A Village on the Blackdown Hills
Welcome to Hemyock Sunday, November 24 2024 @ 04:01 am UTC
On Thursday 14th February the Hemyock History Group met at the Church Rooms. Two members of the group, Brian Clist and Chris Dracott, gave a talk on 'List of Inhabitants' over the centuries concentrating on records relating to the Parish of Hemyock.
The Parish Hall does carry its own Licence but anyone intending to bring alcohol into the Parish Hall does have to apply in writing to the Honorary Secretary six weeks before the event.
Don't forget that as well as being the Queen's birthday, April 21st is also the day of the Annual Church Meeting for St Mary's. It takes place at 7.45pm and is the time to hear what has been going on in the various church groups over the past year. If you don't know what church groups there are then it's a good chance to find out. For those on the electoral roll there's also voting to be done for Church Council members, and this year Deanery Synod members too.
The February meeting of St Mary’s Guild fell on Ash Wednesday. Members and friends attended the communion service at St Mary’s Church and then went accross to the Church rooms for a delicious frugal Lent lunch of various homemade soups, homemade rolls and cheese followed by tea or coffee.
The Church Rooms was the venue for the Friends of St Mary’s on Friday March 7.
St Mary's Church Rooms can be hired for parties or regular bookings. If interested please contact Janice Bawler 01823 680352.
A big thank you for those of you who have kindly made a donation towards the printing costs of the Parish Pump this year.
We now stand on the threshold of spring, the season of renewal. I'm sure that all of us will enjoy the longer days, the opportunity to get back outside and nurture our gardens back to new life. Not that they need our help, they are quite capable of doing it all on their own! But, we have our own ideas about how they should look and will hack, prod, dig, mow and generally bully them into submission - because we are the ones in control and want it done our way.
Phil Maclean is living up to his name by spring cleaning his home village of Hemyock on Sunday week.
Phil, 31, and a team of friends are offering to spruce up people's homes to raise money for charity in memory of his late wife, Lynsey.
Do you like chocolate and all things chocolate?
Hemyock W.I. are hosting a Chocolate Morning on Saturday 22nd March at 10.30 am in the Parish Hall Hemyock. Last year's event was a real success and we hope you will be able to join us this year for a welcome alternative to a coffee morning.
There will be hot chocolate to drink, chocolate cakes and biscuits to eat and to buy, a chocolate tombola, a chocolate fountain, chocoholics chocolates and a wondeful draw with an amazing chocolate hamper as the first prize.
Of course if you don't like chocolate we will still be able to serve you with a cup of tea or coffee so come along and enjoy some time out with friends.
Unsettled with persistent heavy rain and strong winds. Mild.
Another wet day with a band of heavy and persistent rain eastwards across the region. Very windy, especially along the south coast where coastal gales are possible. Some drier spells developing in the west by later afternoon. Very mild. Maximum temperature 15 °C.
A damp evening with rain gradually clearing eastwards overnight. Clear spells to follow, however blustery showers readily developing and spreading into the west. Feeling much cooler. Minimum temperature 4 °C.
A cool start with a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers. These heavy at times with the odd rumble of thunder possible. Temperatures returning closer to the seasonal average. Maximum temperature 12 °C.
Sunshine and showers on Tuesday with much lighter winds. Heavy spells of rain moving through on Wednesday and feeling colder. Often cloudy on Thursday with rain possible later.
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Sourced from the Met Office