East Worlington Parish Hall Committee Needs Your Views What we are doing. East Worlington Parish Hall Committee is developing a long-term (5-year) Business and Improvement Plan. The Hall is a community facility and as members of our community we need to know your views, aspirations and ideas. To do this we are offering you an opportunity to inform us through a short consultation questionnaire survey. Why we are doing it. In 2019 we completed major improvement and conservation work to the … [Read more...]
Royal British Legion – Poppy Appeal 2020
It is with the greatest regret that I am required to inform you the house-to-house Poppy Appeal will not take place this year due to COVID19. However, if you are unable to acquire a poppy and you are unable to get to a supermarket where collectors will be stationed, please contact me on 01884 860872 and I will endeavour to fulfil your requirements. If you wish to support the Royal British Legion there will be a collection box at Waterside Cottage, West Worlington two weeks prior to Remembrance … [Read more...]
West Church Open for Private Prayer
St Mary’s Church West Worlington is open for private prayer on Wednesdays and Sundays between 9.00am and 4.00pm. This is in compliance with the Covid 19 regulations. It is necessary for anyone entering the church for private prayer to complete a form providing their personal details. Services will continue on the normal schedule: Evening Prayer at 6.30 pm on the second Sunday of each month (Holy Communion in March, June, Sept., and Dec.) Morning Prayer on the fourth Sunday at … [Read more...]
Suspicious Vehicle Approaching Farms and Rural Properties
Suspicious Vehicle & Occupants Police would ask farms and rural properties premises in the North and West Devon areas are to be vigilant following a report of at least three men in a white transit van being found on farm premises without permission. When challenged by one farm owner they stated they were taking scrap wood. It was noticed that they had copper piping which they were told to put back and told to leave. Another farm has reported batteries taken from a … [Read more...]
East Worlington Church Reopens
More good news from Worlington Churches. It is proposed that St Mary’s Church, East Worlington, will open again on Sunday 6th September with a service of Holy Communion led by Reverend John Rhodes. Due to the current restrictions associated with coronavirus, seating will be limited and notifying me of your planned attendance is important. We then propose on the 20th September to hold a LMT service and continue with these regular services from October onwards. We will also let you know, in … [Read more...]
Defibrillator Installed at Our Parish Hall
The Parish Council are pleased to announce the arrival of the defibrillator. Some of you may have noticed its new home on the side of the village hall. The defibrillator has been purchased for the use and well- being of the whole community and special consideration was given to our village school. Should the need arise the machine can be administered to all ages; the machine is presented with instructions and will talk you through the process. The Devon Ambulance Trust will be running a … [Read more...]
Worlington Revel
Research into Worlington Revel revealed the following information through newspaper articles. In 1847, the press report ‘At Worlington Revel, great liberality was exercised towards the poor the gentry and yeomanry………. The ground selected was a meadow adjoining the river Dart, where spacious seated ring was made; and at two o'clock in the afternoon thirty tea-kettles were suspended over a large fire on the ground; merry peals were rung on the musical bells; and an excellent band of music from … [Read more...]
Face Coverings Become Mandatory In All Shops and Retail Premises
Being socially responsible From Friday, July 24, Government COVID-19 legislation changes mean it is mandatory to wear a face covering in all shops and retail premises. The measure will see all shops able to prevent entry to the premises to anyone not wearing a face covering. The new measure will see police given powers to issue a fixed penalty notice to anyone refusing to comply with the legislation, although Devon & Cornwall Police will be adopting an educate, engage and encourage … [Read more...]
Shopping Online Fraud
Have you bought anything online recently?… Almost 34% of all retail sales during May 2020 were carried out online, and new research suggests that only 16% of UK consumers intend to return to their old shopping habits post-lockdown. Online shopping fraud during lockdown Action Fraud, the UK’s national reporting centre for fraud and cyber crime, received over 16,000 reports relating to online shopping and auction fraud during the lockdown, with losses totalling over £16m. Members of the … [Read more...]
Publishing under Lockdown – The Fear of Ravens
Diary Entry by Wendy Percival, Author Even without a pandemic, as an author with a book to edit I’d already planned to stay at home and keep my head down. So when Lockdown was announced, I was kept busy preparing the 4th Esme Quentin mystery, The Fear of Ravens, for publication. For those who don’t know my books, my protagonist, Esme Quentin, is a ‘genealogy detective’ who gets drawn into solving present-day mysteries by revealing secrets from the past, invariably with … [Read more...]
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