Around Kingswear
Village Hall Appeal Kingswear Village Hall has recently
launched an appeal for funds to complete a modernisation programme for their elderly but valuable community asset. The Appeal target is specifically to make timely repairs to the roof, replace the curtains throughout, upgrade the stage area, repair the floor and finish the modernisation with a complete redecoration. The support from residents so far has been most heartening as we work towards improving an excellent facility available to any group or individual for a broad range of activities. Receiving support from local households indicates the importance attached to the valuable service offered to the whole community of a well maintained Village Hall. The Kingswear Family Fun Day
raised money for our appeal - the Curtains Appeal - which has now reached almost £3,000. The curtain replacement is essential because the existing ones are not fire retardant and this means a lower limit is placed on the number of people who can use the hall. The Village Hall committee would like to thank all those villagers who have supported the appeal so far; please do continue to help us. We are planning further fund
raising activities, the next being a live music event on the 18th Nov in the Village Hall featuring ‘Primitive Noise Band’. Please come along and join us.”
Just after being asked to put this
article in By the Dart the really big news arrived, that two very generous benefactors, Dawn and Wynne Griffiths of Kittery Quay, have donated no less than £20,000 towards the Hall Appeal from a family trust. How very public-spirited of them and I am sure you will all want to join with me in thanking them very warmly for contributing so handsomely to our appeal and of course to the well-being of the village in general.
Family Fun 2nd
Day The sun shone on the righteous on September
when the Kingswear Family Fun
Day once again delighted all ages with events, stalls, activities and prizes. Jubilee Park looked splendid with a handsome array of fine classic and vintage cars - a real variety of wonderful, mostly hand-built and British cars as well. Food was abundant and much enjoyed and the bar, this year called Therapy, did a roaring, or should I say gurgling trade. Those who thought it was called The Rapy were just naughty and had probably taken too much advantage of giveaway prices; they know who they are! The bar was a great success. Wonder why? Not only did we stave off the rain
(until the monsoons of the next day!) but even the dogs behaved themselves, with not a growl could be heard. This must be some sort of record, especially as there were terriers amongst them and we all know about terriers... I felt sorry for the poor judges who had a difficult job deciding on winners in such a big field of entry but they battled
By Mike Trevorrow
splendidly and justice was seen to be done. Only one dog misheard the order ‘Sit!’ but that was soon dealt with! Talking of judges the Bake-off ones had a mammoth job to do; the cake table was like a fantasy in cake and biscuit form, with really splendid entries from both adults and children. What a hard job, tasting all those cakes! Will next Fun Day’s judges please line up in twos to be selected; only the first 47 need apply! And then there were surprises – who’d have thought that we would ever see belly-dancing and Bollywood dancing on the creek, but we did and it was really splendid. Lots of people joined in and had a thoroughly good time thanks to Kate Jackson and Carolyn Coe leading them along. For the spectators it was a colourful delight and a time to remember fondly. Then there were the raffles (split in
to three this year, very successfully), the Tombola, the lucky dip, the skittles and the other stalls which all graced the event with their colours and produce so delightfully. DJ Somer (our 12 year-old DJ!) did a splendid job of keeping the music flowing for the the bubble-disco as well as providing the essential oomph for the PA which I understand could be heard quite clearly; not always a good thing perhaps! For those who sought more traditional fare there was a very busy soft drinks, tea and coffee outlet, next to the cake (did I mention the cake!?) which did a roaring trade all afternoon. Ian Fenton’s lamb roast was as popular as ever (don’t forget Ian has to start it all off at about eight in the morning!) and Greg’s curries went down a storm. He spent a long time preparing these at The Seven Stars in Totnes, so thanks to the Ways for the use of their kitchen, not to mention the wondrous insulated
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