Viewpoint September 2015

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Volume 39, Issue 11

VERWOOD RINGWOOD FORDINGBRIDGE WEST MOORS WIMBORNE ASHLEY HEATH ST IVES, ALDERHOLT

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• BACK TO UN I • MEET WIMBOR NE’S TOWN CR IER • AIR SHOWS – HAS THE CAA DONE ENOUGH ?

• COMPETITION : THE BOWIE EX PE AT THE BARR INGTON THEATR RIENCE E

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HelloReaders

It’s September, the back-to-school season, and there’s a hint of autumn in the air. (It had already set up camp in July and August too; the Great British weather strikes again!) Let’s hope that the summer is just late and will poke its head through the clouds this month.

Whatever the weather, there are plenty of events and activities to get involved in: Stay active with weekly ‘Health Ride’ cycle events in Ferndown, and dust off your boots and hat for the New Forest Walking Festival – see our ‘Local News’ and ‘In and Around the Area’ pages for more details on events.

We have several interesting topics to read about in this issue: Bournemouth’s Air Show, Food Hygiene Ratings, the confusions and conundrums of student life today, the aftermath of Nepal’s earthquakes, and ‘The Place’, a new facility for the young people of Ringwood, where youth worker Jenny Critchlow and her team are doing fantastic work supporting the town’s young community.

At mags4dorset, we were very sorry to hear about the passing of Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, founder of the National Motor Museum, who played a major role in the preservation of England’s historic houses, amongst many other good deeds (obituary on page 38).

Enjoy September, and lots of luck to everyone starting a new year at school or university, or embarking on new things.

Jasmine Watkiss, Assistant Editor (temp) Twitter @mags4dorset Facebook: www.facebook.com/mags4dorset.news Join the editor at www.facebook.com/janine.pulford Website: www.mags4dorset.co.uk Email the editor at: editorial@mags4dorset.co.uk

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The Country Corner - Lily Rose Osborne (5) takes Maybelline for a walk at the Rotary Rustic Fayre

Viewpoint Magazine is independently published and distributed free to homes and businesses in Ringwood, Verwood, Three Legged Cross, Ashley Heath, St Ives, West Moors and Wimborne. Views or opinions expressed in Viewpoint Magazine are not necessarily those of the publisher. The publisher reserves the right to refuse any advertisement deemed to be unsuitable for publication. Information about a service does not imply recommendation. All purchases made through this publication are done so entirely at your own risk. The copyright on all written material, logos and advertising artwork produced by our studio remains with Viewpoint Magazine and may not be reproduced without prior written permission from the publisher.

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Contact the Elderly Once a month on a Sunday afternoon in the West Moors and Ferndown areas, volunteer drivers from Contact the Elderly take elderly people, who have no family of their own, out for a little drive before going to the homes of volunteer host and hostesses for afternoon tea. More reserve drivers are needed, as are volunteer host and hostesses who are asked to entertain elderly visitors and two drivers for afternoon tea twice a year.

Downstairs cloakroom required.Call Carolyn 01202 424482.

Fancy a trip to France?

If so, why not join the Fordingbridge Twinning Association. It will be taking part in the Foire de la Pomme in Vimoutiers again this year on the weekend of 17 and 18 October. There will be a manned stand, which will promote various aspects of Fordingbridge, with exhibits of local activities, products and contributions from Fordingbridge Junior School. On the Sunday, the mayor will take part in the carnival and everyone else can soak up the atmosphere.

All are welcome. To find out how the twinning association can help you with transport arrangements and/or accommodation, contact Alison or Derek Ayling on 01425 650770 or email hippotrain@btinternet.com

Join VFBSO for a winter season of orchestral music The Verwood Friends of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (VFBSO) are looking forward to visiting Lighthouse Poole to enjoy

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some of the winter season Wednesday evening concerts by the orchestra.

Run for over 30 years by volunteers, VFBSO is a non-profit-making organisation that works on the basis of each concert having sufficient numbers to cover the cost of the concert tickets (at group rate) and the coach.

Last season, all but one of the visits went ahead.

This season, eight visits are

planned and members are free to join as many - or few as they wish.

The coach journey starts from the Potters Wheel car park in Verwood, with five more pick-up points in Verwood, one in Three Legged Cross and two in West Moors.

For full details and the 2015-16 programme please call 01202 824959 or e-mail margaret-tilley@sky.com.

New members welcome.

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Good Neighbours & Befrienders Fordingbridge Flower Club ood Neighbours & Befrienders small sewing job or filling in a form. ruby celebrations are a team of volunteers They can even help to move a piece

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operating in and around Ferndown, West Moors and West Parley, whose mission is to help those who can no longer help themselves.

They help with those little jobs around the house, from changing a light bulb to posting a letter, doing a

of furniture.

Or if you are alone and just fancy a chat, give them a call and one of their volunteers will pop in for a social visit.

For more information or to talk to a volunteer, phone Local Co-ordinator John on 01202 861832.

The Fordingbridge Flower Club is 40 years old in October, and to celebrate the anniversary, the club will hold it’s ‘Ruby Celebrations’ on 23 October in St Mary’s Church Hall, Fordingbridge.

The evening with Sandy Bailey, a national demonstrator, entitled ‘Romance of the Stone’, is open to

the public and a delicious buffet will be served.

Tickets cost £15 and are available to be collected on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 9am to 2pm from Helen Tague on 01425 655462, or alternatively, from Ann Brenchly on 01425 652051.

DRIVER FAILS TO STOP IN A31 COLLISION Officers are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following a ‘failto-stop’ collision on the A31 near Ferndown At around 1.15pm on Wednesday 26 August, a road traffic collision took place involving a black Renault Clio heading westbound on the A31 near to the Ashley Heath roundabout.

It was reported that a dark-coloured estate car crossed over the chevrons, just prior to the interchange, causing the driver of the Clio – a 17-year-old girl from Ringwood – to take evasive action.

The Clio left the road and ended up on its side on the outside lane, yet the driver of the estate car failed to stop.

The front seat passenger of the Clio, a 21-year-old Ringwood woman, was taken to Poole Hospital with a serious hand injury and the driver sustained minor injuries.

Police Constable Mark Palmer, of Dorset Police’s Traffic Unit, said, “This collision could have been a lot more serious and it’s remarkable that the victims didn’t sustain more injuries.

“I am appealing to any witnesses of the collision, who we haven’t already spoken to, to please call me on 101.

“I would also urge the driver of the dark-coloured estate, who was present at the time of the incident, to contact me urgently.

“All calls will be treated in strict confidence.”

Witnesses and anyone with information should call Dorset Police in confidence on 101, quoting incident number 26:183.

Alternatively, call the free and anonymous Crimestoppers line on 0800 555 111, where mobile phone tariffs may apply.

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Six-pack chamber goes from strength-to-strength Ferndown Chamber of Commerce (FCOC) has thrown its weight behind the Dorset Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) led campaign to give the county a stronger voice locally, regionally and nationally.

It’s the sixth chamber to become affiliated to DCCI, bringing the total number of

businesses represented to nearly 1,500.

Ferndown, which has 40 members, follows Weymouth and Portland, Broadstone, Dorchester, Poole and Bridport chambers of commerce in the affiliation partnership.

DCCI, the voice of business in Dorset with about 800 members representing 37,000 employees, is the only county chamber accredited by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).

FCOC committee meets on the first Tuesday of every month at the Barrington Centre. At the September meeting, Ian Girling, DCCI’s chief executive spoke about the coming together of the chambers outlining the benefits including joint events, training and working together on key issues. He wanted to involve FCOC with Business Pulse, a snapshot survey and said he intended to meet with FCOC on a quarterly basis. In 2016, he aims to bring all the affiliated chambers together to meet each other and exchange ideas.

Visit www.dcci.co.uk for more about DCCI and www.ferndownchamber. org.uk for FCOC.

FCOC Executive committee with Ian Girling (fourth from left)

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wo members of Verwood Afternoon Townswomen’s Guild, Barbara Chisholm and Linda Pearson, (pictured), met Princess Anne at the Townswomen’s Guild National AGM in Glasgow.

They presented a mandate for debate on the long term residential care of people with severe mental or physical disabilities.

When care homes close, patients often have to move in with elderly parents who cannot physically cope,

therefore they need a community created for them to care for their specific needs.

This subject was discussed and voted on in the presence of the Princess Royal, who is patron of the Townswomen’s Guild and the mandate was carried unanimously.

“This was the first time a mandate had been accepted

by TG National Headquarters from a guild from the Dorset area, so we were all very proud,” said Linda.

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Badger cull moves to Dorset

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by Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) as a misguided attempt to control the spread of the bovine tuberculosis, the badger cull in Dorset was given the go ahead by the government last month. As many as 835 of these iconic British wild animals could be destroyed by killing gangs sanctioned to shoot free-running badgers at night.

DWT argues that their badger vaccination programme started in 2013 on selected nature reserves

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could demonstrate that there are alternatives to badger culling. The conservation charity, with over 25,000 members will not allow badger culling on any of its 44 nature reserves in Dorset and is urging people to visit www.wildlifetrusts.org. uk/badgers to download a letter template and write to their MP urging them to put pressure on the government to stop the cull.

DWT’s Chief Executive, Dr Simon Cripps said, “The decision to carry out a badger cull in Dorset flies in the face of scientific evidence, public opinion and the wishes of parliament

The culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire have already shown to be neither effective nor humane, and as a result, a failure. The cost of culling is also high, at £3353 per badger during the trial culls of 2013 and this doesn’t include policing costs. Dorset Wildlife Trust owns a herd of cattle itself, so we understand how deeply concerned farmers in Dorset are for their livestock contracting this terrible disease, but we will continue to support alternatives to culling that have a far better chance of restricting the disease. Culling badgers is not the answer.”

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BIG THANK YOU!

A group of young people from Hampshire took up the challenge of collecting food for Ringwood Foodbank at the beginning of August as part of their involvement in the government-funded National Citizen Service (NCS).

The 13 teenagers, based in New Milton, decided to help by collecting as much food as they could in two weeks, at the same time raising public awareness of the Foodbank.

They did this by bag-packing for customers in Morrisons Supermarket in Verwood on 3 August, which raised £243 in five-and-a-half hours. They also organised a raffle, with prizes donated by retailers in Ringwood and New Milton.

This brought the total to £580. With this money, the group purchased 454.4 kg of goods for the Foodbank, enabling some 40 local people to have three meals a day for three days.

Volunteers are key to the operation of the Foodbank. If you would like to support the Ringwood Foodbank, please telephone 01425 600134 or email info@ringwood.foodbank.org.uk

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The Dorset Ladies Luncheon Club meets monthly, October to April, at the Marsham Court Hotel in Bournemouth. The day starts with coffee and a 3-course lunch followed by interesting speakers. Soon to be welcomed are: Dickie Arbiter, the Queen’s former press secretary and Simon Caulder, TV travel guru. Interested in joining? Contact Shirley 01202 805036 or Valerie 01202 874328

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ON THE RUN!

mags4dorset’s account manager Mark Beechey is running his first marathon in Nottingham this month. The Robin Hood Marathon takes place on 27 September and Mark will be raising money for CLIC Sargent. Mark said, “My stepson was diagnosed with cancer when he was six. After treatment, he is now in remission. CLIC Sargent helped us as a family and this is my way of saying thank you.”

Mark has been training for a while now and though he regularly runs half marathons, this is his first attempt at a full one. The staff at mags4dorset will be sponsoring Mark, if you would like to do the same visit www.virginmoneygiving.com/markbeechey

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Welcome to one of the largest furniture showrooms in the South of England, located in Ferndown, Dorset. David Phipp House Furnisher really is a furnishing store par excellence!

This year it celebrates its 43rd year of trading as an independent, family run business.

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ith showrooms spanning some 30,000 feet, there are stunning displays of contemporary, traditional and bedroom furniture with ranges to cover all tastes in home furnishing.

In the Contemporary area, designers include Tom Schneider, Hartmann, Rom and Nolte along with an Ekornes Stressless studio.

The Traditional department offers classic UK manufacturers including Duresta, Parker Knoll, G Plan, Ercol, Sherborne Collins & Hayes and Peter Guild.

The Bedding department, situated on the first floor, has a display of Somnus, ViSpring, Tempur, Dunlopillo, Sleepeezee and Slumberland beds, all in room settings with beautiful furniture to complement the bedding ranges. There is also a comprehensive choice of headboards, ottomans, chairs and accessories and being specialists in adjustable beds, David Phipp has experts on hand to provide advice on models and their suitability.

The Tempur World Studio offers the complete range of Tempur beds and accessories, the only one on the South Coast.

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Throughout September and October, David Phipp is celebrating its Autumn Anniversary with savings of up to 50% off throughout the showroom.

And don’t miss the new - outletdepartment opening this month, with all leading brands reduced to HALF PRICE to clear for immediate delivery including: G.PLAN, STRESSLESS, PARKER KNOLL, SHERBORNE, TEMPUR, VI SPRING, TOM SCHNEIDER, SUTCLIFFE, NATHAN and many more.

Throughout the company’s 43 years of trading, they are proud to have maintained their traditional values offering a very high standard of customer service along with an enviable reputation for exceptional quality and choice across all departments.

Customers are more than welcome to browse at their leisure with expert advice on hand from the team of sales staff who have a wealth of knowledge and many years

experience in the furniture trade. David Phipp offers a Customer Privilege Card scheme, which has proved extremely popular, this entitles customers to discount on future purchases and invitations to forthcoming sale previews and events.

A courtesy car service is available to bring customers without transport to the showrooms at their convenience. The vehicle is wheelchair friendly which has proved an especially helpful service.

Finally, don’t miss the popular coffee shop, the Balcony Café, which serves speciality coffees, teas, home-made cakes and light lunches, a perfect way to end your shopping experience.

David Phipp House Furnisher, Ringwood Road, Ferndown BH22 9AL 01202 897474 or 893377

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Gift of lifesaving equipment to RBH Ferndown Health Ride cyclists

A year of cycling for health in Ferndown Cyclists from Ferndown have celebrated the first anniversary of the successful weekly Health Ride, which started last August.

Setting out from Ferndown Forest Golf Club every Tuesday morning, the ride is led by volunteers at a leisurely pace and is perfect for those who would like to try a fun and sociable activity.

The weather rarely stops the rides and they run every week throughout the year. A warm coffee and a chat afterwards at the Forest Inn always go down well.

The rides are free and run every Tuesday morning.

No booking is required. Participants just need to turn up at 9.45am for a 10 o’clock start. Anyone needing to hire a bike to join in can call 01425 480811.

The family of a patient, who received dedicated, attentive care whilst being treated in the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH), has funded a lifesaving pacing defibrillator in her memory via Bournemouth Hospital Charity.

Susan (Suki) Roberts endured a progressive disability and had very complex medical issues.

The family put aside over £3,000 to spend on equipment that Suki would need but sadly she passed away before they were able to spend the money. They wanted the money to help others and so funded an upgrade to a defibrillator on AMU. The defibrillator allows for a temporary means of pacing a patient’s heart during a medical emergency. This machine has already been used on AMU, improving the management of a critically ill patient.

Kelly Spaven, Matron in AMU, said, “We are really grateful for the donation from Suki’s family.

The defibrillator has already saved lives and I know that many others will benefit from this in the future.”

Lindsey Sturman, Fundraising Manager from Bournemouth Hospital Charity, said, “Suki’s family were so grateful to the staff on AMU who treated her.

The donation was a way of expressing their gratitude for the patience, tolerance and understanding from the doctors and nurses when dealing with the complexities of Suki’s medical conditions.”

Barry Wilson from Bournemouth Hospital Charity with the upgraded defibrillator

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local Keith Bates with his trophy and winning certificate

Local wine maker’s Ochsenfurt wine wins first prize During a visit to Wimborne a few years ago, a party from Wimborne’s twin town of Ochsenfurt in Germany presented a couple of vines as a gift, which were planted near the Wimborne-Ochsenfurt twinning bed in Park Lane. Other vines from Ochsenfurt had previously been planted in Redcotts Recreation Ground.

Last year, Broadstone winemaker Keith Bates agreed to harvest the grapes on behalf of the Wimborne-Ochsenfurt Twinning Association and the town council; his efforts have been rewarded. Last month he entered a bottle of the wine in the medium/sweet category at the Gillingham and Shaftesbury Show and came away with a first place win. Keith also entered a number of other wines, and with a ‘raspberry liqueur’ he won the cup for best wine in the show.

Dorset Police celebrates a century of female officers A lot has changed since the Women Police Service was established in 1914 and the first female police officer joined Dorset Police in 1937.

In celebration of this milestone, Dorset Police would like to speak to some of the women who have worked for Dorset Police over the years.

Were you, or perhaps someone you know, a female police officer in the past? Or do you have any old stories, photos or memorabilia you would like to share us to celebrate 100 years of women in policing?

If so, the Force would love to hear from you. For more information, visit www.dorset. police.uk and search for ‘Dorset Police Celebrates 100 Years Of Women In Policing’.

New Forest Walking Festival returns this autumn

The New Forest Walking Festival will return this autumn with 80 guided wildlife walks, history hikes and wild play adventures.

The expert-led walks will reveal the history, heritage and wildlife of the Forest during the festival from 17 October to 1 November, including half term.

The National Park is particularly dazzling during the autumn, with flat, accessible landscapes, making it ideal for all ages and abilities. Prices vary, but many walks are free or discounted for those who travel by public transport, by bike or on foot.

For full details, including booking, visit www.newforestnpa. gov.uk/walkingfestival

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Defra director general visits New Forest National Park

A senior government official visited the New Forest National Park in August to discover more about its crucial role in helping one of the country’s most treasured landscapes to thrive.

Sonia Phippard, Director General for the Policy Delivery Group at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), spent a day seeing how the New Forest National Park Authority works with its many partners to restore and protect vital habitats, support local communities and help visitors enjoy and understand its beautiful landscapes.

The tour included visits to the New Forest Centre in Lyndhurst, a wetland

restoration site at Blackwater, the new Shipwright School at Buckler’s Hard and discovering more about the New Forest Marque local produce scheme. The Defra visit was organised

by National Parks England to highlight the value of England’s 10 national parks and some of the challenges they face with few resources available.

Sonia Phippard said, “It was a great introduction to the national parks, and an opportunity to discuss some of the issues and challenges. The visit certainly brought home the breadth and depth of the National Park Authority’s involvement and care for the very special

Defra director general visit to the New Forest National Park Authority (NFNPA) at the Shipwright School in Buckler’s Hard; (back row from l-r) Nigel Matthews from NFNPA, Stephen Munn from the Beaulieu Estate, Ralph Montagu from the Beaulieu Estate, Steve Avery from NFNPA, Paul Hamblin from National Parks England, Rachel Pearson from the Beaulieu Estate, (front row from l-r) Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre from NFNPA, Jane Overall from New Forest Marque, Alison Barnes from NFNPA and Sonia Phippard from Defra

environment, but also for the local community and visitors.”

Alison Barnes, Chief Executive of the New Forest National Park Authority, said, “The Government understands the importance of National Park Authorities in not only protecting unique and precious habitats for wildlife, but also providing good value for money in its support for local economies.

For every £1 we contributed to joint projects in 2014 to 2015, it generated a further £13 from partner organisations.”

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The Mayor goes quackers

It’s that way!

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School of Tae Kwon

The Rotary Rustic Fayre on August Bank Holiday Monday attracted over 2,000 people

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Crash & Fall stuntmen enthralled spectators and terrier racing was a hoot, with some dogs forgetting which direction to run. Other arena displays included Stephen Lamberth Tae Kwon-do, gun dog handling and egg catching.

Stalls abounded, classic cars gleamed and two little ponies were loved by the children. Live music included Matt Black, Vanessa’s Villains and Verwood Concert Brass.

Vern Harris, Verwood Rotary Rustic Chairman said, Pony love

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“I’d like to thank all the people who turned up, all those who helped with the event and East Dorset District Council for allowing us to use their facilities.

Apologies for the Dakota fly past, which was cancelled due to low cloud.”

A corporate duck race caused great excitement when the ducks were launched into the river by the Mayor of Verwood, Cllr Mrs Sandra Grove. She said, “It’s been such a good day. The Rustic Fayre really brings the community together.”

A presentation night will be held in November with profit going to local charities, and next year’s Rustic Fayre is already in the planning stages.

The winner is…

Café René Verwood Concert Brass

Matt Black

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results: 1st £100 Peacock & Murphy; 2nd The Hideaway; 3rd Clarity Solutions,; 4th Verwood Stroke Club; last duck home, Ringwood Road Stores.

Raffle prize winners

1st £500 donated by Nicholas O’Hara Funeral Directors, ticket 1789; 2nd Bournemouth signed shirt, ticket 1985; 3rd Hamper donated by Morrisons, ticket 0587. Visit the Rotary Club’s website for other winning tickets.

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Myhome celebrates its first anniversary By taking the hassle out cleaning, Myhome Residential Cleaning is benefitting many homes within a 15mile radius of Ferndown.

As this innovative cleaning company celebrates its first year in business, Cameron MacLeod says, “Our formula is based on a process developed by Unilever and has proved to be highly successful.”

Using a colour-coded plan to avoid cross contamination between rooms, Myhome sends in a team (minimum of two people) to do all those cleaning jobs you don’t have time for, or perhaps you can’t do yourself. From ceiling to skirting the team clean quickly, efficiently and thoroughly.

Whether a one-off blitz or a regular weekly or fortnightly clean, Myhome can comfortably take on the biggest of jobs and will also clean ovens, carpets and the insides of windows.

They provide a flexible service tailored to meet individual needs, so will visit you at your home to assess your requirements and discuss any special requests, then prepare a personalised quotation.

They are also experts in “End of Tenancy Cleans”, and “After Builder Cleans”.

Myhome only cleans homes, so contact the specialists for your FREE personalised quote on 01202 830225 or ferndown@myhome.co.uk

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of our readers regularly read town features (m4d 2015 survey)

Retired and loving Ringwood U3A Ringwood U3A (University of the Third Age) was set up three years ago for retired people. It now has 140 members and offers educational, creative and leisure opportunities from 20 different groups ranging from Canasta, Family History and Spanish, to Writing for Pleasure.

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here are also regular informal meetings held on the third Thursday of the month at Greyfriars, Christchurch Road in Ringwood starting at 2pm.

Chairman Pete Jackson says, “Membership costs £25 from April to March.

This entitles you to attend monthly meetings and join as many groups as you wish. It also entitles you to join any social events.”

A recent summer social was held at Blashford Study Centre. Members had the chance to enjoy pond dipping, learn about the historical aspects of the site, and visit the bird hides on a guided walk. The afternoon was rounded off with tea and cakes.

New members are welcome to join the Ringwood U3A. Contact Jo Barratt: josephinebarratt@hotmail. com for details. To discover more about the groups and when they meet, visit www.ringwoodu3a.org.uk

8th Birthday celebrations

at Food for Thought

A beautifully presented Aladdin’s cave situated in the heart of Ringwood’s High Street, Food for Thought delivers outstanding customer service and a huge array of some of the most mouth-watering fine foods to be found in the region.

Held to celebrate the start of the shop’s 8th birthday week on 10 October, there will be all sorts of nibbles to tempt you at Food for Thought’s taster day with Chef Bernie.

The award-winning delicatessen provides quality fine foods produced in smallholdings and farm kitchens, often blending authentic and traditional family recipes with a contemporary twist.

Food For Thought is affectionately known as the nibble shop, the olive shop or the bubble shop due to the bubble machine that often decorates the High Street. You always receive a warm welcome, and are invited to try any of the 15 or more tasters laid out daily.

During the birthday week, 10-17 October, customers will be invited to enter a raffle for the chance to win a splendid hamper full of oils, tapenades and pastes.

When you call in, look out for the popular fresh olives, Pig n Pickles range, balsamic vinegar,

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glazes and infused oils. Other best sellers are Food for Thought’s own brand of nibbles, garlic sticks, chilli bites, wasabi peas, Bombay mix, crystallised ginger, and chocolate covered ginger and Brazil nuts. Local honey is available, as well as fine local cheeses and garlic bulbs from IOW based Garlic Farm.

Experience the fullest of flavours at Food for Thought.

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Awards celebrate New Forest successes The CLA (Country Land and Business Association) and New Forest National Park Authority have announced the winners of their 2015 joint awards, presented to local people and businesses that have made an exceptional contribution to maintaining the unique landscape and way of life of the New Forest.

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Young Farmer/Commoner of the Year – Pete Niccolls, Beaulieu Best Supporter of Local Produce – Alison Slingo, Paws Deli Sustainability Champion – Dave Dibden, Pondhead Conservation Trust Rural Diversification –Mary Montagu-Scott, Buckler’s Hard Shipwright School

New Forest National Park Authority Chief Executive, Alison Barnes, said, “It has been a pleasure to work with the CLA again this year to reward people whose enterprises contribute to the living, working Forest.”

Recent statistics compiled by the CLA indicate that in the New Forest area, landowners, farmers and rural businesses employ more than 36,000 people. The awards celebrate that success and highlight the outstanding contribution made by many local people to conserving the natural beauty of the New Forest for future generations.

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L-R: Edward Heron, National Park Authority Deputy Chairman; Alison Barnes; Kerry Dovey, Blake Morgan; Mary Montagu-Scott, Rural Diversification; Alison Slingo; Pete Niccolls; Dave Dibden; Iain Curry, CLA Hampshire Chairman.

New Forest Airfields at Burley Park The Friends of the New Forest Airfields had a stand at a fun day in Burley on 22 August, which told the story of the large airfield opened in 1942 between Burley and Bransgore.

RAF Holmsley South was used by RAF Coastal, Army Co-operation and Transport commands and was a key location for the Second Tactical Air Force in the 1944 Normandy invasion. The Royal Canadian Air Force’s 418 City of Edmonton squadron flying lonely night intruder missions over occupied Europe also used the airfield. Unusually, it was used by both the US Army Air Forces in Britain, the Eighth in 1942 and the Ninth in 1944, a distinction shared with RAF Ibsley and Hurn.

The Friends of the New Forest Airfields can be contacted on 01425 674516, or email fonfa2010@gmail.com.

Sapphires for September

By David at Fields Jewellers September’s birthstone is the sapphire, a relative of the ruby and one of the four precious stones (the others being diamond, emerald, and ruby). Sapphire is a strong stone, its hardness is exceeded only by the diamond. This means it is hardwearing in jewellery and is easy to look after.

Historically, sapphires have been thought to protect the wearer from envy and harm, as well as attracting blessings from heaven. They are not just blue; they come in every colour, but red. Sapphires in any other colour than blue are referred to as fancy sapphires.

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The Place to be FOR RINGWOOD’S YOUNG PEOPLE Young people couldn’t be kept away from Ringwood Town Council’s brand new youth facility ‘The Place’. With paint still drying on the walls, it was decided to push ahead with the activities, despite works not yet being finished, and a launch day took place on 8 August.

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he new building, which was begun in January and has cost more than £500,000, has been extremely well equipped and is already becoming the focal point for all young people’s services in the town for the future. Over 50 individual young people have already been in and out of The Place, 17 of which are young women, and there are several ‘regulars’ who love the pool table and cycling on the nearby field.

The Town Council’s Youth Worker, Jenny Critchlow, said, “This facility has been a long time coming and I hope the young people of the town will be proud of it and proud of themselves after they raised £5000 towards the building.”

Jenny and her husband Phil began the project 18 years ago, when they volunteered to run drop-in sessions for Ringwood’s young people on Friday evenings at Belinda’s Bakery, thanks to owner Peter Ellis. After 10 years there, they used an old tennis pavilion for eight years, and have finally been given this brand new, welcoming building, which Jenny says is thanks to local councillors and a project run by Ringwood School, in which pupils entered a national competition entitled ‘What does your community need?’

Designed to create a number of opportunities for young people, the building comes equipped with a fully-fitted kitchen, including a pizza oven, slush machine, panini grill and espresso machine. In the main hall are a plasma TV (a gift from sponsor Sony), Xbox, pool table, table tennis, soft seating and the all-important Wi-Fi. Despite all this snazzy equipment, Jenny says the simple things that help support vulnerable young people, such as The Place’s on-site shower, are what really matter. They are planning to install a washing machine and tumble dryer to help young people further. The hard-working and dedicated couple’s vision is to provide a hub of services to help support the young members of the Ringwood community.

The Town Council has a summer programme of activities arranged and will be providing health clinics and job search support at the new facility very soon (once the group session room is finished!).

The facility has just been reopened after closing for two weeks, allowing the builders to get back in and finish the job!

Jenny Critchlow is eager to hear from any organisation working with young people who might like to make use of the facility and would like to attract more volunteers to assist at The Place to support young people.

For more information on projects in Ringwood, visit the council’s website www.ringwood.gov.uk or ring 01425 473883.

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Plant a tree and help grow woodland to celebrate a loved one Families are invited to celebrate a birth, marriage or life of a relative this year with the planting of a community woodland in the New Forest.

Anybody looking to celebrate a family member or life event can take part in the Family Trees scheme, run by the New Forest National Park Authority.

Registration is free and open to all, with the tree-planting event taking place in Sway in the New Forest on 28 November. Anyone who registers will receive a free personalised certificate as a memento, even if they cannot attend the tree-planting day.

Trees and woodlands are a key feature of the natural beauty of the New Forest and they also make an important contribution to the appearance of towns and villages within the area. As the Family Trees woodland grows and matures it will provide a legacy for future generations and provide a lasting memory of a lovedone.

Barry Rickman, Sway Parish Councillor and New Forest National Park Authority member said, “Planting a tree is a wonderful way to mark an important life event, celebrate a birth or remember a loved-one, as it keeps the memory of a family member alive for generations.

“Sway is the perfect location for the first Family Trees community woodland in the New Forest as it’s a village with a population of all ages, from young families to senior citizens. I hope everyone who attends the tree planting event in November will enjoy visiting us and being part of creating a new woodland.”

To reserve your place for free, visit www.newforestnpa.gov.uk/familytrees.

‘Dorset Do’

returns to Ringwood The ‘Dorset Do’ Show and Exhibition will take place at Ringwood School, Parsonage Barn Lane on Saturday 26 September, with an extra special ‘See It Made’ Craft Show alongside. One of very few shows exhibiting local woodcarvers, stick makers and wood turners, the show takes a trip to the past to honour these traditional skills. There will be demonstrations and a number of talks by guest speakers on various craft skills.

If that isn’t enough, there will also be tools and craft materials for sale all day, a raffle, tea and coffee, and a hot lunch available to order. For more information, visit www.dorset-do.co.uk or ring Mike Tuck on 01425 475129.

Sian, Rosie, Nik and Owen Gruber at a tree-planting event.

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NEPAL FIVE MONTHS ON

Korean Rescue Team The Korean rescue team worked tirelessly in hope of a rescue. The first floor of a building had collapsed and the restaurant that occupied that space is now gone along with those who died whilst eating lunch on the day of the quake.

Photographs by Ottavia Fabbri

In April 2015, an earthquake in Nepal killed more than 8,800 people and injured more than 23,000.

It devastated the beautiful country and its people; historical monuments disappeared, villages were destroyed and communities were left damaged and filled with pain and loss.

Reconstruction

The mobilisation and collaboration of aid and reconstruction in Nepal is immense and touching to see. Anyone with two hands helps; the old and young Nepalese work alongside foreign aid workers to clear bricks away. All are part of a human chain that is helping to rebuild the magic of Nepal.

Refugees and Villages Survivors

Most have lost a family member or friend, but what is clear and inspiring is none have lost hope. These pictures are all an exchange of respect and compassion for the victims’ terrible loss. One survivor says, “My house is destroyed, but I’m alive and thankful and I will rebuild it and my life again”.

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Here are the courageous and unbreakable individuals, families and communities who keep strong while facing their realities and being thankful to be alive. Some live in refugee camps, others under tents and many still stuck in their destroyed villages. All have one thing in common; they are striving to rebuild their homes and lives somehow.

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Discovering Art with U3A Verwood U3A (University of the Third Age) is holding an exhibition and sale of watercolours from 22 September to 30 October at the Hub, Brock Way, Verwood.

Around 50 paintings will be on show.

U3A runs group activities for people no longer in full-time employment. Art is one of the most popular activities in Verwood U3A, with three flourishing groups. Many

of the exhibitors came to art late in life and U3A offers encouragement to have a go and to persevere.

“The skill comes through just wanting to paint,” says Norah Cowell who runs the watercolour group. “I so enjoy the sincere enthusiasm of all the ‘students’.

I know what it is like to struggle, but with perseverance one makes progress.” Norah gives individual help and feels the relaxed

atmosphere is crucial to nurturing talent.

U3A artist Crissy Harris agrees.

“Some of us had never painted before we retired. Members get a sense of achievement and enjoy the relaxed company. We all give each other hints and tips when needed. Most started off saying ‘I can’t paint’ but have proved themselves wrong.”

To learn more about U3A including the art groups visit the website www.verwoodu3a.org.uk or ring 01202 820823.

Members of the Watercolour Group

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Starlight enrolling now Starlight Dance Academy covers Bournemouth, Poole and Wimborne reaching out to all enthusiastic dancers. They are now enrolling new students for their September classes and hold a number of dance classes of different styles for the ages between 2 and 17 years.

Alongside these dance classes, they also run after-school clubs, pre-school and nursery classes and ladies’ dance fitness classes for over 18s.

The academy is run by two energetic mothers who have been in the industry collectively for over 20 years. They have studied and performed a variety of dance styles ranging from classical to ballroom to disco freestyle and street, along with being vocally trained.

All their classes are run in an encouraging and fun way, making the effort to engage with their students in order for them to gain their full potential.

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Stephen Lamberth says, “We teach respect, discipline, courtesy, self control and perseverance to name but a few things. It is also fun to take part in the sessions whether you are an absolute beginner or someone who has had some experience before.

Everyone is treated the same as even the instructor was a beginner at one time.

“Call to arrange a free one month trial for yourself if you are a beginner or for members

of your family. The most common statement made by parents is: ‘I wish I had started this earlier.’ Children say things along the line of: ‘That was great fun; when can I go again?’”

The School’s latest display was given at the Rustic Fayre on August Bank Holiday Monday.

Why not give it a go? What have you got to lose? Verwood has a NEW training venue at Emmanuelle Middle School. The hall is light, bright and fresh; an ideal and safe environment for you and your family.

Call Stephen Lamberth on 01202 829012 or visit the website Taekwondo.4.co.uk.

Display at the Rustic Fayre

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GCSE and A-Level Top performers

Michaela Sibsey

James Broad and Jake Ford

James Broad

Danny Mazloum

Stuart Graham

Finella Eagles

Jacob Stapley

Lucas Lockyer Katherine Dunn

Joseph Rowell

Jake Ford

James Leader and Adam Williams

Lucas Lockyer and Adam Williams

Students at the school have been celebrating after an outstanding set of results. They make excellent progress as they move through the school and this is shown in GCSE, BTEC and A-level results.

The new Headteacher, Philip Jones commented: “I would like to congratulate the students of Year 11 on their excellent GCSE results.

Following the school’s recent good rating from an Ofsted HMI Inspector and our outstanding A-Level results, where 43% of students gained A* to B grades, the GCSE students have gained the school’s best ever value added score, putting the school in the top third of the country for progress, the students’ GCSE English and Maths results were also higher than national results, being 68% and 66% respectively.

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the staff and students of Ferndown Upper School for their hard work.”

Sixth form places for the 2015-16 academic year are filling fast, so prospective students for September should contact the school as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Visit the school website for full details www.fernup.dorset.sch.uk Visit www.mags4dorset.co.uk for more local news

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A Memorable Place to start a Learning Journey Moyles Court School in the New Forest near Ringwood caught public attention this year with its new slashed fee structure and clear messages on its strong individualised learning, wrap around care service and new flexible transport arrangements.

Moyles Court offers continuous education from 2 ½ to 16 years and individualised learning begins in the nursery and pre-school.

Using dedicated early learning software and modern technology, Moyles Court creates a personal learning and play diary for the younger children, to share with the child’s parents; a service valued by the parents.

The success of the approach is reflected in the most recent Inspection Report which stated: ‘Children in the EYFS exceed the Early Learning Goals by the end of Reception’.

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Celebrating exam achievement It’s been a record year for Queen Elizabeth’s School students.

At A-level 37% gained A*-A and over 50% of all students gained A*-B grades, 70% at A*-C, with an overall pass rate of 97%.

Students also achieved a highly impressive set of results in their GCSE examinations: a staggering 85% of all students gained an A*-C in English, 76% of students gained at least one Science GCSE and 68% gained an A*-C in Maths. Those achieving at least 5 A*- C including English and Maths, the standard by which most schools are judged, was an impressive 60%, with 72% of all students gaining 5A*-Cs. This shows continuous improvement on last year and is one of the best set of GCSE results that the school has ever achieved.

Although many students achieved extremely well and the school is proud of them all, some outstanding performances in terms of top grades in 2015 were: A-Level Rebecca Beeson - A* A* A A Laura Baron – A* A* A Harriet Thomas – A* A* A Daisy Sax - A* A A Louis Wallworth – Quadruple Distinction* GCSE Amy Wayland - 10 A* Abigail Deeble – 8 A* and 3 A Rebecca Jenkins – 7 A* and 4 A Kirsten Morgan – 7 A* and 4 A Elliot Watton – 7 * and 1 A

Headteacher Martin McLeman commented: “I am delighted for our students. They have worked incredibly hard, and have been well supported by their families and teachers. We are a fully comprehensive Sixth Form offering a range of opportunity to students of all abilities, and we are very pleased to see their efforts paying off with great results and further increases in the number of students being accepted into Russell Group universities. It has been another very exciting year, and I am thrilled with the results.”

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The Modern W Student – university life and beyond for my generation

By Jasmine Watkiss With the ‘Back to School’ season upon us once again, and the wet British ‘Summer’ (perhaps an optimistic word this year) over in the blink of an eye, as a university student, I feel smug that almost a month more of freedom is still mine to enjoy. Well, ‘freedom’ is a loose concept, as the holidays are the time when course reading and essays have to be done, or else you’ll find yourself in hot water when term starts.

hilst I love how long our holidays are, I’ve realised they don’t mentally prepare you for the ‘outside world’, where a mere 28 days holiday a year is the reality. I sardonically theorise that perhaps that’s why so many of my peers are going into teaching careers, in order to preserve the lengthy holidays we 20-somethings are accustomed to. What many of them don’t realise is that those holidays are the window for preparing next term’s lesson plans!

A school friend of mine chose teaching as a career because he mistakenly thought it would allow him lots of free time. After a year of training at a primary school in Nottingham, I think he’s seen the light and realised the error of his ways, after telling me repeatedly how tiring it all is. ‘Yes, we finish at 3pm, but I spend till around 7pm marking or preparing lessons and worksheets for the next day.’

Referred to as ‘the best years of your life’, uni students are often reluctant or even worried to graduate, and many clock up thousands of pounds worth of debt just to return to the safety of academic study as postgraduates.

I’ve always felt that seeing university in this bright and shiny way denies us the opportunities and potential that the rest of life after graduation brings. I’m one of few that can’t wait to graduate and start my career; I want to do

anything and everything I can squeeze in, and live as creatively and independently as possible, despite my inevitable lack of funds as a student, at present.

I’m remaining optimistic; although, the reality for many of my graduated friends is that this newly unstructured, university-less life can be overwhelming. What do I really want to do? Where are the jobs? How will I survive in London on a minimum wage, or worse, doing the unpaid internship that is entirely necessary to get a foot on the career ladder? Education inflation has fully set in, and it is virtually unheard of to get a job without any work experience, much of which (especially in arts and humanities-based jobs) is unpaid. Current students and graduates, with heads full of facts and enthusiasm, are frequently exploited by the companies they work for; their employers know they desperately need the experience on offer, and know that, in employing a student, labour is cheap or free.

Growing up with the motto, ‘You can be anything you want to be’, it is the case nowadays that my generation, with our idealistic views of our futures, will hop from career to career, sector to sector.

This contrasts with the careers of our grandparents, who often stayed in one job their whole lives, steadily working their way up the

food chain. Although the 2015 job market for grads is uncertain and daunting, the unknown seems a more exciting option, compared with the monotony of a routine career at the same desk for 40 years. I’ve been a waitress, writer/editor, English teacher, radio presenter, festival steward, cake-maker, session musician, illustrator, receptionist, actor and Spanish translator, in a mindboggling five years!

This is the exciting, confusing, topsy-turvy world of a modern student. You have to be flexible and dynamic; you have to throw yourself into new experiences, ignoring the voice of doubt in your head. We may be broke, overwhelmed, depressed and then suddenly joyous, but we’re experiencing a new way of living and working that will change us forever.

American author C JoyBell C said, “University can teach you skill and give you opportunity, but it can’t teach you sense, nor give you understanding. Sense and understanding are produced within one’s soul.” There’s no need to glorify university as the ‘best years of your life’. It, like the rest of life, is what you make of it. Life after university, for an undergraduate like me, is a big, shifting mass of the cloudy, whirling ‘unknown’.

It’s a terrifying tempest, but it’s an opportunity.

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3LX Community Fund chair, Cathy Stephens, and Jane Russell presenting the cheque to the Head Teacher, Justine Horn, in the new garden.

Tots and Tinies

The next Tots an d Tinies session at Fordingbridge Library is on 18 September from 9.30am to 10am. These fre e sessions run on alternate Fridays and inc lude songs and rhymes aim ed at 0 to 4-ye ar-olds.

Sensory Garden receives grant Three Legged Cross First School bid for a grant to create a quiet sensory garden in their grounds and were given £3000 from the 3LX Community Benefit Fund. The children love to use the new area and are already helping to maintain it by weeding the flowerbeds.

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Dumpton

School Never before has so much happened in the summer holidays at Dumpton.

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eadmaster Andrew Browning explains, “We have just undertaken a complete refurbishment of the Music School and are all set to open our new multi-purpose Performing Arts venue complete with new teaching spaces and practice rooms. Elsewhere on campus we have opened a new Library and Resources Centre, which links to a new outdoor learning area.

The pupil-led Dumpton Parliament also came up with some ideas which have been put into action: a giant outdoor chess set, two permanent table tennis tables and a brand new adventure playground for the Prep School. Plenty to get the children excited about in September!

“Choosing the right school for your child is a major decision, so please take the time to visit us and experience for yourself the family friendly atmosphere here at Dumpton.

“We can certainly promise you a very warm welcome.”

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Dear Readers

My time as the Event Chair for Relay For Life is almost over, together with the other committee members of Pam, Jackie, Louise, Fiona, Bob, and David.

We would all like to say thank you to everyone who supported the event this year, which has raised well in excess of £35,000 for Cancer Research UK, especially Ferndown Leisure centre, Baileys estate agents, Marsham Cout Hotel and mags4dorset.

Our final figure will be known and announced on Friday 4 September, [after Viewpoint goes to print] at our end of year relay celebration night at the Marsham Court Hotel, when all those who took part in fundraising and walking will receive certificates for their effort.

The talk about next year has already begun and there have been exciting whispers from those who took part saying “we will put more teams in”, and messages, texts, and emails asking for details of how to get involved. Here is a message from Shelley, the Senior Fundraising Manager for Cancer Research UK in Dorset:

Relay For Life Bournemouth & East Dorset NEEDS YOU....

Would you like to help your community? Would you like to experience fun, friendship and fundraising whilst supporting the lifesaving work of Cancer Research UK? Then we’d love to invite you to join our Relay For Life Committee. Every year we try to get more people involved, but it is tough, how do you explain Relay in an advert? You can’t; we need Ambassadors.

We would love more people, as part of our organising committee, to get out there and talk to people about Relay and get them involved too!

Relay For Life is a fantastic opportunity to have fun, make friends and raise money for the vital work of Cancer Research UK. The event had huge successes this year and we want to continue on this road to bigger and better. Whether it’s talking to schools, companies, community groups, friends, family or colleagues, if you are confident, enthusiastic and willing to help us get more people involved then we need to hear from you today.

Help us take over Bournemouth & East Dorset; join the Relay committee and be part of what everyone is talking about.

For more information contact Shelley on shelley.davies@cancer.org.uk or 01202 423999.

Karen Lynch

Chair, Relay For Life

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Stopping smoking is the lifestyle change that has the greatest single impact on individual and family health. Last year, over 3,700 people in Hampshire quit smoking through the County Council-commissioned NHS stop smoking service, Quit4Life.

Councillor Patricia Stallard, Hampshire County Council’s Executive Member for Health and Public Health, said: “Giving up smoking is difficult, and as a council we want to make sure we are giving the right support and encouragement to those who want to stop. To ensure that our commissioned Quit4Life service is supporting people in the most effective way possible, we are asking smokers to take part in a short survey to help us understand what support would be most effective and how people would like to access it.”

The 10 minute survey can be completed at www.hants.gov.uk/smokersurvey Cllr Stallard continued: “Our aim is to offer stop smoking support through Quit4Life to around 8000 smokers this year and to do that we need to make sure that future services provide what smokers need.”

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Rowing across the Channel courtesy of Brittany Ferries

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It’s survival of the fittest as a West Moors lady tests her endurance by taking part in an arduous 30-mile training exercise in the Scottish Highlands.

Jessica Grove, 31, will come face-to-face with one of the most difficult training terrains encountered by the Royal Marines when she takes part in the 2015 Survive The Yomp challenge on 12 September (after Viewpoint went to print).

Jessica wants to raise money for the Commando Spirit Appeal for the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund.

The RMCTF supports the wounded and injured, as well as those still serving. It also provides through-life support to those who have left the corps or dependents who have lost loved ones in service. Importantly, a significant grant is also made to the next of kin within 48 hours of a Royal Marine killed in service.

ulliver Explorer Scout Unit, part of 1st Lilliput Sea Scouts, Poole, are embarking on an exciting fundraising effort in partnership with the Youth Cancer Trust (YCT), Alum Chine, Westbourne.

On 19 September, they will row from Poole to Cherbourg and back again... courtesy of Brittany Ferries.

The 14 Explorer Scouts (14 to 17 Years of age) and 3 leaders (62 to 68) will be aboard the back of a Brittany ferry on rowing machines while the ferry carries them to France and back. They hope to row so fast that they will achieve the distance quicker than the ferry, whilst raising money to pay for holidays for young cancer patients and replacement equipment for the Explorer Scouts. If you want to help them hit their fundraising target of £5,000, you can donate £10 by texting GESS62 £10 to 70070.

Please remember to gift-aid your donation.

Alternatively, follow this link www.justgiving. com/Gulliver-Explorer-Sea-Scouts

For more information visit www.commandospirit.com.

To sponsor Jessica http://www.justgiving.com/Jessica-Grove

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Fordingbridge Foodbank TACKLES FOOD POVERTY

The Mayor of Fordingbridge, Cllr Malcolm Connolly, formally opened the new food distribution centre in the United Reformed Church on Monday 25 August.

It’s the third centre in the area to be opened by Ringwood Foodbank, the second is in Verwood.

Lyndsey Whitehead and Steve West are managing the centre and said that food poverty is an issue in the Fordingbridge area, although much of the need is hidden.

As well as providing emergency food to families and individuals in crisis, the Foodbank also offers vital information and support.

The new centre will be To find out more, please go to http://ringwood.foodbank.org.uk/ open to clients at the URC, or telephone 01425 600134. The Ringwood Foodbank is 41 Salisbury Street, on dependent on a dedicated team of volunteers who run the Monday, Wednesday and warehouses and the distribution centres. Volunteers welcome.

Friday each week between 12.30 and 2.30pm.

Children returned to Oakhurst Community first School in West Moors to start the new term with a new uniform. Pictured are Frankie, Faye, Elizabeth, Evie and Cayden from Year 3.

Mrs Davy, headtacher, said she was very proud of how smart the children looked at the start of the new term.

Around the World concert Ringwood and Burley Band will present Music from Around the World in the Barrington Theatre, Ferndown on Saturday 26 September. Tickets from 01425 473542; Greyfriars Box Office or the Barrington Theatre 01202 894858. ringwoodandburleyband.co.uk

Heal Fordingbridge Players back in town project For just two nights, the Fordingbridge Players will return to the Victoria Rooms in the heart of the town for an exciting production. Theatregoers will be able to watch three plays for the price of one.

Annie Mitchell will direct two twist-in-the-tail playlets from the Deckchairs Series by Jean McConnell: ‘Dancers’ which dissects the tea dancing world and ‘Day Trippers’ in which characters learn more than they ought to about themselves and their colleagues during a day trip to the seaside.

In contrast, a new adaption of the classic suspense story, ‘The Monkey’s Paw’ by WW Jacobs can be seen on the same night. Directed by Nigel Bonynge, this one-act play contains all the ingredients to change the stage setting of a comfortable cottage sitting room into a place of disbelief, sorrow and dreadful anticipation. Prepare to be scared!

To be performed on 6 and 7 November at 7.30pm.

Tickets available from Jessica’s, High Street, Fordingbridge or ring 01425 652395. £8 each. Also available online www.fordingbridgeplayers.org.uk.

Mrs Joyce Ayles of Ringwood spoke to the Inner Wheel Club of Ferndown about the Heal Project (HIV Empowered and Living), founded 15 years ago in Lusaka, Zambia, with the help of her daughter Dr Helen Ayles.

The charity comes alongside orphans and families affected by HIV, providing education and skills training to build for the future.

IW Ferndown has chosen the Heal Project as its international charity for the year, and plans to contribute funding.

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Last flight of the Vulcan bomber at Bournemouth Air Festival 2015

AIRSHOWS: has the CAA done enough?

Remembering

Jon Egging

Janine Pulford Did you go to the Bournemouth Air Festival this year?

Thousands attended and it was memorable for all the right reasons, apart from a little bad weather that affected some of the flights.

The same couldn’t be said about the Shoreham Airshow in West Sussex and thoughts go to those who lost loved ones on 22 August when a vintage Hawker Hunter jet crashed on the A27 killing 11 people.

It brought back memories of that fatal day in 2011 when Red Arrows’ pilot Flt Lt Jon Egging, aged 33, died when his jet crashed as it was returning to Bournemouth Airport following a Red Arrows display at Bournemouth Air Festival.

Is the large loss of life at Shoreham telling us that it’s time to rein back the number of airshows that take place throughout the country? After all, when these accidents happen they leave disturbing memories and feelings of shock. They have a harrowing affect on the emergency services’ personnel and create untold grief for the families of those who die.

Following the Shoreham crash, grieving mother Susan Grimstone, whose son Matthew was tragically killed, said his death had been a “waste” and airshows should take place over the sea. “It should never have been over that road,” she said.

The Civil Aviation Authority acted quickly. Within days of the

Crowds on and offshore at Bournemouth Air Festival

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crash the regulators announced that vintage jets would not be allowed to perform ‘high energy aerobatics’ over land at airshows.

They said that such planes would be ‘limited to flypasts.’ At the same time, they temporarily grounded all Hawker Hunter jets. A spokesman for the CAA said the flying restrictions would remain in place until further notice and additional risk assessments would be carried out on all forthcoming civil air displays.

Perhaps someone should be asking why these regulations weren’t already in force. Why did the Civil Aviation Authority wait until 11 people died in one accident before they brought in these measures?

It’s not as if deaths are a rarity.

Over the last 10 years there have been a number of fatalities at shows: 12 Sept 2007: Pilot and James Bond stuntman Brian Brown died when his Hawker Hurricane failed to pull out of a dive at Shoreham Airshow.

20 August 2011: Pilot Jon Egging died when his Red Arrows Hawk T1 jet crashed during Bournemouth Air Festival.

1 July 2012: Former Gulf War pilot Trevor Roche died at Shuttleworth Military Pageant Airshow after losing control of 1923 de Havilland DH 53 Humming Bird G-EBHX. 1 August 2015: RAF trained jet pilot, Kevin Whyman, died at the CarFest motoring event in Cheshire after his Folland Gnat failed to pull up after a low-level, close proximity pass.

In all these cases, the daredevil stunts were carried out to entertain the crowds, and with hundreds of thousands of people seeking that kind of thrill and being inexorably drawn to airshows and the like, it is doubtful anything will change dramatically as a result of the tragic circumstances of the latest crash.

It has also been argued by those who put on the shows that the increased revenue coupled with the huge sums of money raised for charity make them too valuable to remove from the events calendar.

Those who seek to thrill know the risks involved and make an informed choice about what they are doing. But a line has to be drawn to protect the lives of those who are spectating, or merely passing an event. It seems the CAA have now attempted to do this by regulating ‘high energy aerobatics’ and prohibiting them taking place over land at airshows.

What they don’t seem to have taken into account is that an increasing number of people these days view airshows at sea from boats. Are their lives worth less than those on land?

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Iconic Red Arrows Display © Tony Gayter

The Mayor of Bournemouth, Cllr John Adams tied a red ribbon around the central trail of the Jon Egging Memorial sculpture on 20 August.

In this uplifting mark of respect, he was the first of many to honour Flt Lt Egging’s memory in this bright and colourful way, over the course of the four-day Bournemouth Air Festival (20-23 August).

He was joined by Alainya Knipe and Kavan Latimer, both aged 15, who have participated in the Jon Egging Trust’s Blue Skies Programme, set up in Jon’s memory.

The mayor said, “This is the first year that we have tied ribbons instead of laying a wreath. After consulting with Flt Lt Egging’s family, it was agreed that tying a ribbon is a positive reflection on Jon’s life, and presents an opportunity for others to participate and tie their own ribbons as a mark of respect, remembrance and thanks.”

Jon’s widow, Emma Egging, thanks the people of Bournemouth for their continued love and support, saying, “Four years on we are so grateful for the funds that have been raised for the Jon Egging Trust so that we can realise Jon’s dream of helping young people to overcome adversity and achieve their full potential. We have gone from strength to strength.

“Here in Bournemouth we have put young people from Glenmoor and Winton Academies and Bourne Academy through our Blue Skies Programme and it has really transformed their outlook and aspirations.”

Blue Skies participant Kavan Latimer, from Winton College said, “The Jon Egging Trust has helped me become better at being a leader. I’ve learnt lots of skills and how to work in a team.”

Alainya Knipe of Glenmoor School for Girls added, “What’s so good about the Jon Egging Trust is that it’s an organisation that helps all sorts of children to achieve.”

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Legacy of the Workhouse shouldn’t be forgotten

By Julian Hewitt

Last month I looked at how the 1834 report into the dealing with the poor and infirm led to the setting up of workhouses to replace outdoor relief. In July 1835, the Fordingbridge Poor Law Union was formed with 11 Guardians to oversee its operation.

As outlined in last month’s article, conditions in the workhouse were deliberately harsh to deter people from entering the institution and this caused much resentment amongst inmates and potential inmates. In Abingdon, a shot was fired into the sitting room of the master of the workhouse, whilst in the north of England an Anti-Poor Law Movement was started and in 1842 a gang of unemployed people attacked the workhouse in Stockport.

Nearer home at Andover, in 1845 workhouse inmates were so hungry from the subsistent diet they were on that they resorted to scavenging rotten meat from the bones they had been given to crush. In Fordingbridge in 1846, broth for breakfast was withheld from three inmates who refused to obey an order from the master to carry water and James Welch was sentenced to 24 hours confinement for wringing his fist at the master and using insulting language.

Eventually the existing workhouse in Shaftsbury Street, which had been adapted for use by the union, was deemed unfit for human habitation. In 1885, the new workhouse was built for 100 inmates at Barton’s Road. The site cost £1,400 and the building £7,800.

The two single-story entrance blocks contained, on the right hand side, the porter’s room, bathrooms and fumigation area, vagrants’ cells and labour shed. The left hand side contained the Guardian’s boardroom, shoe-making room and clothes store. The main building contained the Master’s office with the women accommodated on the east side and the men on the west.

Work rooms and day rooms were on the ground floor and women and men had their separate exercise yards in front of their respective wings. Dormitories were on the first floor. A separate children’s block was built on the west side of the site, which is now incorporated into the present day doctor’s surgery.

Behind the building were the kitchen, dining room and laundry as well as the “dead house”. The latter was where the bodies of those who succumbed to the punitive regime were laid out before burial.

The harsh regime was eventually eased as society became more enlightened and events such as Christmas and Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee were marked with special meals and gifts donated by the local gentry. Playground equipment was even installed for the children to use in 1888.

In 1901, there were only 40 inmates at the workhouse: 25 men, 11 women and four children. In 1930, it was renamed the Public Assistance Institution and in 1948, it became part of the new National Health Service when it was converted into Fordingbridge Infirmary for the Chronic Sick.

The refurbishment of the workhouse will preserve a building that has played an important part in the history of the town. I hope those who visit the doctor’s surgery or live in the new accommodation will occasionally spare a moment to remember those who occupied the building before them.

Part of the plans by the architect Fred Bath for Fordingbridge Workhouse courtesy of www.hants.gov.uk/archives

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Jasmine Watkiss chats with Chris Brown, the ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’ Town Crier, to get the low-down on what it’s like to have a roaring good time raising a ruckus for a living Chris Brown, Wimborne’s flamboyant town crier, has become a well-known and well-loved figure around these parts, and unsurprisingly so, as he has been involved in the town for almost 18 years.

Addicted to history

A man who says history is his “addiction,” Chris is a fountain of local and national knowledge, and has many a story to tell, thanks in part to his unique job.

Mr Brown tells me he fell into the job somewhat inadvertently, but the role fit him like a glove, combining his love of “dressing up and making a noise” with his passion for history.

I’ll give that a go!

When he and his young family moved to Bournemouth in the late 90s for his new job with the Children’s Society, he met the then mayor of Wimborne, who invited him to local events, including Wimborne Folk Festival. Chris heard town crier Mike Andrews’ voice reverberating around the town and thought, “I’d like to give that a go!”

Rock ‘n’ roll crier

Chris cries for the first time

Chris says, “This led to my DJ sets as DJ Dapper Dan and regular attendance at various festivals, including Wimborne Folk Festival.

“I was recently approached by two bands to open their shows, and as such cried in the Royal Albert Hall for Flaming Lips, and on the Main Stage at Glastonbury for Polyphonic Spree.”

He’s about to go on tour with the latter in September.

He even plays the violin a little, but tells me that he’d love to learn the accordion.

When Mike (who now cries for Ferndown) was busy and unable to cry at an art exhibition event, Chris stood in. He already had an adequate dressingup wardrobe, due to his involvement in historical re-enactments. He was subsequently appointed deputy town crier, and the town mayor’s sergeant, whose role - which is to protect the town - dates back to pre 17th Century, before a formal police force existed.

ONCE A FAMILY TRADITION

Chris explains that the tradition of being a town crier goes back a long way. “At one stage, the position was

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hereditary,” he says, “and was passed down through families.”

Although that is no longer the case, Chris’ kids used to accompany him at town crier competitions when they were little. They would wear colourful costumes to match their Dad, and carry the bell that is traditionally used to call the town together.

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The rock ‘n’ roll crier has made an effort to “bring the role into a newer age”, and give it a new lease of life. As well as his town crier duties, Chris is heavily involved in the music scene, known for his Reggae-based radio programme on Forest FM, which has been going strong for six years.

MAD FOR MUSIC

BACK TO AFRICA

Chris was invited to perform two years running

at Reggae festival “Back to Africa,” in The Gambia.

A white man playing Reggae tunes to a black audience was a little “odd” he says, but he and the audience loved every minute.

Having previously never travelled outside of Europe, the two-week visits were a cultural and social eyeopener.

“The poverty was grinding,” says Chris, “I saw a part of life that made me appreciate what I have.”

THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION

On top of his musical commitments, Chris actively supports The Royal British Legion and helps with their events. He is currently researching soldiers from Wimborne and nearby areas, who died during the world wars. On the anniversary of their deaths, he reminds the town about their short lives. Building on previous research, Chris is accessing computer databases and records to build a picture of the soldiers, their families, and what happened to them.

INTERESTING ENCOUNTERS

The town crier role allows Chris to meet many people, and he has chatted to many interesting figures over the years. After giving a talk at a local WI, he met the daughter of one of Winston Churchill’s private secretaries. He says, “I was fascinated by the anecdotes she told me about her father’s wartime experiences,

and relished learning about this unpublished segment of World War 2 history.“

Colourful clothing

Chris’ colourful clothing caught my attention, and I wanted to know about his costumes.

“I have four different coats, each for specific occasions,” he explains.

“The costume department of the Arts University Bournemouth made the first coat. After receiving it, I spoke at their degree ceremonies, which took place in Wimborne. This coat is for special events and is studded with real silver and gold.”

A second coat is his ‘everyday’ coat, which he admits is a little shabby, but that this adds to the authenticity of the look; perhaps it is closer to what town criers would have looked like in the past.

The third is his military coat, which he wears as an officer of the Dorset Militia and for other military events.

These three coats are in the traditional colour of red, but the fourth coat, which is for civilian use, is blue. With three glorious red coats, the flamboyant town crier feels his blue coat isn’t quite bright enough for him – you’ll be hard-pressed to see him wearing it!

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Kingston Lacy picks spring poetry winners The winners of the poetry competition held at Kingston Lacy earlier this year have just been announced at a prize giving ceremony The National Trust estate near Wimborne asked visitors to write a poem relating to spring and encouraged them to explore the gardens to gain inspiration. Wellknown writers such as Lord Byron and Beatrix Potter have found poetic inspiration in the gardens, along with local poets Thomas Hardy and Viola Bankes, one of the children who used to live at Kingston Lacy.

The National Trust worked with Poole Poetry Group to shortlist and judge the process. The adult category was won by Dawn Beek with her poem entitled ‘Springtime at Kingston Lacy’. Second place went to Briar Kit Esme with ‘Spring there will be a moment’ and third place went to Barry Meacham with his poem ‘Spring’.

The joint first place winners in the children’s category went to Alexandra Pilz, aged eight, with her poem entitled ‘Kingston Lacy’ and Anna O’Neill, aged 11, with ‘My DandeLION’. (far left) and t winners Barr y Meacham Image © Nick Ashby: Adul dle left) and Liz Magee (mid y Kirkb Sam with ) Daw n Beek (far right Poetry Group (middle right) from Poole

Adult category – first prize

Springtime at Kingston Lacy

by Dawn Beek

A warm, beautiful day And what do I see?

The wonder of springtime Wrapped around me.

A riot of colour, Up high and below Rhododendrons, azaleas, Camellias on show

Fresh green upon the trees Replacing the brown Clear brightness and life Spring wearing her crown.

The birdsong and blossom Fill our whole being Bombarding our senses The sounds and the seeing

Soft white cotton clouds Against sky of blue Pink and white horse chestnuts Bedecked for me and you

This wonderful place here Is tended with care So we can all wonder And we can all share.

Child category – joint first prize

Kingston Lacy by Alexandra Pilz

The house is very luxurious, It makes me very curious To touch interesting things, But then an alarm bings And staff come running along, To see what is wrong.

They are also very kind So they don’t really mind.

The pigs in the pigsty, Grunt as I cry, Poor things, I wish I could lend them wings.

I’m pretty sure they won’t fly away Because I think they’d really like to stay, To eat some more delicious food Which might at least change their moods.

But as I’m about to go, To a very good show, I am sad to leave this poem here, For I’d like to have it near.

My DandeLION by Anna O’Neill

My dandeLION is the best, Better than your ‘lion’ Its silver mane is swept by a roar of wind, It’s surely the King of the Forest...

My dandeLION is the best, Better than your ‘lion’ Because MY dandeLION can tell the timeAND it doesn’t even have a clock...

My dandelion is the best, Better than your ‘lion’And that’s FINAL.

Image © Nick Ashby: Junior winners Anna O’Neill (L) and Alexandra Pilz (R) with one of the trail boards sponsored by Nationwide Building Society

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Food Hygiene BUSINESS | COMMUNITY | UNITY

mags4dorset brings you the cream of the crop when it comes to foody businesses with high hygiene standards, and tips on how to keep your own kitchen pristine.

THE FOOD HYGIENE RATING SCHEME

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) are the creators of the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, which helps consumers choose where to eat out or shop for food by giving them information about the hygiene standards in restaurants, takeaways and food shops. You’ve probably seen the ‘Food Hygiene Rating’ logo on the doors and windows of many restaurants, cafes and shops before now. I personally feel reassured when I spot the green-encircled 4s or 5s when I eat out.

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VIEWPOINT September 2015

A business is given their hygiene rating when a food safety officer from the local authority inspects it.

They check how well the business is meeting the law by looking at: •

How hygienically the food is handled – how it is prepared, cooked, re-heated, cooled and stored • The condition of the structure of the buildings – the cleanliness, layout, lighting, ventilation and other facilities •

How the business manages and records what it does to make sure food is safe

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The ‘five-second rule’ (also known as the ‘threesecond rule’ to some) is a trick that many of us are guilty of

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By Jasmine Watkiss

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It seems we’re well looked after by the FSA, but how can you be assured that everything is ship-shape in your own kitchen at home?

Many tips, such as keeping your fridge at the right temperature, washing your hands, and storing raw meat and fish correctly, are hopefully obvious, but this doesn’t stop around a million people in the UK suffering from food-related illnesses every year. It seems many people still hold misconceptions about how to prepare and store food at home. I for one don’t take ‘use by’ dates on packaging that seriously. If it’s out of date by a day or two I’ll usually take the risk. My Grandad never paid attention to the date, and he lived well into his 80s. But with food myths busted below, perhaps I should think again…

FOOD MYTHOLOGY

The ‘five-second rule’ (also known as the ‘three-second rule’ to some) is a trick that many of us are guilty of. We’ve all dropped food on the floor, picked it up, dusted it off and popped it in our mouths, convinced that a few seconds on the floor will have had no effect on hygiene. But is it really true that if a morsel of food is picked up quickly it’s safe to eat?

Dr Ronald Cutler, a microbiologist from Queen Mary, University of London, says otherwise, having put the ‘five-second rule’ through a conclusive, scientific test.

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DR CUTLER’S TRIAL He conducted an experiment, which involved dropping pieces of pizza, apple and buttered toast on different surfaces that were artificially contaminated with E-coli, to recreate what would happen if you were to drop food onto a heavily contaminated surface.

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he study was to determine if the time the sample was left on the surface affected the degree of contamination picked up.

The samples were dropped on the contaminated surfaces and picked up either immediately, or after five or 10 seconds.

Once dropped, he analysed the food samples and found that they were all covered in germs, compared with control samples that had not been dropped. Each sample tested was heavily contaminated.

“The five-second rule has little effect on the amount of bacteria you would pick up from a heavily contaminated surface,” says Dr Cutler.

“Think about this, if you drop food on a floor, it’s better to put it in the bin rather than your mouth.

“No matter if it’s at home on the carpet, the kitchen floor or in the street, my advice is if you drop it, chuck it.”

Whilst this finding ruffles the feathers of my thrifty, waste-not-want-not side, I can’t ignore the fact that it’s much better to avoid an upset stomach than ‘cry over spilt milk’ … and try to drink it off the floor!

LOOKS OK, SMELLS OK – IT’S FINE!

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nfortunately, this is another myth that doesn’t follow through into fact. Leftovers that appear fresh as a daisy are not necessarily ok to eat. The kinds of bacteria that cause food poisoning do not affect the look, smell or taste of food. E.coli and Salmonella are not exempt from this rule - they do not give off any warning signs to consumers. Foodsafety.gov have a ‘Safe Storage Times’ chart to help you decide when it’s safe to eat food or when it’s time to throw it out. Visit http://www.foodsafety. gov/keep/charts/storagetimes.html for a comprehensive array of food keeping times in a handy chart.

It’s all well being a stickler and making a commendable effort to limit food waste.

But it’s important to stay savvy at home in the kitchen and when eating out and about.

For oodles of tips and tricks for home cooking, head to http://www.foodsafety. gov/index.html, and to learn more about food business hygiene, http://www.food. gov.uk provides a wealth of comprehensive information for the curious consumer.

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this month Alternate Wednesdays

Moonrakers Writers’ Workshop, 8pm to 10pm. Writing for Profit and Pleasure – chance to mingle with other groups.

Talks and competitions, plus feedback on all works.

Meetings are held in Corfe Mullen. Contact Veronica 01202 696436, or email ronniewilt79@gmail.com

Every Tuesday

Ferndown cycling health rides.

Set out from Ferndown Forest Golf Club, meet 9.45am for a 10am start. A fun and sociable activity, suitable for all abilities.

Rides are free, no booking required. Anyone needing to hire a bike can call 01425 480811. Tea and coffee after at Forest Inn.

12 September 2pm

Produce Show, Fête and Barn Dance at Godshill’s Village Fete. Barn Dance tickets £5.

For more details,contact Alison Ayling 01425 650770 or Anne Dobson 01425 657664.

15 September 11am

Birds of Brownsea – migration time. Free event (normal admission charges apply).

Meet at the public hide by the cormorant sculpture (100m from the quay). Boats from Poole or Sandbanks at 10am.

No DWT charge but boat fares and National Trust landing charges apply. BOOKING ESSENTIAL on 01202 709445 or 01202 692033 or email brownsea@dorsetwildlifetrust. org.uk.

15 September 7.30 pm

Bournemouth Electronic Organ Society presents concert of popular music by show producer Michael Wooldridge at The Allendale Community Centre, Wimborne. Visitors welcome - £5 payable at the door.

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Details were correct at the time of going to print but readers are advised to check before attending events

16 September - 1 November

Solo Exhibition by Yvonne Morton, Fibre Artist.

Contemporary stitched textiles.

Highcliffe Castle, Rothesay Drive, Highcliffe, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 4LE. Open daily.

Admission fee. 01425 278807

18 September 10.30am-4.30pm

Cranborne Garden Centre workshop, ‘Floribunda: painting flowers in watercolour with confidence’, with Claire Davis (£70). This workshop includes all materials, coffee/ tea and homemade cake and a two-course lunch cooked by chef Declan Chubb. The centre is on Wimborne Street, Cranborne, Dorset BH21 5PP. 01725 517248.

19 September 10am

Stained Glass Tour and Tea at Winchester Cathedral.

Visitors will learn about different techniques for producing coloured glass, stained, painted and pot metal, and will be shown examples of windows form several Victorian makers in addition to the medieval and contemporary glass. Tickets £10, available online from Cathedral Box Office or by phone on 01962 857275. Visit www.winchestercathedral.org.uk for more information.

19 September 11am

Family Fun Day at Portfield School, Christchurch, to help raise money for thier new interactive room.

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19 – 20 September

Storytelling for families: Edward I, at Corfe Castle, Wareham. Email corfecastle@ nationaltrust.org.uk or telephone 01929 481294 for more information. Booking not needed. http://www. nationaltrust.org.uk/corfecastle/things-to-see-and-do/ events/

21 September 11am

Understanding Diabetes by Dr Hermione Price, Consultant Diabetologist. Organised

by Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Village Hotel, opposite RBH. 01202 704271

21 September 6:15pm – 10pm

Launch of Lewis-Manning’s Wimborne EWE Group – ‘Events With Effects’. Want to meet new people? Have fun? Give something back to the community? Help a local charity or get into events?

Meeting Monday 21 September at 6.15 for 6.30 start at The Olive Branch Wimborne. To book your place call Louise on 01202 708470 or louisej@lewismanning.co.uk

22 September

Bournemouth and Beyond Discovery Group – talk, ‘Ian Fleming and James Bond’. www.bournemouthandbeyond. co.uk

23 September 10am–12noon

Your Care Home Questions Answered by Colten Care Homes at Local Epicentre Coffee Lounge, 137 Station Road, West Moors

26 September 10am-4pm

The ‘Dorset Do’/’See It Made’ craft show. Ringwood School, Parsonage Barn Lane, Ringwood, BH24 1SE. For more details call Mike Tuck on 01425 475129 or visit www. dorset-do.co.uk

27 September 10.45am

Harvest Festival at Verwood United Reformed Church, Manor Road, BH31 6DS. Marking a celebration of 200 years of Sunday school and the church’s work with children.

Everyone welcome! www.urceastdorset.org.uk/verwood.html

28 September 8pm

26 September 12noon–4.30pm

Bournemouth Orchid Society Autumn Show at the Allendale Community Centre, Hanham Road, Wimborne.

Alan Pickering’s Spirit of New Orleans, at Bournemouth Traditional Jazz Club. The club meets at the Bluebirds Social Club in Longham, BH22 9DP (opposite Haskins garden centre) and features a large dance floor, plenty of free car parking and affordable drinks. £6 admission, £7 for visitors.

26 September 7pm for 7.30pm

29 September 10.30am-4.30pm

Black Tie Ball in aid of Woofability. Bentley’s Restaurant, Dudsbury Golf Club. Tickets £40. Contact 01202 814643 for more information and tickets.

26 September 7.30pm

Ringwood and Burley Band, Concert, Music From Around The World, Barrington Theatre Ferndown. Tickets available from Band members, at Greyfriars box office or Barrington Theatre.

27 September 9.30am

Dorset Blind Association’s 6th annual charity run along Boscombe Promenade. 5k or 10k. Those wanting more of a challenge can run in pairs taking it in turns to wear a blindfold while the other guides them along. Entry £10 per person (more on the day) and as much sponsorship as you can raise. Visit www.runb15. eventbrite.co.uk or contact the events team on 01202 712864.

Floral Delights workshop at Cranborne Garden Centre – felt making and embellishment with Jane Thorne (£70). Workshop includes all materials, coffee/ tea and homemade cake and a two-course lunch cooked by chef Declan Chubb. The centre is on Wimborne Street, Cranborne, Dorset BH21 5PP. 01725 517248.

30 September 7.30pm Verwood Organ and Keyboard Society. Steve Hubble playing a Yamaha Tyros at the Hub, Verwood. £7 (members £5).

01202 814976

7 October 10am-12noon

Legal Matters with Harold G Walker Solicitors at The Coffee Lounge, Local Epicentre, 137 Station Road, West Moors.

Anyone is welcome along. Just drop-in.

7 October 12noon

Ferndown Probus Club lunch and talk, ‹Dorset of Old›.

Dudsbury Golf Club. 01202 875757.

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ITION T E P COM The ‘Starman’ is coming to Ferndown – Bowie fans, get excited! mags4dorset has teamed up with The Barrington Theatre in Ferndown to offer two tickets (worth £7 each) to see The Bowie Experience on 16 October to a lucky winner!

Branded as ‘the world’s favourite tribute to David Bowie’, and audience members declaring they forgot they weren’t watching the man himself, this is a show you don’t want to miss.

It begins at 7.30pm and finishes at 10pm.

To be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets, answer this question:

Which David Bowie song was the theme to a BBC television programme?

Enter through our website www.mags4dorset.co.uk or send your answer on a postcard to The Bowie Experience Competition, mags4dorset, 1st Floor, King George V Pavilion, Peter Grant Way, Ferndown, Dorset BH22 9EN. Closing date is 2 October 2015. The first correct entry drawn will be the winner. Employees of Pulford Publicity Ltd and The Barrington Theatre are not permitted to enter. There is no cash alternative. The editor’s decision is final.

QUIRKY BAND

accidental new genre of music

ags4dorset’s own Jasmine Watkiss is part of quirky Bournemouthbased band Willowen, who have had an energetic summer gigging all over the UK. The trio of musicians accidentally stumbled upon their quirky new genre when they cobbled the band together at school in 2010 as 17 year olds. After trying out terms such as ‘Surf Folk’ and ‘Beach Folk’, the band has settled on the musical genre of ‘Indie Quirk Folk’ to describe their weird and unique sound.

Fusing three part harmonies, indie rock ethics and a folky twist, the band has been described as a mixture of folk and Fleetwood Mac. They have performed at Isle of Wight Festival, Larmer Tree Festival and Purbeck Valley Folk Festival in recent years, as well as sharing the stage with the likes of KT Tunstall,

Paul Heaton (The Beautiful South/Housemartins), We Were Evergreen and 3 Daft Monkeys to name a few.

‘Willowen’s self-titled album shows that Dorset has got a band that’s capable of making acoustic orientated pop that sounds like it’s destined for festivals and arenas’ (Fatea Magazine, Album of the Week).

The key to Willowen’s sound is simple. One minute,

BAND MEMBERS:

Jonny Phillips – Guitar, lead vocals

Jasmine Watkiss – Violin, ukulele, vocals

they’ll whisk you away to chill on a beach at sunset; the next, you’ll dance to them like there’s no tomorrow.

The fusion of folk, acoustic and rock elements gives the band an unusual sound that appeals to audiences of all ages.

The band is currently gigging all over England.

Having just played Purbeck Valley Folk Festival on 29 August, catch them next at Sturminster Newton Cheese Festival or Acoustic Movement Festival on 12 September, and The Art House, Southampton on 17 October, supporting the talented Martha Tilston.

‘Willowen are diverse and unpredictable, which makes both their album and live performances a real joy,’ says Music Unbuttoned. Find them on Twitter (@willowen_uk), and

Facebook at www.facebook. com/willowenuk, or willowen. bandcamp.com, where you can download their latest singles for free. They are also on iTunes and Spotify, and album CDs are available online and at their live shows for a discounted price. Don’t miss out on ‘the sound of Bournemouth’ this summer.

George Fullerton – Cajon, percussion, vocals

Jazz it up with the twinners

‘Jazz on an Autumn Evening’, hosted by the Mayor of Fordingbridge, will take place on Saturday 24 October. This cabaret evening of cool, relaxing jazz

by Vanessa’s Villains will have an authentic French flavour with genuine French produce from Vimoutiers.

For more information, call Derek or Alison Ayling on 01425 650770, or email hippotrain@btinternet.com.

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he Cranborne Chase Woodfair is something special. It has a unique atmosphere that reflects the landscape from which it takes its name. The Woodfair has the same wide appeal as the broad vistas of the Chase and, just as secluded villages and country pubs can be discovered throughout the area, the Woodfair is the perfect place to discover hidden gems such as a delicately turned bowl or pitch-perfect cider.

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The atmosphere is not the only thing that sets it apart. It is organised by the Cranborne Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB); a partnership of charities, public bodies and other organisations who work together to conserve and enhance this quintessentially English landscape. The event makes a little money that goes towards projects that care for the countryside, so rest assured that your ticket price is put to good use.

Wherever you turn you will find someone willing to show you something or tell you something that you did not know about the area.

Throughout the day you will see wood being milled, sawn, chopped, sculpted, joined, twisted and twirled into an amazing variety of things from tent pegs and toys to baskets and buildings. You can watch while a craftsman's hands create a tiny bird in front of you or have a go at making a walking stick. You can experience the feeling of being hoisted up into the canopy of an oak tree, or watch as a steam-driven saw screams its way though a tree trunk.

One of the main attractions is the chainsaw carvers. Amidst a blizzard of woodchips and the howl of the saws, they transform huge tree trunks into works of art that are auctioned off on the last day.

This event is a shop window for the locality. More than half the traders come from the immediate vicinity of Cranborne Chase: Wiltshire, Dorset, Hampshire and Somerset.

The trade stands are carefully selected to ensure variety and a consistently high quality of product and service. One of the really great things about the Woodfair is that if you want to buy something, taste something or just find out about it, the person you speak to will probably be the person who made it or grew it. Unlike many other events, at the Woodfair you can have a go at doing things: shooting an arrow, climbing a tree, making a pot, smelting bronze, turning a chair leg ... the list goes on!

At the Woodfair, you can taste the landscape. Although the cuisine on offer is varied it has a few things in common like top quality locally-sourced ingredients. Whatever your tastes may be: game, organic, vegetarian, meaty or traditional, you will find something to satisfy you.

After enjoying your food, the best thing to do at the Woodfair is to wander through the heritage exhibitions or pull up a straw bale and watch the show-ring performances.

The performers and experts at the Woodfair come together to open a door to the culture, history and way of life of Cranborne Chase.

Be prepared to be amused and enthused as well as educated because the exhibitors are chosen with great care and, as always at the Woodfair, there is an open invitation to have a go and take part.

The Cranborne Chase Woodfair is held in the setting of Breamore House near Fordingbridge over the weekend of 3 and 4 October. To find out more and get the special rate on tickets, go to www.woodfair.org.uk.

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Restaurant and Rooms Mark Hartstone, his wife and little daughter have owned La Fosse for eight years

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he restaurant has a relaxing atmosphere, good food and wine. The menu is set daily, offering seasonal choices.

La Fosse prides itself on its traditional British dishes with a dash of international cuisine.

Ingredients are fresh and locally sourced. Mark uses the fabulous suppliers from Dorset and sometimes ventures as far as Wiltshire and Hampshire. All the cooking is done in-house, as an integral part of the family business, and food is not massproduced. Often old time favourite dishes with Mark’s own creative twist will be offered. He has an absolute passion for fresh, local, seasonal food and loves the county of Dorset.

Very well known for his amazing cheeseboard and love of local cheeses, Mark won ‘Dorset Best cheeseboard’ and ‘highly Commended cheeseboard’ from the British Cheese Awards in consecutive years and has received top accolades for his recipes and seafood dishes.

La Fosse offers a friendly, efficient and professional service with six comfortable, four-star, en-suite rooms for bed-and-breakfast, or a package that includes dinner with bed-and-breakfast. The restaurant is open for dinner for outside guests from Monday to Saturday and ideal for private parties and house parties.

Cranborne Garden Centre, set in the picturesque former walled garden of Cranborne Manor has announced its schedule of events for autumn 2015

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he Garden Centre, Café and Shop is much more than your traditional retail garden centre with a wide range of original stock, beautiful homewares and a traditional menu in the Café with a modern gourmet twist. We have now opened a Vintage Barn selling an interesting selection of homewares, furniture and gifts.

Key events for this autumn include the monthly farmers’ market, which takes place on the last Saturday of each month – upcoming dates include Sat 26 September, Sat 31 October and Sat 28 November.

As well as the Farmers’ Market with delicious local produce, we also have our Set Menu Suppers where we invite guests to join us in the evening for a gourmet three-course meal. Places are very limited and reservations must be made: 01725 517 258 £24pp – bring your own wine. Menus can be seen online at www.cranbornegardencentre.co.uk and upcoming dates include Fri 11 September, Fri 9 October and Fri 6 November.

Events in the Café don’t end with our Set Menu Suppers; we also have a schedule of Gardening Talks that take place. These talks are presented by a range of experts and leaders in the world of horticulture and gardening. Gardening Talks include lectures by Jenny Noscoe (garden designer) – ‘Behind the scenes at Chelsea’, by Luzia Barclay – ‘Growing Herbs for Health’ and Diana Guy – ‘Making the Most of Your Garden’. For a full list of talks visit: www.cranbornegardencentre.co.uk Finally, we continue our Creative Workshops with The Appleloft, the chance to learn new skills in crafts and create beautiful objects to take home. We have also now introduced art and craft workshops such as ‘Floral Felt Making’ and ‘Floribunda – Painting Flowers in Watercolour’.

For full information please visit our website. Workshops include all materials, tea, coffee and homemade cake and a two-course lunch.

Spaces are limited and again booking is required: 01725 517 248.

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t is with deep sadness that Beaulieu announces the death of Edward, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu. He died peacefully at his home on 31 August, aged 88, after a short illness. He is survived by his wife Fiona, his son and heir Ralph, daughter Mary and second son Jonathan. In accordance with his wishes, the estate and visitor attractions are continuing to operate as usual. An estate funeral was to be held at Beaulieu, followed by a memorial service at St Margaret’s, Westminster for his friends in London and further afield.

Edward Montagu was the devoted custodian of his family’s 7,000-acre Beaulieu Estate in Hampshire. He was also founder of the National Motor Museum and played a major role in the

preservation of England’s historic houses and the development of the UK tourism industry.

Montagu inherited the Beaulieu Estate on the death of his father, John Montagu, a motoring pioneer, when he was just two years old. His birth in 1926 came as a great relief to his father, who at the age of 61 was desperate for a male heir to his title and the estate. However, it was a sad irony that John Montagu died in 1929, leaving Beaulieu to be managed by his widow and trustees until Edward reached the age of 25.

Edward Montagu was determined to carve out a career for himself. When he took over the running of

the Beaulieu Estate on his 25th birthday in 1951, he found that he could expect only £1,500 a year from his inheritance, a figure that would barely cover running costs. “In 1951, to any sensible, rational being, the house was a white elephant,” he would later say. “The wise solution was to get rid of it. For me, however – neither entirely sensible nor rational – that was unthinkable.”

He decided to open the house to the paying public, moved to do so by “the idea of commemorating my father’s life… by exhibiting veteran cars. Without it, my life would have been very different and I doubt whether I would have been able to remain as owner and occupier of my ancestral home.”

The idea proved to be a winner. In 1952, there were no other motor museums in the country and it also gave Montagu the opportunity to pay tribute to the father he had never known, who as an MP had been an eager campaigner for the needs of early motorists, and publisher of the first motoring journal Car Illustrated.

On the opening day, Edward Montagu told his private house guests that if they received more than a hundred visitors by 6pm they would have champagne with dinner. The doors opened at 11am and by 12.30pm the hundredth visitor passed through: they had champagne with lunch.

Lord Montagu played as hard as he worked.

He was a keen shot, loved foreign travel, went windsurfing and regularly competed in historic motorsport events. He also had a passion for the theatre, opera, gourmet restaurants and parties, for which he never lost enthusiasm despite mobility difficulties in later life.

Lord Montagu of Beaulieu

Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron of Montagu of Beaulieu 20 October 1926 - 31 August 2015

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PETROL AND DIESEL PRICES NOSEDIVE, SAYS THE AA

A 9p-a-litre fall in the pump price of diesel this summer echoes the price collapse in the autumn of 2008, when the cost of diesel fell as much as 9p a litre in just one month.

Ironically, both price crashes have coincided with declining diesel car sales, after inflated fuel prices left owners feeling they were being treated like ‘chumps at the pumps’, the latest AA Fuel Price Report notes.

DIESEL PRICES

The lion’s share of the diesel price collapse has come since mid-July, with the UK’s average price of diesel tumbling 7.4p from 119.33p to mid-August’s 111.93p – a price last seen in January 2010. Diesel peaked this summer at 121.00p in mid-June, now giving diesel car owners a saving of 9p a litre or at least £5 a tank.

DIESEL CAR SALES FALL

This change in fortunes for diesel car owners may have come too late to stop them thinking twice about buying a diesel vehicle. In July, sales of diesel cars fell 4% compared to July 2014 - after a 5.8% year-on-year increase in June. Although there has been some scrutiny of the urban emissions from diesel vehicles, and VED changes in the Chancellor’s summer budget will remove the car tax advantages of low CO2 vehicles, many of them diesels, the impact is considered unlikely to have significantly swayed new car buyer choice so soon.

RESTORING

Dorset’s fingerposts

Part of the quaint appeal of Dorset’s rural roads are the fingerposts that show unsure travellers the way to go. But time and collisions have taken their toll on many of the county’s trademark road signs.

Communities are now working to raise funds to renovate their local signposts. And the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is lending a helping hand by running the Dorset Fingerpost project.

Working with Dorset AONB at Dorset County Council, communities are advised on how to refurbish their local fingerposts, using traditional designs and local materials.

The refurbishment costs depend on the state of the existing signpost, but can be in the range of £1,000. A grant may be available from Dorset AONB, but the community usually raises the majority of the money themselves.

Enterprising groups have held car boot sales, raffles and asked for sponsorship of the letters on the post itself. Some businesses become sponsors and local county councillors have supported the work with their divisional funds.

Dorset AONB has a list of specifications and materials recommended for the renovation. They can put communities in touch with local craftsmen who are able to carry out the work.

Cllr Peter Finney, county council cabinet member for environment, said, “Our traditional Dorset fingerposts are a source of pleasure for both locals and visitors alike. By restoring them today, we’re preserving part of the area’s local distinctiveness, heritage and charm for the future.”

For more information about the Dorset fingerpost project visit www.dorsetaonb.org.uk/our-work/ruralroads/fingerpostproject.

OPERATION MIDAS:

New Forest Police make roads safer

At the end of last month, 28 officers in the New Forest, together with colleagues from Dorset Police and Wiltshire Police, conducted an operation targeting travelling criminals operating across the three force areas.

A total of 58 vehicles were stopped: • Six vehicles were seized for having no tax and/or no insurance.

• Eight fixed penalty notices were issued for traffic offences.

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Two people were arrested. A 23-year-old from Bournemouth was arrested for theft of a mobile phone and is currently on police bail. A 27-year-old man from Ringwood was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply controlled drugs and has been released on bail.

• A number of people committing traffic offences were

dealt with by either receiving warnings or having

their vehicles prohibited.

Inspector Rachel Stokes, who led the operation, said, “This operation not only sends a clear message to those who target rural communities but it helps to reassure the rural community that we will work together to detect and deter criminals.”

If you have any information about criminal activity in your community, please contact the police on 101. In an emergency, dial 999.

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Creative Writing Awards (Fiction) The short story competition this year is short and sweet. Length approximately 1,000 words on one of the following: ‘Girl on a bus’, ‘The thief next door’ ‘The worst interview of my life.’

By Janine Pulford CAPTION L-R RUBAL AND AMINA (1), RAIHAN (5) AND NIZZAM AHMED

These exotic vegetables come all the way from Bangladesh and are thriving in a Dorset garden

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hey flourish in hot temperatures, so it’s hard to believe that this English summer could tempt them to grow so large, but gardener Nizzam Ahmed holds the answer. “Every morning I come outside with a cup of tea and spend about an hour talking to them.” And what if it’s raining? “I shelter in the car in the drive and talk to them through the window,” he explains.

The love he has for his plants and flowers is evident wherever you look.

We featured Nizzam’s gigantic vegetables five years ago when his grandson was a baby. Raihan is now five

and he has a sister Amina, aged one. They are both fascinated by the produce their grandfather grows.

Not only that, they enjoy the flavours too.

Nizzam has such green fingers, the family are selfsufficient for around three to four months of the year and friends, neighbours and family also benefit from the glut when everything ripens at once.

There are aubergines, chillis, Indian runner beans, spinach (that grew eight feet tall), tomatoes, potatoes, strawberries, rhubarb, apples, pears and of course the giant ‘lau’ or marrow as we call it. This hanging version is grown in Bangladesh, where Nizzam was born and he

Include a covering sheet and do not put your name on the manuscript. Use double spacing. Typed entries only.

Closing date: 31 January 2016 1st Prize: £150. Runnerup £50. Plus publication in 4Dorset and/or Viewpoint and online.

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enjoys having a little corner of Bangladesh in his sunny Broadstone garden.

Some readers will recognise him because he used to own Moonlight Indian Restaurant in the town, but these days he is happy to tend his garden in retirement and says, “I am very lucky to be able to grow all these in this country. The garden is a suntrap.”

The Bangladeshi vegetables transport him back to his home country with their delicious flavours, but there is one Dorset plant that he really couldn’t do without. Any guesses as to what it could be?

“It’s the hottest in the world and we love it,” he gives a clue before showing me the prized Dorset naga chilli in his greenhouse.

Winner and runner-up will be announced in March 2016.

Fee: 1 story £4, 2 stories £6, 3 stories £8, £2 per story thereafter (cheques payable to PULFORD PUBLICITY LTD).

Judges to be announced but the shortlist will be chosen by author, editor and publisher Janine Pulford.

This entry form can be copied. If you don’t have an email, put your phone number.

Last year’s competition resulted in a short story anthology, ‘Lacey Lightfoot goes to…’ which is available as an eBook from Amazon for £1.99, with profits going to Relay For Life. And hot off the press is Janine Pulford’s latest novel Back to Go which is a rewrite of her paperback Aggracore, introducing new characters and chapters. Also available from Amazon £3.65.

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ASK THE EXPERT Q. I’ve just had an agent value my house, and he says he wants to do a quick one-off viewing for someone who is apparently waiting for a place just like mine. Should I agree to this?

Nolan Irving

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A. Well it’s up to you, of course, but there are a couple of issues you might want to consider first:

o start with, there’s the little matter of the law. This states quite unequivocally that you must be in possession of a signed agency agreement (which in any case entitles you to a 14 day coolingoff period), and the agent must have commissioned an Energy Performance Certificate for your

home, before any marketing can take place. If either of these two things have not been done, (and don’t believe the agent if he tries to claim that a quick advance viewing doesn’t constitute marketing, because it does), then both the agent and you are breaking the law.

Now, of course, this might not overly bother you. But just think: when it comes to selling what is

almost certainly your single most valuable asset, do you really want to use an agent who is prepared to break the law - even in return for a reduced fee?

Besides, there’s another crucial point to consider: if you give this one buyer the huge advantage of getting to see your home before anyone else, how can you possibly be sure that the price they offer is really the best you could get? By the same token, even if you like their offer, how can you possibly know that they themselves are actually in a better position than anyone else to buy within your chosen time frame?

The simple fact is that in the current market, there are lots of buyers chasing too few properties, so the last thing you should be doing is jumping at the first offer that comes along. Far, far better to let your chosen agent do what they are paid to do, and market your home properly to the widest possible number of potential buyers, using all their skills

and all the tools at their disposal.

Part of the legal duty of an agent is to get the best possible deal for the client - you. If this agent is trying to push you into a) breaking the law and b) waiving your right to have your home properly marketed, in favour of some “special” buyer that he has got up his sleeve, then he is definitely not working in your best interests, but his own.

With the market being as active as it is currently, I have several marketing strategies that I use to generate high levels of interest from numerous good potential buyers within a condensed marketing period.

This ensures that when we achieve a quick sale, we are all confident that the property has been marketed in a way that has generated the best possible price.

If you are thinking of selling… the best thing you can do is to give me a call so that I can explain ALL the different marketing strategies to you.

Nolan Irving 01202 823333

MONTHLY HOROSCOPES with RUSSELL GRANT SEPTEMBER 2015

TAURUS April 21 - May 21 A Lunar Eclipse on the 28th forces you to capitulate to a big bureaucracy. You won’t be able to fight the authorities at this time.

Giving in gracefully will save time, money and aggravation. Don’t let pride stop you putting an end to this nightmarish situation.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Your relationship with your best friend, lover, or business partner will take on a serious tone during the second half of the month. Don’t be surprised if you have to take over some of your friend’s responsibilities. A Lunar Eclipse on the 28th marks the sudden end of a friendship or group association. You simply can’t afford to connect yourself with people who are involved in under the counter activities.

CANCER June 22 - July 23 A Lunar Eclipse on the 28th brings an abrupt end to a public role. Although you will be sad to lose this position, this turn of events is a blessing in disguise. Spend the lion’s share of your time on domestic pursuits as September turns to October.

LEO July 24 - August 23 A Lunar Eclipse on the 28th forces you to part ways with someone who has offensive beliefs. You can’t afford to be connected with such a troubled individual. Take steps to protect your reputation as October approaches.

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VIRGO August 24 - September 23 Keep careful track of your receipts during the second half of the month, as you will have to return some defective merchandise. A Lunar Eclipse on the 28th brings an abrupt end to a source of unearned income. This will be a secret relief, as it allows you to break free of an oppressive relative or business partner.

LIBRA September 24 - October 23 Your amour will have a delightful surprise in the second half of September. You might go away on holiday quite suddenly.

A Lunar Eclipse on the 28th forces you to let go of some unrealistic expectations about your best friend. You either need to break up or make up.

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22 You’ll have fewer personal responsibilities in the second half of September, which comes as a relief. Take this opportunity to schedule a short break. It will be easier to get people to return your phone calls on the 25th, thanks to bureaucratic restraints being lifted.

A Lunar Eclipse on the 28th brings a health matter to your attention. You’ll no longer be able to eat certain foods or engage in certain kinds of exercise.

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21 Your personal responsibilities will dramatically increase during the second half of September. Prepare to spend more time at the office. A Lunar Eclipse on the 28th forces you to take a more realistic approach to a budding romance. It’s important for you to have an intellectual rapport with the one you love.

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20 Working in solitude proves enjoyable during the second half of September. It’s easier to focus on your duties without constant interruptions. You’ll be able to assert your authority more effectively on the 25th, when a chaotic situation demands your attention.

People who used to challenge your assertions will gladly take direction from you when panic sets in.

A Lunar Eclipse on the 28th marks the end of an emotional domestic drama. At long last, you’ll be able to retain control of your surroundings. If this means moving to a new place, so be it.

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19 Be selective about the company you keep during the second half of September. You don’t want a troublemaker to compromise your professional reputation. A very attractive newcomer will flirt like mad with you on the 23rd. It’s nice to know your sex appeal continues to work at full power. A Lunar Eclipse on the 28th prompts you to end your association with an organisation. Now the leadership of this group has changed, you’re no longer interested in belonging to it.

PISCES February 20 - March 20 Your sensual side will be very strong during the second half of September.

This is a great time to indulge your love of good food, tactile fabrics, heady aromas, beautiful music and vibrant colours. Practice moderation at a party or professional gathering on the 26th. Practicing moderation will protect your reputation. The Lunar Eclipse marks the end of a source of income, forcing you to make last minute adjustments to your budget. You might have to cancel an expensive order.

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ARIES March 21 - April 20 It will be necessary to accommodate a business or romantic partner’s ever changing schedule at mid-month. Be as flexible as you can and try not to get frustrated with last minute changes. This whole disrupting scenario will soon pass. A Lunar Eclipse on the 28th will tempt you to radically alter your appearance. Don’t, or you will be sorry. This is not the time to go for a radical makeover or extreme image update.

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