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36 What a beautiful cover of a snow Regular Meeting & Activities adorned St Andrew’s Church, Yetminster to News from our Churches 38 grace our Christmas and New Year issue of the Wriggle Valley magazine; thank you Church Services - Dec & Jan 2014 40 John Purland for sending it in.

This bumper double issue is filled with General News 47 Christmas festivities for you to enjoy; take 61 advantage of them and really enjoy St Andrew’s Primary School yourselves. I love all the singing at this time Leigh Weather Watch 62 of year and was also interested in the choir that Ian Lingwood is hoping to start up in …gone Christmas gardening..

64 Chetnole p 9- count me in. Singing is a lovely way to keep the Winter blues at bay.

Planning Applications 66 For our younger readers enjoy a Story for 69 Christmas on p 58 and can you count how Club News many little reindeer there are throughout Advertisers' Register 78 the magazine?

We just wanted to say thank you so much to all our magazine deliverers who do it in all weathers, we greatly appreciate it, without you no one would have a magazine to read. Very best wishes and get well soon to Rosalie, one of our deliverers who had a nasty fall. You will also notice that we have a couple more pages of coloured adverts, thanks for your continued support. News and views by 12 January for the February issue please.

All there is left for me to say is have a lovely festive break and a peaceful New Year.

Bella Neate-Clegg 25 YEARS

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BATCOMBE.....

ime and Tide wait for no man. We are getting near the end of the year again and we will not be back with you now until February so have a Happy Christmas and New Year.

Coffee Morning will be at Bridget's on Wed 4 December at 11am.

There will be no service on Dec 22 but you are all welcome to the Children's Carol Service on Christmas Eve at 3pm and to the Christmas Day Service at 10.15am, with the Brothers from the Friary.

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CHETNOLE.....

e begin by welcoming Blair and Jackie Sibun’s daughter and granddaughter, Beverley and Mallie Welch, who have moved to Meadowbank and we look forward to meeting you both.

Our sympathy goes to Linda Carroll whose husband Clive recently passed away - we are all thinking of you Linda.

What an intelligent village you are! Both Chetnolian teams participating in the Inter-village quiz last month deserve a pat on the back for coming second and third (to the

Join us for

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1st No.22 2nd No.28 3rd No.37

Johnny Gibbs Simon Gibbs Marion Jeffery

Yetminster Wrigglers) - there must be something in the water or you must all like eating a lot of fish! Well done to you all and what a jolly night we all had.

Congratulations to our very own Magdalena Kasprzycka of School Lane for becoming the winner of the Ancillary Worker Award (the Old Vicarage Care Home) at the Great South West Awards in Bristol in November as part of the Great British Care awards. Well done.

Sue Morgan (Local Hero) is looking for someone to take over the ediary so if you are interested then please contact her on 872104 or at rsm182@talktalk.net.

Mobile Library Change Should you need to change your library book please take note of the new mobile library slot for Chetnole; it will be

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parked outside St Peter’s church, Chetnole on every second Wednesday from 11.30 to 11.50am. There will be no stop at Lamb Plot. Happy Reading!

Chetnole Oil Group The next oil delivery will be on 16 January 2014. Please call John Sanford on 872973 in good time if you would like to be included. Get your winter woollies out now, here comes the cold weather brrrrrrrrrrrhhhh.

Chetnole and Leigh Garden Club amendment Please note that on Monday 6 January the garden club talk will be on Wildflower Wonders of the World by Dr Bob Gibbons as opposed to “Wildlife” as printed in our last issue.

Chetnole Community Choir Have a read of Ian Lingwood’s community choir proposal - such a great idea for a village like ours.

All things Christmassy b Let your hair down then dosey-doe on down to the village hall on 20 December for a Ceilidh (call Jim on

01258 817963 to reserve tickets). What a fun start to Christmas that will be! b The Chetnole Carol service will take place on Saturday 21 December - see Rick Baker’s details later b In the village hall on Saturday, 14 December Pip Utton will be performing his one-man show version of “A Christmas Carol” Ticket price includes mulled wine and mince pies and starts at 7.30pm. Contact Nigel Bray on 872233 or John Head on 873555 for details - not to be missed. b The first village hall event of 2014 will be a Poetry and Prose Evening where local home grown talent share their poems or readings on Saturday 11 January. b Miracle Theatre visit on 23 January with their production "Tin - the Film" contact Nigel and John again for details. Keep a close eye on our diary section for future events - there are some great acts coming your way soon to keep you entertained over the winter months.

Have a great one!

Liz Tebbatt

CHETNOLE This will take place on Sat 21 December.

If you would like to have a favourite carol included, please let me know your choice and the reason or memory for choosing it.

In order to allow enough time to prepare for the service, please send me your choice by Wednesday 11 December.

You can email it to rickbaker@tiscali.co.uk or deliver it Easter Cottage in Back Lane.

Rick Baker

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The Greasy Spoon Cafe A wet morning did not deter anyone from coming to the Greasy Spoon Cafe! Thank you all so much. There was a wonderful atmosphere and a fantastic £738 was raised for the Syria Appeal.

A special thank you to the helpers who are not members of the Save the Children Fund.

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Forthcoming Events in Chetnole Village Hall

Chetnole Community Choir????

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Pip Utton Performs "Christmas Carol" Village Hall Event Friday 20th December White stag folk ceilidh

You may have seen Gareth Malone and Saturday 11 January, 2014 his choir programme on TV. One thing is for sure – singing is good for you (but his Poetry and Prose Evening. results take a little longer in reality!).

Local home grown talent share Would you be interested in forming a their poems or readings. new choir with me? The idea would be to Thursday 23 January, sing popular songs, initially for fun but to a Arts Reach – the Miracle Theatre good standard. If you are 9 and above Saturday 1 February, (which would include adults of all ages) and would like to work at some fun tunes, Julie Dunn and Charlotte Storey – please contact me by email “Birds on a Wire” perform at Chetnole Jazz Café to include some (ianlingwood@hotmail.com). We would Ella Fitzgerald songs. need to hire the village hall for an hour or Thursday 27 March, Arts Reach, two weekly, so a small fee to cover costs Dave Myne performs Great would be needed. I am happy to answer Expectations. any questions you may have. An early evening slot may be best. Perhaps you Saturday 12 April, could let me know if you are interested Chetnole Jazz Café finishes with and what would be the best evening for “Petites Annonces”, French you.

Gypsy Swing Band.

I look forward to hearing from you.

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HERMITAGE....

Quiz for St. Mary’s Church The Quiz held in October in aid of St. Mary’s Church was as popular as ever, with 10 teams taking part. Our thanks go to Ray who was the quiz-master, for all his hard work and time putting the questions together and for providing such an entertaining evening. Also, many thanks go to Christine for all her help on the night.

Over £200 was raised for Church funds.

Thank you to everyone who supported the evening and congratulations to ‘The Foresters’ (Dave & Denise Whiteoak, with friends Bob & Jenny) on their first place, and well done to ‘Running in the Family’ in 2nd. and to ‘3 Js + 1’ on coming 3rd.

Halloween Bingo Our Bingo with a "Spooky" feel was a well-attended and enjoyable evening.

Thank you to Charlie for "calling" and to all who came along.

Christmas Bingo – 30 November Just in case this edition of the magazine reaches you before 30 November, this really is the final reminder that Bingo with a Christmas ‘flavour’ will be held in the Village Hall on Saturday 30 November, starting at 7.30pm. Come along and have some fun and, maybe, win a prize.

Evensong, 6.30pm, 5 January 2014 From January evensong will alternate between Hermitage and Leigh. The service in January will be held at Leigh with the following month, on 2 February, here in Hermitage. This will be the pattern from now on.

New Year’s Party, Saturday 25 January We didn’t realise when we set the date for this event that the 25 January is Burn’s Night, so we have now decided that our New Year’s Party should have a Scottish feel. This means food with a Scottish “accent” plus appropriate decoration and music in the hall.

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Lapland Themed evening This is a final reminder that we will be hosting our ‘Lapland’ themed evening on 6 December in the Village Hall, starting at 7.30pm.

The charge, for a 3 course meal plus an introductory glass of “Glogg” (a Scandinavian Punch), is just £12.50.

Please call 01963 210292 or email Hermitage.Village@yahoo.co.uk as soon as possible if you wish to reserve one of the few remaining places.

There will be a bar and, I promise, no quiz!

Carols by Candlelight – Christmas Eve Our traditional service will be held at St. Mary’s Church on Christmas Eve at 7pm (please note NOT 7.30pm as in previous years) We hope to see you there.

We are still working on the details of the menu but the headline figure is that just £10 will buy you a 3 course meal and a really good evening out.

Can you please call 01963 210292 or email Hermitage.Village@yahoo.co.uk as soon as possible if you wish to reserve a place. Kilts are not obligatory but a ‘nod’ towards Scottish dress would be fun.

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HILFIELD....

e have had a wonderful summer and autumn for our wildlife compared with last year. The fields and verges were full of natural habitat lasting all summer. They were full of many plants and flowers of amazing colours. Telegraph hill was red with orchids which encouraged many sorts of butterflies and bees. Now the dark nights are here and we will soon be looking forward to Christmas. Have a great one.

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LEIGH.....

t was so long ago that no one can quite remember when it happened, Michael and Pat East took over the distribution of the magazine in Leigh.

Understandably, having done the job since the dawn of time, they now feel that they deserve a bit of a rest. We would all like to thank them so much for the tireless work they have done and wish them a peaceful and restful time. The magazine relies so much on heroes such as these so I hope that John and Judy Tuke realise how much we appreciate them taking over and

so they will soon be known (if not already) to our dog-walking community.

Although semi-retired, George continues to provide help with home PC problems and has just started advertising his services in the magazine, p18.

We wish them a happy life in their new home.

Carol Service Hilfield Church

at 6.30pm with Mulled Wine and Mince Pies at Pond Farm.

Everyone welcome

how long it will be before they are allowed to give up the task!!

Very best wishes to Rosalie who has been in hospital after a nasty fall. Wishing you well and hoping you have a speedy recovery.

Congratulations to Sarah, Ollie, Ellie and Maisie who have moved round the corner to South Street. I can say from experience that short moves are just as stressful as long ones and I hope you are soon recovered and settled in your new home.

Please support all the numerous Christmas activities in and around the village and have a happy Christmas and a Bright and Prosperous New Year.

Philippa Toulson

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New neighbours We are happy to welcome George and Lesley Grazebrook, who have recently moved into the village.

Their last home was in Aberdeen but they are originally from Worcestershire and Hertfordshire and have family connections in the south and west of England.

They bring with them Rigsby an English Setter and Maxi a Westie/Scottie cross,

St Andrew's Church, Leigh We have just heard the exciting news that the Faculty has been granted and so now we can go ahead with the plans for the building of a loo and kitchenette. We are so grateful to all of you in the community who have supported this project.

We welcomed Maisie Sutcliffe into the church family in October when she was baptised and we look forward to also welcoming Tilly Wilson in December and Finlay Wright in January - there is certainly a baby boom in Leigh at the moment which is great news!

Please come and celebrate Christmas with us on Christmas Eve at 6pm for a Family friendly Carol Service and there will also be Holy Communion (BCP) at 8.30am on Christmas Day with some carols. Another date for your diary is Sunday 8 December at 4pm when there will be a Christingle service in Leigh Village Hall with a 'Messy' element to it!! It should be fun as well as meaningful.

Please watch out for some slight alterations in church service timings from January 2014.

Anne Reason

MESSY Christingle

Starting at 3.30pm with tea and cake Making Christingles and other messy crafts Followed by informal service

Everyone Welcome October Leigh Lottery Draw 1st No. 49 Mike Morrell £30 2nd No. 29 Mike Morrell £20

Children’s Craft Afternoon Michelle and Philippa would like to thank all the families who attended the craft afternoon in Leigh Village Hall on 10 November. We all did masses of cutting and sticking and made assorted things for Christmas. We hope you all had as much fun as we did!!! A huge thanks to all those who helped and everyone for doing such a brilliant job of clearing up afterwards!!!

We are hoping to do another one in the spring and will send out emails and probably put something in the magazine. Do please email one of us if you would like to be kept informed about dates or if you would be interested in helping.

Michelle Read & Philippa Toulson philippa@folksw.org.uk or charlieandchell@hotmail.co.uk

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LEIGH CHRISTMAS FAIR We have a wonderful selection of 23 Local Stalls Castle Gardens * Fudges *The Chocolatier * Oakleigh Farm Delicious Confectionary Food, Gifts, Wine, Toys and Handicrafts Get into the festive spirit and bring the children to see Father Christmas in His Grotto, Face Painting * Music *Singing Raffle and Tombola Entry ÂŁ2, Under 15s Free

News from the Old Vicarage December 2013 The Cinnamon Trust is a specialist National charity whose primary objectives are to respect and preserve the treasured relationship between owners and their pets. Every year they launch a National competition to find the best Petfriendly Care home in the country. The Old Vicarage has been a runner up for the last two years, but we are delighted to tell you that this year we won! Several of our residents have their own dogs and cats and we do our best to accommodate pets where possible. We also have many animals visiting us and of course, this year we had our very successful dog show. A link to a film showing our entry is on the Old Vicarage’s web site.

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have got through to the National Care award finals, we will know how they got on in mid November, and so a full report will be in the next edition.

Many congratulations are sent to Emily Spearing who had a baby girl; Phoebe Lily on the 23 October, we are hoping for a visit very soon!

We have a very busy schedule with the run up to Christmas, with lots of carol singers, events and parties planned, culminating with a traditional nativity play by the children of staff on the morning of Christmas Eve. Please remember to keep your old calendars for us as we can use them in craft sessions.

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With winter approaching and the possibility of bad weather and illness anyone can find themselves in need of a few things.

From the end of November a box with be situated at the back of the church, near the font.

This contains basic food provisions as well as other emergency supplies (eg candles and matches). This is intended for emergency use by anyone in the village who finds themselves in need of any of the contents. The box will be freely accessible at any time that the church is open. Where possible the contents might be replaced by users at a later date and all additional contributions to the box will be gratefully received. The box will be checked weekly and items replaced.

Eddie Upton

MOVIOLA 13 January 2014 A young man with the ability to time travel discovers that finding true love isn't as easy as he thought it would be in this romantic comedy from writer/director Richard Curtis (Love Actually, Pirate Radio).

17 February Captain Phillips 10 March Philomena * 7 April * 19 May * Shows start at 7.30pm, doors open 7pm (bar provided). We look forward to seeing you on some of the above dates. Tickets £5 will be available from Bridge Stores,Leigh or Fiona and John Parks (01935 873603)

Remembrance Day Leigh and Chetnole turned out in force for this year’s Remembrance Day service, held at St Andrews Church, Leigh. People again demonstrated their customary generosity and the magnificent total of £415.60 is being passed on to The Royal British Legion.

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lease come and support your local church over the festive period.

The New Year Walk will be on Sunday 5 Jan. Meet at Church Farm 10.30am returning approximately two hours later for soup and sausages. Dogs on leads most welcome, as will donations to the Dogs for the Disabled.

Village Meeting Held on 6 Nov. PC Moore reported three thefts in Ryme in the last twelve months, farm machinery from Caswell Farm, trailer and load of horse manure from Glydes Cottage and things from a shed at Frankham Farm.

RYME INTRINSECA.....

Benefice office at Totnell she happily shared the tasks with Margaret Hall.

Elizabeth faced the move to the Old Vicarage with typical positivity. Grace Fudge was her neighbour; the staff remembered her fondly from her active years. That precious sense of community continued. She was happiest in the sunshine in the rose garden.

Leigh meant everything to her, and sixty years on those same families are still there. She would have been so grateful to know how many old friends were at the thanksgiving service Stephen Batty celebrated on 16 October.

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Fudge, and Geoffrey and Louise Fox. Three particular interests guided Elizabeth: the countryside, her community and its church. She became involved with the WI, the Discussion Club, the Young Farmers, the Flower Show and more.

She enjoyed being in touch with the farming families and teaching children to ride.

Elizabeth came to But her connections Leigh in 1953. It was a with the church were the good vintage. Percy and strongest.

At various times Connie Read had she was PCC secretary, married earlier in the year, churchwarden and, and in September it was during the tenures of Hugh’s and Elizabeth's Peter Hooper and turn. At the same moment Hugh and Hilary Stephen Batty, Benefice Secretary. Eventually her Barlow-Poole arrived. certainty that a manual Among the young typewriter was superior to couples already there any computer became were Denis and Grace an obstacle, but in the

Elizabeth Linehan 1922–2013

BE AWARE, lock everything up and be clearly alarmed was his advice.

Community Speed Watch, if you are interested, in being part of a three man team contact Andy P on 872096 or Robin Debell on 872803.

The footpath to Yetminster has planning and should be with us soon, awaiting a donation of road scalpings from DCC. RAG-BAG will be open all winter please encourage everyone to donate, the furthest bag I Wishing you all a have knowingly very Happy Christmas & New Year. had has been from the Isle of Wight & How the time flies!!

Gilly Wilson Esher.

Do you know of the Halletts of Ryme?

I came across your magazine whilst looking on the internet for any information on Ryme Intrinseca.

I have been for a number of years researching my family tree, that has its roots firmly in Dorset.

There are four families all from the area covered by your magazine (or very close).

The Peaches from Rampisham and Melbury Osmond, The Baggs from Abbotsbury and Melbury Samford.

The Halletts from Ryme Intrinseca and the Lovelesses from Leigh.

I have acquired much information on the Peaches and the Lovelesses ...George Edwin Peach Married Kate Bagg and lived near the crossroads on the A37 in Melbury.

Alfred Hallett married Charlotte Loveless at Leigh.

My grandmother Hilda Mary Peach married my grandfather Frederick George Hallett (known as John and Shep) at Melbury Osmond Church.

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They lived in Ryme after their marriage in 1931 until they moved to Englishcombe, Bath with the Wyatts from Church Farm, Ryme in 1934.

So far I have been unable to locate where Alfred Hallett or Frederick George Hallett lived in Ryme.

They were both shepherds working for the Wyatts at Church Farm, so presumably lived in a tied cottage belonging to the farm.

I have contacted the current occupier of Church Farm Ryme without much success.

I wondered if you could point me in the direction of anyone who might help, or maybe appeal through the pages of your magazine.

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Most of you will be aware that film crews and actors recently descended on Sherborne as shooting got under way for a new version of Far From the Madding Crowd starring Michael Sheen and Carey Mulligan. The Abbey, Castleton Church and Abbey Close were transformed into a 1870s market square in the town of Casterbridge and looked most realistic. As part of the process, singers from all over Dorset were invited to take part and were recorded in Melbury Osmond Church and were later filmed singing, suitably attired, inside the Abbey. From the singers a select “hairy” few – our own Ray Drewett, Harvey Robotham, Paul Turner and Roger Excell – were also included as extras in the subsequent Fairground scene. I understand that they

thoroughly enjoyed themselves (apart from the 12 hour days!) and are now available for fetes, store openings and Bar Mitzvahs!

This reminds me that the Yeovil Chamber Choir have an evening of choral music in St Andrew’s Hall, 30 November (you may have missed it!).

Diary dates for your 2014 Calendar are another Quiz Night at the Hall on Saturday 11 January with the ever intrepid duo Harvey and Simon as quiz masters and the Yetminster History Society’s talk on Dorset’s Industrial Heritage at 2.30pm, 12 February and a warm invitation to this is extended to non-members.

I have had a plea from the Yetminster Moviola team who are concerned that attendances have been down. The film nights are well advertised and good value – the ice creams are free! – so perhaps give the TV (and your heating system) a rest and enjoy a night out locally with an up to date film on the wide screen.

We have a new shop in the village! Petals has opened as a flower shop and is next to The Spar and is run by Maggie Barnes. She is a florist by trade and has recently returned with her husband from Abu Dhabi. In addition to the normal range of flowers and accessories she will be providing flowers for different occasions, such as wedding flowers and bridal bouquets, hospital gifts and, of course, Christmas decorations. She also hopes to be running classes to encourage and inspire people to create their own displays. This is her first commercial venture in this field and I am sure we wish every success. Call in or get in touch with her via maggie.barnes.co.uk or 07593794534 Lots of the Clubs and Societies are having their Christmas fund raisers and get togethers soon so do please try and attend these to show your support. If I don’t see you do have a good Christmas and try to remember your neighbours who may be on their own at this time of year.

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Well only (and by the time you read this considerably less) 43 days to Christmas! Where did the year go? It has been a busy month although my intention to get all the jobs done was affected by my first shudders of man flu – I can feel the waves of sympathy from you already! – but clearly the ministrations of the nurse dishing out the flu jabs may have worked as recovery is in sight and I can face the world again. However, before the symptoms manifested themselves I treated myself to the singalong night at the hall. Simon Eadon has written about this elsewhere but I can report that it was great fun and we all strutted our stuff so do try and get along to the next one – it’s for a good cause!

Your YETMINSTER HALL – where the whole village gets together Climbing the World’s Tallest Mountains Mamma Mia On Thursday 24 October we were treated On Monday 4 November an extremely to a fascinating and wittily presented talk by enthusiastic audience turned up at the hall to Pete Ellis who is one of a very select number participate in the village's first ever of people who have climbed every peak in "singalong" presentation of a film: "Mamma every continent. In his case he succeeded on Mia" was shown with subtitles enabling the each occasion at the first attempt. The talk audience to join in lustily with the Abba was cleverly divided into two parts with a soundtrack. Beaming smiles were already on generous interval during which wine, soft peoples' faces before the film began and drinks and eats were served. The first part of were substantially wider by the end of the his presentation concerned the six continents’ film when the lights came back on. The peaks and base camp at Everest. The second, Yetminster Ladies Skittles team, who formed and shorter, part was devoted solely to the part of the audience, not only sang with ascent and descent of Everest. I have to say gusto but treated those at the back of the hall that I was expecting a rather dry talk about a to some fiendish dance moves. subject in which I had little interest.

"Fab-u-lous" I can hear a 'Strictly Come All one hundred that attended left with a Dancing' judge saying. sense of fascination and admiration. Two of It was indeed a fabulous evening and the multitude of interesting facts that have thanks to all those on the committee, who remained embedded in my mind are the helped prepare the hall, collect the tickets at lavatory facilities on Antarctica: because the door, and provide a diverse selection of there is very little precipitation there to wash alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. waste matter away, there are designated Special thanks should go to Christina who places for urinating. If you’re not at one of made this film presentation and did not these spots, it has to take place into a bottle charge for her time. There's already talk of and disposed of subsequently at an approved giving "Grease" the same singalong site. He then showed us the lavatory block at treatment in the New Year. Watch this space... one of the camps for the heavier duty Our next fund raising event is the Quiz disposal of excrement which was made out of with Harvey and myself as “In quiz itors” on blocks of ice. I couldn’t help thinking that this 11 January at 7.30 pm. Admission is £5 and was what was meant by the word ig-loo. it's a bring your own food and drink. Tickets The second memory is of a German party will be available from the Oak House Stores. overtaking Pete Ellis and his party on their We also understand that we have been way to witness dawn at the summit of successful in our application to the Everest. I had visions of German tourists Yetminster Fair Association for rushing past the Brits to be first to put their funding to help with the towels on the sun-loungers which must structural survey of the surely be waiting for them at the top of the hall and, on behalf of mountain. It was a really wonderful evening the Committee I and before he left he answered a myriad of would like to express questions from the audience. our thanks for their As a fund raising activity for the support.

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and choirmaster of Holy Trinity Church.

This was followed by a spell lecturing at Bulmershe College of Education in Reading, from which he moved to direct the music at Weymouth College of Education. Never a man to shrink from a job to be done, he was not only Organist and Choirmaster of Holy Trinity, Weymouth but also conductor of the Dorset County Orchestra. After moving to Winterbourne Abbas he took his turn as churchwarden in that parish. In his 50s, taking early retirement, he launched on an international career examining for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music in the Far East, New Zealand, South Africa and Oman; and he was much in demand as an adjudicator at music festivals.

In the earlier years during his home leaves he directed a newly-formed chamber choir in many concerts in the area – a local member remembers him as a firm but humorous and courteous conductor who could always produce an extra 10% in performance, the sign of a master! He helped with the church music in Yetminster and throughout the Wriggle Valley Benefice and was playing the piano from memory for the Lower Covey children until remarkably recently. He was singing for his own pleasure almost until the day he died – music had illumined him throughout his long life.

Everyone, men, women and children, students and choir members, found him an inspirational teacher and conductor, who introduced them to music which they would have thought far beyond them and gave them a lifelong love for the most universal of the arts.

George was humorous, well-read, cultivated, an able craftsman, beloved by his many friends – his smile was never to be forgotten – and devoted to the service of the church and his God. He was a most remarkable man.

George, who had lived in Yetminster for the last 14 years, died very peacefully in Poole on Remembrance Sunday morning aged 85. He and Marie had received much support from their many friends during George's declining years, when he was often to be seen striding purposefully through the lanes and always somehow, in spite of his failing memory, finding his way home. He had lived a full and varied life of service and skill and he will be much missed by Marie and their three children and five grandchildren, in whom they took so much pride.

A Londoner by birth, George's parents moved when he was eight to Windlesham where he joined the church choir and was at once enthralled by the singing and by the organ, which he very soon learned to play, becoming organist and choirmaster at nearby Bagshot at 15. After National Service, when his skilled fingers were employed in making battlefield models at Sandhurst (where of course he also played the chapel organ), he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Music with the organ as his first instrument. His first job was at a school in Magharafelt in Northern Ireland, teaching children from four – eighteen; at the same time he was organist and choirmaster of St Patrick's Church, Ballymena, training three choirs, and established a very good chamber choir which performed widely and brought many major choral works to Belfast. After a spell at a school in Bury St Edmunds, where he helped with the Bach Choir, George was appointed as Director of Music at Shaftesbury Grammar School and soon also as organist 26 26 Copy for February 2014 issue by 12 January 2014 please

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warmly invite you to a 12.30pm 22 January 2014 in St Andrew’s Hall Yetminster in aid of

It has been a busy year for us and we are really grateful for all the fundraising support that you have given us - hopefully we can do the same (if not better!) next year! The SAS are back for Carols in The Pub on Sat 21 Dec so hope to see all you there at 7.00pm and on behalf of Carole and myself, and our family, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy and Prosperous New Year.

Jim & Carole Bayfield

YETMINSTER FILM NIGHTS Tuesday 28 January

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Summary of Council Meeting, 16 October 2013 Marie Wills requested permission from the Council to create a play area on part of this space. This would be funded by grants not the Council. The Council agreed that this was an excellent idea but asked for more detailed plans before finally giving the go ahead Nigel Engert explained the role of the partnership in local community planning. A new community plan is about to be issued and comments by Councillors on the draft were requested by 31 October.

A precept of £9300 (slightly more than last year) was agreed for the period 2014/15.

However this may be revised if the District Council do not pass on the full support grant.

There were no contentious planning issues.

A draft agreement regarding the take over of the footpath by the Parsh Council from Dorset County Council has been received. This will be discussed by a sub committee and a proposed reply put to the whole council in November.

These are all ready to go once the Police have provided the induction session.

12A Comedy from Richard Curtis. Strong cast including Bill Nighy.

Tuesday 25 February

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12A Light Drama/Romance. British twohander about a “typical” couple (Lindsay Duncan and Jim Broadbent) reliving their honeymoon on a trip to Paris.

Tuesday 25 March

12A Drama starring Judi Dench as the Irish woman searching for the son taken from her when a baby and assisted by Steve Coogan’s journalist.

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 and films begin at 7.30pm.

Look forward to seeing you there.

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In the Spirit of Children in Need My friend Anna did a ‘Jessie J’ on Children In Need Day, 15 November to help support a little boy called Rian and his family. Rian has recently been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia and will be staying in Southampton Hospital for 6-8 months for intensive Chemotherapy treatment.

Anna is a friend of a friend of Rian’s parents. She was so moved, she decided she wanted to do something to help.

There is already a JustGiving page set up for Rian and so to inspire people to visit the page and help Rian’s family pay for extra medical expenses, transport to the hospital and simple things like AFTER car parking

expenses – BEFORE Anna decided she would shave her hair off.

Her good friend Lin at the Hairloft at the Ark, in Yetminster did the honours. Those of us who could be there gathered around to support Anna in a completely selfless act that so many ‘just couldn’t do’.

We’re all so proud of you Anna – it’s a great thing you’ve done and hope it inspires many more to visit Rian’s page www.justgiving.com/helpingrian and in the spirit of Children in Need, give for a child in need.

Good luck Rian – stay strong.

We’re all thinking of you.

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The Old School Gallery’s winter coat is on!

The woodburner is glowing again, frothy hot chocolates, buttery toasted crumpets and heart-warming soup head the menu.

Cosy, cosy, cosy..... and to delight the eye, our walls are adorned for December and January with, not just one exhibition, but a tapestry of art by several fine artists. Their work marks the culmination of a year packed with wonderful creativity, talent and professionalism by the gallery artists.

A particular and huge ‘Thank you’ must go to the Yetminster Fair Association and also to a most kind anonymous donor who have made it possible for us to continue our ‘Art for All classes’. These take place once a week and provide professional art tuition for those in our community who have specific challenges. Deanne Tremlett, their devoted tutor, makes clear, however, that these classes are not simply for passing time. She is working with each student to develop their unique identity as an artist so “watch this space!” .... there are great things to come!

If feel that you know someone who you think these classes would be of value to please do come and talk to us as we are keen to expand. ®

So with Christmas fast approaching and New Year on the horizon we thank all of you who have been such a support to the gallery both artists and visitors and friends.

Creativity, companionship and laughter have blessed our days. Thank you.

Wishing you all A Very Happy Christmas and a truly wonderful 2014.

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One Day a Year … In comes I… A year ago I made brief mention of the Symondsbury Mummers Play, which is performed at various venues at this time of year including The Ilchester Arms in Symondsbury, near Bridport, on the evening of 1 January.

Where the origin of the word mummer comes from I don’t know, though according to one of my books it could be derived from the German mummen (a mask) or from the French momer (to act in a dumb show). They both make sense to me.

The essence of a mummers play is that there is a struggle between a force for good and a force for evil during which at least one person is killed.

A quack doctor is sent for, money changes hands, and, despite his incompetence, the doctor brings the dead back to life again, and everyone lives happily ever after … until the following year, of course, when, as with all traditions, it all happens again.

The characters in the play usually include a sort of master of ceremonies (quite often Father Christmas), a British hero figure (quite often St George or King George), a villain (eg a Turkish Knight), a doctor and a few other odd characters such as Beelzebub and the Valiant Soldier (‘Bold Slasher is my name’).

It is not difficult to draw parallels between the death and resurrection in the mummers play with the earth’s yearly cycle in which the countryside ‘dies’ in winter and comes back to life again in spring. The other great winter custom of wassailing has similar links to the earth’s cycle.

There are two types of wassail – the apple tree wassail and the visiting wassail.

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With the apple tree wassail: the participants pour cider or apple juice into the tree’s roots; they put toast (soaked in cider) in the branches of the tree (somewhat mysteriously this is for the robins); they sing to the tree; they shout a rhyme at it; and they fire shotguns through its branches. All this, or course, will guarantee a good crop of apples in the coming season. There are lots of wassail ceremonies cropping up around us in Dorset and Somerset but if you want to go and see the oldest of them all go to Carhampton in Somerset on 17 January.

The visiting wassail sees a group of people going round the streets and singing outside people’s houses. Their song quite often reveals their true purpose: ‘Master and missus, as you so well apleased To put upon the table a white loaf and cheese.’ or ‘You have a shilling in your purse, I wish it was in mine.’

Go to Drayton in Somerset on 5 January if you want to see one of the two surviving visiting wassails. It’s nearer to home than the other which is the following day in Bodmin in Cornwall.

I find these dates interesting. Why on earth 5 or 17 January? Well, in 1752 this country changed from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, which needed an adjustment of 11 days. So, 5 January is really old Christmas Eve and 17 January is old Twelfth Night. If that sounds complicated now, just imagine what it was like in 1752 when the change was made and people were calling on the government to ‘Give us back our 11 days!’ Happy Christmas!!

Eddie Upton

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30 Yeovil Chamber Choir

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Yetminster History Society Christmas Party

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Christmas Fair

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JANUARY 2014 Sun 5 Mon 6

New Year walk 10:30 am Chetnole & Leigh Garden Club 7:30 pm Wildflower Wonders of the World Dr Bob Gibbons

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12 Conservation Day

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19 Conservation Day

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Wed 22 Coffee Beans Soup Lunch

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Thur 23 Arts Reach Miracle Theatre

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Sat

25 New Year Party

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Sun

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Tues 28 Yetminster Film Night About Time 7:30 pm

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Chetnole & Leigh Garden Club Garden Ponds

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7.30pm

Scout Hut, Yetminster

Yetminster Bell Ringers

7.30pm-10.00pm

St Andrew's Church

Topsy Turvy Toddlers

9.30 - 11.30am

St Andrew's School

Scouts (in term)

7 - 8.30pm wint

Scout Hut Yetminster

7 - 9.00pm sum

Scout Hut Yetminster

Beginners Pilates

1.30 and 2.35pm

Chetnole Village Hall

Chetnole Art Group

10.00 - 1.00pm

Chetnole Village Hall

Dollywood Dance Class

2.00pm

St And's Hall, Y'minster

Drop in Coffee Morning

10.00 - 12 noon

Chetnole Village Hall

The Chippy Van

5.00-8.00pm

Leigh Village Hall

Yetminster Short Mat Bowls

7.00 - 10.00pm

St Andrew's Hall

Wednesday Club (in term)

3.15 pm-4.05pm

St Andrew's P School

Morning Yoga Class

10.30 - 11.30am

Leigh Village Hall

Junior WV Players (in term)

6.30 - 7.45pm

Scout Hut Yetminster

Zumba

4.00pm

Leigh Village Hall

Beginners yoga

7.00pm

St Andrews Primary School

Leigh Short Mat Bowls

7.00 - 10.00pm

Leigh Village Hall

Yetminster Short Mat Bowls

2.00 - 5.00pm

St Andrew's Hall

Leigh Rainbows (5-7yrs)

5.45-7.00pm

Trim Room, Yet

Leigh Brownies (7-10yrs)

5.45-7.00pm

St Andrew's Hall

Yetminster Guides (10-14yrs)

7.00-8.30pm

St Andrew's Hall

Yetminster Rangers (14+yrs)

7.00-8.30pm

Trim Room, Yet

Yetminster Cubs

6.45 - 8.15pm

Scout Hut, Yetminster

Bridge Club

7.00 - 10.00pm

Dairy House, Ryme

Fitsteps

9.30-10.30am

Leigh Village Hall

Advanced Pilates

10.15am

Chetnole Village Hall

Table Tennis

9.30 - 12.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

The Chippy Van

5.30-9.00pm

Yetminster Spar

Beavers (in term)

6 - 7pm

Scout Hut Yetminster

Croquet

Yetminster Sports Club

Every Sat

Irish Dancers

10:15 AM

Church Hall, Yetminster

Every Sun

The Chippy Van

5.00-8.00pm

Chetnole Village Hall

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‌Events & Activities 1st Tue

2nd Tues

Chetnole & Leigh Garden Club

7.30pm

Chetnole Village Hall

Hospice Lunch

12.30pm

Manor Farm, Yetminster

Leigh Discussion Club (wint)

7.30 - 10.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

Wriggle Valley MU (alt months)

7:00 PM

Church Hall, Yetminster

Hermitage and Hilfield WI

7:30 pm

Hermitage Village Hall

Tuesday Club (senior citizens)

2.30 - 5.00pm

Leigh Village Hall

Yetminster & Ryme Garden Soc.

7.30pm

St.Andrew's Hall

Senior Winter Lunch Outings

7.30pm

Sue Footner 873610

(not July/Aug) Halstock & Distr. British Legion 3rd Tues

Rest & Welcome Pub

WV Women's Group

7.30pm

Gable Court, unless

Wriggle Valley Lunch Club

12.15 - 3.00pm

Leigh Village Hall

Leigh Parish Council - alt mnths

7.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

Last Tues

Leigh Women's Institute

7.30 - 11.00pm

Leigh Village Hall

1st Wed

Yetminster Senior Citizens

3.00pm

The Meadens

Batcombe Coffee Morning

11:00:00

tba

Coffee Beans Coffee Morning

10.00 - 12 noon

Church Hall, Yetminster

Yetminster Historical Society

2.30pm

Church Hall, Yetminster

2nd Wed

Police Support Unit

2.00 - 3.00pm

The Cross, Leigh

2nd/4th Wed

High Stoy Bible Study

7.30pm

Venue contact 872342

3rd Wed

District Council Ward Surgery

11.00 - 12 noon

Jolin Gallery, Yetminster

Police Community Support

By Church, Yetminster

[not Aug & Dec]

Yetminster & Ryme I. PC

St.Andrew's School

Wed/f/night

Sturminster Mobile Library

Bridport Mobile Library

11.15am

Church Lane, Hermitage

11.50am

Shearstones, Yetminster

2.00pm

Stonyacres, Yetminster

10:55 am

Carpenters' Arms, Leigh

11:30 pm

St Peter’s Church, Chetnole

2.30 - 4.30pm

The Friary, Hilfield

Wed - Sat

Friary Shop

Alt Thurs

Hermitage and Hilfield YFC

7.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

Chetnole & Stockwood PC

8.00pm

Chetnole Village Hall

Last Wed

Woodland Wednesdays

12.45-2.45pm

Pogles Wood nr Leigh

Last Thurs

Yetminster Fair Association

8.00pm

White Hart

2nd/3rd Sat

YPFPC Wastepaper Collection

12noon

Yetminster Playing Fields

2nd Th/alt mth

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1st Mon

News from our Churches ‘Open the book’ brings the Bible to life.

H

ave you ever wondered how to bring those great Bible stories to life? ‘Open the Book’ began in Bedfordshire in 1999 when a group from the local church decided to use drama, mime, props, and costumes – even the children themselves and the teachers to present bible stories in ways that are lively, engaging, informative and great fun for everyone involved.

We now have a team of volunteers from our churches taking ‘Open the book’ into St. Andrew’s CE primary school so that the children have the opportunity during ‘Collective Worship’ to discover all the wonder and wisdom that the bible has to offer.

Our first assembly featured a dish mop and a floor mop! The dish mop was David, and the floor mop Goliath the giant. There were screams and laughter as the giant appeared, but all was well when we showed our faces. It’s only the vicar with a big black cloak. It was an assembly I don’t think the children will forget and we were invited back!

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Open the Book has been so well Maisie Jane Sutcliffe St Andrew's Church, Leigh received in 20 October schools around the country that Elizabeth Lineham it has grown St Andrew's Church, Leigh 16 October from a small local initiative into a national enterprise with 8,429 volunteers going into 1,473 schools in January 2013. All the stories are taken from the Lion Storyteller Bible written by Bob Hartman and give an overview of the Bible from creation to the Ascension. Here’s some of the comments: “It makes the stories seem as if they’re actually happening” Year 4 girl, Gloustershire.

“Wednesday is my favourite day because it’s the ‘Open the Book’ assembly” overheard in a school corridor.

‘Open the Book’ is part of a varied programme in the daily act of collective worship that the children of St. Andrew’s CE Primary school enjoy each day, giving them the opportunity to explore the Christian faith. It fulfils both OFTED and SIAS (Church school Inspection requirements) for Collective Worship and has been successfully used in a multi-faith context.

Rev. Simon Brignall,

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Foundation Governor, St Andrew’s CE Primary School

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The Benefice Church Services for April

8 December many years ago, in a small town in Moravia, now in the Czech republic, the children were asked to take a gift to put beside the crib in their church.

One family had no money for gifts but were determined to take something. The three young girls in the family found an orange which they felt would make a good present, but were disappointed to find that it was going mouldy at the top. However, they thought that they would scoop out the bad bits and put a candle in the top and turn it into a lantern. Thinking that it looked a bit ordinary, one of the girls took a red ribbon from her hair and tied it around the middle. They had difficulty getting it to stay in place, so fastened it with four small sticks, on the ends of which they put a few raisins. They took their lantern to church but were afraid that the other children would make fun of their gift. However the priest was delighted and told the congregation how special it was for the following reasons: The orange, he said is round like the world and the candle stands tall and straight and give light in the dark like the love of God. The red ribbon he explained goes all around the world and is a symbol of the blood of Jesus shed when he died for us. The four sticks point in all directions and symbolise the four season and the fruit represent the fruits of the earth nurtured by the sunshine and the rain.

And so began the tradition of Christingles welcoming the Christ light into the world. It has been part of our Christmas celebrations since 1968 when the Children’s society introduced the service into the Church of England and has delighted children ever since. This year our Christingle celebrations will be messy! That’s because we’ll be making our Christingles as part of an afternoon of fun and games in Leigh village hall bringing together the Messy Church team to help us make this a truly memorable Christingle celebration. Join us on 8 December at 3.30 pm in Leigh village hall for a Messy Christingle.

Rev. Simon Brignall

A great way to share the Christmas Story

The Real Advent Calendar is a new and fun way for parents, grandparents and Godparents to share the Christmas story.

Behind each of the 25 windows there is a Fairtrade chocolate star and a few words from the Christmas story. Behind the final window there is a 24-page Christmas story booklet to read, keep and enjoy.

As well as celebrating the true meaning of Christmas, the calendar makes a charity donation to The Children’s Society from every sale.

The Real Advent Calendar is available from Tesco stores nationwide and selected retailers.

Supplies are limited so buy early.

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CHURCH NEWS

Christingle Gets Messy.

Leigh Village Hall 3.30 pm.

The Benefice Church Church Services Services for forDecember April 2013 1st

8th

15th

22nd

24th

1st Sunday of Advent

2nd Sunday of Advent

3rd Sunday of Advent

4th Sunday of Advent

Christmas Eve

BATCOMBE

CHETNOLE

HERMITAGE

10.15am Holy Communion

3.00pm Crib Service

8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)

10.15am 10.00pm Holy Holy Communion Communion

6.30pm Evening Prayer

10.15am Morning Prayer

7.00 pm Carol Service

HILFIELD LEIGH

10.15am St Andrew's Day Holy Communion

3,30 - 5.00pm 6.30pm Messy Evensong Christingles (BCP) Leigh Village Hall

RYME INTRINSECA

8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)

6.30pm Carol Service

YETMINSTER

10.15am 10.15am Advent Carol Matins Service with Holy Communion

10.15am Choral Holy Communion

8.30am 6.00 pm Holy Carol Service Communion (BCP) 11.30pm Midnight Mass

6.00pm Carol Service

11.30pm Midnight Mass

Sunday 6.30pm 15 December Melbury Bubb Candlelit Carol Service Wednesday 6.00pm 18 December Stockwood Candleit Carol Service Saturday 6.00pm 21 December Chetnole Carol Service Monday 6.30pm 23 December Hilfield Carol Service

Mid-Week Services December 2013 Monday

2nd, 9th,16th

6.00pm

Compline

Yetminster

Tuesday

3rd

10.00am

Yetminster

Thursday

5th

2.30pm

Tuesday

17th

2.30am

Toddlers' Service Holy Communion Carol Singing

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Old Vicarage, Leigh Old Vicarage, Leigh

January 2014 25th

29th

Christmas day

5th

12th

19th

26th

The Epiphany

Baptism of Christ

Second Sunday of Epiphany

Third Sunday of Epiphany 10.15am Holy Communion

10.15am Christmas Holy Communion

10.15am Holy Communion

9.45am Family Service

8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)

6.30pm Joint service Evensong at St 10.15am Andrew’s Holy Church Leigh Communion

8.30am e Holy Communion (BCP)

6.30pm Evensong (BCP)

10.00am Family Service

10.15am Christmas Holy Communion

10.15am United Benefice Service St Andrew's Church, Yetminster

10.15am 10.15am Family Holy Morning Communion Prayer

10.15am Holy Communion 10.15am Holy Communion 10.15am Family Service with Baptism

8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)

6.30pm Joint service Holy Communion 10.15am (BCP) at Choral Holy Yetminster Communion

Saturday 18 January Contemplative Prayer and worship at The Friary Sunday 5.00pm 26 January Village Praise at 5pm Rectory House, Evershot

Mid-Week Services January 2014 Monday

6th 13th 20th 27th

6.00pm

Compline

Yetminster

Wednesday

8th

9.30am

Ministry Meeting

Yetminster

Thursday

2nd

2.30pm

Holy Communion

Old Vicarage, Leigh

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News from the Methodist Church, Yetminster

Vulnerability John Pritchard, the Bishop of Oxford, tells of a parish priest who had reached the end of his spiritual tether. This experience of emptiness was so acute that when he came to preaching his Christmas sermon he had no idea what to say, and couldn’t face getting into the pulpit. He drew up a chair and explained to his congregation how he felt.

After the service several members of the congregation said that it had been the best Christmas sermon they had heard. They had drawn a connection between the condition of their priest and the vulnerability of Jesus coming emptyhanded into the world, with just loving parents to support him.

One modern hymn speaks of “love indestructible appearing in frailty”: this is surely what the Christmas story is about.

The power of God is not power as the

world understands it. There are many images in the Scriptures and in our church liturgies too, which project human ideas of power onto the Godhead. They suggest that God is an all-powerful, almighty, able to enforce his will upon a reluctant world.

But the Christmas story presents an entirely different picture.

Power in this story resides in weakness and vulnerability, and in dependence upon others.

Perhaps the Christian Church through the centuries, with its power structures and assertions of authority, has misunderstood this profound truth about the nature of God. God’s emptiness, in the words of John Pritchard, is a key dimension of his love: “God emptied himself of his royal rights and entered into his world from the underside.

Vulnerability is part of Christianity’s basic script.

Dennis Tackley

“love indestructible appearing in frailty”

YETMINSTER

METHODIST CHURCH

Saturday 29 November

Pre Advent Quiet Day Watching and Waiting – a day of preparation for the season of Advent.

Led by Rev’d Jonathan Herbert of the Hilfield Friary Community. From 10am until 3.30pm Bring a picnic lunch, Tea and coffee are provided 42 42

Come and join us for Carols and Readings, when the church will be decorated for Christmas

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Information about your Church Wriggle Valley Benefice

The Friary, Hilfield

Priest in Charge: Rev’d Simon Brignall The Rectory, Church St, Yetminster tel: 07718 627674 or 01935 872 237 email: brignall97as@btinternet.com 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

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

Weekdays: 12 noon Midday Prayer followed by Eucharist 5.15pm Evening Prayer These are sung on Saint’s Days

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Roman Catholic Services

Parish Priest: Monsignor Canon Robert Draper V.G. e-mail: sherbornerc@tiscali.co.uk website: sherbornecatholicchurch.org.uk

SUNDAY 22 DECEMBER

Nativity Play for Infants 4pm CHRISTMAS EVE

Vigil Mass for Christmas 6pm CHRISTMAS DAY

Midnight Mass - preceded by carols 11.30pm Further information is available from our weekly newsletter, the Church Office or visit our website

Yetminster Methodist Church Church Services Chapel Lane, Yetminster DT9 6LJ Minister: Rev’d Dr Roy Catchpole 60 Gainsborough, Milborne Port, Sherborne, DT9 5BB 01963 250040 email: rev.catch@virgin.net Worship co-ordinator: Mrs Marilyn Harris (01935 864232) Treasurer: Mr Cliff Harris, Broad View, Forge Lane, East Chinnock, Yeovil, BA22 9EG. Secretary: Mrs Barbara Driver (01935 873690)

December 2013 Services commence at 10.30 am and 1 No Service are followed

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General News Village Competition 2013 Yetminster v. The Rest of Wriggle Valley The Inter Village Quiz in Leigh Village Hall on Friday 1 November ended this season’s competition, with Hayden Phillips’ team ‘The Wrigglers’ from Yetminster as worthy winners by a very narrow margin over Bob Owen’s team “Hard Working Families” from Chetnole.

The winners will, of course, have the honour of setting the questions next year. Another “winner” was undoubtedly the onsite provisioning by The Chippy Van! However, the title of overall winner of the 2013 Inter Village Competition goes to the Leigh/Chetnole/Hermitage and Batcombe teams with five wins to four, and the trophy will now sit in the Chetnole Inn for another year.

This is the tenth year of the tournament and I am looking for new blood for the future. If you haven’t taken part and want to try your hand, don’t be bashful next year.

It is competitive, good fun and you meet like- minded souls, albeit from another village.

As to the Quiz Night; I have to thank Phil Tebbatt and his ‘Jolly Crumbatts’ team for organising such a tour de force. They have certainly raised the bar with their computerised screen of questions and answers and scoreboard. Good stuff and thank you.

Two firsts this year: the table tennis and skittles matches. My thanks to the skippers who took on the mantle of chasers and

chivviers, and to the success of these new events.

Two interesting results: Priscilla Dickens’ Yetminster golfers had a notable win round the nine Hole New Course at Yeovil , whilst Duncan Moore’s ‘Merry Men’ pulled off the result of the year for The Rest in the croquet tournament played on the Yetminster Sports Club lawns!

To all the Captains, my grateful thanks.

Too many to mention, but a special thank you to John Strover and Gordon Ratcliffe for their constant support and good humour.

The results were as follows: Yetminster: Wins at Rounders, Golf, Short Mat Bowls and the Quiz The Rest of WV: Wins at Boules, Croquet, Tennis, Table Tennis and Skittles.

Julian Turnbull Inter Village Skittles Match 18 October 2013 On a night full of tension at the Yetminster Sports & Social club the combined might of Leigh & Chetnole played and beat a doughty Yetminster team by 352 to 333 pins. Man of the match Martin “ The Mechanic “ Newman was top scorer with 62 including “ three spares”. For next year’s match Yetminster will invoke local rule IIVX (b) which states “If any player scores three or more spares in this competition then he/she will excluded from playing in the tournament for one year”!. In the meantime well done Leigh/Chetnole .

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Lower Covey Montessori Nursery Forest School during Half Term Our Forest School activities during the October Half Term were extremely well supported and enjoyed by all of the children who attended. Our Halloween Special on the Thursday was one of the busiest days our Forest School has seen to date and the children made witches broomsticks, wizard wand sand carved pumpkins as well as taking part in a range of outdoor craft activities. Look out for our February Half Term dates and activity plan which will be released in the New Year.

For information about our Forest School or After School provision please do not hesitate to contact us on 01935 872544, or view our website www.lowercovey.co.uk.

Pumpkin Picking at Bailey Ridge Plants Our Montessori children were invited to attend the Pumpkin Pick at Bailey Ridge Plants. All of the children who attended enjoyed making some Halloween crafts, had a delicious drink and biscuit and were able to choose, weigh and pay for their own pumpkins. An outing that was very much enjoyed by all!

Remembrance Day A small group of the older nursery children attended the Remembrance Day gathering at the village cross on Monday 11

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November.

The Montessori children created their own Poppy Wreath and it was laid with others from the village by Henry Jenkins and Jasper Perrin.

Baby & Toddler Group The Baby & Toddler Group have enjoyed celebrating the Gruffalo during November, making stick puppets, masks, music and ending with a session in the woods.

Our activity plans for December are: 4 Dec Christmas Clay Modelling & Visit to Bailey Ridge Plants to meet Father Christmas' Reindeer 11 Dec Christmas Arts & Crafts 18 Dec Christmas Party & Visit from Father Christmas.

Future dates for January 8/15/22 & 29.

The group meets at the nursery on Wednesdays between 9.30am and 11.30am and costs just ÂŁ3 per family.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the staff at Lower Covey Montessori Nursery.

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A Chicken Conundrum My name is Harri and I am a year 5 pupil at St Andrew’s School.

I have been doing a project about chickens.

We have decided that we could have chickens at school.

One of the problems is the cost of buying the hut, the run and all the other equipment so I am writing to ask if anybody has any chicken things that they no longer use, that could be useful for us. Any wood or chicken wire for fencing would be very useful.

If you can help in any way then please contact Mrs Sandra McVeigh on 01935 872430.

Thank you, Harri

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Monday 23 Dec Tuesday 24 Dec CHRISTMAS DAY Wednesday 25 Dec BOXING DAY Thursday 26 Dec Friday 27 Dec Saturday 28 Dec Sunday 29 Dec Monday 30 Dec

exactly how much money we need to raise.

The outside area is a valuable resource to This winter term is going so quickly! It the school but it is getting old and needs a doesn’t seem that long ago that I was face lift! Hopefully come the spring term thinking about the children returning to the outside classroom will be back in full school after the summer holidays and now he re we are with Christmas working order!

The PTFA Christmas Fair is next on our just around the corner! fundraising calendar on Friday 29 The children had a brilliant Spooky Disco on November; once again all money raised will Friday 18 October. The be going towards the outside classroom.

We will be serving refreshments and children dressed in organising the raffle for the school’s their best spooky Christmas performances this year so if costumes and had lots anyone has any questions or would like of fun! In total to say HELLO please do! £272.34 was raised, which is an 2014 events are looking like this, incredible amount. Many thanks to everyone our annual quiz night in who helped with the disco, without your March, Spring Ball, family support and help we couldn't have done it!.

Bingo and much more!

This year the PTFA are raising money to Maryann Parkinson, revamp the outside classroom area of the Chairman PTFA school. Currently we are gathering quotes from landscaping companies so we know

St Andrew’s Primary School PTFA

Beer Mill Mead – Plans for 2014 We’ve had a visit to Beer Mill Mead, the SSSI between Leigh and Yetminster, from Imogen of Dorset Wildlife Trust and John of Natural England, plus some of the small group of people active in managing the site.

The rain poured down, but our spirits were up.

Yes there has been some recent storm damage, but in managing it for wildlife that is not a negative aspect.

There are lots of opportunities for further detailed study, e.g. of micromoths and of dormice in this special location, which will be followed up.

There is a lot of work to do on repairs and replacement of nest boxes, though it is reassuring to know that our Tawny Owl has not abandoned us.

There are still a lot of birds there and Roe Deer and Badger still use the site.

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We aim to keep the site as a varied habitat for wildlife and our emphasis this year will be to clear the access ways so that people can enjoy it. Work parties will be arranged for some Saturday mornings in January and February.

Also we plan in summer 2014 to have a social day with information and explanations about the environment and wildlife on the site, with a barbeque, a walk and Bat detection equipment.

If you would like to discuss ideas or know about opportunities to use the site then please contact Kevin Waterfall.

Kevin.waterfall@ btinternet.com or

tel: 07825 152251

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Chetnole, Ryme Intrinseca and Yetminster Poppy Collection 2013 The Poppy Collection in our three villages raised a total figure of £1718.75. In addition we have received a donation from St Andrews Church of £402.95. Our total contribution to the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal comes to a fantastic

Veterans parade on Remembrance Sund ay

in Yetminster

£2121.70. A big and very sincere thank you to all who contributed to this worthy appeal. Thank you to our brave collectors who went out in the wind and the rain to do so well for the Royal British Legion. This year, for the first time, the Royal British Legion provided a schools pack containing all sorts of goodies including wrist bands of various hues, bugs, friendship bands, rulers (or straight edges as we used to call them), rings, and of course poppies. Thank you to all the children of St Andrews CE Primary school, Yetminster who took part (and the parents of course) who raised the staggering sum of £280.05. Just one disappointment as the Headmaster failed to get his order for a rule in in time and so there were none left.

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The Poppy Appeal speaker this year was Colonel David Hayes CBE., who attracted an enthusiastic audience for his talk on the subject of “Lesser Conflicts in far away places”. Namely; The Malayan Emergency, The Borneo Confrontation and appropriately, on its 60th anniversary, the Korean War. Heady stuff, with the accent on remembering especially as the majority of his listeners have lived through these times, and although these theatres of trouble were far away our efforts and sacrifice must never be forgotten.

A tour de force and I take my hat off and thank David for a fascinating evening. I must also thank those who came to the talk and supported this very worthy cause. All the proceeds go to the Royal British Legion and at the time of going to press amounts to £500.

I would also like to thank all the House to House Collectors for their annual ‘walkabout’ in all weathers to benefit the Legion.

Julian Turnbull

Judy Nash

Poppy Appeal Talk, Leigh Village Hall, Friday 7 November

YFA Concert – “Elements of Folk” Our “Elements of Folk” Concert was our last fund raising event for 2013 and we wanted it to be a memorable event so that we could end the year on a high.

Well, we knew we were in for something special during the sound tests in the afternoon – the quality of the sound was excellent and certainly justified our decision to use a professional sound engineer and sound system. As someone said “it was like having an expensive Hi-Fi system on” and the music we were treated to during the warm up jamming sessions in the hall (and in the kitchen!) was very exciting and clearly the musicians were out to enjoy themselves!

Bonny Sartin was again in charge of the proceedings regaling the audience with some anecdotes from his vast repertoire of all things historically Dorset before introducing Pete Christie, an accomplished acoustic finger style guitarist and singer-songwriter from the Isle of Purbeck. Over his 40 years as a performing musician he has been compared to many acclaimed musicians from Martin Simpson to Paul Weller and his Waiting in the Wings and Normal Shade of Blue were an emotional journey in their simplicity.

Stef Mizrany and Homesick Gypsy took us up tempo and foot tapping with Gotta Be You a cautionary tale of love and life. It really is good to see a double bass played with gusto

Yetminster Fair Association 50 Club Results - November 2013 1st Prize £50 No.56 Mrs L Manaton 2nd Prize £30 No.49 Mr F Jesney 3rd Prize £20 No.8 Mrs J Burgess The Association raises money for local organisations and is non-profit making and run entirely by voluntary support

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and Lionel certainly did this, being complimented by Stef and Joe’s guitar playing and Naomi’s superb fiddle accompaniment to produce a very bluesy Baling Twine Blues which, with the gypsy jazz of More or Less Like You were great fun.

After a short intermission, and a chance to sample chilled wine and Butcombe beer, Bonny opened the second half with a rendering of his hilarious Rabbit Song (complete with Rabbit Accessory!) and was followed by the Newcastle Fiddler Tom McConville and guitarist Andy Watt. Tom was BBC Folk Musician of the Year 2009 and is known as being one of the most original fiddle players in the UK, creating a sound that has jazz, folk, bluegrass and classical influence? Andy picked up a guitar when he was eight years old and has been hooked ever since! A talented young guitarist and mandolinist, he has a keen interest in a wide range of musical styles and traditions. They got going with a full repertoire which included Stay Young (a ballad for us all!) and the haunting Tune for Jerry, a tribute to a friend of Tom’s.

We had the traditional finale with Bonny singing Dorset is Beautiful accompanied on stage by all the musicians, and we were then treated to everyone joining in for a wonderful encore with When I’m Gone, delivered from the heart by Tom together with the audience who joined in most vocally on the choruses!

All in all an unforgettable show with professional performances from all those involved - thank you for your support.

David Torrance & Phil Jubb Concert Organisers A video and photos of the finale is available on facebook

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It is pleasing to report that income generated by the Association’s activities for the year end realised in excess of £2100 which is above the figure raised last year.

This was helped by support from AgustaWestland, Sainsbury Sherborne and from the Dart Rock Climbing Centre for which we are very grateful.

It is also recognised that a continuing key financial strength is the income from the 50’s Club Lottery which, although down from last year, still provides a sound base to the Yetminster Fair Association’s funding efforts Seven applications for funding were received and the details are given below: Yetminster Irish Dancers Contribution towards running costs £350 Yetminster Scouts Group Assistance towards purchase of a trailer £450 Helping Hands Contribution towards Xmas lunch for their clients (matched funding) £150 Art for All, Old School Gallery Assistance towards development of art project for the disadvantaged £750 Yetminster Sharks FC Assistance with equipment purchase £350 Interim Jubilee Hall Committee Contribution towards structural survey of St Andrews Hall £500 Yetminster Table Tennis Club Help towards new table £250 Total Funding Allocated £2800 In allocating funds the Committee felt that all the applications submitted warranted their support and therefore made the decision to increase the amount being made available over and above what had been generated.

David Torrance, YFA Treasurer

A plea! Jane Trower organised the knitted Nativity sets project and sadly this Christmas we are unable to find anyone to take this over. We would be very grateful if someone would volunteer to organise this for next Christmas. It would be lovely if we could find a family who has children at either the school or nursery as then they would be in contact with others with young children. It seems such a shame to not let the families have the joy of looking after the Nativity Sets during the weeks leading up to Christmas. You do not have to be a Mothers' Union member!

For further information please contact either Margaret Shipman (872440) or Anne Reason (873726).

If you would like to have the Traveling Nativity set please contact Jane Tel 01935 872436

Thank you to everyone who supported my recent exhibition at the Old School Gallery in Yetminster. This has enabled me to make a worthwhile donation to the "Smile Train" charity which carries out simple surgery in the third world for cleft lips and palates, thus giving a child a face and a life! wrigglevalleymagazine.co.uk 55

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As we approach the Christmas Season, I thought this would be a good opportunity to update you on our Helping Hands organisation. I can’t believe another year has passed so quickly. We originally set up the organisation to offer assistance to our neighbours for specific tasks, which have included: transport and assistance to medical appointments at the health centre and hospitals, shopping, gardening, attending church, riding for the disabled and various other tasks.

Since then the organisation has widened its remit to offer befriending and companionship, a most worthwhile and rewarding experience.

We are also being asked to help people by organisations such as the Dorset Blind Association, Alzheimer’s Association and the Yeo Valley Health Transport. Helping Hands attempts to cover the same area as the Yetminster Health Centre.

A quick review of how we work: neighbours ring our dedicated 24/7 number: 01935 872379 and leave their request for assistance. Lin our administrator monitors the line on a daily basis and it is covered by BT Call Minder, which allows us to remotely access messages from anywhere in the UK. It will come as no surprise to learn that our area has a high proportion of people over the age of 65 (and much older). There is a real requirement to support the community, some who live in remote rural locations and feel

quite lonely and isolated; however, there are also people who live in our villages who feel the same and even those who are too embarrassed to ask their friends for help.

Our main and virtually only asset is our volunteers, who have provided a lifeline to many in the Wriggle Valley.

They amaze me at their ability to go the extra mile, displaying immense understanding and compassion when dealing with some very vulnerable and lonely people.

Highlights of the year include: the look of sheer joy and love on a husbands face (who is suffering from Alzheimer’s) on seeing his wife for the first time after being admitted to residential care.

The dedication of our volunteers who have provided outstanding support to a lady suffering from depression. The many friendships we have made with our neighbours and the sincere and genuine gratitude that they bestow upon the organisation.

We are always looking for volunteers to help; I re-iterate my statement made when we first started: by offering neighbourly support, we do the small things that make a big difference. As we enter into the season of festivities, could I please ask you to take a moment to see that your neighbours are safe and well and that they too will enjoy the festive season.

Graham Plaice

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Helping Hands

William had a busy brain, he was only four. It was Christmas and he desperately wanted to help Santa in his workshop. His dad had told him that if he was enthusiastic and worked hard he could be anything that he wanted to be. He turned over the possibilities in his head.

‘Hmmm space astronaut or Santa's helper?’ William decided to contact Santa.

He rang up the North Pole everyday but he could not get through!

He wrote dozens of letters and gave them to the Postman, but nothing happened! And then one day he had a phone call from Santa.

‘Come on up to my workshop I have a job for you.’ William was so excited he nearly threw up!

‘I have been so busy working William, that there has been no one to help Mama Santa to make the elves supper. Please can you help?’ asked Santa ‘What do I have to do?’ asked William rolling up his sleeves?

Mama Santa was big, round, red and jolly and rolled her eyes. William helped Mama Santa to make cookie dough, he broke 24 eggs, unwrapped and chopped 2 kilos of butter and was asked to put in loads of flour. Oh dear William chose the wrong jar and added magic dust instead, he had no idea, the magic dust looked just like flour.

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‘Good boy’ said Mama Santa as William added the last of the ingredients.

Together they cut out the cookies and put them in a giant black stove.

In marched the elves, they were no bigger than William and dashed here, there and everywhere.

They hung around waiting for the cookies which smelt amazing. When at last the cookies came out of the oven they were a triumph! William proudly handed them around to everyone and they were devoured in no time.

But shock, horror, no sooner had they been swallowed than William, the elves, Mama Santa and Santa rose up from the ground and started to float on the ceiling. Mama Santa puffed out her cheeks and rolled her eyes. Santa laughed and the elves giggled.

‘Looks like William added magic dust instead of flour’ laughed Santa.

‘Well what do we do now?’ said William holding his fingers to his head?

‘Well you had better go and make a wish under the Christmas tree and hope that everything will be all right’ said Santa So that's what William did and that is where his Mum found him, making wishes under the Christmas Tree.

THE END Sue Dodge

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NEWS FROM ST ANDREW’S CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL

Friends of Myamar St Andrew’s Primary School Yetminster has teamed up with a small school in Lintha, Myanmar (Burma) to offer friendship and raise money for crucial life threatening basic needs as part of its focus as a Rights Respecting School.

As Myanmar is gradually opening its doors to visitors from overseas, tourism is becoming an increasingly important opportunity for the locals. The children of Lintha, a small fishing village on the coast, are learning English at a charity school set up with the help of local hoteliers, Sue and Sahin Ozturk. As part of their learning, the children at the school in Lintha have been exchanging penpal letters with similar age children at St Andrew’s.

St Andrew’s children have started up a lunchtime club – The Friends of Myanmar writing letters to their new pen-friends and learning about the country of Myanmar and about the culture and lives of Burmese children and their families. As well as helping their new friends to learn English, the children have taken it upon themselves to raise

money for the Andrew Clark Trust.

This charity has been set up by Sue (the lady who runs the English school) to help support the children of the village of Lintha. The money raised helps with mainstream education (rather than the English school which is free) and medical expenses, for which there is very little public funding.

The Friends of Myanmar Club had a stand at the recent Spooky Disco at school selling home-made spooky biscuits and cakes and organised a Spooky Dip with goo and slime. £103.02 was raised and the children will decide what the money should be spent on from a list of things which include mosquito nets, malaria treatment and building a toilet.

For more information, please contact me. .www.myanmar-aid.org Rosie Cunningham

Post Script Our school is one of many schools linked to the work of UNICEF, a major children's charity. We believe that respecting the rights of both children and adults in our school family, makes our school a happier place, where children can thrive. We are pleased to announce our success in obtaining the Level One Award from UNICEF for Rights Respecting Schools.

The award is given according to stringent criteria by examining evidence and engaging with children, staff, governors and parents. Well done one and all.

In addition please read Rev. Simon Brignall’s article about collective worship in our school, on p 38, which includes the innovative Open the Book , bringing the Bible to life.

We wish you a very Peaceful Christmas and New Year.

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Leigh Weather Watch October 2013 “Just remember’ The storm doesn’t last forever - it can scare you to the core But it never lasts”.

Anon The October 26/27 gale may have woken many, but it was less devastating than the one which a now notorious weather forecaster had said was not going to happen.

We are still clearing up the damage in the garden - but we now have a bumper supply of free logs for the coming winter.

Winds Winds were southerly for most of the month, and they brought mild, cloudy air. We must have been sheltered from the gale by the MizMaze as our wildest gust was only 35mph - a ‘moderate gale’ on the Beaufort scale. Others experienced much higher windspeeds and many roads were blocked.

Rainfall There were only 6 rain-free days instead of the usual 12, and October rainfall was 61% above average, with a total of 81mm/7.1”. October 21 saw 25mm/1”, and a further

35mm/1.4” fell during the October 26/7 gale.

Temperatures October was unusually mild, with temperatures averaging 12.4C/54.3F instead of 11.2C/52.2F. There have been only 3 frost-free Octobers since 2000. This year the coldest night was quite early (October 14) but it stayed just above freezing. The warmest day was the 6th, with an almost summery 20.4C/68.7F, and peak daytime temperatures never fell below 10C/50F. Sunshine Although mild, October was exceptionally dull. We had fewer completely sun-free days than usual (5 v. 6.2) but they produced a mere 68 hours of sunshine - 16% below normal.

Total sunshine since January now totals 1001 hours, making 2013 7% duller than the 2000-2012 average.

Pressure The late October gale saw an extreme drop in pressure, down to only 999mm/39.3”. The average for the month was 1019mm/40.1”, rather higher than the long-term average of 1012mm/39.8”.

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Make Your Own Crackers‌.

This is really good fun, so go on have a go! Rifle your drawers for little knick knacks that you could utilise/recycle in your homemade crackers . Scour the bazaars and jumble sales for bits and pieces.

Think small and lightweight. Learn some good jokes and riddles that could be used for your crackers.

Write them out neatly or print them on tiny pieces of paper to add to the cracker. You will need: Empty toilet rolls.

Pretty wrapping paper.

Double sided tape.

Ribbon. Cracker snaps. Gift, jokes, possibly some table confetti.

Paper hats? No, they rip and tear and always look bad. Buy a proper character hat or look in the dressing up drawer! Come to table as a Viking or a Pirate with a parrot on your shoulder. Much more fun.

Crackers? This is what you do!

Take your snap and thread it through the insides of three t.rolls all the same size. Lay this on a piece of gift wrap approximately 33cms x 17cm and roll it up into a cylinder shape, attach the paper to the middle t.roll using the double sided tape and then use some more double sided tape to secure the gift wrap to itself. Once secure, tie 64

some ribbon around one of the sections between t.rolls. This can be fiddly but if you take out the end t. roll just a little this will enable you to put a loose tie on that end section.

Not too tight. At this stage you can fill the other end of the cracker with the gift, joke and table confetti, be inventive with the contents and then secure this end in the same way you did the other with a piece of ribbon. Then you can take the end t. rolls away and put to one side so that you can use them to make the next one.

Hey presto you have a Christmas cracker! You can add a little decoration to the main body of the cracker to jazz it up. Try a couple that you have made first to ensure that they work.

Good cracker snaps can be found at some joke shops or otherwise buy them from the internet. They are inexpensive but make sure you read the reviews. There is nothing worse than a cracker that does not crack!

Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas!

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Planning Applications Dec 2013/Jan 2014 BATCOMBE 1/D/13/000754 LEIGH 1/D/13/001293

01/07/2013 Red Roses – Steel framed apex building (Full).

No Decision.

04/10/2013 The Old Stores, Sherborne Road, install a 14KW Air Source Heat Pump as the primary heat source for our house (Full).

No Decision.

1/D/13/001209 28/08/2013 Lilliput Cottage, Chetnole Road, replace a profiled metal /10 sheet roof covering with natural slate. Replace two existing roof lights with larger versions. Form a new pedestrian access through the roadside boundary wall (Listed Building Consent & Full). Approved.

1/D/13/001073/4 27/08/2013 Willow Tree Farm, Chetnole Road, carry out alterations and erection of ground floor and first floor extensions to rear of dwelling and provision of roof lights. (Listed Building Consent & Full).

Approved.

1/D/13/000791 01/08/2013 Lower Totnell Farm, Totnell, form new openings and construct extension to farmhouse. Reposition bathroom in farmhouse.

Make alterations to existing outbuildings. (Listed Building Consent).

Approved.

1/D/13/000790 01/08/2013 Lower Totnell Farm, Totnell, construct two extension to farm house. Convert agricultural buildings to annex accommodation.

Erect log store, new greenhouse, replacement garage and new car port store. Form new drive area. Reposition bathroom in farm house. Form openings to extension. (Full). Approved.

MELBURY BUBB 1/D/13/001191 22/08/2013 Melbury Bubb Farm House, Bubb Lane, Proposed two storey rear extension, single storey side extension and detached garage/ancillary accommodation and formation of new access and driveway over garden area. (Full) . Approved.

1/D/13/000312/3 09/04/2013 Withyhook Farmhouse, Withyhook Farmhouse Access Road, - Conversion and extension of barn to accommodate: a studio, a guest bedroom with kitchenette and WC, and a study (for exclusive use for the dwelling). Conversion of existing garage to provide a kitchen and mud/laundry room. Reorganisation of bathroom and corridor at first floor. Porch extension to front of farmhouse. Creation of an outdoor swimming pool. (Listed Building Consent). No Decision.

RYME INTRINSECA 1/D/13/000242 08/03/2013 CASWELL FARM, Construction of Solar Park to include the installation of solar panels with transformer housings, security fence, CCTV and other associated works. (Full). No Decision.

YETMINSTER 1/D/13/001349 25/10/2013 Croft Cottage, High Street, ground and first floor extensions and internal alterations to existing detached dwelling (Full).

No Decision.

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07/08/2013 Land Adjacent Thornford Road, erect 15 affordable houses (Full). No Decision.

1/D/13/000417 25/04/2013 LAND AT CROSS FARM, High Street - Proposed erection of 2 semi-detached two-storey dwellings with ancillary garaging (Full).

No Decision.

The next Development Control Committee meetings will take place on 12 December 2013 the meeting starts 2.15 at Stratton House, 58/60 High West Street, Dorchester. A full register of all past and present planning applications can be found at: www.dorsetforyou.com/planning applications.

Graham Plaice

News from Dorset County Council Trading Standards Service - Christmas purchasing Christmas is on its way. It’s a time for giving and receiving gifts but how do we make sure that the gifts we give and receive are safe?

Shopping has changed dramatically over the past few years with many of us trading the traditional melee of the high street for the tense wait for items ordered over the internet to arrive in time.

Today’s market place now offers us an almost limitless amount of choice. With this comes a variation in safety standards.

In the UK we are protected from unsafe goods by a large array of European based legislation and vigilant enforcement bodies. But there is still the chance that poor quality or unsafe goods can find their way onto the shelves.

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Club News Gardening for Wildlife 4 November Chetnole village hall was flower border. We learned packed for the first session that there were several different options for wild of the year;members were flower meadows: one with flocking to pay their shortish grass mown about subscriptions and to get a copy of the programme for once a month, an arable one ploughed annually, and the year ahead. Imogen summer meadow which is Davenport, herself from generally cut from July Chetnole, and director of onwards or can be cut up the Dorset Wildlife Trust, to three times a year, and a gave an exciting information-packed talk on spring meadow that is usually mown in June. how to attract wildlife into A major tip for pond your garden. Those of you who saw the open gardens lovers was don’t get fish- as they stir up the mud and in Chetnole last year eat tadpoles and larvae of probably had a chance to insects. So depending on view Imogen’s garden and how much you like frogs perhaps to see the cutest versus how much you like little dormouse (dead fish, you have a decision to unfortunately). make! She also pointed out Imogen began and how important it was not to ended with snippets about get invasive species that her garden- what stays in can make your pond my mind are the simplicity disappear in no time if it is a of some ideas , such as a small one. Something else bog in a bowl- in just one that stuck in my mind was washing up bowl you can the image of breaking ice create in mini-bog garden, and deafening the poor and she has fantastic creatures who live in the orchids growing in hers. In pond! “Tread softly or you her small garden last year tread on my dreams” to she managed to attract over 20 species of butterfly quote Yeats.

Dorset Wildlife Trust by creating a mini-meadow have a wildlife friendly as well as a nectar-rich

garden scheme and you can get advice from them to make your garden more wildlife friendly. Go to their website at www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk.

It also has fantastic photos of birds, beasts, fungi and other aspects of wild life around Dorset. Details of how you can help the trust to develop more wildlife friendly areas within Dorset in a number of different ways are also outlined.

The Trust have managed to get some lottery funding to encourage whole communities to become wildlife friendly areas. So we now have the opportunity to get together and to make Leigh and /or Chetnole a special wildlife friendly village- who will win the accolade first? and who is up for the challenge?

Annie Sinnott has led the way by volunteering for the Old Vic to become a specially designated wildlife friendly garden.

Rachel Graham

Tread softly or you tread on my dreams

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Leigh & Chetnole Garden Club

The History Society

The King’s ship goes down. All but a few lost.

A freak gust of wind in the narrow water. Top decks were loaded with Solent entrance, a stray shot from a armed men. Ships engaged and men French canon, a combination of the two. attempted to board and fight hand-toMany theories abound why the Mary hand. To prevent boarding the top deck Rose, pride of Henry VIII’s war fleet, was covered with netting. When the sunk so suddenly with the loss of nearly ship went over the men were trapped.

There were 200 sailors, 185 soldiers 500 men.

Bill Moore, of the Mary Rose Trust and 30 gunners on board, plus another and former diver on the Mary Rose 100 of the admirals and their excavation, presented the options and entourages. Only around 35 survived. theories. His wife Merle put on a display The excavation reveals some of the of (replica) artefacts recovered from detail of the last moments. Having heeled over to the the wreck. starboard side The Mary Rose, (right) canons latest in naval weighing 1½ to battle technology, 2½ tons from the was manoeuvring port (left) side, to fire a broadside. plus ammunition, The gun ports equipment and would all be open. stores, came A sudden wind crashing over, from behind the crushing men in Solent headland on their path and an otherwise increasing the windless day would speed of the have caused the capsize. ship to list heavily.

The Cowdray House engraving The ports normally about four feet above the water level would be pushed shows contemporary images of the down to a distance of about eighteen sunken Mary Rose and the debris of the aftermath. Included too in detail is the inches.

The ship was top-heavy, further French fleet lined up on a windless day destabilised by the weight of 185 unable to enter the Solent. heavily armoured soldiers on the deck.

As it dipped the sea could have washed in the lower gun ports causing it to The Christmas Party is on 4 capsize.

Alternatively, the French had sent in December. Peter Shutler, formerly of row-barges, as they could not muster The Yetties, will be our “after dinner their ships in the narrow channel. speaker”. For further information These low, flat vessels were mounted contact Sandra Tuck.

The next formal meeting will be 12 with canon. A shot from here could have holed the Mary Rose at or below February 2.30 pm, at St. Andrew’s Hall, the waterline. Possibly by tragic Yetminster, when Pete Stanier will talk coincidence, the side was pierced just on Dorset’s Industrial Heritage. before the wind caused the ship to dip.

John Ferretter In the 16th century naval battles were more like land battles but on

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Aladdin - The Wriggle Valley Players It is rapidly coming up to that time year when Christmas and New festivities are well and truly done and dusted and you are looking for something to lighten up your life.

Why not come down to Leigh Village Hall on Thursday 13 through to Saturday 15 February and join us for all the fun and frolics of a traditional panto, Aladdin.

There is also time if you would be involved in some capacity, perhaps scenery painting, back stage or front of house, either ring John House on 07970 819861 or pop along to our rehearsals on Wednesday evenings from 7.30pm at Leigh Village Hall; you would be most welcome.

Tickets are available soon (see poster) and would make perfect Christmas presents for those you don’t know what buy.

We look forward to seeing you.

BNC

Leigh Tuesday Club Are you new to the village and want to meet people? Would you like to come along and hear one of our speakers? We are a small gathering which meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 2.30pm in Leigh Village Hall. Our talks are usually last about 40 minutes and are followed by tea and biscuits and a small raffle. We have an annual trip to a place of particular interest to our members and a Christmas Service and Tea. If you feel you might enjoy our company, our speakers’ subjects and a couple of hours out of the house, then come along and meet us all – you would be made very welcome. Below is part of our programme for 2014.

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14 January Kim McInnes Recyling and How! 11 February Diane Morris The Royal School of Needlework 11 March Pat Castleman Dogs – Why Bother to Foster?

8 April Mike Morrell Myanmar – Land of Smiles June Our annual trip – tba 8 July John Tuke Life as a Country Doctor Ginny Goodall, Programme Secretary,

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more spectacular European green lizard, neither of which is native to the British Isles. These colonies, which have been there for 70 years or more, are thriving and are counted in thousands. And they are not particularly shy but few people going down the path actually see them. What we need to do, he said, was force ourselves to become aware.

Although this was

essentially a visual performance Brian was by turn informative, lively and amusing. All in all, it was a highly enjoyable presentation with spectacular photographs ranging from the red squirrels on Brownsea Island, though to the water voles and otters now making a strong comeback thanks to the cleaning up of our waterways.

It was a very special evening, hugely enjoyed with immediate requests for

a return visit.

Brian is organising a Wildlife Extravaganza at the Barrington centre Theatre in Ferndown on 15 March when he will be showing wildlife wonders on the big screen.

The presentation was preceded by our Annual General Meeting. Frances Moule continues as President as does Carol Debell as Chairman. Sue Price remains Vice Chairman, Sue Eadon continues as Show Secretary and Pandy Brown as Society Secretary. The committee is completed by Jean Bridges and Judy Ferreter who are joined by two new members, David Torrance and Pearl Gatehouse.

Our Christmas meeting is the last one of the year and will take place on 10 December in St Andrew’s Hall - doors opening at 7pm.

Carol Debell Photos by Brian Petit www.naturepicturesworldwide.com

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Brian Pettit was the speaker at our November meeting. A wildlife photographer who grew up in East Africa and now living in Spain, he has very strong links to the local area having managed a zoo in Poole Park before turning to professional photography.

Besides photography Brian leads specialist wildlife tours and had just returned from a trip to Zimbabwe and is now planning to take parties down to the Falkland Islands. Between these ventures he lectures widely under the umbrella of encouraging wildlife awareness and his message was clear. Wildlife is all around us but to see it you need to look.

He illustrated this with reference to the ‘immigration’ issue at Boscombe. In the vegetation along the zigzag path to the beach live colonies of the European wall lizard and the

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Leigh & District Discussion Club Nov 2013 Very interesting talk and with the added opportunity for us to purchase on the evening much of their produce – a mini farmers market stall !

Madam Chairman thanked Ruth and Paul Kimber, with the members showing their appreciation in the normal manner.

Lastly, it is with very deep regret that I report the sad loss of Tom Stephens, many of us attended Toms funeral service on Thursday 7 November at Oborne Church.

The Rev Eileen Martin's eloquent words confirmed what we already knew that Tom was special – his love of life, his family and friends, an obsession with cricket and above all a true countryman and a thoroughly nice person. We shall miss him!

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November’s meeting was held on Tuesday 5 Nov. Our guest speaker for the evening was Ruth Kimber of Kimber Farm Produce. Ruth commenced her talk by telling us about her childhood her father and grandfather who originally farmed in the Morden area of Dorset her maiden name was Buckland which happens to be a name very familiar with many of our members where at least five or six are related. Her grandfather back in 1914 saw a way of making extra money by selling produce grown on the farm in the local markets. In those days, transport was a bike – unfortunately whilst on his way to the local market in Wareham he had an accident, hit his head and never recovered, he was only in his early forties.

Ruth's father then carried on with the farm, they had just a few animals but Ruth was a keen learner and with her help the farm grew – they moved over to Somerset and it was here that Ruth met Paul her future husband – who had come over from the next farm to help out in a difficult birth delivery of a calf. They married, have six children and still live on husband Paul Kimber’s farm which has been in the family for three hundred years – they currently have access to approximately a thousand acres where they can produce and grow everything required for their farmshop and farmers markets that they attend – Veal, beef, pork, turkeys, many varieties of sausages, the list goes on. Ruth also is a passionate supporter of the NFU and currently holds a senior county position with them.

The Wriggle Valley Mothers' Union We are so grateful to all of you in the Benefice who supported the Angel Tree "Remember the Children" project to buy Christmas presents for the children of prisoners. We were able to send ÂŁ110 off and that will help buy at least seven presents - thank you for your generosity.

We are sadly saying goodbye to Jane Trower in the next month or so as she and Tyrone are moving to Bridport. Jane was instrumental in starting up our group again and we will miss her enthusiasm and support which we have been blessed with over the past five years or so. Bridport are very lucky to have them!

Anne Reason LEIGH WI Our October meeting was Susan Anders talking about "The Great Crane Project" - as this was an open meeting quite a few husbands braved the WI to join us for this fascinating talk! Sue started with a short film outlining the project and how it all started. Apparently until 400 years ago there were lots of cranes in the UK but they were driven to extinction - it would seem that quite a few were eaten at the various banquets that took place then!

In 2010 they brought over the first eggs from Germany which were taken to Slimbridge where they then hatched and once they had grown to a viable age, they were transferred to Somerset which is where Sue and the team now look after them. They are obviously all tagged so they can be monitored. They are now in Year 4 of the project and they are brought over in April, they hatch in May and then are

the wild in September. Of the 70+ birds they have reared since the start of the project, 67 are still surviving which is very encouraging. Next year is the last year of the project and they feel there will then be enough cranes (they are the Common or Eurasian crane) which can hopefully breed and multiply. This project is a joint one with the RSPB, Pensthorpe in Norfolk and Slimbridge and they receive funding from re Viridor. All of us present that evening could le only marvel at the work being carried out to reintroduce these birds back to the Somerset levels and we hope they will live there for many years to come.

Our meeting on 28 January will be a talk on Acupressure Massage by Claire Murphy. Do come and join us.

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Wriggle Valley Women’s Group At our October meeting we were treated to an amazing cheese tasting session courtesy of Windy Ridge Cheese of Poyntington, Sherborne. Melvin Glynn, owner of Windy Ridge, and his wife Carol distributed no less than 15 varieties for us to sample, ranging from the very hard Parmesan to the very soft Mozzarella with many varieties in between.

Windy Ridge specialises in producing handmade flavoured cheeses. They buy the best of British, eg Cheddar and Wensleydale, then combine them with the finest ingredients from sweet to savoury, including a few unusual flavours such as curry, marmite and chilli.

At the end of the evening we had the opportunity to buy some cheese including the unusual Windy Ridge wheel which incorporated about ten different varieties of flavoured cheeses with all proceeds going to charity.

Lis Clark

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The Old Vicarage is a caring, passionate and multi-award winning care home in the relaxing heart of the Dorset countryside.

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.

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