PIMPERNE VILLAGE NEWS

SPRING 2015

Roy Adam News from Pimperne School

The Gym A brief history of the Portman Estate Neighbourhood Planning More memories of Pimperne

Regulars: News from the Parish Council What’s on in Pimperne? Homewatch Sports Society News PIMPERNE PARISH COUNCIL consisting of nine parishioners, four Councillors

At the award ceremony held in Morden Village and the Parish Clerk. The group is considering 4 Hall last September, Pimperne was successful in key issues namely Housing Development, securing first place in the Dorset Best Village Economic/Business, Landscape/Historical (Previous Winners) competition. Standards of Environment, and Infrastructure. A questionnaire entry were very competitive and first place in the covering the key issues is under preparation and competition is a tribute to the many parishioners will be issued to all households in the Parish. who have contributed help in keeping the village Feedback from the questionnaire will enable the well maintained and, most of all, free of litter. It is evidence base to be constructed and themes, therefore vital that our high standards are aims and visions for the future to be established prior to writing the Neighbourhood Plan. continued into this year’s competition.

The work of the Parish Council is both interesting We are nearing the conclusion of the current and varied with the best interests of the Parish Parish Council with thanks extended to being at the heart of all matters considered. The Councillors who have all served the Council so additional bus shelter to be installed adjacent to well during the past four years. If you would like to stand for the Parish Council at the election on the the existing shelter in Salisbury Road has been th ordered with an anticipated completion date in the 7 May, please request a nomination pack from very near future. Replacement fencing to the our Parish Clerk, Mr Bryn MacGregor on 269225. Nominations close on 9th April. public footpath alongside Priory Field has been completed thus ensuring safe passage of The Annual Parish Meeting has been arranged for pedestrians. Meetings held with Dorset County 7.00 p.m. Wednesday 22nd April 2015. All Council ensured the clearance of road gullies and parishioners are welcome. associated drainage to Salisbury Road both in Pimperne Parish Council meets at 7.00 p.m. on Letton and the village. the second Wednesday of each month in The Council was extremely saddened to learn that Pimperne Village Hall. All parishioners are former Councillor David Hart had passed away. welcome to attend to raise any items of local David will be fondly remembered for his interest during the democratic session. exemplary work as Tree Officer and his invaluable Peter Slocombe advice on financial matters which assisted the Chairman Council at all times. David’s overall contribution to 01258 453419 / email: [email protected] the Council was of immense value to everyone.

We are again seeking nominations for a Pimperne COUNTY COUNCILLOR SURGERIES

Community Champion for 2014. Full details are County Councillor Deborah Croney holds regular included elsewhere within this edition of the Saturday morning surgeries for residents of Village News. Please take the time to reflect over Hambledon Division. She can offer help and the year and nominate a parishioner who you advice with problems or queries on any Council think would be a worthy recipient of the award. services or policies. The new building for Pimperne C of E Primary Surgeries are held in the Committee Room of School is now in the completion stage with work Pimperne Village Hall, from 10 a.m. until 12 noon. having advanced rapidly over recent weeks. You can book an appointment if you wish, or just Underfloor heating is now operating in the school drop in and talk over a cup of tea and a biscuit. enabling the drying out process within the building Cllr Deborah Croney 07775069628 to proceed and assisting with the execution of floor covering and decoration works. Visits by 2015 Surgery Dates: each Year Group have allowed the children to see Saturday May 2nd their new classrooms in addition to the many Saturday July 4th facilities that will be available in the new building. Saturday September 5th The eagerly anticipated date that the children will Saturday November 7th move in is Thursday 16th April. An Open Day for Saturday January 9th 2016 parishioners to visit the new school has been nd arranged for Saturday 2 May 2015.

Work on Pimperne Neighbourhood Plan is moving Pimperne Parish Council ahead. A very successful Community Engagement Meeting was held in the Village Hall Annual Parish Meeting on 25th October 2014 during which Mr John Paul, Shillingstone Neighbourhood Planning Group, 7pm Wednesday 22nd April 2015 outlined the process required. We were grateful to receive offers of assistance from a number of parishioners thus allowing the formation of the Village Hall Pimperne Neighbourhood Planning Group, All Parishioners welcome

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PIMPERNE NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN The story so far…

 25th October 2014 – Public Consultation Event

 3rd December 2014 – 1st meeting Pimperne Neighbourhood Planning Group

 4th February 2015 – 2nd meeting Pimperne Neighbourhood Planning Group

 27th February 2015 – Meeting with Planning Consultant nd  2 March 2015 – Meeting with North Dorset District Council Neighbourhood Planning Officer th rd  4 March 2015 – 3 meeting Pimperne Neighbourhood Planning Group

 Next Step – Issue of Questionnaire

News from WW1 Free website listing for all businesses in the

Cranborne Chase AONB Louis Frank Lane (killed in action 24 April 1918). A sanctuary lamp was given in his memory to The Cranborne Chase AONB is a deeply rural Tarrant Hinton church. He was born in Pimperne area surrounded by a necklace of market towns: where his father was a grocer. His family then Wilton, the city of Salisbury, Downton, moved to Tarrant Hinton, where his father ran his Shaftesbury, Mere and Fordingbridge to the east; own grocery shop. Wimborne to the south; Blandford to the west;

Name: Louis Frank Lane Warminster to the north. If your business falls Birth Place: Pimperne, Dorset within the AONB, you can benefit from a free Death Date: 24 Apr 1918 listing on the new AONB Website. If you are not Death: Flanders sure, see the 'Discover' section of our website at Enlistment: Blandford, Dorset www.ccwwdaonb.org.uk, where you can click to see a location map. Rank: Private Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment Your free listing will comprise of a description of Battalion: 2/5th Battalion (Territorial) your business, your address, a logo or photo, and Number: 44428 a link to your website. Last year the site had over Casualty: Killed in action 9,000 visitors, so getting your business on there Theatre: Western European Theatre will mean more traffic for you! The new interactive Comments: Formerly 71578, Devon Regiment. map features walking, cycling and riding routes as

Information supplied by Bridget Spiers well as pubs, eateries, places to stay and places to visit. Your business can sit alongside these Dorset History Centre features on the map, on an Ordnance Survey map base, and users of the map will also be able to For help with family or local history; free access to turn on aerial photography should they wish to do Ancestry and access to a thousand years of so. original local records, visit the Dorset History Centre, or search our catalogue online. We hold If you would like to take advantage of this, please parish registers, PCC minutes, photographs, get in touch via the contact page of our website at maps, estate records etc. covering many www.ccwwdaonb.org.uk - we look forward to centuries. Also, the popular resource Ancestry is hearing from you. free to use on-site, alongside friendly staff to help guide your family history research. Our public service is free to use, our catalogue can be searched from any computer and our only interest is in reaching those who may find us useful. https://www.dorsetforyou.com/dorsethistorycentre

3 The Portman Estate in the South West – A there until 1951. The huge new Bryanston House Brief History was completed in 1894, designed by Norman

In 1661, aged only 16, Sir William Portman’s Shaw. It was the last of the grand stately homes to be built in England. fortunes were flourishing. He was made a Knight of the Bath and also became the MP for Taunton. In 1662 he purchased Bryanston, Dorset. The Rogers family had owned it for more than 200 years but had no male heirs. Sir William had a distant connection with Bryanston – his father had stayed there in 1644 as a guest when Charles I and part of his army were there. Bryanston became the Portman family’s main home until the 20th century.

Sir William Portman married three times but had “Bryanston School - geograph.org.uk - 1741983" by Ben no direct heirs. On his death in 1690 he Brooksbank bequeathed his estate to Henry Seymour, a first nd cousin, on condition that he took the name William Henry, the 2 Viscount Portman, lived to Portman. A wealthy man with houses in London in the age of 90. After serving as an MP for 30 years Piccadilly and Leicester Square, in 1720 he built he became the first Chairman of Dorset County Sherborne House, reputedly as a halfway house Council for a further 28 years, acted as Master of between his Dorset and Somerset estates. the Portman Hunt for over 50 years and rebuilt Despite two marriages, Henry also left no children Bryanston House, seeing through many changes to the family’s estates, both in London and the and when he died in 1728 the estate went to rd another cousin, William Berkeley. He did have a West Country. He died in 1919 and the title of 3 son, Henry William Berkeley Portman, born in Viscount Portman went to Henry Berkeley. He 1707, and it is from him that the present Portman was only to hold the title for 4 years, dying in 1923. family are all descended.

In 1767 the Manor of Pimperne was bought by After the People’s Budget of 1909, death duties William Portman. The main part of the Manor of became a serious threat to every large estate in Pimperne had remained intact for almost 1000 the country. Many were unable to survive. As a years. result of six viscounts dying within the space of less than 30 years from 1919-1948, in order to th Knighton House was built in the mid-18 century meet the demands of taxation the Portman family and was originally Durweston’s village farmhouse. was forced to sell all of its West Country estates, Knighton House became part of the Portman once over 30,000 acres, including Bryanston, the estate in 1774, when Henry William Portman family’s main home. The properties in Pimperne purchased Knighton House along with the village were sold in 1924. Berkeley Farm and associated of Durweston. In 1778 Bryanston House was land and 3 cottages, was sold in 1924. Numbers 8 rebuilt by James Wyatt. Edward Berkeley and 9 Chapel Lane are the two remaining Portman, born 1799, became MP for Dorset in cottages to which this sale relates. Berkeley 1823. 1830 saw the extension of Knighton House House, Church Road also formed part of this sale. to become the dowager house for the family. The ‘estate’ was sold for £4,500. Various members of the Portman family lived there until 1950 when ownership of Knighton House and the rest of the Bryanston and Durweston Portman estates was taken over by the Crown Estate as part payment for the Portman’s outstanding death duties.

In 1873 Edward became Viscount Portman of Bryanston. He was a keen agricultural reformer; in Bryanston he built a huge range of new farm buildings, cut back into the hill to provide space for easy movement of materials, and introduced barn machinery and a saw mill powered by a steam engine. Other innovations included the introduction of crop rotation. By 1883 he was one of the richest men in England. He died in 1888 at

Bryanston House. Hestercombe House in Somerset, was acquired in 1872 by the 2nd Today, the Portman Estate comprises the London Viscount for Edward his eldest son. Edward spent estate and two farms. most of his life there but died in 1911, before his father. His widow, Mrs Constance Portman, lived

4 NEWS FROM PIMPERNE SCHOOL HOMEWATCH

As the season of Spring arrives and we start to Our crime rate statistics show a fall from the see so much of nature's "newness", the pupils, report at this time last year, with 6 reported parents and staff of Pimperne Primary School also offences from 43 in the greater Blandford North begin to look forward to all things new! Safer Neighbourhood area. Of those, 4 occurred on the new school site. The children have each been treated to an onsite visit to the brand new school which has enabled In the wider North Dorset area, over the past year them to see the progress at differing stages since reported crime has reduced by 8.8%, while crime the turn of the new year. The two ISG (the in our area is down by 34%. However, the appointed building contractor) site managers, predominant area for crime over the period Mike Hill and John Boulton, expertly took the continues to be thefts from outbuildings, and children around the building, encouraging the Blandford Police has recently issued an urgent children to ask questions about their new message that there is currently a spate of such school. The eight House Captains had also crimes in our area. Thieves are targeting several written some rather testing questions for both houses in the same street during an overnight Mike and John; these questions ranged from attack. They are targeting high value goods such asking about the design of the building through to as mowers, strimmers and other similar electrical finding out who the best tea maker was! The equipment but they will equally take anything to interview and responses can be seen on our hand. The police offer effective and very good Parents section of the school website - value for money shed alarms. They also continue www.pimperne.dorset.sch.uk to offer advice on the best means of protecting property. If you would like our local officer to come to you, please call on the standard non- emergency number of 101. There are also too many thefts of or from unsecured cars or of valuables left in full sight from within secured cars. It only takes a few moments to counter these so please take the time to do so.

Dorset Police has introduced “Cops in Shops” and they will at the village shop to issue advice between 10:30am and 11am on Thursdays 7 May, 2 July, 3 September and 5 November. Please take up this offer of meeting your local police personnel or we will lose it!

We really do look forward to our exciting new Dorset Police has also introduced “Dorset Alert” home and the learning adventures which await us which supersedes Ringmaster. The system sends once we have moved in. messages by computer informing recipients of current issues and warnings. It is a very good The whole school community would like to warmly system but we need many more people in the welcome our village community to visit the school nd village to receive these messages and to pass the on Saturday 2 May which will also coincide with information on to neighbours and friends. This is the village Coffee Morning. the cornerstone of Homewatch in Pimperne and, Mr. J De Silva without your help, Homewatch in the village will be Headteacher, Pimperne Primary School worthless. Please let me know if you are 01258 452025 prepared to receive the Dorset Alert messages.

Community Speedwatch is now up and running so OPEN DAY take extra care when driving in the village. We will shortly have a new site to monitor the speed PIMPERNE SCHOOL of cars approaching the new school. We could always do with more assistance so please let me ND know if you would like to help. We are one of the SATURDAY 2 MAY 60 Speedwatch organisations already in place in 10am TO 1pm Dorset of which 16 are in our local area so be extra cautious when travelling on our roads. COME AND SEE OUR NEW Derek Andrews SCHOOL! Homewatch Co-ordinator 01258 452005

5 PIMPERNE VILLAGE HALL were instrumental in re-starting the Club. Of

The Village Hall continues to serve the course there was a club before 1939 of which I Community with many users both local and from was unaware being an infant. The old pavilion outside the Parish. The Hall was pleased to host was there of course and in the carefree days of Pimperne school children during their visits to childhood became a den. I recall finding a copy of their new school building. New fencing has been the Daily Sketch dated 1922 therein of some 70 provided to the Village Hall’s boundaries with the pages, which was quite an eye opener seeing as new school. Surfacing of the Village Hall car park the current wartime papers were only 2 pages! will be carried out during May The Village Hall is The Club post war consisted of Roy Adam, Tom maintained to a high standard and bookings may Barnett, Bill Lucas (the ‘hit every ball for 6’ be made by a telephone call to Mrs Robina champ), Doc Wilson, Leather Meaden, Jack Pierrepont 01258 459034 (evenings). Manson, Martin White, Oswald Savage, John Shiner, Alan Upward, Ben Miles and one or two Peter Slocombe other players whose names evade me now. Pimperne Village Hall Management Committee Refreshments were provided by my parents for ROY ADAM each match on a Saturday afternoon. Mainly fish paste or cheese sandwiches, and Reeves famous Roy Adam sadly passed away on New Year's Eve Lardy cakes. Those Lardies became well known at the age of 91. Roy was a former member of as part of Pimperne Cricket Club. Indeed it was an Pimperne Parish Council, serving as a councillor unwritten rule that if any fielder dropped a catch and also as clerk for a time, for 38 years. He was the penalty was no Lardy cake. also a pig farmer, landlord of the Farquharson Arms, his grandfather taking over the licence in The ground was situated at Langbourne down in the late 1800s, a Special Constable for 17 years an idyllic setting that was quintessentially and a local government officer. He started the England. A pitch and outfield surrounded by a buttercupped field encompassed by woods. Pimperne cricket team, and also helped to start the Blandford Royal Naval Association some 60 One outstanding memory for me was the game years ago, was a founder member of the against a West Indian team from Bath. This team Blandford RNLI branch and a founder of the apparently had difficulty in finding opponents Friends of the Fleet Air Arm Museum. because of their origin. Of course they won but

For 21 years Roy was chairman of the Society of the remainder of evening was one of great Dorset Men, and for 58 years the organiser of the joviality, helped along by provision of beer and cider that Roy had provided from the pub. Collingwood memorial service, held annually at Collingwood Corner near Blandford Camp. With the imminent sale of Langbourne estate the

Roy Adam joined the Royal Navy at 17, and club eventually moved to the Camp recreation during World War Two he served in Egypt, Malta ground at the top of Yarde lane. and Italy, then on the Isle of Wight as part of the D-Day Force J, landing at Arromanches on 6th With many thanks to Mike Dennis for the June 1944. Roy’s military service was recognised memories. by an MBE in the Millennium Honours List, and in FLOOD WARDEN 2010 he was awarded honorary membership of the Gallipoli Association. Despite some periods of heavy rain, the stream and ground water levels have not risen to levels when any flooding alerts have been issued by the Environment Agency. Further, there have not been any cloud bursts causing flooding along the A354. For once we are experiencing a period of neither flood nor drought, in recent times an unusual situation!

There are however developments; Dorset County Council has undertaken ditch clearing, improved run off along the A354 towards Letton with a new pipe inserted into the grass verge etc. Other works are planned for the future.

The Environment Agency is setting up a new information and intelligence gathering system and

Pimperne is amongst those communities that are MORE MEMORIES OF PIMPERNE in the pilot, so we will be one of the first villages to The sad recent death of Roy Adam made me reap the benefits. think of the old cricket club at Langbourne which I John Tanner remember after the war. Roy and Tom Barnett Flood Warden

6 PIMPERNE SPORTS SOCIETY into the goalmouths to protect this area from

There continues to be much use of the facility overuse and from being turned into a muddy pool. during the winter months of 2014 leading into Protecting these areas means we don’t have to 2015; the weather has been fairly kind to us so no cancel matches; we also have to get the area football games have been cancelled. ready and safe to play cricket with less than a month to do this. You will appreciate this is a tight Pimperne Sports Society Football Club had their deadline; the worse the goalmouths get the more last league home game on the 21st February; it costs to repair them. To come to the point, they won 4-3 against Portland Town ‘A’, they are during half term the triangles were moved without th currently in 4 position in Division 4. Further permission on more than one occasion and the games, all in a league cup, are on the 28th March, goalmouth nearest to the cricket wicket was th th th th nd 7 , 11 , 14 , 18 April and 2 May 2015; best of severely damaged due to overuse. It is clearly luck to them. obvious what purpose the triangles serve so can I

Not such a good season for cricket in 2014; ask that should you know anyone who has or holidays, players moving away and injuries have intends to move or play in the goalmouths then to all taken their toll on the available players and please ask them not to do so. Your assistance in they were relegated to County Division four. this is very much appreciated; this latest damage However the cricketers are optimistic for the 2015 will cause significant cost and work to repair. season. Finally the Trustees are keen to hire out the

pavilion for small functions and parties; the set up is ideal for this type of event and prices are very reasonable. If you are interested please give me a call.

John Truswell Chair Pimperne Sports Society 07775673060 or 01258455433

PIMPERNE CRICKET CLUB will be playing in County Division Four of the Dorset Funeral Plan Saturday League. For fixtures/results visit: www.dorsetcricketboard.co.uk/node/1410

PIMPERNE SPORTS FC are playing in the

Dorset League Division 4. For fixtures/results visit On a brighter note however, a significant amount the link below and select Division 4: of work behind the scenes has been going on to http://full-time.thefa.com/Index.do?league=3520598 source grant aid. Although these applications have yet to come to fruition I’m optimistic that DARTS The Farquharson Arms team are there will be funding to finance ambitious plans for currently at the top of the B Section of the youth cricket on Priory Field for this summer, Blandford Darts League. more details will be circulated in due course as www.darts.talktalk.net for info. plans develop.

The playing area itself is looking good with lots of RYLAND ROOM LUNCHES take place on the grass, especially on the football field area; this is second Wednesday of the month. A two course due to the hard work and volunteer investment home cooked meal is served, by church over the last 2/3 years to improve this area. A volunteers, to elderly members of our village recent dose of liquid weed killer and fertilizer has community. The cost to members is £5. To book a really helped here. place please phone Beth Buchan on 450771.

A major issue for us on the playing area is the damage caused by rabbits, they dig holes inches deep and damage the cricket wicket – Please Help – does anyone know of anyone that can help to reduce the number of rabbits – someone with a ferret perhaps – please let me know.

I’m sure readers appreciate that to maintain the playing surface in a safe and useable condition it’s important to manage wear and tear and how much play is allowed especially in the goalmouths. To this end those of you that visit the ground will have seen the triangles that are placed

7 Wado-Ryu Karate Classes Opening times are presently from 6.30 a.m. - 8.00 p.m. on weekdays but plans are afoot to offer Tuesday evenings 6:00pm-7:00pm & 7:30pm- weekend opening from April. “We are happy to 9:00pm (Durweston School or Village Hall). build up the membership slowly to ensure Friday evenings 6:30pm - 8:00pm customer satisfaction.” Rob explained. “No one (Clayesmore Sports Centre, Iwerne Minster). wants to join a gym only to find that there’s always a queue for the machines, so we will operate a Classes for adults and children (6+). capped membership base to minimise overcrowding.” Beginners to advanced grades welcome. The gym is well equipped with machines from Your first class is FREE. For more information established suppliers such as Precor, Cybex and please visit our website or contact Chief Technogym. There are three treadmills, four Instructor Owen Jones. cycling machines and two cross trainers in [email protected] - operation, together with a range of weights www.stourkarate.co.uk - 07879 817144 machines and a selection of free weights. In addition Rob is able to offer additional services such as hints and tips on diet, setting individual training goals and offering full personal training.

Whilst initial progress has been good, Rob is already thinking about expansion. ”In future, we’d like to be able to offer exercise classes and there is potential for some of the adjacent farm buildings to be converted.” In addition Rob plans to offer “Boot Camp” training in the open air using an adjoining field, offering the chance to enjoy spectacular views over the countryside whilst working out.

The charge for gym membership is a flat £25 per month, and there are no joining fees. Personal training sessions are offered at £25/hour for non- members and £20/hour for members.

If you are interested in joining contact Rob on New Gym opens in Pimperne 07943 496686 by email at [email protected] or check out the website Have you ever felt you should try to get to the gym www.rlukinsfitness.co.uk. more frequently but didn’t fancy a car or bus journey into Blandford or Poole? Such excuses Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal will be difficult to justify in future as villagers will now be able to take a leisurely stroll to their own First of all I would like to thank Sue Miles for all gym. her years as co-ordinator. I would like to introduce R Lukins Fitness, which opened at Stud Farm in myself. My name is Jackie Vacher; I have lived in January, offers modern gym equipment in a rural Berkeley Rise for 36 years. I will be taking on the setting under the ownership and management of vacancy of co-ordinator. I have a list of names Rob Lukins. Rob, who has an MSc in Clinical and numbers of people who have collected in the Exercise Physiology and a BSc in Sports and past and I will be in contact. I will also be looking Exercise Science from Northumbria University, for new people to help. If you have any spare time spent two years as manager of Ferndown Leisure to collect in a street then please contact me on Centre before deciding to branch out on his own. 455658 (eves) or 07879003567. Jackie Vacher.

8 Councils) which due to its large size will be looked after by 3 Councillors. Therefore, in my opinion, the personal touch that we have maintained for the last 24 years (one Ward – one member) will very sadly be lost. It remains to be seen how this will work. Watch this space!

Finally, on my departure, I wish everyone the best of good fortune in the future.

BEES BEES BEES

I am looking for a suitable village location for 2 Bee Hives. Any site would need to be accessible while being relatively quiet and secluded.

FROM DISTRICT COUNCILLOR MIKE OLIVER If you are interested or may be able to help As you are aware Parliamentary, District and please call Tim on 480685. Parish Council elections take place on 7th May. I have been a member of North Dorset District Council for 24 years and during all this time I have been the Councillor for the Cranborne Chase Ward which includes our village of Pimperne. I was also a member of our Parish Council for 16 years until I resigned in DOG FOULING & ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR 2011.

Sadly, for me anyway, I There are still certain individuals who are not have decided for a cleaning up after their dog, sometimes leaving number of reasons that mess on pavements and in front of driveways. I will not be standing Please do clear up after your dog and dispose of again and will retire the waste in the dog bins provided. Don’t let the from all local politics on village down! Dog walkers please pick up after 7th May. I have much your dog and bin it. Failure to do so is both anti- enjoyed not only social and against the law. If caught you will be prosecuted and fined up to £1000. looking after Pimperne but also the other There have been a few instances of dogs being villages in the Ward i.e. allowed off their leads within the churchyard. One Tarrant Gunville, worried owner was terrified when her small dog Tarrant Hinton, Ashmore, Farnham and Chettle. I was attacked by a much larger dog. The have always done my best to sort out the churchyard is consecrated ground and all dogs problems of our inhabitants which mainly must be kept on leads. Please be a responsible concerned planning, housing, Council Tax and dog owner and help us to avoid a nasty incident. other financial matters and the very complicated areas of benefits. Some I won, some I lost! Coffee Morning I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those in the village and elsewhere who have 1 Manor Farm Close assisted me in many different ways and especially the Parish Council with whom I have had a good Tuesday 2nd June 10.30 a.m. onwards relationship and have had many and varied Raising funds for the Flower Fund at St dealings. Peter's Church Pimperne Last year a detailed study was undertaken by the Boundary Commission into the size and number Bring and Buy of wards within North Dorset. The views of the Council were very clearly laid out and passed to BLANDFORD FARMERS MARKET the Commission but were totally ignored and their final decisions were considered to be totally Now more stalls including Sam's Fudge, Devon unsatisfactory by all at Nordon. No appeal was Fishcakes, Meat Free Martha, Woolsery Goats allowed. Therefore their decisions come into force Cheese, Mere Fish Farm, Dorset Dog Treats as prior to the forthcoming elections. One of the well as the regulars. We also have a craft fair in decisions is to disband our Ward and move the The Shambles and music too. Ukulele and Sax in various councils into other wards. Thus our village the market square. Friday 10 April. Market Place joins the Hillforts Ward (comprising 12 Parish

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PIMPERNE COMMUNITY CHAMPION 2014

Pimperne Parish Council wishes to present an award to a parishioner who has made a personal and notable contribution to benefit community life in our Parish during 2014.

The Community Champion will be decided by Pimperne Parish Council with the presentation of the award at the Annual Parish Meeting on 22nd April 2015 at Pimperne Village Hall. If you would like to nominate a parishioner for the award, please complete the form below.

------Tear here------Pimperne Community Champion 2014

Name of nominee ______

Reason for nomination

Name of nominator ______

Signature of nominator ______

Date ______

Please return this form to:

Mr Bryn MacGregor Parish Clerk to Pimperne Parish Council 17 Manor Form Close, Pimperne Form to be returned by 18th April 2015

10 THE BADMINTON CLUB meets every Thursday FITSTEPS! Mondays 9:30 a.m. in term time from about 7.15 p.m. We are a ZUMBA! Tuesdays 9:30 a.m. friendly, informal bunch of all ages and abilities. New members, including beginners, would be Both Village Hall. Term time only. very welcome (racquets are provided) so if you Contact Caroline Barr on 07709 992455 for info or are interested in coming along then please phone www.carolinebarr.zumba.com John & Julia on 452661. PIMPERNE PARENT & TODDLER GROUP PIMPERNE ART GROUP meet on Monday Join us in the Village Hall 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 noon fortnightly in the Committee Room at the Village on Wednesdays during term time. We have a Hall at 2 p.m. to sketch or paint with occasional wide selection of toys for young children and tutorials. We are a friendly, informal, mixed ability babies with active areas, ‘art’ and music. We aim group, very supportive of each other. The new to provide opportunities for friendship and support. term commences on 13th April. Subs for the term Contact Jo Shutler 07833464675 are £15. New members, whether complete beginners or old hands, are very welcome. Just PIMPERNE SHORT - MAT BOWLING CLUB come along or, if you would like more information, continues to thrive with well attended weekly club contact Jean Coull 452856. nights. The club competitions, friendly matches with other PIMPERNE CAMERA CLUB meets at 7.30 p.m. clubs and the more competitive league matches on the third Wednesday of each month in the keep our calendar fairly full. Village Hall. The objective of the Club is to Why not drop by to see if bowls is for you? We encourage members to use their cameras and meet in the village hall every Monday, 7 – 10 p.m. improve their skills and is open to all standards. Contact Mr. Lyn Langston on 01258 857878. New members are very welcome and the membership fee is £10 for the year. Just come OLD TIME AND SEQUENCE DANCING along or contact John Draper or John Willis-Fisher We meet on the first and third Tuesday of the 455356 or via new website (currently under month at 7.30 p.m. – 10 p.m. in the Village Hall. construction). The entrance fee is £2 and this includes refreshments. There is also a weekly raffle. BLANDFORD BREAST CANCER SUPPORT Around five times a year we hold a special night GROUP meet at 2.30 p.m. in the Committee with an American Supper and once a year we Room at Pimperne Village Hall on the first hold a special charity dance. Tuesday in every month except December The club has been running for over 40 years and January, July and August with frequent guest would welcome new members whether you speakers and outings arranged. New members have danced before or not. Our leaders Brian, very welcome, contact Shirley Warren 860706 or Jenny and Bob are willing to help anyone with the Lizzie New on 453853. dances and get your feet going in the right direction! If you would like more details ring Mrs YOGA FOR EVERY DAY LIFE every Friday, 2:00 Jenny Read on 473692. p.m. – 3:30 p.m. in the Village Hall is a mixture of toning, mobility and strengthening exercises, PIMPERNE GARDEN & SOCIAL CLUB together with relaxation techniques. For details We meet at 2.30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of contact Barbara Emery 453506. the autumn, winter and spring months, so we are nearing the end of the 2014/15 season. However SATURDAY COFFEE MORNINGS are held at 10 our March meeting, on 24th, promises to be a a.m. on the first Saturday of each month in the most interesting one, with a talk by the Head Village Hall. Just 50p for coffee/tea or juice and Gardener from Kingston Lacy on the biscuits with free refills – children welcome! The refurbishment of their Kitchen Garden. In April morning also includes table top sales and crafts. our speaker will be another National Trust To book a table to sell from (£2.50 for a small gardener, Christine Brain from Barrington Court, table or £3 for a large table) please phone Peggy who will talk specifically about Wall Shrubs and Hearne 452164. Please book beforehand. Offers Climbers. The club's year ends with the A.G.M. of cakes etc. welcome. Please support our efforts on 26th May and we will start again on September to raise much needed funds for charity. 22nd - new members are always welcome. For more information contact Anne Allan on 456553 at THE MOBILE LIBRARY visits Walters Drive from 1, Manor Farm Close, Pimperne. 9.30 to 9.55 a.m. and outside the Church from 10 – 11 a.m. on alternate Fridays – next one 10th PIMPERNE WEBSITE www.pimperne.org.uk. For April. Dates are on the shop noticeboard. events, news, contact details for Councillors, links for information such as bus timetables, winter The Pilgrim Fryer Fish and Chips outside road gritting, verge cutting, reporting of road Pimperne Shop 5-6.30 p.m. every Wednesday. defects and potholes, Flood Plan and much more.

11 HIRE OF THE RYLAND ROOM, ST. PETER’S VILLAGE ACTIVITIES AND CONTACTS

This warm and welcoming room is available to ART GROUP Jean Coull 452856 hire on an ad hoc basis or as block bookings BADMINTON John Jenner 452661 which attract a discount. Ideal for rehearsals, BOWLS Indoor Mr Lyn Langston 857878 meetings or smaller gatherings, it can hold up to CAMERA CLUB John Draper 455356 25 maximum for a sit down meal. The room has CHURCHWARDEN Richard Ashwell 459393 its own kitchen and toilet facilities. CHURCH NEWS Jenny Ashwell 459353 Contact Jenny Ashwell on 459393 or email CRICKET CLUB Kevin Langdown 456446 [email protected] DISTRICT COUNCILLOR Mike Oliver 454203

NORDCAT – Your community bus provides a FLORAL GROUP Margaret Churchill 453860 door-to-door service for all people over 60 and for GARDEN CLUB Anne Allan 456553 people of all ages who have difficulty using normal HOMEWATCH Derek Andrews 452005 public transport. The service is free if you have a OLD TIME DANCING Jenny Read 473692 bus pass. The buses are wheelchair friendly and PARISH COUNCIL (Chairman) easily accessible for those with mobility problems. Peter Slocombe 453419 The service enables access to shopping, visiting PARISH COUNCIL (Clerk) friends, and much more. Also available once a Bryn MacGregor 269225 week, at an extra charge, is the door to door PRE SCHOOL opportunity to visit the larger towns, e.g. Poole, Claire Sully/Kim Lillington 07909 582912 Bournemouth, Salisbury, Dorchester, Exeter. RECTOR Stephen Coulter 480580 There is a small registration charge to cover the SCHOOL Jerome De Silva 452025 cost of a newsletter and programme, which is SPORTS SOCIETY John Truswell 455433 mailed to you every 6 months. Application forms TODDLER GROUP Jo Shutler 07833 464675 available at Pimperne Shop or call 01258 472164. VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS Robina Pierrepont 459034 POSTERS VILLAGE NEWS Debby Mackenzie 451062

If you are putting up posters around the village YOGA Barbara Emery 453506 advertising a village event, please ensure that they are taken down immediately after the event George Tapper has taken place. RHS QUALIFIED GARDENER – FULLY INSURED DOG WALKERS - BAG IT & BIN IT! Available for: Please ensure that you use the dog bins. Failure Border Maintenance and Design to clean up after your dog may lead to prosecution Garden Renovation and a fine of up to £1000. All regular garden work undertaken Call 01258 456990 or Mobile 07885 608211 Hair by Sarah Reliable professional stylist, over 20 years experience, cutting and colour specialist offers day time or evening appointments in the comfort of your own home. 01258 451386

PIMPERNE SHOP AND POST OFFICE Anvil Road, Pimperne Tel: 452225

Lottery and Scratch Cards

Dry Cleaning & Prescription collection service available

Wide selection of wines and spirits

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£1 selection including many household items, food with locally sourced ingredients.

chocolate, biscuits and drinks plus much more Also open for teas and coffees

Post Office, Pensions, Family Allowances, Car Tax etc. Sunday Carvery Deposit/withdrawal banking facilities for customers of Special International Menu – last Friday Barclays, Lloyds, Giro, Alliance & Leicester, Co-Op in month Foreign Currency and Travel Insurance Live music 1st Sat in month

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Mobile Phone Cards and savings stamps for vehicle licences, telephone, TV and gas bills. 01258 268521 www.farquharsonarms.com OPEN Mon – Fri 6.30 am – 6.30 pm Sat 6.30 am – 6.00 pm Sun CLOSED 12