The New Stour & Avon Magazine

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Friday, April 23, 2021

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Hear ye! It’s a big shout out for the New Stour and Avon Who better than Wimborne’s very own Town Crier, Chris Brown, to shout out the news that the New Stour and Avon magazine has been launched and is available in hundreds of shops, businesses and libraries all across the area.

We will bring you a fresh new copy of the magazine every two weeks, covering news, events and features from Blandford Forum across to Fordingbridge, down to Ringwood and back across to Wimborne – and many places dotted in between.

Our aim is to make sure that if something’s going on in the area, you get to hear about it. And we have a team of writers to help, too.

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Wimborne springs into life after lockdown easing. For more pictures, head to pages 30-31.

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Welcome to the New Stour and Avon

Hello, and the warmest of welcomes to the very first issue of the New Stour and Avon magazine. And it really is a case of so far so good, as it’s been a real joy putting this issue together.

I’ve already spoken to some fantastic local people, already been interviewed on Radio Wimborne, and I’ve been completely overwhelmed with the response to the news of the magazine’s launch.

To give you a bit of background information on me, I’ve worked in publishing for around 30 years now, and during that time I’ve been lucky enough to work on a wide variety of magazines and newspapers.

Over the last five years I’ve published a community magazine in Somerset, and I

know what it takes to produce something that people will hopefully read and enjoy.

Ultimately, we’re here for you. Is there a feature you’d like to see in an upcoming issue? Tell us about it! If you have a strong opinion on something local to you, please send us a letter and we will publish it in our Letters pages – more on that very soon.

If you’re new to the area and not sure of the history of the Stour and Avon magazine, head to page five for our feature on the couple who launched it during the 1980s.

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And what writers they are.

The full-time staff of the New Stour and Avon are all highly experienced at running magazines and newspapers, while our army of contributors are locals to the area who are hugely involved in local businesses and community groups.

We don’t have a set-instone plan for the magazine, as we’d like it to develop naturally. It’s only by developing it over time that we’ll work out exactly what

you all would like to see in the magazine’s pages.

So the first issue is 64 pages, but we hope to get even bigger than that over time.

And you can help with that.

If you have a story you’d like to submit, a letter you want to write or a feature suggestion then drop an email to either dean. mortlock@stourandavon. net or newsdesk@ stourandavon.net If you’re interested in advertising, then email Jane at jane.toomer@ blackmorevale.net

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Wimborne’s month of discovery Under normal circumstances, Discover Wimborne is an annual celebration packed with events, competitions and special offers that’s designed to showcase the very best of what Wimborne has to offer.

Obviously there had to be a few changes for 2021’s version of Discover Wimborne, but the core message that Wimborne is a fantastic town with loads to see and do had to shine through.

To do this, the organisers of the festival took the

event online, with a packed site that’s split up into four categories…

Make it

Here’s where you’ll find places to go, online talks and money-off vouchers for attractions.

A selection of local businesses have created unique online crafting guides for the kids. These include paper chicks and finger puppets to the chance to make your very own origami windmill!

See it

Learn it

Explore it

If you want to find out more about Wimborne and the people that live there, this is the section for you.

There’s a range of videos from last year’s Small Business Saturday event, plus much more.

More videos, this time from local company Guardall Security with some tips on home security, and a guide to looking after your mental health.

The organisers, Wimborne

BID, also made sure that there were plenty of events listed for the Wimborne Green Festival, too. Sadly, this was held just before our deadline, but links to the festival were included on the Discover Wimborne site.

The Discover Wimborne festival runs throughout the whole of April, so there’s still plenty of time to check out the site and find something fun to see and do.

For more information, head to the Discover Wimborne site at discoverwimborne.com

Minster Market is returning to the Allendale Minster Market at the Allendale will resume at the Centre on Friday, May 7.

It will then be weekly every Friday from 9am to 1pm.

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With a one-way system, plenty of space, face coverings in use, ventilation (plus heating in the cooler months), and hand sanitiser

available, the Minster Market is as Covid-safe as possible.

There’s some customer parking available at the Centre itself, and also

plenty of public parking in Allenview car park, which is just a minute’s walk away.

Why not pop by and support the wide range of traders?

A Stour and Avon history lesson History

Martin and Joan Tidd launched the Wimborne Magazine in the autumn of 1986 covering the surrounding areas of Wimborne. Other editions followed, covering Ferndown, West Parley, West Moors, Verwood, Ringwood, Canford Heath and Poole.

Martin was managing director and publisher of the group and Joan was editor.

Total distribution, mostly door to door, was approximately 40,000 plus pick-ups in villages and shops. Printing was done at Blackmore Press (where we now print the New Stour and Avon) and also at printing works in Weston-super-Mare.

Before the digital age

“In the early days,” said Martin, “we used typesetting facilities and electric typewriters up until desktop publishing was introduced. It was an interesting time of adjustment when our first Macintosh Classic 2 was installed in 1992, followed soon afterwards by bigger more powerful computers such as G4s.

“We sold Community Magazines to Trinity Mirror in December 1999, soon after they bought the The Blackmore Vale

Magazine. Our magazines then became part of Blackmore Vale Publishing.”

Life after community mags

“It was a big shock to the system to suddenly be without the exciting stress of deadlines and running local publications,” Here are Martin and Joan in December admits Martin. 1999 signing the handover contract with Colin Houghton the managing director Martin went at the time of Trinity Mirror on to pursue two thirds of the way up interests in the Everest and raise funds for brokerage of free papers, local radio and TV. He was the NSPCC, to paint and also a founder director of write children’s books, one the Wimborne BID. being Buddy the War Dog Joan went on to train in her maiden name of as a yoga teacher, trek J.A. McEnnis.

“We are both thrilled the magazine is to be republished to support the local community again. It has been sorely missed.”

Some very early copies of The Wimborne Magazine – which would eventually become the Stour and Avon. There’s even a copy of the very first one

Martin Tidd, publisher of the former Wimborne Magazine and Community Magazines Ltd.

QUICK INTERVIEW – Joan Tidd The Stour and Avon (previously Wimborne Magazine) had a number of exclusive stories and campaigns.

Do you have a favourite?

“Publicising the restoration of the Art Deco Tivoli Theatre to halt its demolition for a road scheme. A petition of over 7,000 signatures supported the campaign instigated by businessman and previous Mayor of Wimborne Malcolm Angel. I was an early Tivoli committee member.

Also, publicising the resurrection

of the Model Town from its original derelict state behind the Cornmarket in West Row to its present location in King Street. Martin was on the committee with Cllr. Pat Hymers, ex Mayor of Wimborne. Celebrity Roy Castle opened the new Model Town in 1991.”

What do you miss the most about editing the Stour and Avon (Wimborne Magazine)?

“I miss the buzz of being closely

involved in local issues and promoting worthwhile causes, plus deciding on the news content most relevant to readers.”

And what do you miss the least!

“Late nights and early mornings, bedtime reading of council agendas (in search of local stories for the magazine) and conversations with the bank and VAT man! The worry of late advertising copy coming up to deadline.”

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You’ve got to reach for the STARS

By Karen Bate

newsdesk@stourandavon.net

Dorset charity, Sexual Trauma and Recovery Services (STARS Dorset) is asking everyone across the county to fundraise for them by doing as many star jumps as they can in one minute – or if they’re wanting to take on the extra challenge, five minutes – on Friday, May 28.

Last year, STARS Dorset supported over 2,300 individuals. STARS Dorset offers one-to-one support, free of charge, for anyone of any age or gender who lives, works or studies in Dorset and has experienced any form of sexual violence at any time in their life.

Helen Stevens, CEO for STARS Dorset said “STARS Dorset changed it’s name from Dorset Rape Crisis

Support Centre to Sexual Trauma and Recovery Services two years ago this May, and what better way to celebrate than a fundraising challenge that will help provide vital funds for the work we do, and is something fun to do too!

“STAR JUMP for STARS” is a challenge that everyone across the county can take part in, either

virtually or in person. Over the last year the charity has supported thousands of people in the county and demand for our services is increasing all the time, so any fundraising support is a huge help to us.”

STARS Dorset offers a counselling service, an Independent Sexual Violence Advisor service, a Supportline and a dedicated

Children and Young People service. All its services are free. Over the past year the charity has continued to provide support for those who need it either via the phone, video link or face to face. The charity has seen an increase in referrals and it has also launched two new projects to support both children and adults affected by domestic abuse.

To enter, go to starsdorset. org, STARS Dorset Facebook and Instagram pages, or text STARSDORSET to 70085 (£3 plus your standard rate message will be charged to your phone).

Anyone who has been affected by sexual violence and would like confidential advice and support can call the STARS Support line on 01202 308855 or visit starsdorset.org.

See ewe at the Model Town

Chris Brown, Wimborne’s colourful Town Crier, exercised his right as the town’s newest freeman to drive sheep through the streets without charge on April 7 at 10.30am.

In line with current social distancing protocols he will be using the empty streets of Wimborne Model Town for this purpose, heralding the reopening of the attraction on 12 April.

Model Town event organiser, Greg Hoar, said: “We are delighted that Chris is utilising his new privilege with us here. Our closed season residents of frogs and crows are in for quite a surprise, especially if he is in full voice.”

Who are Wimborne and Ferndown Lions?

Initially known as Wimborne Lions, the club expanded to also cover Ferndown and other parts of East Dorset. Since then they have endeavoured to help the local community in various ways. Funds raised are carefully allocated by their welfare committee who have an unrivalled collective 6

experience of local needs.

Some of their funds also go to emergency relief after disasters in other countries.

Established half a century ago the club exists to serve the community by fundraising and donating the funds to those in need while enjoying a full social programme along the way. They have around 20

members, and over the past year they have donated many thousands of pounds to local good causes.

Wimborne Lions are part of the worldwide charitable movement LCIF (Lions Clubs International Federation) who have just celebrated their centenary, having been formed originally in Chicago

in 1917. Today LCIF has about one- and-a-half million volunteers in over 200 countries, including 900 clubs in Great Britain and Ireland.

They are always looking for new members, so if you think it might interest you, check out their site (wimborne andferndownlions.org.uk) for more information.

New director for Rising Voices choir An inspirational choir for cancer patients and survivors has named its new musical director.

Wendy Morrow from Ringwood leads Rising Voices Wessex which has choirs in Poole and Bournemouth and a membership of around 140 people, whose lives have been affected by cancer either as a patient, as a carer or through bereavement.

Wendy replaces former director Alison ‘Ali’ Sharpe, who has been leading both choirs for the last six years, conducting them in performances across the area, writing some of their songs and most recently enabling them to continue singing together during the Covid pandemic, through ‘virtual’ choir rehearsals.

Wendy a teacher, performer of folk and world

music and also a music therapy practitioner, said: “I was attracted to the role because I have taken community choirs before.

My father passed from colon cancer and so I can also really relate to the journey many members of the choir are experiencing.”

Rising Voices has an

eclectic repertoire of popular songs, and performs to either backing tracks or piano accompaniment – and occasionally a cappella.

As well as promoting the joy of music-making, the choir provides valuable social support for individuals in times of difficulty.

Wendy added: “I am really

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looking forward to seeing the choir grow in confidence.

I have many connections in the community as a performer that I would like to offer to the choir, so we can grow and reach others who may also benefit from the support it offers.

Rising Voices also stages two concerts each year, and appears at a number of local events, both to fundraise and promote the concept of living well after cancer.

For the rest of this year the choir is also offering support to people affected by Covid, especially those who have been bereaved or those with long Covid. This is also important as Covid has had an impact on some cancer diagnosis and treatments.

For more information please visit risingvoices.org. uk, or phone 07500 676083.

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MP opens new cricket facilities Michael Tomlinson MP was invited to open the new cricket nets at Hamworthy Cricket Club on Friday.

The old nets had become unsafe and were in need of replacement, and the club was keen to improve their facilities. They received a donation for 90 per cent of the cost from local business Canford Environmental, and the remaining cost was raised by club members.

Mike Fisher, the cricket development officer of the club said: “We now have a safer, higher-quality surface on which we can enhance the coaching given for all members of the club and to the wider community that will use them. That includes county age group teams, women and girls teams, county adult teams and district cricket.”

The first team club captain Alex Peel said:

“This can only be a positive move for Hamworthy Cricket Club in its progression forward.”

The Hamworthy Club has been supporting the community by acting as a vaccine hub, and its members are delighted that sport is able Shaun Gomm, Mike Fisher and Michael Tomlinson to re-open.

Mike said “It nets for practice, and I’m the club or would like more was fantastic to open these delighted to see so many information, then please new nets today, and meet young people involved in get in touch with either some of the young people Mike on 07506 112062/ who will benefit from them. local sport.”

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Get outside and get active with Dorset Scouts Dorset Scouts is delighted to be getting its 6,500 Scouts out and active again, and is inviting new boys, girls, young adults and volunteers to join in the fun and make summer unmissable.

In the county where Scouting was born, Dorset Scouts has now fully and safely reopened all 100 groups throughout the county, and is restarting all its beloved and exciting outdoor activities, including archery, camping, climbing, dinghy sailing, paddle boarding, cooking, camping, abseiling, kayaking and much more.

With Beavers, open to children as young as six, and then Cubs (8-10 ½), Scouts (10 ½-14), Explorers (14-18) and Network Scouts (18-25), there’s never been a better time for children and young adults to enjoy the wonders of the wilderness while making friends and learning skills.

Dorset Scouts is also looking for volunteers to take part in its flexible,

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award-winning training scheme and be at the heart of the action. The scheme, designed to support adult volunteers, has already helped over 2,000 men and women take up a variety of roles while enjoying the excitement of Scouting.

For more information,

visit dorsetscouts.org.uk/ volunteer-do-this.

Brendan Booth, County Commissioner said: “Over the past 12 months we’ve been running great online competitions, events and home camps, but it’s now time to get out and live our best lives, safely. That’s why

we’ve fully reopened across Dorset and are planning an action-packed summer of outdoor events. And, with so many groups, one is bound to be on your doorstep.”

For more info on joining, visit dorset scouts.org. uk or email get involved@ dorsetscouts.org.uk

Parish council concerned over council’s Local Plan Worries over a lack of infrastructure and services to support the expansion of Alderholt outlined in Dorset Council Local Plan has resulted in Alderholt Parish Council seeking an alternative vision to the one supplied by the county council.

Dorset Council has outlined two options for the rural village in its Local Plan. The first is for a ‘small-scale expansion’ of 300 new homes and employment facilities earmarked on land north of Ringwood Road. The second is for significant expansion.

At a recent meeting of 10

Alderholt Parish Council it was agreed that the following response would be forwarded to Dorset Council as part of the Local Plan Consultation.

Chairman of Alderholt Parish Council, Councillor Adrian Hibberd, said: “The vision of selfcontainment for Alderholt was unrealistic. Neither of the two options in the consultation document were sustainable, deliverable or required.”

The Parish Council requested Dorset Council consider a third option.

Mr Hibberd said: “Option 3 should be considered, where future development

during the period of the plan was limited to those houses already planned, with any further approved infill within the existing village envelope supporting the policies for small, one to 10 dwellings, rural exception sites for ‘affordable housing’”.

“This decision reflected the responses that we’ve had from members of the public, which was very encouraging. Many of the responses were not in support of large development, and the village was singing from the same hymn sheet in terms of its response to the local plan.”

School finalist for top award Canford School has been selected as a finalist in the TES Independent School Awards for 2021.

They have been shortlisted for the Strategic Education Initiative of the Year which recognises ‘initiatives in improving learning outcomes for pupils and helping them to fulfil their potential’.

Literary festival reveals plans for 2021 The Wimborne Literary Festival has been on hold since the start of the pandemic but will be back in April 2022 with all guns blazing, and we hope stronger and more diverse than ever – but obviously it depends on what happens with the dreaded pandemic.

Since WILF’s creation over a decade ago, when we started with just a few authors and events to test Wimborne’s appetite, the festival has grown to a packed week of daytime and evening events featuring world class authors, personalities and the occasional national treasure, filling our great local venues.

Regular WILF goers will

Amanda Owen

know that we always take a break for lunch allowing people to use local eateries or browse the shops, and unlike many festivals we never stage two events at the same time. This allows everyone to take in the entire programme – and believe me, some do have a try, meaning yours truly and our fabulous team get a lot of fun. It’s a very Wimborne week and very rewarding.

However, until 2022 comes around and the hoped-for restrictions are consigned to the bin, we’re sticking our toes in the water this year with just a few events so far which can be found on our festival mailing list, on the festival Facebook site and through Gulliver’s Bookshop’s social media platforms.

The first event will be on June 23 in The Allendale’s main hall, when author and historian Rod Hughes launches his book Tears On The Heath. Rod will give an in-depth talk marking the 90th anniversary, to the day, of the 1931 Holton Heath Royal Naval Cordite Factory explosion ‘when Dorset bore witness to the most explosive substance known to man, nitroglycerine’.

There may be more coming but we are pleased to announce that two of our postponed authors have agreed to new dates later this year.

On October 2 we can expect first-hand stories from Amanda Owen when she talks about her journey from townie teenage Goth to hill shepherdess and mother of nine. There will be Q&As and an opportunity to really get to know the Yorkshire Shepherdess.

Then on November 2 we will be treated to an evening with Michael Portillo with his talk Life – A Game of Two Halves told with all the wit and panache of a Parliamentary stand up.

Michael will be keen as ever to take questions and to meet the audience after.

Rod Hughes will be launching his book on June 23

Words: Malcolm Angel

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A truly heroic fundraiser

By Karen Bate

newsdesk@stourandavon.net

Stanley Dallison has Cerebral Palsy, and when he isn’t getting around in his wheelchair, he is bunny hopping, which is putting enormous pressure on his hips.

A huge fundraising campaign has been launched to raise £30,000 for vital physiotherapy before and after the five-hour surgery to reduce muscle stiffness.

So his Grandad John Dallison from Blandford St Mary has set himself a target to raise £3,000 by walking 3,000km in fancy dress at well-known locations, including the Blandford Trail, Moors Valley Country Park and Weymouth beach.

Dressed as Bananaman, a cowboy and the Knights Templar, John has been attracting the attention of

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fellow walkers and passers-by to help him reach his target.

And now John is issuing a heartfelt plea to our generous readers to dig deep in their pockets to help him reach £3,000 for Stanley.

“I hope to raise as much towards £30,000 as I can. For my part I plan to do 3,000km by the end of lockdown through gym work and walking. We started dressing up in fancy dress costume at the gym, in the home, out walking, and to our local Tesco store.

“I started with a small target of walking 1,000km by Christmas last year, which we smashed, so I set a new target of 3,000km. In the run up to Christmas, we decided to go to the gym in fancy dress to gain some momentum for the fundraiser and approached several fancy dress shops – one donating quite a lot of old

The Race for Reading is under starter’s orders Schoolreaders is raising money to enable volunteers to read and listen to children in primary schools to tackle falling literacy levels.

The Race for Reading is running until June 19, and North Dorset residents are being asked to circumvent the world in 80 days.

To register visit racefor reading.org and find out more about Schoolreaders at schoolreaders.org

or damaged costumes.

“On May 29 we are planning an event at the play park in Blandford to raise as much money as we can.”

For more details email John at Jdallison5612@ gmail.com You can donate at just giving.com/crowdfunding/ stanley-dallison

The Bigish Session

Save the date of June 26 for children’s activities and musical entertainment on the cricket pitch in Sixpenny Handley – details in the Downsman magazine and Facebook, facebook. com/6Dacoustic.live

Blossoming plans for Wimborne in Bloom It is now just over a year since we held our last fundraising event, the ever popular Wine and Wisdom Fun Quiz Evening in the Allendale Centre on March 6, 2020. A fortnight later came the first lockdown and as we all know, others have followed.

Wimborne in Bloom has suffered just like many other charitable organisations, but without our events it is difficult to see how we will be able to provide the number of floral displays that have adorned and beautified the town over the last 28 years.

We are intending to provide hanging baskets this year, and have already had requests for some. Now the shops are open we will be making contact with the businesses to see which are able to take a basket.

It is also our intention to plant up the Flower Towers and Planters in the Square, Cornmarket and some in the High Street along the lines that we were able to provide in 2020. Other areas could be expanded but this very much depends on funds

The organisers of Wimborne in Bloom will be filling planters and contacting businesses soon for hanging baskets

becoming available.

As far as our fundraising events are concerned, some are potentially viable at this point in time but this assumes restrictions remain

as planned. We hope that it might be possible to run the Annual Duck Race at the end of August. The Open Gardens Day might be possible later in the year

rather than at the normal time at the end of June, too.

The Charities Fair in the Allendale Centre is booked for Saturday, November 13. Regrettably it will not be possible to hold our usual Coffee Mornings, and also there will be no Local Competition this year. We will not be entering the Town into the Regional in Bloom Competition.

Donations towards our work will be particularly welcome at this time and can be made by contacting either Richard Nunn (01202 888793) or Anthony Oliver (01202 888703). Copies of the lovely Blooming Wimborne Book are still available at £4.95 each from Anthony Oliver.

You can keep up to date by going to wimborne inbloom.org.uk Our hope is that in 2022 we will be able to return to having a full floral display around town, hold our normal fundraising events and make the most of what will be the 30th anniversary year of Wimborne in Bloom.

Words: Anthony Oliver

Spring initiative to help East Street businesses Although hospitality businesses are now able to serve customers outside their premises, current guidelines mean that they are still unable to serve inside.

As it stands, the next stage out of lockdown is due on May 17, when businesses will once again be able to open their doors to customers.

In the meantime though, Wimborne Minster BID has come up with an ingenious plan to help. Every Sunday from now until May 16, a portion of East Street in Wimborne will be closed to

traffic. This will make it far easier for businesses to serve their customers outside.

Covid regulations will obviously be observed at all times.

The closure applies from Millstream Close to the junction at the High Street, but residents will still be able to access Park Lane to Millstream Close.

The closure will run from

10am through to 4pm, and the road will then reopen by 5pm.

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Chris Slocock is joined by the Revd Canon Andrew Rowland

Picture: Russell Sach

Chris finishes his musical journey When Chris Slocock started walking around the Minster Church at the end of last September to raise money for the Minster Makes Music Appeal, his target was 900 laps and £900

by Christmas to mark the 900th anniversary of the start of the Minster Building in 1120. This target was achieved on Christmas morning, which also

happened to be his birthday!

He then set himself a further target to walk 416 laps to complete an overall total of 1,316 laps by Easter.

The new total was to mark the 1316th anniversary of the original foundation of the Minster by St. Cuthburga in AD705.

On Easter Sunday morning, Chris completed his new target and was

accompanied by the Revd Canon Andrew Rowland, Rector of Wimborne Minster and Anthony Oliver, the Minster’s Press Officer who joined him for the last four laps after the Parish Eucharist Service held in the Minster.

Chris said: “A big thank you to everyone who has donated. Our Minster Makes Music Fund is growing, but we have some way to

go – donations so far total over £5,000.

“You can still support the Appeal via the just giving website at justgiving.com/ fundraising/900times aroundtheminster or place donations in an envelope Marked ‘Walking 900’, in the Church House letterbox next to the Minster.

Words: Anthony Oliver

Rotary continue to help foodbank with ‘missed lunches’ Over the past 12 months Wimborne Rotarians have, through their personal donations, been able to support Wimborne foodbank to the extent of £9,200.

Traditionally, members would meet for a lunch every week, but all this came to a halt at the start of the pandemic. For the two years 14

prior to the first lockdown Wimborne Rotary had a monthly collection from members of foodstuffs which were then passed on to the foodbank. After lockdown, it was agreed that they would be able to donate monies from their ‘missed lunches’ to the foodbank each month.

Wimborne Rotary

President, Neil Hutchinson, said: “Everyone has been very generous, and it seems appropriate that our member’s ‘missed lunches’ should generate this support at a time when the club cannot organise traditional fundraising events.”

Sharon Keenan, Wimborne Foodbank Manager, said:

“We are grateful to Wimborne Rotary for the financial help they have given us over the past year. The pandemic has seen demand for our services increase to record levels and without the help of so many people who have donated money and foodstuffs, it would be difficult to fulfil that demand.”

Radio station ready for jump to FM In January 2014 a brandnew initiative started in Wimborne. A small group of volunteers got together and created an online community radio station called Radio Wimborne. The view of founding director Malcolm Angel was that given so many local news outlets had been swallowed up by more centralised companies, access was being lost to local news, views, information and in the case of radio, voices.

Malcolm said: “I had felt for a while that having a local radio station would mean local people would be able to get detailed information on what is going on in our area, which is ideal for local community groups and charities.”

The station runs with a volunteer team of approximately 20-25. Shows cover all genres, including

live commentary from Wimborne Town Football club and live (and recorded) church services.

The station provides community compere and sound support to local events such as Dreamboats Gala and the History Festival. Many will have attended the Christmas Son et Lumiere – a fantastic themed light show against the façade of the Minster itself. All being well, it may be back this year.

During the lockdowns, presenter Kelly Webb did a community show giving information to help people during difficult times. Kelly said: “In the first lockdown, I did a daily show to pass on details of where people could get food, access volunteer support groups and general updates about what was going on outside their front doors.”

New events programme for those with a love of nature

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Knoll Gardens has announced its brand-new programme of garden events to inspire visitors this season.

As we begin a new gardening year, what better way to tantalise those gardening taste buds than with walks and talks led by local wildlife experts, or a grass masterclass in the expert company of Knoll’s owner Neil Lucas.

There are opportunities to develop your creative skills with classes on photography and willow-weaving all set among the beautiful, plantings at Knoll.

And along with grass and design masterclasses, Neil will be taking small groups on four seasonal garden walks,

Malcolm Angel and Kelly Webb, two directors of Radio Wimborne

Kelly, who is also a Director went on to say “We appreciate that while we’re an online station we can’t reach everyone, so we’re delighted to have been awarded an FM licence.

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Kind-hearted Ella Daly from Colehill spent her Christmas money making care packages for children who are struggling and has raised more than £1,000 to keep giving.

The 11 year old, who attends Allenbourn School in Wimborne, decided to spread a bit of happiness to those who were struggling during the most recent lockdown.

Ella has been making boxes brimming with small gifts, activities, positive quotes and goodies for children aged between 11 and 13.

And after running out of Christmas money and pocket money, Ella set herself a fundraising challenge relating to her age, walking 11,000 steps, cycling 11 miles and sleeping for 11 hours for 11 days to raise the additional money needed to help more children.

Ella completed her challenge and has raised more than £1,000 through her crowdfunding page, and is keeping busy making more care packages for children and older people

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and any leftover money will be donated to the Wimborne Food Bank.

Ella, who lives with mum Katie, dad Sean and siblings Daisy and Wilf in Colehill, said: “During lockdown I made a few little care packages for children who were struggling. I didn’t know the children but I just wanted to do something to give people a little bit of happiness in their day and let them know people care about them.

“When I ran out of money I decided to raise some more and set myself a challenge.

Thanks to everyone who donated I am now making more care packages.

“I’d love to hear from anybody who might like one.”

Mum Katie said: “We are extremely proud of Ella, She came up with the idea and started making the packages during the last lockdown.

The response has been overwhelming and we are very grateful to everyone who has supported Ella.”

Cindy Pritchard, headteacher of Allenbourn Middle School, said: “Well done Ella. Our students have done some wonderful things for others during the last year, and Ella embodies the school’s values.”

New mayor for Wimborne Mayor Elect for Wimborne Minster Town for the Civic Year 2021/22 is Cllr Kelly Webb, who succeeds Cllr Shane Bartlett. She will formally take up office on May 6th.

Kelly’s background is in Project and Programme Management, and she was also a previous manager at Wimborne BID. She is involved with Radio Wimborne where she presents live shows each week, and previously held the position of Town Mayor in 2018/19.

During the year Kelly will be raising money for two charities: Diverse Abilities and High Mead Farm.

Diverse Abilities is Dorset’s disability charity supporting children and adults with profound physical and learning disabilities across the county.

High Mead Farm is a supported work environment

for those with disabilities, and assists those suffering from mental health issues and those recovering from illness. It offers the therapeutic opportunity to work with animals, soil, nature, arts, crafts and trade skills for High Mead Farm’s co-farmers.

The Deputy Mayor will be Cllr Carol Butter.

The Town Council’s Committee Membership has also been provisionally agreed with Cllr Carol Chedgy as Chairman of Resources Committee, Cllr Shane Bartlett as Chairman of Recreation & Leisure Committee and Cllr Diann March as Chairman of the Planning & Environment Committee. Their respective Vice-Chairmen will be Cllr Simon Wheeler, Cllr Ann Roberts and Cllr Bill Richmond. These will be confirmed at the Annual Council Meeting on May 6.

Wimborne Minster Makes Music appeal

Free parking to continue until the end of June

Dorset Council recently reminded any employees of the NHS and care workers will qualify for free parking through until the end of June this year. They can use any Dorset Council-operated car park free of charge, provided they are on duty and displaying a relevant permit – or they have registered with the Council’s parking services.

All for a very good cause

The Minster Makes Music appeal has ambitious plans for music over the coming years

The Minster Makes Music appeal has been established to achieve these two principal, linked objectives: to provide an outstanding organ to support and enhance the Anglican choral and musical traditions of the Minster, and to establish a music foundation to rebuild and develop music in the Minster, communicate the musical heritage to the congregation and the community, and develop links with local schools.

Notwithstanding the inevitable restrictions caused by the pandemic, the appeal has been kept very much alive. Excellent progress has been made on the organ, and against a projected overall cost of £560,000 over £520,000 has been raised so far. It is very good news that the DCMS VAT Rebate Scheme for Listed Buildings has been extended to March 2022, so there will be no VAT to be funded and relatively little more to find. The organ has been out of commission since February 1 when work started on dismantling and

repair, and completion is expected by Easter 2022.

We are now moving on to plan the music foundation and how we hope to develop music in the Minster, for which we are budgeting a cost of up to £500,000.

Broad objectives include developing the sizes and abilities of the Minster choirs, and offering choral and organ scholarships. We are going to run workshops and education programmes on choral and organ music, and establish regular programmes of choral concerts and organ recitals.

Local schools will be an important element.

These developments will encourage outreach into schools, and provide their pupils with outstanding opportunities to benefit from interest and involvement in music of this calibre.

We believe these developments will be of interest to patrons, and we are preparing to approach the potential patrons we have in mind.

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this before the summer, we will be using this time to prepare our volunteers scheme to help us manage the considerable amount of work that will be coming in.

We will also be developing publicity and brochures for when we move forward.

In these ways we are actively planning to relaunch the appeal as soon as this becomes a practical proposition, and we intend to keep you informed of our progress. Do please let us know if there is any way that you would like to help the appeal. We should be delighted to hear from you.

Although we are unable actively to support events before the summer, we would be very interested to hear about any opportunities thereafter.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact Andrew Curtis, Chair of the Minster Makes Music Appeal Committee, through the Parish Office on parishoffice@ wimborneminster.org.uk

The Wimborne Food Bank will benefit from support once again from the Coop, who have chosen the charity as one of their local good causes. For more information about this, search for ‘Wimborne Food Bank’ on Facebook.

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Dorset Police & Crime Commissioner Election Thursday 6 May 2021

Your voice for an efficient and effective police force

PCC Elections Patrick Canavan

Together we can: Increase officer numbers: Put police back on the beat Tackle abuse: Take a lead on tackling domestic violence, abuse and hate crime Increase support for victims: Put those who have experienced crime at the heart of the response Improve Prevention and Justice: Focus on preventing crime and improve prosecution rates Twitter – @Patrick4PCC Facebook – Patrick 4 Dorset PCC Published and promoted by Patrick Canavan, 29 Green Park, Manor Road, Bournemouth BH1 3HR

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The beginner’s guide to the PCC Elections You’ve probably had a polling card through your door recently for the upcoming police and crime commissioners elections on May 6, but you would be forgiven if you’re unsure who the candidates are, or even what a police and crime commissioner actually does. To be honest, you’re in the same boat as most of us, so we thought we’d find out a bit more about what a PCC does, and why it’s important to have them.

Simply put, a PCC is an elected representative whose job it is to make sure that the police forces in England and Wales are running as effectively as possible. The old police authorities were phased out in 2012, and the understanding was that PCCs were created to bring a public voice back to policing.

So what do they do? PCCs have many duties, which include providing a valuable link between the police force and the general public, making sure that the police force is providing the public with value for money, and also setting out the force’s budgets – in total, the PCCs (all 41 of them) are responsible for a staggering £11bn.

A PCC can also hire or even fire the chief constable, and will be heavily involved in setting out the priorities for local policing.

Some believe that a PCC is there to run their local police force. The reality though is that the police force has as much control over its budgets and expenses as it always has, only with a commissioner in place to ensure that they can and should be held to account if resources are wasted. A PCC may have some directional control over the force they’re elected to cover, but they can’t tell the police how to do their job.

When the system was implemented in this country as part of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, the Home Office described it as “the most significant democratic reform of policing ever.” It allowed the general public to have a very direct involvement in how their communities are policed.

Anyone can stand, whether they’re standing for a party or as an independent. They do have to have a spotless criminal record, though –

and we really do mean spotless. One candidate at the last PCC election was disqualified because of a £5 fine he was issued with over 40 years previously – for two minor offenses at the age of 13.

Despite the fact that four out of Continued on page 20

The Candidates

Claire Seymour Green

Dan Hardy Independent

“I am the strategic lead in Community Safety for a large housing provider which encompasses risk management and mitigation at a local level.

“Over the last 15 years I have volunteered and gained valuable experience with Victim Support, Hampshire Police as a Police Special Constable for five years, Dorset Police as a Media Tone Analyst, and I currently sit on one of the Dorset’s Police and Crime Commissioner’s Scrutiny Panels, Hampshire Safeguarding Adults Board, South West Domestic Abuse Forum and Dorset’s Domestic Abuse Forum.

“I want to use my skills and knowledge of Dorset communities, housing and policing to support and represent the local community. I’m here to listen and take action to help drive forward improvements that can make a real impact on keeping our area a safe place to live.”

Dan has lived in Poole for the past five years and is part of three family generations living in Dorset. With over 25 years of crime management experience, Dan has built a thriving career across multiple public and private sector roles. This includes his service in the HM forces as a soldier, as well as a Metropolitan police officer for 13 years.

“If elected, I will use my experience in the policing and public sector landscape, as well as my expertise in business and finance, to create safer communities throughout Dorset. My plan includes implementing more visible policing, as well as stronger policies for reducing reoffending and enhancing support for victims.”

Dan’s Safer Dorset manifesto includes four key pillars: Making you Safer, Changing for the Better, Bring Everyone Together, and Supporting Victims and Reducing Re-offending.

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the five candidates in the election are standing as members of a political party, a successful PCC will also need a good head for business, too.

We contacted each of the candidates and asked them if they could summarise what they would do locally if they were elected. If you’re thinking of voting on May 6 – and you really should – then have a read through the feature and see

if you align with any of them.

If you want to read more about the candidates then here are some links to their official sites: David Sidwick sidwick4dorset.org.uk Patrick Canavan facebook.com/Patrick4PCC Mark Robson mark4dorset.org.uk

Claire Seymour clairefordorset.green Dan Hardy danhardypccfordorset.co.uk If you’re still undecided after reading all that, Radio Wimborne are carrying half-hour interviews with all the candidates during the week commencing April 26. radiowimborne.co.uk

David Sidwick Conservative

Patrick Canavan Labour

Mark Robson Liberal Democrat

“My name is David Sidwick and I would like to be the next Police and Crime Commissioner for Dorset. My clear vision is to make Dorset the safest county in the UK by cutting crime and antisocial behaviour.

“The role of the PCC is political as it represents the people – it is about asking you what you want from your police force and ensuring it is delivered.

“We need to fundamentally change the strategy for Dorset police with a clear first priority to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour.

“We need to have more robust visible policing in our communities.

We need to be equally intent on tackling organised crime, drugs and violence, hidden harms as well as rural crime and ASB. The emphasis must be on the victims of crime and the needs of our community not the needs of the perpetrator.”

Patrick is a former Trade Union Officer, having spent much of his working life acting as an advocate on behalf of others. In his manifesto, Patrick wants to wants to see: A greater focus on crime prevention by building resilient communities and ensuring a multi-agency approach to tackling anti-social behaviour and drug trafficking.

Increased support for victims to increase confidence to report crimes, and that cases of domestic violence, abuse and hate crime will be acted on, and prosecution rates increased.

To work with others in the criminal justice system to reduce re-offending and encouraging rehabilitation.

“I’m confident that my career in the Royal Marines and Special Forces specialising in Counter Terrorism and my law degree, combined with my work as a councillor and driving instructor, provide me with the varied skills, knowledge and experience required to be your Police and Crime Commissioner.

“As a resident, member of the community and local campaigner, I know the county well. I understand the crime and policing concerns of our areas and the challenges faced by local people as the cuts to policing imposed by the Conservatives hit hard.

“If elected, I will be your voice in fighting the crime that blights your community. I will prioritise dealing with the underlying sources of crime, namely tackling domestic abuse in all its forms, as well as supporting the victims of those crimes to feel safe again. I will also help businesses to protect themselves from fraud and scams.”

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Whether it is anti-social behaviour, drug trafficking, theft, or vandalism Patrick says the response is stronger if we support each other.

Dan Hardy, independent candidate for Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner I am running as independent candidate for the Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner elections because I want to make Dorset the safest county in the UK by reducing crime, the fear of crime, and protecting the vulnerable. I believe in taking the party politics out of policing and will use my substantial experience in the policing and public sector landscape to create safer communities across Dorset.

I have over 25 years of crime management experience and have built a strong career across multiple public and private sector roles, including serving in the Metropolitan police and HM forces. I have also worked as Managing Director of the National Business Crime Solution (NBCS), and across multiple senior security management roles including Head of Risk at G4S.

I have developed a well-structured, carefully costed plan which matters to Dorset, rather than focusing on highlevel political pledges spoken about across the whole country.

My plan includes implementing more visible policing, as well as stronger policies for reducing re-offending and enhancing support for victims.

My Safer Dorset Manifesto includes four key pillars: Making You Safer: Pledging to increase police numbers above government uplift levels, improve public visibility patrolling, and promoting better ‘police partner’ relations to bring business sectors, private security, local authorities and policing together.

Bringing Everyone Together: Promoting collaboration for the benefit of Dorset residents, aiming to reduce crime and the fear of crime.

Changing For The Better: Committing to delivering an effective policing plan supported by a sustainable budget, allowing Dorset Police to work efficiently and free from political influence.

Supporting Victims And Reducing Re-offending: Providing victims with a strong support system and diverting offenders from criminal cycles, with a focus on preventative activity and education.

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On one occasion he was asked to draw caricatures of all the guests at a wedding and, to his dismay, following the three weeks that it took to complete the commission, one of the couples had actually broken up! On another occasion, a formal portrait of a retired army officer was paid for, astonishingly, with a case of fine wine!

Lyndon’s cartoons have appeared in various journals over the years, and have even been sold in charity auctions.

He is a member of the prestigious Cartoonists’ Club of Great Britain.

We will have cartoons from Lyndon in every edition of the magazine – as well as our sister magazine, the New Blackmore Vale.

There’s no denying that his caricatures of the rich and famous are extremely well done, and now one lucky reader of the New Stour and Avon will win a caricature of their very own…

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The trustees of Sandleheath Village Hall have raised £144,000 to transform the attractive, Arts and Craftsstyle St. Aldhelm’s building

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into a much-needed hall for the village community.

Now just £16,000 is needed for the final push to bring St Aldhelm’s Village Hall back to life.

The charity has already renovated the building’s

kitchen/toilet block, re-laid and insulated the building’s roof, and refurbished the exterior and interior of the main hall. This last works element of the current refurbishment programme includes new, sympathetically designed double-glazed windows and a new electrical system. The project has received generous grants from a number of trusts and foundations, and from both the New Forest District Council and the Hampshire County Council’s Rural Communities Fund.

The final part of the refurbishment programme is to provide the fittings and equipment necessary to allow the hall to operate effectively, and the trustees are energetically fundraising towards this, boosted by a recent £10,000 donation from the National Lottery Community Fund. As well as curtains, tables and chairs,

the hall needs presentation, catering and audio-visual equipment.

The charity has recently gained permission from New Forest District Council for a single-storey rear extension and eight new car parking spaces. These additional projects will be the subject of a new fundraising scheme that the trustees will get under way once the current refurbishment programme is complete.

Trustee Mike Richardson said: “Our village hall will provide a well-designed, well-equipped space where our residents can meet, make new friends and take part in a wide variety of social, educational and leisure activities. It will greatly enhance inclusion, combat loneliness and enrich our village lives.

“We are all delighted at how our comprehensive refurbishment programme

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to achieve this is going. In two-and-a-half years, we have converted St. Aldhelm’s into a contemporary amenity that will make a splendid community hub; no small feat. In addition, we have sympathetically preserved this historic landmark and significantly reduced its environmental footprint.

“To finish the job, we still need to raise some £16,000.

While we are seeking further grants, we also encourage individual donations on top of those that some very bighearted people have already contributed.

“This is our final push in bringing St. Aldhelm’s back to life. Once we have done so, we’ll start to look at raising the additional funds required for our kitchen extension and car park. These are exciting times in Sandleheath!”

The trustees aim to finish their current refurbishment programme by the end of

May, in time to open the hall in June as Covid restrictions are eased.

The Church of England parish church of Saint Aldhelm was built on land gifted to the church by the Hulse family. The building was designed by the architect Charles Ponting, and was used as a church until 2011, when Methodists and Anglicans began worshipping together at the Sandleheath Uniting Church.

In November 2018, the trustees of the Sandleheath Village Hall charity leased the St. Aldhelm’s building from the church authorities for a period of 25 years.

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Terminally ill patients across the area are to benefit from a new service to allow them to be cared for at home without the usual delays in admin.

Weldmar has long offered people with terminal conditions nursing in their own homes, and over 80 per cent of its services are carried out outside their hospice in Dorchester.

However care packages have been subject to delays while a team of experts decides the best protocols – delays the hospice describes as ‘unacceptable’.

A growing need for these services has put pressure on the hospice to raise the extra money it takes to allow people to be where they are most comfortable in their final days.

Weldmar describes the move towards better, faster care at home as its biggest ever development in patient care.

Now Weldmar is asking for donations big and small to help fund the new service and a team of health care assistants. People can choose to donate any amount, from £24.95 for a referrals coordinator to work quickly across clinical services to provide a Weldmar at Home care package for the same day – without the current delay – to £1,038.84 for a

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Individualised care packages are often needed, however there is often a shortage of carers available to provide a reliable service at short notice.

Last year, 46 per cent of Weldmar patients wanted this type of care – an increase of 11 per cent on the year before.

Caroline Sweetland, director of nursing at Weldmar Hospicecare, said: “When patients are living with a terminal diagnosis, they need the reassurance that no matter where or how they want to receive care and support, it will be available.

“Patients often require rapid specialist assessments being implemented within hours. For some patients this has been taking days, or even weeks, which isn’t acceptable.

“The pandemic has made this even worse. Many of our patients don’t have the time to wait for a full package of care to be in place. In the meantime, if their health deteriorates rapidly, they are admitted to hospital instead of being able to stay in their own home. This can hopefully be avoided if an appropriate and necessary care package can be put in place quickly.”

Donations can be made at weld-hospice.org.uk

Caroline Sweetland, director of nursing at Weldmar Hospicecare

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Say goodbye to Mars If you’ve been following the eventful landing and subsequent adventures of the Mars Perseverance Rover and its intriguing little helicopter, Ingenuity, you might be interested to find where the red planet is in the night sky. Time is currently very short if you want to do this, as Mars is currently setting in the west not long after sunset, and will soon disappear into the solar glow, becoming invisible to us until it emerges from the sunrise in the dawn sky in December.

Look for bright reddish Mars about 20° above the western horizon at around 10 pm on May 1. It will be to the right of the bright white star Procyon and beneath the twin stars Castor and Pollux in Gemini.

Clear skies!

Words: Bob Mizon MBE of the Wessex Astronomical Society

New app designed to banish the lockdown blues

By Karen Bate

newsdesk@stourandavon.net

Would you like to know about the fiery friar, whose temper led to his abbey getting burnt down? Or where the widowed wife of an Elizabethan star kept his decapitated head?

Now the rules on meeting up have relaxed slightly, Ordnance Survey is launching the Secret Stories app to banish those lockdown blues and turn family walks into mini adventures.

The Secret Stories app is free to download and brings 28

Dorset’s towns and cities to life, with each self-guided tour revealing a diverse and interesting mixture of folklore, celebrity, history and myth as you follow the route.

Each Secret Stories tour varies, but can contain a mixture of audio clips, images, challenges, puzzles, teasers and directions to help you immerse yourself in each location as you move from story to story.

On Sherborne’s Monks and Megastars Tour, families will uncover the hidden history of Sherborne’s abbey

and castles. They will cross paths with the legend of explorer Sir Walter Raleigh, discovering his life, his glory and his unfortunate end.

The first Dorset locations to feature walks include Sherborne, Lyme Regis, Shaftesbury, Abbotsbury, Wimborne Minster, Dorchester, Mudeford, Hengistbury Head, Blandford Forum, Portland and Milton Abbas.

Nick Giles, managing director for OS Leisure, said: “We know it can be difficult to find something for everyone to enjoy together

outdoors, which is why OS has created Secret Stories, to make a walk more interesting for the whole family.

“Simply download the Secret Stories app, make your way to the location of your choice, and pick a ‘tour leader’ for the group. Then set off on a guided tour and learn about unique stories together.

“We’re hoping that as we all emerge from lockdown, Secret Stories will be the perfect way to get outside and have some fun while improving your local knowledge at the same time.”

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Wimborne’s fair trade shop re-opens Fair Ground, Wimborne’s fair trade shop in the Cornmarket, is delighted to be re-open!

In the past year, just before the first lockdown, Charley Smith and Sarah Wise, well known for their leadership of Wimborne War on Waste and for securing Wimborne’s status as a single use plastic free community, became new directors of the shop.

They have brought new energy and insights to the well-established fair trade presence, bringing additional diversity to the shop’s stock and to its customer base. Their enthusiasm and ability to recruit younger volunteers to be involved in the shop is palpable.

Margaret Pearce and Anne Solomon, who have been directors for many years, are bowing out as directors of Fair Ground, but will continue as shop volunteers. Anne has brought financial expertise to the business, and Margaret has progressed from the first Wimborne fair trade pop-up retail shop over 30 years ago to Third World Crafts next to Smiths in Crown Mead for the next

fifteen years before finally moving to the Cornmarket some 15 years ago.

Margaret and Anne’s commitment to fair trade remains undiminished, as does the ability of fair trade to give tens of thousands of small-scale primary producers worldwide – of tea, coffee, chocolate, clothing, gifts, crafts, household items – a route out of poverty and the luxury of choice as to how the fair trade premium – that little bit extra we normally pay for fairly traded items – is spent by communities in poorer parts of the world.

Fair Ground, although managed by volunteer directors and supported by volunteers, new and longserving, is run on normal commercial lines, paying local and central taxes, and ploughing any profits back into improving the lives of primary producers. Anne, Charley, Margaret and Sarah are delighted to see fair trade and care for the planet coming together at Fair Ground, reminding us all of our dependence on both people and planet.

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Wimborne awakes!

Last weekend was the first one since lockdown eased that people could get out and mingle – well, cautiously mingle, anyway.

The sun was shining, people were happy, and the parks, Square and café tables were all full of happy, smiling people.

Local photographer James Power was milling around the town taking some fantastic photos that showed the joy of a town dramatically waking up after months of slumber.

James has very kindly agreed to let me publish some here for you, so hope you like them. And here’s to many more weekends in the sun…

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All photos © James Power

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Arts & Entertainment

Fascinating talk reveals hidden building in museum Major restoration and conservation work on the Grade II listed building in Wimborne, which houses the Museum of East Dorset, has revealed a historic town house which dates to the 1500s. Some wonderful timber-framed partition walls and other fascinating features can now be seen again after centuries hidden behind plasterwork.

The project was led by Project Architect Claire Fear. Claire is the founder of Thread, an Architecture practice specialising in the cultural and heritage sectors from 12th century Abbeys to brutalist architecture.

Claire oversaw the restoration and conservation

of the historic town house from inception to completion, and showed exceptional sensitivity to the listed building while recognising the need to improve access for all.

Join Claire on this

OUTDOOR CINEMA AT KEYNESTON MILL From mid May we will be showing our films under the stars with a pre-show picnic!

Rear Window - 19th May Amelie - 20th May Waking Ned - 26th May The Italian Job - 27th May In Bruges - 2nd June A Good Year - 3rd June Perfume - 9th June La La Land - 10th June The Artist - 16th June Grand Budapest Hotel - 17th June Coco Before Chanel - 23rd June Saturday Night Fever - 24th June Lift To The Scaffold - 30th June

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fascinating talk on April 27 at 2pm, as she explains the features that were revealed during the renovation, and the conservation work that was involved to preserve them as museum artefacts.

This is a Zoom event and an access code and log in details will be sent to your email on 27th April 2021.

Tickets cost £6.50.

Booking info at museum ofeastdorset.co.uk/project/ the-building-as-museumartefact-architect-clairefear-zoom-talk

Local musician launches album A musician from Wimborne has recently released his second album, and he celebrated the fact with a very special online launch concert on YouTube.

Ed Dowie is the son of a past Minster choir master, so music is clearly in the genes.

Ed’s album is called The Obvious I, and you can watch the concert by searching ‘Ed Dowie’ on YouTube. Then, if you like what you hear, you can buy the full album here: eddowie. co.uk/product/theobviousi

Band looking for new members Are you looking for a post-lockdown activity? Are you interested in music? Do you love to travel?

Dorset Youth Marching Band is looking for new members. No previous musical experience is required, and all instruments and uniform are provided.

The band is now running Covid-safe practice sessions regularly at the Allendale Centre in Wimborne. If you fancy popping along to check it out for yourself, visit their Facebook page and drop them a message – @DorsetYouth MarchingBand – or go to the band’s website at dymb.org

Festival to host online events Sadly, the Wimborne Minster Folk Festival, like almost all events in the country, has been cancelled for this year.

This is a glimmer of good news though, as the festival organisers are putting on A Festival Night In. In their own words, the event will have ‘All the feel of Wimborne Minster Folk Festival packed into an online extravaganza’.

In a nutshell, this means you’ll be able to watch two live streamed concerts through the Folk Festival website, its Facebook page or its YouTube channel.

The two events will be held on Friday, June 11 and Saturday, June 12, and will run from 7pm-10pm.

The full line up and further details of the event will be found on their website at wimborne folk.co.uk

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Essential financial support ensures the curtain will soon rise again at the Tivoli The Tivoli Theatre was among more than 2,700 recipients to recently benefit from the latest round of awards from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund, having been awarded an impressive £144,474!

Charlie North Lewis, General Manager of the Tivoli, said: “We are absolutely thrilled and relieved to receive this award, which will help the Tivoli to reopen and recover the loss of income over the past year, and also during the coming year while the industry gets back on its feet.

“We also want to thank all those who have donated to our Help The Tivoli Appeal which now stands at

almost £69,000. These funds have been crucial in keeping the Theatre going during the pandemic, and we owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to all our supporters.”

The Tivoli Theatre was built in 1936 as a cine/

theatre and having survived the threat of demolition in 1979, and following a lengthy campaign to save the building, restoration began and volunteers worked long and hard to get the building into a fit state

to reopen to the public in November 1993.

Big audiences for major shows at The Tivoli were traditional in the past, and the Theatre has once again achieved the status of a Major 500-seat venue. With names like Ronnie Wood, Michael McIntyre, Eddie Izzard, Jack Dee, Lee Evans, Charlie Watts, Ginger Baker, Al Murray, Marty Wilde, Jimmy Tarbuck, Pam Ayres, Albert Lee and Rich Hall appearing at The Tivoli, it’s no wonder that this beautiful Theatre with its original Art Deco interior is justly proud of itself.

For more information, head to the tivoli wimborne.co.uk website.

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Roadmap aims to deliver £24bn boost An investment roadmap has been published aimed at delivering a £24 billion boost to Dorset’s economy, and 48,000 new jobs over the next 10 years.

The Dorset Living Better investment prospectus presents an ambitious portfolio of investment opportunities across the areas covered by BCP Council and Dorset Council.

In the next decade it aims to deliver: A £24 billion uplift to the local economy 48,000 jobs 480,000 sq metres of new commercial floorspace 8,600 new homes All while protecting and enhancing Dorset’s environment.

It sets out how Dorset can embrace technology to be at the forefront of confronting some of humanity’s biggest challenges – from an ageing population, to sustainable food production, to tackling climate change and cyber security – while also growing the local economy.

The roadmap details how key sectors in the Dorset economy including health, finance, defence and aquaculture can evolve and attract new investment, and why 5G connectivity is a vital catalyst for innovation, social inclusion and wellbeing.

It focuses on why some of Dorset’s unique attributes, including an older population, one of the best integrated care systems in England, and an outstanding natural environment, can be harnessed for social good and economic gain.

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Bournemouth, bringing together health research, education and industry to be a global leader in health innovation, especially for healthy ageing.

The creation of a National Aquaculture Centre of Excellence, and an offshore aquaculture park to tap into a global £173bn market for sustainably farmed fish, shellfish, aquatic plants and algae, and build on Dorset’s national status as a ‘High Potential Opportunity’ for aquaculture investment.

Developing Dorset’s defence and cyber security cluster, working with the Army’s BattleLab Defence Innovation Centre at Winfrith, to develop new products and technologies that could be commercialised. This is considered especially relevant following the latest defence review and commitment to invest £23bn in new technology.

Work on the prospectus began last summer and has been driven by the Dorset

Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), working closely with local authorities, business, education and environment groups.

BCP Council Leader, Drew Mellor, said: “There is a real opportunity for Dorset to live better in the wake of the pandemic, and emerge stronger and more resilient.

“This prospectus focuses on how we can bring those benefits to all our communities and be at the centre of a global recovery.”

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Cecilia Bufton, Chair of the Dorset LEP, said: “This prospectus is about how Dorset can evolve and innovate its economy to accelerate positive change, especially in the wake of coronavirus.

“We want Dorset to be an exporter of new thinking, a place where new approaches are tested, proven, and transferred, supporting our economy, environment and communities in the process.”

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Dorset Council leader Spencer Flower, said: “Some of the biggest challenges of our age – from an ageing population to climate change – come together in Dorset as opportunities to grow knowledge, investment and wellbeing.

“We must grasp that opportunity.”

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and 48,000 new jobs over next decade

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Ian Girling, Chief Executive of Dorset Chamber, said: “The business community has a vital role to play in creating wealth and jobs in Dorset, and will welcome

this prospectus, setting out as it does a roadmap to recovery and beyond that embraces new technology and builds on our strengths.”

The prospectus is divided into four key themes which span Smart, Wellbeing, Natural and Living.

Each theme details Dorset’s strengths and opportunities with some ‘asks’ of Government.

They include: Formal recognition of the Bournemouth Christchurch Poole City Region.

Creation of a ‘Smart

Challenge Fund’ to help businesses exploit new technologies.

Rural Productivity Deal to support the rural economy Digital Skills Partnership to co-ordinate digital skills provision.

The prospectus will help inform future bids to the Government’s £1.5bn Prosperity Fund which is

launched next year and to the £220m pilot scheme called the Community Renewal Fund, details of which were published in the Chancellor’s Spring Budget.

The Dorset Living Better investment prospectus is available to download at investindorset.com Words: Andrew Diprose

Is it time to book yourself in for an MOT?

By Karen Bate

newsdesk@stourandavon.net

Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is asking businesses with employees aged over 45 to take part in the new Mid-life MOT programme.

Funded by the Department for Work and Pensions, the pilot has been created to help individuals in midlife evaluate personal health, finance and skills.

The scheme claims to help drive business growth, increase productivity and improve staff retention.

Employers taking part can access a free bespoke

toolkit, helping them review finances and their personal health and skills.

Dorset businesses who sign-up to take part will be given access to a digital resource pack enabling them to promote the initiative to their mid-life workforce.

The online resources include links to comprehensive support and advice from well-respected organisations.

A series of webinars and podcasts are being offered by Dorset LEP from Monday, April 19.

To find out more or register and take part go to dorsetlep.co.uk/ midlifemot

Local mechanic goes mobile for new business Buster realised that it’s not always convenient to get your car to a garage. You have to arrange a time to drop it off and then either walk home or get someone to come with you for a lift back. And what if the car’s broken down? It can get very expensive indeed.

The solution was to set up Buster’s mobile Garage, a new business covering Poole, Bournemouth, Wimborne and Dorset.

Buster has 15 years’

experience in mechanics, and without the expense of hiring a large garage space, he’s able to pass on those savings to his many satisfied customers.

The mobile services comes with all the latest state-of-the-art equipment that covers the latest models right back to the classics.

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Jack brings his pictures to life on paper with launch of seasonal boxsets

Summer Sunrise on the Stour

Jurassic Coast Sunset

Sunset with the Opium Poppy

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His stunning pictures of Dorset have won him a legion of fans in the UK and across the world, as well as more than 20,000 followers on social media. He’s also the photographer who took the shot of Beech Avenue that we’re proud to have on this month’s cover.

Now talented landscape photographer Jack Lodge is producing a limited edition boxset at the end of each season with three A4-sized (8.3in x 11.7in) prints of his favourite photographs captured during the preceding months.

They are printed and signed by Jack, who lives in Wimborne, with edition numbers on a separate cover sheet.

All are included within a black presentation box for safe, long-term storage, with the boxset as a whole limited to 50 copies.

Jack said: “As a local landscape photographer, my one passion is to capture and document the change of seasons across Dorset.

“The transition from bare trees to fresh Spring greens, the noise of magical woodlands as the forest floor fills with bluebells and wild garlic, I adore each season and the photographic opportunities it delivers.

“Over lockdown, I spent a fair amount of time furloughed from my daily job, giving me plenty of time to focus on my landscape photography and discover the wonderful world of printing.

“There’s nothing like seeing an image you captured come to life on paper, it really is the most

rewarding experience and one that I encourage others to do as much as possible.

“Social media is great for connecting, engaging and sharing, but there’s something about holding an image on some textured fine-art paper that completes the experience of being a landscape photographer.

“Each image seems to be brought to life through the magical, tactile experience of print and everyone can now experience this for themselves through my new seasonal boxsets.”

“With over half sold within the first month, I am absolutely flattered that people are willing to support me on my landscape photography journey, and like me, want the experience of holding a tactile fine-art print themselves.

“It really is the best way to see your art.”

More information about the boxsets which cost £50 – and also Jack’s pictures – can be seen on jacklodgephotography.co.uk – as well as on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.

Words: Andrew Diprose

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Local company’s very special brew A family business launched just before the country went into the first lockdown is celebrating a milestone after brewing up a winner.

Wimborne Coffee Roasters, which sells freshly roasted coffee beans, hit 10,000 sales of bags in its first year last month.

It’s now increased in size and expanded to include cakes and savouries, all baked on the premises or sourced locally where possible.

Wimborne Coffee Roasters launched in March 2020 at Hayters Farm near Holt.

Using sustainably sourced coffee beans from Peru, Brazil, Guatemala and Ethiopia, the roasting takes place on site for freshness.

Director Cheyne Marley said: “Despite lockdown and difficult trading circumstances, we’ve still managed to increase our sales and succeed.

“Our mission is simple; we want to bring great coffee to as many people as we can with honesty and traceability.

“Our fantastic team support this, and the local community are right behind us.

“We source local produce for our baked goods where

Cheyne Marley with the roasting machine which is affectionately known as ‘Ruggles’

possible as we are firm believers in supporting other businesses, too.

“This has paid off with farm shops and hospitality outlets using us for their coffee.”

The business initially started with supplying fresh coffee beans (whole or ground) through the website and for pick-up.

As restrictions have lifted, it is now offering takeaway drinks and food.

Outdoor seating is also available in addition to the takeaway service.

As well as freshly baked cakes it is offering breakfast baps and savouries, including gluten-free and vegan options.

As you would expect, all packaging and cups are

environmentally friendly and recyclable.

Everyone is welcome including cycling and horse riding groups or individuals, as well as dog walkers and families.

For more information, head to wimborne coffeeroasters.co.uk Words: Andrew Diprose

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Slimming Sarah’s lockdown success Sarah Churchill who attends Louise Seddon’s Wimborne Slimming World Group at Leigh Park Community Centre decided her weight loss journey wasn’t going to stop because of lockdown in March 2020.

Within a week of the venue closing last year due to lockdown restrictions, Louise got her groups up and running again to continue to support her members using a ‘Slim from Home’ service instead.

During the last year of lockdowns, Sarah has managed to lose an incredible six stone and dropped from size 20/22 to 12/14 .

“When we first went into lockdown last year I felt like I was losing control of everything,” said Sarah. “Not being able to work, being told where to go and who to see; it felt like I was losing control of everything and I decided then that I needed something in my life that I could control, and it was going to be my weight.

With the help of our lovely group meeting regularly still on online Zoom sessions, I started planning my meals and making real changes. I really loved the flexibility of the Slimming World food plan, as there’s so much choice and free unlimited foods. I was never hungry and enjoyed it all. My favourite dishes are Lentil and Butternut Squash Curry and Tuna Pasta bake.

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an hour walking – something I couldn’t do before being a full-time Hairdresser.

Before my weight loss I would find every excuse to not to go out, mainly because nothing in my wardrobe would fit. Now I feel I can put anything on and it feels great and I feel so confident.

I can’t wait to be able to dress up properly soon when we are all able to go out again and enjoy ourselves.

I really loved the weekly online meetings too, and still continue to do so where I get great support – and get to see all my friends I’ve made in the group.

I really am proud of what I’ve achieved. I’d set myself a target of five stone for my 50th later this year and I’ve now achieved six stone in plenty of time. I wanted something positive to come out of 2020/2021 and a reason to smile, and Slimming World has given me that.

Louise who runs her groups on Wednesday and Thursday at the Leigh Park Community Centre in Wimborne said: “ We are all so proud of Sarah. She really is one of our inspirational shining stars in the groups,

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Zoom exercise classes are fun but can they beat a workout in the great outdoors?

When the first lockdown occurred, like many people I was frustrated at being unable to do the work I love. I teach kettlebell and Pilates classes, so like a lot of instructors I turned to Zoom and Facebook to try and keep a connection with my clients. This is when the ‘at home workout boom’ famously led by Joe Wicks began!

It was great to be able to connect with people online. After my classes I would often stay online to chat and catch up with my friends and clients, and the sessions worked as a kind of therapy relieving the tedium of home schooling and lockdown frustrations.

I’m also a Psychology teacher and I frequently let my students know that being with people, walking outside and having real-life connections is a healthy experience. Being stuck inside for long periods of time and not being able to mix with people is detrimental to our mental health. When we socialise, our body releases the ‘cuddle hormone’ Oxytocin, and it has been shown by

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Psychologists that Oxytocin can extend your life expectancy and makes you feel happier.

I try to encourage my own children and my students to get outside more.

Being outside has great health benefits; your body will absorb vitamin D and you’ll also feel a sense of wellbeing. Often, I see my students’ eye-roll (they are mostly aged 16-18!) when I suggest they go for a walk at lunchtime and try not to spend too much time sitting in their bedrooms watching TikTok! But others seem to embrace the suggestion and

always come back looking refreshed and energised.

Is working out on Zoom or YouTube the future?

Well, Zoom is great, and I think for some people they find it to be an amazing opportunity to get some exercise in a convenient way at home. But for me I love the experience of being with people. I love being in the great outdoors and I love to exercise, and I just haven’t been able to recreate this experience inside!

I have just started a new Kettlebell class at Wimborne Chase. We meet on a Monday and Friday evening,

and everyone has been so friendly and enthusiastic that it has really reminded me of how fun working out with people really is!

The Monday class is a more traditional Kettlebell workout, and the Friday class is a fusion of kettlebells and Pilates.

Both classes are 45 minutes long and start at 6.30pm.

The classes are held at Wimborne Chase next to the Play Park. The cost is £5.50 per class, and classes can be booked online.

The intention for my classes is to encourage people of all ages and abilities to enjoy the opportunity to exercise outdoors with other people.

I think that most of us will fondly remember those early Joe Wicks workouts, but I also believe we are all itching to get back out and enjoy real life again!

Feel free to email me (charmottram@gmail. com) for more details or you can book your session via the link here: livinghealthyuk.com/ exercise Words: Charlotte Mottram

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Food & Drink

Too hot to handle?

The Great Dorset Chilli Festival is being held on July 31 and August 1 at St Giles House, Wimborne St Giles.

Independent sauce manufacturers and retailer, and some of the country’s best specialist chilli growers will be showcasing their wares to thousands of visitors from 10am until 5pm each day.

Organisers say: “The development of the Dorset Naga, at one time reputed to be the world’s hottest chilli,

has really put Dorset on the map for chilli enthusiasts.”

There will be giant paellas, Thai curries, Indian curries, Caribbean food, pizza, American BBQ, gluten-free, bratwurst, Moroccan food, falafels, chilli and garlic prawns, nachos, burritos and chilli dogs (there are milder foods on offer for the fainthearted).

Go to greatdorset chillifestival.co.uk for more details.

Tenderloin of pork with mushroom sauce Ingredients – serves 4 1 tablespoon olive or rapeseed oil 2 pork tenderloins around 700g (1lb 9oz) total weight, trimmed of fat 25g (1oz) dried porcini mushrooms soaked in 300ml (1/2 pint) boiling water 250g (9oz) small chestnut mushrooms 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary 150ml (1/4 pint) dry sherry 200 ml (7 fl oz) crème fraiche

Method

Preheat the oven to 200C, 180 fan oven. In a large, deep frying pan, heat the oil and brown the pork on all sides.

Remove to a small roasting tin.

Squeeze the rehydrated mushrooms reserve the liquid, and chop roughly.

Add all the mushrooms to the frying pan and cook for 10 minutes until browned.

Add the garlic, rosemary, sherry and reserved mushroom liquor and boil until reduced to about half. Add the crème fraiche, bring to the boil and pour over the pork. Cover with foil and bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes until the meat is cooked through. Slice the pork, pour the sauce over and serve with rice and green vegetables.

This is good with chicken breasts as an alternative to pork.

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Your MP

A moving tribute to a much-loved Prince Coming up in May we have the State Opening of Parliament. The news this week has been full of the very sad death of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, and I attended a very moving memorial service for him in Wimborne Minster. This year’s Queen’s speech was already going to be unlike any other due to the coronavirus restrictions, and Prince Philip has not accompanied her to the State Opening for several years.

I am sure however, that the Queen will very much miss his support and constancy.

We don’t yet have all the full details of how the State Opening will operate, but it is being carefully planned.

It is usually an occasion when all the members of the House of Lords and House of Commons gather together in one place – which of course will not be possible this year.

At the State Opening, the Queen will read out a speech prepared by the Government detailing the plans for the Parliamentary year. Some of the Bills will be carried over from the current Parliamentary session,

MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole Michael Tomlinson including the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, the Environment Bill and the Armed Forces Bill.

The Government has also confirmed that we will introduce legislation to improve the building safety regulations, reform our asylum system and to repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act. Here in Dorset we’ve had a period of very unsettled weather. I got caught in a rather unexpected hailstorm whilst cycling, having set out in glorious sunshine.

Hopefully by the time this is published, the weather

will have improved and we will be enjoying some more sunshine.

The changeable weather has been challenging for those meeting friends and family outside as restrictions have been gradually eased, but it is still important to ensure good ventilation once we are able to meet socially indoors later this month. It’s excellent news that the roadmap is on track so far, with more retail and hospitality able to open, and the opening up again of sport and other leisure activities. With cases hopefully continuing to fall, and vaccination levels high, we will be able to continue to open up even further.

This week the Dorset healthcare area is the top in the country for first doses of the vaccine, with hundreds of people now getting their second dose. For those of you, like me, who have not yet been called for your jab, please be assured that the local GPs and vaccination hubs are working incredibly hard to get through everyone as quickly as they can.

I know this has been a very challenging time for

our cultural sector, and I am really pleased that several of our local businesses and charities have benefited from the culture recovery fund, including The Tivoli in Wimborne and the Rex in Wareham. Sport is also restarting, and I was delighted to open the new cricket nets at The Hamworthy Club in Merley. The club has been acting as a vaccine hub, but is now able to open for sport and hospitality. This is good news for the youth teams, as I know that the lack of sport and recreation has been difficult for young people.

Please do get in touch if you need help or support.

As my staff are all working from home, it’s best to get in touch by email on michael.tomlinson. mp@parliament.uk. I send out a regular email update, and you can sign up for this on my website michaeltomlinson.org. uk, where you can also find links to the latest coronavirus advice Follow me on Twitter @michael4MDNP or find me on Facebook at facebook.com/ michael4MDNP

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Antiques & Collectables

Country house sale at Charterhouse The contents of a Dorset country house are being sold in the Charterhouse two-day May auction in Sherborne.

“While we continued to be busy during lockdown, we are all really looking forward to welcoming clients back to our salerooms,” commented Richard Bromell, the owner of Charterhouse Auctioneers.

“Although our auctions have been held successfully online during the lockdown, and no doubt some will change the way they buy at auction, there is still a large community of buyers who love nothing more than to walk around our salerooms looking, smelling and handling all the lovely lots before they bid on them.”

The contents of the Dorset country house, near Shaftesbury, have not been touched for the past 60 years. All the items are in a market-fresh country house condition and will be sold at the Charterhouse salerooms in Sherborne on Thursday,

May 6 as a single owner collection.

Charterhouse were asked by the family to help clear the property after a family member passed away.

Every room was filled with Georgian and later furniture, portraits and other paintings, miniatures, naïve art, ceramics (including an extensive collection of Victorian pottery nursery plates), metalwares, shells and cabinets of curios with minerals, seals and other collectors’ items. Outside the auctioneers discovered an ancient shepherd hut, garden urns and ornaments, all of which are also included in the auction.

Charterhouse are now accepting entries for their busy programme of auctions, including a twoday May 8-9 auction, with watches, silver, jewellery, a collection of Border Fine Arts, antiques and interiors, and their next specialist sales of classic and vintage motorcycles and classic and vintage cars in June and July

Grandma’s Attic Fairs return to Allendale Centre Being held twice in May open from 10am-4pm, on Sunday, May 2 and and admission is £2.

Bank Holiday Monday on Due to Government May 31, the fair will have guidelines that are still in a handpicked selection place, masks will need to be of dealers selling a wide worn throughout, and Track range of quality antiques and Trace details given on and collectables. These will admission. include Royal Grandma’s Attic Antiques & Collectors Fairs Worcester Sunday 2 May Porcelain, B/H Monday 31 May Whitefriars glass, Allendale Centre Wimborne BH21 1AS Admission £2 | Parking | Refreshments | Up to 50 Stands | Open 10am - 4pm Moorcroft, Face masks must be worn | One way system operating fine silver Tel: 01202 779564 | 07960 502508 | Email: info@grandmasatticfairs.co.uk and jewellery. www.grandmasatticfairs.co.uk The fair is

Late Victorian shepherd’s hut discovered in the garden – £800-1,200

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Planning Allendale Centre, Wimborne

Repairs described as ‘long, long overdue’ to the roof of Wimborne’s Allendale Centre were approved unanimously by Dorset Council’s Eastern Planning Committee on April 7.

The town’s principal community building is to have a new pitched roof to replace the flat roof which has become subject to leaks, which last year resulted in damage to the newly redecorated interior.

Local member David Morgan, who declared an interest as having been associated with the centre since it was built in 1975, said it had been in need of repair for quite some time, and the slight pitch proposed in the replacement would be a big help.

Councillor Robin Cook seconded Councillor Barry Goringe’s proposal for approval of the application, which came before the committee since the building, previously owned by East Dorset District Council, is now owned by Dorset Council. He said the repairs were ‘long, long overdue’ for a building which served not just Wimborne, but the much wider area around.

Councillor Shane Bartlett said the repairs had been delayed by local government reorganisation, and welcomed the fact that the structural repairs could now be done.

Allenbourne Middle School, Wimborne Plans for new fencing and gates at the main entrance to Allenbourne Middle School in Wimborne, have been submitted to Dorset Council.

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of the Wimborne Academy Trust and the school, say the school has identified a need to enhance the perimeter security of the site by providing a secure boundary at the front entrance as is common at modern schools.

The existing boundary is constructed from a mixture of brickwork and galvanised fencing, which is in relatively poor condition.

The existing gates and brickwork piers will be removed, and new vehicular gates and a pedestrian gate will be automated via a keypad and intercom link to the main Reception.

Comments were invited on the application up to April 24.

Lone Pine Park, Ferndown Permission is being sought retrospectively for nine verandas installed on properties at the Lone Pine Park residential caravan site in Lone Pine Drive, Ferndown.

Comments on the application by Premier Park Homes to Dorset Council closed on April 19, but included one from the Council’s tree officer saying that the removal of the verandas would cause more issues than if they were allowed to remain.

Golf Links Road, Ferndown

New plans for the demolition and replacement of a property on one of the largest plots in Golf Links Road, Ferndown, are being considered by Dorset Council.

The application by Blake Homes (Golf Links) Limited is for a block of ten apartments – four twobedroom and six threebedroom – on the site of

84 Golf Links Road, where outline permission was granted in 2019 for a scheme that included just six units in total.

The design and access statement submitted on behalf of the applicant by Pure Town Planning Ltd compares the approved and now proposed site plan, saying the bulk of the building will be in the same location on the site, however the central extension at the rear has been positioned further from each side boundary to ensure that the immediate neighbours are not overlooking or find the proposal overbearing or intrusive.

“That relationship is a considerable improvement of the extant permission which offered no such relief to the neighbours at number 82 Golf Links Road, but was deemed acceptable.”

The majority of 21 parking spaces proposed will be within a sub-terrain basement, avoiding the need for a large surface car park in front of the development, and instead of the two accesses onto Golf Links Road approved there will be only one.

The statement suggests the development will provide a small number of large apartments for those wishing to downsize their home and garden, without downsizing the quality and location of their home, and that the ten apartments, in a highly sustainable location and accessible to nearby shops and services, will integrate satisfactorily with the sylvan character and traditional appearance of the street scene and New Road Special Character Area.

“The applicant therefore considers that no adverse impacts would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of the proposal.”

Minster Gate Development, Wimborne

Detailed proposals for the allotments proposed as part of the new Minster Gate development off Cranborne Road north of Wimborne have now been submitted by Bloor Homes for consideration by Dorset Council.

Three reserved matters applications have already been approved for the development, including the details for the 318 homes on the eastern side of Cranborne Road and the main infrastructure elements of phase 1, including access to the school for the development on the eastern side of Cranborne Road.

This fourth reserved matters application provides details of the allotments on the eastern side of the Cranborne Road, accessed from Dog Dean Lane, and the car park for the allotments and members of the public who wish to access the neighbouring SANG. Allotments, together with the limited facilities appropriate to their use, are considered an appropriate use in the Green Belt to encourage outdoor recreation, and the application provides a detailed specification of what will be provided, including family and disabled access allotment plots, car parking for the allotments and the SANG, public toilets, picnic benches, sheds with concrete bases, and vehicular, cycle and pedestrian access.

The details follow a Design Code approved by East Dorset District Council (now Dorset Council) and agreed between the East Dorset Countryside Team and Wimborne Town Council, which has indicated its support for the plans and is expected to take on the longterm management of the site.

Farming

Countryside hedges – planting for the future generations My Great Grandmother was a witch, and her knowledge of botany and herbal remedies was astonishing.

In their eighties, she and her husband returned to her Shropshire family land where they had planted an oak in their favourite hedge before WWI. Just before their wedding they carved their initials on it.

On their return, a lifetime later, there it was; the letters intertwined on the bark, just as 50 years together had blended their lives.

The hedge had grown exponentially from whips of hawthorn, blackthorn and hornbeam to a great hedge of which they were duly proud. Annually trimmed by the farmer, it was thick and effervescent with life.

They oversaw and got their hands dirty in their extraordinary garden, imbuing the ensuing generations with a passion for nature that’s so vital for a true comprehension of our countryside responsibilities within the context of climate change.

A new hedge bristling with deciduous hawthorn, elder, blackthorn, crab apple and dogrose is a welcoming

home for animals such as dormice and toads, as well as birds. Such hedges are deliciously fragrant in the summer, rewarding us for our endeavours in planting the whips in the winter cold by pumping out oxygen, keeping moisture in the soil, enhancing soil quality, providing flowers for the house, crab apples for wondrous jelly and elderberries for our quaffable wine! Oh, and I nearly forgot, we can sew wild flower seeds beneath, bringing the joys of yellow rattle, primroses, wild thyme, foxgloves and cow parsley. Of course, they must be cut before February when the birds start to nest, preferably biennially rather than every year, to encourage a thick and bushy barrier for livestock, or for your home’s border.

Next time you are tempted by greedy leylandii or leathery laurel that gobble up all the soil nutrition and moisture, go on, create a “ …bank whereon the wild thyme blows.

Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows.” – A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Blackthorn bursting this April

Words:Emma Monahan

A gift of mistletoe from a pollarded hazel

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Renowned country show is back for 2021 with a famous partner The 2021 Gillingham and Shaftesbury Show is scheduled to return this year for a fun-packed event spanning two days – Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 of August.

There’s even a Hollywood connection this year, as the show is partnering with Gritchie Brewing Co, which is owned and run by film director Guy Ritchie.

The Gritchie Brewing Co is a local brewery based at Ashgrove Farm, Ashmore.

The brewery has a wide selection of beers and in the creation of the beer, the brewery support local agriculture with malting barley from the fields of the 50

Ashgrove Farm and water sourced from below the ground of the Ashmore Estate.

James Cox, the show’s organiser, said: “We are so excited to be working with the team at Gritchie Brewing Co and to form a partnership with such a local but special business. Without the kind support of companies like the team at Gritchie, the show simply would not be able to return this summer.”

In other show news, we are delighted to be able to tell you that the New Blackmore Vale and the New Stour and Avon are, collectively, the show’s media partner.

What that means is that, as the weeks go by and we

get closer to the show’s launch, we’ll keep you topped up with news in both our magazines. We’ll have more on the colaboration soon.

The Gillingham and Shaftesbury Show is one of the best annual events in the South West, drawing people in from Dorset as well as many from much further afield.

With so many incredible events having to be cancelled over the last 12 months, it’s heartening to know that at least some of them have been able to return this year.

The Show welcomes back a range of features to its new socially distanced show, including livestock, local food and drink, and falconry.

There are also brand-new additions like a steam section.

“We continue to plan to reunite the rural community safely this August with a strict capacity limit, reduced indoor areas, site-wide routine cleaning and sanitising stations throughout. The safe return of the show is our number one priority, alongside ensuring the show is a true celebration of the Great British countryside,” finished James.

Tickets for the show are on sale now. All tickets to the 2021 show must be purchased in advance with a limited number available.

There’s more information online here: gillingham andshaftesburyshow.co.uk

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With many charities suffering financial hardship, due to Covid-19, this event will be more important than ever. The Rotary committee have set themselves an ambitious fundraising target of £20,000 that will go to Prostate Cancer UK, as well as to other local charities.

Jim Highnam, Managing Director of BV Dairy, said: “We are proud that our local family business is supporting the North Dorset Cycle Ride.

We have some keen cyclists at BV Dairy, including myself, that will be taking part and many employees will be volunteering as marshals too.

“The stunning route, that takes riders to the South and West of Shaftesbury, will actually pass many of the local dairies that we buy milk from, so it’s a perfect fit for us.”

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Registration is now open online for a modest £25 per adult for the 25-mile and 50mile rides, and £20 per adult for the 12-mile ride. Due to Covid restrictions, entries will unfortunately not be accepted on the day.

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Property market has a spring in its step The coming of spring coupled with the Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s decision to extend the stamp duty holiday has had a positive effect on the local property market here in East Dorset.

The extension of the relaxation of Stamp Duty payable on normal transactions up to £500,000 until the end of June has helped maintain a lively property market throughout our area. Local agents have reported a healthy demand for property across all price ranges, and currently they have noted a shortage of new instructions coming to the market in both Wimborne and Ferndown.

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Mark’s colleague, Julian Tucker of Hearnes Ferndown, commented that his recently relocated office had been exceptionally busy throughout the early part of the year.

As ever there had been strong activity in the market by older buyers who fully appreciate all of the many facilities that Ferndown has to offer to active retirees.

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West Moors Estate Agents making great strides Founded during the first lockdown of 2020, Castleman Estate Agents are now making great strides in the local area.

Based in West Moors, they cover all surrounding areas with staff positioned in several of the local towns including Verwood, West Moors and Bournemouth.

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Keen Triathlete wins award Ryan Symington, aged 17, who lives in Ferndown, won the 2021 Young Achievers Award funded by Wimborne Rotary in partnership with the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation (JTYAF).

Ryan, who attends Ferndown Upper School, is a keen sportsman and has gained significant placings in several sporting activities, including running, swimming and the Triathlon.

In the 2019 National Triathlon race series (six races across the UK) he was placed third. In the 2019 International Triathlon Super League race in Malta he also gained third place.

Then in August that year he was selected for the England Next Generation Triathlon Squad, a part of the Triathlon pathway programme.

The award by Wimborne Rotary of a bursary of £500 will assist Ryan with meeting the costs associated with his intensive 18-20 hours a week training programme at several locations.

He uses the facilities of Poole Swimming Club and Poole Athletics Club, and with British Triathlon having given him Elite Junior status, he can also access swimming at Bath University twice a week with the adult elite Triathletes.

Ryan said: “The circumstances of the past year have resulted in little opportunity for me to enjoy competition, but I have been able to sustain my training, and the Young Achievers Award will help me to continue doing so.”

Wimborne Rotary president, Neil Hutchinson, commenting on Ryan’s achievements, said: “When we introduced this award a year ago in partnership with the JTYAF, we were aiming to identify local young people, just like Ryan, whose enthusiasm and commitment clearly demonstrate their capabilities, and where a little financial help will enable them to continue with their development.”

There are two open days coming up at Ferndown Bowls Club. The first one is a free open day on Friday, April 30 from 10am-4pm. The second one is on Sunday, May 2 from Midday-4pm, and this one is for younger players only.

If you’re looking for a new hobby or pastime, or maybe you just want to make some news friends as we come out of lockdown.

Either way, the ever-popular sport of Bowling is a great way to meet new people, keep fit and have a lot of fun.

There are strict guidelines in place regarding social distancing and also how games are organised.

Thankfully there’s a complete guide to playing during the pandemic on the club’s website, so if you’re concerned about safety precautions, you can rest assured knowing that full measures have been put in place to ensure everyone’s health during play.

For more information about the open days and Ferndown Bowls Club, head to ferndownbowls.co.uk

Rugby club now open for training sessions Now that we’re a little further along Boris’ roadmap, the good news is that a lot more businesses and organisations are now open once again.

One club to benefit from this is Wimborne Rugby Football Club, who are delighted to be able to announce that all training

sessions are back on at the ground.

Whether you’re a junior, senior or veteran, the chances are that there’s a group running they’ll be able to slot you into.

If this sounds like your sort of thing, then head to wimborne rugbyclub.co.uk for more information.

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