The Coffee Morning held on Saturday  29th  September  in Pen  Selwood Village  Hall  raised £424.50.  Thank you to  everyone who made cakes and gave items for the bring and buy  and raffle and to all who supported us on the day. Elaine Coffin and  Sandra  Jenkins   

The church bells will be rung half muffled at 11am on Monday 8th October to mark the centenary of the death of the fourth person named on our war memorial, Claude Augustus Baker. 

Claude died in action on the Western Front in France with the 1st Battalion of the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry just a…

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The latest issue of the Pen Paper has been printed and is out for distribution so you should receive it in the next few days.

I must apologise to Sheila Carson as I lost the credit to her for her winning photo of a dragonfly in the Nature section of the Show. I'll print it again here. Its worth a repeat!…

A car parked outside the field where the parking takes place for the Fete was broken into this morning.  Belinda, Franey Matthews daughter left a handbag on the passenger seat.  10 minutes after she parked and was working a little way off with a pony, she heard her car alarm trigger and when she had sorted the pony came back to find the near side passenger window had been smashed and her bag snatched.  Fortunately it had nothing of value in it so she’s hoping it will be dumped…

Another Fantastic village fete. This year the teas in the Village Hall were a great success again,only due to all the help given both on the Friday before with all the setting up and   then on the Saturday with all the amazing help we received running the "Tea Shop".Then of course the wonderful selection of homemade cakes, cookies and sandwiches which were so kindly donated by you all. Thank you so much.

This brings me to another big Thank You to both Helen and Neil Marley. This year…

Adrian Carter has just published his first novel, Letting Go, available in paperback at £7.99 on Amazon and on Kindle at £1.99. It is set in a village not unlike Pen but if you think you recognise yourself, the author assures me that you are mistaken. He…

The final accounts are now published on the fete page of this website.  They are not significantly different from this below.

A Planning meeting of the Council to be held on Wednesday 1st August 2018 7.30pm

Pen Selwood Village Hall

Agenda

1. Open Forum for members of the public to speak.

2. Apologies for…

will take place in Pen Selwood between 11- 19 August

If you are keen to take part please…

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984,

TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE

PEAR ASH LANE, PEN SELWOOD 

I am writing to inform you that Somerset County Council as the Highway Authority have received an application for the temporary closure of Pear Ash Lane from Wessex Water.

This road will be closed from 09^th July 2018 and is expected to…

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From SSARG

Thank you all again for a really good day. It really was a fantastic demonstration of community spirit! The Pen Selwood History Society is a remarkable organisation!

I liked the way you had involved the owners of the different sites, and, not least, the clear engagement they all had with the history of their land.

And I certainly can't remember an outing where we have been entertained anything like as well: coffee and biscuits, a…

Anyone with an interest in Somerset’s libraries has one more month to take part in the County Council’s consultation on the future of its Library Service.

The consultation ends on Wednesday 13 June and more than 4,000 responses have been received so far.

Somerset County Council is keen for anyone yet to complete the questionnaire to go online at…

The Coffee Morning held on Saturday 19th May raised £505.58 for  PCA Funds and Local Charities 

Thank you to  everyone who donated cakes, plants, produce and  raffle prizes and to all who  supported the  event.

An even bigger thank you to Amy  McKee  and Paul  Shinar for allowing us to use the magnificent  house and gardens  at  Pen  House.

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https://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/media/Waste/SSDC%20Fri%20a.pdf

If like me you have been inundated with messages about GDPR please find another simpler version for our website at http://penselwood.ning.com/page/about-this-site.

The jumble sale held on Saturday  14th  April  raised  £370 for Church  Funds.

Thank you to everyone who  donated cakes, produce, raffle prizes and jumble to make this  another  successful event

Heather Doe &  Sandra  Jenkins