Nettlecombe Fete

Here are some photos from previous fetes.

If you have any bric a brac please deliver to the ‘pigpens’ at Huish Barton or phone Jenni 01984 641165 if you need items collecting.

See EMN Hall page for info on the Queen’s Jubilee picnic. 

Table Top Sale  Saturday 14th April at the

EMN Hall Monksilver

Elworthy Monksilver and Nettlecombe Community Hall, Combecross Hill, Monksilver TA4 4JE

To book a table £5.00, phone Anna on 01984 640 886

Sellers set up 9.00am

Buyers 10.00 – 12.30

All proceeds to support your community hall - THE EMN HALL

Under One Sun’s last performance for this season.

It’s been a while since our last bulletin so this is to let you know about our gig on Sat 14 April, and generally bring you up-to-date.

Our forte is music and culture from around the world but let’s not forget our own roots! 

So … on Sat 14 April, 8pm we’re back at the EMN Hall, Monksilver for some more fantastic driving dance rhythms, this time with the brilliant barn dance band Dyer : Cumming’s. 

The band may be young (average age about 20) but they have already been together for around 5 years. They play traditional English music with their own funky and youthful twist, achieved by the unique mix of instruments merged with fun and energetic arrangements, and they are GOOD!

They’ve a few tracks on www.myspace.com/dyercummings and you can find info on the band at www.dyercummings.webs.com There’s a licensed bar as normal, there will be not be a pre-gig meal this time ; however Baked Potatoes with a variety of delicious fillings will be available during the interval.

Tickets £8 are on sale at the usual outlets Toucan Wholefoods Minehead 01643 706101, Taunton Tourist Office 01823 336344, Wiveliscombe Post Office 01984 623308 and on www.wegottickets.com

More generally, we’re sorry that there’s been quite a gap since the last gig. We had hoped to put on Jama who many people asked to rebook after their fantastic performance last Spring only to find out that they are not now performing together. Not sure if this is temporary or permanent.

We’ll start planning for the autumn soon. Your suggestions are welcome! either for a particular band, or for a musical style/genre. Just drop a line and they’ll go into the melting pot!

The 14th April is our last gig before the summer break, hope to see you there!

Jamie

Under One Sun
One World. One Love.

01984 656727

http://www.underonesun.org.uk/underonesun/index.php

Recycling info

 for the bank holidays,

please click on link below. 

Master 2012 Bank Holiday poster

Nettlecombe graveyard

We are so lucky in Nettlecombe we are surrounded by beautiful countryside with amazing trees but an added joy at the end of the winter snowdrops appear everywhere: gardens, roadside banks and in the little graveyard at Nettlecombe Court. If you are passing just stop for a minute and peer through the litch gate and there they are.

I suppose a few bulbs were planted on a grave years ago and now they spread among the tombstones, up the banks and along the drive to Nettlecombe Court.

 If you have any images of snowdrops in Nettlecome or near by please send them via this website or drop them at South Cottage and I will add them to this post.

The drive to Nettlecombe Court

The Notley Arms Monksilver

The Notley Arms Monksilver is open once again to the delight of the villagers and the surrounding neighbourhood.

phone number 07920 487 668, landline 01984 656217

Neven and Angela, the new proprietors of the Notley Arms throw the pub open to the locals on Thursday night and their neighbours welcomed the couple with open arms. Neighbours and old friends were delighted to see each other and pleased to have the heart of the village back. I was glad to see Roy Heard sitting at the end of the bar, it looked as though he had been there all the way through the renovations.

Neven and Angela

Angela is insistent that The Notley is to be a pub that sells good food and not a restaurant.

The interior of the pub is different but many features like open fires and wood panelling have been kept; the space and the comfortable leather chairs are new but in keeping with a country pub.

The Notley will have a website in the near future and we will give you their link as soon as possible. It is possible to book tables to eat and the opening hours are 12.00 to 3.00pm and 6.00 until closing and well behaved dogs are welcome.

update on website click for a link.

Parishioners enjoying supper in the Great Hall at Nettlecombe Court.

Enjoy a hearty winter meal by a roaring fire at the Great Hall

Nettlecombe Court Field Centre

Friday 6th January 2012. 7pm. £6-00 a ticket.

All residents and friends of the Parish are very welcome.

To book your places (or to offer to help) please contact:

Marilyn Crothers on 640787 (nettlecombe1@talktalk.net)

Parish Newsletter

NETTLECOMBE PARISH CHURCH

The Parochial Church Council (separate from the Parish Council), who run Nettlecombe Church, are keen to ensure as many residents as possible are kept informed and that they take advantage of activities taking place in the Church. To receive the Church newsletter contact Carol Warren (01984 633129) or Jane Wynne (01984 640743). The Incumbent for the Benefice is the Rev Valerie Plumb (01984 656585).

Church Events:

Friday 23rd December 11.00am Family Crib service (parishioners are welcome to help decorate the church from 10am onwards) with Rev Plumb

Sunday 25th December 10.30am Carols (no communion) with John Rose

LOCAL POLICE MATTERS

There have been some house burglaries in the area recently, so please be vigilant. There have also been some recent diesel thefts from household tanks. Make sure your outbuildings and parked vehicles are secured at all times. Expensive items of gardening equipment should be locked away and hidden. Our Community Support Officer, David Rowe (email: David.Rowe@avonandsomerset.police.uk), is happy to discuss any matters of concern. We have a new beat manager, who has now taken over from David Masters, who is PC Andy Ware

(mob: 07766804491 email: andrew.ware@avonand somerset.police.uk).

MOBILE LIBRARY ROTA – 2011-12 DATES

The library van rota has changed and now visits on Wednesdays and only to the car park of the Notley Arms in Monksilver it will be there from 4.00-4.25pm .

The dates are as follows Wed 30th Nov 2011, Wed 25th Jan 2012, Wed 22nd Feb 2012, Wed 21st March 2012,Wed 18th April 2012,Wed 16th May 2012,

To find out more ring 0845 345 9177 (our route is ‘route P’).

REFUSE AND RECYCLING DATES

To find out dates of refuse and recycling collections for your postcode go to: www.westsomersetonline.gov.uk or phone: 01643 703704

It takes several clicks through layers to get to our days for refuse collection so here are our pick up details:

Refuse Day

• This is a bank holiday week, therefore the collection will occur a day later: Thursday, 29 December 2011

Recycling Day

• This is a bank holiday week, therefore the collection will occur a day later: Thursday, 29 December 2011

Garden waste collections are suspended from Monday 26th December 2011 and will start again on Monday 9th January 2012.

Bulky waste collections are suspended from Monday 26th December 2011 and will start again on Tuesday 3rd January 2012.

NETTLECOMBE NEWSLETTER – NEXT EDITION

The Parish Council produces two newsletters – in the Spring and Autumn. Information on events for the next edition should be sent to Councillor Ann Farley (see contact details above). If you would like yours delivered by email ONLY contact Councillor Mark Ward.

YOUR PARISH COUNCIL

Saturday 3 December, The Sadio Cissokho Band at The EMN Hall Monksilver near Williton

Sadio Cissokho and his band can normally be found playing thundering sets for hours way into the morning in the clubs of Senegal in West Africa.

They played Monksilver EMN Hall in autumn 2010 and went down so well that they’ve been invited back for the final night of their current UK tour on Saturday 3 December. Doors and the bar open at 7.15pm. The band takes to the stage at about 9pm.

The multi-award winning Manding Afrobeat songs of master kora-player Sadio, a veteran of Glastonbury and WOMAD festivals, are accompanied by solid West African bass grooves and the forceful Casamance drum kit sound to bring high-octane music and the experience of modern Senegal direct to West Somerset. 

Tickets £10 for the gig only, or £16 inclusive of a delicious two-course Fair Trade supper served from 7.30 to 8.30pm, are on sale at Toucan Wholefoods Minehead 01643 706101, Taunton Tourist Office 01823 336344,  Wiveliscombe Post Office 01984 623308 and on www.wegottickets.com

Further information is available from Under One Sun 01984 656727, and on http://www.underonesun.org.uk/ and  www.myspace.com/sadiocissokho

STOP PRESS

INTERESTED IN SAVING MONEY ON YOUR OIL BILL GO TO LOCAL LINKS FOR INFO.

EMN Hall Christmas Craft Fair

12-13th November

Saturday 10.00am -5.00pm

Sunday 11.30am-3.00pm

Admission £1.50 children under 10 free

Free Parking, Christmas hamper raffle,

Christmas Cafe.

The EMN Hall committee are busy organising the second annual Craft Fair and our craft makers are hard at work. All the stalls are now taken and we are looking forward to a great weekend just like last year. As you will see from the list below we have many of last year’s stall holders and few new ones.

STALL HOLDERS

Some pictures from last year:

 Woolworks

Angela Fine’s silk scarves

Pamela Gilbert’s bead jewellery.

Plum Duff and Stuff.

Rosemary Sargent’s felt brooches.

Fairwater Stained Glass Christmas Decorations

Aromatika

Quiver

Judy Mile’s Christmas decorations.

Hannah’s Handbags

Just a taste of last year.