East Coker Society
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October
2007 – Free Issue No 128
Chair: John Sugg 863435
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Newsletter Editor: Lesley Lindsay 862868
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Secretary: Sarah Owen 862218
Treasurer: Keith Helliar 863700
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VILLAGE DIARY
The 2008 Diary is now at the East Coker Post Office,
to the right of the door when entering the shop. Please could village organisations put their
forthcoming events in the Diary to avoid the doubling up of these events. Thank you.
CHRISTMAS BAZAAR
SATURDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2007,
EAST COKER HALL,
2.00PM - 4.00PM
Book early!
Tables for the Christmas Bazaar are available. The price is £1 a foot, for 4, 6, 8, 10 and
12 foot tables. . Setting up of tables will be from 12 noon
onwards
Individuals or organisations who wish to reserve a
table should please fill in the form below, and send it with either cash or a
cheque, by 5 November at the latest, made payable to East Coker Society, to Carol Blackmore, Pippins, Higher Burton,
East Coker 862192. This will make
certain your stall is reserved.
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Village Clubs and Organisations
EAST
COKER PLAYERS – 30 YEARS
OLD
As
we are celebrating our 30th year a social evening was organised in August at
the
We
are hoping to produce a play in May – ‘Allo! Allo!’ and need some cast members. If anyone is interested in joining us, please
contact Nora White 477897.
Christmas Bingo – 8 December at East Coker Hall. Doors open
EAST COKER
POETRY GROUP
Tuesday 23
October – results and readings from
our poetry competition.
Tuesday 27
November – James Crowden, a local
author and poet, presents a poetic evening based on the Atlantic convoys of the
Second World War.
EAST COKER
GARDENING CLUB
In
a month of disappointing weather – cold and damp – the Club had a surprisingly
sunny evening for the July visit to Sally Gregory's garden near Wookey. It was a
delightful experience with a chance to buy some interesting plants before
finishing with tea and cake on the terrace. In August Jonathan Hoskyns from
Programme for November to January
Thursday 8 November – 7.30pm at the Quick Silver
Mail. Annual General Meeting.
Wednesday 14 November – 6.30pm, Discount Shopping
at Brimsmore Garden Centre, with refreshments.
Thursday 13 December – 7.30pm in the East Coker
Hall, Marion Emery on ‘A Victorian Christmas’
Thursday 10 January 2008 – 7.30pm in the East Coker
Hall, Bonny Sartin, of the ‘Yetties’, on ‘Dorset my Dorset’
Visitors and new members are always welcome. Enquiries to Catherine Denney on 862294 or
Stan Shayler on 420291
EAST COKER
W.I.
The
Women's Institute will be holding an Open Evening, where all are welcome, on
Thursday 29 November at
Would
anyone needing any further information please contact Secretary Linda Morgan on
863694
The
Whist Drives are held on a Thursday at the East Coker Hall at
18
October; 15 November,
THE COKER 400 CLUB
The names of the winners of the August Draw are as
follows: £100 Mr P Moore; £50 Mr A Frecknall; £40 Lady Vickers; £30 Mr &
Mrs T Kimpton; £20 Mr J Carter; £15 Mr R Tower; £10 Mr P Pisani and Mr &
Mrs A Jullens
If anyone would like further information, or would
like to join, they can contact me on 862472 or at Dairy Cottage, East
Coker. Mike Weston
EAST COKER
WINE CIRCLE
For only the second time in
East Coker Wine Circle’s 30 year history, the trophy for the Best Wine in the
Wine Festival, held in conjunction with the Flower Show, went outside the local
wine circle, to Bridgwater’s Phil Marshall, who gained five firsts from six
entries, an outstanding achievement!
Only one point separated the two main Circle contenders in the Open Wine
Festival; Vince Wolny took the major award for the most points in the festival,
from last year’s champion, Joyce Pryor, gaining 124 to her 123. Joyce also won the trophy for the best wine
in the show, entered by an East Coker Wine Circle member. Vince won the trophy for most points gained
by a circle member and the Novice Trophy was won by Sarah Rashley.
There was excellent
response for the Circle’s golf tournament at Halstock on 23 September, in aid
of the chairman’s chosen charities to mark the Circle’s 30th Anniversary – the
Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance and the Yeovil Cardiac Unit. There were more than 40 entries including
three teams from Loders’ Garage and also the Yeovil-based musical theatre
group, Kassmatt.
Kassmatt will be
entertaining at the Circle’s Anniversary Dinner at Long Sutton Golf Club on 20
October, when the result of a special charity draw will be announced. The prizes of quality French wine have been
donated by honorary member, John Craske, who lives in Brittany.
The ‘alternative’ calendar,
similar to the one that shot Rylstone and District Women’s Institute to
international fame, had a successful launch at the East Coker Flower Show. It features members of the Circle in varying
states of tasteful undress to represent each month of the year. It is hoped that the calendar will
considerably boost the charity fund. The
calendar, which runs for 14 months from November, is selling well at £5.50
each.
Dates for your diary are
Wednesday 5 December at 8.00pm – Wine Circle Commercial wine tasting and bread
making competition, and the Circle’s next major event will be the Oriental
theme party, ‘A Touch of Spice!’ on Saturday, 12 January. Guests and new members are always welcome to
the monthly meetings which are held at the East Coker Hall on the first
Wednesday of the month, unless otherwise announced.
Further details can be
obtained from the Secretary, Mary Horsely 471072 or from the Circle’s web site
– www.eastcokerwinecircle.co.uk
EAST COKER
ACTION MEDICAL RESEARCH
Our Silver Jubilee Ball
held on Friday 28 September, at The Digby Hall, Sherborne was a great success
and enjoyed by all. Thelma Crocker and
Judy Petheram were presented with certificates for 20 years service to the
charity and Glen Radford, Liz Dunning, Angie Mead and Jane Donnelly were
presented for 25 years service. The
awards were presented by the Director of Fundraising Lewis Coghlin who
travelled from the Head Office in Horsham for the event. The evening raised £1,850. Our thanks to all who supported us.
On Friday 23 November,
a local drama group who call themselves ‘4BY4’ will be putting on a show at the
East Coker Hall called ‘An Evening of Music and Song’, which will feature songs
from well known musicals with amusing interludes between. Tickets are £5 each and are available from
Angie Mead 862972 or Barb Raison 862553.
The group have kindly agreed to donate all profits from the evening to
Action Medical Research. This should be
a very entertaining evening sp we hope to see many of you there.
Young
People
EAST COKER
SCOUT GROUP
We have had a year full of achievements so far! Three Scouts, Jack Baker, Zac Tredger and
Johnny Holliday, have all achieved the Chief Scout’s Gold Award. This involves activities covering Adventure, Leadership
and Commitment and a personnel challenge.
Jack Rashley and Thomas Holliday have achieved their Chief Scout’s
Silver Awards. The Scouts won both the
District Camping competition and Fox Trophy two day hiking competition. Chris Bugler has been awarded the Silver
Acorn following in his brother Max’s footsteps from last year. This award is ‘in recognition of especially
distinguished service’ and Chris has certainly earned it and continues quietly
to support the Group at every turn.
Three Scouts were joined by Gary Beales and Kevin Woodcock at the World
Scout Jamboree in August. They all had a
fantastic time and many of you will remember helping them raise money to go
including car washing in the village.
Thank you to everyone.
We have a new assistant Scout Leader, James Mayo, and
Mike Holiday has restarted our Beaver Colony on Wednesday evenings. However, we have temporarily closed the Cub
section as we were short on numbers. We
have just said goodbye to Gary Beales who has been with the Group for 40 years.
Gary moved to Australia in September and we offer Gary, Julie and Erica all our
best wishes. There are not many people
who remember East Coker Scout Group without Gary and I’m sure he will not be
forgotten. Oz must now be on our future list of summer camps – 2010 maybe!
We continue to offer the full range of the Scout
programme for our young members and thank all the leaders, parents and friends
who give their time on a regular basis.
David Webber, Group scout Leader
Newspaper
Collections: Saturday 27 October; Saturday 24 November; Saturday 29 December
Autumn
Jumble Sale: Saturday 20
October. East Coker Hall from
2.00pm. Remember we will collect.
Contact Max Bugler 862186.
Section
Meeting Times: Beaver Scouts: Wednesday
6.00pm – 7.15pm. Contact 863430 Cub Scouts: Contact 474648 Scouts: Friday 7.00pm – 9.00pm Contact
474648
EAST COKER
PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP
East Coker Playgroup is
back in session for the Autumn. Due to
demand Kay and her staff held sessions during the summer holidays on a Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday morning for 5 weeks of the ‘holidays’. There was no time
for a rest – the children were eager to get back to play in September. This half term the children are exploring
Light and Dark. The display the children
are making will be themed on going from Night to Day, and who knows who will be
making an appearance on the display as we focus on the children’s interests and
play.
The wealth of experience of
our fully qualified staff offers quality childcare and education through play,
exploring the wider environment and local community with project-based
activities. These include trips out and
visitors, such as the fire brigade, police, vet, doctor, dentist, clergy,
musicians and local artists. Ofsted have
consistently given the group excellent reports and commended us for the
interaction and encouragements between staff and children, partnership with
parents, teaching, management and the emphasis on fun.
Children can join us from
the age of 2½ and Nursery Education Funding is available from the term after
the third birthday. We are open during
term time every weekday morning, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, and offer
optional lunch cover for children who like to bring a packed lunch. During the Summer Term the playgroup piloted
extended opening hours (a breakfast club and ‘after-school’ club for
pre-schoolers) – please contact Kay Strode if you would like more information
on this exciting new opportunity on your doorstep. For
more information and to put your child/children on the waiting list please
contact Kay Strode on 07798 812540 or after 6.00pm on 872126
There are two fundraising events being held by the
Playgroup Committee and we would love your support. The first is a Chocoholic
Evening! See you there…..
Our second event and most spectacular fundraiser is a
Craft Fair held in East Coker Village Hall on Sunday 11 November,
For information on the Craft Fair, please contact Jo
Hayward on 01935 414839.
JIGSAW CHILDREN’S
CENTRE
I am Vicki, and I am the Family Support Worker for the
Jigsaw Children’s Centre. I am based in the
big blue bus you will see around the village.
From the bus and various village halls, I will run groups for parents
and their children under the age of 5 years.
Also from the bus or your home I can offer individual support. Other agencies can also work from the bus by
appointment.
Friday 10.00am – 11.30am Peep Group. East Coker Hall
Friday – Parents into work, advisor Marilyn
Stevens. Booking by appointment in the
bus at East Coker Hall. I look forward
to meeting you. Please contact me on
0784460555
The
Churches
ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH
Services
Every Wednesday 7.30am – 1662 Service
Sunday 21 October Deanery Confirmation – 10.00am
Sunday 11 November Service of Remembrance at 10. 50am when all uniformed groups are very
welcome to parade with their banners and flags, as an act of thanksgiving for
those who died in the past major conflicts.
Sunday 2 December Christingle 10.00am
Monday 17 December Carol singing around the
village, starting at 7.00pm. 9.00pm
Mince Pies etc at the Vicarage.
Sunday 23 December Carol Service 6.00pm Readers and singers are very welcome to be
there.
Christmas Eve 11.00pm Midnight Mass – Sung
Eucharist
Christmas Day 8.00am Holy Communion. 10.00am Family Service
Sunday 30 December 8.00am Holy Communion. 10.00am Family Service. 6.00pm Evensong
Sunday 6 January 2008 Epiphany – Family Service
One World
Week – 21 – 28 October
An informal evening of music and readings in
celebration of ‘One World Week’ 27 October, 7.30pm, St Michael’s Church. Traidcraft refreshments.
Bonfire and
Firework Display
To be held at the Vicarage Glebe Field on 1 November
at 6.30pm. Family Friendly Fireworks and
a BBQ. All profits will go to the
Vicarage Parish Up-keep Fund.
Curry Lunch
at the Vicarage
On 25 November at 12 noon Archdeacon Nicola Sullivan
will be speaking to us and joining us for lunch.
Service for
Those We Have Loved But See No Longer
The service this year will be on 4 November at
6.00pm. The preacher will be Rev. Peter
Kerton Johnson. Peter was Chaplain at St
Margaret's Hospice in Yeovil, where I got to know him well. One of the things he did at St Margaret's was
to start a regular service there.
Previously he worked with the Hospice movement in South Africa.
I will be writing to those who were bereaved in East
Coker during the last year to invite them to the Service and to see if they
would like the names of their loved ones read out in the Service. We also welcome the names of any other
people, they need not have lived in the village. Please let me have the names by 28 October
Monica 862834
ALL SAINTS'
CHURCH CLOSWORTH
Christmas at
Closworth
There will be the usual Carol Service on Sunday 9
December. Please support this if you
can. The Church will be decorated and
the lovely Crib we were given will be on display.
Christmas
Eve – 4.00pm
We shall have our usual children’s’ Nativity
presentation. Each year we try and have
a slightly different slant. Last year it
was through the eyes of the Kings and one year as seen by T.V. presenters! This year I have a new idea – I hope! It would be good if the children can come as
angels, kings and shepherds. Before now
we have had children dressed as animals, and once a football player – so come
as you want – the children that is! The
service lasts about 30 minutes and is quite informal. If a baby cries do not worry as I am sure the
baby Jesus cried at times.
Christmas
Day – 9.00am Holy Communion
100th
Birthday
Dorothy Loveless will be celebrating her 100th
Birthday on 5 November. She has lived in
the same house in Closworth all her life.
We are planning to hold a special Sunday Service at 11.30am on 4
November followed by light refreshments.
Anyone who knew her will be very welcome at the service. Dorothy worked in this village and is well
known to many people.
More details from Monica 862834
ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH
SUTTON BINGHAM
The Coffee Morning at the
Helyar Arms raised £510 towards the Roof Fund.
Many thanks to all who came.
4 November – 9.00am Holy Communion 18 November – 11.30am Holy Communion &
All Saints’ Festival
2 December – 9.00am Holy Communion 16 December – 11.30am Holy Communion
Tuesday 18 December – 6.30pm Christmas Carols
Christmas Day – 11.30am Holy Communion
6 January 2008 – 9.00am Holy Communion 20 January – 11.30am Holy Communion
BIBLE MID-WEEK
MEETINGS
Wednesday 17 October 7.00pm – Brian Ruff – Wimborne
Minster
Wednesday 21 November 7.00pm – Edward Armistead
Wednesday 19 December 7.00pm – Carol Service – David
Jackman. With mulled wine and mince
pies.
These meetings take place in the East Coker Hall. Do join us and bring your friends. Refreshments are served after each meeting.
Roy Hodder 862519
Village
News
EAST COKER PO
& STORE
If you come down to the store today you're in for a big surprise!
As Christmas is just around
the corner, we would like to invite one and all down to the Post Office and
Store for the Christmas Display on Wednesday 31 October and Thursday 1
November. On display we will have a
range of goodies and catalogues from which you can select and order. Items will range from festive goodies to toys
and games; jigsaws to DVD’s. We look forward
to seeing you there and hope that we can become a part of the best Christmas
ever in the village.
We also currently have on
display a range of festive cards, wrapping paper, labels and decorative treats.
Vicky, the girls (Emmalia
and Lillia) and myself would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for
the warm welcome which we have received on arriving in the village. We have enjoyed tremendously, the first seven
months or so which we have spent here and have every intention of being here
for ‘the long haul’. We certainly feel
that we would not and could not have possibly settled in anywhere else in such
a short period and really feel at home here.
It is also a nice change to feel so much a part of a community that
cares, with so many people pulling together to a common goal, of making the
village such a pleasant place to live.
If there are people out
there whom we have not yet met, of which I’m sure there are still a few, please
do come in and introduce yourselves. You
never know, you may be surprised by some of the changes which we have made.
On a more sombre note, the
one way in which we would really like to ask for your support is with the Post
Office. With the pending round of Post
Office closures there is a real threat that our branch, as with any other, may
be short-listed for closure. The best
way which we can combat this, to ensure that the village does not lose this
vital resource, is to ask that you show your support for the Post Office by
using the services offered there, even if it is something as simple as buying a
stamp. At the end of the day, the busier
the office, the less likely it will be short-listed for closure!
WEA – EAST COKER BRANCH
‘A History of Quakers in Industry’ – an examination of
the role of Quakers in the industrial and commercial history of Britain,
looking at their main involvements, their attitude to the workforce and their
role in the abolition of the slave trade.
Tutor – Dr Michael Atkinson – Tuesday 2.30pm – 4.00pm
East Coker Hall. 6 meetings from 2
October £28. Contact Sarah Smith 862466
SYLVIA MAY
LEWIS – 100 years on 25 September
Mrs Lewis was born at 6
Rustywell at 12.05am, where her parents moved to on 24 September 1907! She had one brother and one sister. Her father was a carter, taking flour from
Hendford Halt to all the nearby bakers, and her mother did a milk round. She married George Victor Lewis in 1929 and
moved to East Coker Mill, where she has lived for 78 years this November. She had four children Maurice, Ann and twins
Gordon and Clifford. She still enjoys
company and visitors.
Thank you
Ann Lewis would like to
thank all those people who helped to make her mother’s 100th
birthday a happy and memorable occasion.
Mrs Lewis wishes to thank everyone for their lovely cards, gifts and
messages of congratulations. Thank you
everyone
MUSICAL EVENING AT
FORDE ABBEY
A big thank you to everyone
who supported this event. It was a very
successful evening and raised £2,740 for CLIC/Sargent.
NOTES FROM THE
OBSERVATORY
Autumnal Equinox – 23 September 2007
Officially, Autumn begins
today, but it has been decidedly autumnal for the past week, with chilly
evenings, misty mornings and quite heavy dews on the lawn. Already, leaves are falling, colouring
roadside gutters. But the past few weeks of warm dry weather made up for a
dismal summer. No measurable rain fell
in the 30 day period from 22 August and the village enjoyed a late summer. The warmest day of the year was 5 August with
a shade temperature of 24.6ºC (76.3ºF) but late August and early September gave
a long spell of warm days with bright sunshine.
Rainfall in the main summer months was well up on last year. In the period July to September we had 30
rain days which gave us 137mm rain (5.4ins) compared with 95mm (3.7 ins) last
year. Mid September was a very quiet
period with virtually no wind over the village.
An unwelcome feature of the
damp summer was the appearance of blight on a promising growth of tomatoes
which succumbed despite the application of Bordeaux Mixture. One welcome result of the rain was a good set
of runner beans that always respond well to a moist root run. Yields of runner beans have been poor in the
last few dry summers, so this wet year has been a bonus. Lettuces also did well in the cool damp days.
The lack of sunshine
markedly reduced the number of butterflies.
I saw no Small Tortoiseshells, usually in dozens on Buddleia flowers,
and only single specimens of the usual Peacocks, Red Admirals and Gatekeepers. Others were Brimstones, Meadow Browns,
Speckled Woods, a Small Copper and a Comma.
But a splendid specimen of a female Oak Eggar moth, a fine late flying
Blood-Vein moth and a report of a Hornet Clearwing moth made up for the lack of
butterflies. The Hornet Clearwing moth
is a fearsome sight but quite harmless, an example of protective mimicry. Many bees fed on pale ivy flowers which
opened early this year. Ants swarmed on
a hot sunny day in late August and a few dragonflies hawked over a small garden
pool.
A Whitethroat made a brief
visit to the garden, as did a juvenile Green Woodpecker and several Greater
Spotted Woodpeckers. In August a pair of
Fly-Catchers raised a family but stayed only a few weeks. The most welcome sighting was the family of
Little Owls out and about in broad daylight near Mill Farm. I received a report of many House Sparrows in
a neighbour's garden at a time when sparrows are in sharp decline, and piles of
pale feathers on three occasions were evidence of a local raptor attacking
Collared Doves.
My most exciting report was
a sighting of an otter in Mill Stream in September. While there was some uncertainty over the
identification, a mink was also suggested, the size of the creature was a
determining factor.
Venus will be a bright
object in the eastern sky before sunrise in the coming months while Saturn and
Mars will appear in the morning skies in the darker mornings to come. At the moment some bright stars are in the
late evening skies. Deneb is almost
overhead while Vega is at about the same altitude but a little to the west of
Deneb. Altair is lower in the southern
sky.
Francis Cloke. 862496
GILBERT
ARCHIBALD PARTRIDGE – 100 years on 14 September 2007
Known as Archi, he was born and lived in Hardington
Mandeville until moving to Sandhurst Road about 20 years ago. His father was a smallholder and his
grandfather was a baker. He had three
brothers and two sisters, and served in WW2 as a soldier. He had two children. His wife died and he remarried and gained two
step-children. He has 3 grandchildren,
10 great-grandchildren, plus another on the way and 2 great-great
grandchildren. He still walks his dog
every day and celebrated his birthday with a party at the Red House.
BONFIRES
Autumn is traditionally the
time of the year for bonfires. Before
lighting one, please do remember to make sure there is no washing on your
neighbour's line and that the wind is blowing away from the houses.
HELYAR ARMS – CHARITY COFFEE
MORNINGS
Charity Coffee Mornings are held at the Helyar Arms on
the last Friday of each month from 10.30am
All welcome. The dates are as
follows:
Friday
26 October – Action Medical Research
Friday 30 November – Down’s
Syndrome Association
Michelle left the Helyar Arms
last Friday 28 September, to go travelling.
It was her idea that Charity Coffee Mornings are held on the last Friday
of each month. Since they started in
September 2006, £5,700 has been raised for various charities. It is a friendly way to raise money for
charity and at the same time meeting friends old and new from the village.
We also wish Ian and Sue
well on their departure from East Coker to Australia, and wish Matt, who is
taking over the Helyar Arms, all the best for the future.
EAST COKER PARISH
COUNCIL
The footpath leading from the Yeovil Road to Herne Cottage (Y9/31),
which skirts the eastern side of Coker House, has now been drained and repaired
and will (hopefully) be much drier and easier to access.
This is a well used short
cut from the Tellis Cross area to the Post Office, so we hope you will find
this an improvement in the wetter months of the year.
The roof of the cemetery
lych-gate has been repaired, and there has been controlled badger movement by
our badger consultant to prevent the further undermining of graves in the
cemetery, which has been a major concern in the last few years.
The extension to the Pavilion Car Park is soon to be
started. For those who use the Pavilion
Area for recreation, please continue to treat it with respect. Parents, please remind your children that
kicking balls at the Pavilion is destructive.
It is an older wooden construction and damage to the walls is not easy
or cheap to repair – it is also a totally anti-social activity, as is climbing
on the roof, so please make sure that your children are not causing damage or
risking injury.
If you have to walk your dog on
the sports grounds (and we would far rather you didn’t!) you must clean up after
your pet. Many families and teams use
the pitches and their surrounds and the health aspects of having a clean play
surface cannot be emphasized enough. Use the waste bins provided for all litter.
A local person has warned
the parish council that if you are delivering leaflets to private homes on behalf
of yourself or a society, club etc., you are not legally protected should a dog
threaten or attack you. Please think
twice before entering property where a dog is loose and do not send children if
there are any doubts.
We are still anxious to
trace the Doberman dog which caused problems to pony riders in the spring and
which is still out of control in the North Coker area. It was last seen off the lead and off a
footpath, chasing cattle in the Nash area.
The owner has been described as a ‘middle-aged, fair woman’ who seems to
be oblivious to the problems her dog is causing. If it is disturbing cattle or sheep, the
farmer is quite within his rights to shoot it – so be warned! With all the worries for farmers in the
recent foot-and- mouth scare, dogs should not be anywhere near livestock, but
this dog is becoming a nuisance to other walkers and riders, as well.
As the outbreaks of Foot and Mouth disease come and go, cattle, sheep and pig movements in Surrey and
its surrounding counties are still on a complete standstill. Somerset is now less at risk and controlled
movements have resumed for the moment.
However, Somerset County Council
has issued the following precaution notice to walkers in an attempt to keep the
county and its livestock as safe as possible:
Do not stray from the right
of way (this includes dogs)
Avoid walking amongst
livestock
Never touch or handle
livestock
Keep dogs on a lead where
there may be livestock (cattle, in particular, are curious and approach dogs)
Take any waste, including
food, home
Use any disinfectant
footpads or baths which the landowner provides
Leave gates and property as
you find them
HOPE AND HOMES
FOR CHILDREN
Two Charity Events to benefit Hope and Homes
for Children: Kate Adie, formerly BBC News Chief Correspondent, is to be the
guest speaker at a fund-raising luncheon being held at East Coker Hall on
Sunday, 4 November (£15 per person, to include a free glass of wine). A concert, given by The Wessex Strings, will
be performed in St Peter & St Paul's Church, South Petherton on Saturday,
17 November at 7.30pm (£5 beforehand or £6 on the door).
For tickets or further information concerning
either event please contact Hope and Homes for Children’s local Support Group
members – Brian Murray 01460 240984 or Susan Molesworth 01963 362337. All proceeds from these two events will help
some of the world's poorest children – those
who are orphaned, abandoned or vulnerable as a result of war or disaster – see www.hopeandhomesandhomes.org
NEXT ISSUE
The next issue of the Newsletter will be in January
2008. Copy, please, to Lesley Lindsay,
Little Meadow, Coker Marsh, East Coker or e-mail Lesley Lindsay or to the East Coker
Post Office & Stores by