On this day in Wembury, 22 July 1995
Source, Western Evening Herald, 22 July 1995
The Western Evening Herald carried a round up of village news that shows how busy Wembury and its neighbours were in midsummer.
Wembury WI heard from Mrs Jane Hollow who spoke about unusual cottage garden plants. She brought examples and explained their history and cultivation, including the famous Plymouth Strawberry which was discovered locally in the early seventeen hundreds. She reminded members that monastic communities helped develop many garden plants, and she described the work of the National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens which collects seeds from Britain and overseas to safeguard threatened species. New members were warmly invited to join.
Wembury Ramblers had been out on the moor for their June walk. They visited the medieval village site near Hound Tor which appears in the Domesday Book. Excavations in nineteen sixty one revealed barns, five houses and a manor house with rooms dating from the twelfth century and signs of earlier Saxon occupation. The group enjoyed their lunch with wide views over the tors and found a Dartmoor letterbox where they left their stamp. The next walk was planned for Hall Sand and Lannacombe with the promise of a swim.
Residents at Heybrook Bay and Down Thomas were preparing for their annual sports day on Saturday twelve August at the Down Thomas Silver Jubilee Hall field. Races for children of all ages were due to start at two thirty with extra activities for adults and refreshments served in the hall.
The Woodland Trust had improved access at Hollacombe Quarry by adding new steps to complete a circular trail, and invited the public to enjoy the woods for informal recreation.
Wembury Playgroup held its Sausage Sizzle on twelve July. The group was urgently seeking more bikes and tricycles and invited anyone who could help to contact Geri. Autumn term was due to start on five September with a few places left and children from outside the parish welcome to join.
Source, Western Evening Herald, 22 July 1995.