This coming Saturday, August 15th, marks the 75th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day (VJ day).  To commemorate the event, Paddy will ring the church bell prior to 11.00 am when there will be a national 2 minute silence to remember “the forgotten army” and the ending of all hostilities in WW2. We ask those … Continue reading VJ Day

Your Parish Councillors have been busy recently improving the look of the centre of our village.  Please see the before and after photos below. There are plans for further improvements to enhance the look of our lovely village. For those interested, the telephone box was installed in our village in 1987 and is still working, … Continue reading Village Improvements

Thursday 13th August   Please preorder by 12.00pm on Wednesday.  Delivered chilled between 4.00 and 5.00 pm on Thursday Chicken Biryani with a vegetable curry (GF)   £8.00 Moussaka with salad and dressing   £8.00 Vegan Biryani with vegetable curry   £7.50 Fresh Fruit Salad with poached pineapple   £2.50   Sunday Lunch, 16th August  … Continue reading Claire’s Kitchen Menus

Further to the family's wishes for us to meet at 11am on the 11th at Burnell's Garage to celebrate what would have been George's 90th birthday, could we ask everybody to bring a small plate of party food to share, suitable for a finger buffet (please try to think of something that nobody else will … Continue reading George Burnell 1930-2020 – Tuesday 11th

Dear Wootton Courtenay Villagers We would like to thank you for your kind thoughts and words at this sad time. George passed away on Monday after a very rapid decline which was a shock to us all. Although nearly ninety he remained at the heart of the village as he had his entire life. He … Continue reading A Message From George’s Family

The final categories - Photography and Needlework - have now been added to the Virtual Flower Show on the website:  https://woottoncourtenayvillage.co.uk/2020-virtual-flower-show/ A big thank you to to everyone who took part.  We may not have received as many entries as the regular version, but they've certainly been highly entertaining! Marion Jay

We read the notice about Dalefoot Compost, encouraging villagers to make their entire annual orders for compost - and we would like to draw your attention to our recently established Exmoor Compost venture at Holt Ball Farm, Luccombe, which is also home to the Exmoor Pony Project. We have over 30 endangered breed Exmoor ponies … Continue reading Exmoor Compost Instead of Dalefoot?

A great thank you to all who entered the photo competition.  All the entries are now with the judges, Jamie and Lisa, and the results will be announced on the village email as soon as possible.  At the judges request, all names were removed from the entries to make the judging fair. The judges have … Continue reading Fun Photo Competition