Issue No. 2 Spring 2016 £1 ‘A Prevailing Wind’ by Merlyn Chesterman
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Issue No. 2 Spring 2016 £1 ‘A Prevailing Wind’ by Merlyn Chesterman A quarterly news magazine for Hartland and surrounding area Issue No. 2 Spring 2016 Printed by Jamaica Press, Published by The Hartland Post All communications to: The Editor, Sally Crofton, IT: John Zalewski 102 West Street, EX39 6BQ Hartland. Layout: Kris Tooke Tel. 01237 441617 Email: [email protected] Cover artwork: Clive Brocklehurst Readers’ Messages To the Editor, ‘Hartland Post’ FAREWELL TO I was so pleased to hear that you were planning to provide Hartland with a successor to the ‘Hartland Times’ and having had the pleasure of reading the very first issue I was Doreen Robinson delighted with the result. You really are to be congratulated on of Laburnum died 17th January aged 80 such an excellent start to what I really hope you will find to be a fascinating and rewarding, though time consuming hobby. Cyril Allen Lewis This is such a very special community and there is always of Heards Close died 22nd January aged 86 so much going on and I really hope that you will find that Arthur Reginald Johns members of the community will rally round and feed you with lots of news to fill the pages of future issues. of Northgate died 15th February aged 87 For the past year wherever I went I found people saying how much they missed the ‘Hartland Times’ and with the start of this New Year it has been great to hear how so many are complimentary about its successor and so thrilled to once IMPORTANT NOTICE ! again have a local magazine. Well done, you! The Hartland Post is going on holiday and will be away Personally, I know what a great deal of time and effort it takes from 8 May – 8 June. All the preparation for issue 3 will, to fill those blank pages, and am so thrilled that with the help of therefore, be done on location. I will be sending out the usual your husband, John, you are up for the challenge. I know that reminders and pleas for contributions before the deadline I would never have been able to find the time without Barbara’s of 20 May which can only be accepted by email. If you help and so all the very best to you both and your team. don’t “do” email please make sure that your contributions are sent in before 8 May. However, if you do need to phone Looking forward with eager anticipation to the ‘Hartland for any reason between the above dates, please get an email Post’ No. 2. message sent (somehow) with your telephone number and Tony Manley I will call you. ************************ Lorna and Ralph James send their congratulations to the team for producing such a fine first Hartland Post. Well done! Previous issues of the Hartland Post are ************************ available online at thehartlandpost.com Cyril and Rita Walter would like to say many thanks for all the This issue will be made available online good wishes on their diamond wedding anniversary and for when the next issue is on the newsstands the money received which amounted to £1015.00 which has been shared between the Seamoor Chemo Unit N.D.D.H. and Cancer UK. Advertising costs Small ads 1/18th of a page: £25/year (4 issues) Full page: £450/year Half page: £225/year If you would like to join the Friends of Hartland Post and make a donation to secure the financial future of our publication, please send contributions to The Hartland Post, 102 West Street, Hartland. Cheques payable to The Hartland Post. 2 The Hartland Post No. 2 Spring 2016 Hartland Coastguards to run the ‘Bideford 10k’ for the CGA SPONSORED EVENT HARTLAND WEATHER HARTLAND As recorded at Gawlish Cottages, COASTGUARD Hartland by Airlie Needham BIDEFORD 10k December 2015 A total rainfall of 182.4mm (7 ¼ inches). Four members of the Hartland Coastguard team – Kevin Southwesterly gales throughout the month with showers, rain Rowe, Chris Johns, Jack Coleman and James Morley are going and fog ending with more than an inch of rain on 29/30th. to do a 10k run in aid of the Coastguard Association. No dry days. For two of the team it’s their fi rst ever 10km event and that is January 2016 a huge achievement so please help by showing your support A total rainfall of 148.9mm (6 inches). With thanks to and helping them raise money for the Coastguard Association.Hartland Primary School A repeat of December with southwesterly gales, showers and Th ey will be participating in the BidefordPlease sponsor10k on online Mayat 15th. www.coastguardassociation.org.uk rain. Th undery showers and hail in the second week, sleety under ‘latest news’ rain on the 15th, then the wind went easterly with frost on 19th and 20th. Southwesterly gales came back bringing rain, drizzle and showers with hail on 30th. One dry day on 19th. February 2016 Total rainfall of 122.2mm (nearly 5 inches). Another wet and windy month. Southwesterly gales, rain, Please sponsor online at www.coastguardassociation.org.uk showers, fog and drizzle with a storm on 7th. Th en the wind underCollecting ‘latest tins andnews’. sponsorship Collecting forms tinsare kindly and beingsponsorship displayed atforms are went northwesterly and got cold with showers and hail. Wind Thekindly Quay, Kings being Arms, displayed Pop In, Post at Th O! cee andQuay, the OldKings Bakery Arms, Co" eePop Shop In, Post Offi ce and the Old Bakery Coff ee Shop. went northeasterly and we had frost on 15/16th before the wind went back to southwest for a week with gales, rain, Whilst every care has been taken to ensure that data in this publication is accurate, drizzle and fog before it went back to northwest with frost neither the publisher nor its editorial contributors can accept, and hereby disclaim, on 23rd and 24th. Th en the wind became easterly and the any liability to any party for loss or damage caused by errors or omission resulting from negligence, accident or any other cause. Th e Hartland Post does not endorse rain stopped at last and the mud began to dry up. Sadly this any advertising material, product or service appearing within this Publication. changed on the 29th when a southwesterly gale brought rain Th e statements and opinions contained in Th e Hartland Post are those of the again. Two dry days on 27th and 28th. authors and do not necessarily refl ect those of the editor or the publisher. CONTENTS Page 2 Readers’ Messages Concerts at Hartland Parish Hall Farewell To... Ringing Th e Changes, Literally! Page 3 Hartland Coastguard - Bideford 10k New Chef at Th e Hart Inn Hartland Weather Page 14 Hartland Society Page 4 Cycle Hartland Hartland W.I. Th e Societies of Hartland Page 5 News From Hartland Quay Town Twinning Page 6 Hartland Players: ‘Murdered to Death’ Page 7 Norman Westlake Offi cial Clock Winder DIARY Action For Children Page 15 Out and About in Hartland Page 8 Hartland Parish Council News Page 16 Hartland Abbey Special Events Glenart Castle Memorial Service Page 17 Hartland Carnival 2016 Page 9 Hartland Garden Society Page 18 Hartland Town Band Diary Dates Pine Feroda Celebrating Easter Cook’s Corner Page 19 Hartland ‘Churches Together’ Diary Hartland Welcomes New Vicar Page 20 What’s On in Clovelly Page 10 Spring Greens & Wayside Nibblers Welcombe News Nature Counts Page 21 Meddon Village Hall Page 11 BBC Production: ‘Th e Night Manager’ Page 12 Route 39 Academy Page 22 Update from the North Devon Coast AONB Page 13 From Th e Beat: Th ink JESSiCA Page 28 Appledore RNLI in Dramatic Rescue No. 2 Spring 2016 The Hartland Post 3 CYCLE HARTLAND Hartland Parish Council’s Cycle Hartland Project is underway The cycle stands and wall plates are now in place in locations thanks to funding from the North Devon Coast AONB throughout the Parish, from the centre of Hartland to Meddon Sustainable Development Fund. and Hartland Quay. The Cycle Hartland Project was initiated by the Parish Ms Leaper said “When I was a transport campaigner in the Council in response to a need highlighted by Stoke resident Midlands, I never had such a successful campaign! One email Jane Leaper who had noticed that there was nowhere in the to the Parish Council and bike stands start popping up all Parish for residents and visitors to securely park their cycles. over the Parish! Well done Parish Council, and thanks to the North Devon Coast AONB!” Councillor James Morley saw an opportunity to include secure cycle parking as part of a wider project to increase Terry Green, SDF Chairman said, “The North Devon Coast sustainable transport and tourism in Hartland Parish and the AONB Partnership is pleased to have used the Sustainable North Devon Coast AONB by developing cycle routes and Development Fund to aid the provision of cycle racks in promoting cycling. Hartland. This project closely matches the spirit underlying the fund. It is potentially beneficial in so many ways, Cllr Morley said: “This was a real team effort, with the initial encouraging healthy exercise, supporting a sustainable means idea coming from a parishioner and funding kindly supplied of transport and providing an additional convenience for by North Devon AONB and Hartland Parish Council. The seasonal visitors, bringing benefit to the local economy by cycle stands and wall plates were supplied by Devon County making the Hartland area an even more attractive place to Council; the Parish Council would like to thank Peter Knight visit. at Travel Devon for his expert advice.