Wed 1 August 2018 www.swimbridgepc.org.uk
Swimbridge Newsletter
Newsletter: Julie Whitton 01271 830311 [email protected]
Swimbridge Jubilee Hall
To book: 07714 256379 www.swimbridgejubileehall.com
JACK RUSSELL INN: Paul Darch: 830366
Village defibrillator is based at Jack Russell Inn Shelter
Village PC Website Send articles
to Parish Clerk Lee Wadsworth:
www.swimbridgepc.org.uk
EVENTS: See overleaf for regular weekly activities
Wed 1 August, 7.30pm Acoustic Folk Music Sessions, Jack Russell Inn
Sat 11 August, 10am Green Team, Meet on Square
Tues 14 Aug, 7 for 7.30pm Parish Council meeting Swimbridge Jubilee Hall
Sat 18 Aug, 10 am—12 noon Church Coffee Morning St James Church, Swimbridge
Friday 17 Aug, 10am-12noon Families Adoption mtg Castle Hill, Filleigh
Mon 3 September Tour of Britain cycles through Swimbridge
Wed 5 September, 7.30pm Acoustic Folk Music Sessions, Jack Russell Inn
Sat 8 September, 9.30 am Devon Historic Churches
Bike Ride and Stride Event Meet at St James
Sat 8 September, 10am Green Team, Meet on Square
Tues 11 Sept, 7 for 7.30pm Parish Council meeting Swimbridge Jubilee Hall
Sat 15 Sept, 10 am—12 noon Church Coffee Morning St James Church, Swimbridge
Tues 2 October, 7.30 pm Swimbridge Parklands AGM Jubilee Hall
Wed 3 October, 7.30pm Acoustic Folk Music Sessions, Jack Russell Inn
Tues 9 October 7 for 7.30pm Parish Council meeting Swimbridge Jubilee Hall
Thurs 11 October, 7.30 pm Swimbridge Q&A: The Craft of Acting Old School Rooms
Sat 13 October, 10am Green Team, Meet on Square
Sat 20 Oct, 10 am—12 noon Church Coffee Morning St James Church, Swimbridge
Thurs 25 October, 7.30 pm Swimbridge Q&A: (i) A lighter side of an Opticians life and (ii) being a Female Jouster Old School Rooms
Wed 7 November, 7.30pm Acoustic Folk Music Sessions, Jack Russell Inn
Thurs 8 November, 7.30 pm
Swimbridge Q&A: Swimbridge & the Railway Old School Rooms
Sat 10 November, 10am Green Team, Meet on Square
Tues 13 Nov, 7 for 7.30pm Parish Council meeting Swimbridge Jubilee Hall
Sat 17 Nov, 10 am—12 noon Church Coffee Morning St James Church, Swimbridge
Wed 21 Nov, 7.30 pm Jubilee Hall AGM Jubilee Hall
Sat 24 November, 10-4pm Swimbridge Christmas Arts & Craft Fair, Jub Hall
Friday 30 Nov, 7 for 7.30 pm Blackheart Orchestra Jubilee Hall
Wed 5 December, 7.30pm Acoustic Folk Music Sessions, Jack Russell Inn
Fri 7 December. 7 for 7.30 pm PLAY: HEFTED Swimbridge Jubilee Hall
Sat 8 December, 7 for 7.30pm PLAY: HEFTED Swimbridge Jubilee Hall
Sat 8 December, 10am Green Team, Meet on Square
Tues 11 Dec, 7 for 7.30pm Parish Council meeting Swimbridge Jubilee Hall
Sat 15 Dec, 10 am—12 noon Church Coffee Morning St James Church, Swimbridge
Mon 24 Dec Christmas Eve
Tues 25 Dec Christmas Day
Wed 26 December Boxing Day
Mon 31 December New Years Eve
www.swimbridgejubileehall.com
St James Church Community Coffee Morning
Sat 18 Aug, 10 am -12 noon (always 3rd Sat) at Church with plants, stalls, scrumptious cake and raffle. All welcome
POST OFFICE SERVICE NOW IN SWIMBRIDGE A full postal service is
being offered EVERY TUESDAY, 2pm—4pm at St James Church, Swimbridge.
Devon Historic Churches
Ride and Stride Event
There will be a bike ride from
St James Church on Sat 8th Sept,
leaving at 9.30am. Contact
David Netherway if you would
like to join in on 830587.
On ‘yer bike ... Tour of Britain cycles through Swimbridge
Swimbridge Parish Council and a community team are putting
together some community activities to celebrate the Tour of
Britain cycling through Swimbridge on Monday 3rd September.
The race starts at 11am in Exeter and is expected to finish in Barnstaple at 4pm. The
bikes should be going through Swimbridge around 1.22pm—1.50 pm, and a
road closure is expected half an hour before the event and will re-open soon after the
bikes have gone through.
Swimbridge Jubilee Hall will be offering free tea, coffee and
cakes and will also put out seating (weather permitting). If you can
donate a cake or two please let Gill Armstrong know on 830996.
There will also be a children’s bike colouring-in competition in the
village hall, with prizes donated by our very own Paul Cann (Planet
Bike Ltd). Paper and felt pens will be provided.
The Jack Russell Inn will be serving drinks and will have a wide TV SCREEN for
you to watch the LIVE action. They will also be putting out chairs (weather permitting).
In the run up to the event, we are holding a "Design a t-shirt Competition" for children in the village. If you can encourage your child
to decorate/draw on a white t-shirt during the summer holiday, we will sup-
ply the shirt free of charge. Just text Colin Wadsworth on 07456 911040
over the next few weeks, with your child’s size and your address, and he will provide the
shirt courtesy of the Parish Council. Entries will be judged on the day, and there will be
prizes donated by Planet Bike for the most imaginative entries.
We will be designing a hill figure of a Jack Russell on Hooda Hill
(thank you John Ackland for offering use of your land) which we hope will be
filmed by one of the helicopters on the day. If you have a drone please let
Julie know because it would be a great help for us to see the hill figure from
above before the day. We aim to do the hill figure a few days be-
fore. If you are interested in helping with this, please let Julie know
on 830311.
We will be decorating the village with bunting and we are also
encouraging you to spray old bikes yellow and to display them along
the route — in your garden, attached to lamp posts, etc. If you
don't have an old bike, just text Colin Wadsworth (as above) and he will be able to
provide one for you.
Children may want to cycle around the Glebe Recreation Field on the day. If anyone can
organise some bike activities for the children on the day, please let Julie know.
If you have any ideas for the day or want to help please contact
David Netherway on 830587. For more info about the event visit
http://www.tourofbritain.co.uk/stages/ Go on, come and be part of it!
USEFUL CONTACTS:
Swimbridge Parish Council Clerk: Lee Wadsworth, 830705
St James Church www.swimbridgeparishchurch.org Rev Shaun O'Rourke:
830950/07914361905 [email protected]
Churchwarden: Matt Bluge 830764
Friends of St James Church:
Mark Haworth-Booth, 07813 776349 /
[email protected] Foodbank Collection Point: Back of St James Church
Jack Russell Inn: Landlord: Paul Darch, 830366
Swimbridge C of E School
Headteacher Sandra Tibbles, 830437 Swimbridge CE School PTFA Contact: Heather Kingdom
[email protected] /Anji Chapman anjichapman@google mail.com
Swimbridge Pre-school, 830357 Swimbridge Jubilee Hall
Contact: 07714 256379 www.swimbridgejubileehall.com
Chair: Colin Wadsworth, 830705 Swimbridge Parklands Chair: Colin Wadsworth 830705
Swimbridge Twinning Assoc Chair: Barry Gouldbourne, 830007
Swimbridge Parish Green Team Contact: Colin Wadsworth, 830705 Swimbridge Feoffees
Mike Clift, 831188. D&C Neighbourhood Police: PCSO
Marcus Jarvis & Lucy Robinson non emergency: 101 www.devon-cornwall.police.uk
Station Hill allotments and Piano & Flute lessons Lindsay Cooper, 830347
Avon representatives Charlotte & Lizzie 07500986345
Salon at the Saloon Hairdresser Melissa Darch, 079 7090 6421 Clean-Me Chimneys
Keith Clarke 01271 830602 Darren Knill, Rhino Contractors (property maintenance and extns)
01271 831297 / 07928384916 Oliver Morrish Land & Garden
Services 07583641802 Swimbridge Book Swap – FREE St James Church on front pew
Swimbridge Nursing & Res Home Person in Charge, 830599
Riverton Fishery, 830009 Snow Warden: Mel Bartlett: 831200
WEEKLY ACTIVITIES Daily: Swimbridge Pre-school 9 am—12 noon, Old School Room Sunday
St James Church Service 9.30 am Service of Holy Communion Monday
Fish & Chip Van, 6.15-7,15pm, Jack Russell Car park
Men’s Skittles, Jack Russell Inn Bell Ringers, 7.30pm, Church Tuesday
Post office service, 2-4pm, Church Pool + Ladies Skittles Jack Russ Inn
Parish Council 2nd Tues in mth,7.30 Slimming World, 6.30pm, Jub Hall Wednesday
Acoustic Folk Music Sessions (1st Wed of mth), Jack Russell Inn Ladies Skittles, Jack Russell Inn
Steak Night, Jack Russell Inn Thursday
Mobile Library + DVDS, music -FREE Village Sq 11.35-12.05 noon.
Friday
Toddlers in the Pre-school, 2-3pm Saturday
Swimbridge Parish Green Team Meet 2nd Sat in mth, 10am, Village Sq
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For up to date information, visit www.swimbridgepc.org.uk
Swimbridge Parish Council: The next meeting takes place on Tuesday 14 August at
7 for 7.30 pm start. All are welcome to attend. At 7pm, tea, coffee and biscuits are available
as well as the opportunity for an informal chat with the Councillors. Please send news and
articles for the Parish Council website via Swimbridge Parish Council Clerk Lee Wadsworth to
the website: www.swimbridgepc.org.uk Thank you.
Swimbridge Green Team’s next meeting is on Sat 11 Aug at 10 am on The Square
Thereafter on 8 Sept, 13 Oct, 10 Nov and 8 Dec. Why not join us to meet up and enjoy working together for a couple of hours to make a difference to our village.
News from Swimbridge House Nursing
Home— We are hoping to hold a Teddy Bears
Picnic with a raffle and cream teas towards the
end of August for residents, families and visitors
and anyone else who would like to attend. We
will put up some posters nearer the time when
we have finalised the date and times.
Families for Children Trust is a Specialist Adoption Agency and charitable trust based in the South
West. We place vulnerable children from all over the UK with new adoptive families in Devon,
Dorset, Cornwall, Somerset and the Isles of Scilly. We have a growing number of older children,
sibling groups and children with disabilities waiting to be adopted and we are looking for more
adopters to come forward quite quickly. People can learn about becoming an adopter and how we
can support you for life. The next meetings in North Devon will be held at Families for Children,
The Garden Flat, Castle Hill Estate, Filleigh, EX32 0RQ on Fri 17 August 10am-12noon.
1st HEFTED REHEARSAL WAS A GREAT SUCCESS
Over 40 people turned up for the Swimbridge Play HEFTED. Playwright David Lane has written a new play “Hefted” structured across 9 scenes in different North Devon landscapes stretching from 1475 to 2075 led by Beaford Arts HLF Archive project. David, together with Multistory Theatre will lead a community cast in its premiere. If you would like to be part of it, please let me know. Performance dates are 7 & 8 Dec and you will also be required for rehearsals. Go on, come and be part of it in Swimbridge Jubilee Hall. For info: Julie Whitton: 830311 / [email protected]
Slimming World time has changed. The Swim-
bridge Tuesday night session in the Jubilee Hall is
now 6.30pm not 7.30pm.
If you know anyone who is a trained pilates
teacher who is interested in running sessions in
Swimbridge please let Julie know on 830311.
Swimbridge Christmas Arts and Craft Fair—book early to ensure you
get a place! I know it is summer but before we know it Christmas will soon
be upon us and as our popular Swimbridge Christmas Arts & Craft Fair gets
booked quickly (we are now in our 15th year), I thought you would like to
know the date of this year's event ... Saturday 24th November from 10 am -
4 pm. If you would like a stall please let me know. A table space cost £15
and a table measures approx 69 cm x 182 cm. The event is in aid of
Swimbridge Jubilee Hall. In your reply, can you please let me have a brief description of what
you will be selling. If you have any queries or would like more info, please do not hesitate to
contact me—Julie Whitton on 01271 830311 / [email protected]
CAN YOU SPONSOR A
BENCH FOR SWIM-
BRIDGE PARK? They
cost just £50. So far,
5 have been in-
stalled. Here are
some of the Green Team putting one in.
For more info, please contact David
Netherway, 830587
Swimbridge Q&As autumn 2018 7.30pm in
the Old School Rooms: All welcome.
Thursday 11 October
The craft of acting by Gill Nathanson and
John Surman
Thursday 25 October
Double bill: Cy Margieson on the lighter side
of the optician's life and Nicky Schellander
on being a female jouster
Thursday 8 November
Philip Dalling: Swimbridge and the railway
For info : Mark Haworth-Booth: 07813 776349
A beautiful Swimbridge Village
Calendar is being produced for 2019
by the Friends of St James Church.
It has gorgeous photographs for every
month of the year and will include
delightful glimpses of the village which may
be new to you. Don't buy your calendars
for next year until you've seen this one -
more details in the next newsletter.
Mark Haworth-Booth, 01271 830 267
News from the Jack Russell Inn ... The bar
in the skittle alley is open every night at the Jack
Russell Inn while works are taking place in the
pub after the flood. The Whiddon Wagon
fish & chip van is at Jack Russell Car park
every Mon, 6.15-7.15pm
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