MEETING OF THE UMBORNE HALL TRUSTEES At Umborne Hall Wednesday 1st May 2013 7pm Present: Neville Cheeseman, Paul Galloway, Liz Gosling, Sue Gush, Lorna Ockenden, John Pearce, Rob Summers, Teresa Wilmington-Wills, Eleanor Wood Apologies Jan Coman, Kimmo Evans, Peter Rugg Minutes of previous meeting […]
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Steam-up 2013 Report and Photos
(left click on photos to enlarge and then left click once again – photos courtesy of the Gushes) This annual event held at Penventon in Shute – the home of Tony & Liz Gosling is usually held in fine weather. This year we were treated to the sunniest and hottest ones of recent years. Our […]
Umborne Ug and Summer BBQ 2013
Umborne Ug & Summer BBQ report: (to enlarge photos, left click on them once and then once again) If you were in East Devon on Saturday evening, you would have noticed how fantastic the weather was – warm, sunny and later on, calm – a little too warm for runners perhaps, but perfect for spectators […]
November Weather Report 2012
November 2012. The first eighteen days of the month, other than one, 3rd, were actually quite dry, perhaps a little cooler than average, with a few light frosts, with a predominance of winds from the NW. A swing round to a SE wind on the 14th brought the month’s highest temperature of 16C. This was […]
Devon Libraries Mobile Library Service
Each year Devon Libraries review the Mobile Library timetables to ensure that each village’s stop is safe, well-used, and that the vehicle has enough travelling time between stops to reach their borrowers promptly. The Mobile Librarians also consult their borrowers to see how we can tailor the service to the community’s needs. As you will […]
St. John’s Chapel, Pottlelake, Umborne, Shute.
The home of Peter and Gilly Lea-Cox, Leigh Cottage, a delightful thatched cottage, was built about 1560 and it has a Priest Hole. (left click on photos to enlarge them). The upper storey was added in 1770 and the adjoining chapel (St. John’s) was built in 1893 by a priest ( Rev. WHB Proby) living […]
June Weather Report 2012
June Weather report 2012: I have a tendency, don’t we all, to refer to a month as ‘good’, ‘poor’, ‘average’ etc. Perhaps we apply human attributes to natural forces. A good person; one who helps others etc. A good child; one who is obedient, like a dog! However, we come to expect a certain standard […]
Photos from the Jubilee celebrations
The Parish council commissioned local photographer Jo Wheeler to capture the event. To order your own copy of any of the photos visit Truprint
Jubilee Wedding Dress Display Shute Church
WEDDING DRESS DISPLAY AT SHUTE CHURCH to fund THE JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS. written, with thanks, by Denise Loud of Whitford. Photographs courtesy of Christine Bonny, David Vickers and Paul Douglas Jones. Left click once on photos to enlarge them, and a second time to enlarge them even more. On the weekend of 10th and 11th March […]
Shute Parish celebrates the Queen’s Jubilee
Shute Parish celebrates the Queen’s Jubilee There can not be anyone within the Parish of Shute who has not been caught up in one way or another in recognising the life and dedication Her Majesty the Queen has given to this Country, the Commonwealth and other Nations throughout the world during the past 60 years […]
