Over the last 13 years, three editors and a team of around eight have nursed the publication from an initial 16 pages to a regular 60 page issue.

The local community keeps the copy flowing, with contributions of articles, poems, puzzles and photographs.

The Eagle is hand delivered locally by a team of around twelve, but many copies find their way across the globe, with postal arrangements in place as far afield as Australia and America.

The magazine is now principally funded by advertising and donations but this special issue received a considerable boost when Eagle designer and contributor Stella Potter decided to celebrate the occasion by having her flowing auburn locks shaved off in public, with a collection to boost funds.

Last Saturday, Stella took to a stage at the Hut on the Green whilst a crowd of supportive locals and bemused visitors watched Sarah Jane, stylist from local salon Srossics go to work.

Suspense is everything, and the various stages in the proceedings were interspersed with episodes of an appropriate hairy-fairytale by local storyteller Cathy Low.

The whole event raised a superb £326.11.

Editor Ian Hay and the Eagle team are delighted with the support from local people and visitors alike, who were encouraged, cajoled and bullied into parting with their hard earned cash by local shopkeeper and community stalwart Alistair Cassie.

Stella deserves the last word: "I am delighted at the generous and good-natured support we received.

My new look is very liberating, but I'll be glad when summer finally arrives as I have discovered being bald is very chilly!"