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Vol 51 No 8 February 2019

THIS MONTH’S EDITOR: Victoria Lincoln 07967 313035

NEXT MONTH’S EDITOR: Christine Thair 841322

ADVERTISING: Ceri Deane 01884 277321

EDITORIAL EMAIL ADDRESS [email protected]

ADVERTISING EMAIL ADDRESS [email protected]

THE PARISH PAPER St. Mary the Virgin, Payhembury

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Contact details for church wardens in Escot or Feniton

Feniton: David Lanning or Cara Sanders(850262)

Escot: Judy Davis (812739)

Church Wardens:

Sexton:

Mrs Babs Leach, 3 Lower Mews, Payhembury (841409)

Mr Gareth Stephens, Ashcombe, Payhembury (849130)

Mr Jim Kimber, 1 Barrow Road, Payhembury (841320)

Jesus’s ‘Beatitudes’ carry familiar phrases – ‘Blessed are the meek /

Blessed are the poor in Spirit / etc’. A recent Facebook post offered a

wonderful modern-day ‘Beatitude’: ‘Blessed are we who laugh at our-

selves, for we shall always be entertained.’ It was accompanied by a

photo of three monkeys in fits of laughter. Wise, as well as witty,

words. (With thanks to the ‘Clergy Coaching Network’ Facebook group for this

‘Beatitude’.)

February is not renowned as a fun month. Winter’s cold and gloom have out-

stayed their welcome, even if the days lengthen. As a child of the ’60s, my do-

mestic soundtrack included Flanders and Swann’s songs. ‘February's ice and

sleet, freeze the toes right off your feet,’ they sang in the gloriously British ‘Song

of the Weather’. ‘In July the sun is hot. Is it shining? No it’s not’, and so on. Why

did I need to study meteorology, with this classic guide to the weather?

Laughter isn’t always possible, of course. But joy and laughter surely stem from

the very roots of our being. To finish, a poem by Paul Bunday which wonderfully

imagines the source of it all. Suitable for February and any month.

In the beginning...

God laughed

And the firmament fumed and spluttered with pleasure; and the sea shook

the foam of hair from his eyes.

And the earth was glad.

The sound of laughter

Was like the swaying and swinging of thunder in mirth; Like the rush of the

north on a drowsy and dozing land;

It was cold. It was clear.

The lion leapt down at the bleating feet of the frightened lamb and smiled.

And the viper was tamed by the thrill of the earth,

At the holy laughter.

We laughed, for the Lord was laughing with us in the evening; for the

laughter of love went peeling into the night;

And it was good.

Rev David Carrington Team Vicar of Escot, Feniton and Payhembury

The Rectory, Station Road, Feniton 01404 850905

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PARISHES OF FENITON, ESCOT, PAYHEMBURY CHURCH SERVICES IN FEBRUARY 2019

SUNDAY 3RD FEBRUARY FIFTH SUNDAY BEFORE LENT

SUNDAY 10TH FEBRUARY FOURTH SUNDAY BEFORE LENT

SUNDAY 17TH FEBRUARY THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE LENT

SUNDAY 24TH FEBRUARY SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE LENT

SUNDAY 3RD MARCH SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE LENT

Church Time Service

Escot 4.00 pm Evensong (JD)

Feniton 9.45 am 11.00 am

Storytime (DB/AS/VS) Parish Communion (AM)

Payhembury 11.00 am Morning Worship (Mac)

Church Time Service

Escot 9.00 am Parish Communion (DC)

Feniton 11.00 am Morning Worship (AY)

Payhembury 10.30 am Café (DC)

Church Time Service

Escot 9.00 am Matins (TP)

Feniton 11.00 am 6.00 pm

Parish Communion (DC) Worship & Praise

Payhembury 9.30am Parish Communion (DC)

Church Time Service

Feniton 11.00 am Parish Communion (DC)

Payhembury 9.30 am All ages service (DC)

Church Time Service

Escot 4.00 pm Evensong (DC)

Feniton 9.45 am 11.00 am

Storytime (DB/AS/VS) Parish Communion (DC)

Payhembury 11.00 am Morning Worship (OT)

William Garvey, furniture designers & makers, of Upton,

are delighted to sponsor Payhembury Parish Paper

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Parish Paper Deadline:

Monday 18th February, 4pm

Coffee Morning The next Coffee Morning will be held on Wednesday, 27

th February at the

usual time of 11a.m. at Meadowlands, 1 Warren

Close by kind invitation of Nan and Rich. We shall look forward to their welcome and seeing signs of Spring with daffodils in bloom, as we did at this time last year. All proceeds from the Coffee Mornings go to Church Funds. If you would like more information about the Coffee Mornings please give me a call on 841828.

Marjorie W

Church Soup Lunch Monday 11 February 12 -

2pm in Church £5 for soup, roll, cake, coffee/tea All

welcome

Tea and Bingo Reminder

After a nice New Year break I hope we are all

geared up for more cut-throat bingo and lovely cake! Hope to see you on: Wed 6

th February in the Six Bells at

2.15pm As usual, any queries or lifts required, phone Marjorie (841110) or Sue (841103). For your diaries: The March meeting will be on the 6

th and then 3

rd April

(apologies for thinking Easter was early!)

Sue Derbyshire

Ladies Night Out!

Tuesday 19th February 8pm at

The Six Bells

Church Clean-up

Apologies, we had to postpone our January inside deep clean. This will now take place on Saturday 23 February 10 - 12 noon. Please bring dustpans, rubber

gloves, buckets etc.

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VILLAGE HALL EVENTS AND WEBSITE As 2019 rubs its sleepy eyes, stretches and tries to get into gear and shake off the holiday hangover, we at the Village Hall are kicking off with a new website (http://payhemburyvillagehall.org.uk/) and starting to put together events. The aim is to try to make sure everyone gets to hear about things that might interest them - what's going on in the Hall, elsewhere in the village (including Pub, Church etc), and other events of interest in East Devon and the South West.... with the added aim of raising money for some fantastic improvements to the Hall. BADMINTON CLUB: SUNDAY 20th January (2.00pm to 5.30pm) This will be a launch event to get the club going with the aim of setting up an infor-mal club so that people can contact each other to arrange games, including a league and ladder for the competitive (and prizes for village champions in all groups). The aim is also to arrange a 'club social' event once a quarter... more often if there is the appetite. Please check out the website for details, and come along whether you are just curious or if you already know you want to join. MOVIE & PIZZA NIGHT: SATURDAY 9th February 5.30pm to 9.30pm Hal improvement fundraiser: £1 adult entr, 50p kids, pizza, popcorn and drinks available at the counter/bar from 5.30 pm. Kids' movie at 6.00pm (Fantastic Mister Fox, 2009, Cert: PG)... an off-the-wall, modern and witty take on the Roald Dahl story. Adults movie from 8.00pm (The Terminator, 1984, Cert: 18)... a classic - Arni is The Terminator... then he became Terminator 2 (next movie night)...then he be-came... a politician... what, eh? FOR YOUR DIARY 13th July- Party in the Park is back! Looking for volunteers to make it fun and fab-ulous! OTHER THINGS (DATES TO BE CONFIRMED) March: Big Breakfast April: Movie & Pizza Night, Badminton Social May: May Day Summer Fayre June: Movie & Pizza night July: Pop-up Restaurant night, Badminton Social Also being discussed are: Live Music/Gigs, Open Mike/Jam Night, Games After-noon/Evening, Salsa instruction & dance afternoon/eve, Youth Social, Mass Ram-ble (Hall to the coast footpath walk), Sports Day (5-a-side, Basketball / netball), Eat-What-You-Catch/Grow Foodie Event, Casino Night, New Year Swim, Dads & Kids Camp Weekend (Dartmoor) etc etc .... volunteers, ideas, feedback, all wel-come... please see the website to contact Kevin, (Chair, PVH Committee) or Maria Banham (Events & Youth Coordinator).

Here's to a great 2019! Best wishes from the Payhembury Village Hall Committee.

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BROADHEMBURY AND DISTRICT GARDENING CLUB

The year got off to a good start at with our guest speaker Caradoc Doy, who gave an interesting talk on "Plants from other lands." Caradoc is an authority on the history of plants introduced to the U.K. during the Victorian period, particularly relating to the Veitch family nurseries of Exeter and Chelsea. It was surprising to learn how many of the garden plants we know today were brought back from across the world by generations of this family. Members also brought in Hyacinths they had been growing since we gave out bulbs at one of our autumn meetings. There was a good selection considering the growing conditions, and Christmas!

February Meeting This will take place on Wednesday 6th February at 7.30pm in Broadhembury Memorial Hall. There is a change to the programme on the calendar and we will now be having a talk from David Usher on trees, shrubs and pruning. New members and visitors are always most welcome to come and enjoy excellent speakers, tea and cake, a superb raffle and the company of other gardeners. Visitors usually £2, annual membership £10.

Mandy Persey

Do you have an event to publicise, or news to share? Email: [email protected]

PAYHEMBURY SPRING BULB AND FLOWER SHOW SATURDAY 23

RD MARCH 2019

2.30-4.00 pm So, the Bulb Show committee are getting excited as we’re nearly ready for the 2019 show. If you’re wondering what to enter, or how to, please pick up a schedule from the village shop. In there you will find all you need to know. Whether you’re a gardener, baker or crafty person there’s a class for you. Let’s make the hall a wonderful spectacle full of beautiful sights and smells!

Any queries please feel free to get in touch. Jane Wood 01404 841843 [email protected]

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PAYHEMBURY TO COLESTOCKS PATH As many already know the path is now open. There is an excellent surface suitable for pushchairs, children’s bikes and motorised wheelchairs. There will be a dog-poo bin near the Colestocks end, there is already one in the village. Please use these and take your litter home. The Parish Council would like to thank all those who donated money and materials, and especially Robert Leach and his staff who along with the Glebe Shoot did the hard graft. There will be an official opening of the path combined with the Parish AGM on 30th March.

Tim Cox

These photos, as well as the picture on the front

page, were taken by Biddy Hall on New Year's Day, “whilst I was walking the

lovely new footpath (Thank you Rob Leach

and his Team) and enjoying some sun at

last!”

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The W.I.

January meeting Imagine our disappointment when our eager anticipation of a Spectacular Evening of Biscuits... courtesy of Teoni from Willand, were dashed, as Teoni had an emergency and couldn't come....rather like the unexpected falling biscuit hitting the hot cup of tea, only to dissolve completely.

Nevertheless, we all pressed on regardless, and decided which of the National WIs 2019 campaign resolutions we would vote for. It turned out to be an unlikely partnership....Pelvic Floor Education, and Local Bus services Decline. This year the subject is Challenging the Stigma associated with Mental Health. We cover a wide field in the WI. February 12th at 7.30pm in Broadhembury Hall We are fortunate to welcome Geoff Rickson from the Samaritans, who will tell us about the who, what, why and where, concerning this important organisation, and it's role in helping ameliorate deep unhappiness which might lead to desperate measures. If you would be interested in coming along, and seeing what goes on at the modern WI, you will be very welcome. Please contact tact Julie Ashcroft on 841189, or Angie Carr on 841862.

The University of the Third Age Learn, Laugh, Live’

The Honiton U3A will be meeting on Wednesday 27th February when our speaker will

be Dr, John Somers – and his talk is entitled ‘Paraffin Lamps & Jigsaw Puzzles’. John is one of our Honiton U3A members and he will be telling us his own story of a childhood spent in Wales, in a house without either electricity or many of the conven-iences which we now take for granted Although the talk concentrated on the rather gloomy subject of preparation for our demise, the topic is approached with humour, amusing anecdotes and a wealth of good advice.Although the talk concentrated on the rather gloomy subject of prepara-tion for our demise, the topic is approached with humour, amusing anecdotes and a wealth of good advice. Venue: The Beehive Centre, Dowell St., Honiton Doors open 1.30pm for a 2pm start Members Free and Visitors welcome (suggested donation of £2.00) Further information: 01404 598008 Website: http://u3asites.org.uk/honiton

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It's the start of the Chinese New Year on February 5th; and it's the year of the Pig so that should go down well in Payhembury! To celebrate here's a recipe with a Chinese flavour; it will satisfy the urge for something fresh and zingy at this time of year and you'll find nearly all the ingredients you need on our shelves. Spicy Crispy Beef Ingredients: Approx 250g left over roast beef (or chicken,duck, pork or to-

fu) Vegetable oil, for frying, 3 tablespoons cornflour, * 1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder, a little very finely grated orange zest, pinch of flaky sea salt For the sauce: 3 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 1 garlic clove, grated, ¼ teaspoon finely grated ginger, juice of ½ orange For the salad: Crisp lettuce leaves finely shredded,1 grated carrot, ½ small cucumber, cut into thin batons, 3 sliced spring onions, 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar or cider vinegar. First make the sauce: Simmer all the sauce ingredients for a couple of minutes until thickened, then set aside. Cut the beef into thin strips. Sift the cornflour and five-spice powder onto a plate and toss the beef strips in it until well coated. Heat a 2–3cm depth of oil in a deep saucepan – the oil will bub-ble up when you add the beef, so don’t use a shallow pan. Heat the oil to 180°C, or until a cube of dry white bread dropped in turns golden in just under a minute. Fry the beef in a couple of batches to avoid crowding the pan. Low-er into the hot oil and fry until golden and crisp, which should only take a cou-ple of minutes. Scoop out with a slotted spoon and place on kitchen paper to drain. Mix the orange zest with the flaky sea salt and sprinkle over the beef. For the salad, toss the vegetables together with the rice wine/cider vine-gar. Pile the salad and crispy beef onto individual plates. Trickle on the sauce adding a scattering of sesame seeds if you like. *We don't currently stock Chinese 5 spice powder, but you can substitute with equal quantities of star anise, fennel and cinnamon with a pinch of cloves and pepper all of which we stock.

Finally, don't forget Valentine's Day, we have chocolates, wine and fresh Cor-nish daffodils to gladden anyone's heart.

Mary Whiting

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Paul’s Nature Notes – January 2019 Did you know that the River Exe estuary is a RAMSAR site? This means that it is a wetland area of international importance and to visit the river in winter will immediately make you understand why, as the estuary is a major refuge for tens of thousands of birds. Make no mistake - this is a world-class bird location, and one which is right on our very own doorstep. The most important winter inhabitants are the Black-tailed and Bar-tailed Godwits and they can number about 1200, whilst you also expect to see hundreds of Avocets, Brent Geese and all manner of wildfowl, waders and seabirds and smaller numbers of Curlews and Red-breasted Mergansers with their funky head plumage. We were also incredibly lucky to see a Grey Seal on a sandbank in the middle of the river. The RSPB runs regular winter cruises out of Topsham, but you will get far better value by joining a guided Stuart Line Bird Watching Cruise out of Exmouth, which is cheaper and you get to spend twice as long on the river. You will enjoy an expert commentary and snacks are available as well, but you do need to book in advance. If there is time after you return to the dock, get yourself off to Bowling Green Marsh although you may wish to leave this for another day to get the maximum benefit from your time there. Whilst many keen birders do not seem to mind seeing birds as tiny dots on the horizon, for me the greatest thrill is to get close up and personal and at Bowling Green Marsh you will be amazed at just how close you can get to some of the birds. On the home front, we have waited three years to see a Nuthatch on our feeders, where we have also enjoyed incredibly close views of Great Spotted Woodpeckers just outside our dining room windows. In the past they have always kept their distance – I suspect that this individual is one of those which hatched out in the garden earlier this year. Andrew and Cherry have reported seeing a Barn Owl at Mousehole, when it took refuge in one of their trees after being harried by a pair of crows and Biddy in Colestocks saw off a Sparrowhawk, which turned up at her bird feeders.

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Definitive Map review of public rights of way in Payhembury Parish

Tom Green, from Devon County Council will be holding a public meet-ing to discuss footpaths, bridleways & byways in Payhembury Parish on Wednesday 13th March at 7pm in the Parish Hall, immediately be-fore the Parish Council meeting. Tom will be giving a quick presenta-tion about the process of reviewing the existing public rights of way in the parish and investigating whether there are any unrecorded paths or existing ones that are not correctly recorded. There will then be a question and answer session. If you want to find out more about the public rights of way in Payhem-bury Parish, please come along to the Parish Hall at 7pm on Wednes-day 13

th March.

Church pews for sale. Please ring Babs on 841409 if you are interested in purchasing a church pew. These were removed from the church a few years ago and are now up for sale. They will be on display in a barn at Slade Barton. The price will be negotiable.

The Six Bells Inn would like to invite you and your other half to celebrate Valentine’s

Day with us on the 14th February 6pm-9pm

The menu is pasty, chips & mushy peas £5.00 and if you fancy a desert of jelly & ice cream £2.00.

Booking is advisable Dress code optionable

01404 841261

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A very big thanks to everyone who came out carolling. We had a fantastic even-ing (even the weather was kind to us). I must also mention the 'Silver' family from Colestocks who every year invite us into their home where we are fed and wa-tered before singing around their ginormous Christmas tree. We then returned to the Six Bells where we sung our final carols, (thanks for having us). We collected over £170 which will go to the Payhembury Relief Fund, this is all down to your generosity - thanks!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL Lesley Elford

The collection in church during December from those who dedicated stars to hang on our tree raised £53.12. This will be sent to St Petrock's, the charity in Exeter for people who are homeless or vulnerably housed. This was a good result. Thanks to all who took part and to Sandra Ford for her inspiration and work in setting it up.

Christine Thair

2018 Poppy Appeal The news of this particularly important collection might be a bit late, but is happily our best ever! Payhembury wanted to honour those who gave their lives, especial-ly on the 100th anniversary of the First World War and donated a terrific £545.10 to the Royal British Legion. This will be of great help to the RBL in assisting those former members of the armed forces or their families who are in need.

Many thanks to the people of Payhembury for your generosity. Ian Derbyshire

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Country Road Safe Driving Tips

The increase in numbers and size of vehicles has seen the need for a more careful and different approach to safe driving on our narrow roads. Adherence to the following tips improves safety and enjoyment in our beautiful countryside. DO Drive more slowly on narrow sections and bends If following another vehicle, leave room to use pullover passing places Keep left at all times, especially on bends and blind corners. Sound

your horn! Use dipped headlights so that you can be seen, main beam when dull

and at night—dipping in good time Stop to allow approaching and overtaking cyclists and horses,

especially those ridden by children DO NOT Speed - there are other people, cyclists, animals and vehicles on the

road as well Drive close coupled or in convoy, leave room between vehicles to use

passing places Expect others to always reverse - there may be a passing place close

behind you and remember to acknowledge the other drive, a “Thank you” courtesy is very much appreciated.

This submission was made anonymously and is a “joint consultation with a

few fellow drivers”

The aptly titled poem Take Me Home Country Roads by Pete Penly can be found in the May 2017 issue of the Parish Magazine, download and turn to page 10 http://www.payhembury.org.uk/parish-paper-may-issue/

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Introducing Beyond the Box! 7.00pm for 7.30pm March 2nd Broadhem-bury Memorial Hall Tickets £7.00 As I write this today, one of my, and many people’s, most loved and admired poets, the American Pulitzer Poet Mary Oliver, has died, aged 83 years. She has been the inspiration behind the performance of Beyond the Box as a charity fundraising event for Shelterbox. She is a poet whose name you may not know, but whose words you probably have heard some-where along the way: ‘Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?’ It was because I so loved her poems, with their intimate observations of the natural world, mirroring our deepest personal and global challenges that I found an accessi-ble link between her poems and the work of Shelterbox. For a long time I’ve been wanting to create a community event which raises both funds and awareness of their achievements and challenges. It seemed a perfect way to combine Mary’s poems, traditional stories and music together with the Shelterbox team. They will bring their green box, and share the current stories and updates from around the world. So it all began to fall into place... people were happy to support the event with their own skills and talents and so, the event is happening and being pre-pared in every way to make it an informa-tive, entertaining and inspirational even-ing. For Mary Olivers death to come at such a time, as I am living and breathing her po-ems, it feels both personal and poignant and I share this to enrich our evening to-gether. Do join us if you can, there will be many of us supporting the evening in aid of such an incredible charity. ‘Right now, around 85 million peo-ple around the world have been made

homeless by natural disaster and conflict. We're working to change this. By providing emergency shelter and tools for families robbed of their homes by disaster, we're transforming despair into hope.’ Beyond the Box performance is a poetic retelling of the hazardous journey of loss and chaos after disaster strikes. Weaving poem, music and traditional sto-ry and interspersed with real life stories from the Shelterbox team, the journey is brought vibrantly to life into hope and strength. ‘Shelter is more than just a roof – it’s a home. It’s the foundation for life, for families, for communities, for peace. When natural disasters and con-flicts rob people of their homes, we can’t wave a magic wand to replace what was lost, but we can help create something new. We can provide people with the tools to start the process of their own re-covery.’ Shelterbox. Victoria Woodward

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Payhembury Weather www.payhembury-weather.co.uk

Rainfall: December was pretty wet up to Christmas but since then it has been almost dry, apart from some drizzle, up to mid-January. Temperatures: Its been a very warm December but near normal temperatures have started the new year and cooler temperatures forecast. Weather elsewhere: All the cold weather and snow has been directed at Eastern Europe right down to Greece in early January with metres of snow falling causing fatal avalanches in the mountains. In contrast Australia has once again been experiencing record high temperatures across the country with a record night time temperature 35.9 degC recorded in the outback and day time temperatures well over 40 degC in Sydney and Canberra.

Current weather in Payhembury and a forecast can be viewed at www.payhembury-weather.co.uk

Roger Saunders Like me on Facebook and follow me on twitter at @sat_metman

Payhembury Monthly Temperatures degC Dec/Jan 19 (2 weeks)

1960-90 Climate

Measured Averages

Warmer or colder than average?

Max Temp 8.5/7.6 10.9/7.9 Warmer

Min Temp 2.7/2.1 5.4/1.7 Warmer/Cooler

Mean Temp 5.6/4.9 8.1/4.8 Warmer/Cooler

Temp Range 5.8/5.5 5.5/6.2

Highest Max 15.5/14 14/11.7 2 Dec 18

Lowest Min -9/-13 -0.8/-4.3 5 Jan 19

Lowest Max -2.5/-6 5.9/3.7 5 Jan 19

Highest Min 12.5/11 10.8/7.7 2 Dec 18

Payhembury Rainfall mm Date of max

Dec 18 100 131 18 Dec 18 Jan 19

2 weeks 47 1 12 Jan 19

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Mobile Library Wednesday 27th February

11.25-11.45am

in the Parish Hall Car Park

News from Westbank Community Cooking sessions in Cullompton Westbank’s Healthy Neighbourhoods project has linked

up with People Matter and Cullompton Community

Centre to provide some fabulous community cooking

sessions at The Walronds. Each session gives tips on

cooking on a budget, cooking for one, making tasty dishes with lefto-

vers and how to prepare healthier meals.

Do you need ideas on how to cook healthy budget meals for your

family or are you alone and would like to learn easy ways to start

cooking? Whether you’re a complete beginner or need new ideas,

join our small friendly hands-on monthly cooking sessions in a safe, fun

environment. Ingredients are provided and sessions finish with every-

one sharing the delicious food together.

The sessions run once each month on the third Friday.

For more information please contact Katheryn Hope, Westbank

Healthy Neighbourhood Activity Coordinator (Mid-Devon) on 01395

446896 or email [email protected]

Westbank

Farm House Rise, Exminster, Exeter, EX6 8AT

t: 01392 824752

Registered Charity: 1119541 | Company No: 6243811

www.westbank.org.uk

Visit the parish website for all the latest local information:

www.payhembury.org.uk

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PAYHEMBURY PARISH HALL HIRE AND CHARGES

Please contact Hazel Pike on [email protected] or 841465 for details and to book.

(Please telephone before 7pm)

PAYHEMBURY PROVISIONS Opening hours and contact details

Tel: 01404 841856 or [email protected]

Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm Saturday 8am to 1pm

Sunday 8am to 12pm

INFORMATION PAGE

Non urgent police contact 101 Honiton Hospital 01404 540540 (Minor Injury Unit 8am-10pm) RD&E Hospital Exeter 01392 411611 VETS (Village Emergency Telephone System) 01404 565605 Your Parish Council Meetings held 2nd Wed of alternate months (starting January) 7.30pm in the Parish Hall Keith Williams 01404 841772 Robert Leach 01404 841408 Mark Disney 01404 841353 Tim Cox 01404 850005 Bill Eaton 01404 841522 Mary Lorimer 01884 277226 Eva Ingleson 07792 627802 Dawn Chamberlain, Parish Clerk 01404 841773 email: [email protected]

Useful numbers at the County Council (all 0345) General Enquiries 155 1015 Registrars 155 1002 Roads and Transport 155 1004 Libraries 155 1001 Disability Information 155 1005 Children/Families 155 1013 Bus passes 01392 383 688 Emergencies Social Care 0345 600 0388 Highways 01392 383329 Animal Welfare, Petrol, Explosives 01392 499499 Useful numbers at the District Council (all 01395) www.eastdevon.go.uk Switchboard 516551 (including planning matters) Council Tax/Benefits 517446 (including elderly, disabled, vulnerable) Environmental Health 517456 (including dogs and pest control) Missed Bins/Recycling 571515 Car Park Fines 571780 County Councillor Ian Chubb 01297 35468 District Councillor Philip Skinner 01404 822855

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CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY 2019

Sat 2nd Shelterbox fundraising event, Broadhembury Hall, 7pm

Wed 6th Tea and Bingo, The Six Bells, 2:15pm Broadhembury & District Gardening Club, Broadhembury Hall, 7:30pm

Mon 11th Soup Lunch, Church, 12-2pm

Tues 12th WI Meeting, Broadhembury Hall, 7:30pm

Wed 13th Public rights of way review, Parish Hall, 7pm

Thurs 14th Valentines Day dinner, The Six Bells, 6-9pm

Mon 18th Deadline for Parish Paper Entries, 4pm

Tues 19th Ladies’ Night Out, The Six Bells, 8pm

Sat 23rd Church Clean-Up, 10-12pm

Wed 27th Coffee Morning, Meadowlands, 11am Mobile Library, Parish Hall Car Park, 11.25-11.45am

Wed 28th U3A, The Beehive Centre, Honiton. 1:30pm

REGULAR WEEKLY ACTIVITIES HELD IN THE PARISH HALL

MONDAY Apple Pips 9.30-11.30am

TUESDAY Musicseeds Pilates

9.15-10.15am 6.00-7.00pm

WEDNESDAY Pilates Short Mat Bowling

9.15-10.15 & Men’s 10.30-11.30am 7.30-10.00pm

THURSDAY Pilates 9.30-10.30am

Church Flowers

2nd & 9th Mrs O Eaton

16th & 23rd Mrs B Leach