As you are aware we will have no power on  Friday so our village cafe is not  open.   Kerry (Norma Izzard  daughter in law ) has invited the village to Charlton Musgrove Village hall to join them at their coffee morning  on Friday  19th  10-30 until 12.00. If anyone would like to attend could you let me know so I can give Kerry an idea of numbers  Please ring 01747 840773 or 07502132193

Smiths Building Ltd  apologise for the damage caused to verge outside Ninian House by our  vehicles.  Unfortunately bad weather ,lack of  space and large number of tradesmen working there has left us with no other option.  Rest assured we will  rectify as soon as possible.

PLEASE  NOTE that this field is now  CLOSED in line with government instructionsNo safety checks on the field or the equipment within the field will be  carried out for the  foreseeable future

DO NOT ENTER                         Further Details from  01747 840773

The Coffee Morning in aid of  St  Michael's Church held on the 30th November at  Ballands House raised  £540.35.  A big thank you to all who helped, donated to the stalls and supported this event. Special thanks go to Jess and  Clive  for allowing us too use their  home once again.  Heather Doe

Just to let everyone know that Flower has been found  near Stella and Geoff's pond at Manor  barn , very cold and hungry. Thank you to everyone who has been helping to look for her over the last few days.

Missing  since  Tuesday 26th November.  Black and White fluffy female  cat called Flower

Please can everyone check their sheds, garages  and outbuildings.

Contact Caroline & Neil  Gorry  on 01747840013 or 07941334284

if you have any further information.

On Sunday morning (6th Oct 2019) at approximately 10-30 am the two Staddle Stones were stolen from outside Pen Mill (the home of  Roger & Rosemary Price). A white van was followed being driven slowly and suspiciously down Coombe Street to Pen Mill at about this time. The neighbour opposite saw a large white van parked outside the cottage but assumed it was a  delivery driver. A white van was also seen travelling at speed along Bleak Street between 10-30 and 11-00. If anyone has further…

Does anyone know who had the firework display in the community field last night (17th)as they left all the debris behind? This  activity invalidates the community  field insurance and is  very distressing for the horses in the adjoining field. Please contact  Andrew Jenkins 01747 840773 if you have any further information

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 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.

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 

Many thanks to all who helped to make the 2018 10k event yet another success.

With out the marshals, car park attendants, catering staff, sign erecters, water stop supervisors, timekeepers, admin staff, ambulance crew etc the event  would not  happen.

Ines Braun and the Gillingham  Trotters continue to support the event with their organisational skills

My thanks this year also goes to Karin Hurd for allowing us to use the only semi dry field in the village for car …

To celebrate my  recent 65th Birthday in  June and my impending retirement in July I would like  to buy villagers  a drink  at the Pen Pub on  Friday.

Andrew Jenkins 

ON FRIDAY (12/5/2017) WE HAD A RETURN VISIT FROM VANDALS WHO DECIDED TO, AGAIN, SMASH THEIR BEER BOTTLES AGAINST THE BLOCK HOUSE WALL LEAVING GREEN BROKEN GLASS IN THE GRASS  AROUND THE PLAY EQUIPMENT AND ON THE PLAY SAFETY SURFACES.  WE ARE 99% SURE THAT WE HAVE PICKED UP THE GLASS BUT PLEASE BE VIGILANT.

AGAIN, LAST NIGHT (13/5/2017) WE HAD A VISIT FROM TWO YOUTHS IN A RED PEUGEOT CAR AT ABOUT 10-30PM / 11.00PM WHO PARKED OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY FIELD AND LEFT THEIR BEER…

 The Annual Jumble Sale on Saturday 25th March  raised £554.27 for St Michael's Church.

Thank you to everyone who donated raffle prizes, jumble, white elephant , produce and cakes and to all the helpers on the day for making  this another successful event

        HELP REQUIRED PLEASE

On the evening/night of 15 March the Community Field had a visit from some individuals who decided that it would be a good idea to use the field as a pub and then to smash their empty bottles on the play equipment and against the wall of the 'block house'

This obviously left a considerable amount of broken glass on the play equipment…

A Thanksgiving Service for Bryan will be held at St Michael's Church Pen Selwood on Thursday 23rd March at 2-30pm.

There will be time during the wake for anyone to stand up and say a few words or tell a short story.

The family have asked if anyone has any nice or amusing photographs of Bryan to lend.Can you please let Caroline have them before Wednesday 22nd. Please put your name on the back so that they can be returned.

Also if anyone has a cork pin board or any other…

Ref : Robin Cuthbert's  sudden death on  Saturday 3rd September

I would like to thank everyone who has responded by card or in person in such a wonderful way. You have all said such lovely, comforting things about Robin which reflects the high regard you obviously felt for him

I need to let you all know that there will be no public ceremony at this stage. We are having a private cremation and then a family clan gathering to scatter his ashes within the village where he…