RETIREMENT - At a recent meeting of Woolhope Parish Hall Committee, Mr S W B Dereham, of Sapness Farm, Woolhope, retired as chairman of the committee after 33 years on the committee, 27 of them as chairman. Gerald Brown, chairman of the parish council, presented Mr Dereham with a pair of binoculars, with thanks from the 'user' groups' and individuals in the parish. He thanked him for his dedication and years of service to the community. Mr Dereham had steered the committee through the rough times in the deteriorating old hall into the 21st century hall, completed in the fading months of the old Millennium.