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November 18th 2011 - "The Oldies are the Best" - Songs from the years gone by with Andy Eastwood and Lucia Matisse. In aid of BBC Radio Devon Air Ambulance Appeal and Macmillan Cancer Support. Tickets £12.50 from www.emilymillermusic.co.uk or Beer Village Store or telephone 01404 46965

May 6th, 2011 - Geoff Pook, standing as an Independent candidate won the election to represent Beer and Branscombe at East Devon District Council. He replaces Mike Green who did not stand for election ths time.

April 3rd, 2011 - Many people who go to the beach on Regatta day are used to the sight of Pebble Bob, generally in fancy dress, at the top of Sea Hill with his collection tins. Sadly this will no longer be the case on future Regatta days as Bob Hodson passed away today.

March 18th, 2011 - In aid of Seaton and Beer St John Ambulance - Think Floyd at Seaton Town Hall - Tickets from Byrne-Jones.

March 13th - THE GRIZZLY.

March 12th, 2011 - University of Exeter present 'The Merry Wives of Windosor' at the Mariners Hall - 7.30 pm - Tickets from the Post Office.

March 12th, 2011 - Christchurch Earthquake Appeal. - Bring and Buy / Coffee Morning at St Michael's Church between 10.00 a.m and 12.00 noon. All hep and donations very much appreciated. Contacts: Sue Green 01297 22640 or Annie Boalch 01297 21305

March 3rd, 2011 - Jurassic Coast Team are holding a free public event at the Mariners Hall. For more details click here

October 7th,  2010 - Beer has won the "New Entry" section of the Best Kept Village Competition 2010. The award will be presented at the Mariners' Hall at 2.00 p.m.

September 28th, 2010 - BBC Radio 2 show  - Radcliffe and Maconie show at 8.p.m will be broadcast from Dolphin Hotel, Beer.

September 2010 - A new page has been introduced that contains items relating to Beer from old newspaper archives. View here

August 23rd, 2010 - Open University reports that some microbes living in the rocks from Beer cliff that were sent in to space in 2008 and returned to earth in September 2009 survived the trip. BBC news story

July 3rd, 2010 - Midsummer Music For Life at Beer Football Club  from Noon until midnight. More info

May 27th, 2010 - Wendy Cummins was awarded the RNLI Gold badge for over 30 years of fund raising for the organisation by the Duke of Kent at the Barbican Centre in London.

May 26th - Beer Albion won the Golesworthy Cup 4-2 against Clyst Valley. This follows a successful season where the first team have won promotion to the Premier division and the Reserves have won promotion to Division 5.

Apr 25th - Axe Vale Harriers Point to Point at Stafford Cross

Feb 18th, 19th, 20th - 'Peter Pan' performed by the Panto People in the Mariners' Hall.

New Year's Eve 2009.
Beer Coastguards spent New Year's Eve rescuing a woman from cliffs at Peak Hill, Sidmouth. Also on the scene were Exmouth Coastguards, police and paramedics. Coastguards were called at 22:09 on New Year's Eve and returned at 01:33 New Year's Day. The lady in question was 100 feet down the cliff, a rescue helicopter from Chivenor was also involved but their winchman was unable to get to the casualty.  The Coastguards lowered a man down the cliff to cut his way through the dense gorse to get to her, and until he got there did not know whether or not she was alive.  Happily she was relatively uninjured but suffering from hypothermia, the aircraft eventually lifted her off the cliff and transferred her to RD & E Hospital.

November 28 2009 - Variety Show at the Mariner's Hall in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support and St John Ambulance

September 2009 - Beer Horticultural Society

• Beer was awarded a Gold Certificate in the Britain in Bloom competition. This is the first time that Beer has won this award
• The South West in Bloom RHS Certificate of Merit was awarded for the Pigs Path Improvement Project
• Pecorama won the City of Bath trophy for landscaping

Sept 26th, 2009 - Pumpkin Show at Beer Social Club.

Sept 26th, 2009. The European Space Agency spacecraft that included rock samples from Beer is due to return to earth.

Sept 7th - 20th, 2009 - Exhibition of works by Emma Molony in the 'Bomb Shelter'

Sept 5th and 6th , 2009 - Beer Festival at Beer Social Club. 

Aug 26th, 2009. BBC TV recorded a story about the bit of rock that was taken from Beer and sent into space.

Aug 22nd -29th, 2009 Wurlitzer Week.

July 24-26th, 2009 - 319th Meeting of The Morris Ring hosted by Exeter Morris Men. Performances at Jubilee Gardens on Sat 25th from 2.45p.m. 

July 18th, 2009 - Churchill Productions presented 'TWO' at the Mariners' Hall.

June 20th, 2009 - Midsummer Music For Life at Beer Football Club ran from Noon until midnight. The event raised over £6300 for the two main charities.

April 18th, 2009 - THE ROOT - An evening of Rhythm and Blues to raise money for a bench in memory of Jim Riley, one of the founders of the Beer R&B Festival. Among those appearing were:- Jellicle Cats, Copoutz, Brock and the Badgers, Walk Hards and Tim Royce's King Roosters at Mariners Hall from 7p.m.  Admissiion FREE - but all donations gratefully received towards the Memorial Bench Fund.

March 2009. Caxtons Collectiques of Bampton  is doing valuations and sales of various items from a late person's estate. This includes a large album of sketches and watercolours of towns and villages in East Devon and West Dorset, including paintings of Beer, Seaton, Axmouth and Lyme Regis.  The artist was an amateur called Margaret Froude Hancock. All of the watercolours/sketches are from the Victorian period and some are dated between 1877 - 1890. The paintings have been valued at £30 each. Anyone interested can contact Stuart Bennett on 01398 331510 before they are auctioned off for charity.

February 19th-21st, 2009. Panto People present 'Aladdin' at the Mariners Hall.

February 17th, 2009.  Natalie Puddicombe was awarded the Tallow Chandler's Prize and City and Guild Medal of Excellence in a ceremony in London  for her work at Beer Puffins Pre-School.

February 13th 2009. Music for Life Event at the Dolphin Hotel.

February 7th, 2009. There will be an Activies fair in the Mariners Hall where representatives from clubs and groups in the village will provide and display details about the activities available in the village.

November 2008. Alan Barrett and his sister Julie were taken to South Africa as part of the TV programme, "Noel's Christmas presents" that was broadcast on Sky One on Sunday 21st December.

Panto People are looking for a keyboard player for their forthcoming production. Anyone who is interested should contact the director, Audrey Tims, on 01297 20048.

October 12th, 2008. A two seater Spitfire flew over Beer to scatter the ashes of Jim Riley, a co-founder of the R&B Festival at sea.

Beer was awarded the Silver Gilt Certificate at the South West in Bloom Awards for 2008.

October 9th, 2008. Organ open day at the Congregational Church.

September 13th, 2008. A team of 4 rowers from Beer, Justin Adkin, Robert Adkin, Martin Adkin and Sam Phillips, participated in the Great River Race, which is a race from Richmond to Greenwich on the river Thames. Details

August 2008 - Generation Soccer ran a summer holiday football camp at Beer Albion Football Club on Thursday 14^th & Friday 15^th August 2008 for children aged from 5 to 14 years of age.

July 19th, 2008 - Music For Life festival at Beer Albion Football Club, from midday to midnight in aid of Cancer Research UK starring the Blue Bishops. The weather was good, as was the music and a total of over £5000 was raised.

June 2008 - Beer Coastguard team received awards from the MCA and Devon and Cornwall police at a presentation night at Sidmouth Sailing club. The awards were for the work carried out in the early stages of the Napoli grounding incident, January and February 2007.

June 2008. Beer Bag project. From an idea that originated at Beer Primary School a reusable shopping bag made from jute and with a Beer logo is in production. 

Sponsored Horse Ride 2008. Charlotte Wakley organised a ride from Whitchurch, Bristol to Beer,Devon, arriving on Easter Sunday to raise funds for The Mission for Deep Sea Fishermen and Cancer Research UK. Click here for more details. The event raised £4750.

March 9th, 2008. AVR Grizzly. Among the competitors were  Ali Green, Sue Green,'Bilko' Mutter and Richard Oswald.

February 21st-23rd, 2008. Panto at the Mariners Hall.

January 2008. John Scott has been elected a full Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts.

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