• Village Fair

    Fair Funds & a New Date!

    Hi Everyone, Firstly another great big thank you to everyone who helped make our Fair such a great success.The final figure raised was £4,198.60 which is an amazing achievement.Distribution of Funds Everyone involved was invited to a meeting on Monday evening to discuss the distribution of funds. I know a lot of people couldn’t make it, which is inevitable, but I did also have some written representations all of which were considered. The final agreed allocation was : The Parish Hall and the Church both to receive 40% , namely £1,680 each Devon Air Ambulance £300 Dartmoor Search and Rescue £200 North Bovey Conservation Group £250 (this just about covers…

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    Thank You, and Good Luck for the 2014 Fair Tomorrow!

    I would like to thank everyone in North Bovey for all their messages of support, by phone, email and card, following my recent heart failure. The overwhelming messages of support that I received from so many in the village were most encouraging and touched me deeply – thank you everybody! The good news is that I am now out of hospital, but must rest for the foreseeable future. Unfortunately I am not well enough yet to be able to help with the fair tomorrow, to organise the photo competition or to run around with my camera photographing everyone taking part for the village blog, including the sheep shearing, but I…

  • St John's Church,  Village Fair

    Competitions in the Church for North Bovey Fair

    Our children’s competition this year is ‘Decorate a Balloon‘. Decorate a balloon with what ever you want, how ever you want and as many times as you want! Lot’s of colourful entries would be lovely.   If you find yourself all grown up then the competition for you is in showing off your gardening skills. This year we’d like to fill the Church with glorious produce. Just bring the best of what you’ve grown. It doesn’t matter if it’s a mix of vegetables or one prize specimen, flowers and herbs growing in pots, cut & bunched or one prize bloom. We are open to anything and everything. This will be…

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    Village Fair 2013

    Hello, everybody! Don’t forget that the Fair will be on the 20th of July this year. I’ll be phoning round (if I haven’t already done so) next week to ask whether you can help. We have a few ‘vacancies’ for stalls, and also offers of help. Mandy