October 2017

WOODBURY NEWS

OCTOBER 2017

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OCTOBER 2017 EDITORIAL Autumn very often heralds the start of change, as every school and university age young person (and indeed every teacher and lecturer) will know only too well. It will be a time of change, too, in the White Cross Mission Community as the Revd Karen Spray, who has been Vicar here for eight years, will be moving on to a part-time post in a Parish in the Mendips. We wish her and her husband well and feel sure they will maintain their links with Woodbury - links which go back for considerably more than eight years and which continue still (see page 19).

Readers of Woodbury News will have received the Directory last month instead of our usual type of publication. We hope you will find this a useful resource over the coming couple of years. For this reason, October’s Woodbury News is packed with reports, articles and information about forthcoming events, and we thank all contributors for sending in such a variety of copy. Please accept apologies if your article has had to be cut a trifle, but there are nonetheless 52 pages of text to read and digest.

Last June, Woodbury News announced the retirement of Peter Payne from the chairmanship of the Board of Directors, and we promised an article about him at a later date. We are grateful to Andy Price, whose profile of Peter will be found across the centre page spread.

Finally, don’t miss the opportunities to apply for a grant from Coombe Solar Farm Community Benefit fund (see page 29); to keep fit by following some of the 25 walks featured in the AONB article on page 34; and to have your say on the Neighbourhood Plan for the Parish (see Parish Council article on page 28).

OUR COVER PHOTO, by Henry Fulls, shows the start of the Woodbury Community Fun Run (see report on page 6).

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4 ST SWITHUN’S CHURCH, WOODBURY Associate Minister: Reverend Sid Humphries. Tel:01395 274512 email: revsidh@gmail.com ST SWITHUN’S SUNDAY SERVICES 1st Sunday: 11.15 Harvest Holy Communion followed by lunch at Christ Church. 2nd Sunday: 11.15 Holy Communion. 3rd Sunday: 11.15 Holy Communion, 18.30 Evensong. 4th Sunday: 08.00 CW Holy Communion (Said), 11.15 Morning Worship. 5th Sunday: 10.45 Fair Trade Stall and coffee followed by Combined Churches Holy Communion at 11.15. Morning Prayer Mondays at 09.15.

NEWS AND EVENTS Lych gate stalls in Church. First Saturday of the month from 4 November, 09.30-11.00.

Woodbury PCC Monthly Draw - Draw made at the Charity Coffee Morning 3rd Tuesday each month. Prize every month ranging from £25 to £500. Details from Ken Crundwell 01395 232826.

FLOODLIGHTING ST SWITHUN’S CHURCH (dusk until 23.00) 6 September “Congratulations to John Rose-Casemore on his 90th Birthday, from Pam, family and friends”.

27 September “To Lin on the occasion of our 20th wedding anniversary, with love from Colin”.

For your special event, contact Mike Jeans 01395 232544, or see the details and book it online at our website: www.whitecrossdevon.org.uk/ woodbury-with-exton/flood lighting-form.php.

Floodlight dedications are displayed at the church lych gate.

CHURCH ALTAR FLOWERS - OCTOBER 1 - Harvest. 8 - M Mead. 15 - J Bashforth. 22 - J Jeans. 29 - C Keep.

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6 FoSS (FRIENDS OF ST SWITHUN’S) The summer concert was held on Saturday 22 July in church featuring Exeter University Chapel Choir under the direction of Michael Graham. This year the full choir was able to appear and gave us two hours of quality entertainment. The choir operates at almost professional level and provides a variety of top class vocal music. The eighty people in the audience fully appreciated their good fortune to be present. The singers were supported by Cathedral organist Dr Ed Jones. David Stevens read Chekhov’s The Huntsman. Quality food and drink was supplied, thanks to sterling work by Elspeth Fisher and her team. The choir enjoyed their visit to Woodbury and have promised to return next July.

On Thursday 5 October we are very fortunate to be able to welcome Exeter Singers to the church, who will provide a varied programme of choral music starting at 19.30. Tickets £6.00 from committee members or Rook Pie. The FoSS committee helped in the organisation of two of the Saturday lych gate stalls for church funds.

Almost £2,000 has been presented to the church for masonry work on the north wall of the church as part of the maintenance programme by David Price of Woodbury Stone Restoration. Funds will also be provided for improvements to the lightning conductor, which failed its annual inspection.

WOODBURY COMMUNITY FUN RUN This year’s Fun Run was another sporting success. There were 102 runners who came from around the area to run through Woodbury and Woodbury Salterton. The weather was perfect - clear blue skies and light wind. The congregation of Christ Church cancelled the morning service to marshal the event as well as running in it.

There were fast runners this year: the fastest time yet by Tom Merson from Exmouth who did it in just 31.57 minutes; in second place Berhu Hadera, who came in at 34.45; the fastest lady was Cathy Newman who came in at 40.21.

However, don’t let these fast times discourage you if you’re thinking of running next year. The Woodbury Fun Run is for all levels of fitness and some who ran had never run in a race before. Amazing goals were achieved with lots of shouts of praise and many hugs - quite an emotional experience for runners and spectators.

Nevertheless, we must not forget the whole reason for running was to raise money for Christian Aid East Africa Appeal and so far we have a total of over £1,400, money which can change lives.

A huge thank-you goes to the Maltsters who sponsor the race and let us use their car park; all the marshals; Anna Crafer and her team in the kitchen; the registration and time-keepers; and Sarah Breeze for doing all the admin.

Let this inspire you to start training for the next Woodbury 10k.

Barbara Woolley

7 WOODBURY COMMUNITY PLAYING FIELDS Urgent Appeal for funding to provide a Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) Raising Money to Improve Recreational Facilities for Woodbury Families.

Woodbury Community Playing Fields are raising money for an all year round play area for 5-a-side football, netball, basketball and cricket.  We have planning permission  Total cost £70,000  Total raised so far £57,000 We urgently need to raise a further £13,000 or we shall lose £50,000 of timelimited grant funding that we have raised.  We need to start before the expected price increase in the New Year  We need the help and support of the people of Woodbury Parish to complete this important project  Any contribution will be gratefully received How to donate:  Visit our web page www.wcpf.co.uk and select the donation button  Via BT mydonate https://mydonate.bt.com/events/wcpfmuga  By cheque made out to WCPF and posted to Culvery Cottage, Oakhayes Road, Woodbury EX5 1JU WOODBURY AFTER SCHOOL CLUB JOB VACANCY Woodbury After School Club is looking for an enthusiastic person to join their team for initially 6 hours a week with potential to increase to 20 hours a week. For further information or an application form please contact Jenna Walker (manager) on woodburyasc@yahoo.com.

WILD-WOODBURY

are holding a Wildlife event in the CHURCH ROOMS, GREENWAY, WOODBURY 14 OCTOBER, 13.30 - 16.30 "Wild Animal" cake competition for children, harvest produce competition, photographic display and local wildlife experts to answer questions.

If you can suggest anything else please contact Tony Bennett on 07971 082384 info@wild-woodbury.org http://www.wild-woodbury.org / Facebook: Wild-Woodbury

8 CONNECTIONS Monday 2 August saw the celebration of 20 years of Connections. This is a wonderfully informal organisation where every month any woman in the village can attend a talk or the theatre or a huge variety of other activities.

In August, almost 60 of us turned up at 12.30 at Chris Lear’s garden for a special lunch. Chris’s garden looked lovely and she had done us proud with tables laid out in marquees. We were greeted with a welcome drink and canapes, and then sat down to a catered lunch of roast meats and salads.

There was wine on all the tables which we enjoyed, but mention must be made of one table where they drank their wine and then finished off everyone else’s. They were observed wandering single file down Chris’s drive at 18.30 after which we believe they carried on at another location.

What happens at Connections stays at Connections but they know who they are.

Roll on the thirtieth anniversary.

For those who want to join us there is George’s final instalment on his walk around the UK in October, a Chinese meal in November (yes, more eating) and the planning meeting in December.

Livvy Robins Connections 20-year celebration Garden Party I would like to thank everyone who attended the lunch to celebrate 20 years of Connections. I can still remember the first meeting we had at Greenside with twelve people; we now have over sixty.

I wish to thank you all for the beautiful bouquet and money for FORCE. Thanks must also go to the advance party helping with the setting up and the rear party helping to clear up, plus the washing up. I must not forget the manpower that was brought in to transport the tables and chairs and erect the gazebos: Chris Wakefield, Chris Sheppard, Robin Lennox and Gordon Davis.

Chris Lear

9 WOODBURY AND NEWTON ST CYRES CRICKET CLUB As the season for Woodbury and Newton SC has now drawn to an end we can reflect that the club has made great strides throughout the season. We have run two league teams and also completed Sunday friendly and mid week 20/20 games. During May and June we competed in the Mike Foan mid-week 20/20 league, which comprised six teams playing each other on a round-robin basis with all games played at Cheriton Fitzpaine. Woodbury and Newton SC finished top of the league and picked up our first trophy in the shape of the League Shield. We also qualified for the finals day (top 4) but unfortunately lost by one run in the final over of our semi-final.

Next season will see a big change in the Devon Cricket League as it moves to an "although league" which allows first and second teams to move through the league structure according to ability.

The colts have also had a really enjoyable season with coaching, practice and games taking place throughout April to July.

We are always looking for new players to join the club. If you would like to be involved, but not necessarily in a playing capacity, then we are always looking for people to help with umpiring and scoring for which we would provide the relevant training.

We will start winter nets in February so all are welcome. All details can be found on the Woodbury and Newton SC website at play-cricket.com or check us out on our Facebook page.

WOODBURY ROYAL BRITISH LEGION This year’s National Poppy Appeal starts on Saturday 28 October. We are unable to provide a 'house-to-house' collection; however, poppies and collecting pots will be provided in local shops, pubs, restaurants and commercial outlets. Please support them: any donation will be welcome to assist those ex-service personnel and their dependants who require help.

ROYAL BRITISH LEGION COFFEE MORNINGS 12 & 26 OCTOBER. 9 & 23 NOVEMBER. 7 & 21 DECEMBER. 10.00 - 11.30, RBL ROOM behind WOODBURY VILLAGE HALL All are invited to join us on alternate Thursdays.

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10 WOODBURY GARDEN CLUB Flower, Fruit and Vegetable Show. Congratulations to the committee and members for a successful Flower, Fruit and Vegetable Show in August. A show of this kind is always dependent on the weather, so there is always a degree of anxiety as to what will be in flower or ready to pick at the given time.

However, the number of exhibits for this year increased by 50%, giving us an almost full and colourful show. It is always interesting to note which classes do well and which have few or no exhibits. This year in particular the gladioli did well.

Mr Patrick (RHS accredited) from Exmouth, was the judge. Like all judges he did not award if exhibits were not up to standard. He was aware that we are a village show and perhaps RHS standards could be relaxed a little and so was not too fussy about dimensions! If a pompon dahlia was a little too big but was a good specimen then it deserved a prize!

Congratulations to Bryony Giles who won the Woodbury Park Plate for the highest number of points overall and also the Oakhayes Trophy for the highest number of points in the flower section, and to Debbie Mullier on winning the Committee Shield for the highest number of points in the fruit and vegetable section. Other prize winners were Jill Askew, Judy Bashforth, Olivia Robins, Ann Hildred, Jean Carpenter, Sue Bury, Shelagh Vale, Ken Crundwell and Sarah Yates. The school children were asked to grow sunflowers so well done to Joseph Hughes (1st), Samuel Hughes (2nd) and Arthur Francis (3rd).

11 Visit to Hamilton Lane Allotments. We were invited to visit Mr Patrick’s allotments - he gardens on more than one! The allotment site has in excess of 250 allotments and is believed to be the second largest area of allotments in the country.

Mr Patrick specialises in growing dahlias and has a long history of exhibiting at local and national events. He has propagated a new variety, Carra Eve (named after his granddaughter) which has been accepted by the National Dahlia Society. Each year he keeps 4 tubers from each variety and from those each spring he will take up to 600 cuttings. We saw an impressive range of colour, shape and size. He gave us some helpful tips for growing our own dahlias and invited us back next spring when he takes his cuttings. He also grows a variety of other produce including his amazing autumn raspberries. An interesting and fun evening.

September Meeting: Companion Planting Stephanie Hafferty, our speaker, is an organic gardener, author and plant-based chef. She is passionate about no-dig gardening i.e. using compost without digging and now works with Charles Dowding at Homeacres, Somerset. Charles pioneered the no-dig system in 1983. Stephanie’s work as a kitchen gardener includes working for restaurants, commercial growers, on allotments and estates.

Stephanie illustrated her many ideas for companion planting, for maintaining the natural balance in the garden, for aiding pollination and keeping pest numbers down. To give you a few ideas she would use nasturtiums with beans, borage with strawberries, alliums with carrots and thyme with roses.

In her planting she uses wormwood, calendula, sage and lavender. Scent is important to confuse pests and colour to attract ladybirds and other beneficial insects. In a greenhouse, French marigolds with basil and tomatoes seem to work. Plants need to grow side-by-side to benefit each other. and she groups plants using height to get the maximum from the space available e.g. runner beans with squash and sweetcorn. She emphasised that things don’t always work but advised us to make notes, adjust for climate and make the garden cheerful and good to see. An enjoyable evening and full of information.

Our next meeting is on 10 October when Paul Rendell will be talking about the Wild Plants of Devon. Woodbury Village Hall, 19.30.

Joyce Jeans WOODBURY COMMUNITY PLAYING FIELDS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 10 OCTOBER AT 18.45. CHURCH ROOMS, WOODBURY All welcome to attend.

12 WOODBURY VILLAGE GOLF SOCIETY - 2017 NEWS We have been to seven venues this year: Bridport after a long absence, Thurlestone an old favourite, Oake Manor never disappoints, Cricket St Thomas (previously Windwhistle) and a bit of an experiment, East Devon for the Woodbury match, Taunton & Pickeridge to tackle the bumps and Yelverton for some good country air.

So far we have been extremely lucky with the weather. Yelverton nearly caught us out with the rain coming in just after we had finished. Bridport was a pleasant start being a calm day in April. I am told that when it is at all windy conditions can be extremely difficult.

Thurlestone was next and a lovely day. Those relying on their Sat Nav had an interesting journey through narrow back roads! Tony Beck won two 2s and the winner on the day was Phil Hurley with 35 points. Oake Manor attracted 33 players in June and even though there were 165 par 3s played there were no 2s scored! David Moore was the winner with an amazing 39 points.

Cricket St Thomas was very good value with the course now much more mature. Paul Crafer won the 2s and Martin Briggs won with 37 points. In the same month - July - the Two Villages contest was played. In the past this was a competition between a team selected by the landlord of the Swan in Lympstone versus a team selected by the landlord of the White Hart in Woodbury. This fell apart when golfers were brought in from outside to enhance the team. Now we play Woodbury versus the rest within the Society. Woodbury won this year!

Taunton & Pickeridge was played in August and much enjoyed by the 20 players who took part. Martin Briggs continued his run of success winning the 2s on the 6th and nearest the pin on the 16th. Extraordinarily, four players scored 32 points and the winner, after many count backs, was John Maidment. Again 20 players gathered at Yelverton, it was a good and very challenging day for some. It was necessary to drive over gorse bushes on nearly every hole and if the driver was not working you were in trouble!

Nearest the pin on the 12th was won by Paul Crafer and the 2s shared by Peter de la Mare and Martin Briggs. The winner was Tony Beck with 35 points. The next and last event for 2017 will be at Dainton Park.

Jeremy Browne, Past Chairman.

FRIDAY NIGHT FLIX 27 OCTOBER - WOODBURY VILLAGE HALL 19.00 FOR 19.30 The featured film will be Hidden Figures.

22 DECEMBER in the afternoon Friday Night Flix will be presenting a Family Programme, with a film particularly suited to 8-12 year olds. Details next month.

13 WOODBURY LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY The Society was very fortunate to have a stimulating speaker for its meeting on Thursday 7 September. Dr David Parker is an historian who has published books on Devon in the Edwardian and Early Victorian periods as well as Devon in the First World War, the subject of this lecture. He described Devon’s preparation for war and how the county dealt with all the problems that arose throughout the period of the conflict. His extensive research covered enlistment, conscription, hospitals, schoolchildren, farming and women’s work in the county. He showed pictures of Devon trawlers and paddle steamers, crewed by Devonians, which were brought into service around the coast – the paddle steamers were used as minesweepers and even went out to Gallipoli.

Incidentally, one of the war casualties from Woodbury, John Bidgood Godfrey, served on this paddle steamer which patrolled the English Channel.

Dr Parker pointed out how different areas of the county responded to the call for military volunteers, the lowest being in the farming areas. The women of Exeter were organised into voluntary groups, one of which provided meals and drinks on Exeter station for the soldiers who were on their way to embarkation, and the wounded on their way to hospitals. Not only was his information fascinating but his presentation was amusing and had the very appreciative audience hanging on every word. I would recommend his book on the subject which is packed with an abundance of information written in a very accessible style.

The next meeting of the History Society will be on Thursday 2 November in the village hall, where Dr Todd Gray will give a lecture on The Royal Clarence Hotel and Ancient Buildings in Exeter.

Gill Selley SEE WOODBURY ONLINE www.woodburydevon.co.uk

14 WOODBURY C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL We recently welcomed all of our pupils back to a new year at Woodbury School and extended a special welcome to our new families who have joined us. We have a fantastic year planned for the children filled with amazing learning opportunities, interesting school trips, and wonderful events in the Christian calendar to celebrate. Our first celebration will be the Harvest Service in St Swithun’s Church, led this year by Cherry and Maple class, which we are looking forward to.

The School Value which we are concentrating upon this half term is Respect, and the children have been keen to talk about how they can model this value in their daily lives, both in and out of school. The children have thought of some lovely suggestions as to how respect is shown and why it is important to us.

We have launched a number of new clubs for the children to enjoy this term including Computing, Football, Netball, STEM, Dodgeball, Art and Singing.

The class choirs have begun to practise their contributions to the whole school choir which we look forward to sharing with parents in our popular singing concert later this half term.

This term we have welcomed a full class of Reception pupils who are all settling in well to Beech class and getting used to the school routine. The children have all been paired up with Year 6 ‘buddies’ who have been getting to know them and will be working with them weekly throughout the year.

The children in Beech have had a very exciting start to the term, exploring their new learning environment, making mud pies in the mud kitchen and picking the last beans from the school allotment. They have already demonstrated excellent sharing and co-operation skills and have shown respect for their new toys and equipment and for people working with them in school.

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Early in the term we held our School Council elections to determine who will represent each class across the school. The children voted within their classes for their own representatives and seven of our Year 6 pupils presented speeches before the whole school to explain why they would like to be school council leaders. The children then voted individually for their leaders, the votes were counted by staff and in a special assembly the new school council leaders were announced - Aoife Crosby and Harry Dymond.

Ash class have had a busy start to their final year at Woodbury School with school elections and applications for mentor roles within the school. The Year 6 pupils have now been assigned to roles as Learning, Office, Sport, Environment, Librarian, and Digital mentors, giving our oldest pupils the opportunity to support the school in their roles and to take on key responsibilities.

Ash class have begun their Bikeability course, with the mixed weather truly testing their cycling skills.

Do email your photos of local people or events to Karen at karensquires100@ gmail.com The editorial team still needs 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?

Photos taken with a camera, rather than a mobile phone preferred as they reproduce more clearly on paper.

16 WOODBURY WOMEN’S INSTITUTE At a monthly meeting earlier in the year, members had so enjoyed a talk on alpacas that a visit to Cadenza Alpacas was arranged for the 24 July.

Starting with lunch at The Devonshire Dumpling in Copplestone we continued to Little Torrington where Sue Ashmole met us and introduced us to her alpacas. They were every bit as appealing as she had promised. An unexpected bonus was a baby alpaca, just eighteen hours old, already looking very much at home. Sitting outside in the country setting was the perfect spot to enjoy a Devon cream tea and admire the various items made from the alpacas’ fleeces. Good weather, good food and good company made this another successful outing to record in our scrapbook.

Pauline Wratten Garden Party After a very wet night our garden party day dawned decidedly muggy, but by the time the ladies began to arrive the sun was peeping through and the temperature was climbing and this year we were able to enjoy the beautiful view from the cricket pavilion! We started the party with a Pimms and a welcome by our President and after the usual business matters and the draw, we all enjoyed a delicious lunch provided by the members. In memory of Donoveen Alcock, Nigel judged our new annual competition - this year a hand-made card - and presented the winner, Ann Shell, with a crystal rose bowl which he had generously donated to the WI. Our thanks to the Cricket Club for again allowing us to use their pavilion for the day.

ARTISAN CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAYRE SUNDAY 19 NOVEMBER, 11.00 - 15.00 WOODBURY CHURCH ROOMS A group of local artisans will be hosting their Christmas Fayre on 19 November.

They will be selling a wide range of hand-crafted gifts which will include soap, candles, sugar craft, felt work, knitted chickens, lavender bags, pompom garlands, tree decorations and more.

Come along and meet the makers and enjoy some festive refreshments as you start your Christmas shopping.

17 September Meeting Sylvia Waight, a puppy walker for Guide Dogs for the Blind, brought along 15 week-old Levi, and her friend Iris brought an older dog Ellie. They gave an interesting talk on their work and that of the charity which was founded in 1931.

Puppies are bred in the Midlands and then go to the host family at 7 weeks and stay with them for basic training until they are 12-14 months.

Toilet training begins at 7 weeks and they are trained ‘to go’ on command to a certain word. They are subjected to buses, trains and traffic and need to be robust. They are taught how to approach steps and stairs and how to travel in a car.

Most are cross labrador/golden retriever. Leamington Spa is the nearest training centre where bitches give birth to 4 litters. It costs £5,000 in the first year for food and vets bills. Guide Dogs for the Blind pays for the dogs’ food all their lives. They retire at around 10 years old, having cost £56,000.

They can then stay with the family, be adopted or go back to the puppy walkers.

Iris talked about the training at Leamington Spa where the dogs go once they have left the puppy walker. Here there are lovely runs for the dogs, a maze, sand pit and Wendy houses. Dogs are assessed and assigned to a trainer who reinforces what the puppy walker has done. They are introduced to a body piece (harness) then the handle is introduced. Topsham is often used for training and Sylvia and Iris assist in this. Dogs need to avoid obstacles, leaving a space for two to pass, and be aware of overhanging signs. Dogs in training should not be petted and stroked as they are working dogs and not pets. The charity can’t meet the demand for dogs and it can take two years to get matched with a dog.

12 October meeting: Exmouth’s Talking Newspaper.

Liz Hill FoSS AUTUMN CONCERT THURSDAY 5 OCTOBER ST SWITHUN’S CHURCH AT 19.30 Exeter Singers. Tickets £6.00 from Pat Browne, Committee members, Rook Pie or on the door

18 WOODBURY TENNIS CLUB The club has had one of its best seasons of recent years. Although rain interrupted matches and club sessions, all matches have been completed, the junior programme with senior coach Steve Wood was enjoyed by 36 youngsters, and there was good attendance at Sunday club sessions. The courts are in good condition, the lower court was painted in June, and a new net purchased for the top court.

The highlight of the season was the Mixed team being triumphant in Division 5 of the East Devon Tennis League. This is the first trophy won by the club since the 1970s. Mary De Jong in her first season as captain proved to be determined and competitive; she was ably supported by the evergreen Tim Greenslade and the talented Ruth Driesen, with many other members contributing to the winning team. Tim also captained the Men’s A team to a very creditable 4th place in Division 5 of the Exeter Tennis League; he was ably supported by Russ Gibbs, Hans Petrovics and Andy Johnson, with cameo performances from rising star Ben Johnson. The Men’s B under the direction of Phil Moores had one of their best seasons finishing 4th in Division 8.

At the County Junior championships at the end of August, much to the club’s delight, club president Jackie Clarke was invited as a special guest.

At the end of proceedings she was presented with an engraved vase and flowers in recognition of her many years’ service to Devon Tennis by David Vinall, LTA Councillor. She was Devon Ladies captain, schools tennis secretary, a council member, and a loyal supporter of all county events.

New or returning members are always welcome; please contact Pat Browne (232805, ruthandpatb@aol.com) or Jackie Clarke 232832; occasional use of the courts can be arranged, key from Pat, £4 per court per hour + £5 key deposit, however for regular players it is cheaper to become a member.

Pat Browne WOODBURY TWINNING ASSOCIATION We had another very successful and enjoyable progressive supper on 16 September, and a big thank-you to Nita for all her hard work in organising this event.

Our next event is a visit to Haynes Motor Museum on 28 October, with an alternative trip to Barrington Court National Trust property. Please let Nita or Jan know if you want to go.

On 18 November we shall be holding a Quiz and Games Evening in the Garden Room of The White Hart, which should be great fun. In December, we are hoping to visit the Princess Theatre, Torquay for a performance of Aladdin. Anyone interested in any of these events, please contact Nita on 232314 or Jan on 232694.

Jan Owen

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WOODBURY SALTERTON NEWS HOLY TRINITY CHURCH Harvest Thanksgiving The School will hold its Harvest Service on Thursday 12 October at 09.15. The Church Harvest Thanksgiving Service will be at the Family Service on Sunday 15 preceded by breakfast.

The Harvest Supper will be on Saturday 14 at 18.00 in the village hall and will take the form of a Bring and Buy supper which proved very popular last year. There is no charge but there will be the usual raffle. Bring your own drinks. It has been decided that our harvest gifts this year will be given to the local Food Bank. We therefore ask that any gifts should take the form of tinned or non-perishable goods rather than fruit or vegetables.

Farewell to Karen Karen attended her last PCC meeting here on 11 September. After the meeting Nigel Dupain thanked her for all she had done for our church and the Mission Community and wished her well in her new parish. We say goodbye with sadness and regret. Mark Lovett presented her with a bouquet and a card signed by many members of the congregation before wine and nibbles were enjoyed.

Monthly Coffee Mornings On Saturday 7 October we start our winter monthly coffee mornings with bacon butties in church from 09.30 to 10.30.

These take place monthly on the first Saturday.

WHIST DRIVE TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER AT 19.30 WOODBURY SALTERTON VILLAGE HALL

20 WOODBURY SALTERTON WOMEN’S INSTITUTE The Committee has decided to alter the lay-out for meetings. Instead of sitting in straight rows members sit round tables giving more opportunity for conversation. Names were taken for those wishing to attend the DFWI Carol Service as numbers in the Cathedral are now limited to 1,000 (including the choir) because of Health and Safety. A donation of £25 has been sent to Denman College, this being the WI share of the tombola held at the Wheelbarrow event.

Rosemary Heyball made a welcome return as our speaker to continue her talk on teaching in Papua New Guinea, with some interesting slides. When she went there at the age of 21 with another teacher she found that the school had become the local brothel so, with the help of a new matron and a couple of dogs who had been trained to hate men, the first job was to sort that out! The girls, aged 12 to about 16, were very keen to be educated as they considered it an honour to go to school and a privilege to learn and did not want to stop working at the end of the day. Rosemary had brought along some fascinating artefacts from her time there.

Gill thanked her warmly.

The speaker at the 11 October meeting at 19.30 in the village hall will be Dr Sam Webster on the subject of Pebblebed Heath Management.

WOODBURY SALTERTON C OF E SCHOOL We are delighted to share our good news. At the end of the summer term we were visited by Mr Alexander Baxter, Ofsted Inspector, and have received his judgement in writing. He told us that our “school continues to be good” and here are just some of the reasons why:  The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. There have been significant changes at the school in recent years that have strengthened provision and pupils’ outcomes. These include the school joining with Littleham Church of England Primary School to form the Pebblebed Heath Federation. This has widened the range of staff expertise and improved the quality of teaching and learning.  All those who work in the school sustain a caring atmosphere where pupils’ ideas are nurtured. This enhances pupils’ learning, as well as their spiritual and personal development.

21 Leaders, including governors, have successfully established a strong culture of safeguarding and ensure that all safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose. They participate fully in regular training to keep abreast of the latest guidance and requirements.  Staff at all levels get to know pupils really well, including those new to the school. This enables staff to address concerns swiftly to keep pupils safe.  At breaktimes, older pupils act as ‘buddies’ and are especially supportive of younger pupils by helping them to understand risks and play safely.  One parent expressed a widely held view when writing: ‘This is a very caring and nurturing school where the teachers all care about every child and know them so well.’

This half-term’s value is Thankfulness and the children will be exploring a new acrostic poem.

Thankfulness is…

Thinking of good things Happy memories All creation praising God Not taking anything for granted Keeping focused on the positive Feeling blessed Understanding the sacrifices people make for us Living joyfully Not complaining Expressing gratitude to God Saying thank you to those who help us Showing gratefulness by our deeds After-school clubs: We are delighted once again to offer a variety of afterschool clubs every day of the week. Breakfast Club starts at 07.50 for one hour with our Premier Sport coach Lewis.

Class 2 are visiting our Forest School site in the village; they spent their first session making dragon dens, building on some work they had done in literacy. Thanks to our volunteers Mr Haggerty and Miss Clements.

For information regarding places in our school please contact: 01395 232649 or http://www.woodbury-salterton.devon.sch.uk. 

The Woodbury News attempts to represent a variety of views within the Community, but does not accept responsibility for anything but Editorial comment. While it may publish unacknowledged material, nothing is included unless the Editor knows the name and address of the author(s).

22 WOODBURY SALTERTON BIG DEVON BREAKFAST for FORCE

The Woodbury Salterton village hall was packed on Saturday 9 September when a Big Devon Breakfast was held there to raise funds for FORCE Cancer Charity. Over 100 breakfasts were served by a team of volunteers and the morning raised over ÂŁ900 for the Charity. We would like to thank everyone who came and enjoyed the morning with us. Our thanks also go to the wonderful team of volunteers who worked so hard cooking and serving up the breakfasts. Finally we would like to thank Kenniford Farm who donated the bacon, Sarah from Rosamundford Farm who donated all of the eggs and Dartfresh who donated the tomatoes and mushrooms.

Look out for the next Big Breakfast which will be held in Woodbury next spring.

Norma and Peter Payne

23 SHARING I.T. SKILLS Debbie Jung has started a computer club with the idea of sharing skills and improving computer knowledge. The first one took place on 14 September at 10.00 in the village hall where twelve people attended and it was decided to hold meetings every fortnight on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month.

The October sessions will therefore take place on the 12th and the 26th.

Anyone is welcome, whether a complete newcomer to the world of computers, or those who want to learn more skills. Come and help one another and have fun. Bring your own laptop/tablet and lead. There is a small charge of £2 to cover the cost of the hall.

COMMUNITY COFFEE MORNING WOODBURY SALTERTON VILLAGE HALL 09.00 - 12.00 1st Monday of each month.

(Bank Holidays on 2nd Monday of the month). £2 for unlimited drinks and cake.

Everyone welcome (from babies to retirees).

Come and feel part of a community and get to know the people living within the village.

WOODBURY COMMUNITY ORCHARD APPLE JUICING DAY 2017 7 OCTOBER, 11.00 - 16.00 LONG BARN, GILBROOK HOUSE, GILBROOK Please join us for apple pressing and juice-making.

Bring your own apples or juice ours!

Donations invited.

Please bring plastic containers for the juice.

For more details on location and event: contact Alex Thiemann 07515 329829 or Woodbury Community Orchard Facebook page.

Sorry NO dogs. * * * Fancy making your own apple juice or cider?

Apple juicing equipment for hire over the autumn from WCO. £10 to non members, £5 for members.

Contact details as above.

Editor’s Note : In order to maximise submitted copy and photographs into Woodbury News, it may be necessary to reduce the size of some items.

The Editorial team will attempt to do this as carefully as possible.

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EXTON NEWS ST ANDREW’S CHURCH, EXTON

OCTOBER SUNDAY SERVICES Sunday 1 - 18.00, Harvest Evening Service. Sunday 8 - 09.30, Eucharist Service. Sunday 15 - 09.30, Lay led Service. Sunday 22 - 09.30, Eucharist Service. Sunday 29 - Joint Mission Community Eucharist Service.

Please bring your contributions for the Harvest Festival on Saturday 30 September and join us in our celebration service on Sunday 1 October at 18.00. This will be followed by sherry or fruit juice and nibbles. Everyone will be made very welcome.

Sunday 29 - 5th Sunday - 10.45 at St Swithun’s Woodbury for all churches in the Mission Community, for coffee and Fair Trade stall, followed by 11.15 Eucharist Service.

EXTON CRAFT GROUP Next meeting is Thursday 19 October, 14.00 to 16.00 in Exton Church.

GOOSEFIELD AUTUMN TEA 25 NOVEMBER, 14.30.

ST ANDREW’S HALL, EXTON Teas, cakes and gifts.

BLACKHILL RESTORATION NOTICE: OCTOBER 2017 Aggregate Industries will shortly be undertaking restoration works at Blackhill Quarry, which will involve a significant amount of tree felling and earth moving. This is to remove steep and vertical faces around the site as required by the approved restoration scheme, and to allow the site to blend into the wider landscape.

These works will involve large mobile plant being active on site for around 12 months from September / October 2017. Throughout these operations no material will be imported into the site, processed on site or taken off site.

Once landscaping works are complete, Aggregate Industries will be restoring these remaining areas of the site to heathland, working with the RSPB and Clinton Devon Estates.

For further information please contact: Duncan McIntosh, Quarry Operations Manager - 07738 134216.

25 CHARITY COFFEE MORNINGS EVERY TUESDAY, 10.00-12.00 CHURCH ROOMS, WOODBURY Coffee/tea and a home-made cake. ÂŁ2.

All profits to local charities. Everyone welcome.

A convivial coffee outside the church rooms with our community Police Officer Justin and colleague OPENING UP TO GOD This course of Quiet Prayer draws on a range of Christian traditions.

It is continuing from September 2017 and is still open to anyone wanting to develop their relationship with God in the company of others.

Each meeting is complete in itself.

Learn new ways of listening to God. Explore and practice different modes of prayer. Find and refine your own style of spirituality.

Sponsored by the White Cross Mission Community.

19.30 to 21.00, Woodbury Church Rooms Mondays 2 October, 6 November, 4 December.

Open to all, free of charge.

For further information please contact Carolyn Keep 01395 232318.

26 A PROFILE OF PETER PAYNE It is hard to write about a friend: talk about the rubbish we josh about when we are bike-riding or eating and drinking and you make that friend seem facile; write about a lifetime of achievement and it sounds like an obituary. Pete has lived in Woodbury Salterton for 34 years and many of you will know him as a gregarious, joyous man who loves to make plans: he’s a cross between Tigger and a circus ringmaster.

He loves people of all shapes and sizes and hates to see you glum.

If that’s all you know about him, then you have missed the serious core of goodness that runs through his life. I was asked to profile Peter Payne because he has just stepped down after 14 years as chairman of the Woodbury News: “I was invited as a lawyer to incorporate the News with the help of my company.” Peter has always loved the News. When he and Norma first moved into Toby Lane, they were feeling that they might be isolated here in Woodbury, but the News showed how much was going on.

Pete was born 66 years back in Scunthorpe, the son of a Lincolnshire policeman and his wife. Dad was moved to Grantham when young Peter had just started at grammar school. Almost at the same time as the move he was diagnosed with a cancer, which nowadays could have been easily treated, but this was 1965 and it couldn’t. Peter lost his Dad when he was thirteen.

The constabulary required Pete, his mum and his sister to move out of the police house within just two weeks of his father’s death. They moved into emergency council accommodation in Grantham. Peter says: “it was a tough time, my mum was so strong during this period.” She was working as secretary to the headmaster of his school and she found out that they were doing aptitude tests locally and Pete was signed up. “I hadn’t a clue what I wanted to be and the testers said the only thing I seemed good at was talking!

Mum thought I should be a lawyer,’’ the job his Dad had always wanted, too.

Pete eventually went off to Leeds University to read law, and during a long vacation he met Norma, a student teacher, working in a frozen-veg factory.

She was a picker-outer of things that should not be frozen and he was a blancher.

27 They had noticed each other, but before things could develop Peter trapped a hand and was paid off when Norma was not on shift. The relationship could have stalled there, but Norma called him up and things took off, away from the Frozen Veg. Here, we fast-forward to Cornwall, after Peter and Norma went off to Guildford and the law school there. They spent an idyllic time backpacking round Europe and decided that they would make their future away from London. Luck sent Peter to one of the largest law firms in the South West, where he was first exposed to the practice of family law: “I really liked helping people and guiding them through their difficulties and Norma was busy teaching specialneeds children and adults round St Austell. Five years slipped by before we thought we were a bit remote so far west, and we decided to move.”

In 1978 Peter joined his company’s two-man office in Southernhay, Exeter, and built up the family law side of the business. The family were living in Heavitree and expanding. Andrew came along in ‘79 and Gemma in ‘83: “I can do lots of work if everything is good at home.”

Peter always has a plan and his plan was to retire at 57 after 35 years with the same company. When he left work work, he became a fundraiser with FORCE, the local cancer charity based at the RD&E. Many of you will have enjoyed the annual Big Breakfast, or seen Peter standing outside Tesco with a bucket, or working on the ‘Nello’ -- the 100-mile bike event, which makes a large sum of money for FORCE. He helped to raise over £300,000 to enable FORCE to extend its Cancer Support Centre in Exeter when he worked as a Grants and Trusts Researcher. All these ventures and fixtures bear the imprint of Peter’s contribution. Maybe this work harks back to a time when cancer deprived the young Peter of his Dad. Besides all this, he has been a leading light in so many Woodbury sporting and cultural societies: the Tennis Club, Friends of Stallcombe House, the Follies and latterly the Whalers. Peter loves Norma, his family, his friends, tennis and his garden, his bike, golf, and humanity in general.

Some years back Peter and Norma took off on a ten-month round-the-world expedition. They planned a list of places they wanted to see -- Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific and South America -- and plotted a route round them all.

Somewhere on the Inca trail there will somebody saying: “Do you remember that Peter bloke and Norma -- now there’s a lovely couple.” If you are out with Peter and short of time, keep him away from crowded places: it’s a bit like going round M&S with minor royalty. And if you were looking for somebody to describe as ‘an all round good egg’ it would be Peter Payne.

Andy Price

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WOODBURY PARISH COUNCIL

Tony Le Riche & Leigh-Anne Kendall, Joint Clerks Woodbury PC, Greenside, Greenway, Woodbury, EX5 1LP Tel: 01395 233791. Email: woodburyparishcouncil@gmail.com. http://woodbury-pc.org.uk The Parish Council Office at Greenside, Greenway, Woodbury, is now open to the Public from 09.15 – 13.00 on Mondays to Thursdays. You can contact the Clerks at woodburyparishcouncil@gmail.com or by ringing 01395 233791.

Parish Council grants The Parish Council will be considering applications for funding from the Coombe Farm Solar Fund again this year (see details on page 29). An application form can be found on the website or from the Parish Council Office.

Woodbury Parish Council needs you! Woodbury Parish Council has a vacancy for a Parish Councillor, preferably from the Exton area. The commitment is usually two Monday evening meetings per month plus other work depending on your interests.

If you think that you would like to become a Parish Councillor, please contact the Chairman, Cllr Cheryl McGauley, the Clerk or any Parish Councillor to let them know that you are interested and to tell them what skills and expertise that you could bring to the Parish Council. Training is available and is encouraged.

Parish Council accounts are available to view in the Parish documents tab of the Parish Council website.

Public Footpaths DCC is carrying out a review of public footpaths. There was a Public Meeting on Monday 22 May in the Church Rooms. A short talk was given about the definitive map and how changes can be made.

Some parish maps are available in the Parish Council office.

Further information from Alison Smith, DCC 01392 383370 or Cllr Geoff Jung.

Woodbury Parish Neighbourhood Plan The Neighbourhood Plan for the Parish is coming along nicely. It is important that you have your say on the things that will affect the whole of the parish for many years to come, so please contact the Clerks or Councillor John Pyne about this. The latest version of the Neighbourhood Plan can be found on the website.

Rentplus is an innovative new affordable housing model that does not rely on grant funding and creates the opportunity for families and smaller households to get on the property ladder, including those unable to save an adequate deposit from taxed income as well as those without a ‘bank of mum and dad’. Debbie Holloway and Cornerstone Housing Association will be coming to Woodbury at 19.00 on Monday 23 October in the Church Rooms to explain the scheme. More details about the scheme will be given in next month’s Woodbury News.

29 Drones. The Parish Council is concerned about the possible misuse of drones and is to prohibit flying of these over Parish Council property. If you have any concerns about the inappropriate use of drones near you, please contact a Parish Councillor.

Coombe Solar Farm Community Benefit Fund The Parish Council will be considering applications for grants from the Coombe Solar Farm Community Fund again this year for funding to be spent by the end of December 2018. There is £7,879 to be allocated this year. Applications should meet the following criteria: Environmental or community projects or initiatives within the Area of Benefit that are consistent with the principles of sustainable development, including but not limited to:  contributions to grassroots community voluntary groups for the promotion and installation of energy efficiency measures  contributions to small-scale renewable energy projects and education thereon  building, or landscaping projects  projects encouraging physical recreation or the promotion of wellbeing and good health  projects involving renewable energy, climate change and nature conservation which enhance the public realm through planting or other improvement creating and delivering outcomes for the benefit of the wider community  construction, repair and/or renovation of play areas  defraying the costs of administering the Agreement including staffing costs Purposes relating to promoting religious or political objectives and initiatives adverse to renewable energy or to the Developer or any Group Company or adverse to the Project or the Site shall not be acceptable Fund Purposes.

Application forms may be downloaded from the Parish Council website: www.woodbury-pc.org.uk or from the Parish Council Office at Greenside, Greenway, Woodbury EX5 1LP by telephoning 01395233791 or emailing the Clerks at: woodburyparishcouncil@gmail.com.

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 31 October 2017.

Agendas for future meeting, and minutes of meetings can be found on http://www.woodbury-pc.org.uk/

WOODBURY LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY The Royal Clarence Hotel and Ancient Buildings in Exeter An illustrated talk by Dr Todd Gray THURSDAY 2 NOVEMBER, 19.30. WOODBURY VILLAGE HALL Visitors welcome.

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ROUND AND ABOUT DEATH Jane Tucker, wife of Nigel, died peacefully in the RD&E on Tuesday 12 September, aged 85, after 62 years of happy marriage. She and Nigel came to Woodbury in 1984 and loved every minute of living in such a wonderfully friendly village. Thank you to all her many friends.

WEDDINGS Congratulations to Katrina and James Walsh, who were married at St Swithun's by the Rev Sid Humphries on Saturday 5 August 2017. The best man was Nigel Biggs and the chief bridesmaid was Harriet Helliar. Other bridesmaids were Hattie Brook, Celia Wilkinson and Hattie Pritchard.

Also to Stephanie and Benjamin Wright and to Natalie and Christopher Temple-Murray, who were married at St Swithun's by the Rev Karen Spray on Saturday 12 August.

Also to Rebecca Lambert and James Hooker, and to Sara Burke and Matthew Dunne, who were married at St Swithun’s on Saturday 16 September.

THANKS I should like to express my grateful thanks to the lovely people of Woodbury for all the help I have received in connection with my disability. If I have had difficulty with a situation, someone has inevitably rushed to help me and although I have thanked them at the time I feel it's not enough, so I want to make sure they know their help has been a godsend, and I am so very grateful. Woodbury is such a lovely, friendly village and I count myself lucky to be living here.

Jean Carpenter RNLI Christmas cards are now available so if anyone wishes to see a catalogue please ring 01395 232120.

NOTE TO USERS OF THE No. 56 BUS TO EXETER We understand, at the time of going to press, that as from Monday 30 October work will begin on the redevelopment of Exeter Bus Station.

This will mean that buses coming from Woodbury and Woodbury Salterton into Exeter cannot stop at the bus station, but will stop at the top of Paris Street instead. When returning home, No. 56 buses can be boarded in Cheeke Street.

31 LOCAL COMPANY SUCCESS Marie Cassidy of Boo to a Goose Theatre is delighted to share the news of the successful Arts Council funded tour of their show The Magic Garden across Devon libraries this summer. They were delighted to be placed in the top ten Arts Council funded family events in the UK.#NationalLotteryDays: ten great days out.

The funding enabled them to employ other local artists to develop the set and props, create original music, photography and film, so it benefited not just themselves but the wider arts community. They toured 13 libraries across Devon, some in rural parts where theatre is under-represented.

Boo to a Goose Theatre was formed in February 2015 in order to develop approaches that make theatre more accessible, with the objective of bringing interactive pop-up performances to children and families in non-theatre spaces. That's why they chose libraries as their venues. They were successful in engaging several families who were non theatre-goers or library-users.

They have several shows that they can offer to schools, nurseries and children's parties.

Their emphasis is on emotional health and well-being. That’s because their training and practice has included safeguarding, nurture, social and emotional aspects of learning, child development, education theory and imaginative play. This knowledge and experience underpins everything they do. Their Magic Garden show is highly interactive and multi-sensory and their audiences were captivated. Marie Cassidy, Boo to a Goose Theatre 01395 233874 / 07729323914.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

From Anna Crafer Halloween Halloween is just around the corner and over the last few years the village has been littered with sweet papers the next morning. Please ask your youngsters to take the litter home with them. Also we have had groups of children and teenagers, some from out of the village, knocking on doors asking for sweets. Not everyone wants to be part of Halloween and it can be rather intimidating when large groups call. So please everyone be mindful of my comments and have a fun night. Thank you.

From Liz Hill (Garden Club) I would like to thank Annette Smith and Gladys Munden for planting up the four tubs down the centre of the Arch. The petunias were much admired. Lots of people have said how good they looked. Also thank you to the helpers who have watered and dead-headed them - mainly Shelagh Vale, Gordon Davis, Maggie Light, Sally Thomas, Judy Bashforth, Marion Lennox, Marion Mead, Joyce Jeans and Sandra Wills. We look forward to enjoying the pansies before the bulbs come up in the spring.

The brownies and guides, with help from Sandra Huish, planted tubs beside the bus shelter and in front of the garage.

32 CLINTON DEVON ESTATES Conservation Trust preserves ancient monument for future generations Woodbury Castle is a nationally important archaeological site and prominent landmark occupying the highest point of the East Devon Pebblebed Heaths on Woodbury Common.

Woodbury Castle is a hillfort or iron age enclosure characterised by its deep earthwork ramparts enclosing a level interior of approximately two hectares studded with deciduous trees. It dates back to 500 – 300BC and became a Scheduled Monument in 1923 (Scheduled Monuments are prehistoric monuments recognised as deserving of state protection).

The site was put on Historic England’s At Risk Register several years ago when it became apparent that the area was suffering from erosion due to a high volume of visitors but also due to damage from tree roots and scrub growth.

Last year the Trust secured funding from Natural England’s Countryside Stewardship scheme to undertake extensive restoration work that will directly contribute to conserving and protecting the site, resulting in its eventual removal from the At Risk Register. The collaborative project, which got underway last month, is benefitting from additional funds granted

by Historic England, and Devon County Council’s Historic Environment Team. Devon Archaeological Society have also been involved with the design work.

The funding will enable better interpretation at the monument, creating a sense of welcome for visitors so they become aware of its archaeological significance upon arrival, while promoting an understanding and appreciation of its national and historical importance.

Public support is deemed crucial to the long-term success of the project and future conservation of the hill fort and the hope is that visitors will feel a sense of stewardship for the site. Volunteers are being sought to assist with some of the work, and the Trust plans to establish a volunteer archaeological monitoring scheme to give local people with an interest in archaeology or natural history the opportunity to be involved in ongoing preservation work.

33 The Trust has planned guided walks for people to learn more about the site.

There will be several stages to the work: access to the site will be improved with new steps and deep erosion scars caused by visitor use on banks and ditches will be repaired under archaeological supervision; the repaired banks will be seeded and selective tree and scrub removal will let in more light allowing ground vegetation to establish which is vital for safeguarding the earthworks into the future; and the careful removal and crown reduction of selected trees and scrub on the site of the castle itself and in the immediate vicinity will open up a view which has been blocked for many years, allowing people to appreciate the hill fort’s original function as well as enhancing the monument’s setting and its imposing ramparts.

The work will also help to protect buried archaeology, including the remains of an Iron Age round house, which are at risk of damage from tree roots. Careful monitoring and management of the remaining large beech trees will help ensure the health of these specimen trees.

New information panels telling the story of the site with illustrations of the original hill fort and its inhabitants by Exeter-based artist Jane Read will be installed, in addition to a sign at the entrance to the monument and improvements made to the car park. Temporary barriers will be in situ for two to three years while the repairs consolidate and the vegetation re-establishes, during which time signs will ask people to avoid walking on the areas undergoing restoration. Car parking areas will be improved with the old signs removed and a new sign for the hillfort installed at the entrance to the monument. The bollards will be replaced to prevent vehicles encroaching on the site.

The project partners hope that people will help by accessing the site using the proper routes and keeping off the slopes and ditches, and not riding bikes or horses on the monument. Kim Strawbridge, Pebblebed Heaths site manager explains: “We want people to be involved in the project and are keen for people to join us for our guided walks to learn more about this special monument and why the works are so important to securing its future.” Mike Pearce, Natural England Lead Advisor to the area, added: “This is an extremely important project and we are pleased to be able to facilitate it through our Countryside Stewardship scheme.”

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Conservation Trust preserves ancient monument for future generations Charlotte Russell, Historic England Heritage at Risk Project officer, added: “This is a fantastic opportunity to repair and conserve the Woodbury Castle Iron Age hill fort and secure its survival for future generations. I am thrilled to see this project come to fruition; it’s the culmination of a lot of work by a number of committed specialists all seeking to look after and improve this very fragile and nationally important site.”

For further information or to join our mailing list for regular updates on what is happening across the Pebblebed Heaths contact kate.ponting@clinton devon.com.

EAST DEVON AREA OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY NEW WEBSITE Created for East Devon residents, as well as national and international visitors to the area, the new website provides all the essential information needed to visit and enjoy the stunning 40-mile walking route through the heart of East Devon.

Online visitors can now download user-friendly guides for over 25 walks along the six stages of the route that passes through villages and varied landscapes of heathland, woodland and river valley, between Exmouth and Lyme Regis. The site also features an interactive map of the East Devon Way. In addition to the key features of the site, news, events, images and personal accounts of walking the route all combine to give a friendly and informative overview of opportunities. A guidebook for the East Devon Way is also available in hard copy from East Devon Tourist Information Centres or by contacting the AONB office.

Full details available on www.eastdevonway.org.uk.

35 RSPB AYLESBEARE COMMON RESERVE Winter is coming! It’s time to say farewell to our nightjars and whitethroats as they move on to warmer climates for the winter. If you’re lucky, you might still be able to spot some stragglers around the heathland. As the season starts to change we also bid farewell to our butterflies and damselflies, which we have surveyed routinely over the summer with sightings of gatekeepers, meadow browns and my personal favourite, peacock. We’ve also had grass snakes, adders and slow worms present throughout the summer, sighted on warmer, drier days which admittedly were far and few between.

If you’ve been out on the reserve over the summer you may have spotted our local breed grazing cattle on the reserve. Don’t let the horns fool you - they’re very friendly! They have been a fantastic addition to the reserve, helping to maintain our lowland heath habitat. The grazing Dartmoor and Exmoor ponies have been located over various areas of the reserve such as Fire Beacon Hill and Withycombe Raleigh Common. The ponies are moved to different areas as a management strategy to prevent overgrazing, and to ensure that they have plenty to munch on.

A lot of our work has been focused on restoring Venn Ottery Hill, a former quarry site. It is our goal to restore this recently acquired area into heathland to provide more habitats for our impressive array of wildlife. This regeneration project will also help link up other areas of our reserve, reducing habitat fragmentation, which is one of our key objectives.

This month we said goodbye to one of our residential volunteers as he moves up the career ladder, gaining a new position at our Penzance reserve. We wish him all the best. With one door closing, another one opens as we welcomed an eager new residential volunteer onto the Aylesbeare reserve (which happens to be me), with another soon to join the ranks. Despite the typical British summer weather, our Wednesday volunteer group have been hard at work helping to pull birch, clear bracken and more recently complete various tasks at Venn Ottery Hill, our current quarry regeneration site. Our day volunteers’ hard work plays a crucial role in maintaining our heathland, and morale is kept high with plenty of well deserved tea and cake breaks.

Coming into autumn, we will begin to see signs of migrating birds either coming from the north to settle for winter or passing through on their migration.

Buzzards, jays and long-tailed tits are just some of the birds that can be seen on the reserve in autumn. The heather is also flowering so look out for the sea of lilac across the reserve — it’s not to be missed!

My first month as a residential volunteer has been and gone. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed getting to explore the reserve and experience the wildlife and vegetation here and look forward to the months ahead. If you like wildlife and tea and cake then why not join our weekly Wednesday volunteer groups? Don’t have the time to volunteer mid-week? Then join our monthly Sunday volunteer group instead. Feel free to email our Warden aaron.boughtflower@rspb.org.uk, or me ella.christie@rspb.org.uk, or call our office 01395 233655.

Ella Christie

36 WOODMANTON FARM Most people associate Woodmanton farm with the factory which produced teapots in all sorts of extraordinary shapes. Since the ‘teapots’ moved to Bovey Tracy, the farmhouse and buildings have been used as business units.

In fact the estate, though not the farmhouse itself, dates back to the 16th century, if not earlier, and appears to have been of some importance. It was one of the estates of the Manor of Woodbury which Mark Rolle improved in the 1860s by pulling down the ancient farmhouse and building a solid house with ‘modern conveniences’. Sadly, we have no pictures of the original building which must have been fairly large as the leaseholders and occupiers were men of some standing in the community. But, courtesy of Roger Stokes, the last days of Woodmanton as a farm can be seen recorded on camera.

The first record is in 1523 when the estate is described as having 66 acres of pasture and 20 acres of arable land. The farm is recorded in a variety of surveys of the Manor – the rent paid in 1729 was 20s 7d and the farm was valued at £40. In the early 1600s the estate was held by Isaiah Farrington who was the rector of Lympstone. As was the custom with more affluent leaseholders he would have rented the estate out to a local farmer as subtenant. Charity Farrington, his granddaughter, married a Thomas Scott, a well-known Woodbury yeoman farmer, and he acquired the estate on his marriage. Shortly after the marriage Thomas died and left a will to which was attached an inventory of his goods. The following list shows the size of the house, his furniture and also some of his personal possessions. Many wills and inventories give a fairly basic list, but the items in this one show that his living standard for the time was quite a comfortable one (though I’m not sure why he needed so many beds!):  In the parlour were a standing bed performed (i.e. complete with drapery), a table, ten forms and six chairs, one press and one chest, a looking glass, one box, and one close stool (modern commode) – valued at £10. 2s 4d.  In the hall chamber were one standing bed, a truckle bed performed, four chests, one chair and three boxes – valued at £9. 6s 8d.  In the buttery chamber were one bed performed, one table, one chest, one trunk, four chairs, nine stools, three boxes, one clock, and one bed performed in the staircase – valued at £9. 4s. 6d.  In the chamber over the entry were two beds performed and two chests – valued at £3. 7s. 6d.  In the chamber over the kitchen were two beds performed – value £1.

10s.  In the parlour (perhaps a second parlour) were one table and two forms – valued at 10s.

37 In the buttery were one old table, one ammery (food cupboard), 16 hogsheads, seven barrels, two gibes (stands for barrels), four standers, one shelf – valued at £3. 15s. 6d.  In the hall were one table, one form, four chairs, one sideboard, one settle, two dishes, six cushions and one glass-cage (wooden box for glasses) valued at £3. 9s. 6d.  In the kitchen were one table, one form, a shelf, one sideboard, one salt barrel, and one bacon rack – valued at 7s. 6d.

Other items with assessed values: His wearing apparel and money in his purse (£20) Four pair of andirons (10s 6d); four brass pans and pots (£10. 13s 4d); pewter (£2. 5s. 8d); iron (£1. 11s 6d); the books in the house (£3); the table linen in the house (£3); the plate in the house (£7); bags of dry hair and a winnowing sheet (13s. 4d); the furnace (£2); wool in the house (£2. 13s 4d); bottles, glass and clome [earthenware] (6s. 8d); cider, butter, cheese and victuals (£2. 8s 6d); two guns and a case of pistols with holsters (£1.0s. 6d); the lumber goods (£3. 12s 6d).

His sheep were valued at £21.10s 6d; swine at £8.

4s 6d; cows at £11. 5s; bullocks at £20. 5s; a yoke of oxen and one heifer at £11. 5s; and four horses and two colts at £18.

His corn in the house barn and in the ground was valued at £55. 10s, and the dung in the yard at £3. 5s. 

The inventory also lists his farmyard implements and horse ‘furniture’.

Thomas Scott’s whole estate was valued at £524. 0s. 4d, which in modern money is £45,836. A man of substance!

Charity Scott remarried another well-known Woodbury name, Samuel Broadmead, and he and his son, Esaias held the estate for the next fifty years. Samuel was a scrivener and also a schoolmaster. When Esaias died in 1728 he left the large sum of £120 to the parish to buy an estate (known as Edmunds), the income from which was to be used for education for the poor of the parish – this was the origin of Broadmead’s School at Church Stile.

When the Church of England School was built in 1871 the children from Church Stile moved to the new school. The Vestry sold the Edmunds Estate (valued at £1000) and the money was to be used towards a new school at Exton.

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The leaseholders and occupiers of Woodmanton Farm are all documented to the present day, but one occupier is remembered for the events that happened to his family at the farmhouse. Francis Nicks lived in the house with his wife and son from the late 1840s, but in 1875, at Christmas time, a terrible tragedy occurred. Johanna Nicks, wife of Francis, was sitting in front of the fire in the evening waiting for her son, William, to come home, but she must have fallen asleep and a spark from the fire ignited her dress. Her husband was awoken by the smell of burning, went downstairs and found his wife engulfed in flames. He wrapped her in blankets to extinguish the fire but her injuries were so severe that she died in his arms. Francis died three years later and the estate was taken over by his son, who farmed it for 20 years.

The farm increased its land holdings at the end of the 19th century when the lands of smaller farms in Woodmanton were amalgamated and the farmhouses became landless dwellings. It continued as a productive farm until the late 1980s when Norman Bowles, who had lived there for over 60 years, retired and the entire farm stock was sold by auction.

The Clinton Devon Estates leased out the buildings, which became the famous teapot factory, and the land which had been for so many years an important estate was incorporated into other farms in the parish.

Gill Selley

CASUALTIES IN THE ARMED SERVICES SINCE WW2 Does anyone know whether there were any Woodbury parishioners who enlisted in the Armed Services and lost their lives in one of the conflicts after the ending of WW2? Not only have service men and women been involved in hostilities in Ireland, but also in Korea, Malaya, the Falklands, Iraq and Afghanistan. If Woodbury participants did lose their lives in any conflict it would be appropriate to commemorate them on the parish War Memorial on the Village Green.

If you have any information could you please contact Gill Selley on 233208 or gselley100@gmail.com.

39 JULY AND AUGUST WEATHER July has given us relatively high mean temperatures, high humidity and above average rainfall of 82.2mm (3.24ins and 124%). As a result, the untamed parts of Devon are a jungle requiring a machete to navigate – even the maize crops are already way above my 6 ft 2 ins. Mid-month there was a run of calm muggy days which led to several claps of thunder. I left the mowing for two and a half weeks and the new gtech ran out of battery as there was such a heavy cut – mostly clover and buttercup I have to admit. Sea temperatures were close to 18C and that of the local reservoirs reached 22C on many days which is enough to make trout very sad. On the positive side insects and birds were having a ball and several of our martins went for second broods. Max/min temperatures were 29C/12C and winds, such as they were, were all over the place.

August was another humid month, over 80% most days, but without a great amount of actual rain – a time for kicking off the bedclothes.

Something seems to have gone wrong this year in our aquatic systems, at least in the ones I am familiar with. Firstly our pond was almost completely devoid of its usual life: no newts, damselflies or corixa, not even waterboatmen. Secondly, the reservoirs seemed to be missing hatching flies such as sedges and mayflies. At the same time, in this case as in recent years, I have not had land-born insects stuck to my windscreen in the usual quantities, except for larger moths. However, we have had a marvellous display of red admirals and peacocks in perfect condition – you must all be leaving your nettles alone. So, we had 44.1mm of rain (1.74ins and 50% of average), max/min temperatures were 25C/10C and winds were mainly light and from the NW. PJH

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS

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WCO Apple Juicing Day. 11.00-16.00. Long Barn, Gilbrook.

W. Community Playing Fields AGM. 18.45, Church Rooms.

Garden Club Meeting. Wild Plants of Devon. WVH, 19.30.

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Woodbury Twinning visit to Haynes Motor Museum.

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Local History Society: The Royal Clarence Hotel and Ancient Buildings in Exeter. WVH. 19.30.

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St Andrew’s Church Christmas Fair. 14.00-16.00.

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Artisan Xmas Craft Fayre. 11.00-15.00 Woodbury Church Rooms.

Exton Garden Club. Graham Salmon Crete. 19.30, E.Village Hall.

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Mike Dickson Gardening All Jobs Considered Specialist in hedge cutting, shrub pruning and grass.

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A gentle introduction to club bridge for social and new players SATURDAYS 7 OCTOBER & 11 NOVEMBER 9.00 – 12.00 WOODBURY VILLAGE HALL Contact Jean Vinnicombe for further information: jean_vinnicombe@yahoo.co.uk

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THE WHITE HART

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Children from 2½ years

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Principal: Mary Griffiths ARAD, MA(Oxon) Tel: 01395 271249 marygriffiths@hotmail.com www.woodburydance.co.uk All classes at Woodbury C of E Primary School

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Woodbury Salterton Village Hall

Woodbury Village Hall

Hall –Tables and Chairs, Well equipped kitchen with cooker and fridge, crockery and cutlery inclusive in hire.

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Available for: Dances and Parties Wedding Receptions Meetings and Classes Jumble Sales and Craft Fairs Badminton, Plays, Business Lettings

Hall and two meeting rooms, Fully equipped kitchen WIFI, sound system and projector

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For bookings please contact: Robin or Marian Lennox Tel: 01395 232126

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