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CONTENTS ADVERTISERS' REGISTER 2 CONTENTS 4 EDITORIAL 5 NEWS FROM THE VILLAGES BATCOMBE 7

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CHETNOLE 8 HERMITAGE 15 HILFIELD 16 LEIGH 16 RYME INTRINSECA 25

LEIGH POP INN’s FIRST BIRTHDAY

YETMINSTER 26 WITH BEER HACKETT 28 OUR CHURCH COMMUNITIES 38 THREE VALLEYS CHURCH SERVICES 40 DECEMBER 2019/ JANUARY 2020 DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 42 GENERAL NEWS 49

IN THE WRIGGLE VALLEY

A YEAR IN THE WRIGGLE VALLEY 50 OUT & ABOUT 65 ST ANDREW'S PRIMARY SCHOOL 66 CLUB NEWS 69

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Children from St Andrew’s CE Primary placing a wreath on Remembrance Day, 2019

EDITORIAL Welcome to our double issue of delectable delights, t’is very much the season to be merry. Well, where did that year go? Enjoy our photo spread of 2019 events, climactic and otherwise, on p 50. . With the build up to the festive period there is a plethora of ways you can enjoy yourselves in our beautiful valley: carols in the pubs, village carol services and concerts p18 as well as creative Christmas craft sessions. You don’t even need to go out of the valley for your Christmas tree p3.St Andrew’s Church Leigh is looking for some help in making new decorations for their church Christmas tree p21. has just had it first birthday and what a The success it has been, not only as an enjoyable evening out but also raising a whopping £2,000 for St Andrew’s Church, Leigh. Well done one and all, and it is all ready to have another great year in 2020.

This is probably the time of year to thank all our supporters in 2019; our advertising fraternity who make it possible for us to produce 1,300 magazines FREE to all our householders; you who produce all your event/club write-ups and previews of future activities as well as village stories; our village reps and our lovely committee who keep me on the straight and narrow, and of course to all our magazine deliverers who come out in all weathers so that you can have your mags to read. THANK YOU. Lastly may we wish you all .

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Previously known as Bata’s Combe – 14c

with mince pies and mulled wine

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View of West Hill overlooking the south of Batcombe

Everybody, young & old, welcome

he fun run organised by the Sherborne Sports Centre raised £1,000 for Headway! It was such a great morning with a fantastic turnout of support for Max Brimble. Max and Carole would like to thank all those who donated to this great cause.

The church roof has been damaged by beetle over many years and will shortly need repair. BATCOMBE QUIZ NIGHT has been organised in aid of the church roof at Leigh Village Hall on Saturday 1st February 2020. Doors open at 6.45 pm and the Quiz will start at 7.15 pm. There will be a raffle and bar, serving wine, beer and soft drinks.

A great evening’s entertainment including supper (chilli con carne with baked potatoes followed by brownies) for £7 per person. wrigglevalleymagazine.co.uk

Tickets from Andrew Graham (01935 83397), andrew@sandagraham.com. or Leigh Village Shop. All welcome, if you can make up a table of six with your friends, that’s great; if not, just come along and you can join a friendly team on the night. Get your thinking caps on!

A final reminder of the CHRISTMAS EVE CHILDREN’S CAROL SERVICE at Batcombe church at 3pm on Tuesday 24th December with mulled wine and mince pies. CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICE will be at 10.15 a.m. Everybody, young and old, welcome.

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e welcome the Smilansky family to the village; they are Dr Uri Smilansky, Ms Kate Hawnt, Nellie (8) and Robin Smilansky (4). They are all thoroughly enjoying Chetnole so far!

We also wish Mark Gallimore a speedy recovery.

VOLUNTEER NEEDED A volunteer is required to take over from Gordon Ratcliffe in the role of Coordinator of Chetnole Home and Flood Watch scheme. Please contact Gordon at gojan@btinternet.com or on 01935 872996 if you are interested. Many thanks to Gordon for his vigilance over the years - our sometimes vulnerable village and its residents are very grateful for all your hard work over the years. …. And all that remains is for me to

The Batcombe church lottery prizewinners were:

BATCOMBE CHURCH LOTTERY OCTOBER ‘19 1st No. 31 Johnny Gibbs 2ⁿd No. 59 Alfie Isles 3rd No. 81 Robin Sellick Thought from the Rise of the Wriggle

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.’

WHAT’S ON: MOSCOW DRUG CLUB Sat 7 Dec 7.30pm Chetnole Village Hall ARTSREACH musical evening CHRISTMAS FLAVOURED COFFEE MORNING Wednesday 11th December Chetnole Village Hall - Join us for a festive morning in aid of Macmillan CAROLS IN THE CHETNOLE INN with the Community Choir (don’t forget to dig out that Christmas jumper!)

Thursday 12th December DECORATING THE CHURCH Wednesday 18th December 9.30am St Peter’s Church ST PETER’S CHURCH CAROL SERVICE

V Thursday 19th December 6.30pm W M Once again, most grateful thanks to all those who contributed so very generously to the Poppy Appeal this year, especially to Bella and Julie who once again raised a considerable sum through the sale of their knitted/crocheted poppies. Also many thanks to those who kindly gave their time to deliver poppies around the village. The sum raised in Chetnole this year amounted to £547.66.

MIDNIGHT MASS Christmas Eve 11.30pm St Peter’s ChurchCHRISTMAS DAY SERVICE Christmas Day 9.30am JAZZ CAFE SWINGZING 5 Saturday 18 January 7.30pm Chetnole Village Hall ARTSREACH production ALVORADA in Chetnole Village Hall Saturday 25th January - Brazilian music

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Out & You are cordially invited to share a wry smile with us as you enter the darkly comic and eclectic music world of Moscow Drug Club. Moscow Drug Club is a curious place, where elements of 1930's Berlin Cabaret, Hot Club de France, Nuevo tango and Gypsy Campfire meet, have a few drinks and stagger arm in arm into the darkness of some cobbled street in eastern Europe, on a mission to find the bar where Django Reinhardt and Tom Waits are having an after hours jam with the local Tziganes‌

Alvorada are the UK’s leading performers of choro, a rich and uplifting style of instrumental music from Rio de Janeiro.

Alvorada explore influences from all over Brazil, playing choros with the irresistible swing of samba and maxixe from the Sout to balao from the Northeast that delights audiences everywhere.

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Jazz Café First Jazz Café of 2020 SwingZing 5 captures the Jump, Jive & Swing sounds of the 40s & 50s including Duke Ellington, Louis Prima, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Fats Domino & Ray Charles to name but a few.

The band is led by award winning reed player Jeremy Huggett on saxophones & vocals and he’s joined by some of the UK’s top musicians – Gethin Liddington on trumpet, Richard West on piano, Federico Leonori on bass and Eddie John on drums.

Making their debut at Chetnole Jazz Café the sensational sounds of SwingZing 5 are guaranteed to make you Jump, Jive & Swing!

Tickets £10 from Ian Lingwood 01935

On Sunday 27th October Chetnole Village Hall transformed itself from a quaint, vintage village hall into a slice of India for the fundraising Curry Lunch. Nearly 60 people enjoyed a range of fresh, homemade curries and desserts and in the process raised over £500 towards the upkeep of the Hall.

The Village Hall Committee would like to thank everybody who supported the event and all the curry and dessert makers, who provided the delicious food. As you can see from the photos, a good time was had by all! wrigglevalleymagazine.co.uk

MELBURY BUBB The perfect Christmas card sold in aid of Church funds.

Everyone is welcome to this lovely start to the Christmas celebrations. Stay for a chat afterwards and refreshments.

We have vacancies for new members.

Why not give it a go?

Expert tuition from Laurence Belbin for all abilities to learn how to paint and draw. Very friendly mixed group .

We meet Tuesday mornings in the village hall 10-1 p.m. Present class comes from several local villages and paint in a variety of media. Why not sign up for a taster class before a new term starts in January, Details from Rosemary on 01935 872256.

Available from the back of the St. Mary the Virgin Church in Melbury Bubb.

The odds were against us on 2nd November, we had a problem in stereo; the World Cup rugby final and a terrible gale.

However we still managed to raise just , an over £500 for amazing amount . A very special thank you to everyone who came along to support the event , especially all the loyal helpers some of whom would have liked to be at home watching TV . We look forward to the 15th Greasy Spoon Cafe in 2020 and will check the fixtures and keep our fingers crossed for the weather !

CHETNOLE FUEL BUYING GROUP 5th December Rick Sally Lingwood & Sarah Baker JohnBaker, Sanford 01935 872973

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BINGO: Come and have some fun at one of our Bingo evenings. Eyes down at 7.30pm on 30th November .

CHRISTMAS TEA AND CAKE Thursday 5th December.

Remember 4-6pm. This is to allow the opportunity of a wine or two. Any questions? please call Sue Bosanquet 201200 or Jenny Summerell 210412.

Remember the £5 entry fee is for the Salvation Army Christmas Appeal.

Looking forward to seeing you there to start Christmas!

Our traditional Carols by Candlelight service will be held on Monday Christmas Eve in St. Mary’s Church, starting at 7p.m.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME.

ST MARY’S CHURCH: As Christmas will be upon us very soon, please join us for our traditional CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT SERVICE which will be held on Christmas Eve at 7pm.

NEW YEAR’s EVE PARTY Be sure Keep Saturday 25th January 2020 free for our village New Year Party at the village hall. Details to follow by email and What’s App.

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Come and join us for ST NICHOLAS CHRISTMAS SERVICE for Monday 23rd December at 6pm with mulled wine and mince pies back at Pond Farm by kind invitation oh Mark and Emma Fisher.

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t the 2019 biennial held in October we were treated to a wonderful and talented collection of paintings, collages and sculptures in varied mediums.

Many thanks to Rachel Graham and her team for putting this display together once again and to those who helped on the front desk and in the kitchen serving

refreshments and delicious home-made bakeries.

The next show will be in 2021 by which time we hope to have improved the advertising to increase the numbers attending, since we know there were too many people unaware of the event who certainly would have come had they known about it! Some of us were lucky enough to get a place on one of the two workshops – Christmas-Card printing on the first day and Pottery Christmas Decorations on the second, (see photos attached).

If you feel you missed out on creating Christmas tree decorations at the Art Show please come along to the church on Sunday 8th December, 10am-12noon to make NEW CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS for the CHURCH’S CHRISTMAS TREE. This is a workshop for children (and adults!) of all ages and costs just £3 for materials and refreshments. All creations will be proudly shown off on the tree at the Christmas Carol Service on Christmas Eve.

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS IN DECEMBER 2019 & JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2020 St Andrew’s Church, Leigh, 10.30 – 12 noon

St Andrew’s Church, Leigh, 10.30am – 12noon

St Andrew’s Church, Leigh – 7.30pm

with George Zambellas, Royal Navy First Sea Lord – St Andrew’s Church, Leigh, 7.30pm – Leigh Village Hall, 7.00pm onwards

MOVIOLA AT LEIGH VILLAGE HALL

FORTHCOMING FILM DATES:

, 6.00pm and 11.30pm

St Andrew’s Church, Leigh, 10.30 – 12.00noon – Leigh Village Hall, 7.00pm onwards

13th January 2020 10th February 2020 9th March 2020 We have a great new list of Movies to choose from for next year and the ‘Panel of Experts’ will be giving their choices in the next few weeks.

Check on the village website: https://www.leighvillage.org.uk/mainevents/moviola/

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ST ANDREW'S CHURCH, LEIGH

Christmas will be coming to Leigh a little early this year – to be precise, when we have our courtesy of Eddie, Philippa and some of their very talented and entertaining friends. With mulled wine, roast chestnuts and minced pies the evening is guaranteed to get you in the mood for Christmas. Put it in your diary and pop along to Brenda at the shop to get your tickets (£8).

Both our Christmas services will be on . Join us at for our traditional village family Carol Service.

There is always a big crowd for this very special and joyous service, so get there early to be sure of a seat. We are promised some of the old favourites, a few surprises, a bundle of fun as well as a few more solemn moments. Someone described last year’s service as a “holy commotion”. Expect something similar this year.

The is one of the highlights of the church year, and the perfect way to start Christmas. This year’s service will start at 11.30pm.

Our coffee mornings come round again. Pop into the church from for a coffee (or tea), a piece of cake and a neighbourly chat.

Looking ahead, make a note in your diary for our next . At the chair will be occupied by George Zambellas, who achieved the very highest position in the Royal Navy – First Sea Lord. It should be a fascinating event.

Do come and join us for: followed by a

(Common Worship) at

This year’s Christmas concert will delight you with a feast of good music, song and merriment.

Professional musicians and local talent combine to provide a seasonal extravaganza to rival anything you might see on your television! Plus freshly roasted chestnuts, mulled wine and minced pies to tickle your palate.

You will be treated to some glorious Christmas music, a lot of which originates from Dorset and the South West of England. The oldest song in the programme was published in 1611 and you’ll be taken right through to the twentieth century.

Find out just what it was that Mrs Hooligan put in her Christmas cake, and hear how one customer of the White Hart in Dorchester ordered a Christmas Goose but ended up with much more than he had bargained for.

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No 93 Mr & Mrs Drabik No 118 Mr & Mrs Smith No 52 Sarah Assirati No 18 Beverley Harrison

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We would like to make some new decorations for our Christmas tree in Church this year and thought it would be great if children would like to come along to a small workshop in our Church on and have a go at making something. Cost for the morning to include all materials, drink and biscuits - just £3 per person.

Adults can make a decoration as well or if they just fancy coming along & staying for a chat with friends & enjoy some freshly made coffee and cake they are most welcome.

We would love to see you, but we can only accommodate a certain number so if you are interested please book your place by by either ringing or texting Chelle on 07737 692340.

The weather has suddenly turned cold so the lovely days of tea in the garden and village walks are over for now but there is still much to be enjoyed indoors.

To mark Remembrance Day and Armistice Day we created a “Field of Poppies” picture with a humble potato print which was very effective. Nearly all the residents printed some poppies. With Ellie’s help we did a striking arrangement of red Gerbera daisies.

On 7th November we had a real treat when some pupils from Sherborne School for Girls came to play music. The standard was extremely high and there was a varied programme including Scarlatti’s , the Beatles’ and the lovely by Mendelssohn.

After the concert the girls talked to residents who all had many questions for them. Kelly was on the flute and Daisy and Isobel played oboes.

We would love to see them again soon.

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This venture began when we found there was an urgent need to raise funds for our beautiful local church ( St Andrews of Leigh) along with other local charities.

We also knew that we wanted a way of getting the whole village together to socialise in a relaxed atmosphere and what better way than having our very own pop up pub, "The Leigh Pop Inn", once a month.

There was no way we could have envisaged how successful it would become, not just with the Leigh villagers but our neighbours from

the surrounding Wriggle Valley.

We have a wonderful team of dedicated helpers (and they know who they are) who turn up month after month and make our Pop Inn run so efficiently. I would like to thank them all for their hard work and their time which they give so cheerfully. I would also like to give a huge thank you to everyone who regularly supports us each month.

Every month we welcome 100150 folks (nearly 200 on a couple of evenings!) regardless of the weather. We have had some wonderful summer evenings enjoying our alfresco BBQ's and hog roasts together with local guest beers and ciders. We even had over 100 turn out in October on what was a foul wet and windy night - Thank you brave souls!! The atmosphere is always amazing .

This month we have given £2,000 to our church, St Andrews, achieving what we initially set out to do.

Finally, thank you for supporting us in 2019 and we look forward to welcoming you back through the in 2020. doors of

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hose of you that remember Norman and Sheila Wilkins, who lived in the Granary, will be sad to hear the news from their son Philip, that Sheila died on 18th Oct after a long illness (Dementia with Lewy Bodies). Norman survives her and is still in care at the Royal Masonic Home in Exeter. They left Ryme ten yrs ago.

We had a very well attended Village Meeting on 7th Nov. There was much discussion on the traffic through the village and the soon to be repaired finger sign post, which is to be erected on the triangle. Hopefully Highways will allow some protection to the grass, which is getting smaller monthly.

Yetminster & Ryme Parish Council have donated a teak bench to Ryme which has been placed in the churchyard with fine views to Bradford Abbas. When walking by, do come and sit and reflect on it. Also we have a new flagpole, expertly made by Andy Templeman with wood & metal parts donated by Susan Ross and Mike Batten. (local Ryme wood from Frankham). Thank you all.

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VILLAGE WALK Sun 5th January 2020.

Blow away the New Year cobwebs!

Meet at Frankham Farm 10.30 am. This year, instead of just a donation, it has been decided to charge £10 each which will cover a delicous lunch and a donation to Dogs For Good (Dogs for the Disabled).

Come and enjoy a lovely walk on private land, or just come for lunch at 12.30 ish, but please contact Susan Ross 872304 or Sue Templeman 872819 for numbers for catering. Dogs on leads welcome.

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The past month saw us through several autumnal rituals. The pumpkins, ghouly images and “trick or treat” gave way to the bangers, star bursts and rockets, leaving us on the home straight for the run in to Christmas and all that lovely shopping (!), present buying and carol singing. Lots to look forward to. Or, maybe not, depending on your point of view.

“Mud, mud, glorious mud”.

So went the old Flanders and Swann number. It may have been fun for the “bold hippotaymus” who “was no ignoramus” but it was no joke trying to move around the roads of the village.

Instead of “cooling the blood”, blood pressures shot up across the whole community. (If you don’t get the song references, it’s all there on YouTube.)

The roads looked as if they had been deluged by a mudslide. Many (un)helpful wits suggested planting potatoes in the road. Fortunately the weather came to the rescue. After several days of heavy rain most of the mud had been washed away, and normal temperature and pressure was restored. (For a more balanced view – see also page 32.)

From The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh to the Jubilee Hall, Yetminster. No, not the story of a career decline but an indication of the quality of act appearing at the hall. The Tim Kliphuis (pronounced “clip house”) Trio put on a right royal performance for those lucky enough to get tickets. Their versatility and range of styles was amazing. At one moment they were playing in the manner of Django Reinhardt: close your

eyes and you were transported back to a Paris jazz club of the 1930s. At another it was folk variations on J S Bach (“Johnny” to Tim and co.) Brandenburg Concerto “riffs” which was positively spell-binding. And a finale version of Vivaldi’s Winter from the Four Seasons played with such amazing speed, harmony and synchronisation that the audience was left both breathless and speechless with admiration.

Having opened with Christmas, the natural close must be New Year. No, no advice on those resolutions you may, or may not, be planning. The new year Moviola programme brings another line up of good films, starting off with Judy, and a virtuoso performance by Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland. So get the date and dates in your diary now. Before you realise it, it will be January! (See Yetminster Film Nights notice, page 35, and Dates For Your Diary).

And finally then: to all our readers, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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BEER HACKETT

NEWS FROM BEER HACKETT REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY AT BEER HACKETT We were very pleased to welcome back Revd.

Tony Gilbert after his long illness, who officiated at our service on 10th November. The discreet and fitting red rose remembrance decorations in church were provided as usual by Veronica Crane.

Outside on our churchyard wall we located our silhouette soldier ‘Harry’ who was made and given to us last year by Thornhackett Parish Councillor, Ian Morgan.

Susan Ferdinand enhanced Harry with the larger wired poppies and our minds, memories and thoughts recalled not only those in the 1914-18 war, but ‘All the fallen’ since then.

FORTHCOMING SERVICES. On 1st December (the first in Advent), we begin our changed monthly service day from the second to the first Sunday of the month. The time remains at 9:30 am. This is to fit in with the new Three Valleys service schedules.

Our CAROL SERVICE this year will be at 6:30pm on Wednesday 18th December. We are delighted to be joined this year by the Yetminster Singers who as well as enhancing our carols, will be performing two unaccompanied anthems, ‘A Spanish Carol’ and ‘Jesus Christ the apple tree’.

After the service we will share seasonal refreshments, mulled wine and our now famous traditional Beer Hackett mulled cider.

The general election will be behind us - so come along and join us as we look forward to celebrating Christmas.

We celebrate the birth of Jesus together on CHRISTMAS DAY at 9:30am. Everyone welcome.

First Sunday of the month – Holy Communion will be at 9:30 am on 5th January 2020.

More people than you might think give their support to St. Michael’s throughout the year in many small but

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The Handbook has now been printed and copies distributed to residents in Beer Hackett and Knighton.

Additional copies are available in St Michael’s church porch or by contacting John Parker on 07812 105721 FRIENDS OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH, BEER HACKETT, MONTHLY LOTTERY Tickets (priced at £1) are now on sale at

a number of local outlets, including: White Hart, Yetminster Kings Arms ,Thornford Rose and Crown Bradford Abbas The Old School Gallery, Yetminster The Flying Pig Deli, Yetminster More outlets are being added ... www.friendsofstmichaelschurchbeer hackett.org/beer-hackett-lottery 1st Prize = 30% of lottery proceeds 2nd Prize =10% of lottery proceeds (in high street store vouchers of the winner’s choice) The first draw will take place on Tuesday 3rd December, at 7.00pm in the White Hart , Yetminster.

Funds raised will go towards supporting the maintenance of St Michael’s Church.

Please try and support this exciting new initiative.

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NEWS UPDATE NOVEMBER 2019 We now have contractors working on the Station carrying out the following very welcome work They are painting all the Station to the new GWR colours Green and Black to include fencing, waiting area and lighting. Also on Tuesday 12th November, new intelligent LED lighting was installed that provides direct down lighting with automatic dimming when the platform is clear of customers.

Please see the notice advising many rail closures

for bridge replacement, track and tunnel repairs during Jan/Feb 2020 The first train service affected: 25th -26th Jan 2020. 1st Feb trains will start/terminate at Yeovil Pen Mill, no trains at Yetminster but bus replacements.

Thanks to all that have provided plants for the Station

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This is one of the busiest seasons in the Church year and we have lots of services, with our traditional in the church, on This year the St Andrews Singers will again be joined by the St Andrew’s CE Primary School Choir, who will lead the congregation into the Jubilee Hall after the service for our annual Welcome Tea Party with mince pies.

If you are new to the village, do please come along and join us!

We start the run up to with of Holy Communion, at

CHRISTMAS SERVI CES We start the run up to with of Holy Communion, at

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V W M There will be Christmas cards on sale in aid of the church, at The morning In the Jubilee Hall on This is always very popular, so do come along and enjoy delicious home made cakes and meet your neighbours.

All other Christmas and New Year Services are in the Magazine's Church schedules, and your weekly Yetminster Round Robin, so do please keep an eye on them. If you would like to receive the Round Robin, please let us know.

David and Clare and all members of the PCC wish you a very Happy Christmas, and a peaceful New Year.

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Our November meeting was somewhat difficult as we were taken to task for not putting up the draft minutes of the October meeting or displaying the Agenda for November until the last moment. This also applied to the Council pages on the Parish Website and, as Chairman, I accept that this should not have happened, and we will endeavour to ensure that it doesn’t happen again.

Cllr Hollick, who is organising the Neighbourhood Watch Scheme, provided details of the notifications of incidents in the Parish he had received via the Local Community Police Team – these appeared minor in nature but we mustn’t be complacent and we would remind residents to continue to report any suspicious activity that they notice.

The condition of the roads promoted much discussion and a number of residents have contacted us about this. It has also been the subject of rather heated discussions on the Village Facebook pages. It’s obviously important to remember that we live and work within a rural area where agriculture is the main activity and that, because of the nature of this, there are times when the roads are extremely busy with agricultural vehicles. The situation is compounded when for instance, as at the moment, the Maize Harvest is one month late due to the weather. This has had the knock-on effect of making other activities late, hence the somewhat frantic movement of vehicles and the fact that the contractors have had to

work in the water saturated fields when they should have been drier.

It is understood that Farmers (or their contractors) have a legal duty to clean the roads where their activities have caused problems and although some cleaning was evident the roads in some places remained difficult.

Whilst heavy rain has now helped to clear the problem we are seeking advice from Dorset Highways, as they are the enforcing authority, as to the way forward. Hopefully, with give and take on both sides a working compromise can be found without the need to resort to legal action.

Lastly we understand that the Pre-submission draft of the longawaited Neighbourhood Plan is almost ready and a presentation to the Council is expected to be made in early December. Once the members have had a chance to review the document a formal 6-week consultation will take place in February to enable the community to provide us with their views. There will be further details in the forthcoming months so do please keep a look out for information on the plan and where you can see it and do ensure that you read it once it is available.

50/50 club NOVEMBER 2019 DRAW 1st £50 No. 17 Mrs B Driver 2nd £30 No. 15 Mr B Rowsell 3rd £20 No. 50 Mr K Hunt The Association raises money for local organisations and is non-profit making and run entirely with voluntary support

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We are currently finalising our Artsreach programme for next year, and we already have a confirmed date of in the Jubilee Hall at 7.30pm, for a concert by Both very accomplished on violin and guitar respectively, they have been performing together for a number of years.

With a wide range of styles, they have an international reputation, as well as a good local following. Tickets will be £10 for adults and £6 for under-18s, and can be reserved now by email.

Our Moviola film on at 7.30 in the Jubilee Hall will be ‘ ’, a story about Judy Garland’s visit to London in 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.

It features a stand-out performance by Renée Zellweger in the title rôle. Tickets are £6 in advance from the Spar shop, or on the door, and include an interval choc-ice. Wine and soft drinks will also be available as usual.

To be kept up to date with all our events, or to reserve tickets, please contact us on ycp873@gmail.com. will be on the first Wednesday of December (4th), 10 –11.30 in

the Jubilee Hall and will include the As the first Wednesday in January is New Year’s Day, we will instead hold it on . Make a donation to charity, and enjoy as much coffee and cake as you want! We have given over £2000 so far to a wide range of charities including Macmillan Cancer Support, Dogs Trust, Shelter Box, Water Aid, Parkinson’s UK, and Julia’s House. This year we have already made donations to St. Andrew’s CE Primary School to help buy computer equipment, and to the Air Ambulance, the Yeatman Hospital, Yeovil Hospital breast cancer appeal, Yeovil Freewheelers and Future Roots.

Proceeds from our events are distributed in the form of grants to local organisations, and the total is already over £6000. Last year we made donations to the Guides, the Scouts, the Bowls Club, the Defibrillator Fund being organised by the White Hart, and the Jubilee Hall for purchase of new chairs. This year we have already supported the defibrillator training day, the refurbishing of the telephone box and the newly-formed Friends of Yetminster Station. Please contact us if you have a project which needs extra support.

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Things have rapidly been coming to completion and we are now in discussions the Parish NEIGHBOURHOOD with Council who PLAN a r e responsible for seeking the community’s views on the “Pre-submission Draft” of the Plan – there is a legal requirement to produce this and for the Council to then undertake a consultation exercise on it.

We are therefore proposing to make a formal presentation to the full Council at the beginning of December at a special meeting. They will then review the plan and have set up a working group to co-ordinate any queries that members may raise.

Assuming no alterations are necessary they will then arrange the formal 6-week consultation and we understand that this is proposed for February due to the intervening festive period.

The size of the document makes it impractical to provide a copy to every

household and the Council has been advised that copies should be available on both the NP and Parish websites and a number of hard copies made available in the White Hart, Gallery, Ark, Jubilee Hall, and Ryme Church etc. Copies will also be available to share where people don’t have access to the internet.

Once the consultation process has been completed, and the community’s comments have been collated, these will be passed to the Steering Group who will then consider them and amend the plan as necessary.

Assuming that everything is straightforward, the plan will then be formally adopted by the Parish Council who will then submit it to Dorset Council for review. This is undertaken by an independent examiner before a referendum is undertaken to enable the community to vote whether they want the plan adopted by Dorset Council.

Please do watch out for announcements, fliers and information about the consultation and please do make sure that you read the plan when you get the chance and to provide feedback.

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’, said a priest to a member of the Sunday School “ the child replied “ ’’.

Do you worry about money at Christmas, feel compelled to buy too much, indulge too much?

Or perhaps you live alone and feel completely left out of what seems to have become a family festival. This is not be what Christmas should be about. For about 2000 years Christmas has been part of the general range of Christian celebrations and it is only in the last 200 years that the secular world seems to have taken it over and tried to change it to what we have today.

So, what is Christmas?

Many TV programmes start with the short recap using a phrase ‘and previously on ……’ Well similarly with Christmas, except that the phrase ‘and previously’ in Christian belief should be said at Easter and refer back to Christmas. This is because the Christmas story was recorded from the point of view of and after Easter had

been experienced. Matthew and Luke, in whose Gospels we find all the Christmas material, were keen to show that God’s love for humanity was apparent right from the beginning of Christ’s life. This was clear in early festival celebrations. It was not until the Victorians and more particularly Charles Dickens' story `A Christmas Carol’ that it was irrevocably changed and the (expensive) extras have grown year on year. The early church felt that it was appropriate to hold a celebration of hope in the cold barrenness of winter that pointed to better things to come both physically with the warmer weather and spiritually with Easter. Christmas is about hope for us all.

I once heard on the radio a self-admitted atheist telling how she always enjoyed being invited around to some particular friends of hers at Christmas because as Christians `They knew how to celebrate Christmas properly'.

Strange thing for an atheist to say you might think but then many people are nearer to Christ than we or they realise.

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Extra CHRISTMAS Services DECEMBER 2019 2.30pm 7.30pm WEDNESDAY 18th 9.30am WEDNESDAY 18th 6.30pm THURSDAY 19th 2:00 PM TUESDAY FRIDAY

THURSDAY THURSDAY

3rd 6th

19th 6.30pm 19th 9am

School Christingle Carols and Christmas Songs

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School Carols

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Carol Service

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St Andrew’s School End of Term Service Carol Service School Carol Service

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Extra & Weekday Services DECEMBER 2019/JANUARY 2020 Mondays

Tuesday

2ⁿd, 9th & 16th December Every Mon in January 1st in month

6pm

Compline

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10am

Lower Covey Toddlers' Service YETMINSTER CHURCH 11.15am Benefice Meditative Eucharist YETMINSTER for Advent CHURCH

Wednesdays

4th, 11th, 18th December

Thursday

1st in month (Not in Jan 2020)

2.30pm

Tuesday Saturday

Every week

12 noon Midday Prayer followed by CW Holy Communion

Holy Communion

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1st SUNDAY

ADVENT SUNDAY

8th SUNDAY 15th SUNDAY 22nd TUESDAY 24th W 25

2nd SUNDAY OF ADVENT

3rd SUNDAY of 4th SUNDAY of CHRISTMAS ADVENT ADVENT EVE

10.15am CW Holy Communion

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3pm Children's Carols

10 Ch Co 9.

Ch Fa Co 4.30pm 11 Nativity and Ch Carols Co 11.30pm CW 9.

Midnight Mass Ch Fa 7pm Carols by Candlelight

BEER HACKETT 9.30am BCP Holy Communion BRADFORD ABBAS

8am BCP Holy Communion

CHETNOLE HERMITAGE

11am Morning Service 8am BCP Holy Communion

6.30pm CW Evening Prayer

6pm Carol Service

10.15am CW Morning Prayer

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6pm Christmas Service 9.30am CW Holy Communion

RYME INTRINSECA

6pm BCP Evensong

8.30am BCP Holy Communion

6.30pm Carol Service

THORNFORD

9.30am 9.30am CW All Age Service Family Communion

YETMINSTER

11am CW Christingle Family Communion

3pm Carol Service

9.30am CW Village Communion

8.15am BCP 4pm Holy Carol Service Communion Breakfast at 9 in Jubilee Hall followed by 9.30am Second Sunday

6pm Carol Service 11.30pm CW Midnight Mass 11.30pm CW 10 Midnight Mass Ch Fa 7pm CW 9.

Christmas Ch Village Fa Communion

11.30pm CW 10 Midnight Mass Ch Fa Co

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12th

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BAPTISM OF CHRIST/ PLOUGH SUNDAY 10.15am CW Holy Communion

SECOND SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY

THIRD SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY

11am Morning Service 8am BCP Holy Communion

11am CW Holy Communion

10.15am CW Holy Communion

9.30am BCP Matins

6.30pm CW Evening Prayer

9.30am Worship for All 9.30am CW Morning Prayer

10.15am Prayer and Praise

9.30am CW Holy Communion

9.30am 9.30am CW All Age Service Family Communion

11am CW Family Communion YETMINSTER

0.00am CW hristmas amily ommunion

6pm BCP Evensong

8.30am BCP Holy Communion

6.30pm BCP Evensong

RYME

0am hristmas amily Service .30am hristmas amily Service

THORNFORD

10am CW Holy Communion

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HILFIELD

0.15am CW hristmas ommunion .30am CW hristmas amily ommunion 1am CW 10am CW hristmas Holy ommunion Communion .45am hristmas amily Service

BRADFORD BEER HACKETT BATCOMBE ABBAS

1st SUNDAY of CHRISTMAS

HERMITAGE CHETNOLE

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5th

8.15am BCP Holy Communion Breakfast at 9 in Jubilee Hall followed by 9.30am Second Sunday

8am BCP Holy Communion 11am Morning Service 9.30am CW Choral Holy Communion

10.15am Community Spirit 8am BCP Holy Communion 9.30am CW Village Communion

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OUR CHURCH COMMUNITIES THREE VALLEYS TEAM Team Office : Yetminster Jubilee Hall, Church Street, Yetminster, DT9 6LG

01935 872600

Team Rector: Rev’d Tony Gilbert The Rectory, Church Rd, Thornford, Sherborne. DT9 6QE

01935 873044 e:3valleysoffice@gmail.com w:www.threevalleysteam.org e: rector3valleys@gmail.com

Opening hours Mon, Wed, Thurs & Fri 9.30am - 12.30pm Tues 1.30 - 4.30pm

Team Vicars Rev’d George Moody The Rectory Church St, Yetminster DT9 6QE

Rev’d Richard Kirlew @RuralChaplain

Jubilee Hall Yetminster ENQUIRES: Three Valleys Benefice Office, 1935 872600 3valleysoffice@gmail.com

01935 873214

HELPING HANDS 01935 872921

e: revgeorgemoody@gmail.com

Yetminster Methodist Church Chapel Lane, Yetminster DT9 6LJ Minister: Rev Kate Konrad 01935-415837

Treasurer: Mrs S Gilbey

All services begin at 10:30am followed by Worship co-ordinator: coffee.

Mrs Barbara Driver Tel: 01935 873690 Roman Catholic Services

Sundays: 7.30am Morning Prayer followed by silent prayer 8.30am Sung Eucharist 12.30pm Midday Prayer 5.15pm Evening Prayer, followed by prayer time Night Prayer arranged at supper

Tuesday to Saturday 7am Silent Prayer in Chapel 7.30am Morning Prayer 12 noon Midday Prayer and Eucharist 5.15pm Evening Prayer, followed by prayer time 9pm Night prayer (8.15pm -Thurs, 8.45pm-Sat)

Roman Catholic Church The Sacred Heart & St. Aldhelm, Westbury, Sherborne DT9 3EL tel: (01935) 812021

Weekend mass times: Saturdays at 6.00pm Sundays 10.30am Holy Days 10.00am and 6.30pm Parish Priest: Monsignor Canon Robert Draper V.G. e: sherbornerc@prcdtr.org.uk w: sherbornecatholicchurch.org.uk

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OUR CHURCH COMMUNITIES Hello this is my first article for the Wriggle Magazine. Let me introduce myself. I am Kate Konrad the new Methodist Minister for Yeovil and Yetminister. Thank you for your welcome and I encourage you if you want to meet me in person to come to the Carol Service at the Methodist Church on Monday 9th December at 7pm Advent is a time of preparation for the coming of the King, a time of waiting. A time of impatience if you have any young children in the house who constantly want to know, ‘’Is it time yet?’’

The four traditional advent themes are hope, peace, love and joy with the fifth candle representing the birth of Christ.

Candles symbolise the light of Christ coming into the world. The light of hope, the light of peace, the light of love and the light of joy illuminating the darkness. The circle of the advent wreath reminds Christians of God, his eternity and endless mercy which has no beginning and no end.

The green of the wreath speaks of the hope that Christians have in God, the hope of newness, of renewal and of eternal life.

So what is your time of preparation like? Are you someone who puts up the tree in November? My neighbours were!

Is it a frantic time of present buying and wrapping, food shopping in excess, card writing, party going?

Do you arrive at the big day exhausted, because of all the practical preparations but spiritually desolate because there has been insufficient time to prepare spiritually because your focus has been elsewhere?

What choices will you make this year to do it differently? Will you make space for silence, that God’s still small voice might speak

Last year a post appeared on Facebook which has proved popular

However you prepare for Christmas I pray that you will know God’s blessing and His tremendous love for you.

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29 Tea & Toast with Alaistair Cumming Soldier to Diplomat Concert Me & Mario Lanza John Hudson for Minterne Church

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30 Pop up Pub & Quiz Bingo

7.30pm

St Andrew's Church Leigh

7.30pm

Minterne House

7pm

Leigh Village Hall

7.30pm

Hermitage Village Hall

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1

Made in Thornford Christmas Craft Sale

2-4pm

Wheelwright Studio Thornford

Mon

2

C&LGS members' Christmas party

7.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

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3

Coffee Morning/Bring & Buy

10.30am

St Andrew's Church, Leigh

Leigh Discussion Club Quiz and Competition

7.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

Wed

4

Christmas Coffee n' cake

10am

Jubilee Hall, Yetminster

Thur

5

Christmas tea & cake for Salvation Army

3-5pm

Hermitage Village Hall

WVP The Nutcracker

7.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

Fri

6

WVP The Nutcracker

7.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

A Country Christmas concert

7.30pm

St Andrew's Church, Leigh

WVP The Nutcracker

2.30pm & Leigh Village Hall 7.30pm

Holding onto Christmas Phoenix Voices

7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church & Community Centre, Yeovil

Sat

Sun

7

8

Artsreach Moscow Drug Club

7.30pm

Chetnole Village Hall

Candlelit Carol Service

6.30pm

St Hippolytus , Ryme

Book launch: Running to Resurrection

3pm

Hilfield Friary

Christmas Decoration workshop

10am-12

St Andrew's Church, Leigh

Mon

9

Candlelit Carols, mince pies

7pm

Yetminster Methodist Chapel

Mon

9

Candlelit Carols, mince pies

7pm

Yetminster Methodist Chapel

Tues

10 Y&RGS Christmas party

7pm

Jubilee Hall, Yetminster

Thu

12 Carols with the Community Choir

Sun

15 Community Carols

4pm

St Andrew's Church, Yetminster

Mon

16 Christmas Cuppa ‘n’ Cake

2pm

St Andrew’s Primary School

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12.15pm

Leigh Village Hall Chetnole Inn

Wed

18 Carol service, mulled cider

6.30pm

St Michael's, Beer Hackett

Thur

19 The Twelve Birds of Christmas - an 2.30pm afternoon with Stephen Moss 4pm

Fri

20 Holiday Club Christmas Decorations

Sun

22 Carol service

6pm

Melbury Bubb Church

Mon

23 Carol service

6pm

St Nicholas Church, Hilfield

Tues

24 Children's Carol service, mulled wine, mince pies

3pm

St Mary's Church, Batcombe

Carol service, mulled wine

6.30pm

Ellementum Gallery, Sherborne St Peter's Church, Chetnole Pogles Wood

Carols by Candlelight

7pm

St Mary's Church, Hermitage

Carol service

6pm

St Andrew's Church, Leigh

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5

Village Walk

10.30am

Frankham Farm, Ryme

Mon

6

C&LGS Andrew Hunt, Project Manager, Kingston Lacy

7.30pm

Chetnole Village Hall

Tues

7

Coffee Morning, Bring & Buy

10.30am

St Andrew's Church, Leigh

Leigh Discussion Club Blood Bikes Yeovil Wheelers

7.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

Yetminster Film Night Judy

7.30pm

Jubilee Hall, Yetminster

Coffee n' cake

Wed

8

10am

Jubilee Hall, Yetminster

Mon Sat

13 Leigh Moviola 18 Jazz Café SwingZing5

7.30pm 7.30pm

Leigh Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall

Sun

19 Rectory Tearoom

10.30am- Rectory, Holwell 4pm

Tues

21 WV Lunch Club WVWG Black Shed Flower Farm WVMU- AGM

12.15pm 7.30pm 7pm

Fri

24 Pop up Pub

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7pm 7.30pm 25 New year’s Eve Party Artsreach Alvorada-Brazilian music 7.30pm 28 Leigh WI Dorset People & Places 2.30pm

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Sat

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Jubilee Hall, Yetminster

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Gable Court, Yetminster Leigh Village Hall

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St Andrew's Church, Leigh Leigh Village Hall Jubilee Hall, Yetminster

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The beavers have been very busy getting to know their new leaders and have had fun exploring the woods in the village and tracking. They have learnt about planets and space and suggested a name for the National name the planet competition.

They have been making their own woggles from reusable wood to replace their current plastic woggles in a small effort to help reduce the amount of plastic we use.

They had a fancy-dress Halloween night that was great fun and the leaders got involved too!

Some of our new Beavers also took part in the where they joined the Cubs and Scouts.

The Cub Pack had its first camp this year and had a great weekend sleeping under canvas and taking part in lots of challenging and fun activities. Cooking, campfires and laser assault courses just to mention a few things they did.

Cubs have been busy assisting to improve the wooded area at St Andrew’s CE Primary School and doing some backwoods cooking there too.

They also took part in the , they have been pumpkin carving for Halloween and this year held their very first ‘conker’ fight competition which was great fun and not too many shouts of “Strings”.

Eight of the Cubs together with 140 other cubs from across the District had a weekend at PGL together with some of the leaders.

A fantastic time was had by all and even though it was a little wet they had great fun trying new challenges like Archery, Abseiling, pole climbing and lots more fun.

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The Scouts took part in the District Challenge Hike on one of the hottest days of the year and the team of six did extremely well hiking for two days and sleeping under canvas overnight near Bridport.

They have been preparing for their District Go Kart competition at Freshwater Holiday Park in a couple of weeks’ time and they the Scouts too were present at the Yetminster Remembrance Service.

The Executive Committee and fundraising Committee have been very busy too and organised a stall selling hot teas and other drinks together with homemade cakes and a raffle at the Bradford Abbas Firework Display this year. Some of our Cubs and Scouts assisted with this together with their leader and some of the parents.

A huge “ ” to all involved.

We will be, once again, collecting used stamps from now until end of January and old mobile phones on behalf of the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. We donated to them earlier this year and they were very grateful. Phones can be dropped off to me on arrangement calling 07815135602.

Finally, 1st Yetminster Group received the District this year for the Group’s outstanding achievements which is a huge Honour.

Currently we are looking to invite more boys and girls to the Beaver Section so if you have a child who may be interested please contact us, they need to be six years of age and willing to have great fun and take part in interesting activities. .

Cubs need to be eight years of age and willing to have great fun and take part in interesting activities. We meet on a .

We have a great group of leaders and committee members all giving their time to provide a fantastic variety of activities for the young people. If you feel you would like to know more about adult volunteering yourself, we would love to welcome you to the team.

It is great fun and very rewarding and there are a great number of roles available.

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Against all the odds - atrocious weather, Rugby World Cup final and missing two of our star collectors - our team went out and collected £2183.26.from our villages. Well done to all the collectors and a big thank you to all the contributors, especially St Andrew’s Church Yetminster who donated the Remembrance ‘ Sunday collection, the winning White Hart quiz team who donated their winnings, Bella and Julie who crocheted and knitted poppies and to those who took time to fill in the gift aid forms. Gift aid will increase the overall figure collected. Thank you to one and all,

I make no apologies for repeating what I said last year: A huge thank you to all those who have given so generously once more via our band of local collectors. And an equally heartfelt thank you to all those that again did the collecting: Kerry Staughan raised £153.44 from the generous inhabitants of Batcombe, while Liz Cozens and Geoffrey Kenton similarly encouraged Hermitage to kindly donate £138.41. As ever, Chris Keohane and Anna Awdry ranged far-andwide around Hilfield and along Batcombe Road to collect a further £161.09. From the relatively large metropolis of Leigh (including Totnell and Three Gates), Anne and David

Reason, Emma Harris, Alaistair Cumming, Cate Dixon, Liz and Julian Turnbull, Brenda Addison and I all told raised a further £666.01. Finally, the residents and staff of the Old Vicarage most generously added another £85.23. Overall, a wonderful effort.

Thank you!

The ‘Caribbean 2017 Hurricane Relief’ talk in Leigh Village Hall on 8th November was a truly memorable evening, when Lt Cdr Amy Gilbert RN gave us a fascinating account of her Flight’s exploits in humanitarian operations. Thank you to all those who attended, and yet again gave so very generously on the evening. And very many thanks to those, too many to name, who helped provide and serve the delicious canapes and wine. The evening netted £780.87; all of this in aid of the Royal British Legion annual poppy appeal.

So in total, our above parishes raised a most impressive £1985.05 for the 2019 RBL poppy appeal. As ever, the money raised provides vital support to those of the Armed Forces badly injured in body or mind while serving our country. Thank you once again to all who have once again so generously supported this most worthy of causes.

I would very much like to be able to offer some of the more senior members of our collecting team the opportunity to pass their annual fundraising baton to someone younger – so please do contact me if you feel you too might help in November 2020.

A couple of hours of your time is all that is asked – I will provide you with all the necessary wherewithal. Thank you, in anticipation!

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The Chetnole Inn has been awarded a ROSE award (recognition of service excellence)

by Visit England! This is a national award and is presented to only 100 establishments across the whole country each year. Only four in Dorset this time and we are one of them. “

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For one day only! Come and make your last few things for Christmas on Friday 20th December.

Children aged 5+ £15 per child per day (£7.50 for a half day).

Please email or send Facebook message to book as soon as you can.

BABES IN THE WOODS MUDDY MONDAYS It does depend a bit on the weather, so keep your eye on Pogles Wood Explorers Facebook page.

Hopefully we will meet on 2nd and 9th December and 6th and 13th January, 10am to 12 noon £5 per child. If you are interested in attending then please let me know.

plenty of hot drinks and biscuits to be eaten!

POGLES PARTIES Please think about having a special celebration with us. Now that we have our beautiful indoor space we hope to be able to do parties and other activities throughout the year.

VOLUNTEERS OF ALL AGES Start the New year with a bit of Green Gym! Saturday 4th January.

Come and help us tackle a few outdoor jobs. Anytime between 10am and 3pm There are loads of things to be done and there will be For more info. contact Philippa Toulson Email: philippa.toulson@gmail.com or Facebook: Pogle Wood Explorers

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I am pleased to introduce Recently I found myself in a position where I wanted a change of career; from the office and sitting in a car most days, to the outdoors and fresh air. Working outside cutting a lawn or building a shed, laying a patio or giving that garden a fresh look, really has changed my life in so many ways.

I am based in Leigh, where I have lived for near enough my whole life. A big focus for myself is to be as environmentally sustainable as possible.

This can be as simple as using compost from sustainable sources to using alternatives to everyday weed killers. The

On a dank, dark evening on 1st November, the air in the Village Hall was filled with laughter, groans of dismay and yelps of delight in equal measure.

Nine teams from across the Wriggle Valley racked their collective brains and memories as they competed for the coveted "Brains of the Benefice" trophy, see photo.

Some tables were loaded with impressive arrays of brain food, and beer and wine flowed freely [well, not quite,] from the bar laid on by the Village Hall committee, ably stewarded by Blair and John. [Bar profits went in to the hall maintenance fund].

The worthy winner of a close fought competition was the Yetminster team captained by Celia Bray.

Close behind in second place, were from Chetnole, and the wooden spoon award shall as always, remain a secret.

Hosts for the evening were Jackie and Tony Jones, Lyn and Stan Darley and Janet and Gordon Ratcliffe - the 2018 winning quiz team from Chetnole.

hope in the near future is to move away from petrol machinery to battery alternatives. These batteries will then be charged from solar panels to further minimise the carbon footprint. I want to prove that being greener doesn’t mean going without or costing more, but actually give us more and be cheaper. I offer a full range of services from general garden maintenance to custom built sheds for when the off the shelf doesn’t fit the space or your requirements. I am someone that really pays close attention to the little details and strives to deliver exactly what you want.

Please give me a shout about anything for a free and no pressure quote using the details in my new advert.

Many Thanks

Many thanks to the quizzers, and also for their positive feedback which has indicated that everyone enjoyed themselves.

A sum of £265, all proceeds from the quiz, was donated to The Friends of The Yeatman Hospital.

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Published last month by Roving Press, is called "

and is attractively produced and fully illustrated.

The author, Jackie Winter, cycled through all the villages in your community and they all featured in the book. The following paragraph helps to describe its content:

For motorists, motorcyclists and cyclists, it is a practical book to inspire you to explore Dorset. It contains nine routes with maps and illustrations. The author has spent the last 40 years cycling the area and shares her discoveries and fascinating snippets about Dorset.

The book is available to purchase from Roving Press (01300 321531 info@rovingpress.co.uk) and from local bookshops.

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What a way to kick the festive period off with a bang! We are only days away from the Players performances of our Christmas production

by Jo Smith, which is based loosely on the original Christmas Eve Story, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, written by E T A Hoffman in 1816. It is full of Christmas spirit with goodies, baddies, fairies, toys and candy lands not to mention some good old fashioned panto traditions ‘Oh yes it is!’. There is something for everyone!

Performances take place on Tickets are available from our new online service: Wrigglevalleyplayers.co.uk and Bridge Garage and Hamish Pork. We look forward to welcoming you..

Amy Parker

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The bark from local birch trees is now on display in the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden NL, along with a very rare 50,000 year old Neanderthal flint tool still partially covered by birch pitch.

This rare find, and the research that is being done, shows that Neanderthals used complex technology. , is currently completing his PhD in Archaeology at Leiden University in the Netherlands and has collected birch bark from various trees in Chetnole and Leigh, which he uses to make birch pitch glue in similar ways to those that may have been used by the Neanderthals. Paul has supplied the Museum with modern replicas for their display as well as some of our lovely local birch bark!

Paul has co-authored several papers on the subject and one such paper has been recently featured on the BBC website in the News Science and Environment section.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scienceenvironment-50131120

THE EU SETTLEMENT SCHEME It seems likely that the UK could be leaving the European Union before long. If and when that happens any European or Swiss citizens who wish to remain living in the UK will need to apply for settled or pre-settled status.

There is no need to apply if you are a British or Irish citizen or have been granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK, but it is required even if you have been born here but are not a British citizen or have only a UK permanent resident document. If in any doubt about your status it is very important to get advice.

Application is usually made online but it is possible to get a paper application form for people who would find this difficult. Visit www.gov.uk/eu-settled-status for information and step by step guidance on what is needed. There is no fee to apply and support is available to help with the application process. The EU Settlement Resolution Centre can answer questions on 0300 123 7379 and there are community organisations which can give help and support, including Citizens Advice offices. A full list of all such organisations can be found on the website. The EU settlement scheme is now open and applications may be made until 30 June 2021 or December 2020 if we leave without a deal. This may seem a long way into the future but it would be worth starting as soon as possible as processing might be slow. It is far better to act now to ensure peace of mind than to wait and hope for the best.

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NEWSNEWSNEWSNEWS The PTFA held a spooky Halloween disco on Friday 18th October for the pupils of St Andrews CE Primary School. 103 children attended the evening all dressed up in spooky, scary or rather unusual costumes!

We had a competition for the best dressed pupil in KS1 and KS2, as well as that, we had apple bobbing, splat the rat, Trick or Treat pumpkin, Pin the nose on the witch, decorating biscuits, glow sticks, glitter tattoos and plenty of refreshments. On behalf of St Andrews school and the PTFA I would like to Thank ‘DJ Daryn’ for presenting a fab array of music, I was quite surprised the children knew some of the Halloween tunes from my era! A fun night was had by all.

Please come and join us for a while the Children of St Andrews CE Primary School, Yetminster entertain you with their Christmas carols and performing arts on in the school hall. Everyone welcome’

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OUT & ABOUT The Phoenix Voices are back with this year's Christmas Extravaganza! With music to suit all tastes, from Slade to Shakin' Stevens and Lennon to Fauré this is sure to be a night to remember!

With his magical baton, conductor Kris Emmett will direct an evening of everyone's favourite Christmas music: toes will be tapping and heads will be bobbing!

Our ever popular raffle (and a top prize of a weekend break away in a converted shepherd's hut with hot tub!) along with the choir's exciting band and orchestra makes this the ultimate choral experience here in Yeovil. Do follow our Facebook and Instagram pages for updates on our list of prizes!

So! Hold on to your festive hats as we cheer for the festive season! Proceeds from the event will be going to the Yeovil District Hospital Breast Cancer Appeal.

Tickets are available on the door for £7/£4 (all major credit/debit cards accepted) or securely through our

Join us for a cosy Christmas afternoon of spiced cider and mince pies in the company of author and naturalist Stephen Moss who will introduce us to his latest book, the brilliantly titled The Twelve Birds of Christmas.

The Twelve Days of Christmas' is by far the bestknown Christmas carol.

Constantly sung and endlessly parodied, both memorable and infuriating, it perfectly captures the spirit of this time of year.

Stephen digs beneath the

website: e See you there!

surface to discover an alternative meaning to the verses and reveals that in his view this is, indeed, a birdcentred tribute to the Festive Season.

What a perfect start to the holiday season and we look forward to welcoming you.

Mince pies and mulled wine or spiced cider are served from 2.30pm, event begins at 3pm and finishes around 4pm.

Find out more and book your ticket:

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October and November have been busy months, as always. Our Music and Arts Week was a great success. The children enjoyed learning about new artists and there was a variety of art media being used around the school from ‘splatter painting’ in Otter and Hedgehog classes and mud rock sculptures in Kingfisher class. We welcomed visitors who shared their love of art and music with our children, including the St Andrew’s Church Choir who gave the children a taste of fourpart harmony, A Capella and accompanied.

It is so important for the children to have role models to whom they can aspire so we were also fortunate to start the week with a performance from Dr Uri Smilansky and Kate Hawnt who shared their love of Early Music.

The week finished with a visit from the Yeovil Ukulele Group who played some old favourites and put a smile on many young faces.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this lovely week.

On 24th October, our Tag Rugby Team competed in the Sherborne Schools Tag Rugby Tournament and won every single game. They were awarded with the trophy for the first time since 2012. We are very proud of their achievement. Thanks to the children of St Andrew’s and Mrs Sparks, we have achieved ‘GOLD’ Award in the Schools Sports Awards for the second year in a row. This recognises the amazing sport that happens at St Andrew’s School on a weekly basis

throughout the year. Well done, Team St Andrew’s!

Work has started on ‘The Big Hug’ with the swimming pool now filled in and the ground work preparing for the formation of the owl shape. The children are now busy writing letters in our efforts to raise funds for phase two of the project.

OUTDOOR CLASSROOM DAY On 7th November, we celebrated global OUTDOOR CLASSROOM DAY with approximately three million children around the world. This event recognises the significant benefit of being in the outdoors to children’s health and wellbeing. The day began with a whole school competition to gather as many leaves as possible. The bags were weighed and Kingfisher class managed to collect the most leaves, Owl class received the award for the most enthusiastic collectors, Sika Class for showing great collaboration skills, Hedgehog class for great team work and Otter class for being so happy!

Kingfisher class wrote poems inspired by the trees – I believe they did some tree hugging! Here is one poem written by Nate:

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With branches as wide as the earth And bark as rough as wire.

With roots as rugged as sharp stones, A canopy of leaves covering us.

And a sturdy trunk to support.

With sap for blood and wood for brains Carrying leaves that help us breathe.

We love our green trees.

By the time I write again, we will have had our General Election. I am minded of a bible verse that always encourages me to ponder the wonder that is God. “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned. The people who walk in darkness will see a great light; Those who live in a dark land, the light will shine on them.” Isaiah 9 As we approach the time of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany, I am praying that the leaders of this country will ‘see the light’ and think of the impact their words and actions have on the people of this land. We need to unite as a nation and consider the future of our children and young people. I am hopeful that we will elect a government who will look beyond their own selfish gain and put others before themselves. Only then will we provide a safe and just society for the good of all people.

I wish you all a blessed Christmas with loved ones.

Many Blessings Julie Simpson, Headteacher

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CLUB NEWS Mike, a teacher for forty years gave us a talk and slide show of the River Nile starting at Luxor and travelling South to Aswan. It was very noticeable that even though Luxor is 500 miles from the Mediterranean the river is already very wide. Luxor is a city on the east bank of the Nile and is built on the site of ancient Thebes, the Pharaohs capital at the height of their power. The royal tombs of the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens are on the West bank. In the early 1800s Giovanni Belzoni explored and opened many of the ancient tombs. He is known for opening the great temple at Abu Simbel and being the first to penetrate into the second pyramid of Giza. Howard Carter is probably the most famous Egypt archaeologist because in 1922 he discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun.

We were shown the amazing paintings and inscriptions in the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut. A female Pharaoh was very unusual, but although she had a son, he was only 18 months old. She ruled for twenty years and spent most of that time dressed as a man!

Egypt is 96% desert and nearly all its agriculture is based along the banks of the Nile. The soil is very fertile and has arrived over thousands of years brought in by the annual floods. Main crops grown today are cotton, rice, clover and sugar cane, also to a lesser degree various beans, oranges, potatoes and tomatoes. We saw dhows sailing along the river and fishermen casting their nets and a train that runs along the bank from Cairo to Aswan and beyond.

Flooding along the northern end of this 4,130-mile-long river has been controlled since 1902 when a dam was completed to hold back the annual flood water for use

Valley of the Kings

by the growing population, hydroelectricity and for all year-round irrigation. Although it was raised twice in 1912 and 1933 it was not large enough, so a longer higher version was built four miles upstream on the Egypt/Sudan border. The newly created lake was named Lake Nasser and backed up the river for 200 miles in Egypt and a further 100 miles in Sudan. The creation of this massive reservoir meant that the Temple complex at Abu Simbel would have been submerged, so it was relocated at great cost.

Around 90,000 Nubian people were forcibly removed from their ancestral territories, believed to be one of the earliest areas of civilisation, and rehomed about 50 miles away. There are parts of their land that were not flooded and they are still trying to reclaim them now, 50 years later, without much success as the Government wants to build on them.

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CHETNOLE AND LEIGH GARDENth CLUB The garden club met on Monday 4 November for their first meeting of the 2019/20 season. Many members turned out on a wet Monday evening to pay their subs and to be made aware of the upcoming programme.

Michele Aldhouse, Chair, outlined the year with trips to Minterne Gardens and Longstock Water Gardens near Stockbridge and monthly meetings covering a wide range of topics.

Michele then introduced Jennie Short, a garden designer from Lyme Regis who was the evening’s specialist speaker.

Jennie initially trained as ceramic artist who now brings those skills of colour, shape and form to the task of garden design with flair and creativity. Her particular focus is to encourage gardeners to extend the summer for as long as possible; her title for the evening therefore was “Berried Treasure”.

Using some striking photographs from her own commissions and RHS gardens she presented us with a variety of flowering and evergreen plants for all sorts of conditions which in our favoured part of the country can extend the season of interest of colour, shape, scent and even food for wildlife, long into the winter and beyond into spring.

Jennie is a lively, talented speaker with a wealth of plant knowledge and an understanding of local conditions who inspired many of us with her wonderful photographs. Many members took away her plant list to experiment with the idea of “Extending Summer”.

The committee is now at full strength thanks to Angela Gisborne and a number of new members were warmly welcomed to the club.

The next meeting in December is the members’ Christmas Party in Leigh Village Hall.

Membership of the Garden Club is £12 per person and comes with a number of benefits, one of these is a members’ only evening at Castle Gardens, Sherborne, where purchases can be made at a discount. Why not come along and join us, or maybe just come to one session for £3.00 to see whether you would enjoy being a fully subscribed member of the Chetnole and Leigh Garden Club!

Meetings are held on the

The first meeting of 2020 is on when the guest will be Andrew Hunt, the who will present details of the gardens there.

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We held a very successful Coffee Morning In October in the Methodist Church in Yetminster when we raised over £220, especially as it was a horrible day weather wise and the England v New Zealand Rugby match was on!

Thank you to all those who came to support us and brought contributions to the Bring & Buy table.

We are always grateful to the Methodist church for allowing us to use their building as it is such a perfect venue for a coffee morning.

We held a craft meeting on Tuesday 15th October when Petra demonstrated how to cover tiles in a decorative way using paper serviettes. These colourful serviettes are carefully cut and stuck on with a special glue to make a cover to go around a night light.

Petra showed us candles, boxes and many other things she had covered in this way. An enjoyable evening was had and everyone went home with a piece of individual work and very happy with their creations. Our December meeting is a return gathering for our Christmas Dinner at the Chetnole Inn. We start the New Year off with a talk by Paul from Black Shed Flower Farm Sherborne.

In December we will be with the residents and taking them mince pies on Our

will be held on in the Trim Room in Yetminster's Jubilee Hall at 7pm. If you would like to find out more about what we do and the charities we support, do get in touch with either Margaret Shipman 872440 or myself 873726.

Hope it’s not too early to wish everyone a Happy Christmas & Healthy New Year

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The man behind the myth Today we welcomed Dr Huw Ridgeway, who with infectious enthusiasm described the life, death and legacy of Simon de Montfort. Simon is regarded as the godfather of today’s parliament and especially the Commons, having initiated the of two representatives per borough and two knights per county.

But what of the real person? The 13th century represented wild times in English history. Henry III was a weak king pushed around by unruly barons. Henry and his barons were pre-occupied with recovering lost possessions in France and grabbing more land in England. The court was faction ridden. Into this mix enters the young Simon, the second son of a French nobleman.

Henry in his desire to re-conquer Normandy was looking for knights to help him. Simon with a track record of military success in France was an ideal recruit. He found favour with the king, and then improved his status with his fellow barons by persecuting Jews. By expelling the Jews from various cities the barons found themselves suddenly free from large debts.

But he wanted more. His route to serious wealth, titles and land ownership was by marrying Henry’s widowed sister Eleanor. She was extremely rich from her first marriage and brought with her royal status. By swapping from faction to faction he became a member of a council

Simon de Montfort determined to reform Henry’s maladministration leading to the establishment of a parliament with an elected commons.

After a series of manoeuvrings as complicated as, in Huw’s words, the last three years of Brexit, Simon found himself at war with the king and running the country himself as “Steward of England”.

However a pro-Henry party developed and civil war ensued, culminating in Simon’s death at the Battle of Evesham.

His body was mutilated and he was declared a traitor. Such remains as there were, were buried at Evesham Abbey and soon there were reports of miracles.

Pilgrimages to the grave started. Down the years there were various monuments set up in his memory, including in present times commemorative stamps and a new university. However he was an antiSemite, who initiated pogroms against the Jews in Worcester and London.

The legend goes on. Who can separate the man from the myth?

NEXT MEETING Wednesday, 12th February, 2.30pm at the Jubilee Hall, Yetminster. will give a talk on

Eleanor

New members are always welcome. Just come along.

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It was announced at the start of the meeting that £262 was raised at our coffee morning for the and all those who had contributed cakes etc. and helped in any way were thanked. All of us agreed that it is a very worthwhile charity to support.

Our speaker in October was Julie Plumley who runs " at Rylands Farm, near Holnest. It is a 30 acre care farm which has been running since 2009. Julie started her talk with telling us a little bit about herself, how she grew up on a farm near Shaftesbury and when she left school she went on to train to be a Social Worker. These two experiences have had a huge influence on what she does now and she shared with us her list of beliefs and aspirations.

She was convinced that young people and mostly boys who were struggling at school (75% of those excluded from school are boys) often needed somewhere to come, be accepted for who they were and given animals and other farming jobs to do which gave them a purpose in life. They mostly had very difficult family lives or were in care and over the years she had seen most of them mature into adults who can mostly now cope with society and all it throws at them.

She started Future Roots with just a barn which was then turned into a classroom. She now has various wooden buildings where the young people can sit around a fire, chat to each other and the adults there and feel safe.

For the first time in their lives they work in a team, something which has never happened to them before. Her only two main rules are " " and " ".

Julie showed us two films, one from a local BBC news programme, and one which appeared on "Countryfile" plus a sound recording from radio's "Farming Today". Her vision seems to be catching on across the country and there are now many care farms across the United Kingdom and Julie is hoping for many more to start up as giving children a place to come in the countryside is so beneficial for them, especially their mental

health. They also run Holiday clubs for children with learning disabilities and the Government has asked them to become involved in helping struggling families too. However Julie feels that the six weeks they are given to try and help these families is not really enough.

As if all the work with young people is not enough, in 2011 they started up The Countrymen's Club where anyone over the age of 50 can come and meet up with other men who either feel isolated at home because they have Parkinsons or dementia or lonely as they live on their own. They come to the farm, take part in countryside activities and generally enjoy spending time with other men who have loved being out in the fresh air and find it difficult to do so anymore. As Julie puts it "It is not about working on the farm but getting out and staying active. Also about telling tales and drinking a hot mug of tea with new friends, in a place where you'll feel welcome and comfortable" I think all of us who listened to Julie were very impressed with all that she and others do at Rylands Farm - she was a real inspiration.

Julie is very modest and did not tell us that she was Highly Commended by the Great British Care Awards in 2019 - a well deserved award.

Our is our annual Christmas meal which is a lunch this year and on Brian Bates will be talking about " Do join us.

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Planning Applications DECEMBER 2020

WD/D/19/002478 03/10/2019 Use existing holiday let as independent dwelling.

WD/D/19/002136 22/082019 Change of use and conversion of agricultural building to 1No. dwelling with associated internal and external alterations.

WD/D/19/002127 19/082019 Change of WD/D/19/002128 use and conversion of agricultural buildings to 1 No. dwelling with associated internal and external alterations. Conversion of agricultural buildings to 1 No. dwelling with associated internal and external alterations. N WD/D/19/001785 12/07/2019 Renew temporary planning permission WD/D/14/001807 for mobile home for agricultural worker.

WD/D/19/001718 03/07/2019 Use of building as commercial storage.

WD/D/19/002154 23/08/2019 extension.

Erection of single storey

WD/D/19/002622 23/10/2019 ST ANDREWS CHURCH, CHETNOLE ROAD - T1 & T2 Yew Remove hazardous dead wood overhanging path, crown lift lower branches away from path by 1-2m, carry out aerial inspection and tidy up historic pruning cuts.

WD/D/19/002517 10/10/2019 Erect single storey side extension.

WD/D/19/002257 06/09/2019 Change of use of agricultural land to village green & agricultural land.

Erection of fence with stile gate & vehicle access gate between the two sections of land & 2no. vehicle access gates & 2 no. pedestrian gates.

WD/D/19/001434 04/06/2019 - Erect extension to agricultural barn to house livestock, agricultural machinery repairs and mechanics welfare facilities(retrospective).

WD/D/19/002236 29/08/2019 Partly demolish agricultural building and convert agricultural buildings into 2no. Dwellings with parking (resubmission).

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Planning Applications DECEMBER 2020 WD/D/19/002437 30/09/2019 - T1 Oak - Remove 1 lowest limb extending south east & raise remaining crown by 3m.

WD/D/19/002397 25/09/2019 Request for confirmation of compliance with conditions No 3 and 5 of planning approval WD/D/19/000777.

WD/D/19/002040 09/08/2019 Alterations to outbuilding to include adding pitched roof;Demolition of side porch, and erection of extension linking main house the outbuilding. (without compliance with conditions 3 & 4 of planning permission WD/D/18/002107 - to allow a change of facing materials & rooflight design).

WD/D/19/002275 10/09/2019 – Erection of 1no. dwelling.

WD/D/19/002233 02/09/2019 Erection of a single storey extension.

WD/D/19/002011 07/08/2019 Erection of 1 No. Dwelling.

WD/D/19/001748 09/07/2019 - Conversion of building to residential dwelling, extensions and the demolition of two existing buildings.

WD/D/19/001460 30/05/2019 Alterations to store above WD/D/19/001461 garage including roof alterations, dormer windows and roof lights.

WD/D/19/000776 14/03/2019 Residential development (Variation to outline planning permission reference WD/D/16/000642 and Condition 1 of approval of reserved matters reference WD/D/18/001139 to amend the approved plans).

WD/D/18/002623 14/11/2018 Use of Chetminister House as offices. (Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)).

WD/D/18/000819 23/04/2018 Request for confirmation of compliance of conditions 3,4,5,6,7 and 8 of planning approval WD/D/14/000548 (Compliance with Conditions).

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Regular Meetings …

Every Mon Table Tennis Bev’s Core Vinyassa Flow Yoga

9.30-12.30pm 9.30-10.30am

Leigh Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall

Cummunifit Sit & Strengthen

11am-12 noon

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Leigh Short Mat Bowls

2-5pm

Leigh Village Hall

Yetminster Table Tennis Club

10-12noon

Scout Hut, Yetminster

Bev’s Core Vinyassa Flow Yoga

6.30-7.30pm

Chetnole Village Hall

Yetminster Bell Ringers 7.30pm-10pm Topsy Turvy Toddlers 9.30am -11am Chetnole Art Group (until Easter) 10am-1pm

St Andrew's Church St Andrew's Primary School Chetnole Village Hall

Beginners Pilates

1.10 - 2.10pm

Chetnole Village Hall

Cubs (in term) Every Wed Drop in Coffee Morning & PO Community Coffee morning

6-7.30pm 9.30-12 noon 10.30-11.30am

Scout Hut Yetminster Chetnole Village Hall Old Vicarage Care Home

Morning Yoga Class

10.30-11.30am

Leigh Village Hall

Croquet Coach/Play

3pm (until Oct)

Yetminster Playing Fields

Wednesday Club (in term)

3.15 pm-4.05pm

St Andrew's Primary School

Chetnole Chuckers Pétanque Club

2:00 PM

Chetnole Playing Fields

Women’s Table Tennis

2-4pm

Leigh Village Hall

Croquet

5.30pm summer only

Church Farm, Hermitage

Junior WV Players (in term)

6-7pm

Leigh Village Hall

Beavers (in term)

6-7pm

Scout Hut Yetminster

Scouts (in term)

7-9pm

Scout Hut Yetminster

Beginners yoga

7pm

St Andrew’s Primary School

7-10pm 10am 10am

Yetminster Jubilee Hall Leigh Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall

Yetminster Short Mat Bowls

2-5pm

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Leigh Rainbows (5-7yrs)

5.45-7pm

Trim Room, Yetminster

Leigh Brownies (7-10yrs)

5.45-7pm

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Guides

7-8.30pm

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Dance Fit

6.30pm (term time)

St Andrew’s Primary Sch

Every Fri

Chetnole Community Choir Table Tennis Croquet Club (May - Oct)

7.30pm 9.30-12.30pm 3pm

Chetnole Village Hall Leigh Village Hall Yetminster Sports Club

Every Sun

Croquet 3pm Second Sunday Informal worship 9 for 9.30am Chetnole Chuckers Pétanque Club 2pm

Every Tue

Yetminster Short Mat Bowls Every Thur Tai Chi Advanced Pilates

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…Events & Activities 1st Mon

Chetnole & Leigh Garden Club

7:30pm

Chetnole Village Hall

1st Tue

Leigh Discussion Club (wint) Wriggle Valley MU (alt months)

7.30 - 10.30pm 7pm

Leigh Village Hall Church Hall, Yetminster

2nd Tues

Yetminster & Ryme Garden Soc.

7.30pm

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Senior Winter Lunch Outings

7.30pm

(not July/Aug) Halstock & Distr. British Legion

3rd Tues

Last Tues

Sue Footner 873610 Sheaf of Arrows

WV Women's Group Wriggle Valley Lunch Club

7.30pm 12.15 - 3pm

Gable Court Leigh Village Hall

Leigh Parish Council - alt mnths

7.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

Leigh Women's Institute

7.30 - 11pm

Leigh Village Hall

Pub Quiz

7pm

The White Hart, Yetminster

1st Wed

Coffee ‘n’ Cakes Batcombe Coffee Morning

10 - 11.30am 11am

Yetminster Jubilee Hall tba

[not Aug & Dec]

Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca PC Yetminster Historical Society

7.30pm 2.30pm

St. Andrew's Primary School Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Police Support Unit

2 - 3pm

The Cross, Leigh

Chetnole & Stockwood PC

7.30pm 7.30pm

Chetnole Village Hall

12.30pm 12.45-2.45pm

The White Hart Pogles Wood nr Leigh

2nd Wed 2nd Wed/alt mth

2nd/4th Wed High Stoy Bible Study

Last Wed

Seniors Lunch Club Woodland Wednesdays Police Community Support

Wed - Sat

Friary Shop

1st & 3rd Thu Yetminster Scribblers 2nd Thurs

Last Thurs

Last Sat

Meadens Coffee Morning Yetminster Fair Association

Venue contact 872342

By Church, Yetminster 2.30 - 4.30pm

The Friary, Hilfield

6.30 - 8pm 10.30am

Old School Gallery, Yet

7.30pm

The Meadens White Hart

Leigh Short Mat Bowls

7-10pm

Leigh Village Hall

Pub Quiz

8pm

The White Haart

District Council 2019/2020 : :

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