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APRIL 2023

“Our spring has come at last with the soft laughter of April suns and shadow of April showers.” – Byron Caldwell Smith The Cut Label ... New Spring and Summer ranges page 20

Monty Don ... A Gardener for all Seasons pages 24&25

Ivybridge Chamber of Commerce .. Easter Trail page 21

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his month’s magazine certainly has an outdoor garden feel as we celebrate Easter; it really is beginning to feel a bit more like Spring. Arguably Easter is the most important festival in the Christian calendar and on Page 8 Ivybridge Methodist Church have detailed their Easter Services, to which all are welcome to attend.

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Fingers crossed in the hope that the weather is kind in April and we can all enjoy what the outside has to offer. Our centre page feature this month is Monty Don. 2023 marks Monty Don’s twentieth anniversary as the popular presenter of the BBC’s Gardeners’ World. Mind you the gardening feature on Low maintenance gardens on page 26 is probably a more appropriate read for me. If you need anything for the garden, there’s plenty on offer locally with Lawson’s and Palladium on page 40 and James Hawkins Fencing on page 27. Even our book reviews on page 12 have a garden theme with the Ivybridge Bookshop detailing a whole host of literary events on page 13. It’s worth mentioning that if the Ivybridge bookshop doesn’t have what you want, Matt can order it in for you. I’ve used this brilliant service and never waited more than 48hours. With a “different hat on” Matt has sent us details of the Ivybridge Easter Trail - Find the Golden Duck on page 21 that the Ivybridge Chamber of Commerce have organised. It’s great to see some business collaborations emerging locally that at the same time support Ivybridge Brewing, a fantastic Social Enterprise featured on page 29.

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If you’re looking to get out over Easter, Lukesland Gardens on page 27 really is a hidden jewel on our doorstep so worth a visit. Yealmpton Show Committee are looking for volunteers to help with this year’s show, why not make contact and have a go? (See page 23 for details.) So, here’s hoping you have a fab Easter and can enjoy the outdoors this April.

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So, there I was standing on my own on platform two of Ivybridge railway station staring up and down the line waiting for a train. I had arrived early, and much to my surprise was joined by about twentyfive others just as the 11.35 rolled into view. As we piled on, I became aware of lady trotting over the bridge dragging a rather heavy case behind her. Having missed many a connection myself, I tried to do the gentlemanly thing and get on the train as slowly as possible in order that she could catch it. Rather red faced, she made it, puffing and panting but was safely on board and very grateful. I tried to be even more helpful by lugging her bag on for her, placing it in the luggage rack, slotting her coat in the overhead shelf and then offered her the one remaining seat as the train started to roll. ‘Just made it,’ she said. ‘I always hate these trips to Plymouth.’ I watched Bittaford slide past the window and had to ask, ‘Is this why you’re going to Exeter?’ She glanced out of both train windows and got off at Newton Abbot in quite a bad mood! I would like to think that I’m up with the trends and fully conversant with modern technology. So much so that when I was detailed to go and do some shopping a couple of weeks ago I decided to open my supermarket app on my phone which would read the bar codes of the items I needed and thus could save time at the checkout. 22

This is the first time I’ve actually opened the app and in a timesaving five minutes had to download it all over again and re-register as I stood by the entrance muttering foul oaths. I then set off and soon realised that it was easier to keep the app open as it switched off after each item went onto the list. After a few ‘other’ technical issues, dropping it in the cauliflowers and taking a picture of a tub of coleslaw … I was soon ‘bleeping’ away nicely. Bag of carrots, pack of ham, four chocolate eclairs on special offer, I was really getting the hang of it. Then the phone decided to kick me out because it hadn’t been active for a couple of minutes ... I was looking for Dijon mustard… they had moved it. So, I took the phone out of its cover and opened the screen permanently just to save a bit more time. As I walked down one aisle, this sixtyone-year-old had convenience shopping absolutely licked. When I got to the till, I discovered that the phone had read every barcode I had passed in the last twenty feet. I had bought a slap at dog food, six packs of plain flour, a cat litter tray and poop scoop plus two bottles of whiskey, only one was in the trolly. The express checkout till and my shopping took half an hour and two assistants to re programme!

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Benton has a recurring role as Father McBride in the James Nesbitt series Murphy’s Law and His hit singles include “Love of the Common has starred with Vic and Bob in the series People”, “Wherever I Lay My Hat”, “Come Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) , Catterick, Back and Stay”,Trousers. “Every Time Youhe Go Away” and Monkey In 1999, played andMickeyo “Everything Change”, Formerly the in theMust last episode of series 5, The frontman of the short-lived bands Katappeared Kool Wedding, of Ballykissangel. He also & the Kool Cats,representative Streetband and Q-Tips, as an Earthly of the Devilhe in became a teen idol with solo success the 2003 ITV drama The his Second Coming,inand thethe 1980s. 2005 ITV drama Planespotting. From 1999 to 2003 Benton played Martin Pond in sitcom His smooth voice belonged to Three a Barbara.yet He soulful has also starred in the BBC comedy I’m Stupid and in the Doctor Who genre known aswith "blue-eyed soul". At the 1985 conspiracy Brit episode Awards,“Rose” Youngas received the theorist award Clive. for late 2008, Benton starredwith in the ITVSecond drama BestInBritish Male. Associated the Britannia High co-stars in Time Scoop, in which British Invasion of and the US, "Every You Go he plays Max number de Lacey. Benton co-starred Away" reached one on the Billboardin Mysteries episode Girl Hotthe 100Roman in 1985. It also won Best “The BritishSlave Video from Jerusalem”. at the 1986 Brit Awards. Film1985, roles include Ricky in Mike In July Young appeared atLeigh’s Live Aid held Career Girls (1997), Phil in the 2001 cult at Wembley Stadium, London, performing the British independent film Mr In-Between, and Band Aid hit "Do They Know It's Christmas?" the British comedy Three and Out (2008). (having sung the opening lines on the original Benton featured in all three of The Booze single release) Cruise episodes, with Martin Clunes and Brian andhe hisappeared own hits in Murphy, among others. In 1996 "Come Back Catherine’s Cookson “The Girl”. and Stay" and "Every You In April 2008, Benton appeared as Time Jess Yates GoGreen, Away",Most with in the BBC Four drama Hughie Sincerely. Alison Moyet joining him on Other roles have included Connor in perform Afterlife stage to (2005), Dad in The Imaginarium of Doctor "That's The Way Parnassus Hustle (2010), andhas Farmer Love Is". Since(2009), the mid-1990s, Young Finch in the BBC’s Land Girls. performed with his band Los Pacaminos.

Young first formed Los Pacaminos in 1993. The reason for the group forming was Young’s desire to get back to basics, as he explains

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Benton joined the cast of BBC drama Waterloo “I was labels and writing Road inbetween its seventhrecord series[2] as Daniel ‘Chalky’ material for a new album I wanted Chalk, a Maths teacher untilbut 6 March 2013to however, returned for loved an episode in play live Benton again. I’ve always the Tex-Mex series 9. and knew a few musicians who had sound

a similar passion for this type of music. So I

Inasked 2015 Benton Police Constable them toappeared join me inasforming a band.” Walt Everett in the BBC daytime series Father Brown, episode 3.12 “The Standing Stones”. He The group’s early performances were in also appeared as Les in the “La Couchette”, bars and clubs, performing a mixture of their the first episode of the second series of own material covers. album Los anthology seriesand Inside No. 9.The In 2015, Benton Pacaminos in 2002. presented thewas BBCreleased One daytime game show The Edge for its first series, being replaced by Upon the release of the album, the band Gabby Logan.

established themselves as a professional line-

On 21 August up,the consisting of:2016, Benton played Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Mendelssohn) in•Young the BBCon prom 48. and Benton appeared as a guitar vocals bartender in the on December 2016 Christmas •Drew Barfield guitar and vocals Special of Duffy British on Sitcom Outnumbered. •Melvyn pedal steel guitar

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In 2017, he played Dennis Feldman in the ITV vocals drama, The Halcyon.[6]

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vocals As of February 2018, Benton starred as Frank •Jamie Moses on guitar and vocals Hathaway, •Mark Pinder or Jim Russel on drums alongside The band continued to perform and record actress Jo Joyner inthroughout the new Europe and the UK. In 2014, the BBC daytime band released their second album A Fistful of comedy Statins. drama Shakespeare &Other Hathaway: media released by the band include Private Investigators an EP and a live album. In 2015, member Matt Irving died. The band, however, continues to tour and record.

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