Welcombe Historical Society
New Bridge
Group in Welcombe?
Are you interested in forming a new bridge group based in Welcombe?
Stephen Barrett has been asked to gauge the level of interest from anyone
who might wish to while away those winter afternoons/evenings exercising their
grey matter in pleasant company. Open to all levels of experience from new
beginners to old hands - the group would meet perhaps fortnightly/monthly
at the village hall.
Interested? Call Stephen on 1237 440032 or email at stephenandjuliet@yahoo.co.uk
Games and
Skittles Evenings
Young
people aged nine to fifteen from Welcombe and the surrounding hamlets are
invited to come along once a month to these evenings which are held in the
Village Hall. The activities include table tennis, skittles, pool and card
games. The evenings are from 7.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. and the charge is just
£1 to cover drinks and snacks. You are welcome to bring a friend if
you wish. The forthcoming dates are:
Saturday 24th September and Saturday 22nd October.
This group is being run as a youth section of the Children’s Group and is funded jointly by them and St. Nectan’s Church. Any suggestions for other activities or offers of assistance would be much appreciated.
Please contact
Joyce on 331273 or Diana on 331252.
Lunch
Club
Welcombe Lunch Club is held twice a month at the Village Hall with a three
course meal. Anyone is welcome to come along but please let us know in advance
for the catering. If you wish to know more, or want to know the dates, lease
call Sheila Wade 01288 331391 or Lisa on 01288 331794
Welcombe
& Meddon WI.
Calling all you LADIES. Young at Heart, Old in Body- Old in heart, young in
body, whatever shape or form!
Your WI (Women's Institute for those who need to guess) needs you! Well, would
like you to join, and what a better time to join than now 15 months for the
price of 12, that's 3 months free if you join at our October meeting.
Next meeting October 12th 7.30pm Welcombe Village Hall, Its
a members evening, so come, if you want to join in then please bring a little
something of what you do, paint, stitch, knit, cook, surf, belly dance the
list is endless, or just come and watch, that's good too.
You don't even have to join, for the small sum of £3.50 each time you
could come for up to 3 times just to see if you like us and what we do, we're
not all ogres some of us aren't even that old and mostly we have a jolly good
time. You could contact Sheila Wade 01288 331391 (Chair), Lesley Wall (Secretary),
or Lisa Wade 01288 331794 for a more informal approach.
A branch of the Women’s Institute was formed here in Welcombe on the 8th December 1932. The elected committee at that time were Mrs. Wheeler, President, Mrs. Clark Vice-president, Mrs. Bond Teasurer, Miss Clark Secretary, Mrs. Dennis, Mrs. E. Oke and Miss Ward being the remaining Committee members. For unknown reasons (does anyone know why?) this WI was dissolved a year later and on the same evening the United Womens Guild was formed.
On the 22nd March 1934 the Meddon & Welcombe WI was formed and has continued from strength to strength since that time.
Welcombe
Bellringers Welcombe
Bellringers meet at the Church at 7.30 to 9.00pm on Monday evenings. Our latest
recruits are Kirstie Rosser and Mick Dollimore who are catching up with the
rest very fast, so if you are interested please do call and join us. David
Conway, Steven Yeomans and Howard Pankhurst are currently teaching
the learners. Denis O'Dell regularly tolls the '5 minute bell' you may have
heard on Sunday mornings when we do not ring more than that. There are other
ringers in the village who are not ringing regularly at the moment, but who
I am sure will start again once we get to ringing regularly. If you are interested
in learning this ancient and
fascinating hobby, contact:
Howard Pankhurst
01288 331273
or David Conway 01288 331574
Welcombe
Spinners & Weavers
This well established group meets most Mondays at Meddon Village Hall throughout
the year. Their shared inerests include spinning, weaving, natural and synthetic
dyeing and feltmaking. They organise an interesting programme of visiting
tutors, share their skills and exhibit and demonstrate locally. If you would
like to join them please contact Pauline on 01237 441 861.
The Stitch & Chat Group
This informal group meets on Wednesday mornings at The Barton and welcomes
new members with an interest in any forms of stitching. Patchwork and quilting,
embroidery and knitting are just some of the crafts that the members share.
For more information call Ann on 01237 441 871.
The Skittles Club season runs from September to March. The club is part of the Bideford League and teams of six play in the skittle alley at the village hall. The men play on Mondays and the ladies play at home on Thursdays with away matches often on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Welcombe
Historical Society
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for some interesting old pictures and complete census information for Welcombe
1841 to 1901
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