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Christmas pop-up market hosted by The Green Attic

Stone Lane Gardens in winter months

It is that wonderful time of the year again. Perfect time to visit a Christmas pop-up market. It will take place in Endecott House (High street) from 11 am to 4pm in Chagford on Sunday 20th November.

The Green Attic loves to celebrate local makers and on this market they will be there with all their products. And of course The Green Attic will be selling its vintage and up-cycled items. With the current costs of living going up, you can still buy handmade, unique and preloved gifts for reasonable prices from as low as a fiver.

On Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, Stone Lane Gardens will be open as usual, welcoming visitors form 10am till dusk.

With the addition of new wildflower meadows waiting for spring, the Gardens offer the glorious setting of the arboretum for winter walks on any day of the week. Take a stroll among birch bark covered trees, the colours Chagford is a lively and welcoming Stannary town on Dartmoor, well worth a visit.

is a charitable trust holding a National Collection of birch and alder.

Stone Lane Gardens, Stone Lane, TQ13 8JU. More details at www.stonelanegardens.com

At the market you will find a broad variety of handcrafted, vintage and handmade items. From jewellery to handmade leather bags and belts. From wood work to pottery. From home-decor to beautiful artwork. All will make perfect, affordable gifts for you and your loved ones.

If the weather permits, musicians will be playing in the garden, and the lovely local cafes and pubs will be open for tea, coffee, cakes and lunch.

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and textures of which range from white, to silver, to amber, to deepest ruby red, smooth or ruffled with the season and species.

Streams and ponds in the water garden are replenished by natural springs refilled after the summer drought with purest Dartmoor water. Two miles from Whiddon Down, Stone Lane Gardens is an RHS Partner Garden and

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Songs of Devon - an evening with Jim Causley

Award-winning musician, singer and all-round entertainer Jim Causley comes to Chagford Church on Saturday 12th November to perform songs from his native Devon.

Jim has dedicated much of his career to researching and reviving these forgotten local gems, even unearthing an old folksong collected in Chagford itself.Imagine a world in which all the music heard by our forebears was a live performance, a world in which everyone sang regularly, regardless of class or gender, a world without Spotify or iTunes!

Sabine Baring-Gould, the maverick Devonshire polymath, wrote this touching account of his local music scene in 1890:‘In my own neighbourhood lived a totally illiterate hedger who could neither read nor write. He enjoyed no little local celebrity as a song-man. His name was James Parsons, aged seventy-four, a son of a still more famous singer and grandson of another. In fact, the profession of song-man was hereditary in the family. At every country entertainment, at the publichouse almost nightly, for more than a century, one of these men of the Parsons family had not failed to attend and sing as required for the entertainment of the company. Many a pleasant evening have I spent with old Parsons - he in the settle, sitting by the fire, I taking down the words of his ballads, and Mr. Sheppard or Mr. Bussell noting down his melodies. ’It is thanks to Baring-Gould and other notable folk-song collectors, that the musical heritage of Devon was preserved before it perished forever. But antique music does little good left untouched in dusty archives. It needs life and the laughter of audiences.

Jim Causley is a warm, funny, and authentic performer, the perfect ambassador for the revival of Devon folksongs. He is a notable winner of BBC Radio 2 Folk Award ‘Singer of the Year’, and was labelled ‘the finest singer of his generation’ by popular music magazine, Mojo.The folk scene offers an opportunity to hear the distinct flavour of Devon folksongs performed by one of the most well-loved and respected figures of today’s roots and folk scene.

Jim’s programme includes his favourite discoveries alongside new Devon songs he’s written himself, thus sustaining and revivifying our rich Devon song tradition into the 21st Century.Songs of Devon Saturday 12th November 7.30pm: Chagford Parish Church creations folk-singer and musician Jim Causley presents an evening of Devonshire songs, alongside some of his own creations.Tickets £10, available from Sally’s Newsagent in Chagford or eventbrite.co.uk (search for ‘Chagford’).

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Throughout August, defibrillators in Okehampton were taken from their cabinets on more than seven occasions.

Defibrillators are required when someone is in cardiac arrest. However, if you are waiting for an ambulance, you may be asked to go and fetch the nearest defibrillator so you can have one ready, incase the situation deteriorates before the ambulance arrives.

There are now 12 defibrillators in Okehampton and the most recent one to be added is at St James Primary School. This defibrillator was provided by Devon Air Ambulance, and Okehampton PADs (Public Access Defibrillators) wanted to make sure training was given to ensure people have the confidence to go and get one and to use it quickly. Defibrillators can significantly increase somebodies chance of survival, if it is attached quickly and good quality CPR is performed. The better quality the CPR, the better the chance of survival.

That is why training is so important - and Okehampton PADs provided free training to 22 staff members at St James primary school.

Geraldine Carter from school said: ‘Joe delivered defibrillator training to our staff in the most accessible and understandable way whilst ensuring key information was known and embedded. He brings alive what’s in the textbook to ensure confidence and readiness in the real world. The other attendees and I felt more confident in how best to support an individual in the event of an emergency situation when a defibrillator may be needed.’

Okehampton PADs also offers free community workshops. The next free one is on 25th November between 6pm and 8pm at Okehampton Rugby Club. Contact okepads@gmail.com to book your space.

Tickets on sale for Classics Galore!

Classics Galore! is back for 2022. Exeter’s very own Last Night of the Proms will be held at the University of Exeter Great Hall on Saturday, Saturday 12th November.

Classics was established in 2007 and held every two years until the pandemic forced the postponement of last year’s event. The team has been working hard for the return this autumn.

Billed as one of Exeter’s biggest and best-loved indoor musical extravaganzas, the previous seven concerts have raised more than £110,000 for FORCE.

Around 200 top musicians and singers - a full orchestra, a brass band and two choral societies and their friends - will perform a variety of light classical favourites and rousing singalongs under musical director Malcolm Matthews and orchestra leader, Sarah Greinig.

The programme includes: Raiders of the Lost Ark (Williams), Zadok the Priest (Handel), Radetzky March (J Strauss I), The Sound of Music medley (Rodgers arr. Hazell) and a Proms Style Finale.

Two new faces are welcomed to the concert this year, soloist soprano Cheryl Enever, who has worked with the BBC singers, the Royal Opera House and sung for royalty. Cheryl will be joined on stage by our compère, the popular local broadcaster Justin Leigh, who cannot wait to be Master of Ceremonies and to make his Classics debut.

‘I am delighted and honoured to be the compére for this year’s Classics Galore! It’s such a prestigious and much loved event and I know it is a highlight of the year for many music lovers across the South West,’ says Justin.

‘Although I was aware of the event and knew its reputation for superb music, I have never attended. So I am looking forward to my first visit.

‘Like most families, we have lost loved ones to cancer. My mum lost her battle with breast cancer more than 20 years ago and ever since then, I have tried to help organisations that support those living with the disease and their families.

‘I know from experience how distressing it is to see someone dealing with cancer and how valuable it is to have support from organisations such as FORCE Cancer Charity.

‘The Classics Galore! concert is a wonderful way to support the vital work of FORCE, enjoying the best music while helping such a worthwhile cause.’

Classics Galore! was established by former Exeter policeman Dick Passmore and his wife, Posy. The 2019 event was particularly poignant following Dick’s death earlier that year.

The Passmores’ well established formula for a successful night remains, including pre-concert dining at The Terrace Bar of the Great Hall from 5.15pm.

Tickets are now on sale at www. ticketsource.co.uk/classics-galore-exeter

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