Contact

Contact is the Parish Magazine for the parish of Crook Peak.  The articles written by Weare Correspondents will appear below.

News from Weare - January 2010

News for Weare - Contact July / August 2009

The village field was the perfect setting for a picnic at the beginning of July.  The midday shower eased off and skies soon cleared ( I think there was even a little sunshine) and a good crowd from the village made their way through the woods and up onto the field to enjoy lunch and a good chat.  The children had great fun in the woods, especially as the earlier showers had made lots of glorious mud to roll about in!  Many thanks to Geoff, Bill and William for cutting the grass earlier that morning. 
 
The whole area, now owned and maintained by the village, is looking great.  It’s very natural and a big thank you must go to all those involved in its upkeep this year. The Parish Council have donated a picnic bench which has now been installed.  It offers a lovely place to sit and rest  whilst enjoying the quite spectacular views.
 
The Village Lunch continues through the summer, meeting on Monday 10 August and Monday 14 September (second Monday of each month) from 12.30pm in Weare Memorial Hall. For only £3.50 (children £2) you can enjoy a delicious lunch, sometimes hot, sometimes cold, pudding, tea and coffee and friendly village company.  The lunches are planned, shopped for, cooked and served by volunteers who live in the village.  So many people have said how much they enjoy the lunches, so a big thank you must go to all those who help.  If you would like to offer your help, please phone Anna Fox (732239) who co-ordinates the rota.
 
Many children from the village enjoyed their own safari supper at the end of June.  It was a lovely sunny evening which ended with a family get-together at the school for a swim and a game of rounders.  Needless to say, the children won!  Many thanks to Katie Hugh for organising everything so well and to David Williams for allowing us to use the school grounds.
 
Planning for the Weare Flower Show is well underway.  Look out for the schedules which will be distributed soon – they detail all the classes which you can enter from crafts to cooking to photography as well as all the fruit, vegetable and flower sections.  Keep the Bank Holiday weekend free if you can, there is also an evening Barn Dance for the whole family as well as your friends and visitors.  Everyone is most welcome.  All details are in the schedules which will be delivered to your house and they are also available form Lunns garage on the A38.
 
Do take a look at the village web site.  It is regularly updated and recent additions include some fascinating recollections of Weare during the Second World War.  Visit  wearevillage.net for all village news as well as some wonderful aerial photos.  Everything you see on the site is very much “work in progress” and is willingly added too. Please contact Ailene with any of your village memories, comments or ideas.

Hilary Hugh

News from Weare April/May Issue

A warm welcome to the village to the Stephens family who have moved into Pipers Close.  I hope you will enjoy living in the village.  Best wishes to Janice and David who have moved to Wedmore where I hope they will be very happy.

The Progressive Supper will be on Saturday 9th May.  This is always an enjoyable evening and a good opportunity to see your friends and neighbours.  Each couple cooks one course for between 6 and 8 people (including yourselves) and then you visit other homes in the village for your other two courses, followed by coffee at the end of the evening when everyone meets up again.  Please let Rita Hanson or Hilary Hugh know if you would like to take part, or if you would like to find out a bit more about it - by the end of April, please.

The Village Lunches continue to be as popular as ever.  They are on the second Monday of each month, except in April when it will be on Monday 20th, due to a clash with Easter Monday!  The lunches are served at the Memorial Hall from 12.15 pm and cost £3.50 for adults and £2 for children.  Please phone Anna Fox if you would like to come but have specific dietary requirements so we can make sure that you are catered for, otherwise just turn up!  A vegetarian option is always available.

Please note the change of address for the village web site which is now www.wearevillage.net.  On the web site you will find information about village events, clubs and organisations, as well as some lovely photos of the village.  thank you to Ailene for getting the site up and running.  It looks great!

As we move into Spring there will no doubt be requests for help with the church tidy up and at the village field.  Please look out for posters advertising dates and times on the village notice board.

The Flower Show Committee are busy working on this year's Flower Show, which will be on Saturday 29th August with a family event following on in the evening.  This is the August Bank Holiday weekend so please put the date in your diary.

Hilary Hugh

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News from Weare January/February Issue

Congratulations to the brilliant performers in Crook Peak Parish and surrounding villages who kept us so well entertained during the run up to Christmas.  Firstly, the Allerton Players whose play "Dick Turpin" had the sell out audiences chuckling night after night in Weare Memorial Hall and secondly, it was the turn of villagers from Biddisham (and a few others) whose performance of "A Christmas Carol" in Biddisham Church was fantastic.

Well done and thank you to those who helped with all the cooking and preparations for the Village Lunch in December.  It was truly delicious fayre and hugely appreciated by the firty or so who came to enjoy each others company. 

There is also some very sad news to report.  Norma Crabtree died just before Christmas and will be sadly missed by all who knew her.  John Lamb sadly died on Boxing Day.  He was a true gentleman who will also be greatly missed.  Our thoughts are with Norma and John's families and dear friends at this sad time.

Thank you to those who supported my coffee morning just before Christmas.  I hope everyone enjoyed themselves and it was lovely to see old friends catch up with each other.  We raised £134 towards the publication of Contact magazine.

The Christmas Tree in the village has proved to be a huge success again and has provided a lovely focal point on many family walks.  Thank you to Tracey Marshall and Heather Whitehead for organising everything so well, even the carol singing, mince pies and mulled wine.  a special thank you must go to Ken who controlled the carol singers admirably!

Hilary Hugh