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Opponents of the massivehousing programme proposedby East Devon District Coun-cil staged a further demon-stration at the Knowle (the

EDDC offices) on 15 March. The Communities BeforeDevelopers group (CBD) hadorganised a highly successfulprotest on 23 November toprotest against EDDC‘s LocalDevelopment Framework CoreStrategy (LDF) plans for anadditional 19,420 dwellings(growing the district by aboutone third). It is always difficultto repeat a success, but a large

number of demonstrators(about a hundred) descendedon the Knowle on 15March.Once again there was heavyrepresentation from Ottery,Tipton and West Hill.The second demo took placebefore a special meeting ofEDDC‘s Development Man-agement Committee to consi-der responses to the LDF

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arising from the public consul-tation period which had endedon 30 November. There hadbeen a very large number ofresponses with the vast major-ity being critical of the exces-sive housing numbers, thewatered-down landscape pro-tection policies, and otherelements of the LDF. Not sur-prisingly there was supportfrom landowners and theiragents for the high level ofdevelopment.Before Christmas the EDDCLeader had stated that theproposed housing and employ-ment provision was too high.However that statement wasnot reflected in the report tocouncillors on 15 March. Thishad led to CBD organising asecond demonstration.A large number of demonstra-tors packed the public galleryand many of them made veryeloquent speeches criticisingthe LDF. Many of the speechesbrought applause from theaudience, swiftly followed byan instruction from the Chair-man that clapping was notallowed. This seemed to leadto enhanced levels of applausefor following speakers. Afterthree warnings the Chairmanrecognised he was pursuing alost cause.Claire Wright of West Hill saidthat EDDC should treat thepeople of East Devon as its

customers, rather than seeingplanning applicants as itscustomers. She said that hadthe LDF Panel meetings beenheld in public (they were heldin secret) it was likely that abetter LDF document wouldhave resulted.Dick Beardsall of West HillResidents Association accusedEDDC of having no real com-mitment to a genuine LDF con-sultation. He said that theconsultation document hadarrived half way through theconsultation. “Our major con-cerns have been ignored” hesaid. There was no justificationfor the very high housingnumbers – they had just beenplucked out of the air. Hedemanded that the LDF strat-egy be rewritten, and that localneeds and distinctivenessshould feature strongly in it. He also demanded that thereshould be a full and meaningfulfurther consultation – and thatEDDC should listen to what issaid.Robin Mitchell, Vice Chair ofGovernors at the KingsSchool, expressed his concernabout the pressure beingplaced on the school by thelarge number of houses pro-posed in the Kings catchment.He said the school was “burst-ing” and cannot accommodateany new students. Identifica-tion of a new site for Kings wasan urgent requirement.

Roger Giles said that the LDFsuggested looking for a newKings site at the end of the LDFperiod (2026), yet the LDFplanned nearly 1,000 houseswithin the Kings catchment. The two policies were contra-dictory and nonsense - as theschool was full. Infrastructureshould be provided whenhouses were built – not after-wards. He also complained -again - about an error in theOttery housing numbers. Hisfirst complaint about an inacc-uracy had been ignored. Theplanned housing provision forOttery was 250, plus 180 com-mitments (land with planningpermission but not built). Yetthe 180 commitments included90 for the Ottermill Switchgearsite which was not allocated forhousing and had not receivedplanning permission. He wasnot against some housing atOttermill Switchgear, but thismust be part of the 250 – notadditional to it.One of the best comments wasmade by Clyst Hydon ParishCouncil which was very criti-cal of EDDC planning for anincrease in East Devon‘shousing stock in the next 15years – which was equivalentto the increase in the previous500 years!Then it was time for the coun-cillors to speak. Several of themdid appear to have concernsabout the LDF, and the wide-spread very critical - even hos-tile - reaction to it. The LDFPanel Chairman was notamong them. The speechwhich he read appeared tosuggest that preparation of theLDF and the public consulta-tion had been a great success. In fairness it appeared that thespeech had been written forhim by an officer.Cllr Ray Bloxam (representingOttery Rural at EDDC, of

course) said that there was atremendous pool of expertisein the communities of EastDevon which should be drawnon. He was critical of the failureof the LDF to properlyembrace local distinctiveness;all the communities in EastDevon were different withdifferent needs and differentdesires. There had been agreat deal of good informationthat came out of the variouspublic meetings about theLDF, and a great deal of validpoints made by the public atthe start of the meeting – thepoints made should be takenon board.The officers had made a verybland recommendation to thecouncillors: “that the report benoted”. Ray Bloxham propo-sed that the public feedback,including comments made atthe meeting, be taken on boardin rewriting the LDF. It mightbe thought that that was afairly modest and a fairlyobvious way forward. Inexplic-ably four members of the com-mittee felt it necessary to voteagainst this.Some people might be pleasedthat there appears to havebeen a move towards what thepublic wants. Others of a morecynical disposition take theview that EDDC will do whatit always intended to do andthat there will be little or noreduction in housing provisionand little change to damagingLDF policies.Perhaps we have to wait untilafter the election on 5 May tosee the new complection ofEDDC.Roger Giles

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The March Full Council Meet-ing included a lively debateregarding Minutes of thePlanning Committee Meetingwhich had considered an app-lication for land opposite theSupermarket in West Hill. TheCommittee had decided not tosupport the application butthere was disagreement overthe reasons that were sent toEast Devon District Council(the Planning Authority).Ultimately the Council resolvedto keep the Minutes as presen-ted but three Councillorsrequested that their votesagainst the resolution berecorded. The Planning Comm-ittee Meeting concerned hadbeen held in West Hill and itwas agreed that (as in this case)when large-scale PlanningApplications are received theMayor together with the Plan-ning Committee Chairmanshould decide on whether theMeeting would be held in theWard concerned. This is inaddition to the policy of holdingFull Council Meetings in theWards of West Hill and TiptonSt John once a year. It was de-cided against holding a Meetingin the North Ward because ofthe difficulty of there being asuitable venue providing the

necessary space and parkingfacilities. Forward notice toWest Hill residents is that theFull Council Meeting in July (onMonday 4th) is to be held inthe Narthex at St Michael’sChurch. It does however provedifficult to book halls forCouncil meetings as most ofthem are fully booked (excell-ent news for them) and Plan-ning Committee meetings haveto be booked at short noticebecause of the limited time theTown Council has to make itsresponses to the DistrictCouncil.Spring has well and trulyarrived and the Council wouldlike to thank Rainbow Nurs-eries for providing the plantswhich are now in the flowerbed at St Saviour’s opposite theend of Strawberry Lane. TheNursery has already providedplants for the beds at Kenn-away Road and has now step-ped in to help again whenprevious plans for the StSaviour’s bed did not material-ise. You will recall that the TownCouncil has had to take on theresponsibility for the flowerbeds in Ottery following theDistrict Council’s withdrawal.Ottery in Bloom has each yearensured a wonderful summer

display in the planters and it’stime again on its behalf to makea plea for more helpers. Couldyou (or your organisation orbusiness) help with planting-up,take on responsibility for aplanter or help with theplanning by being on theCommittee? Please give itthought so that Ottery canonce again look beautiful towelcome summer visitors andto gladden all our hearts!The Annual Parish meeting isnow just only over the horizonon Tuesday 12th April at 7pmat the Institute, Yonder Street.As well as the usual businessand the chance for you aselectors to ask questions, Grantawards will be presented to 11organisations and the Citizenof the Year 2011 will be ann-ounced. By the time you readthis the deadline for votes forthis will have passed as will thedeadline for nominations forthe Mayor’s Charity of the Year.However at the Parish Meetingyou will be able to vote for yourpreferred Charity out of theshortlist selected by MayorGlynn Dobson. You will alsohave the opportunity to quiz

your Councillors informallyover tea/coffee and biscuits.On the morning of Monday 4thApril the Chairman and viceChairman of East Devon Dist-rict Council will be paying avisit to Ottery to see our Com-munity in action. You may wellsee Mayor Glyn Dobson andDistrict Councillor GrahamLiverton (Chairman) and Coun-cillor Tony Reed (Vice Chair)walking around town lookingat various areas so do take theopportunity to greet them.The February Councillors’ Sur-gery will have been the last forthe time being as uptake byElectors has proved very smallover several months. TheCouncil wishes to thank Sus-tainable Ottery for allowing theSurgery to be held at itsmonthly Community Market.

WELL DONE OTTERYOn behalf of SHELTERBOX the Rotary Club of Otter Valley wouldlike to thank the residents of Ottery for their generous donationsin the weeks following the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.Thanks also to the management of McColls, West Hill and OtterNurseries for allowing collections on their premises. Themagnificent sum of over £1600 was collected and has been sentto the Shelterbox charity in Cornwall.

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Well done everybody formaking the Spring Show yetanother good one. We had 50more entries than last year andsome very welcome new faces.One disappointing fact wasthat there were no juniorentries but hopefully this willbe solved in September at theAutumn Show. Listed below arethe winners but I must say thequality of all the entries wasoutstanding which must havegiven the three judges, Mr.Hurford, Mrs. Baron and Mrs.Merrygold, a headache.Mr. J Dyer: Derek Edmonds’Otter Trophy, DaffodilSociety’s Bronze Medal forBest Exhibit & Certificate for3rd Best and RHS Certificateall for Daffodils and OtterNurseries Voucher for BestExhibit in the Flower &Vegetables Classes.Mrs. S. Visser: Spring Cupin the Flower & VegetableClasses, Spring Jubilee Cup inClasses 19 to 29, DaffodilSociety’s Certificate for 2ndBest Exhibit, Otter NurseriesVoucher for Reserve BestExhibit in Flower & Vegetablesclasses.Mrs. H Linton andMrs. M. Frazer: Joint Salverwinners in Culinary ArtSection.Mrs. J Collins: RHSCertificate for Section B -Plant, Flower, Vegetablesclasses.Mrs. M. Newman: RHSCertificate and £5 forCulinary SectionMrs. P. Stadden: RHSCertificate and £5 forHomecraft SectionMr. M.Pash: OSMGardening Club Certificatefor Best Exhibit in theDaffodil Novice Class

By the time you receive thisOttery Gazette we will belooking forward to April 12th,when Chris Laxton is comingto visit us and tell us aboutpreserving and pickling at homeand how they do it at OtterVale Products, while we areenjoying afternoon tea at aprice of just £2.00 each. Whata bargain!This event will be closely foll-owed by our trip to Highgroveon Friday April 15th. We havea full coach of 52 people but Ialso have a waiting list just incase of emergencies. Everybodywho is coming now knows whatis expected of them when weget there, but just one lastreminder that you must bringidentification such as a pass-port, driving licence or twoutility bills or the securitypeople will not let you in (sorryabout the spelling in theinformation to everybody butit was just to keep you on yourtoes).There will be information onfuture trips and events in theMay edition of the OtteryGazette but just as a taster, wehave Endsleigh Garden Centre& Lukesland Gardens, CoffeeMorning & Plant Sale andSlimbridge Wetland Centre.One last thing to say I had myknuckles firmly rapped for notmentioning in the March issueof the Ottery Gazette that Mr.Derek Edmonds has beenelected to the position ofPresident of the GardeningClub. Congratulations Derek.For more information on anyof the above and to join theGardening Club contact JoanDalton on 01404 815082.

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Gardeners in parts of EastDevon where composting skipsare being withdrawn by DevonCounty Council have another,greener, option when disposingof their garden waste. EDDChas signed a partnershipagreement with Otter Rotters,a community group that spec-ialises in collecting and pro-cessing garden waste and offersemployment opportunities tolocal people.The group already collectsthousands of tonnes of gardenwaste across East Devon everyyear. They will now be on handto offer the same service toresidents affected by the closureof the Devon County Councilgarden waste skips in OtterySt Mary. The agreement meansthat Otter Rotters will receiveadditional funding for their

Otter Rotters step in to fillgap left by composting skips

operation and EDDC will bemaking a further contributiontowards increasing recyclingand reducing landfill.The skips at the Land ofCanaan in Ottery St Mary wereclosed at the end of Marchunder cuts imposed by DevonCounty Council. People whopreviously used these skipsnow have a choice of takingtheir garden waste to otherDevon County Council recyc-ling centres around the district,or signing up with Otter Rot-ters for a regular fortnightlycollection service at a smallcharge.If you’d like to know more orwant to take advantage of thenew collection service, pleasecontact EDDC or OtterRotters, who can send you anexplanatory leaflet or timetable.

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Ottery St Mary Flower Club will be holding the following meetingsto be held on Wednesdays at Ottery St Mary Primary School,starting at 7.30pm. Vistors would be most welcome.27th April - Demonstrator Sarah Hills-Ingyon from Sidford18th May - Demonstrator Alison Penno from Launceston

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Spring is here and now we areall looking forward to the Easterbreak. We are now in the pro-cess of finalising the new OffcialTown Guide for Ottery St Mary.It will include features andhistory of the town togetherwith a listing of events through-out the year. It also containsdetails of Where to Stay, Bed/Breakfast and Self/Catering acc-ommodation and news about

Good news from your local Tourist Information CentreShopping in Town and EatingOut. We all look forward to along and glorious summer foreveryone including our visitorsfrom both home and abroad. Ifyou would like to advertise inthe Guide please contact ushere at the Tourist Office on01404 813964 or by email [email protected] April 12th.Once again a big ‘thank you’to the Twinning Associationwho have supported us by arr-anging for a reprint of the‘Ottery St Mary Heritage Trail’to be printed in French andGerman for our many overseasvisitors.Discount vouchers for visits toCrealy Adventure Park, Wood-lands Family Theme Park andthe Fleet Air Arm Museum areavailable from the Informationcentre. Advanced tickets saleswith a discount for DevonCounty Show will be available

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As the Kier project manager for the new store build in Ottery, Iknow that to be a good neighbour regular communication isessential. I hope our summaries of the build programme inconjunction with our project newsletter will keep residents up-to-date as the store takes shape. The store build is currentlyprogressing well and in the last month the team have completedmuch of the piling work and have now started constructing thestore foundations. The team have also begun laying the accessroad from Canaan Way to the service yard.During April, we will be completing work on the service yardaccess road and levelling the site in preparation for the remainingfoundation work. We will also be carrying out work on theretaining wall including installing the capping beam and stonefacing.I would like to thank residents for their patience during theseworks; the team are working hard to ensure the programme iscompleted on schedule so that you can begin enjoying Sainsbury’srange of products as soon as possible. The team welcome yourfeedback. If you have any questions or comments regarding thework taking place please contact us on 0800 130 3270 or emailthe team directly at; [email protected] would like to thank you in advance for your continued patienceduring this time.Mike Mackey Kier Project Manager

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The May Fair that is being held on Saturday 28th May at CadhayHouse will have an Elizabethan theme, in keeping with the buildingof Cadhay in the 16th century.All the helpers on the stalls are being encouraged to wearElizabethan costume and the best dressed person will receive aprize. At the same time there is an Elizabethan costumecompetition for the children, again with prizes. Information aboutthis competition is being distributed to all the local primaryschools. Ideas for designs can be easily found on the internet,just put in ‘Elizabethan dress’ into Google. There will be a paradeof the children on the day.This is going to be really great day out for all ages, with a newentertainer ‘Nutty Noah’ who will entrall everyone with his skills,together with the ever popular Falconry Display by JonothonMarshal, Ferret Racing, Ottery St. Mary Silver Band, TaikoDrummers and all the stalls, plus tours of this beautiful house. The famous Devon Cream Teas, Barbecue and licensed Bar willall be there, plus this year there will be the ‘Cadhay Food Hall’.Is it an expensive day out? No! Car parking is free, children arefree and adults only have to pay £2 each and there is a free busto and from Ottery kindly provided by Downs Motors. So, comeand enjoy a wonderful day in the grounds of historic CadhayHouse with entertainment and delicious food.

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14 of our French friends from Louvigny would like to come toFeniton for the weekend on Friday 29th April - Monday 2th May.There are 10 adults and 4 children/young people and we arecurrently looking for hosts. So far we have 5 hosts – but we need10! Could YOU host a couple, or a single person? Otherwise weshall have to disappoint some of them.Hosting entails providing bed, breakfast and an evening meal fora single person or a couple - the choice is yours. You are welcometo join in with any, or all, of the activities if you feel inclined.Speaking French is NOT required, as many of our guests speakvery good English. We always have a great time, so why not giveit ago!Interested? Then please contact us as soon as possible. ContactMartyn on 01404 850322 or email: [email protected], orDaphne on 851359 or email: [email protected]

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Now that Spring is well andtruly on its way, we can allowour thoughts to turn to picnics,gardens, music and all the goodthings of Summer. With this inmind, here’s a date for yourdiary: Thursday June 2nd atCadhay House, near Ottery StMary, for our annual Jazz Picnic.Following the great success oflast year’s picnic, the owners ofthis lovely Tudor country househave offered the use of theirbeautiful gardens to the OtterySt Mary and District HelpScheme to raise funds. Workingout of the Coleridge MedicalCentre, the Help Scheme pro-vides fantastic support forpatients, carers and relativeswhen they need it most. TheScheme volunteers providetransport, meals, visits andmany other essential servicesfor local people.

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You can help the Scheme andhave a brilliant time enjoyingsome great music and a lookaround one of the loveliestgardens in the South West. Youare invited to bring your ownpicnic, the grander the better,or you will be able to buy foodand drinks on site. As beforethe music will be provided bythe joyous City Steam Jazz Band,our much loved local band whoare familiar to patrons of theFive Bells, Clyst Hydon, and TheGolden Lion, Tipton.Tickets will shortly be availabledirect from the Help Schemeat the Coleridge Medical Cen-tre (01404 816700) or fromOttery Tourist Office (01404813964). The price will be £5for adults or a bargain FamilyTicket for just £12.Don’t miss it!Tony Rhodes

Learn to play Taiko DrumsOtter Taiko are now looking for new members to come alongand learn to play Taiko Drums. Rehearsals will start after Easterat the Parish Church on Wednesday evenings. If you are interested,please contact Sandra Chapman on 07863 325415. We will beperforming at the May Fair at Cadhay on May 28th and at PixieDay on June 11th. Come and give it a try!

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Guest speaker at the HeritageSociety’s March meeting, heldat the Institute, was MartinWatts, one of the country’sleading experts on the historyand technology of mills andmilling.Martin is a West Country man,born in Bristol where he ini-tially studied art. His first jobwas in an architects’ officeworking on the conservation ofold buildings. In 1979 he mov-ed to Yorkshire where he ran aMill Museum, and from 1982has lived in Devon, involved inrestoration, preservation andhistorical research. He is oneof Britain’s leading Molinolo-gists (a term coined relativelyrecently for a long-standingantiquarian interest) and is theauthor of many books on bothwatermills and windmills. Heworks as a Consultant, special-ising in the recording and re-pair of historic buildings andmachinery.Speaking to a packed and enth-usiastic audience, he began histalk by stating that milling is afundamental process which hasbeen of vital importance tohuman existence for thousandsof years.In this multi-period study, hetraced the development of millsand milling from pre-history tothe industrial age, explaining

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how these changes have reflec-ted those of the society theyserved.Making use of an excellent coll-ection of photographs and dia-grams, he outlined his historicalresearch into the subject andtraced chronologically thedevelopment of milling, quernstones to windmills and water-mills, as the technology becamegradually more sophisticated tomeet the needs of a growing

population. Archaeologicalevidence, documentary sourcesand above-ground remains,emphasised the place of millsand milling in the historicallandscape.Martin is frequently called onto provide research and advicefor the ‘Time Team’ TV series,most recently helping unearththe remains of Dotton Mill inEast Devon. From classic times,there have been three mainvarieties of water wheel usedin the milling process, the hori-zontal wheel and two variationsof the vertical wheel.Most simple is the horizontalwheel, its protruding vanesrotating the mill stone by a jetof water. The more powerfulvertical wheels, the ones we aremost likely to recognise, requiregears to drive the typical millstone. The wheels come in twodesigns: undershot and over-shot. Undershot wheels, taketheir power from a flow of waterpassing beneath the wheel. The

overshot wheel, most efficientof the three, is driven by waterfrom an elevated stream pour-ing down onto the wheel’scurved blades or buckets.What of the millers themselves?Drunken, bald-headed, red-bearded, and with a nose-wartsigning his lechery, Robin theMiller is every schoolboy’s fav-ourite Canterbury Tales pilgrim.Chaucer’s stylised and inaccur-ate characterisation of themiller as brawny, truculent, andabove all dishonest, continuesstrongly to colour our thinkingabout the middlemen whostood between those who grewand harvested grain and thosewho consumed or sold it.Martin’s well-illustrated over-view of the physical evidencefor mills and milling in Britainover many centuries did muchto dispel this stereotype.Speaking with the authority ofsomeone involved for 30 yearswith the repair and mainten-ance of traditional mills, he wasable to demonstrate that millswere a complex combinationof buildings and machines,whose construction, mainten-ance, and operation demandedskill, long experience, andpresumably sobriety.

Heritage trustee John Pilsworth,thanked the speaker for a mostinteresting, highly researchedand professional talk, remindingus of one of the most enduringnatural sources of renewableenergy, drawing comparisonswith current interest in cleanenergy technology and renew-ed concerns over nuclearpower in the wake of the Japan-ese disaster.

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H.M. The Queen rides intoWhimple Heritage Centre

“Her Majesty the Queen is tovisit Whimple”. This boldstatement advertises the grandre-opening of Whimple HeritageCentre on Saturday 2nd April2011. This year the mainexhibition will be entitled: Sportand Recreation in WhimpleThrough The Ages. There isa secondary exhibition of Britishand other manufacturers of leadfarm animals, figures, tractorsand implements etc. Amongstthe exhibits is a Timpo modelof Her Majesty the Queen ridingher horse Winston.The Heritage Centre, run byWhimple History Society, willbe open on Saturdays and BankHoliday Mondays from 10am to4pm and on Wednesday after-noons from 2pm to 4pm untilthe end of September. We aresorry we are unable to bringyou Her Majesty in person, butyou may take it the committeeare working on it!

Please come and visit our Her-itage Centre and view the arte-facts of the village as well asitems of interest involving thecider-makers Whiteways,whose headquarters and fac-tories were in the village, andyou can also enjoy our special2011 Exhibitions.You can be assured of a warmWhimple welcome!

St Mary Institute, usually on thethird Tuesday of each month,unless advertised otherwise.Eminent speakers are invited totalk on their particular areas ofinterest. These meetings arewell-supported social affairsand refreshments are available.Non members are always mostwelcome.

The next meeting will be onTuesday April 19th, when guestspeaker David Bond of Christ-opher Piper Wines will begiving an amusing talk on hispersonal experiences entitled“Adventures in the WineIndustry”Robert NealChairman

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I would like to thank all those who came through the door of theOld Boy’s School, Ottery St Mary, and showed such enthusiasmfor my exhibition ‘Ottery Years Ago’. It was so good to hear somany people reminiscing and it made it a thoroughly enjoyableexperience for me.An exhibition! This was very much a first for both Pat and myselfand we both extend a huge thank you to our very willing helperswho gave up two days to support and help us in every waypossible from start to finish. They were perfect hosts for ourvisitors. I have shared all profits equally between Devon AirAmbulance and Ottery St Mary Carnival Committee. Thank youfor a great two days.Peter Harris

300 people visit Peter’sOttery Years Ago exhibition

We are starting a Meet & Make once a month on Tuesdays for 2hours from 10.00am to 12.00pm for anyone who enjoys knitting,crocheting, sewing, embroidery, paper-crafting and any other sortof “mobile” crafting. The Idea is for this to be a completely informaltime to have a natter and a cuppa (and, of course a biscuit ortwo!!) and to share hints and tips on your particular craft, ormaybe learn a new one, or even just watch!!We hope that the age group will be wide with, perhaps, theseasoned crafters (note I didn’t say “old”!!) sharing their craftwith others. So. whether you’re 99 or 19 this could be for you.We know that many people in this area would really enjoymeeting others for a relaxing, friendly time. Why not give it a go?We really hope you can come. The first session is Tuesday 1stMarch 2011 from 10.00am - 12.00pm and will be held in TheSalvation Army Hall, Ottery St Mary (opposite Hind Street carpark). Phone Stella on 07515 798568 if you want more details.

Want to meet other people?Do you Knit, Crochet, Embroider, Sew, Paint,

Make Cards, Scrapbook?

OTTERY SILVER BAND DIARYThis month brings big changesfor the Band. We are now underthe direction of new MusicalDirector Andrew Harris whobrings with him a wealth ofbrass banding experience andis also a top class Bass player.The band’s weekly practice haschanged to a Thursday evening,which is proving very successfuland has enabled a few previousmembers to return to the bandalong with sereval new mem-bers. It is great to see a full bandand everyone is very keen tostart the approaching playouts.The Band will be supporting theDevon Air Ambulance BBCRadio Devon Appeal on Mon-day 2nd May by playing atDunkeswell Airfield at their‘Charity Tandem ParachuteDay’. It is hoped that the worldrecord for Tandem Jumps willbe broken in one day and allthe jumps will be sponsored inaid of the appeal. The band arepleased to be able to supportthis worthwhile charity, why notcome along to watch and listen!Of course our ‘Spring Concert’will be on the 8th May at theInstitute Hall, Ottery St Mary,7.45pm start. We will be playinga varied programme of music

and the concert will feature‘Brass Class’ the junior band.Tickets will be available fromthe Tourist Information Centreand Stagestruck in Ottery andfrom members of the Band andon the door. We are really look-ing forward to the concert andhave been practising hard. Itpromises to be a great evening.The Band are still in need of adrummer/percussion playerdue the retirement of our pre-vious member. Should you beinterested or know of anyonewho can play please do contactthe number at the bottom ofthe write up.We thank Keith Allen for arr-anging our Band Social meal inMarch. A lovely evening washad by all at the Tumbling WierHotel, Ottery where the foodwas delicious!We will keep you posted of thebands forthcoming engage-ments, which get even busierthroughout the coming sum-mer months.For any information on theBand or ‘Brass Class’pleasecontact Brian (Main Band) orVerity (Brass Class) on 01404814502.

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For a time of worship, teaching and SundaySchool groups for the children.

Also midweek home groups and a Youth Groupmeets every Friday night at the Chapel in

Yonder Street.

All are welcome to come along to any of our meetings.For more details do contact Bruce and Heather Talboton 01404 850900 or email [email protected]

New Life Church is part of Churches Together in Ottery.

www.newlifeottery.org.uk

Every Sunday at The King’sSchool main hall at 10.30

For our second wF4Wf event,Handsome Dicks Records andMister Fixer are thrilled toannounce that Jim Causley andDenbury Folk will be providinga warm-up to the legendaryguitarist Gordon Giltrap.Advance tickets are only £7.50(£9.00 on the door), and areavailable from Whimple PostOffice, Ottery St Mary TouristInformation Centre, or onlinefrom the website shown below.Over the past forty years,Gordon Giltrap has graced themusic business with his dedi-cation to his craft and his affec-tion for his audience. As one ofthe UK’s most respected guitar-ists, he has consistently provedthe adage that respect cannotbe bought. It must be earned.In the late Seventies, Gordonenjoyed a brief spell as a popstar, with a hit album (PerilousJourney) and two hit singles(‘Heartsong’ and ‘Fear of theDark’). ‘Heartsong’ was nom-inated for an Ivor Novelloaward, and is fondly remem-bered as the theme tune to theBBC’s Holiday programme.In 2008 Gordon received a LifeTime Achievement award fromthe Newtonards Guitar Festival

in Northern Island. Gordon re-gards this as his most treasuredpossession coming as it doesfrom the land of his grand-father’s birth and a country witha musical tradition close to hisheart. Indeed Ireland has takenhim to their heart. The largestguitar store in Belfast, TheGuitar Emporium has engrav-ings of some of the world’sgreatest guitar players on theirfront window. If you visit youwill see engraved images of JimiHendrix, Rory Gallagher, JimmyPage, Brian May and in amongstthese greats there is...GordonGiltrap.Needless to say the self-effacingMr Giltrap feels very humbledby this superb gesture!

‘Whimple Folk for Whimple Folk II’ with Gordon Giltrap

For more Whimple Folk details visit the website:www.handsomedicksrecords.co.uk/gordon

Victory Hall, WhimpleSunday 10th July 2011Show starts 7.00pm

Many of you may already knowJim Causley, either from lastyear’s ‘whimple Folk for Whim-

ple folk’, the annual WhimpleWassail, or his nomination forthe Radio 2 Folk award. Alwaysamusing and very talented, Jimhas kindly agreed to come backfor this year’s event and run thestage for us, so I’m sure he willbe as entertaining for his ‘homecrowd’ as he was last year.Denbury Folk had their firstpublic performance at thisevent last year. They went downa storm, particularly with theaudience sing-alongs. Checkout their rendition of ‘BloomingHeather’ from last year’s eventon YouTube. They are backagain this year by populardemand, with a new selectionof ditties for your delectation.See you there! – Alex & John

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In the middle of the week ofthe Heritage Society’s archaeo-logical dig at Goveton Farm inJuly 2008, one of our volun-teers pulled out a little glassbottle from the area of the oldfarmhouse. Once cleaned up,the embossed name on the sideannounced that it formerlycontained - Mrs Winslow’sSoothing Syrup. Sounds rather pleasant, but thesoothing syrup was in fact atoxic mix of alcohol, potassiumbromide, aniseed oil, sugar(over 50%!) and a generousslug of morphine. The originalbrew was the concoction of anAmerican children’s nurse -Mrs. Charlotte N. Winslow, whoin 1849 found that the mixturereally did alleviate the symp-toms of painful teething inchildren. No doubt about itseffects - it worked a treat, butparents were warned that itmight also, as the AmericanMedical Times put it in 1860,“be relieved of all further careof their infants” through intem-perate use. MWSS was aggressively mark-eted by Nurse Winslow’s sonin law Jeremiah Curtis and hisbusiness partner BenjaminParker, and soon became a bestseller in America and then inthe UK and Europe spawningmany copycat “soothing”

medicines - most of them withmorphine or heroin as theactive ingredient. Here’s anextract from a press advert ofthe 1870s...

ADVICE TO MOTHERS!—Areyou broken in your rest by asick child suffering with the painof cutting teeth? Go at once toa chemist and get a bottle ofMRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTH-ING SYRUP. It will relieve thepoor sufferer immediately. It isperfectly harmless and pleasantto taste, it produces naturalquiet sleep, by relieving thechild from pain, and the littlecherub awakes “as bright as abutton.” It soothes the child, itsoftens the gums, allays all pain,relieves wind, regulates thebowels, and is the best knownremedy for dysentery anddiarrhoea, whether arising fromteething or other causes. Mrs.Winslow’s Soothing Syrup issold by Medicine dealers every-where at 1s. 1 1/2d. per bottle.Manufactured in New York andat 498, Oxford Street, London.

The claims for its effectivenesswere not at issue, it was thebrute power of the activeingredient that made it sodangerous. It certainly allayedall pain, and for testimony toits effectiveness againstdiarrhoea we may note the

painful and chronic constipa-tion suffered by S.T. Coleridge(a heavy user of opiates). In factlaudanum - a solution of opiumin alcohol - is still prescribedfor extreme cases of diarrhoea.No surprise that it became afavourite cure-all tipple of manyadults as well. Other opiate-richpatent medicines were aimedat women as a palliative formenstrual pain - so we find inthe USA in the 1880, around200,000 cases of opiumaddiction, mostly from con-sumption of opium basedpatent medicines - two thirdsof these addicts were women. The design of the bottle (seephoto) puts it reliably in thedecade from 1860 onwardsand its ready availability inOttery St Mary (probably fromthe local druggist WilliamPearse’s, in Silver Street), is areminder of the persuasivepower and long reach, even

Baby Killer in 19th century Ottery St Mary

150 years ago, of the drugsindustry, which could makefortunes from a successfulbrand of patent medicine. Theselling point of Mrs Winslow’sconcoction was the fact that shewas a children’s nurse and theproduct was aimed at parentswishing to relieve the discom-fort of teething in their children.Plenty of modern advertisingdoes much the same thing.Obviously the Tolman family,who lived in Goveton Farm atthe time, found it worked forthem.After much outrage from themedical establishment and thepress (Mrs Winslow’s and manyother laudanum based medi-cines were quickly dubbed“baby killers”), the morphinewas removed from the recipein the early 1900s and its pop-ularity faded rapidly thereafter.It was finally withdrawn fromsale in the 1930s.Chris Wakefield

Holders of the concessionary bus pass are being reminded thaton 1 April Devon County Council takes over direct responsibilityfor the scheme in its area. Residents who already have a nationalbus pass do not need to register with Devon County Councilunless their circumstances have changed, because all nationalbus passes remain valid and their information will automaticallytransfer from the district councils when their responsibility forthe pass ends on the 31st March.District companion passes issued by East Devon and Exeterwill not be valid after 31 March. A Devon companion pass willbe introduced from Friday 1 April and will be available onapplication to all eligible residents of Devon County Council.Contact 01392 383688 for more details.

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Award-winning Escot is set in220 acres of stunning privateparkland in the heart of EastDevon. It’s setting new stan-dards in family recreation withits world-class maze, birds ofprey with their summertimedisplays, otters and wild boar,unique (and challenging!)woodland drop slide, SaxonVillage, indoor play barn, redsquirrels, Termite Pavilion,seahorses and forest playareas. Try intriguing Escotletterboxing and deliciousCoach House cream teas andlunches. There’s a Naturalsurprise around every corner.

It’s also home to Camp Wild,a day and residential NatureCamp adored by childrencustomers from Tiverton toTaiwan. There are excitingnature-based outdoor 2, 3 and5 night residential program-mes for 7-12 year olds and dayprogrammes for 6-12 year oldsat Easter and May half term,throughout the summer and

during October half term.Accommodation is based atour own Yurt Village and activ-ities include otter and wildboar feeding, the woodlandplayground, team challenges,fossil hunting on the Jurassiccoast, falconry, rock poolingin Lyme Regis, fire making

Award winning Escot - a surprise round every corner!

and bush crafts, pond dipping,a swamp walk, river play and aFriday night campfire /barbecue. Escot is at the fore-front of developments inexciting, rewarding familyrecreation.For more information visitEscot’s website www.escot-

devon.co.uk or join us on oursocial network groups to keepup to date with all of our newsand forthcoming events!Facebook: Escot Group orTwitter: @EscotDevon!

Pictured: Camp Wild staff andof the children that attendedthe Camp last year.

Monday 7.00pm to 9.00pm - Hablando En EspanolA course for students with a good knowledge of the lang-uagewishing to improve their conversational skills. Want to learnhow to speak like a native? Then this is the course for you.Tuesday 7.00pm to 9.00pm - ¿Como Se Dice….?A course for absolute begin-ners specifically designed to enableyou to learn quickly with a minimum of effort.Wednesday 10.00am to 12.00pm - El Toro DosA course for students at inter-mediate level. The saga of “El Toro”will continue during this term and we will be able to finally knowwho “El Toro” is.Wednesday 1.00pm to 3.00pm - No ComprendoA beginners course for those wanting to take it easy at “siestatime” but still learn quickly.Wednesday 7.00pm to 9.00pm - Puedo Hablar EspanolA course for students at intermediate level. Just the course forthose wanting to consolidate their knowledge of the languageand discover how much more they know. Free coffee and teafacilities during the two hours sessions. We provide all the materialnecessary during the course. Recordings from TVE (Spanishtelevision) will be shown periodically using the audio-visualfacilities at the Council Offices. Competitive fees.For more information please contact Josefina Gori at:01297 23777, 01404 811583 / 07941 459441or e-mail: [email protected]

2011 Spanish CoursesThe Spanish classes organised by Josefina Gori, held at OtteryTown Council Offices, have proved extremely popular again andwill continue in 2011. The programme has been tailored to coverthe needs and requirements of those interested in learning thelanguage for the first time and also those who have progressedin their knowledge of the language and their communicationskills and want to continue.

To advertise in the Gazette call 815111

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EAST DEVON BRANCH

For more information and for General Enquiriescall 01404 811089. For Neutering Advice and help with

Neutering Costs for those eligible Call 01297 22085If you have lost or found a cat please call - 01297 21610

All our cats and kittens are flead, wormed,vaccinated, microchipped and, if over 5months old, neutered. We also help withneutering costs for the kittens we home.

www.eastdevoncats.com

PATCH (pictured) and his sister WHISKYare very friendly 6 year old black & whitesiblings who are staying at our foster homenear Tipton St John. Tel: 01395 577334.PEPSI is a lovely 4 year old black & whiteboy who is also staying here.BILLY is a very affectionate 11 year oldsemi long haired grey boy and SMOKEY isa very friendly 9 year old grey boy who arealso staying here. Telephone 01395 577334.(See their story in the editorial)

TIGGY is a rather timid but gentle 7 year old black girl who is stayingat our foster home in Sidford. Telephone 01395 515601.SUMMER is a lovely 15 month old tabby & white girl who is stayingat our foster home in Seaton. Telephone 01297 21610.Please join us for a coffee morning plus stalls at Tipton St John

Village Hall on Saturday 30th April 10am to 12noon

The East Devon branch of CatsProtection covers a very widearea of Devon, totaling about400 square miles. We take inand re home cats and kittenswho are strays or are unwantedand/or abandoned.We have foster homes in ornear Ottery St Mary, Sidmouth,Budleigh Salterton, Exmouth,Seaton and Axminster, wherethe cats are cared for and pre-pared for re homing.We often take into care oldercats who are fit and healthy butare difficult to home becauseof their age. Many people arenot prepared to adopt an oldercat because they are worriedabout the possible veterinarycosts associated with elderlycats. For this reason our branchof Cats Protection has its‘Golden Oldie Scheme’ whichmeans we will cover age relatedvet bills for the elderly cats wehome. Billy and Smokey are two

These are onbly a few of the cats in our care who are looking forhomes. If you do not see the cat for you please call 01404 831166

East Devon Cats Protection

such cats. Billy is a semi longhaired grey boy and Smokey isa short haired grey boy; bothhave lovely glossy coats and arelovely, healthy, very affectionateand gentle cats but because oftheir age they are still living ina cat pen. They have beenstaying with their foster mumDot, for 5 months now andwere handed in because theirowner did not have time to lookafter them any more. They don’thave to be homed together butthey are bonded and ‘get onwell’ if someone is willing totake them as a pair.If you are considering offeringa home to a cat (or two) pleaseconsider these boys and callDot on 01395 577334.Dot is also caring for severalother lovely, younger cats, so ifthese boys are not for you –well someone may be! See theadvert for details of more catswaiting for homes.

Billy Smokey

Shelterbox collectionsfollowing disaster in Japan

Locally based Rotary Clubs are in a very good position to respondrapidly to events worldwide where assistance is needed at timesof disasters. As well as a worldwide network of Rotary Clubs inover 150 countries where assistance is freely given, the Rotarymovement has developed a Shelterbox which is an easilytransported means of providing shelter, means of cooking, apurified at water supply and bedding to last for about 3 monthsfor people displaced form their homes following a major disaster.Since the concept was developed in Cornwall clubs in the SouthWest are keen to collect money to fund replacements. Already400 have arrived in Japan and up to 1000 more are available.The Rotary Club of Otter Valley responded quickly and within aday were collecting recently with over £500 collected in WestHill. (Pictured above). An emergency street collecting licence wasobtained to collect in Ottery the following weekend and permis-sion was readily granted for a similar collection at Otter Nurseries.

At the recent Art Society AGM Pauline Hatfield took over HazelAbley’s position as President of The Otter Vale Art Society. Newcommittee members were also voted in to join the othersincluding the new Secretary Joan Standcumbe. The competitionfor ‘The Griffin’ trophy given for an interpretation of ‘Life’ waswon by Jenny Uren. We were able to admire the wonderful carvingand painting of wooden ducks demonstrated by Simon Gray On Friday April 1st in the Institute, Ottery St Mary, at 7.30pm weare looking forward to the slide show and talk ‘An Artists View’by Ray Balkwill. The next day Ray will also be offering members aworkshop on ‘Atmospheric landscapes’ in his Exmouth studio.If you are interested in joining us for an exciting programme, doget in touch with Ann Brown 01404 814192.

Otter Vale Art Society News

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D.I.Y. TIP OFTHE MONTH

BYCHRIS

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Shelving problems solvedHello and welcome to April’sTip Of The Month. With a lotof Bank Holidays coming upthis month, I am sure that inbetween going out and havingfun a few odd jobs will be donearound the home. One of themost popular being putting allthe clutter on the floor up onto shelves, so this month’s tipis how to put one up (and keepit there!)Now, assuming we are going fora traditional shelf with twobrackets, this is how to do it!First of all, check there are nocables or pipes in the wallwhere you are going to drill.Having a detector for this is

always a good idea, so if youdon’t have one it might be anidea to add it to your Christ-mas wish list, as it is a veryhandy tool to have. Once thecoast is clear, hold up the firstbracket and use a small spiritlevel to make sure it is vertical,then mark the holes with apencil.Drill the required holes, usinga masonry drill bit of the corr-ect size for your wall plugs. If itis a hollow wall, you will needto use hollow wall fixingsinstead. But if the shelf is goingto take a lot of weight it’s bestto attach the shelf to the stud(wooden uprights) in behind

the plasterboard wall. This willget a really good fixing and allyou would need to do is simplyscrew into it. Finding them canbe a bit tricky though if youdon’t have a stud detector.Starting from the corner of theroom, they are normally 16"(405mm) apart from centre tocentre. Without the detector itis a bit of guess work and yourwall could resemble Swisscheese trying to find one!

Once the first bracket is fixed,put the second bracket againstthe wall and use the spirit level(or shelf and spirit level if thelevel is too short) to get thecorrect height of bracket two.Then as you are balancing allof this, mark the top of the

bracket with a pencil. Takedown the shelf/level, pop thebracket against the top line youhave just drawn, then using thelevel again, check this bracketis also vertical. Again mark theholes, drill and plug and fixbracket number two. Right, youare pretty much done now, butbefore you have a celebratorybeer, remember that a lot ofpeople forget to put the screwin the bottom of the shelf, onthe underside of the bracketand let gravity do its thing. Butif the items are not balancedon the shelf, or if you dragsomething off, the whole lot cancome crashing down. So for acouple of minutes extra workit is always a good idea to finishthe job properly.

Figures published by the Office of National Statistics last weekshow that there are 105,115 people registered to vote in EastDevon. But East Devon District Council’s Electoral RegistrationOfficer, Mark Williams, is warning some residents that they needto act now if they are to have their say at the District and Parishelections and the UK referendum on the voting system to theUK Parliament taking place on Thursday 5th May 2011.

“Anyone who has moved house in the past few months needs toregister with their new address”, he warns, “and we know thereare many people in the district who have not yet registered tovote, which means they will be missing out unless they takeaction.”

Residents can request a registration form by calling the electoralregistration office helpline on 01395 517402 or by printing off aregistration form from www.eastdevon.gov.uk/elections.

Adrian Green from the Electoral Commission, the independentelections watchdog, adds: “Residents may also be planning to beaway on 5th May, given the extra Bank Holiday for the RoyalWedding. So it’s worth applying now to vote by post or proxy ifthat will suit your plans. You can call your local authority on01395 517402 and they will help and advise you.”

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Don’t be bored in the Easter Holidays! There will be Eggstraspecial fun guaranteed in our Carnival Royalty children’s Spotthe Easter Egg competition running from April 9th to May1st. Hunt for egg cards in the local shop windows and find allthe hidden words.Grown ups - don’t feel left out! You can try your luck atEaster Egg Heads. Identify the celebrity faces hidden in ourscrambled eggs, but be careful, there could be some tricksand you don’t want to end up with egg on your face!Collect your entry forms from Ottery Tourist InformationCentre to be in with a chance of winning some yummy prizes!

Spot the Easter Egg!

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We also offer complete oilpainting restoration

We have Colourful new artworkfor Easter celebrating a newartist in our area

Quite a lot has happened sinceI reported last month. Firstly,we lost the final of the Districtskittles by 5 pins. So close, yetso far away. We had to makedo with the Runners-up cup,which we received at theDistrict Convention in Torquay.Nine of us attended the Con-vention which was held at theImperial Hotel, Torquay.How many of you have had alook at our new website? –www.honitonlions.org.uk is theaddress. Lion Bob keeps it upto date on a regular basis.

LION’SCORNER

We are still holding our twicemonthly meetings at St Mar-garet’s Chapel in Honiton untilThe Deer Park Hotel is openagain, which we hope will beon the 12th April.Our Lions Club sponsored ateam of under 14’s from Honi-ton Football Club in the LionsDistrict Competition. Unfort-unately they are out of thecompetition. Bad luck !We had a ‘North Country’social evening at Steve andLynn’s home, which went downa treat. Too much food, but

some cracking entertainmentby our members.A tree was planted at theMillennium Green in Honitonin memory of Lion RalphHibbert who passed away lastyear. His widow, Anne, tookpart in the ceremony. Apartfrom being a prominent Lion,Ralph was a stalwart of thetown, and was involved in anumber of public offices.We recently made a donationto Rockbeare C of E PrimarySchool’s Forest Club Develop-ment, and we were invited bythe school to see it in action.Those of us who were availablewent to see the children usingthe facility. The photo showsmyself, along with Lion BobFrancis, members of staff, andof course the children.The Zone Quiz took place atCollyford village hall, when wefielded two teams. Results nexttime.Our ‘Message in a Bottle’scheme is going great guns.There seems to be a steady

demand for them. For thosewho are unaware of thescheme, the bottles can beobtained at the Hospital, theSurgery and the Library.Our thanks go to those whodisplay the bottles, and also toToni Williams of ‘Bagpuss’ whokindly collects used spectaclesfor us.Look our for our ‘Wheelbarrowraffle’ at Otter Nurseries onMothering Sunday, April 3rd.We have some new banners,so you will be able to spot us amile away.Don’t forget our ‘Friend of theLions’ which enables you totake part in some of ouractivities without becoming afull blown Lion. You never know,you may like it so much thatyou may feel like becoming afull member. It only costs afiver, and you will be kept upto date on our activities.As always, my telephonenumber is 01404 813513, andI can be contacted on line [email protected]

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OTTERY PRIMARYSCHOOL NEWS

The main news this month isfundraising! We have held twofundraising events at the schoolin the last few weeks and thegenerosity of the children, theirfamilies and friends has beenabsolutely amazing! On RedNose Day, we invited everyoneto ‘wear something funny formoney.’ It was quite a sight hereon that particular day. Therewere clowns, ninjas, pyjamas,nurses, cheerleaders, childrendressed as teachers, teachersdressed as children, old ladies,old men, ballerinas and evenElvis! Now, how many schoolscan boast a line up like that?It was a day when the normwent out of the window. Twoteachers swapped places withtheir children for the start ofthe day (but soon got scaredand went back to their classes)and there was many a spon-

sored silence taking place bythe children, prompting teach-ers to ask why Red Nose Daycan’t come around more often.So far, the children have man-aged to raise well over £450for Comic Relief, which is quitesome effort following as it didhard on the heels of our SchoolCouncil’s sponsored crosscountry event. More on thatfrom our chairperson, Eve.

School Council NewsWe have been raising moneyfor ‘Stand Up’ which is a charitythat tries to bring clean waterand better sanitation toUganda. We organised a designa water bottle competition andsold templates of bottles for10p. The children then createdtheir designs on the templateand the winning template willbe made into an actual waterbottle.

We also held a sponsored dressdown cross country. Everyonewho took part wore a hat, scarf,gloves, coat, water bottle andrucksack and, after each lap,they had to remove one itemthat they were wearing orcarrying until they were in onlytheir PE kit. Each child gotsponsored by their friends andfamily. So far we have raisedjust over £1900 for the charity.

We’d like to thank Mrs Henn-essy for organising it all, theSchool Council for coming upwith the ideas and selling thetemplates, the teachers fororganising their classes and lastbut not least everyone whogave so generously to a goodcause.

Eve Penberthy andMark Gilronan

The Ottery St Mary branch of West Country Embroiderers willbe holding an Exhibition of Work at The Institute, Ottery St Maryon Friday 6th and Saturday 7th May from 9.30am until 3.30pm.There will be cakes, pickles, coffee, tea and items for sale.

Just a few words to say hello, and give you all an update on howthe Normandy House restaurant and bar are progressing.Hopefully by the middle of April we should be up and running.There was a little more work to do with the building than weactually first thought. The scaffolding is still up but we promisethat it will look beautiful inside and out. Karen and Robyn willbe working in the kitchen with James and Nick front of house.The whole family are all very excited and looking forward toopening our doors to Ottery St Mary. We have been here for 5weeks and already we have met some lovely people and our twolittle dogs, Pie and Eddie, have made lots of friends by the river.We will let everyone know when we are opening and look forwardto meeting you. Bye for now. More details in next month’s Gazette.Karen Pegler

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The Ottery Flower Club met with a different theme recentlywith three members doing a flower arrangement followed byrefreshments and a quiz. The evening proved to be a success anda good time was had by all.Next month’s meeting will be held on Wednesday 27th April atOttery St Mary Primary School at 7.30pm with DemonstratorSarah Hills-Ingyon from Sidford. Any visitors will be most welcome.

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The booklet which has 16pages of facts and figures,diagrams and pictures has beenreduced from 40 pages in aneffort to save money at thisdifficult time. The cost ofproducing each booklet hasgone from 16p last year to just5p this year.The joint booklet is producedby Devon County Council,Devon and Cornwall PoliceAuthority, Devon and SomersetFire and Rescue Authority andEast Devon District Councilworking together and sharingthe costs. Government legisla-tion requires these authoritiesto inform council tax payers

Information available to explain your Council Tax billabout many aspects of thecouncil tax. The booklet isconsidered to be the most user-friendly way of presenting theinformation at a reasonablecost and also makes it possibleto pass on other useful factsabout the work these organisa-tions do throughout the year.Councillor Andrew Moulding,EDDC’s Portfolio HolderResources, said: “The bookletcontains handy information forpeople living in the district. TheEast Devon pages make it clearhow much of your money isspent directly by EDDC onproviding and improving ser-

vices in this district. Forexample, a Band D council taxpayer will be paying £121.78this year – that’s just £2.34 aweek – for the second yearrunning. This is the lowestcouncil tax of the eight districtcouncils in Devon which wethink shows what good valuecouncil tax payers get in EastDevon”.With their Council Tax Bill,householders will also receivea notice giving details ofchanges to Refuse and Recycl-ing collections over the Easter,May and August Bank Holidayweekends.

EDDC is seeking recruits to help with preparing for, runningand counting votes for the local elections and referendum onThursday 5th May.There are over 100 polling stations located throughout EastDevon that will require poll clerks and presiding officers from6.30am to 10.00pm on polling day, Thursday 5th May. Theverification of votes will commence immediately after the closeof poll at 10.00 pm on that day and assistance with that is neededin Sidmouth into the early hours of the following morning.The counting of votes for the District Council, Parish and TownCouncils and the referendum on an alternative voting systemwill take place on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th May. Help withthat is required in Sidmouth.Finally, help with the issuing of postal votes is likely to be requiredin Sidmouth during the week beginning 18th April. Assistancewith opening postal votes is likely to be needed in Sidmouthduring the weeks beginning 25 April and 2 May.Anyone who is interested should check out our website via thelink below, complete an application form and return it to theemail address provided on the EDDC website: http://www.eastdevon.gov.uk/employment_at_elections_2011

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3. Terry Taylor: born 1891 inOttery St Mary. He apparentlydied in infancy in an accidentwith a horse and cart.4. William Taylor: born 1897 inOttery St Mary. He died inabout 1960.5. Elizabeth Taylor (AKABess): born 1904 in Ottery StMary. She died about 1971 inOttery St Mary. Elizabeth mar-ried Harold Welsman on 6thFeb 1929 in Ottery St Mary andhad a daughter called Stella inabout 1933. Stella now lives inJersey.6. Harry Taylor: born in Hon-iton.My great great grandparentswere Thomas Henry Taylor andElizabeth Baker. Thomas wasborn March 1865 in the Hon-iton Union Workhouse anddied 22nd April 1946 and heis buried in the parish churchgraveyard in Ottery St Mary.Elizabeth was born in 1864 inTiverton and died 7th April1924. She is also buried in theparish church graveyard inOttery St Mary. They marriedbetween 1881-1901.Thomas’s mother was calledMary Jane Taylor born March1846 in Honiton and diedMarch 1891 in Honiton. Eliza-beth’s parents were FrederickBaker and Maria Beedell, bothborn 1835-1836 in Stoodleigh.

If you can furnish Robert withany information please e mailhim at: [email protected] orcall him on 0118 978512 or

the Gazette on 01404 815111and we will pass it on. Picturedtop: Francis and Annie. Bottom:Bess, Harold and Annie.

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FROM THE CHURCHESFROM THE CHURCHES IN OTTERY

UNITED REFORMED CHURCH

Many of our members are enjoying the opportunity to bepart of a Lent Group where they meet friends from theother churches and exchange ideas, prayer and understandingof the Bible from different points of view.

The Silent Walk of Witness on Good Friday, April 22nd, will start at10.00 at the Parish Church (top of the hill) and will proceed down tothe Salvation Army, then to the Roman Catholic Church and on to theMethodist Church before making its way up to the New Life Churchand then to the United Reformed Church where an Ecumenical Servicewill be led by Brian Hadfield the Methodist Minister for Ottery St Mary& Sidmouth at approximately11.00am. After the Ecumenical servicethere will be the usual Hot Cross buns…contributions welcome..andthe opportunity for fellowship.At each of the venues along the way we will stop to sing a verse of‘When I Survey the Wondrous Cross’ as well as joining in prayer.We have had a meeting with the group looking at the prospect ofemploying a Youth Worker. This is a big undertaking so much thoughtand planning is needed to see if we can do this and support it for a 5year period. This would not be a case of trying to get more ‘seats onseats’ in the churches but to show the young people in our town thatthere is a lot to life and that a faith is there for them to explore and wehope for them to follow. Ask any of the ministers, clergy of the churchesabout this as we want to know what you think about it and how perhapsyou might support such an undertaking. It would not only be financialsupport but moral support and encouragement for a Youth Worker andthe young people and perhaps the offer of premises where they couldmeet. Think about it and consider what it would mean if you were ayoung person and such a plan were to come to fruition.Easter Services will be advertised on the notice boards of thechurches…do come along to join us in celebrating this most importantfestival of the Church’s year and be assured of a very warm welcome.

New venture at Ottery URC. Gary and Barbara Beamer have agreedto head up a monthly evening event at the URC. Called Bring and Shareand starting at about 6.45pm, it will run through the Spring and Summeron the first Sunday of the month. As the title suggests it won’t be ahighly structured meeting but provide those attending with anopportunity to share a song of worship, a Bible reading, a prayer orsome experience of God’s blessing in their lives. All are welcome.Fairtrade Fortnight…..We have been celebrating Fairtrade Fortnightwith information about Fairtrade and opportunities to buy Fairtradeproducts. The children and others have also been decorating buntingflags which will be sent off to the Fairtrade Foundation to be part of agiant string of bunting, 3 miles long. It is hoped to break the currentrecord and get into the Guinness Book of Records. The idea duringFairtrade Fortnight is to get more people thinking about the differencetheir shopping choices can make. By buying Fairtrade tea, bananas,cookies etc and also cotton products we can ensure that the thirdworld farmer gets a fair and secure price for his crop. This can mean, forexample, that he can send his children to school. Several thousandFairtrade products are available all year round in supermarkets andother shops.Easter plans are being finalised. For some years now the Easter Day‘Sonrise’ service and walk on Farway Common (SY 160963) hasattracted a small but loyal following with the odd runner and dog-walker. Be there by 6am! Then there’s breakfast and a brief Communionservice in the URC church hall. The preacher on Easter Sunday at10.30am will be Geoff Powell who retired four years ago as pastor ofOttery URC. He and his wife Wendy now live in Seaton. They attendthe new Baptist fellowship in the town and are actively engaged inleadership.

THE SALVATION ARMYCaptain Steve has now been asked to take over the representation ofThe Salvation Army on the Churches Together County ShowCommittee. This is a stand well worth visiting as it represents thechurches of Devon of all denominations in Churches Together in Devon.You can be assured of a very warm welcome and an interesting array ofactivities and outreach going on in the county as well as a ‘cuppa’.Tuesday 5th April - Meet and Make from 10.00am to 12.00noon. Thisis our new monthly event for people who enjoy craftsSunday 17th April - Informal cafe style worship at The Salvation Armyfrom 3pm to 4pmThere will be no Coffee Morning or Over Sixty fellowship on 22ndApril (Good Friday) or 29th April (Royal Wedding)Steven WatsonAlthough work goes on every day of the year

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THE PARISH CHURCH We had our services with our diocesan Bishop Michael celebrating anddedicating the reordering in the church. This means we can use thebuilding even more for the community that we serve here in Otteryand its surroundings. All those years ago when Bishop Grandisson hadthe inspiration to have the Cathedral and then our parish church builthe must have had a vision of what they could mean to the life of thepeople they would serve. We are very privileged to have such awonderful church even if it means a huge financial outlay to keep it ingood condition so we must use it to its best advantage.The bishop preached at the 9.30am Parish Communion service whenwe were fortunate to have a full choir and he then stayed for the CafeChurch which was extremely well attended. There was a slide on thescreen of ‘Grill the Bishop’ showing a Barbeque and Sausages. Luckilythe grilling of Bishop Michael was not calorifically hot! One questionhe was asked was ‘What does a Bishop do?’ The listeners visibly wiltedwhen they learned of all the duties that the Bishop has to do...includingfor example going to the remote rural areas to advise and support thefarmers, encourage the regeneration schemes in the Urban Priorityareas, take confirmations, ordain clergy, take services and preach acrossDevon and nationally as a member of the House of Lords to speak onmany vital issues and raise awareness etc. etc. Another question askedhim how he came to faith and the answer to this was very illuminating...ifyou want to know the answer ask any of the Cafe Church/Explorecongregation.Our next CAFÉ CHURCH on 10th April 11.00am will feature LauraMcAdam, and the whole question of aid and development. If you cameto any of the Christian Aid Roadshow events, you’ll know that Laura isinspirational!

By the time this is printed our church will have been used for theHospiscare Afternoon Teas and we hope that it was a successful event. March is our ‘Musical Chairs’ month as the AGM produces changes tosome of the holders of office, but the core of Christian worshippersremains unaltered as the year proceeds.We have been giving consideration to the suggestion that C.T.I.O.appoint a Community Youth Worker to work in the town alongside theschool and other youth-based organisations. We would like to feel thatwe could do something positive to support our young people in a waythat they feel they can identify with. Clearly much prayerful supportwill be required for this to get off the ground.Our Easter activities start on Maundy Thursday with a Service ofSacrament at 7.30pm. This will be followed on Good Friday whenthose not away on holiday will join the Walk of Witness. Easter Sundaywe shall celebrate with Morning Worship at 10.30am lead by Mrs. AnnSkinner.We understand that those not accustomed to using church for a servicemay feel uncomfortable about joining us for any of these - but theTuesday coffee morning is also open to all, and is just a space formeeting, talking - and drinking tea and coffee!! Feel free to drop in!!

As we enjoy the first spring sunshine and flowers this month we lookforward to our Easter celebrations. We thank God for the sacrifice ofhis son Jesus on the cross, his resurrection and the promise of a newlife for all who believe. All are welcome to join us for our family serviceon Easter Sunday at 10.30.At New Life Church home groups are held on a Wednesday evening.We are also currently meeting on the first Wednesday of every monthat the New Life chapel for a time of worship and prayer and fortnightlyon a Monday evening to pray for the town. ‘Groundbreakers’ is ourvery lively kids club for children aged 7 – 10 years. It meets during termtime between 6pm and 7.30pm at the New Life Chapel on Friday evenings– all children are welcome. The Youth Group, for 11 – 18 yr olds, alsomeets every Friday from 7.30 to 9.30pm.New Life church meets every Sunday at the Kings School main hall at10.30 am where we enjoy worship, biblical teaching and Sunday schoolgroups for the children. We are always pleased to welcome visitorsand are happy to pray with anyone who needs healing or who has anyconcerns. If you want to know more about New Life or any of ouractivities contact Bruce and Heather Talbot at [email protected] check out our website www.newlifeottery.org.uk.

ST ANTHONY’S CATHOLIC CHURCHMany of our readers will remember Fr Francis Umendia who was ourparish priest from 1991 through to 1997. We welcome his return tothe parish in the very near future and wish him well as he settles in ourmidst once again. A very warm thank-you to Fr Dennis who we hopewill now be able to take things a bit more easy, as well as Fr Gerald whocontinues to serve us from St Rita’s at Honiton as our Vicar Provincial.Our Easter services will be on our notice board and we will be part ofthe Walk of Witness on Good Friday. Several of our congregation havejoined in the Lent Groups with members of the other CTIO churches.

Don’t forget to put Saturday April 9th in your diaries for a ‘Soup forNets’ event organised by the Mothers’ Union to buy mosquito nets forKatie and her family when they go to Melanesia...they will then leavethe nets for use by Melanesians. Do come along to join us and to hearmore about Katie and Ian’s project. £5 or more for the soup and theevent will be held in the Parish Church.The Mothers’ Union is very grateful to those people who have alreadygiven a donation towards the new banner in memory of someone intheir family. The list is not closed for those of you who are still thinkingabout this. Contact the Branch Leader Margaret Kerr via the ChurchOffice 812062. Mothering Sunday will see a service at 10.00am as afamily friendly communion service. All are welcome.

We’re Better TogetherSome of our local supporters in theParish church when Ottery St Maryhosted an exciting day of workshops,presentations and coffee as part ofChristian Aid’s Better Together Tour.Remember that Christian Aid Weekis May 15th – 21st although the workgoes on every day of the year.

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Our Afternoon Tea at theMethodist Church on Friday18th March, was a lovely after-noon where everyone enjoyedtheir cakes. Our reputation forcakes and puddings is soamazing. We are able to givethe hospice £171.75 from thisevent. Thank you to everyonewho supported us.Ros and Dave are holding theirSpring Coffee Morning andTable Top Sale at the Village Hall,Newton Poppleford, on Satur-day 2nd April from 10-00am.This is always a lovely morningand as I have said before, isworth attending if only to takepart in their fantastic Draw.We move on to May, when weare having an Evening Talk with

21st May. These are womenonly circular walks but men areinvited to help with the mar-shalling etc. This is a great fund-raiser for the hospice. Ladiescan register by ringing 01392688020 or by applying on linewomensmidnightwalk.co.ukI can assure you this is a brill-iant good fun night, roundedoff about 2.00am with a baconbuttie and hot drink.Another very important diarydate is Saturday 18th Junewhen our extremely popularPudding Club is being heldagain at the Royal British Leg-

slides at the Village Hall, TiptonSt John, to be held at 7.00pmfor 7.30pm. Alan Dolley fromExeter is presenting ‘Memoriesof Exeter’. Alan is well knownfor supporting Hospiscarethroughout the area with hisvery interesting talks. He willprobably start the evening withslides of the walk from the TurfLocks along the Canal to theExeter Quay and then after thebreak for coffee, his subject isNostalgia. Tickets priced £3.00,to include coffee, are availablefrom Hospiscare Shop, WestHill Post Office or by telephone- Jill 01404 814366 or Wendy01404 813316This year there is a choice oftwo Midnight Walks. Tivertonon 9th April and Exmouth on

ion, West Hill. Tickets will belimited so please buy themearly. I’ll obviously give youmore details next time.I would like you all to make anote of a Tea Dance at OtterNurseries on 6th July and alsoat the end of July the NewOttregians are again support-ing Hospiscare with their newMusical – Witchfinder. Thissounds like a brilliant show,premiered in Manchester inApril 2009 with terrific re-views. Watch this space.Pictured: One of the imagesfrom ‘Memories of Exeter’.

At our March meeting we had a wonderful evening of foot tappingmusic and hilarity as we were encouraged to ‘Keep fit on a chair’and our competition to find as many words as possible from‘gymnastics’ was entered by well over 100 members!In February we shared ‘old’ memories; getting to know oneanother better and welcomed more new members. Our Quizteam came 7th out of 21 teams in a County Event. Around thecounty there are social gatherings, themed lunches, guided walks,history days and much more to interest members. We plan tosee ‘The Calendar Girls’ in June.On April 11th one of our members will talk on her Missionaryexperiences ‘Women of Pakistan’ at 7.30pm in the Catholic ParishHall, Ottery St Mary. Our superb refreshment can be found asusual at the Community Market. The Institute, Ottery St Mary.

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Celebration Cakes, a newOttery business, will be open-ing in the Little Shop on theHill, Silver Street (oppositeBarclays Bank) on SaturdayApril 9th. Proprietor JoanMaynard has been making alltypes and styles of cakes athome for the past 20 years andadvertising in a local bakery.She now feels this little shopwill give her a wonderfulopportunity to meet clientshere rather than at home.Clients can browse through herphotos and design books whileenjoying a cup of coffee andsampling a piece of cake, and

she will be on hand to listen toideas and give guidance on thebest design. Joan makes all thesugar flowers for the cakes incolours and types of flowers tomatch the bride’s bouquet andcan also supply cake tops.If required the wedding cakecan be delivered (locally) to thereception venue and the tabledecorated in the relevantcolours. Her repertoire alsoincludes cakes for birthdays,anniversaries, christenings andany other event that warrantsa cake!For more information call JoanMaynard on 01404 814307

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An appeal has been launchedfor people to come forwardwith their favourite familyrecipes for a charity cookbookto raise money for the DevonAir Ambulance Trust. Supp-orters are being called uponto visit the specially createdwebsite www.eattogether.co.ukand upload their favouritebreakfast, lunch, dinner andsnack recipes.Around 30 dishes will be cho-sen for the charity cookbookwhich will be published andlaunched this summer - it willalso include a number ofcontributions from well-knownlocal chefs.The charity cookbook will bethe end result of the ‘ComeTogether, Eat Together’ cam-paign, supported by ruralinsurance firm Cornish Mutual.The initiative was launchedrecently by TV presenterAnthea Turner followingresearch that suggested almosthalf of all families in the West-

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country no longer eat togetherat least once a dayCaroline Creer from Devon AirAmbulance Trust, said: “Wereally want supporters of theAir Ambulance to get involvedin this appeal for recipes. Itwould be great if people couldgo online and help us out byuploading their favourite familydishes, which in turn will helpus to raise funds to keep theAir Ambulance flying. We’redelighted to be receiving thesupport of Cornish Mutual inputting together the charitycookbook and selling it to raisemuch needed funds for ourlife-saving service.”The ‘Come Together, EatTogether’ campaign is aimed atre-capturing enthusiasm forhome cooking and enjoyingeating together as a family. Formore information about the‘Come Together, Eat Together’campaign and to upload afavourite family recipe for thecharity cookbook, visitwww.eattogether.co.uk

Ottery St Mary Table Tennis Club meets on Thursday evenings atThe Institute, Ottery St Mary, from 7.00pm from Septemberthrough to May. It has 6 Tables and coaching is available on aregular basis. For further details contact Roger Johnson (01297625061) or Ray Puttick (01404 813720).

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We are practising like mad for future venues but also having funat the same time. We had a visitor this week interested in ourbells but we were having a very bad week and we would nothave won a prize for our playing. Never mind this seems tohappen occasionally!Our AGM was held on Monday March 28th at one of ourmembers homes where we had a slap up meal and of coursepart took in some official business. After that the followingMondays are back to practising.Please pop in and see us at anytime between 1.30pm and 3.30pmin the Institute. For any extra information please contact JoanDalton on 01404 815082.

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The detailed designs for the first1,120 homes on the approvedsite off Honiton Road, Rock-beare, were given the go aheadon Tuesday 8th March. Theproject already has outlineplanning permission that wasgranted following the comple-tion of a Section 106 legalagreement, signed by all thepublic and private sector part-ners involved, which will ensurethe delivery of vital social andcommunity and transportinfrastructure during the earlystages of the project.

At a meeting of East DevonDistrict Council’s DevelopmentManagement Committee, Mem-bers approved a planning appli-cation for the first phase of thedevelopment. The applicationfeatures site layout, constructiondetails, external appearanceand landscaping including new

road connections into the sitefrom the former A30.

PartnersAs a result of the decision, theHCA has approved investmentof £16.6m for the delivery of300 affordable homes andinfrastructure work which willsupport the wider develop-ment of a further 700 privatehomes to be sold on the openmarket. The decision takes thetotal amount of money investedby the HCA in the widerCranbrook development tomore than £33.5m and thelevel of public sector fundingin the scheme to around £56m.It allows developer partnersPersimmon, Taylor Wimpey,Redrow and Hallam Land tobegin the development withinweeks. It also helps improveaccess to affordable housing inEast Devon, where statisticsshow that house prices aremore than 12 times the averagehousehold income for the area.Phase one of Cranbrook willcreate 300 affordable homes ina range of house types to meetthe needs of local families.Steve Jackson, HCA area man-ager, who has worked closelywith the consortium and LocalAuthority partners on develop-ing the investment package,

said: “Cranbrook is one of themost important housing andemployment projects in theSouth West and is rightly rec-ognised as a top priority by theCouncil.It has taken a number of yearsand a huge amount of effortfrom all of the partners to getto this stage. During that time,no-one has lost sight of theimportance of this project andits potential to deliver much-needed new and affordablehomes. Cranbrook will be ahigh quality mixed-use settle-ment, close to new employmentopportunities and will supportlocal economic growth.”The affordable homes will bejointly managed by SovereignHousing Group and Devon &Cornwall Housing Association.

Self-sufficientSara Randall Johnson, EDDCLeader, said: “Our plan hasalways been to provide jobsand homes close to each other,improving quality of life andreducing the need to commute.With the rising cost of fuel,Cranbrook is an excellent opp-ortunity for new residents totake advantage of the jobscreated at the Science Park,Skypark and in the new town,which could be up to 11,000.The Homes and CommunityAgency’s funding means thataffordable homes will becomea reality for our young familieslooking for their own home.There will be an integrated mixof housing throughout the site,along with key social andcommunity facilities includinga new primary school andMulti-Purpose Building whichwill be available for new resi-dents early on in the develop-ment.”Councillor Pete Edwards, Lead-er of Exeter City Council and

Key of the door to Cranbrook - Phase 1 approved£166 MILLION UNLOCKED IN HCA FUNDING Chairman of the Exeter and

East Devon Growth PointPartnership, said: “The visionfor Cranbrook is to create aself-sufficient, low-carbon NewCommunity close to skilled em-ployment oppportunities,encouraging people to use sus-tainable forms of transport andto reduce the need for themto travel between work andhome by car.The challenge is to create anattractive and vibrant town,which combines the rich urbanfabric of an historic Devonmarket town with the needs ofa 21st century lifestyle; a townthat responds to its setting andlandscape. The development ofa free-standing new settlementhas not been attempted inDevon since the Middle Ages.”It has been an enormoustask for the local authoritiesand developers of Cranbrookto create a sustainable, vibrantand attractive new town fromscratch.

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Following the success of thejunior group Youth PresentsMusic held last month it wasthe turn of the Intermediate andSenior students from EastDevon to show their musicalskills in March.On Tuesday 15th March at TheKing’s School some 18 per-formers took to the stage andin front of judges gave theaudience of parents and friendswonderful examples of howyoung people make music. Theevent, organised by the RotaryClub of Otter Valley, is in its22nd consecutive year.The performances on a rangeof instruments including piano,cello, flute and others wereinterspersed with vocal rendi-tions. Some were own compo-sitions showing the full range

Youth Presents Music

of musical skills of these youngpeople. Other music was fromclassical composers, contem-porary musicians and currentmusicals.All were of a very high standardmaking the judging particularlydifficult this year. Their deci-sions meant that the trophiesfor the best performances thisyear went to Alice Bell fromWest Hill who gave outstandingperformances on both thepiano and cello and to AdamWard from Honiton who gaveboth classical and traditionalrenditions on the flute. Otherclass winners were Keir Lewisfrom Seaton and BlathnaidMcCulloch from Offwell.Pictured: President of Rotary,Ken Chun, giving award forbest performance to Alice Bellof West Hill

As Mother’s Day is just aroundthe corner, our card makersrecently made their mums aspecial card. With Easter at theend of April, a start has beenmade on Easter cards whichshould continue on at our all-day club on Saturday 9th Aprilfrom 10.00am to 4.00pm.If you would like to join usmaking Easter cards, we holdthe card making club at Cole-ridge Pre-school, Ottery StMary. The cost is £12 per per-son which includes all materialsneeded and includes tea,coffeeand biscuits. Please bring your

Ottery Card Making Clubown lunch. If Easter cards arenot to your fancy, other mater-ials are available for otheroccasions, for example thatspecial wedding on the 29thApril!.All are welcome to join ourcard making club. The mini-mum age is 9 years old butunder 14s must be accom-panied by an adult as sharpcraft knives can be used. Weare a friendly group who loveto share ideas and hints andtips. If you are unable to makeour day clubs we also hold anevening club on Fridays from7.00pm to 9.00pm. The datesof these are displayed on theColeridge Pre-school fence oryou are welcome to call Helenon 01404 814663 or [email protected] must say a huge thanks toLinda from Ottery who dona-ted her Sizzix machine to theclub along with lots of dies plusa popular Cd.We look forward to seeing youthere.Liz and Helen

Spring DiminishedAs winter merges into springI’m minded of the daysWhen to the school we used to bringOur findings by the way.

On daily walks all through the lanesWe took to village schoolThe flowers we noticed by the way:The classroom pots stayed full.

Thereby so many lessons cameReadily, and quite free;We learnt of sepals, stamens, namesof plant, their families.

That bounty is still here todayA fund of living things.Sadly, the school bus hurrying byAllows no time for spring.

DERRICK V RUGG

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Coleridge is the first pre-schoolin Devon to use a walk-o-dile,a revolutionary new devicewhich aids the supervision ofyounger children. The group iscurrently raising funds for asecond walk-o-dile.The walking bus was joined onFriday 11th March, by MarionDeacock from Devon CountyCouncil who is promoting thisinitiative in a Devon CountyCouncil Newsletter.The bus was also accompaniedby PCSO Maria Clapp who said“Children are strapped in verysafely using the Walk-o-dile.Adult supervision is excellentand it provides an excitingmeans of travel for youngchildren with their friends. It willalso help them develop habitsof regular activity early in theirlives.” Councillor Roger Gileswho also came along said “Thisis an excellent initiative toencourage young children towalk to the Pre-school healthilyand safely. Congratulations toColeridge Pre-school staff andvolunteers for their enthusiasmand ongoing commitment tothis scheme.”Also this month we have heldour AGM. Many thanks to theoutgoing committee for all theyhave done over the last twelvemonths. We offer a warmwelcome to the new committee.There was also a visit fromLindsary Norton from Ikin &Oxenham who talked to thechildren about what she doesat the veterinary practice. Weare currently collecting Sains-bury’s and Tesco vouchers, soif you are not sure what to dowith these we will be verygrateful.Coleridge pre-school playgroupis an Ofsted registered, comm-ittee run playgroup based in the

centre of Ottery St Mary. It isrun by professional and friendlystaff that have many yearsexperience in providing earlyyears education.The playgroup is open 9.15am– 3.15pm on Monday to Fridayexcept Tuesday when it closesat 11.45. Morning sessions runfrom 9.15am – 11.45am, lunchclub is 11.45am – 12.45pm,and afternoon sessions comm-ence at 12.45pm. A toddlergroup is held at the school onTuesday afternoons, 1.15pm to3.00pm. All parents and carerswith children aged 0-5 arewelcome.Coleridge takes children from2 ½ up to school age, fundingis available for 3 and 4 yearolds. For more informationplease call 01404 812663 andask to speak to Sharon Cakeor Sue Scott. Alternativelysearch for Coleridge Pre-School on Facebook. There isalso the opportunity for wrap-around care from 8am – 6pmdaily for parents who chooseto also use Happy Days – theout of school provision thatoperates independently fromour premises. Details can beobtained by ringing the samenumber and asking for LyndaHole.

Coleridge Pre-school leadsthe way with Walk-o-dile

We still need your talent!

Please help support our 2011-12 Carnival Royalty Rosa, Paige,Jess and Cerys pictured here (clockwise) with Roland Sanderswho has kindly volunteered to host the Ottery and District TalentShow which will be held at the Institute, Ottery St Mary, onSaturday 4th June. Entry forms are available from Ottery Touristinformation Centre.Join our line up which already includes dancing groups, musicalgroups and individual musicians and singers from our localcommunity. Be the first to sign up for a comedy act/ group drama,or offer some more competition to our existing acts. Whateveryour talent we are waiting to hear from you! We would alsowelcome volunteers who could help with setting up, refreshmentsand back-stage. If you can help please leave your contact detailsat the Ottery Tourist Information Office.For more information contact Mary Batten-Stevens on 815188([email protected]] or Toni Hiscocks on 811636([email protected]) and return your entry formsto the Ottery Tourist Information Office by 29th April.

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Well it looks as though Springmay finally be ‘knocking on ourdoors’ – we have had some odddays of sunshine and tempera-tures in double figures, thespring bulbs are beginning toburst into life and the fields arefull of lambs.This is also the time of yearwhen we welcome our currentDistrict Chairman Wendy Mat-thews to our Club. AlthoughWendy and her husband arenow living in Exmouth the maj-ority of their married live hasbeen spent following David’sNaval career. Wendy detailedthe various visits to other Clubsshe has made in her year asDistrict Chairman and the var-iety of fund-raising ideas shehas come across. The emphasisof her visit however was howto extend the hand of InnerWheel friendship within ourlocal communities and encour-age new and prospective mem-bers.We have also held our InterClub meeting when we were

delighted to welcome membersof other Inner Wheel Clubs toan ‘Afternoon Tea’ at TiptonVillage Hall. We were pleasedto welcome Richard Kerwoodof ‘Windrush Willow’ as ourspeaker and he gave an excep-tional insight into the historyof basket making whilst makingan upright cone shaped plantsupport (something he hasdemonstrated on various tele-vision programmes). Richard

Hectic programme for Otter Valley Inner Wheel Club

gave details of how he prepar-ed the willow, cutting it in theautumn, soaking it and thenstripping the willow and boilingit to achieve the golden browncolour before he made thebaskets. If anyone reading thishas the surname of ‘Maunder’then your ancestors wouldhave been basket makers in the1600’s!Members from our own Clubas well as those from Exmouth,

Bideford, Sidmouth, Teign-mouth, Brixham, Dartmouthand Axminster all had a wond-erful afternoon and are lookingforward to other Inter Clubevents in the coming months.We are fast approaching a verybusy time for Inner Wheel – wewill hold our ‘Birthday’ meetingon 21st March when ourspeaker will be auctioneer JimRowe of Symonds & Sampsonwho will be entertaining us with‘Tales of an Auctioneer’. OurNational Conference will takeplace in Cardiff in April and wewill then be busy helping OtterValley Rotary Club at DevonCounty Show. Reading this wewonder where the time disap-pears to...more next month!Sue HulleyClub CorrespondentPictured: (left to right) ClubPresident Jill Cobley, SecretaryLynda Shingler, Treasurer JanetParfitt, Asst Overseas OrganiserRomie Fletcher. District Chair-man Wendy Matthews (seated).

A Walk on Royal Wedding DayA walk has been organised for those who want an alternative tothe Royal Wedding. We will be meeting at the ticket machine inthe Lime Kiln car park in Budleigh Salterton at 11.00am on FridayApril 29th and walking to Otterton Mill for lunch or a snackbefore walking back to Budleigh. This is a flat walk along theRiver Otter and therefore not too strenuous. Just turn up orcontact John and Di Somers [email protected] or01884 277390.

Hollyhayes Community PlayTale Valley Community Theatre’s casting workshops have beenheld for this play about farming. Rehearsals are under way forthis highly original June production to be performed at VictoriaDairy (Farm) Payhembury on 16th. 17th, and 18th June. It is nottoo late to become involved on-stage, back-stage, in the technicalside and in many other ways. Please contact John Somers at01884 277390 or [email protected] and consult website athttp://www.tvctheatre.org/

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I would like to start with a bigthank you to everyone forcoming along to our fund-raising evening led by Thick asThieves Night on Saturday the12th of February in theInstitute. It was phenomenal.Thick as Thieves were trulybrilliant they had everyone upon there feet dancing from thebeginning of the night rightuntil the end. If this is not wortha good old workout I could nottell you what is. (British HeartFoundation endeavouring tokeep hearts healthy).I have had such fabulous feed-back from so many people whosaid brilliant, great night, Justwhat we needed, when is thenext one? So, not one to dillydally, I have already bookedThick as Thieves to return nextFebruary in the Institute again.Tickets will be available fromthe end of November so watch

this space for further infor-mation. March brings so many differentthings to so many people andthis March has been no excep-tion. The sky is lovely and blue,the sun seems to be workingovertime and the colours app-earing in everyone’s gardensare enough to lift away thoselong winter evenings. The smellof the blooming flowers isbeautiful and one garden inparticular, which I pass quiteoften whilst walking Jonah, ourfamily dog, has the most won-derful aroma coming from thehyacinths. If it’s your garden andyou see a strange lady with dogattached its only me enjoyingyour flowers!Dance-a-size Classes! So manymore people are joining us;men and women all ages, sizesand varied abilities and yeteveryone loves it. Now we arein full swing with different rout-ines every week so no learningsame old same old. We find theclasses not only challenging inrespect of keeping fit or gettingback into shape, but also ensur-ing that we use our brains atthe same time. So two for theprice of one! Still continuing toraise money for the BritishHeart Foundation, we continueour pay as you go weekly rateof £4.95 per session which hasnot risen in the three years thatwe have been running in

Ottery (Old Boys SchoolTuesday Evening 8.00pm until9.00pm) or Whimple (VictoryHall Monday Evenings 7.30pmuntil 8.30pm).Our next event Murder MysteryDinner in The Tumbling Weiron the 2nd of April has been atotal sellout since Januarywhich left several peopledisappointed. Because I was notsure how this evening wouldsell, I had to limit the numbersavailable. However, due to sev-eral people asking when thenext one would be I have book-ed another Murder MysteryDinner for the 12th November2011 and have already soldfifteen places. So if you wouldlike to be part of the next oneplease contact Michele on07984 869498. The price willremain the same as this one, ata total cost of £35.00 whichincludes a three course mealfollowed by coffee and mints.The event will be arranged withthe Candlelight Theatre Grouponce again. However the scen-

ario will be different so if youwant to come again it will be atotally different experience andthis time we are consideringmaking it an optional twentiestheme evening.Both the classes have gone fromstrength to strength and everyweek we endeavour to makethe class fun and judging fromour attendance we are doing agood job. With the mixture ofmusic and dance styles theclasses bring something differ-ent every week. And as one ofour ladies said: “I cannot waitfor the class to see what routinewe have put together and getstuck into it.” You can work at your own levelwether it’s low or high. In factwe really are all about gettingthe heartbeat up and keepingin shape. If you have not hadthe pleasure of attending oneof our classes why not comealong this week and see whatyou think.For further information contactMichele on 07984 869498.

Hatha Yoga - the practice ofyoga is much more than asystem of physical exercise forhealth. The postures calledasanas in the ancient Sanskritlanguage are actually just asmall part of the whole yogicsystem.The benefits of an holistic yogapractice helps calm the activemind and reduce stress andtension - a result of our ourfast, modern pace of life. It pro-motes relaxation, improvesfitness levels and flexibility andimproves posture, muscle tone,health and wellbeing. Yoga canalso improve health conditionssuch as asthma, hypertension,back pain etc and help you

experience the connection ofthe mind, body and spirit. Theyoga practice will includerelaxation postures, guidedmeditation and breathingexercises.Mixed ability classes will be heldat The Institute, Ottery SyMary on Fridays from 10am to11.30pm. Feniton Village Hallon Tuesdays from 6.30pm to8pm and Wednesdays 9.15amto 10.45am. Cost £6 per class.Please call Lesley prior to start-ing the classes on 07791563674 or 01404 812577. Youwill need to bring a yoga matand blanket to class although Icould provide a mat to beginwith.

New Hatha Yoga classes inOttery St Mary and Feniton

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Opticians Brian Knapmanand Eiohn Hayes have joinedforces to create KnapmanHayes, opticians specialisingin home visits. Brian, whohas been in optics in Torquaysince 1961, disposed of hispractice in 1988 andsubsequently started adomiciliary service forpatients who are house-bound and unable to visit ahigh street optician.

Knapman Hayes expandedinto Ottery St Mary sometime ago and even thoughthe firm is based in Torquay,

Eiohn lives in Chudleigh sovisits to the town are wellwithin reach.There is no charge for theeye examination or visit ifthe patient is over 60 orregistered as housebound,and spectacles are free ifthe patient receives incomesupport or pension creditguarantee credit.Brian said: “The mainproblem we find is thatpeople are unaware thatthis service is available, andseem very surprised whenthey discover they can have

their eyes tested at home,free.”

“We are not in competitionwith high street opticians aswe only do home visits. Infact, several local opticiansalready use our services fortheir own patients.”

Eiohn explained: “We offer acomplete service. Ifspectacles are needed, wesupply them from a largeselection of modern frames,both metal and plastic, andsome designer frames. Wedeliver and fit all ourspectacles so there is noneed for the patient to haveto leave the house. And ifwe are unable to visitourselves, our colleagueKathy will come to visit youfor any alterations oradjustments.”

Knapman-Hayes are basedat 9a Ilsham Road,Wellswood, Torquay,telephone 01803 294418,and they would welcomeany enquiries from peopleliving in Ottery St Mary andenvirons.Please contact them soonfor further information orfor an appointment.

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Chris Hamilton who is an Assistant Leader with Ottery ExplorerScouts has recently successfully completed a shooting marshalcourse held in Exeter. Chris attended the training day organisedby Devon County Scouting, where he learnt how to manage andorganise an air rifle shooting range to ensure that all participantshave an opportunity to use the weapons correctly and withabsolute safety for themselves and others.John Green – Explorer Leader commented “It is great that thegroup has someone trained to undertake this function. Chris hasalready planned to run 3 evenings of shooting for Explorers andI know that the Scouts and Cubs are also interested. I thinkChris is going to be busy!!” If you are interested in joining OtteryScout group and are aged between 6 – 16 please visit our website at www.otteryscoutsuk.org.uk and complete the onlinemembership enquiry form.

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The Rotary Club of Otter Valley planted some 1000 crocuses ata number of locations in and around Ottery. Numerous Westhill residents have commented on the wonderful display aroundthe War Memorial and others have noted the blooms in CanaanWay around the Rotary granite seat.As well as last autumns planting by Rotarians assistance wasgiven by the local Guide troop and after patient waiting thepurple blooms are a sight for all to behold.The Focus on Crocus campaign was a UK wide effort by Rotaryto recognize the International programme to eradicate Polio worldwide. The purple colour of the crocus represents the colour ofink dabbed on each little childs finger to indicate that they hadbeen immunized against polio. Above: Guides, Maddy, Emily andPhoebe admiring the crocuses which they helped to plant.

Guides help in Rotary‘Focus on Crocus’ Campaign

The Otter Valley Rotary Club,in conjunction with the StrokeAwareness Association andother Rotary clubs around thecountry, will once again bechecking the nation’s bloodpressure. They have arrangedfor retired doctors and stateregistered nurses to takepeople’s blood pressure on Sat-urday, April 16th to help raiseawareness of the possibility ofstrokes.High blood pressure is thesingle biggest risk factor forstroke. An estimated 16 millionpeople in the UK have highblood pressure with manymore unaware they have thecondition. High blood pressureis symptomless, so the only wayto find out if you are at risk isthrough a quick and painlesstest.However, most people with highblood pressure can be treatedeffectively through prescribeddrugs. The condition can alsobe prevented by making smallbut significant lifestyle changes.Cutting down on alcohol, stop-ping smoking, reducing stresslevels and leading a healthierlifestyle can all help lower blood

pressure and reduce the riskof stroke.Michael MacMahon of TheStroke Association says, “Over40% of those strokes could beprevented by the control ofhigh blood pressure but thou-sands of people are completelyunaware of their own bloodpressure levels. We all lead busylives but getting your bloodpressure checked is quick,simple and painless, and wewould urge local people to takeadvantage of this free testingand information session beingprovided by Otter Valley RotaryClub.The tests will be carried out atthe Coleridge Playgroup, JesuStreet, Ottery St Mary between9.00am and 12.30pm. Lightrefreshments will be availablefree of charge. The Rotary Clubof Great Britain and NorthernIreland are also supporting thecharity “TB Alert” and litera-ture will be available on the day,detailing the signs and symp-toms of TB, a disease on theincrease in Great Britain.For further information pleasering Terry Blackler on 01404823174.

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Ottery Scout group have re-cently submitted plans for thedevelopment of their existingsite.The group have undertaken aconsultation process with allthe young people and adultsinvolved with the group toestablish the needs and require-ments. The group also spoke toother organisations and bodiesincluding EDDC, Devon YouthService and Ottery Town Coun-cil representatives to under-stand if there was any provisionfor the future that could beincorporated into any newbuild. John Green – GroupScout Leader commented “Itwas important that the changeswe wanted to make to thebuilding would primarily ensurethe correct provision forscouting, but mindful that othercommunity groups currentlyuse the building and we hopethat more will in the future. Thecurrent main building was builtin the early 1980’s, however,things change. The current

Exciting plans for the Ottery Scout Centre unveiled

If you have been shopping toTesco or Sainsbury lately youwill be aware that both com-panies have started issuingtheir school vouchers. Thevouchers are able to be usedby other organisations as wellas schools. Ottery Scout Grouphave registered with both Tescoand Sainsbury in order to part-icipate in the scheme. We canuse the vouchers to put to-wards the supply of equipmentwhich can be used by ouryoung people.In previous years we haveexchanged the tokens forcamping equipment, tents,outdoor games etc. The Scoutgroup will be happy to receiveany vouchers from Otteryresidents, which you can hand

into any of the leaders, youngpeople or drop them into theScout centre where we have acollecting box.John GreenGroup Scout Leader01404 [email protected]

School Vouchers needed

Above: Existing Front Elevation. Below: Proposed Front Elevation

building has no disabled facil-ities and even access for thoseless able is difficult. The Scoutsand Explorer sections whomeet on a Friday night havegrown and number nearly 70and there is just not enoughroom.”

John continued “The buildingis being used more and moreby groups and organisationsand we need something that isfit for purpose.”The plans include:• Doubling the existing meetingroom by extending sidewards.• Demolishing the store (whichwas originally the scout hut)and replace with a larger buildwhich will incorporate disabledtoilet/shower facilities and apurpose built and kitted storesarea.• Creating a new entrance witha ramp for easier access.

• Removing the existing 8ftperimeter fence and concreteposts and replacing with some-thing more suitable.

The group would like to thankPhil Palfrey from Palfrey DesignServices who kindly agreed todesign and draw up the plansfree of charge.

Once the plans have been app-roved the real work starts inraising the necessary funds forthe building work and assoc-iated fit out. The group will hopeto raise the money throughgrant applications and fundraising. If you have any exper-ience of raising funds for asimilar project or advice onapplying for grants please con-tact us to share your know-ledge.John GreenGroup Scout [email protected]

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“Exploring Ottery St Mary” is a DVD documentary that I havefilmed and produced within the last five months. I looked at thehistory and attractions of the town, as well as focusing on whatexactly makes Ottery the prestigious and well-loved town that ithas become. The DVD is ideal for those living in and aroundOttery - and it is also a great gift after a visit.I have made arrangements with The Ottery Tourist InformationOffice to give these DVDs out free of charge to Ottery residentsand visitors to the town. The whole documentary was filmedusing one camera; a JVC Hard Disk Home camcorder. For moreinformation on the 40 minute programme, contact me [email protected] The documentary is also availableto watch on YouTube – just search “Exploring Ottery”.Oscar Pearson

‘Exploring Ottery St Mary’- a new documentary

Exploring Ottery St Mary

Ottery St Mary Choral Society will be performing their EasterSpring Concert on Saturday 16th April at 7.30pm in OtteryParish Church. The concert will feature:- Mozart Grand Mass inC Minor, Haydn ‘Surprise’ Symphony – No 94 in G. Major andJ.S.Bach Magnificat in D Major, Conductor Malcolm Matthews,with Full Orchestra. Tickets available at StageStruck, Ottery St Mary (01404 811311)and from Society members. Adults £9.50, Young people under16yrs £4.50 (includes programme).

Choral Society 2011 Diary DatesWednesday 15th June: Choral Society Annual General Meeting United Reform Church, Ottery St. MaryWednesday 7th September: Rehearsals begin for theChoralSociety Christmas Concert.Saturday 12th November: Classics Galore Concert (Raisingfunds for “FORCE” ) Concert held in The Great Hall, ExeterUniversity.Saturday 10th December: Christmas Concert in Ottery StMary Church.New members always welcome. We are a “Community” choirand do not hold auditions. For further information please callBen Laite, Society Chairman, on 01404 822114.

Ottery Choral Society News

Day Time No. of Sessions CostWednesdays 4.00 - 4.45 10 £50

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Club Play: Come and join in with other Club members onTuesdays and Thursdays at.6.30 and Saturdays at 2.00Competitions: Leagues, Friendlies & JuniorsWebsite: www.ottery-st-mary-tennis-club-info

Ottery St Mary Tennis ClubCoaching Programme 2011

Ladies Netball Players WantedDo you wish to join us to play netball? We are a small group ofladies looking for more players for a fun, not serious, 1 hoursession for anyone aged 11-100. We play on Wednesdays at7.00pm at the Colin Tooze Sports Centre, Ottery St Mary. Comeand join us! For more details phone Caroline on 01404 815910.


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Red Nose Day saw our childrenand staff wearing items of redclothing with some childrenhaving their noses painted redtoo! Throughout the weekleading up to Red Nose Daychildren also took part in asponsored Hopathon. I thinkyou can tell from the photomuch fun was had raisingmoney for a good cause.A big thank you to our localbuilders, Alan Todd & Son Ltd,who have very kindly made adonation to help us purchasea uniform for our staff. Theyare sure to be very smart intheir new red uniforms.The Busy Otters building pro-ject on the Primary School siteis coming to an end. Work isto be completed on 15 April,and an Open Day for parentsis planned later in the month.We are getting even moreexcited to be moving into thenew premises in the Summer

Busy Otters have fun raising funds for Red Nose Day

Term now it is getting veryclose to happening!Busy Otters currently runs atThe Old Boys School in YonderStreet. We offer pre-schoolplaces for children from 2 years6 months, up until they begin

school. Sessions are Mondayto Friday 9.30am – 12 noon.Afternoon sessions are Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday12.45 – 3.15pm. We also haveLunch Club on Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday and Friday.

Toddler sessions for the under5’s are on Thursday afternoons,1pm – 2.45pm. £2 per family.For further information pleasering 01404 815370 or [email protected]: www.busyotters.co.uk

The Sustainable Ottery African Drumming Workshops just keepgetting busier. There is one more date booked for Saturday 9thApril from 2.00 to 5.00pm at the Station Youth Centre, OtterySt Mary. As usual the first hour and a half is for beginners andless experienced drummers with the second half being for peoplewho have been drumming for longer.Everyone over 11 is welcome and the cost is £7.50 per session.Drums are available to borrow. If you want to know more call01404 814217.

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The third anniversary of Sus-tainable Ottery’s CommunityMarket takes place this monthon Saturday 30th April. Themarket has grown from just afew stalls to filling up the wholeInstitute in Ottery with over 30stalls every month.“It’s a great community event”,says Penny Hounslow, one ofthe market organisers, “Thestall holders benefit by havinga local market for their goodsand the people of Ottery havethe opportunity to buy localproduce, as well as trackingdown unique presents andcards.”“It’s a wonderful meeting placefor the people of Ottery”, saysAnn Masters, who runs the

Ottery St Mary CommunityMarket’s 3rd birthday!

Parish Church’s stall. “It islovely for the Church to go outinto the community and tomeet lots of different peopleand we raise a useful amountfor church funds.”Mary Edwards of the WI, whoprovides refreshments at themarket every month, is also abig fan. “It is a good way forthe WI to get involved in thecommunity, meeting people,some of who go on to becomemembers. We also get extrafunds to pay for better qualityspeakers at our own meetings.”Come along and celebrate withthe stallholders at this month’smarket on Saturday 30th April9.30am – 12.30pm at theInstitute in Yonder Street.

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After the usual Business Meet-ing in February which seemedto concentrate excessively onthe forthcoming 25th Anniver-sary of the Club and President’snight, the club welcomedFredric McShaw to its secondmeeting as its speaker. Fredricis an ophthalmologist practis-ing in Sidmouth. He was bornin Zimbabwe and came toEngland some 30 years ago. Heis also a member of SidmouthRotary Club.In deference to the age of mostclub members, he chose as thetopic for his talk “The AgingEye”. He started by stressingthat it was most important notto wait for any symptoms ofeye deterioration to manifestthemselves, but to have regulareye check-ups, ideally everyother year. The reason for thisbeing that we can lose up to50% of the nerves is our eyeswithout our being aware of it.If we don’t have these check-ups, eye disease will creep upon us unnoticed. He alsoexplained that the colours redand green enabled practi-tioners to assess the strengthto apply to glasses, thus theextensive colour test.

The next disease he coveredwas Glaucoma. There are noreal symptoms for this disease;one check is a test for highpressure in the eye but it isquite possible to have thedisease with normal pressure;the puffer test, which so manyof us have had, is only effectivein about 50% of cases; a fieldtest is the most effective as itchecks if the nerves are func-tioning. A laser scan can givethe earliest indication of thecondition. He closed with alengthy session of questions asmany found the talk verypertinent to themselves.The following week, the 15th,saw the first “Youth presentsMusic” competition in the MainHall of the King’s School atOttery. This competition isopen to schools from all of theEast Devon area and featureschildren from Years One to Six.This event is run by the club’sYouth Committee under theleadership of Rotarian PeterBennett. In the Junior Year, Oneto Four category, Tipton StJohn Lower Key Stage Two choirwas named best overall perfor-mance with Laura Machinawarded the best instrumental

prize. Tipton St John Lower KeyStage Two winning best vocalperfor-mance. In the Intermed-iate Group, years 5 to 6, SafierLewis was awarded the bestoverall performance and bestsolo instrumental with TiptonSt John Upper Key Stage Twowinning best vocal perform-ance.The children were judged byChildren’s Musical song-writerStephen Sylvester, who wrotethe score for “The Clangers”,and Ottery St Mary Town Clerkand Parish Church Choir-master, Judith Reynolds.For the final meeting of themonth, the 22nd, our speakerwas Will Lloyd with the topicof “Sawdust to Logs”. A fewyears back, Will had beencontemplating a change of jobwhich would enable him towork for himself. He lives outin the country and, one day,whilst mulling over his bills,particularly the cost of oil forhis Rayburn which by that timehad reached £2000 per annum;this sum he considered to beexcessive, so decided to lookfor an alternative. Timber seem-ed the obvious answer. How-ever, he estimated that straightlogs would not generateenough heat on their own; sohe looked for something else.He found a company in Ger-many producing blocks of com-pressed sawdust which burnedvery efficiently, so decided touse them.It was at this point, that herealised if they suited his needs,they would probably suit manyother users in the UK. Herewas his chance to work forhimself, so he set up a companywhich marketed them here andtook out a patent on the name“Heetabix” since the blockslooked very much like thecereal Weetabix. Each block isa mixture of both softwoodand hardwood sawdust whichenables them to light quickly

but burn well, generating agreat deal of heat. Sure enough,this took off and in no time hehad a considerable clientele. Sosuccessful has it been that henow has his own manufacturerin Nottingham.Delighted with this success, helooked around for otherproducts to add to his portfolio.He found a similar item as Blazerbut made of hemp, called RasterFire, not surprisingly!!! He thenfound yet another productcalled “Fieldfire”. This is madeof compressed straw andstubble but does not generateas much heat as the others butis somewhat cheaper.By this time, the ‘Green’ move-ment was really getting under-way and many organisationswere looking for green altern-atives to fossil fuels. This leadto the manufacturing of specialboilers which could burn woodpellets, little cylinders of wood,which could be loaded into ahopper and trickle fed into theboiler. This fuel is cheaper thanoil by about £1000 per 1000litres; however, there is onemajor drawback, the boilerscost between £5000 and£15000!! Notwithstanding this,Will decided to market themand this now accounts for alarge part of his turnover. Allthese products are boundtogether with natural lignumsand have a moisture contentof about 7%. The residual ashis 0.7% for the pellets and 1%for the remainder.Many members had been skep-tical about the interest factorof his talk. by the end, he wasswamped with questions andinterest in purchasing hisproducts. Rotarian Nick Agg-Manning, who had set up thetalk, purchases his products bythe pallet-load which he isprepared to share with hisfellow Rotarians – the greaterthe bulk purchased, the lowerthe price; a fitting way to end acold February!!

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OTTERY FOOTBALLCLUB NEWS

Looking back at MarchThe First team won a tight gameagainst Axminster on Saturday19th and are now 16 pointsclear of the bottom. The Youthteams are having mixed for-tunes at the moment. It makesthe season feel twice as longwhen you can’t seem to scorea goal no matter how mucheffort you put in. I’m ever hope-ful that the drought for our ownU12s will end at some point!!At the time of going to printwe are looking forward togoing on our Veterans Tour toCornwall, with games againstBodmin and against St Agnes.I’ll tell you how we got on innext month’s Gazette.

Upcoming EventsIn April we have Carnival Bingoon the 10th be there early toget a table as always. Doorsopen at 7pm and eyes downsometime after 7.30pm. We alsohave Eclipse Bingo on the 17th.There will be an ‘Adam Stans-field Memorial Day’ on Sunday24th of April. PlymouthSupporters and Exeter Supp-orters will be playing 2 matches,with A and B teams competingat 12.00 and then at 3pm.There will be Live Music in the

evening starting at 6pm and theEaster Prize Draw will alsotake place.Tickets will be £4 to watch thefootball and £5 for entry to theclub for the Live music in theevening. If you purchase boththen it will be at a discountedcost of £7.50 for adults. Kidscan watch the football for free.The ticket price for the eveningwill also include food. Duringthe day we will have teas,coffees, burgers, hot-dogs etcon sale from the Clubhouse.For further information contactMatt Cantell via the Club.How to contact the ClubCome along and visit, whetheryou are into Football or not.The Club has Pool Table, DartsBoard and Bar. If you haveyoung kids, bring them along ifyou want somewhere to relaxin a child friendly atmosphere.Better still get them involved intheir Youth Age group if theylike the idea of playing. The Clubis open from Wednesday toFriday from 7.00pm, and onSaturdays is open all day from12.00 midday. Sundays the Clubis open from 12.00 midday till6pm.The Football Club has tworooms available for Private

Parties, Christenings, WeddingReceptions, Events or BusinessMeetings daytimes or evenings.To enquire on availability, anddiscuss your requirements forcatering or bar contact us ringColin on our new number01404 812781.If you wish to advertise via theClub, or sponsor a team ormatch, then see the newwebsite for details at http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/otterystmaryfootballclub/.

And FinallyHere’s hoping that the weathersmiles on us on the 24th. A lotof effort will be going in topromote a worth while causein memory of a well respected

guy, so please come along andgive us your support and havean enjoyable day too.The AGM will be held on Thurs-day 5th May at the FootballClub.Anyone who is interested ingetting involved behind thescenes, get in touch by ringingthe Club or by asking to talkto a committee member if youare down at the Club itself. Weare always looking to welcomenew social or committee mem-bers to the Club and there isalways things to do.If you are interested then ringus on the new number 812781or see a committee member.Bill Hayes

GRANDISSONARCHERS NEWS

The Annual President’s Trophy was a fiercely competitive eventheld on The King’s School Sports Field on a sunny afternoon onSunday March 13th. The 21 members were invited to shoot at3D models, traditional targets and to take part in a clout shootof approx 120 yds. Other non-participating members including5 juniors enjoyed perfecting their skills. The Field Captain JohnBrice was delighted at the skill of members taking part and thegrowing number of junior members attending. A very good dayfor Grandisson Archers.The results (in points) were: 1st: Norman Tucker 208, 2nd: MarkPolkie 206, 3rd: Brian Cooper 194, 4th: Chris Tolwill 181, 5th:Lawrence Wonnacott 179, 6th: Mark Johnston 178, 7th: BobGreenland 175, 8th: Neil Channing 164, 9th: David Restall 151,10th: Pete Stone 135. The leading junior was Luke Johnston with125 points. David Restall, pictured, scored the highest individualclout score and hit the post too!

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MechanismThe mechanism of injury usedto be thought of as a flexion-extension injury where thehead and neck is thrown for-ward and then back, but it isnow known to be more comp-licated which explains whyeven crashes at low speed cancause quite a large amount ofpain and disability.In the initial stages of impactthe cervical spine forms an S-shape with hyper or over ex-tension or of the lower neck,this causes injury at low levelspeed impacts. As accelerationcontinues, the upper neck thengoes back into hyper-extensionso causing injury at higher im-pact speeds.

PrognosisWith a whiplash injury, as wellas neck pain, there may also be

pain into the mid or lower back,symptoms into the upper limbs,headaches, dizziness, lethargyand blurred vision. Somepeople also suffer from night-mares and psychological dis-tress following the accident.Some times the pain does notoccur until months after theinjury.The prognosis for whiplash in-jury varies, statistics show that40-50% of people recoverwithin 6 weeks, 26% of sufferersbeing off work for 2-6 monthsand 12% for more than 6months. In the long term be-tween 2 and 18% of peopleremained off work for 1 yearor more. Of those returning towork it was found that be-tween 14 and 42% of peoplewent on to develop chroniccervical pain and 10% severepain indefinitely.The outcome tends to be worseif the injured person is over 65

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Then there is hyperextension ofthe upper cervical spine

years old, or they suffer pinsor needles into the limbs, thecause of injury was a fall froma great height or the impact ofa crash was at high speed. Alsoin clinic we find that if the headwas turned to the side ratherthan looking ahead at the timeof impact the injury tends tobe worse.

Treatment.X-Rays often show no abnor-mality with whiplash injuries,unless the accident is verysevere. Treatment by a chiro-practor or osteopath helpsrestore normal movement ofthe joints in the neck and upperback region. This then allowsthe ligaments and musclessurrounding the joints to heal.Studies have shown that man-ipulation and exercise haveboth short and long term bene-fits as has acupuncture. Theearlier treatment is sought thebetter the outcome as with

Initially there is over flexion ofThe lower cervical spine

most injuries. The use of collarsand rest are now discouraged.

PreventionThe number of cases of whip-lash has reduced over the yearswith the introduction of head-rests and improved car designwith some more modern carshaving an anti-whiplash protec-tion mechanism built in. Theeffectiveness of headrests varies.Studies range in their effective-ness to reduce injury between5-75% and is dependant onthem being fitted correctly. Atthe time of impact the headneeds to be in contact with theheadrest for it to be work.Although more expensive carscan be programmed to alter theheadrest depending the driver,how often do we do this inmanually adjusted cars?Susan Moore BSc (Hons),RGN, ChiropractorSidmouth ChiropracticCentre, LymebourneVillas, Sidmouth01395 578714

We meet every Thursday at theInstitute, Yonder Street, OtterySt. Mary. The game starts at7.00p.m. Visitors are verywelcome. Contacts:J. Whitlam: 01404 815318,M. Waterfield: 01404 813864

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There is something for everyone to enjoy within the 80-acrecountry park of Canonteign falls. From the natural beauty of thecountryside to its wildlife inhabitants and the phenomenon ofEngland’s largest waterfall complete with sister falls.Children are well catered for with outdoor play areas, and newfor 2011, their own nature trail to keep them on the lookout forbirdlife, with informative RSPB boards placed around the walksin the park. There is a “Canonteign reward” for those eagle-eyedenough to complete the nature trail quiz. Canonteign have workedclosely with the RSPB for advice & guidance to both educate andenthrall those who walk the nature trail, and are keen to preservethe wildlife the Estate already enjoys as well as actively encouragingmore. By prior arrangement, guided walks are offered aroundthe vast estate gardens.Canonteign Falls, Christow, Nr Exeter, Devon. Tel: 01647 252434.www.canonteignfalls.co.uk

Canonteign Falls - ideal foran Easter family day out

Cafe Church launchedA new type of ‘Café’ stylechurch service has started atOttery St Mary Parish Church.Each month on the secondSunday ‘Café’ Church will tacklea particular life sub-ject in arelaxed environment. Topicsplanned for future Café Churchsessions include moneymanagement, bereavement,parenting and family life,developing good habits, stayinghealthy and keeping safe.The first topic to be coveredby Café Church on Sunday13th February - to coincidewith the beginning of marriageweek - is entitled ‘Love Is ?’, withguest speaker Susie Ursell. Susieis the Exeter Diocese Family LifeAnd Marriage Education(FLAME) Co-ordinator, workingwith churches in Devon to pro-mote stronger and moresupportive families.

Revd. Simon Franklin from theParish Church said: “Sometimesit can be quite daunting enter-ing a church for a service ofany type, especially if you don’tknow what is expected of you.Café Church stands for ChurchAccessible For Everyone, andthe aim of this service is towelcome church and nonchurch goers alike to jointogether around tables enjoy-ing good coffee and pastries,and to have the opportunity todiscuss ‘life’ issues in a Christ-ian context.“It will be a very informalgathering with quiet time forreflection and the opportunityto listen to and engage inthought provoking discussionsin a safe environment. Forchildren there will be a crècheand group activities.”

Ottery St Mary Bowling Club will be holding their popular HotCross Bun/ Coffee morning at the Institute, Ottery St Mary, onSaturday 2nd April from 10.00am till 12.00pm. There will be theopportunity to browse along the stalls,enter competitions andchat with your friends over coffee. There are a few remainingstalls for hire at £5 00. Ring 01404 811195 for more details.

Ottery Bowling Club Hot CrossBun and Coffee Morning

PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHOPS -SHOPPING IN OTTERY SAVES TIME AND FUEL!

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What’s On in April

Further info: telephone 813417 after 6pmor visit www.otteryreformed.freeola.net

Ark Pottery. Open daily from 10.00am to 5.00pm. 01404 812628Cadhay House & Gardens. Open each Friday in May and lateSpring Bank Holiday, on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. From 2pm to5.30pm. For more information contact 01404 813511Escot Gardens, Maze & Park Open all year. See the Otters, RedSquirrels, try the Drop Slide. Watch the Falconry displays. Contact01404 822188 for more information about a great day out.

1st Fri Ottery St Mary Farmer’s Market Hind Street9.00am to 1.00pm

1st Fri ‘Off the Peg’ Fashion Show at West Hill Village HallTickets £6 available from Information Centre,West Hill Post Office

2nd Sat Ottery Bowling Club Coffee Morning HotCross Bun/Coffee Morning at the InstituteOttery St Mary from 10.00am to 12 noon

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TOWN COUNCIL MEETING NOTICE

will be held at 7pm on Monday 4th April 2011in the Council Chamber, The Old Convent,

8 Broad Street, Ottery St MaryThe Agenda for these meetings will be displayed onParish notice boards and on the Council website

www.otterystmary-tc.gov.ukat least three clear days before the meeting

Members of the public and the Press are welcome to attend.

THE ANNUAL PARISH MEETINGwill be held at 7pm on Tuesday 12th April 2011

in the Institute, Yonder Street, Ottery St MaryAll Electors of the Parish are welcome to attend.

The next meeting ofOTTERY ST MARY TOWN COUNCIL

VOLUNTEERS are wanted to help escort elderly people toand from Ottery St Mary Day Centre on the hospital mini-bus.No driving or training necessary. For more information telephoneAlison or Karen on 078133 23750.

What’s On at Otter Nurseries

VOLUNTEERS WANTED

HOSPITAL LEAGUE OF FRIENDSNEEDS STEWARDS

Ottery St Mary Hospital has been open for 16 years. AStewarding Scheme has been in place since then to welcomeanyone who has a reason to visit. We need to keep ournumbers up and are seeking new Volunteers between4.00pm and 7.00pm. If you can help please contact Mandyon 01404 816000 during weekday office hours.

open dayOttery St Mary Reformed Church

Saturday 23rd April, 10.30am to 3.00pmat The Institute, Yonder Street, Ottery St Mary.

Displays, refreshments, drop in when you like,leave when you like, ask questions if you like!

Mother’s Day - Sunday 3rd April - Come and celebrate Mother’sDay at Otter Nurseries - the perfect day out! Treat your motherto a delicious meal in the restaurant, offering a selection of roastmeats, a superb choice of other lunches and mouth-wateringpuddings, this is definitely a day not to be missed. No room forpudding...? Why not take home an Otter homemade cake toenjoy “Otterly” outstanding quality and flavour in your ownhome? Or treat your mother to a beautiful plant from the gardencentre, or a special gift from the shop? With lots of extra specialproducts being recommend prior to the day, you’ll be sure tofind the perfect present to show her just how much she means oyou.Line Dancing Wednesday - 20 April ~ 4pm to 6.30pm. It’stime to don your Stetson and put on your dancing shoes for anafternoon of line dancing with Estelle Shepherd. Join in the fun inthe restaurant and enjoy the sounds of country music for only£4 per person, including delicious home-made refreshments.Tickets must be booked in advance and are available from themain shop tills.


2nd Sat Over 60’s Coffee Morning at the Feoffee Hall at 9.45am2nd Sat Otter Vale Friends of Hospiscare Spring Coffee Morning

and Table Top at Village Hall Newton Poppleford11th Mon Ottery St Mary Wl evening meeting at the Roman

Catholic Parish Room at 7.30pm Speaker AnitraLockwood ‘Women of Pakistan’

12th Tues Ottery St Mary Gardening Club afternoon meetingat the Institute Speaker Mrs Chris Laxton of Otter ValeProducts. Starts at 2.30pm

16th Sat Coach Outing with Yonder Close Social Club toWimborne Market/Haskins Coach pick-up at 9.00am atYonder Close. Bookings on 01404812002

16th Sat Ottery St Mary Choral Society Concert at The ParishChurch at 7.30pm

27th Wed Ottery St Mary Flower Club meeting at Ottery St MaryPrimary School at 7.30pm.Demonstrator Sarah Hills-lngyon from Sidford

30th Sat Ottery Community Market at the Institute9.30am to 1.00pm

The Ottery Gazette is typeset, printed and published by the proprietors: John Gaffney Design and Print, The Old Town Hall,The Flexton, Ottery St Mary Devon EX11 1DJ Telephone 01404 815111 email: [email protected]

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Brand new in this month inpaperback we have a numberof books by bestselling authors.First up is Jane Green’s ‘TheLove Verb’ described as a lifeaffirming story, filled withlaughter, love and hope. Hernovels are always best sellersand we have it on special offerat just £4.99 so if you fancygiving her a try it won’t breakthe bank.If murder mysteries are moreyour sort of thing then NicciFrench has a new thriller out.‘Complicit’ starts with BonnieGraham, a music teacher in herfriend’s flat. She is alone exceptfor the dead body lying in apool of blood. What happened?What will she do? And is anyor all of it her fault? Once morewe have this on special offerso it will only cost you £4.99to find out.Last but not least in fiction isClive Cussler’s new novel ‘TheSilent Sea’. Described as a

gripping white knuckle ride thisis Clive Cussler at his best andonce again it is only £4.99. Ifnone of these take you fancywe have about 1,000 morenovels in stock so why notcome and take a look?Turning to autobiography wehave just received GervasePhinn’s ‘Road to the Dales’ inpaperback. This was a big sellerin hardback and is sure to be ahit in paperback. Gervase isbest known for his hilarious andcharming tales of life as ateacher and school inspectorbut now he gives us a uniqueglimpse of his own childhood,of life growing up in a pre-warred brick house (with an insideloo) in Rotherham. With awicked ear for the comical anda sharp eye for detail thisbeautifully written memoirprovides a magical portrait ofgrowing up in 1950’s Yorkshire.The cover price is £7.99 but

we have it on offer for just£4.99.Finally I am sure you will haveheard about the wedding of theyear. To celebrate we have a littlebook that should prove adelight for girls of all ages.‘Royal Wedding – William &Kate’ is an old style dress-up

dolly book. The outfits includedenable the pair to be dressedfor every social occasion, frompolo matches and society ballsto the wedding day itself, all forjust £5.99 while stocks last!The Curious Otter is availablefor orders and enquiries on01404 814469.

If you are aged between 10 – 17 and love to paint or draw or ifyou work in 3D, you could win the opportunity to exhibit yourwork by entering a local Youth Art Competition organised byOtter Vale Art Society. The exhibition will be held at the Institute,Ottery St Mary on 5th to 14th August 2011.Alan Cotton, internationally acclaimed artist will be judgingand is also offering a unique opportunity for winners to spenda day in his studio learning more about art. There will be greatprizes awarded to the first three winners in the 2 following agegroups: 10-13 year olds and 14-17 year olds. Parents mustaccompany children submitting work.The exhibition will be open to the public daily, but your workis needed by June.....so get painting now! Apply for an applicationform by telephone on 01395 597221 or request one by e mailfrom: [email protected]

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