Produced by The Brentor Community Trust

June 2017 - No. 452

BRENTOR

NEWS

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New-look WebsiteThe banner image above is taken from Brentor's website, which has just been given a completely new look for 2017. The site has already seen two previous incarnations since it was created in 2009. Not only does it look different, but the content has been re-organised and some new sections have been added.

There is a new 'Arts and Crafts' section that features Brenstock, the Brentorians, local artists and craftspeople and all the arts and crafts activities that go on in Brentor. This section will be added to as time goes on - do you have an arts or crafts activity that you would like to showcase?

There is also a new 'Recipe Book' section, which we hope will feature lots of recipes with local connections - why not add to these with your own recipe?

The Brentor Village website has been created for Brentor and is your website, so why not support it by providing more material for its pages. Please contact the editor, Colin Dawes, at colinvdawes@btinternet.com if you would like to contribute news, information or photographs.www.brentorvillage.org

Colin has looked after our website for several years virtually single-handed, keeping it up to date with information about village and external events, arts & crafts, accommodation, travel details, photos of current and past events etc etc..........

Many thanks Colin for the fantastic job you are doing. We all hope that you'll keep up the good work!

John Wheeler - on behalf of the BCT

Coffee Morning - Saturday 3rd June 10.30 - 12.00

Meet up with friends and neighbours. Enjoy the homemade cakes, jams, marmalade etc, freshly brewed coffee and bacon rolls. Kate with her plant stall Popular raffle adding funds for the upkeep of the village hall. Where else would you want to be!

Thanks to Helen and Robin for organising and running (helped by Colin with the techy bit) a really brilliant Quiz night. Lots of teams joined in the fun, usual arguing over the answers but a great night out.

All Village Hall fund raising. Sheryl 870554

Jennie Hale Invites you to

The last opening at Longham Pottery.

8th July -16th July 2017. 10am-5pm

A chance to see her original Nature diaries, a collection of Raku fired

animal and birds and Decorated earthenware .

Longham pottery, Coryton ,Devon EX204AA for sat nav Use EX204AB Tel:01822 860287

jennie@jenniehale.co.uk www.jennie hale.co.uk

BrentorGardenClub

"DOWSING IN BRENTOR" A Talk by Nigel Twinn

Thursday 15th June at 7.30 pm

Brentor Village Hall

Nigel is an author and dowser living in Tavistock. He has been coordinator of the Tamar Dowsers since 2002 and has published many books including “The Virtual Bridge – a Dowser’s Journey”.

This promises to be an interesting and fun evening, so do come along and practise your dowsing skills.Visitors very welcome £2 on the door

Heather Webster 810004

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Forthcoming Church services in June

Sunday 4th - 9:45am Holy Communion Christ Church - 1.00pm Baptism St.Michael's - 6.00pm Evensong St.Michael'sSunday 11th - 9:45am Prayer & Praise Christ Church - 6.00pm Evensong St.Michael'sSunday 18th - 9:45am Sung Holy Communion Christ Church(with Somerset based Chamber Choir 'In Ecclesia' * - with their conductor and organist) - 6.00pm Evensong St.Michael'sSunday 25th - 9:45am Family All-age service Christ Church - 6.00pm Evensong St.Michael's

All are most welcome to any of the above services. Refreshments after the services in Christ Church

* In Ecclesia are an excellent Taunton based chamber choir. They were founded in the early 1950s as a group to bring choral music to small churches. Today they travel extensively to sing services and give concerts in a wide range of places, from small village churches, to towns and cathedrals, including most recently Exeter, York Minster and Westminster Abbey.

They will be in Christ Church on Sunday 18th June to sing Choral Eucharist at 9.45 am with music of Palestrina and Thomas Tallis.

All are most welcome to join us for the service. There will be refreshments afterwards in the village hall, if you would like to join us for that please let us know so we can get the catering just about right.

David Harris - 810845 david@brentorchurch.org.uk

Kate Kelly - 810287 kate@brentorchurch.org.uk

BRENTOR COMMONSBad news on the rabbit front: the bid for freedom seems to have come to an end as nobody has seen it for more than a week. Perhaps it has gone to the great burrow in the sky.

When driving past the same area of the common we saw a pair of linnets. It had been raining heavily and there were puddles at the roadside where they were bathing. There was a great commotion with splashes and much flapping of wings and we were able to sit in the car and watch them for quite some time. An absolute delight.

As the seasons progress there is always a new tapestry of colour to maintain our interest. The largely white umbelliferae, the umbrella shaped flowers along the roadside, are always changing. The cow parsley is now fading and the pignut is the dominant one on the common. It is so called because below each flower is an edible small tuber. I suspect they were a favourite of pigs when they led a much more foraging life. The hedgerows are now at their best with the pink of the campions and the bluebells creating a back drop for many other summer flowers that are starting to bloom.

A tree we have noticed recently is the horse chestnut to the left of the big ash tree. It has been more obvious because of its white candelabra that have been apparent in recent weeks. This tree must have been planted there, but it was well before the plantings by the commons association. It would be interesting to know when this was done and by whom. There is also a grove of sweet chestnut in the northeast corner. These are youngish trees have quite smooth branches and stems, not the gnarled and spiral bark of the mature tree.

Barry Albrighton 860445

For SaleFrigidaire Chest Freezer

Little Used

80cm High - 80cm Long - 62cm Deep, front

to back.

£50 onoBarbara Bird - 810378

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MARY TAVY AND BRENTOR COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOLWe had a huge amount of sporting success last term with our teams winning the Tavistock Small Schools Swimming Gala, Tag Rugby Festival and Football Tournament. Our Cross Country runners came second in the Small School Cross Country League with many of our children earning places in the top twenty overall. We continue to promote sport at the school and will be entering a wide variety of competitions in the local area this term as well as celebrate National Sports Week in June.

We are delighted that our waterless toilet, the Woo Woo, has now been installed at our field as a result of the Tesco Bags of Help grant. This will make a huge difference to the outdoor learning curriculum and the school will now be able to organise and run events for other local schools and the community. Thank you to everyone in the local community who voted for us.

Our popular clubs are up and running; drama, art, sewing, singing, Fun at the Field, scooter, computer and singing clubs. We have some very exciting topics for this term: Plants and Animals, Invaders and Settlers and What a Beautiful World and to link in with our topics, KS2 will be visiting RHS Rosemoor and KS1 hope to visit Dartmoor Zoo.

We are also pleased that we have nearly reached our target which will enable the school to fund a Guide Dog puppy. Our concert with the Tamar Valley Male Voice Choir and our Singing Club really boosted the funds. Do feel very welcome to come along to our PTA Summer Fayre on Friday 30th June between 6.00 and 8.00pm at Coronation Hall in Mary Tavy.

Nicky Pratten - Headteacher - 810384

Some photos from the village hall spring clean. People worked so hard and made a BIG difference.....even if Sheryl's favourite tongs went walkabout, it WAS a very successful day.

Jo Larsen-Burnett

MOUNT KELLY CHORAL SOCIETY

As part of the Mount Kelly Summer Festival of the Arts, our Summer 2017 Concert will feature a 'Bring &

Sing' performance of selections from Carl Orff's 'Carmina Burana' on July 6th.

The performance will be open to all singers, with a rehearsal at 5pm for everyone in the Big School at Mount Kelly College. The concert will be in the College Chapel and will begin at 7pm. Scores available, supper provided! Do come along and join us. Jenny Reynolds

www.kellychoralsociety.com - jenneo78@gmail.com

Goodbye to Villages in Action

events.

Hello to Mary Tavy Live!Watch out for exciting news

later in the year.

Playing Field UpdateA rather small band of helpers arrived at the Playing Field on Saturday 13th May but we were able to make a differ-ence. The areas of bare earth were raked over and the larger stones and roots removed. The ground has now been seeded and fingers crossed the grass will grow; it was well watered over the next few days! In addition, wild flower seeds have been scattered in the corner of the field by the dragon and the area taped off. Please try to avoid walking on the seed beds until the grass has become established.

A Dog Waste Bin has been purchased by Brentor Parish Council and is now installed near the entrance gate. Please clear up after your dog and use the bin provided. A box of dog waste bags is close by so if you have come “ill equipped” please help yourself. There is no excuse for not clearing up. Sue 860374 and Kate 810287

"Toil & Trouble" - the movie - now viewable online: see the home page on village website!

VERY disappointing turn out for the Village Hall and Playing Field AGM. 7 in total and only 3 of those from the actual village. We need support and ideas if we are to continue enjoying our Village Hall. - Sheryl

Diary Dates - all events at the village hall unless otherwise indicated.

Tuesdays 7.00pm Yoga Jane Osborne 832897

JuneSat 3rd 10.30am Coffee Morning Sheryl Burroughs 870554Thu 15th 7.30pm Garden Club, Talk by Nigel Twinn: "Dowsing in Brentor" Heather Webster 810004Mon 19th 7.30am Brentor Commons AGM Mike Whitfield 810209 Fri 23rd 7.00pm Quiz Night in aid of Guide Dogs for Blind, Puppy Appeal Nicky Pratten 810304" " - Final copy date for July Brentor News! Jane Phelpstead 810635Fri 30th 6.00pm PTA Summer Fayre, Coronation Hall Mary Tavy Nicky Pratten 810304

JulySat 1st 10.30am Coffee Morning Sheryl Burroughs 870554Thu 6th 7.00pm 'Bring & Sing' - from Carmina Burana: Mount Kelly Jenny Reynolds -Sat 8th - 16th 10.00am - 5.00pm Langham Pottery Open Week Jennie Hale 860287

Hall bookings: Helen de Carles 810412 All Brentor Village Hall bookings are shown on the website calendar: www.brentorvillage.org/calendar

Please check availability before making a booking request.

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FINAL COPY DATE - for the July edition:Friday 23rd June - to Jane Phelpstead: croakytoad@ukgateway.net

Brentor News key facts Distribution: The Brentor News is also published on the village website www.brentorvillage.org. If you are outside the parish and would like The Brentor News emailed to you, send your request to ajw@brentor.net. A small donation to the Brentor Community Trust would be appreciated. Donations & Advertising: All donations, advertising copy and payment of £5 per advert insertion should be sent to Mike Whitfield 810209 in advance of publication, cheques payable to 'Brentor Community Trust'. Permissions: Contributors of editorial copy or adverts thereby give permission for the publication of the author's name and phone number and/or email address in the website edition of the paper unless specifically requested otherwise. Comments on the website edition should be sent to Colin Dawes colinvdawes@btinternet.com Editorial team: Joe Kuipers 810590 joekuipers@tiscali.co.uk Jane Phelpstead 810635 croakytoad@ukgateway.net Mike Whitfield 810209 mikewhit@btinternet.com John Wheeler 810083 ajw@brentor.net

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