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TheSIDMOUTH DIARYJAN - MAR 2014

Your complete DIARY of EVENTS for the Sid Valley including Sidmouth, Sidford and Sidbury

The Community Magazine for the Sid Valley Beach TideTimetables

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Welcome to the NEW winter edition of the Sidmouth Diary.

Here in Sidmouth, there has always been a great community spirit apparent and the town is renowned for its warm and friendly atmosphere. We are introducing two NEW features in this issue called ‘Sidmouth People’ and ‘The Sidmouth Diary Community Interview’ in which we visit local people and organisations across the Sid Valley. In this issue we meet James McLean and ‘Fenn the smiling dog’ at Sidmouth Pet Shop, and the ladies running Sidmouth Voluntary Services at Twyford House.

If you’re not yet aware, there has been a fundamental change to the Sidmouth Diary that means every organisation, be it a club, society, charity, business, etc, can get their events into the next issue of The Sidmouth Diary magazine in an easy, transparent way, so that the Sidmouth Diary is exactly that - a diary of all events for the Sid Valley. For instance, at the start of the events section in this issue, you can see Sid Valley events in chronological order. This is then followed by East Devon events.

How do I get my organisation’s events

into the next Sidmouth Diary, you may ask? It’s extremely easy, just go to the eastdevonhub .co.uk website and login as your organisation and then add your events, it’s that easy. What’s great is that you can get your organisation’s events on the Hub and also in The Sidmouth Diary through this single, easy process. At the last count, there were 171 Sid Valley organisations (clubs. societies, charities) already registered on the East Devon Hub website, so we can keep you informed pretty much, of everything going on. This service is totally free to use and available 24/7. If your organisation isn’t registered, just Google East Devon Hub, then go to the register menu option, fill out the form and submit. We’ll let you know when you’re all set up to add events.

Get fit and earn money! We are on the lookout for distributors to help us deliver the Diary magazines to houses and businesses across the Sid Valley and Lower Otter Valley. If you are interested or know anyone who might be then give us a call.

Happy New Year.

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THE PANTOMIME, ALADDIN Until 04 Jan - Traditional family pantomime directed by Heather Hodge, Sidmouth Amateur Dramatic Society, Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth.

WINTER SOLSTICE EXHIBITION Until 06 Jan - Selected Devon Artists display new works, East Devon Art, Old Fore Street, Sidmouth, 11.00am.

COMMITTEE WORK VOLUNTEERING VACANCIES Until 28 Jan - Volunteering opportunities through Sidmouth Help Link, Mill Street, Sidmouth.

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CATERING VOLUNTEERING VACANCIES Until 28 Jan - Volunteering opportunities through Sidmouth Help Link, Mill Street, Sidmouth.

ART & CRAFT VOLUNTEERING VACANCIES Until 28 Jan - Volunteering opportunities through Sidmouth Help Link, Mill Street, Sidmouth.

ANIMAL VOLUNTEERING VACANCIES Until 28 Jan - Volunteering opportunities through Sidmouth Help Link, Mill Street, Sidmouth.

ADMIN VOLUNTEERING VACANCIES Until 28 Jan - Volunteering opportunities through Sidmouth

Help Link, Mill Street, Sidmouth.

RETAIL VOLUNTEERING VACANCIES Until 28 Jan - Volunteering Opportunities through Sidmouth Help Link, Mill Street, Sidmouth.

OUTDOOR ACTIVITY VOLUNTEERING VACANCIES Until 28 Jan - Volunteering opportunities through Sidmouth Help Link, Mill Street, Sidmouth.

CHILD RELATED VOLUNTEERING VACANCIES Until 28 Jan - Volunteering opportunities through Sidmouth Help Link, Mill Street, Sidmouth.

GARDENING VOLUNTEERING VACANCIES Until 28 Jan - Volunteering opportunities through Sidmouth Help Link, Mill Street, Sidmouth.

FUNDRAISING VOLUNTEERING VACANCIES Until 28 Jan - Volunteering opportunities through Sidmouth Help Link, Mill Street, Sidmouth.

ENVIRONMENTAL VOLUNTEERING VACANCIES Until 28 Jan - Volunteering vacancies through Sidmouth Help Link, Mill Street, Sidmouth.

HELP IN THE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERING VACANCIES Until 28 Jan - Volunteering opportunities

3JAN to MAR 14 Get your events included in the next Sidmouth Diary via: eastdevonhub .co.uk

through Sidmouth Help Link, Mill Street, Sidmouth.

DRIVING VOLUNTEER VACANCIES Until 28 Jan - Volunteering vacancies through Sidmouth Help Link, Mill Street, Sidmouth.

COUNSELLING VOLUNTEERING VACANCIES Until 28 Jan - Volunteering opportunities with Sidmouth Help Link, Mill Street, Sidmouth.

COMPUTER RELATED VOLUNTEERING VACANCIES Until 28 Jan -

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Just add them into eastdevonhub .co.uksee page 14 for details


Lunches provided at low prices.Rooms for hire from £6 per session.

SVS Transport Service for senior & senior disabled citizens. Our 3 minibuses with wheelchair lifts are used for shopping &

ferrying people to lunches at Twyford House.

A voluntary car service is also available to take our users to and from hospitals, dentist, physio-clinics, etc - call 01395 512221 The Transport Offi ce is open 9.00-11.30, Monday to Friday. Please leave an answer phone message outside this time.

Sidmouth Voluntary Services

Tel: (01395) 515063 Twyford House, Coburg Rd, Sidmouth

Our day centre provides for anyone over 60 that wishes to drop in for friendship, chat and refreshments

Volunteering opportunities through Sidmouth Help Link, Mill Street, Sidmouth.

January

BUS STOP CAFE AT THE BLACK HORSE, SIDMOUTH 03 Jan - Bus Stop Cafe bring their unique blend of Rock and Pop to the Black Horse, Bus Stop Cafe, The Black Horse, Sidmouth, 9.05pm.

SID VALE PROBUS CLUB 07 Jan - ‘A Pensioner’s Adventures on the Amazon’

a talk by Joyce West, Sid Vale Probus Club, The Blue Ball, Sidmouth, 10.30am.

DANCING FOR CHARITY, TUITION AND SOCIAL 08 Jan - Dancing for Charity. Ballroom and Sequence with Tuition, Dancing for Charity, Sidmouth Conservative Club, Sidmouth, 7.00pm.

WATERCOLOUR 08 Jan to 02 Apr - A weekly class on learning how to paint in watercolour, East Devon Art, Old Fore Street, Sidmouth, 1.25pm.

PORTRAIT /FIGURE DRAWING AND PAINTING 08 Jan to 02 Apr - Learn how to draw and paint from a clothed model, East Devon Art, Old Fore Street, Sidmouth, 9.00am.

ANTIQUES VALUATION DAYS 09 Jan to 30 Jan - Four antiques valuation Thursdays in January by Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood, Kennaway House, Coburg Road, Sidmouth, 2.00pm.

DANCE/MUSIC NIGHT 10 Jan - Dance/Music Night, Dancing for Charity, Sidmouth Conservative Club, Sidmouth, 8.15pm.

PAINTING IN OILS AND ACYLICS 10 Jan to 04 Apr - A weekly class where you will learn how to paint in oils and acrylics, East Devon Art, The Venture Hall, Sidmouth, 1.00am.

POETRY PLEASE! THE OLD MEETING 14 Jan - Poetry Please! The old meeting every 2nd Tuesday of the month, Sidmouth Poetry Please, Leigh Brown Room, Sidmouth, 2.00pm.

SID VALE ASSOCIATION TALK 15 Jan - “Sidmouth 150 years ago in Pictures” Speaker: Dr Nigel Hyman, Sid Vale Association, Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth, 2.30pm.


KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING. 18 Jan - Theatre musical, Manor Pavilion Theatre & Arts Centre, Manor Road, Sidmouth.

KENNAWAY JAZZ CLUB LAUNCH 19 Jan - Jazz pianist Craig Milverton & tenor saxophonist Martin Dale gig. Tickets £10, Kennaway House, Coburg Road, Sidmouth, 2.00pm.

SID VALE PROBUS CLUB 21 Jan - ‘A Boy on the Farm’ - a talk by Spence Kingdom, Sid Vale Probus Club, The Blue Ball, Sidmouth, 10.30am.

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ART DEMONSTRATION GIVEN BY EMMA CARTER 22 Jan - Art Demonstration- Sidmouth Art Society, Sidmouth Society of Artists, The Arts Centre, Sidmouth, 7.00pm.

DANCING FOR CHARITY, TUITION AND SOCIAL 29 Jan - Dancing for Charity. Ballroom and Sequence with Tuition,

Dancing for Charity, Sidmouth Conservative Club, Sidmouth, 7.00pm.

ACRYLIC AND OIL PAINTING WORKSHOP 30 Jan - Acrylic and oil painting. Suitable for all levels. £25, East Devon Art, Old Fore Street, Sidmouth, 10.00am.

February

FABRIC ROADSHOW 03 Feb - Fabric Sale in conjunction with Doughty’s of Hereford, Sidmouth Patchers and Quilters, St John’s Hall, Sidmouth, 10.30am.

SID VALE PROBUS CLUB 04 Feb - ‘The Life of Admiral Cochran’ - a talk by Dr Malcolm Burge, Sid Vale Probus Club, The Blue Ball, Sidmouth, 10.30am.

DANCING FOR CHARITY, TUITION AND SOCIAL 05 Feb - Dancing for Charity. Ballroom and Sequence with Tuition, Dancing for Charity, Sidmouth Conservative Club, Sidmouth, 7.00pm.

TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE 10 Feb to 07 Mar - Trinity College CertTESOL course. Learn to teach English as a Foreign Language, Sidmouth

International School, Sidmouth International School, Sidmouth, 9.00am.

POETRY PLEASE! THE OLD MEETING 11 Feb - Poetry Please! The old meeting every 2nd Tuesday of the month, Sidmouth Poetry Please, Leigh Brown Room, Sidmouth, 2.00pm.




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PAINTING IN INKS WORKSHOP 13 Feb - Learn how to use liquid, solid and powered inks. Materials provided. £20, East Devon Art, Old Fore Street, Sidmouth, 10.00am.

DANCE/MUSIC NIGHT 14 Feb - Dance/Music Night, Dancing for Charity, Sidmouth Conservative Club, Sidmouth, 8.15pm.

SID VALE PROBUS CLUB 18 Feb - ‘Tour of Battle Sites - Anglo Zulu Wars’ - a talk by Brian Porch, Sid Vale Probus Club, The Blue Ball, Sidmouth, 10.30am.

DANCING FOR CHARITY, TUITION AND SOCIAL 19 Feb - Dancing for Charity. Ballroom and Sequence with Tuition, Dancing for Charity,

Sidmouth Conservative Club, Sidmouth, 7.00pm.

SID VALE ASSOCIATION TALK 19 Feb - “Extraordinary Stories from an Ordinary Life” Speaker: Iris R Jones-Simantel, Sid Vale Association, Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth, 2.30pm.


ART DEMONSTRATION - JONATHAN LINCOLN-GORDON 26 Feb - Sidmouth Art Society - Art Demonstration, Sidmouth Society of Artists, The Arts Centre, Sidmouth, 7.00pm.


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March

CONCERT - “STRINGS & SONGS” 01 Mar - Misty Roses headline with young up & coming local artists & pupils of guitar a, Misty Roses Duo, United Reformed Church, Sidmouth, 7.30pm.

SID VALE PROBUS CLUB 04 Mar - ‘A Life of Crime’ - a talk by Peter Boef, Sid Vale Probus Club, The Blue Ball, Sidmouth, 10.30am.

POETRY PLEASE! THE OLD MEETING 11 Mar - Poetry Please! The old meeting every 2nd Tuesday of the month, Sidmouth Poetry Please, Leigh Brown Room, Sidmouth, 2.00pm.

SID VALE PROBUS CLUB 18 Mar - ‘Lets Go to the Fair’ - a talk by David Baldock, Sid Vale Probus Club, The Blue Ball, Sidmouth, 10.30am.

SID VALE ASSOCIATION TALK 19 Mar - “A History of The Knowle” Speakers: Rab & Christine Barnard, Sid Vale Association, Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth, 2.30pm.

ORCHESTRAL CONCERT 22 Mar - Isca Ensemble Spring Orchestral Concert, ISCA Ensemble, Sidmouth Parish Church, Sidmouth.

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BALLET

JEWELS (LIVE STREAMING BOLSHOI BALLET) 19 Jan - Jewels (live streaming Bolshoi Ballet), The Gateway, Fore Street, Seaton, 4.00pm.

BOLSHOI: JEWELS 19 Jan - Season of live broadcasts of ballet from the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Exeter Picture House, 51 Bartholomew Street West, Exeter, 3.00pm.

LOST ILLUSIONS (LIVE STREAMING BOLSHOI BALLET 02 Feb - Lost Illusions (Live Streaming Bolshoi Ballet), The Gateway, Fore Street, Seaton, 4.00pm.

BOLSHOI: LOST ILLUSIONS 02 Feb - Season of live broadcasts of ballet from the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Exeter Picture House, 51 Bartholomew Street West, Exeter, 3.00pm.

VIENNA FESTIVAL BALLET: CINDERELLA 12 Mar - Vienna Festival Ballet is proud to present

their new 2014 Spring Ballet, Exeter Corn Exchange, Corn Exchange, Exeter, 7.30pm.

GOLDEN AGE (LIVE STREAMING FROM THE BOLSHOI) 30 Mar - Golden Age (live streaming from the Bolshoi), The Gateway, Fore Street, Seaton, 4.00pm.

BOLSHOI: THE GOLDEN AGE 30 Mar - Season of live broadcasts of ballet from the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Exeter Picture House, 51 Bartholomew Street West, Exeter, 4.00pm.

CHILDREN

THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF MR BENN Until 04 Jan - Full of catchy songs and astounding magic for everyone aged 4 to 104, Northcott Theatre, Stocker Rd, Exeter.

PIRATE WORKSHOPS $ Until 04 Jan - Pirate workshops before/after seeing the show - a variety of fun & activities, Exeter Phoenix, Brandninch Place, Exeter.

SNOWMAN HUNT $| Until 05 Jan - Snowmen are hiding at Escot. Join our Snowman Hunt to find them!, Escot Park and Gardens, Parklands Farm, Ottery St Mary, 10.00am.

CLASSICAL MUSIC

JOHANN STRAUSS GALA 02 Jan - New Year Viennese Gala with Gunter Bauer-Schenk & Fiona Murphy, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, The Great Hall, Exeter, 7.30pm.

JOSEPH TONG & WAKA HASEGAWA - PIANO 4 HANDS 09 Jan - Local composer Gordon Langford features in the programme of this popular duo, Seaton Music, Seaton Town Hall, Seaton, 7.30pm.

MENDELSSOHN ELIJAH 18 Jan - Exmouth Choral Society will perform Mendelssohn’s Elijah on Saturday evening, Exmouth Choral Society, Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth, 7.30pm.

BEETHOVEN’S EROICA 31 Jan - Beethoven’s Eroica.

Kees Bakels Conducts Ronald Brautigam, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, The Great Hall, Exeter, 7.30pm.

HEROES & SUPERHEROES 13 Feb - More music from the movies: Robin Hood,The Magnificent Seven,The Incredibles, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, The Great Hall, Exeter, 7.30pm.

JONATHAN DORMAND - CELLO 20 Feb - Sonatas by Brahms and Poulenc with pianist, Marisa Gupta, Seaton Music, Seaton Town Hall, Seaton, 7.30pm.

BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH 27 Feb - Rui Pinheiro and Jennifer Pike, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, The Great Hall, Exeter, 7.30pm.

BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO 9 08 Mar - Joint concert with Exeter Sympony Orchestra. Proceeds to Army Benevolent Fund, Exeter Philharmonic Choir, Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, 7.30pm.

THE COULL QUARTET 13 Mar - One of the UK’s most highly respected

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quartets performs Haydn, Borodin & Ravel, Seaton Music, Seaton Town Hall, Seaton, 7.30pm.

TRPCESKI PLAYS CHOPIN 13 Mar - Chopin Piano Concerto No.1 and Rachmaninov’s Symphony No.2, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, The Great Hall, Exeter, 7.30pm.

COMMUNITY

Film Club

EVEN THE RAIN (MEMBERSHIP OPEN TO EVERYONE) 08 Jan - Film starring Luis Tosar, Gael Garcia Bernal, Juan Carlos Aduviri, Budleigh Film Society, Public Hall, Budleigh Salterton.

ANNA KARENINA 05 Feb - Film starring:

Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Matthew Macfadyen, Budleigh Film Society, Public Hall, Budleigh Salterton.

THREE WALLS (MEMBERSHIP OPEN TO EVERYONE) 05 Mar - Film starring: Naseerudin Shah, Jackie Shroff, Juhi Chawla, Budleigh Film Society, Public Hall, Budleigh Salterton.

Fund Raising Event

CASH BINGO 22 Jan - Budleigh Salterton Lions Club, Public Hall, Budleigh Salterton, 7.30pm.

SIX SADDLES CYCLE EVENT 25 Jan - An ambitious sequel to 2013’s very successful Six On Saddles cycle event, Otter Nurseries (OSM), Gosford Road, Ottery St Mary.

CASH BINGO 19 Feb - BUDLEIGH DIARY, Budleigh Salterton Lions Club, Public hall, Budleigh Salterton, 7.30pm.

Social Group

CLUB WELFARE & SOCIAL MEETING 28 Jan - Tuesday evening social meeting, Honiton & District Lions Club, The

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SEATON LION’S ANNIVERSARY DINNER 21 Feb - Seaton Lions 30th Charter Anniversary Dinner, Seaton & District Lions Club, Dolphin Hotel, Beer.


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CRAFT

CRAFT 4 CRAFTERS $ 30 Jan to 01 Feb - A great day out where all things are creative, Westpoint Arena, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, 10.00am.

CRAFT DAYS AT DALWOOD 31 Jan - Crafting for the Love of it, Dalwood Craft Day, Tuckers Arms, Axminster, 10.30am.

CRAFT DAYS AT DALWOOD 28 Feb - Crafting for the Love of it, Dalwood Craft Day, Tuckers Arms, Axminster, 10.30am.

CRAFT DAYS AT DALWOOD 28 Mar - Crafting for the Love of it, Dalwood Craft Day, Tuckers Arms, Axminster, 10.30am.

EQUINE

AFFILIATED BRITISH DRESSAGE 18 Jan to 19 Jan - Public Equestrian event. Check website for times & latest information, Bicton College, Bicton College, East Budleigh.

AFFILIATED BRITISH DRESSAGE 01 Feb to 02 Feb - Public Equestrian event.

Check website for times & latest information, Bicton College, Bicton College, East Budleigh.

AFFILIATED BRITISH DRESSAGE 01 Mar to 02 Mar - Public Equestrian event. Check website for times & latest information, Bicton College, Bicton College, East Budleigh.

MARKETS

Farmers & Country

BUDLEIGH SALTERTON FARMERS MARKET 31 Jan - Held last Friday of every month 9am - 1pm Rolle Mews Car Park, Budleigh, Clinton Devon Estates, Rolle Mews Car Park, Budleigh Salterton, 9.00am.

HERITAGE

QUAY HOUSE VISITOR CENTRE Until 29 Jan - Discover the history and development of the Quayside. Open weekends only, Quay House Visitor Centre, 46, Exeter.

WEST COUNTRY TO WORLD’S END Until 02 Mar - Celebrating the spirit of adventure and enterprise of South

West people, Royal Albert Memorial Museum RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter, 10.00am.

WEST COUNTRY TO WORLD’S END $ 02 Jan to 03 Mar - RAMM tell the story of the evocative period of the Tudor age in the South West, RAMM Gallery, Queen Street, Exeter, 10.00am.

BILL DOUGLAS CENTRE 02 Jan to 28 Mar - Museum dedicated to the History of Cinema and Popular Culture. Open week days, Bill Douglas Centre, The Old Library, Exeter.

OPERA

RUSALKA, BEAMED LIVE FROM NEW YORK MET OPERA 08 Feb - Opera by Dvorak beamed live to the Picture House, Exeter Picture House, 51 Bartholomew Street West, Exeter.

PRINCE IGOR 02 Mar - Prince Igor (Opera) music by Borodin, The Gateway, Fore Street, Seaton, 4.00pm.

WERTHER, BEAMED LIVE FROM NEW YORK MET OPERA 15 Mar - New production of Massenet’s opera,

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Werther, Exeter Picture House, 51 Bartholomew Street West, Exeter.

SHOWS

TOPSHAM FILM SOCIETY 03 Jan - Hyde Park on Hudson, Topsham Film Society, Matthews Hall, Topsham, 7.30pm.

THE CIRCUS OF HORRORS - LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT 28 Jan - A whirlwind journey through plague ridden London up to the great fire of 1666, Exeter Corn Exchange, Corn Exchange, Exeter, 7.30pm.

ROBIN COUSINS’ ICE $ 19 Feb to 23 Feb - Speed, style, glamour and grace: skating like you’ve never seen before, Westpoint Arena, Clyst St Mary, Exeter.

THE BIG CAKE SHOW $ 28 Mar to 30 Mar - Baking extravaganza with baking celebrities from across the UK, Westpoint Arena, Clyst St Mary, Exeter.

SPORT

MUD AND SWEAT MTB NAVIGATION EVENT 05 Jan - Mud and Sweat, Mountain Bike Navigation (MBO) Event - The Turkey Burner!, Mud and Sweat, Woodbury Common, Exeter, 8.00am.

THEATRE

Musicals

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG 15 Jan - Merrily we roll along (musical) on the Gateway big screen. (times & priceTBA), The Gateway, Fore Street, Seaton.

DICK WHITTINGTON Until 04 Jan - Sensational songs, dazzling dance routines and a live band. Purr-fect treat, Barnfield Theatre, Barnfield Road, Exeter.

Plays

PANTOMIME: JACK AND THE BEANSTALK 10 to 11 Jan - Pantomime at West Hill! Wonder Productions ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’, West Hill Village Hall, Beech Park, West Hill, 7.00pm

JANE EYRE Until 11 Jan - Passionate and romantic drama for Christmas and the New Year, Cygnet Theatre, Address, Exeter.

JACK & THE BEANSTALK 11 Jan - Budleigh Salterton Carnival Club, Public Hall, Budleigh Salterton, 7.30pm.

PRESENTS “RED” OUR ANNUAL PANTOMIME 15 Jan to 18 Jan - Follow the story of Red, the wolf and the piggies in our new pantomime, Ottery Community Theatre, The Institute, Ottery St Mary, 7.30pm.

ROBIN HOOD 24 Jan to 25 Jan - Pantomime in aid of the cancer charity Force, Budleigh Buddies, The Public Hall, Budleigh Salterton.

NOEL COWARD 19 Feb - Private Lives (Noel Coward) on the Gateway big screen, The Gateway, Fore Street, Seaton.

WARHORSE (NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE) 27 Feb - Warhorse, this powerfully moving drama is a show of phenomenal inventiveness, The Gateway, Fore Street, Seaton, 7.00pm.

WATERS OF THE MOON 03 Mar to 07 Mar - A drama set in an hotel on Dartmoor in 1950. Mon-Fri pm & Matinee Sat 2.30pm, Salterton Drama Club, Salterton Playhouse, Budleigh Salterton, 7.30pm.

WILDLIFE

MILLING AT CRICKLEPIT 10 Jan - Watch local history come alive at DWT’s headquarters, Devon Wildlife Trust, Cricklepit Mill, Exeter, 10.00am.

BIRD WATCHING 18 Jan - Bird watching organised by Exmouth and Bystock DWT Local Group, Devon Wildlife Trust, Mudbank Lane, Exmouth, 10.00am.

East Devon & Exeter VOLUNTEERING

VOLUNTEER ROLES Until 12 Feb - An opportunity to work with these magnificent birds of prey, Hawkridge Bird of Prey Centre, Westdown Lane, Exmouth.

HOME-START VOLUNTEER PREPARATION COURSE Until 24 Feb - Supporting families in East Devon, Home Start Exeter & Devon, 149/151 Beacon Lane, Exeter.

DEVON WILDLIFE TRUST Until 01 Mar - Support us. There are many ways you can get involved, Devon Wildlife Trust, Cricklepit Mill, Exeter.

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ACTIONAdrenaline Games - paintball, next to Crealy, Exeter 01395 233404.

Go Ape - high wire forest adventure at Haldon Forest, Exeter. 0845 643 2034.

Quad World - All terrain off-road fun near Cullompton 01392 881313.

Race World - Indoor karting, minimum age. Near Crealy, Exeter 01395 233397.

Saddles & Paddles - cycle and canoe hire at Exeter Quay. 01392 424241.

Waterfront Sports - bodyboarding, surfing, kayaking, tuition. Exmouth. 01395 443464.

ADVENTURE PARKSBecky Falls - scenic walks, animals, kids activities. Dartmoor. 01647 221259.

Crealy - rides, indoor slides, animals, cafe. 01395 233200 East of M5 J30.

Escot - parkland, animals, restaurant. Nr Ottery St. Mary. 01404 822188.

Trago Mills - Miniature railway, indoor model railway, adventure park, shopping also. Nr Newton Abbot. 01626 821111.

Woodlands - Mainly rides. Nr Dartmouth. 01803 712598.

World of Country Life - open April to end October 01395 274533.

INDOORS.

Dinosaurland Fossil Museum - independ-ent museum. Lyme Regis. 01297 443541.

Exeter’s Underground Passages - 14-15th Century passage. Age restriction for under 5’s. 01392 665887.

Fleet Air Museum - extensive naval avia-tion museum. Yeovilton. 01935 840565.

Haynes Motor Museum - UK’s greatest collection, over 350 cars & bikes. Yeovil. 01963 440804.

National Marine Aquarium - all things fish. 01752 600 301.

Plymouth Pavilions - ice skating and also a swimming pool with water slide. 0845 146 1460.

CREATIVEArk Pottery - potters wheel, pottery parties. Book in advance. Cream teas available (in fine weather) in the beautiful garden of their C 16th Devon longhouse - a must do outing! Tel 01404 812628.

Honiton Pottery - parties, baby feet & hand prints, classes, refreshments. 01404 42106.

Spacex Gallery - Art clubs also half-term kids workshops on range of media. Exeter. 01392 431786.

MISCELLANEOUSBabbacombe Model Village - Britain’s largest model village. Torquay. 01803 315315.

Beer Quarry Caves - 01297 680282.

RAILWAYSExmouth Model Railway - 00 gauge - A delight to ride on - 01395 278383

South Devon Railway - steam train 7 miles of track. Buckfastleigh. 0845 345 1420.

Paignton & Dartmouth - steam railway alongside the river Dart. 01803 555872.

Pecorama - 01297 21542.

Seaton Tramway - 01297 20375.Trago Mills - small gauge steam railway. Nr Newton Abbot. 01626 821111.

West Somerset - Steam train running from nr Taunton to Minehead. 01643 704996.

ZOO / ANIMALSDartmoor Zoological Park - Largest collec-tion of big cats in SW. 01752 837645.

The Donkey Sanctuary - all things donkey. 01395 573097.

Living Coasts - Coastal zoo. Torquay. 01803 202470.

Pennywell Farm - award winning farm activity park. Buckfastleigh 01364 642023.

Paignton Zoo - 01803 697500.

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New paintings now on the gallery and on our web from:

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weekends from 23 Feb to 16 Mar.

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Catherine Osbond - ‘White Hat’

Neil Hampson - ‘Sidmouth Seafront’

George Hutchinson- ‘Sidmouth’

AXMINSTER ARTS SOCIETY & DALWOOD SPINNERS Until 04 Jan - Axminster Arts Society exhibition: “At Home” and gifts by Dalwood Spinners, Axminster Arts Cafe, The Axminster Arts Cafe, Axminster, 9.00am.

AT HOME: THEMED EXHIBITION Until 05 Jan - Axminster Art Society’s Autumn Exhibition, Axminster Art Society, Axminster Arts Cafe, Axminster.

STILL LIFE PAINTING DAY 11 Jan - Everyone welcome. Very informal.Tea/coffee included.Bring your own lunch, Honiton Art Society, St John Ambulance Hall, Honiton, 10.00am.

FARMYARD ANIMALS IN ACRYLICS WITH CHRIS JONES 13 Jan - Honiton Art Society Monthly Meeting, Honiton Art Society, Awliscombe Village Hall, Honiton, 2.00pm.

SIMPLE WAYS TO PAINT BEACH SCENES 14 Jan - Learn to Paint Attractive Watercolours with Graham W Fleet at West Hill EX11, Graham Fleet, West Hill Village Hall, Ottery St Mary, 10.00am.

BLURRING THE BOUNDARIES: CAROLYN KING Until 26 Jan - A fascinating journey across the boundaries between fine art and illustration, Lyme Regis ArtsFest, Rotunda Gallery, Lyme Regis, 11.00am.

STRANGEST DREAM... Until 26 Jan - Approaching the 100th anniversary of WW1, Brook Gallery turns its attention to, Brook Gallery, Foreshore House, Budleigh Salterton, 10.30am.

STILL LIFE PAINTING DAY 08 Feb - Everyone welcome. Very informal.Tea/coffee included.Bring your own lunch, Honiton Art Society, St John Ambulance Hall, Honiton, 10.00am.

DEGREES OF ANIMATION 18 Jan to 01 Mar - Our first exhibition of 2014 in partnership with Animated Exeter, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Dowell Street, Honiton.

STILL LIFE PAINTING DAY 08 Mar - Everyone welcome. Very informal.Tea/coffee included.Bring your own lunch, Honiton Art Society, St John Ambulance Hall, Honiton, 10.00am.

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ACTIONAdrenaline Games - paintball, next to Crealy, Exeter 01395 233404.

Go Ape - high wire forest adventure at Haldon Forest, Exeter. 0845 643 2034.

Quad World - All terrain off-road fun near Cullompton 01392 881313.

Race World - Indoor karting, minimum age. Near Crealy, Exeter 01395 233397.

Saddles & Paddles - cycle and canoe hire at Exeter Quay. 01392 424241.

Waterfront Sports - bodyboarding, surfing, kayaking, tuition. Exmouth. 01395 443464.

ADVENTURE PARKSBecky Falls - scenic walks, animals, kids activities. Dartmoor. 01647 221259.

Crealy - rides, indoor slides, animals, cafe. 01395 233200 East of M5 J30.

Escot - parkland, animals, restaurant. Nr Ottery St. Mary. 01404 822188.

Trago Mills - Miniature railway, indoor model railway, adventure park, shopping also. Nr Newton Abbot. 01626 821111.

Woodlands - Mainly rides. Nr Dartmouth. 01803 712598.

World of Country Life - open April to end October 01395 274533.

INDOORS.

Dinosaurland Fossil Museum - independ-ent museum. Lyme Regis. 01297 443541.

Exeter’s Underground Passages - 14-15th Century passage. Age restriction for under 5’s. 01392 665887.

Fleet Air Museum - extensive naval avia-tion museum. Yeovilton. 01935 840565.

Haynes Motor Museum - UK’s greatest collection, over 350 cars & bikes. Yeovil. 01963 440804.

National Marine Aquarium - all things fish. 01752 600 301.

Plymouth Pavilions - ice skating and also a swimming pool with water slide. 0845 146 1460.

CREATIVEArk Pottery - potters wheel, pottery parties. Book in advance. Cream teas available (in fine weather) in the beautiful garden of their C 16th Devon longhouse - a must do outing! Tel 01404 812628.

Honiton Pottery - parties, baby feet & hand prints, classes, refreshments. 01404 42106.

Spacex Gallery - Art clubs also half-term kids workshops on range of media. Exeter. 01392 431786.

MISCELLANEOUSBabbacombe Model Village - Britain’s largest model village. Torquay. 01803 315315.

Beer Quarry Caves - 01297 680282.

RAILWAYSExmouth Model Railway - 00 gauge - A delight to ride on - 01395 278383

South Devon Railway - steam train 7 miles of track. Buckfastleigh. 0845 345 1420.

Paignton & Dartmouth - steam railway alongside the river Dart. 01803 555872.

Pecorama - 01297 21542.

Seaton Tramway - 01297 20375.Trago Mills - small gauge steam railway. Nr Newton Abbot. 01626 821111.

West Somerset - Steam train running from nr Taunton to Minehead. 01643 704996.

ZOO / ANIMALSDartmoor Zoological Park - Largest collec-tion of big cats in SW. 01752 837645.

The Donkey Sanctuary - all things donkey. 01395 573097.

Living Coasts - Coastal zoo. Torquay. 01803 202470.

Pennywell Farm - award winning farm activity park. Buckfastleigh 01364 642023.

Paignton Zoo - 01803 697500.

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For the majority of people who visit the West Country the image of Lyme Regis is conjured up by two ladies.

Meryl Streep standing on the windswept Cobb, when she gave that memorable performance as Sarah Woodruff in the film “The French Lieutenant’s Woman”, is one. The other, of course, is Mary Anning wearing her bonnet, with a basket under her arm, collecting fossils.

Miss Anning (1799-1847), the fossil woman, lived in Broad Street and was the eldest child of Richard Anning, a carpenter and Dissenter of Lyme Regis. Although she made many important discoveries and helped her brother in the digging out of the first complete ichthyosaur, it would be stretching our imagination to call her one of the first women scientists; a title given to her in recent months. About this time both well-known and obscure fossil collectors visited Lyme Regis and, although many of them found their main attraction in the fossil shop of Mary Anning and her mother, there were many others for whom the first interest was to examine the fossil collection or museum belonging to the Miss Philpots. Who were these Philpots? A familiar name to our museum Geologist, Geoff Marshall, but I suspect a complete mystery to those of you brought up with the romantic story of Mary Anning.

John Philpot was a solicitor practising in London. In about 1805 he took a house at Lyme Regis for his four sisters. Three of them, Mary (1777-1838), Margaret (?-1845) and Elizabeth (1780-1857), settled there for life at Marley Cottage, number 1 Silver Street, which is now the Mariners Hotel. They soon began collecting fossils, and the youngest of the sisters, Elizabeth became the expert in this field.

The sisters also took on a young protégée who was one day, rather unfairly, to become much more

Local historian Ted Gosling looks back in time

continued overleaf

The Philpots and Mary Anningby Ted Gosling

Broad Street, Lyme Regis - where Mary Anning lived

celebrated than they were. This was, of course, local girl Mary Anning and, although the achievements of Miss Anning in her own right are remarkable, it was the Philpot sisters, which shrewdness and patience, formed a collection of local fossils that became famous throughout Europe and is now one of the pride of the Oxford University collection.

The Philpots moved in a small circle of intelligent geologists who came to visit Lyme Regis at the time. To present day geologists they read like a Roll of Honour: Rev William Conybeare (1787-1857): James Sowerby, famous for his books ‘Mineral Conchology and British Mineralogy; a book now fetching in excess of £6000 in book auctions: Professor William Buckland (1784-1856), born at Axminster, who wrote a prize-winning paper for the Royal Society


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Local historian Ted Gosling looks back in time

One of many illustrations depicting a solitary figure, presumed to be Mary Anning on a outing, scouring the shoreline for fossils

Fossil exhibits at Seaton Museum. Lyme Regis also has a fine collection of fossils. The curator is

the author of this editorial

and published in book form as ‘Reiquiae Diluvianae’; Professor Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1801-1873); Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871); Professor Adam Sedgewich (1785-1873); Sir Charles Lyell (1796-1875); Henry Thomas De La Beche (pronounced Beach), and many others visited the town. I wonder what they would have thought of the claims to be the gateway to the Jurassic Coast, from every town from Exmouth to Swanage.

Buckland, known for his humour and eccentricity, would have remarked; ‘What a load of coprolites, most of these claimants do not know the difference between an ammonite and a belemnite’.

The fossil collection of the Miss Philpots consists of about 400 specimens, mainly from the Lower Lias of Lyme and Charmouth. It was compiled during the first part of the 19th century during which time it was studied by the various prominent paleontologists. On the death of the youngest sister, Elizabeth Philpot, the collection passed to a nephew, John Philpot and in 1880 it was presented to Oxford University by his widow.

Although the Philpots were the most important and should be given precedence in terms of strict science, do remember that Mary Anning, a local girl of humble background and education, became one of the finest field searchers of the time.

Of the other image; Meryl Streep? Well although John Fowles the author of ‘French Lieutenant’s Woman’ lived in Lyme, film fame is momentary and by the 22nd century she will be long forgotten. But Fossils! Well they are as old as time and for collectors in the future there will always be new and still rarer specimens to find. This means that Mary Anning, that young maid from Lyme, who devoted her life to exploring those frowning and precipitous cliffs, will never ben forgotten. After all is said and done, she makes a romantic legend and a good story.

Ted Gosling.

Ammonite fossils exhibited at Seaton

Museum


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Easy as 1-2-4by Cec Hardy

I can’t tell you what I got for Christmas because it hasn’t happened yet.

Oops, I’ve let the gerbil out of the bag. For all these years I’ve regaled you in the winter article with tales of how badly Christmas went and revealed my broken New Year resolutions when actually I write this in the dark days before the solstice.

In fact that attention-grabbing first sentence isn’t strictly true. Wife Christine and I bought ourselves a joint present back in November. It probably didn’t qualify as a Christmas gift since neither of us wanted it but that can perhaps be said of many a lovingly chosen present.

Our computer was but ten years old but we knew senility had struck when it began flashing messages about memory shortages. This was a condition familiar to us both but

we took exception to having it pointed out by a mere machine. Then we realised it was projection on that devious machine’s part for it was the computer itself that needed treatment that even defragmenting couldn’t supply.

We’ve been told that most people change their computers every two years. To me that‘s incredibly wasteful but reluctantly we conceded defeat on this occasion and added to the enormous pile of redundant electronic stuff at the tip. The replacement model is very fast but too efficient for my liking. I have the impression it’s decided we are decrepit old codgers and keeps suggesting we change things when we’re quite happy with the status quo.

Since I’ve now shot myself in the foot regarding 2014 resolutions I haven’t yet made I’ll mention one of last year’s instead. I’d joined a choir and decided I couldn’t get away with miming forever and had better learn to read music. It might even improve my harmonica playing. Simple enough to master the dots, I thought, for even Christine had recently managed it. “It’s mathematical.” she smugly claimed. Alarm bells should have started ringing in the head of one who once scored 11% in a maths exam.

Allow me to explain the rudiments of music theory as I came to not understand them. Sitting comfortably? Something to drink? Basically, music is divided into

bars. There are commonly four beats to a bar except when there aren’t. Inside these bars reside notes - semi breves, minims, crockets and quavers, which our American cousins refer to as whole, half, quarter and eighth notes. I don’t often agree with American pronunciation, spelling and grammar but in the case of music I find their ideas eminently sensible.

I believe a whole note occupies 100% of a bar. What puzzles me, among many other things, is that if a semi breve is a whole note and occupies a whole bar then what is a breve? Well, according to our super fast new computer the word ‘breve’ is derived from the Latin ‘brevis’ meaning ‘short’. This seems a little strange as I recall reading somewhere that it’s the longest note value in music use nowadays.

The Americans call a breve a double whole note since it lasts twice as long as a whole note. Now 82% of my brain can accept that you can have 200% of something but the other 11% doesn’t think you can go above the 110% which sportspeople often claim to achieve.

Of course it’s just as problematical when we get to really short notes. A semihemidemisemiquaver should come with a health warning. I badly burned my lips and twisted my tongue when I unexpectedly encountered these while practising the harmonica.

continued on page 26

Cec Hardy’s lighthearted take on life


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Left to Right: Hilary Hatherly, Diane Wadsworth, Janet Caroll, Sheelagh Pearson, Bobbie Phillips, Amanda Johnson, Kay Drodge, Wendy Williams and Marion Osman.

This is a local organisation which was started in 1962 – originally set up as a day centre for elderly people who were in boarding houses. Twyford provided a warm, friendly place to go during the day to meet people. From then it has developed into a thriving community service offering morning coffee and lunches during the week. Also we provide a range of transport services for hospital visits and the mini bus, etc.

TRANSPORT:The transport service was set up to assist the elderly and disabled in Sidmouth and the surrounding areas to get to doctor, hospital, dentist, opticians etc. The service is well used and appreciated by those who use it. We currently have 18 car drivers all of whom have their mileage paid for and their time volunteered

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Community interview with:

Meet the friendlyand dedicated SVS team

Left to Right: Hilary Hatherly, Diane Wadsworth, Janet Caroll, Sheelagh Pearson, Bobbie Phillips, Amanda Johnson, Kay Drodge, Wendy Williams and Marion Osman.

This is a local organisation which was started in 1962 – originally set up as a day centre for elderly people who were in boarding houses. Twyford provided a warm, friendly place to go during the day to meet people. From then it has developed into a thriving community service offering morning coffee and lunches during the week. Also we provide a range of transport services for hospital visits and the mini bus, etc.

TRANSPORT:The transport service was set up to assist the elderly and disabled in Sidmouth and the surrounding areas to get to doctor, hospital, dentist, opticians etc. The service is well used and appreciated by those who use it. We currently have 18 car drivers all of whom have their mileage paid for and their time volunteered

MINIBUS:The minibuses are used daily and run by our wonderful team of volunteer drivers to collect and return our lunch diners. It is also used for shopping trips and outings for the elderly. Our buses are also available for use by other charitable organisations using the services of a SVS driver. Shopping trips are Wednesday and Thursday

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The entrance to Twyford House

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afternoon to Tesco at Honiton: Thursday and Friday morning to Waitrose and Lidl. All shopping trips and outings are advertised on our notice board at Twyford House. There are trips to Garden Centres and other outings 2-3 times a year. The bus will be taking a group to Beer one evening this month to see the Christmas lights with mulled wine and mince pies beforehand.

ROOM HIRE:We have rooms for hire at extremely reasonable prices: Our Garden Room which is in our courtyard, the Lounge and the kitchen and dining room. All can be hired individually or all together for a special occasion.

COFFEE MORNINGS: Coff ee and tea etc are served every week day at Twyford House from 9am to 11:30. We have daily newspapers, including our own local paper and a library of books and some magazines to sit and read with coff ee. There is often a coffee morning held in the Lounge by one of our local organisations with sale of bric-a-brac, cakes and other homemade goodies ‒ everyone is welcome! The dates for these will be listed in the Sidmouth Diary and the Herald.

LUNCHES:Our kitchen team provide a three course meal every week day Monday to Friday and many of our diners are collected by the minibus. There is always a special Christmas dinner!

Continued overleaf

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What makes Sidmouth a really great place to live in is the community spirit which still survives in force, even in this 21st century. There’s such a myriad of organisation across the Sid Valley community, busy with all sorts of activities from recreation to charitable. SVS is a registered charity performing a really valuable function in this valley, both bringing the elderly together in a friendly, supportive environment and also providing a range of vital support services. - Editor.

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Sidmouth PeopleMy Story - James McLean

Sidmouth’s Smiling Dog

“I met my wife Lisa in animal rescue where I’d worked for 13 years. After such a long time in rescue, we thought that it’d be a good idea to make a future for ourselves and with a view to putting our knowledge to good use, we decided to open a pet shop.

“So we were all ready to take over a pet shop in Towyn (mid Wales), everything was nearly completed when it all fell through. But fate took a hand when at the same time the sale of the pet shop in Sidmouth also fell through and that’s where we came in.

“Prior to moving in, we lived in a camper van for 3 months, my wife being pregnant at the time. Although the camper had a heater, it was never needed as the 9 dogs living with us at the time kept it warm through the winter months!”

Fenn the spaniel - short for Fendle Mendelssohn John reached the finals at Cruft for 2 years running

in Agility. What’s great about Fenn is that he can be prompted by James to greet you with a smile (see picture above). James and Lisa now have a young family, with their second child being born December past.

“Sidmouth really feels like home to us now. The people of Sidmouth have really welcomed us and are we’re amazed just how friendly everyone is. It’s been the best move we could have made, we’ve had 2 great years since moving to Sidmouth.”

James tells me that business has been good since taking over the pet shop in Temple Street.

“I’d like to thank all of our lovely customers, it continues to be an absolute pleasure serving them”.

It is great to see a young couple come to Sidmouth and make a go of an extremely important facility for the local community - particularly if you’re a dog or pet owner! - J. Ingles

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Sir Edmund Hilary - the cat


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“I met my wife Lisa in animal rescue where I’d worked for 13 years. After such a long time in rescue, we thought that it’d be a good idea to make a future for ourselves and with a view to putting our knowledge to good use, we decided to open a pet shop.

“So we were all ready to take over a pet shop in Towyn (mid Wales), everything was nearly completed when it all fell through. But fate took a hand when at the same time the sale of the pet shop in Sidmouth also fell through and that’s where we came in.

“Prior to moving in, we lived in a camper van for 3 months, my wife being pregnant at the time. Although the camper had a heater, it was never needed as the 9 dogs living with us at the time kept it warm through the winter months!”

Fenn the spaniel - short for Fendle Mendelssohn John reached the finals at Cruft for 2 years running

in Agility. What’s great about Fenn is that he can be prompted by James to greet you with a smile (see picture above). James and Lisa now have a young family, with their second child being born December past.

“Sidmouth really feels like home to us now. The people of Sidmouth have really welcomed us and are we’re amazed just how friendly everyone is. It’s been the best move we could have made, we’ve had 2 great years since moving to Sidmouth.”

James tells me that business has been good since taking over the pet shop in Temple Street.

“I’d like to thank all of our lovely customers, it continues to be an absolute pleasure serving them”.

It is great to see a young couple come to Sidmouth and make a go of an extremely important facility for the local community - particularly if you’re a dog or pet owner! - J. Ingles

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Fenn - the remarkable smiling

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Things were much simpler back in the 6th century BC. Wife Christine disagrees but declines to argue since I obviously remember it so well. It’s said that a clever Greek scientist called Pythagoras took time out from his triangular ruminations to let loose his great brain on musical theory and devised a system of octaves divided into twelve. Even to me this seemed logical and mathematical but unfortunately the music purists said it didn’t sound right so they messed about with it and sharps and flats started popping up all over the place.

So by the time I’d worked my way through bunches of keys, only to come up against augmented triads and diminished fifths, I’d decided to chuck in the choir, chuck out the harmonica and take up origami.

Who knows how many interesting artefacts can be produced from the pages of all my teach yourself music books? Certainly not me, I’m no mathematician.

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ETHAN I first met Ethan when he walked up to me while I was sun bathing on my local beach. He was brandishing a freshly caught trout in front of my nose. He and his associates had just bagged eight of the beauties in one net they had set across the river upstream from the beach. These they proceeded to sell to beach-goers with the highest disposable income.

How was it, I said to them later, that they never seemed to be bothered by water bailiffs. Ethan just laughed and said that the last one they spoke to ended up floating down some river, still shouting, courtesy of the business end of his boot. I made a mental note always to keep on the right side of Ethan and his friends.

Poaching, although in his blood, was just a sideline for Ethan. He had what he called his proper job; which was a general dealer in anything that would make him a fast buck. In time, revenue and customs became just as interested in Ethan as he was in his money making ventures. This was somewhat unfortunate

for them as Ethan said he didn’t have to get involved with the Inland revenue as he lived on the coast!

ANGEL DUST There she was on the back seat of the 157 from town, all curled up like cat sunning herself on a kitchen windowsill. I hadn’t seen Simone for weeks since she went to visit her cat in Wales. She had apparently been stranded there on an island inhabited by monks, undergone a psycho- analytical test for the insane and been thrown into prison. Not bad work I thought, even for Simone, who courted disaster like butch cassidy collected banknotes. Later as we both sipped coffee at ginos she elaborated on the finer points of her latest adventure.

As happened most of the time with Simone it all started quite innocently. She took a day trip to Caldey island just off the coast of Tenby in Wales. After the grand tour of the monastery and a communal picnic on the cliffs, Simone went down for a quick dip in the sea and a sun bath. She was rudely awakened sometime later by what she referred to as the welsh version of the yettie, demanding to know what she was still doing on the island as it was early evening and all the tourists had taken ferry home hours ago.

Simone said she was more than happy to camp out for the night as she had her four seasons sleeping bag with her and catch the morning ferry. The man responded by jumping up and down like a mad thing, telling her it was illegal to stay on the island overnight and threatened her with the police. With that he stomped off never to be seen again.

Simone decided to settle down for the evening and watched puffins playing in the tidal pools at the cliff base. She caught sight of a lifeboat out on a call close to the island and was only mildly surprised when it beached near her. The penny finally dropped when four men jumped off the lifeboat and headed straight for her. The yettie had apparently phoned them to get her removed from the island. She was immediately plied with hot tea and custard creams, which was all very nice but it was a sunny evening at the end of May and Simone didn’t feel hypothermia was an issue. It was just turning into a nice little tea party when the police helicopter arrived. They too had been called and were bemused too say the least at the surreal sight of Simone feeding custard creams and sweet nothings to the best looking lifeboat man in the party. C’est la vie!

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The Old Vet’naryby Ken Watson

Nostalgic happenings on the farm

I f you don’t know what it means you soon will. I have always

admired the way my wife can handle dishes hot from the oven, but then if my fingertips were as innured to the heat as hers have become I would not have been able to carry out my life’s work as well as I have done. On the other hand my brother-in-law, a farmer all his life, had fingers like a bunch of bananas and they served him well. Every vet worth his or her salt gives patients a thorough examination whilst listening to the owner’s recital of the symptoms. Much of this is done by feeling with the fingertips, or palpation.

I often think the medical profession is losing this accomplishment because, like playing the piano, it needs constant practice. Of course, the medical profession is impeded by clothing, but just imagine if it were not so and you might have the situation where a mother has brought her daughter because of an ear infection and is suddenly told, ‘Madam did you know your daughter is pregnant?’ Such a scenario often happens in the veterinary world, or maybe it is a large abdominal tumour, or even severe constipation. That is what

make veterinary work so much more interesting than medical.

A car salesman who was a bit of a wag once telephoned me and as I was rather a long time coming to the phone he said, ‘‘Have your arm half way up a cow did you?’’ Only he did not put it quite like that which is something that people might find repugnant. But believe you me it is where palpation really proves its worth. In there is a world of wonder. With your fingertips you can feel all the amazing stages of pregnancy or it’s aftermath, the growth of the foetus and the accompanying throbbing rise of the arteries and changing shape of the ovaries. Maybe it is all redundant today because of that modern miracle the scan.

Yet I am sure one skill has not changed; that magic moment when you feel the situation inside the newly opened uterus of a different birthing in a sheep, cow or less often a mare. What is this jumble of legs? Are they fore or hind legs or even a mix of twins tumbling to be born. Or where is the head, and in the case of twins does this head belong to these legs. Once the situation has been sorted comes

the business of bringing the foetus into this world. Two forelegs and a head together is the ideal but sometimes you have to make the most of what you find and it can then become difficult. It is amazing what a difference can be made by just pulling the ears through the cervix, the head will then follow. I once used this principle to good use. I was called to a caravan where a puppy had it’s head stuck in a hole in the floor. When I arrived there was already a fire engine and an RSPCA team on the scene, and the firemen were assembling some powerful looking cutting gear. I noticed that the hole was one inch longer than it was broad, so I turned the puppy’s head and then pulled the floppy ears back one at a time and out it came. But, returning to the birthing process, one thing is certain, for that one moment when you hold that slimy, warm and wriggling new born in your arms is one of the best sensations ever. Having carried out those essential procedures to kick-start life I would turn and look at the owner and I never came across even the most toil hardened farmer who could not help a smile crossing his face.

K. Watson

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and fantastic homemade cakes!Open daily from 10am – 5pm (Lunches until 2.30pm)

Tel: 01395 515319 / 512477

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FASHION & BEAUTY

Sidford’s Hair & Beauty salon

Wedding & Special Occasion Hair Experts

Expert Cutting & Colouring

Gents Welcome

Senior Citizen Reductions

Luxury Organic Products

Nail Bar

Gift Vouchers

To book, call:

01395 512336

38 Mill Street, Town Centre, Sidmouth

Overly Gorgeous

(01395) 513209 www.overlygorgeous.co.ukOpen Tuesday to Saturday 10.00am - 4.30pm

We offer unique fl attering and individual clothing for ladies of all sizes!When walking up the High Street in Sidmouth, you can fi nd our shop by turning onto Mill Street (just next to Natwest bank). We are on the corner, opposite the car park.We look forward to seeing you there!

until late on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

(01395) 578 [email protected]

seabreasehealthandbeauty.com

Hollistic treatments Treatment packages The beauty essentials Idyllic seafront views Open 6 days a week

Interested in modelling?Like to get some basic experience and build your portfolio? Why not visit:

www.southwestfashionandmodels.co.uk

We're looking for budding models and can offer you experience through a fashion shoot. Just go to Apply and

complete the form.


DIRECTORYACCOMMODATION

Peter Findlay - 568568

ACUPUNCTURE

Val Davis - 578050

ANTIQUES/ VALUATIONS

Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood 207000

ART GALLERY

East Devon Art Academy - 516284

BATHROOM INSTALLER

New Look Design - 223345

BUILDERS

SGS Building Services01392 467051

CAR DEALER

Harts of Honiton - 01404 44444Salters Garage - 01404 812054

CHIMNEY SWEEP

V. Munday - 01404 812585

CHIROPODIST

Alison Smith - 514925Roger Constable - 577431

CHIROPRACTOR

April Rose - 07973 202441

COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Sidmouth Voluntary Services 515063

COMPANIONSHIP

PM Business Support - 577632

COMPUTER HELP

Al Findlay - 542500Computer Solutions - 519209

DOUBLE GLAZING

Otter Windows - 01404 549229

ELECTRICIAN

Four Corners Electrical Services 277808

ESTATE AGENTS

Fulfords - 44744Harrison Lavers - 516633

FASHION BOUTIQUE

Overly Gorgeous - 513209

FENCING SERVICES

Ben Gilbert Fencing 07970 792175

FINANCIAL ADVICE

Richmond Independent - 512166

GARDEN EQUIPMENT

Garden Kit - 567514

GARDEN MAINTENANCE

Andy Thompson Landscaping 577636Ed Rogers - 07717 845184Hoskin and Son Landscape Gardeners - 277049Urban Earth - 446261

GIFT SHOP

Flo and Us - 516053

HAIR STUDIO

Lexys - 512336

HEALTH THERAPY

Ebdons Court Natural Health - 515130

HOME CARE

Guinness Support & Care Arcot House - 01392 686409

Harcombe Valley Care - 513222Bluebird Care - 01392 426006

INTERIOR DESIGN

Sidmouth Design Co - 577558

KITCHEN INSTALLATION

Graham Denner - 514144

OPTICIANS

Robert Frith Optometrists - 513651

PET SERVICES

Drum Boarding Kennels 01404 871247Sid Vale Grooming Services 519770

PICTURE FRAMING

Willow Framing - 515100

PLASTERING

APR Plastering - 512757

PLUMBING

Norman Spencer - 577703

PROPERTY LETTING

Nikki Gosney Lettings 01404 812885

REMOVALS

Baters Removals - 01404 812487

FURNITURE RESTORATION

Browning Restoration - 223321

RETIREMENT/ NURSING HOME

The Old Vicarage Retirement Home - 568208Sidmouth Residential & Nursing Home - 514172Malden (Hartford Care) - 512264The Priory Residential Care Home 01404 812939


HARTS OFHONITON

SERVICE & REPAIRSTO ALL MAKES & MODELS

MOT Testing

01404 540920

SALESNEW RENAULT & ALL

MAKES OF USED CARS

Air conditioning

Courtesy Cars

Collection & Delivery available

TEL:

NORTHCOTE HILL, HONITON

www.harts-renault.co.uk

VEHICLE TESTING

STATION

Computer Help

is just a phone call away...

01395 542500

4 Lark Rise Newton Poppleford EX10 0DH

Computer and Laptop RepairLCD Screen RepairVirus removal and Health ChecksUpgrades and Performance Boosts

Business IT supportBusiness Website Design and Updates

Website Hosting and Domain ManagementPay-as-you-go support & 24hr emergency call-out

OTTERY- ST- MARY

(01404) 812487

The Depository, Tipton Roller Mills,

Tipton St John, Sidmouth.

Quality Household RemovalsThroughout the U.K.Containerised StoragePacking ServiceFull & Part Loads

Our personal attentionassures your satisfaction

BATERSBATERSREMOVALS

BO17

CEst 1950

SCHOOLS

St Peters School - 576829

SECURITY SYSTEMS

Tamar Security - 01392 368830

SOLICITORS

Christine Ashby - 01404 814303

TEA ROOMS

Clock Tower Cafe - 515319

TREE SURGEONS

Sid Valley Tree Surgery Ltd 519856

If you would like to be part of this Directory, call Nigel on 01395 513383


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PROPRIETOR - HELEN MULVANEY BA(HONS), Dip M, DipPFS

01395 512166Beech Royd Bennetts Hill Sidmouth Devon

21 years of fi nancial advice in East Devon

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