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Bridgerule Carnival Week 2010
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The waiting will soon be over!
Bridgerule Carnival Week starts on Sunday 25th July with the Crowning of the Carnival Queen and builds up to a spectacular climax with the Carnival on Saturday 31st July
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Bridgerule Village Store Reopening Ceremony
After much hard work Tony and Dawn reopened the New and Improved Bridgerule Store and Post Office on Saturday 24th July
Good food, a barbeque and a spectacular performance of fire eating and juggling by Britains' got talents' Luke Clements made the reopening ceremony a great success
The event was funded by Devon County Council as part of their commitment to help Rural shops thrive
It was also supported by The Rural Shops alliance and the Community Council of Devon
Now we need to do our bit so get down there and spend loads of money to show them it was all worthwhile!
You just have to try the new Luxury Cornish Ice Cream
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The July Bridgerule Buzz and Bridgerule Parish Plan
The July Buzz has been delivered to everyone in the village
with a copy of the Bridgerule Parish Plan
The full Parish Plan document with the questionnaire results and the up to date action plans
can also be viewed here by clicking the links below
Click here to view and print the July 2010 Bridgerule Buzz
Click here to view the full Bridgerule Parish Plan
Click here to view the up to date action plans
Click here to view the full questionnaire results
To join in please
click here to email us
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Bridgerule
Open Gardens 2010
Once again keen gardeners opened their gardens on Sunday 6th
June to raise money for the Devon and Cornwall Air Ambulances
The event was a spectacular success with £1915 being raised
Click here for full details of the event
Click here to see all the pictures
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Bridgerule Treasure Hunt
The Annual Bridgerule Treasure Hunt took place on 22nd May
Results were:
Car Treasure Hunt
1st The Desparate Rovers
2nd The Sussex Expats 1
3rd The Neighbours
Walking Treasure Hunt
1st Trayfords Lot
2nd Dannys Disaster
3rd Reece
This very worthwhile event which ended with a barbeque at the Bridge Inn raised £234 for the Devon Air Ambulance
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The Devon Air Ambulance in action
in Bridgerule
Saturday 1st May - a lady was taken to hospital by Devon Air Ambulance
A lot if local events are arranged to support this very worthwhile cause
and here you can see it in action in Bridgerule
The Devon Air Ambulance landed on the football pitch, stopping play for about 1/2 hour
Thanks to Rose Hitchens who sent in these photos in and said "What I thought was REALLY nice - was that
even though the lads had had their game stopped ... when the helicopter finally took off - everyone clapped.
I think we all feel very proud of the work Devon/Cornwall Air Ambulance do -
even the youngsters appreciate this amazing service"
I think we all agree!
Click here for the Devon Air Ambulance website
Click here for the Cornwall Air Ambulance website
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Launceston Male Voice Choir visits Bridgerule
It was nice to see the hall so full for this event
The superb performance on Sunday 18th April raised £595 for Chapel funds
Everyone enjoyed a pasty supper after the event
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Another one bites the dust
This is the last you'll see of the public telephone box at Merrifield cross
It was removed on Thursday 8th May
It would be a shame to see the same happen to the one in the village
One of the action plans for the Bridgerule Tomorrow project could be to keep the old type red phonebox - and also to keep it connected
Click here to see what we can do
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A cold start to 2010
Snow and ice made walking and driving difficult for much of January and February
Thankfully it has warmed up now
The bad weather has taken it's toll on the roads with new potholes appearing
Click on the photo to see a few winter photos from around the village
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X Factor 19?? - spot the local publican
Jamming night every Monday. Don't worry - he doesn't join in now!
Relax with a drink and listen to the local musicians
Skittles, General knowledge quizzes, Darts, Euchre, Pool, pub food and meetings
Support your local
Click here for more on what's happening at the Bridge Inn
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Accident on the Red Post to Launceston road
Fortunately no one was hurt when a truck carrying 20 tonnes of gravel swerved off the road shortly before Christmas
The accident happened between the old railway bridge and Bevills Hill and closed the road for a whole day
A digger unloaded part of the load of gravel and cleared the mud from under the truck so it could be winched out
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The Halloween Disco in the hall brings in the crowds
A superbly decorated hall and some horribly frightening individuals greeted the crowds that attended the halloween disco
And that was just the people taking the money on the door
You then had to go through the black tunnel to see the best pumpkin and the best costume competition.
There was a discount on the entrance fee for dressing up so, as you would expect in Bridgerule, nearly everyone dressed up!
Click on the grave stone to see the halloween photos - if you dare!
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School trip to Bude
Do you recognise any of these children waiting at the station for the train
to Bude?
Exact year unknown - about 1964?
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Country and Western night nets big bucks for the Air Ambulance
An extremely successful Country and Western evening was held at the Parish Hall on Saturday 24 October
It was a complete sell-out with standing room only by the time the main attraction, “The Cornish Hillbillies” made it on to the stage
An extremely skilful and colourful display of line dancing was put on by a number of local people dressed appropriately in country and western outfits
Just as impressive was the amount raised, £631.82 for Devon Air Ambulance. Well done to everyone who worked so hard to put it on!
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Parish Council School Visit
Bridgerule school kindly invited the parish council to visit the school on Tuesday 29th September
Unfortunately only 2 councillors could make it, the Chairman, Ken James and Ken Chilton
The children took great pride in showing off their school to the 2 kens
Please click here for full details
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Away Day
Bridgerule children setting off for a trip to see Blue Peter in London
Exact year unknown - about 1965?
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The "Half Way to Christmas" party
It was a busy day in Bridgerule the 28th June !
The annual "Halfway to Christmas Party" took place in the Bridge Inn from 12
midday to 4pm
It all happens at the Bridge Inn. There is a General knowledge quiz at 8pm every Sunday and Jamming nights every Monday - everyone welcome - support the only pub in Devon West of the Tamar !
Click here for more information on the Bridge Inn
Click here to visit the the Bridge Inn Facebook site with many more excellent photos of Bridgerule
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Football in Bridgerule
Bridgerule has 2 football teams - they welcome any new
supporters with a display of football worthy of the premiership
- unfortunately it doesn't always last until the end of the
match but they are still well worth checking out!
Click here for more
Click here to visit the Bridgerule Football Club Facebook Site
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The new Bridgerule Parish Hall opens
No - it's okay - you haven't missed anything
This happened quite a while ago but they forgot to put it on the internet
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In Times Gone By
Bridgerule Station as it used to be
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We still have a Post Office
The new Post Office outreach partner service has started
Thankfully we haven't lost our local Post Office but we still need to
support the excellent service it provides
Click here for more information on Post Office outreach services
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