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May 2018 Volume 15 Issue 10

Broadstone Christchurch Colehill | Ferndown Merley | West Parley Wimborne Ashley Heath | Bournemouth Canford Heath | Kinson Poole | Ringwood | St Ives Three Legged Cross Verwood | West Moors

TIONS COMPETI FAMILY TICKET TO BEAULIEU ANYTHING GOES @ THE REGENT

PLUS CAFÉ CULTURE SOME OF THE BEST COFFEE AROUND

HAROLD G WALKER SOLICITORS CELEBRATE OFFICE MOVE

FOOD REVIEW: UPPER DECK NEW MENU REVEALED

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4DORSET Volume 15 • Issue 10 • May 2018 Dear Readers

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Having just lost my dear mother-in-law, who had an incredible 105 years on this earth, my mother (aged almost 92) had a fall early in the morning on 16 April.

Sadly she broke her left arm, quite high up. As I write, she is in hospital and we are hoping she will be transferred to St Leonards, our local community hospital. If she moves there, she will be one of the last patients to visit this valuable rehabilitation centre because it was, as many of you will remember, earmarked for closure in the latest NHS shake-up. I know what a wonderful job they do, so feel fortunate that Mum should be able to benefit from their help.

Our office move went well, albeit a little hurried towards the end. We are now in Dana House, although the upstairs is not quite finished. When it is, there will be some superb offices to let, so if you fancy bringing your business to the centre of Ferndown, let us know. I already want to move up there myself, and set up my own writing bureau, so I will have to negotiate with the landlords and see if they feel I am a suitable tenant!

Inside this magazine, you will find a delicious food review, a business profile and an article all about café culture, as well as a couple of competitions and plenty of local news.

Until next month

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LAW SPOT

By Cath Porter, Partner and Head of Family Law at Harold G Walker Solicitors When a quickie divorce doesn’t do the job – Case study A married couple separated several years ago. To save money, the husband thought it would be cheaper to arrange his divorce via an online “quickie divorce” website, rather than seek advice from a solicitor. The wife had met another man and wanted to pursue her new relationship.

The divorce process was completed online and a Decree Absolute was granted. The (now) exwife went away with her new partner, and the ex-husband thought everything had been dealt with.

A few years later, the ex-wife split up with her new partner. She was still able to take her ex-husband to court for a financial settlement, because the end of the marriage and the grant of Decree Absolute did not safeguard the exhusband from his ex-wife being entitled to bring a financial claim against him.

The lesson to be learnt is to resolve all financial matters at the time of the divorce. The divorce process, that is the granting of the Decree Absolute, does not on its own deal with financial matters, which should be dealt with separately, but at the same time as the divorce itself. If financial matters are not

properly dealt with and recorded in a separate legally binding document or Consent Order, then the ex-husband and exwife can still make financial claims against each other, sometimes many years later.

If it seems too cheap to be true, it probably is too good to be true, and that applies to a quickie divorce.

Therefore, beware of advertisements for a cheap, quick divorce, as that legal service is unlikely to include also dealing with financial matters or any child arrangements.

Harold G Walker have an experienced team of family lawyers and offer a free half-hour meeting to advise on all aspects of a divorce, child arrangements and financial matters. In addition, costs are discussed at the very start to enable our clients to make an informed decision before committing themselves.

Law Spot is for guidance only.

The information given in this feature does not constitute legal advice

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Brothers jailed for street robbery Gavin Gary Gudgeon, aged 32, and 39-year-old Kelvin Alan Gudgeon – both of no fixed abode – were sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on 10 April. Each will serve 22 months in prison after admitting a charge of robbery.

At around 4.45pm on Saturday 24 February, the victim, a 20-year-old Bournemouth man who suffers from learning difficulties, was in Winton shopping when he was approached by brothers Gavin and Kelvin.

The victim had spoken to Gavin Gudgeon before as he had been approached by him for money on previous occasions.

The brothers followed the victim and asked him for money but he insisted he did not have any.

They ended up in an alleyway, where Gavin said, “Hand over your phone and wallet or I will punch you in the face.”

The victim handed over the items and the two men walked away, but returned soon after with Gavin demanding his PIN for his phone. The victim was fearful so gave him the PIN. As the brothers walked away from the scene a member of the public heard one of them saying, “That’s OK we’ve got his wallet now.” She heard the other man say, “We’ve got his phone and can just dump the SIM.” The woman then saw the victim and when he told her what had happened, she called the police.

Two police community support officers located the offenders nearby on Muscliff Road and saw Kelvin Gudgeon discard something under a parked car.

Other units attended and the two men were arrested. The victim’s wallet was found on Gavin Gudgeon and the phone was recovered from the ground where Kelvin Gudgeon had thrown it.

The police praised the woman who came to the aid of the victim and reported the incident, enabling officers to be on the scene so quickly.

LETTERS

Correspondence should be sent to the editor at the address on page 3, or email editorial@mags4dorset.co.uk

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EDITOR

Writing news I thought you might be interested to learn that I recently heard that I had won 1st prize (£100) in the 2018 Lewis Wright short story competition run by the Society of Civil and Public Service Writers (SCPSW)! As you can imagine I am delighted and very pleasantly surprised. The story is called “The Mystery of Helga Gutkind”.

I hope you are keeping well – and look forward to hearing about this year’s mags4dorset writing competition.

Sue Row, Ferndown What great news. Sue was one of our ‘Lacey Lightfoot goes to…’ short story winners and the anthology, published in June 2015, is still available from Amazon for those who would like to download a copy (£1.99). Editor

Clock face conundrum

The recent letter (April 2018 Vol 15 Issue 9) from Irene Hickson of Christchurch about the clock face spelling out ‘My Dear Mother’ reminded me of another clockface conundrum, which I attach.

This shows various mathematical formulae each of which should calculate to the correct clock-face number. For example, nine divided by nine = one (o’clock). Upon seeing the clock face I decided to carry out the calculations for each of the 12 numbers and found two errors. Can any of your readers also spot these errors? My clues are “brackets and BODMAS.” Barry Faith, Wimborne Thank you Barry. I will publish your findings in the next 4Dorset, but any readers wanting the answer beforehand can join the mags4dorset Facebook Group to see Barry’s solutions. However, not being a mathematician, I have to make a confession that it is a complete mystery to me. Editor

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Royal Albert Hall gala School pupils from four choirs in Poole helped raise the roof of London’s Royal Albert Hall on 26 March at a gala concert in the presence of HRH The Duke of Kent KG. Over 2,000 youngsters from 52 choirs came together to form a massed choir for the ‘AC Academy Does the Royal Albert Hall’ event. They were accompanied by

professional musicians and joined on stage by special guests, Strictly Come Dancing stars, Gorka and Dianne, and actor Mark Williams.

The concert included choral music and songs as diverse as Handel’s Zadok the Priest to Pharrell’s Happy and extracts from Bizet’s opera Carmen to music

from around the world.

A highlight was The Trip, a piece created by children with moderate and profound learning difficulties, which featured backing vocals from the entire choir and some 3,500 audience members.

The choirs were formed through Armonico Consort’s education programme AC Academy.

Christopher Monks of Armonico Consort said, “This year is the 10th anniversary of our Choir Creation scheme where we create choirs in schools and train teachers as choir leaders.

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“It’s also a timely reminder that the incredible thing about singing – aside from building confidence, raising self esteem and benefitting mental health

unveiled

– is that the skills to do it well can be taught on such a large scale, and retained for years to come by the brilliant teachers who work with us.”

Bournemouth In Bloom recently unveiled the town’s Britain In Bloom banner in the presence of the mayor and mayoress of Bournemouth, Lawrence and Elaine Williams.

A number of special projects have been planned with the aim to win the prestigious Britain In Bloom title. These include a First World War memorial display and a planting to recognise the suffragettes’ 100th anniversary.

Poachers sentenced Three men who admitted poaching offences in East Dorset have been sentenced.

Shane David Manny Chapman, 27, of Bingham Road, Verwood; Maurice Cooper, 45 of Addison Close, Gillingham; and Peter John Nurdin, 48 of Corner Close, Marnhull, appeared at Poole Magistrates’ Court where they pleaded guilty to a charge of daytime poaching under the Game Act 1831.

The offences occurred on rural land near to Sixpenny Handley.

At around 3pm on Friday 24 November 2017 a live video was posted on the Facebook account of one of the defendants showing the three of them driving around a field in a silver vehicle.

Chapman and Nurdin were seen catapulting pheasants, with Chapman also driving while his father Cooper filmed them on his phone.

Dead birds could be seen in a cardboard box on the rear seat of their vehicle and one was lying on the floor in the rear of the vehicle.

Chapman could be seen to fire several shots from his open driver’s window and at one point is seen to try and jump onto a bird as it tried to escape. He was encouraging Cooper to keep filming.

At the sentencing hearing, Chapman was fined £600 and also ordered to pay

£85 costs and a £60 victim surcharge. He was also fined £100 for an offence of driving a motor vehicle without lawful authority on land not forming part of a road. His vehicle, a Suzuki Vitara that had been seized by police, was also forfeited.

Cooper and Nurdin were fined £500 for the poaching offence and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £50.

Police Constable Claire Dinsdale of Dorset Police’s Rural Crime Team said, “On behalf of the rural community we very much welcome this result. Crimes such as poaching and repeat occurrences of criminal damage are prevalent across Dorset farms.

“Where farmers have tried to challenge trespassers and those causing damage, they are met with threats and abuse or worse.

“Rural crime such as this is often hard to get to court, compared to urban crimes where CCTV and witness evidence assists a prosecution case. However, this is happening every week in Dorset.”

Anyone who sees a suspected incident of poaching should call 999 immediately, reporting as much information as possible such as vehicle registration, make and model if possible.

Recent incidents not happening at the time can be reported online at www. dorset.police.uk.

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Parley sculptor Andy Hopper goes international

Andy with his sculpture ‘Interstellar’

An artist based on the Parley Court Estate in Dorset has been selected to show his work at the prestigious International Sculpture Festival.

Andy Hopper will join some of the world’s biggest names in the sculptural field at the event, which is being held on the Channel Island of Guernsey. It will be opened by the innovative garden creator, the Duchess of Northumberland.

Last year Andy moved onto the Parley estate. Since then his

pieces have become increasingly popular and he has been made a Fellow for life of the Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths – one of just 60. His eye-catching sculptures – including ‘Interstellar’, a 7.5ft high stainless steel column – led to him being chosen to take part in the festival.

There will be 120 pieces displayed from 17 May to the end of October, with international collectors attending.

Andy, a trained blacksmith, said, “Originally, I started as a fine artist, but I very naturally fell into forging; my grandfather used to be a blacksmith. I have now come full circle – I make art with all my forging skills.

“I’ve always been fascinated by metal and have developed a style of sculpture that people respond well to. It’s a great privilege to have been selected to display some pieces at the International Sculpture Festival. Hopefully it will bring my work to wider attention and lead to sales, which will enable me to create more pieces.”

Calling all Prammies and their prams It’s the John Thornton Pram Race in June and the charity is looking for as many teams as they can muster to not only make the event a fundraising success, but also to make it a spectacle for the Ferndown Fete on the Field attendees.

On Saturday 23 June, the prams will take to the starting line on King George V Playing Field at 3pm and follow a 1.5km course, with various fun challenges and activities along the way.

Competitors must be over 16 years of age and an entry fee of £10 per person is payable on registration.

If you don’t want to miss out on this fun-packed event, get your team together and sign up.

You will need a minimum of two people, up to a maximum of five.

Teams will consist of a ‘baby’ and at least one pusher, up to a maximum of one baby and four pushers. Obviously, you’ll need a pram, too, and dressing up is essential!

The charity says they’ve got an exciting line up of prams and teams, and this year the addition of an optional drag race will add to the fun. Prams will compete against each other and the clock, with a prize for the winning team. There are lots of prizes and trophies on offer, but the main focus of the event is fun.

If you feel like you are up for the challenge, please phone Pete Thornton to register your interest on 07792 121645.

This event will be raising funds solely for the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation. To find out more about Fete on the Field and the Pram Race, visit https://www. ferndownfotf.org/

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Spring Flower Show Success Colourful spring flowers filled St Francis of Assisi Church Hall in Charminster Road for the Bournemouth In Bloom/Bournemouth Horticultural Society Spring Show at the beginning of April. The judges were impressed by the superb quality of the blooms, particularly after the very cold weather this spring. There were more than 300 exhibits on display that included cut flowers, planted bulbs, arrangements, pot plants and handicrafts. The scent of the hyacinths wafted into the street.

Regular exhibitor David Bassil took the best in show prize for three containers of growing spring bulbs

that included St Keverne daffodils, Christmas Dream tulips and Blue Jacket hyacinths. He explained that his plants had been outside for most of the snowy, icy weather but had been brought inside in the previous couple of weeks to encourage the flowers to develop properly. He

said this year had had particularly severe frosts with the coldest nights since 1963.

Chris Colledge, chairman of Bournemouth In Bloom said “The displays of spring flowers were absolutely exquisite and a credit to everyone who exhibited”.

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Vintage Afternoon Tea by JTAF charity a success The John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation (JTYAF) hosted a Vintage Afternoon Tea on 10 March, the first event to commemorate 10 years of the charity. It was a resounding success raising almost £700. The charity is grateful to all those who attended, assisted and provided sponsorship, helping to raise such a wonderful amount for the foundation. Also to the JTYAF volunteers (pictured) who made sandwiches, washed up and served the guests.

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FERNDOWN CONVERSATION

Hosted at the Barrington Centre, over 85 attendees from 67 organisations came together in April to take part in an innovative event with the Ferndown community at its heart.

The Ferndown Conversation saw a variety of groups, including churches, local authorities, local businesses, special interest and voluntary groups participate in a ‘round the table’ conversation to discuss the issues faced by Ferndown’s community and make suggestions for improving the town’s services and resources. It follows on from the recent success of the Poole Conversation.

Steve Robinson, CEO of local charity PramaLIFE, the lead sponsor of the event, said it was a “true delight to see so many people at the Ferndown Conversation.”

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My farewell to Animal Health and Welfare After 24 years, my job as an animal health and welfare inspector for Dorset has come to an end, so this will be my last article.

Owing to further budget cuts within Dorset County Council, the trading standards service has had to make more savings.

As I am the only one who specialises solely in animal health work it was difficult for them to choose any one else as I am the nearest one to retirement age, and it wasn’t going to affect me as badly as others with children and mortgages etcetera.

Actually, I would have it found it extremely hard to leave this job under my own steam. For me it has been a way of life, which would have been difficult to put aside.

Over the past few years I have been part of a small but close-knit team and we have been very proactive in

our outlook and I hope that will continue. I shall miss the camaraderie amongst us, but we will remain friends.

When I think back over the years I realise how lucky I have been to have such varied and unusual jobs. From the age of 16, I have worked with animals. My first job in 1970 was with Surrey Constabulary Police dog training centre where I spent 11 years. I then moved onto training dogs on stage in London’s West End, but overall, the job I do now has somehow been the most rewarding.

It has always been amazingly varied with no two days being the same.

And my memories of wellies, disinfectant and

Christine, Matt Allwright and Karen

mud are boundless.

Before I leave in June I have numerous jobs that need to be finished and it is dawning on me how little time there is left to complete them. All areas of the council are becoming shortstaffed which means more work for those who remain.

There is still a small, dedicated team based in Dorchester who are qualified trading standards officers as well, so they will probably have to be involved with other areas of work more often. Karen will still be in Ferndown parttime continuing with animal health, so I will pop in to say hello now and then.

The council has had

full-time animal health inspectors since 1965 when they took on the responsibility for the health and welfare of farm livestock in Dorset.

Upon retirement, I shall have to get used to the fact that I will have to stick to public footpaths when visiting the countryside.

Christine Scott Animal Health & Welfare Inspector

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charity of the year

Overwhelmed by kindness and support

Easter saw Forest Holme Hospice take delivery of an incredible amount of Easter eggs that were generously donated by businesses in the local community, which were then distributed to patients and their families, as well as to the dedicated nursing staff who worked over the Easter holidays.

Easter also saw the end of the last financial year for Forest Holme, which means that over the next 12 months the charity needs to raise a total of £850,000 to ensure that it is in a position to continue providing consistent and unconditional care not just now, but also in the future.

Forest Holme is part of Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and is supported by Forest Holme Hospice Charity. There is no charge for people in the community in need of hospice care, so every year the charity needs to raise more money to help enhance the NHS provision at the hospice and ensure that Forest Holme is there for patients and their family and friends during the most difficult time of their lives.

However, to ensure that no cuts are made to these essential services, Forest Holme Hospice Charity needs continued local community support to raise an additional 1.7 million pounds over the next two years. Additional funding is required to support all aspects of the unit, including the in-patient ward, the purchasing of specialist equipment, the funding of additional staffing posts, complementary therapies,

and the bereavement counselling service.

With Forest Holme Hospice Charity approaching its 25th Anniversary in 2019, charity manager, Anne Currie, expresses her gratitude for the ongoing support provided by the local community.

“We have been overwhelmed by the kindness and support of the local community during the last 24 years and would like to thank everyone for helping us enhance the lives of over 20,000 local people living with a life-limiting illness,” comments Anne before adding, “However, to continue our life-enhancing work we need to raise £850,000 this year. There are many ways people can support us.

They can participate in one of our fundraising events, volunteer their skills, make a regular donation, or donate a one-off gift. Our website at www.forestholmehospice.org.uk has details on how people can make a difference and every penny raised goes towards enhancing the quality of life for our patients and their families.”

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THE GARDENS OF CRANBORNE OPEN WEEKEND Church walk at Cranborne Manor © Val Corbett

The beautiful and varied gardens of Cranborne in Dorset will be open for visitors on the weekend of 16-17 June.

From the famous Cranborne Manor gardens of the 17th century, through those of period and modern homes to muchloved cottage gardens, there is something for everyone in this delightful Dorset village.

The gardens will be open from 11am to 5pm on both days. Entry is £10 for adults; with children free. Sorry no dogs.

There will also be an exhibition of art by local artists Helen Godfrey, Linda Rowe, Michelle Clements and Carla Taylor and a wide range of stalls and activities in the village during the weekend, including maypole dancing and homemade refreshments. The event is being held in aid of church funds.

Highlights of the many gardens opening include: Cranborne Manor Gardens: designed by John Tradescant in the early 17th century, the structure follows a pattern of ‘rooms’,

delineated by hedges or walls and softened by herbaceous borders.

Red Lion House: a delightful private garden, which is chemical-free and uses the principles of bio-dynamic horticulture.

The herbaceous borders, rose, herb and vegetable gardens are designed to reflect the local environment.

Manor View House: this late-Georgian home boasts a beautiful walled garden, with a mass of repeat planting surrounding variegated standard hollies; deep borders are planted with a mixture of shrubs, perennials and roses.

The Old Vicarage: a mature garden with views to the church and Cranborne Manor.

A natural swimming pond provides a habitat for wildlife.

Bank House: a typical Edwardian small walled garden with a vine, herbaceous planting, roses, shrubs and climbing plants.

Cabinet agrees multi-million pound investment in special educational needs provision Dorset County Council’s Cabinet has agreed to spend just over £2M – plus a £1M grant from central Government – on creating eight specialist bases in mainstream schools to cater for children with complex communication needs.

Changes to legislation mean that young people with SEND now have the right to be supported in education up to the age of 25, instead of 19. It is hoped that this additional investment will help support local children with complex needs both now, and in the future.

A new special school is due to open in Bovington in September 2019. Funded by the Education and Skills Funding Agency, it will provide places for another 160 children with autism, as well as social, emotional and mental health needs. The school will

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support pupils from Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole.

Modular buildings at Beaucroft School in Wimborne will be replaced, which will create an extra 10-14 places.

There are also plans to provide additional bases for children with social, emotional and mental health needs in the future. The eight bases for complex communication needs will cater for between 10 and 16 children and will be based at: Parley First School, West Moors Middle School, Ferndown Upper School, Gillingham Primary School, Sturminster Newton High School, Dorchester Middle School, Weymouth and Portland Primary, and Weymouth and Portland Secondary.

Each base will be opened either September 2018 or September 2019.

business PROFILE

When looking for a solicitor, one of the first names likely to spring to mind is

Harold G Walker.

Simon Nethercott

It is a name that has been synonymous with legal practice in this area since 1946, when Harold, a well-known character of Bournemouth, set up his office in the town. Some may even remember the time when he was chairman of Bournemouth Football Club.

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hese days the law firm is owned by managing Nicola Lowe partners Simon Nethercott and Nicola Lowe and though no longer based in Bournemouth, process between the branches. it has well-established branches in Verwood, Simon Nethercott explained that as part of the firm’s Christchurch and Broadstone as well as its head community involvement, Harold G Walker run regular office in Wimborne. clinics giving people access to free legal advice. They also Many will know the Wimborne office in West Borough, raise a lot of money by holding events and in the last year so it may come as a surprise when you next pay a visit, have donated £15,000 to various charities and sponsored to find it has moved down the road and what a difference Light up the Prom in Bournemouth. those few strides have made.

With three other partners: Hugh Storry Dean, Cath Barely a stone’s throw from the previous office, it Porter and Gaynor Cooke, this well-established law firm is much more spacious. Set on three floors, the larger anticipates continuing its growth. premises have a welcoming reception and offices on the “We are looking to expand in Ringwood or Ferndown,” ground floor. said Simon.

Nicola said, “We were aware we needed a ground floor And so it seems the good name of Harold G Walker is presence. There is also a conference and meeting room, destined to continue. plus room to expand. We are currently looking to increase our commercial department.”

The firm had been seeking a new office for a while, but they wanted to remain in the heart of Wimborne, among the community they serve and decided to wait until the right property came along.

With high ceilings and a casement door to the garden, the building is grand and it has been christened with an equally grand name: Grenville House, which takes its name from Harold G Walker’s middle name.

Nicola said, “The name of Harold G Walker lives on and we are very proud of that.”

Nicola came to law later in life when her children were teenagers. She trained at Harold G Walker before qualifying as a solicitor. In the year 2000, she was appointed the first female partner in the firm’s history, a reflection of her dedication.

Not only that, she has since been nominated for awards for her work in legal practice.

She also manages the head office and said Harold G Walker has invested heavily in computer systems and was one of the first solicitors in the area to receive Cyber Essentials accreditation. “We take our responsibilities very seriously,” she added.

The state-of-the-art computer systems Simon Nethercott, Cath Porter, Nicola Lowe, are linked between offices for a seamless Hugh Storry Deans, Gaynor Cooke

The name of Harold G Walker lives on and we are very proud of that

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Romy has the universe within her reach A 24-year-old Bournemouth woman is in the running to represent Great Britain at the Miss Universe pageant

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omy Simpkins, a trainee counsellor from Bournemouth, will be one of around 40 women taking part in the 2018 Miss Universe Great Britain competition in South Wales this July.

“I am really excited to have been chosen as a finalist for Miss Universe Great Britain this year,” said Romy, “and will be doing all that I can in the next few months to prepare.

Miss Universe is one of the biggest pageants in the world and I think it’s going to be a huge adventure as well as a lot of fun.”

In the run up to the competition she will be tasked with a series of challenges and fundraising for A-Sisterhood, which supports the advancement of women worldwide. In 2018, monies from the fundraising will be donated to Llamau, a charity in Wales helping homeless women; the National Centre for Female Genital Mutilation; Stop Acid Attacks

I am so proud to represent the Women of today as a strong, independent and self-respected individual

and The Black Mambas – South Africa’s first allfemale anti-poaching unit protecting the rhino.

The final, starting on 11 July, will be a fourday event and includes a fundraising day; an empowerment day; a celebration dinner; and a catwalk show.

“I am so proud to represent the women of today as a strong, independent and selfrespected individual that wishes to encourage, inspire and help others feel positive in their own skin,” said Romy. “My time spent understanding mental health issues and how to help others overcome them as a volunteer for Dorset Mind Mental Health Charity, has made me the person I am today, and I thrive every day to be the best version of myself and encourage others to do so as well. My mission it to help others, not just in the country, but the world, to understand the importance of selflove and self-acceptance.”

The Miss Universe Great Britain operates a NOT IN VAIN campaign as part of the competition, which acknowledges the efforts and calibre of finalists.

Under this banner, four awards will be presented to finalists: one for the finalist who raises the most for charity through the experience, presented by A-Sisterhood; an award for the most inspiring finalist who shows dedication to empowering young women, presented by the Miss Universe Great Britain national director; a Miss Universe Great Britain business bursary offering high-level business coaching by Elsby & Co Chartered Accountants in Northamptonshire to a finalist who is an accomplished or aspiring entrepreneur; and a HER Leadership Award, sponsored by EntreprenHER Productions, which will give a finalist the opportunity to develop and deliver her own workshop to a girls’ school in rural India.

As well as getting the opportunity to represent the UK for around three weeks at an exotic overseas location later this year at Miss Universe, the winner of Miss Universe Great Britain will also visit India, South Africa and The Philippines.

National director of Miss Universe Great Britain, Paula Abbandonato, said, “Pageantry in the UK is more popular than ever before and we have the most amazing line-up of young women from England, Scotland and Wales vying for the crown this year. It’s going to be an excellent competition and I wish them all the very best of luck.”

Around 90 countries take part in the Miss Universe event. The current Miss Universe Great Britain is 26-year-old Anna Burdzy from Leicester. The current Miss Universe is Demi-Leigh Nel Peters from South Africa.

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If you are looking for great, affordable prices to pursue your healthy lifestyle, visit Ferndown Leisure Centre. With great facilities and loads of activities to try, there really is something for the whole family to enjoy.

Kick-start your programme with a gym-only membership, at an affordable price of only £23.99 per month.

The benefits of the gym-only membership are unlimited use of the gym, an induction to the gym, 100% money back guarantee, and short-term commitment. Ferndown Leisure pride themselves with friendly staff who are always happy to offer help and advice.

They also have a swim-only membership for those who enjoy the water, at the great price of £24 per month.

Swimming has a lot of benefits, these include: • Losing weight and improving body shape.

• Water activity offers 12 times the benefit of a similar land-based activity and it’s gentler on your body as it’s low impact.

• Swimming increases your fitness levels.

• Did you know 30 minutes of swimming at a steady pace burns 200 calories?

Swim lessons for children Contact Becky or Sue in the Swim Admin team if you would like your children to learn to swim to a good standard in a friendly environment.

Be a swimmer or better swimmer Would you like to overcome a fear of the water or being out of your depth, and learn to swim or improve your swim technique? Ferndown Leisure has an adult swim programme that will let you achieve this. Contact them on 01202 877468 for more details.

To find out more about these memberships, contact a customer advisor at Ferndown Leisure Centre on 01202 877468 or email deanadudman@pfpleisure.org

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Marathon run for Lyme disease Layton Brooks from St Ives near Ringwood got the unexpected chance to run in the London Marathon on 22 April at short notice. It was held after 4Dorset went to print, but prior to the race Layton said, “I’d love to cross the finish line knowing I’ve been able to help raise funds for a charity that is doing great work for such an underresearched and under-supported disease. Thank you to anyone who can spare a few pennies.” Last year, he completed RideLondon for Lyme Disease Action, a cause he feels that should have as much publicity as possible.

His wife Kelly has Lyme disease and for the past nine years she has been chronically ill with exhaustion, weakness, neurological issues, joint pain, and countless other symptoms. It took over a year to be properly diagnosed.

Kelly said, “Layton has been incredibly supportive of me through the most trying of times; physically supportive when I had difficulty walking or standing, and emotionally supportive when I was in a deep depression in which I didn’t see an end to my suffering. Chronic Lyme is an incredibly complicated disease because it can affect any system in the body, making symptoms from person to person vastly different; lab testing is often inaccurate; and proper education of doctors and awareness of the severity of the disease is limited.”

If you would like to donate, visit https://mydonate.bt.com/events/layton

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Plastic Free Ferndown join the challenge A team from mags4dorset has decided to pick up the gauntlet with the aim of achieving SAS (Surfers Against Sewage) plastic free status for Ferndown.

“It is a popular and essential cause to champion,” says editor, Janine Pulford, who is a community leader and will soon be visiting Ferndown businesses to find out what each one can do to further the aim.

To meet the challenge, Plastic Free Ferndown has already received the backing of Ferndown Chamber of Commerce and is seeking the support of the town council.

Residents can get involved too.

There are five objectives leading towards plastic free status and these are:

• Local council to pass a resolution to support Plastic Free Coastlines, committing to plastic free alternatives and supporting plastic free initiatives within the constituency.

• Local businesses – at least three singleuse plastic items should be removed from local businesses and retailers and

replaced with sustainable alternatives. It is hoped to get at least 12 businesses to commit to doing this.

• Community involvement: engaging the community such as schools, village halls, places of worship, libraries, Scouts, Girl Guides, and Women’s Institutes as plastic free allies.

Awareness offers the best chance of victory by reducing the amount of plastic pollution in our environment.

• Plastic free rallies. At least two local community events must be arranged and open for all to attend in one calendar year. These could be a car park clean, awareness-raising stall at an event, or participation in an SAS Beach Clean.

• Local resistance: strategic groups.

These should meet at least once a year to discuss the progress of Plastic Free Coastlines locally: agreeing and setting direction, meeting objectives and completing application for official Plastic Free Coastlines status.

If you wish to get involved, please join the Plastic Free Ferndown Facebook page and indicate if you would like to help the town achieve Plastic Free status by actively taking part. Alternatively contact the editor on 01202 870270 to discuss.

Surfers Against Sewage was originally set up to rid the beaches of plastic. The cause has now spread inland. To join Plastic Free Ferndown visit www.facebook.com/groups/ plasticfreeferndown/ As the fight against plastic grows, the government has announced that plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds could be banned in England by 2019. Ministers said 8.5bn plastic straws were thrown away in the UK every year.

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Free OCT scan at Kelly Eyecare Meet your optic nerve…

£1,000s donated

by Going for Bust Going for Bust, a local cancer charity, recently donated £7,320 to Bournemouth Hospital Charity to purchase a new, easily adjustable chair for the hospital’s Breast Unit.

This will mean that women having breast biopsies will experience more comfortable treatment.

Bournemouth Hospital Charity fundraising manager, Lindsey Sturman, said, “Going for Bust are amazing; they have previously donated £10,000 towards a new Breast Ultrasound Machine for the Unit in 2016 and a grant of over £23,000 last year to allow the hospital to purchase a new Dose Calibrator for SLN (sentinel lymph node) injections.”

Going for Bust opened its first shop committed to fundraising solely for breast cancer in 2013 and have since gone on to open a further 10.

Free dementia carers programme Specialist dementia and delirium nurses from the Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH) are offering a free carers’ information programme for those looking after people who have dementia or memory problems. The programme involves six, 90-minute sessions, covering topics from what dementia is to the impact of caring.

Lauren Daughtrey, dementia and delirium nurse at RBH, said, “The programme aims to support carers, who are often the forgotten victims of dementia. We urge anyone caring for a loved one with dementia to come along – it’s going to be a very supportive series of sessions. It’s also an opportunity to have a break from caring and there’ll be tea and cake too!”

The sessions, all at 1.30pm are on 3, 10, 17, 24 May and 31 May with practical advice on 7 June.

As well as learning how to care for those living with dementia, the programme will also be an opportunity to meet other carers and share support and advice.

Anyone who would like to go along should call the Dementia Nurse Team on 01202 705335.

Your optic nerve is the very important ‘cable’ that connects your eye to your brain. Its job is to interpret the information that is received by your retina in your eye to your brain, which then interprets that into images.

It is important to have routine checks as early detection of sight problems gives you a much better chance of protecting the nerve’s function and hence your eyesight.

The optic nerve often doesn’t give you any symptoms that it is under stress and being damaged until its function is considerably reduced. It can be damaged by a number of conditions of which the commonest is raised eye pressure known as glaucoma.

Now for the good news…

Kelly Eyecare say that it is easy for them to take a look at your optic nerve and assess its health during a routine eye examination. Plus, to take a closer look they will use the OCT scanner, which takes a simple scan beneath the surface for a much more in-depth analysis.

They put the results from the scanner, together with their years of experience to advise you on the overall health of your eyes and your optic nerve.

Kelly Eyecare are currently running an offer for 4Dorset readers. Book an appointment for a full eye examination (£25) and explain that you have seen their advert on page 5 to receive a free OCT scan (normally £38). This offer is available until 31 May 2018.

For more information about Kelly Eyecare and to read customer testimonials, visit www.kellyeyecare.co.uk Visit www.mags4dorset.co.uk for more local news

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50-up in Wimborne Following the success of two previous events, Douch Family Funeral Directors are holding another 50-plus information day.

The next of their open days is being held in Wimborne’s Allendale Centre on Wednesday 9 May from 10am to 2pm and entry is free.

At the Wimborne information day there will be financial planning advice, befriending groups, dementia awareness, crime prevention, sports and fitness activities and cookery demonstrations.

The event, which is being supported by the Allendale Centre and POPP, will have volunteers and the fire service giving out free slippers that help prevent trips and falls in the home.

Town crier Chris Brown will be straining

his vocal chords to let people know what is going on and the mayor, Cllr Terry Wheeler, will be opening proceedings.

Emma Regan, from Douch Family Funeral Directors, said, “After the success of the last two 50-plus events we decided to hold one in Wimborne.

“We will have around 40 stalls covering every sort of thing you can imagine and visitors really enjoy them.

There is parking in the public car park adjacent to the Allendale Centre (disabled parking on site) and free refreshments and we look forward to seeing as many people as possible.”

50-plus in Wimborne. (l-r) Emma Regan from Douch Family Funeral Directors, Tanya Cripps, manager of the Allendale Centre, Karen Wyatt-Epapara, customer relations officer at the centre, and Nick Douch, MD of Douch Family Funeral Directors - advertising feature -

The Gold Standards Framework Bluebird Care Ferndown senior registered manager Lorraine Maher is an accredited Gold Standards Framework professional trainer, which supports the provision of palliative care in a person-centred, caring and dignified manner.

Lorraine will bring this dedication and passion to her role and is keen to ensure that Bluebird Care’s Professional teams enhance their skills in palliative care, as well as in other fast-changing,

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multi-disciplinary care activities in the care sector.

Lorraine says, “Domiciliary care staff play a vital role in caring for people at home towards the end of their lives and providing staff with appropriate training is vital for all concerned, especially at this time.

“The GSF Domiciliary Care Training Programme helps domiciliary carers deliver a ‘gold standard’ of care for all people approaching the end of life at home.”

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Great Bournemouth Bay Run in the rain The unseasonably wet and chilly weather on Sunday 8 April didn’t deter almost 3,000 runners from taking part in Bay Run races held along Bournemouth’s seafront.

Children, families, fun

runners and elite athletes participated in the 1k, 5k, 10k and half marathon events. Many dressed as superheroes – the theme of this year’s Health-online Bournemouth Bay Run, which is set to raise

£55,000 for the British Heart Foundation and other charities.

There was a party atmosphere on Bournemouth seafront with music, live commentary at the finish line, warm-up sessions for the runners provided by BH Live and much needed post-race massage tents.

Local business support included Jimmy’s Iced Coffee providing a Superhero cheer zone near Boscombe Pier, encouraging weary runners on their way.

Fiona Carter, brand and marketing manager at Health-on-Line said, “The Bournemouth Bay Run

is a fantastic display of community spirit and we were delighted to sponsor such an rewarding event.

The day was an enormous success despite a little rain, with thousands gathered along the Bournemouth seafront.

“Among the participants were two Health-on-Line

staff teams who took on the 10k and the half marathon on behalf of Dorset Mind and Macmillan Caring Locally and they achieved some exceptional times. Not only were we able to mingle with the crowds, handing out goodie bags, but we were also happy to donate a range of prizes.”

Dementia-friendly film screenings A series of dementia-friendly film screenings are currently being held at Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts.

Although not exclusively for people with dementia, these are particularly suitable for those affected by the condition, their partners and family members, and carers. The screenings allow audience members to talk, or move around, and the

volume is reduced slightly. Cinema lights are left on low so that people can see and staff members are on hand to assist.

The line-up includes the Disney feature film Fantasia on 30 May, and Doris Day and David Niven in Please Don’t Eat the Daisies on 27 June. Other films are planned.

Tickets are priced £5 and can be purchased from the box office.

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FUN y a D A all for the family

Broadstone Fields in Trust Association is pleased to announce that its fun day this year will take place on Sunday 1 July.

As in previous years it will be held on Broadstone Recreation Ground off Lower Blandford Road and includes a donkey derby. (BH18 8EA).

As usual, all the fun on the field should also include stalls, live music, classic cars, a fun dog show, games, bouncy castle and plenty of food and drink.

Last year the event was opened by Miss Dorset.

If you would like to get involved in any way – traffic marshalls are always required – then contact the organisers through their Facebook page (broadstonefita) or by emailing broadstonefunday@gmail.com.

This family day out with arena events is free to all and starts at noon.

Enjoy!

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World’s fastest tractor roars into Beaulieu The fastest tractor in the world, created by Matt LeBlanc (Friends) and the Top Gear team and driven to a recordbreaking 87.2mph by the Stig, has roared into the World of Top Gear at Beaulieu.

The awesome 500bhp Track-Tor made its debut on Top Gear recently, proving that tractors really don’t have to be slow. In the programme, Top Gear set a new Guinness World Record to become the fastest tractor in the world, beating the previous record of 80.87mph set in Finland in 2015.

Now Beaulieu visitors can see up-close just what happens when the motoring show aims to revolutionise the world of agricultural machinery. Matt LeBlanc is a huge tractor fan and owns four of his own tractors. Turning his attention to the problem of these slow-moving vehicles holding up traffic, he decided that speed and power were essential and his custom engineering solution is impressive.

The Track-Tor can be driven fast, both in the fields and on the road. Huge 54-inch Super Swamper Bogger tyres from America are fitted to the rear wheels, while adjustable air suspension means that the whole machine can be raised to increase ground clearance.

New High Sheriff appointed A special ceremony was held at Canford School in Wimborne last month to appoint the new High Sheriff of Dorset 2018-2019, Mrs Jacqueline Swift DL. Jacqueline takes over from John Young.

The under sheriff, Katharine Jones, is a senior partner at Humphries Kirk law firm and has been the under sheriff of Dorset for seven years.

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Bournemouth Airport MD retires Paul Knight, 61, will retire as managing director of Bournemouth Airport this September.

He joined Bournemouth Airport as a firefighter in 1981 and was appointed managing director in 2012 following a wide-ranging career holding a number of senior positions at the airport.

Mr Knight said, “After over 37 years of working at Bournemouth Airport, I have decided that now is the right time to hand over to a fresh pair of hands. I came to this decision in early 2017 but as a result of the RCA [Regional & City Airports] acquisition process, which was extensive, and the need to have stability whilst the sale and transition took place, I decided to wait until this was completed.

“I am confident now that the transition process will be completed mid 2018, allowing for the business to move forward with confidence and security.

“I will always be an ambassador for Bournemouth Airport and its greatest advocate as I am sure that, under RCA ownership, the airport has a great future.”

RCA chief executive Andrew Bell said, “Paul has had a long and distinguished career at Bournemouth Airport and we will be very sorry to see him go. It is no secret that we wished him to stay in his role, but we fully understand his

decision and wish him a long and happy retirement.”

Mr Knight said one of his proudest moments was the arrival of Concorde at the airport to mark the official opening of the extended runway in 1996. The supersonic aircraft was to visit Bournemouth Airport 12 times until it was taken out of service in 2003.

Another highlight was the opening of the new departures terminal in 2010 following a £45m redevelopment programme.

Mr Knight said, “Bournemouth Airport has changed out of all recognition during my 37 years here. No day has been the same and I feel very fortunate to have enjoyed such a challenging and stimulating career. Above all, though, I have enjoyed working with a fantastic team. It’s like a family here and I’ll miss their friendship, enthusiasm and professionalism.”

Bournemouth Airport was acquired by RCA in December 2017 for an undisclosed sum. Mr Knight said, “RCA has injected new energy into every part of business.

Bournemouth Airport has a very exciting future under their ownership and I have every expectation that, finally, the airport’s true potential will be realised.”

Recruitment for Mr Knight’s replacement is now underway.

Roger to the rescue…

Roger, the man from West Moors with a long (in more ways than one) association with the Home Watch and Sheducation, has been called in at the 11th hour, following news that the village home watch was about to close due to lack of volunteers. He has taken up the role of chairman, a position he previously held for several years including 2010 when the Watch was chosen by the Police and ‘Association of Dorset Watches’ as the Best Home Watch in Dorset.

An extraordinary meeting held recently, resulted in enough volunteers coming forward to enable Roger Long to form a workable committee, which will be announced at the 2018 AGM. Roger intends to act as chairman until the AGM of 2019 and will then stand down in favour of the vice chair who is yet to be appointed.

He said, “With the cooperation of the whole village, we could become the best home watch in Dorset again.” To find out more, you can attend the Home Watch AGM at the Memorial Hall in West Moors on 14 June at 7pm.

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foodie NEWS INTRODUCTION TO INDIAN COOKING In partnership with local celebrity chef, Sarah Ali Choudhury, Bournemouth & Poole College is hosting two four-week courses, ‘Introduction to Indian Cooking’.

Celebrity chef Sarah Ali Choudhury

Former college student Sarah Ali Choudhury is an accomplished celebrity chef and TV personality who has built a reputation for delivering simple Indian dishes, which don’t compromise on taste.

Sarah is endorsed by the Tesco Eat Happy Project and The Children’s Food Trust. She is also the winner of the Influential Woman of the Year award from the 2017 Venus Awards.

Her Introduction to Indian Cooking courses will take place at the Lansdowne site. Participants will learn how to prepare an impressive Indian banquet with Sarah’s simple and easy-to-follow recipes.

Sarah Ali Choudhury said, “I am honoured to be given the opportunity to work with the college, since it is one of the leading catering colleges in the UK and one of the top 20 in the world. Many years ago I was a student at the college, so I’m

delighted to now be offering this course in order to teach the local community how to prepare simple yet delicious Indian recipes.”

Christophe Baffos, director of learning for service industries and chef lecturer added, “We are delighted that Sarah has decided to come and work with us at the college, to share her passion for and knowledge of Indian cooking. As a chef, I know how daunting it can be to be faced with a list of spices and not fully understand how to use them… The hobby courses will be great.”

The first course started on 23 April and runs until 21 May, and the second will begin on 11 June and run every Monday until 2 July; 6pm-9pm. The cost is £99 per course and this includes the cost of all the ingredients. Book online: www.thecollege. co.uk/courses/flavours-indian-cookery.

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g n i m o s New Menu s o l B Join Marta Dimitrova and Adam Trimby as they return to the Upper Deck Bar & Restaurant to try out its inviting new A La Carte menu.

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pring has arrived and it surely feels like the seasons are changing at the Upper Deck Bar & Restaurant in Christchurch Harbour Hotel: a place where locally-sourced delights feed the soul, and stunning terrace views

Christchurch crab shell

Saffron risotto

warm up the heart.

The Upper Deck offers something for everyone – from cocktails and bar snacks, to afternoon tea and an exquisite dinner menu. In fact, as Adam and I arrived half an hour early, before the beginning of dinner service, we noticed how many people were sitting outside on the terrace, enjoying a long lunch with a bottle of fizz underneath the stunning sunshine. We joined them for a cocktail on the terrace, relaxing with the sounds of ambient music that make you forget all your worries.

However, the delicious new A La Carte spring menu was the main reason behind our visit, and we couldn’t wait to try it out.

Richard Warr, operations manager, took us through the offerings, explaining the thought process behind the menu was to be more approachable and accessible to guests, while

keeping the all-time favourites, such as Chef Alex Aitken’s signature Twice Baked Cheese Souffle, which seemed to be as popular as ever among the other diners. To us, it seemed that the Upper Deck has truly found its own unique voice.

A more approachable menu, while keeping some of the all-time favourites While we were studying the menu and making sure we made the right choices for our starters and mains, Richard suggested that we began with a light bite of Popcorn Chicken and sun-dried tomato bread with butter. The Popcorn Chicken, so gentle on the inside and crispy on the outside, was the perfect mouth-watering introduction to our evening.

Moving on from this, Adam ordered the Saffron Risotto with Smoked Haddock and Leek topped with a poached egg, and I, being the seafood lover that I am, went for the locally-sourced Christchurch Crab Shell, served in spiced thermidor sauce and baked in the half shell. To accompany these tremendous plates of food, the wine expert (and mind you, we never use this word lightly) Raphael was more than excited to recommend the perfect glasses of wine with our starters.

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Words by Marta Dimitrova Pictures by Adam Trimby Now, whenever I go to a seafood restaurant I always look for mussels, so for me, the Upper Deck was ticking all the boxes.

The Moules Frites or Mussels and Cream with Crisp Fries was my number one choice for a main. The freshness of the mussels, combined with the crispiness of the fries was all brought to a completely new level with the light cream sauce. Adam’s choice of main, the

Seafood Linguine with shellfish, chilli and garlic, was a mixture of the best of Christchurch and the best of Italy in one bowl.

To top off this already brilliant food experience, we moved on to the desserts. Here is when Adam completely indulged himself ordering the Rhubarb Crumble Cheesecake. “Phenomenal.

This is phenomenal,” he kept repeating again and again. He thinks it might be

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foodie NEWS the best dessert he’s ever had. For me, though, the Rhubarb and Raspberry Millefeuille was an excellent choice with its light crème and freshness of the fruit, which really finished off the meal.

The dessert wines recommended by Raphael were real show-stoppers.

Adam was served the delicate and subtle Late Harvest Tokaji Patricius Hungary 2015, while I enjoyed a glass of the fantastic and super sticky Late Harvest Chenin Blanc Ken Forrester South Africa 2013. This was undoubtedly the perfect finale to an evening filled with great food, great customer service and great company.

And as Richard said while walking us out that night, “It’s always better to finish on a high.”

Rhubarb and raspberry millefeuille

Rhubarb crumble cheesecake

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CafeA MCODuERlNt ure

PHENOMENON?

by Carol Waterkeyn

You could be forgiven for thinking that the cafe culture trend is new, but in fact it goes far back in history.

In the 1600s, coffee houses started emerging in Europe, although they had evolved in Turkey and the Middle East prior to that. In the UK, it seems the first coffee house was set up in Oxford in 1650, while London’s first coffee venue was started from a stall in 1652. It served Turkish coffee.

More coffee houses ensued. They became places to gossip, to do

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business and to put the world to rights. They were meeting places for merchants, business people, stockbrokers, writers, philosophers and more, and were solely the domains of men (apart from the occasional woman serving), unlike today.

But perhaps the forerunners of the coffee shops we now know date from the 1950s and 60s, with their Italian coffee

machines, jukeboxes and simple vinyl furnishings that were the trendy places for teenagers to frequent.

Meanwhile, with our predilection for tea in the UK, from the Victorian mid-19th century, tearooms serving tea, cakes and sandwiches sprang up, but were more suitable venues for the ladies to meet with their family and friends.

These were more sedate than the coffee houses and inns frequented by their menfolk. Smarter hotels provided tearooms, too; the most famous being Brown’s, and the Ritz, in London, which are still held in high esteem.

The first commercial UK tearoom appears to have been set up by the Aerated Bread Company in London in 1864 and, when further ones opened, became known as ABC Tea Shops. As their popularity spread, more and more

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Their rivals were J Lyons and Co’s Lyons Corner Houses, which formed in 1894, becoming the biggest chain of tearooms.

Their waitresses were known as ‘nippies’ as they nipped from table to table, taking orders and serving drinks, sandwiches and pastries. But independent tearooms were to appear in all towns and cities.

Tearooms were also popular in the US, where now the café culture has well and truly taken over with the prevalence of firms such as Starbucks popping up on every intersection. Starbucks was founded in Seattle in 1971, and spread overseas in the 1990s. In the UK several additional coffee chains have emerged, such as Costa and Café Nero, which, personally, I much prefer but fantastic independent coffee and teashops are holding their own, each with their own unique offering.

Nowadays you can choose from a wide © Bailey House range of coffees, such as cappuccinos, lattes, Americanos, flat whites and mochas, with various kinds of milk, including soya and nut milk, and syrups. For a coffee addict like me this is heaven. Tea can be black, green, herbal or fruit-based. Some cafés serve hot chocolate, smoothies, iced coffee and more. I’m sure you will agree that it can be mind-boggling just choosing your refreshments, and that’s before selecting from a mouthwatering range of cakes, biscuits, paninis, sandwiches and more.

Nowadays the café is a place to meet friends, bring your family, or to frequent by yourself to work quietly on a laptop, or read the paper.

Coffee and tea have come a long way from those early beginnings and are of a muchhigher quality. In the UK we drink upwards of 70 million cups of coffee each year and 62 billion cups of tea. I don’t think that will change anytime soon.

Here are some of our favourite cafés at mags4dorset. Why not give one a try?

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New Chief Constable for Dorset

When the RNLI lifeboat crew, including a member who was due at a wedding that afternoon, were out on exercise, a DSC (Digital Select Calling) alert came through. The Mayday alert, from a VHF radio, gave a partial position of the casualty and, being in the vicinity, the crew began a shoreline search along Durlston to Anvil Point, then Swanage Bay to Ballard Down and around Studland, but found nothing untoward.

Meanwhile, the coastguard contacted the person to whom the VHF radio was registered and

“I consider it an honour and privilege to take up the role of chief constable. I have worked in Dorset Police for six years and have been the deputy to Debbie Simpson for five of those years,” said James Vaughan who began his new role on 7 April. He paid tribute to Debbie Simpson saying, “She has been an outstanding chief constable and been both inspirational and influential across the county; picking up the baton from her is going to be a huge challenge.”

James said that one of his key priorities as chief constable would be focussing on the wellbeing of the workforce.

“The men and women of Dorset Police – officers, staff and volunteers – have delivered enormous changes in the force during recent years reducing our operating budget by £37million; yet we are still a police force that is judged among the best in the country,” he said.

Looking to the future, James added that the force has ambitious plans including working on the outline proposals for a full merger with Devon and Cornwall Police. He began his policing career with Wiltshire Police in 1992, working in various uniform and detective

obtained further information. The lifeboat crew were to look for a group of kayakers.

They found a group of six, and were able to locate the person whose VHF radio had set the alarm off. It turned out that the person had set the alarm off by accident when switching the radio off. Everyone in the party was safe and well.

The lifeboat headed back to the station at 1.15pm and dropped off crewman Stirling in time to get to the wedding of fellow crewmember Chris Speers who was marrying Becky Meyrick at Scaplens Court.

Volunteer helm James Kilburn said, “All’s well that ends well, and it was actually a good training session for the crew. It demonstrated how modern technology is making search and rescue much more efficient, as long as the equipment is working correctly and registered. Plus we got Stirling to the wedding on time.”

In the lifeboat wedding tradition, Stirling, along with other crew, was ‘raising the oars’.

Pictured are the happy couple who were married on Saturday 7 April. Chris is a senior creative designer for Bright Blue Day. He joined Poole lifeboat crew from Portrush having moved to Dorset from Northern Ireland. Becky is a science teacher at Queen Elizabeth’s School in Wimborne.

James Vaughan

roles, including head of crime.

He joined Dorset Police in 2012 as assistant chief constable.

James is married with five children and his interests include sailing and natural history.

Police and Crime Commissioner Martyn Underhill welcomed James to the role, saying, “Within policing, we are seeing unprecedented levels of change in crime types and increases in demand. Having been the deputy chief constable here in Dorset and across the strategic alliance, James is well placed to provide the strong leadership the force needs.”

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Come along to the Brunch and Book Club Why not come along to one of Brendoncare’s newest clubs this spring?

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The Brunch and Book club will be starting on 5 May at the newly refurbished pub The Grasshopper in Parkstone, Poole. Running on the first and third Saturday of the month, from 10am–11.30am, come along and join other like-minded friendly folk for a chat about some of your favourite books. With no pressure to read set books each time, this is a relaxed and friendly group where members can enjoy all things literary in the common room at the pub, laid out like a library of old, complete with comfy armchairs and a log fire. With a range of drinks and cakes available to buy, a selection of board games to occupy you and some books available to borrow if you fancy, this is a perfect start to the weekend.

And, should you feel peckish, feel free to stay on after the club for brunch.

Brendoncare Clubs is a registered charity dedicated to providing older people with opportunities for social interaction through its friendship and activity clubs in Hampshire and Dorset. Other clubs in the area include the Riverside club in Wimborne and Haviland Springers in Boscombe.

You can be guaranteed a warm welcome at both clubs, where members enjoy a variety of activities, quizzes and visiting speakers. If you fancy something a little more active, how about Somerford kurling club in Christchurch on a Saturday morning? Based on the Olympic sport of ice curling, this is a fun and popular indoor version, suitable for all.

For more information about any of Brendoncare’s clubs, please call 01962 852133 or visit www.brendoncare.org.uk/clubs.

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Spies and soldiers at Beaulieu for May half-term 26 May – 3 June

At Beaulieu for May half-term week, 26 May – 3 June, step back in time and enter the world of spies and soldiers from WWII. Follow the trail of hidden car parts and match them to the secret blueprint concealed in Palace House, then make a cipher wheel to crack the coded message.

On Saturday 2 June join forensic investigators from the Specialist Operations Regiment of the Royal Military Police as they show visitors how to hunt for clues, dust for fingerprints, collect evidence and photograph the scene of a crime.

Dress up as a soldier, see a selection of wartime vehicles and talk to Lord Montagu’s falconer about the role of

wartime falconry.

Then visit the Secret Army exhibition to discover Beaulieu’s role as the ‘Finishing School’ for secret agents.

Visit Buckler’s Hard from 26 – 29 May for a tour on board HMS Medusa, which took a starring role in the recent Dunkirk movie, and learn more about its wartime role, helping to clear the way to Omaha Beach for D-Day. All May half-term activities are included in general admission entrance tickets.

Tickets can be bought in advance online.

For full details see www.beaulieu. co.uk and www.bucklershard.co.uk or call 01590 612345.

In conjunction with Beaulieu, mags4dorset has a family ticket to give away. For your chance to win answer the following question: What is the name of the ship at Bucklers Hard, which took part in the recent Dunkirk movie?

Enter at: www.mags4dorset.co.uk or send your answer on a postcard to: WW11 COMPETITION, mags4dorset, Dana House, Spinneys Lane, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9BZ. Closing date is 15 May 2018. The first correct entry drawn will be the winner. Employees of Pulford Publicity Ltd or Beaulieu Enterprises are not permitted to enter. There is no cash alternative. The editor’s decision is final.

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near you 5 May 10am

West Moors Horticultural Society Plant Sale at West Moors Memorial Hall.

5-7 May

Railway weekend at Wimborne Model Town, with ride-on railway, local railway history and model railway layouts.

6 May 10am-4pm

Open Day for West Moors Memorial Bowling Club, situated behind West Moors Memorial Hall. Why not go along and find out more, meet the members and even have a go at bowling yourself? For info see www. westmoorsbowls.co.uk or call the secretary on 01202 892033.

7 May 2-4pm

Cream teas on offer at Pamphill Parish Hall in aid of St Stephen’s Church. All welcome.

9 May 7.30pm

Muscliff Garden Club – a talk on Echinacea and Rudbeckia by Martin Young at Muscliff Community Centre, Shillingstone Drive, Bournemouth.

12 May

Antiques & Decorative Art Market The Gateway Square, The Furlong, Ringwood BH24 1AT. 27 handpicked stalls offering an eclectic mix of antiques, collectables and vintage together with decorative items and vinyl records. This market is on the 2nd Saturday of every month. Details F: Antique & Art Fairs, T: @ArtDesignFairs E: jackieedwardsmarketing@ gmail.com

12 May 10am-12noon

Annual spring coffee morning in aid of Wimborne in Bloom at ‘Wits End’, 34 Park Lane, Wimborne. Hosts Anthony and Christine Oliver. With bring and buy table and raffle. Proceeds to Wimborne In Bloom.

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12 May 11-11.30am

Celebrate Hedgehog Week at Ferndown Library with a special story time and themed crafts, Lego club, and hedgehog treasure hunt. Free event for children 4 and up. More details from: 01202 874542.

12 May 2-4.30pm

Woodlands Church, near Verwood annual Fete and Fun Dog Show, The theme is the Royal Wedding. Entrance 50p for adults, children free. Stalls include plants, cakes and preserves, games, raffle and tombola, bottles, toys and toy tombola and bric-a-brac.

12-22 May

Wimborne Literary Festival with Timothy West, Adam Hart-Davis, Pam Ayres and more. Programmes available from Gullivers Bookshop, Wimborne or Westbourne Bookshop. Or visit www. wimborneliteraryfestival.co.uk

13 May 10am-5pm

Pianothon grand charity event at Merley House, Wimborne in aid of The Alzheimer’s Society, with pianist Sandra Trehane on Bosendorfer grand piano.

Refreshments available all day. Raffle. Entry £2. Contact: Pat Richardson on pat@ richardson.net.

13 May

Antiques & Decorative Art Fair, 100 stands on over 5 sites in the centre of Romsey, SO51 8YZ. Offering a huge array of antiques, collectables, bric-a-brac as well as vinyl records, street foods and music. F: Antique & Art Fairs T: @ArtDesignFairs, E: jackieedwards84@hotmail.com

14 May 2-4.30pm

AGM of the Association of Dorset (Home) Watches at Allendale House in Wimborne.

14 May 7.30pm

Wimborne Horticultural Society meeting and talk ‘Wonderful Water Gardens’ by Mike Webber in the Main Hall, Allendale Centre, Wimborne.

Members £1, visitors £3.

15 May 7.30pm

The Bournemouth Electronic Organ Society presents concert of popular music by Kevin Grunill at Queen Elizabeth’s School, Wimborne. Visitors very welcome. £5 payable at door. Info: 01202 895254.

17 May 7.30-10pm

Verwood Traditional Jazz Club welcomes Tad Newton’s Jazz Friends on a return visit. With lively swinging jazz and sounds of Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington and Count Basie plus contemporary blues material.

Venue: St Leonards Hotel, Ringwood Road, St Leonards.

Details: 01202 873725 or 07798 721405.

18 May 2.15-3.15pm

Reminiscence Tea Party at Ferndown Library. Theme is Hobbies. Get along for friendly conversation with tea and biscuits provided. Free event, everyone welcome. For more details call 01202 874542.

18 May 15 May 7.30pm

Toni Lee with her 10-piece band in concert We’ve Only Just Begun. A celebration of the Carpenters’ love songs at the Regent Centre, Christchurch.

Tickets £25, concs £23 from the box office on 01202 499199.

16 May 10am-1pm

Peacock Butterfly: wildlife art workshop at Ringwood Library.

Learn the skills and techniques to create a layered colour pencil artwork. No previous drawing experience required. £15 with tea/coffee provided.

Book on 01425 474255 or visit www.hants.gov.uk/shop

17 May 2pm

U3a Ringwood talk by Bruce Worthy (former Household Cavalry) on Pageantry, Pride and Nostalgia at Greyfriars Community Centre, Ringwood.

More info: www.ringwoodu3a. org.uk. Visitors welcome.

Twilight Walk for Women’s Health in aid of Bournemouth Hospital Charity along Bournemouth seafront. Choose 1km, 5km or 10km. For more info/to sign up, go to: www. bhcharity.org/event/twilight/ or call 01202 704060.

19 May 9am-3.30pm

Rocky Flower Show and Plant Fair at QE School, Wimborne BH21 4DT run by the Dorset and Hampshire groups of the Alpine Garden Society. Flower displays, photographic competition, embroidery, plant sales, plant forum, refreshments, lunches and homemade cakes. Entry £3, children free. Info from 01202 285179 or www. alpinegardensociety.net/shows

19-20 May

Film & Comic Con at Bournemouth International Centre. Entry from £8, book at bhlivetickets.co.uk

20 May 11-4pm

Food and Drink Festival at RNLI College, West Quay Road, Poole BH15 1HZ with workshops, street food, live music, face painting and lots of stalls. Free entry and parking.

20 May 3.30pm

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra playing alongside screening of the Gruffalo and Room on the Broom at Bournemouth Pavilion, Westover Road, Bournemouth.

Tickets from £15 adults, children from £7.50. Family tickets available. Book on 0844 576 3000 or from BSOlive.com

21 May 2pm

St Alban’s Garden Club, an illustrated talk by Eric Watson on ‘Wildflowers on your doorstep’ at St Alban’s Church Lounge, Charminster Road, Bournemouth.

25 May 7.30pm

Tenors Un Limited at the Regent Centre, Christchurch with their 15-year anniversary tour. Tickets £20.50 from the box office on 01202 499199 or website www.regentcentre. co.uk

26 May 11-11.30am

Elmer Day for children at Ferndown Library. Dress up as your favourite elephant and go along for an Elmer Story and crafts, Lego club and treasure hunt. Free event suitable for 4+. Details 01202 874542.

26 May 7.30pm

The Fayrewood Singers of Verwood perform ‘Music For Spring’ at Verwood Methodist Church. With a varied selection of songs and also featuring talented local saxophonist, Alex Rimell. All welcome. Tickets £6 include refreshments, with money raised for local charity Hurting To Healing.

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‘Anything Goes’, apparently

Bournemouth Musical Theatre Productions (BMT Productions) will be performing Anything Goes at the Regent Centre in Christchurch in early June.

Among the passengers heading for England on the luxury liner SS American are Reno Sweeney, a sometime celebrity evangelist turned nightclub entertainer and Lord Oakleigh, a wealthy English aristocrat, accompanied by his debutante fiancée, Hope Harcourt, her protective mother and Wall Street millionaire, Eli Whitney.

Less legally onboard are the stowaway Billy Crocker, desperately pursuing Hope, and Moonface Martin, desperately seeking the kind of notoriety enjoyed by Snake Eyes Johnson, whom the FBI believe to be making the trip in disguise.

The first golden age of American musical comedy in the 1930s produced a crop of masterworks from the likes of Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin and Cole Porter. Their content was exuberantly light-hearted, with farcical plots concerning satirised characters, but they nonetheless presented musical scores of sophistication

and elegance. For their first excursion into this rich territory, Bournemouth Musical Theatre Productions has chosen Cole Porter’s Anything Goes. The tune-filled, dance-peppered score includes such great songs as ‘I Get A Kick Out of You’, ‘You’re The Top’, ‘It’s De-Lovely’, and ‘All Through The Night’, as well as the title number ‘Anything Goes’, which so captures the spirit of the age.

The show runs from 6-9 June. In conjunction with the Regent Centre, mags4dorset has a pair of tickets to give away for Wednesday 6 June at 7.30pm.

For your chance to win, answer the following question: Who wrote the music and lyrics for Anything Goes?’

Enter at: www.mags4dorset.co.uk or send your answer on a postcard to: ANYTHING COMPETITION, mags4dorset, Dana House, Spinneys Lane, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9BZ. Closing date is 25 May 2018. The first correct entry drawn will be the winner. Employees of Pulford Publicity Ltd or the Regent Centre are not permitted to enter. There is no cash alternative. The editor’s decision is final.

COMPETITION WINNERS

The winner of the competition for two tickets to see My Fair Lady at the Regent Centre was Richard Stroud of Wimborne. Answer: ‘accustomed to her (face)’

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Hot on the Trail for Cheese and chilli

By Carol Waterkeyn Gourmet cheese and chilli lovers are assured of a great day out at this year’s Christchurch Cheese & Chilli Festival taking place from 9–10 June at Hurn, near Bournemouth Airport.

But don’t forget to take younger members of the family, too, as there’s plenty to keep them entertained as well, with pig racing, inflatables and children’s rides, face painting, magic shows and balloon modelling, Punch & Judy, and more.

For adults, there’s a wide range of stalls offering a huge range of cheeses, chutneys and chilli-based items to try and buy, plus a beer festival, live music and a chilli-eating competition.

Visitors of all ages will enjoy the falconry display and the craft and shopping stalls. Then why not have your lunch and sit and listen to the live music bands and rock choir?

The festival is open from 10am-5pm each day, and adult tickets cost £8 on the day (£6 in advance) with kids going free. There are concessions for seniors.

visit www.cheeseandchillifestival.com for more information.

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Photos taken at last year’s festival

by Paul Waterkeyn

at the Regent Centre, Christchurch

By Carol Waterkeyn You can tell that TV historian Dr Lucy Worsley is passionate about whatever subject she is researching and then making it engaging.

This show at the Regent Centre in April was to promote her new biography of Jane Austen, Jane Austen at Home, that takes at fresh look at the author’s life some 200 years after her death in 1817 at the age of 41.

After introducing herself as the chief curator of Historic Royal Palaces, such as Hampton Court and the Tower of London, and explaining a bit about herself, Lucy Worsley’s talk continued with a powerpoint display; but, this was no dull businessstyle, yawn-making presentation. Instead it was full of life, and both highly amusing and poignant. Lucy’s was a warm-hearted, fun explanation of Jane’s life and the audience (a full house) were captivated. The evening flew by as we were all caught up in the historian’s enthusiasm. Dispelling the myth of the bitter, lonely spinster, Lucy instead gave us her version of a witty, tall, clever woman who wanted to earn her own living through writing and not be dependent upon a husband. Eligible men were scarce at that time, explained Lucy, as many had gone off to fight Napoleon. Although there were brushes with romance, we learned that Miss Austen never found her Mr Darcy, and through reduced circumstances, such as the early death of her father, and a shortage of money was a constant worry. It necessitated periods of time staying with relatives, and moving home several times, mainly around Hampshire. She ended her days in Winchester following a severe illness and was buried in Winchester cathedral.

After a refreshment break, Lucy Worsley took many questions from the audience, including “Was Jane Austen short-sighted?” We now know, yes she most definitely was.

Lucy’s book was sold at the event and she was generous with her time, signing a large quantity and chatting with people at the end of the evening.

It was a highly interesting event for mags4dorset editor Janine and myself, rendering us bigger fans of Jane Austen, and with a heightened respect for Lucy the female historian now working on a programme for the BBC about Suffrage, due to be shown later this year.

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‘A Day in Dorchester’ event at United Church, Dorchester There’s an event in Dorchester on 2 June for the Friends of the Congregational Library and the Dr Williams’s Library, two of the oldest and most important libraries for the history of Nonconformity and Dissent in England. This also coincides with the Thomas Hardy Birthday weekend.

Admission is free.

The event begins at 11.15am, and follows with four half-hour talks.

At 11.30am Rev David Cuckson will speak about the first minister of the Dorchester Congregational Church, ‘William Benn and the Great Ejectment’. At 12.15pm, Peter Mann will talk about ‘McClune Uffen’, minister from 1891 to 1911.

There will be a break for lunch and a tour available with town crier, Alistair Chisholm. At 2.30pm Rev Dr Alan Argent will talk on ‘Thomas Hardy’s Congregational Schooling’.

Then, at 3.25pm, Rev Dr John Travell, will speak about ‘The Casterbridge Congregationalists’.

The New Hardy Players will be performing outside the County Hall at 5pm, and wreaths placed by the Mayor of Dorchester and members of the Hardy Society at Hardy’s and William Barnes’s statues.

For more information, contact Maria Jacobson on 07570 036288.

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motoring NEWS Overwhelming support to lowering drink drive limit A public consultation launched by Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner Martyn Underhill, to gain an insight into Dorset residents’ views on the drink drive limit, has found that a majority of people would like to see a lower threshold introduced.

Over 2,000 people shared their views, with 72% supportive of legislative change to bring the current limit into line with standards seen in Scotland and Europe.

On average, survey participants were only 53% confident that they knew how much alcohol they can legally consume under the current limit.

70% expressed a view that if the drink-drive limit was lowered, motorists would be more cautious about how much alcohol they consumed before driving. 61% said they would feel safer when travelling in Dorset.

Of the participants who stated

that they currently consume alcohol before driving, 38% said a lower limit would result in them consuming less alcohol before driving, while 40% would no longer consume any alcohol before getting behind the wheel.

Dorset PCC Martyn Underhill said, “These results clearly indicate that legislative change has the potential to not only affect drivers’ attitudes towards drinkdriving, but also their behaviour on the roads and ultimately the choices they make. The current limit encourages motorists to ‘risk it’, a lower limit could make people think twice.”

Sir Peter North’s ‘Review of Drink and Drug Driving Law’ in 2010 found that drivers with a blood alcohol concentration of between 20mg per 100ml and 50mg per 100ml have at least a three times greater risk of dying in a vehicle crash than those drivers who have no alcohol in their blood. This risk increases to at least six times with a BAC between 50mg per 100ml and 80mg per 100ml.

The PCC continued, “In 2016, at least four serious injury collisions occurred in Dorset where alcohol was recorded as a contributory factor, but the level of alcohol in

the motorists’ blood was below the current legal limit. This is why we need to think again.”

Support for legislative change was strongest among those in the 35-44 age range, with over 74% seeking a lower drink-drive limit as compared with just below 68% of participants between the ages of 55 and 64. Significantly, while 89% of female respondents supported a lower drink-drive limit, just 63% of participants that identified as male agreed.

With support from partner organisations, the PCC intends to raise this issue again with Government in the coming months.

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