Piddle Valley News and Views
July / August 2015 Above left: Piddlehinton Millenium Green, newly trimmed willow dragon; Above right trim trail equipment © Rebecca Howard. Below (clockwise from top left): Alton Pancras Village Fete. The Fete Followers queuing before the opening; The grand opening; View from the 1st floor; Bubble Football. © Sally Dangerfield and Janet Barlow.
2 www.piddlevalley.info 2pm Opened by King John – Children in Medieval Fancy Dress 2pm Opened by King John – Children in Medieval Fancy Dress to be judged at 2:15 by King John. to be judged at 2:15 by King John. 2:30 Gymnasts, 3:00 Children/Family Races, 3:30 Dog Show 2:30 Gymnasts, 3:00 Children/Family Races, 3:30 Dog Show Other Entertainments: Pony Rides - Teas - Cakes - Tombola Other Entertainments: Pony Rides - Teas - Cakes - Tombola Duck Races - Raffle - Welly Wanging - Silent Auction Duck Races - Raffle - Welly Wanging - Silent Auction Coconut Shy - Pimm’s Tent Coconut Shy - Pimm’s Tent Afternoon BBQ - Skittles Afternoon BBQ - Skittles
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Item Page Dates for your diary 7 Free ads 7 Piddletrenthide PO + Stores 24 Editorial 25 News from the Vicarage 27 Services 28–29 Registers 31 Mobile Library dates 31 Neighbourhood Plan 35 News from the Villages Alton Pancras 36 Piddlehinton 39 Piddletrenthide + White Lackington 41 General News & Notices 43–48 Clubs, Groups, Organisations 48–54 Piddle Valley First School 54–56 Piddle Valley Parish Council 57–59 Piddle Valley Losses in the Great War 60–61 Sport 63 Surgeries 62, 65 www.piddlevalley.info 67 Local walk 66 Index of Advertisers 86
Event / activity posters are displayed throughout this issue Advertisements are mainly towards the front and back of the magazine
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The Bridge Educational Trust
The Bridge Educational Trust (Registered Charity No 1068720) was established in 1990 in memory of John Bridge, the last of the family which founded the Piddle Valley School in the middle of the 19th century.
The objectives of the Trust are educational, and grants are given primarily to those wishing to study at a school, college, or other educational establishment. Applications are particularly welcomed from residents of the Piddle Valley and its immediate neighbourhood. Normally applicants should be nearing the end of their school careers or have left school, though younger children with special educational needs may be considered.
At the Trustees’ discretion, expeditions or travel groups for young people which are organised for scientific or cultural purposes may be eligible, provided they contain an educational element.
The Trustees give priority to cases involving hardship or difficult family circumstances and where, without some assistance, the desired education, course or activity would not be possible. Special consideration is given to older people who may wish to start training for a particular career or other purpose after normal education has been interrupted.
During the past year grants made by the Trust have included those to help university students with accommodation costs and equipment; to provide support for children with specific learning difficulties; and to provide training for adults hoping to change career.
Meetings of Trustees to consider applications are held in March, July and November. Those wishing to apply should obtain an application form by writing to The Administrator c/o Piddle Valley First School, Piddletrenthide, DT2 7QL or by emailing [email protected]. Applications by post or email should be received not later than the 15th of the month before the meeting at which they are to be considered.
Further details of the Trust can be found at www.bridgeeducationaltrust.org.uk but if you feel that you would like to discuss a possible application with one of the local Trustees, please contact one of the following: Rev Tony Monds (348211), Rex Goddard (348363), Sue Nicholas (348436), Hannah Murphy (348564), Richard Drewe (348253), Nick Harland (348272)
Richard Drewe, Chairman
22 www.piddlevalley.info 6 www.piddlevalley.info Dates for your diary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
July 2 Thurs Piddle Valley Over 60s Trip to Salisbury, leave PT at 10am. 5 Sun Summer Breakfast in Piddlehinton Village Hall, 9–11.30am. 6 Mon Mobile Library 9 Thurs Time for Tea in aid of Julia’s House Childrens Hospice Piddlehinton Village Hall, 2–4pm 10 Fri Coffee morning, Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall, 10.30–12noon 10 Fri Summer Concert, John Hudson and friends, All Saints Church, PT, 7.30pm 18 Sat Piddlehinton Church Fete, 2pm West Lodge Piddlehinton 20 Mon Mobile Library 24 Fri Lunch Club,12.30pm Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall 24 Fri West Dorset Conservative Association, Annual Social Evening & BBQ, Lanscombe Cottage, Lanscombe Lane, Buckland Newton 24/25 Fri/Sat Plush Festival (see page 40) 28 Tue Piddle Valley Parish Council Meeting, Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall, 7.30pm
August 3 Mon Mobile Library 6 Thurs Piddle Valley Over 60s Garden Party at Venta Silurum 14 Fri Coffee morning, Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall, 10.30–12noon 15 Sat Piddle Valley Gardens Club Summer Show, Piddle Valley First School, 2–4pm 17 Mon Mobile Library 29 Sat Coffee Morning, Alton Pancras Church 10am–12pm 29 Sat Plush Festival (see page 40)
Future Dates Saturday 12th September Duck Race at Piddlehinton, first race 2.30pm. Sunday 13th September Rounders on the Millenium Green – bring a team, or just come along and join in an existing team, all welcome Friday 18th September at 7.30 pm: “Allen Knott Entertains – an evening of Folk Music and Fun” in Piddlehinton Village Hall. Keep the date and there will be further details in the next News & Views Saturday 19th September. Car Boot Sale at Piddlehinton football field. Further details from Cynth Legg on 01300 348591.
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NEWS FROM THE POST OFFICE COUNTER Customers continue to take advantage of the wide range of Post Office Services available from the PO here in Piddletrenthide. We are now able to sell coach tickets for National Express. Taking a winter holiday? Order your currency with the PO – this is offered at very competitive rates and can be returned with no extra charges. Alternatively there is the Travel Money Card – this can be obtained from the PO and topped up with any currency the customer needs, as they need it. Buy a Health Lottery ticket for someone, they could be a lucky winner!! PO – Save a journey to town! Your local PO can provide you cash withdrawals from most bank accounts. Gift cards – minimum of £10 available, can be used in many different stores – a very useful gift.
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It is with mixed emotions that we report the departure of Tony Monds to pastures new – however, his new role as chaplain to the Bishop of Salisbury sounds fascinating and we wish him and Jenny all the best settling into their new life in Wiltshire. His final service will be at Lyscombe Chapel at 11am on Sunday 12 July followed by a farewell bring your own picnic.
Thank you so much to Susan Chance for all her hard work as Treasurer over the last few years, she is now stepping down. Welcome (again) to Minnow Walker who has taken on this role in conjunction with the advertising co-ordination.
This issue is full of photos – which really brings the updates on various events to life – I have used as many as I could. There is a note about the Neighbourhood Plan and a very apt poem for our villages sent in by Claire Hudson on page 35, and another walk to try out while the weather is favourable. We have added an Index of Advertisers on page 86, and a section for Free ads (currently on page 7). As ever, any suggestions about what you would like to see in PVNV are most welcome.
I do hope that you enjoy the rest of the summer, and any holiday travels beyond the valley...
Julie Bennett 07740 083657
Editorial team
Editor Julie Bennett 07740 083657 [email protected] Webmaster Andy Howard 01300 348406 [email protected] Treasurer Minnow Walker 01300 348699 [email protected] Advertising Minnow Walker 01300 348699 [email protected] Distribution Ann Jordan 01300 348015 Proof reading Gill Bingham
Copy deadline Sept/Oct issue – adverts, posters + content 12th August 2015 deadlines 12th August, 12th October, 10th December Advertising Rates see page 5 By post / hand PVNV Postbag, PO & Village Stores, Piddletrenthide, DT2 7QF Printed by Creeds of Bridport
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ADIEU
‘For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven ... A time to plant and a time to pluck up what is planted ...’ So writes ‘the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem’ in Ecclesiastes. Jenny and I were ‘planted’ here over eight and a half years ago and now it is time for us to be plucked up. When things are plucked up, the roots do not always come away cleanly as they cling to the place where they have been planted and nurtured. We will be sad to leave this Benefice where you have all been so friendly and kind and generous to us and where we have been privileged to live in a very beautiful part of the county in which I have been fortunate enough to have lived for virtually all my life. Now we leave for Wiltshire and Salisbury where I am to begin a new job as chaplain to the Bishop of Salisbury. It will be very different from life as a rural parish priest. My basic role is to support the bishop in his work and so I will be based in his office in South Canonry, his official residence in the cathedral Close. Much of the job will be to ensure that the bishop’s office runs smoothly, especially when he is not there - which is quite often since he sits in the House of Lords, is the Church of England’s spokesperson on the environment (currently a time consuming role with the big Paris summit coming up in December) and has to attend various Synods, meetings of the House of Bishops etc in addition to his work in the diocese. Each day the office receives a large amount of correspondence and phone calls, both routine and extraordinary, which have to be dealt with efficiently. I will also attend various diocesan meetings both with the bishop and on his behalf and be required to administer some of them. What I will not be doing is undertaking duties in the cathedral except on formal occasions when I may be required to accompany the bishop but to remain very much in the background. Indeed, I will not be leading worship (other than times of prayer with the bishop or occasionally helping out in my own time parishes which may find themselves in need of cover) nor will I be preaching (other than sometimes doing research for the bishop’s sermons). Instead of being parish priest to over 2000 people in this Benefice, I will be chaplain to the bishop and his team - no more than half a dozen of us. And that is what I shall miss most: my contact with you when you have allowed me to share in your times of happiness and sadness, and my engagement with the lives of our two schools at Cheselbourne and in the Piddle Valley. But when something is plucked up, it leaves fallow ground in which something else may be planted - an opportunity for new and better things to grow - and so you have the excitement of looking forward to whoever it is that God will send as your new parish priest. I know that whoever it may be will be as delighted as were Jenny and I with the welcome that we received and that God will bless this Benefice as he has in the past and will continue to do because he is faithful. So I head this article ‘Adieu’, not because I wish this to be a final parting where we may not see each other again before we meet in heaven but because it is a ‘goodbye’, a ‘God be with you’, and a blessing committing you all ‘to God’.
Rev Tony Monds The Vicarage, Piddletrenthide T 01300 348211 E [email protected] www.piddlevalley.info 27
SERVICES and THE BENEFICE of THE PIDDLE VALLEY, HILTON, READINGS CHESELBOURNE and MELCOMBE HORSEY
Piddle Valley Three Churches
th 5 July 8.30am Holy Communion Trinity 5 / Proper 9 Alton Pancras Green 9.30am Family Service Ps 123 Piddlehinton Ezekiel 2.1-5 2 Corinthians 12.2-10 Mark 6.1-13 11.00am Morning Prayer Piddletrenthide
11.00am Morning Prayer Melcombe Horsey
6.00pm Evening Prayer Cheselbourne
th 12 July Trinity 6 / Proper 10 Green 11.00am Family Eucharist Ps 85.8-13 Lyscombe Amos 7.7-15 Ephesians 1.3-14 Mark 6.14-29
th 19 July 8.30am Holy Communion Trinity 7 / Proper 11 Piddletrenthide Green 9.30am Family Eucharist Cheselbourne
Ps 23 Jeremiah 23.1-6 11.00am Parish Communion 11.00am Morning Prayer Ephesians 2.11-22 Piddlehinton Hilton Mark 6.30-34, 53-56 6.00pm Songs of Praise Alton Pancras
th 26 July 8.30am Holy Communion Trinity 8 / Proper 12 Cheselbourne Green 9.30am Family Eucharist Piddletrenthide 10.30am Stepping Stones Ps 145.10-18 Melcombe Horsey – Old Brewery 2 Kings 4.42-44 Hall Ephesians 3.14-21 John 6.1-21 6.00pm Evening Prayer Hilton
6.00pm Evening Prayer Piddlehinton
Services shown in italics are taken from the timeless prose of the Book of Common Prayer published in 1662.
The Family Eucharists (based on Common Worship Order One), Family and other services are in contemporary language.
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THE BENEFICE of THE PIDDLE VALLEY, HILTON,
CHESELBOURNE and MELCOMBE HORSEY SERVICES and READINGS Piddle Valley Three Churches
nd 2 August 8.30am Holy Communion Trinity 9 / Proper 13 Alton Pancras Green 9.30am Family Service Ps 78.24-30 Piddlehinton Exodus 16.2-4. 9-15 Ephesians 4.1-16 John 6.24-35 11.00am Morning Prayer Piddletrenthide 11.00am Morning Prayer Melcombe Horsey
6.00pm Evening Prayer Cheselbourne
th 9 August 8.30am Holy Communion Trinity 10 / Proper 14 Hilton Green 9.30am Family Eucharist
Ps 34.1-8 Alton Pancras 1 Kings 19.4-8 11.00am Parish Communion Ephesians 4.25-5.2 Melcombe Horsey John 6.35, 41-51 6.00pm Evening Prayer Piddlehinton
th 16 August 8.30am Holy Communion Trinity 11 / Proper 15 Piddletrenthide Green 9.30am Family Eucharist Cheselbourne
Ps 34.9-14 Proverbs 9.1-6 11.00am Parish Communion 11.00am Morning Prayer Ephesians 5.15-20 Piddlehinton Hilton John 6.51-58 6.00pm Evening Prayer Alton Pancras
rd 23 August 8.30am Holy Communion Trinity 12 / Proper 16 Cheselbourne Green 9.30am Family Eucharist
Ps 34.15-22 Piddletrenthide Joshua 24.1-2a, 14-18 Ephesians 6.10-20 John 6.56-69
6.00pm Evening Prayer Piddlehinton 6.00pm Evening Prayer Hilton
th 30 August 8.30am Holy Communion Trinity 13 / Proper 17 Piddletrenthide Green
11.00am Eucharist Ps 15 Deuteronomy 4.1-2, 6-9 Rawlsbury Camp James 1.17-27 Mark 7.1-8, 14-15, 21-23 www.piddlevalley.info 29 Funeral Service 126 years in Dorchester, Weymouth & throughout Dorsert 24 Hour Service •Chapel of rest • Pre paid funeral plans Tel: 01305 250425 11a Icen Way, Dorchester DT1 1EW
30 www.piddlevalley.info From the Registers
Holy Baptism Sophie Jane Turner was baptised at St Martin’s, Cheselbourne on the 7th June 2015.
Holy Matrimony Paul Mark Uglow and Melanie Jane Earp were married at St Andrew’s, Melcombe Horsey on the 7th May 2015.
James Bruce Waight and Harriet Jane Besent were married at All Saints’, Enford on the 30th May 2015.
Mayow John Brooke Short and Olivia Foster Mitchell were married at All Saints’, Piddletrenthide on the 6th June 2015.
Funerals The ashes of Wilma Natalie Dawes and Harold William Dawes of London were interred at St Andrew’s, Melcombe Horsey on the 7th May 2015.
The funeral of Doreen Ruth Robson (formerly of Melcombe Bingham) took place at Poole crematorium followed by a service of thanksgiving in St Andrew’s, Melcombe Horsey on the 28th May 2015.
The funeral of Mary Iris Rowan (formerly of Piddletrenthide took place at Yeovil crematorium on the 1st June 2015 and her ashes were interred at All Saints’, Piddletrenthide on the 2nd June 2015.
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If you are over 50 there is a free resource you can call on to help you find out what you need to know about services and activities that are important to you in your community. It is called POPP (Partnership for Older People Programme). POPP is funded by DCC and NHS Dorset to improve the quality of life for older people by ensuring that opportunities are put in place locally to promote health and wellbeing, independence , preventative services and activities . Locally there are two people you can contact: Ellis Ford – who is what is termed a POPP Wayfinder and Julian English – a POPP Champion.
Ellis will provide one-to-one support and signposting and can visit people in their own homes. He has a wealth of information and relevant contacts at his fingertips and if he doesn’t know the answer to any question immediately he will find out.
Julian challenges the way that the statutory bodies deliver services to older people, so if you have any concerns you should raise them with him .Julian will also support groups to fund new activities and initiatives that help older people remain active, healthy and involved with their local community. In Cerne POPP has seed funded the Giant Social and the Community Defibrillator .
Contact: Ellis Ford – 07825 264346 – [email protected] Contact: Julian English – 07825 206050 – [email protected] For more information about POPP across Dorset:www.dorsetforyou.com/popp
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Bumps, Babies & Toddlers Group
0 – 3 years, older siblings welcome.
Piddle Valley First School
Tuesdays 9.30 – 11.30 (term time)
£1 per child
Contact Alicia 01300 348932 Or just come along!
56 www.piddlevalley.info 34 www.piddlevalley.info Thank you to everyone who came to the presentation of the first draft of the Neighbourhood Plan in the school at the end of April, we had a very large turnout.
Thanks also for returning your feedback forms and suggestions, the majority of which were very supportive. We are still going through these and will let you know our thoughts when we have finished. Where many people have made similar comments we will publish a reply in this magazine, those with more specific concerns will be addressed on an individual basis. A revised version of the Plan will be published taking into consideration those amendments which are supported by the majority of opinions.
We were sorry to say goodbye to Dot & John Browning who have now moved away from the valley. They have both worked tirelessly and been very keen, active and supportive members of the Neighbourhood Plan giving up considerable amounts of their time and energy from the start. They will be sorely missed and I would like to thank them for all their extremely hard work. Paul Johns Working Group Chairman Tel (01300) 348154, email [email protected] / [email protected]
The old church stands down old church lane, where it has stood for years. It¹s seen the people come and go, their laughter and their tears. Its hard to think that fine old church once colourful and new, but long before the church was built, the wild flowers grew.
The village folk all gather down upon the village green, to have a fete and celebrate, and crown the village queen. To have a joke and have a laugh of how things used to be. Village without the village folk, it wouldn¹t be the same. But long before the village folk, the wild flowers came.
Lorries, heavy lorries all thunder through the lanes, revving up their engines and leaving diesel stains; tainting wayside verges with tar and oil and grease, rumbling, shifting noises of now forgotten peace. But with the help of sunshine, and early morning rain, the never failing cycle, wild flowers bloom again.
(Wild Flowers –Wilf Ward 1948)
www.piddlevalley.info 35 News, comings & goings in the valley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Alton Pancras
AP Two relatively-recent arrivals in the village have volunteered to represent us on the PV parish council, for which we are grateful. Bernard Clifton and wife Marie moved into the Old Post Office in 2013. They had lived in South Africa and Botswana where Bernard worked in the construction industry but have had no difficulty fitting neatly into AP life! Marie Pethen, husband Jonathan and son Joseph arrived at Brook Cottage in 2009 after a year in the USA. Born in Devon, Marie works for a firm of solicitors.
AP Last year’s AP Fete was held in monsoon conditions so we were due the glorious sunny day this year. The setting was the attractive gardens of Barcombe Grange, by kind permission of Ian and Janet Barlow, described by show opener Hermione Norris as being like an English film set. Hermione is probably best known for her role as Ros Myers in Spooks, which won her the Best Actress award, and in Cold Feet.
AP There were 271 adults paying entrance fees compared with 157 last year. School children went in free and were not recorded. Still on Brain Tumour Research, their yellow collection boxes dotted around the site, together with their merchandise sales, netted the amazing sum of £89.
AP The proceeds will be divided between the parish church and Brain Tumour Research. Jane Ridgway, co-organiser with Dr Sally Dangerfield, had been diagnosed in 2012 and quickly discovered that there was precious little research being undertaken in this field. Necessary work on the church belltower is also required and the ladder access to it needs strengthening in the first instance.
AP Talking of the church tower, a coffee morning will be held in said church (at ground level!) from 10am–12pm Saturday 29 August. Books/cakes/teas/coffees will be on sale and the picture books of old AP will be there to act as reminiscent therapy!
AP And finally…..the street lamp opposite Boldacre (in a field) has worked well for at least a year – with one snag. It is lit during the day, not at night. Requests to the authority have not remedied it and it is suggested that we send photographic evidence. Fine during the day but a photograph, in the pitch dark, of a light not working? [email protected]
36 www.piddlevalley.info A Spookily Cracking Fete at Alton Pancras (photos on inside front cover)
Alton Pancras was bathed in glorious sunshine for this year’s annual fete held on 23rd May. We managed to raise substantial funds for both St Pancras Church and Brain Tumour Research, this year’s chosen charity. Set in the gardens of Ian and Janet Barlow’s divine gardens, it was likened to a “film set” by Hermione Norris (Spooks, Cold Feet, Crimson Fields and In the Club) who graciously agreed to open the fete at 1pm. Hermione cannot possibly agree to all the requests she receives for such events but fortunately on this occasion she succumbed to the charm of Max Dangerfield, to whom she simply couldn’t say no!
The most popular attraction this year was Bubble Football, ably run by Jane’s husband David. Three hours of strapping sweaty children into inflated zorbs and policing non-stop games of footie in the burning sun was challenging. Thank goodness for Bob Lally’s very gorgeous daughters who made it all worthwhile when they joined in at the very end!
All the children’s stalls did very well under the exceptionally capable guidance of Bernard and Marlene Clifton who roped in several family and friends for yet another year. The newly crafted wheel of fortune was a roaring success. Bob Lally’s Barbecue and Beer tent went down a treat, as did the Afternoon Teas and Cakes and Jams stall. It is impossible to mention here all those who helped and ran stalls. We have an amazing team that has supported us for the two years in which we have been running the fete and put up with our dictatorship!
The team is made up of several villagers, who have run and been involved in the fete for many many years, long before we were even on the scene and we could not do it without you. We are also grateful to one particular newcomer to the village, Declan Phelan, not only for his generosity in supporting the fete’s stalls, but also for providing so many extra pairs of hands to help on the day.
The unsung heroes of the event were definitely Roland Dangerfield, Pete Metcalfe and Anthony Trevis who did such a monumental amount of heavy lifting, moving skittles, chairs and tables up and down the valley. Many don’t realise quite how much you do and that the fete simply wouldn’t happen without you. We know how exhausted you all were as a result of the physically demanding work and are already on the look out for some young strapping lads to help us all next year. Beware Josh Haywood, as the winner of the 2015 Alton Pancras Welly Wanging Competition, yours is the first door we will be knocking on!
Thank you to everyone, both helpers and attenders, for such a fun and happy day.
Sally Dangerfield, Fete Committee Secretary Jane Ridgway, Fete Committee Chairman www.piddlevalley.info 37 38 www.piddlevalley.info Piddlehinton
Piddlehinton Millennium Green - Costa del Piddle We had a great evening on 6 June, enjoying delicious paella, freshly prepared on the spot by Quiddles of Portland, in Sue Hennessy’s lovely garden. This time the English weather, whilst not quite Costa-like, was kind to us, unlike the downpour we had to survive in 2011! Thank you Sue for your generosity in letting us use your garden once again.
Thank you also to everyone who came along and supported the Green – we raised just over £600. All the proceeds go towards keeping the Green looking neat and tidy, maintaining & improving the facilities, and ensuring it is safe for all to use – the annual running costs are around £1200, all met through our local fundraising. Don’t forget to try the new see-saw and trim trail items! (See photos inside front cover.)
Our next event is Rounders on the Green on Sunday 13 September – bring a team, or just come along and join in an existing team, all welcome.
Piddlehinton Church Fete Come and Meet King John and Celebrate 800 years of the Magna Carta at West Lodge on Saturday 18 July
Volunteers and Supplies needed urgently!
Celebration of The Magna Carta is the theme for 2015 Piddlehinton Fete. We hope lots of you will come in period dress and meet “King John”. To make the day a success we need donations and help please: • Donations for the Raffle and Silent Auction (big or small) • Children’s toys; Books, DVDs, etc. • Bric a brac (but not clothes). Larger items please contact Gay Hanbury • Bottles suitable for the Bottle Tombola
On fete day: • Cakes, pies, preserves, marmalade and jam • Plants, shrubs, flowers, fruit and veg
Help – we need so much help – your time is valuable and much appreciated: • Friday (meet at 5.30 at Piddlehinton Village Hall) to put up tents and marquees • Saturday morning transporting tables, chairs, etc. • Saturday after the fete to move tables and chairs for the evening BBQ • Sunday morning to finally clear up, leaving the site as new!
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Gay Hanbury (348465), Honor Brown (348252), Alan Phillips (348220) Bertie Lamb (348532), Marcus Browell (348194), Di Rogers (348405), Susan Dredge (348120).
Piddlehinton Village Hall Breakfasts Sunday 5th July a Summer Breakfast will be available in the Village Hall 9–11.30am.
Special Menu Kippers, Kedgeree, Cereals, Scrambled egg and skoked salmon, Croissants, Fruit.
Hilary French 01305 848501
Piddlehinton Village Hall – What’s on every week Tuesdays YOGA 10–11.15am (from 2nd September; block of 6 sessions £40) Contact Jane Evans / 01305 259754 TABLE TENNIS 7–9pm Contact Beryl Ellis / 01305 267394
Wednesdays BROWNIES 6pm Thursdays POST OFFICE 2–4pm SHORT MAT BOWLS 7.30–9.30pm (September – Easter) Contact Sheila Hornyak / 01300 348264
To Hire All available for very reasonable hire rates for groups, parties and events –15 large and 5 small tables, tea urn, crockery, cutlery, glasses and other equipment Bookings Contact Vickey Steven / 01300 348294 Bridge House, 4 Rectory Road, Piddlehinton Chair, Cynth Legg / 01300 34591, Treasurer, Fay Lord / 01300 348335 Secretary, Sue Nicholas / 01300 348436
‘Time for Tea’ in Aid of Julia’s House Childrens Hospice Please come and join us for a cup of tea/coffee and a piece of cake on Thursday 9 July, 2–4pm at Piddlehinton Village Hall. This event is to raise funds for the work to continue of Dorset’s Julia’s House Childrens Hospice. Look forward to seeing as many of you as possible. Need more details – Contact Susan on 01300 348120
40 www.piddlevalley.info Piddletrenthide + White Lackington
We live in a lovely area of the country and it’s nice to sit in the garden on a summer day and listen to the birds. With this in mind a few years ago a number of people in Piddletrenthide agreed to try to avoid using lawn mowers, strimmers and similarly noisy power tools on a Sunday, or at least the afternoon. I should like to thank everyone who supported the idea, having written in News and Views we were pleased that so many others joined us, making the valley very peaceful. Obviously there will be times when such activities will be necessarily but if we all continue to make an effort it can work and we all benefit. Sally Condon
Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall The Memorial Hall Trustees regret that Janet Keen, who has successfully organised a great deal of fundraising and grant applications for the Hall over many years, has resigned as a Trustee for personal reasons. Although Janet will continue to help with coffee mornings and the Lunch Club, she will be much missed as a Trustee.
The Trustees would like to sincerely thank Janet for all the hard work and commitment that she has contributed.
The Hall, though small, still performs a valuable role in village life. More Trustees are needed to keep it going, so if you can spare a few evenings a year please contact Ros Charlton, Secretary. A new Trustee with enthusiasm for organising social events would be particularly welcome, but other skills such as DIY are also needed. Ros Charlton 01300 348063 / [email protected]
• Coffee morning 10.30–12 noon, 2nd Friday of the month Friday 10th July and Friday 14th August Contact Janet Keen 01300 348851 for further details
• The Lunch Club 12.30 pm usually on the 4th Friday of the month welcomes new members and new helpers (extra help would be much appreciated for 4 hours just once or twice a year). Forthcoming menus. July is a Buffet Lunch No Lunch Club in August
To join us for lunch please contact Ann Hawker / 01300 348329
• Fitness Class on Tuesdays from 10.30–11.30 am - come along and have a go for £4 a session; contact Sarah Mitchell / 01258 817288 www.piddlevalley.info 41 • Artsreach and other events, see separate posters in this publication
• Gardens Club, Over 60s and other events held at the Hall have more variable programme dates. For more information on these please see under Clubs, Groups and Organisations. Country Dancing will start again in the Autumn.
TO HIRE THE HALL at a very reasonable rate, including furniture and well equipped kitchen with dishwasher, please contact the Bookings Officer Diana Clears / 01300 348417
Tables, chairs, tea urn and crockery are also available to hire separately for outside events; contact Caretaker Diana Clears / 01300 348417
Piddle Valley Open Gardens The Trustees of Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall are tremendously grateful to all who opened their gardens to the public on the weekend of 13th and 14th June and put such a lot of effort into creating a delightful display. Many thanks go also to those who helped with teas, parking and all the other support that this event required. We would also like to thank James Boughey for providing car parking.
© Jo Hawker
We had 205 visitors and raised just over £1500, to be shared between the Memorial Hall (50%), All Saints Church (25%) and the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance (25%).
42 www.piddlevalley.info Finally, special thanks goes to Janet Keen and Ian Condon for organising this event.
Rosalyn Charlton Secretary to Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall
© Jo Hawker
General News + Notices ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Blood Donation
‘You may have heard recently that NHS Blood & Transplant are redoubling efforts to recruit new blood donors, because there has been a 40% drop in new recruits in the past year compared to 2004-2005. This downward trend in new recruits joining the donor register is causing great concern because if it continues there will be a blood supply crises. At the moment only about 3–4% of the current eligible population are regular donors. ‘
Dorchester dates: Thursday 9th July, Thurs 6th August. Times 13.00-15.30 & 16.30-19.45.
Sturminster Newton: Wed 29th July. Times 13.05-15.30 & 16.30-19.00.
Rosalyn Charlton www.piddlevalley.info 43 Christian Aid Week
Christian Aid week raised the following amounts in the Piddle Valley
Alton Pancras £305 (plus £62.50 Gift Aid) Piddletrenthide with Plush £186.42 (plus £38 Gift Aid) Piddlehinton £255.89 (plus £24.50 Gift Aid)
Total raised in the Piddle Valley – £747.31 + £125 Gift Aid
Thank you to everyone who helped in any way to raise this fantastic amount. Whether you helped organise the village collections, collected door to door or donated money (and in some cases did all three) thank you for helping support people who have so much less than us and especially at the moment for those people in Nepal whose lives have been devastated by two earthquakes. Christian Aid is one of the organisations in Nepal supporting people to rebuild their lives. Heather Bland
Community Speed Watch
Dorset Police have recently formed a new “no excuse” team to tackle bad and inconsiderate driving in the county.
The team aims to use a combination of enforcement and education to tackle the following ‘fatal five’: • Excessive and inappropriate speed • Drink and drug driving • Not wearing a seatbelt • Driver distractions such as hand held mobile phone • Careless driving
The team operate on a 24/7 basis so they could be anywhere, at any time, including the B3143, the valley road.
The Piddle Valley Community Speed Watch volunteers are also active – on Saturday 6 June 2015, five separate speed watch activities on the B3143 were carried out, a total of 26 drivers were recorded exceeding the threshold speed limit and have been reported to Dorset Police for further action.
To date in excess of 360 drivers have been reported for speeding on our local Piddle Valley roads.
44 www.piddlevalley.info Would you be willing to give up a couple of hours each month to assist us – if so please contact one of our volunteers.
Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance – Piddle Valley You Did It Again! Thank You.
We would like, through News & Views, to thank everyone who responded to the Annual Bananas & Cake Appeal to support the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance Coast 2 Coast Cycle Ride which took place last Sunday, 17 May. Your donations of bananas, cakes, biscuits and bars was wonderful to say the least and, once again, the over 500+ cyclists who stopped for “refuelling” at Ilminster Ambulance Station were so grateful for all of your donations and pleased to report there was enough for everybody. Many of them asked where all of this wonderful spread had come from and they also asked us to pass on personal thanks to those who had given. Also pleased to report that it was near perfect cycling weather, no wind or rain, low cloud and some sunshine but lower temperatures.
Your community needs you!
Most of us lead such busy lives that sometimes we long to spend more time at home catching up on all the things we don’t have time to do.
However, for a lot of older people, being at home all the time can mean a very long day without seeing or speaking to anyone. This can lead to feelings of isolation, depression and loneliness. Many older people would like to access social groups but have the lost the confidence to go along to something on their own and need a helping hand to get them out and about again. Others are not able to get out very much but would welcome a regular visit from someone for coffee and a chat.
This is where you come in! If you are a good communicator, enjoy listening and getting to know people and have some time to spare then this is your opportunity to make a real difference to someone’s life all in the space of about an hour a week!
Currently, there is a lady in Piddletrenthide who would like someone to visit her for some company and perhaps go for a short walk with her.
If you live in or around Piddletrenthide and would like more information about volunteering for the Reach Out service, please contact Lisa Holmes at Age UK Dorchester on 01305 269444.
www.piddlevalley.info 45 We will not know the final amount raised for several months yet but you can get updates and follow progress and see pictures of happy cyclists and hear some stories by going onto the D&SAA website, http://www.dsairambulance.org.uk/2015/05/19/ sunshine-smiles-and-cuddles-for-air-ambulance-cyclists/
Once again, many, many thanks from us and the cyclists for all your donations and support.
Susan + Terry Dredge Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance Fundraising Volunteers / 01300 348120
Dorset Trading Standards
So, it’s time to book that annual holiday. Do you choose a ‘package’ holiday or organise your own as an ‘independent’ traveller? A package holiday is one that’s been prearranged for you by a tour operator. The price will include flights and accommodation. As an independent traveller you’ll have to book your own flights, accommodation, excursions and trips separately.
If you choose a package holiday you’re protected by special regulations and if things do go wrong it should be much easier to sort things out.
As an independent traveller you’re more flexible and can shop around for the cheapest flights and accommodation deals. However, you’ll have much less protection if something goes wrong, unless you book a ‘Flight-Plus holiday’ – where your flight is booked with your hotel or car hire through the same company. Booking in this way you get extra protection if your holiday company goes out of business, or if one of the companies involved in your booking goes out of business.
Check if your booking is protected by a holiday protection scheme. The main schemes are the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) and Air Travel Organisers’ licensing (ATOL) – there are others like The Association of Independent Tour Operators (AITO). Check that your booking is covered as sometimes travel agents who are ABTA members may make bookings with non-ABTA tour operators. You can ask the trader for their ATOL or ABTA number and check on the relevant schemes’ website.
When you’re booking your holiday let the travel agent or trader know of any special requirements you have and if possible get them added in writing to your booking form. Tell them what’s important to you and why you’ve chosen the holiday. For example if a sea view is important stress this and get it in writing. If things go wrong and you don’t get your sea view your case for compensation will be much stronger if you’ve made it clear how important it was to you.
46 www.piddlevalley.info If you can, pay the deposit for your holiday by credit card, particularly if you’re an independent traveller because then your card company may be jointly responsible if your holiday contract is breached. This means you can make a claim against the card company if things go wrong, for example if your airline collapses and you’re not protected by the ATOL scheme or package holiday regulations.
Travel insurance can give you extra protection if your holiday doesn’t go as planned and you would be wise to make sure you have cover if you’re planning a holiday. Without insurance medical emergencies abroad can end up costing you thousands of pounds. You need to make sure your policy gives you the right level of medical insurance for your trip. It’s particularly important to have travel insurance if you’re travelling independently because you may find yourself stranded with no way to get home and no-one to help sort out your holiday problem.
If need advice about a holiday problem call the Citizens Advice consumer helpline on 03454 04 05 06 or visit citizensadvice.org.uk/consumer
Together we’ll beat scams!
June 20 is National Neighbourhood and Home Watch Week.
Dorset Trading Standards work with Citizens Advice to help people stay safe from scams. The website www.citizensadvice.org.uk has really good information to help protect yourself from scams including internet crime.
Topics include protecting your computer and wi-fi network, spotting phishing emails and websites where scammers try to obtain your personal and financial card details, top tips to protect your identity and cash from online scammers. The website also has a fun ‘scam spotting quiz’ to help you become more confident in spotting this type of fraud. Why not take a look now?
Scams do come in many different shapes and sizes though and we wanted to take this opportunity to remind you about Dorset Police’s campaign to ‘Hang up on Fraudsters’ because telephone fraudsters are targeting Dorset residents.
The fraudsters pretend they are from the police, a bank, retailer or fraud department. They tell their victim that their account has been compromised and to dial 999 or their bank to confirm the call is genuine. BUT the fraudster keeps the phone line open so when the victim redials they are still talking to a fraudster who tricks them into handing over their bank details, Personal identification Number (PIN) or cash for safe keeping.
• NEVER give out your pin number or bank details to ANYONE who calls you, no www.piddlevalley.info 47 matter who they claim to be, or where they claim to be from • Never send cash in a taxi or via courier • Never send bank cards anywhere – always keep them with you
The police and your bank will NEVER ask you for your personal bank information over the phone.
If you receive a call from someone who wants your bank details: • Hang up • Wait for at least five minutes • Dial 1471 and write down the telephone number • Call the police immediately on 101.
Clubs, Groups, Organisations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fiddlestick: parent and toddler group
Run by Kathy Kelly, a fully qualified child care worker who has been working with families for 12 years, providing a nurturing and creative space to play. Fiddlesticks has its roots in celebrating the Seasons and Festivals of the year. Using baking, crafts, music and story telling, Fiddlesticks operates currently on a Thursday from Cowden Care Farm, Charminster. First session free, then £8 (£6 concession) per session; payment by the term when settled in. If interested in a place call © Kathy Kelly Kathy Kelly / 07776141824
National Gardens Scheme
Butts Cottage, Plush The unseasonal warm weather in April got us off to a wonderful start attracting 150 visitors over our first weekend with some people arriving on the dot of 2 pm, sitting chatting in the sunshine over their tea and cakes and staying until closing time at 5 pm. The biggest attraction, besides the daffodils, seemed to be our displays of erythronium pagoda (dog’s-tooth violet) which were at their very best.
48 www.piddlevalley.info Summer Show 2.00 - 4.00pm Saturday 15th August at Piddle Valley First School, Piddletrenthide, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 7QL by kind permission of the Headteacher
“Outstanding Flower and Produce Show” Come and join us to see some of the best local garden and home produce in the Piddle Valley. * Have a go yourself and enter one of the many classes:
★ Vegetables, salad crops and herbs ★ Fruit ★ Flowers ★ Floral art ★ Photography ★ Children’s section ★ Home produce - bread, cakes, jam etc * most classes Cream teas open to all * You don’t have to be a member of the Gardens Club to enter the competition
Full details from Jean Groome tel 01300 348598 See/print the schedule on www.piddlevalley.info/club.php#garden
www.piddlevalley.info 49 May was tulip, early spring shrubs and blossom time and, although the weather was cold, our azaleas and rhododendrons (in special acid beds or pots) made a dazzling display, especially ‘Percy Wiseman’, the dark pink of the opening buds contrasting well with the paler pink of the open flowers. Our last open weekend in June brought perfect summer weather, ox-eye daisies and southern marsh orchids contrasting nicely in our ‘wild’ areas, dusky-pink clematis Boughton Star smothering one wall and romping merrily up an old apple-tree, vegetables growing well and bedding-plants managing to survive the cold nights of the previous few weeks and put on a good show - only the rambling roses round the knot-garden remained stubbornly in bud form.
All in all, with good weather (though chilly at times) for all three weekends, we’ve had a very successful year with approximately £2,000 raised towards the many charities that the National Gardens Scheme supports. We couldn’t have done it without our helpful team of cake-makers, tea-servers and ticket-sellers, as well as Bridget on the plant-stall and Richard directing cars in the paddock – so many, many thanks to them all!
Jane and John Preston
Ivy House Many thanks to all friends, family and garden lovers who attended this year’s ‘openings’ in our garden. Despite days which saw on occasion 50 mph winds, horizontal rain and overcast skies, your support helped to raise nearly £1200 which has been forwarded to the NGS to support such worthwhile charities as McMillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Hospice UK, Parkinson’s UK and several others.
We would also like to give particular thanks to Meli Fowler, Liz and Ian Messer, Mary Faulds and Liz Larpent for helping so ably in our ventures. And not forgetting the two stalwarts of the days, Jane and John Preston who turn up whatever the weather and take the entrance money and man the all important Plant Stall.
We look forward to seeing you all when we open our gates in Spring 2016!
Bridget and Dave Bowen
Piddle Valley Barn Dance Club – NEW!
I really enjoy a good barn dance and have been travelling to Shillingstone regularly to join their club. I am sure there are enough interested people in and around the valley to for a monthly club of our own with live music and a caller. The evenings will be lively and fun. All are welcome, no experience is necessary. There will be squash available, sorry no food. £5 each, no charge for accompanied under 16s.
50 www.piddlevalley.info
The Piddle Valley Players – needs talented young men!
The Piddle Valley Players is a community musical theatre group, drawing members largely from Piddletrenthide, Piddlehinton, Cerne Abbas, Alton Pancras and Buckland Newton.
We are a small group, but have’ high ambitions’ of staging professional musical shows, something that most companies don’t dare to attempt!
We are also a social group, with friends made for life … we don’t hold formal auditions … we cast from among the group…
Recent productions have included ‘The Boy Friend’, ‘Allo Allo’, and ‘Fiddler on The Roof’ … all of which have attracted outstanding reviews!
Our next production in February 2016, will be ‘Carousel’, for which we are keen to attract talented young men .. aged 16 to 40, who can sing
If you would like to:
Have loads of fun
Have an amazing opportunity to sing and act
Love musical theatre
Make friends for life
Then, please contact Rachel Olley: 01300 348758, 07810 406470
Rehearsals: Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall
Thursdays 7 to 9pm, September to February; and Sundays 2.30 to 5pm (after Christmas)
www.piddlevalley.info 51 Our inaugural meeting will be on September 25th at Piddle Valley First school. The doors will open at 7.15 and dancing starts at 7.30 till 9.30. Music will be provided by The Hat Band with caller Paul Miles.
Followed by October 23rd with Rum and Kidney and caller Steve Cunio.
For further information contact Sally Condon, 01300 348250
Piddle Valley Country Dancing Group
There are short cuts to happiness and dancing is one of them. This is a quotation from Vicki Baum, the Austrian writer and boxer (!) and sums up my feelings towards dancing completely. You cannot feel depressed or miserable while you are dancing and, in our group, we constantly laugh at our mistakes and cheer at our successes. Country dancing is all about team-work and concentration as well as an excellent way to take exercise and keep fit in an enjoyable, sociable way.
We badly need a few more members to keep our group going. We meet on Monday afternoons in the Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall from 2.15pm–4.15pm. from September through to late March or early April, depending on the date of Easter. The cost is a mere £1.50p per week, with free tea/coffee/biscuits during the much-needed interval. Flat, or at least very well-fitting shoes are recommended.
Absolutely no experience is necessary and age is no barrier, all you need is the desire to jump up and dance about when you hear the music. We always walk through every dance, sometimes more than once, before we try it at the right speed and nobody worries about making mistakes as that all adds to the fun. Men will be especially welcome to join the three or four regulars who dance with us at the moment.
We meet again on Monday 16 September. If you would like any more information please phone me. Jane Preston, 01300 348 545.
Piddle Valley Over 60s
We had a very successful outing to Abbotsbury Gardens in June with absolutely brilliant weather. Our next outing will be to Salisbury on 2nd July leaving Piddletrenthide at 10am and returning at 4pm. The cost is £11. Lunch can be a picnic or eat in the Cathedral restaurant or in one of the many eating places in the city. Visitors are welcome on this trip if there are any spare seats on the coach, at a non- member rate.
52 www.piddlevalley.info On 6th August there will be a Garden Party at 3pm at Venta Silurum, Waterston by kind permission of Hilary and John, if wet it will be held in the Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall.
Hilary French 01305 848501
The Ride & Stride event in aid of Historic Churches Trust
Saturday 12th September. Half the sponsorship raised goes to the parish of the “Rider” or “Strider” and the other half to the HCT. Hopefully each parish will have its own participants who will bike, ride a horse or walk from church to church on a route of their own design anywhere in Dorset. There will be sponsorship forms to sign in every church nearer the day. If you want more information:
Gay Hanbury 01300 348465
The Twinning visit to Longueville, May 28–31
Oh What a Lovely Weekend! (photos inside back cover) We went to school! Out of our party of 31 members who went to Normandy, six children visited a local primary school and took part in lessons. Pupils at the Piddle Valley School had prepared a booklet that Rumeh and Alex presented to the teacher and her class. Then, after writing the numbers one to six on the board and saying them aloud in French and English, everyone made dice from cardboard, using a lot of glue ! During the recreation period that followed, all the children played football together in the playground. Friendly links have been established and we hope that the children will keep in touch with their new French friends during the next school year. Our thanks to Jayne Brown and her team for their interest and support.
We went out to sea in horse-drawn carriages! On Saturday, everyone climbed aboard two large carriages drawn by six rare-breed Normandy Cob horses and were driven along the beach and into the bay to see the oyster and mussel beds. During a short stop on a sandbank we were each offered a glass of white wine and as many oysters to taste as we liked. This is something very special as the horses can only navigate the beds when the tide is turning. We later walked in the sunshine across the dunes at Gouville, with their multi-coloured beach huts.
And we celebrated together with a Carnival theme! In the evening Dave Bowen, our Chairman, presented the French with a case of Langham Estate wine from Dewlish before the gala dinner. Entertainments have now become a tradition at each visit and the Piddle Valley dancers put on a superb ‘ Black and White Tights www.piddlevalley.info 53 Dance‘; its optical illusions created by the costumes. Bill and his team of actors wrote and performed an hilarious sketch making fun of François Hollande, drawing on the latter’s amorous scooter exploits in Paris. Magdalena sang a thrilling Adele song as background to the sketch and then Ralph Bishop, nine, accompanying himself on guitar, sang two very popular songs and was given a standing ovation.
We were welcomed with warmth and generosity by the Longuevillais. Everyone stayed with a French family and experienced not only day to day life in France but also many treats, such as a trip to the zoo and visits to a local chateau, the restored abbey of La Lucerne and the pretty port of Granville. The only downside was the closure of the Christian Dior House for refurbishment while we were there, but we are already making plans for our next visit in 2017, when it will surely be first on the list !
We next welcome the French to the Piddle Valley in 2016. If you have enjoyed our photos and would like to join in these visits, please get in touch. Jo Thornton (348670)
Piddle Valley First School ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Congratulations to Piddle Valley CE netball team for winning the Prince Of Wales First School netball tournament on Saturday 6th June, 2015. We also had a 6 aside football team that entered the football competition. The children showed great team spirit and had a fantastic time. Well done to all the teams!
© Piddle Valley First School
The Hedgehog Friends, who are part of the Eco Team at Piddle Valley CE First School, having been campaigning to ‘Save the Hedgehog’. They invited the children and staff and local Hedgehog Friends in Piddletrenthide to an assembly about how we can all help the hedgehog community.
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Jayne Brown, Head Teacher June Jamboree! Well, what a great afternoon had by all! Thanks to all who came, volunteered, cooked, set up and cleared up afterwards. The May Pole dancing was superb, thank you Claire Warne, and of course the children too, for putting on a great show. We think the bands and atmosphere was great, matched by the fine weather and good showing from people linked and not linked to the school, which is much appreciated. Thank you also Nick and his fine pony, we have no idea how many laps you did but the rides were a great addition to the afternoon. The money raised (just over £2000!!!) is vital to the school and will be spent wisely.
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Suzanne has now handed over the chair position to Alison Carless, whilst Simon will remain as treasurer for the time being. A special thank you to Julie Kearsey, Rachel Senior Becca Ross and Claire Warne, who have been great support at meetings and events, we have really enjoyed our time running it.
A big thank you on behalf of all the teachers and children who benefit from the local community’s continued support at these events.
Have we said thank you yet? Well, thank you again!!
Suzanne and Simon Chair & Treasurer, PTA
With our under 11 youth teams to build on, we are always looking for new players to come and join our successful and family friendly club. So if you and your friends are 8 years upwards and would like to join, please ring either Graeme Stephens 07899 663773 Matthew Chambers 07769751139 Tim Mitchell 07796 857744
56 www.piddlevalley.info Piddle Valley Parish Council ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Meetings The Piddle Valley Parish Council meets in Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall, normally on the last Tuesday of the month, at 7.30pm. Meetings start with a “Democratic half- hour”, during which any local resident may personally raise direct to the Council any matter that affects the Valley community. So, if you have something important to say, please either contact your local Parish Councillor or raise it during the start of the next meeting.
Next meetings are: 28 July, 29 Sept
Waste Collection arrangements General Waste & Food – July 3rd, 17th, 31st. Aug 14th, 28th. Recycling & Food – alternate Fridays – July 10th, 24th, Aug 7th, 21st Your containers should be put out by 7.30am on Friday. Please try not to put your wheelie-bins out before Thursday evening and take them in again as soon as possible after collection on Friday.
Parish Council Election. There was an uncontested election for the Parish Council, as there were less candidates standing than positions available. Vacancies have now been filled by co-opted ex- Councillors.
The current Council is: Plush: Bernard Clifton, Marie Pethen. Piddletrenthide: Dave Abbott, Ian Coombes, John Cox, John Hiscock, Andy Howard, Lynn Mailer, Jenny Sherwood, Jane Willitts. Piddlehinton: Steve Brackstone, Pam Lock, Sara Milne and Paul White. The full list Councillors and their contact details is available on the website.
We would like to welcome Bernard Clifton and Marie Pethen as Councillors for Alton Pancras and Jenny Sherwood for Plush. Grateful thanks for their support and contributions are given to the retiring Councillors Sally Dangerfield, Terry Cowley, Mike Strainge and Richard Cake,
Superfast Broadband Work on the rollout appears to be continuing, but there is no definitive news yet about when it will go ‘live’. We understand that BT will notify all residents when the facility for connection has been provided and it will then be up to the individual to decide whether to take this up and to contact whoever they wish to be their broadband supplier. www.piddlevalley.info 57 Run a small business in Dorset? Your business could get up to £3,000 towards faster and better broadband, through the Broadband Connection Voucher Scheme. Upgrading to faster broadband helps businesses grow and access new markets, increase productivity and helps future-proof for the digital challenges of tomorrow. To find out more, visit www.dorsetforyou.com/ connection-vouchers
This scheme is completely separate from the Superfast Dorset roll out programme and businesses from any part of Dorset could be eligible. A quick reminder! 1) Sign up to get the latest coverage info: Get an email when fibre broadband is available in your area. 2) Keep up-to-date with all the latest Superfast Dorset information via Twitter: Follow @superfastdorset
Litter Picking – Village clean-up. The Parish Council has been advised that it can no longer organise or assist with what used to be the annual village spring-clean of verges and public areas. This is for the usual “Health & Safety” reasons. Any official support apparently would require special training, safety precautions to protect the workers, watchmen & insurance etc.
If any individual chooses to pick up litter as part of their being “out & about”, then of course that is entirely up to them.
PLANNING APPLICATIONS Approved WD/D/15/000033 Glebe Cottage, Church Lane, Piddletrenthide. Two storey extension, groundworks, doorstep, render wall (Listed Building) WD/D/15/000083 Land at Church Lane, Piddletrenthide. Erect hay barn and stables. WD/D/15/000079 East Hill House, Church Lane, Piddletrenthide. Single storey side extension, car port, new Dormer & Velux windows. WD/D/15/000417 European Inn. Erect 3 bay Oak frame garage.
Pending WD/D/15/001073 Office suite, Enterprise Park (Old Hanford offices). Change of use from B1 to B2 , form two general industrial units within plus associated external changes. WD/D/15/001039 Apple Tree Cottage, Piddletrenthide. Erect single storey conservatory to rear. WD/D/15/001022 The old milking parlour, Lower Farm, Plush. Convert to residential dwelling.
58 www.piddlevalley.info WD/D/15/001015 Enterprise Park, Piddlehinton. Erect single story modular building, level site and remove ground slab. WD/D/15/000803 Little Puddle Farm, Piddlehinton. Convert existing barn to Managers accommodation with attached holiday accommodation. WD/D/15/000555 Unit 19A, Enterprise Park, Piddlehinton. Construction of new stand alone industrial building with ancillary two storey offices and storage & car parking forecourt on subdivided plot, on existing industrial estate WD/D/14/002611 Slyers Lane, Charminster. Erect 6 wind turbines and associated infrastructure. Consultation only, as in Charminster Parish, but the PVPC has formally objected. WD/D/14/001466 Land opposite Lower Farm, Plush. Erection of 4 pairs semi- detached low cost houses, 1 detached dwelling with Tea Room, associated parking for walkers & public Green Space (outline application).
Note. By the time applications have been published here, the opportunity to make representations has generally passed. Planning applications are however also listed on www.piddlevalley.info as soon as I hear about them, and therefore may still be open if you wish to comment to the Planning Authority. Andy Howard / 01300 348406
JOHN HUDSON & FRIENDS SUMMER CONCERT ALL SAINTS CHURCH FRIDAY 10TH JULY @ 7.30pm Tickets from Piddletrenthide Shop or Janet Keen 01300 348851 or even on the door! £10 adults. £6 children www.piddlevalley.info 59 Piddle Valley Losses in The Great War~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
21st August 1915 Private Alfred George Croad (Alton Pancras) Private Frederick Hallett (Piddletrenthide) Private Charles Jeanes (Piddletrenthide) Private William Collins (Piddlehinton) Private Cecil Albert Dacombe (Piddlehinton) All served in 5th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment Private Walter J Gale (Piddlehinton) 1/1st Dorset Yeomanry (Queen’s Own)
We now return to Gallipoli where the campaign had reached stalemate. Fresh troops were landed at Suvla Bay on the night of 6th / 7th August and these included 5th Dorsets. The Dorset Yeomanry arrived at Suvla on 18th August.
On 21st August the British launched a major attack on the Turkish positions which overlooked the Suvla Plain. 5th Dorsets’ objectives were the enemy trenches in an area known as Hetman Chair.
The attack opened at 3.00 pm with a half-hour artillery barrage, the effect of which was almost negligible. The Battalion then advanced across 500 yards of open ground under shrapnel fire and took the Turkish front line with the bayonet. 40 yards beyond lay the enemies second line and the attacks came under such heavy fire that they were halted before they reached the trenches. The Regimental History describes how small parties of men beat off counter-attacks through the night, but by 7.00 the next morning they had been driven back to their original lines.
Of the 800 men who had started, about 250 survived.
The Dorset Yeomanry’s objective was Turkish trenches on an area known ad Scimitar Hill, about a mile to the north of the 5th Dorsets’ attack. Although they took and held the forward trenches, they were unable to advance and were ordered to retire to their own positions.
Of the 300 men who attacked (yeomanry units were smaller than infantry), 119 were lost.
The Battle of Suvla on 21st August 1915 was the blackest day of the whole War for the Valley. The bodies of Alfred George Croad, Frederick Hallett, Charles Jeanes, William Collins, Cecil Albert Dacombe and Walter Gale were never found and their names appear on the Cape Helles Memorial.
Alfred George Croad was born in Alton Pancras and was baptised on 19th March 1893,
60 www.piddlevalley.info the fourth of five children born to Charles and Priscilla Croad. He enlisted as a private in the 5th Dorsets and his regimental number – 10074 – shows that he was an early volunteer.
Frederick Hallett was from Piddletrenthide. Mention has already been made of another Hallett, Henry Robert, the young sailor killed when HMS Bulwark blew up in November 1914 (PVNV November / December 2014). The boys were twins, born in 1895 and christened in All Saints Church on Christmas Day that year. One can imagine what a joyful occasion that christening must have been, not only for the parents, William and Eliza, but for the whole village.
The Hallett family lived at Well Bottom, near Incombe Copse, where a beef unit stands today. The twins were followed by a sister, Kate, in 1898 and a younger brother, Douglas William, in 1899.
We cannot conceive the anguish suffered in that lonely cottage at Well Bottom when both sons were killed within 10 months of each other. They had not reached their 20th birthday and neither had a grave for the family to mourn over.
The names on the Memorial Hall plaques are in alphabetical order until the letter ‘H’ is reached. If the alphabet had been strictly followed, Frederick Hallett would have appeared at the bottom of one plate and his brother Henry Robert would have been at the top of the other. How thoughtful of the first Memorial Hall Committee to slightly rearrange the order so that the twins’ names appear next to each other.
All that is known of Charles Jeanes is that he was born in Piddletrenthide an was living in Broadstone when he enlisted.
William Collins was born in Charminster in1896 and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission records shows that his mother, Mrs EM Collins, lived at 26, Colliton Street, Dorchester. The and that house still exists. Her name is given as his next of kin, so possibly she was widowed. Apart from being on the Piddlehinton Memorial, William Collins is also commemorated at All Saints Church, Dorchester, and on the Dorchester War Memorial.
Cecil Albert Dacombe was born in Sturminster Marshall in 1894. Records show him as the nephew of Gertrude Eliza Dacombe of Athelhampton, Puddletown. Was he an orphan and his aunt the nearest relative ?
Walter Gale’s enlistment records show that he was born in Cheselbourne. ‘The Story of Piddlehinton’ has a photograph of him an also a picture of two other Gales – Arthur and Thomas – who emigrated to Canada before the War. Walter Gale is also commemorated on the Dorset Yeomanry Memorial in Sherborne Abbey. Bin Roy / 01300 348227 www.piddlevalley.info 61 Dr C T Wakeham 51 Long Street Dr J F R Dobbs Cerne Abbas Dr H M Taylor DORCHESTER Dr J Bubb DT2 7JG Mrs Lynne Dolder Tel: 01300 341666 Fax: 01300 341090
At Cerne Abbas Surgery we are committed to providing patient centred medical care to all our patients. I am happy to help you with any queries or comments you may have about the care and services you receive.
Please contact me through reception on 01300 341666. Lynne Dolder – Practice Manager www.cerneabbassurgery.co.uk
NHS Health Checks are available once every five years to people aged between 40-74 years, who do not have a pre-existing chronic condition. The NHS Health Check Programme assesses your risk of developing health problems such as Heart Disease, Stroke, Diabetes and Kidney Disease. The check takes 30 minutes and is based on straightforward questions and measurements, including family history, height, weight and blood pressure. There will also be a simple blood test to measure your cholesterol level. After your check you will be provided with a personalised action plan on how to reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease. If you would like to arrange an appointment please call the surgery on 01300 341666.
Top Tips for Patients on how to get the best from your appointment. • Ask yourself: How important is it that I’m seen quickly, or would I be better waiting for an appointment with a particular GP? If you have a long term condition you’ll probably benefit from a GP who knows you. • Don’t be put off by a GP who runs late – they may be spending needed time with patients. There may be an occasion when you would appreciate them running late for you. • Please consider what is achievable in 10 minutes. 4 problems in 10 minutes - that’s 150 seconds each. It is often better to come back again and spend more time on a problem rather than squeeze as many as you can into your 10 minute appointment. • Before you see the GP, work out in your own mind what you are worried about, and high- light any particular concerns. Consider preparing short notes. • Get to the point; try not to keep important issues until the end of your consultation. • Wear accessible clothing if you are likely to need to undress for an examination. • Make sure you understand what happens next; if you are not sure do ask the GP to go through the plan with you again. • Have your say and get your views heard; join our patient participation group, visit our website, complete the Friends & Family Test or let us know through our suggestions/com- ments box at reception.
When the Surgery is closed If someone is seriously ill or has had a serious accident dial 999 and ask for an ambulance. For urgent medical help or general health information & advice contact the Out Of Hours Service on 1 1 1
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Sport ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sport ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Piddle Valley Tennis Club Piddle Valley Tennis Club Welcoming new and old members for only - Family £28 per year Welcoming new and old members for only: Family £28 per year Single Adult £17 per year Single Adult £17 per year SingleSingle JuniorJunior £10 £10per yearper year VisitVisit -- http://piddlevalleytennis.googlepages.com/http://piddlevalleytennis.googlepages.com/ oror callcall 0130001300 348277348277 Jonathan Bond, Secretary Jonathan Bond, Secretary SHORT MAT BOWLS Thursdays Piddlehinton Village Hall 7.30–9.30 pm SHORT MAT BOWLS ContactThursdays Sheila Hornyak Piddlehinton / 01300 Village 348264 Hall 7.30 – 9.30 pm Contact Sheila Hornyak / 01300 34826 TABLE TENNIS Tuesdays Piddlehinton Village Hall 7.00–9.00 pm TABLE TENNIS Tuesdays Piddlehinton Village Hall 7.00 – 9.00 pm Contact Beryl Ellis / 01305 267394 Contact Beryl Ellis / 01305 267394 CRICKETCRICKET CLUBCLUB ContactContact Graeme Stephens Graeme Stephens / 07899 663773 / 07899 663773
BADMINTONBADMINTON TuesdaysTuesdays Piddlehinton Piddlehinton Gym 2–4 Gym pm 2 – 4 pm ContactContact Hilary French Hilary / 01305French 848501/ 01300 848501 TENNIS Visit www.piddlevalleytennis.googlepages.com TENNIS Visit www.piddlevalleytennis.googlepages.com ContactContact 01300 348277 01300 349277 YOGA Tuesdays Piddlehinton Village Hall 10–1.15 am YOGA Tuesdays Piddlehinton Village Hall 10–11.15 am Contact Jane Evans / 01305 259754 Contact Jane Evans / 01305 259754 om/[email protected]/[email protected]
FOR ALL YOUR TENNIS NEEDS & Solutions Tel/Fax 01300 348277 M 07887 856462 E [email protected] FOR GROUPS, PAIRS or INDIVIDUALS Tennis Lessons (All ages: Beginner to High Performance training) - New Tennis Equipment ( Clothing, shoes, rackets and accessories) - Racket Restringing, Repair and Customisation (24 hr service) - Expert Advice (Training Programs, Nutrition, Weight management, Coach Training) - Psychology (Mental Skills, Motivation training for High Performance) - Physiology (Fitness, Conditioning, Speed training,) Piddle Valley Tennis Club, Private Residential Courts, Public and School Venues Caroline Gossage - Performance Tennis & Sport Psychology Coach - LTA Licensed – CRB Fully Insured NLP Life Coach - Help get your life on track, make personal changes in your family, work, relationships, fitness,
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New members always welcome Monday Evening Badminton from 8pm Contact Alan and Chris Wiseman on 01258 817512 Tuesday Afternoon Badminton 2pm – 4pm Contact Hilary French on 01305 848501 Tuesday Evening Badminton from 8pm Contact Pauline Adams on 01300 345459 Indoor Bowls Monday mornings Contact Gordon Fermer on 01305 753521 Dorchester Drama Contact Ann Ottaway on 01305 772187 Frome Valley Archery Club Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings Contact John Holt on 07970 459169 Crossways Archery Club Sunday afternoons Contact Sheila Ryall 01258 837504 Zumba classes Thursday evenings Contact Janice Sloyan on 07920 841107 Remote Control Car Club Friday evenings Contact Al Mailer on 07787 380541 Indoor Junior Tennis – various times Contact Caroline Gossage on 07887856462
If you are looking for premises to run a club Contact Colette McKenney on 07769 041248 To discuss bookings availability
64 www.piddlevalley.info Puddletown Surgery Tel 01305 848333 Athelhampton Road, Puddletown, DT2 8FY
News from Puddletown Surgery Once again I am writing to keep you up to date with events at Puddletown Surgery and impart important health messages. If there are any other matters you would like us to address, please let us know by ringing to speak to Carol Taylor, Practice Manager, on 01305 848333 or e-mailing [email protected].
Named GP Changes to the GP contract mean that all patients in England, including children, will benefit from having a named, accountable doctor who will be responsible for coordinating their care. By the end of March 2016 the practice is required to assign all our patients a “Named GP”. Everyone will be allocated a named GP by the practice or you can request a specific doctor. At Puddletown Surgery all our patients have always had a named GP who is in overall charge of their care. You can find out your own GP by looking on the right hand side of your prescription, or ask at reception, who can easily look this up for you. Although this is a new requirement across the country we have always felt there is benefit for both you and us to have an ongoing and personal relationship within which we provide your care. You can still talk to any of our clinicians not just your Named GP. You can still have appointments with any of our clinicians not just your Named GP. If you do have a preference and would like to request for one of our doctors in particular to be your Named GP please ask at reception
Prescriptions Did you know that: • the NHS in England dispenses about 2.7 million items of medication per day? • In one study 50% of patients admitted to not taking their medication as they are prescribed • It is estimated that over £300 million is wasted each year because patients order medicines they never use and are therefore thrown away? If you are interested to know more, please visit our website and download our annual Prescribing Newsletter. http://www.puddletownsurgery.co.uk/website/ J81616/files/Puddletown%20Prescribing%20Newsletter.pdf
Surgery and Dispensary Opening Times Monday to Friday 8.30am–6.30pm and Saturday 8.30am–11.00am www.piddlevalley.info 65 Local walk~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Higher Southcombe All Saints Church
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Route: The route is 4.8 miles of tracks and Piddletrenthide to Alton rough terrain along public rights of way. Stout footwear is Pancras round trip. recommended. The views from both sides The path can be accessed from of the valley are Church Lane, Piddletrenthide or the southern end of Alton Pancras. outstanding. Not all hedgelines or tracks are Why not visit the two shown. churches en route. If you are reasonably fit it should take 2 to 2½ hours.
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Range of information available includes (updated several times per week on average)
Events calendar Events in + around the Valley; if you have an event you need including, email at any time [email protected]
Important news items Neighbourhood Plan News, reports + information Dorset Police Ringmaster warnings about local crimes (updated constantly) Valley Churches News, Schedule of Services and Pew Sheets, list of Births, Marriages and Deaths, including published obituaries About the Valley Information about individual Piddle Valley communities, together with more detailed articles about the history of the various settlements Shops + Businesses Categories listing of annual PVNV advertisers, with links to their adverts Doctors Information about the surgeries + links to their websites Valley Clubs + Societies Details + contact details of the many Valley organisations Parish Council List of Councillors, Meeting minutes, news and reports, Planning Applications, Neighbourhood Plan news P’hinton Village Hall Details of what’s available P’thide Memorial Hall Details of what’s available + the Hall’s history The Millennium Green History and news Bridge Educational Trust Details + link to their website Piddle Valley First School Articles + link to their website PVNV magazine Links to back issues from Jan 2011; articles too large or too late to be included in the printed magazine Piddle Valley Design Statement Copy of the document Piddle Valley Parish Plan Copy of the document Gallery Selected photographs of interest to the community
The small button on the top right side of the website Home Page details the most recent changes + additions to make it easier for you to keep abreast of what is available. If you have articles to contribute, suggestions for improvements, additions, corrections, or if there are bits that don’t work, please let me know.
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68 www.piddlevalley.info DAY EXCURSIONS and COACH HOLIDAYS
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Cutty Sark, Royal Observatory and Queen's House Thursford Christmas Spectacular Osborne House, Isle of Wight South Devon Boat Train Blackpool
and SO MUCH MORE !!!
To enquire about these tours or for a copy of our Holiday and Day Tour Brochure, call us on
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Tel No: 01935-851118 Mob: 07786-851118 Email: [email protected]
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www.piddlevalley.info 71 THE BRACE OF PHEASANTS PLUSH, DORCHESTER, DT2 7RQ
Phil & Carol welcome you to “The Brace”
WinterOpening Opening Times Times: Monday to Saturday, 12–3pm and 7–11pm Tuesday toSunday, Saturday 12–3pm 12pm to and 3pm 7–10pm & 7pm to 11pm And Sunday 12pm to 3pm
8 Fabulous En-Suite Letting Rooms Available
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Award Winning Food
Ales Served Direct From the Cask 18 Wines Served by the Glass
Good Pub Guide 2015 - Top Ten Best Country Pubs
Tel: 01300 – 348357 www.braceofpheasants.co.uk
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ENTERPRISE PARK, PIDDLEHINTON, DORSET DT2 7UA
Light Industrial units and storage available to let from 700 sq ft to 3300 sq ft. Rents from £283 per month to £1300 per month Some units have office space included Containers available to let at £60 per month
Please address all enquiries to:
THE CONDUIT MEAD COMPANY LTD 3B NETTLEFOLD PLACE, WEST NORWOOD LONDON SE27 0JW
TELEPHONE: 020-8655 7650 FACSIMILE: 020-8655 7659 MOBILE: 07961 162276 E-MAIL: [email protected]
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NEED A SPACE FOR A GET-TOGETHER, BIRTHDAY PARTY, REUNION, TALK OR TRAINING? STARTING AN EVENING CLASS OR DANCE PRACTICE?
PIDDLETRENTHIDE MEMORIAL HALL IS AVAILABLE AT ONLY £8 PER HOUR | PARTY HIRE £20 - £30
Hall floor is 14 x 7metres plus stage Chairs and tables provided. Well-equipped kitchen with crockery & glasses.
RIVERSIDE LAWN approx. 14m x 7m with barrel BBQ
FURNITURE, CROCKERY AND GLASSES AVAILABLE TO HIRE FOR EVENTS ELSEWHERE
TO BOOK: Contact Miss D Clears, Bookings Officer, on 01300 348417
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The Thimble Inn has recently been refurbished and is the perfect place for lunch, dinner or drinks by the fire. Please visit our website or facebook page for full menus and photos of our dramatic transformation.
www.thimbleinn.co.uk
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86 www.piddlevalley.info Twinning visit to Longueville Left: Six children visited a local primary school and took part in lessons. Bottom left: On Saturday, everyone climbed aboard two large carriages drawn by six rare- breed Normandy Cob horses. Bottom right: We celebrated together with a carnival theme. © Jo Thornton
Left: The Over 60’s outing to Abbotsbury Gardens on the 4th June. It shows our intrepid leaders, John Ottoway and Hilary French, bravely crossing the lower lake by way of the Burmese rope ladder. We all had a very good day out! © Gay Hanbury
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