Hatherleigh Town Council Councillors…
Graham Alford (Mayor)
My name is Graham Alford. I have been a resident in Hatherleigh for 24 years with my wife Linda and my two children Emma and Simon, I have lived around this area since birth, and my family are all from this area. I used to run an Agricultural Business in Hatherleigh for 20 years and recently within the leisure industry, so I have a good understanding of the area and its needs and Business requirements.
I currently work for a National Private Training company as a Senior Training Advisor, giving NVQ training in Prisons, as part of the rehabilitation programme.
I was elected onto the Town council three years ago. My main aim was representation for residents on Moor View. But since being elected I have taken up issues and concerns from all areas of the community.
I am proud to work with the current council as we have achieved a lot for the Town over the past few years. I have worked on the sub Committee to set up Allotments in the Town which are now up and running, I also worked on the committee to help bring the Tour of Britain to Hatherleigh in 2009 which was a great success for the Town.
I enjoy working on the council and helping local people to make Hatherleigh the successful and friendly Community it is.
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Chris Calkin
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Dennis Bater
After moving to Hatherleigh in 1966 I soon joined the Hatherleigh Town Council and the Hatherleigh Fire Brigade until 1995.
Now, in 2010, I have served for over 40 years on the Town Council.
I have served as Mayor on about seven occasions and twice as Mayor of West Devon Borough Council.
I have served on many committees i.e. Carnival, Moor Management, School governors, Old Town Hall, History Society, Sports field, and the first Hatherleigh Festival,
Being a Borough Councillor I have had an input to the town and in some cases putting forward my ideas like the West Devon Mayor’s award of the year, after completion of the bypass, setting up the Island Park, Bus shelters and Ruby Run.
Other inputs being the sheep statue, The Bypass, which included the town enhancement and many of the Towns art projects, the new Nursing Home, Community Centre, and Ruby Country. I have also written a book called Farm Workers Son to Mayor and recently worked on a new Town Walk Guide.
I served for 18 years as a Postman, collector of rent in the market. With Lesley (my late wife and our three children) we ran the Chip Shop for thirty two years. Having filmed hours of Hatherleigh events I hold a massive record of happenings.
Now retired I live at Black Torrington but I still have a strong interest in Hatherleigh.
Gary Bush
I was born and bred in Wimbledon which at the time was in Surrey. I lived in the same house until I married my wife Olive in 1985. We have 4 boys – David, Anthony, Daniel and Joshua. We bought my parents house soon after Josh was born but then moved to Ewell near Epsom 3 years later. This was because they had a high school with a hearing unit that was required for David. We lived there for a further 3 years until we moved to Hatherleigh in April 2001 during Foot & Mouth. We already had links with Hatherleigh as my sister and brother-in-law had moved here 15 years earlier, so we knew the area , had made some friends here and knew what a unique and friendly town it was.
I work for IBM as a Service Manager (who I joined when I was 20) having been a telephone engineer for 4 years prior to that.
Since moving to Hatherleigh I have had the opportunity to do things in and for the community. I was a school governor for 8 years, was a youth club leader, a member of the small committee who organise the Ruby Run and had the honour of representing the town as Mayor for 3 years. I was involved in the creation of the play park and am a trustee for the Community Centre.
I have been on the Town Council since Feb 2004 and have enjoyed trying to give back into the community.
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Ian Trenaman
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Lesley Winser
I was born in Hatherleigh, and lived here until I married my husband Albert 43 years ago. We moved to the Forestry Houses at Halwill and had two sons, both of whom are now married with children of their own. We now have five grand-children.
We returned to live in Hatherleigh in 1998. Apart from a three year gap when we moved to Malta, we have lived here ever since
My face can sometimes be seen behind the bar at the Tally Ho where I work part time.
I take great pride in my home town and the events we produce, both as a councillor and as a resident.
It was with great pleasure I was received as a councillor, as I feel I have some local knowledge and the best interest of the town at heart
Kay Stevens
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Richard Jones
I grew up in East Devon, and after going away to Agricultural College and then travelling abroad, my wife Jane and I moved to Somerset in 1986 to work on a dairy farm. In 1989 we moved to Inwardleigh to manage a dairy and sheep farm and have stayed in the area since then. Our two children, Martin and Sarah, both went to Hatherleigh School and then on to Okehampton College before going off to University, and my wife Jane is a Veterinary Nurse in a local Veterinary practice.
I work as a Business Development Manager for Blade Farming Ltd., working closely with Beef farmers, many of whom are in the local area, encouraging them to forward plan their businesses and improve their profitability.
I served a term of office as a Parent Governor for Hatherleigh School, and I was a Member of the Folly Gate and Inwardleigh Parish Council from 1991 -1997. I was elected onto the Hatherleigh Town Council in 2003, and as a ‘Pot boiler’ I am privileged be able to represent the Town Council on the Moor Management committee, being part of an organisation that is unique to Hatherleigh. As a Council we always strive to represent the best interests of the Town with the decisions that we make, and I enjoy being a part of that decision making process and trying to maintain the community spirit that we have within the Town.
Andy Gilbert
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