For the People of Modbury & Brownston Volume 18, Issue 233 September 2018 MODBURY WI - JANET WINS THE CUP Janet Thomas was the first winner of the trophy in the new WI Craft Class at this year’s Modbury Fruit and Produce Show. Janet submitted a bag she had woven in a complex checked pattern and made up herself, which was a real tour de force and a very worthy winner. Our new programme starts in September after an August meeting break and we will meet on the first Tuesday evening of the month from now on, which we hope will encourage new members as Friday evenings have proved problematic in the past. The next meeting will take place at 7.30pm on Tuesday, 4th September in the MARS Pavilion, Queen Elizabeth II Recreation Ground, Chatwell Lane, Modbury when the speaker will be hypotherapist Grace Jones from Elegant Thinking. In addition to our monthly meetings we have book, craft, walking and cinema going groups as well as visits to places of interest in the locality. Why not come along as a guest to the next meeting to see for yourself what Modbury WI has to offer? Please contact me at [email protected] if you would like to find out more. Rosemary Parker The Modbury Pantomime returns with Puss in Boots on 3, 4, 5 January 2019 Anyone interested in being: onstage, backstage, costume, music, singing, dancing ** Support or Star** Please come to an Open Meeting at 11:00 on Saturday 15 September in Modbury Memorial Hall Nigel & Felicity Guild look forward to seeing you then; and/or contact us any time: 20 Church Street Page 1 thebrownstongallery ANTHONY AMOS (1950 - 2010) Master Marine Artist 15 - 29 September art prints sculpture jewellery www.thebrownstongallery.co.uk I’ve got money 4 U Any person residing in Modbury Parish who is leaving school to start higher/further education or a training scheme is ENTITLED to a small, one off, grant from the Modbury Education Foundation Please apply by 1st October 2018. with brief details of the course to: [email protected] Page 2 Modbury Parish Council News There is no Parish Council meeting in August so just a few things to pass on: Parking: At the July meeting the issue of parking on Brownston Street was raised and the possibility of permit/residential parking. The Council has inquired about this and the cost per permit would be around £200 a year, against £140 for a year’s permit to park in Poundwell Car Park. As has been pointed out if every one in Brownstone Street went for a permit there still may not be enough parking. The use of permit parking is not looked on favourably by either Devon County Council or South Hams District Council. The obliteration of the double yellow lines by the War Memorial is now been dealt with by the Police. Scams: We have had over the last few weeks a number of phone calls from people supposing to come from Open Reach, Microsoft or the telephone preference service. The callers often ask you either to give them access to your computer or to pay for the the Telephone Preference Service to block unwanted calls. The Telephone Preference Service is a free service which you can join. Also please remember if you get a cold call from someone saying they are from your bank etc and they give you a phone number to confirm they are from your bank. If you ring this number do it from another phone eg mobile as on some phone system the caller can stay on the line after you have the phone down for about 5 minutes so if you ring out on the phone it goes straight to them. Not the company you think you are ringing. The next Council meeting will be on Tuesday September 11th at the MARS Pavilion at the Queen Elizabeth II Recreation Ground. Chris Barnes Modbury Fruit and Produce Show 2018 I would just like to say thank you to all those who entered this year’s show. Although it has been a bad year for the gardeners all classes were way down on previous years but none the less the entries in the Cottagers was not too bad. The British Legion cup was won by Mr John Robinson which was fitting as he is a member, the cup was for any other veg he entered some very curly type of bean. Bernard Taylor won the J Ellis Memorial Cup for his five a day plate. The cup for the most distinctive allotment was won by Jane Bullen. These are judged anonymously by numbers. The comment made by the judge of the allotments, was that some of what he saw could have been placed on the show bench it was that good. This is something I would like to see also. This year we had a new cup to present which was from the WI and this was given for the best handicraft and was won by Janet Thomas. Once again the children’s section was well up with 86 entries. Their cookery section looked excellent with all those lovely chocolate cakes. The Brownies designed some wonderful decorated plant pots also Modbury Preschool had lovely butterflies. Congratulations to all the children who took part. There was one disappointment for me that was the older age group had very few entries. The art section filled the back of the stage and looked great with quite a good lot of entries. The entries in the floral art were way down this year having had 22 entries last year, we went down to just 10 but there were still some really beautiful arrangements, I saw a lot of people reading the judge’s comments which were really helpful for the exhibitors. Congratulations to Lorrane Phillips on winning Best in Show for her table arrangement the overall winner with most points was Margaret Middleton. Yes, folks, he’s back this year, yes, Jeff Booth was back and he was the winner of the cup for best potted fuchsia. I would like to thank the president Roger Pickles who presented the cups to the prize winners with the help of his wife, Helen, I would also like to thank Roger for covering the cost of all the children’s entries, also a thank you to all the other vice presidents for their financial support and class prizes. The committee would like to say thank you to Pat Ringrose who has served on the Show Committee for eight years. She was presented with a bouquet by the show president. Unfortunately Pat is moving house and going to live in Exmouth where she will be nearer her sister. We wish her all the very best in her new home. Thank you to the people who kindly helped the committee on the Friday morning preparing the hall, and there were many thank goodness! Also for helping to clear away after the show, also those who acted as stewards to the judges on show day, and to Nathanial who worked very hard all day. Thank you to Bernard who conducted the auction for us, he did a good job, and to all those who gave their produce for sale and those who did the bidding, all monies go to the show funds for running the shows. By the time you add it all up it takes a fair amount of money to put the show on each year. I would also like to thank the shopkeepers who display the posters and the schedules. My thanks to the judges who all reside a good few miles away from Modbury and don’t know the exhibitors. Pauline Ryder has written the report for the Gazette newspaper with photographs. Again thank you all for a lovely show so see you all again next year hopefully. If you have any suggestions for classes in the next schedule please let any committee member know. Angela Peters, Show Secretary Page 3 Your one stop shop for all your computing needs Do you need help with your computer, mobile phone or tablet? Would you like to learn more? Does your computer need upgrading? Kingsway, 10 The Priory, Modbury, Contact us for professional help at South Devon PL21 0TL a reasonable price. Computer Club Wed 12th & 26th September 3.30-5.30pm Mem Hall Chris 07722254064 Lynne 07806559465 [email protected] Page 4 St Monica’s Roman Catholic Church St Austin’s Priory, Ivybridge ST. GEORGE’S CHURCH, MODBURY September 2018 Services and Events Welcome to our church, everyone is welcome here, whether you are new to Modbury, have lived here a while or just visiting – tea and coffee is served at the back of church, after all of our services – we do hope that you will join us Sunday 2nd 9:30 am Holy Communion Thursday 6th 9:15 am Noah's Ark for children under 5 Sunday 9th 9:30 am Lay Led All-age Service Sunday 16th 9:30 am Harvest Festival Communion 6:30 pm Team Prayer meeting, Bigbury Church Thursday 20th 9:15 am Noah’s Ark for children under 5 Tel 01752 892606 Sunday 23rd 9:30 am Sunday Worship Sundays 8.45am Mass - 6:00 pm Living Room, cafe-style, Service Everyone Welcome Mission Community Team Service at Sunday 30th 10:30 am Bigbury Birth Announcement Morning Prayers 9am - 9.20am: Congratulations to Christina and Every Monday & Tuesday, Thursdays (2nd, 4th and 5th of month) & Every Friday Ben Pope on the arrival of their Visit our website: www.modburyteam.org daughter Rosie, born August 9th.