October looks like being a lively month – there is plenty of good news about initiatives from the Council (see Justin Robinson’s report on page 23), and an exciting project concerned with Bruton’s history is going ahead thanks to the sterling efforts of Annette Pitman, former Chair of Bruton The Way Forward (see page 13).
The summer, which in the main has been truly awful, has nevertheless given us some good days. Two of them happened to coincide with the Shepton Montague and the Batcombe Fêtes, and both of these splendid events broke records with the money they raised – all for excellent causes, naturally. If you didn’t make it to either, see what you missed on pages 33 and 41.
With less trumpeting than you might have expected, the new non-emergency number of 101 for the police is now in place, both nationally and locally. It’s so easy to remember, instead of having to look up a more complex number. Our readers are of course far too sensible to need reminding that 999 should be used only in real emergencies, not if your granny has left her specs on the bus or your kitten is stuck up a tree.
The Q&A series has been resumed, and we’re delighted that it’s been taken on by Matthew Keegan. Matthew is a professional editor and a Bruton resident. His interview with Richard Hollingbery is on page 8.
In the course of a week in London seeing lots of old friends, a Tube poster made me smile: ‘VISIT INDIA’, it said, and then, over a photo of a magnificent tiger, ‘Not everyone in India is polite, hospitable or vegetarian!’ It quite cheered me up.
Elisabeth Balfour
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