| Feb 23rd | “Quiz Night (Book by Feb 18th please). £5.00 Bring your own drink & glass, nibbles provided “ | 7.30pm |
| Jun 7th | Village Street Fayre | 10.30 - 3.00 |
| Jun 7th | Village Evening Meal | 6.00pm |
| Sept 14th | BBQ Lunch and Music @ Manor Farm | 6.00pm |
| Dec 26th | Duck Race, Manor Farm Lane | 11.00am |
Dates for Parish Council meetings in 2008.
Thursday 13th March AGM
Thursday 12th June
Thursday 11th September
Thursday 11th December
All meetings start at 7.00pm and are held in the Village Hall.
We are investigating new ways to show maps of the walks from Sampford Brett.
This link : Microsoft Live Search, will open Microsoft Maps Live. As an example Walk number 7 is displayed.
The last 4 circular walks have finally been added. They are in PDF format and will open in a new browser window. They can easily be printed out. ( They are also a lot easier to put on the website.)
Sampford Brett is celebrating winning the Older People category, and being Highly Commended for its Village History and Archive Group entry, in the Calor Somerset Village of the Year Awards.
Chairman of the Parish Council, Martin Blazey, explained, ‘We are delighted to have our efforts recognised in winning the Older People Award and by receiving a Highly Commended Award. We entered at the suggestion of our Ward Member, Cllr Barbara Child. We had to complete a questionnaire and then undergo an interview with judges.
‘The Older People’s category involved discussing the events and activities available to older people in Sampford Brett with the panel of judges. The judges said that residents had created a strong ethos of care and support, and a good sense of community by organising great outings and social events.’
The Village History and Archive Group received its Highly Commended Award for creating a village archive that is continually being updated through interviews with residents and evidence gathering, the publication of a book, and a collection of maps and photographs. The judges praised the group for recording and preserving village history in an informative and interesting way.
Cllr Child added, ‘I would personally like to congratulate Sampford Brett residents on their enthusiasm and success. It would be lovely to see more communities in the district enter for these awards next year.’
To learn more about the village’s history, go to their website at www.sampfordbrett.org.uk, or if you are interested in joining the community’s activities, which also include table tennis, dancing, and gardening, then contact Peter King on 01984 632658.
From left to right;
Angela Lamplough, Rural Facilitator, Bob Druitt, Director of Westlabb, Margaret Howard, Philip Swan, Florence Plant, Peter King and Cllr Child
This is a photo of Elmfield in 1956 taken from the garden (i.e. from the north looking south). You can also see the Rectory to the left.
I have decided to make this new version of the website live. I have had it in development for some weeks now, and although it is not really finished it is the way forward!
The site has been updated and now uses a database driven tool called WordPress. This has many useful features (from the Webmaster’s point of view!) making it easier to add new pages etc.
Now an apology from the Webmaster. As I am in the process of updating the site there are some parts that are not yet finished. There is a tradeoff for getting new features - some of the old ones do not always work straight off. Hence, some chapters of the village history are not yet completed and the formatting is not always quite right or as good as the old version! However we do have new pages such as walks from Sampford Brett.