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Editor’s Letter A warm welcome to the Autumn edition of the Sidmouth Diary.

We’ve had a great summer in Sidmouth, with plenty of sunshine and temperatures reaching into the 30’s, we really can’t complain. Autumn is a lovely time of year, the transition from green to golds and bronzes on the trees can be spectacular and the clear skies which September & October usually bring, mean it’s a perfect time to get your walking boots out.

Great news! The Sidmouth Diary has substantially increased coverage from this issue onwards. Over 2,000 extra copies are now being distributed to Pinn, Newton Poppleford, Tipton St John, Northmostown, Colaton Raleigh, Salcombe Regis, Weston, Harcombe, Dotton and Bowd.

Don’t forget that from the 1st October, dogs are allowed back onto the main beach in Sidmouth. You can find this information and more in our tide time tables on P40.

Just because the summer is drawing to an end, doesn’t mean there’s

not still lots to look forward to in Sidmouth, we’ve a fantastic line up of events coming up, with the Carnival, Walking Festival and Science Festival all returning to Sidmouth this Autumn. You can keep up to date with everything that’s going on by visiting www.eastdevonhub.co.uk. There are now over 200 organisations registered on the HUB in the Sid Valley alone and all this event info gets brought down from the HUB into this Diary!

Our community interview this issue features SADS. Sidmouth Amateur Dramatic Society have been around for over 90 years and they are certainly a well loved part of the community.

We’re very lucky to have a theatre right on our doorstop here in Sidmouth, so it’s really worth noting down the dates of their forthcoming productions.

By the way, if you would like your organisation featured in the next Diary, give us a call.

All the best for Autumn, don’t forget to change your clocks on the 26th October!

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Sidmouth Carnival 27 Oct 2014 VOLUNTEER ROLES AT THE DONKEY SANCTUARY

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ABIGAIL'S PARTY BY MIKE LEIGH

Until 27 Sep - The Sanctuary has many volunteer opportunities.

To find out more see web, The Donkey Sanctuary Sidmouth, Slade House Farm, Sidmouth.

Until 03 Sep - Comedy, drama and tragedy combine in a iconic piece of British theatre, Manor Pavilion Theatre & Arts Centre, Manor Road, Sidmouth.

BOUNCE AND RHYME

DEVON NATURALLY

Until 05 Sep - New works by Matt Culmer and Neil Cox. East Devon Art, Old Fore Street, Sidmouth, 11.00am.

SCHOOL PROM BEAUTY PACKAGES

HORSE RIDING SERVICES

Until 29 Oct - Horse riding/trekking from Sidmouth, Sidmouth Riding School, Saltwynds Farm, Sidmouth.

Until 10 Sep - Including spray tans, make up, shellac nails, eyelash extensions. Seabrease, Flat 1, Sidmouth.

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Until 20 Sep Something for everyone of all ages. Closed Sunday, Sidmouth Museum, Hope Cottage, Sidmouth.

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Until 02 Oct - Rhymes and songs for babies and carers. Sidmouth Library, Sidmouth Library, Sidmouth, 9.30am.

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01 Sep - Duplicate sessions on Monday at the Rugby Club, Sidmouth.

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SVA COUNTRYSIDE WALK

02 Sep - All day Dartmoor Walk, Sid Vale Association, Lidl Car Park, Sidmouth, 9.00am.

CHURCH TOUR

04 Sep - Thursday tours of St. Giles 7th Century Church, Sidbury, 2.30pm.

BALLROOM DANCE CLUB

04 Sep - Ballroom & Latin Dance Club, Sidmouth Ballroom Dancing, St Francis Hall, Sidmouth, 8.00pm.

LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS BY NEIL SIMON

04 Sep to 10 Sep - A laugh out Comedy part of the very popular Paul Taylor - Mills Summer Season. Manor Pavilion Theatre & Arts Centre, Manor Road, Sidmouth.

ROBERT CRISP SOLO ART EXHIBITION

05 Sep to 14 Sep Selection of new works, prints and cards by this

Sidmouth artist. Free entry, Kennaway House, Coburg Road, Sidmouth, 10.00am.

DEVON OPEN STUDIOS

05 Sep to 21 Sep - A lively mix of representational and semi-abstract art plus ceramics. East Devon Art, Old Fore Street, Sidmouth, 11.00am.

SGC OPEN REHEARSAL

08 Sep - A great opportunity to have a go at gospel singing, older children welcome too, Sidmouth Gospel Choir, St John Ambulance Hall, Sidmouth, 7.30pm.

SIDMOUTH BRIDGE CLUB - DUPLICATE

08 Sep - Duplicate sessions on Monday at the Rugby Club, Heydon's Lane, Sidmouth, Sidmouth Bridge Club, Rugby Club, Sidmouth, 1.15pm.

POETRY PLEASE! THE OLD MEETING

09 Sep - Poetry Please!

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SIDMOUTH VOLUNTARY SERVICES at Twyford House

Our day centre provides for anyone over 60 that wishes to drop in for friendship, chat and refreshments Lunch Club 2 or 3 course lunch freshly prepared daily from local produce.

Door to door transport available.

Transport Service for senior & disabled citizens.

Our minibuses with wheelchair lifts are used for shopping trips to Waitrose Sidmouth and Tesco Honiton and for the Lunch Club.

Car service is available for all medical appointments by our team of volunteer drivers.

The Transport Office is open 9.00-11.30, Monday to Friday on (01395) 512221.

Rooms available for hire.

Tel: (01395) 515063

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If you're responsible for promoting your organisation's events, it's free and easy to add your events in and you'll get unparalleled broadcasting of your events through the eastdevonhub website (viewable on tablet and also there's a smartphone version) and also you're guaranteed to get your events in this magazine (you need to make sure you get your events in the hub before the magazine deadlines).

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Twyford House, Coburg Rd, Sidmouth The old meeting every 2nd Tuesday of the month.

Sidmouth Poetry Please, Leigh Brown Room, Sidmouth, 2.00pm.

of the very popular Paul Taylor-Mills Summer Season. Manor Pavilion Theatre & Arts Centre, Manor Road, Sidmouth.

CHURCH TOUR

SIDBURY FAIR WEEK

11 Sep - Thursday tours of St. Giles 7th Century Church, Sidbury, 2.30pm.

A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG

11 Sep to 17 Sep - Part

13 Sep to 21 Sep Week of activities, incl. horticultural show, fun run & walk, equestrian rides, Sidbury Fair Week, Church Street, Sidbury.

SIDMOUTH BRIDGE CLUB - DUPLICATE

15 Sep - Duplicate sessions on Monday at the Rugby Club, Heydon's Lane, Sidmouth, Sidmouth Bridge Club, Rugby Club, Sidmouth.

DEMONSTRATION BY HEATHER IRVINE

18 Sep - Art Demonstration

by Heather Irvine, Newton Poppleford Art Society, The Pavilion, Newton Poppleford, 2.00pm.

CHURCH TOUR

18 Sep - Thursday tours of St. Giles 7th Century Church, Sidbury, 2.30pm.

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18 Sep to 26 Sep - This award-winning comedy is presented by Paul TaylorMills. Manor Pavilion Theatre & Arts Centre, Manor Road, Sidmouth.

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Sidmouth Science Festival 13 - 19 Oct ART DEMONSTRATION - ANDREW LAW

SHELTERBOX TEA DANCE

24 Sep - Art Club Demonstration, Sidmouth Society of Artists, The Arts Centre, Sidmouth, 7.00pm.

21 Sep - Ballroom & Sequence Dancing 3rd Sunday each month, Stowford Centre, 2.30pm.

DRAWING AND PAINTING

22 Sep - A wide variety of regular classes and workshops start today.

East Devon Art, Old Fore Street, Sidmouth, 10.00am.

SIDMOUTH BRIDGE CLUB - DUPLICATE

22 Sep - Duplicate sessions on Monday at the Rugby Club, Heydon's Lane, Sidmouth, Sidmouth Bridge Club, Rugby Club, Sidmouth, 1.15pm.

25 Sep - Last Thursday tour of St. Giles 7th Century Church, Sidbury, 2.30pm.

SIDMOUTH CARNIVAL PROCESSION

27 Sep - Saturday evening illuminated procession of colourful floats, Sidmouth Carnival, Woolbrook Road, Sidmouth, 6.30pm.

SIDMOUTH WALKING FESTIVAL

27 Sep to 02 Oct Guided walks around East Devon Coast, Sidmouth Walking Festival, Sidmouth TIC, Sidmouth.

TEA DANCE

23 Sep - Tea Dance, (4th Tuesday), Sidmouth Ballroom Dancing, All Saints Church Hall, Sidmouth, 2.30pm.

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29 Sep - Duplicate sessions on Monday, Heydon's Lane, Rugby Club, Sidmouth.

WALKING FESTIVAL

29 Sep - Guided Tree Walk, Sidmouth Arboretum, 2 Arcot Road, Sidmouth.

OCTOBER OPEN MORNING

02 Oct - Principal's welcome talk. Tours & opportunity to meet with staff and students, Sidmouth College, Primley Road, Sidmouth, 9.30am.

OPEN EVENING

02 Oct - Principal's welcome talk. Tour & opportunity to meet with staff and students, Sidmouth College, Primley Road, Sidmouth, 5.00pm.

NEWTON POP. CARNIVAL PROCESSION

04 Oct - Saturday evening illuminated procession of floats, Newton Poppleford & Harpford P. C. Newton Poppleford Village, 7.45pm.

SIDMOUTH BRIDGE CLUB - DUPLICATE

06 Oct - Duplicate sessions on Monday at Sidmouth Bridge Club, Rugby Club, Sidmouth, 1.15pm.

PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES

07 Oct to 12 Oct - A mix of sketches, music and dance relating to the first world war, Sidmouth Amateur Dramatic Society, Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth, 7.45pm.

DWARF PLANETS (PART OF SIDMOUTH SCIENCE FEST)

11 Oct - Open evening for the whole family, Norman Lockyer Observatory, Salcombe Hill, Sidmouth, 7.30pm.

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INTER-ACTIVE SCIENCE TRAIL AT THE BYES

Ideal for families, Sidmouth Science Festival, Various Locations/Norman Lockyer Observatory, Sidmouth.

12 Oct - Inter-Active Science Trail for all the Family, Sidmouth Science Festival, The Byes, Sidmouth, 11.00am.

OUR STRANGE UNIVERSE

ADA LOVELACE DAY

13 Oct - A discussion

by Dr Keith Orrell: Three Paradoxes of Nature, Norman Lockyer Observatory, Salcombe Hill, Sidmouth, 7.30pm.

SIDMOUTH BRIDGE CLUB - DUPLICATE AT 1.15PM

13 Oct - Duplicate sessions on Monday at the Rugby Club, Sidmouth.

SIDMOUTH SCIENCE FESTIVAL 2014

13 Oct to 19 Oct - Take part in an interesting & thought provoking event.

14 Oct - A celebration of the world's first computer programmer, Norman Lockyer Observatory, Salcombe Hill, Sidmouth, 7.30pm.

POETRY PLEASE! THE OLD MEETING

14 Oct - Poetry Please!

The old meeting every 2nd Tuesday of the month., Sidmouth Poetry Please, Leigh Brown Room, Sidmouth, 2.00pm.

ART DEMONSTRATION

BY CHERRY LYONS

16 Oct - Art demonstration

by Cherry Lyons, Newton Poppleford Art Society, The Pavilion, Newton Poppleford, 2.00pm.

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SCIENCE

17 Oct - Look forward to being informed and entertained, Cellar Bar, Kennaway House, Sidmouth, 7:30pm.

PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE (PART OF SCIENCE FEST)

19 Oct - Fun science day for the whole family, with hands-on activities, lectures, etc, Norman Lockyer Observatory, Salcombe Hill, Sidmouth, 11.00am.

SHELTERBOX TEA DANCE

19 Oct - Ballroom & Sequence Dancing 3rd Sunday each month, Sidmouth Ballroom Dancing, Stowford Centre, Sidmouth, 2.30pm.

SIDMOUTH BRIDGE CLUB - DUPLICATE AT 1.15PM

20 Oct - Duplicate sessions on Monday Sidmouth Bridge Club, Rugby Club, Sidmouth.

SIDMOUTH LIONS GREAT BOOK SALE

25 Oct - Great Book Sale plus cakes stall. Entrance charge 50p each includes a coffee!, Sidmouth Lions Club, St John Ambulance Hall, Sidmouth, 9.30am.

AUTUMN EXHIBITION

25 Oct to 02 Nov - Art Exhibition featuring works by several West Country artists., East Devon Art, Old Fore Street, Sidmouth, 11.00am.

“Pupils achieve exceptionally well from Early Years onwards” ISI Inspection 2012

Open Day Saturday 4th October 10am – 1pm

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Sidmouth People My Story - Julie Trickey

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VERLY GORGEOUS in Sidmouth offers a collection of original hand made clothes for the larger lady. All of the clothes are designed and made by the owner and creator of Overly Gorgeous, Julie.

Julie has over 20 years experience in making clothes for family and friends and has a City and Guilds in Dressmaking and a level 1 in Machine Embroidery.

After becoming a single parent soon after her 30 birthday, Julie decided she needed to ‘do something’ to be able to provide the opportunities she desired for her children. Julie signed up to study business management. On completing her course Julie researched the clothing available for the larger lady. She identified a gap in the market and a business opportunity, which combined her love of clothes making with her newly gained business skills.

With a £1000 budget Julie made some clothing pieces and took them to craft fairs. The clothing was popular and the feedback was positive. Overly Gorgeous opened in April 2010 and has quickly grown a reputation amongst the people of Sidmouth and beyond for its quality clothing and friendly service. After just 18 months Julie had outgrown her home based workshop and began searching for a premises to work from. Julie found a shop that had been empty for some time and SEPT & OCT 14

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Again, the business quickly outgrew the premises and moved to 38 Mill Street, in April 2012.

“My favourite places in Sidmouth are Jacobs Ladder and the Byes because they are so beautiful and peaceful.

I generally love everything about Sidmouth. The whole atmosphere is great; there are lots of independent shops to explore and there are so many friendly people. I’ve never found anywhere with the charm and character of Sidmouth. There is always something new to discover and I am very lucky to work and live in such a beautiful place.”

At Overly Gorgeous Julie is able to design and make bespoke outfits as well as offering clothing for customer’s to browse. Customers individual needs are catered for and items are made using beautiful fabrics and colours. Customer fittings are arranged so that alterations and bespoke outfits can be made. Julie’s clothing collection ranges from casual to smart and many have benefited from a bespoke mother of the bride or groom outfit. You can find Overly Gorgeous just off the High Street on 38 Mill Street, Sidmouth.

Pop in to browse the collection or arrange a fitting for a bespoke outfit designed by Julie and her team. Call Overly Gorgeous - 01395 513209.

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Sidmouth Valuation Days Weekly Valuation Days held every Thursday at Kennaway House, Coburg Road 2.00pm - 4.00pm Please call for further details

A Chinese porcelain bowl.

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Exhibitions & Workshops across East Devon

Devon Naturally

DEVON NATURALLY Until 05 Sep - New works by Matt Culmer and Neil Cox., East Devon Art, Old Fore Street, Sidmouth, 11.00am.

30 Aug to 5 Sept - New works by Neil Cox and Matt Culmer.

Devon Open Studios

6 to 21 Sept - A lively mix of styles from several West Country artists.

ROBERT CRISP SOLO ART EXHIBITION 05 Sep to 14 Sep - Selection of new works, prints and cards by this Sidmouth artist. Free entry, Kennaway House, Coburg Road, Sidmouth, 10.00am.

DEVON OPEN STUDIOS 05 Sep to 21 Sep - A lively mix of representational and semi-abstract art plus ceramics., East Devon Art, Old Fore Street, Sidmouth, 11.00am.

AUTUMN EXHIBITION 25 Oct to 02 Nov - Art Exhibition featuring works by several West Country artists., East Devon Art, Old Fore Street, Sidmouth, 11.00am.

SOLO SHOW BY MIKE BERNARD

27 Sep to 10 Oct - Two-week solo show by artist Mike Bernard, Marine House at Beer, Marine House, Beer.

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25 Oct to 2 Nov - A wide range of art work from Devon artists.

Art tuition available throughout the year.

A selection of work may be viewed on-line at www.eastdevonart.co.uk

Cathy Osbond - East Devon Art Academy

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04 Oct to 08 Nov - Mary Sumner and Jane Human. new work, Hybrid, 51 High Street, Honiton.

ARTISTS OF THE DEVONSHIRE ASSOCIATION

10 Oct to 26 Oct - Exhibition by 25 well-known Devon artists, Devonshire Assocation, gloss-Art Exeter, Exeter, 9.30am.

WOOD ENGRAVING DEVELOPING THE MEDIUM

18 Oct to 16 Nov - Featuring Work by Anne Desmet RA, Brook Gallery, Foreshore House, Budleigh Salterton, 10.30am.

Neil Cox

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Mike Bernard RI - Solo show at Marine House.

David Cooke - Solo animal

ceramic show at Steam Gallery.

25 Oct to 02 Nov - Art Exhibition featuring works by several West Country artists., East Devon Art, Old Fore Street, Sidmouth, 11.00am.

27 Sep - 10 Oct

Contact galleries for catalogue and view on web from early September:

www.marinehouseatbeer.co.uk 01297 625257

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Tales of a Yokel

D.C.B. Photography © 2014

TALES OF IRELAND It hits you as you step off the ferry at Rosslare. A difference, something odd, but good. You can see it, but can't say what it is. Welcome to Ireland!

At the terminal, as I wait to catch my train connection to Waterford, I casually ask for a time-table. They don't have any. How about a map of all the stations then? The station master eventually finds one in a locked draw. No I can't have it, but sure they will photocopy it for me. The copy comes out right enough, all the towns and cities in Ireland. Only one slight problem, the railways lines don't print out except for the one from Dublin to Belfast!

After a good think the station master asks if I remember the childhood game of “ joining the dots.” I dissolve into fits of laughter until I realise it wasn't a joke! So, there we sit until my train arrives, planning all my trips from my base at Waterford until we get stuck when the pen packs up on the line to Dungarvan.

Ireland's people have instant solutions to self-created

Yarns from the inimitable FCR Esgen problems, so they are always right. This isn't a dig by the way, it's an undisguised compliment. If you live in a culture that's always right, your self-esteem naturally soars. Maybe that's why people who come here feel so happy; they start feeling good about themselves!

Finally my train rolls into the Rosslare terminal. The loco looks like a 1960s model and the coaches not far behind!

Everything is gaily painted inside and seems to work, even the windows open. As we jog along the rails, the countryside through county Wexford is a beautiful rural vista of tiny patchwork fields bordered by colourful yellow gorse, as if some giant started to make a very large chessboard and stopped halfway through!

Finally, as we cross over the river Barrow and enter county Waterford, two boys fishing in a small boat spy us and wave frantically while we go over what seems like an old bridge of Brunelian design. Our train trundles on through railway crossings, some still worked by hand. Women in flowery aprons rush out as we pass to lift the gates that stopped the nonexistent traffic. Of course, we get the obligatory wave and I find myself curiously waving back like a child caught in a time-warp.

huts on a concrete plinth passing as stations, but what is “reality in Ireland?” Is it what you see, or what you think you see! We remained at one station for at least ten minutes though nobody got on or off; eventually we found out why. A man on the station wanted change for a twenty euro note and passengers on the train were asked if they could oblige. I found myself searching through my pockets too. I wouldn't have done this, I thought, on the 125 to Paddington; but there again would an English train double as an ATM machine when it pulled in at Reading. Eventually, as we finally snaked into Waterford station, I realised that Ireland was starting to change me before I had even stepped onto the platform; but I liked the metamorphosis!

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Local historian Ted Gosling looks back in time

Apples

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f the grape is the prince of hot house fruits, the apple is certainly king amongst hardy fruits. None can equal it in point of usefulness and from culinary to cider the apple was always highly regarded in Devon. In the 18th century the 'eve of epiphany' or 'twelfth night eve' was well celebrated in East Devon. Farmers attended with their workmen carrying large pitchers of cider and would go into the orchards during the evening for the wassailing of apple trees. Encircling one of the best bearing trees, they drank to the following toast three times.

“Here’s to thee old apple tree Hence thou must bud and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear apples enow.

Hats full cups full, And my pockets full to huzza.”

This was a very ancient and universal custom in Devon and it is though by many authorities to date back to pagan times. The word wassail is derived from the Anglo-Saxon words ‘Woes Hal’ meaning be thou of good health.

This done, they returned to the farmhouse, the doors of which they always found bolted. This had been done by the ladies, and no entry could be made until they guessed what tit-bit was in the oven.

After all this they sat down to a good old farmhouse

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supper, during which a large pan full of cider was passed around for the company to drink from. I should imagine that after all that real old rough cider there must have been a few hang-overs the following morning.

Cider presses were common place at the turn of the last century, when nearly every farm in East Devon made it’s own cider.

Nowadays cider presses are antiques much coveted by in-comers to give a premise f lavour to their restored country cottages.

Sad to think they have lapsed common use to become valued merely as decorations.

More than 6,000 distinct varieties of apples known by 22,000 different names are registered with the national fruit trees centre. However, commercial

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Harcombe Valley Care Ltd T H E PROF E S SIONA L C A R I NG SE RV IC E

Harcombe Valley Care Ltd is based in Sidmouth and has been running since 1996. A family run business, they provide a flexible, professional level of caring to clients within their own home.

All our staff are police checked, are fully trained and give the highest standards of care.

The services that Harcombe Valley Care covers are assisting with washing, bathing, shaving, retiring to bed and getting up, preparation of light meals, housework, shopping and other day to day tasks, so all the everyday living needs are taken care of, allowing the client to remain in their own home.The hours can be varied and are tailored to meet your needs and could be from as little as half an hour to as long as 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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cider and this old sold Devon is famous for its k it: g life to those who drin lon gives a guarantee of , age not far from the sea “In an East Devon vill ee, thr and ety d aged nin Still lives my old Granda lot, d goo a s own s he Of orchard’s and meadow r has got, Such as his - not anothe nimble and spry, My Grandad is lusty, is r as crystal his eye, As ribstons his cheeks, clea flowering may, the His head sno wy white as ht and by day.” nig by r cide y And he drinks onl

apple growing in the West Country is confined to the few varieties that meet the hard economic demands of fruit farming, and many of the apples that existed before the second world war have disappeared.

My grandfather planted a very old variety in his garden, named Devonshire Quarrenden which was first mentioned in the ‘Complete Planter and Cyderist’, published in 1690. It was a much esteemed Devonshire apple of middle size, of a

deep red colour approaching purple, with a brisk pleasant and rather peculiar flavour. I now live in this house and the old tree still bears fruit. Two local varieties were introduced by Messr’s Stevens and Son nurserymen of Woolbrook nurseries Sidmouth in the 1920’s. Woolbrook Pippen, which in appearance was similar to Ellison’s Orange, and Woolbrook Russet, a green yellow apple with rough skin and a juicy low-acid taste.

Sadly our lack of knowledge tends to favour the flood of foreign apples which swamp our markets, and the knowledge of English apples a part of the inheritance of the country bred men is becoming rare.

One apple which grew in every pre war orchard was Tom Putt though really a cider variety, it was much prized as a culinary apple and every school boy of my age who raided pre war orchards knew his Tom Putt.

From Charles Ross to the Mother apple, they all had their appropriate season and were appreciated for their special qualities. It is good to know that more and more people are now becoming interested in our native varieties.

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The Society was founded in 1922 and until 1956 (with a gap during the war years) produced one play a year at the Manor Pavilion Theatre in Sidmouth. From 1957 - 1964, two plays a year were presented and after a few years these were increased to three which continues to this day. The famous 1920’s music hall/variety entertainer Gene Gerrard and author Ron Delderfield, were both prominent members of the Society.

Our annual pantomimes were started in 1978 with great success and in 1979, due to a gap in the theatre s programme during peak summer visitor s season, four local societies were asked to fill a gap in the theatre s programme. This was due to the professional company

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The Mercury Players deciding to delay their return to Sidmouth and the Council wished the theatre to be used during the summer months for entertainment for the visitors so for five years, SADS presented four plays and a pantomime.

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YOUR SID VALLEY ORGANISATIONS

SADS HQ on The Byes.

Due to the financial success of our pantomimes, it enabled us in 1986 to re-build our headquarters/ workshop. This is situated within The Byes Sidmouth, on land owned by the National Trust and although we built the hall and maintain it, the building remains the property of the National Trust to whom we pay an annual rent to use the facilities. The building proudly boasts a rehearsal room, a large scenery dock for construction, painting and storage. We have a small kitchen, toilet facilities, and a store devoted for all our props. The upstairs section of the hall is home to our extensive wardrobe department. We hold a tremendous amount of lighting & sound equipment which is stored at the Manor Pavilion but is available for hire at a competitive rate.

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We have a thriving junior and youth group which meets on a Wednesday evening and they are regular entrants in the Exmouth One Act Play Festival.

This year one of the cast won The Rose Cumming Memorial Trophy for diction and expression and two other cast members won The Magic Moment Award.

We present an ac tive social programme as well which includes such things as Barbecues, Quiz nights, skittles and play reading evenings.

SADS ‒ as we are affectionately known as, is overseen by a committee of between 10-12 members. We have a membership of around 100 members plus 30 junior/youth members. To put on the type of plays and pantomimes that we do,

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The cast performing Straight & Narrow at The Manor Pavilion Theatre

requires a lot of work ‒ not just from the directors and actors but from all backstage departments. We design, build, paint and construct our own sets. We provide as many costumes as we can from our own wardrobe department and supply or make many props required for each production. We also undertake our own lighting, sound and special effects. More information about SADS can be found on our website: https://sites. google.com/site/sidmouthamateurdramaticsociety/ or just google Sidmouth Amateur Dramatic Society and up we pop.

If you are interested in joining us, then subscription costs just £15.00 a year. Membership application forms can be found on our website. We are always looking for new members. If you have an interest in acting or any of the above departments then please do get in touch. Call Heather Hodge on 01395 577816 for further information.

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Our next production will be staged at the Manor Pavilion between the 8th - 11th October. It is called Pack Up Your Troubles which has been written and directed by one of our own members, Pamela Harrison and commemorates the start of WW1. There will be songs and music from that era, film clips and sketches. It will be a very poignant reminder of one of the dreadful periods in our history. Do come along and share this with us.

Our annual pantomime this year will be Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and will be directed by Elizabeth Hammond.

What makes Sidmouth a really great place to live in is the community spirit which still survives in force, even in this 21st century. There’s such a myriad of organisations across the Sid Valley community, busy with all sorts of activities from recreation to charitable. - Editor.

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Celebrating 22 years of Business in East Devon

Helen Mulvaney.

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MANAGING your MONEY The Death of Annuities?

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client recently asked me if I thought that the proposed new pension legislation means the end of annuities - well I think the answer is no. The new proposed rules which will take effect from April 2015 (subject to consultation and possibly change) mean that retirees will be able to access all of their pension funds. However, for some, and especially those with big funds, there will be a tax bill to consider and this, in itself, for some retirees, might be a reason for not going down this route.

retirement. Many solutions may also carry timing risks and, as

An annuity does provide a guaranteed income for life you may be aware, it might not always be possible to time your retirement. Moreover, there's the risk of outliving your funds and longevity in itself could be a problem. An annuity does provide a guaranteed income for life and can also provide benefits for a remaining spouse's lifetime too and this might be the most

However, the biggest issue for many, many retirees is simply how to get a reliable, steady income which will see them through retirement. When you look into some of the options available to provide income then there is nearly always an investment risk involved and once again this might not be a risk that they want to take into

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important need. Discussing options with clients we often hear that they would like a “carefree” or “worry-free” retirement and that they don't want to have to keep considering their pension needs. Some retirees are just simply risk adverse and they don’t like the idea of volatility and the prospect of their funds moving up and down. For these clients an annuity might well be the most suitable option and therefore I believe that there will

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probably be a place for these products.

Over and above this question, the proposed new legislation has simply brought the issue of retirement options to the forefront and now many retirees are thankfully more and more aware of what's available. Many new retirees will now, hopefully, make the effort to either seek independent financial advice or to at least search themselves for a good deal. If you have lifestyle issues, such as high blood pressure or diabetes you can often claim an enhancement and if you feel that you can take a very limited risk then you could also look at with - profits annuities, some of which have performed well over the years providing regular increases in income to help fight against inflation.

It's possible that many would-be-retirees have simply postponed their decision on retirement options until April next year when the new proposals will come into effect when there will be greater certainty about the options. At that point, I do believe that clients considering taking their funds out of pensions need to have advice on the tax consequences, the investment options and whether or not they can actually achieve other types of objectives - for instance Inheritance tax savings. Making the wrong decisions could certainly increase your tax burden and may even reduce your income and you may also walk past other planning options. I'm sure we will be able to help many clients with these very difficult decisions in the coming years, no matter what the legislative landscape has to throw at us and I suspect that annuities may well still pay a part in some retirees planning.

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Cec Hardy’s lighthearted take on life

it should be an ‘ahar’ for on September 19th ‘International Talk like a Pirate Day’ comes round again. I always look forward to dusting down my parrot for that one.

Stranger than Vixen

by Cec Hardy

Apparently the Diary is coming out every two months from now on. If only I’d known I could have made up a supply of true stories and stored them in the computer equivalent of the freezer.

But now that Young Mister Ingles has declared the magazine bimonthly I’d best get used to it. I thought I might try to concoct something about September as it’s not normally a month I write about but decided it wasn’t worth the effort. Days get shorter, it’s colder and closer to Christmas and wherever you go there are wasps, thousands of them. I don’t know what these things are actually for but apparently they do something useful during the summer then let their hair down and go on a wild rampage in autumn, scoffing your food like ravaging seagulls.

Then I remembered it’s not all doom and gloom even if winter’s nigh and there is an ‘r’ in the month. Or maybe

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Even better, the school holidays finally come to an end and I can dust down my bus pass as well and go out to play. Wife Christine’s won’t require dusting but having at last attained official pensioner status she will have to forego the pleasure of proclaiming her youth to the driver and anyone else who may be listening (being a thespian she can project for several hundred metres). I’ve warned her not to expect the driver to refuse her pass on the grounds that she looks much too young – it never happened to me.

to a concert featuring a tribute band.

On the following day we travelled to Cornwall for the weekend and stayed in a B&B we’d never been to. It being hot I ventured out in search of a bottle of water but no shops were nearby so I popped into a theatre directly across the road and heard familiar strains from the night before wafting though an open door.

A poster confirmed that the self same band was playing that evening. We had enjoyed the night before but decided we’d had enough tribute for one year.

It’s probably better to stay at home and take your chances with the weather.

A few days later incredibly hot weather tempted us into the Sidmouth sea for our annual swim. Afterwards we stopped to deposit some rubbish in one of the new hi-tech solar waste bins. As we did so it suddenly played ‘Keep the Home Fires Burning’. Now I know it’s been the anniversary of the beginning of WW1 but this was spooky, especially as it was a familiar version which I’d recorded on the harmonica for one of Christine’s plays. For one brief moment I thought that fame had struck at last, if only among hi-tech solar rubbish bins. Alas, it turned out that Chris’ digital recorder in a file she was carrying had been accidentally activated at exactly that moment.

What are the chances of that? Better or worse than winning the Sidmouth Duck Race?

Having run out of things to write about September I was a trifle stumped as it only amounted to 376 words which wouldn’t fill a page. Then a series of weird happenings happened. We went

Don’t amazing coincidences come in threes? Or is that just buses and squirrels? Well strangely enough I’d spotted a fox having a kip in the garden a couple of months earlier. The very

Of course many pensioners decide that the English summer is more or less over and the Indian one may or may not happen. Going abroad has its advantages but you have to be prepared for strange foreign foods like risotto, lasagne and chicken tikka masala. Even more strange are some of the items on menus such as: ‘Spewed teak and bowled potoats’ ‘Oilcan beans wit rise’ ‘Pumpkin scrapples in grave’ ‘Livers wit bikin and cheaps’

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Nostalgic happenings on the farm

The Old Vet’nary

by Ken Watson

Tragedies Someone once said, “Life is one long tragedy”. I certainly, in my travels, saw my share. I have said before how people confide in me as a vet. A farmer from Sidbury told me how as a young man he was driving his horse and cart down Station Road in Sidmouth in a storm with his new young wife at his side. Driving a farm horse in a cart can be one of the most beautiful of experiences, as I can vouch myself. Suddenly a tree fell across the cart and his wife died instantaneously, while he received only scratches. Can you imagine that?

In Buckley Road, Sidbury there lived a handsome middle aged

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It wouldn’t work. “Oh well, just warm it on the Aga”, one said.

A few minutes later it exploded, smothering both their faces with caustic chemicals. They were scarred for life.

I was called to the scene of a fire in a cul-de-sac of fine houses, just behind Plymouth Hoe. An old lady had fallen on a paraffin stove and died. Her cat had survived by hiding in a cupboard. I started off badly

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Tragedies continued from overleaf

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was stepping gingerly by torchlight when I looked down and realised I was astride the charred body of the little old lady, looking rather like a large doll. I had no option but to carry on to the corner cupboard where the cat was cowering. Then I had to return. We found a good home for the cat.

Many events remain in the memory. Such as the day when the hounds streaked across the railway line near the village of Cornwood just as the express came through. Trains do terrible damage; or the time I was called to squat in Devonport where 5 dogs had met a sudden death, spread about the squalid scene in the throes of rictus. With the aid of the MAAF Lab I came to the tentative conclusion that someone had given them takeaway leftovers, the foil plates were everywhere, and in their ravenous hunger they had eaten not only the food but parts of the plates as well, the interaction of the metals proving toxic.

When I first qualified, I found myself becoming increasingly involved in clients and animals tragedies so that, for example, I have something of myself every time I put an animal to sleep. I had to resolve that I would try to harden myself to life, but there was one event which has always haunted me. I had regular clients, a pleasant couple who lived in Turnchapel with their Dalmatian dog. He was well known at the surgery because as well as treatments he spent frequent spells in the kennels when his owners went away for short breaks. The husband was a jolly Betjemanesque type of character, and the wife was a very likeable matronly woman, a busy local midwife. I got to know them well and on one of my visits to the house she revealed that she suffered from severe depression. She also explained that, contrary to some opinions you could not shake it off or ‘snap out of it’. Anyway one Friday she brought her dog into me and said would I board him until Monday when her husband would collect him. She went straight home and killed herself. I have always, to this day, felt that if I had even an inkling of her intention I might have talked her out of it. Yet life had to go on and the close company of animals would soon raise my spirits, as they still do. K. Watson 32

Sidvale Grooming Services One-to-one grooming service for all breeds Don’t accept second best, your dog deserves the gentle, professional touch Call Gail: 01395 519770 12 Higher Brook Meadow, Sidford, EX10 9SS

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Stocking a wide range of animal feed and accessories

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Pet Shop (01395) 512056

Sidmouth Pets next to Oxfam on Temple Street in Sidmouth.

Hello from James, Joel, Rémy, Fink, Welly and Fenn at Sidmouth Pets.

This month we have a SPECIAL OFFER for new customers. If you live in Sidmouth and buy your pet food elsewhere, we will match the price!

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HEALTH & CARE APRIL ROSE DC McTimoney Chiropractor

You don’t have to “live with pain” • Headaches • Neck & back pain • Hip pain & Sciatica • Arthritis & joint pain • Muscle & nerve pain

07973 202441

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ROGER M. CONSTABLE F.S.S.Ch., DipPod Med. M.B.Ch.A., M.B.R.A. SURGERY & HOME VISITS Surgery: 62 Balfours, Woolbrook, Sidmouth, Devon EX10 9EG

Tel: 01395 577431 Mob: 07957 867491

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Caring treatment for a wide range of physical and emotional disorders, especially Muscular and Joint problems, Acute and Chronic Pain

Or just treat someone to a special massage Gift Vouchers Available • Reflexology • Sports, Remedial & Injury Massage • Holistic, Swedish and Pregnancy Massage • Hopi Ear Candling • Indian Face Massage (Natural Face Lift)

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HEALTH & CARE CHIROPODIST

SID VALLEY FOOTCARE We offer a professional, friendly service Including the treatment of callus, corns, nail conditions and diabetic feet.

Alison Smith MSSCh MBChA

Member of the British Chiropody & Podiatry Association

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Surgery opening 8th September 2014 at 118 Temple Street, Sidmouth

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We are offering 10% off the cost of a complete pair of spectacles on production of this advertisement.

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HEALTH & CARE CLASSES / COURSES eastdevonhub.co.uk Alternative Therapies

between land, food, health &vitality, Trill Farm, Musbury, Axminster, 4.00pm.

A COURSE IN ANGELS

18 Sep to 30 Nov - A JOURNEY OF ABUNDANCE Discover how your loving and powerful angels can assist, The Arcturus Clinic, The Haven, Exeter, 11.30am.

Health & Wellbeing AN EXPERIENTIAL COURSE IN HERBAL MEDICINE

AN EXPERIENTIAL COURSE IN HERBAL MEDICINE

24 Oct to 26 Oct - Learn to use the extraordinary resources of medicinal pants growing around you, Trill Farm, Musbury, Axminster, 10.00am.

Craft SCYTHING AND GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT

05 Sep to 07 Sep - Learn to use the extraordinary resources of medicinal pants growing around you, Trill Farm, Musbury, Axminster, 10.00am.

NATURAL LIVING RETREAT

02 Oct to 05 Oct - An inspirational four day retreat to bring about a sense of well-being., Trill Farm, Musbury, Axminster, 10.00am.

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05 Sep to 07 Sep - Learn how to use a scythe with the UK's leading expert Simon Fairlie, Monkton Wyld Court, Elsdon's Lane, Charmouth, 4.00pm.

18 Oct - We already change our wardrobes each season why not adapt our skincare too?, Trill Farm, Musbury, Axminster, 10.00am.

FELTED BAG WORKSHOP BY TRACEY BARTLETT

12 Sep - Make felted felt bag using wool and silk fibres £35 tracey.bartlett@uwclub. net, Axminster Arts Cafe, The Axminster Arts Cafe, Axminster, 10.00am.

NATURAL SKINCARE & FAMILY REMEDIES

MIXED MEDIA LANDSCAPE

Miscellaneous

19 Oct - An introduction to making your own products for health and wellbeing, Trill Farm, Musbury, Axminster, 10.00am.

NATIONAL BEACH LIFEGUARD QUALIFICATION

20 Sep - Embroidery with a difference using maps/photos & hand or machine stitching, Thimblestich@Zoe's, Unit 4, Honiton, 10.00am.

08 Sep to 12 Sep - Royal LifeSaving Society National Beach Lifeguard Course, East Devon Training, Exmouth Beach Rescue, Exmouth, 9.00am.

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DOES YOUR BUSINESS PROVIDE CARE IN THIS AREA? The Sidmouth Diary is the perfect solution if you wish to reach the Sid Valley population, as it goes through every letterbox in the area.

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RETIREMENT & NURSING CARE in the Sid Valley

THE PRIORY Ottery St. Mary

Residential Care Home

Providing care, comfort and companionship.

We provide a home from home in a warm & friendly environment for older people We provide long-term and respite care. For further information and a friendly chat ring Donna, Maree or Gill on 01404 812939 For our Home Care Service, please call Sharon on 01404 815511 and for our new Day Care Centre contact Maree on 07720 681068 for further information.

10 Paternoster Row, Ottery St. Mary, Devon, EX11 1DP Registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Accredited by DCC Member of Residential Care Home Trust

Full of character and set amidst its own secluded gardens, Malden House is where you find that comfort and care go hand in hand with respect, dignity and personal choice.

Visitors are welcome at any time. Come and see for yourself why we, our staff and residents are so proud of our lovely home.

We offer residential and dementia care, short breaks and day care.

Malden House 69 Sidmouth Road, Sidmouth, Devon EX10 9LR

For a brochure, please call 01395 512264 www.hartfordcare.co.uk

SIDMOUTH

Telecare Helping you remain safe and independent in your own home.

Telecare is a personal alarm system connected to a 24 hour response centre.

To discuss your needs please ring:

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Residential and Nursing Home

Committed to providing excellent care.

We are a caring and dedicated team of healthcare professionals who aim to deliver the very best in nursing care. We have a history of excellent inspection reports by The Care Quality Commission. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if we can be of assistance to you.

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FASHION & BEAUTY Caroline’s Mobile Hairdressing Professional hairdressing in the comfort of your own home.

24 years experience.

113 Temple Street Sidmouth Devon EX10 9BH

(01395) 516127 07970 607812

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Come and visit the unique collection of flattering and individual clothing in all sizes at Overly Gorgeous, with complimentary knitwear and accessories.

You can find us down Mill Street (the road next to Natwest Bank) on the right.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Sizes 14-34

(01395) 513209 www.overlygorgeous.co.uk Open Tuesday to Saturday 10.00am - 4.15pm

38 Mill Street, Sidmouth EX10 8DF

Maisie Daisy

Great shoe shopping in Sidmouth

(01395) 515076

Craft Workshops & Classes Textile Craft Supplies • Handmade Gifts • Embroidery • Patchwork

• Needle Felting • Craft Sewing • Wet Felting

Just back from the Esplanade in Fore Street

WHITE & SON SHOES @ SIDMOUTH

01395 516618 Shop open Wed - Sat, 10:00am - 4:30pm

38 Mill Street, Sidmouth, Devon, EX10 8DF

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FASHION & BEAUTY Stockists of: Espa • Environ • bareMinerals • Jessica • Sienna-X Tan • La Stone Therapy

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(01395) 578 917 NEW! Environ Skin Care

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This treatment bridges the gap between medical science and beauty therapy. Packed with active ingredients that dramatically improve sun damage, problem skin, uneven skin tone and the signs of ageing.

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25 years experience Friendly and professional

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Sidford’s Hair & Beauty salon

Be.You.tiful is a small Nail Bar in the heart of Sidmouth offering a Professional Quality Personal Service at Competitive Prices.

Wedding & Special Occasion Hair Experts Expert Cutting & Colouring Gents Welcome Senior Citizen Reductions Luxury Organic Products Nail Bar Gift Vouchers

To book, call:

01395

512336

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£20.00 Gel Polish!

Gel/Acrylic Nail Extensions Sienna X Spray Tanning A Range of Eye Treatments Tanning/Nail Parties Available

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www.facebook.com/Be.You.tiful.Sidmouth Contact Kristina on

07525 469748

The Courtyard, Cross Lane, Old Fore Street, Sidmouth, EX10 8LS (Cut through alley beside Trumps to Old Fore Street)

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Tide Timetables for Sidmouth Beach

C LOCK T OWER C AFÉ Connaught Gardens, Peak Hill Road, Sidmouth

Situated in the award winning Connaught Gardens with outstanding views over Jacob’s Ladder.

We are open for morning coffee, fabulous breakfasts, full and light lunches, afternoon teas and fantastic homemade cakes!

Open daily from 10am – 5pm (Lunches until 2.30pm)

Tel: 01395 515319 / 512477

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We pay the best rates for these areas If you have a little spare time and would like to earn some extra money, we’re on the lookout for people to deliver the Diary magazines in the Sid Valley and Budleigh Salterton areas on a bimonthly basis.

Just call Nigel on 01395 513383

day after the rubbish bin incident we walked home with some friends and I told them about the fox. We invited them in for coffee and who should be in the back garden but the very same vixen I’d spied two months earlier. Well probably the same one and probably a vixen for ‘Stranger than Dog Fox’ wouldn’t have the same ring as a title, would it?

Cec PS My most faithful reader recently asked to be named as a mark of recognition for long service. Naturally I refused on the grounds that no one could seriously want that sort of embarrassment. I have however attached the above artists’ impression of an actor posing as him - or her? (don’t be fooled by the obviously false moustache).

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Independent 22 years of

independent ďŹ nancial advice to East Devon

For a comprehensive financial service including: Tax Efficient Investments Inheritance Tax Planning Specialist Annuity Service Pension Provision Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs)

PROPRIETOR - HELEN MULVANEY BA(HONS), Dip M, DipPFS

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