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FOCUS MAGAZINE INFORMATION
Chairman Michael Ayre, Ratcliffe Farm, Raddon.
Secretary Geoff Bulley, 17 Broadlands, Thorverton.
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Treasurer Bob Swaffield, Schiehallion, School Lane, Thorverton. Tel. (01392) 860309
Editor Neville Lane, Stable House, 2 The Glebe, Thorverton. Tel. (01392) 861062
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To produce a non-political monthly magazine serving the people of the parish of Thorverton, providing
them with information on activities in the parish;
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Focus on Thorverton 1 Vol. 46 No.7 – July/August 2015
Editorial Are you ready for summer? I am - and as I type this
it really does feel like summer has arrived. This
Focus covers July and August, providing a welcome
rest in the sun for the Focus team at the end of July
as we won't be putting the next edition together until
the end of August.
By then the new Memorial Hall will be well and truly
back and fully open, with a super Village Fun Day to
get things going on 4th July. Let us hope for a great
day then. We are very fortunate to have such a good
facility and I am sure that the Memorial Hall will be
well used again.
I have been getting fully immersed in the business of
being a parish councillor. Despite my wife having
been parish clerk for ten of the past fifteen years, I
hadn't really appreciated just how much there was to
get involved in with the council. Meetings are open
to the public and are publicised both in Focus and on
the Notice Board. You might find it more interesting
than you had imagined - certainly it has been a
revelation to me. More on all this another time I'm
sure.
I am sorry to have had to say goodbye to one of my
neighbours, Mary Thomas, who has had such a
positive impact in the village, particularly with her
work with the Church Consort, which she has taken
to new heights. She will be greatly missed, and I am
sure that we all wish her well in Cambridgeshire.
Those like me who have been getting their hair
trimmed by Melanie Beasley for the past twenty
years will also be sorry to read her letter confirming
her departure too. I am sure that over the years
Melanie must have heard plenty of village gossip; it
is a shame that we never managed to persuade her to
put some of this into Focus. She was far too
professional to do that!
I hope that you again enjoy reading Focus and that
you find something of interest in it. I always try to
strike a balance between reporting what happened
last month; what is coming up this month; regular
articles on legal matters, nature and gardening; and
more occasional but topical articles. I am, of course,
heavily dependent upon contributors, of which
thankfully we never seem to be in short supply, but
please, if you do want to write about anything that
people might find interesting do send it in.
Neville Lane
Focus Editor
In this Focus
Editorial ..................................................................... 1 Thorverton Parish Council ......................................... 2 Letters ........................................................................ 3 Thorverton Memorial Hall Committee ...................... 5 Notice Board .............................................................. 6 Thorverton Cooperative Trust ................................... 8 Moth Watch ............................................................. 10 Important Leptospirosis Update .............................. 10 Village Open/Fun Day ............................................. 12 Parish Church Services and News ........................... 15 Parish Letter ............................................................. 16 Baptist Church ......................................................... 17 Thorverton Primary School Fête ............................. 18 The Village pays tribute to its oldest inhabitant ...... 18 Short Walks in and Around Thorverton .................. 19 Women’s Institute.................................................... 20 Legal Eagle .............................................................. 21
Recipe ...................................................................... 21 TARTS ..................................................................... 22 Crediton Festival ...................................................... 22 Thorverton and District History Society .................. 23 Celebration ............................................................... 24 The “Duke Of Wellington” ...................................... 25 Pub Cricket .............................................................. 25 Thorfest .................................................................... 26 Cadbury Festival of Bells and Flowers .................... 27 Thorverton Parish Information ................................ 28 Thorverton Organisations ........................................ 29 Doctors’ Surgeries ................................................... 30 Waste Collection Dates for 2015 ............................. 32 Mobile Library ......................................................... 32 Flag Flying days in July ........................................... 32 Road works .............................................................. 32 Bus Services ............................................................ 32 Diary 2015 ............................................................... 33
Focus on Thorverton 2 Vol. 46 No.7 – July/August 2015
Thorverton Parish Council Listed below are some areas I hope will be of interest to you
following the Parish Council meeting held on 09/06/2015. You
can view a full set of the minutes on the notice board in School
Lane.
Alison Marshall - Clerk to Thorverton Parish Council.
Tel: 01392 861228. Email: [email protected]
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
New Parish Council e-mail address: Please note that with effect from 20th June 2015 the Parish Council e-mail
address will change to [email protected]
Planning matters – information received to the date of the meeting:
i) 15/00720/PNAG Notification of approved Prior Notification for the erection of an agricultural building on
land at NGR 292670 101097 (formally part of Yellowford Farm), School Lane, Thorverton, 3/6/15.
ii) 15/00878/FULL Erection of an extension at Stone Bungalow, Thorverton, 9/6/15. Grid Ref:
293410/105053.
As all planning matters can now only be viewed on-line you may find the following website of use for looking at
local planning applications, decisions, and relevant documentation - https://new.middevon.gov.uk/planning/
Appointment of Committee Representatives:
The following Parish Councillors have been appointed to liaise with local bodies in the forthcoming year -
1) TMGT – Cllr Spivey. 2) Focus – Cllr Turner. 3) School – Cllr Wills.
4) Memorial Hall – Cllr Lane. 5) Raddon Group – Cllr Spivey.
Road Safety:
Have you noticed the new ‘no parking’ signs that are now in place outside the main access gate for children at
Thorverton School? The signs have been put up with the aim of deterring parents and residents from parking
outside the School gate as this causes a danger to the youngsters when entering and exiting the building. Also by
parking in this area, which is close to the Bullen Street junction, it makes the road very narrow which causes
problems for larger vehicles. To help the matter further the Parish Council will be paying South West Highways to
move the yellow zigzag lines nearer to the junction, as advised by Nigel Flower the Road Safety Officer from
DDC, and parking will then only be allowed further into School Lane.
The Sheep Dip (Dinneford Street):
The Sheep Dip is a small open space area for public use at the top of Dinneford Street which is currently owned by
the Church Commissioners. Following a recent meeting between the Parish Council and the Church
Commissioners’ Agent it was confirmed that the broken fence along the boundary of this site will soon be replaced.
The Parish Council also learned that the Church Commissioners have offered to sell the site to the Council and this
proposition will be discussed at the next Parish Council meeting. If you have any comments in this connection
please let me, or a member of the Council, know.
Court Barton development site:
The Church Commissioners have advised the Parish Council that this development site, which will incorporate low
cost housing, will be ready for marketing shortly. Further updates will be advised here as they become known.
Electoral review of Devon:
If you are interested in having a say on how you thought the recent Elections were handled the draft
recommendation document is now available for all to view at Thorverton Post Office.
Tree work:
The Parish Council have accepted a tender, submitted by Countryman Services, to fell some trees in the School
field copse to thin out the area and to hopefully discourage rooks from nesting there next year. The Parish Council
have also arranged for a diseased tree to be felled, and a near-by stump to be ground out, in the Recreation Ground
by Countryside Tree Services.
Focus on Thorverton 3 Vol. 46 No.7 – July/August 2015
Letters
From Phyllis Langdon & Jenny Yendell
Christian Aid Week – 10th
–16th
May
Thorverton & Brampford Speke
£1,781.52p was raised - a really good
result. This includes a cheque from the Thorverton
Church collection on 17th May. Many thanks to all
who collected and those who donated.
From the family of Ethel Sellick, Fair Oak
We would like to say a big thank you for all the kind
messages and cards we received after the sad passing
of our dear mother, Ethel, on 3rd
June.
Also thanks to everyone who attended the funeral
service on 19th June at Thorverton Church. Special
thanks to Rev. Maurice Harrison, the Choir and to
Heather, the organist who all turned our sad day into
a celebration of Ethel’s long and happy life. Thanks
to all who contributed to Exe Valley Practice and
Thorverton Church in memory of Ethel.
From Crimestoppers
Crimestoppers has been alerted to a group of
scammers who have 'hijacked' the 0800 555 111
number. The scammers are calling people, saying
they are "Crimestoppers at the Home Office" and
directing them to the website to clarify the number
and asking for personal information like bank details.
Crimestoppers has never, and will never, make cold
calls to members of the public asking for any
personal details, if you hear from someone asking for
personal information and claiming to be from
Crimestoppers, please report it to Action Fraud on
0300 123 2040.
Roger Critchell, Director of Operations for
Crimestoppers, is currently talking to their ’phone
service provider to attempt to resolve the situation
and hope this can be rectified as quickly as possible.
"People can still call the 0800 555 111 to pass on
anonymous information about crime, but we wanted
to make sure people are aware that Crimestoppers
will never, ever contact members of the public asking
for personal details. Please do not hand over any
personal information from cold callers claiming to be
Crimestoppers." Thank you.
From the Police
Overnight between 9th and 10th June an enclosed
garden was entered and about 30-40 fish stolen from
a pond in Thorverton. The fish were a mixture of
small Koi Carp and Gold Fish.
Anyone able to offer information regarding the theft
of or whereabouts of these fish is asked to contact
PCSO 30587 Roberts via the 101 number.
From Roger Cashmore
Dear Councillors,
I have read the draft minutes of the last council
meeting and, as I am “mentioned in dispatches”,
thought I should take this opportunity to briefly get in
touch.
There really is no need to extend Commiserations
(sic : sympathy and sorrow) for not being re-elected.
I was planning to spend more time with my family(!),
and my doctor had already warned me that working
for Thorverton PC was not good for my blood
pressure (!) (or for that of the chair!).
Most of you know that I felt strongly that the council
needed an election and I am really pleased to see that
we have got some really capable new members.
Parish Councillors have a small number of statutory
duties (planning etc. etc.) but, in my opinion, only
one real obligation, that is, “To represent the best
future interests of the Thorverton community as a
whole”. We can all think of many reasons NOT to
do things, but I truly hope you are able to organise
your time to assume leading roles in moving
Thorverton forward and look forward to seeing the
Council taking an even more proactive role in setting
the future agenda for this wonderful village.
I sincerely wish you all well for the future.
From Julie Davie
Thank you to everyone that attended our school
summer fete. We managed to raise a magnificent
£900. Hopefully we will make this an annual event.
From Stagecoach Buses
Just a little reminder that Stagecoach runs a free
service to the Co-Op, Broadclyst, from Broadlands
and the Berry on Tuesdays at 9.20am. Numbers are
not very high so we encourage you to use it so that
the service will continue to be offered to those who
rely on it. Many thanks.
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From Dorothy Scott of Dark Lane
I would like to take the opportunity to thank our good
friends and neighbours for their offers of help and for
taking me to the RD&E and also to Ottery St Mary
where Peter is now in the rehab unit. I am pleased to
say that he is making steady progress.
I would like to thank you all for your kind enquiries
and for the "get well" cards we have received for
Peter. Hoping it won't be too long before he will be
able to come home and to join his friends at the
Exeter Inn.
From Melanie Beasley
To all my lovely ladies and gents, a very big heartfelt
thank you for all your support, custom, and especially
all the chatter during my 30 years of looking after
your hair here in Thorverton. You have all been a
big part of my life and family, and I will miss you all
very much. But a new exciting healthier life beckons
me, so I will be hanging up my scissors and grabbing
it with both hands. I am sure to see some of you
around the village as my ties with Thorverton are still
here with my lovely family. Again many thanks to
you all and God bless.
My last Hairdressing day will be on Saturday 1st
August.
From Mary Robinson
Our Day on Sark: May 21st 2015
We met up with Julia & John Dallen, late of
Netherexe Parishes, at Guernsey harbour, ready to
board the ferry to Sark. On arriving, we walked
through the tunnel towards the tractor & trailer,
known as the toast rack, which took us to the top of a
very steep hill, where horses and traps were waiting
to take the visitors around the island.
John and Julia (pictured below outside their house)
told us a lot about the island’s history. Then we
continued to walk on down what is called The
Avenue where we found several shops and on to the
post office. There we saw a gold post box to
commemorate someone from the island for winning a
Gold in the Olympic games.
We then visited the lovely church of St Peter’s,
which dates back to 1820, a truly well-kept church
where Julia preaches every Sunday. Next we visited
the vicarage which is adjacent to the church.
It was then time for lunch and because the weather
was so nice, we enjoyed our food in a nearby tea
garden.
After saying goodbye to Julia and John, we walked
back to where the horses and carts were, and had an
hour’s ride around the lovely country lanes.
A truly wonderful day out in Sark, and such a
delightful and peaceful place to visit, with no cars or
motor bikes. (A little bit of heaven on earth!)
Focus on Thorverton 5 Vol. 46 No.7 – July/August 2015
Thorverton Memorial Hall Committee Reg. Charity No. 203778
Newly renovated hall: new logo
The hall renovations that began in February have
now been completed by the contractor, Peter
Wainwright, with some last minute assistance from
members of the committee and other volunteers. The
improvements are being marked by the adoption of a
new logo, as seen on the right, and by a
(RE)OPENING CEREMONY
Addressed by
DAVID FURSDON,
LORD-LIEUTENANT OF
DEVON
at 1.00 pm on Saturday 4th
July
as part of the
VILLAGE OPEN DAY
The renovations have been made possible by the very
generous contributions by a number of donors. Their
representatives will also be present at the ceremony
to accept our thanks.
Thorverton Millennium Green Trust
Events and activities
The hall is now back in business and open for
bookings at [email protected] or by contacting
any member of the committee (see below). There
will be a Saturday Market with Big Breakfast on
11th July and 8
th August and regularly on the second
Saturday of each month. Do take the opportunity to
browse the stalls and inspect the improvements at the
hall including an exhibition of John Morrish
cartoons.
Members of the Committee
Sarah Addicott, Roseanne Benn, Lisa Browning,
Roger Fieldhouse, Jeff Grace, John Hodge, Bob
Hyde, Colin Marshall, Clare Roberts, Mike Shelton,
Caroline Taverner, David Waldron.
There are two vacancies on the Committee. If anyone
is interested in joining this dynamic organisation
please contact the chair, Roger Fieldhouse (860768)
or any committee member.
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Notice Board
The Welcome Café
from 2.30 to 4.00pm
every Monday (except Bank Holidays)
at the WI Hut
Meet old friends …… Make new friends
Tea, coffee, biscuits, cakes and a warm
welcome!
Thorverton Post Office & TCT
newsagents/stationers Quarry Car Park, Lynch Road
Thorverton 01392 860455
offering a very wide range of post office
services, newspapers, magazines, stationery,
posting and packing materials, laundry service,
photocopying – service with a smile!
Mon–Fri 9.00–5.30 (closed 1.00-2.00) Sat 9.00-12.00
Sun: 9.00–10.30 TCT paper shop only
Ratcliffe Farm EGGS
Free range, from rare breeds
£1.25p / half dozen
You'll find them outside the farm gate at all times.
Rooms to Rent Four fully-furnished rooms are available to rent in a private house in Thorverton. They comprise a small bedroom, a lounge, kitchen diner and bathroom and would suit a single employed person. The rent is £450 per month, including all bills. For more information please phone 01392-860801.
Mum and Toddlers/Baby Group
Held every Wednesday morning
in the Memorial Hall.
If you would like any further information please
call Wendy Coles on 01392 861283 (Toddler Rep.)
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Thorverton Church Choir Practices ADULTS
Thursdays 7.45 – 9.00pm at Thorverton Church
July 2nd
July 9th Annual Party at Ockero 6.30
July 16th
September dates TBC
Thorverton Church Choir Practices JUNIORS
Mondays 3.30 - 4.30pm at Thorverton School
July 6th
July 9th Annual Party at Ockero 6.30
September dates TBC
Thorverton Church Services with both CHOIRS
July 5th (Sunday) 9.30 start
July 19th (Sunday) 9.30 refreshments and activities
10.00 start
New members always very welcome at any time :
We sing a very wide range of music at a mix of
traditional services and more contemporary worship.
All ages and abilities are welcome.
Please come and sing with us in our Christmas carol
service choir – more information to follow in the
Autumn.
Choir Director and Accompanist Heather Kershaw
860419 [email protected]
Siverton Street Market A warm welcome is guaranteed to all those living
across the river at Thorverton from your sister village
of Silverton on Saturday, 1st. August. That is the
date of the Silverton Street Market, which is now
celebrating its Silver Jubilee. The Street Market
attracts thousands ever year and is a non profit
organisation; all money made goes to local groups in
the village, who earn their money as they run it!
There is a theme ever year; this year it is The Circus.
It is open all day, 10am - 4 pm, and then all the pubs
in the village are organising entertainment that goes
on into the night. They will be serving a specially
brewed beer called Big Top by the village's brewery,
Exe Valley Brewery. Parking is free and the main
part of the village is traffic free. The Market is very
children friendly and there is lots to do, ranging from
face painting, bouncy castles and masses of side
shows. A whole range of places to eat are available
to suit all tastes and pockets and to help sustain the
celebrations.
The centre part of the village will see numerous stalls
- commercial, charities and interest groups. (There
are still a few places left - contact Izzy Glassborow,
07724 664852 - if interested.)
The music goes on all day, ranging from Irish folk,
rock and various solo artists, and the entertainment
culminates in a Tug of War competition. Is there
any team in Thorverton interested in taking on the
might of Silverton?!
'Thorvertonians are very welcome': commented
Maxine Edwards, Chairperson and long term resident
in the village. 'We urge you all to come and make a
day of it'.
John Kirkaldy
SILVERTON LINK UP
Voluntary Drivers Scheme for Wyndham House and Exe
Valley Surgeries Patients
The VOLUNTEER DRIVERS are
Jean Hawkins 860849 John Kiely 861545
Doreen Beer 860731 Stephen Roach 861042
Mary Smith 861916 Dave Sleep 860678
LINK UP service takes patients with medical
appointments from home to surgery or hospitals in the
area. If you require transport contact one of the drivers
mentioned above, giving them as much notice as possible.
If you use the service a realistic donation towards the
drivers’ expenses would be appreciated. Payment is paid
direct to the driver who issues a receipt. It may not always
be possible to arrange a lift, as all our drivers are
volunteers and cannot be expected to turn out on every
occasion, although they will do their best.
Roger Higman (Co-ordinator) 860571.
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Mobile Library Service It is important to support this service which comes to
Thorverton on a Thursday between 3.35 and 4.20pm
every 4 weeks in the Quarry Car Park. There is a
good range of books; fiction, non-fiction, books for
adults and younger folk and talking books. Also
they’ll order things for you.
Future dates:
2nd
& 30th July
27th August
24th September
22nd
October
19th November
17th December
Thorverton Cooperative Trust Our community-run and owned paper-shop continues
to do reasonable business and we just about manage
to cover the overheads to maintain the building and
support and house Thorverton Post Office. Your
subscriptions, donations and regular orders of papers
and purchases of other stationery items, not to
mention your continuing use of the Post Office itself,
are absolutely vital. We would not survive without
them.
So please continue using us for as much as you
possibly can. The Post Office is pretty much a bank
for many of your as well as essential for posting
things, mobile ‘phone top-ups, payment of bills,
buying health lottery tickets and much more. We
have a photocopier, laundry service and lots to buy
for your everyday needs.
For the foreseeable future, the only feasible and
realistic plan for us is to maintain what we have as
best we can, hopefully taking advantage of some
potentially available Post Office funds/grants to
improve and update our present facilities. Until a
good alternative local retail business in which to
house the Post Office is successfully operating, we
will have to stay as we are.
Thank you to all our customers and members for
their support and, of course, much gratitude to all our
members of staff, TCT and PO, who keep everything
running and serve you so well.
Support our local services PLEASE. Let’s try to
make the supermarkets and retail parks our back-up,
not the first port of call!
We hope to receive your subs and donations very
soon – see the form below – and please encourage
your friends and neighbours to become members and
support us too.
Heather Kershaw Chair, Company and Membership Secretary of TCT Ltd
01392 860419
To the Council of Thorverton Co-operative Trust Ltd I/we
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
(address +
postcode)……………………………………………………………………………………..........................
..........................................................................................................................................................................
(email)………………………………………………………………………………………………………
wish to become (a) member(s) of Thorverton Co-operative Trust Ltd and hereby apply to be admitted subject to the
provisions of its Memorandum and Articles of Association (see PO notice-board or contact the Secretary to view
the full document)
OR
wish to renew membership of TCT Ltd
I/we enclose membership fees (£10.00 per person) for the year 7/2015 – 6/2016 (cheques payable to
Thorverton Co-operative Trust Ltd)
(signature(s))…………………………………………………………………………………………………
Please return this form with your payment to Heather Kershaw, TCT Membership Secretary, c/o
Thorverton Post Office or post/deliver to TCT Ltd 25 The Glebe, Thorverton, Exeter EX5 5LS
Focus on Thorverton 9 Vol. 46 No.7 – July/August 2015
“Death of a Hooker” Cycling and Rugby, a curious mix, and one that was
destined to end in tragedy. Have you ever heard of
such a thing as a seven-seater bicycle? And that in
the shape of a circle? Only two such bicycles existed
in the UK. One was being cycled around the South
West to raise money for Children’s Hospice. The
other belonged to Jonathon Flood, an architect from
Tiverton. He was not averse to a wager and, after a
less than abstemious night at the Tiverton Hotel
during which the Rugby World Cup was the main
object of conversation, he agreed that, for a bet, he
would put together a team of those that rode the
peculiar bicycle and play a game of seven a side
rugby against any seven members of the Tiverton
Rugby club.
The game was set up but ended in tragedy. The
Hooker from the cyclist’s team died in mysterious
circumstances halfway through the second half. The
police were called in, evidence was gathered, and the
main suspects were asked to attend the Tiverton
Hotel for questioning.
Detective Chief Inspector Appleby of the Devon and
Cornwall Constabulary led the investigation and
tonight, during a meal at the Hotel, he is determined
to get to the truth.
As the investigation unfolds all is not as it seems and
further tensions and revelations come to light before
another death occurs.
All the clues will be there to lead to the right
conclusion but will they be correctly deduced? Chief
Inspector Appleby, with the help of the other guests,
must get to the truth before the night is over!
The Tiverton Hotel
Sunday 20th
Sept. - Mid Devon Wedding Fayre
FREE ENTRY
A day of lavish wedding bliss with everything you
will need to make your wedding day a day to
remember and a great chance to enjoy seeing all
that’s great and wonderful in the wedding world.
Monday 21st Sept. - Murder Mystery
3 Course Dinner Evening. Tickets £25.00
Murder at The Tiverton Hotel with a “who done it”
over a murderously good three course dinner! Actors
play out the mystery before you. Your job is to find
the murderer. Try to solve the case and enjoy your
evening because it’s going to be Murder. In aid of
The Children’s Hospice South West.
1st October – Free Business Open Day and
Networking Event – Tea / Coffee / nibbles
Invited local businesses will see the wide range of
services offered by The Tiverton Hotel whilst taking
the opportunity to network over nibbles, tea and
coffee. This event is not to be missed and includes a
thought provoking business presentation.
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Moth Watch
ON THORVERTON MILLENNIUM GREEN SATURDAY 25th July
FROM 9.00pm By kind permission of Thorverton Millennium Green Trust
Please come along and see what moths are attracted to
the moth trap. Here are some examples of moths on the wing at this time of year:
Early Thorn Yellow-tailed Moth Large Yellow Underwing (favourite bat snack!) Scalloped Oak Brimstone Moth Nut Tree Tussock Straw Dot Drinker Moth Willow Beauty
A record of the moths trapped during the evening will be
sent to the County Moth Recorder.
You may not be able to see the light of the trap from the gate. Please walk down towards the picnic table area. Please bring a torch so you can find your way back in the dark. Bring something warm to wear as it can get cold. Stay as long as you wish.
Important Leptospirosis Update
Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease spread in urine of infected
animals such as rats and dogs. Over the past few months there
has been a significant increase in reported cases of canine
leptospirosis in the South West.
Worryingly several of these cases have occurred in
vaccinated dogs. The disease is often contracted from
infected water courses causing kidney and liver failure
which can be difficult to treat and can result in death.
The disease is zoonotic, so may be contracted by
humans. We don't want to be alarmist, but we do want
to make sure our pet owners are informed of the risks
and the methods of prevention.
St Boniface Vets are responding to these worrying
developments by updating our vaccination regime.
Our new vaccine covers 4 strains of Leptospirosis
instead of the 2 strains covered by the previous
vaccine that is commonly used. This increases your
dogs immunological protection against leptospirosis.
Willow Beauty
Dusky Thorn
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Your vet will talk you through the changes when your dog comes in for their annual vaccination and health check.
However if you have any questions or would like to discuss updating your dogs protection sooner then please give
our team a call. We will be happy to talk you through the changes and rest assured there will be no additional cost.
VACCINATION AMNESTY
We strongly believe in the overall benefits of vaccination
against Leptospirosis and other potentially fatal diseases.
If your dog or cat has lapsed with their vaccination or never
had them initially, we would like to offer you the chance to
get them fully protected for the cost of just a booster.
This offer is running throughout July and August. Just as
important as the vaccination itself the appointment will
include a full health check.
Please call us on 01363 772860 to book your appointment.
FIVE
months to go FOUR
teams needed Players * Juniors * Backstage * Front of House
THREE
weeks before Christmas, there will be TWO
acts of traditional fun in ONE
**** PANTOMIME ****
To get involved or find out more, contact T A D S - ring Sheena on 01392 860843
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Village Open/Fun Day
SATURDAY 4th
JULY
Programme Saturday 4
th July 2015
11.00 am Open/Fun Day starts. Judging for
homecraft entries begins.
11.45 am Wizzbang (children’s entertainer)
12.30 pm Dog Show entry registration begins.
1.00 pm Hall reopening ceremony conducted
by Mr David Fursdon the Lord
Lieutenant of Devon.
1.30 pm Dog Show starts.
3.30 pm T.A.D.S. “Dog” & Handler
4.00 pm Duck Race.
5.00 pm Family Disco in the main hall.
7.30pm Dancing to ‘Stay Lucky’ in the main
hall.
11.00 pm Evening ends.
Companion Dog Show Classes
Saturday 4th
July 2015
Judging starts at 1.30pm – Entries taken from
12.30pm
Classes - £1 per class
Class 1 Best puppy up to 12 months
Class 2 Most handsome dog
Class 3 Prettiest bitch
Class 4 Best rescue dog
Class 5 Best veteran over 7 years
Class 6 Most appealing eyes
Class 7 Best crossbreed
Class 8 Best junior handler (up to 14 years)
Class 9 Waggiest tail
Class 10 Best condition
Class 11 Best trick
Class 12 Fastest Bonio eater
Rosettes 1 – 4 and specials for children
BEST IN SHOW (Winners from classes 1 – 12)
Home craft classes 2015 Under 7 years
1. Glove puppet.
2. Vase from recycled material.
3. Cheese straws.
8 to 12 years
4. 4 cup cakes.
5. Money box made from recycled material.
6. Drawing of a bird.
12 to 16 years
7. Photo collage of Thorverton.
8. Celebration cake in a loaf tin.
9. Something new from something old.
Adults
10. Jar of homemade marmalade.
11. Jar of homemade chutney.
12. 100gms of fudge.
13. A Swiss roll.
14. 4 sausage rolls.
15. 4 stems of flowers.
16. Flower arrangement in an egg cup.
17. A homemade greetings card.
Family entry
18. A mosaic garden planter.
Garden/Produce
19. 3 Homelaid brown eggs.
20. A bowl of home-grown strawberries.
Entry fees -
Classes 1-9 Free
Classes 10-20 : 50p
Please contact on
for application form asap
Lewin Heaven-Ince will have an ice cream stall
at the Village Open Day. He is fundraising for
an educational trip to Namibia in Africa this
summer. He will be doing things like painting
schools, creating playgrounds, football pitches,
etc. and making chicken coops so that the local
children can have fresh lunches. He would also
be grateful for donations of second hand sporting
shirts for the local people.
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If you go down to Brampford Speke church today..... Saturday 11th July
Brave teddies of all shapes, sizes and ages are being invited to put their derring do to the test
and parachute off the tower of St Peter's Church in Brampford Speke. It is a teddy bear-themed
afternoon of fun from 2pm to 5pm.
Each bear will pay £1 a go or the very bravest can jump three times for £2. Every jumper will be given a certificate recording their amazing
feat. Teddies can also take part in a teddy bear show with classes including the best dressed, prettiest or most handsome boy, best veteran
aged over eight and most unlikely pair of teddies.
Meanwhile, their owners can enjoy tea and
cakes, get their faces painted, listen to a story, win prizes in the tombola and guess the name of
the teddy.
All proceeds will go to church funds.
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Parish Church Services and News JULY 2015 SERVICES & INFORMATION
The Netherexe Parishes - A Mission Community in the Diocese of Exeter
Sunday 5 July 2015 Trinity 5
09:30 am Family Service Newton St Cyres Lay Led
09:30 am Holy Communion [C] Thorverton MSS
10:00 am Service with a Smile Brampford Speke LF
10:00 am Service of the Word Cadbury Lay Led
10:00 am Service of the Word Stoke Canon Lay Led
11:15 am Service of the Word Rewe Lay Led
05:30 pm Holy Communion [C] Poltimore Ann Smith or HW [tbc]
Sunday 12 July 2015 Trinity 6
09:30 am Sunday Service Brampford Speke Baptist Chapel BOF
09:30 am Holy Communion [C] Huxham HW
09:30 am Open Church Thorverton
10:00 am Informal Gathering Stoke Canon
11:15 am Coffee, Cake & Company Rewe
11:15 am Holy Communion [C] Upton Pyne SS
06:30 pm Holy Communion [C] Newton St Cyres MSS
Sunday 19 July 2015 Trinity 7 08:30 am Holy Communion [C] Brampford Speke Michael Hall
09:30 am Open Church followed by Family Service Thorverton
10:00 am Family Service Thorverton Lay Led
Joint with Baptist Church
10:00 am Holy Communion [C] Cadbury MSS
10:00 am Service of the Word Poltimore Lay Led
11:15 am Coffee, Cake & Company Rewe
05:00 pm Holy Communion [C] Stoke Canon MSS & HW
Sunday 26 July 2015 Trinity 8
09:30 am Sunday Service Brampford Speke Baptist Chapel BOF
09:30 am Holy Communion [C] Newton St Cyres Charles Edwards
09:30 am Holy Communion [BCP] Thorverton David Francis
10:00 am Informal Gathering Stoke Canon
10:00 am Service of the Word Upton Pyne Lay Led
11:15 am Holy Communion [C] Rewe HW
06:30 pm Evening Prayer [BCP] Cadbury Catriona Fursdon
06:30 pm Evening Prayer [BCP] Huxham LF
Sunday 2 August 2015 Trinity 9
09:30 am Family Service Newton St Cyres Lay Led
09:30 am Holy Communion [C] Thorverton David Francis
10:00 am Service with a Smile Brampford Speke LF
10:00 am Service of the Word Cadbury Lay Led
10:00 am Service of the Word Stoke Canon Lay Led
11:15 am Coffee, Cake & Company Rewe
05:30 pm Holy Communion [C] Poltimore MSS
Services in the Netherexe Parishes Your parish churches aim to provide a variety of service types to meet the needs of the whole community. Most Sunday
services except those early in the morning include hymns and music. Everyone is welcome at all services
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Service With A Smile ☺ These services are designed for all ages and with the needs of young
children especially in mind. They are informal and contemporary in
style often including a children’s activity at the beginning; without
communion and are led by lay teams. Services usually last about 35
minutes and are followed by refreshments
Family Service Family services are suitable for all ages, may be with or without Holy
Communion, are contemporary in style and are often followed by
refreshments
Holy Communion [C] Traditional service in contemporary language [one hour]
Holy Communion [BCP] Traditional service in traditional language [one hour]
Morning Prayer [BCP] Traditional Morning Service [Mattins] from the Book of
Common Prayer [about an hour]
Evening Prayer [BCP] Traditional Evening Service from the Book of Common
Prayer [about an hour]
Common Worship [CW] Common Worship Service
Daily Morning & Evening Prayer in the Netherexe Parishes
For daily services the format is generally Book of Common Prayer at Thorverton and Common Worship elsewhere, and the
timing is about 20-30 minutes. All are welcome.
Morning Prayer is said on Mondays at 9.10pm in Stoke Canon church (during the school term, this takes the form of
Collective Worship for Stoke Canon C. of E. School); on Tuesdays at 9.15am in Stoke Canon Chapel
Evening Prayer is said on Thursdays at 5.00pm in Newton St Cyres church.
Variations: None
Who’s Who …..? Abbreviations Key
Vacancy Rector
SS Revd Preb Sue Sheppard Associate Minister 01392 841284 [email protected]
LF Mrs Laura Ford Reader 01392 841753 [email protected]
Associate Ministers
MSS Revd’s Michael & Sharon Simpson HW Revd Harold Whitty BOF Baptist Officiant
For more information about the Netherexe Parishes please see www.netherexe.org or contact:
Mrs Margaret Lowe [Administrator], Tel: 07594 714590 Tues & Thurs [08:30–16:30], email: [email protected]
Correspondence: The Netherexe Parishes, PO Box 734, Stoke Canon, Exeter, EX5 4WP.
Would you like a lift to church? May we offer you a lift to the parish church or to a joint service elsewhere?
For transport to Sunday services from places in Thorverton parish, please ring Steve Rendell on 01392 860780.
For transport from locations in Newton St Cyres parish please contact Mrs Charlotte Dyer on 01392 851618
For transport from Rewe parish please contact Guy Sheppard on 01392 861022
Parish Letter
Why not be more Dog??
You have probably seen the TV advertisement by a
large mobile phone company using clever computer
graphics to make a cat speak and behave in ways
normally associated with a dog. It is very amusing
but it got me thinking about my own dog, the latest in
a long line of canine companions stretching back to
my teenage years.
To begin with I thought about all the ways that dogs
reflect human qualities with our different and
sometimes quirky personality traits , some are quiet
and placid while others are extrovert and lively.
Some have boundless energy while others are real
couch potatoes [greyhounds come to mind – yes
honestly, they love to lounge around]. Some love to
be outdoors all the time whilst others love their
creature comforts - a Jack Russell terrier I used to
have comes to mind that refused to step out of the
door when it was raining yet loved to swim in the
river at every opportunity!
Then I began to think how they come in all shapes
and sizes, just like humans, but are equally versatile
as well. Like us they adapt to new situations, learn
quickly to undertake vital tasks and are capable of
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forming lifelong partnerships. These partnerships
can be seen in all walks of life, farmers with
sheepdogs, partially sighted people with guide dogs,
customs officers with sniffer dogs, police and
soldiers with security dogs and now dogs are even
being trained to detect certain illnesses in people by
harnessing their truly amazing sense of smell. Just
like humans their talents are astounding and seem to
know no bounds.
Then I began to think how God-like dogs really are.
They are always there to listen to us, they don’t judge
us, they show unquestioning loyalty, are incredibly
faithful and they always offer us their unconditional
love no matter how badly we have behaved. Perhaps
we should all strive to be “a little more dog” after all
dog is God spelt backwards.
Margaret Lowe
Mission Community Administrator
& Dog-lover
Baptist Church
Poor old God – He always gets it in the neck
A couple of weeks or so ago a hate-filled, 21-year-
old, white supremacist brutally murdered nine
African-American Christians in their home church.
He had sat with them for an hour while they prayed,
before producing his weapon and shooting them.
Now, such a horrendous incident raises all sorts of
issues for the thoughtful believer. Why did God
allow such a dreadful thing to happen? Why didn’t
he step in to prevent it? Why do innocent people die
in such horrific ways? Why do bad things happen to
good people? Why? Why? Why?
Three thousand years ago the psalmists were
agonising over these very same questions. They
poured out their bewilderment, their revolt, their
sense of injustice, in words that still resonate today.
“Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord.
Lord, hear my voice.” (Psalm 130)
and
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from helping me,
From the words of my groaning?
O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer;
And by night, but find no rest.” (Psalm 22)
The book of Job, too, struggles with these issues.
Chapter 24, after recording an appalling list of
brutality, oppression and cruelty that human beings
are guilty of, concludes:
“But God charges no-one with wrongdoing.”
In the New Testament we find the same lack of
concrete answers. Jesus does not satisfy our curiosity
as to the explanation of evil in the world. The
disciples come across a blind man and straight away
they want an explanation, “Lord, who sinned, this
man or his parents that he was born blind? But no
explanation is given. Jesus does at least make it clear
that generally speaking there is no direct link that
indicates a person is suffering because of their sin.
On another occasion he makes the same point with
two illustrations. One refers to some Galileans who
had been executed by Herod, the other to eighteen
people who perished when a tower fell on them.
Now – did these victims bring it upon themselves
somehow? Did they deserve their sad fate? “I tell
you, no!” says Jesus. They were no worse than
anyone else. They weren’t singled out for an early
death because of their wickedness or their dreadful
lifestyle. Tyrants behave outrageously, towers fall
down, buildings collapse, people are killed in
accidents or die of disease.
The fact is we simply do not know why bad things
happen to good people. You may read the Bible
from cover to cover but you will not find the
explanation. God has not seen fit to reveal it to us.
We just have to say, “We don’t know”. This is
humbling and embarrassing when we think we
should have an answer for everything. But this time
we have no answer. There is none.
However, there are answers to the accusations often
levelled against God. Sometimes the accusing voices
belong to cynics who don’t really believe in God but
they like to take to task the God they don’t believe in
for his failure to do things they think he ought to do if
he did exist.
How might God choose to respond to these
accusations? Perhaps a voice from heaven might
challenge us as to whether it really is his fault so
many bad things happen. Could we human beings
have something to do with it? He might protest:
[here I acknowledge my indebtedness to Chris
Wright’s ‘The God I Don’t Understand’] “What
about the millions in your world slowly dying of
starvation whilst other millions are eating themselves
to death through gluttony. Is that my fault?
“And what of those millions in your world living as
refugees, on the brink of starvation, because of the
evils of war? And the vast fortunes some of you are
making through the profits of arms manufacture to
fuel so many conflicts? Is that my fault?
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“Then there are the millions among you who have
less to live on in a day than some of you spend on a
cup of coffee. Am I really to be blamed for that?
When we study things closely, the conclusion is
inevitable that the vast bulk of suffering in the world
today is caused by the human race and by human sin.
And that is where the gospel comes in – to change
lives so that we behave differently.
A more positive perspective is given by Scriptures
such as Psalm 73 (the whole psalm is worth reading),
in which the writer bemoans the prosperity of the
wicked but then goes on to consider all these issues
in the light of eternity. In other words, he takes the
long view.
So… when all is said and done, there remains a
mystery as to the explanation of suffering in the
world. Even if 90% of it can be attributed to our own
crass actions, there still remains the portion that is
beyond our understanding. But we are not alone in
our perplexity. One of the wisest men of antiquity
confessed his failure to work it all out: “No-one can
comprehend what goes on under the sun. People toil
to search it out, but no-one can discover its meaning.
Even if the wise claim they know, they cannot really
comprehend it.” (Ecclesiastes 8 vs.16-17)
Maurice Harrison
Thorverton Primary School Fête
We held our first Summer Fête on Saturday 6th June,
which was a resounding success. The sun shone and
we had a huge variety of stalls to have a go at and
buy from. Many of the children from Class 3 ran
stalls very capably and seemed to thoroughly enjoy
the responsibility. The jewellery and plant pots on
sale were made by the craft club which also sold
really well.
Everyone worked really hard and it was very well-
attended all afternoon, with the cream teas being very
popular. Thank you to everyone for your support
with this event. I am sure that we will run another
next year. A massive thank you goes to the PTA,
especially Julie Davie and Pippa Eyles, who with the
help of a good team organised the Fête and sourced
some amazing raffle prizes, generously donated by
local businesses. The total raised was £900.
Sarah Parkes,
Head of Teaching and Learning
The Village pays tribute to its oldest inhabitant Mrs Ethel Sellick, our oldest Thorvertonian, died on
3rd June. She was 99 years old, the only child of
William and Alice Way. A service of remembrance
for her long life was held at the Parish Church on
19th June, led by the Reverend Maurice Harrison.
The organist was Heather Kershaw. The choir sang
the anthem, “God so loved the world”.
From the family eulogy we learned that Ethel was
born and died in the village. In her childhood,
horsepower was still important and she recalled the
horses struggling to pull heavy loads up the steep
hills around Cadbury.
Ethel attended Thorverton Primary School and
remembered the stern headmaster Mr Martin. As a
child she accompanied her mother by pony and trap
to the market in Queen Street, Exeter, where they had
a stall selling butter, cream, eggs and poultry. She
later worked on a farm at Ipplepen, a time which she
always looked back on with fond remembrance.
In her early twenties Ethel learned to drive and was
one of the first to pass the driving test. She married
Jim at the Parish Church in 1944, when a special
licence was required due to war conditions. In due
time Ray was born, followed two years later by Judy.
In 1968 the family left Wiveliscombe, where they
had established a retail dairy business, to return to
Fair Oak, Thorverton, the family home built by
Ethel’s father. Ethel always took a keen interest in
village life and liked to be remembered as a founder
member of Thorverton Arts Festival. Hers was a
long and happy life immersed in her family and the
village she loved so much.
The minister added that the village loved her in
return. She was known for her sweet nature, her
gracious attitude to one and all and her lovely smile.
She was not only matriarch to her close-knit family
but also, as its oldest resident, the matriarch of the
whole village, truly a village treasure. He expressed
the sympathy of us all to the whole family on the loss
of a lovely lady. Finally he reminded the
congregation of Ethel’s devotion to the Church, her
deeply held Christian faith, and applied to her
departure the words of Jesus to his disciples, “I go to
prepare a place for you”.
After the service everyone was invited to Fair Oak
for afternoon tea – a lovely occasion where they
could share the fond memories they had of Ethel.
MH
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Short Walks in and Around Thorverton Walk 6 (Upton Pyne and Brampford Speke)
This walk is entirely outside the parish, exploring Upton Pyne and Brampford Speke and the land between the two
villages. In the summer the under-foot conditions should be easy enough for soft shoes, but as with all of these
walks, boots are advisable in wet conditions and throughout the winter months. I started the walk in Upton Pyne,
but of course you could start equally well in Brampford Speke. I would recommend a diversion and perhaps even a
picnic in Brampford Speke by the river or a stop at the Lazy Toad in the village. Park in the car park behind Upton
Pyne village hall.
Turn right along the road and walk for about 30 yards to a
footpath on the left at Glebelands Farm. Pass through the farm,
turning left over a stile at the far end of the farm and
immediately right to run down the field edge. Follow the path
along the side of what were a couple of fields of wheat, flecked
with poppies when I did this walk, to the bottom right hand
corner of the second field. Turn sharp right on a footpath
which doubles back the other side of the hedge and then turns
left to run along the field edge, reaching a gate into the next
field. Go through the gate and turn left to the road.
Turn left along the road for 20 yards, then take the signed
footpath on the right. Keep to the left edge of the field and
follow the path through a wood. Continue straight across the
next field towards a bungalow with a flag (which some of us
will recognise as Paws-A-While). Turn left at the road for about 20 yards and then right along a footpath which at
first goes along the field edge and then diagonally across the field to meet the road at the end of a row of houses.
Exit onto the road and go along the road into Brampford Speke.
Turn left at the junction and pass the beautiful, thatched, Taylor’s Farm and Home Living before turning right
down a lane and then right again to pass the Baptist Chapel and
school. I can
strongly recommend
a detour here,
proceeding along
the path that goes
steeply down to the
River Exe. The
riverside presents a
great location for a
picnic.
However, returning
to our route which
has just taken us past the school, take the footpath on the right
immediately after the school, through and arch and then along a
partly wooded path eventually emerging through the churchyard
onto a road. Turn right here and go to the road junction. You may
care to turn right for a few yards and have some refreshments in the
Lazy Toad, but otherwise turn left along the road to pass Stooks
Close and take the path on the right about 30 yards further on. This
path is easy to follow back to Upton Pyne, where you will meet the
road just by Robin’s Cottage. Turn left and go about 400 yards back to the village hall. A short detour into the
church is recommended.
Neville Lane
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The Garden in July 2015
On looking out of the window at home, the main
planted areas of shrubs and herbaceous plants are
coping quite well with the lack of rain. However, in
the vegetable garden, things are not so rosy.
Vegetable plants are sown, on the whole, annually
and rely on a regular water supply to support their
rapid growth rate from seed to fully productive plant.
If this is interrupted and their growth rate checked,
they often fail to reach the expected size and
productivity. Vegetable plants are ‘prima donnas’
and if given difficult conditions, i.e. soil or weather,
they will become sulky and uncooperative!! April
was remarkably dry and warm, May was also on the
dry side and June, if not ‘blooming, ‘is definitely
lacking regular rain showers. Your garden
vegetables are under ‘stress!’
So, when do you water effectively, the general rule of
thumb is to water all new planting until plants are
bedded into the soil or it rains. Seeds need to be
watered soon after sowing. If the weather remains
dry, continue until nature takes over or the young
plants have enough of a root system to draw water
from the soil. They will be quite sizeable by this
time. If the dry spell continues, all recent planting
needs to be checked and if something looks as if it
has stopped growing, it probably needs a helping
hand with a good watering around the roots. One
good watering might be all that’s needed, but keep an
eye on them and water again if the plants do not
improve. If a plant is in need of water, the leaves are
often a shade lighter in colour than you would expect.
This is a good indicator of stress in the plant and
should not be ignored.
If you are growing your tomatoes in pots, either
outside or in the greenhouse, try and water every day
at about the same time if possible. Tomatoes like
routine and if watering becomes irregular to the
extent that sometimes they dry out and then are given
lots of water they can get a condition called blossom
end rot. This condition caused by irregular watering
affects the fruit which rots from the end and
gradually, if unchecked, will consume the whole
fruit.
All new main garden planting or moved plants this
season will also be very vulnerable during a dry spell.
So make sure that you water regularly and don’t let
them dry out. New lawns, turf or seed will also need
very careful watering during the dry spell. Every
lawn can be helped to cope with drought by cutting
on a higher level with your lawn mower. Do not
shave your lawn as the roots are exposed to the sun
and dry out. You will find that the lawn has slowed
down its growth rate and will not need to be cut so
often – nature’s way of preserving energy.
Roses take the stage during June and July. By the
second half of July, the first flush of flowers will be
coming to an end. If you wish for decorative autumn
hips, do not prune the rose now. However, if you are
hoping for another crop of flowers, prune your
finished flowering stem back by one third. In Devon,
black spot can be very disfiguring to rose plants.
Roses like a Mediterranean climate of hot and dry.
Even when we are hot in Devon, we are seldom
without a certain amount of humidity in the
atmosphere. Keep your roses as clear as possible
and pick up all dropped leaves and petals. Black spot
is caused by the fungus Diplocarpon rosae. This
overwinters on stem lesions and fallen leaves. Cut
out stems showing signs of lesions next spring but
pick up leaves now and continue to do so.
Annual flower plants and half hardy plants will also
benefit from cutting off finished flowers. The trick
for long flowering with these plants is to keep them
producing more flowers to make seed. So remove
flowers as soon as they die and don’t let them form
into seeds. Of course, conversely if you want seeds
from any of these plants you must let the seed set on
the plant and mature and dry out. They are usually
ready to harvest from late August onwards.
The important thing to do, Neville, this time of year
is to enjoy your garden. So mix up that Pimms, take
out the deck chairs and after checking that everything
is watered if necessary, find a shady corner and put
your feet up and enjoy!! [Lorraine tells me that this
is all I need to do in August too – Ed]
Happy gardening!
P.S. The best way to stop a period of drought is to
write a gardening article on the difficulties of coping
with drought. I have just heard the forecast for the
next few days !!!!!
Lorraine Colebrook
Women’s Institute It is with great sadness that we heard of the passing
of Ethel Sellick. Ethel was a member of Thorverton
WI for many years. She will be greatly missed. Our
thoughts and prayers are with all of her family.
A long time ago an umbrella was left in the WI Hut.
If you think it may be yours please phone Barbara on
860878. If not claimed it will be sold at our July
coffee morning.
Owles 'R Us
The owles are flying back to the WI Hut on
Wednesday 16th September at 7pm for a 7.30pm
start. There will be a light supper. Adults £5,
children £2.50. More information to follow.
Barbara O'Higgins
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Legal Eagle It would appear that over recent months Plymouth
City Council have lost a number of young trees from
Central Park. The finger of suspicion has been
pointed at ‘Middle-class wood burner owners’ who, it
is believed, have been chopping down the trees in
order to fuel their stoves. The popularity of wood
burning stoves has, it seems, led to a steep increase in
the price of logs which, according to Plymouth City
Council, has prompted some owners to turn their
attention to the readily available source of wood in
the City’s Central Park. In addition to chopping
down trees, branches from a number of other trees
have been lopped off. Gareth Harrison-Poole, the
Council’s Grounds Manager, said, “We suspect
opportunists looking for cheap wood burner fuel are
to blame”.
Brian Vincent, the Council Cabinet Member for the
Environment said that the Council will be seeking
legal advice with a view to prosecution. Leaving
aside Council bye-laws and any special rules relating
to the trees in question, where in the general law
might the Council look to mount a prosecution?
Theft and Criminal Damage would seem to be the
obvious answers. Theft, it will be recalled, is the
dishonest appropriation of property belonging to
another with the intention permanently to deprive. So
are the elements of the offence satisfied by those who
have taken to chopping down trees? An appropriation
is the assumption of any of the rights of an owner. As
the trees belong to the City Council only the City
Council has the right to chop them down so certainly
an appropriation has occurred. Belonging to another
is easily satisfied, the trees belong to the City
Council. Do the trees constitute property? This may
be slightly more problematic but we can turn to s4 of
the Theft Act 1968 and in particular sub-section (b)
which provides that a person might be guilty of theft
when, not in possession of land, he appropriates
anything forming part of the land (the trees) by
severing it or causing it to be severed, or after it has
been severed.
So, chopping down the trees would satisfy the actus
reus elements of the offence. Can we establish the
necessary dishonesty and intention permanently to
deprive? For an answer to the dishonesty question we
must turn to the test in Ghosh [1982]. Was what was
done dishonest according to the ordinary standards of
reasonable and honest people? One would hazard a
guess that the answer to this question would be ‘yes’;
if so, we go on to ask a second question, did the
defendant realise that reasonable and honest people
would regard what he did as dishonest? I feel it
highly unlikely that anyone charged with theft of a
tree or trees would be able to convince a court that he
believed that reasonable and honest people would
regard his conduct as OK.
The intention permanently to deprive must exist at
the time of the appropriation. There seems little
doubt that if one chops down a growing tree (the act
of appropriation), and removes the tree from the site
where it had been growing that such an intention
could be established.
Turning our attention to Criminal Damage, s1 of the
Criminal Damage Act 1971 provides, ‘A person who
without lawful excuse destroys or damages any
property belonging to another intending to destroy or
damage any such property or being reckless as to
whether any such property would be destroyed or
damaged shall be guilty of an offence.’
Property and belonging to another have meanings
very similar to those in the Theft Act. What has been
done has been done intentionally, the trees which
have been chopped down have been destroyed, those
which have had branches lopped have been damaged.
Neither of the ‘lawful excuse’ defences found in s5
apply so the offence would appear to be made out.
Our advice therefore to Plymouth City Council is to
prosecute for theft and criminal damage and be fairly
confident of securing a conviction.
Clive Hamblin
Recipe Summer Chicken Fricassé with Young Vegetables
Locally sourced chicken and vegetables make a
delicious summer lunch or supper dish. For four
portions you will need:
4 chicken breasts or a mix of thighs and drumsticks
1 crushed garlic clove
50g butter
25g flour
½ litre chicken stock
2 tablespoonfuls double cream or crème fraiche,
lemon juice
Cut the chicken into large chunks. Season with salt
and pepper. Melt the butter in a casserole, add the
chicken pieces, and cook gently for a couple of
minutes. Add the flour, stirring well, and then the
chicken stock. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer
gently until the chicken is tender, about 30 - 40
minutes. Finish the fricassé with the cream or crème
fraiche and a squeeze of lemon.
Serve with carrots, mange tout, thinly sliced steamed
fennel and new potatoes, or couscous – Bon appétit!
Paul Cleave, Sustainable, Crediton
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TARTS
Thorverton Amblers Ramblers and Trampers Princetown 25
th April 2015
We started from the car park at
Princetown. The weather was dry, but still a little
overcast, making Princetown look fairly bleak and
inhospitable. Joining us on our walk were Robert
and Jenny, who were staying in Thorverton on
holiday from Australia. It was lovely to be able to
share our part of the country with them, and
fortunately it stayed dry for the walk.
We set out on the relatively straight and easy path to
South Hessary Tor, and carrying on the other side to
turn left on a footpath that took us through the old
disused Whiteworth tin workings.
After lunch we climbed steadily through some rather
boggy ground, but with fabulous views over the
moors. Our return to Princetown followed a track
known as 'Conchies Road', so called because it was
repaired or upgraded by conscientious objectors in
world war one.
We ended the walk at the Old Police Station café in
Princetown where Robert and Jenny very kindly
treated us all to tea and cake.
Future walks and events
Saturday 11th July led by Graeme
Saturday 25th July led by Jean
Wednesday 22nd
July – next TARTS planning
meeting at 8.15pm in the Exeter Inn
All walks meet opposite the church at 09.30am, and
are suitable for dogs unless otherwise stated.
Shorter walks are usually 4 – 6 miles in length and
longer walks 6 – 9 miles. However, precise details of
each walk (length, gradient, lunch information etc.)
will be displayed approximately a week before the
walk in the Old Post Office Window and on the
Village Notice Board.
If you would like to be included on the email list
contact Caroline (01626 865465) or Graeme
(860203).
Crediton Festival Get Active and Involved In Crediton!
11 July 2015 10:00 to 13:00 Town Square, Crediton
Involve, the Leisure Centre and Sustainable Crediton
will all be in the Town Square for a special 'Leisure
Market' on the last morning of Crediton Festival.
Community, voluntary or arts organisations looking
for volunteers are invited to book space in a Farmers
Market gazebo. Make the most of this opportunity to
raise your profile and attract more helpers. There is
no charge.
The Leisure Centre will run activities for children
and adults, encouraging people to be more active.
Given the buzz created by the Festival, we hope for a
good turn-out. There will be opportunities for some
stall-holders to be interviewed on the stage.
If your group or organisation would like to take part,
please call: 07814 387090 for more details.
Poetry
A Great Idea? - or a Waste of Space
We've had a new delivery,
A large green plastic box,
The brilliant brain which thought of this
Must be a wily fox.
For we're all now accustomed
To using our wheelie bin,
Where garden waste and cardboard
Are mixed for composting within;
We have duly paid our council tax
For to take this waste away;
But alas we're told, in future
There will be an extra charge to pay.
And do we need more boxes?
In cluttered sheds to stack,
Or lacking such a space inside,
(Pile them somewhere at the back.)
While the fact that they are lidless,
This idea says it all!
There will be cardboard blowing everywhere
In autumn's first wild squall.
At such a stupid change of plan,
Many are angered and amazed,
We also feel we have been duped
By such a needless change of ways.
To squeeze more cash from everyone
Seems to be the latest quirks,
Another lidless box, is just a spanner in the works!
Doreen Beer
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Thorverton and District History Society Friday 22
nd May – Keith Badman.
South Australia – the first European maps
Keith started by
showing a map of
1742 which included
contour lines showing
the deviation from true
magnetic north. The
area was described as
New Holland and bore
no resemblance to the
map of Australia as
we know it today. The
exploration, surv-
eying and recording in
this area was done by
two men, one British
and the other French.
Although Britain and France were at war during the
period of their surveys, both men were issued with
passports which should have ensured their safe
passage as both countries wanted to protect their own
interests in the area.
Matthew Flinders joined the Royal Navy at the age of
15. He rose to the rank of captain and was highly
regarded as a distinguished navigator, surveyor and
cartographer. He was the first to circumnavigate
Australia and identify it as a continent. He made 3
voyages to the southern ocean and on the second trip
confirmed that Van Diemens Land (now Tasmania)
was an island.
He started his third voyage in 1800 with three ships.
He charted Spencer Gulf where he found a safe
harbour and fresh water. He took on 60 tons of water
and carried out repairs to his ship.
He explored and mapped the area. The waters were
shallow so a rowing boat had to be used. The
surrounding plains were flat and level and although
there is now some heavy industry in the area, it is
largely unchanged. It is also now an important wine
producing area.
He visited Kangaroo Island and explored the east
coast of Australia before starting his return journey to
Britain in 1803. He stopped off in Mauritius (then
Isle de France) and despite his passport, the French
Governor had him arrested and held him for 6 years.
During this period he recorded details of his voyage
ready for future publication. He arrived back in the
UK in 1810 but died before his highly regarded
findings were published. He is credited with giving
the continent the name Australia.
During his third voyage he met the French explorer,
Nicholas Baudin. Baudin was an acknowledged
explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer.
He was selected in 1800 to lead his expedition of 2
ships accompanied by zoologists and botanists. He
became the first to explore and map Western
Australia. The French team were very well equipped
but towards the end of their voyage the crew were
very poorly due to a lack of basic hygiene,
cleanliness and vitamin c.
Flinders and Baudin met in 1802 to discuss and
exchange details of their surveys. Baudin started his
journey back to France in 1803 and also stopped off
in Mauritius but he died there from TB. Their
surveys produced a map of Australia that we easily
recognise today.
Robert Turner
Nature Notes This month I have written about some insects
including another bee story and Red Kites. Have you,
like me, seen a Red Kite in the past month or so? I
am running a moth trap again this year at the
Millennium Green on Saturday 25th July. Please see
‘Notice Board’ for details of the event.
I was checking the underside of leaves of our damson
bushes for Brown Hairstreak butterfly larvae when I
spotted an unusual bug. I knew I had seen pictures of
the bug before but never the live creature and it was a
Horned Tree-hopper Centrotus cornutus and it looks
a bit like a large rose thorn. I quickly returned to the
house to grab my camera but by the time I returned
the bug had gone, last seen walking along the slender
damson branch towards the centre of the bush and
well camouflaged in tones of brown. There are only
two members of this family native to Britain, the
other one is Gargara genistae, an inhabitant of
brooms in Southern England. The Horned Tree-
hopper is more widespread and will eat a variety of
plants.
By the way I found two
Brown Hairstreak larvae.
Here is a picture of the
larger of the two larvae
found on 30th May and
measured at 8mm long. I
measured it again on 20th
June and now is15mm
long. During the day it
rests on the underside of a damson leaf. In early July
it will travel down the plant and pupate amongst
leaves.
On Sunday 24th May around 10.15 am I headed
towards Newton St Cyres along Rixaford Lane and
before reaching the lane leading off to Yendacott
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Manor I saw a raptor with a distinctive forked tail.
This was something special and I had to stop the car
at the nearest pull-in and get out and watch the bird
gliding around above the open fields. There was no
doubt it was a Red Kite, our only native raptor to
have a forked tail. During the evening I routinely
check the DevonBirds.org website and there had been
a report of a Red Kite seen earlier in the morning at
Sandford at 8.30. Trawling back through the bird
sighting records, Red Kites have been reported
almost daily from all over Devon starting around 12th
May and the last reported sightings from Mid and
North Devon on 12th June. Apparently this unusual
movement of Red Kites was reported in the Western
Morning News and it is said Red Kites are extending
their range into the South West.
On 1st June I received an e-mail from Clive Hamlin
in the village who on return from holiday found up to
ten dead small bumblebees on the bathroom floor.
There was no obvious route into the cottage as all the
windows had been shut so he assumed they came into
the roof space and found their way into the bathroom
through an ill fitting door to the cupboard that houses
the central heating boiler. Clive let me have some of
the dead bees and in the hope someone knew the
name of the bumblebee, I took two specimens with
me to a moth and butterfly event! A very
knowledgeable chap told me they are female workers
of the Red-tailed bumblebee species. It is quite
common for a queen Red-tailed bumblebee to enter a
house through a window or door while searching for
a nest site. A queen prefers to nest underground and
likes to use an old mouse nest. The knowledgeable
chap said a queen will nest in a roof space although I
have been unable to find any reference to this in my
books. The mystery was solved when Clive spotted
an open door just below the roof line to the rear of
the property. Clive asked Ivor Banks (who happened
to be doing exterior painting to the cottage) to shut
the door but Ivor found the catch was broken. When
Ivor was fixing the new catch, bees came to
investigate, alerted to the noise of the drill. Their nest
is probably close to this door inside the roof space. I
assume the bees that were found dead in the
bathroom could not find their way back to the nest.
Enjoy the summer and please do let me know of any
nature sightings from around the village and beyond.
Jenny Garne, 01392 860875
Celebration To celebrate my return to walking, I decide to visit
the various footpaths in the area. I climb over the
stile into the Memorial field and immediately see the
wind racing in waves of light and shadow across the
ripening corn.
I follow a narrow path through the swaying green
stalks that caress my hand as I walk. In a clearing
young rabbits are chasing and jumping over one
another to the sound of birdsong, at first oblivious
and then, when they see me, running helter-skelter
for cover.
My green track leads me to a wood that is fenced and
wired off. I take a parallel course and eventually find
that someone has folded a strip of linen over the wire,
securely fastened and about a foot in length. I climb
over it and enter no-man's-land.
The green branches sway in the wind as I drop on to
a narrow overhung area and follow a path strewn
with dead leaves.
The path gradually peters out, and I realise that
nature is no longer on my side. As the descent
steepens I stoop under branches and brambles tear at
my clothes. Birdsong is no more and I am aware only
of the muted sound of my footsteps and my aimless
curses directed at the thorny intrusive undergrowth.
The branches and nettles thicken with the descent.
This is becoming Dante's “darkling wood” with the
“direct way” lost to view. I tell myself that it must
have an ending but the downturn is getting steeper
and if it goes on like this I am likely to fall. I realise
that I have to turn back, the steepness of the ascent
notwithstanding, and do so, although I am reluctant
to give up.
The winding ascent though the wildness is hard-
going but the uplands by the fence are bathed in
sunshine.
In the field the rabbits have resumed their carefree
gambols. Andrew Hoellering
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The “Duke Of Wellington” [A possibly topical article from Alex Fice given the
recent 200-year anniversary of Waterloo- Ed]
The Iron Duke as he was known was born in Dublin
Ireland on the 1st May 1769 and was christened
Arthur Wellesley, he went to school in England and
in 1787 joined the British army, it was during the
Napoleonic wars in 1814 that he was given the title
of the “First Duke of Wellington” and in 1815 he
celebrated his most famous Victory at Waterloo in
Belgium defeating Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor of
France.
After leaving the Army he went in to politics and in
1828 was elected Prime minister and again in 1834.
He died on the 14th September 1852. On the day of
his funeral he was taken from Horse Guards to St
Paul’s Cathedral where he is buried and an estimated
one and a half million people lined the route.
Thorverton’s own link to Wellington was during the
height of his popularity at around 1830 the Exeter Inn
in Bullen Street was renamed the “Wellington Inn”
with a life like painting of the Duke as an Inn sign,
this lasted until 1855 when the Inn was burn down, a
report of the fire says: At half past eleven on
Tuesday night on the 23rd
of October 1855, an alarm
was raised in Thorverton and it was discovered that
the Wellington Inn was in flames. A messenger was
at once dispatched for the engines at Exeter. The
West of England and Sun engines started at one
o’clock. The fire had however, gained such
ascendancy that it was found impossible to
extinguish it before the whole of the Inn, together
with the stock of beer, spirits etc. and five adjoining
dwelling houses were burnt to the ground. Some of
the firemen had a narrow escape when a chimney and
some portion of the premises had fallen close to
them. The fire occurred through a foul chimney in
one of the houses. After it was rebuilt in 1867 it was
renamed back to its original name of the “Exeter
Inn”.
Pub Cricket
Late news from the annual pub cricket day held at
Thorverton Cricket Club’s ground – as unreliably
reported to your roving correspondent. After a tough
day’s cricket and drinking, a thrilling high scoring
final saw the Exeter Inn team narrowly defeat the
Lazy Toad (or was it the other way round – who
knows after a day of pub cricket?).
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Thorfest Planned for September 5
th. Details in September’s Focus
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Cadbury Festival of Bells and Flowers
Photos by Jane Lane
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Thorverton Parish Information
AIR AMBULANCE EMERGENCY - QUOTE NATIONAL GRID REFERENCE
RECREATION GROUND - Sheet 192 SS 923019 MEMORIAL HALL FIELD - Sheet 192 SS 926019 Carers' Support Group Anne Higman, Wyndham House Surgery, Silverton. 860034. Meetings - 3rd Wednesday of month, Wyndham House, 2.30-4.30 p.m. Church (C of E) Revd Sue Sheppard, Associate Minister, 861022. [email protected] Mrs Laura Ford, Reader. 841753. [email protected]
Mrs Margaret Lowe, Administration Manager, 07594 714590. [email protected] Church Wardens Edwin Greed, Fortescue, Netherexe. 841231. Royston Kershaw 25 The Glebe 860419 Church Choir Heather Kershaw 25 The Glebe, Thorverton 860419 P.C.C. Treasurer Jean Brown, Rydal Cottage, Bullen Street. 861176. Friends of Thorverton Parish Church Trust Royston Kershaw 25 The Glebe 860419 Church (Baptist) The Revd Maurice Harrison, 966861. Secretary Phyllis Langdon, 860932. County Councillor Margaret Squires, 01363 84337, [email protected] District Councillor Cllr. Bob Deed. 01392 861258, [email protected] Doctors: Thorverton/Silverton : Dr Jon Wride & Lynne Anderson / Drs O'Brien, Ziegler & Keysell Electricity (Western Power) Report a loss of power: 0800 6783 105 (replaces 0800 365 900). edf Bill Enquiries: 0800 365 000. Street lights: 0870 556 1851. Friends of Thorverton & Silverton Surgeries : Christine Walker, 881501 Gas Emergency 0800 111999 Leonard Trust Chairman: R Hughes. Secretary: Mrs. E Hughes, 3 Dinham Mews, Exeter EX4 4EH Library (Exeter Mobile) Every 4 weeks 3.35 – 4.20 Thursdays Quarry Car Park Member of Parliament Mel Stride. By writing: Mel Stride MP House of Commons London SW1A 0AA
By phone: 02072197037. By email: [email protected] Parish Council Chairman Cllr. Stuart Crang, Parish Clerk Mrs Alison Mashall, Dinneford House, Dinneford Street, Thorverton, EX5
5NU. 861228. Parish Council Meetings 2nd Tuesday of month, at The Memorial Hall, 7.30 pm. Parish Allotments Contact the Parish Clerk - 861228 Parish Council Notice Board Situated in School Lane, opposite the Thorverton Arms. Planning notification applications at http://data.gov.uk/apps/planningalerts alert via email when a planning application is published in one’s street, neighbourhood or wider area.
Pension Service PO Box 93, Plymouth PL6 5WJ. 0845 60 60 265
Police Non-emergency number: 101. Post Office Portacabin (TCT Ltd) Quarry Car Park, Thorverton EX5 5NG Tel: 860455 Mon. to Fri: 9 am-1.00 pm, 2 - 5.30 pm. Sat: 9 am -12 noon, Sun: 9 - 10.30 am for newspapers only Business Manager: Jan Hamilton 07764461575 Chair and Company Secretary: Heather Kershaw, 25 The Glebe, 860419 Public Telephone Kiosk Opposite the Church, outside the former Bell Inn, Dinneford St. Thorverton C of E Primary School (Part of the Exe Valley Federation)
Executive Headteacher (Exe Valley Federation): Mrs Heather Perry 01392 250821 Head of Teaching and Learning (Thorverton): Mrs Sarah Parkes 01392 860374 School Office (Thorverton): 01392 860374 Chair of Governors (Exe Valley Federation): Marian Beresford 01363 866112 Clerk to the Governors: Ms Jessica Benger: 07795 515048
School P.T.F.A. Chair: Julie Davie 1363 772309, Vice-Chair: Pippa Eyles 861767, Secretary: Annette Emanuel, Treasurer: Carol Pearn 860653.
South West Water 24 Hour Emergency: 0800 169 1144. Helpline: 0800 169 1133. Thorverton Millennium Green Trust Chair: tbc Secretary: Lin Balkwill, 860663, web address: www.thorverton.org.uk
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Thorverton Organisations Amateur Dramatic Society (TADS) Chair: Sheena Hunter-Hedges 01392 860843, Vice Chair: Bob
Hyde, Treasurer: Simon Hedges, Minutes Secretary: Mary Ette. For meeting, news and forthcoming events please see Focus. Art Group Barrie Phillips, Crossmead, School Lane, Thorverton. 860529 Meet Fridays during term-time at the Memorial Hall, 9.30 am-12.00. Arts Exchange Becky Stannard, 7 The Glebe, 860737.
Monthly meetings in members' homes at 8.00 pm. Association Football Club Chairman: Andy Harris, 01392 851664, Secretary: David Gregory, 2 The Orchard, Brampford Speke, 841803. Bridge Circle Graeme Culshaw, 3 The Glebe, Thorverton 860203. Meets 1st/3rd/5th Thursdays at the W.I. Hut from 7.00 p.m.. Brownies Contact Hannah 07925 981786 or Lisa 860609,
Meet Fridays during term-time, 5-6.30pm Thorverton School Hall. Clarinet/Saxophone Group Contact Peter Mason 860727. Meets every Thursday morning. Cricket Club Chair: Charles Kislingbury, Secretary: M C Denford, 14 Moorlands, Tiverton EX16 6UF 01884 255076 Fixture Sec: J Meredith, Grayley, Dinneford Street. Focus Magazine Chair: Michael Ayre, Ratcliffe Farm, Thorverton. Editor: Neville Lane, 2 The Glebe, Thorverton. 861062. Secretary: Geoff Bulley, Broadlands, Thorverton. Treasurer: Bob Swaffield, Schiehallion, School Lane, Thorverton 01392 860309 Friends of Silverton & Thorverton Surgeries Coffee Mornings in the Lamb Inn, Silverton. Held at 10-12 noon on the last Thursday of every month except December Golf Society Players of Thorverton Care of Exeter Inn, 01392 860206 Guides Contact Lisa 860609, Meet Wednesdays during term-time, 7-9pm Memorial Hall History Society Chair: Barrie Phillips, Crossmead, School Lane, Thorverton. 860529 Programme Secretaries: Graham Wills 860895 & Barrie Phillips 860529. Ladies Group Meet 2nd Thursday of month, (Venue and time - see Focus Notices). Memorial Hall Committee Chair: Roger Fieldhouse, tel. 860768. [email protected] Secretary: Roseanne Benn, tel. 860768. [email protected] Events Secretary/bookings: Jeff Grace, tel 860489. [email protected] Website: thorvertonmemorialhall.co.uk Memorial Hall Market 2nd Saturday of the month, at the Memorial Hall, 9.30 - 11.00 am. Thorverton & Exe Valley Community Choir Anne Vardy 01392 861184 [email protected] Thorverton Pre-School Rachel Mildon (Chair) - 861707 / [email protected] Mon 9.00-11.45am, & 12.45-3.15pm & Lunch Club 11.45am-12.45pm, Tues/Weds 9.am-11.45am & Lunch Club 11.45am-12.45pm, Thurs 9.00-11.45am; 12.45- 3.15pm & Lunch Club 11.45am-12.45pm during term-time, at Thorverton Primary School site Thorverton Ambling, Rambling and Tramping Society (TARTS)
Caroline Prince 07749 775304 or Graeme Culshaw 860203 See notices of walks in Old Post Office Window Bullen Street.
Toddler Group Contact : Wendy Coles, 861283 Wednesdays at the Memorial Hall, 9.30 - 11.30am Rainbows Contact Jean 860105 or Penny 861136, Meet Tuesdays 3.45-4.45pm Thorverton School Hall Royal British Legion Chairman/Hon.Sec. P Furneaux, Hillcrest, Thorverton 860227,
[email protected] Hon. Treasurer: Alex Fice Women's Institute Secretary and Bookings: Sue Maguire 01392 860631 W.I. Meeting: 1st Tuesday of the month at the W.I. Hut, 7.30 pm. Whist, 4th Tuesday of the month, at the W.I. Hut, 7.30 pm. W.I. Market & Coffee 4th Saturday of the month at the W.I. Hut. 10.00 to 11.00 am.
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Doctors’ Surgeries
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Waste Collection Dates for 2015 Generally on Mondays unless stated
a) General refuse and recycling b) Brown bins
(i.e. black sacks and black boxes)
July 13th and 27
th July 6
th and 20
th
August 10th and 24
th August 3
rd and 17
th
September 1st (Tuesday), 14
th and 28
th September 7
th and 21st
Mobile Library The service provided in Thorverton is every four weeks, in the Quarry Car Park on Thursdays between 3.35 and
4.20pm.
Dates: 2nd
& 30th July 27
th August 24
th September 22
nd October 19
th November 17
th December
Flag Flying days in July and August 15
th August Birthday of HRH The Princess Royal
Road works If you want to see up to date information on road works, visit: http://roadworks.org/.
Bus Services Turner's Tours / Carmel Coaches (bus 678) Mon-Fri. 10.09 from The Berry and the Baptist Chapel.
Return 13.35 from Exeter bus station, Stand 5.
Stagecoach (service 55B) Mon-Sat (except Bank Holidays)
To Tiverton: 07.55, 10.10, 12.10, 14.10, 16.10, 17.29 (this is the 155 service; on Saturdays it is the 55B and runs at
17.10), 18.10 from The Berry and Broadlands.
Return from Tiverton Bus Station: 07.40, 08.35, 10.45, 12.45, 14.45, 15.55 (Mondays to Fridays term-time only),
16.45, 17.45.
To Exeter: 08.05, 09.00, 11.10, 13.10, 15.10, 16.20 (Mondays to Fridays term-time only), 17.10, 18.10 from The
Berry and Broadlands.
Return from Exeter Bus Station: 07.30, 09.45, 11.45, 13.45, 15.45, 17.05 (this is the 155 service ; on Saturdays it is
the 55B and runs at 16.45), 17.45.
Stagecoach 55 service runs pretty much every half-hour in each direction along the Exeter-Tiverton road, stopping
at the Thorverton turn (the Ruffwell). Please consult Stagecoach 55 Group timetable for details of this service.
Stagecoach free service to the Co-Op, Broadclyst, from Broadlands on Tuesdays 9.20am.
Stagecoach offers a variety of concessions for regular commuters, shoppers, children, students and jobseekers as
well as one-day unlimited-use Explorer tickets. Further details from Stagecoach: 01392 427711 or 01803 664500 or
www.stagecoachbus.com or www.devon.gov.uk/devonbus.
Devonbus Timetable Information: call Traveline 0871 200 2233 Timetables available at the Post Office
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Diary 2015
Please notify FOCUS Editor of additions or changes.
(Email: [email protected] or phone Neville Lane on 861062)
JULY
Sat 4th Village Open Day, Memorial Hall, 11.00am to 11.00pm
TADS Amateur Dog Show at the Village Open Day, Memorial Hall,
Mon 6th Youth Group, Take me to the River, WI Hut, 7.30-9pm
Tues 7th WI Meeting Waterways of Europe, WI Hut 7.30pm
Thurs 9th Chruch Choir Annual Party, Ockero, 6.30pm
Sat 11th TARTS walk led by Graeme, 9.30am at the Church
Saturday Market with Big Breakfast, Memorial Hall, 9.30 – 11.00 am
Working Party to begin to tidy up the Millennium Green, 11.00 am for an hour
Crediton Festival, 10.00am – 1.00pm
Sun 12th Open Church at Thorverton Parish Church, 9.30am
Pop-up Jane Austen Tea Room, Upton Pyne, 2.00 – 4.30pm
Tues 14th Parish Council meeting, WI Hut, 7.30pm
Sat 18th Millennium Green Tidy-up, 11am
Sat 25th TARTS walk led by Jean, 9.30am at the Church
Coffee Morning, WI Hut, 10.00-11.00am
Moth Watch on the Millennium Green, from 9.00pm
AUGUST
Sat 1st Silverton Street Market, 10.00am – 4.00pm
Tues 4th WI meeting – Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue talk on Safety in the Home, WI Hut 7.30pm
Sat 8th Saturday Market with Big Breakfast, Memorial Hall, 9.30 – 11.00 am
Tues 11th Parish Council meeting, WI Hut, 7.30pm
Sat 22nd
Coffee Morning, WI Hut, 10.00-11.00am
Grand Summer Ball, Memorial Hall
SEPTEMBER
Fri 4th Art Group (start of new term), Memorial Hall, from 9.30 am
Sat 5th Thorfest, Memorial Hall
Tues 8th Parish Council meeting, venue tbc, 7.30pm
Sat 12th Saturday Market with Big Breakfast, Memorial Hall, 9.30 – 11.00 am
Wed 16th Owles Are Us, including light supper, WI Hut, 7 for7.30pm start
Sat 19th Community Churchyard Clear-up, Parish Church, 10.00am – 4.00pm
Fri 25th History Society, The S.W. Heritage Trust & the Future of Archives & Local Studies Collections in
Devon, WI Hut, 7.30pm
Sun 27th Sunday Brunch at the Memorial Hall, 11am-3pm