WOODBURY NEWS
HOLIDAY ISSUE DECEMBER 2017 / JANUARY 2018
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HOLIDAY ISSUE EDITORIAL
As well as celebrating the Christian festival of the Nativity, Christmastide is traditionally a time to give thanks. With this in mind, the editorial team of Woodbury News would like to thank everyone involved with the publication: the board of directors who oversee the management of the organisation; the many people who month after month send in reports, articles and photos; Karen Squires, whose magic touch produces final copy for the printers; the stalwart band who take delivery of something in the region of 850 current magazines, and who then bundle them up into packs for those people who brave the elements to deliver your copy to you each month, and then collect subscriptions at the start of each year. Tucked away each month within the magazine is PJH's weather report, often containing some witty aside. I wonder what he thinks of the cover photo, taken over 50 years ago, and whether he has some prediction in mind for the forthcoming winter? We hope you enjoy this Holiday edition of Woodbury News and extend best wishes to everyone for a happy Christmas, and a peaceful and healthy New Year. It is perhaps therefore timely to think of those who are less fortunate, and to extend a hand of kindness to the elderly, the sick and the lonely over the festive period. Roger Stokes writes: ‘The cover photo of the Digger’s Rest was taken 55 years ago in 1962, at the start of a very long and cold winter. The temperature during the following January never rose above freezing point the whole of the month. With a herd of 80 cows to feed and water it was an extremely difficult time. One tap had to be kept running slowly day and night so that water system did not totally freeze, otherwise the cows would not have had water. Most of the water pipes under the concrete yard at Webbers Farm were frozen solid for the whole month, and of course inaccessible. I remember it well!’ Woodbury News is a Private Company Limited by Guarantee No. 5263356 Secretary: Karen Squires, Willowfield, Oakhayes Road, Woodbury EX5 1JT. 233299
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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 All-age Holy Communion. 2nd Sunday: 11.15 Holy Communion. 3rd Sunday: 11.15 Holy Communion, 18.30 Evensong. 4th Sunday: Candlemas 08.00 CW Holy Communion (Said), 11.15 Holy Communion Morning Prayer Mondays at 09.15. NEWS AND EVENTS Lych gate stalls in Church. First Saturday of the month from 3 February, 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) 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 on the church noticeboard at the lych gate. Digest available in church or from website www.white crossdevon.org.uk.
FoSS (FRIENDS OF ST SWITHUN’S) Saturday 27 January is the next date in the FoSS diary when FoSS will hold its fifteenth AGM at 19.00. The AGM in church will be followed by a short concert (at 19.30) and supper. The Woodbury Barbershop Quartet, Nigel Alcock and Bel Canto singers will be providing the entertainment. A supper of homemade soup, bread and cheese with a glass of wine or juice will be provided at the west end of the church. The concert is an open event, everyone is welcome. Tickets @ £7.50 will be available in January from Pat Browne, committee members or Jenny Westman at Rook Pie. As we are limited to 60 this will be a ticket-only event, so please ensure that you have organised your ticket before the night. The Spring Concert is scheduled for Saturday 28 April, another date for the diary. FoSS has contributed funds to enable pointing and masonry work on the north side of the church, as well as for the refurbishment and renewal of the lightning conductors. Pat Browne
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6 ST SWITHUN’S WINTER LYCH GATE The St Swithun’s winter lych gate in the church on Saturday 2 December was a huge success. A grand total of £1,300 was raised in under three hours, which was fantastic. There was a good turnout of people who were able to purchase a variety of hand-made gifts and novelties, a vibrant bookstall offering bargain-price books, delicious cakes and pastries, as well as the ever popular home-made preserves. The grand draw had amazing prizes, including festive hampers, wine and vouchers. People who came commented on the friendly atmosphere, the quality and range of goods available to purchase and the liveliness of the event.
CAROL SINGING AROUND WOODBURY We will be singing carols around Woodbury again this year on WEDNESDAY 20 DECEMBER to raise money as usual for Save the Children. We start at the Arch at19.00. All welcome to sing and/or collect. Refreshments afterwards. COME AND SING Schubert Mass in G: Rossini Stabat Mater Clyst Valley Choral Society - Clyst St Mary Church THURSDAYS 19.30 FROM 11 JANUARY 2018
7 WOODBURY COMMUNITY ORCHARD Woodbury Community Orchard has had a fruitful(!) year, with new members joining us for events and new trees becoming established and growing well. We started the year with pruning in the cold months, led by expert tuition from Ken Crundwell, both at Gilbrook on mature trees and at Town Lane for the newer trees. As the new orchard now has over 60 trees, we will rely on volunteers to Star of Devon help us with pruning - so please come along to our workshops to learn how to do this for the future. Dates will be announced soon for our next workshops; all you need is some sharp secateurs and warm clothes. The grass around the trees has been mown and weeded by the volunteer team and some paid mowing. However, this has got a bit out of hand over the autumn, so we are extremely grateful for help from the Parish Council with the mowing and from Dartmoor Tree Surgeons with strimming and brush cutting. The thistles are now under control and the site is once again a good place to walk and admire the views, allowing the Garden Club during their picnic at the Cricket Club to walk among the trees, looking at the different types and how they were doing. Our autumn juicing day was the best attended ever, and despite concerns that we might not have had enough apples to juice at Gilbrook, we had so many donated that at times it was hard to keep up with the amount of apples to crush. Thank you as ever to Bryony Giles for allowing us to use her barn for this event. The juicer was also hired out for some local cider-making, and Bob Budd took the juicer to the school for Year 6 to see how the whole process from apple to juice takes place. Our biggest surprise was receiving the Acland Award from the East Devon AONB for contributions to local environment, wildlife and heritage. A very big thank-you to everyone who has helped us to get this far from very small beginnings in 2013. Finally, please join us for the Woodbury Wassail on Friday 12 January 2018, 18.30. There will be a candle-lit procession from the village hall car park, along Town Lane to the orchard, and the community choir will lead the singing to wish the trees well for the year. It is a beautiful event, very suitable for families and children. To join us: woodburyorchard@gmail.com, or alexthiemann@tiscali.co.uk or visit our Facebook page. Alex Thiemann
8 WOODBURY COMMUNITY PLAYING FIELDS (WCPF) Woodbury Community Playing Fields (WCPF) is a registered charitable company that was set up to develop the large playing field in the village. We are very proud of our charity’s achievements in working hard to involve ourselves in local events, consulting with local residents, and reaching our current strong financial position from fundraising and grant-raising income. Our key objectives for WCPF are: Making the playing fields a central point of village life and a desirable location for community events for all members of the community. Encouraging active and regular participation in a wide range of sports and recreation in Woodbury. Supporting the local community by providing excellent facilities. We have delivered a brand-new children’s play area with additional seating, which has been well supported and is an excellent facility for the community. Our project for this year has been the Multi Use Games Area (MUGA), which has planning permission, and was awarded £25,000 by EDDC (s106) and then a further £20,000 by The Norman Family Charitable Trust. WCPF can now (and with excitement) announce that we have secured all the funds needed to install the new MUGA at the large playing field! We have received many donations in the last few months, including a considerable amount from the local community, through online donations and hardworking individuals who have sold cakes, eaten Indian meals, and others who came dressed in their best sporting attire for the Sports Disco which we held in September. As this goes to press we are now looking at a proposed start date of January/ February 2018. We will be taking plenty of photographs to record the changes that will shortly be happening. During the installation the area next to the Scout/Guide hut will be closed whilst we remove old equipment and landscape the new area. We are still working hard to raise awareness in the community of WCPF’s proposals for enhancements to the facilities and have been supported by many events in the village throughout the last year to fundraise and to publicise our charity and plans. We are fortunate also to receive encouragement, assistance and co-operation from the Parish Council. All these contributions from our community keep the WCPF committee hard at work, trying to realise the objectives of the charity. We appreciate and thank everyone for all their support and hard work in 2017. Emma Finnegan
9 COULD SPRING BE ON ITS WAY ALREADY? It is, if you like to buy plants for your garden. This year the Garden Club’s annual plant sale will be smaller than in recent years, and we want to focus on the plants we know people are looking for. We must, of course, start sowing seed well in advance for everything to be ready for early May. So tell us what you would like us to grow. In particular, we need to know the kinds of vegetable, herb or bedding plants you would like to see. There will be perennials to choose from as usual. Please let us have your requests or suggestions as soon as you can. Call Debby on 232462, email debby_mullier@hotmail.co.uk, or contact any committee member who will pass your message on. Thanks. Debby Mullier ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Poppy Appeal A big thank-you to everyone who supported the local shops, pubs, restaurants, commercial outlets and schools around the Parish and made donations to the Poppy Appeal. The amount from the collection tins was over £2,000, a magnificent sum. Grateful thanks are due to everyone involved: all the outlets that had poppies and tins, our Appeal Organiser, Becky and her assistants Caitlin and Helen, the branch members who distributed and collected the poppies and tins and, last but not least, Karen Weir who did all the counting for us. The final total sum collected will be published in due course. The AGM was held on Thursday 23 November in the RBL room when we were pleased to welcome Sean Kiley as the new branch secretary; Sandra Huish and Gill Dougal continue as chairman and treasurer respectively. 2018 marks 100 years since the end of WW1; this will be celebrated in some form over the weekend 10/11 November and details will be published nearer the time. Derrick Mead FRIDAY NIGHT FLIX Children’s Matinee PG SATURDAY 16 DECEMBER, WOODBURY VILLAGE HALL Doors open 14.00 for 14.30 film. Free admission by ticket. Free popcorn / drink. Ice cream for sale. Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Tickets from Susie Stenton 07542 964146 and Chris Lear 01395 232772. Friday Night Flix on 26 JANUARY. 19.30 (doors open 18.45) Details from Chris Lear - chrisalear@aol.com.
10 WOODBURY LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY Chairman’s Report for 2017 The Society has had another busy year in 2017 with four diverse, interesting and entertaining talks: The Ware Family of Woodbury (Part 2), a film produced and presented by Julian Ware; The History of Organ Building in Devon (in St Swithun’s Church) by Dr Nigel Browne; The People of Devon in the First World War by Dr David Parker; and The Royal Clarence and other ancient buildings in Exeter by Dr Todd Gray. For our annual summer outing in July we spent an enjoyable day in Bath. All our events throughout the year were very well attended. Membership of the Society remains steady and our finances are healthy. A wreath was laid by the Chairman on behalf of the Society at the War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday. Nigel Tucker has presented two collections to the Society Archives: a collection of artefacts which he has dug up in the Parish over a number of years using his metal detector, and a collection of fossils. We are very grateful to him for these generous gifts. The Archive Room can be visited by prior arrangement with a member of the Committee. The 2018 Annual General Meeting will take place in Woodbury village hall at 19.30 on Thursday 1 February, with a short talk and exhibition of new artefacts, entertainment and refreshments, after the business meeting. Our Talks Programme for 2018: 1 March: The Ware Family of Woodbury (Part 3), a video produced and presented by Julian Ware. 3 May: Early Victorian Devon, an illustrated talk by Dr David Parker. 6 September: The History of Woodbury Castle, an illustrated talk by Kim Strawbridge. 1 November: The Water Mills of East Devon, an illustrated talk by Martin Watts. All talks will be on Thursdays in the village hall starting at 19.30. Entry is free to members, £3 to non-members. Everyone is welcome. The summer outing will be to Buckland Abbey in early July (date to be announced). I am extremely grateful to all members of the Committee for their help and support during the past 12 months, and for the offers of assistance given by loyal members of the Society on various occasions during the year. We aim to provide information and knowledge in an entertaining way to our members, and in turn, the Society has a duty to the Parish as a whole to document and make available its history and to safeguard its Archives. To this end we are in the process of scanning and recording collections of old documents held by various organisations in the Parish; the project is being financed with the help of grants from a number of local sources, to whom we are extremely grateful. The President of the Society is The Hon Charles Fane Trefusis, and the committee members are Nick Burgess (Chairman), David Bowers (Treasurer), Gill Selley (Archivist), Roger Stokes (Website), Melanie Williams (Minutes Secretary), Shirley Purves, John Treasaden and Steve Williams. Nick Burgess
11 WOODBURY TENNIS CLUB The year ended with a very special pre-Christmas party in the Church Rooms on Friday 1 December with 25 members and friends present, to enjoy a chicken casserole dinner with Christmas music, decorations organised by Helen Ryland, and a challenging quiz, set by Jane Greenslade. The Winter League programme is almost complete with only two matches to play. Woodbury are just clear of the relegation zone having won only one match, but having gained points in the others. It will soon be time to think of the more competitive Summer League, when we hope to have two men’s teams and one mixed team. Overall the 2017 season has been one of the most successful in recent years. There were over 30 juniors on the summer coaching programme with coach Steve Wood, an increase in adult membership, regular well-attended club sessions on Sunday mornings and ladies’ tennis on Tuesday afternoons throughout the year. The three teams performed well, giving match experience to 20 members. The outstanding performance came from the mixed team who won Division 5 ahead of many good club teams. The shield will be awarded at the League AGM in March. New or returning members are always welcome; please contact Pat Browne (232805) (ruthandpatb@aol.com) or Jackie Clarke (232832), or come to the courts on Sunday 10.30 when club sessions take place. Occasional use of the courts can be arranged, key from Pat or Jackie, £4 per court per hour + £5 key deposit; however for regular players it is cheaper to become a member. Pat Browne COMMANDO TRAINING CENTRE ROYAL MARINES CHRISTMAS BAND CONCERT TUESDAY 19 DECEMBER AT 14.00 The main gates at Lympstone will open from 13.15 for parking on the parade ground. Please supply names of passengers, car make, model, colour and registration by Wednesday 6 December, to Sandra Huish on 01395 232696. The concert is free and a “bucket” collection at the end will be for the Royal Marines Charity. ROYAL BRITISH LEGION COFFEE MORNINGS 21 DECEMBER. 4 & 18 JANUARY. 10.00 - 11.30, RBL ROOM behind Woodbury village hall All are invited to join us on alternate Thursdays.
12 WOODBURY WOMEN’S INSTITUTE ANNUAL REPORT It has been another really good year for the 50 members of Woodbury WI with a wide variety of speakers, stimulating craft activities, outings and excursions, as well as lots of fellowship and friendship. The year began with a talk by a local lawyer, who related many anecdotes about her court life. February was the group’s birthday celebration with entertainment from local talent. Ted Neather mesmerised us in March with a fascinating talk about how language evolved. April gave us our first craft activity of the year, when Lin showed us how to make our very own Fabergé eggs; everyone went home with a decorated sparkly egg. In May we held our Annual Meeting and the speaker afterwards was Sue Ashmole, who owns an alpaca farm in north Devon. We were captivated by the sweet furry alpacas and heard all about their husbandry. June should have been our garden party but the weather was really awful. We had already decided to move the garden party to August and the outing to June, so a group went to Otter Nurseries for lunch. July’s speaker told us things that we didn’t know about the very visible edifice of Haldon Belvedere, its history and current usage. In August we had our summer outing and having enjoyed hearing about the alpacas, we set off to Great Torrington to meet them (and Sue Ashmole). The weather was lovely; we had a great visit and a tasty cream tea. In September, two local ladies from Guide Dogs for the Blind brought a retired dog and a trainee dog who entertained us while their owners told us all there is to know about this charity; it was absolutely fascinating. October brought us another speaker from a local charity, Exmouth’s Talking Newspaper, which one of our members enjoys and can vouch for its usefulness. November was our Christmas craft evening and members went home with a “living Christmas card” demonstrated for us by member Joan Mansell.
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Some of Woodbury WI members took part in the DFWI Carol Service in Exeter Cathedral.
Nigel Alcock presents Ann Shell with the Donoveen Memorial Rose Bowl at the Garden Party.
We still have the Christmas lunch at Exminster Golf Club and one more speaker to look forward to. The Book Group has 16 members and always provides an afternoon of lively discussion. Our skittles team have won their first two matches. The profile of our WI has benefitted from three charitable events: WI members contributed several hundred knitted poppies to the DFWI stand at Devon County Show’s memorial event; we held a fund-raising Tea and Cake afternoon for Breast Cancer Research; and a Fish Lunch for RNLI. As usual, a group took part in the annual DFWI Carol Service in Exeter Cathedral. A busy, happy year for Woodbury WI and hopefully more to come in 2018. Lin Milsom Ashby WOODBURY TWINNNING ASSOCIATION Our AGM will be on 16 January in the snug of The White Hart starting at 21.00 when we shall be discussing the 40th Anniversary of our twinning with Bretteville-sur-Odon. Jan Owen FoSS SUPPER CONCERT SATURDAY 27 JANUARY IN ST SWITHUN’S CHURCH AT 19.30 preceded by the AGM at 19.00 Barbershop, Nigel Alcock, Bel Canto. Tickets £7.50 from Pat Browne, Committee or Rook Pie.
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WOODBURY SALTERTON NEWS WOODBURY SALTERTON C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL Learning in the natural environment Throughout the year the children have been accessing our Forest School which is a short walk from the school site. We are really proud to offer Forest School sessions as part of the core curriculum, promoting learning in the natural environment. The children have used their sessions in a variety of ways including personal development, literacy and art. Mrs Pearson is a regular contributor to the latest news on our school website where we have many wonderful examples and images - too numerous to share with you all here. IT improvements to support our learning This year our PTA and Trustees provided the children with 16 iPads. We’re all really grateful for this valuable resource and the support the church and parents give us throughout the year. Children of all ages have enjoyed using the new iPads to support their learning. Wrap-around care It has been a goal of the governing body for several years to provide wraparound care every day of the week - which can be a challenge for small schools such as ours. This year we’ve continued to offer breakfast club starting every day at 07.50 and a variety of different afterschool clubs each day of the week. We want to thank our partner organisations and Miss Healy for the excellent sessions the children have enjoyed this year. PTA Support As well as supporting us with the provision of iPads, the PTA funded the creation of two beautiful wall hangings as legacy projects based on our school values and our mission statement that ‘Every child matters as a child of God’. The hangings include pictures of the church and school as well as pebbles to represent us as part of the Pebblebed Heath Federation. These pieces will make an amazing contribution to our school environment. Our thanks to the PTA committee for fundraising and organising the numerous events throughout the year, including Easter bingo, pumpkin carving and the summer fete.
15 Ofsted Back in July we were visited by Ofsted and inspected under the new inspection regime. It was a really positive experience and a wonderful end to the academic year, as the staff were given high praise for their hard work and the improvements put in place since the last inspection. The school was given a “good” rating and commended for the “effective” work it has done to raise pupils’ attainment in writing since the last inspection four years ago. From a leadership perspective, the inspection recognised the positive impact of the Federation in strengthening the leadership of both of our schools. Pupil performance highlights Our children have continued to take part in additional opportunities throughout the year including sports, music, residential and creative events. Our year 6 put on the marvellous Shakespeare Rocks show in the summer performance at Woodbury Park Golf Club, to whom we are grateful for their continued support through hosting the event. Sports day was supported by our breakfast school provider and was a wonderful opportunity for our winners, Pipistrelle House, and all the children to showcase their sporting talents. Music has continued to be a core part of the curriculum and the children participated in the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra event in Exeter and put on performances for each other and parents; we have enjoyed working with Mrs Nelmes from Primary Music. FSU In January 2017, our local pre-school was facing closure. We have worked closely with them in the past and so it was a natural progression for the team to become part of the school community. We are delighted to offer places for two, three and four-year-olds in our Foundation Stage Unit. This is a teacher-run provision with the older children benefitting from the smooth transition into the foundation class in September. If you would like to find out more about local early years provision, please do not hesitate to contact the school to arrange a visit to discuss your childcare needs. Clare Rooke, Chair of Governors, Pebblebed Heath Federation
16 WOODBURY SALTERTON WOMEN’S INSTITUTE 2017 has been a year of change for us: Jenny Kemp stepped down after five years of being a great President, and Gill Bricknell has taken up the baton. In turn, Gill is no longer treasurer, and Gill Scott has taken on the role. We have had a varied programme of visiting speakers: Revd Karen Spray talking about her walk across the Camino de Santiago, Robin Lee sharing his love of kayaking, Community Policing, a whirlwind tour through the history of Exeter, more about teaching in Papua New Guinea following last’s years interesting talk by Rosemary Hayball, and Dr Sam Webster speaking about East Devon Pebblebed Heath management. Having speakers enlightens and informs our members which, combined with friendship and sociability, furthers the aims of the WI. Several of us attended the first Devon Federation WI Autumn Showcase, focusing on what actions local WIs take towards the nationally agreed Resolutions. These had been voted on at the national AGM in June, held in Liverpool, and it was our turn to represent local WIs. We have continued with our walking group every Monday morning, and our monthly coffee get-togethers at various venues. We took part in the village Decorated Wheelbarrow competition, and enjoyed a lovely summer event at Fursdon House. We end our year with a Christmas celebration at The Digger’s Rest. We always appreciate new members… so please do feel free to come along to a meeting on the second Wednesday of the month in Woodbury Salterton village hall at 19.30. Terrie Newman WOODBURY COMMUNITY ORCHARD WASSAIL FRIDAY 12 JANUARY 2018 Lantern procession starting at 18.30 from the village hall to the orchard at Town Lane, next to Woodbury Cricket Club. Bring: mulled cider; something to bash to make a noise eg a pan, biscuit tin lid, drum; torches and warm clothes. Woodbury choir and all are going to sing wassail songs in the orchard after we’ve bashed our pots and pans. Everybody welcome! A fun evening to wish good health to the trees and help the orchard fruitfulness. Free event. Contact Alex on 07515 329829 for more information.
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Every year the Village Hall Committee holds a Bangers and Mash Supper to raise funds for the hall. Here is a photo of the November event – on the 25th – and of Tony and Lis Appleton. Everyone sang Happy Birthday to Tony, who was celebrating his 89th birthday that day. Katharine Wheeler 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 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.
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EXTON NEWS ST ANDREW’S CHURCH, EXTON JANUARY 2018 SUNDAY SERVICES: Sunday 7th - Epiphany 18.00 Evening Service. Sunday 14th - Epiphany 2. 09.30 Eucharist Service. Sunday 21st - Epiphany 3 09.30 Lay-led Service. Sunday 28th Candlemas 09.30 Eucharist Service. EXTON SPOOKY SPECTACULAR A great spooky spectacular was enjoyed by over 70 villagers and friends on All Hallows’ Eve: a brisk walk through the village calling at the most generous of hosts of the village who volunteered their houses as stopping points. We all enjoyed a lovely atmosphere, great sloe gin, sweets, doughnuts, glazed sausages, toasted marshmallow and a few fireworks. The children collected items and made a witches’ potion. A brew that bubbled gained you entry to the final treat of the evening a lovely buffet at the Puffing Billy. What a great evening! Huge thanks go to all the hosts, especially the Puffing Billy. We are always looking for new hosts, so look out for the posters and village email if you would like to get involved next year. EXTON CHRISTMAS FOOD BANK This is a general reminder to donate items for the Food Box which are greatly needed, particularly food to bring some cheer to needy families. 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.
19 EXTON GARDEN CLUB In October several members went to Exeter University and after coffee had a guided tour of the magnificent gardens. This was very interesting and everyone agreed that a return visit in the spring, when the camellias and azaleas were in flower, would be a good idea. At our November meeting we welcomed Graham Salmon who gave us an insight into the plants and wildlife of Crete. He lives at Black Down where it is cold and wet, a complete contrast to the sandy arid conditions in Crete. Having been to Crete in the spring and autumn, he has seen the wide range of flowers in bloom. If you go, it is advisable to take a good book on Mediterranean flowers with you. Crete is the largest of the Greek islands lying in the South Aegean Sea and is predominantly limestone with wild gorges and fertile plains where rare herbs and a large variety of orchids grow. The land is heavily grazed by wild goats but one plant that does flourish is the asphodel as goats don’t like them. The orchids are impressive, some growing just a few inches and others to several feet and every colour imaginable. There are also irises and a two-colour, white and yellow, chrysanthemum. Another outstanding plant was a small prostrate prunus with masses of tiny pink flowers, which grows in the most unlikely places where you wouldn’t think there was any soil. Graham was certainly enthusiastic and it was nice to enjoy time with the sun on a cold and miserable evening. Eileen Pratt EXTON VILLAGE CAROLS AT EXTON CHURCH WEDNESDAY 20 DECEMBER, 19.00 Come along with your friends and enjoy your favourite carols. There will be a collection for The Children’s Society and mulled wine or soft drinks with mince pies in the hall afterwards.
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20 EXTON PANTOMIME
An Egg-cellent Show! Have you ever wondered where you can find a hot air balloon, a magical well and a goose that lays a golden egg? Well, this year they, along with a group of raucous and hilarious characters, were all in Exton portraying the magical show Mother Goose. 6-10 December saw Exton taking their sold-out audiences on a journey from the quiet ‘Eider Town’ through the spooky ‘Deathly Hallows Wood’ before arriving in ‘The Land of The Immortals’. The story began for our characters with a wager between the elegant and beautiful Fairy Day (Pat Cusa) and the wickedly evil Demon Night (Rob Hatton). Demon Night, determined to prove that all humans are vain and greedy, brings the two characters to ‘Eider Town’ and the Annual Goose Fayre. There, the beautiful Jill (Hannah Edwards) struggles to convince her uncle, the wicked Squire Blackheart (Dustin Sanders) not to raise the rents of the poor villagers. In amongst them are her boyfriend’s family, led by the lively Mother Goose (Les Richards). Ignoring his niece’s pleas, Squire Blackheart sends around his two bumbling bailiffs, Biff (Brian Wood) and Bash (Sean Murphy) who add some great slapstick moments to the production as well as a boxing match later in the proceedings.
21 The Goose family, consisting of Mother Goose and her sons Jack Goose (Rachel Feeny-Williams), ‘Silly’ Billy Goose (Rachel Pattison) along with their Goose Priscilla (Chris Hoar), are stuck living a pauper’s life until the intervention of Fairy Day starts Priscilla laying Golden Eggs. Seeing pound signs, Squire Blackheart quickly makes a proposal to Mother Goose, much to the dismay of the rest of the family. The comedic ‘romance’ between Squire Blackheart and Mother Goose was portrayed with hilarious perfection by Les and Dustin, two regulars to Exton’s stage. On a more conventional side of romance, the love between Jack and Jill gives a contrast to all the chaos and comedy.
With her wedding to the Squire looming, Mother Goose takes to Madame FiFi’s beauty parlour where she decides to treat herself to a revolutionary new makeover, much to the dismay of Madame Fi-Fi (Gloria McGinty) and her two assistants Trinny (Sharon Pagliero) and Susannah (Karen Hammond). This trio ooze class and sassiness, clearly seen in their rendition of Hey Big Spender. Her dreams of a revolutionary makeover are soon dashed with Demon Night taking advantage and whisking Mother Goose away to the magic well, tricking her into giving away her Goose and kidnapping Jill. From there, our characters fight to get Jill and Priscilla back. Our story ends in the arrival in ‘Gooseland’ where the regal King (Richard Jacobs & Peter Chubb) and Queen (Gloria McGinty) help our characters get through to their “happy ever after”. Supporting our collection of wonderful characters, Mother Goose also showcases a truly brilliant children’s chorus, treating us to some lively dance numbers such as Jail House Rock and Monster Mash. This, coupled with some amazing songs, played beautifully by musical director Trevor Perkins made this a show not to be missed! As the last writer of an Exton review said: ‘please don’t leave it two years for another pantomime’. I have to say that I completely agree. Exton really pulled it out of the bag this year and left their audiences laughing, cheering and tapping their toes on the way out, and after all, isn’t that what pantomime is all about? Well done Exton Drama Club and their amazing director, Hilary Hoar and assistant director, Anne Hacking. Rachel Feeny-Williams
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WOODBURY PARISH COUNCIL
Tony Le Riche, Clerk 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 Clerk at woodburyparishcouncil@gmail.com or by ringing 01395 233791. Woodbury Christmas lights have gone up again this year. Dave Moore of local company Brooklands Events stepped in at short notice and was ably assisted by volunteers Graham Joyce and some Parish Councillors to get the lights up in time for the pre-Christmas period. Apparently they are visible from places some miles away. They are on a timer and should come on at about 16.30 and go off at about 23.30. If this is not working please let the Parish Clerk know. The lights should come down on 6 January 2018. Flower Street car park lights have, apparently, been going off too early. These were shown to be part of the DCC street lighting system but DCC then said they were managed by EDDC. However, when the car park was transferred to Woodbury Parish Council the lights would have been included in the package. The Parish Council has taken this up and has now had the timers reset so that the lights come on at dusk and should go off at 23.30. If this causes any problems or the lights go off much before or much after 23.30, please let the Clerk know. The public conveniences in Flower Street have also had some minor lighting problems and so the broken lights have been replaced with LED fittings which are brighter, cheaper to run and should last longer. The magnet that holds the door open in the Ladies has been replaced and so the door can be held open during the day. This helps keep the toilets ventilated to prevent condensation and mould growth. Unfortunately, the Gents is suffering from some vandalism. The lock on the door has been broken twice in recent weeks and the cleaner has found empty bottles and cans in the cubicle. It is very sad that someone has to drink alone, and even worse that this is in the Gents cubicle. However, the vandalism is totally unnecessary and creates an ‘inconvenience’ for bona fide users.
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The Arch in Woodbury is ripe for a refurbishment, the Parish Council feels. The boats that are planted and well maintained by the local RBL are due to be removed in November 2018; the bus shelter looks quite poor and the telephone box is in urgent need of redecoration, inside and out. BT are proposing to replace the telephone box with a modern steel and grey structure but the Parish Council has objected to this and feels that the existing kiosk should be retained and maintained. The planters along the centre of the Arch are maintained by Woodbury Garden Club but they are not easily seen due to parked vehicles. The Parish Council is launching a public competition to draw in ideas for improvements. We would welcome your ideas for changes to the existing street furniture and for new furniture that could make the centre of the village a more exciting and noticeable place. The aim is to have the works completed in time for the commemorations to mark the end of WWI in November 2018. Cllr Richard Bartlett is the Parish Council contact for this: 01395 232789, 07831 647105 or rgbartlett@aol.com. Please get in touch with him with your ideas or questions.
24 There are two vacancies on the Parish Council, one for Exton area and one for Woodbury area. If you think that you would like to help give something to your community, why not have a chat with a Parish Councillor to see what is involved. The only commitment is for two evening meetings each month and whatever else you would like to get involved in. You can do as much or as little as you wish. A list of Councillors is posted on each of the noticeboards in Exton, Woodbury and Woodbury Salterton, or you can call in to see the Parish Clerk. He is normally available from 09.30 – 12.30 each morning except Fridays. November is grants month for the Parish Council. The Parish Council administers the Coombe Farm Solar Grant Fund which brings £7,278 each year to be distributed as grants to local groups. Any funds not allocated or taken up are carried forward to the next year. This year £9,879.00 was available. The Parish Council also has its own budget of £2,000 each year for similar purposes. As well as giving money, the Parish Council can buy and donate equipment or services as a grant. In this case the Parish Council can reclaim any VAT that is involved and this makes the funds go further. The Parish Council has awarded the following grants this year: From the Coombe Farm Solar Fund: Exton Village Hall: replace windows £834 + VAT if this can be reclaimed. Wild Woodbury: enhancement of picnic area and meadow at the Cricket ground. £417 + VAT if this can be reclaimed. Woodbury Community Playing Fields: acoustic membrane for new MUGA. £2,090 + VAT if this can be reclaimed. Woodbury Local History Society: scanning Parish documents. £900 + VAT if this can be reclaimed. Woodbury Primary School PTFA: purchase of equipment for play area. 831.67 + VAT if this can be reclaimed. Woodbury Village Hall: improved disabled access etc. £2,500 + VAT if this can be reclaimed. Woodbury Salterton Village Hall: replace broken windows with patio doors to give access to outside area. £834 + VAT if this can be reclaimed. Woodbury Salterton Primary School: develop Forest School. £1,500 + VAT if this can be reclaimed. TOTAL - £9,906.67. Cont’d/... Do email your high resolution 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 are preferred as they reproduce more clearly on paper.
25 From the Parish Council’s own grants budget: Churchlands Trust: projection screen and table £112. Exton Village Hall: replace old cooker and re-position stage door. £500 inc. VAT. Woodbury Local History Society: conserving and improving access to Parish documents. £250. Woodbury Community Playing Fields: signs to show funders for MUGA. £257 inc. VAT. Woodbury Primary School PTFA: storage shed. £202.99 inc VAT. Total - 1321.99. Budget - 2,000.00. The Parish Council also makes the following annual contributions: Exmouth Ring and Ride. £415.53. Gulliford Joint Committee. £200. East Devon CAB. £200. NOVEMBER WEATHER Another dry month and it is pointing towards an exceptionally dry year unless we have a deluge for Christmas; only in the month of September has rainfall been above the average. Towards the end of the month I looked down a 3ft hole being dug for a gatepost and the soil was dusty to the bottom – so the watertable is now well down. Other than that there was nothing unusual: we had several ground frosts and the first air frosts were on the 29th and 30th with gritters out on the M5. For the details: rainfall was 48.6mm (1.92ins and 40.6% of the norm), max/min temperatures were 15C/2C and winds were mainly from the NW but finishing up N as we became trapped between high pressure over the Atlantic and low pressure over Scandinavia. PJH
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ROUND AND ABOUT DEATH We are sorry to report that Chris Powell, formerly of Culvery Close, died on 24 November after being in Woodhayes Nursing Home, Exeter for about a year. THANKS I would like to thank everyone for all the support and kindness following my total knee replacement. Thank you for all the cards, get well wishes, soup, daily walks, clearing garden rubbish, cutting lawn, shopping, helping me attend appointments and the encouragement in my rehabilitation. Where else would I rather be but Woodbury? It has been amazing with so many people popping in and I hope by the time this goes to print I will be striding out, once again pain-free, down the village. Chris Lear During the autumn, when there were plenty of apples falling to the ground or being picked, we would put some at the bottom of our drive for people to help themselves. One day we found a pot of apple and apricot jam placed in the box. There was no name so we hope very much that the donor will read this and receive our thanks. We have asked several people who we thought might have left it, but to no avail! ‘Thank you very much for the delicious pot of jam and, if one day you have time to write the recipe down, I would love to have it’. Joyce Jeans
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
Anna and Paul Crafer wish all their friends a very happy Christmas and a healthy New Year. They have donated to the Woodbury Community Playing Fields fund. Esme Thomson would like to wish all her friends a very blessed and peaceful Christmas and a Happy New Year. A donation will be sent to the British Heart Foundation in lieu of cards for Christmas. The Charity Coffee morning staff and helpers wish everyone a wonderful Christmas and a good New Year. We are closed on 26 December but hope to see you all in the New Year. Thank you for your continued support.
Agendas for future meeting, and minutes of meetings can be found on http://www.woodbury-pc.org.uk/
27 RSPB - PEBBLEBEDS Hello, well this is a rare occasion for me to put pen to paper and make the contribution to Woodbury News. Not that I don’t want to, but more often than not our residential volunteers, admin support or warden, Aaron, are onto it, but as the deadline submission date has moved forwards it has tended to catch us out, so here we go. This will be the Holiday issue of the magazine, so we wish you all a healthy Christmas and New Year. We have been working on the commons and surrounding land making a start on our winter management with a programme of coppicing gorse, clearing encroaching scrub, swailing, woodland management and winter grazing all lined up for the coming months. Our focus for the past month has been working with Aggregate Industries (AI) at Venn Ottery Hill, assisting with the restoration objectives: we have put up new fences around the meadow, established areas where hedgerows are going to be planted as corridors for our protected dormice, created a new zone for woodland planting and we have progressed the new bat hibernaculum, after being given some additional concrete rings to create the new structure. All 18 species of bats in the UK are protected and we’re happy to help in their conversation by providing those shelters on our reserves, in partnership with the Vincent Wildlife Trust, Devon Bat Group, Greater Horseshoe Bat Project and East Devon AONB. Winter grazing is taking place with both Exmoor and Dartmoor ponies. Further south on the commons we have helped AI with some management work at Blackhill, and have been involved in the construction of artificial roost/hibernation areas. Recently we were fortunate to be awarded “highly commended on a landscape scale” for the restoration works that we have been participating in at Blackhill. This award was presented by Natural England at the Mineral Products Association (MPA) awards ceremony at the Royal Society in London. A jolly day out for us all. There are currently still several groups of livestock dotted around with ponies on Fire Beacon Hill, Venn Ottery Common and Aylesbeare Common. As the remote offsite animals return from their summer grazing areas they will go onto Aylesbeare/Harpford commons, to provide the low intensity winter grazing that we require. All or nearly all of the cattle will have left the reserve by now, just leaving us with the ponies, On that note, if anyone is interested in some slow-grown ‘heath beef’ in the form of a part share of an animal (1/16th or 1/8th for example), please get in touch. (toby.taylor@rspb.org.uk.) It’s that time of year when individuals change locations and we say farewell to Saul, Morgane and Max, but welcome Joe and another staff member (tba) who will join Ella in the cabin for the winter months. That’s about it from me, have a great month, all the best, Toby Taylor.
28 A PROFILE OF JEAN CARPENTER When you talk to someone in their nineties, it’s easy to forget that they have had a lifetime which started long before you were born. So it was with Jean Carpenter, somebody I had heard spoken of in several circles in Woodbury. Jean has a reputation for ‘getting things done’. To be frank, I was expecting something of grande dame with a towering self-regard, so you can imagine how pleased I was to meet this charming nonagenarian who made me feel so comfortable that we were swapping intimate details of our lives within ten minutes of our shaking paws on her doorstep. Many of you know Jean much better than I do, so I am going to focus on Jean’s life before she wound up in Woodbury: 'show me the child and I’ll show you the adult’ sort of thing. Jean drew her first breath on 12 February 1926. A daughter to William and Edith Branson, her dad was a clerk on the London Midland and Scottish Railway and they lived at the time of her birth in Derby. She was destined to be an only child but did the things that village kids did in the 1920s: helping out the milkman, riding on the back of a neighbour's dog and watching the coalman and the baker do their deliveries, all with the aid of horses. School came at the age of five and required a mile long walk, which Jean remembers as a bit of challenge. Around this time Jean recalls being taken up to ‘the big house’ and for the first time pressing the keys on a real piano. She pursued her piano studies at the age of eight, by which time her dad’s work had brought about a move to Harpenden, in those days a sleepy village a little north of London. She had a gang of chums with whom she went through her teens, including cycle rides through Hertfordshire lanes and dances in the village hall. At fourteen years of age, Jean went to secretarial college for a year, studying shorthand and typing, before entering the workforce at 15, joining the LMS like her dad - thumping a typewriter exceptionally fast and taking shorthand at 110 words per minute. Jean started to feel rather hemmed in by her parents' view of what her future should look like, so she found a new job at the LMS in the tracing bureau. She loved it and, with the sound of war all around, there was plenty of work to be done. She longed to join the WRNS but was too young.
29 Jean applied herself to music and studied syncopation so, when the local greengrocer in Harpenden asked her to join his dance band, she was very keen and the Paramount Dance Band took off. The Band was a successful, busy, semi-pro outfit in the area. Just as the war was ending Jean joined the aircraft industry starting with the De Havilland group and working again as a tracer. At this time she came face-to-face with Frank Masson, the man she was to marry. He was an engineering apprentice and they got engaged with the aid of a diamond ring costing £6. Jean then got a job at Napier Aircraft as a detail draughtswoman, working on guided weapons: “I had to sign the Official Secrets book for that." She and Frank whizzed about in the Morris Minor Frank was given for passing all his exams, going out with friends when Jean was often on piano as Frank and his mate entertained with a ukulele and a song. Jean recalls particular high spots in her life: ‘I met Eric Morcambe, whose wife Joan was my keep-fit partner.’ When Derby beat Charlton Athletic in the Cup Final in 1946, Jean also well remembers drinking champagne from the actual FA cup itself, dancing with the captain and meeting the whole team. The couple, by now deeply in love and married, had to set about the business of making a home. In the end, they bought a plot and started building their own house. In 1954, when Jean was busy with the concrete mixer, her baby made it clear that he was ready for delivery into the real world. Matron asked what she had been doing before coming to hospital. "I was mixing concrete" she replied, "and Matron nearly had a fit." Son Edwin came first and then Anne. By this time Frank had joined Sellotape as an R and D engineer at Elstree. They had taken up sailing, first with a mirror dinghy and later with a Bermuda rigged sloop which they took to Irish ports, the Isle of Man and along the French coast. The Masson family were then faced with another major upheaval: Frank had made himself indispensable in Sellotape and the company wanted him to open a new plant in Dublin, and these were the days of the three-day week and other painful stuff. Frank was feeling a level of work stress unlike anything previously and one day, out of the blue, Jean received a call to say that Frank had suffered a collapse at work, from which he did not recover. After nine years in Ireland Jean came back to England, deeply grieving. She went to stay with an old friend in Budleigh Salterton who showed her Woodbury and a house for sale in Beeches Close. “I knew it was home as soon as I saw it. Woodbury was a village not so different from other places where I had lived and I felt I knew how it worked, I understood it." Jean has certainly made her mark: she was secretary of the Village Hall Committee for a very long time, and active in the RNLI where she was organiser for Woodbury, for which she received their gold Badge in 2016 - “I was so honoured.” Cont’d/...
30 Jean Carpenter profile cont’d/… Many of you will remember Bill Carpenter, whom she married in 1991. They had both become mainstays of the Gardening Club and majored on growing pelargoniums and fuchsias. They fought Bill’s progressive ill health together – he had Parkinson’s — until his death in 2012. It was Bill’s bright idea to book seats when Concorde made her one and only trip out of Exeter; Jean was thrilled by the trip round the Bay of Biscay. This dear soul who, in rising 92, has just compiled and completed work on her cook book. It is selling for £6 in aid of local charities. Some people just keep on keeping on, enriching the lives of others; Jean Carpenter is one of those! Andy Price VOLUNTEERING Why not make your New Year’s resolution really count and become a Devon Air Ambulance volunteer? We receive no government funding and are totally reliant on donations from the people of Devon. We offer an array of volunteering opportunities from box collecting, giving talks, attending cheque presentations, assisting in one of our 18 charity shops or helping out at our annual events. Volunteering can make a real difference to your own life and the lives of others. This opportunity would suit anyone who would like to get out of the house, make new friends, do something worthwhile, all whilst having fun. We really do appreciate any amount of time you can offer. Whoever you are, you'd fit in just fine! Please contact our Volunteer Manager Cara Jones by calling 01392 466666 or emailing c.jones@daat.org for more information. THE WOODBURY KITCHEN Copies of this book are now on sale in the local shops, or direct from Jean Carpenter, tel: 232120. It costs £6 and all profits will go to the local charities, so please, even if you are not a great cook, buy a copy and help support deserving causes. Jean Carpenter
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Two years ago we were finalising the plans for Wild-Woodbury. The list of objectives for the first part of the project was extremely ambitious and people said it would be impossible to achieve. Due to the fantastic support given to us, all of those targets will soon have been exceeded by a considerable margin. We have given out hundreds of artificial habitats and feeders; bird boxes, hedgehog habitats, bug hotels, bat boxes, owl boxes, new trees, and log piles are providing places for wildlife to shelter and reproduce over the whole Parish. We have worked with both Woodbury and Woodbury Salterton Schools giving talks to pupils and providing materials for their forest schools. Many community groups and organisations are now working closely with us helping to raise awareness of the existence and needs of local animals. We now have over 220 members (we expected to have about 30 when we set out). In addition to the provision of the shelters, we have been involved with the rescue of a number of injured or hungry animals. Bats, hedgehogs, birds, a squirrel, and a fox have come our way and in most cases the animals went on to live a happy life in the wild after a little first aid and a lot of feeding up. Our most impressive project in the last couple of years was the Tawny Owl Project. Three orphaned owl chicks were rescued in May of this year and hand reared by Secret World Animal rescue in Somerset. Human contact was kept to a minimum and the chicks quickly grew into beautiful healthy birds. We, meanwhile, located a site well away from major roads and constructed a huge flight pen so that the birds could become accustomed to the smells and noises of the new environment. The birds were transported here to their new home in September and food was put in the pen each day (although human contact was still kept to an absolute minimum). The birds’ behaviour was monitored by automatically operated cameras.
32 After a couple of weeks they were eating well and looked healthy and relaxed. The night we opened the cage was a very special time. It took the birds about 30 minutes to pluck up the courage to leave their shelter but one by one they did. We continued to leave food out for them each night for the next four weeks and the birds were frequently spotted in the area. Only when we checked the cameras and were happy that they were not taking any of the food we were leaving for them could we call the project a success. It could have failed at anytime as wild animals get very stressed in captivity and can die very suddenly.
Due to the hundreds of hours put into the project by numerous volunteers, three beautiful birds are now patrolling the fields at night and can be heard calling to each other from dusk to dawn. We would like to thank the many people who have given us a platform to speak, to help and support, and for generous donations. We cannot name them all but we would specifically like to thank the local schools, Woodbury Parish Council, EDDC - AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty), the local resident associations, Woodbury camera club, the WI, Devon bat group, Clinton Devon Estates and Woodbury News.
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THE LAST STRAW PROJECT A new campaign has just been launched in the Parish of Woodbury to raise awareness of the problems caused by “ single use plastics”. The campaign is being lead by Wild-Woodbury. One of the most wasteful uses of non-biodegradable products is the plastic drinking straw. They are used once and then chucked away without a second thought. Often the straws come with a paper outer sleeve making them even more wasteful. It is said that enough plastic straws to wrap around the earth's circumference 2.5 times are used every day. The alternative paper straws are far better for the environment and will break down far more quickly. The campaign is already being backed by Woodbury Salterton School, Woodbury Post Office, The Maltsters Arms, and The White Hart. Our aim is to have Woodbury free from plastic straws before Easter 2019 and we will be well on our way to achieving that by Christmas 2017. Say ‘no’ to the straw. Avoid unnecessary disposables and know that by contributing to a world with less single-use plastic, you’re working towards cleaner air, land, and oceans. Our next two year project is already underway and is even more ambitious than anything we have done so far. It is very different from our work to date and we really will be changing the world (or at least our little bit of it) but that is a story for another time. Please keep on putting up the wonderful photos and wildlife stories on our Facebook group. If you haven't joined yet check it out as there are over one thousand beautiful local wildlife pictures and thousands of stories. Have a Wild Christmas and don’t forget to feed the birds. Please get in touch with us at info@wild-woodbury.org or call Tony Bennett on 07971 082384 with any wildlife issues or stories. Please join our Facebook group Wild-Woodbury and check out our website http://www.wild-woodbury.org to find out more about what we are doing to help our local wildlife. Tony Bennett
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New Year’s Eve 2017 The White Hart Woodbury Dinner & Dance Menu Four Course Meal £19.95 Starters Tomato & Basil Soup (v) Mushroom Al Forno (v) Tempura Battered King Prawns Mains 10oz Ribeye Salmon Fillet Lamb Passanda Spice Moroccan Pie (v) Desserts Lemon posset (v) Dark chocolate mousse (v) Sticky Toffee Pudding (v) To Finish Liqueur coffee* or coffee & mints
Bottle of prosecco for every 4 booked given at 23.50 to see in the New Year
Little China Fish & Chips and Chinese Food to Take Away Telephone Orders Welcome 01395 233353 The Arch, Woodbury EX5 1LL OPENING HOURS CLOSED MONDAY Tuesday 5pm - 10pm Wednesday - Saturday 12 noon - 1:45pm & 5pm - 10pm Sunday 5pm - 9.30pm Food Allergies If you are allergic to any ingredients, please advise when making your order.
Cash Only
WOODBURY SALTERTON
W.S. TAXI 1 - 8 People
LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE
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Welcoming New Patients A friendly, caring practice providing the very latest treatment techniques, in a relaxed setting:
Routine dental care with oral health assessment
Cosmetic dental treatments including whitening, implants, veneers
Crowns made on the day of your visit, with no need for impressions!
Finance available to make your desired treatment affordable. Call us to book an appointment.
Tel: 01395 442552
www.budleighdentalpractice.co.uk
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WOODBURY GARAGE
MOTS SERVICE REPAIRS ALL MAKES & MODELS ENGINE DIAGNOSTICS
The Arch, Woodbury EX5 1LL woodburygarage@hotmail.co.uk
T: 01395 233004 M: 07527 125956
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Woodbury Dance Studio RAD BALLET Grades and Majors
Children from 2½ years 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
ALL BUILDING JOBS CONSIDERED
R. Miller & Son Painters and Decorators THORNS COTTAGE, WOODBURY
Tel: Woodbury 233773 All work expertly carried out under personal supervision.
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