Welcombe Village

 

Market Place

If you have anything for sale, are looking to buy something or have a job vacancy
and you can advertise here for free.

Information Wanted
Does anybody know of anyone who attended Welcombe School during the war years? Our enquirer is keen to hear from 'locals' and evacuees alike. He is particularly asking about Arthur Osborne. If you can help, please

Becky Price has freepost envelopes from Surfers Against Sewage and Reclaim-it for recycling cartridges and mobile phones. Surfers Against sewage work to lobby parliament and water companies amongst other to stick to and improve water quality targets etc. Living where we do it's very relevant! SAS get up to £5 per cartridge and up to £24 per phone. Currently approx 75% are chucked with the bin bags!

Let her know if you'd like 1 or some. Happy to give them to companies/schools whatever - your suggestions please. Thanks!
01288 331764

www.sas.org.uk info@sas.org.uk

Free Stuff

Samsung Video recorder, with remote & 1 scart socket
17 assorted pre-recorded Video tapes includes Films Titanic, Billy Elliott, Love Actually and Bridget Jones Diary .
'phone 01288 331329 or


For Sale

Large steel storage chest £25
Hardwood door 6ft 6in x 2ft 9in £20
Church pew 6ft 6in x 5ft (height) pine £100
Church pew 4ft 6in x 3ft 2in (height) pitch pine £75
1230 litre plastic oil tank £100
20 litre back pack sprayer £15
Calor gas room heater £10
Caravan gas cooker £40
LPG built-in oven with separate hob £100
Steel and glass computer table £15
Length insulated stainless steel flue £25
2 new tyres on rims 175 x 13 £7.50 ea
5 Jeep tyres on rims 30.9.50 M/T £65
Various Morris Minor spare parts.
Oxygen and acetylene gas bottles with welding head and cutter £125

Please 'phone Frank on 01288 331592

The Old Smithy Inn After 4 busy, but enjoyable years at the Smithy, Lee and Chrissy have decided to leave the pub trade so they can spend more time as a family. If you know of anybody who might be interested in buying the pub, then all the details are with Christie and Co 'phone 01392 285600 or Click Here

Welcombe-in is for sale
Further details via www.welcombe-in.co.uk
or phone 01288 331130 or email

Little Barn, Mead, Welcombe, EX39 6HQ is for sale. We would love it to go to someone who would live in it year round and would prefer a private sale. It is a 2 bedroom semi-detached barn conversion with oil fired central heating, bath/shower room and double height lounge/diner with multi-fuel burner and exposed beams. It has a private garden and parking for 2 cars off road. It is a ¼ mile to the beach and the same to the pub. There is no chain. It is available to view around beginning to mid feb. If interested, please or call 01288 331761 for more details.

Velbon CX-mini Tripod (brand new) compact, designed for use with SLR cameras, compacts and smaller camcorders. When folded it is just 30cm in length, but extends to a useful 64cm, so it can be used as a table top model or from ground level. It can be carried everywhere as part of a camera outfit - ready for use at a moment's notice. Case included. It has 3 section legs with quick locks and centre bracing for maximum stability. It features a 3 way pan head with quick release platform and a lockable sliding column for precise adjustment. weight: 790g length closed: 30cm length extended: 64cm. £20. Please phone Paul on 01237 441170 or email

Epson Picture Mate - Compact photo printer- colour - ink-jet - USB As new, Ink included £60. Please phone Paul on 01237 441170 or email

Children's Ski wear - good makes and excellent condition as only a few
weeks' use.
Black Columbia salopettes age 7-8 - £10
All in one suit, mainly purple Trespass aged 5-6 - £15
All in one suit, blue Trespass, aged (generous) 7-8 - £15
Contact James and Frances Hill on 01288 331360 or email

Three Britax 'Super Cruiser' car seats - never involved in
an accident and as good as new that our two used until a year or so ago.
They are polyfoam and very clean. Suitable for toddler upwards and for use
with car seat belt. £15 each o.n.o. Phone James & Frances Hill 01288 331360
email

Concrete blocks - insulated - approximately 200 - offers 01288 331 561

G-Plan Wardrobe, 1960's. 4ft wide. 3 doors with full length mirror, collector's item. offers in region of £200.
Victorian bow-fronted sideboard, 6ft long, marquetry inlaid. beautiful piece. £150.
Antique half moon table with claw feet, damaged veneer top. £Offers.
2 single beds, Farmhouse style, Pine, £20 each.

Please ring Cathy or Laura on 01288 331400 to arrange viewing.

Yarner Apple Juice available at £2.40 per litre bottle. Local apples, pressed in the village. Tel 331 692.

Wanted

Glasses wanted The Exeter - Ethiopia link with Devon Africa charity have got funding for an eye clinic in Nakampte in Western Ethiopia. As 80% of blindness is preventable with early treatment and the provision of spectacles, we are asking for any old unwanted spectacles, frames, spectacle cases, magnifying glasses or sunglasses you may have lying around. If you have any such things please drop them in to Alison Hutton at 2 Darracott. 01288 331560

Photographs of Welcombe and its inhabitants from 10 years or more ago, the older the better! Welcombe Historical Society would like to collate an archive by copying these photographs (with permission) and keeping them together with any available information about them. These photographs will be shown on the Historical Society page of this website as well as kept in the archive for reference by any interested parties in the future. If you have any photos you think would be of interest and which you would be happy for us to copy, please contact Bryan Moore 01288 331205 or

Situations Vacant

Weekend seasonal office work based in Welcombe at The Big Blue Surf School. Working alone in a busy office with back up close to hand.

Experience of following required: Internet & Word/outlook/excel (basic)

Skills required: Excellent telephone manner, good customer communication,
polite, friendly, efficient, precise, trustworthy & discreet. Good timekeeping,
a bility to cope in time-pressured environment, surfing knowledge a distinct advantage.
Police checked & Child Protection knowledge also useful.

Hours 9-6 Sat and/or Sun, or half days, to be discussed May to end August
£ to be discussed

Perks: Free surf coaching where Coach available

Contact Jon Price - Senior Coach/Proprietor or Becky Price - Surf Coach/Office Manager 01288 331764
www.bigbluesurfschool.co.uk

Helper wanted, in Welcombe, for pleasant, friendly, young lady who has learning difficulties. 8 hours Saturdays 11.30 to 7.30. £8.45/hour gross.
Cooking and cleaning together, shopping, eating out, craftwork, playing games, watching DVDs, drinking tea and chatting, afternoon rest.
Ring Cathy on 01288 331400 to find out more.

Church Organist If anyone plays the piano or organ and is willing to play at church occasionally please contact 01288 331273

Volunteer Wanted
Would any one be interested in giving up a few hours every other week to help provide lunch in the Village Hall for our lunch club. Its great fun to do - no previous experience necessary! Contact
01288 331561 for a chat.

Junior Surf AcademyBig Blue Surf


for local 8-16 year olds. Turning your nippers into rippers!

Develop water confidence & sea safety awareness whilst learning/improving your surfing skills in a safe and fun learning environment with highly qualified instructors

Junior Surf Academy has shut for the winter, opening again April/May. Parents welcome to contact us over the winter with enquiries. It runs April-May to end October. We ended the season with a beach clean-up at Summerleaze and an Awards Ceremony at the Edgcumbe Hotel.

Please call the office 01288 331764 to discuss your child’s requirements. Boards & suits may be hired in Bude prior to attending the lessons. Complete beginners will need to attend one standard surf school lesson.

All instructors CRB checked and have completed Child Protection courses.
British Surfing Association Level 4 Approved School
Royal Life Saving Society Beach Lifeguards

Claire Mathers - Professional Creative Hair Design
Claire is 'Tony & Guy' trained and has thirteen years experience. She is available for both ladies and gents hairdressing in your home in Welcombe Parish. She is happy to work evenings and weekends if that suits you best. Full range of hair care from shampoo and cut to luxury hair treatments. Prices from £8. Please call Claire on 07845 825864 for an appointment.

Bouncy Castle for hire £45 per day. Call Jenny on 01237 441666

 

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Old Smithy
The Old Smithy Inn

Jobs'R'Welcombe

Mead House Construction
Mead House Construction
Old Smithy Bungalows


Little Nod

Corner Cottage
Corner Cottage

Hollacombe Farm

Pottery
Welcombe Pottery

Gooseham BartonGooseham Barton

Foxgloves


Meadow Park Nurseries

Henaford Ice Cream
Henaford Ice Cream

Linton Farm


Collaberie Farm

Ley Park
Ley Park B&B

 




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