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Tiverton Canal Company celebrate BBC Countryfile Calendar 2012
THE Westcountry's only remaining horse-drawn barge has celebrated its ascension to national fame.
Tiverton Canal Company's Phil Brind was proud to discover that the iconic image of his 12-year-old working horse Taffy and the 70-foot Tivertonian barge won a public vote to be featured on BBC Countryfile's 2012 Children in Need calendar.
To celebrate he invited the photographer and competition winner Sarah Williams as well as her family and VIP guests on a special trip along the canal on Sunday 23 October.
Sarah came to the canal with her Canon EOS 40D to take the photograph specifically for the competition. She said: When the announced the category of working animals I thought this would be the ideal place to capture a stunning scene.
I'm very pleased it will help the canal and raise a lot of money for Children in Need.
Everyone should come here, it's wonderful for walking, the barge and to meet the animals.
Mr Brind, whose family has run the company on the 12-mile waterway for 30 years, said he would never have thought the image would be chosen as one of the final dozen.
The competition received more than 55,000 entries across 12 classes and was judged by John Craven, Chris Packham and Janet Street-Porter.
Phil, who runs the company with his wife Jacquie, said working horses are also getting rarer by the year and while they have two others, Dandy, a Clydesdale, and Ross, a Shire, finding their successors will be difficult.
He added: Horse drawn barges are still going, but they have been dying off at a great rate and there are only four left in the country.
What this has done is telling people to come and use us before we die out completely.
The Grand Western Canal is a fantastic place to have this, and I'm very proud to be part of Tiverton.
Tiverton's Mayor Cllr Neal Davey stressed the importance of the photo not only for the canal but for the town as a whole: It's an excellent accolade for the town as the calendar is going to be available across the country.
The photo shows the unique countryside we have here in the town and the surrounding areas.
Devon County Councillor for Tiverton East Des Hannon added: I'm so pleased for Phil and the Canal Company, Sarah has done all an enormous service.
Tiverton is actually a heritage town and people here often forget that, and this gives us something to help encourage people to come and visit the town.
Cllr Lewis Clarke of Tiverton's Cranmore Ward added: I've grown up with the canal on my doorstep and always make sure to tell people to come here if they are visiting the area.
This is a brilliant day for everyone in Tiverton and I would like to congratulate Sarah on her hard work in capturing such a magnificent photo.
Tiverton Canal Company's New Grand Western Canal Shire Horse
Ever heard the one about the heavy horses that grew too big? No? Well, it's no joke – Britain's heavy horses are getting too large for some of the jobs they used to do. Like pulling canal barges…
Enter young, frolicsome, petite Westfield Spencer. That is the passport name of this moderately sized foal at the moment, although he should soon have a more straightforward stable-name in the near future, after the Tiverton Canal Company staged a Facebook competition asking its followers to come up with something more user-friendly.
Apparently size really does matter.
The breeds of the big heavy horses have been dying out, says company owner Philip Brind. What's happened is that we are left with the 'heavies' that are winning the shows – they look good, but they are just too big for a lot of the jobs they used to do.
In the old days you could get a good Shire at around 16 hands, but now we seem to be following the American influence – everything is so big. The sizes have gone silly. The few heavy horses that are left are being bred the wrong way, which means they are no good as working horses.
Mr Brind told the Western Morning News: When you are working a horse on a day-to-day basis you need short legs and muscle – something that's lower to the ground. Certainly from the point of view pulling a barge that is what you need – partly because a lot of canal bridges are very low.
The Tiverton Canal Company has been operating barge trips along the Grand Western Canal for 40 years and is one of only four in the UK still using the traditional horse-drawn technology. So the increasing size of the animals has been giving Mr Brind something to worry about in recent years.
For the first time ever we've pushed the boat out, if you'll forgive the pun, and bought a yearling – simply because there is a lack of smaller Shires, said Mr Brind. What happened is that a friend said he had something rather special – a registered Shire with a mum who is not too big and a dad who, equally, isn't large.
So it all looks good, we're hoping to bring him in at 16 hands – although he won't be working for a while yet. We have up to three or four horses here at any one time – two main horses and then one on its way to retirement or one coming in. So we'll be allowing this foal to grow and put on weight – and we will be training him using dead-weights like old tractor tyres around the yard.
It seems that the massive Shire type horses were not always the ones used by bargees 200 years ago: It is a bit of a myth that these huge Shires used to pull the barges, said Mr Brind. There's a myriad of stories about the types of horse that would have been used – I've heard of donkeys, mules, pit-ponies – you name it.
But we wouldn't create half the interest if we used a donkey. It's not a problem on this canal as the bridges here are large. But people love the heavy horses – and in turn they love doing the work.
Barge rides at Tiverton resume in April after a winter break. For more information see tivertoncanal.co.uk or visit the Facebook page facebook.com/tivertoncanal
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Tiverton, Devon, Snow & Winter Scenes - January 6th 2010 (1/3)
Starting off at home, brushing the snow off the bonet of my car, and seeing how the cat the likes the snow - which turned out to be not much.
Then heading through the Great Western Way Roundabout, and into Amory Park, where people are making a snowman, and kicking a football about.
Then I headed into the town centre, and Lowman Green. The statue of Edward the Peacemaker looked like he had caught a cold, and the ducks were in the snow.
Then I headed up past Castle Street and St Peter's to People's Park.
The Tiverton Carnival 2009
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A REVITALISED Tiverton Carnival drew crowds - including Trevor Maunder to the centre of the town to marvel at a procession of imaginative floats and colourful walking entries.
There were 50 entries in total to this years Tiverton Community Carnival, an significant increase on previous years.
Among those taking part were a whole bunch of Tiverton's majorette goups, and primary schools from across the town added some fun and cheer to the event.
Despite heavy showers throughout Saturday (November 21), the weather dried up for the procession itself which set off from Blundells Road shortly after 7pm.
Spectators lined the route through the town centre to watch the noise and spectacle, while some took advantage of first and second floor flats to enjoy a great vantage point to admire the parade.
Schools got involved with the carnival in a big way this year, with six different entries from town schools.
Michelle Clarke, organising the carnival for the first time, said:
We have received a fantastic community response which marks a great turnaround for the carnival.
Mayor of Tiverton Cllr Paul Graham who viewed the carnival from an open top bus, said it had been a great event, which he was pleased to see had been well supported by the community.
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Lew's News Extra - Tiverton Town Hall Children's Parliament 2012
Young people took control of Tiverton Town Hall this week to tell councillors what they would like to see improved in our area.
Around fifty pupils between years four and seven from 12 schools which are members of the Tiverton Learning Community took part in Children's Parliament.
They spent the morning looking at the town's history and comparing it to the present day before coming up with their own ideas on how to shape Tiverton's future.
The day was supported by all areas of local government with councillors taking a keen interest in the ideas.
As well as giving children the chance to formulate ideas, it is another way in which young people in the town are brought together as a community.
At the end of the morning, a map of Tiverton had been coloured in which was full of ideas ready to be talked about during the afternoon.
Meanwhile in the mayoralty room children were getting creative with drama by exploring their feelings about starting at the high school and their future within the community.
Town, district and county councillors were invited to come along for a presentation in the afternoon which showcased the best ideas the pupils had come up with -- these included talking bins and a machine to pick chewing gum up, rare wildlife being released on the Grand Western Canal, an area for people to graffiti in the town centre and the creation of an area for storytelling and outdoor performing arts to displayed.
Everyone in the room then had a chance to vote for their favourite idea.
While the votes were being counted, the performance pieces as mentioned earlier were shown to the civic dignitaries.
Following the performances, County Councillor for Tiverton East Des Hannon announced the results from the vote.
The council have promised to look into all four ideas put forward by the youth of the town so look out for graffiti walls and talking bins in the town soon.
And to see the full fifty minute presentation and performances you can do so by finding it on our homepage at youtube.co.uk/lewsnews2004.
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First Night Out for the Tiverton Street Pastors
TIVERTONs newest line up to a Saturday night has been welcomed to the town by partygoers, who now have somebody to look out for them when theyre out late at night.
Every Saturday from 8.00pm until late, street pastors will be out on patrol in the town centre. I joined first set of street pastors heading out into a cold dark Tivvy night among those who may have had a bit too much drink but of course were having a good time, and nothing Im a stranger to doing myself.
The street pastor scheme began in London seven years ago, and there now over one hundred teams of pastors in the UK.
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TIVERTONIANS gathered in their hundreds to honour the tradition of water bailing which occurs every seven years.
Over 400 people finished the six mile walk of the leat which starts at Coggan's Well, and leads through gardens, allotments, farmyards, woodland and rough terrain to its source at Norwood Common.
The event on Saturday September 11 commemorates the gift of a stream of water to the town by Countess Isabella of Devon around 750 years ago.
The ceremony started at the well in Fore Street at 9am after the Tiverton Town Band had played the National Anthem and Bailiff Brian Homer read the proclamation:
O Yes! O Yes! O Yes! I hereby proclaim and give notice that under and by virtue of all wills, gifts, Acts of Parliament, rights of prescriptions and all other powers and right on behalf of this town and parish, the Town Council publicly claim this stream of water for ever, for the sole use and benefit and as the right of the inhabitants of the town of Tiverton, from the well called Coggan's Well to the head of the stream on Norwood Common.
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Tiverton Beer Festival 2011
TIVERTON Pannier Market hosted the town's first ever beer festival this weekend.
The Tiverton Trade Association which organised the event welcomed hundreds to the even on Sunday 4 September to sample nine varieties of cider and ten different types of ale.
The event was opened at noon by town mayor Cllr Neal Davey and there was live music, drinks and food until 10pm.
Organisers say that close to 1,000 pints of drink was consumed over the ten hours and that police were always on hand to oversee the proceedings.
Money raised from the festival will help raise funds for a new Trade Association website and be donated towards the mayor's charity pot which helps clubs and organisations in Tiverton.
Cllr Sue Griggs of the Tiverton Trade Association said: There was a lot of organisation involved, it's much more than people would think.
It's been a really good day and everyone has been really well behaved. Hopefully it will become an annual event.
Tiverton Pannier Market chairman Chris Firth added: Tiverton Market is a surprising place to visit and we have lots and lots to offer.
It's been a brilliant day. Lots of people and families are having a good time.
We've had other festivals here in the market and it's very encouraging and we hope to do more.