Princetown News Including Merrivale, Two Bridges & Postbridge Autumn Issue 2011 Village News and What’s On in and around Princetown, Postbridge and surrounding areas. www.princetownnews.co.uk Thank-you for all the positive feedback we received for our first community newsletter. It’s all thanks to our small band of volunteers who write for, contribute towards, collate, print and distribute upwards of 500 copies. If you have something you would like to submit to the newsletter, please email the editor using the following address: [email protected]. For those eagle-eyed readers amongst you, who spotted our typos and errors in the first issue, thank you for bringing them to our attention. We’ll try to do better this time! Enjoy your read! . DIARY DATES: September Thursday 1st CSRF, Prince of Wales, 12.30pm Saturday 3rd Dartmoor Pony Moorland Show, Old Playing Fields 10am Monday 5th 1st Day Term–Princetown Primary & Princetown Pre-sch Wednesday 7th Women’s Institute, Church Hall, Tor Royal Lane, 7.30pm Wednesday 21st Devon Air Ambulance Quiz Night 7pm Postbridge V. Hall October Wednesday 5th Women’s Institute, Church Hall, Tor Royal Lane, 7.30pm Thursday 6th CSRF, Prince of Wales, 12.30pm Tuesday 25th Neighbourhood Watch, Prince of Wales, 8pm November Wednesday 2nd Women’s Institute, Church Hall, Tor Royal Lane, 7.30pm Thursday 3rd CSRF, Prince of Wales, 12.30pm Saturday 19th Princetown Charity Ball Tuesday 22nd Neighbourhood Watch, Prince of Wales, 8pm 3 PRINCETOWN CREDIT UNION The Princetown Credit Union is part of the county wide Plough & Share Credit Union Ltd. It is a non-profit making organisation, authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. The Credit Union was set up and is run by volunteers within the local community. The Credit Union exists to serve its members. The main aims being to encourage members to save regularly, and to provide loans at a reasonable rate of interest, enabling members to manage their finances more easily. Joining: Joining is easy, all you have to do is fill in a membership application form, provide two proofs of identification and £2 membership fee. You are then given a membership number and a passbook. Saving: Save as little as £1.00 per week. Children can save too. Members can rest in the assurance that their savings are secure, with many levels of security in place as well as internal and external audits. Simply deposit cash or cheques at the Princetown Service Point or set up a standing order. Borrowing: Loans can be arranged to relieve the pressure of an unexpected big bill. Borrow up to twice your savings from the pool after 13 weeks of regular saving. Interest rates are very low between 1.5% to 2% per month. Example A loan of £500, paid back weekly at £10.84 over one year would only cost £63.32 in interest. (No loan– is too small.) Free Life– Insurance is provided by the Credit Union on all savings and loans. The amount payable is in proportion to the amount of savings the member has, and benefits are payable only on the death of the member. Usually the beneficiary gets twice what the member had saved. Find Us: The Princetown Service Point is located in the Community Centre. Wednesday 11.00am - 1.00pm. appointment, just turn up. By Mike Fitzpatrick. Come along to find out more, you don’t need an 4 The High Moorland Women’s Institute The High Moorland Women’s Institute, which is a small cog in the big wheel of the Devon Federation of Women’s Institutes, was formed by a group of women who could see a need for such a group in Princetown, back in 1997. To date our number of members stands at 27 and is growing. Let me tell you a little of what we do, then you can judge for yourself if the HMWI is for you. Our meetings start each year in February (too risky in January due to weather). We generally have an interesting speaker coupled with an activity relating to the talk, for example we have had aromatherapy, weaving, bauble making, trying on hats with Mrs B’s Bonnets, an hilarious talk from The Farmer’s Wife of Postbridge and a Pilates taster session, to name but a few of the activities we get up to. We have trips further afield to places of interest, including theatre trips, but always the highlight of each year is a visit to Postbridge Panto where a good laugh is always guaranteed. But the year would not be complete for us without the seniors Christmas party held at the Plume of Feathers each December. We have two trips per year where families are invited to come along. When you read this article we will have been on our trip to Morwellham Quay. You may have seen us, or even been with us when we do our Comic Relief and Sport Relief processions throughout the village, or indeed camping out in the snow for Shelterbox, all good fun but at the same time helping a good cause. You may have two taster sessions for £1 each before you make your mind up. Come and join us on the first Wednesday of each month in church hall Tor Royal Lane. 7.30pm. Earlier this year our wonderful, hard working President of 8 years, Wendy Stones stood down from her role. She was our inspiration from 2003-2011. A small party was held in her honour and she was presented with a hand painted milk churn as a mark of our gratitude and thanks for all she has done for HMWI. If you are in possession of a State pension and would like to join in the seniors party in the Plume of Feathers on 10th December, please leave your name and contact details at the Post Office and we will be in touch. It only remains for me to say thank you for reading this first article by HMWI. If you would like to know more, please feel free to contact Sue on 01822 880395 or just come along. For more news, events & information about all or any of the groups and organisations in and around Princetown & Postbridge visit: www.princetownnews.co.uk HOME SHOPPING Fox Tor Cafe & Bunkhouse AT IT’S BEST! Great quality homemade food served in a warm and friendly atmosphere. Now in Princetown and surrounding areas The cafe is fully licensed and we are the only off licence in the village! If you would like a Kleeneze catalogue please just We also offer bunkhouse accommodation, call or email us your address and we would fully heated including the bathroom floors! be happy to drop one in to you. Free Wifi available for all our customers www.mykleeneze.com/cindymatjones www.foxtorcafe.com 01822 890 238 email: [email protected] Tel: 01822 890 025 07545 703 048 Check out our New Christmas Catalogue! 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