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NOTES
FROM THE EDITOR
Over Christmas I have received several
letters thanking me for the Herald which people have found informative and
useful. I would like to pass these thanks on to the people who really
deserve it – those who write the copy for the Herald and those who
distribute it, as organised by Jill Newton. Writers have the twin
disciplines of brevity and deadlines to meet. Jill has to put the magazine
together and distribute the bundles. The deliverers have the problems of
both shortage of time and, becoming more and more difficult, keep the Herald
dry whilst making sure that they deliver a copy to every home in the
village. My job is principally that of co-ordinator (chasing up articles
promised to me when they have not arrived by the printer’s deadline) and,
only occasionally, article editor. My main aids are computer technology and
my wife Judith, who kindly types into my computer those articles which do
not arrive by email or on floppy disc.
I hope everyone has a very happy new year and
please keep your comments and suggestions coming. Cards and letters of
thanks are gratefully received and please accept my apology if I have not
answered them all. It is both interesting and useful to know how readers
view the herald and I hope I can produce a magazine to meet your demands.
At the moment my main limitation is space – I currently have to reject a
number of articles which are submitted for publication. Perhaps we can find
some way of funding a slightly larger Herald in 2003.
CONTACTING THE EDITOR
Tel.274104, Fax 225263
Chris_Carter@email.msn.com
Hillcrest, Greenhill Ave, EX8 5HW
LAST DATE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE
JANUARY ISSUE IS
THURSDAY THE 6th OF FEB (10am)
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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES
I hope to publish a revised copy of the list
of clubs and societies held at the Post Office. If you have a change of name
or contact No. or email address for your group I would be grateful if you
would let me know before the end of January. Also, if you have any
objections to such information being published on the internet let me know
ASAP.
www.lympstone.org
Currently I have space to spare on this site
on the internet. If you wish to publish a page of two about your group then
let me know. This will be free for at least twelve months. I would
be happy to help you design your site (scanning in your logo etc) and show
you how to make it private or public or, if you wish, give it publicity.
Back copies of the Herald, starting with
September 2002, are on this site
Book Review
FOR LOVE OF WILLIAMINA By Ralph Rochester
Lympstone, as a fashionable place for a
consumptive to come to die in 1809, would seem an unlikely subject for an
ex-army man who saw service in Bosnia. But Ralph Rochester has shown his
feeling for our village and its history in this small, recently published,
book which is based on Williamina’s letters from Lympstone. Anecdotes on
other characters from a generous vicar to a bold boxer give width to the
work and poetry and prose by Shakespeare, Scott, Shelley and others
including the author, add depth, as does the Further Reading list at the
end.
Book published by Agre Books, (£6.99)
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