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We offer you a warm welcome! Age Concern is in the centre of South Molton in the Square between the George and Spar.

Do come and browse through our large stock of carefully selected and well dis- played stock in the Shop. Goods kindly donated include a bit of everything - clothes, linen, china, glass, and books are sold to raise funds for our work for the welfare of the elderly of South Molton and the surrounding district. Behind the Shop is the newly redecorated Pop-In, where the kettle is always on. You are very welcome to pause here for a while. Information, advice and practical help are all available for the elderly and infirm and wheelchairs and other aids are available for hire. There is a regular nail-cutting service and help with fire safety in the home and other topical issues. The Shop is open from 9.30am-4.30pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fri- days and from 9.30am-12.30pm on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The Pop-in is open from 9.30am-12.30pm Monday to Saturday.

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Snowdrop Valley, Wheddon Cross Open from Saturday 31st January to Sunday 1st March inclusive The Badgworthy Land Company kindly allows access to the valley while Cutcombe Parish Council, in conjunction with Exmoor National Park Authority, runs a Park and Ride Service and staffs the Information Point in the Car Park. Visi- Car Boot Sales in South Molton tors can also walk down into the valley. The PTA Events Committee of South Molton Buses with disabled access will be running Community Infants School, had a total of 46 sell- from Saturday 7th to Sunday 22nd February. ers turn up at our car boot sale on Sunday 23rd Parking for all vehicles is at Exmoor Farmers November. This was the first car boot that we Market, which is also the start of the walks into had organised and raised in excess of £200. We the Valley. It is clearly signposted from the vil- are planning on holding a further four this year, lage. Walking route maps are available online. on the first Sunday in every month on 1st Febru- Winter clothing and sturdy footwear are essential. ary, 1st March, 5th April and 3rd May. A full brochure is available at The first is on Sunday 1st February in the Pan- www.wheddoncross.org.uk/snowdropvalley.htm nier Market from 9am-12noon. £6 per pitch. Sell- ers can arrive from 8am and strictly no buyers Blackerton Ecocentre until 9am! Refreshments available. For informa- We’re Victoria and Jake Ward, parents to four tion please contact Debbie Quick 01769 573103. home-educated children. Jake is a Bushcraft In- structor and passionate about getting people out- Dignity doors and learning traditional skills. Victoria, a We are having a Dignity action day at Eastleigh yoga teacher, runs the School of Babywearing, Care Home in Raleigh Mead, South Molton. which provides training for people supporting par- Please join us for a truly memorable day for ents using slings and baby carriers. She is train- those we care for. Come and enjoy a cup of tea ing as a Forest School Leader and has a passion and cake on 1st February from 2pm until 4pm. for environmental arts and crafts, storytelling and For further detail please contact us on 01769 drama. 572510, all welcome. If you’d like to join us for the day, we have regu- lar Volunteer Days; come along, meet us and other people with an interest in low-impact living Advance notice! THE EASTER CONCERT with and help out with a range of tasks, depending on Brenda Stewart & Steve Bingham Violins, both the weather. Call 01398 341963. st acoustic & electric, will be on Wednesday 1 April www.blackerton-ecocentre.com at 7pm at St John the Baptist Parish Church, Witheridge “Turning a pretty penny” in support of Friends of Witheridge Surgery. Tickets are £15 South Molton Rascal reserved, £12 unreserved from grallum@net Pannier Market worksong.com or telephone 01884 860132 Records Happy U.S Social Group Buys Get out and meet new friends. We meet every new year Monday @ the Panniers, Barnstaple at 8pm. to all our your LP Call Lesley 07880734780 or Louis 01271 374048 Customers Records

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DISCOVER EXMOOR Devon Communities with our NEW Visit-Exmoor website The Community Council of Devon is Exmoor Tourism is proud to announce the launch changing its name. of its exciting new website, it works on all devices An independent charity, founded in 1961, CCD from a desktop to a smartphone. You do not has accumulated a wealth of experience in help- need to know your way around Exmoor, because ing communities resolve and progress matters the site uses zoomable maps with a wide choice important to the people of Devon. of clickable icons to help you find what you are However, in recent years there has been a call looking for. The new website has information on to change their name as the charity is often mis- Exmoor National Park and the Quantock Hills in- taken for Devon County Council. The feeling was cluding 60 Top Experiences as well as 30 Great that the name no longer represented who they Escapes with GreenTraveller, a wide choice of are or what they do. The charity, whose vision is friendly places to stay, lots of Attractions and of “dynamic communities shaping their own fu- Events. a mass of Activities and places to eat or tures” is now known as Devon Communities To- go to the theatre and a Social Media Hub. gether, the trading name for the Community www.visit-exmoor.co.uk Council of Devon. It’s business as usual as the organisation devel- Help for the homeless this winter ops growth in the charitable and commercial sec- Emergency accommodation is again being of- tors and continues to build their strong relation- fered to rough sleepers this winter during severe ship with partners and communities including cold weather. North Devon Council and Torridge Devon County Council, Devon and Cornwall District Council help to provide the service at the Housing Group, the Heart of the SW business Freedom Centre in Barnstaple, which offers shel- support programme, Devon Oil Collective, the ter to individuals if the temperature drops below University of Exeter and the Devon Association of zero for three consecutive nights. A warm break- Local Councils. These partnerships are key to fast is also offered, as well as information about our work in affordable rural housing, neighbour- where they can turn to for further help. When the hood planning, village halls, sports facilities, com- service is running, posters will be on display at munity services and social enterprise. Civic Centre, Freedom Centre and Police Station, For more details telephone 01392 248919, email Barnstaple and the Amory Centre, South Molton. [email protected] or visit Rough sleepers can then access the Freedom www.devoncommunities.org.uk . Centre on Eastern Avenue between 8-10pm. Af- ter 10pm, entry is by a referral from First Jumble Sale of the Year the police, hospital or the council's Witheridge Parish Hall - Cakes, Books, Toys, Bric out of hours team. a brac, Raffle and Teas. Saturday 7th February For homelessness and housing advice call 01271 from 2-4pm. In aid of East Worlington PTFA. 388870, email customerservices@northdevon. Charity No. 1093250. (Donations of Jumble etc gov.uk or go to www.northdevon.gov.uk/housing. from 12 o'clock on day)

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12noon & every Thursday IT drop-in, S Molton Library, 10am-12 and every Thursday Old Tyme and Sequence Dance Club, Parish Church Hall, S Molton, 7.30-9.30pm and every Thursday 01769 579249 Endellion String Quartet, Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple, 7.30pm 01271 324242 6 Rural Gateway advice service, Community Hospital, S Molton, FEBRUARY 10am -1pm appointments 07817 991631 1-28 Exmoor Food Festival www.exmoorfoodfest.com S Molton Foodbank, 10.30am-1.30pm 07542 184276/07874 1-1 March Snowdrop Valley, Wheddon Cross, buses run 5-22 Feb 206438 and every Friday 1 Dignity Day, Eastleigh Care Home, Raleigh Mead, S Molton, 2- Stitching Group, S Molton Library, 4-5.30 & every Friday 4pm 01769572510 Pudding and a Play, Almost Heaven, Multistory Theatre, Jubilee Car Boot Sale, S Molton Infants PTA, Pannier Market, sellers, Hall, Swimbridge, 7.30 for 8pm tickets 01217 830311 8am,buyers 9am-12noon, 01760 573103 Mitch Benn comedy, Plough, Torrington, 8.15pm 01805 624624 Quiz night for Air Ambulance, Grove, Kings Nympton, 8pm 7 Pannier Market S Molton 8am-1.30pm and every Saturday 2 S Molton Striders walk, from S Molton Sq, 10.30-11.30am and Sat Storytime, S Molton Library 10.30am 01769 572128 and every every Monday Saturday Short Mat Bowls, Parish Hall, Bishops Nympton, 2.30pm and Meet Max the Library Dog on National Libraries Day, in the every Monday Library and around town between 10.30am and noon. Amnesty International meeting, George, S Molton, 7.30pm Scion Day, Orchards Live, Eggesford Garden Centre, 11am- 3 Rural Gateway advice service, Amory Centre, S Molton, 10am- 1pm 01769 580159 1pm appointments 07817 991631 and every Tuesday Coffee morning, Methodist Chapel, Chittlehampton, 10.30am Yoga, Parish Hall, Bishops Nympton, 10.15-11.45am 01884 Jumble Sale for East Worlington PTFA, Parish Hall, Witheridge, 253229 and every Tuesday 2-4pm Donations of jumble etc from 12 noon Bounce & Rhyme, S Molton Library, 10.30am and every Tue S Molton RFC 2 at home v Barnstaple 3, 2.30pm Hearing Loss Support Group, See Hear Centre, Age Concern Quiz & Chips Swimbridge Jubilee Hall, in aid of Swimbridge Pop-In South Molton, 2-4pm 01271 373236 Pre-school. Info and tickets 07879 466888 Meditation, Simon Millward, Rose and Crown, S Molton, First Saturday Acoustic, George, S Molton, 8pm 01769 572514 6.30pm 01769 579829 and every Tuesday N Devon Sinfonia, Queen’s Th, Barnstaple, 8pm 01271 324242 Bishops Nympton Dance Club, Parish Hall, Beginners, 6.30pm, 8 Coffee morning, RNIB, Town Hall, Chulmleigh, 9-11am 01769 Club,7.30pm 01769 550555 and every Tuesday 580241 S Molton Songbirds practice, Parish Church Hall, S Molton, Youth Service, Methodist Church,, S Molton, 5pm 7.30pm and every Tuesday Once upon a time vintage, Pannier Market, S Molton 4 Coffee & Chat, Methodist School Hall, Kingsnympton, 10am-12 9 S Molton WI, Methodist Church Hall, 2pm Rural Gateway advice service, Primary School, N Molton, Chulmleigh and District Gardening Soc, Inter Club Quiz, 10am-12noon appointments 07817 991631 Pavilion, 7pm 01769 580719 Coffee morning, Methodist Schoolroom, Brayford, 10.30am S Molton Town Council meetings, Town Hall, 6.30pm S Molton Volunteer Bureau, Amory Centre, S Molton 2-4pm Prospective Councillor’s evening, N Devon Council, Civic 01769 573167 Centre, Barnstaple, 6.30pm Short Mat Bowls, Parish Hall, Bishops Nympton, 7.30pm 11 Rural Gateway advice service, Youth Centre, Chulmleigh, 07772 757124 and every Wednesday 10am-1pm appointments 07817 991631 Devon Ghosts and Characters, S Ellis, Plough, Torrington, Chess Club, George, S Molton, 7pm 8.15pm 01805 624624 Love Labours Lost, live satellite, RSC, Plough, Torrington, 7pm 5-7 Here we come gathering, comedy, Bishops Nympton Players, 01805 624624 Parish Hall, 7.30pm tickets 01769 550435 Circus of Horrors, variety, Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple, 7.45pm 5 Country Market, Pannier Market, S Molton 7.30-12 & every 01271 324242 Thursday 12 Memory Café, Amory Centre, S Molton 10.30am-12.30pm N Devon Voluntary Services, Amory Centre, S Molton 10-1pm [email protected] 01271 866300 and every Thurs Twinning Meeting George Hotel 7.30pm Rural Gateway advice service, Amory Centre, S Molton, 10am- United we Stand, Townsend Theatre, Plough, Torrington, 8pm 3pm appointments 07817 991631 and every Thursday 01805 624624 Citizens Advice Bureau, Amory Centre, S Molton appointments 13 - 20 ‘Hunt around the library’, halfterm activity for children 03444 111444 and every Thursday 13 Boyhood, Rural Cinema, Pavilion, Chulmleigh, 7.30pm 01769 Plough & Share Credit Union, Amory Centre, S Molton, 10- 580005 The Cheese Larder Purveyors of Fine West Country Cheese Come and see our extensive range of cheeses together with chutneys, jams, pickles, crackers, biscuits, charcuterie, pies, olives, apple juices, wine & cider. 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SOUTH MOLTON TAXIS Day &Night Services 8-16,33 Seashore Explorations, R Durrant, DWT, Castle Centre, Seater Buses Barnstaple, 7 for 7.30pm 01271 378007 available Community Garden, Bishops Nympton Gardening Club, Methodist Chapel, 7.30pm Dominick’s Close, Parsonage Lane, South Molton St Valentine Music Quiz, Parish Hall, E Worlington, 7.30pm 14 Valentine’s Day 01769 573636 Sat S Molton Town, N Devon and Devon County Councillors’ surgery, Amory Centre, S Molton, 10-11am Castle Hill Corker for N Devon Hospice, cross country run, S Grafting Day, K Croucher, Orchards Live, Kentisbeare, Molton Strugglers, 11am start 6 miles 10.30am--3.30pm booking 01884 861181 Community Lunch Kings Nympton Parish Hall 12.30 for 1pm Volunteer Day, Blackerton Ecocentre, E Anstey 01598 341963 Tickets email: [email protected] or t01769580456 Farmers Market, Village Hall, Brayford, 11am-1pm That will be the Day rock and roll, Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple, S Molton RFC 2 v Torrington 2, 2.30pm 7.45pm 01271 324242 15 Deadline for items for March’s Community News S Molton Town Council meetings, Town Hall, 6.30pm Antique Market, Pannier Market, S Molton, 10am-4pm 25 Volunteer Day, Blackerton Ecocentre, E Anstey 01598 341963 Wadjda (PG), S Molton Film Soc, George, 8pm 01769 572449 Chess Club, George, S Molton, 7pm 16-20 School Half Term Filleigh Local History Cl, Village Hall, 7.30pm 01598 760332 16 Information and advice surgery, Devon Communities Chulmleigh and District Society AGM 01769 581398 Together, Exeter 01392 248919 Quiz night George Nympton Village Hall 8pm for Chemo Sawmill Open Day, Simonsbath, 10am-4pm 01643 831202 therapy unit Barnstaple. Castle Drogo renovations, Chulmleigh Local History Soc, G10 26 Count Arthur Strong comedy, Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple, Chulmleigh Academy, 7.30pm 01769 520677 7.45pm 01271 324242 17 Shrove Tuesday - pancake day 27 S Molton Organ & Keyboard Club, Methodist Hall, S Molton, Pancakes and bring and buy stall for Chemo Unit, Methodist 7.30pm 01769 574677 David Sims Church, Brayford, 10.30am-12noon West Buckland School Chamber Orchestra, Parish Church, Craft session for children over 5, S M Library 2-4pm, (parents Chittlehampton, 7.30pm, tickets, 01669 540581 to stay) 28 Strictly Night for Cancer Research UK, S Molton Pancakes and Ponies, Exmoor Pony Centre Ashwick, 12-3pm Sat S Molton RFC 2 v Paignton 2, 2.30pm 01398 323039 Free day at the Plough, Torrington 01805 624624 Silent Auction, Bishops Nympton WI, Parish Hall, 2.30pm Free comedy night, Lewis Schaefer, Plough, Torrington, 8pm Pancake race, S Molton Friends of S Molton Church , from 01805 624624 6pm in Pannier Mkt. More info 01769 574763. Walking in the Himalayan Foothills, Tim and Liz Smith, Exmoor Characters, N Molton History Soc, Old School, 7.30 Oxham Hall, Mariansleigh, on B3137, 7.30pm 01769 550963 18-21 N Devon Gang Show, Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple, 7.15pm Faust, Swansea City Opera, Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple, 01271 324242 7.30pm 01271 324242

18 Ash Wednesday - beginning of Lent Rural Gateway advice service, Primary School, N Molton, March 10am-12noon appointments 07817 991631 1 Big Breakfast for N Devon Hospice, Filleigh Village Hall Treasure Island live satellite, National Th, Plough, Torrington, Mantrak for N Devon Hospice, Tarka Trial 01237 347224 2.30pm 01805 624624 East Worlington House, garden open, NGS, 1.30-5pm Outreach meeting, Methodist Church, Burrington on Mercy Balkan Village Dances, Balamouk, Plough, Torrington, 3- Ship in Liberia 5.30pm 01805 624624 Beaford Archive, Robin Ravilious, Community Centre, High Tea Dance, Bishops Nympton Dance Club, Parish Hall, 2-5pm Bickington, 7pm book 01769 572573 01769 550555/899 19 See Hear on Wheels, Southley Road, 2-4pm 01271 373236 2 Amnesty International meeting at the George 7.30pm. S Molton Deanery Synod 3 South Molton Hearing Loss Group, Age Concern 2-4pm 20 Rural Gateway advice service, Community Hospital, S Molton, 4 S Molton Volunteer Bureau, Amory Centre, S Molton 2-4pm 10am-1pm appointments 07817 991631 01769 573167 Library Reading Group 2.30—4pm Loves Labours Won, live satellite, RSC, Plough, Torrington, 21 S Molton RFC v OPMs, 2.30pm 7pm 01805 624624 Sat Moscow Drug Club, Plough, Torrington, 8pm 01805 624624 5 Simon and Garfunkel through the years, Bookends, Plough, 22 Car Boot Sale, S Molton Vintage Rally Club, Pannier Market Torrington, 8pm 01805 624624 11am. Info & booking 01271 378019 or 0797 4026060 6 An evening with Simon Hall, broadcaster/novelist Library. S Grow your own veg day, Eggesford Garden Centre, 11am-4pm Molton 6.30-7.30pm, Booking essential.

BISHOPS NYMPTON South Molton Volunteer Bureau PARISH HALL Volunteer drivers wanted to take patients to For your parties, dances, medical appointments. Mainly to hospitals in dinners, shows, weddings, N. Devon & Exeter. Expenses of .45p per mile meetings, courses, conferences, exhibitions, coffee mornings, whist drives, bingos...… can be claimed. This is a highly regarded & Parking for 100 cars Free WiFi rewarding voluntary service. For information and bookings please call For details phone 01769 573167 to leave a 01769 550313 or check out our website www.bishopsnymptonparishhall.org.uk message or 01769 572584

LET’S GO DANCING GET A TASTE OF BICTON COLLEGE Tuesday, February 17 between 10am and 3pm Professional tuition in The Bicton Taster Days are aimed at students in Ballroom, Latin and Sequence Dancing Years 9, 10 and 11, currently at school (or being Every TUESDAY at Bishops Nympton Parish Hall home tutored) who want to experience a taste of Beginners 6.30-7.30pm; Dance Club 7.30-9.45pm life as a student and explore future careers. Come and enjoy a TEA Dance on Taster Days give students the opportunity to get SUNDAY 1st MARCH from 2.00-5.00pm involved in hands-on practical activities, meet the please ring 01769 550555 or 01769 550899 tutors and find out what our courses are all about. for more information. There is a tour of the campus to give an overview and briefings on hot topics such as “Being an Ap- Prince of Wales Award for prentice”, “What’s it like being a Residential Stu- Community Organisations dent”, “Animal Managements African Adventure”. Devon County Agricultural Association invites To book in contact 01395 562324 or email slo@ applications for the 2015 Prince of Wales Award, bicton.ac.uk with your name, choice of activity, which recognises green community projects. The date of birth, address, phone number and name DCAA, which stages Devon County Show, ad- of current school. Or request a Taster Day leaflet. ministers the Award by HRH Prince of Wales. The Award is aimed at rural community organisa- Bishops Nympton Play tions which are helping to build local sustainabil- this year is ‘Here We Come Gathering’ by Philip ity through initiatives such as communal com- King and Anthony Armstrong, a cracking comedy posting, vegetable growing and floral decora- featuring a sensible wife against her mother-in- tions, allotments and village shops law. It takes place as Anne and Philip arrive at their new cottage. Anne discovers that Mama The winner will receive a framed certificate and lives nearby, and fears the old girl will be over to £1,000 given by His Royal Highness, which the tell them how to run things. She's right. When winning group must use to further their commu- heavy rains flood the brook, they are marooned nity initiatives. The closing date for entries is with the movers, a tinker and a young girl.... March 16th. The 2014 winner was the Commu- Running from 5-7th February at the Parish Hall at nity Support Group in Newton St Cyres, part of 7.30pm, tickets are available from 01769 550435; the Neighbourhood Health Watch Scheme. £5 (children £2.50), OAPs £2.50 Thursday only. Any queries, please contact Lisa Moore 01392 353781; [email protected] The Rural Gateway Advice Service has expanded its service to Chulmleigh The Royal Voluntary Service working with Youth Centre, opposite the Community College. The new service is available on the sec- Devon Libraries provides a Home library service ond Wednesday each month from 10am-1pm. for housebound people. Appointments are recommended but not always Our Volunteers choose books, CDs and ‘talking necessary, call 07817 991631. This free and con- books’ (for the visually impaired) and deliver fidential service, is also available in S Molton and them to people who are no longer able to get to N Molton - see the Local Events Diary pages. the library.. We are looking for volunteers based at South Exmoor Pony Centre, Ashwick, Dulverton Molton Library, who need to be keen readers, 17th February Pancakes and Ponies 12–3pm; friendly and outgoing, and able to drive. RVS will why not join us for pony activities for children and pay travel and parking expenses. If you think you refreshments and pancakes for everyone! No could be a volunteer please contact Carole Poul- booking needed, just turn up. During half term the ton on 07786 635163 or email adoption ponies will be back to meet any adopt- [email protected],uk ers who book in advance to visit them; this is If you are housebound or a carer and would like weather dependent, so please call in advance. Why not join our Friends of Moorland Mousie to know more, please contact Carole as above. Trust and receive updates for just £3 per month. JOHN WALKER & CO INSURANCE BROKERS

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Northern Devon Hallshare Forum, sup- South Molton Primary Schools ported by NDVS, North Devon Council and Devon County Council is consulting on plans to Devon Communities together, are encourag- relocate the Junior School to Exeter Gate and ing Village Halls to take part in an event alter the age ranges of both the United Junior month (April ’15) to celebrate Village Halls in and the Community Infant schools. S Molton is identified for sustainable growth and de- the Community. Village Halls create an envi- velopment in the emerging North Devon and Torridge ronment to regularly engage in events, indoor Local Plan, supported by Neighbourhood Plans and sport, theatre, learning activities, community Strategy for the town. Up to 1,200 new homes are pro- care, and fun. Come on and get involved ! posed. The size of development proposed would need Open your doors for a one-off event in April a new primary school to accommodate the growing number of children. South Molton Junior School has (date of your choice), to showcase all that been identified for replacement and expansion within your hall has to offer. Hold a cream tea or a the Government's Priority Schools Building Pro- coffee morning and invite along some of your gramme. It is not possible to rebuild the Junior School local crafters, sports or interest groups, to on its present site :it is therefore proposed to relocate show what they do. Advertising and Posters it to a new site to the south of the town in 2016. It is necessary to plan the future for S Molton Infants are available.For more information, please School. The proposal is to: contact Tanya Hussell 01598760332  South Molton Infants School - change the age range [email protected] to 5-11 years (becoming a Primary School rather than an Infants School) on its existing site with capacity for Village Ways Charitable Trust 210 pupils with potential to expand over time. The long Tim & Liz Smith term strategy will be to take pupils aged 2-11. We had an amazing two weeks in Utterakhand,  South Molton Junior School - change the age range Northern India last November. Each day we to 5-11 (becoming a Primary School rather than a Jun- ior School) and relocation to a new school site with walked from one village to the next, to be made capacity for 210 pupils with potential to expand over most welcome by the Hindu hill farmers. We will time. The school will be built for pupils aged 2-11.” be showing our photos at Oxham Hall, Marian- Comments can be made on https:// sleigh, on the B3137, on 28th February at engagespace.co.uk/devon/ or email schoolcon- 7.30pm - and asking for your kind contributions [email protected] or write to Freepost towards the Village Ways Charitable Trust. (See RSSR-UKYT-ZTYA, Strategic Planning, Room website) The money will go towards providing AB2, DCC, County Hall, Exeter EX2 4QD by 5pm women’s reproductive health and hygiene ser- on 9th February. More consultation will follow vices and education in these remote Himalayan and final decision made probably in June. farming communities: the nearest town can be 30 miles away on foot. If you are coming, please A Diabetes Support Group meets at St Johns contact 01769 550963, or email tims- Garden Centre once a month. More information [email protected]. Thank you - this will next issue. Phone Rose 01271 371072 or Ken give us some idea of numbers! 01271 377612

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