Church Community News...! Uplyme Together...!

2015

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1 Worship in April and Beginning of May ! April 2nd 6pm Maundy Thursday Agape Meal

Maundy Thursday AT AXMOUTH CHURCH

3rd 10am Good Friday Service

Good Friday

5!th 10am Morning Worship with Communion Easter Sunday (No Junior Church) 6pm Evening worship with FESTIVAL CHOIR

12! th 10am Morning Worship (+Junior Church) 6pm Evening worship with Communion

19th 10am Morning Worship with Communion (+Junior Church) 6pm Evening Worship 26th 10am Morning Worship (+Junior Church) 6pm Evening worship with Communion ! May 3rd 10am Morning Worship with Communion

(+Junior Church) 6pm Evening worship

10! th 10am Morning Worship (+Junior Church) 6pm Evening worship with Communion

17! th 10am Morning Worship with Communion (+Junior Church) 6pm Evening worship

Children’s! Groups: Children dropped off at Mrs Ethelston’s from 9:50am. They return later with their leaders for refreshments. Details available on www.uplymechurch.org.uk ! ! ! FROM THE REGISTERS

Baptisms/! Thanksgivings: 15th March Thomas and Rosie Aplin Marriages/Blessings: nil Funerals/ Thanksgivings: 25th February Alec Swan 2nd March Terry Perham

! 2 CONTENTS Service Times & from The Register Inside Front Cover Contents 1 More Tea Vicar? 2 From the Editor - Red Nose Day 3 Parish News Deadlines & Mrs Ethelston’s School 4 Church Notices 5 The “Vibe Weekend” 6 Adverts 7 & 8 Jack Thomas - What’s in a name? 9 Horticultural Society 10 Priming The Pump 11 Royal British Legion WS & The Philpott Museum 12 Church Community News 13 The Ethelston Bestic Trust & “Helping Hands” 14 Out & About with John Pennington 15 Why Easter will never go away! 16 & 17 1st Lym Valley Scouts 18 Village hall Booking Dates 19 The Full poodle Computer tips 20 In the Garden with Nigel Ball 21 Line & Length - The Cricket Club 22 Local news & the real Easter Egg 23 Si-the-Fish 24 Adverts 25 & 26 Uplyme Together 27 Parish Council Report 28 Parish Council Report 29 Trinity Matters 30 Trinity Matters 31 Adverts 32 Local Events Inside Back Cover

3 Let us pray…

Rabbi Jacob died and went to heaven. At the pearly gates he met St Peter. “Good morning,” said St Peter. “Glad you have arrived; it’s lovely to see you. Please go and take a seat over there and when your name is called, you can come through to heaven.” Rabbi Jacob found a chair and sat down. From time to time he noticed other people coming and receiv- ing the same instructions. All day long hundreds of them came, but after a very short time they would get up and go through the gates into heaven. Rabbi Jacob was mystified. As evening approached he got up and went to have a word with St Peter, who was still standing outside the gates. “I’ve been waiting all day,” he said, “and these people have been arriving and then going into heaven. I thought you said my name would be called.” “Oh,” replied St Peter, “Your name was called, unfortunately you didn’t hear it.” Prayer is a vitally important part of our lives. It is the purpose for which we were created. It is opening up to God and learning to listen with the ears of our hearts. It is not simply about getting God to do things for us (which he most certainly does do), but also learning what God wants us to be and do; to find our true meaning and place in creation. There is no right or wrong way to pray, and as the old adage goes, we should ‘pray as we can, not as we can’t’. Prayer should never be underestimated because it is always effective, even when we don’t see it. At Uplyme Church we value prayer highly, both to deepen our relationship with God and to bless others. We hold prayer meetings when we pray about the needs of the community, and now there is a ‘prayer board’ in church which anyone from the community is welcome to use. Simply write your prayer requests on it (anonymously if you wish), and we will be happy to pray for you. Every blessing Kate Woolven The Annual Parochial Church Meeting takes place on Monday 20th April at 7.00pm. Agenda and details are available in the Church now. Parishioners of Uplyme are very welcome. 4 If you woke up on the 29th and found you were late for Church…….. It’s not my fault! I did all in my power to make sure the village were informed of the clocks going forward. I just wish I’d remembered to adjust my old boiler! (No, don’t go there!)

On the 13th March, I came across all sorts of things going on in the name of “Red Nose Day”. The Village Stores were all sporting red nose head- wear and collected £62.26 during the day. Mrs Ethelston’s school raised £196.38 with their day of action. Pre-School collected £80 with a “Make your face funny for money” and Pinhay House Care Home’s residents painted the faces of the care staff who all came to work that day wearing their pyjamas or onesies! They raised £100. I’m sure there were many other events going on and an incredible £78m was raised on that day. Not bad at all for a “Bad Luck” Friday!

Happy Easter Ed

5 Parish News Deadlines Please remember the next issue of the magazine is for May and all articles up to and including things for early June should be with us by the 10th April Email to - [email protected] Please note that this year the double issue of the magazine will be for July & August rather than the usual August & September

Mrs Ethelston’s School

Year five went to the final gospel choir performance at Seaton Town Hall, where they sang beautifully and enjoyed being part of an event involving other schools. They have also been on a long, but very much worth- while, trip to London. The children used their map reading skills and enjoyed counting the 311 steps up to the top of the Monument, the tower that commemorates the Great Fire of London. I am told the boat trip up the river at dusk, with the London Eye lit up, was quite a sight. Year three (aka 'Rainforest Rangers') had an amazing day at the Eden project, where they took part in workshops and learnt about the wonderful variety of plants that grow in a hot, exotic environment. They were impressive at reasoning which tree would give them the best essentials for survival, such as water, food, shelter and medicine. The children were amazed at how what started as a big hole in the ground has become the biggest greenhouse in the world! Our youngest children had a lovely time looking for the Gruffalo in Haldon Forest. Apparently we have a very fit little group of reception children, who completed the trails in record time! Everyone had a great time. World Book Day was a massive success. The staff adopted a Harry Potter theme, and the children made a monumental effort to come dressed as their favourite book character. A sight to behold! Finally, it’s been good to see so many of our year six children attending ‘X-plosion’, the church youth group on a Friday evening. They are offered a wide range of fun activities, from games and skittles to swimming and discos. Michaela Kite Head Teacher 6 When? Every Friday, 10am-11.30am (Term time) Where? The Scout Hut, Rhode Lane, Uplyme Who? 0-4 year olds (please bring your parents/carers) What? Playtime, arts & crafts, wriggly worship, bubble-pop prayer time, Bible stories, snacks and drinks Cost? £1 per child For more information please contact Esther on 07803 253 355 or Kathryn on 01297 442796.

Mellow Birds “Mellow Birds is a group which provides the opportunity for Christian women of all churches to grow spiritually. Our focus is on mums with young children as this is a phase when finding time to connect with God can be particularly difficult.e W meet weekly in each others’ houses and follow bible based studies with occasional speakers. A crèche facility is available for those who wish to use it but if your child does not settle they are more than welcome to join us” Contact the Church Office 01297 444499 for further details. X-‐Plosion Youth Group

X-‐Plosion Youth Group is for year 6 and above age group. We meet in church every Friday in term ?me from 6pm to 7.30pm. We have fun and games and every term we have a variety of ou?ngs. Contact Margaret Traﬀord for more informa?on 01297 443252 Crusader Football Every Saturday morning till May 2nd on the Uplyme playing field from 9am to 10.15am.

For ages Reception to Year 6. Although those who are older are welcome. For more information call Robin Hodges on 01297 445180 7 The Vibe weekend of Fun, Friendship and Alpha

The last weekend in February saw 16 young people from Uplyme, Kilmington, Seaton and Axminster transported to the Manse, Easton Methodist Church, Easton Square on the Island of Portland, for the penultimate part of the Alpha course pioneered by Nicky Gumbel, vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton. The Alpha course is a practical introduction to the Christian faith and culminates in a weekend away which is entitled how can I be filled with The Holy Spirit? This particular course is aimed at young people aged 14-18 years has been held on Sunday evenings for the last few months led by an inspirational team including Abi and Matt Smith, Kate and Mike Whittome and Ben & Esther Stansfield.

The event kicked off with a picnic in the abandoned Tout Quarry now a sculpture park with spectacular views over Chesil Beach and the mainland followed by wide games in this lunar landscape.

After settling into their temporary home the ‘Vibers’ were invited to debate diverse and difficult subjects including ‘How do we tell people we are Christians?’ This was followed by some down time spent playing indoor games, table tennis and X box before the arrival of a fish & chip supper delivered by aptly named local fishmonger Codfathers.

The evening was rounded off with a movie night, popcorn and hot chocolate, in onesies and sleeping bags to watch Earth to Echo, a contemporary homage to Steven Spielberg’s ET.

After a good night’s sleep and a full English, the Vibers were ready for the next challenge. Our young people were a credit to us during the morning service, participating in a slightly different and refreshing form of worship and communion. The congregation split into three groups for messy church, the sermon slot and the youth group and came together again for coffee. Fast forward to lunch and a quiz around the island with two teams going head to head armed with mobiles to capture the most people in a supermarket trolley, the only surviving windmills in Dorset selfies with a bearded person amongst other clues.

Considering the incredible pace of activities, the delightful weather and truly staggering beauty of the island, the weekend could not fail to be a huge success. It saw opportunities for quiet reflection and nurturing of faith in an atmosphere of love and friendship. The minister Chris and his team made us all very welcome by generously offering us the building and heating free of charge. We shall be back next year if Portland and Easton Methodist Church will have us!

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We! all of us have a surname. In England there are four different types of surname, all of them fixed before 1400. They indicate your Occupation, your Relationship, your Location or your Nickname. As examples I am using bold type for names of people who have lived in Uplyme in the past and some who are living here today.! Occupation: Some obvious trades to start with – Collier, Fowler, Fisher, Gardiner, Mason, Turner. Not obvious – Pullinger from the French boulanger, a baker. Hellier a slater or tiler. Woodroffe is a plant of the bedstraw family. The name would have been given to someone who stuffed mattresses or strewed bedchambers with this plant. Wakeman a knocker-up or watchman. Garland either one who made circlets for Peers or had been crowned the King of May on May 1st. ! Relationship: In England any name ending with S or son indicates that the first holder was the son of the person named; for example Jones was the son of John. In Scotland and Ireland the pre-fix Mac means son of; and the Welsh form for son of is Ap usually shortened to P so that Ap Hugh becomes Pugh or Ap Harry becomes Parry and Ap Richard becomes Pritchard. The English occasionally had difficulty pronouncing the letter R and substituted H or D. So Robson might also have been Hobson or Dobson. Hodges therefore would have been the son of Roger. Watson was the son of Watt or Walter; Emmett derives his surname from Emma who was important as the wife and Queen of Ethelred the Unready and subsequently Cnut (Canute), and the mother of Edward the Confessor. Pearson was the son of Peter in its French form Pierre while Austin is a shortened form of Augustine the Saint. Ethelston is a variant of Athelstan. Thomas or Thom(p)son the popularity of the name stems not from the disciple of Jesus but from the martyrdom of Thomas à Becket in 1170. Halden comes from the Viking leader Halfdane.! Location: Any name which ends with burgh, bury, land, ton, combe and don has been made from a location. Guppy and Bowditch are bona fide local names. Guppy comes from Wootton Fitzpaine where someone called Guppa had an enclosure; Bowditch hails from Thorncombe and a particular bow-shaped ditch. Booth lived in a bothy or small hut and was probably a shepherd. Stocker comes from anglo-saxon stoic, a tree stump, or the name of someone who lived by or cleared stumps.. Hockey an island (ey) where hallows (hocc) grow. Wheadon a round hill. Whitaker, White Acre. Pennington a place name. as is Manfield, Shervington, Kent and Woolven.! Nickname: Crabbe ill-tempered, sour, hence crab apple. Pratt obscure word for someone who is astute or sharp. Grose from the French , a large, fat man. Gay from the French gai, light-hearted, carefree, a beautiful adjective used by poets from Chaucer onwards and recently misappropriated. Bull, a person of great strength. Ball, probably bald. Kite a rapacious person from the bird. Everett Old English, a wild! boar, brave, strong. Corbin a dark-haired person from old French corb a raven. ! Jack Thomas 11 Uplyme & Lyme Regis Horticultural Society! www. ulrhs.wordpress.com!

Spring Plant Sale & Coffee Morning! Saturday 9th May 2015 Uplyme Village Hall 9-30 till 11-30am! Our ever popular spring event and your chance to re-stock your garden for the! summer with bargain plants grown and donated by the Society’s members! and friends. Donated plants and garden items accepted from 8am at the hall ! on the morning of the sale. ! For further details please ring Brian 07831 533580

Society Coach Trips 2015! ! April 14th (Tuesday) Coach Trip to NT Stourhead. Depart Uplyme Village Hall at 9.30am World-famous Palladian Mansion and landscape garden - its centrepiece a magnificent lake reflecting classical temples, mystical grottoes, and rare and exotic trees. NT members £11 Non NT £20 Please ring Rob Harvey 01297 631664 to book by April 7th. Non members are welcome for an extra £3 to cover temporary membership! ! May 12th (Tuesday) Coach Trip to Hestercombe nr Taunton. Depart Uplyme Village Hall at 9.45am Hestercombe has three “gardens” within its 50 acre site – a Georgian landscape garden with temples, lakes and cascades, a Victorian terrace and shrubbery and a stunning Edwardian garden designed by Lutyens and Jekyll. Part of the house is now open, & there is a restaurant, tearoom, plant sales & shop. Cost £16 total for coach & admission. Please ring Robin Britton 01297 442794 to book by May 5th Non members are welcome for an extra £3 to cover temporary membership! ! Diary Dates! Meet the Owl! April 22nd (Wed) 7.30pm Uplyme Village Hall. Talk “British Owls”! their Natural History and Practical Conservation by Chris Sperring. Chris is a naturalist and a regular presenter on BBC Radio 4's Living World, Saving Species and Shared Planet programmes. As Conservation Officer for the Hawk and Owl Trust for 25 years he has worked tirelessly to conserve wildlife in the south west, to engage people in the natural world and to reverse the decline of many species, especially owls. An experienced public speaker, Chris' talks are informative, but also light-heated and entertaining. Members free Non-members £3! Chris will be accompanied by one of his captive-bred owls.

th 86 Summer Show and! Country Fayre.! Saturday July 11th 1pm to 5pm Uplyme Village Hall and Playing Field.! Twenty-four cups to be won plus sponsored prizes and new this year twelve “Mystery Prizes”! valued between £1 & £30. Free schedules detailing the 159 classes, many Butterfly themed,! to celebrate the role of these beautiful garden visitors are available from:- Upyme Post Office, ! Raymonds Hill Post Office, Ginger Beer and Serendip, Broad St. Lyme Regis ! Throughout the afternoon Country skills, craft and plant stalls, Train Rides, Jack’s Zoo, Bearhouse Alpacas, Fun Dog show and Scurry, Music, Dancing, Cream teas and refreshments PLUS Fancy Dress competition Butterflies/Moths and Caterpillars theme – adult and children’s prizes 12 Priming the pump - ABC of Uplyme’s water and sanitation project A – more Animals Animals are a mixed blessing! Baboons are very gregarious animals which live in hierarchical groups. You can tell how important a baboon is in its society by how high it holds its tail. In the wild they are shy and scamper into the trees as man is their only predator. But in national parks they can become bold and quite aggressive. This baboon was busy trying to steal a women’s handbag on our visit to the Victoria Falls. Having to collect your drinking water from rivers and streams means you must share it with a variety of animals. This leads to the spread of the widespread diarrhoea which is very prevalent in communities where there are no boreholes. The under-5 mortality rate caused mainly by lack of clean water is 1 in 5.

Zambia has a wonderful range of wild animals. But all need food and so part of the project teaches people about keeping their food secure.

" Building food stores off the ground and lining them with lime limits the visits of weevils and rats, saving the valuable food for the family.

More Priming the Pump next 1me..... Russell and Morag Kingsbury 13 Royal British Legion Women’s Section

Our March meeting speaker was Philip Algar who was a journalist and now is an author. His talk was excellent, based on his book “Goodbye, Old Chap” about his father’s life in the Merchant Navy, with excerpts from his diaries. Stanley Algar rose from a very young apprentice in World War I to Captain of a tanker. Frus- tratingly, he spent four very unpleasant years from 1941 as a prisoner-of war, after his ship was attacked and sunk by a warship at first disguised as a merchant ship. It makes fascinating reading, though horrifying in the descriptions of conditions in prison camps. Our speaker on April 13th will have another nostalgic look at an earlier life: “Old Dog, New Tricks - personal and entertaining recollections of a changing career from kids to kidding, theatre to therapy, drama to dinner.” Do come (non-members too) to hear Mrs. V. A. Sutherland. The meeting starts at 2.30pm We are hoping to arrange an outing to the Cheddar Gorge on June 18th, dependent on enough interest to fill at least a 21 seater coach. Please tell me as soon as possible if you would like to come (It’s not only for members) and I will provide details. We have heard that Barbara Cooper, who lived for many years in Uplyme before moving to the London area to be near her family, died recently. She had been a member of our branch and on the committee. Her ashes are to be interred in our churchyard beside those of her husband, followed by a Thanksgiving service at which it is hoped friends of the couple will be able to join us 2.00pm on April 16th. Ursula Everett (442435)

Friends of Lyme Regis Philpot Museum Woodmead Hall at 2.30 pm; Thursday, 16th April.

‘The Dinosaurs of Chrystal Palace Park’, by Professor Joe Cain. Thirty statues were created by Benjamin Hawkins for the 1854 park. The talk will cover the struggle to design and create these first ever life-sized models and their conservation today. Members £2; visitors £3; to include tea and biscuits. Our AGM will be held after tea. All welcome. David Cox 443156 14 Church Community News!

In memoriam Our hearts and thoughts go out to the families and friends who mourn Alex Swann, Peter Whiting, Bill Halden and Terry Perham as they come to terms with their great loss. !

Focus! in Lent A number of us have been doing our best to accept all the challenges of 40 acts of generosity (http://www.40acts.org.uk.) These have proved rewarding such as: giving a surprise gift to someone, picking up litter, arriving early at a meeting and buying a coffee for the person you are waiting for and writing to a prisoner or a victim of abuse.!

!Junior Church This is held in the school each Sunday from 10 – 10:45 when they join the adults in Church.!

News! about music ! Our Gospel Singers are singing at a concert in the church building on May 16th. Tickets will be on sale at the garage. Do come and support this lively group, led by Chloe Stratta. We meet on most Wednesday evenings in term time at 7 30pm in the church building. ! Our Festival Choir is meeting to prepare music for Easter. Ably led by Roger Grose and Adrian Pearson, this choir is worth coming to hear over Easter. ! Also, let’s not forget our wonderful bell ringers who toll out such beautiful festive chimes.!

Social! events ! Youth Our Saturday morning football continues as weather allows. Contact Robin Hodges or David Hardman for more information. ! Xplosion runs on a Friday evening in the Church building, for year 6 and above. ! Contact Margaret Trafford, Brenda Soldan or Kate Whittome for details. !

Big! Breakfast A delicious breakfast was held in the Church building recently in aid of the Zambian Water Project. (More information about this later in the magazine)!

Walks! The Community Walks are on the second Saturday of every month. The walks are led by David Jones, who puts in much work in planning the routes beforehand. The next one is on 11th April. !

!‘Making a Difference’ On Wednesdays a craft group meets in the church from 1:00 – 3:00 to make items for layettes for babies from very poor areas in Africa. Much humour, laughter and chat takes place in a very relaxed atmosphere. !

Ballet! with Sally. Sally is giving ballet lessons on Friday afternoons at 2 pm. You can be of any age and from total novices to more experienced dancers. All you need is to wear loose comfy clothing and a fun-loving attitude!!

Bridges! Project The Bridges Project links different parts of the community together. The next event takes place on April 23rd at 6 pm in the Church building. This will involve Year 6 reading some of their work out to us, and some adults reading stories and poems suitable for children. This event should be great fun and is not one to be missed. !

You! are very welcome to join in with any of our activities. If you need more information, please contact !our administrator, Fran Apolon on 01297 444499.! Very many thanks to all those who help our community with any of these activities in any way. Jo Cursley 15 Any further news on funding for the new school?

Further to my article in last December’s edition of the Parish News I am sorry to have to report that we have been unsuccessful in our current bid for funding for the new school building. Although there are to be further discussions with the Diocese, Neil Parish (MP) and the government on the matter, we now have to look to the immediate needs for maintaining momentum for the project overall.

The current outline planning consent for the new school building expires on 10th January 2016. Two options exist: either renew the outline permission (this can only be done once) or obtain full planning permission. In order to secure full consent considerable time and money would need to be spent on detailing the new building. At the last trustees meeting it was decided to apply to renew the outline planning consent, and even this will require updating the data on transportation, flood risk and possible wildlife matters. It is hoped that this process and paperwork will be completed for submission in the summer.

In the meanwhile, as far as the new site is concerned, the school children will be once again be growing fruit and vegetables and their efforts will be supported by the Horticultural Society and Pre-School. It is also hoped to progress work on planting trees and hedges to create a forest garden and develop a teaching area.

Neil Pullinger Chair of the Ethelston Bestic Trust

Uplyme Help at Hand Uplyme Help at Hand is now up and running. Many thanks to those of you who sent in thoughts, requests and suggestions – they were much appreciated and we will try to act on them. If anyone else would like to add their views we would welcome them: there are some forms at the Village Stores Please don’t hesitate to make contact with us if you want to know more, have a need that we might be able to help with, or know someone who could benefit. For general enquiries please ring Anne Hardman on 444799 or Barbara Pearson on 445289. If you need help with transport to appointments etc please contact David Jones on 444729 or Hazel Williams on 598041. If you prefer to use email, contact Anne on [email protected] Anne Hardman 16 Out and about with John Pennington ! Easter is almost here and the tourists will flock to the South West hoping for a lovely warm and sunny break. The only problem is that in early April the weather can still be decidedly chilly with little or no sun to be seen. The average maximum temperature is 12.4 degrees centigrade (or 54.3 degrees fahrenheit ) with an average minimum of 3.9 degrees (39F) - hardly tropical. On a more positive note, the highest recorded April temperature is 29.4 degrees which is tropical. But, on a more negative note the lowest recorded temperature is -15 degrees - somewhat Baltic! Of course we all know that the weather in the UK is nothing if not unpredictable. Thats why we are obsessed with it and talk about it so much - to the amusement and bemusement of our European neighbours. Heres a weather fact that many of you will be unaware of; the Uk has more tornados than any other country on Earth! Don't !believe me? Heres a summary of what Wikpedia has to say: "It it internationally recognised that the United Kingdom has the highest incidence of tornadoes, measured by unit area of land, than any other country in the world. Dr T Theodore Fujita an American meteorologist, was the first to recognise the UK as the top site for tornadoes in 1973.The United Kingdom has at least 33 tornadoes per year. Although most tornadoes are weak, there are occasional destructive events. For example, the Birmingham tornado of 2005 and the London tornado of 2006. The UK also holds the title for the highest known 'outbreak' of tornadoes outside of the United States. The largest tornado outbreak in Britain is also the largest tornado outbreak known anywhere in Europe. On November 23, 1981, 105 tornadoes were spawned by a cold front in !the space of 5.25 hours." Another interesting weather fact is that the UK has continuous weather records dating back to the mid 17th Century which is longer than any other country in the World. This gives UK meteorologists a huge amount of historical data to work on and we can show the most accurate trending for weather patterns. Of course, despite all the historical data predicting weather is astonishingly difficult to do. Even with all the compute power at the Meteorological Offices disposal (and its considerable - I've been in a lot of computer rooms in my time and theirs is the most impressive by some margin)* totally accurate weather forecasts are still impossible to provide. Last week (early March) the forecast was for rising temperatures; 'Spring is here', they said, but sadly this was not the case. Whilst the temperature rose by a few degrees, the wind rose by a few mph (they failed to mention this bit) and the end result was it still felt like Winter and my bike rides still required lots of layers for me to stay warm whilst descending into Uplyme from Hunters Lodge.! Until next time….. JP ! * Announced in Oct 2014 the Met Office will replace their existing super computer with a new Cray: Weighing more than 140 tonnes and capable of more than 16,000 trillion calculations a second, the new Cray XC40 system will be one of the world's fastest high performance computers ever produced. 17 Why Easter will never go away

How do you make sense of the Resurrection? Dead men don’t rise, so why believe that this particular dead man did rise?

At the end of St Luke’s Gospel we read that: “they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement” (Luke 24.4). This is highly significant. The Gospels do not show us a group of disciples who were in a receptive frame of mind. After the crucifixion, they were in hiding, frightened and scattered. Then suddenly, they came out of hiding and were totally different; excited, joyful. By Pentecost they were confident, with one firm message: “You crucified Jesus, but God raised him up!”

How did they know this? Because of experience. Some of them had visited the tomb of Jesus: it was empty. Others claimed to have seen and touched the risen Lord. Were they hallucinating? People can hallucinate in groups – when taking drugs, for example. But of course each one will see a different hallucination. But the disciples all saw the same thing. Or rather, the same person. Jesus.

Were they lying? Jesus had died a humiliating death as a criminal. Per- haps they wanted to rescue His good name. So did they pretend they had seen Him?

This theory has a big problem. Their preaching led them into trouble with the authorities. They were beaten and imprisoned and some of them killed. People will die for ideas and causes which they believe in passion- ately. But not for things they have made up. We might suffer for our convictions, we will not suffer for our inventions.

What about the ‘swoon’ theory? That Jesus didn’t die on the cross, despite terrible wounds. He recovered in the tomb, and escaped. The disciples nursed Him back to health. But Roman soldiers knew when a man was dead; and there was the guard on the tomb. Also, the events which followed simply don’t fit.

If the disciples had been hiding Jesus, they would have kept very low-key, and out of the way, so that the authorities did not come after him again.

Besides, to preach that God had raised Jesus from the dead – which is exactly what they did preach – would have been a lie. Beatings and threat 18 of death would soon have loosened their tongues. Inventions crumble under pressure; convictions hold fast.

Another reason for believing in the Resurrection is this: Jesus’ continuing impact. Thousands and soon millions of people in every generation since have shared an inescapable sense of being ‘accompanied’ through life. Though unseen, they identify this presence as the Risen Lord.

Sometimes this experience of meeting Jesus is gentle and fitful. Some- times it is dramatic and life-changing. This reminds us that the resurrection of Jesus is not just an interesting historical puzzle. It is a vital present day reality. It brings wonderful comfort, assuring us of the central Christian truths: death is dead; Jesus is alive; God is love.

This central notion was captured, most movingly, by the great Albert Schweitzer: “He came to those men who knew Him not. He speaks to us the same word: ‘Follow thou me’, and sets us to the tasks which He has to fulfil for our time. He commands. And to those who obey Him, whether they be wise or simple, He will reveal himself in the toils, the conflicts, the suffering which they shall pass through in His fellowship, and, as ineffable mystery, they shall learn in their own experience who He is.”

Have a joyful – and a challenging – Easter. www.parishpump.co.uk Sermon A vicar, known for his lengthy sermons, noticed a man get up and leave during the middle of his message. The man returned just before the conclusion of the service. Afterwards the vicar asked the man where he had gone. "I went to get a haircut," was the reply. "But," said the pastor, "why didn't you do that before the service?" "Because," the gentleman said, "I didn't need one then." 19

! 1st Lym Valley Scout Group

Last term was a busy short term for all the sections. Lots of fun and different activites.! The Beavers enjoyed a torchlight walk to Lyme Regis along the River Lym, collecting leaves and twigs for their bug houses, which they made the following week. They also made bird feeders with lard, bird seed, peanuts and oats, good messy fun. There are spaces in Beavers if you have a son or daughter aged between 6 and 8 years old who would like to join don’t hesitate to contact me.! The Cubs have been out and about with walks, lighting ﬁres and making music.! The Scouts have enjoyed some cooking, wide games and improving their navigation/map reading skills.! ! There has been a lot of work going on at the scout hut over the past month. We have a new bigger kitchen with a serving hatch, which makes things a lot easier in keeping young people out of the kitchen when required. We are looking forward to better and improved cooking sessions. Thanks to Howdens for supplying the kitchen and giving us a discount. We have been raising the money for a while to do this and now just need to get the meeting room sorted. It’s a never-ending job mending, maintaining and improving the building but it is worth it. It is used by various groups in the community and is a great asset to Uplyme.! ! This month is an important month for us as we are hosting the annual St Georges Day parade for our District. St George is also the patron saint of scouts and every year we have a parade. We will be parading through Lyme Regis on Sunday 26th April in the afternoon and having a service at St Michael’s church. Afterwards we will parade along Marine Parade ending up at the Cobb. Weather permitting we will then have an inter group sandcastle competition. This is quite a big parade with over 400 scouts from East Devon representing over 10 groups from the district. It should be good fun, please do come and support us.! ! Next month it is our Annual open day and AGM, and I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you for those on the committee that help us with the running of the group and the hut. We still need more volunteers on the committee and also leaders. If you think you would like to help in scouting in any capacity, you don’t have to have children in scouts, please come and have a chat with me. ! ! Yours in Scouting ! Karen Yelland! Beaver and Scout Leader! 01297 442072 mob 07588389389! email: [email protected] 20 VILLAGE HALL BOOKING DATES FOR APRIL ! ! REGULAR HIRERS April 2015! OTHER BOOKINGS for April 2015! Uplyme Pre School ! ! Term time only! Saturday 10th - Rear Car Park for walkers! Mondays/Wednesdays 9am-12.15pm! 9.30am – 1pm! Tuesdays/Fridays 9am- lunch club 1.15pm! ! ! Saturday 11th - Mainly Ballroom 8pm – 10.30pm! Toddlers! ! Term time only! Thursdays - starting 5th March! Tuesdays 1.45pm-3.45pm! Folk/Barn dancing from 7pm -9pm (check for dates)! School! ! Term time only! Monday 13th – KGV meeting 7.30pm – 8.30pm! Mondays 1pm-5pm! Thursdays 9am 4.45pm! ! Saturday 18th – Table top sale 10am - midday ! Brownies! ! ! th Term times only! Saturday 18 – Bethany Chapel 1pm – 9pm! th Mondays 5.30pm-7.00pm! Sunday 26 - Bethany Chapel – 2.30pm-6.30pm!

Gym! Club! Friday 24th - PTFA BINGO 4pm – 6pm! Tuesdays 4pm-6.30pm (check holidays)! ! ! Saturday 25th – Private hire 9am-5.30pm! Short Mat Bowls! – private hire 6pm- midnight ! Mondays 7.30pm-10.00pm! ! ! Sunday 26th - Lyme Regis Operatic Soc Gig club training! 6.30pm-9pm! Oct – April ! ! Tuesdays 6.30pm-8.30pm! To book the Village Hall! ! Phone, Claire McCarthy! Royal British Legion! 1st Monday of every month 2pm-4.30pm! 01297 444303! Please check dates, no meetings in June/August! ! ! Email: [email protected]! Patchwork ladies! 1st Wednesday of every month 1.30pm-4.30pm! ! ! Visit our new website ! Parish Council! 2nd Wednesday of each month 6.45pm-9.45pm! www.uplymevillage.com! ! ! Horticultural Society! Booking times are not necessarily start 4th Wednesday of each month 7pm-9pm TALK! times of events - check with the individual 1st Monday of each month 7.30pm meeting room! ! organisations for event times.! Mainly Ballroom! ! Saturdays 8pm-10.30pm (check dates)! ! Why not join the village hall Quakers! Sundays 9.30am – midday! committee?! ! Village hall committee! HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE! 1st Tuesday of each month 7pm meeting room! ! Coming up in May we have POLLING day on ! ! Thursday 7th ! Coming up in JUNE - NCT sale on Saturday 6th, The Horticultural Society plant sale on Saturday the VILLAGE FETE on Saturday 13th and more 9th Mainly Ballroom on Saturday 16th/30th MAINLY BALLROOM on the 20th.! 21 THREE RULES OK by The Full Poodle Complex – there's no escaping it. Not the paranoia of the Poodle's persecution complex, but the computer, and how to keep it running well without leaving the door open for the Internet's bad stuff. In the eternal pursuit of simplicity let's look at three basic rules: 1/ Back it up. We preach this constantly, and with good reason having seen customers in tears more than once when they discover that all those precious family photos are irretrievably lost. The most basic & probably most reliable method is to copy the good stuff to an external hard drive. Consider using a backup program. Cloud backups are great, but use them as a backup to your backup. Be wary of Windows' inbuilt backups, they are archived and you're never 100% sure of what is in the archive. Don't trust CDs. They fail more often than you'd think. 2/ Never follow a link from an email without thinking long and hard. If it's from someone you trust, email them with a fresh email not a 'Reply to' and make sure they sent the link, even if you were expecting a subject line like 'Here are those photos of the kids'. It is childishly simple to fake the sender's email address without hijacking the account. While we're on the subject set up secondary authentication with your email provider to prevent your own account being hacked. That means you will be able to prevent unauthorised access even if your password has been filched. 3/ Slow down and think about what the nice computer is telling you. This last rule sounds quite basic but it covers a multitude of sins: Windows Updates. Aaaarrrgggghhhh! In many ways the bane of the Poodle's life but necessary as almost all are plugging security holes. Don't keep ignoring them if they're not set to automatic (Control Panel – Windows Updates). Java needs updating. Uninstall it as if it's out of date it's a major security problem. Anything which needs it will invite you to download a sparkly fresh secure copy. Adobe Reader. We used to recommend replacing it as it can also be a security problem, but HMG among others have taken to using some of its features so you may need it, but keep it updated. Flash Player. Be very careful of this one. Fake Flash Player updates are a nasty source of computer infections. If a site you need asks you to update Flash Player ignore the link and go directly to Adobe's site to download 'https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/'. This will ensure that you get to the genuine site. Your security program needs to scan or update. Make sure it is your security system. Open the program and then do it. They're the normal ones. If any other strange messages crop up be careful & avoid immediately clicking on them even to close the window. If you're suspicious, particularly of anything offering to fix computer problems or remove threats, play safe. Disconnect the computer physically from the internet then restart it before reconnecting. Now who's paranoid? Oh that's right it's the Poodle, but oh the things he's seen in the dark places he's been...... Rob Wiscombe, The Full Poodle, Computer Repair & Training www.thefullpoodle.com 01297 443819 [email protected] 22 In the Garden with Nigel Ball! ! As I am writing the gardening notes, my Schedule has just been handed to me for this years summer show.There are new classes for you budding gardeners, with classes to suit all tastes and ages. Please have a go at entering, as this creates much talk for the public, also visitors to our Village can !see what really can be achieved in a small and vibrant community.! Planting time is now here and we are off the starting block, already the greenhouses are bursting with seedlings ready to be pricked out, onion and shallots ready to be put in. Potatoes can be planted this month, remember to plant only good and healthy tubers. There is still time to plant shrubs for effect in your garden, just make sure you water these in dry spells as we could get a dry spring. The composts that these plants are grown in dries out vey quickly. It is a good idea to add some organic content to !your soil this will enable the plants to get a good start in life.! You may get a small idea of what plants to plant for effect from a small planting scheme I have done at the Flower Patch in Uplyme. This is only a small scheme but being on the main road I have gone for plants that have colour in the leaves and different textures. Some of these plants are small and slow growing, in my opinion it pays to plant smaller plants so you can watch them ﬁll the space !provided. These can then be pruned when they reach their required size.! It is important to plant for all round interest as this helps people in the darker months of the year. To look out of a window or along a road side to see bright colours can really give you a lift. I have put together a poem which brings Horticulture and buildings together. From the inside of property and gardens to the outside.! ! In! the village of Uplyme stands the Flower Patch! A delightful little cottage with everything to match! Retaining all its character with beams and bricks and stone! Sit back ,relax, with cup of tea in hand, it feels just like home.! ! Village life spreads far and wide, we look all around! open our eyes much to see with sight and many sounds! The Talbot arms across the road for many to frequent! or take a visit to the church in the time of lent.! ! The walks along the river, strolling into Lyme! To talk to people passing if you have the time.! Holidays are a upon us it never to late to take a look! So property around the village are always there to book.! ! We are all so very lucky where Lyme and Uplyme we call home! To walk out of your front door off to work or pleasure we do roam! A lot of people have inner city or some just have a ﬂat! but we have countryside and fresh air what do we think of that.! ! The comments that people make about this place we live! Lift your spirits greatly as we receive and give! So let us look forward to a summer for everyone to take part! we are all in this together and have Uplyme at our Heart.! ! God Bless ! ! Happy Holidays and Gardening!! ! Nigel! ! Ps If you have any Friends or Family you cannot accommodate during the coming months you can always contact us on 01297444750 and we will see if we can help. 23 April 2015 By the end of this month the 2015 season will be underway. Our Under 11’s start against Portland on 20th April, U15’s against Beaminster on the 21st, and U13’s on the 23rd against MarCnstown Marvels.

The first senior fixture is a home friendly, against Crewkerne on Saturday 25th April. Saturday League fixtures for 1st and 2nd teams start onnd 2 May, and run through the summer unCl the end of August. A local derby to start the Cup CompeCCon…

Fresh from our success in last year’s Corinthian Cup knock-‐out tournament where we were narrowly (ish..) defeated in the final by a strong Ipplepen side, we have a tesCng draw in the first round of the 2015 tournament.... Uplyme and Lyme Regis Cricket Club has been drawn against our local rivals Axminster. Our ‘big brothers’ can be assured of a warm welcome, and hopefully a good ‘thrashing’ in the fixture to be played on the KG5 field by 1st June….

100 Club now available for 2015…

Our 100 Club is now open to select numbers. Each number costs just £10, with a total of 21 prizes during the season culminaCng in a ﬁnal draw with a Jackpot prize of £100. This is a great opportunity to support the club and perhaps win one of the prizes yourself?

Contact our treasure, Neil Price at [email protected] to secure your choice of number…

Ever thought of being a Cricket Scorer?…

Scorers are at the core of our senior and junior sides. If you are not perhaps playing at present, but want to get involved -‐ why not get in touch?

If you love the game of cricket and want the chance to play an acCve part in the game, but perhaps not as a player at present, then a scorer's role could be perfect for you? Male or female, young or old, if you want to join the teams as we look to move from tradiConal score-‐book to laptop or tablet.

For more informaCon contact our Fixture co-‐ordinator, Eddie Clarke at [email protected]

Join us… Whether you are a keen young, ‘experienced’, regular, ‘occasional’ (or even lapsed!) cricketer or cricket supporter, get in touch and enjoy your cricket with Uplyme and Lyme Regis’. All Uplyme cricket lovers are invited to register as a ‘Supporter’ on the Club Website. You will receive free weekly updates of news, results and upcoming events direct to your ‘in box’. Contact…

David Jones Secretary [email protected] 01297 444729 or myself,

Ian Thomas Chairman [email protected] 07884 494474

We look forward to meeCng you… 24 ! Lyme Bay Chorale’s Spring Concert! ! ! ! ‘Rejoice in the Lamb’! Britten! with soloists! ! Chloe Stratta-Soprano, Leslie Baker-Tenor, ! David Fouracre-Baritone, Andrew Humphries-Horn! AXMINSTER COUNTRY MARKET! ! ALL LOCAL HOME PRODUCERS! Ravel, Arvo Part and Faure! Masonic Hall South Street Axminster ! Every Thursday 8.30am – 12 noon! Messe ‘CumJubilo’! Durufle! Musical Director Alex Davies! WANTED! Guest conductor Judy Martin! Axminster Country Market has been trading in the ! Masonic Hall in South Street for nearly forty years 6pm Sunday 26th April! (previously as W.I. Markets) ! St Michael’s Church, Church St, Lyme Regis ! If you can cook well, and like the idea of making this a Tickets £12 in advance, £14 on door, ! profitable exercise, contact us without delay. We are to include a post-concert buffet.! ideally looking for three new producers to join the co- Tickets: Penny Black Cafe 37 Broad St, Lyme Regis ! operative - we were all complete novices when we joined but soon learned the ropes, guided by more experienced or Lyme Regis TIC! ! members.! This concert supports LBC's Young Singers Bursary Scheme! Call Jenny 01297 444034 or ! www.lymebaychorale.co.uk! ! Patricia Bruzon 01404 881725 to find out more UK public votes the Real Easter Egg into the top three Fairtrade products The Real Easter Egg has come third in a national poll to find the UK's favourite Fairtrade product. Launched in 2010 with the support of hundreds of churches and schools, it beat leading brands such as Maltesers, Cadbury Dairy Milk and Nestle Kit Kat to win the coveted title of third most popular UK Fairtrade product. The Real Easter Egg shared the podium with Divine Sea Salt and Caramel Chocolate bar (1st place) and Zatoun Olive Oil (2nd place). The Meaningful Chocolate Company (MCC) was launched in 2010 and produced the first Real Easter Egg that year. Out of the 80 million Easter eggs sold in this part of the world, it is the only Fairtrade charity egg ex- plaining the story of Easter. MCC will sell their millionth egg in 2015. By the end of the year the company expects to have given away more than £160,000 to charitable causes. Dr John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, said: 'I am delighted that the significance of The Real Easter Egg has been recognised in this way. Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and the good news of forgiveness and new life in Him. The Real Easter Egg tells this story.” www.parishpump.co.uk 25 Si-the-Fish. Spring at last but what a mighty fine winter it’s been for fish avail- ability and customers visiting Lyme. They’re calling it the Broad- church Effect, I’m calling it Sunshine. We haven’t watched the series due to the plethora of new movies available on certain websites now freely available. Anyway, compared to last years storms it’s been a real boost to see so many people in town out of season.

Cuttlefish has been our favourite lately and it’s in good supply through Spring from dayboats at Brixham. We clean it straight away and can chop it up for you too, ready to fry or bake. You can fry it for a minute as it’s a little thicker than squid (where squid rings would take 30 seconds) or stuff it whole with Feta and Tomato and bake for an optimum 30 minutes, to tenderise it. Most people can’t tell the difference in taste between Cuttle and Squid and it certainly works out cheaper.

It’s been a pleasure to serve Lyme Regis prawns lately too. Lewis Hodder on Antelma has been dropping in these local beauties recently. The London chefs we serve certainly enjoy having English Prawns on the menu. They’re not always available as they only come out to play when the water is muddy after a storm.

On the events front, Geoff Baker has asked if I can help him a bit with this years Guitars On The Beach and we’ve just had our first meeting. There are lots of little upgrades going on and if we can get who we’re planning to headline, it will be a show stopper. Running alongside Mark Hix’s Food Rocks Food event, which will have even more on offer, this year’s event will run over two days and will have even more diverse acts than last years and will be covered by more media out- lets.

So let your relatives and friends know that the last weekend of the school holidays will be a great time to visit Lyme. They can drive straight past West Bay and enjoy our local scenery, without having to sit through any adverts.

Si-the-Fish

26 LYME BAY MEDICAL & DENTAL PRACTICES

Integrated Medical and Dental Care for all ages

Kent House Health Centre Silver Street Lyme Regis Dorset DT7 3HT

Telephone: 01297 443399

www.kenthousehealthcentre.org.uk 27 All About Upholstery

All aspects of upholstery modern, traditional, bespoke canework soft furnishing: loose-covers, window seating, box and scatter cushions.

Anna Doxey Member of the Guild of Traditional Upholsterers

based in Axminster 07540 342058 [email protected]

28 Uplyme Together! ! ! !

Call for Housing Sites!

The Uplyme Neighbourhood Plan is well underway. A series of consultation events have been held, most recently on 31st January 2015 in the Village Hall. At the exhibition, people were invited to mark a map with locations which they thought would be suitable for small scale housing development; notably affordable housing for local people. A number of sites were identiﬁed on the day.!

In order to ensure that all landowners have the opportunity to put forward their land/sites for consideration, the next stage is this ‘Call for Sites’. All sites proposed will be evaluated against a number of planning criteria, and there will be further community consultation and also engagement with East Devon District Council planners, before any are included in the Neighbourhood Plan.!

Anyone who is interested in their land being considered is invited to email details, including a site description, location plan and photographs to the Clerk by Friday 10th April 2015.!

Do you work from home?!

As part of the work linked to the preparation of the Neighbourhood Plan, a survey of local businesses was undertaken. One of the issues being addressed is broadband and mobile phone connectivity. The Group is aware that some people in the Parish work from home and connectivity can be important to business. We would therefore be grateful if home workers could notify us by email of the following details: ! • Name ! • name of business! • nature of business! • your views on connectivity to your property.! Please email the Clerk who will pass on your information. [email protected]!

It’s your parish – and your future!!

- The Uplyme Neighbourhood Plan Working Group!

http://uplymeparishcouncil.org/neighbourhood-plan/

29 Notes from the Council Meeting, 11th March 2015! Applications considered by the Planning Committee: (see web site for full details):! • Larks Hey Woodhouse Hill. Construction of replacement dwelling. No objection.! • Wellhayes Harcombe. Conversion of outbuildings to holiday unit. No objection subject to conditions.! • Uplyme House (South Of) Woodhouse Fields. T1 - T6: Oak - 20% Crown reduction. T7 - T9: Larch - Reduce to 10m high standing trunks. No objection.! Applications granted by EDDC:! • Hamacre Lyme Road. Replacement dwelling and garage. Approved with conditions re neighbour privacy, datum, and materials.! • Ravenhill Woodhouse Fields. Removal of existing first floor extension and construction of two storey extension including engineering and retaining works. Approved with conditions re biodiversity report.! • Larks Hey Woodhouse Hill. Construction of replacement dwelling. Approved with conditions re bats, tree protection, materials, and site management.! Police report: Two common assaults were reported, involving the same family. The new Police Station in Axminster should be up and running in April/May 2015, and is just waiting for equipment to be transferred. ! PC4891 Simon Aldred has taken up his new post as Axminster’s Neighbourhood Beat Manager. He can be contacted either by telephoning 101 or by emailing [email protected].! Flood meeting: The Council met with the MP, representatives from Devon CC Flood Risk Management, Highways, and the Environment Agency, and heard about the measures that may be possible if funding is forthcoming, as well as definite plans for next financial year. A full report is available from the Clerk or you can download it from the web site: see the Flooding link at the right side.! Oak tree on the grass triangle by the church. Councillors very reluctantly agreed that a memorial tree would never be viable on the site, given the repeated attempts to destroy everything that had been planted there, which spoke of determined opposition by someone living nearby, rather than random vandalism by disaffected or tipsy passers-by. 30 Instead, a stone memorial is being investigated, and the donor of the tree and guard will remove them for use elsewhere.! Outdoor space: the Council was asked by EDDC for ideas on improvements to spaces in the parish, should any funding become available. The idea of an outdoor gym was suggested, so that older children and adults would be able to enjoy some exercise locally.! Closure of churchyard. You may remember that last May, the Parochial Church Council notified its intent to close the churchyard to new burials and hand over maintenance responsibility to the Council. It seems that the necessary paperwork was lost, so the process will be starting again. In the mean time, repairs to some of the crumbling walls will be undertaken, so the Council will not have to budget for so much future work.! Footpaths: the diversion order of FP 12 through Barnes Meadow is almost complete, after which the Council may be able to take ownership of the Millennium Copse after 15 years. No-one is holding their breath though! ! FP 61 behind Cooks Mead is being looked at to see if the slope to Lime Kiln Lane can be made safer. Oak fingerposts for the East Devon Way have been ordered, and will be installed later in the spring. This path to Lyme Regis is well-used but visitors don’t always know about it, so the aim is to make it easier to find for tourists and locals alike.! Housing needs survey: this was commissioned by the Neighbourhood Plan Group to see what requirement for affordable housing existed. Janice Alexander from the Community Council of Devon presented the report to the Council, and was closely questioned on local needs. The report was adopted by the Council, and can be found on the web site in the Neighbourhood Plan section.! Clerk’s working days: the Clerk will not be working on Council business on Fridays in future, so please wait until Monday to call, or ring a Councillor if something is urgent. (List of numbers on the Village Hall Noticeboard, and on the web site.)! Lois Wakeman, Parish Clerk 01297 444707; [email protected] Horseman’s Hill Barn, Gore Lane, Uplyme, DT7 3RJ

www.uplymeparishcouncil.org - for the latest Council news, useful links, phone numbers to report problems, current weather and ﬂood alerts and lots more.! Or ﬁnd up-to-date info on the “Uplyme Village Noticeboard” on Facebook 31 April 2015! ! ! A new future for The Knowle? EDDC Cabinet resolves to leave Sidmouth…!

EDDC Cabinet has resolved that the Council should leave aging premises at The Knowle in Sidmouth, for new much smaller ofﬁces in Honiton and refurbished Exmouth Town Hall.!

A move, I understand originally mooted in 2008 and more actively pursued since 2011, took a large step forward. A joint meeting of the Overview & Scrutiny and Audit & Governance Committees added overwhelming support. Full Council will make a ﬁnal decision on 25th March.!

Knowle Update!

Pegasus Life appointed as preferred developer for The Knowle at an offer price between £7M and £8M, looking to providing a residential development of retirement and extra care facilities.!

Not all of the Knowle site is to be sold, only the existing built area of 1.1ha and a further 0.8ha around the current buildings. This will leave the remaining area of over 3.5ha available for transfer to Sidmouth Town Council, to be managed as parkland.!

Finances!

A detailed analysis, professionally audited and assessed, concluded that all options to leave The Knowle are better than staying. The most cost effective, twin Honiton and Exmouth sites.!

A budget of £2.2M representing the capital costs, less the capital receipts, was agreed to build the new accommodation and refurbish the existing Town Hall in Exmouth.!

Moving from The Knowle is expected to save the council £6M over 20 years. It will also move council jobs from Sidmouth to Honiton and Exmouth, with the economic effect of the council’s activities retained within East Devon.!

Sidmouth will share in the economic beneﬁt of the project, through the Pegasus development and its subsequent residents, Honiton and Exmouth from new ofﬁces and refurbishment.!

Risk!

Short term borrowing will be required prior to receipt of proceeds from sale of the Knowle site.!

Initially £9.2M, with an additional estimated interest of £0.3m. This represents a potential risk, in that if the council borrows this sum, but planning permission is not secured by Pegasus Life, then the sale of The Knowle would not progress or the Council potentially be left with large borrowing and a redundant Knowle site. ! 32 I was assured this risk would be minimised, in that no such short term borrowing would be entered into before a full, unconditional, contract between EDDC and Pegasus Life.!

Once repayment of the short term loan has been completed, the Council will be left with a ﬁxed interest loan of £2.1M over 20 years, which would attract interest of £0.6M.!

Residual values! In the debate, I questioned how ‘residual values’ have been considered.!

Using the construction estimate of £2,439/m2, and a building size of 2,776m2, overall construction costs at Honiton are expected to be £6.77M. However, the market value of the resulting premises is estimated to be only £3.25M. From an investment point of view, this indicates that there is an immediate deﬁcit on the project, of £3.52M.!

The senior ﬁnancial ofﬁcer explained ‘residual value’ had not been considered as part of the evaluation, as the project seeks to provide accommodation for the council to complete its own business, rather than as an investment.!

A personal conclusion…!

There is no doubt in my mind that the aging converted hotel ofﬁces at The Knowle are unsuitable accommodation for the authority over the next 20 years.!

Considering the District with a fresh eyes, there is clear logic in locating main facilities in Honiton (geographic centre of the area) and Exmouth, as the main population centre.!

Whilst the ﬁnancial case in investment terms is not overly compelling, as a means of providing the appropriate accommodation in the right locations at a sensible cost, the proposed solution is attractive when compared to staying at The Knowle.!

Papers presented to Cabinet and other Members recently are complex and extensive. Recognising that the relocation project has been in the stewardship of the Executive Group of just four senior Members since 2013, I proposed to Cabinet remaining Members should be invited to inspect the underlying model, ﬁgures and assumptions, in an informal session in advance of a ﬁnal decision to be made by Full Council on the 25th March, to ensure that the best possible decision is reached. I do hope that this invitation is taken up.!

Full details on all stories and the latest news on my website www.trinitymatters.co.uk

Cllr Ian Thomas – Trinity Ward, East Devon District Council!

Inform - Consult – Participate Mobile: 07884 494474 email [email protected] Facebook : www.facebook.com/CouncillorIanThomas! Twitter : @CllrIanThomas 33 LOCAL IRONING SERVICE

Shirts & other items ironed to a high standard. References available. Telephone Sarah Home: 01297 446092 Mobile: 07858 21 66 98. 34 FESTIVAL CHOIR All singers are invited to join the Festival Choir to participate in the Easter Day Evensong service on 5th April at 6pm. We sing in 4 parts but you are given lots of help to learn your part! You don't have to be a sight reader! Please ring Adrian on 442902 if you'd like to learn more about getting involved this time or in the future.

Bethany Chapel Bethany Chapel's monthly "tea meeting" at 4pm on Sunday 26/4/15 will be a programme by Exeter Male Voice Praise in Uplyme Village Hall, followed by a traditional Bethany tea. There will be no admission charge or collection. There will be a coffee morning at Bethany from 10.30 till 12.30 in aid of the life- boats and air ambulance on the day before, Sat 25th. On Weds 22nd, we have arranged a free hands on Arts and Crafts afternoon at Bethany, with refreshments. The exact details will be fixed nearer the date and displayed on posters at Bethany and around Lyme and Uplyme. Uplyme Village Hall on Sat 18th, Bethany has meetings at 3.30 and 6pm for Christian fellowship and Bible teaching, with a full blown free tea in the interval. As with everything, no charges and no collection.

Uplyme Village Hall Dances for 2014

Entry £4.50 per person in aid of Hall funds

Saturdays 8.00pm -10.30pm April 11th May 16th & 30th Ballroom, Latin & some Sequence For further information please telephone: 01297 442439

35 Uplyme Church, Pound Lane, Uplyme, DT7 3TT Priest in Charge of Uplyme & Axmouth

Vicar Rev’d. Kate Woolven 444499 email [email protected]

Reader Roger Grose 22107

Church Administrator Frances Apolon 444499 (Church Office) Churchwardens Russell Kingsbury 443947 Marilyn Kent 07885859946

Hon Treasurer Neil Pullinger 443973 Adult Safeguarding Advisor Morag Kingsbury 443947 Child Safeguarding Advisor Brenda Soldan 553269 Health & Safety Annie Thurgood 24318 Church Membership Mike Maccoy 442321 Pastoral Co-Ordinator Roger Grose 22107 Junior Church Margaret Trafford 443252 Under 5’s Esther Stansfield 07803253355 Connected Church Russell Kingsbury 443947 (Zambia Water Project) Festival Choir Adrian Pearson 442902 Bell Ringers: Tower Capt. James Booth 443687 Flower rota Felicity Langford 440996 Saturday Football Robin Hodges 445180 Mrs Ethelston’s School Head Michaela Kite 442210 Church News Update Carol Linsley 444499

Parish News Editor Robin Hodges 445180 Redlands, Lime Kiln Lane, Uplyme, Lyme Regis, Dorset, DT7 3XG

Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Uplyme Church Registered Charity Number 1131962

All telephone numbers are STD code 01297 unless otherwise stated.