WOODBURY NEWS
FEBRUARY 2022
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FEBRUARY2022 EDITORIAL Many congratulations to the motivated and conscientious Woodbury churchyard group on gaining a Highly Commended award from the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England for the work they have done in St Swithun’s churchyard to encourage wildlife and biodiversity. It’s good to have their efforts and foresight recognised by a charitable organisation that is ‘passionate about making the countryside a better place for everyone to live, work and enjoy.’ The cover photo shows the group with their award (and see page 5). Other groups in Woodbury are also showing concern over biodiversity and the effects of climate change. Ben Candlin spoke to the Garden Club (page 9) about making our gardens more accessible to all forms of wildlife and planting a more diverse range of plants – particularly those that provide food for bees and other insects, sentiments echoed by WildWoodbury, which continues to care for wild animals in distress, some of them being young ones born or hatched at the wrong time due to unseasonably warm temperatures (page 30). Our schoolchildren are also enjoying having access to outdoor life through Forest Schools. Volunteers continue to help staff at the RSPB maintain the heaths (page 31), though new helpers will be made most welcome, and regular contributor Kate Ponting writes about the benefits of marvellous mud (page 33). Norman Cann keeps us up-to-date with his weather reports from Ebford and provides statistics about rainfall, sun and frost. This editorial is being written as the temperatures in this corner of Devon are dropping to what is expected at this time of year – considerably colder, with more frosts in the early mornings. However, my grandchildren continue to doubt my recollections as a child of getting dressed under the bed clothes in the mornings as the bedroom was so cold, and of hacking ice off the inside of the bedroom window before being able to look out. That was the norm then; central heating – what was that? Woodbury News is a Private Company Limited by Guarantee No. 5263356 Secretary: Karen Squires, Willowfield, Oakhayes Road, Woodbury EX5 1JT. 233299 Registered Office: Willowfield, Oakhayes Road, Woodbury EX5 1JT. Tel: 233299 Chairman: Jeremy Boyden, Rosemary, Broadway, Woodbury EX5 1NR. Tel: 233072 Editor: Sue Bury, Mayflower Cottage, 37 Greenway, Woodbury EX5 1LU. Tel: 233753 Deputy Editor: Val Arndt, Castlehaye, Castle Lane, Woodbury. Tel: 233175 Subscriptions: Jeremy Boyden, Rosemary, Broadway, Woodbury EX5 1NR. Tel: 233072 Deliveries: Chris Bowers, chrisbowers88@yahoo.co.uk or 01395 239338
4 ST SWITHUN’S CHURCH, WOODBURY Vicar: Reverend Bill Lemmey 01395 232161 Email: revbillwhitecross@gmail.com Administrator: Jill Dupain dupain@hotmail.co.uk CHURCH SERVICES 30 January - Epiphany 4, Celebration of Revd Margaret’s role as honorary associate priest at Clyst St George, 11.15. 6 February - Candlemas, Holy Communion at St Swithun’s, 11.15 with Baptism. Evening Worship at Exton, 18.30. 13 February - 3rd Sunday before Lent, Holy Communion at Exton, 09.30. 20 February - 2nd Sunday before Lent, Evensong at St Swithun’s, 18.30. 27 February - Sunday before Lent, Zoom Family Service, 09.30. Café Service at St Swithun’s, 10.30. 5 February - Winter lych gate in church, 09.30-11.00. Further information will be available on the church noticeboard and in the monthly Digest. To receive this by email please send your email address to st.swithuns.digest@gmail.com. CHURCH ALTAR FLOWERS Many thanks to everyone who helped to decorate church for Christmas. Barbara Hill FLOODLIGHTING ST SWITHUN’S CHURCH Friends of Barbara Fewings: “The floodlighting on 4 January was to celebrate the life of Barbara Fewings who was a member of many clubs and organisations locally and who was always keen to be involved with anything going on in the village. Barbara died peacefully in her sleep, aged 87, whilst 'having a nap’. There are many who will miss her kind and considerate nature and her wicked sense of humour.” For your special event, contact Mike Jeans on 01395 232544. Floodlight dedications are displayed on the church noticeboard at the lych gate.
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5 AWARD FOR ST SWITHUN’S The churchyard group were very pleased to receive a Highly Commended Award from the CPRE (Campaign for the Protection of Rural England) in their Devon’s Best Kept Churchyard competition 2021. This was particularly pleasing as the group has only been working in the churchyard for two years, and this was the first time we had entered. Our aim is to increase the diversity of species in the churchyard whilst maintaining a peaceful environment for villagers and visitors to enjoy. It was this balance of encouraging biodiversity and creating a pleasing environment that impressed the judges. Our management plan has been reviewed and updated, and we already have ideas for the coming year. We will continue to meet during the winter, weather permitting, and are currently working on sorting out the compost bins and creating a small wildlife area. We meet mainly on a Saturday morning and would warmly welcome anyone who would like to join us. If you would like more information, contact Sue Hudson 232203. Sue Hudson / Andy Lewis
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6 CONCERT OF SEASONAL MUSIC AND WORDS
The playing of the merry organ, sweet singing in the choir and Jingle bells, were very apt lines to begin and end the concert held in St Swithun’s Church on 10 December. The programme contained a balanced mixture of singing, reading and ringing, plus organ music. The community started proceedings with a folksy rendition of The Holly and The Ivy, followed by two audience carols (sung behind masks), accompanied by Colin Ashby on the organ. As always the Woodbury Whalers entertained us with a selection of six of their favourite sea shanties. Bel Canto followed with three carols conducted by Robin Lennox accompanied by Judy Reeves. The first half ended with Bach’s In Dulci Jubilo expertly played by Colin Ashby on the organ. The second half started with the debut performance of the Woodbury Handbell Ringers. This group, confidently led by Julia Thornton, only started playing together a few months ago. They played verses from six carols and are a refreshing addition to Woodbury’s music scene.
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Bel Canto followed with another three carols, beautifully sung unaccompanied. The programme ended with an audience carol and a lively rendition of Jingle Bells, led by the Community Choir and Robin on the piano. Between musical pieces, amusing and thought-provoking pieces were read by various readers.
We are very grateful to all the leaders of the groups for their hard work in preparing for the concert and the performers themselves. The Community Choir are particularly indebted to Sarah Owen, who could not be there due to illness. She has kept the choir together throughout the pandemic via Zoom and singing in the open air. Thanks must also go to those who came and supported us on the night and were most generous in their donations, enabling us to send £200 to Budleigh and District Hospiscare. Sue Hudson
8 WOODBURY GARDEN CLUB Members enjoyed an excellent meal and get-together at The Maltsters in December, so many thanks to Sam, Matty and their team for a lovely evening. The following week we met in the village hall, where Tricia showed us how to make various decorative Christmas arrangements. The first practical tips were how to get your ribbon to curl properly by pulling the blade of your scissors along it; how to construct a big bow using needle and thread to hold the loops in place, and rather than hoping the blackbirds have left you enough holly berries, buy artificial ones with wire stems, which look very realistic when twisted in bunches of three and wired to a holly stem. To make the wreath, Tricia had cut the hook off a metal coat-hanger before pulling the hanger into a circular shape, adding a flexible loop of florist’s wire to hang it up with. Then she had wired hazel and willow in place to make a base for the framework, and finished by winding round trailing stems of Boston ivy. Tricia used yew as the base, with holly and bay on top. Other evergreens from the garden or bought from a florist, such as noble fir, eucalyptus or rosemary, are also suitable. Whichever you use, cut them short, 4-5” long, and trim off the lower leaves so there is enough bare stem to thread them into place, securing with wire if necessary. You can add baubles and pine cones, but Tricia finished her wreath with the large red bow. Then we moved on to swags of foliage to hang up indoors, and table decorations. Tricia had already made a Christmas arrangement, with a red candle and ribbons, and showed us the technique by making another for New Year, with a white candle and gold and silver ribbons. A top tip for keeping the candle upright is to make the base narrower by shaving it with a knife before pushing it in place.
9 Tricia reminded us that for years we have been using Oasis foam as the base for arrangements, but as it breaks down into microplastics which leach toxic chemicals into water the RHS has now banned its use in its shows. (An alternative is Oasis FibrefloralTM, which takes up water readily although you need a skewer to make the holes for stems). For the evergreens, she used variegated pittosporum, rosemary, bay and eucalyptus, and finished the arrangement with artificial hellebore flowers, gold baubles to catch the light and gold and silver ribbon. Tricia kindly donated her work to be raffled at the end of the evening, to the great delight of the winners! Many thanks Tricia for an excellent demonstration. Debby Mullier 11 January Ben Candlin gave us a presentation on Wildlife Friendly Gardening. Ben runs a small mail-order nursery, based in East Devon, called Adventurous Plants. He specialises in producing aroids, especially arisaema, also known as cobra lillies. He can usually guess what plants he will find in a garden based on local garden centres, and he wants gardeners to be more adventurous and grow something different. He is also passionate about the natural world and how gardens can provide an important space for wildlife, no matter how large or small our gardens are. He began by showing us an aerial photograph of part of Exmouth. It was interesting to see the interconnectedness of the gardens and you realised, put together, what a large area they covered. Ben said if we all gardened with wildlife in mind, what a difference we could make. Our garden can provide a refuge for wildlife, it can encourage bees and insects for pollination, which we rely on, and it can give pleasure, is good fun and rewarding. He went on to say that biodiversity within the countryside is declining. To quote Ben: ‘Developing diversity within our gardens is vital; they can become part of a bigger picture and play a vital role.' All gardens have wildlife; the challenge is to improve and encourage more. It is a misconception that a garden has to look wild and that you have to grow native plants. Neat and orderly is fine, but choose your plants wisely. Grow native where possible but non-native can also provide cover, shelter, food, nectar, nesting material and can sometimes extend food availability. We have a rich choice of plants in UK horticulture. cont’d/...
10 WOODBURY GARDEN CLUB Cont’d/… We can help by using peat-free compost (RHS recommends Sylvagrow), avoiding invasive plants, not using pesticides or chemicals of any kind (gardenorganic.org.uk has many ideas) and by developing different habitats. We can also cooperate with our immediate neighbours when developing ideas and an example of this is creating pathways by simply making a hole in a fence so that hedgehogs can move freely from garden to garden. By remembering these points it is possible to create a biodiverse garden. Ben gave ideas for shelter and food for birds and insects. One amazing statistic he gave us is that there are approximately 2,000 different species of insects in an average garden. He showed us a wonderful example of a bug house.
He gave a list of the ten best plants and the ten best shrubs to grow. He also gave us some other points to remember: not too many double or multipetalled flowers as single flowers are more beneficial to wildlife; provide an evening and night nectar supply; provide long grass for reptiles and ponds for frogs, newts etc. He emphasised 'get involved’ - use RHS websites for information, do the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch and look at the Citizen Science Projects. His final remark was ‘We can and we will make a difference.’ Our February meeting will be the AGM, with a quiz and bring-and-share supper. Joyce Jeans
11 WOODBURY HISTORY SOCIETY The AGM will be held in Woodbury village hall on Thursday 3 February at 19.30. After the conclusion of the business, there will be a quiz and a variety of books and photos on tables displayed around the room. We will be serving wine or soft drinks and a few nibbles, but due to the Covid restrictions, we will not be able to have the normal refreshments that we have provided in the past. The committee hopes to have the opportunity to talk to newer members during the evening and hear their ideas about the society. Gill Selley WOODBURY AND DISTRICT ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Sadly, we report the death of a loyal and good friend of the branch, Pauline Westerway, who died unexpectedly just before Christmas. Pauline always supported our events and particularly our monthly coffee mornings - there is a lovely picture of her at our coffee morning in the October issue of Woodbury News. She will be missed very much. The Royal British Legion is commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Falklands War, and the branch will be laying a wreath at the War Memorial on Saturday 23 April at 11.00. The commemorations are being observed between April and June. After the ceremony on our village green there will be coffee and cake for anyone who would like to join us in the DuBuisson room, plus a raffle for the Poppy Appeal. If you have any memories of the campaign, we would be interested to know your story. Sandra Huish, Chairman 01395 232696. WOODBURY TWINNING ASSOCIATION AGM 22 FEBRUARY AT 19.30 The DuBuisson Room, Woodbury Village Hall WOODBURY GARDEN CLUB TUESDAY 8 FEBRUARY AGM, Fun Quiz & Bring-and-share Supper. TUESDAY 8 MARCH Square Metre Gardening with Claire Short. TUESDAY 12 APRIL Pots & Baskets with Claire Forster. ALL AT 19.15, WOODBURY VILLAGE HALL Visitors welcome £3
12 WOODBURY C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL It has been fantastic to be able to welcome the children back to school after the Christmas break; reading last year’s Woodbury News, we were talking about the lockdown with the school only being open for essential workers and how the other children were learning remotely at home. Thankfully, this year schools are fully operating as normal with all children being back in school; however Covid is still taking its toll in our community and we hope that you and your family and friends are keeping safe and well. Beech Class The children in Beech class have had a super start back to school after Christmas. They have enjoyed being with their friends again and exploring how the class has changed with new learning opportunities and resources linked to their topic, Out of this World. The class are really enjoying collaborating together to build on their learning. In these photos the children are sharing imaginary world books with their friends, building speed boats and space rockets — taking it in turns at being the designated drivers — and designing different patterns for alien underpants, which links into the story they are reading, Aliens love Underpants.
13 Willow Class The children excitedly bounced back to a wonderful few weeks of learning, enjoying successfully investigating and solving some tricky number bond maths problems, using a range of maths resources.
For their topic launch based around Brilliant Builders, the children used our fabulous grounds to go on a stick hunt and then used the sticks to try and build a stick house…just like the Three Little Pigs. They were looking at the question 'Can you REALLY make a house out of sticks?' Some had more success than others but it was great fun and the children really demonstrated that they are resourceful and resilient learners. Gillian Pyle, Head of School
14 WOODBURY WOMEN’S INSTITUTE Woodbury WI met on 9 December for a Weaving Workshop. Twenty-five members were welcomed by President Lin Ashby and items of business were discussed, which included considering the Resolutions for 2022, to be voted on by the membership in January. As it was the Christmas meeting, we enjoyed mince pies instead of biscuits with our tea. Lin then introduced the speaker Pam Day, who gave a weaving demonstration. She showed delightful items that she had made and then each member was given a small bag containing a mini loom, a bodkin and instructions. Fortunately Pam showed us how to use the equipment and then we all embarked on our own project, weaving a small bag. Everyone was so enjoyably engaged in the task that they were reluctant to go home at the end of the afternoon.
The photo shows a completed bag made by one of the members. Lin Milsom-Ashby
15 Sensible precautions were put in place so that we could still have our annual Christmas meal on 16 December at The Maltsters. It provided a wonderful opportunity for our members to put aside all their worries about what to buy Great-Aunt Agnes or what to feed their vegetarian guests on Christmas Day, and just enjoy themselves. With a festive atmosphere, good food and good company we enjoyed a rather noisy but very happy evening together.
Thanks are due to our committee who have steered us through another difficult year and to Livvy who had the unenviable task of organising our Christmas meal. Pauline Wratten We began the new year on 13 January with speaker, Amanda Peet, who had come to talk to us about Emotional Dowsing. This is a hard concept to swallow. She explained by comparing it to having a good clear out, a good declutter of your inbox, your handbag or the rooms in your house so that you can make space for the good stuff that fits where you are right now in your life. But then she asked if we had ever done this with our brains. Our conscious mind is fine as it doesn’t really store stuff, but our subconscious - wow, that is another story. Our subconscious mind is our hard drive, which is the hoarder of core beliefs and emotions from years gone by. Examples of these are beliefs that we are stupid or unlovable. The dowsing eliminates these beliefs. cont’d/… Amanda Peet
16 WOODBURY WOMEN’S INSTITUTE Cont’d/... The dowsing is for our well-being and most of us had a go at using a pendant and asking questions of it (yes, I did say that!). One of the most difficult things is talking to it out loud.
Bryony and Sue ‘have a go’
There is no doubt that the sceptics were in the majority at the end of the session but it was fascinating and certainly got us discussing it all. Next month is our 102nd birthday and our speaker is talking on the subject of Upstairs Downstairs. There will be tea and cake at the end. Livvy Robins
17 Breaking the Cycle of Poverty through Education HOPE 4 KIBERA hope4kibera.org.uk Charity Number 1189029 H4K Barn Dance coming up - Saturday 5 March, 19.30, Woodbury Village Hall Yee ha! We missed out on our Barn Dance last year because of ‘you know what’, so please come this year and celebrate another successful year of support for our school. The Barn Dance features the popular Spinach For Norman band and caller, and the tickets include a ploughman’s supper. Visit our website hope4kibera.org.uk for more details and for ticketing. Numbers are limited and went quickly last year, so don’t delay.
We are making a difference to kids in the Kibera slum Nairobi, who miss out on practically everything throughout their lives. Education breaks the cycle of poverty and gives them a future. Over the festive season, we raised £705 from selling Christmas wreaths and £559 from Christmas cards. The wreaths and cards were both of exceptional quality and huge thanks go to Jane Butler, Sally Rawlings and Anne Wynne. This has helped us to have already sent out £6,000 to the school just after Christmas, which will cover most of their costs for the current term. However, for the first time, we were unable to send out the full budget (£7,156). We look forward to good support for the barn dance to help raise these needed funds and would also ask you to consider becoming a regular supporter through monthly giving, as this is the best way to reach our target. cont’d.,,,
18 HOPE 4 KIBERA Cont’d/... In addition, we have discussed with the school that they take on some more fee-paying (but subsidised) students, so that they can generate the income necessary to offer more free places to youngsters from the slum. Dates for your diary: Saturday 14 May: The John Wynne Way Walk. Thursday 30 June: Saturday 2 July - All Balls and Ashes a comedy by Mark Robberts. ** H4K is registered for Amazon Smile. Shop there to help the Kibera kids. Please join the journey and register for regular news or support @ www.hope4kibera.org.uk. Charlie Collins Chair H4K
SEATED YOGA Seated yoga makes this gentle exercise suitable for all including those with limited mobility. MONDAYS - FROM 10 JANUARY. 10.30 - 11.15 DU BUISSON ROOM, WOODBURY VILLAGE HALL Cost: £4.00 - subsidised by the National Community Lottery Fund. BOOKING ESSENTIAL AS PLACES ARE LIMITED. For further information or to book a place please contact the Westbank Healthy Neighbourhoods Team on 01395 446896 or email: healthyneighbourhoods@westbank.org.uk
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WOODBURY SALTERTON NEWS HOLY TRINITY CHURCH HOLY BAPTISM Alice Rose Fuller was baptised by Revd Margaret Scrivener on 12 December at a service attended by family and friends. She was given a knitted baptism bear - one of those kindly made by Ngaio Southard - as a memento of the occasion. Her parents, Hannah and Christopher, were married in our church on 14 October 2017 and had asked that their marriage and growing family receive a blessing. Revd Margaret did this at the end of the baptism service in the place in front of the altar where they had made their wedding vows. The family now live in Australia. HOW DID WE CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS? Festive Windows Eight people responded to the request to decorate their windows to brighten up the village and raise some money for the church. The prize for the best entry, chosen by vote, went to Geraldine Cobley with Debbie and Geoff Jung a close second. Geraldine generously handed back her prize money to the church.
C of E School Christingle Service This year the school was able to hold a Christingle Service in the church, led by Christine Grist. Because of concern over the new strain of Covid, parents were unable to attend this. However the parents of those children performing the Nativity were allowed to watch it, sitting spaced out, and there were two performances to keep the numbers attending very small.
20 Carol Service Holding this service outdoors proved so popular last year that it was decided to do the same this year, a decision which proved to be very wise as the Omicron variant was spreading rapidly. The service started at 16.00 and was led by Debbie Jung. Mark Lovett read the nativity story. The carols were accompanied by Katharine Wheeler on her keyboard, William Olney played It Came Upon The Midnight Clear on his trumpet and the choir sang Hallelujah to Christmas. The retiring collection of £200 will be divided between the church and those affected by the recent fire (see below).
New choir members Andrew Place with Ellis, Luca and Panka.
Midnight Communion We were delighted to welcome back Revd Nigel Mason to take the Midnight Christmas Communion Service. Carol Singing Round the Village A group of fourteen singers led by Debbie Jung went round the village singing carols and collecting for The Children’s Society. Arwen from The Digger’s provided hot mulled wine to warm everyone before they started. This year the singers were ably supported by William Olney accompanying them on his trumpet. The sum of £159 was raised. Village Support For Fire Victims Following the devastating fire at Dagworthy Cottage on 21 December, which destroyed all the thatch and caused water and smoke damage also to the two adjacent cottages, the church decided to give some of the collection from the carol service for immediate relief and to show sympathy to those who had suffered. The PCC then decided that as people wished to make donations, the church would spearhead a response in the form of a collection.
21 Donations quickly came in and in mid-January the sum of £500 was given to each of the three households affected as a practical expression of concern and friendship from the village. Paul and Sam asked that a special thankyou to all those in the village who responded so generously be published in Woodbury News. Church Christmas Tree Thanks again to Clinton Devon Estates for their gift of a tree. This was decorated beautifully by Sally Rawlings, who also did two of her stunning arrangements on the altar. Sally has been in charge of our church flowers for eight years, organising the rota and doing many of her spectacular arrangements. She has now retired from this task and the church showed its gratitude by giving her a garden token. Thank you Sally. We now need someone to take on this task for the church. Any volunteers? Church Quiz - Feathered Friends This annual quiz has been very well supported with 162 paper copies sold and many more sent by email. Twelve entries were completely correct so they were put into a bag and Debbie Jung drew out the entry to receive the winner’s prize at the Family Service. The prize went to Sue Palin from Exmouth. Local correct entries were from David Potter, Liz Whittaker, Margaret Tyler, Judy Spargo, and Greville and Shirley Moore. The quiz raised just over £600 for church funds. Mavis Chudleigh Former pupils at our church school were sad to learn of Mavis’ death. For many years Mavis was a Meal Time Assistant at our village school and was much loved by the children. Her funeral service will take place at the crematorium on 26 January and her ashes will be interred later with those of her husband, Lars, in our churchyard. We extend our sympathy to her family and especially to her son, Stuart. Katharine Wheeler AFTERNOON TEA SATURDAY 26 FEBRUARY 15.00 - 17.00 WOODBURY VILLAGE HALL In aid of Budleigh and District Hospiscare. Tea will include a selection of sandwiches, scones with cream and home-made jam, and a selection of cakes. Tickets priced £10 will be available from Sue Hudson 232203 from 4 February. Tickets will be limited, so book early.
22 WOODBURY SALTERTON C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL We know Christmas is over and your tree has been taken down, but we have lots to tell you about how we celebrated Christmas in our school community. Christmas is a special time of year for all schools, especially church schools like ours.
Covid-19 has made wholeschool indoor events difficult and it was a rare pleasure to celebrate our Christingle together in church, although we did not have the joy of celebrating with our parents and wider school community. We held our annual nativity play in church and the children did a brilliant job of re-telling the Christmas story through the eye of a fictitious young stable boy called Sam, who has to look after the animals in the stable. No-one seems to notice his hard work until crowds start to gather in Bethlehem for the census and the inns fill up. Some very special visitors are shown to Sam's stable and gradually Sam starts to realise his worth.
23 Well done to all the children for learning their lines so well and singing beautifully; it was a great start to our festivities in school. The children collected soft plastics to create a sculpture which was displayed in an art exhibition called Guiding Star at Exeter Cathedral. Each pupil adorned a bamboo star with layers of soft plastics. Our eye-catching and eco-friendly sculpture had the title We are all recycling superstars. The exhibition ran from 28 November until 5 January. Christmas jumpers were worn for this year’s Santa Run where the whole school, supported by our PE coach, got active in support of charity. There were festive treats for the children at our local Forest School - the children love to learn outside all year round. cont’d/...
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Our thanks to Mr Andrew Cutler from the Salvation Army who came to talk to Class 2. The children saw the different uniforms and learned about their importance. We heard that the founder, William Booth, and his wife, Catherine, were Christians who told stories about Jesus to poor people on the streets. We were interested to learn that The Salvation Army work closely with Exmouth Food Bank and Mr Cutler kindly answered lots of our questions. We hope you enjoyed reading our latest news; if you want to know more about our school, please see our website http://www.woodburysalterton.devon.sch.uk/website and click on the events tab for details. Clare Rooke
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EXTON NEWS ST ANDREW’S CHURCH Change of time for the evening service for winter months The service on 6 February will now be at 16.00, led by Revd Roz Harrison. It is hoped this will make it easier for people to attend in daylight. The 09.30 Holy Communion on 13 February, led by Revd Bill Lemmey, remains the same time. Janet Atkins Christmas Carols at St Andrew’s Church What a joy it was to gather again for our village carols on 15 December, especially after Christmas 2020 when there were no carols and no church services in Exton. The church had been beautifully decorated with seasonal greenery and a fine Christmas tree, and the traditional crib was ready in its customary corner, minus baby Jesus of course. It was so good to see the church filled (extra chairs had to be brought in – always a good sign!) with singers – many quite eager, others perhaps needing a little encouragement and the band of local musicians. John Betjeman’s poem Christmas proved a popular and thought-provoking departure from the traditional first reading, but thereafter the readings followed the tried and tested path, relating the birth of Jesus, the announcement of his birth to the shepherds, and the visit of the wise men. We were so pleased that Revd Bill was able to join us after all to give the final blessing and add Hark, The Herald Angels Sing to the end of the service. Mince pies and mulled wine were enjoyed afterwards in the village hall. The retiring collection enabled St Andrew’s to make a donation of £150 to the Children’s Society Liz Williams Eileen Pratt’s 90th birthday celebration Saturday 18 December saw Eileen Pratt celebrating her very important birthday with a splendid lunch at The Puffing Billy. Around fifty guests (relations and friends, young and old) enjoyed an excellent three-course meal, having first relaxed with the pulling of Christmas crackers, the inevitable sharing of interesting ‘facts’, and the groaning (politely, of course) at the well-worn jokes within. As ever, some people managed to wear their paper hats with great panache. But not everyone………! cont’d/...
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After lunch, a very appreciative speech was given by Eileen’s niece, recalling her aunt’s childhood in Exton, the running of the family florist business and reflecting how, these days, it’s really quite unusual to find someone who’s lived their entire long life in the same place. We were reminded of Eileen’s busy life in the village today - her involvement with the Goosefield, the gardening club and the church, to name but a few. Eileen thanked us all for coming to help her celebrate, we sang Happy Birthday with very real sincerity, and then the most wonderful birthday cake, decorated with pink sugar flowers, was cut. Eileen has asked that her thanks be conveyed to all those who sent such kind birthday messages and cards, and to all those who made donations in lieu of birthday gifts to her favoured charity – research into Alzheimer’s disease - or to St Andrew’s Church, Exton. Liz Williams
WOODBURY TWINNING ASSOCIATION Guided Bird-watching Cruise TUESDAY 15 MARCH 11.00 (duration 3 hours) £12.50. Limited spaces available. Contact: Jan 232694 or email: jmowenteacher@aol.com.
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WOODBURY PARISH COUNCIL Woodbury Parish Office Greenside, Greenway, Woodbury, Devon EX5 1LP. Telephone: 01395 233791. Email: woodburyparishcouncil@gmail.com The Parish Office is open: 09.30 - 12.30, Mon, Tues, Weds and Thurs. Clerk to the Council: Anne-Marie Bates Thank you to those of you who have returned the bus questionnaire. There is still time to provide your responses – closing date Monday 28 February 2022. No. 56 Bus Service to/from Woodbury / Woodbury Salterton We are asking residents of all ages to return a questionnaire to us regarding the No. 56 bus service. The questions are as follows: Do you use the No. 56 bus service? If yes, which buses do you use, please give times and destinations; If you do not use the bus, please give reasons why; Reasons for using the service – work, visiting friends/family, shopping, education, medical, onward travel or something else – please specify. Would a different route and times encourage more people to use the bus? Please give any suggestions which could improve the service; Any other comments? Please either email your answers to woodburyparishcouncil@gmail.com or pick up a questionnaire from the Parish Office, or The Maltsters Arms coffee shop. Parish Office The Parish Office is open to residents Monday to Thursday 09.30-12.30, so please pop in to say hello or raise any ideas or concerns that you may have. Planning Woodbury Parish Council is a consultee for all planning applications within the Parish and applications are considered by Members at a Full Council or a Planning Committee meeting. Results can be found on the East Devon website. https://planning.eastdevon.gov.uk/online-applications. Parish Council Website We are pleased to announce that we will be launching our new website in the coming weeks, where residents and visitors can find a wealth of information regarding the village and surrounding area. The Parish Council agenda, minutes and financial data will be listed, also what we do and what we are responsible for. There will be a fast link to be able to report street light, highway or footpath issues and to be able to see up-to-date highway information. cont’d/...
28 WOODBURY PARISH COUNCIL Cont’d/… We hope that our website will be a useful and used communication platform for residents. Our Meetings Our Full Council meetings are on the second Monday of each month, excluding August, and our Committee meetings usually the last Monday in each month. Meetings are held at the Church Rooms in Woodbury and start at 19.30. All residents are welcome to attend.
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DEATHS Marion Pollard and Vicky would like to say how sorry they were to hear the sad news about their friend, Pauline Westerway, who passed away after a tragic accident. She was always so thoughtful and kind to others. We shall miss her very much and remember her always. God bless you, Paul. Barbara Fewings (5 November 1934 – 9 December 2021) Barbara was born in Bury, Lancashire on 5 November 1934. She was not overly happy to have this date for her birthday, as she was often given fireworks as a present - which her two brothers got the pleasure of lighting! As a teenager, Barbara became quite a proficient horse rider. She carried on riding for many years whilst living in Lancashire and continued this after moving to Cornwall to live with her mother in the mid-1950s, where she worked in hospitality. She met Douglas Fewings at a dance at the Maltsters Arms in Woodbury. His family came from Topsham and it was there, at St Margaret’s Parish Church, that they were married in November 1956. They lived in and around Topsham until 1983, when they moved to Woodbury. They joined in with village life, made many friends and became members at Woodbury Park. After Doug died in 1996, Barbara took up playing golf, beginning a long association with the sport. She made many lasting friendships, playing regularly and she always enjoyed Tuesday roll-ups. Her friends will remember her fondly for saying “Don’t worry, we’re not playing for a row of houses” if she or anyone else made a bad shot!
29 During the early 2000s, Barbara and her long-time friend Sylvia set sail on some cruises, going as far as South America. She loved life on a cruise ship and always made the very best of her holidays, which included trips with friends to Crete, Mallorca and Turkey, as well as golf outings. In retirement, Barbara volunteered for the Friends of Woodbury Surgery; set up the Walkie Talkies walking group; joined the Woodbury Twinning Association and the WI. Many will remember her sense of fun on the WI coach trip to Paris when she and all other members of the party, encouraged by Barbara, consumed the entire supply of white wine aboard the coach (unheard of by the tour operator before that weekend)! Those who knew Barbara well will be aware of her terrific sense of humour, generous nature, fabulous sense of style and her ability to party like a woman half her age. She was a true inspiration to us all and will be sorely missed. FUNDRAISING A group of well wrapped-up people kept the village tradition of carol singing around Woodbury and collected a total of £402.62 for Save the Children. We would like to thank Julia Thornton who stepped in at the eleventh hour to direct the singing - she did a superb job. Thank you to everyone for making this possible and for all the contributions. Chris Lear
WEATHER REPORT December was very mild at Ebford, as throughout our region, and amazingly dry here for 13 days before Christmas. However, before and after this period rainfall total was 97mm (3.8 inches), almost half of which fell during the four holidays of Christmas! The previous ten year average was 98mm. The annual amount for 2021 was 919mm (36.2 inches) with considerable monthly variations: May 177mm, October 169mm, April 16mm and November 15mm. The average annual rainfall here at Ebford between 2017 and 2021 was 897mm (35.3 inches). I should like to point out that this is 17.3% greater than the average annual value between 2001 and 2010 of 765mm (30.1 inches). Norman Cann WOODBURY AND DISTRICT ROYAL BRITISH LEGION 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALKLANDS WAR SATURDAY 23 APRIL, 11.00 WREATH-LAYING AT THE WAR MEMORIAL After the ceremony there will be coffee and cake in the DuBuisson room, plus a raffle for the Poppy Appeal.
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The natural world is waiting on the starting blocks and spring is ready to explode into action. Walking along the country lanes there are hardly any flowers to be seen but, even though we are not far off mid-winter, everything is about to change. The first plants to flower are often overlooked or even scorned, and yet they provide some of the most important foodstuffs in our natural world. The timing of their emergence is crucial to our pollinators. The humble dandelion and the delicate lesser celandine are normally the earliest plants to produce flowers. They are an essential food supply for the solitary bees that always surprise us by appearing right at the beginning of spring. If the bees and other early pollinators appear too soon, they will die of starvation without a food supply. If the bees and insects don't thrive, there will be no food for the birds, and the whole food web unravels as the timing of nature falls out of balance. We have already had to rescue a 4-week-old baby rabbit that was probably born around the winter solstice instead of springtime. As the effects of climate change disrupt the natural cycles we are going to see more and more oddities. We have baby hedgehogs that were probably born in November, and I am sure that the baby birds will soon start to arrive on our doorstep. February is the month where we see the most sudden changes in the natural world. Rather than a gradual change, spring is about to arrive with a bang and it starts sooner than you expect. Watch out for the first frogs to arrive in your ponds in early February males first and the females a few days later. Listen to the birds singing and marking out their territories and celebrate the arrival of those essential early flowers. If you would like to make a contribution towards our appeal, please contact us directly or go to our “GoFundMe” WildWoodbury animal treatment centre appeal at https://gf.me/u/ yki8t5. If you have any questions, please get in touch with us at info@wildwoodbury.org or call Tony Bennett on 07971 082384. 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
31 RSPB AYLESBEARE COMMON As we start another year on the heath, we can look back on a busy 2021. It was full of habitat creation, infrastructure repairs and lots of scrub clearance to maintain the rare lowland heath. To thank our volunteers for all the hard work they have put in throughout the year, we had an outside Christmas lunch during December at Venn Ottery Hill. Of course we made use of them while they were there and got some jobs done! We had a group clearing and burning scrub, tree guards were set up around newly-planted trees and some trees by the roadside were removed. Whilst we have an excellent group of weekday volunteers, we also have a Sunday work party once a month for those who are busy during the week. During winter this often involves scrub clearance, with a potato baked on the bonfire for lunch. If you are interested in joining us on our weekly Wednesday and Thursday work parties or on the second Sunday of the month, contact Aylesbeare.Common@rspb.org.uk. It’s a great way to meet new people, get to know your local habitat and learn more about nature - all whilst keeping fit. Additionally, we have surveys going on throughout the year that you can get involved with. Currently, we have the winter bird transect and hen harrier surveys. We have also been working on the Stockland Turbaries, clearing the invasive species of rhododendron and cherry laurel. Rhododendron and cherry laurel pose similar problems in a woodland block: in suitable conditions, the species will outcompete native plants making it difficult for woodland flora to grow. As the light is blocked, the understorey remains bare which in turn prevents woodland regeneration. They are also unsuitable for animal grazing due to their toxicity, meaning they can often grow unchecked. Funding available from the woodland management grant can be used to remove cherry laurel and rhododendron. We were contracted on behalf of the Stockland parish council to remove these species and have spent a couple of weeks over the course of December and January clearing and burning. The toxic compounds in the species (such as cyanide) break down when burnt at high temperatures so don’t pose a further risk to human health. It is important to control the spread as this allows woodland regeneration and prevents further costs associated with control. We also helped the National Trust at Branscombe with some access projects at the end of December. A new residential volunteer arrived within the new year and we have another due to arrive later this month. This not only increases our weekday workforce but provides a great learning opportunity for young people wanting to find a career in conservation. cont’d/...
32 RSPB AYLESBEARE COMMON Cont’d/… As for 2022, we are continuing to roll out our winter work programme to meet habitat and species management objectives. We also hope to continue our involvement with management at Venn Ottery Hill. In the spring it comes to the end of its 5-year aftercare obligations and we will continue to work with Aggregate Industries to manage the site. Annabel Rowan, Devon Reserves Administrator Exe Estuary (01392 833311) & Aylesbeare Common (01395 233655) annabel.rowan@rspb.org.uk
WAGGY WALKS ON THE PEBBLEBED HEATHS NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE If you own or regularly walk a dog we’d love you to join us on one of our free, sociable Waggy Walks across the Pebblebed Heaths. Devon Loves Dogs is a free membership scheme that welcomes dogs of all shapes and sizes (and their owners). Become a member and enjoy exploring the beautiful countryside that we’re so lucky to have on our doorstep. We run social, guided walks across South East Devon with our partners and each walk is organised by Devon Loves Dogs and led by the site manager. Walks start at 10.00 and we follow a different route each time. The walks usually last 1-1.5 hours so that dogs and their owners can have a great time, exploring the sights and sniffs at the same time finding out what makes the Pebblebed Heaths such a special place. To find out more and to book your place on a walk, head to the website www.devonlovesdogs.co.uk, where you can become a member, look for dog-friendly places to walk, book a place on a Waggy Walk and find out about dog news and events in your local area. You can also find our useful dog business directory and list your own dog-friendly events for free. Upcoming Waggy Walks: Please note, walks are free but you will need to book a place via the website as places are limited. Upcoming Waggy Walks Thursday 10 February – Uphams car park, Woodbury Common. Tuesday 8 March – Mutters Moor, Sidmouth. Saturday 26 March – Four Firs car park, Woodbury Common. Julie Owen, Devon Loves Dogs Co-ordinator 07971 807 879 / woof@devonlovesdogs.co.uk
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Mud: mucky, marvellous but misunderstood At this time of year, it is common to find a moan or two in my inbox about mud. It is annoying to slip along a wet section of footpath or find soil tracked onto roads by agricultural vehicles. Even in places where it should be, the brown stuff is undervalued. Soil and mud are much more than inconvenient dirt. So, does mud need a rebrand? World Wetland Day is marked on 2 February. This year’s theme is Action for People and Nature, highlighting the need to take action, to value, restore and manage wetlands sustainably. The Lower Otter Restoration Project is taking action for people and nature by delivering a natural solution to help adapt to climate change and restore lost wetland. The historic earth embankment will be breached next year. Seawater will silently cover the valley floor for the first time in 200 years but as the tide retreats it will leave mud, lots of mud, enough mud to cover 156 football fields. This change is one that should be welcomed. Where mud is deposited at the mouth of rivers the layers form mudflats. Other local rivers like the Exe have extensive coastal systems including mud flats. In parts of the lower Otter valley where vegetation has been removed to allow the water to drain effectively, the open views already allow a glimpse of the changes ahead and migrant birds are already making the most of the new habitats. When it is estuary once more, over time, salt-tolerant plants will colonise the mud helping it develop into areas of both mudflats and saltmarsh. Saltmarshes provide habitats of high biodiversity value, deliver coastal protection from sea level rise and storms, and lock-up valuable carbon. Wading birds and the juvenile stages of many marine fish species exploit the food and protection provided by the networks of muddy creeks. Wetlands cover just 5-8% of the world’s surface but lock up 20-30% of the world’s carbon. Carbon is captured both by growing plants and in the sediments beneath. A single hectare of saltmarsh can capture up to two tonnes of carbon a year, locking it away for centuries. With all this happening right under our feet, it is definitely time to recognise all these benefits and start to champion marvellous mud! Kate Ponting BEd (Hons), Countryside Learning Officer, 01395 443881, 07917 104250 kate.ponting@clintondevon.com
34 ZACHARIAS PHILLIPS A VICTIM OF HIS OWN AMBITION Zacharias Phillips, a farmer from Woodbury, was presented to the jury at the Manor Court in 1745 for cutting down trees to build a pound house, and six months later for cutting down trees on another estate without permission. Two years later he was again taken before the Manor Court for cutting turf on the Common without permission. These infringements of regulations in the Manor were forerunners to what occurred a few years later. In the Devon Quarter Sessions of July 1753, Zacharias Phillips was charged by Matthew Lee of Exeter and Woodbury with stealing from his land in Ebford two 7ft planks of wood worth together £7 and one 5ft plank worth £3, amounting to £10. Matthew Lee had put this timber out for plough tackling and making the arms of a cart. The Court found Zacharias guilty and he was sentenced to be whipped and then discharged. This punishment does not seem to be too harsh, but what was to follow was excessive. Before I tell you what happened next it is necessary to go back in time and see how Zacharias ended up before the magistrates.
Hunts Farmhouse, garden and outbuildings (1214), orchard (1213)
35 In 1739, at the age of 29, he married the widow of a wealthy butcher/farmer, Edward Holwell, who came from Sidmouth, but ran his business from Hunts Farm in Bonfire Lane, a substantial dwelling house and outbuildings with 28 acres of scattered fields. An 18th century village butcher Butchers at this time usually lived in the main village where their butchery was situated, but held land where animals could be kept and fattened around the village. Hunts Farm was demolished in 1860 and replaced by Webbers Farm. The widow, Margery Holwell, was at this date 67 years old, her husband, Edward, having died in 1737 at the age of 70. She would have found it difficult to run the business and administer all the estates which Edward had owned. It is possible that Zacharias was working for Edward, and when his master died he took over the running of the farm for Margery. He must have congratulated himself on marrying an elderly woman who had inherited all her husband’s properties, and fancied himself in a short time to be in possession of them. Margery’s estates were two moieties of a tenement in Huntesbeer in Aylesbeare, Hunts Tenement in Woodbury, 27 acres of land (part of Exton Mill), a 10-acre agistement called Cornishes (where cattle could be grazed), and a cottage, orchard and one close, possibly Gribbles cottage on the corner of Church Stile Lane and Oakhays Lane which no longer exists. Three years after the marriage, Margery signed a document in which she expressed her wish that ‘in consideration of the natural love and affection she hath for Zacharias Phillips’ he was to be made executor of her estates which would all be left to him. Three years later, in 1745, she wrote a will in which she left to Zacharias only Hunts Tenement (where she now lived) and its contents, but the rest of her monies and estates she left to members of the Braddick and Critchard families, who appear to have been related to her. Attached to this is a statement which must have been written for her by a lawyer, indicating that Zacharias had attempted to force Margery to sign various papers favourable to him. There is a declaration from her stating that she may have been made to sign papers in her husband’s favour, and that she cont’d/...
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had been ‘greatly imposed on and deceived therein and that such deed or paper and the purport thereof was misrepresented to me and that the same was not read over to me before I signed or executed it, that I was not capable of understanding the meaning thereof and executed or signed the same under the terrors and threatening of my said husband.’ The document goes on to indicate Margery’s desire to revoke and make void any such papers that she had signed. It appears that friends and family were suspicious of Zacharias and his manipulation of his elderly wife, and his awareness that she was not mentally capable of understanding various documents. In July 1752, Margery rewrote her will in which she left everything she possessed to ‘my dear husband, Zacharias Phillips and appoint him my executor’. She died three months later, at the approximate age of 83, and Zacharias at the age of 42 became the master of her estates. It took him less than six months to fall foul of the law with his theft of the timber. John Rolle Walter His punishment from the Court, though humiliating and costly, would not have affected his way of life until the Lord of the Manor, John Rolle Walter, confiscated all his estates, as was his right for any tenant or freeholder in his Manor who committed petty larceny. The Court’s punishment was quite lenient considering the value of what was stolen, but John Rolle Walter’s dealing with Zacharias was much harsher. Since he had lost all his estates he had no income, and as a result there were many debts and unpaid bills to be paid. In the Rolle Estate papers every household item was listed, where it was found in the house, and its possible value. A valuation was given for the contents by Zacharias himself amounting to £26 3s. 6d, whereas the assessors, appointed by the Lord of the Manor, gave the value as £42 18s. 6d. The reason for this evaluation was to sell the goods in order to pay the outstanding bills of Zacharias. A fully itemised bill sent to John Rolle Walter was submitted by George Pring of Woodbury, the blacksmith, for the sum of £3 10s. 2d – mainly for the costs and iron work for shoeing horses and oxen. Joseph Lee and Matthew Turner from Woodbury, and another smith from Aylesbeare, were each owed £2 2s.
37 Another bill was submitted by Sarah Pym for malt and grain for the sum of £4 5s. – almost certainly this would have been from what is now called ‘The Maltsters’, but at this time was known as ‘Elliotts’. Between September and October in 1753, after the court case, there were outstanding debts to Mr William Trosse for £30. Mr Trosse, who appears to have been a lawyer, possibly for the Rolle Estate, was also owed £52 10s. 10d, which could have been for legal fees. The final bill was dated 25 July 1753 to Gilbert Langdon, Woodbury’s doctor, for £4 5s for treatment for Zacharias’s apprentice, Josiah Critchard. Incidentally Josiah’s father was left £50 in Margery’s original will which she wrote in 1745. The medicines are listed and appear to be purging powders, pills, drops and juleps dispensed over a three week period in July and August. It sounds as if poor Josiah was suffering from stomach problems! This bill was paid by John Rolle Walter directly to Gilbert Langdon. A further strange twist emerges in that young Josiah was committed to the workhouse in Exeter for running away from his master – he seems to have been the victim of Zacharias’s problems. So what happened to Zacharias? He moved away from Woodbury, when Hunts Farm was sold, and returned probably to Broadclist where he was born, and married a Jane Williams in September 1763. There is no record of what happened to his debts, but it seems likely that the Rolle Estate paid all the creditors. Gill Selley
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