full houses great entertainment, made a shed-load of money for Cancer Research UK, brought lots of people close together, boosted the Ship’s profits and gave a well-deserved mental breakdown to producer and director both. Quite an achievement! The prompter is to be presented with the Queen’s Award for Industry for services above and beyond
Lighthouse Beach, the state of the lime kiln. Don’t leave the country! At the moment the Lighthouse Beach situation is that there will be a public enquiry held between November 13th and 16th later this year. Fund-raising will be taking place to support this effort to maintain the beach as a public space, but this is a month or two off at the moment. In July there is to be a pre-enquiry meeting to clarify the terms of the enquiry. The progress on restoring the limekiln at the head of
Waterhead Creek is good. A mason has been engaged and he will start work in late March to arrest the building’s decline, consolidate the walls and building steps up the side to enable access to be safe and easy. In due course there will be a path laid to reach the kiln and when you get there a seat will hopefully be in place, kindly funded by Don Collinson, to enable you to enjoy the peace of the creek. There may even be an information board.
the call of duty to pantomimes and kindred forms of village entertainment. It was wonderful. In fact a mole from Dittisham wanted to travel the show up river to entertain the Dittsumians. What an accolade. Let’s hope that the momentum created by the panto will encourage Adrian Fabian and Lynne Maurer to rise to the occasion next year to surprise and delight us all over again. Well done all, including the sound, lighting, catering and front of house crews, because the amount of work to get a show on the road is, frankly, unbelievable. David Murphy, who wrote the original script, is rumoured to be typing away again. Ah! That’s why no-one’ll speak to him!
ACTIVITIES Zumba and Yoga have been the focus for active women in the village during the dark freezing days of February. Gill Davies’s gentle Hatha Yoga workshop encouraged a number of ladies to venture across the river to Thursday morning drop-in sessions at the Flavel. (11am-12-30pm for anyone wanting to join in). There was also a Mamma Mia Fun Night on February 22nd
for those who wished to fling a towel on a
deck chair. The March meeting will take place in The Sarah Roope Trust Room on the 14th
and will feature a quiz and
jewellery and accessories swap-so bring your bling and your brain to that
one.....And for crafty ladies there will be a regular workshop starting on Monday February 20th
at 2pm in
the Trust Room for those who would like to come along for a knit and a natter over cake and coffee (for a small donation to cover room rental and heating). You can join in an organised activity or bring your own project. Expertise, ideas and enthusiasm all welcomed. There is no membership fee for Kingswomen so please come and join the group if there are activities that appeal to you.
COUNCIL MATTERS
Please note that there is to be a new parish council newsletter which will be appearing as a supplement in By the Dart soon. The first is likely to be in the May issue and will tell you all about Diamond Jubilee celebrations, progress on
KINGSWOMEN SPRING(ING)
JUBILEE MUGS Our very own DLC (Dear Little Children of 11 and under)
and those of Dartmouth are to receive a jubilee mug in June. The mugs are to be a joint venture between the communities so that the purchasing power will keep down the price. If you have a fed up older child who wants a mug it is likely that some will be on sale at the usual outlets in the village. Anyway these will be the collectors’ items of the future so maybe you should buy one so that your grandchildren can flash it around in the Antiques Roadshow of 2065.
CARLOW BEQUEST LUNCH This took place at the Royal Dart Yacht Club in January and
was hailed a success, although rather less diners were present than is usual. The food was declared good and the venue appreciated.
OPEN GARDEN
Sunday April 1st, 2.00 – 5.00 pm. Major and Mrs David Malloy are once again kindly opening their wonderful garden at Mulberry House, Ridley Hill, in aid of the Save the Children Fund. The garden is especially beautiful in the spring with camellias and spring-flowering shrubs. Come and enjoy the garden, the views over the Dart, the cream teas and home made cakes. There will also be a tempting plant sale.
MISCELLANEOUS The Save the Children Fund Committee invites you to an
Indian Evening in the Village Hall on Saturday, 17th March at
7.15pm. Peter and Sarah Dingley Brown will tell us about their recent cycling tour in Rajasthan, a part of India still relatively untouched by the 21st century. Their photographs will take us to a world of colour and spectacle but also of disturbing contrasts between luxury and extreme poverty. This will be followed by a supper of Indian food prepared by the committee. Wine and beer will be available from the bar. Tickets cost £13.50 and are available from Kingswear Post Office and the Village Store.
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