Valley News August 2019

E E FR Issue 149

August 2019

for Whitechurch, Whatcombe, Clenston, Stickland, Houghton, Turnworth & Milton Abbas

BALLOONS FLOATING OVER THE VALLEY Picture by Joanna Spolton

Helping to inform and unite the Community

surgery where second hand books can be purchased, with the money raised being donated to charity each year. Currently, the shelf is looking a little bare so if you have any suitable books (novels, biographies etc) please pass them to our reception team at the surgery. Thank you.

Date for your diary Our annual flu clinic will be held this year on Saturday 12th October at Winterborne Whitechurch Village Hall. If you are eligible for a flu vaccination, please make every effort to attend this clinic as this is the most efficient way for us to ensure we have time to vaccinate everyone.

Editorial August is here (or will be very soon after you receive this magazine!) and it's generally the traditional month for family holidays, perhaps even more so with the pressure on parents not to take their children out of school during term time. We can only hope that the weather is what you want it to be and that if you are going on holiday that you have a safe time and enjoy yourselves. We are expecting some new photos as people take their copy of the Valley News away with them to send in to us showing where they've been - although we have enjoyed some amazing photos in recent years from very far away or exotic places, don't think that you can't send in a picture from your holiday in this country too - especially if you are doing something special or that you really enjoy. Remember the photo that was taken when Princess Diana took her two children, Princes William and Harry, to the log flume at Thorpe Park? It was very memorable and if you enjoy something like that, do think of sharing it with us (as well as the usual places of Instagram, Facebook and so on…!)

What started this train of thought was a quotation in the café at the Holmbush car park at Lyme Regis. It stated: "Life Is Not Measured By the Number of Breaths We Take, But By the Moments That Take Our Breath Away." We could easily be persuaded that the world these days is too dangerous to enjoy but we are blessed where we live with great opportunities to get out and about. If you're doing that this year, we hope you have a great time.

August is also the month when exam results come through with all that they imply for future study or employment. We send our best wishes for a successful results 'season' and hope that if you are affected by these that they are what you need for the next step in your life. And if you are disappointed by them, don't be too challenged; it's so easy these days to take a second try, to do something completely different and come back to study later. It's never too late to learn!

If you're having a holiday this month, enjoy it. If you're not, take the opportunity to enjoy the events that are being planned and make the most of friendships and good neighbours.

The Valley News Team

Bingos at Whitechurch We would like to thank all the people who have supported the Air Ambulance Bingos at Winterborne Whitechurch over the last 11 years.

Unfortunately, due to health problems, we have decided to make our July bingo the last one.

We have sent over £10,000 to the Air Ambulance in the time we have run the bingos.

Thank you everyone for your support.

Francis, Ken & Yvonne

Summer Sticklebacks!

It's hard to believe we have once again reached the end of another year with the little people of our community. It is time for many of them to take the leap into the unknown world of school, and those leaving us will be sorely missed. All involved with the group would like to wish them, and their parents, the very best of luck in their new adventures.

It is also a good time to say a huge thank you to all who have helped out over the year, Angie, Anne, Jan, Harriet and Emily, without your dedication the group could not be what it is today, and all the Mums and Dads who continue to support us. Thank you!

We also realise that many families are at a bit of a loss what to do in the Summer holidays as lots of regular activities only run in term time.

We have decided to try opening for a couple of Tuesdays this Summer and can do more if the demand is there. Sessions will be running from 10-12 on the following Tuesday mornings in the Pamela Hambro Hall, 30th July and 13th August. Finally if you are stuck for things to do and perhaps we have a rainy summer's day then don't forget the Valley Gardening Club have their Summer Show on Saturday 17th August and they have reinstated their children's categories. It would be lovely to see some familiar faces entering in the 'I've made it lets see it' under 5 or 6 and over classes.

Best wishes from all at Sticklebacks

Stickland Parish Council The June W Stickland Parish Council meeting was held on the 24th with six members of the public present.

The Stickland War Memorial wall has now been repaired but it was felt that the back section of the wall will now need repairing in the next 12 months, quotes for this work are being prepared. The replacement litter bin for the Play Park is being chased up with the Dorset Waste Partnership.

The speed indicator device (SID) has now been re-installed in the village where it will remain until 1st September when it returns to Milton Abbas for a month.

The annual returns for the year ended 31/03/19 were all agreed and signed off at the meeting.

There has been a further complaint to the Parish Council about the standard of maintenance at the Stickland Church yard. Cllr Harlock is meeting with interested parties to see if a rota of volunteers will help to solve the problems in the Parish Council maintained section.

Permission was granted for the PCC to use the village green to host the 2019 village fete on 31st August. The next meeting will be on 29/7/19 at 7:30 in the Pamela Hambro Hall.

Winterborne Arts and Crafts Often Friday afternoons in schools is a good time for cut and stick exercise with a bit of colouring thrown in for good measure. Who'd have thought that a group of adults would derive as much pleasure from doing just that . . . which is exactly what happened at the July meeting of the Winterborne Arts and Crafts. Led by Philippa Smith the task in hand was to construct a colourful paper globe. The colouring task occupied the greatest time accompanied by a good chat, a cup of tea and setting the world to rights. In some cases tongues were poised delicately between teeth as care was taken to colour up to the pattern lines and not beyond. The cut and stick element took about 10 minutes and yielded speedy and effective results.

The completed article gave rise to many ideas and uses; perhaps a Christmas bauble, a colourful mobile, or maybe an ingenious packaging idea.

The group next meet on Wednesday 4th September (in PHH) when poppies will be made using various mediums. On 2nd October, Fiona Humphreys will lead the group in making some rather splendid material covered boxes, just the ticket for a Christmas gift. All are welcome to come along, £2 per session.

Milton Abbas & Milborne St Andrew Surgery GP Surgery of the Year Award Nomination We are delighted to have been nominated for GP Surgery of the Year 2019 and we're through to the voting stages. We are up against some really huge practices but we would love to win and it would be such a great boost for the team. You can vote in a variety of ways- either by texting "CHOICE 44" to 60777; of vote online at https://www.generalpracticeawards.com/peoples-choice-award-voting2019/; or fill out one of the slips at the Surgery to be returned to us.

The closing date for text/online voting is the 16th August, and all written votes must be returned to the surgery by 31st July. You don't have to be a patient to vote, so ask you family and friends to vote too.

Books You may know that we have a book shelf in the entrance to the 2

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setting up and clearing away deserve a big applause because they were so cheerful and efficient, and the stallholders are such great people too in creating the happy atmosphere and looking after all the 150 visitors.

When Julius Caesar conquered Britain he reported back to the Roman Senate "I came, I saw, I conquered". All the supporters of this event can say "I came, I saw, I contributed"! What a joy!

Piers Chichester

Dunbury Academy news Exciting times at Winterborne Kingston base with the recent arrival of a family of newts in the newly restored pond. They had been rescued from Summer's garden and brought to their new home - all 15 of them!

We hope that they will be really happy in their new home.

We have recently been presented with a cheque for £500 from the Dorset Gardening Trust to help transform the playground area in Whitechurch Base.

We are hoping to get the structural element of the project completed during the summer holidays, with the remainder (planting & painting) being done with the help of the children. We have already made a great start with the colourful painting of the playground planters. A big thank you to Ms Sherwin and Mrs Jackson for putting our pledge together. Thank you also to the gardening club for their help so far; Monty, Faye, Arthur, Casey W, Thomas, Connor & Tyler.

£1500 to Weldmar Cancer Care On the 15/16th June the inaugural Dorset Conquest 10k and half marathon were held at East Farm, Winterborne Whitechurch. (Farm Shop & Tea Rooms.) The evening party, with live music from Silk Bullets and Rebuked, along with the Grand Draw helped to raise £1500 for the Weldmar Hospicecare.

Milton Abbas Local History Group We were visited by Chris Hutchison-Hounsell from Ontario, Canada.

Chris is a descendant of Ursula Beach, who was the wife of the famous painter from Milton Abbas - Thomas Beach.

It was lovely to see so many members at our final meeting of the season. At the meeting Bryan Phillips gave a presentation on the Churchwardens Accounts of Milton Abbas. These records may not be everyone's cup of tea, but they do reveal some of what was happening here in the 17th and 18th centuries. All Churchwardens' Accounts books for Dorset are in the Dorset History Centre, and available on Ancestry.

Milton Abbas is lucky to have some early records, starting in 1638, just at the time of the English Civil War. The surrounding parishes do not have these accounts from this period. Despite the intense disruption of the Civil War, our Churchwardens were spending money on repairing the bells, windows and walls of Milton Abbey Church which was then the town's parish church. They spent quite a lot on Communion wine, up to 4 quarts for one sacrament! And, of course, the vicar had the wine and bread that was left over.

It is interesting to see the handwriting of nearly 400 years ago. Of course, all the records were then written with a quill pen, steel nibs were not common until the early 19th century. Anyone who has tried writing with a quill will know just how difficult they are to use. The records are remarkable in that there are so few ink blots. I remember when I was at junior school making lots of blots with my fountain pen.

Of great importance to historians is the expenditure on the items used in the church as the Puritan movement gathered momentum. For example, there are payments for lime wash for the church windows.

During the Civil War there are payments for 'watching the beacon', 'to the Muster master for powder and match', 'a pair of drumsticks'.

We now have 83 pages on our website which is packed with information. For example, an explanation of the name of Middelton and Milton Abbas is on the Homepage. Do have a look at www.miltonabbashistorygroup.com.

On Street Fair day, 27 July, the history group will have an exhibition in the south aisle of St James. This will show some of what we have discovered in the last year or so about the old town and the move to the new village. We do hope you will come and chat to us there.

The organisers, Monica and Rupert, would like to thank all those who attended and the local businesses who generously donated prizes for the draw. The wonderful draw included prizes donated by Robert Walford's Stable, Langham's Vineyard, Dorset Brewing Co., East Farm Shop, The Milton Arms Whitechurch, The White Horse Stourpaine, Moores Biscuits, Volkswagen Dorchester, Tyrells Crisps, local author Brian Turner, Conyers Blandford, The Dorset Game Larder, Bartletts Country Store, Barford Farmhouse Ice Cream, Morrisons Blandford and Dorset Lamb.

The next two events to be held at East Farm will be Farm Run™ (a 5K family friendly run around the Farm) that starts at 5.00 pm. on Saturday 20th July and then again on Saturday 17th August. Farm Run entries will be taken on the day from 4.00 pm. £5 per person (family discount). Visit the Farm Shop and join us for a cream tea to gather energy before the run. Afterwards you can enjoy the summer evening sun at the "Finishing Post" bar. Entries for next year's (2020) Dorset Conquest races will open soon. For more details see www.farmrun.net

It is not good for man or woman to be alone!

So St Mary's at Winterborne Stickland are planning a thanksgiving for marriage service on Sunday Sept 15 at 10 a.m. We welcome anyone who wants to join us for this informal service lasting about 1 hour followed by fizz & cake. The idea arose because Margaret & Jimmy Hamilton-Brown have been together for 60 years that month.

We shall include popular wedding hymns - so it you have a favourite do let us know. Phone or email Jimmy Hamilton-Brown on 01258 880627 or jumperhb@btinternet.com Christians believe that marriage is something given by god, but recognised by many cultures and different religions. If you would like to join us to give thanks do come, whatever your background. We shall be trying to find out what the old testament in particular has to say.

Marriage as we discover is not always a "bed of roses" and it is helpful to discover what wisdom comes from those who experienced it in the past.

Jimmy Hamilton-Brown

Clenston Church

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Praise the Lord for the wonderful day He gave us for the Fete! We had a couple of new games this year which produced smiles and proved to be a challenge to some. Also three large teddies which were popular judging by the bidding at the little auction at the end. The helpers with

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brewery, together with the Stickland operation, was bought by Hall and Woodhouse of Ansty. It is thought that the success of Blandford brewery, under the ownership of Hall and Woodhouse, resulted in the abandonment of the Stickland brewery in the 1890s.

Brickwork can be seen next to the river in the trees to the south of the Village Green and adjacent to the Old Malt House with evidence of old pipework suggesting that water may have been controlled, pumped or perhaps extracted at this point. One article found on the Dorset Ancestors website for Winterborne Stickland does indicate that 'The brewery made use of the pure water of the Winterborne stream'. The same article also suggests that there were two public houses in Stickland, The Crown Inn and The Shire Horse. This could not be substantiated during this brief research on this topic and long standing residents have said that The Crown Inn was called The Shire Horse for a brief period.

Sources: Pigot's Directory of Dorset Names; The Village in the Valley - John Gill; The North Winterborne Valley, History and recollections; The Manor of Stickland - 1735 survey by John Edgar; Dorsetancestors.com & knowledge passed through generations of local people.

If you are interested in helping preserve our river, its wildlife and habitats, please contact Richard Marchant on 01258 881716 or r.marchant@btinternet.com Stickland River Management Group

The Stickland Village Fete Saturday 31st August, 2.00 - 5.00pm Don't miss our Stickland Village Fete which this year has the theme of Victorian England, celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria, 1819-1901. We will be starting at 2.00pm with the arrival of our special Dressed Wheelbarrow Parade in the Village Green.

All are welcome to enter and there will be great prizes for the most imaginative and attractive Victorian productions as well as for optional Victorian fancy dress! Further information about the Wheelbarrow Parade can be found in the porch of St Mary's Church in the village.

The Fete will include many of the familiar stalls, games, entertainments, and refreshments appealing to all age groups. We hope this will be a truly village event and encourage all members of the community to take part or support us. Perhaps you could run a small stall or even donate some items for sale. We would welcome any toys, antiques, bric a brac, village memorabilia, old pictures or unwanted collectables. Any donations of cakes for sale or for teas, as well as bottles for the tombola would be helpful. Promises for the Silent Auction will also be most welcome - perhaps you have an unusual skill or a valued item that could be sold to the highest bidder. Victorian items will be particularly welcome!

Volunteers from the Fete Committee will be collecting in the second half of August, so please put aside a few items which might be of interest, when they call. All proceeds from the Fete will go to the restoration fund for St Mary's Church, Winterborne Stickland. Thank you to all who have already made donations or promises of help. It is much appreciated!

Peter Wells, Fete Co-ordinator 07767 456296

Book Review Oliver Cromwell, by David Horspool This admirably short book is a fascinating and thoroughly enjoyable canter through the main political issues which confronted Cromwell and the ambiguity surrounding the man himself.

Everything was much more complicated and nuanced than it might seem from our extremely secular viewpoint: both King Charles I and Cromwell were deeply religious; both thought that they were divinely directed; both infuriated their supporters by taking time to make up their minds and being unclear while they pondered; and neither had the patience to put up with Parliaments which did not do their bidding (for which Charles was, in effect, executed by Cromwell). The key differences between them - both in Cromwell's favour - was strength of character and control of the military.

Horspool shows in light detail how Cromwell was a good general, a canny politician and a relatively moderate Puritan (compared to many), at a time when being in the political centre was difficult. Religion - not political reform for the sake of 'the people' - was the guiding lodestone of most decisions. Differences which appear small to us became causes of war (for example, whether Scotland should have Bishops).

The author is illuminating on the domestic politics of that neglected period, the Protectorate of 1653-1658. Cromwell twice dissolved Parliament because he suspected that it was preparing to expand measures of religious intolerance beyond what he could agree to - and also because of threats to the funding and power of the army.

Eventually, he decided to do without Parliament altogether, relying on army support, despite its increasing unpopularity.

The crown was offered to Cromwell. He refused, sure that God meant Kingship itself to be abolished, not just a particular king.

However, Cromwell enjoyed most of the trappings of royalty and treated Britain as his personal 'Kingdom', though he was careful to keep the army on side.

There is relatively little on the civil war, foreign policy or on Cromwell's brutal campaign in Ireland, though the case against Cromwell in Ireland is made, with elements of mitigation. However, Horpsool makes a virtue of brevity in paring down to what he sees as the essential issues.

Mark Hudson

Streamwatch There is not a lot to report this month other than the water is still flowing reasonably well despite the significant absence of rainfall in July.

The watercress is vigorous and has obscured sight of the river in many places along Water Lane. Fortunately, earlier work in June did clear the underlay of cress for about 2/3rds of distance along this stretch which allows water to flow beneath the mesh of vegetation. A close watch is kept for the appearance of any new swallow holes.

It does give an opportunity to delve into the history of this little piece of waterway. In reading three sources of information, it is noted that during Victorian times the river between Houghton and Stickland had been patched with puddling clay to prevent water disappearing no change there then!

The course of the waterway has been diverted on more than one occasion. Originally the river flowed down the north side of West Street, through the centre of the village before turning south towards the water meadows to the west of Clenston Road. The first change of direction was made just downstream from Pamela Hambro Hall to create a pond and a leat stream running to the Mill and its overshot waterwheel. The river was split at the mill, effectively creating an island at the heart of the village on which sat the church, Vine Cottage, the Old Post Office building, some mill houses - now demolished, Church Cottage, Corner Cottage (which housed the former Post Office until 1906) and Cross Tree Cottage as well as a few other dwellings no longer in existence.

The two streams of the river joined again near Rose Tree Cottage and then ran southward toward the water meadows. There was no Village Green at that time.

Sometime between 1852 and 1887 a culvert was constructed to carry the river from the mill, under West Street and Dunbury Lane directly to the water meadows. This was to help solve the flooding problem that existed then, as does now on occasions. During repair works in recent years when the culvert was opened up, it was evident that the brickwork was Victorian and had lost its base due to dredging in the mid-20th century.

Just to the south of the Village Green is The Old Malt House, this was the site of a brewery which existed until the 1890s. The Old Malt House was formed from 3 cottages that date back to the mid-17th century. Pigot's directory of Dorset names listed John Bragg of Stickland as a brewer in 1830. In 1832 a Blandford attorney, John Kingston Galpine 'purchased a dwelling house, malthouse and brewery at Stickland'. A partnership with the brewery at St Mary's Blandford continued through various owners until in 1883 the Blandford St Mary

News from Corfe Mullen Change can be a good thing - sometimes difficult, sometimes easy - but life is all about change - changing schools, jobs, or location.

I came through Stickland a few weeks ago to attend a Celtic evening service at Houghton - another change, and lovely it was too.

Change too in the churches in the valley as we say goodbye to Alan and Harriet. They have served us well and worked very hard to look after all the churches and people and I would like to thank them both from the depth of my heart and wish them well in their future in Devon.

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The Winterborne Valley & Milton Abbas Benefice Dear Reader, Life moves on at a pace! Messy Games has just taken place on Stickland sports ground. A fantastic afternoon, well organised and lots of fun. A big thank you to all who made it such a good afternoon. By the time the August Valley News is delivered, Milton Abbas Street Fair will be in full swing. Let's hope it stays dry this year!

In the Rectory, moving plans are beginning to shape up. Service Rotas, my least favourite activity, are complete to the end of the year.

Removals companies are providing quotes. Some of the stuff accumulated over the years is being sorted out. The garden is looking wonderful. I am writing this week, the second week in July, the day before what is known as the Pre-Vacancy Meeting. This meeting is where all the church councils meet with the Archdeacon to reflect on where the parishes are and what attributes are needed in the next Rector. I am

not allowed to attend!

My last service in the benefice will be on Sunday the 18th August, at St Mary's Winterborne Whitechurch, for an 11:00am start. It would be good to say farewell to you, if you can make that date!

As I reflect on the last six years with you, it has been an interesting journey. On arrival here, I was surprised at the distance between church and community. Although in some ways I will have added to that, in others, I think the gap has been reduced. In reality, there doesn't need to be a gap at all, it is something that becomes established when we hold onto territory/status, or for self-protection, or fear. In the big scheme of things, quite unnecessary and far from the way of life that Jesus modelled.

God bless, Alan

FROM THE REGISTERS Baptisms

Clenston Houghton Milton Abbas Stickland Turnworth Whitechurch Theme Old Testament Psalm Epistle Gospel

Isabella Ann Beaumont Coco Summer Ryan

4th August 7th after Trinity (Proper 13) Green 1000 HC (Baptism) AR 1800 Celtic HC AR 1000 MW IB/WB 0830 (BCP) sHC AR

A Christlike community Eccl 1: 2, 12-14, 2: 18-23 Psalm 49: 1-12 Colossians 3: 1-11 Luke 12: 13-21

14th July 28th July

11th August 8th after Trinity (Proper 14) Green

St Mary's, Winterborne Whitechurch St Mary's, Winterborne Stickland 18th August 9th after Trinity (Proper 15) Green

25th August 10th after Trinity (Proper 16) Green

1100 HC AR ‘Until it is completed’ Jeremiah 23: 23-29 Psalm 82 Hebrews 11: 29-12: 2 Luke 12: 49-56

1000 HC JS 1000 MW SL 1800 HC HE 0830 (BCP) sHC JS God’s gift of the sabbath Isaiah 58: 9b-14 Psalm 103: 1-8 Hebrews 12: 18-29 Luke 13: 10-17

1800 Celtic EP AR 0830 HC BCP AR 1000 MW JT/JHB 1000 HC AR ‘Unfailing treasure’ Gen 15: 1-6 Psalm 33: 12-22 Hebrews 11: 1-3, 8-16 Luke 12: 32-40

Morning prayer will be said on Mondays at St Mary's, Winterborne Whitechurch and on Tuesdays at St Mary's, Winterborne Stickland, both at 8.35 SERVICES KEY: BCP 1662 Book of Common Prayer Traditional EP Evening Prayer HC Holy Communion (Eucharist) SHC Service without hymns or music MW Morning Worship, informal service for all, with old & new hymns & songs, without HC MP Morning Prayer Rev'd Alan Ryan - AR • 01258 880482 • winterbornevalleyandmiltonbenefice.com Rev'd Sue Litchfield SL; Rev'd Jimmy Hamilton-Brown JHB; Rev’d Tina Sterling TS; Rev'd Helier Exon HE; Debbie Albery DA; Harriet Ryan HR; Jenny Tory JT; Ian Bromilow IB; Wilma Bromilow WB; Piers Chichester PC

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for a glass of beer, and eating out is not for the faint hearted! Drink driving laws are strict and one coach had an integral breathalyser test as part of the ignition sequence before the engine could start. Seatbelt laws are rigorously upheld with steep 'on the spot' fines for those not conforming. All in all, the holiday was a wonderful and memorable experience.

Karen & Richard Marchant

For Gardeners Something's been at my runner beans, the leaves are looking tatty.

Could it be a bird, a mouse, or even an errant ratty?

Peering at the damage done, I spotted a slimy trail.

Hiding beneath the beanstalks was a very well fed snail!

All you gardeners out there will understand I was having none of that.

So I'm afraid under my sandals, that well fed snail went splat!

I'll leave his little body as a warning to all his friends.

If they try to climb my beanstalks, they will all meet sticky ends!

Jackie Grearson

The History of People in our villages Part 1 Introduction This is the first of a series of articles which I intend to write trying to answer the question "What was life like in these rural Dorset villages in days gone by?"

One thing I learned very quickly is that there is no one book to turn to. We have to tease out the social history of the ordinary people here because they did not leave diaries and letters for us to read. A look in Waterstones book shop reveals that there is not one book on the shelves on the history of ordinary people before the 20th century. There are plenty on kings and queens, wars and the elite of society, or as we call them today "celebrities". These do not interest me at all. The people I am interested in are the silent ones, the ones of whom poets such as Thomas Gray, George Crabbe and Oliver Goldsmith wrote. Surprisingly with the vast amount of literature which has been published since printing began there are no novels of the 18th century, or before, which reveal what life was like in any rural situation. In the 19th century this is a different matter, with Thomas Hardy and Charles Dickens giving us vivid details of poor people's lives.

What I would like to know is what were people wearing to work and on Sundays? What did they eat? How long did they work? What were their illnesses and how were they treated? How crowded were their homes? What were their possessions such as furniture, pots and pans?

What was the local inn like - how often did they go there? How did the weather affect their lives? How far did they travel? How did they meet partners and family? Were there stocks and pillories for public punishment? And a thousand other questions about their daily lives which are quite unknown to us. So many questions and so few answers!

An important point to realise is that until the twentieth century the vast majority of the land of England was owned by a very few of the aristocrats. Dorset was one of the worst examples of this, with landed estates of 6000 - 20000 acres. The Pitt-Rivers held 27000 acres across Dorset and Wiltshire! These same people were also MPs, Justices of the Peace, sheriffs, they sat in the House of Lords and were strongly supported at all times by the royalty. They could and did also call out the Militia in cases of disorder. Hence taking any action against them, legal or otherwise, did not have much chance of success. It amazes me that with the terrible poverty, especially in rural Dorset, that the poor did not rise up and revolt at the time of the French Revolution, 1789.

Perhaps the French aristos were even more tyrannical than the English ones. It was not until the massacre at Peterloo 1819, that northern industrial workers rebelled, 1830 the Swing Riots, and 1834 when the Tolpuddle Martyrs tried to do something about the poverty of agricultural labourers in the south of England.

In our local research we are making use of the Parish Registers, Overseers of the Poor Account Books, Churchwardens Account Books, Settlement Examinations, Wills, and everything we can lay our hands on to tell the stories of individuals and communities. It is clear that there was a much greater community spirit before recent times. Everyone in a village knew everyone else, people helped each other much more, for example by passing on clothes, tending the sick and injured. They met each other going to and from the church every Sunday, the agricultural labourers (who were the great majority of the men) worked together, everyone went to the weekly markets and annual fairs to chat, buy and sell, and be entertained. The local inns were also busy as we can tell from the number of them and the number of maltsters and brewers. Of course, the downside of this was that there were no secrets and plenty of gossip. The story of bastardy is an interesting one, and we will explore this in a later article.

Next month we will see what the ordinary people wore to work and play, and take a peek at what was worn underneath the petticoats.

If any of our readers are interested in the history of ordinary people in our villages do get in touch, we would love to hear from you.

Bryan Phillips

Winterborne Whitechurch Village Hall 100 Club 1st. No 5.

Deena Ritchie 2nd. No 100. Bob Cowley 3rd. No 19. Geoff Eaton

Sailing the Norwegian Fjords A few hours after sailing from Southampton we realised that we'd left the Valley News at home and would therefore be unable to take a snapshot of us holding the latest edition whilst travelling through the fjords of Norway. Out of this mistake the idea of a travel column was born.

Apart from the glorious scenery, there were two main reasons for choosing Norway as a destination. Firstly to visit Edvard Grieg's summer home in Bergen and secondly to see a glacier up close. The trip was enabled courtesy of a small cruise ship with a shallow draft that allowed us to sail deep into the fjords - certainly recommended.

The first port of call was Stavanger, a beautiful old town with timber house mainly painted white and highly decorated with pots and baskets of flowers on either side of narrow cobbled lanes. We visited a canning factory museum that showed have cans were made and filled by hand with sardines. One was left to imagine the fragrance of the workers after spending a day sorting, preparing, smoking and carefully packing the sardines in tins that opened with a turnkey.

Grieg's music is synonymous with the Norwegian scenery and folklore. His lyrical piano pieces give some insight to the emotions and passion of his country folk, and in the concert hall next to his residence in Troldhaugen on the outskirts of Bergen, we were treated to a recital of his music. The concert hall had a glass window behind the stage picturing the wonderful scenery as seen by Grieg when he was composing in a garden shed. Grieg was small in stature, only 5 feet tall, and his wife, Vina, even shorter, most surprising for such a giant in music.

Olden is situated at the eastern end of Nordfjord, some 90 miles from the Norwegian Sea. From this destination one can access the glaciers of Jostedalsbreen National Park, the largest permanent ice sheet in Europe. Like icebergs, pack ice in glaciers is blue in colour due to low oxygen levels, the ice having formed way back in the ice ages.

Melt water from the glaciers carry silt thus releasing thousands of years of debris from glacial erosion processes and can be seen in the fabulously turquoise hue to the lakes beneath the glaciers.

Eidfjord can be found at the end of the Hardangerfjord, a stunningly beautiful area just perfect to explain what glaciation is all about. All text book features can be witnessed by just turning around in awe.

Norway is a very clean and beautiful country. In recent years its wealth has been generated by the oil fields of the Norwegian Sea; wages are generous and the cost of alcohol is phenomenal - in excess of ÂŁ10 14

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There are two sets of clues, Cryptic and Concise, but remember, you cannot mix the clues as the cryptic answers are different to the Concise ones.

Answers will be given in the next edition.

CRYPTIC Across 8. Period drainpipe wearer after scooter rider toned down (9) 9. Wallaby mummy's discarding odd collection (5) 11. No high in this sauce boat (5) 12. Rusting bovine squeal about dictator (9) 13. Scrutiny of Country's gangster (7) 14. Calls on fashionable referenda losing first Tory but gaining a thousand (7) 17. The German after a French junior (5) 19. WC Fields, typically wet and muddy (3) 20. Obtained high speed, black and white culturists (5) 21. Ancient city discovered in the caves of Ali Baba by long suffering wife (7) 22. Concrete surrounds metal concerning inside peepers (7) 24. High point is my French disease, cut open without drug (4, 5) 26. Settle about US seat of learning (5) 28. Gets rid of specialist in distance learning, holy man and son (5) 29. Orbit earth, hesitate, northerner (9)

CRYPTIC Down 1. Morning sound alright? It's a frenzy! (4) 2. Journalist at sixes and sevens rioted (6)

3. Test about case right for many musicians (10) 4. Satire of Lulu's odd amble (5) 5. Putting one's oar in diva's gin cocktail (8) 6. Notice held by female organisation to make African Winterborne? (4) 7. Stuck on one's self? Glue's the wrong way around (4) 10. Cut wager to contain uncertainty (7) 13. Desirable jumbled heart used to find a vertical line (5) 15. Ramish after European triumph to obtain sheep, for example (10) 16. Sibling stalks middle agave (5) 18. Kicks out of bed and cuts down to size (7) 19. Flexible objective in infant holding line (8) 22. Try backwards for epic erotic formula (6) 23. Negative Mike notices folks with no fixed abode (6) 24. Low number exposing rear (4) 25. British river street performance (4) 27. Thanks about the weed (4)

CONCISE Across 8. Music by Sibelius (9) 9. Sailing boat (5) 11. Relative of the badger (5) 12. Tranquillisers(9) 13. Responses (7) 14. Praise (7) 17. Pakistani dish (5)

19. Peculiar (3) 20. Obscures (5) 21. Most acidic (7) 22. Stone fruit (7) 24. What to wear (5, 4) 26. Cards (5) 28. To do with the nose (5) 29. Magnificence (9)

CONCISE Down 1. Amphibians (4) 2. Groups with shared interests (6) 3. Position of military engagement (6, 4) 4. Decorates (5) 5. Rope on a boat (8) 6. A member of the cat family (4) 7. Lift inventor (4) 10. Solicit views (7) 13. Lead monk (5) 15. Fighting (10) 16. Ponders (5) 18. Generosity (7) 19. Building external to main residence (8) 22. Spanish dish (6) 23. Implement for breaking down clods of earth (6) 24. Gainsay (4) 25. That which makes a person unique (4) 27. Lake (4)

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