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Brentor News November 2017 Issue 457 Produced by Brentor Community Trust
www.brentorvillage.org
Brentor Beer Festival
In a village without a pub, why not have a beer festival? This seemed the bright idea at the time and with the support of the village hall committee, Brentor Church organised a beer festival for the village to raise money for the local food bank as part of the harvest celebrations this year. The traditional harvest festival service in Christchurch was well attended with a collection of foodstuffs for the food bank, after which we all went down to the village hall for Brentor’s first ever beer festival. Three small local breweries - Moorstone, Moonchild and Bere - pro-vided an interesting range with a dozen beers catering for all tastes and over 80 discerning customers enjoyed sampling their wares. Alongside the beers there were ploughman’s lunches on sale and over 60 people sat down to eat and drink - un-til we ran out of food! People were generous with their donations, both for the fresh produce and for a share of the special harvest loaf, and these donations plus all profits meant £180 was raised for Tavistock Food Bank. Many thanks to everyone who came, especially Sally Pancheri who led the service and prepared all the lunches. It really was a very happy, relaxed occasion - roll on next year! Helen Harris 810845
Coffee Morning
Saturday 4th November 10.30-12.00
Meet up with friends and neighbours over the freshly
brewed coffee and homemade cakes. Not forgetting the
crispy bacon rolls!! Bring and buy from our Produce
stall and support our fundraising raffle.
Last one this year but we will be back on Jan 6th.
Remember to save all unloved/wanted Christmas pre-
sents for Jan sale table.
Brentor Mistletoe Fair 2017
Saturday 2nd December, 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. in the Village Hall
Join us for the day ~ entry is free
A wealth of crafts stalls, good food and all things festive. There is something for everyone.
Entertainment in the morning by Mary Tavy and Brentor School Singers.
Father Christmas will be visiting and all this washed down with a glass of our favourite Gluhwein!
Craft stalls selling handmade gifts and produce including ceramics; textiles; cards; glass beads; handmade soaps and
of course The Brentor Calendar There will be wonderful food available throughout the day,
including tea, coffee, mince-pies, hot meals, ploughman’s lunches and afternoon cakes.
And don’t forget the amazing Prize Draw! Any donations for the raffle would be gratefully re-
ceived and may be left with Helen at West Blackdown Cottage ( 810412)
Or bring to the November Coffee Morning.
Brentor Calendar 2018 Such a big thank you to the many people who sent in beau-tiful photos for the 2018 calendar. We really had a difficult task choosing just 13 images, but the calendar is now being printed and will be available for early sales at the 4th No-vember coffee morning and then the Mistletoe Fair. With the sponsorship support of local businesses and or-ganisations, we have again held the price at £5, including an envelope for posting. So the calendar will make an ideal gift to send to friends and family. The funds raised go to the village hall, playing fields and Brentor Community. If you would like a calendar and can't make any of the events, please contact Sarah. Helen 810412, Sarah 860165, email [email protected]
Friday November 17th, 7.30 start BRENTOR VILLAGE HALL Teams of 4 - £5 per team Bring your own refreshments and money for Raffle Contact Robin and Helen – 01822 810412 ( [email protected] )
BRENTOR GARDEN CLUB
Thursday, 16 November at 7.30 pm In the Brentor Village Hall
A talk by David Price “IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE WOODS TODAY”
Visitors very welcome £2 on the door Heather Webster 810004
BRENTOR COMMONS
A n early morning walk showed us the common in a
different light. A heavy mist and still air created
such a silent and peaceful atmosphere. The mist
shrouded spider webs, especially on the gorse, were
quite incredible in their density. Every branch had its
own webs, perhaps up to fifty in each bush. There
seemed to be two types of web present, the classic fairy
tale orb and the three dimensional ones; the water
droplets on the latter, making them sink a little to re-
semble hammocks. Towards the end of the walk the
heat of the sun was able to “burn off” the mist and allow
the blue sky to shine through. As this happened the area
became alive with thrushes and blackbirds. They were
charging around in considerable numbers, many more
than the common would normally hold. I imagine that
these were harbingers, probably from northern Eng-
land or the near continent, of the fieldfares and redwing
that will be arriving soon. Several red admirals were
also on the wing even though the air temperature was
still low.
O ur pond clearing effort was a great success. We
were able to start a fire to get rid of the rubbish
that had been dumped there earlier in the year as well
as the huge pile of “brash” that we had piled up when
opening up the edge of the pond on our last clearing
session. We saw frogs and toads much to the delight of
our five year old helper.
T here has been no further attempt to use the track
that was cut into Liddaton Common. We hope that
this is the last we will have to do anything about it and
the ground can regenerate naturally.
Barry Albrighton 860445
Jumble Sale
Thank you to everyone who helped on the day and for all
'donations'. We didn't have as many customers, possibly
due to the weather but think we took approx £200 to-
wards Village Hall fundraising. So a successful day.
Deck the Hall with Boughs of Holly
Our village hall will, as usual, be beautifully decorated for the Mistletoe Fair; with fresh greenery, Christmas decorations & lights. These decorations will remain in place until after the January Coffee Morning. Why not take advantage of this lovely setting as a backdrop for your own celebration or Christmas event? Contact Helen de Carles on 810412 to make a booking
Curry Night Update The Curry Supper held on 22nd September was a most successful evening raising a total of £220 shared be-tween the Village Hall and The Dartmoor Hill Pony charity. Many thanks to all who came along and contrib-uted such delicious and varied dishes. Sue & Sheryl
Cantabile Concert
An Acapella choir of local ladies is holding a concert in Brentor Village Hall
Saturday 9th December 2017 at 7.30pm All proceeds to CLEAR, a local charity offering
therapy to abused children. Tickets: £5 adults & free entry for children
Please contact Alice on 811059
WEST DEVON SAFE HAVEN Supporting Refugee Families in West Devon
Second General Update There are now two families, one in Tavistock and one in Okehampton. They have been here for a couple of months and seem to be settling in well. We hope to re-ceive the next family shortly and one more just before Christmas. West Devon Safe Haven is now formally a charity. We have been working hard since February. We would like to invite all those interested to a second Public Meeting and Consultation on 10 November at 6pm in Tavistock Community College There will be a keynote presentation from the UN’s In-stitute of Migration, updates from the District and County Councils and a full report about our own pro-gress. We would like to ask everybody about what they think future directions might be. And we know a lot more than we did in February about what kind of help we need! Please do come if you can make it. Angus Doulton, Chair, West Devon Safe Haven 01822 841498 [email protected]
MOUNT KELLY CHORAL SOCIETY Mount Kelly Choral Society will sing Magnificat by John Rutter and Ode for St Cecelia's Day by F. G. Handel at St. Eustachi-us' Church, Tavistock on Saturday, November 18th at 7.30 pm The conductor will be Julian Jensen. Soloists will be local soprano and Mount Kelly singing teacher Bianca Philips and Catherine Hamilton, soprano , who has enjoyed a distiguished and varied career in both Europe and the U.K. since graduating from the Royal College of Music. (Accompanist Mary Mazur-Park.) Tickets are £10 each or free to under 18s. and available from Book Stop, Tavistock, Reception at Mount Kelly College, on the door or online at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mount-kelly-choral-society-concert-tickets-37775181585 (fee applies)
Brentor Summer Fayre
As you may be aware Brenstock is taking a well earned rest next year. Instead Brentor will be hosting a Sum-mer Fayre on Saturday 28th July. Details to follow after the Mistletoe Fair. Clare Percival
Food for Thought
Many thanks to everyone who came along to the recent Palestinian themed evening. We shared an amazing feast of our newly tried recipes – it was great! David Oddie’s talk afterwards was very enlightening; both challenging and thought provoking, it was followed by much discussion. We were able to raise £165 towards Indra Congress. Following the evening’s success we are talking about organising other Food for Thought evenings in the fu-ture. If you know of anyone who would be interested in giving a talk or presentation then please get in touch. Thank you very much indeed to all the chefs and help-ers both before and afterwards Jane Phelpstead 801635
Mary Tavy Bonfire Night Sunday 5th November from 5pm Recreation Ground and Coronation Hall FREE ENTRY, everyone welcome Great Food, Hog Roast, Beer Tent, Carved Pumpkins, Glow Products Music, Huge Bonfire, Spectacular Fireworks
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BRENTOR FRIENDS OF THE FIELD
Draw Winners for October, 2017 Raffle drawn during the Coffee Morning held on the
first Saturday each month Number – 13 Ella Bell
Number – 22 Jane Diaz Number - 20 Sally Pancheri
Wins £10 prize All income, after deduction of prizes, goes towards the improvement of the Village Playing Field. If you would like to support your playing field you can join the Friends of the Field (FOF) in the ‘monthly flutter’ and perchance see your name on the winner’s list. For ‘FOF’ details please contact one of the following members of the Village Hall and Playing Field committee. Sue Stephens 860 374 [email protected] Anne Clark 810 035 [email protected] Kate Kelly 810 287 [email protected]
Poppy Appeal 2017 Celebrating 96 years of giving
T he Editors of the Brentor News have kindly agreed to
circulate a “gift-aid” envelope with the November
issue of the Brentor News in anticipation of our efforts to
complete the village collection for the forthcoming Poppy
Appeal by Remembrance Sunday 12th November.
L ast year the Parish achieved a magnificent sum col-
lected of £985.52 - an increase of £56.71 on last year!
This is so much appreciated by the Royal British Legion,
whose efforts to care for so many of our wounded and
ageing ex-servicemen just cannot be underestimated.
Thank you all so much.
F urthermore, £420 of last year’s collection was kindly
“gift-aided", which meant an extra £105 for the Brit-
ish Legion, an increase of £30.25 on last year! Thank you
so much to all those kind people in the Parish who “gift-
aided” their donation, as it does make such a difference -
an extra 25p for every pound donated to the Royal British
Legion. Further poppies, large and small, 1917 - 2017
enamel poppy pins, poppy bracelets, magnetic car, van
and lorry poppies, wooden crosses, wrist bands and
wreaths, etc. are available from any of our team of collec-
tors - please just telephone John Burrows (810494), Sara-
Jane Cumming (860281), Gaye Martin (810637) or myself
(810135) and we will provide you with whatever you re-
quire. At the same time please do not hesitate to ring any
one of us to arrange collection of your completed “gift-aid”
envelopes.
N otwithstanding, our collectors will be out and about
collecting from Saturday 28th October, the National
Launch Date for the Appeal, until Remembrance Sunday.
T hank you all so much for your co-operation. Please
call me should you have any queries.
With very best wishes to you all,
Peter Cameron MC RM & AAC(V)!
Poppy Appeal Organiser for the Parish
Brentor News Key Facts
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Whitfield 810209 in advance of publication, cheques payable to 'Brentor Community Trust'.
Permissions: Contributors of editorial copy or adverts thereby give permission for the publication of the author's name and
phone number and/or email address in the website edition of the paper unless specifically requested otherwise.
Any comments on the website edition should be sent to Colin Dawes [email protected]
Editorial team: Mike Whitfield 810209 [email protected] John Wheeler 810083 [email protected]
Jane Phelpstead 810635 [email protected] Joe Kuipers 810590 [email protected]
Mike Harris [email protected]
Diary
Date Event Contact
November
Sat 4th
10.30—12
Coffee Morning
Village Hall
Sun 5th
17.00
Mary Tavy Bonfire
Night Coronation Hall
Fri 10th
18.00
Safe Haven Meeting
Tavistock College
Angus Doulton
841498
Thurs 16th
19.30
Garden Club talk
Village Hall
Heather Webster 810004
Fri 17th
19.30
Quiz night
Village Hall
Robin & Helen
810412
December
Sat 2nd
10.00-15.00
Mistletoe Fayre
Village Hall
Helen
810412
Sat 9th
19.30
Cantabile Concert
Village Hall
Alice
811059
Fri 22nd
18.00
Carolling in the village
Christchurch
David
810845
Sun 24th
10.00
Nativity Service
Christchurch
David
810845
Church Events November 1st 7.30pm Christ Church All Souls service. A quiet time for reflection and remembrance for those we have loved and lost. November 5th 9.45 am Holy Communion Christ Church. November 12th Remembrance Sunday, starts at the War Memorial at 10. 45am, two minutes silence at 11.00 am, followed by a service in Christ church. November 19th 9.45am Holy Communion November 26th 9.45am Family Service
We look forward to welcoming you to any of the above services.
Final copy date for December edition 24th November to Mike Whitfield 810209 [email protected]
