) it politely requests that they take their rubbish home please contact Clare Sibley on 680763. with them afterwards! There has been a noticeable increase in the 8 years and over - A Decorated Pot - any size. Class 20 is for a selection amount of litter left in this area. of home grown produce arranged in a trug - maximum longest length A LIFE'S BRIEF SPAN. 20”. Class 58 is a vase of flowers arranged for effect - a minimum of Highways Help get the Pump out! five varieties and up to 12 stems. Class 67 is also open to non-members Open to the Summer Sun, Devon County Council’s telephone number for members of the public - a Blackdown Apple Cake to following recipe:- Dew-fresh coloured purse of nectar sweet, to report any lights that are not working, pot holes, blocked drains/ It costs £1 to deliver this copy of the Parish Pump to your Bows to weight of flirting bees, gulleys and any other road maintenance issues is 0345 155 1004. Lines door, but we don't charge because we want everyone in the 225g self raising flour 1 large egg (beaten) Who, fickle spread their favours wide are open 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 1pm Saturday. parish to be able to keep up with local news and events. Our 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 6-8 tablespoons milk So, is the brief flowering spent, volunteer distributors help us to keep the costs down, and our 115g unsalted butter 100g sultanas Her span half o'er, Police advertising revenue helps. But we are also grateful to all the (diced and chilled) 115g light brown sugar the colours fade, 101 - The non-emergency number for Devon and Cornwall Police people whose donations help us make up the difference. 225g Bramley or Granny Smith apples (peeled, cored and diced) Dry, to Autumn brown and drop, Textphone 18001 101 for the deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired 2 tablespoons demerara sugar (for crunchy topping) Among the mouldering leaves of Fall, Always call 999 in an emergency. Could you help us as well? A £6 donation will cover the cost of Extra butter for greasing tin Dry, lost seed of life, your copy of the Pump, for the whole year. If you can't manage Stays hid and dead through Winter dark, Finally that, please just put what you can into the envelope that has Grease and line 20cm tin with baking parchment. Mix together the Lies and waits for Spring and Life, If you would like to get involved or wish to know what is happening come with this edition. You can return the envelope to your 225g flour and cinnamon in large bowl. Add butter and rub into flour Then grows, reaches upward to the light, around the parish then please come along to one of the council local distributor or to Daphne Shepherd at 1 Parklands or Hazel until resembles breadcrumbs. Stir in 115g light brown sugar As before, now sprouts meetings, normally held on the first Wednesday of the month in the Partridge at 50 Castle Park. Beat in the egg followed by milk to achieve a smooth, thick batter. New dew-fresh colour, Forbes Lounge, Parish Hall. The next meeting will start at 7.30pm on Open to the Summer Sun! Wednesday 1st August 2018. Minutes and agenda are displayed on the Thank you for your help. web at www.hemyock.org//index.php?topic=parishcouncil and may be David Palmer

28 29 Hemyock History – WWII POWs Working on Local Farms Heritage Open Days 2018 – Free to Explore – Hemyock Castle 9th Sept 2018 In answer to David Berkley's article in June / July 2018 Parish The Blackdown Healthy Living & Activity Centre – What’s on Pump: Each September, volunteers around England organise over 5000 free events. In 2018, these events will be Cameo Mondays and Thursdays most weeks of the year. Day care, activities and lunch for older people. Yes, there are records and memories of Hemyock's role in World over two weekends: 6-9th and 13-16th September. Club Contact Tracy Howe for details on 01823 680687 War Two. In 1995, Margaret Sheppard interviewed many Hemyock There are events within the Blackdown Hills and the Bookworms Every Thursday afternoon from 1.30 – 3pm, a drop-in play session for parents, carers, babies residents about their experiences of living through WWII, both nearby towns. Some sites are open especially; some and toddlers. Call 01823 680687 for details serving overseas and on the "Home Front." Margaret and Mr host special exhibitions or tours; some waive their Phoenix On the first Tuesday of every month 10am – noon, an informal, drop-in session for carers run by Norman Lowman staged a major exhibition in 1995 of these stories, usual entrance fee. Advance booking is required for some events, Group Diana Cooper (01823 680175) photos, and artefacts. Margaret published those stories and photos but not for many others. For the full directory of events, see: Brightside Every first Friday of the month, a day of activities, entertainment and good food for people who as a booklet to mark the 50th anniversary of VE and VJ-Days. https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/visiting want to get out and about. Contact Janet Elworthy for information and to book on 01823 680687 Hundreds of copies were printed and sold, all in aid of the Royal Memory On the second Tuesday of every month, company, gentle activities and lunch for anyone affected British Legion. Visitors to Hemyock Castle's free Heritage Open Day on 9th Cafe by memory loss. Contact Janet Morison for information and to book on 01823 680687 September 2018 can view the remains of the medieval towers, walls I have extensively corrected, re-edited, and and moat. There will also be special displays for two of this year's

Classes: republished these rare eyewitness stories as a series themes: "Extraordinary Women," celebrating 100 years of Women's Monday Yoga 6.15 – 7.45pm Julia Baldock of Kindle eBooks, culminating in a "Kindle Box Set" Suffrage, and "European Year of Cultural Heritage." See: https:// which contains all five volumes. These Kindle eBooks www.hemyockcastle.uk/herit/heritage.html Tuesday Keep Fit (over 60) 10 – 11am Pauline Marchmont about Hemyock people sell around the World, Pilates 5.45 – 8pm Harriet Tubbs including in Japan, but oddly rarely in Hemyock. These eBooks One of Hemyock's "Extraordinary Women" featured, will be Mrs Wednesday Pilates 6 – 8.15pm Harriet Tubbs can be read on Kindle devices and on most other PCs, tablets & Joanne Illery: She successfully petitioned the courts and Parliament Friday Yoga 9.30 – 10.30am Steph Leitner smartphones, using the free Kindle reading apps. All proceeds go to for years to obtain compensation because her husband was hanged the Blackdown Support Group charity. See: https://www.amazon. when the Royalists besieged and captured Hemyock Castle during co.uk/dp/B071783LLK the English Civil War in 1643/44. Complementary Acupuncture, Alexander Technique, Beauty Therapy, Chiropractic, Clinical Hypnosis, Therapies Counselling, Foot Care, Herbal Medicine, Homeopathy, Massage, Osteopathy, I have uploaded the many photos to YouTube as four HD Another special display will use artefacts found at Hemyock Castle Reflexology – all by appointment with individual therapists slideshows. We can also offer DVDs of these slideshows. See: to demonstrate centuries of close links with continental Europe, for https://www.hemyockcastle.uk/books.html trade, people, and ideas. You can find the Healthy Living Centre at Riverside, Lower Millhayes, Hemyock, EX15 3SH WWII Prisoners of War Camps and Working on Local Farms Hemyock Castle will be open on Sunday 9th September 2018, 2 to Nearby Prisoner of War camps included one for Italians at Waterloo 5pm. Free entry for Heritage Open Days; free parking. No booking Cross near Uffculme; and one at Wellington near Pyles Thorne Around Hemyock It seems like only yesterday I was taking my children to, and enjoying required. All welcome. (Note. We will NOT be open on Sunday 16th Close, for Germans & some Italians. Temporary camps such as being a group leader at, our Holiday Club - in the days long before it was September.) the ones built near Bradninch Cricket Ground and on Tiverton’s Whether you enjoy the glorious weather we have had of late by sitting in held at the school. 2018 will see the club holding its 49th event. I wonder Old Racecourse (now Tiverton High School) to house US troops Nearby St. Mary's Church usually opens for Heritage Open Days, the sun or would prefer to be in the shade, we have certainly had a hot how many drinks have been made by willing helpers, choruses sung and preparing for D-Day, were later used to house POWs and / or had and usually also offers teas. summer! Our gardens have seen some wonderful flowers, our climbing art work and sport enjoyed - it must surely number thousands. If you POW compounds. roses have been heavy with blooms... unfortunately weeds also seem to are new to the area and have children of primary school age I cannot Richard Sheppard be flourishing! recommend the days too highly. - great fun and many happy memories www.hemyockcastle.uk There were also the Internment Camps for "enemy aliens" (mostly will be made there. German nationals), such as the one near Paignton where Mr Bill The Catherine Wheel saw its customers enjoying a sunny day as Geoff Granger was stationed while serving in the Territorial Army. and staff welcomed customers to celebrate the wedding of Prince Harry September sees the start of a new academic year - young ones Left Uffculme School? and his bride. From the youngest to the eldest all had a great time. The beginning school, with older ones moving on in their education and Some WWII POWs were determined never to help “their enemy,” Going on with Education? fine weather continued as the annual cream tea held at Prings Farm in young adults starting work or going to university. We send them all good but as during WWI, many POWs did accept the offer of paid work aid of charity was a resounding success. No doubt there will be a report wishes as they begin a new chapter of their life. on local farms. Their help was welcomed at a time when labour was The Mary Waldron Trust may be able to assist you financially in elsewhere in this issue. The school fete and church summer fair with vocational and further education (including Richard Huish College) short because so many local men were away, serving Britain’s in the scouts display had people sweltering as the heatwave continued At St Mary's changes are also afoot as we say goodbye to Rev David with purchases of books and equipment, including computer war effort. Many POWs were from rural areas, so were used to farm but both were enjoyed by many whose support fundraisers are always Burton as he retires. Thankfully clergy never seem to retire and we requisites. Those applying should normally be resident in work. so grateful for. At St Mary's fair cheers could be heard coming from the are grateful for all the support the three villages get from Revs John Hemyock or Clayhidon and must have received full time education at one or more of: nearby flats as England scored and eventually won their game in the Stone, Ron White and Chris Hudson as well as our Lay Readers and Although “prisoners of war,” they were usually considered as low- Hemyock Primary School football World Cup! By the time this issue is in your hands we will know Churchwardens risk for absconding. Some were delivered daily by transport; some Uffculme School the eventual winners. Tennis fans will also have enjoyed watching some even lived on local farms. It is unlikely that many POWs working on Applications from students (not their parents) are welcome. Actual exciting, and at times extremely long, matches. As always a fond farewell to those leaving the parish and a very warm receipts for purchases made must be provided in due course. local farms were closely guarded by troops while they worked. welcome to new residents. More details and an Application Form can be obtained from the At South View we have been able to welcome Henry Edward born at Secretary, Some prisoners were very creative and ingenious: eg. Making toy the end of May but have also been aware that Claire and Doreen have September - a time to celebrate nature with the Gardeners Show and Rev Ron White, 10 Hollingarth Way, Hemyock, EX15 3XB models of a cockerel picking-up corn, out of a flat piece of wood, a Phone 681020 email [email protected] been admitted to hospital over recent weeks. Harvest Festival and to give thanks for all good gifts around us as well as block, some string, and paint. The swinging movement of the block for those who work on land and sea. Then before we know it the parish would cause "the bird" to pick-up "the corn." Other POWs made Others who have been mentioned to the Pump as being unwell include hall and surrounding area will be full of young and not so young for the rings or bracelets out of thrup'ny pieces and bits of scrap metal. Gemma, David, Chris, Wendy, Anne, Pam, Margaret and Barbara. annual Scout sale - once seen never forgotten! Following an accident a little while ago Jack Churchill appears to have As during previous conflicts, these prisoners would tell residents become the master of crutches! We wish him well as his long recovery If you have any news you would like to be included on this page please that they had been conscripted into the war and knew very little of continues. We also continue to remember those who have left the send to [email protected] its implications. village but need care including Diane, Audrey, Bob and Ann. Janice Bawler [email protected] Richard Sheppard We send condolences and prayers to all those who have lost a loved one www.hemyockcastle.uk in recent weeks including the family and friends of the late Julie Frost.

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WHAT’S ON August 2018 WHAT’S ON September 2018

Wed 1 BSG Lunch Club CR 12.30 Parish Council FL 19.30 Sat 1 Ch’ford & Well’ton Farmers’ Market Mobile Library St Mary’s Charity & Coffee Shop CR 10-12 Thu 2 Taunton Farmers’ Market Honiton Show Fri 3 ‘Brightside’ BHLC Sun 2 Sat 4 Ch’ford & Well’ton Farmers’ Market St Mary’s Charity & Coffee Shop CR 10.00-12.00 Mobile Library Mon 3 School Term Begins "Mature Movers" 11.00-12.00 Garages (Over 50s) Tue 4 Phoenix Carers BHLC 10-12 WI FL 19.30 Sun 5 Wed 5 BSG Lunch Club FL 12.30 Parish Council FL 19.30 Mon 6 HOLIDAY CLUB STARTS "Mature Movers", 11.00-12.00 Garages (Over 50s) Thu 6 Mothers’ Union, HC at St Mary's, Coffee at Janet Dalton's Taunton FM Tue 7 Phoenix Carers BHLC 10-12 WI FL 19.30 Fri 7 ‘Brightside’ BHLC Wed 8 Sat 8 C’mpton, D’Well & Yarcombe FM’s Gardener's Autumn Show PH Thu 9 Taunton Farmers’ Market Mothers’ Union, Mary Summers Day, Exeter Cathedral Fri 10 “Allcomers” FL 10.30-11.30 Sun 9 Heritage Day Hemyock Castle 14.00 – 17.00 and St Mary’s Open with exhibition & talk) United Service at St.Mary’s – Sat 11 C’mpton, D’Well & Yarcombe FM’s David Burton’s last service with this Parish, followed by Buffet lunch Mon 10 "Mature Movers" 11.00-12.00 Garages (Over 50s) Young Farmers FL 19.30 Sun 12 Tue 11 St Mary’s Charity & Coffee Shop CR 10-12 Memory Café BHLC Tuesday Club Outing to Buckfastleigh, South Devon Railway Mon 13 "Mature Movers", 11.00-12.00 Garages (Over 50s) Young Farmers FL 19.30 Wed 12 Gardeners' Meeting FL 19.30 Tue 14 St Mary’s Charity & Coffee Shop CR 10.00-12.00 Memory Café BHLC 10.30 Tuesday Club FL 19.30 Thu 13 Taunton FM Mobile Library Wed 15 Tiverton Farmers Market Acorns FL (Carol Carr) 14.30 Fri 14 PUMP DEADLINE Thu 16 Honiton & Taunton Farmers’ Market Mobile Library Sat 15 Hemyock Market PH Wellington Farmers’ Market Fri 17 Sat 18 Hemyock Market Wellington Farmers’ Market Sun 16 Mon 17 "Mature Movers" 11.00-12.00 Garages (Over 50s) Sun 19 Open Garden & Afternoon Tea, "Golden Orchard" 14.30-17.00 (FOSM) Tue 18 Mon 20 "Mature Movers" 11.00-12.00 Garages (Over 50s) Wed 19 Tiverton Farmer’s Market Acorns (Fire Protection in the Home) FL 14.30 Tue 21 Thu 20 Taunton & Honiton Farmers’ Market Autumn Lunch CR 12.30 Wed 22 Fri 21 Book Launch & Slideshow, S&P Barrett, BHLC, 18.00 PH – Parish Hall Thu 23 Taunton Farmers’ Markets Sat 22 Uffculme Farmers’ Market Hemyock Repair Café PH FL – Forbes Lounge Fri 24 Blood Donors PH CR – Church Rooms Sat 25 Uffculme Farmers’ Market Sun 23 RS – Riverside Mon 24 "Mature Movers" 11.00-12.00 Garages (Over 50s) Young Farmers FL 19.30 BC – Baptist Church Sun 26 Tue 25 St Mary’s Charity & Coffee Shop CR 10-12 SM – St Mary’s Mon 27 BANK HOLIDAY "Mature Movers", 11.00-12.00 Garages Open Day Hemyock Castle 14.00 – 17.00 Young Farmers FL 19.30 Wed 26 “Crafternoon” 10 Lower Millhayes 14.00–16.00 SA – St Andrew’s Tue 28 St Mary’s Charity & Coffee Shop CR 10.00-12.00 Thu 27 Taunton Farmers’ Market ASC – All Saint’s Church Wed 29 “Crafternoon” 10 Lower Millhayes 14.00–16.00 Fri 28 CPH – Clayhidon Parish Hall Thu 30 Taunton Farmers’ Market Sat 29 Mobile Library BHLC – Blackdown Fri 31 Healthy Living Sun 30 Centre, Millhayes

If you wish to give people an early notice of your events Parish Hall Forbes Lounge Elsewhere Forthcoming Events by getting it in the “Forthcoming Events”, please notify Mon 9.45-12.45 Short Mat 10-12 Art Pre-School (Primary Sch PS) / Arthritis Group Mature 2018 Sue Lambert: 680664 or [email protected] by 1.30-3.30 Badminton 7.45-9.30 YFC every 2nd and 4th Movers (Over 50’s) (GS) 11.00-12 md October the “Pump” deadline date (This may stop too many Sat 06th Annual Scout Sale PH clashes of dates!). Tue 1.15-3.15 Baby & Toddler 7.15-9.45 WI every 1st Pre-School (PS) / Brownies (CR) / Wed 17th Gardeners’ Pottinger Cup Evening 7.30-9.30 Badminton 7.30-9.30 Tuesday Club every 2nd Blackdown Total Fitness (GS) Thu 18th Autumn Lunch, CR Sat 20th Hemyock Market Parish Pump Deadline Wed 7.30-9.30 Gardeners Club 12-2 BSG Luncheon Club every 1st Pre-School (PS) / Cub Scouts (CR) / Chapel Café (BC) / Mon 22th – 26th Half Term week, Annual VASS Show October – November issue: 14th Sept every 2nd 2.15-4.15 Acorns every 3rd Blackdown Total Fitness (GS) / Sat 27th Hemyock Pre-School Halloween Night, PH 7.30-9.30 Parish Council every 1st Primary School Coffee Morning 1st week Sun 28th Clocks change Editor: James Winrow [email protected] 07763 855414 Thu 1.45-4.45 Short Mat Pre-School (PS) / St Mary’s Choir (SM) / Walk & Talk November th (VH) / Bell Ringing (SM) / Clayhidon Friends 2nd / Sun 11 Remembrance Day Commercial advertising: th Hemyock History & Archiving 2nd (CR) / Clayhidon Wed 14 Pump Deadline th [email protected] History Group 3rd Thu 15 Autumn Lunch, CR Sat 17th Hemyock Market Fri 6.45-9.45 Short Mat Pre-School (PS) / Seekers (BC) / Scouts (GS) / Teen (Fri before Market ONLY) Scene (BC)

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Times of Mobile Library (See “What’s On” for dates) The Violet Chapman Trust

Thursday (once a month, Week 4) The Violet Chapman Charity (Charity registration number There are many examples that we could give of the patients Clayhidon crossroads 1.15 – 1.45pm PRESENTS 299996) was established in 1986 after Mrs Violet Chapman, we have helped recently and would cite one that required their Hemyock Parish Hall 1.55 – 3.00 who was a patient of the Blackdown Practice, gave a substantial bathroom to be modernised to enable them to continue to Lower Millhayes 3.05 – 4.20 gift to the doctors, which was intended to provide patients live at home; another patient who needed a chair that would with services and help that were not available under the NHS. help them in getting in and out without assistance. Another Saturdays (once a month, Week 2) Fromexample: Sue Lambert is a [email protected] who had severe back pain and a grant was Subject: Fw: copy Hemyock Parish Hall 9.45 – 12.15 Cinderella The original Trustees were Dr Jonathan Meads, Mrs Chapman Dategiven: 12 Februaryfor them 2018 to at 16:41have remedial massage.

and Sir Christopher Palmer who, at that time, was senior To: Clements Hilary [email protected]

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Also found on: www.devon.gov.uk/libraries partner with Ashfords Solicitors and one time president If youHi James, feel the Trust can help you we would! suggest you talk to of the Law Society. The Trustees were, at this time, all your GP or any person who gives you support and submit an volunteers not drawing any salary or expenses, and this ApplicationI’ve had an email from this lady who is very cross that this ar8cle has form which can be found online or pick one up not gone into the Longmead remains the case to date. fromlatest Pump (and the one before). I thought I’d any of the Blackdown Practice surgeries. Theforwarded it to you but it came at a Trustees arevery awkward 8me between deadlines and it only too happy to consider any applications.seems to have got missed out. I have Alternatively The Trust has discretion to give grants for medical equipment for more details please contact the secretary, Mrs Judy Barton The Pavilion is an ideal venue for smaller events needing outdoor wriBen to her to say that it will be in the next Pump. Could you put it in? And I will put and treatments as well as giving financial assistance to patients on 01823 680975 or [email protected]. space, birthday parties, christenings, family gatherings and of it into the What’s On. Hope that appeases her. of the Blackdown Practice for numerous purposes. course meetings, the building is licensed to sell alcohol and has a The Trustees are proud of the speed with which they are able large screen tv and there are basic kitchen facilities for your use. I also got told off by the “Acorns” for puLng the Christmas Party on for this month – All grants are given for the physical and mental wellbeing to which I didn’t on my copy!help patients and in many cases are able to provide financial of the patients, and many will gain support by the help the assistance within two weeks. The MUGA (Multi Use Games Area) is also available for hire, why Trust gives in supplying counselling where the NHS is unable not combine the two and have a football party? Its ideal for 5 aside All part of the job, I suppose to supply. The current Trustees are Mrs Shirley Wyatt (Chairman), Mr football, netball, hockey, we also have basketball hoops for use, is in Hemyock Stephen Walker (Legal representative - Ashfords), Mrs Judy anyone interested in starting up a new club? th th Hemyck Parish Hall 7.30pm 24 -26 Oct Barton (Secretary), Dr Susan Brocklesby, Mrs Doreen Pike andFrom: Mr Gabrielle Newman Turner Tom Baker. Hire charges Pre show and Interval BAR AVAILABLE Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2017 2:48 PM Pavilion - £7.50 per hour To: [email protected] MUGA - £15.00 per hour Subject: copy COULD WE HELP YOU?

If you wish to book any of these facilities or would like some copy: more information please contact Karen 01823 681034 or email Valley Arts [email protected]. Hemyock History Group CRAFTERNOON! ✂

Our autumn show this year will New Series of Historical Talks on 3rd Thursday of the HEMYOCK. EVERY LAST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH 2.00-4.00. be Cinderella. We have had our month. Starting on September 20th 2018. launch evenings and our producer Letter to Clubs from the Parish Pump Come along to CRAFTERNOON! Gillian Hawkes will be casting the pantomime at the next meeting. with Dr John Allan from Exeter University on the Building of Bring your sewing/kniLng/crochet. It is very encouraging that we have some new members and Exeter Cathedral I am responsible for the “What’s On” and “Forthcoming Events” Join our friendly group for a chat and a cuppa. a few of our stalwarts are rejoining the cast. We would like to in the Parish Pump. Ring Gabbi 680690 or Lynn 680104 for further informa8on. encourage a few younger ladies to join us; it’s very good fun and Monthly meetings are held at 7.30pm at the Church Rooms. valley Arts is a friendly group. Jo Tottle is our musical director this Annual membership at £5 with attendance at £2 to include When I put in what’s happening into the “What’s On” I go by year and would like to hear from any musicians who would like to refreshments or £3 for non members. the regular times that you’ve told me. There are occasions be involved, particularly a rehearsal pianist. If you are interested when I guess you may not be meeting at the usual time (Bank in helping in any way, costumes, props, stage building, music, New Members very welcome. holidays, Christmas, New Year etc), but I don’t know what your choreography, chorus members, contact Gillian on 680047 or Communication via Group web site: plans are, so I have to put the usual times in. This means, of Caroline at [email protected] or Sally at sallycartledge@ www.blackdownarchives.org.uk course, that sometimes things are NOT correct. hotmail.co.uk. Funding for Talks, outings, projects, research, access to rare local books I would be grateful if you could give me any information that Caroline Pinder (Chairman) community projects and documents. will affect the details in the Parish Pump by the deadline. It does mean looking 2 months ahead which is not always easy! Do you have a project which will have an environmental, social Parish Hall News or economic benefit? I hope this will give the village a more accurate and up-to-date Parish Pump magazine. Visit the Parish Hall's new website: Giant table top sale – Lots of bargains! The Blackdown Hills AONB’s Sustainable Development Fund https://www.hemyockparishhall.co.uk/ (SDF) gives grants of up to £3000 to encourage individuals, Sue Lambert to see the facilities on offer; the Hall looked stunning for a recent Fund raising for Paul Moralee snowboard fund community groups, schools and businesses to try to achieve a wedding and can be adapted to suit many needs. We also have a more sustainable way of living in the Blackdown Hills. Tel. 01823 680664 new email address for bookings: bookings@hemyockparishhall. 34 Hollingarth Way, Hemyock [email protected] co.uk. Many thanks to Fiona and Karen for their hard work on the Find out if your project qualifies and apply for a Sustainable website design. We have new lightweight tables to replace the Saturday 29th September 10th 9.30 to 13.30 Development Fund grant: Note from the Editor: If you have an event you want heavy trestles so, if anyone has a few minutes to spare, we would listed in the “What’s On” calendar section of the magazine, welcome some extra help with putting out tables for the Saturday All welcome! Tel: 01823 680681 please also notify Sue using the details above. Don’t assume Markets and stacking them afterwards; it will be a lot easier from Email: [email protected] it will be done automatically if you submit an advert, copy or now on! For the future: we are replacing the wall lights in the Hall poster to me. and Forbes Lounge with up-and-down lights and are looking to improve the seating. At the AGM in June, Geoff Hardy stood down as Treasurer and Doug Cartledge has been appointed in his place.

34 35 1st Hemyock Scout Group BlackdownBlackdown Support Group Support Group AGM Hemyock Lunch Club Update

Hello, I said last time that I thought summer was here and hoped it would last. I think that our wishes have been granted! Still the sun shines. Comparisons are being made with the summer of 1976. I am sure some of you can remember Your Community Needs You! it. Summer camp that year was just outside Plymouth with Old Skip and Old Rikki at the helm. The sun shone and the river at the site was The Blackdown Support Group aims to relieve sickness, loneliness much used for splashing around. Lets hope that the weather lasts a and isolation by connecting local people in need with local bit longer until 29th July to 5th August for this years summer camp- volunteers who can off er them practical support. Those who are Run to the Fun. Tell you all about it next time. suff ering from physical or mental ill health, who have disabilities Tuesday 10th July 2018 or learning diffi culties, or who are experiencing bereavement We were delighted to see so many of our Friends, volunteers and We were pleased to be with you for the Annual St Marys Fete on or the eff ects of old age can fi nd themselves cut off in rural areas supporters at our Annual General Meeting which was held this 7th July. Hope you liked our displays, burgers, axe throwing, archery, like ours, without access to transport, support services and social year at Throgmorton Hall in Dunkeswell. Following reports from crockery smashing etc. It was a lovely afternoon with lots of people opportunities. our Co-ordinator, Elizabeth McNabb, Chair Sarah Folland and After 7 years of cooking for the members of the BSG Hemyock in spite of a certain football match involving England. Akela thought Treasurer Nicky Summerfield, our accounts were presented and Lunch Club, Barbara England recently decided to call it a day and we would lose, but she got it wrong! She was able to nip into the The BSG has over 600 people registered with us for support. We guests enjoyed a raffle, some light entertainment courtesy of the have more time for herself and Milo. As well as cooking, Barbara Parish to watch on TV! See you all there on 6th July 2019 for our next cover the 200sq miles covered by the Blackdown Practice. The delightful Dunkeswell Hand Bell Ringers and a delicious supper of drew up the menus, sourced the ingredients (often at low prices) annual get together. services our volunteers provide include:- cheese and wine. and did a lot of preparation at home prior to the event. Christmas lunch for over 40 people must be a daunting prospect but the result Section Reports. The trustees,Thanks friends to and all thosevolunteers who wereof the able Blackdown to join us, Support for those Group who weren’t, was always a marvellous spread for all. Pam Lowman, who had been • Driving – to appointments, shopping trips, social and well- Explorers. Some young leaders from Uffculme and Culmstock have were sad to minutesbid farewell of the to ourmeeting, Co-ordinator, our annual Barbara accounts Starkiss, and Trusteesat the Report will with Barbara throughout this period also took the decision to stand joined us. Snowdrift camp was its usual challenge, very cold! Nine being events, generally enabling greater independence end of 2017 whenbe available she elected on our to website: take early www.blackdownsupportgroup.org.uk retirement. down. The two ladies will be missed by all for their commitment, Explorers and leaders hiked, built shelters and cooked rabbits. • Befriending - visiting those who may be unable to leave their loyalty and devotion to the people of Hemyock. The rest of the programmes run in parallel with the scouts. own home or have limited social contact with other people, Barbara came to the BSG in October 2003 having previously been relieving feelings of loneliness and isolation Chief Offi cerHemyock of Age Concern, Dementia Tiverton Awareness and District Weekfor over 2018 10 years. Replacing someone who has such a reputation is always difficult Scouts. Odd mix of activities in the Spring. Burns Night, Highland She was also a trustee of Action East Devon for 13 years, and Chair of but we have been very lucky to secure the services of Mary • Social events - lunch clubs, coff ee mornings, carers groups, games, Valentine cook night plus what leader Andy calls “Our normal that organisation from April 2015 to October 2016. Pepper. Mary has beenBlackdown involved with Support catering Groupfor many years and providing opportunities to meet friends and enjoy a home Along with the Blackdown Healthy programme!” I have previously mentioned Woodjam camp. We won Living Centre and the Wellington says that she loves cooking – just as well Mary! Mary cooked her cooked nutritious meal for the first time in 10 years. Well done to you all. We are also joining Barbara broughtDementia with her Action a wealth Alliance, of experience the in the voluntary first Lunch Club lunch of roast gammon followed by strawberries up with Culmstock scouts for activities together. • Mentoring - trained volunteers provide a structured support sector, togetherBlackdown with an Supportenviable Groupcontacts were list, and her experience and and meringue on Wednesday 4th July and her guests thoroughly programme for those who are struggling to re-integrate back dedication weredelighted quickly to recognised present a byprogramme all who worked of with her. Her enjoyed it. Thanks also to the kitchen team of Joan, Jonathan and forthright manner, and often direct approach led her to be respected new volunteers Carrol and Caroline as well as our front of house Cubs. Had a great District camp which was well attended and a into the community, perhaps after bereavement, an accident events at the end of May to help raiseYour awareness Community of those living Needs You! great success. A Sports Day at Caddihoe, also well attended and or long period of ill health as a strong voluntarywith dementia activist in by our those community. statutory bodies with whom she team Christine, Carol-Ann and Ursula. most enjoyed with Hemyock getting the Runners Up prize. Well negotiated on our behalf. • Advocacy – providing support with fi lling in forms and The Blackdown Support Group aims to relieve sickness, loneliness done again. We attended the Derrick Knill Challenge and the cubs We offered a number of We would also like to thank Geoff, Mel and the team at The paperwork to ensure people have access to the services or and isolation by connecting local people in need with local won this, receiving a glass trophy which has been set into a wooden Above all, BarbaraDementia was heldAwareness in high esteem by the members of the Catherine Wheel who provided us with delicious two-course fi nancial support they need volunteers who can off er them practical support. Those who are shield. Alas we still have a waiting list to join our current 32 members, Blackdown Practice,sessions with over whom the we work closely, and by those in need lunches at the pub in the interim period. suff ering from physical or mental ill health, who have disabilities with the critical point being leaders or rather lack of. It is sad to keep • We also off er short-term wheelchair loans and a disabled who rely on courseour services. of the week, and young people waiting but we have no choice with the, rightly, rules access vehicle. Hemyock now has 22 or learning diffi culties, or who are experiencing bereavementIf you or anyone you know would be interested in attending one and regulations regarding cubs to leader ratios. At the start ofnew 2018 Dementia Barbara Friendsis somewhere or the on effthe ects other of old side age of can the fi nd themselves cut offof in our rural Lunch areas Clubs, which take place in Culmstock, Rosemary Lane and Hemyock, then please contact the BSG Office on 01823 681036. If you’d like to fi nd out more please get in touch, whether you world, furtheringthanks her to enjoyment Brian Standring of travel, like and ours, we without send her access love to and transport, support services and social best wishes for the future. We are proud that we are a very active Group, which is the envy of would like to help as a volunteer or you may know someone who who is an Alzheimer’s opportunities. the District. Old Skip certainly started something back in 1960. needs help, who is alone, feeling isolated or struggling to care for a Society Dementia Friends The BSG are delighted to welcome Elizabeth McNabb, who has joined loved one. Either way we’d love to hear from you. Champion and hosted theThe BSG has over 600 people registered with us forRosemary support. We Lane Lunch Club Update I believe that our world famous Annual Sale will be mentioned the team as sessionsour new Co-ordinator.for us. cover the 200sq miles covered by the Blackdown Practice. The elsewhere in the Pump, but a double plug is better that none. Note Contact Elizabeth McNabb services our volunteers provide include:- All of our guests and helpers at Rosemary Lane Lunch Club the date. 6th October at the Parish Hall. Join the queue for 2.00pm Elizabeth is keenA Dementia-friendly to ‘get out there’ Teaand meet those involved with the were very sad this month to say goodbye to Margaret Gibbings. 01823 681 036 The trustees, friends and volunteers of the Blackdown Support Group to bag your bargains. I know that you will support us as always. It is BSG; be theyDance friends, took volunteers place at or the clients, so you can look forward to Margaret has been Volunteer Cook for the Lunch Club, which [email protected] • Driving – to appointments, shopping trips, social and well- were sad to bid farewell to our Co-ordinator, Barbara Starkiss, at the much appreciated and raises funds for our fine young people. See meeting herHealthy soon. She Living is also Centre keen to on explore collaborative working is a joint endeavour of the Blackdown Support Group and the www.blackdownsupportgroup.org.uk being events, generally enabling greater independence end of 2017 when she elected to take early retirement. you there for a cup of tea and a cake. with other groupsMonday within and thewe Blackdownheld a Hills. Rosemary Lane Chapel, for a staggering 24 years and 10 months! Family Craft and Activity • Befriending - visiting those who may be unableHer to deliciousleave their food has been appreciated over the years by Barbara came to the BSG in October 2003 having previously been And finally. Camp Fire Yarn 28. Our Worldwide Brotherhood. If you’d like tosession fi nd outon Saturdaymore about the BSG,own the home services or have we limitedoffer or social contact withmany other manypeople, local people who might not otherwise have had the volunteering opportunities, please get in touch. Chief Offi cer of Age Concern, Tiverton and District for over 10 years. Scouting is a fine game, if we put our backs into it and tackle it Do you buy from Suttons Seeds? New code for 2017/18 morning. Thanks to all relieving feelings of loneliness and isolation opportunity to go out and enjoy a meal with friends. The Rosemary She was also a trustee of Action East Devon for 13 years, and Chair of well: and no game is any good to anyone unless we work up Ladies EveningGet 35 % off Fashion seeds and 10% off other items from Sutton Show with local models those who helped and came Lane Lunch Club will be celebrating its 25th Anniversary in October • Social events - lunch clubs, coff ee mornings, carers groups, that organisation from April 2015 to October 2016. some kind of enthusiasm about it. As with other games, we will Seeds while also raising money for Hemyock Scout Group. Contact Elizabethalong McNabb.to join in the fun. For 2018 and Margaret has been involved from the very beginning, so Just use the offer code GC1003D to get the discount and providing opportunities to meet friends and enjoy a home find that we gain strength of body, mind and spirit from the playing Selling lots of pre-loved clothes to buy at bargain prices 01823 681 036more information on local we cannot thank her enough for her commitment, dedication and Hemyock Scout Group will receive a donation for every [email protected] cooked nutritious meal Barbara brought with her a wealth of experience in the voluntary of it. But remember! It is a game for the open air, so whenever the purchase made. resources available for those living with Dementia please contact cheerfulness, for the food she has so lovingly prepared and the sector, together with an enviable contacts list, and her experience and opportunity occurs get out into the open and good luck and good Fund raising for Paul Moralee’s GB Snowboard Fund www.blackdownsupportgroup.org.uk.the BSG on 01823 681 036 or• theMentoring Healthy - Livingtrained Centre volunteers on 01823provide a structuredenjoyment support she has given to so many. Thank you Margaret. dedication were quickly recognised by all who worked with her. Her camping go with you. So said Baden Powell, our Founder. Takes me Visit www.suttons.co.uk to have a look at the range of items 680687. Or if you would like toprogramme arrange an for Awareness those who session are struggling for a to re-integrate back available! forthright manner, and often direct approach led her to be respected back to 1960 when the present Group was started. We enjoyed Village Hall Thursday 22nd February 7.30pm local group you are involved withinto then the community, we can put perhaps you in touchafter bereavement, with an accident Wine and so drinks available and Ra le as a strong voluntary activist by those statutory bodies with whom she the outdoor scouting and with our fine band of current leaders To find out more information about Hemyock Scout Group Brian or another member of hisor organisation.long period of ill health we still do. visit their website Price £4 to includehemyock.scoutsites.org.uk the  rst drink Any donations negotiated on our behalf. • Advocacy – providing support with fi lling in forms and of clothes paperwork to ensure people have access to the services or Bye for now. Contact Elaine Moralee for tickets gratefully Above all, Barbara was held in high esteem by the members of the 01823680119 or 07775760977 received fi nancial support they need Blackdown Practice, with whom we work closely, and by those in need Old Rikki • We also off er short-term wheelchair loans and a disabled who rely on our services. access vehicle. 36 37 37 At the start of 2018 Barbara is somewhere on the other side of the If you’d like to fi nd out more please get in touch, whether you world, furthering her enjoyment of travel, and we send her love and best wishes for the future. would like to help as a volunteer or you may know someone who needs help, who is alone, feeling isolated or struggling to care for a The BSG are delighted to welcome Elizabeth McNabb, who has joined loved one. Either way we’d love to hear from you. the team as our new Co-ordinator.

Contact Elizabeth McNabb Elizabeth is keen to ‘get out there’ and meet those involved with the 01823 681 036 BSG; be they friends, volunteers or clients, so you can look forward to [email protected] meeting her soon. She is also keen to explore collaborative working www.blackdownsupportgroup.org.uk with other groups within the Blackdown Hills.

If you’d like to fi nd out more about the BSG, the services we offer or volunteering opportunities, please get in touch. Ladies Evening Fashion Show with local models Contact Elizabeth McNabb. Selling lots of pre-loved clothes to buy at bargain prices 01823 681 036 [email protected] Fund raising for Paul Moralee’s GB Snowboard Fund www.blackdownsupportgroup.org.uk.

Village Hall Thursday 22nd February 7.30pm Wine and so drinks available and Ra le Price £4 to include the  rst drink Any donations of clothes Contact Elaine Moralee for tickets gratefully 01823680119 or 07775760977 received

37 Blackdown Support Group Volunteering Opportunities With Dear Residents Hemyock Bus Timetables The Blackdown Support Group What a contrast in the weather, last winter we had gritters out Graphics/Marketing Volunteer – One-off salting to clear the snow and ice, now this summer we have had project Your Community Needs You!three gritters out spreading sand to stop the roads from melting, We are looking for someone with a background (either work history road temperatures have reached 60c, that is hot. What this weather or educational) in graphic design orThe marketing Blackdown Supportto help Group produce aims some to relieve sickness,does loneliness is stops the erosion of the potholes, in April we had 7400 new marketing material for local charity,and isolation the byBlackdown connecting Support local people in need withwaiting local for repairs and now in July that is down to 720, hopefully we Group. This project is a chance forvolunteers someone who to can practice off er them their practical skills insupport. Thosecan get who down are to nearer zero before the winter sets in and we see the graphics/marketing field whilstsuff eringgiving from something physical or backmental to illthe health, local who havepotholes disabilities re-appearing. The Slapton Road is now being done. community. or learning diffi culties, or who are experiencing bereavement or the eff ects of old age can fi nd themselves cut offScomis, in rural areaswhich is a Company owned by DCC have increased their like ours, without access to transport, support services and social Social Media Volunteer – Ongoing business and are now supporting 734 Schools across 24 Authorities. opportunities. Are you social media savvy? Do you have some spare time to offer? We Scomis have been invited to be a representative in the 2018/19 are keen to raise our online presenceThe BSG and has want over to 600 find people a local registered volunteer with us forParliament support. We Review, sharing best practice with Public and Private to help set up and manage social mediacover the pages 200sq formiles local covered charity, by the The Blackdown Practice.Sector. The More Authorities are now getting involved in running an Blackdown Support Group. services our volunteers provide include:- arm’s length business, this has come about because of the austerity we have had to endure over the last 8 to 9 years. Social Care The trustees, friends and volunteers of the Blackdown Support Group Other Opportunities – Ongoing• Driving – to appointments, shopping trips, socialprocurement and well- has a werevery sad full to work bid farewell programme, to our Co-ordinator, highlights Barbara include; Starkiss, at the Drivers being events, generally enabling greater independenceRefreshed and Re-issuedend of 2017 330 when Care she Homes elected Contracts to take early to retirement. the new Befrienders • Befriending - visiting those who may be unableAdult to leave Social their Care Residential Fee Model. Evaluating Homeless Mentors own home or have limited social contact withPrevention other people, Tender,Barbara and supporting came to the independence BSG in October 2003 contracts. having previously been Advocates relieving feelings of loneliness and isolation Supporting ongoingChief arrangements Offi cer of Age to Concern, assist withTiverton a wideand Districtprogramme for over 10 years. of residential care.She was also a trustee of Action East Devon for 13 years, and Chair of • Social events - lunch clubs, coff ee mornings, carers groups, that organisation from April 2015 to October 2016. If you have any spare time to offer, toproviding drive local opportunities people to to medical meet friends or and enjoy a home social appointments, to visit someonecooked lonely nutritious in their mealhome or to help You may recall howBarbara Norse, brought a jointly with owned her a wealth company, of experience was creating in the voluntary someone who is struggling with life• to Mentoring get back - trainedon track volunteers then please provide a structuredrevenue support for DCC, Devonsector, togetherNorse have with anbeen enviable successful contacts inlist, securing and her experience a and contact us. Flexible hours, we can workprogramme around your for those availability, who are struggling some to re-integratefurther 8 back new cateringdedication and cleaning were quickly contracts recognised since by all the who start worked of withthis her. Her roles will require a DBS check. Please intocontact the community, Elizabeth perhaps McNabb after on bereavement, year an and accident was the winnerforthright of manner,the `Corporate and often directResponsivity approach led Award` her to be respected as a strong voluntary activist by those statutory bodies with whom she [email protected] or 01823 681036or longfor more period information. of ill health in the Cost Sector Catering Awards 2018 for their work, relating to negotiated on our behalf. • Advocacy – providing support with fi lling in ethicallyforms and sourced and Fairtrade Food in Schools, their support of paperwork to ensure people have access to thethe services foodbank or charityAbove and all, their Barbara efforts was held towards in high recycling esteem by andthe members raising of the Allcomers fi nancial support they need awareness of the effectsBlackdown of sugar Practice, consumption. with whom we work closely, and by those in need • We also off er short-term wheelchair loans and a disabled who rely on our services. access vehicle. Devon Norse's recent economic impact assessment highlighted ALL WELCOME! At the start of 2018 Barbara is somewhere on the other side of the If you are feeling a bit low, perhaps recovering from an illness or that for every £1 spent with suppliers, 67p is spent within the South If you’d like to fi nd out more please get in touch, whether you world, furthering her enjoyment of travel, and we send her love and bereavement and you simply want to get out and about a bit more to West. The Companybest employ wishes over for the 1000 future. staff predominately living in would like to help as a volunteer or you may know Devonsomeone and who the local suppliers used employ a further 31 people. With meet friends and feel supported thenneeds please help, who think is alone, about feeling coming isolated along or struggling to care for a an organisation theThe size BSG of are DCC, delighted we will to welcome always getElizabeth complaints, McNabb, butwho has joined to our new group, Allcomers. loved one. Either way we’d love to hear from you. there has been an overallthe team reduction as our new Co-ordinator.of 10% in stage 1 complaints in the last quarter. Stage 2 has remained static, mainly highway The purpose of Allcomers is to overcomeContact Elizabethfeelings McNabbof loneliness, to find Elizabeth is keen to ‘get out there’ and meet those involved with the related issues. We have received 14 Local Government and Social support and friendship and to enjoy01823 spending 681 036 time with likeminded BSG; be they friends, volunteers or clients, so you can look forward to people, new and old friends. [email protected] can achieve so much together and Care Ombudsman notifications,meeting her soon. Shemainly is also related keen toto explore Adult collaborativeSocial working give so much to each other. www.blackdownsupportgroup.org.uk Care. 197 MP enquireswith haveother groupsbeen received within the sinceBlackdown April Hills. and across the Authority we have received 260 Compliments. We are always Do you have a neighbour, or friend, or parent even, who is feeling working to improvingIf you’d our like services. to fi nd out more about the BSG, the services we offer or volunteering opportunities, please get in touch. lonely and perhaps lacking the confidence to get out and take part in Ladies Evening Fashion Show with localAround models 700 Children are in Care, although this goes up and down things? Please encourage them to get in touch, just one phone call or Contact Elizabeth McNabb. e-mail to the addresses above andSelling we can lots support of pre-loved them clothes to take to steps buy at bargainfrom prices time to time. 01823The update 681 036 of the Care First System that is used to help themselves. to record all [email protected] about a Child in Care and Care Leavers is Fund raising for Paul Moralee’s GB Snowboardcalled Fund Eclipse, it is morewww.blackdownsupportgroup.org.uk. user friendly. Schools are performing well, BURLESCOMBE - TIVERTON Via Holcombe Rogus, Huntsham REDWOODS 697 Together we can help each other – but to do that we need to get considering the financial pressures they are under. The Schools that Friday only (Except Public Holidays) together. The first meeting – forVillage an hour Hall or Thursdayso – will 22ndbe in theFebruary Forbes 7.30pm are good or outstanding have dipped a bit to 88%, this is still good Wine and so drinks available and Ra le compared to the rest of the Country. Devon is at the heart of the Lounge at Hemyock Parish Hall atPrice 10.30am £4 to oninclude Friday the 10th  rst August drink Any donations HEMYOCK, Lower Millhayes 0910 TIVERTON, Bus Station Stand 6 1315 – it will be cost free (although any donations would be greatly School Funding campaign, who need more funding, it will not be HEMYOCK, Square 0912 TIVERTON, Carew Road 1321 of clothes CULMSTOCK, All Saints Church 0920 CHETTISCOMBE, Post Box 1323 appreciated). There will be teas andContact biscuits Elaine provided. Moralee for tickets easygratefully with the NHS being guaranteed an extra £20 Billion over the CULMSTOCK, Millmoor 0922 CHEVITHORNE, Church 1325 01823680119 or 07775760977 nextreceived 5 years. BURLESCOMBE, Ayshford Arms 0930 UPLOWMAN, Bus Shelter 1332 WESTLEIGH, Shelter 0934 STAGG MILL, Cross 1337 Tony Durbin HOLCOMBE ROGUS, Prince of Wales 0942 HUNTSHAM, Post Office 1342 Always pleased to hear from anyone if you have an issue you think I HOLCOMBE ROGUS, Whitebrook Terrace 0944 HOCKFORD WATERS 1348 [email protected] can help with, not37 always possible, but we can try. HOCKWORTHY, Phone Box 0950 STAPLE CROSS, Inn 1350 01823 680392 STAPLE CROSS, Inn 0952 HOCKWORTHY, Phone Box 1352 HOCKFORD WATERS 0954 HOLCOMBE ROGUS, Whitebrook Terrace 1358 Regards, HUNTSHAM, Post Office 1000 HOLCOMBE ROGUS, Prince of Wales 1400 STAGG MILL, Cross 1005 WESTLEIGH, Shelter 1408 Ray Radford UPLOWMAN, Bus Shelter 1010 BURLESCOMBE, Ayshford Arms 1412 CHEVITHORNE, Church 1017 CULMSTOCK, Millmoor 1420 County Councillor. CHETTISCOMBE, Post Box 1020 CULMSTOCK, All Saints Church 1422 Devon County Councillor TIVERTON, Carew Road 1022 HEMYOCK, Square 1430 Willand & Uffculme Division TIVERTON, Bus Station 1028 HEMYOCK, Lower Millhayes 1432 Email: [email protected] This service is financially supported by Devon County Council

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Are your Women’s Music Group

Children aged Did you used to play an instrument at school and it’s been sitting in the cupboard for years between gathering dust? Or have you been just waiting for the opportunity to get together and jam?

2 and 5 years? If you want to revive your musical talents in a women-only music group then get in touch. There’s Hemyock Pre-School is providing opportunities for no plan, no audition… and currently no music! What Pre-school aged children to learn through play, and to type of music we play and when we play will all be prepare them for the transition to primary school worked out together over time and there will be no pressure to play in public if you don’t want to. With a warm, fun, well equipped environment and a team of St Andrew’s Church, Clayhidon fully trained friendly staff working towards The Early Years Call Jilly on 01823 680073 or email jilly.ould@ Foundation Stage. yahoo.co.uk if you want to find our more. The glorious weather has given us the opportunity for outside activities including a Family Service at Fields Farm. Many joined We can provide, morning sessions, lunch clubs and afternoon Meeting up every two or three weeks and new us from Hemyock and from Rosemary Lane Chapel and the young sessions, for your children to attend. All children are entitled people always welcome! people who participated in the service added to the delight. There to 15 hours of government funding, starting the term after was much food to enjoy and a swim for the more courageous. their 3rd birthday. Cheers, Later in June, friends from Rosemary Lane Chapel joined us for For more information or to arrange a visit to the Communion service in the church. Our July Family service was For more information or to arrange a visit to Hemyock Hemyock Pre-School, please call 680240 or email Jilly (Clarinet) and Mary (Trombone/Trumpet) attended by our cyclists who later went for a cycle ride before Pre-School, please contact Philippa Thompson on 680240 [email protected]. returning for a picnic lunch in the churchyard. email [email protected] WeWe looklook forwardforward toto hearinghearing from from you. you. We send our deepest sympathy to Anne Barnard and family. A PSchoollay Le Officeader memorial service for Keith was D01823enise 680240 Wood Lift your spirits held in July. Later that month, there was great happiness at the Hemyock Pre School Boost your metabolism wedding of Amy Redfern and Parklands, Hemyock Matthew Woods to whom we Devon. EX15 3RY Help weight management send our congratulations and Member of The Pre-School Learning Alliance Registered Charity No: 1030985 very best wishes for their future St Andrew’s Flower Rota Increase brain activity lifetime together. Quite soon we will also be celebrating the baptism/christening of little Jacob Whitcombe, son of As we have many new families in our Parish, if anyone is interested In a relaxed friendly atmosphere Erica and Dan. in flower arranging, please do get in touch with me (Nicola Bendle on 680 541). led by a qualified Zumba Our future events include a BBQ after the service on the Bank instructor, experienced BRIGHTSIDE IS TURNING FIVE THIS SUMMER! Holiday weekend. We would appreciate knowing numbers for this For Sunday dancer and fitness occasion; either sign the list in church or phone 680541. Sadly, this august We are hoping that friends, old and new, will join us professional. will be our last Family Service Communion in St Andrew’s before 5th Brenda Persey and Ruth Smith To celebrate. our rector, David, retires. This is also the weekend when the History 12th Heather Drew and Margaret Prettejohn Group will be raising funds towards the repairs of the church roof 19th As above 3rd August from 11am to 3pm and holding their annual exhibition which this year will concentrate 26th Exhibition in Church... All ladies please... (including a special birthday buffet lunch) on Weddings at St Andrew’s. white flowers only (25th, 26th and 27th). At the Blackdown Healthy Living Centre Meet in Church Friday 24th at 10.30. HEMYOCK In September we all wish to gather together on 9th September at St Mary’s Church, for a joint Communion service when David takes september nd The theme for the day is “That's Entertainment” his last service with us before retiring. We send him and Jill our very 2 Lucy Ball and Alison Weekes th Expect music and merriment! best wishes for their future happiness and good health. 9 As above th 16th September at 2.30 is Horse Riders’ service which is always 16 Julie Bullett and Bridget Drew rd Why not ask someone to join you? very popular and will be held on ‘Garlands Bower’ as usual with 23 As above th If it's their first visit to 'brightside' you will both only pay half price! refreshments to follow. 30 Nicola Bendle

october For further information or help with transport Join Us Every Monday At A Harvest Celebration service will be held on 30th September at th Please contact Janet on 01823/680687 Hemyock Garages 6:15pm 7 Nicola Bendle St Mary’s though our Harvest Supper takes place on 5th October

after the 6.30 service. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE! For more information, contact your qualiied instructor Elena Duffin on 07547 065998 or We look forward to welcoming you at some of the forthcoming email [email protected] DanceFitWithElena Janet and the 'brightside' team events and services. Summer holiday time will soon be here again and we wish everyone a most enjoyable time with relaxation and in safety. Churchwarden

40 41 News from Clayhidon Perfect weather, a lovely location, a good band and 150 people in the MURDER MARKER RESTORED mood to party – it all added up to a brilliant Midsummer Party and BRUNCH TIME Barn Dance on 30 June, the first big fundraising event for Clayhidon Everyone is invited to what it’s hoped will be another highly sociable Parish Hall’s planned extension. event - a delicious brunch at Clayhidon Parish Hall on Saturday 8 September to raise funds for hall improvements. To book, call It was a proper old-fashioned village social, with Clayhidon’s Caroline Bendle on 01823 681047. See posters for details, or visit oldest and newest families taking part. “This is amazing – it’s like a www.clayhidon.org.uk French village party,” said one of the newcomers. But this was very ST. ANDREWS CLAYHIDON definitely an English event. The History Group BATS IN THE BELFRY presents The Stirabout Ceilidh Band led the dancing and appeared to enjoy themselves as much as the dancers. Plenty of others, blessed with “Weddings at two left feet no doubt, kept well clear of the dancing and sat on straw bales gossiping over Otter ale or Bolhayes Cider and pork St Andrews” rolls, while children played happily well past bedtime in the mill Exhibition from 2-5pm stream. On Saturday 25th, Sunday 26th and After a fine sunset, the fairy lights came on, the rising moon looked Monday 27th August as if it had set Brimley Hill on fire, the bar closed, the music finally Clayhidon’s famous murder marker – which for more than a century stopped and the last partygoers drifted reluctantly away into the has reminded passers-by of a brutal robbery - has been restored to darkness. Should we do it again next year? Everyone seems to pristine condition. Also think “yes”, though there’s no guaranteeing another Mediterranean evening. Alex Hill, of Bollhayes, has cleared the undergrowth and repainted Church Hog Roast the unusual memorial in the hedge beside the spot in Battle Street Sunday 26th August The hall committee, who organised this event, made a profit of over where George Sparks beat William Blackmore to death with a pair of £2,000 – and that’s not including donations of £550 made after blacksmith’s tongs in 1853. 12-2pm (Church Field) £5 EACH the event. About £500 was raised by the raffle. The star prize of a Pimms To book call 680541 Cornish seaside holiday for five was won by Linda Higgins, which The judge wept with grief as he donned his black cap and sentenced and was only fair perhaps, because thanks to this event the pub had Sparks. A crowd of thousands, including children, watched him puddings been exceptionally quiet. The bar raised £750. Special thanks to: hang in Exeter. The story is told in all its dramatic detail in Pamela Bats and swifts have brought a temporary halt to work on renewing Reynolds’ book, Clayhidon, A Devon Parish in the Nineteenth Century. the roof of Clayhidon Parish Hall. Wellington roofers Courtney • all the committee and helpers who put so much work Bowden & Son were already planning a two month pause so as not into making this a success, to disturb the swifts that had flown 3,000 miles from beyond the Sahara to raise their young under the old Welsh slates. • Russell and Caroline Bendle for giving the use of their field, But when they started prising off old slates near the 125 year old • Richard Drew and his team for putting up the Drewfest Clayhidon Friends Clayhidon Local History Group schoolhouse bell they found a small family of brown long eared tent and running the bar bats. This meant an immediate stop, as bats are heavily protected by June Meeting In May the group enjoyed a visit from Geraldine Beare, who dressed law and disturbing them intentionally is illegal. The hall committee • Tony Drawert and Richard Brown for fitting the electrics, Along with partners, the Friends congregated at Yellingham Farm, in green, white & purple, to give her illustrated presentation about the consulted Dunkeswell-based Blackdown Environmental, who have • Tim Potter for providing excellent pork and sausages at a Payhembury. An interesting journey there through winding narrow suffragette movement, this being the centenary year. carried out a bat survey of the entire roof and have applied to generous discount Devon lanes. We were warmly greeted by our host, Janet East. Janet Natural England for a licence that would allow the work to carry on. • the Otter Brewery for giving us a generous rate on their gave us a demonstration of her “Work in Progress” tan and white The visit to Killerton in June was a follow up to May's talk when we sheepdog. He was very enthusiastic and shows promise of a good all enjoyed hearing about the Acland family's involvement in the “The roofers have been brilliant,” said hall chairman Gareth Weekes. ale working dog. suffragette and suffragists movement and their opposing views. “They informed us as soon they found the bats, which was absolutely • Alex Hill for his Bollhayes Cider The exhibition was well worth the visit and members found it most the right thing to do. The delay is inconvenient, but no-one wants to Janet’s pride and joy was her Polly tunnel, which made the family and interesting. harm the bats and we want to be sure they have a home when the • the raffle prize givers, including the Half Moon Inn, York Bed and Breakfast business nearly self-sufficient. Interesting ways to new roof goes on. “The ecologists were very quick off the mark and Inn, Sidmouth Arms and Anne Langford deter the mice, such as guttering pipes suspended from the ceiling to August 25 -27th will see the exhibition in the Church and the subject we are keeping our fingers crossed that the delay is minimal.” The • Maddie Flint and James Willment for sorting out the start off seedlings. They have worked very hard setting up what is one is Weddings at St Andrews Through the Decades and will feature the work is being paid for by a grant of £25,856 from Viridor Credits. interval music and sound of the smallest working farms in Devon and all that hard work is in weddings of local people with dresses and photographs on display. evidence. The Orchard has now matured and gives several varieties of All are welcome and there will be refreshments in the Church Rooms. 150 JOIN CLAYHIDON’S BIG PARTY • Nicola Bendle for doing a brilliant sales job with raffle apples, overlooking wonderful Devon countryside. tickets Bridget Drew (Secretary) • The Stirabout Ceilidh Band After the very entertaining tour, Janet showed us into the Old Stable • and everyone else who gave up their time and support which along with Chesterfield settees and garlanded with fairy lights looked very inviting for our Cream Tea. We were seated on two big tables covered with snowy white tablecloths and Janet and her And on the Sunday afternoon after the party, 40 people turned up husband brought out generous portions of (no-egg) fruit cake and for a cream tea at the hall. Twenty seven of them even ventured into cream scones decorated with strawberries. The scones were done the the rain on a walk organised by Caroline Bendle. The tea - with home Cornish way of cream on top as a nod to where Janet was brought up. made scones and cakes - another £165 for hall improvements. We were visited by their three dogs, one black spaniel looking very well in her latter stages of pregnancy.

We all thoroughly enjoyed Janet’s bubbly personality and ethos of hard work and hospitality. Lynda Ridout

42 43 Clayhidon Parish Council Update August 2018 News From Rosemary Lane Chapel with their toilets. We at the chapel would like to thank all the members of the community who came along to share in this special day, and to Sampford Peverell Historic Vehicle Show Clayhidon Parish Council held meetings in June & July. A brief It won’t surprise anyone who knows me to learn that I have thoroughly Honiton Tiles for providing the showroom toilet that served as the summary of the business conducted at those meetings is as follows:- enjoyed the months of June and July… football very nearly came home focal point of our fundraising efforts. Honiton Homebase provided - In fact, I believe football did come home. The passion, the pride, the several parasols to ensure that those sitting on the toilet were The show this year will be on Sunday 12th August Planning integrity and togetherness of this team allowed us as a nation to feel preserved. at Uplowman Village Hall in aid of our designated Applications received for: a connectedness to the spirit of this squad. Moreover, people came charity, Devon Freewheelers also known as the • 18/00643/FULL. Higher Barn & Lower Barn, Higher Heazle, together and experienced a connectedness with one another in a The celebrations continued into July – First, our anniversary Sunday Clayhidon. Retention of change of use from holiday let and office way that has otherwise seemed lost. This connectedness, a sense of service in which we as a church celebrated our young people and Blood Bikes to residential use (incidental to main dwelling, Higher Heazle) as togetherness with another, is something of great value. the many steps that they have taken in learning more about Jesus This is an important and well deserving charity holiday let and residential dwellings. throughout the year. It is a wonderful blessing to spend time giving which transports blood, organs, medication and • 18/00499/HOUSE. Crockers Farm, Hemyock. Conversion of In many ways this sense of connectedness has formed a common thanks for our young people and the many gifts and talents God has breast milk to hospitals and people in the county outbuildings to ancillary accommodation. theme of celebration at Rosemary Lane Chapel over the last few poured into their lives. On the 8th July we were joined by Luc Van As always any type of vehicle welcome, no age • 18/00500/LBC. Crockers Farm, Hemyock. Listed Building months. At the beginning of June many members of Rosemary Lane Damme, an area representative for Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), restrictions. There will also be craft/trade stands, Consent for the conversion of outbuildings to ancillary Chapel came together with churches across the Blackdown Hills to who told us about the incredible work of this missional organisation accommodation. welcome Jonathan Woodhouse, former Chaplain General of the British as they support many NGOs, charities and development agencies all day bar, raffle and a hog roast. • 18/00641/FULL. Beamley Bungalow, Hemyock. Erection of a Army. Jonathan provided an evening of insight into the work of our in reaching some of the world’s most inaccessible communities The show is growing in size every year and we are replacement dwelling with new access track. army chaplains. Later on in the month we, as a church, were welcomed – bringing with them vital care, support and the love Jesus. On in desperate need of committee members and up to join St. Andrew’s, Clayhidon, for a combined service. It continues the 15th July, another occasion of great celebration, we baptised a volunteers to help out behind the scenes and on Finance to be a wonderful opportunity to meet together, and though our young member of our church, who in taking this step was declaring the day. No matter how small anything would be Income – interest and donation. traditions and practices may differ, we come together as a community something of his commitment to following Jesus, and in going down appreciated! Expenditure – clerk’s wages, expenses and room hire. acknowledging the commonality of our shared love for this place in into the water and coming back up, acknowledged his connectedness which we live and, moreover, the love of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. to Christ in his death and resurrection which, by faith, brings us into For more information and application forms or if Highways newness of life. The month of July will end with one last celebration as you would like to help out please contact Lindy Devon County Council’s telephone number for members of the public we hold a dedication service for one of our youngest members within Astbury ( Secretary ) on to report any lights that are not working, pot holes, blocked drains/ the church. It is a time to remember the value of our connectedness 01884 820527 or [email protected] gulleys and any other road maintenance issues is 0345 155 1004 (Lines within family, and through Christ, the acknowledgement that this are open 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 1pm Saturday). Or connectedness is something all can participate in through the report the problem online www.new.devon.gov.uk/roadsandtransport/ sacrificial love of God – each one of us is invited into His family to report-a-problem experience an unbreakable connectedness to He who is Love.

Police See what great love the Father has lavished on us, The Blackdown 101 - The non-emergency number for Devon and Cornwall Police. that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! Textphone 18001 101 for the deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired. – Always call 999 in an emergency. 1 John 3:1 Food & Craft Jonathan Hillman – Rosemary Lane Chapel Parish Lengthsman The parish has a trained lengthsman. Please report any problems with The month of June concluded with our now annual community ‘Fun Fayre ditches/drains to the clerk or a councillor. Day’ which took place on the chapel field. The weather and setting Sunday 26 August 2018 provided the perfect backdrop for a day of great fun enjoyed by Local Tradespeople members of the chapel and members of the wider community in and 12noon – 4pm From time to time the parish council employs people to carry out around Rosemary Lane. The inflatable assault course and gladiator Did you know… Churchinford Village Hall & Car Park tasks on its behalf. These tasks range from repairing a wall, improving joust proved to be the cause of much excitement whilst the afternoon Mid Devon District Council fund a and repairing footpaths, gates and bridges, clearing ditches, and other tea followed by BBQ provided the opportunity to sit down and chill Come and see the best the general maintenance works. The parish council is keen to use local out as the temperatures climbed. I personally enjoyed the occasion loan scheme for homeowners, Blackdowns have to offer tradespeople and to that end if you would be interested in quoting from my perch, a showroom toilet, upon which I was sat whilst having for essential home repairs for any such works then please contact the clerk giving your contact details and the types of work you are interested in and your details and improvements?* Cream Tea from 2pm will be held on file. For more information, visit Lots of samples to try And Finally www.wrcic.org.uk, call 01823 before you buy If you would like to get involved or wish to know what is happening 461099, or email If you would like to get involved or wish to know what is happening Learn about local food & crafts, how they’re around the parish then please come along to one of the council [email protected] made, produced & have a go! meetings, normally held on the second Monday of every other month in the Parish Hall*. The next meeting will start at 7.30 pm on Monday Your local, not for profit lender working in Kids Activities 13th August 2018 (a planning meeting will be held at 7.30pm on the partnership with Car parking a short walk away with a drop off available at the Village Hall second Monday of the alternate month, if necessary). Minutes Mid Devon District Council for less abled visitors and disable parking onsite and agendas are displayed on the web at www.clayhidon.org and a schedule of meetings may be found on the Parish Noticeboards. Wessex Resolutions CIC In aid of Churchinford & District Community Shop & Churchinford Preschool soaked sponges thrown at me by many of our youngsters. They Heatherton Park Studios, Bradford on Tone, Further information from Ruth Marshallsay at 01823 601026 Find us on @BlackdownFoodandCraftFayre * Please note meetings will be held in the Church Rooms from paid for the privilege and their incredible efforts, alongside other Taunton, TA4 1EU May-September 2018. activities, helped to raise over the £120 target set in order to pay for

the construction of two toilets in a developing country where proper sanitation is scarce. It was great to be mindful of the many blessings Clerk: Mrs Donna Evans, Park Farm, Dunkeswell, * Subject to Status we share in as a community, whilst remaining conscious of the Honiton, Devon EX14 4RN. Tel: 01823 680968. Email: [email protected]. connection we had with other communities many miles away, whose needs for sanitation have been recognised now that we are twinned

44 45 Come and Ride with us! A 'Green-Letter' Date For Your Diary Tiverton Town Band 100 Years Since the Signing of Armistice

Come and be a part of our Blackdown Hills community ride on *SATURDAY 22nd SEPTEMBER 2018* The history of present day Tiverton Town Band goes back well over November 2018 is a very special year for the Royal British Legion as Sunday 9th September, all in the name of charity. *UFFCULME GREEN DAY, MAGELAKE PAVILION, UFFCULME 100 hundred years to probably about 1890. Its precise origins are it is 100 years since the signing of the Armistice at 11.00 on the 11th EX15 3DP 10am - 4pm* lost in the mist of time, but it was no doubt a community band as of November 1918 that put an end to the first world war. That is why Last year almost 90 cyclists from Churchinford and surrounding Another Green Day is taking place in Uffculme this year - the 3rd were many of the others formed around that time. There is said to the Remembrance services have always been at 11 o’clock on the local villages pedalled an undulating 74 miles from Minehead to such event. It will be opened by Prof Patrick Devine-Wright from be mention of a band (of sorts) in Tiverton in the Domesday Book 11th day of the 11th month each year since. This war took the lives Charmouth and raised over £25,000 for Bike4cancer, Musgrove’s Exeter University and Chairman of Exeter Community Energy. with a group of musicians playing and leading a parade. And before of a vast number of men who were the flower of England’s Youth in Beacon Centre and the Blackdown Hills Community bus fund. There will be a great variety of stalls, organisations and children's the thought crosses the mind – NO we don’t still have any of those what was supposed to be the war to end all wars. More than that though, we had memorable Saturday morning fun activities, and this year we have a mixed programme of Pop-up- original players in the band today- although you could be forgiven training altogether, getting fit and the support of our community entertainment and short talks/questions sessions on a variety of for thinking it! The men who fought and survived were treated appallingly by the beforehand and on the day. subjects throughout the Day. Government of the time. They were sent home to try and pick up Only four their lives where they left off, but as we know now nothing was If you really can’t ride the 74 miles, you can join us at Churchinford The lunch-time refreshments will be provided by volunteers from organisations ever going to be the same again. Many of the great houses had and ride to Charmouth or help Marshall – come and be part of 'REROOTED' - the Tiverton Surplus Food Cafe using surplus food are permitted to gone, farms had fell into disrepair and returned to the landlords, whatever you can! Anyone interested in taking part or sponsoring from supermarkets and shops. They produce amazing meals at the use the Tiverton therefore many of the returning soldiers had nowhere to go or to the riders can contact Paul Thomas via 3countiescoast2coast@ monthly Food Cafe in Tiverton, so come and see for yourself the town crest in live. gmail.com or please look at the York Inn page. tempting food on offer on Green Day for a very reasonable price. their logo and the band is one of Field Marshal Earl Haig was appalled by the situation his Ex soldiers Of course there will be plenty of other refreshments available them. The band found themselves in and that the government was doing very little throughout the day and as always there will be the all-important maintains very to rectify the situation. DRAW with excellent PRIZES. Some surprises being worked on as close links with the town council and takes part in many of the civic well! and ceremonial events held in the town, in particular the Mayor’s On the 30th June 1921 Mr Tom Lister (later Sir Frederick Lister), Banquet which takes place in early May and the Remembrance together with Field Marshal Earl Haig, formed the British Legion to Most importantly it won't cost you anything - it is A FREE-ENTRY day parade in the town which the band leads and is proud so to help the destitute soldiers. COMMUNITY EVENT - generously supported by Uffculme Parish do, with the subsequent wreath laying ceremony and sounding Council. of the last post. It can also be seen and heard over the Christmas In 1923 the Sampford Peverell and Uplowman British Legion was period entertaining shoppers in Fore street, Market Walk and in formed, which is still going today helping the ex-service personnel Come and join us - it will be an educational family fun day! Tesco and Morrisons. Across the year the band plays at many local and their dependants but sadly it now only has about 8 active UFFCULME GREEN TEAM events and concerts, including Holcombe Rogus fete, Cullompton members out of a membership of 23. We have lost many of the Festival and the Mid-Devon Show. It also plays in places all second world war veterans who were the mainstay of the Branch over Devon and Somerset: eg, Dawlish, Teignmouth, Exmouth, and now those of us who saw National Service are now in our Minehead, Ilfracombe, Chard, and Ashburton. Tiverton is twinned Eighties. I, Keith Astbury as Chairman of the Sampford Peverell with the French town of Chinon in the Loire valley, and the band and Uplowman Branch, appeal to the People of all the surrounding has enjoyed several trips to support this, performing there as part villages to join the RBL. We are the last village branch in the area to of the cultural and social exchange. The furthest the band has ever remain open. travelled was to Texas in 2006 where they played 7 concerts in just 10 days. Fund raising for charity and giving back to the community There is no requirement to be Ex Service and it is open to all, The are a large part of what banding is all about. A major highlight RBL is no longer restricted to Ex Service personnel as it is now a for the band has been the 25 concerts over 17 years raising over registered charity whose purpose is to serve Ex Service personnel £20,000 for Children in Need. and their dependents.

Our Band Master is Graham Pillivant, whose family have been The RBL has been appointed the Custodian of the Country’s closely involved and playing with the band over four generations. Remembrance services, which is very important of our village life. The Conductor/Musical Director (MD) is the key person in any musical ensemble, and we are very lucky to have John Fitton, a local If we have to close the Branch, which is very possible unless we get extremely well respected musician, as our MD. And what of the more members, we will lose the RBL Standards and the connection future? Well the future of any organisation, musical or otherwise, with our schools at remembrancetide which will be another part of lies in the youth of today. Having said that, the age range of the our history gone forever. band is from 12 to 74 and we have a thriving training band with the age range from 10 to 71!! This training band is progressing If you are interested in Joining your local Branch of The Royal very well and already players are beginning to feed into the main British Legion please contact me on 01884-820527 and I will be band. They have performed at events in the past year and will happy to talk to you about the work we do. perform at several this year also, where they will be offering try- outs on various instruments for anyone wishing to ‘have a go’. The training band is keen to expand and to this end we will be looking UFFCULME ALLOTMENT ASSOCIATION at developing relationships with local schools to see if we can offer something to further develop the skills of up and coming or aspiring brass players.

As with all brass bands Tiverton Town Band has vacancies from Our sixty allotments are sited at the very top of Clay Lane. The time to time. If you or someone you know is a brass player or a site is well established and friendly. If you're interested in renting drummer/percussionist – however rusty – then come along and a plot (20m x 3.4m) and joining our Grow Your Own band, please try us out. For further information on the band or if you fancy a contact us for details and to arrange a look around.

blow with us contact Band Master Graham Pillivant on 0765 860782 or more locally in Culmstock, Mike Fowler on 01884 842560. The Contact : Pete Best mob: 07703 185040 e-mail: [email protected] band’s website is: www.tivertontownband.co.uk.

46 47 Our Thatching Life

Featuring Ferrari the Thatcher, Daisy his boss and a 3 legged dog called Lilith… The Blackdown Hills Trust is looking for local volunteers to help check stock fencing around the grazing units in the Neroche Forest area. These sites are managed by the Blackdown Hills Trust in the Blackdown Forest for grazing conservation : they are a magnet for rare So it’s all change for August: A slate roof and Daisy is the boss, butterflies such as Wood White and Duke of Burgundy and an array of plants, insects, birds mainly because it’s her own roof and there is a good deal of and mammals. The areas are part of a Higher Level Stewardship and are grazed by English carpentry involved. Over the years I have seen a mixture of Longhorn cattle in the summer months. anxiety and resignation in the faces of Daisy’s family as her idea of 0000 redecorating often involves hearing her say, “Oh it’ll be fine…we’ll just take down this wall and build that there and…”, where perhaps

they were just thinking a pot of paint and a brush!

This time one of her daughters will be pleased as the new roof will create enough space for a mezzanine sleeping deck, meaning that the now tiny bedroom below can house a grown-up sized wardrobe and a desk.

As I write, my sister’s 3 legged dog has just run through the house,

launched herself onto a polished dining room chair, tipping it into mine and landing her squarely on my lap, looking very pleased with herself. We are looking after her for 2 weeks and the sweet, quiet, reserved little rescue dog that arrived has now settled in and

turned into a bit of a character…which Daisy seems to find highly

Duke of Burgundy and Wood White butterflies, just some of the species your work would help conserve. entertaining. She and the girls are enjoying having a hound around Image credits Peter Eeles, Butterfly Conservation. tho’, and part of the pressure on finishing her own roof in good time What will the volunteer role involve? is that they are hoping to get a new puppy once it’s done. Just one The role will involve walking the stock fence twice a year during the spring and autumn in the grazing compartments to check for any rotten posts or damage to the wire, and reporting bit of chaos at a time! back to the Trust. There may also be opportunities to get involved in practical conservation work, for example clearing conifer re-growth to allow native flora to thrive. All the while we watch the weather, hoping for a good wheat reed Full training will be provided for the role, including maps of the sites, appropriate contact harvest as our next roof is a traditional Devon long house. If it’s information and information on what to look out for. going to rain, let it be either side of Daisy’s roof and gentle enough to keep the wheat standing. Interested? Contact John Greenshields on 01823660764 or Alan Ferrari [email protected]

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