236 June 2011 Wriggle Valley Magazine

No. 236

June 2011

The Wriggle Valley Magazine

Stan Darley Photo by John Tatchell

news and views from your Wriggle Valley community

Royal Wedding Party reports

In memorium Jean Meaden

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Contents News from the Villages Batcombe Chetnole Hermitage Leigh

We’re going to a party

Anna Taylor

Ryme Intrinseca Yetminster Out and About June & July Diary Regular Meeting & Activities

Editor’s notes…

General News

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I am not sure how we have already St Andrew’s Primary School managed to be into June; the first part of this year has literally whizzed past. News from our Churches This a bumper village issue with a Benefice Church Services plethora of Royal Wedding Party articles which I really enjoyed reading Leigh Weather Watch and I am sure you will too - didn’t we Planning Applications all have a lovely patriotic time. ..gone gardening..

We have included a Guess Where quiz this month; If you know where our Spotlight on our Community cover photo comes from, jot it down Club News on a piece of paper and drop it into the Yetminster Post Office or email us with your name and telephone number/email, name of the building on which it can be found and in what village. We will pick a correct answer at random and the winner will win a super prize. Competition closes on 14 June 2011.

Open to all in the Wriggle Valley, one entry per household please.

Don’t forget we would love to have your photos for use on our future covers and please remember that our double issue for 2011 will be Aug/Sept, so we will need Bella Neate-Clegg your articles by 14 July.

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The Wriggle Magazine is FREE but readers are invited to make voluntary donations towards the cost of production. These should be forwarded to the Treasurer at Mallows House, Church Street, Yetminster, DT9 6LG. Cheques can be made payable to Wriggle Valley Magazine.

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News from the Villages BATCOMBE.....

Local representative: Alan Bastone (01300) 341351 Alan@FlowersFarmlakes.co.uk

BATCOMBE

CREAM TEAS

There is an old country saying that "in the first 10 days of May the grass grows an inch a day". Even without the April showers this year, Batcombe is looking at its best with the trees and wild flowers at their best for many Sunday 19 June years.

Don’t forget to pencil in your diary The Friary, Hilfield Sunday June 19th when the famous From 3.00 - 5.00pm Batcombe Cream Teas will this year be hosted by the brothers at St Francis Friary, served from 3pm to 5pm; grand raffle, cake stall, bric a brac and plants for sale, with plenty of parking Finally the next PCC meeting will be space and cover if wet. at Brookside on Wednesday 29th June The next Batcombe monthly coffee at 7.30pm. meeting will be at David & Ivy’s home Alan Bastone in Weymouth on June 1st at 11am.

CHETNOLE.....

Local representative: Liz Tebbatt 873140 tebbatt.towers@virgin.net

Congratulations go to Ciaran and Amy Flood following the safe arrival of their baby daughter, Aoife Marie – a beautiful Irish name for a beautiful Dorset girl. Born on the 4 May at 12 noon and weighing in at 7lbs 12oz, we wish the new family lots of luck and happiness.

Congratulations also to Paul and Erica on the birth of their baby daughter Jasmine Hideko Fairhurst born on 20 April, your Grandma and Grandad send their love.

Our love and best wishes for a speedy recovery are also sent to our very own Gerald Potts who has been poorly in Yeovil

Hospital. Get well soon Gerald, we have missed you out and about on your scooter.

Wow, what an amazing time was had by all at the Chetnole Royal Wedding Street Party – read all about this later on, but special thanks to Tony Jones and Jackie Boulter for masterminding the event. Any thoughts on how the village will celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee yet? Such a feeling of togetherness is hard to find sometimes but this party certainly hit the spot.

Well done to Andy Lovell for raising £2,200 for the children’s charity Children’s Wish – he completed the Virgin London Marathon on 17 April in just over four hours which is most admirable considering the hot conditions. I, on the other hand, completed 5

it in an embarrassing six and a half hours having walked from halfway with a gammy knee! Oh well, it was worth the pain for the £1200 I raised in sponsorship for Diabetes UK. I am sure Andy would join me in saying a huge thank you to all of you who have supported us this year. In the same vein, my Wriggle Valley Moonwalk team and I held an extremely successful quiz night at Folke Golf Club on 6 May and raised almost £500 for the breast cancer charity Walk the Walk in one evening. Our luxury raffle was a triumph and we send thanks to those who donated prizes; Wriggles Shop of Chetnole, Fudges, OakHouse Stores and Margaret Balfour to name but a few. The Moonwalk was on Saturday 17 May. Don’t forget our Cream teas afternoon in aid of our church with the ever popular teddy parachuting on 26 June. Also get the cameras out all you budding photographers in readiness for the Chetnole Flower Show on 6 August – your classes are Craftsmen at Work, Wildlife, A Winter’s Tale, and Special Interest – Night-time. I’m sure you have plenty of material there so off you snap and

Cream Teas With teddy bear parachuting

in the Churchyard at St Peter’s Church Chetnole Sunday 26 June 3.30pm - 6.30pm I look forward to seeing some works of genius on the Village Hall walls in August.

Future events - Chetnole Village Hall is starting an Autumn Jazz Café to complement the Arts Reach Season. To commence, a trio is booked for Saturday 15 October.

More information will follow soon; look out for the posters around the village.

Liz Tebbatt

John Lloyd receives CBE from Queen On 8 April 2011 Chetnole’s Sue Lloyd accompanied her son John to Windsor Castle to witness his receiving of the CBE from Her Majesty the Queen for his services to broadcasting. John has produced countless TV programmes, most notably Blackadder and most recently QI. Sue, of Mill Lane, tells us that the Queen has 27 investitures each year; 22 at Buckingham Palace and five at Windsor Castle.

At John’s ceremony there were 83 people receiving awards including two knights and five CBE’s. She describes their day as “an amazing experience” and particularly special as her late husband, Harpy, received a well deserved CBE in 1966 after a distinguished career in the Royal Navy. Who would have thought that 45 years later his own son would have the same honour bestowed upon him?

John was quickly briefed in how to approach and withdraw from the Queen and received his award to music played by the Welsh Guards. After the ceremony there were photographs at the Castle and Prince Philip waved from his pony and trap! Sue is inordinately proud of John and we send Chetnole’s congratulations to him.

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The Chetnole Inn & Wriggles Easter Bunny Competition Over 40 children entered the Easter Bunny competition run by winner of Best Dining Pub 2010 The Chetnole Inn, & Wriggles Farm Shop, to come up with names for two giant baby rabbits who arrived in the pub's garden a few weeks ago. The winning names were Fudge & Beanie and were named by Frederica Dick-Read, age 9 from Sherborne - Frederica won some chocolate Easter goodies from Wriggles Farm Produce Shop, all with a bunny theme! Runner up was Ellie Curtis of Grove

Cottages, Chetnole - well done to Ellie who chose Conker and Hazel as names.

Mike, owner of The Chetnole Inn and Wriggles was delighted with the enthusiasm from local children, and Mike's own young children chose the winning names from the entries. "The giant rabbits are a fantastic addition to the beautiful garden that can be enjoyed by customers using both the pub and Wriggles,and they are proving to be a big hit with kids, young and old!"

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Frederica with rabbits Fudge & Beanie photo - Judy Nash

Chetnole Visitors In 1986 Jean Woodford gathered together a group of people at her home at Charing Cross Farm, Chetnole who then undertook to be part of a good neighbours scheme to both residents of and visitors to Chetnole. The group’s aims were to co-ordinate a welcome service for newcomers to the village and provide a support network for existing residents who perhaps would need their assistance one day – nobody was to slip through the net and all residents would feel cared for; safe in the knowledge that there was somebody nearby looking out for them.

Founder members of the scheme included the Cory sisters, Edith Yeatman, Sue Lloyd, Paul Horsey, Pam Marshall, Pat Bathie, Sybil Howard, Vera Power (still a member today) and Cynthia Discombe – names many of you will recognise as long-standing residents of Chetnole themselves.

Geoff Royle drew up a map of the village covering every house in the village – each house was numbered (164 in total back then) and each Chetnole Visitor was assigned their own “patch” to watch over. Newcomers received an immediate visit and were given a welcome card with their Visitor’s contact details and offered local information.

Easter and Christmas cards were also delivered each year and the scheme continues to this day, twenty five years after Jean had that very first meeting.

Nowadays the welcome card has been replaced with a leaflet containing a range of information from doctors and dentists to the chippy opening times and, of course, details of our invaluable Chetnole e-diary.

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Garden Club seeks entries from Young & Old for their Flower Show Classes The first three prize winners The Chetnole and Leigh in each class will be asked to bring their Garden Club is again sp onsoring two classes basket or container to the show in August and we will hang it or display it at the Flower Show and hope that lots of on the Garden Club stand.

Happy growing everyone. residents, young and Rosemary Burden old, will enter their Chairman of the Garden Club baskets or containers.

To make you aware of what is required for each class here are the details. We very Chetnole Annual Flower much hope that parents will encourage Show & Fete their children to enter the container During the afternoon there class as we have not yet had any entries from children for this class over the last will be a demonstration of Circus two years.

Acts by Jeff and Penny Gardner Class: Hanging Basket Competition (audience participation (adults only) encouraged!), pony rides and a dog Hanging basket to be a min. of 14” and a max. of 16” and planted by the agility demonstration. With a competitor. Mixed planting of flowers variety of interesting stalls, and foliage. sideshows, activities and refresh The basket will be judged on the ments it once again promises to be Friday before the show in situ…in your garden…. and the judge will be asked to a superb family fun afternoon and look at the variety/quality of the all in aid of local charities. plants/planting, overall balance of Programmes/entry forms availcolours/colour combinations and how able from Wriggles Shop, Chetnole well it looks in its position in relation to its surroundings.

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Class: Vegetables growing in a Anyone interested in having a Recycled container (children under trade stall please contact age of 16) Sue Dona 873955 Container to be a max of 2 feet in any direction and to be planted by the competitor with vegetables (herbs also ***STOP PRESS*** allowed providing main crop are I don’t know why Sunday 12 June vegetables). Can be one type of is such a popular date! However, vegetable only or mixed. due to a clash of events being held The container will be judged on the on this day, the proposed Chetnole Friday before the show in situ in your Village Picture Treasure Hunt has garden and the judge will be asked to been moved back until September. look at the variety/quality of the plants The exact date will follow in the next in relation to the choice of container. issue of the Wriggle Valley Tomatoes can be counted as a vegetable Magazine. Watch this space… for the purposes of this class.

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..I predicy a riot ..of colour

Chetnole Royal Wedding Street-Party Princesses, naturally) and a treasure hunt in the adjoining field. The ladies of the village donned their patriotically-themed wedding hats and the village let its hair down at this wonderful community occasion.

The scene was a riot of colour in red, white and blue with bunting and Union flags everywhere.

Forty five children under 16 were then presented with their very own piece of Royal Wedding memorabilia – a William and Kate commemorative wedding mug; a lovely gift from the Chetnole Flower Show committee and something they will treasure for a long time.

If your child couldn’t attend but you live in the village please contact Mary Head on 873555 who will arrange delivery of their mug.

Later it was time for a BBQ and a sing-song with Jim Aldhouse Children’s fancy dress parade

A right royal celebration was had by all on Friday, April 29th 2011 when two hundred and fifteen villagers of Chetnole, Melbury Bubb, Stockwood and Hamlet (all of them keen partygoers) attended the Royal Wedding Street Party at Chetnole Village Hall to celebrate the marriage of Prince William to Kate Middleton.

Everyone was in the party mood as the event kicked off at 4pm under thankfully sunny skies with a tea party in the big white party tent (generously provided by Chetnolians, Rob and Claire Bamford).

Young and old enjoyed sandwiches, cakes and jelly and were entertained by the children’s fancy dress parade (Princes and

..I predict a riot ..of colour on the guitar – thank you Jim for being such a great turn. A truly British raffle rounded off the evening with some really great prizes.

Enormous thanks go to Tony Jones and Jackie Boulter, our party-planners - their enthusiasm knows no bounds – and also to their brilliant steering group for producing such a memorable community event.

Thanks to everybody who contributed such delicious culinary offerings too. Tony has donated £318.32 (raised by the raffle) to the Help for Heroes charity which is a fitting end to such a great day for the village and nation alike.

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HERMITAGE....

Local representative: Ray Dickerson (01963) 210292

Apart from the races, there will be a Gun Dog demonstration, Dog Agility and a Village Green - the times they are a Dog Show, Skittles and other attractions changing! plus a Barbeque and Bar. PLEASE NOTE - this event will now The afternoon starts at 3pm. If you start at 2.30 pm and NOT at noon as haven’t been before do come along and previously advertised.

Activities on offer will include some (or see something pretty unique. If you have been, you’ll know how enjoyable this perhaps all, if we can find the necessary event is. “manpower”) of the following - a three legged race, apple bobbing, a Coconut Shy, The Italian Themed Evening Egg throwing, Pin the tail on the donkey, Rounders, a Sack Race, Skittles, throwing the Welly, Tug of War and a Bouncy Castle!

All this plus a Barbeque, a Cake Stall and Cream Teas! There will be plenty of parking spaces available, so please come along and join in the fun.

As previously announced, St Mary’s Church will be running a Tombola to raise Hermitage’s Italian Evening money for the church and they would be very grateful for any suitable contribution (bottle or otherwise). Please give items to This was our first social event since the Liz Cozens, Faith Hervey or Joyce Chutter Village Hall has been repaired and reas soon as possible. Thank you decorated, and what an evening it was!

For one night only the Hall was transformed into a version of the Villa San Songs of Praise – 7 August There will be a Songs of Praise service Martino, with the main room draped with at St. Mary’s church Hermitage at 6.30pm Ferrari and Italian flags and the tables covered in the national colours of red, on 7th August, followed by a drink at white and green.

Church Farm. All are welcome.

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Faith Hervey an evening of excellent food and good company.

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Thanks go to all committee members, their partners, and to friends who gave their time and effort.

Royal Wedding Celebrations Hermitage and Hilfield celebrated the marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with a champagne and nibbles get-together on the Sunday following the happy event.

Monarchists and Republicans mixed in the Spring sunshine at Parsonage Farmhouse, which had been wonderfully decorated for the occasion. Our photograph shows Sue Bosanquet (chair of the Village Hall committee) raising a toast to the happy couple.

Hermitage’s Royal Wedding Party

Thanks to everyone who provided the food - which was very tasty and plentiful – and an especially big THANK YOU to Nicole and Nigel for being such excellent and generous hosts.

All profits from the event will go to the Air Ambulance.

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LEIGH.....

Local representatives: Anne & David Reason (01935) 873726 dareason@btinternet.com

Well we cannot complain about there being no sunshine – what a wonderful spring we have been blessed with. Let us hope that we don’t have to pay for it in the summer! And – poor English grammar – life (certainly in Leigh) seems to get faster and faster; my little legs find it hard to keep up!

No comments – Thank You! Thank you to all those who organized the splendid Royal Wedding party in the Village Hall and also to the bell ringers who set the day off in style. Listen out for more bells on Saturday 18 June when a bell striking competition will take place here in Leigh.

Now a statement of intent to the effect that your village ‘Reps’ would like to give up

at the end of this year – we hope to visit our family in Brazil at the beginning of next year, so it would be a good time to hand over. Is there anyone (or two) who would like to take it on please?

David Reason

The illusive Leigh tulip - photo by Connie Wallis

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St Andrew’s Church, Leigh By the time you read this, the May Fair will be well and truly over. I am very grateful to all of you who helped or donated in any way and I will publish how much we made in the July magazine.

We are having a Family Worship Service (Family friendly) on Sunday June 19th at 10.15am (Father’s Day) on the theme of “Our Father”. Do hope you can join us. A new sound system has been installed in the church, which we hope will make a difference – come and try it out!

There will be a churchyard clear up on Tuesday 14th June at 10am. Please contact David if you can help that morning.

Anne Reason PCC secretary

Leigh Village

HOG ROAST Saturday 30th July 7.30pm Live 50/60/70s music

By Popular Request The Return of Dog Ruff

Tickets £10 under 15s £5.00 Proceeds to Air Ambulance & Village Hall Tickets available from Bill Jolliffe 872030 Or Ian Sinnott 87400

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News from the Old Vicarage Grateful thanks to all who supported us at our spring coffee morning. We raised £350 for Cancer Research UK, a fantastic effort, thank you. Two of our residents attended church on Easter Sunday in Ryme Intrinseca, with a diversion on the way home to a stunning bluebell wood.

Since then we have had another couple of trips to see these spectacular flowers.

Four extremely cute Welsummer chicks hatched here on Easter Monday.

They have proved to be a great success, and are now with me at home, but making regular visits!

Our home was decked with flags for the Royal wedding and after thorough criticism of the hats and dresses on display; we toasted the happy couple with champagne!

Thanks to Val for providing the music for a sing song for the Queen's birthday and to Jemma for entertaining us with her clarinet.

We have a trip booked to the Abbotsbury Swannery this month, hopefully to see some cygnets. The Wessex Accordion players entertained us with some wonderful renditions of old songs, with a promise to return in December.

June this year provides us with our annual challenge from NAPA. You may remember we won it 2 years ago with the “Breath of fresh air” challenge. This year it is “Food, glorious food.” We have several events planned, including a celebration of local food and recipes. On 15 June at 3pm we are holding a Blooming Great Tea Party, with refreshments and cakes in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care. If you would like to be involved in any our events, we would love to hear from you.

Jan Millward 01935 873033.

LEIGH VILLAGE FOOD FESTIVAL & CLASSIC CAR/MOTORBIKE DISPLAY Leigh Village Hall Saturday 16th July 10am - 4.00pm Best Food and Drink From local producersteresting cars & motorbikes

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Sixth Leigh Village Food Festival & Classic Car & Motorbike Display You will be able to taste and buy some of the best food and drink on offer from local producers. The Stallholders will include:- Alweston Jam and Chutney Empire, Bee Happy, Bridfish, Okeleigh Farm, Dorset Blue Cheese and Soup Company, Dressit, Easy Beans, Filbert Bees, Fudges, Home Sweet Home, Leakers Bakery, Longmeadow Organic Vegetables, Lovingtons’ Icecream, Olivesetal, Reads Coffee Roasters, Scrumptious Secrets, Sherborne Castle Estate Wines, and Somerset Cider Brandy Co. A variety of interesting cars & motorbikes will be on display. There will also be Flower Displays in St Andrew’s Church.

Barbecued Hamburgers & Sausages, Refreshments, Ice cream, Beer and Cider will be here!

Entertainment includes children’s

activities, cookery demonstrations and Musical Entertainment Valentine Warner will be opening the Show 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.

Organiser: Mrs Elizabeth Turnbull, Greenham House, Leigh, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 6HW (Tel/Fax: 01935 873846) julian.turnbull@virgin.net

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The Royal Wedding Celebrations - Leigh Village Hall, 29 April “colonies” in an AustralianPeople from local villages were dressed in full style hat with dangling light “wedding-guest” attire with bulbs. The competition gentlemen in suits, and the winners were Morag Orchard and George ladies in beautiful dresses set off with fascinators and Zambelis.

This whole evening had gorgeous hats, some putting the Abbey guests to been organised by a committee set up especially shame. for the occasion. People brought their own food and drink and music was supplied by Daryn Elford Chloe Sadler toasting the happy couple and his 13 month old now famous video of the daughter, Annabelle, “royal family” entering the quickly took to the floor waving her flag and leading Abbey for the celebrations the way for us all to join in. was shown. It brought the With a range of music from house down every time.

The entire evening marked the 60s to the present day Kevin Goodall wearing Crown, Morag Orchard (ladies winner) everyone found something the end of a truly wonderful to their taste and the dance day with everyone agreeing The “design-a-hat that bride and groom made floor was full. There were competition” brought out a lovely couple, and that “boisterous games” the artists in many of us. the ceremony and organised by Sue Fudge – Apart from sunhats processions showed just easier to watch than to decorated with red, white what we British do best. enter – which included and blue rosettes there were crowns, coronets and making a bridal gown from a rag-bag collection of exploding top-hats. There doilies, toilet paper and were even tiny models of black bags! We even had members of the Royal our own orchestra, led by Family adorning homeLes Wallace looking very made headgear, and even much the part as he led us Cindy and Barbie dolls. I all in two extremely rousing spotted two French Revolutionaries sporting the choruses of “Land of Hope bonnet and bi-corn worn in and Glory”, although it has 13 month old Anabelle Elford, to be said some of the that era and even the great grandaugher of Connie musical instruments” were diplomatic representative and Percy Reed of the Sheik of Oman in full unidentifiable as such.

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Tel: 01935 823236

RYME INTRINSECA.....

Local representative: Gilly Wilson 01935 872982

The next Frankham Farm Garden The door to door collection for Opening will be on Sunday 12th Jun, the Lifeboats came to £85.91p. The 2.00-5.00p.m. “ A wonder of roses and total amount for the Sherborne area clematis”. branch was £3,986.00p.

Gilly Wilson

In memory of Jean Meaden 1935 – 2011 It was in the old hospital in Yeovil that I first encountered Jean Meaden – Sister Sylvester – who ticked me off roundly for giving my husband an orange instead of the jelly provided for post-operative patients and upset his tummy! She was in charge of the private wing which she ran successfully in her usual quiet and skilful way.

Jean had qualified in Southampton in the 1950’s and came to Yeovil. In those days most of the younger nurses could live in the Nurses Home where they were subject to many rules and regulations but where they had fun disobeying and outwitting them and they made life long friends. However, Jean came to lodge with the parents of her friend, Barbara Caiger in Yeovil.

Jean worked in all the departments and rose to Senior Sister, (smart uniform and filly cap) until the changes, when a new

hospital was built in the 1970’s and she set off for Teacher Training to become Sister Tutor for the young entry – who were very lucky to go through her hands.

In 1979 she married Arthur Meaden, retired Chief Inspector at Westlands, and so began her life in Ryme Intrinseca.

She took the job of Practice Nurse at Dr Bastin’s practice in Yetminster – and started a new career.

Jean kept her old friends, three in particular, who had been very close and often holidayed together and laughed at their adventures together.

They now claimed that to go for a walk with her meant a constant stream of new friends for what they claimed was her “open air surgery”. It reflected her reputation for wisdom and kindness which – like her sense of humour, never left her.

Please join us MEMORIAL SERVICE For Jean Meaden Ryme Intrinseca Church 3.00pm 3rd June Everyone in this village and beyond, who met her in her work knew that she had special gifts – not altogether lost at retirement, as anyone knew who visited Yeovil Hospital in her company and experienced the rush of senior nurses with glad crises of “Sister Sylvester” and fond embraces. Her old students never forgot her or her teaching.

Her deep and lasting Christian Faith was another of her strengths, and, by example, she strengthened others. Hers was a true life of service and grace. We know how lucky we were to have known and loved her.

Brigid Waite

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The Saint Hippolytus Weekend Nine members of St Ippolytus Church, Hertfordshire came to spend the weekend with us, led by their Vicar, the Reverend Ann Pollington. St Ippolytus is the only church in the United Kingdom that shares our patrol saint.

The time was much enjoyed by all. We started with a visit to the glorious gardens at Frankham Farm. Then dinner for 36 at Church Farm (local venison the main course) followed by entertainment courtesy of Yetminster Church Choir.

Next day we had a special service dedicated to love of the horse (hippo=horse in ancient Greek) and members of St Ippolytus rang our bells, while Simon started the service on horseback (a first). This was followed by a village lunch in the garden at the Old Court House, courtesy of Mr and Mrs Scott (Ian is now our treasurer) and lastly a trip to the Abbey for Choral Evensong.

An evening to remember.

Sue Footner

YETMINSTER.....

Local representative: Graham Plaice (01935) 872044 gplaice@gmail.com

Since the last edition I attended the Yetminster Parish Council Meeting, a very informative meeting for village issues.

Volunteers are being sought to plan and organise the Yetminster Queen’s Diamond Jubilee event for 2012.

I also took the opportunity to have Sunday lunch at Mrs Partridge’s, always an enjoyable experience. The Fair Committee are putting the final touches to the arrangements for the big day in July, please support this wonderful and historic event, the proceeds allow for the committee to support many village and Wriggle Valley activities Graham Plaice Garden Party & Plant Sale I would like to thank all those who helped to make the Garden Party and Plant Sale held at 9 Stoneyacres on Saturday 30th Apr such a great success. We raised the magnificent sum of £563.00 which will be shared equally between the Yetminster

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Methodist Church and a charity in the very poor country of Lesthoto in Africa.

Vilia R Kimber Patricia ( Pat ) Sims Nicola & I would like to express our sincere thanks to everyone for the messages of condolence following Pat’s untimely death on 3 April and the celebration of her life on 15 April. We have been overwhelmed and deeply touched by the outpouring of love and sympathy we have received .

Thank you .

Patrick & Nicola Sims Yetminster Street Fair St Andrew's Church produce stall will not be in its usual situation this year but will be moving just a few metres along the High Street at the entrance to Penny Roblins home where we will be selling our cakes, pies etc. as in previous years. Please come along and support us on the day and enjoy a cup of tea in Penny's garden.

Manor Farmhouse Yetminster Hospice Lunches

Jolin Gallery Yetminster

This year we have managed to raise another £1550 for St Margaret’s Art Exhibition Hospice, Yeovil with the help of many 6 to 27 June 2011 people. This is the third winter we have held these monthly lunches and Des Armour this May, Bookers Butchery Dept donated a leg of pork. We have found from Dorset Bookers Cash and Carry Yeovil to have been most helpful when we have been Desmond Armour has buying by pointing out the bargains. been based in Dorset for Jack and I would like to thank all thirty years. His paintings who have supported us coming from quite a wide radius of Yetminster. A have been bought by two course roast with choice of two collectors from Australia meats served with fresh vegetables and the USA. As a and followed by a dessert has appealed to many people who live on professional, Des has their own and seldom have the worked in acrylic, oil, opportunity to enjoy a roast meal with pastel and watercolour. friends, sitting around a big table, talking as well as eating.

We hope to resume again on Tues Nov 1st at 12.30pm and anyone is most Yetminster Fair Association welcome but you must book: 01935 50 Club -May 2011 Draw 872247. Please bring your own wine.

1st Prize: No. 60 £50 Mr G Orton 2nd Prize: No 20 £30 Mr D Mott Anne Partridge 3rd Prize: No 26 £20 Dr Latham

YETMINSTER

FILM NIGHTS The dates for our Autumn season are Thursdays 15 September 20 October 17 November 2011.

Film details should appear in the July edition of this magazine.

Look forward to seeing you there.

Welcome Pack Newcomers to the village have often expressed how much they have appreciated receiving a 'welcome pack' along with a greeting from a friendly local resident.

We are very grateful to Margaret Bedding who for many years has enjoyed welcoming newcomers to the village.

Margaret now feels that it is time for her to hand this task over to someone else, if you feel that it is something you would be interested in doing please contact Valerie Rowsell on 872594.

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Yetminster Fair - Saturday 9 July The Fair Association and volunteers have been hard at work getting things organised and ready for this year's Yetminster Fair on the weekend of 9 July. It is one of the oldest street fairs in Wessex, and has been running since the 13th century under a charter granted to the Bishop of Salisbury for a fair "to be held in his manor of Yetminster". The lively atmosphere of this special day in the village calendar adds to the charm of the old stone houses and manors and memories of a bygone age.

The proceeds from the event help support local groups and organisations and have included helping the local primary school, providing new seating for the church hall and supporting the Wriggle Valley Magazine.

This year the weekend will kick off on Friday 8 July with a Quiz Night at 7pm in St. Andrew's Hall. This is a fun event, with people entering into the spirit of things by bringing high teas and candelabras, all under the watchful eye of "Prof. Graham".

Tickets will be available from Oak House Stores and the Post Office.

The Fair, on Saturday 9 July, will start at 1.15pm with the opening procession, and we expect around 100 stalls along the High Street and in St. Andrew's Hall for the craft displays. Various types of music will be provided to cater for all tastes, and there will be traditional dancing from 28

Yetminster Irish Dancers and No Mean Feet. Party Tyme Entertainments will be acting as compère, and there will be cream teas, childrens' entertainment and of course the White Hart open all day. An excellent family day out not to be missed, with free parking off Ryme Road as usual.

A highlight this year will be the new Fun Dog Show, in the field behind the White Hart from 2pm followed by the grand final in the arena at 3.45pm. Please contact Jess Crocker (01935 873545 or 07811 203875) for more information and entry forms.

With the retirement of the Yetties we will not, this year, be having an evening concert.

We are planning one for next year though, so watch this space! The Yetties will be having their usual stall and would be pleased to see their old friends, although they have hinted that as they are now pensioners things will be moving at a slower pace!

For the first time the Fair Association will have a stall, so please come and introduce yourselves and tell us about any ideas you have for future events.

On Sunday 10 July the unique Yetminster Fair Animal Service will be held at 11am in St Andrew's Church Hall (with horses in the car park), and all creatures, together with their owners, are welcome. A choral evensong in the church at 6.30pm will round off the weekend. Stallholder enquiries: Ray Drewett on 01935 873719.

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FLOWERS FARM TROUT LAKES HILFIELD (NEXT TO ST. FRANCIS FRIARY)

Telephone & fax 01300 341351 www.flowersfarmlakes.co.uk Email alan@flowersfarmlakes.com For good fishing in beautiful surroundings OPEN ALL YEAR 5.30 a.m. Till DUSK Subject to weather conditions

P. CHAPMAN-SMITH Middlemarsh Servicing undertaken for

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Telephone Paul on 01963 210226 Mobile 07970 748390

Complete Building works Extensions Renovations & Alterations Plastering Property Maintenance

UPVC Windows Fascia Boards and Soffits Floor and Wall Tiling Quality workmanship Plumbing Personal Service

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THE KINGS ARMS Thornford 872294 You’ve probably all seen our lovely new patio & children’s play area by now. If not, come & take a look!

As well as running a friendly village pub with good food & well kept real ales, we now also do

OUTSIDE CATERING & BARS We can tailor catering to your needs for any function: wedding, party, funeral etc. We also have our own portable bar serving real ales, cooled lager & cider, quality wines & a good range of spirits & soft drinks.

No upfront fee to pay within the local area.

Just give us a ring or email: thekingsarmsthornford@gmail.com & we’ll send you a leaflet.

Stan Darley

The Chetnole Inn, Chetnole Winners of Best Dining Pub at the 2010 Taste of Dorset Awards, The Chetnole Inn sits opposite the parish church in the delightful village of Chetnole. There’s a snug bar with wood-burning stove; a flag stoned, hop- hung lounge bar, a bright airy restaurant, and a beautiful garden.

The menu is imaginative & seasonal. The Chetnole Inn prides itself on offering fantastic local food in a rustic inn environment. It also has three beautiful guest rooms for those wanting to combine eating and sleeping. Dinner, bed & breakfast offers run throughout the year.

Chetnole, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 6NU Tel: 012935 872337.

Email: enquiries@thechetnoleinn. co.uk. www.thechetnoleinn.co.uk.

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Out & About THE CHETNOLE INN EVENTS

BBQ & LIVE MUSIC IN THE GARDEN Sunday 12 June

First drink, BBQ and music for £15 Adult, £6.50 Child.

Starting from 3.30pm TICKETS ONLY (AVAILABLE BEHIND THE BAR SOON)

GREEK NIGHT Thursday 14 July A night of Greek food with plate smashing !!

BOOKINGS ONLY

Wednesday 27July

MORRIS DANCERS Outside the front of the pub from 8.45pm

CHETNOLE ANNUAL FLOWER SHOW & FETE Saturday 6 August from 2pm

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9 July 2011 Starts at 1.15pm Over 100 Stalls - new fun dog show Music: Durnovaria Silver Band, Wessex Highlanders & Pipes and Drums Traditional Dancing: Yetminster Irish Dancers & No mean feet Children’s Entertainment All proceeds support local groups & charities The John Betjeman Society PRESENTS Readings from the Works of Sir John Betjeman With Musical Interludes by Wendy Partridge

Classical Guitar Linda Readman

Vocalist 7.00pm Friday 10th June St Mary’s Church Melbury Bubb Tickets £7 from 01935 83330 or 01935 872297 Refreshments

Raffle

All proceeds to St Mary’s Church

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Events on our local Butterfly Reserves June/July 2011 Alners Gorse Butterfly and Moth Weekend - all welcome Sat 11 - Sun 12 June Saturday 7pm Barbecue and Moth trapping. Camping facilities available for anyone who would like to stay overnight bring tent, sleeping bag, eating utensils etc and food and drink to share.

Sunday 9am Moths Analysis of last night's catch in moth traps with refreshments at 10.30am 11am Guided walks to see the wildflowers, butterflies and other wildlife.

1pm Bring your own picnic if you would like to have lunch on the reserve Midsummer Moths on Portland Quarry Reserve with Dorset Moth Group Saturday 2– Sunday 3 July Saturday 7pm Barbecue and Moth Trapping. This is a coastal limestone habitat which could have additional species by way of migrants if conditions are favourable. Camping facilities available for anyone who would like to stay overnight – bring tent, sleeping bag, eating utensils etc and food and drink to share.

Sunday 9am Moths Analysis of last night's catch in moth traps at Broadcroft Reserve with refreshments 10.30 am.

11am Guided walk - Broadcroft Quarry Reserve Broadcroft Quarry was the county's first Butterfly Reserve. An impressive colony of Silver-studded Blues can be found in this quarry reserve.

2pm Guided walk – Perryfields Reserve and Church Ope Cove Meet at the Museum car park, map reference SY 695712. Please note that the Cove can only be accessed by a flight of steep steps.

For further information please contact Nigel Spring on 01963.23559 or 07981.776767, or email nigelspring@yahoo.co.uk

SHERBORNE ABBEY

QUIET GARDEN AT BEMBURY FARM, THORNFORD Wednesday, 6 July 2011 10.00 for 10.30a.m.

– 4.00 p.m.

COME to a QUIET DAY IN THE GARDEN led by The Reverend Canon Eric Woods Vicar of Sherborne, Rector of Lillington & Longburton

Please bring a picnic lunch , bible & 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 after 1st June 2011

THORNFORD

OPEN GARDENS 2:00pm-5:30pm Entrance £4, Children under 12 free

Raising funds for the Church Bells Restoration Fund.

Refreshments available and plant sale.

Free parking on the Recreation Ground accessed via Blacksmiths Lane.

Further information Tel 01935 872585 or 873939 33

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Registered

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Batcombe Coffee meeting Ch & L Garden Club 25th Anniv. Banquet Story Time & Rhythm John Betjeman Society Readings & Music Ch & L Garden Club Open Gardens Day Mothers' Union Tabletop Sale Bradford Abbas Country Fair Garden Open Day Coffee Beans StrawberryTea Party St Andrew's Sch PTA Family Summer Fayre Batcombe Cream Teas Barbecue & Live Music Family Fun Event Messy Play W V Women's Group Guided Walk

11.00am 7.30pm 10 - 11.00am 7.00pm

member's home in Weymouth Leigh Village Hall

10.00 - mid-day

St Andrew's Hall, Yetminster St Mary's Church, Melbury Bubb Leigh [watch out for sunflower signs] Leigh Village Hall

11.00am to 4.00pm 2.00 to 5.00pm 2.30 to 4.00pm

Sports & Social Club Field, Bradford Abbas Frankham Farm, Ryme Intr.

St Andrew's Hall, Yetminster

TBA

7.30pm

St Andrew's Primary School,Yetminster St Francis Friary, Hilfield Chetnole Inn Hermitage Village Green St Andrew's Sch meet at Queen's Head car park, Milborne Port Leigh Village Hall

7.30pm

Brookside, Batcombe

7.30pm

Garden of Rimpton Cottage, Chetnole Bembury Farm, Thornford

2.00 to 5.00pm

3.00 to 5.00pm from 3.30pm 2.30 to 5.00pm 10-11.30am 7.00pm

JULY Chetnole & Leigh Garden Club supper Sherborne Abbey Quiet Day- BYO picnic+Bible Yetminster Fair Quiz Night Yetminster Fair Greek Night Yetminster History Soc. Coffee Morning Garden Open Day Morris Dancers Leigh Village Hog Roast

10.00am to 4.00pm 7.00pm 1.15pm to ? from 7.00pm 10.30am to noon 2.00 to 5.00pm 8.45pm 7.30pm

Yetminster Village Chetnole Inn Cross Farm House, Church Street, Yetminster Frankham Farm, Ryme Intr.

Chetnole Inn Leigh Village Hall

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Regular Meetings‌.

Mon - Fri Every Mon

Wriggle Valley Pre-Sch Leigh Short Mat Bowls Ist Yetminster Guides Yetminster Table Tennis Club Yetminster Bell Ringers

8.30am - 3.00pm 2.00 -5.00pm 6.45 - 8.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm-10.00pm

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

Every Tue

Topsy Turvy Toddlers Beavers (in term) Scouts (in term) Beginners Pilates Chetnole Art Group

9.30 - 11.30am 5.45 - 6.45pm 7 - 8.30pm wint 7 - 9.00pm sum 1.30 and 2.35pm 10.00 - 1.00pm

St Andrew's School Scout Hut Yetminster Scout Hut Yetminster Scout Hut Yetminster Chetnole Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall

Every Wed

Dollywood Dance Class Outreach Post Office Services Drop in Coffee Morning Yetminster Short Mat Bowls Wednesday Club (in term) Morning Yoga Class Junior WV Players (in term)

2.00pm 9.30am -12.30pm 10.00 - 12 noon 7.00 - 10.00pm 3.15 pm-4.05pm 10.30 - 11.30am 6.30 - 7.45pm

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

Every Thu

Leigh Short Mat Bowls Yetminster Short Mat Bowls Leigh Brownies (in term) Yetminster Cubs Bridge Club The Eye Bus Advanced Pilates

7.00 - 10.00pm 2.00 - 5.00pm 5.30 - 6.55pm 6.45 - 8.15pm 7.00 - 10.00pm 1.00 - 4.00pm 10.15am

Leigh Village Hall St Andrew's Hall Leigh Village Hall Scout Hut, Yetminster Dairy House, Ryme Scout Hut, Yetminster Chetnole Village Hall

Every Fri

Table Tennis

9.30 - 12.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

Every Sat

Irish Dancers

10.15am

Church Hall, Yetminster

7.30pm 12.30pm 7.30 - 10.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 2.30 - 5.00pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

Chetnole Village Hall Manor Farm, Yetminster Leigh Village Hall Church Hall, Yetminster Hermitage Village Hall Leigh Village Hall St.Andrew's Hall Sue Footner 873610 Rest & Welcome Pub Gable Court, unless Leigh Village Hall Leigh Village Hall Leigh Village Hall

1st Mon 1st Tue

Chetnole & Leigh Garden Club Hospice Lunch Leigh Discussion Club (wint) Wriggle Valley MU (alt months) Hermitage and Hilfield WI 2nd Tues Tuesday Club (senior citizens) Yetminster & Ryme Garden Soc. Senior Winter Lunch Outings (not July/Aug) Halstock & Distr. British Legion 3rd Tues WV Women's Group Wriggle Valley Lunch Club Leigh Parish Council - alt mnths Last Tues Leigh Women's Iinstitute

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7.30pm 12.15 - 3.00pm 7.30pm 7.30 - 11.00pm

‌Events & Activities 1st Wed 2nd Wed 2nd/4th Wed 3rd Wed Wed/f/night

Yetminster Senior Citizens Coffee Beans Coffee Morning Yetminster Historical Society Police Support Unit High Stoy Bible Study District Council Ward Surgery Sturminster Mobile Library

Bridport Mobile Libray

Whist Drive Wed - Sat Friary Shop Alt Thurs Hermitage and Hilfield YFC 2nd Th/alt mth Chetnole & Stockwood PC Last Thurs Yetminster Fair Association 2nd/3rd Sat YPFPC Wastepaper Collection

3.00pm 10.00 - 12 noon 2.30pm 2.00 - 3.00pm 7.30pm 11.00 - 12 noon 11.15am 11.50am 2.00pm 11.40pm 12.20pm 12.40pm 8.00pm 2.30 - 4.30pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 12noon

The Meadens Church Hall, Yetminster Church Hall, Yetminster The Cross, Leigh Venue contact 872342 Jolin Gallery, Yetminster Church Lane, Hermitage Shearstones, Yetminster Stonyacres, Yetminster Carpenters' Arms, Leigh The Church, Chetnole Lamb Plot, Chetnole Chetnole Village Hall The Friary, Hilfield Leigh Village Hall Chetnole Villlage Hall White Hart Yetminster Playing Fields

REMEMBER

THANK YOU To our all our August/September advertisers for is a double issue - your continued articles etc to us by support, we really 14 July please appreciate it.

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

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

Some dates for your diary: Saturday 16 July: 5th Leigh Food Fair and Classic Car Show Saturday 13 August: 75th Leigh Flower Show 37

Goose Slade

Farm Shop A wide range of local produce Including quality assured meats, fresh fruit & vegetables, fine wines, ales & cider, freshly baked bread & cakes And much more

Fresh oven ready geese available Michaelmas to Christmas

10 am - 6 pm Tuesday - Saturday Just off the A37 Yeovil to Dorchester Road towards Sutton Bingham Reservoir EAST COKER, YEOVIL. TEL: 01935 863735

ALL TYPES OF DOUBLE GLAZING REPAIRS

Nu-Lite Double Glazing Repairs

CALL: (01935) 41 55 55

ADDISON ADDISON MOTORS MOTORS Bridge Garage, Leigh, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 6HW Tel: 01935 872 323 MOTS * TYRES * EXHAUSTS* ALL MECHANICAL REPAIRS * SERVICING * BODYWORK * WELDING

Leigh Village Stores & Post office NOT JUST FOR STAMPS THE POST OFFICE NOW DOES: HOME, TRAVEL & CAR INSURANCE, PERSONAL LOANS, FOREIGN CURRENCY, PERSONAL BANKING & INVESTMENTS YOUR VILLAGE STORE CATERS FOR ALL YOUR NEEDS ESPECIALLY THOSE LITTLE THINGS YOU FORGOT IN TOWN

OPENING HOURS Shop & workshop: Mon-Fri 8am-6pm: Sat 9am-1pm Post Office: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat 9am-1pm. Closed Wed

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General News Inter Village Competition 2011 Dear Readers, Competitors and Supporters Look out for July’s edition when I shall have the full programme of events, venues and timings for this years Inter Village Competition.

These will include TENNIS, GOLF, SHORTMAT BOWLS, CROQUET, BOULES, ROUNDERS and the QUIZ. We could have a table tennis match but need a ‘Captain’ from Yetminster to volunteer.

Any Questions or suggestion give me a call on 01935 873846 or email me on julian.turnbull@virgin.net

T u es d ay

GRAND OPENING

g on e l a th e m to Co

Saturday 4 June 4.00pm Thanks to all that have kindly given books but we still could do with more so that we have a greater variety.

Donate your books to Victoria Cottage, Ryme

RYME BOOK Exchange

Do you have or care for children aged 0 – 5 years?

The Sherborne Children’s Centre is managed by Barnardo's on behalf of Dorset County Council and funded through the government’s Early Years and Child Care Service Leigh Village Hall Story Time and Rhyme at 10:00 – 11:00 on Tuesdays – 7 June St Andrew’s School, Yetminster Messy Play at 10:00 – 11:30 on Monday 27 June To book call the Sherborne Children’s Centre on 01935 813021 (or 01305 852843) or by email at middorset@barnardos.org.uk.

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News about Buses The dust has now settled (for three months). Nordcat’s dial-a-buses have been replaced by Damory Coaches (of Blandford, & part of the national GO AHEAD group) and in one case by FIRST buses(based in Weymouth). These new services are strictly scheduled (i.e. not telephone bookable).

Nordcat’s buses D.14, D.13 and D.11 have been replaced by Damory’s buses 74, 74A, 307 and 212. Nordcat’s bus D.12 has been replaced by FIRST’s 216(Yeovil-Sherborne-Dorchester).

DCC are currently finalising their plans with operators for what will happen form July onwards.

Damory’s telephone number is: 01258 452545. FIRST can be contacted on 08700 106022 or 01305 783645.

Traveline (general public transport info) can be contacted on 0871 200 22 33.

Sadly, evening buses from Yeovil to Wincanton, Wells and Taunton have been knocked on the head. The last bus-58 to run from Yeovil to Wincanton and back was “celebrated” by having a wreath, a cardboard skeleton and goodwill cards on board!

Alan Mitchell

DORSET VOICES

Are you a Dorset writer or photographer, or do you have connections to the county?

Would you like to see your work published in a new anthology that

voices?

DORSET VOICES is an exciting new project, instigated by three Dorset writers (‘Poundbury produce an inspirational and original collection of the best prose, poetry and photography that local people have to offer. The brought together in a book to be published in Spring 2012 by local publisher Roving Press.

The project is being supported by Creative Dorset and other local organisations.

Both new and established writers and photographers are invited to submit work. At least 50% of the written material will have direct relevance or connection to Dorset in terms of setting or inspiration.

DORSET VOICES aims to showcase the literary and photographic talent that can be found in our county.

So go on – be inspired, be creative, you could see yourself published!

If you don’t have something to contribute, but would like to support or promote this project, or promote yourself, your group or organisation, please contact Roving Email: info@rovingpress.co.uk, Press: Tel 01300 321531, www.rovingpress.co.uk.

Detailed submission guidelines can be found at www.poundburyvoices.blogspot.com.

The closing date for submissions is 30 July 2011.

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Tupof!'!Xppe!Cvjmejoh!Dp/ Sherborne Tennis Club New members welcome!

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NEWS FROM ST ANDREWS’S CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL

It’s that Outdoor Time of Year Isn’t it lovely to be able to spend so much time outside enjoying the grounds of our lovely school? We are fortunate to have an extensive outside area which can be used for a variety of activities notwithstanding our playing fields which are now set up for summer sports: athletics including high jump and long jump, and of course the ever popular rounders pitches. It is delightful to see the children partaking in traditional playground games and just running around for the sheer delight of doing so. We still have our hard standing playground

bug hunting in science and life drawing in art and design and our quiet area is great as an outdoor classroom where lessons can be taught, willow structures built and Andy Goldsworthyesque artistic masterpieces created.

We will also be combining our termly Eco-day with an everybody writes day to promote and should the weather be improve our outside inclement, which of writing spaces course it wouldn’t dare encouraging the to be, and which is children to appreciate perfect for our morning and be inspired by our Wake and Shake up wonderful environment. routine.

One of our classes, Our outdoor pirate Chestnut, have even ship play equipment, design a golf course in very kindly supplied by their maths lesson and our PTA, still proves to are now practising their be a huge attraction at golf swing. playtimes and Aren’t our children encourages the children fortunate to live, work to extend their and play in such a dexterity to climbing beautiful and inspiring and balancing. spot.

We are enjoying Join us for our PTA using our new growing Family Summer Fair on area, thanks to the 18 June.

Yetminster Fair, and will Check up on this and soon be swimming in other stories by looking our pool. at our website Bella Neate-Clegg Our conservation area serves us well for

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News from our Churches Meet Lin Allen - our Benefice Administrator

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in is the Wriggle Valley Benefice Administrator, working from the Rector’s office at St Andrew’s Hall.

Here are a few words of introduction from her.

We can offer a photocopying service for small quantities. If you would like a poster to be displayed on the hall notice boards please leave it with me.

I am always happy to receive visitors to the office.

Do stop by for a cup of coffee and a chat.

From July the Rector will be available on Tuesday mornings from 10 – 12.00 if you would like to talk to him personally.

Do remember that the office is there to support the Churches of the Wriggle Valley in their pastoral care for the whole community. If you would like an event included in the Outlook pew sheet do get in touch at our email wrigglevb.office@gmail .com” If you would like to find out more of what goes on in the churches of the Wriggle Valley do visit our Website .

“The Rector’s office is just by the entrance to St Andrew’s hall which makes it a good place to meet and greet the many people passing through. The office is open from 10- 12 noon on Monday, and Thursday, and from 1 - 3.00 pm.

I maintain the Church service rota, produce the weekly pew sheets ‘Outlook’, and the service Rev. Simon Brignall sheets, answer email The Wriggle Valley enquiries and am available Benefice as the first port of call to 01935 872237 those who would wish to brignall97as@btinternet.com arrange dates, times and venue for baptisms, weddings and funerals. www.wrigglevalleybenefice.org 44

From the Registers Marriage Anita Igras to Philip Spencer Wilson Hermitage

Funerals Jean Meaden Yeovil Crematorium Emily E.M. Hannam Leigh

Church News Please note that in future the Benefice Office will be open every Tuesday 10.30 -12noon.

Reverend Simon Brignall will be available to meet members of the Benefice and discuss any matters you may wish to raise. This will begin in July.

Tony Jones

6.00 pm 10.00 am 9.45 am 2.30 pm 7.30pm 6.00pm

Healing Service Mothers and Toddlers Holy Communion Holy Communion Ascension Day Holy Communion Compline

26th

Yetminster Yetminster Yetminster Leigh Leigh Yetminster

8.30am Holy Communion(BCP)

8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)

1st Sunday after Trinity 10.15am Holy Communion 10.15am Holy Communion

Old Vicarage,

YETMINSTER

Mid-week Services Monday first Tuesday first Wednesday first Thursday first Thursday first Monday others

10.15am Choral Holy Communion

10.15am Faith Focus Eucharist based on Pentecost

10.15am Family Holy Communion

10.15am Family Worship 6.30pm Evensong (BCP)

6.30pm Evensong (BCP)

10.15am Family Praise

8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)

Trinity Sunday

19th

8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)

10.15am Holy Communion

6.30pm Evensong (BCP)

10.15am Holy Communion

Pentecost

12th

RYME INTRINSECA

LEIGH

HILFIELD

HERMITAGE

CHETNOLE

BATCOMBE

7th Sunday of Easter

5th

Wriggle Valley Benefice Services for June 2011

The Wriggle Valley Benefice Church Services

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Suppliers of Roof Coverings for the Wriggle Valley and beyond!

Slates & Tiles (new and old), Ridges, Felt & Batten, Lead, Chimney Pots, Insulation, Cedar Shingles and Stable/Shed Roof Sheets, or just feel free to call for Roofing Advice.

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Gas Safe qualified Boiler servicing & repairs, leaking taps, problem radiators, toilets, water leaks, blocked drains, burst pipes, washing machine and dish washer installations Call Alan on 07768 755 914 or

01935 872689

Information about your Church Wriggle Valley Benefice

The Friary, Hilfield

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

Sundays:

Office: St Andrew’s Hall, Church Street, Yetminster Tel: 01935 872600 (24 hr message service) email: wrigglevb.office@gmail.com Note: Simon’s usual day off is Friday Sarum Readers: Chloe Sadler 01935 872794 John Strover 01935 872437

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

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

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

Yetminster Methodist Church Chapel Lane, Yetminster DT9 6LJ Minister: Rev'd Sooncheol Choi 73 Granville Way, Sherborne, DT9 4AT Telephone: 01935 815666 email: choi_sc@hotmail.com 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)

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

Local Preachers (who serve throughout the Sherborne & Yeovil District): Mr Cliff Harris, Mrs Jo Jones, Mr Dennis Tackley Services commence at 10.30am and are followed by refreshments.

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Leigh Weather Watch Rainfall Farmers and gardeners became increasingly concerned as the month “Wanton with long delay went on without any noticeable rainfall.

There were only 5 ‘traditional April the gay spring leaping showers) and they produced a mere cometh, The blackthorn 7mm (0.3”). This was only 10% of the starteth now her bough on amount we usually have in April.

The rainfall total for the year-to-date is the eve of May.” now 40% less than we should expect, Robert Bridges and the local reservoirs are much less full than they should be.

April’s magnificent Hose pipe bans can display of blackthorn probably be expected blossom means that if the trend continues sloe gin makers will but, being England, probably need to buy there’s a strong chance much more gin this that it will be all change autumn if they want by the summer. to make the most of Sunshine April was 61% sunnier their harvest! than usual. There were Temperatures 187 hours of sunshine, just After one of coldest Blackthorn flower beating the record set in winters on record, April 2010. The sun shone for confirmed the 45% of the daylight hours instead of the changeability of the British climate. average 28%. Total sunshine for 2011 is Temperatures soared to a peak of now 41% above average.

27.2C/81F - hotter than any of last Pressure and wind speeds August’s holidays, and an all-time record The barometric pressure in April for April. Frosts were rare - a mere two averaged 1025 mb instead of 1015, and instead of the usual six - and the lowest this, together with south easterly winds, temperature was only -2C (39F) instead of -4.7C (23F). At 12C (53F) the average intensified this spring’s serious shortage of rain. The average peak wind speed temperature was 35% higher than was only 29 mph, 19% lower than usual. normal.

Philip Bryan

April 2011

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Planning Applications - June 2011 CHETNOLE 1/D/11/000165 1/D/11/000397

CHETNOLE FARM COTTAGE, BATCOMBE LANE. Garage (Full) - Approved.

DEEP LANE FARM, DEEP LANE. Revised elevational treatments including revised window design & balustrading (Full) - No Decision.

HILFIELD 1/D/11/000586

1/D/11/000323

HILFIELD FRIARY, THE FRIARY - Install photo voltaic solar panels over south slope of chapel roof (Full) - No Decision.

2 REMEDY COTTAGE. Replace garage (Full) - No Decision.

L EIGH 1/D/11/000482

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1/D/11/000350

LAND ADJACENT 6 ASHLEIGH AVENUE,MAIDEN NEWTON - Approval of reserved matters of outline permission 1/D/10/000588 to erect bungalow & garage Approval of Reserved Matters) - No Decision.

POUND FARM, BACK DROVE. Install solar panels on garage (Full) - Approved.

BROOKSIDE COTTAGE, CHETNOLE ROAD. Erect garage & retain greenhouse. Extend porch (Full) - No Decision.

YETMINSTER 1/D/11/000663

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THE OLD HOUSE, QUEEN STREET Garage/studio & alter access & fencing (Full) No Decision.

29 CLOVERMEAD. Rear two storey extension (Full) - No Decision.

PENCARROW, QUEEN STREET. Single storey extension. Construct hard terrace surface.

Construct porch (Full) - No Decision.

1/D/11/000277 1/D/11/000369 1/D/11/000211 1/D/11/000272

THE SIDINGS, STATION ROAD. Change of use of part of unit to Animal Feed Supply Shop A1 Use Class) (Change of Use) - No Decision.

EAST DOWNS, BRISTER END. Extension (Full) Approved.

THE ARK, CHAPEL LANE. Change of use to Retail (Change of Use) - No Decision.

3 THE SIDINGS, STATION ROAD. Timber storage shed (Full) - Approved.

The next Development Control Committee meeting will take place on 2nd June 2011, 14.15 at Stratton House, 58/60 High West Street, Dorchester. http://www.dorsetforyou.com/planningapplications Graham Plaice

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‌gone gardening‌ Pitter Patter Raindrops There is something magical about the rain and how it effects planting. It has all the ingredients to make the garden grow and has the right balance of minerals and the right temperature to do a better job than ordinary water straight from a hose. According to Bob Poots our regional weatherman for Dorset, we have enjoyed slightly more than 2 cms of rain for the whole of March and April combined this year. The figures for the same months in 2009 and 2010 also make for interesting reading.

With so little rain there is a real argument in favour of water harvesting. Most definitely we should be putting out water for wildlife and birds just as we did during the winter months and also we should be careful as to how we utilise our existing water supply,

just in case the dry conditions continue for some time to come.

Unlikely, but possible!

June in the garden is traditionally very pleasurable as the weather warms up. It is perhaps one of the best months for dining out in the garden. The evenings are long and temperate. The night skies of a thousand stars are mesmerising. Plants appear suddenly overnight, they flower and enthral. Hanging baskets heave with blooms tumbling and frothing over the edges.

Rose bushes burst into colour and the lawn is a swathe of rich green carpet that links one area comfortably with another. The patio becomes the desert and the flower beds the oasis.

Beds and borders provide a riot of colour, as one herbaceous plant finishes flowering and another starts.

Flowering plants on the wane should be trimmed lightly so that they are neat and tidy. Then you can add other plants to fill gaps that appear, you might use Cosmos, Nicotiana or sweetpeas.

Dead heading and feeding your plants will help to keep them looking good. Tomato feed is very often used for hanging baskets to perk them up, but they only need a small amount once a week.

Watering is done carefully. If it is hot weather try to avoid wetting the leaves, perhaps leave the watering until later in the afternoon when the day is beginning to cool.

Water should be directed to the roots of plants where it is intended to go. If you have barked off your flowerbeds then surface evaporation of water will be minimal and weeds will be kept at bay. Barking beds off is yet another expense however you will reap the benefits of your investment when the temperatures start to soar. Less weeding and less watering. Happy Gardening!

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SPOTLIGHT on our community Voices from the Old Vicarage Ethel Forcey

This lovely 94 year old lady was born in Leigh where her father, Charles, had a smallholding, raising crops and also keeping some animals. Ethel’s mother was called Elizabeth.

Ethel told me “I had two sisters and a brother. I really had a lovely happy childhood and worked alongside my father throughout my childhood whenever I could. I loved working with the animals.

I attended school in Leigh and although the teachers didn’t put up with any nonsense, they were kind and helpful.

I remember that there were two elderly ladies who looked after the school. I left there when I

was twelve years old and worked with my father raising crops and tending the animals.

Eventually I started working as a domestic, cleaning and tidying the houses of local gentry, but I earned a very low wage.

“I met and married Dick Forcey who lived in Chetnole.

Dick worked for the local Council in the water department. We had a family and I used to knit and sew all their clothing because at that time it was far too expensive to buy new clothes. You had to do that kind of thing in those days. I still like knitting and sewing.”

Ethel told me that she loves reading and watching television and going out on the occasional outing organised by the staff at the Vicarage.

Ethel has several grandchildren, great grandchildren and one great great grandchild and said that “it makes Christmas very expensive!”

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Club NewsChetnole Cricket Club Yetminster and Ryme Garden, Art and Craft Society ‘Something for everyone’ was the theme Phillip Gamble, a local horticulturist and specialist in planting design, used for his lively presentation at our May meeting on creating herbaceous borders, setting out to explain how colour, plant variety and texture can help create distinctive and unusual effects.

We were given a host of tips for nurturing and mulching the soil, irrigation and keeping frost at bay. Followed by advice on propagation, plant layout and how to hold scent in the garden. Phillip then went on to show how different planting combinations held a design together, with startling examples of what did and didn’t work! His experience has taught him that it is often the colours you decide to leave out, rather than the ones you put in, that make a colour scheme successful. His talk included interesting plant recommendations and gardens to visit to gather ideas.

Phillip took us on a colourful tour of the grander gardens such as Tintinhull near Yeovil to a castle in France and then on to

Yetminster and Ryme Garden, Art and Craft Society

SUMMER SHOW Saturday 20 August Crafts Painting and Drawing Photography

Competitions St Andrew’s Hall

smaller, private gardens to demonstrate how, in the end, planting is all a matter of personal taste!

Next month the Society will visit the RHS gardens of Rosemoor in Devon The Summer Show is on 20 August in St Andrews Hall. The schedule and application forms will be available from the Oak House Stores in Yetminster from 15 June.

Pandy Brown

An Opportunity for Young People Please give young people aged 14-18 an opportunity to have fun, set challenges, enjoy exciting outdoor activities and become responsible citizens. This can be achieved by creating an Explorer Scout Unit in this area. We have young people, but URGENTLY need some enthusiastic adults to take responsibility for them. In turn, they too can explore the wide ranging opportunities that Scouting has to offer.

Please contact: Joy Edwards 01308 862055 email:joyquaver@hotmail.com District Explorer Scout Commissioner for West Dorset.

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The Coffee Beans welcome you to a

Strawberry Tea Party Wednesday 15 June at 2.30pm to 4pm at St Andrew’s Hall, Yetminster In aid of The Lord’s Larder £3

Chetnole & Leigh Garden Club James Foster-Pegg, Director of The Gardens Group (Castle Gardens, Brimsmore & Poundbury), was the speaker at the May meeting of the Garden Club when we met at Chetnole Village Hall on 9th May. His subject – “The Garden Centre Years” – a wide ranging discourse in which James gave us all an insight into the working of The Garden Groups, behind the scenes over a typical year. What we take for granted – well organised, beautifully presented sales centres, friendly and knowledgeable staff, availability of products, Christmas and other seasonal promotions as well as the other expected service facilities do not happen by chance. Planning and organisation are key.

James highlighted the policy of the Group whereby staff are given authority and flexibility to carry out their own product ordering – there is no central buying unit.

The ordering process in such a multi faceted business with products ranging from highly perishable to hardware items with an infinite lifespan is fascinating. Relationships with suppliers and the amount of display space allocated to each is hugely important to the company with competing organisations (e.g. seed companies) vying 58

for maximum advantage in the display of their products. Seasonal demand for specific plants is predictable (e.g. summer hanging baskets, spring bulbs, seed potatoes etc.) and stock is ordered from trusted wholesalers many months in advance. The celebrated Christmas display at the Castle Gardens Centre begins to be assembled in October – with the product ordering having taken place in the January succeeding the previous Christmas. In other words, each of the wonderful Christmas displays we enjoy year after year takes virtually a year to arrange.

Marketing and communication with the public is vital in service industry – and garden centres fall into the service/retail category. Therefore, it is no surprise that the full panoply of marketing tools is employed by The Gardens Group including direct mail, client database building, profiling, PR, advertising and promotions, website, club and society interaction (the staff attend and speak at over 200 club, society and public meetings over a typical year); currently an E-mail client contact list is being developed for more speedy and targeted customer communication. So – it takes a great deal of hard work, experience and planning to ensure the smooth working of our local garden centres!

June is an important and busy month for the Chetnole & Leigh Garden Club with the 25th Anniversary of the Club’s founding being celebrated by a special dinner at Leigh Village Hall on June 6th. This is followed on June 12th by the Leigh Open Gardens festival where some 10 or so Leigh gardens are opened to the public, mainly for charity.

This year the charity benefiting from this activity will be “Headway” an organisation devoted to the care and help for those suffering from brain injury.

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The Wriggle Valley Mothers’ Union Our May meeting was a fascinating talk by Sally Booth who heads up The Salisbury Women’s Refuge. As a result of her talk we all felt we wanted to give them more support as, like all organizations these days, their funding has been cut and they carry out such vital work in helping women who need somewhere safe to go.

We had collected a lot of supplies as a donation but feel we would like to raise some money for them in the future.

Our next major event is the Table Top sale (see advert in this edition) when we hope to raise funds for the Overseas Fund for The Mothers’ Union on Saturday June 11th at 10am, in Leigh Village Hall.

Do contact me if you would like a table.

Anne Reason

WRIGGLE VALLEY

MOTHERS’ UNION Group Hosts a Table Top Sale

‘ANYTHING GOES’ As long as it is good quality!

11June 2011 Leigh Village Hall 10-12pm Light refreshments available and hopefully lots of exciting stalls!

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If you would like to book a table cost £10 each please contact Anne Reason, 873726 ALL WELCOME

Leigh & District Discussion Club Our first excursion for our summer program commenced with a visit to Inca Alpacas, Amberley Farm, Higher Drove, Chilfrome. We met at 7pm with a good turnout of members and were welcomed

by Tim Hey who firstly gave us the background and origins of the Alpaca, his earlier life in Australia and his aims to reestablish the original breeding line first started by the Incas in Peru. He then introduced us to these beautiful inquisitive animals; there were youngsters born 24 hours earlier peering at us from behind the security of their mothers. They were as much interested in us as we were in them. Everybody was very impressed with the layout of the pens with interconnecting lanes keeping male and female apart, this over an area of 40 acres and with the added security of a low height electric wire around the whole perimeter

stopping the likes of Mr. Badger. Tim introduced us to one of his stud males and we were able to run our hands through his coat and you could appreciate why many countries around the world prize their wool. It was a privilege to get up close and personal with these animals and I believe a few members would have liked to have taken one home with them. They are not cheap, but they do live for 25 years and will give birth once in every year of that life.

Charlie Osmund thanked Tim Hey for a most enjoyable evening and the members showed their appreciation in the usual manner.

Next outing on the summer programme will be 15 June, Coach trip to Avon Valley Railway & Boat Ride on River Avon. Seats still available, if interested please contact Alan on 01300 341351 Chris Jacobs 61

Leigh

Hermitage & Hilfield On 4 May one of the members of the Hermitage and Hilfield W.I., Jean House, recounted her experience when, last April, she and her family were unable to return from a holiday in Majorca due to the volcanic ash cloud from Iceland.

They were stranded for 6 days but, fortunately, had booked a package holiday with Thompsons, who looked after them for the extended period.

Jean also enlightened us on the cause of the disruption to air travel. It was an interesting evening.

Our next meeting is on Tuesday June 7th., when June White will be talking about ‘Life after 65’.

New members will be warmly received.

Our April meeting was the AGM. Heather Baldock gave a full report of the past year’s activities and thanked everyone for their support as she was retiring as President. She was presented with a beautiful azalea by the committee. Pat Morell, Heather Baldock, Connie Wallis, and Sarah Tatchell were also all coming off the committee and they were thanked for all their hard work over the years. Morag Orchard won the cup for winning the most monthly competitions, Sarah Lumsden was 2nd and Doris Vincent 3rd. Inga James won the Skittles shield and Sandy Burton won the highest scoring for skittles. Whilst we all ate another delicious tea, the new Committee met (Inga James, Sheila Oxley and Pat Castleman all joining the Committee as new members) and they voted that Jill Evans will be the new President, with Barbara Driver as her Deputy. Our June meeting is on Tuesday June 28th when Ms Jennie Rake will speak on Fair Trade, especially the artisans and crafts in Nepal.

We welcome new members, please do come and see what we get up to!

Christine Dickerson

Wriggle Valley Women’s Group

with proved to be as entertaining as it was informative. Materials such There’s More To as glass, metal, paper, Recycling Than Meets the garden waste etc, can be Eye’, was the title of the given a new lease of life, W.V.W.G well-attended Open Meeting in April and it though this is not always the case with that rubbish turned out to be a bug-bear plastic. There are particularly appropriate around 80 different types one! The speakers were and although some, such as Dave and Simon, two bottles, can be recycled, members of West Dorset’s others, at the moment, at District Council’s Recycling Team and their explanation least, unfortunately can’t. of how our ‘rubbish‘ is dealt One of the things that 62

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always dismays the Recycling Team, is the number of new or newlynew objects that seem to find there way into black bags and Dave and Simon brought some examples along. They included a blue wool jacket, a mobile phone, a pair of evening shoes and an unopened, within-date jumbo box of breakfast cereals – all of which most definitely deserved better homes than the land-fill!

On the other hand, however, it was nice to hear that overall, Dorset has an excellent recycling record, and that the food-waste recycling scheme launched in the Sherborne area, has proved a resounding success, with the waste being converted into compost for the production of garden-turf. As one of our visitors remarked, learning about wasterecycling was definitely not a wasted evening.

The W.V.W.G June meeting on Tuesday 28 June (Please note the change of date) is a conducted walk around Milborne Port, meeting at the Queen’s Head at 7.00p.m.

Guests are most welcome and further information can be obtained from Pat Smith – 01935 872553.

Anne Flew

Yetminster History Society

COFFEE MORNING Friday, 15th July

10.30am - mid-day Cross Farm House, Church Street

Tuesday Club Heather Baldock our Secretary was happily able to tell us that our chair woman Pauline Harley was home from hospital. We all wish her well.

This month’s talk was given by Joy Wallis, of the Dorset Wildlife Trust and was entitled “Gardening for Wildlife.” There are times when looking out into my garden I could wish all wildlife to be banished from it, especially on the occasions when badgers have ploughed up large patches of lawn and roe deer have eaten every tulip, but the flash of a kingfisher along the stream and the sight of a pair of roebucks staring at us through our patio window soon changes my mind.

Joy started by telling us that this year is the golden anniversary of the Trust which has grown from very small beginnings to a membership of 25,000 with a staff of 70 and the owner of 42 wildlife reserves in Dorset which are open to all.

She then proceeded to tell us that the main way to encourage wildlife in our gardens was to provide habitats for them which gave them food, shelter, water and a place to breed. The ideal wildlife

garden would include a wide variety of habitats including, hedges, (preferably mixed native ones,) patches of long grass and a grassy bank a mini meadow, a wildlife pond, (with native plants as so many exotics may escape and become real thugs,) flowers, shrubs and climbers, not forgetting ivy which provides food and nesting sites for birds, log piles, leaf piles and a compost heap. We can then improve our garden by adding bird and bat boxes and even lady bird and insect boxes, dry stone walls and rockeries. She stressed that none of these features need be large and that a patio pot can serve as a flower border and a bucket as a wildlife pond.

We all went home inspired to make our gardens more wildlife friendly.

Next month’s meetings coincidentally are both in gardens with our Garden Party including croquet and cream teas at Brook House on June 14th and a Coffee Morning and Bring and Buy Sale at Leigh Cross Cottage on 25th June.

New members are always welcome.

Sylvia Bryan

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The Wriggle Valley Players is a To review this year has some truly co-operative venture and tricky moments for me personally: It began with the intention some will everyone who is in the team punches more than their weight: if it's not remember to perform the Curse of bringing in snacks for the cast, it's the Monkey's Paw over the summer laying down flooring in the eaves of but a spinal operation in early th Hall, it's hours spent preparing summer caused the idea to be cables for sound and lighting, the suspended. All credit should be aeons of time taken to edit the final given to Alison Horsfall who stepped in and directed for me for a while but video. Old stagers returned to tread the boards and youngsters had a I needed to recuperate longer than speaking part for the first time. A expected so the show had to be put positive review on hold. I still in the Balckmore have the Vale magazine scripts and it speaks for itself. is still an idea The fun that that remains we have as a with me to society is hard to perform an describe; we evening of work together to Victorian create Melodrama in something the future. special, to Throughout entertain the the summer audience within the nimble our community fingers, and Jim directing in the Curse of the Turtle’s Head and are proud to belong here in the even more nimble imagination, of Wriggle Valley. I have directed and Philip Tebbatt were roaming, been the Chairman for the last two sometimes randomly, around his years and it is now time I step down computer creating the script for our due to pressing family needs but I next major production. can honestly say, like Arnie, "I'll be After the summer holidays we Back", the society will draw me and I concentrated on rehearsals for will not resist.

Pirates of Wessex - The Curse of the Join us for our AGM on Tuesday Turtle's Head, the rollicking Pirate 14 June at the Chetnole Inn and for adventure he had created for us. the reading through of our next Much laughter could be heard panto on Tuesday 5 July with throughout rehearsals and some of the lines about passages and easings auditions on 12 July in Chetnole Village hall. will remain with me always, You are guaranteed a good unfortunately. Performed over two weekends, our audiences were full of welcome.

Jim Aldhouse enthusiasm and certainly Chairman, WVP we enjoyed performing. The www.wrigglevalleyplayers.net production was a great success

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District Councillor for the Cam Vale Ward

District Councillor for the Halstock Ward

District Councillor for the Yetminster Ward

the parishes of Folke, Alweston, Holnest Holwell, Leigh, Leweston, Lillington, Longburton, and North Wootton:

Batcombe, Corscombe, East Chelborough, Evershot, Halstock, Hermitage, Hilfield, Melbury Bubb, Melbury Osmund, Melbury Sampford, and West Chelborough:

Chetnole, Ryme Intrinseca, Stockwood and Yetminster:

Cllr Stephen Friar

The Members' Room, Cllr Tony Frost, West Dorset District Homeleigh, Council, Corscombe, 58/60 High West Street, Dorchester, Dorchester, Dorset, Dorset DT1 1UZ. Email:cllrs.friar@westdors DT2 0NX. Tel: 01935 891321 et-dc.gov.uk

Cllr Margaret Lawrence, Trill Farm, Thornford Road, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 6HF Tel: 01935 872780

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