This is What Curry Mallet Did!

With a population of just 306, Curry Mallet is one of the smallest places to have been involved in the Magna Carta Barons celebrations. Masterminded by a committee of three people whose ideas were then broken down into the project categories, heritage/legacy, education and community, this two and half year labour of love proved to be a great success but only achieved because of the willing help received from so many people.

June 2013 to June 2015 – Church Banner. The committee was formed in March 2013 following a letter sent by Peter Sinclair to the Parish Council about the 800 year Magna Carta celebrations in 2015. After attending the encouraging initial meeting to form The Magna Carta Barons Association held in Bury St Edmunds Cathedral in May 2013, our first initiative was a legacy project and we approached Elaine Going, a local resident and keen embroiderer, about working on a new alter cloth for the Grade 1 listed church. This was deemed too ambitious for the time scale involved and a banner was suggested instead. Sue Nicholls and Marilyn Hayward, talented and local needlewomen, were recruited and in October 2013 the first stitch was sewn; eighteen dedicated months later the banner was complete. It is a work of great beauty and tremendous skill and depicts:

 The four seasons of the farming community  The church and its ancient bells, the oldest two being made by Joanna Sturdy in the 1400s. The Joanna Sturdy bells are recognized by the diamond shaped lozenge included in the bell-founders’ mark cast into the bell (the lozenge is the heraldic mark of womanhood). As far as is known they have hung in Curry Mallet since their inception – only 10 others now exist.  Somerset apples and the tree of life  Teasels for a past industry in the village  Reflecting freedom - poppies for those who sacrificed their lives in two world wars and a butterfly.  The Duchy of Cornwall and the William Malet coats of arms  A scroll for the Magna Carta

June 2014 to June 2015 – Communion Chalice. Local resident, Mike Ive, approached us about donating a new cup for the church. He is retired and is rediscovering his delight in the silversmithing skills learned 50 years ago. He explained that one of the enjoyments of this ancient craft is the very small number of tools, mainly hammers, a lot home-made, that are needed to make exquisite silver creations. Usually he makes small pieces of silver jewellery for friends and family so he doesn't have a studio, just a corner of his windowless garage in the village where they have lived for the last 30 years - if he needs more light he opens the door! He says there’s nothing better than hammering and shaping silver, sitting in spring sunshine. The existing cup, dated 1574, is damaged and has been badly repaired. Mike had been thinking about doing this for years but the Magna Carta anniversary celebrations provided the impetus and deadline he needed. So he designed a new communion cup that both recognised the visual language from the past but is clearly in keeping with current shapes and style. He incorporates complex surface textures with clean and simple functional shapes. The main challenge is always to ensure that the actual making matches and delivers the original vision. Mike says it has been great privilege to have been involved in this very special anniversary and to produce something that will, hopefully, last at least as long as its illustrious predecessor and serve the people in the church of this village for a similar time. The finished cup is magnificent and an astonishing piece of workmanship.

September/October 2014 – Educational Resources. The school published a KS2/3 education pack which was handed out to the surrounding primary schools in Hambridge, Long Sutton, Huish Episcopi, Charlton Mackerel, Lydeard St Lawrence, Thurlbear, Hatch Beauchamp and Curry Rivel. The information included Magna Carta 800 Anniversary teaching ideas, power point aids, competitions, internet links, music, books and ideas for the rag rugging. This was a Heritage Lottery Funded project.

October 2014 to June 2015 – Competition. We released a competition to design a village flag and sign. The winner was Rob Penny of Ashtree House and the flag is now evident in various parts of the village (including the School, Church, Village Hall and Mallet Court). The flag shows the Malet coat of arms on the yellow and the Magna Carta Barons Association logo on the red. The village sign is yet to be finished and put into place.

October 2014 to June 2015 – Pottery. A limited edition of 100 specially designed white and blue pottery memorabilia, which incorporates a special seal, was introduced and this stylish selection has proved to be popular both near and far.

October 2014 to June 2015 - Rag Rugging Banners. The school’s idea which was an ambitious, complex and challenging project produced in conjunction with Somerset Art Works and funded by them and The Magna Carta Trust. Somerset Art Works were able to offer support via the InspirED Arts Education Partnership. Coordinated by Beccy Swaine, InspirED is committed to supporting the development of young people’s artistic talent, as well as building relationships between schools and the community – Curry Mallet’s plans were perfect for receiving such enrichment from SAW. The funding enabled a textile artist to teach staff not only from Curry Mallet School but representatives from other local schools how to design and work on banners with their pupils. The primary schools involved in the workshops were Curry Mallet, Hambridge, Long Sutton, Huish Episcopi Primary (plus Secondary), Charlton Mackerel, Lydeard St Lawrence, Thurlbear, Hatch Beauchamp and Curry Rivel. Materials were also funded and amazing tactile works were completed in time for the Magna Carta weekend where they were on display in the marquee. The banners then go on show at Hestercombe House, Taunton, during Somerset Art Weeks in October 2015. The attached link is worthy of note. http://somersetartworks.org.uk/2015/06/colourful-celebrations/

October 2014 – Village Entry Signs. During the History Festival in 2013 we built an excellent relationship with South Somerset District Council’s Arts Development Officer and she arranged a meeting to explain how they could help us with the celebrations. A very useful discussion occurred where Pauline explained that a 75% grant was available towards two new entry signs and the ornate sign for the village, which she had seen on our list of ideas sent to her. The grant funding and advice was given as part of an SSDC initiative to support the local economy and to encourage visitors to enjoy the South Somerset area. She recommended a designer and we gave her instructions regarding the wording, sent her the knight (which is from the c.1200 Westminster Psalter therefore no copyright problems!). The result was an eye-catching design which is now in situ at both ends of the village. The signs were put in place in the week leading up to the Magna Carta celebrations and SSDC issued a press release which received excellent coverage. Pauline was also positive in helping us with the free of charge printing of flyers and posters and a list of events brochure all posted through doors on a regular basis so that villagers were kept well informed of activities.

November 2014 to January 2015 – Commemorative Mug. On Friday 28th November, Drew Robins of DR Ceramics in Curry Mallet ran three classes at the school. The purpose was to introduce the children to pottery and, in particular, to the process of producing the commemorative Magna Carta 800 mug for each child in the village and at the school. The children responded enthusiastically to questions from Drew and had some of their own searching queries. They learned about weighing clay, correctly measuring height and width of the utensil during the throwing process and the use of ‘secret’ tools and procedures to help achieve a perfect finish to the shape (including a piece of newspaper!) They witnessed the completion of the process prior to firing and understand that it takes a day to fire the pots and a day for them to dry and cool afterwards; they were particularly interested to learn that the glaze which will be used is made from glass. After Christmas they did some more work on the design of the packaging for each mug. The mugs were distributed at the beginning of June. This was a Heritage Lottery Funded project.

January to June 2015 – Short Story Competitions. A national adults’ and children’s short story competition was announced on the internet through the village website www.currymallet.org - closing date of 15th June. Adults’

stories based on the theme “Rebellion” will be judged in September by fellow villager Julia Copus, renowned award winning poet and children’s author and the children’s stories by Somerset based Barbara Spencer, popular author of ten great books for children, teens and young adults. The younger children were asked to write a story about a wonder horse and/or a wonder cat whilst the older children had the same theme as the adults. 48 adults stories were received with three or four from as far away as California and South Africa, 50 from 12-16 year olds with one from France and 72 stories from the under 11’s came in including one from Australia.

Julia Copus Barbara Spencer

Julia Copus Barbara Spencer

April 2nd 2015 – Race Meeting. Taunton Racecourse helped to advertise Magna Carta 800 with a race called “Curry Mallet Magna Carta Celebration Chase” at their Easter Family Race Day. Although the weather was murky it was a successful day with a big crowd and an advert appeared in the race card as well as on their big screen.

Taunton horse race to commemorate Curry Mallet's role in the Magna Carta First published Thursday 12 March 2015 in the Somerset Gazette

Curry Mallet’s role in the sealing of the Magna Carta is being remembered at Taunton Racecourse’s family day on Thursday, April 2. The Curry Mallet Magna Carta Celebration Chase will mark the 800th anniversary of William Malet, Lord of the Manor in the village, and 24 other rebel barons signing the charter in June 1215. The village is running a series of events to commemorate the historic event, with the Curry Mallet Magna Carta 800 committee working with the primary school, church and community to formulate plans for activities and events.

April 14th to 26th 2015 - Embroidery Exhibition. We organized an exhibition at the recently refurbished Castle House in Taunton of the twelve specially commissioned A1 embroidered panels by Rhoda Nevins, Royal Embroiderer, depicting the sealing of the Magna Carta. We were able to take along the display panels about Magna Carta and William Malet and the Magna Carta facsimile and the exhibition was opened by Primrose Mallet-Harris.

April/May/June 2015 –- Displays. Exhibitions showing the Barons’ shared common material/localized panels and Magna Carta facsimile were shown at Castle House (2 weeks), Seniors Tea Party (1 day), Taunton Library (1 week), th th PrimroseLangport Mallet Library-Harris (1 week)(left) with, Huish Rhoda 6 ReceptionNevins (1 week), the Bagehot Magna Carta Debate at Huish 6 Langport starring two members of the House of Lords and two members of the Sixth Form Debating Society (1 day), Curry Mallet’s Magna Carta weekend and are now based in the church. This was a Heritage Lottery Funded project.

Langport Library Village Hall

Taunton Library At the School 13th June 2015

March/April 2015 – Storywalks. This was a fantastic school initiative funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. In 2014 the school had contacted Christopher Jelley about his storywalks and we were able to gain funding for it as the

April/June 2015 – Storywalks. The Heritage Lottery Fund is keen to fund digital output projects and we received a grant for the storywalks initiated by the school through SAW. So what are they? The easiest way to explain is to describe a book being ripped up page by page and placed on trees down an avenue. To read the book you must walk down the avenue stopping at each tree and page in turn. Storywalks do this but digitally, so rather than breaking up a real book (which would be a shame) they choose which trees, or more specifically which location a text will trigger. Within minutes the pupils understand how the system works and are off, running across the school fields, revealing the stories. It becomes like a treasure hunt with story and narrative revealing at different spots as the gold. It is quite something to see and relish the reluctant readers taking their turn to lead the pack and trigger the content. But this is only a small segment of the day, a lot of the session is class based, writing and crafting their own riddles or stories to pop into the Storywalk engine. Once this is done they then head out again and reveal their own words tethered to their school field.

Three days were completed through April with two still to go and they had already started on “the biggy”, it’s called “The Weaver of Curry Mallet” and is a fictional tale set in the village. Follow this link http://currymallet.storywalks.info/ where you can read about the weaver but even better come to Curry Mallet with your smart phones and tablets. This story begins at the school gate and reveals as you journey along the path into the village, following the stream much of the way. The fabric of the tale sits inside a world before the modern day but not too long ago, perhaps when fields were hoed by hand and horses set to the plough, some time in the past 800 years perhaps. On the story trail expect to meet talking cattle, warty toads and mischievous dragons. We would hope that the children of the old Curry Mallet village which was excavated during the Magna Carta celebrations would enjoy these just as much as you today. For us those long passed residents feel like the audience for this project in a peculiar and curious manner. You can even stop off for tea and cake or a pub lunch half way through!

Class 3 outside the Manor House preparing their storywalk with Christopher Jelley

25th April 2015 – Magna Charta Rose Bed. Primrose Mallet-Harris, a direct descendent of Baron William Malet resides in the village and she donated a bed of special Magna Charta Roses which she had sourced from France. A team of stoic diggers turned over spade after spade of rubble on the verge outside the Manor House’s ancient Grade II wall until eventually completing a reasonably soily bed for the roses. The Magna Charta rose is an old scented and bushy 19th century hybrid perpetual having bright pink flowers with deeper, almost red shadings and dark leathery foliage. It is fully double and cupped until fully open.

29th April – Bath and West Royal Show. Earlier in the year we had a telephone call from Sarah Bird, land agent for the Duchy of Cornwall, suggesting that we enter the Prince of Wales Award given annually on the first day of the show with a £1,000 prize and a signed certificate. We had written a story about the Magna Carta Project and were very surprised to hear that we were on the shortlist of 6. A team from the show, Peter Price recently retired Bishop of Bath and Wells, representatives from the Duchy, the show and the group which won in 2014. came along together with the society photographer from the show and we gave them a presentation. We went along on 29th April to the presentation but didn’t win but it is said that the taking part is what counts. Hah! But seriously, congratulations to the youth group on Exmoor, the worthy winners.

Wendy Devereux, Headmistress, discussing the school’s work

Outside the Hobbit House

Peter Price talking to Emily Colenso (artist in residence) inside the Hobbit House about the children’s work with the banners

May 13th 2015 – Elders’ Tea Party funded by The Magna Trust and forming part of the national “Liberteas” idea. As Curry Mallet is a rural village with no pavements or street lights the elderly sometimes feel isolated. In the last three years they have been brought together over tea, at the Jubilee to coincide with the children’s fancy dress party and at the History Festival with a tea dance, so the chance to include them again as part of the national idea seemed fitting. Phil and Jane Scott from the shop provided sandwiches, scones with jam and cream, home-made cakes and fruit salad and we dressed the tables in old fashioned linen tablecloths and proper china teacups, plates, milk jugs, sugar bowls and vases of garden flowers. The “oldies” went home exhausted from too much food and lots of chatter. Background piano music from Giles Adams completed this simple but very enjoyable afternoon. There was even a free raffle for a pottery mug and a Magna Carta Barons tea towel!

22nd / 23rd May 2015 – Archaeological Dig. We received an HLF Sharing Heritage Grant to help fund an archaeological dig to try and find out about the medieval origins of the village. Archaeologists from the South West Heritage Trust joined forces with the schoolchildren and GeoFlow who carried out some geophysical surveying in the Glebe field, to help the archaeologists locate where to dig over the Magna Carta weekend.

The children then had a go at being archaeologists for the day, digging test pits in the school garden. They carried out a range of activities including trowelling, sieving and pot washing as well as a demonstration of the geophysical surveying given by Liz Caldwell and Nigel Harvey of GeoFlow.

June 6th 2015 - Bagehot Fund Magna Carta Debate. This is a sample from their press release. “Langport enjoyed a stimulating debate on the need for a reformed constitution for the UK. The 4th annual Bagehot Debate, a flagship event of the 2015 Langport Festival, commemorated the 800th anniversary year of Magna Carta, with two Barons and two students debating the motion 'It's time for a new Magna Carta’. The Debate was held in Huish Academy’s Sixth Form auditorium, and, as well as the Debate itself, the audience enjoyed a superb Magna Carta exhibition held by Curry Mallet, Somerset’s only Magna Carta village. The motion was proposed by Lord Tyler (former Liberal Democrat MP, Paul Tyler) and Douglas Stephenson, Huish Academy student. Opposing the motion was Lord Norton of Louth (Conservative peer and Professor of Politics, Philip Norton) and Sarah Allen, Huish Academy student.

This stellar panel ensured passionate discussion on the pros and cons of a written constitution, and its impact on British politics and society. The audience contributed many challenging comments and questions, which ensured a well-rounded, substantial debate. A show of hands at the end produced a clear majority of the audience against the motion.

Speaking after the Debate, Barry Winetrobe, Chair of the Bagehot Memorial Fund, which organised the Debate, said: “As with our previous debates, we are extremely impressed at the quality of debate, not only from our ‘professional’ guest speakers, but especially from the Academy’s Debating Society, and in the contributions from so many of the audience. We are pleased that our annual Debate can consistently attract such a high calibre of guest speaker, and is a forum for the local community to appreciate the skills and enthusiasm of its Academy’s students. The Langport area can be justly proud that this small community can host such a unique event every year, as part of its successful Festival.”

Lord Philip Norton

Lord Paul Tyler

11th to 16th June – “Archaeology on your Doorstep”. The Hinkley Point Archaeology Outreach team assisted with this community excavation, carried out by archaeologists from the South West Heritage Trust. Students, volunteers and local residents also got stuck in, learning a range of new skills and enjoying the chance to find out about ‘archaeology on your doorstep’. The aim of the excavation was to see if they could discover anything related to the medieval origins of the village. The Lower Street area in the south of the parish contains properties ending at the church. The area of the west of the church known as Glebe Field, contains earthworks with traces of house platforms and enclosures. This may be the site of an early settlement. The earlier geophysical survey of Glebe Field by local specialists ‘GeoFlo’, had provided some clear targets for test pitting. The Higher Street area in the north has medieval buildings clustered around a square area, which may have been a green in the medieval period. Test pitting also took place here in the grounds of the Mallet Court. We know that at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, two estates were held as one manor by Roger de Courcelles. He was succeeded by the Malets. The manor passed to the Poinz and Gourney families and then to the Duchy of Cornwall.

The results of the excavation so far have been interesting. The main test pit in Glebe Field has shown evidence of a possible medieval moat and yielded fragments of pottery dating to the 11th and 13th centuries. Evidence from all the test pits show glimpses into everyday life from the last few hundred years: clay tobacco pipes, an ox shoe, a button and pieces of pottery. One highlight was local youngster, Christian, who showed the team his own collections of finds, discovered in local fields and who was delighted when the team dated them for him.

June 13th 2015 – Magna Carta Saturday. The archaeological dig was ongoing in the Glebe Field by the church and the school open day was very successful with a huge number of visitors, especially in the afternoon. They came to see the banners in the marquee, the history tunnel in the hall, follow in the children’s storywalk footsteps led by Christopher Jelley and to meet author Barbara Spencer in the Hobbit House. Tea, coffee and cakes were available in the hall too. The school was open from 10.00 to 4.00 after which there was a big change around to finish off the marquee for the evening party. The band arrived from 5.30 onwards to set up and the ticket holders started trickling in around 7.00. The pulled pork baps served with coleslaw and salad were delicious with plenty left over for seconds, and dessert was banoffee pie and cream. The Midrod Ends is a party band from Glastonbury and they were fantastic; everybody partied until late into the night. The PTFA ran the bar and the raffle and, together with the proceeds from the stall which they ran at the medieval day on the Sunday, they were able to raise a much needed profit of £930 for their funds.

Banner made by Banner made by Huish Episcopi Primary School Huish Episcopi Academy

Barbara Spencer greeting visitors in the Hobbit House

Banner made by Thurlbear Primary School

Midrod Ends Party Band

June 14th 2015 – Magna Carta Medieval Sunday. At 9.15 the bells rang out over the landscape. Forming part of the “Strike a Blow for Democracy” national peal of bells the team, led by captain, Sally Down, rang a quarter peal which included 7 changes of Jacks, Princes, Queens, Kings, Jokers, Tittums and Roundups. The Church Service began at 10.00 and 130 attended to see the dedication of the banner and silver communion cup. Becky Curry, the school’s music teacher had formed a community choir earlier in the year after Jeffrey Joseph wrote to us offering his anthem as part of the celebrations. The sound of 30 voices ringing around the Church was a goose bump moment as they performed his “An Anthem for England” and then “Sumer is Icumen In” a Middle English folk song c.1250. A commemorative service sheet was handed out to the congregation as they arrived.

At 11.15 the children paraded from the school to the Glebe Field, their banners waving in the wind; what was a sight to behold. They re-enacted the sealing of the Magna Carta to a wide audience and strong applause. The Sutton Household Re-enactment Society had set up camp the night before and they were on hand throughout the day for visitors to try on armour, practice archery and watch various demonstrations. The birds of prey held everyone’s attention and the archeologists proudly exhibited their finds and answered many searching questions. All the while there was background music from Stampita a folk group with a medieval sound. The PTFA sold Pimms and strawberries and cream and a picnic was enjoyed by all, forming part of the national “Liberteas”. AND………………. even though it was cloudy and windy, the day remained dry! This was a Heritage Lottery Funded project.

A film on YouTube gives a flavour of the Sunday events https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w642qCGKtF8

June 13/14th – A Set of Commemorative Postcards. We chose 6 postcards pertaining to Curry Mallet as a commemoration of the Magna Carta project and they are for sale in the shop. This project was funded by The Magna Carta Trust.

June 19th – Time Capsule. The Heritage Lottery Fund funded the time capsule for this lovely and thoughtful project and The Magna Carta Trust the marker. Throughout 2015 School Governor, Chris Marks, headed up meetings with the School Council when they discussed what the contents should be for the time capsule which was to be buried in the school grounds with instructions that it is to be opened in June 2115. Eventually a long list was drawn up and the capsule ordered in May. During the week leading up to Friday June 19th everything was added to the huge capsule and then sealed by Chris. The contents were:

 Argos catalogues showing a wide range of what is currently on sale, in vogue and how much it is.  National newspapers - one with the election results. A Somerset County Gazette, a Beer and Curry newsletter and a Parish Magazine.  Items of stationery  Two mobile phones of different generations  A series of photos of the school and the school council  Toothbrush and toothpaste, a simple message to the future from Ava Sweeting (6 years)  Sweet wrappers and drinks container  Magna Carta Mug inscribed from the School Council thanks to Charlotte Robins and Drew.  A model car  Two classic car magazines  A photo album with a good selection of the 1904 to 1924 pictures of the village from the Churchill Collection (courtesy of Mike Ive), the Magna Carta postcards and a selection of photos of the village including the shop, pub and hall and the events in the Glebe Field  A list of the School Council and where they are from and a reference to the longest resident families –Burt, Priddle and Bawler.  All the Magna Carta leaflets and booklets that were available  A picture of Chris and Patsy with their Jaguar XK150 - as Chris’s son is likely to be the last of the family line with the name Marks he was feeling like leaving some record.  A commentary from Chris explaining the capsule contents, the events, some local and national context and a little about the village farms and the farmers names.  He also explained about our privileged post war generation and the fact that the future is much less rosy for younger people now, along with some wishes and wonderings about life in 100 years.

June 20th 2015 – Lance Allen’s 800 Mile Bike Ride. Trowbridge’s Town Clerk set off from Curry Mallet at 10.00am after being hosted to bacon baps and coffee by shop owners, Phil and Jane Scott. The ride was completed in Alnwick in Northumberland after he had visited the 22 baron’s towns and villages along the journey and all within 8 days. What a fantastic achievement and Lance has raised an incredible amount of money for both Dorothy House Hospice and Bikes for Africa.

July 10th 2015 – Class 3 from Curry Mallet School took part in world premiere of Magna Cantata in Salisbury Cathedral and their participation was funded by The Magna Carta Trust. The children have written to us.

On Friday 10th July class 3 travelled by coach to Salisbury.

We had lunch on the Cathedral green...

And went into the Cathedral to rehearse…

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The staff at the Cathedral and the school were so kind. They gave us drinks and biscuits...

…fish fingers and chips…

Let us play on their lovely field...

And looked after us all day.

They made us costumes for the performance…

And showed us around the cathedral...

In the evening we all sang the Magna Cantata. There were 3 other choirs, 5 other school choirs, an orchestra, professional soloists and the cathedral organist.

We had a fantastic day.

A huge thank you to everyone who helped to make the day such a success.

http://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/news/thinking-big-magna-cantata-project-live

The Magna Carta Committee says thank you to Class 3 - you were a credit to the school and to the village.

Publicity. Throughout the time of this project, we submitted press releases and photo opportunities which were published on a regular basis. Special thanks is given to The Western Gazette and the Langport Leveller for their continuous support and we had three significant bits of press and radio coverage, firstly as a result of a press release by South Somerset District Council about the new entry signs running up to the Magna Carta celebrations we were featured on the BBC News, Daily Mail and a world-wide news websites http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk- england-somerset-33121766 Secondly, a three page spread in the June issue of Somerset Life, a popular purchased monthly magazine which remains in circulation for years as it is a traditional mainstay of doctor’s, dentist’s and other waiting rooms throughout the county; thus keeping Curry Mallet on the map. And last but no means least Somerset Radio came along in the morning of Friday 12th June and interviewed Primrose about the Mallet family broadcasted on 15th June, Elaine about the banner which went out most appropriately on Sunday morning and also Bob Croft about the archaeology; which went out the same day.

James from BBC Radio Somerset interviewing Primose Mallet Harris about her family background

James recording the sounds of the digging and the archaeologists’ conversations as they dig a test pit

Poster used to advertise the weekend events

Social Media. During the History Festival in 2013 we got “with it” and set up Facebook and Twitter accounts and they proved incredibly beneficial. We are lucky to have on board Cheryl Govier, the Benefice Children’s Worker and Curry Mallet resident, who is young and vibrant and knows how these new fangled and fantastic media opportunities work! By the end of the Magna Carta weekend our Twitter account had 1950 followers, including Magna Carta Canada and Australia, the Magna Carta 800th Committee and the United States Congress; we are thrilled! Facebook now has 122 likes including members of the Mallet family from various parts of the world. Funding.

Heritage Lottery Fund £ 5,600.00

The Magna Carta Trust £ 4,450.00

South Somerset District Council £ 1,500.00

Parish Council £ 1,215.00

Donations and Fund Raising £ 1,505.45

Sales of Barons Tea Towels and Cards and Pottery £ 350.00 Commission £14,620.45

Committee Comments - Best and Worst Moments:

Most emotional – this was on Sunday 14th seeing a packed church, the magnificent sound of the bells and choir and topped by the school pageant and village picnic.

Most exciting – this was seeing Saturday evening’s marquee fit to bursting with an excellent band and all having fun.

Lowest point – this was the Magna Carta Umbrella Group not receiving any assistance – too risky? We were left to our own devices.

Most magical – this was the fantastic storywalks project.

Most enjoyable – this was dancing with friends to the fabulous band.

Feeling most proud – this was looking at the photographs of Class 3 at Salisbury Cathedral as it is so obvious they were a credit to both the school and the community.

Most frustrating – this was completing grant application forms, designed to make you lose the will to live.

TO BE COMPLETED

A collaged map of village to be displayed in a wooden frame in village hall. Heritage Lottery Funded. Heritage Trails. Heritage Lottery Funded. Planting of yew tree as part of “Libertrees” initiative.