253 March 2013 Wriggle Valley Magazine

No. 253

March 2013

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News from the Villages

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Batcombe

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Chetnole

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Hermitage

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Leigh

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Ryme Intrinseca

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Yetminster

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Out & About

It doesn’t seem like a month has passed since the last magazine hit our Diary - March onwards doormats. I hope you have all had an enjoyable one; at least the days are Regular Meeting & Activities getting longer and I can even hear the News from our Churches birds in the morning when I get up.

There are lots of interesting articles for Church Services - Feb your enjoyment this month. All you budding thespians are invited to audition for the General News next Wriggle Valley Players production, …there's nowt so…

LOOT, p63, directed by Chetnolian Philip Tebbatt who also features with Eileen St Andrew’s Primary School Sturgess as our cover photo from Sleeping Beauty. Enjoy the review on p 73.

Leigh Weather Watch As a community we are very generous, both locally and globally; this month we Planning Applications have a couple of charity events for you to …gone gardening.. enjoy and support: Rock on Gary, pp5 & 45, for Chetnolian Marathon Man Gary Club News Sturgess, raising funds for the Weldmar and St Margaret’s Hospices and a Family Supper & Silent Auction p11 for Sharon Murphy who is running the Three Peak Challenge for the Piers Simon Appeal’s School in a Bag Project.

Have a good Easter and support Fair Trade by buying A Real Easter Egg; let’s hope for a sunny one, we have had more than our fair share of grim weather.

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he new school term has got off to a rocky start for some of our Chetnole sixth forme attending The Gryphon School in Sherborne. Sadly, and not without some degree of frustratio

News from the Villages

BATCOMBE.....

"A peck of March dust is worth a Kings Ransom!”

The snowdrops are out in Batcombe Churchyard so spring is on its way.

We were sorry to hear of Lillian Newman’s accident and we wish her a speedy recovery.

Our thanks go to Jason Griffin for clearing the snow and gritting the roads to

Please find High Stoy Parish Council minutes in the Hermitage section keep the traffic moving during the last spell of icy weather.

Mothers Day service will be on 10 March and Palm Sunday service is on 24 March.

The PCC AGM is at Church Farm House 7pm, 18 March all welcome.

The next Batcombe monthly Coffee Morning will be with Chantelle at The Friary, 11.00am first Wednesday in March.

Alan Bastone

CHETNOLE..... with Melbury Bubb & Stockwood

Village Hall Events Apologies for any confusion over dates in the last issue - having recently thoroughly enjoyed an excellent Artsreach event at the hall myself (The Seven Ages) I would hate for any of you to miss out - please see below the corrected date for the London Klezmer Quartet and also look out for the latest Jazz Cafe attraction.

Don’t forget Gary Sturgess’ London Marathon fundraising variety evening, ROCK ON GARY, on Saturday 16 March in the village hall in aid of the Weldmar and St Margaret’s Hospices - a great cause.

Go along and have some fun but if you can’t make it you can still sponsor Gary at uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ GarySturgess wrigglevalleymagazine.co.uk 5

This year the race (Gary’s fifth time) is on Sunday 21 April so book your place on the sofa and track our marathon man around the course.

Fancy your racking your brains at the Flower Show and Fete Quiz night in the hall on Saturday 9 March? Call Jan on 872491 or Aly on 872250 for further details.

New Home!

The Berry Family have moved! But not very far...you can now find them in their new home “Pendana” (formerly known as “Sinnaid”) - we hope that Nicola, Dominic, Jacob and Nat will be very happy there and farewell to Lorraine Clark and her family. Good luck to both families in their new abodes.

Forthcoming Chetnole Village Hall Events Chetnole Flower Show & Fete Quiz Night Saturday 9 March, Table of 4 £20

Rock on Gary Fundraising for Chetnole Marathon Man Gary 7.30pm Sat 16 March The Bell Street Jazz Band Chetnole Jazz Café, 7.30pm 23 March.

Tickets £8.50, Nigel Bray, 01935 872233

The London Klezmer Quartet - Arts New Baby!

Reach, 7.30pm Thursday 25 April.

Congratulations to Eileen and Les Tickets £8.50, John Head, 01935 Foy on the birth of a granddaughter. 873555 or Nigel Bray, 01935 872233.

Natalie and Stuart had a little girl (a sister for William) on Thursday 31 January 2013. Sophie Olivia Adams families in our area needing an weighed in at 6 lbs 13ozs. All doing well. emergency box of basic supplies has proliferated. Please give this charity a Message from Janet Wood A huge thank you from the Village thought throughout the year. items Hall Committee to all who helped in any may be dropped in at the coffee way with the Jumble Sale, whether by Morning or Sue Morgan will collect. At sorting, selling, serving refreshments the moment there is a special request or donating items. Having so many for small bags of sugar, tea, coffee, pairs of hands made light work of what tinned meat products and plastic could have been a very daunting task. cutlery, but any item in date will be Over £600 was raised for the Hall! If most welcome.

AND If at any time you come you were wondering what happened to across anyone in this area who might the left over items, they were collected and taken to the British Heart like to have a display table at the coffee Foundation, so there was no wastage morning one week, we are always on and everything donated went to a good the look out for something new, unusual or useful; be it the latest from cause. a Special charity , craft items, general Ongoing appeal for donations of food. information, whatever - something The Wednesday Coffee morning different to engage folk during our busy regularly collects donations of food for two and a half hour sessions. Tell them the Sherborne Lord's Larder. to 'phone Sue M on 873104 to request a day.

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We would like to thank everyone who has been re If e H involved in helping and supporting the you il Whist Drives over the past twenty five O would like r u years in aid of hall funds. Regretfully, to join John Yo the time has come for us to retire t Sanford's oil group e and we had hoped that someone G then please telephone would take over - sadly this is him before the next not so. Many from the delivery date of 28 March: neighbouring villages - minimum quantity 500 litresare pensioners like ordering in bulk achieved a ourselves, who enjoy saving of 3.4p per litre for the last delivery the game which is to the village. Contact John on 872973 in an inexpensive night advance of the above date to place your individual out. Whist Drives order. The dates for the next oil delivery will have been part of appear here in due course. village life for as long Liz Tebbatt as we can remember; now it seems that this too will be lost!

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The London Klezmer Quartet Those who turned out for the Artsreach show on 31 January had a good time - plenty of laughs.

Numbers were a little disappointing maybe it was fear of snow or flooding - but sincere thanks to all of you who did come!

For your further delight, we have on 25 April four young players (fiddle, accordian, clarinet and cello) who play lively and soulful Jewish wedding music, traditional tunes and new melodies they have written themselves - a unique combination of artistry and exuberance. You may even wish to join in dancing. I have spoken with those who have seen and heard them play - and was assured they are quite exceptional.

They will be coming to Chetnole from a five week tour of Australia - so let's try to give them a true Chetnole welcome!

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Family Supper, Silent Auction & Talk 19 April The Piers Simon Appeal's School in a Bag project is running a 3 Peak challenge this May and for my sins I have signed up to do it. Piers was a good friend of mine and was tragically lost to the 2004 tsunami, a story many of you will remember.

His brother Luke, family and friends have since raised over £500,000 for disaster relief, through lots of exciting events and sporting activities. More recently the positive momentum of the cause has focused on sending fully equipped school bags to children around the world, who would not otherwise receive their education.

So in order to do my bit, I am now marching around the countryside with Martha on my back and often accompanied by my photographer friend Anna Taylor, who is now posting a Rubblestone blog, documenting our favourite bits of the

Notes from Chetnole and Stockwood Parish Council, 17 Jan 2013 There was a reasonable turnout of villagers. We were pleased to welcome both Cllr Margaret Lawrence and Cllr Michael Bevan. These are the major points discussed. ● As the WDDC Local Plan is delayed, the Chairman is proceeding slowly on considering a joint Neighbourhood Plan with neighbouring parishes. ● We have been given advance notice of an interesting planning application. There

Dorset countryside. www.rubblestone.co.uk/ I obviously have loads more to tell, so this is an open invitation to a light supper at Chetnole Village Hall for an informative talk on the School in a Bag project with a fundraising silent auction on the side; where incidentally there will be an infinite number of school bags to purchase (for £15....and that is a hint) along with lots of other locally donated gifts and goodies.

If you would like to come along I will of course need to know numbers, so call me on 01935 873103 or email sharondowding@gmail.com and I can reserve a space. A menu will follow and I will endeavour to use the e- diary and my gate post at Wriggle Cottage, to let you know more.

If you are unable to come but would like to find out more visit www.pierssimonappeal.org and even better if you want to sponsor my challenge go to uk.virginmoneygiving.com SharonMurphy3Peaks Many Thanks Sharon Murphy

has been a policy of WDDC not normally to permit redevelopment of old agricultural buildings, which looks likely to be carried forward into their Local Plan.

We were advised that an application was under way for such a conversion, justified by the special circumstances of the applicant. We decided we would deal with it in the usual way when we received the full paperwork. ● We gave further thought to the issue of our eligibility as householders in the wrigglevalleymagazine.co.uk 11

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Parish to discuss and set our own precept in the light of further advice from the Clerk. As a result, some councillors decided they now wished to follow the recommended course of formally applying for dispensation to permit them to discuss and approve the precept. They did so and the Council voted to give them the required dispensation.

We then discussed the precept. WDDC had written to us requesting that before we set our precept we should await advice from WDDC on the Council Tax Base and Council Tax Support Grant. The advice provided turned out to be confusing, though the Clerk has since managed to clarify it for us. We had already decided in principle that, having raised the precept last year to £8500, primarily to bring our reserves to an acceptable level, we could return it for the year 2013-2014 to a more normal level of £7000. We were advised that will mean the Chetnole and Stockwood levy on a Band D house will be £38.12.

In response to a request from Victim Support, we agreed to donate £50 to them.

The remainder of the funds collected by the Jubilee Committee is being spent on a bench to be put on Chetnole Playing Field. As the Council had custody of the Jubilee Fund we noted the required bank arrangements had been made.

Councillor Bevan gave us a full run down on the plans for the work to be done on Back Lane/Dunch Lane and on future plans to improve the repair of potholes.

We reserved judgement on whether the proposed work on Dunch Lane would really alleviate the unacceptable flooding which had occurred in Deep Ford Lane since it was resurfaced.

● Unfortunately, all of the above discussion occurred on the basis of the proposed timetable for the works in the area, which included an undertaking in the formal Notice given to the Council by DCC Highways that roads would not be closed simultaneously.

Of course that undertaking was twice broken, and Councillor Bevan has provided to me the Council’s reasons, which are weather, shortage of labour and shortage of manhole covers. I have to say I find these reasons, except for the weather, less than convincing as to why our community should have been so inconvenienced with so little prior notice or proper warning before unnecessary journeys were taken.. ● We also asked Councillor Bevan to remind Highways that we await their proposals for repairing the handrails on the Deep Ford Lane bridge, which are in a dangerous condition. ● The Playing Field Sub-Committee is changing its name to the Chetnole Playing Field Management Team to better reflect its true function and to avoid its members appearing to be a part of the Parish Council. We don’t expect any changes in the way we work. ● We approved the various playing field matters brought to our attention by the Group. In particular the WDDC Tree Officer will be visiting on a date to be agreed to review the plans for tree work which have been outstanding for a while.

We confirmed that following his visit, if our plans are approved, we will ensure neighbours directly affected will be contacted before any work is carried out. ● Our next meeting is on 14 March 2013. ● You can contact us on chetnole-pc@btconnect.com Bob Owen

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HERMITAGE....

Local representative: Ray Dickerson (01963) 210292

New Year’s Party

210360 or Liz on 01963 210392, are just £10 each and all profits will go to St. Mary’s Church in Hermitage.

There will be a bar but please bring your own food. Plan your party and book a table. It promises to be a magical evening and starts at 7.30pm in Leigh Village Hall .

An Evening Family Event – 22 June This is a further reminder to mark this date in your diary – we have no more details as yet, other than it will be held on the Village Green on the afternoon of Saturday 22 June.

Thank you We would like to record a huge Once again the village New Year’s THANK YOU to John Griffin and Anthony party did not disappoint. The hall was Mayo for keeping the lanes of Hermitage comfortably full and everyone enjoyed (and Batcombe and Hilfield) clear of the opportunity to get together. snow and ice during the recent cold snap.

The food was delicious and plentiful, and the noise level was high all evening.

Thanks to all who provided the food and decorated the hall, and also to those who helped out during the evening.

American themed evening – 9 March r iday ay Ju ne F rFid ne 007 7 This is the final reminder that we will be hosting an ‘American Diner’ evening Le ig h V ill ag e H a L e ig h V ill ag e H allll 77.30 .30pmpm at the Village Hall on Saturday 9 March, F r id a y Ju n e 0 7 starting at 7.30pm.

L e ig h V ill a g e H a ll 7 .3 0 p m Please call 01963 210292 to reserve your place, and please do not turn up on the night without having first made a ‘booking’. Thank you.

Easter Bingo – 23 March Bingo, with an Easter theme, returns on Saturday 23 March in the Village Hall.

‘Eyes down’ is at 7.30pm.

It’s Magic! – 7.30pm 7 June, Leigh Village Hall The show of magic and mystery is one month nearer! Tickets, which will be on sale from 1 April from Faith on 01963 14 14

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Parish Councillors are Eveline Jones & Dawn Griffin.

– John Ryder (Chairman) & Keith Mitchell.

– Alan Bastone & Sue Bosenquet.

High Stoy Parish Council met on 5 February 2013. The points below will be of interest to residents. Please contact the Parish Clerk if you wish to view a copy of the minutes of the meeting. Our next meeting will be the at AGM on Hermitage Village Hall – you are all most welcome to attend.

The Parish Council’s Snow Plan ensured that the roads of our three villages were kept open during the recent snow and we would like to pass on a huge thank you to John Griffin, (Batcombe) and Antony Mayo (Hermitage) for clearing the roads and keeping us all moving. John Griffin did a particularly splendid job, ploughing the main roads though all three of our villages as well as clearing the road from Batcombe, through Melbury Bubb to Chetnole, then on to Leigh and back along the Batcombe road; as well as the road from Hermitage through Holnest to the A352. None of these roads are on the County Council’s Snow Ploughing route and without John’s public spiritedness most of us would not have been able to get out during that period, nor would the milk tankers have been able to collect from the farms in our own parish as well as those of Chetnole, Leigh and Holnest.

You need to be aware that dialling 999 no longer automatically results in an emergency ambulance and a trip to hospital.

Patients may receive healthcare advice over the phone, be signposted to alternative healthcare services or be taken directly to the most appropriate hospital for their condition, depending on their clinical need. For more information go to www.swast.nhs.uk

At this time of year with rain, ice and even snow, it is important that Farmers, Landowners and Contractors are aware of their responsibilities to keep the roads clear of all hazards, including mud and hedge trimmings, indeed anything that may cause a hazard to another road user, when carrying out their operations.

Remember to minimise third party risk by using adequate signage, effective road clearance and taking alternative routes to the public highway. The cost of hiring a sweeper lorry might seem high when planning a budget, but will seem very cheap balanced against a claim for a road death or serious injury. Public liability claims in court can exceed average cover, which is often only £2.5 million. Solicitors acting for victims will not cease pursuit for compensation in excess of this amount, simply because this is your limit; stated cases prove this. So protect yourself by protecting others!!

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Representative: Philippa Toulson philippa@folksw.org.uk This month we are racing towards Easter and British summer time via St David, International Women and Red Noses!

With a bit of luck the red noses will not be due to the cold!

Here in Leigh we start the month with the WI Jumble sale in the Village Hall on Saturday, 2 March from 2pm till 4pm. Do go along and look for bargains – I still have my fingers crossed for some curtains, so see you there!!

The rest of the month is scattered with activity. On 9 March you can nip into the church for a tea or coffee and a glance at the plans for the proposed alterations. The following day is Mothering Sunday so have your Simnel cake at the ready – see Eddie’s article, p53, for all the other food related Easter customs.

Monday, 18 March is the next Moviola and then we are headlong into Easter.

Lots of stalls including: Bric-a-Brac, Nearly New, Toys, Books, Produce, and much more Refreshments

I think I should be nagging you all to look out for the Leigh tulip - is it too early?

Consider yourself nagged anyway!

A very happy Easter to you all Philippa Toulson

WOODLAND WEDNESDAYS Family days at

POGLES’ WOOD Wednesday 20 March The first Woodland Wednesday of 2013 will be on at the slightly earlier time 12 noon. Parents and pre school children welcome.

Woodland Wednesday for April will be Wednesday 24 April £3 per child. under 2’s free.

Why no come and spend some time outside during the Easter holidays at our two Family Woodland Activity days? Cook, play, build and enjoy egg related crafts!!!

4 & 5 April from 11.00am – 3.00pm Bring your own lunch Refreshments available £5 per child, adults and under 2’s free.

Why not work off some of that Easter chocolate by coming along to help at our next volunteer day on Monday 1 April? Plenty of healthy outdoor jobs to be done accompanied by tea, coffee and cake!

To book a place for any of these things please contact Philippa on 01935 873889 or email philippa@folksw.org.uk

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News from the Old Vicarage Many congratulations to Natalie and Stuart on the birth of their daughter Sophie Olivia, born on 31 January, we wish them all the very best and are looking forward to a visit!

January saw a fascinating presentation on the Mary Rose by Bill Moore. Bill was one of the divers on the ship when it was raised from the sea bed in Portsmouth harbour in 1982 and since then he has made accurate replicas of many relics which he brought along with him. Bill told us some of the ointments found in the physicians chest were so well preserved that they still had fingerprints on them!

We also celebrated Plough Monday with Folk South West, ate haggis and shortbread on Burns night, welcomed back Sharon and her wonderful birds of prey and watched the skill of the Stour lace makers at work. Unfortunately some of our activities had to be postponed due to

Sarah Adelaide Welch R.I.P. 1917 – 2013 Tony and Margaret (Durkin) together with Theresa and Rhianna wish to thank everyone who has so very kindly sent messages of sympathy via cards, emails and ‘phone messages regarding the passing of a much loved Mum, Grandma, Great Grandma, and Mum-in-law.

The funeral took place at our local Parish Church of St. Andrew, Leigh on 24 January 2013 followed by interment in the churchyard.

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the snow, but we are hoping to reschedule in the Spring.

We are looking forward to celebrating the Chinese New Year and have a harpist booked for Saint David’s day.

Our Spring coffee morning will take place on Saturday 20 April at 10.30am. If you have any saleable items they would be most welcome.

We are planning a raffle, bric a brac, books, toys etc, so do come along and support us!

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MOVIOLA If Colin Firth’s downtrodden art curator is to get the better of his unpleasant millionaire employer (Alan Rickman) he must enlist the help of a master forger(Tom Coutrenay)and a Texas cowgirl (Cameron Diaz). All extremely silly but very,very funny.

St Andrew’s Church News Church Plans St Andrew’s PCC, Leigh are seeking planning permis-sion for a small extension to the church in order to accommodate the installation of a toilet and kitchenette.

You are warmly invited to pop into the church between 10.30 am and 12.30 pm on Saturday 9 March for a tea or coffee and to learn more about our plans.

John Parks and Eddie Upton

Church Events This is set in a retirement home for ageing musicians where preparations for the annual gala are thrown into chaos by the arrival of Opera Diva Jean .There are so many memorably sweet and poignant moments. This has a star studded cast including Dame Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay,Pauline Collins, Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly and Andrew Sachs. This Film is a must.

All films start at 7.30pm, doors open 7pm.

We look forward to seeing Tickets £5 available from Bridge Stores, Leigh or Fiona and John Parks (01935 873603)

Lent Lunch We are having a Lent lunch on Thursday 14 March from 12-2pm in aid of Mission Aviation Fellowship in Leigh Village Hall.

Café Church Palm Sunday 9.30 – 11.30am On 24 March in Leigh Village Hall we are holding an informal celebration of Palm Sunday. We will begin with a continental breakfast at 9.30am. Suitable for adults and children. Everyone Welcome.

WRIGGLE VALLEY LUNCH CLUB Meets monthly at 12.30 pm in Leigh Village Hall

Tuesday 19 March

Tuesday 16 April

(bookings by March 12)

(bookings by 9 April)

MENU Chicken Legs, Mashed Potatoes, Cabbage and Carrots Fresh Fruit Salad and Cream

MENU Steak & Kidney Pie Leeks, Carrots & New Potatoes Peasant Pudding with Ice Cream

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RYME INTRINSECA.....

Representative: Gilly Wilson 01935 872982

Sunday 17 March will see Frankham Farm Gardens open once again under the NGS scheme; this is, I think, the 31st year.

Over the years things change so if you haven't visited this lovely three acre garden for a few years do make a return visit. Hopefully Plant stall, homemade cakes and teas. the weather will have improved and all the Open 2-5pm. bulbs and spring flowering shrubs will be Frankham Farm Gardens will be open out in all their glory. this year from 2pm - 5pm on 17 March, 28 April, 9 June and 13 October.

YETMINSTER.....

Representative: David Torrance (01935) 873979 wvnyetrep@aol.com

I had thought about getting the lawnmower serviced (and getting my normal lecture about using “old” petrol) but with more rain and snow forecast such activities have been put on hold and I have rejoined the cats in front of the fire.

I went to a Moviola showing in St Andrew’s Hall and was struck by the way 22 22

everyone who was there appeared to be setting out to enjoy themselves. It really was a good atmosphere enhanced by the handing out of ice creams at half time although my suggestion of a skimpy costume and fishnet tights was not well received by the volunteers undertaking this task!

Hopefully I am not

banned from future events as they are certainly good value for money and worthwhile supporting.

The Post Office and Spar Store are now open and everything looks new and sparkly so hopefully things are running smoothly for Tony and Karen.

My spies tell me that we have some new “Yetminsterers” (are we allowed to say

Making all types of timber building including garages/sheds/fencing/panels All to suit your individual needs We will refurbish/rebuild all types of buildings and ground works

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Private and group riding lessons with qualified and experienced instructors.

Beginners very welcome.

Also livery, training, specialist clinics and pony parties.

Indoor school for hire.

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AUTOTECH GARAGE SERVICES STATION YARD, YETMINSTER, DT9 6 LH (opposite Express Motor Parts) We are pleased to be able to offer all local residents and businesses a specialised servicing, maintenance and repair facility for cars, vans and 4x4 vehicles.

We also carry out plant, equipment and machinery repairs.

For professional services at reasonable rates please contact MARTIN NEWMAN

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NEW STORES & POST OFFICE Yetminster Karen & Tony welcome all our new customers to your new We offer a wide selection of: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Come along to see your new store If there is any lines we do not sell which you would like we will do our best to find them.

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Yetties?) so in the best village tradition we welcome the Morey’s of Melbury Road into our community.

You will have had details of the meeting on the 28 February regarding the future of the St Andrews Church Hall – please try and attend this and let your views be known – use it or lose it comes to mind!

Please continue to let me know of any “heroes” or of a special event – the other reps seem to have lots of village info so don’t keep things to yourselves.

David Torrance C/o WVN Oak House Stores letterbox or wvnyetrep@aol.com

YETMINSTER

FILM NIGHTS Tues 26 March QUARTET 12A Starring Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Pauline Collins, Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly, Andrew Sachs and Trevor Peacock.

This is a version of Roland Harwood’s much loved play, set in a retirement home for ageing musicians where preparations for the annual gala are thrown into chaos by the arrival of Opera Diva Jean (Maggie Smith).

Tickets will be £5 to include a choc ice and will be on sale at Oak House Stores two weeks before each showing. Although tickets will be available on the door, it is most appreciated if they are bought in advance so that seating is fairly accurate and enough wine and choc ices be brought to the Hall.

Doors will open at 7pm (not before as Moviola need time to set up) and films begin at 7.30pm.

Look forward to seeing you

coffee beans Hooray, hooray, hooray – three cheers for everyone who came along to the Soup Lunch in January. It wasn’t exactly a brilliant day, but a wonderful number of intrepid people braved the weather.

The Coffee Beans aren’t known for their precision planning or pinpoint organisation, but somehow managed mugs of hot soups and baskets of bread. Thank you to Sarah at the Old School Gallery and Terri at the Oakleigh Farm Shop for their help and support.

Together we managed to give £250 to The Lord’s Larder. The visit of Mat Callaghan, their operations manager, has inspired the collecting of groceries at future coffee mornings.

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Do You Want a Village Hall in Yetminster?

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REW’S H D N

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Harvey Robotham (Queen Street) Anna Mathews (Melbury Road) Teri Steele (Coles Lane) Stuart Barnett (Bower Court) Alan Guy (Brierley Hay) Tyrone Trower (Ryme Road) David Gould (Chapel Meadow) Antony Brown (Church Street) Meanwhile, Pandy Brown has taken over primary responsibility for bookings.

The change to a village hall will only work if enough people want a village hall and are prepared to use and support it, and if the By now every household in Yetminster and Ryme Intrinseca village are prepared to organise and support fund-raising events to help pay for repairs or should have received a hand-delivered improvements. information sheet about the possibility of a A public meeting to discuss these village hall in Yetminster. proposals is being held at St Andrew’s Hall at In short, the St. Andrew’s Church Hall trustees are prepared to grant a long lease of 7 pm on Thursday, 28 February. Those unable the existing church hall, at a nominal rent, to to come can give any views on the project (such as whether or not you are in favour, a village hall charity prepared to take it on, run it and raise funds when needed for repairs how the hall could be used more, fund raising ideas, and how you could help) to Simon and improvements; if this does not happen, the future of the hall is uncertain. The Parish Eadon at Rock House, Queen Street (s.eadon@btinternet.com) Council supports this approach. If the hall is run by a village charity, it may be able to ` Please Support This Project – or obtain funding from outside bodies such as We May Lose Our Chance of Having a local authorities, the lottery and other Village Hall in Yetminster charities, sources of funding that are not Antony Brown available to the Church.

As described in a further information sheet, the Jubilee Committee, who organised the successful Jubilee street lunch for over 500 residents, have agreed to support this venture and to assist it financially. The hall YETMINSTER would be renamed the Jubilee Hall and be PARTIES MEETINGS our commemoration of the Queen’s jubilee LECTURES in 2012 .

ENTERTAINMENTS An interim committee has been formed to try to keep the hall as a major village asset. It Large Hall Meeting room currently consists of:Disabled access Kitchen parking Simon Eadon (Queen Street) Modern and well appointed acting chairman Competetive rates Liz Clothier (St Osmond Close) Becki Cooke (Eastlands) ENQUIRIES: Pandy Brown 01935 873850

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Yetminster Visit Leweston Prep School’s Year 1 children set off on a cold and damp winter’s morning to investigate the houses in Yetminster as part of their “Homes of the Past” topic. Did you know that

the Old Post Office, The Old Court House, The Old School and indeed The Old Smithy have not always been privately owned

houses but have been used for very different purposes? The children discovered that there may be a clue in the name!

Thanks to the Hampson family, the children were able to experience first-hand what it must have been like to use the water pump at The Manor House – it was hard work!

The highlight of the trip for both pupils and staff was the opportunity to sit beside the log fire and drink hot chocolate in the “On the Boyle” Gallery; a most welcome opportunity

Summary of Council Meeting 16 January 2013 Future of St Andrew’s Hall The Parish Council decided that it was reluctant to get involved in the running of the Hall and that it would be better run by a village committee. This will be progressed by other members of the community.

Planning. There were no contentious Planning applications.

Neighbour Plan The Council continues to liaise with other Wriggle Valley councils with a view to constructing a joint plan.

Dog Fouling Once again the vexed question of Dog Fouling was brought up.

Please will all dog owners be more

to warm our toes and tummies; thank you Sarah.

Jane Rowbotham

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Yetminster Fair Association 50 Club Results February 2013 Draw 1st Prize £50 No. 58 Mr GD Thomas 2nd Prize £30 No. 15 Mr B Rowsell 3rd Prize £25 No. 39 Mrs V Jones The Association raises money for local organisations and is non-profit making and run entirely by voluntary support wrigglevalleymagazine.co.uk 29

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Out & About

CHETNOLE

FLOWER SHOW & FETE

QU?Z NIGHT Sat 9 March Doors open 7.00pm for 7.30pm start

Chetnole Village Hall Table of four people ÂŁ20 (includes light supper) BarTo book teams, giving team name, call Jan 872491 or Aly 872250

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Diary - February 2013 onwards MARCH Fri

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Sat

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Sun Tues Wed Thur Sat

3 5 6 7 9

Sun

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Tues 12 Wed 13 Thur 14 Sat

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Sun 17 Sun 17 Mon 18 18 Tues 19 Wed 20 d 2 Sat

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PTA Quiz Night Women's World Day of Prayer Leigh WI Jumble Sale Sherborne Literary Soc Talk Dr Susan Bridgen Conservation day Wriggle Valley Lent Course WV Players auditions for Loot Murder Mystery Dinner Chetnole Flower Show & Fete Quiz Night Church plans and coffee American themed evening Mothers' Day lunch Conservation day Wriggle Valley Lent Course The History Soc Talk on Barrington Court and Gardens Leigh WI Lent Lunch Chetnole PCC meeting Rock on Gary Variety Evening St Andrews PTA Charity Ball Frankham Farm NGS garden open Charity Spring Plant Fair Leigh Moviola Gambit Batcombe PCC AGM Wriggle Valley Lent Course Yeovil Chamber Choir Concert Woodland Wednesday Illustrated talk Undiscovered Caucasus Chetnole Jazz CafĂŠ - Bell Street Jazz Band Easter Bingo CafĂŠ Church and breakfast

7.00pm 2.30pm 2-4pm 12noon

St Andrews Primary School St Andrew's, Leigh Leigh Village Hall Digby Church Hall Sherborne

10-4pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

Lankham Bottom St Andrew's Hall, Yetminster Chetnole Village Hall Chetnole Inn Chetnole Village Hall

7pm

10.30-12.30 St Andrew's, Leigh 7.30pm Hermitage Village Hall Chetnole Inn 10-4pm Giant Hill, Cerne 7.30pm Leigh Village Hall 2.30pm St Andrew's Hall, Yetminster 12 - 2pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 2-5pm 10am-4pm 7.30pm 7pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 12noon 7.30pm

Leigh Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall Stockbridge Farm Frankham farm, Ryme Digby Hall Hound Street Leigh Village Hall Church Farm House Chetnole Village Hall St Andrew's church, Yeovil Pogles Wood Dorset County Museum

7.30pm

Chetnole Village Hall

7.30pm 9.3011.30am

Hermitage Village Hall Leigh Village Hall

C Tues 26 Yetminster Film Nights Quartet Chetnole Chuckers AGM Wed 27 Woodland Wednesday

7.30pm 7.30pm 12noon

St. Andrew's Hall, Yetminster Chetnole Village Hall Pogles Wood

11am - 3pm 11am - 3pm 7.30pm 7pm 7.30pm

Pogles Wood Pogles Wood Leigh Village Hall Leigh Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall

10.30am 7.30pm

Old Vicarage Pogles Wood Chetnole Village Hall

2-5pm

Frankham farm, Ryme

APRIL Thur Fri Mon Thur Fri

4 5 15 18 19

Sat 20 Wed 24 Thur 25 Sun

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Family woodland activity day Family woodland activity day Leigh Moviola Quartet Leigh PCC AGM Charity Family supper & silent auction Coffee morning Woodland Wednesday Artsreach event London Klezmer Quartet Frankham Farm NGS garden open St Andrew's PTA Fun Run

MAY 18 May Fair

Leigh Village Hall

JUNE Fri Sun Sat

7 9

It’s Magic 7.30pm Frankham Farm NGS garden open 2-5pm Poetry & Prose Evening 7.30pm 22 Family event

CHETNOLE VILLAGE HALL

Leigh Village Hall Frankham farm, Ryme Chetnole Village Hall Hermitage Village Green

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Regular Meetings….

Mon - Fri

Wriggle Valley Pre-School

Every Mon Leigh Short Mat Bowls Yetminster Informal Art Group Gymnastic Classes

Every Tue

Ist Yetminster Guides Yetminster Table Tennis Club Yetminster Bell Ringers Topsy Turvy Toddlers Beavers (in term) Scouts (in term)

Beginners' Pilates Chetnole Art Group Every Wed Dollywood Dance Class Outreach Post Office Services Drop in Coffee Morning Yetminster Short Mat Bowls Wednesday Club (in term) Morning Yoga Class Junior WV Players (in term) Zumba Every Thu

Every Fri Every Sat 1st Mon 1st Tue

2nd Tues

(not July/Aug)

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8.30am - 3.00pm St Andrew's P School 2.00 -5.00pm 2.00 - 4.00pm 4.15 - 6.30pm

Leigh Village Hall Trim Rm, Church Hall St Andrew’s Primary Sch

6.45 - 8.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm-10.00pm 9.30 - 11.30am 5.45 - 6.45pm 7 - 8.30pm wint 7 - 9.00pm sum 1.30 and 2.35pm 10.00 - 1.00pm 2.00pm 9.30am -12.30pm 10.00 - 12 noon 7.00 - 10.00pm 3.15 pm-4.05pm 10.30 - 11.30am 6.30 - 7.45pm 4.00pm

Trim Rm, Church Hall Scout Hut, Yetminster St Andrew's Church St Andrew's School Scout Hut Yetminster Scout Hut Yetminster Scout Hut Yetminster Chetnole Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall St And's Hall, Y'minster Chetnole Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall St Andrew's Hall St Andrew's P School Leigh Village Hall Scout Hut Yetminster Leigh Village Hall

Beginners’ Yoga

7.00pm

St Andrew’s Primary Sch

Leigh Short Mat Bowls Yetminster Short Mat Bowls Leigh Rainbows & Brownies (in term) Yetminster Cubs Bridge Club The Eye Bus Advanced Pilates Table Tennis Irish Dancers Chetnole & Leigh Garden Club Hospice Lunch Leigh Discussion Club (wint) Wriggle Valley MU (alt months) Tuesday Club (senior citizens) Yetminster & Ryme Garden Soc. Senior Winter Lunch Outings Halstock & Distr. British Legion

7.00 - 10.00pm 2.00 - 5.00pm 5.30 - 6.55pm 6.45 - 8.15pm 7.00 - 10.00pm 1.00 - 4.00pm 10.00 - 11.00am 9.30 - 12.30pm 10.15am 7.30pm 12.30pm 7.30 - 10.30pm 7.00pm 2.30 - 5.00pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

Leigh Village Hall St Andrew's Hall Leigh Village Hall Scout Hut, Yetminster Dairy House, Ryme Scout Hut, Yetminster Chetnole Village Hall Leigh Village Hall Church Hall, Yetminster Chetnole Village Hall Manor Farm, Yetminster Leigh Village Hall Church Hall, Yetminster Leigh Village Hall St Andrew's Hall Sue Footner 873610 Rest & Welcome Pub

Tue

‌Events & Activities 3rd Tues

Last Tues 1st Wed 2nd Wed 2nd/4th Wed

3rd Wed 3rd Wed

WV Women's Group

7.30pm

Gable Court or tbc

Wriggle Valley Lunch Club

12.15 - 3.00pm

Leigh Village Hall

Leigh Parish Council - alt mnths

7.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

Leigh Women's Institute Batcombe Coffee Morning Coffee Beans Coffee Morning Yetminster Historical Society Police Support Unit High Stoy Bible Study District Council Ward Surgery Police Community Support Yetminster & Ryme I. PC

7.30 - 11.00pm 11.00am 10.00 - 12 noon 2.30pm 2.00 - 3.00pm 7.30pm 11.00 - 12 noon 7.30pm

Leigh Village Hall tba Church Hall, Yetminster Church Hall, Yetminster The Cross, Leigh Venue contact 872342 Jolin Gallery, Yetminster

By Church, Yetminster St Andrew's School

Sturminster Mobile Library

Whist Drive Friary Shop Hermitage and Hilfield YFC Chetnole & Stockwood PC

11.15am 11.50am 2.00pm 11.40pm 12.20pm 12.40pm 8.00pm 2.30 - 4.30pm 7.30pm 8.00pm

Church Lane, Hermitage Shearstones, Yetminster Stonyacres, Yetminster Carpenters' Arms, Leigh The Church, Chetnole Lamb Plot, Chetnole Chetnole Village Hall The Friary, Hilfield Leigh Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall

Woodland Wednesdays Yetminster Fair Association

12.00-2.45pm 8.00pm

Pogles Wood nr Leigh White Hart

[not Aug & Dec]

Wed/f/night

Bridport Mobile Library

Wed - Sat Alt Thurs 2nd Thur /alt mth

Last Wed Last Thurs

LEIGH VILLAGE HALL Accredited to Hallmark 1. Kitchen 5 stars. Parking for 72 cars. Covered patio.

Book Main Hall or Committee Room: Available dates: Paul Orchard 01963 210619 or paulandmorag@gmail.com Pricing, firm bookings: Duncan Moore 01963 210154 or duncancmoore@aol.com

March

Sat 2

Dates for your diary

Mon 18 Sun 24

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News from our Churches

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nce upon a time I used to order a coffee, then came Starbucks and Costa coffee and I was faced with a bewildering choice of names most of them in a language I didn’t speak. What on earth was a Mocha, how is an Americano different from a Cafe latte? If you know please tell me. I usually stick to what I know, so it’s a Cappuccino please or maybe an Expresso.

Then there are all those flavours you can add, vanilla, caramel, or chocolate when all I want is sugar.

I’m a coffee lover, but very traditional in my tastes. A good cup of ground coffee is enough for me, however I’m aware that there is a whole coffee culture out there that I’m missing out on. It’s a culture made up of the under 40’s, networking, wireless and mobile, Facebook friendly and busy Twittering, and I’m not part of it! The same could be said of the Church, of which I am of course a priest.

A cradle member of the Church of England I grew up familiar with the services of the Book of Common Prayer 36 36

and the furniture and fittings of the English Parish church. I count myself fortunate to have grown up with these services but I am conscious that there is a whole world out there where Matins and Evensong are a foreign language.

‘Fresh Expressions’ is an initiative launched by Rowan Williams, as Archbishop. He called for a ‘Mixed economy’ Church where traditional and fresh expressions of the Church could exist side by side to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse and fragmented culture that ‘Traditional Church’ just was not reaching. For many of us, used to the familiar services of the Church, new forms of Church with strange names like , or can sound like a foreign language as bewildering as the varieties of coffee on offer at Starbucks.

In fact these churches work more like coffee shops than churches creating a relaxed and informal atmosphere where we can meet and greet, come and go, and yes,

eat, and drink a cup of coffee.

Here in the Wriggle Valley ‘Messy Church’ is home for many of the families with young children from our church Primary school. Both parents and children enjoy the mix of crafts, music, worship and fun with plenty of time for chatting over a cup of tea whilst the children tuck into a healthy meal. If you’ve enjoyed ‘Messy Church’ why not try ‘Cafe church’ on Palm Sunday at Leigh village Hall.

We’ll be starting with breakfast at 9.30 am with the Sunday papers to read and time to chat then there’s a crafts on offer as we prepare our flags, banners and musical instruments for a noisy procession to the Old vicarage to sing to the residents there.

Then it’s back to the village hall for a short service and maybe more coffee. I can’t promise a Skinny latte, the coffee will be very traditional!

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The Real Easter Egg

A Community Stitch-Up

The origin of the Easter Egg is a mystery, but along with the associations with new life, many think that the origin of the Easter Egg lies in the way it resembles the boulder that lay across the Tomb of Jesus.

Of the 80 million chocolate eggs expected to be sold in the UK, the Real Easter Egg is the first and only Fairtrade egg to explain the meaning of Easter on and in the box.

Now in its third year, the Real Easter Egg 2013 has a free activity pack in the box which includes the Easter Ladies from the story, activity poster, free i-video Wriggle Valley download and a sticker set. The have been helping resurrection text from Mark can also the children from be found inside the lid along with the St Andrew’s CE greeting ‘Happy Easter!’

Primary School with their Change a life - through faith. The Creation banner devised by Philippa egg is made from Fairtrade chocolate, Toulson from Folk South West so a percentage of the price we pay is You are given back to inv ited to the producers for Community - a rel axed projects, thus informal bringing new wh en: hope to poor 3-5 - pm on 21 October farmers and 201 village 2 er e: wh communities.

St And r ew’ s C So this E year why not Prim School, Booary k now support on Yet min ster 019 35 FairTrade and 872 600 /87 372 6 buy a Real Easter Egg!

M essy Church

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invite you to

Sarah Adelaide Welch Ethel Minnie Forsey Joan Hyde Memorial Service and

News from the Methodist Church - Food for Thought By the time you read this, two months of 2013 will have gone, so we trust that the month that heralds the beginning of Spring will see the end of the winter gales, rain and snow. Dare I say that I believe we deserve some warm sunny weather soon.

For most of the month of March we shall be in the period of Lent when some of you will be following the old custom of 'giving something up'. Some others will adopt the newer suggestion of 'doing something extra' during Lent. Some organisations and communities are encouraging us to donate more for the increasing number of needy people. It is a disturbing fact that well over 1 million children throughout the world die through malnutrition when at the same time Doctors in Britain are warning of the rapid increase in obesity.

Perhaps our "Lenten extra" can be a donation of tinned food to our local "Lord's Larder" - or giving any unwanted Christmas 38 38

presents to some local appeal. It might even extend to sharing an unwanted winter fuel allowance with a worthy cause!

In a recent weekend newspaper, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks wrote the following quotation: "Many of us worry about our own stomachs and the state of other people's souls, but should not the real task be to worry about other people's stomachs and the state of our own soul" He also quoted this very poignant thought: "Other people's material needs are my spiritual responsibility".

Wow! -now that certainly should invoke some discussion in our Lenten devotions!

Every blessing for Easter Cliff Harris

Seek and Grow 2.30pm, Friday 1 March St Andrew’s Church, Leigh Theme:

Prepared by Christian Women of France

men, woman and young people

Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, Enter in like a child, Where faith, like a mustard seed, will grow, The smallest lump will leaven the dough, Huge flames are fanned from a tiny glow, When you go in like a child, So seek ye first the Kingdom of God, Seek and find and grow.

Jill James

Friday 8 - Sunday 10 March Folk Music Weekend on the theme of Journeys - led by Alan and Gill McIntosh.

For all who like singing and making music. Alan and Gill are both musicians and members of their local folk group as well as the Franciscan Third Order.

Tuesday 19 - Friday 22 March ‘Young and Contemplative’ led by Philip Seal. A time of retreat and reflection for 18 - 30 year olds in the context of the Friary Community. Philip Seal is an English graduate, now based in Oxford and working on a PhD thesis on Thomas Merton.

For more information and bookings please contact the Guest Brother on: Telephone: 01300 341741 Email: hilfieldssf@franciscans.org.uk or visit our website: www.hilfieldfriary.org.uk

Palm Sunday, 24 March at 5pm Rectory House, 2, Fore Street, Evershot This is the first of regular informal meetings to enjoy reflective worship with songs and brief but thoughtful teaching. There will be time and space to be with God, with others and to explore what it means to follow Jesus.

Come and join us for tea/coffee/wine and cake/nibbles at 5pm on Sunday 24 March.

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Future Dates : on 28 April at 5pm we will be the guests of Simon in Hilfield on 19 May at 7pm we will be in Beaminster and on 23 June in Maiden Newton, the guests of Graham 01935 83003 or johnrennie40@hotmail.com

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The Services for for March April The Benefice Benefice Church Services MARCH

3rd

10th

3rd Sunday 4th Sunday of Lent of Lent

BATCOMBE

10.15am Holy Communion

CHETNOLE

10.15am Benefice Service for Mothering Sunday

HERMITAGE

6.30pm Evening Prayer

17th

24th

31st

5th Sunday of Lent

Palm Sunday

Easter Sunday

10.15am Holy Communion 8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)

6.00am Easter Vigil and breakfast in the Barn 9.30am Palm 10.15am Easter Holy Sunday Café Church Communion with Chetnole in Leigh Village Hall with Breakfast

6.30pm Evensong (BCP)

6.30pm Taizé

LEIGH

RYME INTRINSECA

10.15am Joint Easter Service at St Andrew's, Leigh

10.15am Holy Communion

HILFIELD 10.15am Holy Communion

10.15am Holy Communion

8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)

6.30pm Evensong (BCP)

10.15am

10.15am Choral Holy Communion

YETMINSTER Family Holy Communion

8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)

10.15am Family Service with short Holy Communion 10.15am Easter Holy Communion

**Messy Church is on Sunday, 3rd March at 3.00pm in St Andrew's CE Primary School.**

Mid-Week Services Friday

1st

2.30pm

Women's World Day Leigh of Prayer

Monday

4th 11th 25th

6.00pm

Compline

Yetminster

Monday

18th

6.00pm

Healing Service

Yetminster

Tuesday

5th

10.00am

Lower Covey Service

Yetminster

Wednesday

13th

9.30am

Ministry meeting

Yetminster

Thursday

7th

2.30pm

Holy Communion

Old Vicarage Leigh

Thursday

28th

7.30pm

Maundy Service

Chetnole

Friday

29th

2.00pm3.00pm

Good Friday Meditations

Leigh

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Office: St Andrew’s Hall, Church Street, Yetminster Tel: 01935 872600 (24 hr message service) email: wrigglevb.office@gmail.com Note: Simon’s usual day off is Friday Licensed Lay Minister: John Strover 01935 872437

Roman Catholic Services Roman Catholic Church The Sacred Heart & St. Aldhelm, Westbury, Sherborne DT9 3EL tel: (01935) 812021 Parish Priest: Monsignor Canon Robert Draper V.G. e-mail: sherbornerc@btinternet.com, website: sherbornecatholicchurch.org.uk

8.30am Sung Eucharist 5.15pm Sung Evening Prayer (Mondays Closed – Brother’s Free Day)

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Mass times: 6pm Saturday 10.30am Sunday Holy Days 10am and 6.30pm Wednesday 10am 10am Friday For other services and information, please see the noticeboard, newsletter or website.

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General News

Rock On Gary You may remember from last month's magazine that Gary Sturgess is running the marathon (again!!) this year for the Weldmar and St Margaret's Hospices in Sherborne and Yeovil respectively. In order to help him raise as much sponsorship as possible Chetnole Village Hall has been booked for 16 March where a 'magnificent' Variety Evening is planned. Entertainment is guaranteed to be eclectic to say the least with performances from members of the Wriggle Valley Players, David Gough (with others) and a host of performers from the Wriggle Villages who will astound you with their skills and talents...(that's what they say themeselves!!!). You may remember the Rock on Poppy concert last year for the Down's Syndrome Society, many of the performers from that concert will join others to bring the Village a

truly memorable night. Tickets are ÂŁ5, available from the Coffee morning on Wednesdays at Chetnole Village Hall from 10 am or Jim Aldhouse on 872994.

Demand is likely to outstrip the seating capacity so please book early. If you are unable to get there on the night donations to Gary to help him with his fundraising can be given directly to him via: uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ GarySturgess or handed to David Gough at the Coffee Morning. A bar will offer liquid refreshment on the evening and a good night is a promise...

It hardly needs to be said that the Hospice movement needs financial help to simply keep the wheels turning as it receives very little in government funding yet the service they provide is second to none. Gary, and his wife Eileen, have been active members of the community as long as they have lived here, we can't all go to London to support his run so let's cheer him on by sponsoring him and enjoying a lively Village event.... Rock on Gary!!!

Jim Aldhouse

Variety Evening 7.30pm 16 March

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Whoever you are, we thank you Just before Christmas, a mysterious-looking envelope arrived through the letterbox of Castle Robotham containing a cash donation and instructions that the SAS (St Andrew’s Singers) were to “Have a Party.” Well, we are a terribly conscientious lot who feel duty bound to follow instructions, so we did just that. The evening of 8 February saw a gathering of thirty five past and present members of the SAS and their partners; a mighty fine time was had by all who came to share the abundance of food, wine and good company. Our special thanks go to Boney and Judy Pyke who welcomed us to Gable Court, to Sue who masterminded the event and to the many able and willing hands who were on deck to decorate the room, make delicious main courses and

Wednesday 20 March 7.30 p.m. at St Andrew’s Church, Yeovil.

Following on their November success in Yetminster the Yeovil Chamber Choir will be in Yeovil on the 20 March to give a free concert of British and American

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puddings, move furniture and do the inevitable washing up.

Fingerprint and DNA analysis of the envelope and its contents have not yielded any clues as to the identity of our mysterious benefactor, so we have placed this article in the Wriggle Valley Magazine in the hope that our thanks will reach their intended recipient.

Whoever you are, we thank you for your generosity and support but, most importantly, we thank you for spurring us on to meet together for no other reason than to enjoy the company and friendship of each other.

Jane Robotham

choral “Thank You” to all their music. supporters This will More details are include available at: settings of folk or by telephoning Jessica on 01935 477344. songs, If there are any men popular American songs such as ‘Long Time Ago’ out there who can sing in an arrangement by and have some musicreading ability, especially Aaron Copland, and the basses, the Choir would enchanting Seal Lullaby welcome them as new

by Eric Whitacre, which members. We meet on takes its words from a poem by Rudyard Kipling. Wednesday evenings in The Choir will be term time at St Andrew’s conducted by its Musical Church in Yeovil which is on the corner of Preston Director, Helen Brind and this concert will be Grove and Grove Avenue. their way of saying

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St Andrew’s CE Primary School PTA Fri 1 March Annual Quiz Night Tickets are £3 per person,max table of 6, includes cheese and biscuits, bring a bottle. Tickets will be available from the School Office and Oakhouse Stores Yetminster.

Sat 16 March, Charity Ball at Stockbridge Farm Barn.

Tickets are £35 per person to include a two course meal. It Having fun at the PTA features Augusta Westlands Masked House Band, bar, lucky ticket Valentines Disco will win a cash prize. Tickets will - photos by be available from St Andrews Rubblestone School Office, Oakhouse Stores, Yetminster and Bridge Garage, Leigh. Keep your eyes peeled for Sun 28 April is the FUNRUN!!!! posters!!!

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SPRING at Minterne Gardens Minterne Himalayan Gardens display a bounty of colour with daffodils appearing alongside the fresh green buds on the trees. Look out for March -flowering magnolias, adorning the garden with their delicate scents.

The Rhododendrons are preparing themselves for some amazing displays towards the end of the month. The deep scarlet flowers of Rhododendron barbatum; Rh. Queen Wilhemenia puts in an

appearance with its distinctive pinky red, and the glorious pure white of Rh. Macabeanum dazzles with its yellow hints.

Other spectacular Rhododendrons on the way are Rh Coelicum with its small scarlet trusses and Rh. beanianum; many Rh augustinii are starting to flower with their displays which never cease to amaze; some are slightly hidden in March, so keep a keen eye out for them.

We look forward to welcoming old friends and new to Minterne Gardens again this spring.

Ray Abraham Head Gardener

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Shelly’s Cakes A new business adventure for me, Michelle Edwards. I’m probably best known in the village as the lady who trains dogs for Canine Partners but for the past 10 years I have enjoyed the hobby of making all sorts of celebration cakes for friends and family.

I attended Yeovil college back in 2001 completing a cake decorating course and since then have attended many other cake decorating courses the last one was last year with the “Famous in the cake world” Paul Bradford. I’m due to attend another one of his courses this year too.

I started to post pictures on Facebook and the response I got was overwhelming with requests for my cakes, so at the end

of 2012 I launched Shelly's cakes in Leigh, working from my home after having been checked by WDDC. I have had a great response from locals who have enjoyed my cakes. I have also visited The Old Vicarage showing the residents how I make figures out of fondant and putting a cake together, leaving the wonderful cake for them all to eat and enjoy.

If you would like to enjoy one too just give me a call to discuss your requirements.

Michelle Edwards

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Dr Susan Sherborne Literary Society in Brigden, Fellow conjunction with Sherborne Abbey has a and Tutor of special talk by Dr Susan Brigden on her Lincoln College recently published book Thomas Wyatt: and Reader in The Heart’s Forest on Saturday 2 March the University from 12.00 noon at Digby Church Hall, of Oxford, is Sherborne. an expert on Thomas Wyatt was the first modern Thomas voice in English poetry. Revered at the Wyatt’s life. court of Henry VIII, his poetry held a mirror She has been to its secret, capricious world, alluding persuaded to come and darkly to events that it might be death to talk about this intriguing man. The talk describe. Thought to be the lover of Anne starts at 12.00 noon with wine and canapes Boleyn, Wyatt was also the devoted 'slave' followed by the talk. She will sign copies of of Katherine of Aragon, and when in the her book and then you will have the Tower, he was both betrayer and betrayed. opportunity to learn more about the brass This remarkable original biography tells plate in Sherborne Abbey. much more than a conventional life. It is Tickets £12 ( £11 for society members) about Wyatt among his friends and his from Sherborne Tourist Information Centre, enemies, at princely courts in England, Italy, Sherborne Abbey Parish Office or France and Spain, or alone in contemplative www.SherborneLiterarySociety.com retreat. Using new research, Susan Brigden aims to show Wyatt in all his diversity, Sherborne Spring Plant Fair exploring his love, faith and politics and the On Sunday 17 March from 10.00am to beginnings of Reformation England. Above 4.00pm Digby Hall in Sherborne will be all, this new biography is attuned to Wyatt's packed full of lovely Spring flowers and dissonant voice and broken lyre, his shrubs for the eleventh year. There are paradoxical inwardness and will to 'make over thirteen nurseries and garden related plain' his heart, revealing a complex, elusive, stands exhibiting from throughout the endlessly fascinating figure.

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You’ll Never Starve at Easter!

Food and drink are the main focus of this month’s dip into Dorset’s folklore and traditions.

Nowadays we think that Simnel Cake is something for Easter, but it originated as a gift for Mothering Sunday, when servants and apprentices living away from home expected a day off work in order to return to the family home with a present for their mother – “a small sum of money, a trinket or some ‘nice eatable’”.

Not many people know that hot cross buns and bread baked on Good Friday never go mouldy, and that a small piece of a Good Friday bun soaked in water was often used for healing purposes. It was particularly good for any kind of cattle disease.

Many of us plant our potatoes on Good Friday, but have you ever thought why? Well apparently there was a time when people believed that the Devil was powerless on that one day of the year and therefore anything planted on Good Friday would be blessed. This particularly applied to parsley which was likely to fail if planted on any other day.

While we’re still on the run in to Easter, people on Portland would never cut their finger nails on Good Friday in the belief that, if they did, they would suffer from toothache for the rest of the year!

In the opening pages of The Mayor of Casterbridge, Michael Henchard drinks furmity at a local fair. The drink had been heavily laced with rum, and he drinks so much that he loses all sense of propriety and sells his wife and child in order to buy more of the wicked brew.

In Sherborne, furmity – in this case a non -alcoholic concoction of wheat and milk – was sold at Easter by the plate or cup full.

In rural areas a special Easter treat was skimmer cake – a dough cake boiled in a dairy skimmer – eaten in place of the customary family loaf.

The special Easter treat for children was an Easter cake, quite often made by the Lady

Bountiful of the village. Perhaps we should encourage the proprietors of The Three Wishes in Cheap Street to make a few additions to their menu to complement the Sherborne Stodger for the holiday weekend.

Even the weather at Easter gave an indication of how well our farmers’ livestock would fare in the coming months: Sun Easter Day, little grass but good hay.

Rain Easter Day, good deal of grass but bad hay.

Food as well as money can also feature in doles (a regular handing out on a specific day – the origin of the expression “on the dole”) or charities set up from bequests in the wills of public spirited people.

Charities make a major contribution to the fabric of society today. Whether the economy is blooming or in recession, charities can be relied upon to take up causes that the government of the day may overlook. Many of our biggest charities had very small and local beginnings but most of those small, local charities were destined never to grow. If you visit pretty well any parish church in England you are likely to see evidence of the charitable donation of a local squire.

Some of those bequests turned into annual local events which were observed well into the nineteenth century, and sometimes into the twenty first century.

Do you remember singing ‘Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St Clemen’s’ when you were at school? Did you know that children are still given oranges and lemons at a service at St Clement Danes Church in The Strand in London late in March every year? There was a time when almost every parish in England had a regular bread dole and buns (twopenny starvers in some places) are still distributed in a few places. Perhaps the Easter Egg hunt is this generation’s equivalent.

Eddie Upton

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NEWS FROM ST ANDREWS’S CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL

What exactly do the school Governors do?

I am not surprised that I have been asked this question more than once because we do not have an instantly recognisable role like the children and teachers.

There are fourteen of us on the St Andrew’s CE Primary School’s Governing Body: five parents, two teachers, two community governors, three foundation (church) governors, one Dorset CC governor and the headteacher. Apart from the head, the rest of us are voted in by the group we represent. If you want to know a bit more about who we are and what we look like, you can always log in to the school website.

There are two main aspects of the school for which we are responsible and these get to the heart of the matter straight away!

We have to be certain that each child has the opportunity to achieve her/his personal best.

Secondly we have to ensure that the school is managing its budget wisely. What we don’t do is to interfere in the way the school is run on a day-to-day basis. At St Andrew’s the professionals do a grand job there.

However, we do need to get into school, otherwise we would be forming opinions and making decisions in the dark. So, www.standrewsyetminster.org.uk

each of us has an area of the curriculum to which we are linked. We talk to the teacher who leads that subject, help in the classroom, look at plans and policies, attend staff meetings. The plan is build up a shared Emma Harris, Parent Governor expertise between us. assisting with maths in Year 6 We get to do the fun things too. We are so I am up to date with the included on day and current life of the school. At residential visits, as well as our full meetings we get onevents in school, such as a going reports from him recent helicopter landing about the school results, the and special curriculum progress and achievement events like India Day. We of the pupils, the come into assembly and environment and buildings school church services. In and the long term this way, the governors development plan for the become people who are school. recognised by the children Our commonly around the school. understood role is to ‘support On the serious side, we and challenge’. I think we have two full governor have a great governing meetings a term but before body who do just that and these, we all work through who work in partnership with our committees to discuss a dedicated and current issues in detail and inspirational team of report back. We also take professionals. At the end of into account the views of the day, what we all want is parents/carers, in particular the best education for the through our annual Family children at St Andrews’.

Survey, which we analyse and act upon.

I meet frequently with Judy Ferretter Paul Miller, the headteacher, Chair of Governors

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Leigh Weather Watch January 2013 “There are two seasonal diversions that can ease the bite of any winter.

One is the January thaw.

The other is the seed catalogues.”

- Hal Borland Gardeners always live in hope that a new year will be more favourable for them than the last one. But Nature still seems to be over-reacting to those months spent praying for rain instead of drought.

Temperatures Unlike January 2012, which was one of the mildest we have recorded, January 2013 was colder than usual, but not unduly so. The coldest night saw only -4.4C/24F, nowhere near the 12C/10F we suffered in 2009 and again in 2010. Temperatures dropped below freezing 13 times, slightly more than the 2000-2012 average of 11.8.

Rainfall The main ‘weather event’ was heavy snowfall on the 18th. This disrupted travel and there was no thaw until the 25th.

Snow seems to confuse rain gauges, but ours recorded 116mm/4.6”, instead of the usual 96mm/3.6”. In other words, we

had ‘enjoyed’ the equivalent of an extra week’s rain during the month.

In recent years this would have been welcome, but not now that the land is so seriously waterlogged.

Sunshine We had only two thirds of the usual amount of sunshine in January, and it equalled the previous record low of 16 sun-free days, previously set in January 2002 and 2003. There were 42 hours of measurable sunshine, instead of the average 54.

Pressure and wind speeds Contributing to the heavy rainfall, the barometric pressure in January was exceptionally low, averaging 988mb/ 29.2” instead of the 2000-2012 figure of 1017mb/30.0”.

The low pressure meant that the peak wind speed of 35mph was well above our 12-year January average of 23mph. This may also have been linked to the fact that the average wind direction in January was 158 degrees (SSE) instead of the more usual 182 degrees (S).

Philip Bryan

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Planning Applications March 2013 HILFIELD 1/D/09/000702

21/05/2009

Knapp Farm Load Lane - Retain agricultural worker's dwelling. (Full) – Approved.

CHETNOLE 1/D/11/001749

19/12/2012

1/D/11/001681

19/12/2012

Spring Cottage Barn, Neals Lane –Conversion of barn to dwelling.

(Full). No Decision.

Hawton Back Lane - Removal of condition 2 of P.P 1/N/2002/0410 for a temporary period to allow independent occupation of the annexe (Variation of condition).

No Decision.

LEIGH 1/D/13/000071

29/01/2013

1/D/13/000090

08/01/2013

1/D/13/000049

08/01/2013

1/D/11/001605

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Appleyard, Chetnole Road – Extensions to garage and utility rooms. (Full). No Decision.

Church Farm, Chetnole Road – Single Storey Extension. ( Listed Building Consent). No Decision.

Church Farm, Chetnole Road – Single Storey Extension. (Full). No Decision.

Land Adjacent to Brook House, Batcombe Road – Change of use of paddock & construct new dwelling, modify existing access (Full). Refused.

The Old Stores, Sherborne Road – Extensions. Approved.

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...gone gardening Manure Cocktails all round Last year the Wriggle Valley had over 1m of rain and this has washed and leached away nutrients in the soil. Your beds and borders could probably do with a ‘pick me up’ and might need digging and turning to get some air into them especially if they have been lying under water.

Standing water creates compaction and panning, and this problem needs to be resolved before you begin planting.

Examine your soil; healthy soil is alive and dynamic, it has structure, it will have earthworms and humus in it. Good healthy fertile soil is the answer when you want to grow plants to feed your family.

As I write this it is mid-February and spring is definitely in the air, the birds are twittering and the days are stringing out a little more. My chickens, who have been clucking around in the mud with bare bottoms and ragged plumage for an eternity, have suddenly feathered up and look soft and fluffy. Their shrivelled combs have filled out and become glowing red and there are more eggs in the nesting boxes.

Poultry manure is really excellent for the garden and was made in heaven as far as the small holder or enthusiastic gardener is concerned.

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elements essential for healthy growing plants. All types of animal manure are good however “dung” needs time to rot down before being dug into the garden. By heaping the dung up and letting it rot, heat builds up destroying weed seeds which are inherent in the excrement of all grazing creatures. You will often see a compost heap literally steaming on a cold day and this is the reas on why. Well rotted manure is best dug into the soil when preparing to plant but if you are happy to get your hands dirty you could make up your own liquid slurry or “compost cocktail”.

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Club NewsChetnole Cricket Club Stiff Upper Lip My cousin is a Police Officer. He is the neighbourhood officer for what is one of the most deprived housing estates in Leicester. On that estate 23% of families have a lone parent, 33% of children have special educational needs, 56% of people on the estate between 16-74 have no qualifications and 21% of the population (compared to 8% in Leicester as a whole) are on benefits.

The estate is amongst the top 5% of the most deprived nationally. And yet, on 9 Fayrhurst Road, on the estate, is a blue plaque. It celebrates the childhood home of Joe Orton, a working class lad from Leicester, who went on to become one of the most intriguing and celebrated playwrights of the last century.

Unfortunately, he died tragically young, aged only 34, after being bludgeoned to death by his jealous gay lover. However, he left a small body of work that still has the power to be just a little bit shocking.

And the work of Joe Orton had a particular impact on me, also a working-class lad from Leicester, in that it hinted at possibilities that might also be open to me. This is why I am so excited about the prospect of directing the Wriggle Valley Players production of what remains one of his most famous plays, LOOT. LOOT follows two inseparable friends, Hal and Dennis; McLeavy, Hal’s widowed father; Fay, a murderous, gold digging nurse and the psychopathic Inspector Truscott and his assistant, Meadows.

After robbing a bank, Hal and Dennis hide the money in the coffin of Hal's deceased mother, complete with corpse.

However, their plans are thrown into chaos upon the arrival of Inspector Truscott, and the two thieves hide both the coffin and corpse around McLeavy’s house. The play descends into a ‘masterpiece of black farce’ as the upper hand and power swing between Hal and Dennis, Fay and Truscott.

Ruthlessly satirising religion, social attitudes to death and the integrity of the police force (ironic given my cousin’s profession...), responses to the first production were mixed and it received largely negative reviews, mainly due to repeated script rewrites and what was considered to be the miscasting of Kenneth Williams as Inspector Truscott. However, Loot was successfully revived in 1966, going on to win the Evening Standard’s Best Play award.

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This was not, however, before attracting the attention of the censor of the time, the Lord Chamberlain.

As the Evening Standard’s theatre critic Nicholas De Jongh describes in an excellent article; “The Lord Chamberlain's file on Loot discloses a list of ideas, sentences, words and phrases that could not be uttered on stage in those primmer days.

Sir John himself saw an early production of the play, in March 1965, when it was on tour in Wimbledon. "This is a pretty dreary play and not good entertainment," he wrote to the Lord Chamberlain.

"It is a brand of sick humour which probably goes down well with certain sections of the public, particularly those people who like to be shocked at the outset in some unusual way. If it gets to the West End at all I should be very surprised if it runs for more than a few weeks."

Thankfully, he was wrong.

However, there was one matter upon which the Lord Chamberlain was

Leigh WI At our January meeting Mr Brian Pettit came to talk to us on "Wildlife on the Doorstep".

He was a wildlife photographer who had grown up in Kenya, then moved to South Africa, had returned to UK and amongst other jobs had worked in a pet shop, in a Zoo near Poole for 14 years and was a consultant for a Bird Garden in Wimborne. In the 1980s he moved to Spain and took up photography, He produced videos by using slides but of course now all his work is computerised.

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most insistent; the inclusion of a corpse on the case list. The censor only allowed the play to be put on if the corpse was played by a dummy and not a real actor and insisted that it had to be completely shrouded so that there could be not even a glimpse of the dummy!

Whether the Wriggle Valley Players use an actor or a dummy depends, in part, upon who turns up for the auditions. And so, if you are up for a challenge, come and join us. It promises to be an interesting ride!

This really is, even after all of these years, a sharply written and hugely funny play. And I shall leave the last word to Mr Orton, “I have many vices, but false modesty is not one of them.

The best thing about LOOT is the quality of the writing.’

Let’s hope that we can do it justice!

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enjoyed his talk and can recommend him to other groups as a very entertaining and professional speaker. Our birthday meeting in March is on Church Embroidery by Mrs Sarah Bailey.

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The History Society - What Every Woman Wanted in 1939

2013 started with snow and slush, gales and floods, airports closed, and road and rail dislocated. Was it better in the “good old days”? What was it like in our parents’ or grandparents’ time?

As the fateful year of 1939 opened, the Met Office reported for January, “The month was remarkable for excessive rainfall and serious flooding in England and Wales …….. there was considerable snow at times, particularly during the first six days and from the 24-28 Jan” What else occupied rural thoughts at the beginning of that year? What did the editors and advertisers in country magazines decide their readers wanted, or needed to know about?

Here’s a peek from The Farmer’s Home of February and March 1939, Supplement to The Farmer & Stock breeder.

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The supplement seems targeted mainly at women.

Under the headline of “Pretty and Serviceable” you could find details of “An Easy-to-make Bed-jacket in Novel Style…. particularly comfortable for wear in cold weather such as we have had recently and must expect for some time yet.”

If your skin were suffering from the affects of the long winter, Margaret Mills, Beauty Editor, would tell you how to bring back that springtime radiance to your complexion – with a “clasmic” pack. It would only take twenty minutes of your leisure time - each day!

Or you could knit a “Keep-Fit” Jumper – “Polonecked and Perfectly Plain it is ideal for the Sportswoman.”

One advertiser’s pitch to the woman was shoes for “cold and damp floors, bricked, tiled, concreted sculleries, washhouses and dairies”. While protecting against chilblains and rheumatism these shoes would not “draw the feet like rubber footwear”. Send no money – pay the postman on delivery!

And for “the woman whose measurements are a little above the average”, The Editress had a dress

pattern “exclusive to The Farmer’s Home”. “Most women with ‘difficult’ figures like some dainty lingerie touch about their clothes … and so the designer has incorporated a scalloped collar and cuffs (scallops are so becoming to the full figure)…and don’t forget your remittance …[1s 9d (8½p)]” Or, what is the best meal of the day? An article by “Countrywoman”.

Attitudes of the time are seen in the “late-comer to breakfast“ who would be “the butt of all the rest” and who might be told, “Your porridge is in the fender”.

There was still debate about the timing of dinner – “I expect you dine at night; we only sup”.

Countrywoman seems to plump for high tea with happy extras such as soft roes on toast, stewed mushrooms, dressed crab and salad, cheese soufflé and lots more.

Ah, those were days!

From the archive of the Yetminster History Society.

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accomplished in Deep/Shallow Dives and Tuesday 5 February – frogman abilities which our guest speaker on this evening was Mr Ayers who enabled him for Helicopter and bomb disposal tasks. gave a most entertaining He was posted back to account of life at sea entitled “Navy Yarns”. Ernie England and because of his newly acquired expertise as he introduced himself joined the Royal Navy at the was now required all over the world. He had just met tender age of sixteen in a young lady who he had 1948 – he started his really fallen for and training at HMS Ganges knowing where his future where in his own words, was heading he proposed was a rude awakening to life and in the space of one and was accepted – week he went from Jack the meeting, proposal and lad who knew best to doing marriage all within twelve days. They travelled what he was told without together throughout the question. rest of his service, twenty After training he was five years – our members posted to Malta where he were captivated by enjoyed two and a half accounts and descriptions years developing his of places and those little ambition to be a diver, he progressed through various out of the way happenings when doing his line of work. exams, becoming

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Tuesday Club 12 Feb 2013 Despite the very cold weather many members attended to hear local orchid expert, Blair Sibun, talk us through the Fauna and Flora of the Cape. Blair is an excellent speaker and very knowledgeable about his subjects so his presentation was extremely interesting and occasionally amusing.

We were entertained to a slide show of the wonderful wild flower species which grow in the Cape vicinity. Blair told us of his visits to national wildflower gardens and an annual wildflower show.

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After leaving the Navy he bought a fishing trawler and spent twenty years fishing along the Hampshire coast and the back of the Isle of Wight. Ernie invited the members to look over many of his photographs taken during his lifetime at sea and answered many questions. Our Lady Chairman thanked him for a most entertaining talk and our appreciation was shown in the usual way. Mr Ayers declined his fee saying, “Cup of tea and biscuit was just fine” The Club were most appreciative of his gesture.

At this time the dates and places for our summer outings have not been finalised but will be in the next edition.

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The pictures of South Africa’s national flower, the protea were stunning and, occasionally, we were able to spot mice, insects and guinea fowl hidden amongst them. He told us that the children grow up “stomping” through grass rather than walking in order to frighten off any snakes that may be lying there; most snakes move away at the approach of any humans excerpt the puff adder which Blair described as “rather lazy”!

We were told all the Latin terms of the flowers shown plus the more usual names – one flower is called “shooting star” as all the petals hang downward once it has finished blooming. One very exciting but disturbing episode which Blair related concerned a picnic which

he and his family took on a picturesque beach. Having been assured that it was an area which was becoming popular they duly sat down to enjoy the family occasion hen a large group of baboons, led by a very aggressive and enormous male descended upon them in a great rush! Blair quickly took his family to

safety and took photographs from their car as the baboons demolished the picnic and their personal possessions. Our thanks to Blair for a very interesting and thoroughly entertaining presentation.

Ginny Goodall

Chetnole & Leigh Garden Club After the light-hearted and carefree atmosphere which pervaded our December and January meetings, it was down to earth with a bump when we gathered at Chetnole Village Hall for the February meeting of the Club. The subject could not have been more weighty and solid: Rockeries! Fortunately our speaker was far from gravity-filled; Mike Burks, MD of The Gardens Group (Castle Gardens, Sherborne plus Poundbury and Brimsmore/Yeovil) has a lightness of approach and delivery which is well known and greatly appreciated by our members. And, as one would expect, he really knows his subject. Armed with a variety of quarried stone and an array of suitable plants Mike took us on a journey whereby the stone and the plants were fused to produce an attractive feature of colour and texture for virtually any garden.

First we were advised on where to site our

rockery together with establishing the appropriate dimensions.

Then the design and planning processes were explained along with pitfalls to be avoided.

The structure and relationship between stone and soil was then described with emphasis being put on layered ridges of natural stone to provide the framing and background for the plants when imbedded.

But it is in the presentation of plants that Mike Burks’ true love for all things horticultural becomes most apparent. The senses of sight, touch, smell and sound were all employed as the various selected species were fully described and their positioning in the rockery recommended with true enthusiasm. A brief Q&A session followed the presentation giving Mike ample opportunity to

display his wit, knowledge and sense of commercial direction.

He’s always a very welcome speaker at our meetings.

By coincidence, the March meeting will be held at 7.00pm on 4 March at Castle Gardens in Sherborne, where our membership will undoubtedly overindulge their sacking and plundering tendencies to maximise the gain from substantial club discount specially extended to us on this annual visit.

I wonder how many rockery plants will be acquired?

This is a “members only” evening so I suggest you join up quickly.

Tom Withycombe

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Yetminster & Ryme Garden, Art & Craft Society For our February meeting Marcus Dancer came to talk to us on the subject of ‘Growing Clematis successfully’. I think most of us have a special place in our hearts for these abundant, flamboyant and vivacious plants.

However, when it comes to their welfare, my care programme is simple: I ask someone else to do the pruning. But maybe there was more to learn. I was also ready to be entertained; with a captivating name such as Marcus Dancer I thought that he must be, well maybe just a little like a Clematis himself.

In fact Mr Dancer is a serious, dedicated nurseryman. Based near Fordingbridge, he has been growing Clematis for well over 25 years. Of the thousands of interesting varieties now coming to the UK from countries such Japan and Poland, he prefers to limit his collection to around 150-190 varieties. He grows all his plants from cuttings so that they grow ‘true’ and while he likes to experiment with different varieties, his emphasis is on producing what he called ‘garden worthy’ plants.

Listening to him talk about Clematis was rather like listening to a proud father talk about his children. There was clearly nothing he didn’t understand about every aspect of their needs and habits. Starting from the bottom up, we learnt about where to plant them, their soil requirements and those that do and do not need to be planted deeply, and how to tackle Clematis Wilt. He talked about the three distinct groups, which have the key indicators for when they should be pruned and when they come into flower. Many of the new varieties now flower twice and with careful selection it seems we can be almost certain to have at least one Clematis in flower pretty much all year round. He is often asked for the longest flowering variety. This is Broughton Bride with single white bells in the spring and double white bells in the summer.

Clematis tangutica Lambton Park

I went along thinking I need one more Clematis in the garden and was sure his talk would clarify which one to have. No luck there.

From the evergreens with their beautiful leaves; the fluffy heads; the scented varieties with purple leaves to the large, voluptuous summer hybrids and through to the smaller later flowering varieties; the tall ones; the low growing ones; names tripped off his tongue, supported by stunning photographs and helpful suggestions about which to plant in pots, along fences or in the herbaceous border.

I think I need them all. He ended his talk with a helpful demonstration about pruning. .

I was captivated by his talk and am comforted to learn that he can be found at Sherborne Market on the third Friday of every month. For anyone wanting his full plant list you might like to visit his website: www.clematisplants.co.uk. Finally, I think it’s a shame there isn’t a Clematis called Marcus Dancer. Perhaps I should have a word with someone in Poland.

March meeting: It’s our members’ opportunity to indulge themselves at the Castle Gardens Discount Buying Evening.

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The Wriggle Valley Players - Sleeping Beauty “But I’ve heard most of those jokes before,” said my 15 year old as we exited into the cold darkness of a Dorset January night. “That’s the point”, said I, “Panto is all about tradition, about flamboyant dames, thighslapping principal boys and a little bit of sparkle in the middle of winter. We go precisely for the comfortable fun of recognising the characters, the plot, the jokes and even some of the lines”.

This year, The Wriggle Valley Players’ Panto delivered on all counts.

Alison Horswell worked her magic with a cast of twenty drawn from local(ish) villages and a very supportive, support team. Smiling throughout, she persuaded even the most reluctant to learn lines, sing and even attempt some very basic dance steps. The result of weeks of hard work and worrying on her

part was a show to be proud of.

Hilariously entertaining, sometimes slick, sometimes graceful, it was production to put a smile on the face of all who came to watch.

Colourfully creative costumes produced by Sandra House, uplifting music organised by Jan Witt, along with a delightful set designed by Steve Crumpler were the foundations of a great performance of Sleeping Beauty.

A handsome King Ferdinand (Steve Crumpler) and his elegant wife, Queen Felicity (Sylvie Lord) were appropriately regal, bringing gravity to the proceedings.

However, the gorgeous Nurse Nightingdale (John House), ever so slightly

pompous Chamberlain (Phil Tebbatt) and cheeky Charlie (Chris House) brought fun filled character to the royal household. Daisy the maid (Gill Clark) and Father Time (Paul Atwell) were there to keep things moving.

Amanda Myall, in the title role, charmed us as she sang and danced like a princess. She also provided the choreography for the six good fairies who impressed us all with their beauty and grace.

Daphne Barfoot, on the other hand, gave us quite a fright as she swept across the stage as Carabosse and the audience booed and heckled with glee.

And we had not one thigh slapping principal boy, but four.

As well as the sweet singing Philippa Scott as the real Prince Hugo, there was Aladdin (Lily Myall), Dick Whittingdon (Bertha

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Gaadza), and Jack - of Beanstalk fame (Eileen Sturgess). There was also a Little Red Riding Hood (Amy Goodfellow).

Well, I guess that’s just what happens when you

mess about in time machines.

So many congratulations are due to this year’s director. I understand that planning is well underway for the next production.

Interested? The Players always welcome new members, so if you’d like to get involved – on the stage or behind the scenes – please call John House on 07970 819861.

All that remains it to say a big “thank you” to all who offered their help to support this year’s

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The Chetnole Inn Chetnole, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 6NU

EAT DRINK SLEEP * Tuesday Night Free Starter or Pudding with every main

* Wednesday Night Pie Night £ 7.75, plus normal menu

* Lunchtime Special 2 Course £ 12.50, 3 Course £ 16.00

Rustic, log burners, flagstones, real ales, real food, great accommodation, three bar areas, great garden, takeaway menu Best Dining Pub in Dorset 2010 & 2011 4 Star Gold Rated B&B Rooms

www.thechetnoleinn.co.uk

01935 872337

Church Street, Yetminster Sherborne, Dorset DT9 6LG Offering a full range of primary healthcare services under one roof

BRANCH SURGERY: TWICE A WEEK at EVERSHOT For all enquiries or to request a free practice brochure, please phone us on the Reception number

RECEPTION: 01935 872530

DISPENSARY: 01935 872955

www.yetminsterhc.com

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The award winning Old Vicarage Care Home has opened a new wing, adding 8 rooms, dining room and sitting room.

Investment in the building along with staff training, a full activity programme, computer suite and involvement with the village community creates a unique, friendly family home atmosphere where every effort is made to improve the quality of life for the residents.

VISITORS WELCOME – JUST CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT The Old Vicarage Care Home Leigh, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 6HL Tel: 01935 873033 email: care@tovic.com

Wriggle Valley Magazine March 2013