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Monday July 15th
St Swithins Day
Today in the Village
Circuit Training, Woodlands consultation, Walking Rugby

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Walking Rugby... Due to the weather forecast, Ian will make a decision at 5.30 to see whether the ground is safe to play on.  The decision will be posted on Winsford Facebook page."
 

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A large contingent from the village made the short trip to Xmoor Rox, the annual festival held at Coppleham Cross.  After some early rain, a fine afternoon and evening were enjoyed

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There will be a public consultation today regarding two proposed woodlands at Withycombe and Upcott. We believe the session will be run by Zulu Ecosystems on behalf of a local landowner.

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Details are sketchy, but hopefully more information will be available on the day.  The consultation will be between 11am and 5pm in the Village Hall, although there is a suggestion that those especially interested gather around 2pm.

 

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This Week's Diary​

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Road Works: ​​​​​​​​

  • Mon 15th M5 Northbound J27-26 closed 10pm-7am

  • Tues 16th M5 Southbound J26-27 closed 8pm-6am​

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Tues 16th​​​​​​​

  • 2:30pm Bowls, Village Hall.  All welcome

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Wed 17th​​

  • 10:30am Coffee Morning, Village Hall

  • 3:00pm Pickleball, Village Hall. All welcome

  • 6:00pm 20/20 Cricket v Roche (h)

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Thurs 18th​​

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Sat 20th​​​​​​​

  • 11:30 Bellringing

  • 2:00pm Cricket v Lydeard St Lawrence (a)

  • 7:30pm Minehead Male Voice choir St Andrew's Church, Minehead​

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Avon & Somerset police publish a weekly list of where their traffic enforcement cameras will be.  It can be viewed here

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Winsford's cricketers succumbed to a heavy defeat by Roadwater, who had beaten them by just one run in the reverse fixture.

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Heavy rain before the match had affected both wicket and outfield and Winsford were in immediate trouble after being asked to bat.  In the end they only managed to reach 85, with just two players, Jeremy Bingham (35) and Patrick Crane (15) reaching double figures.

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The sun had largely dried out the pitch by the time Roadwater came to bat, and they reached the total easily after 22 overs for the loss of just one wicket.

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The result raises Roadwater to third, just behind Winsford but with a game in hand.

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Winsford Open Gardens

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A huge thank you to everyone who opened their lovely gardens, baked delicious cakes, gave plants and produce to sell, and all those who helped in the village hall, and also to all those who supported us by coming along!

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We are so delighted to say that we had 181 visitors and raised £2,071.44 for St Margaret's Hospice! Thank you again everyone for making it such a happy and enjoyable day.

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Claire and Beccy

The showers stopped to allow over 180 people to visit a dozen beautiful Open Gardens on the weekend.

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Our section of the country now has an orange hue, as the Liberal Democrats won the new Tiverton and Minehead seat with a 3,500 majority.  The result in full:

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  1. Liberal Democrat Rachel Gilmour  18,326

  2. Conservative Ian Liddell-Grainger 14,819

  3. Reform UK Fred Keen 7,787

  4. Labour Jonathan Barter 4,325

  5. Green Laura Buchanan 2,234

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Although officially represented as a Conservative loss, it may not have been such a surprise as the Liberals already held the old Tiverton and Honiton seat, where our old constituency of Bridgewater and West Somerset was Conservative. Our previous MP, Ian Liddle-Grainger, may have backed the wrong horse as the new Bridgewater constituency stayed with the Tories.

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Our surrounding neighbours in Taunton and Wellington, and Honiton and Sidmouth both moved to the Lib Dems, Central Devon was a Conservative hold, and  North Devon missed out on the chance of electing Steve Cotton, the entertaining and eccentric landlord of the Poltimore Arms, instead also deciding to go with the Lib Dems. Steve did gain a respectable 820 votes, a 1.6% share.

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​​​​​Winsford's Fete will be on Saturday August 10th.

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The entry form for the Flower, Produce and Craft Show has been produced and will be available from St Mary Magdalene's , the Oak Shop and the Coffee Club from next week.  It can also be downloaded here

 

Categories include:

  • Flowers

  • Decorative Flowers

  • Kitchen Garden

  • Domestic

  • Men's Domestic (its biscuits!)

  • Handicrafts

  • Photography

  • Junior Sections (10yrs and below, and 11-15yrs) including Domestic, Handicrafts and Photography

 

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Whisper it not, and this is not a story we could have run on April 1st for fear of ridicule, but, like it or not,

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Winsford has mobile coverage

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Yes, as long as you have EE as your provider, you may have recently noticed a strong 4G signal on your mobile device.  The natural assumption would be that it was coming from the much discussed and delayed mast up Halse Lane, but our Technology Correspondent believes the signal is actually originating from a mast on Quarme Lane.

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But wherever it is coming from, a generation of lost delivery drivers and frustrated hikers will be most grateful.

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Many photos and stories featured on this page get transferred to the Village Events page where they can be viewed for posterity.

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