266 June 2014 Wriggle Valley Magazine

No. 266

June 2014

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KDS Garden Machinery Repair All servicing and repairs for mowers, strimmers, saws etc.

Wednesday

Leigh Village Hall

Thursday

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Friday

Yetminster Spar

Saturday

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Cover photo: The licensing of the Rev’d Tony Gilbert as Team Rector in St Andrew’s Church, Yetminster by Simon Eadon

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News from the Villages

Yetminster Scouts relaxing after a mass bird box building in Beer Mill Mead, Leigh

Editor’s musings…

Batcombe

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Chetnole

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Hermitage

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Leigh

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Ryme Intrinseca

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Yetminster

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Out & About

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Dates for your Diary

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Phew, what a scorcher, what an Regular Meeting & Activities 34 excellent start to summer; the sun is out and all is right with the world. Farmers General News 37 are busy mowing and we are tending 50 our gardens or having fun showing One Day a Year them off as in the Yetminster & Ryme St Andrew's Primary School 53 Open Gardens followed by the News from our Churches 54 Chetnole Open Gardens on p. 43.

We also have our PTFA Community Church Services - June 59 Summer Fair coming up which is being 62 held this year in St Andrew’s Primary Leigh Weather Watch School grounds, so come on down for …gone gardening..

65 an enjoyable day, see p. 39.

66 There is also fun for children with a Planning Applications Crafts afternoon in Leigh Village Hall p Club News 71 37, Messy Church p. 49 and do you or 78 your children fancy becoming a Young Advertisers' Register Archaeologist see p. 49 for more details.

We welcome Rev’d Tony Gilbert to the Wriggle Valley family as our Three Valleys Team Rector, see p. 55; I love the cover photo of this significant event.

I don’t know if you have had a chance to read the Trading Standards article every month, but it is well worth a look. This month tells you all about the fact your online shopping rights are changing for the better p 68. Enjoy beautiful June.

Bella Neate-Clegg 27 YEARS

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Rep: Bridget Gordge bridgetgordge@hotmail.com,

BATCOMBE.....

would like to thank all those folks who helped to tidy the churchyard and decorate the church for our Easter Service, it looked absolutely fabulous and a credit to all involved. There was a good turnout with quite a few children with their bonnets.

Easter bunnies were enjoyed with the coffee and the children took part in the egg hunt with gusto.

You all know the story of the Elves and the Shoemaker,, well we are having lovely food left in the church, which is obviously attracting vermin, so could we please request that this stops happening, many thanks.

This is the last time, this year, for me to advertise the Cream Teas at the Friary on June 22nd from 3pm. Please come and enjoy the special surroundings and wander around the gardens.

If you would like to join in the next round of lotto please contact me.

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ow exciting; we are now entering the summer solstice and Chetnole is looking absolutely magnificent.

Lots and lots to look forward to in the village this month starting with our annual duck race on the 8 June so don’t forget to buy your duck before they are all hurled into the hopefully fast-flowing river at the bridge in Mill Lane. A great family event.

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Batcombe Church Lottery April 1st No.50 Kerry Straughan 2nd No.35 Dan & Asya Williams 3rd No.57 Derek Jones

At St Mary the Virgin Church, Melbury Bubb on the 14 June there is beautiful baroque singing and music and don’t forget to buy your Toblerones kids in readiness for Fathers Day on the 15 June. Why not treat him to an evening of fun too, at the Chetnole ceilidh on the 20 June? And if he is in need of a leisurely walk the next day on the 21 & 22 June, the village hosts open gardens from 2-5pm. I walked around all of them the year before last and was staggered by the amount of wrigglevalleymagazine.co.uk 5

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effort that is put into creating such amazing gardens - truly well worth a look and lovely cakes afterwards!

Get well wishes go to Sally Slaughter and Rosemary Burden.

Anthea Thompson.

Many of you will be very sad to hear of the sudden death at home in Sherborne on 14 May. Anthea was, for many years, our church warden and friend of the village. .

Sincere condolences to her daughter Penny and son Christopher.

Message from Nigel Bray.

As you are aware, we have the Chetnole Duck Race on Sunday 8 June. Can I ask if anyone is willing to make a cake for the afternoon refreshments? If so, could they let Jill know on 872233 and to deliver the cake to the Village hall by 1.30pm?

Also, the tree felling has started in the Playing Field. The cut up wood will be available to anyone who could use it, for a donation to the Playing Field. If anyone is interested then please let Nigel know on 872233.

It's not long until the 67th Annual Chetnole Fete and Flower Show, this year on Saturday 2 August, so you might want to start preparing now if you'd like a chance of winning a prize. Will you have the longest runner bean or a strangely shaped vegetable? Have you planted those prize winning sweet peas? And you'll need time to make a handicraft, such as something new from something old, or paint a picture or take an intriguing photograph. So don't forget to put the date in your diary, and invite your family and friends to come and witness your triumph!Have a great June!

We are very sad to see Mike and Jude Lewin and their three children Liam, Jack and Emily are moving on this month to pastures new in Falmouth having sold the 6 6

Chetnole Inn and we wish them all the very best for the future. We would also like to take this opportunity to welcome the new owners to the village and look forward to meeting them soon.

PLEASE BE VIGILANT There has been a recent burglary in the village and in addition to this hawkers have been knocking on doors selling items / offering tree cutting etc. Please be extra careful not to leave cars/doors/windows unlocked when you are not at home and if you are concerned about opening the door ,to quote from the Neighbourhood Watch website, "Not sure? Don't open the door!

Most callers are genuine, but watch out for alleged utility workers, council workers, police or repair workers who haven’t made an appointment. If you’re alone and unsure, ask them to come back later when someone else will be there. Have a great June

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SOS Wednesday Coffee morning.

Your village needs you!

Ladies and gentlemen Could you spare three hours on a Wednesday morning very occasionally to help at the busy coffee morning? Our pool of helpers is shrinking which is meaning the faithful few are having to volunteer too often. Newcomers to the village especially welcome and it's a good way to meet everyone! Also - a rota of men is needed to help set up the tables on a Tuesday evening(often followed by a bevvy in the pub afterwards!) Please give it some thought.

Sue Morgan

Ceilidh Fri 8pm 20 June, Chetnole Village Hall.

Tickets are £6, Family tickets (2 adults and 2 under-16s) £15 unless otherwise stated.

You can buy tickets on the door, subject to availability or reserve them on 01258 817963.

CHETNOLE OPEN GARDENS Sat 21 & Sun 22 June 2pm to 5pm

Save the Children Fund & Dorset Arts Weeks I would like to thank everyone who attended the very successful Wednesday Coffee Morning on 7 May where the amazing total of £288.25 was raised . Well done to all involved.

Dorset Art Weeks started in May and will end on Sunday 8 June . Chetnole Mill is open every day all day from 10-5 ( other times by appointment 872255 ) There will be a "colouring in" table for children. Tea , coffee, soft drinks and wine ! Dog walkers most welcome Bee Grant-Peterkin

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Gordon Foy

Gordon Foy was born 1 Jan 1928 in Wimborne.

The family then moved to a farm at Halcombe near Buckland Newton. School at Buckland Newton was where his interest in football started.

Gordon played regularly for Dorchester football club but his football career was ended early by him breaking a leg.

He left school at 14 and worked on local farms and started doing building work. He married at age 21, the mother of his 6 children, Janet, Alan, Les, Steve, Kevin and Pete. He 8 8

secured a council tenancy farm at Oborne in the early 50's where he ran a Fresian dairy herd and also carried out sub contracting building work. In the mid to late 60's he sold the dairy herd and bought a building plot in Boys Hill, Holnest.

There he built a bungalow and kennels there as they were breeding old English sheep dogs at that time. He then took up a government retraining scheme in Gloucester to retrain as a stainless steel welder fabricator and then worked at Wincanton Engineering until retirement.

His keen football interest developed into a regular trips with his brother Fred and his two best friends, Paul Horsey and John Gray. They regularly travelled to Southampton to loyally support the football club , Gordon met Doreen Guppy and married her in 1990. They had 23 years of happy marriage.

They started married life in Sherborne. Gordon and Doreen were active

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members of the caravan club, touring round different parts of the uk and regularly organising caravan rallies. In 1992 they moved to 12 Lambs plot in Chetnole where they were actively involved in village life.

They had regular visits from step family, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren Gordon loved driving and taking people on tours of the local countryside, pointing out the many buildings he repaired and local beauty spots. He was very proud of the reinstatement of the stain glass window in Alton Pancras church where he fitted all the stained glass himself.

After illness, his last six months were spent at the Old Vicarage, Leigh allowing him and Doreen to spend quality time together and having many family visits. The family would like to thank all the Old Vicarage for all the help and kindness they showed Gordon and the family.

Eileen Foy

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Notes from Chetnole and Stockwood Parish Council On 8 May, the Parishes of Chetnole and ● Cllr Bevan advised us of a sum available Stockwood held both their Village Meetings for him from DCC to allocate to and the Annual Meeting of the Parish deserving projects within the Council. At the Village Meetings Cllr Mark Sherborne Rural Ward he represents Gallimore agreed to continue as Footpaths ● The contract for tree work on the Officer and the Clerk, Sue Woodford, as Playing Field had been placed and the Emergency Liaison Officer. work would be done in the very near We welcomed DCC Cllr Michael Bevan to future. the Annual Meeting. Bob Owen was ● The Council agreed that the small cost confirmed as Chairman and Mark Gallimore shortfall after a grant received by the as Vice-Chairman for the coming year.

Chetnole Chuckers for relaying of the The following issues were discussed. boules piste should be met from the ● We are awaiting a meeting on the issue Parish Account as it clearly resulted of strandings in the ford on Deep Ford from a maintenance need.

Lane. Dorset County Council Highways ● Cllr Bevan agreed to approach DCC would be approached about a meeting Highways about gully cleaning if the on both signage and classification. It community could identify to him all was explained that there was no known blocked gullies in the village. method of influencing satnav You can contact us on chetnolemanufacturers, who worked on the pc@btconnect.com.

Bob Owen basis of published data. Thus only reclassification, with which there FOUND were known problems, would be the People around here are so only possible method of influencing kind and generous! In their advice. response to the notice ● It was agreed that Cllr Owen Pope in May WVM, I would act as the co-ordinator for the received at least a various bodies already existing and to be set up to assist in supporting dozen offers of garden benefits to the community, such as rollers from people in Chetnole, Leigh Sherborne Area Partnership and the and Yetminster. We chose the ones various competing Local Action Groups, located nearest to the Playing Field, for on which not enough was known to optimum convenience. understand the possible benefits to our On behalf of The Chuckers, I send community. sincere thanks to Michael & Anne ● The Local Government Boundary Evans and Kenneth & Jackie Guard , all Commission had acknowledged the residents in Neals Lane. We shall treat submission from the Council regarding their aged, venerable implements with inclusion of Chetnole and Stockwood in all the care and respect that they an extended Frome Valley Ward of and deserve, in their new life on the piste! would be publishing it. A decision was Gordon Ratcliffe, Chairman, expected shortly.

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The next delivery dates will be as follows: 19 June 26 September 27 November If you would like to be included in these deliveries then please call John Sanford on 01935 872973 at least five working days in advance.

Melbury Bubb Church is pleased to welcome back the Early Music Group

Sine Nomine Saturday 14 June 7.30pm Tickets £8 From 01935 83330

Hermitage Country Fair Saturday 9 August

As announced in last month’s magazine, Hermitage’s major event of the summer will be its Country Fair, to be held on the Village Green on Saturday 9 August.

As well as all the attractions listed in May’s edition, there will also be Sheep Shearing, Farrier demonstration and Classic Cars.

To remind you entry is FREE, and parking is just £2 per car.

Any profits from the event will be shared between the Air Ambulance and Village Green funds.

The barbeque will be available when the gates open at 1pm and the events will start at 2pm.

New neighbours We welcome Simon Heazell and Anna Cosslett who have recently moved into the village.

Simon and Anna have travelled the Simon’s hobbies (he describes them as short distance from Batcombe, having a ‘passion’) are cricket and singing, whilst previously had homes in Cornwall and outside of work Anna likes knitting, Guernsey. needlework and cooking.

Simon is a script-editor and houseWe hope that they will be very happy in husband and Anna works for the Dorset their new home and look forward to seeing Mental Health Service in Weymouth. They them at the various village events. bring with them Sookie, a 3-year-old Lab Lurcher, and 6 cats.

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Rep: Philippa Toulson philippa@folksw.org.uk 01935 873 889

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t the time of writing Sue Fudge and Jane Jeans are resting after their heroic London Moonwalk. I hope to persuade one of them to write a piece about the experience for next months magazine.

As usual we are heading for an action packed summer in Leigh - children’s

crafts on 8 June and the Midsummer Nights Dream on the 29 June. In July there is the Candle Auction, Food Fair and inter village games.

Please remember that next months magazine is for July and August so do get all the rest of your Leigh summer activities to me in plenty of time so there is no excuse for anyone missing anything!!

Philippa Toulson

Leigh’s 2014 Candle Auction Update Things have become clearer since I wrote last month’s article, and our plans for this year’s auction are taking shape.

As you can see from the photograph your candle auction trustees are now sufficiently wellequipped with candles to ensure that the auction should be able to continue for at least the next two hundred years.

Our first objective, however, is to ensure that this year’s auction will be both a success, and a social occasion.

If all goes according to plan, the auction will be held on Wednesday, 9 July in the village hall (details will be confirmed in the July/August edition of the WVM).

In accordance with a long-held tradition of these ancient events, a free glass of wine will be offered on arrival. There will also be a cash bar, and tea and coffee, and, of course, it being a Wednesday, fish and chips can be bought!

Before the bidding wars start for the two parcels of land there will be a short talk about candle auctions. Once common, they are now rare. Leigh’s is one of the least known, probably one of the oldest, and possibly the most complicated in terms of the rights attached to it.

Therefore, if you want to know more, would like

to share a glass, and, if the fancy takes you, join in the bidding for these ancient rights, please keep your eyes open for next month’s magazine, or contact a trustee for more details (see photograph).

Gordon Morris, Chairman, Leigh Candle Auction 873051

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St Andrew's Church, Leigh Sadly there has been a delay to the start of our building programme because of problems the builder has experienced in his present project.

Hopefully we will see some activity by the end of May/beginning of June.

The Bishop of Salisbury has agreed to come on Sunday 5 October to bless our new extension, so it had better be built by then!! There will be a PCC meeting on Thursday 12 June and if you have any questions/comments re:church life, please contact one of the churchwardens before then.

Please note the exciting enactment of the last Act of A Midsummer Night’s Dream on Sunday 29 June will be in Philip and Sylvia Bryan's garden at 3pm - this is a fund raiser and let's pray for fine weather. If not, Annie Sinnott has kindly offered for it to be held at The Old Vicarage.

Moonwalk – coffee morning Thank you so much to all those people who attended the coffee morning on Saturday 3 May. We are delighted to have so far donated over £1100 to Breast Cancer charities. It has far exceeded our expectations and we would like to thank everyone for helping , donating, making cakes, painting fun signs, and for coming along and entering into the spirit of the occasion. Special thanks are due to Diana and Gordon Morris, and Graham Fudge for their huge support in sorting tables and jumble, Barista skills, and all that clearing up.

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MOVIOLA 16 June

The Railway Man (15) This is a remarkable story of forgiveness:The horrific experience of being a prisoner of war in the Far East.

Following his ordeal then accidental events which lead him to meet his torturer after 50 years. Starring Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Irvine and Stellan Skarsgard.

A film not to be missed.

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A Wartime story told from ‘the other side’. Set in a small German town in a German working class family where Narzism is a fact of life. A young foster child discovers the meaning of life through her obsession with books and reading. Emily Watson and Geoffrey Rush play the parents.

Shows start at 7.30pm,doors open 7pm.(bar provided) We look forward to seeing you on some of the above dates.

Tickets £6 will be available from Bridge Stores, Leigh or Fiona and John Parks (01935 873603)

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Our coffee morning in April raised £400 for St. Margaret’s Hospice. Thank you all as always for your amazing support.

Our next big fund raiser is our charity dog show on Sunday 27 July for Canine Partners. We will be organising cream teas, stalls and a raffle. Do come along with or without a dog for a fun afternoon. (If wet we will have the raffle and cream teas indoors, but cancel the dog show).

Our three little chicks that hatched on Good Friday have visited the Old Vicarage three times now, much to the delight of many of our residents. We are looking forward to more exotic visitors however when Bug fest visit us in Mid May. We are also holding an Annie’s sponsorship of the food tent at the Sherborne Castle Fair has inspired a collection of food memories from both as part of the National Care Home’s residents and staff with some wonderful open day project. Family and friends of old recipes resurfacing such as Hodge the Old Vicarage are most welcome.

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Leigh Fuel Group 2014 Dates for future oil deliveries: { 28 August { 6 November You may order any quantity above the legal minimum of 500 litres. You will pay the best group price I can negotiate with the supplier on the day. Please advise if a phone call is required to gain access.

Contact John Sanford five working days prior to the listed dates above.

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Rep: Gilly Wilson 01935 872982

RYME INTRINSECA.....

any thanks to all the people that braved the showers to help at the annual church yard tidy up; a brilliant job you did too. Good to see some new faces but the old ones that weren’t there were missed. Thank you to Tony Gilbert for coming over to meet us, sorry you had to go before the coffee break when your shortbread was very well received.

Last Frankham Farm NGS Garden Open before the autumn is Sun 8 June 2-5pm.

There will be plants for sale, tea and cakes, plus a fabulous three acres of flowers, shrubs, climbers and trees to explore.

Don’t forget to make a note in your diary for our lunchtime Summer BBQ Party Sunday 29 June.

Gilly Wilson

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Elizabeth and Stephen Chilton would like to say a big thank you to the residents of Ryme Intrinseca following their generous donation of £138.00 towards Stephen's sky dive challenge raising monies for Ups and Downs Southwest. This is a charity close to their hearts as daughter Clara, aged 29 months, has Downs Syndrome. She is a bright, full of fun little girl and achieving so much. Ups and Downs Southwest provide a vital service for families with kids with DS. Six members of Clara's family are participating in the skydive 'Team Clara' which is being held on Tuesday 27 May at Salisbury. Team Clara have raised over £4000 for the skydive, If anyone is interested in Ups and Downs Services please see www.upsanddowns.net EC

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YETMINSTER.....

Well it’s my fault! When nice Mr Fothergills sends me his plant catalogue I placed it carefully on the shelf and forget about it until the increasingly sunny days once more stir those gardening hormones whereupon, with a glass of red wine, I tick numerous boxes and send a cheque to await the arrival of my new plantings. During this time the weather continues to improve and the plants in the garden (that I haven’t previously killed off) struggle forth with great promise and expectation throwing off their winter slumbers.

The day finally arrives and poor Sarah struggles across the tarmac carrying various “open immediately” packages and my new plants arrive - they are duly unpacked and sit on the sink and kitchen worktops in a multitude of containers blinking in the light and looking slightly unsure as to what to expect next. And then it rains. In actual fact every time I plan to plant out the newcomers it rains and we now all just stand there in the kitchen looking forlornly out of the window wondering where the good weather went. So there you are, it’s my fault that it’s raining and I apologise.

Hopefully it will be (or was depending when you get the WVM!) a good day for the Yetminster Open Gardens Day on Sunday 1 June and as many as possible of you will be able to see the gardens that are open. Tickets (proceeds go to charity) are available on the doors and in St Andrews Hall and I believe there are more gardens than ever this year so do try to be there.

This is hotly followed by the PTFA Community Summer Fair at St Andrew’s CE Primary School, Yetminster on Saturday 7 June which will host numerous stalls and displays and promises to be a super fun event and not to be missed.

The following weekend, Saturday 14 June (it’s a busy month isn’t it!) is the YFA Quiz Night starting at 7.00pm in St Andrews Hall. Bring your own suppers and I’m told that there is a prize for the best dressed table so do let your imaginations run wild. Whilst, unfortunately, I don’t normally intellectually contribute much to the table I’m on, but it’s an entertaining evening and the ever resourceful duo of Harvey & Simon and their gang are excellent quizmasters. Book your table early to avoid disappointment. Proceeds go to local organisations and projects so your support for this is important.

Lastly, but not least, make a note in your diary for the 12 July next month as it’s the White Hart’s afternoon “mini bazaar” with traders/craft stalls and a BBQ on the Hart Patio. This will be followed by a Hog Roast in the evening with live music by STORM - a popular local band.

Have a good June.

David Torrance

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Yetminster Fair 50 CLUB The 50 Club was started around 1990 as a means of encouraging support for village activities. Funds raised by the Club are either returned in prize money or distributed as grants to local organisations through the YFA. The fund is registered with WDDC for an annual Licence Fee (currently £15).

The Club complies with the requirements of the Gambling Act 2005 and submits an annual financial account to WDDC. The ‘50’ in the Club name relates to the original idea of selling 50 tickets on a monthly basis, although actually there is no limit to the number of tickets that may be sold. They are sold on an annual basis for a total £52 per year (equivalent to £1 per week) per member paid by standing order in £13 quarterly instalments.

The Club aims to distribute a minimum of 50% of its income as prize money (therefore the greater the number of tickets sold, the greater the prize money!).

Currently a total of £1580 is paid out annually in prizes through: - 8 monthly draws each with £50, £30 and £20 prizes - 4 quarterly draws each with £100, £50, £25 and £20 prizes

Winning tickets are drawn by someone independent of the YFA (currently the Chairman of the Hundred of Yetminster History Society).

If you would like to support the 50 Club forms are available from Derek Mott 01935-872123 or contact us at yetminsterfair@aol.com.

The YFA is non-profit making and run entirely by voluntary support.

Phil Jubb

Yetminster Fair Association 50 Club Results May 2014 Draw 1st Prize £50 No.22 Mrs A Chant 2nd Prize £30

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Yetminster Jubilee Hall Committee First, we would like to apologise for having to cancel the Victoria Cross presentation. Lt. Col. Mike Martin was admitted to hospital the day before the talk was due to be given. He is now back home and we wish him a speedy recovery. We look forward to rescheduling the event.

Later this month on Sunday 29 June we shall be showing the hit film “Grease” in a singalong format. This follows the success last year when we showed “Mamma Mia”. The film starts at 7.30pm and we hope that this will be a popular time. Refreshments will be available. Do come if you can, it will be a lot of fun.

Simon Eadon

Team Dobby from Georgie’s, Yetminster have raised the princely sum of £660 for the Yeovil branch of the National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society by completing the Weymouth Bay 10K. Well done one and all.

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The Harty Bunch, Yetminster’s Own Skittle Team invites you to a fun Skittles evening to have a go at trying to hit those pesky pins at the Skittle Alley, The White Hart, Yetminster (behind the pub) on Saturday 21 June starting at 8pm.

There will be a light buffet and you can meet the current players and throw a few balls, knock down a few pins and show them how it’s done! – all in a friendly and welcoming atmosphere Young or not so young, male or female you are welcome to have a go!

We belong to a local friendly league within the Sherborne Area and normally meet and play on a Monday evening and whilst we pride ourselves on being a fun group we do feel that we need some “new blood” So if you are interested in joining, or just want to have a go please drop in on the 21 June, we would love to see you there.

Linda and Carole Bayfield please

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Out & About

A family fun day with a "fun" croquet match. 80 players needed to represent the 16 parishes of the Three Valleys A Juniors match of 16 also to be played.

Cream Teas and Pimms Prizes for the winning village. £5 to play and £5 for cream tea, cakes and Pimms.

To be played at Church Farm, Hilfield in aid of St Nicholas Church, Hilfield.

Tel 01300 341 728 for enquires and to book to play.

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OPEN AFTERNOON AT THE TERRACE MEADOW SNCI – SHERBORNE Sunday 29 June from 2pm

The Terrace Meadow is an fascinating patch of limestone grassland adjacent to Sherborne’s Terrace Playing Fields sports facilities. It is of particular interest as the soil is unusual for the area, and supports flowers (including orchids), butterflies and 28 28

other species not generally seen in the locality.

Join us for a guided walk, with flower and insect identification sessions. Tea will be available.

Park in the Terrace Playing Fields Car Park (map reference ST 641156), signposted off the A352 just south of Sherborne and follow the footpath back towards the town through the patch of newly planted trees and up a few steps (map reference ST 637156).

For further information please see www.dorsetbutterflies.com or contact Nigel Spring on 01963 23559 or 07981 776767, or email nigelspring@yahoo.co.uk See www.dorsetbutterflies.com for a full events list.

Nigel Spring

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ARK VILLAGE Sherborne Tennis Club For Junior supervised Club sessions Junior and Adult Squads Junior and Adult coaching Easter and summer holiday camps Contact Matt Long on 07403 025881 Stu Wilson on 07825 660781 For Adult and Junior Membership info contact Meg Crothers on 0844 844 9870 or log on to www.sherbornetennis.com

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New members welcome!

Antique and Collectable shops, Vintage Buffet tea room.

Items bought and sold.

Dates for your Diary JUNE Sun

1

Tues 3 Tues 3 Fri 6 Sat

Sun

7

8

Tues 10 Wed 11 Sat

14

Sun 15 Mon 16

Yetminster Open Gardens Pogles Wood Picnic Arts & Crafts Market Leigh Discussion Club evening car trip to Bush Farm Bison Centre & BBQ WV MU social evening W Dorset Conservatives Summer BBQ PTFA Community Summer Fair

2-6pm 12 noon 10am-4pm

Pogles Wood Ark Village, Yetminster

6:30 pm

Bridport Folke Golf Club, Alweston

Quiz for St Mary's Church Chetnole Duck Race NGS Festival Weekend open gardens Family Craft afternoon Yetminster & Ryme Garden Soc. Afternoon coach outing to Bennett's Water Garden Yetminster History Society coach trip to M Shed museum Bristol & boat trip Concert Sine Nomine Yetminster Fair Quiz Night Father’s Day 2 Course Carvery Leigh Moviola The Railway Man

7:30 pm 2:00 pm 2-5pm

St Andrew's CE Primary, Yetminster Hermitage Village Hall bridge at Mill Lane, Chetnole Frankham Farm, Ryme

1-4pm

Leigh Village Hall

7:30 pm 7:00 pm 12 - 8pm 7:30 pm

Melbury Bubb Church St Andrew's Hall, Yetminster George Albert Hotel Leigh Village Hall

Tues 17 WVWG walk around Bradford Abbas with Tony White Wed 18 Wriggle Valley Players read through Wizard of Oz Willow lantern workshop Thur 19 Emilie Capulet, International pianist Fri 20 Ceilidh National Care Home open day tea party Sat 21 Chetnole Open Gardens The Harty Bunch fun skittles Sun 22 Chetnole Open Gardens Antique Fair

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12 noon

7:30 pm 7:00 pm

Leigh Village Hall

1:00 pm

Dorset County Museum Dorset County Museum

8:00 pm 3:00 pm

Chetnole Village Hall Old Vicarage, Leigh

2-5pm 8:00 pm 2-5pm 10am-4pm

White Hart, Yetminster Ark Village, Yetminster

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Sun

22 Messy Church

3pm

St Andrew's CE Primary School Yetminster

Batcombe Cream Teas

3:00 pm

Hilfield Friary

Evershot Country Fair

12-5pm

Evershot

Wed 25 Coffee Beans Strawberry tea

2.30pm-4pm

St Andrew's Hall, Yetminster

Woodland Wednesday (pre school)

12-3pm

Pogles Wood

Wriggle Valley Players auditions Wizard of Oz

7pm

Chetnole Village Hall

Sat

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6-8pm

Yetminster sports club

Sun

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10:15 am

Yetminster sports club

Midsummer Night's Dream play scene V for St Andrew's Church, Leigh

3:00 pm

Brook House, Leigh (Old Vicarage if wet)

Dorset Garden Trust Garden Day

10am-5pm

Herringston House

Open afternoon

2:00 pm

Terrace Meadow SNCI, Sherborne

Singalong Grease

7:30 pm

St Andrew's Hall, Yetminster

Butterfly conservation

2:00 pm

Terrace Meadow SNCI, Sherborne

Ryme summer BBQ lunch

JULY Tues 1

Leigh Discussion Club Coach trip to Willows & Wetland Visitor Centre & Hestercombe

Wed 2

Wednesday Club open afternoon

3:00 pm

St Andrew's CE Primary School Yetminster

Thur 3

Sherborne Abbey Quiet day

10:00 am

Bembury Farm, Thornford

Sat

5

BBQ & moth trapping

7:00 pm

Alners Gorse

Sun

6

Moths & guided walks

9:00 am

Alners Gorse

Mon 7

Chetnole & Leigh Garden Club Garden Party

7:30 pm

Leigh Village Hall

Tues 8

Yetminster & Ryme Garden Society Garden Fantasy

7:00 pm

St Andrew's Hall, Yetminster

Leigh Moviola The Book Thief

7:30 pm

Leigh Village Hall

Wed 9

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Dates for your Diary Sun

Yetminster History Society visit to Forde Abbey

Sat

12 Mini bazaar, BBQ, hog roast BBQ & moth trapping Sun 13 Moths & guided walks Wed 16 Introduction to Patchwork Techniques

7:00 pm 9:00 am

White Hart, Yetminster Lankham Bottom Lankham Bottom Dorset County Museum

Sat

19 9th Leigh Food Fair and Classic/Vintage Cars

10am-4pm

Leigh Village Hall

Fri

25 Hog Roast Family Woodland Weekend Camp 25 - 27 July

7:00 pm

Leigh Village Hall Pogles Wood

Sun

27 Charity Dog show Three Valleys inter village croquet

2:00 pm 2-6pm

Old Vicarage, Leigh Church Farm,Hilfield

Tues 29 Leigh WI Julia House children's 7:30 pm hospice

Leigh Village Hall

Wed 30 Woodland Wednesday

12-3pm

Pogles Wood

2-5pm 4:00 pm

Chetnole Village Hall & field Melbury Osmund Village Hall

AUGUST Sat

2

Chetnole Fete & Flower Show Melbury Osmund School Reunion

Sun

3

WW1 service of commemoration

Mon 4

Chetnole & Leigh Garden Club Castle Gardens speaker My five Favourites

Wed 6

Leigh Discussion Club evening car trip to Kimber Farm shop & trailer ride

Sat Sun Sat Sat

9

Leigh Flower Show Hermitage Country Fair 10 St Andrew's, Leigh Biscuit Festival

7:30 pm

Chetnole Village Hall

2:30 pm 2:00 pm

Leigh Village Hall Hermitage Village Green St Andrew's Church, Leigh

16 Beer Mill Mead BBQ & walk 23 60s Evening for St Andrew's Church, Leigh Halstock Fete & Garden Show

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Leigh Village Hall 1:00 pm

Halstock Village Hall

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Regular Meetings….

Every Mon Table tennis

Every Tue

Every Wed

Every Thu

Every Fri

9.30-12.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

Bev’s Core Vinyassa Flow Yoga

10.00 - 11.00am

Chetnole Village Hall

Leigh Short Mat Bowls

2.00 -5.00pm

Leigh Village Hall

Just Gym Gymnastic class

4.15-6.30pm

St Andrew’s Primary School

Scouts (in term)

7-8.30pm (summ 9pm) Scout Hut, Yetminster

Yetminster Bell Ringers

7.30pm-10.00pm

St Andrew's Church

Topsy Turvy Toddlers

9.30 - 11.30am

St Andrew's Primary School

Beginners Pilates

1.30 & 2.35pm

Chetnole Village Hall

Beavers (in term)

6 - 7pm

Scout Hut Yetminster

Yetminster Table Tennis Club

7:30 pm

Scout Hut, Yetminster

Drop in Coffee Morning

10.00 - 12 noon

Chetnole Village Hall

Morning Yoga Class

10.30 - 11.30am

Leigh Village Hall

Wednesday Club (in term)

3.15 pm-4.05pm

St Andrew's Primary School

Zumba

4.00pm

Leigh Village Hall

Junior WV Players (in term)

6.30 - 7.45pm

Scout Hut Yetminster

Beginners yoga

7:00 pm

St Andrew’s Primary School

Yetminster Short Mat Bowls

7.00 - 10.00pm

St Andrew's Hall, Yetminster

Fitsteps

9.30-10.30am

Leigh Village Hall

Advanced Pilates

10:00 am

Chetnole Village Hall

Yetminster Short Mat Bowls

2.00 - 5.00pm

St Andrew's Hall, Yetminster

Leigh Rainbows (5-7yrs)

5.45-7.00pm

Trim Room, Yetminster

Leigh Brownies (7-10yrs)

5.45-7.00pm

St Andrew's Hall

Cubs

6.30-8.00pm

Scout Hut, Yetminster

Leigh Short Mat Bowls

7.00 - 10.00pm

Leigh Village Hall

Bridge Club

7.00 - 10.00pm

Dairy House, Ryme

Chetnole Community Choir

7:30 pm

Chetnole Village Hall

Table Tennis

9.30 - 12.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

3.00pm

Yetminster Sports Club

Beavers (in term)

6 - 7pm

Scout Hut Yetminster

Croquet

3:00 PM

Yetminster Sports Club

Irish Dancers

10:15 am

Church Hall, Yetminster

Croquet Club

Every Sat

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‌Events & Activities 1st Tue

2nd Tues

Chetnole & Leigh Garden Club

7:30 pm

Chetnole Village Hall

Hospice Lunch

12:30 pm

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

Tuesday Club

2.30 - 5.00pm

Leigh Village Hall

Yetminster & Ryme Garden Soc.

7:30 pm

St.Andrew's Hall

Senior Winter Lunch Outings

7:30 pm

Sue Footner 873610

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

Rest & Welcome Pub

WV Women's Group

7:30 pm

Gable Court

Wriggle Valley Lunch Club

12.15 - 3.00pm

Leigh Village Hall

Leigh Parish Council - alt mnths

7:30 pm

Leigh Village Hall

Last Tues

Leigh Women's Institute

7.30 - 11.00pm

Leigh Village Hall

1st Wed

Yetminster Senior Citizens

3:00 pm

The Meadens

Batcombe Coffee Morning

11:00 am

tba

Coffee Beans Coffee Morning

10.00 - 12 noon

Church Hall, Yetminster

Yetminster Historical Society

2:30 pm

Church Hall, Yetminster

Police Support Unit

2.00 - 3.00pm

The Cross, Leigh

2nd/4th Wed

High Stoy Bible Study

7:30 pm

Venue contact 872342

3rd Wed

District Council Ward Surgery

11.00 - 12 noon

Old School Gallery, Yetminster

Last Wed

Woodland Wednesdays

12.45-2.45pm

Pogles Wood nr Leigh

2nd Wed

Police Community Support

By Church, Yetminster

[not Aug & Dec]

Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca PC

7.30pm

St.Andrew's Primary School

Wed/f/night

Sturminster Mobile Library

11:15 am

Church Lane, Hermitage

11:50 am

Shearstones, Yetminster

2:00 pm

Stonyacres, Yetminster

10:55 am

Carpenters' Arms, Leigh

11:30 pm

St Peter’s Church, Chetnole

Bridport Mobile Library

Wed - Sat

Friary Shop

2.30 - 4.30pm

The Friary, Hilfield

1st & 3rd Thu

Yetminster Scribblers

6.30 - 8.00pm

Old School Gallery, Yet

8:00 pm

Chetnole Village Hall

2nd

Thu/alt mth Chetnole & Stockwood PC

Last Thurs

Yetminster Fair Association

8:00 pm

White Hart

2nd/3rd Sat

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12 noon

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General News Our choir (open to everyone in the area and no experience needed) is going from strength to strength but there is a need for to balance our rather good Tenor section in the male half of the choir (but more tenor voices would be very welcome indeed).

Afternoon for children and Families 1.00 – 4.00 pm 8 June - Leigh Village Hall

carousel system with a break for tea and cake in the middle, so there will be plenty of things to make and do! The sessions will be activities for Summer and Fathers Day. As before there will be activities for smaller children.

Please contact either Michelle 01935 872458 charlieandchell@hotmail.co.uk

Michelle Read and Philippa or Philippa 01935 873889 philippa@folksw.org.uk Toulson are running another We would really appreciate it if you afternoon of craft activities for could book in advance so that we know the children and families of Leigh how much craft material (and cake!) to prepare! and their friends on Sun 8 June.

The afternoon starts at 1.00pm and finishes at 4.00pm and there will be a small charge of £4 per child to cover materials and hire of the hall.

We anticipate running two sessions of three craft activities each on a

Advance notice – Christmas Crafts Sunday 16 November

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If you are interested in joining or know of someone who might be then email Choirmaster Ian at ianlingwood@hotmail.com.

The choir meets at Chetnole Village Hall on Thursday evenings at 7.30pm.

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INTER VILLAGE SPORTS COMPETITION 2014 This is a wake-up call for all you budding athletes! In July’s edition there will be a schedule of events, venues and timings, with a list of team captains and their contact details. So if you fancy competing at Boules, Croquet, Short Mat Bowls, Tennis, Golf, Skittles, Table Tennis or Rounders then make sure you read next month’s WVM.Any questions call me on 01935 873846 or e mail: Julian Turnbull julian.turnbull@virgin.net

Yetminster Fun Run 2014 - another fun equipment to third world schools around filled morning for families and friends of the the world - the surrounding villages. A huge thank remainder of course you to this year's is an essential part of runners and keeping our pool supporters, helpers open without using and marshals. This school resources. event depends on all Huge thank you to our willing the Barfoots for the castle, volunteers and I'm bouncy sure we were all always a popular Junior fun runners relieved not to get attraction - for all those who are new wet. to school and the area Barfoots Bouncers It was really s back Ffrst 10k runner Paul, one of the good to see Luke can be found in Yetminster. We have raised Simon from the 'School in a over £900 this year so another Bag' charity again, running with his huge thank you to everyone daughter Evie. As a rights respecting school and enjoy some of Bella's and a sporting event, the fun run sends a photos Sharon Murphy small donation to the charity for their new initiative 'Sport in a bag' which send 38 38 Copy for DOUBLE ISSUE by 12 JUNE please

Once again the weather decided to do its worst on the night our of Charity Ball on the 26 April, but that didn't stop the evening dresses being dusted off and the shoes being polished. The evening was enjoyed by all and we even had heating!!!

The food was fantastic, many thanks to Hannah Wilson and Andrew Hillier for preparing all the food and cooking it to an amazing standard. The auction was hosted

by Simon Clothier with his lovely assistant Jess which raised more than we could have ever imagined. Many thanks to everyone who donated their time, services and products that made the auction what it was. Music was provided by the brilliant band Storm, who had everyone up on their feet from the minute they started right up until they finished!!!

Overall we have raised just under ÂŁ4000 which is truly amazing and we couldn't have done it without the support from everyone. 50% of this will be donated to Julia's House Children's Hospice in Corfe Mullen and the other 50% will be going towards the revamp of our 'new' outside area at school. The work has

started on this by the Yetminster Scouts, under the watchful eye of their leaders Dawn Perry, Andy Jenkins and Hannah Reeves. The scouts have been doing a fantastic job and already with what they have done has improved the area dramatically!

The next event we have is the Community Summer Fair on Saturday 7 June. The event starts with a procession from some of the community groups including the Yetminster Scout Groups, Leigh Guides and the Yetminster Irish dancers at 12noon. At 1.30pm the 'It's a Knockout' competition with a commonwealth games theme, will start.

Entry forms for 'It's a Knockout' are available from the school office. Teams of no more than six please. Entry forms need to be returned to the school office by no later than Friday 6 June please. We have a licensed bar, horse and cart rides around the village, face painting, outside stalls and much more. There will be lots to do no matter how young or old. Entry is free.

Many thanks to everyone who has supported our events this term an all who continue to support us.

Maryann Parkinson, Chair PTFA

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED We are appealing for volunteers who have some spare time in the morning during the term-time to collect our Hot School Meals, which are being cooked at Thornford School, and bring them to St Andrew's, Yetminster, by 11.30am. The empty hot-boxes from the previous day would need to be taken back to Thornford and the fresh food collected in one trip.

Mileage would be paid. We would be very grateful for this support as one of our main priorities at the school is to provide the pupils with freshly cooked food at lunchtime from a reputable source.

Thank you from the staff and governing body of St Andrew's CE Primary School.

Dawn Perry, School Finance Officer

Melbury Osmond School Reunion 2014 There will be a reunion for all former pupils of Melbury Osmond School in the Village Hall on Saturday 2 August 2014 at 4.00pm.

If you, or any former pupils that you know (please spread the word) would like to attend please bring a plate of food and any photographs, prizes, mementos and memories of your (or your parents’) time at the School/in the Village.

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It would be useful to know numbers, so please contact Jean Card (nee House) on 01935 425724 or email: card2123@btinternet.com for further details.

Please look on the village website for photographs and reminiscences of an informal get together in 2011.

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On Sunday 8 June Frankham Farm, Ryme Intrinseca will be opening as part of the NGS Festival Weekend. The Festival Weekend was launched last year to encourage people to visit gardens and also to raise awareness of what the NGS is about. Many garden visitors still believe that the garden owners keep all the money raised from opening their gardens for themselves! Here at Frankham admission money goes to the NGS, tea money is donated to Ryme church, and the money raised from private group visits, plant sales,jam and postcard sales is donated to various charities, our main charity each year is the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance, to whom we are proud to say over the last three years we have donated over ÂŁ1200. Last year we also donated money to Dorset Wildlife Trust, Yetminster village hall appeal and we are sponsoring two puppies for the Dogs for the Disabled scheme.

The NGS itself donates to nursing and caring charities,such as Macmillan Cancer and Marie Curie, last year they donated over two million pounds and over the last ten years 22 million has been donated to their charities of choice.

Everyone gives their time, and cakes, free of charge. We have plenty here to look at, three and a half acres of garden, metal structures and quirky sculptures.

We are open from 2pm to 5pm, so please come along and support this well worth charity.

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I thought it time to give our community an update as to what the Yetminster Scout Group have been up to over the past 12 months.

We currently have 43 Beavers, Cubs and Scouts.

As you know, we celebrated last year with our newly refurbished hut, we have enjoyed a much warmer winter for our weekly meetings.

Our Beavers Section have been busy, they went to the Panto in Weymouth for their Christmas outing and enjoyed a Fish and Chip Supper on the Promenade, they have also been to Ready to Climb and are looking forward to a District Day Trip to Crealy.

Our Cubs had an enjoyable evening at Bowlplex just before Christmas and made use of the new Ready to Climb centre in Yeovil, Stargazing through a powerful telescope, conveying eggs safely down a Zip-Wire together with a two-night Camp PGL in Weymouth over Easter Weekend.

Last summer camp the Scouts learnt to surf, cycled down the Tarka trail, completed a night hike, rock pool dipping, did bouldering

and crate stacking, BBQs and camping. Since the summer our Scouts have attended a survival camp making their own shelters, cooking on wood fires and learning survival skills. They have made bird boxes for Beer Mill woods, helped at the Old Vicarage and Hilfield Friary, and working on a major DIY project at St. Andrews for their Partnership Community Award.

This term the scouts are kayaking, caving, shooting and archery and for their summer camp they are looking forward to coasteering (walking or swimming along a rocky coast line between high and low tides without using boats, surfboards etc.) sea kayaking, rock climbing, snorkeling for sea horses, hiking and lots more along the Dorset coast.

All the Sections are looking forward to being outdoors over the Summer Term after a very wet winter.

Without our Sections Volunteers we wouldn’t have our local Scout Group and for this we are always grateful for the time our volunteer leaders give to our group, however, we

are URGENTLY in need of more volunteers. If you would like to help more young people enjoy scouting by becoming an Assistant Leader or Leader of a section while learning new skills and having fun and can give a little time (or a lot) to help improve young lives in your community we would love to hear from you.

Alongside the Section Leaders we also have a hard working Committee that supports the Groups. We are in need of new Committee members with effect from September, without a committee we cannot operate Yetminster Scout Group, thus leaving our Community without a Scout Group If you are interested in joining our group in any of the above roles, please email me eastlands12@gmail.com or call me 01935 873379 We are looking forward to another full year of activities and look forward to meeting you at any fundraising events we plan over the coming year.

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POGLES’ WOOD Activity PROGRAMMES Come and join us for some outdoor fun this summer!

Woodland Wednesday sessions Our usual pre school sessions: 21 May, 2 & 25 June We are running Woodland Wednesday sessions for accompanied children aged 6 and under every Wednesday throughout the summer holidays starting on 30 July.

Each afternoon is from 12.00 noon to 3.00pm - £3 per child if booked in advance.

Forest After School Club – We have three more sessions on 29 May, 5 & 12 June from 3.30 – 5.30pm and is open to children in years 2, 3 or 4.

Summer Holiday Programme Forest Club for unaccompanied children age 6 – 8 on 31 July, 1, 14, 15, 28 and 29 August 10.00am – 3.00pm

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John Muir Award Club for unaccompanied children age 8-12 on 24 & 25, 28 & 29 July, 11 & 12. 18 & 10.00am – 3.00pm.

19 August Children can complete their John Muir Conservation Award in any four days £20 per day only bookable in advance If there is enough interest we are looking into the possibility of running our first Family Woodland Weekend Camp – 25 to 27 July Please get in touch to register your interest and we will send details For up to date information look at our Facebook page - Pogles Wood Education.

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Yetminster Scouts have been busy working for their DIY badge and a part of that was to build nest boxes, which they then put up in Beer Mill Mead.

Several of the nest boxes in the SNCI had been damaged and destroyed by Grey Squirrels so replacements were needed.

The scouts constructed seven new boxes and under the guiding eye of Dawn Perry, scout leader, and her assistants Andy and Hannah, fifteen scouts set to.

As you know some parts of Beer Mill Mead are very wet, which is part of its unique value to have Alder Trees in a wet wood. As might be expected some of the scouts found that their wellies were not as tall as

the water was deep, so more than one pair of boots needed tipping out before they walked back to Yetminster.

The summer social day and fund raiser will probably happen on 16 or 17 August. Confirmation will be in the July/August edition of WVM. The event will include a walk, information and explanations about the environment and wildlife on the site, with a barbeque, and Bat detection or a moth trap. We hope to raise funds from this event to pay for bidding at the Candle Auction.

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

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Leigh FOOD Festival & CAR & BIKE DISPLAY

10.00am - 4.00pm SATURDAY 19 July £2 Adults Children under 15 Free Taste and buy some of the best food and drink on offer from local producers.

The Stallholders will include:*Alweston Jam and Chutney Empire * Aston Trading, *Capreolus Fine Foods * Chocolate Workshop *Cummins Tea House * Dorset Blue Cheese and Soup Company * Dorset Shellfish Co. * Dorset Sushi *Easy Beans * Fussels Fine Foods * Granny Gothard’s Ice cream * James’s Cheeses * Leakers Bakery, Little Groves Nursery * Longmeadow Organic Vegetables* Percy Premier Pastries * Radfords Fudge * Reads Coffee Roasters * Percy’s Bakery* Pyman Pates * Somerset Cider Brandy Co. * Thomas J Fudge * White Post Gate Honey * Wraxall Wines* Wylde Meadow Farm, and Yarty Cordials.*

A variety of interesting cars & motorbikes will be on display.

There will also be Flower Displays in St Andrew’s Church.

This is proving to be a very successful show, AND will, of course, be in our amazing Village Hall. Please spread the word to your friends and relations – it really is a day NOT to be missed.

It will be opened by Brett Sutton – new chef/owner of The White Post, Rimpton, and former Chef at the Eastbury Hotel.

Proceeds will go to The Rendezvous in Sherborne, Yetminster Primary School PTFA, St Andrew’s Church, Leigh, and Leigh Village Hall

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Join us for a Superheroes from the Bible fun afternoon at Messy Church this June.

We look forward to seeing you.

At Dorset County offered free of charge. You don’t need to Museum we are book for these sessions, just turn up! committed to Sessions run from 10.30am-12.30pm. lifelong learning Summer holiday sessions will include ‘Be a and we welcome Stone-Age artist’, ‘Make a Celtic mirror’ and learners of all ages ‘Brilliant Bronze-Age’.

We are also excited to announce that to a wide range of we will shortly be starting up a new branch events throughout of the ‘Young Archaeologists’ Club’ (YAC) the year. We have at the Museum for children aged 8-17years. some super craft events scheduled over the The club will meet on one Saturday coming months including a willow lantern morning per month and will be led by two workshop on 18 June, led by Philippa archaeologists and myself.

There will be a Toulson and Eddie Upton of Folk South West, plus two ‘Introduction to Patchwork small nominal fee per session to cover Techniques’ on 16 July and 13 August. These costs but our club members will have the are ‘taster’ craft workshops for beginners – opportunity to join YAC as full members all you need is interest and enthusiasm! too if they want to. There are only 24 places available, which will be offered on a Places are limited so please book early.

On Wednesday mornings during school first come, first served basis. If you would holidays we run family activity sessions like to register your child or would like linked to the Museum collections. During more information about any of the events the Easter holidays our sessions on mentioned here, please email me on ‘Resplendent Romans’ (making Roman education@dorsetcountymuseum.org or jewellery) and ‘Paint a Pebble’ (linked to telephone 01305 756832. prehistoric rock art) proved really popular Nicola Berry, Education Officer, and we are looking forward to our next Dorset County Museum workshop, ‘Dinosaur Art’, on 28 May. wrigglevalleymagazine.co.uk 49

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fascinating as Folk …

One day a year – Helping yourself A few years ago I was on holiday in the far north of Scotland, very near to Cape Wrath. It was 23 June, two days after the longest day, and my bed and breakfast landlady told me, in all seriousness, that if I was going out to eat I should make sure that I wrapped up properly as the nights were beginning to draw in! This was in a part of Scotland where there is much more daylight than darkness at that time of year.

That part of Scotland was very badly affected by the Highland Clearances of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when wealthy landowners evicted all families living in a particular area, enclosed it and then replaced the people with hundreds of sheep. The affect on the poorer people was, understandably, both dramatic and catastrophic.

The enclosures in Dorset at about the same time also had a drastic effect on the common people. They lost their rights to graze the family’s cow or pig on common land and at the same time food became both scarce and expensive. In 1795, in the corn-growing chalk land of North Dorset, there was a ‘housewives revolt’. Women led the way in seizing expensive food and selling it to the poor at prices they considered fair. They passed the money on to the landowners but at nothing like the original asking price.

At the time families were expected to live on as little as six or seven shillings a week and the only way they could pay their rent was through Poor Relief.

In last May’s Wriggle Valley Magazine I wrote about the Friendly Societies that sprang up in the second half of the eighteenth and the first part of the nineteenth centuries. These Friendly Societies were a vital part of the fabric of society for the rural poor. These were some of the earliest examples of self-help schemes. While you were working you paid money to your local society – very often it was so local as to cater just for your village – and when you were in particular need, through sickness or a death in the family, the Society would help you out.

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often see evidence of bequests in which some of the wealthier members of the local community left money to be held in trust and distributed to the poor, either in the form of money, food or some other item. Maundy Thursday, for example, is the day the monarch distributes Maundy Money to a few handpicked and deserving citizens. At other times and in other places you might receive a loaf or a ‘twopenny starver’ (a bun).

In Leigh church you can see an old plaque referring to a charity which presented a red and a blue coat annually to the girl and boy who were chosen by their fellows as the most popular at the village school.

In Yetminster, the Boyle’s Educational Charity still functions by distributing income from its property and investments ‘for the social and educational benefit of young people of the three parishes: Yetminster, Leigh and Chetnole’. The charity was set up following a bequest in the will of the English natural philosopher and chemist Sir Robert Boyle, born Jan. 25, 1627, died Dec. 30, 1691, so it has been operating for more than 380 years.

Nowadays we benefit from the existence of the welfare state, but we also want to help those around us who are in particular need.

There are food banks operating in Sherborne and Yeovil and some local supermarkets are acting as collecting points for tins of food. As little as ten years ago, how many of us would have dreamt that such acts of generosity would have been necessary on our own doorstep?

In our church in Leigh we have an Emergency Box. It is there for those who suddenly find themselves in particular need. Their emergency might be an economic one or it might be to do with ill health or lack of transport. You can help yourself to emergency supplies, and, if and when you feel able to do so, you can replace what you have used, and it’s entirely anonymous.

So the tradition of community generosity continues, but not just for one day a year, but, potentially, every day.

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NEWS FROM ST ANDREW’S CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL

Technology teaching improved by grant from Boyle’s Trust When Alan Hill, a representative of the Boyle’s Trust, approached St Andrew’s CE Primary School a year ago proposing we bid for a grant to supply computing and technology hardware, little did we imagine the extent to which this offer would improve our computing and technology provision at school.

Boyle’s Trust is a local charitable organisation which is primarily devoted to providing funding to improve the education for Yetminster children with a focus on science. St Andrew’s was given a grant of £5000. With this, we were able to purchase six ipads, six visualisers, two PCs and four laptops. The main purpose of all this this equipment was to impact directly on our pupils’ learning. This has been achieved and Boyle’s Trust have helped enormously, in this era of squeezed budgets.

Indeed, in our recent Ofsted inspection the inspection team said that the equipment is ‘used well’. We were very pleased with this recognition and the

inspectors also recognised the strong links with our local community which made this possible.

The ipads have allowed us to improve the

assessment of our children’s work – they can record (in writing and pictures/film) what the children have and help teachers effectively plan the next steps.

The visualisers are similar to video cameras – we use these to magnify resources (such as seeds or rocks) and improve children’s visual access. They can also be used to instantly share children’s good work with the whole class on the interactive whiteboards and give rapid feedback.

The PCs and laptops have updated older, now obsolete equipment improving our all round technology provision.

This could not have been done without the vision and financial support of the Boyle’s Trust. All the children, staff, governors and parents thank you.

Paul Miller, Headteacher

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News from our Churches Your Country needs you!

These were the words as the terrible conflict took that rallied our nation to its toll he put these words in arms at the moment when the mouth of a serving the British Expeditionary soldier: force together with the French and Belgium army ‘What’s the good’ faced disaster in 1914. A ‘But I keeps on askin’ war that many had expected what’s the good and whose to be over by Christmas had to gain. turned into the bloody When ye’ve got a plain stalemate of ‘Trench objective you can fight your Warfare’ consuming the fight and grin, lives of millions of young But there ain’t no And so we approach the men and women. Volunteers damned objective and there commemoration of the start from every class and corner ain’t no prize to win’ of the First World War on 4 of Great Britain responded August 1914 with services with enthusiasm to what During the course of the in our churches and they saw as their duty to 20th century, the bloodiest cathedrals around the Crown and Country only to in human history, the country in with the same discover that this war would Church and society at large questions and as we test those loyalties to has come, like Studdart contemplate the tragedy of breaking point.

Kennedy to question such war. At our service of We remember their ‘Cheer leading’ by our commemoration in the sacrifice with gratitude but leaders. Ramsay Macdonald, Wriggle valley at St. still ask the questions they the leader of the Labour Andrew’s, Yetminster on asked. Could such a party at the time and later Sunday 3 August we will catastrophe have been Prime Minister ridiculed the recall in the words of those avoided? Was the sacrifice churches in Britain and from these parishes who of so many young lives Germany – “Both praying to served, the bravery, the necessary? Randall the same God” More suffering, the comradeship Davidson, the Archbishop recently Archbishop Robert of all caught up in the of Canterbury declared that Runcie refused Prime cauldron of World War 1.

“The wellbeing of the world Minister Margaret Thatcher If you have records of in centuries to come may her request for a family members or well turn on this momentous ‘Thanksgiving service’ after memorabilia from WW1 event.” Studdard Kennedy, victory in the Falklands. The that you would wish to the military Padre known to wars in Iraq and include in our service of the soldiers in the trenches Afghanistan have only commemoration on 3 as ‘Woodbine Willie’ deepened our suspicion August please contact me. believed that “A German towards those who speak of dragon was at large... at war as a religious and even Simon Brignall large in Germany”, but later national duty.

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The Reverend Tony Gilbert and the Right Reverend Nicholas Holtam, Bishop of Salisbury

Eddie Upton introduced the service with a rousing anthem of praise written by a local man in the 19 Century and we were rung into and out of the church on Yetminster's fine peal of six bells. The organ was played by Simon Eadon, who accompanied the lusty singing with great verve and inventiveness. The whole service was a great occasion though not so formal that laughter and enjoyment did not find their place.

After the service there was a very convivial party in St Andrew's Hall, with food and drink contributed and shared by all the parishes.

Tony Gilbert, who with his wife Nicola and their family is living at Thornford Rectory, will lead the ministry in the new team with the assistance of the Revd Simon Brignall as Team Vicar and a further Team Vicar yet to be appointed; and of the very hard working and gifted retired clergy and the ever helpful and inspiring Brothers of the Friary at Hilfield. Tony was a Chaplain in the RAF, retiring recently in the rank of Wing-Commander. He has considerable experience of working with and directing teams of clergy and we all greatly look forward to having the benefit of his leadership.

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St Andrew's Church, Yetminster was filled almost to capacity on Thursday evening 8 May for the licensing of the Revd Tony Gilbert as Team Rector (see cover photo) and his institution and induction, good legal terms, in that office. The Three Valleys Team, consisting of the three former Benefices of Gifle Valley, Wriggle Valley and Vale of the White Hart, consists of 16 rural parishes, of which Yetminster is the largest with about 1000, with a total population of about 6000 and covering an astonishing 65 square miles of some of the loveliest countryside in England. The Bishop of Salisbury, the Rt Revd Nicholas Holtam, in his first official visit to Yetminster (until a couple of years ago he was Vicar of St Martin in the Fields) performed the formal act of licensing and preached on the major step which was being taken by Tony Gilbert, his supporting clergy and all the people in these far flung parishes – a major and potentially inspiring step which could bring together in faith all their people. Tony was welcomed by representatives of the three former benefices, other churches and leaders of the community; and then the Archdeacon of Sherborne, the Ven Paul Taylor, went through the traditional acts of induction assisted at each stage by representatives of the 16 parishes – the giving of the vessels for Holy Communion, the Bible for preaching the word, the filling of the font for baptism, the formal handing over of the church keys (all 16 of them!) and the tolling of the bell; and then installed him in his stall.

A specially formed choir from all the parishes directed by

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Ferdinand William Aubone Walter, Yetminster Charles Gordon Hector Foy (known as Gordon) burial in St Peter's Church, Chetnole.

The Wednesday Club For those of you new to the area, this Club runs at St Andrew's School, Yetminster from 3.10-4pm on a Wednesday afternoon during term time. We are an interdenominational club where we study Bible stories, sing and generally have some fun! We accept children from the beginning of the term they are six years old.

Our Open Afternoon this term is on Wednesday 2 July when we will be saying goodbye to those of our children who are leaving and The Revd Roy Catchpole has kindly agreed to come and give a short address - all are very welcome to join us that afternoon from 3pm. I would also be grateful if there is anyone who feels that would like to come and help teach one of the classes. Sadly over the past few years some of our teachers have had to retire and it would be great to have some new young blood! Do contact me on 01935 873726 if you would like to come and join us one Wednesday afternoon and see what we do!

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Into the Silent Land (Looking out to contemplation, with grateful thanks to Martin Laird)

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The Right Reverend Tim Thornton (Lord Bishop of Truro) on Thursday, 3rd July 2014 at Bembury Farm, Bembury Lane Thornford, DT9 6QF 10.00 for 10.30 a.m. – 4.00 p.m.

Please bring a picnic lunch, bible and notebook Tea, coffee & soft drinks will be available Places may be booked, and directions to the garden obtained, at Sherborne Abbey Parish Office (01935 812452) during office hours (Monday to Friday, 0900-1230 & 1400-1630)

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The last battalion of Soldiers has left Salisbury Plain to go to Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. They will be trying to keep the peace, train the local forces and take apart the camp, much of which will be returned to the UK. The place is about the size of Reading, so it’s no easy task. More than 450 of our men and women have died in this elongated conflict. Of course when we compare details visit www.warmemorials.org. Of numbers with those who gave their lives in course if you have never seen it, please visit World War One there is a dramatic contrast. the Chapel (the key holder lives next door).

World War One started on 28th July We hope to have an open day during the 1914 and ended on 11th November 1918. summer for people to come and see this In June and July countless people will visit memorial, plus the improvements which have war cemeteries in Europe. Many, for the first recently been undertaken in the Chapel. It is time, will see where their forefathers were now available for other groups to use, it has buried. Every night at a moving flexible seating and can be arranged in ceremony takes place under the Menin Gate different ways for meetings or small events, in Ypres. The Last Post Ceremony has there is good disabled access to the sanctuary, become part of the daily life in Ypres and the although there are steps to the kitchen. local people are proud of this simple but As Christians we look forward to a time moving tribute to the courage and selfwhen war will be no more. Jesus said sacrifice of those who fell in defence of their “ town.

Our thoughts are with those who have � (John 15:13 & given their lives in the service of others.

17). As we seek peace in a troubled world There has only been one year since the end of we would do well to remember past conflicts World War II when no British service man or and work together for a better world. Here woman has been lost in action. In Yetminster are words from a prayer often used on Methodist Church there is the parish war Remembrance Sunday: memorial marking the lives of those lost in the First World War. A Village War Memorial to the 23 servicemen who fell during the conflict was required. However the village could not agree on its location.

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June Services for theServices Wrigglefor Valley The Benefice Church April PART OF THE THREE VALLEYS’ TEAM 8th

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10.15am Family Holy Communion

10.15am Morning Prayer

22nd

10.15am Choral Holy Communion

29th The Second Sunday after Trinity

10.15am Holy Communion 10.15am Holy Communion

8.30am Holy Communion BCP

3.00pm A costumed reading of Midsummer Night

8.30am Joint Holy Communion BCP with 8.30am Yetminster at Holy RYME Communion 10.15am Sports Service at Yetminster Sports Hall

3.00pm 22 JUNE MESSY CHURCH ST. ANDREW'S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL Mid-Week Services for June 1st,2nd,3rd, 4th,5th

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Monday Tuesday

3 June

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Yetminster

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Yetminster

6 June

2:30 pm

Holy Communion

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Thursday

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Information about your Church Three Valleys Team

Team Vicar: Rev’d Simon Brignall The Rectory, Church St, Yetminster, Sherborne 07718 627674 wrigglevb.office@gmail.com 01935 872 237

Team Office : St Andrew’s Church Hall, Church Street, Yetminster, DT9 6LG Tel: 01935 872600 www.threevalleysteam.com

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

DT9 6QE 01935 873044 tngilbert@aol.com

HELPING HANDS 01935 872378

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

Sundays: 8.30am Sung Eucharist 5.15pm Sung Evening Prayer Mondays Closed – Brothers’ Free Day

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

Further information is available from our weekly newsletter, the Church Office or visit our website

Yetminster Methodist Church Methodist 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)

PREACHERS for JUNE 1 8 15 22 29

No Service Miss Jen Gardner, Holy Communion No Service Rev Ruth Farrant Mr Don Farquharson

Services commence at 10.30 am and are followed by refreshments.

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Roman Catholic Services

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Leigh Weather Watch April 2014 Wanton with long delay the gay spring leaping cometh, The blackthorn starreth now her bough upon the eve of May Robert Bridges (Poet Laureate 1913)

And our Blackthorn hedge certainly promises a vintage year for Sloe Gin! Rainfall A long dry spell early in the month helped us to forget earlier flooding, but April still had only 13 rain-free days (instead of 16) and the total amount was well above normal. The first 4 months of 2014 have already been wetter than the first 8 months of a ‘normal’ year.

Temperatures April temperatures averaged 10.3C/51F - much higher than the usual 6.8C/44F). The warmest day of the month (and the year so far) was the 11th, with 20.1C/68F. There was only one night with frost (instead of seven) and the lowest temperature April 2014

was -1.8C/29F on the 18th. This was far less chilling less than April’s usual lowest temperature (-5.3.C/23F).

Sunshine April was much duller than usual.

There were five sun-free days (instead of three). The month has 416 daylight hours, but sunshine was 21% below average, with only 104 instead of 131.

Pressure As in March, pressure was higher than usual, averaging 1021mb instead of 1018. It fell to to 1008mb on the 25th, then to 1004mb next day, bringing a combined total of 21mm (almost 1 inch) of rain - so two days gave one third of the total for the whole month.

Winds The windiest day was the 25th, with gusts of 31mph, but this was below April’s usual peak speed of 34mph.

Philip Bryan

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Sun

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131

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Days without:

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...gone gardening How to Achieve a White Garden A white garden is mesmerizing, sophisticated and elegant and more simply achieved than one would suspect. It is I suppose best suited to an area where there is a little partial shade where the blooms can be appreciated in the dappled light. In these conditions the flowers will smile back at you, take longer to come to fruition and take longer to go. In bright sun blooms develop fast and are over more quickly. Within the border a plants beauty stems not just from the flower but the leaves for their colour, texture and architectural value, the developing buds and even the seeds once the petals drop can be attractive. Silver looks ghostly, whites shine, greys harmonise and lime lights.

As I write fragrant Lily of the Valley feature strongly in the front border along with strong unfurling alien-like stems of Mattuechia strutiopteris fern.

A Philadelphus cor. Aurea is just budding up and white Zantedeschia lilies catch their breath waiting for a first flush of bloom. Variegated colour from ordinary Euonymus Emerald Gaiety reflects back as does white periwinkle whose adventurous stems creep at will producing small flowers that resemble stars in the gloom. Back of border use a big climber. Hydrangea petiolaris takes a while to grow and sends out tendrils which cling to walls and

structures.

When established this is a striking plant with lacy mob cap panicles that are more interesting than the flowers themselves. Mid and front border use white Phlox pan Tiara, Lady’s mantle, Penstemon Snowstorm, Crambe Cordifolia, Papaver Perry’s white, Geranium sang.

Alba, Anenome Honorine Jobert, Cosmos and Nicotiana. Grow plants in pots ready to take position when other plants fade, consider Agapanthus Arctic Star, Hosta Minute Man and Lilium Regale.

Along part of a country fence a thornless blackberry produces whorls of flowers studded on strong leafy stems of green, more enjoyable than the fruit. If you are lucky enough to have a blooming white apple tree run a Rosa Rambling Rector through it.

In pots around the terrace old fashioned non-stop begonias white or rose and white look heavenly along with a variegated cordyline and some trailing white lobelia or a few strands of variegated ivy.

Happy Gardening Sue Dodge, Bailey Ridge Plants

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Planning Applications June BATCOMBE, HILFIELD & RYME INTRINSECA Nil CHETNOLE WD/D/14/000962 29/04/2014 Myrtle Cottages, Stockwood Road - The erection of a new two storey dwelling, with parking and shared access drive (Outline). No Decision.

LEIGH WD/D/14/000795 29/04/2014 Mount Pleasant, Chetnole Road - Proposed extension to the side of the existing dwelling (Full). No Decision.

WD/D/14/001053 28/04/2014 Church Farm, Chetnole Road – Single storey extension (Listed Building Consent). No Decision.

WD/D/14/001018 28/04/2014 Church Farm, Chetnole Road – Amendment to planning permission reference 1/D/13/000049. The proposed development consists of two elements, a main pitched roof element and a link from this to the existing house. The proposed amendment is to reduce, by a small amount, the width of the link element. (Non-material Amendment). No Decision.

WD/D/14/000532 25/02/2014 Land Adjacent to Higher Field, Totnell - Proposed change of use, proposed stables, proposed new vehicle access (Full).

Approved.

WD/D/14/000258 12/02/2014 Field Adjoining Stone House, Totnell - Part change of use to enable existing stable to be used for two car shelter and garden shed; cars to use existing vehicle access to adjacent lane. (Change of Use). Refused.

MELBURY BUBB WD/D/14/000418 19/02/2014 Higher Redford Farm - Request for confirmation of compliance with planning condition 3 of planning approval 1/D/13/001642 Compliance with Conditions).

WD/D/14/000405 13/02/2014 Melbury Bubb Manor, Bubb Lane - Renovation, /000406 alterations and extension including removal of lean-to to north elevation retaining west wall. Modification to courtyard walls to north courtyard. Alterations include introduction of new staircases, kitchen and utility and bathrooms. (Listed Building Consent). Approved.

YETMINSTER WD/D/14/001014 02/05/2014 Croft Cottage, High Street – Request for confirmation of compliance with planning conditions 1, 2, 3 and 4 of planning approval 1/D/13/001349 (Compliance with Conditions). No Decision.

WD/D/14/000934 10/04/2014 West Hill Farm, Brister End - To extend an existing livestock building (Full). No Decision.

WD/CA/14/00127 04/04/2014 Priors Cleve, High Street - T1 – Yew - Raise canopy over garage roof by 1-1.5m T2 - Group of Sycamore - reduce back to previous points to form hedge shape. Under consideration.

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WD/D/14/000637 24/03/2014 Higher Farm, High Street - Replace asbestos diamond tile with slate and rebuild one chimney stack (Listed Building Consent).

Under consideration.

WD/D/14/000548 27/02/2014 The Old Court House, High Street - Proposed removal of /000547 20th century additions to the North elevation: First floor roofline including dormer windows and ground floor porch, shower room/wc, to be replaced by: Proposed north west wing incorporating garden room link. Improvement to roofline over existing first floor accommodation. (Listed Building Consent & Full). Under Consideration.

WD/D/14/000250 29/01/2014 West Hill Farm, Brister End – Proposed sun room extension & conversion of garage & loft space to form bedroom & living space (Full). Approved.

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20/01/2014 Folly Fields Farm, Thornford Road – The use of land as a site for a temporary rural worker's dwelling; the use of the existing 6 bay agricultural building for the accommodation of livestock and other animals; and the construction of an east lean to for the same agricultural and non agricultural uses (Full). No Decision.

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 the 12 June 2014. The meeting starts 2.15 at Committee Room A & B, South Walks House, Dorchester.

A full register of all past and present planning applications can be found at: www.dorsetforyou.com/planning applications.

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News from Dorset County Council Trading Standards Service Your Shopping Online Rights are Changing Are you aware that your rights are changing when shopping online, by telephone or mail order?

Currently, as you may be aware, you have seven days to cancel an order which has been made for most goods or services by ‘distance’, such as when you ordering online, by telephone, or by mail order. You have the right to cancel for ANY reason, including simply changing your mind and returning the goods for a FULL refund, although you may have to pay for the return postage costs if that was specified in the terms of the contract when you placed your order.

From the 13 June 2014, the law is changing. From this date you will have 14 days to change your mind and cancel the contract.

Obviously, there are exceptions to this rule and your cancellation rights do not apply to the following: ● prescribed medicines ● taxis ● magazine subscriptions ● auctions

● CDs, DVDs or software if you've broken the seal on the wrapping ● perishable and other items that deteriorate rapidly such as food and flowers ● tailor-made or personalised goods ● underwear and earrings There are also some services contracts you can’t cancel simply because you change your mind, including: ● contracts for transport and some leisure services to be provided on a specific date eg hotel bookings, flights, car hire, concert and other event tickets ● a tradesman coming for emergency repairs A new addition to the legislation is that if you have devalued the goods by handling them more than you would be able to in a shop, then the seller will now be able to reduce the amount that they refund you by the difference in value. Of course, if you are returning the product because it is faulty then a reduction would not apply.

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Club News More lewd wenches……

educational establishment have to say to Sir Francis?

And the minutiae of day to day justice: Margaret Williams was summonsed to appear before the court “ .

In statements from witnesses it was claimed that “

No, this is not a write-up of the May visit to Tintinhull. Nobody got out of hand on the elderflower pressé. The village was not left in a state of shock when the group departed. Well, hopefully this is so.

Unfortunately the tour was completely out of sync with the WVM deadlines.

So it seemed worthwhile picking up a few extra gems from the talk we had on “Lewd Wenches and Loose Living Fellowes”.

The one article did not do Bruce Upton’s presentation full justice (pun unintentional).

Recorder and JP, Sir Francis Ashley had to grant the following order at Sherborne, 6 April 1636. “…

”.

As to what William Gould of Puddletown was doing with the ewe on 1st September 1631, we will pass over despite the wonderful seventeenth century language.

And Sir Francis’s own note in the margin on a Robert Read of Fordington bound over to keep the peace, especially towards Mrs Eleanor Top. “

….”

A pre-cursor to the Dangerous Dogs Act? It only took another three and a half centuries! The language, spelling and punctuation. What would Mr Gove and the

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Puts “Skull Cracker” Michael Wheatley in the shade.

A selection of Bruce Upton’s transcriptions from Sir Francis Ashley’s casebook is available in the society archive.

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**NEWS FLASH ** from

The Wriggle Players.....

We would like to announce the January 2015 Panto production at Leigh village hall will be.......

The Wizard of Oz!!!

We will be holding a read through evening, 7.00pm 18 June, for all of those that are interested in being involved.

Whether you're an existing member or would like to join us , everybody is welcome!

Ages 8+ through to adults, there's plenty of parts to go round.

AUDITIONS will be held on 25 June at Chetnole village hall 7pm All audition pieces are available prior to 23 June by emailing Amanda at thedanceacademy@gmx.com We will be holding separate auditions for above address to register your interest in the smaller children (8/12 years) at a later becoming involved....hope to see you all date as well as a workshop. Please email the soon!

Amanda Myall

Leigh WI At our recent Birthday Meeting we had Our April meeting was our invited members from Thornford and AGM when Jill Evans, our Glanvilles Wootton WIs and they had President, Carol Porter, our written very appreciative thank yous saying Secretary, and Barbara Driver, how much they had enjoyed themselves, our Treasurer, gave very full how welcome they felt and had enjoyed our reports on what we had all been speaker Trisha Lewis on 'The Art of being up to during the past year, the state of our Perfect'. We now have 39 members and finances and the many interesting talks and although two have retired, we have had outings which had taken place. Jill had been some new members which is good as they asked by the National Federation to bring new ideas etc into our group. Sadly, encourage us to back the Resolution ' of course, we lost dear Monica Jackson who Increasing Organ Donation' and also they died earlier this year - she had been a very invite us to support the 'Back our Bees' faithful member over many years and we do campaign as well. Carol Porter informed us miss her. that Pat Bowsher was the overall winner of There is no formal meeting in June the monthly competitions and she was because of the outing to Mompesson presented with a cup, Karen Moore took House and Salisbury Cathedral and the 2nd place and Judy Grose 3rd. meeting on 29 July is a talk by The Fund Lis Clark was thanked for arranging such Raising Team from Julia's House, the a very good range of speakers, Jackie Jolliffe Children's Hospice. The competition is a and Sue Yeatman were thanked for the Posy of Summer Flowers. Do come and join birthday posies they arrange each month, us.

Sheila Oxley for the outings and Sarah Anne Reason Tatchell for organising the theatre trips.

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Yetminster & Ryme Garden Art and Craft Society Preparing for the Show bench For those of us who were hoping to hear some useful tips about what the judges look for when assessing the quality of the entries of home made preserves and baking at our Summer Show, the talk given

by Josephine Osment on ‘Preparing for the Show bench’ was just the job. Josephine has been judging local village shows for over forty years (including coming to The Yetminster Summer Show in 1974) and is still regularly called upon for her keen eye and sharp palette as she sniffs and tastes her way through endless jars of jams, jellies and pickles - and to my mind the most enviable task of all: tasting slices of cake, bread, pies and tarts.

In addition to her sound list of dos and don’ts, she strongly recommends steering clear of modern recipes and swears by her ancient and battered copy of the Good Housekeeping Cookery Book whose advice first reached our kitchens in 1948 – as far as she is concerned nothing beats the traditional recipes.

So having listened to her talk, I can now confidently tell you that producing a winning entry is all about using the correct jars and tops and the best ingredients and planning how far in advance you do your cooking and how much you mix or stir or pat, and most important of all, getting the flavour and consistency just right. I wish you the best of luck in August.

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SUMMER SHOW Saturday 16 August Plant Sale: A special thank you to David Fogden for providing the venue for our plant sale in May, to Penny Gould for organising it and to everyone who turned out to support it. We raised over £400, the sun shone and it turned into a very lively, sociable morning.

Open Gardens: by the time you read this I hope you will have enjoyed the Yetminster and Ryme Open Gardens day.

Thank you to everyone who has worked so hard to make this happen.

Looking ahead: In June we have our coach outing to the stunning Bennetts Water Garden in Weymouth, home to the international and national collection of water lilies.

On 7 June we will be taking a stand at the PTFA’s school fete. Do come along and see us if you are there.

Summer Show: From the beginning of July Schedules and Applications Forms will be available from the Oak House Stores and The Old School Gallery.

Pandy Brown, Society Secretary

Chetnole and Leigh Garden Club Our speaker in May was Bob Hendley, who has 40 years experience in breeding, growing and showing dahlias. So as a grower myself I listened with keen attention to the ideas of a noted expert.

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discoveries every week.

With every colour except blue and with blooms ranging in size from a 10p piece to 14inches, fortunately dahlias are happy with most soils and positions. Dahlias can be grown from tubers often trimmed to look like a chicken leg, cuttings, the preferred way, and even seeds, all of which are capable of flowering the first year. He explained that flowers grown from tubers get smaller over the years, whilst those grown from cuttings will revert to the original size and type.

Earwigs and slugs find young dahlias very tasty and even we humans can enjoy the petals particularly of the paler varieties. Bob told us how to get rid of the pests and the finer points of cultivation. They flower from mid July until the first frost, but then they should be left in the ground for three weeks to allow the water content to diminish. He then showed us a film describing the yearly

cycle of these beautiful plants, a moving example of his devotion to his life’s work.

On the table behind his projector were several boxes of plants brought from his garden in Child Okeford and at the end most people made a beeline to obtain a few for their garden. I was fortunate enough to buy four, which I hope will be growing well by the time of the Club Garden Party in July.

Michael Morrell

Chetnole Chuckers Boules Club

Resurfacing the Boules terrain

somewhat for the new surface but some very enjoyable games were played.

It all made a great start to the new season.

Club meetings at the terrain are on Sundays, starting at 3:00 pm and Wednesday evenings from 5 pm. New members are always welcomed. For further details please contact any member of the committee or ring 872996.

Ian Wood, Secretary

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Following an earlier postponement because of the bad weather, the Chuckers start of season BBQ was held on 4 May, a warm bright day with plenty of sun. It was good turnout, with 24 members attending. The burgers and hotdogs, grilled to perfection by the Club Chairman and Treasurer, were as succulent as ever and the trifles and tiramisus prepared by some of the lady members were superb!

It was also an opportunity to try the new surface of the boules terrain. The previous surface had become very worn and needed repair and with the help of a number of Club members a layer of Cotswold path gravel had been added during the previous couple of weeks.

(Many thanks to Simon James for assisting the Club by using his tractor to move gravel from the playing field entrance to the boules area.) Playing techniques will have to be adapted

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Wriggle Valley Women’s Group On Tuesday 18 April Bob Eccleshall, chair of the Friends of the Rendezvous, gave us an informative and interesting talk about the support and guidance offered to local young people at the youth resource centre in the crypt of Cheap Street Church, Sherborne.

The Rendezvous, a charity run by Trustees, started from small beginnings around 1998.

Initially held in the front room of a local house, where a concerned local resident offered informal assistance to young people in some kind of need, the centre has developed substantially in its present location. The crypt provides space for meetings and groups, a refreshment bar, kitchens, music studio, computer area and other facilities.

We heard about the variety of services and opportunities on offer to young people from Sherborne and the surrounding areas, including the Wriggle Valley. Professional inhouse and visiting staff, plus volunteers, offer basic skills and vocational training, music lessons, cookery classes, counselling sessions with drug and alcohol workers, a young parents’ group, and individual advice on problems including housing and benefits issues. The centre currently houses a Job Club, run by qualified and experienced volunteers, available to people of all ages who would like support in seeking work, preparing CVs, interview coaching etc. In addition to their

work at Cheap Street Church, The Rendezvous took over the management of Oborne House, Magna Housing’s accommodation in Sherborne for homeless single young people in January 2014 Bob told us of the need to continually seek new funding from various local and national grant making bodies, to cover increasing financial outgoings including the salaries of a centre manager/youth workers.

Annual costs run at about £90,000 of which only about 6% comes from statutory bodies.

The Rendezvous holds coffee mornings every week for the general public on Tuesdays and Fridays, 10.00 to 12.00 noon when the centre is open to visitors. More information about funding-raising or becoming a Friend is available from Bob via: reccleshall@therendezvous.or.uk Our next meeting will be on 17 June at 7.00pm when we will be going for a “Walk around Bradford Abbas” led by Tony White.

We meet at Bradford Abbas church, and for those who prefer not to walk, an exhibition is being provided inside by the History Society which the walkers can also visit on their return. Refreshments will be available. The cost of the exhibition/refreshments will be £3.00. Guests are welcome to join us. If you want to know more contact Ann Flew 873660 or Jenny Shepperd 873469.

Steve Walker

Yetminster Short Mat Bowls Club Saturday 7 June at Yetminster CE Primary school is the PTFA Community Fair Day. The Short Mat Bowls club will be there, showing what Bowling is all about and inviting you to come and try out this sport. BUT you are welcome any Wednesday evening or Thursday afternoon to come along to St. Andrews Hall Yetminster and join us for a cup of tea and a chat. The club is now entering its summer season when a few of us will be playing competitions around the Yeovil area. The club is more about friendliness than anything and the annual BBQ or Dinner are well attended. Do pop in to see us.

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FUNERAL SERVICES WS Brister & Son Grassby Funeral Services AJ Wakely & Sons GARDEN & OUTDOOR MAINTENANCE Bailey Ridge Plants Digger Hire, Yetminster Dry Stone Walling & Paving Express Equipment Centre GCT Green Man Garden Services Green Thumb Lawn Treatment Hay & Straw Sales JMH KDS Garden Machinery Repair Knighton Countryside Mgmt Komit Kompost The Log Man M&S Welding Malcolm Dunning gardening Paul Hambidge Contractors Queen Thorne Landscapes Equestrian Services, Yetminster Tony Perrett Fencing Pestwright & Mole Catcher RGB Stonemason-headstones etc The Secret Garden Wriggle Valley Fencing

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