The
Whiddon Parishes
April and May 2014
Communicating the good news of Jesus and demonstrating care for
the vulnerable, our communities and the wider creation
Free to the villagers of Chagford, Crockernwell, Drewsteignton,
Gidleigh, Hittisleigh, Murchington, South Zeal, South Tawton,
Spreyton, Throwleigh and Whiddon Down
The Whiddon Mission Community
CHAGFORD, GIDLEIGH, THROWLEIGH, DREWSTEIGNTON, SOUTH TAWTON, SPREYTON, HITTISLEIGH,
NORTH TAWTON, BONDLEIGH, HONEYCHURCH AND SAMPFORD COURTENAY
TEAM RECTOR:
TEAM VICAR:
CURATES:
The Revd. Paul SEATON-BURN: The Rectory, Chagford TQ13 8BW
01647 432880
The Revd. Nick WELDON: The Rectory, North Tawton.
01837 880183
The Revd Dr. Harriet EVERY: Furlong Mill, Chagford
01647 432402
The Revd Rita BULLWORTHY, Rivendale House, Sampford Courtenay
01837 89168
READERS:
Mrs. Marian BARNES: 01647 432098
Mrs Jill HOBBS:
01837 840907
Mrs Elva HODGSON: 01647 433391
READER EMERITUS: Miss Catherine MARTINEAU: 01647 281241
HON. ASSOCIATE PRIESTS (Retired)
The Revd. John SMART: 01837 840233
The Revd. Noël WALTER: 01647 432610
YOUTH WORKER (On the Edge): Wez CUTLER: www.ote-chagford.org
Tel: 07540 127827
PARISHES OFFICE
The Parish Church, Chagford TQ13 8BN: 01647 432265
e-mail: [email protected]
CO-ORDINATOR:
TREASURER:
CLERK:
Mrs. Lucy SHIELDS
Mr. Philip LYNN
Miss Elinor D’ALBIAC
HOLY TRINITY, DREWSTEIGNTON
ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL, CHAGFORD
www.chagfordchurch.com
Churchwardens:
Mrs. Margaret JEFFREYS
Mrs. Linden BRUCE
Churchwardens:
01647 432421
01647 432515
Mrs. Angela THOMAS
Mrs. Norma GILLARD
Verger: Mr. Tom MARTINEAU
01647 432689
Hon. Treasurer:
01647 432026
PCC Secretary
Hon. Treasurer:
Mr. Terry BLEAKMAN
01647 432265
01837 849144
01647 433619
PCC Secretary:
Mr. Ian MERTTENS
Mrs. Lesley HAIGH
HOLY TRINITY, GIDLEIGH
01647 281602
01647 24263
01647 281241
01647 281649
Vacant.
ST. ANDREW, HITTISLEIGH
Churchwardens:
Churchwardens:
Mr. Christopher WARREN
Mrs. Lyn EVANS
01647 432259
01647 432600
Mrs. Shirley PARTRIDGE
Mr. Anthony MATTHEWS
Hon. Treasurer:
01647 24453
01647 24395
Hon. Treasurer:
Mr. Michael HARDY
01647 433567
Mrs. Shirley PARTRIDGE
PCC Secretary:
01647 24453
PCC Secretary
Mrs. Angela ANNALY
01647 440773
Mrs. Jane PEARSON
01647 24762
ST. ANDREW, SOUTH TAWTON WITH ST. MARY, SOUTH ZEAL
Churchwardens:
Mrs. Kay PYNE
01837 840733
Hon. Treasurer:
PCC Secretary
Mr. John CANDLER
Mr. Philip LYNN
Mrs. Julia CANDLER
ST. MICHAEL, SPREYTON
Churchwardens
Mr. Ken VILE
Mrs. Helen POWLESLAND
ST. MARY THE VIRGIN, THROWLEIGH
Churchwardens:
01647 231479
01647 231331
Mrs. Kit NEWSOME (acting)
Mrs. Penny PERKINS (acting)
Hon. Treasurer
Mr. John WILLIAMS
01647 433319
01647 231494
Hon. Treasurer
01647 231427
Mr. Julian WISNIEWSKI
PCC Secretary
Dr. Ken WHITAKER
01837 840005
01837 849144
01837 840005
01647 231252
PCC Secretary
01363 82866
Mrs. Angela ANNALY
01647 440773
PARISH MAGAZINE
Editor-in-Chief: The Rector
Editor: Mrs. Cicely Drewe 01647 281608, Advertising & Technical Editor: Mr. Denys Brewer 01647 432601
Diary Editor: Mrs. Lucy Shields 01647 432304
Distribution Manager: Mrs. Phyllis Tucker 01647 432948
Treasurer: Dr. Colin Barnes 01647 432098
AVAILABLE ON CHAGFORD CHURCH WEB SITE: WWW.CHAGFORDCHURCH.COM
Final copy date for contributions is 4th of the month before issue. Sooner is much preferred.
Please send contributions by e-mail to: [email protected] and [email protected]
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FROM THE RECTOR
Making all things new
I met him the other day along New Street; I’d know those eyes anywhere.
I saw him again, fetching the ball when it almost landed on top of the Pavilion at Zeal
(kicking it back to those lads on the Rec with a nifty move, he’s surprisingly quick).
Some-one saw him trying to hitch a ride along the Venton Straight; the cars and the
coaches and the Thompson’s lorries kept passing by. He kept on walking.
You may well have come across him by the river -he loves the rivers around here - and
during the long, hot days of last summer he could often be seen sitting upstream from
Shilley Pool, face sun-wise, letting his bare feet trail in the churning waters of the
Blackaton Brook until they were numb.
Useful information 2, 4
Last Thursday - I’m sure it was him - he was picking up the junk dumped on the
bridlepath off the Hittisleigh road. Other people’s unwanted baggage and bad behaviour
(he ‘specialises in dealing with them’, he said, ‘proper job.’). I caught him laughing with
the nurses when I dropped in on a friend at Oke hospital; he’d been there all night.
From the Rector 3
I met him the other day along New Street; holding some-one’s hand.
Contents:
Readings 5
Whiddon news 5-19
Young People 21, 23
Calendar and Church
Services 24-26
Parish news:
Chagford 27, 29
Drewsteignton 29, 31
Gidleigh and
Throwleigh 33-37
Hittisleigh and
Spreyton 39-41
South Tawton and
South Zeal 43, 45
Advertisers’ Directory
46-47
Cover photograph by
John Painter.
Walkers from
Hittisleigh enjoy their
annual Bluebell Walk
from West Pitton
Once he told me some of the nicknames of old friends long gone (he didn’t tell me his!);
of the days when there were a lot more ale-houses than chapels. He has some tales, I
can tell you, of nights out at the Rising Sun, the Bullers, the Kings and getting on the
wrong side of Mabel at the Drewe once or twice... Now the religious people looked
down their noses at him for that sort of thing, but there’s nowhere he doesn’t go. They
say his name lots of times on a Friday night but no-one would think to buy him a pint.
He’s there all right, just like he was in the days when the miners came down from the
moor, from the wind-blasted working land that gave them their living (for a time). All
gone now.
I met him the other day along New Street; but I was in a hurry. His hands were killing
him, carrying the bags and steering the pushchair while the toddler was screaming to
walk. I didn’t know where to look.
But down Gidleigh Mill last Easter he was reminiscing about the songs and the prayers
and the curses of the wool-carriers and tradesmen and the pilgrims as they snaked their
way north and south across fields and fords and moorland. Long gone to us, maybe, but
not to him.
He helped my friend Sean the other week, over the other side of the A30. Putting in the
new hedgerows - replacing ones ripped out in haste - he just loves planting things, things
that will last.
Loads of people say they’re ‘not religious’, or that he wouldn’t be interested in them
because they’re ‘not holy enough’; but he is. Some blame him for everything; but he sees
the hurt behind all that. Some just sneer and say he doesn’t even exist. I guess it’s easier
that way.
I met Jesus the other day along New Street. Have you?
Revd Paul
Date for your Diary: WHIDDONFEST Sunday 29th June
Worship for our family of eleven churches, followed by music and hog-roast. 11am Sampford Courtenay
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SISTER CHURCHES
THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (Quakers)
Castle Ham Lodge
Castle Road, Okehampton.
Meeting: Sunday 10.30.am All are welcome
Details: Rachel Chamness tel: 01837 861219
HOLY FAMILY RC CHURCH, Valley View, Chagford
Mass: Sunday 9am, Thursday 10.30 am
Parish priest:: Father Darline Joseph M.S.F.S.
tel: 01837 52229
CHAGFORD GOSPEL CHURCH
Services every Sunday
Breaking Bread (Communion) 10.30 am
Family Service (Sunday Club) 11.00 am
Elders: Danny Chips
tel. 01647 432088
Steve Andrews tel: 01647 432895
THE METHODIST CHURCHES
Whiddon Down and Crockernwell. Services: Sunday 6.30 pm
Also Spreyton, Providence and South Zeal.
Ministers: The Rev David J. Easton tel: 01392 459733
The Rev Philip Wagstaff tel: 01837 52302
PARISH REGISTERS
Baptism:
Chagford
January 26th
Alexander Benedict LLEWELLYN
Thanksgiving
for a child:
South Tawton
Throwleigh
March 2nd
March 9th
Jessica Mey PEARCE
Betty Amelia CHAPMAN
Funerals:
Chagford
Chagford
Throwleigh
South Tawton
Spreyton
Chagford
January 27th
February 12th
February 14th
February 26th
February 27th
March 10th
Norman BEER
Shaun RICE
Stephanie BARKER
Jim HOLMAN
Robert BOUSTEAD
Tony BARBER
Thanksgiving:
Chagford
Gidleigh
February 14th
March 15th
Bob YOUNG
Rosemary GODWIN SMITH
February 1st
February 4th
Clifford MALLETT
Lucy GIDLEY
Burial of Ashes: South Tawton
Drewsteignton
CLERKS TO THE PARISH COUNCILS
CHAGFORD: - Mrs. Pamela Stone: 01647 432999
DREWSTEIGNTON: - Miss Bella Snook : 01647 231046: e-mail. [email protected]
HITTISLEIGH - Ruth Curtis: 01363 84335
SOUTH TAWTON - Peter Brotherton: 01837 840685
SPREYTON - Clive Wootton: 01647 231518
THROWLEIGH: - Mrs. Julie Macey 07980 908732
HALL BOOKINGS (TEL: 01647 CODE)
CHAGFORD: Chagford Primary School Hall 432412
Endecott House: Mrs. Rosemary Bleakman 432689
Jubilee Hall: book on line at www.chagfordjubileehll.co.uk or call 07725 337571
GIDLEIGH: Village Hall: Book online at www.gidleighvillagehall.co.uk
THROWLEIGH: Village Hall: Mrs. Jan Gilbert 231285
DREWSTEIGNTON: Village Hall: Mrs. Daphne Greener 281256
HITTISLEIGH: Village Hall: Mrs. Pam Toms 24334
SPREYTON: Village Hall: Mrs. E. Williams 231427
SOUTH TAWTON: Church House: Mr. David Youle 01837 840418
SOUTH ZEAL: Victory Hall: Mrs Dawn Watkins 01837 840946
WHIDDON DOWN: Village Hall: Mrs Clare Rowe 231643
USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS
HEALTH CENTRES:
Chagford
Moretonhampstead
Cheriton Bishop
Okehampton
HOSPITALS:
SCHOOLS:
01647 433320
Royal Devon & Exeter
01392 411611
Chagford
01647 432412
01647 440591
Moretonhampstead
01647 440217
Spreyton
01647 231321
01647 24272
Torbay
01803 614567
Okehampton College
01837 650910
01837 52233
Okehampton Community
01837 658000
Cheriton Bishop
01647 24314
Derriford, Plymouth
01753 777111
South Tawton
01837 840242
CITIZENS’ ADVICE BUREAU:
DARTMOOR NATIONAL PARK
WEST DEVON BOROUGH
01837 52574
AUTHORITY
91626 832093
COUNCIL
01822 813600
NATIONAL RAIL ENQUIRIES:
SWEB:
08457 650650
BRITISH GAS:
08457 484950
Emergencies
0800 365900
Emergencies
0800 111999
DEVON BUS ENQUIRIES:
SOUTH WEST WATER: 0800 169 1144
OKEHAMPTON MOBILE LIBRARY
0871 200 2233
CHAGFORD LIBRARY
01647 433651
07773 360340
MORECARE
07914 853726
POLICE: non-emergency use 101;
emergency use 999
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT: Mel STRIDE MP House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA 0207 219 7037 [email protected]
NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICE OFFICER: PC 4647 Nadine Wilson [email protected]
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WHIDDON NEWS
Welcome aboard! Chris and Julia Grasske
Julia and I have been married for 25 years and have two children,
Richard, 21 (living and working in London) and Jack, 18 (currently on a
gap year in New Zealand). I complete my training at Cuddesdon,
Oxfordshire in June and will be moving to South Tawton over the
summer.
Before training for Ordination I worked for 25 years as a Control
Systems Engineer, running my own company for 12 of those years.
Julia and I both grew up in rural Devon and spent many years in the small
rural parish of St Paul’s, Filleigh, just outside South Molton. We are
looking forward to moving to West Devon and getting to know a new
part of the county.
We like walking, cycling and swimming and I enjoy cooking. The most
recent addition to our family is a 3-year-old rescue terrier called Scruff
and he likes nothing better than running and rolling in open fields.
Julia and I are hoping to be able to visit before Easter and very much look
forward to meeting as many of you as possible.
It is wonderful news that Chris and Julia will be joining us this Summer. Chris will be licensed to the Whiddon Mission
Community, serving as Curate (full-time), working day-to-day alongside me and Revd Harriet Every in the seven
parishes formerly known as the Whiddon benefice. Please keep Chris and Julia in your prayers and Sunday 14th
September (10am) free in your diary – the date when Chris is to be ordained Deacon at Exeter Cathedral.
Revd Paul
READINGS FROM SUNDAY APRIL 6th – SUNDAY JUNE 1st 2014
Sunday 6 April, 2014
The Fifth Sunday of Lent
First Reading: Ezekiel 37.1-14
Second Reading: Romans 8.6-11
Gospel: John 11.1-45
Sunday 13 April, 2014
Palm Sunday
First Reading: Isaiah 50.4-9a
Second Reading: Philippians 2.5-11
Gospel: Matthew 21.1-11
Sunday 20 April, 2014
Easter Day
First Reading: Jeremiah 31.1-6
Second Reading: Acts 10.34-43
Gospel: Matthew 28.1-10
Sunday 27 April, 2014
The Second Sunday of Easter
First Reading: Exodus 14.10-31;
15.20-21
Second Reading: Acts 2.14a,22-32
Gospel: John 20.19-end
Sunday 4 May, 2014
The Third Sunday of Easter
First Reading: Zephaniah 3.14-end
Second Reading: Acts 2.14a,36-41
Gospel: Luke 24.13-35
Sunday 11 May, 2014
The Fourth Sunday of Easter
First Reading: Genesis 7
Second Reading: Acts 2.42-47
Gospel: John 10.1-10
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Sunday 18 May, 2014
The Fifth Sunday of Easter
First Reading: Genesis 8.1-19
Second Reading: Acts 7.55-60
Gospel: John 14.1-14
Sunday 25 May, 2014
Rogation Sunday
First Reading:
Deuteronomy 8.1-10 (2013)
Second Reading:
Thessalonians 3.6-13
Gospel: Luke 11.5-13
Sunday 1 June, 2014
The Seventh Sunday of Easter
First Reading: Ezekiel 36.24-28
Second Reading: Acts 1.6-14
Gospel: John 17.1-11
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WHIDDON NEWS
developing diseases, such as heart disease, stroke, type
2 diabetes and kidney disease.
Chagford Health Centre PPG
Welcome to our first newsletter. PPGs (Patients
Participation Groups) were first set up in 1972 and now
many general practices in England have their own PPG.
The group is made up of volunteers from the patient list
and was formed to support the surgery and staff, and to
represent the views and concerns of patients by direct
contact with the practice. This ensures that the range
and quality of services offered by the surgery continue
to be of a high standard and appropriate to the needs of
the community.
The PPG can be contacted via Email at:
[email protected] or simply
leave a note addressed to the PPG with the Reception
staff at the Health Centre.
Support for the carers
Come along to the Ring O’Bells, Chagford on the first
Thursday of the month and meet others who are caring
for a relative or friend.
In the coming months our regular newsletters will not
only be exploring ways of gathering your views and
suggestions, but will also include information under the
heading ‘PPG Tips’.
Talk to your Carers Support Worker from Devon
Carers, find out what support is available to you and
have your say on what support you would like in the
future. Confidential 1 to 1 appointments available every
month in Carers’ Clinic at the Health Centre.
PPG Tips
•
Dr Claridge has recently introduced evening
appointments on Mondays from 6.30pm until
7pm.
•
Dr Wood still offers early morning appointments
on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7.30am until
8am.
Appointments for the above must be booked in
advance, cannot be booked on the day and are not
available as walk-ins.
Meetings are from 10am to 12 noon on Thursdays 3rd
April, 1st May and 5th June. To find out more call
Devon Carers on 08456 434435 and ask for Carolyn
Scott.
Morecare - Chagford
No means of getting to a medical appointment?
Need a hand with something you just can’t manage?
Don’t know how to arrange a service you need?
Could do with a friendly visitor to chat
or read to you?
Help with shopping, changing library books, etc?
As from 1st April 2014, Monica, the Surgery’s Health
Care Assistant will be offering free NHS Health
Checks, by appointment on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday mornings. These checks are available every five
years to 40 to 74-year-olds to assess their risk of
Morecare - Chagford is here to help!
Call: 0791 485 3726
In order to give you the best possible service,
it is vital you contact us as soon as you know
you will need our assistance.
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WHIDDON NEWS
Dartmoor Decorative and
Fine Arts Society
Mothers' Union
Time for Prayer has been resumed and is on the first
Tuesday of each month at 3, Fox Close, Drewsteignton
at 10.45am. We welcome everyone - you do not have
to be a MU member.
On Wednesday 9th April, Oliver Everett will talk on
‘The Drama Behind the Taj Mahal’ and explore the life
and times of the Indian Mughal, Emperor Shah Jahan.
6th - 10th April, Wave of Prayer.
Tuesday 15th April, 2.30pm at Whiddon Down Village
Hall. Speaker Elva Hodgson: 'Thoughts for Holy Week'.
Tuesday 20th May, 2.30pm at Whiddon Down Village
Hall. Talk on the work of the Samaritans.
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On Wednesday 21 May in a lecture entitled 'All that
Glisters?’ Mary la Trobe-Bateman, a freelance curator,
lecturer and consultant, will give an overview of
contemporary British Jewellery.
We welcome anyone who is interested in any of the
topics to come and join us.
Contact Ann Hall 231634
or Marian Barnes 432098
All lectures are held in the Charter Hall, Market Street,
Okehampton starting 10.30am prompt. Coffee is served
from 9.45am. For a voluntary donation of £10 (refunded
if you join the society) non members can come and see
what DDFAS has to offer. Annual membership costs
just £45 (£85 per couple) for nine lectures on a variety
of art and history-related subjects. For further
information please contact Sara-Jane Cumming. Tel:
01822 860281.
A thank you
The Young family has been overwhelmed by everyone's
kindness during Bob's illness and during these dark days
of bereavement after his recent death. Cards and letters
of true affection and appreciation have poured through
the doors of our home and we will cherish your kind
words and the wonderful memories you shared with us.
DDFAS is organising a trip for members to see The
Dame Laura Knight Exhibition on Thursday 10th
April. A bus is booked to pick up at 9.45am from
Westbridge, Okehampton, (near the White Hart Hotel)
to arrive in Plymouth at 11am. It will leave Plymouth at
2pm returning to Okehampton at about 3.15pm. The
exhibition is free but the bus and buffet lunch will cost
£12 per person. If you would like to reserve a place,
please contact Alex Crosthwaite Eyre on
[email protected] Tel: 01409 220136.
It was a great comfort to see so many of you brave the
storms to join us at St Michael’s for the service of
thanksgiving for Bob’s life. Thank you.
EX LIBRIS
Over the weekend of
FRIDAY 25th—SUNDAY 27th JULY
Will you follow me?
An exhibition focussing on Chagford’s literary
heritage, illustrated with flowers, is to be
held in the church.
Every evening @ 9pm
Palm Sunday to Easter Saturday
Ancient prayer of Compline
with quiet reflection to mark
Holy Week
The exhibition will be entitled ‘Ex Libris’ and
we are endeavouring to highlight as many writers
as possible, who have either been associated with
Chagford, or written about the town and
its surroundings.
ST MICHAEL’S, CHAGFORD
The aim of this really
interesting and exciting
Exhibition is to raise
both awareness of
the literary heritage of
Chagford, and funds for
the upkeep of
our beautiful church.
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‘Crucify Him. Crucify Him.’
Easter Passion at
Oberammergau 1990
By now dawn is breaking
and the lights come on as
Christ is led off the stage
and the scene is set for the
final act of the drama. I had
not appreciated before how
weary and hungry He must
have been as He struggled
up the hill to Golgotha. He had had no food or rest
since the Last Supper and He must have been physically
and mentally pulverised.
In this Bavarian village, in the far south of Germany,
every ten years the inhabitants re-enact the Easter
Passion of Jesus Christ as a thanksgiving for their
deliverance from the plague in 1663. They have been
doing this for over 300 years. Almost everyone in the
village has played a part over the years.
Our tour group was accommodated all round the village
in the private houses of those who had taken parts in
the Passion Play in previous years. My wife and I were
allocated to the house of the Virgin Mary (1985) and she
looked after us exceedingly well, but I could not help
feeling slightly disconcerted by such 'holiness’ in our
20th century accommodation.
The climax of the play, which takes place on the barren
hill top of Golgotha, shocked the audience as they
watched the Christ being laid horizontally on the cross
which was lying on the ground. Then came the hammer
blows as the nails were thrust through His hands and
feet. It was almost unbearable. There was a stunned
silence in the audience as the sharp blows of the
hammers on the nails echoed through the hall.
There is a specially built auditorium on the outskirts of
the village where the play is performed. The action
faithfully follows the last hours of Christ's earthly life
from his arrest in the garden of Gethsemane on the
evening before his crucifixion to his trial and death on
the cross at 3pm on the following day. Some of the
action had to be truncated to enable it to be completed
in one day, but it is still very long, starting at 9am and
finishing in early evening with a midday break for a
picnic lunch.
Then we watched as the cross was slowly elevated to
the upright position, and the body suddenly sagged as its
weight fell on the nails through the hands and feet.
A gasp escapes from us spectators as the full horror of
the execution bears down on us. The time on the cross
was much reduced in the play as there are long periods
when there is little action apart from the silent
sufferings. We see His mother and his aunt, and Mary
Magdalene and His favourite disciple, John, grouped at
the foot of the cross in desolate grief.
You might think it would not hold one's attention
throughout the day, but from the very beginning of the
play, which started with Judas' kiss in the darkness of
the Garden of Gethsemane, until the final cry from the
cross it was totally absorbing.
Then the darkness came down and the stage was almost
blacked out, to represent the words of St Luke's gospel
‘by this time it was about 12 o'clock, and darkness
covered the whole land till 3 o'clock, owing to the
eclipse of the sun'.
It started with the Christ being led away among swaying
lanterns on poles across the Kedron Brook to the
eastern gate in the walls of Jerusalem. It was a walk
which my wife and I had followed a few years earlier so
the scene resonated powerfully with us.
The tension in the hall is nigh unbearable. After a
dramatic silence and with the stage darkened that final,
desperate cry rent the hall:
We watched the awful cruelty of the interrogation by
the High Priests which seemed to go on for hours
before Christ was led away to the palace of Pontius
Pilate. We were more than ready for some release from
the tension when we were given a break for lunch, and
we went out into welcome sunshine and ate our picnic
provided by the 'Virgin Mary'.
‘My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?’
What does it mean?
The lights came on in the auditorium and we filed out in
silence. It was the most powerful piece of acting I had
ever seen.
Tony McCrum
The second half started with the cross-examination by
Pontius Pilate and ending with the orchestrated mob
cry:
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decorated Holy Trinity at Gidleigh in March (thank you
Lyn for the warmth of your welcome).
Pilgrim Walk
The Revd Paul with Martin Stephens-Hodge led the
second Pilgrim Walk from St Mary's Church,
Throwleigh on a rare sunny Saturday, 1st March. It really
felt like the first day of spring and a goodly turnout with
many well-behaved dogs set forth for the moor by way
of Clannaborough and the drovers' path, with prayers
and even poetry-reading on the way.
We have welcomed a number of new members recently
and are always pleased to see new faces. We continue
to meet at 10am on the last Saturday of each month in
venues around the area, to sing, laugh, consume homemades and sometimes go to the pub for lunch
afterwards.
Forward dates:
We were well-rewarded for the climb with a
magnificent 360 degree view, and Martin led us to the
best-preserved ruined round house on the moor, dating
from c.2,500 BC. We completed the trail down by
Shilstone Rocks and Lane, enjoying a cuppa and a slice
or two back in church. It was the most uplifting and
memorable morning. Thank-you to our leaders. For the
next walk see the notice on this page.
Kit Newsome
Saturday 26th April – St Michael’s, Chagford
Saturday 31st May – Holy Trinity, Drewsteignton
Saturday 28th June – Yeoford NEW Village Hall by
special invitation
Saturday 26th July – St Mary The Virgin, Throwleigh
Saturday 30th August – St Andrew’s, Hittisleigh
‘Not all those who wander
are lost...’
Whiddon Community Choir
This choir (AKA The Cake Appreciation Society) has
enjoyed singing at South Tawton and Hittisleigh in
January and February, and at the time of writing is very
much looking forward to sharing music in the newly
JRR Tolkien
WALKING THE WAY
The third of the pilgrim paths,
beginning and ending at
Holy Trinity Church, Drewsteignton
2.30pm
Sunday 11th May
Dogs on leads welcome
U3A The University of the Third Age
Next meetings:
Wednesday 2nd April at 10am
‘Our Beautiful Islands. Lundy, Scillies, Channel Isles’
Speaker: Paul Rendall
Wednesday 7th May at 10am
‘Hearing Dogs for the Deaf’
Speaker: Wendy Richards-Wood
Venue: The Union Inn, Moretonhampstead
New members and visitors welcome
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WWI memorabilia
As is already well known, August 4th 2014 will be the
100th anniversary of Britain’s entry into World War I.
Chagford Local History Society, with the support of
Chagford Parish Council, while in no way wishing to
glorify the event, would like to document as full a picture as possible of our community’s way of life during
those four years. Not only are we intending to record
the lives, and sometimes deaths, of those who went to
fight, but also the lives of those who continued to live
and work here, in order to portray how the war impinged, or not, on their lives.
The society would like to ask whether anyone still has
photographs, letters, diaries, pictures, documents,
memories of conversations or memorabilia dating from
this period, whether war or community connected, to
help this project, and if so, would they be prepared to
lend us the items? Great care will be taken: the items
receipted and signed for, and returned in the condition
in which they were lent.
It may be that nothing occurs immediately, but if later it
does, then within five years it will not be too late to
contribute. Some people may also be in touch with the
descendants of those who lived here during the war
years and have moved away, but who have kept memorabilia: perhaps they could be asked to share what they
have?
To get in touch with the group (Jean Rhodes, Christine
Baker, Robert Sampson, Allan Taylor and Sue Price)
then please do telephone (leave a message if necessary),
or email and your message will be answered as soon as
possible.
Sue
Price
01647
432451
[email protected] . Of course you can always stop and chat if you see any of us!
Chagford Local History Society
‘Birch Visions’
An exhibition of paintings and drawings by June
Ashburner and Duncan Rice at Stone Lane Gardens will
bring together two artists connected with the unique
birch and alder collection at these gardens near Drewsteignton and celebrate this beautiful wilderness tree.
The exhibition is showing at the newly renovated Barn
exhibition space at Stone Farm. It will share its opening
date with the 2014 Mythic Garden Sculpture Exhibition,
'Works for a Woodland' and will be open daily from
2pm to 6pm from Sunday 4th May until Sunday 15th
June.
Contact: June Ashburner, tel 01647 231311or email
[email protected]
Or Paul Bartlett: [email protected]
Textile Fiesta
Cheriton Bishop branch of the West Country Embroiderers is holding its annual Textile Fiesta and Exhibition
on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th April in Cheriton
Bishop Village Hall, EX6 6JA, 10.30am–4pm on both
days. Entry and parking are free and there will also be
trade stands including vintage textiles, patchwork, silk
painting, hand made books and others. Refreshments
and a ‘Have a Go’ area for children and beginners.
Chagford
Conservation Group
Coffee Morning
Saturday 26th April
Endecott House,
10am – 12 noon
Proper coffee and
plants for sale
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T
he trouble with April and May in the natural
world is that there is too much going on!
These are the best two months of the year for
wildflowers, summer migrant birds are arriving
and nesting, trees and blossom are breaking out
everywhere, and butterflies are on the wing. There is an
infinite number of subjects to write about, although this
is not a complaint.
If you are interested in the subject of wildflowers and
wish you had more knowledge of what is growing
around us, now is the time to buy a flower identification
book, take a walk in the countryside and see how many
you can name. There are many good paperback books
that fit in a pocket and are not too heavy. This is
important because identification should mean taking the
book to the flower and not the flower to the book. You
will probably know the common species already, so it is
only a question of adding one or two to your memory
on each walk.
cedars, which you can frequently see on television news
stories. Burning cedar can bring bad luck, which also
happens to anyone causing injury to a cedar.
Leaving the subject of flowers and trees for a moment,
the garden also has some April connections, for with
Easter came the need to plant vegetables such as beans
or potatoes. One old Devon saying is:
There are several wildflowers associated with Easter,
which falls in April this year. Borage is a bright blueflowered hairy plant of wayside banks and rough places,
part of a large family that includes comfrey, alkanet,
lungwort, forget-me-not and bugloss, all of which grow
locally. The association with Easter is that borage was
said to have been offered on a sword-point to Christ on
the Cross. Legend also has it that it was added to the
final stirrup cup to those who were leaving on the
Crusades. It apparently had properties to refresh, uplift
and encourage, all of which would be needed on such an
enterprise. These crusaders, seeing the Saracens using
comfrey to heal wounds, were said to have introduced
it to England.
‘When you hear the cuckoo shout
It’s time to plant your tatties out.’
Some believe that potatoes should be planted on Good
Friday with the eyes pointing towards the sunrise. I have
no doubt that congregations sometimes shrank when
this superstition was adhered to. Because it was the
most propitious day, evil forces being suspended for
three days, parishioners went planting instead of
praying.
May is the month when swifts arrive, signifying the start
of summer. Locally this is usually between the 3rd and
7th, depending on the weather and food supply. They
also like to travel with the wind so a south or southwesterly is favoured. They will only raise one brood, so
are the last migrants to arrive and first to go.
Cedar is just one of the trees that are said to have
provided the wood for the Cross. This seems likely as
Israel is not particularly well wooded other than with
Another expression of universal delight at the return of
summer is the blossoming of the hawthorn, or may
tree, which seems to please us all. There are many
superstitions about the hawthorn, mostly from pagan
times and generally foretelling misfortune if cut down. It
was also a tree that could perform good deeds if
treated well. The most famous example is the hawthorn
at Glastonbury, said to have sprung from Joseph of
Arimathea’s staff, thereafter blooming on Christmas
Day. I have not seen this, only hawthorn in bloom in
autumn together with red berries. A tree confused by
climate change, I think. Whatever your preference,
flowers or otherwise, a happy Easter to you all.
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Museum seeks volunteers
Mole Avon charity fashion
Under its new management the Museum of Dartmoor
Life is looking forward to the coming season. It is
developing a reputation as a fun and friendly place to
volunteer. We have vacancies for people with a wide
range of skills and interests and training will be
provided.
The Mole Avon Charity Fashion Show is back for 2014
– even bigger and better! Following on from its success
in 2011, Mole Avon Town & Country Stores is pleased
to announce that it will be hosting a series of charity
fashion shows in May.
The fundraising events will take place at the branch in
Exeter Road, Okehampton, on 1st, 2nd and 3rd May,
(7.30 for 8pm start), to raise money for Hospiscare.
They are a continuation of the Mole Avon Ruby Appeal
that was launched by the company in 2013. It is hoped
they will help achieve its target of £40,000 for the
charity. Mole Avon’s last two fashion shows, held in
2011, raised a massive £7,000, split between CLIC
Sargent and the BBC Radio Devon Air Ambulance
Appeal.
This year we are looking for:
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Volunteer museum and tourism assistants to
welcome visitors, provide tourism information
and staff the shop
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and manage volunteers
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The shows will feature the customers, friends and family
of Mole Avon Town & Country Stores parading its new
season’s clothing. Tickets are available from all Mole
Avon branches. For more information call Mole Avon
Okehampton on 01837 53886 or Gillians on 01837
52360.
Highlights among this year’s events include an
Okehampton College exhibition called ‘Our Energy
Journey ... Your Energy Future’ and a World War I
display. Family activities include Discovery Zones, a
Dartmoor Easter Egg hunt for letterbox stamps and
activities in school holidays. For more information
please visit www.museumofdartmoorlife.org.uk
or
contact us by phone on 01837 52295, or by email on
[email protected] .
COFFEE MORNINGS
at Endecott House, Chagford
Chagford Bowling Club
Saturday 12th April '14
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
10.00am to 12.00noon
Cakes, books, plants and raffle prizes
Admission £1.00 including real coffee and biscuits
Please come and support your local club
Contact: David Jones 01647 433909
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Bureau require volunteers to join its friendly and
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Volunteer posts include:
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YOUNG PEOPLE
‘Return to Aesop’
Youth musical theatre summer
school returns to Chagford
Drewsteignton and
Chagford Cubs
The new term started in January and we meet on a
Thursday evening 6–7.30pm in Endecott House,
Chagford, for boys and girls aged 8–10½.
Starling Arts is once again returning to Chagford, to run
a 12-day Musical Theatre Summer School for local
young people from Monday 18th - Friday 29thAugust
(inclusive). Starling’s co-directors Anna Shields and
Emily Cook are excited to be producing their new, fun,
family musical, Return to Aesop.
We had a very kind donation from Helpful Holidays
which allowed us to buy three tarpaulins which will
come in very useful at summer camp in June. We were
also given a large bag of sports equipment by OCRA, so
the cubs have been focusing on their ‘fitness challenge’
which includes indoor hockey, dodge ball and circuit
training.
Following on from the success of Honk!, Moon, Beauty
and the Beast and A West End Spectacular, this year’s
Summer School is open to anyone aged nine to 21 (on
May 31st 2014) from Chagford and the surrounding
villages, and will culminate in four performances of the
musical in Chagford Jubilee Hall.
The cubs have had a visit to Okehampton College to
complete the Information Technology badge as well.
The week of Shrove Tuesday saw us cooking and
flipping pancakes.
Places are limited and performing roles will be allocated
at an audition workshop. Auditions will take place on
Saturday 31st May in Endecott House from 2–5pm.
This is a fun session for everyone who wants to be
involved. Participants will be required to prepare
something for audition and everyone who attends will
be given a part in the production. Because of this,
anyone wishing to take part in the Summer School must
apply to Starling Arts by Friday 9th May expressing
their interest.
If you have, or you know somebody who has, a skill
they could share with us we would love to hear from
you – this could be anything from DIY, local history to
making a bow and arrow! - or indeed, if you would like
to volunteer to come and help.
For more information please contact Isabel on 01363
82711 or [email protected]
The cost for this year’s Summer School is just £70 (with
reductions for subsequent children in the same family).
This fee includes Starling Arts’ care and expertise for
the 12 days of rehearsals and performances, and a
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If you are interested in taking part in this project, please
ask for an application and consent form by emailing
Anna Shields and Emily Cook on [email protected]
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YOUNG PEOPLE
T
he last few months have been busy for me
with OTE and The Mess. We are still seeing
new young people through the door which is
encouraging and it won’t be long until once
again everyone will move up a school year and we see
some new faces. The normal sessions are going strong
and all the young people are still keen to work on small
projects. Recently, the girls at The Mess have been
working on a rag rug and are also knitting jumpers for
young children in Africa.
Trip to Spain
As mentioned in the last edition, in July 2014 we will be
taking a group of young people to walk the final stage of
the Camino in Spain. The walk will be from Sarria to
Santiago de Compostela and is set to take us a week to
walk the 113km trek. Just over a year and a half ago we
walked the Saints Way in Cornwall with a group of
young people over a two day period. This trip was such
a great experience and a challenge for all involved that
we thought we’d do another similar journey. We will be
publicizing this more nearer the time, but do ask for
your thoughts and prayers in our preparation for this
once in a lifetime trip.
The Film Discussion Nights have started up again after a
term off and run on the first Wednesday of the month
at Chagford Gospel Church with food and the film
starting at 6pm. After this, we discuss the themes that
can be seen throughout the film and how they relate to
the Bible and what that could mean for us. It is a great
social time as well as beginning to understand a bit more
about who God is.
Another faith-based piece of work is the Youth Bible
Study held at The Mess on the third Sunday of every
month from 10am-11am (although it is different in April
as it’s Easter Sunday). This has so far been about
understanding more about Scripture and how is applies
to our lives - we are continuing to look at John’s
Gospel. Both these pieces of work are for young people
aged 12-18 years old and anyone is welcome to come
along and see what it is like.
This trip is going to be subsidised for the young people
attending from money raised through the Saint’s Way
Sponsored Walk, but this will not cover all the costs. If
you feel as though you would like to help us by
sponsoring us with a small amount to fund part of our
journey, please do get in touch with Wez or the OTE
Committee. We will also be running some fundraising
events nearer the time, so please keep an eye out and
support if you can. Thank you.
Following on from the last article about the young
people’s YouTube channel - we have now passed the
13,000 view mark which is incredible! The young people
are currently writing, filming and editing a new short
comedy series based on thumb puppets called Thumbs
Up! This is definitely worth a look and can be found at
the address: www.youtube.com/otechagford/videos
Starling Arts Summer School
This summer, young people will once again be taking to
the stage to perform another musical. This has, over the
years become a regular event and we are all looking
forward to it! The dates, including the performances are
Monday 18th August and Friday 29th August 2014
inclusive. There will be open auditions on Saturday
31st May 2014, from 2-5pm in Endecott House,
Chagford. Everyone who attends will be given a part in
the production. The summer school itself will cost £70
per person. We hope to see you then!
The dates for the sessions in Whiddon Down and
Drewsteignton for the remainder of this academic year
are as follows: 14th and 28th April, 12th and 26th
May, 9th and 23rd June, 7th and 21st July. Sessions at
The Mess will continue as normal. Please check the
posters in the window for any changes.
Skate Park Group
Contact details: If you would like to contact me please
use the details below. My preferred way of contact is
email as I can check it wherever I am.
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: 07540127827 Website: www.ote-chagford.org
The skate park coffee morning advertised in the last
article raised a huge £330, which is a great achievement
for all the young people involved. We are continuing to
look at different ways of fundraising in the community
and are hoping to run an event sometime in May. Watch
this space and The Mess window for more information.
Wez Cutler
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APRIL CHURCH SERVICES
6
13
SUNDAY
SUNDAY
5th SUNDAY OF LENT
THROWLEIGH:
CHAGFORD:
SPREYTON:
SOUTH TAWTON:
HITTISLEIGH:
DREWSTEIGNTON:
CHAGFORD:
8.00 am
9.30 am
9.30 am
11.00 am
11.00 am
11.15 am
6.00 pm
Holy Communion (BCP) with Gidleigh
Family Communion
Holy Communion (BCP)
Holy Communion + Sunday School
Morning Prayer
Morning Worship
Choral Evensong
PALM SUNDAY
DREWSTEIGNTON:
CHAGFORD:
SOUTH ZEAL:
HITTISLEIGH:
SPREYTON:
THROWLEIGH:
DREWSTEIGNTON:
CHAGFORD:
8.00 am
9.30 am
10.00 am
11.00 am
11.00 am
11.15 am
5.00 pm
9.00 pm
Holy Communion (BCP)
Sung Holy Communion
Iona Service
Morning Prayer
Holy Communion
Matins (BCP) with Gidleigh
Family Service
Compline
9.00 am
7.30 pm
9.00 pm
11.00 am
4.00 pm
9.00 pm
10.00 am
9.00 pm
9.00 am
7.00 pm
7.30 pm
9.00 pm
10.00 am
11.00 am
11.00 am
2.00 pm
3.00 pm
6.00 pm
9.00 pm
7.30 pm
9.00 pm
Morning Prayer
Compline
Compline
Soul Space
Stations of the Cross + Holy Communion
Compline
Holy Communion (BCP)
Compline
Morning Prayer
Shared Meal including Holy Communion
Holy Communion
Compline
Children’s Easter Garden Service
Good Friday Reflection
Music & Readings for the Passion
Music & Readings for the Passion
Music & Readings for the Passion
Reflections on Holy Week in Words and Music
Compline
Easter Vigil & Holy Communion
Compline
HOLY WEEK SERVICES
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
MAUNDY
THURSDAY
18
GOOD
FRIDAY
19
HOLY
SATURDAY
20
EASTER DAY
NATTADON HILL, CHAGFORD: 6.00 am
CHAGFORD:
9.30 am
SPREYTON:
9.30 am
SOUTH TAWTON:
10.00 am
HITTISLEIGH:
11.00 am
DREWSTEIGNTON:
11.15 am
THROWLEIGH:
11.15 am
Easter Sunrise Service
Easter Holy Communion
Easter Holy Communion
Easter Family Communion
Easter Worship
Easter Holy Communion
Easter Holy Communion (BCP) with Gidleigh
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SUNDAY
2nd SUNDAY OF EASTER
SOUTH ZEAL:
CHAGFORD:
SOUTH ZEAL:
HITTISLEIGH:
DREWSTEIGNTON:
GIDLEIGH:
SPREYTON:
Holy Communion
Sung Holy Communion
Celtic Morning Prayer
Holy Communion
Matins (BCP)
Matins (BCP) with Throwleigh
Sunday Tea (Family Service) in Village Hall
CHAGFORD:
SOUTH TAWTON:
CHAGFORD:
SOUTH ZEAL:
THROWLEIGH:
CHAGFORD:
CHAGFORD:
CHAGFORD:
CHAGFORD:
DREWSTEIGNTON:
SOUTH ZEAL:
CHAGFORD:
CHAGFORD:
SOUTH ZEAL:
SPREYTON:
CHAGFORD:
HITTISLEIGH:
CHAGFORD:
CHAGFORD:
GIDLEIGH:
CHAGFORD:
8.30 am
9.30 am
10.00 am
11.00 am
11.15 am
11.15 am
4.00 pm
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April Calendar Dates
3
5
Thursday
Saturday
Spreyton Village Hall
South Zeal Victory Hall
Spreyton Village Hall
Chagford Church
2.30 pm
8.30 am - 12.00 noon
10.00 am - 12.00 noon
7.30 pm
10
12
Thursday
Saturday
Endecott House, Chagford 12.30 - 2.00 pm
Hittisleigh Village Hall
10.00 am - 12.00 noon
South Tawton
10.00 am - 12.00 noon
12 - 13 Saturday/Sunday Cheriton Bishop Village Hall 10.30 am - 4.00 pm
Spreyton Village Hall
8.00 pm
Lent Lunch: Chagford School PTFA
Monthly Produce Market [see page 39]
Market + Open Morning [see pages 43/45]
Textile Fiesta [see page 15]
Whist Drive
13
Sunday
14
15
18
Monday
Tuesday
Friday
Reflections on Holy Week [see page 13]
Tony Fey’s Drainpipe Quiz
Easter Poultry Bingo [see page 31]
Mothers’ Union ’Thoughts for Holy Week’
Torbay Gospelaires
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25
26
Monday
Friday
Saturday
Sampford Courtenay Church
Seven Stars South Tawton
Whiddon Down Village Hall
Whiddon Down Village Hall
Whiddon Down Village Hall
6.30 pm
7.30 pm
7.30 pm
2.30 pm
7.15 pm
Fingle Bridge
2.00 pm
Spreyton Village Hall
7.30 pm
Chagford Church
10.00 am - 12.30 pm
Drewsteignton Village Hall 3.30 - 5.00 pm
Gardening Club: Talk - Patio Plants [p.41]
‘Big Breakfast’ [see page 43]
Farmers’ & Craft Market [see page 41]
Friends of St. Michaels: Lilita Ozola
Teignton Fayre Duck Race [see page 29)
Country Music with AG & Kate [page 41]
Whiddon Community Choir [see page 13]
R.B.L. St George's Day Tea [see page 31]
SATURDAY COFFEE MORNINGS ENDECOTT HOUSE CHAGFORD 10.00 am - 12.00 noon
APRIL 5th
April 19th
April 12th
April 26th
Morecare
Macmillan Cancer Support
MAY CHURCH SERVICES
4
11
18
SUNDAY
SUNDAY
SUNDAY
rd
Bowling Club
Chagford Conservation
3 SUNDAY OF EASTER
THROWLEIGH:
CHAGFORD:
SPREYTON:
SOUTH TAWTON:
HITTISLEIGH:
DREWSTEIGNTON:
CHAGFORD:
NORTH TAWTON:
8.00 am
9.30 am
9.30 am
11.00 am
11.00 am
11.15 am
6.00 pm
6.00 pm
Holy Communion (BCP) with Gidleigh
Family Communion
Holy Communion (BCP)
Holy Communion + Sunday School
Morning Prayer
Morning Worship
Choral Evensong (BCP)
Healing Service
4th SUNDAY OF EASTER
DREWSTEIGNTON:
CHAGFORD:
SOUTH ZEAL:
HITTISLEIGH:
SPREYTON:
THROWLEIGH:
DREWSTEIGNTON:
8.00 am
9.30 am
10.00 am
11.00 am
11.00 am
11.15 am
5.00 pm
Holy Communion (BCP)
Sung Holy Communion
Iona Service
Morning Prayer
Holy Communion
Morning Prayer with Gidleigh
Family Service
5th SUNDAY OF EASTER
GIDLEIGH:
CHAGFORD:
SOUTH TAWTON:
SPREYTON:
DREWSTEIGNTON:
CHAGFORD:
SAMPFORD COURTENAY:
8.00 am
9.30 am
10.00 am
11.00 am
11.15 am
6.00 pm
6.30 pm
Holy Communion (BCP) with Throwleigh
Holy Communion
Family Service
Morning Praise with Hittisleigh
Holy Communion
Celtic Evening Prayer
Mission Community Choral Evensong
25
May Church services continued
25
29
SUNDAY
Thursday
ROGATION SUNDAY
SOUTH ZEAL:
CHAGFORD:
SOUTH ZEAL:
GIDLEIGH:
HITTISLEIGH:
DREWSTEIGNTON:
SPREYTON:
ASCENSION DAY
CHAGFORD:
SOUTH ZEAL:
8.30 am
9.30 am
10.00 am
10.30 am
11.00 am
11.15 am
4.00 pm
Holy Communion (BCP)
Sung Holy Communion
Celtic Morning Prayer
Rogation Service in Village Hall with Throwleigh
Holy Communion
Pet Service
Sunday Tea (Family Service) in Village Hall
10.00 am
7.30 pm
Holy Communion
Holy Communion
May Calendar dates
1 Thursday Spreyton Village Hall
2.30 pm
2 Friday
Hittisleigh Village Hall
7.30 pm
3 Saturday
Drewsteignton Village Hall 10.00 am - 12.00 noon
Spreyton Village Hall
10.00 am - 12.00 noon
Victory Hall South Zeal
10.00 am - 12.00 noon
10
Saturday
Hittisleigh Village Hall
Spreyton Village Hall
10 /11 Saturday/Sunday South Tawton
11
Sunday
13
15
16
17
10.00 am - 12.00 noon
8.00 pm
10.00 am - 4.00 pm
Gardening Club ‘Late Colour’ [see page 41]
‘The Boys from Melbourne Street’ [see page 39]
Gardeners Club Spring Plant Sale [see page 31]
Farmers’ & Craft Market [see page 41]
PCC Coffee Morning [see pages 43/45]
Monthly Produce Market [see page 39]
Whist Drive
Open Garden - Springfield Park [see page 45]
Tuesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Drewsteignton Church
2.30 pm
Seven Stars South Tawton
7.30 pm
Whiddon Down Village Hall 7.30 - 9.00 pm
Chagford Jubilee Hall
12.00 - 2.00 pm
Providence Methodist Church 7.30 pm
South Tawton
Hittisleigh
2.30 pm
Chagford Church
7.30 pm
Walking the Way [see page 13]
Tony Fey’s Drainpipe Quiz
Katherine Lyddon; Diocesan Children's Advisor
Christian Aid Spud Lunch
Newton St Petrock Choir - [see page 33]
Village Discovery Day [see page 43]
Bluebell Walk: starts at West Pitton [page 39]
Friends Concert: Songs of Love & Loss’
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20
24
25
Monday
Tuesday
Saturday
Sunday
Throwleigh Village Hall
2.00 pm
Whiddon Down Village Hall
2.30 pm
Chagford Swimming Pool
2.00 - 6.00 pm
Gidleigh Church
4.15 pm
WI: Annual Meeting
Mothers’ Union: Talk on work of the Samaritans
First swim of the new season [see page 21]
Renaissance Music Concert [see page 35]
25
27
Sunday
Tuesday
Renaissance Music Concert [see page 35]
Archdeacon's Visitation
Monthly Church Bingo
29
31
Thursday
Saturday
Throwleigh Church
Hatherleigh Church
Victory Hall South Zeal
ASCENSION DAY
Drewsteignton Church
Endecott Ho. Chagford
Chagford Church
Throwleigh Church
4.15 pm
7.30 pm
7.30 pm
10.00 am - 12.30 pm
2.00 - 5.00 pm
2.00 - 4.30 pm
7.30 pm
Whiddon Community Choir [see page 13]
Starling Arts Auditions [see page 21]
‘Leaves’: Plants, Books & Cream Teas [page 27]
‘Belshazzar’s Feast’ Folk Duo [see page 35]
‘LEAVES’
TEAS
PLANTS
BOOKS
Chagford's legendary Plant Sale, Bookstall plus Delicious Afternoon Teas.
SATURDAY MAY 31st 2.00 - 4.30 pm - in and around the Church
SATURDAY COFFEE MORNINGS - ENDECOTT HOUSE CHAGFORD 10.00 am - 12.00 noon
7
MAY 3rd
MAY 17th
MAY 31st
Holy Family R.C. Church
Chagford Swimming Pool
Starling Arts
Saturday
Drewsteignton Square
MAY 10th
MAY 24th
June 7th
5.00 pm - late
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Gidleigh Church
Throwleigh Church
Teignton Fayre
CHAGFORD
News from St Michael’s
Our church choir has been working hard under the
direction of Roger Cleverdon and Richard Edwards and
will combine with the Sampford Courtenay choir and
others for ‘Reflections on Holy Week in Words and
Music’ (see the notice on page 13). We did something
similar last year, although with different music of
course, and the feedback showed how much people
gained from the evening.
Works this year include items by Gibbons, Wesley and
Ireland among others. The evenings will take place at
Sampford Courtenay on Palm Sunday 13th April at
6.30pm and at Chagford on Good Friday 18th April
starting at 6pm. Do come and support our choirs. Last
year I found this the most moving of all the Easter
events.
We have an enthusiastic working group for the pew
cushion project and decided to combine our tapestry
efforts with fabric bench cushions for the central nave.
These may already be installed by the time of this
publication. This allows us to make real progress and
then to use the variety of colours in the tweedy fabric
on which to base our own work. We plan to use images
already present in the church (roof bosses, pew ends,
screen/window detail or angels/crosses) for our images
and begin work in the near future. Some of the central
nave cushions can then be moved to the side aisles if
this seems appropriate in the years ahead. We very
much see this as a long term project and our sewing
group as a continuing asset in church life. Whether a
church member or not, if you would like to join us you
are most welcome.
On 22nd May, the Diocese will be using Chagford
Church as its venue for a conference entitled ‘The
Welcoming Church’. By that date we will have our new
nave cushions, enabling the delegates to sit in comfort
for, perhaps, several hours.
They may also be impressed with our sound system
which continues to improve. Our loop facility is a
blessing to those with hearing difficulties and we can
now control outputs from the roving microphones
without having to climb up to the balcony as we have a
portable hand-held mixer controlled by an iPad (the
wonders of today's technology). This allows the old
mixer to be used by ‘The Elastic Band’ to modulate and
blend their great musicians and singer.
Work also continues on improved lighting, though it's
doubtful if it will be ready for the Diocesan conference.
However, we can use our new green notice boards to
provide pictures of the Church family and their roles
which will personalise and provide a welcome point
within the church. We also hope to have received our
new Church Guide, which is the product of the talents
of Lucy Dickens and Diana Marriott.
Our now famous plant sale will take place on Saturday
31st May. This year we have adopted the title of
‘Leaves’ as there are lots of them: Cream teas (tea
leaves), books and the plant stalls around and in the
church. We are hoping for a great sunny day but will
plan for any alternative that our lovely climate throws at
us. The event is from 2pm-4.30pm and I suspect that my
diet will quail under teas served in pretty porcelain, and
irresistible cakes, but I have to do my duty. It will also
be nice to see the back of the 100 geraniums being
brought on in our greenhouse which are only a small
part of all the other bedding plants being organised by
Julia Endacott. Do come and join us.
Linden Bruce
Chagford continued on page 29
‘EX LIBRIS’
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Parish news
Chagford continued
gether to organise a programme of fundraising events
under the guidance of the Trustees.
Why the Jubilee Hall needs YOU
As many of you may know, encouraging progress has
been made with the design and consultation programme for the development of the Jubilee Hall. We
have now reached the stage when we can begin the
process of raising the necessary funds. The days of receiving large individual grants are over, so we are
adopting a multi-pronged approach.
This will include applying for grants from charitable
organisations; appeals to authorities, eg Devon County
Council, West Devon Borough Council and the Parish
Council; donations; local fundraising events and possibly loan finance.
The Trustees have formed a Fundraising Committee to
undertake the great majority of this programme but we
do need your help with planning, organising and running local events. Through a number of low-key events
we have so far raised nearly £7,000 so there is a good
basis of support.
We are appealing to any members of the parish who
think that the improvements planned for the Jubilee
Hall will be a significant benefit to the community and
who have the time to join a small group working to-
If you feel you can contribute to our efforts to raise
the necessary money over the next year or so please
contact
Roger
Stokes
by
email
([email protected]) or on 01647 433397.
Tim Myers (Trustee)
Chagford Hospiscare
Over the past year, £2425.48 has been raised through
Coffee Mornings, £664 through Graham Stone’s slides
evening and Gwyn Chard’s sales, and £352.50 by means
of Whiddon’s Jacket Potato evening (this latter sum
included some generous donations on the night).
The total sum sent to Hospiscare is £3597.98. For a
comparatively small village like Chagford, we think that
is an excellent amount and would like to thank those
who support the cause and the volunteers throughout
the year.
In the first overseas fund raising event for Hospiscare,
Barbara Stead is going to take part in a Sahara Trek
from 6th – 11th November. She is funding the trip herself, but will appreciate any further donations or even
someone else to join her. For more details, telephone
her on (01647) 432613.
DREWSTEIGNTON
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Teignton Fayre
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Cottage, Drewsteignton, 01647 281657). Light refreshments provided. Come to one, come to them all, you'll
be very welcome.
Easter Monday (21st April) 2014,
2pm onwards.
Fingle Bridge
3rd April, St John’s Gospel, sponsored by Ruth and Ian
8th May, Galatians and Philippians, sponsored by Chris
12th June, Jeremiah, sponsored by Philip (NB this is a
long book!)
10th July, Lamentations, sponsored by Jennifer
August - no meeting
11th September, to be arranged
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Drewsteignton continued on page 31
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Parish news
Drewsteignton continued
Starting over at the Playing Field
Some of you will be aware that we need to replace most of the equipment in the
playing field as the wooden posts are beginning to rot in the ground.
Since this is a major exercise, it does give us the opportunity to start again with a
blank sheet of paper and to think about what we would like to have for the
children and how we should lay it out, given that it is the only playing field in the
parish. We are also considering whether we should include something for adults
and young adults as well.
We need a lot of help with ideas and suggestions, whether an overall plan or a
single piece of equipment. All comments are welcome, including any suggestions
from people outside the parish who have seen other play areas that work well.
We have some funds but, not surprisingly, we will need a lot more. Any support
you can give us will be gratefully received.
Please make a diary note that our next major event is the Family Fun Day on
Saturday 21st June, when our fantastic water slide will again be the star of the
show.
Please send any comments to me or to Marg and Ian at Drewsteignton Post
Office.
Alison Chapman
[email protected]
Tel: 01647 281197
Holy Trinity Church Fête
Please put Saturday 5th July in your diary. This popular event, held
in the church in the afternoon, will be even bigger and better this
year with some new and exciting activities for all the family.
TEIGNTON FAYRE 2014
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Drewsteignton Women’s Section
Our next event, Teas for St
George’s Day, will be held on
Saturday 26th April in the
Village Hall, from 3.30-5pm.
We look forward to seeing
you all there.
Jacqueline Page
Chairman, tel 433309
Whiddon Down
Village Hall
The annual Easter Poultry
Bingo will be held in the hall
on Monday 14th April starting at 7.30pm, eyes down at
8pm.
This will be another great
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GIDLEIGH AND THROWLEIGH
News from Holy Trinity
On Saturday March 1st, we had a marvellous working
party in the church to clean thoroughly, polish the
brass, clean and put the chairs back, and prepare the
church for services again. It looks lovely but still needs
to dry out a little on the south wall. All we need now is
some lovely sunny weather and a little less of pouring
rain. Character Builders have worked their magic and all
the work has been done to the highest standard. We
thank them very sincerely. We will be needing them
again as we have to have the lead roof on the vestry
lifted to discover why the wood underneath has
become spongy. There is always something that needs
doing – we won’t mention the roof!
with coffee and cake – very inviting! That same weekend
we celebrated Mothering Sunday at St Mary’s when
families came to join us at the service and we
remembered our mothers, and all received a small posy.
The details of all the Easter services in the parishes can
be found on the centre pages. Here at Holy Trinity we
celebrate with a Vigil on Holy Saturday at 7.30pm. It
is a quiet and reflective service when we are invited to
renew our Baptismal vows. On Easter Day we are
invited to St Mary’s for their service.
We have been closed for two months and are very
grateful to the hospitality of Kit Newsome and Penny
Perkins with the church family of St Mary’s who have
made us very welcome.
We were all saddened to learn of the death of
Stephanie Barker – a long time member of the church
family of Gidleigh. It was disappointing that we were
unable to have her funeral in Holy Trinity but again, we
were made so welcome in St Mary’s. Her far flung family
were all there and it was wonderful to see them all
again, even though the circumstances were difficult. It
was a dreadful day, the rain didn’t stop, but there was a
full church gathered to a service in celebration of a life
so lovingly lived. She is buried with her son Jeremy, who
died in an accident when he was 15. We will all miss her
very much.
The weekend of 24th May will be very busy for Holy
Trinity. On Saturday we have our Coffee Morning at
Endecott House from 10am to 12 noon. We ask for
helpers, and cakes, plants, books and gifts you have been
given but may find a more appreciative home!
In the church, Michael Paget’s Music Group meets, as
they do each year in Throwleigh but this year, as last,
we are able to host them on Saturday. They play ancient
instruments and learn new music all day inviting anyone
who would like to come and hear the result of their
efforts in the afternoon, usually at 4pm. It is wonderful
what they achieve in such a short time. Please watch the
pew sheets for any change in the timing.
On March 29th, the Whiddon Community Choir came
to Gidleigh – it sounds a wonderful idea that anyone can
join without an audition. They began at 10am, starting
PROVIDENCE METHODIST CHURCH
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th
Friday May 16 at 7.30 pm
There will also be a Supper
and a Bring & Buy Stall
Sunday May 24th is Rogation and this year we will
have the service in the church and churchyard as the
Village Hall is booked for a function. We are so blest
that we are able to use the Village Hall from time to
time. As usual there will be refreshments after the
service.
Hopefully, by the time this is printed, the weather will
have changed and we really will be having Spring. Do
come and see us at Holy Trinity. The church looks so
lovely and is such a calm and holy place.
Lyn Evans and Christopher Warren
Churchwardens
A very warm welcome to everyone
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Parish news
Return of Renaissance players
On the weekend of the 24th and 25th of May, Philip
Thorby will return to Gidleigh and Throwleigh to direct
a group of Renaissance music enthusiasts.
Philip is well-known as a performer and authority on
Renaissance music and was Senior Fellow in Early Music
at Trinity College of Music.
We shall work on music from Renaissance Italy: an
extraordinary period of musical artistry which reached
its pinnacle in St Mark’s Venice towards the end of the
16th century. Andrea Gabrieli and his nephew Giovanni
were the most important figures in the musical
establishment there for many years, and developed the
practice of using groups of singers and instruments in
separate ‘choirs’. One remarkable Gloria, which we
hope to perform, is for four choirs (16 parts); this was
probably intended to impress four noble boys from
Japan, converts to Christianity, who visited Venice in
1585.
Each day’s rehearsal will end with a performance at
4.15pm – in Gidleigh church on Saturday 24th May,
and in Throwleigh on Sunday 25th – collection for
church funds.
St Mary’s,Throwleigh
The re-ordering of the Vestry is now complete, with a
handsome new cupboard and the relaying of the floor
under the pews at the rear (removed in January). Both
are a great improvement. Our thanks to our friends and
to John Getz (who created the custom-made cupboard
with wonderful spaces and shelves), and to all who
assisted in the clearing out of the original.
Such was the driving rain last month that we had to
drape said cupboard in tarpaulins for several
weeks - but that has had a happy ending since the
cooking trays laid side by side in the ringing chamber
have proved ideal for catching all leaks!
Mothering Sunday Morning Prayer took place on 30th
March and we now look forward to spring and to Easter
Week, with other dates as follows:
Joint APCM at Holy Trinity, Gidleigh, Wednesday 23rd
April at 7.30pm
Joint PCC meeting, Wednesday 7th May at Blackaton
Weekend of Renaissance Music at Gidleigh and, on
Sunday 25th May at 4.15pm at Throwleigh. All are
very welcome to attend
Coffee Morning and plant sale, Saturday 7th June,
10am – 12 noon in Endecott House
Kit Newsome
‘Belshazzar’s Feast’
The Friends of Throwleigh Church are pleased to
announce that the folk duo Paul Hutchinson (accordion)
and Paul Sartin (oboe, violin and vocals) are playing in St
Mary’s Church, Throwleigh on Saturday 31st May at
7.30pm.
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Monday 28th April, talk on Reflexology. Speaker:
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Stations of the Cross at St Mary's, 4pm, Wednesday
16th April
Monday 19th May, Annual Meeting
Easter Day Holy Communion (BCP) at St Mary's,
Sunday 20th April at 11.15am
New members always welcome. Please ring Tina on
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Parish news
When Gidleigh helped rebuild St Paul’s
As every schoolgirl knows, St Paul’s – old St Paul’s – burned down in the Great Fire of London in 1666. It was
rebuilt in due course, the finest church of its kind in the country, a baroque masterpiece that still conveys a thrill,
like all great architecture, the sense of space englobed, mastered. Money had to be found, besides the genius of
Sir Christopher Wren. A national effort was undertaken and all parishes were called upon to help.
Gidleigh responded. A small parish on the edge of Dartmoor with a population, then as now, of little more than
100, it sent its collection. The Parish Return towards the Rebuilding of St Paul’s of 1678, lists the contributions:*
Hum Gay. Clarke
£sd
010
Agnes Vogwell
John Rowe Snr
Johan Turner
Wm Vogwell
Jane Brimblecombe
Matt Ayshe
Eliz Cornish
John Rowe Jnr
Julian Bery
Barth Gidley
002
010
002
016
002
006
002
006
001
006
Alex Vogwell
Wm Brimblecombe
John Brimblecombe
Aw Woodley
Jo Huyer (?)
Ja Cornish
Eliz Murch
Wm Rowe
Joseph Rattenbury
James Vogwell Snr
Wm Patsson
£sd
001
006
002
(Illegible)
001
010
001
004
003
004
001
Alex Vogwell
Jo Mare
James Vogwell Jnr
Mary Weekes
Wm Mare
J..tt(?) Gay
Alex Risdon
John Cole
Eliz Tin…niter(?)
Christopher Rowe
Johan Vogwell
£sd
006
003
006
002
006
002
004
006
004
002
002
A dozen or more families are listed and it is pleasing to think that among present day readers there may be some
who are descended from those who contributed in 1678. Local place names are among them: Matthew Ayshe
from Ashe and Elizabeth Murch whose family gave its name to Murchington. Humphrey Gay, was the parish
priest, as indicated by ‘Clarke’. During the Parliamentary period he was married by the Mayor of Okehampton
since only civil ceremonies were allowed. He was able to perform the marriage service of his daughter in
Gidleigh Church in 1658. He lived at Glebe Farm, then the rectory, and the inventory of his possessions gives us
some of the little evidence we have of daily life in the Gidleigh of the period.
Bartholemew Gidley who contributed 6d was the rumbustious Bartholemew who organised the Tinners and
fought in the Civil War, receiving a medal from Charles II for his services. He seems rather short of money, a
sign of things to come perhaps; successive generations drove the estate into bankruptcy in the 18th century.
The total raised, 12sh 3d, was a respectable contribution for a place of Gidleigh’s size. A labourer might not earn
much more in a year. John Rowe Snr and William Vogwell, leading contributors, (1sh and 6d) were prosperous
farmers. The Rowes, four of whom are listed, lived at Berrydown where the family continued to modern times.
The Vogewells owned a number of farms and there are still Vogwell fields near Chagford. In 1674 Alexander
Vogwell, a Churchwarden, gave a bell which still hangs in the tower. William (Alexander’s son) took over
Moortown and he bequeathed a farm and house at Forder to the church. Among administrators of the charity
was Robert Stark, Freya’s father, and Guy Whipham. The property was sold in the 1920s and converted to funds.
The Gidleigh Church Lands Charity Trust still continues and the recent work done in Gidleigh Church has been
notably funded from this source.
Reflecting on this story and the contributions made long ago, raises the question of what one generation leaves
behind. Who now would recall the Vogwells, grant them some honour, were it not for their contribution in the
1680s? Parents wish to leave money and possessions to their children, and it would be strange if they did not.
But it is worth thinking of making a solid contribution in a Will to the parish church. If you don’t do it, who will?
How else will you be remembered in a century’s time? What other chance do you have?
It’s only a suggestion, mind. It doesn’t only depend on money and there’s always going to church.
Michael Hardy, Treasurer, Gidleigh PCC
* Transcribed by Genuki from the records in the Guildhall library, MS 25565/6fl70.
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HITTISLEIGH AND SPREYTON
St Andrew’s Church dates
Annual Parochial Church Meeting will take place at
the Village Hall, Hittisleigh on Thursday 24th April
at 7pm
Saturday 17th May. The annual Bluebell Walk
commencing at West Pitton at 2.30pm. The walk will
finish with a cream tea and raffle.
Friends of St Andrew’s
Village Produce Market
Since our last report the church renovations have
certainly been put through their paces! The
replacement of a few tiles and the fixing of guards/
baffles inside the louvres have been necessary due to
the terrible weather and once conditions improve,
work on the porch will start.
Despite the relentless rain Hittisleigh’s monthly
produce market continues to thrive and be a regular
opportunity to catch up with friends, enjoy the
delicious bacon rolls, and pick up local produce such
as meats, excellent cakes, cheeses and vegetables.
A huge thank you to all who contributed to last
year’s fundraising activities. This year is looking just
as busy:
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Many thanks to all who have subscribed for the first
time or renewed their subscription. We are all very
grateful for your support which raises money to
assist with the maintenance of the church and
churchyard.
News of this year’s first winners will be in the next
edition!
Silent Auction - details being announced at a
later date
West Devon Connect
Ride and Stride – a fundraising event for The
Devon Historic Churches Trust (including St
Andrew's) in September - more information in
the next magazine.
The Connect team will be visiting Spreyton Village
Hall on Tuesday 1st April from 2pm with a special
offer for dog owners!
In addition to the usual range of information about
public services, council tax, benefits and recycling,
the Dogs Trust will be offering free microchipping
for dogs between 2pm and 3.30pm. We are told that
this normally costs around £20 and will be
compulsory from April 2016. Further info at
www.chipmydog.org.uk or telephone 0207 837000.
HACS (The Hittisleigh Camera Club) has very kindly
agreed to produce another calendar for 2015 after
the success of their 2014 one.
If anyone would like to become a member of the
Friends of St Andrew’s church (FOSAC) or would
like more information, please contact Terry Gostling
Chairman on 01647 231293.
Spreyton continued on page 41
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Spreyton continued
Good Friday and Easter Services
Everyone is welcome to come to our Good Friday
Service of Music and Readings for the Passion at 11am
on Friday 18th April. The service will be led by the
Rector and Mrs Jane Napier will be playing the organ.
The service will not last more than one hour. And on
Easter Sunday, 20th April, there will be a service of
Holy Communion led by Revd Michael Hall at 9.30am.
All welcome.
Churchyard – the new area
been great to be associated with the Fayre for quite a
number of years and I am sure it will go from strength
to strength in providing a fun afternoon for everyone in
our community.
Ken Vile and John Williams
We are all very grateful to friends who helped with
planting saplings and in other ways last year. There will
soon be a meeting of the group planning this project, to
think about how to move forward so that the area
becomes safe for visitors. It will be necessary to
undertake some work on the trees and to ensure a
reasonably level area of grass. It may also be necessary
to plant some more saplings in the new hedge to
replace any which have not survived the winter. More
information later.
Coming Events
Saturday 5th April, 10am to 12 noon, Farmers’ and
Craft Market with refreshments in Village Hall
Saturday 13th April, 8pm, Whist Drive at Village Hall
Good Friday and Easter Sunday, 18th and 20th
April. See centre pages for services at St Michael’s
Country Music with AG and Kate – Please see
Coming Events on this page.
Friday 25th April, 7.30pm in Meeting Room at Village
Hall. Country Music with AG and Kate. Refreshments
afterwards. Donations for their work welcomed.
Enquiries to Herbert or Brenda (01837 840614)
Fayre and Bellringing Festival
This year’s St Michael’s Fayre will be, as usual, on the
third Saturday in June, 21st. We are hoping for weather
which will enable us to hold our Saturday afternoon
events on the Village Green. We feel we have earned
this after three wet Fayre Days! There will be more
information about the event, and how you can help, in
the June magazine.
Saturday 3rd May, 10am to 12 noon, Farmers’ and
Craft Market with refreshments at Village Hall
Saturday 10th May, 8pm, Whist Drive at Village Hall
Spreyton Gardening Club
We will probably be contacting you if you have helped
in the past by running a stall or assisting in some other
way – teas, moving furniture etc. Gill Whitaker will
again be running a plant stall selling plants donated by
generous gardeners and pots of plants suitable for
placing inside and outside the house. Please include
some plants for Gill in your planting programme.
Thursday 3rd April, 2.30pm, Spreyton Village Hall.
'Patio Plants in Hanging Baskets and Containers'
Thursday 1st May, 2.30pm, Spreyton Village Hall. 'Late
Colour'. Sarah Chesters from RHS Rosemoor and
Radio Devon
I, John, have decided, for various reasons, not to carry
out the organising role this year and am confident that
one or more people, full of good ideas, will step
forward. I shall still be around to collect the money on
the day and am also fairly good at washing up, so
Elizabeth may benefit from my help in the kitchen. It has
Spreyton Gardening Club would like to welcome you to
our meetings. £10 pa for membership, £1 for visitors
including tea. Please let us know if you would like to
come to Sarah Chesters' talk, the cost will be £2 to
include tea. Enquiries to: Caroline Shipley 01647 231195
or Lin Summers 01837 849106.
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St Andrew’s and St Mary’s news
St Mary’s new red sign is now on the wall and
announcing to all that the little chapel is open. No
longer will visitors express surprise when they
discover the church is open and frequently in use for
contemplative worship (Soul Space, Tuesdays at
11am), prayer and services as well as church meetings.
St Mary’s garden is also coming alive thanks to much
community involvement and the hard work of
dedicated volunteers.
It is now the turn of St Andrew’s. We plan to replace
the external sign, which is crumbling, with a new
replica in St Andrew’s colours of blue and white. The
porch notice boards are also very tired and need to
be replaced. Once the roof is finished and the
scaffolding is down we will be holding a special
thanksgiving service and celebration. A new sign and
notice boards would be so much more welcoming,
especially after parishioners have contributed so much
money to restoration which they cannot see as it is
on the roof!
Breakfast’ on Saturday 5th April at the Victory Hall,
South Zeal. You are invited to partake of a variety of
delicious food on offer between 8.30am and 12
midday, or to just drop in for coffee and meet your
friends.
The PCC is holding a coffee morning at the Victory
Hall on Saturday 3rd May between 10am and 12
midday. This will include lovely home-made cakes to
enjoy.
One aspect of the Diocesan Carbon Fast initiative for
Lent is Churchyard Conservation. We are pleased
therefore that the PCC has adopted two important
churchyard policies. The first is the St Andrew’s
Conservation and Biodiversity Management Plan
which will enable us to maintain the churchyard in a
way that respects our visitors while protecting and
nurturing the flora and fauna. Our Churchyard Open
Morning will be held alongside the Church House
Market on Saturday 12th April, 10am to 12 midday.
This will allow us to share our plans with parishioners.
We would like to give advance notice of our Church
Summer Fête on the afternoon of Saturday 7th
June. There will be a range of stalls and lots of
activities for children. Hope to see you there.
Now would be an ideal time to think about registering
for a great week for all the family at New Wine in
early August. (See the notice on page 15.) Contact
Alison if you are interested at [email protected]/uk
to find out more or go to the website
www.new-wine.org .
The second is our local Grave Tribute Policy which
has been informed by the recently updated Diocese of
Exeter Churchyard Regulations (2013). Copies of
both documents are displayed on the Church notice
board.
Church Bingo at the Victory Hall, South Zeal will be
on Tuesday 29th April and Tuesday 27th May from
7.30 pm.
The Church is participating in an excellent event put
together by the residents of South Tawton. The aim
of the Village Discovery Day on Saturday 17th May
is to put people in touch with each other and inform
them about local organisations, groups and facilities.
Future new residents will benefit enormously from a
Welcome Pack that is being compiled.
Tony Fey’s Drainpipe Quiz nights will be at the Seven
Stars, South Tawton from 7.30pm on Sunday 13th
April and Sunday 11th May. All are welcome, as
always.
Kay Pyne – 01837 840733
John Candler – 01837 840005,
Churchwardens
The Friends of St Andrew’s are holding a ‘Big
South Tawton and South Zeal continued on page 45
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Castle Drogo – Inside Out
Hello everyone
What a couple of months filled with highs and lows! The biggest high was the Time Team special
about Edwin Lutyens. I hope you all saw it. Drogo had a starring role and the castle looked magnificent. The low has to be the weather. The winter storms really gave us a battering. No doubt many of
you saw the ever increasing holes in our scaffolding. They seemed to get bigger every time the wind
blew. Despite all this, the structure of the scaffolding coped really well.
Save the date!
On Friday 16th May (6pm – 9pm) we have a brand new event called Drogo Spring Fling. This event is
being led by our brilliant Youth Panel as part of Museums at Night. This free event for all local people
is a chilled out and relaxed evening where you are invited to bring a picnic, wander around the gardens and castle, enjoy some live music and play our wide range of traditional games. We are doing
this on a shoestring, so if you are in a band and would like to come up and perform for free, please get
in touch with me. We will also be having a pudding club where anyone can enter a cake/pudding/
dessert of their choice, to be judged before being sold off to help raise money towards the building
project. The winning entry will be given a free family cream tea in our lovely café.
There is no need to book tickets but it would be extremely helpful to us if you would drop me an email
to let me know if you are planning to come along. That way we can be fully prepared. Please spread
the word.
Hope to see you all very soon.
Best wishes,
Paula
Community Engagement Officer, Castle Drogo
Tel: 01647 434130, Email: [email protected]
Drogo landscape trail
Saturday 5 April – Thursday 17 April, 11am-4pm
From granite to gorse, fish to forts there are lots of interesting things in the landscape around Castle
Drogo. Follow the trail around the garden and grounds to discover more. £1.50 per trail (including
prize). Normal admission prices apply.
Cadbury Easter Egg trail
Friday 18 April - Monday 21 April, 11am–4pm
Become a Castle Drogo Eggsplorer and follow the trail around the garden and grounds to claim your
Cadbury Easter Egg prize! £2 per trail. Normal admission prices apply.
Drogo Spring Fling
Friday 16 May, 6pm – 9pm
Part of the Museums at Night initiative. A free community open evening organized by the Castle Drogo
Youth Panel filled with games, music and the opportunity to explore the castle and gardens as the sun
sets.
The castle of colours trail
Saturday 24 May – Sunday 1 June, 11am-4pm
Come and explore the colourful Castle Drogo garden and grounds, complete the trail and claim your
prize. £1.50 per trail (including prize). Normal admission prices apply.
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South Tawton and South Zeal continued from page 43
Events at Church House
With the (hopefully) improving weather, April and May
sees a flurry of activity in and around Church House in
South Tawton.
Monday 7th April is the AGM at 7.30 to which a warm
welcome is extended to all our supporters.
The following Saturday, 12th April is the date of the
South Tawton Spring Produce and Craft Market from
10am until 12 noon. If you would be interested in having
a stall at this popular market, please contact Mark
Freeman
on
01837
840085;
e-mail:
[email protected] . Running concurrently will be
the Churchyard Open Morning which will give visitors
the opportunity of seeing the plans which have been
drawn up for the future conservation and biodiversity
management of St Andrew’s.
On the afternoon of Sunday 4th May, Church House
will commence its Sunday openings providing cream
teas and refreshments throughout the season (until the
end of October) from 11am until 5pm. This date also
sees the garden at 2 Town Barton, adjacent to Church
House, open under the National Gardens Scheme.
On Saturday 17th May, South Tawton is holding a
Village Discovery Day. With the aid of the South
Tawton and District Local History Group there will be
exhibitions from the archives at the Seven Stars, Church
House and St. Andrew’s, a village trail, refreshments and
an evening concert by Mariners Away! Tickets for the
concert, priced at just £5, are available from the Church
House, the Village Stores in South Zeal and David Youle
on 01837 840418.
Coffee and friendship
The PCC is holding a social event in the form of a coffee
morning. Please join us for a relaxing morning and enjoy
coffee and cake and a good chat with friends. We will
be in the Victory Hall, South Zeal on 3rd May from
9.30am until 12 noon.
Also, look out for news of our Barn Dance being held in
September, details to follow.
OPEN GARDEN
in aid of Cancer Research UK
May 10th and 11th
COFFEE MORNING
Springfield Park, South Tawton, EX20 2RJ
The PCC is holding a friendly get-together in the
10am until 4pm on both days
Garden with lovely views, pond, fruit trees etc.
VICTORY HALL, SOUTH ZEAL
Refreshments, Plant Stall,
Cakes, Draw
9.30 – 12 noon on
For donations or further
information please ring
Linda Sampson on
01837 840620 or
Saturday 3rd May
Come along and enjoy a cup of coffee
and cake, and relax with friends
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David Hayes
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Annie Martin
01647 272839 *
ART WORKSHOPS
Jane Leitch
07776 216785 *
AUCTIONEER
The Dartmoor Auctioneer 01647 432415 *
BEAUTY
Amore
01647 433760 *
BED & BREAKFAST
The Cobbles, Spreyton
01647 231140 *
Highbury, Chagford
01647 432415 *
BICYCLES
Bike Fixer
07717 046064 *
BLACKSMITHS
Greg Abel
01647 440331 *
BOOKKEEPING
Ingrid Mostyn
01647 281372 *
BREWERY
Dartmoor - Jail Ale
01822 890789 *
BUILDERS,
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CONTRACTORS,
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07880 835909 *
PLANT HIRE,
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01647 231638 *
PROPERTY
Diamond Tool Hire
01626 833600 *
MAINTENANCE
Drew & Sons
01647 231306 *
& SUPPLIERS
Gordon Fishleigh Const. 01837 851626 *
Kevin Hardie
01647 432541 *
Hilton Supplies
01647 441222 *
Ben Jones: Granite
01647 433658 *
Mole Avon
01837 53886 *
A R J Paddon & Sons
01647 432075 *
Paul Reddaway
01837 840018 *
Robinson Plant Ltd
01837 89065 *
A. W. Webber
01837 840191
BURIALS
Woodland Burials
01647 24382 *
BUTCHER
A. L. Martin & Son
01647 432461 *
CARPETS/CARE
Breeze Carpet Care
0800 081 1901
Kevin Harrison
01626 833449
CARPENTRY
P. B. Collin
07880 835909 *
CARAVAN STORAGE
Oaklands
01837 82340
CHIMNEY SWEEP
Best Chimney Clean
01392 254120 *
ProSweep
01626 832051 *
Richard and Son
01647 540012 *
Carroll Cleaning Services 01647 277584 *
CLEANING SERVICES
Penelopes
07767 381905
SpotOn
01837 880275 *
CLOCK REPAIRS
George Thomas
01626 363158 *
COMMUNITY CARE
Morecare
0791 485 3726
Penelopes
07767 381905
COMPUTER SERVICES Bytes Computer Maint.
01363 82842 *
& COURSES
Computer Solutions
01647 433007
Computer Problems
01647 24395 *
Dartmoor PC
01647 277127 *
Edworthy Computing
01363 881157*
Mark Turner Computing
07791 152247 *
Roundash Associates
01647 433276 *
COOKING APPLIANCES Omnielectrics
01647 300057 *
COUNTRY STORE
Mole Avon
01837 53886 *
CRAFTS
Cane & Sea Grass Seating 01647 433664 *
Wood & Rush
01647 231330 *
CURTAINS & BLINDS
A Touch of Class
01626 830206 *
DELICATESSEN
Blacks
01647 433545
DENTIST
Chagford Dental Practice 01647 432224 *
DOMESTIC SERVICES
Carroll Cleaning Services 01647 277584 *
Penelopes
07767 381905
SpotOn
01837 880275 *
The Ironing Lady
01647 433693
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01647 231424 *
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Omnielectrics
01647 300057 *
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Tristan Denman
01647 440541 *
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David Endacott Electrics 01363 772945 *
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ESTATE AGENTS
Fowlers
01647 433595 *
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Rendells
01647 432277 *
6
Stags
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Fencing & Landscaping
07971 361892 *
34
FENCING
J J Gallagher
01647 252423 *
34
FINANCIAL ADVICE
Graham Lear
07731 991514 *
32
Charles Stanley
01392 453600 *
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FINE ART PRINTING
Formatrix
01647 24411 *
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FIREWOOD
J J Gallagher
01647 252423 *
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John Hooper
01647 432524 *
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FLORIST
Amy’s Flowers
01647 433004 *
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FUEL
Devon Biofuels
01837 840614 *
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Moorland Fuels
01837 55700 *
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS Drew & Sons
01647 231306 *
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Fine Memorials
01392 250084 *
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MASONS
Green Fuse Funerals
01647 441405
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Williams & Triggs
01392 273259 *
28
Redstones
01837 840205
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FJ Stevens & Son
01363 776321 *
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FURNITURE
Belstone Joinery
07838 175016 *
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GARAGES,
Chagford Auto Repair
01647 433852 *
10
CAR CARE
Highfield
01647 231248 *
32
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Northfield Garage
01647 432246 *
8
Dave Pike-Motor Engineer 07903 279937 *
18
Gavin Pike - body repairs 07748 026811
34
GARDEN CENTRE
All Seasons
01647 433631 *
20
GARDEN DESIGN,
Birchill Tree Care
01647 277100 *
16
MAINTENANCE,
Julie Buswell
01647 252296 *
14
EQUIPMENT
Julian Channing
01647 432365 *
30
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Countryside Tree Services 01647 24340 *
38
Fencing & Landscaping
07971 361892 *
34
J J Gallagher
01647 252423 *
34
Golden Leaf Landscapes 07811 781137 *
36
Green Fingers
01837 880034 *
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Ben Jones: Granite
01647 433658 *
28
Oakwood Home
01647 432321 *
18
Proper Job
01647 432985
8
TEC Garden Machinery
01837 54785 *
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GREENGROCER
D & T Wannell
01647 433296
14
HALLS FOR HIRE
Chagford Jubilee Hall
07725 337571 *
16
Chagford Primary School 01647 432412 *
38
Gidleigh Village Hall
web site
32
Oak Barn Hittisleigh
01647 24641 *
38
Spreyton Village Hall
01647 231427 *
32
Throwleigh Village Hall
01647 231285
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HAIRDRESSER
Moor Hairdresser
01647 433693
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Whites
01647 432111
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HEARING AIDS
Katie Cross
01392 256050 *
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HOG ROAST HIRE
A. L. Martin & Son
01647 432461 *
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HOME IMPROVEMENTS Oakwood Homes
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HOTELS
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01647 432367 *
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01647 432282 *
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01647 433444 *
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01822 892300
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CHAGFORD FAIRS AND MARKETS
Garden Fair, Saturday 31st May, 10am to 3pm
In aid of Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research
Second Hand Book Fair, Saturday 23rd August 10am to 3pm
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Webbers
01647 432213 *
NFU Mutual
01363 775511
Penelopes
07767 381905
The Ironing Lady
01647 433693
JEWELLERY
Michael J. Page
01647 433309
JOINERY
Belstone Joinery
07838 175016 *
KENNELS
Courtenay Kennels
01837 82298 *
KITCHENS,BATHROOMS Ashwood
07786 430215 *
& BEDROOMS
Oakwood Homes
01647 432321 *
LAUNDRY
The Ironing Lady
01647 433693
LIVESTOCK
Organic Pullets
07812 048323 *
Hybrid Hens
01363 82795 *
LOGOS (embroidered)
Country Sew
01837 840625 *
MARKETS
Chagford Fairs & Markets 01647 231459
MARQUEES
Devon Marquee
01647 433530 *
MOBILE HOMES
Barrel Top Wagons
07969 948631 *
MUSIC LESSONS
Victoria Loram
01647 432769 *
NATIONAL TRUST
Castle Drogo
01647 433306
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Sally’s
01647 432215
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Moor Odd Jobs
01647 231103 *
OVEN CLEANING
Lord of the Rings
01837 851328 *
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01647 432541 *
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01647 432075 *
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01837 659958 *
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01647 433160
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01837 880275 *
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Graham Sharland
01647 252167 *
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Silver Hammer
01647 433792 *
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07976 427941 *
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Steve Sutton
01837 840031 *
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01837 840229
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RESTAURANTS
ROOFING
SCHOOLS
SCRAP METAL
SHOPS
SIGNS (Vinyl)
SOLAR PANELS
SOLICITORS
STOVES
TAILOR
TAXIS
TILING
TIMBER BUILDINGS
TRAVEL AGENTS
The Old Forge
Whiddon’s Eatery
P. B. Collin
Big Oak Pre-school
Montessori Chagford
R H Edmonds
Bowdens
Courtyard
Spreyton Village Shop
Gavin Pike
Evergreen Renewables
Sunraker
Helder Roberts
Peter Peter & Wright
Stones
Elaine’s Stoves & Flues
Cooper’s Visiting Tailor
Chard's
R.S.Taxis
Dartmoor Tiling
Barrel Top Wagons
Emanuel Hendry
Fingle Farm Buildings
John Shields
Far Frontiers Travel Ltd
Nomadic Travel
TREATMENTS
- Alexander tech.
- Kinesiology
- Osteopath
- Psychotherapy
Jenny Skinner
John Wadlow
Sharon McDaid
Andrew Forrester
R. Howkins
- Shiatsu
Sue Turner
- Tai Chi/Qigong Living Movement
TV AERIALS
Devon Aerials
UPHOLSTERY
Breeze Upholstery Care
VETS
Okeford Veterinary Centre
North Park Vet. Group
Wolfgar
WATER ENGINEERING Aquatech
Chenpump UK Ltd
WEDDINGS
Oak Barn Hittisleigh
WINDOW CLEANERS
Carroll Cleaning Services
Glowing Panes
WINDOW INSTALLATION Dartmoor Windows
Oakwood Home
WINE MERCHANT
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What’s On at Mill End
Candlelit dining every evening
There’s no need to wait for a special occasion. Join us any
EXCLUSIVE READER VOUCHER
Three Courses for the price of Two!
night of the week for a relaxed but indulgent evening meal by
candle-light.
One, two or three courses.
Starters from £5.50. Mains from £11. Desserts £6.50
Enjoy a delicious three-course lunch in our restaurant,
any day except Sunday, for just £16.
Call 01647-432282 to book your table, and please
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View the menu on-line at www.millendhotel.com
Valentine’s Dinner
Delicious Sunday Lunches
Treat your loved one to a romantic candle-lit dinner this
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Join us for a traditional, leisurely Sunday Lunch
(and feel free to leave the car while you
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Two courses £16 Three courses £20
Mill End Hotel and Restaurant
Chagford TQ13 8NJ
01647-432282 www.millendhotel.com
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