Brentor News May 2019 Issue 475

Produced by The Brentor Community Trust

www.brentorvillage.org

Brentor Garden Club Thursday 16th May at 7.30 pm

PLANTS BEHAVING BADLY

A talk by Ken Thompson in the Village Hall

The Garden Club is delighted and privileged to be able to

welcome Dr Ken Thompson, an eminent plant scientist,

ecologist and gardener, to talk to us on this fascinating

subject. Dr Thompson is the author of several notable books

on horticulture and regularly writes on the subject of

gardening for the Daily Telegraph.

Visitors very welcome £2 on the door

Heather Webster 810004

St Luke’s Hospice Open

Garden Event, Brentor

Sunday 12 May

We will be opening our garden and woodland at

Thorn Cottage, Burn Lane, between 12 noon and

5pm to raise funds for this charity. We look

forward to welcoming you and we will be serving

ploughman’s lunches and afternoon teas.

We have the promise of musical entertainment,

so now we just need sunshine! If you are able to

donate a cake or offer to help for an hour we

would love to hear from you. Please contact us.

Thank you. Sally and Christopher Pancheri.

810285 Sally@sallysholidaycottages.co.uk

PUB NIGHT

Friday 17th May – 7pm start

Skittles, darts, table quiz, raffle and pub games. Pub grub, pie, mash and peas available. Enjoy a casual, friendly night at the Brenstock Inn! Seating maybe limited, numbers would be helpful. Suggested £5 entrance with food. Bring your own drinks. Contact Sheryl 870554 or Helen 810412

FUNDRAISING There are projects on going at the hall and playing field, we could do with help with fundraising. Ideas and help to organise events. Please contact Sheryl, Clare, Sue or Helen.

Coffee Morning

Saturday 4th May

10.30-12

Meet up with friends, catch up on village gossip! Enjoy the freshly brewed coffee, homemade cakes, and crispy bacon rolls! Fundraising raffle and ‘Friends of the Field’ monthly draw. You need to be in it to win it! Sheryl 870554

The Brentor Commons Association have been chosen

by the Tescos store in Tavistock as one of the 3 recipients in the months of May and June for their Bags of Help Scheme! Liddaton Pond Regeneration Scheme Any money raised during the months of May and June is being specifically used in the continuing conservation of the Liddaton quarry pond on the edge of Liddaton Down. This pond contains a very rare species of mud snail, diving beetles, newts, frogs etc. It has a high bio-diversity value but has gradually become very over grown and choked due to invasive plant species. Over the years it also has been subject to illegal dumping (fly tipping) of waste some of which has been very toxic or just a mess of builders waste. If you are in Tescos please choose to support us in our continuing conservation work. The work will be carried out by volunteers from The Tavistock Taskforce thus keeping the money local and supporting another great organisation. Also, why not have a wander around the commons, walk along the recently re opened Drovers route on Bowden Down, or get onto Liddaton Down to see the Bluebell area which will be stunning later in May. If you do and are carrying a phone, take some photos and send them to me as I am keeping a record of the Commons throughout the year, photos of butterflies later on in May, June, July would be greatly appreciated. If you want further information or want to get involved in work on the commons please contact: Will Walker-Smith 01822 860165 liddaton@me.com

JUMBLE SALE 👗 👖 This was a much better event than last year, with lots of our regular shoppers. The total taken was £132. Thanks to all the helpers who managed to turn the hall around, in an hour, from coffee morning to organised jumble sale. Thanks also to Susanna for taking all our leftovers for a future project. Sheryl 870554

Good Friday on the Tor The annual dramatic retelling of the Easter story was

followed this year by over 70 people as the procession wound

its way slowly up the tor on the most beautiful April day.

Church Services Time/Event Location

Sunday 5th May 9.45am Holy

Communion

6pm Evening

Prayer

Christ Church

St Michael’s

Sunday 12th

May

9.45 Prayer and

Praise

2-5pm Mini

Flower Festival

and Photo

exhibition

6pm Evensong

(Traditional)

Christ Church

Christ Church

St Michael’s

Sunday 19th

May

9.45am Holy

Communion

6pm Evening

Prayer

Christ Church

St Michael’s

Sunday 26th

May

9.45 Family

Service

6pm Evensong

(Traditional)

Christ Church

St Michael’s

Thursday 30th

May

12 noon

Ascension Day

Service

St Michael’s

Any queries, contact the Churchwardens: David Harris

david@brentorchurch.org.uk or Helen Harris

helen@brentorchurch.org.uk or phone 810845

BRENTOR FRIENDS OF THE FIELD Numbers drawn at monthly April Coffee Morning

Number 1 Emma Curran

Number 14 Mike Whitfield

Number 23 Lin Bristow

All Win £10 prize

A Standing Order of £5 per month to our dedicated bank

account helps with extra maintenance and improvements to

the Playing Field.

Bank Account: TSB

Sort Code: 30-98-46

Account: 30089760

If you would like to support the Field in this way please

contact one of the following members of the Village Hall &

Playing Field committee.

Sue Stephens 860374 (stephens214@btinternet.com)

Anne Clark 810035 (anne.clark13@btinternet.com)

Kate Kelly 810287 (catherinekelly495@btinternet.com)

Lyford Foxes No we mean the 2 legged variety! Brentor Playing Field is now being used as an ‘additional home’ for the Lydford Foxes AFC. This youth football club encompasses teams of differing ages and boys and girls play alongside each other. Some of the teams will use the Brentor Playing Field for training on Tuesday evenings 6.30 to 8pm from now until the winter sets in. Saturday matches when being played at Brentor will ‘Kick Off’ around 11am. We would ask residents to be extra vigilant, particularly if you are exercising your dog. Please keep dogs on leads when in the vicinity of the players and make sure all dog waste is picked up and disposed of in the Dog Waste bin near the gate. We wish to make the Lydford Foxes very welcome to our beautiful ground. Youngsters living in Brentor may join the ‘Foxes’ and for more details visit www.lydfordfoxes.com. Wander along to the Playing Field and watch them in action.

Sue, Anne and Kate for Friends of the Field

Brentor Village Hall and Playing Field Committee

AGM

Wednesday 22nd May 6.30pm

Visitors welcome Sheryl 870554

MEXICAN NIGHT

What an amazing evening we had!

The hall was decorated with bunting,

parrots and lights. The tables had cacti’s

and colourful napkins and the food (as usual)

was tasty and with so much variety. Not too spicy but

‘interesting’!

We had sombreros and moustaches and ponchos galore.

We tried hitting the Piñata and sweets flew around the

hall.

A successful evening, not as well attended as other themed

nights, but great fun.

We supported The First Responders, who gave a brief

presentation which was so interesting that at least one

person asked about joining. £100 went to the charity and

the same to the hall funds. Sheryl 870554

Brenstock music festival 2019 is on Saturday 29th June from midday to 11.30pm. Tickets are on sale from May 1st. Advanced tickets of £10 for adults and £6 for under 16s are available from Dom (810425) or Colin (811079). They are also on sale at The Castle Inn (Lydford), Lydford Farm Shop, Mary Tavy Post Office and Book Stop (Tavistock). We urge you to buy your tickets in advance as the event has sold out in the past. For further information visit the website: www.brenstock.org.uk Dom Carnell 810425

It’s Just Not Cricket… Morning everyone.

What a marvellous match we have just

witnessed played out over three days

at the Brentor pavilion. It really was

good to see the Brentorians field a

talented team, under the expert eye of

Judy Baxter (Producer and Director), on a well prepared

pitch that suited some farce-paced bowling (? Ed) and the

occasional googly.

Tensions ran high throughout the match with clear divisions

of loyalty, partisan politics and personal ambition to the fore.

One faction favouring women’s cricket stood in polar

opposition to the men’s cricket hard-liners. It became clear

as battle lines were drawn and allegiances formed and

broken that some favoured no cricket at all and yet others

desired a compromise position that might please all parties

and none. Naked self-interest was revealed in the pursuit of

the rainbow unicorn of Merlin’s Hoard whilst more

immediate profits and advantage weighed heavily with

others.

Play opened with Brian Wood, as Exodus (or was it Exeter)

Squint, and David Harris, as Barrington Scraggs, looking

confident and relaxed, very much the men in form. Squint

really pulled the rabbit out of the hat (shome mishtake,

shurely; it was his dungarees - Ed)

Liz Hill, as Fenella Shaftgoring (I’ve never heard of her - Ed),

and John Wheeler, as Guy Boucher-Trotts (AKA Simeon

Loop), laid some solid foundations; followed in quick

succession by Phil Pearson, as Sergeant Sergeant, in

harmony with Sharon McQuillin, as Constable Jealous, who

did likewise. The Sergeant’s helmet put in a surprising

performance of its own (wrong on so many levels - Ed)

Glenys Mason, as Melissa Crowbucket, was ably partnered

by Sue Fraser, as Verity Nearcrumpet; the pair doing a great

job with some nifty footwork and dramatic flourishes (of a

jock-strap! Ed) as the pitch allowed.

Will Walker-Smith, as Pottager Cloud, played opposite Joe

Kuipers, as Cleveland Bereft, both delivering a slightly flaky

undertone with hints of match-fixing and disreputability (is

that a real word? Ed).

David Percival was a menacing Bennington Flax and Rob

Ormsby a suitably shifty Jester Swindells (“Trust me – I’m a

Bookmaker”). Special mention must go to Flax’s moustache

and eyebrows; remarkable appendages of chameleon-like

appearance that proved a hit with the crowd.

As play resumed in the second innings the pitch started to

show some real movement and the pace of delivery stepped

up. Beryl Light, as Lady Anstruther-Plinth, was imperious in

attack and saw off a vociferous defence put up by Scraggs,

dismissing him with a vicious spinning leg-break that took his

wicket. Mary Crowther, as Lady Mortington-Flip, put in a

similarly high class performance with a straight bat and a

strong wrist.

Chaos unfolded as Bereft and Cloud were caught out by

Crowbucket and Nearcrumpet in quick succession. Both

players falling just 98 runs short of their centuries. Boucher-

Trotts (AKA Loup) took to her second innings with

consummate, unsettling, unease; literally trotting cat-like to

the delight of the home crowd before being caught silly mid-

off by Jealous (shurely wig-off? Ed). Swindells looked to be

playing the entire field well but was then dismissed for

deliberate loose-bowelling (? Ed) just before tea (Shurely in

the tea? Ed).

Antonia Frankland, as Marlene, and Anne Clark, as Beryl,

work tirelessly in support (they got a lot of movement out of

that tea urn) before donning whites and pads and taking to

the pitch themselves as late-order players.

The match was brought to its natural conclusion by the

irrepressible Robin Burdfield, as Sir Hector Croquet, in fine

form as tail-ender. He put the matter beyond doubt with

nonchalant ease, batting all attacks away, straight into the

confectionary stall and out again, in true Beefy style.

With great thanks to the production crew of Barry Stott on

lighting and sound, Christopher Pancheri on set design, and

Helen de Carles on box office and front of house supported

by Clare Percival and Val Dawes.

A fine performance that had everything to do with amateur

dramaticals and nothing to do with cricket (or the chaotic

unravelling of a parliamentary democracy – Ed).

Distance back to the pavilion now 126,000 miles.

With apologies to the late great Richie Benaud

Name and address supplied

Mini Flower Festival 12th May Christ Church will hold a mini flower festival and photo

exhibition on 12th May from 2-5, with cards and other items

from local artists on sale in the church. There will be

refreshments and all the visitors to Thorn Cottage Open

Gardens, in aid of Str Luke’s Hospice, will be invited to come

along to make a full day out in Brentor. We are fundraising

to provide a toilet for the church in the village. If you have

any photos you would like to be included in the rolling slide

show please do send them to helen@brentorchurch.org.uk

Brentor News key facts

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Diary Dates - All events in the Village Hall unless otherwise stated

May 2019

Sat 4th 10.30-12.00 Coffee Morning Sheryl Burroughs 870554

Sat 11th 7.00pm Quiz Night in aid of School Trip to Peru Susanna Harley 810180

Sun 12th 12noon-5pm St Luke’s Hospice Open Garden, Thorn Cottage, Burn Lane

Sally & Chris Pancheri

810285

Thurs 16th 7.30pm Plants Behaving Badly - a talk by Ken Thompson Heather Webster 810004

Fri 17th 2.00-3.00 Community Singing at Mary Tavy & Brentor School Clare Carowicz 810384

7.00pm Pub Night – skittles, darts, table quiz, games… Sheryl Burroughs 870554

Wed 22nd 6.30pm Village Hall & Playing Committee AGM Sheryl Burroughs 870554

June 2019

Thurs 20th 7.30pm Organic Marketing - a talk by Martin Godfrey Heather Webster 810004

Fri 21st 2.00-3.00 Community Singing at Mary Tavy & Brentor School Clare Carowicz 810384

Sat 29th 12 noon – 11.30pm

Brenstock Music Festival 2019 Dom Carnell 810425

For Village Hall Bookings, please check availability on the website calendar www.brentorvillage.org/calendar

then contact Helen de Carles 810412