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The Poole Directory Edition 6

Published by: Debbie & Stephen Corney of Dorset Publications

Telephone: 01202 894397

Email: info@thepooledirectory.co.uk

Copy deadline for September edition: 23rd August 2011 Disclaimer: Whilst every care has been taken to ensure that data in this publication is accurate, the publisher cannot accept any liability to any party to loss or damage caused by errors or omissions resulting from negligence, accident or any other cause.

The Poole Directory does not officially endorse any advertising material included within the publication. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval systems or transmitted in any form, without prior permission of the publisher.

Dear Poole, So the holiday season is upon us. Hayden, our son, has gone to Grandma and Grandad’s for a couple of weeks up North. He could not wait to get in the car! When I called this evening and Grandma asked if he wanted to speak to me, his casual response was “No that’s fine”. I guess he is doing well then! Funny aren’t they. I can’t blame him… boat trips, quad bikes, fishing, parks, games and undivided attention. That’s what Grandparents are for hey. We are very lucky. I hope if you are a grandparent that you get to see your grandchildren too.

So — despite all the fun of the summer (and I do hope we get some more sunshine) do take a look through The Poole Directory and get some help in the house, have the garden maintained, your bike MOT’d, update your insurance, have a loft conversion or indeed get lots of things done that you haven’t gotten around to yet. All of the advertisers inside will be very willing to help. Please give them a call and do mention the Directory! I always love to hear that the local people are getting lots of calls. There are of course many articles from local organisations and clubs who would also love to hear from you. There is a full index on page 30. The very lucky winner of the Big Three at the BIC last month was Wendy Harley. Well done to you and we hope you have a great day out with the family. This month the prize is an organic beauty basket. Good luck.

Steve and I wish you all a fabulous summer!!

Very Best Wishes,

Debbie

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THE ROYAL MARINES ARE BACK IN TOWN The Royal Marines Association Concert Band are performing once again for an afternoon concert at Lighthouse Poole on Sunday 4th September at 3pm in aid of Royal Marines Charities, and the local charity The Friends of Dolphin, a Trust dedicated to giving free boat trips to disabled members of the community.

Back for a 3rd visit by public demand, as always there will be a comprehensive range of music to suit all tastes from popular marches to big band, theatre & film music, classics etc & the traditional Sunset finale - No one should be disappointed with a band that has over 1800 years worth of musical experience!

Being former serving RM Musicians, we haven't quite lost our touch yet !!

The band is under the direction of Capt David Cole MVO LRAM RM a retired Officer and former Director of Music of the HM Royal Yacht Band, his outstanding drive and panache has brought the band into the

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forefront of concert music in Europe, so make a date in your diary and enjoy the sights and sounds and the proud tradition of HM Royal Marines.

A CONCERT IN AID OF THE “FRIENDS OF DOLPHIN”

You will be supporting a local Charity “The Friends of Dolphin” which since 1982 has taken over 30,000 disabled people for free boat trips around Poole Harbour.

This is the band’s third annual concert and an occasion not to be missed.

Director of Music Capt David Cole MVO MMUS ARCM RM

SUNDAY 4th SEPTEMBER at 3pm BOX OFFICE: 0844 4068666 TICKETS FROM £11.50

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Firework Nights!

Every Thursday night this August 7-10pm The Sandbanks Hotel Terrace proudly present their Fireworks Nights! £20 per person, including:-

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Dinner from the BBQ Menu Table Service Inside and outside heated seating Evening entertainment from two bands Best view of the fireworks in front of the hotel!

£15 per child (up to 15yrs), including:- Dinner from the BBQ AND a soft drink - Full kids programme hosted by Funsters

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Dates: August 11th / 18th / 25th

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Talking about wildlife with

Bees

The buzzing drone of a bee is a familiar sound and a sign of summer to us all. There are over 250 different types of wild bee in the UK, from the biggest bumble bees down to small solitary bees, and the part that they play in our ecosystem, food chain and economy is invaluable. Bumble and honeybees live in colonies, whereas solitary bees build their own nests and are not dependent on others. Most bees feed on pollen and nectar, although leaf cutter bees feed their larvae on chewed leaves instead of pollen. Some bees, such as cuckoo bumble bees and some solitary bees, don’t collect their own pollen but lay their eggs in other bees’ nests as parasites.

Many plants and flowers depend directly on the pollination carried out by bees, as do dozens of crops, including an estimated one third of human food sources. However, despite their importance to us and the environment, bees are facing severe threats and even possible extinction caused by modern farming practices, increased chemical use, disease and loss of habitat.

Our meadows no longer support the wide variety of wild flowers they once did, and many hedgerows have been lost in the last few decades, leading to a loss of vital food sources for the bees.

Some bumblebee species have already vanished altogether and others are in decline. Urgent action is required to ensure the survival of our bee populations, and everyone can do their part to help reduce the plight of bees.

By not using chemicals and by

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growing traditional garden and native wild flowers such as foxglove, lavender, catmint, comfrey and clovers, you can create a natural, bee friendly habitat. Try to introduce wild vetches such as bird’s foot trefoil and red clover in to your lawn or at least part of it. The pollen is particularly pr o t ei n-r i ch a nd v er y i m po r t a nt f o r developing bumble bee embryos. Smaller bees will prefer single, open or flat-headed flowers such as daisies, scabious and evening primrose. Herbs are also excellent bee plants. Putting up a nesting box or tube is easy and providing a home for bees will benefit your garden as well.

For more information on bee friendly gardening, see: www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/wg

Niina Silvennoinen The humble bumble bee

Photo by Ken Dolbear

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Blinding Inspiration for your Windows Known for their quality, Ashley Blinds have a reputation throughout the trade for seeking out the best products at the best prices. As an independent company they are targeted by every major manufacturer in the UK and across Europe. The result is a cutting edge range of products at the keenest of prices for every customer.

In two or three areas Ashley have exclusive products. Their Roman blinds, cassette rollers and outside blinds are first choice for 1000's of customers throughout Dorset.

Ashley Romans offer an enormous selection of totally exclusive fabrics and every blind is hand finished by curtain professionals. Everything about the Ashley Romans collection shouts quality, except the price, which, once again, they keep very reasonable.

Today's gardens offer a continental style living space when covered with an Ashley awning. Using Europe's leading supplier of hardware and coverings of the customer's choice, Ashley create a luxury living space in your garden. Choose from electric or manual, attached to the building or free standing. They even have awnings that fit

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Rollplus - Cassette Roller to your conservatory roof giving the very best of cooling and shading for that all important garden room.

Controlling the heat and light in your conservatory can be a daunting task.

What a refreshing change to find a blinds company that can advise on window film and solar protection as well as state of the art fabrics and home design.

Ashley do seem to have become the blind of choice throughout Dorset. If you are considering any type of blind you should definitely be talking to Ashley Blinds for their depth of knowledge and wide range of choice on 01202 661920.

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Classical Guitarist Daren Mayo The Classical Guitar gives the perfect ambience for your special day.

The sound is warm and relaxing, perfect as background music.

I cover all of Dorset & The New Forest.

Please email for a free CD and further information.

I also offer tuition in electric guitar

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Mark Vincent CERT PFS Independent Financial Adviser Wimborne — Poole — Corfe Mullen — Bournemouth — Surrounding Areas • Retirement/Pension Reviews — Looking at investment choices, levels of risk, past performance and charges, including paid up & deferred schemes.

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VULCAN EFFECT SPREADS TO A SECOND DISPLAY Avro Vulcan confirmed for second Festival appearance Bournemouth Air Festival organisers have confirmed that the mighty Avro Vulcan will now be able to display twice thanks to the support of S&D Leisure, who are supporting Saturday’s display, and Bournemouth Airport, the appearance supporter for Sunday.

Jon Weaver, Bournemouth Air Festival director says; “What a great addition to an already great flying programme.

We’re so pleased to have the Vulcan for a second display, so a big thank you to S&D Leisure and Bournemouth Airport for their generous contribution.”

Stanley Reeves, owner of S&D Leisure said; “We’re proud to support the Vulcan display on Saturday where she’ll be joining the Red Arrows and Tornado Role Demo for what I’m sure will be another great Festival ‘power hour’. It’s certainly going to get loud!”

The Bournemouth Air Festival will be taking place at Bournemouth seafront on August 18th to the 21st and boasts a line up that includes the Red Arrows and The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.

Sally Windsor from Bournemouth Airport said; “The Vulcan is such a tremendous crowd-puller at every event she displays at, so the opportunity to bring her to Bournemouth was too tempting to pass up.”

The imposing bomber is operated by the Vulcan to the Sky Trust, who are delighted at the opportunity to display a second time. CEO of the Trust Dr Robert Pleming said; “We have always said that Bournemouth is a real highlight for us. The flight path along the beach is glorious, the huge crowds very enthusiastic and the reception to the Vulcan is always extremely warm, so we’re very grateful to S&D Leisure for allowing us to extend the Vulcan effect to a second display”.

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Avro Vulcan with bomb bay doors open

Avro Vulcan displays above the Pier Theatre in Bournemouth

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BEACH FOOTBALL STARS SHOW YOUNGSTERS ALL THEIR TRICKS A beach football tournament that took place on Sunday, 10 July 2011, saw Dorset Police and its partners engage with youngsters from Poole as well as hosting Poole’s first international game.

Approximately 350 people attended the Football Focus (focus on communities using sport) beach football event on Sandbanks beach.

the senior tournament was won by Bourne Valley.

The teams then all watched a master class, as England took on Jersey in Poole’s very first international beach soccer match, which saw the home side take a narrow victory, winning 3-2. The Mayor awarded the winning team with the Sandbanks Challenge Cup which will now be played for annually.

A total of 20 five-a-side teams of boys and girls took part in the event, with teams competing from Baiter, Bearwood, Turlin Moor, Parkstone, Bourne Valley and Alderney.

As well as showing off their silky soccer skills on the sand, the youngsters – aged between 10 and 18 years old – also had the opportunity to take part in DJ workshops, boxing, Rounder’s, Ultimate Frisbee and sand sculpting.

Police officers, police community support officers, youth workers and volunteers support the project which aims at engaging and building bridges with the local youths.

England and Jersey teams after their game, along with Dorset Dragons Cheerleaders, local ball boys and the Mayor of Poole

Colin Dutfield, Borough of Poole Youth Services, said: “The aim of Football Focus is to get young people engaged, especially those who are not engaged in positive activity.”

The freshers and junior tournament were won by Alderney, the inters tournament was won by Parkstone and

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Parkstone playing against Alderney in the Freshers competition

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Some Dorset Bones and Burials

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ruesome perhaps, but nevertheless fascinating, Dorset has some odd tales to tell about some of its burials. Take Mrs Perkins, for instance…

She died in 1783, terrified of being buried alive, and so gave the strictest of instructions that her coffin should have a hinged lid. She wanted to be able to push it open if she suddenly woke up after her funeral. She also ordered that she should lie in a building with a special lock to its door that could only be opened from the inside.

Imagining every awkward possibility, she even stipulated that the building should be near the school which used to be in St Michael’s Loft in Christchurch Priory – guessing that the kids there would hear her shouts if ever she managed to squeeze out of her coffin but be unable to get out of the building!

If you go close to Christchurch Priory today, just beyond the east end, in the grounds beside the river walk you can find a weirdly puzzling building. It intrigues those who walk by, as there is no indication as to what it is.

It is, of course, the building where old Mrs Perkins lay for twenty years after her death. It’s empty now, as she was taken to be buried with her husband when he died.

It’s an odd tale, but has a spice of adventure attached to it, because it may well have been used by Dorset smugglers as a hiding-place for their contraband goods.

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——————————— And what about the story of the Dorset Saxon King whose bones were kept for years in an old cutlery-box in the vaults of the then Midland Bank in Woking!

The King in question was the teenager, Edward the Martyr, killed by his wicked stepmother so that she could put her own son, Ethelred the Unready, on the throne.

Edward’s bones were lost for centuries after Shaftesbury Abbey was destroyed

by Henry VIII. Dramatically, they were re-discovered in the 1930’s. However, they became the object of a bitter quarrel between two brothers who both claimed ownership.

While the brothers engaged in a lengthy legal argument, Edward’s royal bones were lodged with the Midland Bank in Woking. However, eventually they were given as relics to Russian Orthodox monks who now keep them in a shrine in Brookwood Cemetery.

People come from far and wide to venerate them…

Do you remember Robin Day, the TV presenter and interviewer? He was the Jeremy Paxman of his time, and cabinet ministers were terrified of being quizzed by him. His grave is in Whitchurch Canonicorum, where the headstone declares: In loving memory of SIR R OBI N DAY , T HE GRAND INQUISITOR. ———————————

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Find us online at www.thepooledirectory.co.uk When you next see Old Harry Rocks, think of the novelist H. G. Wells, whose War of the Worlds more or less gave a kick-start to the entire genre of science fiction. After cremation, Wells’s ashes were cast into the sea next to Old Harry.

——————————— And in Halstock you can find a tombstone commemorating John Pitt, whose astonishing long life enabled him to live in three centuries!

He was born in January 1799 and died in January 1901. He lived in the reigns of four monarchs – George III, George IV, William IV, and Victoria. If only he’d managed to survive just two more days he would also have lived in the reign of Edward VII! ———————————

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These stories and many more can be found in David Hilliam’s most recent book, The Little Book of Dorset, (£9.99 from most bookshops). David is a local writer and lecturer, and is the Secretary of Southbourne Literary Society – the lively, friendly book-lovers’ group who meet monthly in the autumn and spring to listen to talks on literature and the arts. Next season, which begins on Sept 15th in Trinity Methodist Church, Southbourne, features Alan Chedzoy on William Barnes, Beverley Naidoo, the internationally famous writer on apartheid, and Alan Burridge, who is speaking on crime-writing. David Hilliam can be contacted on: Tel: 01202 251356 Email: davidhilliam@ntlworld.com

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Index of Advertisers & Articles Articles Beach Football Stars Show Youngsters Tricks ..... 26 Blinding Inspiration for your Windows ............... 14 Gardening Tips ................................................... 20 Royal Marines are Back in Town......................... 6 Talking about Wildlife: Bees ............................... 12 Vulcan Effect Spreads to a Second Display ......... 22 Bathrooms Young Property Development............................. 7 Blinds & Shutters Ashley Blinds....................................................... 3 Builders Cool Home Improvements .................................. 2 Dream Build........................................................ 19 Excellence Homes ............................................... 5 Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning CarPete Cleaning ................................................ 9 Carpets & Flooring Purbeck Flooring................................................. 10 Cars — Recycle Dorset Motor Company ...................................... 3 Children’s Activities Jo Jingles............................................................. 21 Clothing Bournemouth Jeans ............................................ 24 Computer Services Fahrenheit IT ...................................................... 11 Whizzbits ............................................................ 16 Courses Overcoming Ups & Downs in Life........................ 18 Dance Schools Beat Dance ......................................................... 9 Embroidery & Haberdashery Pinks ................................................................... 3 Events & Attractions Bournemouth Air Festival ................................... 22 Dragon Boat Race............................................... 8 Firework Nights — Sandbanks Hotel .................. 13 Royal Marines Association Concert Band ........... 6 Financial Services Mark Vincent ...................................................... 15 Fitted Furniture Custom World..................................................... 23 Florists Ena’s Florist ........................................................ 32 Football Academies Soccer Scamps .................................................... 19 Garden Gifts & Services Chatfield’s Garden Services ................................ 21 Coppice Tree ....................................................... 15

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Hotels & Restaurants Sandbanks Hotel ................................................. 7 Insurance Age UK Bournemouth ......................................... 13 Kitchens Young Property Development ............................. 1 Landscaping Supplies Suttles................................................................. 11 Loft Services Loft Services........................................................ 11 Memorial Masons Minster Memorials ............................................. 9 Mobile Discos Upfront Disco...................................................... 24 Mortgages Blue Pebble Money ............................................. 1 Motorcycle Services BLD Group........................................................... 17 Musicians Daren Mayo........................................................ 15 Plumbing & Heating PLH Heating ........................................................ 20 Printers Dorset Digital Print ............................................. 18 Property Maintenance Chatfield’s Property Services............................... 21 Cool Home Improvements .................................. 2 Young Property Development ............................. 7 Puzzles & Competitions Prize Wordsearch................................................ 25 Sudoku................................................................ 20 Removals Bournemouth Removals ..................................... 16 Residential Nursing Homes Forest Hill House................................................. 31 Roofing Dorset Flat Roofing ............................................. 18 Shipping & Delivery Postcare.............................................................. 5 Tailors Fox Tailoring ....................................................... 27 Tiles UK Tiles ............................................................... 10 Websites BizGen................................................................. 29 Will Writers Ian Kershaw ........................................................ 5 Windows Doors & Conservatories Richard Thomas .................................................. 23 Young Property Development ............................. 7

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