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Splendid facilities include: Established 2003 • Large main hall & separate meeting room - ideal for all events We clean: Offices, shops, communal areas, libraries • Advanced audio, digital projection & lighting systems, fully and homes (including one-off spring cleans) fitted commercial kitchen, two-way servery & patio doors to outside terrace Local • Fully insured • References available • New Children’s Playground & large recreational field Adja- cent to Swanage Railway with ample parking space Please phone Tina/David on 480540 Tel: 01929 427372 Full details, prices & information at www.harmanscrosshall.co.uk We can also supply eco-friendly cleaning products 2 The Dubber Wilkswood Farm Lander’s Quarries Ltd Open Thursday & Friday 9am-5pm Kingston Road BH19 3JP Saturdays 8am-1pm Specialists in Purbeck Stone for quality meat direct from the farm - Showroom & shop - Visitors welcome Wilkswood Farm is devoted to conservation grazing to protect our Purbeck wildlife • Building, Landscaping, Garden Features NO SPRAYS • NO FERTILIZERS • Bespoke Flooring, Worktops, Fireplaces OLD FASHIONED FARMING • OLD FASHIONED QUALITY! • Carving, Lettering & Monumental “TASTE THE DIFFERENCE” Telephone: (01929) 439205 shop: 427970 web: www.wilkswoodfarm.co.uk www.purbeckstone.co.uk - [email protected] FIND US OPPOSITE THE KNITSON TURN ON VALLEY ROAD &KULV6LEOH\+DOH 6LEOH\KDOH&DUSHQWU\ %XLOGLQJOWG Loft Conversions, Extensions, Kitchen & Bathrooms, Timber Frame Buildings, Stable Blocks, Tree Houses & Purposed Made Joinery. 01929 481122 · 07879 626490 [email protected] We offer honest friendly bespoke service Quality installations by a family run company ROY BROOKS for over 30 years • Need a new kitchen, bathroom or bedroom? 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For FREE ADVICE without obligation consult The Property Professionals 41 Station Road, Swanage Tel: (01929) 422284 www.corbens.co.uk A.R.HARRIS & SON ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS Established 1873 Unit 7, Purbeck Business Centre, CHARTERED SURVEYORS Victoria Avenue, Swanage Dorset BH19 1AU ESTATE AGENTS * VALUERS Phone 01929 424518 Fax 01929 427519 Purbeck’s largest Self-Catering Emergency 24hr call-out service 07976 848880 Holiday Department National Inspection Council for Railway House Tel: 423333 Fully Qualified Electricians Electrical Installation Contracting 2 Rempstone Road Fax:427533 for all your electrical needs approved contractor Swanage Dorset www.milesandson.co.uk IAN T BUGLER All types of Building Work undertaken TREE CARE AND GARDEN MAINTENANCE Fully Qualifi ed Tradesmen NO JOB TOO SMALL LAWNS CUT, FENCING & TREE SURGERY FREE ESTIMATES NVQ & CITY & GUILDS QUALIFIED Fully Insured “Newfoundlands”, Newfoundlands Close 1 Begbie Cottages Worth Matravers, Swanage, Dorset, BH19 3LX Worth Matravers Tel/Fax 01929 439209 Mobile 07966 216288 Swanage, Dorset 01929 439453 BH19 3LQ Mobile 07930 434694 JAMES SMITH funeral dırectors (Swanage) Ltd AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY RUN SERVICE PROUDLY SERVING THE ISLE OF PURBECK SINCE 1892 OFFERING A CARING AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Private Chapels of Rest - Memorials - Floral Tributes Personal pre-arrangements - Pre-paid Funeral Plans IMMEDIATE PERSONAL ATTENTION COVERING ALL AREAS FOR ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AT ANY TIME DAY OR NIGHT CALL SWANAGE 01929 422445 60A KINGS ROAD SWANAGE 4 The Dubber WELCOME & CONTENTS view on-line at www.thedubber.co.uk From the Editor... he community is being Inside this issue... Tasked once again to dig deep and raise some money 5 welcome from the editor for a very worthy cause. This time it is for those 6 The Parishes letter from the Rectory children who have lost their parents to ebola. It is heart- 7 The Parishes Services & Parish Business breaking when you think how many children have 8 General News already been orphaned in Africa by AIDS and then this happens. 10 Harmans Cross News The work that Save the Children does is abso- 11 Langton Matravers News lutely vital. I am sure despite all the current ap- peals for other charities our community will step 12 Worth Matravers News up to the mark... it always does! 14 Kingston News I would like to thank both Purbeck Artists and 15 News from Nowhere Stallholders and Corfe Castle Parish Council for their donations to The Dubber this month. 15 Have Your say Angela Bell 17 What’s On [email protected] Deadline for Next Issue The On-line Dubber The editor,Angela Bell, appreciates the early submission of Martin White uploads The On-line Dubber and can be contributions but, for those cutting it fine, the deadline for contacted at [email protected]. Martin also wel- the December issue is noon on Friday, 21 November and it will be ready for stapling on Tuesday, 25 November. comes additional photographs for inclusion on the web. Contributions & Notifications Permanent Advertising & Dubber Distribution The editor welcomes news contributions and letters as At the moment, there is a short waiting list for permanent well as notifications of events within the Parishes for the advertising within the magazine but, if you are interested, What’s On section and, space permitting, for free ‘one you can be placed on the waiting list. You will be contacted off’ box adverts which are included at the Editor’s when you get near the top. discretion. These can be submitted online to ed@ All adverts get the same amount of space (8cm x 6cm) thedubber.co.uk or by post to The Editor, 2 The Sted- and the cost is £90 per year; this is the minimum run. dings, Langton Matravers, BH19 3EU ((427202) or by Please contact The Dubber Secretary, Terry Whicker hand to St George’s Church or The Post Office, Langton Matravers. ([email protected]) 29 Henbury Rise, Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 3TE ((01202 695544) for more How to Format Submissions details or bookings. Preferably, (but don’t worry too much!) all emailed Dub- Terry Whicker also deals with queries about the distri- ber submissions should be sent as 12 point Times New Roman (or Minion Pro, if you have it) plain type (i.e. no bution of The Dubber in the Parishes. bold, italic or underlining) aligned left with single line Additionally, if you, or someone you know, are leav- spacing. Those people seeking a really professional finish ing/have left the parishes and would like to continue to can consult www.guardian.co.uk/styleguide for the de- receive a copy of The Dubber, please contact the Secretary finitive guide to copywriting! via email or telephone to arrange this. The Dubber 5 THE PARISHES OF THE PURBECK HILLS PRE-SCHOOL LETTER FROM THE ReCTORY SERVICE November 2014 a service for pre-school hilst browsing through the many documents children and parents Won my computer I came across the sentences below which spoke about the value of a smile. They Wednesday 5 November really made me stop and think! I wondered how often at 11am I smile in a day. What is it that makes me smile? Do I at St George’s Church, keep my smiles to myself or share them with others? Would my smile make a difference to someone I shared it with? Do I put more effort into my smile or Langton Matravers my frown. Parents and carers welcome I looked up smiling on the Internet and found some very good reasons to smile. Apparently smiling can make us feel happy even when we are not! It turns out that smiling sends a message to the brain that you’re happy. And when you’re happy, your body pumps out all kinds of feel-good endorphins. The Dubber is the I wonder if you remember the song “When you’re smilin’, the whole world smiles with you”? Research shows that smiling is contagious. Even just seeing a mouthpiece of the Parishes friend smile can activate the muscles in your face to make that same expres- of the Purbeck Hills sion, without you even being aware that you are doing it. It is thought that smiling may help to reduce symptoms associated with anxiety. When a smile St James’, Kingston signals to the brain that you’re feeling happy (even though you’re not really St George’s, Langton Matravers feeling happy...yet), the body will usually slow its breathing and heart rate.