304 April 2018 Wriggle Valley Magazine

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

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FOOD, DRINK & CATERING The Flying Pig Jenny’s Kitchen

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ADVERTISERS' REGISTER 2 CONTENTS 4 EDITORIAL 5 NEWS FROM THE VILLAGES BATCOMBE 7 CHETNOLE 8 HERMITAGE 12

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HILFIELD 14 LEIGH 18 RYME INTRINSECA 24 YETMINSTER 24

SNOW DAYS IN THE WRIGGLE VALLEY

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What an interesting month we had last month, weather wise. We requested your favourite snow photos on Facebook and we received a plethora of splendid ones, thank you very much. They are distributed throughout the magazine with a special centre page spread for you to enjoy. If I may, I would like to keep them and use them again next winter as we rarely have snow here - although, a bit like buses, it then came again! I don’t know about you but we got lots of wildlife visiting our garden enjoying the free buffet, even if we did have to go out in extremely inclement weather to fill up the feeders and thus their little tummies.

By the time this magazine reaches your doorstep, I am sure we will be well into Spring.

Fingers crossed.

Enjoy your Easter break.

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ith the early March snow a distant memory, we can look forward to all the hopefulness of Spring.

Unfortunately, though, the mystery bottle litterer in Batcombe, which I referred to in February, is continuing unabated.

We have picked up a further 60 bottles in late February in Stile Way. Some of you have been in touch and the problem is worse than I had realized. The litter pick organized by Amie and Neil Sellick last summer had picked up 100 or so similar bottles; over the last few months others have also been collecting many of these bottles, always the same two inexpensive wines and one whisky. Many thanks to all of you. The trail appears to start on Bailey Ridge, then through Leigh, up Batcombe Road, Wriggle River Lane and Stile Way stopping about a ¼ of a mile before the Church. In total over the last year or so the community-spirited residents of Leigh and Batcombe have collected several hundred empty bottles from their verges, ditches and hedgerows.

Please keep your eyes open to see who is causing this horrible litter problem so we can hopefully put a stop to it.

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We had a well-attended visit in March from PC Alex Bishop, the Community Support Officer for our area based in Beaminster. He had some useful ideas in respect of security lighting, alarms and camera to mobile phone systems for farms and rural houses, particularly sheds and barns.

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We are looking forward to a Rogation Service and Walk, as we have had over the past few years, with Hilfield. This will be at 11.00 am on Sunday 29th April. We will start with a service at Batcombe Church and then walk over the parish boundary to Hilfield where we will have lunch, kindly provided by the good ladies from Hilfield.

Batcombe’s JUMBLE SALE is at 2.30 pm on Saturday 7th April at Leigh Village Hall so all contributions such as clothes, toys, bric-a-brac are welcome and contact Carol Attwell (07815 008796).

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elcome to Annie and Mick Kennedy who are the new owners of The Old Parsonage.

We wish you many years of happiness in your new home and look forward to meeting you soon.

SAD NEWS - Eileen Deaman of School Lane sadly passed away recently and we send our thoughts to her family and

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friends, particularly Ruth who was especially kind to her in her later years.

Also on 12h March, Vanessa Royle, daughter of the late Joan and Geoff, passed away. We send our condolences to both families at this sad time.

CHETNOLE OIL GROUP If you would like to order some domestic oil this month then please phone John Sanford on 01935 872973 at least five working days before 19th April .

CORRECTION ALLOTMENT TEL NO. I gave the wrong phone number in last month’s issue of the mag for Gudrun and Michael Tweedy’s allotment which they are offering for free use. Please call them on 01935 872369 if you fancy growing your own.

Happy Easter to you all.

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BINGO NIGHT AT THE HALL Saturday 12th May is BINGO NIGHT at Chetnole village hall, 7 for 7:30pm. There is no need to book but places will be limited so it's first come, first served. Prizes for every game. Entry is £5 plus an optional Cash Bonus round for £2 where winner takes all.

Eyes down, look in!

Chetnole Fete and Flower Show Committee.

CHETNOLE JAZZ CAFE On Saturday 14th April we bring our 2018 season to a close with the return of ‘JUST MISBEHAVIN’. Those of you who came to their gig earlier this year will remember their performance with a great deal of pleasure and we immediately received requests for a return visit. Well here they are!

Tickets details are on our poster the poster above. We hope you will all enjoy the evening and look forward to seeing all our regular friends as well as many new ones.

We used to have a band of volunteers with 4X4 vehicles able to help those in need in the village in difficult times. If you wish to offer 4X4 help please reply to the e-diary address: iangdlingwood@gmail.com or call Ian on 872998. wrigglevalleymagazine.co.uk

FAREWELL CHETNOLE, BUT NOT GOODBYE. August 1992 and a large removal lorry delivered all our possessions into two rooms at the Old Parsonage, later to be spread out around the house as we renovated and altered. February 2018, we repeated the process squeezing our possessions into 2 rooms and a garage in Bloxham whilst we live in the remaining rooms. This time things will not see the light of day until the new house is built (hopefully a year).

The Old Parsonage became our home and the location of many a building project, with all the associated memories. We started as (relative) youngsters living a family life, with our children growing up in the friendly safe environment of Chetnole.

Then they left home and we became part of the working community, both away during the day, and finally we joined the ranks of the retired, able to get even more involved in village life. The children got married and had their own families but still thought of Chetnole as home, even after setting up their own homes and then the grandchildren came and repeated the enjoyment of family life in the village all over again, the swings, the river, and always the Human Fruit Machine at the Flower show.

And during all of that we were part of the most fantastic community, who became our friends. Not a village that waits until you have been there 20 years before being included, we were quickly accepted and allowed to help with things! And what a village, it knows how to have fun (all the activities at the church, village hall and pub) it knows how to be a community (flower show, community choir etc) and it knows how to be there when needed.

How can we thank everyone enough for the support and friendship we have received over 25 years? Chetnole is a village but it is

made up of the most wonderful and generous people, always there when we needed help or support, for which we will be forever grateful. Be proud of what you are.

We will miss you all enormously, but be warned we will not be able to stay away, we will be back to visit. Indeed see you for the Chetnole Community Choir May Concert.

Chris & Jenny Shepperd

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Keep the evening of Saturday 9th June free for the Chetnole Hoedown, a Cowboy themed evening with the Boston Tea Party, a Bluegrass band plus local support. Keep your eyes peeled partners for when tickets will be available!

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THANK YOU Thank you farmers for keeping our roads clear.

BINGO NIGHT Eyes down for a full house! Hermitage Village Hall will hold its next bingo evening at 7.30pm on Saturday 24th March. Be there or be square.

SPRING WALK Hermitage Village Hall are planning to have another Spring walk on the 29th April walking

from 11 until 1ish and then reconvening at the village hall for a drink and bacon sandwich.

More information regarding meeting point etc please contact Dave Whiteoak at cdwhiiteoak@hotmail.com.

All of those who contribute to the Hermitage entry in this magazine wish the whole village a very Happy Easter.

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hat a blast we had in the first two days of March when Storm Emma met The Beast from the East!! It’s not often my name is used to mean something quite so formidable!

But formidable that snow-storm was and how treacherous it was under foot. If you could get safely onto your bottom it was definitely the way to go as in the village we were able to witness a regular troupe of children tobogganing down the main street on sledges, tin trays, surf boards or anything flat enough to convey a body with the maximum speed possible!

However our dogs did not quite understand how to share their sense of fun since the icy crust that covered the deep meringue of snow was not quite firm enough to bear their weight and every other step had that sinking feeling.

It was perhaps the one and only time when walking on four legs is harder work than on two!

Looking ahead to the warmer weather, and to encourage the kids to

play off the road, we hear from Heather Baldock that the lease for the Playpark land above the Village Hall has been drawn up and ground-work to construct the new site can begin in earnest. The existing Playpark equipment, having been examined by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA), is to be refurbished under the current regulations and dismantled ready to be moved to its new site.

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With “good luck, fair weather and a following wind” the Playpark will be up and running by this Autumn 2018. Fundraising is getting underway by approaching local businesses and groups, with the hope of adding more up-to-date items in the future. The Playpark Committee will do all they can to ensure the old site is left neat and tidy and that the new site is to everyone’s benefit.

Apart from a host of activities going on at “POGLES WOOD” Chattering in April p 47 , these are some other activities coming up: Saturday 7th April – SPRING CLEAN inside (and outside) the Church from 9.30 am Saturday 7th April – COFFEE MORNING AND TABLE-TOP SALE at The Old Vicarage; 10.30 – 12 noon Thursday 19th April – ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING in the church at 7.30 pm Saturday 28th April – “PIMM’S IN THE PEWS” CONCERT in the church at 7.30pm

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PARISH CLERK LEIGH PARISH COUNCIL Applications are invited for the role of Parish Clerk to Leigh Parish Council.

The job will entail working from home and attending bi-monthly Parish Council meetings. The successful applicant will be required to provide professional support and guidance in respect of all aspects of the Council’s work, including acting as Responsible Finance Officer over a small budget.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated person with good interpersonal, verbal, written and IT skills. Ideally with experience, although a handover and training will be provided.

Salary Scale LC2 point 15. Pro rata £8.83 per hour. The post is initially 4 hours per week – working from home If you are interested in applying for this position, please send a copy of your CV with a covering letter to the Chair of Parish Council sandra.leighpc@btinternet.com Informal enquiries may be made to Sandra Scutt 01935 873189

SPRING LITTER BLITZ Thank you to those in Leigh who responded to Paul Orchard’s recent circular concerning an early spring blitz on the litter that has appeared over the past year in our verges. Paul again liaised with DCC to provide the necessary equipment; 15 Leigh and surrounding families responded to the call, and collected some 14 plastic bags worth of general litter, and three green recycling boxes of discarded bottles. A heart-felt thank you to all of those who so willingly and generously participated.

As per last year, we still seem to have a ‘serial chucker’ of inexpensive whisky and Australian Shiraz (last year it was ‘Andrew Peace’, this year it’s ‘Lime Tree’ – see photo. The trail comes into the village on

the road from Sherborne, and appears to end in Batcombe - see the February edition of the WVM). If you think you know who is responsible, please leave this piece in front of them.

Maybe they’ll show some community spirit and take their litter home this year.

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LUNCH CLUB Leigh Village Hall

12.30 Tuesday 17th April bookings by

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Our Next Show will be on

Monday 16th April 2018 7:30 pm

For Reservations or more Fish Pie details: Ring Connie 01935 872946

Mashed potatoes & Peas Fruit Crumble & Custard For Reservations or more details: Ring Connie 01935 872946

The results for the March draw are:

Annette Bening Jamie Bell Julie Walters star in

All 180 balls have been sold this year and as a result of the increased income we have increased the prize money!

There will now be 4 prizes each month (March 2018 through February 2019): £40, £20, £10 and £5; except for December which will have 5 prizes: £100, £80, £50, £30 and £20.

We hope that this increased return on your investment will heighten your excitement! Results are also published on the Leigh Village website: www.leighvillage.org.uk/

Doors (and Bar) open 7pm Ice Creams in the Interval Tickets £6 on the door or from Leigh Village Shop.

Any questions: Bob Cutler 01935 873269 robert_cutler@btinternet.com www.leighvillage.org.uk/events/moviola/

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APRIL 2018 It has been delightful to see the bulbs coming up either side of the church porch. We really seem to have reached Spring – fingers crossed! Please keep the morning of Saturday 7th April free for a SPRING CLEAN inside and outside the church from 9.30am. It will be good for you…and the church! Many thanks.

Much less pleasantly, but still on the subject of the churchyard, we have discovered several piles of dog poo recently and would very much appreciate owners clearing up their dog’s mess. We will be putting a notice on the front gate as well to remind people.

We had a very jolly COFFEE MORNING in March and hope to see everyone for the next one on Tuesday 3rd April. It is so good to see the church full of folk chattering away and enjoying themselves.

The ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING will be held in the church on Thursday 19th April at 7.30pm. We’ll be gathering at 7pm for drinks and nibbles and hope you will join us then. This is YOUR church and the meeting is your chance to tell us what you think about services, events etc. and to share other ideas you may have.

We have our next “PIMM’S IN THE PEWS” concert in the church on Saturday 28th April in the evening, when Anthony Dodds and Colin Thompson will be performing classical guitar duets. Get your tickets now!

Our next JUST BREAKFAST will be on Sunday 6th May from 9.00am when we will be serving freshly cooked bacon or sausage baps, poached eggs, croissants etc. in the church.

Look out for our first and very special LEIGH BOOK DAY in the church on Saturday 12th May. You can browse and read from a variety of books for all ages and every hour from 10am to 3 pm a variety of people will read to you from some of their favourite writers.

Looking ahead, keep the weekend of 14th-15th July free for this year’s CHURCH OPEN WEEKEND, to include lots of things to do, see and eat and to incorporate the traditional Clipping the Church.

Make sure you put our CAR BOOT SALE in your diary. It will be at the Village Hall from 9am on Sunday 2ⁿd September.

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PIMMS IN THE PEWS St Andrew’s Church, Leigh Saturday 28th April at 7.30 pm This is a concert of classical guitar duets performed by two master musicians, Anthony Dodds and Colin Thompson.

Anthony graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 1988 and has been performing and teaching classical guitar for over thirty years. Colin’s professional musical pedigree goes back even further and includes six years with the English Guitar Quartet, of which he was a founder member.

St Andrew’s Church, Leigh, with its excellent acoustics and intimate atmosphere, presents the ideal setting for this concert. This special evening will feed you with a feast of good music, drinks and nibbles (during the interval).

The perfect thing for a spring evening.

Don’t miss out. Get your tickets from Bridge Stores in Leigh or contact me to reserve your ticket eddie@folksw.org.uk 01963 210485.

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LEIGH BOOK DAY St Andrew’s Church, Leigh Saturday 12th May from 10am This is a day to celebrate books and reading and to raise money to buy a mobile bookcase and develop the children’s area of the church.

There will be a range of books, magazines and newspapers for you to read, or you could bring along a book you are currently reading and just can’t put down.

Every hour, on the hour, from 10am to 3pm, we will be treated to a variety of local people reading from their favourite writer and at 11.30 am, 1.30 pm and 3.30 pm there will be a storywalk in the churchyard.

The kettle will be on from 10am – 4pm to provide an almost limitless supply of tea and coffee to accompany a variety of cakes and biscuits.

We hope this will become an annual event and we have ideas for bringing in a celebrity author to round off the day.

There will be second hand books for sale and if you have books you’d like to donate please let us know beforehand.

We do hope you’ll enjoy and support the day.

Philippa Toulson & Eddie Upton

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We were delighted to welcome pupils from Leweston Prep’ school to the Old Vicarage recently. They are embarking on a play about life in a care home. The residents were thrilled to see them, especially when they sang one of the songs from the play.

Several residents went on trips to see the snowdrops in Compton Valence and enjoyed of cups of tea and delicious cake in the tiny village hall.

Our mini bus trips start with a pub lunch at The Prince of Wales in Ham Hill. As the weather improves we will venture further afield. is Our . We welcome donations for the raffle and tombola as well as produce and cakes.

We are raising funds for

again this year. Everybody is most welcome!

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the community for pulling together and helping out when the snow struck last month. Many staff were unable to get in, so we were extremely grateful to everyone who turned out.

Thank you!

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e welcome two new families the to the village. Rob and Ali Lewis with sons James at Exeter Uni and Tom just finishing his A levels who have moved to the Dairy House ( ex Robin & Carol Debell) with an assortment of dogs, cats and a horse. Rob is a GP in Sherborne and Ali works with autistic children at Preston School.

The Jankowski (pronounced Yanchofski) family have moved to Prince’s Farm (ex Fiona Williams). Mother Helen and two daughters Barbara & Suzanne who have sold three houses to move in here together with two rescue dogs Roxy & Lily, one from Ireland and one from Romania, four cats, three of which are brothers from Cyprus.

Hope they will all be very happy in Ryme, and we look forward to seeing them at our litter picks & churchyard tidy ups that will be upon us soon.

This year’s share of our Christmas services went to SCHOOL IN A BAG who have sent three bags to Tasous School in Cambodia; these are numbered 52237 to 52239, and you can track them at www.schoolinabag.org.

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N LIKE A LION AND OUT LIKE A LAMB” - the traditional description for March. Emma and the Beast (from the east) may not qualify as a lion but they really gave it us. Roads only semi-passable, many not at all. The field by Mill Lane like a living Lowry painting. Little figures silhouetted against the snowy field and a lowering sky (pardon the pun). Within days however it was like spring again, albeit the Wriggle being rather high.

Simon Eadon

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LOCAL HERO. While on the subject of weather, most of our road difficulties are caused by rain - and the Wriggle - with, possibly, the occasional snow-melt.

Unbeknownst to most of us Julian Bennett has been clearing the gullies and drains by Bow Bridge. So let’s say a big thank you to Julian for keeping the road free from floods and allowing us to drive through safely over the past months. And thanks too, to John and Lorraine for bringing this to our attention CLEAN UP YETMINSTER. Last month’s attempt at a clean up was thwarted by the bad weather. However, “We shall overcome”. The BIG CLEAN UP will now take place on Saturday 14th April. There are more details further on in the mag but if you are able to help, please meet at the Jubilee Hall, Church Street at 10am.

FOLLY FARM. Burrington Estates are the developer. Based in the South West this will be their first development in Dorset. They gave a presentation to the Parish Council and many residents were there too. There will be a “DROP IN” SESSION SATURDAY

21ST APRIL so residents can have another chance to see what is proposed and ask further questions, see notice page 31. The council will of course be keeping a close eye on things as the planning process continues. In the meantime, further information can be found at: www.burringtonestates.com/newhomes/yetminster/ and on p 32.

GET WELL SOON. All our best wishes and hopes for a speedy recovery go out to David Fogden. Having had a fall outside the Jubilee Hall he was taken off to the Yeatman with suspected broken ribs.

Perfect timing a week before his granddaughter’s wedding. However from his convalescence at The Willows he managed to attend the wedding, and the reception afterwards. At the time of writing the painful bruising is being controlled by painkillers but he is reported to be, inevitably with David I am pleased to say, in very good spirits.

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NEWS FROM ST ANDREW’S CHURCH April.....our joyful Eastertide!

Easter Day this year being on April 1st, we start the month with the Church's most joyful day.... Not to mention a few Easter eggs!

On Saturday 7th April we have an ANTIQUES VALUATION DAY, thanks to Dukes of Dorchester experts Marc Allum & Lee Young, as seen on the BBC Antiques Roadshow. So bring along your treasures and you might find there's cash from your attic! Refreshments all day from 10 am to 4pm included in the entry of £5. This event starts off our year of fundraising for the St. Andrews Restoration Appeal.

Looking ahead to May, our next event will be on Friday 4th May at 7.30 pm SCHOLA CANTORUM will perform TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE BAT at St. Andrews Church.

Prior to their appearance at Sherborne Abbey Festival, Leweston School’s Senior Choir will entertain us with an Alice-in-Wonderland themed concert. £10 at the door.

May we remind all dog walkers that there are poo bags available at St Andrew's? As you go into the church, they are on the shelf below the notice board on your left. Please could all dog walkers pick up their dog's poos in and around the churchyard, paths especially.

The churchyard is a sacred space enjoyed by many visitors and local residents.

Best wishes Clare Lindsay and David Gould Churchwardens

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Keep Britain Tidy is launching its biggest-ever litter campaign in what will be the largest national clean up project the UK has ever seen!

THE GREAT BRITISH SPRING CLEAN, will be taking place in March and The Parish Council is supporting this event and is seeking your help to clean up Yetminster (although a little later due to the bad weather!).

To quote Geoff Goater, The YRIPC chairman “it’s about getting all those people who care about the village environment to take action. We know that people are concerned about the appearance of their local area and so we want them to feel that they can do something about it and that they are not alone in caring."

MARATHON MAN You may have seen me running around the lanes of the Wriggle Valley recently on Saturday mornings trying to look like I am having fun!

The reason for my efforts is that I am in training for the London Marathon in April. I have run a few half marathons in the past but this will be my first full marathon.

So we are looking for Super Heroes to join us in this community Spring Clean and clean up our streets and open spaces as part of this nationwide initiative.

If you have a couple of hours to spare, please come and join us.

No experience necessary!

Meet at the Jubilee Hall, Church Street at 10am on Saturday 14th April Sacks and pickers will be provided but please bring any tools (gloves, broom, rake, shovels etc.) that might be useful.

All ages welcome and refreshments will be served at 12 noon. We look forward to seeing you.

David Torrance

I am running on behalf of Independent Age. Independent Age is a charity that enables older people to stay independent and live well with dignity, choice and control. They offer advice and guidance as well as providing friendship services for older people who are feeling lonely and isolated.

If you would like to support me as I raise money for this worthwhile cause please visit my Just Giving page at www.justgiving.com/C-whitlock Alternatively please phone 07718978832 to pledge your support.

I am currently up to around 18 miles and counting so hopefully I am on track. I will let you know how I get on.

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NEWS FROM YETMINSTER COMMUNITY PROJECT

Our next event at the Jubilee Hall is a welcome return of THE FAT MARROW BLUES Band on Sunday 6th May at 7.30pm – tickets will be £10 to include a hog-roast supper (with vegetarian option). There will be a well-stocked bar, and dancing shoes are essential. Email bookings are being taken now, and tickets will be in the Spar from early May. Our SUMMER QUIZ will be on Saturday 9th June at 7.30 in the Jubilee Hall, and tickets can now be reserved at £5 per person, with a maximum of 6 per team. As usual it will be a light-hearted affair set by Simon, Harvey and team, and you are invited to bring your own supper and drinks.

If you are not already on our mailing list and would like to get information about our events, and an opportunity to reserve tickets in advance, please email us: ycp873@gmail.com.

We are now in a position to offer grants to local organisations, so if you have a project which would benefit from extra funds please email us with the details. We have recently made a donation to the Guides, and we are also planning to help with the cost of some new chairs for the hall.

Ray Drewett

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YETMINSTER AND RYME INTRINSECA PARISH COUNCIL CHAIRMANS BLOG Evening all, As I was writing this, it felt like Spring had sort of arrived after that very unwelcome stuff at the beginning of March. That didn’t last long thank goodness but it was really gratifying to see some good-neighbourliness in our close with people clearing paths and helping some of the less able residents.

Thanks to all who helped. Now Spring is really here, it’s time for THE BIG VILLAGE CLEANUP. I was hoping that we could have done it last month but it seemed a lot of people were away on the chosen day – sooooo, it has been rescheduled for Sat 14th April, so come into the village from 10-12 and help us clean up (equipment provided).

Another opportunity the week before, why not take your wonderful antiques to be valued by Dukes at the Jubilee Hall on 7th April between 10 and 4pm ? There will be professional valuations and delicious brunches (or afternoon teas later in the day) and you’ll be helping the Church Restoration Fund as well to preserve St Andrews for future generations. Do come along.

March Parish Council was an interesting meeting. Apart from the usual business, there was a presentation from Burrington Estates who are the preferred builder for

Folly Farm. There was a lot of interest in the visual displays they brought and there was quite a lively Q and A session afterwards.

Once again, it was wonderful to see so many residents come along. We also discussed the Dorset Best Village competition and there’s a very strong contender for a possible nomination in one of the categories. We’re working on it and fingers crossed, it would be really special for participants and organisers if there were county-wide recognition for the great work done. Watch this space.

Next month’s Parish Council will be the ANNUAL PARISH MEETING. We will invite all the local clubs, societies and organisations along to give us a two-minute outline of what they have been doing, and their plans for the coming year. It’s been suggested that we have the meeting in the Jubilee Hall rather than the School - I will have to check with the Bowls Club if it could be free on 4th April but there will be flyers round the parish with the venue. Please come if you can, it would be good to have a large turnout to support the village.

We have a ‘committee meeting’ in the White Hart at 6pm on a Friday whenever possible and it’s brilliant to see the pub so well used. Blanche and Alex and team are doing a great job. Thanks from us all.

Run out of words so all for now Best wishes, Geoff Goater

There will be a “ ” session at the Jubilee Hall, Church Street, on between to enable residents to look at, and comment on the proposals for the development of the “Folly Farm” site in Thornford Road.

There will be display panels showing what the development could look like and Parish Councillors will be on hand to discuss the proposals. It is also hoped that a representative from developers, Burrington Estates, will be available.

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are delighted to be bringing a collection of homes to Thornford Road, Yetminster. Preplanning presentations have already taken place, allowing local residents to provide feedback on the designs and ask any questions. Development Director, David Matthews, recently attended the local Parish Council meeting to introduce the developer and plans for the new homes.

The proposals are for one, two, three, four and five bedroom homes which have been sensitively designed to complement local village architecture and the surrounding landscape. All Burrington Estates properties are built to an executive standard that exceeds expectations, with stunning finishes and adaptable interiors.

Each home will have at least two parking spaces and good-sized rear gardens. The site layout takes consideration for on-site foul and surface water drainage, public open space and a foot path linking to Stonyacres.

Inside, homeowners can find a British built-in kitchen with integrated appliances, luxury fitted carpets and ceramic tiles. Energy efficiency is at the forefront of the development with smart heating controls and excellent insulation levels throughout. All homeowners will receive a complimentary, one day concierge service to assist with putting up pictures frames and hanging curtains.

As part of the section 106 agreement, Burrington Estates will provide financial support for educational facilities in the vicinity. There will also be 29 affordable units.

Work will begin in late 2018 and will continue for approximately two years.

Burrington Estates will make use of the fantastic local trade base, as well as directly and indirectly increase employment, helping to boost the local economy. The national speed limit will be reduced to 30mph on Thornford Road - both aiming to provide a safe pedestrian and cycle environment. Help to buy will be available on the homes.

Burrington Estates New Homes are an award-winning residential developer with an increasingly outstanding portfolio in the West Country. The company pride themselves on creating executive, design-led homes that are built to meet the needs of local communities.

The site has already received strong interest and Burrington Estates are delighted the village is taking an active interest.

Ongoing health and safety will occur as well as a facility for future communication between on-site teams and existing residents.

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GUITAR CONCERT AT ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH On Saturday evening 24th February our Hamlet’s lovely St Michael’s Church played host to celebrated guitarist Samantha Muir.

Sherborne resident Samantha, together with fellow musician Lara Taylor performed a varied and brilliantly rendered repertoire of classical music and self-composed pieces on Classical Guitar, Ukulele and a unique Portuguese stringed instrument known as a ‘Machete de Braga’ - a tiny stringed instrument that pre-dates the ukulele. An audience of 40

visitors and villagers were all delightedly impressed by the superb musicianship on display and were also entertained by Samantha’s interesting anecdotes about both the compositions concerned and the range of instruments.

The audience contained some of Samantha’s guitar and ukulele students and fortuitously a Beer Hackett resident, John Trench, also learning classical guitar, won the raffle first prize – a CD of Brazilian classical guitar music played and donated

by Samantha.

Revd Ann Budgell thanked Samantha and Lara on behalf of the Three Valleys Benefice, noting our discovery that St. Michael’s has perfect acoustics for musical performances.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS The concert was one of a number of events and entertainments being planned

by St Michael’s PCC to both raise funds for maintenance of the Church and to encourage the use of building for more community use.

CHORAL CONCERT - Kathy Smyth & the Trinity Entertainers. Evening of Saturday 7th July – St Michael’s Church Kathryn grew up in Beer Hackett in the 1950’s and has fond memories as a child of attending Sunday School and services at St Michael’s.

VILLAGE TEA PARTY featuring The Wriggle Valley Jazz Band Afternoon of Sunday 8th July – Church & Grounds Our annual fete –everyone welcome.

Fun, food & great entertainments.

FRIENDS OF ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH As part of an active approach to fund raising, St Michael’s PCC are exploring the idea of setting up a ‘Friends Scheme’ to support the preservation and enhancement of the church. If you would like further information or to support this initiative please contact John Bingham on john.jbt@btinternet.com

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Car Boot Sale Coffee Morning/Bring & Buy Leigh Discussion Club Ice, Fire & Fjords Mike Spencer & AGM

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Coffee morning for School in a Bag 10.30am- Old Vicarage, Leigh 12 Church Spring Clean

Mon

9

8am 10.30am 7.30pm

Alweston St Andrew's Church, Leigh Leigh Village Hall

10.30am- St Andrew's Church, Leigh 12

Coffee Morning

10am-12

Yetminster Methodist Church

Batcombe Jumble Sale

2.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

Antiques Valuation by Dukes for Church Restoration Fund

10am4pm

Jubilee Hall, Yetminster

Pogles Wood Holiday Club Chetnole & Leigh Garden Club Hostas, Heucheras, Helebores

Pogles Wood 7.30pm

Chetnole Village Hall

Tues

10 Y&RG Soc The Making of the English Countryside

7.30pm

Jubilee Hall, Yetminster

Thur

12 Text & Textile, distaff & spinning demonstration

11am2pm

Sherborne Museum

Fri Sat

13 APCM 14 Jazz Café Just Misbehavin' Big Village Clean Up

6pm 7.30pm 10am

St Hippolytus Church, Ryme Chetnole Village Hall Jubilee Hall, Yetminster

Mon

16 Moviola Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

7.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

Tues

17 WVMU In Mary Sumner's Footsteps

3pm

Barnstones, Leigh

7.30pm

Gable Court, Yetminster

WVWG Children of Kenya Daryl Fletcher Wed

18 Dorset Wildlife Trust Farne Islands 7pm Neil Gartshore

Memorial hall, Digby Road

Thur Fri Sun

19 APCM, drinks & nibbles 20 PTFA Bingo 22 NGS Open Gardens

Tues Sat

24 Leigh WI AGM 7.30pm 28 Pimms in the Pews Classical guitar 7.30pm Anthony Dodds & Colin Thompson

Leigh Village Hall St Andrew's Church, Leigh

Sun

29 Spring Walk

Hermitage

7pm St Andrew's Church, Leigh 6:30 PM St Andrew’s Primary School 11.30am- Frankham Farm, Ryme 5pm

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Fri

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Leweston Girls' Choir for St 7.30pm Andrew’s Church Restoration Fund

10am

Jubilee Hall, Yetminster St Andrew's Church, Yetminster

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St Aldhelm's Big School Reunion 6pmfor Meningitis Research Foundation midnight

Oxley Sports Centre, Sherborne

Yetminster & Ryme Garden Society 10.30am- Cross Farm, Yetminster Plant Sale 12 Sun

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Breakfast

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St Andrew's Church, Leigh

Tues

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YCP Fat Marrows Blues Band

7.30pm

Jubilee Hall, Yetminster

Yetminster & Ryme Garden Society 7.30pm Tales of a local Iconographer

Jubilee Hall, Yetminster

Sat

12 Leigh Book Day

10am3pm

St Andrew's Church, Leigh

Bingo Night

7.30pm

Chetnole Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall

Mon

14 C&LG Club Stumperies, Ferns and Shady friends Andrew Tolman

7.30pm

Fri

18 Chet Comm Choir Spring Concert

7.30pm

Sat Sun

19 Chet Comm Choir Spring Concert 20 WVCC home v Stour Provost

2:30 PM

Sun

27 Yetminster Open Gardens

Tues

29 Leigh WI Looking Good, Feeling Fab

7.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

Wed

30 Woodland Wednesday

12-3pm

Pogles Wood

11.30am

Frankham Farm, Ryme

2pm

Chetnole Playing Field Yetminster

Yetminster & Ryme Garden Society Coach trip tp Bath & West Show

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NGS Open Gardens WVCC Memorial event for Tim Edwards

Tues

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Coffee morning/ Bring & Buy

10.30am

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Quiet Day in the Garden Leigh Discussion Club Outing to Tiverton

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Chetnole Village Hall Yetminster Sports Club 7.30pm

Jubilee Hall, Yetminster

6-9pm

Vickerage Farm, East Chaldon

Yetminster & Ryme Garden Society 7.30pm Willow Sculpture Demonstration

Jubilee Hall, Yetminster

Sun

17 Batcombe Cream Teas

Hilfield Friary

Wed

20 Leigh Candle Auction

7.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

Thur

21 WVCC home v Cattistock Hunt

6pm

Chetnole Playing Field

Wed

27 Woodland Wednesday

12-3pm

Pogles Wood

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Village Tea Party

Leigh Village Hall

Mon

2

Tues Wed

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Chetnole &Leigh Garden Club Garden party at member's garden Coffee Morning/ Bring & Buy 10.30am WVCC home v Thornford 6.15pm

St Andrew's Church, Leigh Chetnole Playing Field

Sat

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Choral Concert Kathy Smyth & the Trinity Entertainers

St Michael's Church, Beer Hackett

Sun

8

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Village Tea Party& Wriggle Valley Jazz Band 10 Yetminster & Ryme Garden Society 3pm Summer Garden Party

St Michael's Church, Beer Hackett Jubilee Hall, Yetminster

10 Leigh Discussion Club Evening boat trip to Dancing Ledge 14 Yetminster Fair Church Open Weekend

St Andrew's Church, Leigh

Sun

15 Church Open Weekend

St Andrew's Church, Leigh

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General News RURAL RHYMES AND REMINISCING.

If Aunty called when we were young, my Mum would say “I wish she'd rung”!

We weren't allowed in the front room, whilst Mum raced round with mop and broom.

The table would be set just so, our faces scrubbed and all aglow.

A tin of ham in aspic jelly, a special treat for our young bellies.

Crusts cut off the buttered bread, with blocks of cheese or salmon spread.

Hard boiled eggs and salad cream, a feast of which we used to dream.

I have worked for the last fourteen years at The Old Vicarage Care Home in Leigh. I started as a carer before developing the activity and events programme.

I reached the grand age of sixty last summer and with some trepidation I have decided to go self employed and reach out with my reminiscing sessions into the community and other local care homes. I will always be grateful to Annie and the Old Vicarage for having the vision to give me so many opportunities to develop my pathway.

Poetry has a rhythm and a beat and like music is a very powerful tool, especially reaching out to those affected by dementia and memory loss.

By combining simple rhymes with the memorabila I have been collecting in recent years I have been able to develop unique sessions full of laughter and joy. Topics range from potties and powder puffs to farming and tractor driving.

My background is farming and my poetry books have proved to be a great hit in the farming community. Find out what life is really like on the farm side of the gate!

I have also tailored sessions suitable for groups and I am happy to adapt the topics to suit the session.

For more information or to book a session phone 07814954784 or email ruralrandr@gmail.com and see the memories come to life!

Jan Millward

Fruit cocktail with a tin of milk, blancmange that was a smooth as silk.

A buttered scone, a sandwich cake.

Small jam tarts that we could make.

Tea in a pot in a warm cosy, flowers from the garden in a posy.

The posh tea cups we kept for best, that just came out for special guests.

And we would sit as quiet as mice, whilst Aunty said the cake was nice.

We listened to the ticking clock, in polished shoes and Sunday's frock.

Then we would asked to be excused, we were polite and never rude.

We were allowed to read a book, then curl up in the inglenook.

But Aunty she was always kind, and she would always leave behind a shiny sixpence for some sweets.

A very precious special treat.

I won't forget those childhood days, remembered as a golden haze.

And even now a powdered nose reminds me of my Aunty Rose!

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The Yetminster 1st cubs have been very busy over the past few months enjoying many fun activities. The cubs completed their scientist badge over a three-week period, experimenting with lots of fun things and creating some wonderful results.

The cubs made 3D models from the contour lines of an OS map helping them to understand the features displayed. They have been having fun learning to tie new knots and have made their own ‘cork’ compasses.

15 cubs spent a weekend at Osmington PGL with over a hundred other cubs from around the District. They took part in lots of activities including Fencing, Climbing, Abseiling, Tunnelling, High swing, Zipwire and wide games.

The cubs together with the beavers and scouts took part in the annual Remembrance Day service at St Andrew’s church and presented a ‘handmade’ poppy wreath on behalf of the Group made by the cubs.

For Christmas the cubs planned, organised and held their own party in the hut and enjoyed party games, music and lots of homemade party food before receiving their ‘secret Santa’ presents.

Several of the older cubs have moved up to the scout section and we have invested several new cubs into the pack during our visit to the conservation area at St Andrew’s school around the campfire and others during a local hike around the village.

Finally, we would all like to say a huge ‘Thank you’ to Jess who has now moved up to the scout troop to continue her leadership role there. The cubs have welcomed Lewis to the pack as one of our new leaders, Lewis has moved to us from the scout troupe.

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14th July 2018 May I remind you all that the date of this year’s Fair will be Saturday, 14th July.

We are busy booking the entertainment as well as taking bookings for the stalls.

However, there are lots of things to cover including the road closure, programme sponsor, getting the various clubs and organisations within the village involved, etc. and we are working hard at getting it all together.

Although we have a committee any volunteers would be welcome, especially on the day of the Fair. So, if you fancy helping out in any way, there are plenty of opportunities for you to do so either behind

the scenes or up-front wearing a high-vis vest directing traffic and visitors to the car park and the different venues. Do please think about it – you will be most welcome especially if you are new to Yetminster.

Barbara Driver, Chair, Yetminster Fair Committee

LOTTERY MARCH 2018 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

£100 No. 32 £50 No. 17 £25 No. 33 £15 No. 44

Mrs. A. Sparks Mrs. B. Driver Mrs. F. Bateman Mr. J. Bayfield

WANTED: GROUP SCOUT LEADER 1st Yetminster Scout Group are looking for an enthusiastic Group Scout Leader (GSL) to manage and support the Scout Group and its Leaders to ensure it runs effectively and that Scouting within the Group develops in accordance with the rules and policies of the Scout Association.

1st Yetminster Scout Group consists of Beavers, Cubs and Scouts sections. The group is very friendly with a team of dedicated section leaders, volunteers and an executive committee.

More information about the Scouting Association can be found on the Scouting Association’s website www.scouts.org.uk and more specific information about this voluntary role can be found by following this link: scouts.org.uk/media/796801/RoleDescription-for-a-GSL-vDec16pdf or by contacting Liz Ward by email at lizjward@hotmail.co.uk .

We envisage that this role would best be suited to a person with good organisational and communication skills who can give up some of their time to support and lead this important community group. The group will follow the Scout Association’s policies and guidelines when recruiting and the successful applicant must submit a DBS check. We look forward to hearing from you.

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APRIL HOLIDAY CLUB - Holiday Club dates for the Easter holidays are Monday 9th to Friday 13th April. Please book as early as you can. Half day 10am-12.30pm or 12.303pm £7.50 per child, full day 10-3pm, £15 per child. Email or download a booking form from our website.

WOODLAND WEDNESDAY - There will be no Woodland Wednesday on 25th April as I will be visiting a Kindergarten in Norway for a few days - Be prepared for me to bore you all to a stupor about it when I get back! Let me know if you would like to do Wednesday 18th April instead. The following Woodland Wednesdays will be 30th May and 27th June. As usual we will run every Wednesday throughout July and August The sessions run from 12noon-til 3pm and start with us all eating our picnic lunches (refreshments available).

SPECIAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS Both John Muir and Oliver Postgate had their birthdays in April (OP 12th and JM 21st) To celebrate we will be having a FAMILY ACTIVITY DAY on Saturday 14th April.

Come along and join in some outdoor fun and learn a bit about these two special people that have influenced so much of what we do.

Bring a picnic! It’s bound to be sunny and there will have to be birthday cake! 11am 2pm JOHN MUIR AWARD DAY - Wednesday 4th April 10am-3pm £12 After your success with the pop up shop, come and help plan the special celebration day!

FRESH AIR FRIDAY - A recent survey done in Finland indicates that to feel happier,

healthier and more creative, to lower your blood pressure and improve your wellbeing, you should spend at the least five hours per month outside in the natural environment.

So, in March we have been trialling Fresh Air Friday where adults can come to Pogles Wood on Friday mornings. Our first session on 2nd March coincided with the snow and was postponed and our second session coincided with muck spreading so wasn’t quite as Fresh as we might have hoped!

Things have picked up a bit since then so it is not too late to come along and join in.

You can walk, jog, saw logs, do things in the growing area, write, draw, make things or just sit quietly and think. If you want to you can drink tea or coffee and chat to your friends, or any combination of those things, and hopefully participants will begin to have their own ideas about what they want to do.

We have already planned to start a giant natural weaving! The current sessions will run on 30th March and 6th April. There is a small charge of £5 per session with a discount for booking several sessions. The next series of sessions begin on 11th May. PARTIES - We are taking bookings for birthday parties for children and adults, please email with any enquiries.

Philippa Toulson

For more info. Email: phillipa.toulson@gmail.com or email:hello@pogleswoodexplorers.org.uk or web:www.pogleswoodexplorers.org.uk/what-we-do/education

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HOODWINKED

One Saturday night in February, the Junior Wriggle Valley Players performed “HOODWINKED”-this modern Robin Hood musical was great fun to perform and was enjoyed by children and parents alike.

Robin Hood was back in town, along with Maid Marian, the Sheriff of Nottingham, Friar Tuck and Richard the Lionheart for one night only.

This clever play was narrated by Simon The Pie Man (Imogen Noyes) and took us through the despair of the villagers as they were so heavily taxed by the evil Sheriff to the excitement of joining forces with Robin (played by Chloe Jepson) and his Merry Men (Little John – Alfie Bowditch & Friar Tuck – Penny Herbert) to fight for freedom.

Robin succeeded in freeing the people of Nottingham from the tyranny of the wicked Sheriff (Harrison Parks) and his deputy ( Robert Thorne). King

Richard (Clara Noyes) returned from the Crusades in time to save the day, pardoning Robin. Maid Marian (Lucy Orton) successfully got her man after a fight in her rooms between the Sheriff’s men and Robin’s men where the climax of the play finished with a fight scene and the song “ Stop The Fighting!”

This was a swashbuckling modern adaptation of the traditional Robin Hood story, Hoodwinked had our fantastic audience 'booing' and 'hissing' with gusto.

The children performed with a professionalism that was inspirational, learning both 11 songs and a quick witty script. They interacted with the audience (especially the taxi drivers played by Georgina and Harriet Goodwin-Dickens) and reacted to the each scene.

The children aged between 5-15 years took the performance in their stride.

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Many thanks to all who helped make this such a successful show. Thanks to Julia Jepson and Kate Bowditch for their work on the bar and also Rachel Saddington and Johnny Herbert for managing front of house.

Thank you also to the sound and lighting people: Will Geeson, JJ, Steve Fisher and Colin Hart. A huge thank you also to Jane Fisher, who helped with all aspects of the show and helps to the group runs so smoothly.

The original aims of the JUNIOR WRIGGLE VALLEY PLAYERS are to help young children develop their confidence and introduce them to the joys and experiences that drama can offer are definitely paying off.

We try to perform two shows a year and on top of that we have our own award ceremony, perform to parents and sing in Sherborne Abbey at Christmas So if you have a child between the aged five and above, who is interested in joining our group, or you are interested yourself why not come along!

For more information contact Caroline Hart on 01935 872471 or email hartc@talk21.com.

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...gone gardening GROWING RASPBERRIES Raspberries are a versatile soft fruit.

They provide vitamin C, and have many health benefits. To extend the season in the garden it is a good idea to have several different types of raspberry bush as each variety has a different fruiting time. This will ensure that you can pick raspberries from early July to late September. For our family I keep four or five different bushes and these will keep us going and provide a handful of raspberries for each of us every day with our muesli or morning yoghurt. But be sure to pick them early in the morning before the birds decide to go foraging in your bushes. I remember my father growing them in lines down the garden supported by posts and wires. It looked very tidy and complicated. He was feeding a family of eight. Find a bright sunny place in the garden and expect the bushes to look a bit untidy and they might need a support when they get growing especially if they are a prickly variety. With new canes do not expect a huge crop in the first year as the bush will be establishing itself. A raspberry bush needs a little care, to ensure continued productivity. They enjoy a good top dressing of well rotted manure every year to keep them productive and healthy and a

timely prune.

Pruning Summer Fruits Remove all weak canes to the ground in early spring. Leave 10-12 of the healthiest canes, about Âź inches in diameter, with 6-inch spacing. Tip prune any that may have suffered cold damage. Following the summer harvest prune off the old fruiting canes to the ground.

Pruning Autumn Fruits These can be pruned for either one crop or two. For two crops prune as you would summer bearing varieties, then again after the autumn harvest prune to the ground. If only one crop is desired, then there is no need to prune in summer. Instead, cut all canes to the ground in spring. There will be no summer crop, only one in autumn using this method.

Note: Yellow varieties are also available and their pruning is the same as for the red types. There are also varieties that can be cultivated in pots on the terrace. I have one called Ruby Beauty, an early fruiting dwarf bush.

The better you treat your raspberry bushes the better crop you will get.

Get stuck in! Happy Gardening!

Sue Dodge

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GENERAL EVENTS OUT & ABOUT

Out & About Dorset Wildlife Trust Sherborne Group WEDNESDAY 18 APRIL at 7.00pm

‘THE FARNE ISLANDS’ Neil Gartshore Birder, photographer and publisher.

Author of “The Birdwatchers Year Book 2018” At the Memorial Church Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne

Admission £2.50 – refreshments on arrival New members and visitors welcome

APRIL AT MINTERNE GARDENS "April hath put a spirit of youth in everything."- William Shakespeare As you would expect at this time of year, the garden will be full of rhododendrons such as Rh. sinogrande, Rh. augustinii, Rh. falconeri to name just a few of the many varieties at Minterne.

Magnolia sieboldii and other Magnolias will be in flower.

Cherry Avenue will be in its full glory with cascading blooms.

Whether you are a fan of wildflowers or Minterne’s historical collection of stunning rhododendrons, the garden is worth a visit this month as it reaches its peak & ushers in the spring.

Gardens Open 10am-6pm daily. www.minterne.co.uk

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Cerne Abbas & District Royal British Legion As a consequence of a wider reconfiguration of RBL branch boundaries in central and west Dorset, the area covered by the Cerne Abbas & District RBL has

recently been increased and part of the extended footprint is covered by the reach of the .

The branch is very keen to make contact with RBL members in its new area who may not know to which branch they now belong.

Should you fall into this category could you please contact Duncan Fergusson at

DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’RE SIGNING UP TO? Many companies lure people into buying goods or services from them by tempting “free” or “money off” offers. While you can get some good deals this way it is important to be sure that you are not signing up to a subscription for something you don’t want.

This isn’t always obvious as the advertisement will refer to a free trial, limited offer or a sample. However if a company asks for your bank account details it’s usually so they can set up a direct debit that allows them to take money from your account on a regular basis.

If you’re buying on line after seeing an advertisement the first thing to establish is whether it’s from a genuine company. Check if there’s a padlock symbol next to the address bar, the web address starts with ‘https’ and the company’s address has a street name - not a PO box number. If the website has logos showing membership of other organisations - like the Direct Marketing Association - it’s worth checking this is genuine.

Once you’re sure the company is genuine, read the terms and conditions to find out what you’ll pay and for how long, what you’ll get for your money and, most importantly, if they’ll charge you after the offer ends and how to cancel the payments. If you want to go ahead but the offer involves signing up for a subscription that you don’t want then make sure you don’t forget to instruct your bank to cancel the direct debit.

There is more advice on how to deal with this or any other problem on our website www.citizensadvice.org.uk.

Alternatively call 0344 2451291 or visit www.westdorsetca.org.uk. If you need further help an appointment can be made to see an adviser at Sherborne CA, the Manor House, Newland. DT9 3JL. Next magazine is MAY 2018, 12th APRIL for news, views, photos & previews please

GENERAL EVENTS OUT & ABOUT

TEXT AND TEXTILE in SHERBORNE MUSEUM Academics, writers and artists have long been fascinated by the interface between the fabric of language and the language of fabric. The word textile describing all forms of cloth comes from the Latin textus, the past participle of texere, to weave; also from textus comes text, the wording of anything written or printed. Many of the terms we use to describe our interactions with words are derived from this common linguistic root and numerous expressions associated with reading and writing are drawn from the rich vocabulary of cloth. We weave a narrative, spin a yarn, follow a thread of thought, fabricate a lie and embroider the truth, for example.

This year we decided to explore this concept to throw a different light on our wonderful collections and to involve all the various teams in constructing an exhibition that would encompass the whole museum. Sherborne itself was founded on cloth manufacture and is also renowned as a centre for education so this topic seemed particularly appealing.

All through the museum you will be able to see artefacts relating to this theme, from the Welsh slate weaving combs and bone pins in the Gibb Gallery, the 1820 address to King George IV from the townspeople of Sherborne, the handwritten note from Thomas Hardy in support of our 1905 Pageant, the Bishop’s Bible and the poignant Unfinished Quilt.

The lives and stories behind the artefacts from our document and costume

collection are like spun threads, knitted and interwoven into the fabric of our community.

On Thursday 12th April from 11am – 2pm we have invited local weaver Kathy Henderson to bring her distaff and spinning wheels for a demonstration, as well as some drop spindles for you to have a go! Have fun with fibres including sheep's wool, camel hair, alpaca, silk and flax. Kathy will be revealing all the beautiful natural dyes she creates from plants and trees so the museum will be a rainbow of colour and textures. Free family event, though donations will be welcome.

The museum will be fully open for the summer season from Tuesday 26th March.

Open Tues – Sat 10.30-4.30. FREE ADMISSION.

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NEWS FROM ST ANDREW’S CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL St Andrew’s CE Primary contributed work to a fabulous art exhibition hosted by Sherborne Prep school in March which included colourful work by all of our pupils, along with many other local area schools. Our theme of tropical rainforests included amazing toucans, parrots, lizards, flying frogs, dream catchers, carnival cloths and Ghanaian Kente Cloth. We have displayed a highlight of some of this lovely art work by the office lobby.

On the 8th March our Year 4 and Year 5 pupils took part in the Sherborne Pyramid Music Group, project ‘OLIVER’ held at Yeovil’s Gateway conference centre.

Many local primary schools practised over several months in advance and came together for this event which included several hundred children on stage and culminated in a show performance at the end of a day’s workshop for families and carers. The children were truly in the spirit of the Victorian era in wonderful costumes assembled by parents and the standard of singing was very high and the children were buzzing with excitement.

WORLD BOOK DAY, held a week late due to the school being closed because

of the snow disruption, was an extravaganza of magical characters of the book world. We had a vast array of characters attend school including Master Bun the Baker, The Tiger who Came for Tea, Matilda’s and several Alice’s from Alice in Wonderland, Angelina Ballerina and Mrs Kampf as Peter Rabbit. The day was based around the well-known book by Oliver Jeffers, The Day the Crayons Quit.

The ‘crayons’ had escaped around the school and each class was tasked with finding them.

Ten pupils from Year 6 have completed Bikeability Level 1 cycle training which teaches young cyclists how to be safe whilst cycling on the road. They are set to move onto Level 2 in the summer term.

Our Headteacher Designate Mrs Julie Simpson has made several visits to our school to meet pupils and staff and will commence formally in her new role on Monday 16th April at the start of the summer term. We are delighted to welcome her and her family to our wonderful school community.

Nicki Ralph, Interim Head

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CHURCH NEWS

Our Church Communities NEWS FROM THE THREE VALLEYS’ TEAM Another time he said "

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I have two thoughts for you as we approach the Easter season. I think both are valid for this time of year or indeed anytime we want to engage with the spiritual life. The first is about the value of stories and is particularly appropriate because we have been looking at Jesus’ stories during the Lent course. The second is about prayer and how to approach it.

In Jewish mythology there is the story of the teacher who gave his teaching only in parables and stories, which his disciples listened to with pleasure and occasional frustration. They clearly did not understand all that they were being told and sometimes they longed for something deeper and more complex.

The rabbi was unmoved by their protestations and complaints. To all their objections he would say, " "

We must never wait until we like praying before we pray for others.

Prayer is like any other work; we may not feel like working, but once we have been at it for a bit, we begin to feel like working. We may not feel like practicing the piano, but once we play for a while, we feel like doing it. In the same way, our prayer muscles need to be limbered up a bit and once the blood-flow of intercession begins, we will find that we feel like praying.

Please note the new term commences on . Have a very blessed Easter holidays. Thank you for your support.

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NEWS FROM THE METHODIST CHURCH HALLELUJAH !

April 1st will be known to many just as “All fools day”, but to a great number of people, it is Easter Day, which over the centuries has been acknowledged as the most important day in the life of the Christian Church.

Many look upon Christmas as the most joyful Christian festival, but that event purely celebrates the coming of Jesus upon the earth as a human person. His life and ministry here on earth only lasted approximately 33 years terminating in his betrayal and horrifying death upon a Roman cross.

To many, this seemed to be the end, but after just three days, God’s mighty plan continues to unfold, and presents to us Easter Day - the day which says (as a well known hymn puts it) “ Up from the grave He arose with a mighty triumph o’er his foes” I expect that on that day, we shall be joining with millions of church

CELEBRATING HUMANITY IN THE LANDSCAPE 21ST APRIL TO 1ST MAY 2018 Ten days of walks, talks, workshops, and the performing arts for you to connect with the Landscape and cultural roots of Dorset.

Tickets email and more info still.family@virgin.net, via Cerne shop, on the door if not sold out.

congregations around the world in singing “Christ the Lord is risen today – Hallelujah” (meaning “ Praise the Lord”).

I expect, to many, the resurrection sounds just too unbelievable for words. If I had lived at that time, my thoughts would probably be like those of Thomas (St John 20) when he said “Unless I see the marks of the nails and feel the scars, I will not believe it” At times I could identify with doubting Thomas, but we thank God that to him – and to myself – and to many living today Jesus says “How happy are those who believe without seeing me” Since the miraculous event on that first Easter Day, we can be confident and blessed that Jesus is alive today in 2018 and can be personally known to us. We will have an opportunity to think about this further when it comes to Pentecost (Whitsun 20th May) In the mean time – don’t forget – Christ is alive – He is risen indeed – Hallelujah, Blessings to all of you from all of us.

Cliff Harris.

SHARING IN GOD’S CREATIVITY: DOING CRAFT AT HILFIELD FRIARY – THURS 19th TO SUN 22ⁿd APRIL Come and enjoy a week of guilt-free crafting in the friendly environment of likeminded people!

We invite you to share a week of several crafts – your own and others. Please bring your own project– should you have one – and let us share our particular gifts. This gives us the golden opportunity to teach and learn from each other – and value each other’s gifts and giftedness.

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CHURCH SERVICES

Three Valleys Team Team Office : Yetminster Jubilee Hall, Church Street, Yetminster, DT9 6LG 01935 872600

Roman Catholic Services richard.kirlew@btinternet.com

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Team Rector: Rev’d Tony Gilbert The Rectory, Church Rd, Thornford, Sherborne. DT9 6QE 01935 873044 rector3valleys@gmail.com

01963 23570 John Summers threevalleyscurate@yahoo.com

Jubilee Hall Yetminster ENQURIES: Three Valleys Benefice Office, 1935 872600 3valleysoffice@gmail.com

Worship co-ordinator: Mrs Marilyn Harris Tel:

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

HELPING HANDS 01935 872921

Yetminster Methodist Church Chapel Lane, Yetminster DT9 6LJ Minister: Rev Mike John 24 Harbin Close, Yeovil BA21 5FS Tel: 01935 415837 email: revsup@gmail.com

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

Team Vicars Richard Kirlew

01935 864232 Treasurer: Alec Reek, 17 Bucklers Mead, Yetminster.

Secretary: Mrs Barbara Driver Tel: 01935 873690 All services begin at 10:30am followed by coffee.

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ACTIVITIES IN THE CHURCH

APRIL 1st Joining with other churches 7th (Saturday) COFFEE MORNING 8th Mr David de Gruchy 15th No Service 22ⁿd Mr Stanley Neville 29th Rev Christina Le Moignan

Sundays:

Tuesday to Saturday

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

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EASTER 2

EASTER 3

EASTER 4

EASTER 5

10.15am CW Holy Communion

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10.15am CW Holy Communion

8.30am BCP Holy Communion

10am CW Holy Communion

BRADFORD 11am CW ABBAS Holy Communion

11am CW Holy Communion

CHETNOLE

8am BCP Holy Communion

9.15am CW Holy Communion

HERMITAGE 6.30pm CW Holy Communion HILFIELD

5am Lighting the Holy Fire & CW Holy Communion

LEIGH

10.15am CW Easter Family Communion

8am BCP Holy Communion

9.30am Family Service 9.30am CW Holy Communion

10.15am CW Morning Prayer

9.30am CW Holy Communion

10.15am 8.30am BCP Family Service Holy Communion

RYME 10am INTRINSECA Family Service

11.15am CW Holy Communion

8am BCP Holy Communion

THORNFORD 11am CW Family Communion

8am BCP Holy Communion 9.30am Morning Service

9.30am CW Village Communion

8am BCP Holy Communion 11am CW Family Communion

YETMINSTER 11am CW Holy Communion

9.30am CW 9.30am CW Morning Prayer Holy Communion

9.30am CW Holy Communion

CW Common Worship BCP Book of Common Prayer

Extra and Week Day Services April Monday Tuesday

9th , 16th , 23rd & 6pm 30th 1st in month 10am

Tuesday

1st in month

Compline

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Lower Covey Toddlers' Service YETMINSTER

2.30pm Holy Communion

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CLUB NEWS

Club News THE WRIGGLE VALLEY TENNIS AND CROQUET CLUB Come and join us at the Yetminster Sports Field TENNIS - we play this throughout the year on the hard court which was built fifteen years ago and which is in excellent condition, being carefully maintained by its members, drawn from parishes in the Three Valleys Benefice. Members, both Individual and Family pay an annual subscription for which they have their own key to the court and have use of the Sports Club facilities. Times for play can be booked at 'The Gallery' in Yetminster.

Non members of the Club are also welcome to use the court and can reserve a time to play by paying a small fee at the time of booking. Booking sheets are available from April to October. During the winter months it is a question of first come first served. All players are requested to wear tennis shoes or trainers in order to preserve the quality of the court.

CROQUET is played every Wednesday and Friday afternoon from 3 to 5pm, from midApril to midOctober. Our first session this season is on Friday 13th April.

We have two lawns, one full size and the other half size, marked out on the old cricket square and some

outfield, and both are in very good condition having been mowed each week during the playing season over the last seven years. All equipment is provided.

Dress code is optional with trainers being recommended as footwear.

We have about twenty members of the croquet section of the Club, who pay an annual subscription and as with tennis members have use of the Sports Club facilities. We play Golf Croquet, a more sociable game than Association Croquet and much easier to learn. Standard of play is social rather than serious but with a competitive element.

We always welcome new members, all ages both male and female whether or not they have had experience of playing the game beforehand. So do come along and try us out on any Wednesday or Friday in season- most of our players have started that way- and if after one or two sessions you would like to become a member we shall be very pleased for you to join us.

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CHETNOLE AND LEIGH GARDEN CLUB Members of the garden club gathered at Castle Gardens on a damp and windy evening for their annual ‘spending spree’ encouraged by an enthusiastic and humorous introduction by Brian.

Brian introduced a range of perennials and annuals as well as shrubs together with a wide variety of aids to encourage growth and deter those pesky slugs, snails and cabbage whites! Due to soil conditions plants such as rhododendrons and other acid loving plants and shrubs would be best kept in pots. To get good blossoms from skimmias, which need neutral to acid soil conditions, both a male and a female plant is required in reasonable proximity of each other. Brian further displayed beautiful fritillaries, primroses, cyclamens, anemones, hellebores and other plants that will naturalise in the right conditions and provide winter – early spring colour. A wide range of other varieties of primulas, ranunculi and bright bedding plants were displayed.

To enhance our gardens and brighten up the borders in winter and through the year bedding plants as well as shrubs such as cornus and photinia. A new dwarf compact early cherry blossom suitable for pots was on display.

Brian encouraged members to look at interesting foliage and stems as well as the flower of the plant to provide interest throughout the year; pulmonaria is a good example of this.

Members were encouraged to start onion sets in trays in the greenhouse and to start chitting their potatoes particularly early varieties such as

Charlotte. Exhibition vegetables such as onions should be planted now. Dahlias and gladioli should be moved from their winter protection once all danger of frosts have passed but be aware of weather conditions and be prepared to protect Camellias and similar plants. Brian warned of possible problems with lawns due to the unusual weather conditions this winter in particular moss, towards the end of the month use an appropriate moss killer prior to scarifying the lawn.

After a refreshing cup of tea and biscuit members were able to wander around the garden centre to make their selections.

Thank you to Brian and the staff of Castle Gardens.

The next meeting is on Monday 9th April at 7.30pm in Chetnole Village Hall about HOSTA, HEUCHERAS AND HELLEBORES. Visitors, £3.00 and new members are welcome.

Michele Aldhouse

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Let them eat cake Marie-Antoinette’s famous remark about starving rioters could have referred to the subject of today's meeting. However it was not the French but the Russian Revolution just over a century later that we heard about, and we had lots of delicious cake (and a shot of vodka) to finish off an excellent afternoon.

Yetminster’s Russian expert, Boney Pike, made the complex history of Russia from the assassination of Peter III in 1762 to the revolution of 1917 and murder of the Royal Family in 1918 easy to follow. By turns the Russian Tsars attempted reform and repression.

Reforms had unexpected consequences; repression led to riots and massacres.

Neither policy seemed able to address the underlying problem of enormous wealth concentrated in the hands of the few while the majority of the vast Russian population lived in abject poverty, and until the 1860s a state of serfdom, almost slavery existed.

After a series of assassinations, revolts and mutinies serfdom was abolished by Tsar Alexander II. However the air of freedom generated led to intellectual revolt, with writers becoming more populist and advocating change.

Then in 1881 Alexander was assassinated which led to a period of extreme repression.

In 1896 Nicholas II came to the throne. From day one his popularity plummeted.

An attempt to distribute largesse of bread, beer, a mug and a gold coin ended in a stampede with 1300

trampled to death. Insensitively the tsar went ahead with a grand ball that same evening. 1898 saw the founding of the Social Democratic Labour Party. Holding their conferences in London and Brussels the tsarist police did not see a certain Lenin as a threat.

Bolshevism was in the wings. Poor leadership from the tsar, defeat by Germany in WW1, continued privations and a German Tsarina made the monarchy even more unpopular. Nicholas abdicating in February 1917 was not to save the royal family. In 1918 they were transported to Ekaterinburg and subsequently brutally murdered there.

After a review of why the British in particular were unwilling to help it was time to sample the wonderful cakes provided by the committee, to be washed down with Russian vodka – Putinoff! Hopefully not unpatriotic to be drinking that brand after Salisbury!!!!

OUTINGS: the visits to Lyme Regis Museum and Brympton House are fully booked but can be wait-listed. There are still some spaces for Exeter and Bournemouth. Details from, and bookings to, Elizabeth Jubb on 01935 873397 or liz@thejubbs.plus.com

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At our February meeting Dr Francis Burroughs gave us a talk on "The Wonderful World of Glass". He brought with him two suitcases full of glass treasures - over the years he has accumulated a vast collection and his first piece was a glass necklace which he reckoned could be 700 million years old!

Apparently the rich were buried with jewels and the less rich were buried with pieces of glass and so glass has been discovered at burial sites all over Europe including Avebury in Wiltshire.

Over the centuries glass has been produced by various methods and in 100BC glass would have been either Syrian or Roman. The Romans took the art of glass making throughout their Empire and Dr Burroughs even had some examples from that period to show us. We all felt he was very trusting in that he let us pass round these valuable items for us to see and touch.

At one WI at which he had spoken, a lady had dropped a jug and broken the handle and so he was always slightly wary but luckily we all behaved ourselves!! He showed us a jug from Iran which had been buried for 1200 years. Venice then became the centre of glass making as it was at the end of the Spice Road and the Silk Route. In order for the glass furnaces to be kept isolated so they did not burn Venice down, they did their glass

making on the island of Murano and it is still there today.

The first recorded glass making in the UK was in Sussex in the 12, 13 and 14th centuries. In 1615 King James passed a law to make it illegal to glass blow in Sussex because they were taking down too many trees for the furnaces so the businesses moved to Southwark, Vauxhall and Newcastle upon Tyne - they were areas that had both the coal and the fine sand that is needed to make glass. Up to then most glass had been opaque but an Italian (Edward Dagny) decided he would make clear glass and this was patented by Ravenscroft. Dr Burroughs showed us a 1685 glass goblet.

They now added lead to make the glass clear (as in lead crystal) which made it easier to cut and engrave. He also had a 1900 glass vase in his collection. In the 18C Bristol became a busy trading port and was importing cobalt which when added to glass made it a blue colour - he had a beautiful decanter set which was dated 1730 and probably made in Bristol. A Mr I. Jacobs had a special piece of blue Bristol glass and he got pleading letters to sell this piece including one from His Majesty the King but he adamant he would not sell. This blue glass went out of fashion in the early 19C. In recent years Swedish glass has become very popular.

Dr Burroughs had his own business in Brislington but retired in 2014. We all found his talk fascinating as there seemed to be nothing he did not know about glass making and its history - a very entertaining speaker with a very dry wit.

Our April meeting is the AGM and on 29th May we have a talk on "LOOKING GOOD FEELING FAB!" - a perfect talk for the start of summer!

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LEIGH DISCUSSION & SOCIAL CLUB Our talk on the was given by Brigit Strawbridge. The subject was “ and her knowledge and passion for them and bees in general must be unsurpassed and we were spellbound for the entire time she entertained us.

Brigit told us that there are over 350 thousand flowering plants on our planet being pollinated by close to 300 thousand species of insect or other animal, with the 25 thousand of these that are bees being the most important. The reason for this is that most pollinators are random, but bees tend to search out the same types of flower that are in full nectar production at that time so the pollen is nearly always taken to a compatible plant. Bees are responsible for pollinating 80% of flowering plants which provide us with food, beverages, fruit and textiles to name just a few.

Bees are also an indicator species giving us a guide as to the state of our planet and sadly we are in decline!

The UK has one honey bee species, 26 bumble bees and a massive 250 solitary bees. We also have quite a few types of fly that very cleverly mimic the look of bees as a way of avoiding predation.

Our bumble bees come out of hibernation in early March when the queens will search for an abandoned rodent nest, hole in the ground, tussock of grass or even a bird box where she will create a store of nectar in a wax pot and form a mound of pollen where she will lay her eggs. Then living on the nectar store she will brood her eggs for several days and by vibrating her muscles she raises her body temperature to around 30oC.

When the larvae hatch she collects nectar and pollen from the surrounding area to feed them. After two weeks they spin a cocoon inside which they develop into adult bees. This first brood produces all female worker bees and subsequent broods throughout the year produce more workers as their life expectancy is only six weeks and new queens and males so that the colony can reproduce itself. New queens leave the nest and mate soon after, spending the rest of the summer getting fat on nectar and pollen ready for hibernation and starting the cycle again the following year.

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THE WRIGGLE VALLEY MOTHERS' UNION Thank you to all those who came to our Lent lunch in March and especially to those who helped and made soup. There was a lovely atmosphere and everyone seemed to enjoy their soups.

We raised a net total of £139 which we hope to send to the Mothers' Union's various charities both at home and overseas.

On Tuesday 17th April we are having a meeting at 3pm at Anne Reason's home, Barnstones, Chetnole Road, Leigh when we will be discussing our theme for the year "IN MARY SUMNER'S FOOTSTEPS".

WRIGGLE VALLEY WOMEN’S GROUP On a very cold February evening we met at Gable Court for a very interesting evening around a lovely warm log burner. Our speaker was unable to come so we decided to have a round robin chat about what had been happening to all of us since our January meeting. We ended on a sad note

On Wednesday 2ⁿd May we are hosting the COFFEE MORNING in the Jubilee Hall, Yetminster at 10am when we will be raising money for our charities. Please do come along. For any further information on either of these dates please contact Margaret Shipman 872440.

saying farewell to Jenny Shepperd who has helped run the group for so many years and has now moved to Warwickshire. We will all miss her so much.

Our April meeting will be about CHILDREN OF KENYA by Daryl Fletcher. All our welcome to Gable Court on 17th April at 7.30pm.

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Regular Meetings …

Every Mon Table tennis

Every Tue

9.30-12.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

Bev’s Core Vinyassa Flow Yoga

9.30-10.30am

Chetnole Village Hall

Leigh Short Mat Bowls

2-5pm

Leigh Village Hall

Just Gym Gymnastic class

4.15-6.30pm

St Andrew’s Primary School

Yetminster Table Tennis Club

10-12noon

Scout Hut, Yetminster

Yetminster Bell Ringers

7.30pm-10pm

St Andrew's Church

Topsy Turvy Toddlers

9-11.30am

St Andrew's Primary School

Chetnole Art Group (until Easter) 10am-1pm

Chetnole Village Hall

Beginners Tai Chi

10-11am

Leigh Village Hall

Beginners Pilates

1.10 - 2.10pm

Chetnole Village Hall

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

St Andrew’s School Hall

Relax & Renew Yoga

6.30 -7.30pm

Chetnole Village Hall

Cubs (in term)

6-7.30pm

Scout Hut Yetminster

10-12 noon

Chetnole Village Hall

Morning Yoga Class

10.30-11.30am

Leigh Village Hall

Croquet Coach/Play

3pm (until Oct)

Yetminster Playing Fields

Wednesday Club (in term)

3.15 pm-4.05pm

St Andrew's Primary School

Chetnole Chuckers Pétanque Club

3pm

Chetnole Playing Fields

Croquet

5.30pm summer only

Church Farm, Hermitage

Junior WV Players (in term)

6-7pm

Leigh Village Hall

Beavers (in term)

6-7pm

Scout Hut Yetminster

Scouts (in term)

7-9pm

Scout Hut Yetminster

Beginners yoga

7pm

St Andrew’s Primary School

Yetminster Short Mat Bowls

7-10pm

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Every Wed Drop in Coffee Morning

Every Thur Tai Chi

Every Fri

10am

Leigh Village Hall

Advanced Pilates

10am

Chetnole Village Hall

Pear Tree Baby & Toddler

1.30-3pm

Pear Tree Preschool

Yetminster Short Mat Bowls

2-5pm

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Leigh Rainbows (5-7yrs)

5.45-7pm

Trim Room, Yetminster

Leigh Brownies (7-10yrs)

5.45-7pm

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Guides

7-8.30pm

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Chetnole Community Choir

7.30pm

Chetnole Village Hall

Table Tennis

9.30-12.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

3pm

Yetminster Sports Club

Croquet

3pm

Yetminster Sports Club

Chetnole Chuckers Pétanque Club

3pm

Chetnole Playing Fields

Croquet Club Every Sun

(May - Oct)

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VILLAGE EVENTS NEWS REGULAR

…Events & Activities 1st Mon 1st Tue 2nd Tues

Chetnole & Leigh Garden Club Leigh Discussion Club (wint) Wriggle Valley MU (alt months) Yetminster & Ryme Garden Soc.

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

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

7.30pm 12.15 - 3pm

Sue Footner 873610 Rest & Welcome Pub Gable Court Leigh Village Hall

Leigh Parish Council - alt mnths Leigh Women's Institute

7.30pm 7.30 - 11pm

Leigh Village Hall Leigh Village Hall

Coffee ‘n’ Cakes Batcombe Coffee Morning

10 - 12noon 11am

Yetminster Jubilee Hall tba

Yetminster Senior Citizens

3pm

The Meadens

Yetminster Historical Society

2.30pm

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Police Support Unit Chetnole & Stockwood PC 2nd/4th Wed High Stoy Bible Study 3rd Wed District Council Ward Surgery

2 - 3pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

The Cross, Leigh Chetnole Village Hall Venue contact 872342

11am - 12noon

Last Tues 1st Wed

2nd Wed 2nd Wed/alt mth

7.30pm

Last Wed

Woodland Wednesdays

12.45-2.45pm

Old School Gallery, Yetminster Pogles Wood nr Leigh

[not Aug & Dec]

Police Community Support Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca PC Friary Shop

7.30pm 2.30 - 4.30pm

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

6.30 - 8pm 7.30pm 7-10pm

Old School Gallery, Yet White Hart Leigh Village Hall

Wed - Sat 1st & 3rd Thu Yetminster Scribblers Last Thurs Yetminster Fair Association Leigh Short Mat Bowls

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Planning Applications APRIL 2018 WD/D/17/002961 30/01/2018 Two storey and single storey extensions to existing detached dwelling (Full).

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

WD/D/17/001994 19/09/2017 Replacement of cement render with lime render (Listed Building Consent).

WD/D/18/000338 09/03/2018 Change of use of agricultural barn to dwelling (Prior Approval Agricultural to dwelling).

WD/D/18/000067 02/02/2018 Conversion of garage to a two bedroom dwelling (Full).

WD/D/18/000027 09/01/2018 Request for confirmation of compliance with conditions 3 and 4 of Listed Building Consent WD/D/17/001963 (Compliance with Conditions).

WD/D/17/001371 06/07/2017 Replacement of windows to ground floor cloakroom, first floor cloakroom on front elevation and all windows on rear and side elevations, replacement of window on rear of living room with pair of doors with sidelights, replacement of internal metal spiral staircase with timber staircase and replacement of front porch (retrospective) (Listed Building Consent).

WD/D/17/002384 04/12/2017 Construction of a clay lined below ground manure storage lagoon, with associated safety fence (variation of condition 4 of planning permission WD/D/17/000644) (Variation of condition).

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

PLANNING

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