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CONTENTS OF THE HERALD

There will be a meeting on the 16th of January at 7.30pm in the Village Hall to discuss the future format and contents of the Lympstone Herald.

Anyone interested is welcome to come and comment. 

CONTACT

The editor, Tel: 01395 274104. Herald archive and Lympstone web site - www.Lympstone.org. Email  to lympstoneherald@btinternet.com

Hand deliveries can be made to - Hillcrest, Greenhill Ave, EX8 5HW.  The deadline for the next issue of the Herald is 10am on Wed the 8th of February 2006.

 

VILLAGE CAROL SINGING

The carol singing at lunchtime on Saturday 17 December outside the Swan and round the village on Monday 19 December was very well supported by singers and also by many in the village who made generous contributions. The singers were helped enormously by  the Lympstone Brass Band led by Richard Bound and by clarinettists John Welton and Richard de la Rue. Together with money raised by the Lympstone Mummers, we were able to give £304 to the Children's Society. Last year the Society raised £114,000 from carol singing up and down the country. The money was used to help launch its 'safe and sound campaign' which aims to ensure that every young runaway has somewhere safe to go and someone sound to  turn to for help. At the Check Point South Coast Runaway's Initiative in Devon, family mediation work has meant that 76% of the children seeking help were able to return home. They need to do more and the money we have raised this year should go towards further development of that scheme, helping vulnerable
youngsters in our area.

Jill Wilson

 THE LYMPSTONE SOCIETY

Our next event, on THURSDAY, 2nd FEBRUARY, is to be a Sports-related evening with talks and information about the history, activities, facilities and future plans of village clubs.  Non-members are, as usual, very welcome and we hope this event will be of interest to a wide cross-section of village residents (including children) who may be interested in taking up some sports.  Place: Village Hall Function Room.  Time: 7.30pm.  Admission free; refreshments will be available. 

For further information about this event, please call Angela Coles on 264824, or  the Secretary on 227044.

 Mothers` Union

 The February meeting will be on Tuesday, 4th.in the Vestry Room at Lympstone Church at 2.45p.m. Jenny Mathers will be leading the meeting and Brian Mathers is going to give us a talk about Ecuador. Tea will be served afterwards. All welcome. Sybil Bextor 274150

Friends of Lympstone Parish Church

The winner of the special Christmas Lottery of £50 was Jan Hosking of Clays Lane with ticket number 2998.

Joyce Malster      

WI

Meetings resumed on Jan 4th. The President, Mrs Jo Cotton welcomed us back and wished everyone a 'Happy New Year'. She then introduced our Speaker, Mr Michael Baker, who spoke to us about Hospice Care. He was a very interesting speaker and he gave a real insight into the work they do. Mrs Joyce Laney gave the Vote of Thanks. This was followed by tea and a chance to catch up with all the news. We then had our business meeting and Mrs Joan Denison read out notices of outings which were proposed. The February Lunch would now take place in the Methodist Hall and it was decided to hold a Knit -In sometime in February. Mrs Pat Dearsly was resigning as Press Secretary and Mrs Diana de la Rue has agreed to take over this job. The Flower of the Month was won by Mrs Rita Hilton.

The next meeting will be on Feb 1st and the talk will be entitled 'Theatre Costumes' by Mrs Dawn Canhay. Guests and new members are always welcome.

Pat Dearsly

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