312 February 2019 Wriggle Valley Magazine

WRIGGLE VALLEY MAGAZINE

NO. 312 FEBRUARY 2019

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Knighton Countryside Mgmt

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Logs & Wood Working - Simon

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M&S Welding

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Maple Garden Management Ltd Malcolm Dunning gardening

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Paul Hambidge Contractors

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

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LEGAL SERVICES

Perrett Fencing Ltd

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Wriggle Valley Fencing

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Dog Grooming & Stripping Smart Dogs of Yetminster

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ART & ANTIQUES MarkArk

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Brister & Son

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Old School Gallery

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CARS & VANS, HIRING & SERVICING

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Autotech Garage Services

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West Country Cars

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CHIMNEY SWEEPS Alexander the Grate

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COMPUTERS, MARKETING & IT PDC Computing

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EDUCATION Lower Covey Half term Activities 46 Barn Owls Nursery

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Leweston School

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Lower Covey Montessori Nursery 25 Maths Tuition Emma Harris

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EVENT VENUES Chetnole Village Hall

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Leigh Village Hall

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The Marquee Hire Co.

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Yetminster Jubilee Hall

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FOOD, DRINK & CATERING

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HEALTH & WELL BEING Annabel Smith Home Chiropodist 38 29

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Robert Frith, Optometrists

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Leigh Village Stores & PO

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Ian Crossland Property Maintenance 58

SPAR, Stores & P.O., Yetminster

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EDITOR’S MUSINGS… Welcome to a 2019, may it be a great one for all of you.It is always a harbinger of Spring when we start to see the beautiful snowdrops in out hedgerows. Thank you for all your very kind comments about the National Award we won, much appreciated.

We are very lucky in our community that folks are very willing and able to put on events to keep us amused during these winter evenings. Have a look through other villages’ event posters as well as your own; there is sure to be something to tickle your fancy and suit every taste.

Also remember, when you are using a trades person that you have seen in the magazine, to mention that you saw their advert in the mag. Thank you once again to all our advertisers and those who have kindly given us donations, without whom we wouldn’t be able to produce this magazine to every household in the Wriggle Valley.

Enjoy the signs of spring and remember to take and send in your photos so that we all can take delight in them; thanks go to Johnny Gibbs for our lovely cover photo.

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W

e had a beautiful Children’s Carol Service taken by Rev John Summers with a musical introduction by Lucy, Isabel, Dillon & Dorothy Hodge playing their instruments as the church filled with adults and children alike – 90 souls in all. Jasper MacWatt sang the first verse of Once In Royal David’s City and the readings were beautifully delivered by the children to a crowded church, traditionally decorated with winter flowers and greenery and lit by dozens of candles. After the service sweets, mince pies, mulled wine and squash were consumed. On Christmas Day friends from the village and the Friary together with some visitors attended the Service.

The unpleasant, bottle-littering mystery in Batcombe continues. A month or so ago the village got together and emptied the ditches, verges and hedgerows of some 200 empty bottles, some broken. They were the same brands of wine and whisky as before.

Apart from being an eyesore, they are a danger to dogs and other animals. The only positive feature of this litter problem is the community spirit engendered and the camaraderie of all the public-spirited villagers who took part in the clean-up.

Thought from the Rise of the Wriggle

‘The further a matter is prolonged the greater the role played by the unpredictable’

It was a sad day on 5th December when the church was packed for John Vincent’s funeral (obituary page 17).

We are catching up with the Batcombe church lottery results, which are below.

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know we’re already a month in but happy new year and I hope that you all had a great Christmas.

Thanks go to Maria and Simon for hosting Carols in the Pub again; Chetnole Community Choir merrily made their way through a rousing selection of carols accompanied by Ian on the organ and we all felt very Christmassy.

We were very sorry to hear of the sudden death of Chris and Jenny Shepherd’s son-in-law Jon; our thoughts are with the whole family but especially with Ruth and the boys. We also have lost another recent Chetnolian, Sandra Kempsell. Our thoughts are with your family too.

Join Rick Baker and others for a POETRY & PROSE EVENING in the pub on Tuesday 12th February at 8pm (see poster on next page for info). February 16th sees return of the Jazz Cafe which hosts PETITES ANNONCES the gypsy jazz band (more on next page) if you need a bit of livening up and on the 17th February THE BARN CHOIR will be singing choral evensong at 4pm in St Peter’s Church Chetnole.

Carols in the Pub You will also have noticed how splendid our Village Hall is looking after a spring clean and new paintwork; thank you goes to the village hall committee who have made a superb job of decorating the hall, it looks great.

Happy February

Curry lunch

On Sunday 25th November, forty people sat down to a magnificent curry lunch in a beautifully transformed Village hall all arranged and provided by the village hall committee. A different way of having Sunday lunch which was enjoyed by us all.

In addition a good sum was raised towards our Village Hall funds, so a successful event all round. A big thank you to all who made delicious curries, decorated the hall and generally looked after us so well Linda Lovell Next mag is MARCH 2019, 12th FEBRUARY 2019 for your NEW, VIEWS & PREVIEWS please

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Chetnole Jazz Cafe The next Jazz Café in Chetnole Village Hall, 16th February at 7.30pm, sees the 'back by popular demand' return of PETITES ANNONCES. Petites Annonces play a mix of gypsy jazz (Django Reinhardt et al), those bonnes old french chansons, from Charles Trenet to Jacques Dutronc, Georges Brassens, Boris Vian or Yan et les Abeilles, all wrapped in a big slice of Punk Manouche.

Be prepared to hear something different avec un accent français!

Tickets £10 from Ian Lingwood 872998 or John Head 873555.

CHETNOLE COFFEE MORNING Cheer those dank February days and join us for our Wednesday Coffee Mornings every week, 9.30am to 12 noon in Chetnole Village Hall for refreshments and good company. We also have books and jigsaws for you to borrow to help occupy the long winter evenings and are very lucky too to have a visiting Post Office which is a great resource for our village and beyond.

We now have a craft table where the ladies have been making all sorts of exciting things.

We look forward to seeing you.

THE BARN CHOIR WILL BE SINGING

CHORAL EVENSONG at St Peter's Church, Chetnole

4pm Sunday 17th February

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2019 DATES 31st JAN 26th MAR 27th JUNE 24th OCT 5th DECEMBER John Sandford 01935& 872973 Rick Baker, Sally Lingwood Sarah Baker wrigglevalleymagazine.co.uk

RIVER WRIGGLE IN CHETNOLE During November and December the level of the Wriggle rose and fell, making Deep Ford impassable for vehicles on several occasions.

Maximum level recorded was 1.40 m on the evening of 16th December.

This did not deter some drivers, and three incidents were reported during this period, one which could have ended with fatal consequences. All happened during darkness, when the warning signs were flashing and ignored by the drivers concerned.

All explained that they were either "following Satnav" or "didn't think it would be too deep to get through" !!........why do we bother?

As darkness fell at 4.30pm on 27th November a car driven by a young woman [no passengers] was swept about 150m downstream of the ford, with river level recorded at just below 1m [approx 40ins]. She phoned 999 twice as the car floated away before turning over and submerging. All three emergency services attended, including a rescue boat. Paramedics were guided across the paddocks by Anne- Marie James to where the lady had been pulled out of the river.

Apparently she had been in the water for about 45 mins and was hypothermic. Later in the week Alex removed the car from the river and carted it to Deep Ford Lane.

On receipt of our report of this lifethreatening incident, the EA technician agreed to change the telemetry of the electronic signs in Deep Ford Lane, so that they only flash when the level at the ford reaches 0.25m [approx 10ins]. This now sends an SMS text message to the cell phones of volunteers Joe Andrewartha and Jim Aldhouse, to prompt them to set up the two "Road Closed" signs which were sourced by Councillor Owen Pope.

Councillor Stan Darley and I also receive texts, as backup. Councillor Will Henry is investigating the feasibility of changing vehicle Satnav instructions and also reclassifying the lane as a"No Through" road.

Alex James has suggested setting up "Ignore your Satnav" signs, which seems a good idea, one which is already implemented in other places e.g. Plymouth city centre.

The EA is considering replacing the existing pair of electronic flood warning signs with ones with more succinct wording, e.g. "River in Flood" however the estimated cost of around ÂŁ12,000 could pose a problem.

Just before Christmas a delivery van was "rescued" from the ford by Alex James. The sheepish van driver admitted to seeing the flashing Flood signs.... and the Road Closed signs....and ignoring them........

In the meantime the ford's hard surface has broken up, and could damage the tyres of any type of vehicle or bicycle. DCC Highways are aware and have scheduled a repair job, as soon as weather and river conditions permit.

I thank everyone involved, especially the James family, for all their efforts.

Thanks also to Gwen Adair of Neals Lane, for taking prompt action to prevent the river being dammed by two fallen trees on her property.

Anyone seeing anything in the river which could cause potential blockage or pollution is requested to contact one of the Chetnole Flood Wardens and/or the Environment Agency.[contact details are shown in the Home and Flood Watch scheme document, available to every resident].

Gordon Ratcliffe, Lead Flood Warden

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FRIENDS OF CHETNOLE HALT We have managed to obtain a smart new running-in board (the main station sign), now installed at Chetnole Halt. It is in the old GWR style and colour and is in a similar design to the ‘heritage’ boards at many of the other stations along the Heart of Wessex Line. The word ‘Halt’ was included in the name to match the original sign as shown in the older photograph. Chetnole Halt was first opened in 1933 and the early photo shows the original wooden northbound platform before it was replaced with the current concrete one, moved here from the former Cattistock Halt in 1959.

How about taking a trip on our scenic railway sometime soon…?

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COFFEE MORNING - Village Hall: on 22nd March at 10.30. All are welcome to this fun gathering.

CHRISTMAS AT ST MARY’S The Carols by Candlelight service on Christmas Eve in, led by Anne Budgell, was very well attended. In fact it was standing room only with everyone perching on any available space!

All the favourite carols were sung and Penny Herbert sang Away in a Manger beautifully. Thank you to all our readers including Penny's brother Tom. We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.

We wish you a very happy, healthy and peaceful 2019.

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et ready for the 2019 Leigh Lottery push which raises vital funds for the running of the Leigh Village Hall. Why not double your chances of winning this year by buying two balls instead of one? The collectors will be coming round to take your bets in February and March and the first draw will be 1st April.

Wake up on Wednesday! If Wednesday is a free day for you please come to the OLD VICARAGE COFFEE MORNING 10.00 – 11.30am and then play WOMEN’S TABLE TENNIS in the Village Hall 2.00-4.00pm to burn off your cakes!

For those of you who like to enter produce or artwork into the Leigh Flower Show, the date this year is Saturday 10th August. The committee are welcoming any new ideas for Categories or Classes to make it more inclusive and fun for the children…and adults!

If you any FLOWER SHOW ideas please contact me emma.harris27@btinternet.com 873563 or Julia Jepson julil@soundbytesolutions.co.uk 873824. Thank you!!

FORTHCOMING EVENTS IN FEBRUARY AND EARLY MARCH: Saturday 2nd February – GRAND OPENING OF POGLES’ WOOD LOGCABIN; 2.00pm onwards Monday 11th February – MOVIOLA “A STAR IS BORN”; 7.30pm Leigh Village Hall Friday 22nd February – “LOCAL HISTORY SPECIAL”, and light supper in Leigh Village Hall, (see p) Sunday 17th March – COMMUNITY SPIRIT SUNDAY; 10.15am Leigh Church, followed by lunch V W M

WE NEED MORE PEOPLE FOR WOMEN’S TABLE TENNIS? All welcome including beginners and anyone in the Wriggle Valley (Yetminster, Leigh, Chetnole or surrounding Villages) who might be interested.

It takes place in Leigh Village Hall at 2pm until approx 4pm.

Thanks and a happy new year!

Rachel Graham 01935 873269

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LEIGH VILLAGE HALL LOTTERY 2019 ❶ This year the first draw for the Leigh Village Hall Lottery will be on 1st April. ❷ A subscription of £12 per ball number will cover 12 monthly entries to the draw for April 2019 through to March 2020 inclusive. ❸ You can buy as many balls as you wish. ❹ The house to house collection of subscriptions will take place during February and March by our team of Lottery collectors and payment can be made by cash or cheque. ❺ Each month the prizes will be: £40, £20, £10 and £5 with bonus prizes available in December: £100, £80, £50, £30 and £20. The balance of the lottery goes towards the maintenance of our village hall. ❻We were delighted with your response last year and look forward to your continuing support in 2019.

❼Good luck! ❽Any questions: Call Julian Turnbull on 01935 873846 or Alaistair Cumming on 01935 872401

LEIGH VILLAGE LOTTERY RESULT

December 2018 1st No 50 Mary Dodd 2ⁿd No 88 Richard Ford 3rd No 43 David Harris 4th No 22 Simon Assirati 5th No 90 K. Salvesen January 2019 1st No 99 Duncan Moore 2ⁿd No 78 Selwyn Awdry 3rd No 24 Paul Orchard 4th No 44 Hilary Clark

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ST ANDREW'S CHURCH, LEIGH It was very special to see the Church overflowing for our Carol Service on Christmas Eve. There was a wonderful atmosphere and the children and adults who took part in the Nativity story were brilliant. It was great that the service ended with such a rousing rendition of "The Twelve Days of Christmas".

We have many people to thank for making Christmas such a meaningful time in our church. Bailey Ridge Nurseries once again donated a Christmas Tree. Thank you to them and to all those under Jackie Jolliffe's guidance who decorated the church so beautifully.

Thanks also to the dozens of people who were responsible for such a lovely Carol Service – writers, readers, actors, musicians, singers, parents and the congregation itself. Finally we must thank Tony Durkin for the Christmas Midnight service which led us into Christmas Day. If you have been in the church recently you will have noticed the beautiful new lined curtains made for us by Anna Awdry and which hopefully will keep the church a little warmer.

Caroline Birdsell made cards and Christmas items for sale and raised over £300 for the church. We are so grateful to her and to all those who give of their time and effort to help with fund raising and all the other aspects of church life.

Before Christmas we enjoyed a special "Victorian Christmas" evening featuring The Stanchester Quire. We were further sustained with mulled wine, delicious eats and Philippa’s scrumptious hot roast chestnuts! It was a great way to start off the Christmas celebrations.

Our December and January coffee mornings were well attended. Our next one is on Tuesday 5th February from 10.30am to 12.00. If you have not been before do come and join us.

Finally, please join us at Leigh Village Hall on Friday 22ⁿd February for a light supper and a local history special – “GETTING TO THE ROOT OF IT: First steps in family and local history." See next page.

Our next COMMUNITY SPIRIT SUNDAY is 17th March at 10.15am followed by lunch in the church. We hope to see you there.

Eddie Upton and Anne Reason Church Wardens ST ANDREWS CHURCH YARD We are tremendously lucky to have a wonderful team of volunteers who help with the church yard maintenance tasks. We are also equally lucky to have a churchyard that is a haven for wildlife and has an increasing diversity of wild flowers. This is a pleasure for the community and vital for the environment.

We will be holding a MEETING at the church on Saturday 17th February at 11am to discuss the management plan for the coming year.

As well as all our usual helpers we will obviously welcome anyone who would like to be involved this year. All help is most welcome no matter how much or how little time can be given.

The meeting will be followed by a bread and soup lunch in the church. If you would like to attend the meeting and /or lunch please email philippa@folksw.org.uk Philippa Toulson

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GETTING TO THE ROOT OF IT First steps in family and local history Friday 22â żd February, 7.30pm in Leigh Village Hall Please join us for a light supper followed by an entertaining presentation by local historian and genealogist, Luke Mouland.

Luke was one of the great successes of our 2018 Church Open Weekend. He returns to offer some practical tips to help you get started with your family tree and shares some of the more intriguing stories he has helped to uncover over the last decade.

His Open Weekend talk was based on evidence drawn from old maps of Leigh and the surrounding area. It was fascinating to see and hear how much there is to learn about life in our village just by looking at these historic maps.

Luke is a thoroughly engaging speaker and an enjoyable evening is guaranteed. Get your tickets from Brenda at the shop now.

Eddie Upton, Church Warden

JOHN VINCENT b. 15th August 1952 d. 7th Nov 2018.

John Vincent from Leigh, who died in November, was a farmer, a singer, and an explorer of footpaths, and his cheerful smile and wave of greeting will be missed by many.

John was born in the Yeatman hospital in Sherborne and grew up at Rookery Farm in Leigh. Having come through an attack of polio when he was two, he attended Leigh Primary School and later St Aldhelm's in Sherborne.

He lived and worked on the family farm and went with his parents when they moved to Dyers Farm at Batcombe, still working with the animals at both farms. When his dad died, John and his mother, Doris, moved back to Leigh, living in Meadow View for many years, where John stayed on after his Mum’s death. He had only recently retired from farming, working with his brother David.

Performing and singing with several local choirs and on the stage, John met many friends.

He had a rich bass singing voice and an abiding memory will be his warm and happy talk with fellow singers at the Chetnole Community Choir only the week before he died. He loved quite a range of (mainly classical ) music but especially Choral Performances.

He knew many of the footpaths of Dorset and Somerset and loved exploring them, although hip trouble had slowed him down in latter years.

With retirement he took the decision to move to Sherborne and was looking forward to his new bungalow, where he could easily walk into the Town, and no doubt get to concerts in the Abbey.

Tragically he died before completing the move.

He will be sadly missed by his family and many friends.

David Vincent

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LEIGH PARISH COUNCIL UPDATE By 1st February the children of Leigh may have already found time to use the new playpark, now established in the meadow above Leigh Village Hall. This represents phase 1 of its development; phase 2 will see a new slide embedded into the mound of earth (please ensure children keep off this while it settles). Plans are already being considered for a phase 3, which will hopefully provide additional facilities in due course. In the meantime, I hope you will join me in congratulating the playpark committee for a job well done; and also saying a heartfelt thank you to Les and Connie Wallis who so kindly hosted the old playpark on their land in South Street for the past 38 years.

Youngsters with their eye on going to university can apply for an educational grant from The Boyles Trust. Each of the local villages that are beneficiaries of this Trust are represented by an appointed Trustee. There is now a vacancy for this Leigh appointment; if you are at all interested in becoming a Trustee, please contact the parish clerk Beverley Harrison on leigh@dorset-aptc.gov.uk Over the past 18 months we have been running a Community Speed Watch; this has had a material impact on reducing the speed of vehicles passing through Leigh. However, we now urgently need a volunteer who is prepared to lead the small group. If you are at all interested, please contact Beverley as above; without this new input, the hard work previously put in to establishing this valuable initiative will die.

The parish council oversees several other activities that are all completely dependent on volunteers – and we are forever in need of ‘new blood’. So why not get involved? It is a great way to get to know many others, and contribute to our wonderful community.

Again, please contact Beverley if you would like to know more. Your parish needs you!

Alan Bennett

LEIGH PLAY PARK OPENING PARTY Saturday 6th April 2019 For all families and friends of the Playpark.

LEIGH OIL BUYING GROUP 2019 DATES 19th JAN 14th MAR 27th JUNE 26th SEPT 15th NOVEMBER John Sandford 01935 872973

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ur annual New Year Village Walk was a great success.

About 35 energetic souls and quite a few dogs set off from Frankham Farm on Sunday 6th January morning led by Mike Batten.

We walked across the road on to Caswell Farm, up hill and down dale in a circle to Manor Farm yard for a refreshment break. Then Andy Templeman took over for the second loop back to Frankham Farm , where the Ross Family had been slaving over hot soup and home reared sausages, wine/beer, cheese and biscuits, tea/coffee and cake. About ten non walkers joined up for lunch & a very generous donation of £215 was collected for Dogs For Good . A huge thank you to all the Frankham team for their hospitality.

A big thank you also to Sue and Andy Templeman for keeping the church so beautifully decorated all through December for all the Christmas Services, you are stars!

Sadly we will be loosing Rachel and

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ere we are again. Well into the New Year already. No doubt the enthusiasm for all those resolutions is waning. “Just the one drink”, or, “a piece of cake” is already getting heard! All those celebrations and jollities now seem in the distant past – the club parties, the private parties, the carol services, the carol singing.

But in my mind there was one stand out occasion: Bach (or was it Beethoven, or Handel?) to Bing in St. Andrew’s Church. It was as advertised, a ”magical evening of song”. Yetminster residents and professional opera singers, Sarah Pring and Adrian Clarke with their two colleagues and accompanist quite literally filled the church with the sound of their voices. From operatic pieces to ‘local yokel’ jokey ditties it was an evening to remember. I believe the fundraising results were extremely positive too.

Odd goings on around the village.

Was it imagination or was there a tree planted in the island at the top of Birch Lane? A gift from the golden pipelovers (aka Wessex Water)? Did it get stolen or was it just an act of passing vandalism?

Either way it is a great shame that a public area can’t be planted and left to grow undamaged. Also, all those signs for Upbury Grange. If you are wondering what they are all about, or possibly have worries historic Upbury Farm is going to be pulled down, all is explained on page 32.

The WVM post-box. Several people have asked whether the Wriggle Valley post-box at The Gallery/ The Flying Pig is still in operation. The answer is a most definite yes. It has been obscured at times in the past year but as the photo shows the direction sign is only on the front of the box. If you are not a computer

user or if you don’t have email you can still make contact with a hand-written or typed note via the post-box. Just pop it through the flap at the top. Remember the deadline is the 12th of the current month for publication the next month.

(Just a note for the party activists: the WVM is a non-political magazine so your newsletters and fliers go straight in the bin.)

On sad note, albeit belated due to print schedules, we mourn the passing of Donald Barr. He was well known around the village and an active member of the History Society, at one time serving for several years on the committee. Our condolences go to all members of his family. He will be much missed.

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ST ANDREW’S CHURCH NEWS February is a quiet month as Easter is very late and therefore Lent does not begin until early March.

There is the usual pattern of services during the month and two events: On 11th February Jonathan Aitken – one time journalist and politician, now an ordained curate and part time chaplain at HMP Pentonville, will give a talk entitled FROM POWER TO PRISON TO PEACE at 7 pm in the Jubilee Hall. This will be a fascinating talk from someone who has seen both sides of prison bars. He is also involved in a number of prison reform charities.

Entrance is free and refreshments will be available.

On 16th February the great classic film LAWRENCE OF ARABIA will be shown in the Hall at 2pm. There will be an intermission at a convenient time during which tea and cakes will be served. What better way to spend a winter Saturday afternoon! This is in aid of St Andrew’s Church Restoration Fund and entrance will be £10 with children under 12 free.

Your Churchwardens David Gould and Clare Lindsay.

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DEFIBRILLATOR AWARENESS SESSION @ YETMINSTER As most of you are now aware, we have our first Village Defibrillator (AED) which is located at The White Hart with funds raised entirely by people in Yetminster.

(With money in the pot to purchase, hopefully, two more to cover each end of the village!)

Part of the purchase price includes an awareness session which is run by the COMMUNITY HEARTBEAT TRUST. I have arranged this to be held in the Village Hall (the hire of which is kindly paid for by the YCP) so that there is room for lots of you to come along.

There is no legal requirement in the UK to have Defibrillator training and the one we have purchased does, indeed, show you pictures and talk you through the procedures and, of course, the 999 operator will stay on the line with you to assist you. However, it is advisable for people to be aware of what to expect in the event of an emergency.

This CHT community awareness programme is unique and has been recognised as being ideal for a community to create awareness. It is not a normal classroom course, but is designed to answer questions, give basic instructions and create confidence.

It is a two hour session and covers ● WHAT IS SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST AND HOW TO RECOGNISE IT ● HOW TO DEAL WITH THE 999 CALL ● HOW TO DO CPR AND WHY ● HOW TO USE YOUR AED (DEFIBRILLATOR) Blanche – The White Hart

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NEWS FROM YETMINSTER COMMUNITY PROJECT This month we have Potato Day on Tuesday 5th February, in the Jubilee Hall from 1pm to 4pm. Chris Smith, from Pennard Plants, will be with us offering a wide range of seeds and plants, including many ‘heritage’ varieties which are not usually available from garden centres. Our first Potato Day last year was a great success, so do come along and get everything you need for the year in one convenient place. Entry is free and refreshments will be available.

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 from ycp873@gmail.com COFFEE ‘N’ CAKE will continue over the winter, on the first Wednesday each

month, 10 –11.30 in the Jubilee Hall. 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. This month’s event is on Wednesday 6th February.

Proceeds from our events are distributed in the form of grants to local organisations. Last year we made donations to the Guides, the Scouts, the Bowls Club, the Defibrillator Fund being organised by the White Hart, and the Jubilee Hall for purchase of new chairs.

Please contact us if you have a project which needs extra support.

Ray Drewett

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YETMINSTER AND RYME INTRINSECA PARISH COUNCIL Chairman’s Blog February Morning All Bit of a belated welcome to 2019, but Happy New Year anyway! The political landscape will probably look very different at national, county and village level by this time next year and it is likely to be a year of change - we can only hope it won’t be too turbulent.

The new Unitary Council will come into place after the elections in May and our new Parish Council will also start work then. There will be one definite change in the Parish Council. Our new Parish Clerk, Jodie Carter was appointed from 1st January and has started taking over the work that Carinna Vickers did.

We are grateful to Jodie for taking us on and look forward to working with her.

The other changes to the council are still nebulous. A couple of our existing councillors have indicated that they will not seek re-election after many years service, which means that we have several vacancies for councillors – please can you consider if it’s something you might like to do ? It is a responsible

job, but not time consuming, a couple of hours a week at most and is so rewarding – it’s our chance to shape the future of the village. Please think about it.

After the Fair AGM the end of last year, Barbara Driver stepped down as Chairman and Brian Knight has taken over the Chair. Barbara had been involved in the Fair for well over twenty years and her enthusiasm will be missed but we wish Brian all best wishes and work is starting on this year’s Fair – once again, the Fair committee needs a few more volunteers to help out. It’s a great thing to do, hard work on the day, but the result last year resulted in grants to local groups of more than £2900 at the AGM. How worthwhile is that !

Been to some really interesting events. In December we went to the House of Commons for tea with Sir Oliver Letwin which was a really nice experience. We talked about lots of local issues and I hope we might get some help with repairs to the really awful road surfaces in the village. We went into the Chamber afterwards and watched urgent questions to Ministers - the PM was being grilled on you know what and the scene was exactly as we all watch on television which was quite surreal. The Speaker’s voice is really hoarse ! Lots of stuff in the village over the Christmas break with wall to wall Christmas parties, all lovely but now need to get the belt back to its former setting !

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THE YETMINSTER BOOK CLUB had their Christmas Meal on Tuesday 11th Dec at The White Hart and finished the evening off with a book Secret Santa.

The Club has been up and running since April 2017. We meet every six weeks in The White Hart and take it in turns to choose books. We are a friendly, sociable group and do have spaces available if anybody is interested in joining us. Please contact Frances Burton on 07944365261

FOLLY FARM – UPDATE With the imminent start of construction, both Burrington and ourselves are keen that the three streets serving new development have names that reflect the history of Yetminster. We have therefore recommended to Dorset County Council (DCC) that the roads be named Northfield, Duddenfield and Willways. These have been taken from the 1840 Yetminster map of fields and their use will also continue the principle used elsewhere in the village e.g. Frylake, Stonyacres etc.

We wanted to ask the St Andrew’s Primary School children to help make the final selection but unfortunately, due to the holiday period, there has not been time to do this, but we hope that they, and the community, will be happy with the choice.

A number of residents have expressed alarm that that the new development will be called Upbury Grange and we have confirmed with Burrington and with Dorset County Council that the name is for marketing purposes only and will

not form part of the final postal address. We have also expressed our concerns at the location of some of the signs which are intended to direct prospective house purchasers to the development.

Burrington still have to submit a Construction Traffic Management Plan (CTMP) to DCC Highways for approval. Whilst we have previously encouraged commercial traffic serving ABP to use Common Lane, there are difficulties with Folly Farm construction traffic using this in that it will have to negotiate Tarks Hill and Melbury Road where parking restrictions are likely to have to be imposed due to the limited width. Similarly, we recognise that the Ryme Road is also narrow in places and has several difficult bends.

These difficulties are clearly not going to be easy for Highways to resolve and having explained our concerns to them we will hopefully know more once the CTMP has been submitted.

Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca Parish Council

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NEWS FROM BEER HACKETT CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE at St. Michael’s, Beer Hackett, 20th December.

A large congregation of fifty locals and visitors filled our church which had been beautifully decorated with flowers and greenery and atmospherically lit with tea lights and candles all around the window ledges.

In candlelight, our evening was begun by Kathy Smyth who accompanied by Richard Mentern our organist, sang ‘O Holy night’.

Revd. Tony Gilbert welcomed and led us in prayer, before Siegfred Johnsen opened our service unaccompanied by singing beautifully the first verse of ‘Once in Royal David’s city’. The lights then came on and the congregation joined in.

We were delighted and grateful to have Eddie Upton and Folk South West with us for a second year. They sang a traditional Cornish carol as the first anthem.

Richard Mentern had composed new music for ‘While shepherd’s watched...’.

Called

‘Beer Haggered’ and arranged by Revd. Tony Durkin, it was performed and sung publicly for the first time by Folk South West as the second anthem.

Following the service of six lessons and carols, everyone enjoyed mulled wine or mulled cider and mince pies together, rounding off a warm and friendly gathering to welcome Christmas.

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EXTRA & WEEKDAY SERVICES DECEMBER 2015

END OF JANUARY 2019 Fri Sat

25 WV Players Panto Puss in Boots YCP New Year Quiz 26 WV Players Panto Puss in Boots

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Volunteer Day New Year Party 27 Live music Chill party band 29 Leigh WI Pins & Needles

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Wine Tasting & Tapas C&LGC Dorset Owls Paul Sturgess Coffee Morning/Bring & Buy John Fluffypunk - How I came to Be Where I Never Was Leigh Discussion Club An evening of Antiques Richard Brommel Coffee'n Cake Yetminster Short Mat Bowls Pairs Competition Defibrillator Awareness Session From Power to Prison to Peace Jonathan Aitken Leigh Moviola A Star is Born Poetry & Prose Y&RGarden Society Complete Guide to Growing Roses Yetminster Film Night Madame YHS The Franklin Expedition Jeremy Mitchell Film, Lawrence of Arabia for Church Restoration Fund Jazz CafĂŠ - Petites Annonces Holiday Club 18th - 22nd WV Lunch Club Getting to the Root of it Luke Mouland Charity Quiz for Yeovil Hospital Live Music with Rip it up Rockability

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Hazelbury Mill Tithe Barn White Hart, Yetminster

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Sherborne Girls’ Madrigal Society Ninebarrow songs & harmonies Leigh Moviola The Wife Y&R Garden Society Discount shopping Yetminster Film Night First Man

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General News Saturday 13th July 2019 FAIR NEWS !

Happy New Year everyone – it’s time to start planning for this Year’s Fair. This year as always, it’s the 2nd Saturday in July, the 13th – put it in your diaries !

We had a really good Fair last summer but we were competing with the World Cup and Wimbledon on the TV and with the Yeovil Fair and unfortunately the numbers of visitors reflected this, but we had lots of lovely comments about the children’s entertainment and our wonderful stallholders afterwards.

Last year, Barbara, our long-standing Chairman stepped down after many years connection with the Fair and our new Chairman, Brian Knight has taken over and has some exciting new ideas.

We have a small committee but would always welcome new members and any help on Fair day itself would be fantastic.

The Fair Association distributed over £2900 after the Fair to local organisations and a hearty vote of thanks to all our helpers and supporters, particularly Blanche and Alex at the White Hart, Jemma, Michael and Lee at the Sports Club and Derek who organises the 50 Club Lottery which always provides a terrific boost to our funds for distribution.

Blanche and Alex have kicked off the fund-raising this year with a magnificent donation of £404 as part of the Christmas Raffle proceeds at the White Hart – we’re really grateful for the continuing support from the team at the Hart. The cheque was presented to the new Chairman on 11 January.

Happy Days !

Don’t forget the date – 13th July.

Geoff Goater

50/50 club DECEMBER BUMPER DRAW 2018 1st £100 No. 6 Mrs. L. manaton 2nd £50 No. 41 Mr. t. fellows 3rd £30 No. 47 Mr. h. Robotham 4th £20 No. 7 Mrs. s. Goldsworthy JANUARY DRAW 2019 1st £50 No. 42 Mrs. c. goater 2nd £30 No. 3 Mr. m. hampson 3rd £20 No. 50 Mr. k. hunt

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THIS WINTER AT YETMINSTER SPORTS CLUB Get active with sport on your doorstep…

If you want to increase your fitness, have fun and meet like-minded people this year, then look no further than your local Sports Club. Yetminster Sports Club hosts popular Yoga, Kunda Dance and Boot Camp classes, fields home teams for local Pool, Skittles and Football leagues and is the proud home of the Yetminster Tennis and Croquet Clubs.

Power-up for the week ahead every Monday by joining Bev for alternate weeks of Kunda Dance (a fun and uplifting, highintensity cardio dance workout, combining Kundalini Yoga, Tai Chi and Qi Gong) and Yoga in the Pavilion from 6.30pm. For £6 a session (drop in), these hour long classes will leave you feeling exhilarated and energised.

Warmth and positivity abound at Bev’s classes, and all are welcome to come along and join the friendly, dynamic group.

Boot Camp takes centre stage on Tuesday evenings, overseen by Aidan. A qualified PT, Aidan is a master of motivation, with his sessions renowned for offering participants a challenging, yet fun and highly effective full-body workout. Aidan prides himself on getting to know everyone in the group, assessing their strengths and encouraging them to reach their own individual goals. He is also passionate about diet and nutrition and is always willing to share his knowledge and advice. Boot camp runs every Tuesday evening from 6-6.45pm on the Sports Field (in the winter we work out under the flood lights) and all are welcome. Drop in (£3.50 for members/£4

for non-members) and block booking (£22.50 for 8 sessions for members/£25 for 8 sessions for non-members) options are available.

Facilities available for private hire The Sports Club is also a great venue for private parties and functions, with the Pavilion, bar and grounds available for hire.

Booking is FREE for Sports Club Members and starts at £30 for non-members. We would be delighted to discuss your requirements and are on hand to assist you with event planning. We will then ensure everything runs smoothly for you on the day itself.

Winter bar opening hours Select Tuesdays for Pool League: 7-11pm, select Wednesdays for Skittles: 7-11pm, Fridays: 7-11pm and Saturdays: 7-11pm.

For more information please contact us on info@yetminstersportsclub.co.uk or 07455017371. Facebook @yetminstersportsclubofficial Jemma Farrell, Yetminster Sports’ Club

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POGLES WOOD EXPLORERS

The two halves of the cabin were joined together two weeks before Christmas. It was muddy and exciting in equal measure! Since then we have been working hard both inside and out. Although we won’t be even close to being completely finished we can’t wait to show people what we have done so far. So, we are going ahead with our

10am - 3pm For unaccompanied children £15.00 per child or £7.50 for a half day. Please email or send a Facebook message for more details and book as soon as you can so I can make sure we have enough adult helpers.

These sessions start again in March and we will be offering a Monday session on and a Wednesday session on . These are for accompanied pre-school children and run from 12noon til 3pm. £5 per child Bring a picnic lunch (Tea coffee etc available).

Please pop in and see what is We have a few going on and have bookings for this year so do please a cup of tea and think about having a special maybe even a celebration with us, especially as we piece of cake now have an indoor space to retreat t anytime from 2pm Philippa Toulson onwards.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR. A huge thank you to all the children and their parents for supporting our Nativity Play which was held in St Andrew's Church, Leigh just before Christmas. It was a very happy occasion and we were extremely proud of all the children who took part.

This term we are going to be studying some of the stories from the Old Testament and please note that we will be taking a two week half term, that is there will be no Wednesday Club on either the 20th or 27th February, as I am off to visit our son Patrick who lives and works in Brazil.

We are extremely grateful to the Yetminster

Fair Committee who gave us a very generous cheque for ÂŁ100 towards our costs and we promise we will use that money wisely.

For any further information concerning the Wednesday Club, please do contact me on dareason@btinternet.com.

Anne Reason

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THANK YOU, YFA COMMITTEE I would like to thank the members of the Y.F.A. committee for their generous gift to me on my stepping down from the committee in November. I have enjoyed my time over the years and wish the Fair every success in the future. However, I must correct Geoff Goater’s assertion that I have served 27 years – it has been about 16 and some of them with my late husband, Frank.

Barbara Driver

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

MAD Mowers has its website up and running where you can find details of what's included in a service, prices from £35, contact information, etc. Check it out at www.madmowers.uk and if you book up your service before the end of February you can claim an extra 10% discount.

At this time of year, keen gardeners are beginning to think about preparing their lawn mower for the first cut of the year. A good service of your machine will give you peace of mind, so when the conditions are right for cutting, your mower should start easily.

Many of you may remember reading about Mark and his love for lawn mowers and other garden equipment, in previous magazines.

Well, this month Mark Amos Drapper is launching his own mowers servicing business - MAD Mowers! Mark has spent many months working with Mike’s Mowers in Yeovil and now that Mike’s Mowers is closing, Mark has decided to open for business, in Stockwood.

FEBRUARY TIP: Remember, petrol is only fresh for about 30 days, so if you have left your mower full of fuel during the winter break, you will need to empty the tank and put fresh fuel in. If you need help to do this or want to book your machine in for a service, with an extra 10% February discount, then don’t hesitate to contact Mark at www.madmowers.uk or call 0333 006 4332.

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SHERBORNE ABBEY VOLUNTEER GUARDIANS NEEDED. Could you spare just one regular hour a fortnight to join our friendly team of Guardians who meet and greet visitors to the beautiful Abbey?

Further information from Sue Morgan (Head Guardian) on 01935 873104 or e-mail rsm182@talktalk.net You would be so welcome.

SNOWDROPS AT MINTERNE GARDENS GARDENS OPEN Well-loved for its simple beauty & distinct honey-like scent, snowdrop flowers have a surprising & varied history in both folklore & modern storytelling.

Today they are thought to be a simple, delicate symbol of hope, purity and consolation.

Often described as having the appearance of 3 drops of milk spilling

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. forth from a bright green stem, expect to see carpets of these dainty white flowers adorning the banks in Minterne’s 27-acre wild woodland garden.

Visit Minterne Garden and enjoy their appearance from 1st February onwards.

Gardens open daily 10am to 6pm.

2-for-1 while the snowdrops last – (£6 for 2 adults.) www.minterne.co.uk 01300 341370 SEASON TICKETS AVAILABLE

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NEWS FROM ST ANDREW’S CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL

Happy Belated New Year from St Andrew’s CE Primary School!

Our children and staff have returned refreshed and enthusiastic for a busy term ahead. We have lots of exciting events planned, including a ‘Book Week’ in March and a ‘Science, Technology and Maths Week’ in April.

Our first week back has already brought great excitement as our football team achieved considerable success in the North Dorset Schools Football Tournament. After a nail biting semi-final which ended in a penalty shoot-out, the team went on to win the final and have been crowned ‘North Dorset Champions’.

We are all very proud of our boys who were commended for their exemplary sportsmanship and skill.

I had the privilege of meeting Mrs Tessa Hill this week to discuss the planned proposals for the site of the swimming pool. As many of you will know, rising costs and decreasing school budgets have resulted in the closure of the pool. Tessa’s beloved husband, Alan, was one of the main instigators of the building of the pool in the 1980s and Tessa was very keen to hear of our plans for the site.

The children and I are currently writing a ‘Big Lottery’ bid for funding to create a ‘spiritual’ space of quiet contemplation which will also be accessible to the local community.

The children are sharing ideas in their classes and we will be in a position to complete the bid this term. If anyone in the local community would like to

be involved in the project, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Our Christian value for this term is ‘perseverance’ and I am reminded of a quote from Galations, 6:9 “Let’s not get tired of doing what is right. At just the right time we will receive a harvest of blessing, if we don’t give up”.

I know that not all families celebrated a joyful time at Christmas, this year. I send the love and prayers of our school to Pauline Chaffey, our school lunchtime supervisor who lost a much loved daughter in December. I pray that she and her family will come to find comfort in the precious memories they hold in their hearts as she continues to persevere through these difficult days.

I am always heartened to see the new shoots pushing through the ground as the daffodils and crocuses begin their annual display of beauty in creation. The coming months will bring new hope and new beginnings, once again.

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Our Church Communities NEWS FROM THE THREE VALLEYS’ TEAM hole burnt through the middle of it. can’t be the only one who likes Winter can feel a little bit similar. We fires. As a boy I would light little have the bright light of Christmas in bonfires on the windowsill in my the middle, which we hope will warm bedroom, much to my parents’ horror. the rest of the dark days at the turn of I developed various ways of firing lit the year, yet for many it leaves more matches around the room. I don’t hole and less warmth than they might remember causing any actual damage have hoped. but it must have been by luck rather So I have two thoughts for you to than wisdom. Even now if you give me ponder. First, remember the lonely at a pile of garden waste and a box of this time of matches I am year. It is so a very happy easy to hole person. up when the It seems days are that this dark, but interest in many are just burning stuff longing for has been someone to inherited. pop in and Oliver and I say hello. spent our last Second, let the warmth of Christmas evening together before he went back to university trying to light a bonfire in spread a little. If you got a rare glimpse of family keep those contacts alight. If the garden. We were both happy as you enjoyed gathering to sing carols or could be starting little fires, dragging share worship then try out a new cuttings across the garden and Christian gathering in the new year. meticulously feeding and managing And if your heart was warmed by the the fire. Sadly all to little purpose. The Christian story of a God who loved us damp and the cold had made the so much he came to live with us, then clippings and prunings rather less let that warmth grow a little, read a bit than flammable. We managed to light more of the story, share a bit more of a fire but it refused to spread. the hope.

There is now a large and rather messy pile of garden rubbish in the middle of the garden with a ragged

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NEWS FROM THE METHODIST CHURCH LET’S CHANGE THE WORLD Christmas now seems an age away as we move into the second month of 2019.

We are told not to dwell on the past, but I’m sure you all must have some memory of some significant event in 2018 – perhaps a special birthday or Anniversary – or it may be a sad event on losing a relative or friend.

Surely one of the most memorable events was the royal wedding in March when Prince Harry married Meghan Markle and Bishop Michael Curry gave the now famous address. Here we had an African-American primate from the Episcopal church in Chicago preaching to not just the Royal Family but to millions around the world. It was reported that this was the biggest single presentation of the Gospel in human history.

Whatever our own personal thoughts of the address, we must agree that it contained a message – not just for Harry & Meghan and those attending the wedding – but for everybody throughout the world today. The precious gift of LOVE which, hopefully, we have been reminded of over Christmas, is for all, You may have sung the carol: “Love came down at Christmas - love all lovely, love divine”

Bishop Curry was not only talking about the love between people, and not just a love of certain things in our lives. but he was referring to the greatest love of All – the love that God shows when he sent. His son, Jesus to give his life so that we might receive eternal life. And that Love which God gives us in great abunda nce is the same love that we are commanded and expected to pass on to all whom we meet.

If only a half of those who heard Bishop Curry’s words put it into action and show that love – the world would be a better place and if only a half of those who read this magazine showed that love, this village and neighbourhood would be a better place – and that includes our places of worship !

The motto of our Methodist Blackmore Valley Circuit is: “TO KNOW GOD’S LOVE TO SHOW GOD’S LOVE and TO SHARE GOD’S LOVE” Its not too late to make this our New Year’s resolutions, Love and blessings Cliff Harris

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Our Church Communities THREE VALLEYS TEAM Team Office : Yetminster Jubilee Hall, Church Street, Yetminster, DT9 6LG

Rev’d Richard Kirlew

Team Rector: Rev’d Tony Gilbert

e:richard.kirlew@btinternet.com

@RuralChaplain 01963 23570

01935 872600

The Rectory, Church Rd, Thornford, Sherborne. DT9 6QE

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

01935 873044 e: rector3valleys@gmail.com Assistant Curate

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

Rev’d John Summers 01935 872414

Team Vicars Rev’d George Moody

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The Rectory Church St, Yetminster DT9 6QE

Jubilee Hall Yetminster

01935 873214

HELPING HANDS 01935 872921

e: revgeorgemoody@gmail.com

Yetminster Methodist Church Treasurer: Alec Reek, 17 Bucklers Mead, Yetminster.

Secretary: Mrs Barbara Driver Tel: 01935 873690 Worship co-ordinator: All services begin at Mrs Marilyn Harris Tel: 10:30am followed by 01935 864232 coffee.

Chapel Lane, Yetminster DT9 6LJ Minister: Rev Bryan Coates Tel: 02380 252960

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

ACTIVITIES IN THE CHURCH FEBRUARY 10th Rev Bryan Coates 24th Mr Donald Farguharson

Roman Catholic Services

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

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

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

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

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THREE VALLEYS TEAM local services For complete list see:

SUNDAY FEBRUARY

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10th

17th

24th

PRESENTATION

4th SUNDAY BEFORE LENT

3rd SUNDAY BEFORE LENT

2nd SUNDAY BEFORE LENT

BATCOMBE

10.15am CW Holy Communion

BEER HACKETT

9.30am BCP Matins

BRADFORD ABBAS

11am CW 11am Holy Communion Morning Service

CHETNOLE

11am Family Service with Baptism

HERMITAGE

6.30pm CW Evening Prayer

8am BCP Holy Communion

10.15am CW Holy Communion with Baptism

8am BCP Holy Communion

9.30am Family Service

4pm 4pm BCP 9.30am CW Choral Evensong to Holy Communion be sung by the Barn Choir.

10.15am CW Morning Prayer

HILFIELD LEIGH

6pm BCP Evensong

9.30am CW Holy Communion

RYME INTRINSECA

10.15am Morning Prayer

6.30pm BCP Evensong

8.30am BCP Holy Communion 8am BCP Holy Communion

THORNFORD

9.30am Family Service 3pm BCP Holy Communion

8am BCP Holy Communion 9.30am Morning Service

8am BCP Holy Communion 11am Family Communion

9.30am CW Holy Communion

YETMINSTER

11am CW Family Communion

9.30am CW Morning Prayer

9.30am CW Choral Holy Communion

9.30am CW Holy Communion

Extra & Weekday Services February 2019 Mondays Every Tuesday

1st in month

6pm 10am

Compline

YETMINSTER

Lower Covey Toddlers' Service

YETMINSTER

Thursday 1st in month

2.30pm Holy Communion

LEIGH, Old Vicarage

Tuesday - Every week Saturday

12 noon

HILFIELD FRIARY

Midday Prayer followed by CW Holy Communion

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NOVEMBER MEETING WHEELS FOR THE WORLD We have listened to many talks at our WI meetings and been amused or enlightened at the experiences of our speakers but occasionally we are shocked and saddened at the dreadful reality of some peoples’ lives as portrayed by our Speaker Jill Jenkinson.

Jill works for a Christian charity called Through the Roof which incorporates Wheels for the World.

Wheels for the World distributes previously used wheelchairs and other mobility aids to hundreds of people in developing countries.

This gift allows them a freedom of movement they could only dream about and demonstrates the love of God in a practical way.

The wheelchairs can come from various sources. Some are reclaimed from skips outside Care Homes, some from the NHS and some are donated but they are then sent to Parkhurst Prison where the Prisoners refurbish them, a job they gain great satisfaction from. They are then sorted in to sizes and whether they are self propelled or need to be pushed and once there is enough for a load they are taken to a number of African countries.

Jill has just come back from Ghana and gave us a slideshow of the wheelchairs arriving at a distribution centre where the chosen recipients were patiently waiting to be measured for a wheelchair or a walking aid. It was pitiful to see the way young and old had to drag themselves along the ground either on their hands and feet or knees or even scooting along on their bottoms. Some children were carried by older siblings until they became too heavy to do so.

Every team bringing the wheelchairs consists of physiotherapists, mechanics, an administrator, translator, photographer, pastoral support, trainer and teacher. The whole family of the recipient becomes involved in being taught how to fold, erect and maintain the wheelchair.

They also need to be taught to manoeuver and handle them.

For those people with twisted The stag gate limbs the physiotherapists teach the family how to massage and manipulate them to prevent them from getting worse and to ease their pain.

All team members fund themselves personally, frequently with backing from churches, work colleagues and friends.

Jill and her colleagues also take knitted hand puppets to give to the children and these bring a smile to their faces and help to break the ice.

Disablement is often seen as a curse in parts of Africa and such people are often shunned so to have someone take an interest in them and give them a toy of their own as well as a wheelchair can make a huge difference to them.

Jill gave us some easy patterns to follow for making these hand puppets and our WI will have a go on one of our sessions to see what we can produce for the children. Jill will be happy to collect any puppets or old wheelchairs if you want to help. Her tel; number is 01747 855476 to arrange collection.

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CHETNOLE AND LEIGH GARDEN CLUB BOTANICAL GARDENS FROM THE ARCTIC TO THE TROPICS Mike Webber, with a keen interest in gardening, travel and photography, was our first guest speaker of 2019 giving us an insight into Botanical gardens across the world through his interesting, illustrated talk. Common to such gardens are specialist collections, explanatory texts and “features to lure people in.”

Tromso, being two hundred miles within the Arctic Circle, has restricted light and naturally extremely cold temperatures.

Nevertheless, Saxifrage, Primulas, Hepaticas, Erythroniums and Pulsatilla all flower at the same time there creating quite a spectacle. Saxifrage marginata is recommended for growing as a ‘good doer’ in a rockery in our climate.

Of the British Botanical Gardens, Oxford is the oldest dating back to 1621 with many important collections. Cambridge is home to ‘Flower of Kent,’ the same apple variety linked to Sir Isaac Newton and has extensive bee friendly planting schemes.

The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew has the largest and most diverse collections in the world. Amongst these are the Laurel Clock Vine, with beautiful blue flowers, having medicinal properties of boosting the immune system and inhibiting tumour

growth. Kew also boasts the famous glasshouse designed by Sir Joseph Paxton and today similar glass houses are a key feature in many botanical gardens the world over.

For those interested in Mathematics, the University of Leicester Botanic Garden has amazing pavements showing the Fibonacci Series. It was fascinating to learn that this numerical pattern is found in the natural world such as in the pattern of seeds on a pine cone and a sunflower. For those with a passion for Fuschias and Skimmias this is the place to visit.

Highlights from North America include tree peonies, Californian Redwoods and a Japanese Garden in San Francisco; late flowering Asters in Washington D.C. and incredible Hostas, Hibiscus and Lotus flowers in Atlanta.

The Botanical Gardens in Christchurch, New Zealand, is home to the protected Kauri tree and has useful planting schemes targeted at small gardens. In Madeira the beautiful Jacaranda mimosifolia can be enjoyed and for those with an interest in palms, Lisbon is the place to visit.

Kirstenbosch, in South Africa, has an amazing eight thousand national species!

Our next meeting, entitled ‘DORSET OWLS ’will be held at Chetnole Village Hall at 7.30pm on Monday 4th February.

Visitors, £3.00, and new members will be welcome.

Rose Roberts Saxifrage marginata

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LEIGH DISCUSSION & SOCIAL CLUB We held our annual Christmas dinner in Leigh Hall on the 30th November when 62 members and guests enjoyed an excellent turkey roast provided by Helen Furness and her helpers. Bridget Gordge gave a review of the talks and outings we had throughout the year and Pete Betts conducted the ‘Hands on Heads’ competition which raised £62 which we donated to the Samaritans. The evening was brought to a close with Kachina Aimee playing harp and singing.

Tuesday 4th December and we were back in Leigh Hall holding our quiz and competition night. Whilst all the produce and fodder, etc., were being judged, we were entertained with a ‘Call My Bluff’ quiz where we were given three possible uses for various old tools and artefacts and we had to ‘best guess’ which description was correct – which is much harder than it sounds.

Our first meeting of 2019 was presented by Helen and Roger Hooper – ‘Aspects of a Global Journey’.

Helen and Roger took us around the world in 90 minutes, including a three week stay in New Zealand!! They boarded at Southampton expecting a leisurely and relaxing three day trip to Madeira, but crossing the Bay of Biscay they experienced a force 12 hurricane and so got their sea The competition results were: Silage 1st Sally Vickery Hay 1st Pat Mitchell Cake 1st Pam Kingston-Jones Biscuits 1st Pete Betts Jam 1st Lucy Parrott Chutney 1st Ann Osmond

The opening of the Suez Canal on November 17, 1869 (Credit: The Print Collector/Getty Images)

legs very early on. Barbados was their next stop then on to the Panama Canal. The first attempt to build a canal started in 1881 when Ferdinand de Lesseps backed by French money started this 51 mile project.

He had previously built the Suez Canal, but quickly found conditions in Panama much harder and costlier and in 1889 after his French backers lost faith in him and huge loss of workforce mainly from disease, his company folded. In 1902 America decided to take up the challenge and the canal finally opened in August 1914.

The canal contains three locks up and three down and it takes 12 hours to get through.

After reaching the Pacific, the ship headed North to San Francisco. We were shown pictures of the steep gradient

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streets and also ones taken during the tour of the Alcatraz island and jail. Then four days to Hawaii, which was created by volcanic activity, but is very lush, green and tropical. Just after Helen and Roger returned home Kilauea Volcano erupted on the 3rd May. One of Hawaii’s largest eruptions in recent history.

Next stop Samoa which has a population of 195,000. One of the islands main industries is tuna fishing and we were shown pictures of a very large processing plant. Tonga should have been next, but the island had been devastated by a massive cyclone so New Zealand and a stay with friends came a little quicker than planned.

A flight to Hong Kong to pick up the ship again and off to Vietnam where we were shown images of street traders, cattle wandering the streets and roads full of motor bikes and hardly any cars. Some of the bikes were laden with very large and seemingly dangerous loads. We saw poor

people in Sri Lanka and India working tea and rubber plantations and then in contrast the arguably obscene wealth of Dubai.

One highlight of the trip was an excursion to the hidden city of Petra in Jordan which lay undiscovered for at least 2,000 years. We saw lots of amazing buildings carved into solid rock, many still in very good condition.

After 120 miles through the Suez Canal they were in the Mediterranean. A meeting with their daughter in Naples and another bad storm in the Bay of Biscay saw them back at Southampton after an amazing 99 days.

Graham Sargent

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 5th February – ‘AN EVENING OF ANTIQUES’ – Richard Brommel 5th March – ‘ON THE PARISH’ – Luke Mouland

THE WRIGGLE VALLEY MOTHERS' UNION We enjoyed singing carols with The Old Vicarage residents just before Christmas hope they did too! There is the MOTHERS' UNION WAVE OF PRAYER being held on Wednesday 6th February from 12.00 12.30pm - venue still to be decided.

YETMINSTER SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB The Yetminster Short Mat Bowls club held the final of the Jack Wilde singles trophy on Thursday 3rd January 2019. The winner was Colin Perry and the runner-up was Pat Smith who won the trophy last year.

The next club competition will be for the Pairs trophy, which will take place on Thursday 7th February 2019.

There will be the Women's World Day of Prayer on Friday March 1st. Details hopefully in another part of the WVM. For further details concerning the Mothers' Union, please contact me on 872440.

Margaret Shipman It is with regret that we have learned that our oldest member Jim Paul passed away aged 98 on Friday 5th January. Jim and his late wife Betty were founder members of the club. Jim played his last game at the club on Wednesday 2ⁿd January 2019.

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What a swell party …. again Borrowing from the Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra number in High Society – again – it still seems the best description of what is becoming a habit now for successful History Society Christmas dinners. Fortunately, it can be said nobody “got pinched in the As(s)..tor Bar”. Or if they did, they kept very quiet about it!!

We may not have been dressed in “swellegant, elegant” fashion, given the Christmas cracker hats, but it was most certainly a lot of fun.

The atmosphere was set on entry to the Hall: the lights, the table decorations, the crackers waiting for guests to pull and don their paper hats and exchange the awful jokes. All in the cause of creating that right atmosphere. Then on to the feast. Catering up to its usual high standard. Masses of food, and the self service conducted with almost military precision, allowing more banter and joke swapping.

The eating, drinking and raffle were followed by a right royal entertainment from the Chetnole Community Choir. A large group of enthusiasts who get together just for the joy of singing – and didn’t that enthusiasm show! – led by their brilliant musical director. Their finale number, The Beach Boys’ Barbara Ann, left us all out of breath with admiration and sent everyone home feeling plumptious and jolly. A vintage evening.

William Dampier What then of the coming year? In February and March, respectively, we have Jeremy Mitchell talking about The Franklin Expedition and Mike Roussel on The Life of Amelia Earhart. Sir john Franklin made three attempts to discover the North West passage around Canada.

His last attempt ended in disaster with all men and their ships being lost. Amelia Earhart is perhaps more famous - the American aviation pioneer whose tragic disappearance over the Pacific was well known to our parents’ generation. Both fascinating subjects.

Into spring and summer and there is an excellent list of visits lined up: Tyntesfied - the NT property near Bristol; a Guided Walk around Frome; Romsey Abbey and Mottisfont House and Gardens; and finishing up with Old Bowlish House at Shepton Mallet. A great new year to look forward to.

Finally, there are still a few copies of the WW1 booklet available, documenting the names and lives of those on the local war memorials. Contact Antony Brown (adgbrown@btinternet.com) or John Ferretter (john.ferretter@icloud.com).

NEXT MEETING: 13th February 2019, 2.30pm at the Jubilee Hall, Yetminster. As always, new members will be most welcome. Just come along or contact John Ferretter, email as above.

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YETMINSTER & RYME GARDEN, ART & CRAFT SOCIETY RETURN OF THE VEGETABLE KING! We welcomed an old friend back at the Garden Club on 8th January and you may well recognise his photograph. This is Chris Smith from Pennard Plants who came to talk about Heritage Vegetables. This meeting links in with Potato Day on February 5th from 1-4pm when Chris will be returning with his full range of vegetables for you all to see, ask about and buy.

Chris is a walking encyclopedia of vegetable growing and spoke to us for an hour without notes – he could have gone on for hours actually. Every sentence was a piece of advice you wanted to remember.

He started off with a bit of potato background: most seed potatoes are produced in Scotland where there is a gene bank of 800 varieties. Chris stocks nearly 100 of those. Potatoes are micro-propagated in a lab and take 3/4 years to become saleable seed potatoes.

Moving on to general vegetable growing, he had some advice on collecting seed: ● don’t save runner bean seeds from the rubbishy old pods left on at the end of the season – pick and save healthy ones as they grow ● keep seed from a number of tomatoes on one plant, then select the best seedlings afterwards as they grow Chris’s thumbnail sketch of crop rotation made several listeners wish they had a

paper and pencil to hand. Basically the plan is year by year to rotate root crops with brassicas (which take nitrogen from the soil), then legumes (which put it back) and by changing the crops in this way, avoid disease.

Some useful tips too in tackling pests and diseases without chemicals: ● pour boiling water over crushed garlic and spray that solution around plants to deter slugs and snails ● use fleece to provide a barrier against flying insects ● consider companion planting such as pot marigolds (Tagetes minuta is particularly effective against whitefly in the greenhouse) His final advice was to sow when you think the conditions are right rather than what it tells you on the back of the seed packet. Pick all vegetables when they are young, finishing with the interesting suggestion that when sowing later in the season, choose an early variety as this will produce a quicker crop at that end of the year.

The meeting finished in traditional manner with the committee providing a splendid tea as a thank you to our loyal members for turning up so regularly even when it is cold and dark and you don’t really want to come out!

NEXT MEETING is on Tuesday 12th February at 3pm when Castle Gardens will give us one of their expert talks about growing roses. We hope to see you there.

Judy Ferretter

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Planning Applications FEBRUARY 2019 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 provide store and office (Full).

Erection of building to

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/18/002991 20/12/2018 Amendment to planning approval WD/D/18/001951 - to allow the external walls of the first floor to be constructed with render to match existing instead of the weather boarding/vertical slate hanging as approved. (Non-material Amendment).

WD/D/18/002789 21/12/2018 Remove and replace roof, erect first floor extension to form additional living accommodation (demolish existing outbuildings,extensions); install 2 No. Dormer windows, 1No. rooflight; timber cladding to external walls; erect conservatory; erect front porch; erect two storey double garage/storeroom with timber cladding to external walls (Full).

WD/D/18/002740 04/12/2018 Erection of canopy porch (Listed Building Consent).

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

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

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

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

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

WD/D/18/002575 27/11/2018 Partly demolish agricultural building and convert agricultural buildings into 2 holiday lets with parking (Full).

WD/D/18/002568 20/11/2018 Installation of a lift.

(Listed Building Consent).

WD/D/19/000031 07/01/2018 Request for confirmation of compliance with condition 4 of planning approval WD/D/18/001139 (Compliance with Conditions) Request for confirmation of compliance with condition 4 of planning approval WD/D/18/001139 (Compliance with Conditions).

WD/D/19/000032 07/01/2018 Request for confirmation of compliance with conditions 2,5,6,7,9,12 and 13 of outline planning approval WD/D/16/000642 (Compliance with Conditions).

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

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 of barn (Determination of a proposed demolition

Partial demolition

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 Cummunifit Sit & Strengthen Leigh Short Mat Bowls Yetminster Table Tennis Club Bev’s Kunda Dance/Yoga Bev’s Men's Yoga Yetminster Bell Ringers Every Tue Topsy Turvy Toddlers Chetnole Art Group (until Easter) Beginners Tai Chi Beginners Pilates Kids After School Yoga (term time) Boot Camp All Abilities Cubs (in term) Every Wed Drop in Coffee Morning & PO Community Coffee morning Morning Yoga Class Croquet Coach/Play Wednesday Club (in term) Chetnole Chuckers Pétanque Club Women’s Table Tennis

Croquet Junior WV Players (in term) Beavers (in term) Scouts (in term) Beginners yoga Yetminster Short Mat Bowls Every Thur Tai Chi Advanced Pilates Yetminster Short Mat Bowls Leigh Rainbows (5-7yrs) Leigh Brownies (7-10yrs) Guides Dance Fit Chetnole Community Choir Every Fri Table Tennis Croquet Club (May - Oct) Croquet Every Sun Chetnole Chuckers Pétanque Club

9.30-12.30pm Leigh Village Hall 9.30-10.30am Chetnole Village Hall 11am-12 noon Yetminster Jubilee Hall 2-5pm Leigh Village Hall 10-12noon Scout Hut, Yetminster 6.30 - 7.30pm Yetminster Sports Club 7.30 - 8.30pm Yetminster Sports Club 7.30pm-10pm St Andrew's Church 9-11.30am St Andrew's Primary School 10am-1pm Chetnole Village Hall 10-11am Leigh Village Hall 1.10 - 2.10pm Chetnole Village Hall 3.15 - 4.15pm St Andrew’s School Hall 18:00:00 Yetminster Sports Club 6-7.30pm Scout Hut Yetminster 9.30-12 noon Chetnole Village Hall 10.30-11.30am Old Vicarage Care Home 10.30-11.30am Leigh Village Hall 3pm (until Oct) Yetminster Playing Fields 3.15 pm-4.05pm St Andrew's Primary School 2pm Chetnole Playing Fields 2-4pm Leigh Village Hall 5.30pm summer only Church Farm, Hermitage 6-7pm Leigh Village Hall 6-7pm Scout Hut Yetminster 7-9pm Scout Hut Yetminster 7pm St Andrew’s Primary School 7-10pm Yetminster Jubilee Hall 10am Leigh Village Hall 10am Chetnole Village Hall 2-5pm Yetminster Jubilee Hall 5.45-7pm Trim Room, Yetminster 5.45-7pm Yetminster Jubilee Hall 7-8.30pm Yetminster Jubilee Hall 6.30pm (term time) St Andrew’s Primary Sch 7.30pm Chetnole Village Hall 9.30-12.30pm Leigh Village Hall 3pm Yetminster Sports Club 3pm Yetminster Sports Club 2pm Chetnole Playing Fields wrigglevalleymagazine.co.uk

…Events & Activities 1st Mon 1st Tue

Chetnole & Leigh Garden Club Leigh Discussion Club (wint) Wriggle Valley MU (alt months)

Yetminster & Ryme Garden Soc. Senior Winter Lunch Outings (not July/Aug) Halstock & Distr. British Legion 3rd Tues WV Women's Group Wriggle Valley Lunch Club

7:30pm Chetnole Village Hall 7.30 - 10.30pm Leigh Village Hall 7pm Church Hall, Yetminster

7.30pm 12.15 - 3pm

Yetminster Jubilee Hall Sue Footner 873610 Sheaf of Arrows 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

Pub Quiz Coffee ‘n’ Cakes Batcombe Coffee Morning

7pm 10 - 11.30am 11am

The White Hart, Yetminster Yetminster Jubilee Hall tba

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St. Andrew's Primary School Yetminster Jubilee Hall The Cross, Leigh Chetnole Village Hall Venue contact 872342 Old School Gallery, Yet’ster The White Hart Pogles Wood nr Leigh

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