Notre Dame Cathedral, sketch by Jerome C. Gray, architect, 1986. St Michael’s and Village CHURCH DIRECTORY VICAR Rev. JEREMY TREW 20391 The Vicarage, Colyford Rd, Seaton, EX12 2DF [email protected] St Gregory’s Office [email protected] 23656 ST MICHAEL’S --- Churchwarden: Mrs G. Chapple, Sunnymead, Higher Meadows 20756 Curate: Rev. Simon Hitchcock [email protected] 075759 56899 Treasurer: Mr K. Izzard, Sunningdale, Common Hill, Beer 625181 Secretary: Mrs Jean Smith 07412 '010245 Sacristan Mrs L. Bees 21723 & Head Server: Altar Guild: Mrs P. Bewick 21954 Mrs Y. Hawker 22191 Choir: Dr G. Butler (Practice Wed 6-7pm) 21375 Organist: Dr G. Butler, Mullions, New Road, Beer 21375 Children’s Society: Mrs P. Edmunds, West Ebb, Common Hill, 23659 Beer EX12 3AQ Families Worker Linda Dowling [email protected] Children’s Team: Mrs Jean Smith 07412 010245 Mrs J. Ross Mrs L. Molony Worship Team: Mrs G. Chapple, Ms M. Hirons, Mrs L. Molony, Mrs L. Bees Pastoral Team: Mrs G. Chapple (sec) 20756 Mrs Y. Hawker, Mrs S. Aplin, Mrs P. Bewick, Mrs E. Singleton, Mrs A. Vaughan, Mrs S. Anderson Beer Parish News Dr Henry Jaggers, Green Bank, 9 Clinton Rise, 20858 Editor: Beer. Email: [email protected] Area code for all phone numbers above is 01297 unless shown otherwise In an emergency, parishioners should contact the Churchwarden (see above for address and phone number). The P.C.C. of St Michael's Church, Beer, holds the copyright to articles written by its members. Please ask for permission before you use them. Other than articles written by church members, we do not own the copyright to any of the materials herein. Publication of items herein, including advertisements, does not imply endorsement by the P.C.C. www.coastalchurch.org.uk Wed 1st 10:00am Communion Service with healing ministry 6:00pm Choir Practice Thurs 2nd 2:00pm “Questions of Life & Faith” St Gregory’s Church Centre Fri 3rd 10:00am Mickey’s Music Makers Sun 5th 8:00am Communion 9:30am Morning Praise with Baptism 4:00pm Café Church @ 4 for ALL Tues 7th 10:00am Altar Guild Meeting 7:30pm Archdeacon’s Court of Visitation. All Welcome at St Giles, Kilmington Wed 8th 10:00am Communion 6:00pm Choir Practice Fri 10th 10:00am Mickey’s Music Makers Sun 12th 9:30am Communion Wed 15th 10:00am Communion 6:00pm Choir Practice Fri 17th 10:00am Mickey’s Music Makers Sun 19th 10:00am Rogation Service processing from church to the beach Mon 20th 2:00pm PCC Meeting Wed 22nd 10:00am Communion 6:00pm Choir Practice Fri 24th 10:00am Mickey’s Music Makers Sun 26th 9:30am Family Communion Wed 29th 10:00am Communion 6:00pm Choir Practice Thurs 30th 7:30am Ascension Day service on cliff top (by RNLI Hut) Fri 31st NO Mickey’s Music Makers (Half Term) Sun 2nd June 8:00am Communion 9:30am Morning Praise To be confirmed 4:00pm Café Church @ 4 for ALL 4:00pm “Remember Our Child” Service ~ St Gregory’s Seaton Wed 5th June Mission Community outing to Tavistock (see page 6) No 10:00am Communion Service 6:00pm Choir Practice Sometimes we have to make changes at short notice so the only way to be really sure of what’s going on is to come to church! -- 3 -- Jeremy writes... I was wondering what to write about for the May Magazine, and drawing a blank, when I heard that Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris had burnt down. Every cloud, and all that. The response to the damage to Notre Dame has been incredible: Donations have poured in from around the world, making very real the resolve to restore this icon of Paris and France. President Macron has decreed that work be completed within five years. As one who sits on the Exeter Diocesan board responsible for overseeing the care and work on our buildings, working with clergy, architects, and the heritage lobby, I can only say good luck to him. His comments though have raised an interesting discussion: Paris is due to host the Olympic Games in 2024, and understandably wants this icon to be part of the celebrations. If President Macron wants to be the one to welcome guests from all around the world to that event, he will need to be re-elected in-between times, and for that he needs the support of the people. He has a vested interest. Maybe some of the major donors do to: Mother Theresa was understandably criticised for accepting donations from those with dirt, even blood, on their hands from discreditable practices. Was she legitimising their wrong doing by receiving their money? She justified her actions by repeatedly pushing the desperate needs of the poor she was working amongst. She also reflected that almost nobody falls into those neat categories of fully good, and totally bad – we are all both. Many donations, and certainly most of the smaller ones, have come from people who, whatever their religious convictions, recognise that Notre Dame stands for something that they identify with what is good. They see a symbol representing humanities better, more gracious and creative side, and wish to sustain it. Maybe it’s the grand architecture – representing the best human hands can craft – representing a heart-felt desire to make to God our finest offering – representing the ingenuity of engineers to create the seemingly impossible or to touch something deep

-- 4 -- in the human soul. Who knows? There are undoubtedly many reasons people have been so generous, and many of those reasons are good. Alongside the reaction to Notre Dame, other have become aware of smaller, more humble churches, which have burnt down recently, and are seeking to help them also. The rise of white nationalism in recent years has shown itself in the United States by the burning of a number of black majority church buildings. Until now, this has gone largely unreported, but things are beginning to change. People’s hearts, stirred by the loss of Notre Dame, are recognising that that was, in all probability, an accident. Arson is deliberate, fuelled by irrational hate. Hate must not go unanswered or it will grow. That same desire of wanting to promote innate goodness, in the response to Notre Dame, is provoking people to show support for those other churches also destroyed, but this time, by what is worst in humanity: the hate of other people. For the record: The Church of is responsible for the care of half of the Grade 1 listed buildings in the UK. None of the money for this comes from Government, but from Church members, local appeals and Lottery (and other) grant applications (in that descending order). Yes, the Church Commissioners have lots of money. Most of it is tied up in pensions, as the law requires. A small amount is left to pay the daily costs of Bishops and some Cathedral staff, with a very small remainder to pump-prime specific projects around the country. Jeremy

From the Registers Baptism: 24th March Christopher “Kit” Bacon Funerals: 22nd March Mrs Helen Davey 75 22nd March Mrs Rita Mercer 95 25th March Mrs Evelyn Roberts 88

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-- 6 -- Altar Guild News Many thanks to our flower arrangers who decorated the Church so beautifully for Easter and thanks also to all who helped with the Spring Coffee Morning held in Church on 27th April. It was quite well supported despite very windy weather and £300 was raised for Church funds. Patsy Bewick wishes to thank all who supported her Coffee Morning held in Church on 6th April which raised the magnificent sum of £530 for St. Petroc’s. The Flower Festival is being planned for 20th – 22nd July with the theme of ‘Rainbows’ which should make for some colourful displays! Date of next meeting: Tuesday 7th May 10am

“Questions of Life & Faith” - Meetings once a month on the first Thursday of each month from 2 to 3.30 in St Gregory’s Centre. Anyone is very welcome to come along and it doesn’t need to be a permanent commitment as each week stands alone. It helps if there is some continuity and knowledge of what has been shared but new questions arise all the time as we think about the world and our life of faith. If this is of interest then note the date in your diary and turn up on the day; no advance booking is needed. Karen Curnock

Julian Meetings usually take place on the second Monday of each month, 7.30 for 7.45pm at St Gregory’s Church Centre, Colyford Road, Seaton. We are a small group who meet regularly in order to grow in the practice of Contemplative Prayer in the Christian tradition. Julian Meetings welcome people of ALL denominations, or none. For more information contact: Sue Price, Reader at St Gregory’s Seaton on 01297 22314, or Liz Molony at St Michael’s Beer.

-- 7 -- Thank You! Thank you to everyone for such generosity and to all our helpers at the recent Coffee Morning in church in aid of St Petrock’s charity for the homeless. We managed to make £530, a great sum, plus the £72-50 the children gave at the end of term service bringing a grand total of £602-50. A wonderful outcome, thank you. Patsy Bewick, and friends.

There is now somewhere in Beer to recycle empty crisp packets! There is a bag hung up inside the phone box by the Mariners Hall and there will soon be a bag on view outside the Fine Foundation Centre. The more we collect the better as Beer will benefit. Not only will we be recycling but the waste we collect will help fund community projects. If anyone prefers to collect them at home and pass them on in bulk to Ruth Bullock (contact email is [email protected]) she will add them to the collection.

Any brand of crisp packets and crisp multipack outer packaging -- 8 -- Monday 13th May at Steamers “Stan & Ollie”(2018) Cert. PG

Biography | Comedy | Drama This touching comedy drama follows Laurel and Hardy, the world's most famous comedy duo, as they embark on a gruelling tour of post-war Britain in an attempt to reignite their film careers. Directed by Jon S Baird and starring Steve Coogan, John S Reilly and Shirley Henderson. Doors open 7pm for a 7.30pm screening. Members £4 and guests £5. All welcome. Bar, coffee, raffle, and ice cream available. COMING SOON - Monday 10th June - AGM & Can you ever forgive me? (15) Monday 22nd July - to be confirmed - Shoplifters (15) www.beerfilmsociety.org.uk

-- 9 -- April started with a flurry of activity for the group. The weather was kind when we filled the tanks and the job was done in good order. This was followed up with a rock-pooling session which attracted about 30 people who collected a good selection of beasties for the tanks. After a couple of days hiding amongst the rocks, they are now venturing out and appearing to enjoy their new life. The fishermen have donated a number of more exotic animals such as the lobster and some of the larger hermit crabs.

April 7th was a particularly busy day as the rock-pooling session was preceded by a Beach Clean when Karin Frewin liaised with Xylem employees which resulted in 45 people working together to collect rubbish on the beach. They found a large amount of material, including a lot from the Napoli, probably because the beach had been levelled a couple of days earlier so stuff which had been buried was revealed.

The group which is interested in mapping the oldest part of the cemetery has made a start. Armed with tape measures, note pads, torches and cameras the volunteers have looked at 2 of the rows and David Morling is busy collating the information into a computer programme. The group has already discovered some potentially intriguing family stories, such as the sadness of one family which lost 3 children in infancy and another where the husband was drowned “saving lives” off Dungeness and whose son drowned off Beer 4 years later. Rosemary Winter-Scott has very kindly given us the rest of the research work which she has done, which represents hours of looking at ancestry websites on top of all the time that she has spent in the closed cemetery. Once the project is completed, we intend to have the information on our website so that it will be available to anyone researching their family’s history. Incidentally, the only long tape measure I could find was calibrated in links….. a museum piece in it’s own right!

Our thanks go to Sibyl Anderson for completing the display on Beer lace, adding

-- 10 -- to the material already on display donated by Val Curtis.

Hopefully you’ve seen the new display of Axe Vale Pottery. If you have any memories of working there, do get in touch so that we can put more information into a folder in the centre.

Now that the weather is improving and more of you are out walking, don’t forget that Beer Village Heritage is supporting the campaign for links between the SW Coast Path / and the East Way which is being led by Mike Green who is working with the AONB. We are asking that everyone who walks the routes which Mike has identified report their comments, noting anything relevant, from the state of the path and hazards along the way to amenities and way-marking. Have a look at, https://www.gpsies.com/mapUser.do?username=MikeGreen

The Annual General Meeting was well attended, and Mike Green’s talk on Ice Ages was fascinating. Richard Scott stood down as a Trustee, and was thanked for all his support over the last 6 years. Adrian Mills, David Morling and Henry Jaggers were appointed as Trustees, and the committee remained the same with Nick Jones as Chairman.

The Bat Friendly Beer request that you all sow some wild flower seeds in your garden or a container is continuing to attract attention. You can pick up a packet of seeds from the Fine Foundation Centre or the Bomb Shelter. I understand that several photographs have already been sent to [email protected] or posted onto the Beer Village UK Facebook page entitled Beer Photo Competition. Here is your chance to win a prize which will be awarded at the Beer Horticultural Society Show in November. In the meantime, if you have a few minutes to spare, pop into the Bomb Shelter and enjoy the interactive display in the Bat Beacon. Hours of fun available!

Once again our thanks go to Axe Valley Runners for their generous donation to Beer Village Heritage. If you’d like to help our various projects, do become a member. Our annual membership fee is £3.00.

If you’d like to be involved with Beer Village Heritage, you’ll find most of our events advertised on our website - www.beervillageheritage.org.uk and we try to keep those on our email list informed of a variety of heritage related activities around the area. If you’d like to know more, just ask one of our regular helpers Working to bring such as Nick Jones, Mike Green, Chris Jones, our history to life and to conserve our environment Carol Green, Trevor Wood, Jean Wood, Henry or for future generations Norah Jaggers.

-- 11 -- Seaton Beer and District Branch RNLI Seaton Beer and District Branch had a quiet April with no fundraising events and we didn't attend any events in our area. Our next main fundraising event of the year is for the RNLI Mayday Appeal. We are having a Welly Waddle Walk at Seaton on Sunday 12th May. Registration will be at 10.30am at Axe Yacht Club and the walk will start at Trevelyan Gardens by the beach at 11am. The walk is going to proceed along the East Walk to the end of the

-- 12 -- West Walk. All are welcome. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Once again, we are having our Colour-in-a-Wellington Boot Competition and the judging will be at Pebbles Coffee House, Marine Place at 1.30pm. Sponsor forms for the walk can be obtained by telephone message to (01297) 23040 or email [email protected] or walkers can give a donation on the day when taking part. Come along in your wellington boots and wear or bring anything yellow if you have it. Our Shop at Jubilee Gardens is now open seven days a week from

approximately 10am to 4.30pm. (subject to volunteer availability and weather permitting) We have now welcomed our new Volunteers to our Shop Team and we have many lovely new items in the RNLI range and we have the Christmas cards too. As the year progresses we will be having our Beer and Seaton Lifeboat Week events from the 6th to 12th July and we are also looking forward to attending events in our area. Thank you for your support. Wendy Cummins Secretary, Seaton Beer and District Branch RNLI -- 13 -- Beer Parish Council Newsletter for April 2019 We had our Annual Parish Meeting on Tuesday 9th April where we heard about the new community group “Beer Men’s Shed”. This is an inspirational idea for men who could be retired, alone or caring for partners to have a chance to meet up and chat with other likeminded men who may otherwise not leave the house. The group meet in a shed currently in Chris Pickles’ garden to repair appliances or build small projects for other charities in the local area. This enables the group to meet up, chat and use their skills to help the local community. It sounds a wonderful initiative and if anyone is interested in finding out more information please contact Chris Pickles at [email protected] Also, the Annual Parish Meeting was Councillor Mike Green’s last meeting before he retires from the Parish Council in May. Mike has been on the Parish Council for well over 30 years, he was Chairman for several of those years and also the EDDC Ward Member for the parish as well. He has sacrificed much time for the benefit of the village over those years and will be sorely missed. I think that we will all agree that his retirement is well deserved but he will leave a large hole on the Parish Council. We wish Mike all the best in the future. Councillor Ursula Makepeace is also retiring from the Parish Council in May, having served on the Council for nearly 7 years. Ursula has specifically made sure that the village is looking its best over the years and has helped the village win many awards from the Britain in Bloom competition. She will continue to help make the village look inviting through the Beer Horticultural Society. Many thanks to Ursula for her service over the years. Our last departure is Councillor Louise Harrison who resigned earlier in the year but was very active throughout her -- 14 -- time on the Parish Council particularly with planning issues. We would like to thank Louise for all her help and wish her all the best in the future. There has been some discussion about improving the playgrounds and other public areas in the village. The Memorial playground will need considerable investment and some preliminary draft plans have been drawn up by local resident, James Absalom. The Parish Council is currently considering the plans and will be consulting with the community at every stage to help progress this project. Hopefully, you will also have heard the news regarding the availability of s106 money for the parish. The sum of £12,093.51 is available for play provision, with a further £11,812.60 available to spend on sports provision and £2,348.76 available to spend on generic open space projects. There are strict guidelines concerning the process for identifying suitable projects and a rigorous programme of public consultation will take place within the parish during the coming months. Please look out for further information regarding the consultation process in the newsletter or on the Parish Council Facebook page. We have invited some parishioners who have expressed an interest to join a few Councillors to head up a working group to help progress the s106 funding. Finally, in previous newsletters we have mentioned that we had hoped to construct a new footpath parallel with the road to to link up the Caves with the village. Unfortunately, this has not been possible but instead we hope to connect the Quarry Caves and Mare Lane with a permissive path along the hedge in the large field at the Branscombe end of the lane. This option will be much more cost effective. We would like to thank Clinton Devon Estates for working with us to enhance the footpath network in the parish. www.beerparishcouncil.org.uk -- 15 -- -- 16 -- Bat Friendly Beer Wildlife Gardening Initiative Bat Friendly Beer an initiative with the Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project (DGHBP), in the village of Beer, is promoting wildlife gardening, encouraging local people to grow plants to attract beneficial insects which in turn bats can feed on. All 17 species of British bats have a diet of only insects so increasing the insect population of your green space will provide more good food for the bats. A great way to do this is by planting different types of wildflowers, so lots of different insects can find food there. This March, Clinton Devon Estates sent packets of wildflower seeds and wildlife gardening leaflets provided by DGHBP to all allotment holders, inviting them to make a corner of their allotment wildlife friendly. Other local gardeners can collect free seeds (see page 11) and take part in a competition organised by Bat Friendly Beer by sharing pictures of wildflower planting – emailing them to [email protected] or tagging Clinton Devon Estates in photographs on social media, Twitter@ClintonDevon or Facebook.com/ClintonDevonEstates. The competition winners will be announced at the Beer Horticultural Society Autumn Show on 2 November when Bat Friendly Beer hope to display all the photographs and award garden tokens to the winners.

-- 17 -- A service for bereaved parents and their families

Sunday 2nd June 4pm

at

St. Gregory’s Parish Church Seaton Colyford Road (opposite the cricket club), Seaton Devon. EX12 2DF

If you would like a name of a child read out to be remembered or would like more information please contact David Dickinson 01297 598392 or [email protected]

-- 18 -- -- 19 -- A Big! Big Breakfast was kindly hosted by Steamers restaurant on the 10th of April, it was a Delicious Beer Friends’ Group. breakfast produced by Andy, for 100 people and we raised an amazing £850!! Thank you to all the local businesses for their raffle donations, and to all the hard work from Andy, Teresa, Terry, Angie, Mary, liz, Amelia, David and Garth and Gill. We would at this point like, to say a sad farewell and thank you, to our stalwart committee member, Brenda Adkin who sadly passed away recently, she had been on the Beer friends group since its conception, (probably 30 years, ) she was a star! And will be sorely missed by so many!!! Annie

-- 20 -- Easter Pilgrim Launch The Church of England had devised 40 days of Prayer from Easter Day to Ascension Day with Easter Pilgrim reflections. These are supported by our Bishop Robert who helped devise the Pilgrim Study courses that we have done in the past. This is available in three formats 1) A Free App to your smart mobile phone or tablet 2) A Free daily email sent to you when you sign up 3) A booklet by the Bishop of Oxford Steven Croft @ £2.99 from Church House Publishing Each day there is a bible reading, a short reflection on, an invitation to pray and a suggestion of how you might respond to the challenge of how to live as God intends, both as an individual and a community. In Lent I followed the Lent Pilgrim resource for 40 days and Easter Pilgrim is designed to follow on from that. I have enjoyed the short, accessible format and like the App as all the text is read so you can both see and hear God’s word. Sue Price

The Beer Men’s Shed, is now up and running, albeit from a temporary location. But going forward we need initially to find a decent size shed, hopefully donated or cheap? If you can help or have any ideas, please contact Chris Pickles at [email protected]

-- 21 -- Thy Kingdom Come This is an initiative started by the Church of England but now supported by the Methodists and other denominations. It is a 9 day wave of prayer from Ascension day on Thursday 30th May to Pentecost on 9th June. I have ordered 20 ‘Novenas’ or little booklets of prayer for the 9 days at a cost of £1 each and they will be available on a first come, first served basis. We plan to organise a Day of Prayer from 8am till 8pm on Friday 8th June and will put up a list asking people to ‘sign up’ to cover a half or one-hour slot to cover this time. We will begin with Morning Prayer at 8am, have a short midday service at 12 noon and Compline or night prayer at 7.30pm. It is recommended that we each pray daily for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit and for 5 people we know to come to know Jesus as our Lord and Saviour. Anyone who doesn’t want to sit for too long could do a prayer walk around the churchyard in their ‘slot’. I do hope that as many as possible will join in this day to pray for others, our community and ourselves. You can find more information on this from the C of E and/or Diocesan website. There will be a special Thy Kingdom Come ‘beacon’ celebration and prayer event in on Pentecost Sunday evening as a conclusion to this prayer focus including a commissioning of God’s people to return in the power of the Spirit to continue in our call to grow in prayer, make new disciples and serve our communities us joy. Sue Price -- 22 -- -- 23 -- Beer WI NEWS LETTER May 2019

We decamped to The congregational Hall this month as we had extra visitors and needed the space for our speaker. Thank you to Eileen Singleton for accommodating us and turning on the heating! Mike Temple, from the charity, “Mercy Ships,” gave an impactful talk and slide show on the work they do to provide medical and other humanitarian support to some of the poorest countries in the world in West Africa. They have a ship fully fitted with several operating theatres and people queue for hours to receive free medical assistance that they could never otherwise access. All the staff are volunteers, either paying their own way or getting sponsorship to give several weeks at a time to support the charity. As a result, we are going to run a coffee morning in the village to raise some funds, so look out for details next month when we hope you will help us to support them. We are delighted that our recycled bags project has made news in both the Devon WI Newsletter and the national WI Magazine this month. Thanks to Debbie and Dave in the village store and to Woozie and Gilbert who are also now going to start distributing them. More are in the pipeline so we can start giving them out to other shops and spreading the message to visitors too. We have noted some feedback on the size so will try to keep them all a bit bigger, dependent on the donations of material we receive. Members will be attending a Spring Group meeting hosted by Colyton and attending the Spring Council Meeting in Torquay when we get an update on the work of the Devon Federation. We will be holding our first Tombola of the year on 25th May in the foyer of the Mariners Hall, so please come and support us if you can. Our May meeting is our Annual Meeting and is closed to guests. However, we would be pleased to see you in June, when the talk will be given by Valerie Sutherland, entitled, “Old dogs, new tricks.”

-- 24 -- MAY 2019 - Dates in Beer THE NEW BEER VILLAGE DIARY Please do your bit to help keep this up to date and accurate by notifying Chris Pickles: [email protected] , Tel.: 07775 768172 of ALL events & meetings and ALL changes & amendments. 01-May—Pilates—Mariners' Hall—09:30—10:30 01-May—Sailing Club Coffee Morning - open to all—Beer Sailing Club—10-12 01-May—Tiddlers Baby/Toddler Group—Congregational Hall—10:00—11:30 01-May—Badminton Club—Mariners' Hall—18:30—21:00 01-May—Four of Swords Theatre "Oedipus"—Beer Quarry Caves—19:00—20:30 01-May—Regatta Committee Meeting—Beer Sailing Club—19:30—21:00— 01-May—Women's Institute - General Meeting & Social—Mariners' Hall—19:30-22 01-May—Whist Club—Dolphin Hotel—20:00—22:00 02-May—Election Day - Parish & District Council—Mariners' Hall 02-May—Four of Swords Theatre "Oedipus"—Beer Quarry Caves—19:00—20:30 02-May—Mariners Short Mat Bowls Club—Mariners' Hall—19:30—21:30 03-May—Beer Fitness—Mariners' Hall—10:00—11:00 03-May—Four of Swords Theatre "Oedipus"—Beer Quarry Caves—19:00—20:30 04-May—Beer Horticultural Society Table-top Sale—Mariners' Hall—09:00—12:30 04-May—Beer Albion Football Club 1st v Exwick Villa 1st: Stovar Long Lane-15-17 04-May—Four of Swords Theatre "Oedipus"—Beer Quarry Caves—19:00—20:30 04-May—Sailing Club Call My Bluff Wine Tasting—Beer Sailing Club—19:00—22:00 04-May—Four of Swords Theatre "Oedipus"—Beer Quarry Caves—21:00—22:30 06-May—Quilters—Congregational Hall—14:00—17:00 06-May—Beer Albion Football Club 1st away to Cronies 1st—Topsham—15:00—17:00 06-May—Badminton Club—Mariners' Hall—18:30—21:00 06-May—Royal Antedeluvian Order of Buffaloes meeting—Scout Hall—20:00—22:00 07-May—Best Years Club—Mariners' Hall—14:00—16:00 07-May—Bell Ringing—St Michael's Church—19:30—20:30 07-May—Mariners Short Mat Bowls Club—Mariners' Hall—19:30—21:30 07-May—RNLI Seaton Beer & District Branch monthly meeting—19:30—21:00 08-May—Pilates—Mariners' Hall—09:30—10:30 08-May—Sailing Club Coffee Morning - open to all—Beer Sailing Club—10-12 08-May—Tiddlers Baby/Toddler Group—Congregational Hall—10:00—11:30 08-May—Badminton Club—Mariners' Hall—18:30—21:00 08-May—Beer Albion Football Club 2nd away to Lympstone 1st—19:00—21:00 08-May—Four of Swords Theatre "Oedipus"—Beer Quarry Caves—19:00—20:30 08-May—Parish Council Annual Meeting-Balcony Room, Mariners' Hall-19:15-21 08-May—Whist Club—Dolphin Hotel—20:00—22:00 09-May—Coastal Community Team Meeting-Balcony Room, Mariners' Hall—19-21 09-May—Four of Swords Theatre "Oedipus"—Beer Quarry Caves—19:00—20:30 09-May—Mariners Short Mat Bowls Club—Mariners' Hall—19:30—21:30 10-May—Beer Fitness—Mariners' Hall—10:00—11:00 10-May—Four of Swords Theatre "Oedipus"—Beer Quarry Caves—19:00—20:30 10-May—Four of Swords Theatre "Oedipus"—Beer Quarry Caves—21:00—22:30 11-May—Beer Village Heritage Coffee Morning—Mariners' Hall—10:00—12:00 11-May—Wurlitzer Concert with Matthew Bason—Congregational Church—14-16:30 11-May—Beer Scouts Quiz Night—Scout Hut—19:30—22:00 12-May—Beer Blazer Run—Pecorama—10:00—13:00 13-May—Quilters—Congregational Hall—14:00—17:00 -- 25 -- continues overleaf… …continued 13-May—Badminton Club—Mariners' Hall—18:30—21:00 13-May—Beer Film Society film night: Stan & Ollie—Steamers Restaurant—19-22 13-May—Royal Antedeluvian Order of Buffaloes meeting—Scout Hall—20:00—22:00 14-May—Bell Ringing—St Michael's Church—19:30—20:30 14-May—Mariners Short Mat Bowls Club—Mariners' Hall—19:30—21:30 15-May—Pilates—Mariners' Hall—09:30—10:30 15-May—Sailing Club Coffee Morning - open to all—Beer Sailing Club—10:00—12 15-May—Tiddlers Baby/Toddler Group—Congregational Hall—10:00—11:30 15-May—Walk for Water event— —14:00—17:00 15-May—Badminton Club—Mariners' Hall—18:30—21:00 15-May—Four of Swords Theatre "Oedipus"—Beer Quarry Caves—19:00—20:30 15-May—Whist Club—Dolphin Hotel—20:00—22:00 16-May—Four of Swords Theatre "Oedipus"—Beer Quarry Caves—19:00—20:30 16-May—Mariners Short Mat Bowls Club—Mariners' Hall—19:30—21:30 17-May—Beer Fitness—Mariners' Hall—10:00—11:00 17-May—Four of Swords Theatre "Oedipus"—Beer Quarry Caves—19:00—20:30 17-May—Four of Swords Theatre "Oedipus"—Beer Quarry Caves—21:00—22:30 18-May—Four of Swords Theatre "Oedipus"—Beer Quarry Caves—19:00—20:30 18-May—Four of Swords Theatre "Oedipus"—Beer Quarry Caves—21:00—22:30 20-May—Quilters—Congregational Hall—14:00—17:00 20-May—Badminton Club—Mariners' Hall—18:30—21:00 20-May—Mariners' Hall Management Committee Meeting—Mariners' Hall—19-20:30 20-May—Royal Antedeluvian Order of Buffaloes meeting—Scout Hall—20:00—22:00 21-May—Best Years Club - Alan Jones of the Magic Circle—Mariners' Hall—14-16 21-May—Parish Council - Planning Meeting—Balcony Room, Mariners' Hall—19:15-21 21-May—Bell Ringing—St Michael's Church—19:30—20:30 21-May—Mariners Short Mat Bowls Club—Mariners' Hall—19:30—21:30 22-May—Pilates—Mariners' Hall—09:30—10:30 22-May—Sailing Club Coffee Morning - open to all—Beer Sailing Club—10:00—12 22-May—Tiddlers Baby/Toddler Group—Congregational Hall—10:00—11:30 22-May—Badminton Club—Mariners' Hall—18:30—21:00 22-May—Whist Club—Dolphin Hotel—20:00—22:00 23-May—Mariners Short Mat Bowls Club—Mariners' Hall—19:30—21:30 24-May—Beer Fitness—Mariners' Hall—10:00—11:00 25-May— Craft Fair—Mariners' Hall—11:00—17:00 25-May—Hope for Lola Charity Football Match & Family Day—Stovar Long Lane—14-16 26-May—Classic & Vintage Vehicle Rally—Pecorama 26-May—East Devon Craft Fair—Mariners' Hall—11:00—17:00 27-May—Roger Hahn Craft Fair—Mariners' Hall—11:00—17:00 27-May—Quilters—Congregational Hall—14:00—17:00 27-May—Badminton Club—Mariners' Hall—18:30—21:00 27-May—Royal Antedeluvian Order of Buffaloes meeting—Scout Hall—20:00—22:00 28-May—Bell Ringing—St Michael's Church—19:30—20:30 28-May—Mariners Short Mat Bowls Club—Mariners' Hall—19:30—21:30 29-May—Pilates—Mariners' Hall—09:30—10:30 29-May—Sailing Club Coffee Morning - open to all—Beer Sailing Club—10:00—12:00 29-May—Tiddlers Baby/Toddler Group—Congregational Hall—10:00—11:30 29-May—Badminton Club—Mariners' Hall—18:30—21:00 29-May—Whist Club—Dolphin Hotel—20:00—22:00 30-May—Mariners Short Mat Bowls Club—Mariners' Hall—19:30—21:30 31-May—Beer Fitness—Mariners' Hall—10:00—11:00 31-May—Bats of Beer Quarry Caves: Adrian Bayley—Beer Quarry Caves-19:00-20:00 -- 26 -- YOUR “ LOCAL” CONTACTS Parish Council Geoff Pook 01297 24649 Chair Martin Richards 01297 23422 Vice Chair Darren Clinch 07790 211242 Wendy Dodd 07434 948406 Rick Dormor 07970 217267 Mandy Graham 01297 20369 Mike Green 01297 20623 Ursula Makepeace 01297 23377 Louise Vine 07974 528540 Trevor Wood 01297 24660 Clerk to the Council: Annie Dallaway 07593 405161 [email protected] Internal Auditor: To be appointed East Devon District Councillor Geoff Pook Brereworde House, New Road, Beer, EX12 3HS Mobile: 07966 490429 Home: 01297 24649 [email protected] Devon County Councillor Martin Shaw 07972 760254 Member of Parliament Neil Parish Parliamentary matters - House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA Tel: 020 7219 7172 [email protected] Constituency matters - Tel: 01884 841497

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MAY Dates in Beer THE NEW BEER VILLAGE DIARY - on pages 25 & 26. So much goes on each month that to fit it all in the print is small and for some entries abridged, but despite that we hope you find the Beer Parish News listing useful! Check the diary and help to prevent your event or meeting clashing with others by telling Chris Pickles your date(s) and any changes as far in advance as possible. You will find listings for up to 3 months outside the Mariners’ Hall and on the new Village website www.beervillage.co.uk

Copy for June to be with the Editor by Monday 20th May, please. [email protected] 01297 20858 Green Bank, 9 Clinton Rise; or put in pigeon hole at back of Church, or leave at Beer Post Office.

Visit www.beerparishcouncil.org.uk and click on “Latest news” then on “Parish News May” to find this BEER PARISH NEWS in full colour ! Editor