Constance was for several years the editor of the Parish Paper. She took on the job with her usual enthusiasm when in her sixties. Undaunted by the complexities of her new Publisher software she produced an interesting and well put together paper every month.
She was a great supporter of village life in so many ways, a regular churchgoer, a kind neighbour, a loyal customer of the village shop and also a volunteer there when in her eighties.
She was a hugely talented artist with solo exhibitions to her credit, whose works were displayed in The …
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Archives for December 2016
Constance Hiller (1930—2016)
Alan’s Nature Notes from November
Hello again
The winter thrushes have arrived, all the way from Scandinavia! They are really called fieldfares and are lovely big thrushes that are very strong flyers. They spend the winter here, in our warmer climes, feeding on the fruits of the hedges, trees and the orchards!
Margaret and I visited North Wales recently, and we went up the Conwy Valley, in Snowdonia. It was a beautiful day, and the colours were magnificent - green hills, blue skies, silver lakes and lots of bright red berries on the rowan trees. Hundreds of fieldfares and …
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TVCT AGM 2016
TVCT held its AGM last month and discussed possible future projects. Artistic Director, John Somers, briefly recalled the original work undertaken in a great variety of sites since he was invited to create a production to mark the arrival of the new millennium in 2000, resulting in the multi-site performance of ‘Parson Terry's Dinner’.
The most recent was 'They Dream of Home', a walking performance to commemorate the Parish's involvement in WWI. The aim is to create new work of various kinds and to widen participants’ experience of different …
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Payhembury Provisions News – December
If you've been into the shop recently you'll see the shelves are bursting with all sorts of festive goodies. We are here to make your Christmas shopping a pleasure not a drudge so banish your inner Grinch and come in and see how we may help you.
First of all, Roy is again master-minding his ordering scheme not only for fresh fruit and vegetables but also turkey crowns, sausages and all kinds of dairy produce. All you need to do is pick up an order sheet fromthe shop (maybe) while you're ordering your turkey!) and fill it in when you have the …
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Churchmouse – December
Dear Friends
We mice are very excited as Christmas is coming. Oh we love Christmas especially when there is a Carol Service. We love the singing but we also have great fun clearing up all the crumbs from the mince pies. In fact last year I ate so many it gave me tummy ache. Mum had told me not to but I thought they were so good I couldn’t stop.
Last year we heard there were carol singers in the village, going from house to house, so this year we thought we’d get some of our friends and make a mouse choir and go and visit all our mice families …
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