Post on 26-Mar-2018
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
Chudleigh Phoenix April 2016
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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.