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Yarcombe VoicesISSUE No. ONE HUNDRED and SEVENTY-FIVE PRICE 60p DECEMBER 2014

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OUR READERS

Vicar’s Viewpoint

DECEMBER 2014 ~ Peace on Earth?‘Peace on earth and goodwill to all people!’ This was the message from the angels to the shepherds in the fieldsoverlooking Bethlehem on that first Nativity. But sadly there are toomany places in theworld at present where thereis anything but peace! Whether civil wars in Syria and Iraq, hostage-‐taking in Northern Nigeria, or Ebola in severalcountries ofWest Africa, there are still many people in danger, suffering for their faith, refugees or asylum seekers, insickness or even dying of a deadly virus.Peacewas the subject for the ‘Lite-‐Bite’ at Yarcombe Parish Church recently. Maggie’s Mix treated us to awonderful

selectionof songs, poems, stories anda shortDVD to illustrate the longing forpeace amongstmanypeople. Iwas askedto give a short talkwith the Simon&Garfunkel Song Sounds of Silence as the lead in. Inmy introduction, I reminded thecongregation of some of thewords of this No.1 song from1965, ‘Hello darknessmy old friend, I’ve come to talk with youagain. Because a vision softly creeping left its seeds while I was sleeping...’

In2011, Paul Simonwas invited to sing at the10thAnniversaryof 9/11 inNewYork. InplaceofBridge overTroubledWater, he chose instead to sing Sounds of Silence. It was a poignant and atmospheric moment for all, especially themourners. This song has many resonances for us in a desire for peace and silence where the noises of conflict, battle,explosions or the wailing of mourners fill the air. But where can we find such peace?

In the Christmas Story we are reminded of the ancient prophecy of the coming of ‘the wonderful counsellor, themighty God, the everlasting Father and the Prince of Peace’ (Isa.9v7). And Jesus came to fulfil that prophecy andwenton to declare toHis disciples: ‘..... Inme youmayhave peace. In thisworld youwill have trouble. But take heart! I haveovercome the world.’ (John 16v33).

In all of the pressures and strains of life in ourworld today, especially for those in the target zone for conflict, diseaseor physical suffering, we pray for true and lasting peace. The Hebrewword for this is Shalom, meaning somuchmorethan just absenceofwarbut alsowholeness, harmony, completenessandunity. Mayyoualsoknowmoreof thisqualityof peace in your lives, families and communities during this season. To celebrate with us or to find out more, do joinus at the special Christmas celebrations which are advertised elsewhere in this magazine.

Simon Holloway, Priest in Charge. Five Alive Mission Community.

IN THE COUNTRY :THE TREE MAN

Those people in GK Chesterton's poemwho "shut their doors in the evening and knowno songs" are baffled by theMrHenwards of this world. Graham Henward belonged to the race of Britons that will never be homogenised andpasteurised. He was known as the TreeMan and his battered lorry was a familiar sight in the deep, sleepy back-‐lanesof the Surrey of my childhood.

Our ownwoodswereminiscule really, a micro-‐wood of gems planted in the late nineteenth century by the husbandof an elegant lady reputed to have been themistress of the Prince ofWales. She, so the elderly of the villagewho couldjust remember that timewhispered,wouldentertainHRHwhilehermelancholyhusbandstood in theraindirecting theplanting of yet another tree until a footman arrivedwith a summons for him to return to the house. Nearly a hundredyears of growing, shielded from the wind that ravages young growth by a cloak of ancient woodland surrounding thehouse, and our trees had becomemajestic specimens. I grewup loving each one. With the help of a rope ladder I couldjust reach the first branch of the Black poplar and sit there surveying the woods. A dark grove of yew trees, scary atdusk; the cherry orchardwhitewith blossom in spring; fairy larches awashwith bluebells; an assortment of rare pinesand firs that the Victorians loved; fine elms, beeches and chestnuts that flourished in the deep clay, and a Wych elm.

TheWych elm stood on the tip of a bank just on the edge of our boundary. Itwas so tall that it dwarfed the great oaksin themainwoodsbeyond,whichwereyoungsaplingswhenKing Johnwasalive. It felt tomeas if itwas the tallestWychelm in the country; as a child I would stand by the base and squint upwards at the straight trunk soaring into the skyandthesensationmademefeelgiddy: somewherenear that skywasavastnessof leafycanopy, the topofwhichseemedto disappear in the clouds.

My parents were told about the Tree Man by our neighbour and friend, Vernon Barnby who was Lord of the Manorandhad theguardianshipof theancient oakwoods that stretched for some600acresbeyondourboundary fence. "Useno one else," he said. So every autumn my father would call up the Tree Man. For me, his arrival was cause forexcitement. The Tree Man loved life and trees and before he'd even climbed out of his lorry we'd be embraced in ablanket of warmth. He usually brought along a couple of his sons, not very much older than me but already "in thebusiness". Thewoodswouldbewalked, suggestionsmade, andworkbegun. HowIenvied theeasewithwhich theboys

E D I T O R I A LWithout the annual Children's Christmas Party thisvillage would be the poorer and Father Christmas, who Ihave on good authority looks forward to his visit andmarks up the date in his diary well in advance (Saturday20th this year), would be very upset. That it continues isdue to the dedication of the handful of people whomaintainYarcombeChildren's Fund. To thoseof younewto this community Imustexplain thatuntil a fewyearsagothe Fund organised not just the Christmas Party but atleast two outings a year and fundraising events as well.However, with the number of children in the Parishincreasing now (twenty attended the RemembranceSunday service on November 9th) the time may havecometoonceagainextendtheactivitiesonoffer foryoungfamilies. Fundraising is a priority and with this in mindYarcombe Children's Fund is holding a meeting at theHowley Tavern on January 29th. The Fund desperatelyneeds the support of new volunteers to bring fresh ideasfor fundraising as without willing helpers even theChristmas Party may have to come to an end. We are asmall community and the same people cannot runeverything so if you would like to lend a helping handplease read the notice on page 18 about the meeting.

Father Christmas may not actually attend the SeniorCitizens' Christmas Lunch on Sunday 7th but he is alwaysthereinspirit forthisothergreatParishtradition,andalsoat the Christmas Bingo on Monday 1st in the Jubilee HallwhenallprofitsaredonatedtotheLunchfund. Eyesdown

at 8pm! All your gift dilemmaswill be solvedbybrowsingthe many festive stalls at the Christmas Market onSaturday 13th.

Then on Monday 22nd everyone is invited to share thespirit of the season at a Village Christmas Celebration at7.30pm in the Jubilee Hall. Bring your own picnic anddrinks (mince pies will be provided) and gather togetherfor a traditional village evening. Share, if you would liketo, a poem, story, song or joke; Maggie's Mix has kindlyagreed to sing for us; you can join in or just enjoy thefestive fun. Reserve a place or book a table -‐ full details inthe Diary & Information section.

The tune of The Holly and The Ivy was recorded byfolklorist Cecil Sharpe in Gloucestershire, Devon andSomerset,butthereexistnumerousversionsofthewords.It is thought to have been sung in English villages andsettlements centuries before it became a carol, even aslong ago as the days when Jesus Christ travelled acrossthese summer-‐lands on his way to visit the ancient andmost holy Druidic college of wisdom at Glastonbury.When the sun is furthest from the earth, at the time of theWinter Solstice, the time of Christ's birth, our favouritecarols will ring out again across the land: here inYarcombeattheCarolServicesonSunday December14that 11am in the Baptist Chapel and then at 7pmon Sunday21st at the Parish Church.

Best wishes to you all for a very happy Christmas.

Miranda Gudenian.

shinnedup trees, both could climbwithout the aidof ladders or ropes andoftenwentupbarefoot, the soles of their feetthe colour of tanned leather. I tried it once, all on my own, and fell off into a patch of stinging nettles. From the TreeMan I learnt the rudiments of tree felling and aged nine or tenwas handed a bow saw and instructed how to cut downa self-‐sown sycamore in the yew woods. I was triumphant. More importantly I learnt from the Tree Man thepracticalities of how tonurture trees andwoods and itwas as if a love that I hadbeenbornwithbutwas as yet formlesssuddenly became formed.

Tree business was always followed by tea and chatter. Graham Henward was a man of almost tangible happiness:itwasas if by touchinghimonepickedup thehappinessonone's fingers, alongwitha liberal smearofmachineoil. Wildof hair and often unshaven his eyes were as blue as a summer sky and radiated bonhomie. Probably nomore than 5ft4ins in his stockinged feet hemadeup for his lack of height by a barrel of a chest that six hundred years agowould haveearnedhimacovetedplaceasoneofHenryV'sbowmenatAgincourt.His armswere enormous and brown, for he neverwore a jacket andhis shirt sleeves were always rolled up. I used to look at him andwonder why he didn't simply place those arms around the tree'strunk and lift it clean out of the earth. As a child, I felt sure he could.

The Tree Man was old East Surrey stock and spoke with a dialectof thosepartswhichisallbutextinctnowadays. His fathercamefromalonglineof forestersandhisgrandfather livedinthewoodswithhiswife and eight children, poor as can be but content. Hismother wasahealer, a localWiseWoman. Farmersandcottagerssoughtherhelpandadvicebe it foranailingcalforasicklychildandhercures -‐herbswhich she claimed spoke to her from the fields and woods -‐ wererespected in the quiet corners of the county where the old countryways persisted. Payment by coinage was politely refused, andinstead it came in kind: a quart of newmilk, a pot of jam, a basket ofearly raspberries.

Graham ranwild until the authoritieswere tipped off and insistedheattendschool. Whenhedid,hispet jackdawwentwithhim, ridingon the handlebars of his bicycle to the school gates where the birdwould hang around until the end-‐of-‐day bell rang out and the pairwould ride home again to share tea: for the jackdaw, slivers ofMarmite on toast were a favourite. Stifling in a classroom wasn'tmuch fun. Finally the longing tobeoutdoorsunder the skyovercamehim, soheabsconded fromschool, evaded the lawand joined his father in thewoods. Fromhis father he learnt to revere trees, and he consideredmany in his trade to becowboyswhowould cut downany tree for themoney. Therewere tales that became stuff of local legend, of customersasking him to fell a tree he didn't think ought to be felled; one such request, to fell a glorious chestnut in the prime ofits life had the owner being curtly informed that he should be standing under the tree when it was cut down.

Later in my childhood Dutch elm disease appeared, black symbol of the neglect of bio-‐security by successivegovernments. It caused pain to see the elms leafless, but the death of theWych elmwas terrible. For a while the elmsstoodstark in thewoods,woodpeckersdrummedon their echoing trunks, bitsofbark fell away. Then,onestill summernightwhile the nightingale sang, a vast branch broke off theWych elm and crashed to the ground. A fewdays latermyfather and LordBarnbywalked thewoods, his and ours; it was time to call in the TreeMan to clear the elms. TheWychelm, with three of the finest oaks in the woods at close quarters, would be the first to come down.

For the felling of theWychelm thewholeHenward family turnedup, crammed into the cabof the lorry. Five childrenat least, and beautifulMrsHenwardwith a babe-‐in-‐arms, they spilled from the cab in excitement. Vehicles couldn't getnear the Wych elm, so on foot we all trooped to the woods. The boys carried ropes, saws and a long ladder; the babywas set gurgling in a shopping basket among the fern fronds while Mrs Henward dispensed tea from a couple ofThermosflasksandhandedroundstickybuns fromatin. Thenwewere joinedbythe lastmemberof thegathering,LordBarnby. He bowed to Mrs Henward as if to the Queen, shook each of the children -‐ and me -‐ by the hand, then restedhis 90-‐year-‐old frame on his shepherd's crook and spoke wistfully of climbing trees when he was young....

Bynow thingwere ready and just about to get startedwhenwe realisedwehad feline company. Our Siamese cat, toonervous to come close, was watching from nearby. I was instructed to grab him and take him back to the house. "ButI'llmiss everything!" Iwailed. Extracting apromise that theywouldn't start until I returned, I ran faster than I had everdonewith theheavy cat inmyarms andarrivedbackpanting just as the eldest son,Mark, began the ascent of the trunk.He went up like a monkey, ropes slung over his shoulder, until he was about a mile above our heads.

Very soon the felling began. The topmost branches were let down on ropes and we were warned to retreat, whichwe did and stood at a little distance watching, while the breeze blew clouds of sawdust around us, filling our pockets

BEE HUMBLEJourneying into outer space showed us Planet Earth as an entity for the firsttime, a holistic eco-‐system displayed “as in the palm of a hand", a wonder tobehold, an element of an even bigger universe that is perhaps beyondcomprehension. Observingtheworldfromadistanceandinrelationtootherplanets we can truly see the possibilities of a super organism, a complexsystem of macro and micro dependence which reveals theinterconnectednessof everyoneandeverythingonearth. Therearenorulesfor this society where respect has to be earned and where governance canonly be reactive, where there is no hierarchy. Put simply : to every actionthere is an equal and opposite reaction. There are communities and there isinfrastructure which generate different reactions of culture and belongingdue entirely to Earth’s rich variety and tapestry.

From writings dating back many hundreds and thousands of years, arethere lessons frombeeswhich itwouldbeuseful forsociety to learn? Indeed,the colony of the Honeybee, believed to be the most studied creature afterman and instinctively able to organise itself into a super efficient society, is

perhaps more than any other held up as setting an example that humans may be wise to follow (ref : HoneybeeDemocracy, ThomasD. Seeley). The ancient Greeks reveredMotherNature,whogavehumanbeings birth as a species,as the source of life. The place to which all life returns in the cycle of life and death unto dust; and yet from the dust ofthe wilderness comes refreshment, a new energy for living.

MotherNaturegaveusall the toolsweneedtocreateaharmoniousbalance, every interferencewemakechanges thatbalance. One such example could be the loss of Honeybees, an act whichwould leave this planet poorer and hungrier,since as many as one mouthful in three of everything we eat is attributed to pollination. Bees are just the beginning,an indicator species, reflecting the health and status of our life environment. A bell-‐weather for life on Earth?

and hair. The tree had to be dropped in the narrowest of thin gaps between the three massive old oaks. I shall neverforgetwatching theTreeManasheworked. TheWychelm fell exactly as if hehad laid out a longpieceof string straightdown the centre of the gap and brought the tree down along it. The crashwhen it came reverberates inme to this day,a wave of awe and sadness at the sight of a giant lying dead. Someweeks later a local wood-‐turner arrivedwith a pairof Shire horses and chains, and slowly, sectionbyhuge sectionof the trunkwas inchedbetween the trees andout of thewoods, and went away to make garden benches and tables.

Whenwe told theTreeManweweremoving toDevonhewasbewildered. "Butwhat about your trees?" he said, thenafterawhile,withagreatwarmsmileonhis face, "By theway, I'llmissyou, youknow." "We'llmissyou too!"myparentsand I chorused. And we did.

Miranda Gudenian.

YARCOMBE WEATHER ~ OCTOBER 20142014 2013 2012

Av. Max. temp. 15.4° C 15.2°C 13.8°CAv. Min. temp. 10.7°C 10.6°C 7.9°CAv. Overall temp. 13.0° C 12.9°C 10.8°CRainfall 153.1 mm 220.6 mm 152.0 mmWettest Day 17th 23.5 mm 27th 27.4 mm 11th 22.2 mmSunniest Day 10th 9.0 hrs approx. 6th 8.5 hrs 27th 27.4 hrsWarmest Day 2nd 19.2°C 4th 18.8°C 1st 17.1° CColdest Night 4th 4.5° C 30th 4.6°C 27th 0.9° CSunshine hours 87.5 hrs. approx. 78.5 hrs 89 hrs

Another warmer than average month with no majorstorms, if November and December are mild it will makethis year one of the warmest on record. In October lastyear a deep depression hit southern England on the 27thof the month with plenty of rain and winds reaching

90mph causing widespread power cuts. As I write thisreport thestormshavearrivedamonth later thannormal,very strongsoutherlywindsandplentyof rain. Thewatertable is now back to normal after a dry summer.

Tony Newman.

The Honeybee is an amazing insect living in a colony of wax. Honeybees evolve to accomplish tasks that ensuresurvival of the colony. Eachmember fulfils needs that serve thegroup. Thousandsofworkerbees, all females, diploids,assume responsibility for feeding, cleaning, nursing and defending the group. Male drones, haploids, live only tomatewith the queen and also influence colony genetic diversity. The queen is the only fertilised female in the colony. Fed byworkers solely on royal jelly she emits pheromone which keeps other workers sterile and lays as many as 1500 eggseachday. She only flies solo to becomemated andwhen thehive divides shemaybe removedwith half the hive to starta newcolony. Workers undertakeduties fromcombbuilding, inwhichhoney is stored andeggs are laid, birthing takesplaceand it isbelieved this servesasa 'web' forcommunication, throughtocollectingpropolis, pollen,nectarandwaterto process and store honey. Workers tend the queen, her larvae and young drones; they make collective decisions tomove the colony, to replace a failingqueenand to swarm, and,when threatened, todefend their colony selflessly. Theycontrol hive temperature, operate heating and cooling processes, as well as evaporation necessary to make honey, tostabilise their living and provide resilience to all external environmental changes. They populate the landscape inaccordancewith availability of forage and hive health to provide a symbiotic balancewhich provides a natural web oflife. This super organism is the eco-‐system of a Honeybee colony. (Ref: The Buzz About Bees, Jurgen Tautz).

Each Honeybee is an individual, yet the life of the colony comes from the way Honeybees work together. Belowstrength, the colony fails; above strength the colony multiplies. Every choice and action of every living thing hasrepercussions throughout the community. We generally think of a smaller community unit, of our family, ourneighbourhood,butweareeachan individual contributing to theEarthasasuperorganism. Onehumanbeingamongstmany who, in turn, are a species amongst many and the whole is very much greater than the sum of our parts.

Whatwecanlearnfromthebeecolonies is that theHoneybeeisa lowly individualwhichcontributestoahigher-‐orderentity with consciousness of a very high nature. Their communication and networking capacities, non-‐hierarchicaldecisionprocessesandunderstandingof service to thegreaterwebof lifepoint toahigher levelofdevelopmentculturewhich provides inspiration to the soul.

Weare all stewards of theEarth and I humblyhope this yields some food for thought for eachof us in thewaywe leadour lives and for our standards of behaviour. My hope is that we may find things to unite us and take these forward.I would expectwemight find that our differenceswould fall away and respectmight emerge aswe play to each other’sstrengths. The amplified values of concerted cohesion might bring about change and improvement by consensus inplace of war and conflict.

Howgreat itwouldbe if thevehicle forchangecouldbereligionsincereligionscancrossculturesandnationaldividesandcoveralmost everyoneon thisplanet. Suchaprocesswouldhighlight thatperhaps the roleof religionsbetter servemankind and the world when they work together and with Nature (in place of those false gods and structures whichhave been created :Mammon, Celebrity and Politics). Let us pray that the inhabitants of our particularworldwill takea lesson from the Honeybees. This would bee truly remarkable for society and for all of us as individuals.

Rob Kemp, 01460-‐65404; Beekeeper, Whitestaunton.

YOUR GARDEN IN DECEMBERWell, everybody, Christmas again, I reckon this year has gone quicker than ever. There are a good amount of berries,etc., around this autumn, some folk say it tells a badwinter but I can recall a goodmany years like thiswhen thewinterturned outmucky instead of a lot of Jack Frost, etc. It said in Charlie Chardstock'spaper yesterday that the Met Office are saying it is going to be wetter than lastwinter so we'd better get ready for another 62/3 type winter.

Well,downtobusiness, it isagoodideatoearthuptheBrusselssprouts, theywillbe turning in now. Youwant to keep awatch on the veg and fruit in store, take outany thathavegot therot. It is agoodtip tocoverrhubarbcrownswithsomestraw,plus anupturnedbucket or pot to get themmoving. Charlie'sMrsNeighbour gavehimapacket of those posh tomatoRosella variety seeds last Christmas, it is F1. Hegot a good crop out of it but between you and me it isn't all that tasty.

My cousin Chris was talking about the old days on the phone the other nightbecause her youngest sonAndy isworking in a shop up in London selling all thesedifferent types of chocolates. He said to her that all these folk come in and spenda fortune on these chocolates. It got us thinking ofwhenwewere youngsters andChris said tome, "Doyou recallMrs Smith, she ran the sweet shop?" Well, this ladyhad a shop in town and Granddadwould take us in at Christmas and buy us somesweets. It had a loud bell on the door because the lady was a bit deaf, plus all thebottlesofsweets likeyoudon't seenowadays. Shekept twodogs in therealso, I can

DECEMBER'S SERIOUSLY BAD POEMSYou’ll be dismayed tohear that I don’t just dobadpoems -‐mynovels are just as seriously bad. But annoyingly I suspectthatotherwriters stealmy ideas thengoon tomake fortunes for themselves! I firstwroteabout theunpleasant aspectsof birth control inThePill’s GrimProgress, then followed this upwith the excitingLadyChatterley’sMother, which camewith freeknittingpatterns. Next camea farmyard story,ThreeMenAndAGoat anda thriller calledTinkerTailor SoldierHairdresser, butall tonoavail. Sadly Ihavetoadmitrivalauthorswentonebetter thanmyofferingsTheTwoMusketeers,None Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, And Then There Was Minus One, The Thirty-‐Eight Steps and Nineteen Eighty-‐Three.

A can of Duckhams 20/50 on the bottom shelf in my garage was the inspiration for my steamy novel, Low Litre, butIwasneverhappywith the titleofmy followingeffort,ATownLikeEthel. Mystoryadvocating fines for litterbugs,GrimeAndPunishmentwasmetwith apathy; thenwhileTheCountOfMonte Pythonwas failing to sell, I transformeda friend’sforeign holiday into a tale of horror in Frank In Spain andbemoaned the decline in cheap air travel inWithering Flights.

I almost found successwithABattery-‐PoweredOrange, but finally decided to stickwith poems after the failure ofmyversion of Shakespeare’s Hamlet,which I called Omelette.

Continuing from last month’s story of Junior John the office boy with the malfunctioning mouth, one of his morepopular efforts fell somewhere betweenphilosophy and judgement fromonhigh,with “fell” being the operativeword:“Whathedoesandwhathedoesn’t doare twodifferent things!”,whichyoucan’t arguewith, really. Thenanother time,after “Going out for a bresh of feff air”, he returned to find a colleague struggling to get back into the office. “Shut theyout, have you Dave?” he asked (or tried to). Did I think this young man had serious problems? Well, as John himselfonce said, “I’ll leave you to condraw your own clusions!”

Love your footwear:I'm always walking in the mud and ruining me shoes,So I went to the local shops, some wellies for to choose.I picked meself a green pair and that made me come alive!I went back home and then I took 'em out for a test drive.I found that they were comfortable and rode the corners well,And they excelled at high speeds, though it made the rubber smell.The final test they passed because, after they'd gone so far,They took me to the pub and parked me right there by the bar!

Canny canine capers:My dog is barking frantically, much more than yesterday.I sense that there's more to it, he's got something to convey!What is it boy? Has some poor fella fallen down the mine?What's that? He's got a broken leg? Perhaps a fractured spine?It's marvellous how animals have special powers like that!Oh hang on, he's just yapping at my next door neighbour's cat.

Why ice-‐cold beer is good for you:My stomach's getting larger,But overweight I'm not.I've heard that heat makes things expand.I think I'm just too hot!

Here’s hoping the trauma of Christmas will help you forget December’s“poems”. Rest assured that January’s will be of the same standard!

Peter Tarrant.

imagine what the dafties at 'health and safety' would say. Well, her hubby was a mole-‐catcher, plus he was called SixPintFred,youcanguess thereason. MyuncleRay(Mum'syoungestbrother,hewasnotmucholder thanusyoungsters)hewould get some free sweets whenever he brought in somemoles for him. One Christmas he thought of a good trickto get a lot of sweets. Mr Smith had all these moles hanging in his shed so one evening when he was in the pub UncleRay sneaked in and took a good amount of them, turned up at the shop next morning bold as you like and gave him allthese moles out of his bag. He got a lot of sweets which he was very pleased about. Well, it didn't take Mr Smith longto put two and two together and after Mum got to hear about it Uncle Ray didn't like to sit down for a couple of days.

Merry Christmas, everybody, let's hope it's a good one ! A Yarcombe Gardener.

▶ USE IT OR LOSE IT ~ ANOTHER VIEWPOINT◀We are writing in response to the article 'Use it or Lose It'. Where do we start ...... possibly with that we have lived inthis village now for a year and when we bought our house the community spirit was one of the things that convincedus to buy here. Since living here we have attended Church, helpedwith flowers in the Church, children's skittle night,supported theTerrierRacing,helpedwithandattendedcommunity lunches, entered theFlowerShow,bingoevenings,and plant sale.

The article 'Use It or Lose It' has upset us somewhat as it seems to imply that some people in this village are notsupporting theChurchand therefore thevillagewill not surviveandhousepriceswill godown!!! Wedonotbelieve thisis the case; there aremany factors as towhy this villagewouldn't survive and partly blaming this on the families of thevillage is not necessary.

The comment about leaving it all to ‘someone else’ is wrong! Let us enlighten you as to how hard a working familyweek iswhenwehavehouses and cars topay for so thatwe canget toworkand takeour children to school andprovidefood for them to eat. Between us we work 80/90 hours a week, we take our children three miles each way to schoolfive days a week and some days we do this three times a day due to after school clubs. We go to Honiton twice a weekin the evenings for clubs. Swimming at the weekend. We have a dog that needs walking, householdmaintenance andfood to put on the table, let alone all the other chores that comes with family life. We are not the only family with alifestyle like this ...... therearemanymore.Wearenotas thearticle states 'sitting in the lounge,watchingendlessrepeatson the new god in the corner'. We find this comment ridiculous.

It is also stated that East DevonDistrict Council has saidwe are an unsustainable village. This has nothing to dowiththe lack of support for the Church. This will have everything to do with the fact there is nothing to draw people (andfamilies) to thevillage. Oneof the things thatnearly stoppedus frommovingherewas the lackof amenities for childreni.e. a play area which most other villages seem to have but for some reason it is not considered here. Why is this?

Mention ismade inthearticleof familyservices,butwhatdoesthisvillagedotobring families together? Ourdaughteris a keen cross country runner and on the day of the last family service we were at Cotleigh as she was doing the 3kCotleighCanter .... not sitting onourbottomswatchingTV. Twoweeks laterwewere at the StocklandStompwhere sheagain ran3k....notsittingonourbottomswatchingTV. Theweirdthing is Inotice thatYarcombetoohasarunningeventcalled theYarcombeYompbut entry is not allowed if you areunder 16. This is very confusing!! This highlights the factthatasparentsweareout supportingourchildren,not thatwecan'tbebothered togo toChurchand thatweare leavingit to others as is suggested in the article.

There are few events in this village for children, no youth club, playground, or Church events and even the skittlesnight (whichweattended the firstweekwewerehere) is no longer available to them. Wecould ramble onabout losingthe pub but there are many reasons why the pub didn't survive, mainly a lack of management skills and a warmwelcome. We would have used the pub if it had been more welcoming and affordable.

In the last village thatwe lived in theChurch rana clubafter school for the children to get together and sing songs andlearn about the Church. In the school holidays, activitieswere put on for the children tomake and learn. Couldn’t thisbe done in Yarcombe? It would bring more children to the family service as it's not all about attending the Lite-‐Bitewhich is on a Sunday evening late when most families are getting prepared for school the next day. In Upottery theyhaveaverywell attendedservice for the childrenbut they runevents like throwing teddieswithparachutesoff the roof(sounds cruel, we know!) but all the children loved it while mums and dads could sit and have tea and cake.

Yes, the Church is important but the Church isn't the only thing that is needed for a village to survive and to centrethe argument around this aspect is short-‐sighted. So we say to the writer of 'Use It or Lose It': we hear where you’recoming from but please do not stereotype all families in this village because we as a family will do our utmost to keepthisvillagealivebecause,yes,wehave investedourhard-‐earnedcash into it ........ butpleaserememberwearenotsittingwatching TV. We have busy lives and will help when we physically can.

Paul and Charlotte Nally.

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Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it white. -‐ Bing Crosby.Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something

else besides ourselves. -‐ Eric Sevareid.Christmas at my house is always at least six or seven times more pleasant than anywhere else. We start drinking

early. And while everyone else is seeing only one Santa Claus, we'll be seeing six or seven. -‐W.C. Fields.

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REPORTS AND PERSONAL NOTICES

~MARY BOYLAND ~We are sad to report that Mary Boyland has passed away. She had lived in Chard for several years and hadattended Yarcombe Church and events in the Jubilee Hall with Ralph and Hilda Salter, her sister and

brother-in-law. Her ashes were interred in her husband's grave at Upottery.

For the Sporty in the village.......SOME RACEY TIPS:

Look after all your filliesMake sure they’re adequately stabledLet them have shoes for all conditionsDon’t let the grooms have their wayMake allowance when they have the bit between their teethPat them firmly on the flanks if they respond wellEncourage at all stages with unbridled passionAt all times stick to the railsRein them in if they become spooked by othersNever be saddled with an overweight handicapEven if one filly is your odds-‐on favourite make sure the going is always good.

Owen Paterson.

Beyond EnduranceAt theirmeeting inOctobermembers of theTuesdayClubwatchedaDVDofthere-‐enactmentofErnestShackleton’sepic journey to save his crewmates. Last year Alan RoweMBE spoke of his charity 'The Baton’ which helps theforces, their families and friends and explained that abaton has been carried all over the world to bringawareness of their plight both physically andmentally inmodernwarfare. BarryTaylor (Baz) carried theBaton inhis rucksack on this expedition which was made into afilm for the Discovery Channel, Beyond Endurance,showing ingraphicdetailwhat the teamhad toovercome.

The journey from Elephant Island to South Georgiaacross some of the stormiest seas imaginable, in the gearand with the provisions and navigational equipment ofthe times, was totally amazing. The onlyway to find theirwhereaboutswasbyusing a sextant, the stars and the sun(which was not often evident) to pinpoint a sliver of land-‐ a formidable task. Obviously Shackleton, who had theburden of knowing that his team's eventual success wasthe only possibility of saving the men he had left behind,had a purpose in mind, but the modern volunteers justwanted to showhowhe did it and prove a point. They setsail in a wooden lifeboat in freezing, mountainous seas,being tossed around drenchedwith sea water and eating

revolting reconstituted food. Although being way offcourse at some time, they managed as did Shackleton toreach the inhospitable island. Then they had to trek overhorrendous mountainous glacial terrain to reachhabitation. A truly great achievement.

This teamwas fortunate inhavingaback-‐upteamintheform of the Australis with up-‐to-‐date equipment andmedical helponboard. Also a teammemberwithmodernequipment in attendance during the land crossing, buttherewas a timewhen their radiowas notworkingwhenthey could have been lost at sea. Several members of theteam were hospitalised with frostbite, blood clots andstomach pains, but two made it to the end.

The evening was organized by Mary Smith and LesleySutton,whileRosemaryAbel dealtwith the technical bits,thank you so much, Rosemary.

Yarcombe MarketYarcombe Market began the run up to Christmas withmany stalls providing articles for the festive season andgiving ideas to browsers for those little gifts for peoplewho have everything! The Craft Club after worrying thattherewasnothing to offer eventually tookup three tablesand will have sufficient to carry over to the GrandChristmas Market on December 13th so don't miss

OUT AND ABOUT WITH OUR ROVING REPORTER LESLEY SUTTON

their stall. No doubt there will be pots of deliciousconserves, chutneys, cakes, bacon, and pork, vegetables,cards, toys and craft items for the final shopping burst.Not to mention delicious hot pies from Lesley andrefreshments served by the band of helpers.

The Poppies at the TowerA mention to a couple of friends that it would be aninteresting experience to see the Poppies at the Tower ofLondon had surprising results. Before long eight peoplehad decided theywould like to join and eventually fifteenof us left Honiton Station forWaterloo on the morning of22nd October. Luckily British Rail came up trumps with areasonable price for a group ticket and Margaret Hoarekindly suggested that carswere parked outside her homefor extra convenience. A hasty discussion to ensure thatwe all caught the same train home took place and thedecision to meet ‘under the clock’ at 18.45 was made.

The group divided into smaller units and at some timewere all at the Tower, travelling by various forms oftransport. Some went into the Tower (with theknowledge that they could come out nowadays), somewalked round the outside, but all marvelled at theamazing sight. 888,246 ceramicpoppies to represent thenumber of British Forces killed in World War One havebeen handmade, many by volunteers, assembled and‘planted’ in theTower Moat. Anarmy of thesehelpers was still atwork below with8000 poppies yet tobe made and set inplace. All have nowbeen sold and thefunds will gotowards Forcescharities, such asRBL,Help forHeroes,SSAFA, etc. It wastruly amazing towitness suchnumbers and realizethat each flowerrepresented a person, the whole area being a sea of red.What a brilliant idea bringing such poignancy andmeaning 100 years after the start of the war.

We were fortunate enough to meet Margaret’s greatnephew, who is a police officer in the City of London, andfound out that it is true that if you want to know the way,‘Ask a policeman’. He was also stopped innumerabletimes with requests for photos to be taken with him bypassing tourists, his face will be seen all around theworld!! The skyline of London is nowdominatedbyhigh,shining glass buildings, itmust have beenmany years agowhen St Paul’s Cathedral was the highest building to beseenon the embankment, nowonly glimpsed fleetingly attheMilleniumBridge. Londondidn’t have aParishPlan toensure that buildings were in keeping with theenvironment. It seems strange to look fromRomanwalls

to theShard, centuriesofarchitecturebrought together insuch a small area.

Obviously members of our group 'did their own thing’but it transpires that a great deal of the more popularvenues were visited, from Buckingham Palace, CoventGarden, Greenwich, boat trips, taxis, tube trains, andvarious exhibitions before returning to the train for thejourney home.

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY1914.....2014

The 100th anniversary of the start of the First WorldWarwas marked with suitably sombre flower arrangementsin all thewindows of the Church, on the pillars and abovethe altar for the Service of Remembrance on Sunday 9thNovember. Even Warhorse was there in harness. Theworshipwas ledby JoanBerrywhoalso gave the address.Chard Concert Brass Bandwho have nobly supported theservice for many years played all the music.Membersof theRoyalBritishLegion ledbyMichaelFordpresented the Colours at the altar. Lesley Sutton read herpoem Conflict and Miranda Gudenian and Paul Nally theOld and New Testament readings. A large number ofchildren retreated to the back of the Church under thesupervision of Lesley Pidgeon and brought the poppiesthat they hadmade to the front later. Prayerswere led byThelma Clarke and sidesmen were Chris Rich andGeoffrey Berry. Jill Dyer with helpers providedrefreshments in the South Transept.

Lesley Sutton.

The Children in Church onRemembrance Sunday

Itwasdecided this year tomove the Family Service aheadby one week to incorporate it with the RemembranceService and I was asked to supervise the children’sactivity,makingpoppies. I hadprepared fifteenredpaperplates, with leaves, black fleece and buttons for thecentresandsticks toput themon. Sitting in thechoirstallsdoes give a good view of the congregation and madlycounting howmany children were there I soon realised Ididn’t haveenough! When the timecame twenty childrencongregated around the back corner to make fifteenpoppies!My purpose in writing this is to tell you how well

behaved those children were, not a sound came out fromthem while Joan gave her sermon. Some shared, somestood and watched, older ones helped the younger ones

To Lesley our Roving Reporter

A Big Thank YouOn behalf of the fourteen who travelled with youon the train to London on 22nd October to marvelat the wonderful display of Poppies at the Towerin honour of those who lost their lives in WWI.This will be a day we will never forget.

Joan Berry.

Yarcombe & District YoungFarmers' Club

Autumn has well and truly arrived with the daysshortening and the air cooler but our YFC activities havenot slowed down! Sunday 19th October saw the Clubtaking part in the annual Hockey competition at St Luke’sschool in Exeter competing against other clubsthroughout Devon. October has been a busymonthforsportswiththeYarcombegirlsalsotakingpartin the Netball competition at Honiton SportsCentre. With enough girls for two teamsYarcombe won the competition and will begoing through to the county round at the end ofNovember representing East Devon.

Our new members' meeting was held in Octoberat Upottery Village Hall with plenty of new and keenmembers joining our Club. A fun-‐filled evening wasplanned with games and activities for the new membersto get to know everyone.

Members spent an evening with Marshwood Vale YFCGo-‐Karting at Exeter on 21st October. Members had abrilliant time and the competition was tough but RitchieBarnes managed to pick up 1st place for Yarcombe YFC.

Yarcombe YFC’s Annual Wine & Wisdom was held on24th October at Yarcombe Village Hall where 18 teamstesting out their general knowledge and let’s just say …therewasn’t a lot ofwine left! AbigTHANK-‐YOU toRogerPatch for being the Quiz Master for the evening and toCathy Derryman and team for writing this year’s quiz.

Myself, Cathrine Phillips and Charlotte Broom alongwith other East Devon members went to Exeter

Cathedral to help decorate two pillars for theHarvest Festival. They looked greatdecorated with fresh flowers and produceready for the service the following day.

As you can see October has been a busymonth, and November is set to be the samewith a day at Cheltenham races, County Balls

andmuchmoreplanned to setusupready for theChristmas festivities ahead.

For more information on how to join Yarcombe andDistrict Young Farmers' Club please don’t hesitate to getin contact with our Chairman Andrew Dyer on07704840677 or our Secretary Jenna Pearce on07786398850.

Sarah Broom, Press Secretary.

while glue was passed around, sellotape passed overheads and buttons shared out. No squabbling, notrantrums, one little girl handed her made poppy toanotherbecause shehadn’t beenable tomakeone, saying"Iwill sharewithmysister". I thenrealisedtheywerealsoquiet during the Two-‐minute Silence. What a wellbehaved bunch of children we have, they are an absolutecredit to all you mums and dads, well done for theirexcellent behaviour.Thank you also to Charlotte Wadey who is a dab hand

with glue and sellotape and came to my rescue.Lesley Pidgeon.

Trees dedicated for Five AliveFollowing the donation of £1,102 from the productionLest We Forget for The Woodland Trust’s CentenaryWoods Appeal, The Trust is dedicating a group of fivetrees in the name of our Mission Community. The

Dedication reads:In England’s Centenary Wood at Langley Vale nearEpsom, Surrey, there stand five trees dedicated toThe Five Alive Mission Community, East Devon.'Lest We Forget’, a commemoration of WWI in

word and song October 2014.Dedication Certificates and details of the location of

LangleyVale andaccess to thewoodaredisplayed in eachParish Church for you to see. The Trust expresses thehope that some of those who contributed will visit thewood at some time in the future.This unexpected but verywelcome result of our efforts

is a worthy acknowledgement of the wonderful supportthe commemoration attracted from so many across ourarea. It also reinforces the sense of privilege felt bymembers of the Company at being part of such a tribute.

Elisabeth Miller.

Thank You for your Generosity to the RoyalBritish Legion and The Poppy Appeal

This year's house-to-house collection in the Parish of Yarcombe and Marsh raised £540.62,while the collection at the Remembrance Service amounted to £320.26. Meanwhile themoney raised from providing teas and a raffle at the recent production ofMore Dad's Army atChard Guildhall raised just over £400. This is an amazing result and on behalf of the RoyalBritish Legion and the Poppy Appeal we thank you all for your immense generosity.

Michael and Caroline Ford.

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✯✯✯ Yarcombe Yomp Thank You ✯✯✯Thank you to Robin, Jim and Garry for setting up and organising the race. -‐ John Carter for the Village Hall.

Many thanks to those who helped in the hall at the Yomp setting up and serving food, washing up and clearingaway. Also many thanks to those who made soup and/or cakes. It was all much appreciated by hungry

runners, marshals and others. -‐ Barbara Salter.

THE YARCOMBE YOMP 2014What greatweatherwehad this year for the Yompandwhat a great turnout of runners. It allmade for a lovely day andwhen theweather is kind itmakes it all somuch easier andnicer for the helpers andmarshals. So it iswith that inmindI must start my thanks to everyone. The farmers firstly, whose land the race crosses, for being so helpful withmovinglivestock out. I realize it was a bit more difficult this year as the weather has been somild, the grass still growing andthe ground still firm. Moving out stock on the Friday is a great help for laying the course, so thank you very much.Thanks to John Carter for organizing his band of marshals and to them and the water station marshals for doing a

grand job. All the runners really appreciated it, so thank you to all; hope you all came back for the soup. Lastly a bigthank-‐youtoBarbaraSalterandherhelperswhomadethesoup,cakes,etc., andall thosewho helped her dish it out on the day. As always the hall looked greatand itmakes a great end to the race for the runners. The rollswere supplied byCrustyCobbakeryandweonly justhadenough; luckily theywere fairlybigandso we could cut some in half.

For all your effortswemade £816.60 for the Village Hall, so it reallywasworth it and I hope you all enjoyed the dayaswell. TheraceresultsareontheAxeValleywebsitebutwelldoneto the two local runnersAnnaDrewandPaulFrazerwhowerethefirst localshomeinthe10keventandtoValerieHalewhowasthefirst local inthe5KraceandalsotoClaireBurroughs. MattClist fromAxeValleyrunnerswonthemainracewithanewcourserecordof1hr5minsand49seconds.

Thank you again, Robin Carter.

Yarty Gardening ClubAt our lastmeeting severalmembers said of the talk "thiswas thebest ever". For those of uswho ‘point and click’ inthe hope that at best our subject won’t have closed theireyesor lookedawayor, atworst,movedcompletelyoutofsight, we were left in awe at the wonderful photographyfrom our speaker, Judy Craig. These were not just stillphotographs but appeared to be moving along a set pathwhere we were whisked from the wildlife of frogs andtoads in our garden ponds with beautiful dragonfliesamongst pond plants, through France with thehollyhocks growing wild – tall, floating flowersandnot a sign of rust anywhere! We travelled tothe Carmargue for the flamingos via Van Goghand sunflowers accompanied by the music OneStarry Night.

In that song itmentions ‘searchinghighways andbyways’ and we did that as we left France for Canadato look at grizzlies catching fish and taking them into therainforests where the remains act as fertiliser for trees –a connection between fish and forest and one thatwehadnotmade at the beginning of the talk. Onto our ‘highway’again we zipped back to England and to the wildflowermeadows, viewed in a way that was totally original.

Clive Groves of Groves Nurseries will be giving theChristmas evening talk on The SecretWorld of Violetson Thursday, 18th December. Based at Bridport, thevioletnurseryispartofagardencentrewhichscoopedthetop prize in the national Greatest Garden Centre Teamawards this year. The nursery specialises in the sweetviolet and owner Clive gained his passion for thisdelightful flower fromhis father, Charles,who started thecollection.

Groves Nurseries’ famous collection of VictorianViolets has recently gained the status of being arecognised national collection of ViolaOdorata and Parma Violets. The collection ison show from January to April in theirstunning new solar dome. From the firstvarietyadvertisedin1946(namedPrincessofWales) the nursery now has one of the

country’s most exclusive collections.

There will be a ‘bring and share’ supper, so don’tforget tobringaplateof something! Theevening is atBishopswood Village Hall at 7.30 p.m. Don’t forget toput it in yourdiary. Visitors are alwayswelcome–weare a friendly club – do come and join us.

Wendy Hall.

How did Scrooge win the football game? The ghost of Christmas passed!

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BROADBANDREPORT

As each month passes I growincreasingly frustrated and angrybecause no perceivable action hasbeen taken by the civil servants inCounty Hall to implement a county-‐wide high speed Broadband service;indeed, no effort has been made togive us poor ratepayers some idea ofthe plans for the roll out of this longpromisedservice .Thusmotivatedon5th November I attended the CabinetMeeting of the East Devon DistrictCouncil and delivered the followingaddress. It may seem short butspeakers are only permitted threeminutes, so I kept it as simple but thedelivery was heartfelt.Address to East Devon District

Council November 2014Good evening: My name is Steve

Horner, and I wish to address thematter of High Speed Broadband. Iam a Parish councillor for Yarcombe,in this capacity I amnot paid, I do notreceive expenses and I do not have amassiveresourceofsupportstaff,butI do care passionately about theneeds of the people who live inYarcombe, each household andbusiness in the Parish needs areasonable speed of Broadband tocarry out our daily lives.We are aware that there are over

56 small enterpriseswhich are beingoperated from homes as well as 25working farms in the Parish, all ofwhich contribute to our localeconomy. There is no major

employer in the area and thus manyof us are self-‐employed.I stress that although we are a

scattered community we are notremote, both the A30 and A303 runthrough the Parish. It is thereforeinconceivable tomethat thecentreofour village is deemed to be out ofprogramme. When I pointed out toCD&S that thereexists aduct runningup the A30 which could be used as aresource to run a fibre cable from theUpottery exchange, back came thereply “BT have no knowledge of thisduct” What business is it of BT, I askmyself? It is up to CD&S to informpotential bidders of this resource.Secondly, most of the area served

by the Buckland Exchange is likely tobe connected except Bishopswoodand part of Yarcombe, both areasbeing “out of programme”. We knowthat 20 years ago BT invested inunderground cabling for the wholearea of the exchange, and when Iqueried this back came the reply ”Wehaven’t surveyedthisareayet.” Whata complacent response.If you read the CD&S presentation

which Andrew Leadbetter deliveredto the Devon County Council Cabinetin September, it talks in glowingterms of the success of CD&S andtheir partner BT, and it is here theproblem lies. BT are not a partner -‐they are a contractor and as suchshould be properly supervised.When I spoke to the TaFF meeting

in February I suggested that theCD&S staff be reinforced, but having

battled through the veil ofcomplacency since that date I wouldnow recommend wholesale changesat the top of the organisation. Thestaff now rule their political masters.This evening you will be

considering the Broadband ScrutinyReport and I have to state that therecommendations put forward arefeeble, the only member of yourCouncil who has tried to gain somecutting edge to these points is PhilTwiss and Ido recommendyou listento what he has said. As our local MPNeil Parish stated in a recentmeetingin Upottery, “If this problem is notfixed the peasants will rise up.”You have a solution, please talk

quietly but fiercely to yourConservative colleagues in CountyHall and tell them to take a firm gripon the staff at CD&S. The alternativecan only be a political defeat for theConservatives on both councils.Thank you for listening to me.

READERS -‐ Please add yourname to a new online petition toget fast Broadband to allproperties in Devon & Somersetandnot just the 95%of propertiesthat the government fundedConnecting Devon & Somerset(CD&S) programme is aiming forat present. Just click this link:http://tinyurl.com/nnutpuq toadd your name and please copythistofriendsandrelativessotheymay add their names as well.

Steve Horner.

CHRISTMAS IN THEMONASTERY: At amonastery high in themountains, themonks have a rigid vow of silence. Onlyat Christmas, and only by one monk, and only with one sentence, is the vow allowed to be broken. One Christmas,Brother Thomas is allowed to speak and he says, "I like themashed potatoeswe havewith the Christmas turkey!" andhe sits down. Silence ensues for 365 days. The next Christmas, BrotherMichael gets his turn, and he says, "I think themashedpotatoes are lumpy and I hate them!" Once again, silence for an entire year. The following Christmas, BrotherPaul rises and says, "I am fed up with this constant bickering!"

... JUBILEE HALL 100+ CLUB ... JUBILEE HALL 100 + CLUB ...THE WINNERS OF THE DRAW WHICH TOOK PLACE AT THE VILLAGE MARKET ON

SATURDAY 8TH NOVEMBER, 2014 WERE:£25 No.74 Roger Parris£15 No.28 Charlotte Wadey£8 No.76 Samuel Parris

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CHURCH AND CHAPEL MATTERS

As a little girl climbed onto Santa's lap, Santa asked the usual, "And what would you like for Christmas?" The childstared at him open mouthed and horrified for a minute, then gasped: "Didn't you get my email?"

❀ ❀ ❀ Get Well Soon, John! ❀ ❀ ❀We send warmest good wishes to John Hurst for a swift recovery from his recent operation. John isin Musgrove Park hospital at present but we look forward to hearing the good news that he is back

home in Yarcombe soon.

☆☆Thank You ! ☆☆☆CHRISTMAS SHOEBOXES

Thank you so much to all those people who contributed so generously to the Shoebox Appeal, either by filling oneof the 30 boxes, knitting, giving items or money towards the distribution to children abroad who otherwise wouldhave no presents at Christmas. I have been so thrilled by the response this year which has set a new record for us.Special mention to the Box Family who filled a grand total of 10 boxes. Covering the box with wrapping paper canbe the most difficult part, so Lin has already ordered ready-‐printed boxes for next year. These are flat-‐packed andcan be purchased from Lin for only 50p (tel: 01404-‐861400). This means you could get your box now and start

collecting for next year!Mary Smith.

☆CHURCHYARD WORK & GRASS CUTTINGCould I please take this opportunity to thank our helpers and everyone who has in the past growing season

been involved in the 'Downkeep' of the grass, and the 'Upkeep' of the hedges, paths, and indeed for all of the workdone which has resulted in our Churchyard looking so special throughout the year. I would especially like to

thank all of you who have so enthusiastically and tirelessly turned out at your allotted times during the summerto cut the grass, look after the trees, and do all those other large and small odd jobs which are done, quietly and

efficiently in the background.I hope everyone will be available to do the same next year. We shall be in touch again in due course. Many thanks

to you all again. Finally may I say a big thank-‐you to that tower of organization and ongoing help to us all,Mr John Salter. John, you really are irreplaceable.

Cliff Sochon.

☆ BIG CHURCH AUTUMN CLEANA huge thank-‐you to the faithful band of helpers who turned up on the morning of Saturday October 18th to givethe Church of St John the Baptist its annual clean. Between them they cleaned away cobwebs, made windowssparkle, pews gleam, tidied corners and generally left the Church looking and smelling so fresh. We pride

ourselves in Yarcombe on the way we keep our Church, but once a year we need an extra push to get in to all theplaces that the regular teams cannot reach. Outside, despite the occasional rain, a small band of workers cutbranches from trees, tidied graves and tree stumps and cleaned out gutters and gulleys. We are extremely

grateful for those who gave of their time to help us and say Thank You, one and all.Mary and Liz.

☆ THE NEW WALL IN THE CHURCHYARDMany people have commented on the new wall between Glebe Farm and the Church which has given a good sixfeet of ground back to the churchyard and made lawn mowing so much easier in that area. The PCC would like tosay a huge thank you to David Barnes for generously giving the extra stone needed for facing the wall on both

sides. Thanks also to John Salter who kindly transported the stone from David’s field. The work of Bob Turner inbuilding such a fine wall has been much admired .

Mary and Liz.

☆☆Thank You ☆☆Once again, Yarcombe's Flower Fairies rose to theoccasion by producing many colourful andthought-provoking arrangements to markRemembrance Sunday, and indeed this very

special 100th year anniversary of the outbreak ofWorld War One. Your work was so much

appreciated by the congregation. Thanks mustalso go to Caroline Ford who very kindly loanedthe heavy collar for Warhorse; to Doreen Parriswho supplied the lovely brass hames; to JohnSalter who provided a spotlight for the displayand to Lesley Sutton for dangling on ladders andhelping to erect the fabric at the rear of the altar.Thank you so much everyone for appropriatelyhonouring those who gave their lives from

Yarcombe and Marsh.Sonia Boyd.

The Christmas Memory TreeOnce again aswe approachChristmaswe are inviting youall to think of loved ones past and present, near and far,and remember them by hanging a gold star on theChristmas Memory Tree in the Parish Church. You canjust hang the star in memory of your absent loved one.You may wish to make a donation of, say, £1 for the starwhichwill go towards the upkeep of this lovely Church intheheart of our community. The starswill bedelivered toall in the Parish via the Pastoral Team's Christmas cardsand extra stars will be available in a box in the Church.Donations in a labelled envelope (if appropriatewith GiftAid added on the envelope), can be left in the Churchwallsafe or given to Mary Smith or Liz Freeman.

The Christmas Memory Tree will be available tohang the stars on after December 15th. Thank you

very much for your support.Liz and Mary, Churchwardens.

Christmas Cards in ChurchThere will be a board available at the rear of the Churchduring the weeks leading to Christmas so that all who

wish to greet friends at theChristmas season, but whofeel that sending cardsindividually to everyone,especially those friends wesee every day or often, hasbecome 'less green'.Onecardtogreetall those

you wish to extend Christmas wishes to may be writtenand placed on the board for all to see and share. Anysavingsoncardsandpostageyoumaythenwishtodonateto our charity Compassion, as through them we sponsorour little girl Angella. The donation, suitably labelled inthe envelopes provided in Church and gift-‐aided ifpossible,maybeplaced in thewall safe inChurch, given toour treasurer Tony Newman or to the Churchwardens.Thank you.

Liz Freeman and Mary Smith, Churchwardens.

Flowers in Church in December7th & 14th - Lin Box21st - Sonia Boyd

Brasses - Jean Rich

Decoration of the Church forChristmas

Our Church will be available for decoration on FRIDAY19TH and SATURDAY 20TH DECEMBER prior to theCarol Service on Sunday 21st. As usual, your ideas and

input will be most welcome. Thank you.Sonia Boyd, 01404-861343.

Yarcombe Baptist Chapel invite you to the annual Carol Serviceon Sunday December 14th at 11am.

A mix of traditional readings and carols interspersed with textsfrom other sources.

The theme for the service is “The Light of Christmas” based ona prayer found in the Anglican Cathedral on Gibraltar.

We will be joined by Maggie’s Mix and our friends from theParish Church. A warm welcome awaits you should you be

able to come along.Refreshments to follow, so please stay for a chat, coffee and

mince pies.

DIARY DATES AND INFORMATION

Christmas Services atYarcombe Parish ChurchThe ANNUAL CAROL SERVICE will take place in St Johnthe Baptist Church on SUNDAY EVENING, DECEMBER21STAT7P.M.Weinviteyouall to joinusaswecelebratethe approach of Christmas with well known carols andreadings of the very first Christmas over 2000 years ago.Handbells and Maggie's Mix will be joining in, and oncemore there will be an activity for the children.

However, this year we are CALLING ALL CHILDREN tobecomemore involved in the service. Weareasking themto come to the Church early, 6pm for 6.15pm, to practicetwo carols which will be performed with Maggie's Mixlater in the service. Also the childrenwill be able toputonthe nativity tableau costumes in the Church before theservicestarts. Therewillberefreshmentsprovidedat thistime for the children too. Their activity will take placeduring the service in the actual Church, as will theirsinging. We look forward to this involvement by thechildren in the service.

Mince pies andmulledwinewill be served following theservicewhenwe have an opportunity to catch upwith allour friends and share the Christmas spirit. We lookforward to welcoming you all then.

CHRISTMAS EVE COMMUNION will take place onWEDNESDAY24THDECEMBERAT7.30PM., and all arewelcome to join us for this very special service whichheralds the beginning of Christmas itself.

OnChristmasmorningDECEMBER25THAT10.30A.M.,we invite all families and friends to share in a shortinformalCHRISTMASFAMILY SERVICE in the Church tocelebrate the birth of Jesus before we go on to enjoy therest of this special day. Hope to see you there.

Liz and Mary, Churchwardens.

PAUSE FOR PRAYERPause For Prayer is held at Eleanor Wright's house,Overcombe from 9.40 -‐ 10a.m. each Tuesday morning.There is a prayer board in Church for anyone to write aprayer request which will be included in the Pause forPrayer time. Pleasecomeand joina formal timeofprayer,followed by a cup of coffee.

Everyone is most welcome at the

Christmas Day Family Service10.30a.m.YarcombeParishChurchCome andhear thestory of ADonkey'sFirstChristmas

Yarcombe Flower Show - 25th July 2015The Flower Show Committee deliberated over tea andcake late into the evening recently to set the Schedule forthe 2015 Show. Listed below are some of the classeswhich we thought you might like to prepare in advancethus limiting someof the last-‐minutedashing around thatusually happens come Show time.

Handicraft Section: A Wall Hanging; Hand KnittedArticle; SetofDollsClothes;DoorStop;TeaCosy;Knitted/Crocheted Scarf; A Bag; ADrawing; A Painting; Any otherhandicraft. A Poem entitled "The General Election".

Photography Section: Colour Photos: 1. "The FourSeasons" -‐ set of 4 photos, 2. “Remembrance”, 3. “FeedingTime”,4. “Fence(s),Hedge(s),Wall(s)”;5. "Clouds": Photowith a caption – “Caught Out”. Black & White Photo -‐

“BridgeOverTroubledWaters”. Photos don't necessarilyhave to be takenwith a camera, mobile phones or tabletscan be used to produce some great shots.

Children’s Section: For 2015 we would like to ask thechildren to grow Marigolds from seed in a pot no largerthan 10" diameter. The Committee will provide theMarigold seedswhichwill beavailableat thesametimeasthe potatoes for the Potato Dig -‐ usually around Eastertime, but suggest planting time for the Marigolds shouldbe towards the end of May. .5 -‐ 7 Years: A Mobile madeusing coat hangers; Something made from Loom Bands.8-‐10 Years: A picture of your favourite TV character(must be named); A Sock Puppet. 11 Years and Over: Apencil drawing of an animal or your pet; A digitallymanipulated photo.

Veronica Wadey, Show Secretary.

THE SENIORCITIZENS'

CHRISTMASLUNCH

Sunday 7th December12.30 for 1pm

The Jubilee Hall

CHRISTMAS BINGOMonday 1st December

The Jubilee HallDoors open 7pmEyes down 8pm

Please support thisevent as all profits goto the Senior Citizens'

Christmas Lunch

Tuesday Club ChristmasParty on 16th December7.30pm The Jubilee Hall

☆ Children's Christmas PartyThe Traditional Children’s Christmas Party will be on SATURDAY20th DECEMBER from 3pm to 5pm at Yarcombe Village Hall.There will be fun and games for the children, with food and a

special visit from Father Christmas who is kindly finding a slot inhis busy schedule to call in and say hello to the children.

The party is FREE for all children in Marsh and Yarcombe betweenthe ages of 0 to 11 (Primary School age). Parents need to

supervise their children. Invitations will go out to all children inthis age group, but if you think we may have missed your child/

children – please contact [email protected] [email protected] Please be sure you reply to the

invitations by December 13th.

NEW YEAR SUPPER DANCE ☆on FRIDAY 16TH JANUARY, 2015

☆ in THE JUBILEE HALL, YARCOMBE

THREE-COURSE SUPPER STARTING AT 8P.M.,

FOLLOWED BY DANCING 'TIL MIDNIGHT TO RAY DENNING

BRING YOUR OWN DRINKS AND GLASSES. Tickets £10 each availablefrom Wendy (01823-601276), Jill (01460-66201), Doreen (01460-62502),

Hilary (01404-881296). PROCEEDS TO YARCOMBE CHURCH and DEVON AIR AMBULANCE

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....... Stop press! New Year's Eve celebration at The Belfry - see flyer included with this magazine.

Yarcombe Jubilee HallThank you to all those who turned out to support our November Market.We look forward to giving you a festive welcome when you join us at our☆☆ GRAND C H R I S T M A S M A R K E T☆☆

in the Jubilee Hall on Saturday 13th December, 10a.m. - 12 noonwhere you can buy your last-minute presents and enjoy a coffee and a slice of cake withfriends. Perhaps take home one of Lesley's tasty Hot Pies or Gillian's quality Cakes.

Derek and Dawn will be selling Hilltop Rare-breed, Free Range Pork, Scotch Eggs,Pork Pies and Sausages. There will be Fresh Local Vegetables fromMrs Rabjohns;FreshFarmEggs,CheeseandClottedCream fromChristine;CakesandBakery fromGillian Broom; Louise with her Quality Honey and Jemma Bargery's Tasty Jams andPreserves. Many Craft Stalls including Clare's Plants, Christmas Flowers andWreaths;TheCraftClubSale;Sheila'sCards,BooksandChildren's items; Ian'sMetalWork and Art; Robin's Bird and Flower Boxes; Mike's decorated Wood TurnedProducts; Brenda's Bric-a-Brac; Gloria Price's Soft Furnishings, etc.

Hot Pie Stall ~ Refreshments ~ Christmas Raffle ~ 100+ Club DrawBy buying from your successful village Market you are helping to sustain your Village Hall. Future

Markets : 10th January, 2015. BuskersandNewstalls alwayswelcome;helpwith runningstalls available.Contact JohnCarter on 01404-861353. Please let us know if youwould support any other productsbeing on sale.

You are invited toSHARE THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS

by joining us at

AYARCOMBEVILLAGECHRISTMASCELEBRATION

onMonday 22nd December at 7.30pm in the Jubilee HallBring a Christmas song, poem, story or joke to share,Carols and Christmas songs will be sung by all –

including a contribution from Maggie’s Mix and otherperformers yet to be revealed!

Donations, Raffle, All profits to Crisis at ChristmasChildren of all ages: 1 – 101 are welcome! Dress: Christmas!Please bring your own picnic & drinks, mince pies supplied!

Please reserve your place or book a table by contacting Lesley(01404-881634), Miranda (01404-861387), or Maggie (01404-861786).

Alternatively email [email protected]@inpartnership.org [email protected]

There will be an AUCTION SALE onthe Jubilee Hall car park on FRIDAYDECEMBER 5TH starting at 1pm.

Greenslades willbe selling for

John andBarbara Salterthe things theyno longer need

including the FAMOUS REDTRACTOR. Details will be in the

local press. Limited parking.

HAVE YOU JUST LEFT SCHOOL?If you have recently gone on to furthereducation of any sort, you can applyfor a £25 grant from Yarcombe ParishCouncil & St John the Baptist Church

PCC. Apply in writing (an email will do)to the Parish Clerk by 6th January 2015,telling us in a few words what course

you are following.Wendy Randle,

[email protected]

Churchinford & District Village Hall’sCinema Club presents on WednesdayDecember 3rd at 2.30pm and also at

7.30pm : ZULU - rated 12AThe 50th anniversary re-‐issue of the classic military epicabout thestandmadeby150SouthWalesBordersagainstaZuluarmyof5000atRorke'sDrift in1879. Theresultingheroism led to the awarding of the largest ever number ofVictoria Crosses. For those of you who have seen it youcannot ever forget Michael Caine's immortal words,"Zulus, thousands of 'em!" In the eveningwhy not collectyour fish and chip supper from Dan and his van in thevillagehall carpark,eat it in theChurchstantonRoom,andenjoy a drink at the bar. The Village Hall doors will openat 2pm for the afternoonperformance and6.45pm for theevening one. Entrance charge is £5, payable at the door.

Would anyone be interested in helping withcleaning and ironing? Tel: 01404-861303.

The deadline for the next BULK BUY OIL ORDERwill beFRIDAY 19TH DECEMBER. For details please [email protected]‐34200. Alternatively, contact Miranda Gudenianat [email protected] or 01404-‐861387.

THE MOBILE LIBRARY SERVICE gives access to books,audio books, large print and DVDs. Membership is FREE,no ID needed. There is no charge for borrowing books,andthere'sagreatchoice. TheLibraryVanstopsnear theVillage Hall car park, Yarcombe from 2 to 2.30p.m. onWEDNESDAY 3RDDECEMBER. Please do come and seewhat a useful asset a mobile library is.

CHILDREN'S FUND MEETINGThere will be a Yarcombe and Marsh Children’s Fundmeeting on THURSDAY JANUARY 29th at 8pm at TheHowley Tavern. We need parents to come along and givesupport to keep this fund going, otherwise we can’tcontinue the Traditional Annual Children’s Christmasparty in the future. New volunteers and committeemembers are desperately needed to bring new ideas forfundraising, offers of help, and new input. Without thisthe Fund won’t be able to continue and it will be a realshame to lose it. If you can’t make the meeting but arewilling to offer help and support please [email protected] or [email protected]

Illustrations in YarcombeVoices :We are grateful to Bill Sanderson , theEveritt family andThis Englandmagazine for use of illustrations; othersoriginate from the late Don Tapster. Every effort has been made toacknowledge the source of illustrations; any inadvertent omission willbe rectified in the next issue if notification is sent to the editor.

NEW BUSINESS : KING ELECTRICALHi, my name is Ben King. I have recently started myown electrical business, King Electrical. I haveworked with my father’s building firm (J.R. KingBuilding andMaintenance), in and around the villagefor a number of years where I gained valuableexperience and knowledge of multiple trades. Sinceleaving the family business, I have qualified as anelectrician. (BS7671: June 2008 (2011), 17th editionIEEwiringregulations,CityandGuilds level2and3 inElectro technical technology – Installation (Buildingand structures), Level A full scope fixed electricalwork in dwellings (Part P), City and Guilds 2392-‐10Inspection and testing).I have gained electrical experience as an employee ofseveral local companies and can transfer those skillsto my own business. Now it is time to follow in thefootsteps ofmy father anddevelopmyownbusiness.A normal day will be from 8am to 5pm, but will beflexible around people’s needs. I’ll be available for24-‐houremergencycall out, 7daysaweekandwouldbe happy to answer any questions, give free noobligation quotations or help out over the phone ifthere is a problem youwould like to discusswithme.I look forward tomeeting the good folk of Yarcombe.

Call on: 07714637592 or (01823) 970113email: [email protected]

(My apologies for omitting Ben's contact details in lastmonth's issue. -‐ Ed.)

HOUSE TO LETThree bedroom family house with three receptionrooms, kitchen and family bathroom. Extensivelyrenovated, carpeted throughout, solid fuel centralheating and conservatory area. Mature gardens

and garage space.Available immediately. £650.00 pcm. For further

details please call 01404-861774. with sandwiches & coffee

Contact Mary or Brian on 01404 861541 to book lunch!

‘THE OLD TESTAMENT —

RUBBISH OR RELEVANT?’

Led by

Thelma Clarke

Come & Have Your Say!

I wish I could talk about ......

Friday 5 December at 12.00—1.30pm

At Glebe Farm (next door to the Village Hall)

PAULMARSDEN, SHEAFHAYNE GARAGEWEOFFER AWIDE RANGE OF SERVICES :

SERVICING, DIAGNOSTICS, BODY REPAIRS &PAINTWORK, PREPARATION FORMOT

CAR SALES, TYRESWEWILL COLLECT & RETURN YOURVEHICLE AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.Tel. 01460-‐67858 or 07866-‐893941

email [email protected]

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N & C OIL SERVICING -‐ FOR SERVICING andMAINTENANCE of BOILERS and COOKERS.ALSOOIL TANK CHANGES. Please contactSTEVE NICHOLLS on 01460-‐76959 or email :

n-‐[email protected]

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COTTAGES, CATS & CANINES :I OFFER A SERVICE OF DOGWALKING,

HOUSE/PET SITTING and GENERAL ANIMALCARE FOR PEOPLE OUT ATWORK ALL DAY

or AWAY FROMHOME FOR LONGERPERIODS. Please contact CHRIS HOLMES on

01404-‐861795 or mobile 07999-‐547037email [email protected]

RETTER'S GARAGE (Tom Retter)CLASS 4MOT TESTING FROM £40.

MOT TESTS ALSO AVAILABLEWEEKENDSAND EVENINGS. LOCAL COLLECTION AND

DELIVERY SERVICE. SERVICING ANDREPAIRS. PRE-‐1960s SAFETY CHECKSAVAILABLE. TYRE SALES/REPAIRS.Phone 01460-‐66744 or 07436 793158email [email protected]

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KING ELECTRICAL, FOR ALL YOURELECTRICAL NEEDS. QUALIFIED,

REGISTERED ELECTRICIAN, FLEXIBLEWORKING HOURS, 24/7 EMERGENCYCALLOUT, FREE NOOBLIGATION

QUOTATIONS AND ALWAYS HAPPY TOHELP OUT OVER THE PHONE. CALL

01823-‐970113 or 07714637592or email [email protected]

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A.G. LONG & SON, PURPOSEMADE JOINERYBESPOKE DOORS,WINDOWS, STAIRS,

KITCHENS,WARDROBES, CABINETS, ETC.30 YEARS EXPERIENCE.

TONY LONG 01404-‐861307or visit us at aglongjoinery.com

Yarcombe Post Office~ Free cash withdrawals from selected banks ~ A selection of savings accounts

~ Pre-order foreign currency ~ Mobile phone top-ups ~ Car tax ~ Travel insurance~ Postage ~ Bill payments ~ Cheques and cash deposits with selected banks ~ Gift cards

Open every Tuesday 10a.m. - 12 noon

NEED A LIFT? LIKE A FRIENDLY CHAT? NEED ANY HELP?Do you need a helping hand ? Then the

YARCOMBE &MARSH GOOD NEIGHBOURS' SCHEMEis just a phone call away

TELEPHONE THE CO-ORDINATOR JUDITH DAVID ON 01404-861685WHOWILL PUT YOU IN TOUCHWITH A 'GOOD NEIGHBOUR'

BUSINESSES & SERVICESFOR ADVERTISING FEE DETAILS PLEASE CALL 01404-861387 OR EMAIL [email protected]

FOR QUICK REFERENCEMonday 1st December, Craft Club, The Jubilee Hall, 2 - 4p.m.

Monday 1st December, The Lady-Singers, Yarcombe Baptist Chapel, 7p.m.Monday 1st December, Christmas Bingo, The Jubilee Hall, eyes down 8p.m. (page 1 & 16).

Tuesday 2nd December, Pause for Prayer, Overcombe, 9.40 - 10a.m. (page 15).Wednesday 3rd December, Mobile Library in Yarcombe (page 18).

Wednesday 3rd December, Cinema Club - Zulu, Churchinford Village Hall, 2.30p.m. & 7.30p.m. (page 18).Wednesday 3rd December, Handbells Group, The Jubilee Hall, 6.30 - 8.30p.m.Wednesday 3rd December, Maggie's Men, Yarcombe Baptist Chapel, 7p.m.

Thursday 4th December, Short Mat Bowls, The Jubilee Hall, 2.30 - 4.30 & 7 - 9p.m.Friday 5th December, Friday Forum, Glebe Farm, 12 noon (page 18).

Friday 5th December, Auction Sale, Jubilee Hall car park, 1p.m. (page 17).Sunday 7th December, Senior Citizens' Christmas Lunch, The Jubilee Hall, 12.30 for 1p.m. (page 1 & 16).

Monday 8th December, Craft Club, The Jubilee Hall, 2 - 4p.m.Monday 8th December, The Lady-Singers, Yarcombe Baptist Chapel, 7p.m.Tuesday 9th December, Pause for Prayer, Overcombe, 9.40 - 10a.m. (page 15).Wednesday 10th December, Handbells Group, The Jubilee Hall, 6.30 - 8.30p.m.Wednesday 10th December, Maggie's Men, Yarcombe Baptist Chapel, 7p.m.

Thursday 11th December, Short Mat Bowls, The Jubilee Hall, 2.30 - 4.30 & 7 - 9p.m.Saturday 13th December, Grand Christmas Village Market, The Jubilee Hall, 10a.m. - 12 noon (page 1 & 17).

Monday 15th December, Craft Club, The Jubilee Hall, 2 - 4p.m.Monday 15th December, The Lady-Singers, Yarcombe Baptist Chapel, 7p.m.Tuesday 16th December, Pause for Prayer, Overcombe, 9.40 - 10a.m. (page 15).

Tuesday 16th December, Tuesday Club Christmas Party, The Jubilee Hall, 7.30p.m. (page 16).Wednesday 17th December, Maggie's Men, Yarcombe Baptist Chapel, 7p.m.

Thursday 18th December, Short Mat Bowls, The Jubilee Hall, 2.30 - 4.30 & 7 - 9p.m.Thursday 18th December, Yarty Gardening Club talk, Bishopswood Village Hall, 7.30p.m. (page 11).

Friday 19th December, Bulk Buy Oil deadline (page 18).Friday 19th/Saturday 20th December, Decoration of Church for Christmas (page 14).

Saturday 20th December, Children's Christmas Party, The Jubilee Hall, 3p.m. (page 1 & 16).Monday 22nd December, Yarcombe Village Christmas Celebration, The Jubilee Hall, 7.30p.m. (page 1 & 17).

Tuesday 23rd December, Pause for Prayer, Overcombe, 9.40 - 10a.m. (page 15).Friday 16th January, New Year Supper Dance, The Jubilee Hall, 8p.m. (page 16).

Thursday 29th January, Children's Fund meeting, The Howley Tavern, 8p.m. (page 1 & 18).

DECEMBER SERVICESYARCOMBE BAPTIST CHAPEL7th December at 11am - Mr Paul Bate.

14th December at 11am - Carol Service. Mrs Thelma Clarke (page 14).21st December at 7pm - Join the Parish Church (page 15).

28th December at 11am - Revd. Mike Hornsby.THE CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, YARCOMBE

7th December at 11am - Christingle at Stockland Church.14th December at 11am - Carol Service at Yarcombe Baptist Chapel (page 14).

21st December at 7pm - Carol Service (page 15).24th December at 7.30pm - Christmas Holy Communion (page 15).25th December at 10.30am - Christmas Day Family Service (page 15).

28th December at 11am - Mission Community Holy Communion at Dalwood.

THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ITEMS FOR THE JANUARY MAGAZINE IS : FRIDAY 12TH DECEMBER. Please bekindenough to 'post' items in theboxprovided in theParishChurch, or send to theEditor atTheBeacon,Yarcombe,EX149LU.Tel : 01404-861387. Items can be sent by e-mail to [email protected] Whilst we very much welcome allcontributions to this non-profit making magazine, we take no responsibility for views expressed within the pages. Viewsexpressed are not necessarily those of the Editor. No part of this magazine may be reproduced without permission.

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CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE at The Baptist Chapel, 14th December, 11am

Theme: 'The Light of Christmas', with Maggie's Mix taking part. The servicewill be followed by coffee and mince pies.

CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE at The Parish Church, 21st December, 7pm

Handbells and Maggie's Mix. Children's Activity. The service will befollowed by mulled wine and mince pies.

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