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Please Contribute Your Witheridge Memories

The Historical archive is keen to receive any memories people may have of Witheridge, however brief, in order to further their attempts to compile a full historical record. Please take a few minutes to record your recollections and send them to the webmaster. Information may include people, places, wartime, military service of relatives or friends, anecdotes of life, and anything else that you consider of interest.

We are also keen to obtain copies of photographs of people places and events that related to Witheridge, and would ask you to lend us your photo's which we will copy and return to you within 72 hours. These pictures will be added to some 1500 photographs we currently have in the Archive, and will be preserved for future generations.

Interested in Your Local History!

Volunteers are being sought who might be interested in helping to reform the Witheridge Local History Society which has been dormant for some years. If you are interested, then please contact the webmaster, or Peter and Freda Tout who will be pleased to hear from you.


Witheridge and District Ploughing Association

The 102nd Joint Annual Ploughing Match will take place on land at Bamson Farm, Puddington by kind permission of the Ayre family on Tuesday 29th September 2009.

Witheridge Golf Society

The Society continues to become an established group within our community. The first meeting for 2009 was held on 11th March at Waterbridge Gold Club, when 14 members played a "Texas Scramble" followed by a buffet lunch, all for an overall cost of £12.50 per person.

Further dates for this year are 6th May, 8th July, 23rd September and 9th December. The December meeting will include a set Christmas meal.

New members will be made very welcome. Please contact John Kent on 01884 860269



United Churches of Witheridge Village Luncheon Club

A luncheon club has been started in the village for all those people who live on their own to enjoy a meal and have a chat with friends. It is held on the first Tuesday of every month with a home-cooked hot meal, dessert and drink for £2.50 per person. Transport is available if required.

Witheridge Bell Ringers

The Ringers are still in need of more people willing to learn to ring, as we now have three ringers over 75, and we really need more people in a younger age group who are willing to learn. If you are interested in learning to ring (and are over 16), or perhaps someone who has rung in the past and would like to ring again, please contact our Tower Captain, Den Cockram on 01884 860903. We do have ladies in the tower, so it is not a male dominated pursuit.

Interested people should come along one evening and see what is involved with no commitment. Practice sessions are held on Friday nights in the Belfry at 7.15 for a 7.30 start.

Community Composting Section

Compost Collections 2009: First Collection: Thursday 26th March Last Collection: Thursday 29th October: Compost available at £1.00 per bag

Witheridge Art Group

Release your inner artist, brush up your skills, master your talent. Due to increased popularity, we now meet in the Parish Hall committee room on Wednesdays at 7.30pm until 9.15pm. Fancy joining us? We are a group of amateurs who advise each other and just enjoy are hobby. New members are always welcome. Just turn up on the night! Membership is currently £5.00 per year and just £1.00 per week.

Eileen Curtis 860564



Tuesday Afternoon Club

This is an offshoot of "Upstream", a charity supported by the Healthy Learning Centre, to give encouragement to older people who are no longer in employment to meet together.

We meet every Tuesday afternoon at 2pm in the Rest-a-While Day Centre.

East Worlington Playgroup:

A small, friendly playgroup, operating within the premises of East Worlington County Primary School, catering for children from three to five years. At East Worlington Playgroup we offer our children purpose-built facilities, excellent resources and the opportunity to grow, develop and learn at their own pace in a safe, welcoming and stimulating environment.

Playgroup Sessions run on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 9.15 to 11.45 with an optional Lunch Club on Wednesday afternoons. ending at 1.15. We also run a Toddler Group on Tuesday Afternoons from 2pm - 3.30pm for children from birth to 5. If you are looking for Playgroup facilities, please call the number below for an informal chat or to arrange a visit. We would be delighted to meet you and discuss what East Worlington Playgroup can provide for your child. Contact:- Tracy Downs, Chairperson Through School on 01884 860567

Brownies

The Brownies are for girls aged seven to ten years old. We have lots of fun playing games, singing songs and doing great activities as well as making new friends. We are pleased our Brownie unit is thriving in numbers at the moment and that we also have a healthy waiting list but if your daughter would like to be added to the waiting list then please don’t hesitate to call the number below even if they are not yet old enough to join. If you would like to come along and share either a skill or hobbies with the Brownies please contact us, the girls love having visitors to their unit.

Citizens Advice Bureau:

The full range of services that the CAB offer is now available in the homes of those who would like to use this advice service, and are unable to reach the nearest office. The service offers free confidential advice on financial problems, housing issues, benefit entitlement, and help in applying for it, as well as consumer issues and relationship problems. To avail yourself of this service, please contact: 01884 251527 during normal office hours.



Witheridge Meals on Wheels Service:

Hot meals provided daily to anyone requesting them, both private and DHSS clients. Domiciliary care service also provided to those in need or wanting help with housework, personal care, or companionship. Contact Pat or John Parsons on 01884 860140

The Mobile Library:

Visits the village each Friday stopping at the following locations:

The School 9.55 : 10.25
Brooke Road 10.30 : 10.50
The Square 10.55 : 11.25
Appletree Close 11.30 : 11.55

The contact number remains that of Okehampton Library: 01837 52805 or Mobile 0850 783823



Refuse Collection:

Refuse collection day for the village is Friday. For all outlying areas you should check with N.D.D.C. on: 01271 388344


Allotments

Witheridge Gardeners please note that an approach has been made to Witheridge Parish Council in the hope that they will be able to supply land for allotments for the villagers of Witheridge. If you are interested, then please contact Frank on 10884 861750 or Peter on 01884 860967.

Witheridge Food and Craft Fayre

Once again, the organisers and stallholders would like to say a big thank you to everybody who supported the Craft Fair's in 2008 - your support of local producers and businesses was much appreciated.

The payments received from stall-holders covers the running costs of the Fayre and the surplus will be given to local organisations and charities. This year’s donation will be detailed in a future edition of the Witheridge Scene.

Please make a note of the 2009 Fayre dates:

Easter - Saturday 28th March - Parish Hall 10.00 am - 1.00 pm

Summer - Saturday 20th June - Parish Hall 10.00 am - 1.00 pm

Autumn - Saturday 19th September - Parish Hall 10.00 am - 1.00 pm

Christmas - Saturday 12th December - Parish Hall 10.00 am - 1.00 pm



Regarding the future use of the Congregational Church

With the agreement of the existing membership of the Congregational Church, leaders of Churches Together in Witheridge along with ecumenical advisors are looking prayerfully into more creative ways of making use of the Congregational Church’s premises.

The process is at an early stage but our aim is to discover new opportunities through which in partnership we can explore areas of mission in the village. To take the discussion further, some basic research is being undertaken to ascertain the needs within the community. We hope this will reveal new areas of potential should the building be refurbished. Naturally there would need to be extensive consultation before any plan were finalised. For now we wanted to make you aware that the process is taking place and will keep you informed of progress.

Pastor Bill King (on behalf of Churches Together in Witheridge)


First Sunday in the Month

Catch some of the biggest names on the South West Jazz Scene live at the Angel between 1pm - 3.30pm. There is no admission charge, support live music, support your local pub! whilst enjoying the Angel's award winning real ales and wines, and freshly cooked meals from the extensive menu.

The Rest-a-While Day Centre

Open 10 - 12am Monday to Saturday for Tea, Coffee and Biscuits. Come along and meets your friends. Everyone is welcomed especially visitors to our village.

Short Mat Bowls

Just a reminder that we meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays all the year round from 7.00pm for a 7.15pm  start in the Parish Hall. New members are always welcome, and we have some club woods that newcomers can use. Anyone from Witheridge and surrounding districts, over the age of 16 can join. Charges are minimal at £1.00 per evening, waived for the first three meetings, and there is an annual membership fee of £15. If you would like any additional information, then please contact Harry Richardson, Secretary on 860522.



Gardening Club

Meets Last Wednesday of the Month 7.30pm Parish Hall.

Parish Council

Meets First Thursday in Month at 7.30pm in the Committee Rooms at the Parish Hall.

Each property in the village has been issued with TWO Wheelie bins by Greensweep Waste Management acting for North Devon District Council, one green and one black. The green one should only contain garden waste and cardboard and your black bin is for disposable waste only.

South Molton Recycling now offer a collection to every one in the district by means of the Green Plastic box and bag issued to every property. The green plastic box is for all dry recyclable such as plastic bottles, tin cans and glass jars. The green bag is for old newspapers, clothes and toys you no longer want. Where properties could not accommodate wheelie bins or restricted access excludes them from the scheme, free black bags are available from NDDC.

Your GREEN BAG should only contain: Newspapers, Magazines, Catalogues, Telephone books, Clean old clothes, Shoes (in pairs), Handbags, Belts, Sheets, Curtains, Pillow cases, Duvet covers, Junk mail (no plastics)

Your GREEN BOX should only contain: Glass bottles, jars, Plastic bottles (i.e. milk cartons, shampoo bottles etc, Food tins, Drink cans, Aluminium foil, Aerosol cans

Your GREEN WHEELIE BIN should only contain: Bark, Hedge clippings, Grass cuttings, Weeds, Cut flowers, Plants (no soil), Windfalls, Untreated sawdust, Wood shavings, Clean straw, Egg boxes, Cardboard (not with plastic attached) including food packaging and washing powder boxes.

Your BLACK WHEELIE BIN should only contain: All cooked OR uncooked food waste including peelings, Vacuum cleaner contents, Vegetable peelings, Cardboard milk or juice cartons, Disposable nappies, Plastic envelopes, Tea bags, coffee filters, Polystyrene, Plastic food wrappers i.e. cling film, crisp packets etc. Empty containers: Engine oil containers, Pesticide containers, Medicine bottles, Yoghurt pots, Butter, margarine tubs. Take tops off all plastic bottles. Tops are often made of a different type of plastic. Rinse all containers well.


For all your Greensweep enquiries call 01271 374776 or e-mail greensweepdirect@northdevon.gov.uk.

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