RIVERSIDE PARK & COUNTRY CLUB South Molton We Currently Have the Following Vacancies: NEW CHEFS & NEW MENUS Restaurant Supervisors

RIVERSIDE PARK & COUNTRY CLUB South Molton We currently have the following vacancies: NEW CHEFS & NEW MENUS Restaurant Supervisors

PARTY SEASON Waiting Staff (full and part time) Chefs NOW TAKING BOOKINGS IN THE Now Open (from commis to junior sous-chefs) RESTAURANT FOR DECEMBER All Day On FAMILY, FRIENDS & WORK Vacancies have arisen due to the COLLEAGUES TO ENJOY THE forthcoming opening of the Saturdays! CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS Laura Ashley Tea Room and the success of our restaurant business Your Local Independent FABULOUS ACTS BOOKED Veterinary Centre. [NOT TO BE MISSED] Tel: 01769 540 561 and ask for the GREAT NEW MENU HR Department

Southley Road Send your CV and covering letter to South Molton NEW LUXURIOUS EN SUITE ROOMS NOW AVAILABLE FOR BOOKINGS [email protected]

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Wren Music presents a Winter Concert with CANCER RESEARCH UK seasonal music and songs from North Devon Christmas Coffee Morning: Thursday community music groups: 6th December from 10am-12 noon in the * The Folk Orchestra of North Devon * North Dev- Assembly Rooms, South Molton. Coffee and on Folk Choir * Roots Acoustic * North Devon homemade cakes, gift stalls, raffle, cake stall. Roots Band * North Devon Family Roots Quiz Night: Friday 14th December at 7 for Refreshments and Raffle. On Saturday 8th De- 7.30pm, at The Sportsmans Inn, Sandyway. cember at 7.30pm at Filleigh Village Hall. Tickets £12.50 including roast turkey with all the Entry by donation (proceeds to Wren's youth trimmings, available from Committee members or roots music programme) Contact becki@wren Quince Honey Farm 01769 572401. Teams of 6 - music.co.uk, Find out more at www.wrenmusic. come as a team or just come along to make up a co.uk or call 01837 53754 team on the night. Wren Music is Devon’s leading folk and community music organisation. Swimbridge community play ... HEFTED Come along and see your family and friends in Chittlehamholt Village Hall this fabulous play! Multistory Theatre have been 60’s and 70’s Disco in aid of the Village Hall on putting the Swimbridge community cast through Saturday 1st December at 7.30–11.30pm. Fancy its paces on David Lane’s play about North Dev- Dress optional: prize for the best dressed male & on throughout the ages from 1475, and how it female. Fish & Chip Supper. Bar with Wine, Beer, pulls through a major catastrophic event in 2075. Spirits and soft drinks. Admission by ticket only; The talented group of performers within the vil- Tickets from Irene 01769 540075, Sue 01769 lage range from the ages of 10-70! This really is 540270 or the village shop. an event for people of all ages - they are proving to be a community in action! The Swimbridge Vil- The North Devon Ramblers would like to in- lage Forum and Swimbridge Jubilee Hall website vite anyone and everyone to join them for one of pages show the event in progress. their six FREE ‘Festival’ walks over Christmas This Beaford Arts new commission takes place and the New Year, from three to eight miles, on on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th December. Tick- 22nd, 27th, 30th, 31st December and 2nd and ets cost £7.50 adult, £5 under 16’s and £22.50 5th. Group Chairman, Joan Long said, “For thirty years Ramblers has hosted a Winter Walking for a family of 4 from Landkey Stores, Julie Whit- Festival. During that time Ramblers groups ton:01271 830311, [email protected] or throughout the UK have welcomed hundreds of online from Beaford Arts website. thousands of people out into the countryside, to Age suitability: 12 years enjoy walks led by expert local volunteers.” Joan added, “We realise that some people find Christ- NatWest Bank mas to be a difficult time when they feel isolated NatWest’s Mobile Bank is now on South Molton and lonely and wish only to return to ‘normality’. Square on Tuesday mornings to 10.45-11.30am. We would like to extend a special invitation to anyone who is on their own to join us for a walk. Hallshare is the free forum where Village Hall Everyone is very friendly and you will receive a representatives can gather and share warm welcome. Do make our festival a time to knowledge and experience. It is a roving group take your first steps towards a new beginning, meeting every 3 months at various halls around whilst benefitting from the physical and mental well-being that walking brings.” For times see the the area. Next meeting is on 15th January at local events columns. For further information con- Marwood Community Hall. Information from tact Joan on 01271 376274 or Angela on 07720 [email protected] or just turn up, 203737 or visit www.ramblers.org.uk/north-devon there is no cost involved. Chimney sweeping

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One answer to loneliness One answer to the increasing problem of loneliness is to join the U3A which has a flourishing group in South Molton. Many of our members live alone but U3A gives them the opportunity to go to a monthly coffee morning, a weekly Sunday lunch and take part in all manner of activities Barnstaple and South Molton Memory Cafés from scrabble to patchwork, Shakespeare to jazz, The Barnstaple and S Molton Memory Cafés are ambling to skittles. We also have theatre and gar- bidding to bag a massive cash boost from the den visits throughout the year. For more infor- Tesco Bags of Help initiative. Three groups in mation we have leaflets in the library, a website, every Tesco region have been shortlisted to re- www.southmolton u3a.co.uk or just give the sec- ceive cash awards. Shoppers are invited to vote retary a ring on 01769 574637. for who they think should take away the top grant. The Barnstaple and South Molton Memory We'd love to meet you. Cafés is one of the groups on the shortlist! The Memory Cafes support more than 60 local Depression and Anxiety Service (N Devon) men and women living with dementia. The Barn- Stressed? Anxious? Experiencing obsessive staple Cafe meets on the first and third Fridays at thoughts and compulsive behaviour? Worrying the Library and the South Molton Café meets on obsessively? Feeling Low? Experiencing post- the second Thursday in the Assembly Rooms. traumatic stress? Afraid to leave home? Having They provide a friendly and fun environment for people with dementia and their families. Panic attacks? We can help, call us, in confidence, on 01271 335041. Christmas posting dates The DAS service is for people in N Devon who Last posting dates for abroad and in the UK are are 18 years and over who are feeling stressed, available at www.royalmail.com/greetings anxious or depressed. Your GP can refer you, or you can refer yourself and we will let your GP A stark warning know. We aim to see everyone within 4 weeks; There is a lot of demand in Devon for care and the initial appointment will take approximately 30 support for people living in their own homes. But there are too few people working in the profes- –40 minutes. Our trained staff work in community sion, so meeting that demand is really difficult at buildings, so we can offer help near where you times. Demand for care always increases in win- are. All contact will be confidential, and a choice ter. We're doing a lot of things to prepare for it. of help is offered. Devon Partnership We want to avoid people going to hospital with preventable complaints, or to return home quickly North Devon Parish Boundaries after treatment. But we're really concerned about staffing levels, and whether care organisations N Devon Council is carrying out a consultation to have sufficient care workers to meet demand. tidy up some parish boundaries to bring them in We'd like more people to consider careers in line with District ward boundaries following a re- care, and especially in the domiciliary care sec- view last year. The areas affected are: Mill on the tor. Mole, S Molton; Westacott, Landkey; Mount Please find out what the opportunities Sandford Green, Landkey. As well as this, follow- are at www.proudtocaredevon.org.uk ing representations during a previous consultation, they are consulting on a proposal to move Simmons Gunn from Swimbridge to Goodleigh parish. A fond farewell to Simmons, greengrocers in You can find out more about the consultation and South Molton, who close on 30th November - last have your say on the council website www.north market stall - 1st December. Thank you! devon.gov.uk/consultations before 2nd January.

Coffee morning, Old School, N Molton, 10-12 & every Tues Yoga, Parish Hall, Bishops Nympton, Bounce and Rhyme, S Molton Library, 10.30-11am and every Tuesday Energy Clinic, 361 Energy, Amory Centre, S Molton, 2-5pm S Molton Hearing Loss Group, Age Concern Pop-in, 2-4pm Meditation, Rose and Crown, S Molton, 6.30pm 01769 579829 DECEMBER and every Tuesday Zen meditation, Being Well Clinic, S Molton, 7pm 01769 29 Nov-3 Dec Crib Festival, Methodist Church: Christmas Tree Festival, Parish Church, S Molton see front page 540135 and every Tuesday 1-2 Equine Fair, Westpoint, Exeter 01392 421500 Bishops Nympton Dance Club, Parish Hall, 6.30 & every Tue 1-12 Scouts Post, S Molton: post box, S Molton Library Ballroom Dance class, Filleigh Village Hall and every Tues 1 Pannier Market, S Molton 8am-1pm & every Saturday 5 Yoga, YMCA, S Molton, 9.30-10.30am and every Wednesday Sat Coffee morning for Parish Church, Town Hall, Chulmleigh, 9 Coffee morning, Chapel Schoolroom, Burrington, 10-11.30am Christmas coffee morning for NSPCC, Methodist Church, and every Wednesday. Kings Nympton, 10am-12noon Coffee morning, Methodist Schoolroom, Brayford, 10.30-12 Lego Club, S Molton Library 10am-12am & every Saturday Christmas coffee morning for Bishops Nympton Methodist Christmas Craft Fair Parish Church, Witheridge, 10am-12 Church, Ellisfield, 10.30am-12.30pm Spanish Conversation, S Molton Library 10.30-11.30am S Molton Men’s Shed, Scout Hut, 10am-12noon & every Wed Christmas Bazaar, Ashreighey Hall, 10.30am-1pm Exercise for the mature lady, Village Hall, George Nympton, Christmas Fayre, Parish Hall, Knowstone, 2-4pm 10,30-11.30am 01769 572614 and every Wednesday Light up Lynton from 5pm Cook and Eat, S Molton U3A, Parish Hall, Bishops Nympton Ferret Racing for Hall funds, Village Hall, Brayford, 7pm S Molton Volunteer Bureau, Amory Ctre, 2-4 01769 573167 Sam Green, Village Hall, W Buckland, 7 for 7.30pm 01598 Ballroom Dance class, Filleigh Village Hall 01769 572384 and 760437 Beaford every Wednesday Ferret Racing, for Hall funds, Village Hall, Brayford, 7pm Short Mat Bowls, Parish Hall, Bishops Nympton, 7.30pm and Christmas Music, S Molton Town Band and Training Band, every Wednesday Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm Dance Club practice, Anstey Hall, Yeo Mill, 7.30pm Panto, Knights of Witheridge, Parish Hall, 7.30pm Tin Mining, K McKechnie, Chulmleigh Soc, Red Lion, Charity Dance, Anstey Hall, Yeo Mill, 7.30pm 7.30pm 01769 581398 60s/70s Disco, fancy dress optional, for Hall funds, Village Social Badminton, Parish Hall, Kings Nympton, 7.30-10pm Hall, Chittlehamholt, 7.30-11.30pm tickets 01769 540075/270 01769 580581 and every Wednesday Christmas Whist Drive, Parish Hall Kings Nympton, 7.45pm 6 Pannier Market, S Molton 9am-2pm and every Thursday 01769 580823 Write for Rights, Amnesty International, Pannier Market, S 2 Advent Sunday Molton, 9am-1pm Christmas Fatstock Show, Pannier and Livestock Markets, S Pilates, Parish Hall, Bishops Nympton Molton, 9.30am-5pm 01769 540441 Coffee morning, Cancer Research, Assembly Rooms, S Mol- Car Boot sale, old Tesco, Barnstaple 10am-2pm 07999 445489 ton, 10am-12noon and every Sunday Voluntary Sector Drop-in, S Molton Community Connections, Advent Carol Service, Parish Church, Satterleigh, 5pm Amory Centre, S Molton 10am-1pm and every Thursday Advent service, S Molton Churches Together, Parish S Molton Foodbank, YMCA, 10am-12.30pm and every Thurs Church, S Molton, 6.30pm Citizens Advice Bureau, Amory Centre, S Molton appts 03444 Carol service, Parish Church, Wembworthy, 6.30pm 111444 & every Thursday Jean Toussaint, Young Lions, jazz, George, S Molton, 7.30 Better Together, friendlychat, S Molton Library, 10.30am and 3 S Molton Meddlers, Pannier Market 9.30am and every Mon every Thursday not 27th Christmas coffee morning, Abbeyfield, Duffield Court, S Seated Yoga, Parish Church Hall, S Molton, 11.30am 07671 Molton, 10.30am-12noon 933561 & every Thursday Short Mat Bowls, Parish Hall, Bishops Nympton, 2pm 01769 Favourite poems, R Westcott, S Molton Library, 11.30am 550978 and every Monday Christmas Party, Exmoor Group WI, Anstey Hall, Yeo Mill, 2pm Yoga, Town Hall, Chulmleigh, 6-7pm;Pavilion, Atherington, 8- Thursday Craft Group, Age Concern, S Molton, 2-4pm 01769 9pm and every Monday 575952 and every Thursday Light up a Life service, N Devon and Children's Hospice, Sing along to Ad Lib, Methodist Church, Witheridge, 2.30pm Parish Church, Chulmleigh, 6.30pm 01769 581471 Devon Radio Book Group, S Molton Library, 3pm Bowls Club, Anstey Hall, Yeo Mill, 3pm and every Monday Yoga, YMCA, S Molton, 5.45-6.45pm and every Thursday not 24 or31 Christmas at Home, demonstration, S Molton Flower Club, Vil- Badminton Club, Village Hall, Filleigh, 7.30 01598 7670332 lage Hall, Filleigh, 7 for 7.30pm tickets 01769 550793 and every Mon Sequence Dance Club, Parish Church Hall, S Molton, 7.30 Grand Christmas Bingo, Village Hall, Chittlehampton, 7.30pm Short Mat Bowls, Village Hall, Filleigh, 7.30 & every Thurs Christmas Bingo, Village Hall, Chittlehampton, 7.30pm 7-8 Dunster by Candlelight: Porlock Santa Festival 4 Mince Pie Mingle for Care4Kids, Parish Hall, Kingsnymp- Hefted, community play, Multistory Th, Jubilee Hall, Swim- ton, 9.30-11am 01769 572414 bridge, 01271 830311 Beaford Meddlers, Pannier Mkt, 9.30 01769 573356 and every Tues 7 Motor Neurone Disease meeting, N Devon Hospice, 2-4pm Northern Devon Healthcare Trust Board Meeting, N Devon 01769 572681 Hospital, 10am 01271 311830/322791 Christmas Fayre, Primary School PTA, Chulmleigh, 3.30pm

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Knit and Natter, S Molton Library, 4-5.30pm Greatest Showman film night, Parish Hall, Knowstone. 7.30 Quiz and Carvery, for E Anstey School PTA, Sportsman’s Inn, Sandyway, 7 for 7.30pm 01398 341895 Mamma Mia Here we go again! (PG) Dulverton Films, Town Dominick’s Close, Parsonage Lane, South Molton Hall, 7 for 7.30pm 01298 323474 Con Spiritu, concert for Church restoration fund, Parish Church, Knowstone, 7.30pm 01398 341924 8-9 Santa Specials, Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, Woody Bay Sat Family Craft, S Molton Library, 10am-12noon 01769 572128 Station book 01598 763487 Seasonal Music, E Buckland Parish Church, 6 01598 760437 8 Magic, Mystery and Mayhem, S Molton Library, 10am Dance, Victory Hall, N Molton Sat Christmas Farmers Market, Village Hall Brayford, 11-1pm 16 Antiques Market, Pannier Market, S Molton 01769 572501 Christmas Fair for Parish Church, Parish Hall, 2-4pm Carol service, Parish Church, Chawleigh, 11am Gift Sale, Dulverton Farmers Hunt, Anstey Hall, Yeo Mill, 6pm Carol service, Parish Church, W Worlington, 11.15am Christmas Bingo, Pavilion, Chulmleigh, 6.45 for 7.30pm Messy Church, West Anstey Hall, Yeo Mill, 11.30am Winter Concert, Wren Music groups, Village Hall, Filleigh, Carol service, Parish Church, Georgenympton, 4.30pm 7.30pm 083753754 Outdoor Nativity service, Chittlehampton, 5pm Rancheros, r&b, George, S Molton, 8pm Nine lessons and carols, Parish Church, Swimbridge 9 Christmas Flea Market, S Molton Pannier Mkt, 10am-3pm Grand Draw and Auction for N Devon Hospice, Rising Sun, 01837 83098 Umberleigh, 6pm Carol service, parish Church, Meshaw, 10am Carols by candlelight, Parish Church, Eggesford: Village Hall, Three Church service, Methodist Church, Brayford, 4pm Chittlehamholt, 6.30pm Joint Christingle service, Parish Church, Kingsnympton, 5 Carol service, Parish Church, Knowstone, 6.30pm Nine lessons and Carols, Parish Church, Witheridge, 6pm Joint Carol service, Parish Church, Burrington, 6.30pm Carol service, Parish Church, Romansleigh, 6.30pm 17 Multisensory Christmas Show, Boo to the Goose Theatre, S Paddington 2 (PG) S Molton Film Soc, George Hotel,7.30pm Molton Library, 10.30am 10 Birthday Party, S Molton WI, Methodist Church Hall, 2pm Wassailing Night, Dunster from 7.30pm 01643 822225 Carol Concert, Chulmleigh Primary Sch PTA, 01769 580535 S Baring-Gould, Chulmleigh History Soc, Pavilion, 7.30pm 01769 Carol Supper, Parish Church Hall, S Molton, 6.45 for7pm, 580219 book 01769 573558 18 Last Posting Date second class letters History of the Exmoor Pony, S Baker, Bishops Nympton Local Town Council meetings, Town Hall, S Molton, 6.30pm History Society, Parish Hall, 7.30pm Christmas Whist Drive, Village Hall, Chittlehampton, 7.45pm 11 Christmas meeting, S Molton U3A, Village Hall, Filleigh, 10am 19 Coffee morning, Village Hall, Chittlehamholt Coffee Break, Anstey Hall, Yeo Mill, 11am-12.30pm Christmas Fair, Filleigh School PTA, 3-4.30pm Musical Memories, Age Concern, S Molton, 2-3.30pm Carols round the tree, Warkleigh,7pm Christmas Bingo, Parish Hall, Knowstone Dance Club practice, Anstey Hall, Yeo Mill, 7.30pm Whist Drive, for churchyard maintenance, Village Hall, Chit- 20 Last Posting Date first class letters tlehampton, 7 for 7.45pm See Hear on Wheels, Southley Rd, S Molton, 2-4 01271 373236 Christmas Party, Chulmleigh WI, Town Hall, 7.30pm 01769 An Affair to Remember, Classic Film night, S Molton Library, 580374 6.30pm 12Christmas Fatstock Show and Sale, Wheddon Cross Christmas Concert, Messiah Pt 1, S Molton Singers, Methodist Literratzi, litter pick, Pannier Market, S Molton, 9.30am Church, 7.30pm Coffee House, Methodist Hall, Old Ways End, 10.30-12noon Acoustic Night, Old Coaching Inn, S Molton, 8-11pm Christingle service, Parish Church, Witheridge, 4pm 21-24 Santa Specials, Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, Woody Christmas Bingo for Hall Funds, Oxham, Mariansleigh, 7.30 Bay Station book 01598 763487 Light up a Life service, Hospices, Methodist Ch, S Molton, 7 21Candlelit Crib and Carol service, Parish Church, 5pm Brayford WI, Village Hall, 7pm Sat Carol Service, Parish Church, Molland, 6.30pm 13 Memory Café, Assembly Rooms, S Molton, 10.30am-2pm Christingle service, Parish Church, Chawleigh, 6.30pm Quiz Night, for N Devon Hospice and Motor Neurone Disease Nine lessons and carols, Parish Church, Chittlehampton,7pm Assoc, Barley and Vine, East St, S Molton7.30pm 22-5 Jan N Devon Ramblers Festival walks see page 2 14-15 Voices of Exmoor, concert, Town Hall, Dulverton, 7.30pm 22 Living Nativity, S Molton Baptist Church, Pannier Market, 6 14-5 Jan Peter Pan panto, Queens Hall, Barnstaple Exmoor Carolers, Parish Church, Chittlehampton, 7.30pm 14 Families for Children adoption advice, Garden Flat, Castle 01769 540581 Hill, Filleigh, 10-12noon Christmas Whist Drive, Hawkridge, 7.30pm Senior School Carol Service, W Buckland School, 3pm Dance, for Hall funds Village Hall, Knowstone, 8pm Ben Quiz and Carvery, Cancer Research UK, Sportsman’s Inn, 23 Carol service, Parish Church, Warkleigh, 11am Sandyway, 7 for 7.30pm 01769 572401 Village Nativity, Parish Church, Molland, 4pm Christmas Bingo, Village Hall, George Nympton, 7 for 7.30 Christmas Family Celebration, Parish Church, Chulmleigh, 5 Village Christmas Party, Anstey Hall, Yeo Mill, 7pm bring Christingle Carol Service, Parish Ch, Bishops Nympton, 6.30 and share Nine lesson and carols, Parish Church, S Molton: Parish Quiz night, Bishops Nympton Community Club, 7.30pm Church, N Molton: Parish Church, W Anstey, 6.30pm Peter Knight/John Spiers, George, S Molton, 8pm Carol service, Parish Church, Filleigh: Methodist Church, 15-16 Santa Specials, Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, Woody Kingsnympton, 6.30pm Bay Station 01598 763487 24 Christmas Eve 15 Spanish Conversation, S Molton Library, 10.30-11.30am Sean & Kate's gardening services

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Carol service, Parish Church, Mariansleigh, 3pm Crib service, Parish Church, Witheridge, 3pm Crib service, Parish Church, N Molton, 3.30pm Christingle service, Parish Church, Swimbridge, 4pm All aspects of arboriculture work carried out to a high stand- Carol service, Parish Church, High Bray, 5pm ard including reductions, removals and stump grinding Carols by Candlelight, Parish Church, Twitchen, 6pm All work insured to £5million and carried out by friendly, Whist Drive, TSH, Parish Hall, Kingsnympton, 7.45pm qualified professionals 25 Christmas Day Call now for free no obligation quotes Carols Serivce, Parish Church, Witheridge, 9.30 Tel: 07398268877 26 Boxing Day Email: [email protected] 27 Whist Drive, TSH, Village Hall, Filleigh, 7.45pm Acoustic Music Night, Barley and Vine, East St, S Molton, from 7.30pm 07553 072074 Celebrating 10 years 29-1 Jan Mince Pie Specials, Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, of the Amory Centre in South Molton Sat Woody Bay Station book 01598 763487 The Amory Centre building on East Street was 28 S Molton Jazz Club, George, from 8.30pm converted into a ‘one stop shop’ in 2008 for local 29 Farmer's Market, Lion Car Park, Dulverton, 10-4 31 New Year’s Eve people to get advice and information on the ser- Reading and Carols, Parish Church, Chulmleigh, 6pm vices offered by N Devon Council and S Molton

JANUARY 2019 Town Council as well as housing a brand new 1 New Year’s Day Devon County Council library. The £1m project 2 Coffee morning, Methodist Schoolroom, Brayford, 10.30-12 was funded by all three councils in an innovative S Molton Volunteer Bureau, Amory Centre, 2-4 01769 573167 partnership. As the town has grown, the Town 3 Sequence Dance Club, Parish Church Hall, S Molton, 7.30pm Council has encouraged local groups and nation- 6 Epiphany al agencies like the Citizens Advice Bureau to 8 Tarka’s Tales, S Molton U3A, Village Hall, Filleigh, 10 Dance Club, Village Hall, Knowstone use the building too. The Library hosts regular 9 Literratzi, litter pick, Pannier Market, S Molton, 9.30am events and community based projects which has 12 Signed, Sealed and Delivered, Motown, Palazzo, High Bullen encouraged use of the centre. Sat Hotel, 7 for 7.30pm Band, 8.30pm book 01769 540561 The occasion was marked with a cake cutting by Dance, for Hall funds Village Hall, Knowstone, 8pm Ben 13 Finding your Feet (12A) South Molton Film Society, George three original members of staff all still working at Hotel,7.30pm the centre 10 years on. A cake sale was held in 15 Deadline for February's Community News aid of the CAB and a Hidden Histories talk and North Devon Archaeological Soc meeting, Castle Centre, Barnstaple, 7.30pm presentation was being given by Beaford Arts 18 Paul Lamb/Chad Strentz, blues, George, S Molton, 8pm focusing on S Molton and the surrounding area. 19 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Town Hall, Dulverton, A memories book has also been placed in the Sat 7.30pm 01398 323818 Library so that people can share their memories 20 Salvage Fair, Pannier Market, S Molton 21 Archaeology of Hill Farming, R Wilson-North, Chulmleigh His- of the Library, past and present. tory Society, Pavilion, 7.30pm 01769 580219 22 S Molton Town Council meetings, Town Hall, 6.30pm 23 Dance Club, Village Hall, Knowstone 25Quiz night, S Molton Deanery, Parish Hall Bishops Nympton, 7.30pm 01769 550313/580265 Burns Night, Assembly Rooms, S Molton 01271 374504 The chairman and committee of South Molton 26 Pudding, Bingo and Games evening, Church Hall, S Molton, Vintage Rally Club send to all our members, Sat 6.30 for 7pm book 01769 573558 Music Hall concert, Assembly Rooms, S Molton, friends and supporters Christmas greetings and 31 Grit, Gordie Tentrees/Jaxson Haldane, George S Molton, 8 good wishes for a healthy and happy 2019. Please make a note in your 2019 diary that the Did you know… Rally weekend is June 1st and 2nd 2019. North Devon District Council fund Anstey Village Hall a loan scheme for homeowners, It was agreed at our AGM that West Anstey Vil- lage Hall will now be known informally as “Anstey for essential home repairs Village Hall at Yeo Mill”. The committee wishes and improvements?* the entire community of Anstey to feel welcome at the village hall particularly as the hall at Old- For more information, visit www.wrcic.org.uk, ways End is to be sold. call 01823 461099, or email [email protected] TURNER FRAMES

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Quarterly by appointment This is the last in our yearlong series North Devon Council Customer Advice commemorating WWI: all photos have been courtesy of South Molton Museum Mon, Tues, Thurs 9am-5pm 01271 327711 Royal British Legion welfare drop-in 07884 886050 2nd Thursday 10am-12noon Devon Grants Fund S Molton Community Connections 01769 572501 Make a difference in your community. Have you Thursday 10am-12noon got an idea? The Community Grants Fund is an South Molton Town Council 01769 572501 initiative to support people like you in setting up Monday-Friday 9am-4.30pm (4pm Weds) something to help people develop community- South Molton Town Clerk Surgery 01769 572501 Tuesday 2-4pm driven initiatives which support and empower peo- South Molton Volunteer Bureau ple to have greater choice and control over their 1st Wednesday 2-4pm 01769 573167 health and care by supporting them to increase their knowledge or skills or to support improved Visitor Information is available in the reception area at the Amory Centre, 125 East St, South Molton EX36 confidence and motivation. 3BU. The Tourist Information website www.visitsouth Grants of up to £300 are available. Schemes molton.co.uk is maintained by S Molton Town Council should benefit a group of people rather than an with lots of information. individual and they should benefit people living within an area of Devon. You do not need to be a COMMUNITY NEWS S Molton & District Please get news, advertisements and events for constituted group or charity to apply for this grant. our February double issue to us by 15th January. The closing date for applications is Thursday 31st To advertise in the 24 parishes around S Molton January 2019. If you need support with your appli- or to contribute, please write to us, or leave mes- cation please contact [email protected]. sages, at the Amory Centre, 125 East St, S Mol- We expect projects to be able to show they have ton EX36 3BU, email us at moltonnews@hotmail. made a difference within 6 months. If you have co.uk or call 01769 575528 (answerphone). any questions, or suggestions, please contact: Events can also be entered in the Diary at the [email protected] 01626 326130. Amory Centre. Thank you all for your support!

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