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PARISH CHURCH
Here is early notice that September 2009 will be an even busier time than usual in the village. It will be 600 years since the then Bishop of Exeter came to Lympstone on 24th September 1409 to dedicate the newly rebuilt church. There has been a church here for much longer and only the tower and some pillars remain of the 1409 building but we want to celebrate the occasion with the whole community. It is also the 1100 anniversary of the diocese and the Lympstone Mothers’ Union’s 100 birthday. We hope you will want to join in the celebrations and make it a truly village affair. Details are few so far - there has been a meeting of John Lupton, Harland Walshaw, Andrew Hubbard and myself to brainstorm ideas. We do know that the Bishop of Exeter will be here and wonder if we can persuade him to come on a cart as his predecessor did, knowing that would be fun for us if not him! Look out for further details as the information comes out and put the whole month in the diary as a 600 festival.
Ian Angus has carried out thorough and detailed research on every grave in the church grounds. Anyone who needs to know where to find a grave and what was carved on the stone can now find all the information. We are working out how this useful knowledge can be available to all. Now Ian has turned his attention to the inside of the church. Many stones with inscriptions are walked over as they are laid in the aisles and as the inscriptions wear away the lettering disappears. If anyone has any recollection or documentary record of what was written please get in touch so I can pass the information on to Ian. (278594)
The services continue as usual with an 8 am service and communion at 9.30. The family service is at 4 pm on the second Sunday of the month. We are looking forward to starting children’s worship at the school as soon as the relevant child protection certificates have come through for the leaders. Every adult, in charge of children, has to have the check even if they have one as part of their profession. Look for an announcement of the starting date.
The coffee morning 10 until noon takes place on the last Tuesday of the month and is open to everyone to come and enjoy a social chat with fellow villagers. It’s a good way to meet people especially if you are new to the village. For venue look at the church notice board under the railway arch.
The
Parochial Church Council has to ask permission from the diocesan office in
Exeter before it can make changes to the church in any way. We have applied to
make a disabled access ramp for the main door and, many will be pleased to hear,
fit cushions to all the pews. When you come to church we hope you will
appreciate that the seating is a little more comfortable.
Brian Mather (278594)
THANKS AND APPRECIATION
The late Fr Alan Cookman, one of the late rectors of this parish of Lympstone was asked where does one live after leaving Lympstone – to which his reply after a brief pause was ….. Lympstone.
I think we would all agree with his reply, being privileged to live in such a community where there is caring and sharing and a lot more besides. Like any community, change is always with us and newcomers move into Lympstone. Some do nothing, whereas others do a lot – to the advantage of us all. If I could name Lympstone Entertainments and Lympstone Film Society as two organisations we are grateful to have. With the culmination of the first year of the Lympstone Film Society could I thank Harland Walshaw, John Welton, Don Mildenhall, Helen Dimmond, Brian Mather, Majorie Brewer, John Eaton-Terry, Louise Goult and Deborah Mitchell for all their endeavours at selecting some super films, together with local advertisements with style as well as the “silver screen” and development work in filming.
We all lead busy lives and often miss films, or can’t be bothered but how much nicer it is in the Village Hall with a glass or two and social integration at affordable prices as well! I look forward to September- a whole 5 months before the start of the second season.
Graham Martin
LYMPSTONE COMPOST
A small number of people have been abusing the Community Compost Scheme, using
it as a refuse collection rather than a recycling service. Items are being
hidden in the piglet sacks and include shoes, cable, plastic trays and pots,
packaging and decaying poultry; recently there was a rotting fish. It is
offensive to the volunteers who empty the sacks and spread the contents onto the
heaps. This is the fourth season we have supported this worthwhile service but
if this bad practice continues we will not be volunteering next year.
John & Angela Lamb
Lympstone
Pre-School
Buy your tickets now for a fundraising wine-tasting in the Village Hall Function Room on Friday 6th June at 8 p.m. Geoff Bowen from the Pebblebed Winery at Ebford will be here to direct our tasting of several of his recent white and rosé wines. Tickets cost £7.50 each and are available now from Demelza Henderson on 263116 or from the Lympstone Post Office. All profits from the evening will go towards buying essential equipment for the Pre-School.
Suzie Creighton
EXE ESTUARY BIG BIKE RIDE IN AID OF THE NSPCC SUNDAY 22ND JUNE 2-4PM
Please come and help me raise a huge amount of money for the NSPCC by taking part in a Big Bike Ride on Sunday 22nd June from 2pm. The starting point is The Paddock at Sowden House on Longbrook Lane where you can join in by donating £1 (per bike) and claim your NSPCC wristband. Then take a leisurely ride along the cycle path, get your hand stamped and return to The Paddock to claim your sticker to show you have just cycled about 2 miles for a very worthy cause.
There is a competition for Best Fancy Dressed Bike and Best Decorated Helmet, and refreshments will be available. If you would like more information or a sponsorship form so that your friends and family can also get involved please contact me at beckspearson@talktalk.net or on 264988. Please be aware that parking is very limited at the start and don’t forget to wear your cycle helmet!
Rebekah Pearson
NEW
NORTH, EAST AND MID DEVON BUS GUIDE PUBLISHED
The new summer editions of North, East and Mid Devon Bus Times are now available. They each provide residents and visitors with comprehensive information regarding local bus services, together with a summary of rail and National Express Coach services, maps of bus routes and information about the types of tickets available. Each timetable has been completely revamped in response to comments received during public consultation. People were asked for their views on the content and format and put forward their ideas to make the timetable more user-friendly. As a result a number of changes have been made to the presentation of the timetable, the maps and the introductory pages to increase clarity and legibility. For all timetable enquiries in South West England call traveline on 0871 200 22 33. All DevonBus publications can be ordered from DevonBus on 01392 382800 or by e-mail to devonbus@devon.gov.uk Bus information is available at www.devon.gov.uk/buses. DCC InTouch
MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TO FROM
LYMPSTONE ENTERTAINMENTS
We are busy building our programme for the rest of the year and hope to keep up the rhythm of one event per month established so far; though we might take time off in August! Full details will have to await news from Villages in Action, who co-presented our hugely successful visits from the ‘magical comedian’ Ian Keable and the Puppet State Theatre Company; we have applied for several professional performers from their new ‘menu’ and should hear in a few weeks which will be coming our way.
Our next big event, also thanks to financial support from Villages in Action, will be the concert on Sunday 22nd June featuring Mtiebi. This traditional male voice choir from the former Russian province of Georgia has attracted huge critical acclaim: ‘powerful, exhilarating, uplifting’ are just some of the comments following appearances by these singers and dancers from the heart of the Caucasian Mountains. They’ll be performing in the Parish Church at 8pm - and at 2pm that day local singers of all abilities can participate in Mtiebi’s voice workshop in the Village Hall.
Concert tickets cost £9 for adults, £6 for children; and the same for the workshop; combined tickets will be available, all on sale at Lympstone Post Office. We advise you not to delay as there is considerable interest from other Villages in Action venues whose audiences are familiar with this group from previous visits.
WE COULD USE SOME HELP
Lympstone Entertainments is run by a team of three, which is more than enough for the selection and booking of a growing range of professional performers and promoting their appearances in Lympstone. HOWEVER, each event involves a great deal of work, setting up the venue, catering, manning a bar and providing accommodation for performers. We don’t want people to sit on a committee, we don’t have one, but we would be hugely grateful for help in these practical ways; free seats and invariably a lot of fun will be your reward. Ring Harland Walshaw (263928), John Welton (271915) or myself (277501) to volunteer. Thank you.
John Eaton-Terry
The Parish Plan what & why
(Part 2)
Now to "How". There is an 'approved process' for developing a Parish Plan, the only problem is that it involves substantial cost! Your Parish Council, in debate, do not believe that we need to incur this cost which is largely due to bureaucratic process. We are a mature Parish and the key issues are well known and openly discussed. The Parish Council, as sponsor of The Parish Plan, have therefore decided to foreshorten the process and subsequently radically reduce the cost. They have agreed to the formation of a Steering Group to cont
Cont produce a draft plan based on known information and input from informed members of societies and working groups within the parish. This will form the First Draft, which will then be put to the full Parish Council for debate and approval. The First Draft will then be published for public critique. Parishioners will then be invited to an open meeting to express their views and opinions on the First Draft. All contributions (+ve and -ve) will welcomed and noted. These will lead to a Second Draft. This will then be put to the full Parish Council for debate and approval. Guessing direction from here is just a little difficult! If there are still big issues unresolved then a second public meeting will be called. May I therefore give this commitment - as chairman of "The Parish Plan" I will only submit the "Final Version" (for approval by the Parish Council) once I am happy that all 'Issues' within the parish have been fully and fairly debated and (hopefully) resolved. At the end of the day IT IS YOUR PARISH PLAN, I am merely the catalyst to create it.
Finally, if you have previous experience of this sort of work or are just enthused to contribute then please contact me - we need all the help we can get.
Cllr Rob Longhurst
LIVE AT THE REDWING
With deep regret that I have to report the demise of The RedWing, the last independent public house in Lympstone. Home of good beers, live music Jackie’s home cooking and Dave’s attempts to recreate his pop group days of the 60s. this was one of the last pubs in the area to host a mixture of live rock, pop, blues, jazz and folk bands on a regular basis, The RedWing has been a ‘local’ for many and it is hoped that a similar home-from-home can be recreated on the site in the future.
It is hoped that one of the three remaining hostelries in the village can adopt those customers who will be rendered homeless and that Dave, Jackie and Derek find new places.
NEW MENU COMING SOON at the Swan Inn
LIVE AT
THE REDWING
With deep regret I have to report the demise of The Redwing, the last independent public house in Lympstone. Home of good beers, live music Jackie’s home cooking and Dave’s attempts to recreate his pop group days of the 60s. this was one of the last pubs in the area to host a mixture of live rock, pop, blues, jazz and folk bands on a regular basis, The Redwing has been a ‘local’ for many and it is hoped that a similar home-from-home can be recreated on the site in the future.