April 2016

From the editor Friends of Library

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The Children’s Voice 3

Amenity Society News Film Society News Chudleigh Rotters

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Devil Birds in Chudleigh Musical Tea Party Cabaret Sauvignon

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Bowling Club News Swimming Pool Opens Twinning Quiz Slow broadband? Open Garden Day

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Shakespeare Event Wellie Walk in Woods Street Food Night Meet the Authors

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Charity Music Concert Rotary Granite Trail RJC Wills

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Social Media Seminar Chudleigh Cannons Stover School Host Families Sought

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Town Hall News Chudleigh Concerns CADS AGM Celebration Ball

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Chudfest News Youth Centre AGM

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What’s On On the Beat SEARCH Refugee Talk

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Inside this issue:

www.chudleighphoenix.co.uk

See page 12

Many people in Chudleigh know Eric Mahy:

either as the owner of the plant stall in the

market on Thursday and Saturday mornings; as

the man behind Go Green Devon, which collects

our green waste for recycling; or in his recent

role as the Hairy Fairy in this year’s CADS

pantomime.

It was therefore most distressing to hear

on Sunday morning of the fire that devastated

the workshops behind Fore Street, destroying

much of Eric’s livelihood.

Even at such a bad moment, Eric’s sense

of humour didn’t desert him. The caption to this

picture was: Not the best start to a Sunday but

might be some charcoal available soon.

Sharon Mahy posted the following

message on Facebook on Monday:

“The sun has risen on another day and

we are counting our blessings in the face of our

current hurdle. We have each other and our

lovely friends and family who have

overwhelmed us with support and offers of help,

my faith in human kindness has definitely

received a boost in the last 24 hours.

“Most of you will know we had a fire

here in the early hours of Sunday morning

which destroyed a huge part of my husband’s

livelihood in the space of a few hours.

“Anyone who knows my husband will

know he's an extremely hard working and very

proud man who's not comfortable asking for

help. But what he can do is grow things and we

still have some greenhouses left and whilst he

wont accept charity he will sell things.

“THIS IS A PLEA, please share far

and wide to all your friends and family...

“Please, please, please can I ask that you

ALL buy just one tomato plant from him at the

(momentarily inflated due to circumstances)

price of £1. This plant may not be grown yet but

your name will go down on a list of people

owed a tomato plant made with extra love...

“All that I ask is, if you wouldn't mind,

you pay in advance to inject a quick boost to the

coffers to help enable him to literally rise from

the ashes. Thank you so much in advance, I can

take your coin or Eric himself will take orders

for a wonderful little tomato plant.”

Fire Spawns The Tomato Revolution!

Chudleigh... the place to be on 30th April

Details p8

Chudleigh Phoenix April 2016

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From the Editor

Friends of Chudleigh Library from Chairman, Douglas Neely

There’s going to be a glut of

tomatoes in Chudleigh this

year! Sadly, the town has once

again seen the damage that can

caused by fire, as Eric Mahy’s

workshops were destroyed

earlier this month. Our

thoughts and best wishes go out

to Eric and the family. And we

urge everyone to respond to

Sharon Mahy’s plea (see page

1) and buy at least one tomato

plant to help build up the

recovery fund.

We live in such a busy

town, there’s always something

If you would like more information about Friends of Chudleigh

Library, please contact Jill Hughes (Librarian, Chudleigh Library)

on 852469 or Douglas Neely (Chairman) on 853456.

Gorgito’s Ice Rink Prize-winner, 2015 Self-Published Book of the Year Awards

A tale of love, loss and broken promises

by local author Elizabeth Ducie

Available from Chudleigh Phoenix Publications

01626 854611; editors@chudleighphoenix.co.uk

Obama

plans to

catch up on

his reading

after the

election

Thanks to this month’s sponsors:

Stover School, RJC Wills and Webselect

Out in July

The new

thriller by

local author

Elizabeth Ducie

Not everything

is black or

white

We have two exciting events coming up later this month:

On Saturday April 23rd between 2pm and 4pm we are

going to be celebrating 400 years of Shakespeare. We are asking

people to bring along their favourite piece and be prepared to read

it out. Great acting is not necessary. You can also just come along

and listen to other people's choices. Tickets for the event will be

£2 and light refreshments will be provided. If you are interested in

this or want more more information, see the poster on page 7 or

get in touch with Sue Astbury-Rollason on 01626 854602 or

email her on fernlodge.sue@btinternet.com. We need to know

beforehand what you will be bringing along to avoid duplication

of pieces. Tickets for this event do not need to be bought in

advance.

Then on Monday 25th April, we will be holding another

of our very popular “Meet The Author” evenings. This time we

are offering two for the price of one as we welcome two rising

stars in the world of Crime Fiction.

Clare Donoghue will talk about publication of Trust No

One, her third novel in the DS Bennett and DI Lockyear series.

After 10 years with a law firm in London, Clare moved back to

Somerset, to take an MA in Creative Writing. The first book in

the series, Never Look Back ,was shortlisted for the Crime Writers

Association (CWA) Debut Award.

Chris Ewan is best known his Good Thief series of travel

adventures featuring Charlie Howard. In recent years, he has

written stand-alone crime fiction and his latest book Long Time

Lost is published in May. His first stand-alone title, Safe House,

was shortlisted for the prestigious Theakston’s Old Peculiar

Crime Novel Of The Year Award.

Both authors are destined for big things in the world of

Crime Fiction and this is a great opportunity to meet them at this

stage of their careers. Details can be found on the poster on page 7

or on our website www.friendsofchudleighlibrary.co.uk.

On April 1st, Libraries Unlimited, the new organisation set

up to run Devon Library Service, was launched. This is an

exciting time for them and I will be putting more information on

our website (www.friendsofchudleighlibrary.co.uk).

going on. Here at CP, we try to

capture as much information as

possible, but sometimes we

don’t hear about an event until

it’s too late and all the space is

gone. So a quick plea from me

to all event organisers out

there—please get your notices

and articles to me as early as

possible. We go to print on 15th

of each month and the official

copy date is always the last day

of the previous month;

although you can usually

persuade me to give you a few

days leeway if you ask nicely.

Some of the special

events going on this month

include the celebration of

Shakespeare’s death 400 years

ago (and he died on his

birthday, too!); the St George’s

Day street food night at the

Town Hall; and of course, the

huge Gift of Life concert at the

end of the month. It only seems

l i k e y e s t er da y wh en I

interviewed Wendy and Jo at the

start of the fund-raising year—

and yet here they are, bringing it

all to a close.

Finally, congratulations

to Leah Sambrooks on her

winning design for the Chudfest

brochure.

Kate

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This year, Chudleigh School’s Easter Fair was a big hit. There

were many new stalls and great ideas for craft. It took place on

the last Friday of the Spring term. Here are a couple of the

funniest moments:

Chicken Egg Bingo

One of the wacky ideas

was chicken poo bingo. You

probably would have heard of

bingo, a game of numbers and

luck. This time, the game

changes a bit when chickens poo

on the lucky squares—but this

time it went a bit wrong. One of

the chickens laid an egg instead

of pooing!

Easter Egg Hunt Blown Away

The Easter Egg Hunt was brilliant until one of the clues

blew away. Everyone was out looking for it while it was floating

around freely.

Thank You!

A BIG thank you to all of you who participated in this

event and to Friends of Chudleigh School; none of this would

have ever happened without them.

The Upgraded Easter Fair by Isabelle and Saffron

The Children’s Voice With Guest Editor Connie Haslam Ivens

International Cosmonaut (Astronaut) Day has just passed and

in tribute, we would like to test you on your space knowledge:

Q1: How many planets are in our solar system?

A) 7 B) 8 C) 9

Q2: How hot is the surface of the sun in degrees C?

A) 100,000 B) 63,000 C) 5,500

Q3: How often does Halley’s Comet appear?

A) 76 years B) 6 years C) 50 years

Q4: What is Neptune made out of?

Q6: The Pinwheel Galaxy exists. True or False?

Q7: Who named Pluto?

Q8: How old is the Hubble telescope?

A) 16 years B) 26 years C) 36 years

Q9: What are comets made out of?

Q10: Exoplanet 55 Cancri e is made out of what?

A) Chocolate B) Rock C) Diamonds

Fun Facts

Dwarf Planet Make Make (pronounced Marky Marky) is

code-named Easter Bunny.

The first space tourist, Dennis Tito, paid £14m in 2001 to

go to the International Space Station

Pluto can be up to –233 degrees C!

Hopefully now you know more about space and enjoyed our quiz.

You can find the answers on page 5.

Cosmonaut Tribute Quiz by James and Max

Hiiii-yyaaahh!!! Looking for a feel-good, funny, family film?

Dreamwork’s sequel to Kung Fu Panda 1 and 2 will be perfect.

Everyone’s favourite furry fighter is back and even more

hilarious than before!

Join Po on another adventure, but this time without his

normal companions, but with someone even closer to teach him

the secret art of Chi. Will he win through? With the help of an

undiscovered village of Pandas, including his long-lost father, he

just might be able to defeat the evil Ki and save his friends at

home.

We highly recommend this

brilliant film, with an overall

rating of 6/5. It’s really good!

Merlin’s Apprentice is a thrilling, action-packed book written

by Tanya Landman. For those who like magic, secrecy and

adventure, this is the perfect book for you!

This brilliant novel is about an eleven year old girl called

Katrina Picket. When she was ten, she woke the grand sorcerer

Merlin from his slumber and saved England, or Albion as Merlin

calls it. But now the evil sorceress Morgan le Fey is back and

Katrina must train to become a sorceress to stop her.

I would recommend this book highly. Also an interesting

fact is that the author is this Junior Reporter’s uncle’s half-

sister!

This is an epic book and you should read it! And you could

also read the prequel, Waking Merlin.

Magical Merlin by William

Kung Fu Panda 3 by Lucy and Theo

(Above) Everyone’s favourite

furry fighter

(Right) Junior Reporter William

with his uncle’s half-sister’s

‘epic’ book

Amenity Society News

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Our final film of the 2015/16 Season is The Theory of Everything

(Cert 12A) (123 min) which is being screened on Friday 13th

May.

The film features an Oscar -

winning performance by Eddie

Redmayne in his portrayal of

Stephen Hawking’s life as husband,

father and scientist.

The 2016/17 programme

leaflet will also be available. Why not

apply for membership over the

summer to minimise queuing and

delays at our screening on 9th

September 2016!

Screenings commence at

8pm in the Woodway Room,

Chudleigh Town Hall (although doors

open at 7.15pm for the sale of alcoholic and soft drinks and

sweets). Non-members are always welcome at a charge of £5 on

the door. Enquiries: 01626 859593 or visit our website for details:

www.chudleighfilmsociety.org

Film Society News

Frances - Treasurer

01626 853173; dayshfrances5@hotmail.com

Lyn - Membership Secretary

01626 852090; lyn.paris@virgin.net

Chudleigh Rotters Update

Chudleigh Rotters Composting Group work session on

Saturday 2nd April went very well, blessed by dry weather.

There was no compost ready for sieving but two middle bays'

compost was turned into the end bays so this should hopefully

be ready for sieving on the next session. The contents of the

large bay was then turned into the two middle bays into which

some wood ash and shredded paper was incorporated, and those

present stayed on a little longer to put the donations of grass

cuttings etc. into the large bay just to finish off. Both compost

and mulch were purchased on the morning by members and a

member of the local community (who saw our advert).

Some of our mulch which is made from shredded

Christmas trees was bought to be used in the sensory garden at

the twin oaks in Chudleigh.

The next work session is on Saturday 7th May from

10am to approximately noon as usual, during which time coffee

and tea [and of course biscuits] will be served to refresh those

present.

Forty one members and six guests attended the talk on The

River Otter Beaver Project given on 18th March by Mark Elliot,

the director of the project he is running on behalf of the Devon

Wildlife Trust.

Beavers are herbivorous animals and were native in this

country until around 400 years ago when they were

exterminated by overhunting. The beavers in the River Otter

were first seen in 2007 and in 2014, it was found that were two

family groups that were successfully reproducing. The beavers

were health checked and in 2015 the Wildlife Trust was given a

licence to study them for five years in order to determine

whether they thrive and their effect on the river and its

surroundings. So far all is going well.

The talk was preceded by the AGM at which Andrew

Turnbull (Chairman), Douglas Hellier Laing (Vice Chairman),

David Williams (Secretary) and Bernard Groves (Treasurer)

were elected unopposed. As reported in January, a revised

constitution was put to the meeting and, following minor

changes, was adopted.

In March, thirteen members and a dog visited the

National Trust property at Greenway, near Brixham. This was

the home of Agatha Christie and many parts of the house and

gardens feature in her novels. We were exceptionally lucky to

make the visit at a time when many of the long established

magnolias, camelias and rhododendrons were in full flower and

they looked magnificent in the spring sunshine. We were able to

admire the views down the River Dart as far as Dartmouth and

see the recently refurbished boathouse

The Amenity Society has now completed the planting of

over 5000 snowdrops in front of the Church in the hope that in

the future they will spread and provide a carpet of flowers at a

time of the year when a little cheer is very welcome. Although

many of the bulbs were purchased, the remainder were kindly

donated by Marie Randall from her garden at Moretonhampstead.

The intention is to follow this up by planting daffodils

bulbs in various places around the Town in the autumn.

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Swifts, once feared and known as 'Devil Birds', visit

Britain for barely three months each summer. They bring

spectacular action and excitement above our town, as they

wheel around 'screaming' at high speed, before swooping

into their nests in favoured roof spaces.

Swifts arrive very promptly in early May, having

spent the winter in central Africa. After the young leave

the nest, they spend almost the whole of their life in the

air—feeding, mating and even sleeping on the wing. They

feed on flying insects high in the sky, bringing back as

many as 100,000 to their chicks in a day. Swifts are larger

and blacker than Swallows and House Martins, which

build mud nests on ledges and under eaves, respectively.

Swifts build simple nests away from prying eyes and can

be quite unobtrusive.

These amazing birds have shared our buildings

ever since the Romans came to Britain. However, they are

under threat, as modern and renovated buildings exclude

them. Unless we do something about it, Swifts will vanish

from the Chudleigh scene. We seem to have lost them

already from the Town Hall, following works to the roof.

Please keep an eye open for Swifts returning this

spring—make a note of the day you first see them and let

us know. Last year there seemed to be few Swifts around

Chudleigh, so this year we are trying to work out how

many are nesting, and where. As the summer progresses,

please let us know where you have seen Swifts entering

roofs.

Further information about Swifts can be found on

the RSPB website and on the Swift conservation website.

Dave & Sue Smallshire, Chudleigh WILD

(davesmalls@btinternet.com; 853393)

Keeping the Devil Birds in Chudleigh

Answer to the Children’s Voice Cosmonaut Quiz

on page 3:

1 B; 2 C; 3 A; 4 gas; 5 The Milky Way; 6 true;

7 an 11 year old girl from England; 8 26 years;

9 ice; 10 diamonds

Doors open at 7pm

Kick off 8pm April only

(usually 7.30pm)

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On Saturday 14th May, Chudleigh Bowling Club will be holding

an Open Afternoon for prospective members to try out the sport

of lawn bowls. The Bowling Club is at the Sports Centre at

Katebrook, adjacent to the main building and cricket field.

During the summer season, a wide variety of bowling is

available: competitions, friendly and league games, club days,

and social events and there is also indoor bowling in the winter at

the various indoor clubs in the area.

All ages are invited, but please, anyone under 18 must be

accompanied by an adult. People who have previously played

bowls are also most welcome. Please wear flat-soled trainers or

sandals.

We have plenty of sets of bowls to try your hand with, and

our experienced players will be on hand, and happy to give

guidance. We hope to finish off the event with a ‘mini game’ of

bowls to give a flavour of what a game of lawn bowls is like.

There will be light refreshments available all afternoon. If

you are unavailable to come to this Open Afternoon, and you

would like to see what it is all about, why not come to a Club

Night on any Wednesday evening at 6.15 pm? There will be

members there to help you on your way to becoming County

Champion!

For more info, phone Graham or Pat on 01626 367368, or

Patt and Ian on 01626 638248.

Bowling Open Afternoon

Ch u d l e i g h / T r o a r n T w i n n i n g

Association will be holding a Quiz

Night on Saturday 14th May in the

Woodway Room at Chudleigh Town

Hall. The Quizmasters will again be

Michael and Kate McCormick. Doors

will open at 7.30 pm and the quiz will

commence at 8.00 pm.

Tickets will be available from

Dandelion at £7 each, to include a

Ploughman's Supper halfway through

the evening and a glass of wine or soft

drink. There will be a licensed bar but

BYO will incur a corkage charge.

Do come and join us to support

your local Twinning Association.

Twinning Quiz

Slow Broadband? Connecting Devon and Somerset has committed to bringing

broadband to everyone within the programme area. If you are not

yet able to receive broadband speeds of over 2Mbps you may be

able to get connected through the CDS voucher scheme.

Sunday 1st May, 2pm to 5pm, entrance proceeds

shared between Chudleigh Parish Church and

Diabetes UK. For more information contact Peter

or Helen Reynolds on 01626 832336

Woodland Grove Open Garden

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A day-long music concert is to be

held in the centre of Chudleigh on

Saturday 30th April, to mark the end

of a year of fundraising for the Cystic

Fibrosis Trust.

The event is called the Gift of

Life Concert. Bands and musicians

will perform from the backs of lorries

throughout the day, with local soul

and R&B band, The Loose Cannons,

headlining the event. Other acts

include 'Simply Blues', the children

from Chudleigh School, Ruth Barber,

and Alpha Tide. There will even be a

disco on a lorry and a hog roast.

The day of music and

celebration will see the closure of the

high street from 12 noon to 11:30pm,

the longest street closure ever

permitted in the town.

The event has been organised

by Jo Deerman and Wendy Bishop

from The Bishop Lacy pub.

Jo says: “The Trust is a

fantastic charity that provides

research into new treatments, trains

specialist doctors and nurses, and

provides financial and emotional

support for sufferers and families.”

Wendy says: “Several young

people in our town are living with

cystic fibrosis, and we want to raise

awareness of the cause. By the end of

the fundraising we will have raised

£10,000 and everyone is welcome to

join us to help us celebrate.”

The Cystic Fibrosis Trust is a

small charity, with lower overheads

so more of its donations are used to

fund research and support for patients

and their families. And although it is

a national charity, the money raised

will go to a local branch to benefit

people locally. You can read the

background to this campaign in the

May 2015 issue of CP.

Huge Charity Music Concert

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Host Families Sought For Language Students

Student applications are up and the

Chudleigh-based I AM SCHOOL OF

ENGLISH is once again looking for

families who would be willing to provide

accommodation for language students

over a two or three week period this

summer.

The school describes itself as

Christian based and is particularly

interested in working with Christian

families.

The dates are either: Thursday

30th June to Sunday 17th July; or

Thursday 30th June to Sunday 24th July.

Payment is £20 per day, making a

total of £340 or £480 for the two or three

week period respectively.

If you are interested in following

up this opportunity, contact Paul Jenner

on 01626 437478 or email him at: pauljenner.iamschoolofenglish@gmail.com

Chudleigh Business Guild invites all businesses in Chudleigh, whether

members of CBG or not, to a free seminar in Chudleigh Town Hall on the

basics of social media. Attendees will get an introduction to Twitter and

Facebook, and discover how to set up business accounts, share content

such as photos and videos, as well as exploring best practice, privacy

settings and staying safe. Early booking is advisable; you can book your

place here or by calling 03001231185

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Councillors’ Surgeries

Town Councillors are always anxious to hear from residents

about any concerns or issue that they have—or maybe any ideas they

have to make the town better. A Councillors’ surgery now runs in the

Town Hall from 10am to 12 noon each Saturday, in the Clerk’s office, at

the bottom of the main staircase. You don’t need an appointment, you

simply drop-in and talk.

Plans for housing at Colway Lane and Grovelands

Taylor Wimpey held a public exhibition at the Town Hall in

March detailing their proposals for 65 dwellings on the fields at

Grovelands and adjacent to Colway Lane, 30% of which are designed to

be affordable. Taylor Wimpey anticipates a ratio of 70% rental to 30%

purchase. In addition, land would be set aside for four self-build plots.

The exhibition was very well attended. The areas of most concern were

site access and the level of car parking provision provided. In due course

there will be a detailed planning application when we will see their final

proposals.

Devon Bat Survey

Chudleigh Town Council has agreed to operate as one of 20 host

centres in Devon to take this project forward. Given the importance of

this locality for the Greater Horseshoe Bat we always felt that there was

a responsibility on us to offer our services. The project will involve the

loaning out of bat detectors to enable species identification and numbers

of bats in the locality. There will be ample opportunity for volunteers to

get involved in both bat detection and analysing the data collected. If

you would like to get involved in this project please contact staff at the

Town Hall.

Town Hall News: featuring items from

CTC not covered elsewhere in CP

Contact details: John Carlton, Town Clerk,

01626 853140, Johncarlton1994@yahoo.co.uk ;

Chudleigh Town Council website

Chudleigh Concerns CP recently received a copy of the following email sent by Jo Poke,

owner of gift shop, Dandelion, to Chudleigh Town Council.

“Travelling to Bovey recently I was delighted to see their splendid

array of street flowers. It gave the town immediate appeal and the feeling

that it is a town with pride in itself. Returning to Chudleigh my heart

sank. A few quite sad looking planters (some now sadly dented and un-

kempt looking), thinly planted and lacking visual impact. Given how

cheap spring bulbs and plants like polyanthus are, I cannot understand

why Chudleigh can’t do better. I look at the War Memorial beds lying for

weeks and months without a plant and wonder why, given that for very

little money and effort they could now be displaying a colourful and

uplifting array of narcissus etc. Combine this with the many terribly run

down shop frontages and it is heart sinking. Does this town look like

some where visitors from Finlake etc would want to stop and amble

through: clearly it does not. Quite, frankly, I am becoming ashamed of

the town that is very close to my heart. (continued on page 11)

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Chudfest 2016 Dates Box Office for Summer Festival

Monday 30th May

Open Gardens

Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th June

Summer Festival

Friday 1st to Sunday 10th July

Garden and Produce Show

Saturday 20th August

Box Office for Variety Concert

Thursday 22nd September

Variety Concert

Saturday 22nd October

Christmas Fayre

Thursday 8th December

www.chudfest.co.uk

Follow us on Facebook or Twitter

A big thank you to anyone who entered our cover design

competition. The winner is Leah Sambrooks, who wins a free

pass to all Chudfest events including Open Gardens, Beach

Party, Quiz, Literary Festival, Comedy Club and 60s/70s Disco.

Congratulations, Leah!

The brochure is being put together at the moment and

will be with you by the middle of next month. In the meantime,

you should have received your ‘Save the Date’ leaflet. If you

haven’t seen it, or need extra copies for friends outside

Chudleigh, just ask: chudfest@yahoo.co.uk

Leah’s A Winner

(continued from page 10) I understand that some funds

have been granted to Chudleigh for the specific use of helping

businesses who could not otherwise afford to do so spruce up their

frontages. This is such good news. For those of you not familiar

with retail on the scale that it is practiced in Chudleigh, I can

assure you that it can be profitable but only just. Many of us earn

less than the Living Wage but keep going because we love the town

and it’s inhabitants. Surely it is the the Town Council’s duty to

give a lead here? Forget costly street remodelling, please

concentrate instead on relatively cheap “quick win” visual

improvements. Ultimately, if the Town Council cannot be

bothered, then why should we?”

When I contacted Town Clerk, John Carlton, for a

comment, he told me the letter, and the issues it raised, had been

addressed at the Environment Committee meeting on 12th April.

He would be writing to Jo, to respond to her points and, although

the letter would be private, the minutes of the meeting will be

published and available for public review.

However, in order to prevent any mis-information, he was

keen to point out: “there is as yet no agreement that there will be a

fund for retailers to improve shop frontages. To operate such a

scheme it would need to be done through an external organisation.

We will be talking to the Business Guild in due course.”

Chudleigh Concerns (continued)

Copy date 30th April for the May issue. Reserve your space in

advance: editors@chudleighphoenix.co.uk or phone Kate on 854611.

The editor reserves the right to edit copy for considerations of space.

The views expressed in CP are not necessarily those of the editor.

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What’s On In Chudleigh

Saturday 16th Weekly Produce Market: Outside Town Hall, 9.30am to

1pm. Brainwave Coffee Morning: Rest Centre, 10am. Town Council Surgery: Town Hall, 10am.

Messy Church: Parish Church, 3.30pm to 5.30pm.

Sunday 17th Community Choir: Musical Tea Party, Woodway Room,

3.30pm, details page 5. Cabaret Sauvignon: Con Club, 8pm, details page 5.

Monday 18th Chudleigh Writers Circle: Rest

Centre, 10am. Wednesday 20th

Mothers’ Union: Fellowship Meeting, Parish Church, 2.15pm.

Thursday 21st Weekly Produce Market: Outside Town Hall, 8.30am to 1pm.

Saturday 23rd

Weekly Produce Market: Outside Town Hall, 9.30am to 1pm. Chudleigh Film Society Coffee Morning: Rest Centre,

10am. Town Council Surgery: Town Hall, 10am. FOCL: Shakespeare Event, Library, 2pm, details page 7.

Chudleigh WILD: A Wellie Walk in the Woods, 2pm, details page 7. St George’s Day: Street Food Night, Town Hall, 6pm, details

page 7. Sunday 24th

CADS: AGM and screening of Sleeping Beauty, Woodway Room, 2pm, details page 10.

Monday 25th FOCL: Meet the Authors’ event, Library, 7pm, details page 7. Youth Centre: AGM, Youth Centre, 7.30pm, details page

11. Wednesday 27th

Business Seminar: Social Media Basics Town Hall, 6pm, details page 9.

Thursday 28th Weekly Produce Market: Outside Town Hall, 8.30am to 1pm.

Friday 29th

Town Annual Meeting: Woodway Room, 7pm.

Saturday 30th

Weekly Produce Market: Outside Town Hall, 9.30am to 1pm. Youth Centre Coffee Morning: Rest Centre, 10am.

Town Council Surgery: Town Hall, 10am. Gift of Life Concert: Charity concert in town centre, details page 8.

Swimming Pool: reopens for the summer, 2pm, details page 6. Chudleigh Phoenix: copy date for May issue.

Sunday 1st Open Garden: Woodland Grove, 2pm, details page 6.

Wednesday 4th WI: AGM, Rest Centre, 7.30pm.

Thursday 5th Weekly Produce Market:

Outside Town Hall, 8.30am to 1pm.

Friday 6th Chudleigh History Group: Tracey Elliot-Reep with Riding

with Faith through Europe, Greece to north west Spain, Woodway Room, 7.30pm

Saturday 7th Weekly Produce Market:

Outside Town Hall, 9.30am to 1pm. FOCL Coffee Morning: Rest Centre, 10am. Chudleigh Rotters: Monthly

work session, details page 4. CTC Surgery: Town Hall, 10am.

Monday 9th Council: Full meeting, Town

Hall, 7pm. Tuesday 10th

Diners Club Monthly Dinner: Contact Phil on 07702418458 for details.

Wednesday 11th SEARCH: Refugee talk, details this page.

Thursday 12th Weekly Produce Market:

Outside Town Hall, 8.30am to 1pm.

Friday 13th Chudleigh Film Society: The Theory of Everything (Cert

12A), drama, Woodway

APRIL

On The Beat with PC Ali Hooper (14939); PCSO Mark Easton (30315)

Contact Details: website;

Emergencies: 999; General enquiries: 101

There were a total of six crimes recorded for Chudleigh during

the last reporting period, broken down as follows:

Domestic violence incidents (3): The relevant partner agencies

have been informed and are working with the persons involved.

Theft from a shop: A number of bottles of alcohol have been

taken. There appear to be two white males working together. The

CCTV images of the suspects have been published on the police

briefing system for possible identification.

Criminal damage to property (2): A front door to a house was

damaged by unknown means. There are no suspects or witnesses.

The neighbourhood team visited and offered reassurance. A house

presently under renovation was entered by youths who caused

some minor damage. The owner was contacted to ensure the

perimeter is secured. MAY

Room 7.15pm for 8pm, details page 4.

Saturday 14th Weekly Produce Market: Outside Town Hall, 9.30am to 1pm. Guides Coffee Morning: Rest

Centre, 10am. CTC Surgery: Town Hall, 10am. Bowling Club: Open Afternoon, details page 6. Messy Church: Parish Church,

3.30pm to 5.30pm. Twinning Association: Quiz

Nigh t , Woodway Room, 7.30pm, details page 6.

Sunday 15th Chudleigh Phoenix: May issue due out.

Cabaret Sauvignon: Con Club, 7.30pm, details page 5.