Signal Issue 30 Brixham Town Council July 2015

Meet the New Team

From left to Right: Paul Addison, David Giles, Steve Clutterbuck, Jacqui Wilbraham, Ian Carr, Jackie Stock- man, Tracy Hallett, Jill Regan, Rosemary Clarke, Sophie Walker-Haworth, Jessica Stock, Victoria Campbell, Mike Morey. Missing from the photo: Linda McGuirk & Matthew Wallcroft

1 Police contact details Helpful Contact Numbers Non emergency 101 Emergency 999 Connections ( Council) 01803 207201 Custody Centre 01803 841401 Torbay Council 01803 201201 Web Site www.devon-cornwall.police.uk Tor2 (Waste & recycling) 01803 701316 Crime stoppers 0800 555 111 Tor2 (Litter, dog mess, graffiti, grass cutting, Anti Terrorist Hotline 0800 789321 public toilet cleaning & sharps) 01803 701318 Victim Support 0845 3030900 Out of Hours Dental Emergency 01392 823 682 Action Fraud 0300 1232040 Torbay Care Trust Dental Helpline 01803 210592 Devon & Cornwall Police 01392 420320 RSPCA (Cruelty line) 0300 1234 999 Brixham Police Station, Rea Barn Close, TQ5 9EA NSPCC Helpline 0808 8005000 Torbay Wildlife Rescue 01803 557624 Western Power (Emergency) 0800 365 900 Free Debt Help on your Doorstep SW Water (Emergency) 0800 169 1144 Flooding Hotline 0800 807060 When financial trouble hits, it’s easy to feel alone and Torbay Council out of hours 01803 550405 like no one can help. Award winning debt counselling Brixham Hospital 01803 881399 charity Christians Against Poverty (CAP) really can Emergency Dentist 01803 217777 help, and the free service is available to residents in NHS Healthcare 111 Brixham. CAP will visit you at home, negotiate with Dog Warden Service 01803 208091 your creditors and support you right through to being Gas Leak (emergency) 0800 111 999 debt free. The service is free and available to anyone Street Lighting (emergency) 01803 550405 regardless of age, faith, gender or background. Brixham Does Care 01803 857727 Torbay Coast & Countryside Trust (TCCT) Call 0800 328 0006 or visit www.capuk.org Main Office 01803 520022 TCCT (Berry Head Enquiries) 01803 882619 Brixham Town Council English Riviera Tourist Info 01803 211211 Clinical Waste & Bulky Collections:01803 701316 Contacts: Highways and Street Furniture: 01803 701318 Tracy Hallett, Town Clerk; or Waste & Recycling enquiries: 01803 701310 Linda McGuirk, Assistant to the Town Clerk.

Address & Telephone: Brixham Garden Waste Service Brixham Town Council, Brixham Town Hall, New Road, Brixham TQ5 8TA TOR2 operate a monthly garden waste collection at Tel: 01803 859678 Brixham College, Higher Ranscombe Road on the first Email: [email protected] Sunday of every month between February and Novem- Web site: www.brixhamtowncouncil.gov.uk ber. Brixham residents can take their household gar- den waste to the collection point between the hours of Opening Hours: 9am and 1pm. The waste is then sent for composting. Open daily 10am – 3pm with limited cover during lunch time. The post box located in iron gate, left of Restrictions: This service is for household garden Town Hall main entrance. waste only. No plastic bags, rubble or branches over 10cm (4 inches) in diameter. No commercial waste. Social Media: You can follow the Town Council (brixhamtc) on Twit- 2015 Dates: ter, Linkedin and Facebook. 5 July 2 August Disclaimer: 6 September Brixham Town Council is not responsible for any er- 4 October rors omissions or alterations with regards to entries in 1 November this newsletter. The content, views and opinions of arti- cles do not necessarily represent the views of Brixham The Brixham Signal is published four times a year. Town Council or the editor. The accuracy of the con- Deadline for submissions are 1st of December, tent in this newsletter is not guaranteed. March, June and September

2 Grants Torbay Soup At the Annual Parish meeting held in the Scala Hall in May it was the pleasant duty of the Chairperson, Cllr Torbay Soup is a community dinner and micro- Paul Addison, to present grants to local organisations funding project, bringing us together to share a meal that had been awarded by Brixham Town Council. and raise funds for small, community-led projects that make Torbay a better place. Representatives from the following groups were present to receive their grants: At a Soup event we come together to eat as a commu- nity and to hear from three different projects seeking to Brixham Society of Arts £400 create social good. We talk about the projects, our val- All Saints Church Festival of the Sea £300 ues, and what’s important to us. We vote for the pro- Girlguiding Fun Day £500 ject that we like the best, and at the end of the night, The Friends of Indigos Go Wild £1,400 we donate our takings to that project to help make it happen. Brixham Pirate Festival were awarded £3,000 and had received their grant at the beginning of May. Torbay Soup is run solely by volunteers to support the hard work and passion of small groups in the Bay to In addition Friends of Shoalstone Pool were awarded grow and continue making a difference to peoples £5,000 to assist in the financial maintenance of lives. For more information visit Shoalstone Pool. www.torbaysoup.co.uk Town Councillor Contact Details Name Address Telephone No. / Email Ward

Paul Addison 68a Pillar Ave, Brixham TQ5 01803 850779 Berry Head with 8LB [email protected] Furzeham Rosemary Clarke 2 Oxford Lane, Brixham TQ5 01803 855766 Berry Head with 8PP [email protected] Furzeham Victoria Campbell 17 Glenmore Road, Brixham 07414 537451 St. Marys with TQ5 9BT [email protected] Summercombe Ian Carr 27 Station Hill, Brixham TQ5 07411 441469 Berry Head with 8BN [email protected] Furzeham Steve Clutterbuck 169 North Boundary Road, 07984 188963 Berry Head with Brixham TQ5 8JS [email protected] Furzeham David Giles 2 Elizabeth Ave, Brixham 01803 469248 St. Marys with TQ5 0AY [email protected] Summercombe Mike Morey 17 Bella Vista Road, Brixham 01803 853316 Berry Head with TQ5 8BQ [email protected] Furzeham Jill Regan Flat 3 Trevelyan Court, 01803 269691 Berry Head with Church St, Brixham TQ5 8QP [email protected] Furzeham Jessica Stock 22 Upton Hill Road, Brixham 01803 855741 St. Marys with TQ5 9QR [email protected] Summercombe Jackie Stockman Winsome, Higher Furzeham 01803 851255 Berry Head with Road, Brixham TQ5 8QP [email protected] Furzeham Sophie Walker-Haworth 119 Berry Head Road, Brix- 01803 852262 St. Marys with ham TQ5 9AH [email protected] Summercombe Jacqui Wilbraham 2 Galmpton Glade, Galmpton, 07813 936177 St. Marys with Brixham TQ5 8LU [email protected] Summercombe

3 Admiral Swimming Centre ACE

The Admiral Swimming As designated charity for the Torbay Motor Show, Centre's newly refurbished ACE had a great day at Green on Easter Sat- saloon room has had it's urday. The weather was a bit chilly but there were all official opening by Mayor sorts of cars: old ones, new ones, lots of special vehi- Gordon Oliver and Brix- cles and car clubs. The public came in droves and ham Town Council Chair- there were bacon butties and donuts!! We would like man, Paul Addison at to say a special thank you to the lovely organising Brixham Swimming team and to so many of our members who gave a few Club's recent gala held at hours to support ACE. the pool. We are running the following classes at the moment The new room is double the size to what it was be- and the term finishes at the beginning of July: fore the re-build which was supported by Sports Council and Sport England. Director of Swimming Monday morning - Swimming at Brixham Pool at the pool, Paul Pickett said “it is a great addition to Thursday morning- Members morning our already brilliant programme of events, this new Thursday afternoon - Drawing and Painting room now has the poten- The Write Way – a look at literature and poetry tial for breakfast meetings, Sport mobility small conferences, train- Friday morning - Gardening group ing courses, youth groups Friday afternoon - Pottery such as Brownies, Cubs, Beavers, company meet- We would like to run a music class in the future - we ings. It’s a real plus to the have the instruments - is there anyone out there inter- local community.” In ad- ested? If so, contact us so we can get the wheels in dition to this very spa- motion. cious room there is free wifi. Next terms course details and speaker programme is underway. We will be taking enrolments before we For more information on hiring the room please con- break up for the summer holidays. Why not come and tact the pool on 01803 857151. join us for a taster session on a Thursday to see if you would like to be part of this fantastic charity.

All classes are taught by a South Devon College Tutor and supported by a qualified Care Worker and Volun- teers. Taxis can be arranged to bring you to your class Date for your Diary from anywhere in Torbay (Unfortunately we cannot offer this service for taster sessions). Lanterns, Lights & ‘luminations: Saturday 28th November @The Quay If you have, or know of someone with, a disability that is a barrier to getting out, contact Yvonne, the ACE Administrator, at Brixham Adult & Community Christmas Market: Learning Centre on 01803 853302 or email Please note: [email protected] for more information and The format for the Christmas Market has membership details. changed. Saturday 28th November @Scala Hall Don’t forget to take a look at our new Facebook page: 10am - 7pm. Access to Community Education - Brixham or our Website: www.brixhamace.org. 4 Brixham Fairtrade Working Group

Have you ever tried liquidising fruit to make a smoothie while pedalling a bike?

A number of people, young and older gave it a go on the Smoothie Bike outside the Scala Hall at the Love Life! Health & Wellbeing Show on the 16th May.

The bike was made by students at South Devon Col- lege for the Fairtrade Torbay Steering group as a fun way of promoting Fairtrade fruit, and fun it proved to be as peddlers put all their effort into getting the ped- als going while the fruit and juice were blended into one!

It certainly attracted plenty of attention and comment - not all of it about Fairtrade!

Getting hold of Fairtrade fruit can be difficult but we can always find bananas and orange juice, which just about enabled us to reach the set standard of at least 25% of produce used; some people even added Fairtrade peanut butter and cocoa!!

A suggestion for the future is to use frozen fruit - easi- er to liquidise and more refreshing - does anyone know a source of Fairtrade frozen fruit?

Conversations about Fairtrade always bring up inter- esting topics, and recently it became clear that even keen supporters are not aware of the Fairtrade Social Premium.

Fairtrade is not just about a fair price, fair wages, fair working conditions and fair deal for the environment, every contract also includes an amount for the Fairtrade Social Premium - an agreed sum of money which is used by the community in which the produc- ers live. The way this sum is used is decided entirely by the community; sometimes it's used for education or medical facilities, but it has been used for a small vehicle to enable women embroiderers to get their goods to market, or as a starter for micro-loans for business start-ups. It is entirely up to the members of the community and thus of benefit to all.

We have started work on the banner & stickers, men- tioned in the last Signal, and the Fairtrade Directory and plan to get in touch with Bed & Breakfast estab- lishments and Guest houses in the near future.

Helen I. Barrett, Chair Brixham Fairtrade Group

5 Brixham Town Hall Meeting and event Rooms available to Hire Brixham Town Hall, New Road For more information, contact Brixham Town Council Furzeham & Summercombe meeting Rooms . Capacity each 15. Facilities: Interactive smart board and projector. Level access, wheelchair friendly. Hire rate £10 per hour. Ideal training or small meeting venue. Scala Hall. Capacity 200 people Facilities: Tables & chairs. Level access, wheelchair friendly. Hire rates from £60 per 4 hour session. @ The Function Room. (Evenings and weekends only) Capacity 60. Facilities: Kitchen, chairs and tables. Level access. Hire rate from £60 per 4 hour session. The Walking meeting room & long display corridor. A covered area for a walking meeting of four people and ideal venue for information displays. Brixham Theatre Brixham Seaworks

For more information on the shows, The Seaworks on the first floor of Brixham Town Hall please contact the Box Office on 882717 offers you desk rental in a creative environment, free or visit www.brixhamtheatre.org.uk from distractions where you only pay for the time you use it. BATS Quay Fair Day Harbour Hullaba- loo; Wednesday 1st July at 10am. The workhub space provides you with: Networking  Free business advice Free Wi-Fi  Brixham & Torquay Dance Project presents Video conferencing, printing and meeting rooms  their Annual Theatre Show for Parents Saturday 4th July at 6pm For more information contact Brixham Seaworks on 851962. Fourthwall Contemporary Theatre presents Brixham Pannier Market The 39 Steps; Thursday 9th July at 7.30pm The Pannier Market is based in the Scala Hall on Project Performers presents; Annie Jr Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 9.30am - 3pm of Friday 21st August at 6.00pm each week. Plus Saturdays in the Summer Season. Saturday 22nd August at 1pm & 6pm For more information contact or to enquire about a Neil Sands Productions present stall contact Stuart on 07914 965404 or visit us on fa- Here Comes Summer; Monday 24th August at 2pm cebook (brixhampanniermarket)

Phil Collins Returns with Best of Phil Collins Tour Community Events (part 2) Friday 18th September at 7.30pm Contact the Town Council office when you have a date for your event to ensure it is not the same day as The Malvern Players presents another event and have it put in the Brixham Signal ‘Out and About’ in the relevant edition. Sleep no More; Saturday 26th September at 2.00pm AND visit the Town Council website to add your event to the Community Diary. Dart Gig Promotions presents Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting and Nancy Kerr Don’t clash and lose cash, Sunday 27th September at 7.30pm Let the Community Diary know to get the dough!

6 Brixham Does Care A wide range of groups and activities await you, Monday to Friday, you could join in or come along to our Café each morning until 1pm. Why not come and see us, meet old friends or make new ones. A warm welcome is guaranteed, join in or just sit and relax, have a hot drink or just read the papers - the choice is yours.

Mon Men’s Group. 2pm – 4pm. Sit Active. 2pm – 4pm. Tues Knit & Natter. 10.30am - 12.30pm. Support Group. 2pm – 4pm. Bingo 2pm - 4pm. (ex. cost for books) Wed Ladies Group. 2pm – 4pm (1st, 3rd & 4th Wed of the Month.) Scrabble Group. 2 pm – 4pm. Thurs Chess Group. 1pm - 3.30pm. Art Group 2pm - 4pm. Fri Bridge Group 10.30am. Handicraft Group 2 pm– 4pm.

Charges: £1.40 per person & £1.40 for transport. Forthcoming Trips: Allsorts Garden Services Coach Trip on Wed 8th July: Looe & Polperro. All Aspects of Garden Care & Maintenance Members £10, non members £12. Coach departs at 9am. Lawns & Hedges. Border Cutting & Planting Forthcoming Events: Fencing & Pressure Washing. Summer Fair on 31st July in the Scala Hall. 10am - Pond Construction & Maintenance. 12.30pm. Fully Qualified 10+ Years’ Experience We also offer a home visiting service, for people who Call David on are isolated, housebound or vulnerable. We have an 01803 854833 open door policy with friendly staff. As part of our service we are able to undertake Attendance Allow- ance and Pension Credit applications, we can help and support in many ways. Opening Times: Brixham Does Care is a local befriending charity with Mon, Tues, Wed & lots to offer, too much to list here, why not call in and Fri 2pm - 4pm find out more. (except bank holi- days) Our offices are open Monday to Friday 9.45am - 4pm or check our website www.brixhamdoescare.co.uk. @ The Torbay Room, Brixham Town Hall For further information on groups and events at Brix- Food donations are always welcome. Tel no. 07873 164211 ham Does Care, please phone 857727.

7 New Chair and Vice Chairperson Elected at AGM The Community Partnership’s Annual General Meeting on 12th May saw the election of a new look Steering At Brixham Town Council’s 1st meeting on 21st May Group for 2015/16. new councillors Jill Regan and Jacqui Wilbraham were selected as the body’s representatives to the Before the election took place outgoing Chair, David Community Partnership and we welcome them and Giles, commented on the range of activities that had look forward to working with them. taken place during the year, including the new style public meetings that had launched the Ageing Well STEERING GROUP DISCUSSIONS programme in October 2014, followed by the visit of 19th May 2015 the Police and Crime Commissioner, Tony Hogg, in December and the February 2015 meeting which had It was agreed that insurance cover could be provided successfully sought to get more people involved in their for an event that the Girl Guides were planning to local democracy by finding candidates willing to stand hold on Furzeham Green later in the year, if request- in the Brixham Town Council election in May. ed.

He added that excellent work had been done in provid- BrixhamFuture has requested closer ties with the ing information to the Neighbourhood Forum about Community Partnership. While the Steering Grop are Green Spaces that the public wanted to protect and interested in the idea it was agreed that there are mat- pointed to the outstanding success of the Celebrating ters to be resolved in BrixhamFuture, which the coun- Brixham day in September 2014. cil are dealing with, and that we should reconsider the request at a later date. He thanked every member of the Steering Group for their personal efforts and support, describing them as A report was received from Michelle Fascione re- one of the best groups of people he has had the pleasure garding the way that young people would like to see to work with. facilities at the Skate Park improved. All agreed that a working group involving other organisations should Cecilia Kean and Olive Farnham presented information be set up, and the police consulted as well, as the ide- about current and future plans for Brixham Theatre as are being developed. which were well received by all in attendance. Andrew Wade reported on progress regarding the The Steering Group election was conducted by Brix- Threshers site. YES have been working on a Commu- ham Town Council Chair Paul Addison and the follow- nity Asset Transfer, which has been approved on a ing were elected:- 125 year lease subject to their being able to raise the funding to carry their project forward. Officers Liz Edwards (Chair), Andrew Wade (Vice Chair), David Giles and Katherine Fallon reported on an ex- Katherine Fallon (Secretary) and Megan Hart ploratory meeting that had taken place about the pos- (Treasurer) sibility of launching a film club in Brixham.

Members Participants had been allocated tasks including the Ann Bruce, Victoria Campbell, Sue Dawes, Michelle provision of a technical report on the use of Brixham Fascione, David Giles, Paul Hall, Dave Hodgetts and Theatre and a wide ranging survey of potential sup- Mona Stock port and film interests in the town.

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9 Shoalstone Pool On a glorious sunny day, the pool was opened by Mrs teers who give their time or expertise in the preparation, Marie Molesworth to a round of applause by supporters the pools builders at R&R Construction who supplied and friends. The main event was undoubtedly the un- equipment and the working time labour necessary to veiling by Mrs Molesworth, accompanied by her fami- carry out substantial concrete repairs to the “Tank ly, of a commemorative plaque to recognise the work Floor” and surrounding deck area. done in forming the Friends of Shoalstone and saving the pool some years after her late husband Rowan. We welcome back lifeguard Josh ’Peanut’ and new life- guards Sash, Daniel, Charlotte and Manager Dave Bar- The unveiling was particularly well timed given the ratt who brings a wealth of previous experience to the Friends of Shoalstone recently funded some £7,000 pool. The pool will continue to be free to use but to worth of repairs to the vulnerable deep end sea defence bring in revenue by donation, we are seeking to raise wall along with £5,000 contribution to SPL towards the the profile by improved signage on ingress road, har- routine maintenance of the facility. What a wise move bour side and poolside promotions to make the facility to set up the “Friends” thirteen years ago for without a go to destination by residents and visitors alike. continuous fund raising, arguably the pool would have been closed. We acknowledge the contribution of Tor- The poolside restaurant / café and sun deck will be open bay Council who part funded the repairs to the sea wall shortly with other improved facilities in the pipeline. but undoubtedly most credit must fall on the communi- ty of Brixham who continue to support the Friends of We have a very impressive website created by Keith Shoalstone in fund raising without which the pool oper- Tunnicliff, www.shoalstone.com where lots of infor- ation would not be sustainable. mation is available along with great graffics. Once again, we recognise the efforts of so many volun- See you at Shoalstone! Ray Gardner & Kath Wilson Shoalstone Pool Ltd & Friends of Shoalstone Pool

Brixham Gig Club On Sunday 31st May Brixham fielded a strong con- tingent of rowers at Salcombe Gig Regatta.

The Day ran very well with many of the crews ex- ceeding their expectations beating rivals who in the past have left them behind and other rowers making their race debuts.

The big result of the day was that of the Under 14s crew who returned to Salcombe and defended their title in emphatic style over the Caradon crew even challenging some crews from the under 16s division.

10 The Founding and Early Days of the Brixham Battery Heritage Group

In 1989, ex Home Guard Sgt. Ron Coleman who had been given another 40 years! served in the Brixham Battery from 1942-44 wrote and Robbie Robinson published his booklet “The Purpose and History of the Battery at Battery Gardens, Brixham”. Ron had been Opening times during July: working to protect and safeguard the future of the Bat- Monday / Friday / Sunday 2pm to 4pm. tery. In 1992, I met and joined Ron who was not July 12th - Open Day spectacular 12 noon to 4pm. achieving his aims for the battery. Together, we made August 16th - Open Day spectacular 12 noon to 4pm. some limited progress with Torbay Council including Opening times during August: Grade 2 Listing of all main buildings apart from the der- During the school Summer Holidays the Battery will be elict Artillery Training Section (ATS) hut which, in its open Monday / Wednesday / Friday 2pm to 4pm and poor condition, was the tool shed used by the Council Sunday 1pm to 4pm. employees who maintained the Battery Gardens. Brixham Holiday Home Services After listing in 1997, we made very little progress and after a lot of convincing Ron that an organisation could We specialise in cleaning and managing holiday homes in and should achieve much more than two individuals act- Brixham. Established 10 years, we offer a reliable service ing alone, he agreed and left it to me. that currently handles over 700 changeover cleans per year. I set up a public meeting on the 13th January 1999. The If you own a holiday home in Brixham and are looking for meeting was attended by about thirty people and a com- a trustworthy company to look after your property mittee of seven was elected. I was Chairman with Phil we would be delighted to hear from you. Trayhorn, Vice Chairman; Ron Coleman, Secretary; Bill Please call Pauline on 07875 790981 for more information Loader, Treasurer plus Edgar Lawrence, Pat Lowe and about our services, or email us at Norman Golding as members. We agreed on a title for [email protected] the Organisation and that I should contact Torbay Coun- cil to obtain a building - the ATS hut - as a base and fu- ture museum. Harry Flockhart Local solicitor Roger Richards agreed to act on our be- half free of charge and carried forward our case for a building with the Council. By May 1999 the necessary CARPENTER & JOINER papers had been signed giving BBHG a five year lease City & Guilds Qualified with over on the ATS hut at a peppercorn rent. 25 Years Experience After three years of work on the ATS hut - often heavy  and hard - we were ready to open the hut as our base Doors & Locks and WW2 Information, Education and Interpretation  Loft Conversions Centre or, in plain language, WW2 Museum. On 30th  Wardrobes March 2002 Councillor Bob Rudner, Mayor of Torbay  Staircases cut the tape, fired a miniature and started our six  Kitchens piece brass band, declaring our Base and Museum open.  uPVC Fascia & Guttering  By now, Phil Trayhorn was our Chairman; a responsi- Flooring & Decking bility he carried out for eleven years including a very  Fencing successful Lottery Heritage Grant of £50,000 for our  Fire Doors second building. FREE ESTIMATES – NO JOB TOO As the founder of Brixham Battery Heritage Group, I SMALL take great pride in the fact that our hard work has been rewarded. We have achieved so much. Our numbers Contact Harry on: have increased and altogether, we have done a lot of in- 01803 844797 or Mobile: 07527 287603 forming, educating and interpreting. As Brixham WW2 [email protected] Museum, we have been a great success and we have just 11 OUT AND ABOUT - EVERY - Monday (Oct - May) Brixham Town Band practice session 7.45pm, Brixham College Music Department 669158 Project Performers Youth (term time only) 4pm, Brixham Theatre, Polly 07591073125 Youth Genesis Girls Group. 10-18 years. URC, New Road. 7-9pm (Term time). Michelle 853795. Monday - Friday Brixham Does Care café @ The Function Room 10am to 1pm Brixham Does Care Charity Shop, Old Market Hall, 10am - 4pm Tuesday Brixham Detachment of Devon Army Cadet Force. Laura - [email protected] Cubs. 6.30pm - 8pm. Usually at The Edge. Phone Skip (Mara Slipper) for info on 858839. The Zone: Reloaded, youth club, 9-14yrs. 3.30pm £1 (inc drink & biscuits) Christian Community Centre Knit and Natter. @The Function Room, Brixham Town Hall. 10.30am - 12.30pm. Emma 857727. Buddhist Meditation Group, Lupton House 7.30pm £5 per session 845800 Healing Café 12pm –3pm and 7pm to 9pm Lupton House 845800 Veteran Seafarers Association. 2pm URC, New Road. Alan Healey 854990 Serenty’s Garden Development Circles. 7.30pm-9.30pm. Higher Brixham Community Centre. 857870. Dramatically Different, (term time only) 5pm Brixham Theatre, Rachel 07970 557508 Rotary Club. Brixham Yacht Club 18.45. Expect 1st Tuesday in a month when its 12.45. 842451. Tues & Thursday Mensheds. 11am - 3pm. The Edge, Bolton Street. 883794 Tues - Saturday Heritage Museum. 10am - 4pm, children under 6 free, 6-16 50p, adults £3, concessions £2.50 Tues, Thurs & Sunday Brixham Harriers Running Club, 7pm, Sundays at 10.30am. 850566. Wednesday Scouts. 7pm - 9pm. Usually at The Edge. Phone Skip (Mara Slipper) for info on 858839. Alzheimer's Society Memory Café. 1.30pm United Reform Church. 07803 115828 The Riviera Singers. United Reformed Church, New Rd. 7.30pm. New ladies welcome. Slimming Class, 9.30am, Lupton House, 857350 Youth Genesis Streetbase Youth work teams. 6.30-8.30pm (Term time). Michelle 853795. Thursday PROBUS Club. Arrive befor e 10am. Catholic Hall Chess Club. Conservative Club, New Road. 7pm. All welcome. 854409. Bell ringing, 7.30 p.m. to 9 p.m. St Mary's church. Guy Thompson - 07764 344694 Brixham Orpheus Choir 7.30pm. Rehearsal Methodist Hall, Fore Street. 856230 Brixham Town Band (training) 6.30pm main band 7.45pm Brixham College Music Department 669158 Friday Youth Genesis The Place Youth drop in. 11-18yrs, 7pm United Reform Church. Michelle 853794. Sunday Brixham United Spiritual Family Church Service. 6-7pm. Higher Brixham Community Centre. 666177. Brixham Community Church. 10.30am. Brixham College Main Hall. All Welcome. 07772 591357. Sunday, Monday & Friday Brixham Battery Museum. 2pm to 4pm. Free entry. Alternate Tuesdays Brixham Str oke Association. 2pm United Refor med Church, New Rd. 882269. Brixham Ladies Forum, Catholic Church Hall, New Rd, 10.00am 859828 or 882288 Alternate Thursdays Astr ology Group. 7.30pm Churston Court. Val 851392 Family History Group, Brixham Heritage Museum, 7-9pm 856267 Alternate Fridays Brixham TT Club. 7pm Commencing October. Contact Mr Pengelly 07778 287387 Alternate Sundays No limits Disabled Archery Club, Brixham Leisure Centre, 12.30pm 853959 1st & 3rd Thursday of each month Soroptimists, Brixham Rugby Club 1st Monday Brixham Blind & VI Club, United Reform Church, New Rd; 2pm-4pm 853959 1st Tuesday Royal Naval Association Brixham Rugby Club 8pm 857947 1st Wednesday of month Brixham Horticultural Society (not January) 2.00pm Catholic Hall, New Rd. 853539 1st Thursday of month John Turk's Folk Night, free admission - singers welcome Ernie Lister Bar 9pm start 2nd Monday of each month Brixham Stamp Club, 7.15pm at Chestnut Heights Community Centre. 2nd Monday of each month (not August) Brixham Inner Wheel, 7pm, Berry Head Hotel. Ladies contact 459641 2nd Tuesday of each month Brixham U3A. 2.00pm at Brixham Rugby Club. 852904 2nd & 4th Wednesday Tea Dance in aid of Cancer Research Catholic Church Hall 2.00pm £4. Mar k 5535680 2nd & last Wednesday Brixham Quilters. 854411 2nd Friday (except April & August) Messy Church. Brixham United Reformed Church, New Rd. 3.45pm-6pm 3rd Thursday Brixham Society of Art. Eden Par k Primary School 7.30pm. 07747 620449 Brixham WI, 2.15pm Brixham Rugby Club. Details 855439. Last Tuesday Brixham Means Business. come & pr omote your business, Berry Head Hotel 7:30 - 9am 855210 Last Wednesday Torbay Owls and Company 7pm Galmpton Village Institute 853453 12 OUT AND ABOUT July Wed 8th Brixham Does Care Coach trip to Looe & Polperro. £10 members, £12 non members. 857727. Fri 10th - 11th Brixham Hapnin Sat 11th School Summer Fete, Brixham Church of England, Higher Ranscombe Road Sun 12th Brixham WW2 Museum Open Day spectacular. 12pm - 4pm. www.brixhambattery.net Fri 17th Quay Harmony. Songs for a Summer Evening at Lupton House. 7.30pm. Sat 18th Family Fun Day in Douglas House. Brixham Rugby Club. 12pm-9.30pm. Sat 18th Brixham Orpheus Male Voice Choir Annual Concert at All Saints Church. Sun 19th Digital Wildlife Course. 10am - 4pm. £25pp. Berry Head. Contact 520022. Fri 24th Berry Head Bat Walk. £5 adult, £3.50 child. Contact 520022. Fri 24th Brixham Horticultural Society. 2pm - 5pm in the Scala Hall. Sat 25th Brixham Horticultural Society. 10am - 4pm in the Scala Hall. Sat 25th Brixham Girlguiding present Fun Day at Furzham Green. 10am-4pm. Sat 25th - 31st National Whale and Dolphin Watching Weekend. Contact 882619 for further information. Wed 29th Brixham Orpheus Male Voice Choir Quay Concert. In aid of Shoalstone Pool. Fri 31st Torbay Dedication Service. The Quay. 7.30pm. Fri 31st Torbay Steam Fair Hill Climb. Starts on The Quay at 5pm. Fri 31st - 2nd Aug Torbay Steam Fair. Churston. 10am - 5pm. www.torbaysteamfair.co.uk or 07990 983072 Fri 31st Brixham Does Care Summer Fair. Scala Hall. 10am - 12.30pm.

August Mon 3rd - Sun 9th 2015 Torbay Lifeboat Week. 10am - 6pm each day. www.torbaylifeboat.org.uk Wed 5th Brixham Orpheus Male Voice Choir Quay Concert. In aid of Friends of Brixham Library. Wed 5th Brixham Horticultural Society Speaker: Douglas Anglesea on non-flowering plants. Sat 8th - 9th 1940s weekend. Lupton House. www.lupton1940sweekend.co.uk Wed 12th Brixham Orpheus Male Voice Choir Quay Concert. In aid of Pride in Brixham. Wed 12th - 16th St. Mary’s Church Festival of Fabric and Flowers. 10am-5.00pm. Thurs 13th Brixham Orpheus Male Voice Choir Proms Night with Brixham Town Band. Sat 15th Rockway Records. Scala Hall Sun 16th Brixham WW2 Museum Open Day spectacular. 12pm - 4pm. www.brixhambattery.net Mon 17th Proms on The Quay. Brixham Town Band. 8.00pm-9.30pm Sat 22nd - Sat 29th Brixham Arts Society. Scala Hall.

September Wed 2nd Brixham Horticultural Society Speaker: John Harvey on 101 Gardening tips. Sat 5th Fishstock. Brixham Quay.

Brixham Youth Activities Cadets Brixham Detachment of Devon Army Cadet Force. Contact Laura D’Alessandro 07715 332721. Cricket Brixham Cricket Club. Contact Phil Gregory by email [email protected]. Football Brixham AFC. Contact Club Secretary Bill Harris on 01803 856671. Judo Ronindo Judo Club. Contact Ray Brown on 01803 551434. Karate Brixham Karate Club. Contact Richard or Kate Hurd on 01803 856601. Kayak The Ibex Canoe Club. Contact Ralph on 01803 857656 or Jacky on 01803 858174. Rowing Brixham Gig Club. Contact Club Captain Dave Morralley on 07794 102601 or [email protected] or brixhamgigclub.co.uk Rugby Brixham RFC. Contact Director of Rugby James Onslow on 07855 046677. Sailing Brixham Junior Sailing Club. Contact the Honorary Secretary at www.brixhamjsc.co.uk. Sea Rangers SRS / CSRS Churchill. Contact Skipper Mrs Steph Luscombe. 855182 or [email protected] Swimming Brixham Swimming Club. Contact Paul Pickett on 859866. Table Tennis Brixham Table Tennis Club. Contact Club Secretary Alan Maynard on 01803 853047.

13 Brixham Town Council Meeting Dates

Full Council 7pm @ The Function Room, Brixham Town Hall 09.07.15 03.09.15 22.10.15 26.11.15

Finance and General Purpose Committee 7pm, Furzeham Room, Brixham Town Hall 01.07.15 05.08.15 02.09.15 07.10.15

Planning Committee 7pm, Furzeham Room, Brixham Town Hall 06.07.15 03.08.15 07.09.15 05.10.15

Community Services Committee 7pm, Furzeham Room, Brixham Town Hall 27.07.15 21.09.15 16.11.15 18.01.16

Evaluation Committee 7pm, Furzeham Room, Brixham Town Hall 23.07.15 15.10.15 NB. Meetings are subject to change please check the Town Council notice board and social network sites for up to date information.

Need a Venue? Community Hall & meeting rooms for hire.

Admiral Swimming Pool Saloon, Community Room Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church, meet- & Galley. (Pool private hire available) 857151 ing Room. 853406 Brixham Cricket Club Function Room – 853836 St John Ambulance Hall, Penn Meadows Marga- (Catering available 07519975811) ret 07800 881940 United Reformed Church, New Road 852218 Brixham Library Lyte meeting Room 853870 Brixham Museum 856267 Brixham Conservative Club, New Rd - upstairs suite/bar/meeting room. Christine Dwyer 882205 Brixham Rugby Club 2 Function Rooms 882162 St. Mary’s Church Hall, St. Mary’s Square - Suit- Brixham Sport Centre multi use facilities for classes/ able for functions & meetings. Mandy 853525 clubs/ meetings. 883388

Brixham Town Hall – 2 Meeting rooms (12 people), Scala Hall (160) & @The Function Room (60) 859678 Fore Street Community Hall 852941 Lupton House 845800 Hill Climb from The Quay: Higher Brixham Community Centre 07904 368121 Fri 31st from 5pm Laura Jury Lyte House Community Rooms 26 Bolton St 854331 Steam Fair Nr. Churston: Fri 31st July, Sat 1st & Sun 2nd August

14 Quay Harmony Quay Harmony, Brixham based ladies choir, are busy rehearsing for their Annual Summer Concert to be held in the beautiful Ballroom at Lupton House on Friday 17th July at 7.30 pm.

Tickets £7 and concessions £5

Their guests will be the Tenor Matthew Wilding, whose fame is spreading in the area, and soprano Don- na-Marie Hughes, the choir's Musical Director. Matthew and Donna-Marie perform as the duo 'Bella Voci'.

Come and enjoy a wide repertoire of songs including musical theatre, sacred, classical and contemporary music.

A raffle will be held for the choir's charity for this year - Brixham Does Care, with prizes on the theme of 'A Summer Picnic'.

The choir have performed at numerous concerts already this year and have raised a substantial amount for chari- ty.

In April they organised a concert in aid of YES @ The Edge and were joined by guests Harping Mad.

They were also the special guest choir of the Brixham Orpheus Male Voice Choir at their Spring Concert held at St Andrew's Church in Paignton when a total of £640 was raised for Parkinson's UK.

On both occasions they looked splendid in their new choir outfits.

Tickets for the summer concert can be obtained from the B.D.C. office, the Sampan Chinese takeaway in Middle Street, Lupton House or from choir members. Brixham Heritage Museum If you enjoy singing and want to join a friendly choir Open April – Oct Tues -Sat 10am– 4pm come along to the Edge in Bolton Street, Brixham any Nov-Mar Tues-Sat 10am–1pm Tuesday evening at 7pm to meet us or call Janet on Admission Adults £3.00 Concessions £2.50 01803 851991. Accompanied Children Under 6 FREE, 6-16 yrs £0.50.

15 The Tank at Torcross Car Park, Slapton Sands This Tank is a 32 Ton U.S Sherman fitted with a Brit- driver on board. He turned the tank around to go for- ish invention called Duplex Drive (DD) or double ward onto the barge but the right hand track went off drive. A canvas screen fitted and sealed around the top the edge of the ramp then rolled over twice and sank to of the hull to create flotation and two additional gear- the bottom. One minute later our driver re appeared and boxes to carry two propellers underneath the body was picked up. That is how we lost our tank, Driver Er- work at the back, with the screen extended upwards ror!” the tank could now float and the engine could drive the propellers giving a top speed of 5mph. What was Ken Small motive? He was not a historian but rather a business man, in fact a hotelier, he and his The British and Canadians intended to use the DD family owned the Cove Guest House in Torcross. By Tanks on D Day but the Americans were reluctant 1984 he had the tank out and on the car park. Then he thinking they would be of little value. Exercise TIGER wrote his version of events in ‘The Forgotten Dead’. was the first occasion that U.S forces used DD Tanks. His business was not good, his tank and book were his The plan for each of the 5 D’ beaches was that 32 DD way of increasing U.S interest and attracting more U.S tanks would be deposited from their LCT off shore and visitors who would stay in his hotel – and it did but we they would lead in by landing on each point to be fol- the public were completely miss led, in fact he moved lowed by 3 quite separate waves of infantry. The first the second disaster to convoy T4 from Portland, 40 wave would advance up the very wide beach protected miles west to Slapton, so his tank was now one of its by the DD tanks. victims!

This tank was one of the 32 landed on Slapton Sands There was no official memorial put up by the U.S Gov- from convoy T1 in exercise Tiger; it was obviously not ernment to the 30 Soldiers from T1 killed by friendly one of the 4 destroyed by shell fire. fire on Slapton Sands – serious mistakes are not offi- In his book the ‘Forgotten Dead’ Ken Small who cially remembered; but Rear Don Moon USN who brought the tank for $50 in 1974 from the Americans made the mistake committed suicide two months later. and had it raised from 60’ down in Start Bay in1984 The Royal Navy (our senior service) was found guilty made it clear that his tank was lost when TIGER was of failing to protect T4 with enough escorts, but no sen- attacked by German E Boats off Slapton. This is not ior Naval Officer took his responsibility as seriously as the case. Rear Admiral Don Moon USN. So Ken Smalls’ tank is a fitting memorial to all casualties that occurred in and The five crew members of that tank planned to be at off Slapton Sands during the seven amphibious training Slapton for the 50th Anniversary in 1994 (probably exercises between December 1943 and May 1944, but their last chance). In April 1994 four of the crew but is it not time that Ken Smalls’ distorted version of what not the driver, who had died, arrived at Slapton where happened to Exercise TIGER be corrected or will by chance they met a young man who later visited BBC2 ‘Coasts’ and ‘Country file’ and the more recent Brixham Battery/ WW2 Museum. He gave me the fol- the Channel 5 documentary go on forever? lowing account of their meeting. CAPT (RETD) J.R (Robbie) Robinson. Royal Army (Q) Where is your 5th Crew member? Educational Corps (1949 – 1972) (A) He was the Driver, and he died last year. WWii Military Historian & Visiting Lecturer. (Q) How did you lose your tank? Founder (Jan 1999) Brixham Battery Heritage Group. (A) By Driver Error! (B) Please explain. GUEST SPEAKER (A) “It was several days after exercise TIGER was ter- Need a guest speaker? Brixham author and journalist Nick Fletcher minated and after the E Boat disaster off Portland. We is always happy to give talks to local organisations - no fee is re- quired. Nick is the author of crime novels, short story collections five were with our tank on the lower deck right at the and poetry books. He has several entertaining and informative back of the ship, an LST. We were moored about ¾ of themed talks: a mile off Slapton Sands. We were the only tank on Could you be a writer? An insight into a writer's life, and tips board, all sitting on the tank drinking coffee, smoking on becoming a writer yourself. Poetry - writing poetry and getting and chatting with all hatches open. Suddenly an officer it published. Writing a novel - can anyone write a best-seller? Es- sential advice! Short stories and romantic fiction - tips on how to appeared above on deck and shouted down to us get started and be successful. Available for WI groups, writers “Reverse back to the ramp (about 80 yard back) where groups and all social clubs in Brixham, Dartmouth and surrounding a barge will collect and take you ashore” The barge areas. Often available at short notice. Details: Tel: 01803 856201. arrived before we got back to the ramp with only the www.nickfletcher.co.uk Email [email protected] 16 Civic Award Douglas House

Thank you to DWP staff and Interline from Leon- ard Cheshire Disability - Douglas House.

Douglas House is a residential care home (with nurs- ing) and day care centre for disabled adults. All the residents, service users and staff would like to send a heartfelt thank you to a team of DWP staff for volun- teering to paint our day care room and to Interline for kindly donating all the paint. The difference in atmos- phere to the newly decorated room is tremendous and the space is much more homely and inviting.

Congratulations to Jeff and Shirley Green for winning the We are always looking for volunteers at Douglas Town Council Civic Award this year in recognition of House to help with gardening, befriending, decorat- over 40 years of teaching thousands of children to swim ing, escorting, IT skills and many other roles. in Brixham. If you could help support our residents in any way or The award was presented by Chairperson, Cllr Paul Ad- know anyone that may be interested please contact dison at the Annual Parish Meeting in May. At the meet- Lorraine on 01803 856333 or e-mail Lor- ing, Jeff Green said “If we have saved just one life by [email protected] for further details. teaching someone how to swim then we have done our job.” Anti Bullying Project Grant

The Civic Award is presented annually to any person Matthew James, previously a Torbay Ward & Brixham who has furthered the welfare and / or improved the qual- Councillor has donated £1,300 to an anti bullying fund. ity of life of Brixham people. Applications will reopen in April 2016. The applicant must apply themselves (adults can super- vise) and be between the ages of 5 and 18 years old.

Outstanding Sports Achievement Award A maximum of £400 will be awarded per application and it must be used for the purpose of tackling bullying A new award was instigated by Brixham Town Council of young people. in March to recognise a person or a team who has gained a significant success or excelled in terms of sporting To apply: Please send a letter or email to Brixham achievement bringing credit to Brixham. Town Council giving details of your project. Please ensure you include your contact details. The deadline Congratulations goes to Brixham Rugby Club who re- for applications is 31st August. All applications will be ceived this award, following their Devon Senior Cup Vic- reviewed at the F&GP Committee on 2nd September. tory. The award was presented to the Devon 1st XV and Ken Stapleton on Saturday 28th March. Letters For nearly three years the papers and Facebook has been talking about bullying and the tragic outcome of some young people leaving us sooner than they should. More needs to be done, not just at schools, but at col- leges too.

It is time that local MPs and Councillors look at this issue seriously, and send out facts to all the people in Brixham.

Too many young people suffer at the hands of bully- ing. Let’s put a stop to it. Lisa Foxall, Brixham 17 Lupton 1940s Charity Weekend Torbay Lifeboat Week Lupton House 1940s weekend has moved to 8th and 9th August. Sunday 2nd August to Sunday 9th August inclusive

We have wonderful support from local groups and It's that time of year once businesses and we always try to include some of the again and your local RNLI local charity and groups. team of Volunteers – from both fundraising and the This year we are celebrating VE and VJ day and lifeboat station has planned want more fun stalls. We are looking for some local an exciting and varied se- charity groups who would like to run some of our ries of events aimed at raising awareness of the RNLI fun stalls, to give it a good family fun theme. and all that the organisation does to promote safety at sea. We will be having all our military displays re- enactors, home front and a small arms display with The events also offer us the opportunity to thank the lo- blank firing by Brixham Battery Heritage group cal community and our local sponsors for their ongoing members. There will be full size replicas of the spit- support throughout the year, alongside raising addition- fire and hurricane and the opportunity to have a pho- al, vital funds for the Torbay Lifeboat Station, based to taken in the cockpit with all proceeds going to here in Brixham. charity. The events will be displayed in a printed programme On top of this there will also be a Craft and Vintage that will be widely available during July. The pro- fair with lots to see and do. Full contact details can gramme plan is available on the web site be found on our website. www.torbaylifeboat.org.uk now. www.lupton1940sweekend.co.uk Please check our website regularly for up-to-date tim- ings and relevant contact details. 18 Friends of Furzeham As Chair of Friends of Furzeham I am delighted to report that Community Spirit is alive and active in the Furzeham area. You did us proud on Saturday 30th May. I couldn't have done it without you.

Numerous people donated flowers and shrubs as well as turning up to help. Our helpers comprised of several committee members, neighbours, friends and two gardening experts, John who lectures in Horti- culture at South Devon College and David who owns Allsorts Garden Services both of whom had read about our plight in the Herald. Plus a couple of Brixham and Torbay Councillors who we set to work filling watering cans. We even had plants do- nated from Paignton and Torquay. A local firm also kindly made us 3 brass plaques. You know who you are I just want to say a massive "Thank you" to one and all.

In fact for 3-4 hours work I think we did amazingly well. The beds are blooming and I have had so many positive remarks from people coming to take a look. We even had several small donations given to us whilst we were working.

I would also like to thank the Queens Arms and Brixham Chamber of Commerce who have since kindly offered us substantial donations to enable us to keep the flower beds blooming. That is what makes it all worthwhile.

However, we still have one very essential problem to solve. WATER. We would appreciate any help and advice as most of us are on water metres and no one has a hose long enough to reach from surround- ing houses!

Seems ironical that the disused toilet block is within Brownie Leader Needed a stones throw or rather should I say a hose length 3rd Brixham Brownies is in danger of closing unless from the flower beds!! a new leader can be found.

Come on Torbay Council do the decent thing and The girl only group meets on Mondays between come up with a solution, after all you've saved on 5.30pm and 7.00pm and there are currently 18 the cost of the turf as well as man power. Brownies aged between 7 and 10.

If any readers would like to help with maintaining You do not need any experience of girl guiding just a the flower beds or join the Friends group we would passion for helping young girls learn new things and love to hear from you. have fun. Full training and assistance will be given.

Thank you so much Mrs Carole Morey, Chair of If you are interest please con- Friends of Furzeham tact Fiona Westcott on ([email protected] or Sue our Secre- 07813529425. tary on [email protected])

19 Town Council Finances The internal auditor audited the accounts, adjusted to take into account debtors and creditors on Receipts 2015 22.05.15. On 03.06.15 figures were presented to £194,300.00 Precept the Finance and General Purposes Committee, Projects £17,699.39 who have scrutinised all invoices and expenditure Allotments £673.00 through the year on a monthly basis. The Annual Other income £4,639.85 Return was accepted by Brixham Town Council Newsletter £6,856.96 later in June and was then submitted to the exter- Town Hall £68,379.08 nal auditor. Public examination was advertised on the Town Council noticeboard in May and June. Bank interest £29.03 VAT Charged £4,839.50 Vat Recovered £24,535.86 Budget Categories £321,952.67 In May 2015 the F&GP Committee resolved to Payments recommend to Full Council that the budget cate- Staff costs £84,969.86 gories should be adjusted to reflect the reduction £8,669.18 General admin in the salary budget, following the benchmarking Insurance £6,520.15 and that this should be allocated under the head- Members allowance £456.49 ing of Shoalstone Pool. Civic Service £1,133.80 Courses & travel £441.20 The recommendation to Full Council was to re- Grants £34,680.88 duce the salary budget by £15,000 and allocated Newsletter £12,695.05 this to a new category for Shoalstone Pool. Projects £16,970.89 Seasonal Display £25,677.24 The £15,000 for Shoalstone Pool reflects £5,000 Allotments £2,694.47 awarded to the Friends of Shoalstone Pool for their invaluable efforts in helping to finance the Audit £1,465.00 repairs, maintenance and enhancements to the Town Hall £60,658.46 pool. The remaining £10,000 is the contingency Election £0.00 fund for Shoalstone Pool Limited which was re- Rent, Rates & utilities £36,563.71 solved at the Full Council meeting in January. VAT Paid £1,681.91 VAT Input £26,217.77 The new budget categories were approved at Full £321,496.06 Council in June and are on page 21.

Surplus for the year £456.61 This does not change the approved budget of General fund b/fwd £183,875.39 £223,028.00. Continued on page 21. General fund c/fwd £184,332.00 Annual Report Nat West £0.00 The annual report is produced by Brixham Town Lloyds Bank Current £90,394.93 Council each year in May and is available at the Deposit 1 £14.99 Annual Parish Meeting. Deposit2 £100,014.04 Petty Cash £51.88 The report for 2014/15 includes and introduction from the Town Council Chairman, Cllr Paul Ad- Bank Summary dison, committee reports, reports on the Town £0.00 Council’s social media accounts, £190,475.84 Hardcopies are now available for collection from the office or you can download a copy from our website.

20 Budget Categories BrixhamFuture

Continued from page 20. At the Full Council meeting on 11th June, Brixham Town Council discussed the structure of BrixhamFuture. Standing Orders were lifted to allow members of Brix- Category Budget Percent- hamFuture and members of the public to comment on 2015/16 age of the structural problems of the Town Council’s working budget group. Allotments £1,000.00 0.34% It was resolved that Brixham Town Council’s Strategy Audit £2,000.00 0.69% working group meet with all remaining members of Bank Charges £0.00 0.00% BrixhamFuture and any other interested parties to dis- Civic Award £50.00 0.02% cuss and resolve the current structural problems.

Civic Service £400.00 0.14% The meeting was arranged for 15th June and at the time Courses £500.00 0.17% of writing, that meeting had not taken place. The aim of Election Expenses £20,000.00 6.87% the meeting was to agree recommendations to take to the next Town Council meeting on 9th July. Grants £20,000.00 6.87% Insurance £4,500.00 1.55% BrixhamFuture is a regeneration working group of the Town Council and membership is made up of residents, Maintenance £20,000.00 6.87% representatives from the Neighbourhood Forum, the Meetings £1,800.00 0.62% Chamber of Commerce, Community Partnership, Torbay Economic Development Company and any other inter- Members Allowance £800.00 0.27% ested parties. For further information, please visit the Newsletter £6,800.00 2.34% Town Council website. Notice Boards £100.00 0.03% Post & Carriage £30.00 0.01% Projects £2,500.00 0.86% Public Notices £250.00 0.09% Rates £6,000.00 2.06% Seasonal displays £32,000.00 10.99% Salaries £80,000.00 27.47% Shoalstone Pool £15,000.00 5.15% Stationery £2,500.00 0.86% Subscriptions £2,000.00 0.69% Travel £400.00 0.14% Town Hall (general) £39,550.00 13.58% Utilities £31,000.00 10.65% Youth Council £2,000.00 0.69% Budget £291,180.00 Less Town Hall income £68,152.00 Resolved precept £223,028.00

21 Chairman’s Report Youth Genesis

Like previous years it has been a very busy year for the A Birthday, Youth Volunteers, Hustings and Council which continues to work for the benefit of the Awards...... Town and I will single out three important aspects from the Council’s activities this year. The Town Hall is This term saw the 6th Birthday of “The Place” youth now fully occupied by a number of community groups. drop in, our long standing youth provision based at the Brixham Does Care; Seaworks; BATS & Brixham United Reformed Church for 11-19 years. We celebrat- Foodbank; as well as providing office accommodation ed with a birthday cake and pizza! for the Town Council. The Council has continued with the lease on Shoalstone Pool from Torbay Council with Youth Genesis have three Youth Volunteers all 16 or the management of the Pool being run by Shoalstone under that help on a Monday and Friday night with the Pool Limited, which is solely owned by Brixham Town cooking and general activities. They are all brilliant role Council. This company runs the Pool and will do so for models to their peers. At the time of the elections they successive years to come offering a fantastic facility helped in the community at the Brixham Hustings open to both residents and visitors alike. The Christmas event, they did a fantastic job keeping everyone in tea Festivities, which include the Christmas Market and the or coffees. Christmas Lights Switch On and Lantern Parade are proving very successful. It will be run again this year We were very proud that their efforts have been recog- with some changes to make it better still. nised and we attended the Brix Awards where they re- ceived an award. Well done, we are very proud of you. It goes without saying that Brixham has suffered over the last few years from cuts to Torbay Council’s budg- The Place is open 7-9pm on a Friday night. et. The Town Council lost £37,000 this year which Torbay has again withheld, in my view unfairly, from the government support grant. Many feel that these budget cuts fall unfairly on Brixham which is the small- est of the three towns that make up Torbay and has the least Torbay Councillors, five out of total of 36.

The vast majority of the major works for the fire risk assessment on the Town Hall has now been completed. The latest being the installation of the new fire escape to the rear of the building. The next step is for the new working party to decide on the future plans of the Scala Hall and work closely with existing tenants and users of the Town Hall in its entirety to ensure that whatever The Girls Group...... alterations are decided, it will work for everyone con- Going very well and open on a Monday night from 7- cerned. 9pm at the United Reformed Church for ages 11-18. Towards the end of last term we focused on Drugs and Finally, I would like to say thank you to Mrs K Barnes Alcohol and Law and Criminality. We were lucky for her tireless work as Town Clerk since August 2007 enough to have an Officer from the Torbay Youth Of- and who left Brixham Town Council at the end of 2014. fending Team come and speak about the law surround- ing young people and answer a lot of questions. I would also like to thank all the retiring Councillors who have done an excellent job over the last few years. This term we have mainly focused on Sexual Health There are now 7 new Councillors and 5 re-elected and and will continue exploring all aspects surrounding Councillors for 2015/16 and I look forward to working Delay, Assertiveness and Exploitation until the end of with them all along with the Town Clerk and Officers the Summer term. in what could prove to be a challenging and exciting time for the Town Council.

Cllr Paul Addison Chairman

22 Brixham in Bloom Update Brixham Horticultural Society

It's hard to believe another year has flown by and the Sum- mer Show is only a few weeks away (24th & 25th Ju- ly). Entry forms can be obtained from any Committee member, David Phillips 853539 or Jean Horrobin 883473.

Categories include:- Flowers, Fruit & Veg, Floral Art, Do- mestic or Handicrafts plus a Competition for children to grow a container of Mustard & Cress or a hand-made Birthday card. Last year saw a record breaking number of entries, so don't delay.

Our monthly meetings are held on the first Wednesday of Pictured above: Some children from Year 5 at the month in the Catholic Hall on New Road, starting at Brixham Church of England Primary School at 2pm with tea and biscuits. A recent talk by Mr Spence St. Mary’s Park. Kingdon was entitled "A boy on a farm" and was greatly enjoyed by everyone, a coach trip to Powderham Castle Thank you to all the schools and community groups was also great fun. Forthcoming events include - who returned some of the crop having germinated their seeds into plants from Brixham Town Council. A Floral Extravaganza in June, followed by a Garden Par- ty in July (members only) in August we have Non- Well done to Year 5 at Brixham Church of England Flowering Plants and September 101 Gardening Tips. Primary School who visited St. Mary’s Park and

Furzeham Green to plant their plug plants. A warm welcome is guaranteed, so why not come along and join us? Plants received from other community groups have been redistributed to the Friends of Brixham Library and Pride in Brixham.

The Town Council has entered various allotments in Email info@ richardbarnes-electrician.co.uk the Bay Blooms and is also working closely with Tim Eley, Torbay in Bloom for the South West in Bloom competition.

All in all a great effort for our first year, which we intend to improve on for next year.

If you are interested in helping with this scheme in the future, please contact the Town Council.

Watering Brixham, Paignton, Torquay

It goes without saying that anything that is planted needs watering. Friends of Furzeham and Friends of Brixham Library are both calling out for helpers to water their plants. If you can help at all, please con- tact the Town Council who will forward your details on.

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