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Front Cover: an Etching by Judith Woodings
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What’s on and Dates for your Diary
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Editors Page News, Views & letters
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Church Service times for Bigbury, Kingston and Ringmore
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Message from the Minister from Joyce Howitt
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Parish Council Draft Minutes from the monthly meeting
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The 19th Hole Report from the Golf Club
Your handy pull-out Guide to Local Business
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Bigbury Memorial Hall Reports and Diary of events
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Shack Splash News from the Oyster Shack
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National Trust report from Lorna Sherriff
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News from all your Regular Social Meetings
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Ruminations from Resident Ronnie
Where’s Alfie ?? He’s hiding somewhere in the pages!!
Bigbury News is published monthly by Editor - Rose Owen at Lucerne Ringmore Drive Bigbury-on-Sea Kingsbridge Devon TQ7 4AU Tel: 01548 810815 email: bigburynewseditor@gmail.com Treasurer: Trudy Smith, 20 Hilltop, St Ann's Chapel, TQ7 4HG Tel: 810185 tsbookkeeping@btinternet.com All contributions and requests for advertising to the Editor Bigbury News is a voluntary run publication which is supported by a grant from the Parish Council, advertising rates and donations from readers DISCLAIMER - Whilst every effort has been made to ensure adverts and articles appear correctly, Bigbury News cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage caused directly or indirectly by the contents of this publication. The views expressed in this magazine are
Dates for your Diary November… 2nd 3rd 6th 9th
Korniloff Coffee Morning (supporting SHH League of Friends)10:30 Christmas Barrow Market at the Oyster Shack - (p.18) SKIP at Bigbury Memorial Hall 9.30am - 3.30pm (see p.24) Parish Council Meeting - Memorial Hall at 7.30pm
16th 11th 24th 25th 27th
Film Night (Suffragette) Memorial Hall - 7.30pm (see p.16) Quiz & Curry Night _ Memorial Hall at 6.30pm for 7pm (see p.11) ACA & History Soc - Water Mills - Memorial Hall at 7.00pm (see p.15) Cosgrave & Banks folk duo @ the Memorial Hall (ViA event) Angel Heart Theatre’s FREYA @ Kingston Reading Room - 2.30pm (see p.10)
December… 7th 24th
Korniloff Christmas Fayre, for St Lawrence’s at Korniloff Care Home CAROLS ON THE GREEN - 6.30pm
Contact: jill@bremer.co.uk
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I was so very grateful to Margaret Hawes when she agreed to become the treasurer of BN when Keith passed away, Margaret has now handed the reigns over to Trudy Smith. Thank you Margaret for all your hard work, it has very much been appreciated. And thank you Trudy for taking on this extra task in your already busy life!! Remember - this is YOUR parish magazine so if any of you have any news, views or interesting articles that you would like to share, please send them to me at the Bigbury News. Either drop them into me at Lucerne, Bigbury on Sea or hand them into Holywell Stores or phone me on 01548 810815 or email: bigburynewseditor@gmail.com You can now find each months issue at www.bigburyonsea.co.uk
in ‘The Community’ section and also on the Bigbury Community website www.bigburycommunity.co.uk in the documents section of the Bigbury News Group.
The Dolphin Inn
Kingston
The pub will be closed from 7th November until 2nd December for phase one of it’s refurbishment We apologise for any inconvenience but look forward to welcoming you back in December Craig and the Crew
Saturday November 12th
Please pass any filled shoeboxes or contributions to either Judy Bull (810420) or myself (810407) by the above date. Empty shoeboxes are still available in All Hallows Church, Ringmore, if you have not yet filled one and would like to do so. Thank for your continuing support.
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CHURCH SERVICES FOR NOVEMBER BIGBURY - KINGSTON - RINGMORE ST. LAWRENCE - BIGBURY All services start at 11.00 a.m.
6th 20th 27th
Family Communion Sunday Worship Holy Communion*
ST. JAMES THE LESS - KINGSTON All services start at 9.30 a.m.
6th 20th 27th
Family Communion Holy Communion Village Service
ALL HALLOWS - RINGMORE All services start at 9.30 a.m. (unless otherwise stated) 6th 13th 20th 27th
Sunday Worship Remembrance Service (10.50 am) Village Service Family Communion
* Service in traditional language 9th October - Holy Communion in Aveton Gifford Church with the Bishop of Plymouth - (11.10am)
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Korniloff Communion - Tuesday 15th November at 2.30 p.m.
Message from the Minister St Andrew (St Andrews Day is 30th November.)
Several years ago when a survey was conducted among Christians in Britain to try to find out what had brought them to faith, a large number of those who responded said that it had been through the influence of family or friends. Sometimes this process can take a while but sometimes it happens more quickly, especially if the other person is persuasive or enthusiastic like Andrew when he brought his brother Simon to meet Jesus. St John tells us that Andrew had been so excited after meeting Jesus for the first time, that he had run off the next day to share the news with his brother Simon. Then he had encouraged him to return with him to meet Jesus, and subsequently Simon not only became a follower of Jesus, but also was chosen by Jesus to be part of his inner circle of friends. In the Gospels we hear more about Simon, who Jesus renamed as Peter, than about Andrew, but when Andrew is mentioned it is noticeable that he is the one who introduces others to Jesus. For instance it was Andrew who brought the boy with the five loaves and two fish to Jesus when he was faced with the hungry crowd of 5,000 on the hillside. Andrew was also the one who had brought some Greeks to meet Jesus, for his greatest joy was in sharing the good news of Christ with everyone and bringing others into his presence. Andrew was characteristically the man who was prepared to take second place. He was quite content to stand back and let Peter have the limelight, for all that mattered to him was to be with Jesus and to serve him as best as he could. We can be encouraged by a disciple like Andrew, whose actions show that the Word can be spread by us even if it is with the simplest of invitations, like asking someone we know to come to church - to come and see. For God through the Holy Spirit can work in us, and through our invitation, to reach people in surprising ways. So maybe on the occasions when we think or say ‘What I do or can do is negligible’ it would be good to remember that when Andrew excitedly brought his brother to Christ he opened the door for the later conversion of 3,000 people at Pentecost.
Joyce Joyce Howitt
Team Rector: The Revd Neil Barker (830260: any day except Mondays) Readers: Joyce Howitt (01364 73093), Chris Lally (521587),
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Draft minutes of the Bigbury Parish Council meeting held in the Memorial Hall, St Ann’s Chapel on WEDNESDAY 12th October 2016 at 7.30pm PRESENT: Cllr B Carson (in the chair) Cllrs: R Owen, G Rosevear, S Smith, and Clerk R Matthews. C. Cllr R Hosking and D.Cllr L Ward also attended. Five residents were present. 1.0
Apologies for absence: Apologies for absence were received from Cllr C Case and Cllr B Huntley
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Minutes of previous meeting held on September 14th 2016: The Clerk advised that a correction was to be made to paragraph 3 of agenda item 4 – this error had been pointed out by two residents. This correction was made, Cllr Smith proposed the minutes be accepted as an accurate record of the meeting, Cllr Carson seconded the proposal and the committee unanimously agreed. These were duly signed by the Chairman.
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Matters arising (actions) from last meeting and not covered in this month’s agenda: Parking Bay lines (Sedgewell Slipway) – Parish Clerk – in process Suite of E mail addresses for all Councillors – Parish Clerk – in process Signage for dog friendly areas – Cllrs Carson, Huntley and D.Cllr Ward Excessive traffic speed – Cllr Owen, C.Cllr Hosking – in process Night landing site for Air Ambulance – Clerk – in process Bench for the Warren – Cllr Carson – in process
4.0 Open session: The following topics were raised: Resident A raised concerns in respect of the transportation of caravans to and from the Challaborough site. More specifically of concern was the attitude of the drivers. It was agreed to invite Mr. Steve Radford, manager of the Challaborough site, to a future meeting to discuss this topic with the council and residents. Action C. Carson Resident B thanked the Council for work completed to tidy Bigbury Green but added that the workers had left behind lots of ‘mess’ in the road, which traffic had to drive around. The untidy condition of the Royal Oak site was also raised and Cllr Carson confirmed he had been in touch with the owners and agent on several occasions, including earlier today, asking for the area to be tidied.
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Mr. John Simes, Footpath Warden, advised he was undertaking a survey of footpaths in order to prepare the bid for future funding. He was aware of the concerns regarding the National Trust path on Clematon Hill and stated he would include a sum of money to address the problems in his bid. He advised he would also be contacting Nick Colton, Devon Highways, in respect of other paths requiring attention.
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County Councillor’s report: C.Cllr Hosking advised that due to financial constraints the grit bins would not be inspected prior to the start of the winter season. A self-inspection process was required by the Parish Council and residents, who should advise the council if bins needed to be refilled. C.Cllr Hosking shared a traffic proposal ‘No waiting at any time’ on a section of the road from Bowling Green Cross to Challaborough Seafront’. The Council questioned this proposal and C.Cllr Hosking was to provide more information. C.Cllr Hosking advised that request for speed monitoring was in process
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District Councillor’s report: D.Cllr Ward commented positively on the digital progress in the Village Hall and added the GUTS programme - Get Up To Speed (associated with Connecting Devon and Somerset) offers free workshops for places with venues like this for a minimum of 15 people. The workshops are aimed at increasing access to IT and helping communities and the local economy. I will liaise with Richard to provide contacts and this would be advertised. Action Clerk Draft Joint Local Plan - will go before councillors on 26th January followed by the statutory consultation. Neighbourhood plan - housing survey preparations are in progress and D.Cllr Ward will invite Bigbury to a workshop with a speaker from the well-known Thame neighbourhood plan. D.Cllr Ward reminded the Council there was a sum of £400 available from the Locality Fund if suitable projects were identified. D.Cllr Ward thanked the Clerk for attending the Clerk’s session at SHDC where District Councils priorities were discussed.
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C.Cllr Rufus Gilbert – Executive Member Commercial Services – SHDC C.Cllr Gilbert attended the meeting and shared with the audience the scope of his role and responsibilities which included, amongst others, recycling, waste collection, dog wardens, public toilets and street cleaning. C.Cllr Gilbert advised the SHDC currently had a 54% recycling rate. However in response to a question from Resident A, advised that the only area of recycling that currently generated revenue was glass waste. Cllr Carson raised the concerns of Bigbury Parish Council and the residents in respect of the build-up of waste and the clearing of bins during the summer season, adding that for the six week peak period when an SHDC employee was in situ, the situation was much better. Waste bags had also been provided but these were not emptied when the volume of rubbish was high. C.Cllr Gilbert advised that the cost of emptying a bin was £600 per year but his department had been tasked with improving the level of service both in terms of the timing and frequency of rubbish clearance. C.Cllr Gilbert also advised that heavy duty sacks were available for distribution along with grabbers that volunteers could use to pick waste from the floor. He added that perhaps the owners of the Venus Company could be approached with a view to exercising some corporate responsibility. IE participate in the process of rubbish collection, even if only on a once a week basis. Cllr Carson also raised concerns about the general condition of the War-
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2793/16/FUL Butterwell Barn, Bigbury. Conversion of redundant Linhay to form domestic extension. Application unanimously supported following a site meeting. 1677/16/HHO The Sea Garden, Cott Lane, Bigbury. Application for extension, plus painting studio, new bay window, new porch and new roof to garage. Application unanimously supported following a site meeting.
Parish Council Standing Orders and Financial Regulations: Cllr Carson acknowledged the level of work that had been put into preparing this document and it was agreed to discuss and agree amendments to the proposal during the coming weeks. Action Clerk
10.0 Memorial Hall – Learning and Developing IT skills: Following the installation of broadband in the Memorial Hall, the council confirmed their support for providing basic computer training for as wide an audience as possible. Phil Shea had agreed to work on this initiative and a programme was to be set up and advertised in Bigbury News and the community website. Action Cllr Owen 11.0 CPRE: Cllr Rosevear confirmed that preferential rates for individual councils to subscribe to CPRE were no longer available. The active membership rate was now £36.00 per annum. Cllr Rosevear proposed the council re-subscribe and Cllr Owen seconded the proposal. It was agreed to add this payment to those already listed in the finance section (below). 12.0 Statement of finances: The Clerk confirmed that the external audit of last year’ accounts had been completed without adverse observation from Grant Thornton and that the appropriate statutory notices had been posted as required. Cllr Carson proposed the following payments be approved and cheques prepared. Cllr Rosevear seconded this proposal. The payments are: Rattery Saw Mills - £264.72 – new bench for The Warren Parish Clerk - £486.00 – salary for previous quarter Parish Clerk - £265.99 – expenses for previous quarter Memorial Hall - £20.00 – hire of hall for council meetings AV Group - £2500.80 – installation of audio/visual equipment in Memorial Hall CPRE - £36.00 – annual subscription The clerk confirmed a grant of £1600.00 had been approved from the locality budget to assist in the purchase of the audio/visual equipment. A decision on a separate grant for £200.00 was still awaited.
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A bank statement to cash book reconciliation had been completed as of October 1st and the balance in hand was £16118.20 of which £1228.11 was
14.0 Skip placement: The Clerk confirmed that a waste skip had been arranged for Sunday 6 th November at St Ann’s Chapel between 09:30am and 03:30pm. Notification had already been made on Parish notice boards and in Bigbury News. 15.0 Signage footpath Clematon Hill (pedestrian safety): There was significant discussion as to whether or not this was actually an issue as no incident had ever been reported. It was agreed to research this further and C.Cllr Hosking agreed to join a site visit along with Nick Colton, Devon Highways, Cllr Huntley and Jill Gubbins, a local resident. 16.0 Correspondence: The Clerk read out a letter from Parkdean in respect of the transportation of caravans to the Challaborough site. 18.0 DATE OF NEXT MEETING; pm.
WEDNESDAY 9th November 2016 – starting at 7.30
PARISH CLERK. The Parish Clerk is Richard Matthews of 10 Lower Brook Park, Ivybridge, Devon, PL21 9TZ; Tel: 07987 130599. clerk.bigburypc@btinternet.com
BIGBURY MEMORIAL HALL - Learning and Development Skills Following the installation of broadband in the Memorial Hall, the council are committed in their support for providing basic computer training for as wide an audience as possible. LOOK OUT FOR NEWS OF THE PROGRAMM IN NEXT MONTHS ISSUE
MOBILE LIBRARY Our librarian is Steve and he will be at:BoS - Cleveland Drive
12.40 –
1.25 p.m.
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Ringmore Church
11.50 –
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Kingston Fire Station
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Bigbury Green
Dates: Nov 1st & 29th PLEASE use our mobile library. We are very lucky to have the service and don’t want to lose it through lack of support. DCC have made many cuts and libraries are one of them. We must retain this service so please use it. Some people are under the misconception you can only keep books a month – but Steve is very good, we do not have to pay fines.
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BIGBURY NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN STEERING GROUP MEETING 10.10.2016 PRESENT: Val Scott (Chairman), Chris Franklyn(Treasurer), Simes, Jean Wright, Hazel Osborne, Jill Gubbins.
Beth Huntley, Jo
APOLOGIES: Grant Peet, Simon Bronstein, Bryan Carson MINUTES of the last Meeting held on 22nd August, 2016 were circulated HOUSING NEEDS SURVEY and NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN QUESTIONNAIRE: Val has started putting the questions together, using an old Questionnaire, combined with Thurlestone and Salcombe Surveys. A long discussion followed concerning the practical logistics of the two separate Surveys. It was decided that the best way to circulate them to every house in the Parish would be to send them out with the December Bigbury News and give people about a month to complete and return them. The Housing Needs Surveys have to be returned to South Hams District Council, who will analyse them and send us a report. It was felt that an addressed envelope should be attached to these Surveys, so that they can be posted directly back to SHDC or perhaps placed in a box at Holywell Stores. The Neighbourhood Plan Questionnaire will be returned to this Committee for consideration and again could be placed in a separate box at Holywell. The Editor of The Bigbury News will be asked if an article can be published stressing the importance of these two Surveys and asking for them to be completed in respect of every household, including holiday homes and returned by the required date. Jill Gubbins offered to type up and rough draft and Val and Jill will get together to produce this as soon as possible and circulate it to Committee Members for their consideration. Then the final surveys will be printed. WEST DEVON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN WORKSHOP: This was held on 13th September but unfortunately Val was unable to attend, as planned. Four pages of notes about the Meeting have been circulated to all Committee members for their information and these notes are recorded in the Minute Book. FURTHER FUNDING: There are links in the above notes regarding funding of the Surveys and Lindsey Ward may be able to help. ANY OTHER BUSINESS:
The matter of the moving of large caravans, mobile homes and
Our bronze free-range turkeys are traditionally reared and prepared in the time-honoured way to give a moist, www.turkeysfromdevon.co.uk flavoursome meat for the centrepiece of your Christmas table. They meet the Golden Promise standard with welfare a top priority. For further information or to place your order please ring the Walters family in Kingston on (01548) 810259 or order online.
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Home-reared sausages, bacon, hams and other meats
Quiz and Curry Night Friday 11th November 2016 7.00 pm Memorial Hall (doors open 6.30 pm)
Ticket only - £ 12.00 each Tickets from Holywell Stores Bring your own glasses & drinks
Friends of St Lawrence’s Bigbury For more details contact: Alice
01548 810864
Gill
01548 810156
Helen
01548 810386
ARTWORK NEEDED PLEASE CAN I MAKE AN APPEAL FOR SOME NEW ARTWORK TO GRACE THE FRONT COVER OF BIGBURY NEWS? Especially with Christmas coming up, it would be lovely to see a seasonal picture. Please send them to Rose
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THE NINETEENTH HOLE NOVEMBER The final match event for Captain Denis Killen took place at the club on Saturday 1 st October, this being the Captain’s Select versus the Past Captains, with last years captain, Mick Gates, at the helm. This annual match is always strenuously contested and allegedly, never won by the Past Captains. According to Mick, Denis threw down the gauntlet when he fielded an extremely strong team with several very low handicappers. So, not to be out shone, Mick rose to the challenge and set out on the task of finding some sort of opposition, first stop was to consult the Past Captains board in the bar, to see who was still available to play, hip and knee replacement operations were to be put on hold! A team was cobbled together with an average age of seventy, so it was going to prove to be a tough challenge Mick added. Early matches were traded to each side and at 2-2 the atmosphere in the club was likened to the last day of the Ryder Cup. The 5 th match went to the select team and then Ken Kingwell and his partner Brian Homersham won a tight match on the 18 th. Three all …! The final match saw Eric Harris and Roger Monson see off Kevin Rogers and Alan Maher with 2:1 win for the Past Captains and the roar was apparently heard as far away as Thurlestone! Celebrations went on into the night and both teams were commended for the sporting and friendly atmosphere throughout the match. And so to close the evening, Mick passed over the mantle for next year to Denis, before going home to write the report of the match. Last month was fairly quiet for the seniors, said Captain Alan Evans. The Albert Dodman Trophy, an honours board competition, was won by Joe Bastone and his partner Mick Garrod. There was three interclub scheduled, Teign Valley at Bigbury fell victim to the weather and was unfortunately cancelled for fog. The teams drew 3:3 with Teignmouth at Bigbury and the away match with Tavistock was also cancelled due heavy rain. Alan chose to have his away day at Staddon on the 20 th, 21 players attended and they were treated to good weather, good golf and a meal with over £100 raised for Alan’s chosen charity fund. With his captaincy coming to an end by the end of the month Alan still has the challenge of the seniors versus the ladies match, when he hopes to ensure that the ladies retain the wooden spoon. The Seniors AGM took place in the Clubhouse on Wednesday 5th October when the Treasurer (William Barons) was delighted to announce donations to St Luke's Hospice of £400, Devon Air Ambulance £200, Children's Hospice SW £200 and £150 to NSPCC. Lastly Alan was able to hand over the Captain’s mantle to Tony Messenger who confirmed that his Vice Captain for 2017 will be William Barons, we wish them both an enjoyable term.
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Captain Melanie Adcock congratulated her ladies team who took part in the annual
Having tried various formats over the years, Seniors Captain Alan decided to try something new. This time he let the ladies play off their full handicaps whilst the gents played sportingly off half of theirs, and despite some mutterings it was an afternoon of determined fun and good spirit. In true gentlemanly fashion, as is the custom for this match, the ladies were then treated to afternoon tea by their playing opponents. At the end of the afternoon Melanie was pleased to pass the spoon back to Alan, who has promised to put it back
After a very busy summer, things haven’t slowed down at Bigbury on Sea with the wonderful weather continuing well into September and October. How lucky we’ve all been! Throughout the summer and recent months you may have recognised two familiar faces serving you on a daily basis, Martin and Andy. I’m Martin and have worked for The Venus Company since 2003. Over the years I’ve been based at all of the Venus sites but have now been at Bigbury for the past four years. I love Bigbury, the dramatic view is simply amazing with everyday different depending on the weather and tide. Bigbury has something to offer everyone all year round, the summer speaks for itself and in the winter we see plenty of surfers, walkers and young families. We’ve even been known to see dolphins swimming across the bay on the odd occasion! This year in May I was joined by Andy who was looking for a career change and liked the idea of working for a family run business with a passion for the environment. In the school holidays you’ll also have seen Andy’s daughter who’s been working for us whilst studying at college. Both Andy and I really enjoy working at Bigbury, not only is it a beautiful location but our customers, both local and non-local, are extremely friendly and we’re on first name terms with many of our regulars. On Friday the 30th September we were raising money for Macmillan’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning. Throughout the day we donated £1 from all our coffee / tea sales when purchased with a piece of cake and we will be donating a total of £200 to Macmillan. Thank you to all those who helped us support such a fantastic cause. We also saw The Chestnut Appeal for Prostate Cancer Annual Swim on Sunday September 18th, the biggest yet this hugely successful swim was blessed with amazing weather. As our thoughts turn to winter, we’ve introduced a new menu bursting with winter warming dishes. Why not give our original spicy homemade falafel and pitta bread served with harissa mayo, vine tomatoes and lettuce a go? Or for meat eaters there’s our new BBQ free range Devon chicken breast served with cos lettuce and vine tomatoes in a floured bap. During the winter months we’ll be open from 10.00am – 5.00pm, however, we will be closed for two weeks as of Monday 28th November to allow essential mainte-
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THE BRITANNIA ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE VOLUNTEER BAND present A CHRISTMAS GIFT! A concert of seasonal music (plus guests!) TUESDAY DECEMBER 6th 2016 at 7.30p in the Caspar John Hall, BRNC, Dartmouth TQ6 0HJ
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Admission is by pre purchased & seat numbered “Ticket Only” We can now accept Credit and Debit card payments over the phone otherwise cheques should be made payable to “Central Amenities Fund” PLEASE NOTE: for civilian audience members, tickets are not available on the
A coach shuttle service will pick up from the Nat West and Park & Ride adjacent to the Leisure Centre from 6.20pm to 7.20pm and return you on completion of the concert
On November 12th The Journey’s end will be closed from 4.30pm It’s Rugby season...we shall be showing the rugby, when on, during November Pub Opening Times: Tues - Friday:
Noon - 3pm
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6pm - close
Sat & Sun open all day Food is available from noon till 2pm & 6pm till close
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For a free quote on plans for your build project contact Matthew on 01761 436861 or mobile 07843 286857
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Guests coming … … need extra space? Available in Bigbury for short lets of 2+ nights A delightful two-bedroom apartment (sleeps 4 / 5)
Please Contact: Angela - 078 34825738 01453 873318 angela.j.pryor@gmail.com
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BIGBURY ON SEA PROPERTY SERVICES Tel: 01548 811137 Email: bigburypropertyservices@gmail.com
Local Trustworthy couple offering a first class Management / Maintenance Service. Services Offered: Changeovers and laundry - Key Holding / Property checks Deep Clean - Window Cleaning - Garden Services
We also offer: Complete property maintenance from decorating to a new bathroom. We will liaise with local tradesmen for plumbing, heating and electrical problems. Holiday / Second Home and Residential. Contact Elaine or Andy to discuss your requirements
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The Dolphin Inn Kingston Traditional 16th Century Inn Open all Day Beer Garden Cask Conditioned Ales Traditional Pub Food Lunch 12-3pm Dinner 6-9pm Cream Teas Bed and Breakfast Tel. 01548 810314
Under Refurbishment during November Craig and Leah Worthington ( formerly of The Bay View Café) are delighted to be new Proprietors of the Dolphin Inn and look forward to welcoming you
Collection and Delivery Service with Courtesy Cars Available
Mechanical Repairs that include
Servicing, Tyres, Exhausts, Brakes, Batteries, Clutches, Cam Belts, Diagnostics, Safety Checks, Full Bodyshop, Air Conditioning, MOT’s arranged
t 01752 898632 f 01752898659 info@howardsarc.com W www.howardsaccidentrepaircentre.com Strashleigh View, Lee Mill Industrial Estate, Nr. Ivybridge, Devon PL21 9GS
Open: Mon - Sat 8.30-5.30 - Sun 10.30-2.00 (Sun car sales only)
Every car that passes through our doors receives a complementary wash and vac
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3 Comfortable bedrooms available all year round, with stunning views overlooking Dartmoor and surrounding countryside. Near to beaches and local facilities. Dane & Hilary Vanstone St. Ann’s Chapel, Kingsbridge, TQ& 4HQ T: 01548 810308 www.holywell-bedandbreakfast.co.uk
01548 830250 OR 07925306853
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BIGBURY GOLF CLUB www.bigburygolfclub.co.uk
Social Membership only £15 for 2016 Our new Caterers Gerald & Steve joined us at the start of the year, having helped us through the festive season with major events. Why not try their Sunday roast dinners available every week at £9.50 for one course, £12 for two courses. Call 01548 810557 option 3 to make your reservation (booking essential). The restaurant is also open daily for lunch, with a choice of 19
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Carols on the Green December 24th 6.30pm Hope you are all starting to feel a bit festive! Please do come along and join us for some traditional carols, mulled wine and mince pies on Christmas Eve on the green in Bigbury. Fingers crossed for the weather! Once again we’re looking for musicians to help us so if you play any musical instrument please could you contact me or Angie Carson who will pass on your details to me. No audition necessary and no age limits (at the upper or lower end!) We had a brilliant turn-out last year! If you have any queries please contact me, Fiona Barker, at fiona.barker@windsor-ent.co.uk or on my mobile on 0780 858 6430. Hope to see you all there on Christmas Eve in good voice and good heart!
Water Mills on the Devon Avon – an exploration of some historical sites by Joddy Chapman
7.00pm, Thursday 24th November
A joint meeting of the Aune Conservation Association & Bigbury History Society All welcome; entrance £2, including tea and biscuits
K.E.D.F.A.S. Kingsbridge Estuary Decorative and Fine Art Society November Talk Undressing Antiques Mark Hill Venue: Methodist Church, 100, Fore Street, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1AW Wednesday November 23rd 2016 - 7 for 7.30pm Thursday November 24th 2016 -10 for 10.30am Everybody welcome – no need to be a member. £8 donation includes coffee/tea and biscuits.
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BIGBURY MEMORIAL HALL Bringing the Community Together Our Winter programme kicks off with two great events in November. The first is on Wednesday the 16th when we stage the latest in our ever popular series of Film and Food Nights. This time the film is Suffragette, starring Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter and Meryl Streep, telling the story of women’s fight for the vote. The usual delicious supper will be generously supplied by the Pickwick Inn and the evening starts at 7.30 p.m. (film starting at 8.00). Tickets from Holywell Stores – see poster for details. This will be one of the first occasions at the Hall when our new state of the art sound and vision system, including a loop for the hard of hearing, will be used. On the 25th, there is a Villages in Action event when Cosgrave & Banks bring their sublime acoustic music to the Hall. Featuring Mike Cosgrave on accordion, fiddle and vocals and Steve banks on guitar, fiddle and vocals, they are one of the most highly rated folk duos around. Again, tickets are on sale at Holywell Stores – see poster. On December 9th at 7.00 p.m. the latest in the twice yearly Wine Tasting Evenings, which have become such a popular feature of the Hall’s social programme, will take place. Local wine expert Richard Taylor, ably supported by Alice, will be presenting eight “Classics for Christmas wines, accompanied by some original nibbles.
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CHRISTMAS WINE TASTING by Richard Taylor Friday 9 December 2016 7.00 pm
The Master
His Assistant
BIGBURY MEMORIAL HALL Tickets £10.00 per person From Holywell Stores
BRING TWO GLASSES EACH!
Bigbury Memorial Hall Calendar of Events November 2016 Day & Time
Activity
Contact name
Tel. no
Mon.
Body Boost
Jill Gubbins
810651
10.05 – 11.05
Pilates
Jill Gubbins
810651
19.00 – 20.15
Yoga
Fi Baker
831599
Tues.
17.30 - 19.30
Youth Club
Louise Pitt
07786860440
Wed.
9.30 – 11.45
South Hams Shrimps
Beccy Phelan
811179 / 07789111200
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Wed. November 16th: Film night – Suffragette. Tickets (£7 to include chicken curry) available from Holywell Stores. See posters for further details. Thurs. 24th November 7.30pm. Joint Aune Conservation Association and History Society talk by Joddy Chapman ‘Water mills on the Devon Avon’ – an historical perspective. Entry £2 to include tea, coffee and biscuits. Friday 25th November: 7.30pm Cosgrave and Banks folk Duo- a Villages in event. Tickets available from Holywell Stores. See posters for details.
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Dear Shackers, With the crisp air and the low sun, it’s such a perfect time of year to enjoy lovely coastal walks followed by lunch or supper at the Shack. This Autumn it’s cosier than ever here and we have some cracking local’s offers and incredible events not to be missed. Our newly launched Sunday Roasts are great for all the family – with classic meat options such as roast chicken alongside baked catch of the day with all the trimmings. Mussel Mondays are becoming very popular as is our shacker’s set menu which is on the menu daily until the 16 th December. Not forgetting Flash Fridays (special offers of the day) plus our classic winter warmers such as fish pie featuring on the menu all winter. Shhhh… we have a secret offer too just for locals. It’s a winter warming seafood sharing feast, three tiers of local seafood with a glass of bubbly for just £19.50 per person. Just quote “Seafood Feast” to redeem. If you need to brush up on your culinary skills in time for the festive season, join us on the 5th November for our “Knife Skills, Soups & Sauces” interactive masterclass followed by our “Christmas Canapes & Cocktail Making” demonstration on 26 th November. Back by popular demand after an incredible evening last year is our Beaujolais Nouveau Event… on the evening of 17th November enjoy a three course seafood sharing menu expertly paired with three Beaujolais wines, live music and a rustic atmosphere for only £39 per person. Book soon whilst we have a few tables left… With Christmas not too far away… you can pre order your Christmas Trees from us with 10% discount quoting BIGBURY and don’t forget to pop our Christmas Barrow Market on the 3rd December in your diary. We really hope to see you soon, Love Chris, Joe, Andy, Heather and the crew
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As the clocks change looking back October has been a busy month, with our annual tree inspections and associated follow-up work and scrub cutting across the property and some fun events. On Saturday 1st October we had a great time at the Wembury woods event, the weather was changeable, but didn’t dampen the spirits of the people who attended. Activities ranged from den building, wood turning, campfire cooking, bug hunting and woodland art. On Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th October we held the Ringmore Community Orchard apple picking and apple pressing events, there was a great turnout for both events. On Saturday having picked all the apples in the orchard, stocked up on hot spiced apple juice and scones and just missing the rain the volunteers were so enthused they moved on to pick apples in one of their gardens in preparation for the apple pressing the next day. Sunday saw the sun shine on the apple pressing event with a display about the orchard, apple printing on cotton bags, apple juice, cake and chutney tasting, an apple recipe swap area and of course the star of the event the apple crushing and pressing area. We estimate that we produced around 45 litres of juice. Throughout the afternoon we saw approximately 50 people visiting the event, with many taking a turn at operating the apple crusher and/or press and some getting really creative in the apple printing area. We hope everyone who attended enjoyed themselves and send a big thank you to Wilf for the use of the barn, all the volunteers who helped pick the apples, helped set up and tidy up or managed a stand for us and of course a big thanks to John Reynolds for looking after the orchard and organising the orchard volunteers on a day-to-day basis. If you would like to get involved in helping to maintain and manage the orchard please contact John Reynolds for further information. November will see the rangers and volunteers continuing scrub cutting, access works and gate and fence repairs across the property, including continuing our regime of hedgelaying along smugglers path. As the year comes to a close there are just a few events left before we start the new programme in March 2017. All these events are Free. Booking is required for the Countryside Ranger Days: Sunday 13th November – Countryside Ranger Day at Wembury Point. Come and help the rangers with some practical work scrub cutting and burning, learn new skills and have some fun. 10am – 3pm. Sunday 4th December – Countryside Ranger Day at Ranger’s Office, Malborough. Come and help the rangers and have some fun building bird boxes. 10am – 3pm. Sunday 18th December – Festive Fun at East Soar. Come and join the rangers at East Soar Outdoor Experience to start off your festive break. Make your own wreath from natural materials, and join the festive activities with the warmth of a camp fire and café for refreshments. 12noon – 3pm Sunday 8th January – Countryside Ranger Day at Wembury Beach. Come and help the rangers with some practical work scrub cutting and burning, learn new skills and have some fun. 10am – 3pm. For further information please look on www.nationaltrust.org.uk Please stop and have a chat to the team if you see us out working or if you
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On Wednesday 5th October the Korniloff Coffee Morning raised £225 for the Children’s Hospice SW. Maggie gave an interesting and informative talk about the hospice work and their silver Jubilee. Many thanks to all who attended, helped and gave so generously. On Wednesday 2nd November we will be supporting South Hams Hospital League of Friends and look forward to seeing you between 10.30 and noon. In December we will be supporting our own St Lawrence Church with traditional Christmas Fayre goodies i.e. homemade Christmas cakes, logs and puddings, biscuits, mince pies, jars marmalade and chutneys. There will be gifts for Christmas, jewellery, silk wares; Phoenix Cards will be there and of course the favourite raffle. So please put the date WEDNESDAY 7TH DECEMBER in your diary and let’s get those church bells ringing again!! Our grateful thanks to Gina and Gordon, their staff, who are so helpful and of course the residents of the Korniloff for welcoming us into their lovely home and for their
Bigbury History Society The first of our “winter talks” took place on the evening of October 13th at The Memorial Hall, and was given by Roger Barrett - Curator of the Salcombe Lifeboat Museum and Chairman of the town’s Maritime Museum. With the aid of film and photographs Roger described in detail how, at 6.50am on Friday October 27th 1916 (ie almost 100 years ago), the lifeboat “William and Emma” was launched in the teeth of a sou’westerly gale - one hour after the first warning of a ship in distress signal had been received. Unknown to the 15 man crew, this was two minutes after the last man on the Western Lass had already been rescued, and the lifeboat ploughed on beyond Prawle Point. The Spring Tide was high and the crew had to battle hard to get over the bar. By the time they returned from their fruitless mercy mission, the men were drenched, cold and tired. Approaching the bar at around 11am in winds increasing to near hurricane force, a mountainous wave towered up behind the William and Emma and tossed the lifeboatmen into the raging sea. Thirteen of the fifteen crew members died. Nationally of course the tragedy was eclipsed by the Battle of the Somme which was happening at the same time, but in Salcombe the disaster will never be forgotten.
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Our next meeting is at The Memorial Hall on 24 th November, with a talk on
Our October Meeting was held at Erica's house and we discussed a book left over from last month "A man called Ove" by Frederik Backman. This was a light-hearted book full of weird characters which most of us really enjoyed and would recommend. We also discussed "The Ship of Brides" by Jo Jo Moyes and this was about Australian War Brides returning to Britain, a subject none of us knew anything about. Unfortunately we all agreed that it was poorly written and boring. A far more interesting book was The Black House by Peter May, a dark thriller set on a Scottish Island, we all liked it and look forward to reading the sequel.
For our October meeting we met at Helen Smith’s at 10.30 am to prepare for our visit to Tavistock. Having sorted out the transport arrangements, Hans bravely decided to be the only male for the trip) and he drove his wife Rose and Gill, Beth Huntley drove Hazel and Jo and Jean drove Helen and myself. Hans went a different route from Jean and Beth - we went for the beautiful trip over Dartmoor up to Yelverton where we caught up with Hans and his passengers in the lovely café we have used there so many times for “elevenses” which by then were eleven and a halfies!! Suitably refreshed, we went from there to Tavistock where we arrived at 12.30. What a lovely pannier market it is there. We spent ages wandering around the many stalls before all meeting up again for lunch at Dukes – they seem to cover several small premises along all one side of the market and we all agreed that the food there was excellent. For me, I made excellent friends with three gorgeous long -haired dogs which were Leonbergers – a German breed which vary from 65-75cm (whatever that is in English) for females and 72-80 cm in the males and they weigh 41-59 kg (about 20 bags of sugar) female and 45-75kg for males. They were HUGE but absolutely gorgeous. From the market about 6 of us went up to a shop called Bridget Foleys – the remainder of the party had gone there prior to lunch and some had bought some clothes there. We left Beth in there with Hazel and Jean, Helen and I returned to Jean’s car – she had made sure that Beth and Hazel knew their way back as they were staying on to browse around some more. We were all extremely grateful to Jean, Hans and Beth for being our drivers – Beth had turned up saying “I heard you needed drivers so here I am” which was extremely good of her. Our November meeting will be on Wednesday 16th when we are visiting Cotehele – mainly to see the famous Christmas garland – we will meet at the usual place in time to leave at 11.0am . The December Christmas lunch will be at the Cottage Hotel, Hope Cove on Wednesday 14th.. Rita Baker has the menus and it is important that the hotel receives everybody’s choice for the meal prior to the event. Anybody is welcome to
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The Ruminations of Resident Ronnie - Diamonds and Ashes I bumped into Ian, my second home next door neighbour, nice enough chap on the rare occasions we meet, putting out his bins. It being late afternoon, he said ‘Let’s run up to the pub for a pint’, which seemed like a good idea. When we got there, a bunch of the locals were putting the world to rights. It was familiar stuff – as the second homers had come in, the villages had lost their school, their shops, their post office, their garage, one of the pubs, and so on. I wasn’t paying too much attention, not because it was familiar wrong, or familiar boring. It was familiar because I had lived through most of it. Then one of them started laying down the law. I took him to be a gamekeeper, because he was wearing a leather belt around his shoulder, which I wasn’t sure was for cartridges or for pheasants’ heads. ‘Now I won’t have the animal world confused with what’s going on round here’. He took a swig. ’Stoats and weasels may catch and kill the rabbits, but if they do too well, the rabbits die out, and so the weasels and stoats starve too’. He took another swig and then banged his glass down, having drunk enough of it so that none got spilt. ‘So, their numbers go down too. Nature may be red in tooth and claw but there’s a balance.’ I didn’t want to get involved, so I decided to walk home, leaving Ian to have an early evening meal. As I walked away, nostalgia, a wave of almost painful warmth came back to me. OK, I’m going back twenty years or more but the whole village would be there for ‘happy hour’, not just a few disgruntled, middle aged men mumbling to each other across their pints; and that’s another thing that’s changed. The women folk wanted to be there too and join the community spirit. So I would shoot home, pick up Elaine, leaving Brenda to get on with her homework. You’d open the door and be hit by a thick fug of cigarette smoke, which you took for granted and hardly noticed in those days; and as we came in, someone would shout ‘You’re late on parade’ or ‘Very wise, you’ve got to watch him, Elaine’, and you’d greet people and see whose glass needed filling before going up to the bar. There were so many skills – plumbers, builders, electricians, car mechanics, along with professional men, who knew their law and their medicine – so almost anything you wanted advice on or needed doing, was there. I kept up to speed on the regulation of gas implements and technical developments, so that I could contribute. That sense of a whole, intact village sharing – it’s gone, all gone. As I came down the hill, behind me was Dartmoor and Brent Tor standing out on the horizon, and then, as I passed the farm and round the bend in the road, there was that view that still took my breath away, just as it had done the first time ever I saw the cliffs of Bolt Tail to the east, and the tide being in, the blue-moated island and the white hotel and, beyond, the sea, silent and calm in the setting sun, and, on the horizon to the west, the Eddystone……..Beauty……..And I thought it’s this view that has killed the village. Beauty and death. Diamonds and ashes. But, it was a lovely evening, and I couldn’t be downhearted if I tried. There are nice things during the holidays. The place does have more of a buzz: 30-somethings
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And, of course, the cars are smarter. Not hedge-scarred, stone-dented runarounds, but fine, shining, powerful cars. I remembered the lines: ‘Oh to be in England / Now that April’s here’. We can’t have ‘April’, as when they arrive depends on when the Easter holidays are. So, ‘Oh to be in Bigbury / Now that the Mercedes Benz and BMWs are here’ Too many syllables. But Justin talks about ‘Beamers’. Now we have ‘Oh to be in Bigbury / now that the Mercs and Beamers are here’, which is better. But not the 4x4s. I can’t see why you’d need them in the city and they’re far too big for the country lanes. George refuses to reverse for them, on the grounds that would confer approval on their selfish, planet-destroying owners. When they realise he is actually serious, you can see them thinking ‘I didn’t get where I am today, arguing with the local dement’. So they reverse. Which can be quite amusing as a fair number of them are quite unable to go back in a straight line, and sometimes you can hear their children shouting in alarm as they career from one side of the road to the other. (One should not laugh too gleefully, as this could be seen as incitement to violence). They usually end up creating the passing space needed by backing up into the hedge, and the car ending up precariously balanced at 45 degrees. At which point, George drives slowly forward, takes off his cap, stops to wind the window down, which is completely pointless as the other driver, peuce with rage, is three feet above him, and says in his plumiest accent: ‘Many thanks, old chap. Do enjoy the last few days of your stay in the South Hams’, carefully puts his cap back on his head and drives slowly away. (EDITOR: Please remember that ‘Harold’ is a valuable classic car. Do not try this at home if you drive a ten-year old, beaten up Hyundai). I got to wondering, as I came down the hill, what does ‘BMW’ stand for? So when I got home, I turned on my computer and tried to find out, but it just wouldn’t fire up the internet; not then, nor later in the evening. So, the next morning I rang the number of the nice young, well, middle aged, man in the village, who mends them and asked him to come down. Which he did. He looked at my computer. ‘Goodness, Windows 3’ he said, ‘and not much capacity – very few bites’. And then that smile, that look. Now, of course, I know that certain things happen when you get old. Your hearing gets worse – and the doctors called that hearing loss; and your eyesight is less sharp – what they call loss of visual acuity; and you can’t walk so far or uphill – decreased mobility and lung capacity; creaking, painful joints – that’s arthritis. And going to the loo in the middle of the night to have a pee – I don’t know what they call that. I know all that – they go with the territory of getting old, as Brenda likes to say; but what I didn’t bargain for was pityitis – something you do which amuses a younger person and which they then try and suppress. So they turn away or bit their lip, but their eyes are slower to hide their amusement – that’s pityitis. Well, I didn’t like to tell him that Elaine had thought I would never grasp how to use a computer, so had given me a reconditioned, second-hand one as a Christmas present. BUT I had learnt to use it after a fashion. Anyway, he went on to explain that the broadband feed into the village was rather limited, so people with machines with more bites, many more bites than mine, got onto the internet first and used up all the capacity. ‘Well,’ I said ‘When can I go on the Internet?’ ‘That’s a problem’ he said. ‘When the young children wake up, they’ll go straight onto their play stations and when the teenagers wake up, they have to
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immediately check their social media sites and of course, during the day and evening, everyone is using it and streaming films and music’. ‘Well, what if I stay up till after midnight, surely …’ ‘No such luck, because some people have accounts which mean it’s cheaper after midnight. No, I’m afraid three in the morning is your best bet with this machine. Of course, if you wait a couple of weeks, schools will have started again and you go on any time you like.’ And, with that, he left me £10 lighter, and more determined than ever to find out what BMW stood for. So I did set my alarm for three a.m. But when it went off, I couldn’t for the life of me remember why I had set an alarm for 3 in the morning; and Wellington, unused to the racket, started howling, so I got up to see if we had burglars, and by the time I had calmed him down and made myself a cup of tea and got back to sleep, I didn’t wake up till 8.30. I went straight to my computer but in vain. But I don’t give up that easily – I don’t wait two weeks when action is needed, that’s not my style. I’ve reset the alarm and put a large note to myself explaining why beside it; and a copy of it next to Wellington’s basket ... Let no man say that Ronnie
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WELCOME We would like to extend a warm Welcome to Sue & Paul Jones who have recently moved into Avon Quillet, Bigbury on Sea. We hope you will be very happy there and enjoy making it your new home. Mary Ruston We sadly heard this week that Mary Ruston, who was 90, had passed away. Some of the older residents will remember Mary and her husband Max who lived in the Old Police House, Park Cottages, Bigbury until Max died, and Mary then moved to Chillington. When she lived in Bigbury, Mary served a term as Lady Captain at Bigbury Golf Club.
80!! Sending Special Birthday Wishes to Margaret Singleton who celebrated her 80th THE planning application to replace the Bay View Cafe in Bigbury on Sea with four houses has been refused. The application, submitted by Nick Bennett, proposed the demolition of the Bay View Cafe building and the development of four detached, four-bedroom houses on the site. A previous application was also refused earlier this year. South Hams District Council refused permission on Tuesday, October 11, citing that ‘the proposed change of use would result in the loss of a community facility, tourist asset and an employment use without adequate justification’ and ‘the loss of the community facility, tourist asset and employment use, together with the demolition of a building of local interest considered a non-designated heritage asset, fails to address the connections between people and places and leads to the loss of local distinctiveness and the degradation of the sustainability of the settlement’. The report states that a third party ‘attempted to achieve listed status for Warren Cottage earlier this year’ and although that was unsuccessful, Historic England acknowledged that the property has ‘local interest’ as it was the ‘first dwelling erected on the mainland’ within what would become Bigbury-on-Sea. The report also focussed on the ‘community functions’ that public houses and cafes serve in communities, and the fact that they are ‘especially pronounced in isolated rural communities, such as Bigbury-on-Sea’ and that the Bay View Cafe ‘represents the only example within the village of a contained, indoor public area for people living in the village to socialise and gather.’ The report states that ‘the loss of this community facility is in conflict with planning policy at the local and national level’ and that ‘its closure was undertaken by the applicant and does not indicate an absence of proven demand.’ It also recognises that the applicant adjusted the original proposal which led to a ‘more appropriate design response’ but that this was weighed against the ‘loss of the current site, which presents a very specific contribution to the village.’
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Angel Heart Theatre Are coming to Kingston Reading Room on Sunday 27th November at 2.30pm This is an entertainment for children but will be enjoyed by all the family. Book your tickets in advance: Child £5 : Adult £7.50 : Family £20 on the Day: Child £7 : Adult £10 : Family £25 Call Christine Thomas on
SOUTH HAMS SOCIETY – BEACH CLEANS The next beach clean will be on Saturday, 15 October, at Gara Beach. Why not join us? Meet up outside the Look-Out café at 10am. (Low Water 12.06 ) The truly hardy might fancy a swim following the beach-clean, weather and sea-conditions permitting. Remaining beach cleans for 2016 are at: South Milton (Thurlestone) Sands (12 Nov) and Yarmer Beach and Leas Foot (17 Dec). For more information about the South Hams Society, visit the website at http://www.southhamssociety.org or contact Vivien Napper (01548 842405/07855 383601). For beach cleans, contact Penny Fenton (01548 561539 penny545@gmail.com).
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