September 2016 Vol. 47 No.8 40p FOCUS MAGAZINE INFORMATION Chairman Michael Ayre, Ratcliffe Farm, Raddon. Secretary Geoff Bulley, 17 Broadlands, Thorverton. Advertisements Secretary Maggie Dunlop, Kibby Yew, School Lane, Thorverton. Tel.(01392) 861185 Treasurer Bob Swaffield, Schiehallion, School Lane, Thorverton. Tel. (01392) 860309 Editor Neville Lane, Stable House, 2 The Glebe, Thorverton. Tel. (01392) 861062 Email: [email protected] Back issues (courtesy of Rob Purvis): thorvertonfocus.wordpress.com Assistant editors Eileen Mason and Fiona Harrison Printers Barrie Phillips and Peter Mason At the present time Focus is produced each month except one (August) and is assembled by volunteers on the last working day of the month. The Editor welcomes interesting news items, reports etc. for publication. Items for inclusion in Focus should be accompanied by the name of the originator, which may be withheld from print if requested. The aims of Focus are: To produce a non-political monthly magazine serving the people of the parish of Thorverton, providing them with information on activities in the parish; For the magazine to be one that villagers are proud of; To provide a window for those outside Thorverton to see what the village has to offer; To promote local businesses through advertising; and To run at a small annual profit, but with surplus funds put to support village organisations for the benefit of Thorverton residents. Items for publication, adverts, changes to adverts, Diary entries, changes to Thorverton Information lists should be sent to the Editor, preferably as plain text in an email, or as a Word doc file or a pdf file email attachment (to [email protected]) by the 20th of the month prior to publication please. All items received are acknowledged, so if you don’t receive an acknowledgment within a few days, please assume not received. 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I seem to less pleased with the Joneses for shaming me by have even got a bit of colour. congratulating their young man while my offspring go unmentioned again). Please keep the letters I have just had my mum staying with me for a couple coming because they do add interest to Focus. of weeks and can proudly report that the 90-year old has tried out the exercise equipment at the Rec and This month I have been on my own in putting Focus lives to tell the tale. I hope that others are making together. It has been a hard reminder for me as to good use of the equipment and of the table tennis how much I normally depend upon Eileen Mason and table. I think that next year we must start up an Fiona Harrison to get the items in place. Perhaps outdoor table tennis club – indeed I have already foolishly, I allowed them both to have some well designed its logo! – so volunteer organiser(s) do earned time away from Focus. I will be very keen to make yourselves known. Some of you will have seen welcome them back next month. Anyway, it does that my mum has also been out on our mobility mean that I must take sole responsibility for all scooter hurtling around the streets, which will now be omissions from or errors in this month’s Focus. I able to return to their former quiet state. just hope that it is a good one. Please break it to me gently if it isn’t. I was sorry that Focus did not see fit to send me out to Rio to report on the Olympics. I had to settle for armchair viewing, which I didn’t find that Neville Lane satisfactory because the coverage never seemed to be Focus Editor what I was expecting from the schedules and it jumped around a bit too much, plus the athletics was always on either too early or too late for me. So for Tokyo I shall be making a far stronger case for me to be flown out for Focus. In this Focus Editorial ..................................................................... 1 Volunteers Needed................................................... 29 Letters ........................................................................ 2 Seed Saving Made Easy........................................... 29 Thorverton Memorial Hall Committee ...................... 5 Connecting Devon and Somerset ............................. 30 Thorverton Parish Council ......................................... 6 Poetry – Part 2 ......................................................... 30 Notice Board .............................................................. 8 Cycle Tour of Britain ............................................... 31 Church Services and News ...................................... 14 “My haven’t you grown….I remember when…” .... 31 Parish Letter ............................................................. 15 School Governor Needed ......................................... 31 Baptist Church ......................................................... 16 Thorverton and District History Society .................. 32 Women’s Institute.................................................... 17 Legal Eagle .............................................................. 33 Poetry ....................................................................... 18 Nature Notes ............................................................ 34 Thorverton Co-Operative Trust Ltd......................... 19 Recipe ...................................................................... 34 Newton St Cyres Tennis Club ................................. 22 The Garden in September 2016 ............................... 35 Devon Open Studios ................................................ 23 Thorverton Parish Information ................................ 36 TADS ....................................................................... 24 Thorverton Organisations ........................................ 37 Nextdoor .................................................................. 24 Doctors’ Surgeries ................................................... 38 British Legion Cream Tea ....................................... 26 Waste Collection Dates for 2016 ............................. 40 Rec Open Day – Races ............................................ 27 Mobile Library ......................................................... 40 Millennium Green.................................................... 28 Union Flag Flying days in September ..................... 40 MOOCs .................................................................... 28 Road works .............................................................. 40 Fun Day ................................................................... 29 Bus Services ............................................................ 40 Diary 2016 ............................................................... 41 Focus on Thorverton 2 Vol. 47 No 8 – September 2016 Letters now have no hesitation in giving my assistance if I ever found myself in a situation where it was needed. We started off by watching a DVD which was From Lucy and Anna Wells exceptionally well presented and easy to follow, and then after some further advice from Dr. Peyton Jones, We wanted to thank the friends of Thorverton we were able to practise on our own dummy, which Millennium Green Trust and all that have made it was extremely helpful and very enlightening. We such a great place for stream walking and catching at then had a question and answer session and Dr. least 20 ickle fishes. Peyton Jones explained and reassured us on every aspect, and we also were shown how to use the Such a great place for everyone to enjoy. Thank You. defibrillator, which again was very helpful. I understand that there may be some more lessons on offer later in the year and if this is the case I would highly recommend going along to learn the techniques. And on the same subject: From Catalina Moger I would like to thank Maggie Dunlop for organising such an important and informative session on CPR and how to use the new defibrillator back in June. We are so lucky to have such an important piece of life saving kit in our village and it is so important that we all have some knowledge as to how to use it. I was amazed at how difficult CPR actually can be if you don't know the correct technique and after a few failed attempts