80P Parish News July 2020 PARISH NEWS

JULY 2020

THE PARISHES OF THE LULWORTHS, NEWBURGH AND CHALDON

1 Parish News July 2020 Parish Organisations

ORGANISATION CONTACT POSITION TELEPHONE Benefice of West Purbeck Rev Carol Langford Rector 01929 462215 [email protected] Benefice of West Purbeck Rev Sandra Williams Ministry Team 01929 792235 [email protected] Benefice of West Purbeck Rev Jenny Alidina Ministry Team 01929 551502 [email protected] Benefice of West Purbeck Rev Judy Hill Ministry Team 01929462888 [email protected] Benefice of West Purbeck Dr John Matthews LLM 01929462128 [email protected] Benefice of West Purbeck Mrs Jenny Hunt LLM 01929 462570 [email protected] Benefice of WEST Purbeck Mr Paul Pinnock Lay Pastoral Assistant 01929 400143 Benefice of West Purbeck Mr John Yonwin Lay Benefice Vice Chairman 01305 852117 Holy Trinity, Mr Paul Simpson Churchwarden 01929 400376 St Christopher's, Winfrith Mr Giles Marsh Churchwarden 01929 400259 St Nicholas, Chaldon Mr Jeremy Selfe Churchwarden 01305 852138 St Andrew’s, Mr Paul Pinnock Churchwarden 01929 400143 West Purbeck Benefit Office Pauline Matthews Adminstrator [email protected] Benefice Parochial Church Council Mr Eddie Morrison Secretary 01305 853272 Mrs V Blandamer Treasurer 01929 400584 Benefice of the Lulworth, Winfrith & Chaldon Mrs Barbara Marsden Parish Safeguarding Rep 01929 400259 Village Hall Carole Redhouse Secretary 01305 851827 Chaldon Parish Council Miss Emily Blake Clerk 01305 853965 Children’s Drama Group Chris Eldred Organiser 01929 406175 Dance for Kix Gemma Dale Organiser 01305 852137 East Lulworth Parish Council Liz Maidment Clerk 07909924692 Friends of Lulworth & Winfrith Primary School Anna Veal Secretary 01305 852830 Ladies’ Friendship Circle Mrs Marjorie Bird Secretary 01305 852908 Lulworth & District Garden Society Mr J Watts Secretary 01929 400749 Lulworth & Winfrith CE VC Primary School Mr Richard Skinner Head Teacher 01929 400330 Share and Care Link Persons 07751 968 944 West Lulworth Parish Council Miss Emily Blake Clerk 01305 853965 West Lulworth Village Hall Mrs Pauline Hill Bookings Sec. 01929 406178 West Lulworth Women's Institute Mrs Halina Simpson President 01929 400376 Winfrith Cricket Club Mr Simon Goldsack Chairman 01929 554716 Winfrith Drama Group Wendy Jones Secretary 01305 852844 Wool and Winfrith FC Kelvin Dorner-Woolley Chairman 01929 551232 Winfrith Gardening Club Janine Scola Secretary 01305 851837 Winfrith History Group Pat Yonwin Secretary 01305 852117 Winfrith Parish Council Mandy Stephens Clerk 01305 853659 Winfrith Village Hall Sally Johnson Bookings Manager 01305 854133 Wellbridge Bereavement Support Group Jackie Pope Administrator 01929 462376ol Friends of Cancer Research UK Mrs Pat Stanely Secretary 01929 405487

The PARISH NEWS is published monthly by the Parochial Church Council of the Lulworths, Winfrith Newburgh and Chaldon, in the Deanery of Purbeck and the Diocese of Salisbury.

Chairman: Rosie Johnson 01305 852885 Secretary Bernadette Crowe Treasurer Mr P Lawlor Editor: David Brann 01305 567748 Deputy Editor Janine Scola 01305 851837 Advertising Secretary: Rosie Johnson 01305 852885 Advertising Editor: Anne Rowan 01929 400729 Distribution Manager: Dudley Jones 01929 400641 E-mail: [email protected]

2 Parish News July 2020 From the rectory

are still there! As a family we used to love Welcome to Rev. Sandra Williams travelling down to the coast and have spent

many happy hours wandering up and down the Hello, I’m Sandra, half time Associate Priest cliff paths of and spending time on the with the West Purbeck Benefice, and I’m the beaches. newest member of the team. My husband,

Graham, and labradoodle Zinnie, moved into Graham and I moved from Shipton Bellinger in last September and I was licensed North Hampshire where on the 2nd October. we had been for the last

six years, most recently I was born and christened as Priest in Charge of five down on the south coast of parishes west of Hampshire and confirmed Andover. Prior to that and married in north we were in Shropshire Hampshire, in a village just where I completed four outside Basingstoke, where years as Curate in The I met my husband Graham Wrockwardine Deanery on a Cub trip to Bovington Team Ministry in Lichfield Tank Museum! Since that Diocese, twelve rural time Graham’s work within villages between the water industry has Shrewsbury and Telford. taken us to Hong Kong,

Oxfordshire and North One of my main loves is Dorset. walking and I’ve really

enjoyed exploring the Graham and I have three local footpaths as they children – Amy, married to dried out once we went Neil, has two children, into lockdown. Since we’ve had a bit more Zachary and Ruby and they live in Salisbury; freedom, Zinnie and I have been further afield, our son Adam and his wife, Maria, are both it’s great to know that the coast is only 20 teachers and live in Oxfordshire with their minutes away. Please do say hello if you see Schnauzer - Gus; and our youngest daughter, us out and about, and maybe share your Lucy, with her partner Sam and Husky/Beagle favourite walk with us if you don’t mind a lively Cross Bella, live in Gillingham, North Dorset, doodle! where she works for Waitrose and keeps an

eye on my parents who moved there a few I’ve enjoyed getting to know some of you years ago. Our family grew up in Gillingham through our Zoom streamed services and am where, prior to ordination, I was a Primary looking forward so much to walking alongside School Teaching Assistant. I was also a Cub you all as we work together more, hopefully Scout Leader for 30 years (I started very in the flesh sometime soon. What a great young!), stepping down before I was opportunity for us all to see what God is up to ordained. It’s exciting to have the County and join in! Camp Site, Buddens, just down the road, I’m

glad to see that the trees some of my cubs With blessings helped to plant many years ago along the drive Rev Sandra Williams

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Church Without Walls

The new West Purbeck Benefice are now holding their services online using Zoom. If you would like to join us you would be most welcome! Once you have been added to the list you will receive an email with joining instructions and an automatic link to the service.

To join the West Purbeck online congregation, please contact either Rev Jenny or Rev Carol asking to be included in the circulation list. All you need is a smartphone, tablet or computer with a camera and a reasonable internet connection. It is easy to click the link, download the application and manipulate the simple screen controls. Help can be provided.

Rev Carol Langford 01929 462216 [email protected]

Rev Jenny Alidina 01929 551502 [email protected]

Wool Methodist Chapel Services July 2020

Due to the Coronavirus all Services have been suspended until further notice.

Let’s pray we will be back soon Worshipping together. Lynda Macey [email protected] 01929 463773

Purbeck Catholic Community

The Parish of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs and St Joseph’s

Parish Church : ST JOSEPH’S - The Square, Wool, BH20 6DU

Mass Centres : ST EDWARD’S - Shatters Hill, Wareham, BH20 4QP

ST MARY’S CHAPEL - Lulworth Castle Park, BH20 5QS

Due to the Coronavirus all Services have been suspended until further notice

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NEWS FROM HOLY TRINITY WEST LULWORTH

As I write this, some access to our Church is being opened up, but we are still far away from returning to a full schedule of services. For the moment the Church will be open for prayer or quiet enjoyment twice a week, on Monday mornings between 9am and 12 noon and Thursday afternoons from 2pm to 5pm.

We have also designated the next best thing, a “Prayer Space” outside the Church, where our benches provide special views across the graveyard and down towards the Cove.

Good maintenance has continued throughout the lockdown, and thanks are due to John and his team for keeping the graveyard in good order, to Nic and Patricia for cleaning the Church ready for visitors, and to Basil for putting new felt on the shed roof.

Missing personal contact, many of us have at least been able to join in the Zoom services organised by Jenny Alidina for the West Purbeck Benefice, so some contact has been maintained. Her efforts have been much appreciated, as has the support given to us by Rev Carol Langford, which has ensured that any member of our Church can easily make contact with a Priest.

Sadly, our main fund raising event, the Village Let us hope we can all get together again soon. Fete, has had to be cancelled due to Covid-19, but we may be able to hold an event later in the year. Those of you who have been Paul Simpson trawling through your cupboards may have Churchwarden assorted bric-a-brac to dispose of, so please hold on to it, or if you want to clear it now we have some storage space.

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How can we help Dorchester Food Bank?

Collection points now in the lychgates of St Christopher’s Winfrith and Holy Trinity West Lulworth

Please continue to contribute items such as the ones listed below. Small sizes are very welcome as food parcels are made up per person. Please ensure all items are well in date. Unfortunately The Food Bank cannot accept fresh produce, as it is difficult to store and would prefer to receive:

Tinned foods: Vegetables including potatoes – not tinned tomatoes, meat and fish, fruit, baked beans, rice pudding, custard.

Also:  Individual packet cereals  UHT Milk, jam, biscuits, instant coffee and tea bags (English breakfast type)  Cook-in sauce, Instant mash  Laundry capsules, cleaning materials such as bleach, anti-bacterial spray, toilet cleaner  Soap, shampoo, deodorant, sanitary items, toilet rolls, nappies cat and dog food

Cash donations are also much appreciated: Dorchester Foodbank 20-26-62 63655253 Any queries to Barbara Brann 01305 567748 / 07776 238228 Thank you for your wonderful generosity. Please keep it coming!

New Dorset Digital Hotline The Dorset Council digital champions team normally hold sessions in libraries and community centres. Due to the COVID-19 lockdown they now offer free and friendly IT support by phone. Phone: 01305 221000, Monday to Friday from 10 am to 12 noon except Bank Holidays. At other times leave your name, phone number and a short message on the answerphone and they will call you back. The team can offer digital support for a wide range of issues, no problem is too small. This includes helping families with digital applications for home schooling, providing help to get online for home shopping, support for all digital NHS services or setting up Skype to keep in contact with friends and family.

If you live in Dorset digital help is just a phone call away - tell your friends, family and networks. Find out if you can get a better broadband connection https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/ business-consumers-licences/superfast-dorset/test-your-broadband-speed.aspx

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Coronavirus Help and Support

If, in the coming months, you are struck down with this virus and are unable to get help from neighbours, family or friends - Winfrith Parish Council has set up a point of contact via the Parish Clerk.

Please ring Mandy Stephens on either 01305 853658 / 07810 175 156 or via Email - [email protected] who will contact a Councillor or parishioner who may be able to help with routine errands like shopping or collecting a prescriiption.

If anyone in the village would also like to be involved, please contact the Clerk , Mandy Stephens (contact details above)

Thank you - Winfrith Parish Council

USEFUL CONTACT NUMBERS

Dorset Covid-19 Response helpline 01305 221000 Care & Safeguarding concerns, urgent food/medicine request – no other support network available. On the above number 8am to 8pm 7 days a week.

Age UK (North, South and West Dorset) are coordinating requests for help with issues relating to loneliness and isolation, or support in accessing items such as food, cash or medication 01305 269444 or email [email protected]

Carer concerns not fitting into the above categories Support for carers across the Dorset Council area linking into local groups – online resources and advice centre. Carers support Dorset 0800 3688349 [email protected]

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ARE YOU THE NEXT EDITOR OF THE PARISH NEWS?

The current Editors have thoroughly enjoyed their three years working as part of an established team to bring the Parish News to you. We now feel it is time for someone new to take the reins. We are looking for two people to share the job, either working together on each issue or, as the current editors have done, working independently to a mutually agreed rota - the choice is yours! No previous editorial or journalistic experience is necessary – just a basic knowledge of word processing and an enthusiasm to play a useful part in our community. Help will be available during the ‘handover’.

The Parish News keeps the communities of East and West Chaldon, East and West Lulworth and Winfrith Newburgh in touch with all that is going on in our villages and surrounding areas. This includes news from our churches, our many and various clubs and societies and information about village events. The Parish News also publishes fascinating articles covering farming, wildlife, book reviews, history and much more. The advertisements support local businesses and provide our readers with easily accessible information about essential services and tradesmen.

If you would like to know more, please get in touch with the Chairman, Rosie Johnson on 01305 852885 or e-mail: [email protected]

We look forward to hearing from you.

(At this time of the Coronavirus, The Parish News is available only on-line, but, in time we hope to restore to printing a paper copy. That decision will be taken at the appropriate moment in the future, as we begin to come out of the current pandemic.)

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Keep in touch with all that’s going on in the Lulworths, Chaldons and Winfrith Newburgh. Make sure you receive your copy of The Parish News by taking out a subscription now! Although we are publishing the magazine online during the lockdown we will revert to the printed version as soon as possible, so don’t get left out!

Contact details are: Winfrith Clive Goddard 01305 852203 West Lulworth Lesley Burt 01929 400488 East Lulworth Val Blandamer 01929 400584 Chaldon Rosie Johnson 01305 852885

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If, after lockdown, you would like to receive the Parish News through the post, please contact Val Blandamer - Email : [email protected] The current cost for this service is only £22-40 per annum, but will increase in line with rises in postal rates.

8 Parish News July 2020 EDITORIAL

Time … and plenty of it ! As for all those decorating jobs, clearing the shed and decluttering, there was now no I cannot believe that so many weeks have gone excuse to get on and ‘do’ - time had suddenly by, even the Summer Solstice is now behind presented itself and so the challenge was met - us! Lockdown presented many scenarios none looking at the queue at the reopened Recycling of us had contemplated facing back in March, Centre! nor in some circumstances wish to ever again. But over the fullness of time, it has given us In this lovely part of the world, and the most space to reflect on the way we conducted our glorious of weather, time gave the opportunity lives and opened up new opportunities. ‘Time’ for some to be busy in the garden, redesigning, made us realise how much we rushed about, digging, clipping and heavens knows what else cramming everything in, and giving little ‘time’, - all good for the waistline and our well-being. or thought, to what was really important. Time allowed us to be more aware of nature around us, the birdsong and the humming of When the ‘big hand’ came up and stopped us the bees. in our tracks, of what we felt was normal life, it created the time to take a deep breath, slow Hobbies also arrived on the agenda - those down and re-evaluate what is essential - and to distant thoughts of learning to make bread, press the ’reset button’. For those who work, bake cakes, sew, to simply read and learn the it gave the opportunity to continue in the art of Art were now available - there was time ‘virtual world’, but with no commuting, to sit and follow our pursuits and plenty of allowed valuable time with our families and online courses to show us how! children at home. Home schooling suddenly came on to the agenda, (and the In time, there will be a new ‘normal’ as we headaches !) not only for parents, but grand- begin to come out of our enforced parents too via today’s technology - and with ‘hibernation’ - where we are able to physically that, time and patience - and learning for be with family and friends, and hopefully to everyone! It brought a new way to reconnect have those longed for hugs once again and that with our nearest and dearest. real connection.

The opportunity to get out and exercise for a The real hope at the end of all this is not to short period allowed us time to see other slip back into the ‘old routine and comfort people doing the same - at a social distance - zone’, but to remember the kindness and but previously instead of walking or running thoughtfulness that time allowed us to show on by, barely looking at the other person, one another and that it is possible to continue everyone took a minute to say ’hello’ and pass to do so. a few pleasantries. With time too, it made us more aware of those who were ‘isolated’ or unable to do the things they would normally, due to Government restrictions. Time allowed people to think more of others, and put into The Deputy Editor action ways in which they could help and make sure everything was OK for those within our community.

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Our Services In Purbeck Jules Walker

Services provided by Age UK Dorchester include:

Advocacy Cognitive Stimulation Home Support Information & Advice Melodies for Memories Nail Cutting Volunteering Welfare Benefits Wills Surgeries

If you would like to know more about our services or would like a regular newsletter, please get in touch.

For further information contact : Jules Walker

Rowan Cotttage 4 Prince of Wales Road Dorchester Dorset DT1 1PW Phone: 07342 883 844 or 01305 269 444 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ageuk.org.uk/ northsouthwestdorset

Reg. Charity No. 1142519

Reach Out Purbeck

Supporting you to get out and about, meet people and make friends - Would you like:

• To get out more? • To be more active?

• To meet people? • A bit of company?

• To try new things? • A cup of tea and a chat?

• To learn something new? • To have some fun?

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How we can help:

Reach Out can introduce you to … Lunches & Meal Deliveries

Reach Out can introduce you to … Balance Classes

Reach Out can link you to … Purbeck Good Neighbours

Reach Out can link you to … the Forget me Not Centre

We understand how difficult it can be to get out of the house, meet people and make friends, so our service aims to give you a helping hand to do just that.

Alternatively if you have problems with mobility, just having some company can make all the difference.

We also offer a friendly telephone support service.

What we will do:

We will visit you initially for a cup of tea and a chat, and talk about the sorts of things you are interested in or would like to try.

We can help you find out about activities, groups and clubs in your area, and go along with you to the activity of your choice until you feel you are settled in.

Volunteering for us:

The Reach Out service would not be possible without the commitment of our volunteers.

Reach Out volunteers need to be able to commit at least an hour of their time a week.

We try to match up volunteers with the person they are visiting so that they can enjoy each other’s company.

If you:

• Would like to make a difference to the life of an older person • Are a good listener • Like meeting new people • Have some spare time • Enjoy volunteering

We would love to hear from you!

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EAST LULWORTH RESIDENTS HELPLINE

FOR THOSE IN NEED OR SELF-ISOLATING DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

CHRIS 07850 159 060 01929 400 574

If you are unable to get your shopping from your family or friends, you can ring the above number and we will endeavor to get a volunteer to help.

Please bear in mind that the volunteers risk contracting the virus too, so only essential shopping please. This will be be done once a week.

Keep safe!

Delivery of doctor’s prescriptions 07751 968 944

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Volunteer ‘befrienders’ enhance “The befrienders who have volunteered to help support for Dorset’s shielded and residents through COVID-19 are brilliant and I vulnerable residents can’t thank them enough for all they are doing. “We are keen to support them, and the people Dorset Council and key partners in the community they are helping, to the very best of our abilities. response to COVID-19 are working to make sure By referring people to our Reablement Services, ‘shielding’ and vulnerable residents can get help the befrienders are helping Dorset’s vulnerable to continue to live independently in their homes. residents keep as active as possible and making The Council has asked volunteer ‘befrienders’ who it more likely they can continue to live are supporting those most at risk from coronavirus independently in their own homes.” to help spot the signs that a person may have become more frail or prone to falls because of Dave Thorp, CEO of Age UK North, South & West their reduced ability to exercise and keep active Dorset (NSWD) said: while staying at home. “Age UK NSWD are pleased to be able to offer this service to those people, our staff and volunteers - The volunteers, working on behalf of Age UK we are already making a friendly call to many North, South & West Dorset, are being asked to people on a regular basis. We have seen the listen out for key words and phrases which amount of isolated and vulnerable older people describe the feelings of the person they help, rise due to lockdown and shielding. We are such as: currently in contact with hundreds of people every ‘frail’ week. It is the aim of Age UK NSWD to work in ‘weaker’ partnership with other agencies to ensure older ‘less balanced’ people can continue to live independently and ‘likely to fall’ safely for as long as they are able and want to do as these indicate the person will benefit from help so.” to get more active. They will also ask the person they befriend: Volunteers still needed You can still join our army of volunteers who are ~ Has there been any change to your ability to supporting vulnerable residents at this time. If get about as usual since you have been self- you have an up-to-date DBS check and would like isolating? to offer your support, you can register online. ~ Has there been any change to your ability to complete your usual activities, such as leisure Do you need help? activities or housework? If you don’t have family, friends or a support network that can help you get the things you need If the answer is yes to any of these questions, the at this time, you can call 01305 221000, 8am to befriender can ask the vulnerable person if they 8pm, 7 days a week to get help and advice. consent to being referred to the Reablement Alternatively, you can email : Services on offer from the Council’s care [email protected]. provider Tricuro. Find more information about the community There is no charge for this service and a wide response to COVID-19. variety of support is on offer. From information More news about volunteer ‘befrienders’ and the and guidance, to practical support such as community response to COVID-19. equipment to improve independence and increase confidence at home.

Cllr Laura Miller, Dorset Council Portfolio Holder for Adult Social Care and Health said:

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WEST LULWORTH WI JUNE 2020

The WI soldiers on!

As Lockdown has influenced and modified our daily lives, we have managed to adjust and alter some of our activities to avoid meeting in our usual large groups. However, it hasn’t dampened the spirit and energy of the tasked with setting the questions which were members of the WI. Our Dorset Federation sufficiently challenging to exercise our grey has been busy using their skills to help others. cells, but not requiring membership of MENSA, The stitchers, knitters and collectors in the so everyone faired reasonably well and we all County have been busy making scrub caps, enjoyed ourselves. From now on, the winner’s wash bags, face masks, ear savers (not sure!) “prize” is the dubious “honour” of setting and one club has continued to knit teddies for questions for the next Quiz and that goes to me children admitted to hospital, now fully - Halina Simpson ….hmmmm! This could be equipped with face masks to alleviate fears akin to Mastermind without the Black Chair, among little people at the sight of staff in PPE. so I am putting my mind to it. OK my friends here is a simple warm-up: Denman College, the WI education college is providing online courses for any predilection “How many skittles are used in ten pin or interest, including talks on “The City of bowling?” London”, “Murder, Sex and Mayhem in English “How much would you expect to pay for ten Churches”, “Bloomsbury” and classes on food purchases at Poundland?” preparation eg. “Mexican Feast”, “Chocolate “How old was Dame Vera Lynn when she Treats”, and activities such as “Needle-felting”, passed away?” “Scrapbooking” “Yoga and Mindfulness”, and “Ukulele Sing-Along”. So there’s plenty to keep There are many National projects afoot th us busy! Now, where did I put my ukulele??? including a Virtual Festival on 27 June. In the There can’t be many of you who remember absence of Camp Bestival, some local members George Formby. may choose to participate and enjoy the camaraderie. It promises to be a lot of fun. Our own West Lulworth WI has also been active, holding frequent ZOOM meetings, Our next Club meeting is on Wednesday 1st July committee meetings, Book Group etc. Most and we’re zooming towards it. recently, our Club Quiz evening was very successful. Our previous winner, Pat Hatchard, Halina Simpson possibly enjoying her prize of red wine, was

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Please take and send your photos in the highest resolution possible.

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The Matriarch of Winfrith by Sarah Goodenough (With notes from R. Andrews and B. Gregory)

The Second World War was over and life was becoming normal again, but it was the end of an era for one woman in the village of Winfrith. In April 1946, Elizabeth Baggs passed away at her home on the High Street aged 93. Her unmarried youngest daughter, Rose Violet, was looking after her. I want to share what I know of Elizabeth’s fascinating life with you. She was born on Bonfire Night 1852 in Knighton to John Baker and Martha Glebe Farm Cox and baptised the same day at Winfrith church. Elizabeth was the youngest of seven children. Once Charles returned, they had a further six The 1841 census lists her mother Martha as children and continued running the farm together the landlady of the Rising Sun Inn (now The until he died in 1906. Her sons eventually married Countryman Inn, see photo) so there is a good and left the farm leaving Bertie, the youngest to chance this is where Elizabeth was born and grew work the land with his aging mother. It was up. Elizabeth who decided when to cut and harvest the hay; men were employed from the village to help and enjoyed the free cider given out.

Christmas parties were held for the village at the farm with singing and music (piano and violin played by her elder children), poem recitals and Christmas holly would hang from the ceiling in tradition. It was said that children would convalesce at the farm after illness and tonsil operations, with Elizabeth acting as nurse and carer.

If I could go back in time to speak to one of my ancestors, Elizabeth would be in my top three! At the age of 18 she married Charles Baggs at I think she would have plenty to say! St Christopher’s Church in Winfrith; they had six children by the time they lived at Glebe Farm in Winfrith in 1881. However, it was in this year her husband was sent to gaol for poaching. Elizabeth had no choice but to run the farm herself (despite being pregnant with another girl, Bessie born in April); with their children aged between 3 and 9 years, her mother-in-law Rebecca and her widowed mother Martha! There was no electricity at the farm until 1949, candles were the only form of light and cooking was done in a large cauldron over a kitchen fire. Elizabeth made her own butter and cheese (from her cows) and brewed beer. She Elizabeth Baggs with her 12 sons and daughters also “reared turkeys and chickens to sell ready for outside Glebe Farm the table”.

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Winfrith Village Hall High Street, Winfrith Newburgh

Our Village Hall is currently closed but once these hard times are over we will reopen. Please keep us in mind for your group or that event you’re still wanting to stage.

The main hall seats 90 people plus there is small meeting room which seats 20. Both have access to a commercial-grade kitchen with dishwasher, large cooker, fridge, automatic hot water urn, crockery and cutlery. A large serving hatch opens onto the main hall.

We have a full premises licence for serving alcohol.

The main entrance is through a lobby which can be used for reception and at the other end is a raised stage with a drop-down screen. Entrances are fully accessible from the front and back car parks and there are separate ladies’ and gent's toilets as well as a disabled toilet. There is Wi-Fi throughout and a Hearing Loop.

Our hall has been hired for meetings large and small, parties, receptions, craft fairs, stage productions both amateur and professional, exercise and dance groups etc. and we look forward to getting back to normal! Unfortunately, we can’t host bouncy castles.

Competitive hiring charges:

Main Hall (Winfrith and East Knighton residents) £7.00 per hour Non-residents £13.00 per hour. Small Meeting Room (Winfrith and East Knighton residents) £5.00 per hour Non-residents £7.00 per hour

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The Hoopers Part 3: Harvest

Bridget Sant, née Hooper, was born in 1944 in the Manor House, where her father Bob Hooper ran the chief farm in Winfrith. These extracts come from her valuable memoir.

Harvest time was always very busy. The barley all had to be cut when it was dry and ripe. Dew often prevented this early in the morning so no cutting took place until late morning and then would continue until the dew returned at 7.00 or 8.00 at night. We never worked after dark, which in midsummer was not until 10.00 or so at night. On really hot days we would take supper down to Lulworth for a late evening swim and picnic. We bought our first combine harvester towards the end of the 1940s, but I still remember the old binder which cut and tied the corn into bundles.

My father continued to use the binder for a few fields of wheat to obtain thatching straw for the barns, tied cottages and the ricks of hay or straw. We employed at least two specialist thatchers, Bob Burt and Bill Wallis. We helped stook the sheaves as they came off the binder’s tray. This involved standing them up to make a kind of wigwam. When the stooks were dry they were gathered by a horse and wagon. The wagons were the old traditional style with wooden wheels protected with a metal hoop. Wagons, with their high end-extensions, had four wheels and were used for large loads. For small loads carts – square and with only two wheels – were used. The sheaves were thrown up onto the wagon with a pitchfork.

Bob Hooper—Late 1960’s

It was a thrill to be allowed up on the wagon to help stack the sheaves neatly and gradually get higher and higher. Riding home on top of such a load was not something my father relished us doing, but I can remember at least one such trip down the drove back to the farmyard. I remember two occasions when we threshed the sheaves to separate the grain from the straw. On one we hired a steam engine to drive the big red threshing machine into which the sheaves were fed and then shaken or rattled to vibrate the grain from its stem. On the later occasion we used the Green Marshall tractor’s side wheel to drive the machine. Field mice used to run everywhere when the threshing was taking place and I do remember catching them and cruelly attempting to tie their tails together and wondering why I got bitten. Most of my harvesting memories were of a far more mechanised era, with combines, bailers and tractors towing trailers of threshed corn to the drier. When my father wanted to speak with the combine driver he used to climb up the steps to his seat as the combine moved along. The second combine we had was even more attractive for children as it had a special platform where the corn was fed directly into sacks from chutes. This required at least one person to attend to the bags and replace them as they filled up. We could be quite useful (I think) on this platform.

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The earliest bailer we had was a wonderful green machine which required a team of six people to sit on the back of it threading the wire backwards and forwards to tie up the bails of straw that the combines left in their wake. Harry’s daughter, Clara Lunn, was our only female farmworker and this was always one of her tasks. This labour-intensive machine was soon replaced with an automated string bailer. In the days before a sledge was towed behind the bailer to collect them together, the bails all came out singly and were scattered all over the field. Dad used to abandon us in fields of straw bails and hope we would build great straw houses from them. We loved designing and making huge constructions, some even two-storeyed with several rooms. This not only kept us happy it also ensured that the bails were gathered together and made it much easier for the tractors to pick them up. We could easily manhandle the small rectangular bails of those days.

Sometimes we used to be joined by some of the farmworkers’ children and play together building houses. I am not sure that our parents really approved, as we learnt rude words like ‘piss’ and that they did not wear knickers! If there were any infectious diseases around my mother was incredibly protective of us and we were not able to mix at all and certainly not go to the village shop. She thought she was most successful as we never had any childhood diseases – until our own children gave them to us with far more serious consequences.

The trailers full of harvested corn were driven to the massive ‘Back of Church’ drying complex. Here the old wagon barn had been converted into a two-storeyed corn drier. (It was essential that any stored corn had minimal moisture in it or it would get hot and ferment.) The corn was tipped into a huge concrete pit from where augers fed it over racks where it was cleaned through shaking out the chaff and dried with hot air from a coke fired boiler. Chutes then led back down to bagging facilities and sack carts could be wheeled down through the old converted stables to store the grain in specific groups according to which field it came from: each group was sold separately for a negotiated price. The best would go for malting to make beer and fetched a high price. Cattle feed was the worst. We became quite good at taking a sample of grain from a sack and assessing what sort of price it could command.

The drying barn was another fun place but it was noisy and very dusty. Before all the stables were converted for grain storage Dolly Bishop used to keep his carthorses there as all the stables at the Manor yard were full. These were the first horses to go. Needless to say these old buildings have now been converted into residences.

Perilla Kinchin

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The letter below was sent to the Prime Minister by the Leader of Dorset Council on the 1st June on behalf of all of us; as of 15th June we have not had a reply.

Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP Prime Minister House of Commons Westminster 1st June 2020 SW1A OAA [email protected]

Dear Prime Minister

As Leader of Dorset Council, I am writing to you to express my serious concern about the disproportionate and negative impact the Guidance states to “travel to outdoor open space irrespective of distance” is having on areas like Dorset which are popular with visitors. Dorset is within a single day’s travelling distance for visitors from London and the Midlands.

Over the past weekend we have seen some extremely disappointing behaviour from visitors to Dorset’s beaches. The incidents at Durdle Door on Saturday 30 May placed a huge strain on our emergency services. There have also been issues in other popular destinations across the County with excessive numbers of visitors not being able to observe social distancing. We’ve seen littering, people urinating and defecating in public, people camping overnight and people having dangerous campfires and BBQs – despite extensive warnings against this from all local agencies. Council employees have been abused by members of the public as they tried to manage the traffic.

I am acutely aware of how worried and upset many Dorset residents feel about the current situation, particularly when so many of them have complied fully with lockdown guidance, particularly, when the Dorset Council area had one of the lowest COVID19 infection rates in the country.

My overriding priority throughout the COVID19 outbreak has been the safety and wellbeing of Dorset residents, and all decision making has been based on this. We at Dorset Council have done everything we can within the limited powers we have, to prepare for and respond to the situation. For several weeks now we’ve been sending out a strong message that potential visitors should ‘think twice’ about coming to Dorset.

However, since you announced on Sunday 10 May that lockdown was to be gradually eased and that people can “travel to outdoor open space irrespective of distance” and “you can sit on a beach”, both we and have had very limited powers of enforcement. For example, since the recent guidance came into effect, the Police have no longer been able to challenge road users as to whether their journeys are essential. In other words, we have limited ability to deal with the large visitor numbers and issues like the lack of social distancing and the negative impact on local communities.

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Ahead of this announcement there was no communication with local councils about how we might manage this influx, including the need for car parking, public toilets and most importantly for beaches, the provision of Lifeguards. I understand that concern was being raised by Ministers last week about the lack of Lifeguards – surely this is a conversation that should have happened before your announce- ment?

All our public services are very stretched due to weeks of responding to the COVID19 outbreak and other major incidents such as the wildfire at Wareham Forest. My plea to the Government is to review the travel advice currently in place and instead ask people to “stay local”. I am concerned that we will see a second wave of infection here in Dorset as a result of the high number of visitors to the area over recent days. I’m asking the Government to act now to save the lives of Dorset residents. Please help us to help them by issuing a revised guidance telling people to stay local for the time being.

We stand ready and waiting to work with the Government but in order to do so, you need to engage far more closely with the local government sector to deliver the results we need for the country at this time.

Yours sincerely

Cllr Spencer Flower Leader

cc: Richard Drax MP Michael Tomlinson MP Simon Hoare MP Chris Loader MP Sir Christopher Chope MP

New ‘lockdown’ rules have been advised since this letter was written - however, the situation has not improved.

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LOTTERY (100 Club)

Time to start the new financial year for the lottery still at £12 per number for the year from 1st July 2020. Clearly the Hall has been without income for the last few months but it still has bills to pay, so I hope that you feel able to continue with your support even if you haven't been a lucky winner.

We achieved 100 numbers during this last year, but I already know of some who will not be continuing for very good reasons, such as moving away from the area, so if you can encourage others to take their place that would be very welcome.

Ways to pay are a little different this time as I can't ask the shop to collect for us. If you would like to transfer funds directly to the Village Hall account then the details are :

Sort code 60-07-01 Account number 38182130

Please make it clear that it is for the lottery with your name. It would be helpful if you also let me know that you have used this method. I am happy to accept cash or cheques in an envelope with your name on the front. These can be posted through our door or I am happy to collect if you prefer. If you can't remember how many numbers you have please ask .

June winners: 1st prize: Ruth Weston £25 2nd prize: Andy muir £15 3rd prize: Des Connor £10

Brenda Mustoe Tel: 01305 852009 Beechgate, High Street Email: [email protected]

All proceeds go to Winfrith Newburgh Village Hall (Charity No 286849)

Production team for July edition of Parish News

Editor: David Brann Deputy Editor: Janine Scola Advertising Editor: Anne Rowan

Final deadline for August 2020 edition 17.00 Monday 20th July 2020

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Will you help us bring Defibrillators to Winfrith and East Knighton?

A small local Group has been established to bring this about….

Why are we doing this?

A sudden Cardiac Arrest is a major cause of death and in the alone some 100,000 people die. It strikes suddenly and without warning. The victim (and that may be a family member, a friend or even you, the reader) collapsing immediately, as the heart beats chaotically (fibrillates) unable to pump blood through the body. The only hope of survival is access to a defibrillator within minutes, combined with CPR. For every minute of delay there is a 10% less chance of survival. We are thinking also of some fund raising

ideas…..A virtual Raffle; A cook book with recipes If we were able to fund raise, with your help, for from local people; A takeaway cream tea; up to three of these defibrillator machines in the Winfrith Newburgh tea towels. Winfrith / East Knighton area, that would be a

great achievement. Each will cost just over £2000. Here is a very recent, village situation with a local

resident…… The Group is undertaking research and planning for

these to be installed (including, the purchase, Sue Bartlett was motivated to join the fundraising siting, the required training, maintenance and group following the collapse of her mother at the such). There are a lot of aspects to consider as we Rainbow Garage Café recently. Sue says “….. start on this journey! On calling 999, I was advised that there were no

defibrillators close enough to be of use. Luckily it But many, many Parishes in the United Kingdom was not the sort of collapse that needed a have successfully secured a defibrillator for their defibrillator; but this situation highlighted the local communities….We can do so as well! need for defibrillator equipment in both Winfrith

Newburgh and East Knighton……..” We are opening a fund-raising campaign.

Will you help us please with a donation? Details We will keep you updated as we progress on this of how you can give are being delivered to all very worthwhile journey. Please come back to us households in Winfrith Newburgh and East with any questions or comments. Knighton soon. If you are able to make a

donation, kindly place your cash donation (or Thank you for your support cheque made payable to “Winfrith Newburgh Regards Village Hall”) in the envelope provided and pop it John Yonwin through the door of our Treasurer, Nic Johnson, at Secretary to the Defibrillator Task Group 19 The High Street, Winfrith Newburgh DT2 8JW. 01305 852117 A Gift Aid form will also be enclosed. If you find it [email protected] easier to transfer your donation via BACS, the bank details are: Sort Code: 60-07-01; account number: 38182130 (reference Defib Appeal)

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As I write this, we have continued to enjoy warm days – and the forecast is for rain heading our way – overnight would be preferable, but any would be very welcome for the garden and to refill the water butts! But alas, it was just a false rumour!

Even so, summer vegetables with the help of the hose are showing growth and the food production line will soon be in full swing in the coming weeks. As for the flower beds, these seem a bit 'out of synch' as the Spring was very warm and things that shouldn’t be flowering are well into the stride!

Sadly with the continuation of ‘lockdown’ all our ~ Feed tomatoes and crops in growing bags and events and visits have been put on hold and as the pinch out the side shoots of cordon tomato Government starts to lessen 'their grip on our lives' plants regularly we await to see how best and safely we can return ~ Once broad beans have finished producing, cut to meet once again and enjoy that missing human down the plants and leave the roots in the soil contact - and laughter! Until then …. to release nitrogen as they decompose

‘Tips from the Potting Shed’ ~ Give wisteria its summer prune, cutting all long side-shoots back to 20cm to promote flowering ~ Harvest rhubarb before resting it from July next Spring onwards ~ Tie in new stems of climbing and rambling roses ~ If you haven’t split your clump of rhubarb for horizontally to supports to encourage more over three years, now is a good time to do so flowers ready for a good crop next year ~ Prune late spring or early summer shrubs after ~ Use netting to protect developing and ripening flowering, such as weiglea and philadephus, fruits from birds thinning out the older stems

~ In dry weather remember to water gooseberries ~ Take cuttings from tender perennials such as and strawberries to encourage fruits to swell fuschia, penstenmon, pelargoniums and marguerites ~ Use soapy sprays at the first signs of greenfly and blackfly ~ Trim conifers and other garden hedges

~ If you have any brassicas growing, get the netting ~ Continue to dead-head plants and roses to over them quickly, as the white butterfly are-a- encourage flowering plenty and your brassicas will be no more! ~ Top up bird baths, ponds and water features ~ Pick Sweet Pea flowers regularly and remove during hot weather seed pods to prolong flowering

~ This is a good time to take softwood cuttings from And lastly, keep weeding! shrubs

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The Deli Returns New & Returning Stock

From the end of June, we will be re-introducing the We are pleased to let you all know that we have sale of our popular pies and pasties in our recently had a delivery of the lovely Moonraker Deli section. The Deli area has now been moved jams and also the very delicious Fordington Gin. next to the post office and till serving area so that We have also managed to purchase a great supply we can serve you at a distance from behind the of high quality chocolate items and we are selling counter. There will be a screen above the Deli them at heavily discounted prices – some as low as counter to protect both you and the team while 50% below rrp. bWe have a limited supply of this you purchase your delicious treats. stock, so if you think you deserve a treat (which I am sure you do) then pop into the shop and take a look at what we have on offer.

Getting Back to Normal Cream Teas

We are trying to move the shop towards normal We had great fun delivering our cream teas a operations as much as possible now that couple of weeks ago and have had some lovely Government guidance is encouraging us to do feedback from those that we delivered to. We this. With this in mind we will shortly be placing have been asked if we will do these again in the table and chairs and toys/beach toys at the the future and this is indeed something that we front of the shop. We are also gradually exploring are thinking of, so watch this space! the reversion back to longer opening hours and will

continue to monitor this and let you all know when the hours are extended on a more permanent

basis.

Back Door Entrance

Our newspaper customers seem to find it helpful to enter the shop through the back door if there are queues outside when they are purchasing just a newspaper. We will keep this system going over the next few weeks, but ask that customers collect their papers before midday so we can then close the door at the back after this time.

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DORSET HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST – NEWS ABOUT RIDE + STRIDE 2020

At their recent meeting, the Trustees discussed whether it would be feasible to run Ride + Stride this year. They considered three options: to run it as normal, which is clearly not possible under the current restrictions; to cancel it or to arrange a the usual, but modified, instructions for R+S when modified event. They decided to run a modified all the details have been checked. We will be event. Their decision was based on a careful making it much easier for donors to sponsor their assessment of all the factors and can be summed church through a new link to JustGiving on our up as follows: Trust website. We will also be opening a dedicated

bank account which will facilitate bank transfers. COVID-19 has caused so many events, including

fund-raisers, to be cancelled this summer. The We hope that you will take up this opportunity to situation is easing now. DHCT would like to keep a great Dorset tradition going even in a provide an opportunity to have a great day out in difficult year. Please support your local rider or our beautiful county, on bikes, horses or on foot to strider when he or she invites your sponsorship on raise some much-needed funds for your church behalf of the churches in our Benefice. and churches across Dorset. Some may not want

to take part this year, favouring other charities Full details will be posted on the DHCT website instead, but DHCT is keen to keep a traditional www.dhct.org.uk in mid July. Participants forms event going and not to let it become yet another will be with your Parish Organiser shortly after casualty of the pandemic. We hope that churches that. and their supporters will join in with a modified

form of R+S which is being designed to minimise Jeremy Selfe any risk of infection between people or contamination of churches. We will be publishing

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The fully refurbished Winfrith Village Hall

Available for private parties, Weddings, Birthdays, Anniversaries

* Light and warm * Separate small carpeted meeting room * Wi-Fi throughout * Lots of power points * All new kitchen, with fast dishwasher, fridge large cooker, fridge and automatic hot water urn * Crockery and cutlery * Toilets, including with wheelchair access, ramps to front and rear doors

Current rates (increasing from 1 March 2020) £6-00 per hour to residents of Winfrith Newburgh and East Knighton Parish. £12-00 per hour for non- residents.

On-line booking : www.winfrithnewburgh.org.uk Telephone : Sally Johnson – 01305 854122

West Lulworth Village Hall

The Village Hall plays an important role in our community and at present is hired by many various groups. Facilities include a well equipped kitchen, stage and a choice of hiring the main hall or meeting room.

Anyone interested in starting and running a group or hiring the hall for a private function please contact the Bookings Secretary, Pauline Hill. Tel: 01929 406178. Please visit our website www.westlulworthvillagehall.co.uk

Chaldon Village Hall

Chaldon Village Hall was built as a school in 1847 with a vaulted roof to “keep the children healthy”.

It now offers a charming, warm and unusual space for parties or classes. It is licenced for 50 people and can be hired for £5/hour for residents of East & West Chaldon and £10/hour to non-residents.

Booking enquiries: [email protected] 01305 851827

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