Country News - April 2021

COUNTRY NEWS APRIL 2021 Parish Magazine of Dunchideock and Shillingford St George

From the Rectory Happy Easter! We see new life springing up in flower and in birdsong all around us, as we celebrate Jesus rising from the dead with his gift of new life for us all. We emerge from the darkness of Lent, the darkness of winter and the darkness of lockdown into the light of a new creation. Now the green blade riseth from the buried grain, wheat that in dark earth many days has lain; Love lives again, that with the dead has been: Love is come again, like wheat that springeth green. But just as a baby clings on tightly, staggering on wobbly legs as she pulls herself to standing, so we make a new start with tentative steps after the lockdown. We are not quite sure how the next few weeks will unfold: what will change permanently in our lives as a consequence of the last year? We may have discovered some new things about ourselves and our community during the lockdowns; we may have altered our rhythm of life together as families; there may be some of these shifts that we would like to carry on – we may be spending more time in our communities, working from home and travelling less. We don’t necessarily want to discard all the positives that have helped to nurture us through this time of rebirth: creative time with family, love and care and compassion in the wider community, the sense of being in it together and walking with each other, even if virtually. As all our churches reopen you will notice a change to our pattern of worship. One of the positive benefits that we have experienced during the last year is the inclusion in our telephone worship of those who are unable to come into our church buildings. But during the pandemic, people who for many years in some cases have felt excluded from our congregations have been welcomed and have worshipped on an equal footing with us all; our Scattered Church has been fully inclusive. We must not return to the past and remove this opportunity to take part. In order to accommodate our weekly telephone service, the rhythm of worship in the church buildings has slightly altered. We will hold two services of Holy Communion in the valley each Sunday: either both at 10.30am or one at 8.30am and one at 10.30am; we will maintain the fifth Sunday tradition of a single Mission Community service. In addition, there will be a lay led Service of the Word or Family Service at 10.30am in at least one church and, in time, we shall have 6pm services, which may be Evensong, Songs of Praise … My ambition, as it has always been, is that there should be worship of some kind in each church every Sunday – if that is what people would like. We 2

already have some great lay leaders - come and join the team! I am here to help facilitate anyone who feels called to serve in this way How do we maintain our growing sense of community and build on it as we go forward? Well, as we look forward to the summer, it would be good to consider how in our different villages we can celebrate being able to gather together once more. “Party” comes to mind! Let us look forward to thanksgivings in the churches which will be an integral part of our village festivities. In the aftermath of the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 T S. Eliot called April ‘the cruellest month.’ In The Waste Land of his poem there is no hope: the land is barren, dead. Here in the Teign Valley hope is rising with the green shoots of Spring; we are filled with Easter hope, the hope of resurrection and of new life. God comes to us ‘like the showers, like the spring rains that water the earth’ (Hosea 6:3). We are blessed indeed! Revd. Ruth Frampton Shillingford Church Shillingford Easter Services 2021 With the promise of longer and warmer days and the success of the Covid vaccine programme, tentative plans can now be made to re-start our lives within a “new normal”. Unless there is a severe reversal of Government policy, church services will recommence with a Good Friday devotional service at 11am and a Holy Communion Service on Easter Day at 9.30. Thereafter, our usual Sunday services will continue at 9.30 most Sundays and Evening Prayer on 3rd Sundays. Services will continue socially distanced, behind face coverings, and without singing until we are advised otherwise. Other matters A bee nest has been resident in the church roof for several years and needs to be “re-homed”. We are hoping to do this around Easter time and, for safety reasons, will close the path through the churchyard on the day they are being moved. You are requested to respect the “No Entry” notices at each end of the churchyard path when the work is being carried out. It is disappointing some inconsiderate dog owners allow their pets to foul the grass in the churchyard, or hang filled poo bags on the churchyard gate. PLEASE dispose of this waste with more consideration for your neighbours and the sanctity of the churchyard. Nick Mansell 3

Shillingford Parish Church Holy Week Services March 28th Palm Sunday 9.30 am – Private Prayer April 2nd Good Friday 11.00 am - Devotional Service April 3rd Easter Eve 10.00 am – Church Decorating April 4th Easter Day 9.30 am – Holy Communion 4

Shillingford St George Church Calendar for April 2021 Date Name Service Time 4 April Easter Day Holy Communion 9.30am Sidesman Nick Readers Peter Ken Time Reading Acts 10.34-43 John 20.1-18 9.30am Prayers Christopher Road through Shillingford Abbot Date Name Service 11 April Easter 2 Holy Communion Sidesman Liz Readers Christopher Christopher Time Reading Acts 4.32-35; John 20.19-31 6.00pm Prayers Nick Ash Court & St George’s Terrace Date Name Service 18 April Easter 3 Evening Prayer Sidesmen Tom & Gwen Readers Tam Tam Time Reading Acts 3.12-19 9.30am Prayers Clergy Luke 24.36b-48 Date Name Our Mission Community with 25 April Easter 4 Alphington & Ide Sidesman Patsy Service Readers Patsy Reading Acts 4.5-12 Holy Communion Prayers Delia Date Name Patsy Time 2 May Easter 5 John 10.11-18 9.30am Sidesman Nick The Willows & Ilex Close Readers Nick Service Reading Acts 8:26-40 Morning Prayer Prayers Christopher Nick John 15:1-8 Manstree Lane & Manstree Terrace 5

A SHILLINGFORD BLACKSMITH AND HIS FAMILY Sometime in the early 1860s, between spring 1861 and summer 1863, a new blacksmith named Frederick Brockington arrived with his young family to set up business in the village of Shillingford St. George. He was replacing George Crispin, who had been the Shillingford blacksmith from at least 1840, and had still been living there with his wife when the census was taken in April 1861. Like the other blacksmiths who set up in Shillingford village over the decades, Frederick Brockington had been born elsewhere. His predecessor George Crispin had been a member of a Dunchideock family of smiths and labourers, whereas Frederick had been born in 1831 into a large family which had been based in Kenn for at least four generations. He was the second of their eleven children, and had grown up in Kenn, where his father Frederick Brockington Senior was employed by the Ley family of Trehill as a groom and coachman. As a boy, Frederick had lived with his parents, brothers and sisters in Trehill Lodge. His uncle John Brockington had been a stonemason, but Frederick’s brothers and cousins tended to take up work with horses, beginning as stableboys, and later becoming grooms and domestic coachmen, as his own father had done. This was generally regarded as a step above working as an agricultural labourer. Frederick’s widowed aunt Mary worked as a housemaid at Trehill House, after her husband had died, and his younger brother Edwin also worked there as a groom when he was young. Many of his female relatives, including his own sisters, went into service, and their search for work took some of them away from Devon, to cities like Winchester and London. Frederick had been apprenticed by his father to Kennford blacksmith John Eddy, and until he completed his apprenticeship at the age of 21, he had lived in with his master’s family in Kennford village. Frederick had then left Devon for a while to work in St. Giles, Oxford, and after returning to Kenn to marry in 1854, he had taken his wife back with him to Oxford. His new wife was local schoolmistress Harriet Painter Spurway. Before she married, Harriet and her mother had both been teachers, living together in Kennford village. Sometime after their first son was born, Frederick and Harriet had returned from Oxford and had settled back in Kennford, where their next three children had been born. One of these died as a baby, but the rest of their family survived to grow up. After a short stint living and working in St. Sidwell, Exeter, Frederick Brockington moved his family to the smith’s cottage in Shillingford St. George, where they settled in, and Harriet gave birth to another four children in the following decade. In 1871 when the census was taken, three of the children were attending the small school in Shillingford village. It is likely that the Brockington family would have spent many more years in the village – except that in the late autumn of 1872, tragedy intervened. One Friday in November that year, Frederick Brockington attended the market in Exeter, 6

and on his return sat down to eat his supper. Suddenly a piece of beef lodged in the upper part of his windpipe, and within a few minutes he had choked to death. Mr Mark Farrant, the local surgeon who lived in Cowick Street, St. Thomas, was called and arrived in Shillingford village quite quickly, but there was nothing he could do for Frederick. It is likely that a coroner’s inquest would have been necessary, but unfortunately no coroners’ papers relating to deaths in Devon prior to the 1930s have survived – save those for inquests into deaths which occurred within the city of Exeter. However, the Exeter Flying Post newspaper published a report of the accident on 13 November, 1872, and reported that “the unfortunate deceased leaves a wife and seven children.” Frederick’s youngest child Margaret was less than a year old, and the eldest Edwin, who seems to have lived for most of his life with his mother’s parents in Kennford and then in Clapham, was aged 17. Frederick was buried in Shillingford St George parish churchyard, where his gravestone stands, fortunately still in very good condition. The parish register recorded his burial on 13 November 1872, the ceremony having been performed by the Reverend Bourchier Wrey Savile, and though causes of death were almost never recorded in burial registers, the following note was added: “choked by a piece of meat sticking in his throat when eating his supper”. After Frederick had died, his widow Harriet was left to bring up her younger children without a breadwinner. This was long before the introduction of widow’s pensions or any form of national welfare payments. Some support was provided by the parish overseers and parish charities, if they existed, but by the 1870s, some families in the same situation as the Brockingtons were forced into the union workhouse, which in the case of Kenn was the St. Thomas Poor Law Union workhouse at Redhills, near Exwick. There is not any evidence that this happened to Harriet; all we know is that she returned to Kenn, where Frederick had a number of relations still living, and eight years after his death, she was supporting herself as a seamstress, and was living in Kenn village, close to Rollestone Farm, with her youngest child, 9 year old Margaret. 7

At this time, Frederick’s first cousin John Brockington, who had never left Kenn, and had spent his working life as an agricultural labourer, was living in a cottage nearby with his wife Ann. This image fortunately survives of the cottages in Kenn where John and Ann Brockington lived, next door to the Bulley family. Ann Brockington was photographed in 1890 in her white apron and white bonnet in front of her cottage, standing next to Mrs Eliza Bulley, who is closest to the camera. Harriet Brockington’s home in 1881 would have been very similar to this. By 1891, Harriet had moved to live in Kennford village and was living there next to the Seven Stars public house, in a cottage which her late husband Frederick’s widowed mother had once occupied. Harriet had taken on work as a sick nurse, going to stay with those who were ill and caring for them in their own homes. And what had become of Frederick’s seven children, after they had lost their father? It is likely that their schooling would have been curtailed, as they would have had to start work and help to support their mother and the youngest children. Oldest son Edwin Brockington, who was already working before his father died, doesn’t seem to have made much of his life. He remained an agricultural labourer, and as an adult he continued living with his maternal grandparents. They dwelt in a cottage at Clapham with Edwin’s uncles, one of 8

whom was mentally handicapped and unable to work. Edwin stayed a bachelor and seems to have died at the age of only 39, in St Thomas Union Workhouse. If a labourer fell ill or was unable to work, this was, unfortunately, his fate. Frederick and Harriet’s oldest daughter Lydia died at the age of only 19, about three years after her father, and was buried in Kenn parish churchyard. Their two other daughters, both of whom had been born in the blacksmith’s cottage in Shillingford, left home and initially went into service in London. Emily Jane Brockington, who had been 6 years old when her father died, had moved far from home; by the age of 14, she was employed as a kitchenmaid at St. Paul’s Choir School in London. This boarding school trained young boys for the choir which sang in St. Paul’s Cathedral, and was under the management of an ordained clergyman, who acted as headmaster. Also in residence were a butler, a footman, a cook and a housemaid. Emily Jane would certainly have been at the bottom of the pecking order among the household staff. Ten years later she had moved back to Exeter and was living in as a barmaid at the Turks Head Inn, in Waterbeer Street – which must have had a rather different atmosphere to a religious choir school! Youngest daughter Margaret Virginia Brockington, only a baby when her father died, went to work as a children’s nurse, for the family of a ship broker’s manager living on Clapham Common in south London. At the age of 19, she had charge of three children under 5 years of age. In her 20’s, Margaret married a much older widowed police inspector with children of his own, and moved back to live with him in Exeter, where she had children of her own. After he died, she continued to raise the children from both marriages, while running an Exeter lodging house. All three of Frederick’s remaining sons went into service. Youngest son John Henry, under 4 years old when his father died, was already employed as a page-boy at the age of 12, and was living in with his wealthy employer at Conway House, The Warren, Torquay, in a household with seven other live-in servants. His brother Frank Brockington was a footman by the age of 17, living in a wealthy clergyman’s household in Ivybridge, south Devon, but his employment later took him to Eynsham House in Oxfordshire, and to Queen’s Gate in Kensington, where he rose to become a butler. However, the brother with the most varied and interesting life was probably Frederick and Harriet’s son, Frederick George Brockington. From the village school in Shillingford, he went on to eventually become a footman, and in 1881, at the age of 20, he was in service at Ravenswood House, in Roxburghshire, Scotland. The following year he joined the Royal Navy, and served as a steward on a number of ships, including the Dreadnought. He married in Paignton, and during gaps spent on shore, he seems to have been working as an innkeeper and market gardener. He seems to have spent less and less time at sea, eventually being put on shore in July 1897, as “unfit” – on this 9

occasion the remarks on his naval service record stated that he was “dishonest and a leavebreaker”. Following this rather chequered naval career, he became a coachman and lived in Exeter with his wife and four children. However, this was not the end of his story. In 1912, at the age of 48, he emigrated to Canada, and remarried a much younger woman there in 1920 when he was in his 50s. He returned on a visit to England in 1927, and died in Canada a decade later, in July 1937. He is buried with his second wife in a cemetery in Ottawa. Jan Wood Art at Shillingford Village Hall I'm hoping to restart the regular art classes at Shillingford Village Hall on Friday April 23rd at 9.45am. We will be looking at enjoying the wonderful Devon Springtime by preparing to get out with sketchpad and art kit. All welcome. If you came to the half locked down Autumn term, this term would be free of charge. For newcomers the 5-week term would be £48, or £45 for over-60s. Details from 01626 891245 or visit https://www.mikemcdonald.co.uk/. Mike the Postman would like to thank residents in Shillingford Abbot who welcomed him with balloons and cards as he passed through the village on his birthday, 15th February. 10

The Friends of Shillingford Wood would like to announce that they now have their own bank account … finally … hooray! We are now able to accept donations from those of you who pledged money to help in our campaign to buy the woods for the community. The mercury on the Thermometer (on the front wall of the village hall) is already rising, and all donations will be gratefully received. Membership to our Facebook page continues to grow and there will shortly be the opportunity to donate via a Total Giving link, but if preferred Ian Merrett (Blacksmith’s Cottage) or myself, Claire (3 Ilex Close) are happy to receive donations in person. Hopefully the weather will begin to brighten and become warmer as we approach spring. The buds of the bluebells are already poking up through the ground on the floor of the wood, promising another beautiful display of blue flowers for all to enjoy. Thank you, Claire Dummett Haldon Grange: National Garden Scheme Opening Haldon Grange will be open from 1-5 pm on the following dates: • Every Saturday and Sunday through April, May and the first two weekends in June. • We also open on Mon 5 April, Wed 14 April, Mon 3 May, Wed 5 May, Wed 19 May and Mon 31 May. Groups can book by appointment, best to call us on 01392 832329 (Judith or Andrew). Teas and cakes will be available with special care taken and extra precautions put in place to keep food and drink safe. We look forward to welcoming you all to enjoy a restorative and content time with us while supporting some valued causes. Judith and Andrew For online pre-booking, see https://ngs.org.uk/view-garden/16873 11

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- - - - - Dear Easter Bunny, This year, could you please fill my eggs with health & happiness and deliver them to everyone I know. Thank you!

Coronavirus – help for those “self-isolating” who need shopping and/or medications collected – STILL AVAILABLE! The situation with Coronavirus continues to change, so these arrangements may well have to be reviewed. We plan to keep this scheme running as long as it is required. Government and NHS advice is available as follows: NHS: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ Government information: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-action- plan/coronavirus-action-plan-a-guide-to-what-you-can-expect-across-the-uk Teignbridge District Council: https://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-help-and- advice/coronavirus-updates/ Significant numbers of people in the valley are still having to “self-isolate” or not leave their homes to go shopping etc. The churches and other groups are working together to try and ensure that those who may need practical help with shopping, collecting medication etc in this situation can receive help if needed. Details are available at the following: A Church Near You websites: Ashton – https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/8766/page/53729/view/ Bridford – https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/8767/page/53727/view/ Christow – https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/8765/page/53726/view/ Doddiscombsleigh – https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/8793/page/53728/view/ Dunchideock – https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/8770/page/53671/view/ Dunsford - https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/8792/page/53725/view/ Christow website - http://www.christowparishcouncil.gov.uk/ Doddiscombsleigh website - https://www.doddiscombsleigh.org/ Dunchideock website - https://www.dunchideock.org.uk Dunsford website - http://www.dunsford-village.org.uk Mission Community Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/tvhhmc/ Each village has a local co-ordinator to link up those offering to help with shopping and/or collecting medication with those who need some assistance. Arrangements are currently as follows: Ashton: John May – T: 01647 252212 or E: [email protected] Bridford: Kathy Fitzjohn – T: 01647 252515 or E: [email protected] Christow: Phil Trotter – T: 01647 252874 or E: [email protected] 17

Doddiscombsleigh: Elliott Fairs – T: 01647 253169 or E: [email protected] and Toby Berry – T: Dunchideock: 07764 547556 or E: [email protected] Dunsford: Steve Cook – T: 01392 832332 or E: [email protected] Karen Morris at The Shop – T: 01647 252330 or E: [email protected] 18

Teign Valley & Haldon Hill Mission Community The Teign Valley & Haldon Hill Mission Community 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]. Pastoral Care If you would like, or know someone who would be glad of, a call or “virtual” visit from Rev’d Ruth Frampton, or another member of the church community, please contact the rectory (contact details above), or the Churches’ Administrator (see Getting in touch… below). Private Prayer - Days and Times of Opening: With the exception of Ashton, all our churches remain open for private prayer, as follows: Monday Dunsford 10:00am - 12 noon Tuesday Bridford 12 noon – 2:00pm by appointment* Wednesday Christow 12 noon – 3:00pm Thursday Dunsford 2:00pm – 5:00pm Friday Dunchideock 10:00am – 12 noon Saturday Bridford 10:00am – 12 noon by appointment* Ashton 10:00am – 5:00pm Sunday Christow 12 noon – 3:00pm Doddiscombsleigh 12:00pm – 6:00pm * for Bridford please telephone 01647 252180 / 252515 / 253239 to make an appointment Sunday Services The 9am telephone service continues (see details below for how to join). As the current lockdown begins to ease, all our church buildings are re-opening for public worship from Easter Sunday (4 April) and details are provided in the separate schedule of services. As the situation can, however, change quickly, please check the “A Church Near You” website for your parish for updates. • Please do not come if you are suffering any symptoms of coronavirus, but contact NHS 111 • Please ensure that you clean your hands on entering and leaving the church building • Please observe social distancing and follow all the safety guidance inside the church 19

In line with national requirements, church services have strict measures in place to ensure people’s safety e.g. the wearing of face coverings, increased cleaning, hand sanitisers, social distancing of 2 metres, no singing, communion in one kind only, no refreshments or meeting afterward. You will be asked to give your name and contact details in order to comply with “track and trace” requirements. This information is covered by GDPR and will be destroyed after 21 days. Alternatively, you can use the NHS app to scan the “track and trace” QR code. Wednesday Evening Prayer There is a regular, short service of evening prayer each Wednesday at 6pm by telephone – see details below for how to join. For telephone services, you do not need internet access, but simply a landline or mobile telephone. Between 5 and 10 minutes before the service begins, please dial 0333 011 0616 and enter the code 334 7721, followed by the # key, when asked. You will also be asked to give your name. The cost of the call is the standard cost for any 01, 02 or 03 number, but will vary according to your telephone contract. It may well be covered by your “inclusive” minutes, or by free evening or weekend calls, but you are advised to check. Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) - Dunchideock Each year every parish in the Church of England holds an Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) to elect members to the Parish Church Council and review the past year. Most of the APCMs in the Mission Community happened in March, but the re-arranged meeting for Dunchideock (to be held by Zoom) will happen at 6pm on Tuesday 20 April 2021. Everyone is welcome to attend this meeting, although only those on the electoral roll are eligible to vote. Please contact the Churches’ Administrator (email [email protected] or telephone 01392 832332) for details of how to join. Giving It is now possible to make a donation towards the general mission and running costs of each of our six churches through an online giving page on the “A Church Near You” website – see https://www.achurchnearyou.com and search for the relevant parish. The “Give Now” button will enable you to make an online donation, which can also be Gift Aided. 20

Resources During this time, you may find the following online and telephone resources helpful. Daily Prayer: https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us- service-dailyprayer General prayer resources: https://www.churchofengland.org/resources/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance- churches/coronavirus-covid-19-liturgy-and-prayer-resources Daily Hope – a free phone line of hymns, reflections and prayers – 0800 804 8044 Recording of Rev’d Ruth Frampton’s “Reflection” from the previous Sunday – 01647 407047 If you are anxious about the current situation or would like prayer or pastoral support (e.g. because of illness or bereavement), please do not hesitate to contact Rev’d Ruth Frampton or the Churches’ Administrator (Steve Cook) – contact details above and below. There is a separate notice elsewhere in the magazine giving details of how the churches are working together with local parish councils and others to co- ordinate shopping, collect medication etc for those who need to “self-isolate” or who can’t leave their homes. Getting in touch… If you wish to discuss plans for a postponed or future baptism/christening, banns of marriage, wedding, funeral, interment of ashes or memorial service, or have any other enquiry, please contact Steve Cook, the Churches’ Administrator, on 01392 832332 or email [email protected]. Treasurer Wanted! Christow Church is looking for a volunteer treasurer to supervise its money and prepare the accounts. Phil Trotter, our valued treasurer has retired after many years' service. We are very sorry to see him go and wish him well. He is happy to help whoever is willing to take over and to lead them through the systems. Full training is available! 21

Teign Valley Larder The Teign Valley Larder in Christow has got a new home. Well, almost: it is now located inside the church, rather than the porch. The benefits are abundantly clear when you visit the larder for yourself: there is more room to move round; there is more room to put the items; the fresh fruit and veg are on display (rather than squashed in the corner); and access to the church is now clear, which is important as lockdown restrictions are starting to ease. You can see a video if you follow this link: https://youtu.be/qwygY0TqciE. We are extremely grateful to the Parochial Church Council for allowing this to happen, and we must stress that it is only for a trial period; we will review the project later in the year. You will notice that we have bought a superb new store cupboard, and we thank Adrian Canvin for all his hard work in making sure that everything fits where it should. We must point out that the money used to buy the cupboard and work surface was raised specifically for that purpose, and you can be rest assured that any money you donate to the Teign Valley Larder will go into buying food and essentials for those who need it most; we don’t have any other overheads. While the larder was developed primarily to help families who may be short of food during the extremely difficult year we’ve had, it was also designed to help reduce food waste. So, if you think the larder isn’t for you, think again! There is always fresh fruit, vegetables and eggs donated by some of the lovely farms in the valley: Windout Farm, Teign Greens, and Whippletree Farm. If you like our Facebook page, you will get notified when new stock arrives. (When I last looked, there were red cabbages and purple sprouting up for grabs.) The only rule is to please exchange where you can, but there is no obligation. Nathan Bushell 22

VILLAGES PRAYER Let’s join together online to pray for people and situations in our villages and beyond on Thursday April 17th from 8.00-9.00pm Anyone is most welcome to ring with a request for prayer. For a link or more information contact Steve and Tina on [email protected] or 01392 832057 23

Shillingford St George Priest in Charge: Rev. Mike Partridge, The Rectory, Alphington (day off Thursday) EX2 8XJ Tel: 01392 491476 or 07751 725306 Email: [email protected] Churchwarden: Mr Nick Mansell, Tel: 832660 or email: [email protected] Dunchideock Rev. Ruth Frampton, The Rectory, Christow, Priest in Charge: EX6 7PE (day off Thursday) Tel: 01647 253164, email: [email protected] Churches Administrator: Steve Cook, Tel: 01392 832332 or email: [email protected] Country News Tam Mucklow & Edmund Gooch Editors this month: Editor for May: Tina Cook, Tel: 01392 832057 or email: [email protected] Front Cover: Judith Travell (832600) [email protected] Advertising Editor: Michelle Saunders (07856 663696) [email protected] Treasurer: Elizabeth Jenne (832240) [email protected] Main Distributors: Peter and Liz Wareham / Elizabeth Jenne Articles for the May issue should be sent to the editor by 15th April Country News Advertising Rates For all ads please contact the Advertising Editor (see above) Classified: £1 for up to 3 lines, per issue Box advertisements: Quarter page: £4 or £30 per annum Half page: £8 or £60 per annum Full page: £16 or £120 per annum Payments in advance please, to the Treasurer 24