Compton Dundon Newspaper Archives

With reference to the typhoid fever at Compton Dundon, the sanitary inspector stated that he procured a sample of water from the place and took it to Dr. Alford, the County Analyst, who condemned it as unfit for dietetic purposes. The lnspector stated that he had sent the certificate of analysis to the Medical Officer of Health. The Medical Officer presented his report on the above. He stated that he had examined the water of the well of the house where the outbreak took place, which was utterly unfit for drinking purposes. He attributed the contamination to the fact that the water was only four feet from the mouth of the well, and consequently fed principally from the surface water which filtering through the ground became contaminated with sewage matter. He awaited the instructions of the Board in the matter, but was afraid that there were many wells in Compton Dundon in as bad a condition. The remedy would be to abandon this source of disorder and have water from a distance, but in so small a community it would be a great expense.

(Langport and Somerton Herald June 1892)

Future dates - Always from 10 a.m. until 12 noon

June 10th – Village Hall

July 8th - Castlebrook Inn

August - NO REPAIR CAFÉ

December 9th Village Hall

September 9th – Village Hall

October 14th – Village Hall

November 11th – Village Hall

A large group of members visited Brismore Garden Centre at the May meeting, delighted to view the plants and receive a 25% discount!

We were given a brief talk on what colourful plants were available for planting at this time. Among them was a rosy-coloured geum, an alpine erysimum – tiny wallflower with bright yellow flowers, a lovely bright pink hemerocallis. Small shrubs included a new pittosporum with chocolate leaves under green ones. Sumptuous clematis now in flower and one with orange-pink shoots which grows 2-3 metres high. Brismore's aim is to provide plants that are 80% or more grown in the UK, many of their plants are home-grown, only bringing in plants from other sources if their supply runs out. The use of peat in the compost bags will be excluded from 2024 so other material such as coir is being trialed and found successful.

Armed with our 2 blue beads, one to be handed over for our free tea, and one at the cash desk to pay for our plants, we set off to explore the very eclectic range of plants and many took advantage of the high quality of plants which will grace their gardens this summer. However, don't forget to keep on watering them!

The meeting on 5th June will be by Amy Willoughby on the Plotgate Community Farm at Barton St David.

The meeting in July is an outing to Yeo Organic Garden at Holt Farm in Blagdon. The date is Friday 7th July in the afternoon. If sufficient members attend, we will have a tour of the garden with one of their guides which lasts about 1 and a half hours. The cost of entry is £7-00 each and the cost of the tour will be paid for by the Club. As booking of cars is essential, we need to know how many people wish to attend and how many need a lift. We will be requiring final numbers at our June meeting.

Everyone should now have their Village Show brochure. Study it carefully and think about how many entries you can muster!! Look forward to seeing and enjoying your efforts.

Village Hall Summer planting -

Lobelia Waterfall Lavender, Waterfall Purple

Lysimachia Midnight sun (yellow flowers)

Marigold Vanilla

Nemesia Lady Mary (white/yellow), Plums and Custard, Sunmesia Denim (purple)

Verbena Black Velvet

Our school has been very lucky to have the support of Polyvine in Cheddar, who generously provided Decorators Varnish to protect our beautiful school mural. You may have noticed the team of 11 from Dulux Decorator Centre who were on site on 26th and 27th April to apply the varnish to our external pods and, as they were here, we armed them with a long list of additional jobs to do! These included mowing, hedge trimming and strimming the large playing field and our forest school area, digging a vegetable patch from scratch, re-siting our tulip and daffodil bulbs, fixing benches and a table, tidying our Forest School area, painting a shed, cutting back a vast area of brambles, creating an insect hotel, upcycling wood to make a planter, painting creative signs and clearing a huge pile of debris, including rotting wood and rocks, from the school field. And of course numerous trips to the tip! This tremendous team of volunteers have allowed our pupils to enjoy our outdoor area in various ways, making our surroundings safer, more accessible and pleasant and we know we will enjoy more time out there this summer. We hope that you notice the difference when you pass our school.

Thank you Dulux Decorator Centre!

May 100+ Club winners:

1st £20 Laura Pammett # 6

2nd £15 Laura Pammett # 120

3rd £10 Andrew Curtis # 139

4th £5 James Bullett # 134

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