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Wednesday November 11th
Armistice Day
Today in the village
Coffee Morning, Act of Remembrance, Pickleball
If you have any news or other contributions you think the village would be interested in please let me know via WhatsApp, email or the Contact Website button at the bottom of this page.
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During World War I more than 60 men left the village to serve King and Country, 12 were injured ,14 were killed and so never to return, some of these were from one family…..one village’s human contribution to The Great War.
These words are from the report of Winsford Remembers, a commemorative exhibition that featured in St Mary Magdalene's in 2014, the centenary of WW1. Today at 10:45, the annual Act of Remembrance at the War Memorial will continue the tradition of honouring those who died before their time.
A list of villagers who gave their lives can be seen on our The Fallen page where there is also a link to further information of the 2014 exhibition together with some short biographies.
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- This Week's Diary -
Mon 9th
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9:00am Circuit Training, Village Hall
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2:00pm Craft Club, Village Hall
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7:30pm Exmoor Moorhens - Silversmith Cat Mills, Winsford Village Hall
Tues 10th
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2.30pm Bowls, Village Hall *Cancelled*
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7:30pm Moor Movies - The Christophers, Village Hall
Wed 11th
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10:30am Coffee Morning, Village Hall
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10:45am Act of Remembrance, War Memorial
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2:00pm Pickleball, Village Hall
Thurs 12th
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9:00am Core Strength exercises, Village Hall
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2:30pm Winn Club - Village Archive
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6:00pm Table Tennis, Village Hall
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6:00pm Choir practice, St Mary Magdalene's
Fri 13th
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Dulverton Literary Festival (4 days)
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10:30am Christmas Card Sale and Coffee morning, St Mary Magdalene's
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6:00pm Exford Community Youth Club, Exford Pavilion
Sat 14th
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2:00pm Poems Ancient & Modern, Dulverton Congregational Church
Sun 15th
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2:30pm Christmas Fair, Exford Village Hall
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3:00pm Pilgrim’s Progress, Dulverton Congregational Church
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Better late than never, October's draw for the 100 club has been made and the lucky winners can be seen here
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The recent damage at Tarr Steps - photo courtesy of Sid's pal Dave
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Sunday Motoring Section
These are this week's proposed local road closures and other significant works affecting main routes to Minehead, Tiverton, Taunton and South Molton:
This week:
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The return of disruption on the way out of Taunton this week as the A358 Staplegrove Road will close one-way near Staplegrove Village Hall to fix flooding issues. The work is only in the westbound side so the route into Taunton will be clear
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Lanacre Bridge closed until who knows when
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Off our normal patch but imagine it will affect a few of us: M5 full and partial closures between J25(Taunton) and J24(Wellington) for bridge work. Next Monday: SOUTHBOUND shut; Tue–Fri: SHUT BOTH WAYS, every night; Mon 16th Nov: shut both ways; Tue 17th Nov: NORTHBOUND shut (J26 to J25)
And in coming weeks
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Nov 10th-13th Cutcombe Hill & B3224 Summerway, Overnight 7pm-6am Openreach
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Nov 16th-18th Dulverton High St, overnight 7pm-5am, Wessex Water
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Dec 1st-2nd B3222 Battleton-Brushford overnight 9pm-6am, Openreach
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Dec 6th Dulverton Bank Square & Fore St, 10am-9pm, Dulverton by Starlight
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Dec 6th Dunster closed for traffic 3pm-5:30pm , Winter Festival
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Dec 7th B3222 in between Brushford and the Anchor Inn 9pm-6am, Openreach
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Dec 8th Battleton, overnight 9pm-6am, Openreach
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Dec 14th-16th A396 between Exbridge and Oakfordbridge, Drainage works
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Jan 7th-8th Edbrooke Road, Wessex Water
Dunster By Traffic Light website confirms live traffic conditions coming in and out of Minehead
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The Dulverton Literary Festival runs from Friday-Monday, and its box office is now open.
Amongst the writers and speakers appearing are Michael Morpurgo, Jonathan Dimbleby, Caroline Quentin, Larry Lamb, Julia Samuel, Baroness Minette Batters, Baroness Ann Mallalieu, Patrick Gale, Rachel Hore, Mary Keen, Joe Swift, Iain Dale, Cathy Rentzenbrink, Emily Haworth-Booth, Harriet Rix, Emily Howes, Kate Lord Brown, Paul Mason, Sara Hudston, Iain MacGregor and Rosie Barnes.
Advance booking and other information can be found here
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