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Arts & Entertainment 39-41 Books 38 Business 34-36 Durlston Country Park events 33 Events Diary 42-43 Food & Drink 22 Gardening 28 Health & Wellbeing 30-31 Letters 20 Local Services 44-46 Margaret Green Animal Rescue 33 Motoring 37 National Coastwatch 24 Natural Matters 18 Politics 26-27 Recruitment 11 Sport 32 Telling It Like It Is 12 Wareham Town Council report 25 NEWS Researchers study seagrass in the bay Goodbye Puffin – the Ilay Cooper column Hospital submits plans to develop site Sunflowers to help good causes ‘Human Fish’ smashes swimming record The lost models of Model Town Judging time on ‘In Bloom’ efforts ‘Get aboard’ call for train station Fundraiser for Young Lives vs Cancer

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Packed programme for town’s carnival MORE than 100 events are planned over a fun-filled eight days when Swanage Carnival is staged after a two-year break because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The carnival, which runs from Saturday, 30 July, to Saturday, 6 August, has a ‘Once Upon a Time’ theme and organisers hope to sprinkle fairytale magic over the week with new events, new music and a new website.

Rich Goodwin’s aerobatic air display will set off the carnival procession and dinosaurs will stomp around the arena showing visitors what walked over the Jurassic Coast millions of years ago.

Three firework displays will light up the night skies, the only flying RAF Lancaster bomber will roar overhead to close the week and music will fill the air day and night.

Carnival chairperson Maria Foot said: “Carnival costs more than £200,000 to put on and this money is all raised by

the volunteers who organise and run carnival.

“After the last few years we are very conscious that many of our sponsors and supporters have suffered financially during these difficult times, and yet I have been heartened by how many in our local community have committed to sponsoring us this year helping to ensure we can go ahead.

YOUNG ambassadors are finally set to lead the procession at Swanage Carnival – two years after first being chosen.

Millie and Lavinia-Dior were selected as the faces of the annual extravaganza in 2020 when they were just 11 and eight years old.

But due to Covid-19, the carnival, one of the largest on the south coast, was cancelled in 2020 and then again in 2021.

Now, after two long years of waiting, Millie and LaviniaDior, now aged 13 and 10, are set to take centre stage in this year’s eight-day event in July and August.

The duo joined carnival president Maria Foot, carnival secretary Kevin Langdon and

Chris Pemberton from ambassadors’ sponsor Ellis Jones Solicitors, to start the countdown to this year’s carnival.

Kevin said: “It’s been a long two years for everyone involved in Swanage Carnival but especially for Millie and Lavinia-Dior.

“They have been incredibly patient but, like the rest of us, are hugely excited the carnival is going ahead this year.

“It promises to be one of the biggest and best yet and we can’t wait to get going.”

The carnival is being held from July 30 to August 6. It attracts more than a quarter of a million people and raises about £30,000 for good causes.

Swanage School pupil Millie and Swanage Primary

Day and night: Swanage Carnival has lots on offer with scores of events over eight days.

“It is always our hope to cover costs and give to our chosen charities from any proceeds we make. This year my chosen charity is Swanage Hospital Stanley Purser Ward.

Our local hospital is a vital resource and any money raised for this cause will go directly to the ward.

“We also continue to give to our annual charities the

Swanage Stroke Club and Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance, along with 17 other local chosen charities.

“We look forward to welcoming people from our local community and visitors from far and wide.”

Visitors will be able to pay by card at events, and make donations by card or through the website.

Ambassadors set to take centre stage

Swanage Carnival ambassadors Millie (front left) and Lavinia-Dior (front right). Behind them are, from left, Chris Pemberton from Ellis Jones Solicitors, which is sponsoring the ambassadors, carnival president Maria Foot and carnival secretary Kevin Langdon.

School pupil Lavinia-Dior will be some of the most important people at the carnival, judging competitions, opening events, joining in activities and leading the grand procession.

Ellis Jones Solicitors is a long-running sponsor of the

carnival. Chris Pemberton, a partner based in the Swanage office, said: “It is great to see the carnival back.

“It’s a superb event for the community and visitors, and as a local firm we are proud to play our part in its success.”

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Wareham Carnival organisers are hoping for the biggest ever parade.

Event set to embrace ‘Queen and Country’ WAREHAM Carnival is embracing the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee when it is held later this month with a ‘Queen and Country’ theme.

The event, back after an enforced break because of the Covid-19 pandemic, is this year celebrating its own 60th birthday.

Organisers are hoping for the biggest parade ever with many old favourite groups, along with lots of new floats and groups.

The parade will be led by Carnival Royalty and starts at 1pm before winding its way through the town and ending up at the recreation ground.

‘Saying Goodbye’ service at Minster

By Faith Eckershall WIMBORNE Minster is holding a Saying Goodbye Service this month for people affected by the loss of a baby during pregnancy or in early years.

Saying Goodbye services are open to people of all faiths or none, whether they lost their baby recently or 80 years ago.

Friends, family and children are welcome, along with people who

That is the venue for entertainment in the rink, stalls and static displays, music, refreshments and food outlets, and more.

Money raised from the parade and fun day, held on Sunday, 24 July, will go to local groups to help support them in providing activities for local people.

This month’s carnival’s scarecrow competition helps set the scene for the big day.

Full details of the events, timetable of events and competitions can be found on Wareham Carnival’s website, www.wareham carnival.co.uk

have lost babies through miscarriage, IVF or even those who have never been able to have children, say organisers, the Saying Goodbye charity.

A spokesman said: “Grief is sadly a lifelong journey but how we carry that grief can truly change how we live our lives.

“As a charity, we hope to be able to help each person carry the load and believe by honouring each baby lost and connecting with people personally we can remove feelings of isolation and desperation.”

The service is on Sunday, July 10, from 3.30-4.30pm with doors open from 45 minutes before the start.

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Researchers study seagrass in the bay

RESEARCHERS are investigating the extent and health of the seagrass beds in the Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zone.

Seagrass meadows play a vital role in supporting the ecosystem near the bay, forming a habitat for fish including sea bass, sea bream and the iconic Spiny Seahorse. They may also play an important role in reducing the impact of coastal erosion.

Seagrasses reduce the energy of waves and tidal currents, and trap nutrients and particles of sand which would otherwise get washed away. Their roots help bind the sediment together making it harder to erode.

All these effects contribute to improving the resilience of the

An autonomous underwater vehicle, similar to the one which will be used in Studland Bay, is deployed in the Balearic Islands.

sandy beaches of Studland Bay, which attract more than 1.5 million visitors a year.

Seagrasses are also highly effective at capturing and storing carbon within the sediment, and so are a major asset for mitigating climate change.

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Ten eco-moorings have been deployed so far, with support from boat-folk and the Seahorse Trust, with plans to eventually install 100 eco-moorings.

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Legal eagle earns her wings RISING star Florence Newton spent the length of the pandemic qualifying with Swanage law firm Ellis Jones Solicitors.

The ‘rule of six’ for social gatherings, a return to working from home and a 10pm curfew for hospitality had just been introduced when Florence started her training contract in September 2020.

Now she has become among the first solicitors in the area to qualify – and all while combining her training with duties as vice-president of Bournemouth and District Junior Lawyers Division.

Florence is based in Ellis Jones’ dispute resolution team and works closely with commercial property colleagues. She has a keen interest in property litigation.

Nigel Smith, managing partner at Ellis Jones, said: “Warmest congratulations to Florence on her success.

“Full credit must go to Florence for taking her training contract in her stride despite the upheaval and disruption of the last two years.

“Ellis Jones prides itself on nurturing talent and providing clear pathways for career progression. Florence is one of our rising stars and I am convinced she has a very bright future.”

Florence graduated with a

Florence Newton of Ellis Jones.

first class honours degree in law from Bournemouth University before passing her LPC legal practice qualification with a commendation.

She worked as a paralegal at Ellis Jones from May 2019 before embarking on her training contract.

Florence said: “I am sure the experience of training in different departments during a pandemic will stand me in good stead for the future.

“My thanks to everyone at Ellis Jones for being incredibly supportive. I’m looking forward to progressing my career and supporting the firm’s many valued clients.”

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Goodbye puffin

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mall – not a foot tall – white-fronted and black-backed, its dark head framing white cheeks, the puffin should be unremarkable.

Even its call – a long ‘aaaaa’ – is uninspiring.

But the creator, seeing that, tarted it up more brightly. In Spring the beak is deep, painted colourful in red, blue and yellow. A little seasonal growth stresses each eye and the webbed feet are bright scarlet. All rather over the top!

Those bright decorations are seasonal, lost in the autumn.

The bill’s exotic sheath falls away to leave a more modest, but still red, beak, the feet fade and its face darkens to grey.

Like this, for most of the year a puffin is a rarity in Purbeck.

Puffins arrive in Purbeck in March on the sea west of

The last in a short series of essays by renowned author and historian ILAY COOPER

Dancing Ledge. Last year saw my earliest ever – 28 February.

It socialises near the breeding site or on the sea below, where, in little bobbing groups, it flirts and mates, laying a single white egg with faint lilac patterns. When, after 40 days, this egg hatches, the parents are kept busy flying to and fro with fish for the chick.

Like the other two Purbeck auks, guillemots and razorbills, puffins spend most of a

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Mapping the Purbeck puffin’s fate. Red marks puffin breeding sites in the 1950s; the green dot is all that remains in 2022.

lifetime bobbing on the sea and pursuing small fish – smaller than the others choose – little silver sandeels which, arranged in a row across the beak, they carry back to the chick.

A tough little sea bird, often seen as comic, until now the puffin has hung on in Purbeck as a breeding bird. When I was a kid there were several places on the English south coast where a few still nested. Of these, now only the tiny Purbeck colony remains.

It wasn’t always like that.

Richard Pulteney, of Blandford, writing of the later 18th century, said of the puffin: “It is very common on the Dorset coast and at the Isle of Wight, where immense numbers are wantonly killed every year. They are eaten in the North and potted Puffin is sent to London, as rarities for the table.”

The first puffin entry in my diary, in June 1956, dealt with smaller numbers. After school, in high spring, we’d cycle up to Durlston to look at sea birds: “There were many guillemots, razorbills and a few puffins, also herring gulls and a black-backed gull. We went out to The Point to see the guillemot colony. The birds

were flustering around clucking like hens. A razorbill flew straight at us. When it got about a yard away it braked, spreading its wings and its tail and its webbed feet. We had a beautiful view.”

That Point offered an excellent vision of Durlston’s sea birds. Most of my earliest visions of puffins were from there. Fulmars glided past, close and curious. Razorbills nested on their side. Puffins sometimes landed on a grassy bank to the west but mostly disappeared into crevices.

There was a widening gap between The Point and the clifftop. Passing grown-ups warned of its precariousness.

Fifteen years later, it collapsed and lies in fragments in the sea below.

There were other places ‘along cliff’ to peer into darkness and see a puffin brooding a few feet away.

Those ‘immense numbers’ were long gone – perhaps 50 pairs remained scattered between Durlston to St Aldhelm’s Head. By 1963 they had gone from Durlston. The decrease was steady – this Spring I’ve seen only three birds at the remaining site.

A recent article in The Gazette blames climate change for the puffin’s fate. That seems likely when concerning starvation of chicks in larger, northern colonies, but less so in Purbeck, where the other two auks, after decades of decline, have reversed from a low point in the early 1960s to a gradual increase.

All three auks were

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Feature vulnerable to the cavalier habit of emptying waste fuel oil into the sea. Pollution controls have spared us the once-familiar 20th century sight of fouled dead and dying sea birds washed up along Britain’s coast. Pollution, not climate change, caused a century of Purbeck auk decline.

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uillemots and razorbills were the most visible victims.

That puffins rarely featured among the oiled birds washed up along the shore may have been because, outside the breeding season, they lived further out to sea and sank before reaching dry land or perhaps oil discharge was greater near the coast.

No slaughter has been as destructive as that careless oiling but, historically, Purbeck auks had other human threats to contend with. In the 18th and 19th centuries their eggs were collected for food around Lulworth and Durdle Door, where puffins and razorbills were particularly common.

Meanwhile, ‘sportsmen’ shot the breeding birds as they circled the cliffs. They had no use for them but weapons had improved and it was good fun to target such plentiful moving targets. Fishermen collected the corpses to bait their pots.

Predation by hawks, gulls and crows was trivial compared with human killing.

Years of destruction have been followed by an awareness of loss. Control of oil discharge brought the recent increase in guillemots and razorbills but not of puffins, which are also threatened by rats. The other two auks nest on sheer cliffs and closely guard their chicks for that brief period before they fly.

A puffin chick spends twice as long on land. In late July, the end of the breeding season, when it is plump and fullgrown, the parents desert it.

Abandoned, after a few days hunger, it will flutter down to the sea and swim away. During those few vulnerable days alone, it forms an enticing, accessible snack for rats. Its

Puffins by the early 19th century American bird artist, Audubon. The paint spatters are also his!

parents, far away at sea, some heading south for a Mediterranean winter, are oblivious of their youngster’s fate.

Rat predation, never proven in Purbeck, has been obvious elsewhere. Lundy, off the north Devon coast, was famous for its breeding puffins. The island also had rats. The puffin population decreased until only five birds were seen. The Landmark Trust, which administers the island, oversaw

rat eradication and, in 2006, declared it rat-free.

Rapidly, the burrow-nesting sea birds recovered. By 2019, the island boasted nearly 200 pairs of puffins. It is possible to clear a little island of rats – Britain poses a greater challenge.

Goodbye puffin! n This is the last of my series of articles in The Purbeck Gazette. They continue in the blog attached to my website, www.ilaycooper.com

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Lesson in flooding down at the beach

Pupils from St Mark’s Primary School in Swanage worked alongside Sara from the Dorset Coastal Forum.

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PUPILS in Year 4 at St Mark’s Primary School in Swanage learnt about flooding issues on a visit to the town’s beach on an Outdoor Classroom Day. The Dorset Coast Forum and the Environment Agency hosted a session at the seafront highlighting areas at flood risk and how the town is protected from coastal flooding.

Mrs Davies, one of the Year 4 class teachers, said: “The children had already been learning about the causes of coastal erosion and flooding in class, so this was the ideal opportunity to see what is happening within their community.”

On the seafront they found the painted drains and discussed what was being put in place to prevent flooding in Swanage.

Year 4 teacher Mrs Routledge added: “Many of the children

had previously spotted flood defences around town but hadn’t realised exactly what they were and why they were there. They were particularly interested in ‘the beach starts here’ markers, painted brightly around the gratings in gutters, reminding us that only water should go into them and no other rubbish.”

The class continued their walk to the pier and looked at the wooden groynes and concrete used to slow down coastal erosion.

Headteacher Mrs Martin said: “Year 4 had a fantastic time learning about the unique challenges facing our local community as part of Outdoor Classroom Day. “We would like to thank Sara and Diamond from The Dorset Coast Forum and Environment agency for providing this opportunity for our children.”

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Hospital submits plans to develop site PLANS to redevelop the Dorset County Hospital (DCH) site have been submitted to Dorset Council following feedback from patients, staff and the wider community.

DCH has been earmarked funding from the Government’s New Hospital Programme to build a new Emergency Department and Critical Care Unit. The trust also has aspirations to build a new two-storey main entrance, hospital support centre, key worker housing and create an Integrated Care Hub.

These form part of DCH’s Your Future Hospital programme, which sets out plans over the next five years to expand clinical facilities and help meet increasing demand.

In February and March, the trust invited staff and the public to comment on its plans.

Nearly 400 people gave their feedback and this has been included as part of the outline planning application which seeks a decision on the general principles, scale and nature of the developments.

Interim chief executive at

Dorset County Hospital Nick Johnson said: “We have big aspirations to develop and improve our hospital site for our patients, staff and visitors, including a brand-new Emergency Department and Critical Care Unit as part of the Government’s New Hospital Programme.

“We really appreciate people taking the time to look at our site plans and give us their feedback. We heard from patients, staff and the wider community and have included their views as part of our

outline planning application, so they can also be considered by local councillors.”

If Dorset Council grants permission, this would be subject to conditions, and the trust would need to draw up and submit detailed plans for each individual project.

More information about Dorset County Hospital’s plans can be viewed online at www. dchft.nhs.uk/your-futurehospital The planning application documents are on Dorset Council's planning portal.

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Telling It Like It Is

Police action needs to match words

by David Hollister n his latest trumpet-blowing press release, PCC David Sidwick tells us of his ‘priorities’ including being ‘Operation Vigilant’. Being Tough on Crime, keeping people safe and putting victims first. Try this, David.

We all of us have our opinions of the ‘authorities’, and regular readers will know that for me most of them rate pretty poorly simply because they either fail to do the things for which they are paid, or do them so slowly and incompetently that sometimes I wonder whether the word ‘serious’ or ‘urgent’ is even in their vocabulary.

This month, I’m particularly inflamed by the apparent failure of Dorset Police to follow up a violent attack on three 14-yearold children, one of whom has been left emotionally scarred by his experience to the point where he is now afraid to venture out into the streets of his own home town.

My informant, the parent of one of the three lads, is totally trustworthy and I have no reason to believe he has concocted this story. He is upset to the point where he really needs to contact someone in authority and I have agreed to forward part of this column to David Sidwick (Police and Crime Commissioner) and to the Chief Constable Scott Chilton. I will be happy to include their reasonable replies in this column next month.

It’s actually the sort of thing I’d put on Facebook but that’s a cheap way of achieving very little.

Okay, these three lads. It was the evening of the early May 2022 Bank Holiday and they decided to go into Swanage,

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maybe have an ice-cream or some chips at the Chicken Shop –just three mates, not looking for trouble.

But sadly they found it.

Walking down the road at the back of Budgens, they were accosted by a gang of eight or ten youths, some wearing balaclavas, who were kitted out with knives, clubs and other illegal weapons.

They grabbed our three, stole their AirPods, phones, expensive jackets, tops and footwear, and made off.

The lads immediately contacted their parents, who made their way into town after phoning the police. Two hours later, two police officers turned up ¬– sent from Ferndown! They took brief statements, issued a ‘crime number’ and arranged to visit them and the parents in Langton, eventually turning up ten days later. The officer from Ferndown said to my friend “there is no police presence in Swanage this (Bank Holiday) weekend”.

The impression was also given that this gang had burgled a house in the town and allegedly robbed someone at a cashpoint.

Apparently, the gang had come in on a bus(!) from Bournemouth, are clearly visible on the bus CCTV, the kebab shop CCTV and even names are known by other witnesses and one name – which keeps coming up – has been reported to the Police. Who apparently can do nothing. What more, I wonder, do the Police need before they do something.

A bit later in the month, we had the food festival – my friend’s child wanted to go but eventually refused to go into town because he was afraid a member or members of the gang would recognise him and assault him.

Now he’s afraid to go out at night.

A respectable 14-year-old terrified to be on the unpoliced streets of his own home town.

Now we all know that the Police are under-resourced yet Facebook is full of photos of PCSOs in Battenburg BMWs posing for photos in beautiful locations while ‘keeping a watch out for anti-social behaviour’.

So I challenge the PCC and the Chief Constable to get these non-police-officers off the streets and put a couple of old-fashioned bobbies on the beat in the evenings, proper coppers who can dish out more than advice and gentle warnings.

Except even the ‘proper coppers’ are hamstrung by what they are and are not allowed to do. In the old days, a clip around the ear or a night in the slammer would have worked miracles – now, the villains just laugh and threaten to sue.

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he ‘law’ has really bitten us in the backside good ‘n’ proper, hasn’t it.

Councils are afraid to withhold planning applications or to stand up for the homeless and instead allow developers to change criteria relating to affordable homes because it might be ‘unviable’. Look at Harrow House. Ninety homes proposed, including 52 apartments across four blocks up to 4.5 storeys high, and 41 other varied shapes and sizes – with affordable homes provided ‘subject to viability’.

Their words not mine.

Look at the planning application for the former St Mary’s school site at Manor Road for which the developers removed the ‘second homes’ clause and then went on to try and remove the ‘affordable homes’ clause.

Because they were not ‘viable’.

For ‘viable’ read ‘we would not be able to squeeze the last cent out of this development’.

And in each case, there’s no doubt the planning department is simply terrified any refusal would generate an appeal which would more than likely result in the council having to fork out ‘compensation’ to the developers.

Because the courts are on the side of the money.

Look at the vandalism of the

Old Malthouse site at Langton Matravers, which seems to have slipped under the locals’ radar and where the lovely old building and playing fields will be desecrated in the name of ‘homes’ without – so it seems – even a hint any ‘affordable’ homes, especially affordable rentals –included.

Anyone who read the sad story in ‘Swanage News’ or listened to my afternoon show on Purbeck Coast a couple of weeks ago cannot fail to have been moved by the story of the young professional couple, their three children and two dogs, who will by the time you read this have been forced to leave Purbeck.

After a ‘no fault’ eviction they have been unable to find a home to either rent or buy, even though the rent they have been paying is hugely more than mortgage repayments would be. By the time I’d finished that piece on my show, I was in tears.

What we need is a society where compassion results in not every spare room or building being used for ‘Air B&B’ and where these rooms and houses are available to let to our impoverished youngsters to stop them moving out of Purbeck.

What we need – and what we’re not going to get – are pure and simple old-fashioned council houses. Homes for people to rent and live in, not to buy on ‘shared ownership’. Not to be able to buy under Boris’s stupid scheme.

Houses for families to live in.

Pigs might fly.

Apology and correction In last month’s ‘Telling It Like It Is’ in the Purbeck Gazette, I mistakenly suggested that Culvin Milmer in his position as visitor services manager was deliberately working against the local market and shops by organising the street market on the seafront in May. I now understand this market was fully discussed by Swanage Council’s Tourism department and ratified by the full council as being in support of the town’s tourist trade. I wish to apologise to Culvin for my suggestion and hope we can work together over the months to come to assist in the promotion of tourism in Swanage in the best interests of us all.

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Sunflowers to help good causes MAIDEN Castle Farm at Dorchester is running a major fundraising event for the second year which will support two important charities.

The farm will create a spectacular sunflower trail which will raise funds for Kingfisher Ward at Dorset County Hospital and Cherkasy Hospital in Ukraine.

The farm will give half the profits generated by the trail to be shared equally between the two good causes.

Organiser Hazel Hoskin is working with Dorchester Town Council on a range of additional events and activities in the town, all based around the theme of sunflowers.

Visitors will be encouraged to visit Dorchester town centre from mid-July to see spectacular sunflower sculptures suspended across South Street and retailers will

sundowner sessions, Pilates in the sunflowers and more to be announced.

To boost the event’s green credentials, visitors will be encouraged to follow a special scenic path from Dorchester town centre to the heart of the trail – a distance of about 1.5 miles. .

Hazel Hoskin said: “It was fantastic seeing the thousands of people who visited the farm last year to experience the sunflowers.

“We heard about many examples of people making special memories there and with their support we raised a lot of money for the special care unit at Dorset County Hospital. With all the sunflowers in the town centre we think this year will be even better and we hope even more people will come along and join in the excitement.”

Hazel Hosking in a sunflower field. PHOTO: BNPS

join in with the activities with sunflower-themed shop windows across the town.

Borough Gardens will showcase a range of sunflower varieties specially grown to highlight the beauty of the flowers.

The main event is in August at Maiden Castle Farm, when the sunflower crop is fully grown and in all its glory. The

sunflower trail created on the farm will be a highlight for many people after thousands visited the attraction last summer.

The main trail will take an estimated 40 minutes but a shorter trail will be available for visitors with accessibility requirements. The attraction will include a photograph competition, opportunities for

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Baby food – Libby’s on the case!

JOEY’S Family Food, a new baby food venture, has opened in Antelope Walk in Dorchester.

It is offering nutritious and healthy frozen baby foods, aimed at taking the guesswork out of weaning, with the meals prepared on-site.

Founder Libby Gower said: “We believe every child should be given the opportunity to eat healthily from the start. We offer a variety of flavours and textures, introducing children to an exciting fun world of food.

“Joey’s works to promote a healthy, happy relationship with food, developing positive

eating habits for life.

“The wide range of ingredients we use allows you to serve up things that you might not have usually thought of or had the confidence to try and cook.

“We’re very excited to welcome customers through our doors at Antelope Walk – it’s a beautiful central location in Dorchester – perfect for a stroll with the pushchair!”

Libby previously worked for six years in food development, including quality control and supply chain management.

While working at Sainsbury’s, she helped to develop the

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Joey’s Family Food founder Libby Gower cooking up a storm.

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Out Of The Blue

July is a busy month in Purbeck with the Reggae Festival, Dorset Volkfest and Swanage Carnival, among others, to look forward to.

In much the same way we look forward to your opinions, so keep those priority surveys coming – https://www. surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ PurbeckEmail So, what have we been up to? Well, between 7 May, 2022, and 8 June, 2022, we dealt with 572 occurrences in Purbeck, of which 184 were recorded crimes and resulted in 57 arrests.

There were also 130 occurrences of road traffic collisions.

The number of road traffic collisions has risen from last month.

Summer is in full swing and visitor numbers have increased dramatically with some areas becoming very busy.

This brings an increase of traffic to our roads – both tourists who may not be familiar with the area and may not be accustomed to driving on country roads,

and those who live locally who think they know the roads!

Whatever the category, please be careful, considerate and courteous on the roads. One of the key reasons drivers lose concentration or become stressed when driving is because they are in a hurry.

Remember COAST: Concentrate on your driving. Observe all around you. Anticipate what might happen next. Space – give space at all times and remember the ‘two second rule’, it gives you Time to

plan your driving.

If you have any questions concerning road safety, please visit Dorset Road Safety | Dorset Road Safety And finally, if you need to contact Dorset Police, please call our Police Enquiry Centre on 101 or email 101@dorset.pnn. police.uk 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 many issues, from full crime reports to lost property – just use this link https:// www.dorset.police.uk/ do-it-online/ Don’t forget to visit us on our Facebook page, Facebook.com/Purbeck-

herself, Libby recognised the challenge of weaning and how daunting it can be to find tasty and nutritious foods to wean babies and toddlers onto.

police 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 and Trading Standards, and community safety messages.

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‘Human Fish’ smashes another swimming record to save oceans

By Lorraine Gibson NOT content with breaking one world swimming record, Oly Rush, turbo-swimmer extraordinaire, aka ‘The Human Fish’, has made history by becoming the first person to circumnavigate the Caribbean island of Grand Cayman.

The plasterer from Poole swam 60 miles non-stop through shark-filled waters around the island.

Before flying to the Caribbean, he said he realised it was a huge challenge and that the threat from sharks was a consideration.

“I’m taking it seriously and we’re doing all we can to mitigate the risks,” he said.

On the constant 27-degree temperatures he added: “I won’t have a wetsuit, so will need to apply sun cream throughout, and I’ll also have to take on water during the swim.”

Oly did it in the end but boy did he earn his title.

“I got round but it was absolutely brutal,” said the clean-ocean campaigner who swam to raise money for the cause. “It was so, so difficult. It took me to some very dark places and I literally wanted the ocean to swallow me up.”

He completed the 95.5km continuous swim in 36 hours and 59 minutes before walking from the sea unaided to board an ambulance to be assessed and then taken to hospital.

Oly, who has raised tens of thousands of pounds for environmental charities and was partnered by Plastic Free Cayman and Project Planet, is now a minor celebrity on the island.

“I was never going to quit because I was so motivated by the environmental cause and what humans are doing to the planet, but it was the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” he said.

“My food plan went out of the window after four hours and there were channels I had to swim through by myself

Oly Rush prays to the heavens as he completes his swim.

because the support kayaks couldn’t get through due to the swell.

“There were some sections where I was making little to no progress against the currents.”

Olly added: “I had a great support team and I’m sure something was looking over me to ensure I finished.”

And the sharks? “There were no major incidents during the swim, it was just extremely tough,” he said.

“I went to hospital mainly to address dehydration. My tongue was so swollen I could hardly drink. The pain in my shoulders was pretty intense but after some strong pain relief I was able to settle down and get some much-needed rest.”

Ever the eco-warrior, Oly said: “The important thing was to raise awareness about sea pollution and we’ve raised lots of money, too, and people can still donate.

“It is too early to say what I’ll do next but I’ll continue to raise awareness about sea pollution and no doubt when I get home I’ll be on beaches clearing them of plastics.”

Last year Oly swam around the Isle of Wight in a record time.

His Go Fund Me page – www.gofundme.com – can be found searching for ‘Grand Swim’.

Dorset’s ‘human fish’ Oly Rush takes it in as locals congratulate him on finishing a 37-hour non-stop swim around Grand Cayman.

PHOTOS: Maggie Jackson

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The lost models of the Model Town WIMBORNE Model Town is appealing for information about four Dorset model dioramas which featured in the grounds of the original 1950s site.

The volunteer-run charity attraction is celebrating its 70th anniversary this summer having opened to paying visitors for the first time on 1 August 1952.

The first guide book for the new and developing 1/10th scale layout of Wimborne described four additional landscape models of local attractions – the Weymouth White Horse, Badbury Rings, Bath Hill, Bournemouth, and Purbeck’s Blue Pool.

Visitors threw coins for the benefit of local charities into the blue pool, a tradition which continues today.

The models were situated towards the exit area and became superseded by ongoing developments, including coin-operated dodgems in the 1970s.

Wimborne Model Town in the 1950s with the Dorset landscape models position marked and (inset) the first Wimborne Model Town Guide.

Spokesman Greg Hoar said: “It would be wonderful to see any pictures early visitors may have taken of the landscape models, as nothing exists in our archive.

“We would be pleased to hear recollections and anecdotal evidence of the Dorset dioramas and visits during our formative years as we look back over the last

seven decades”.

The Model Town is contactable on 0750 3699370 or by e-mail at greghoar@ wimborne-modeltown.com if you are able to assist.

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Judging time on ‘In Bloom’ efforts

WAREHAM will be judged Environment and Community once again on Tuesday (July 5) and is ‘going for Gold’! in the Small Town section of The town centre’s summer the South and South East in floral display baskets and Bloom (SSEIB) regional stands provided by Wareham competition – part of national Town Council are looking efforts towards the RHSbeautiful – but it is not all sponsored Britain in Bloom about flowers. initiative.

WCG members have been Representatives of the active from autumn to Wareham Community spring and included a Growers (WCG) local ‘In Bloom’ group, who took over competition was the mantle in 2021 of organised and awards the former Wareham presented in in Bloom Committee, September; bulb will escort judge John planting and maintenance Ross Lockwood on a walking schemes at the Hooper and driving route around Rempstone Centre and the town. the verge outside Westport Their efforts, after a House; litter picks with the two-year lapse in entries, Wareham Wombles group; earned a coveted Silver Gilt fundraising/bric-a-brac sales at award for the town. Wareham the Corn Exchange; working will be judged in the three with Purbeck Youth Centre categories – Horticulture, members at Northmoor

Wareham Community Growers members have been active over the last few months with fundraising sales and more.

Allotments and a dementiafriendly project (Forget-Me– Not Garden) at Bestwall allotments.

A scheme to plant a commemorative tree for Platinum Jubilee Year under the Queen’s Green Canopy Scheme is planned for autumn and links with many Wareham community groups, whose efforts will be promoted on the judge’s tour, have been solidified.

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Natural Matters

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By John Garner N recent years there has been a real interest and indeed a massive increase in small local breweries providing excellent beer.

Some call it craft beer, others call it…well… beer.

Now, my favourite unheated drink is beer. There is really nothing like a pint of beer at the end of a long ride or walk. Or even at the end of a short ride or walk.

Or even just for the sake of drinking a refreshing, relaxing pint. It’s like a sigh in a glass.

Deep amber hoppy ale by preference for me but I’m not averse to the odd lighter shade on a warm summer’s evening. I can even go for a chilled lager on a hot summer’s day but not of the mass-produced chemicaltasting variety. Just my choice.

But a stone’s throw from where I live, numerous small breweries produce excellent and varied beers. I cannot say I have tasted them all, surely an error which needs to be rectified, but I can definitely give you some highlights over the next few paragraphs.

I started this column thinking I would ‘review’ a few breweries in the Dorset area but the more I wrote the more I realised that was too big a job. So, I’ve

concentrated on my favourite and the most local of local beers.

Hattie Brown’s craft ales are here in Swanage and supply many a good establishment, most notably The Square and Compass.

But you can get it on tap and in bottles at a variety of local establishments.

A glance at the website will inform you they were established in 2015 in an old brick building in the folds of the Purbeck hills as they inevitably wend their way down to the sea. The establishment of this small but distinguished brewery was the first to be producing excellent beer in Swanage for 100 years.

Something I should say before we start. I am not a beer connoisseur in the sense I cannot necessarily distinguish various tastes or types of hops so many of my ‘reviews’ contain words like marvellous and excellent and lovely. Not very precise but there you are. You’ll have to try them for yourself and make up your own descriptions.

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Numerous small local breweries produce excellent and varied beers.

PHOTO: MabelAmber/Pixabay

for it. Their regular, always available, beers seem to be Moonlite and HBA. Moonlite, as the website will tell you, is a really crisp, citrusy, pale-coloured ale with lots of flavour. My favourite summer beer probably of all time. It’s bloody lovely!

HBA – presumably Hattie Browns Ales – is a darker more malty beer and it’s also bloody lovely. Tangy and full of flavour, I drink more of this in winter. Both are about 3.8 % ABV which means you can have lots of it and I’m not going to make any comments about drinking responsibly, because you are all grownups and surely know when to pull the plug on that extra pint or two.

If you don’t have the discipline to do this then I very much doubt a bloke writing about beer in a local magazine is likely to influence you one way or another. Personal responsibility seems to be a thing of the past but I encourage you to exercise a bit here should that be applicable.

They also do a few others from time to time, most of which I’ve sampled from the bottle. Mustang Sally is a pale ale, Kirrin Island is another Malty hoppy beer and you might not be

surprised to hear they are also bloody marvellous.

My first hand-drawn pint of beer after the first lockdown was a pint of Zephyr at the Square and I cannot tell you how fantastic that tasted. Or it might have been a pint of Spangle. I cannot remember its exact name but I do remember the feeling. The euphoria of drinking a pint of beer outside of a pub after such a long time was almost too much to bear and the mind literally boggled. Then there’s the Crow black, their porter-style beer. Fantastic on a cold winter’s evening.

Like a warming slurp of energy and reassurance.

These are the ones I know for sure I’ve tasted. Others appear from time to time such as Full Moon, Hopsworth, Scarlett and Dog on the Roof, some or indeed all of which I may have had, but the memory is not what it was. I also just had a bottle Agglestone which, you’ll not be surprised to learn, I liked a great deal.

In short, I have never had a duff pint or bottle from Hattie Browns. And I have a bought a few as you can tell.

I urge you to try as many as possible. You’ll be getting a fantastic pint of beer and helping to make sure another local business continues to flourish.

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South Western Railway Community rail manager Paula Aldridge said: “Stations on the South Western Railway network currently benefit from the support of over 70 station adoption groups.

“The work station adopters do is invaluable in making our stations a better place for our customers and helping to centre them within their communities.

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The groups aim to add value to local communities by making the station a welcoming and attractive focal point, to encourage rail travel and to instill a sense of civic pride by involving schools, volunteer groups and businesses.

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Letters Bank wrong to close Swanage branch

I AM protesting about the decision to close the Lloyds Bank Swanage branch on 19 September following an in-depth review.

Swanage is a tourist town with an above average number of elderly people. It has a significant number of small businesses, which need banking facilities.

HSBC, NatWest and Barclays banks have all closed within recent years. The Nationwide Building Society has cramped premises, which makes it a challenge to serve a large number of customers within them, even though the manager has a personal space.

The Post Office has larger premises but is planning to move to smaller ones.

Swanage Lloyds is 9.7 miles away from Wareham Lloyds, rather than the 8.91 miles which the leaflet entitled ‘Closing Branch Review’ states. Swanage is at the end of the long cul-de-sac called the A351.

Lloyds directors decided last year to cut costs by closing yet more branches. The area director will have decided that Swanage is more out of the way than Wareham and must therefore suffer closure first ¬– with Wareham hanging on for a couple more years?

Every other provider of a public service will have been tempted to take a similar decision and to close down their Swanage premises if they merely look at a map from a distant office. However, one needs to take the reality of differing communities into effect.

One consequence of this decision, if enacted, will be to make Swanage more isolated – especially since the Ferry has been closed each year for several weeks for essential maintenance or repair work.

Another consequence will be to ensure much more travel to another branch, which scarcely fits in with the Lloyds green credentials boasted of in the annual report.

The bar charts – on the helpful ‘Closing Branch Review’ leaflet – show how bank usage has significantly reduced between 2017 and 2021 but they rely on figures taken during the times of Covid-19 when the elderly population were implored to stay at home. Lloyds Bank will now penalise them for doing so.

It is not as if the counters in the Swanage branch are deserted. There are sometimes significant queues. Twice recently during my fortnightly visit, they have been out to the entrance door while the excellent staff tried to sort out two major issues presented by certain customers.

Not everything can be sorted out online. Indeed, not everyone wishes to do online banking.

Lloyds’ slogan says ‘We are here for you’ but they won’t be if they go ahead with the closure on 19 September.

I am writing along these lines to Lloyds Bank to ask it to think again. Others concerned about this should also do so. The decision should be delayed until more recent usage figures are available.

Reconsideration is essential.

One address to which to write is: Lloyds Banking Group, Customer Services, BX1 1LT. Or one could write to the directors at Head Office at Lloyds Bank plc. Registered office: 25 Gresham St, London EC2V 7HN. Peter Clark Swanage

CPRE call on the Green Belt

JUST a modest increase in investment in our Green Belts would benefit nearly half the population.

At CPRE, the Countryside Charity, we’re urging Government to honour its pledge to protect and enhance these lands and have published a report asking it to deliver funds to meet its Levelling Up Bill commitment to ‘improve Green Belts around towns and cities’.

The report is timely and important as I understand Dorset Council is considering relaxing the Green Belt designations on ground of ‘exceptional circumstances’ and a commitment from Government to increase funding for their protection and enhancement would send a powerful message it is serious in its aim to develop ‘brownfield first’.

The term ‘exceptional circumstances’ is a big problem locally, being used to justify removal of land from Green Belts for development – often of large houses that don’t address the lack of affordable housing for Dorset residents. Some 70 per cent of Green Belt around Wimborne alone has been removed for development.

This power has also been used to remove Green Belt protection from the countryside close to many in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, and East Dorset, particularly in the Stour Valley.

The report analyses of the geographical spread of agri-environment schemes and considers the financial implications of the Environmental Land Management schemes – soon to be introduced.

These schemes will replace agricultural and land management subsidies, and will be how Government funds its commitment to safeguard and improve Green Belt land.

It is vital that these schemes recognise the benefits to be achieved by that investment, not least for urban dwellers.

Dorset residents, please write to your MPs, ward councillors, parish councillors drawing attention to this threat to the Green Belts, urging them to pressurise the Government.

Peter Bowyer Dorset CPRE chairman

It’s my party and I’ll lie if I want to!

When is a party not a party?

When it’s at No.10!

When there’s a total lockdown

But not for folk like them When it’s a simple ‘gathering’ Perhaps as few as 20 More of a meeting really Although with food aplenty When we must bring a bottle Or even a case full of booze When we all sing karaoke While thousands die on ‘The News’ When we make fools of the Nation With laughing and dancing and screams When is a party not a party?

When you’re the Prime Minister it seems!

Martin Hobdell Swanage

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The event will take place on Bournemouth beach on Friday, 9 September 2022, at 6.30pm.

Don’t worry – it’s perfectly safe, and the event is open to all ages (minimum age 12) and abilities.

Registration starts from 6.30pm and then at about 7pm you’ll begin your fun and interactive training session.

You will begin your walk at 8pm, where family and friends are welcome to come along and cheer you on.

It costs £30 to sign up and then we are asking our supporters to raise sponsorship of £100 per person.

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Readers’ letters on matters of local interest are welcomed. Email them to ed@purbeckgazette.co.uk

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Everything in the garden’s rosy!

CAREYS Secret Garden in Wareham, billed as Dorset tourism’s best kept secret, has been scooping awards in its first year of opening.

It has won Gold in the Dorset Tourism Awards, Silver in the South West Tourism Awards and been considered for a finalist place in the New Tourism Business category at the prestigious VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2022.

Careys Secret Garden was ‘found’ by Simon Constantine in 2019 when his children pushed through a set of old wooden gates on their family’s newly purchased estate in the rolling hills of the Isle of Purbeck.

Once inside, Simon discovered an incredible, breathtakingly beautiful walled garden which had been left wild, untamed and unloved for over 40 years.

And so began a substantial yet sensitive transformation, regeneration and rewilding

Garden apprentice Domenico Presti, Amanda Park from Visit Dorset, and garden marketing manager Emma Shaw.

project. With the help of local plantsman Paul Scriven and garden designer Daniel Smith of Beeutiful Gardens – and the use of smart drone photography – the hidden garden was reimagined into a wonderful, welcoming and exciting space for all to enjoy.

Careys Secret Garden formally opened its gates to the public on 6 May 2021 for the first time in its 150-year

history.

The Dorset Tourism Awards judge said: “From the moment you turn into the long drive onto the site you really feel as if you are on an adventure.

“The founder, Simon, is determined to create a wonderful space for all and his dedication to rewilding, permaculture and giving back to nature flow through the very essence of this garden and the

thinking behind it.

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Food & Drink

Three 30-minute fish dishes to toast the coast with the most

By Lorraine Gibson MAKE the most of summer on the coast with these off-thescale alfresco fish dishes. A fragrant curry, sizzling sardines or a traditional chunk of beer-battered cod – which one will be your catch of the day?

Sea bass with coconut & runner bean curry Serves: 4 Ingredients 2 tbsp vegetable oil 2 shallots, halved and finely sliced 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 heaped tsp fresh root ginger, grated 10 fresh Cooks’ Ingredients Curry Leaves (or dried) 1 tsp garam masala 1⁄2 tsp ground turmeric, plus extra for dusting 1⁄2 tsp salt 400g can coconut milk 300g runner beans, trimmed and finely sliced on the diagonal, 2 unwaxed limes, zest of 1, juice of 1, 1 cut into wedges 4 Waitrose Mediterranean Sea Bass Fillets 2 x 250g packs ready-cooked basmati rice, to serve Method 1 – Put 1 tbsp oil in large frying pan over a medium heat.

Add the shallots, garlic, ginger and curry leaves; fry for 2-3 minutes until fragrant and turning golden. Add the spices and salt; fry for 1 minute.

2 – Add the coconut milk and bring to a simmer; add the beans. Simmer gently for 6-8 minutes, stirring occasionally until the beans are tender.

Squeeze in the juice of 1⁄2 lime; add more salt and lime juice to taste.

3 – Heat the remaining 1 tbsp oil in a large frying pan over a high heat. Pat the fish dry and slash the skin a couple of times. Season the skin with a pinch of salt and a dusting of turmeric then fry, skin-side down, for 3 minutes. Turn, squeeze over the juice of the remaining 1⁄2 lime and fry for a final minute until fully

cooked and opaque. Cook the rice according to pack instructions then stir through the zest of 1 lime. Serve the fish and rice with the coconut runner beans and lime wedges.

Beer-battered fish tacos Serves: 4 Ingredients 4 tbsp soured cream 1/2 tsp Cooks’ Ingredients Chipotle Paste 2 limes, juice of about 1 1⁄2 and the rest sliced 1⁄2 tsp clear honey 1 shallot, halved and thinly sliced 250g cucumber, halved and thinly sliced 250g red cabbage, shredded About 250ml sunflower oil 2 x 260g packs No.1 Icelandic Cod Loin, patted dry on kitchen paper 100g plain flour 1 tsp ground cumin 1⁄2 tsp bicarbonate of soda 200ml Peroni 12 Mexican soft taco wraps Method 1 – Preheat oven to 150oC, gas mark 2. Mix the soured cream and chipotle paste in a bowl. In another bowl, mix the juice of 1 lime with the honey and a pinch of salt, then stir in the shallot and cucumber. In a third bowl, toss the cabbage with a squeeze of lime juice and a pinch of salt. Set aside everything until the fish is cooked.

2 – Heat the oil in a large, deep-sided frying pan over a medium-high heat (about 200 C).

Cut the fish into 6cm lengths and season. For the batter, mix the flour, cumin and bicarbonate of soda in a mixing bowl.

3 – When the oil is hot, lightly whisk the beer into the flour mixture (don’t worry if it’s not completely smooth). Dredge

Sardine fish cakes – delicious with a green salad and mayonnaise.

the cod, 2-3 pieces at a time, in the batter, then lower into the hot oil (cook in batches and avoid overcrowding the pan).

Cook for 2 minutes on each side, nudging if they’ve stuck a little. The fish should be opaque and flake easily with a fork. Lift out and blot on kitchen paper.

4 – Spread the wraps over a large baking tray and heat in the oven for 2-3 minutes.

Serve topped with the fish, cabbage, cucumber and shallot, chipotle cream and lime slices.

Sardine fish cakes Serves: 2 Ingredients 400g cold mashed potato (made using minimal butter and milk, or use a 400g pack of Essential Mashed Potato) 2 salad onions, finely sliced 2 tbsp finely chopped flat leaf parsley 1 unwaxed lemon, zest plus wedges to serve 106g pack King Oscar Sardines in Extra Virgin Olive Oil with Red Bell Pepper, Garlic, Rosemary and Hot Chilli 1 tbsp plain flour 1 British Blacktail Free Range Medium Egg

75g panko breadcrumbs 3 tbsp sunflower oil Green salad, to serve 30g garlic mayonnaise, to serve Method 1 – Put the potato, onions, parsley and lemon zest in a mixing bowl. Lift the sardines from their oil (discard the oil or save to drizzle over toast); add to the bowl. Gently mix everything together with clean hands, then shape into 8 fish cakes.

2 – Put the flour on a small plate, the egg in a shallow bowl and the breadcrumbs on a separate plate. One at a time, dust the fish cakes with the flour, then coat in the egg and finally the breadcrumbs.

3 – Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat. Add the fish cakes and cook for 3 minutes on each side, turning carefully, until golden all over and cooked all the way through. Serve with a green salad, a dollop of garlic mayonnaise and the lemon wedges for squeezing over. n Recipes and photos are from Waitrose – thousands more recipes can be found at www.waitrose.com/recipes

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Fundraiser coins in the cash for children’s cancer charity MORE than £3,000 was raised for children’s cancer charity Young Lives vs Cancer in an event at Tom Brown’s pub in Dorchester.

The fundraiser, organised by family and friends of Matthew Hoskins for the third year running, included a duck race, live music, barbecue, face painting, raffle, auction and more.

Matthew, from Weymouth, died in August 2014, aged 26.

He was diagnosed with a Germinoma (brain tumour) in August 2012 when he was only 23.

Matthew and his family were supported by CLIC Sargent, now known as Young Lives vs Cancer, a charity which supports young cancer patients and their families.

His friends and family have been raising money for the charity in his memory ever since, continuing the fundraising Matthew started.

Tom Brown’s pub manager Katy Jones was close friends with Matthew and organised the event with help from Matthew’s family, especially Rachel Holloway and Jacquie Mowlam, Matthew’s sisters.

In the picture (from left) Rachel Holloway, Jacquie Mowlam, Katy Jones and Liz Blunt. PHOTO: Dorsetbays

Katy said: “I was so pleased with how well the event. It was such a good atmosphere and so lovely to do something so positive to help children and young people with cancer.

“There are so many people to thank but I would like to give a special thanks to Matt’s family, friends and volunteers.

“Also, we really appreciated the sponsors, especially Brace the Butchers, Legg & Sons and Hearn & Sons, and Access All Areas. The support from everyone was astounding. I genuinely didn’t expect to raise anything like the amount

All things vintage down at the quay

VISITORS to Poole Quay this month will be getting their glad rags on for the Poole Goes Vintage event.

The event, featuring vintage traders and live music from the 1940s to the 1960s, will appeal to vintage lovers, families, holidaymakers and locals.

It will include vintagethemed workshops and classic car displays, and performances from Rhythm Slicks, Rockin’ The Joint, Little Dave and The Sun Sessions, Retro Rita and DJ

Mr D with Retro Grooves spinning the disks at the vinyl booth.

The event is being held on Saturday and Sunday, 9 and 10 July.

of money we did.”

Liz Blunt, Young Lives vs Cancer’s senior fundraising engagement manager for Dorset, said: “It’s so important that we offer families

specialist, empowering support from the moment of a cancer diagnosis, throughout treatment and beyond, including bereavement support. We don’t want families experiencing this difficult time alone.

“As a charity we don’t receive any government funding and can only provide the support that’s needed for Dorset families thanks to the kindness of others. It’s so kind of Katy and Matthew’s family to organise this wonderful day in Matthew’s name and a huge thank you to them for the support they so kindly give to help Young Lives vs Cancer.”

To make a donation to the Just Giving page visit https:// www.justgiving.com/ fundraising/rachel-holloway5

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National Coastwatch – Eyes along the coast

Swanage Coastguard Station 1904. PHOTO: Swanage Museum

An early cliff rescue. PHOTO: St Alban’s Head NCI

Changing face of the Coastguard

I

t was a real delight to see so many people enjoying themselves over the recent Jubilee weekend. With so much going on in Swanage, we felt that ‘tea and cakes’ at the Lookout might have been a bit of overkill. However, the station looked magnificent with its red, white and blue bunting and we’ve received favourable comments about the lighting up of the station at night. This certainly complemented the beacons lit on St Aldhelm’s and Durlston Heads.

At St Alban’s, the watchkeepers were kept busy by a large number of walkers making use of the coast path and enjoying the ‘refreshments from the hatch’.

Many people took advantage of the weather to get out on the water and our logbooks recorded a stream of vessels going east and west. At one stage, both stations had more than 50 yachts passing by during a south coast sailing race. It made an impressive sight, seeing them heading west, with their brightlycoloured spinnakers billowing in the wind. The radar images almost reminded me of Drake’s fleet, sailing to meet the Spanish Armada!

Despite several call-outs, our friends and colleagues in the coastguard rescue teams were able to take part in some of the festivities, helping to celebrate their important anniversary. As I mentioned in the February article, the Coastguard have been in operation for 200 years.

Both the St Alban’s Head and Swanage stations are based in the most modern of the old Coastguard lookouts but their history goes back to the 1800s.

The first station at St Alban’s Head was actually at Chapmans Pool. The foundations of the four original cottages can still be seen, along with the boathouse and the slipway. The coastguards, at the time, were part of the Navy and their main duty was to patrol the coast and meet their counterparts on either flank.

The station moved to its current location, on top of St Aldhelm’s Head, in 1895. In those days each station was manned by full-time officers who lived at the station and the cottages which housed them still remain, behind the lookout. These white-coloured terraces are a common feature around our coastline, wherever there was a coastguard station, and are still affectionately referred to as the ‘coastguard cottages’.

Although the lookout remained on top of the headland, in 1950, new cottages were built at Weston, in Worth Matravers, following complaints by the families about the remoteness of the site. The current Coastguard Rescue Team is still housed here. The present lookout was built in the 1970s and was taken over by the NCI when St Alban’s Station opened in 1995.

The Swanage coastguard station can trace its history back to the mid-1800s when the MP for Dorset, William

Morton Pitt, established a preventive and watch station at Peveril Point. In 1842 rocket lifesaving apparatus was brought to the Point and in 1883 a volunteer section was started. These volunteers were responsible for using the rocket equipment and were known as Life Saving Apparatus Men (LSA men).

For most of the station’s history, the lookout at Peveril Point consisted of a corrugated iron shed. This wasn’t replaced until 1966 when the first lookout was built on top of the old gun emplacement. After the station closed in 1994, the lookout was taken over by the NCI and was extended in the early 2000s. There are some fascinating photographs of the old station showing the hut, along with the semaphore signalling mast and the coastal gun battery that was at the Point.

F

rom 1994 until 2009, the Rescue Team were housed in a Second World War building before moving to their new station at North Beach car park. The last radio transmission from the Peveril Point Station was made at 15.26 on 7 February, ending over 150 years of history.

Over the years our coastguard teams have seen many changes. Once part of the Navy, the team is now part of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, which is part of the Department of Transport. Oilskins and hemp ropes have been replaced by state-of-the-art waterproofs

and modern climbing equipment, and teams can call on the services of the Coastguard Rescue Helicopters. During the last few years their role has widened to assist the other three emergency services in coastal areas and the Swanage team play an important part in supporting the Environment Agency to prevent flooding in the town.

Despite all the changes one thing has not changed and this is the dedication all the Coastguard Rescue Teams have to saving lives around the coast. The team members are all volunteers who give up their time to help keep our coasts safer and it is a privilege to work alongside them and call them colleagues and friends.

We’re looking forward to welcoming visitors for tea and cakes at the Swanage Lookout several times during July. On Sunday, July 17, we will be supporting the Swanage Defibrillator Partnership, while on Sunday, 24 July, we will be offering them as part of National Coastwatch Day. At the end of the month, we will be serving teas and cakes on July 31, during the first weekend of Carnival week.

Watchkeepers from both stations will be out and about shaking buckets on each of Swanage Carnival’s three Firework evenings starting on July 30, so why not come over and speak to us!

This is St Alban’s Head NCI and Swanage NCI listening on channel 65, NCI out.

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News from Wareham Town Council – May TOWN residents worried about speeding might want to look into Community Speed Watch – groups of volunteers who under Police supervision aim to make Dorset roads safer.

Volunteers are trained to use speed monitoring equipment at approved sites and the resulting log of speeding vehicles is passed to the Police.

If you are interested in being involved with Community Speed Watch, contact your local Neighbourhood Policing Team via DorsetRoadSafe.org. uk The council is paying for a speed survey in Northmoor.

There was a lot of consultation about having a health hub on the Purbeck

Gateway site.

Cllr Critchley wrote to Dorset Council (DC) complaining about a lack of consultation when the health hub was removed from the plan and was disgusted to receive the reply from a council officer that it was not yet time for consultation.

A follow-up letter from the council was to be sent. DC Cllr Ezzard stated that she and Cllr Holloway had been equally in the dark before the change of

plan was announced.

The Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group (NPSG) suggested that the doctors’ surgery proposed by the GP Partnership should be larger and that retaining the pharmacies in the town centre was to be preferred to opening one in the Purbeck Gateway.

Cllr Ezzard pointed out that provision for the Focus Nursery had been promised but not delivered.

Consultation, in this case with residents, was also absent before work on the footway/ cycleway near the station, and the council hopes councillors, the NPSG and residents will be invited to comment at an appropriate time on the second phase.

The Pump Track in Hauses

News Field was on the agenda for the amenities committee meeting on 8 June. A contract has been signed for the installation of electric vehicle charging points. NPSG will be writing to DC about the new stodgy yellow lines in the town centre which contravene rules for a conservation area.

Many thanks to the team of councillors – Carol Turner, Zoe Gover and Marian Cotton – who organised Wareham’s Jubilee event in Howards Lane car park, to the council staff and volunteers, and to the Mayor, Cllr Russell, for performing the lighting of the beacon, and especially to the Sea Cadets whose bugle playing was the culmination of the ceremony.

The next meetings of the town council are on 28 June and 9 August. The public is welcome to attend at 7pm in the town hall and further information is on the council’s website, www.wareham-tc.gov. uk, or from the office on 01929 553006.

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Say no to the Waste Incinerator

I RECENTLY read a book by Jay Griffiths called ‘Why Rebel?’

The book is a call for action to fight against those who profit from burning the planet – Griffiths makes clear that system change, not just climate change, is the real issue.

Sir David King, the UK former chief scientific adviser, recently defended five Extinction Rebellion defendants, saying action was needed now, that climate change was the ‘greatest threat that humanity…has ever had to manage’.

I can remember, as a boy, cleaning dead moths and insects from the windscreen of my dad’s car. There is no need for me to do this now with my own car. I can see with my own eyes how climate change has reduced the numbers of all those insects I took for granted.

Yet the Conservative majority on Dorset Council in

April passed a motion urging Advice from internationally the Government to back laws recognised consultants makes ensuring energy selfit clear there is no evidence the sufficiency – opening the door incinerator will not pollute for more nuclear power internationally recognised stations, fracking, drilling for sites, poison the air for those oil.

Portland residents who live in Plans are already on the the vicinity of the incinerator, table to drill for oil at poison the marine Aethelhampton – and environments of the seismic surveying for Jurassic Coast and clog shale oil in Purbeck up the roads of has taken place.

Portland and And now we have Weymouth with Powerfuel Portland’s HGVs bringing in proposal to build a imported waste.

Waste Incinerator on Local councils have Chris Bradey Portland. raised objections to the The legal advice from the scheme, setting out all its firm, Freeths, makes it clear malign consequences. the proposal is full of holes, Globally we face a climate and that if Dorset Council emergency created by men were to grant planning who have, quite literally, sold permission, then a Judicial the world.

Review would declare this Locally, we face the unlawful. pollution and despoilation of a The proposals, moreover, World Heritage site, one of contradict Dorset’s own outstanding natural beauty, Climate and Ecological visited and loved by millions Strategies and Action Plans. of people every year.

The very air breathed by those living in the vicinity of the incinerator will be poisoned. The 40 HGVs transporting waste every day to the site – 80 journeys a day, including return journeys – will clog up roads and further pollute the air.

When Portland Labour councillor Giovanna Lewis and climate activist Annie Webster glued their hands to a desk in the council chamber, objecting to the Conservative motion, Spencer Flower described them as ‘anarchists’.

I would describe them as truth speakers, speaking for their children and grandchildren – ‘Grannies for the future’ – their own words, the words of those wanting a green planet for future generations.

Chris Bradey Chairman, Swanage and Rural Purbeck Labour Party

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Ukrainians receive warm welcome Over the extended Jubilee Bank Holiday in June it was great to be able to meet and chat to so many people while out and about in the constituency.

I want to thank everyone who was involved in organising Jubilee events, bringing so many people together. From beacons to concerts, special church services, festival exhibitions, picnics and street parties – what a fantastic way to pay tribute to a lifetime of service from Her Majesty the Queen.

Wimborne was the only town in England to have a militia giving a 21-gun salute!

I was also delighted to meet seven-year-old Olivia Lansley in Canford Heath. She is aiming to swim 70 lengths, representing 70 years of Her Majesty’s reign, to raise money for the Royal British Legion.

You can find a link to donate on my website.

After one of the local to reduce fly-tipping. You can events, I volunteered alongside contribute your views at the Scouts to collect litter. It https://consult.defra.gov.uk/ was a pleasant surprise to find waste-and-recycling/ that very little had been left, consultation-on-diy-wastewith most people tidying up and-call-for-evidence/ after themselves. Littering and Of course, some litter is fly-tipping is a pet hate of unseen, and I’m pleased we mine, so I’m pleased the have already banned Government is cracking microbeads in toiletries like down on waste crime. shower gel, plastic This is estimated to straws, stirrers and cost the economy an cotton buds. All astonishing £924 retailers now have to million a year in charge for plastic bags, England. and we have consulted In the last six months on banning single use we have announced that plastic cutlery and plates.

Michael Tomlinson We are also looking at a we are reforming the licensing system, deposit return scheme for introducing mandatory digital drinks containers. waste tracking, investing to Over the June recess I also tackle fly-tipping and had the chance to meet some supporting people to dispose of our newest residents when I of their waste correctly. We are hosted a coffee morning with consulting on changes to Cllr Sean Gabriel, for ensure householders can Ukrainian refugees and their dispose of household DIY host families. It was brilliant waste without being charged, to see English and Ukrainian

children playing together – they may not have a common language, but a tennis ball, or box of Lego, brought them together. I know we now have many Ukrainians living in the community, and it was lovely to hear from them and their hosts about the warm welcome they have received – with offers of furniture, toys, clothes, language support and jobs with local businesses.

If you need to get in touch, you can contact me via email michael.tomlinson.mp@ parliament.uk or call my office on 01202 624216. I send out a regular email update – you can sign up on my website, www. michaeltomlinson.org.uk, where you can also find links to what I’ve been doing locally and in Parliament, and information such as updates and energy price advice.

MICHAEL TOMLINSON MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole

If you have raised a family in South Dorset, as my wife and I have done, you will be aware of the struggles our young adult children have in finding somewhere to live locally.

One reason for this is that Dorset is a popular retirement destination, resulting in a skewed demographic whereby we have around 10 per cent higher population than average over 65 for which we receive no additional government funding.

But the primary reason is that we don’t have anywhere near enough affordable housing – in the Dorset Council area about 500 new houses meeting those criteria were built in the past year, but we have many times that on our housing register.

And yet we have many second and holiday homes which both increase the average house purchase price way beyond the means of anyone on our average local wage and removes the availability of those properties

from our community.

Dorset Council should and The solution is simple – could take the lead by make owning second homes building its own affordable and holiday lets less attractive housing via Homes Dorset and build more affordable for affordable rent but instead housing. chooses to rely on Yet currently second developer contributions homes only pay the – many of which get standard rate of scaled back or even council tax and many removed completely avoid paying anything via the planning at all by declaring process – or new their property is builds via housing available for holiday let Nick Ireland associations/registered – which isn’t checked by providers.

Dorset Council – and hence While the latter do make a not paying business rates valuable contribution to the either. affordable housing stock, they It has been a long-standing struggle to find viable sites Liberal Democrat policy to due to landowners holding allow local councils to charge back identified housing sites 200 per cent or more council to try and maximise their tax on second homes and to value – something that would close the business rates be addressed by a fair land tax loophole, thereby ensuring the which no Tory government additional council tax burden will ever introduce. is removed from South Dorset And more worryingly there residents already hit by have been numerous year-on-year maximum government pronouncements council tax rises imposed by on the intention to extend the the Conservative-led Dorset right to buy to residents in Council. housing association

properties.

Evidence shows that half the homes previously bought under right to buy are let out for higher rents in the private sector, again removing affordable housing, and the intention to replace those homes sold has never materialised, increasing our housing lists.

What South Dorset needs is affordable homes for local people, not a sell-off during a cost-of-living crisis when more people are on the brink of homelessness than homeownership.

You can count on the Liberal Democrats to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society.

NICK IRELAND On behalf of South Dorset Lib Dems

Affordable homes for local people

Nick Ireland is parliamentary spokesperson for South Dorset Lib Dems and leader of the Lib Dem group on Dorset Council

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Gardening

By Simon Goldsack

Dazzling dahlias!

DAHLIAS are a much-loved garden plant which not only provide masses of late colour in the border but also make excellent cut flowers.

Dahlias readily produce different colours and variations in form when grown from seed and consequently 250 years

Single dahlias are beautiful in their simplicity with a single ring of overlapping petals Dahlia Moonfire.

Collarette dahlias are similar to single dahlias but get their name from the extra ring of florets around the centre of the flower called the ‘collar’.

The variety pictured here is called Pink, Pat and Perc.

Waterlily dahlias are similar to decorative forms but the blooms are wider than they are tall with a flattish or even upturned base such that you could imagine them floating on water.

D. Carolina Moon

Decorative dahlias. With these forms the flowers are so densely packed with petals the centre of the flower cannot be seen and each petal is described as ‘bluntly pointed’.

This variety, D. Kilburn Glow, looks like it could burst into flames at any moment!

after their introduction to Europe, thousands of different forms have been bred.

To bring some order to this situation, dahlias are classified into different groups according to shape and flower structure.

This variety, D. Abbie, is still a decorative form but you can see the petals are more compact and more tightly curled towards the centre.

Ball dahlias. In these types the petals are rounded at the tips and they are so densely packed that not only is the centre of the flower hidden but so is the back of the flower, so the stem cannot be seen joining the bloom. They are classified as ball and miniature ball.

Dahlia Ryecroft Laura is a miniature ball type.

The last main category are Cactus for the obvious reason that they have very spiky petals like this Dahlia Lemon Elegans.

The Garden Centre at Holme grows most of its dahlias from rooted cuttings supplied by the country’s leading dahlia nursery, Halls of Heddon, near Newcastle.

More than 30 forms can be seen lighting up the borders at Holme from July until October and a similar range will be available to buy from the garden centre.

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Health & Wellbeing

Your Health Matters

Dorset HealthCare’s monthly round-up

‘Thank you’ NHS volunteers

VOLUNTEERS’ Week, led by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), took place last month and Dorset HealthCare recognised the valuable contribution local volunteers make to its community hospitals and services.

During an exceptionally difficult couple of years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, people from all walks of life gave up their time and made a real difference to patients and staff.

But many were not able to undertake their normal volunteering roles due to restrictions, which was hard

Volunteer Eileen Waters with Kim Mansbridge, Dorset Health Care’s volunteers development lead.

for them.

Now that restrictions have eased, however, lots of volunteers are returning to their normal roles to give

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Many of our volunteers sit with patients, talk with them or read a paper with them. It provides them with some normality. Volunteers not only enhance the experience patients receive but they can also gain new skills, make new friends and improve their own health and well-being.

Eileen Waters, 82, volunteers at Blandford Hospital. Her role is varied and she turns her hand to anything staff ask her to do.

She mainly brings cheer to older patients by spending time with them and playing games which evoke happy memories, such as musical bingo.

Her role is very valuable to us and we are pleased to have Eileen back – she’s a ray of sunshine and fabulous with the patients.

We are very lucky to have amazing volunteers who give us the gift of their time for the benefit of our patients, staff and carers. Volunteers bring such joy to our hospital wards and services with their smiles and willingness to help and support.

If you have some spare time, we are looking for more volunteers to join our friendly community hospitals.

Find out about the volunteering roles available at Dorset HealthCare at www. dorsethealthcare.nhs.uk/ join-us-1/volunteers KIM MANSBRIDGE Dorset HealthCare’s volunteers development lead

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Don’t live your life on repeat: Why you need to put joy first

By Alice Johnsen You know you feel better after an evening spent laughing – really bellyachingly laughing – with good friends.

You go home, sleep well and wake ready for the new day with an extra spring in your step and affection in your heart.

It’s all to do with the endorphins you released as you laughed.

Endorphins reduce stress.

Hence how you feel.

Barbara Fredrickson, American Professor and author, scientifically links positivity and resilience.

In one of her studies, results showed those who scored higher on a resilience question in a study run immediately after the 9/11 attacks generally experienced more positive emotions of empathy, gratitude and love than those participants with lower resilience scores.

The two paths are inextricably linked.

The habit of practising gratitude is widely beneficial.

I see it with a lot of clients.

Taking time at the end of each day to look back and focus on three things you are glad about that day brings together pausing, processing, positive thinking, stillness.

All reminding yourself there were things that day to

Take time at the end of each day to look back and focus on three things you are glad about that day.

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be happy about and that it wasn’t just made up of a broken washing machine and no milk in the fridge, for example.

I was talking to a client a few weeks ago about writing.

They enjoyed writing but didn’t allocate time for writing about their area of expertise because ‘the world is cluttered with writers on this subject’.

I felt that was missing the point of writing.

If you gain value, contentment, pleasure or joy from writing – or walking, or playing squash, or collecting old motorbikes – do it.

Not because it has value beyond your four walls but because it brings depth to your life.

Now more than ever, I’m pretty sure that is a good enough reason.

To quote Shannon Kennedy, author and fellow life coach: “There is gold around you all the time if you choose to look for it, engage and be present.

This is what gives depth to our lives.”

I think that depth is the nugget we all need to keep

looking for.

Take away the depth and what are you left with? Just everyday life on repeat.

Let’s make time for the things that add the depth or our lives.

Alice Johnsen is a life coach (07961 080513; alicejohnsen.co.uk)

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Sport

Ladies and gents in top form

SWANAGE Bowls Club’s season is in full swing with good results in the local men’s, ladies’ and mixed triples leagues.

The club are through to the second round in both the national ladies’ and the men’s Top Club competitions. The Top Club competition involves singles, pairs, triples and full rink – four on each team – matches.

The ladies enjoyed a

Bowls

wonderful result in their match against Blandford, winning on all rinks. The men beat Wimborne three to two.

The club held ‘have a go’ sessions in May, with more than 100 people going along to try out the game. A good number of new members have joined as a result. If you were unable to attend these events but would like to try out the

game phone club secretary Barrie Tatman on 01929 421162.

The club held its Captains’ and Jubilee Charity Day on Sunday, 5 June – men v ladies.

Players all had their wet gear on and before the heavens opened enjoyed a hard-fought game finishing with the ladies scoring 63 and the men 74.

They enjoyed a fantastic cream tea and raised £349 for Swanage Hospital.

Jan Cherry and Tony Bell, Swanage Bowls Club captains.

outstanding performers with the ball have been Ron Barker, Simon Goldsack, Mike Gould, Sam Marks and Steve Ramsay.

The 3rd XI have won one of their three matches. The highlight of their batting has been a half-century from Tim Ives with some useful contributions from Matt

Dunster, Andrew Hancock and James Harding. The bowling highlight was Ethan Stacey’s five-wicket haul.

Pete Barker, Ross Carroll and Alan Marks have been consistent, and Swanage’s youngsters, Dylan Church, James Harding, Sam Wells and Seb Wright, have put up some brilliant performances.

Cricket club’s leading performers

SWANAGE’S 1st XI have won two of their four games to lie in mid-table in Division 1.

Batting highlights have been half-centuries from Antony Mahes, Mike Nash and Mark Stacey (two).

Useful contributions in the bowling department have come from Steve Kent, Freddie Long and Sid Nash.

Cricket

The 2nd XI have won three of their five matches to lie third in Division 4. The highlights of their batting have been centuries from Sid Nash and Pete Richards, and half-centuries from Jon Gregory, John Lewis and Geoff Willcocks. The

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SUMMER is upon us and it’s such a beautiful time to visit!

The Rangers enjoy the sun coming out in the next few months as it makes our outdoor work much more enjoyable, with all of us hoping office work can wait until the winter – or the rainy days!

Having had the last of our boat trips on 1 July, and seeing the seabirds return to the sea, it feels too soon for them to leave after their arrival to the breeding ledges. Although guillemots, razorbills and puffins will be departing, our trusty gulls will still be seen throughout the year around the cliffs.

Upon the cliff-tops you may be able to find in flower rock samphire, along with succulents including golden samphire, with its bright yellow flowers and our very own special Durlston Sea Lavender, identified by its beautiful pale purple colour.

Despite the name, it is not a true lavender and does not share that distinctive smell, but is just as beautiful.

Durlston Castle

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Out in the meadows there are more flowers to enjoy, spikes of yellow agrimony, pink pyramidal orchids, pink-tinged wild carrot, tall yellow wild parsnip, blue selfheal and lots of tall yellow Dyer’s greenweed.

Of course, when visiting these, you may stumble across a host of insects. Butterflies which can be seen may include Small Blues, Small Heaths, Large and Small Skippers, Red Admiral and Large White, to name a few.

Beetles to keep an eye out for include the Thick Kneed-flower Beetle, identified by its beautiful green colour and rather large

thighs. Another pleasant resident to spot here at the park is the Bloody-nose Beetle with its large round black body – it can often be seen plodding along paths or through the grass. Be careful not to tread on them!

Grasshoppers and bush crickets are growing fast this month, including one of the UK’s largest insects, the Great Green Bush Cricket.

The Gallery this July is host to fantastic exhibitions well worth visiting. From Tuesday, 5 July to Tuesday, 19 July, Zennor Box will show fantastic paintings old and new which are humorous and thought provoking in her recognisable style. Later in the month, from 25 July to 7 August, a collaboration of artists come together with an exciting exhibition – ‘Into the Woods’.

In the exhibition, eight artists respond to the forms and atmosphere of the woodland, celebrating its magical properties and the importance it has within an environmental

context. Both exhibitions are free to enter and open daily from 10.30am– 5pm.

We have events galore lined up for July, with workshops including ‘Draw like a Pro Workshop’, ‘Glass Engraving for Beginners’ and ‘Children’s Nature and Woodland Art’. As well as this, kicking off the start of the Summer holidays, are events such as a ‘Family Orienteering Taster’, ‘Wild Wednesdays and ‘Let’s Go Fly a Kite’. There is definitely something for everyone this July!

Outdoor cinema is making a return on the 28th and 29th with two brilliant films – ‘A Quiet Place’ (15) and ‘Captain Fantastic’ (15). Make sure to book your tickets through www. purbeckfilm.com to guarantee a space if a movie under the stars is your cup of tea.

With so much to see, do and enjoy, make sure to pop up to Durlston this month!

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MARGARET GREEN ANIMAL RESCUE OUR Country Dog Show is back!

We are very excited that our dog show will be returning to our Church Knowle Centre, Wareham, BH20 5NQ on Sunday, 7 August.

After the great success of the event last year, we are looking forward to welcoming you and your four-legged friends back to the centre for a fun-filled day!

There will be plenty of exciting dog show classes for your furry friends to take part in at just £2 a class, including Waggiest Tail, Golden Oldie and Most Appealing Eyes.

Rosettes will be awarded up to fifth place and prizes will be presented to the winners.

The fun doesn’t stop there,

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as you will also be able to see a Police Dog Demonstration from Dorset Police, Liberty’s Birds of Prey and a wonderful display of vintage cars from Dorset Car Club.

Your dog will also have the opportunity to join in with the much-loved Flyball, Have-ago-Agility and Doggy Lucky Dip. Tickets for our everpopular Grand Draw, Summer Raffle and Hampers will be available to purchase throughout the day, with some amazing prizes up for grabs!

We are delighted to have a fantastic array of stalls from local traders coming to the event, as well as delicious refreshments for you to enjoy.

Gates open at 11am and entry is £4 for adults and

£2.50 for children up to 12 years old. Make sure you save the date and come along for a great day out and to support a good cause.

All money raised from the event will go towards the rescue animals in our care

and make a big difference to a local charity.

Please visit our website at www.margaretgreenanimal rescue.org.uk for more details.

We can’t wait to see you there!

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Business

Duo’s mission to save time, money and the planet

By Andrew Diprose JO Spolton and Sam Turner are on a mission. To make buying secondhand a badge of honour. The Dorset duo are co-founders of Rumage, a website which makes it easier to buy secondhand.

That’s because it gathers information from 15 sites to find the bargain for you.

Originally launched as 2Hand in 2018 to help people make their money go further, the venture rebranded to Rumage earlier this year.

And with the cost of living crisis testing many household budgets to the limit, buying secondhand is expected to become even more popular.

Jo, a mum of two and the chief executive of Blandfordbased Rumage, said: “I want to help people find what they need and remove the stigma of secondhand. I want to make it a badge of honour to grab a bargain. Something to be proud of and something to shout about. I’m on a mission to make secondhand not just first choice but a viable first choice for everyone.”

Jo, 50, and Sam, 53, who is chief marketing officer, said that with so many platforms offering secondhand items, Rumage gave people more of a chance to make money-saving choices by bringing them altogether.

Jo Spolton of Rummage.

But it also has a positive impact on the environment as extending the life-cycle of a product puts less strain on the planet and slows down the rate of excessive consumption. The result is less waste and emissions.

Jo said: “As a mum I’m really worried about the planet my kids are going to inherit. I want to show them that everyone has the ability to create change and that every single action really does make a difference.

“As a mum I want my kids to be proud of their choices, not just for themselves but for

the world and other people around them. I try to make every penny work hard and, like many other families, we are trying to do an awful lot on a budget.

“Making secondhand as easy as possible is our goal.

We want to help people make good secondhand choices rather than having to rely on new for things that are just as good pre-loved.”

Using Rumage, a simultaneous search can be made for secondhand products – from bikes and appliances to clothes and home furnishings – across a diverse range of marketplaces.

So far Rumage is connected to 15 sites but working behind the scenes on many more.

The service is free. No payment is taken for items shown on rumage.com.

Instead Rumage displays what’s on offer and enables users to find what they need without the hassle of searching all the sites individually.

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Business

Income and expenditure

AS life gradually returns to normal, post-pandemic, and we resume our usual activities and spending, we are faced with high inflation.

This has several root causes, including lack of supply of goods from China and the Far East as they emerge slower from the pandemic, and lack of supply from Ukraine and Russia due to the current war and subsequent sanctions on Russia.

With demand for goods increasing and supply lessened this has led to a raft of price increases.

We also have higher energy costs due to the increasing price caps and petrol and diesel are at the highest they have ever been.

This also has an inflationary effect on prices as the cost of producing and delivering goods increases.

You may well have seen large hikes in many everyday goods over the last few months.

Interest rates have also crept up a little – although they are still historically low – and this has increased monthly mortgage payments for many.

However, while costs are going up, unless you have inflation-linked income – such as from some pensions – income is not increasing at the same rate.

The minimum wage may have increased a little, and

many people will have a one-off £150 Council Tax payment and may also receive a Cost of Living payment/Energy Grant, but these extra monies are unlikely to offset most individuals’ rising costs.

Inflation is likely to ease over time but will probably remain high for a while yet.

While many of us are excited about the prospect of returning to doing normal things like going out to restaurants, the cinema and going abroad on holiday, in reality the increased costs of everyday living means many of us are having to be really careful with our budgets.

It all seems a bit unfortunate after all the restrictions which were in place since March 2020.

It can, therefore, be very useful to look at our financial situation regularly and calculate and assess our income and expenditure from time to time, to see if any adjustments or improvements can be made.

All the small savings can really add up and quite often it is a bit of a shock when we actually list our expenditure as direct debits and standing orders automatically happen, and it is very easy to waft a debit or credit card across a card reader without necessarily registering exactly how much we are spending.

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Tax benefits of switching to electric cars

There are many benefits to encourage the use of electric cars including lower running costs, the environmental advantages and reduced noise pollution.

There are also tax benefits to encourage the purchase of electric cars.

The benefit-in-kind (BIK) due on company cars can be significantly reduced.

For example, most electric cars will incur a BIK rate of only 2% in 2022-23.

Compare this with the benefit charge for a gas-guzzler pumping out 160 g/ km or more of CO2 which would be based on 37% of the list price when new. This means that company car drivers who switch to an electric car should see their tax bill significantly reduced. This also benefits employers who may see a significant decrease in Class 1A National Insurance charges.

Businesses purchasing electric cars can expect to recover more of their investment in direct tax relief. For example, businesses can write-off 100% of the cost of an electric vehicle against the profits of the year of purchase and there are no restrictions on the value of the vehicle. The car must be new and unused to qualify for the 100% relief.

Companies can also benefit from the super-deduction, which offers 130% first-year allowance on qualifying electric charging points for cars and vans.

To qualify for the relief the company must use the charging point in their own business. This relief is available until 31 March 2023.

The road tax, or Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) rates for all fully electric vehicles have been reduced to £0 until at least 2025. There are reduced VED rates for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).

There is no benefit-in-kind charge for the private use of a company van if the private mileage is insignificant. If the van is an electric vehicle, there is no benefit-in-kind charge even if the private mileage is significant.

There are also other benefits including an EV charge-point grant that provides funding of up to 75% towards the cost of installing electric vehicle smart charge-points, up to a maximum of £350 (including VAT) per household/eligible vehicle. Electric cars are also exempt from the London congestion charge when applying for a Cleaner Vehicle Discount.

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Business

What a picture! Alaina named most romantic wedding photographer

By Andrew Diprose CAPTURING natural romantic shots has won wedding photographer Alaina Thornton a top award.

She’s been named Most Romantic Wedding Photographer (South West England) in the 2022 Global Wedding Awards.

The Blandford-based owner of AJ Photographic received the award for the way in which she, and her team, engage with each wedding couple.

The judges highlighted how natural romantic shots were encouraged, providing “stunning imagery which really reflects the beauty of the day.”

“By adding the personal touch, they have the ability to capture memories which last a lifetime,” the citation added.

The LUXlife 2022 Global Wedding Awards were

Wedding photographer Alaina Thornton (right) says she ‘always adds so much passion into my work’.

launched in 2016 to bring together the finest businesses within the wedding industry.

The awards work on the basis of merit and quality.

There must be evidence of extensive expertise and skills, dedication to customer service and client satisfaction with an ongoing commitment to excellence and innovation.

Alaina founded her business

22 years ago.

She said: “I am thrilled to achieve the award for ‘Most Romantic Wedding Photographer’ .

“I always add so much passion into my work with each individual couple to personalise their day and really capture the romantic moments.

“From the staged official

photographs, to the natural moments behind the scenes, we always endeavour to capture the beauty of the day.”

With the global wedding industry expecting the biggest surge in demand for more than 40 years, this summer is expected to be booming with brides and grooms tying the knot.

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Motoring

70 years since benchmark Bentley

BENTLEY is celebrating 70 years since the start of production of the R-Type Continental – one of the most celebrated cars in the company’s 103-year history, and the first Bentley to wear the Continental name.

With only 208 examples produced, the R-Type Continental was as rare a sight in the 1950s as it is today – but it went down in history as a benchmark Bentley, and the embodiment of the brand’s grand touring DNA. Its ethos and its exterior design were the inspiration for the first Continental GT in 2003, and it has inspired Bentley Design teams ever since.

While the first prototype R-Type Continental – known as ‘Olga’ thanks to its OLG490 registration – was on the road in August 1951, it wasn’t until May 1952 that

the car went into production, with customer deliveries starting in June.

At the time, it was the fastest four-seat car in the world – a mantle picked-up by the modern-day Continental GT in 2003. It was also the most expensive, at £6,928 – nearly four times the 1952 average UK house price.

The brainchild of chief projects engineer Ivan Evernden and chief stylist

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Books

Dorset discovery guide that’s miles from the mainstream

By Lorraine Gibson DISCOVERING places with hidden stories is great fun – and when it’s in areas you think you know well, it can be truly eye-opening.

Those in the know who love unearthing hidden details in towns and cities tend to consult their trusty ‘111 Places’ guide books and this new, sunshinyyellow addition to the series – 111 ‘Places In Bournemouth You Shouldn’t Miss’ – is no exception.

Written by local author Katherine Bebo, who has gone to great lengths to unearth the quirks and curiosities of her beloved Bournemouth, Christchurch, Ringwood and surrounding areas, it’s a great little guide for residents and

111 Places author Katherine Bebo and her book (right).

visitors alike.

While it features stuff we locals know well, like Christchurch Priory’s Miraculous Beam, the Ducking Stool, the Coven of Witches and the Highcliffe Beach ammonites, there are also plenty of less-explored pockets

of the region viewed through the eyes of an already enamoured local.

Join Katherine as she takes you away from the more familiar attractions, while sharing entertaining insights, cultural anecdotes and insider tips, all snappily written as fun and informative story-lets, with useful tips and clear directions.

The book is illustrated with images by local photographer Oliver Smith, who also veers off the beaten track and onto these behind-the-scenes extraordinary places.

Take Rolls Drive in Southbourne. That it happens to be the only Rolls Drive in the entire UK – possibly the world – is unusual enough – discovering it honours Charles Royce, co-founder of the Rolls-Royce empire, makes it more intriguing and the ripping yarn that tells us why is fascinating.

A curious epitaph on a mysterious tomb in Christchurch Priory dated 1641 is also engaging since it has kept people baffled as to

who is buried there for years.

The theories that do exist are food for thought.

Add where to swim with a whale, Batman’s old stomping ground, the clifftop hotel which changed history, the woods where a Hollywood blockbuster was filmed and Napoleon’s wine cooler, and you have a dedicated area guide that’s enormous fun.

Katherine is a professional freelance writer whose career has taken her to London, Dubai, Denver and Colorado, but now she’s back home in Poole, Dorset, and enjoying the seaside with her husband and two children.

She’s had a handful of books published – on topics ranging from films to fitness, cocktails to outer space – plus many features for well-known publications and websites.

She has also written 111 Places in Poole That You Shouldn’t Miss. n 111 Places in Bournemouth That You Shouldn’t Miss is £13.99 and published by Emons Verlag.

A woman of beauty, intelligence and fortitude

HEROINES in British history are few and far between, and certainly rarely recognised.

But for at least one Dorset heroine that is about to change with the release of ‘A Nation In Ruins’, the first of a trilogy of historical fiction novels which tells the story of the Bankes family and other folk of the county during the English Civil War. At the heart of the book is Lady Mary Bankes, a woman of beauty, intelligence and fortitude, who stood up to the parliamentarians from Poole in the siege of her home, Corfe Castle.

“Her defiance was celebrated at the time in news pamphlets which were circulated up and down the country,” says author Neil McLocklin. “She was a social media star of her time and gave King Charles’ troops

some cause for hope when the war was going against them.”

The English Civil War turned families and friends against one another, and more people were lost per capita than any other conflict in our history.

The author added: “It was a time of turmoil not just between the royalist and parliamentarians but with levellers and puritans adding social and religious divides across the nation.

The strength of character of Mary Bankes as a woman to hold out as she did was the inspiration to write the book, along with a love for the Purbecks.”

The book is available in local bookshops including the Swanage bookshop, Gullivers (Wimborne) and National Trust bookshops, as well as online.

Lady Mary Bankes stood up to the parliamentarians from Poole in the siege of her home, Corfe Castle.

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Arts & Entertainment

All things Agatha at museum

by Hilary Porter THE Shire Hall Museum in Dorchester is hosting an exhibition celebrating the life of crime writer Agatha Christie.

Her characters and stories, from Hercule Poirot to Miss Marple, have long captivated readers and audiences, and the exhibition gives visitors an insight into Christie’s writing and personal life, from the inspiration behind her work to

the infamous story of her disappearance.

Museum director Abbie King said: “Along with creating some of the country’s most memorable works of literature, Agatha Christie lived an interesting life.

“This exhibition takes a closer look at both the mysteries she wrote and those relating to her own life. This is a must-see for any Agatha Christie fan.”

The exhibition, drawn from a private collection and which runs until Friday, September 2, features books, objects, artwork and other items relating to the life and works of the crime writer.

Entry to the Agatha Christie event is included with a Shire Hall Museum ticket.

Inspired by the exhibition, Shire Hall is hosting a series of Agatha Christie-themed events.

In July, the museum hosts Drinks in the Clink: Cocktails and Crime; a unique evening of Agatha Christie-inspired cocktails from Dark Bear.

Shire Hall is also hosting a murder-mystery evening, including a complementary cocktail and two-course meal.

For more information about the Agatha Christie exhibition and events, visit the Shire Hall website, www.shirehalldorset. org

Bluegrass at the village hall

OLD Baby Mackerel, a UK Bluegrass band who play traditional American songs as they should be played – with a twist of British wit on the side – are coming to Dorset.

Expect tales of whisky, railroads and heartbreak as the band play two gigs with Artsreach, the county’s touring arts charity, as part of a UK tour.

The rhythmic sounds of fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar and double bass are sure to get knees bouncing.

They are at Winterborne Stickland village hall (01258 880920) on Friday, 1 July, and Marnhull village hall (01258 820458) on Friday, 8 July.

Further information and tickets are available online at www.artsreach.co.uk

The Village Inn Ulwell is a pleasant stroll away from Swanage or a place to rest when walking the Purbeck Hills.

OPEN DAILY FROM 10 AM

For Coffees/Teas or Drinks from the bar.

LUNCHES 12pm - 2pm SUNDAY ROAST booking is advisable

2pm - 5.30pm Afternoon drinks only

EVENING MEALS 5.30pm - 8.45pm Car Parking available Arrange a swim in the heated indoor pool

Ulwell Road,Swanage,Dorset,BH19 3DG

01929 427644 enq@ulwellcottagepark.co.uk

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Star painting from the V&A in major Hardy exhibition

A STAR object from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection is on display in a new exhibition at Dorset Museum in Dorchester.

‘Hardy’s Wessex – The Landscapes Which Inspired a Writer’, which runs until 30 October, is part of a simultaneous exhibition at Dorset, Poole, Salisbury and Wiltshire museums, looking at the life and times of the Victorian novelist and poet amid the Wessex landscapes which shaped his view of the world.

Dorset Museum focuses on the rural landscapes which inspired Hardy and explores themes on animal welfare and social tensions.

Each museum has a ‘star’ loan object and for Dorset

‘A Village Choir’ by Thomas Webster, © The Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Image no: 2006al3887

Museum this is ‘A Village Choir’, an oil painting by Thomas Webster, 1847.

It captures a snapshot of rural life similar to the community Hardy grew up in and evokes the kind of

characters found in Hardy’s novels.

Dorset Museum’s interim director Elizabeth Selby said: “Dorset Museum is thrilled to be receiving Thomas Webster’s 1847 painting ‘A Village Choir’ on loan from the Victorian and Albert Museum, London, made possible through the Weston Loans Programme.

“Involvement of Hardy’s family in the local village

‘Proms in the Park’ returns

BOURNEMOUTH Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is returning to Meyrick Park, Bournemouth, for two celebratory evenings this August in partnership with Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch Council.

A ‘Classical Extravaganza’ will be held on Friday, August 5, and a ‘Queen Symphonic Spectacular’ on Saturday, 6 August.

‘Classical Extravaganza’ features some of the best-

church choir was extremely important in his upbringing and influenced his work, most importantly the novel ‘Under the Greenwood Tree’.

“The inclusion of this painting in the Dorset Museum section of the exhibition gives a wonderful flavour of the rural landscape in which Hardy grew up.”

Harriet Still, curator of the exhibition for Wessex Museums, said: “‘A Village Choir’ is a snapshot of rural life, capturing the typical local ‘characters’ found in Hardy’s writing. Together with the extensive collections from our partner museums, all these objects will combine to make an immersive, thoughtprovoking and memorable Hardy experience.” n Hardy’s Wessex, the largest collection of Hardy objects ever displayed at one time, is sponsored by Battens Solicitors, which has six offices in Somerset and Dorset.

loved symphonic music written, from Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances and Khachaturian’s ‘Adagio’ from ‘Spartacus’, to film favourites like John Williams’ ‘Superman March’ and music from Hans Zimmer’s ‘Gladiator’.

A host of stars from the West End smash hit musical ‘We Will Rock You’ unite forces with the BSO to present a special kind of magic on the Saturday night.

The orchestra is restaging its ‘Queen Symphonic Spectacular’ following huge success in Meyrick Park in 2007.

Visitors are welcome to take picnics on-site to enjoy an evening of live music.

Both events culminate in an impressive choreographed fireworks display.

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THE MOWLEM Theatre, Cinema & Function Rooms www.themowlem.com LIVE SHOWS:

Tankus the Henge perform at Purbeck Folk Festival.

Folk festival more than just the music NEXT month’s Purbeck Valley Folk Festival has a stonking line-up including Mexican party band Los de Abajo, critically acclaimed multiaward winning ‘folk royalty’ Show of Hands and Radio 2 favourite Kathryn Williams.

Other acts include BBC Folk award-winning Rionnagh Connelly with her funk-folk band Honeyfeet, Shooglenifty and the Michael McGoldrick Band. The festival also welcomes world music from N’Famady Kouyaté (Guinea) and Gasper Nali (Malawi), and a big helping of Americana/ country from Amethyst Kiah, The Once, Laura Cortése & the Dance Cards, and Dana Wylie.

Last year saw the addition of a comedy stage which went down brilliantly and another programme of stand-up is now being put together.

Children’s activities include storytelling, theatre workshops, fun crafts, puppet shows, bubble displays, baby/toddler Rhyme Time sessions, facepainting, treasure hunt, bouncy castles, fancy dress, maypole dancing and Morris dance workshops, family ceilidh,

space-hopper obstacle course and welly wanging.

Circus skills performances and workshops include juggling, diablo, devil’s sticks, unicycling, stilt walking, low level trapeze and inflatable tumble mat. All children’s activities are included in the ticket price.

The festival’s craft area includes workshops in crochet, wicker modelling, cyanotype printing, clay modelling/ pottery, bunting printing, tie-dye, blacksmithing, traditional woodturning, pebble painting, origami and more.

Youth music workshops and ‘Come and Try’ instruments give young people and adults the opportunity to try out instruments they might not get a chance to otherwise.

Purbeck Valley Folk Festival is at Purbeck Valley Farm just off the main A351 in Harman’s Cross. It runs from Thursday to Sunday, August 18-21, and tickets, including camping, are on sale now from £150 (£75/£30) – visit www. purbeckvalleyfolkfestival. co.uk

Choir’s Summer Celebration THE Broadstone Choir is staging a Summer Celebration at Broadstone Methodist Church on Saturday, 2 July.

The programme features Handel’s Coronations Anthems and excerpts from Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Stanford’s Te deum and Walton’s Crown Imperial.

The musical director is Simon Earl and the organist John Radford.

Tickets priced £15 (under18s £8) are available from bookwhen.com/ broadstonechoir and on the door, and include nonalcoholic Jubilee Punch. The concert starts at 7.30pm.

Tons of Money – July 1st & 2nd at 7.30pm, Adults £12 Concessions £11 Children £10 Swanage Jazz Festival - Friday 8th, Saturday 9th and Sunday, July 10th.

Working in partnership with Purbeck Film Festival, We have two films for the Friday evening; The Disney/Pixar animated film Soul at 5pm, and we are screening the Miles Davis biopic ‘The Birth Of The Cool’ at 8pm.

Admission is free to Festival ticket holders.

The Mowlem is also excited to host several live acts during the festival. More information can be found on our website.

Festival tickets are required.

Young Purbeck Musicians in Concert - Tuesday, July 12th at 6.30pm Tickets: £5 adult family ticket (2 adults), students FREE entry Tonight at the Musicals Thursday 28th and Friday, 29th July at 7.30pm. Adult £18.00 + £1.40 booking fee. Concession £15.00 + £1.17 booking fee.

Family Ticket £60.00 + £4.68 booking fee Admits 4. 2x Adult + 2x Child.

MOVIES: Tickets can be booked online see website for prices.

The Northman (15) 5th to 7th July at 7.30pm Soul (PG) - (Free to Jazz Festival Ticket holders) Friday, July 8th at 5pm.

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (15) - (Free to Jazz Festival Ticket holders) Friday, July 8th at 8pm.

Everything Everywhere All at Once (15) Monday 11th, Wednesday 13th and Thursday, July 14th at 7.30pm.

Elvis (12A) Friday 15th & Saturday 16th at 7.00pm, Monday 18th at 2.30pm, Monday 18th to Thursday 21st at 7.00pm.

Jurassic World: Dominion (12A) Friday 22nd to Wednesday 27th at 7.30pm.

Minions: The Rise of Gru (U) Saturday 23rd to Wednesday 27th at 2.30pm.

Lightyear (PG) Saturday, July 30th to Sunday, August 7th at 2.30pm.

CLUBS & SOCIETIES: Monthly Tuesday, July 5th - Making Memories (Swanage Area Dementia Friendly Group) meets in the Show Bar cafe for coffee and cake from 10am, with a movie showing of ‘Annie Get Your Gun’ from 11am.

Tuesday, July 19th from 10am - Making Memories Dementia Friendly Cafe (no film showing) Thursday, July 21st - The monthly Flower Club meets in the Community Room from 9.00 am through 5.00pm.

Weekly / Bi-weekly

· Health Qui Con Community meets every Wednesday at 1.30pm in the Community Room. · Swanage Arts & Crafts Market is welcomed back every Saturday and Sunday outside the Mowlem to October. · Slimming World is every Thursday, meeting at 6.00pm in the Community Room.

www.themowlem.com

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Spotlight Event Diary

Diary Entries are FREE if your event is FREE. If you charge, then it’s £5 plus VAT per entry, per month. DEADLINE for JULY is NOON 9th 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.

JUNE 2022

WEEKLY EVENTS

Please call prior to attending events listed to ensure they are still on!

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 Methodist Ch. hall, High Street, Sw. All ages/abilities welcome.

Steve: 424591, Malcolm: 427695 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 Digital Champions. Support people in the community to use the internet and gain basic online skills. Booking essential on 01929 423485.

14.00 Swanage Disabled Club meet until 4pm. Meeting place All Saints Church Hall, Ulwell, Sw. Transport available. Call Mrs Daphne Saville on 01929 425241 ffi.

16.00 Colour Me Happy. Adult colouring session at Swanage Library. Drop in.

16.45 Soccer Skills Sw FC First Sch chldn £1 Till 5.45. 425175 18.00 Swanage Tennis Club at Beach Gardens, Sw. Free Cardio Tennis taster. Till 7pm 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 Wareham Choral Society meet Lady St.Mary Church, Wm. Till 9.30. New singers always welcome. Ffi: 01202 632678.

19.30 Purbeck Village Quire rehearse at Wm URC Church. New/visiting singers (no audition necessary). String & wind players also welcome. Ffi: 288045 or 480737.

19.30 Wm Folk Dance Club Stoboro’ VH. All welcome. 07749 853815. Email: warehamfolkdance@gmail.com 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. EVERY TUESDAY 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 First Steps Parent & Toddlers’ Group. Swanage Methodist Church till 11.30am during term time. Ffi: Sylvia Garrett 425420, office hours.

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 A Place Of Welcome at 103 High St. 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. Until 12 noon.

10.30 Employment Hub at Swanage Library. Until 12.30pm. Book via Skilla dn Learning on 01202 262300.

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 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 Swanage Town Walk. Local historian takes walks lasting 90 minutes. Meet outside the Museum in the ‘Square’. No charge but 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 Belvedere Singers rehearsal at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Victoria Avenue, Sw. BH19 1AZ. Parking on-site. Till 9.30pm. All singers welcome! 425074.

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 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.

10.30 Books and More - at Swanage Library. Reading & discussion group.

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.

16.15 Swanage Football Club U-7s Training til 5.15pm. £1. Ffi: 426346 17.15 Swanage Football Club U-9s Training til 6.15pm. £1. Ffi: 426346 18.00 Swanage Youth Club. School years 7&8. Till 8.30pm 18.30 Sw & Wm Hockey Club Junior (6-14yrs) Training, Wm Sports Centre. Until 7.30pm. Email: swanagewarehamhockey@outlook.com 19.00 Wm Bridge Club at the Library, South St. 552046 19.00 Wareham Depression Support group. We meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday each month at Not Just Sundaes, South Street, Wareham. BH20, until 9pm. Ffi: John: 01929556315 or 07871 727278 or email: johnoneil905@yahoo.co.uk 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.

19.00 Purbeck Runners meet at Beach Gardens Pavillion, Sw 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 09.00 w 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 Wyvern Savings & Loan Credit Union opens until 12 noon at Not Just Sundaes, South Street, Wareham, opposite the Library. A secure place to save and loans available at fair rates. Call in for a cuppa and a chat, or call 01305 268444.

10.00 Wm Parent & Toddler Group During term Parish Hall, Quay Till 11.45. 556806 10.00 A Place Of Welcome at 103 High St. 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. Until 12 noon.

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 10.30 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 Workshop provides craft activities free of charge to those touched by cancer - friends and family are welcome too. D’Urberville Centre, Collier’s Lane,Wool. www.purbeckworkshop.org 07757 776907. www.purbeckworkshop.org Phone: 07794 479208 11.00 Sensory Play for 1-4yrs old at Bovington Centre, until 12 noon.

11.30 Home Producers Market. Wareham to be added to the diary. Every Thursday from 7am to 11:30 in the United Reformed Church, Church Street, Wareham2 13.30 Under 1 year olds at Wareham’s Children’s Centre, Streche Rd, Wm. Anti-natal mums welcome. Till 3pm. Ffi: 552864.

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13.30 Toddler Group. All Saints’ Church, Sw. 423937. Till 3pm (Term times) 14.00 Swanage Town Walk. Local historian takes walks lasting 90 minutes. Meet outside the Museum in the ‘Square’. No charge but voluntary contributions welcome.

14.00 Wareham Happy Cafe. Friendly conversation, talks, activities and some fun to put a spring in your step! Everyone welcome. Held at the Not Just Sundaes Cafe in South Street, Wareham. BH20 4LU. From 5th March 2020 onwards.

FREE. Until 3.30pm.

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.

17.45 Swanage Youth Club. Learning Difficulties and disability (age 11-25) night. Till 7.30pm 18.15 Sw Cricket Club Practice till 9pm 19.00 Health Qigong: Fitness and relaxation. Till 8pm. With Penny at Furzebrook VH, Wm. Ffi 07969925502 19.15 Wm Town Band Brass & Woodwind players welcome. Ffi, call: 551478 or 01202 242147.

19.30 Purbeck Arts Choir meet for rehersals, with conductor David Fawcett, 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 EVERY FRIDAY 08.45 Coffee @ 112 - Drop In For Coffee! Catch up with friends at 112 High Street (United Reformed Church) in Sw. Cake and bacon butties. Fair trade stall.

Donations for ‘Besom in Purbeck’ and church funds.

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 Methodist Ch. hall, High Street, Sw. All ages/abilities welcome.

Steve: 424591, Malcolm: 427695 10.30 Do you want to volunteer in Swanage? Meet the team at the Volunteer Bureau in Swanage Library! Until 12.30pm.

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 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 18.00 Purbeck Youth Choir at the United Reformed Church Hall, Sw. 8-18 years old.

Till 7pm. Ffi: Jay Buckle on: 07947 866945 18.30 Sw Bridge Club Mowlem Community Room. 421840 19.00 Sw Youth Centre Seniors Club Night (Yr 9+) Till 9.30pm.

19.30 Informal Lesbian Social Group meets each Friday for fun, laughter and to make new friends. Ffi, contact Karen by email at: outinpurbeck@gmail.com 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 09.00 Swanage Self Defence FUNdamaentals for ages 4-12 years at Swanage Methodist Church, Sw. For a FREE taster session, contact Ian on: 07888660225 or email: swanageSMA@gmail.com and quote ‘Purbeck Gazette’ 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 Lego and Megablok Mayhem at Swanage Library, until 12 noon.

Saturday, 6 August, 2-5pm: A traditional village fete in the lovely grounds of The Old Rectory, Church Knowle, BH20 5NG. Fun for all the family with children’s games and activities, skittles, coconut shy and tug-of-war! Plenty of stalls selling everything from cakes and plants to books and bric-a-brac. Pimm’s tent, cream teas and barbecue, brass band and grand draw. Please note: Cash only event.

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 10.30 Stoborough Baptist Church - would love to welcome you - for meeting details please call 01929 550309 or website www.stoboroughbaptistchurch. co.uk ACORN LODGE ODDFELLOWS: Events all held at the Three Legged Cross WEEK Hall, Wimborne: Tuesday, July 12, 2pm – Summer tea party including raffle and END a bring-and-buy, £3; Saturday, August 6, noon – lunch and quiz, includingT cake ICKETS stall and raffle, £4; Tuesday, 13 September, 2pm – musical quiz and sing-song £135 with afternoon tea, £3.50; Tuesday, 11 October, 2pm – photo talk by Jurassic IN10am CL. C Coast Photography and afternoon tea, £3.50; Saturday, 19 November, – AM PING Christmas card – iris paper folding – making and coffee morning; Saturday, 10 December, 1.30pm – Christmas buffet, £4. Contact social secretary Julia Taylor to book places.

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Plumbing and Heating Engineers Boiler Installations, services and repairs General plumbing, Bathrooms and Landlord gas safety certificates Covering Swanage and the surrounding areas

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Local Services WINDOW CLEANING

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Tel: 07825 229 127

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Alan Yates Electrical LTD. All electrical work undertaken, Part P Registered, Fully Insured, Purbeck Based

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J.A. Construction (Dorset) Ltd.

Specialist in Purbeck Stone Walling General Building, Extensions, Renovations, Roofing, New Builds and all types of Ground Work.

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JIM BAGGLEY BUILDING SERVICES Ltd Renovations, Alterations, Extensions, Kitchen Fitting, New Cut Roofs, Loft Conversions, Upvc Windows & Doors, Carpentry & Joinery

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WHY CHOOSE T&M GLASS FOR YOUR HOME IMPROVEMENTS? To celebrate our new showroom opening order in June and we will pay your VAT

Windows • Doors • Conservatories • Orangeries House Extensions • Garden Offices • Glass Rooms All come with a 10 year Guarantee

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01202 849619 www.tandmglass.com

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DECORATOR Property Decoration & Renovation

07796 640538 01929 424882 Manufacturers of Purpose-made Hard & Softwood Joinery

01202 622441 info@elegantjoinery.co.uk www.elegantjoinery.co.uk

OLD BYGONES & COLLECTIBLES

Rural, garden & agricultural items bought & sold

Tim, 01725 517268 or 07311 478301

Man & Van available to hire

Rubbish Clearance Half the price of a skip and we do all the work! pdtwdorset@gmail.com

07767 479438 Fully licensed & insured

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