The Purbeck Gazette - Issue 177

October 2014 Issue no. 177

Our Heroes Recognised. Pg25

What’s Cooking In Purbeck? Pg39

Purbeck Film Festival. Pg53

Swanage Blues Festival. Pg56

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elcome to the October edition of YOUR Gazette!

As you can see, this month I am suitably dressed in an original WWII Japanese Fighter Pilot’s hat, complete with flight jacket and snazzy glasses. Why? See page 24....

Well, here we are, at the tail end of the tourist season, awaiting the onslaught of winter.

We’ve had a pretty amazing summer, with extended sunshine and a good number of visitors. Well done to everyone working in retail and hospitality - we know you’re all knackered after months of long hours and the occasional difficult customer! Thanks for being such excellent ambassadors for Purbeck - we really appreciate the hard work you all put in to make the visitor experience a positive one.

October brings us the Swanage Blues Festival, with a recordbreaking number of gigs in venues from Swanage to Corfe Castle, offering a fantastically-varied selection of Blues. Gigs are free to attend (although you’re encouraged to purchase a supportive wristband for only £10), so get yourself a programme (or see pages 56/57 for a selection of gigs over the weekend), grab family and friends and come along! We also have the famous Purbeck Film Festival this month, as well as the not-to-be-missed Pumpkin Festival at the Square and Compass, so absolutely no reason for boredom - only the boring get bored!!

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TIDE TIMES OCT‘14 Peveril Ledge, Swanage

Low 1 -2 -3 -00.20 4 5 01.22 6 02.15 7 03.02 8 03.47 9 04.30 05.12 10 11 05.53 12 -13 -14 -15 -16 -17 -18 00.01 19 00.58 20 01.47 21 02.29 22 03.08 23 03.45 24 04.22 25(BST) 04.57 26(GMT) 04.31 27 05.06 28 05.44 29 06.27 30 -31 --

High 01.20 02.25 04.23 05.48 06.53 07.47 08.35 09.20 10.01 10.42 11.23 -00.25 01.10 02.01 02.59 04.05 05.19 06.33 07.26 08.04 08.37 09.08 09.39 10.10 09.43 10.18 10.58 11.44 00.12 01.22

Low 08.28 09.34 11.46 12.58 13.51 14.42 15.27 16.11 16.54 17.35 18.15 06.33 07.14 07.58 08.54 10.26 11.36 12.37 13.31 14.15 14.54 15.33 16.06 16.41 17.15 16.49 17.25 18.05 18.51 07.18 08.28

High 13.50 15.16 17.14 18.26 19.27 20.18 21.03 21.44 22.23 23.02 23.43 12.04 12.46 13.33 14.28 15.31 16.43 18.05 19.11 19.52 20.24 20.54 21.25 21.55 22.26 21.59 22.37 23.20 -12.43 14.12

Low 21.00 22.26 - - NP ----- - FM -- - ST -18.56 19.37 20.22 21.31 22.57 - - NP -------- - ST ----19.48 21.17

ST=Spring Tide NP = Neap Tide NM=New Moon FM=Full Moon

Swanage Town Council Meetings - October 2014

Council Policy & Planning Transport Finance & Performance

Mon 6th Mon 20th Wed 22nd Fri 31st

7pm 7pm 2.15pm 9.30am

Please check the Town Council’s website www.swanage.gov.uk or call the Town Hall on 01929 423636 for the latest information.

Wareham Town Council Meetings - October 2014 Policy, Resources & Finance Planning & Transport Human Resources

Mon 6th Mon 13th Mon 20th

7pm 7pm 7pm

Purbeck DC Meetings - Open to public - October 2014 Council Policy Group Audit & Goverance Panel

Tue 14th Wed 22nd Wed 29th

7pm 7pm 9.15am

Meetings are subject to change. To double check, see: http://www.dorsetforyou.com/ meetings/purbeck and see ‘dates of council and other meetings’

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LULWORTH RANGE WALKS & TYNEHAM VILLAGE OPENING TIMES The clue is in the heading above - these are our readers’ letters. They are NOT articles, they are letters. By you. Our readers. They are not our letters, they are yours - your letters. Simple!

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Boatpark To Remain Open Dear Nico, Further to my earlier letter concerning the threatened closure of the Boat Park slipway for eighteen months from this autumn, I am pleased to be able to tell your readers that the Town Council have reconsidered their decision.

I have been informed by the Town Clerk that it WILL now remain open, apart from just a few occasions where works will necessitate temporary closure. I understand that the RNLI will advise of any such closures well in advance, via their website and maybe through other media.

Regards, Mike Hadley, Swanage, by email

Memorial Trade Origins Dear Editor Brian Brown - The friendliest guy in town.

Just to complete the history of the dedicated memorial bench seats.

The abundance of local support at ‘that time’ enabled (the late) Derek Masters to build, free of charge, three seats. Derek, a local carpenter, was a contemporary of Brian.

In the olden days, from autumn to spring time, the seats were removed from the Quay area and safely sheltered from winter weather. Sadly it seems that this procedure was not continued in later years, hence the deterioration should not adversely reflect the high standard of Derek’s original work.

By chance, today I met in town (as you do) Margaret, the widow of Derek Masters, who corroborated this story. She would be pleased and comforted should you publish this account on her behalf.

Best wishes, Bill Squibb, by email

Memorial Design Origins Dear Nico, I think it should be noted that the original Brian Brown seats were designed by a much missed, very talented local artist David Brooke, who based them on a Japanese Shinto shrine.

So the seat celebrates two people who were loved and lost.

Yours, Xaviour Padgett Boones.

Cancer Survivors Skydive Dear Editor and Readers, My name is Karen Wright (Boniface, M.A.K,s Purbeck) and I am from Studland. Weather permitting on the 4th October 2014 I will be doing a Tandem Skydive for the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation and Cancare to raise some money to help these two charities that have helped me.

On 27th July 2004 I went into Southampton Hospital not knowing if I would see the 28th or my next birthday. Biopsies could not get near to the area of concern in my Lung. I had a five hour plus operation during which the top right lung lobe was removed and eight lymph nodes, I then had a two week wait for the results. It was Lung Cancer at 44. The operation, chemo and all that goes with it has given me ten extra years.

Not as I was, but still here.

I have the £225 for the jump which I have put together from a few small wins on the Thunderball and from some talks I have given to groups like the Studland WI. I have not set a total I would like to reach as any amount

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is a great help. Help with research, with the printing costs of leaflets/ booklets on many varied subjects like how to help with the metal taste of the Chemo in your mouth, hints on how to breath and there is help with travelling to treatments and appointments etc.

Four years ago the BIG C got me again, this time Breast Cancer, which I have been told has nothing to do with the Lung Cancer. So fingers crossed I will make it through the Tandem Skydive and be able to have another go in 2020.

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Yours sincerely, Karen, Studland.

Find Swanage Cat Killer Dear Nico, I am writing to you to make the residents of Swanage and the surrounding areas aware what is happening to our beloved pets, to save another family the heartache my family felt a few weeks ago.

I live in Cranborne Road in Swanage and on Sunday 24th August in the evening, someone shot my cat with a pellet gun. Her injuries were so severe I decided to put her to sleep. I did not think it was fair to put her through a painful operation to amputate her leg, and to have her on antibiotics and pain killers for the rest of her life.

The police have been informed and there is also a reward available only if this person is caught and prosecuted.

So, the question I am asking all parents - does your son or daughter have a pellet gun? Do you know what your son or daughter is using for a target, is it plastic bottles, cans, or someone’s pet?

Someone in Swanage knows who shot my fifteen year old cat, who was very loved and is still terribly missed.

If anyone has any information, please don’t hesitate to contact Dorset Police.

Thank you, Lorraine

How Will Care Be Funded?

Dear Nico Fear for the future of our health and care Whilst applauding the concept of ‘public consultation’, I have over the last year or so been witness to many, many meetings and “initiatives” that have been held on the future of our public health and social care services. After each meeting/discussion there then followed paper mountains of words and graphs supposedly to present to the participants the “new” way forward.

There were as many different bureaucratic signatories and titles, as there were different “papers”and they changed all the time. The date of the final proposals now looms. I have the distinct feeling that the NHS and Dorset County Council have still not yet worked out how this “integrated health and social care package” will work in practice, how it will be funded and resourced and if the delivery of this package will be safe practice in our community.

This “new” blueprint of more health care services in the community, in people’s homes, unblocking beds in acute hospitals, etc, etc, sounds wonderful.

Community hospitals, GPs, nurses, social workers and “Care” providers working together for more and better provision for all in Purbeck - what is there not to applaud? After all this is exactly how it used to work 20 years ago. It has taken millions of pounds, and untold years of misery using well paid “experts” to arrive at this so-called new conclusion.

Yes, well, we got there in the end you might say. It really does meet our

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needs in the community. Let’s all rejoice, accept it and get on with it!

What I fear is that this “integration package” will be operating in a climate of austerity and cuts (mainly front-line jobs) in both the County Council and the NHS. At County Hall, it is rumoured that many of the highly-paid desk jobs are threatened to save money for this initiative. But there is no word of how many properly-trained social and care workers to visit people in their homes will be taken on and who their employers will be. It is the same for the health service.

Will GPs start doing many more home visits to patients? How many more district and other health workers are going to be employed, in order for it all to work in practice? How is it all to be funded? Will it be heavily reliant on our voluntary and Third sectors to plug dangerous gaps?

We have been told that there is no “new” money for the health service.

Government is supposedly granting more money to local authorities to help with this health initiative. How much more money? Or is it simply to be taken from existing budgets?

At the end of the day, I fear this wonderful ideal of ‘care in the community’ will not be able to provide the “best practice” health and social care that is required to safely deliver what is needed to protect the growing numbers of our frail elderly, never mind their carers – and the rest of our community.

Yours sincerely, Miss G P McEvoy, Swanage resident.

Swim For Worthy Causes Dear Nico, Swanage Lions Charity Fun Swim.

As October approaches so does the Annual Charity Fun Swim organised by the Swanage Lions Club. The event is to take place on Saturday 18th October at the Purbeck Sports Centre and the money raised by the Lions Club will be divided between two local children’s charities, Gulley’s Place and the Dorset Deaf Children’s Society.

Gulley’s Place has a suite in Poole Hospital and provides support for children suffering with life-limiting or life-threatening illnesses and their families. The DDCS provides advice, support and equipment to deaf children in Dorset and enables families with deafness in their number to meet up to share experiences.

The Swanage Lions would be really pleased if you could help us raise lots of money for these two local worthy causes, either by sponsoring a swimmer you might know or, better still, by raising a team to swim. Remember, if you are in a team half the money you raise is returned to you if your team has another charity or organisation you would like to help.

If you are interested, please contact the Fun Swim Organiser, Michael Joyner, on 01929425603.

Hoping you can help us to help others, David Dean, Lions Club Secretary.

So why do we have this cobbled together access route to the new St Mary’s school, with temporary speed limit signs?

Why is the light-controlled crossing for Swanage School only just being installed? Why are there no cycleways in Swanage?

A feasibility study is underway, but actual implementation could take years.

Nick Ward, via email

Thanks Purbeck Volunteers Dear Nico, May we through the medium of your paper say thank-you to all the hardworking volunteer groups throughout Purbeck that manage carnivals, fetes, rallies and shows.

We would personally like to thank Wareham MS, Wareham Carnival, Wareham Wednesdays, and the Car Rally people for allowing us to be part of their summer of fun events.

Purbeck should be indebted to its wealth of volunteers and organisers, who operate and manage these events for no personal gain, yet raising thousands of pounds for charitable causes, and all subject to weather making events a success.

There is an opportunity for charitable causes to make some further funds. Wareham Lions Club are again running their annual “SWIMATHON” at Purbeck Sports Centre on Sunday 19th October.

Teams are allowed to keep for their cause 75% of the money raised. There are a few slots left, so if you want to raise some funds, look no further contact Lion Colin on 01929 552110.

Again yours gratefully, Wareham Lions Club.

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Danger Of New School Route Dear Editor, Is this the best we can do for our children?

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It is much better for children’s health if they can walk or cycle to school.

It is better for the environment and it reduces the congestion, pollution and dangers of the ‘school run’.

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Swanage Bay Fish Generosity Dear Editor, Please can I thank Terry and Julie of Swanage Bay Fish, for the most succulent, enormous, tasty cooked lobster!

I was lucky enough to win it in their raffle, which was held for the RNLI Life boat week.

I also really enjoyed the Crabby Event in June, for the Fisherman’s Mission, and I think that they deserve a big hand for their generosity to both charities.

Thanks again!

Jane F, Swanage, by email

‘Stop’ Making Movies Dear readers, I never thought I would hear myself say this, but I take my hat off to Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Eric Pickles for advancing the laws of recording Council meetings to allow for video and recording, which is regarded as public domain post-able on internet mediums including YouTube and Twitter “to prevent Councils acting like Putin’s Russia” and “show off good works that Councils selflessly undertake”.

And so to the Swanage Town Council meeting on the 1st September where several members of the ever growing ‘STOP the Swanage Gas Rig’ group (contact savingswanage@gmail.com) duly arrived with cameras, and what a difference! Suddenly Councillors appeared to be taking interest in what was said and taking turns to star in the motion picture!

Kicking off the show was Ali Patrick (Meryl Streep) with an eight minute monologue about the rig and, while I cannot agree with some of the content, at least she was saying something! Aptly supporting her was Gary Suttle (Marlon Brando) who confessed that he would be dead against a gas refinery at the site.

Supporting the massive upheaval of the exploration stage but being against the extraction part of the process is something I find somewhat confusing, but the sentiment was appreciated as a step in the right direction. On to Angelo Wiggins (Jude Law) who put in a heart-felt Oscar winning performance saying that he had been to the site and thought it a lovely area that should not be threatened with this kind of industrial project, and that he could see little benefit to Swanage. He finished his part with an emotional flourish stating that there should be reconciliation between the Councillors and the STOP group – a view shared by all of the STOP public attending.

So is this a turning point? Will the public now have their comments properly minuted? Are questions to be promptly responded to? Will Councillors take the time to actually read the planning file before forming opinions? Will they meet and discuss their thoughts with a concerned public who have done weeks (if not months) of research and who are itching to assist?

We shall have to see.

You see, the aim of the STOP group is to defeat the rig and thereby maintain and enhance Swanage for the well-being and prosperity of present and future generations and, coincidentally, part of Swanage Town Council’s mission statement is “to maintain and enhance Swanage for the well-being and prosperity of present and future generations”. Wow! That’s weird!

You have to wonder, therefore, why getting together on this has been so

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difficult when we should all be fighting the same corner.

Andy Kirkwood, STOP the Swanage Gas Rig

Fete Success - Thanks To All Dear Gazette, On Thursday 21st of August, Swanage Lions Club held our summer fete.

Once again it was a roaring success, made possible by help from the members of the club and Swanage Rotary who supplied the trolley ride and manpower throughout the day.

The event was also helped by sponsorship by many of the local businesses and trades. Without their support events like ours would not be able to take place. The day itself weather wise was good till early afternoon when the wind picked up causing a few hairy moments, but nothing we could not handle.

As usual a day like ours is only successful if the holidaymakers make their appearance, which they did in good numbers. All the children taking part in the games had a wonderful time egged on by David Hollister who was a very capable compere on the day. The ‘Made in Swanage’ stall attracted a lot of attention and was run by Jane Reading and friends.

What can one say about the cakes and chutney stalls, all of these along with the Ploughman’s lunches sold out very quickly. My wife and I, with our friend Ann, ran the drinks stall which was at times very busy.

Special thanks also need to go to Paddy Rideal, David Dean and Kim Gallagher without whose sterling work the event would not have taken place.

As you may gather the day was good all round. I am happy to let you know that the day’s event raised just under £3400 profit which will be given to charity. If there are any people I have missed with my thanks then I apologise, as so many assisted on the day I cannot remember you all.

Once again thank you, to all the helpers, volunteers, Swanage Lions members, Swanage Rotary, local sponsors and of course the holiday makers and the locals.

Tim Mersey, President Swanage Lions Club

Readable, Fair And Accurate!

Dear Nico, Your Town Hall correspondent, David Holman, made a statement at the start of the September meeting. I was concerned to hear that attempts had been made to bully him, after the August meeting, on the steps of the Town Hall. Those involved were certain members of the protest group who are against drilling for oil and gas at California Quarry. Apparently, his reporting of their opinions was not to their liking and they wanted it changed.

We have now had five years of cost free reports on Town Council affairs from David. This is, I strongly suggest, much better than no regular reports, which was the situation beforehand with Town Council affairs and is the current situation with regard to the District and County Councils.

Inevitably he does not always get it right. No human being could.

Nevertheless, his column is readable, fair and accurate. It is also inevitable that he gets discouraged by hard-line attempts to slant his reporting and accusations that he is just in the pocket of certain councillors.

Five years is a long time but let us hope that he can do it for another five, rather than think that there are better ways to spend his time and give up.

Those of you who recognise David and value his accounts might like to thank him. This should encourage him to keep reporting.

Yours sincerely, Peter Clark.

Ed’s note - Thanks Peter. We are disgusted by the behaviour displayed by some of those who have been involved with the Swanage ‘Stop the gas rig’ group. On several occasions David has been verbally abused and harassed after council

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01929 427296 07971 690817 Happy to help and advise meetings, which is neither appropriate nor acceptable. David has neared the point of resigning from the Gazette, which as stated above, would leave locals with no idea about what goes on at the monthly council meetings. As a monthly publication, we have NO obligation whatsoever to cover any council meetings, and without David, it would be the responsibility of the town council to pay for the space to publish press releases in order to inform the public.

Wareham resident, Judith, will soon be writing-up her view of the Wareham Town Council meetings, and we fully expect her to only be treated with respect and politeness by all. Should David experience any further problems when covering the Swanage Town Council meetings, we WILL be naming, shaming and banning the offenders (and their groups/organisations) from our pages permanently - you have been warned!

Not In YOUR Back Yard Dear Nico, ‘NIYBY’ I’d like to (with the help of the Gazette) coin the acronym ‘Not In Your Back Yard’ - ‘NIYBY’ pronounced ‘nee-bee’.

This is an acronym I’ve been using since earlier this year after reading a letter in the Gazette from a gentleman who had visited Purbeck on a walking holiday.

He praised the area for its beauty, then criticised heavily the two wind turbines in the valley.

There have been many other examples of this NIYBYism on social media.

The most recent example of NIYBYism I have seen was on an online petition shared on Facebook. The NIYBY was a French Facebook user, he was requesting a Swanage postcode so that he could submit his signature to the petition as using his French zip/post code did not allow him to do so.

Best regards, Matt Suttle, Swanage Resident

Swanage Disabled Club Thanks Dear Editor, What a wonderful summer we have had in Swanage. I must congratulate all the local charities who ‘carried on regardless’ of the seafront works i.e. Rotary, Lions, Lifeboat to mention a few, but especially the Regatta & Carnival Committee who made such a wonderful week for everyone under very difficult circumstances.

To use Prince Albert Gardens was an absolute delight and voiced by many visitors and locals alike. Thank you all for your hard work and hope your efforts were the success you deserved.

Swanage Disabled Club were unable to hold their annual sea-front stalls, but were able to join the Lions at their fete, and also be at Prince Albert Gardens - thanks to everyone who supported us so generously.

We welcome new members and provide transport to our meetings. Also if anyone would like a ‘special’ aran knitted garment for a Christmas present - child or adult, please do get in touch - we are taking orders from now.

Tel: 01929 425241 for meetings information or knitting information Finally a big thank you to the T.I.C. for their patience over these longtime sea front works, it’s been hard for you too, but hopefully soon we will all be able to enjoy some more lovely days sitting outside the new beach ‘huts’.

Thank you.

Sincerely, Daphne SavilleHon. Sec. Swanage Disabled Club

Keeping ‘Trail Of Filth’ At Bay Dear Nico, In a recent issue David Hollister highlighted the loss of the blue bins in the town. These were subsidised by the Swanage and District Chamber

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of Trade and Commerce when I was president, with several businesses contributing to the cost. Some of them are now defunct and have been removed, but sadly not replaced. In my opinion they were strategically placed, i.e. one outside Martin McColl and another on the opposite side of the road by the Mowlem.

They are much missed as they were receptacles for the private ‘litter pickers’ attempting to keep the ‘trail of filth’ at bay.

The three councils, STC, PDC & DCC are doing their very best and are to be thanked. However, the town mayor has promised the Chamber of Trade a complete review, and I am hoping that a meeting can be arranged sometime in October which is open to all interested folk, and held in the evening when all can attend.

I would advise you that this letter is written in my personal capacity as a local businessman, and not as a representative of the Chamber of Trade.

I am yours sincerely, Brian Barker

Miles Or Metres?

Dear Editor, About two years ago I enquired from Dorset County Council why, in any notice regarding road works, measurements were always in metric when it was official policy to retain imperial measurements on all road signs in the UK. This query apparently eventually reached the Ministry of Transport and the reply was that no one knows why metric is used on these notices.

What a joy therefore to see in our local press a notice regarding road works on the Wareham to Bere Regis road stating there will be a speed limit of 30 mph from just north of the junction with Westminster Road for approximately 1.75 MILES (from 100 METRES in advance of the first traffic cone …..).

How confusing for the experts in the traffic department as they now have to mix imperial and metric.

Is this progress?

Chris Cressey, via email.

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of being the oldest Guide Company in Dorset that has never been in abeyance – plus our Swanage Trefoil Guild will be celebrating their Golden Anniversary too!

Finally, the Brownies, Guides and their leaders would like to take this opportunity to thank the people of Swanage for their help and support – and look forward to the next hundred years.

For more details about Guiding, please contact Val Burden on 01929 439209.

Yours sincerely, Val Pike, District Secretary on behalf of Swanage District.

Wareham - Retirement Central

Dear Gazette, Over the summer the Duke of Wellington Monday Club have carried on their fund raising activities, and also their charitable donations.

The Sandford Scouts (pictured) were pleased to receive a cheque for £318 which they have now used to purchase two Vango tents.

Thanks to the Monday Club donation of £260, the residents of Anglebury Court can now enjoy their newly purchased garden furniture and long handled garden tools. We spoke to them earlier in the year and they identified these items as being most needed, especially with the wonderful summer we have had this year.

And lastly, at our meeting on Monday 1st September, it was decided to donate a cheque for £200 to the Footsteps for Roxy Charity.

You will probably remember that Roxy is the little three year old girl with Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy, which renders her unable to walk.

Her parents are trying to raise £60,000 to pay for an “SDR” operation at Great Ormond Street Hospital which will take away the spasticity in her legs, enabling her to walk…

The Duke Monday Club

Brownies - 100th Birthday Dear Editor, Swanage and District Brownies and Guides would like to publicly thank the Mayor and Councillors for allowing the badge garden on Swanage seafront to be planted in the colours and shape of the Brownie badge this year, in order to commemorate the Brownies hundredth birthday – an event which is being celebrated worldwide. Their thanks also go to the outside workforce for their expertise in planting flowers in the trefoil shape.

The 100th birthday celebrations have meant that our Brownies in Swanage and Langton have had a very exiting year, starting with the county organised ‘Big Brownie Birthday’ at Blandford School in January. This was swiftly followed by a county organised day at Paultons Park in April. Some of the older Brownies enjoyed an overnight camp under canvas on Brownsea Island in June, when they had plenty of fun and enjoyed natural crafts and games. July saw our Brownies at Wincanton Racecourse for the ‘Zooom’ fun day. The girls also attended an exciting weekend away at P.G.L. in Weymouth, and the whole year culminates with an ‘Intergalactic Mars Atttack’ day at Parkstone Grammar School in November.

So as you can see, Guiding in Swanage is alive and well and great use is being made of our new H.Q. in Bell Street.

Next year we will be celebrating one hundred years of Guiding in Swanage, for 1st Swanage Guides will be one hundred years old, and has the honour

Dear Editor, Wareham has been dying on its feet for years and the closure of the Cottees site is the final nail in the coffin.

Look at the profile of shopping in the town. There are numerous cafes, several hairdressers, five charity shops but nowhere for a man to buy a pair of shoes or a lady some underwear.

It is no longer a working town but a ‘theme’ town, suitable only for retirement. There is no longer any employment available locally and nothing on offer for the young.

Need I say more? Whose fault is this? Those who allowed it to be turned into ‘retirement central’.

Disgruntled Warehamite, Name and address withheld on request.

Market Site Owner Responds Dear Readers, Reply to Concerns of Mrs A Evans As one of the owners of the market site, it was wonderful to read about your interest in the future of Wareham Market.

I’ve recently taken the reins of the Grounds’ family share; I was raised in Wareham, with my family connections going back over one hundred years to when my great grandfather, Samuel William Cottee, purchased the site and had the vision to start the original market.

I am passionate about making this site work for the town and bringing in employment and new business opportunities to Wareham and the Purbecks. I am actively looking for new businesses that would like to get involved in the old Cottees market site and regenerate it to a thriving area to compliment the town.

We are looking for people with bright new ideas for the East Street site including new businesses that would encourage more people into Wareham, helping all business in the town to flourish and making Wareham the place to come in Purbeck.

If anyone would like to contact me by email please to themarketplace. office@yahoo.co.uk Many thanks, Mike Grounds, by email.

Rubbish All Together Now? Dear Gazette, Can the Purbeck recycling officer tell me why they provided each house with green bins for glass bottles/jars when all the afore-mentioned are tipped into the same lorry, as witnessed in New Street (Wareham) on Wednesday 20th August, with the rest of the recycled items?

Why do we have to separate them when they then all go together?

Glen and Les, by email

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A Railway Rhyme...

The Swanage Branch Ah Swanage – decked in Southern Green Through Isle of Purbeck can be seen Corfe Castle and her lofty pines Norden and those vanished mines.

Once gateway to a sunny coast This scenic railway now the toast Of milling crowds from Waterloo And other parts of Dorset too.

Restored engines- Push/Pull “Tanks” Tackling gently rising banks “West Country” trains – no longer scrap Worgret back on transport map.

This lovely route – rebuilt from scratch Has landed funding – what a catch For public running - night and noon And be in Wareham fairly soon.

Steve Glason.

No Tax For Dumper..

Dear Editor, I have just had a very interesting talk with Dorset police about parking in Swanage.

I live on the Priests Way and last night [Saturday] I reported that someone had parked a builder’s dumper on the road. It had no markings, no number plate, and no tax disc.

The police said they would send someone to check it out. When I rang them again the following morning they told me that two policemen came at two minutes past midnight and there was not a problem with it, When I asked what if I was to leave my car there with no tax or insurance I was told that was a different matter I would breaking the law. When I queried this the person said he was not an expert and I would be better off talking to the person in charge of Swanage who is stationed in Wareham.

So I have come to the conclusion if you want to avoid paying road tax and insurance, use a builder’s dumper.

Name and address supplied, witheld by request

Future Traffic Nightmare?

Hi Nico, If the congestion while they are installing the traffic lights by the new school are an indication of the gridlock potential, what is it going to be like in the summer?

Regards Peter Wakefield, Swanage, via email.

Sponsored Walk Thanks Dear Nico, May I through your pages thank everyone who very kindly sponsored Gaynor and myself on our Stonehenge to Avebury Trek on behalf of The Alzheimers Society? I am pleased to report that we completed the trek in just under nine hours, in a more or less upright position!

It was a very impressive sight to see more than 700 people marching across Salisbury Plain, with the majestic stones shrouded in mist at 7am on

an early autumn morning. All walking to raise money for the fight against this dreadful disease. And raise money we have. Thanks to your amazing generosity we have to date raised over £1,200!

Thanks to everyone who stopped us during our training walks to wish us well and offer encouragement, it was much appreciated and spurred us on when there was yet another stile to climb or hill to conquer.

As one fellow walker as we reached Avebury was heard to comment, “I have never been so grateful to see a pile of old stones before”. Big thanks too to Malcolm and Simon who kept the support vehicles on the road (that’s another story) and acted as chauffeurs and caterer on the day.

Would we do it again? Yes! Gail and Gaynor (pictured)

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Of Plans, Petitions and Progress David Hollister writes...

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y paragraph in last month’s edition regarding apparent abuse of planning regulations relating to campsites, both 28-day-licenced and other unlicensed sites, has brought forward some interesting correspondence. The site in Harmans Cross is by no means the only one; I highlighted it simply because several local residents brought it to my attention. I understand that Councillor Ron is in talks with Steve Boyt of Purbeck District Council so actually, let’s wait and see what Mr Boyt has to say. Watch this space but don’t hold your breath.

It may interest our Parish Councillor to know that the good folk of Church Knowle have a similar – nay, a larger problem. The permitted number of days camping per year without a licence is twenty eight. The site in question has apparently been refused a license twice, but has continued to encourage camping from April until the end of September, spreading hundreds of tents and caravans over up to four fields. The angry residents have kept detailed records and photographic evidence so what, I hear you say, is the problem?

The problem is that the PDC appear to have done little or nothing over the past five years to enforce planning regulations. Other illegal campsites have started along the Church Knowle valley, totally unregulated and probably without adequate sanitation. Don’t even think about where the sewage goes……. There are already seven well-run, legal licensed sites within a three-mile radius of the village. They don’t need any more.

OK, PDC have at last issued an enforcement order against the huge unlicensed site but guess what? They have a month in which to appeal, then a further month before the appeal is heard, that makes in early November and the end of the fifth illegal and unrestricted camping season. I seem to have heard that song before …….

My informant suggests that although every minor planning infringement has been reported to the Parish Council and to PDC, the illegal campsite has never been mentioned at any Council meeting. They have, I believe, every reason to wonder why this might be?

What they want, what we want, and what Purbeck needs is a pro-active Planning and Enforcement Office. It should quite simply be possible for them to refuse even a 28-day licence to any site that has in any previous year either operated unlicensed or abused the 28-day period, and close it down immediately the first tent pops up.

Come on, Mr Boyt, if your ‘enforcement team’ is to be taken remotely seriously then apply the bloody rules even-handedly. I’m not trying to stop anyone making a living, or indeed living in their own caravan in a field, all I’m asking for is that all the rules which apply to all of us should be applied across the board, in a timely and efficient manner. And maybe ask the Environmental Health people to visit all these sites as soon as they pop up to ensure that foul sewage is not being disposed of into the ditches, causing a huge potential health hazard.

Saw and signed a sad little petition the other day “Save Swanage and Purbeck Bus Services”. Dorset County Council has removed £1m of subsidies to rural bus services this year, meaning that from Autumn 2014

the number 40 route which serves Swanage and rural Purbeck will be axed, leaving no evening services.

This is not all about people being able to get to the cinema or the BIC, it’s about ordinary people without transport of their own, being able to get back from working in Poole and Bournemouth. Students at College. Older people living in semi-isolation. The government also proposes to remove the fuel rebate to rural bus services by 2017 so our rural public transport services are under threat. I suppose that Cameron’s answer would simply be “then they should get a car……” or maybe “let them eat cake”.

Petition is at : http://www.simonbowkett.co.uk/save_swanage_purbeck_ bus_services I know that Simon Bowkett represents the Labour Party and would not wish my support of his cause to indicate any party political bias on my behalf; I just think it’s a good idea to get this scandal out in the open.

I said ‘sad little petition’ because I sincerely believe that no matter how many signatures there are, no council or government will pay one iota of attention to any petition. Four million signatures couldn’t stop an illegal war. I have spent eight years with this column banging away at Dorset County Council; I may as well talk to the wall.

Our Councillors wring their hands and tell me that they can do nothing because of the ‘cabinet’ system whereby decisions are made by a cabal of half a dozen County councillors, in cahoots with council officials, who know nothing about and care even less about Purbeck. If I care so much, why don’t I stand, I’m asked? Because with the present system it’s not democracy, it’s b######s, and it’s a total waste of time and my blood pressure is already too high.

I have nothing but praise for the governors, staff, pupils and helpers of St Mark’s School in Bell Street, Swanage. James went there until he was nine, and received a well-rounded start to his education and a huge amount of encouragement. A shame in many ways that the powers-that-be chose to close down the old building, but hey ho, that’s progress. I suppose. I have no hesitation in believing that the St Mark’s ethos will continue in the new building.

The new St Mark’s CE VA Primary School is being built where the old ‘Middle School’ used to be. The old building appeared to be perfectly adequate so why, I wonder, tear it down? Because apparently it doesn’t meet current ‘Elf’n’Safety’ standards inasmuch as children of Primary School age are not allowed to use staircases…….

Clearly they all live in bungalows? Has our society gone raving mad? Have we emulated the Americans and litigated ourselves to a standstill where everyone is afraid of being sued by everybody else? Where you can’t speak to anyone in ‘authority’ until you have ‘gone through security’ and you teach your kids ‘stranger danger’ ?

Not all strangers are perverts. Some of them could be solicitors, but let’s not hold that against them.

Most strangers are simply friends we haven’t met.

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Not on your Nellie...

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ellie and I are obviously becoming confused in our advancing years and we should have submitted this piece as last month’s offering to you all, but we didn’t, so I will have to ask you to cast your minds back to this summer’s Carnival where we watched the Aerostars aerobatic team instead of the usual Red Arrows, who were occupied elsewhere with WW1 centenary, ah, events…I nearly used ‘celebrations’ there before realising it would be totally inappropriate.

Nellie and I, and others we have spoken to about this, very much enjoyed the Aerostars and thought them a most acceptable alternative to the Red Arrows. My source deep in the committee tells me they were substantially cheaper, although some would argue the Arrows bring in more visitors for the day, which justifies the extra expense.

Some of you will remember the 2011 Bournemouth Air Festival when Joe Egging of the Arrows lost control following possibly a G-force blackout, and then two months later Sean Cunningham was killed when his seat mysteriously ejected on takeoff and the chute failed to open.

Unfortunate as they were, neither of these events compare to the Ramstein Air Show disaster of 1988 when a midair collision involving three display aircraft resulted in the deaths of sixty-seven spectators and three pilots, with a further three hundred and forty six spectators being treated for serious injuries. Or indeed the later Ukrainian disaster of 2002 when an SU-27 crashed on to the airfield during a show. The pilots ejected safely but seventy-seven spectators were killed and over one hundred hospitalised.

Some very graphic footage is available on YouTube featuring bodies and severed limbs, not for the faint-hearted. But relax, all these accidents occurred over airfields so we can look forward to safe carnival displays for many years to come.

The point I’m meandering towards making here is that perhaps the Red Arrows are just a little too perfect, a little too slick? And if so, are we not just waiting for them to make a mistake?

Nellie and I have found several outfits out there in the interweb who can put on a display and wouldn’t it be nice to give them all a chance to show what they can do?

There are the Wildcat Aerobatics team featuring the stunning Pitts Special biplanes which have been around in one form or another since around nineteen forty-six, or Aerobatic Displays Ltd who again feature smoke and highly manoeuvrable biplanes.

The Blades are a leading civilian monoplane display team, or you could watch a solo display by Lauren Richardson, the leading female aerobatic pilot in the UK. But carnival committee members please note that my personal choice, being a lover of all things vintage and classic, would have to be the Tiger Nine Formation Team featuring the de Havilland Tiger Moth, indisputably the most beautiful aircraft of all time with the possible exception of the Spitfire.

As for Nellie, she would be content to see a re-enactment of Snoopy vs. The Red Baron. Complete with soundtrack of course.

Hemsbach Update

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oach trips and social events dominated the visit from Hemsbach from Thursday 28 August to Monday 1 September. Our chairman Mrs Jacquie Hall and the Mayor Mrs Carol Turner greeted our friends in German at the Corn Exchange in Wareham on Thursday.

On the following two days there were coach trips to the Great Dorset Steam Fair and Arundel Castle. On Sunday we had a hog roast, games and music from the Arish Mell band at the Wareham Rugby Club. We had lots of hugs when the coach departed for the long return journey to Hemsbach on Monday.

Robin Brasher, publicity officer of the Wareham-Hemsbach Society

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More Than Just Coffee And Cream!

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t Not Just Sundaes we are wanting to really make a difference in the local community and are proud to sign up to offering Suspended Coffees.

The idea of a suspended coffee is simple: For customers that would like to support this part of the project, they are able to purchase a suspended coffee or soup. They pay for this the same way as if they were consuming it and the money is rung through the till but it would just not be served. We have a jar with two different coloured tokens in it. One representing the suspended coffees, and another, the suspended soups. Once this item has been paid for, the correctly coloured token is added to the jar.

When someone who can’t afford a coffee comes in, they can ask whether there are any “suspended” coffees or soups. If there is a token in the jar, they can claim it and are given a free coffee or soup. The transaction is then considered complete.

Who is eligible to receive the free coffee/food?

The premise is that anyone in need can seek this out. We don’t believe it is for us to judge who is in need and who is not. Ultimately, if someone is approaching us to ask for a suspended coffee, they are probably in need in some way.

When we say ‘in need’, it’s not just someone who is homeless. It may be a single mother of four children who can’t afford coffee that month in the grocery shopping. She may just need a coffee to get her through the day and a break while her kids are all at school.

You may have a man walk in, well-groomed and dressed in a business suit… you may not think from appearances that he is ‘in need”, but he may be on skid row and in his sixteenth week of job hunting. It can be for a student struggling with exams. It’s all about using your judgment and spreading a little kindness by paying it forward - it’s about more than the coffee.

For more information about this idea, visit www.suspendedcoffees.com.

To visit us, call in to Not Just Sundaes, South Street, Wareham and say hi, or take a look at www.notjustsundaes.com.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

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hilst taking the car for its MOT recently, I had the chance to sit and relax on Wareham Quay with a hot chocolate and soak up the sun for an hour. After watching him complete his clean-up of the banks of the river, I was joined by Charles (Chaz to his friends pictured above), who was taking a well-earned coffee break.

Chaz has been keeping Wareham spotless for quite a few years now taking great pride in the enjoyment that the clean, tidy streets bring to locals and visitors alike.

So, following on from our ‘thank you’ in 2013 to the workers who keep Swanage clean, we’d like to now say a big THANK YOU to Chaz for the work he puts into keeping Wareham clean and tidy throughout the year!

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Dead Words, And How To Bring Them Back As Zombies

Phoebe Hobbs (15), joined us for a week over the summer holidays for a work experience placement. Interested in language, and already utilising a fabulous vocabulary for one so young, Phoebe undertook a study of words we no longer use...

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am a proud, aspiring spermologer. At the ripe old age of fifteen, I have made my decision. Some people wish to be doctors, some to be artists, others to be professionally obnoxious, but- assuming my travelling pencil sharpening museum doesn’t take off - I’d like to be a spermologer. It’s an obscure word. An obsolete word. A word unfathomed in favour of more modern phrases like ‘twerking’ or ‘getting turnt’. The former is a dance in which one attempts to copulate with thin air. The latter is getting so drunk that your body is more alcohol than water.

Fabulous as it is to embrace the slang of our current culture - I hear twerking and getting turnt are indeed delightful exertions, especially concurrently- it would also be nice to get back to our roots (word roots, that is), and appreciate the language of yesteryear. For example, did you know that brabble means a harsh disagreement? Or that leechcraft is the study of medicine? How about balatronic, a word used to describe someone who is baboon-like? And thus, I invite you to explore some of the words omitted from our language’s memory; Let’s start with “pukaroo”. Is that someone easily excited or enthused over inconsequential things, like that one friend who parties hard whenever confronted with a satsuma? A kangaroo responsible for the death of a human being? Fortunately, no. A pukaroo is a walking disaster, that one person you know who- either by virtue of bad luck or incompetenceseems to fail at everything they do. If you’ve somehow managed to insult the queen, launch a nuclear bomb whilst innocently texting, and incur the wrath of an army of dolphins all in one day, then there’s a good chance that you may be a pukaroo.

‘Rememble’ sounds like the noise a snail makes when morally outraged, whereas its actual meaning pertains to that of a false memory. Meanwhile, yaffle means to eat, as opposed to a debaucherous act banned in Dubai.

Alas, the world would probably be a better place if you could tell someone you dislike to go yaffle themselves. A skybosh could be interpreted as trying to pick a drunken fight with the atmosphere, rather than its real definition which is to play a practical joke or prank. A pussyvan isn’t a car that attracts women more so than a terrible temper or flurry. Remember Wendy, the girl in your office who asked your boss for a raise and was never seen again by human eyes? Chances are your boss was in a really bad pussyvan when that happened.

You may believe the man who drank half a keg of cider (also known as apple juice for rebels) last night, woke up the next morning totally ‘scroggins’, but actually scroggins is a Victorian phrase used to express shock or astonishment. So that man might’ve exclaimed “scroggins!” when he woke up next to a nun behind a beach hut in Plymouth with no idea how he got there, but he would not have been scroggins himself. Moreover, lissom is a word that means curvaceous or supple, just like that fine bit of manbutt that lives across the street. You may also believe said man-butt to be beatific (befitting of an angel) or monsterful (awesome).

This is just the beginning; according to WWII terminology, a twillip

is someone you intensely dislike. A sloom is a heavy sleep or lie-in.

Bookwright is fairly self-explanatory, and has a nicer ring to it than ‘author’.

Hilariously, curculionidous refers to anything concerned with weevils. Such information is highly useful if you’re a weevil divorce lawyer (weevils have the highest separation rates of any species of beetle), president of the weevil appreciation society, or if you need therapy, I guess.

Oh, and a spermologer? It means a picker-up of trivia, of current news, a gossip monger, what we would today call a columnist - not someone who lodges sperm.

So why do all these wondrous words disappear from our vocabulary like the ethics of politicians the minute they get elected? Sometimes the answer is daylight-clear; kirkling is an old English verb for the act of robbing a house while its occupants are at church.

When was the last time you heard of someone being arrested for kirkling?

Exactly. I can only imagine the same goes for queerplungers. This was where one person fakes drowning whilst an accomplice jumps in to ‘save them’ so they can claim an award of one guinea. Furthermore, anarchist was originally Australian slang for a safety match. In addition, to ‘swallow the dick’ is to attempt to use long words without any comprehension of their meaning. This (where a word changes its meaning) is known as semantic change.

But what about meritorious, or something praiseworthy (just like the word meritorious, really)? Or, how about instead of calling out for a taxi driver in a busy city, we all call out for a tamarboo? Or even qually, otherwise known as the irritable, turbulent mood some experience after drinking too much?

A great many of us can attest to being sofa lizards, or someone who prefers staying in to painting the town red at night. Perhaps we’d all feel less intimidated by inspectors if we called them ‘tiggy’ rather than ‘detective’.

So next time someone annoys you, feel more than free to make them believe you require medical attention by telling them; “Scroggins, you nizzertit! You’re in such a pussyvan, you’re lucky I’m zafty enough up with your qually and not phone a tiggy, you skyboshing pukaroo!”

Not only do you introduce your target to a whole new world of useless linguistics, you also get to enjoy a luxury holiday in a mental institution, free of charge! Everyone wins!

So, I challenge you all of put these words back into practise, to broaden the metaphorical horizons of human vocabulary. I put it upon you to try and incorporate as many intriguing polysyllables as possible, to swallow the dick if not to make the most out of our colourful language. If enough of us do it, we won’t all look like complete twillips.

(If you’re interested in learning more obsolete, pretentious words, I’d recommend the 2007 book ‘Bingo Boys and Poodle Fakers’, ‘The Word Museum’ or ‘Forgotten English’ by Jeff Kacirk. Failing that, simply flick through a dictionary approaching its centennial, provided you’re fortunate or nerdy enough to have access to one.)

The Walls Of Tom’s Field...

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unique book was on view over the August bank holiday weekend at Tom’s Field Campsite in Langton Matravers.

The two volume, fold-out publication pays homage to the stone walls around the campsite and consists of a collection of drawings made by the visitors.

They had been invited to make a record of part of the walls in pictures and words, with special reference to the wildlife that they noted.

The result was an amazing sixty drawings made by campers aged from four to eighty four years.

The concertina book, which is available at Tom’s Field, was split into two parts to accommodate all the drawings.

None were excluded and every contribution was regarded as equally important in reflecting the diversity of observations and talent involved.

The fold-out design means that the book, titled O Lovely Wall..., takes on the appearance of the walls themselves.

Chris Spilling, an entomologist living in Langton Matravers, contributed notes about the plant and wildlife found in the walls, and Sue Blake, an artist from the village, made drawings of a dry stone waller at work and these were used for the covers of the book.

Profits from sales are to be donated to charity.

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Swanage Fire Station Update

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i and welcome to a look at what’s been happening at Swanage Fire station during August and early September. Operationally we have attended seventeen calls and these have included:Six small fires involving heath and grassland and one field fire, three stand by moves to cover either Wareham or Westbourne station areas, three false alarms, three property fires, one of which we were part of an eight pump attendance at Café Shore on Banks road, Sandbanks, one fire that involved a gas canister.

And last but not least, the station attended the large fire at the landfill site, North Trigon, Cold Harbour, near Wareham. In all we were at the site from 6pm on Sunday 31st August and the last appliance returned home to Swanage at 3pm on Tuesday 2nd September.

On the training side, both firefighters Andy Mutter and Luke Carmichael have attended our training centre and have passed their final assessments.

Both are now fully competent firefighters, so well done to them.

Sadly crew manager Ian Marks has resigned from his post here at Swanage fire station to concentrate on his full time post as a firefighter at Poole fire station. We’re sorry to see him go but wish him all the best.

My safety message for this month is about fires that are caused by cooking.

Avoid leaving children in the kitchen alone when cooking on the hob.

Keep matches and saucepan handles out of their reach.

Take extra care if you need to leave the kitchen whilst cooking, take pans off the heat or turn them down to avoid risk.

Take care if you’re wearing loose clothing, this can easily catch fire.

Keep tea towels and cloths away from the cooker and hob.

Double check the cooker is off when you’ve finished cooking.

That’s all for now stay safe and don’t forget to test your smoke alarms Phil Burridge, Station Commander

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End Of An Era?

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arehamites are currently hugely worried about the future of Cottees Auction house, based in the heart of Wareham.

The business was purchased a few years ago and the new owner set about bringing the business up to scratch and clearing the debts. Now there is a requirement to carry out much-needed renovation work on the dilapidated and unfit buildings.

The land the business is situated on is owned by a local family and is leased to Cottees. The land owners have apparently turned down a ‘good’ offer from the owner of Cottees to purchase the land, as is their right.

This leaves a very difficult situation for Cottees as a business - no one in their right mind would put in the amount of money required to modernise and fix the current buildings without owning the land - the costs far outweigh any benefit, especially as any buildings would be on land not owned by Cottees.

Few of us would spend the amount of money required to invest in land and property that we wouldn’t own at the end of the day.

The land owners have recently distributed a questionnaire leaflet around Wareham, asking residents an obscure set of questions relating to entertainment, travel and local attractions, apparently to asertain what the community would like done with the land.

The questions involved seem to have little relevance to anything, with the exception of question 10, which has glaring connotations for the future of the site and has greatly worried residents: 10: Which do you feel would be more beneficial to the local community?

More affordable housing for young people More accommodation for retired people There is no option for ‘none of the above’ - anyone ticking either box for question 10 is, in effect, saying that they would like the land which currently houses Cottees, a long-standing and popular business which brings out-oftowners in to Wareham, to be used for housing. Every tick in either box in question 10 could then be used to support any future planning application for housing on the site as ‘community demand’.

A wolf in sheep’s clothing? It certainly looks like it. Under the cover of ‘asking’ the community what it wants, someone seems to be collating background support for a housing application - without this being made clear to anyone.

As the landowners seem not to want to sell, it leaves the owner of Cottees little choice but to look at removing the business from Wareham all together, ending an era for the town.

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of Swanage Regatta & Carnival will be held at the Purbeck House Hotel, High Street, Swanage on Thursday 6th November at 7.30pm All members of the public are welcome to attend

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Country Day at Creech Grange ur annual Country Day out again this year brought people from a wide area, both locals and holiday makers. It is once a year that this historical property is open to the public.

This enables the Parish of Wareham to become an outreach in meeting many people for an open air service in the morning and evensong in the chapel. It is a grand day out with attractions for all ages, including the ever popular cream teas.

Although the weather was changeable this didn’t deter the visitors, many who attend every year to walk in the grounds. This year the waterfall that has not worked for seventy years was reopened by Norman Hayward with a blessing from the Rev Jackie Maw. We thank Norman Hayward for his generosity in allowing the church full access to the property for this one occasion of the year. We also thank sponsors, contributors and helpers who enable this event to happen.

All the proceeds of this event are used to help towards the upkeep of the fabric of our beautiful listed churches and for the pastoral work carried out in the Parish.

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Wareham Bells Commemorate WWI Fallen

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areham War memorial records the names of 72 local men who made the ultimate sacrifice in the Great War of 1914-1918 and 27 who died in WW2. Traditionally the bellringers commemorate the Wareham dead of both WW1 and WW2 by ringing the bells of Lady St. Mary half-muffled for about fifty minutes (a quarter peal) after the Remembrance Day Service.

One side of the clapper is muffled with a leather pad so that when the bells are pealed they alternate loud and soft, producing a rather mournful echoey effect. Over the centuries this has become the traditional way of paying respect to the dead.

As part of Wareham’s tribute to our men who died in WW1, the bellringers have decided to do more this year. Besides the normal Remembrance Day quarter peal they will ring quarter peals at 2-3 week intervals to mark the individuals who died in that period. The first occasion was on September 21st, the first time that the mellow-toned new tenor bell so generously given by the people of Wareham (supported by Viridor Credits) was rung for a civic event. The quarter peal was a mark of respect for: Frederick Bridle (died 14-9-14 aged 35), William Merchant (22-9-14, 32), Lionel Fowler (26-9-16, 20), Jesse Gover (26-9-16, 38), Edward Paul (26-9-16, 31) and Sydney Allingham (27-9-18). A display was placed in the porch of the church for a few days, giving short biographies of these men and details of where they died.

This will be repeated until all 72 men are commemorated. The next occasions will be on Sunday 5th October at 12 noon when William Toms, Stephen Whittle, Edwin Whittle, John Henstridge, Harry Stockley, Jack Kenway and Thomas Meade will be remembered; and on Sunday 26th when Joseph Whittle and Edred Lacey are remembered.

If you are interested please make time to come and listen to some of the ringing and read the notes displayed in the church porch.

All Purbeck churches need recruits to their bands of bellringers. Changeringing is a uniquely English art that has developed over the last 500 years.

People take it for granted that church bells are rung to mark local and national occasions and many think that it is done by a machine rather than each bell being manned by its own ringer. Bellringing is a very sociable hobby that maintains an English tradition and provides moderate physical and mental challenges for its exponents of any age from fourteen onwards.

If you would like to try-out ringing then contact your local Bell-captain, if you live in the Wareham area gwelmes@hotmail.com.

Pictures: left - the arrival of the 1910 tenor. Below - Phil Stephans, bell mover.

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Local Commando Hero!

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ust to let you all know I did the Commando 17K Challenge, which is the charity event name for the Royal Marine Endurance Course.

The photograph above is me coming out of the totally submerged water tunnel, which is about 6-8 feet long and so narrow you can’t use your arms.

Somebody pushes you in and on the other side another person reaches in and grabs any part of you they can reach to drag you out. Teaches you to trust your mates!

The actual obstacle course in the middle of the 17K course is about 4K long and has five of tunnels of varying difficulty to crawl through, some very small and otherS half-filled with water.

The one above is called the ‘Sheep Dip’. In other areas you have to wade along water courses, through areas of deep thick sticky mud. One in particular you have to crawl through and do a 360 degree roll to make sure you get really muddy. There are two very deep and steep gullies which are wet, slippery and covered in fist-sized pebbles.

I was told that I am the oldest at 76 to have done the full 17K. It would never have happened without my three team members who supported and motivated me - my son Pete Boorn (54), ‘Dinger’ Bell (60) - both former Royal Marines and my granddaughter, Lauren ‘Fog Horn’ Boorn, aged 19.

The picture below was taken at the finish as we went through as a tight group.

Yours, Blondie, Royal Marines Association (Poole and District Branch)

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Bovington Woman Found Guilty Of Abusing Dog

Woman banned from keeping animals for kicking dog Bovington woman was (on 8 September) disqualified from keeping animals for five years after admitting causing unnecessary suffering to her dog by kicking him.

Hannah Bennett (7/5/79) of Arras Road, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to causing suffering by the infliction of a kick to Mace, her Staffordshire bull terrier, on 30 May 2014.

She was also given a two-week custodial sentence to be suspended for 12 months and was ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £80 by Weymouth Magistrates’ Court.

CCTV footage showed Bennett outside a shop on High Street in Wool, with Mace following closely behind her. She then turned and appeared to say something to the dog before drawing back her right leg and kicking him so hard that he flew from the raised walkway through railings onto the adjacent car park.

Bennett continued to pull and drag Mace by his collar after being remonstrated with by passers-by, but they eventually managed to get the dog away from her.

Veterinary examinations showed that 13-year-old Mace had tenderness to his abdomen and blood in his urine. However, he recovered after about ten days and was later signed over to the RSPCA. He remains in their care.

RSPCA inspector Graham Hammond said “Mace clearly trusted his owner and she abused this trust when she kicked him.”

“No animal should have to suffer at the hands of its owner as they are the one person in the world who should be caring for that animal.”

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ontinuing our work fundraising in memory of Terry Dorland, we recently completed a sponsored walk from Bournemouth Pier to Swanage Pier.

Our aim was to raise funds for Swanage Stroke Club, of which Terry was chairman. John Love (a close family friend) and Kevin Dorland (son) led the group, which consisted of family friends and Swanage Stroke club members. The walk finished at Swanage Pier after stopping for the raffle at the Swanage Tourist Information Centre.

At the Swanage Stroke Club August meeting the family were proud to present a cheque for £1565.30. This money will aid the group to enjoy outings and help to support the club generally.

A few of the family have completed the Ice Bucket Challenge- brrr! and we have donated the monies raised to Macmillan, another charity the family support.

Swanage Tourist Information will have a coffee morning for Macmillan, in memory of their loved ones on 28th September. We will have cakes, home-made crafts, and charity Christmas cards and cards for good causes on sale.

We look forward to seeing you. Carolyn Hooper on behalf of TWATS

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PURBECK CLASSIC CAR RALLY Wareham Lions would like to thank the sponsors and all businesses large and small for their continued support of this event.

It was held on 6th July 2014, its 9th year, in aid of Wareham Lions, and raised over £10,000

Wareham Lions 2014 Car Rally Success!

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ollowing yet another successful Purbeck Classic Car Rally, over £10,000 was donated to Wareham Lions. The car rally began its journey at a hostelry in the Purbeck Hills before meandering through the countryside to Dove House.

A welcome drink was served, vintage cars admired and inspected, with lunch being served to over two hundred people.

The event, now in its ninth year, has been made possible by the generosity of many local businesses who dug deep into their pockets to sponsor this event.

‘We are indebted to such venues as Creech Grange, East Holme Manor, Hethfelton House and Dove House, with grateful thanks for their willingness to host the event’ said an organiser.

When asked about the event Wareham Lions President George Pothecary said, ‘We’ve been overwhelmed yet again by the very generous support given to us and in the last seven years we have received in excess of £45,000. The raffle this year alone raised over £1,200, with prizes being donated by pubs, restaurants, and a plethora of other local businesses to support this event.’

He went on to explain that the proceeds were initially used to purchase a replacement vehicle with a tail lift for wheelchair users, as the existing one was worn out.

This was followed two years later by the purchase of a more up-to-date vehicle to keep up with demand. We transport elderly and disabled people who otherwise, in some cases, would not be able to go out at all.

‘The success of this event, supplemented by our other fundraising, has enabled us to support many worthwhile local causes.

Some of the money raised at this year’s event will go to purchase ‘state of the art’ ECG machines for the Wareham Surgery and the Sandford Practice.

A wholehearted ‘Thank you’ to everyone who contributed to and supported the car rally’ said George. ‘We look forward to the continued support from the people of Wareham in the future’

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PURBECK’S RAILWAY

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t’s an exciting month at Swanage Railway as they are get up a head of steam for their very popular Autumn Steam Gala on 17th to 19th October. This year there is a London theme with Metropolitan Tank No1 (as seen travelling through the London Underground tunnels) visiting for the first time.

The Railway are pleased to welcome U Class Number 31806 and are delighted that she will now be based on the Railway.

18th October sees the Railway running a very special Bistro Dining Train with of locally produced pies and three local beer tasters as part of £18 ticket.

31st October The Railway will be running its Halloween Special Dining Train. This is always popular so there will be a need to book early see website.

Bookings have also opened for the Railway’s popular Santa Specials, Christmas Luncheons and their Carol Train. More details from the stations, website or 01929 425800 Purbeck Railway Circle On Friday 17th October the Purbeck Railway Circle joins with the Purbeck Film Festival for a showing of the 1938 classic “La Bete Haumaine” (The Human Beast).

Tickets for the film are available from the Swanage Tourist Information Centre or online at www.purbeckfilm.com. Tickets may be also purchased on the door. Ticket prices £5.00 for SRT members or £6.00 for nonmembers. The Circle meets in Harmans Cross Village Hall, Haycrafts Lane Harmans Cross at 7pm EVERYBODY IS WELCOME For information regarding the PRC please contact the PRC General Secretary, telephone:- 01929 554765 or e-mail:- gordonjakes21@ btinternet.com

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You Threw The Editor From A Plane!

n the day this edition hits the streets (Friday 26th September), I shall be somewhere above, in an aeroplane, awaiting a rude ‘shove’ from behind that will send me flying over Old Sarum, Salisbury, with a strange man attached to my back (an added bonus?!).

By my side will be Ian Davey of Seventhwave at Durlston, who also took on the challenge of a 10,000ft skydive on behalf of the charity, Children Today.

I wonder who will be screaming the loudest.....?!

Obviously, the fact that I’m due to jump means that the sponsorship money came in and I hit my target.

At the time of writing, there is £710 sitting in my JustGiving account ( https://www.justgiving.com/ Nico-Johnson/ ), and hopefully there will be more to follow from you lovely, supportive folk.

Children Today offer grants to families with a disabled child to enable them to purchase vital and necessary equipment - much of it is not funded by the NHS, leaving parents to fund required equipment purchases themselves. The work done by Children Today is therefore vital for those families affected.

We’re hoping that Children Today will be able to locate a local Purbeck family so that we can make a real difference to someone living locally. We’ll let you know exactly where the money went, and what it was spent on soon.

The picture above shows me suitably dressed as a Japanese Fighter Pilot, (as you do) in order to collect a very generous donation of £100 from the lovely young men at P.I.S.S. (Purbeck Independent Simpleton’s Society), who were enjoying a day-trip to the Bankes Arms in Corfe recently. Great fun - thank you so much boys!

I would like to say a huge thank you to: P.I.S.S., Hugh & Sue Elmes, Dinah Johnson & family, Nev, Swanage Post Office, Macrow & Sons, The White Swan, Skinmates, Kaffee und Kuchen, Paddy, Golden Girl, The Last

Resort, Chris Walker, Catrin Lliar Jones (SaySomthingInWelsh), Tawny’s, Jason Haiselden, Burt’s Bits, Wendy Notley, Gail Green, Nai Kate Allen, Purbeck Valet, Mike Constable, Barry, Linda Welsh, Brian Dorey (Virtual Swanage), New & Secondhand Books, David Hollister, Kirsty Fairbairn, High Street Cafe and a few who have donated anonymously - if you’ve donated since the time of writing - thank you! Together we shall make a positive difference to a local child’s life.

So - think of me on Friday 26th September, facing a fear of heights as I get thrown from a plane - hopefully landing in one piece!! Nico Johnson

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Heroes Recognised

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rave military veterans from Swanage who took part in the crucial 'D-Day' invasion of Normandy back in 1944 were presented with special commemorative badges, certificates and gifts of thanks by Dorset dignitaries – on behalf of grateful French authorities.

The special ceremony took place on the main platform at Swanage station on Monday, 8 September, 2014, after the gents took a trip on the train.

Making the presentations to the five D-Day veterans – who, as little more than teenagers 70 years ago, took part in the largest and most daring maritime invasion in history – was the Lord Lieutenant of Dorset Angus Campbell, Dorset County Council Chairman John Wilson and the Mayor of Swanage, Alison Patrick.

Representing the French authorities was ceremony organiser Tony Watts from Poole, a former Poole and Dorset councillor as well as magistrate, who used to work as a civil servant in France.

He also presented a letter from the Ministry of Defence, on behalf of the French Government, inviting each veteran to submit an application to receive the award of the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur medal for taking part in the Battle of Normandy. Swanage Royal British Legion standard

Crochet Queen!

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his was a challenge to complete – One thousand crocheted poppies in the shortest possible time.

Pat Beviss from Wool started crocheting on 1st January this year and had completed her challenge by 31st July. The poppies are complete with brooch backs and the proceeds from their sale will go to the “Help for Heroes” fund.

Poppies are available at ‘Not just Wool’, Huntick Road Craft Centre, Lytchett Minster (open Monday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm)

bearers also attended the special ceremony of thanks.

The veterans – Ray Wiseman, Brian Guy, Peter Lovett, Lee Wrake and Cliff Brown – were delighted with the aknowledgement from the French government. With a Royal Air Force radar team, Lee Wrake landed with American forces on Omaha Beach while Royal Navy sailor Ray Wiseman was a signalman launching troop landing craft bound for the British Sword beach in Normandy.

Peter Lovett served with British Army and took part in the 'D-Day' landings on Juno beach while Brian Guy served with the Royal Engineers clearing German invasion obstacles on Sword Beach. Cliff Brown served on a Royal Navy minesweeper that took part in 'D-Day'.

The 'D-Day' veterans were joined by fellow Second World War Swanage veteran Stan Goodwin who worked on the concrete Mulberry Harbours which were key to the Allies' success in supplying the ground forces in Normandy after the 'D-Day' invasion of France on Tuesday, 6 June, 1944.

The Purbeck area was a restricted area during the Second World War because of vital and top secret training by troops in the months leading up to the 'D-Day' invasion of Nazi-occupied France.

Men Named!

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ast month we asked you to ‘name the men’ pictured above.

The photograph was taken by renowned photographer, John Livingstone, in the Anchor Inn, Swanage, in 1953.

Well, you’ve named them! Stan James called us, and named the chap on the left as ‘Lighthouse Joe’, who lived up near Durlston, and was known to wear a hat and make ciggies out of dog-ends.

The chap on the right is Freddie Wise, a Roadsweeper for Swanage Council. John, the photographer, has been in touch and is delighted that you’ve put names to the faces!

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My War-time Memories.

By Brian Guy

Before returning to the battles in Holland. This little narrative from my old Officer Captain Michael Edwards RE is interesting. This is how he saw it. The bloodiest square mile in Normandy “The retaking of the Chateau de la Londe enabled me to check over the previous battle ground of the South Lancs, of the 23rd of June, to see whether I could find any signs which would indicate what may have happened to my three missing Sappers. I found no trace whatever of them, nor graves marked with their identity. It could therefore be fairly safely assumed that they had been taken prisoner.

For the next few days the Company was busy laying about 2000 A/Tk mines and all Platoons were employed throughout the night of June 30th without incident.

Again in the first three nights of July, mine-laying continued each night in front of our forward positions along the Le Mesnil-Chateau de la Londe front. Ten rows of mines were laid to give two mines per yard in front.

The fields were then fenced and carefully recorded. On rare occasions, we could enlist the help of Infantry as a protective screen when we were mine laying, but on all of the nights laying these mines in front of our infantry in the Le Mesnil/Chateau de la Londe front, and in No Man’s Land, we were on our own and set up our own listening posts.

Should any enemy movement occur, we would stop mine laying and get down into position ready to defend ourselves until it was quiet again.

The amount of work that trained troops could do at night without detection (and right in front of the enemy), surprised me. On that particular minefield operation there were three Platoons, alongside one another in a long line, each field butting on to the other, and yet, I saw and heard nothing of the others although they came right up to my right-hand boundary.

It was while we were on the mine laying operation on the night of the 2nd/3rd of July that we were caught out in the open. We had just completed mine laying shortly before first light, and 3 Platoon were moving silently back along the approach route. I had to remain behind as usual with my Bodyguard to complete the minefield record. As I finished my notes, we began to feel an uneasy disquiet - the silence of the minutes before dawn. I decided to get back along the track, just at the moment that the enemy started to fire their automatic weapons in a wide sweep along their front, the tracers began to hit the ground behind us. In a flash we hurled ourselves into a side ditch as the bursts swept past and around us, at speed we were out on the track again to cover a few more yards before the next burst. We seemed to take such a long time to cover such a short distance.”

That completes Captain Edward s recollection of the Battle at the Chateau.

The way forward.

What follows now is an account taken from a document entitled ‘The Way Forward’. It was written on a clapped out old typewriter, at about the end of the war, and is an attempt to explain why certain actions were taken and why the orders were changed at the last minute. It concerns the Royal Engineers 3 Field Companies and the Field Park Company of the Third British Infantry Division. Like all of these documents, everything is purely factual and to the point. Very little mention is made of casualties unless an officer was concerned.

“On the night of 23rd of June 1St bn S Lancs, 8th Bde, attempted to capture the already shattered Chateau de La Londe which was about 3/4 of a mile in front of their FDLs. The battalion attacked supported by two sections of 246 FId Coy. R.E. The enemy offered very determined resistance and it appeared as if there had been more of them than our intelligence bargained for. Very bloody fighting at close quarters ensued and at first light the enemy counter attacked with Mk lV tanks. For some reason unknown our own anti-tank guns were not in position, and the German commanders swanned over the position machine gunning and throwing hand grenades into slit trenches.

The two sections of Sappers had done steady work checking over the routes up to the position for mines and finally got into the thick of it, the result being that three were missing and two wounded. Lt Edwards after being chased across a field by a very persistent mortar returned with the remainder on the morning of the 24th of June.

On 23rd June another Platoon had come under comd 8 Bde and moved to a location just outside the village of Periers-sur-le-dan preparing for the next attack. On the 27th of June, 8 Bde made a Bde attack on La Bijude, a few houses strongly held by the enemy. The 246 Fld Coy R.E Platoon was under comd for the operation but were not heavily committed apart from blowing up two enemy tanks. Unfortunately the Bde failed to get further than the Chateau de Ia Londe where the enemy was again very stubborn.

On the 29th of June 9Bde were due for an operation for which they were having one Platoon of 253 Fid Coy R.E under comd. However, the operation was cancelled due to the fact that greater opposition was expected than had been evident earlier.”

This document says so little of what the men experienced in that bloody battle. We never found out what had happened to the missing men, and still do not know to this day.

Tilly. Or, what was left of it.

Now! I have not the slightest idea what I was doing in Tilly, I cannot remember going there, or being on temporary loan, but I did get to Tilly.

It may have been while we were on the move, whatever, I have a crystal clear recall of Tilly and could confidently walk down the slope that once was the main road today, without the need for directions.

Tilly was in the centre of the British sector and the battles had raged back and forth over this little town until it was reduced to just a pile of rubble, I cannot remember how many times it had changed hands, all I can say is that the tank battles that took place there had reduced it as though it had been put through a mincer.

As usual I was carrying the Bren machine gun and had set up the gun pointing down the slope of what was once the main street, with the Bren leaning on what was left of a windowsill, just a few bricks where the window had once been. I can remember kneeling down with the Bren and by my left leg was a severed arm still with the sleeve on it, and just a short distance away, a boot with a foot still in it! All covered in the fine grey dust so typical of Normandy. I cannot remember anything else except the devastation.

A friend of mine on holiday in France, went out of his way to Tilly knowing I had been there, he photographed several scenes of this now quiet little town (now returned to its normal pace of life), and I can pick out exactly where I kneeled down all those years ago, even though the buildings are new.

This is the annoying thing about recall, some things I can remember crystal clear, others are completely gone, not surprising really, it’s seventy years ago!

Next: Onwards into Operation Market Garden The code name for the Airborne attack on Arnhem, and of the units trying to get to them.

The Dutch folk are the salt of the earth. But their country? Flat, featureless, and cold and wet. I hated it.

Brian’s book, Cameos of War, is available from the Purbeck Gazette in Swanage, priced at £11. All profits will go to BLESMA. Get yours now while stocks last!

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The People’s Commemoration Of D-Day 2015 Sat 6th June 2pm - 4pm

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014 saw the first Purbeck ‘People’s Commemoration of D-Day’ event take place at Fort Henry, Studland. Organised by Dinah Johnson and her children, Megan and Michael (pictured above on the steps of Leeson House), the event saw the local community gather at Fort Henry to pay their respects to all those who gave their lives for us.

The Royal British Legion Standard bearers attended, as did our Coastguard and Police. Locals, holidaymakers, children and family dogs - all were welcomed. The service was beautifully taken by Tony Higgins as Cannon John was sadly held up. Local D-Day veteran, Brian Guy, provided some poems to be read out (he was unable to attend himself). Cliff Brown (also one of our D-Day veterans, pictured below with some of those at the 2014 gathering, and above right) attended to the delight of all those there, happily chatting to the fascinated children about his experiences after the service.

Cliff made an excellent point at the June gathering in response to some ‘worrying’ about the attending children running around in the sunshine at such a ‘sombre’ event. He reminded us that it was our community that he fought for all those years ago - which included the children running around, as well as the police, coastguard, and every man and woman living here today. Any commemoration held should include every one.

It is this ethos that will embody the 2015 People’s Commemoration.

Absolutely everyone will be welcome as we continue the ‘living link’ between the children and community of today and the few remaining veterans. This opportunity will not be with us for much longer, as mortality takes its toll and every year we have fewer veterans able to commemorate the event with us in person. It is vital for the next generation to be able to link with those who fought in the war to recognise them as real, living people - and to hopefully learn the lessons that history can teach us.

The 2015 People’s Commemoration of D-Day will be held at Leeson House in Langton Matravers on Saturday June 6th from 2pm - 4pm. We have to offer a huge thank you to Leeson for offering to host the event.

Leeson House is one of the last remaining wartime Intelligence Centres in Purbeck to remain in its original state. Veteran Cliff Brown was stationed there for a period of time until 1942 and has many tales to tell of the operations conducted from Leeson. The afternoon will give the community the chance to meet and chat to our veterans, as well as the chance to hopefully learn about Radar and Cordite and how Purbeck was associated with the war effort. We hope to have one of the Town Bands in attendance, and are planning a sing-a-long, hopefully with input from local scout/guide groups and our local schools. A relaxed, fun and informative afternoon!

A commemoration service will be held at 3pm, with the Last Post being played. Below is a list of people and services we would love to join us at Leeson House - this is a community event organised by the ‘people’, and as such, we would like as many to be involved as possible. There are no funds available, so we’re asking the community to follow the wonderful example set by Lesson House and offer exhibitions and services for free.

We hope many of you will join us for this very special occasion next year!

WANTED! Please join us for D-Day 2015!

Just like in the war years - the whole community mucking-in together!

Local servicemen & women - of past and present. You are ALL very welcome - we’d love to see you there on the day.

Any Land Army girls out there - please come and share your stories! We’d all love to hear your memories, so please do come.

WI / WRVS/Herston Wives - we need cakes and tea/coffee to feed the masses! Some funds are available for basic ingredients, but we need YOU to make the cakes and man the tea stall - just like the war years!

Exhibitions - we would love exhibitions on Radar and Cordite both local endeavours. We would also like any wartime photographs, memories and stories - either in person on the day, or as a display.

Band - we need a local or military band, able to play a few war-time classics, such as ‘We’ll meet again’. We also need someone to play the Last Post as part of the commemoration service - is that you?

Military Vehicles - We’d love a military vehicle or two - Tank Museum? Hope you’re reading this - we’d love to have you involved, in some way, shape or form! Re-enactment groups also very welcome.

Schools/Scouts/Guides etc We, like Cliff, feel it is vitally important for the children to be involved, and to take this opportunity to meet our veterans first-hand while they still can. We’d also like you to learn ‘We’ll meet again’ and ‘Pack up your troubles’ and join us for a sing along - nag your school/group/parents to get involved!

Any other ideas? This is the People’s Commemoration, and as such, your ideas are most welcome - do get in touch.

CONTACT: ed@purbeckgazette.co.uk / 424239 to get involved!

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Through The Keyhole Swanage Town Council Our Gazette correspondent details the goings on in recent council meetings.....

Council meeting 1 September 2014 he main item on the agenda for the September Council meeting was the application by the energy Company, Infrastrata, to proceed with exploratory drilling at California Quarry. The test would show whether there are, or are not, marketable sources of oil/gas beneath. (Campaigners against this application had requested the item be placed on the Council agenda at previous meetings).

Two particular campaigners have accused this column of ‘totally distorting’ their views on this matter in a previous issue. I am happy for those who were at the meeting in question to decide on the merit (or lack of same) of these claims. Another has accused this column of having been ‘got at’ by a Council Officer – presumably to favour the Council’s view of things.

If she has any evidence (or even examples) of this I would hope (I don’t edit the paper or have any influence over it whatsoever, but I would hope) that the Gazette would publish it. If no evidence she might like to withdraw the slur.

The Mayor, Cllr A Patrick opened the meeting with a prepared statement on the California Quarry test drill. She outlined the process of the Infrastrata application and what the Council had done thus far. In addition she summarised questions submitted by the public. Some had been about the possible traffic increase and the Council was about to contract a study of what extra traffic would be caused by the drilling and what would be its effect. It was not in the power of the Council to deny the application, whatever its views, but she noted that the history and economy of the Purbeck area had been, still was, and would be into the future, highly dependent on extractive industries; the mining of clay, the excavation of stone and the extraction of oil being long time features of this part of Dorset.

It is the Council’s policy not to express a view on applications which involve the use of a Council-owned road or Council-owned land. During public participation a campaigner asked that Council change this policy

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so that the drilling application itself could be discussed. Another raised a long list of reasons for the application being opposed. Among these was the potential loss of World Heritage Site status.

Another campaigner called on each of the eleven Councillors present to state their individual views on the application. Seven Councillors chose not to rise to this particular bait since, as Cllr Suttle made quite clear on the Council’s behalf and with considerable emphasis, if the Infrastrata application had been turned down, it would have been appealed and Council would have lost.

Cllr Suttle added that the application was not about fracking (hydraulic fracturing of shale rock). If it had been it would have been vigorously opposed. Nor would he, personally, support future development of the site (for example an oil terminal) if commercial amounts of oil/gas are found.

In the event of a successful test drill, he said, everything would be the subject of a quite different and rigorous application and would be judged in the context of the site’s heritage status. Cllr Bartlett was not yet convinced by the Company’s estimates of traffic movements (she wondered how they could be so few).

Cllr Suttle said that the Company had given assurances there would be only 6-8 extra traffic movements (individual lorries) in total. Talk locally of thousands of lorries was a powerful exaggeration and indeed the Company planned to reduce the number of extra traffic movements, he understood, by using empty returning stone lorries. Since the meeting, it was announced that drilling has now been postponed until winter 15/16.

Cllr Bonfield who lives in the affected area recalled the last oil/gas exploration some years ago and remembers few traffic problems. Cllr Wiggins took a different view on the question and having heard both sides of the argument, attended meetings organised by the Company and listened to campaigners and agonised over the matter, he was now against the application.

One happy man in the public seats was Mr P Clarke who had raised, on a number of occasions, the rumoured possible loss of evening bus services to and from Bournemouth and Poole. Having seen the new timetables he reported with delight only a small reduction in winter Sunday services.

The evening services remain.

Out Of The Blue

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he summer is always a busy time for Purbeck and the police are no different. During August and the beginning of September there was reason to create 1120 incidents with 542 requiring our officers to attend. However the good news regarding crime reduction continues.

At the end of August total crime was down 17%, meaning

124 less victims.

The theft related offences that blighted us so much last year continue to fall, with serious theft down 36% meaning 40 less victims and we have had half the amount of dwelling burglaries compared to last year. We have seen a rise in some assaults but we are working hard, both as a single agency and with our partners, to understand where the problem exists and why, in order that we can reduce the number of victims.

We have also had reports of some vulnerable residents receiving phone calls from people pretending to be a bank or the police, giving various stories and then asking for bank details. Never give your bank details out over the phone unless you are sure of the caller and have confirmed their authenticity.

Neither the Police nor banks would ask for sensitive information over the phone. It may also be a good opportunity to check any vulnerable people who live close and help prevent them being a victim of such scams.

Summer is now well and truly behind us which means it is that time of year when the nights draw in and winter is just around the corner. Now

would be a good time to give your car a quick health check and, if last year is anything to go by, prepare it for the British weather that’s to come.

Take five minutes to check the lights on your car are in working order, that the rubber on the windscreen wipers doesn’t need replacing and top up the oil, water and antifreeze. When did you last check the tread on your tyres?

The legal limit is 1.6mm and don’t forget to ensure they are inflated to the manufacturers’ recommendation. If you ride a cycle, then invest in some bike lights and wear bright and reflective clothing to maximise your visibility.

The end of October brings Halloween; patrols will be out and about ensuring it is enjoyable for all. We would encourage parents to accompany children who are out on the night, only knocking at doors of people they know.

If you are not a fan of Halloween, we will be publishing a poster on our Facebook page nearer the time that can be downloaded and displayed and ask those out and about to respect peoples wishes to not partake.

If you do not have access to Facebook, then feel free to come into Wareham or Swanage at the end of October and ask for a copy.

Please keep an eye on our Facebook page (Purbeck Police) or twitter @ purbeckpolice for when you can meet your local teams or visit the Dorset Police Website.

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Cascading Tiles near Wool, by Christine Bridson-Jones

Flying Gull, by Felicity Greenfield

Lizard, by Tim Crabb

Lulworth Cow, by Amy Wells (16)

Smedmore Hare, by Dave Hill

Lost on Studland Heath, by Michael Cooper

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R.N.L.I. Crew Profile Darren Tomes

Full time job – butcher in family’s shop arren has been a crewmember at Swanage RNLI for around five years, but has always been interested in the RNLI. From a young age, he became involved with the station and the volunteer team, and having grown up on Swanage beach and often hearing the maroons and seeing the lifeboats go out, he had long wanted to join the crew.

He is now helmsman of Swanage’s inshore lifeboat and crew of the allweather lifeboat. His highlights of being on the crew include going to sea in the lifeboats, working alongside a great group of friends and being able to help people in difficulty.

He recalls his favourite moment as RNLI crew so far: ‘On my first inshore lifeboat shout we, along with Swanage all-weather lifeboat, launched to an army landing craft taking on water, when suddenly along with us being on scene there were also two Coastguard helicopters, a Navy

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Destroyer, and a lifeboat rib from the Navy Destroyer - we felt part of a massive rescue, but suffice to say we didn’t actually assist in any way!’

Darren loves the beach at Swanage, as he spent so much time growing up there and now builds sandcastles with his one year old, James. He also enjoys mountain biking in the Purbeck Hills and wakeboarding in the bay.

He concludes: ‘I am really looking forward to the high speed Shannon arriving on station and having improved facilities for the crew at the new boathouse.’

Costcutter donates over £2000 to the Swanage Lifeboat Station Appeal!

A special scheme run through one of Costcutter’s suppliers, Nisa, enabled a percentage of profit on certain products sold through the Swanage shop to be collected for donation to a charity of the shop owner’s choice. The total raised by the Swanage Costcutter was £2070.41 and the Tomes family, owners of the local shop, decided to donate the funds to Swanage Lifeboat Station Appeal.

The local shop in Herston, today known as Costcutter, has been owned and run by the Tomes family for more than 100 years. Family members Harry Tomes and his son Keith Tomes, went to present the cheque to the Swanage Lifeboat Station where Harry’s grandson, and Keith’s son, Darren Tomes, is a volunteer lifeboat crew member at Swanage (above).

Final preparations are being made for plans to commence the building of the new lifeboat station and setting up the temporary facilities that will house lifeboat crew kit and equipment in the boat park whilst the building work is underway.

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AS ALWAYS - A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS 180 tasks completed to end of August 2014 We are finding it hard to believe that Purbeck Good Neighbours is going to celebrate its second anniversary in November. We have learnt quite a lot during this time and we thought we would set down some of them.

Our male volunteers have been busiest with small repair jobs needed in the home – many curtain rails and blinds have been re-hung.

Local clubs and groups have been helped by our volunteers when they need help with setting up for events or need some drivers. If your club needs some help do contact us and we can send a request message out to all our volunteers.

Our local funeral directors Albert Marsh and James Smith have been invaluable whenever we have a request which needs strong young men and a large vehicle. Not the hearse, I should add!

Although we aim our service to the over 50s, we have found we can also help disabled homebound folk too.

We are still learning especially now that we have extended into the Upton & Lychett areas. If you think you would like to be one of our volunteers – give us a call and we can have a chat before you decide - we are always pleased to hear from you – we help in all sorts of ways and you can choose the sort of things you would be prepared to do.

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Taxi Driver Imprisoned Two Wareham Residents Charged With Slavery For Child Assault Offences

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Purbeck-based taxi driver has recently been sentenced to 13 years imprisionment after being found guilty of three counts of rape against a female under the age of 16, as well as two counts of indecent assault against the same victim.

Adrian Mills (59), of Valley Taxis, Corfe Castle, denied the charges, but was found guilty and sentenced after a four day trial, with jurors taking only hours to convict on all charges.

The charges related to historic attacks, which took place between 1989 and 1992. Mr Mills was contracted by Dorset County Council to take local children to school prior to the allegations coming to light.

School taxi drivers must go through various strict checks in order to provide the service and Dorset County Council withdrew authorisation for Mr Mills to work on county council contracts in September 2013, when the allegations were made known to the council. It is alleged by locals that Mr Mills continued driving a taxi after being suspended by Purbeck District Council, with no apparent action being taken.

Valley Taxis’ website still shows various ‘testimonials’ from clients which were presumably posted by Mr Mills, including comments from parents and students, thanking Mr Mills for ‘the kindness and attention shown over the years’ and for ‘taking me to and from school. I have really enjoyed our chats and debates. I will really miss you......’

The community is obviously shocked and deeply saddened that one who worked closely with many local families over a number of years has been shown to be so utterly untrustworthy. Whilst no further allegations have yet been made, there remains the possibility of additional victims in the local area who have yet to speak out.

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ollowing an investigation and the execution of a warrant, officers have arrested two people on suspicion of slavery and servitude offences in the Wareham area – with both now having been charged.

A 60-year-old woman and a 63-year-old man, both from Wareham, were arrested in February 2014 on suspicion of benefit fraud offences.

On Friday 12 September 2014 they were charged with servitude and fraud offences and will appear at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court on Monday 6 October 2014.

Detective Inspector Marcus Hester, of the Major Crime Investigation Team, said: “Following the warrant four victims, all British nationals and aged between late thirties and early seventies, were removed from a location in Wareham.

“It is alleged that one of the victims had been held at the location for many years. All four people are being assisted by the relevant agencies and have been deemed to have been trafficked after going through the national referral mechanism.

“This was a detailed and thorough investigation over several months which has now led to these charges.”

The Bournemouth Echo named the couple as Coldharbour residents, Mary Linda Turner (60) and David Porter (63). Both have been charged with servitude and fraud offences and are due to appear in court in early October.

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Ripped-off And Cheated

by David Hollister

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ill (not his real name) is a Gazette reader who has been a member of the RAC for some years now. Last year, he received a renewal notice requesting a premium of over £200, and somewhat taken aback, phoned the RAC. The helpful customer adviser explained that they put all the services on, and would be happy to remove all those services which Bill neither wanted nor needed. Accordingly his premium reduced to an acceptable £105.

This year’s renewal arrived, requiring a Direct Debit of £250. Bill tried to telephone the RAC to remove the unwanted services and negotiate the price to something he could afford. And telephoned. And telephoned. No answer, or no-one able to do anything, advisers saying ‘I’ll put you through’ and the phone going dead. Three weeks of this. So Bill thought ‘stuff the RAC’ and joined Green Flag (£40).

Then it became apparent that the RAC had debited his bank account with £250 as they had an ‘ongoing’ renewal arrangement. Bill was not happy.

Telephoned the RAC, got through immediately, spoke to an adviser who basically said “what’s done is done, you had 14 days to contact us to change the cover, and as we didn’t hear from you, it’s gone through and there’s nothing I can (or will?) do about it”. Despite Bill’s protestations that he’d been trying to get through for three weeks, the adviser refused to budge. So Bill now has a host of unwanted RAC features, and a Green Flag membership to boot!

I suggested to Bill that he should drive to John O’Groats, break down, and make the RAC earn their fees by bringing him home. I suggest to all my readers that you should under no circumstances agree to a ‘rolling renewal’ with anyone – particularly the RAC! They want you to do these rolling renewals saying that it will ‘save you the trouble of phoning us to renew each year’. What they mean – seemingly especially in the case of the RAC - is “so that we can take what we want when we want and let you fight to get it back”. Or not, as the case may be.

On the afternoon of Saturday 27th August, there were three separate accidents on the A351 between Wareham and Swanage. Eye-witnesses have advised us that these appeared to have been caused by participants in the annual charity cycle ride from Poole to Swanage, starting from The Blue Boar in Market Close, Poole, and the same eye-witnesses suggested that some of these might have drunk more than is advisable during a cycle ride.

I contacted the Blue Boar and asked for which charities the ride is organised, and the approximate amounts raised in 2012 and 2013. I also asked them to comment on the suggestion that some riders had not been in a fit state to ride on the road.

The reply was that “this year’s charity bike ride was the 30th anniversary of were (sic) we have raised tens of thousands of pounds for local charities”.

They went on to state that “it can’t be confirmed that it (the accidents) was due to drink”.

I was not there so I could not possibly comment. However, a letter received from a bystander who actually assisted with First Aid prior to the Police and Paramedics being called (please see opposite page), suggested that the rider confirmed that they had indeed been drinking heavily and that the Police had mentioned that participants in the other two accidents had also been drinking. I do wonder why it was that when the police were alerted, they did not stop the ride, dead in its tracks, there and then on the grounds of public safety.

We have ascertained, from five of the hostelries along the route, that the cyclists stopped for drinks. It is, I feel, unreasonable to believe that 150odd participants drank nothing but fruit juice or water. Our editor was actually in the garden of the Red Lion in Swanage when they arrived and she confirmed that some of them – not all – appeared to be the worse for drink, and were consuming alcohol.

It is clear that this ride is organised with the very best intention, and that

their history of charitable collections is admirable. It is probable that a large proportion of the riders were sensible and responsible. It is perhaps a shame that their methods of collection have been suggested by some people to be enthusiastic to the point of aggression, in Corfe Castle anyway.

Inspector Fiona Gaffney, Purbeck Neighbourhood Police Inspector, commented “Of course, we’d urge all road users to ensure that they consider the safety of themselves and others, as well as abide by the laws of the road, at all times. There were no arrests that day. The Police helicopter monitored the situation as it returned to Police HQ from a tasking.

The organisers confirm they have conversed with the Police and that “safety measures will be in place for next year”. I trust that these safety measures are such that there can be no question of any rider “Riding a cycle on a road or other public place while unfit to ride through drink (RTA s.30)” and congratulate the organisers in taking these preventative steps.

However it remains a fact that this year’s ride entailed the presence of numerous Police Officers, Police Cars, the Helicopter, Paramedics and the Air Ambulance. The current Dorset Police helicopter currently attends about 1,000 incidents each year, and costs about £2m to run. The Air Ambulance costs £2500 a time to launch. Do the maths.

I can only guess as to the total cost to the County budget, and feel certain that these costs would have exceeded the amounts collected. Perhaps the best safety measure that they could take next year is to remain at the Blue Boar, drink nothing but water all day, and donate the money they haven’t spent on beer, to their charities. I would further suggest that in view of this year’s problems, the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance should be a major recipient.

If you want to support a charity, do it through their website.

And finally. Working with businesses that rely heavily on the holiday trade, I never criticise the attitude or behaviour of the holidaymakers, even though my teeth are gritted for most of August. But this really has been an astonishingly selfish and stupid summer. How no-one has been injured stepping off the kerbs, wandering down the middle of the country lanes, or just standing around in the road looking vacant, is a marvel.

Driving down a narrow lane, we meet another car and – out of courtesy – either pull over or go back to a ‘passing place’. The driver of the oncoming car – usually identifiable as a holidaymaker by the roof-box – drives past without a flicker or an acknowledgement. Sometimes I can sit in the middle of the road indicating and waiting to turn right, whilst perhaps thirty cars zoom past without even thinking ‘I could let him across’. Whilst thirty more cars queue up behind me, all equally annoyed or frustrated.

What I don’t understand is – what does it cost you to let someone across?

Absolutely nothing. Because all you’re going to do is catch up with the traffic again a hundred yards further on. So if someone lets you out, or lets you turn right, and flashes their headlamps to give you right of way, it’s probably me.

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Six Pints, Two Vodkas, On Yer Bike...

Dear Editor, There have been issues recently about the increasing numbers of cyclists on our roads. I don’t think many of us have issues with responsible, experienced cyclists, but on Saturday 29th August a Charity Cycle Event was taking place around Swanage and Corfe Castle on the busy main roads.

We were returning from shopping and the road was closed due to a seriously injured cyclist in the road. I went to help prior to the police and paramedics arriving, who then did a brilliant job in getting the 51 year old with serious facial injuries and shoulder damage by air ambulance to hospital.

He was taking part in a charity long distance ride, his friend explained. The paramedic asked about the smell of alcohol and the same friend explained that they had both had six pints and two vodkas during the day.

The cost of this incident to the services is probably around £20k and the police also mentioned that they had already been called out to two other injured cyclists during the day and both had been drinking during the event.

Should we really be allowing organisers of such events, the individuals concerned, and those who hire out cycles to inexperienced riders to do so without strict rules and instruction?

Regards, Alan Clevett

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RTI Late Filing Penalties

Collective Investments

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ollective investments are one way for new and/or small investors to get into the stockmarket. They are also a way of generally gaining diversification in a portfolio and/or investing in areas that it would perhaps be risky or impractical in which to buy individual shares.

The most common collective investments that individual private clients use are investment trusts, unit trusts and OEICs (Open Ended Investment Companies). This month I have written about investment trusts and next month, I will write about unit trusts and OEICS. Investment Trusts These are companies which essentially invest in shares of other companies, therefore, maintaining a variety (diversified portfolio) of investments. Shares in investment trusts are bought in the market in the same way that ordinary shares in say, Tesco Plc, can be purchased i.e., there will be a difference between the buying and selling prices (bid/offer spread), Stamp Duty of 0.5% is payable on the purchase and they have to be purchased via a firm which is a London Stock Exchange member.

Investment trusts trade at either a discount or premium to their net asset value. The net asset value is the current total value of all the shareholdings held by the investment trust plus any cash held, divided by the number of shares in issue.

The discount or premium occurs where the market price of each investment trust share is below the net asset value (the investment trust shares stand at a discount to net assets) or the market price of each investment trust share is above the net asset value (the investment trust shares stand at a premium to net assets).

In general, when the market is falling, investment trusts tend to suffer a larger fall in value than the market as a whole as their discounts widen and they tend to rise faster than the market itself when the market as a whole is rising.

Investment trusts are called ‘closed-ended funds’ as there are only ever a set number of shares in existence at any one time.

Kate Spurling lives in Swanage and is an investment manager in the Dorchester office of Charles Stanley (01305) 251155 kate.spurling@charles-stanley.co.uk Charles Stanley & Co Limited is authorised by the FCA and is a member of the London Stock Exchange.

From 6 October 2014 the HMRC computer will automatically issue you with a penalty if you submit your full payment submission (FPS) under RTI "late", or don't submit it at all for a month in which you paid your employees.

So what makes the FPS "late"? HMRC say the FPS must be submitted on or before the day the employer pays the employees (the "payment date"). But is that the day the funds leave the employer's bank account or the day the employee receives the money?

In fact the "payment date" for RTI purposes is neither of these dates. It is the date contractually agreed between the employer and the employee to be the date on which the employee is to be paid.

If the funds happen to be passed to the employee on an earlier or later date, perhaps due to a bank holiday, that doesn't change the "payment date". This is explained in HMRC's RTI guidance on nonbanking days.

So whatever the payment date is in your employee's contract (verbal or written), that is the date that you should enter in the payroll software as the regular payment date. As long as the FPS is submitted before that regular payment date, you should be able to avoid any late filing penalty.

In fact you will be allowed one late filing per tax year without incurring a penalty. The HMRC computer will warn you that you have submitted your FPS late by sending an electronic notice sent through HMRC's PAYE online service. You may have already received some of these electronic warning messages, but at present no penalties have been issued. If you receive any more late filing warnings do let us know as the late filing penalties can be up to £400 per month for large payrolls.

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Licensing Act 2003 Variation of a Premises Licence

Trading Standards

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hy is it that sales representatives always ring just as you sit down to dinner? Is there anything you can do to try to stop it?

It’s not illegal to cold call either in person or by phone in itself, unless you have already told the business that you do not wish to be contacted by them.

If they are contacting you by telephone then caller display on your phone can help; if you don’t recognise the number, don’t answer it. But what if friends and family have witheld numbers? – you don’t want to miss their calls.

We recommend registering your telephone number with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). This is a free ‘opt out’ service which records your preference not to receive unsolicited sales or marketing calls from UK based companies. Once registered, report any persistent callers to the TPS – you’ll need to know what company they have called from and when they called. UK companies that persist in calling TPS registered telephone numbers can face large fines. A local company was recently fined £37,992.00 following action taken by Trading Standards for ignoring residents’ wishes not to call them.

The Telephone Preference Service can be contacted on 0845 070 0707 or www.tpsonline.org.uk.

To request a door-card or report a business that persistently cold calls contact Citizens Advice Consumer Service on 03454 04 05 06

Notice is hereby given that Tawny's Wine Bar of 52 High Street, Swanage, Dorset has applied to the Purbeck District Council for a variation of the premises license in respect of “these premises”.

The proposed application will permit provision of regulated entertainment, provision of late night refreshment and sale by retail of alcohol.

The application will request business hours as follows 08:00-02:00 Monday to Sunday.

Any person wishing to make representations in respect of this application should do so in writing addressed to Licensing Department, Purbeck District Council,Westport House, Worgret Road, Wareham, BH20 4PP before 20/10/14.

All representations will be made known to the applicant. The register of the licensing authority is maintained at Purbeck District Council,Westport House, Wareham, where the application may be inspected Monday to Friday between 10.00am and 4.00pm.

It is an offence punishable by fine on summary conviction, knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application.

Signed: Michael Harding Tawny's Wine Bar. 19/9/14

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What’s Cooking In Purbeck?

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t’s October, the change of the seasons is upon us once again, and the days are becoming shorter as we wave goodbye to the sun for a while. This month we celebrate the onset of autumn, with its many shades and hues, and take a look at what’s cooking in and around the Isle of Purbeck.

We’ve invited local eateries, food producers and food outlets to let us know what they have on offer to tempt you through their doors. Over the following pages, you’ll find a selection of fantastic local food, available right on your doorstep here in Purbeck.

Whether it is a special meal for the kids for Halloween, a desire to taste this season’s foodie delights, or in preparation for Christmas festivities, we have something for you in Purbeck.

From fabulous surroundings in which to enjoy a scrumptious meal, to local shops stocking a wide variety of local food delights to take home and experiment with, you should be able to find something to suit on the following pages!

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Food

The Gourmet Peddler The Bikemonger Cooks....

Hawaiian Roast Chicken

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urfing: life’s a beach, hot sun, the beach boys, warm water, sun tans, hula girls, colourful board shorts... It’s all a myth for the Dorset surfer.

Our waves only really arrive in the colder winter months, where a car load of rubber neoprene is needed to prevent your extremities from dropping off.

But locally we have some fantastic surf spots, which are simply too good to ignore no matter how cold it is. Standing around on a Sunday morning, in frozen puddles, in a rocky car park, wrapped in nothing but a towel, as you try and get dry before you get ill is all part of life for the Purbeck surfer.

So, it’s Sunday, you are cold and tired, and very hungry. Let’s take the classic British roast dinner and give it some Hawaiian style to bring some aloha spirit to the often bleak Dorset winter.

Ingredients: A whole chicken Butter Pineapple cut into chunks Ham (Parma ham is good, or bacon, but not the cheap processed rubbish) Garlic, chopped.

Lemon juice Lime juice Chilli Cocktail sticks And a load of nice veg; sweet potatoes, tomatoes, onions, courgette, whole garlic, peppers, mushrooms. And hey if you can find it, and I can’t, plantain (a bananas like veg). I had some sausage hanging around so threw these in too.

What to do: Mix up all the ingredients (excluding the veg and cocktail sticks) and form a buttery pineapple/chilli etc paste. It’s easiest to do this by getting stuck in with your hands.

Carefully cut the skin on the breast open, with the cut running down between the two breasts.

With your hands lift the skin away from the breast, wiggle around in there to open it up.

Now jam the area between the skin and the breast with the butter mix, aiming to get it about 15mm thick.

Now carefully sew up the cut in the skin with the cocktail sticks.

If you have some lemon and lime left, pop it up the chickens bum.

Now cook in the usual way. With so much butter under the skin, it’s pretty much self- basting.

The veg can be thrown in around the roast where it will cook in the chicken juices.

But consider how long things take to cook; put the potatoes in first, and the courgettes in later for example.

Next month: if it all comes together I’m making scotch eggs with local quail eggs and local goat

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our & twenty blackbirds are locally based caterers whose bespoke menus and events are heavily influenced and inspired by the abundance of wonderful local and regional ingredients and producers.

Renowned chef and company founder Toby Wood, and his enthusiastic team specialise in all aspects of corporate and domestic catering large or small, including grand openings, fully licenced bars, weddings, christenings, funerals, special events and home and holiday cottage dining, With the Christmas season soon upon us, Four and Twenty Blackbirds is the perfect caterer for all your celebrations, be it an office party, seasonal buffet, paella, wild game barbeque or one of Toby’s infamous feasting menus in the comfort of your own home.

Home cooked gift hampers and Christmas treats will be available for local delivery throughout December.

In accordance with the seasons, Toby will be running a series of themed ‘Grub Clubs’ in various venues across Purbeck and will kick off with ‘Fruits of the forest,’ a locally sourced and foraged feast to be held at the Castle Inn, Corfe Castle; Tickets £25 in advance.

In partnership, with bush-craft and adventure experts, Land & Wave, Four and Twenty blackbirds will also be running ‘Deer in a day’ courses throughout the venison season.

The morning will be spent in the woodland kitchen learning to butcher, preserve & smoke venison, followed by afternoon of cooking skills and a lot of eating!

For all enquiries, including all our forthcoming events, courses and ‘grub clubs’ please call 07983213585 or email:fourandtwentydorset@gmail.com

31 High Street, Swanage, BH19 2LT. Tel: 01929 423804 Swanage Blues Festival - Oct 2,3,4,5 Join us for music, food & beer!

2 Minutes From The Beach Traditional Pub Food Sunday Roasts Large Beer Garden Ensuite Accommodation with Parking Wi-Fi Access TV and Pool Table Children & Dogs Welcome Best Beer Guide Pub CAMRA Selected

‘Joker’ Lucky Draw every week Will YOU win the Jackpot?!

Loyalty Draw every Weds 7pm-8pm Breakfasts Are Here!

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Pumpkin Festival!

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ou would expect a pub as renowned as the Square & Compass to know all there is to know about beer (which they do) but did you realise that they also know all about pumpkins – very big pumpkins indeed – and in the first weekend in October each year they hold a festival in celebration of Pumpkins (and beer, naturally!)

Rumour has it that the contest for the largest pumpkin is usually a two horse race between two locals, and that in the run up to competition day each contestant’s progress is shrouded in secrecy.

The resulting monster pumpkins are so huge that in order to winch them onto the scales it is not unknown for a JCB to be required.

But best of all - for the drinkers among you, while you watch the struggles of the great pumpkin-grow–off, you can relax and enjoy sampling some of the numerous real ales from small breweries which will be available.

There will be up forty different brews to try, so you might want to book your taxi home in advance!

You would expect a pub as renowned as the Square and Compass to know a lot about beer (which they definitely do) but did you realise that they also know a lot about pumpkins – sometimes very big ones indeed.

On the first Saturday of October each year they hold a celebration of the orange fruit. And beer (naturally).

This very popular event, starting as the pub opens at midday on Saturday, slowly builds as the pumpkins are

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Square & Compass Worth Matravers. 01929 439229

Beer & Pumpkin Festival Sat 4th/Sun 5th October

With Tantz & Glowglobes!

Saturday night & Sunday lunchtime www.squareandcompasspub.co.uk brought in, and by mid afternoon the scales are ceremoniously attached to a waiting tractor and pumpkins of all shapes are weighed.

In the past orange monsters of over six hundred pounds have wowed happy crowds. And while the pumpkin pageant unveils itself over thirty beers from microbreweries around the country are there to be tasted.

Pumpkins. Beer. What more could you ask for? How about music?! Tantz will sort out that need if you’re are still there at 9pm on Saturday night and Glowglobes will surely entertain on Sunday at 2pm for those still working their way down the beer list.

See you there!

CHOCOCO the purbeck chocolate co.

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hococo, the chocolate shop, café & kitchen on the Commercial Road lanes in the heart of Swanage is gearing up for Chocolate Week, the annual celebration of the world of fine chocolate from 13th – 19th October.

This year, they will be sampling Twisted Nose, their latest new creation, the result of a customer competition in their Winchester shop to create a new flavour with a twist.

The result is one of their most unusual yet, so much so that it is under wraps until Chocolate Week, unless you know your botanical references!

The Chococo team love working with chocolate produced in its country of origin, so will be offering their ranges of fine chocolate bars produced in Vietnam, Madagascar, Ecuador & Grenada for tastings.

They will also be sampling their latest Great Taste Awards winners including the Spirit of Saigon chocolate made with a coconut milk & lemongrass infusion blended with Marou chocolate from Vietnam.

They won another 4 Gold Great Taste Awards this year, taking their total to 45 fine food awards won since 2003 which everyone at Chococo hopes shows the continued commitment & passion they have for creating the finest, freshest chocolates that delight their customers. lly d Fu nce e lic

Lunches, Afternoon Teas and Suppers

Opening Hours OPEN Tuesday to Sunday 11-4.30pm Also Fri & Sat evenings Festive Bookings now being taken Please call to reserve tables. Well behaved dogs welcome.

Tel: 01929 439368 By the duck pond at Worth

Join our celebration of the world of fine chocolate this Chocolate Week.

Sample our origin ranges, new chocolates & latest award winners. Plus, enjoy 10% off in our shop or café* Find us at: Cocoa Central, Commercial Road, Swanage Workshop bookings: 01929 422748 www.chococo.co.uk *Offer valid from 13th - 19th October on purchases of £10+ only on presentation of this vouchers, excludes workshop bookings

So, if you fancy tickling your tastebuds with new taste sensations and discovering the delicious world of fine chocolate from bean to bar, we suggest you make a beeline for Chococo this Chocolate Week!

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tudland Beach isn’t just for visiting during the summer months, with beautiful sandy beaches and miles of footpaths and guided walks Studland is here to be enjoyed all year round.

The Knoll Beach Café is open 7 days a week with both indoor and outdoor seating so you can sit in the sunshine or snuggle up next to the log burner and enjoy the spectacular view whatever the weather. Enjoy homemade burgers, fish and chips, breakfasts, freshly made cakes and seasonal specials.

This October there are lots of activities happening at Studland Beach.

Celebrate the National Trust’s Great British Walk festival with a variety of events like the Fungi Foray walk and lunch on the 11th October, booking essential, and our Big Draw event on the 5th October where you can have a go at charcoal making and then create your own piece of art work.

From the 1st October dogs are allowed on all of Studland beaches off their leads so why not celebrate with the ‘Dinner with your Dog’ event at the Knoll Beach Café on the 4th October.

It’s £15 per person and dog and both of you will enjoy a tasty meal.

Booking is essential.

The full events listings and more information can be found on Studland beach’s website, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/studland-beach, or call the Knoll Beach Office on 01929 450500 to book any of our events.

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From The Sea.... Swanage Bay Fish

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re you sometimes too busy to prepare meals from scratch, but looking for a change from the usual ready meals options?

Why not check out the daily ‘Manager’s Specials’ at Swanage Bay Fish?

Julia can offer a variety of delicious ‘fishy’ meals ready prepared, from smoked mackerel pate for a tasty starter or lunch time snack, through to a great fish pie mix, and her special Tandori Mullet, perfect for a distinctive dinner.

You are sure to be tempted by her assortment of home-made fish cakes and can choose from haddock and leak, cod and parsley,

Purbeck Ice Cream Dorset Show success and a GOLD Great Taste Award!

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urbeck Ice Cream supported Dorset Show as the sole supplier of ice cream with all three splendid Event Vans scooping into British waffle cones, three liveried gazebos serving little tubs, a ‘meet the producer’ area where the more unusual flavours could be tasted as well as extra support in the form of Doris ~ Emily Stranges’ bright pink van also scooping into cones!

The sun shone brightly for the two days and the anticipated 40,000 people flocked to the show gathering round the main rings, taking in the sights and enjoying Purbeck Ice Cream around every corner.

The team from Purbeck worked tirelessly to keep the visitors refreshed and a record breaking amount of ice cream was enjoyed throughout the show.

Salted Caramel was introduced this spring and has proven to be a real hit amongst customers, as well as scooping GOLD in the annual Great Taste Awards! Made with fresh Purbeck milk, Dorset double cream, British sugar and only the best natural ingredients, it features a mix of caramel ice cream with Cornish sea salt and salted butterscotch nuggets.

The Great Taste Awards are known as the Oscars of the food and drink industry – widely accepted as the most prestigious recognition of taste and quality with hundreds of products entered from across the UK and beyond.

The small, local team are thrilled to win this award and will continue to fly the flag for the magnificent Dorset foods produced with dedication and pure passion.

Download the free App today to find your local stockist or an event nearby and…..enjoy today!

BRING THIS ADVERT FOR A 10% DISCOUNT! We source our fresh fish and shellfish direct from local fishermen out of Swanage Bay. Dover Sole, Skate, Bream, Red & Grey Mullet, Bass, Pollack & Huss, Line-Caught Mackerel. Shellfish, lobster & crab also available. Senior citizen 15% discount on Tuesdays.

Come and see our Daily Manager’s Specials!

48 High Street, Swanage. Tel: 422288 and salmon and dill to name but three.

For October Julia is offering a discount of 10% if you bring the above advert, so you will be saving money as well as time if you try her ready meals this month!

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Purbeck Products

By Hester Viney

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eptember is a nostalgic month, when we enjoy the feeling of socks and jumpers and relish the return of routine. But by now, a month on, we’re bedding in for winter.

Autumn is in full swing and I’m craving stews, not salads. Besides, you can get away with putting on a few pounds in the winter, not only because we can hide them under woolly layers, but also it’s surely a natural instinct to stockpile in hibernation.

So what can we expect from the damp stallholders this season as we cosy up? Well, it’s time to roll out the roasts every Sunday, so look no further than Kath Best for lamb and Phil Samways for pork. A venison stew doesn’t come better than one containing Ashley Barnes’ local deer, or try something different with some rabbit instead.

Regi is rolling out cabbage and kale, leeks and onions, carrots, parsnips and potatoes from her Godlingston allotment. There are pies, quiches and cakes a plenty from Jurassic Cottage Foods and the Farm Cottage Kitchen.

Plus Nigel from Dragon’s Bakery in Corfe should have recovered enough from the summer rush to bless us once more with his delicious variety of breads, buns and artisan bakes. Non edible but still delightful creations from artist Janine Drayson are also available from her stall.

Our producers will be cropping up in this year’s Dorset Food Week, which celebrates all our county’s fabulous produce. Running from Saturday 25th October to Monday 3rd November, you can read all about it on www. dorsetaonb.org.uk or via their Facebook page ‘Dorset Food and Arts Festival’ to find out what’s happening here and further afield.

Finally, I must bid you farewell. This new school term sees me returning to college, so I need to save my scribing for essay deadlines.

With any luck, Nico will have me back on the pages of this fine local rag sometime, but until then I hand the baton over to the other members and supporters of Purbeck Products.

Thanks for reading, for all the support you show us, and I’ll see you at the market on Commercial Road.

Ed’s note: We’d like to wish Hester the very best of luck for the future, and offer our sincere thanks for being such a joy to work with!

PURBECK PRODUCE FARMERS’ MARKET COMMERCIAL ROAD, SWANAGE

on Saturday 11th October and Saturday 25th October 9am - 1pm LOCAL PRODUCE FROM LOCAL PRODUCERS

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We Need Havens For Struggling Wildlife

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orset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has launched the new campaign, ‘Make Wildlife Welcome’, to encourage local people to give garden wildlife struggling to survive a helping hand this autumn and winter.

The State of Nature report in 2013 revealed that 60% of the UK species studied have been declining in recent years, however many of these species, such as starlings and hedgehogs, are known to live in our gardens.

DWT’s new campaign is aimed at anyone with a garden, and even those without a garden, to spread the word that everyone can do something – no matter how small, to give our precious wildlife a fighting chance this year.

Anyone who makes a pledge to Make Wildlife Welcome in their garden

will receive a free book ‘Bringing a garden to life’ which tells the story of how our friends and supporters, Wiggly Wigglers, created their own garden for wildlife, and how you can do it too. They will also receive wildflower seeds, free literature and downloads, and expert advice and information from Dorset Wildlife Trust – 365 days a year.

DWT’s Community Conservation Officer, and Wildlife Gardening Coordinator, Joy Wallis said; “Many people think that gardening is only a spring or summer activity, but there’s lots you can be doing to help garden wildlife throughout the colder months.

“For example, if it is very cold, a hedgehog could wake from hibernation, and it will need a warm, safe place to stay and high energy food, to ensure its survival. It is surprising just how many wild animals will be ‘wintering’ in your garden, so please do resist the temptation to be too tidy!”

Anyone who supports this campaign will find out from DWT about the practical things that can be done, including insuring there is always some unfrozen water, leaving food out at ground level for passing birds and creating areas of shelter for wildlife in your garden.

Joy added: “We find that people who spend time in their garden feel good about making a difference for wildlife, and also see benefits to their mental and physical health. It’s a great way to keep active all year round!”

If you would like to make a pledge to help wildlife for just £3 a month, we have everything you need to get started, or help support an established wildlife friendly garden.

Visit www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/mww to make your pledge to help wildlife. Keep up with stories, tips and information on Twitter @ DorsetWildlife #makewildlifewelcome.

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Single-Handed Miracle-Worker Mary!

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any of you will recognise the image above, of Mary Dwen (left and middle) with her tea-strainer, sifting sand on Swanage beach. Why? Starting on April 6th, 2010, Mary dedicated herself to clearing the nurdles (pre-production plastic pellets) from Swanage beach. By 30th August 2014, Mary had single-handedly collected 300,000 nurdles (pictured, right).

Nurdles are causing greater and greater problems in our seas and on our beaches, having devastating impacts at chemical and molecular levels. Often lost at sea during spillages or transfers, nurdles are great at absorbing and concentrating toxic chemicals, and after being consumed by a wide array of ocean wildlife, can cause a whole host of problems.

Mary, a great lover of Swanage beach, took it upon herself to cleanse the beach as much as possible from these poisionous little blighters. Despite suffering with a stoke, Mary has continued with her one-woman clean-up, collecting an unbelieveable amount.

Mary - we salute you! Thank you from ALL of us for caring about our beach so much!

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Wareham Forest

Gateway to the other bit of Wareham Forest across the main road....

by John Garner

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hetford, New and Sherwood. ……. of Dean being another.

When you think of the great forests of our native land you’re more likely to think of the above than you are to think of Wareham.

But a forest it is and on your doorstep it also is. And it’s great if you have a dog, a bike or some walking boots.

Sixteen square miles of it. It’s even got its own bog called Morden bog. I’m not altogether sure of the benefits of a forest having its own bog, but it’s proudly advertised around the forest so presumably is worthy of mention. Any bog specialists in the area do get in touch and let us know.

It also has seven miles of gravel tracks and a whole lot more for the more adventurous mountain biker (presumably one of the things to avoid if you’re an adventurous mountain biker is the aforementioned bog). It doesn’t sound like a very big area, but I can get lost there without really trying.

It’s never going to be listed in Britain’s wildest places or fifty pine forests to visit before you die, and Barrack Obama almost definitely won’t be attempting to tick it off his bucket list on the way back from a largely pointless international meeting of the great and good, so don’t expect to bump into him there for a chat. However, it’s right on our doorstep and within a few strides or turns of the pedals, you can feel like you are away from the hurly burly of everyday life reasonably quickly. That’s if you can find a parking spot nearby.

The most remarkable thing about it though is that unlike Sherwood and New (I can’t vouch for the Forest of Dean or Thetford), it’s quite easy to spend a good couple of hours in there without seeing a soul and I have attempted this throughout most of the months of the year. If you enter by foot or bike or park and head in you will find that in a very short time indeed you almost have the place to yourself. Now this can be both a good and a bad thing depending on your point of view, but considering its proximity to some reasonably built up areas, for most, this seems like a real bonus.

So. What to expect? There are a selection of gravel tracks that wander round the forest and these will happily suffice if all you want is a fairly even stroll or ride in the fresh air. They do tend to roll away at the edges so if you are on a bike try to stick to the raised middle section if you don’t want to acquaint yourself too readily with the grindy ground and the muddy ditches at the periphery.

There are also a surprisingly high number of single track trails for the mountain bikers which, to gain the full value of, you will need to explore

in great detail as many are cleverly hidden, probably by mountain bikers trying to make sure the majority of you stick to the gravel tracks of the Sika trail. The Sika trail was presumably named after the deer you will not see in the forest. You’ll see and hear lots of birds and squirrels and the odd cow, but I have yet to see a deer. I have glimpsed them in the clearings outside the boundaries of the forest so that’s why the trail gets its name.

A Bengal tiger trail in Wareham forest would be completely misleading.

It’s not the most technical of mountain bike trail riding, but I managed to catapult myself over my handlebars the other week and wreck a front wheel so completely I had to buy a new one. I was riding with someone who works in a bike shop and who immediately said ‘You’ve wrecked that front wheel completely and will need a new one,’ so I know this to be true. He also happened to have one in stock and could sell it to me that very afternoon. What a stroke of luck.

Being fleeced aside, it probably says more about my skills on a mountain bike than it does about the extremity of the trails, but an indication that if you over-estimate your ability on the bike there can be consequences, both physically and financially. This could, however, be an excellent way to get your exercise on a bike as the right wing militias patrolling the roads and trying to force people to cycle on the cycle path provided by their hard earned taxes seems to be gathering an alarming and frankly baffling impetus.

I am thinking of setting up an alternative group to force ignorant eedjuts intent on ploughing through cyclists on the road to stop being knobs and have already received a great deal of support, unsurprisingly. Anyway, this column is about the joys of Wareham forest not the inability of small minorities of cyclists and car owners to stop and think for a moment about the ridiculousness of their behaviour.

As with all good forests there are trees. Show me a forest that hasn’t any trees and I’ll show you a South American country with a General in charge of the government. There are lots of pines of various varieties along with the odd larch and oak. Along with a good blanket of heather, gorse and firs if you do stray away from the main routes you could be exploring the glens of Scotland in microcosm. Perhaps. With a monstrously vivid imagination. If you block out the almost ever present sound of the nearby traffic. If you’re a bit daft or overly romantic.

One thing is for certain. If you don’t like dogs it’s probably a good idea to look somewhere else for your outdoor exercise. There are dogs galore.

Rarely does a walk progress without coming across a dog. It is often the dogs you see and not the errant owners who don’t seem to venture too far from the parking area. They seem to become reunited eventually from what I can glean.

At this time of year you will also see lots of people with bags and plastic cartons burrowing around in the hedges and undergrowth, filling their containers with blackberries and mushrooms (insert usual mushroom warning here - you only get to eat the poisonous ones once).

So Wareham Forest. No armed gangs protecting dubious crops. No robbers in green tights. No real danger of getting hopelessly lost. Has all the good bits you want from a forest only in miniature. Just be careful of that bog.

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Gazette Gardening with Simon Goldsack

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plant showing good autumn colour is a beautiful sight to behold but in a small garden where every available space is important a plant must either produce a display for a long period or have several points of interest at different times of year.

Here are five plants that all show off fantastically in the autumn but are also worth growing for the joy they bring at other times of year.

Acer ‘Dissectum Atropurpureum’ Japanese Maple – Most maples have excellent autumn colour and this is no exception with stunning pinky red leaves. However, the plant itself also has a graceful weeping habit and in spring and summer the foliage is a rich purple. Even in winter the bare branches have an attractive form.

Amelanchier - The Snowy Mespilus - this reliable small tree is ideal for most gardens except those with shallow chalk soils. In spring it bears a plethora of dainty white flowers and these are soon followed by the very dainty, bronze coloured new leaves. In autumn these take on bronze, orange and yellow hues.

Viburnum plicatum Mariesii - A beautiful shrub with lovely layered branching bearing lacecap white flower heads in profusion in late May and June.

It is easy to grow but needs some space as a mature specimen can be 3m wide.

The autumn colour ranges from lime green through to crimson and rich purple Cornus alba Siberica Variegata - Not only are the autumn shades an unusual pink and cream but this shrub also earns it’s place for two other reasons.

Firstly, once the leaves fall the bright red stems are revealed and these remain a feature all winter.

Secondly, the summer leaf colour is a bicolour cream and green which will brighten up any shrub border.

Vaccinium corymbosum – Blueberry – This plant has become popular in the last few years mainly because of its delicious fruit but a few enlightened gardeners know it also turns one of the best reds of all autumn colouring plants.

Not for all gardens, as it requires an acidic soil, however it can be grown successfully in a pot planted in John Innes ericaceous compost.

Picture Captions: Acer Dissectum Atropurpureum’ Cornus alba Siberica Variegata Vaccinium corymbosum Viburnum

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Live Music: ‘Pacific Curls’ On Friday 24th October at 7.30pm, the Castle will host a night of world music from an internationally acclaimed four woman group. Featuring ukulele, fiddle, guitar, stomp box and traditional Maori instruments, Pacific Curl fuse pacific beats with jazz, celtic tunes and evocative Maori music and lyrics to create an edgy contemporary style all of their own. Tickets are £9.

Purbeck Film Festival Celebrating this year’s Purbeck Film Festival, Durlston will be hosting an exhibition of Italian cinema and, on loan from Aardman, the characters from ‘Creature Comforts’, with the chance to find out how the characters are made and a history of animation. The exhibition will be open daily from the 10th – 23rd October, between 10.30 and 4.00.

On Saturday 11th October, former Aardman and Cosgrove Hall animator, Richard Haynes will be offering families the chance to make their own short animated film. The workshop will be suitable for ages 10+ and booking is essential.

Another highlight takes place at 3pm on the 16th October, when Ray Harryhausen’s friend and right hand man puts his work in context and demonstrates the

impact this giant of cinema had and is still having. Tony Dalton is the Director of the Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation and will give the inside story from his vantage point. Booking recommended Alongside all of this, films at Durlston include ‘Il Postino’, ‘The Valley of Gwangi’. ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ and an evening of environmental films, supported by PEAT Life, Light and Landscape’: New Paintings and Sculpture

by Bruce Pearson & Anne Shingleton Following the recent successful exhibition by Antonia Phillips and Cathy Veale, another fantastic exhibition of wildlife painting and sculpture runs from the 26th October to the 23rd November.

Former President of the Society of Wildlife Artists, Bruce Pearson, will be joined by acclaimed sculptor and painter, Anne Shingleton, for an exhibition of new work, inspired by the natural world.

There will be paintings in oil and watercolour, relief and monotype prints, drawings and studies from the wild – from oceanic seabirds to swans at Abbotsbury, from seahorses in Studland Bay to the cliff nesting birds at Durlston. A selection of Anne Shingleton’s small animal bronzes will be on display from Italy.

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Join us for our sponsored walk!

he setting is none other than the stunning Studland Beach in Dorset.

The walk is starting from the National Trust Knoll Beach car park in Studland on October 11th (please note that you will need approximately £4 to park here unless you are a National Trust member).

The walk will take between one and a half to two hours, and is the perfect way to escape from the norm and relax in the company of two and four legged friends. You can enjoy the beautiful scenery and our spectacular Dorset coastline at your own pace.

If you would like to take part in our sponsored walk, please contact Margaret Green for a sponsorship form or alternatively you are welcome to give a donation on the day. Everyone is welcome with or without a dog!

If you have any friends or family who would like to join in please bring them along, the more the merrier. We plan to start the first set of walkers off from midday so we ask that you get to the car park at 11.45am. Once you have completed your walk, please do join us for tea and cake at the National Trust café on the beach.

The money raised from the sponsored walk will go towards helping us to care for many hundreds of animals that come to us having been abandoned, ill-treated or unwanted. Thank you for your support.

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Rock ‘n’ Roll!

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o you like Elvis? Cliff and The Shadows? Buddy Holly? Jerry Lee Lewis? Chuck Berry? Eddie Cochrane? Fats Domino? Bill Haley?

The Everly Brothers?

If you do, then we’ve got the ‘do’ for you! On October 25th 2014 at the Studland Village Hall, kicking off around 8pm (advert opposite).

A terrific live band featuring songs from all the above and some more – ballads and guitar instrumentals as well.

There will be prizes for the best Rock ‘n’ Roll costumes (male and female) and also for the best jive dancing.

All are optional – don’t feel obliged! Just come along and listen if you don’t feel like dancing.

There will be a professional MC (Dave Arnold) and special ‘cabaret’ spot to get everyone laughing, as well as a Charity Raffle in aid of Wareham and Purbeck Multiple Sclerosis Society.

There will a licensed bar and plenty of parking around the hall.

Tickets £12.00 in advance from Studland Village Stores, or from Replayed Records (Tilly Whim Arcade, Swanage), or by phone from the organizers: Andrew and Shirley Cannon 01929 421401.

Country House Fair

Thursday 16th October 2014 - 10am to 3.30pm in aid of Dorset branch of British Red Cross he popular annual Country House Fair returns to Lulworth Castle on Thursday 16 October 2014.

The Castle will once again be home to a variety of handpicked stalls selling quirky, vintage, novel and contemporary gifts and accessories, ideal for the home or for that hard to buy friend or relative!

This year the Food Hall and refreshments have been relocated to the Castle Courtyard, and will include mouth-watering local produce including cheeses, honey, smoked meats and award winning Christmas puddings!

Mrs Sally Weld, who has been Vice President for over 20 years and now a Patron of the Dorset Red Cross and has seen more than £55,000 raised for the Red Cross, said “I am delighted at how successful the event has become and how grateful I am to everyone who attends and helps raise money for this very worthwhile cause.”

The Country House Fair, now in its 9th year, continues to be supported by the Weld Family and Lulworth Leisure, but has for the first time been sponsored by Domvs and Groves Nursery, for which we are very grateful, all money raised is donated to the Dorset branch of this national charity.

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Entry to the event is £3 for adults, children free, with free parking. Entry allows access to the Castle (which has wheelchair access) and 18C Chapel of St Mary.

To find out more about the Country House Fair at Lulworth Castle please visit www.lulworth.com

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Stanford Quartet Coffee Concert URC Saturday October 11 at 10am

Purbeck Film Festival

Purbeck Film Festival 10 to 25 October 2014 This is the eighteenth year of the Purbeck Film Festival and our focus will be on Italian Cinema and Animation. The opening weekend of the festival has a very special ‘Day in Venice’ at the Rex Cinema on Saturday 11th.

Illustrious guests, John Julius Norwich, diplomat, historian, broadcaster and author of many books including ‘A History of Venice’, and Christopher Miles, British film director, producer and screenwriter, will be holding ‘Conversations about Venice, Italy and Film’.

This will be followed by an Italian buffet lunch and the Venice-based film ‘Bread and Tulips’. The Venetian theme continues into the early evening with a screening of ‘The Venice Syndrome’ a revealing insight into the battle the city has with tourism as it tries to defend itself against physical and social decay. Christopher will also be introducing his satirical short film ‘The Six-Sided Triangle’ on the opening night of the festival.

Animation will form part of our Exhibition in the Fine Foundation Gallery at Durlston Castle for which Aardman has loaned an exhibit of characters from ‘Creature Comforts’. Durlston is also the venue for two special animation-based events as well as four film shows. There will be an opportunity to learn how to make your own animations at an Animation Workshop led by Richard Haynes, Stop Motion Animator and Senior Lecturer from Arts University Bournemouth. The second event features a talk by Tony Dalton, friend and right hand man to Ray Harryhausen, who demonstrates how this giant of cinema is still having an impact today.

Tony has chosen ‘The Valley of Gwangi’ to be shown in the evening as a fine example of Ray Harryhausen’s stop-action special effects. The fact that Gwangi is a Tyrannosaurus Rex makes it even more perfect for the setting!

Other animated feature films will be screened at different venues during the festival introduced by lecturers from Arts University Bournemouth.

Our main festival venue is the Rex Cinema in Wareham with a full programme of films including the best of world and contemporary cinema as well as films on the Italian theme. Although the Rex has been showing films since 1918 one offering ‘A Night at the Cinema’ will include clips first shown in cinemas in 1914!

The Rex, as venue for Purbeck Shorts, our short film competition, is where the filmmakers of the future may be spotted. Well over 1,000 entries for the competition have been received from all around the world and the finalists’ films will be screened on Friday 17th for the Judges to choose the winning film. There is also the chance for the audience to choose its own winner with the Audience Award.

Pick up a Programme Brochure at Information Centres, Libraries and Venues

10 to 25 October 2014

For full details of the eighteenth annual Purbeck Film Festival, visit our website www.purbeckfilm.com

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Purbeck Folk Festival

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urbeck Folk Festival, held in the ancient woodland at Wilkswood, between Harman’s Cross and Langton Matravers, returned in August to deliver yet another fabulous weekend of folk magnificence. Having stopped in briefly last year to cover the event, this year we attended for the entire weekend - it would’ve been rude not to!

Situated in the heart of an ancient woodland, Wilkswood Farm is reinvented for the festival as a small village, offering stalls and an excellent range of well-priced (and delicious) food (no crappy burgers available here!). Four stages are scattered throughout the wonderfully-compact site, two of which are undercover in huge farm barns, and two are outdoors. A good-sized bar is found in a third enormous barn (pictured below), offering a wide range of sofas and soft seating on which to relax after a hard day’s dancing!

Headliners The South (billed as ‘still Beautiful’ - and they were) rocked the main barn stage on Saturday night, offering the delighted crowds the chance to roar-a-long to well known popular hits. Dozens of acts from folk royalty enriched, enthralled and entertained throughout the entire weekend, and with the addition of poetry slams, cinema tent, workshops and more, everyone was kept busy, and more importantly, happy.

The festival continues its excellent organisation, with little constructive criticism to offer from the festival-goers we spoke to. The only two suggestions for next year we could find, after chatting to many attending, were firstly to invest in some heavy-duty air-fresheners for when the wind changes direction and brings a hint of what the compost loos contain into the main barn...! The loos themselves were well-kept and clean, but the occasional breeze bought a somewhat unwelcome pong into the main barn - not that it seemed to put anyone off in the slightest.

Secondly, as we were travelling home in the evening rather than camping we encounted numerous people stumbling around ‘lost’ on the trek back through the tents and vans to the car park at the top. There may well be flags to show the way through in the daylight, but not a t-light in a jar, nor a string of solar fairy lights were to be seen in the dark, leaving many stumbling into (and through) hedges and tents. Fairy lights next year please!

However, both of these are small issues, and are insignificant complaints as far as festivals go - everyone we spoke to was having a fabulous time, smiles were the order of the weekend all round.

So, Purbeckians, get your weekend tickets early for 2015 and settle down to enjoy a fabulous festie, right here on our doorstep! Just one word of advice - beware the Bristol Port Cider...... Far too drinkable, and affects your legs when attempting to depart the taxi at the end of the night....

Pictures: Top left, walking down the valley to the festival site, top right: The South (still Beautiful!) bring the barn down. Right: Barn dancing fun, children play with bubbles over looking the barn dancing, bottom: a festival-goer in a fabulous outfit, below: the bar in a barn!

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emember back in July 2012 when the people of Purbeck held a mass protest at the Mowlem when attempting to attend a packed public meeting about the possible closure of Swanage hospital (pictured right)?

We certainly remember it well hundreds of placard-bearing, chanting members of the public surrounded the Mowlem, leaving those holding the meeting inside in no doubt as to the strength of public support for Swanage Hospital.

Fast forward two years and the hospital still stands, thankfully. The hospital staff were so amazed at the strength of public support that they’ve spent quite some time working out just how they can say thank you to all their local supporters. We are now able to bring you the following message from hospital staff: On October 17th at 7.30pm, The Mowlem will see a show like no other in its long history. Staff from Swanage hospital will be performing a special pantomime called ‘Swanella’. The cast have employed the services of a leading West End (well Herston) Director, Simon Cowl, to ensure professionalism. The whole concept is the brainchild of Penny Kemish, who normally works on the ward.

Talents that are usually employed on the wards, Minor Injuries Unit and Out-Patients will be singing, dancing and performing an act loosely based

on a cross between Cinderella, Aladdin and Casualty.

We all want to thank the good people of Swanage for their ongoing support of the hospital and this is our response. Please come and support us as all monies raised will go to The League of Friends!

Please note that no G.P.s were harmed in the making of this production.

We look forward to seeing you all there!

WIN TICKETS! WIN TICKETS! WIN TICKETS! VIENNA FESTIVAL BALLET Celebrates their 34th Anniversary ienna Festival Ballet celebrates their 34th anniversary with a UK tour from September to December 2014 bringing one of the most famous Tchaikovsky great classics: The Nutcracker. The show will be performed at Mowlem Theatre in Swanage on Wednesday 8th October at 7.30pm.

The enchanting tale of The Nutcracker is one of the bestloved ballets and centres around Clara and her nutcracker doll, which magically transforms into a princely soldier. Their adventures see Clara and the Nutcracker doll combat the Mouse King, and join the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier on a wonderful journey through a shimmering winter land scene to a Kingdom made entirely of sweets.

Returning by popular demand, following several successful performances, including Sleeping Beauty earlier this year, Vienna Festival Ballet’s The Nutcracker promises to be a delightful treat for ballet fans and interested observers alike. The performances also offer an ideal opportunity to introduce children to the art and skills of ballet.

The Company - The celebrated Austrian dancer Peter Mallek founded the company after his illustrious career as a dancer of international renown, in 1980. Now in their 34th year of producing quality ballet productions, the company continues to experience remarkable success and perform great classical ballets all over the world. VFB are known for their beautiful and lavish hand-made costumes and head dresses. Their productions have all the elegance and extravagance associated with the best of ballet.

Notable for the continued freshness and strength of their dancing casts, VFB have top-talented dancers including graduates from the Royal Ballet School, British, Australian and Italian soloists, and guest stars from Vienna

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The MOWLEM Swanage NUTCRACKER Vienna Festival Ballet. The Nutcracker promises to be a delightful treat for ballet fans.

Wednesday 8th October at 7.30pm Tickets: Full £18.50, concessions £16.50, children £12

PASSION AsOne Theatre Company. Marking the 100 year anniversary of the outbreak of the Great War. Friday 10th October at 7.30pm Tickets: Full £11, concessions £9.50, students £7

SWANELLA Just A Penny Productions (in aid of Friends of Swanage Hospital)

Bringing a new take on an old pantomime.

Friday 17th October at 7.30pm Tickets: £5

THE ULTIMATE BEATLES TRIBUTE SHOW Saturday 25th October at 7.30pm Tickets: Full £15, concessions £13, children £5

HATS OFF TO LED ZEPPELIN Experience these four top class musicians on stage, recreating Led Zeppelin’s magical concerts Friday 31st October at 7.30pm Tickets: Full £15, concessions £13

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and South Africa.

In this their 34th anniversary year their casts and productions are sure to thrill against the glorious music background of ballet’s best loved composer Tchaikovsky.

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Correction.

All the publicity is wrong. There aren’t 60 gigs by 30 acts in 15 indoor venues. Sorry.

There are actually over 70 gigs by 35 different acts in 18 indoor venues!

Save Swanage Blues eekend Wristbands are still only £10 and are available from Swanage Tourist Information Centre, Replayed Records, Jenkins, Floribunda, Venues and loads of other places.

I expect you know that I run these events entirely on my own, and I rely on you buying at least one wristband to keep things going. If you’re in business and making money from the blues festivals, please consider helping them to survive by advertising from only £30 a year.

Thursday Start to Weekend There’s an early start to the festival on Thursday 2 October from 8.30pm at The Legion: An Evening With Robert Hokum, Steve Darrington and Hugh Budden. Free admission, non-members sign in, comfy seats, club price drinks, dance floor, stage and lights. By public demand!

Special Warm-Up Gig at the Legion Here’s a taster for the imminent Swanage Blues Festival.

Saturday 27th September, 8:30pm at The Legion, High St, Swanage. SONS

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If enough people attend this gig, it will help me decide if there is enough interest in Swanage to run regular events. Come along and let me know.

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The Benefits Of Pilates

ilates can really make a difference to your health without overworking your body.

A refreshing mind and body workout By focusing on proper breathing, correct pelvic and spinal alignment and concentrating on smooth, flowing movement you can become more aware of and in tune with your body.

To improve the control of your movements is more important than the quantity of repetitions. Proper breathing will help you execute movements with maximum power and efficiency and also may help to reduce stress.

Develop a strong core – flat abdominals and a strong back Pilate’s exercises will help develop a ‘strong core’ or centre of the body.

The deep abdominal muscles along with the muscles closest to the spine make up the core and control of this is achieved by integrating the trunk, pelvis and shoulder girdle.

Some conventional gym workouts are weight bearing and may build up short, bulky muscles but Pilates can help lengthen and strengthen muscles and improve joint mobility, particularly in the hip and shoulder area. A body with balanced strength and flexibility is less likely to be injured.

Learn to move efficiently.

Pilate’s exercises train several muscle groups at once in smooth, flowing, continuous movements. With more body awareness you can re-train your body to move in a safer and more efficient way – in the way that you stand, sit and even when walking, cycling and running.

At the Swanage Therapy Centre our classes are small (1:6 teaching ratio) as this allows the teachers to be more specific and personal in looking at your posture when teaching classes.

Many of the exercises are performed standing, sitting or lying on a mat.

It is low impact and partially weight bearing.

Come along and try a free mat or equipment taster session with Jon O’Leary in October!

For more information or to book your taster session phone Swanage Therapy Centre on 01929 426506.

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Craniosacral Therapy with Alex Troy

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lexandra Troy has been a practicing Craniosacral Therapist for nineteen years, working with babies, children, teenagers and adults.

This technique was developed by an osteopath, William Sutherland, who investigated working with restrictions and misalignment throughout the whole body in a very gentle way.

With this approach there is an unwinding, softening and melting of the tension patterns, allowing muscles and structures to settle back into their rightful pl ace w i thout any sudden manipulations.

Craniosacral Therapy is used to resolve problems such as headaches, whiplash and neck pain, discomfort in shoulders, back, hips, arms and legs. It can be very effective with babies who are unsettled and fractious with possible feeding and sleep problems.

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Craniosacral Therapy

Alexandra Troy CTET Developed by an osteopath for gentle, deep effective release and realignment in the body for all kinds of pain and discomfort For further information please call: 01929 424911 or 07970 595103

www.cranial-swanage.co.uk Client feedback, from two mothers after Alexandra treated their babies, was: “I felt that Emily was completely different. So much more settled in herself. She cuddled into me when I held her now and was so much more relaxed with other people. Also her feeding has greatly improved.

I felt the cranial work had really helped with these problems; it’s like having a brand new baby.”

“It was as if Alexandra let Clem’s story unfold over these sessions.

We worked together a step at a time to release and resolve these problems. He became calmer and less panicky. There was far less erratic movements with his arms, which seemed much more relaxed. His rage and disconnection diminished and I felt I was more able to connect and comfort him.”

To discuss possible treatment with Alexandra please contact her on: tel: 01929 424911 or M: 07970 595103 www.cranial-swanage.co.uk A member of the Craniosacral Therapy Association.

Swanage Medical Practice Update

Hello again from Swanage Medical Practice Congratulations Dr Gwinnett We wish Dr Gwinnet congratulations on the birth of her twin boys.

Mother and boys are all doing well. We look forward to welcoming Dr Gwinnett back from maternity in early 2015.

Good Luck Dr Lepper Dr Lepper will be leaving at the end of September. We would like to take this opportunity to thank him for his contribution to Swanage Medical Practice life and also to wish him well on his next venture.

Welcome Dr Evans We welcome Dr Evans who will be joining our Practice in October. She is a local GP who is keen to work within her local community.

Supporting Swanage Community Hospital Dr Baker and Dr Munday are stepping up to replace Dr Lepper as the doctor for Swanage Community Hospital. We wish them well in their new role and are delighted to be supporting Swanage in providing medical cover for our community.

Registered GPs In order to accommodate the changes mentioned above we are rebalancing how many patients are registered with Drs Baker, Munday and Evans. This is to ensure that all patients have equal access to their GP and ensure continuity of care.

It is also our intention that a new GP will join us in February who will take over the care of Dr Lepper’s patients.

In the meantime, Dr Lepper’s patients will be looked after by the remaining GP Partners based on their surname, for more information about this please see our website or noticeboard.

We hope that you will be pleased with the new arrangements.

New service Some of you will already be registered for online access which allows you to book appointments and request prescriptions online.

We are pleased to announce an update to this service as patients will now be able to view online summary information from their clinical records.

For further information about how to register for this service please ask at reception or take a look at our website.

Flu Season Flu season is nearly upon us and we have flu vaccination clinics arranged for the 11th and 25th October.

This year we are encouraging all patients who meet the national criteria and are invited to the 2014 flu clinics to make sure they attend their allocated clinic dates.

Those eligible will shortly receive a personal invitation. We look forward to seeing you at one of the clinics.

Cheerio for now, Dr Claire Lehman.

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Matron’s Round

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t is good to get an opportunity to introduce myself to you as Interim Matron at Swanage and Wareham Hospitals.

I shall be here for the next few months, until the newly appointed Matron takes up her post, and I look forward to working with patients and staff.

This month, I am delighted to be able to share some great news with you: “Swanage Hospital Day Surgery and Endoscopy Unit at Dorset HealthCare has been officially selected as one of seven community hospitals across the country to receive a prestigious national award. The accreditation, presented by the Joint Advisory Group on Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (JAG), recognises the Dorset-based Endoscopy Unit as a service which maintains and excels beyond national health standards.

This award follows the recent accreditation of Florence House perinatal unit in Wimborne, the securing of the Dorset Prisons health care services contract and the expansion of the Brain Injury service.

The Swanage Endoscopy Unit has been working towards the accreditation for four years to ensure the service provides the very highest standard of care possible. Standards measured by JAG include the facilities in the unit, equipment, staff training, waiting times and patient satisfaction. The lengthy accreditation process also involves intensive interviews with staff and procedure observations.

John Stebbing, Chair of JAG, added: “The Joint Advisory Group on Gastrointestinal Endoscopy provides UK-wide support for endoscopy services to ensure they have the skills, resources and motivation necessary to provide the highest quality of patient-centred care.

Award of accreditation provides robust assurance that the service is delivering high quality, safe and effective care for patients as well as supporting the endoscopy workforce appropriately and providing a suitable training environment. Once achieved, JAG Accreditation is

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This award recognises the tremendous hard work and care the Swanage Hospital team consistently provide.

To be recognised by JAG as a health service leader in delivering exceptional patient care is evidence of the continuing growth and development that is taking place throughout the Trust.

Special thanks must go to the hard work of the day surgery unit manager, Sister Judy Ford; Lead Endoscopist, Teresa Karlowski and the rest of the team. Swanage Hospital is the first Community Unit within Dorset HealthCare and the seventh in England to achieve this award.”

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UK’s Best Marathon Gets Even Better!

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he Purbeck Marathon goes from strength to strength as it celebrates its highest number of entries and highest number of finishers for its unique race on 14 September 2014. A strong wind at the start meant that no course records were broken, although the sun shone on the runners for most of the day.

Matthew Bennett from Southampton AC won the men’s race in 3.00.50 beating defending champion Steve Way of Bournemouth AC who was less than one minute behind. Third place went to Poole Runners’ Anthony Clark. It was a tight finish in the ladies race which was won by Lisa Hale of Sandhurst Joggers in a time of 4.03.16 ahead of Melanie Jewett of Eastleigh and Anna Douglas. The first local male was Alex Wainwright of Wareham in 3.26.02. The first local lady was Tracey Brooks of Purbeck Runners in 4.39.49. Overall, there were 324 starters, with only five failing to complete the course.

Despite the challenging route the runners were full of praise for the event due to its organisation and beautiful scenery. The patience of the marshals, many of whom had to stand for hours in remote locations, along with their cheeriness and encouragement was noted and they were a credit to the people of Purbeck.

The runners enjoyed a very stunning route that takes in Durlston, Worth Matravers, Kingston, passing above Kimmeridge to the deserted Tyneham Village, Creech, Corfe Castle and back to finish on the seafront at Swanage. Sharp-eyed runners and spectators would have also spotted the last ocean-going paddle steamer Waverley calling at Swanage as part of its trip along The Jurassic Coast.

A new finish line on Sandpit Field looking out to sea also worked very well with far more space available and more runners staying behind for the presentations.

Rose Clarke, Race Director for The Purbeck Marathon, praised the efforts of the runners: “The Purbeck Marathon is a very tough event and is certainly not for the faint-hearted. However, so many of the runners were still smiling when they crossed the line and were quick to thank the organisers and other volunteers. One runner who had travelled all the way from Northern Ireland noted that The Purbeck Marathon was not the best in the UK but the best in Europe. We made a number of improvements for 2014 and we will be looking to improve further next year.”

The organisers have already started planning the next event which is scheduled for Sunday 16 September 2015. Entries will be available from 15 October 2014 trough www.thepurbeckmarathon.co.uk.

Swanage Sea Rowing Club

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ugust was a busy month for the Club, with the holiday makers and locals all enjoying the summer by the sea. The Club has had a positive year introducing new rowers through our ‘Open Rowing’ sessions with lots of people of all ages trying their hand at rowing in a gig for the first time. It is always a pleasure to settle them in a gig and watch them leave the shore looking nervous, but returning with broad smiles and great enthusiasm and wanting another go.

There were many other events during the month including the RNLI Lifeboat sprint races, held on the Thursday 14th August in Swanage Bay, when gig crews raced against each other and the Lifeboat crews. On the 15th August SSRC members Jim Irvine and Belinda Chadwick were married at the Town Hall, followed by a superb reception and party at the Boathouse, which is another use for the splendid building, and which was

hugely enjoyed by the members late into the evening. Everyone wishes them all the best for the future.

This time of the year also heralds the drawing to a close of another season, with preparations for the last big events of the rowing calendar at Newquay and the Great River Race in London. The County Championships at Newquay (so-called because many years ago all the clubs were in Cornwall) are held over a weekend and are the last chance to race against the best of the other clubs. Men’s and Ladies’ events are held separately because of the number of entries with 96 crews entered racing around a notoriously difficult course over two days, with only the best making the final 24 gigs racing through to the second day. On Saturday 6th September the first round provided a win in their first heat for the Ladies B crew and a time for the C’s which gave them a creditable 78th overall for their first attempt. In the second round the B crew missed out on going through to the second day by just one second to Weymouth A, but which placed them the 5th best B crew and a final place of 25th. The Ladies A crew posted a very respectable joint 15th place comfortably beating local clubs. The Men’s finals are held on the weekend of the 20th, and a full report will follow..

For the Club members who prefer the less frenetic but equally rewarding non-racing events, the ‘Great River Race’ takes place a week after Newquay Mens final when the Thames is closed to other traffic and 350 assorted rowed boats make their way from Millwall to Richmond. Crews can enjoy the magnificent event rowing through one of the most famous cities in the world over a course of 22 miles, ending up at Richmond with marquees and jazz bands and well-earned drink! If you would like to take part in the events arranged by Swanage Sea Rowing Club, visit www.ssrc.org.uk for further details.

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Make A Splash This Autumn!

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wimming is one of the best forms of exercise as it’s gentle on the joints and enjoyed by all ages.

And now it’s even easier to get swimming at Purbeck Sports Centre, thanks to the introduction of more daytime sessions.

Whether it’s early birds; lane swimming; over 60s; fab 50s; aqua fit; swimming lessons; parent and baby swimming; or the Purbeck Swim School, there are lots of ways to make a splash.

There are also some great family swimming discounts to be had every Sunday! The Kids Swim Free sessions, 1.30pm to 6.00pm, get everyone swimming without breaking the bank: Adults pay £2.20 each (or £1.20 each if a Diamond Discount card holder) and up to two children can swim with each adult.

Swim for charity – 18th and 19th October Enter a team of swimmers in the Swanage and Wareham Lions annual ‘Swim for charity’ weekend and raise money for your own charity, and other deserving causes supported by the Lions. To find out how to enter, contact Michael Joyner, Swanage Lions, (01929 425603) or, Colin Appleton, Wareham Lions, (01929 552110).

October Half Term Purbeck Sports Centre has a bumper programme of children’s and family activities this half term, including intensive swimming lessons; tennis; cricket; squash; archery; football; pop dance; Sporty tots; diving skills and much, much more.

So, whatever the weather this school holiday, there’s something for everyone!

Visit www.dorsetforyou.com/purbecksportscentre for all the Sports Centre’s activities or telephone 01929 500 000.

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om Bastow, aged ten (pictured), has won the Junior Club Championship at the Isle of Purbeck Golf Club on Friday the 22nd of August. He is the youngest ever winner of the trophy with a fantastic score of 37 over 9 holes on the Dene Course.

He brought to an end a run of three victories in a row by Dorset U14 team member Joe Taylor who came second with a score of 39. Flynn Alberry was third with a score of 41.

Apologies to the Sporting clubs whose updates we were unable to fit in this month. We HAVE to take advertising in this section when it is available as otherwise there is NO funding to print these pages.

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Swanage Football Club

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he season has started again in earnest for the first team. August is always a busy month for non-league footballers as most leagues try to play as many games early in the season as possible to offset the bad weather and inevitable postponements in the winter. This is no different for the Dorset Premier League and the first team found themselves playing seven games in August. These seven games have included trips to Weymouth and Bridport mid-week and the team have won 10 points and put themselves sixth in the table. This is a huge improvement on last season where they found themselves bottom of the table for the first eleven games.

The three wins from those games were an emphatic 6-0 win at home to Blandford, a highly impressive 2-1 away win at Bridport on a Tuesday night and a convincing 2-0 home win against new boys Sturminster Marshall.

There have been some notable performances with Adam Richards excelling in centre midfield and summer signing Graeme Rose top scoring so far with five goals in his first six league games for the Swans.

Last weekend saw us competing in a national competition the FA Vase.

The week leading up to the tie we promoted the game on twitter @ swanagefc and our website www.swanagefc.com. Every day on the web guest writer Gareth Davies wrote an article on the Swans’ previous exploits in the Vase and this to our surprise was picked up by the games governing body, The FA, who chose to publish a synopsis of Gareth’s articles on to their FA Vase page on their main website!

This was not our only national media exposure for this tie. More on this later on. The FA vase is a national competition with the final being hosted at Wembley and the Swans are the lowest ranked team in the

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completion and every opponent they face plays in a higher league.

Graeme Rose with Aaron Corby were the goal scoring heroes as the Swans overcame Wiltshire side Downton. The Swans were big underdogs in the match but their high tempo and attacking style of football unsettled Downton and the victory was hugely deserved in front of one hundred and eleven people and several junior sides and their parents and with the Swans mini kickers 5-8 year olds running out with the team prior to kick off (see photo). This win also made national news as Swans boss Alan Lay appeared on the non-league show on BBC Radio 5 Live to discuss it.

The next game in the competition is on October 4th against US Portsmouth, a team also from Wessex league one who are sure to prove a strong test. Please join us on this day to support The Swans on our journey to Wembley.

Five of our Youth teams kicked off their season last weekend in victorious fashion with four wins and a draw. We are hoping to improve on last season’s achievements when two of our youth teams won their leagues. This season we have teams ranging from U8 right up to U18 for both girls and boys. We also cater for 5-8 year olds “mini kickers.”

This takes place Saturday mornings between 10 a.m. and 11a.m., run by one of the Club’s FA qualified coaches.

If any of the above teams are of interest your first point of call is our Youth Secretary Alison Newell on 07545 762401. The Club is really pushing for a minibus now and we have a few ongoing funding projects in place. SWANAGE20 is where we have local businesses paying £50 to advertise on a board around the pitch.

COME ON YOU SWANS!

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Swanage has a real ‘Jem’ in bowler Warner wanage Cricket Club are pleased to announce that their leg-spin ‘sensation’ Jem Warner produced a record-breaking spell of bowling claiming 7 wickets whilst conceding only 1 run for Dorset Under-17’s against the Isle of Wight as well as recording an unbeaten half-century. This has led to him being recognised by the full Dorset side and has also secured him a trial with Somerset. Jem is without doubt the leading spin bowler on the County circuit at the moment, which is illustrated by the fact he is the leading wicket-taker in the Dorset Premier Division. Whilst he is still learning the ‘tools’ of his trade he possesses some potent weapons in his armoury. As well as that, Jem, is a very bright young man with impeccable manners - he was recently named ‘Head-Boy’ at the Purbeck School.

His hard work and dedication is an inspiration to everyone who has had the pleasure of coming into contact with him - especially my seven year-old son Sid!! He has a great future in the game but, more importantly, he has a great future as a person. He is indeed a true ‘gem’.

Saturday1stXI The Saturday 1stXI finished 5th in Premier Division One having won 11 of their 18 games. The highlight of the batting was Ian Booth’s century at Ferndown, as well as his 3 half-centuries - which secured him the Batsman of the Year Award.

Saturday 2ndXI The Saturday 2ndXI have won 11 of their 16 matches to secure the runners-

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up ‘spot’ in Division 4 - to secure their third successive promotion.

The Sunday Sides The Sunday sides have been decimated this season with the unavailability of the College/University students with the Sunday 2ndXI having to forfeit their place in Division 3. However, there have been some excellent performances in the Sunday 1stXI as they just managed to secure their position in Division One for another season.

Youth Section The entire youth section from the 6 year-olds playing KWIK-CRICKET right the way through to the 15 year-olds have had a fantastically enjoyable summer recording some memorable performances/results - as well as attending their first-ever T20 Blast match at the Rose Bowl. The club would like to place on record their gratitude to all of their coaches:- Peter Clark, Jon Dorey, David Haines, Tim Ives, Mike Nash and Andy Tillman for all of their sterling efforts this summer. The club would also like to acknowledge a note of thanks to Chris Suttle - from Suttle Stone Quarries for sponsoring our recent, very successful Youth Presentation/Family Fun Day. Finally... The club would like to thank Pete Dyer for giving up his time to do the ‘scoring’ for the Premier Division side and also to Ron Barker, Hugh Cocke, Matt Forbes, Dave Morton, Roger Wilcox and Tom Yeates for all of their efforts with the preparation of the wicket. Also, I know I am speaking on behalf of the whole club by thanking Sharon Ives and Kelly Norman for the outstanding quality of their teas.

Mike Nash (Press & Media Officer)

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Spotlight Event Diary

Diary Entries are FREE if your event is FREE. If you charge, then it’s £5 plus VAT per entry, per month. DEADLINE for Nov is noon, 10th Oct KEY: * = Start time not known or n/a; Ffi = for further information; Sw = Swanage; Wm = Wareham; VH = Village Hall, Telephone code 01929 unless otherwise stated.

OCTOBER 2014

Wed 1 10:00 Swanage Walking Group Meet at Studland NT car park (or get bus from Swanage) for linear walk to Swanage via Studland Heath, Dean Hill and Godlingston Manor. Ffi 01929 424462.

11:00 Art Exhibition At The Fine Foundation Gallery, Durlston Castle. Antonia Phillips and Cathy Veale. Free Admission.

Thu 2nd * Swanage Blues & Roots Festival At various venues around Swanage. £ 10 weekend wristband. Ffi: www.swanage-blues.org 20:30 Blues Evening At The Legion, Swanage. Free admission.

Fri 3rd * Swanage Blues & Roots Festival At various venues around Swanage. £ 10 weekend wristband. Ffi: www.swanage-blues.org 18:30 Isle of Purbeck Model Railway Group Meets at Furzebrook Village Hall, Furzebrook Road, Wareham, BH20 5AR. Entrance £2, children 50p. For further information contact Terry Jenkins -07960 691479.

19:30 Swanage Photographic Society Meets at The Rectory Classroom, Church Hill. Talks on :Wedding Photography and Street photography by Martin and Jackie Franks.

19:45 Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting At Wareham Day Centre, Bonnets Lane, Wareham. A meeting on the first Friday of every month to answer any questions about alcohol misuse and alcoholism. Proffessionals and members of the public concerned about family or friends are welcome to attend. Free. Ffi: www. westdorsetaa.org.uk Sat 4th * Swanage Blues & Roots Festival At various venues around Swanage. £ 10 weekend wristband. Ffi: www.swanage-blues.org * Dinner with your Dog At Studland, Knoll Beach Cafe. £15 per person, enjoy a tasty meal with your dog, booking essential! Ffi: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ studland-beach Sun 5th * Swanage Blues & Roots Festival At various venues around Swanage. £ 10 weekend wristband. Ffi: www.swanage-blues.org Mon 6th 19:00 Swanage Hospital AGM At The Mowlem Theatre, Swanage.

19:30 Wareham-Hemsbach Society Harvest Supper. Carey Hall, Mistover Road, Wareham. Contact Robin Brasher. Tel: 427015.

Tue 7th 19:30 Wareham Camera Club Meets at Parish Hall, Wareham - “Workshop Evening” Visitors welcome. Ffi: Contact Roger Starling on 01929 553822.

Wed 8th 09:45 Swanage Walking Group Meet at Studland NT car park (or get bus from Swanage) for linear walk to Swanage via Studland Heath, the Agglestone and Ballard Down. Ffi 01929 426926.

14:00 Stoborough WI At Stoborough Village Hall. The Life of Patrick(Call My Bluff) Campbell - Nick Thomas.

19:30 Concert By Celeste At St Mary’s Church, Swanage. Tickets £10 from Parish Office - 01929 421117 or www.swanagestmarys.com 19:30 The Nutcracker At The Mowlem Theatre, Swanage. Tickets Full £18.50, Concessions £16.50, Children £12.

19:30 Studland WI Meets at Studland Village Hall. Mr Colin Dean. “A male speaker’s view of the WI”. Competition: Poem of the WI. Thu 9th 18:30 Purbeck School Open Evening. To arrange a visit with the Headteacher call: 01929 550077.

Fri 10th * Purbeck Film Festival At various venues. For more information, pick up a brochure at information centres, or visit www.purbeckfilm.com 09:30 Sunninghill Prep School Open Morning An independent co-ed nursary and day school for children aged 6 months to 13 years. Ffi: 01305 262306 or www. office@sunninghill.dorset.sch.uk 10:30 Creature Comforts Exhibition At Durlston Castle. A history of animation.

Sat 11th * Purbeck Film Festival At various venues. For more information, pick up a brochure at information centres, or visit www.purbeckfilm.com * Animation Workshop At Durlston Castle. With former Aardman and Cosgrove Hall animator Richard Haynes. Suitable for ages 10+. Booking essential.

09:00 Purbeck Produce Farmers Market At Commercial Road, Swanage. Includes Cup Cakes by Sarah! Ffi: www.purbeckproducts.co.uk 09:30 Sunninghill Prep School Open Morning An independent co-ed nursary and day school for children aged 6 months to 13 years. Ffi: 01305 262306 or www. st

office@sunninghill.dorset.sch.uk 09:45 Swanage Walking Group Meet at Kimmeridge Quarry CP for a figure of eight walk via Kimmeridge village, Worbarrow Bay and Tyneham village. Ffi 01929 421039.

10:00 Stanford Quartet Coffee Concert at the URC. 10:30 Creature Comforts Exhibition At Durlston Castle. A history of animation.

Sun 12th * Purbeck Film Festival At various venues. For more information, pick up a brochure at information centres, or visit www.purbeckfilm.com * ‘Freebay’ Tabletop Sale At URC Church, Swanage. Free table, free entry.

Refreshments available. To book a table and ffi: Elizabeth on 01929 422406.

10:30 Creature Comforts Exhibition At Durlston Castle. A history of animation.

Mon 13th * Purbeck Film Festival At various venues. For more information, pick up a brochure at information centres, or visit www.purbeckfilm.com 10:30 Creature Comforts Exhibition At Durlston Castle. A history of animation.

Tue 14th * Purbeck Film Festival At various venues. For more information, pick up a brochure at information centres, or visit www.purbeckfilm.com * Dean Friedman At Kingston Country Courtyard. 1970s singer, tickets £22.50available now!

10:00 Cottees Antiques and Collectables & General Sale Antiques, Collectables and General Auction. Viewing on Saturday prior to sale 10am - 12 midday and Monday prior to sale 9.30am - 5pm or Morning of Sale from 9am. Catalogue online www.cottees.co.uk For further information contact 01929 552 826 10:30 Creature Comforts Exhibition At Durlston Castle. A history of animation.

19:30 Wareham Camera Club Meets at Parish Hall, Wareham - “Geoff Pyle Out & About Print and PDI Competitions” Visitors welcome. Ffi: Contact Roger Starling on 01929 553822 Wed 15th * Purbeck Film Festival At various venues. For more information, pick up a brochure at information centres, or visit www.purbeckfilm.com 09:45 Swanage Walking Group Meet at Ballard Stores for circular walk via Day’s Park, Godlingston Manor, Round Down and return along the lower Ballard Down path. Ffi 01929 424462.

18:30 3 Course Charity Supper At La Trattoria, Lower High St, Swanage. 6.30pm for 7.30. A Taste of Italy, for Weldmar Hospicecare Trust. £18 per ticket, for menu choices contact Paddy or David on 01929 424975 or email paddy.rideal@ talktalk.net 19:30 Swanage Garden Society At Herston Hall, Swanage. ‘Smugglers Tales & Trails’, by Rod Curtis. All Welcome.

Thu 16th * Purbeck Film Festival At various venues. For more information, pick up a brochure at information centres, or visit www.purbeckfilm.com 10:00 Country House Fair At Lulworth Castle. Food Hall, Jewellery, Textiles, Glassware, Toys, Clothing and Knitwear, Flowers, Art, Gifts, Books and more.

Ffi: www.lulworth.com or 0845 450 1054 10:30 Creature Comforts Exhibition At Durlston Castle. A history of animation.

19:30 Studland WI Lighthouse Theatre, Poole. Autumn Council Meeting.

Fri 17th * Purbeck Film Festival At various venues. For more information, pick up a brochure at information centres, or visit www.purbeckfilm.com * Autumn Steam Gala At Swanage Railway. Metropolitan Tank No.1 visits for the first time.

18:30 Saxophone Music At Seventhwave Restaurant, Durlston. Serving a two or three course menu, booking advised! Call - 01929 421111 19:00 Purbeck Railway Circle At Harmans Cross Village Hall. Joining Purbeck Film Festival, a showing of the 1938 film “La Bete Haumaine”. Everyone welcome.

Tickets £5 for SRT members, or £6 for non members. Available from www. purbeckfilm.com or on the door.

19:30 Swanage Photographic Society Meets at The Rectory Classroom, Church Hill. For: Anders 1 - ‘Open’ competition, Browne 1-’Allotments’ Judge: Norman Wiles LRPS Visitors welcome. ffi Colin Brixton – 423841 19:30 Swanella At The Mowlem Theatre, Swanage. Tickets £5.

Sat 18th * Purbeck Film Festival At various venues. For more information, pick up a brochure at information centres, or visit www.purbeckfilm.com * Autumn Steam Gala At Swanage Railway. Metropolitan Tank No.1 visits for the first time. * Bistro Dining Train At Swanage Railway, featuring local beer tasters and pies. £18 per ticket.

09:30 Freebay Tabletop Sale At The URC Church, Swanage. Free table and entry. To

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book a table, or Ffi: 10:00 Books, Coffee and Cake At Moreton Village Hall (DT2 8RF) 10am to 12 noon FREE ENTRY Huge selection of books for just 25p a book. Home made/grown produce and crafts too . Donation of books always welcome. Make a morning of it in Moreton - visit Lawrence of Arabia’s Grave and the beautiful etched glass windows in the Church. For more details contact Maeve 01929 463221 or moretonvillagehall@talktalk.net website: www.moretonvillagehall.btck.co.uk 10:00 Swanage Walking Group Meet at Kimmeridge Quarry CP for a circular walk along the ridge and ranges to Tyneham Cap, returning via coast path.

Ffi 01929 556871.

Sun 19th * Purbeck Film Festival At various venues. For more information, pick up a brochure at information centres, or visit www.purbeckfilm.com * Autumn Steam Gala At Swanage Railway. Metropolitan Tank No.1 visits for the first time.

Mon 20th * Purbeck Film Festival At various venues. For more information, pick up a brochure at information centres, or visit www.purbeckfilm.com Tue 21st * Purbeck Film Festival At various venues. For more information, pick up a brochure at information centres, or visit www.purbeckfilm.com 14:00 New Christian Spiritualist Church At The Community Hall at Queensmead Swanage.

19:30 Wareham Camera Club Meets at Parish Hall, Wareham - “Longridge Cutters Mount-cutting demonstration” Visitors welcome. Ffi: Contact Roger Starling on 01929 553822 Wed 22nd * Purbeck Film Festival At various venues. For more information, pick up a brochure at information centres, or visit www.purbeckfilm.com 09:45 Swanage Walking Group Meet at Worth CP for walk via Hill Bottom and West Hill along SW Coast path to St. Aldhelms, Seacombe and back to Worth. Ffi 01929 422554.

Thu 23rd * Purbeck Film Festival At various venues. For more information, pick up a brochure at information centres, or visit www.purbeckfilm.com Fri 24th * Purbeck Film Festival At various venues. For more information, pick up a brochure at information centres, or visit www.purbeckfilm.com 19:30 Pacific Curl Contemporary four women group featuring ukuleli, fiddle, guitar and traditional Maori instruments. At Durlston Castle. Tickets £9 Sat 25th * Purbeck Film Festival At various venues. For more information, pick up a brochure at information centres, or visit www.purbeckfilm.com * Wine Tasting & Top London Jazz Band Concert At Kingston Country Courtyard. Concert only - £10, Concert & Wine tasting - £25. Ffi: www. kingstoncountrycourtyard.com 10:00 Swanage Walking Group Meet at Swanage Railway Station for a walk through the streets and alley ways of Swanage out to Durlston Country Park, then the coastal path to Dancing Ledge returning to Swanage via Priests Way. Ffi 01929 289135.

10:30 Hallowe’en Trail At Studland Beach. Take part in craft activities and follow the clues left by the spooky creatures to claim a prize. Ffi: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ studland-beach 19:30 The Ultimate Beatles Tribute Show At The Mowlem Theatre, Swanage.

Tickets Full £15, Concessions £13, Children £5.

20:00 Rock’n’Roll Dance At Studland Village Hall. Tickets £12 - 01929 421401.

Sun 26th * Life, Light & Landscape Exhibition By Bruce Pearson & Anne Shingleton. At Durlston Castle.

10:30 Hallowe’en Trail At Studland Beach. Take part in craft activities and follow the clues left by the spooky creatures to claim a prize. Ffi: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ studland-beach 15:00 ‘Autumn Song’ With Canzonetta At The Church of the Holy Rood, Wool, BH20 6DD. Join the ladies of Canzonetta in this tiny church for a hour of close harmony singing. This popular group always entertains us with a lovely range of music to suit all tastes. Enjoy a cup of tea and slice of cake after the concert. All proceeds go towards church funds.

Mon 27th * Life, Light & Landscape Exhibition By Bruce Pearson & Anne Shingleton. At Durlston Castle.

10:30 Hallowe’en Trail At Studland Beach. Take part in craft activities and follow the clues left by the spooky creatures to claim a prize. Ffi: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ studland-beach 14:00 InfraStrata Drop-In Information Event At The Mowlem Theatre, Swanage.

Come and talk to the company who will be carrying out exploratory drilling for oil and gas at California Quarry. Find out for yourself about the project and why it does not involve fracking. Ffi: www.infrastrata.co.uk Tue 28th 10:00 Cottees Antiques and Collectables & General Sale Antiques, Collectables and General Auction. Viewing on Saturday prior to sale 10am - 12 midday and Monday prior to sale 9.30am - 5pm or Morning of Sale from 9am. Catalogue

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online www.cottees.co.uk For further information contact 01929 552 826 10:30 Hallowe’en Trail At Studland Beach. Take part in craft activities and follow the clues left by the spooky creatures to claim a prize. Ffi: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ studland-beach 19:30 Wareham Camera Club Meets at Parish Hall, Wareham - Maurice Pugh “Nature in close-up” Visitors welcome. Ffi: Contact Roger Starling on 01929 553822 Wed 29th 09:45 Swanage Walking Group Meet at NT centre at Corfe Castle for circular walk via Norden, E. Creech, Ridgeway Hill, Knowle Hill and West Hill. Ffi 01929 422554.

10:30 Hallowe’en Trail At Studland Beach. Take part in craft activities and follow the clues left by the spooky creatures to claim a prize. Ffi: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ studland-beach 19:30 ‘In Defence of War’ at the Black Bear, South St. Wareham. Purbeck Open Lecture By Nigel Biggar Regis Professor of Moral Theology at Oxford University.

All welcome.

Thu 30th 10:30 Hallowe’en Trail At Studland Beach. Take part in craft activities and follow the clues left by the spooky creatures to claim a prize. Ffi: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ studland-beach Fri 31st 10:30 Hallowe’en Trail At Studland Beach. Take part in craft activities and follow the clues left by the spooky creatures to claim a prize. Ffi: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ studland-beach 18:00 Hallowe’en with Cider & Sausages At Studland Beach. Tickets £10 per adult, £7 for under 18’s. Ffi: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/studland-beach 19:30 Hats Off to Led Zeppelin At The Mowlem Theatre, Swanage. Tickets Full £15, Concessions £13.

WEEKLY EVENTS

EVERY MONDAY 09.00 U3A Table Tennis Group meet at Harmans Cross VH. 09.30 Under 2.5 years old group. Till 11am. at Parish Hall, Wm. 09.45 Toddler Club URC, Sw. Till 11.15 10.00 Table Tennis Club Sw FC All ages/abilities £2.50 Till noon. 480093 10.30 Extend Exercise Class to improve strength, balance & flexibility. At Furzebrook VH. Donations welcome. Ffi: 471490 13.00 Play and Learn at Wareham’s Children’s Centre, Streche Rd, Wm. Till 2.45pm 13.00 Under 1s and Tums at Chapel Lane, Swanage. Till 3pm 14.00 Pins and Needles at Harmans Cross VH. 14.00 Swanage Disabled Club meet until 4pm. Meeting place alternates between Catholic Hall & Queensmead Hall, Sw. Transport available. Call Mrs Daphne Saville on 01929 425241 ffi.

16.45 Soccer Skills Sw FC First Sch chldn £1 Till 5.45. 425175 18.00 Sw Tennis Club Snr Club Session. 426312 19.00 Wareham Choral Society meet URC Meeting House, Chch St, Wm. Till 9. New singers always welcome. 554229/553460 19.00 Swanage Youth Club. School year 10 and upwards. Till 9.30pm 19.00 Whist. Come & join us at the Reading Room, Church Hill, Swanage. Ffi, call 07984 968733 19.00 Purbeck Chess Club. Mortons House Hotel, Corfe Castle. Ffi, call Brian Beard 425988 19.30 Purbeck Quire rehearse at Wm Methodist Church. New/visiting singers (no audition necessary). String & wind players also welcome. Ffi: 423505 or 480737.

19.30 Wareham Art Club Workshop at Wareham Parish Hall. Ffi: 553718.

19:30 Badminton & Table Tennis Club, Adults, Swanage Methodist Church Hall. Small friendly club. All levels welcome. Til 10pm. 07917 473390 19.30 Wm Folk Dance Club Stoboro’ VH. All welcome. 553519/422730 20.00 DARTS at the RBL Club, Sw. 20.00 Sw Conservative Club WHIST & DARTS. Sw. All welcome 20.00 Herston Hall Management C’ttee Bingo EVERY TUESDAY 09.00 First Steps Toddler’s Group. Swanage Methodist Church till 10.15am. Ffi: Tom Bullock on 421767, office hours, or tom@swanagemethodist.org.uk 09.30 Well Baby Clinic at Chapel Lane, Swanage. Till 11.30am.

09.30 Kiddies Corner Mother & Toddler Group (term time only) No fee - donations welcome. Purbeck Gateway Church. 551415 09.30 Wareham Art Club Workshop at Wareham Parish Hall. Ffi: 553718.

10.00 Sw Tennis Club Associate Club Session. Till 11. 426312 10.00 Sandford Toddlers at Sandford Community Hall, till 11.30am.

10.00 Short Tennis at Sw FC All ages & abilities £1.50 Till noon. 425175 10.30 Swanage Walking for Health Group starter walks (15-30mins). Start from the Mowlem Shelter on Swanage Seafront. Get back into the swing of things gently!

Ffi: 475692 11.00 Guided Church Tour at Bere Regis Parish Church. Volunteer-lead tour of this wonderful medieval church. No charge, but donations gratefully received.

12.00 Nature Tots (0-4yrs) at Bovington Memorial Hall Garden. Until 2pm 14.00 Swanage Walking for Health Group. Walks of 60-90mins, various locations.

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Walks are very social, for a range of abilities. Walks start from car parks at Studland, Corfe, Arne, Durlston, Langton, Acton, Worth and Kingston. Ffi: 475692.

14.00 Harman’s Cross Village Hall Art Group Till 5 14.00 Wareham Short Mat Bowls. Furzebrook VH. Roll-up session, all standards welcome. Ffi 401799 17.00 Sw Tennis Club Junior Session till 6pm. 426312 18.00 Sw Youth Centre Girls’ Night (Yr 8+) Till 10 18.00 Yoga - gentle at Swanage Arts Centre, Commercial Rd, Sw. £6 for 70 mins or £20 per month. Private lessons also available. Ffi call Johanna (certified Yoga teacher): 07892 680360 18.15 Sw Bridge Club Mowlem Comm’ty Room. 423497 18.15 Sw Cricket Club Practice till 8.30pm 18.15 Sw Bridge Club Mowlem Community Room. 423497 19.00 The Mayday Singers rehearse at The Old Malthouse, Langton. New members very welcome, contact Paul Baird 07802431012 19.30 Swanage Group of Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Swanage Day Centre, High Street, Swanage. If you want help to stop drinking, you are welcome. Or call 01202 296000 for more details.

19.30 Sw & Langton Folk Dance Club Langton VH. Ffi: 424252 19.30 Belvedere Singers rehearsal at All Saints Ch, Ulwell, Sw. All singers welcome!

423350 20.00 Sw Regatta & Carnival Assoc Bingo Herston Leisure, Herston Yards Farm, Sw. 20.00 Sw Conservative Club Bingo, Pool & Snooker.

20.00 Carey Hall, Wm Bingo 20.00 LEAGUE POOL at the RBL Club, Sw. EVERY WEDNESDAY 09.00 St Mark’s Toddlers Group, St Mark’s Church, Swanage. Herston, Sw Till 11am 09.45 Corfe Wool Workshop Corfe VH, East St. Members £1.50; non-members £2.50.

Till12.00. 427067 10.00 Short tennis for adults at Swanage Football Club. All welcome. Equipment supplied. Till noon.

10.00 Breast Feeding Group at Wareham’s Children Centre, Streche Rd, Wm. Offering peer support and breastfeeding counsellor advice. Till 12 noon. Ffi: 552864 10.30 Play and Learn at Kids of Wool (BH20 6DY) until 12 noon.

11.00 Volunteer Centre Drop-In at Swanage Library till 1pm. Find our about volunteering to support community groups & charities 13.15 EBC TOTS meet Emmanuel Baptist Ch, Victoria Ave, Sw. Til 2.45. £1 per child.

14.00 Herston Senior Citizens meet Herston Hall, Jubilee Rd, Sw. All welcome 14.00 Health Qigong: Fitness and relaxation. Till 3pm. With Penny at the Mowlem Community Room, Sw. Ffi 07969925502 16.15 Swanage Football Club U-7s Training til 5.15pm. £1. Ffi: 426346 17.15 Swanage Football Club U-9s Training til 6.15pm. £1. Ffi: 426346 18.00 Swanage Youth Club. School years 7&8. Till 8.30pm 18.45 Sw Hockey Club Training Wm Sports Centre. Till 8. 424442 19.00 Wm Bridge Club at the Library, South St. 552257 19.00 Wareham Short Mat Bowls Club Roll-up evening Furzebrook VH. 401799 19.30 Swanage Musical Theatre meet Swanage Bay View Complex Rehearsal Room.

All welcome. Ffi: 426161 19.45 Badminton Group meet at the Purbeck Sports Centre until 9.15pm for games of mixed doubles. Ffi, please call Kate on 01929 421806 or email katespurling@ btinternet.com 20.00 Sw Youth Centre Club Night (Yr 9+) Till 10 20.00 Sw Royal British Legion BINGO. High St, Sw 20.15 Dorset Buttons Morris Practice. URC Hall, Wm. 423234/421130 20.30 Wm Swimming Club Adults. All standards + stroke improvement. Till 10 22.00 Sw Youth Centre Club Night (16+) Till 11.59 EVERY THURSDAY 08.30 Wm Home Producers Veg, cakes, plants, flowers, handicrafts. URC. New producers/helpers welcome. Till 11. 553798 09.00 Swanage Painting Club. Catholic Church Hall, Rempstone Rd, Sw. Friendly group. New members including beginners welcome. Till 1pm. Ffi: Jan on 01929 480471 09.30 Play and Learn at Chapel Lane, Swanage, till 11am.

09.30 Well Baby Clinic at Streche Road, Wareham, until 12 noon.

09.30 Sensory Play for under ones, at Bovington Centre until 10.30am 10.00 Wm Parent & Toddler Group During term Parish Hall, Quay Till 11.45. 556806 10.30 Isle of Purbeck Arts Club Drop In Coffee Morning. Arts Centre, Commercial Rd, Sw. Til 12 noon. Come see find out what the Arts Club does.

10.00 Wool Country Market D’Urbeville Hall. Cakes, preserves, plants, crafts, vegetables. Coffee & biscuits available.

10.00 Sw Tennis Club Associate Club Session. Til 11am. 426312 10.00 Tea, Coffee, Biscuits at Queensmead Hall, Sw. Til 11am. Adm 50p 10.00 Volunteer Centre Drop-In at Wareham Library till 12pm. Find our about volunteering to support community groups & charities.

10.30 Harman’s Cross Village Hall Chinese Art Group 10.30 Mid-Week Market Morning Service URC, Church St, Wm. Prayer requests to Revd. Simon Franklin 556976 11.00 Sensory Play for 1-4yrs old at Bovington Centre, until 12 noon.

13.00 Studland Toddler Group at Studland Village Hall until 2.30pm.

13.30 Under 1 year olds at Wareham’s Children’s Centre, Streche Rd, Wm. Anti-natal mums welcome. Till 3pm. Ffi: 552864.

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13.30 Toddler Group. All Saints’ Church, Sw. 423937. Till 3pm (Term times) 14.00 Life drawing classes at Harmans Cross Village Hall from 2pm till 4pm. For further information, ring 427621.

14.15 Sw Over-60s Meet in the Rectory Classroom, Swanage, Sw. All Welcome.

15.00 Guided Church Tour at Bere Regis Parish Church. Volunteer-lead tour of this wonderful medieval church. No charge, but donations gratefully received.

17.45 Swanage Youth Club. Learning Difficulties and disability (age 11-25) night. Till 7.30pm 18.00 Five High Singers, United Reformed Church Hall, Swanage. 11 - 18 years. Till 7pm 18.15 Sw Cricket Club Practice till 9pm 18.30 Swanage Sea Rowing Club Circuit Training at Swanage Middle School. Ffi: 07776 201455 19.00 Health Qigong: Fitness and relaxation. Till 8pm. With Penny at Furzebrook VH, Wm. Ffi 07969925502 19.00 Purbeck Gateway Club meets at Wareham Youth Centre until 9pm. Purbeck Gateway is a club for adults with learning difficulties. We meet during term time and have fun! All welcome. Ffi: Lew on 552173. Email: Lewisbell1@aol.com 19.15 Wm Town Band Brass & Woodwind players welcome. 551478/01202 242147 19.30 Short Mat Bowls in the Durbeville Hall, Wool. All standards welcome, till 9.30pm.

Ffi: 552682 19.30 Sw Conservative Club Line Dancing 19.30 IoP Arts Club Choir meets till 9.30pm at Swanage First School (NOT Dec 14, 21, 28, Jan 4, Feb 22, Apr 5,12) till May 10 19.30 Swanage Youth Club Youth Action (year 7 - sixth form). Till 9.30pm 20.00 Swanage Conservative Club Shove Ha’penny.

20.00 Herston Hall OAP Committee Bingo Sw EVERY FRIDAY 09.30 Health Qigong: Fitness and relaxation. Till 10.30pm. With Penny at Furzebrook VH, Wm. Ffi 07969925502 09.30 Little Fishes Baby and Toddler Group. Catholic Church Hall, Rempstone Road, Swanage. Term time only. Until 11.30am. Ffi: Alex on 07904 412067.

10.00 Swanage Library Rhyme Time, until 11.30am.

10.00 Table Tennis Club Sw FC All ages/abilities £2.50 Till noon. 480093 11.00 Toddler Time For Under 5s And Carers. Wareham Library. Stories, songs and crafts. Every Friday, including school holidays. Ffi: 01929 556146 14.00 Pottery Classes held in Corfe Castle. 2 - 5pm. Call Rachel 01929 480455 to book. £10pw 14.30 Short Mat Bowls at Durbeville Hall, Wool. Till 4.30pm. All standards welcome. Ffi: 552682.

18.00 Purbeck War-Game & Model Club. Lower Salvation Army Hall, Kings Rd East, Sw. 426096 (shop hours) 18.00 Sw Youth Centre Club 12-13 (Yr 7-9) Till 8 18.00 Sw Tennis Club Senior Club Session. 426312 18.15 Sw Bridge Club Mowlem Community Room. 423497 19.00 Sw Youth Centre Seniors Club Night (Yr 9+) Till 9.30pm.

19.00 Swanage Scouts meet during term time at the URC Church Hall, Sw. Open to boys & girls aged 10-14 years. Ffi: swanagescouts4th@hotmal.co.uk 19.30 Short tennis for adults at Swanage Football Club. All welcome. Equipment supplied. Till 9.30pm. £3.

20.00 BINGO & TEXAS Hold’em Poker at R.B.L. Club, Swanage.

20.00 Sw Youth Centre Live Bands (as advertised) Till 10pm.

22.00 Sw Youth Centre Late Session (Yr 9+) till 11.59pm (members free) EVERY SATURDAY 09.00 Sw CC U11 - U15 Practice till 10.30 09.30 Sw CC U9 & U10 Practice & Kwik Cricket till 10.30 10.00 Tea, coffee and home-made cakes in the Parish Hall on Wareham Quay during the Community Market. Til 2pm. Bric-a-Brac stall weekly. Christian bookstall .most weeks. All welcome for a warm-up and a friendly chat.

20.00 Herston OAP Committee Bingo at Herston Hall, Sw EVERY SUNDAY * Gay Women’s Walking Group meet most Sundays for a walk around Swanage and beyond. We’re a friendly, supportive group for gay or bisexual women. Ffi: 07964 659100 or email outandabout.purbeck@gmail.com 09.45 Skyscrapers Children’s Group at Swanage Methodist Church Hall. Including a cooked breakfast, games and fun bible stories, ages 0-11. Ffi: Tom Bullock on 421767, office hours, or tom@swanagemethodist.org.uk 10.00 Arts and Crafts Market at the Mowlem in Swanage. A wide range of local art for sale, including pottery, glass, cards, fabric and much more! To book your table, or for more information, call Tony on 01929 421321.

10.30 Stoborough Emmanuel Baptist Church meet at Stoborough First School, Stoborough. All very welcome.

13.00 Sw Royal British Legion BINGO. High St, Sw. 13.15 Sw Conservative Club Members Draw

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