Country News - April 2019

country news april 2019 Parish Magazine of Shillingford St George and Dunchideock “I’m sorry, the resurrection of Jesus was a miracle, not a service of this cemetery.” Easter Sunday is 21st April. Don’t forget to check the Diary to see what is on!

From the Rectory, Christow Hello! I am Ruth and, like my Biblical namesake, I have been called by God’s love to leave the place where we have lived for the last thirty-five years to settle here among you in the Teign Valley and Haldon Hill Mission Community. “Where you go, I will go; where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God” (Ruth 1:16). Giles and I would like to thank all of you who have made us feel so welcome. We are strangers but not altogether in a strange land! We come from the South Hams, a place of hills and valleys, of villages and farms - much like here: the same but different. We are looking forward to putting down roots in this community and witnessing to the love of God in these villages. From my perspective as I write this at the end of February, I suspect that we may all be feeling slightly lost in an alien landscape as the Brexit negotiations draw to a close - or not, as the case may be! How will our lives be affected? The same, but different? We seem to have spent two and a half years in a wilderness of apparently fruitless talks. As a nation we have wrestled with our inner demons: fear of difference that can lead to racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, gender hatred, to name but a few. Two and a half years of trying to come to terms with what “community” really means. Two and a half years of Lenten struggle. Jesus spent forty days and nights coming to terms with the reality of his calling, his mission. His decision was to trust absolutely in the love of the Father. There was no guarantee of happiness, of success, of material wealth; on the contrary he lived among us for only three more years, teaching and healing, forgiving and welcoming the marginalised back into community. Jesus witnessed to God’s love for everyone, a message that led him to the pain and suffering of Holy Week and the darkness of Good Friday. Many people consequently reject Jesus as a waste of time. They cannot see further than the cross and so they miss the truth: “unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit” (John 12:24). Death is not the last word. We have the accounts of eyewitnesses that on the third day Jesus rose from the tomb - eyewitnesses who saw him, spoke with him and shared meals with him. Their stories will be a central feature of our Easter celebrations. But first we must accompany Jesus into the darkness, just as he accompanies us in our struggle through life, strangers to each other until we refocus into community. Let us gather together in the worship of Holy Week; let us turn our eyes outward to see the love of God active in our local community, the love that endures steadfast through the darkness to shine with resurrection life. Let us renew our trust in God that we too will emerge from the darkness to proclaim with joy “Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!” Rev Ruth Frampton

Shillingford St. George Church Calendar – April 2019 7 Apr Lent 5 – Morning Praise 9.30 am 9.30 am Sidesman: Nick Mansell 7.30 pm 11.00 am Readers: Christopher Pidsley & Nick Mansell 9.30 am 9.30 am Readings: Isaiah 43:16-21 and John 12:1-8 9.30 am 14 Apr Palm Sunday – Holy Communion Sidesman: Norman Harvey Readers: Norman Harvey & Patsy Graham Readings: Isaiah 50:4-9a and Luke 19:28-40 18 Apr Maundy Thursday – Mission Community Service at Shillingford Sidesman: Wendy Nelmes 19 Apr Good Friday – Devotional Service Sidesman: Nick Mansell 21 Apr Easter Day – Holy Communion Sidesman: Liz Wareham Readers: Diana Trout & Peter Wareham Readings: Acts 10:34-43 and Luke 24:1-12 28 Apr Easter 2 – Patronal Festival of St. George Holy Communion Sidesman: Daphne Crockford Readers: Christopher Pidsley & Ken Law Readings: Acts 5:27-32 and John 20:19-31 5 May Easter 3 – Morning Praise Sidesman: Wendy Nelmes Readers: Daphne Crockford & Nick Mansell Readings: Acts 9:1-20 and John 21:1-19 Flower Rota: Church Cleaning: 21 and 28 Apr: Daphne Crockford 14 Apr: Diana Trout 28 Apr: Patsy Graham From the Registers Funeral: 1 March – Margaret Lucy Yelland (Shillingford) We offer our prayers and sympathy to the family and friends of those who have recently died. Forthcoming Dates Open Door Café Dates – Wednesdays 3 and 17 April, at 10.30 am – 12 noon in Shillingford Village Hall. Wednesday 10 April – Last Lent Lunch, 12.15 pm in Shillingford Village Hall.

Wednesday 10 April – Annual Parochial Church Meeting, 7.00 pm in the church. All parishioners are welcome to attend. Saturday 20 April – Church Decorating for Easter, 10.00 am. Flowers and greenery would be appreciated. Sunday 28 April – Patronal Festival of St. George – Holy Communion service, 9:30 am. Monday 29 April – St George's Supper, 7.15 for 7.30 pm, in Shillingford Village Hall. On 17 April we will be celebrating the eighth anniversary of the Open Door Café. Please join us for a glass of wine and cake. Summer Sketching at Shillingford Village Hall I hope the recent warm weather has inspired artists to blow the dust off their sketching gear ready to get out and about in our lovely countryside this spring. With this in mind, the Shillingford Village Hall art class will be concentrating on developing sketching and painting skills for outdoor work this term. Term starts on Friday May 3rd at 9.45am. All abilities catered for. £48 (or £45 for over-60s) for the term. For further details ring 01626 891245 or visit https://www.mikemcdonald.co.uk/ Shillingford St George Parish Council We would like to thank the 24 people who volunteered their help for our community litter pick on Saturday 9th March. It was a fantastic turn out and demonstration of a strong community spirit. All the parish roads were covered out to the parish boundaries so the biggest litter pick so far. Thank you for helping to keep our two villages tidy.

Shillingford Film Night Tuesday April 2nd at 7.30pm in the Village Hall ‘Hidden Figures’ And a ‘Popeye the Sailor’ short film. £3.50 with complimentary tea/coffee on arrival There is an intermission for ice cream Hidden Figures is an entertaining, hopeful movie about race relations and the space race. This film has a  rating of 8/10 Synopsis: A true story of how a group of African-American female mathematicians served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. We follow these women as they quickly rise through the ranks of NASA dealing with the racial prejudice of the time. Their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented them in U.S. history as true American heroes. And the last film of the season: April 30th ‘Bridges of Madison County’ A 9  movie, staring and directed by Clint Eastwood. Also staring Meryl Streep who plays an Italian woman, married to a farmer in Iowa who meets and falls in love with a photographer. The film is a romantic drama – unusual for Clint Eastwood! Can YOU Help? Dunchideock Village Hall Commiee is looking for a new Secretary to help them with administraon, minute-taking and record keeping – we need to ll this post at our AGM in May. The Commiee meets approximately once every other month and organises events and fundraising for the maintenance and upkeep of the Hall in tandem with providing the community with a welcoming hub for social events. If you are interested in coming on the Commiee and helping out with this role, please do give Mandy a ring on 834755 and she can give you more informaon.

Shillingford Local History Society A big thank you to all who came to the talk on ‘Shillingford in the 19th Century’ given by the Society’s Chair Jan Wood. What an interesting and informative talk about the people and the topography at the time. She talked about the gentry and the village folk and we were amazed to discover that Shillingford Abbot was actually bigger than Shillingford St George back then. Jan had a wealth of information not only to display on the screen and talk about but also in the physical maps and pictures she displayed as well. However, she only managed to get to the middle of the century so will be back at some stage in the future for Part II to bring us up to 1900. We look forward to seeing you all again at our Annual General Meeting on 8 May when Dr David Parker will be giving us a talk entitled ‘Early Victorian Devon: an age of opulence and optimism’. Annual subscriptions of £8 will be payable at that time. If anyone out there would like to join the committee they would be most welcome. Also if you wish us to keep in touch with you then let us have your email. Going forward to our autumn meeting on 23 October, have you an interesting short story from World War II? If so perhaps you would like to come and give a short talk, say 10 minutes long, to that meeting. In particular we are looking for World War II stories of local families and events to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II this coming September, but any memories or stories of your family members or friends will be welcomed. It may be you have an interesting item of memorabilia from that time which you would like to bring, to show us and tell us about? If you do have an interesting item, but don’t want to talk about it, bring it to show it to us, anyway! Do come and make this an interesting evening. Diana Trout [email protected]

EXCHANGE SHILLINGFORD VILLAGE HALL SATURDAY 6 th APRIL 10.30 - 12.00 BRING, SWAP, TAKE AWAY or JUST COME ALONG Books, Magazines, DVDs, Toys, Plants, Home Produce, Knitting Wool, Jam Jars, Plastic Tubs for Freezers. No bric-a-brac please! Bring BRAS & POSTAGE STAMPS to recycle for charity. (Foil is now collected from your home) !!! Excellent Tea, Coffee & Cake is served Donations towards the Village Hall. Thanks!

ST GEORGE’S SALMON SUPPER 2019 MONDAY 29TH APRIL, 7.30PM THE VILLAGE HALL SHILLINGFORD ST GEORGE EVERYONE WELCOME IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US PLEASE CONTACT DIANA TROUT 01392 832723 or EMAIL [email protected] £8.50 B.Y.O.W. SAVE THE DATE – SAT 22 JUNE SHILLINGFORD VILLAGE HALL – 12 NOON There will be a Mid-Summer Madness Event on Sat 22 June at 12 noon in the Village Hall. We will be offering Coffee/Teas/Cakes/Raffle/Cake Stall/Tombola/Good Bric à Brac and private stalls selling all sorts! and best of all – come and have a FREE BURGER AND BEER ON US!!!!! If you would to rent a table (£6) or would like to help run stalls, or have ideas, please phone Sally on 833478. Notice for the A G M SHILLINGFORD ST GEORGE VILLAGE HALL COMMITTEE Invite you to attend our A G M on Friday 31st May 2019 at 7.30 pm At the Village Hall Any further inquiries, please contact the Secretary, Alison Price, on 01392 832548

SHILLINGFORD ST GEORGE PARISH COUNCIL ELECTIONS FOR TEIGNBRIDGE DISTRICT COUNCIL & SHILLINGFORD ST GEORGE PARISH COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY 2ND MAY 2019 Nomination Papers for the District Council Election are available from Forde House, Brunel Road, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 4XX, Telephone 01626 215103 or by sending an e-mail to [email protected] Nomination Papers for the Parish Council are available from the above address or from the Clerk of the Council by sending an email to [email protected] or Telephone 01392 811614. Nomination Papers for both Councils MUST be hand delivered to the Returning Officer, by either the candidate or someone they trust, at Forde House, Brunel Road, Newton Abbot as above before 4 pm on Wednesday 3rd April. If you need to register to vote this must be done by Friday 12th April at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. If you need to apply to vote by post this must be done by 5 pm Monday 15th April by using “postal vote application” on the webpage below. For electors who do not have a computer, forms to register to vote may be obtained from the Electoral Registration Officer at Forde House as above. The Poll Cards going to each registered elector will contain information on where to go to vote and how to apply to vote by post or proxy. Teignbridge District Council has a webpage for the Elections at: https://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/elections/electoral-services/elections-on- thursday-2-may-2019/ Yoga *** Lord Haldon Hotel, Dunchideock Tuesday 9.30am - 10.45am. Drop-in £8. *** Shillingford St. George Village Hall Thursday 7pm - 8pm. Drop-in £5. *** All welcome. For further details, please contact: Kate Storrie on 07753 356955

DUNCHIDEOCK FILM NIGHT Friday April 12th at 7.45pm. Dunchideock Village Hall. The Children Act Fiona Haye (Emma Thompson) is an eminent judge in the Family Division of the High Court, making daily decisions about complex family issues. But her workload is heavy, and her marriage to American professor, Jack, (Stanley Tucci) is at breaking point. At this moment of personal crisis, Fiona is asked to rule on the case of Adam, a brilliant and beautiful teenager who is refusing on religious grounds the blood transfusion which will save his life. Their meeting releases strong emotions with momentous consequences for both of them. “The finest performance of Emma Thompson’s career” says The Radio Times. “Emma Thompson is sublime” says The Sun. We thought it very strong – excellent. Peter Goodchild Haldon Grange – Open Garden (National Garden Scheme) 12 acre well established garden with camellias, magnolias, azaleas, various shrubs and rhododendrons; rare and mature trees; small lake and ponds with river and water cascades. 5 acre arboretum planted 2011 with wide range of trees, shrubs and a large lilac circle. Wisteria pergola with views over Exeter and Woodbury. Wheelchair access – plants for sale – home-made teas. Admission £5, children free. Open 13:00-1700 on the following days: April: Sat 6, Sun 7, Sat 13, Sun 14, Wed 17, Sat 20, Sun 21, Mon 22, Sat 27, Sun 28 May: Sat 4, Sun 5, Mon 6, Wed 8, Sat 11, Sun 12, Sat 18, Sun 19, Wed 22, Sat 25, Sun 26, Mon 27 June: Sat 1, Sun 2, Sat 8, Sun 9 Ted Phythian 01392 832349

Pilates With Olivia is holding a Pilates class for beginners on Monday evenings at 7.30pm in Dunchideock Village Hall. The class will be held with small numbers and will last an hour. If you’re interested give Mandy a call on 01392 834755 for more info. NHW CO-ORDINATOR TO JOIN THE NHW CO-ORDINATOR TEAM We are looking for another person who would like to join the team of Dunchideock volunteer Neighbourhood Watch co- ordinators. The essential requirements are that you support and will help maintain the NHW scheme in our community; have good IT skills; work well both as an effective team player and when working on your own; keep confidentiality as per the NHW code of practice. For further details please email the NHW Co-ordinator, Shirley Phillips on [email protected] or the Deputy Coordinator, Pat Ouseley, on [email protected] Our Neighbourhood Watch scheme is part of the Devon and Cornwall Community Watch Association. The police value NHW schemes for helping to deter crime and making our communities safer; as well as providing an important communication network to members of the community. Defibrillator Awareness Session Saturday 27th April 10.00 am – Noon in Dunchideock Village Hall The Community Heartbeat Trust who are supplying our defibrillators are running a session on how to recognise a cardiac arrest and how to use the defibrillator. Please come along and learn how you could save a life. Country News Get-Together Editors, distributors and helpers of Country News were treated to an afternoon get- together at the Lord Haldon Hotel on Sunday 24 February. This was an enjoyable occasion at which stories of the joys and horrors of magazine production were shared over tea, coffee and biscuits. We were pleased to be able to welcome a new editor, Michelle, to our team. Our thanks to Judith for organising this event.

DUNCHIDEOCK PARISH COUNCIL FOOTPATH WALK & EASTER EGG HUNT SUNDAY 7 APRIL 2019 Meet at THE VILLAGE HALL 10am Please call Robin on 833514 if you would like to join us. Well behaved dogs on leads

Dunchideock Church Calendar – April 2019 7 Apr Lent 5 – Parish Communion, Order 1, 10.00 am at Doddiscombsleigh 14 Apr Palm Sunday – Parish Communion, Order 1 10.00 am Sidesman: Peter Goodchild Readers: Jamie Cumming & Elizabeth Jenne Readings: Isaiah 50:4-9a and Philippians 2:5-11 14 Apr Palm Sunday – Group Evensong, BCP, at Dunsford 6.30 pm 18 Apr Maundy Thursday – Group Sung Eucharist, Order 1, 7.30 pm at Christow 19 Apr Good Friday – Celebration of the Lord's Passion 10.00 am at Christow 21 Apr Easter Sunday – Parish Communion, Order 1 10.00 am Sidesman: Ray Mallett Readers: Robin Caley & Ed Ellis Readings: Acts 10:34-43 and I Corinthians 15:9-26 28 Apr Easter 2 – Holy Communion, BCP 8:30 am Sidesman: Jamie Cumming Readers: Ray Mallett Reading: I John 5:4-12 5 May Easter 3 – Parish Communion, Order 1, 10.00 am at Doddiscombsleigh Flower Arranging Church Cleaning Saturday 20 April, 2.30 pm: Flowers for 5-6 Apr: Pat Ouseley & Belinda Watson Easter – greenery and flowers will be 25-26 Apr: Shirley & Andrew Phillips appreciated, also decorators for helping. 10-11 May: Ann Mallett & Elizabeth Jenne 27 Apr & 4 May – Ann Asplin Teign Valley and Haldon Hill Group of Churches The Teign Valley and Haldon Hill Group of Churches includes the parishes of Ashton, Bridford, Christow, Doddiscombsleigh, Dunchideock and Dunsford. Rev’d Ruth Frampton (Priest-in-Charge) can be contacted on 01647 253164 or [email protected]. Her day off is Thursday. The Month Ahead… Easter Services: You are particularly welcome to join in this year’s celebration of Easter, with the following services: Palm Sunday (14 April) Holy Communion at Dunsford at 8:30am Parish Communion at Bridford and Dunchideock at 10:00am Group Evensong at Dunsford at 6:30pm

Maundy Thursday (18 April) Group Sung Eucharist at Christow at 7:30pm Good Friday (19 April) Celebration of the Lord’s Passion at Christow at 10:00am Easter Sunday (21 April) A Journey With Jesus (all age service) at Dunsford at 2:00pm Holy Communion at Bridford at 8:30am Parish Communion at Ashton, Doddiscombsleigh and Dunchideock at 10:00am Family Communion at Christow and Dunsford at 10:00am Lent Groups: All are welcome to the final sessions of Rev David Ursell’s course entitled “The Beautiful Attitudes” on Thursday 4 April and Thursday 11 April. The morning sessions, at 10:30am, are hosted by Francis and Daphne Leversedge at The Spinney, Bridford, EX6 7JQ. The evening sessions, at 7:30pm are hosted by Steve and Tina Cook at Webberton Meadows, Dunchideock, EX2 9TX. Lent Lunches: The Lent Lunches, including a light lunch and short talk, at The Walled Garden in Dunsford continue at 1pm on the following Mondays: 1 April, 8 April and 15 April. Again – all welcome! Annual Church Meetings All parishioners are invited to attend the following Annual Church Meetings (held in the relevant parish church apart from Dunchideock which is held in the Lord Haldon Hotel): Bridford: Wed 10 April at 2:00pm Doddiscombsleigh: Thu 11 April at 7:30pm Christow: Tue 30 April at 7:45pm Dunchideock: Monday 8 April at 7:30pm Dunsford: Tuesday 2 April at 8:00pm All nominations for Churchwardens and Church Councils should be made before the meeting using the lists available at the back of each church. Getting in touch… If you wish to arrange for a baptism/christening, banns of marriage, wedding, or interment of ashes, or have any other enquiry, please contact Steve Cook, the Churches Administrator, on 01392 832332 or email [email protected] From the registers… Baptisms: 24 March Cosima Vantreen (Dunsford) Funerals: 27 February Edna Bond (Christow) 7 March Ann Gray (Dunsford) We offer our sympathy and prayer to the family and friends of those who have died.

DUNCHIDEOCK PARISH COUNCIL ELECTIONS FOR TEIGNBRIDGE DISTRICT COUNCIL AND DUNCHIDEOCK PARISH COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY 2ND MAY 2019 Nomination Papers for the District Council Election are available from Forde House, Brunel Road, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 4XX, Telephone 01626 215103 or by sending an e-mail to [email protected] Nomination Papers for the Parish Council are available from the above address or from the Clerk of the Council by sending an email to [email protected] or Telephone 01392 422390. Nomination Papers for both Councils MUST be hand delivered to the Returning Officer, by either the candidate or someone they trust, at Forde House, Brunel Road, Newton Abbot as above before 4 pm on Wednesday 3rd April. If you need to register to vote this must be done by Friday 12th April at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. If you need to apply to vote by post this must be done by 5 pm Monday 15th April by using “postal vote application” on the webpage below. For electors who do not have a computer the Notices of Election displayed in the village state that forms to register to vote may be obtained from the Electoral Registration Officer at Forde House as above. The Poll Cards going to each registered elector will contain information on where to go to vote and how to apply to vote by post or proxy. Teignbridge District Council has a webpage for the Elections at https://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/elections/electoral- services/elections-on-thursday-2-may-2019/ To the residents of Dunchideock For all the information that you need to find for the Parish Council, the Village Hall or upcoming events, please use the official website at www.dunchideock.org.uk If you have any problems or require further information, please contact the Clerk to the Parish Council Norman Harvey [email protected] or telephone 01392 422390

Services in the Teign Valley and Haldon Hill Group of Churches April Bridford Christow Ashton Doddiscombs Dunchideock Dunsford -leigh 7 8:30am 10:00am 10:00am Parish Communion at Lent 5 Holy Communion at Family Bridford Doddiscombsleigh Service 14 BCP Order 1 Informal Palm Sunday 10:00am 10:00am 8:30am Holy Parish Communion at Bridford Parish Communion at Communion 14 Order 1 Dunchideock BCP Palm Sunday Order 1 18 6:30pm Group Evensong at Dunsford Maundy Thursday BCP 19 7:30pm Group Sung Eucharist at Christow Good Friday Order 1 19 10:00am Good Friday Celebration of the Lord's Passion at Christow Other 2:00pm A Journey with Jesus (all age) at Dunsford Other 21 8:30am 10:00am 10:00am 10:00am 10:00am 10:00am Holy Parish Easter Sunday Family Parish Parish Family Communion Communion Communion Communion Communion Communion 28 BCP Order 1 Order 1 Order 1 Order 1 Order 1 Easter 2 10:00am 8:30am 8:30am Holy 10:00am Parish Communion at Christow Holy Communion Parish Order 1 Communion BCP Communion BCP Order 1 BCP=Book of Common Prayer; Order 1=Common Worship Order 1 FOR SALE 2 new HSL fireside armchairs – cream coloured. Cost £150 each, now open to reasonable offers. Haldon Gardens, Dunchideock. phone 832402

www.dunchideock.org.uk Dunchideock Village Hall 100+ Club February 1. R Farnaby 2. H Bye 3. B Bulley Dunchideock Village Hall Tea Afternoon Saturday 27th April 3.00 - 5.00pm Entry £3 per head to include a selection of cakes and unlimited tea. Cake also available for sale to take home afterwards. All Welcome - come along for a chat with friends Registered Charity No. 301096 Next months will be on 25th May. Make a note in your diary! The Village Hall Committee invites you to a Pudding Evening Saturday 18th May: More details next month, but make a note of the date! An advance note for your diaries! Saturday 10th August 2019 Dunchideock Flower & Produce Show Schedules will be available soon!

Dunchideock Parish Council NEWSLETTER March 2019 Meet your Parish Principal Staff Officer and trained to use this Vice-President of the equipment, it helps to Clerk Territorial Army Officer know what to expect in an Selection Board with the emergency situation. Norman Harvey rank of Lieutenant Colonel We are still waiting for our The Parish Council are We value the skills and solar powered defibrillator delighted to welcome experience that Norman to arrive. The mains Norman and look forward brings to support our team. powered units have been to a period of stability in delivered. It is hoped that our administration and Parish Walk and they will be installed by the support. Norman is a time the April edition of retired bank Branch Easter Egg Hunt Country News is delivered. manager and is an Beginning at the Village Associate of the Chartered Hall at 10.00 am on Sunday First Aid Sessions Institute of Bankers 7th April 2019. Dogs are The Parish Council would (ACIB). He ran his own welcome but strictly on like to thank Paramedic business for 14 years and leads as we will be passing Stuart Holt who lives in our he is well acquainted with through private land at village and kindly gave up local government having lambing time. Finish back his time over two weekends served as a Parish at the Village Hall for to run free First Aid Councillor in Somerset for refreshments. All are sessions in Dunchideock 16 years, 14 of which was welcome so please come and Shillingford St George. as a Vice Chairman. and join us. The walk also 30 people attended. As a member of his local gives us an opportunity to village hall committee for assess the condition of the Our Next Meeting 20 years and both footpath and access to it. Our next meeting will be Chairman and Secretary the Annual Council for 12 years, Norman has Learn How to use meeting and Ordinary meeting on Tuesday 14th experience in organising a Defibrillator May 2019. There will be an community events and has The Community Heartbeat Annual Parish meeting on a proven track record in Trust who have supplied Tuesday 21st May. This is raising funds through our defibrillators will be your meeting and an running a Community opportunity to raise parish grant applications. Awareness session in matters with the newly Norman served with the Dunchideock Village Hall elected Parish Council. Territorial Army for 31 on Saturday 27th April 10- Both meetings start at years and was awarded the Noon. Learn how the 7:30pm in the village hall. defibrillators work and Please come along. Territorial Decoration when to use one. Whilst (TD). He retired as a you don’t need to be Find out about the Parish Council, Is there something we can help with? what’s on and more. Visit Please feel free to contact any of your www.dunchideock.org.uk councillors to ask for our help. You can also contact the Parish Clerk by emailing [email protected]. or feel We have a team of 7 motivated and free to telephone our Chairman Sarah enthusiastic councillors working for Sharpe on 01392 811614 or email [email protected] you. Please come along to our meetings and have your say







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Villages Diary Film Night – Hidden Figures Shillingford Village Hall Open Door Café Shillingford Village Hall April Villages Prayer Meeting Webberton Meadows Tue 2 7.30 pm Lent Course Webberton Meadows Wed 3 10.30 am Tower Bar Social Lord Haldon Hotel Wed 3 7.30 pm Dunchideock Footpath Walk and Easter Egg Hunt Dunchideock Village Hall Thu 4 7.30 pm Annual Parochial Church Meeting Lord Haldon Hotel Fri 5 7.30 pm Shillingford St. George Parish Council Shillingford Village Hall Sun 7 10.00 am Lent Lunch Shillingford Village Hall Mon 8 7.30 pm Annual Parochial Church Meeting Shillingford Church Mon 8 7.30 pm Lent Course Webberton Meadows Wed 10 12.15 pm Film Night – The Children Act Dunchideock Village Hall Wed 10 7.00 pm Open Door Café Eighth Anniversary Celebration Shillingford Village Hall Thu 11 7.30 pm Celebration of the Lord's Passion Christow Church Fri 12 7.45 pm Church Decoration for Easter Shillingford Church Wed 17 10.30 am Church Decoration for Easter Dunchideock Church Fri 19 10.00 am Easter Day service Shillingford Church Sat 20 10.00 am Easter Day service Dunchideock Church Sat 20 2.30 pm Defibrillator Awareness Session Dunchideock Village Hall Sun 21 9.30 am Tea Afternoon Dunchideock Village Hall Sun 21 10.00 am Patronal Festival of St. George Shillingford Church Sat 27 10.00 am – noon Divertimento Quartet concert St. Margaret's Church, Sat 27 3.00 – 5.00 pm Topsham Sun 28 9.30 am St. George's Salmon Supper Shillingford Village Hall Sun 28 4.00 pm Film Night – The Bridges of Madison County Shillingford Village Hall Mon 29 7.15 for 7.30 pm Tue 30 7.30 pm May 10.30 am Open Door Café Shillingford Village Hall Wed 1 9.45 am Shillingford Village Hall Fri 3 7.30 pm Summer Art Classes begin Lord Haldon Hotel Sat 4 7.30 pm Shillingford Village Hall Wed 8 Tower Bar Social Dunchideock Village Hall Fri 17 7.45 pm Shillingford Local History Society AGM Dunchideock Village Hall Sat 18 7.30 pm Early Victorian Devon Shillingford Village Hall Fri 31 7.30 pm Film Night Pudding Evening Shillingford St George Village Hall Committee AGM June Mid-Summer Madness Shillingford Village Hall Sat 22 12 noon

Shillingford St George Rector Rev Mike Partridge The Rectory, Alphington, EX2 8XJ (day off Monday) Parishes of Alphington 01392 491476; 07751 725306 Ide and Shillingford [email protected] Church Wardens Mrs Wendy Nelmes Mr Nick Mansell [email protected] Dunchideock Priest in Charge Rev Ruth Frampton The Rectory, Dry Lane, Christow, EX6 7PE (day off Thursday) 01647 253164 [email protected] Administrator Mr Steve Cook 01392 832332; [email protected] Church Wardens Mr Ray Mallett [email protected] Mr Jamie Cumming Country News For details of this month and next month’s editors, please see the paper version. Advertising Editor Vacancy – please see article inside for further details Front Cover Miss Judith Travell [email protected] Treasurer Mrs Elizabeth Jenne [email protected] Main Distributors Mrs Wendy Nelmes (Shillingford) Mrs Elizabeth Jenne (Dunchideock) Articles for the next issue must reach the editor by 15th of the preceding month Advertising Rates Classified: £1 for up to 3 lines, per issue Box advertisements (10 issues per year): Full page: £16 per month/£120 per year Half page: £8 per issue/£60 per year) Quarter page: £4 per issue/£30 per year Until a new Advertising Editor is available, please send all avertisements to the Treasurer (see above) who will forward them to the editor for the month. Payments should continue to be sent to the Treasurer.