Free Published by the Wigram Community Association Dec 10/ Jan 11 Events, Activities and Notices Christmas Lunch Chamber of Trade Please contact Jan Young, 643452, e-mail Santa will again be in his Grotto in the [email protected], as soon as possible if Valiant Soldier this year, together with Edwin you are on your own for Christmas and would the Elf, on Saturday 11 December, from like to come along to St. Luke’s Church Hall on 12.00 - 4.00pm, entrance £1 per child to Christmas Day and pitch in with others in the include a present. This is paid for by the week- same situation to enjoy a nice Christmas ly lottery, which also provides the lovely Christ- lunch. mas lights we are all enjoying, as well as Lamb Pie Day, and contributions to needy organisa- The Rotary Christmas Float tions within the town. We need your help to Santa’s float will tour Buckfastleigh on the continue to provide all these things - only £1 evenings of 13, 14 & 15 December. per week, and the more participants, the big- ger the prizes! See Peter at the newsagents for details of how to take part - unclaimed Christmas Pantomime numbers now roll over, so a chance for a really Home grown fun for everyone! Tickets good win!! available from Bradley’s, but hurry - last year’s The Traders Free Christmas Draw will take show was a sell out, so book early to avoid place during the week commencing Monday 6 disappointment! We have a large cast of 36 December, free tickets issued every time you local residents who have been rehearsing shop locally, tickets to be brought to either since September to bring this show to our Huccaby’s News, or the Post Office. Draw will community at Christmastime. Start December be made on 11 December, for the many lovely with a fabulous fun night out for all the family prizes kindly donated by our local traders. at a fraction of the cost of a trip to the theatre! Doors open 30 minutes before the perfor- mance for pre-show drinks - relax and enjoy a Carols by Candlelight glass of warm mulled wine and a mince pie to In Dean Prior Church, Sunday 12 Decem- fill you with Christmas spirit. Dame Trott’s ber, 3.30pm. Treats will also be on offer! There will be a raffle at each performance, and a Grand Prize Holne Christmas Fair Draw at the end of the week, (tickets sold sep- To be held on Saturday 11 December, in arately) with a Double Devon Duvet worth the Village Hall, 2.00-4.00pm - come and join over £150, kindly donated by Devon Duvets, us for mulled wine, mince pies and a grand on offer. Performances 4,5,10,11,&12 raffle. Get your Christmas gifts and wreathes, December, matinees 2.00pm Saturdays and locally made crafts and cards, cakes and Sundays, evening shows commence at produce; name the fluffy toy, book and plant 7.00pm. Adults £6.50, Concessions £3.50. stalls etc. Entrance £1.50 to include Family Ticket £16.50. Box office 643022 or refreshments. 07912 887474. 1 Redmount Nursing Home In Celebration of Christmas Christmas Party The Stanborough Chorus presents a Ser- All welcome to come along on to our Party on vice in Celebration of Christmas at Buckfast Sunday 12 December and help us enjoy ourselves, Abbey, on Friday 17 December, at 7.30pm. starting from 1.00pm. No ticket required, a retiring collection will be There will be entertainment, a sing-a-long with taken in aid of the Primrose Foundation for Martin Fowler at 2.00pm, and a cold buffet. Give us Breast Care at Derriford Hospital. a ring on 642403 if you would like to come, or just turn up on the day. If you have problems with transport, let us know and we will try and help. Buckfastleigh Rangers Social Club The Ashburton Singers Our Christmas and New Year activities are with recorders and strings, present Messe as follows:- de Minuit pour Noel, and Noels pour les Instru- Sunday 5 December - Big Tel’s Christmas ments in Buckfast Abbey on Saturday 4 De- Bingo, ticket sales 7.30pm, eyes down 8.00pm cember, 7.30pm, free entry, retiring collection. Friday 24 December - Christmas Draw Evening, open 7.00pm-12.00am, tickets now Rotary Christmas Concert on sale, draw will take place at 8.00pm Saturday 25 December - Open 12.00- On Friday 10 December, 7.30pm, in St. 2.00pm Luke’s Church, with Newton Abbot Orchestra. Sunday 26 December - Open 11.00am- Popular and seasonal favourites, plus carols. 12.00am, Members Childrens’ Christmas Par- Tickets £6 from Searle’s, Keith Irving 661404, ty. 2.00-4.00pm, Family Bingo 5.00pm or on the door. Friday 31 December - open 7.00pm till late - New Years Eve Members Fancy Dress Carols round the Parish Party, this year’s theme is ‘Musicals’. Exercise your vocal chords singing carols Saturday 1 January - Open 5.00pm- round the Parish, on Tuesday 21 December, 12.00am. meet at St. Luke’s for 7.00pm start, and return Sunday 2 January - Big Tel’s Bingo, ticket there afterwards for a well earned soup sup- sales 7.30pm, eyes down 8.00pm per. Saturday 22 January - Live Band ‘Pitchblend’. Scoriton & Buckfastleigh Sunday 30 January - Quiz Night, 8.00pm (Please note, no quiz in December). Twinning Association We wish all our members old and new a Seats still available for our coach trip to very Merry Christmas, and a prosperous 2011. Truro Victorian Christmas Market on Saturday 11 December, leaving at about 8.00am, and returning by 6.00pm. Cost £20 for non Buckfastleigh Town Council members. Please contact Anthea on 643145 There will be a Councillors Surgery in the to book. Town Clerk’s Office on Wednesday 15 Our AGM will be held on Saturday 22 December, from 6.00-8.00pm. January, to include a Sausage and Mash The Town Council wishes all users of the Supper, and a Pub Quiz. New members Town Hall and local residents a Merry Christ- welcome, contact Anthea, 643145, or Melanie mas and a Happy New Year. 643818 for details. Weight Watchers Drama Group Join Jean and her team who are ready to Poetry, Prose and Plonk! - an evening of help you lose weight and discover a new way light-hearted entertainment with a buffet to enjoy life with the new Pro Points Plan. supper, bar and raffle. Members £2, non- Weekly meetings, Mondays - 6.00pm in members £5, on Friday 7 January. Phone Buckfastleigh Town Hall, and Thursdays - Anthea on 643145 for further details or to book 6.00pm in Ashburton Town Hall. 2 African Charities Together Wildspace Buckfastleigh Thanks to everyone who contributed shoes We are open to volunteers every Sunday to the Shoe Drive. A total of £626 was raised from 2.00pm. Come and help tidy, plant, chat, to be shared between five local charities, play and daydream in the Wildspace Garden, including the Gambia Fellowship Assoc., and at the rear of the Town Hall. the Seed Sowers Trust. We are grateful for The garden is maintained by volunteers as your support which will enable us to buy new a sanctuary for people and wildlife, with the school shoes for lots of children in Africa. kind permission of the Town Hall Trust. All Our thanks also to all those of you from welcome, including accompanied children in Buckfastleigh who participated in the Bowl for their wellies - bring your own tools and ideas! Africa event in October at AMF Bowling, Torquay. Approximately £850 has been raised New Parent & Toddler Group so far from this event. We send you all our Come and join us in the Garden Class- greetings for a blessed and happy Christmas - room, Buckfastleigh Primary School, every Anne Kenyon, Gambia Fellowship, Mike & Jen Thursday afternoon, from 1.45-3.00pm. We Ansell, Seed Sowers Trust. are ‘Sunflowers’, and we will make you very welcome. Cost per session £1.50, telephone School Link with Uganda 07756 103167 for more information. My name is Megan Woolner, and in Jan- uary I am travelling to a village called Abeko in Yoga in Buckfastleigh Uganda, in an area that is one of the poorest In the New Year would you like to feel in Uganda, with no running water or electricity. more energised, relaxed and de-stressed? I will be volunteering as a teacher for three Yoga has therapeutic benefits for all ages, months in a primary school with 700 pupils, shapes and sizes, come and give it a try. To many of whom are orphans and vulnerable. find our more, click on The school has seriously limited resources, www.suelewryyoga.co.uk. Please contact me and is understaffed, with on average 100 to book, limited spaces are available - 07971 pupils per class. 909352, or e-mail [email protected] As a primary school teacher, I feel that it is incredibly important that children have a great- er global awareness and appreciation of other ABC Children’s Centre cultures and traditions, and this month I will be We have activities and groups for families/ working with all the pupils at St Mary’s Catholic childminders and carers of children from 0 - 5 Primary School in order to establish a long years. term relationship between the two schools. Our December sessions mostly run until The pupils will have the opportunity to ex- Thursday 16 December, recommencing on change letters and greetings, as well as talking Monday 10 January, except for Busy Babies via a video conference whilst I am out there.