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STRETE Post Office (01803 770225) Opening Times Monday to Saturday 9am to 5.30pm (Except Tuesday) Tuesday 9am to 1 pm. STRETE STORES Monday to Saturday 7am to 5.30 pm & Sunday 8am to 12 noon Stoke Fleming Library Village Hall (John Lewis 01803 770075) Monday 3 pm to 5.00pm, Tuesday 10.30am to 12.30pm, Thursday 3pm to 5pm. Or 24 hours at devon.gov.uk/libraries Reserve books, CDs or DVDs and renew online. The first record of a village of Strete EDITORIAL was 821 years ago and it is 781 years since the name was changed to the cur‐ remains closed. The loss of this facility in rent spelling (and whilst we are looking the Village must affect the le ng pro‐ at dates, it is 179 years since St Michaels spects for holiday accommoda on, B & was ‘built’; the tower being much older). Bs and the Caravan and Camp Sites. The shame is that whilst all efforts are being The next months will see some changes. made to complete the new sec on of By early May the result of the General, the South West Coastal Path, the com‐ District and Parish Elec ons should be mercial opportunity of keeping, feeding known. The Parish will lose two council‐ and housing the weary traveller is being lors who have worked hard for the Par‐ lost. The full force of the Parish must ish. Bryan Seymour has served for 16 get behind the efforts to see the Kings years, both as Chairman and as a coun‐ Arms open for business. cillor. His guidance and energy has kept the interests of this Parish to the fore. The numbers on the electoral role have Tony Crawford, the current Chairman, provided a stark reminder of the chal‐ has a similar period of public service, lenge for the future. There has been a both here and in Somerset. It is for the drop of about 5% in the number of elec‐ electorate in the Parish to decide tors between the last General Elec on whether any others re re in May. The and now. The change is either because Reverend John Bell is re ring from his there are a lot of empty proper es in ministry at St Michaels a er 14 years, the Parish, or there are more proper es and his last service will be conducted in being occupied by second homers who Strete on the 14th June 2015. Dona ons do not have sufficient interest in this towards his re rement may be given to community to register their vote. In the Joan Kendall (see page 3). United Kingdom, a resident is en tled to vote in the loca on of each home that The change that I would like to see is the they live in. One can vote in different removal of the Gulag fencing across the places in Parish or County elec ons at Kings Arms Car Park and the reopening the same me. The only excep on is of the Pub. It is fu le to reminisce on that in a General Elec on each person how things were, but there was a glori‐ only has one vote. It is 97 years since ous community in the village 20 years universal suffrage was granted although ago when dropping into the Kings Arms women did not have equal vo ng rights on a Friday evening, all the village with men un l 1928. seemed to be there. Arrangements could be made for games of golf, safari Change is inevitable but not always for dinner par es, or guidance obtained on the be er. All votes count, otherwise who could do what. The brewers main‐ apathy rules. tain that they are s ll ac vely searching The editor for a landlord, and have come close to agreeing terms on one occasion, but it 1 STRETE CHAPEL NOTES Jim Carver
Gree ngs from the Strete Chapel will be Mr David Coffey who comes from Fellowship. Torquay All would be very welcome to come and join us in fellowship on Good (As Jim wrote this ) Easter was approach‐ Friday. ing fast and as we look forward to this me we start to think what Easter is all Watch this space! about. The Lord Jesus was obedient to Some thing to put in you Diaries: his Father and suffered and died upon the cross at Calvary to save us from our On the 21st October 2016 the Chapel will sin, on what is known as Good Friday, be celebra ng its 50th Anniversary. but we know that on the third day, East‐ When the Strete Methodist Chapel er Sunday, Jesus arose triumphantly closed the Chapel was purchased from from the grave and over came and con‐ the Methodist organisa on on the 21 quered death. This event was prophe‐ October 1966. sied and foretold in the book of Isaiah Ch 53, some 600 years before this event This will be a great day of celebra on took place. Just imagine the surprise on and more details will be given nearer the the faces of Mary Magdalene and the me. other Mary visi ng the tomb, only find‐ Chapel Ou ngs and Ac vi es: ing the tomb empty with the linen cloths that had been wrapped around the body Monday 6th April 2015 ‐ Old Coach of Jesus, folded neatly and laid on the House ‐ Lunch at 12 noon followed by stone slab, inside the tomb. Easter is Ten Pin Bowling in Torquay. truly a happy me to celebrate, that Je‐ Monday 4th May 2014 ‐ Plymouth Barbi‐ sus is alive and is with his Father in heav‐ can ‐ Boat Trip King William Yard & Boat en. trip to Cornwall The children also look forward to enjoy‐ Monday 25th May 2014 ‐ Weston‐super‐ ing Easter Eggs at this me of year. I Mare. To see Jim and Pat and have lunch o en think back to when I was a young with them at Toogoodies, then a visit to lad, seeing the ladies and young girls the sea front or a visit to a Garden Cen‐ wearing their Easter Bonnets as they tre. went to Church on the Easter Sunday morning. Monday 31st August 2014 ‐ Exmouth B.B.Q. on the beach, swimming and On Good Friday 3rd April 2015 there will games. be a mee ng taking place at the Stoke Fleming Village Hall. Star ng at 11.00am If any body would like to come and join with a sit down lunch at approximately us in any of these Ou ngs then please 12.30 pm and reconvening for an a er‐ get in touch with Derek Darch noon session at 2.00 pm The Speaker
2 Visiting Speakers Strete Chapel ST MICHAEL’s During the forth coming Sundays we will be welcoming visiting speakers to take our Sunday Morning Services, and the following will be coming.
5th April Charles Bancroft 19th April Adrian Dawe 3rd May Pam & Ian 10th May Adrian Dawe 17th May London City Mission 7th June Maurice Hockridge 14th June Adrian Dawe Revd. John H. Bell, who has served 21st June Desmond Gahan as our Vicar for 14 years, is re ring 5th July Mark Fox in June of this year and we would like to mark this with a presenta‐ 19th July Peter Glasgow on to him. 2nd August Charles Bancroft Joan Kendall has volunteered to be 9th August Charles Bancroft the contact for any dona ons that 16th August Charles Bancroft Parishioners would like to make. 23rd August Charles Bancroft These can be sent to her at 3 Cres ields, Strete, Dartmouth 30th August Charles Bancroft TQ6 0SD or given to her personally. 20th September - CHURCH Harvest There will be special services lead‐ Wednesday 22nd April Meeting with ing up to his re rement as follows:‐ the Slavic Gospel at the Chapel - Time 7.30 31st May United Benefice Service at STRETE 11 a.m We extend to you all a very warm wel- come to come and join us in fellow- John’s last service here at Strete ship. will be 14th June. 11 a.m. The time of our Morning Family Ser- Final Service taken by him will be at vices is 11.00 am and on the first Sun- Stoke Fleming on day of the month, we have a shared lunch after the morning service, fol- 21st June with a Bring and Share lowed by Communion Lunch. 11 a.m.
3 ST MICHAEL’S PARISH CHURCH Sunday Services Sunday 12 April 11.00 a.m. Holy Communion ~ Revd. John Bell Sunday 19 April 11.00 a.m. Morning Worship Worship Team + Guest speakers: Jan & Andrea Sco Sunday 26 April 11.00 a.m. Holy Communion Revd. John Bell Sunday 3rd May 11.00 a.m. Morning Worship Sunday 10th May 11.00 a.m. CHRISTIAN AID WEEK SERVICE Sunday 17th May 11.00 a.m. ROGATION SERVICE Sunday 24th May 11.00 a.m. Holy Communion Sunday 31 May 11.00 a.m. N.B. New me UNITED BENEFICE Joint Service of Holy Communion with East Allington Sunday 14th June last service with John Bell as the vicar.
A time of fellowship, prayer and Bible Dates for our fortnightly mee ngs Study for Christians of all denomina- for the Summer Term 2015 tions in the village and those who Monday 13th April would like to know more about the Christian faith. Monday 18th May We are reading the New Testament Monday 8th June Book of the Acts of the Apostles. Monday 6th July Christians of all denominations welcome No mee ng in August Venue: Audrey Clarke’s home – Autumn Term Starts Monday 14 Strete Lodge on the main A379 September 2015 Monday afternoon meetings are For further information ring Jilly Freeman 770 254 2.30 pm. – 4.30 pm.
4 ST MICHAEL’S PARISH READER’S CORNER Very early on the first Easter morning, Our Easter eggs that we give to one an‐ whilst it was s ll dark, Mary Magdalene other are symbols of hope and new life and some of the other women moved and for some people the represent the quietly through the sleeping city to the stone that was rolled away from the burial ground a short distance away. tomb. Presumably they intended to anoint On Easter Sunday in our church we will Jesus with the fragrant spices and oint‐ celebrate the good news of the Resur‐ ments they had made on the evening of rec on in one of the Easter hymns Good Friday. Alleluia, alleluia! They went in fear and grief to the body of the One they had loved and lost. Hearts to heaven and voices raise; Two days ago on the eve of the Sabbath, sing to God a hymn of gladness, the broken body of Jesus was has ly sing to God a hymn of praise: wrapped in a linen cloth and placed in the tomb. The women’s lives were He, who on the cross a vic m changed, they had listened to Jesus’s for the world's salva on bled, stories and heard crowds call ‘Hozanna and Crucify!’ They saw his healing mira‐ Jesus Christ, the King of glory, cles, bread broken and wine poured. now is risen from the dead. They watched as he was tortured and killed. Like all people who have lost a Kate Mcllhagga of the Iona Community loved one they found comfort from one wrote this beau ful Easter Blessing: another. Their minds found it hard to How beau ful is the blossom absorb the horror of sudden death. spilling from the tree, Yet as they moved towards the tomb, the hidden primrose they saw that the stone had been rolled and the bluebell away and Jesus’s body had gone. They ringing out the news were perplexed, startled, amazed and He is risen frightened. he is alive we shall live I am sure we would have been the same for evermore. on that first Easter Day. May the warmth of His Resurrec on The wonder of the Resurrec on is not touch our hearts and minds as the something we can embrace in a mo‐ warmth of the sun blesses our bodies. ment, we need to receive and under‐ stand a li le at a me un l the joyful May you all have a very joyful and message affects the whole of our lives. peaceful Easter. Jenny Harris
5 Jean Parnell March and April In weather lore the saying ‘March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb’ gives the lie to a popular rhyme about the ‘borrowing days’ either the last 3 days of March or the first 3 days of April:‐ March borrowed from April 3 days and they were ill The first was snow and sleet, the next was cold and wet The third was such a freeze, the birds’ nests stuck to the trees!….
March is considered to be the first end of the 19th century 2 German scien‐ month of Spring with dry, warm weather sts discovered the chemical formula of but it can be a wet, wintry month as it the violet scent. I remember when I was was in 1891 here in the South Hams be‐ quite small, elderly people either smelt ginning on the 8th and 9th March. The of Devon Violets or Eau de Cologne! Great Blizzard, as it came to be known, Flowers of April ‐ Daisies ~ The name was relentless, within 2 days dri s of 8 daisy comes from the Olde English to 12 inches were common. My mater‐ “daeges‐eage” or “day’s eye” referring nal grandmother o en recalled this to the way the flowers open and close at when we had perhaps a few inches of certain mes of the day, perhaps more snow, as her family living at Eastdown no ced by our ancestors as their clocks. used to walk into Strete on top of hedg‐ The Daisy botanical family also include es because hard‐packed snow spread chrysanthemums which can be grown in across the road from side to side! greenhouses as well as in the open air. Flower of March ‐ Violets ‐ Most Eliza‐ They can be hoodwinked into blooming bethans called violets “heartsease”, at any me of the year by decreasing many of which are found in meadows the amount of light they receive. and in hedgerows. Violets were associat‐ SOME WESTCOUNTRY NEWS 1915 ed with innocent unspoilt love, probably because the violet flowers do not pro‐ January ‐ In one newspaper it was re‐ duce seeds but they come from uno‐ ported that this year was the centenary pened self‐pollina ng flowers later in the of Waterloo and would be a great and year. This is known as Cleistogamy. glorious year for the world. A quote was “the days of the Crusades have returned; In the 19th century large quan es of the Allies are the new Crusaders. We violets were grown for perfume especial‐ shall see commitment, the glories of war ly in France on the Riviera, but by the and the comforts of peace”! 6 February ‐ A small village near Truro should do her best for the soldiers”. with only 165 inhabitants sent 24 men September ‐ The King and Queen visited into the Navy and the Army. Two other the southwest touring hospitals to chat young men offered but they were too to wounded soldiers. Members of the young for service. public cheered their Royal visitors along March ‐ Snow and ice on the roads was the way who were gra fied by their hap‐ causing panic and men of the Royal Gar‐ py and kind recep on. rison Ar llery en route for drill had diffi‐ October ‐ An unusual vehicle recrui ng cul es when a gun jumped a bank and Royal Volunteer Navy volunteers arrived turned over but it was righted without in Plymouth . It looked like a delivery injuries being sustained! van with a flag on top but it had a facility May ‐ Arms workers were slowing pro‐ for office work and also sleeping accom‐ duc on because of heavy drinking so it moda on. The vehicle toured for a few was decided that new prices be intro‐ days and volunteers could sign on the duced ‐ no 2 penny worth of spirits spot and leave for training at Crystal Pal‐ would be served, ordinary spirits would ace, London.` be raised by 1/6 per pint; good brandy December ‐ With “round‐buying” in pubs would be 6d per drop or 1/9 per noggin banished an unusual case came up in a and wines would be sold at not less than court in Bristol. The offender was fined 9 4p per pint! shillings for buying his wife a drink! The June ‐ Messrs. Moon & Sons were magistrate decided it was a technical pleased to exhibit their new range of offence but if Jus ces allowed a person pianos, the only manufacturers “below to pay for liquor for his wife, the licensee Bristol” and was suited to our westcoun‐ would be in a quandary ‐ how would he try climate! (All schools had Moon’s know whether it was actually the man’s pianos for years.) wife! This was the first case of this kind in the country. July ‐ A large number of ladies gathered at Princes Hall, Plymouth in support of I hope you have been free from the flu the War Hospitals Supply presided over bugs which have been widespread re‐ by the MP’s wife, Mrs. Waldorf Astor. cently and I wish you a Healthy and Hap‐ She was keen to see more ladies in the py Spring to come. city helping with sewing at the local de‐ Jean Parnell pot. Although Plymouth was not a fash‐ ionable resort she felt “every woman 7 Le ers to Editor ‐ Heavitree Plays Heavy
Since the demise of the Kings Arms at This pub used to Strete, Heavitree have decided to erect be the centre of several signs in the pubs car park, which the community is adjacent to the A379 in an AONB before the much to the annoyance of the local brewery residents of Strete. It makes this area changed the look like a crime ridden inner city loca‐ layout of the inside to make it into a on. If you look to the other side of the restaurant/pub which obviously hasn't road you get a wonderful panoramic worked as planned. If you talk to the view of Start Bay. people of Strete who have lived here for many years they will all confirm this Having researched the company who was the downfall of the Kings Arms. run this parking ac vity, Flash Park, Heavitree claim to have interviewed they are run by a very shady character several possible applicants to take on who has been reviewed on Watchdog, the pub but for various reasons nothing has received the Dick Turpin Award has happened yet. They have also taken from the RAC and has recently had the To Let sign down. court dealings with HMRC. Just the sort of ou it we want in the village of The other Heavitree houses in this lo‐ Strete. cality, The Start Bay Inn, The Church House, Stokenham and the Green Drag‐ South Hams DC have been advised of on prove the point that they can do this situa on as it appears to be a good business from the locals in the breach of planning permission but winter as well as an excellent trade in Heavitree do not seem to believe this. the summer, so why should the Kings It is becoming more obvious that Heav‐ Arms be different? itrees' hidden agenda for the Kings Arms is a change of use but I'm sure The KIngs Arms building frontage is an there will be a mul tude of objec ons if asset to the village so what is the fu‐ this is the case. The MD of Heavitree ture? The fight is just star ng. has been made aware of this but appar‐ Ian R Coates ently is on annual leave.
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AMAZON Housing Need Survey for Parish of Strete 2015 Un l now I have had a posi ve view of Amazon. However, on looking to buy The outcome of this survey managed a piece of equipment I went to the and operated by South Hams District internet to check on prices. Having Council should be available for the iden fied the specific equipment I Parish Council Mee ng on 16 April entered that into the internet search (a er the Annual Mee ng that pre‐ engine and up Pops Amazon ‘Low cedes) . prices on the item’. The prices of the same item ranged from £964.41 down The outcome will give up‐to‐date infor‐ to £590.90 including VAT with an en‐ ma on and will probably be used in try by the makers at £1,267. Upon the compila on of the Neighbourhood checking with the manufacturers, the Plan. price was £300 and the VAT was not applicable in the circumstances that pertained. Double the cost (and more) Stretewise Delivery Team is not what I expected when I Brenda Range (Hynetown Road), Li‐ searched for the market price using ane Baldock ( Ma s Point) , Colleen Amazon. Seymour (Crestways and Cres ield), MH Vacant – Totnes Road South and Vicar‐ age Lane), Joan Kendall (the Pla and PI DAY Hyne Town Estate ), Vacant ( Start Bay March 14 2015 or 3.14.15 (as Park ), Chris Burne (Dartmouth Road the Americans would write) ‐ In East), John and Shirley Goldring fact to correct the actual number (Village Centre and Dartmouth Road of Pi (rela onship of diameter to West ), David Wall (Burlestone) , An‐ the circumference) it should drea Hollis ( Upper Totnes Road ) Mal‐ come the following year. But on colm Hollis Strete Gate / email ) . Broadway and in London ‘The
Curious Incident of the Dog in Are there any Volunteers to help the Night me ’ will simplify the number. fill the vacancies to deliver around 30 magazines 6 mes a 3.14159 year or to cover for holidays ?
9 2014 Photogra‐
pher of the year
The entries received as of the end of March (the extended deadline for the 2014 entries) were spe‐ cial and resulted in the judges having a hard me in making a decision.
Torcross featured in some of the entries, with the ducks and nosy sea‐ gulls failing to read the no ces that suggest they should not be fed, and the water of the Dart was picked up in views of Dartmouth from the road leading in from Li le Dartmouth, as well as sea view from our own Corniche—the A379.
Two pictures vied for First Place and the judges took a long me making their decision but Carole Wills Picture of the Frog has been picked as the 2014 winner of the Stretewise Photographic Compe ‐ on.
10 Winner—FROG
By Carole Wills
Second and Highly Commended ‘Tim Feeding the seagulls’ by Lucia Auco
Highly Commended Mr & Mrs. Mallard at Torcross Food Bank by Tony Crawford
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12 BASH Blackawton and Strete History DAY 25 APRIL 2015 APRIL ACTIVITIES BLACKAWTON WAR MEMORIAL 1120‐12.00 The War Memorials in Blackawton and Strete James Mussen Where is it ? Whose names are on it ?Where James has undertaken substan al research did they live ? What did they do ? on the background and service of the people Where did they die ? Are you related? named on the two memorials and brought this together in an a rac ve book which BLACKAWTON IN 1840 could be an example for other parishes Who owned the land ? Who owned the 1200 Excursion: BaSH has laid on a trip by houses ? Who rented the farms ? minibus at noon to visit the coastal sites be‐ If you’re interested, come along to tween Dartmouth and Torcross which were used by troops prac cing for D‐Day. Blackawton Village Hall 12.45 Arrive at Strete Parish Hall 1030 ‐ 1230 12.45 Mediaeval Lunch Kate Gill Saturday 25 April 2015 Surprisingly Mediaeval food was more sophis‐ when James Mussen (War Memorial) and cated than most of us expect. We will sam‐ ple various dishes with Kate explaining all the Gareth James (1840 Tithe Map) details. There will be vegetarian op ons, and
can give you all the answers a souvenir menu. Contact Bob Harvey 14.15‐15.15 The Evacua on on
13 Elec on 2015
On the 7th May there will be three elec Parliament ons taking place on the same day, for Prospec ve Candidates and the five po‐ the first me for 32 years. The details of li cal par es were contacted to ask if who will stand in the Parliamentary, Dis‐ they would like to set out their key ob‐ trict and Parish elec ons will not be jec ves for the readers of Stretewise. known un l the 9th April, a few days Each candidate has responded, and their a er the delayed distribu on of comments and statements are set out Stretewise. on the next pages. At the present me
Parish (7 seats) the Liberal Democrats, Green, UKIP, La‐ bour and Conserva ve par es are con‐ The current Parish councillors will re‐ tes ng the seat. It is possible that other main in office un l 11th May 2015, four candidates may come forward by the days a er the elec on. A poll will only me of the deadline for nomina ons in a happen if there are more nomina ons few days me. than the seven seats that are available. If so it will be on 7 May alongside the Similar invita ons were extended to Parliamentary and District elec ons. each of the par es in rela on to the elec on of a Councillor for the new If there are fewer nomina ons than ‘Allington and Strete’ Ward. None have seats and a quorum is reached i.e. at responded. least 3 nomina ons, the Parish Council will be able to co‐opt to fill the remain‐ Candidates for the Parish Council have ing seats. This usually happens at the also held back from confirming their first mee ng a er 7 May which will be inten ons. There will be at least two 21st May. vacancies following the declara on of Tony Crawford and Bryan Seymour not District elec ons (20 seats) to seek re‐elec on. Those who are be‐ South Hams have reduced the number lieved to be standing include Kate Gill of representa ves and in May all 20 (Vice Chairman) Ian Cumberlidge, David seats will be up for elec on. Those in Rothwell Harry Fenton and M. Hollis. Strete will be vo ng for their district Councillor in a new Ward that includes The contribu on of the Parliamentary Buckland Tout Saints, Charleston, East candidates are set out on the follow‐ Allington, Frogmore and Sherford, Slap‐ ing pages in Alphabe cal order of ton and Strete. each Candidates’ Surname
14 The 2015 GENERAL ELECTION
that that they liked the idea of a repre‐ senta ve who is not afraid to stand up for them against the ever‐growing (and infuria ng) forces of red tape.’ (Kingsbridge & Salcombe Gaze e 2013)
His main areas of interest are health, educa on and, as a former chairman of the Green Liberal Democrats, the envi‐ Julian Brazil (Liberal Democrat) ronment. Julian Brazil lives in East Prawle near He captains the East Prawle cricket team Kingsbridge. He is a Councillor for the and plays darts and euchre for the Pigs local area and works part‐ me helping Nose Inn. with the accounts for a number of local businesses. He has an honours degree in Zoology from Bristol University.
Before becoming involved in poli cs,
Julian worked in the family prin ng busi‐ ness and also set up his own Desk Top Publishing company. He qualified as a science teacher from Exeter University and did his training at Kingsbridge and South Dartmoor Community Colleges. He has also taught as a supply teacher at Dartmouth Community College. Gill Coombs (Green Party) Julian has an excellent reputa on as a I’m standing for elec on in Totnes be‐ local councillor. He is well known for cause I want to help bring about long campaigning and suppor ng his local overdue change in local, na onal and communi es. He is a vociferous support‐ European poli cs. This elec on offers a er of affordable housing for local people once in a life me opportunity! My work and counts the fight for the houses at is coaching, team building and leadership East Portlemouth as his greatest poli cal development for organisa ons. I also success thus far. have a private coaching prac ce. I’m Julian has consistently won at local elec‐ author of Hearing our Calling, a book ons ‐ a recent result was reported in about finding the right work. I live in the local press thus: Staverton with my partner Peter; we’re ac ve in the community and commi ed ‘Cllr Brazil went on to win his County to suppor ng local businesses. I have an Council seat against a na onal rising de MSc in Holis c Science from Schumacher of Conserva sm. The voters had dared to College, Dar ngton, which gave me a assert their independence. It seemed comprehensive understanding of climate 15 The 2015 General Elec on CANDIDATES
change, social jus ce, land use, biodiver‐ fragmented NHS. A cancella on of stu‐ sity, employment, educa on and much dent tui on fees to be paid for by can‐ more. I love walking, singing and celling HS2. A reclassifica on of the old‐ ceilidhs! aged defini on and pension allowance. In short, the list is long but the people If I’m elected, I’ll work hard for Small effected by the last fi een years of Gov‐ business and resilient local economies; ernment is terrible and needs address‐ Free access to NHS healthcare; Less pres‐ ing. sured, more rounded educa on; Sustain‐ able, affordable homes ; Access to healthy, nutri ous food ; An end to fac‐
tory farming and other animal abus‐ es ;Protec on of wild places, ecosystems and biodiversity; Fairer distribu on of
wealth, land and resources; Ac on on climate change that threatens our coast, our rail link and our future.
Nicky Williams, Labour Candidate
I live with my two children and partner in
Plymouth and work for a wildlife compa‐ ny raising funds for the RSPB and Wood‐ land Trust. I was a Councillor for Honick‐ nowle Ward in Plymouth with Cabinet responsibility for Children’s Services and Transforma on. Jus n Haque (UKIP) A na‐ I have served as a Board Member of the onal voice for our local issues. That Local Government Associa on advising includes a complete renego a on of the Ministers on policy issues rela ng to UK’s fishing rights and ownership, a law children and young people and was a that has remained unchallenged since Board Member of Plymouth Community 1983. A be er deal for small famers & an Homes. I also ran as the Labour Candi‐ overhaul of the farming subsidies that date for Devon & Cornwall Police and currently favour large farms and there‐ Crime Commissioner in 2012. fore, their supermarket customers and I am determined to improve the stand‐ not Bri sh small farmers of which there ard of living for families and children in are s ll many. Free primary cover health South Devon, with a package of policies service coupled to an overhaul of the to tackle the low‐wage economy, the
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cost of childcare and exorbitant cost of housing, all of which effect many people
in the Cons tuency. Labour will raise the minimum wage to £8 by 2020 and ban damaging zero‐hour contracts. We will also guarantee a job or training for all young people out of work for a year. Working families will benefit from the extension of free childcare for under‐ fives as well as the provision of wrapa‐ round care in primary schools from 8am Dr Sarah Wollaston MP to 6pm. We will cap energy prices and (Conserva ve) focus on building sustainable homes in small developments that local people I appreciate Streetwise giving me can afford to rent and buy. the opportunity to provide a com‐ There’s work to do to improve public ment for the March edi on: transport and access to services includ‐ ing an improved rail link into the South It has been a pleasure and a privi‐ West, and to expand work opportuni‐ lege to represent our wonderful es for young people, including increas‐ part of South Devon in Parliament ing the number of appren ceships to match the number of university places. for the past five years. A Labour Government will also protect our NHS and provide extra investment I hope to be able to con nue but so that we have more doctors, nurses whoever is elected on May 7th will and home care workers. need to bang the drum for the Totnes cons tuency has a proud history 17.6% of the popula on who live in and it can have an even be er future rural areas and to remind Westmin‐ with more people in work, be er paid ster to look outside the M25… jobs, more affordable housing, be er preferably facing South West! transport and an NHS that has the re‐ sources and me to care.
17 NEW FOOTPATH PROGRESS—A FLYING VISIT
The temporary access—or accelera on zone
Alarm and reac on as I speed by 18 THE FOOTPATH
The new sec on of the South Coast were that to have been my inten‐ Footpath has progressed. I went to on. By now there was no op on meet the site manager and have a but to accept that I would slow up look at how it is progressing. I start‐ once I reached a rise in the ground. ed from the Village end, and ambled Sadly—that seemed not to happen through the fenced sec on and, before Torcross. My chance of stop‐ having nego ated the new gates, ping for a casual conversa on and stood at the top of the temporary update with the builders slid by, ra‐ path down to where the new wall ther like me, although I was able to was being constructed. It was here achieve a casual wave in their direc‐ that gravity took over. on as I sped passed. The gravel surface of the path was The sec on around the quarry has providing insufficient grip and I felt not been finished, although the path myself slip. To catch my balance I will be on the other side of the wall. moved forward, quickly. Whilst that On this side there are some trees addressed the first problem, the and bushes which I fondly assumed surface was unstable enough to add would provide a nice so surface for a further problem—stopping. I tried my eager embrace, to arrest my de‐ to trot slowly assuming that the cent. I was aware of the workforce ground would begin to become a taking note of my passage and one be er base for a grip, but my first of the stone masons collapsed be‐ a empt developed into a triple sal‐ hind the wall with strange shoulder chow with li . This sliding jump add‐ movements. So diver ng was this ed speed to my decent. reac on to my impressions of a lop‐ ing run, that my descent was There was now no op on but to stopped by a ver cal surface. drop into a geriatric jog, with each step trying to gain sufficient fric on I apologise for the pictures of the to decelerate. As the slope steep‐ wall being built not being of the usu‐ ened and the gravel slid, I found my‐ al quality . self achieving an acceptable run, The editor
19 BUDGET FACTS (courtesy of Henley Business School)
Income Tax 2015/16 Band 2014/15 Band
Savings star ng 0% 0‐1,000 10% 1‐2,880 rate* Basic rate 20% 0 ‐31,785 20% 0 ‐31,865 Higher rate 40% 31,786 ‐ 40% 31,866 ‐150,000 150,000 Addi onal rate 45% Over £150k 45% Over £150k Discre onary trusts 45% 45%
Dividends 32.5/42.5% 32.5/42.5 % Income Tax allowances 2015/16 2014/15 2013/14
£ £ £ Personal* 10,600 10,000 9,440 ‐ aged 66‐75 10,600 10,500 10,500 ‐ aged 76 and over 10,660 10,660 10,660 Married couple ‐ aged 76 and over 8,355 8,165 7,915
*From 2012/13 reduce personal allowance by £1 for every £2 of income over £100,000 Inheritance Tax (Main exemp ons Marriage Gi s £5000 parent, £2500 for grandparent, £2500 for party and £1000 other
Nil rate band £325,000 for transfers a er 6.4.09 [fixed un l end of 2014/15 tax year] Death Rate 40% Reduced rate for charitable donors 36% (from 6.4.11) Chargeable life me Transfers @ 50% death rate
Tapering relief, Transfers within 7 years of death
Years before death 0‐3 3‐4 4‐5 5‐6 6‐7 % of death rate as relief nil 20 40 60 80
Exempt—Annual Gi s of £3000, small gi s of up to £250 ; marriage gi s of £5000
20 Corpora on Tax profits : y/e 31.03.16 y/e 31.03.15 Small companies rate* £0 ‐300,000 na 20% Effec ve marginal rate £300,000‐ na 21.25% 1,500,000 Marginal rate frac on na 1/400 Full rate* Over £1.5m 20% 21%
*from 1.4.15 all company profits taxed at 20% ‐ SCR abolished
Stamp Duty Land Tax Residen al property* rate Commercial property rate Below £125,000 Nil Below £150,000 Nil £125‐£250k 2% £150‐250k 1% £250‐925k 5% £250‐500k 3% £925k ‐ £1.5m 10% Over £500k 4% Over £1.5m 12%
*From 4.12.14 residen al rates operate on a band basis. Commercial property remains taxable on a total value basis. Leases (over £150k NPV, £175k for residen al) 1% of NPV over life of lease (from 1.12.03), Shares and securi es (any value) ½% (‘Stamp duty’)
Capital Gains Tax Rates 2015/16 2014/15
Individuals 18% 18% Individuals (top rate IT payers)* 28% 28% All trusts, from 6.4.08 28% 28%
Annual exemp ons £ £
Individuals and executors 11,100 11,000 Trusts for disabled 11,100 11,000 other trusts 5,550 5,500
21 Problem solved
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THE NEW FOOTPATH—clearing the Bombs On 18th February I walked down the old foot‐ path to look at the progress on the new align‐ ment. Approaching from Old Hill, the footpath route from Strete Gate up to the A379, Andrea and I met and cha ed with the men who were undertaking the clearing of this route of Ord‐ nance and unspent shells. They had found a substan al amount of mainly US rocketry which are the le ‐overs from the live‐firing during the D‐Day prac ce landings made by those U S Troops who occupied all or part of this and 8 other local Parishes from No‐ vember 1943 to June 1944. Whilst we were learning from their descrip on and explana on about the various bits of metal they had found ‐ the motor sec ons, propulsion unit, shrapnel from the sha s of exploded rockets ‐ they were digging up and exposing a long, slender tube with the remains of fins at the top. There was discussion as to whether it was a sec on of a drainpipe—which it obviously was not. A short while later and the area was cordoned off, HM Coast Guard were stopping traffic on the A379 as it le ‘the Line’ or the village through the ‘Narrows’. The explosion, as the Royal Navy Bomb Disposal Squad sorted out yet another piece of live WW2 Debris, was no ceable, and the hole remains. So the new Coastal Footpath should be clear. Oh, and those brave souls, Chris and his colleague who had been removing live ammuni on from this 20thC War Zone, they were off to Angola to seek out and remove unexploded landmines, bombs and mortar shells from a 21st C War Zone. We should remember their contribu on.
Editor 24 THE KINGs ARMS— HAVE YOUR SAY
The presence of a pub in the Village pro‐ We are less of a community without it. vides valuable support for the holiday We have to raise ourselves and chal‐ trade . Those le ng holiday flats find lenge both the fencing monstrosity, that that their customers prefer for there to Gulag enclosure within the Village Heart be a relaxed low cost food supplier so that does not welcome visitors to our that family can all have a holiday, and part of Devon. There is a chance that the the Bed and Breakfast businesses, which Brewery will try and develop the site, do not provide evening meals, have a spinning off the co age, the car park, clientele that expects there to be facili‐ building on the ‘garden and garage op‐ es within walking distance. posite’ and spli ng up the pub into resi‐ We are fortunate to have The Laughing den al units. If that happens the pub Monk, but I doubt that many people will be lost forever. would eat there every night. Most visi‐ Pubs are not only about drinking, they tors should have this restaurant in their provide toilets for the passer by, food for plans for at least one meal during their the hungry, coffee, tea or so drinks for stay, but if there is not a readily available the weary and thirsty, and beers, wines and economical meal supplier within and spirits for the customers. Most of all easy reach, we stand to lose that busi‐ a pub is the heart of a village, with the ness for the holiday trade in this village. church, chapel and its people. The pub was a valuable contributor to So, who will stand up to prevent this village life 20 years ago. It was a place loss, this damage to our commerce and where one could meet the village com‐ community. munity, arrange golf matches, get rec‐ ommenda ons for those who could help The date of a public mee ng will be with repairs or problems, arrange meals confirmed soon but 14 April at 7.30 in together or dinner par es. the Parish Hall is probable.
Remnant s un‐ earthed from the new footpath ‐ propulsion out‐ let on the le .
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29 ADRIAN’s PUZZLE PAGE No 15 Adrian Sawyer 15: BIRDS Find the names of birds suggested by the following clues
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31 ARE YOU A FOODIE? KATE GILL Chances are if you are reading this!! Food used to be a ma er of survival! Today’s chefs are ever inven ve! They are always looking for new ways to tempt us to eat at ‘Theirs’! Usually the Chef Patron has a signature dish – one they have created that they become known for – quite o en it in‐ volves the use of a sophis cated bit of ‘kit’; something that enables them to add value to the ea ng and taste sensa ons of a meal with ‘Them’ at their Michelin I’ve come up with about three dozen. Star or Rose e Restaurant. Thank you Some are familiar everyday foods put to a Heston, Sat and our own Ben! different use, others are more distant in their sourcing and belong to other cul‐ Gone are the days of an open cauldron tures. They are all edible. set on a tripod over an open fire, or a spit roasted beast in front of a massive hearth Let’s start with a few natural shaped pro‐ – gone is the day of the ‘Lidstone’ range tein ones – animal bladders, intes nes, that needed a black‐leading every day at squid and duck necks, now the flat ones – dawn. Thankfully! cawl, bacon, ham, slices of beef, chicken, fish and omele e. Now a few vegetable Our world keeps on evolving – we now ones! Shaped vegetables include toma‐ have me for recrea on. We now have toes, peppers, pumpkins, aubergines and gadgetry to help us. The food world talks flat vegetables which include myriads of about ‘food science’, ‘molecular gastrono‐ leaves, processed seaweed, and vegeta‐ my’, ‘sous vide’ and ‘spherifica on’. ble strings, to name but a few. Old skills like smoking bacon and fish s ll Now enter the shaped and flat wrappings in use have taken an up‐turn in the kitch‐ we make ourselves from plain carbohy‐ en with the arrival of the PolyScience® drates, flour and the like and sweet ones Smoking Gun to give your dish an instant made from sugar confec ons. gentle smoked sensa on – no longer the result of just ‘preserva on’. The visual So what is the purpose of a food wrap, sensa on is just as important as the taste, container or cover? our food is ethereally wrapped in smoke! Simply put; it basically holds it altogether Yet we can’t quite eat it. as a vehicle to get the food safely from Edible Food Wrappings the plate to the mouth if using fingers only. However that denies the sophis ca‐ However before ge ng carried away by a on of the nutri ous, mesmerizingly puff of ‘edible’ smoke let’s look at more beau ful and tasty food we consume and down to earth natural wrappings! So far enjoy.
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For our first trip down the wrapping road 4. Taste. As in Brandy Baskets to which we will look in detail at the two most add all the above plus mouth feel. common savoury ones in our Western 5. Decora on. This includes chocolate world. enrobing and caramel/spun sugar cages. Ba er and intes nes! I hear you say An cipa on – it creates the desire to eat, ‘whatever’? s mula ng saliva produc on and there‐ fore aiding diges on. First – ba er! Of which there are many types! This includes several sorts of fish 6. Arguably here we could include bar ba er, plus Tempura and Yorkshire ‘Aroma’ but should it come first or last on pudding ba er. Ba ered sausages (double our basic list? The moment we start to wrapped) from the chip shop or Toad in cook we create aromas. They wrap the the Hole cooked at home. Then there is atmosphere, are all encompassing, s mu‐ fish, as in fish and chips and any other late our taste buds but intangible – back to tasty morsel that needs to be protected our edible puff of smoke. I leave you to from burning when being deep fried, in‐ decide. cluding the dreaded Mars Bar so loved in Enough! Now we get prac cal. A step Scotland and the delicious sophis cated nearer the recipes! canapé ‘Kromeski’(another me). We have natural wraps, subdivided into Our second ‐ sausages and all their varie‐ animal and vegetable and we have es! For pure container you can’t beat the manmade ones which are based mainly on intes ne. Sourced from pigs and sheep; carbohydrates. bladders and large intes nes are also used for haggis and black and white/hog’s pud‐ We are going to take a closer look at the ding. two most common ones already men‐ oned – ba er and intes nes. They are also now made synthe cally from processed collagen. Fish Bar Ba er. Let’s look a li le more closely – at the oth‐ Flour and Water er prac cal considera ons:‐ The most simple one is flour and water 1. Protec on of the food inside from ba er. Take 1 cup of flour and a 1/2 tea‐ burning as in ba er. This also adds flavour spoon of salt then beat in 2 cups of water. and calorific food value. Mostly eaten hot! Set aside to rest for 30 minutes before 2. Pure container from sheep and pig using. intes nes. Beer Ba er 3. Ease of ea ng. Pastry, flatbreads, pas‐ Beer of course adds flavour and also extra ta, wafers, wontons and rice paper these crunch. also add flavour and calorific value but add eye appeal as well as ease of ea ng, and Take ¾ cup of flour, add ½ tsp salt and some can be eaten cold. gently whisk in 1 cup of your favourite 33
beer. This ba er must be used straight Frying ba ered fish requires a precise away. heat. Too cool and the food absorbs too much oil/dripping, too hot can produce a Yeast Ba er. burnt and bi er tas ng ba er leaving the As I recall when a student much fuss was inner ba er and fish soggy and uncooked made about making and using this ba er. ‐ 185ºC/360ºF is round about the mark. This is the recipe – I confess I have not Please also drain on absorbent/kitchen made it since – if yeasty stuff is your bag paper to remove excess oil and keep ‘have a go’. I never seem to have the warm prior to serving. me! Intes nes/casings for sausages On fish this creates a thick bread‐like crust:‐Take 1 tsp ac ve dry yeast and s r As a small girl in Strete when my parents it into ¾ cup of warm water – set aside to first moved here – Manor Farm had its let it ‘sponge’, about 10 minutes. S r in ½ own slaughterhouse and butchers shop. cup flour un l smooth. Cover with cling My father was a master butcher and a film and put somewhere warm to rise. slaughter man as well as a farmer. I was Usual yeast rules apply – leave to rise an inquisi ve child and as a consequence un l doubled in size, then it’s ready to I was brought up knowing a huge amount use. about meat produc on ‐ breeding, birth‐ ing, rearing, fa ening and of course Tempura Ba er butchery of the meat everyone took for Before you embark on making this have granted. ready everything else you need. Prep’d Meat at that point was ‘on ra on’ for veg, prawns and your preheated deep ‘pence’, so it was strictly controlled by frying oil. Government regula ons. Animals were Take 100g cornflour, 150g plain flour and killed at a central slaughterhouse and 10g baking powder, mix them all togeth‐ delivered to individual butchers shops. I er in a bowl, gently s r in enough chilled remembering my father make sausages sparkling water to create a coa ng con‐ and hogs pudding. It was fascina ng to sistency. Do not over s r and its ok if see him prep the skins and feed them there are a few floury lumps in it. Use onto the nozzle of the machine. He immediately. would start the motor and the sausage meat was pushed out of the nozzle into The recipe for Yorkshire Pudding ba er the skins. He dexterously controlled the is below rate of fill so the casings weren’t over Frying Indeed I would be remiss if I did‐ filled. This allowed him the ‘give’ so he n’t include the nice es of deep frying could make the tradi onal three link here. skeins.
35 Some of us are lucky enough to have Sea salt to taste ‘the gadget’ to make sausages. At this Ground black pepper to taste point I would have loved to have been able to hand down the recipe my father Method used, sadly I’m not able to as I simply Put the oil and sausages singly into the don’t have it. Sufficient to say the best baking pan/dish, and then into the pre‐ sausages are made from twice minced heated oven to cook for about 10‐15 pure meat, not ‘reclaimed animal pro‐ minutes. tein miscellanea’ blitzed to oblivion. There are now food regula ons sta ng Meanwhile make the ba er – put the how much of that ‘stuff’ can be used. flour, eggs, pepper, salt and half the milk into a bowl and whisk un l smooth To our pure meat, seasoning with sea and lump free. (This will make it light salt and freshly ground black pepper is and airy.) added with real flavourings – caramel‐ ised onions or sage and onion or sage Carefully s rring, add the rest of the and apple for pork. Your chosen protein milk un l a smooth flowing consistency could be lamb, beef, venison, chicken or is obtained. game and the addi ons endless – wine, Take the sausages out of the oven and garlic, parsley or chilli whatever takes carefully pour the ba er mixture over. your fancy. Cau on the baking dish will be very Please note there is no addi on of rusk/ hot!!! starch which is normally used as a filler Return to the oven and cook for a fur‐ to make purchased sausages more ther 30‐35 minutes. The ba er will rise affordable!! That’s not to say you can’t and become golden brown. Typically add some if you want to. there will be a high golden rim around Now let’s double wrap the sausages! the outside of the sausages and some golden ba er in the middle – the rest of Toad in the Hole the ba er will be so , gooey and yum‐ Allow two good sized quality sausages my. Eat while the Toad in the Hole is per person. Recipe for 4 people. s ll hot. Preheat oven to 400ºF/200ºC/Reg. 6 Serve as a light lunch with some salad – or go the whole hog and make onion 8 sausages gravy and serve with roasted crushed 1 tab veg oil new potatoes and a selec on of green vegetables. Whatever you do; get Yorkshire pudding ba er recipe:‐ tucked in and enjoy a comfor ng hearty 8 ozs/225 g plain flour economical meal. 4 eggs Kate Gill 8 fl ozs/250 mls milk THE PROBUS CLUB OF STOKE FLEMING & DISTRICT We meet at the stoke Lodge Hotel on the second and fourth Wednesdays in most months. The purpose of the Club is to provide a regular mee ng point for its members and the opportunity to make new social contacts.
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New members are welcome. If you are interested in joining please contact Stephen Reading, Chairman, 01803832504 or Bob Hamilton, Secretary, 01803 834970
Strete Social Club. It was good to be back a er the Christ‐ around our local towns and villages, we mas break. Janice Varnam presided over enjoyed several rounds of Janice and the mee ng and a er wishing us all a Velma’s varia on of Bingo. Cups of tea Happy New Year and our usual round of were served by two of our ladies with ‘anything to say’, where we keep each the most delicious biscuits brought by other informed of interes ng happen‐ another member who had been inundat‐ ings in our life or warn each other of any ed with boxes for Christmas. unsavoury happenings that are going on Joan Kendall in and
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39 STRETE PARISH COUNCIL January 2015 Clerk: Mrs Andrea Phillips £1.7m will be cut from subsidies given to 1 Hyne Town, Strete, Dartmouth TQ6 bus companies, for example the diver‐ 0RT [email protected] 01803 sion of the 93 bus from the Slapton Line 770786 www.strete.org.uk up into Slapton village is subsidised by DCC. Social care services are also likely MINUTES OF A MEETING OF STRETE to be cut. JB stressed that if the PC were PARISH COUNCIL (PC) HELD IN STRETE aware of anyone struggling due to cuts, PARISH HALL ON THURSDAY 15 JANU‐ they should make DCC aware as they do ARY 2015 AT 7.30 P.M. hold con ngency funding. BS comment‐ PRESENT Cllr Ian Cumberlidge (IC) Cllr ed that SHDC seem to be using inferior Kate Gill, Vice‐Chairman (KG) Cllr Mal‐ recycling bags which are not good, JB colm Hollis (MH) Cllr David Rothwell (DR) replied that District councillors were not Cllr Bryan Seymour (BS) Cllr Julian Brazil, asked about change of design, but as County Councillor, Kingsbridge & Stoken‐ they have proved unpopular, it is possi‐ ham Ward (JB) Cllr Richard Foss, District ble the handles may be reintroduced. Councillor, Skerries Ward (RF) Mrs An‐ Also Cllrs made both JB and RF aware drea Phillips – Clerk that changes to the the annual residents’ One member of the public parking permits were deeply unpopular with locals as they penalised visits to OPEN FORUM In the Chairman’s ab‐ Dartmouth during the summer months. sence, Vice‐Chairman (KG) took the Traders would lose out as would SDHC mee ng.No items were raised. as fewer permits would be purchased. APOLOGIES Cllr Tony Crawford, Chair‐ They are to pass on comments. KG re‐ man (TC), Cllr Jeff Scanlan (JS) ported that the previously deemed ‘contaminated’ shingle had now been DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST None were moved as part of the shi ing of shingle declared. along Slapton Line to Torcross. JB re‐ MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING plied that the contractor had been in‐ HELD ON 18 DECEMBER 2014 The above structed to move 250,000 tons of shingle minutes were AGREED as a true and cor‐ and unfortunately these piles were rect record and were signed by the moved first. Chairman. DISTRICT COUNCILLOR’S REPORT RF re‐ COUNTY COUNCILLOR’S REPORT JB re‐ ported that following the district council ported that DCC were busy with budget elec ons in May, there will be 31 coun‐ prepara on v the need to maintain ser‐ cillors being elected in place of the cur‐ vices with a further £49m budget cut. rent 40 members and more training will Rural services have been cut so much, be undertaken. In 2010, the govern‐ there’s not much le to look at. High‐ ment grant to SHDC was £5.5m, by 2020 way maintenance will decrease as will this is expected to be £0 and it is budget verge cu ng, no refilling of grit bins etc. me at Follaton House also. Council tax
40 can rise by up to 1.9% but if 2 % or last week and both were dealt with liter‐ more; there will need to be a referen‐ ally within an hour or two which was dum. Therefore the recommenda on very good service and much appreciat‐ is for a 1.9% increase. JB feels that DCC ed. funding will be frozen. The police are Li er Bins, Street Li er: (DR) no items to considering 1.9% increase also. SHDC report. parking charges have not risen for 5 years. The T18 improvements are on Play Park: (KG) report to be c/f. The track and by 2018 the total of £3.3m Clerk approached Playdale to request a savings will have been made by this pro‐ visit and subsequent quote for repairs cess. The clerk asked if Heavitree brew‐ which will give an idea of likely costs eries had made any pre‐planning ad‐ over a period of me. If repairs are not vances to SHDC concerning the future of made, then SHDC are considering the the Kings Arms Public House, RF said removal of the larger apparatus on safe‐ they had not and he would keep the ty ma ers. The cost of this visit will be parish advised of any such moves. The £95 plus VAT which the PC agreed to. adver sing of the separate self‐ Clerk to organise. contained flat within the pub was dis‐ Public Rights of Way: (IC) – all OK. cussed and agreed that it should be con‐ sidered a breach of planning as the resi‐ Strete Sands, Strete Gate, Pilchard’s den al permission should be reserved Cove: (IC & KG) DCC wrote to report the for a landlord. SHDC will be alerted to work done at the picnic site at Strete this. Heavitree Breweries have stated to Gate and suggested the PC writes to various parishioners who have made Chris Watkins, DCC Traffic Team Manag‐ enquiries as to the tenancy that the er to ask about the no parking sign seen building would definitely not be reo‐ at Hillhead, Clerk to write. pened as a pub. Tannen Land (Community Area) & Dog REPRESENTATIVE’S REPORTS ON OUT‐ Waste Bin: (BS) – all Ok. SIDE BODIES To receive reports from Milestones & benches: (MH) Ma s Point councillors on their a endance at is overgrown, the others not as bad. mee ngs or reports: None to report. Benches need spring maintenance, to be TREE WARDEN REPORT Some trees done in March. have suffered from wind damage lately PC Website www.strete.org.uk & PC and small amounts of detritus have fall‐ email [email protected] : (Editor – en but nothing more serious within the Clerk) – no items to report. parish. PLANNING & PLANNING MATTERS PARISH REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS Traffic & Highways: (JS) ‐ the clerk no ‐ New applica ons to be considered by fied DCC of two seriously flooded areas the PC at this mee ng:
41 54/3179/14/F Way Park Co age, St Michaels Church – dona on towards Hynetown Road, Strete, TQ6 0RS ‐ House‐ churchyard upkeep £200.00 holder applica on for altera ons to prop‐ Total £ 781.53 erty including new balconies and replacing Closing balance £12,716.50 doors and windows. Case Officer – Clare Pe y Cash opening bal £23.01 Stewart. Following discussion, as the property has previously been inspected no i. To acknowledge receipt of Christmas visit was necessary and councillors present Tree money – with grateful thanks to were unanimous in raising no objec ons. Andrew and Monica in the Post Office for once again kindly organising the Applica ons brought forward from a pre‐ collec on n, an amount of £40 was vious mee ng: None duly handed over. The tree is grate‐ SHDC DECISION NOTICES RECEIVED fully donated free of charge by Simon Ma hews of Landcombe Construc on Applica ons GRANTED by SHDC: and erected by Cllr Cumberlidge, mon‐ 54/2746/14/F Owls Barn, 20 The Plat, ies collected go towards replacement Strete, TW6 0SE – householder applica on lights and electricity kindly facilitated for replacement balcony and construc on by Mel Heganbarth. The parish are of porch (resubmission of 54/0251/14/F). very grateful for all input. Planning Officer – Kelly Grunnill. ii. To discuss the annual precept for fi‐ 54/2284/14/F 16 The Plat, Strete – house‐ nancial year April 2015 – March 2016. holder applica on for addi on of adjoin‐ Following a full discussion it was ing ver cal window to roof window. Plan‐ agreed that as the PC s ll has an out‐ ning Officer – Clare Stewart. standing pledge of £2,500 towards the new stretch of coastal footpath, (which Applica ons REFUSED: None received, is currently under construc on), likely Applica ons WITHDRAWN, None received. costs involving repair and maintenance FINANCE The Clerk supplied the Chair‐ of play apparatus in the children’s play man with the bank balances as follows: park, likely repair or replacement of Current Ac opening bal £13,498.03 the fence running alongside the public footpath leading to the play park and Strete Parish Hall – hall hire £19.00 the unknown costs in possible devolve‐ Andrea Phillips – Clerk’s salary £217.53 ment of parish maintenance items, a John Gilbert ‐ grasscu ng £240.00 rise of 5% was proposed, seconded cheque cancelled and agreed 4:1 against. The clerk is to Poppy Appeal ‐ dona on £30.00 request the parish Lengthsman to Dartmouth & Totnes a end Church Hill and for the mechan‐ Ring & Ride ‐ dona on £25.00 ical sweeper to do the various road‐ South Hams CAB‐ dona on £25.00 sides. WRVS ‐ dona on £25.00 Pe y Cash closing balance £63.01
42 Reserve Account opening bal ‐ un‐ wording is agreed, MH is to check the changed £10,253.39 legal process of crea ng byelaws as the PC doesn’t own the land. It was proposed and AGREED by all pre‐ sent to authorise payments as enumerat‐ It has been no ced that there appears to ed above. be a gradual change in the colour of street light bulbs from the yellow lights to POINTS OF INFORMATION a white LED type bulb which has lower The following items will be available in running costs. the mail bag to be circulated. The defib training is to be agreed for a Clerks & Councils Direct – publica on Monday evening in March, DR is to fix date with SWAT and MH will adver se in Healthwatch Voices – winter newsle er StreteWise. South Hams Society Events 2015 ‐ THE NEXT PARISH COUNCIL MEETING newsle er WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY 19 FEBUARY CORRESPONDENCE None received 2015 IN STRETE PARISH HALL 7.30PM. REPORTS THE MEETING WAS CLOSED at 8.50 p.m. The proposed wording for a replacement Signed: Cllr Tony Crawford, sign on the Tannen Land was discussed Chairman (TC) Dated: 19 February 2015 along with byelaws. Before any final
Defibrillator Training 16 March 2015
Jus n Sharples (above) and Steve Ma hews who came over from Cornwall
42 STRETE PARISH COUNCIL February 2015
Strete Parish Council DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST None de‐ Clerk: Mrs Andrea Phillips, 1 Hyne Town, clared. Strete, Dartmouth TQ6 0RT [email protected] 01803 770786 MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING www.strete.org.uk HELD ON 15 JANUARY 2015 The above MINUTES OF A MEETING OF STRETE minutes were AGREED as a true and cor‐ PARISH COUNCIL (PC) HELD IN STRETE rect record and were signed by the PARISH HALL ON THURSDAY 19 FEBRU‐ Chairman. ARY 2015 AT 7.30 P.M. COUNTY COUNCILLOR’S REPORT This PRESENT Cllr Tony Crawford, Chairman was dispensed with in JB’s absence. (TC) , Cllr Ian Cumberlidge (IC), Cllr Kate Gill, Vice‐Chairman (KG), Cllr Mal‐ DISTRICT COUNCILLOR’S REPORT RF colm Hollis (MH), Cllr David Rothwell reported that SHDC has no plans for an (DR) , Cllr Jeff Scanlan (JS), Cllr Bryan increase in Council Tax as a result of the Seymour (BS) T18 programme introduced in October Cllr Richard Foss, District Councillor, 2013, as the original investment of £4.85 Skerries Ward (RF), Three members of million is now genera ng annual recur‐ the public ring revenue savings of £3.8 million. The Programme will be self‐financing from OPEN FORUM The date and ming of the end of year 2 (2015/16) onwards. the issue of cards from SDHC regarding The crea on of a new ‘host organisa on’ the Housing Needs Survey was raised. will be able to give a whole organisa on MH Reported that owing to a personal response to service demands rather than indisposi on of the officer dealing with a tradi onal departmental response. The the ma er at South Hams, the cards that current proposals, as they have been should have been sent out in early Feb‐ rolled out, look to produce a profit. ruary had been delayed. MH had been RF has some Locality Fund money re‐ advised that they would go out this maining and asked for confirma on of week. Strete’s proposals for their por on APOLOGIES Cllr Julian Brazil, County (maintenance of the play park and its Councillor, Kingsbridge & Stokenham equipment). Ward (JB) , Mrs Andrea Phillips – Clerk RF advised that SH have almost complet‐ ed their staff changes – there is a short‐
43 age of suitably qualified applicants for the South West Coast Footpath – the some posts (especially planning) but the barrier is now impassable to any vehicu‐ recruitment of new enforcement staff lar access due to a new lock at Strete will release some of the exis ng plan‐ Gate. This prevents the Coast Guard or ning staff. At the end of the process the an ambulance ge ng up Old Hill if there parish councils will be given a point of is a need to rescue anyone from the contact rather than having to contact cliffs. (The Royal Navy Bomb Disposal each department’s officers directly. team had to carry their equipment up [The Sustainable Community Locality the footpath to the WW2 rocket that Fund provides each District Councillor was detonated by them on 16 Feb with a budget to enable them to sup‐ 2015.) Paul McFadden has since been port a wide range of projects that meet contacted on behalf of SPC to request a one of the priori es of the South Hams key for emergency access. & West Devon Connect Strategy] c. Shingle reposi oning on Slapton Confirmed that SPC are applying for a Sands is now complete, and minor ena‐ 5% increase in the precept. bling works to be deconstructed. The aim of the work was to protect the base Ques ons to RF: of the sheet piling at Torcross, as its a. KG query rela ng to the pub and exposure had resulted in some under‐ the report of a possible le ng of the mining through wave ac on. accommoda on within the main build‐ REPRESENTATIVE’S REPORTS ON OUT‐ ing to a residen al tenant remote from SIDE BODIES To receive reports from any connec on to the public house. The councillors on their a endance at Clerk, with the assistance of Roger Eng‐ mee ngs or reports: lish, is applying for the premises to be placed on the Community Asset Regis‐ • Coleridge Assn Mee ng 18.2.15 ter. It was also noted that the PC had – BS. Small representa on (only 5 Par‐ decided that any ac on to divide the ishes), possibly because of road closures accommoda on of the property should making access difficult. They looked at be regarded as a breach of planning the TAP money and how that should be policy – and any planning applica ons allocated. Brixham PC proposed sup‐ to divide the unit should be strongly port for addi onal care for demen a challenged. sufferers. The aim was that those affect‐ ed could be helped and that early warn‐ b. Query as to who has control of
44 STRETE PARISH COUNCIL February 2015 ing steps taken if driving should not be tractor was not essen al. The skate encouraged, if access to shops needed to board sec on needed reinstatement be improved. The inten on was for local of some fi ngs, and KG was con‐ people to meet local needs. Dona on to cerned about the grease nipples on support from Parishes of £50. the cone climber which have seized.
Subscrip ons due, amount not yet • Public Rights of Way: (IC) – generally known for this year. OK but road to car park at Strete Gate has been prone to flooding. TREE WARDEN REPORT No items to re‐ port. • Strete Sands, Strete Gate, Pilchard’s Cove: (IC & KG) no items to report. PARISH REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS • Tannen Land (Community Area) & Dog • Traffic & Highways: (JS) ‐ BS re‐ Waste Bin: (BS) – waste being removed ported the need to move the smaller grit as requested. bin from the top of Start Bay Park to the other end of Hynetown Road, possibly by • Milestones & benches: (MH) MH ta‐ the Ark (area to be iden fied) to enable bled summary details of benches and grit to be available for the bends and hill milestones. Bench to the top of Old Hill down to the A379. JS to ac on. has weak, unpegged slats that bend excessively when sat upon. Ques on • Li er Bins, Street Li er: (DR) no items on comple on of SWCF whether this to report. will get as much use. • Play Park: (KG) has a mee ng with MH queried re absence of any report on Playdale contractors to take place on the Bus shelter (which is owned by SPC). Tuesday 24 Feb at 11.00am. JS hoped This now to be added into this batch of to be able to accompany KG. Addi‐ reports. onal informa on suggested that competent repairs to the equipment • PC Website www.strete.org.uk & PC (such as use of marine ply) would email [email protected] : (Editor – suffice. Depending upon the level of Clerk) – no items to report. quota on – alterna ve repairs could PLANNING & PLANNING MATTERS be considered. (IC Mee ng with Tim Pollard) Repairs would have to be New applica ons to be considered by carried out to the approval of South the PC at this mee ng None Hams/Allianz but the use of the con‐ Applica ons brought forward from a
45 previous mee ng: None surface on outgoing side of Totnes Road SHDC DECISION NOTICES RECEIVED Ap‐ by bench, just prior to 30mph sign. plica ons GRANTED by SHDC: • None BS reported that rubbish is regularly being le by the side of the bo le and Applica ons REFUSED: None received paper banks at the top of the village. Applica ons WITHDRAWN: None re‐ The facility is being abused: bo les being ceived. le in carrier bags hung on handles or le in boxes and bags when the contain‐ FINANCE The Clerk supplied the Chair‐ er is full. BS has been clearing these man with the bank balances as follows: each me but there remains a lot of Current Acc opening bal £12,716.50 plas c in the hedges, MH is to remove.
Strete Parish Hall – hall hire £19.00 Village Green replacement no ce. MH Andrea Phillips – Clerk’s salary £217.53 reported that the applica on and cost of 1315 SLCC – annual subs £77.00 crea ng a bylaw rela ng to ac vity on the land was substan al and recom‐ Total £ 313.53 mended that this was not undertaken as Closing bal £12,402.97 it did not represent value for money. Pe y Cash opening bal ‐ £63.01 The new sign to read – Strete Village Reserve Acc opening bal ‐ £10,253.39 Green This land is owned by Devon CC and managed by Strete Parish Council It was proposed and AGREED by all pre‐ for the peaceful enjoyment, amenity and sent to authorise payments as enumer‐ recrea on of the public. No Camping, ated above. cooking or unruly behaviour By Order POINTS OF INFORMATION The follow‐ Strete Parish Council – This was unani‐ ing items will be available in the mail bag mously agreed. to be circulated. None received Local Bus Service TC reported as to the CORRESPONDENCE St Michaels – le er risk of the withdrawal of Sunday services of thanks for dona on towards church‐ between Kingsbridge and Dartmouth yard upkeep (through the village) and of the link ser‐ vice to Slapton. It was agreed that this REPORTS Clerk reported that SHDC and ma er should be pursued because of DCC have been requested to clear Black‐ the commercial affect upon the village pool Hill, Church Hill roadside and for the loss of the service. A mee ng is drains. MH reported damaged sec on of road to be held in Dartmouth (12/3) and it is
46 STRETE PARISH COUNCIL February 2015 hoped there would be representa on. It the upper part was on target for an April was agreed to unanimously object to any finish, and that the sweeping and remov‐ cuts to services. al of ordinance should be completed by the weekend. Report by KG on progress of South West Coast Footpath. There have been three THE NEXT PARISH COUNCIL MEETING finds of live ordinance along the new WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY 19 MARCH sec on, which have been disposed of by 2015 IN STRETE PARISH HALL 7.30PM. the Royal Navy Bomb Disposal team with THE MEETING WAS CLOSED at 8.30 p.m. the help of the local Coastguard. There have been a substan al amount of dis‐ Signed: Cllr Tony Crawford, charged rockets and shells found during Chairman (TC) the checks that have been made. MH Dated: 19 March 2015 had understood from site manager that
47 DIARY 2015 Dartmouth MUSIC Festival 15th to The ANNUAL MEETING OF the Par‐ 17th May 2015 ish Council on 16th APRIL 2015 at 7.00pm in the Parish Hall STRETE Blackawton Worm Charming Festival: With the parish council mee ng 3rd May following. Kingswear Regatta 25th to 26th July The May mee ng s on 21 May 2015 VILLAGE DAY STRETE 1 AUGUST STRETE & DARTMOUTH FOLK Ditsum Regatta 8th August DANCE CLUB – OCTOBER TO MARCH Dartmouth Royal Regatta 27th to 29th August
Films—Flavel Dartmouth LIVE 14th May reprised on 28 May Na onal Theatre Live The Hard Problem (7.00pm), and 30 May 2.00pm 7.00pm 16 April and 30 April and 2 Clare Teal LIVE 25 April at 20.00hrs May at 2.00pm Exhibi on on Screen—26 May 7.30pm Na onal Theatre ‘Man and Superman’ From the Musée du Luxembourg Paris,
Tour – Start Point Lighthouse – Sunday 12 April tours of the lighthouse, situated on one of the most exposed peninsulas on the English Coast, running sharply al‐ most a mile into the sea on the south side of Start Bay between Kingsbridge and Dartmouth, last approximately 45 minutes – Start Point Lighthouse, Start Point, TQ7 2ET, 11:00am ll 4:00pm, Adult £4, Child £2.50
DEVON SCHOOL TERM DATES Summer Term Starts 13 April 2015 23—31 May 2015 Term Ends 24 July 2015
93 Bus Timetable on route Dartmouth, Strete, and Kingsbridge
Strete to Dartmouth 9.37 10.36 11.36 12.36 14.36 15.36 16.36 17.36 18.36 19.36 Dartmouth to Strete 6.20 6.50 9.15 10.20 11.20 12.20 13.20 14.20 15. 20 17.15
Strete to Kingsbridge 6.42 7.12 9.30 10. 44 12.44 13.44 14.44 15.44 17.39 18.39
Kingsbridge to Strete 8.55 10.05 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00
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