Brayford Village News

Please read the attached document from Devon County Council.

Applies from Monday 7th to Friday 11th October.

Warning

In the millennium area and in other areas of the Parish, there is Hogweed, Hemlock, Ragwort and Water-dropwort - all highly poisonous and must be avoided - it can cause severe skin burning and blistering. 

Today the upgrade works to pathway 1 & the new path parallel to the road were completed by the group of volunteers, Mark Padgham would like to thank Bob, Ferg, Norman, Malcolm, Mark L & Stuart for their efforts.

Also many thanks to Maxine for keeping us fed and watered.

The upgrade & the new path look great, just needs a final snag in a couple of weeks once it has settled. We have put in a temporary step in place while we await County Council support for new steps.

Following the General Election, as most of you will know we have a new MP.

Ian Roome.

You can learn more about Ian here:

https://democracy.devon.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=3673

and here:

https://www.northdevonlibdems.org.uk/ian-roome 

https://www.northdevon.gov.uk/news/2024/special-meeting-will-focus-dental-provision-in-north-devon-and-torridge#:~:text=Dental%20provision%20in%20North%20Devon%20and%20Torridge%20will%20be%20the,on%20Thursday%2C%2018%20July%202024

Gregory Steward, with his unbelievably beautiful and powerful voice, is back at High Bray Church to bring us into the Christmas Season with a Christmas Concert of Carols and ‘Comfort ye, my people’ from Handel’s ‘Messiah’. Don’t miss it! The Spring Concert was a sell-out. Call Madeleine Brownell on 01598 710389 to reserve or purchase tickets.

Family Fun Night

Saturday 2nd December * 7pm

Fun for all ages * Free Entry

Selection of Traditional Games; Real Ale and Cider bar; Mulled Wine; Pasties; Grand Draw

Open to all ages and abilities.  FREE ENTRY to the Brayford Community as a thank you from the Village Hall Committee for your support of all of our events during the year.

If you have not already had your Covid booster, and are eligible for one, then there will be two sessions at The Victory Hall for walk in vaccinations.

Wednesday 15th November 2023 and Thursday 14th December 2023 - both 9:30 to 12:30.

There is no need to book. Boosters are for the over 65s, clinically vulnerable and immunosuppressed. Please do not attend if you are not eligible (you can check at www.nhs.uk/covid-vaccination or by calling 119). 

Flash flooding is rare but can be very dangerous. Across Devon and Cornwall there are a large number of vulnerable communities. 

Know what to do. Please read the attached article.

Important Opening:

Administrative Assistant to the Edgemoor Group Team Rector and Team Vicar.

This is a volunteer position, which could be shared between several volunteers, involving up to a shared total of approximately six flexible hours per week.

All expenses will be paid. Basic computer skills needed. Work from home, with availability to the Team Rector in North Molton as required.

You will play a vital role in supporting the Team Rector/Vicar and our clergy team. Let us know if you are interested; for more information call Jonathan Brownell at 01598 710389. 

Please see attached document, contact the chairman if you are interested in joining the Parish Council.

Family Dog Show - from 1pm(Methodist Chapel Car Park)

Duck Race at Brayford Bridge at 2:00pm

Music provided by The Jazz Ramblers

Competitions, carious stalls, cream teas, ice creams BBQ and raffle.

Come, join in the fun!

Prizes:1st duck - £50, 2nd £30, 3rd £20 plus other prizes.

A new Rector for High Bray Parish has now been appointed to serve the several parishes in the Edgemoor area! We are excited to welcome him as part of our Brayford community.

The Reverend Dominic Coad will take up post when he is licensed on 6th September. He will be based in North Molton. We hope many of you will soon get to know him and his family.

Dominic is currently a vicar near Newcastle. He was originally ordained in Exeter. He and his wife, Frances, have 2 children, James 5 and Isaac 1, and they are looking forward to settling in beautiful North Devon.

Brayford Village celebrations for the coronation of King Charles III, details on the images below.

Don't forget - Coronation Mugs available from the Parish Council

We are emailing you on behalf of Devon County Council. Devon County Council is reviewing its library services and the different ways that people use it. That's because the council is facing huge financial challenges, and in order for them to invest more money in services that support vulnerable children and adults, they are having to make considerable savings elsewhere in their budget. The council therefore is proposing to stop running the mobile library service.  We run four mobile libraries on the council’s behalf, three of which are 15 years old and at the end of their serviceable lives, and the fourth is nine years old.  All of our aging vehicles have become increasingly unreliable and expensive to maintain. There are also fewer people now using the mobile library service. Tomorrow, they will be launching a consultation with library customers to get a better understanding about how people will use the library service in future. They will be asking whether you have considered other ways to access library services, such as our Good Neighbours service, Home Library Service, or via our 50 library buildings across Devon.  Or, whether you are familiar with the range of digital books and other materials that are available to all of our library members. The consultation will be online from Friday 31st March //devon.cc/mobilelibraries, and you will be able to read more about it on the Council's website. Alternatively, there will be copies of the consultation on each of our four mobile library routes, and in your nearest library. If you have any questions about the consultation, please visit the Have Your Say webpage or contact Devon County Council via communitiesconsultation@devon.gov.uk or telephone 0345 155 1001.

The Council has made it clear that they will not be making any decision about the proposal until they have had chance to consider all of the responses to their consultation. If you would like to respond to the consultation, we would encourage you to do so directly to Devon County Council. The consultation will close on Friday 26th May.

Slight change to the annual event from Howard and Dianne Tolley, please see attached document.

Bone China Mugs to commemorate the Coronation of King Charles III are made available by the Parish Council.

FREE to children under 16 who live in the village.

£7 otherwise.

Please contact the Parish Clerk brayfordparishcouncil@gmail.com 

Fantastic map of Parish Footpaths and Rights of Away available to download here.

Please see attached documents, contact the chairman if you are interested in joining the Parish Council.

The very sad, though well deserved retirement of Colin and Sue Wallis and the closure of the shop in North Molton, also means the loss of the Post Office service.

https://www.postofficeviews.co.uk/national-consultation-team/north-molton-ex36-3hr-482519/

If anyone in the community has an interest in opening a shop, or offering the Post Office facilty, please get in touch with North Molton Parish Council - nmpclerk@gmail.com 

Please see the attached document

Christmas Shoeboxes for Ukraine

Many of you have the red shoeboxes handed out at the October Farmers Market and also at Anthony’s Quiz night. We are getting quite close to our deadline, when we will need to have these boxes back for collection and then transport to Ukraine. 

We are very grateful for anything you can do for shipment of Christmas boxes to Ukraine.

• Would you please bring them either to the Brayford Chapel and leave them in the porch, or to the November Farmers Market at the Village Hall on November 12th. This will be the last day before they are collected at High Bray Church on Sunday, the 13th.
• Even if you do not feel you can fill them, we would be most grateful if you can bring the empty boxes back.

Can you help by making a donation towards the expenses of getting the Christmas shoeboxes to Ukraine? Please contact Madeleine & Jonathan Brownell on 01598 710389 or come to the November 12th Farmers Market.

Please see the attached flyer for full information - supplies for Ukraine.

All are welcome! - it is a community celebration of songs, supper, savouries, sweets and thanksgiving for all that we share in our community. No need to reserve. Just come as you are to enjoy time together.

High Bray Church at 6pm, Sunday October 16th.

The Brayford Village & Farmers Market

2019 Runner-up in the Devon Food & Drink - Best Farmers Market for all of Devon!!!

 A local and traditional Market with unusual things from our local Devon countryside!

There will be locally raised vegetables of the season, local sausages, & freshly made sausage rolls, locally raised beef, Exmoor honey & fresh eggs, fresh Devon pasties & a range of freshly baked breads from East & West Bakery, savoury local handmade pies by UK 2022 British Pie Awards Bronze winner Katherine Bench, local ales & ciders, arts & crafts & handmade woolen cardigans & jumpers, handmade childrens’ clothing, scrumptious Jacci’s baked sweets, & local bedding plants. In addition, Ruth’s tea, coffee, and homemade biscuits & cakes available.

No entry fee. A wonderful time to spend with neighbours over a cup of tea or coffee, finding interesting things made locally to enjoy and scrumptious things to eat!

The Market is held on the 2nd Saturday of each month at the Village Hall; all are welcome! Parking available and free.

Come and enjoy yourself for a wonderful outing and support the Village and local producers!

This Saturday, Ocotber 8th   from 10:00am to 12pm in the Brayford Village Hall.

A unique and joyful occasion for all the Village. Come with a team of 4 - 6 or so, or come and join another table of neighbours.

Bring a picnic and a bottle of wine, and let the evening take care of itself.

Tea & Coffee available for all

Entry £3 for adults; £1 for 11 - 16yrs; under 11’s FREE.

Draw prizes welcome; Call Ruby on 710 417

A Fun Night for All!

A361 North Devon Link Road

(Portmore to Borners Bridge Section)

Latest A361 NDLR Traffic Bulletin is attached to this post.

Please share with friends and family locally and add to local social media to increase circulation.

This can be shared, printed and added to noticeboards as appropriate.

For additional project information or to view the newsletter online, please visit our Griffiths in the Community website HERE

As a mark of respect to the royal family over the death of her majesty the Queen Brayford Village Hall Committee are postponing the Bingo event planned for Saturday 10th September.

If you would wish to gather together to remember and honour Queen ELIZABETH at a brief time of candlelit readings and music, there will be a gathering:

At High Bray Church tomorrow evening (Friday, the 9th) at 7pm.

All will be welcome to be together at this time of shared loss and grief, to remember the qualities that she brought to the Nation and the world, and now to offer hope for the future.

Residents who live in North Devon will need to put their bins and bags out by 6am on the morning or evening before their collection from now on. 

The new, earlier display time, of 6am rather than 7am, is to enable the crews to have more flexible working hours if and when needed.

Lead Member for Environment at North Devon Council, Councillor Netti Pearson says: “We’ve moved the start of our bin rounds forward by an hour so our crews can start their rounds earlier if need be. I’d like to thank everyone in advance for their help and understanding with this, although as many bins go out the night before, most households shouldn’t notice the change.”

Residents are being reminded that they can check when their bin collections are by visiting the council's webpage.

Full information on what goes in your bin, box and bag can be found online.

The Brayford Village & Farmers Market

2019 Runner-up in the Devon Food & Drink - Best Farmers Market for all of Devon!!!

 A local and traditional Market with unusual things from our local Devon countryside!

There will be locally raised vegetables of the season, local sausages, & freshly made sausage rolls, locally raised beef, Exmoor honey & fresh eggs, fresh Devon pasties & a range of freshly baked breads from East & West Bakery, savoury local handmade pies by UK 2022 British Pie Awards Bronze winner Katherine Bench, local ales & ciders, arts & crafts & handmade woolen cardigans & jumpers, handmade childrens’ clothing, scrumptious Jacci’s baked sweets, & local bedding plants. In addition, Ruth’s tea, coffee, and homemade biscuits & cakes available.

No entry fee. A wonderful time to spend with neighbours over a cup of tea or coffee, finding interesting things made locally to enjoy and scrumptious things to eat!

The Market is held on the 2nd Saturday of each month at the Village Hall; all are welcome! Parking available and free.

Come and enjoy yourself for a wonderful outing and support the Village and local producers!

This Saturday, August 13th   from 10:00am to 12pm in the Brayford Village Hall.