COLYTON PARISH COUNCIL COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER
SPECIAL ISSUE
Colyton Carnival 3 - 11 September
Colyford Goose Fayre 24 September
As the heat of summer recedes and autumn beckons, we all look forward to two of the big events in the local calendar, both returning after pandemic breaks. The Colyton Carnival procession on 10 September will be the culmination of a week of fun and fund raising. Colyton Goose Fair is taking place for the 41st time. Very well done to the dedicated organisers of both events! Please support them.
Above: Typical carnival float ingenuity
Below: The glorious tradition of the Goose Fayre
COLYTON CARNIVAL
FILLING THE STREETS WITH FUN
Colyton Carnival Week takes place between Saturday 3rd and Sunday 11th September. There are lots of amazing events planned throughout the week and the grand procession is always a great highlight of Colyton's year.
CARNIVAL WEEK TIMETABLE
- Sat 3 Sept - Craft Fayre and Coffee morning (Town Hall). Crowning of the 2022 Royal Party in the afternoon
- Sun 4 Sept - Nunsford Nutter's Car Treasure Hunt starting from Dolphin Street Car Park
- Mon 5 Sept - Colyton Theatre Group Mamma Mia Sing-Along (Town Hall)
- Tues 6 Sept - Colyton Football Club Quiz Night (Town Hall)
- Thurs 8 Sept - Carnival Bingo (Town Hall); Herbert's Funfair (Shiphay Farm - runs until Saturday)
- Sat 10 Sept - Lunches served (Town Hall 12:30 on); Petticoat Lane Market (Dolphin Street Car Park); Silent Auction (Reece Strawbridge Youth Centre); Carnival Procession - (8pm)
- Sun 11 Sept - Carnival Songs of Praise (St Andrew's); Grand Carnival Draw and all competition results announced (Town Hall - 4pm, tea and cakes provided by the Southleigh Fayre Committee).
PLEASE CONTRIBUTE TO PETTICOAT LANE
The Petticoat Lane Market and Furniture Auction that takes place on Carnival Day (10th September) is one of the main fundraising events of the Carnival. Collectors will be calling at your doors during the Carnival week to collect any saleable items you wish to donate for the market, including good China, glass, ornaments, flowers, vegetables, clean good quality second-hand clothes, furniture and tombola prizes. Items can be left outside on day of collection, or you can take them to the Reece Strawbridge centre on Monday to Thursday evenings during Carnival Week between 6pm and 9pm
CLICK HERE FOR COLLECTION DAYS IN YOUR STREET
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
The Carnival events are great for the town and raise funds both to sustain its own future as well as for other local organisations. It could not take place without the commitment and support of the volunteers and helpers that make it happen. Unfortunately, due to the knock-on effects of the COVID pandemic and other factors, a lot of those volunteers who have previously helped with the arrangements and at the events themselves are no longer able to participate. The Carnival committee is, therefore, calling on members of the community to come forward to fill the gaps and help make a great success of the comeback year.
These are the gaps to be filled and the man to contact ...
Details of all the events can be found in the Carnival programme which is available in local shops for 50p - including a free draw entry.
COLYFORD GOOSE FAYRE
BACK TO MEDIEVAL TIMES
It has been three years since Colyford Goose Fayre was last held, when it celebrated its fortieth year. The organisers are looking forward to reviving the medieval themed fayre on the last Saturday in September. Many of the usual stallholders are returning along with some new additions for 2022.
Admission is by programme - £5 (free entry to accompanied children under 14). The procession that launches the event starts from The Elms at 1.30pm. Gates are open from 1.45pm.
The Goose Fayre is held on Springfield, Seaton Road. The committee is very grateful for the generosity of Mr and Mrs Pountney and Mr and Mrs Organ for allowing them to use their fields for the fayre and car parking.
MUCH TO ENJOY
The Fayre will include demonstrations of traditional country crafts, cider pressing and falconry, with plenty of entertainment and games for children including Punch & Judy shows and riding the quintain. A wide variety of refreshments will be available, including the traditional ram roast.
THEY TOO NEED VOLUNTEERS
As always, the organisers are hugely grateful for the support received from the community and gladly welcome any additional helpers. Volunteers for setting up the field, the stalls and helping to shift bales of straw during the preceding week are much appreciated, as are donations for the refreshment tent, cakes and the'gooseyola' stall. For volunteering to help with the field team or any other aspect of he Goose Fayre please contact vaughanjelley@gmail.com or call Vaughan on 07932 721777.
GET INTO THE SPIRIT
The Colyford Memorial Hall will be open on Saturday 17th September from 4.30 to 6.30pm for borrowing costumes. There is a large selection of medieval costumes available for men, women and children. This is also an opportunity for anyone to drop off any items they may wish to donate to the tombola.
All the wonderful bakers who provide cakes or traybakes for the refreshment tent can deliver them to the Goose Fayre field on the morning of the Fayre. If you can bake a cake for the Fayre, it would be really helpful to let Ann know. Please contact annjelley43@gmail.com or call 07876 115311 about cakes or for further information on borrowing costumes.
WHO DOES WHAT?
Colyton Parish Council
Allotments ... Cemetery ... Benches ... Footpath maintenance ... Gardens ... War Memorial (grass cutting) ... Local Grants ... Neighbourhood Plan ... Picnic Site ... Community Woodland ... Peace Memorial Playing Fields & Pavilion ... Tennis Courts ... Reece Strawbridge Youth Centre... Road Green & Playground ... Colyford Play Park ... Churchyard (grass cutting)
EAST DEVON DISTRICT COUNCIL
Benefits & council tax ... Car parking ... Community safety ... Elections and electoral registration ... Environmental maintenance and dangerous structures ... Flyposting ... Food hygiene & safety ... Parks & recreation, countryside, trees ... Housing & homeless ... Licensing ... Litter, graffiti & fouling clearance, street cleaning ... Pest control ... Public toilets ... Waste collections & recycling.
DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL
Fallen trees ... Flooding / drainage ... Highways inc drains, potholes ... Libraries & archives ... Parking on road, parking enforcement ... Public transport ... Recycling centres ... Registration (births, marriages, deaths) ... Rights of ways ... Social services ... Trading standards ... Traffic management ... Wildlife guidelines.
IT MIGHT BE USEFUL ...
Use the menu at the top of this page to access Agendas and Minutes for Colyton Parish Council and Meeting dates
East Devon District Council planning portaL
Recycling and waste collections
CONTACT YOUR PARISH COUNCIL
Parish Clerk Sasha Haines can be contacted at the Town Hall from 10.30 to 12.00 on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. She can also be contacted by email or phone as shown at the foot of this newsletter.
This newsletter has been produced by a small group made up of parish councillors Crispin Denny and Alison Stenning plus volunteers Barrie Hedges, Hugh Westacott. To subscribe to future issues or to submit ideas please email us at newsletter@colytonpc.org. Your personal details will be confined to this use and will not be shared.