311 December 2018/January 2019 Wriggle Valley Magazine

WRIGGLE VALLEY MAGAZINE

Happy Christmas & a brilliant New Year

from all at the Wriggle Valley Magazine NO. 311 DECEMBER 2018/JANUARY 2019

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Addison Motors, Leigh

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Knighton Countryside Mgmt

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Stuart Goodier Boiler Servicing JJP Plumbing M Harris Builder AR Hillier, Building Maintenance Steve Jones Carpentry & Joinery Knott Roofing Lawrence Electricals Neal Electrical Services Sellick & Saxton Spearbuild Steve Mumford General Builder BA Wallbridge Plumb. & Heat.

Wayne Timmins Decorator WHY DIY - Matt Westcountry Electrics Wriggle Valley Windows & Doors

Autotech Garage Services

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Komit Kompost

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Brotherwood Automobility

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HOME, OFFICE & INTERIORS

Logs & Wood Working - Simon

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NS Autos, Dorchester Rd

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The Log Man

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West Country Cars

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Logs - Malcolm Dunning

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M&S Welding

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FUNERAL SERVICES

ART & ANTIQUES MarkArk

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Brister & Son

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Old School Gallery

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Grassby Funeral Services

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Steve's Clocks

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AJ Wakely & Sons

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Station Emporium

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GARDEN & OUTDOOR MAINTENANCE

BED & BREAKFAST

Bailey Ridge Xmas Cabin & trees

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Chetnole Inn

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Christmas Trees Rob Barfoot

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Dennis & Wade, Tree Surgery

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CARE HOMES Old Vicarage Care Home, Leigh

Dry Stone Walling & Paving

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Butler & Frost Master Thatcher

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KDS Garden Machinery Repair

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CARS & VANS, HIRING & SERVICING

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Clean Sweep, Roger Dodd

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Maple Garden Management Ltd Malcolm Dunning gardening

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Steve Bane fabrics Country Office Furniture Melbury Kitchens & Interiors Sibley Kitchens & Bathrooms Michael Sturmey Carpets Upstairs Downstairs West Country Tiling

Paul Hambidge Contractors

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Steve White

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LEGAL SERVICES

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Porter Dodson Solicitors

Perrett Fencing Ltd

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PETS & LIVESTOCK

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Dog Grooming & Stripping Smart Dogs of Yetminster

Wriggle Valley Fencing

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Tree Surgery (Westree)

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COMPUTERS, MARKETING & IT DMDH Computers 62 PDC Computing 26

EDUCATION Barn Owls Nursery Leweston School Lower Covey Montessori Nursery Maths Tuition Emma Harris

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EVENT VENUES Chetnole Village Hall Leigh Village Hall The Marquee Hire Co. Yetminster Jubilee Hall

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FINANCIAL SERVICES 4 Shires Asset Management

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FOOD, DRINK & CATERING Daisy May Vintage China Hire Frit Catering The Flying Pig

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Jenny’s Kitchen

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Leigh Village Stores & PO On the Boyle Café SPAR, Stores & P.O., Yetminster

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HEALTH & WELL BEING

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PRINTERS

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Phoenix Physique

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Robert Frith, Optometrists

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Wriggly Feet, Foot Health

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PUBLIC HOUSES & FOOD

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Chetnole Inn The White Hart

HOME - BUILD & MAINTENANCE Abbey Commercial Flooring AD Renovations ATW Construction & Build

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PROPERTY & HOLIDAY LETS Holiday Home, SW France Mallows Cottage Stockwood Lettings

Yetminster Health Centre

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POST OFFICES Leigh Yetminster

Practioner

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PHOTOGRAPHY

Acupuncture Garfield Hunter McILveen 57

Rebecca Dolbear, Psychotherapy 42

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SPORT & LEISURE 52 26 30

Barfoots' Bouncers Yetminster Sports Club

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TRAVEL

J Bennett Joinery 79 Ian Crossland Property Maintenance 76

Cerne Abbas taxi Heart Of Wessex Railway

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Wriggle Valley Cars

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EDITOR’S MUSINGS… Well, what a lovely early Christmas present for us all our lovely little local mag has been voted in the 2018 National Parish Magazine Awards, , out of over 400 entries. We are well chuffed but needless to say it is because of all you lovely folk for providing the news, views and reviews which are collected and checked by our wonderful village reps, the advertisers for financially supporting us, our lovely printers, Remous, who do a top job every month, the deliverers who drop them off on our doorsteps and for all the villagers who enjoy reading our local magazine. Thank you also to our wonderful WVM committee for also giving your time voluntarily and supporting me. Thank You. Have a brilliant Christmas and enjoy all the events that the Wriggle Valley has to offer and we look forward to a peaceful New Year. we are having a well deserved month off but we will be back on your doorsteps in February 2019 12th January for all your festive news, views and previews.

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riends of the British Legion and Leigh & Batcombe churches attended a thought-provoking tour de force entitled ‘1914-18 and All That’ by Lieutenant General Andrew Graham, commemorating the centenary of the end of the Great War on a foul evening on 9th November. The event was well attended by locals, military historians and others and the whole evening was a real treat and well worth braving the weather.

We are very sorry to report the death of two people very close to us in Batcombe. Ivy Perry died after a short illness. Ivy was born and married in Batcombe and lived here most of her life, only latterly moving to Weymouth.

She was an integral part of Batcombe’s life

Thought from the Rise of the Wriggle

"My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity.”

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with mince pies and mulled wine

10.15pm for many years, including as churchwarden, and she is survived by her husband, David.

John Vincent died in November; although John lived in Leigh, he had lived for a number of years at Dyers Farm in Batcombe when his parents retired there and he still spent much of his time farming at Dyers. He was a familiar, friendly figure in and around Batcombe. Both Ivy and John will be much missed.

We look forward to welcoming as many as possible to the CHRISTMAS EVE CHILDREN’S CAROL SERVICE at Batcombe church at 3pm on Mon 24th December with mulled wine and mince pies, and a Holy Communion service at 10.15 am on Christmas Day.

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e welcome a couple of new families to our lovely Chetnole this month: Karen and Steve Mumford and Charlotte who have moved all the way from Leigh, and into Hamlet, Simon, Sarah, Jocasta and Anton Cox and Monty the dog.

Great to have you all in the village and wishing you many years of happiness in your new homes. Get well soon to Graham Turner who has been poorly and also to Anne Andrewartha. Belated 90th birthday wishes to Sylvia Frampton. We hope you had a wonderful day.

Lots of Christmassy things to do in Chetnole so take a look at our poster for what's on at St Peter's, in particular the CAROL SERVICE on Thursday 20th December at 6.30pm with mulled wine to follow.

In January a new season for the Jazz Café kicks off with THE GATSBY GANG on 19th January at 7.30pm front lined by Rachel Roberts if you fancy some toetapping entertainment on a cold winter's night There will also be a JUMBLE SALE on 12th January in aid of the Village Hall so you can have an early spring clear out of all your unwanted clothes and bits and bobs.

Have lots of fun this Christmas all of you and see you in 2019!

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2018 CHRISTMAS at ST.PETER'S, CHETNOLE Wed 19th Dec 9:30am Decorating the church please come and help

CAROL SERVICE Thurs 20th Dec 6:30pm followed by mulled wine & mince pies

MIDNIGHT MASS CHRISTMAS EVE 11:30pm V M CHRISTMAS DAY 9:45am W A short family service for all ages supporting a children's charity.

All welcome

V W M CHETNOLE COFFEE MORNING Now that winter is here why not come along to our Wednesday Coffee Mornings every week, 9.30am to 12 noon in Chetnole Village Hall for refreshments and good company. We also have a books and jigsaws for you to borrow to occupy the long winter evenings and are very lucky too to have a

visiting Post Office which is especially useful leading up to Christmas.

We now have a craft table where the ladies have been making poppies and now are on to other exciting things. The Wednesday before Christmas there will be seasonal refreshments and then we will closed until the New Year.

Many thanks to all those who have volunteered to help over the last year.

Anne Andrewartha, Mary Head, Sylvia Rose and Sally Lingwood

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THE GATSBY GANG - JAZZ CAFÉ The season kicks off with The Gatsby Gang on 19th January at 7.30pm front lined by Rachael Roberts. She has, over the years, developed a strong connection with jazz. Her father, Tony Roberts is a well known jazz saxophonist having worked with many jazz luminaries such as John Dankworth, Humphrey Littleton and Miles Davis’ guitarist John McLaughlin.

As a result of her upbringing Rachael has been immersed in the world of jazz from an early age. She now regularly performs with Tony, together with some of the finest jazz musicians in the South West.

Rachael’s love of earlier jazz styles has now reached fruition with her own band ‘The Gatsby Gang’. Backed by an all star cast, Rachael performs music from the 20′s, 30′s and beyond.

Dressed to impress with the credentials to deliver a roaring 20′s atmosphere, or intimate speakeasy style. Playing at Chetnole as a five piece – vocals, saxophone/clarinet, guitar, double bass and percussion. Tickets £10 from Ian Lingwood 872998 or John Head 873555.

LOCAL PET-SITTER My name is Amy and I live locally.

If you need your dog, cat or small animal fed/walked (particularly over the Christmas period) then please contact me on 07476 812357 amy@drapper.com.

References available.

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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 a mince pie and drink.

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

CHENOLE INN VILLAGE SINGALONG Just got home after a rousing and jolly evening at the Chetnole Inn " pub singalong" organised for the village by Maria and Simon. Tasty nibbles and a great pianist made for a very enjoyable Monday evening in the main bar, where about 40 locals sang their hearts out for a couple of hours. It is a pity more people were not there to enjoy this good old fashioned fun. Very much looking forward to the next one.

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THE RIVER WRIGGLE IN ALL HER GLORY Late evening on 9th November yet another car came to grief in the Wriggle at the ford; this is what can happen when you blindly follow Satnav instructions in Chetnole, and ignore the illuminated FLOOD signs in Deep Ford Lane. Whilst not an unusual occurrence, the occupants of this small car were lucky. Most vehicles that have stalled in the ford have usually been swept gently downstream about 50 metres, coming to rest in dangerously deep water. The highest level on record was 2.34m on 7th July 2012.

Residents would love to have the lane closed to through traffic. Does anyone know how to change all Satnav software?

The proper route through the village from Leigh or from Yetminster is past the Village Hall. Be sensible.

Gordon Ratcliffe, Chetnole Flood Warden.

THE BARN CHOIR will be singing

CHORAL EVENSONG at St Peter's Church, Chetnole

4pm Sunday 17th February

THE 13TH GREASY SPOON CAFÉ IN AID OF SAVE THE CHILDREN. Once again we had a very successful cafe, we raised over £770 , really amazing.

Thank you so much everyone, those that came along to the event , and the wonderful behind the scenes helpers, we could not manage without the friends who help the STC group .

The 14th Greasy Spoon Cafe in 2019 will be celebrating 100 years of SAVE THE CHILDREN .

Bee Grant-Peterkin

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FIRST INTERNATIONAL MATCH On Wednesday 24th October the Chetnole Chuckers hosted a group of eighteen Danish PĂŠtanque players to a 'friendly' match. We all met at the Chetnole Coffee morning for coffee, muffins and a friendly but noisy briefing. Play commenced on a dry but cold morning and it soon became apparent that Chetnole were seriously outclassed. We were particularly impressed by the accuracy of one Danish lady we christened 'the bomber'.

We played six very competitive games resulting in a marginal win to the Danes of five games to one. What we didn't know until the match was well under way was that the Danish contingent were all experienced players from all over Denmark, some being national players.

After the match we all retired to the Chetnole Inn for an excellent lunch and some Chetnole wound licking. The Danish party then left to take on and probably demolish Sherborne U3A. Blair Sibun

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COMMEMORATING THE END OF THE GREAT WAR 1914 -1918 On Saturday 10th November we gathered in Chetnole Village Hall to commemorate the end of the First World War. Our local war-historian, Stan Darley and his team of helpers delivered a moving presentation of readings, poetry and song dedicated to marking the ending of a conflict that shattered a generation. The words of real people who had lived through it were spoken, interspersed with community singing of the songs of the period including Oh What a Lovely War, When This Lousy War is Over and It's a Long Way to Tipperary along with extracts from the works of poets and social commentators of the day; AE Housman, Rudyard Kipling etc, reflecting on the death and sadness that war brought. It was the story of the twenty one men from Chetnole who returned home from the war a century ago, reverting to civilian life and, in addition to this, of how the war changed the role of women in society for ever. At one point, as the name, number and rank of the twenty one were read out; a male member of the audience rose to their feet for each of those who returned - farm workers, railwaymen, blacksmith, carpenter going back to their quiet existences, seldom to speak again of their traumas in the Somme, Ypres and further afield. The women meanwhile spoke proudly of their new-found jobs; munitions workers, van drivers, butchers, transport workers and the extra money and independence that came with them as well as the loneliness that befell them when their men did not come home. It ended on a hopeful note; as we learned that many of the men who came home married their sweethearts and we all sang For Me and My Gal to end.

SSAFA worker, Sue Morgan gave an introduction to the evening explaining how the Armed Forces charity provides lifelong support to those who are serving, or who have ever served in the Royal Navy, Army or Air Force and their families and how last year they helped 57,000 people and the evening raised a fantastic ÂŁ400 for SSAFA . Stan and his helpers are extremely grateful to all those who supported the venture and we would like to thank Stan and his team for bringing to life the experiences of those who gave so much.

Liz Tebbatt PS After the event Sue said how very much SSAFA appreciates the huge generosity of Chetnole; she was amazed and very humbled; it really was such a wonderful and touching evening.

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CHETNOLE AND LEIGH HELD THEIR JOINT REMEMBRANCE SERVICE at St. Peter's this year. It was a lovely sunny morning and 106 adults and 20 children came to church to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the Armistice of 11th November 1918.

The names of the twenty-six men who died during WWI and the five during WWII, from the villages of Batcombe, Chetnole, Hermitage and Leigh, were read out. In excess of ÂŁ550 was collected for the Royal British Legion. We hope you had a chance to see the wonderful silhouettes in our church which were part of a nationwide art installation to commemorate 100 years since the end of the First World War and the lives and sacrifice of the fallen. As well, bells around the world rang out in unison at 12:30pm as they once did 100 years ago to mark the end of the First World War. A very memorable day.

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STOP PRESS Congratulations to the Wriggle Valley Magazine Editor, Bella Neate-Clegg. The Wriggle Valley Magazine (Dorset) has been voted 1st and Best Magazine Overall - in the A5 category. This is a nationwide competition and with over 400 entries. Well done Bella!

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR: All of us who write and contribute to our WVM wish all the Hermitage villagers and all our neighbouring villagers a very merry Christmas and a wonderful, healthy, successful and peaceful New Year.

CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT SERVICE Our Christmas service will be held on Christmas Eve with our usual Carols by Candlelight at 7pm. Everyone will be very welcome to join us.

NEW YEAR’S PARTY Remember the NEW YEAR’S Party at the Village Hall on Saturday 26th January. Two course dinner for just £8 in a fun and excellent evening. Christmas will be over, the New Year started and time to celebrate and relax with someone else doing the cooking!

Start at 7.30pm in the Hall. To reserve your place call Dave Whiteoak on 01963 210715

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.

PING-PONG: The table is at your disposal. Not for dogs but a good way to exercise without trudging through mud and battling storms and wind.

PCC MEETING Would anyone be prepared to help us out and come along to our PCC meetings which are only three meetings a year to take the minutes. You only need to be able to type! It would help us and our little church tremendously.

If you think you could please ring Liz on 01963 210392.

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s many will know we recently, very sadly, lost one of our most friendly of Leigh residents. John Vincent tragically died in mid-November.

John lived in Leigh with his late mother Doris and he was a familiar person in the village who always had a smile on his face. Our thoughts and prayers are with his brother David and the rest of the family at this very difficult time.

CHRISTMAS PARTY & SILENT DISCO Ever been to a Silent Disco? The first one EVER in the Wriggle Valley will be on Saturday 15th December. Tune-in on a pair of headphones to one of 2 or 3 channels and boogie to your own karaoke! Those not wanting to partake can relax and chat in peace while watching the other revellers! Tickets include a hot-dog or burger supper with mulled wine.

KIDS’ CHRISTMAS PARTY The day after the Silent Disco is the not-so-silent Kids’ Christmas Party! For your child’s visit to Santa you need to bring a wrapped, named present.

RIDE AND STRIDE Very many thanks come from the Ride and Stride Team in Leigh: Alaistair Cumming, Morag Orchard and the Dixon family, who are very pleased with Leigh’s response to their tiresome door-knocking in August and September to raise money for the Dorset Historic Churches Trust appeal. We now know that the total money raised was £1,465 and half has been refunded to the St Andrew’s Church Fabric Fund. In terms of funds raised last year Leigh was 6th out of 250 parishes, so can we make top-slot in 2019? Until next year then….!

60 YET? The Wriggle Valley Lunch Club is open to ALL residents over 60 of the Wriggle Valley villages. It’s in Leigh Village Hall on the third Tuesday of every month. Please think about joining – it’s very sociable and Judy Tuke reports that people don’t want to go home because they are enjoying themselves so much! (

BAG PACKING A request from Liz Turnbull: “The Friends of the Yeatman Hospital” is the Charity of the Year for Sainsburys in Sherborne. We are holding events every month until July 2019, so please look out for details on our website: https://friendsoftheyeatman.org.uk I am looking for volunteers to pack shopping at Sainsburys on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th December from 10am-2pm in 2 hour stints. If anyone is available please contact me on either 01935 873846 / text 07790 863518 or elizabethturnbull70@btinternet.com It should be FUN!!!Thank you SO much! Liz Turnbull

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY: Tuesday 4th December COMMUNITY COFFEE MORNING AND BRING & BUY; St Andrew’s Church, Leigh; 10.30am-12 - Christmas goodies on sale!

Saturday 8th December – “A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS” WITH THE STANCHESTER QUIRE – St Andrew’s Church, Leigh; 6.30pm Saturday 15th December – SILENT DISCO (CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR GROWN-UPS!) – LVH; 8pm–Midnight Sunday 16th December – “NATIVITY PLAY” in the Church by St Andrew’s School Wednesday Club; 10.15am Sunday 16th December – Children’s Christmas Party – LVH; 2.00–5.00pm Tuesday 18th December – WRIGGLE VALLEY LUNCH CLUB – LVH; 12.15pm Monday 24th December, CHRISTMAS EVE – FAMILY CAROL SERVICE in the Church; 6pm

Monday 24th December, CHRISTMAS EVE – MIDNIGHT MASS in the Church; 11.40pm Monday 31st December – WATCH NIGHT SERVICE to see-in the New Year 11.40pm…..

….2019!

Monday 14th January 2019 – MOVIOLA “MAMA MIA, HERE WE GO AGAIN!” – LVH; 7.30pm Tuesday 15th January – WRIGGLE VALLEY LUNCH CLUB – LVH; 12.15pm Saturday 26th January – POGLES WOOD, “VOLUNTEERS DAY”; 10am til exhausted!

Saturday 2nd February – POGLES WOOD, “GRAND OPENING” OF THE LOG CABIN *SAVE THE DATE* Saturday 20th July 2019 LEIGH FOOD FAIR AND CLASSIC CAR SHOW

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A COUPLE OF PHOTOS TO LOOK BACK AT REMEMBRANCE While on his travels in the Far East 22 yearold James Harris from Leigh visited the cemetery at Kanchanaburi, Thailand and placed a small cross on the grave of his great-great uncle, 2nd Lieutenant Graham Taylor from Ellon, Aberdeenshire. Graham died aged 36 on 10th February 1943 a year after his capture by the Japanese in Singapore in February 1942. He had been married for just two months.

On Sunday 11th November and to

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commemorate the end of WW1 in Leigh’ David Vincent was inspired to stack up a huge bonfire on the Miz Maze and set it alight at 5pm. Many villagers attended.

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At Leigh Village Hall

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CHETNOLE & LEIGH FUEL BUYING GROUP OIL GROUP LEIGH 17th JANUARY 2019 John Sandford ( 01935 872973

Doors (and Bar) open 7pm Doors (and Bar) open 7pm Ice Creams in the Interval Tickets Ice £6 onCreams the door orin from Leigh Village Shop the Interval https://www.leighvillage.org.uk/events/moviola/ Tickets £6 on the door or from Leigh Village

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LEIGH VILLAGE LOTTERY RESULT NOVEMBER 2018 1. No 152 T Cooke £40 2. No 83 D Fudge £20 3. No 102 T. Holder £10 4. No 17 L. Grose £ 5

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ST ANDREW'S CHURCH, LEIGH Following on from the dignity and grace of our joint Remembrance service at Chetnole, our Community Spirit Sunday service the following week was on the subject of "Peace". Many thanks to everyone who came and to everyone who provided the delicious lunch that followed. Someone recently asked about the ethics of people eating lunch in church but we are convinced that the church is there both as a place of worship and hospitality and as a place to serve the community. We see the lunch as fulfilling all these objectives.

December, as usual, is going to be very busy: On Tuesday 4th December we have our monthly COFFEE MORNING (10.30am to 12pm) and lots of Christmas goodies on sale On Saturday 8th December we are very pleased to present "A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS" featuring The Stanchester Quire - a celebration of Christmas music from the Victorian era - mulled wine, mince pies and hot roast chestnuts.

Do come and join us for: - MORNING PRAYER with NATIVITY our by a

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(Common Worship) at Monday 31st Dec 11.40pm

Tickets are ÂŁ10 (children FREE) and we start at 6.30pm.

Sunday 16th December at 10.15am we are having a special service when The Wednesday Club will be bringing their NATIVITY PLAY to our church - please come and support them.

Monday 24th December, Christmas Eve: Make sure you arrive in plenty of time to get a seat for our traditional family CAROL SERVICE at 6pm. At 11.40pm we have our MIDNIGHT CHRISTMAS COMMUNION SERVICE. Monday 31st December, New Year’s Eve: To finish the year at 11.40pm we will see in the New Year with a short WATCH NIGHT SERVICE. May we wish you all and your families a very happy and blessed Christmas time.

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A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS Saturday 8th December, St Andrew’s Church, Leigh The Victorian era saw a mass of inventions and innovations that were to bring enormous changes to society in Britain. There were also great changes both in the popular music of the time and in the music that people sang together in their churches.

This event will feature some of these really exciting developments in the use of harmony and rhythm in choral music.

Our guest performers will be the Stanchester Quire, led by our very own Eddie Upton. The choir specialises in music from the West Country - music that is rarely heard nowadays but which deserves a much wider airing. The evening will also feature some of the popular Christmas carols of the period - carols that we all still love singing and which we will all sing on the night.

During the interval there will be drinks and nibbles for everyone and Philippa is on the hunt for chestnuts to roast for us all.

Get your tickets from Brenda at the village shop or get in touch with me to reserve tickets.

Eddie Upton, 07813 089002 upton.eddie@gmail.com

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LUNCH CLUB

Ring Connie 01935 872946

12.30pm Tuesday 18 December bookings by 11th December

12.30pm Tuesday 15 January bookings by 8th January

CHRISTMAS MENU Starter: Smoked mackerel patĂŠ Main: Roast turkey and all the trimmings Pudding: Christmas pudding & cream + Tea/Coffee

NEW YEAR MENU Main: Cottage pie cabbage and leeks Pudding: Peasant pudding & ice cream + Tea/Coffee

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With everyone being so busy in the run up to Christmas it is hard to find time to make your own Christmas wreath. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to have something unique and hand crafted. Christmas Wreaths made by local Crafty Gals will be on sale at Bridge Stores from Monday 3rd December. .

If you have special ideas, designs or requests or just want to be sure of beating the rush then do order in advance from: Sue Fudge s.fudge054@btinternet.com or Michelle Read charlieandchell@hotmail.co.uk Please mark your emails Christmas wreaths

LEIGH PARISH COUNCIL By the time you are reading this, development of the first phase of the new Play Park site (adjacent to the Village Hall) will have begun; a final phase (embodying a slide) should be completed around this time next year. Congratulations to all on the Play Park committee who have done so much to bring the project this far, and who have also been so active in fund raising.

Funds set aside over the past four years for this purpose by the Parish Council, together with a grant from DCC’s ‘Section 106’ grant fund, have provided the remaining funding.

Users of Leigh parish’s footpaths will have noticed the ongoing gate-replacement programme and many of our footpaths are now much more accessible to those who may struggle negotiating traditional stiles.

Full details of the parish footpaths (approximately fifty) may be found under the ‘Our Village’ section on Leigh’s web site: www.leighvillage.org.uk While on the subject of our website, a sincere thank you to Russell Jepson for making it so useful, and keeping it up to date.

Your Parish Council consists of seven seats by election – details of present councillors are on the website. All seats are up for election in May next year. Notices regarding how to apply to stand for election to the Parish Council will be advertised in the local press and on Leigh’s website around March. If you are interested in contributing as such to our parish, why not talk to a councillor and stand for election?

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lease come and join us in our CANDLE LIT VICTORIAN CAROL SERVICE with Eddie Upton and his merry band on Sun 9th December at 6.30pm. Eddie would be particularly pleased if you were to dress in Victorian costume. Delicous wine and mince pies to follow.

MIDNIGHT SERVICE Dec 24th 11.30pm CHRISTMAS DAY FAMILY SERVICE 10.am RYME WINTER LUNCH OUTINGS Sue Footner is keen to revive the once a month winter lunches we had in the past, to a pub /restaurant, suggestions of places to go welcome, if you would like to join in please contact Sue on 873 610.

NEW YEAR VILLAGE WALK will be on Sun 6th January, meet at the triangle 10.30am. “off road footwear“ required. Dogs on leads welcome. Refreshments as usual.

Donations to Dogs for Good welcome VILLAGE MEETING After a short informative talk from Dr Rob Lewis on the pros & cons of having a defibrillator, it was decided that we would be better equipped to help in an emergency by having CPR lesson& a general 1st Aid course – time being of the key factor. Chairman to arrange.

WISHING EVERYONE HAPPY CHRISTMAS & A GREAT 2019

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he CENTENARY OF THE WW1 ARMISTICE saw many moving commemoration services and events. Before the moment passes, if you have a relative who fought in the Great War, or you have moved to the area and are just interested in the names on the memorials in Yetminster, Ryme or Beer Hackett an excellent book has just been produced. Glossy and highly readable, it documents the lives of those named on the memorials and also those who survived. A full description appears under “ Yetminster History Society” in the Club News further on.

HAPPY FIRST ANNIVERSARY TO GRACE AND STUART BARNETT. They came to the village as 8-year olds and, with a minor absence on Grace’s part of six years in Leigh, have lived here ever since. They were married at St. Andrew’s, October last year, by Richard Kirlew and have now been blessed with the arrival of baby Scarlett – now very much a local family (see photo to the left). Best wishes to all three of you.

The Big Dig at Cross Patch. The massive excavation and piles of rocks and soil have taken us all by surprise.

However it will all go back in place when the building work is completed. And if you thought there were bionic builders on site lifting enormous pink rocks, it was only polystyrene. They form the thermal base on which the building will stand. In fact all the building material is already on site – flat-pack, also polystyrene, which will be assembled like out-size lego bricks. Hopefully you will soon be seeing a new house emerging from the crater before your very eyes.

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Pedals, and poo (yet again). Alas, the complaints are still rolling in. This time in the Chapel Lane and Bower Court area. A small dog (judging from the size of its calling cards) is fouling the area. It’s not only dog owners but also cyclists are causing trouble, hurtling along the pavements in the same area.

One such, described as a “male but immature adult”, nearly floored a woman recently. He may have been swerving to avoid the dog poo (who knows?) but he should not have been riding there at all.

Let’s return to a more cheerful theme. Local residents Sarah Pring and Adrian Clarke are taking time off from their professional opera singing to entertain us to help raise funds for the church restoration. Joined by two fellow operatic professionals they will be putting on an entertainment Beethoven to Bing - at St. Andrew’s Church, December 15. Consisting of favourites from the classical repertoire through to popular Christmas ballads it looks like being a good evening. Watch out for the adverts and posters.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR READERS.

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YETMINSTER DEFIBRILLATOR - latest. The village defibrillator has been ordered and we are awaiting delivery details.

Electrical work which is being carried out for free by Paul Chidley from PC Electricals will be started next week. We are well under way with our fund raising for a second defibrillator in the village at a location to be discussed. We await details of a grant applied for by Natalie Lafferty from the Parish Council. Lower Covey Nursery are kindly raising funds at their Carol Service and we are grateful to the Fundraising Race Night in the White Hart Yetminster Health Centre who have donated their takings at the flu jab programme. We have also had a donation from the Spar which makes this a real village activity. Very exciting!

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ST ANDREW’S CHURCH NEWS Advent, Christmas and Epiphany.... This is one of the busiest seasons in the Church year and we have lots of Services, plus a wonderful CHRISTMAS CONCERT, AND OUR COMMUNITY CAROL SERVICE will take place back in the church at the earlier time of 4.30pm, on Sunday 16th December.

We start the run up to Christmas with our ADVENT SERVICE on Sunday 2ⁿd December at 11 am. The night before on Saturday 1st December, MALCOLM GUITE returns with his popular readings of poetry and prose at the Methodist Church starting at 7.30pm.

John Summers will be leading children and oranges in a CHRISTINGLE SERVICE at 11am on Sunday 9th December, when all children and families are especially welcome at this service which will include making and parading traditional Christingles, with seasonal refreshments afterwards.

A magical Evening of festive songs entitled 'FROM BACH TO BING' will take

place at St Andrews Church on Saturday 15th December at 7pm, with soloists from Covent Garden. Tickets are £10 from the Spar and Gallery, and children under 12 go free.

Mince pies and wine included!

The COMMUNITY CAROL SERVICE returns to the church this year, with our Christmas Choir including children from St Andrew’s Primary School choir. All other Services are in the 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.

The choir will also be taking part in an Epiphany Service of choral evensong at Bradford Abbas on Sunday 6th January at 4pm.

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

Your Churchwardens David Gould and Clare Lindsay.

A MAGICAL EVENING OF FESTIVE SONG FROM BACH TO BING! SATURDAY 15th DECEMBER 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm

COVENT GARDEN SOLOISTS WITH A LOCAL TWIST Susannah Groome Sarah Pring Jon Valender Adrian Clarke Accompanied by Elizabeth Marcus

WINE AND MINCE PIES ST ANDREW’S CHURCH, YETMINSTER Tickets £10 from Old School Gallery Café, The White Hart & Spar (all in Yetminster) or David Gould on 01935 873814 In aid of St Andrew’s Church Restoration Fund

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FOLLY FARM, THORNFORD ROAD, YETMINSTER Members of the Parish Council attended the WDDC Planning Committee’s meeting on the 15th November where Burrington’s application to develop the two fields adjacent to Stonyacres and St Andrews Church of England Primary School was being considered.

Geoffrey Goater, the Chairman of the Parish Council, outlined the various concerns it has in relation to the revised scheme and, in particular, the proposed three storey block of flats in the North East Corner of the site. He was supported by arguments from District Councillors Lawrence and Legg and from a further member of the Planning Committee.

A late proposal by the Parish Council to reduce the height to two storeys by discarding the top two flats was not accepted by the Committee and consent was given by a majority vote.

Work is expected to start in the new year once various constructional details have been finalised. The Parish Council will endeavour to ensure that the developer liaises with the school and nearby residents to minimise the impact of the construction.

We are grateful to both the District Councillors for their support, and for the efforts of its Planning Consultant who we know shares our disappointment at the decision.

Y&RI Parish Council Planning Subgroup

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NEWS FROM YETMINSTER COMMUNITY PROJECT Our NEW YEAR QUIZ will be on Friday 25th January, 7 for 7.30pm in the Jubilee Hall. It will be in our tried and tested format: bring your own banquet and booze, and enjoy a light-hearted quiz set

by Harvey, Simon and team. It’s Burns Night, but kilts are optional. Tickets are available to reserve now at £5 per person, with a maximum of 6 per team, from ycp873@gmail.com Our next Artsreach event will be on Friday 22ⁿd March, when we will have a concert by the Mela Guitar Quartet, a very accomplished group of four young musicians who have played at various prestigious venues including the Wigmore Hall, and on BBC Radio. There will be more details in the next issue, but tickets can be reserved by email now.

COFFEE & CAKE will continue over the winter, on the first Wednesday each month, 10 –11.30am in the Jubilee Hall with a particularly festive CHRISTMAS COFFEE ‘N’ CAKE on 5th December, see poster on p31. It’s a lively and sociable event much enjoyed by all who come.

Make a donation to charity, and enjoy as much coffee and cake as you want! We have given over £1200 so far to a wide

range of charities including St. Margaret’s Hospice, Dogs Trust, Shelter Box, Water Aid, Parkinson’s UK, Macmillan and Julia’s House. December’s event is on Wednesday 5th December, and next month it will be Wednesday 2ⁿd January.

Proceeds from our events are distributed in the form of grants to local organisations. This year we have already 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.

Ray Drewett

THE WHITE HART

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TOILET TWINNING Some time last year I visited Fontmell Magna’s Village Hall. On going into the Ladies I was intrigued to see a notice announcing that this toilet was twinned with one in the Third World.

I made some enquiries and was directed to the website of the Charity responsible - www.toilettwinning.org.

Toilet Twinning is a charity with the stated aim of “Saving lives one toilet at a time”.

“For just a £60 donation, you can twin your loo with an impoverished family’s household latrine, in a country of your choosing. Your smallest room becomes the proud owner of a certificate, complete with a colour photo of its twin and GPS coordinates so you can look up your twin on Google Maps.”

What a fabulous idea!

A couple of facts from the website: ●1 in 3 people across the world don’t have somewhere safe to go to the toilet. Bad sanitation is one of the world’s biggest killers: it hits women, children, old and sick people hardest. Every minute, a child under the age of five dies because of dirty water and poor sanitation. Around half the people in the world have an illness caused by bad sanitation. ●Providing people with clean water and basic sanitation is one of the most costeffective ways to release people from poverty: for every £1 spent on water and sanitation, more than £5 is returned through saved time, increased productivity and reduced health costs.

Inspired by this scheme I approached the Yetminster

Jubilee Hall Committee, and I am delighted to say that they have agreed to twin the Hall toilet if I can raise the necessary £60.

The Plan.

Many people in Yetminster know that my son Toby and I run Moviola, the community cinema network. What they probably don’t know is that we have a personal collection of over 1000 DVDs – comedies, thrillers, dramas and arthouse gems, all catalogued.

I would like to put this underused resource to a good purpose, so I propose to start a lending library. For a suggested donation of £2 people can borrow a DVD for up to 2 weeks. They will undertake to return it in good time and in good condition.

That’s it.

We hope this will enable people to watch films they may have missed or just want to see again, while knowing that they are supporting a truly worthwhile cause.

Christina Walkley christina.walkley@moviola.org

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YETMINSTER AND RYME INTRINSECA PARISH COUNCIL Chairman’s Blog Evening All As I’m writing this I’m reflecting on where October went! October seems to have gone by in a bit of a blur. We had four things exercising our minds – the appointment of a new Parish Clerk, the budget for 2019/20, County reorganisation and planning for Folly Farm. Three of these are ongoing, but I’m pleased to report that the budget for 2019/20 was agreed at the last council meeting. I’m even more pleased to say that there will be a small decrease in the precept. We decided however to keep a sensible maintenance amount as we still have no knowledge of what if any extra maintenance we will have to take on after West Dorset District Council disappears next year. A slight worry on the horizon - Town and Parish Councils will now be liable for part of the costs of local elections. Previously this has been funded centrally and we need to find out what this liability may mean to us.

We will be sorry to see our current Parish Clerk, Mrs Vickers leave us at the end of the year However the good news is that we have had some strong applications to assume Carinna’s mantle including a village resident, which is heartening. We expect to have held interviews by the time you read this and hope to make an appointment to announce at the December meeting, although the timescale for this is tight. We wish Carinna well and once again thank her very much for her services over many years There have been some really good events in the village over the past month. Thanks to YCP, there was a one-man show by Pip Utton acting out the life of Shakespeare, painting exhibitions at The Gallery and we’ve just been to an Armistice commemoration with Major Nick Speakman and Bonny Sartin

Yetminster in the snow - Simon Eadon

which stirred every emotion. Do watch out for events in the magazine and on the website and go and support them if you can, they really are the cement that helps hold the village together. Apart from Council stuff, I’ve managed to fit in a couple of days apple picking at Tintinhull and Barrington for National Trust apple juice and cider (good stuff !), some morris events, The Italian Job, Jo Burt and a significant milestone of blood doning sessions. Phew !

Thanks again to Blanche and Alex at the White Hart who have quite tirelessly championed and fund raised for a defibrillator for the village. At the Parish Meeting in Ryme during the week it was emphasised that the most effective way to help someone in cardiac arrest is to dial 999 and start CPR immediately while waiting for the defibrillator to arrive – this indicates that we should arrange CPR training sessions. For discussion at the December meeting.

Looking forward to the Fair AGM at the end of November. I understand that the Fair raised enough money this year to support many local associations. Many thanks to everyone involved and a special thank you to Barbara Driver who has been active in helping organise the Fair over the past 27 or so years.

That’s a real achievement.

Finally, I hope everyone has a safe and Happy Christmas. See you in 2019.

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NOVEMBER PROGRESS REPORT The Steering NEIGHBOURHOOD Group is continuing PLAN. to work on the plan and is now beginning to produce the various appendices and supporting documents that are needed. An area that we are to revisit is whether we need to develop a strategy and policy for sustainable energy. Several Neighbourhood Plans have these, and we realise that over the life of the plan it is an issue that will become even more important.

Additionally, a small working group has spent some time in analysing a number of Neighbourhood Plans that have been both approved and rejected at the examination stage, the intention being to come up with a check list for us to use, which will hopefully, prevent later problems at the final submission stage.

Our Draft Consultation Statement has also now been produced. This document is required by the legislation and is intended to show how we use information to engage with the community.

PARISH WEBSITE We are undertaking a number of changes to the website to enable it to be used as a source of information for the community. As well as being able to find out information on the Parish Council it has a wealth of other information that it is felt may be useful for people to have access to.

For instance, it has information about road closures and severe weather warnings, emergency contacts and links, details about the NORDCAT Community Bus Service and pull-down menus allowing access to

We have now written to all the landowners offering them the chance to explain their proposals to the Steering Group. It is hoped that we will have met all those who want to do this by the end of November and this will enable us to complete our assessments of the various sites.

Under the regulations the Parish Council are required to arrange a consultation on the draft of the Neighbourhood Plan – the pre-submission document – once the outstanding work has been completed. This will provide an opportunity for people to comment on the proposals before the document is finalised for submission to the District Council. It is hoped to be able undertake this exercise in February or early March.

As well as using the Neighbourhood Plan Pages on the Parish Website, we also have our own standalone website (YRNIP.net) and our Neighbourhood Plan Facebook page now has 75 ‘friends’ and Anne King continues to help us with this for which we are grateful.

Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group

information on both Village and Business services.

We have also recently added our “What’s on this Week” listings to the Welcome Page and access to the Village Facebook and Flood Watch pages on the Village Notice Board.

So, do have a look yetminsterparishes.gov.uk/gs – and see what’s there.

If we can add something let us know through the contact page Webmaster, YRIPC

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NEWS FROM BEER HACKETT SEASONS GREETINGS CAROL SERVICE 20th December at 6:30pm.

We will be joined this year by Eddie Upton and choir from Folk South West and Kathy Smyth from the Trinity Entertainers. We will also hear for the first time a new carol “Old Bearhaggerd” composed and accompanied by our own organist, Richard Mentern. With the usual festive refreshments to follow we look forward to a lovely service.

Come, share and enjoy our anticipation as Christmas approaches.

Our CHRISTMAS DAY family communion service will be at 9:30am.

SEASONS GREETINGS also from the canine community of Beer Hackett! We welcome visiting dogs and their owners who may be using our wonderful footpaths but very kindly remind them that leaving any ‘presents’ - wrapped or unwrapped - is not acceptable, particularly in our graveyard.

BEER HACKETT REMEMBERS at our small remembrance service last month – the Vicar mentioned three other names as well as Harry Burridge who were lost and associated with the village and so I thought it fair to broaden the reference as follows: His story is told below.

Beer Hackett is very grateful to Parish Councillor Ian Morgan from Thornford for his generosity in donating a WW1 Soldier silhouette to the hamlet to join those already displayed in many towns and villages. This has provided a particular focal point this year, to remember Harry Burridge and all those other fallen in the Great War and the many conflicts since.

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ear Friends, Year after year Christians have patiently been spreading the fact that, to quote the vernacular, ‘Jesus is the reason for the season’. We have campaigned tirelessly through the media to raise the awareness of folk to what Christmas is truly about – what one of the core beliefs of the faith really means.

Well, I don’t know about you, but I think that there has been a glimmer of a change. If we take note of the newspapers, journalists tell us that Christianity is beginning to be listened to by the secular manufacturers. They now acknowledge that there is more than a passing interest. Am I being cynical?

Well perhaps not. ‘Christmas’ has not been on sale quite so early this year and I know that my questioning of this with various shops has produced a change of view.

So, what are we to make of it all?

Perhaps the true message of Christmas has in the many years past percolated through into the lives of ordinary people, as it did all those years ago – people are again searching for that Christmas message in a world of uncertainty,

hatred and violence. But despite that, it is not a message of ‘old hat’ - it is as alive, vigorous and applicable today as it ever was! The story of God’s son, coming to earth in humility as a baby born in a stable and yet treated as a king and worshipped by shepherd and magi alike. That person then becomes for us the servant king, to die on the cross, rise from the dead, ascend to his Father and be the promise of salvation for us all! What a story. That is the true meaning behind all of the turkey, tinsel and Christmas pud! A story that is really beginning to change lives. In the great Christmas gospel from St. John, Chapter 1, we hear in verse 5 that, ‘the light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it’.

I wonder, just wonder, if ‘the darkness’ actually beginning to understand it after all. Perhaps we all need to let that light into our hearts so that we too can help it spread.

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THREE VALLEYS TEAM services for Dec 2018 The Benefice Church Services for April For complete list see: go to December 2018

SUNDAY 2ⁿd SUNDAY 9th

SUNDAY 16th

ADVENT SUNDAY

2ⁿd SUNDAY OF ADVENT 10.15am CW Holy Communion 9.30am BCP Holy Communion

3rd SUNDAY OF 4th SUNDAY OF CHRISTMAS ADVENT ADVENT EVE 3pm Children's Carols

11am CW Holy Communion

11am CW Morning Service

6pm Carol Service

BATCOMBE BEER HACKETT

BRADFORD ABBAS

6.30pm CW Evening Prayer

LEIGH

6pm BCP Evensong

RYME INTRINSECA

9.30am CW Holy Communion

6pm Christmas Service 10.15am 8.30am BCP Morning Prayer Holy with Nativity Communion

6.30pm Carol Service

THORNFORD

4pm Christingle

YETMINSTER

11am CW Family Communion

8am BCP Holy Communion 9.30am Morning Service 11am Christingle

CH D 10 Ch Co 9.

Ch Fa Co 11 Ch Co

11.30pm CW 9.

Midnight Mass Ch Fa 7pm Carols by Candlelight

10.15am Morning Prayer

HILFIELD

MONDAY 24th TU

4.30pm Nativity and Carols

8am BCP Holy Communion

CHETNOLE HERMITAGE

SUNDAY 23rd

3pm Carol Service

9.30am CW Holy Communion

9.30am CW

9.30am CW

Holy Communion Holy 4.30pm Communion Carol Service (in the church)

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6pm Crib Service and Carols 11.40pm 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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UESDAY 25th SUNDAY 30th

HRISTMAS DAY 0.15am CW hristmas ommunion .30am CW hristmas amily ommunion 1am CW hristmas ommunion

1st SUNDAY of CHRISTMAS

6th

13th

20th

EPIPHANY

BAPTISM OF CHRIST 10.15am CW Holy Communion 9.30am BCP Matins

3rd SUNDAY OF 4th SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY EPIPHANY 10.15am CW Holy Communion

4pm BCP BENEFICE Choral Evensong

11am CW Morning Service

8am BCP Holy Communion

.45am hristmas amily Service

8am BCP Holy Communion (4pm BCP BENEFICE Choral Evensong at Bradford Abbas)

(4pm BCP BENEFICE Choral Evensong at Bradford Abbas)

0am hristmas amily Service .30am hristmas amily Service

0am CW hristmas amily ommunion

10am CW Holy Communion

27th

9.30am Family Service 9.30am CW Holy Communion

10.15am CW Holy Communion

9.30am CW Holy Communion

10.15am CW 8.30am BCP Morning Prayer Holy Communion

6.30pm BCP Evensong

8am BCP Holy Communion 9.30am CW Holy Communion

9.30am 8am BCP 8am BCP Epiphany Holy Holy Family Service Communion Communion 9.30am 11am CW Morning Family Service Communion 11am CW 9.30am CW 9.30am CW Family Morning Prayer Choral Holy Communion Communion

9.30am CW Holy Communion

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Tuesdays 4th, 11th and 18th December 11am MEDITATIVE EUCHARIST FOR ADVENT at Yetminster Church with John Summers. refreshments afterwards All are welcome at a special

BENEFICE EVENSONG FOR EPIPHANY at 4pm 6th January 2019 at St Mary’s Church Bradford Abbas, sung by a choir assembled from benefice churches. The Responses are by the wonderful Tudor composer William Smith and the Canticles by Stanford (his much-loved setting in B flat). The anthem is by Mendelssohn and the hymns will be seasonal and familiar. It will be one hour very well spent, with seasonal refreshments afterwards

Extra Christmas Services December 2018 THURSDAY

13th 6pm

Yetminster School KS2 Carol Service YETMINSTER CHURCH

WEDNESDAY 19th 9.30am

School End of Term Service

BRADFORD ABBAS CHURCH

WEDNESDAY 19th 9.30am

School Carol Service

THORNFORD CHURCH

WEDNESDAY 19th 9.30am

School End of Term Service

YETMINSTER CHURCH

THURSDAY

Carol Service

BEER HACKETT CHURCH

Carol Service Carol Service

CHETNOLE CHURCH CHETNOLE CHURCH

Carol Service

BEER HACKETT CHURCH

Christmas Service

HILFIELD CHURCH

WATCH SERVICE

LEIGH CHURCH

20th 6.30pm

THURSDAY 20th WEDNESDAY 20th THURSDAY

21st

SATURDAY

23rd

MONDAY

31st

6.30pm 6.30pm 6.30pm 6pm 11.40pm

Extra & Weekday Services Dec 2018/ Jan 2019 Mondays 3rd, 10th & 17th DEC 6pm Every in JAN 2019 Tuesday 1st in month 10am

Thursday 1st in month NOT IN JAN 2019

Compline Lower Covey Toddlers' Service

2.30pm Holy Communion

YETMINSTER CHURCH YETMINSTER CHURCH

LEIGH, Old Vicarage

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NEWS FROM THE METHODIST CHURCH

F

irstly, a word of introduction. Very sadly, The Rev’d Mike John – the minister of the Methodist Church appointed to the Yeovil section (which includes Yetminster) of the family of churches we refer to in our terminology as the Circuit, has had to take early retirement on health grounds. Mike and Elaine, who is known to many through her work as School Secretary at Thornford, have now moved to Yorkshire.

I, a long since retired minister, have agreed to take pastoral responsibility for our loyal, faithful congregation in the village for the next year until a new minister is appointed.

As you read this in early December you won’t need reminding that in the commercial world preparations for Christmas are well under way. Shops have long since filled their shelves with all sorts of stock geared up for the Christmas season. Christmas decorations are to be seen in all sorts of places on what seems an ever increasingly early schedule.

To use a phrase borrowed from the other side of the Atlantic – “it is what it is”.

The first Sunday of December coincides this year with the beginning of the Christian season of Advent. Our perspective is very different from much of what is going on around us.

Advent is our season of preparation for the good news of God’s incredible love and concern for the world expressed in the Incarnation. To quote that gifted Anglican poet and hymn writer, Charles Wesley, “Our God contracted to a span, incomprehensively made man.”

As well as our personal preparation there is also a wider perspective. One of the themes that runs through the life of the Church is that of light. It is, of course, no coincidence that Christmas comes at the very darkest time of the year. All our Christmas illuminations remind us that the One who is the light of the world comes to bring light and

love, joy and peace both to individuals – you and me – and to the world as a whole. As John in the prologue to his Gospel puts it “The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has never put it out”.

And beyond Christmas, on into the New Year with all its potential and exciting possibilities. Part of our tradition is to mark the New Year with a special Service called the Covenant Service. We celebrate God’s gracious Covenant with his people which goes back centuries into the pages and peoples of the Old Testament but then made clear in Jesus. We make the Covenant our own with our commitment to God for all that lies ahead.

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General News YOUR WRIGGLE VALLEY MAGAZINE IS SIMPLY THE BEST!!!

Yes, it’s official. The WVM has been awarded first prize in the 2018 National Parish Magazine Awards. Hurrah!!

According to the judges the standard of entries this year was the highest ever. Out of over 400 entries our magazine achieved first place in the A5 category.

It’s a great tribute to the work of Bella Neate-Clegg and her team. The layout and design, the eye-catching graphics and images, and the printed material all have to be put together against challenging deadlines. Month after month a high quality magazine that is interesting to read and attractive to look to at always gets delivered.

A Great Big Congratulations and Well Done!!!

Jazz Cafés are Back We have an exciting lineup of artists for 2019’s Jazz Café series with four new bands and one ‘back by popular demand’. Café style seating with licenced bar – a great night out!

The season kicks off with The Gatsby Gang on 19th January at 7.30pm front lined

by Rachael Roberts (see more on p9).

February(16th) sees the return of Petites Annonces (hot club de Paris); March (16th) The Schmoozenbergs (featuring the amazing bass playing of Ron Phelan – remember him?). April (19th) Zoe Schwartz Blues Commotion and May (18th) The Daisy Bowlers (great fun!). BOOK THE DATES IN YOUR DIARIES! Join us for a great evening to cheer up these dark evening. Tickets £10 from Ian Lingwood 872998 or John Head 873555. wrigglevalleymagazine.co.uk

POWER OF PERFORMING Christmas Workshop Festive fun workshop for ages five to 15 on Saturday 15th December 2018 10am 4pm at Leigh Village Hall.

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The session will be exploring songs and dance routines from various Christmas musicals and movies such as, Elf, The Grinch, Anastasia, Polar Express and The Nightmare Before Christmas. There will be drama activities, sketches and games that will allow your child to acquire some basic skills in improvisation, devising, miming, physical theatre and script work whilst encouraging and exploring their own creativity and ideas. These workshops are constructed with an emphasis on developing each child’s confidence and communication skills on and off the stage, encouraging team work and creating original material whilst most importantly having a lot of fun in a safe and stimulating environment.

For cost, further information and bookings please contact Amy Parker amygfellow@gmail.com 07969812069 Places must be pre-booked by 8th December - spaces will be allocated on a first come first served basis due to limited capacity.

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WRIGGLE VALLEY LUNCH CLUB Have you recently marked a birthday of three score? In other words: Are you now over 60?

If you live in Leigh, Chetnole, Batcome, Hermitage or Hilfield you should join the WRIGGLE VALLEY LUNCH CLUB.

£6 per person, Leigh Village Hall at 12.15pm on the third Tuesday of every month Freshly cooked, two-course lunch plus tea and coffee and lots of chat equals FUN! (Annual membership: £2) For more information please ring Connie Wallis 01935 872946 VOLUNTEER HELPERS ALSO WELCOME

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CHRISTMAS OPENING HOURS CHRISTMAS EVE OPEN Mon 24th CHRISTMAS DAY CLOSED Tues 25th CLOSED BOXING DAY Wed 26th Thurs 27th BACK TO NORMAL Tues 1st Jan NEW YEAR’s Day CLOSED We would also like to ask patients repeat ordering are who prescriptions from us ready for the

festive period, to request items by Monday 10th December. It is a busy time for our Dispensary team and this will allow them to order items and get them ready in good time. Please allow 48 hours (two complete working days, not including weekends) for prescriptions to be processed.

Marcus Pawson, Practice Manager

THE BOYLE’S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION The October meeting of the Boyle’s Educational Foundation always meets to discuss the annual awarding of grants to local young people and Hannah Nat from Chetnole organisations centred from Leigh around the youth in the three villages of Chetnole, Leigh and Yetminster.

This year the Trust awarded grants to fourteen individuals studying a diverse range of subjects from Care apprenticeships, medicine and engineering to drama, Eva from Yetminster Callum from Chetnole drawing and journalism.

Although all are local residents, the students are studying as far afield as Alabama, USA or as close as The Old Vicarage.

We wish them well in their studies.

Only one request was received from a local group and the Trustees were pleased to support the local Guiding Groups in their purchase of books to help deliver the new badge scheme.

We appreciate all your thank you letters and learning how you are going to spend your grant which even included the purchase of a stethoscope!

Judy Gallimore, Clerk to Boyle’s Educational Foundation

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The Cubs have been very busy over the past few months and have welcomed some new Cubs to the Pack together with two new Leaders, Lewis who has taken on the role of Cub Section Leader and Ollie who has taken on the role of Assistant Section Leader.

The cubs have been working hard on several of their badges including their Gardener badge, Athletics badge, navigators badge and conservation work at the wooded area of St Andrew's CE Primary School.

Several of the older cubs across the District took part in a team building challenge day including sixers and seconders from our Pack, they had great fun taking part in a wide range of activities and closed the day with a singsong around the campfire.

The cubs have also been busy in the Village assisting the Scouts to clean up the phone box by the Vets on the High Street, they hope to paint this soon and return it to its original splendour ready for its new use.

In late October, thirteen of our Cubs joined 100 other Cubs from across the district to take part in several fun activities over two days, for a number of them it was their first time away from home but they had great fun climbing, tunnelling, quad biking, high swing and similar other exciting challenges. The weather was bitterly cold but that did not put them off having a fun time.

Most recently the Cubs together with the Beavers and Scouts took part in the 100 Year Remembrance Service at St Andrew's Church, Yetminster and laid a Wreath they had all helped to make.

It has been an amazing few months and we have many new exciting things to look forward to on the lead up to Christmas."

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This year’s panto, ‘PUSS IN BOOTS’, is yet again full of lots of quirky characters such as fairies, ogres and magical cats.

Join Jack and his cat on his quest to seek his fortune and to save the princess from the Ogre Grimgrab. You are guaranteed an outing of fun and entertainment with lots of lively music to sing along to and scenes that will have you chuckling in your seats.

The tale begins in the village of MuchRabbiting-On-The-Dale where the King, Wally The Once, and the Queen, Wendy The Won’t, announce they are looking for a rich suitor to marry their daughter, but the princess doesn’t want to just marry anybody, she wants to marry for love. Puss and his magical boots help Jack to convince the King and Queen that he is The Marquis of Carabas and is the perfect suitor for their daughter. Everybody is full of joy and celebration, but not for long when the Ogre gate crashes their engagement party and demands the princess marries him. The Ogre attempts to have the princess kidnapped from her chambers by Jack’s incapable brothers, Jasper and Jethro, and as you can imagine things don’t go quite to plan! Can Jack save the princess from the Ogre? Will they all find out that he is not the Marquis of Carabas and just a poor miller’s boy.... or his he?

BRAINS OF THE BENEFICE To those who formed up to the Brains of the Benefice: Thank you.To those who didn’t: Bad Luck for you missed a special evening!

Ten teams contested an interesting quiz based on a century or multiples of ten. Celia Brayfield who acted as the ‘Quizess’ led the

Come and see for yourselves on 7.30pm Thursday 24th& Friday 25th and 2.30 and 7.30pm Saturday 26th January 2019.

Tickets, adults £7, children under 16, £4 available from the box office 07970 819861 and Bridge Garage, Leigh.

Brighten up a dull January evening by joining us for fun and frolics.

teams through a maze of subjects and to everyone’s amazement we had a tie at the final fence. Gordon Ratcliffe’s team of Artificial Intelligence versus Frances Moule’s Hexaponder team from Yetminster. Celia’s award winning tie breaking question was correctly answered by the Artificial Intelligence team who collected the Owl Trophy and a case of wine to celebrate their victory. Their joy could be short lived for they will set the Quiz next year.

My thanks to Celia for her ‘research’, to Bob Owen for his wise counsel and to Liz on the laptop.

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and we are busy tackling some of the work inside - Fingers crossed! Keep your eyes on our FB page for news and photos.

We are hoping to hold OUR GRAND OPENING on Saturday 2nd of February so keep and eye out for details of that VOLUNTEERS DAY - to help kick start your New Year’s resolutions and to help work off some of the Christmas excesses you could come and help us at our VOLUNTEERS DAY on Saturday 26th January. There will be brambles to bash, things to build and mend and plenty of tea, cake and good humour. In addition you will get a first look at the new cabin. We usually start at 10am and finish when we have had enough. Junior Volunteers (age 7+) are welcome to come with or without families but please let me know in advance so I can have suitable jobs, tools etc and enough POGLES WOOD EXPLORERS supervision.

The Autumn colours have been WOODLAND WEDNESDAY Our 20th fabulous this year and we have been Woodland Wednesday was on 28th doing lots of clearing ready for the next November and was the last session for phase of our exciting project. We have 2018. WOODLAND WEDNESDAYS are had our last school visits of the year (as sessions are for accompanied pre-school far as we know!) but are already taking children; 12noon til 3pm. £5 per child bookings for next year. and bring a picnic lunch. Look out for We had a really lovely week of holiday 2019 dates in the next magazine. club at October half term with epic POGLES PARTIES - We have a few dens, bread baked on the fire and plenty bookings for next year so do please think of conker soap! about having a special celebration with HOLIDAY CLUB us, especially as we will soon have an The next holiday club will be indoor space to retreat to if the February half term Monday 18th weather is bad.

Friday 22nd. It seems a long way away Have a wonderful Christmas and now, but please book as soon as you can. sparkling New Year with lots of crisp and By the time you read this it may be cheerful outdoor walks! that our log cabin has been assembled Philippa Toulson For more info. Email: philippa.toulson@gmail.com or web:www.pogleswoodexplorers.org.uk/what-we-do/education

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Just a reminder to everyone that our A.G.M. is on Wednesday evening, the 28th November at 7.30 p.m. in the Trim Room. We will be presenting cheques to about twelve organisations in the local area to whom we have been able to make grants. This comes after a very successful Fair in 2018. Everyone is welcome to come along and perhaps offer their help in running next year’s Fair.

I am standing down as Chair having reached a significant age but we have someone who is willing to take up the post from me. I have enjoyed being a part of the Fair as I think it is important to keep up this tradition. It makes for a lively day - a chance to meet up with friends and have a

wander around and take in a cream tea.

Plus it gives us the opportunity to help young and old by giving grants to worthwhile applicants every year.

So do continue to support this ancient Charter Fair granted back in the 13th century.

HELP WITH KEEPING WARM THIS WINTER Are you or anyone you know eligible for the Warm Home Discount?

This is a government scheme that provides help with energy costs for people who are on a low income or receive certain means tested benefits. If you’re eligible and your energy supplier is part of the scheme you will have £140 taken off your bill.

Many people will receive the discount automatically without having to apply. This will be the case if, on 8th July 2018, you were receiving the Guarantee element of Pension Credit, your energy supplier was part of the scheme and you or your partner’s name was on the energy bill. Customers who meet these criteria should receive a letter by 7th December giving details of their application and what to do next.

If you don’t receive the discount automatically but you are on a low income or

in receipt of benefits it is worth finding out whether you might be eligible. Not all energy suppliers are part of the scheme so the first thing to do is to check that your supplier offers the discount. If they do you should make an application as soon as possible because there are a limited number of discounts available.

Also different suppliers have different rules about who is eligible and the deadlines for applications.

If you find you are with a supplier that doesn’t offer the discount you may want to consider switching to a supplier that does.

For help with switching visit the Citizens Advice energy switching tool at energycompare.citizensadvice.org.uk If you need advice or help on this or any other problem call Citizens Advice on 0344 2451291. If needed an appointment can be made to see an adviser at Sherborne CAB, the Manor House, Newland, DT9 3JL. Alternatively visit www.citizensadvice.org.uk or our local website www.westdorsetcab.org.uk

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50 club NOVEMBER 2018 DRAW 1st £50 No. 1 Mrs. L. Clothier 2nd £30 No. 22 Mr. E. Pennington 3rd £20 No. 25 Mr. J. Price

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ROYAL BRITISH LEGION POPPY APPEAL - CHETNOLE, RYME INTRINSECA &YETMINSTER COLLECTION RESULTS. Alban Roinard

As the dust settles on the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the Armistice ending the Great War and as Danny Boyle's faces in the sand fade away to the incoming tides, I can report on a most successful result for our area appeal. All our collectors reported generous donations in our villages and we have finished with what in my time is a record amount The face of Captain Edward 'Teddy' Hain in the sand at Porthmeor collected. House to house collections in Chetnole netted £560.48 with said that the profit from the event would an additional £40 being gift aided so a big be shared between the winners of the quiz thank you to Chetnole.

Ryme and and the Royal British Legion Poppy appeal.

Yetminster house to house collections In the event, the winners, the Foster raised £1660.15 with a further £300 being Partridge Team “Faux Pas” gave the whole gift aided. Not only the of their winnings to the British legion. What house to house an amazing gesture! Thank you Jack and collections but also all. events and personal Finally, St Andrew’s church gave a c o n t r i b u t i o n s wonderful amount from the collection on helped swell the Sunday. Thanks to you all. In total I have coffers. In Chetnole, today banked £3367.63. This does not Bella Neate-Clegg's include, the Austrian schillings, the French beautifully knitted francs, the euros, US nickel, the 10 old 5p poppies raised a pieces. It does include the nine old pound significant sum coins! What fun we have counting! while in Yetminster Anyway, thanks to all. And remember, the a most successful need for the Royal British Legion does not quiz evening in the go away. If nothing else does, the INVICTUS White Hart games reminds us that there are people out organised by Blanche there who need a helping hand and thanks and Alex got us a big to all our donations the Royal British Legion boost. Blanche had is there to help. Thank you all, very generously Aubone Pyke Poppy Appeal Organiser.

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SCOUTS AND GIRL GUIDES COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY OF THE END OF WW1 1st Leigh Rainbows, 1st Leigh Brownies, 1st Yetminster Guides and 1st Yetminster Rangers represented GirlGuiding in the Wriggle Valley at the service of Remembrance at Chetnole Church today. They presented their beautifully decorated pebbles at the service. Some pebbles had the names of the fallen, whilst others had messages recognising the sacrifices that had been made.

The Yetminster Cubs and Scouts also made a commemorative display..we were certainly very proud of them all and their thoughtfulness.

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2018 ROYAL BRITISH LEGION POPPY APPEAL – HERMITAGE, HILFIELD, BATCOMBE AND LEIGH A huge thank you to all those who gave so generously via our band of local collectors. And an equally heartfelt thank you to all those that did the collecting: Kerry Staughan raised £161.74 from the generous inhabitants of Batcombe, while Liz Cozens and Geoffrey Kenton similarly encouraged Hermitage to kindly donate £155.87. As ever, Chris Keohane and Anna Awdry ranged far and wide around Hilfield and along Batcombe Road to collect a further £99.68. 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 £777.64. Finally, the residents and staff of the Old Vicarage, and those of Connie Wallis’ lunch club most generously added another £124.82. Overall, a wonderful effort on this centenary year. Thank you!

The ‘1914-1918 And All That’ talk in Leigh Village Hall on 9th November was another memorable evening, when Lt Gen Andrew Graham gave us a fascinating account of the geopolitical aftermath.

Thank you to all those who came (especially given the wild weather!) – and again gave so very generously on the evening. And thanks to those, too many to name, who helped provide and serve the delicious canapes and wine. The evening netted £1179.75; one third of this sum has accordingly now been passed to the churches in Batcombe, Leigh, and the Royal British Legion respectively.

So in total, our above parishes raised a most impressive £1713.00 for the 2018 RBL poppy appeal. Furthermore, an additional anonymous donation has since increased this total figure to £4,500.00!

As ever, the money raised for the RBL provides vital support to those badly injured in body or mind while serving our country. Thank you to all who have once again so generously supported this most worthy of causes.

On a final note, I would like to be able to offer some of the more senior members of our collecting team the opportunity to retire from this annual fundraising effort – so please do contact me if you feel you might help in November 2019.

Alan Bennett arcbennett@hotmail.co.uk PAO TCH03

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SHERBORNE MUSEUM REMEMBERS THE FIRST WORLD WAR On Tuesday 6th November Sherborne Museum hosted a very special WW1 event: ‘Society, Service and Sacrifice – Sherborne Remembers the First World War’. The evening, which took place at the Digby Memorial Hall, was a commemoration of the Sherborne men who lost their lives in the Great War, providing an opportunity to get to know a bit about them – their families, their jobs, where they lived in Sherborne and where and how they met their fate. Through a series of talks by Museum researchers and descendants of the fallen, their histories were brought to life, with photographs from the Museum archives providing a poignant backdrop.

Museum researchers Luke Mouland and George Tatham have spent several years researching the lives of the soldiers commemorated on the Sherborne war memorial and this event was the culmination of their work. In addition, earlier in the year a group of thirteen students from the Gryphon School carried out research on the ex-Foster’s School pupils who sacrificed their lives during the Great War and are listed on the roll of honour at the Gryphon School.

Three of the students attended the Museum event and spoke movingly about their research and their subsequent visit to the WW1 battlefields where they actually found the grave of one of the men they had researched.

The evening was made extra special by the beautiful poppy decorations provided by pupils from all the schools in the Sherborne Area Schools Trust: Sherborne Abbey School, Sherborne Primary School, Thornford School, St. Andrew’s School, Yetminster, St. Mary’s School, Bradford Abbas and Buckland Newton School. Over 300 beautiful poppies were created by pupils and displayed around the

hall for the evening, creating a sea of vivid red.

After the event they were carefully moved to the Museum where they were displayed in the window and on every available wall and surface – a really magnificent sight.

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AN AUTUMN OF COPPER As the last month of the meteorological autumn ends, we might reflect on the long hot summer of butterflies. Very many species have thrived in their specialist habitats, such as the radiant Adonis Blue on downland, graceful White Admiral in woodland glades and migrant Clouded Yellow in meadows – with the welcome Common Blue living u p to its name, numerous and widespread everywhere.

Many people have commented about the absence of typical garden butterflies such as the Peacock and Small Tortoiseshell, even with a good supply of popular nectar bearing flowers. This could be due to the absence of larval food plants in wilder areas of a garden, or limited meadow and field margins in the wider countryside. One species very scarce in previous wetter years has been hugely successful with large numbers of a third brood on the wing from September into October, the Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas. It’s a butterfly that succeeds in hot conditions and the photographs show the upperside and underside views, feeding on Sedum spectabile ‘Iceberg’ in my Yetminster garden. The row of beautiful blue flecks near the outer margin of the upperside of each hind wing identify this example as the aberrant form caeruleo-punctata, so a lucky sighting!

This butterfly belongs to the Family Lycaenidae of Blues, Coppers and Hairstreaks comprising many brightly coloured and lively examples. It is adaptable to a widespread variety of habitats and the larval food plants of Common and Sheep’s Sorrell readily colonise almost any open ground. It’s a delightful brightly coloured and marked species which will spiral away when disturbed and soon return to the

The Small Copper upperside

The Small Copper underside same perch, so quite territorial in behaviour. Let’s hope this season’s success can be repeated next year to look forward to.

Malcolm Wemyss Butterfly Conservation (Charity)

ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! For Those Organising Events Leigh Food Fair and Vintage/Classic Car/Bike Show Will be held on

Saturday 20 July 2019 th

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GENERAL EVENTS GENERAL NEWS

THORNFORD W.I.

"A TALE OF THREE BUILDINGS" Thursday 13th December, 2.00pm at the Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne. with Barry Brock.

In 1540, John Leland wrote that Sherborne was ‘the best toun yn Dorsetshir’. Speaker Barry Brock examines three very different Sherborne buildings and, where possible, the people who lived in them, to see what part they played in the history of the town.

The first is Newland House, built on one of the Borough of Newland sites, brought into being by Bishop le Poore’s charter of 1227-8.

The second is Lodbourne Hall at the end of South Street, once home to Robert Wilmott of the Sherborne Silk Mill, and recently converted into selfcontained houses. The third is the Melbury Gallery, still known by many as ‘Denners’ and before that, as ‘Phillips & Son’ - an example of Victorian ingenuity.

Doors open at 1.30 pm. Tea and cake will be provided. Admission free to members of Sherborne Museum, £5 to non-members.

We meet the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7.30p.m. in Thornford Village Hall. We would welcome any ladies who are interested to know more about us.

We have several extra groups for you to enjoy too: Craft Group, Walking Group, Book Club, Lunch club and also a Sunday Lunch Club. If you would like to know more please phone Mary Kachel 01935 873913 or Joy Coffin 01935 872351. We look forward to meeting you.

DORSET WILDLIFE TRUST Sherborne Group's meeting on Wednesday 16th January 1 7.30pm at the Digby Memorial Hall, Sherborne.

The speaker is Mike Read and his talk is entitled THE WILDLIFE OF A WORKING FOREST. YEATMAN HOSPITAL SKYDIVE. We would like to thank all who supported the above for your generous donations. We have not got the final total yet but the treasurer assures me it will be very close to £2,000 which will purchase the piece of equipment urgently needed.

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GENERAL NEWS EVENTS SCHOOL

NEWS FROM ST ANDREW’S CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL We have enjoyed a very busy autumn term with lots of exciting events taking place.

Our music week was pretty spectacular with visits from Japanese Taiko Drummers and an up and coming young band of musicians called Luna Blue, to name but a few. We held a sponsored sing-a-long which raised over £200 for a new sound system and ‘St Andrew’s School Has Talent’ with guest judges.

I must thank Mrs Alex Halsey for organising such an amazing week which inspired us all to sing and play with gusto!

Many thanks also to our parents and friends who came along to showcase their talents and support our efforts.

So, now we are looking forward to the remainder of the autumn term which includes the festive season of goodwill towards all men.

As our children are busy preparing for their Nativity performances and Christmas activities, I always like to take time out to think about the ‘reason for the season’.

Advent begins on Sunday 2nd December 2018 and is a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the birth of Jesus Christ. As the Head Teacher of a Church of England School I am conscious of my responsibility to

uphold and proclaim the message of the gospels which starts with the birth of God’s own Son. Even for our children who come from families of other faiths or non-faith, the values we promote are key to the success of a school community living and working together in love.

I never cease to be excited and inspired by the buzz of a primary school at this special time of year. I love the expectant waiting of the children as they prepare and look forward to the celebrations with their loved ones. I continue to be inspired by the dedication and love shown by the staff as they go over and above to make this time precious for every child.

My favourite passage from Isaiah 9 tells us: A child is born to us! A son is given to us! And he will be our ruler. He will be called, Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.”

As we celebrate 100 years since the end of World War I, let’s continue to pray for peace in our lifetime, throughout the world. Whether or not you believe that Jesus is the Son of God or that there is a God at all, you will surely hope for peace and love to all mankind.

I wish you all a Happy Christmas and a peaceful 2019.

Julie Simpson, Headteacher

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CLUB NEWS

Club News CHETNOLE AND LEIGH GARDEN CLUB DAISY DAYS Club members enjoyed an inspirational start to the 2018-2019 programme with guest speaker Helen Picton, talking about Michaelmas Daisies otherwise known as Autumn Flowering Asters. Helen is the third generation of her family to be involved with the cultivation of these flowers at Old Court Nurseries and Garden near Malvern, a specialist nursery since 1906.

She enthusiastically shared her knowledge of the species, with beautiful images, and gave an insight into the history of those involved with its development. It was Helen’s mother who was instrumental in its revival during the 1980s, expanding the garden and the collection. Found in a range of heights, flower sizes and colours there was an audible gasp when we were shown an image of a planting scheme with vibrant, jewel - coloured shades.

New York Asters have both large and small flowers and a range of colours.

Susceptible to mildew they will need plenty of water in summer and can be helped to thrive by regular division. Propagate by planting small shoots in pots, under cover until March when roots should have appeared. Noticeable varieties include ‘Rosebud’ and ‘Little man in blue’ with button like flowers. In contrast the bright cerise ‘Winston S Churchill’ has large

flowers. Late season ‘Autumn Rose’ flowers from the second week in October.

New England Asters are tall plants from 90cm upwards, grow well in all soil types and need dividing every three to five years.

Recommended plants include ‘Annabelle de Chazal’ for its rose-pink flowers, ‘Andenken an Alma Potscke’ with vibrant cerise blooms and the 45cm dome forming and sun loving ‘Primrose Upward’, with purple flowers. For those who would like more height try ‘Red Cloud’ at two metres plus!

European Asters are mildew-free and compact at 30cm - 90cm. Helen enthused about ‘King George’ with large purple-blue flowers and for long flowering periods suggested ‘Lutetia’ and ‘Frikartii’. Small flowered species and hybrids are disease resistant, have a range of foliage, stem colour and shape. The unique ‘Snow Flurry’ has prostrate growth, ideal for cascading over a low wall. For pot-lovers aim for dwarf varieties and for cut flowers the oldest cultivars are best.

The next Garden Club meeting is on Monday 7th January at 7.30pm, at Chetnole Village hall, with a talk on ‘BOTANICAL GARDENS FROM THE ARCTIC CIRCLE TO THE TROPICS’. Visitors, £3.00 and new members are warmly welcomed.

Rose Roberts

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LEIGH DISCUSSION & SOCIAL CLUB Our guest speaker on the 6th November was Jane Ferentzi-Sheppard who gave us a talk entitled ‘Dorset Family Migration’ in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Through the 1820’s and early 30’s there was growing discontentment in rural areas concerning working conditions and low wages, leading to the start of the ‘Swing Riots’ which started in the Home Counties and quickly spread across to Dorset.

This involved mostly rural dwellers smashing threshers and other agricultural equipment preventing landlords from harvesting their crops. Many of the protestors were caught and deported to Australia, the most famous being the Tolpuddle Martyrs who were particularly badly treated and held up as an example. Four years after their deportation they were pardoned and returned to England. It was as a direct result of their protests that trade unions and the protection of employees’ rights were setup all over the world. At the same time as this was happening Europe was also in turmoil with various revolutions taking place, and coupled with the Napoleonic wars importing and exporting goods was almost impossible. This resulted in famine sweeping the country ‘The Hungry Forties’.

America and Canada were now looking a much better place to be, and lots of people decided to emigrate. Many younger sons of yeoman farmers were drawn by the opportunity of a land grant of 160 acres and the chance to farm in their own right. The same applied to farm labourers whose wages here in Dorset were among the lowest in the country. Many landlords would refuse to repair their workers wattle and daub houses as they fell into disrepair so many of them went as well.

The Tolpuddle Martyrs

There was also a West to East migration in this country as the population became more mobile. Turnpike roads had been in operation for some time, but in 1847 the railways came to Dorset with a line linking Dorchester The stag gate to Wareham being constructed and another linking Dorchester to Yeovil later in 1857.

The Channel Islands were another destination at this time with labourers needed in the quarries and on farms.

Australia and New Zealand were also becoming more popular destinations by the 1840’s. Although the first fleet had left for Australia in 1792 it took 50 years for it to become really popular and by 1840 Plymouth was the most used port for this destination with 374,000 passing through it between 1840 and 1900.

These numbers were contributed to by the Australian gold rush in 1852, (although most of those came back) and the fact that after the American War of Independence, we had to send all our vagrants and criminals there as well. The very poor and underprivileged who were left behind were placed into workhouses due to the ‘Poor Law’ amendment in 1834.

This system remained in use up to the start of the NHS in 1948.

Graham Sargent NEXT MEETINGS: 4th December QUIZ & COMPETITION EVENING 8th January ‘ASPECTS OF A GLOBAL JOURNEY’ Helen and Roger Hooper

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Lest we forget Sadly it was decided to cancel Antony Brown’s presentation on the WW1 war memorials in Yetminster, Ryme Intrinseca and Beer Hackett. The decision was taken to avoid a clash with other centenary memorial events in and around the village.

However all is not lost. Antony’s detailed research has been captured in an excellent book. As well as being a source of the information for those who are just interested, it will provide those in the villages whose relatives are listed on the various memorials a further understanding into what happened to them.

The title on the cover is “ The print production is excellent – glossy, well laid out and photos on alternate pages. Most certainly not a dry and dusty catalogue of names and dates.

The book starts with a brief introduction (two pages) on the memorials of both the Church and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), an outline of significant dates, and volunteering and

William Dampier conscription. It goes on to describe the memorials in St. Andrew’s and the Methodist Church as well as St. Hippolytus at Ryme. In the two Yetminster churches there are all sorts of fascinating little details duplications, omissions and even inaccuracies, down to the personalities and, no doubt, the availability of information at the time.

Of course there were many who came back. These too are listed, which is equally important. While it is right to mourn for those who lost their lives, those who served and were willing to give up their lives for their country but were lucky enough to survive should not be forgotten either.

So many young men were killed or died of their wounds after the war that it is hard to focus on an individual’s plight. This work brings home some of the personal detail in amongst that mass of loss.

Copies of Antony’s book are available for sale for £5. They can be purchased direct from Antony Brown at adgbrown@btinternet.com or John Ferretter at john.ferretter@icloud.com. The Society is extremely grateful to the Yetminster Fair Association whose generous donation has allowed us to produce and sell this book at well below the cost of printing.

Next meeting. Wednesday, 13th February 2019, 2.30pm at the Jubilee Hall, Yetminster. Jeremy Mitchell: – an insight into the ill-fated attempt to discover the North-West passage. New members always welcome.

Just come along.

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YETMINSTER & RYME GARDEN, ART & CRAFT SOCIETY LOUISE, A HANGING BASKET AND A POT We wanted a practical demonstration of how to plant up winter hanging baskets and pots for our meeting on 13th November and who better than Louise Burks to tell us what to do.

She and her team at Castle Gardens make up 300 winter baskets each year – and if you find that rather daunting, then consider the 1000 they do each spring!

Basket……

The winter hanging basket she planted up became, not so much a basket as a sculpted ball of plants, which looked a hundred times more luxurious than anything I have ever achieved in the past.

There is a beautiful line of these hanging to the right of the Garden Centre entrance if you want a role model or two! (see photograph). Using moss from the Forestry Commission, Louise lined the basket and began planting the sides with pansies, violas, aubrietia, ivy and plants already in the garden such as ajuga and thyme.

Handy Tip No 1 - always push the plant through the moss from the inside outwards

to avoid damaging essential roots. The odd broken leaf and flower will quickly renew itself.

She planted the top by first just resting more plants on top of the soil inside the basket, covering their roots with a layer of moss, then another layer of soil, a few tête-à-tête bulbs, more plants, trapped by more moss, building these up until the basket became spherical. (Very gentle watering allows the ball to keep its shape until the roots and plants strengthen the structure.)

Handy Tip No 2 – don’t bury the chain at this stage of the game! …..and Pot Louise also planted up a large frost free pot, ‘it’s like making a pizza’, lining up her plant ingredients such as a small Goldnest conifer, pansies, ivy, thyme and a hardy arabis on the table before planting.

Handy Tip no 3 – fill the pot to the very top with compost for maximum visual effect.

Handy Tip No 4 – to avoid burying the central plant, work from the outside of the pot towards the middle, planting that last of all At the end of this splendid evening, Louise donated one of her works of art to the raffle which, by a happy turn of fate, was won by our Chair Carol Debell and we all felt that justice had been done!

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Our October meeting was "Fun with Willow" led by Sue Fudge with her two helpers, Michelle Read and Philippa Toulson. Sue told us how she loves collecting outdoor plant material including willow, berries and anything else that takes her fancy! She asked Philippa to start the evening giving us a short talk on willow and its many uses. Not many of us were aware that Aspirin comes from willow and that stripped willow makes excellent shoe laces.

Obviously willow was very important in making baskets in years gone by and if you made those, then you could collect your produce and if you lived near water, of course fish and this then gave you the opportunity to make some money.

We were then all given five lengths of willow and shown how to bend it into a wreath shape - as you can imagine some of us had more difficulty doing that than others but in the end most of us had something resembling a wreath shape to work on! Sue then gave us some hay to cover the bottom half of our wreath and this was attached by string. We then were given three bunches each of greenery and berries to attach to our wreath through the area covered in hay, again with string, resulting in various degrees of competence from us all. The final touch was a bow and although most of ours did not look as good as Sue's original one, we had a lot of fun and giggles making them.

THE WRIGGLE VALLEY MOTHERS' UNION On 13th December at 10.45am we will be joining with the residents of The Old Vicarage in Leigh to sing carols with them and bring them mince pies. It is always a great way to start our Christmas celebrations.

We really did appreciate the hard work that Sue had put into to preparing all the material and were very grateful to Michelle and Philippa for helping us all. It was great to have an evening which was very hands on and not just sitting and listening to a speaker for a change.

Our December meeting is our Christmas meal and then at the end of January (29th) there will be a talk called "PINS AND NEEDLES" and the competition is a thimble.

Anne Reason

Do join us if you feel like singing some carols. In January we will be holding our AGM on Tuesday 22â żd January in the Trim Room in the Jubilee Hall, Yetminster at 7pm. We will be sharing our plans for 2019, For more information on The Mothers' Union, please contact Margaret Shipman on 01935 872440.

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PLANNING

Planning Applications WD/D/17/002763 14/12/2017 Change of use and conversion of redundant agricultural barn to form a single dwelling (Full).

WD/D/18/002154 03/10/2017 Erection of building to provide store and office (Full).

WD/D/18/001517 11/07/2017 Request for confirmation of compliance with condition 3 of listed building consent WD/D/15/002154 (Compliance with Conditions).

WD/D/18/000610 27/09/2018 Erection of an agricultural building (Full).

WD/D/18/001832 17/08/2018 Request for confirmation of compliance with conditions 3, 4 and 5 of Planning Approval WD/D/18/000417 (Compliance with Conditions).

WD/D/18/001662 08/09/2018 Demolition of existing cottage & outbuildings, the re-location of one existing shed structure & construction of 1no. replacement dwelling. (Variation of conditions 1 of planning permission WD/D/18/000417 - Amended plans ) (Variation of condition).

WD/D/18/001055 08/06/2018 Demolition of existing agricultural equipment shelter and erection of dwelling (Holiday Cottage) (Full).

WD/D/18/000610 27/09/2018 Erection of an agricultural building (Full).

WD/D/18/001547 14/08/2018 Demolition of conservatory, erection of two storey rear extension, 2no. single storey extensions, porch and replacement balcony.

(Full).

WD/D/18/001999 19/09/2018 Erect extension to original cow barn (Full).

WD/D/18/002161 27/09/2018 Erection of single storey and two storey extensions, new garage and alterations to existing vehicular access and existing stable block (Full).

WD/D/18/001955 24/09/2018 Erection of 3no. detached dwellings with associated parking, access & landscaping (Full).

WD/D/18/001951 19/09/2018 Erection of single storey extension and first floor extension. (Full).

WD/D/18/001950 18/09/2018 Enclose and cover existing farm yard manure store (Full).

WD/D/18/001199 30/08/2018

Erection of

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DECEMBER 2018/JANUARY 2019 fence panels and stone piers. (retrospective) (Full).

WD/D/18/001438 25/07/2018 Installation of Photovoltaic Modules (Solar Panels) to roof of Garden Outbuilding (Full).

WD/D/18/000838 09/05/2018 Replacement windows in single storey rear extension and rear lean to extension.

(Listed Building Consent).

WD/D/18/002570 07/11/2018 Erection of shepherd hut (Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)).

Nil WD/D/18/002431 29/10/2018 Change of use of agricultural building to dwelling house (Use Class C3) and for associated operational development (Prior Approval Agricultural to dwelling) WD/D/18/002434 23/10/2018 Partial demolition of barn (Determination of a proposed demolition).

WD/D/18/002107 26/09/2018 Alterations to outbuilding to include adding pitched roof; Demolition of side porch, and Erection of extension linking main house the outbuilding. (Full) WD/D/18/002108 26/09/2018 Internal and External alterations to include Alterations to outbuilding to include adding pitched roof; Demolition of side porch, and Erection of extension linking main house the outbuilding. (Listed Building Consent).

WD/D/18/001814 13/09/2018 Erection of roof over an existing slurry compound (Full).

WD/D/18/001913 03/09/2018 Request for confirmation of compliance with condition 3 of listed building consent WD/D/18/000691 (Compliance with Conditions).

WD/D/18/001139 16/07/2018 Application for approval of reserved matters for layout, appearance, landscaping & scale in relation to Outline approval WD/D/16/000642 (Reserved Matters).

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).

The next Development Control Committee meeting will take place on the meetings are held in Committee Room A & B, South Walks House, Dorchester. A full register of all past and present planning applications can be found at: www.dorsetforyou.com/planning applications.

VILLAGE EVENTS NEWS REGULAR

Regular Meetings …

Every Mon Table tennis Bev’s Core Vinyassa Flow Yoga

Every Tue

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 Kunda Dance

6.15 - 7.15pm

Yetminster Sports Club

Bev’s Men's Yoga

7.30 - 8.30pm

Yetminster Sports Club

Yetminster Bell Ringers 7.30pm-10pm Topsy Turvy Toddlers 9-11.30am Chetnole Art Group (until Easter) 10am-1pm

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

Beginners Tai Chi

10-11am

Leigh Village Hall

Beginners Pilates

1.10 - 2.10pm

Chetnole Village Hall

Kids After School Yoga (term time) 3.15 - 4.15pm

St Andrew’s School Hall

Boot Camp All Abilities

17:30:00

Yetminster Sports Club

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

Scout Hut Yetminster Chetnole Village Hall 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

2pm

Chetnole Playing Fields

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

Croquet Every Sun

Chetnole Chuckers Pétanque Club

3pm 2pm

Yetminster Sports Club Chetnole Playing Fields

Cubs (in term) Every Wed Drop in Coffee Morning & PO Morning Yoga Class

Yetminster Short Mat Bowls Every Thur Tai Chi Advanced Pilates

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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

Sue Footner 873610 Rest & Welcome Pub

WV Women's Group Wriggle Valley Lunch Club

7.30pm 12.30 - 3pm

Gable Court Leigh Village Hall

Leigh Parish Council - alt mnths Leigh Women's Institute

7.30pm 7.30 - 11pm

Leigh Village Hall Leigh Village Hall

1st Wed

Coffee ‘n’ Cakes Batcombe Coffee Morning

10 - 11.30am 11am

Yetminster Jubilee Hall tba

2nd Wed

Yetminster Historical Society

2.30pm

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Police Support Unit Chetnole & Stockwood PC

2 - 3pm

2nd Wed/alt mth

The Cross, Leigh Chetnole Village Hall

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

3rd Tues

Last Tues

2nd/4th Wed High Stoy Bible Study

7.30pm 7.30pm

3rd Wed

District Council Ward Surgery

11am - 12noon

Last Wed

Woodland Wednesdays

12.45-2.45pm

Old School Gallery, Yetminster Pogles Wood nr Leigh

[not Aug & Dec]

Police Community Support Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca PC Friary Shop

7.30pm 2.30 - 4.30pm

By Church, Yetminster St. Andrew's Primary School The Friary, Hilfield

Wed - Sat

1st & 3rd Thu Yetminster Scribblers 2nd Thurs

Last Thurs

Venue contact 872342

Old School Gallery, Yet

Meadens Coffee Morning

6.30 - 8pm 10.30am

Yetminster Fair Association

7.30pm

White Hart

Leigh Short Mat Bowls

7-10pm

Leigh Village Hall

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