Coffee Morning and Lunch – 19th October
Latest What’s On for Brentor
With thanks to the Village Hall committee for collating and creating the list.
Friends of St Michaels Art Show 27th – 28th September
The Friends of St Michaels will be holding an Art Show at the Brentor Village Hall this weekend (26th and 27th September).
The show will be displaying artworks by local artists that have been inspired by St. Michaels or the surrounding Brentor countryside.
The show will run from 10 am to 4.30 pm each day. Light refreshments will be available. If you would like to exhibit or want more information please contact the Friends direct.
Hydrosnakes – emergency flood protection
There is now a stock of hydrosnake flood protection barriers in the emergency store at the village hall for use in the event of flooding. Hydrosnakes perform the same role as sandbags but are much lighter to carry and can be composted after the flood has passed.
Please inform the Parish Council if you use any so that they can be replaced.
War Memorial ready for VE Day
Spring clean time for the Brentor War Memorial
The War Memorial has been spruced up ready for the VE day commemorations this year. The Parish Council contracted Pascoe's to complete the work and the memorial is looking much better after a good clean and repairs to the damaged area.
ERA 1st Class Russell Eastcott
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Russell Eastcott, who is buried in the churchyard of Christ Church, was killed in an air raid in 1941 aged 48 at HMS Drake while serving with the Royal Navy. Although buried in the village he is not commemorated on the Parish war memorial and enquiries have failed to locate a commemoration of his death on another memorial anywhere else. The Parish Council would like to arrange for his name to be added to the war memorial to ensure that he is remembered properly and propose to arrange this in readiness of Remembrance Day this year.
If anyone would like to comment on the proposal that his name is added to the war memorial, or have any information about where he is named on a memorial, then please get in touch with the Parish Council here.
War Memorial Update
Those of you that drive or walk through North Brentor may have noticed that there has been some damage to the War Memorial. The Parish Council have arranged for the damage to be repaired and the War Memorial cleaned in time for the VE Day Celebrations this year.
New Village Event List
A new Village Event List has been published showing upcoming events in the parish.
Many thanks to the team at the VHPFC who spend considerable time collating and producing the list.
Free Computer Course this Spring
Learn Devon still have spaces on a FREE digital skills course running in Tavistock between 1.30 pm and 4.30 pm starting on the 5th February. Aimed at beginners these course cover using a laptop, creating documents on a word processor, visiting websites and keeping safe online. For more information please contact Learn Devon using the details below.
Emergency 999 Text Message Service
Emergency 999 Text Message Service
You can now use the text message (SMS) service to contact the emergency services. You need to register first, text register to 999 and follow the instructions. More information below:
Mistletoe Fair
Brentor Village Hall Mistletoe Fair – Saturday 7th December 2024 from 11:00 to 2:00.
Come along, bag a bargain have some festive treats! Always a lovely way to get into the festive spirit and to meet up and have a chat with friends and neighbours.
Hydrosnake flood defence barriers
Hydrosnake flood defence
Hydrosnake flood defence barriers
The Parish Council have been looking at ways to support the community after the flash flooding at the beginning of the year. Although many of the potential solutions are beyond the reach of the Parish Council we have found a product that could potentially help should a similar event occur in the future.
Cllr Sanders has agreed to match any funding from the Parish Council to provide Hydrosnakes to those worried about the impact of flooding on their property. For those at risk of flooding Hydrosnakes offer a more practical alternative to traditional sandbags. They are easier to store, transport and deploy than sandbags and after use can be composted with other garden waste. More information can be found by clicking here.
We plan to offer Hydrosnakes free of charge to residents of the parish on a first come, first served basis. To try to gauge demand we are asking those who think that Hydrosnakes could help protect their property to contact the Parish Council by completing the form on this page. Once we have an idea of numbers then we will then place a bulk order and arrange distribution.
The Parish Council has a store of emergency equipment available for use in various emergencies. For more information please visit the webpage: Emergency Equipment.
Brentor Remembers – 10th November 2024 at 10.45 a.m.
Brentor will remember those from the parish and beyond that have died in the service of their country on Sunday 10th November. After an act of remembrance at the Brentor War Memorial there will be a service in Christ Church.
Volunteers will be collecting for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal in the weeks running up to Remembrance Day. Please donate if you can or use the QR code provided in the envelopes if you are not around when they call. You can also donate by clicking the link below:
If you are a UK tax payer please consider Gift Aid. It allows the Royal British Legion to reclaim around 25% of your donation.
Brentorians AGM 17th Sept 2024
Brentorians AGM
The Brentorians will be holding their AGM at the Village Hall on the 17th September 2024 at 7.00 p.m. As well as discussing the items on the agenda (below) they will be planning future productions and reading scripts. Anyone interested in getting involved with the ever popular village plays is welcome to come along on the evening and get involved.
Advice for those visiting (and living in) Brentor with four legged friends
Advice for those visiting (and living in) Brentor with four legged friends
Brentor Parish is lucky to welcome many visitors during the year, some just for a few hours to enjoy the walks and moors around the village others for a longer relaxing break. Many bring with them their four legged companions and there is some excellent advice on the Dartmoor website about keeping safe and acting responsibly when with your friend. It is also an excellent reminder for those lucky to live here how to get along with those who perhaps don’t love dogs quite as much. The full advice can be found here: Visiting with your dog | Dartmoor but in summary the advice is:
- Always pick up after your dog, dog faeces is not only unpleasant but is also a health risk. Always carry poo bags and dispose of them in dog bins or take them home. Bags are available at the field if you forget to bring them with you. Please keep dogs out of the children area at the playing field at all times.
- Keep your dog on a lead when near livestock, during livestock breeding season and at all times between 1 March and 31 July. This helps protect ground nesting birds as well as livestock and their young. On certain land the lead must be fixed and under 2 metres in length.
- Keep your dog under close control when using public rights of way, and during the warmer months when adders are likely to be active and basking in sunshine.
- If cattle chase your dog it is safest to let go of the lead and retrieve your dog later.
The Brentorians present…
Brentorians present:
OCTOBER 10th, 11th and 12th
Charles always shared the same bench in the park with his wife. Now Charles is alone, with only his memories of Rose sitting on the other end of the bench, until various people start to share the bench with him. These people may, or may not, be the cause of Charles misplacing something. Was it misplaced, or was it stolen? And who are the two mysterious people constantly checking their mobile phones and looking furtive?!
Performances on Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10th- 12th October 2024
at Brentor Village Hall
Tickets £7.50 per person
Bar available
Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm start
Please book tickets in advance with Helen de Carles on 01822 810412
Brentorians AGM – 17/09/24
The Brentorians AGM and play discussions for Spring 2025 production will take place at Brentor Village Hall on Tuesday 17th September at 7pm.
Please come along if you would like to be involved in the Brentorians (amateur dramatic group) in any capacity.
Please bring any plays you think might be suitable for next year’s production.
Recent flooding across Brentor and Devon
Flood damage in West Blackdown
Villages in Action News
Villages in Action Event
Dartmoor Commoner’s Council Elections 2024
Elections to the Dartmoor Commoner’s Council will take place this year as follows:
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North |
Tuesday |
Belstone Village Hall EX20 1RD |
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
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South |
Wednesday |
South Brent Village Hall |
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
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East |
Thursday |
Manaton Parish Hall |
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
| West | Monday 17 June 2024 |
Princetown Community Centre, PL19 6QE |
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
For more information click here:
New defibrillator at the Village Hall
A new defibrillator has been installed at the Village Hall in Brentor to replace the old unit which had reached the end of it’s serviceable life. The equipment and storage cabinet have been purchased with Parish Council funds and a grant from the Department of Health and Social Care fund.In the event of a medical emergency always dial 999 first. The ambulance service know where defibrillators are located and how to access them. There is no mobile phone cover in much of the Parish but there is a public payphone adjacent to the War Memorial in Brentor which can be used to call the emergency services.
For more information about defibrillators (and other emergency equipment) and what to do in an emergency please click here.
Further Vacancy for Councillor
BRENTOR PARISH COUNCIL
NOTICE OF VACANCY
There is 1 further vacancy on Brentor Parish Council.
A by-election to fill the vacancies will be held if within 14 days of the date of this Notice (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day and Bank Holidays) ten electors from the Parish give notice in writing to the Returning Officer requiring that such an election be held.
The address of the Returning Officer is West Devon Borough Council, Kilworthy Park, Drake Road, Tavistock, Devon PL19 0BZ. A request for an election can also be scanned and emailed to elections@westdevon.gov.uk, but the document must contain “wet ink” signatures.
If no such notice is given, the Parish Council will fill the vacancies through co-option.
For further information please contact the Clerk to the Parish Council.
Dated: 7th May 2024
Signed: Caroline Oxenham Clerk
Coffee Morning this Saturday
We are hoping to have some vegetable plants for sale plus homemade jam, marmalade and chutney. More information:
www.brentorvillagehall.co.uk
Beware – Rogue Traders!
Increasing reports of rogue traders in Devon
Trading Standards, Police and Local Authorities are all warning residents that there has been an increase in rogue traders targeting residents in the county.
In particular individuals are knocking on doors and suggesting that work needs to be carried out on the properties roof. These people are giving the impression that they are representatives of well known, reputable local companies making it difficult to identify that they are in face rogue traders. Advice from the Local Authority, Devon and Cornwall Police and Trading Standards is not to employ anyone knocking on your door touting for business and to always thoroughly check out anybody you are thinking of employing to carry out any work. They have also produced two leaflets with great advice about dealing with trades people and cold callers. You can download these by clicking on them below.
Defibrillator Training at Village Hall
Defibrillator Training
The Village Hall and Playing Field Committee have arranged for free defibrillator training for Brentor residents. The training will take place in the village hall on the 23rd April 2024 between 7.00 p.m. and 9.00 p.m.
The course is free of charge but there is a limit of 20 participants so registering is essential. You can either register at the coffee morning on the 6th April or by contacting Sandra Johnson via email by completing the form below:
Alvin Diaz – Update
