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WOODBURY NEWS MAY 2015 EDITORIAL By the time this editorial is published, you can hardly have failed to notice that Thursday 7 May is Election Day. It has been impossible to turn on the television or radio, open a newspaper or pick up the flyers that have popped through letterboxes and not realise this fact. Manifestos have been published, speeches made, debates held. Not only is there a General election, but also a District election and an opportunity to vote for local individuals to represent our villagers on the Parish Council. Since 1969 the constitutional right to vote, or franchise, applies to all British citizens aged 18 and over (with a few exceptions, including peers and prisoners). But it has not always been like this. A series of Reform Acts commencing in 1832 gradually extended the right to vote to middle-class property owners, then working-class men, initially in boroughs and then in rural areas, until in 1918 men over 21 and women over 30 (as long as they were sufficiently well-heeled and educated) were also permitted to vote. It took another ten years before all women over 21 won the vote. So, readers over 18, thanks to the persistence of others in the past, not least the Suffragettes – you have the vote. Whether you feel that the purpose of voting is to further your own personal interests, or because you think that a particular party or individual will have some influence on the country as a whole for the common good, don’t forget to use your vote on 7 May.

OUR COVER PHOTO is provided by Mike Jeans. Roger Stokes provided the 1955 version of “Haydons and the Green Spot”, a copy of which is hanging in the Church Rooms. Mike provided the matching 2015 photograph because the Camera Club is currently trying to match a number of old Woodbury photographs with up-to-date versions for publication later in the year… see Diana Wackerbarth’s article on page 28. Woodbury News is a Private Company Limited by Guarantee No. 5263356 Secretary: Karen Squires, Willowfield, Oakhayes Road, Woodbury EX5 1JT. Tel: 233299 Registered Office: Willowfield, Oakhayes Road, Woodbury EX5 1JT. Tel: 233299 Chairman: Peter Payne, ‘Harsley’, Toby Lane, Woodbury Salterton. Tel: 232394 Editor: Mrs Sue Bury, Mayflower Cottage, 37 Greenway. Tel: 233753 Deputy Editor: Mrs Val Arndt, Castlehaye, Castle Lane, Woodbury. Tel: 233175 Subscriptions: Mrs Anna Crafer, 15 Haymans Orchard, Woodbury. Tel: 232007 Circulation: Mrs Beverley Simcox, 2 Beeches Close. Tel: 232858

ST SWITHUN’S CHURCH, WOODBURY Vicar: Reverend Karen Spray. Tel:01395 488178 Email: church@revdkaren.org.uk Associate Minister: Reverend Christopher Cant. Tel: 01395 488178 Email: chriscant@tiscali.co.uk SPECIAL SERVICES - Combined Mission Community Services … Ascension Day - Thursday 14 May, Service at Clyst St George, 7.00pm, Trinity Sunday - 31 May, Eucharist at Woodbury Salterton 9.30. USUAL SUNDAY SERVICES - 1st Sunday 11.15 All Age Eucharist. 2nd Sunday 11.15 Eucharist. 3rd Sunday 11.00 Sunday Club, 11.15 Eucharist, 6.30pm Evensong. 4th Sunday 8.00 Said Eucharist, 11.15 Morning Prayer. Morning Prayer every Monday at 9.15. NEWS AND EVENTS Lych gate Stall in Church on 2 May. Woodbury PCC Monthly Draw April winner - Anne Hildred. Draw made at Coffee Morning third Tuesday each month. See Church Digest for details. Prize every month ranging from £25 to £500. Sunday Club Meets every 1st Sunday for All Age Eucharist at 11.15, and on the 3rd Sunday in Church Room 11.00-12.00, then into Church to show what has been made/done. CHURCH ALTAR FLOWERS - MAY 3 - Mrs J Jeans. 10 - Mrs E Neather. 17 - Mrs M Mead. 24 (Whit-Sunday) - Mrs J Hann. 31 - Mrs J Hann. Many thanks to everyone who helped to decorate Church for Easter. FLOODLIGHTING ST SWITHUN’S CHURCH (dusk until 11.00pm) Dedications: 6 April - To Marion Pollard, have a very happy 80th birthday, with love from Dave and all the family. For your special event, contact Mike Jeans 01395 232544, or see the details and book it online at our website - www.whitecrossdevon.org.uk/woodburywith-exton/flood lighting-form.php. Further Information: Digest available in church or from website www.whitecrossdevon.org.uk.

IN MEMORIAM Private Frank Brockington, 2nd Battalion Leicester Regiment Killed in action on 15 May 1915 in France, aged 33. SEE WOODBURY ONLINE www.woodburydevon.co.uk

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6 PROGRESS WITH THE PALESTINE REBUILD PROJECT How thankful we are to so many of you who have supported and encouraged us! The project is to rebuild a Palestinian home demolished by the occupying forces. At the time of writing, we are nearly half way through our time in the Holy Land and what an amazing experience it has been! We are staying in Bethlehem and each day are taken by minibus to the house Above - The house when we arrived Below - The house after 4 days build. The local builders had already finished the floor and we set to with whatever tasks we could do - moving blocks, mixing concrete, etc to help. It is amazing how much can be achieved with up to 10 local builders and 31 of us foreigners! The walls are up and now we are doing the steel reinforcing for the roof. What is overwhelming is the gratitude expressed by the local people. They stress that it means so much more than just bricks and mortar - it gives hope to the whole community. One of the neighbours said: 'We do thank you for coming to help us when you are so old. You are at an age when you should be resting.' There were howls of laughter as he tried to backtrack but it is true - we are a mature group, mostly our age with several in their seventies. Last night we stayed with a family in the refugee camp nearby. Their parents and grandparents had to leave their village in 1948 when the Israelis took their land and the UN have had responsibility for them ever since. In spite of having to live in such cramped conditions, their hospitality was extraordinary. The women especially carry themselves with such dignity.

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When we get back we look forward to showing you some of our pictures and sharing our experiences. Christopher Cant The parents and one of their daughters with Joanna

FoSS (FRIENDS OF ST SWITHUN’S) FoSS has given a grant of £2,500 to the PCC to enable the gates at the lych gate to be refurbished to last another 50 years. The grant will also provide funds for replacement of the wall panels, damaged by woodworm and beetle. Thus funds raised are being put to good use to maintain the fabric of St Swithun’s Church. We have planned an afternoon tea in Church on Saturday 18 July, from 3.00, details to follow. We also intend to host an Autumn Concert featuring Exeter Singers in Church on Thursday 1 October, an evening which does not clash with World Cup rugby. CHARITY COFFEE MORNINGS The charity coffee mornings are going well. We have been able to purchase a panoramic picture of Woodbury taken by Mike Jeans in 2012 from the top of the church tower. Do come along on a Tuesday and find your house. Marian and Derrick Mead have also given the church rooms a framed illustrated map of Woodbury. Proceeds from the coffee mornings have allowed us to purchase 15 light-weight aluminium chairs for the church rooms and we hope to buy several aluminium tables so the coffee mornings can spread outside in the better weather. In view of the recent sunny weather, Charity Coffee Morning organisers, Anna and Paul Crafer and Vicky Weatherburn, experiment with coffee and cakes al fresco!

WOODBURY GARDEN CLUB On 14 April Mr Michael Kennaway came to talk to us about the Fall and Rise of a Country Estate, namely Escot House, a privately owned 19th century country house, the home of the Kennaway family. Escot house has been home to the Kennaway family for over 200 years. A house was built at Escot in 1678 and sold to Sir John Kennaway in 1795. The house was destroyed by fire in 1808 and the Kennaways lived for some time at Fairmile and Fort House in Sidmouth. Sir John rebuilt the house in 1838. In 1994 the Kennaway family had a survey done on the house and soon realised that something had to be done to prevent the house from really falling into decay. To be able to afford the necessary repairs they began by opening an Aquatic Centre; the greenhouses were let to Otter Nurseries; and otters, wild boar and red squirrels were introduced to the park as an attraction. The Escot of today offers a great day out for the family. Set in 220 acres of private parkland in the heart of East Devon, it is a beautiful place to visit. It has an open access red squirrel encounter, where visitors can get up close to these creatures, birds of prey displays, otters and wild boar, a Saxon village, indoor play barn and wooded play areas. It has a woodland drop slide, a letter boxing trail to try, and you can sample some delicious home cooked food in the Coach House Restaurant. In 2010 a Residential Yurt Village was established for the development of outdoor learning and education for children. The latest venture has been the Beautiful Days Festival which can see as many as 5,000 people attending. Escot is known as 'the natural place’ and, with its champion trees and woodland paths, there is plenty to see as well as do. The house is not generally open to the public but is available for functions and is licensed for weddings. Our next meeting is on 12 May when we will have a 'photographic tour’ of some of the Botanic Gardens of Australia. A special date for your diary … Plant Sale - 9 May - WVH - 10.00.

WOODBURY NEWS CLOSING DATES 2015 19 MAY.

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS Cont’d/... 20 June 28 June 28 June 5 July 9 July 18 July 23 July 24/25 July 26-31 July 3 Sept. 20 Sept. 5 Nov.

Exton Fete. Dumbutu Link Cream Tea at Rossli, White Cross Road, WS. Woodbury Cricket Club 6-a-side competition. 10.30-6.00. Twinning Summer BBQ. Exton Ladies Group Summer Garden Meeting. FoSS afternoon tea in Church. Woodbury History Society – outing to Glastonbury Abbey & town WILT CrimeScenes: Woodbury’s Dark Secrets. WVH. RSPB Heath Week. Woodbury/Branscombe History Societies ‘HEAP Project’ 7.30 WVH

Woodbury 10K Fun Run. 10.00. (232992) Woodbury History Society The East Devon Pebblebeds. 7.30 WVH

WOODBURY CRICKET CLUB THE DUBUISSON SHIELD 6 A SIDE COMPETITION 28 JUNE - 10.30 – 6.00 I’m inviting you to join your team of big hitters! Topsham St James, Woodbury CC, Newton Poppleford CC, Clyst St George CC, Woodbury CC Colts and Lympstone CC will compete for The Dubuisson Shield, The Kirkaldy Six Award, The Golden Duck. All day grill and bar / Cream tea from 4.00.

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WOODBURY VILLAGE GOLF SOCIETY 9 April - Visit to Bigbury Golf Club What a start to the season - lovely venue, fantastic weather and 36 golfers. The day started with lots of help, David Moore doing the twos and Barry Chapman helping with the corks. We set off at the earlier tee time of 10.30 and not a cloud in the sky. There was a bit of wind and variable greens quite slow front 9 and faster back 9. Nineteen golfers achieved 30 or more points which was excellent. There was a special welcome to our new member, David Heywood, and to our two guests, Rob Dart and Steve Gunnell, both of whom expressed interest in becoming members. Prizes: Nearest the pin was won by Duncan Ratley who also managed a two on this hole (17). Two others, Bill Peaker and Chris Taunton also had twos and they all received £24 each. The individual winners were: in 3rd place Peter Payne on count back with Bill Peaker, 36 points; in 2nd place, John Smith with 37 points and the winner, Chris Taunton, with 38 points. The team prize: in 3rd place with 77 points, Jeremy Browne, Peter Heron and David Moore; 2nd place with 81 points, Barry Chapman, Nick Jones and Chris Taunton and in 1st place with 83 points, Peter Payne, Paul Persey and Paul Laverick. Well done! There was also a booby prize - a video on how to reduce your round to 90 shots in 90 days which was presented to the person with the second lowest score. Our next visit is to China Fleet Club and takes place on Thursday 7 May.

2 May St Swithun’s lych gate stall. 9.00-11.00. 3 May Dig Fest BBQ, 3.00-9.00, Disco 7.30-10.30, W.S. 4 May RBL Table Top Sale. Woodbury Village Green. 11.00-3.00. 4 May Woodbury Salterton 2000 May Day celebrations. 4 May Dig Fest BBQ, 12.00-9.00pm, W.S. 5 May WILT Open Workshop. 7.30pm. Christ Church Hall. 7 May Parish Council, EDDC and General Elections. 7 May Woodbury History Society Shipping on the Exe. 7.30 Exton Church 7 May Woodbury Community Orchard. White Hart, 8.00pm. 8 May RBL Laying of Wreath VE70. 12.00. 9 May Woodbury Garden Club Plant Sale. 10.00. WVH. 9 May VE Day Picnic and BBQ, 12.00. Lady Mary Goosefield, Exton. 11 May Woodbury Salterton Scarecrow Challenge begins. 11 May History Society Open Day 2.00-4.30 and 7.00-9.00pm, WVH 11 May Police Surgery, 3.00-3.30, Parish Council Offices. 11 May Exton Bridge Club, 7.00pm, Exton Village Hall. 11 May Woodbury News AGM, 7.30, RBL Room, WVH. 11-27 May Will Writing Fortnight. 12 May Woodbury Garden Club: Botanic Gardens of Australia, 7.30, WVH 13 May Woodbury Salterton WI AGM, 7.30, WSVH. 14 May Exton Ladies Group Stained Glass - Medieval to Modern. 14 May Woodbury WI AGM, 7.30, WVH. 16 May Exton Garden Club Plant Sale. 10.00-12.00. Old Nurseries, Exton 18 May Exton Bridge Club, 7.00pm, Exton Village Hall. 19 May Woodbury Salterton Whist Drive, 7.30, WSVH. 21 May Exton Craft Group. Exton Church. 23 May Opening of Woodbury Salterton Play Area, 9.30-11.30am. 29 May-1 June Twinning Visit to Bretteville. 2 June Woodbury Salterton Residents Association AGM, 7.30, WSVH. 3 June Woodbury Salterton Village Hall AGM. 10 June Twinning Red Coat Tour, Exeter 6.30-8.00pm plus meal. 11 June Exton Ladies Group Summer Outing to Longstock Water Gardens. 11 June Woodbury WI Garden Party lunch. 13 June Fun Day on the Green. 2.00-6.00. 13 June The Scarecrow Barbecue, Diggers Rest, 6.00. 14 June W/Salterton Scarecrow Judging Day and Fete 2.00. Glebe Field. 19/20 June Wood(bury)stock Festival of Folk, Roots and Blues. The Maltsters

WOODBURY PARISH ROYAL BRITISH LEGION VE Day Celebration Victory - 70 years on MONDAY 4 MAY, 11.00-3.00 TABLE TOP SALE, WOODBURY VILLAGE GREEN Come and meet the Veterans! Bacon butties, tea and coffee. Bring a picnic and help us celebrate! Join us for the table top sale. Have a table and make some money for a holiday or your chosen charity. £5 per 6ft Table or space (pay on the day) Dress up and join in with a 1940s sing-a-long! Any enquiries - Sandra Huish 232696 If wet will be held in St Swithun’s Church.

10 CORNERSTONES The March Cornerstones meeting was a convivial supper at the Maltsters, again enjoying Samantha and Matt’s hospitality, good food and drink. In addition we were treated by one of our members, Nigel Tucker, to a most interesting talk about his hobby of building model aeroplanes, with incredible exhibits - Lancaster, Sea Vixen, Gladiator, Puss Moth, Lysander and a helicopter (actually flying). Thank you Nigel, we enjoyed your spell at the “joystick”.

WOODBURY COMMUNITY PLAYING FIELDS New Chair required After two and a half years as Chair of the Woodbury Community Playing Field Trust and Charitable Company, I have decided to resign in June, due to increasing home and work commitments. We have made significant progress towards improvements of the playpark and installation of a MUGA, thanks to a real effort across the community. To enable the group to continue we need one or more new Trustees/ Directors to continue the great progress made to date. If you are interested in this project I would be happy to discuss it with you on 01392 354148. Andrew Woodhead

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WOODBURY REFERENCE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE ROOM Have you visited the Reference Library and Archive Room run by Woodbury Local History Society? It is open to any parishioner by arrangement with the archivist, Gill Selley, 233208 or gselley100@ gmail.com On Monday 11 May there will be an Open Day from 2.00 – 4.30, and from 7.00 – 9.00pm. Entry is through the side door of Woodbury Village Hall and up the stairs to the door on the left. If you want to see the books, maps, documents and artifacts held there, or learn more about the families, houses, farms and history of the parish, please come along. We also hold all bound copies of the Woodbury News from the first edition – the archivist is in the process of indexing these books and maps can be borrowed by members of the History Society.

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WOODBURY LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY Shipping on the Exe from Roman Times An illustrated talk by David Clement Thursday 7 May, 7.30 in Exton Church, coffee from 7.00pm MAYTREE PRE-SCHOOL On Saturday 21 March, the children of Maytree Pre-School took part in a sponsored Easter Bunny Hop along Exmouth seafront. With the sun shining the children scooted, cycled, hopped, skipped and ran along the seafront to raise money for the pre-school. At the end they were rewarded with a certificate and, most importantly, a chocolate bunny! A lovely morning was had by everyone who came and 'hopped'.

WOODBURY C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL Easter Garden Competition Woodbury School’s PTFA invited children throughout the school to design and make an Easter Garden. This was in connection with end of term arrangements linked to the School Easter Service held at St Swithun’s Church on the final day of the Spring Term. Designs ranged from bright and colourful scenes adorned with spring flowers to detailed depictions of the Garden of Gethsemane. It was clear from the number of entries and the care that had been taken to produce each garden that children were keen to take part in the competition. The entries for each year group were judged by children from a different age group. Older pupils were keen to point out that an important criterion for choosing a winner was to consider how much was the child’s own work. The competition winners were: Foundation Stage – Rufus Payne, Year 1 – Cerys Rimmer, Year 2 – Beatrice Walls, Year 3 – Lucy Breeze, Year 4 – EmilyLouise Brimble, Year 5 – Oliver Ward and Year 6 – Molly MacLellan. The winning entries from each year group were displayed at St Swithun’s over the Easter period, and each winner received a boxed Easter egg.

We are already pulling together the programme for this year’s Heathweek, which will be held over the week 26-31 July, starting with the festival on Sunday 26 July. So watch this space for further details. Alternatively, check out the East Devon AONB website which will have the full leaflet once it is published. There will be plenty of opportunities to learns about the wildlife and history of the commons during the week. For events earlier in the season, look out for East Devon’s spring and summer events leaflet (some on the reserve notice board). And another fire warning: I was going to give it a rest this month, but the weather has been so dry and the forecast looks set to continue dry. Be very careful not to set fire to the heaths. A single cigarette butt could do untold damage.

Schools Celebration – Exeter Cathedral At the end of March, members of the Woodbury School’s Ethos Group joined children from a number of other schools at a service in Exeter Cathedral shortly before Easter. The service entitled Jesus – an unexpected kind of leader was led by Reverend Cate Edmonds. After an introductory reading and a prayer, representatives from each school processed with the banners that had been specially prepared for the service.

WOODBURY CRICKET CLUB OPEN DAY - 28 June THE DUBUISSON SHIELD - 6-A-SIDE COMPETITION 10.00 - 6.00 WITH CREAM TEAS FROM 4.00. The Club have this year invited teams from Topsham St James CC, Clyst St George CC, Newton Poppleford CC, and Lympstone CC to compete with WCC seniors and WCC colts for the fifth year of this exciting competition when Newton Pop CC will be attempting to regain the title from WCC, last year’s first time winners, so do come along bring the family and support your home teams, enjoy the atmosphere, have a cream tea on the grass or a drink at the bar. Above all keep your eye on the ball. The Club invites all team supporters and former WCC members, players, family and friends to the event when you will see some fantastic hard hitting rapid fire cricket. We would like to thank now all those that came last year who helped us raise some valuable funds for our chosen charity.

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RSPB AYLESBEARE COMMON RESERVE Hot off the press this morning: at least two Dartford warblers are singing on breeding territories, so spring is off to a good start! There were also at least four stonechats. We go through a formal recording process with the heathland birds each year, carrying out three surveys separated by a few weeks during the spring. These are done just after dawn, when the birds are singing the loudest. The surveyors listen for the singing males to work out who is challenging who and where the territories are, as well as looking for other activities which could indicate actual breeding (like carrying nesting material or food about and, later on, youngsters out and about). This way we can get comparable records for each year of where breeding has probably been successful. The summer migrants are starting to arrive: swallows down by Two Ponds, one early tree pipit and willow warblers. Even the BBC have been spotted, apparently trying to record dawn choruses. We also survey the butterflies, walking the same route several times on still sunny days through the spring and summer. Orange tip butterflies are on the wing as I write, spot the females by the lovely green mottled underwing. And watch where you walk, as the hot spring sun is bringing out the adders to bask on bare patches. They are very timid and will whizz away quickly if they hear you coming. Bluebell time will be on us any moment and probably gone before you read this. If you have the big, robust Spanish sort in your garden, make sure they stay there and don’t dispose of any surplus bulbs in the countryside. The natives are smaller and hang their flowers all on one side of the stem, as well as having a more tubular flower. They hybridise recklessly, so we risk losing the purity of the native breed. Checking the ponies has become a much more techie process with the gps collar attached to one. Vlad can now plot their position on a map before he goes out to check, so less long distance walking, whistling and yelling! The Pebblebed Heath Conservation Trust have recently introduced Dartmoor ponies, hired from the Dartmoor Pony Conservation Trust to graze on Bicton Common, featured on Spotlight SW, and with a brief flutter of controversy on facebook as to whether the spotty ones were pure bred Dartmoors. As well as the ponies, cattle are starting to be added to the grazing animals, to make good use of the early flush of grass and keep it in check. Our first batch should be arriving in late April (next week when I am writing!).

Under the supervision of teacher, Mrs Kate Vernon, and with help from school governors, Mrs Liz Dymond and Miss Vanessa Freeman, members of Woodbury School’s Ethos Group produced a banner illustrating the school’s Christian-based core values of Love, Co-operation, Responsibility, Respect and Honesty. The banner is now displayed in the school’s foyer. Sporting Successes in Cross Country and Cycling Forty children represented the school at a cross country running event at Bicton College on Tuesday 24 March. The children ran approximately a mile in various races around a muddy field and tractor park! All children had great fun completing their race but a special mention to Aoife Crosby for coming 2nd in the year 3/4 girls race, Alfie Pond in coming 4th in the year 5/6 boys race and Imogen Congreve(4th) Abbie Freeman (6th) and Rebecca Squires (7th) in the year 5/6 girls race. Congratulations to our group of eight year 5/6 cyclists who represented the school at the Devon Cycle Final on 25 March at Haldon Hill Forest. The children were timed around a specially prepared track of jumps, sharp turns and muddy crevices. It was an exciting day with lots of hard work and smiles. Woodbury eventually finished 9th out of all the schools in Devon. Well done to the team for showing great determination and grit throughout their races. THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, WOODBURY VE 70, VICTORY IN EUROPE 1945-2015 A MOMENT OF REFLECTION AND THE LAYING OF THE RBL WREATH FRIDAY 8 MAY AT 12.00 NOON

ROYAL BRITISH LEGION COFFEE MORNINGS 10.00 - 11.30. 14, 28 MAY. 11, 25 JUNE. RBL ROOM behind WOODBURY VILLAGE HALL All are invited to join us on alternate Thursdays.

WOODBURY TENNIS CLUB The summer season is under way. All the teams have played their first match, the A team having an excellent 6-5 victory at Dawlish, the B team losing 2-6 at Newton St Cyres, and the mixed team failing to gain a point against a very strong Golf and Country Club side, but managing to keep the opposition on court for two and a half hours. There has been a good turnout at club sessions on Friday evenings and Sunday mornings. The annual Doubles tournament and Barbecue will be held on 6 June. The junior programme is operating as in previous years on Wednesday evenings with top coach Steve Wood in charge. There has been a good uptake of places, but there is still availability. The programme starts on Wednesday 29 April and, weather permitting, will take place every Wednesday until 8 July with a break at half-term. The juniors should be members of the club (£15 or £10 for under 10s) and a coaching fee of £25 is payable for the sessions. To ensure that you are included please contact Diane Macleod (tennismacleods@gmail.com, 01395 232573, 07528004400) As always the club is seeking new and former members to come and play; club sessions will continue throughout the year on Sunday mornings from 10.30 and on Friday evenings from 6.00. The Club has been awarded 4 pairs of Wimbledon tickets (two more than last year) to distribute to members. A ballot has taken place and the lucky members will be able purchase the tickets from the LTA. Details of membership from Pat Browne (232805 ruthandpatb@aol.com) or Jackie Clarke (232832).

On the commons dogs also disturb ground nesting birds, their faeces are unpleasant for other commons users and change the soil fertility in this special landscape. Owners are legally required to clear up after their dog and keep them on leads from the end of March to 31 July. Please work with us and exercise your dog responsibly.

WOODBURY TWINNING ASSOCIATION This year, Bretteville-sur-Odon is celebrating 1,000 years of its founding. Our French Twinning friends have invited us over to help celebrate this event and a delegation will be leaving Woodbury on Friday 29 May and returning on Monday 1 June. All members are welcome to come. Please contact Jan Owen (232694) if you are interested in taking part. Normally, our Twinning friends would visit us at this time, but we are hoping they will come to Woodbury in October instead. Looking ahead to June, we have arranged a guided tour with the Exeter Red Coats on Wednesday 10 June entitled Murder and Mayhem. The tour starts at 6.30pm on Cathedral Green and lasts for an hour and half. There will be no charge for members, but will cost non-members £3 each. Following the tour, there will be a meal in Cote Brasserie, also on Cathedral Green. Please contact Jan Owen on 232694 if you wish to attend as we need to confirm numbers. Our Summer BBQ will take place on Sunday 5 July, at the home of Simon and Jackie Bolt in Farringdon.

Alien Invaders In Britain there are 3,000 non-native species of flora and fauna. Some have been accepted as part of our landscape but others are highly invasive and pose a threat to our indigenous animals and plants. Introduced by the Victorians, from North America, the grey squirrel competes for habitat and food with the smaller native red squirrels. Lots of us enjoy the antics of the grey squirrels in parks and gardens and most people know that the greys have driven back the reds to small pockets of the British Isles. Many are carriers of the squirrel pox virus, but did you also know they have a devastating effect on our native broadleaved trees? Grey squirrels strip the bark from trees between late April and the end of July. They gnaw at the stem to get to the sweet, sap-filled layers. When this tissue is exposed growth will be restricted and the tree may suffer die back, fungal disease or death. Almost any species can be attacked but the most vulnerable are oak, sycamore, beech, sweet chestnut, pine, larch and Norway spruce. In the Clinton woodlands we no longer plant vulnerable broadleaved tree species as, despite years of control, we are unable to stop the damage and over a period of twenty to thirty years our young oak and beech are destroyed. Devon's network of woods, copses and hedges provide the ideal habitat for squirrel populations to expand and easily recolonize cleared areas. Joined up control measures are needed across the landscape to combat the threat effectively. Without them the sheer weight of the South West’s squirrel population will mean future generations will not see iconic trees such as oak and beech reach their majestic maturity. Contact Clinton Devon Estates through their Countryside Learning Officer, Kate Ponting kate.ponting@clintondevon.com 01395 443881 http:// www.clintondevon.com WOODBURY NEWS to your door … If you are a new resident to the area, or would like your Woodbury News to be delivered to your door monthly, just call Beverley Simcox on 232858 and she will put you in contact with your local deliverer.

SPRING AT CLINTON ESTATES The mild, dry weather has been ideal and lambing at Ashtree Farm is going well, with good sized lambs. We still have plenty of silage and our cows will go out when the grass really gets going for them. We are busy ploughing and sowing spring oats and wheat. For more information look out for our gate signs which will go up in the next few weeks to let you know what is growing in our fields. The farmland around Stantyway Farm in Otterton is coming back to the Estate soon. Our aim is to convert it into organic. Last month, representatives from the RSPB and Devon Birds conducted a survey of bird species by walking the fields. We plan to plant crop species that will support a population of rare cirl buntings and other farmland birds. As part of seasonal hedgerow and drains maintenance we felled trees in the drainage ditches near Otterton. If not removed crack willow rooted in ditches and culvert entrances can increase the risk of flooding to local businesses and homes. We have been selective over the trees taken, only removing the willow growing in the main drain and some poor immature oaks. Other oaks were selected to be retained as long-term landscape trees. Follow-up work you may notice over the next few weeks will include removing of stumps and burning the piles of brush. A section next to the river was also coppiced; if allowed to get too big the willow may fall, taking a section of river bank with it. We manage a section each year and the willow quickly regenerates. A group of Dartmoor hill ponies have arrived on Dalditch Common as part of our conservation grazing programme. Some will move to Bicton Common and be joined by cattle in May. A polite reminder to pet owners when walking in the countryside. Straying dogs worry sheep and stressed animals can result in death amongst lambs. Dog faeces are linked to two specific diseases in livestock so please pick up after your dogs on farmland. The two diseases are: • Neosporosis – which can cause abortions in cattle • Sarcocystosis – which can cause neurological disease and death in sheep

15 WOODBURY WOMEN’S INSTITUTE 9 April. To open our WI Meeting on Thursday 9 April our President, Margaret Edwards, presented four new members with their welcome pack. Another three prospective members were welcomed to their first meeting. Margaret told us that one of our members, Jo Jovejoy, had played in the Final of the County Whist Contest, and we are very proud of her. The flower of the month was won by Anna Eyres with a snakeshead Flotillary (like a Chinese lantern). Vera Stokes, Pat Holland, and Elspeth Fisher won the raffle prizes. As this is the centenary year of the foundation of the WI in Canada, most of our fixtures are related to this. (We have to wait until 2020 for Devon Federation and Woodbury Branch to be 100 years old.) Dates for our Diaries. Our Annual Meeting is on Thursday 14 May when the speaker will be author Roger Jarman. The Aylesbeare Group Meeting is on 30 September. Our Garden Party on 11 June will be held in Joyce Jeans’ garden at lunch time. The pompoms we made, which decorated a Christmas tree at the Green Spot, will again be used at the Devon County Show in May. Our speaker for the night, Jo Hunter, demonstrated how to mount the polymer clay buttons, which were made at the March meeting, onto a brooch or corsage. After a vote of thanks by Rosemary Foster, we all went home clutching our corsages. Will we wear them? I wonder! Any lady thinking of joining our growing membership is welcome to attend our forthcoming meetings. Donoveen R Alcock WOODBURY NEWS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING MONDAY 11 MAY, 7.30pm ROYAL BRITISH LEGION ROOM WOODBURY VILLAGE HALL All welcome.

SPRING LYCH GATE IN ST SWITHUN’S CHURCH 9.00-11.00 SATURDAY 2 MAY Helpers needed. Do come along to meet old and new friends, enjoy a cup of coffee and bacon butties. There will be home-grown and home-made produce for sale. We look forward to seeing you.

16 WILT (Woodbury Interesting Little Theatre) CrimeScenes: Woodbury’s Dark Secrets – Could This Be You? WILT is rising again, this time on a scale that will amaze you! We are mounting a production which is entirely home grown! For the first time ever we are making a play from material written inside our own community. Norma Payne (director) was talking to Andy Price (WILT member and retired media worker) about some ancient press cuttings she had been shown by Gill Selley, our noted local historian. The cuttings dealt exclusively with Woodbury’s well-established reputation for criminality, going right back to the 1720s. Norma and Andy were immediately struck with the idea of writing these events into a series of themed scenes, to make a dramatic presentation in which the names of those involved would not be changed and in which the words were inspired by the court reports. Don’t forget that early court reporters had faultless shorthand and were able to write verbatim at huge speeds. Woodbury’s profile as a place of misdeeds meant that every time a Woodbury case was on the list of the assize courts in Exeter, it got special attention. Thus Woodbury’s criminal reputation grew. Those court scribes were in the entertainment business and Woodbury cases were something of a guarantee. As Andy says, “to some extent, the scenes wrote themselves - it was just a matter of dreaming up locations for actors to say what perpetrators and witnesses might have said. In fact it was a great pleasure to get an effect without too much gut-wrenching effort!” The scope of the production means that WILT is reaching out to a number of other local organisations to help mount the show. The popular duo The Billycocks have said they will come up with some appropriate music and songs, and other musical groups have been approached. So, it’s to be a ‘proper job’! Put the dates in your diaries now: Friday 24 and Saturday 25 July – 7.30pm in the Village Hall; tickets available from the end of June. We’d love as many local people as possible to be involved, and there are lots of small parts - in fact, because the event breaks into separate stories there aren’t any big ones! So, if you’d like to find out more about the project, or better still, tread the boards of the Village Hall stage, don’t hang back on the basis of a wonky memory – come along to our open workshop on Tuesday 5 May at 7.30pm in Christ Church Hall. Break out! Do something this summer you have never done before! We have murder, and all manner of malefaction on the menu and plenty of opportunity for a giggle at our forebears’ expense. Andy Price

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RECIPE OF THE MONTH PRAWN AND MELON ROYALE Serves 4-6 A refreshing starter with a subtle background spice. The dish could not be easier to prepare but the quality of the ingredients make or break this recipe. Ready peeled prawns are fine but if you have time to peel frozen Atlantic prawns, they will make the flavours sing. INGREDIENTS ¨ 200 - 300g cooked prawns shells removed ¨ 1 ripe medium melon ¨ 3 tbs mayonnaise ¨ juice of 1/2 a lemon ¨ a small pinch of curry powder - don’t over do it! ¨ delicate mixed salad leaves ¨ fresh dill fronds and a pinch of paprika to decorate (optional) METHOD 1. Halve and remove the seeds from the melon. Use a melon baller or teaspoon to make small melon balls. You need about 300-400g of prepared melon. 2. mix the melon balls with the prawns, mayonnaise, lemon juice and a hint of curry powder in a bowl and leave for an hour for the flavours to develop in the fridge. 3. To serve: arrange mixed salad leaves on individual small plates and spoon the prawns and melon mixture in the centre. Top with dill fronds and a light dusting of paprika. Our thanks once again go to Stephen Leger who can be contacted at: stephenleger55@gmail.com Tel: 01395 233549 / 07977 422164 Secret Gourmet. www.secretgourmet.co.uk

WOODBURY TWINNING ASSOCIATION Murder and Mayhem Tour - Run by Exeter Red Coats WEDNESDAY 10 JUNE - 6.30-8.00pm With optional French meal at Cote Brassiere. Free to Members, £3 non-members. (Limited numbers) Contact: Jan Owen 232694 to reserve your place.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

WOOD(BURY)STOCK 2015 - ALMOST THERE … If anyone tells you that organising any event is easy, they’re pulling your leg. However, this year’s music festival, to be held at the Maltsters Arms on 19 & 20 June is just about there. Tickets will be available from 1 May from The Maltsters: £7 for Friday or Saturday evening or £10 for a weekend ticket. For the Saturday afternoon event, entry will be free, but buckets will be rattled vigorously. All acts are giving their time and talent free and most are now confirmed. As stated before all profits go to FORCE Cancer Charity. Friday Night The ever popular Hooper & Mills, Bicton Street Blues, who gave a great performance last year in the garden, Sugar Shakers, new to this festival, and back by popular demand, Junkyard Angels. Saturday Afternoon Hopefully there will be musical contributions from Woodbury Primary School and Woodbury Community Choir. Confirmed are Gareth Hedges, a man Above - Buffalo Angels with a gu itar and a high Below - Twa Corbies recommendation; Dick Graham, great voice, great guitar work, well worth seeing; Josie Lloyd, who many will remember from last year. Still to confirm due to a heavy schedule is Arthur Cook, Half of Blitz and Pieces, great 1940s repertoire and always entertaining.

From Jean Carpenter I have been in touch with Maggie Connell’s niece, who has all of her recipes. We are going to collaborate to bring out a small book of Maggie’s superb recipes to be priced at around £5 and sold in aid of Maggie’s favourite charities. As we all know, she was a superb cook and it seems such a shame that she is gone from us and nothing remains to remind us of her. Many people have asked for recipes, so it seemed a good idea to compile them in a book. We are thinking of calling it something like Maggie’s Kitchen or maybe Maggie’s favourite recipes. Obviously it is going to take us a few months to get everything together, but be patient and it will no doubt come out in the Autumn. From Elizabeth Bevan, Fundraiser, Hospiscare Dryden Road, Exeter EX2 5JJ www.hospiscare.co.uk Tel 01392 688094 (Tu-Th) Will Writing Fortnight 11-22 May. In aid of Hospiscare. A great opportunity to make or update your Will and support your local hospice. Hospiscare is your local hospice charity caring for the people and their families in our community who are affected by terminal illness. We are only one quarter NHS-funded so rely on the generosity of local people making gifts to us in their Wills to continue helping local people make the most of life. Having a professionally written Will is the best way to ensure that you can protect those you love and remember the causes you care about. 26 Devon solicitors are supporting Hospiscare’s Will Writing Fortnight and will write or update your Will for free so you can make a donation to Hospiscare instead. This opportunity is open to everyone. Simply choose a participating solicitor and make an appointment. Your most local solicitors include in Exmouth ¨ Everys Rachel Gedye, 01395 264384 ¨ Ford Simey Jane Pickup, 01395 272241 ¨ Vine Orchards Jim McIntosh, 01395 273035 For further information please contact Elizabeth on 01392 688020 or e.bevan@hospiscare.co.uk go to www.hospiscare.co.uk for the full list. Remember Hospiscare in your Will and help local people make the most of life. Hospiscare is a local charity – making a difference in Devon Registered charity no: 297798 Registered in England and Wales as a limited company no: 2164215

Saturday Evening New for us this year are The Session Band and Bad Knees Blues Band. Also appearing are The Low Notes, the fabulous Doctors Orders and finally the sensational Travelling Bluesburys. See www.bluesbury.co.uk and click on Festival 2015.

Sensational Travelling Bluesburys

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What about the 85% of the silent majority who are obviously happy with what is going on, otherwise they would have said something - do their views not get taken into account? This doesn't seem very democratic to me. I find it very difficult to understand the thinking of those who appear to want to stultify Woodbury. Perhaps it is the NIMBY syndrome, or maybe something else. Most newer inhabitants don’t realise that many of the properties that have been built since the 1960s, 55 years ago now, and objected to at the time, are now occupied by persons who are still objecting. However they were very happy to have been able to come and live in them, but now they want to stop others from having the same choice! This seems very hypocritical to me. If Woodbury is going to prosper, 'new blood' needs to be brought in. Starter homes and new build houses do not just want to be occupied by local youngsters, but by some from outside as well. These hopefully will provide a new impetus to the place, and hopefully in due course fill some of the committee positions in some of our local societies, some of which are likely to fold because of the lack of support from those already living here. Their children will also help to keep our superb school going into the future. So, do you want to be one of those responsible for stultifying Woodbury’s future, or do you want to be one of those with more balanced thoughts? Hopefully the latter! Housing is only one thing on the agenda. Wind and solar farms could soon be coming to our south west facing sunny slopes. You can’t continually say, “Yes we need it, but we don’t want it here”. Everything has to go somewhere, whatever it is! History is something to be recorded, but we cannot live in the past. If Woodbury had done so, through the last 60 years, you wouldn’t be here at all, as your house would not have been built! Food for serious thought! Roger Stokes

HOLY TRINITY CHURCH Palm Sunday was observed by a united service for the Mission Community at Woodbury Church. A special feature of the service was the participation of two donkeys from Woodbury Salterton, belonging to Dawn Cowler. Dawn and her husband David had been accustoming the donkeys, who live quietly in a field with Dawn’s horse, to being led around the village and getting used to passing traffic and then undertaking the long walk to Woodbury. Rev’d Karen Spray talked about the story of how donkeys have the marking of the cross on their backs, before Dawn and David led them up the aisle to the front of the church. Rev’d Chris Cant had videoed the arrival of the donkeys on The Green and their procession into church so that the congregation could watch their arrival. Easter The School’s Easter Service was conducted by Rev’d Karen Spray. Pupils in Class 1 had drawn pictures of the Easter story and these decorated the order of service leaflets. The service opened with the whole school singing the worship song Lord, I lift Your name up high with actions. Each class contributed a special item. Class 1 passed a parcel which when opened at the end by Daisy had the message ‘Happy, happy Easter to all of you’. Class 2 recited a poem Thank you Jesus all together and Class 3 sang an Easter song unaccompanied (and beautifully in tune). Class 4 performed the Fuzzy Caterpillar with Spring inviting trees to witness the birth of the butterfly. Rev’d Karen, helped by her hand puppet dressed as a hot cross bunny, explained what is special about the hot cross bun and about palm crosses. School pupils and parents joined in some Easter hymns and the school performed their favourite round Happy Easter in four parts. As the children left the church at the end of the service they were given a palm cross and a hot cross bun.

WOODBURY GARDEN CLUB PLANT SALE SATURDAY 9 MAY. Doors open 10.00. WOODBURY VILLAGE HALL

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TO STULTIFY OR NOT TO STULTIFY THAT IS THE QUESTION? The word 'stultify', which was used in the April editorial, is an interesting one. Those of us who have lived in the village all our lives, and mine started in 1942, have seen enormous changes during our lifetimes. Apart from our childhood days in the 40s and 50s, when as children we could roam freely all day without our parents worrying where we were, which of course cannot be done now for all sorts of reasons, and we would walk to school on our own two feet, we actually learnt more about the natural history of our environment than seems possible today. When asked where milk came from we knew it was from cows, and not from Tesco. In fact it came straight from the cow, and was so environmentally friendly that it never left the village! By the late 1950s the Woodbury population had fallen to an all time low, and the survival of a lot of things was in jeopardy, giving rise for concern as to Woodbury's future. Plans were lodged for a new housing development at Summerfield. As now, there were several objectors, who suggested that if this were implemented, the end would be nigh! In the mid to late 60s further development took place at Longmeadow and Longpark, and in the late 1970s what was dubbed ‘The Golden Heart’ was built to satisfy housing needs. This even included a ‘Berlin’ wall to partition the villagers, and this is still standing, unlike the original! Broadmead, Beeches Close, Culvery Close and Orchard Close have also materialised during this period. However each of these developments attracted a vociferous following of objectors who didn't want anything to change. Back in the 40s and 50s Woodbury sported up to a dozen businesses bakers, butchers, sweet shops, haberdashery, two garages and a post office and stores. These have gradually dwindled down now to only two shops for everyday needs, and this could soon deplete further. One reason for this can perhaps be attributed to the advent of the motor car, but the other is due to the fact that the local population have not supported these shops as they should have done over the years, despite the number of new properties built. In many cases items can be bought locally cheaper than in the big superstores. If you haven’t used the shops you won’t know. When the last shop goes it will be a disaster for the village, and morning papers and a bottle of milk will be a thing of the past. I was somewhat appalled when I attended the Annual Parish Meeting in March, that it appears the future of our village is likely to be decided by 15% of the population who seem to be those who do not want any change.

Church Coffee Mornings The May Coffee morning will be in church on Saturday 2 May from 9.30 - 10.30. From June these Coffee Mornings will be held weekly throughout the summer months. The Annual Parochial Church Meeting was held at the end of March. There were no nominations for the position of Churchwarden but Aran Brown and Jenny Kemp are willing to continue in the role of Deputy Wardens, dividing the duties between them and assisted by members of the PCC. There was a special thank you to Aran for all his practical help with minor church repairs. Members of the PCC were re-elected en bloc – Aran, Jenny, Nigel Dupain (Treasurer), Sheila Gerdes (Secretary), Philip Dent, Valerie Davieson, Debbie Jung and Katharine Wheeler. Sheila wished to step down as Synod Representative and was thanked for all the years she has filled this role. Nigel reported that the church had had a good year and had paid its Parochial Share in full. Looking to the future, plans are in hand to make progress on the floor repairs. Rev’d Karen thanked everyone for helping and she and Rev’d Chris Cant were thanked for their pastoral leadership. WOODBURY SALTERTON WOMEN’S INSTITUTE President Jenny Kemp welcomed members to the April meeting and a visitor Jo Paterson. Before the meeting formally began, Jo was invited to tell members about her class ‘Active Body’ at Ocean Physio – Jenny has been attending her classes and has found an improvement to her health. Jane Butler led a Posy Workshop, demonstrating how to make a table decoration. Members then all enjoyed making their own arrangements. Gill Bricknell asked for donations for the raffle which the WI runs at the village May Day Celebrations and items for a Tombola and White Elephant stall. It was agreed to visit Exmouth and play Ten Pin Bowling for the summer outing. The May Coffee Morning at the Digger’s Rest will be at 11.00 on Thursday 21st. The May meeting is the AGM and Jenny urged all members to attend, reminding them that she has completed her term as President.

WOODBURY SALTERTON C OF E SCHOOL The Pebblebed Heath Federation The Governing bodies of Littleham C of E Primary and Woodbury Salterton C of E Schools have voted unanimously to federate at their meeting on 18 March. The new Federation, to be known as The Pebblebed Heath Federation, will commence on 5 May under the leadership of Duncan Nelmes, the Head of both schools. The Governors were grateful for the support and involvement during the consultation period, when parents and other interested bodies had the opportunity to give their opinions, and are delighted with the outcome of the vote and the challenges and opportunities this will bring for the schools and their communities. Both schools will continue to function as separate entities but sharing resources and expertise. Pentecost The School will hold a Pentecost service in church on Friday 22 May at 2.30. This is a new venture and parents and friends are welcome to come. Banner The School’s recent achievement award is proudly displayed on a banner on the school fence. Entrepreneur Award Two year 6 girls were very pleased to be presented with cinema tickets from the PTA for winning the Christmas Fayre Entrepreneur award. They had shown great business skills in running their stall and in particular took great care to make their stall appealing to customers. First Aid Training Sue and Kevin, members of the St John’s Ambulance Service, visited the school to train pupils in years 5 and 6 in some basic first aid skills and techniques. The children were told what to do in an emergency, given advice on treating cuts and burns and what to do in case of someone having taken something poisonous. Sue and Kevin were very impressed with the children’s responsible and mature attitude.

Looking at the question of what is valued in the environment, two residents of Woodbury Salterton carried out another innovative project called ‘Subjective Geographies’. Amongst a wealth of interesting reflective material, if you have ever wondered what your neighbourhood might look like from the point of view of a dog, then you will find out here! Funding for the HEAP Project concluded in February 2015, and a wide range of fascinating reports arising from it – including both of those from Woodbury parish – are on the AONB website. Woodbury’s report is also on the websites of Woodbury Parish and the Local History Society, and a fuller article is on the Woodbury Salterton Nature blog. http:// woodburysaltertonnatureblog.blogspot.co.uk. The report is an eclectic mix of information, maps, images and interpretation, complementing the existing local history publications. It is an interesting contrast to Branscombe’s approach (see the Branscombe Project’s website) – illustrating that there are a variety of ways of responding to and valuing the historic environment. Printed copies of the report should be available soon – we will keep you posted through Woodbury News. The HEAP project is a continuing, living process, however, and one way of moving forward will be through further local history walks. Another is a new Camera Club project to re-photograph some of the vast collection of archival images of the parish. One of the first results is on the front cover – spot the differences! – and many will be displayed on 3 September at a Local History Society meeting (jointly with the Branscombe Project) to present the HEAP findings. There will be an exhibition and a publication in due course. If you are interested to know more or are inspired by any aspect of these projects, please contact Diana Wackerbarth di_wack@yahoo.co.uk or the Local History Society. WOODBURY PARISH COUNCIL Agendas for future meeting, and minutes of meetings of Woodbury Parish Council can be found on www.woodburydevon.co.uk Do email your photos of local people or events to Karen on karensquires100@gmail.com The editorial team still need a wider spread of news, particularly about our younger people. What are you all up to? Why don’t YOU write an article or send in a photo?

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GRAND OPENING OF WOODBURY SALTERTON PLAY AREA SATURDAY 23 MAY, 9.30 - 11.30 Everyone is invited to come and celebrate the completion of the extended play park and installation of the new play and gym equipment. There will be demonstrations of the gym equipment, a football challenge and children’s entertainment. Hot and cold drinks will be available. All residents welcome.

What is the historic environment, and why does it matter? These questions were posed by the Historic Environment Action Plan project (affectionately known as HEAP) that has been running in Woodbury since 2013. The parish was one of just two – the other being Branscombe – that were invited to take part in this new community-led scheme. Piloted by the East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and funded by English Heritage, it was an innovative ‘bottom-up’ project, in which the two communities were encouraged to look with fresh eyes at the historic environment, and to explore what elements of it they value. ‘Historic environment’ means all the aspects of an area that have come about through the changing interaction between people and places through time – and it includes not just archaeological sites and old buildings, but also landscape features such as fields, lanes, waterways and woodlands. Why it matters is that each locality is unique. In order to celebrate what makes an area special, and to help shape its future evolution, it is helpful to understand how it has come to look the way it does, how the past is still very much part of the present-day landscape. HEAP complemented a wider ‘top-down’ overview of the historic environment in East Devon by the AONB, in its role of managing and conserving the landscape and heritage. This in turn was part of a drive by English Heritage nationally to promote the historic environment as a concept, and to develop ways for local people to engage with it. The project was co-ordinated by Wyvern Heritage and Landscape Consultancy, and in Woodbury members of the Local History Society and others took the lead in organising community activities and research. Last year many people across the parish attended a series of historic mapping workshops, and there was also a guided history walk from Woodbury to Exton (both reported in the Woodbury News). They were an opportunity for residents to share knowledge and understanding, and for the Local History Society to offer information from its large archive in a fresh and very direct way. Several individuals also carried out new research into historic elements of the present-day landscape – such as agriculture, orchards, watercourses and mills, other economic activities, and woodland. In all of these ways, changes in the local environment – especially since the time of the Tithe map in 1839 – were investigated.

SUNDAY AND MONDAY 3 AND 4 MAY “DIG FEST” Sunday 3 May starting at 2.30pm - Sunday BBQ 3.00 to 9.00pm Live music late afternoon/ early evening. Disco 7.30 to 10.30pm Monday 4 May starting at 12.00. BBQ 12.00 to 9.00pm “Eat the Rich” (live music) playing late afternoon/early evening. Tickets available from the Diggers Rest. WOODBURY SALTERTON VILLAGE HALL Woodbury Salterton Village Hall AGM is scheduled for 7.30 on Wednesday 3 June. All residents and those who use the hall are very welcome to attend. WOODBURY SALTERTON 2000 Woodbury Salterton 2000 will be holding their annual May Day celebrations on 4 May. The theme this year is 150 years of Alice in Wonderland. The float with the May Queen and Jack in the Green followed by decorated bikes and prams (prizes for best) will leave The Diggers Rest at 11.00. There will be stalls, teas/coffee, raffle and barbecue in the school playground. All funds raised will be spent in the village. All welcome. 11 May - The annual Scarecrow Challenge begins. Entrants are invited to start putting up their scarecrows in their front gardens in advance of the judging on 14 June. WHIST 19 May, 7.30, Woodbury Salterton Village Hall We would welcome other players, whatever their standard of play, to join our fun and friendly evenings.

SATURDAY 13 JUNE FROM 6.00pm AT THE DIGGERS REST THE SCARECROW BARBECUE From 5.00pm (children welcome). Live Band. Tickets available from the Diggers Rest. SUNDAY 14 JUNE, 2.00pm Woodbury Salterton Scarecrow Challenge Event 2.00 to 6.00 to be held in the Glebe Field. Start of the scarecrow trail. Tea/Coffee, Soft drinks, Cakes, Stalls, Games. Entry forms available from the Church, Diggers Rest, or the Co-ordinator Debbie Jung, Rosewood Village Road W/S Woodbury Salterton Residents Association Contact address: Rosewood, Village Road, Woodbury Salterton EX5 1PR Email: wsra2@btinternet.com

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TUESDAY 2 JUNE, 7.30 WOODBURY SALTERTON RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION AGM Annual General Meeting, at Woodbury Salterton Village Hall. Guest Speaker Claire Wright.

THANKS After delivering the Woodbury News in Woodbury Salterton for many years Ruth Parsons is now stepping down - a big thank you to Ruth for delivering the magazine in all weathers and to Vanessa Dean at School House for kindly taking over Ruthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s round. Marion Pollard would like to thank her lovely family and friends, for cards and presents she received on the occasion of her special birthday. Also thanks for the beautiful cake crafted by their daughter Jenny. Chris Lear and Chris Quantick would like to thank all those people who came to enjoy once again the Devon Big Breakfast in aid of FORCE. 200 breakfasts rolled out of the new kitchen which made the cooking and preparation so much easier. A great big thank-you to all the team who worked so well together before, during and after the event. We must thank also those people who could not attend but who made a donation, helping to raise ÂŁ910. Force Big Breakfast - photo by Simon Horn LRPS, Exmouth Journal

THE ECLIPSE - 20 MARCH These photos were taken from Woodbury Castle on 20 March by Simon Horn LRPS, Chief Photographer, Devon Life, Exmouth Journal, Sidmouth Herald, Midweek Herald.

WELCOME Partners Candy Gray and Jo Jopling moved into Fulford Way in March to be nearer Candy's Mum, Sue. Candy is originally from Chester, but has lived in Exeter for 8 years, and Jo is from Torpoint. Candy recently started working at the New Premier Inn on Exmouth seafront, and Jo is seeking work locally with children, and is also a nanny two days a week in Plymouth. They are looking forward to settling into the community and getting involved in local events and activities. They have a cat called Coco who adores her new home and the willow trees by the stream!

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PCSO Donna Baker Tel 08456569412 Donna.baker@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk Crime report There were six crimes reported during the month as follows: Overnight on 28 February/1 March two burglaries occurred on Green Lane Exton and a further burglary on Exmouth Road, Exton. A suspect has been arrested and bailed pending further enquiries. On 18 March a driver who was stopped on the A376 was charged with failing to provide a breath sample. On 19 March at approx 10.30pm a hydraulic breaker was stolen on Broadway; no lines of enquiry at this time. On 29 March an incident occurred between dogs not under proper control, whilst being walked on Woodbury Common. This incident is a reminder that not all dogs can be trusted with other dogs. If you are unsure of your dog consider the “Yellow Dog” initiative: Yellow Dog - Some dogs need space. If you see a dog with a yellow ribbon, bandana or similar on the leash or on the dog, this is a dog which needs some space. Please, do not approach this dog or its walker with your dog. They are indicating that their dog cannot be close to other dogs. How close is too close? Only the dog or his people know, so maintain distance and give them time to move out of your way. Annual Crime figures – We have seen an 8% fall in crime in the parish from 86 crimes in 2013 to 79 in 2014. Car crime – During routine patrol on Saturday 11 April I checked the vehicles parked in the many car parks on Woodbury Common. Several vehicles were seen to have valuables left on display in the cars whilst the owners were away walking on the common. This sort of behaviour invites crime: please do not leave hand bags and other valuables in your car when unattended. Thank you. GET IN TRAINING FOR THE WOODBURY 10K SUNDAY 20 SEPTEMBER, 10.00 Money raised to support the Woodbury Community Playing Fields. Details to follow. Any enquiries for entry or to help in the event. Contact Barbara Woolley 01395 232992.

ST ANDREW’S CHURCH, EXTON SUNDAY SERVICES 1st Sunday, Easter 5, 6.00pm Evening Service. 2nd Sunday, Easter 6, 9.30am Eucharist Service with Hymns. 3rd Sunday, Easter 7, 9.30am Lay-led Service with Hymns. 4th Sunday, 9.30am Whit Sunday Eucharist Service with Hymns. 5th Sunday, Trinity Sunday, Team Community Service 9.30am at Woodbury Salterton. Thursday 14th Ascension Day, Team Community Eucharist Service 7.00pm at Clyst St George Church. On both Thursday 14 and Sunday 31 May, we have a good opportunity in the White Cross Community for everyone to get together. EXTON GARDEN CLUB In February we were fortunate to have a speaker who lives in Exton and is well known to the members. Brian Wood worked as an ecologist in tropical plantations for over thirty years. His broad experience and management of agricultural research, as well as his own speciality in the low chemical approach to crop protection, was evident in his talk entitled Supermarket Flowers - where do they come from? Nearly all flowers these days come from other countries where they have climatic advantage over British growers and many of them come through the flower auction in Holland. His photos of the vast growing areas in Africa were amazing - all set out in beds of carnations and roses stretching into the distance. They have many viruses, and bugs which are controlled by predators. The use of chemicals has been greatly reduced by rotation and other methods of protection. There is also greater use of preservatives to improve lasting qualities, particularly with roses. I’m sure we have all experienced roses that drop their heads within twenty-four hours! VE DAY 70TH ANNIVERSARY SATURDAY 9 MAY, 12.00 NOON Picnic and BBQ. Children’s competitions. IN THE LADY MARY COURTENAY GOOSEFIELD EXTON GARDEN CLUB ANNUAL PLANT SALE SATURDAY 16 MAY, 10.00 - 12.00 THE OLD NURSERIES, STATION ROAD, EXTON

EXTON LADIES GROUP ‘One woman, a harem and a thousand cows’ by Jane Brunt What would you do if your young husband announced he wanted to apply for a post developing a pilot farm for 1000 cows in the Saudi Arabian desert? Well, if you happen to be Jane Brunt you give him your full support and travel with him and your two young sons to the Rub al Khali desert even though you know that your accommodation is still incomplete! In the late 1970s, after seeing a programme about a farm being developed to provide milk to Saudi populations, Derek Brunt wrote to the BBC for further information. Three months later he found himself and his family on the way to Riyadh to manage this ground-breaking development. Despite being promised a fully equipped bungalow the family arrived to no accommodation. Their rescue came in the form of Prince Mohammed who invited them to stay with his family in their summer palace. Derek spent the next four months in the Bachelor Block while Jane and the children stayed with his four wives and twenty two children in his harem! Jane quickly built a relationship with this extended family and amused and interested all of us with anecdotes about a life rarely glimpsed by those outside the Saudi royal family. Moving into their bungalow on the farm meant Jane was the only woman amongst 41 men. The bungalow was equipped with all ‘mod cons’ including fitted carpets (not the best flooring for the sandy environment), washing machine and tumble dryer (which proved more useful than she imagined as the hostile environment was not good for keeping clothes clean). The men spent these early months drilling wells to access water contained in aquifers, creating irrigation systems, growing crops, building access roads and enormous barns to house the expected cows. The cows arrived and the real work of the farm began. Milk was produced and transported to the nearest supermarket which was totally unprepared so, initially at least, the milk was sold from the back of the lorry! Jane described her daily life, home schooling her two sons, removing spiders and snakes that entered the bungalow through any nook or cranny, taking day trips to Riyadh or out into the desert, making friends with local Bedouin families, hosting Prince Mohammed and other members of the Royal family during their visits to the farm, devising games and activities not just for Matthew and Robert but also for the young Irish workers. Exton Ladies were so impressed by her vitality and ingenuity and couldn’t help wondering what we might have felt in such circumstances. Jane told us that such was the success of this first farm that the scheme was extended and currently there are 120,000 cows in five farms in Saudi Arabia selling milk throughout the Middle East.

The current biggest threat to continued success is that rainfall has been so low that the aquifers contain only very limited water. A three year contract was extended to four years after which Derek and Jane decided that was long enough for the children to be taught by their mother so they came home to Devon. Their passion for adventure was still alight and within eighteen months (and one more son) they were on their way to set up another farm; this time in Libya. And that, as Jane would undoubtedly say, is another story! For details about the Exton Ladies Group see http://www.extondevon. org.uk/. We usually meet in Exton Village Hall at 2.15 on the second Thursday of the month and you would be most welcome to join us. Dates for your diary: 14 May: Brian Ridge will talk about Stained Glass – Medieval to Modern. 12 June 2015*: Summer Outing: Visit to Longstock Water Gardens in Hampshire *Please note change of date. 9 July 2015: Summer Garden Meeting at the home of Lyn Yard.

EXTON CRAFT GROUP Meeting at Exton Church Thursday 21 May. WOODBURY WEATHER Another dry month and cracks are appearing in the newly planted fields - and in my patch. What little rain we had, 35.9mm and 52% of average, was light and drizzly and as in February was punctuated with decent amounts of sunshine. One of my water butts is already empty and I missed what little rain we had because the down-pipe was blocked. Although we had a lot of wind from the North and East and it felt cold at times, March was actually on the warm side with max/min temperatures of 18C/6C and only one light ground frost. Similar to last year there has been a dearth of small wild flowers such as violets but a great show of the tougher primroses. We had gales on the 29th but by the end of the month high pressure was setting in and it looked set fair for April. PJH. CHARITY COFFEE MORNINGS EVERY TUESDAY, 10.00-12.00 CHURCH ROOMS, WOODBURY Coffee/tea and a homemade cake £2 on vintage china. All profits to local charities. Everyone welcome.

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TUESDAY 2 JUNE, 7.30 WOODBURY SALTERTON RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION AGM Annual General Meeting, at Woodbury Salterton Village Hall. Guest Speaker Claire Wright.

THE ECLIPSE - 20 MARCH These photos were taken from Woodbury Castle on 20 March by Simon Horn LRPS, Chief Photographer, Devon Life, Exmouth Journal, Sidmouth Herald, Midweek Herald.

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