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Brentor News November 2005 - Issue 313 it- Brcntor Arts Fair BRENTOR VILLAGE HALL & Brentor's first Art Fair will PLAYING FIELD COMMITTEE - be in the Village Hall on SKITTLES EVENING Saturday 12th November The Committee will be holding a fund raising from 10.00am until 3.30pm Skittles Evening on Friday, 25* November, at the Fox & Hounds Pub, by the Bridestowe junction on the A386. The evening will commence at 7.30 pm, and tickets can be purchased from the event organ• iser, Terry Pearce (810648), or from Tim (810564), HARVEST SUPPER Alan (810143), Charlie (810153) and Ivan (810473). Costs are £2.00 for entry alone, £6.50 for entry plus A ten-person team produced a 'cinq etoile' menu filled jacket potato, or £7.50 for entry plus basket for the celebration of the harvest at the annual meal. Harvest Supper. We sang for our supper - lead by the Rev. Ian Sykes - with music ac• Tickets and meals must be purchased by 18 companiment by Jennifer Venning. Mick Biggs November. jovially auctioned the 'harvested goods' and we raised, together with monies for the meal, a total Food will be served at approx 8.30pm and the choice of £250 for Aid for the Sales Harvest in Africa. It is as follows :- seems that a convivial evening was had by all; thank you for your most generous contributions. • Chicken & Chips or salad Anne Clark • Sausage & Chips • Scampi & Chips or Salad • Plaice & Chips or Salad • Jacket Potato with a choice of one or two of Thank You these fillings;- cheese, mushrooms, curry, The Brentor Community Centre would like to coleslaw, tuna or bacon thank the Village Show Committee for their There will be a raffle, and separate prizes for the top donation of £30 towards the running costs of male scorer and top female scorer. the Brentor News 2005 Brentor Show Brentor Christmas Coffee Morning Firstly, apologies for the lateness of this article but December will soon be upon us, so make a note in holidays/work commitments meant we were unable your diary to come along to the Village Hall on to get together before October's issue. Saturday 10th December 10.00am until 12 noon and Yet again, the Show was an enormous success. enjoy a relaxing coffee morning. There will be Thanks all round as usual to all those who gave their plants, pottery, preserves, olives and oils and time and support for this lovely day which seemed as handicrafts on display and for sale, a lucky dip for if almost everyone joined in with. This year, after youngsters and music in the background. Tea/coffee expenses, including the marquee and band, we have with mince pies, shortbread and cake. All proceeds donated £280 to the Village Hall to buy a substantial will go to the Village Hall. picnic table and a secure base for the Children's Play Area. In addition, we have given £30 for the cost of an issue of the Brentor News - without which we should all be lost. Looking back, the last eight Village Shows have WDBC Housing Need Survey raised about £2000 of donated funds for extra Earlier this year a local housing needs survey improvements to the Village Hall. But now. Sue, was carried out by West Devon Borough Council Joan and I have mutually agreed to decline from in several local parishes, including Mary Tavy organising another Show. Changing work and family and Brentor. The first section of the Mary Tavy commitments mean that we are unable to continue to Parish Council minutes on this subject will be of donate the large amount of time necessary to get this interest to the residents of Brentor, and is day up and running. In addition, the financial status reported below.. of the Village Hall is much improved. 'A housing needs survey has been conducted in Over the years' we have kept back a little each time the village with the results identifying a need for to meet costs for the next Show, which is extremely eight local needs houses. In addition, Brentor weather-dependant. We have now donated all funds has been identified as having a similar need for in hand, a further £350, to the Village Hall to be used six houses. As Brentor is not regarded as a for a further improvement as considered appropriate parish for development it is intended to 'tack' the by the Committee. six houses identified onto Mary Tavy giving it a Finally, on a very personal note, it's been immensely need for 14 local needs houses. satisfying and great fun to organise such a wide Cllr Scannell was invited to explain these community based, financially successful event. We figures. She detailed how the points system worked which did not necessarily target empty want to thank each and everyone who have supported houses to those who have a local need. She our efforts over the years. In particular, thanks to our further explained why Brentor does not meet the husbands - Eric, Alan and Mike - who have supported criteria for new housing development. Cllr Jarvis us all the way, ever>' time and we couldn't have done enquired why Brentor did not want local needs it wdthoutthem! housing. Sue (Rhodes) 810403, Joan (810143) and Sue (Mott) Cllr Scannell stated that parishioners did want 810037 housing but not in the centre of the village where NB: To those who have Cups, we shall be in touch a development had been proposed.' wnith each of you. If another group wishes to take on It was then resolved (as part of this matter) to the display aspect of the Show, please contact any invite Mr Packer of WDBC housing to the one of us by the end of December and we shall be October council meeting to further examine the happy to hand over our files. issue. If a new annual event supercedes the Show, we have requested that the Chairman of the VHPFC make a Robin Burdfield - 810412 small monetary grant (out of our donation and at his discretion), to get a new event rolling and any interest in this should be directed to Tim. Village Hall and Playing Field If you have any thoughts or ideas I'd be pleased to hear from you. The last few weeks have been busy! First to To end on a positive note we were delighted to report is the auction of promises, held on 23 receive a cheque from the Village Show September. Many thanks to all who participated organisers to fund a picnic table and bench at with promises (all 27 were successfully the playing field. Many thanks to those who auctioned), making bids, bringing food to share work so hard to ensure that we have an en• or putting the auction together. A fun filled night joyable day at the show as well as raising funds was had by all, thanks in large part to the for the village. starring role played by our auctioneer Oz The date of the next Village Hall meeting is Osborne, whose fondness for all residents of November 14th at 7.30pm. Brentor shone throughout the evening. A final Tim Beavon total of £689 was raised for village hall funds. VHPFC Chairman 810564 A maintenance day was held on 16 October, at the Playground in the playing field. A small army of willing volunteers, equipped with a variety of implements, spent an enjoyable couple of hours Parish Council News: October 2005 giving the Playground its autumn beauty treat• ment. They strimmed, pruned, lopped, hedged, The Tavistock Methodist Church Circuit has raked, mowed and felled, thus ensuring that the approached the parish council regarding owner• Playground will continue to look its best for next ship of the Brentor Methodist Cemetery. A site year. Many thanks to all who gave up their meeting has been arranged for November to Sunday morning to lighten the load. At least the consider the possibilities. rain held off until the job was done, unlike many A Public meeting has been arranged for previous occasions! The main hedge cutting at December 5**" at 7.00pm regarding the Brentor the playing field will be carried out shortly, by our Definitive Map Review. regular contractor. Are you interested in footpaths, bridleways We have also had a survey of the village hall and byways? timbers carried out to determine the condition of the hall before considering any major expendi• The original Definitive Map was created in the ture (our plans include rewiring, improving ac• 1950s when every Parish Council sun/eyed its cess and sorting out the main doors, improving rights of way for inclusion on the map. Since the heating and insulation). The survey concluded 1980s the County Council has been the statutory that considerable repairs and replacement to duty of carrying out a continuous review of public the timber frame and floor are required be• rights of way recorded on the Definitive Map. cause of decay due to damp and attack by woodworm. It seems that we are faced with a The review is carried out on a parish by parish choice of carrying out costly repairs to the hall basis and now it's the turn of Brentor parish. It is alongside planned improvements or accepting helpful for as many local people as possible to be that the hall is nearing the end of its lifespan and involved in the Review at an early stage we should begin planning and fundraising for a regarding any changes to the network, as you new hall. The Committee's first step in deter• will have extensive knowledge concerning the mining the way ahead will be to find out the area and its rights of way.

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