Defibrillator Training at Village Hall

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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:

     

    Swamp Stomp at Village Hall

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    BRENTOR VILLAGE HALL hosts The Swamp Stomp String Band

    BRENTOR VILLAGE HALL hosts The Swamp Stomp String Band

    Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm Tickets £12 adults £8 children

    The Swamp Stomp String Band are a raucous and energetic travelling three-piece band from the UK, consisting of banjos, upright bass, guitars, anda flat-pack honky-tonk piano. We play rambunctious, up-tempo, old-time music infused with Bluegrass, Country, Americana, and anything else you might find pouring out of a beer soaked, roadside dive-bar!

    Book tickets online at: https://villagesinaction.co.uk/performances/the-swamp-stomp-string-band/

     

     

    Upcoming MED Theatre events

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    MED Theatre Events

    MED Theatre have a couple of exciting events coming up that we wanted to share with you in November!

    Friday 10th November we will be hosting our next Mothers-Who-Make Bimonthly group. Mothers Who Make Dartmoor gatherings are for creative mothers of all ages and background.

    Published South West novelist Tracey Fuller is our guest speaker this month. Tracey will share her journey through motherhood and writing. The session will be interactive, discussing and workshopping plot lines for her new book. All types of Makers (professional or passionate) and Mothers (eg. grand/to be/bereaved) are invited ~ your children, family, friends are always welcome in the space. We will be meeting 10am - 12pm in the MED Theatre studio, Moretonhampstead. Email abbystobart@medtheatre.co.uk if you would like to join. Donations welcomed.

    After this, with winter fast approaching, we are back with a Christmas Fundraising Ceilidh again this year. Come and join us on Saturday 25th November for an evening full of fun, dancing, and Christmas cheer! It will be at the Moretonhampstead Parish Hall with the amazing Moretonhampstead Folk Orchestra playing and David Faulkner calling some fun dances for all to enjoy. There will be a bar and nibbles available for sale, and a Christmassy raffle (prize donations welcomed!!). Doors open 6:30pm with the first dance at 7pm. Tickets available on the door or online in advance.

    E-mail info@medtheatre.co.uk for more info or head to our website at www.medtheatre.co.uk/whats-on/

    The Brentorians – 2023 AGM

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    The Brentorians 2023 Annual General Meeting will be held on the 27th September 2023 in the Village Hall at 7 p.m.

    All are welcome to attend the meeting where we will be discussing the next play we will perform and rehearsal and performance dates. If you would like to join us then please come along and find out all the different roles that are on offer.

    Click here to download the AGM and 2022 AGM Minutes.

    Mitchell and Vincent at Brentor Village Hall

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    two people, possibly mitchell and vincent, stand in a mysterious and misty landscape

    Brentor Community Trust hosts Mitchell and Vincent at Brentor Village Hall

    TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE!

    New date! Saturday 23rd September 2023

    Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm start

    Tickets £12 adult/£8 under 16s

    To buy tickets online please go to:

    Westcountry folk duo Mitchell and Vincent bring traditional and contemporary styles on fiddle and guitar to music from the British Isles with their own varied arrangements telling stories with their tunes as well as songs.

    They have performed concerts around the UK, including festivals such as Glastonbury, Broadstairs, Oxford and Beverley.

    Acoustic magazine praised their playing as, “Stunning”; FATEA said, “Music that is beautifully played”; while Bright Young Folk described their performance as, "Providing skilled arrangements and expert delivery of tunes and songs which showcase the vibrancy, and variety, of folk music across Britain. A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable experience.”

    To find out more about the band, go to https://mitchellandvincent.com/

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    Brentor Commons AGM 2023

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    Brentor Commons AGM 2023

    You are invited to attend the Brentor Commons Association AGM which is being held in the Brentor Village Hall at 7.00pm on Wednesday the 24th of May 2023.

    There will be a brief business meeting.

    This will be followed at 8pm by a talk by the well known nature conservationist and author Derek Gow.  

    Derek is a breeder of the Eurasian Beavers, Water Voles, White Storks and Wildcats, for planned reintroduction programmes across the UK. 

    Derek lives locally near Broadwoodwidger where he has been rewilding areas of his 300 acre farm.

    His latest book is ‘ Birds Beasts and Bedlam Turning my Farm into an Ark for Lost Species’.

    If you plan to attend, we would be grateful if you would contact Will Walker Smith via email liddaton@icloud.com 

    The cost to non BCA members is £5 per adult (children free) payable on the door. You are welcome to bring your own refreshments.

    We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible,

    Brentor Commons Association Commitee

     

    New Mobile Library service for Brentor

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    Mobile Library Service for Brentor

    The mobile library will be visiting Brentor every four weeks. It is a trial stop for the library which will run until Christmas to guage the level of interest in the service. The timetable is attached below. To use the mobile library you will need a mobile library card (which differs from the normal library card), these can be issued from the mobile library van. Once you have a library card you can use it at any mobile library stop, Unfortunately only books borrowed from the mobile library can be returned to the mobile library.

    For more information or if you have any questions you can contact Libraries Unlimited via their web page: Contact the Library

    Villages in Action – Help! I think I’m a Nationalist!

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    This event is now sold out

    Don't forget your tickets!

    Saturday 18th March 2023 7.30pm start at Brentor Village Hall

    Who am I?  Where do I belong?  And who should I vote for? Cornwall is at a tipping point.  House prices soar, the population shifts, tensions rise.  Some people see it as a separate nation, whilst others see it as a prime holiday destination and playground for the rich.  Seamas Carey is confused.  He is desperately trying to understand.  He’s watched a wave of gentrification sweep through his rural hometown.  There’s nowhere to live, yet second homes stand empty.  He wishes Cornwall was more welcoming and inclusive, but watches “up country” money sow division and suspicion.  Could closing borders and nationalism be the answer?  Where’s the line between pride and power?  What happens when it all goes too far?

    Seamas needs help…he needs your help!

    Suitable for 16+ years.  Tickets £13 available to book in advance online at:

    https://villagesinaction.co.uk/events/help-i-think-im-a-nationalist/

    TWO VENUES & NIGHTS ON THIS WEB PAGE – SO BE SURE TO BOOK BRENTOR

    Or call HELEN ON 01822 810412

     

    Free Trees!

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    Trees, Bacon Rolls, Cake and Hot Drinks this Saturday at the Village Hall

    Help us make sure that the morning runs as smoothly as possible:

    Please do not arrive before 9:45 and only park on the hall side of the road so that tractors, buses etc can safely pass.

    Bacon Rolls, cake and hot drinks will be served from 9:45.

    Trees are first come first served. On arrival please come into the hall to collect a numbered ticket to ensure your place in the queue.

    Trees will be given away in order of ticket number from 10:30 onwards. Please wait in the hall until your number is called

    There is a maximum of 5 trees per household and we have enough trees for about 65 households.

    There are about 13 types of native trees including crab apple, hazel, rowan, hawthorn, birch and alder

    Brenstock tee-shirt sale

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    Get your memento of this year’s Brenstock! There are a few Brenstock tee-shirts remaining from this year’s festival, now on sale for just £5! 

    Unisex, heavy quality, small and medium sizes in black and larger sizes in white – don’t miss a bargain!

    To purchase yours contact Colin Dawes on 811079