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Timberscombe Show 16th August 2025. 

Update on the Village Show preparations  – the schedule is with the printers and will be available in due course. But there are activities to temp your creative juices that you can be getting on with in the meantime.

The Set Knitting Pattern, a very easy folded dog, which will be sent to St Michael’s Baby Unit in Bristol, is now available for you to collect from the Post Office. Once again thank you to Sarah for accommodating these.

The Photo Classes, which should be coloured unless stated and measure not more than 5 x 9 ins [125 x 180mm] including mount if used, are as follows.

Timberscombe Village 2025;

Moonlight;

Still Life – Glass [Black and White];

View Through a Window;

Farm Animal;

Limerick beginning with the line: Once at the Timberscombe Show….

Let’s hear those knitting needles clicking, creative grey cells sparking and cameras snapping.

From The Show Team.

[Any queries to 01643 841546]

Repair Cafe

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We are delighted to inform you that the Fixy van is again coming to Porlock Repair Café on Saturday 31st May, for a Spring Tech Amnesty. Clear out the “Drawer of Doom” by donating all that unwanted, outdated, upgraded Smart Tech languishing at home and help Donate IT, who will securely data-wipe all donations and give it a new lease of life, refurbishing where possible, and gifting back out free of charge to someone in digital need in Somerset.
Fixy would love to take your donations of old unused laptops, smart phones and tablets and turn them into lifelines. Nearly everyone has a device or two that could be liberated and either pressed back into service or else stripped of its precious metals to fund refurbishment work before being recycled responsibly. It’s win, win, win!” Please note they cannot accept printers, scanners, keyboards, mice or screens, these can be taken to the local recycling centre.
After the 31st May then you can still can donate unwanted Smart Tech at the Donate IT drop-off point at Minehead Eye, 1 Mart Road, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5BJ. Mon-Fri 10am-8pm, Sat-Sun 10am-4pm.
I enclose a PDF & JPEG’s.
Cheers Ian

Stolen Tools Recovered

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Police officers have released an image of a number of tools recovered after a man was arrested in Taunton on Tuesday 13 May.

At about 5am a car was stopped by officers in Blackbrook Park Avenue and during a search of the vehicle 11 Makita tools (attached), which are believed to have been stolen in the west or north Somerset, were found and recovered.

A man aged in his 30s was arrested on suspicion of theft and going equipped for theft. He has since been released on police bail while the investigation continues.

Officers are now working to locate the owners of the tools. If you think any of the items in the photo might be yours or have any other information that could help our investigation, call 101 using the reference number 5225133180.

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