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Brixham Signal Issue 24 Brixham Town Council January 2014

Brixham Town Council, the provider of the Christmas lights, thanks the following traders who contributed a total of £645 toward the cost in 2013.

The switch on event was the best ever with cold but dry weather and a massive parade with hundreds of homemade lanterns made of recycled materials. There are numerous people who deserve a men-tion for helping to make the event such a success on the day: David Passmore, Jim Attwood, Rachel Swain, Toni Knights, Tool Care Hire, Brian Harland, Martyn Hodge, Paul Addison, Mike Morey, Vic Ellery, Britta Herbener, Members of Pride in Brixham, ATC mem-bers, David Roberts, Members of Brixham Rotary, Seagalls, Megan Hart, The Local Police, SW Ambu-lance first responders, Torbay Steam Fair members, Dave Bartlett & team at Brixham harbour, Matt James, Jessica Stock, Ray Gardner, Lindsay Harrison, Steve Mariott, Shaun Hallett, Jon Mercer & Richard Barnes. Sponsors for the vessel lights were Brixham Town Council, Torbay Development Agency, Protec Fire, Attwood Electrical, Microdream Ltd, Blue Chip

Lanterns, Lights & „luminations Holidays, Langdon & Philip, Neil Watson, Steve Rog-ers, MERK (UK), Quayside Hotel, Central Embroi-dery, Stride Engineering, Brixham Trawler Race Asso-ciation & Champion Engineering. The Vessels lit up in the harbour, organised by Dave Passmore were:

Mr & Mrs Robinson Westbury Guest House Sharon Fortune The Coffee House Jonathan Bye Eric Lloyd & co Mark Boyce L.J Boyce AJ Shortridge AJ Shortridge Ltd Lloyd Scribbins Brixham Laundry Centre Mrs Tsang Sampan Chinese Takeaway Sumontra Deb Balti Night David Semmens SPEX Opticians Ron Campion Ron Campion Furnishers Polly Higgins Black Cat Cafe S James Hobb Nobbs T Rowe & C Caunter Goldstar Leisure J&D Cloutman Sheepskin & Suede Shop Mr Rhys Heavens Old Market House Deborah Duke Just Lets Sheena Codd Whiz Kids Mrs B Tew Culinaria C Jaffa Hans Gifts C Thompson Roger Richards Sols. Mrs S Summers Edwards Fudge Kitchen Mr & Mrs Adey Bistro 46 P Addison Handyman DIY

The True Vine Colin Warwick Golden Hind Simon Read Provident Trinity Sailing Foundation Leader Trinity Sailing Foundation Harms Johannes Reid, Stride & Rogers Barentszee Langdon & Philip Jordan A Neil Watson Vigilance Vigilance Pres‘ve Co Ltd Pilgrim Pilgrim Pres‘ve Project Our Lady Lou Langdon & Philip Iris Toni Knights Northern Lass Dennis Kimble

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Helpful Contact Numbers Connections (Torbay Council) 01803 207201 Torbay Council 01803 201201 Out of Hours Dental Emergency 01392 823 682 Torbay Care Trust Dental Helpline 210592 RSPCA (Cruelty line) 0300 1234 999 Torbay Wildlife Rescue 01803 557624 Western Power (Emergency) 0800 365 900 SW Water (Emergency) 0800 169 1144 Torbay Council out of hours 01803 550405 Brixham Hospital 01803 881399 Emergency Dentist 01803 217777

NHS Healthcare 111 Dog Warden Service 01803 208091 Gas Leak (emergency) 0800 111 999 Street Lighting (emergency) 08457 959639 Brixham Does Care 01803 857727

MP Contact Details MP Dr Sarah Wollaston (Conservative) Dr S Wollaston MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 1AA Sarah.wollaston.mp@parliament.uk MEP Graham Watson (Liberal Democrat)

Police contact details

Non emergency 101 Emergency 999 Torquay Custody Centre 01803 841401 Web Site www.devon-cornwall.police.uk Crime stoppers 0800 555 111 Anti Terrorist Hotline 0800 789321 Victim Support 0845 3030900 Action Fraud 0300 1232040 NSPCC Helpline 0808 8005000 Devon & Cornwall Police 01392 420320 Brixham Police Station, Rea Barn Close, TQ5 9EA

Residents of Brixham are in-creasingly concerned about people cycling where they should not, particularly along the Harbour side Walkway & in Fore Street, despite clear notices forbidding this. This behaviour is in breach of byelaws and, more important-ly, it is inconsiderate at best & dangerous at worst. Between 10.00am & 10.00pm everyone from the youngest to the oldest should be able to walk along Fore St without worrying about any traffic. People are constantly cycling along the Harbour side Walk-way. One resident has said he worries for his partially deaf wife who would not hear an approaching cyclist, even were that cyclist to use their bell. Please think of the possible consequences both for your-self and others and dismount in those places where cycling is forbidden. Cllr L Harrison

No Cycling Please

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MEP Contact Details

MEP Graham Watson (Liberal Democrat) The Liberty, Old Kelways. Langport, Somerset, TA10 9SJ 01485 252265 info@grahamwatsonmep.org MEP William Dartmouth (UKIP) Office of W Dartmouth MEP, The Old Stores Cottage, Brooms Green, Dymock, GL18 2DP. 01531 890180 MEP Trevor Coleman (UKIP) trevor.colman@ukipsw.org MEP Giles Chichester; Longridge, West Hill, Ottery St Mary, EX11 1UX. 01404 851106 MEP Ashley Fox, 5 Westfield Park, Bristol, B6 6LT 01179737050 Ashley@ashleyfoxmep.co.uk MEP Julie Girling 07802728225 juliegiring@msn.com

Brixham Pirate Festival This premier event creates a genuine ―Feel Good Factor‖ in the town – a success all round. For visitors the Festi-val provides a good value weekend break for the whole family & the community ben-efits from the celebrations. Retailers & businesses make a good start to the season.

The Brixham Pirate Festival 2014 will be bigger, better & longer than previously. It will take place on Sat 3rd Sun 4th & Mon 5th May. The entertainment programme includes historical enactments & a sea battle enactment (with real ships!) that will give all visitors an opportunity to experi-ence the period. ‗Tom Mason & the Buccaneers‘ from Tennessee are re-turning along with the Netherlands based group ‗Pyrates‘. The Pirate Festival social media pages are starting to buzz already as the build up begins. The web site is receiving enquiries about where to stay, where to eat & where to buy various items of pirate & period dress. The prospect that the harbour side will become a pirate

village is an exciting one. Funding the event requires many Pieces of Eight & Spanish Doubloons, so the Pi-rate Chest is open for all those willing to contribute. The Festival is now open to local businesses for poten-tial advertising. Revenue from this source will help cov-er the costs of the expanded festival, & it has been priced at a very competitive rate.

Lanterns, Lights & „luminations

Smiles at the Lanterns, Lights & ‗luminations

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BRATS thoughts on TESCO 1. Threshers demolition – Torbay Council's Air Quality Management figures for 2012-2013 show that the air quality is well within EU guidelines, and Tesco sub-contractor WSP predict there will be no breach due to increased superstore traffic. Minutes of Torbay Council meetings from 2008 state demoli-tion is for the benefit of Tesco, and the developer should contribute towards this. However, Torbay will have spent £1.5m on its purchase and demoli-tion. Why?

2. Tesco will pay no more than £2m for the Central Car Park site. Subtract the S106 monies (£310K), costs of buying surrounding land (£654K), legal costs (£200K), 18 months lost parking revenue (£547K) & the price of 47,000 square ft of Town Centre land is going for less than £289K. Why?

3. We were ―promised‖ that the development would only affect a single summer season, starting in the autumn. We now potentially have an April start dis-rupting two summers, forcing more businesses to close and impacting on tourism. Why?

BRATS argue that, whilst Tesco claims their store will create around 120 jobs, many more than this number will be lost. Now more potential losses re-sulting from ―two summers‖ of building. Stratton (Cornwall) councillor Nigel Pearce recently stated (about similar development), ―I have spent decades in the retail and wholesale sector to know the biggest myth is that jobs are created by a new supermarket opening‖.

Is BRATS alone in caring?

The Torbay Lass

SAVING THE LAST OF THE BRIXHAM SAILING TRAWLERS Over the past 15 years all of the former Brixham sailing trawlers that survive in UK waters have been brought back to the town, and are now a familiar sight here. All, that is, except one —the Torbay Lass, built by R Jackman and Sons in 1923. At 79 feet length on deck she is one of the largest class of sailing trawler, similar in size to Leader or Vigilance. March of 2013 brought a plea from her owners. They had run out of money and the free berth at Tilbury was no longer available. They had to remove her by the end of April, but had no place to put her. Torbay Lass faced being broken up. Could anyone in Brixham, her birthplace, help? The Trinity Sailing Foundation, which owns and runs three of the other Brixham heritage vessels, agreed to take the lead in a campaign as part of an effort on behalf of the whole community to save her, to bring her back home and put her back in first class condition. Mayor Gordon Oliver and MP Dr Sarah Wollaston both wrote to Tilbury Docks asking for an extension. Their appeal was successful, and it was agreed the boat could stay there for a while. A survey revealed that the boat is in a very poor condition, but can be saved. The cost is put at more than £1,250,000. Initial funding was provided by Brixham Town Council, Torbay Council, Torbay Development Agency and Nation-al Historic Ships. A “Save Torbay Lass” campaign group was set up to help plan the project and mount an appeal to raise funds. Torbay Lass can now be brought back when weather permits. Because of her condition the passage must be made in calm weather, and with an escort vessel in at-tendance. A second application for a major Lottery grant is being pre-pared to be submitted in February, and a decision will come in June. A major appeal is now about to get under-way, seeking support from a variety of sources including the community. The restoration project will provide ap-prenticeships for local young people wanting to learn tradi-tional shipwrighting skills, and other training courses on specific aspects of boat maintenance and repair. These will be provided in partnership with South Devon College. In addition there will be many opportunities for volunteers to help in various ways – explaining the project to visitors, helping with winter work on the heritage vessels to fund-raising. Anyone interested in finding out more should contact Har-ry at Trinity on 01803 883355 or e-mail torbaylass@gmail.com

Thanks to all the fine weather this summer the Brix-ham Town Band never missed any of their Monday & Thursday evening concerts on the Brixham quay-side. All the band members wish to thank everyone who supported them at these concerts where we were able to raise a grand total of £3384.52 to enable us to sustain our town band. Also more specifically we raised £374.48 at our ―Proms Night‖ for Friends of Shoalstone Pool and £199.05 at our last ―Request Night Concert‖ in aid of the RAF Association‘s Wings Appeal.

Brixham Town Band

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The Friends of Brixham Library

At Brixham Museum we are preparing to commemorate the outbreak of WW1 for which we as for any family reminiscences of those who served, died or lived through that time to be brought the museum. We would also be interested in any artefacts, documents or photos of that period which could be copied and added to our archive. Any original donated items could be included in our dis-plays. A permanent memorial will be set up on our web-site for those who served or died during the war and there will also be a separate national roll of honour for those who were born outside of Brixham. Please contact Louise Cresswell at the museum on 856282, drop in to the museum or email mail@brixhamheritage.org.uk if you are able to help.

Brixham Heritage Museum

The ‗Friends of Brixham Library‘ have been success-ful in winning the Heritage Lottery ‗World War 1 Cen-tenary‘ grant which will fund a two year project entitled ‗Brixham and the Great War‘ commencing this month. The grant application was made in partnership with the Brixham Heritage Museum, Brixham Amateur Dra-matic groups. The project will consist of a play entitled ‗The Provident‘ to be performed in Brixham theatre in 2015. Brixham Museum will research local WW1 fami-ly histories and create a mobile exhibition of local memorabilia from the Great War. Local artists, with the help of local schools, will construct a WW1 model that will be displayed on The Ledge Space in Brixham Li-brary in August and September this year. For more information and should you wish to become involved please contact Phil Trayhorn, Secretary of the Friends of Brixham Library on 01803 752239 or email hiightre@btinternet.com.

Douglas House is a residential home for 29 adults who have varying degrees of ability, and to enhance their lives we are looking for volunteers to support them. We are looking to recruit individuals who can offer a couple of hours a week/month and who could help with the new design of raised flower beds, accompany swim-ming trips, drivers for the minibus, helping in the day care centre offering craft opportunities and other tasks that enhance lives and home. At Leonard Cheshire Disa-bility we offer training, expenses and on-going support and so if you would like more information about volun-teering then please contact the Volunteer coordinator, Celia Barrett on 01803 856333 or email celia.barrett@lcdisability.org So, if you have an interest or skill that you would like to share, we would love to hear from you.

Douglas House

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Your Town Hall

Meeting and event Rooms available to Hire Brixham Town Hall, New Road

For more information, contact Brixham Town Council on 859678 or brixhamtownhall.roombooking@torbay.gov.uk

Meeting Rooms 1 & 2. Capacity each 15. Facilities: Interactive smart board and projector. Level access, wheel-chair friendly. Hire rate £10 per hour. Ideal training or small meeting venue. Scala Hall. Capacity 200 people Facilities: CD player, tables & chairs. Level access, wheelchair friendly. Hire rates from £60 per 4 hour session. @ The Function Room. (Evenings and weekends only) Capacity 60. Facilities: Kitchen, chairs and tables. Level access. Hire rate from £60 per 4 hour session. The Walking meeting room & long display corridor. A covered area for a walking meeting of four people and ideal venue for information displays.

Brixham Signal Contacts (including for article submission) Ki Barnes Tracy Hallett Linda McGuirk

Brixham Town Council, Brixham Town Hall, New Road, Brixham TQ5 8TA Open daily 10am – 12pm and 2pm – 3pm post box located in iron gate, left of main entrance to Town Hall

Email: brixhamparish@torbay.gov.uk Web site: www.brixhamtowncouncil.gov.uk Tel: 859678

Events in the Town Hall Pannier Market - Every Mon, Tues & Wednesday. For theatre events please see the theatre notice board and BATS leaflets or website.

Youth Council

Following a suggestion of Matthew James, our young-est councillor by some way, Brixham Town Council has voted unanimously to set up a Youth Council.

A working party of the Council has been formed, con-sisting of Councillors James, Harrison and Hodge. The-se Councillors are actively engaged in the work needed to get a Youth Council up and running as early as possi-ble in 2014.

They are contacting Brixham College and the various youth groups in order to identify young people interest-ed in and who would like to be part of this project. Membership of the Youth Council is limited to young people living in Brixham Parish.

The aim of a Youth Council is actively to involve young people in local democracy, particularly as regards those issues that affect them. Youth Councils can provide a positive way of integrating the views of young people into the local community.

The Youth Council will have a small budget which al-lows that Council to spend money on things they want (within reason!).

Anyone reading this article who would like more infor-mation please contact either Matthew James or Lindsay Harrison. Our contact details are in this Newsletter.

We feel that Brixham Town Council badly needs to en-gage young people in the affairs of our town. We would love to hear from you with your views on this, particu-larly if you are 19 or under. Cllr Lindsay Harrison

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Community Diary Contact the Town Council office when you have a ten-tative date for your event to ensure it is not the same day as another event and have it put in the Community Diary. This has the added benefit that it will also be added to the Brixham Signal ‗Out and About‘ in the relevant edition. E mail the Town Council for the link to view the diary on line.

Don’t clash and lose cash, Let the Community Diary know to get the dough!

Brixham police

Citizens Advice Bureau To make appointments to meet a member of the CAB contact Torbay Connections in Brixham Library during opening hours. CAB sessions are held in Brixham Does Care offices on Monday and Wednesday mornings.

Brixham Police would like to express their thanks to the Community Sports Centre for providing their wonder-ful facilities to help our community. Every WEDNESDAY between 5.00PM-6.00PM there is football for young people in Brixham (free entry). Brixham Police are very happy to be working with the Community Sports Centre in providing an event for the community designed to give the young people of Brix-ham something positive to engage in that involves sport and fitness, improving self esteem and motivation. This has been organised to enhance an already very good relationship the Police have with local young peo-ple and to reduce Anti Social Behaviour in Brixham.

To help our community. STREET SURGERY - FRIDAY 10TH January

between 10.00am -12 Noon @ THE FUNCTION ROOM,

BRIXHAM TOWN HALL

PCSO Karl Copik Brixham Police Station

What‟s Next for Brixham Conference The Brixham Community Partnership conference held on Wednesday 20th November at the Berry Head Hotel was chaired by Dave Hodgetts who opened by giving a general overview and background and aims of the conference. This was followed by Steve Parrock and Kevin Atkinson who talked on the past and future issues for the town. Breakout sessions were then held asking facilitat-ed tables to identify 'How do you want to see Brixham in the next 10 years' and these Common themes were agreed by all the delegates: Heritage / Environment / culture retained; Access roads infrastructure improvement; Employment- aim to have zero unemployment and provide jobs for our youth; Education- improve our local colleges; Safe en-vironment; Tourism- build on our heritage and environ-ment; Fishing industry-crucial to Brixham; Housing- affordable housing that remains affordable in the long term. The Afternoon session commenced with a talk on the Plymouth City Deal by Alan Denby and various Brixham groups and delegates shared some of the initi-atives that they were involved in or leading on. A fur-ther breakout session was held to identify what needs to be undertaken to achieve desired outcomes and who needs to lead on proposals. The overall group feedback from the delegates and the general view was that the Town Council should be the overseeing body and elect a group with repre-sentatives who have key skills, background and experi-ence to deliver the desired outcomes. There were concerns that BTC was elected for 4 year period and as a result any proposed developments could be shelved and not carried forward but its meet-ings were open to the public. There was a strong feeling from all delegates and agreement that Brixham‘s natural environment must not be lost or developed. The general view was that the role of the Town council would be to be the point of contact in the town from regeneration, to oversee and direct the projects, liaise and communicate with TDA . It was agreed that the Town councillors should report back to BTC, consult and feedback.

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Pilgrim BM45 Pilgrim is a restored Brixham Sailing Trawler built in 1895 by Uphams of Brixham and operated by Pilgrim Preserva-tion Project Ltd. Pilgrim is used and maintained as part of Brixham‘s maritime heritage enabling a wide range of peo-ple to experience what life at sea sailing a large gaff rigged vessel was like. Pilgrim has undergone major restoration, much of the work carried out by volunteers who have given a great amount of

time and skill to the project. She is fitted out on deck very much as when she was a working trawler and below deck, to a very high standard, with accommodation for 12 pas-sengers plus crew. The maintenance, running and crewing of the vessel is carried out using volunteers wherever pos-sible. Pilgrim volunteers have diverse skills, commitment, common sense and a willingness to tackle anything. To enable the project to continue there is a need to recruit volunteers to increase the number of people who can con-tribute to the future of Pilgrim. We also seek people with office and computer skills. If you are able to contribute some time please contact Neil Davidson on 0180 407337 or neiljillda-vidson@blueyonder.co.uk or visit Pilgrimofbrix-ham.co.uk. Participate in a worthwhile project with like minded people who have a lively sense of humour and who like to share their interest with other people.

SOS Radio Week 25 Jan - 2 Feb 2014 SOS Radio Week - RNLI has saved over 140000 lives since it was set up in 1824. SOS rescue boats and drivers act as a much needed safety net in case of an emergency - our seas would be much less safer without them! The founders of SOS Radio Week run their own fundraising station each year. 2013 saw lots of amateur stations from all over the UK taking part during the event. So if you work for an amateur station the SOS founders would love to see you on air again! The event which is run by Radio Amateurs is non competitive and you can operate every day during the fund raising week, or even just a couple of hours each day - whatever suits. Every penny will make a massive difference to RNLI.

For more information visit: www.sosradioweek.org.uk

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Dementia Friends

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Contact Nigel James now on 01803 850382

Local Dementia Friends Champion, Maureen Chivers, is inviting members of the public to sign up to attend a De-mentia Friends information session on 23rd January at ei-ther 2.00pm or 7.00pm. The one-hour sessions, that will take place in the Front Room Café, next to the taxi rank in Brixham town centre, are part of Alzheimer‘s Society De-mentia Friends programme, an initiative launched in Feb-ruary 2013 to help members of the public understand what it might be like to live with dementia and turn that understanding into action. Alzheimer‘s Society is aiming to have one million Dementia Friends by 2015, to help make England more dementia friendly and improve the lives of the 670,000 people currently living with the con-dition. Maureen will be delivering Dementia Friends sessions to people across Torbay over the coming months. Having volunteered at the Brixham Memory Café run by Alzhei-mer‘s Society, she was aware that people can continue to live well after a diagnosis of dementia but the condition is not generally well-understood, so those living with de-mentia can be marginalised. ―I signed up to be a Dementia Friends Champion because I wanted to promote understanding of dementia and do my bit towards creating a dementia-friendly community‖ said Maureen, ―I‘ve run several information sessions, which have been appreciated by those attending. Alt-hough the subject of dementia is a serious matter the ses-sions are interactive and even fun.‖ To book a session place: www.dementiafriends.org.uk. If you‘d like Maureen to run a session for your organisa-tion, group or workplace, contact her on 07741 201591 or at maureenchivers@onetel.com.

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a retrospective exhibition of his life and work

Easter weekend, 19th to 21st April

@ The Function Room

Despite being almost 30 years since his death, many read-ers will remember Brixham maritime artist, John Chancel-lor. His extraordinary paintings established him as one of the most talented maritime painters of all time and his work is renowned internationally. John lived in Brixham for over 20 years until he died in April 1984. To commemorate the 30th anniversary of his death, his family is holding a two-day Retrospective Exhi-bition of his life and work in Brixham Town Hall, on 19th and 20th April 2014, from 10am to 8pm each day and 21st April until 4pm. His daughter Tessa runs Chancellor Maritime Prints, which sells limited edition prints of some of his paintings. ―My father‘s work was exceptional,‖ says Tessa. ―As a family we are very proud of him and it seems natural to host this exhibition in his home town of Brixham.‖ Not only will the exhibition feature John‘s paintings, it will also reflect on his life as a seaman, an artist and a family man. There will be many limited edition prints on view; together with original watercolours; early paintings from his time at sea and memorabilia relating to personal as-pects of his life. During the 1970s, between trips as a trawlerman in Brix-ham, John painted commissions for trawler owners and many are still in the area today. Tessa is hoping local peo-ple can help fill a gap in the exhibition. ―As a family we don‘t own any of these trawler pictures, but very much want to feature them as they are an important part of the story,‖ Tessa comments. There will be space for two trawler paintings in the exhi-bition and Tessa is inviting owners to put their pictures forward for inclusion. Owners of the two paintings chosen will each be presented with an unframed, limited edition print in appreciation of the loan. If you have a John Chancellor trawler painting and would like it to be included in the selection, please email a pho-tograph and your details to tessa@johnchancellor.co.uk, or post to 10 Sarson Close, Amport, Andover SP11 8AB. Entries must be received by 31st January 2014. For more information contact Tessa on 01264 772415

Left: Heading for London, by John Chancellor

John Chancellor exhibition

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Monday (Oct - May) Brixham Town Band practice session 7.45pm, Brixham College Music Department Slimming Class, 2pm, Lupton House 857350 Project Performers Youth (term time only) 4pm, Brixham Theatre, Polly 07591073125 Monday - Friday Brixham Does Care café @ The Function Room 10am to 1pm Brixham Does Care Charity Shop, Old Market Hall, 10am - 4pm Tuesday Cubs. 6.30pm - 8pm. Usually at The Edge. Phone Skip (Mara Slipper) for info on 858839. Knit and Natter. @The Function Room, Brixham Town Hall. 10.30am - 12.30pm. Emma 857727. Chess Club. Conservative Club, New Road. 7pm to 10pm. All welcome. 854409. Buddhist Meditation Group, Lupton House 7.30pm £5 per session 845800 Healing Café 7.30pm -9.30pm Lupton House 845800 Veteran Seafarers Association. 2pm URC, New Road. Alan Healey 854990 Serenty‘s Garden Development Circles. 7.30pm-9.30pm. Higher Brixham Community Centre. 857870. Dramatically Different, (term time only) Brixham Theatre, Rachel 07970557508 Tues & Thursday Mensheds. 11am - 3pm. The Edge, Bolton Street. 883794 Tues - Saturday Brixham Heritage Museum. 10am - 4pm, children free entry, adults £2, concessions £1.75 (Closed 22.12.13 to 07.01.14) Tues, Thurs & Sunday Brixham Harriers Running Club, 7pm, Sundays at 10.30am. 850566.

Wednesday Scouts. 7pm - 9pm. Usually at The Edge. Phone Skip (Mara Slipper) for info on 858839. Alzheimer's Society Memory Café. 1.30pm Baptist Hall, Bank Lane. 07803 115828 American Square Dancing. Brixham Square Riggers. Catholic Church. 7.30pm 855433 The Riviera Singers. United Reformed Church, New Rd. 7.30pm. New ladies welcome. Harbourlytes Choir, 7.30pm, The Edge, Bolton Street. 853693. Clairvoyant demonstration, 2pm, Lupton House, 857350 Thursday PROBUS Club. Arrive before 10am. Catholic Hall Healing Café 12.30pm to 2.30pm. Lupton House 845800 Bell ringing, 7.30 p.m. to 9 p.m. St Mary's church. Guy Thompson - 07764 344694 Brixham Orpheus Choir 7.30pm. Rehearsal Methodist Hall, Fore Street. 856230 Sunday Brixham United Spiritual Family Church Service. 6-7pm. Higher Brixham Community Centre. 666177. Brixham Community Church. 10.30am. Brixham College Main Hall. All Welcome. 07772 591357. Sunday, Monday & Friday Brixham Battery Heritage Group. 2pm to 4pm. Free entry.

OUT AND ABOUT - EVERY -

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14 THE QUAY BRIXHAM TQ5 8AW

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Open all year round - Closed Mondays Evenings 6.00pm to 9.30pm

Lunch-time 12.00pm to 2.30pm Friday to Sunday

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of Brixham‘s very own shellfish platter.

Special Offer only £15.00 (Not Fridays or Saturdays)

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OR 2 Fillets of Pollock grilled with chips & peas

A warm welcome awaits you in a cosy harbour side restaurant serving the best of Brixham‘s Seafood.

2nd & 4th Mondays Brixham Blind Club. Brixham United Reformed Church. 2pm to 4pm. 853959. Alternate Tuesdays Brixham Stroke Association. 2pm United Reformed Church, New Rd. 882269. Brixham Ladies Forum, Catholic Church Hall, New Rd, 9.30am 858659 Alternate Thursdays Astrology Group. 7.30pm Churston Court. Val 851392 Family History Group, Brixham Heritage Museum, 7-9pm 856267 Alternate Fridays Brixham TT Club. 7pm Commencing October. Contact Mr Pengelly 07778 287387 1st & 3rd Thursday of each month Soroptimists, Brixham Rugby Club 1st Tuesday Royal Naval Association Brixham Rugby Club 8pm 857947 1st Wednesday of month Brixham Horticultural Society (not January) 2.00pm Catholic Hall, New Rd. 853539 2nd Monday of each month Brixham Stamp Club, 7.15pm at Chestnut Heights Community Centre. 2nd & 4th Monday each month Brixham Blind Club & VI Club. 2-4pm, United Reform Church, New Rd 853959. 2nd Tuesday of each month Brixham U3A. 2.00pm at Brixham Rugby Club. 852904 2nd Wednesday Tea Dance in aid of Cancer Research Catholic Church Hall 2.00pm £3.50. 853597 2nd & last Wednesday Brixham Quilters, Lupton House, 2 – 4pm. 854411 2nd Friday (except April & August) Messy Church. Brixham United Reformed Church, New Rd.3.45pm-6pm 3rd Monday Cllrs Matthew James & Lindsay Harrison advice surgery 10.30am –11.30am. Brixham Library. 3rd Thursday Brixham Society of Art. Eden Park Primary School 7.30pm. 07747620449 Brixham WI, 2.15pm Brixham Rugby Club. Details 855439. Last Wednesday of month Torbay Owls and Company 7pm Galmpton Village Institute 853453

To add your regular not for profit Society or club meeting to this list contact the Town Council office with the fol-

lowing details: Society / club / charity name, day of meeting, time, location, contact name and number.

OUT AND ABOUT - EVERY Continued

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Community Halls & Meeting Rooms for hire:

Admiral Swimming Pool Saloon, Community Room & Galley. (Pool private hire available) 857151 Brixham Cricket Club Function Room – 853836 (Catering available 07519975811) Brixham Library Lyte meeting Room 853870 Brixham Museum 856267 Brixham Rugby Club 2 Function Rooms 882162 Brixham Sport Centre multi use facilities for clas-ses/ clubs/ meetings. 883388 Brixham Town Hall – Meeting rooms for up to 12, Scala Hall and @The Function Room 859678 Fore Street Community Hall 852941 Lupton House 845800

Need a Venue?

January Fri 3rd—Brixham Folk Club @ The Function Room, Brixham Town Hall 7.30pm 858394 Thurs 9th—Anne of Green Gables, Brixham Theatre, 7pm 882717 Fri 10th—Phil Beer, Maggie Duffy & Mike Weed in concert, Brixham Theatre, 7.30pm. 882717 Wed 15th—RNLI New Year Party, 2pm 4.45pm. Brixham Rugby Club, Sat 25th—Quiz night Brixham Heritage Museum, 7pm, teams of 4. 856267 Tues 28th—RNLI coffee morning, Smugglers Haunt, 10am—12pm February Fri 7th—Brixham Folk Club @ The Function Room, Brixham Town Hall 7.30pm 858394 Wed 12th—RNLI Beetle Drive, Brixham Rugby Club, 2.15pm—4.45m £3 Wed 19th - Sat 22nd—Cinderella, BOADS, 7.30pm (2.30pm matinee on 22nd). Brixham Theatre, 882717. Thurs 27th—RNLI coffee morning, Weary Ploughman, 10am—12pm March Fri 7th—Brixham Folk Club @ The Function Room Brixham Town Hall. 7.30pm. 858394. Mon 17th—RNLI Brixham Guild AGM, Brixham Rugby Club, 2.15pm Fri 21st & Sat 22nd—Protest, Pilot‘s Thumb Theatre, Brixham Theatre, 7.30pm 882717. April Sat 5th—RNLI Easter Fayre, Scala Hall, 10am—12pm Sat 12th—Try It Day, Brixham Bowl Club 2pm Sat 19th—Mon 21st John Chancellor Art exhibition. @ The Function Room, Brixham Town Hall

Brixham Heritage Museum opening Times: Tues 14th Jan 10am to 1pm Tuesday to Saturday, 17th - 24th February open every day.

OUT AND ABOUT

Higher Brixham Community Centre 07810 527007 Casey Vandenburgh Lyte House Community Rooms 26 Bolton St 854331 Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church, meeting Room. 853406 St John Ambulance Hall, Penn Meadows Mar-garet 07800 881940 United Reformed Church, New Road 852218 Brixham Conservative Club, New Road - up-stairs suite/bar/meeting room. Christine Dwyer 882205 St. Mary‟s Church Hall, St. Mary‘s Square - Suitable for functions & meetings. Mandy 853525

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Brixham Youth Sports Activities Cricket Brixham Cricket Club. Contact Phil Gregory by email gregory1947pw@yahoo.co.uk. Football Brixham AFC. Contact Club Secretary Bill Harris on 01803 856671. Gig Brixham Gig Club. Contact Dave Moralley on 07794 102601. Judo Ronindo Judo Club. Contact Ray Brown on 01803 551434. Karate Brixham Karate Club. Contact Richard or Kate Hurd on 01803 856601. Kayak The Ibex Canoe Club. Contact Ralph on 01803 857656 or Jacky on 01803 858174. Rowing Brixham Gig Club. Contact Club Captain Dave Morralley on 07794102601 or brixhamgigclub@yahoo.co.uk or brixhamgigclub.co.uk Rugby Brixham RFC. Contact Director of Rugby James Onslow on 07855 046677. Sailing Brixham Junior Sailing Club. Contact the Honorary Secretary at www.brixhamjsc.co.uk. Swimming Brixham Swim Club. Contact Paul Pickett on 859866. Table Tennis Brixham Table Tennis Club. Contact Club Secretary Alan Maynard on 01803 853047.

Do you have a youth activity you would like mentioned in the Signal? Contact Brixham Town Council with details of your meeting dates, times, venues and age ranges, contact details can

be found on page 6.

Brixham Orpheus Male Voice Choir

Brixham Horticultural Society

Brixham Gig Club Brixham Gig Club celebrated a superb season with an end of season dinner & dance at Brixham Cricket Club. This was attended by many high spirited club members, along with family and friends. During the evening awards were handed out by the chairman Kevin Thom-as, Captain Dave Moralley and welfare officer Karen Marshall. Awards were made as follows. Junior rower Courtney Harper, Female rower Fiona Slater, male rower Craig Thomas, ladies vet Eve Buckley and Val McClean, male vet Kevin Thomas and the broken pin award went to Ashley Turner for successfully breaking 3 pins. The chairman's award went to Karen Marshall, Junior rower Courtney Harper, Female rower Fiona Slat-er, joint chairman's award, Dave Moralley. Brixham Gig club would like to thank everyone for all the kind donations help and support during the season.

This year the choir has been in existence for 60 years. Various events are being planned to celebrate this mile-stone. An even more varied programme of concerts than usual has been arranged with several visiting choirs, in-cluding the possibility of a second joint concert with the Military Wives and a rip-roaring evening with the "Old Gaffers". In recent months the "Brixham Lads" have welcomed several new singers, have introduced new songs to their repertoire and are looking forward to 2014 with renewed vigour. Why not join the "Friends " of the choir? For a small annual contribution you will receive a free ticket to the annual Concert and be kept in touch with any new developments. Contact the Co-ordinator of the Friends on 859218.

Members and guests attended an informal dinner to cel-ebrate the Club's 25th Anniversary at the Brixham Holi-day Park on Monday 18th November. Mr Mike Dim-mock, Chairman of the Torquay & Teighnbridge Stamp Club, proposed the congratulatory toast to the Brixham Club commenting that 2 Founder members were present and another 2 were "off sick" . BSC Chairman, Mr Peter Lawrence thanked all members for their support over the years and, tongue in cheek, commented that he looked forward to the Club's Golden Jubilee in 2038!! The Brixham Stamp Club meet on the 2nd Monday evening in the month at the Chestnut Community Cen-tre in Poplar Ave. Contact the Secretary on 01803 858018 for further details re Speakers etc

Brixham Stamp Club

The Society begin 2014 with their Annual General Meet-ing on Wednesday 5th February. with an extra treat, a talk by Peter Van Delft from The Potting Shed Nursery on "Propagation"---very timely with spring approaching. Come along to the AGM, elect your new officers for 2014, listen to Peter's talk, discover what interesting speakers have been "lined up" for the rest of the year and enjoy the company of like-minded gardening enthusiasts. Bring something from your garden and join in the lively discussion at the "What's in my garden this month" table. Meetings are held at the Catholic Hall on New Road on the first Wednesday of each month (apart from January) and begin with tea or coffee and biscuits at 2.00pm. Further details from Chairman David Phillips on 853539 or Membership Secretary Jean Horrobin on 883473.

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Debt Counselling

NEW DEBT COUNSELLING CENTRE OPENS

Brixham named as one of 16 new centres to open across UK

LOCAL people struggling with overwhelming debt are set to get free help from an acclaimed charity opening a new centre in Brixham.

Growing debt counselling charity Christians Against Poverty (CAP) has partnered with Brixham Community Church to bring its in-depth service to the area.

Brixham is one of 16 places opening a centre this month - rare good news for the UK amid continuing economic dif-ficulties and the latest centre will join two others in the region helping people in the South Hams, and Teign-bridge.

Brixham centre manager Sue Northcott said: ―The Church has always been about offering hope and we're really pleased to be able to give a tried-and-tested route out of debt alongside other great free debt advice in the area like Citizens Advice.

―There is a lot in the Bible about looking after the poor-est. In our society, a lot of poverty is debt-related so our congregation has been working hard to open a CAP centre to help get people back on track.‖

CAP offers people a uniquely in-depth, caring service to people with spiralling personal debt regardless of their age, gender, faith or background. Every client is visited in their own home, the charity does all the negotiating with creditors and local volunteers offer support to each person face-to-face until the day they are debt free.

Sue added: ―Typically, debts can build up when a rela-tionship breaks down, or someone loses their job, or through bereavement – so often when people are least able to cope with a financial headache. We‘re just so pleased to be able to partner the care of our church with the financial expertise of CAP‘s head office in Bradford.‖

To find out more www.capuk.org or call 0800 328 0006

NEW signs warning people about drinking alcohol in public have been put up around the harbour side Sgt. Steve Cayless met with Brixham harbour authority and the deputy harbourmaster, Dave Bartlett, to arrange updating the 'Alcostop' warnings. The signs do not ban drinking alcohol in public, but they do outline police powers to challenge people and act as a deterrent to anti-social behaviour. Sgt Cayless said it showed the benefits of working with other organisations in the town. He said: "Since starting in Brixham I noticed the signage was in a poor state and so I spoke with the harbour authority who agreed to replace the signage. The harbour is not a ‗no drinking‘ zone. This power is to be used explicitly for addressing nuisance or annoyance associated with the consumption of alcohol in a public place. Our advice is that it is not appropriate to challenge an individual consuming alcohol where the individual is not causing a problem. An offence is committed if the individual refused to comply with a constable's request to refrain from drinking." The new signs are now in place. Photo D Bartlett & Sgt Cayless

Harbourside Alcohol Signs

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Fine Food, Fresh Fish from the Quay, and great steaks from Dartmoor beef. We also make a homemade range of chicken dishes and lasagne and pastas. Add delicious home cooked desserts, and the whole menu is suitable for Pirates and Landlubbers!

To book a table, call Sam or Tim on 01803 853131 or look online at www.lustywench.co.uk In case you‘d like to know, it was the name of our boat (now sold) - Lusty adjective (lustier, lustiest) healthy and strong; full of vigour: Wench noun humorous a girl or young woman.

The Lusty Wench 13a The Quay Brixham TQ5 8AW

Donation cheque s given out from the 1940s weekend put on at Lupton house in September.

Rod Hart chairman of the Torbay 1940s group gives donation cheque to Janet Howard of the Lupton House Trust.

Sam Dingley (Torbay 1940s group) gives donation cheque to Ivan Parton of Brix-ham Battery Heritage Group

The 1940s weekend was such a great success we have been asked to put it together again for next year.

1940‟s Weekend

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Full Council 7pm, Main Hall, @ The Function Room

Thursday 13th February Thursday 27th March Thursday 8th May Finance and General Purpose Committee 7pm, Meeting Room 1, Brixham Town Hall

Thursday 9th January Thursday 6th February Thursday 6th March Thursday 3rd April

Planning and Regeneration Committee 7pm, Meeting Room 1, Brixham Town Hall

Monday 6th January Monday 27th January

Monday 24th February Monday 31st March

Community Services Committee 7pm, Meeting Room 1, Brixham Town Hall

Monday 13th January Monday 17th February

Evaluation Committee 7pm, Meeting Room 1, Brixham Town Hall Thursday 13th March Meetings are subject to change please check the Town Council notice board and social network sites for up

to date information

Brixham Town Council Meeting Dates

Brixham Town Councillors

Paul Addison. 68a Pillar Avenue, TQ5 8LB 850779 paul.addison@brixhamtowncouncil.gov.uk

Lynne Armstrong. Carina, Higher Furzeham Rd, TQ5 8QP 882202 lynnera@aol.com

Rosemary Clarke. 2 Oxford Lane, TQ5 8PP 855766 clarke1959ra@talktalk.net Ray Gardner. 1 Berry Head Cottages, Berry Head Rd, TQ5 9AL 851229 gardner9al@btinternet.com

Brian Harland. 10 Langley Avenue, TQ5 9JF 882184 bjh20@tiscali.co.uk Lindsay Harrison. 24 Washourne Close, TQ5 9TQ 850574 MalcLinH@aol.com

Martyn Hodge. 3 Gillard Road, TQ5 9EG 07932 620999 martyn.hodge3@torbay.gov.uk Matthew James. Top floor flat,53A Hyde Rd, Paignton TQ4 5BP 07854 058319 matthew.james@torbay.gov.uk

Chris Lomas. Mount Hse, Mount Rd, TQ5 9SA 854191 fclomas@hotmail.co.uk

Mike Morey. 17 Bella Vista Rd, TQ5 8BQ 853316 mike.morey@torbay.gov.uk

Jackie Stockman. Winsome, Higher Furzeham Rd TQ5 8QP 851255 jackie.stockman@torbay.gov.uk

Jessica Stock. 11 Garrow Close, TQ5 9NN 850304 Jessicastock1968@gmail.com

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Brixham Food Bank Opening Times: Weekdays 2pm - 4pm Saturdays 10am - 12pm @ The Torbay Room Brixham Town Hall

We provide a friendly, professional and reliable tiling service. For free advice and quotations or to find out more about our services, please contacts us on: Tel: 01803 858537 07776 200556 Email: tim@thtiling.com Web: www.thtiling.com

Lifeboat Weekend 2013

Torbay Lifeboat weekend reached its sparkling conclu-sion on Sunday 11th August and achieved its aims of having fun, improving awareness of the RNLI and to raise funds for charity. This could not have been done without your support and the effort of volunteers, station crew and sponsors. The excitement of live bands, a picturesque candlelit walk along the breakwater, a sensational Search & Res-cue demonstration and spectacular fireworks together with our other events helped to raise funds in excess of £12,000 which will help to run your lifeboat station. This is primarily due to the tremendous local support, willing-ly given and gratefully received and for which we say a resounding ‗Thank you‘. We look forward to your continued support in our fund-raising activities and sincerely hope that you found the events which you may have participated in enjoyable.

Stuart Elliman, Lifeboat Operations Manager Lifeboat week 2014 4th to 10th August

The redeveloped first floor of Brixham Town Hall, the new Brixham Sea Works, opened on 11th December and is staffed by a Works Coordinator. A 'No Boss Christmas Lunch' was held in December where businesses got an exclusive opportunity to be the first through the doors of Torbay's new work spaces. Brixham Sea Works offer hot desking space, shared facil-ities and meeting rooms that can be booked as and when needed. They are a great solution for home workers, re-mote workers, mobile workers who want a flexible, low-cost solution in an attractive and collaborative environ-ment. They are equally useful for businesses and groups looking for attractive and welcoming meeting spaces. The low-cost working environment and private meeting spac-es offer an alternative to the loneliness and isolation of the home office, enabling workers to interact with other like-minded creative and innovative people and breathe fresh ideas back into their business. Operated on a membership basis and providing a commu-nity ideal for small businesses, new enterprises, larger companies, even individuals who just want to get away from it all, relax in comfortable surroundings and chat to like-minded people!

Brixham Sea Works

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Brixham Chess Club Brixham Chess Club meets every Tuesday at 7pm in the Conservative Club on New Road. The club has enjoyed a great season in the very pleasant upstairs room. The club participates in many competitions with other clubs in the area and it has an international competition which was won in 2013 by a promising young member of the club, Nathan Mills (pictured below with the club shield he won in 2013). Nathan has also competed with great success in the ‗Torbay Open‘ and many other national competitions. The Chess Club wel-comes all to become new members, both beginners and experi-ence players, and can offer to anyone who wishes to come tui-tion in the art of play-ing chess. It is a very friendly club so come along and exercise your grey matter! For more details please phone 01803 854409.

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CALL DAVE EDWARDS 07713 636251

Our Lady Star Of The Sea Roman Catholic Church Hall, New Road, TQ5 8NB

Tuesdays 7:30pm

BRIXHAM RUGBY CLUB

Rea Barn Road, Brixham TQ5 9EA

Thursdays 5.30pm Your Consultant: is Kerrie

Telephone 01803 392034 or 0705119326

GOODRINGTON METHODIST CHURCH Grange Road, Goodrington

TQ4 7JT

Fridays 9:30am Your Consultant: is Stuart Telephone 01803 770567

Advertising Boards It is appreciated that traders want to catch the eye of passers by and encourage them into their premises. As long as they are designed to fit in with the local street scene, advertising boards can be of value to traders and shoppers alike. However, if there are too many of them and they dominate an area they are unsightly and can become a hazard, particularly to someone with a visual or mobility impairment. Torbay Council is asking traders to make the best use of the pavement area outside their premises, but asks that traders limit themselves to a single advertising board, place either on a private forecourt or immedi-ately next to their property at a place agreed with an appropriate council officer. This allows the remain-der of the footway area free for shoppers and other pedestrians. Boards should be no wider than 60cm and no higher than 90cm above ground level. They should not be of a swinging or rotating design and should be free-standing, not chained to another object. For more information, the leaflet ―Trading Places. Paving the way to street safety‖ is available from the Town Council offices.

Your Consultant is Samantha Telephone: 01803 883929/ 07759664809

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Friends of Brixham Library (to book phone 853870)

February 19th to 22nd 7.30pm & 2.30 pm Adult £10 Children £6

Box office opens Mon 10th Feb 10am—12pm 882717 Advance booking/ out of hours box office call 850637

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