The Purbeck Gazette - Issue 222

July 2018 Issue no. 222

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Editor’s note...

W

elcome to the July edition of your Gazette!

Summer is most certainly here and the Purbeckian summer season now begins in

earnest....

Wareham Carnival, Swanage Carnival and the wonderful Wareham Wednesdays all kick-off this month, bringing hundreds of visitors to our shores to enjoy all that Purbeck has to offer. Let’s keep everything crossed that July brings us plentiful sunshine, light winds and warm evenings!

Wilkswood Reggae Festival will be filling Wilkswood in Harmans Cross with peace, dub and harmony this month, with tickets still available online. Purbeck Valley Folk Festival is calling for all those who wish to attend this marvellous and highly-popular event (to be held in mid-August this year!) to get online and purchase your tickets as they are selling fast. A huge range of impressive acts are ready to entertain those lucky enough to attend - we’ll be there once again!

As usual, the magazine this month is full of your news, views, events and opinions. A huge thanks to our wonderful advertisers who literally pay to publish your editorial each month - we are not funded in any way whatsoever, so if you want to keep sending letters and editorial in for publication, then it is your duty to support local shops and businesses as much as possible!

Thanks to our writers, volunteers and to all of you - I hope you enjoy July as much as possible - and fingers crossed for that sun!

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Swanage Town Council Meetings - July 2018

Planning & Consultation Committee Human Resources Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group Planning & Transport

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Ferry Public Enquiry Dear Editor I write in response to David Hollister’s vigorous defence of the Sandbanks Ferry proposed toll rises in your May issue He writes as if the Ferry is a tourist attraction akin to others in Purbeck such as Monkey World, The Tank Museum, Farmer Palmers or Putlake Farm - he says “it’s a private business…”, “…they can scrap the Ferry in the winter or close altogether if they wish…”, “…he loves the trip and the view,” and finally asks: “what is it to do with councils?”

Let me try and assist him - the Sandbanks Ferry is not a tourist attraction it is a vital piece of public transport infrastructure that would cause traffic chaos and economic hardship for all of Purbeck if it wasn’t there. Imagine the effect upon the summer dominated tourism business in Purbeck if the ferry closed down. Imagine the traffic problems in Sandford, Wareham and Corfe if it shut for six months of the year This is why it is the business of Purbeck’s councils. They have a responsibility to look after their local environments and the economic wellbeing of the residents and the businesses of Purbeck.

The private Essex-based owners of the Sandbanks Ferry have been milking Purbeck residents and visitors for years - they took in the year ended 31st March 2017 £752,000 in dividends and £127,000 in “management charges.”

The ferry tolls charged equated to £3million in this year and therefore the owners are raking in an annual return of nearly a third of turnover.

They attempt to justify this by “valuing” the approach road and slipways to the Ferry in their accounts at £11.5 million, despite having only spent £139,000 on them. This is nothing more than an accounting mirage designed to obscure the fact they take enormous sums every year from the economy of Purbeck.

The company’s major justification for the requests for charges to go to £5, £5.50 and £6 over the next three years is that a replacement ferry is required in 2026 and will cost around £11 million.

Incredibly, they demand the increase in tolls in order that they can protect their near £1 million annual take from the ferry and have enough in 2026 to pay for the new ferry in cash. This ignores the commercial reality that almost all transport companies would lease big capital items such as aircraft, heavy goods vehicles, trains and, yes, ferries. There is no need for the ferry company to charge such sums in order to be able to pay in cash for a new ferry.

The Department for Transport have set a date for a public enquiry into these proposed charges for September 25th and 26th at Studland Village Hall.

I would urge all concerned local residents to attend and make their feelings known to the Inspector.

Yours faithfully, Philip Eades, Bell Street, Swanage.

Ferry Bosses: A Monopoly?

Dear Editor, David Hollister is correct in saying, in your May edition, that the chain ferry is a “privately owned business” (the Bournemouth-Swanage Motor Road and Ferry Company, owned by the Fairacres Group), which is entitled to increase tolls as it sees fit, without this being any of our business.

However, it might be worth making clear that the Fairacres Group has been awarded a monopoly, so is in a different position to most other private businesses, which have to compete in order to continue trading.

It’s probably also worth reading the current application to increase tolls alongside the previous applications from 2008 and 2014. In them all we

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In 2008, the replacement was planned for 2017, but by 2014 it had slipped to 2021, and in the current submission, it is now planned for 2026.

Why has the ferry replacement fund not reached its target, despite the continued toll increases which are above the rate of inflation? The answer might be something to do with the dividend which the Fairacres Group pays itself every year, independent of revenue or maintenance requirements.

Just looking at 2014 as an example, out of an operating profit of £1M, the directors paid themselves a dividend of £700,000.

I fully support Councillor Suttle’s objections to the toll increases and I hope he is successful.

Yours faithfully, Paola Hobson, Swanage

Fabulous Care Given Dear Editor, Fantastic Response Recently whilst we were on holiday in Swanage, my wife had a fall at Durlston Castle, resulting in her needing immediate first aid/hospital treatment.

The first aider and her colleague were excellent bandaging her wounds and then taking us to Swanage Hospital, where we received immediate first-class attention.

We hear so many negative comments regarding our hospital and other employees in the public sector, but we were treated fantastically well.

Well done Swanage!

Regards Brenda and John Young by email.

Day Centre Stars!

Dear Gazette, Our mother is 97 and absolutely loves going to Swanage Day Centre each week. We would urge anyone who cannot get out on their own to take advantage of this fabulous facility.

The Day Centre sends their own transport out to collect everyone, and mum thoroughly enjoys the company and kindness of the volunteers who do that. Though mum regularly tells us what a wonderful day she has had at the Day Centre, we saw for ourselves when we organised her birthday party there.

The Manager and her staff were very welcoming of our suggestion to hold the party there, and they did everything possible to accommodate our requests. One of them was for my sister and I to arrive early and bedeck the main room with party regalia, cakes and balloons to surprise mum when she arrived. It looked a picture and delighted everyone.

The staff organised a game of Carpet Skittles in the morning, which was hilarious and perfect for all abilities. We all joined in, and family rivalries added to the lively banter.

Lunch was banquet-style, with the long table strewn with party decorations and glasses of bubbly. Then the home-cooked, three-course lunch came with three choices for each course - everything appetising and delicious.

To add to the party atmosphere, we had booked the talented entertainer Andrew Cannon who played and sang for us all afternoon.

Throughout the day, every member of staff was attentive to the needs of their clients. They went about their business with such an air of fun, it was infectious and most uplifting.

If there is such a thing as a star rating for Day Centres, this one has to deserve the maximum, no question.

Regards, Jane Linger and Sandy Edwards, by email

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Fantastic Fund-Raising Dear Readers, I would like to thank Cllr Malcolm Russell for his support and for selecting ‘Dementia Friendly Purbeck’ as his favourite charity of his year as Mayor of Wareham 2017/2018 and for the money he raised; a fantastic £2,378.00.

This amount reflects the hard work and commitment that Cllr Malcolm put in over his year as Mayor. We are a charity committed to raising awareness of the cruel diseases of dementia and to supporting people living with dementia and their carers in Wareham and the Purbeck area.

The money raised via Cllr Russell’s campaign will help us to further these aims and in particular, we are investigating the purchase of sensory equipment that can help improve the quality of life for people living with dementia.

We are looking for something that is portable and interactive so that it can be used at local venues throughout Wareham and Purbeck. Thank you again and be assured that the money you have raised will be put to good use.

Regards, Tim Lench, Chairman, Dementia Friendly Purbeck.

All Things Bright & Beautiful Dear Readers, I am writing to inform you about a new church service that has been organised to be accessible for people living with memory problems.

Called ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful’ the service takes place at St Mary’s Parish church on Church Hill Swanage on Tuesday afternoons at 2 30pm.

Familiar hymns are used alongside accessible orders of service.

This is followed by tea with delicious homemade cakes and a time for activities, chat and fellowship. All are welcome: the service is particularly suitable who live with dementia, memory problems or any kind of additional need. Carers, family and friends are made very welcome too.

Kind regards, J Evans.

Join Our Merry Band!

Dear Readers, You may have seen the advert in last month’s Gazette, announcing that the Centre (formerly the Swanage Youth and Community Centre) is now taking bookings for evenings and weekends, following a major refurbishment.

We are therefore growing our lettings team who, between them, will be; meeting with hirers, sorting out their requirements, opening up, setting up and locking up.

Would you be interested in being part of this merry band and help us build a social hub at the heart of the community? Or you may want to enquire about a booking at the Centre.

Thank you for all your support for the Centre and for Swanage & Purbeck Development Trust.

Kim Gallagher, Trustee, Swanage & Purbeck Development Trust. c/o The Centre, Chapel Lane, off the High Street, BH19 2PW. E-mail: swanagecentrelettings@gmail.com, website: www.sandpdt.org.uk/thecentre or Tel: 01929 426355 (weekdays 9am-5pm)

Calling Everest Children Dear Readers, We, the children of Everest in Swanage, would like to arrange an afternoon where we all get together and enjoy sharing memories.

The first child (as far as we know), born at Everest was born in around 1948 and the last was in 1979. Were you born at Everest? Do you have any memories to share? If so, we’d love you to join us at a local venue (to be confirmed) in August this year, for a trip down memory lane over a drink and a bite to eat.

Please do get in touch with any information, and otherwise – watch this space and details will be forthcoming as we book the venue and so on!

Kind regards, Neil Harding and Stephanie Hollywood, Swanage.

Email us at: neilharding1965@icloud.com or Steph at: slh65@hotmail.co.uk

Ladders And Hay Bales Dear Nico, With ref to ladder dancing for the retired (April 2018).

In my day we were happy just to jig around the hay bales. I ‘spose its different now and at my age ladders are difficult what with my knees and hips.

I do wonder; could we have gender fluid floor dancing, although I do worry about slipping on the dance floor!

Yours, Gordon Haystacks, by email

No Coffee, No Hug, No Hope Mary, mother of Matt, who sadly took his life in Swanage in February, has asked us to publish the below poem she has written....... Our most sincere condolances to Mary.

Fatal Consequences.

A still form, arms raised in supplication, free now of pain and the terror of living.

Up and down the road stillness formed, a strange semi-silence soon replaced by the hideous sounds of human screaming.

A mass of mobiles in hands; police, paramedics, ambulances.

Chaos spread out its great tentacles, reaching down the road.

Within minutes it had taken a capricious hold on the time and place. It had disrupted the present, replaced order with chaos, confidence with fear and control with impotence.

A life was ended that day, changed forever for others.

A powerful game of consequences was set in train, to change all their lives forever.

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Thanks To Jazz Club!

Dear Readers The Swanage Jazz Club donation to the Purbeck Instrument Loan Scheme funds young players’ jazz training.

The Jazz Club, through their hugely successful annual Jazz Festival, has long supported young jazz players and on behalf of the young musicians in our area, I would like to thank the Jazz Club for their very generous recent donation.

This will enable PILS (Purbeck Instrument Loan Scheme) to set up jazz training workshops and sessions for young players. We are setting up a Big Band led by Gary Austin, and they will begin with specialist support from Andrew Cannon and his fellow Swanage Jazz Machine members.

We will be able to consider requests from players who would like to have some specialist jazz lessons or attend jazz courses. Kevin Morgan (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra) will be returning in the autumn to do more general workshops enabling early leaners and improvers to play together, and we will organise more playing sessions for strings and for brass in the autumn. These workshops are open to all players, not only those hiring instruments through PILS. All dates and venues will be advertised on the PILS Facebook page and on posters in schools. For more information, please contact Jay on 01929 425865.

With grateful thanks, Jay Buckle (Chair) and the committee of PILS.

PIP Has Failed Us Dear Editor, It is time to stop giving those living with disability the PIP. Replacing Disability Living Allowance (DLA) with the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) has proved a disaster. While many accept DLA was in need of reform, PIP has failed those with disabilities who rely on these benefits to survive, with thousands nationally losing benefits when re-assessed.

The British Polio Fellowship has helped scores of its members navigate the new system, yet many have still had claims rejected. It is telling we have never lost a case when challenging decisions at tribunal. I put this success down to the skills of our Support Services team, but the obvious failings of PIP cannot be ignored.

Assessors continue to underestimate levels of fatigue those living with Post-Polio Syndrome (PPS) have to deal with. Why not ask the medical professionals caring for us?

Our pride is sometimes all we have – do assessors not realise this is why countless people play down how much they depend on mobility aids on these complex forms, rather than use it to reject as many people as they think they can get away with?

Our workload is such that we have had to give staff more time to work on new cases. With 8,000 members and an estimated 120,000 people in the UK living with PPS, we have our work cut out, but Support Services doesn’t turn anyone away. Call us now on 0800 043 1935 or visit www. britishpolio.org.uk Yours faithfully, David Mitchell, National Chairman, The British Polio Fellowship

the Brexiteers argument is, but is happy to belittle the leave choice. Do they not realise there is no argument, the vote was held, the remainers lost, end of story. The thin argument is that people like BJ Haworth think that anyone that voted leave was lied to, misinformed, did no research of any worth, or was basically clueless, unlike the very brave, and intelligent remoaners, who could never be fooled or lied to. Please wake up!!

They also asked for “clear evidence that leaving [the EU] will be better for us”, ‘control’ is my simple answer to that. I would suggest any fool can see that the EU are running scared of offering the UK any kind of half decent deal as many other countries would then be queuing up to leave.

There is no incentive for the EU to work with us. We need to just walk away as quickly as possible.

Where are all these ‘young people’ who are bitter about the leave result.

I have seen no letters from them. Are they perhaps another figment of BJ Haworth’s overactive imagination?

BJ Haworth may have forgotten that we (David Cameron) did try fighting the EU for better terms, he was laughed at and came away with nothing.

Why should the EU negotiate when they think that they can bully us into submission ?

The only credible ‘second’ referendum that could be held would be a choice between leaving the EU under terms ‘a’ or leaving under terms ‘b’. There can be no referendum for example suggesting we accept tabled terms or remain, that would be a betrayal and no political party could condone that; it just can’t happen.

If BJ Haworth wants a united Britain then they need to get behind the Brexit negotiations and stop this pointless infighting and demand our political leaders get the best leave deal possible.

Mrs J Jones, Stoborough, by email

Brexit Logic Dear Readers, Well, in the May edition your regular correspondent, David Leadbetter, has finally said some things I agree with, I am sick of his Brexit letters and yes, nearly 63 percent of the electorate did not vote to leave the EU. However, using his same logic (i.e. percentage of non-voters and the percentage of the registered electorate that did vote for either option), he carefully omits that 65 percent did not vote to remain either!

27.8 percent of the registered electorate (a staggering amount for what was a major decision for the country) did not vote at all. Whatever their reason (did not care, could not be bothered, ill, out of the country, forgot etc.) they gave up their right to contribute to the decision, so we are left with the referendum result which shows how those that took part voted.

Really it should be no surprise as since the Representation of the People Act in 1948, no party at a General Election as ever achieved 50 percent of those that voted, let alone 50 percent of the registered electorate.

So, every government this country has, since then, had more people not in favour of it, then voted for it, using the same logic. Yet the last time the public were asked if they wanted the system changed, the answer was a resounding no.

So, unless voting is made compulsory, which most democracies do not, people have to accept that the system in place it may provide a result that many had not hoped for.

Gary Packer, Swanage, by email

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Lords ‘Out Of Time’

Dear Editor, It really is getting rather tedious this constant whining by one or two people who simply resent having lost the Brexit election.

BJ Haworth thinks it “telling” that there is a “constant vilification” of the remainiacs, claiming resorting to belittling their arguments shows how thin

Dear Editor, A short while ago the Royal wedding was shamefully used to hide the appointment of a further thirteen unelected Lords against the wishes of the public who have repeated shown through public opinion polls that 79% of the public think the Lords contains too many cronies or retired/

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Other poll results on the matter show that 76% of the public think the Lords are out of tune with the will of the British public. 79% of the public think the Lords is an outdated throwback and 60% think the Lords do not provide an affective check on the power of the Commons.

Conservative leader, Theresa May, pledged to cut the size of the Lords by boasting only in February of this year that she favoured a two out, one in “reduction” on the number of Lords. But an increasingly angry public backed by most of the public wanting a speeded-up Brexit, sense that the Conservatives cannot be trusted to deliver, just as with previous promised made about the House of Lords.

The public has no choice on how taxes are extracted from them, so it’s not unreasonable for the public to have a say on how their hard-earned taxes are being spent. Peers get £305 each day for attending the House of Lords tax free whereby most nod off.

In addition, Peers claim travel expenses and they can attend heavily subsidised bars and restaurants in the Commons. Now compare that to your average pensioner who has always done the right thing in raising a family, abiding by the law and are now facing hardship in retirement. It’s worse than communism under the Tories - most pensioners can’t afford to heat and eat!

It was once the Tories’ mantra to claim they believed in small government and big people. Yet, they continue to allow a political quango such as the Lords to be the second largest political group outside of China, while trying to sweep Brexit along with the will of over seventeen million people who voted for it under the carpet!

I remain Editor, yours sincerely, Mike Fry.

Response To Lush Campaign Dear Readers, Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner’s response to the Lush ‘Paid to lie’ campaign I have been asked to comment on the Lush ‘Paid to Lie’ Campaign. I think it should be made clear, this campaign is not about policing in general.

It is not about the huge number of Officers who serve the public day in day out with integrity, dedication and absolute professionalism. This campaign centres around the actions of a very specific unit of undercover officers based in London, the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) who are subject to a public enquiry about their actions in infiltrating groups of animal rights campaigners and effectively ‘setting up home’ with some of the activist who were women.

Undercover Police Officers, using fake names of children who died, targeted animal rights campaigners in order to initiate relationships, a number of those officers then in effect, set up home with these women, had children with them, despite having pre-existing families ‘in real life’ and then just disappeared from their ‘fake’ lives. The whole purpose of this was to infiltrate animal rights groups for policing purposes.

In my view these deployments were disproportionate and distasteful. In 2014, I met the then Policing Minister Sir Mike Penning to discuss these concerning deployments.

In the interests of transparency, Mark Constantine, the owner of Lush, did make donations toward both of my election campaigns. Nothing was offered or exchanged, then or now, for those donations. It is important to note that Mr Constantine, believes in the independent scrutiny of our Police Force and that’s why I believe he supported an independent candidate. However, our views differ on many issues, including some very important ones, such as Brexit.

In short, I do support Lush in exposing this issue, indeed, I would support any organisation that did the same. However, I acknowledge and understand the public condemnation of what seems to be on the face of it (as you walk past the display window of Lush) a company being anti-police.

Martin Underhill, Dorset Police Crime Commissioner

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Moors Project ‘Causing Fear’ Dear Readers, Ridge Moors Action Group – The Moors Flooding Proposal (aka The Moors Project) The proposal to flood The Moors started with roadshow meetings in October 2017, some eight months ago. The most recent meeting on 22 May 2018 at Stoborough Village Hall was supposed to provide the results from the drainage survey that took place in Ridge earlier this year.

However, the majority of residents that RMAG has spoken to have stated that there were no proper answers to questions or concerns about this project even though the majority of the members of the project team were present.

Indeed, whilst a survey of pipes and ditches may be beneficial, the issues of groundwater and the high-water table prevailing in Ridge and Stoborough have not yet been addressed. It is this that is causing real worry and concern for residents in these areas and is critical for this project.

A spokesman for the Environment Agency stated that most of their projects are not like this one. RMAG could not agree more, most EA projects will help to alleviate flood risk, not have the potential to make it far, far worse by reducing the natural drainage flows on to The Moors by the construction of a huge embankment 1.5 miles long. The lovely views that we all have along the Arne Road towards Poole Harbour will disappear forever and we will see a large sea wall in its place. This is not what most people want.

The costs of this project were originally quoted to be £10,000,000 of taxpayers’ money (Natural England Representative, Wareham Town Trust Meeting). Whatever the sums involved this is a huge amount of money to be spending on such a project which is creating fear and worry for local residents, not just regarding the potential for increased flood risk, but also from the angle of extra traffic, construction and otherwise.

If the project team were truly listening, they would stop this project now and spend this money on a scheme that would benefit people rather than destroy a natural habitat which is home to rare species of flora and fauna.

Yours sincerely, Peter Sibthorp, Chair, Ridge Moors Action Group Email: ridgemoorsactiongroup@hotmail.com

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Creech Barrow Home Guard Dear Nico, I was interested to read the letter from Ken Williams about the Home Guard Auxiliary Units. He is incorrect in saying that the Creech Barrow unit was based at Squirrel Cottage.

They were in fact based in Norden Woods not too far from where their memorial now stands at what is the entrance to Kilwood Nature Reserve.

I believe the remains of the underground bunker can still be found although I have not been successful in locating anything. I knew three of the men listed on the memorial but had no idea they were ever part of this secret army until the memorial was erected. They never talked about it, even years afterwards.

There was an underground bunker in the woods at Squirrel Cottage, a mate and I found it by accident one day while going for a dinner time stroll while working at Squirrel Cottage clay pit.

It was completely intact, and the entrance was by a disguised vertical shaft which led to a large underground room which still had a table and chairs and the remains of some candles in and beyond this was a smaller room which led to an escape tunnel back to the surface.

Sadly, I never took any pictures of this and as Squirrel Cottage clay pit expanded it was no doubt swept away. Maybe this was the headquarters of another unit? I have never been able to find out.

Mike Streeter, Corfe Castle, by email

Bandstand Support Grows Dear Gazette, Friends of Swanage Bandstand.

We have to again thank you for your wonderful support when we had our three-day sale at the bandstand. We were blessed with three very hot days which made it tough going, but with our fantastic volunteers, committee members, cake maker, and donations of items and money, it turned into a very successful weekend, raising a total of £2,126.75, adding a decent figure to our total so far.

Another high for us was the painting that Gina Marshall donated to F.O.S.B., which was raffled and I drew the winning ticket (399) on Sunday 10th June. The lucky winner was Sue Taylor of High Street, Swanage, a fitting winner as both her and her husband are firm supporters of restoration of the bandstand as was. The money we received from this was £244 taking our total to nearly £56,000 with council pledge of £50,000, thus totalling nearly £106,000. Well done everyone!

We are now finalising specification with the council and expect to go out for tender very shortly, which then gives us the opportunity to go out for other funding, again good news. It had been hoped to restore before Christmas but that will not happen. However, the good news is the council has a hoped-for timescale of March next year, providing funding is in place.

Other forthcoming events are our 11th August ‘20ps round the bandstand’ at 10.30am start. Goods from the last sale will also be sold, there will also be a raffle.

More info from: Alan Houghton, 3 Dingle Court, 29 DeMoulham Rd Swanage. BH19 1NT. 01929 426380 al2lyho@talktalk.net. friendsofswanagebandstand.co.uk

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TELLING IT LIKE IT IS...

Call This Democracy?

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illy me! In the May edition of Purbeck Gazette I laid down a challenge on behalf of the good people of Wareham, for DCC Leader Rebecca Knox and CEO Debbie Ward to organise a public meeting – out of working hours, when more people can attend – in Wareham Town Hall or even The Rex Cinema and explain to the good folk of Wareham why it is that the DCC seem intent on ignoring them, why they believe the proposed new bridge to be the best option, and for that matter to explain to the officers of PDC why it is that they propose to over-rule the democratic process. It was subsequently announced that a public meeting would be held at 10.00am on Thursday June 14th, regrettably not in time for us to publish details of the venue in our last edition. There was me thinking that they had picked up the gauntlet!

So, it turned out that this wasn’t a “special meeting” after all; it was a meeting of the Regulatory Committee which just happened to be relocated to the Springfield Hotel in Grange Road. The main item on the 23-page agenda was the proposed alteration to the existing railway footbridge.

There’s also a list of those members and officers expected to attend.

Chairman was to be David Jones, a Councillor from Christchurch. Lots of other names. fourteen officers – notably excluding their Chief Executive Debbie, and ten Committee members, notably excluding their leader, Rebecca Knox.

Time constraints regrettably mean that I’m writing this several days before the meeting, and you’ll have to look at other media to find out what went on and who was there. Now if Debbie and Rebecca actually deigned to leave their ivory tower and came to the Springfield to meet their adoring public, then I apologise to them for suggesting that they might be avoiding us and that maybe even an issue as controversial and pertinent as this one was not enough to draw them out.

However, the facts are – this wasn’t the independent meeting required.

It wasn’t at a time out of working hours when more people could attend; it wasn’t held in Wareham but in Grange Road. That’s 1.8 miles from the station as the crow flies and even further from the far reaches of Carey and Northport where those most affected live. Too far to walk or even to drive a mobility scooter. Of the ten councillors expected to attend, none came from within ten miles of Wareham. Plenty from Weymouth, Moors, Christchurch etc. Just none with an intimate knowledge of the problem.

Sorry, but this had the appearance of a good old-fashioned ‘stitch up’ where a decision will be made by those least affected. At least, that’s the theory because it seems to me that Network Rail made this decision many months ago, based on incorrect facts (editor wont let me use “lies”) and that all DCC are doing is paying lip-service to the democratic principles by which local councils are supposed to abide.

I was impressed to see over 100 people from North Wareham turn up for the televised protest a couple of weeks before; it was well covered by local television and other media. Especially the little girl with the banner that was almost bigger than her – “Save Our Crossing”. I hope this little lady stands for Council one day!

And now to other matters! So impressed to see that more than forty years determination and hard work by the volunteers of Swanage Railway was officially recognised on June 11th by the Duke of Gloucester presenting the Queens Golden Jubilee Award For Voluntary Service. It’s the equivalent of the MBE for voluntary groups. A little less impressed to learn that quite a number of people who have played their part, along with some of the town’s dignitaries, had no idea this was going on. Looking at the excellent article by Andrew P M Wright on the Swanage Railway website, seems that this celebration went all the way up the line to Corfe Castle and that a good time was had by all. Swanage Railway may well say that the lack of advance publicity was for ‘security reasons’ but a lot of us would have really liked to know; we wouldn’t have thrown rotten eggs at His Royal Highness, although the Lord Lieutenant Angus Campbell would perhaps have been an interesting target after the way he behaved when he was Leader of the County Council.

Notwithstanding all this, my congratulations and gratitude to Swanage Railway volunteers Aiden Wright, Mick Stone, Heather Denning, Peter Frost and Peter Sykes for the thousands of hours they have put in to make the Railway the success it is today. In my own small way, I was proud to have been in at the beginning, as a member of the Swanage Town Council in the late 1970s representing the Swanage Residents Association. About the only things I can remember us doing well were the granting of the right to the Swanage Railway Society to lay track between the station and the goods shed, and later up to the Industrial Estate, and the establishment of the Residents Car Park at the back of the Recreation Ground. We must have done more than this but….. I really can’t remember!

What I do remember – clearly – is the somewhat aggressive reaction of several householders in Kings Road West, who in the absence of the railway had – shall we say – “borrowed” some of the land to extend their gardens and who also understandably objected to steam engines blowing smoke over their washing. Which no doubt still happens today!

Enough of politics and controversy! It’s summer and I’m sure you all enjoy a cold drink, but please take the time to think about what you’re putting up to your mouth; bottles and cans will have been carried in vans, stored in cellars etc. Think about mice urinating on them. Look up Leptospirosis. A study shows that the top of all beverage cans are more contaminated than public toilets (full of germs and bacteria.) So, clean it with water before drinking in order to prevent this from occurring. Better still – use a glass!

And finally. This time of year, bees can often look like they’re dying; far from it. They can become tired and they simply haven’t enough energy to return to the hive. So, if you find a tired bee in your house, a simple solution of sugar and water will help revive it! Two tablespoons of white granulated sugar, one tablespoon of water, and leave it on a spoon for the bee to reach. I am told that “in the last five years the bee population has dropped by 1/3” so please help to stem this exodus because if bees vanished from the face of the earth, humans would have just four years left to live. Think about it!

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Great Pilgrimage 90......

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oyal British Legion is charged with ‘National Remembrance’ and has decided to re-enact the Great Pilgrimage of 1928 on 8th August 2018 – ten years after cessation of WW1 hostilities in Belgium.

Back then 11,000 people gathered in Ypres, Belgium at the Menin Gate for a mass parade.

People of every background made their way to Ypres, some on foot, begged a lift on ferries and hitch-hiked through France to be at this poignant place and time. 2000 Branches of the Royal British Legion, including those overseas, have been given the chance to send a Standard Bearer and Wreath Layer.

We consider that those affected mostly by WW1 comprised, Communities, Veterans (RBL) and Local Authorities. The Mayor of Wareham said, “It is

truly wonderful that all the sections of the community can feel represented at Ypres in August – Wareham lost thirty-six valiant men in WW1’.

To involve the community, we decided to attach a weather proof pouch to the wreath that will have a ribbon labelled ‘Wareham’, to include two cards that have been produced by Wareham Primary and Upper schools.

These cards depicting war time conditions were selected in a competition run by the schools. Jessica Lee was chosen from the Primary School and Isabelle Wright and Ella Lewis from the Upper.

They were presented with book tokens and certificates from the Mayor of Wareham, Cllr Malcolm Russell, and RBL Chairman Mike Fry (pictured, above) who said: “I am amazed at the thought and professionalism put into these cards, making it hard to pick just one card.”

By Cllr Malcolm Russell, Wareham Town Mayor

Drink Drivers To Be ‘Named And Shamed’

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orset Police has launched its summer drink driving campaign which is set to run until Monday 16 July to coincide with the World Cup. Those caught will appear in court before being publicly named by the Force and have their images shared on Dorset Police social media accounts later this summer.

The consequences of driving under the influence of alcohol can be devastating. During 2017, four people were killed and eighty-eight people were injured in collisions involving someone being under the influence.

Throughout the six-week operation, officers will be requesting breath tests from all drivers involved in road traffic collisions, irrespective of whether or not they suspect an offence.

Drivers can expect to be tested during routine stop checks and if they are stopped for an offence. During 2017, 924 people were arrested for testing positive for alcohol, refusing to provide a breath test or failing their test by blowing over the legal limit.

Police Constable Heidi Moxam, Dorset Police’s Casualty Reduction Officer, said: “With the summer weather and the approaching World Cup football

tournament, we’re at a time when drivers are more likely to risk drink driving after socialising. I would ask those planning to go out for a few drinks to consider how you’re going to get home beforehand.

“Last summer we publicly named and issued the images of thirty-two drivers as part of the campaign with very positive feedback from the public about the approach. Too many people fail to consider the untold devastation that drink driving can cause. Alcohol impairs many of the functions necessary for safe driving - reaction times go up and spatial awareness is significantly reduced. You don’t have to be drunk to be a drink driver. The resultant effect of a drink driving ban can be bigger than you think, including loss of jobs, friends and family and even life. A mate doesn’t let a mate drink drive”.

You can follow the campaign on social media using the hashtag #DontRiskIt. To pass information about someone who regularly drives under the influence of alcohol, please visit www.dorsetroadsafe.org.uk and click on ‘know a dangerous driver?’. Members of the public can also email 101@ dorset.pnn.police.uk or call 101.

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Art On The Hoardings In Swanage

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s many residents of Swanage will be aware, work has at last started on the redevelopment of the old Pier Head site, in lower High Street. The site has been surrounded by large blue painted boards to prevent it becoming an eyesore during the construction period.

The owner, Mr Mick Storer, has kindly agreed to permit the Emmanuel Baptist Church to organise and present a display of artwork from members and groups mostly associated with Churches Together, to create a vibrant and colourful display with an appropriate “seaside theme” to hopefully last all summer long.

The display was unveiled on Saturday June 9th by the Town Mayor Cllr.

Mike Bonfield. The various artists were there to receive well-deserved plaudits, and the paintings were all described and explained to us by the Minister, Revd. Mark Hatto.

Our photo shows Revd. Hatto and the Mayor, just about to reveal the paintings to the audience. If you want to see them for yourself – you’ll just have to go down to the Pier Head !

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Steam Service between Norden, Corfe Castle and Swanage.

Steam services between Norden and Swanage calling at Corfe Castle, Harmans Cross and Herston Halt (request stop) are operating daily until Sunday 28th October.

Adult £13 Return, Child (5-15) £8 Return, Family (2A + 3C) £37 Return.

Diesel Service between Wareham and Corfe Castle (operated by South Western Railway).

Diesel services between Wareham and Corfe Castle operating Saturdays only until 8th September three times a day.

Depart Wareham 11:17, 12:40, 14:40. Depart Corfe Castle 12:10, 14:10, 15:45.

Arrive Corfe Castle 11:35, 12:57, 14:57 Arrive Wareham 12:36, 14:36, 16:06. Adult £5 Return, Child (5-15) £2.50 Return.

Tickets available online from South Western Railway, on the train or from the booking office at Wareham Station.

Swanage Railway Rail Card The Swanage Railway Rail Card offers a 33% discount on all standard fares on scheduled services operated by Swanage Railway.

Special Event (e.g. Santa Specials) and Dining Trains are excluded.

Cards cost £15 and are valid for 12 months from the date of issue.

Swanage Carnival and Regatta Sat 28th July – Sat 4th August. Steam trains will operate every 40 minutes between Norden, Corfe Castle and Swanage 10:00 - 18:00.

Fireworks specials will operate on Saturday 28th July, Wednesday 1st and Saturday 4th August.

Please see website for times. Full details of all our events, dining trains, timetables and fares can be found at www.swanagerailway.co.uk

Controversial Proposal For Railway Crossing To be Considered By Councillors

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ontroversial plans for a ramped bridge to replace the crossing at Wareham Railway Station were considered by Dorset County Council’s Regulatory Committee on Thursday 14th June at the Springfield Hotel, Grange Road, Wareham.

Residents have long been campaigning to maintain the ground level crossing, which provides the only pedestrian access between the two halves of the Town. One thousand crossings are made every day by people going to work and accessing the town’s facilities - the shops, schools, play groups, nurseries, doctors’ surgery, dentists and other facilities. These include elderly and disabled people and parents with young children in pushchairs, who rely on this safe and convenient surface level crossing.

There was standing room only in the Council Chamber at Westport House when an application for Listed Building consent was considered

by Purbeck District Council on 31st January.

Some fifty residents attended the Council’s Planning Committee to show their concerns about this proposal. Nine people spoke expressing their serious concerns about the proposed ramped bridge, which would add about 260 metres onto a return journey between the north and south sides of the town up a steep 1 in 12 gradient.

Residents fear that the bridge will split the town in two, cutting residents off from jobs and vital local facilities, be too steep (1 in 12) and out-ofkeeping with the Listed Railway Station. Residents also fear that a gradient this steep would actually prevent some people from walking between the two parts of the town and accessing the opposite platform. The proposed added distance would also be too far for some users.

Government standards on the provision of ramps at railway stations clearly state that ramps for pedestrians and cyclists shall not be steeper than 1 in 20 since steeper ramps can be very difficult for people in wheelchairs and those who have difficulty in walking.

Purbeck District Council has objected to the planning application for the proposed ramped bridge, which Dorset County Council will consider on

Thursday. Nick Fagan, Chair of Wareham Town Trust urges everyone to come to the meeting on Thursday “The proposed ramped bridge would cut the town in half, be too steep for people in self- propelled wheelchairs and would seriously damage the setting of our Victorian Station. Despite the strength of local opinion Dorset County Council seems determined to press ahead with these unnecessary ramps. We urge local people to come to the meeting and have their say on these controversial plans” .

For more information on Dorset County Council’s proposals see links: http://countyplanning.dorsetforyou.com/ePlanningOPS/ loadRepresentation.do?pprAplId=5937 Details of Dorset County Council’s Regulatory Committee: http://dorset. moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=225&MId=1363&Ver=4 Image: Public demonstration held on 23rd April 2016

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James Smith Supporting The Centre

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ames Smith Funeral Directors (part of the Douch Family of funeral directors) have been part of the Swanage Community and supported local events and initiatives for many years.

More recently we have held fundraising events for local charities, continue to support the “Eat & Meet” on the first Tuesday of each month at Swanage British legion (a lunch event specifically for people who are on their own) along with various other initiatives.

Our most recent community support is as a representative on the board of “The Centre”, helping this Community Hub to get started. The Centre is what most residents will remember as being Swanage Youth Centre which sadly the County Council ceased to fund. Thankfully the Swanage and Purbeck Development Trust stepped in to make sure that Swanage didn’t lose this valuable asset.

The Trust has worked tirelessly to raise funds and renovate the building.

Currently it is in use each weekday for a local childcare service and is also available for private and community hire on evenings and weekends.

Provision of a Youth Club has also now been restarted, and although in its early days, is proving popular.

Further considerable funds are still required for works to the roof and interior so as to complete the refurbishment to a high standard so that the building can fulfil its role as a true Community Hub. If you would like to help, know more, or simply donate to this fantastic project please go to the website www.sandpdt.org.uk/the-centre.

Carpets Select is a local company which employs skilled, local labour, and is a member of the Guild of Master Craftsmen.

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Pier Works Update

Perfect Starter for Local Leading Chef! wanage Pier Trust is delighted to announce that Phil and Miranda Dyke will be opening the doors of the new Swanage Pier Café and Bistro later this summer to residents and visitors.

Swanage born Phil has an impressive career in catering spanning 14 years, from traditional pubs and cafés to restaurants and local attractions.

Best known for his role as partner and chef at ‘The Cabin’ in Swanage, his food has earned him the highest possible position on Trip Advisor.

Miranda is also no stranger to the catering industry, she grew up in the family business, formerly known as the Purbeck Carvery and Salad Bar and later Options Restaurant which is where the couple originally met.

Phil said “We were looking for the next big challenge and we couldn’t believe our luck when an opportunity came along to become part of the major development on Swanage Pier, we were over the moon when we discovered we had won the concession” Dave Laut, Trust Chairman said “Supporting local business is important to the Trust and we are delighted to be working with Phil and Miranda at this exciting time in the life of the Pier” The new café and bistro will be welcoming local residents and visitors and serving great food all year round, catering for all occasions and making it a great place to sit and enjoy the stunning views over Swanage bay and, of course, the historic Victorian Pier.

In addition to the café development in Marine Villas, the regeneration plan, announced last year, also includes new education, exhibition, and retail facilities. Extensive repairs and restoration are also being carried out on the Victorian Pier which will reopen later in the summer break.

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), which distributes money raised by the National Lottery, approved a round 2 application early in 2017 and awarded a National Lottery grant of £1.1m. The Trust was also awarded major grants from the Coastal Communities Fund and Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership. Funding has been provided by Dorset County Council, Purbeck District Council, Swanage Town Council, the Fine Family Foundation and a number of Charitable Trusts.

The Pier currently receives over 125,000 visitors each year and over

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30,000 people used the Pier for boat trips in 2016. Swanage Pier Trust is supported by a committed team of over 60 volunteers who support the Pier on a daily basis. The project is creating new jobs, apprenticeships, training and volunteering opportunities.

For more information please contact: Ben Adeney, Chief Executive Tel: 01929 425866 gm@swanagepiertrust.com www.swanagepiertrust.com

Swanage & Purbeck Rotary Presentation Night

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his event on June 13th was a celebration of the last Rotary year, to which we invited representatives from many of the local causes and organisations that we have supported during the year, and who have supported our activities. Town Mayor, Mike Bonfield, was also in attendance.

Much of our fundraising is donated over the course of the year but we were able to present cheques on the night to Swanage Foodbank (£500), Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance (£600), Swanage Development Trust aka The Centre (£1,000) and Admiral Nurses / Swanage Dementia Friendly Association (£2,000).

The picture shows President Ro Clarke and everyone who attended the

evening, with the total figure of funds raised to date this year (as of end April 2018).

The evening was also an opportunity to recognise Kim Gallagher, a key member of the Swanage & Purbeck Development Trust, who was honoured with a Paul Harris Fellowship specifically for services to The Centre and generally to the town and its youth community over several years.

In addition, Rotarian Hubert Pierce was presented with a certificate to commemorate fifty years as a Rotarian (he joined Rotary on 1st July 1968).

Steve Parsons, Membership, Development & PR Chair, Rotary Club of Swanage & Purbeck

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New Lime Frog Kitchens & Bathrooms

Town Centre Bathroom & Tile Showroom ime Frog Kitchens and Bathrooms are proud to announce the opening of a brand new Bathroom Showroom in Swanage located below the Lime Frog Kitchen Showroom at 60 High Street, Swanage.

Showcasing a wide range of the latest products from both British and European suppliers, you’ll find everything you need for your bathroom on display including Nuance wall boards, shower enclosures, designer radiators, vanity units, mirrors, toilets, flooring, taps and accessories.

This, combined with our Tile Showroom, displaying a great rage of designs including wall and floor tiles imported directly from Italy, will provide you with ideas and inspiration unavailable elsewhere in the local area.

Privately owned and having been in business for over ten years, Lime Frog have built a strong relationship with all the major suppliers ensuring

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that our customers get a fantastic range of products at very competitive prices. Lime Frog also provide a full design service to help you turn your dreams into reality.

Backed by our Trade Centre at Court Hill where we stock a full range of plumbing and electrical fittings together with tools and materials we aim to provide everything you might need right here in Swanage: So call in today and join our many satisfied customers.

Kitchen and Bathroom Showrooms: 60 High Street Swanage: 01929 427982. Trade Centre (public welcome): Court Hill Business Centre: 01929 424004

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Blast From The Past!

This month, A Decade Ago...

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ong-term Gazette Reader, Joan Dennett, provided the cover picture for the July 2008 edition. Joan’s brother, Bob Sutton, entertained the carnival crowds in 1951, playing the part of Jester (as pictured, right), even entering the ‘Bathing Belles’ competition!

Joan kindly shared images of Swanage Carnival from 1951 and 1955 with our readers, including the Carnival Royalty from 1951 (with Jester above), as well as a magnificent shot of Swanage bandstand in its heyday in 1955 (below) - something that members of our community are today working hard to recreate for the benefit of the community.

Then-editor, Jon Sibthorpe, hung-up his keyboard and we said goodbye to him in our July 2008 edition as he looked forward to a relaxing retirement.

Jon had originally built-up the A5 Gazette from its inception some thirteen years previously, prior to selling the title to Tindle Newspapers Ltd in 2003. Jon continued to be a inspiring member of our community, performing with his most recent musical incarnation, ‘The Midnight Ramblers’ throughout Dorset.

In the year which marked the 60th birthday of the NHS, young columnist, Mya Pope-Weidemann, penned an article regarding a possible threat to our local GP surgeries, as then-Labour Health Minister, Sir Ara Darzi, proposed the construction of ‘polyclinics’. The Department of Health requested that all health authorities begin implimenting the proposed policy, despite little public awareness of the proposed changes. Jonathan Fielden of the British Medical Association said: “It is pushing an old agenda, not a new one. Our concern is that this strips resources from hospitals and GP services.”

Dr Baker of the Swanage Medical Practice stated that he thought polyclinics were a good idea in principle, whilst identifying two main flaws in the proposals: the distance that some patients may need to travel to access care and how patients may be forced to sacrifice a relationship with one GP. Conservative, David Cameron and local Conservative candidate, Richard Drax, spoke out against the proposals.

In our distribution area, nineteen telephone boxes were earmarked for removal/closure as part of a British Telecommunications cost-cutting excercise. Leader of Purbeck District Council, Gary Suttle, warned that once a phone box had been removed, there was virtually no chance of it ever being replaced, and reminded readers to make their voices heard

if they wished to keep a local phonebox, especially in rural areas where mobile phone signals were few and far between.

Work experience student, Alice Burridge, published a piece entitled ‘Puss in Loots’ after a cat ‘broke in’ to Lloyds bank in Swanage to the bemusement of staff, who had no idea how the cat had gained entry whilst the bank had been closed. A cat burgler indeed!

On the 6th June 2008, Durlston Country Park was officially designated as a National Nature Reserve. National Nature Reserves are the ‘creme de la creme’ of wildlife sites in the country, so the award was a resounding endorsement of the many years of careful management by staff and volunteers.

Swanage Martial Arts student and popular local, Paddy Mooney (pictured, right, with Master Raymond Gayle (VII degree), Chairman of P.U.M.A.), celebrated with a bus load of friends and family as he received his Taekwon Do black belt at a national awards ceremony held in Swindon. To his surprise, Paddy was also awarded his Assistant Instructor’s certificate, having achieved a credit pass.

Swanage Coastwatch reported on the unusual sight of the black-hulled ‘TENACIOUS’, a 65-metre, 586 ton barque, which passed Peveril Point on its way to Southampton on May 2nd 2008.They also rather joyfully reported that on a grey, windswept Saturday evening, a young couple emerged from the mist and at the Lookout gate, the young man dropped to his knees and proposed......

From the look on her face, the watchkeepers were given the impression that the answer was ‘yes’. The young man then slipped a ring upon her finger, before they headed off together into the mist once more.....

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Third Pirate Festival Goes Off With A BANG!

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he third annual Purbeck Pirate Festival, run by Swanage & Purbeck Rotary Club in collaboratiobn with the Purbeck Pirates, was an outstanding success as the late-May Bank Holiday weekend saw Swanage bathed in glorious sunshine and record-breaking temperatures.

Official re-enactors came from up and down the country to put on displays of cannon and musket fire, sword-fighting and skirmishes – this year even saw the addition of a real-life Mermaid join in the fun! Jax Parrow was on-hand throughout the weekend once more to ensure everything was ‘savvy’ and everyone was having fun!

Sandpit Field was turned into a living history piratical encampment for the weekend, offering children the chance to let their hair down and enjoy some pirate-themed fun and games, as well as seeing them dance the evening away with the Scooby Crew at the ever-popular kids’ pirate disco.

Bartholomew Leach, the Pirate Surgeon, spent much time amputating limbs and sewing up horribly-injured pirates during the weekend, assisted by his medical team and gruesome medical equipment. Swanage’s own Steph Shepherd unfortunately lost a leg, which had to be amputated without anaesthetic, to the delight (and squirms!) of the gathered audience.

This year saw the addition of the Purbeck Pirate Parade, snaking its way from Sandpit Field down to Monkey Beach, arriving in time to watch the skirmish between the King’s Men and the pirates, ably assisted by Jax Parrow, who, as usual, waited until the final moments before stealing the fought-over cargo!

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This festival continues to run based almost entirely on goodwill alone, with no real budget to speak of. Local people, volunteers and those attending either to help out or perform from further away do so each year without levying a charge (which many of them usually do for similar events). Swanage & Purbeck Rotary covered the costs for insurance and printing and Swanage Town Council sponsored the black powder for the skirmishes. Around £2,000 was raised over the weekend in donations, which will be distributed to Rotary-supported charities.

The Pirate Festival team wish to extend their immense pride in respect of the community spirit, extremely friendly atmosphere and ethos of support and working together that imbued this flourishing local festival and they extend their gratitude to all involved.

The organising team are already forging ahead with plans for 2019’s Purbeck Pirate Festival (to be held once again during the late May Bank Holiday), and it is hoped that the good folk at Swanage Pier will once again be in a position to organise activities on the Pier, thus joining in with the fun and extending the festival site to encompass the pier once again….. Watch this space! If any local businesses wish to sponsor the 2019 festival and get involved, please do contact Kaptain Kraken (aka Kev) at Buffmonger, Commercial Road, Swanage.

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hope you have all been enjoying the fantastic weather we’ve been having.

Unfortunately, whilst you are out trying to make the most of our beautiful surroundings there are those who just want to spoil the fun and seek to take advantage.

To that end here’s what we have been doing: PURBECK SOUTH You said - There have been a number of recent thefts of flowers and personal items from graves at Gods Acre centenary in Corfe Castle. The local police team will be conducting additional patrols in the area to identify persons responsible for these thefts.

We did - Your local neighbourhood policing team increased patrols in the area and held open street corner meetings in the area. As a result of the extra patrols there have been no further reports of thefts. We will continue to monitor the situation and keep up with being visible in the area.

PURBECK NORTH You said - There has been an upsurge in anti-social behaviour in the Upton area by local youths.

We did - Our team conducted additional patrols during prime times at key locations such as Upton Co-op, the triangle and recreational ground.

Colleagues from across the force supported us. Parents were spoken to and partner services such as housing and social services were brought in where necessary. Protection and behavioural orders were also issued.

We are pleased to report that our enhanced presence was well received by the general public. Street corner meetings held in the evenings, gave us the opportunity to speak to residents and provide reassurance. Local young people were spoken to who positively engaged with Police. The action has reported in a decline in reports of anti-social behaviour.

HEATHLAND FIRES The weather has been unusually hot with very little rain, the result is that our heathlands are at an even greater risk to fire, this not only threatens our rare and important wildlife it also poses a risk to people.

More and more of you are taking advantage of the weather, donning your walking boots and taking to the heathlands. But before you go please take time to have a look at the information below so that you and others can stay safe and ensure our heathlands remain unspoilt for others to enjoy.

The Urban Heath Partnership (UHP) launched ‘Operation Heathlands’ on Monday 10 April to raise awareness of fire, vandalism, anti-social behaviour and to protect the heathland. The initiative, in its 18th year, is running until 29 September and member organisations such as Dorset Police and Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue service (DWFR) will be working together to tackle issues on our heathlands. For more information call 01202 642787, email urbanheaths@dorsetcc.gov.uk or visit the Community Heath Watch

page on Facebook for more information. Alternatively take a look at the DWFR website - https://www.dwfire.org.uk/safety/safety-outdoors/heathfires-and-countryside-safety/ for important information on how to stay safe, there’s also some fun things for the little ones to do.

In the meantime, there are a few simple precautions you can take to keep yourselves and others safe: • Please dispose of cigarettes safely • Don’t start fires anywhere on the heathland, in dunes or on the sand • Take rubbish home, particularly reflective materials.

• Remember if you see a fire, call 999 Finally, if you need to contact Dorset Police please call our Police Enquiry Centre by calling 101. Always call 999 in an EMERGENCY when there is a risk of HARM or a CRIME in progress. Alternatively, call the free CRIMESTOPPERS line on 0800 555 111.

You can also use our website to report a number of issues, from full crime reports to lost property; just use the following link https://www.dorset. police.uk/do-it-online/ Don’t forget to visit us on our Facebook page Facebook.com/Purbeckpolice and Twitter - @PurbeckPolice – we really value your support and comments. You can also see our latest priorities and up and coming events at https://www.dorset.police.uk/neighbourhood-policing/purbeck/ Why not register on Dorset Alert? By registering for the free Dorset Police community messaging alerts, you will receive information on local crime and incidents where we believe that sharing information with you will help to prevent further offences occurring, Crimes and incidents where you may be able to help by providing vital information, Current crime trends, Crime prevention advice and Safer Neighbourhood activity and opportunities to meet the team. You can also receive news from our partner agencies such as Dorset Fire and Rescue Service or Trading Standards and Community safety messages.

Please come along to our meet the team events at Swanage, Wareham and Upton. Dates can be found on the website, we’d love to see you there.

Purbeck Neighbourhood Policing Team

Wareham Town Council Update

Julie, our Gazette correspondent, details the goings on in recent council meetings.....

News from Wareham Town Council May eople are trespassing by parking on the Common and can block emergency services’ access.

Adequate parking at the proposed Hub would help stop this, Mrs Baggs of West Mill Farm, told the Council. A gap made in the hedge between the Middle School playing field and the Common had been blocked by the farmer to prevent his cattle getting into the playing field.

At the Purbeck District Council (PDC) meeting in May, Councillor Budd asked probing questions about temporary housing on the Middle School site. The questions and answers can be read in the meeting minutes on the dorsetforyou website. The plan is to put twenty-four units on the car park area for people, for example, being discharged from long-term hospital care or in unsuitable accommodation. The units would be moved when a Hub was established, and the housing provided somewhere else “nearby”.

Those services currently run by PDC which are capable of generating an income will be passed to the new Dorset Council. The consultation period on the new ward boundaries runs from 3rd July until the end of August.

Of the 950 responses from Wareham to the ‘New Homes for Purbeck’ consultation, 50% agreed to the Wareham Local Neighbourhood Plan (NP) proposal to build new houses at Westminster Road and on the

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Johns Road Industrial Estate. 47% agreed to removing land from the Green Belt to build houses west of Westminster Road. Dr David Evans, Hilary Evans and Councillor Critchley were thanked for the hours of work they had put into the NP since September 2015. Dr Evans reiterated the constraints on development: Area of Outstanding Beauty, flood plain, nature conservation and Green Belt. Any development must meet national policy; Brown Field sites will be used where possible, Green Belt only when no other is possible.

The NP envisaged a Health Hub at the Middle School site with proper access from Worgret Road, retention of existing car parks in the town, the safeguarding of green spaces including Northmoor allotments and improvement to walking and cycling routes. If accepted, ultimately by a referendum next year, the NP will guide development in Wareham for fifteen years. The next stage is six weeks’ consultation up to 13th July by means of a leaflet for all households and events in the Town Hall and Carey Hall.

The public is invited to attend the next meetings of the Town Council on Wednesday 8th August and Tuesday 18th September at 7pm in the Town Hall. The Town Criers’ Competition is on Saturday 14th July.

Further information is available on 01929 553006 or at the website, www. wareham-tc.gov.uk.

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Kingston Country Fair 2018

ingston Country Fair – a fundraising event for Dorset + Somerset Air Ambulance.

The event started five years ago as an afternoon cream tea in the garden of Kingston Courtyard -hosted by Alan and Ann Fry- it was so successful that the following year a few stalls and a raffle were added.

In 2015 and 2016, interest in the Fair grew, exhibitors bringing attractions at no – or minimal cost – resulting in the Fair developing in the field adjoining the garden overlooking the Corfe valley, thus the Kingston Country Fair was able to donate over £6,500 to DSAA. 2017 saw more attractions, live bands performed on the Saturday evening with the main Fair on the Sunday, arena displays included the rescue of a person trapped in a car by the Fire Brigade. A massive £9,500 profit was donated to DSAA.

2018, the planned event will be even bigger!

Starting on Saturday 7th July, there will be a morning Car Boot Sale, followed by live music in the evening, starring the Fab Beatles. There will be a cash bar and BBQ both evenings.

The main Fair on Sunday 8th July with steam engine and vintage agricultural machinery exhibitors, a working saw bench, the popular dog show, birds of prey, stalls and many other field attractions providing something of interest for the whole family! Refreshments available all day. Entry is only £5 per car!

DSAA relies entirely on charitable donations; our Fair has now become one of its major fundraising events. …come along, have fun…you never know when you might need their service! www.kingstoncountryfair.org.uk or Facebook for more details.

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Friends of Swanage Hospital Supporting the health needs of patients in and around Swanage

Chairman’s News A CELEBRATION OF 70 YEARS IN THE NHS

On 26th September 1895, Swanage Cottage Hospital in Queens Road was opened to replace the town’s tiny hospital in the High Street. On 5th July this year, we celebrate the birth of the National Health Service and our wonderful hospital will have been part of the NHS for 70 years.

We’ve been looking in the archives and are beginning the work of digitising the records and photographs which document the history of the Hospital. Eventually we hope to put at least some of it on our website. I came across this paragraph in the final report of the Committee that ran the hospital prior to the NHS: “After 58 years of services the hospital passes to the state on July 5th [1948] and the Hospital Committee will cease to exist…It will be unnecessary to make gifts to hospitals for general maintenance as this will be paid for by the State.

But … it is certain that the individual hospital will have needs not covered by the State. Parliament recognising this need, has required the Act [creating the NHS] to provide that any gift made to a particular hospital after July 5th will go to the benefit of that hospital and no other.”

In order to meet those ‘needs not covered by the State’ the inaugural meeting of the League of Friends of Swanage Hospital took place on 15th March 1949, with the first Chairman being the Rev R M Chadwick (1949-65) and the secretary/treasurer was Mr J Barber (1949-65).

After a lengthy campaign to have a maternity unit in Swanage, the house “Everest” (on the north side of the main hospital building) was purchased by the Ministry of Health for the sum of £5,500 and handed over to the Hospital. On 22 February 1948, Everest Maternity Home with five beds was opened and the first baby, a girl, arrived in April.

Does anyone know who she was?

Do you have any photos or stories about your stay in our Hospital or Everest in the early days? Do send them to us at the Hospital (we’ll scan and return them) or email via the membership secretary and we will add them to our archives.

Some of you may remember Dr de Jersey (pictured, right) who was Chairman from 1965 until his death in 1972. He foresaw the necessity for greater involvement with regard to the extension and upgrading of the buildings and closer co-operation between the League of Friends and the Health Authority.

In 1970 a new nursery was built in Everest to avoid the necessity of carrying babies up and down stairs and the old nursery was furnished as a day room for patients. These improvements were paid for by the Friends. Later he proposed that the Friends be responsible for building a day room for patients in the main hospital and it was dedicated to his memory when it opened in 1973.

Following Dr de Jersey, our Chairman was Dr Stanley Purser and in 1997 work started on a new ward area which is named after him.

The next major development was the relocation of the Outpatients Department from “Everest” into a new extension at the hospital (the

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Maternity Unit had closed in 1977 because of the falling birth rate) and this was completed in 2004.

All of these developments at the Hospital benefitted from major legacies, appeals and donations from the Friends – we are talking about well over a million pounds to date.

The Friends are proud to be carrying on this inherited legacy and the work of supporting our wonderful Hospital to maintain and improve its facilities and amenities for the generations to come.

Jan Turnbull (Chair)

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Annual Newsletter 2018 Message from Matron Hello everyone! I hope this message finds you well.

Another year has passed and I would like to share with you what we have been up to at Swanage Hospital.

Last year saw us with our newly redecorated and refurbished entrance and I am pleased to say that this is now complete.

There are a lot more plans for redecorating and updating the hospital which with Dorset Healthcare and the support of the Friends, will see us continuing to cherish the wonderful building that we are lucky to work in.

One of the best pieces of news that we received this year was that following our CQC inspection our overall rating for Dorset Healthcare has gone from ‘needs improvement’ to ‘good’. This reflects the hard work that everyone has put into ensuring our patients receive the best care from our ‘back of store’ teams including the administrative team, to our frontline staff that meet with patients on a daily basis.

Stanley Purser Ward has been awarded The Elder Friendly Quality Mark Certificate having completed the second stage. This involved obtaining feedback from patients, staff and independent observation visits; another certificate proudly on display on the ward.

Our outpatient activity continues to be very busy with the diverse and varied clinics, and with the support of the Friends we were able to convert a meeting room into a multifunction clinical room which has enabled us to host some of our outpatient clinics in a more suitable environment.

Another cause for celebration was the Royal wedding and the Friends enabled us to host a Royal Tea party on the ward which the patients and staff enjoyed immensely.

Our day surgery unit has seen some changes with the retirement of key clinical figures but we have been very fortunate that Ms Karlowski and Mr Talbot have delayed their complete retirement to continue to provide endoscopy services at Swanage. Dr Knott retired this year with Mr Tingay as our new rheumatologist and Dr Baker also retired, with Dr Munday now providing our medical cover on the ward.

Staffing remains a challenge and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our volunteer workforce who provide a very valuable service from the lovely flower displays, ensuring our patients get enough to drink to helping the nursing staff gain feedback on the services within Swanage Hospital. You may have noted that we have appealed for anyone that would like to help with this and we would welcome anyone that may be interested in this role.

On a final note, this year heralds the 70th anniversary of the setting up of the NHS, my colleagues at Swanage have done some research into the role of the Matron at Swanage via the archives and Matron’s report.

Matron used to live on site in her own rooms with domestic staff. One of our Friends committee members worked at Swanage Hospital and has many fascinating stories from that time.

Interestingly enough, in the role of the Matron the expectation was that she was allowed one female visitor a month with the permission of the Board/friends of the hospital. I am thrilled to see that some of these practises have changed, but I still enjoy a very productive relationship with the Friends of Swanage Hospital!

I also had the privilege of a Swanage resident sharing a photograph with me of her father as a young boy being treated at Swanage, the cost of this treatment pre NHS was so high for the family that her Grandmother worked cleaning floors in the hospital to pay his bill, which really brought home to me how lucky we are today.

We will be celebrating this anniversary within the hospital I am sure with the support of the Friends.

Once again, I would like to thank the Friends for their continued support to myself and Swanage Hospital and look forward to another year.

Matron Donna

Swanage Hospital Operating Theatre, 1932

Membership Report The League of Friends of Swanage Hospital was formed in 1949 but the membership was very small and by 1973 there were only 30 members. Dr Stanley Purser, as Chairman from 1973 to 1995, (pictured, right) is credited with expanding the League’s sphere of involvement and publicising the importance of the Hospital to the town. When he retired the membership stood at 750.

We still have a strong membership base, but we would love to nudge our membership totals over 1,000 by our 70th anniversary so if you’re not already a Friend of the hospital please do think about supporting your local hospital by becoming a Friend. It would be lovely to see new members from across the age spectrum – I am sure that the whole community wants to see our hospital thrive well into the future.

Being a Friend shows your support of the hospital and does not mean that you have to do any voluntary work, but your subscription does help fund the work that we do at the hospital and crucially, the size of our membership helps demonstrate how important Swanage Hospital is to our community and how much its services are needed and valued.

Membership forms are available from Swanage Hospital reception or can be downloaded from our website - www. friendsofswanagehospital.org.uk We suggest a minimum annual membership of £5 and this can be paid in cash, cheque or by annual standing order. We also now have the facility for payments to be made on line via our website for both one-off or regular donations.

If you are a taxpayer, you are also able to Gift Aid your membership fees and any donations that you make. There is a Gift Aid form attached to the Membership form and the online donations also allow for Gift Aid to be applied.

There is also a facility on our website to email us regarding any queries about your membership or you can email direct on membership@friendsofswanagehospital.org.uk or call the Hospital office on 01929 422282.

We very much look forward to welcoming new members to the Friends of Swanage Hospital and also value all our existing members. p.s. thank you to all the current members who have responded so quickly to our recent GDPR letter.

Kate Spurling, Membership Secretary

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We are all ageing. All of us. Those of us lucky enough to reach a ‘grand old age’ are now likely to do so in better health than previous generations, and although the pension age is steadily getting higher, many of us are likely to spend a number of years enjoying a retirement, and where better to do so than the Isle of Purbeck?

But, what to do during those years?! Sit back and do nothing? Not a chance! Purbeck is delightfully full of local groups and organisations who are ready to welcome your involvement, with everything from gardening, keeping fit and dance to assisting others with advice and support.

We have a plethora of activities to enjoy on our fair isle during retirement, and when the time comes when we are become less capable, we have a wealth of care options and support services to help and advise you.

When that final curtain comes down, we can pay personal tribute to those we have lost, and have new options when it comes to remembering those who have passed.....

Holton Lee – Flourish A well-being project, using horticulture, conversation, woodworking and landscaping, that helps disabled people of all ages learn skills, build confidence and make friends.

Livability at Holton Lee, various days each week.

Funding and transport available.

Website www.holtonlee.org/garden-projects/flourish/

Fresh Prospects

Provides gardening opportunities for people who enjoy it but find it difficult to do on their own.

Thursdays 10am - 12 noon All Saints Church Garden, Ulwell Road, Swanage.

Contact Andrew Fleming, Tel: 01929 422479 Email flemingswanage@yahoo.co.uk

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Why Have A Will?

Will ensures that all of your money, property and possessions pass to the people of your choice when you die and can help to make sure you do not pay more inheritance tax than is necessary.

If you die without a valid Will, or some of the provisions of your Will fail for any reason, then the law will determine who inherits your estate. This may result in a distribution of your assets in a way that does not reflect your wishes and your estate paying more inheritance tax than necessary than if you had a Will in place.

In many circumstances it may be appropriate to create trusts in your Will to protect your assets. You may wish to provide for your current partner for the rest of their life but with peace of mind that your children or other beneficiaries of your choice will receive some or all of your estate after your partner’s death.

This may particularly be applicable to you if you have been married twice or more and/or have children from previous relationships.

There are also many situations where a more flexible discretionary trust may be included within your Will to both protect your assets and provide the opportunity for future inheritance tax planning down the generations in your family.

Some examples of when a discretionary trust may be appropriate are; to protect from future divorce or bankruptcy of a beneficiary, to keep assets within the family if a surviving spouse remarries, to provide for vulnerable,

disabled or minor beneficiaries, to protect inheritance tax relief on certain assets such as business or agricultural property, to minimise inheritance tax payable on your estate and second-generation inheritance tax planning.

You should review your Will regularly, approximately every 5 years, or if you have a change in circumstances such as marriage, divorce, death of an executor or beneficiary or a significant change in the value of your estate.

If you have surplus assets or income, then you may wish to consider some inheritance tax planning during your lifetime. There are several options available to you that may reduce or mitigate completely the amount of inheritance tax payable on your death.

The first step is to ensure that you have a Will in place that reflects your intentions and enables you to direct your assets in a tax efficient manner.

Wills do not always need to be complicated and straightforward Wills may be appropriate, but they need to be prepared based on your specific situation after a full discussion about your family and financial circumstances.

Written by Katy Sewell of Ellis Jones Solicitors. Katy is an expert Wills, Trusts and Probate Solicitor with a wealth of experience in preparation of tax efficient wills and succession planning for families to help preserve and protect family wealth for future generation. To discuss your option, call our team of experts on 01202 525333 or visit ellisjones.co.uk

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family-run business for nearly three decades, we have set out to create an atmosphere of friendliness, comfort and security with management on site twenty four hours.

It is the aim of York House to provide a warm and caring environment ensuring at all times that the needs of our residents are met with cheerfulness, dignity and respect. A place where we meet the personal needs of each resident through person centred care planning.

All rooms are fitted with a 24 hour nurse call system and T.V., we have a passenger and a stair lift for easy access to rooms. Residents are supported to participate in activities if they wish.

The spacious lounge and dining room face south overlooking the pleasure gardens and the large front conservatory has wheelchair access and is warm and bright throughout the day.

The day to day care of the residents and the smooth running of the home is supervised by the registered manager who ensures you will be treated with dignity and respect at all times. Privacy and delivering high quality, compassionate care with friendly, fully trained staff with high levels of skill and understanding to meet your particular needs are paramount.

The cook provides a varied selection of well balanced and nutritious meals to suit all tastes and cultures.

Family, friends and relatives are encouraged to visit often and are always welcome to stay for lunch or dinner by prior arrangement. A hairdresser,

chiropodist and optician are all available by appointment.

Feel free to enquire on 01929 425588 or just drop in, no appointment is required, ask for the duty manager, meet our professional team and residents and have a tour of the home.

We look forward to seeing you!

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he natural ageing process can gradually affect our hearing ability and statistics quote more than 40% of people over 50 have hearing loss, rising to 71% of people over the age of 70*.

Hearing is important for more than just conversation. It helps you maintain relationships with family and friends, keeps you connected to the world around you and provides you with a sense of well-being.

If you feel you’re not hearing as well as you used to, Key to Hearing is here to help.

We’re your local, independent hearing care professionals, specialising in home visit services across Purbeck.

If you haven’t already, why not take the first step in caring for your hearing health by adopting a hearing check as part of your general health care?

As well as getting advice on your ear health, a hearing evaluation will show you how good your hearing range is. If your hearing needs improvement, we also provide personalised hearing solutions to help restore your hearing to the best possible level it can be.

Key to Hearing is a friendly, family-run business, ran by Keeley (pictured, above) and Will Salmon. Keeley is a Registered Hearing Aid Dispenser.

Both raised in Purbeck, Keeley and Will set up Key to Hearing with the aim of providing the highest quality hearing care to people across the local area.

Call 01202 511386 to talk with Keeley or Will and schedule your appointment today or visit www.keyothearing.co.uk *statistics from Action on Hearing Loss

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mpathy and understanding of loss of someone dear at a time of distress is something close to my heart. I find a home visit gives me an insight to help create a fitting tribute and also hear about the life of the lady or gentleman, and try to reflect this with flowers.

I have done some tributes in the colours of a sunset over the sea, another with cottage garden flowers, seasonal flowers for a dear lady that loved her garden, another one for an AFC Bournemouth fan. All tributes I creaqte have a little piece of Rosemary included for remembrance.

Last year I was invited to take part in the Studland Flower festival, showing some of my wedding work. The festival raised £3312.62 for the LewisManning Hospice. It was a fantastic weekend, the perfume of the flowers and displays were amazing.

Please give me a call if you need assistance with your flower tributes or other flower needs, I will be more than happy to help you provide a heartfelt tribute, made with compassion and sincerity.

Caroline, Buds of Mave

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t James Smith our services are always personalised to each family’s requirements. We understand that the loss of a loved one is difficult in a number of ways and each individual’s experience will be different.

It can seem daunting at first to know what to do when someone dies but that’s where we come in. A funeral director is available on our phone number, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, who can guide you through what needs to be done. We offer a full range of funeral options.

Whether it is cremation or burial in a traditional or natural (woodland/ meadowland) burial ground, with a service in a Church, a non-religious ceremony or even no service at all we can provide the advice you need.

After your initial call we will make an appointment to meet with you, either at our offices or in your own home, where we will talk you through everything that needs to be considered in order to arrange the funeral for you. Discussing a suitable date; coffin choice; venue booking; booking the minister/celebrant; booking and help composing a funeral announcement; floral tributes; vehicles and transport; music etc.. We will assist you with any forms that need to be completed and ensure they are submitted correctly and in good time.

Increasingly people are choosing to pay for their own funeral in advance.

Rather than setting aside money or purchasing life insurance, funeral plans are becoming increasingly popular. Avoiding the wait for funds to be released from the estate can help relieve some of the financial stress for the bereaved.

At James Smith, part of the Douch family of funeral directors, we have our own Dorset Funeral Plan. This is a pre-paid funeral plan enabling you to choose what kind of funeral you’d like, instead of your family and friends making these choices on your behalf. There are set plans catering for the most common choices, or we can create a bespoke plan for your individual priorities and budget. You pay today’s price, regardless of when the funeral may be needed and can opt to do so as a one-off payment or by regular instalments. The payments are held in a guaranteed whole of life assurance policy with Ecclesiastical Planning

Service which is part of the Ecclesiastical group.

There is no age limit and we won’t ask any health questions. There’s flexibility to amend the plan if you change your mind later and if your circumstance change and you need to move away from the area you can transfer your plan through a network of professional firms across the UK. Whatever you decide, rest assured, we are here to help, our number one priority is looking after you and we’ll be with you at every step of the way.

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ast month you will recall that I spent a happy morning with some of Italy’s most expensive and luxurious cars, courtesy of Meridien Modena in Brockenhurst. This month I spent a fortnight in one of Italy’s cheapest and least luxurious cars, by courtesy of Inter-Rent at Murcia airport.

In all my years of booking car hire in Spain I have never once been given the actual car that I had hired. It’s always an “alternative” – a bit like an automotive online supermarket – but this time it really was my fault for not actually understanding what a Citroen DS3 was.

At £2.96 per day I suppose I shouldn’t have expected the alternative to be up to much; I’d assumed it would be a Corsa or a Polo, both acceptable little vehicles………but it was a Fiat Panda. 5 doors, seating for 5, a tiny little thing and no, said the rental clerk, we can’t upgrade you even if you pay extra ‘cos we have no cars left except a Fiat 500 and clearly that would be no improvement! So, I thought, we’ll come back tomorrow and swap it for a Polo.

By the time we’d driven the 15 kilometres home from the airport, a lot of logic had kicked in. There were only two of us. We weren’t attempting any huge long journeys. It was cheaper than patatas fritas to run. Our drive is pretty narrow, especially in the dark. And of course, nobody we knew would see us,,,,,,,,, The two weeks sped by; we used 55 litres of fuel at the huge cost of £75 but in exchange we got 865 kilometres (538 miles) of trouble-free and quiet motoring. Parking in the town centres was easy. It is very small (3.7 metres long) and has a good rear view. Cruise, an adequate blue-tooth sound system, electric almost everything. We didn’t pass much. And at the end of the fortnight I was actually sad to see it go.

Would I buy one? At a base price of £8500 you actually get good value for money. You’d think the name alone would probably result in a high depreciation figure but no, it will lose 24.1% over a 3-year period, says “the money calculator” online; it’s one of the ten cheapest cars to insure (says “Parkers”) so really, if I could get over the badge thing and start being a Proper Grown-Up Pensioner who actually cared about saving money – and the time comes all too soon for most of us – the answer would be ‘yes’. Less than half the cost of my MX5. Ah, the price one pays for Style and Fun! Depreciation is the ‘hidden cost’ that so many people forget when considering a new car. Put simply, it’s the difference between the amount you pay when you buy a car and the amount you get back when you sell it. For many cars, it’s the single biggest cost, even more per mile than the fuel you put into it.

Depreciation is affected by many different factors; not just car brand and model, but age, mileage, condition, and service history. So, to minimise that final ‘hit’, keep it in good clean condition, keep the mileage as low as you can, have the servicing done according to the manufacturers schedule (doesn’t have to be by a manufacturer, though, there are plenty of very adequate and competent garages in our area).

Keep the service records, MOT certificates, and attend promptly to any ‘advisories’. Another factor is model replacement cycles; a brand-new model will depreciate slower than a model that’s on its way out.

One idea is to check the online price guides and get an idea of how much your proposed new car may be worth at the age and approximate mileage it will be when you plan to replace it.

And then – do as I do – ignore it all, and buy it ‘cos you like it, like the colour, like the performance and specifications, and just realise that you won’t take the hit till so far into the future that it probably won’t matter anyway. Life’s too short to be sensible!

Last month I also dwelt on the new MOT regulations; a number of readers have said “I didn’t realise that” so I’d urge every reader who has a car

requiring a MOT (that’s over three years old) to Google “new MOT regulations May 2018” and prepare to be a little concerned.

It will undoubtedly be harder for vehicles to pass their MOT test. And if modifications you have made since the test, such as the removal of the Diesel Particulate Filter (don’t ask) are spotted by the Police, the car could be taken off the road. So not only must the car be at MOT standard on the day of the test, you’re supposed to keep it that way all year!

Until it reaches 40 years old when for some perverse reason it won’t need a test any more so can be driven blissfully on our roads, apparently in any condition! Silly idea! What makes a 39-year-old death trap suddenly safe when it hits 40? Sorry, don’t do ‘classic cars’ , if they’re on the same roads as me and mine they should be as safe – and regulated – as every other car.

But we have to realise a few crucial factors here; mainly that there are not enough Police to deal with real proper crimes, let alone be checking your car every time you venture forth, to ensure it’s roadworthy. So, the top tip here is – keep your car up to MOT standard as much as you can; stay within the letter of the law, including speed limits, and you’re unlikely to be pulled over.

Yet strangely the law enforcement budget stretches to camera vans and hidden traffic police, whilst apparently being too small to deal with vehicle vandalism or theft, and indeed the numerous other pieces of minutiae which we the paying public expect of the Police Force.

Such as “the law requires all children travelling in the front or rear seat of any car, van or goods vehicle to use the correct child car seat until they are either 135 cm (4 foot 6 inches in old money) in height or 12 years old, whichever they reach first”. Unenforceable but Common sense (you knew that, didn’t you……?)

Enjoy your summer. Watch out for idiots on foot, on cycles, and indeed in cars. There are a lot about …….

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Verges Will Become Mini ‘Nature Reserves’

combination of warm and wet weather has resulted in the green verges and hedgerows of Dorset becoming lush and luxuriant.

Dorset County Council manages verge cutting throughout the county, working with local councils to maintain our roads’ edges.

The amount of cutting depends upon the location. In urban areas, the highway grass verges are cut six times a year. Mowing usually starts in mid-March and continues cyclically every five or six weeks depending on the weather and ground conditions.

Rural highway grass verges are currently cut twice a year. But trials have taken place to reduce the number of cuts, help conserve wildflowers and improve the biodiversity of our rural verges.

The aim of these trials was to find new ways of managing the verges to produce cost savings. The trials involved different methods of management to reduce the soil fertility within the verge itself and decrease grass growth.

To achieve this, the council have: • Stripped topsoil to expose low fertility subsoil or mineral rock, • Harvested “mini bales” from the roadside verges where we could, • Monitored subsequent growth to determine success, future maintenance needs, biodiversity enhancement and public perception, • Created wildflower rich verges.

The exposed subsoil has a lower fertility compared to the topsoil and will require little maintenance once initial weed growth is suppressed.

Removing cuttings rather than allowing them to rot will reduce fertility and cutting frequency.

The verges where bare mineral rock is exposed may require no annual cutting for up to ten years. Those verges which have been harvested may only need one cut and collect after a few years.

Both types of trial area can develop into wildflower rich meadows which are attractive and help provide a valuable source of nectar for bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects.

Cllr Daryl Turner, the council’s Cabinet member for the natural and built environment, said: “If we can encourage wildflower rich verges alongside the almost 5,000

miles of our rural roads it will have a fantastic effect on pollinating insects which are vital for our agriculture.”

British conservation charity Plantlife recently reported that there has been a 20% per cent drop in diversity of wild flowers which puts bees at risk as plant ‘marauders’ take over.

Dr Trevor Dines, Plantlife Botanical Specialist, commented: “Our once colourful and botanically diverse road verges are becoming mean, green thickets where only thuggish species can thrive and more delicate flowers are being driven to the brink of extinction.”

For more details on verge cutting visit dorsetforyou.gov.uk and search for ‘verge cutting’.

More information about the challenges faced by verges visit www. plantlife.org.uk/uk/about-us/news/road-verge-marauders

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A Brief Overview Of Capital Gains Tax

Capital Gains Tax may be payable if you dispose of an asset or receive money in respect of an asset. The term ‘asset’ covers a wide range of things including the following – shares, unit trust style investments, chattels and land and buildings. However, it is important to note that there is currently no liability to Capital Gains Tax on the disposal of your home (principal private residence) provided that certain conditions are met. Individuals can only technically have one ‘home’ so the disposal of a second home for instance is normally liable to Capital Gains Tax. Other exemptions which are usually applicable include private cars, gilts, holdings in ISAs and gifts to your spouse or charity.

Each individual has an annual allowance for Capital Gains Tax and this currently stands at £11,700 for the 2018/19 tax year. This is normally increased a little each tax year. Assuming that your capital gains are less than £11,700 no Capital Gains Tax is normally payable. Where Capital Gains exceed the annual allowance/exemption, the rate at which Capital Gains Tax is payable depends on the type of asset. For example, gains on disposals of shares and collective investments over the allowance are chargeable at 10% for gains up to the basic rate limit and at 20% above that limit. There are different tax rules and rates for the disposal of residential property and chattels.

The capital gain is basically calculated by deducting the cost(s) of the asset from the disposal proceeds to come up with a gain figure.

Once you have computed all your gains and losses, you should come up with an overall loss or gain figure. If the gain is less than the exemption, no Capital Gains Tax is normally payable. If a loss is created overall, this can be registered with HMRC via your tax return and can potentially be used to offset future gains. If your gain is in excess of the Capital Gains Tax allowance, this is again registered on your tax return and the tax is paid to HMRC at the same time as any Income Tax. This is very much a simplified overview of a very complicated and wide area and I have not for instance touched on allowances for trusts or the fact that March 1982 values can be used for holdings that have been held prior to that date. For more information on Capital Gains Tax, HMRC produce a lengthy (free) guide via their website and your accountant will have expert knowledge on the subject.

Kate Spurling lives in Swanage and is an investment manager with Charles Stanley, Dorchester office – (01305) 217404 - kate.spurling@charlesstanley.co.uk Charles Stanley is a trading name of Charles Stanley & Co Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, a member of the London Stock Exchange and a wholly owned subsidiary of Charles Stanley Group PLC. Charles Stanley is not a tax adviser and the information above is based on Charles Stanley’s understanding of current tax legislation.

Tax treatment of individuals varies according to their circumstances and tax legislation is subject to change.

Warning issued over tax refund scams HMRC has issued a warning to taxpayers regarding the latest tax refund scams, which have been targeting individuals via email and SMS messages.

As HMRC processes genuine tax refunds for the 2017/18 tax year, fraudsters are sending scam messages which claim that taxpayers are entitled to a rebate, and request that they provide their personal and bank account details in order to make their claim.

The Revenue is keen to emphasise that it will only ever inform individuals of a tax refund by post or through their employer, and never via email, text messaging or voicemail.

It urges taxpayers to recognise the signs in order to help identify scam messages and stressed that HMRC will never contact individuals at random to request sensitive personal financial information.

Taxpayers are advised not to click on any links in suspicious communications, download any attachments or provide any personal information, and to forward any suspect messages or emails to HMRC.

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Can anyone successfully challenge your Will after you die?

If you sensibly go to the time and trouble of making a Will, do you need to worry that someone may challenge it after you die?

English Law values the freedom of individuals to dispose of their assets in whatever manner they wish. There is no automatic or forced heirship. The law does though allow the Court to modify a Will if it does do not make reasonable financial provision for a limited class of persons. Those rules are set out in the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.

Only certain people may make an application: spouses and partners, former spouses and partners, children, and others who were actually maintained by the deceased at the time of death.

Spouses and civil partners can claim a share of the capital in the Estate. All other claimants can only try for what is needed for their maintenance.

Did the claimant receive reasonable provision under the Will? It is not easy to answer with precision. What one judge may regard as reasonable another judge may think is too little. The Court must make a value judgement. Careful analysis of likely outcomes and risks is required.

The question is not whether the deceased behaved reasonably or unreasonably when the Will was drafted.

The real question is whether the effect of the Will makes provision for the claimant which is reasonable in the circumstances which exist when the person has died.

That may be a long time after the Will was written. During that time, a lot may have happened. The deceased and claimant may have become a lot richer or poorer. The claimant’s relationship with the deceased may have changed. The claimant’s health may have altered. The claimant may have had children, been made redundant or won the lottery.

It is impossible, therefore, for the person making the Will to be sure that it is a cast-iron Will and cannot be challenged later.

The current state of the law leaves it quite possible for successful claims to be made, even where the person leaving a Will was quite clear as to his or her wishes, and that is likely to continue.

Anyone making a Will should take the very best advice they can and make sure that all possible steps are taken to limit any potential challenge. Missing out this work at the Will writing stage may mean that problems are stored up, only to appear later when the person has died and it is too late to prevent a damaging and expensive dispute from arising.

Anyone considering making a claim or any estate facing one, will inevitably need to take advice from an experienced litigator, to assist with deciding how to deal with a claim and the tactics to employ to achieve the best outcome.

If you have any questions about this article or would like any more information, please contact Peter Livingstone on 01935 846235 or peter. livingstone@battens.co.uk

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From The Kitchen Garden...

Summer Salad Platter & Salad Dressing

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’ve never thought I’d say this after our long and late winter this year, but at the time of writing I really could do with a drop of rain....or even two! My clay soil has nicely warmed up but is rock hard and any hoeing off weed seedlings is blunting the hoe in minutes. Never mind it’s not as if I’m lost for jobs to do....

The Gooseberries are looking plump but are still a little hard and the Blackcurrants are colouring up nicely- so one last go with the strimmer and on with the netting before the birds eat them all.

While I’m being noisy with the 4-stroke, I may as well tidy up all the plot edges and trim the docks before they get a chance to set seed-again. As I’m not using any chemical weed killer like glyphosate, I have to be particularly vigilant and remove any weeds or potential weeds mechanically.

The courgettes, pumpkins and winter squashes are coming along nicely now but I had real trouble this year with germination. Not that the seeds were duds – they didn’t even get a chance!

Some nibbly mouse and her hungry friends thwarted my attempts to get the plants going time and again! My pumpkin patch is fully planted out now, but I won’t get the colour and the variety I usually do in the autumn.

The tomatoes, basils, cucumbers and aubergines are looking healthy and lush and have put on massive growth in those warm June days. The heady scent of high summer is unbelievable when all those essential oils are released into the air in the poly tunnels. If only I could bottle that aroma..... it would be THE perfect antidote for anyone feeling low!

The potatoes went in late as did the onions and shallots but hey, better late than never!

I’m still planting out brassicas and leeks to crop later in the autumn/ winter or for early greens next year. More seeds are to be sown too for quick crops like radishes and salad leave mixes.

With all the goings on I’m glad when I can rest in the shade, listen to the

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heavy croon of wood pigeons, sitting on their eggs and dig into my plate of mixed salads.

Having a bottle of homemade salad dressing to hand makes it even tastier!

Herby Salad Dressing: 6 tbsp apple cider vinegar.

9 tbsp olive or rapeseed oil.

1 tsp mustard.

2 tsp mayonnaise.

1 bunch fresh herbs (chives, tarragon, parsley etc.).

Chop herbs finely, stick it all in an empty jar, mix and keep it in the fridge.

Carrot, Kohlrabi and Red Cabbage slaw: Grate, or shred equal amounts of fresh carrots, Kohlrabi or turnips and red cabbage and mix.

Drizzle lemon juice over the mix, and then add caraway seeds to taste.

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Purbeck’s Own Master Fishmonger

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urbeck’s local fishmonger, Julia Noone of Swanage Bay Fish, has recently qualified as a MFS - Master Fishmonger - one of only three women in the country to hold such a high qualification in her field.

Passionate about fish and the environment, whilst upholding the heritage and craftmanship of the fishmonger trade, the Master Fishmonger Standard – or MFS for short - celebrates professional excellence by certifying fishmongers with extensive professional skills and knowledge.

As the first of its kind for the industry, the MFS aims to encourage and enable a high standard of skill within the fishmonger trade, as well as the growth of knowledge about the seafood industry.

Keen to also encourage career progression and foster career-long working relationships, the MFS recognises achievement for both new and highly experienced fishmongers. This is currently done through our four MFS tiers: MFS Recognised Fishmonger; MFS Advanced Fishmonger; MFS Master Fishmonger. An individual who has made a sizeable contribution to the seafood trade may also be elected as an MFS Companion.

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demonstrate how they meet MFS’s demanding standards.

By empowering and encouraging these fishmongers to develop and enhance their skills, knowledge and experiences, we anticipate that the number of individuals entering the trade will increase and that higher rates of retention will be achieved.

The MFS has been developed by the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers, in partnership with the National Federation of Fishmongers, Seafish and the Seafood School at Billingsgate. As an ancient Guild, the Company has an historic interest to help preserve and commend the fishmonger trade and support those who have adapted to a progressive industry.

The Company will be closely affiliated with the Standard, with the Company’s Coat of Arms featuring alongside the Standard’s logo.

Closely aligning these two entities allows the Standard to build upon the Company’s strength and integrity, while the Standard will reaffirm the Company’s connections with the trade and will help to elevate its profile on a national scale.

Congratulations to Julia - do pop in during your weekly shop and offer your congratulations too - she’ll be delighted!

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Blue Skye Thinking (part 2)

by John Garner

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t’s not essential to get away from all the tourists during the holiday season. After all, the influx of visitors should be taken as re-assurance that we live in a desirable area. And you can definitely still find a spot to yourself in Dorset, even in the height of the tourist season. But, just occasionally, it’s nice to explore the wilder places. So, off to the Isle of Skye it was.

The people of Skye will tell you that it’s not been the same since the bridge connected it to the mainland. They’ll say it’s become too busy of late. This is all relative of course. Once you get out of the villages you can walk for hours without coming across another human being, or even seeing one in the distance. On one of the most popular walks on the island we passed about half a dozen people each way. Not exactly the opening day of the Harrods sale.

What takes your breath away is the grandeur of the mountains. That and all the water.

I met a photographer there, who showed me a picture he had taken of Poole bay from Nine Barrow Down. ‘Not as dramatic as round here’, I said, ‘but magnificent in its own way’ was his reply. I enjoyed my trip to Skye so much I’m pretty sure I’ll be going to the Highlands and Islands of Northern Scotland for many years to some. But on my return I thought I’d have another look at the hills of Dorset and the views they deliver.

Let’s start with the highest. On certain days the view from the top of Bulbarrow allows you to see great chunks of Dorset along with parts of Wiltshire, Somerset and Devon. Whilst it’s a foot shy of 900 feet or 274 metres and therefore but a pimple in mountain terms, it’s a decent walk or ride and well worth it when you get to the top.

The exertion also substantially thins out the numbers, which is generally a good thing. It is also noted in popular culture with folk of a certain age as being referenced in a Half Man Half Biscuit song from the album Trouble over Bridgewater which is somewhat critical of people for spending fortunes on foreign holidays when places like Bulbarrow hill exist on your doorstep.

Closer to home there’s the range walks above Kimmeridge, another stroll that rarely involves too many others and takes in the beautiful Kimmeridge Bay. Nine Barrow Down is another pleasing ascent with a remarkable view. It peeks out at 190 metres. The highest peak on the coast is Golden Cap at 627 feet high or 191 metres. But why the numbers wise sage? What do they matter?

Well, we don’t have any mountains in England. There’s nothing over 1000 metres. England’s highest peak is Skafell pike in the Lake District, but it’s short, just, of the 1000 metres needed for mountain classification. As you all probably know, Ben Nevis is Britain’s highest mountain at 1345 metres. It’s a long way to go to Ben Nevis, although it’s worth it as it’s a pretty imposing sight.

Here’s an alternative for you altitude junkies, of which I doubt there are any reading. Take a particularly hilly section of the Purbecks or any other lumpy area really. Take in as many of those peaks as you can, returning where possible to sea level after each one (not practical I appreciate, but you can make some educated guesses as to how far you’ve descended,) and add them up.

If you were, for example to set off from Swanage and hike up Nine Barrow Down you’ve only got 1146 more metres to go and you’ve climbed the equivalent of Ben Nevis. Or another 800 metres and you’ve climbed the equivalent of any mountain, such as the Coulin I struggled up in Skye. And whilst the view from the top of that mountain was magnificent and had 360 degree panoramas, if you climb half a dozen or so peaks in Dorset you’ll get half a dozen or so panoramas, give or take some overlap.

My point really is that it doesn’t have to be the highest or the steepest or the least climbed for it to be valid. Challenge can be found in all sorts of places. I’ll bet there’s a small or large peak in the Purbecks that you haven’t crested even though you may have lived here for your whole life.

Get the ordinance survey map out and find somewhere new.

Failing that, walk something in a different direction so you have a different experience. Explore the neighbouring hills and valleys. It took me 12 hours to get to Skye by car and although every minute of my stay there was worth the trip, it doesn’t have to be that far away. There are still lots of areas in Dorset, a really small county, that I have never walked or cycled in and around.

So, I shall be endeavouring to do so. I particularly like hills, but you may prefer lower lying areas. Last weekend I cycled in the Somerset levels, somewhere I had never visited and it was great and just one and a half hours away by car.

Exploration doesn’t have to be ground breaking. It just has to be new to you. The OS explorer is called that for a reason. Why not start with the stuff that’s close by? It’s not Skye, but it will almost definitely be magnificent in its own way.

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Farm Visits Funded Dorchester Agricultural Society funds local school farm visits orchester Agricultural Society paid for 120 pupils from Jewell Academy, a primary school in Bournemouth, to visit North West Farm in Winterborne Kingston.

The Society set up the Dorchester Agricultural Society 1840 Education Fund three years ago to provide Dorset schools with knowledge of agriculture, horticulture and rural enterprise. It grants funding to schools for trips to various farms across the county which has been made possible by donations from Society Members, local businesses and charities.

After an application has been approved for a school to receive funding, pupils and teachers will be given a complimentary tour of a local farm.

There is also the opportunity to take part in fun yet educational activities throughout the day which cover a range of topics such as farm machinery, caring for livestock and discovering how food is grown and produced.

Jewell Academy is the eighth primary school that the Dorchester Agricultural Society 1840 Education Fund has supported since it was set up in 2015. St Mary’s Catholic First School in Dorchester and Damers First School in Poundbury have also received financial help from the fund to organise educational farm visits for their pupils.

Alastair Cowen, President of Dorchester Agricultural Society, added: “Charity work is very important to Dorchester Agricultural Society and something which I am extremely passionate about.

“I helped set up this initiative as we wanted to give back to the community which has supported us for nearly 180 years since the society began in 1840.

By helping to fund their transport it has given pupils the opportunity to visit our local farms when they might not have had the chance otherwise.

This is something which we are proud of as we believe it is essential that children are educated on rural life.

“We are so pleased that Jewell Academy enjoyed their visit and hope to help them and other schools in the future to visit Dorset’s farms.”

To make a grant application please visit dorsetcountyshow.co.uk to download a form and submit for consideration. Please call 01305 264249 for more information.

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Gazette Gardening with Simon Goldsack

Dazzling Diascia! iascias are related to foxgloves and Penstemon but are much lower growing, forming mounds of repeat flowering dense and dazzling colour. Ideal for rockeries, pots and borders in a well-drained soil. Sun or part shade.

Many people are familiar with the tender patio plant forms of Diascia but after extensive breeding work, several hardy forms are now available.

Diascia rigescens is one of the first plants I learned about at Writtle College thirty years ago. It is a long flowering, low growing tough little shrub ideal for the fronts of borders, rockeries or for trailing over walls.

Three other low growing varieties have come from the breeding programme and we planted a selection of all of them last year and all have come through the winter beating the ‘Beast from the East’ and are flowering beautifully.

Diascia Apricot (pictured, top) Diascia Cherry Blossom (pictured, below)

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Diascia Light Pink (pictured, above) Pictorial Meadows (pictured bottom) The two acres of annual flower meadows in the gardens at Holme were admired by all who saw them last year. Not only were the millions of blooms attractive to garden visitors but were also loved by bees and butterflies.

There are two new colour blends this year, making a total of eight different mixes. The blends are put together by a specialist seed company called Pictorial Meadows who also supply the Olympic Park in London.

In the Gardens.

As well as the flower field there are a further three acres of formal gardens intensely planted with trees, shrubs, grasses and perennials but what makes the garden really explode into colour from July and through the rest of summer are the unusual annuals all of which are grown at Holme from seed.

The flower field and gardens at Holme are a sight to behold so don’t miss out, pay the garden a visit this summer and get right up close and personal with millions of flowers!

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25th Great British Beach Clean

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leaning more beaches could tip the balance when it comes to stopping the plastic tide says Marine Conservation Society There’s no silver bullet when it comes to the UK’s beach litter problem, but, says the charity behind this year’s 25th Great British Beach Clean, there’s an opportunity to become part of the solution. The Marine Conservation Society needs volunteers to take part in clean-ups nationwide and is especially looking for individuals willing to lead a clean themselves over the weekend 14-17th September, with the charity’s support.

During last year’s Great British Beach Clean, just under 7,000 volunteers cleaned 339 beaches and picked up over 255,000 pieces of litter – a 10% rise in the amount of rubbish on UK beaches compared to 2016.

Now, 25 years after the first mass beach cleaning event, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) says the UK stands on the cusp of helping make its silver anniversary event the biggest ever.

Plastic pollution in our seas and the crisis the oceans face are no longer under the radar – industry, individuals and governments know that we have to act now to take the momentum started by MCS in 1994 when the charity began collecting beach litter data to fresh heights. The momentum has been taken to another level over the last 12 months by Blue Planet II, Sky Ocean Rescue and MCS’s own #STOPtheplastictide campaign.

“Cleaning 339 individual beaches last year was a fabulous achievement by our volunteers,” says Lizzie Prior, MCS Beach and River Clean Officer.

“But we know that it’s only the tip of the iceberg. There are hundreds of beaches around our coasts that have never been cleaned and surveyed – and it’s the collection of this data that is so important to getting even more positive changes implemented than have already been achieved in the last year or so.”

MCS volunteers have cleaned thousands of UK beaches over the last 24 years. From the Hebrides to Cornwall, Gwynedd to Kent, the charity has

recorded just about every bit of rubbish its volunteers have picked up and used that information to create a sea of change for our oceans.

Reducing carrier bag numbers, a movement to stop plastic straws being handed out in their thousands, clearer labelling on wet wipes and proposed deposit return systems – all have been made to happen thanks to volunteer beach cleaners. The single-use plastic carrier bag charge across all the home nations has resulted in a 28% drop in the number of bags found on UK beaches.

Microbeads in personal care products have been banned in the UK and manufacturers and retailers have made wet wipe labelling clearer, and cut out their plastic content. High Street bars, and restaurants and smaller independents have banned plastic straws in their hundreds. There’s a growing momentum to see a tax on plastic ‘on the go’ items, like lids, stirrers and cutlery.

“The more beaches we have litter data for, the clearer the picture we will have of where it all comes from and what needs to be targeted next,” says Lizzie Prior. “We would love to see well over 500 beaches cleaned this year. If you live near a beach or have a favourite that you regularly visit, why not show it some love and organise a beach clean and survey.

It’s really simple and the data you collect could result in further legislative change to help our oceans breathe plastic free.”

The 2018 Great British Beach Clean is the second one to be sponsored

by Waitrose. In the last year the supermarket has introduced more easily recyclable sandwich packets, banned the sale of plastic straws in store from September and stopped giving them out in their cafés and are removing all single-use takeaway coffee cups by the autumn, saving up to 52 million cups annually potentially reaching our seas.

Less litter on UK beaches will save the lives of some of our best loved marine wildlife, protect our kids building sand castles and show the world what the great British seaside really looks like beneath its escalating mountain of rubbish.

Find a beach you want to clean - sign up and register it on the MCS online system - and we’ll provide you with all the help you need to get going at: https://www.mcsuk.org/beachwatch/organisers Pictured: Nurdles (plastic pieces) sieved from Swanage Beach and removed by local, Mary Dwen.

If the Guillemots are fortunate (as they were last year) their chicks will have fledged before the Ravens return to the park. It could be possible that our sea bird colony has two successive years free of Raven predation. Young Peregrine Falcons and Kestrels will be practicing their freshly learnt hunting skills.

Meanwhile Spotted Flycatchers, Willow Warblers, Linnets and Whitethroats will feed upon Durlston’s insects before the long migration flight to Africa.

This month there are two opportunities to have a guided exploration amongst our wild flowers. Join a Ranger for “A Wild Summer Walk” when we will interpret the wildlife we see.

Butterflies will still be feeding upon nectar so look out for Lulworth Skipper, Chalkhill Blue, Marbled White and Meadow Brown as well as the red 6-spot Burnet Moth.

More elusive moths might be viewed on one of this month’s Meet A Moth sessions, when the previous night’s moth trap will be examined! A High Summer Flower Walk, to be led by Ted Pratt, will no doubt take in the delights of Ted’s politely renamed ‘Stars in Grass’ (instead of Bastard Toadflax!)

Agrimony, Greater Knapweed, Field Scabious, Wild Carrot and Yellow-wort. Pyramidal Orchids will be in flower and look out for the subtle beauty of Grass and Yellow Vetchling.

Particularly on the night of the 27th, we hope conditions will be good for our Glow-worm walk. We might also pick up on the bat detector Pipistrelle and Noctule Bats hunting for moths in the night. The “songs” of Great Green and Dark Bush-crickets may also be enhanced through the bat detector at this time!

Beside the timeline look out for Red Cage Fungus.

In the Gallery we have ‘4 in Focus’ which brings paintings, drawings, prints and sculptural art from four local artists.

These works have been influenced by the natural and physical world of Purbeck and the New Forest.

In addition we have a Mixed Media Workshop, during which you will use water colour and various materials to create textures in paintings. Another class has Jon House teaching Cave Art even enabling you to create your own brushes and paint.

For younger folk we have a BH_Rocks ‘Paint & Drop Day.’ Perhaps you have noted this fun craze whereby painted pebbles are dotted about the country and inevitably people help them to “migrate”. Through the web individual pebbles travels can be reported and monitored.

On a different note “Local Vocals” will provide a pop-up choir at Durlston Castle and we are sure they will not object to your joining in! Finally, if we have not mentioned enough fun already we have a most unusual Fairy and Elf Trail this summer for young folk to follow and seek out these special creatures.

The Durlston Explorer (Purbeck Breezer Route 5) runs daily between 10:00 and 17:00 up until 23rd September.

Do visit our website or read our events leaflet for further details!

For more details of the above and booking, please visit: www.durlston.co.uk/events/aspx

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A great day out for all the family! oin us on the 5th August for our Family Fun Day & Novelty Dog Show at our Church Knowle Rehoming and Rescue Centre, Wareham BH20 5NQ from 11am-4pm to help raise money for our rescue animals.

Gates open at 11:00 with the dog show starting at 12:00 with lots of Novelty classes for your four-legged friend to take part in. There will be activities throughout the day for all the family to get involved in, including Introductions to our Animals, make a cat toy, collect the chicken eggs and much more!

Entry is Adults £4 / Children £2 (up to 12 years old). Family Tickets are also available at £10 up to 2 adults and 3 children or £12 up to 2 adults and 5 children. If you would like a stall at this event, please email jazmin. house@mgar.org.uk We can’t wait to see you! All money raised will go towards helping our rescue animals. www.margaretgreenanimalrescue.org.uk

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Wareham In Bloom - Raring To Go!

areham in Bloom has its South and South East in Bloom regional judging in July, followed in August by yet another judging day - for the prestigious national RHS Britain in Bloom Finals.

Two fundraising coffee mornings and a Spring Fayre have been held and efforts to raise funds from local sponsors and businesses are ongoing.

Delivery of Wareham’s town centre floral displays, already looking stunning with a red, white and blue theme, took place in late May. New projects include the sponsorship of a memorial bench by Wareham Rotary at the Almshouses, the planting up of the Moreton’s Corner flower beds by Ross Cooper, the installation of a vintage Purbeck clay mining trolley at the A351 station approach roundabout and the power-washing of the South Bridge walls on the highway side.

Many thanks to Andrews Haulage for the last two projects and to all our wonderful volunteers. Judging days, here we come!

Rod Curtis, Wareham in Bloom Committee, Press/Publicity Officer

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100 Years To The Hour....

Sinking of the Kyarra commemorated by oldest dive school in the UK n the morning of 26th May 1918, His Majesty’s Hospital Ship Kyarra was torpedoed by a German U Boat, a mile south of Anvil Point, near Swanage. The ship sank quickly, sadly with the loss of six men.

To commemorate the sinking, the oldest dive school in England, Diver’s Down, joined forces with the Isle of Purbeck Sub Aqua Club to lay a wreath on the wreck.

Pat Collins, co-owner of Divers Down and Secretary to the Friends of Swanage Pier says, “The Kyarra is one of the most iconic wrecks on the south coast. She is still largely intact and is clearly recognizable as a ship.

Divers use our boats to visit the wreck throughout the summer and we felt it was important to mark the 100th anniversary of her sinking by remembering the six men who died on that May morning in 1918. The Kyarra can only be dived at certain states of the tides due to the fast currents so we are lucky that we will be able to dive the wreck within an hour of the actual sinking time”.

Pat continued, “The commemoration is even more special as this year we celebrate sixty years of Divers Down. Our friends in the Isle of Purbeck Sub Aqua Club are also celebrating forty years since the founding of their branch of the British Sub Aqua Club”.

The Kyarra was launched on 2 February 1903 on the River Clyde, Scotland.

Her name was taken from the aboriginal word for a small fillet of possum fur. For ten years Kyarra sailed between Fremantle, Western Australia, where she was registered, and Sydney, New South Wales carrying cargo and passengers. Her passenger accommodation was luxurious and the fittings, many of which remain on the boat, reflected this.

On 6 November 1914 she was requisitioned in Brisbane and converted into a hospital ship for the purpose of transporting the Australian medical units to Egypt. In March 1915, Kyarra was converted into a troop transport, helping to land Anzac Expeditionary troops in the Dardanelles.

In 1917 she became a casualty clearing ship and had a 4.7in quick-firing gun mounted on her stern as a defense against U-boats. But it would not help her when she sailed from Tilbury on her last voyage on 24 May 1918.

She had been ordered to embark 1000 war-wounded Aussie soldiers in Devonport and return them to Sydney. She was also to carry some civilian passengers and a full general cargo.

In the early morning of 26 May, the Kyarra had cleared the Isle of Wight and was moving fast through calm seas around Anvil Point. The captain, William Smith, sadly wasn’t aware that his course was being tracked by German submarine ace Oberleutnant Johann Lohs, through the periscope of UB-57.

Lohs was having a good mission out of Zeebrugge. Two days before, he had sunk the P&O liner Moldavia, converted to an armed merchant cruiser.

This time he used a torpedo to hit the Kyarra in her port side amidships, killing six crewmen. The rest took to the lifeboats. Seven minutes later the Kyarra nose-dived under.

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two divers from Kingston Sub Aqua Club, in 1966. A year later the club bought the ship for £120, though not the mixed cargo, valued at £1500 when she sank.

Pete Williams, owner of Divers Down and skipper of dive boat Spike said, “I must have dived the wreck hundreds of times over the years, but she is still revealing her secrets. Every dive is different. Exploring the wreck is something I never get tired of, but always in the back of your mind you are conscious that this is the last resting place of six men.”

As this was to be her last voyage back to Australia, the Kyarra had a full cargo and much of this is still in her holds. Over the years divers have recovered items such as bottles of champagne, red wine, beer and vinegar, bales of silk and cloth, French perfume, lino, sealing wax, medical supplies, cigarettes, silver purses, men’s big pocket watches and ladies gold wrist-watches.

Divers Down has a small museum display, in the dive shop, of items that have been recovered and reported to the Receiver of Wrecks, as well as a display board telling the story of the wreck.

It’s not uncommon to find a huddle of visitors to Swanage Pier standing around the display board, fascinated by the story of this historic vessel.

Nick Reed, Isle of Purbeck Sub Aqua Club Pictures: above: the wreck site. Below: Reef laying at Divers Down in Swanage.

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It’s Wareham Carnival Time!

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et building your floats and bringing your scarecrows to life as Wareham carnival is just around the corner! The theme this year is ‘parasols and brollies’ as we just didn’t know what the weather will be doing!

We’re not afraid of rain here in Wareham though, as this year we have an extra marquee, thanks to sponsors such as Purbeck Ice Cream, Cribbs Tyres, Pine Martin Care Home, Morgan Carey, The Duke of Wellington, The Monday Club and many many more - thank you once again to our marvellous sponsors!

This new marquee will house a Punch and Judy show, a live mini-creature show and some lovely livestock. Love music? Then join us on Friday night!

Saturday is the flower produce day and Sunday is the main event, with our fabulous procession leading up to the Recreation ground, where you’ll find a a wide range of stalls and offerings of delicious food and drink, as well as the usual arena activities.

Check out our webpage for more info and entry forms! The more the merrier....! Ian Davey, this year’s Carnival Chairman, (often spotted during the procession with the Muddlecome Men, usually sporting a nice frock - pictured, above) is intent on making it a fantastic carnival this year, where family and friends come together, enjoy the festivities (whatever the weather) and have a good laugh!

The Chairman would like to thank: Wareham Conservative Club, Ward Goodman Accountants, Pine Martin Lodge, The Monday Club (Wareham), Purbeck Properties, Purbeck Ice Cream, Cribbs Tyres and The Duke for their support and sponsorship this year.

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Carnival Countdown To Swanage Going Safari

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n just a few week’s time carnival will be upon us, hosting more than 100 different events for all ages. This year we are supporting 23 local charities and good causes so please start collecting your coins and notes now and remember to donate to the buckets as generously as you

can to help keep our Carnival running and to raise money for our chosen organisations.

The opening weekend sees our first ever Sporting Saturday, with children’s races on the seafront, a gig racing tournament, mountain bike stunt displays, the FreeDrop and our beach race. Our opening Saturday is not to be missed!

Our fantastic carnival procession will fill the streets with fun and laughter on carnival Sunday. The 2018 theme is “Swanage goes Safari” and don’t forget, it’s not too late to enter a float. Entry forms can be found on our website.

On Carnival Thursday come along and take part in the auditions for Carnival’s Got Talent, followed by the final on Friday.

The closing weekend sees the return of Titan the Robot and the fantastic motorbike display team.

The Swanage Carnival Zip Line will once again be erected on Prince Albert Gardens for the duration of the week courtesy of local company, JM Adventure. Members of the public will have the opportunity to whizz across the beautiful gardens and take in views of Swanage Bay. We also have more live music than ever, with various bands and artists performing during the day and evenings, Carnival bingo and three fantastic firework displays.

As a self-funded organisation, run by volunteers, we are hugely grateful for the support we receive from our community, local businesses and all the visitors who join us during the week.

Don’t forget, full details of all our events will be available in our Carnival Programmes on sale throughout July.

Swanage Carnival 2018 Charities and Good Causes – Alphabetically: 2185 (Swanage) DF Air Training Corps, 4th Swanage Brownies and Guides, 4th Swanage Scout Group, aboutFACE, Communicare, Corfe Castle Football Club, Corfe Castle Pre-School, Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance, Dorset Mind, Friends of St Mark’s CE VA Primary School, Lewis-Manning Hospice, Link Visiting Swanage, Litter Free Purbeck, Little Birds Pre-School, St Marks CofE Primary School, National Coastwatch Institution, Purbeck Youth and Community Foundation, St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Swanage Area Dementia Friendly Community, Swanage Stroke Club, Swanage Tennis Club, Swanage Town & Herston Football Club, Swanage Youth Club, The Centre.

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Opening weekend: Carnival Sporting Saturday: Shore Runners, Indoor Rowing Challenge, Gig Racing, Beach Fun Race.

Sunday: Spectacular Safari themed Carnival Procession.

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It’s Wareham Wednesdays Time!

Welcome to our 8th year of Wareham Wednesdays! nce again, I am very excited to be Chairman of Wareham Wednesdays’ and to be part of the fantastic team that brings you these fabulous events on Wednesday evenings.

I am particularly excited to tell you about our 2018 summer entertainments.

Over the previous years we’ve learnt a lot about how to provide the people of Wareham with great entertainment whilst always making the events safe and family friendly. However, we are always striving to come up with new ideas and progress the WW events to become bigger and better and not the same old thing year after year…….

Therefore – please be ready for this year’s exciting, bigger and better summer events!

Our amazing committee of volunteers, that spends endless hours organising, have continued to push our Wareham Wednesdays Events and this year you will NOT be disappointed!

I don’t want to give too much away, leaving you all begging to know more …… Well you’ll just have to come and see. However, we are doing the following: We are very excited about our love music this year, with some really great acts, including the ever-popular NAVI! Watch out, this year is going to be spectacular!!!

We are adding to the selection of food stalls and other exciting attractions that you will be able to peruse your way around during the Wednesday

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evenings. I’m not saying anymore, but there will be something for everyone’s taste to keep your energy levels high.

The classic Raft Race will still be running this year as this is a popular event.

Feel free to enter a team – but beware the two baths nailed together are looking more streamlined for this year’s race - and will the Army boys be back this year to retain their title? Who knows? But great to watch!

We are pleased to say that we also have some new committee members to help us in the organisation and planning and to get the WW brand taken to new levels.

To continue the WW events we still need your support to enable us to raise money to give back to the local community. This was of course the whole reason for starting these events in the first place. So please make the effort to join us throughout the summer events.

Then our first WW evening crashes off on Wednesday 25th July with our opening night spectacular. Then, as always, we will be finishing the evening with a spectacular firework display.

The following week (Wednesday 1st August) is our circus night - join us for a whole host of fun and games!

We are very excited about Wednesday 22nd August with the ‘Poole Pirates Invasion’ which has progressed over the years and this year a real spectacular show has been organised! Our own Purbeck Pirate crew will be on-hand to lead the good folk of Wareham against the Poole Pirates!

We are always looking for additional volunteers to assist us with the events. So, if you are a local with a few hours to spare on a Wednesday evening, we would very much appreciate your help and you too could become one of the legendary ‘Yellow Coats’!

Please give us your support this summer and please don’t be shy to chuck a couple of quid into the buckets because without your support and money, our events just wouldn’t be possible! Thanks again for all your support - we look forward to seeing you all for another fantastic summer of fun.

Dave Burgess (Chairman)

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Purbeck International Chamber Music Festival 30 August - 2 September 2018 urbeck International Chamber Music Festival is an annual music festival curated by acclaimed UK cellist Natalie Clein, taking place across the Isle of Purbeck and surrounding areas in Dorset.

After seven successful festivals, in 2018 PICMF will present its most ambitious programme: a series of eleven concerts and participatory events across four days, bringing international artists and enthusiastic local audiences together in re-energised historic sites. Concerts are complemented by masterclasses, talks, film, workshops and participatory events that reach out into the broader community and to nurture young talent.

The idea of journeying and a sense of coming home has inspired our artistic director Natalie Clein and this year’s programming. The Festival begins with one of the most intense and moving of all musical journeys, Schubert’s Winterreise.

Programme highlights will include the beauty of Mahler’s Wayfarer songs in the chamber music version arranged by Schoenberg, the joyous Beethoven Septet and the all-time favourite chamber music piece of many, Schubert’s A major piano quintet ‘The Trout’.

Interspersed throughout the festival, Syrian Oud player and singer Ibrahim Keivo will bring his unique voice and soul to the programmes.

The Festival marks the 70th birthday of a highly respected British composer Brian Elias with a new commission and screening of premier of the film made by Barrie Gavin about Brian’s life and work.

The spoken word is also an important part of the Festival and we have actor Rory Kinnear joining us this year.

Masterclasses will also take place during the Festival weekend. See website for details.

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Dorset Arts & Crafts Summer Exhibition

his year the Guest Exhibition within the Dorset Arts & Crafts Summer Exhibition is a Retrospective by Dorset Textile Artist Maggie Grey, who is Internationally renowned for her work. Maggie Grey has written many books on textile art, both for B.T Batsford and D4daisy Books.

She has travelled widely running courses around the world, teaching by invitation in Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Canada where she had a most successful exhibition. One of her most exciting occupations was being part of a team developing textile modules for the Royal College of Art Schools Technology Project. This involved visiting the College where you might find yourself sitting next to somebody famous in the canteen.

At this time, Maggie was also editor of Embroidery magazine for the Embroiderers’ Guild. Maggie established the internet magazine Workshop on the Web which is now published as a book Maggie Grey’s WOWbook, which has a free integrated website with workshops and courses. Her exhibitions in the UK have included gallery shows with the exhibiting group Wessex Textiles and travelling exhibitions with the Knitting & Stitching Show. Her work is held in many private collections.

Maggie is part-owner of publishing house D4daisy books and is also proud to be President of West Country Embroiderers, a group which takes in stitchers in the English counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset and Wiltshire.

The Dorset Arts & Crafts Summer Exhibition runs from Friday 3rd to Tuesday 7th August 2018 and it’s where you will find some of the best contemporary and heritage crafts in Dorset.

The show features three main exhibitions - fine art, craft and photography, an invited guest exhibition and a superb selection of over forty craft stalls and demonstrations by selected local makers. With taster ‘have-a-go’ craft sessions for children, there’s something for the whole family. The show is held at Purbeck School, Worgret Road, Wareham, BH20 4PF.

There’s free parking, disabled access throughout and refreshments available in the cafeteria. The Dorset Arts & Crafts Exhibition is organised by the Dorset Arts & Crafts Association and further details can be found at www. dorsetartsandcrafts.org.

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Open Air Theatre Under The Stars At Kimmeridge

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rtsreach present Miracle Theatre in ‘The Cherry Orchard’.......

A once-wealthy family faces ruin as society teeters on the brink of cataclysmic change…

Grab a blanket, pack a picnic and join Dorset’s touring arts charity Artsreach for an evening of open air theatre this summer.

Cornwall’s Miracle Theatre are touring the length and breadth of the South West this summer, unpacking Chekhov’s bittersweet comedy about a once-wealthy family, whose idleness and extravagance have brought them to the brink of bankruptcy. Obstinate and self-absorbed, they are deaf to the rumblings of change which surrounds them, and unable to accept help when they need it. Will it take a revolution to destroy their cosy world of privilege and entitlement – or will their own stupidity be enough?

Bill Scott’s new adaptation treads the tragicomic tightrope, bringing out all the humour and pathos of Chekhov’s masterpiece which, more than a century after it was written is as popular as ever.

The Miracle Theatre tour is always a highlight of the summer programme

by Artsreach, an arts charity which has been bringing professional performances to community venues across rural Dorset for the past 28 years. So, what are you waiting for? Gather your friends and enjoy a night under the stars. Catch ‘The Cherry Orchard’ at Kimmeridge Bay on Saturday 4 August.

Please note this is an outdoor performance. Wrap up warm, bring a torch and chair or rug and enjoy food from the BBQ. Tickets available from 01929 270000 or online at www.artsreach.co.uk “Every Miracle production is a guaranteed winner” West Briton Sat 4 Aug, 7pm. Kimmeridge Bay. 01929 270000. www.artsreach. co.uk

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It’s Almost Time To Folk-It-Up!

Purbeck Valley Folk Festival champions local talent

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he Purbeck Valley Folk Festival (16-19 August 2018) has long been home to the very best emerging local talent with a colourful array of Dorset folk artists gracing the festival over the years. This year is no different with familiar south coast favourites such as Ninebarrow, Quinns Quinney, Threepenny Bit and the Wareham Whalers, plus many more.

Ninebarrow (pictured, above) are a multi-award-winning local folk duo who return to Purbeck Valley Farm on the Saturday after impressing audiences across the country with their innovative and captivating take on the folk tradition.

Jon Whitley and Jay LaBouchardiere combine breath-taking vocal harmonies and melodies, delivering original songs that are inspired and rooted in the landscape and history of the British Isles.

As well as crafting unique and engaging original material, Ninebarrow also take a wide-range of traditional folk songs and rework them in their own, distinctive way. Not only exceptional singers and musicians, Ninebarrow are also equally passionate about the stories behind their songs – combining their music with Dorset history, folklore and storytelling.

Named after Nine Barrow Down in the Purbeck hills, their first release, While the Blackthorn Burns, was voted FATEA Magazine’s Best Debut Album of 2014 while their last album, Releasing the Leaves in 2016 saw a volley of media acclaim across national print and broadcast media and Best Duo nominations in the FATEA and Folking.com Awards.

Ninebarrow’s latest album, ‘Releasing the Leaves’, was released to widespread critical acclaim. Recorded and produced in the duo’s own studio and mastered by Mark Tucker (whose other credits include Show of Hands and Fairport Convention) the album received a raft of stellar reviews.

Receiving airplay on national and regional radio stations across the UK, including the multiple plays on the BBC Radio 2 Folk Show. It was also awarded four stars by The Telegraph and listed in the paper’s Top Folk Albums of 2016 as well as featuring in several other ‘Best Albums of 2016’ awards lists.

Festival organiser, Catherine Burke said: “We’re thrilled and proud to welcome back Jon and Jay and we know they’ll win many new fans on the Saturday. See them live and you’ll quickly understand why.”

Tier 3 tickets are now available from £116 for the weekend (youth £61, children age 4–12 £36). Day tickets from £56 are also on sale.

For more details, please visit purbeckvalleyfolkfestival.co.uk Pictured, Top, Ninebarrow. Bottom left: Beth Orton, by Tierney Gearon, Below: Barn dancing fun!

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Professional Theatre Season Returns To Swanage And They’re Loooking For A Local Star!

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ast summer saw the first professional repertory season at The Mowlem Theatre in Swanage in 25 years. And it was a great success.

So much so that the company behind the revival are back again this August with a new programme of plays.

Hordern Ciani, who are also responsible for a 5-star theatre season in Leatherhead, Surrey, are producing three new shows with this 2018 company of actors gathered from around the UK and resident in Swanage during August.

The company’s aims are to bring high quality professional theatre back into the community by restoring the traditional repertory system. Producer Katherine Mount commented “It has been such a pleasure to recreate this institution in these stunning surroundings and amongst such a warm community that appreciates the arts. And this time we want to develop some young local talent too”.

On the 8th July from 12 noon, the team will be hosting open auditions at the Mowlem Theatre for local young people interested in gaining experience of working with a professional rep theatre company. The selected youngster will play the role of Jim, who appears at the end of The Railway Children when the character is rescued after falling on to the train track. They

will have the opportunity to work alongside the experienced company of actors and crew and learn all about the different aspects of rehearsing and staging a professional play.

The auditions are open to young males between the ages of 16 and 21, and no theatre experience or training is needed.

The Mowlem Theatre Manager, Thomas Curtis, added “Having professional theatre of this standard come to Swanage is a real gift for the theatre and our audience members. And it will be a great introduction to the industry for one young hopeful out there! Knowing how much talent we have in Swanage, I’m looking forward to seeing how the auditions go”.

The 2018 Swanage Rep Summer Season kicks off on Tuesday 7th August with Michael Aitken’s stage adaptation of his hit TV sitcom Waiting for God. This is followed by The Railway Children, written by Edith Nesbitt and adapted as a stage musical by Dave Simpson, which opens on Tuesday 14th August. The season concludes with Alan Ayckbourn’s brilliant observational comedy Communicating Doors.

Tickets are now available online via the website www.swanagerep. com or from the box office on 01929 422239. Full details of the open audition can also be found on the website.

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Matron’s Round - Our Local Hospitals’ Monthly Column Quality Mark for Elder Friendly Wards tanley Purser ward at Swanage Community Hospital are thrilled to announce that they have been awarded the Quality mark for Elder Friendly care.

This is a voluntary quality improvement programme by the Royal College of Physicians; the quality mark is a two-stage process, stage 1 ‘assessing quality’ and stage 2 ‘achieving the quality mark’. I am proud to say we achieved and passed both stages and were awarded with the quality mark for three years; this was presented to us by representatives of the Royal College of Physicians on the 17th April attended by our new Director of Nursing, Dawn Dawson.

The certificate for this is on display on the ward in pride of place!

The quality mark process aims to support wards to focus on delivery of good quality, essential care for older people by engaging patients, ward staff, hospital management and governors in assessing the quality of care provided. This was achieved by collecting information via questionnaires from patients, staff and an observation of care from our peers, not only did this give us the chance to see what else is happening within community Hospitals but gave us the invaluable networking opportunity with our colleagues Older people’s experiences of care on the ward are at the heart of the quality mark and what staff strive to get right. Participating in the process

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shows a commitment by the hospital, ward and staff to continually improve the care provided but also to share our expertise amongst all community hospitals.

On another note, we are looking to enrich other areas at Swanage Hospital and need people who could spare a few hours or more a week to help gather patient feedback information.

Volunteers in this role will be asked to spend time in one of the Hospital’s Reception areas, to speak with patients after their appointment and invite comments on their experience with us. We are also looking for people to spend an hour or so at either Swanage or Wareham hospitals making tea and chatting, in the morning or afternoon, for our ward patients.

If you feel you can regularly commit to either of these volunteer roles kindly contact Kim Mansbridge, Volunteer Coordinator on 01202 443089 or email: kim.mansbridge@nhs.net for an application form.

Until next time, take care! Matron Donna

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Facial Aesthetics - For Everyone

P and renowned Facial Aesthetician Dr Claudia Morley at Morley Aesthetics has earned a large and loyal following for her expert dermal fillers and anti-wrinkle injections, and the subtle, natural look she creates for her many happy clients.

“I have been working with injectables for the past nine years,” said Dr Morley, “and this experience has shown me that it’s not just about them – it’s about optimizing total skin health.”

So having spent the last year researching the best medical skin treatments available Dr Morley now offers a whole range of these at her clinic, with the help of her Aesthetic Practitioner colleague and skin expert Emma.

Dr Morley’s aim is to ensure her clients have a completely natural look, ‘Often it’s about looking fresher and healthier, rather than trying to eliminate every line. I absolutely hate the plastic look, over-inflated lips and cheeks, that we sadly see so much of now. That is not what I am about.”

Sagging Lower Face & Jowls These are common causes for complaint for many people but it’s not necessary to go under the knife. Morley Aesthetics offers Thread Lifts, performed by experienced GP and Ophthalmologist Dr Crispin Malpas, who has a clinical background in Eye Surgery (as well as being Claudia’s husband!).

Often referred to as the ‘Lunchtime Face Lift” due to its minimal downtime, it involves the insertion of a thread under the skin via a very fine needle.

The thread has anchor points that hold the tissue and provides lifting when tensioned, it’s very effective on a sagging jawline. More details are on the Morley Aesthetics website.

Skin Tightening After heavily researching all the different skin tightening technologies in the cosmetic industry, the 3D SkinMed machine stood out above the rest in terms of clinical evidence of efficacy and results. It uses High Intensity Ultrasound – HIFU (similar to Ultherapy) to stimulate the deep support layers of the skin to produce collagen, resulting in lifting and firming of the skin. It is particularly useful around the lower face, redefining and tightening the jawline.

“We like performing this treatment in combination with the Thread Lift for the ultimate facelift. However, it can be effective on its own and the big advantages are that it’s a single treatment, it’s non-invasive so no needles, and no downtime.”

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Fine Lines The 3D SkinMed also uses Radiofrequency that plumps the skin and smooths fine lines. It targets the dermal layer in the skin, stimulating collagen and tightening the skin. It’s also great for the skin in the neck and chest area, improving fine lines and crepiness. Once again no needles or downtime make it an attractive option.

Deep Lines Dr Morley has become an expert in anti-wrinkle injections and dermal fillers. Using advanced techniques she can improve virtually any line, but advocates looking at the face as a whole rather than focusing on individual lines.

“The contours and proportions of the face are so important and an experienced injector can subtly change these using dermal fillers to make a face more beautiful.” One of her favourite treatments is to eliminate the downturned mouth and frown lines, which instantly makes the face – look and feel – happy again.

Skin health and rejuvenation Dr Morley recommends ‘iS Clinical’, the skincare range beloved of celebrities, famous for its ‘Fire & Ice’ resurfacing treatment - a rejuvenating treatment that bridges the gap between a facial and a medical peel, with no downtime.

The top-selling treatment at the Four Seasons, Beverley Hills, it leaves the skin brighter, clearer and smoother. ‘These products are unique in that they’re medical grade but also 96% botanical and not tested on animals like so many are.’

The Déesse LED phototherapy mask is another favourite of celebrities, and has five clinically proven wavelengths that tackle different problems including acne and pigmentation as well as anti-ageing, which is due to collagen stimulation. It is completely safe and pain-free with no downtime and can be combined with other treatments such as the Fire & Ice. Dr Claudia Morley has her own clinic in Farnham village, near Blandford, and visits ‘The Bay Skin & Body Centre’ in Swanage on a regular basis. Clinics are held in Blandford, Swanage and Salisbury.

Affordable payment plans available. For more information call 01258 690789 or email info@morleyaesthetics.co.uk. www. morleyaesthetics.co.uk.

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Swanage Bowls Club Update

ur season is now in full swing and good wins in the first two months in Section 1 of the Bournemouth & District Mixed Triples League, with only two losses, one on the all weather surface at Braeside means that Swanage sit second in the league.

There is an air of satisfaction and optimism in the Swanage Men’s camp this season after some fine wins; the best start to the season for some years.

Swanage sit comfortably in 3rd spot in the Bournemouth and District League table. Following a very poor start, Swanage redeemed themselves with excellent wins over Milford-on-Sea 76-63, Pelhams 82-68 and then thrashed Broadstone Wessex 89-62 with Swanage gaining the maximum 14 points for winning on all 4 rinks; an achievement Swanage have not accomplished for a long while.

In the Dorset League it is a similar story. Despite losing at Gillingham and Shaftesbury, Swanage knocked up victories over Broadstone Wessex 6448, Ferndown 70-47 and Wimborne 57-48 and are now riding high in 3rd place only 8 points behind leaders Shaftesbury. Swanage have struggled in both these leagues in recent years often battling to avoid relegation, so it’s a joy and a relief to be near the top for a change.

In the Dorset Women’s League we have so far won three, lost two and are

confident of more good wins during the rest of the season. We have been much more successful in the Edna Paisley league played on Wednesday mornings where we have so far won all our matches, with particularly good 6-0 wins over Poole Park and Ferndown.

Our top of the league position is well deserved. Weekly ladies’ practice and coaching sessions are popular and thanks must go to our club coach Judy Smooker who has planned different topics every week.

Playing bowls in the most beautiful town on the South Coast means we regularly host touring clubs for friendly matches. Our recent visitors from Bicester came with high spirits and left us with some great memories. This month we are off on our own ‘tour’ to Sidmouth for bowls and probably the second-best fish and chips on the South Coast. Look out for details of our Carnival and Regatta Day on 30th July.

Please take a look at our Facebook page; Swanage bowls Club or visit our website www.swanagebowlingclub.org.uk .

You can also contact our Club Secretary, Barrie Tatman on 01929 421162 or our President Brian Beeston on 01929 289084 for more information.

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e have made it to the end of another season ..... Saying that the work doesn’t stop. We have a long list of jobs that need to be done. If you are lucky enough to have a garden you will know the work that goes in just to get it tidy.

So, if you think of the size of the land we have at Day’s Park you can imagine the undertaking we have just to keep it in a fit state. It’s not just about cutting the pitch it’s the bank that surrounds the pitch the area behind the goal and behind the sports hall also the car park and the area where people sit outside the clubhouse.

So, with all this in mind this weekend 16th we are having a Club clean-up day. This will obviously have happened by the time you read this but we plan to have a few over the course of the summer so if you have any free time at all it would be greatly appreciated.

Another major job that will hopefully be done by the time you read this, is changing the bulbs in the hall. I know a lot of clubs will be glad once this has been done as with so many lights out it’s made it hard to see properly.

We have all the bulbs and now need to erect the tower to change each bulb. For those of you that have never been in our hall the lights are about fifty feet up in the ceiling, so this is not a five-minute job.

The 23rd June is the night of our Senior presentation. This is where both our senior teams get together with their partners and reflect on the season. In the next issue I’ll announce the winners of the trophies.

It doesn’t seem to matter what age you are there’s nothing quite like winning a trophy.

You have only got to look at the highest level. Premier league players clamber to play for the few clubs that stand to win a trophy. So, when you see the smiles on the faces of our youth players as they collected their trophies at last weekend’s Youth Presentation Day it’s a joyous sight to behold.

Next season we will have four youth teams, this is the lowest amount we’ve had for a long time. This is due to a few factors; one being there is a lot of other activities and distractions away from football. So where as 10 plus years ago there wasn’t a great deal on offer for the youth, today there seems like they really are spoilt for choice. Another factor is getting volunteers to run a team.

One of our youth teams which has been competing for two/three seasons will not be taking part next season as the manager feels he has no help from the parents.

He has to run the team on his own which is no easy task. There are 101 things to do and remember from putting the nets up to arranging the games, organising a referee, liaising with the opposition; the list goes on.

Not to mention the priority being the welfare of all your players. It is a demanding role but hugely rewarding if you have the help required.

So, if you are a parent of a child and they play sport or participate in any out of school activity, a word in the ear of the coach or whoever is in charge saying: “is there anything I can do to help?” will be music to their ears, I can assure you.

On the 28 July we have the ‘Jimmy Hollywood’ day. This is where we remember Jimmy and all the good that he did in our town whilst raising some money.

This will be a fun-filled day with three games of football culminating where both Swanage and Corfe first teams will lock horns in a preseason friendly.

There will be lots for all the family to do and eat, with a barbecue amongst the attractions.

COME ON YOU SWANS! John Peacock

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Diary Entries are FREE if your event is FREE. If you charge, then it’s £5 plus VAT per entry, per month. DEADLINE for JULY is noon, 8th JUNE 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.

JULY 2018

Sun 1st 15:00 Annual Swanage Civic Service At St Mary’s Parish church, Swanage. All welcome.

Tue 3rd 18:00 Open Evening At Poole Grammar School. Ffi: 01202 692132 or www. poolegrammar.com Wed 4th 10:00 Swanage Walking Group Meet at Worth Matravers car park for 5 mile circular walk taking in St Aldhelm’s Head and sections of the coastal path. Ffi 07766 630453.

Thu 5th 19:15 Swanage Trefoil meet at the Guide Hall Bell St for indoor archery new members and visitors welcome. Ffi: 01929 556374 Sat 7th * Kingston Country Fair In the field next to Kingston Courtyard. Car boot sale on Saturday morning, live musiv from Beatles tribute act in the evening, tickets £10.

Cash bar and BBQ. 10:00 Engraving Skills At Burngate Stonecarving Centre, Langton Matravers.

10:00 Flower Festival St Michael’s Church Owermoigne Theme this year is All Living Creatures. Tea and coffee and cake served throughout the day. At 7pm on Saturday 7 July there will be animal themed entertainment in the church provided by our local amateur dramatic group. Children Welcome. There will be refreshments served in the evening. Proceeds to the church and to Margaret Green. We end on Sunday at 6pm with a Pets Service. All pets welcome. Ffi: Jenny Blacknell 02305 852908 10:00 Swanage Walking Group Meet at RSPB car park at Arne (information booth) for a gentle level walk around Arne Nature Reserve. Optional short or longer walks. Ffi 01929 289135.

20:00 The Danberrys Live acts at the Square & Compass Inn, Worth Matravers. Ffi: 01929 439229 Sun 8th * Kingston Country Fair In the field next to Kingston Courtyard. Steam engine exhibitors, dog show, birds of prey, stalls, refreshments all day. Tickets £5 per car.

10:00 Flower Festival St Michael’s Church Owermoigne Theme this year is All Living Creatures. Tea and coffee and cake served throughout the day. At 7pm on Saturday 7 July there will be animal themed entertainment in the church provided by our local amateur dramatic group. Children Welcome. There will be refreshments served in the evening. Proceeds to the church and to Margaret Green. We end on Sunday at 6pm with a Pets Service. All pets welcome. Ffi: Jenny Blacknell 02305 852908 14:00 The Danberrys Live acts at the Square & Compass Inn, Worth Matravers. Ffi: 01929 439229 Wed 11th 10:00 Swanage Walking Group Meet at Houns Tout car park, Kingston for 5 mile coastal walk via The Plantation, Rope Lake Head and Swyre Head. Some steep climbs. Ffi 01929 439903.

Thu 12th 10:00 Teresa Lawson Solo Exhibition At The Gallery at Duke’s, Brewery Square, Dorchester.

19:30 Organ recital - David Poulter An evening of popular organ music in St Mary’s Parish Church in Swanage, played by David Poulter, formerly Director of Music at Chester and Liverpool Cathedrals. Email: simon@simonlole.com Fri 13th * Swanage Jazz Festival Ffi: swanagejazzfestival.co.uk 10:00 Teresa Lawson Solo Exhibition At The Gallery at Duke’s, Brewery Square, Dorchester.

20:00 Vera Van Hereringen Live acts at the Square & Compass Inn, Worth Matravers.

Ffi: 01929 439229 Sat 14th * Swanage Jazz Festival Ffi: swanagejazzfestival.co.uk 10:00 Teresa Lawson Solo Exhibition At The Gallery at Duke’s, Brewery Square, Dorchester.

10:00 Stone Carving At Burngate Stonecarving Centre, Langton Matravers. Booking Essential.

10:30 Swanage Walking Group Meet at main entrance to Weymouth college, Cranford Ave in Weymouth for 8 mile circular walk taking in Weymouth sea front, Nothe Gardens, Sandsfoot Gardens, the Rodwell Trail and Radipole bird reserve. Ffi 01929 550399.

10:30 Hand made Art and Crafts By the Makers at St Edwards Hall, Rempstone Road, Swanage. Free Entry. Hot drinks and Cake available. Facebook “Art and

Crafts Fairs at St Edwards Hall, Swanage .” Ffi karen@karenboniface.plus.com or patsypeanut@gmail.com “

Sun 15th * Swanage Jazz Festival Ffi: swanagejazzfestival.co.uk 10:00 Teresa Lawson Solo Exhibition At The Gallery at Duke’s, Brewery Square, Dorchester.

10:00 Church Knowle Food Fayre At Bucknowle Farm, Church Knowle. Admission £3, under 16’s free. Free parking.

12:00 The Thomas Hardy Country Fair ‘ A Taste of Dorset At Kingston Maurward College. Approx. one mile east of Dorchester DT2 8PY. Car Parking. In support of the Dorset County Hospital Appeal Adults £2.50 Students and children free Fine food, fun and crafts to include: ‘Ancient Wessex’ Blacksmith, Wood Turning & Carving, Music, Dorset Food and Drink, East Dorset Potters, Skittling ‘for a pig’ Art Exhibition, Guided Walking Tours of Kingston Maurward, Hurdle Maker, Besom Maker... Ffi: 01305 267611 14:00 Hatful of Rain Live acts at the Square & Compass Inn, Worth Matravers. Ffi: 01929 439229 Mon 16th 10:00 Teresa Lawson Solo Exhibition At The Gallery at Duke’s, Brewery Square, Dorchester.

Tue 17th 10:00 Teresa Lawson Solo Exhibition At The Gallery at Duke’s, Brewery Square, Dorchester.

Wed 18th 10:00 Teresa Lawson Solo Exhibition At The Gallery at Duke’s, Brewery Square, Dorchester.

17:00 Swanage Walking Group Meet at Mowlem theatre or Ballard Stores, North Swanage (17:25) for linear walk to the Bankes Arms Studland, returning by bus or car lift. Ffi 01929 422795.

18:30 Miracle Theatre: Cherry Orchard Live acts at the Square & Compass Inn, Worth Matravers. Ffi: 01929 439229 Thu 19th 10:00 Teresa Lawson Solo Exhibition At The Gallery at Duke’s, Brewery Square, Dorchester.

Fri 20th * Wilkswood Reggae Festival At Wilkswood Farm, Langton Matravers. Ffi: dubwood.co.uk * Wareham Carnival Live music and bar on Friday 20th July at Wareham Rec. Saturday is flower and produce day, Sunday is procession day! Ffi: warehamcarnival.com * Mama Mia: Here We Go Again At The Rex Cinema, Wareham.

10:00 Teresa Lawson Solo Exhibition At The Gallery at Duke’s, Brewery Square, Dorchester.

11:00 RNLI College Summer Fete Join us for the annual RNLI college Summer Fete entertainment includes Lifeboat Demos, Circus School, Face Painting, Street Food, Cream Teas, Traditional Games FREE entry and FREE parking.

Email: private_events@rnli.org.uk 20:00 Hillfolk Noir Live acts at the Square & Compass Inn, Worth Matravers. Ffi: 01929 439229 Sat 21st * Wilkswood Reggae Festival At Wilkswood Farm, Langton Matravers. Ffi: dubwood.co.uk * Wareham Carnival Live music and bar on Friday 20th July at Wareham Rec. Saturday is flower and produce day, Sunday is procession day! Ffi: warehamcarnival.com * Mama Mia: Here We Go Again At The Rex Cinema, Wareham.

10:00 Teresa Lawson Solo Exhibition At The Gallery at Duke’s, Brewery Square, Dorchester.

10:00 Swanage Walking Group Meet and park in road named Catherine’s Well (DT11 0AT), Milton Abbas for circular walk in hilly countryside to Winterborne Stickland.

Ffi 01202 570670.

12:00 Grand Parish Fete At St. Mary’s Church Lawns (opposite Swanage Fire Station). Stalls and sideshows, Bouncy Castle, Swanage Town Band, BBQ, Ploughmans or Quiche lunches and afternoon teas, ice cream etc. Ffi call Margaret on 01929 425224.

18:30 MS Night Wareham Wednesdays, at Wareham Quay.

20:00 Porchlight Smokers Live acts at the Square & Compass Inn, Worth Matravers.

Ffi: 01929 439229 Sun 22nd * Wilkswood Reggae Festival At Wilkswood Farm, Langton Matravers. Ffi: dubwood.co.uk

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Wareham Carnival Live music and bar on Friday 20th July at Wareham Rec. Saturday is flower and produce day, Sunday is procession day! Ffi: warehamcarnival.com Mama Mia: Here We Go Again At The Rex Cinema, Wareham.

Teresa Lawson Solo Exhibition At The Gallery at Duke’s, Brewery Square, Dorchester.

Hillfolk Noir Live acts at the Square & Compass Inn, Worth Matravers. Ffi: 01929 439229

Mon 23rd * Mama Mia: Here We Go Again At The Rex Cinema, Wareham.

10:00 Teresa Lawson Solo Exhibition At The Gallery at Duke’s, Brewery Square, Dorchester.

Tue 24th * Mama Mia: Here We Go Again At The Rex Cinema, Wareham.

10:00 Teresa Lawson Solo Exhibition At The Gallery at Duke’s, Brewery Square, Dorchester.

Wed 25th * Mama Mia: Here We Go Again At The Rex Cinema, Wareham.

10:00 Teresa Lawson Solo Exhibition At The Gallery at Duke’s, Brewery Square, Dorchester.

10:15 Swanage Walking Group Meet at Maiden Castle car park near Dorchester.

7.5 walk along downland ridges and valleys and open countryside .Ffi 01929 288427.

18:30 Opening Night Wareham Wednesdays, at Wareham Quay.

19:30 ‘City of Dreams’ Ranger School Of Dance presents, at the Mowlem Theatre, Swanage. Tickets£14, Concessions & children £12. Matinee performance Saturday 2pm.

Thu 26th * Mama Mia: Here We Go Again At The Rex Cinema, Wareham.

10:00 Teresa Lawson Solo Exhibition At The Gallery at Duke’s, Brewery Square, Dorchester.

19:30 ‘City of Dreams’ Ranger School Of Dance presents, at the Mowlem Theatre, Swanage. Tickets£14, Concessions & children £12. Matinee performance Saturday 2pm.

19:30 Organ Recital - Robert Quinney An evening of popular organ music in St Mary’s Parish Church in Swanage, played by Robert Quinney, Organist of New College, Oxford Email: simon@simonlole.com Fri 27th * Mama Mia: Here We Go Again At The Rex Cinema, Wareham.

19:30 ‘City of Dreams’ Ranger School Of Dance presents, at the Mowlem Theatre, Swanage. Tickets£14, Concessions & children £12. Matinee performance Saturday 2pm.

20:00 Evie Laden & Keith Terry Live acts at the Square & Compass Inn, Worth Matravers. Ffi: 01929 439229 Sat 28th * Mama Mia: Here We Go Again At The Rex Cinema, Wareham. * Swanage Carnival Week * Swanage Carnival Shore Runners, Indoor Rowing Challenge, Gig Racing, Beach Fun Race.

09:00 Free PSA Testing for men 45 and over At Wareham Masonic Hall, Howards Lane, Wareham. Call 01202 691710 or 01202 580436 to make an appointment.

10:00 Swanage Painting Club Annual exhibition of paintings and cards for sale.

Coffee and Cakes available on both Saturdays. Free Entry. For more information Contact Jane Wilby email: jwilby1111@gmail.com or tel: 01929 427078 10:00 Swanage Walking Group Meet in lane by the Museum Inn in Farnham for all day walk on Cranborne Chase (Farnham, Larmer Tree Gardens, Rushmore Park). Ffi 01202 697221.

19:30 ‘City of Dreams’ Ranger School Of Dance presents, at the Mowlem Theatre, Swanage. Tickets£14, Concessions & children £12. Matinee performance Saturday 2pm.

Sun 29th * Mama Mia: Here We Go Again At The Rex Cinema, Wareham. * Swanage Carnival Week Swanage Carnival Procession - Safari Theme this year. * 10:00 Swanage Painting Club Annual exhibition of paintings and cards for sale.

Coffee and Cakes available on both Saturdays. Free Entry. For more information Contact Jane Wilby email: jwilby1111@gmail.com or tel: 01929 427078 Mon 30th * Mama Mia: Here We Go Again At The Rex Cinema, Wareham. * Swanage Carnival Week * Swanage Carnival Go Kart GP, Bingo, Swanage Bay Swim, Dorset Day/Arts & Craft Fair.

10:00 Swanage Painting Club Annual exhibition of paintings and cards for sale.

Coffee and Cakes available on both Saturdays. Free Entry. For more information Contact Jane Wilby email: jwilby1111@gmail.com or tel: 01929 427078 Tue 31st * Mama Mia: Here We Go Again At The Rex Cinema, Wareham. * Swanage Carnival Week * Swanage Carnival Crabbing, Wacky Races, Food Demonstrations.

10:00 Swanage Painting Club Annual exhibition of paintings and cards for sale.

Coffee and Cakes available on both Saturdays. Free Entry. For more information

Contact Jane Wilby email: jwilby1111@gmail.com or tel: 01929 427078

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 Flowers with Liz at the Purbeck Workshop in Wool. The Workshop provides craft activities free of charge to those touched by cancer - friends and family are welcome too. Unit 6, Woolbridge Business Centre, East Burton Rd, Wool.

BH20 6HG. www.purbeckworkshop.org 07757 776907. Email: richris95@ gmail.com 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 Lesbian and Gay Friendship Group meets every Monday evening for social events and shared interests, such as meals, walking and outings. Ffi: contact Karen via email: outinpurbeck@gmail.com 18.00 Swanage Tennis Club at Beach Gardens, Sw. Free Cardio Tennis taster. Till 7pm 18.00 Swanage Tennis Club at Beach Gardens, Sw. Free Matchplay taster session for prospective new members. First 3 sessions are free. Until 8.30pm.

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 Steve Peirson on 01929 552504.

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 Wm Folk Dance Club Stoboro’ VH. All welcome. 552763/551029 19.30 Swanage Badminton Club at the Swanage School, till 9.30pm. Ffi: 07966 136641.

19.30 Swanage Air Cadets meet at Air Training Corps HQ, Court Road, Sw. Cadets age 12+. Ffi: email: oc.2185@aircadets.mod.

20.00 DARTS at the RBL Club, Sw. 20.00 Herston Hall Management C’ttee Bingo EVERY TUESDAY 09.00 First Steps Toddler’s Group. Swanage Methodist Church till 10.15am. Ffi: Sylvia Garrett 425420, office hours, or sylviag@swanagemethodist.org.uk 09.00 Swanage Tennis Club at Beach Gardens, Sw. Free Cardio Tennis taster. Till 10am 09.30 Isle of Purbeck Arts Club. Painting and sketching. At the Catholic Church Hall, Rempstone Rd, Sw. Till 1pm. Outdoors in summer. Ffi: Gina on 421689.

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 Swanage Tennis Club at Beach Gardens, Sw. Free Matchplay taster session for prospective new members. First 3 sessions are free. Until 11.30am.

10.00 Wareham Croquet Club meet at the Recreation Ground until 5pm. New members and visitors welcome. Call Tony on 01929 550190 or Lesley on 01929 553927 or email warehamgolfcroquetclub@hotmail.com 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 10.00 A Place Of Welcome at 21 Commercial Road, Sw. Friendly drop-in for everyone, providing a free cup of tea or coffee, a listening ear, conversation and basic information. Everyone welcome, whatever the circumstances.

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: 481000 10.30 First Steps Toddler’s Group. Swanage Methodist Church till 11.45am. Ffi: Sylvia Garrett 425420, office hours, or sylviag@swanagemethodist.org.uk 10.30 Wareham Walkers. Convivial health walks for mainly older people, of up to two hours in and around Wareham, ending with coffee at a local tea room or pub. Ffi: www.wareham-walkers.org.uk or call 552933.

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.

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: 481000.

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

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14.30 Local Historian takes you on a town walk around Swanage, lasting 1 1/2 hours. No need to book, just turn up in the Swanage Museum in the Square, voluntary contributions welcome.

18.00 Sw Youth Centre Girls’ Night (Yr 8+) Till 10 18.15 Sw Cricket Club Practice till 8.30pm 18.30 Sw Bridge Club Mowlem Community Room. 421840 19.00 Wareham Air Cadets meet at Air Training Corps HQ, St Martin’s Lane, Wm. Cadets age 12+. Ffi: email: oc.2185@aircadets.mod.

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: 421913 19.00 Belvedere Singers rehearsal at St Mark’s CE VA Primary School, High St, Sw. Parking on-site. Till 9pm. All singers welcome! 423350.

19.30 Swanage Carnival Bingo at Swanage Bay View Holiday Park.

20.00 Sw Regatta & Carnival Assoc Bingo Herston Leisure, Herston Yards Farm, Sw. 20.00 Carey Hall, Wm Bingo 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.

13.00 Studland Toddler Group at Studland Village Hall until 2.30pm.

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 14.30 Local Historian takes you on a town walk around Swanage, lasting 1 1/2 hours. No need to book, just turn up in the Swanage Museum in the Square, voluntary contributions welcome.

15.00 Extend Exercise Class, now at Morton Village Hall. To improve strength, balance and flexibility. All welcome. Donations welcome. Ffi: 471490.

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 Tennis Club at Beach Gardens, Sw. Free Cardio Tennis taster. Till 7pm 18.00 Swanage Youth Club. School years 7&8. Till 8.30pm 18.00 Table Tennis at Harmans Cross Village Hall. All ages & abilities welcome. £2.50 per session. Ffi: 424591 18.45 Sw Hockey Club Training Wm Sports Centre. Till 8. 424442 19.00 Wm Bridge Club at the Library, South St. 552046 19.00 Wareham Short Mat Bowls Club Roll-up evening Furzebrook VH. 401799 19.00 Swanage Town Band meet for our weekly practice in the Council Chamber, Swanage Town Hall. New musicians warmly welcomed. Please call David Cook (musical Director) for further informaiton on: 01929 422909.

19.15 Purbeck Runners meet at the Crows Nest, Sw. 4/5 mile run.

19.30 Swanage Musical Theatre meet Swanage Bay View Complex Rehearsal Room. All welcome. Ffi: 426161 20.00 Sw Youth Centre Club Night (Yr 9+) Till 10 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 08.30 Swanage Tennis Club at Beach Gardens, Sw. Free Cardio Tennis taster. Till 9.30am.

09.00 Swanage Painting Club. Catholic Church Hall, Rempstone Rd, Sw. Friendly group. New members including beginners welcome. Till 1pm. Ffi: Jane on 01929 427078 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 Swanage Tennis Club at Beach Gardens, Sw. Free Matchplay taster session for prospective new members. First 3 sessions are free. Until 11am.

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 10.00 Wool Country Market D’Urbeville Hall. Cakes, preserves, plants, crafts, vegetables. Coffee & biscuits available.

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.

10.00 Wareham Croquet Club meet at the Recreation Ground until 5pm. New members and visitors welcome. Call Tony on 01929 550190 or Lesley on 01929 553927 or email warehamgolfcroquetclub@hotmail.com 10.15 Chess at the Cafe Tratt, Lower High Street, Swanage (from 8th February 2018). Call in for a friendly game of chess and a chat. All welcome.

10.30 Mid-Week Market Morning Service URC, Church St, Wm. Prayer requests to Revd. Simon Franklin 556976 10.30 Woodworking with Bernard and Terry at the Purbeck Workshop in Wool. The

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Email: richris95@gmail.com 11.00 Sensory Play for 1-4yrs old at Bovington Centre, until 12 noon.

13.30 Under 1 year olds at Wareham’s Children’s Centre, Streche Rd, Wm. Antinatal mums welcome. Till 3pm. Ffi: 552864.

13.30 Toddler Group. All Saints’ Church, Sw. 423937. Till 3pm (Term times) 14.00 Studland Chair-based Exercise in the Village Hall, Studland. Ffi: Julie on 558139 or email: jbrad@uwclub.net 14.15 Sw Over-60s Meet in the Rectory Classroom, Swanage, Sw. All Welcome.

16.00 Studland Chair-based Exercise in the Village Hall, Studland. Ffi: Julie on 01929 558139 or email: jbrad@uwclub.net 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 18.00 Isle of Purbeck Arts Club. Weekly evening Art Group. Aimed at beginners, at the Youth Hostel classroom, Cluny Cresent, Swanage, till 9pm.

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 Purbeck Arts Choir meet for rehersals, with conductor Jay Buckle, at St Mary’s School, Northbrook Road, Swanage. Sept-May. All welcome. For more information please phone Liz Roberts 01929 481419 19.30 Swanage Youth Club Youth Action (year 7 - sixth form). Till 9.30pm 20.00 Herston Hall OAP Committee Bingo Sw EVERY FRIDAY 09.00 Swanage Tennis Club at Beach Gardens, Sw. Free Cardio Tennis taster. Till 10am 09.30 Health Qigong: Fitness and relaxation. Till 10.30am. 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 Table Tennis Club Sw FC All ages/abilities £2.50 Till noon. 480093 10.00 A Place Of Welcome at 21 Commercial Road, Sw. Friendly drop-in for everyone, providing a free cup of tea or coffee, a listening ear, conversation and basic information. Everyone welcome, whatever the circumstances.

11.00 Swanage Library Rhyme Time, ages 0-4, until 11.30am.

11.00 Toddler Time For Under 5s And Carers. Wareham Library. Stories, songs and crafts. Every Friday, including school holidays. Ffi: 01929 556146 14.30 Short Mat Bowls at Durbeville Hall, Wool. Till 4.30pm. All standards welcome. Ffi: 552682.

18.00 Swanage Tennis Club at Beach Gardens, Sw. Free Matchplay taster session for prospective new members. First 3 sessions are free. Until 8.30pm.

18.00 Purbeck War-Game & Model Club. Royal British Legion, Sw. 426096.

18.00 Sw Youth Centre Club 12-13 (Yr 7-9) Till 8 18.30 Sw Bridge Club Mowlem Community Room. 421840 19.00 Sw Youth Centre Seniors Club Night (Yr 9+) Till 9.30pm.

19.30 Short tennis for adults at Swanage Football Club. All welcome. Equipment supplied. Till 9.30pm. £3.

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 08.00 Purbeck Runners meet at the Mowlem, Sw. 4/5 mile run.

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.

11.00 Fantastic Family Fun at Swanage Library, ages 3-8. Free story and craft session until 11.30am.

20.00 Herston OAP Committee Bingo at Herston Hall, Sw EVERY SUNDAY 09.00 Purbeck Runners meet at the Mowlem, Sw. 8+ mile run.

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.

13.30 Swanage Tennis Club at Beach Gardens, Sw. Free Cardio Tennis taster. Till 2.30pm 14.30 Swanage Tennis Club at Beach Gardens, Sw. Free Matchplay taster session for prospective new members. First 3 sessions are free. Until 4.30pm.

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