Spring 2020
Poole Bridport and Yeovil District - Everyone Welcome
The Swan, Stalbridge
MusicGames Tasting Quizzes
Social Talks Walks Dining Out
TravelTheatre Coffee Morning/Afternoon Tea
Image by Suzanne McGowan of Brownsea Branch District Coffee Morning - Wednesday 11 March
Welcome to the new edition The members are responsible for their of the events diary of the Poole, own administration and the organising Bridport & Yeovil District, of events and if you feel you would like to become more involved please ‘Out and About’. contact Andrew on 01202 743910 or Everyone is welcome to all Oddfellow your Branch Secretary, if you are events, so why not bring along a already a member. Through friendship friend or neighbour to join you, and social events we try to help our especially if it is your first time members get more out of life, and attending an event. we offer care, advice and support in times of need. Some of our more established events have proved to be so popular that they are frequently oversubscribed, Booking and so please remember to book early. Having said that, sometimes events have to be cancelled or amended Cancellations during the period of the current diary, Please remember the so please always check. importance of early We have a fabulous variety of events booking for all events to and the ‘At a Glance’ on pages 38 to avoid disappointment or 40 will enable you to make a note of cancellation. Please note that all the things you would like to attend. a place is not guaranteed at The contact details are given with any event until full payment each event so please let them know has been received. that you are coming so that they can make arrangements to cater for you.
A bit about us … The Oddfellows is a not for profit Friendly Society that’s been around for over 200 years. Our aim is to bring people together through our social events, as well as support our members with a range of benefits and services. The Society is run by our members, for the members. For more information visit www.oddfellows.co.uk or call our District Secretary on 01202 743910.
2 Contact Details
For more details about any of the events listed, membership and the wide range of benefits available, please call:
District Secretary Andrew Hampton Telephone: 01202 743910 Email: [email protected]
Acorn Branch Social Secretary Flo Munro Is there someone Telephone: 01202 820965 you know who’d Brownsea Branch Social Secretary Margaret White enjoy what we do? Telephone: 01202 775122 Email: Refer a friend today [email protected] Hand-in-Hand Branch Social Secretary Stephen Slade To refer a friend, call Telephone: 01305 260081 Email: Membership on [email protected] 0800 028 1810, or visit our Members’ Area at Phoenix and Blackmore Vale www.oddfellows.co.uk or fill Branches Social Secretary Judy Penfold in the Refer a Friend form Telephone: 01963 363119 available from your Email: Branch Secretary [email protected]
Pride of Bournemouth Branch *Terms and conditions apply to the Refer a Social Secretary Friend offer. It cannot be used in conjunction Margaret White with any other member offer. For full terms and conditions and for details of the rewards visit Telephone: 01202 775122 www.oddfellows.co.uk/offers. Email: Ref 1644 [email protected]
3 March 2020
THURS Coffee Morning MON 05 Pride of Bournemouth Branch Tea Party 09 Acorn Branch 10.30am £2 2pm £4 Tea, coffee, biscuits, cake, savouries, a raffle for our Chairman’s charity and good company is the order of the day. Please bring along a treasured item and tell us about it - it would be lovely to hear about one of your special things. Maybe a special gift that you were given, a picture of a loved one, a memento from a holiday - anything that is important to you. Book by A looking and smelling afternoon! Tuesday 3 March. Tuckton Social Is it Heinz or another make? Is it Club, Tuckton Road, Bournemouth Cadbury’s or another make? And BH6 3AA. Please contact Margaret on so on. We have done this event 01202 775122 to let us know you will before and it was great fun. It is be coming. really difficult to tell the difference with some of the goodies. It’s March, so spring is on the way, FRI Rod Brewer Quiz please bring a spring posy, small 06 Hand-in-Hand Branch prize for the prettiest. £12 for a A kitchen quiz and who can 7.30pm team of four remember the early TV advertisements connected to the kitchen and home. Usual refreshments and cuppa. Raffle prizes gratefully appreciated - proceeds to Macmillan As usual we will be holding the Caring Locally. Rod Brewer Quiz at Crossways Village Hall, starting at 7.30pm. It may be easier to park in the Please come and join in the fun Tesco free car park as there are - all profits will go to the Village limited spaces at the hall. Book Hall Funds. Crossways Village Hall, by Friday 6 March. Ferndown Moigne Combe Road, Crossways Guide Hall, Entrance to Tesco Car DT2 8JA. Contact Stephen on Park, Ferndown, Dorset BH22 9TH. 01305 260081 to book your place. Contact Flo on 01202 820965.
4 March 2020
WED WED District Charity Lunch Club 11 Coffee Morning 18 Brownsea Branch As per 10.30am £2.50 12 noon menu
It would be wonderful to welcome you to our new Chairman’s first Charity Coffee Morning! Keith Quinton is raising money for Dementia UK Admiral Nurses this year and would greatly appreciate your support. All Keith’s Coffee Mornings and Afternoon Teas will be held at the Community Room at Fairfield in We are trying a new venue this Chickerell and Keith and Muriel look time! Meeting at 12 noon for forward to welcoming you. We will 12.30pm at the Shah of Persia, have cakes and savouries to enjoy please join us for what we whilst we have a chat over our tea hope will be a lovely meal. An or coffee and of course there will be opportunity to meet like minded a raffle for Keith’s charity during the people in friendly surroundings. morning so a raffle prize would be Book by Monday 16 March. Shah greatly appreciated. Book by Monday of Persia, 173 Longfleet Road, 9 March. The Community Room, Poole BH15 2HS. Please book Fairfield, Chickerell, Weymouth DT3 4AU. Please contact Andrew on with Margaret on 01202 775122 or 01202 743910 or Keith on Andrew on 01202 743910 so that 01305 780823 to book. we can arrange to all sit together.
SAT Bingo Mania Pride of Bournemouth 14 Branch Members £3.50 7.30pm Guests £4.50
We tried this last year and it was great fun! Join us for our Bingo Mania event - we will have conventional Bingo, Card Bingo and Irish Bingo! Please bring a contribution to the ‘bring and share’ supper - we will provide the tea and coffee but if you would prefer an alcoholic drink please bring your own. The raffle will be in aid of our Chairman’s charity and raffle prizes would be very welcome. Why not come and join in the Bingo Fun! Book by Thursday 12 March. Tuckton Social Club, Tuckton Road, Bournemouth BH6 3AA. Contact Margaret on 01202 775122 to book.
5 March 2020
WED Coffee Morning SAT Blackmore Vale 25 Phoenix Branch Skittles Night 28 Phoenix Branch 10am Free 7pm £5 Please join us once again for our Coffee Morning at the Orchard Food We are going and Coffee House in Yeovil. Why not back to The bring a friend along to meet us? Book Swan in by Monday 23 March. Orchard Food Stalbridge for and Coffee House, 14 High Street, our Skittles Yeovil BA20 1PW. Please contact Judy Night. We on 01963 363119 to book. had a brilliant evening last WED Lunch at the Bailey Bridge time with lovely food so we hope you will want to come and join in Pride of Bournemouth Branch 25 the fun. Book by Friday 20 March. As per The Swan, High Street, Stalbridge, 12 noon menu Sturminster Newton DT10 2LL. Contact Judy on 01963 363119 for Meeting at more details. 12 noon for 12.30pm, it would be Wessex Provincial lovely to SUN welcome you Lodge of Past Grands to the Bailey 29 Annual Lunch Bridge for Approximately 12 noon lunch. Last year we had a lovely £23 time and it’s a great opportunity The Wessex Lodge have arranged to catch up with old friends and their Annual Lunch at the Milford hopefully meet some new ones! Hall Hotel in Salisbury once again. We hope to be able to hold a We hope you can join us at this raffle for our Chairman’s charity wonderful venue for our annual as usual. Book by Monday 23 lunch when we welcome members March. Bailey Bridge Table Table, and friends from across the region Barrack Road, Christchurch to join us for a relaxing time. Book by BH23 2BN. Please contact Sunday 22 March. Milford Hall Hotel, Margaret to book on 01202 775122 206 Castle Street, Salisbury SP1 3TE. so that she can arrange for us all Please contact Robert Southam on to sit together. 01202 734705 to book your place.
6 April
THURS Coffee Morning 02 Pride of Bournemouth Branch
10.30am £2
Our regular Coffee Mornings are always a nice way to spend an hour or so, enjoying good company, a chat over tea or coffee, lovely cakes and savouries. As usual we will have a raffle for our Chairman’s charity - raffle prizes would be very much appreciated. Tuckton Social Club, Tuckton Road, Bournemouth BH6 3AA. If you would like to come along and join in the fun please give Margaret a call on 01202 775122 - bring a friend or two to join us - the more the merrier! Book by Tuesday 31 March.
SUN Spring Lunch at The Mayfair 05 Brownsea Branch
12 noon £18 for Spring Lunch
Meeting at 12 noon for 12.30pm we hope you will join us for our Spring Lunch at this lovely hotel. We will of course have our usual raffle for our Chairman’s charity and if the sun is shining it would be lovely to relax outside in the pretty garden area, but if not we will enjoy a chat with friends old and new in the Garden Room Restaurant.
We have enjoyed some lovely meals at The Mayfair and hope you will want to join us. Please contact Andrew on 01202 743910 or Margaret on 01202 775122 to book. Unfortunately the weekend deal that we have organised with the hotel is now fully booked, but if you would like to join us for a quiz on the Friday night, or for dinner and entertainment on the Saturday evening you would be very welcome.
Please contact Andrew or Margaret if you would be interested in the Friday quiz or dinner and dancing on the Saturday evening. Book by Monday 30 March. Mayfair Hotel, Bath Road, Bournemouth BH1 2NW.
7 April
TUES TUES Afternoon Tea Social Lunch 07 Phoenix Branch 14 Phoenix Branch As per 2.30pm Free 12 noon menu
Please join us for Afternoon Tea at Please join us for our Social Lunch Brimsmore Garden Centre in Yeovil. at the Sheaf of Arrows. Enjoy a chat Spend an afternoon in beautiful over your lunch and meet new friends. surroundings enjoying a splendid Book by Friday 10 April. Sheaf of Afternoon Tea and maybe meet some Arrows, Melbury Osmond DT2 0NF. new friends. Book by Friday 3 April. Contact John Pople on 01935 422154 Brimsmore Garden Centre, Tintinhull or Judy on 01963 363119. Road, Yeovil BA21 3NU. Please contact Judy on 01963 363119 for more information and to book your place.
WED District Charity 08 Coffee Morning
10.30am £2.50
Our District Chairman, Keith Quinton, THURS Lunch at the would love to welcome you to Fairfield Carpenter’s Arms once again for a relaxing morning 16 Brownsea Branch with friends, old and new. Enjoy good As per 10.30am company, a chat over your tea or menu coffee and some lovely cakes and We’re trying a new venue for lunch - savouries. The Community Room is The Carpenter’s Arms at Bransgore a lovely venue at Fairfield and we which comes very well recommended hope you will be able to join us - we - why not bring a friend along to will be raising funds for Dementia UK meet us? We hope to be able to have Admiral Nurses by having a raffle so a raffle for our Chairman’s charity, so if you could bring along a prize that if you could bring a prize that would would be fantastic. Book by Monday 6 be lovely. Book by Tuesday 14 April. April. The Community Room, Fairfield, The Carpenter’s Arms, 103 Burley Chickerell, Weymouth DT3 4AU. Please Road, Bransgore, Christchurch BH23 contact Andrew on 01202 743910 8BA. Please contact Margaret on or Keith on 01305 780823 for more 01202 775122 or Andrew on information, or to book your place. 01202 743910 so that we can arrange to all sit together.
8 April
SAT Champagne Breakfast MON Pub Quiz 18 Acorn Branch 27 Brownsea Branch
9.45am £6 7.30pm £2 per person
The Champagne Breakfast is later We have decided to return to the this year as the previous weekend is Pilot for another Pub Quiz as we Easter. Please be there by 9.45am had a great evening last time. at the latest so we can present the Maximum of four per team please. charity cheque to Riding for the We hope you will join us for another Disabled before we sit to eat. Yes, fun evening, a chance to win prizes it’s that time again when the eggs during the quiz and to support our and bacon come to the fore with charity fundraising efforts by joining the glass of bubbly or orange juice. in the raffle. Raffle prizes would be This popular event was overbooked very much appreciated. Book by last year so please book early so as Friday 24 April. The Pilot, 1 Adastral not to be disappointed. The usual Road, Poole BH17 8SA. Contact choice of Continental or English Margaret on 01202 775122 or Andrew Breakfast with cereal to start, some on 01202 743910 to book. sweet delicacies to finish. We will have the first tombola of the year where you can win assorted prizes and baskets of goodies. The bring and buy usually goes well this time of the year together with the books, puzzles and other donated merchandise. Raffle prizes would be WED appreciated. Proceeds to Macmillan Coffee Morning Caring Locally. Three Cross Village 29 Phoenix Branch Hall, Village Hall Lane, Three Legged Cross, Wimborne BH21 6SG. Please 10am Free book early with Flo on 01202 820965. Join us for coffee and cake at the Orchard Food and Coffee House, High Street, Yeovil any time between 10am and 12 noon. Catch up with friends old and new over a cuppa. All welcome to this free event. Book by Monday 27 April. Orchard Food and Coffee House, 14 High Street, Yeovil BA20 1PW. Contact Judy on 01963 363119.
9 May
MON Afternoon Tea 04 Phoenix Branch
2pm As per menu
Join us for Afternoon Tea at the Orchard Food and Coffee House. Meet up for a chat over your cuppa and cakes. Have a relaxing afternoon when someone else will be doing the washing up! What could be better? Book by Tuesday 31 March. Orchard Food and Coffee House, 14 High Street, Yeovil BA20 1PW. Let Judy know on 01963 363119 if you are coming so that they can cater for us all and sit together.
WED Talk and Buffet 06 Phoenix Branch
7pm Free
Come along to the Quicksilver Mail in Yeovil for a recruitment talk and buffet evening. Book by Friday 1 May. Quicksilver Mail, 168 Hendford Hill, Yeovil BA20 2RG. For more details or to book, please contact Judy on 01963 363119.
THURS Coffee Morning 07 Pride of Bournemouth Branch
10.30am £2
We hope you will come and join us at our regular Coffee Morning. Tea, coffee, cake and savouries will be the order of the day, and the chance to have a chat and enjoy each other’s company. As always prizes would be appreciated for the raffle as we raise money for our Chairman’s charity for the year. Book by Tuesday 5 May. Tuckton Social Club, Tuckton Road, Bournemouth BH6 3AA. To come along and join in the fun please give Marion a call on 01202 484427.
10 May
SAT WED Street Party - VE Day District Charity 09 Acorn Branch 13 Coffee Morning
12 noon £5.50 10.30am £2.50
The Acorn Branch Street Party will Keith and Muriel Quinton look forward celebrate 75 years since VE Day - to welcoming you to the May District Victory in Europe. Charity Coffee Morning at the Community Room at Fairfield. As usual Come and join in the celebrations at tea, coffee, cake and savouries will be Three Cross Village Hall, 12 noon for the order of the day and we hope you 12.30pm lunch. Sausage, mash and will support our raffle which is for Keith’s vegetables, puddings and a glass chosen charity for the year Dementia UK of bubbly or orange juice. Please Admiral Nurses. Raffle prizes would be wear a buttonhole and maybe bring very much appreciated as always and something you still have from those we hope you will join us for a relaxing times. We will be entertained by Julia time with friends old and new. We are on the keyboard, who no doubt will very good at chatting over our coffee have us singing appropriate tunes. and cake and generally putting the A free raffle for tinned food, usual world to rights so it would be lovely to bring and buy and quiz. Raffle prizes see you. Book by Monday 11 May. The would be much appreciated, all Community Room, Fairfield, Chickerell, proceeds to Macmillan Caring Locally. Weymouth DT3 4AU. Please contact Flags, bunting and paper hats. Please Andrew on 01202 743910 or Keith on bring a friend or neighbour to join us 01305 780823 to book your place. at the street party. Book by Thursday MON 7 May. Three Cross Village Hall, Afternoon Tea Village Hall Lane, Three Legged Cross, 18 Phoenix Branch Wimborne BH21 6SG. Contact Flo on 01202 820965. 2pm As per menu
We will be at Stur of the Moment for our Afternoon Tea today. Always a warm welcome so why not join us. Please bring a friend along so that we can tell them all about the Oddfellows. Everyone welcome. Book by Wednesday 13 May. Stur of the Moment, Sturminster House Market Place, Bath Road, Sturminster Newton DT10 1AS. Contact Judy on 01963 363119. 11 May June
WED Afternoon Tea THURS Coffee Morning 20 Brownsea Branch 04 Pride of Bournemouth Branch
3pm £4.50 10.30am £2
We hope you can come and join us We hope you will join us for our for a lovely Afternoon Tea at Julie and regular Coffee Morning - this time Andrew’s House - 105 Sandbanks we thought we would have a ‘flower’ Road. We will, of course, be hoping theme. Come with your decorated for fine weather so that we can enjoy hat, a flower drawing, a photo or their lovely garden, but if it’s a bit small flower arrangement. We will chilly we will be indoors. As usual we be raising money for our Chairman’s will have a raffle for our Chairman’s charity as usual by having a little charity and maybe a quiz. Book by raffle so prizes would be much Monday 18 May. Julie and Andrew’s appreciated as always. Our coffee House, 105 Sandbanks Road, Poole mornings are a really nice way to BH14 8BT. Please contact Andrew keep in touch with friends over a cup on 01202 743910 or Margaret on of tea or coffee and enjoy a cake 01202 775122 to let us know you will or two. We always have savoury be coming. alternatives now because we understand that not all our members June and friends have a sweet tooth! Book by Tuesday 2 June. Tuckton Social MON Club, Tuckton Road, Bournemouth Afternoon Tea BH6 3AA. Contact Margaret on 01 Phoenix Branch 01202 775122 to book.
2pm As per menu
Lets hope its a beautiful day and you will want to make the most of it by spending the morning in Yeovil before coming for afternoon tea at the Orchard Food and Coffee House. A warm and friendly atmosphere with a great selection of cakes available. Book by Wednesday 27 May. Orchard Food and Coffee House, 14 High Street, Yeovil BA20 1PW. Contact Judy on 01963 363119 to let her know you are coming.
12 June
SUN Outing to the Thomas Hardy Victoria Fair 07 Phoenix Branch
10am Free
Meet in the Top ‘o’ Town car park on Poundbury Road at 10am. This fair is a celebration of Dorset and its most famous resident, Thomas Hardy. There will be a street market, Victorian crafts and stalls, guided tours, food drink and music and much more. Book by Monday 1 June. Top ‘o’ Town Car Park, Poundbury Road, Dorchester DT1 1XT. Let Judy know on 01963 363119 if you would like to come please.
SUN MON Sunday Lunch Cream Tea 07 Brownsea Branch 08 Acorn Branch £20 12 noon 2pm £4 approximately
Meeting at 12 noon for 12.30pm, we Please join us for strawberry scones, are trying a Sunday Lunch at the sandwiches and cakes for the June lovely Remedy Oak Golf Club. The event. Try and solve the clues to the District held their Annual Lunch at quiz where three of the letters in every the Remedy Oak last October and answer is out. Around the room will be we all had a wonderful time. The pictures of famous faces, so have a go food and setting are both fantastic to win a small prize, free flower raffle. and we hope you will want to join us Bring and buy, books etc. Maybe it - enjoy watching the experts on the will be a lovely day and we will need golf course and spend time in good the cold drinks that are available. company. We realise this is quite a There will be a raffle so prizes would way to travel from Poole, but we hope be much appreciated - proceeds to you will agree with us that the journey Macmillan Caring Locally. Let’s hope is worth it. Book by Monday 1 June. the weather is better this year in June Remedy Oak Golf Club, Horton Road, than last year. We look forward to Woodlands, Wimborne BH21 8ND. seeing you all. Book by Friday 5 June. Contact Margaret on 01202 775122 or West Moors Memorial Hall, Station Andrew on 01202 743910 to book. Road, West Moors, Dorset BH22 0HS. Contact Flo on 01202 820965. 13 June
TUES WED Coffee Morning District Charity 09 Brownsea Branch 10 Cream Tea
10.30am £2.50 2.30pm £3
Julie and Andrew are hosting our This time we are going to try a Cream June Coffee Morning this year and Tea at Fairfield, raising funds for our hoping for better weather than June Chairman’s charity Dementia UK 2019! Julie and Andrew look forward Admiral Nurses. Why not join us for to welcoming you to their house scones, jam and cream, or cheese for a Coffee Morning in aid of our scones butter and cheese, have a Chairman’s charity. Please join us for chat over your tea or coffee and coffee, cake and a natter - we’ll have spend a relaxing afternoon with us a raffle so a prize would be much in a lovely venue with like-minded appreciated. We’re hoping to organise friends? Keith and Muriel look forward a taster event after the coffee morning to welcoming you to The Community at the Croquet Club which is just up the Room at Fairfield once again - a prize road in Salterns Road - more details for the raffle would be very much later, but please let us know if you appreciated. Book by Monday 8 would be interested. Book by Friday June. The Community Room, Fairfield, 5 June. Julie and Andrew’s House, 105 Chickerell, Weymouth DT3 4AU. Please Sandbanks Road, Poole BH14 8BT. contact Andrew on 01202 743910 Contact Margaret on 01202 775122 or or Keith on 01305 780823 for more Andrew on 01202 743910 to book. information or to book your place.
THURS Afternoon Tea with Musical Entertainment by Julia 11 Pride of Bournemouth Branch Members £3.50 2.30pm Guests £4.50 We would like to invite you to join us for a new event - an Afternoon Tea with musical entertainment. Julia will be providing the music - she is a member of our Branch and a professional musician so please come along and join in the fun. We will have the usual Afternoon Tea of sandwiches, cake and savouries, and a raffle for our Chairman’s charity. We do hope you will be able to join us and maybe bring a friend or neighbour along too - the more the merrier! Book by Tuesday 9 June. Tuckton Social Club, Tuckton Road, Bournemouth BH6 3AA. Contact Margaret on 01202 775122 to book.
14 June
MON Afternoon Tea SUN Annual District 15 Phoenix Branch 14 Church Service 2pm As per menu 2.30pm Free A relaxing afternoon tea at Stur of Our the Moment. Join us for a cuppa and Annual chat, all very informal - and please Church bring along a friend as well. Every Service one welcome. Just let Judy know will be on 01963 363119 if you are coming. held at Book by Wednesday 10 June. Stur St Mark’s of the Moment, Sturminster House Church, Talbot Village once Market Place, Bath Road, Sturminster again, followed by refreshments Newton DT10 1AS. in the church hall. Members and friends are invited to join us at WED this beautiful church, but please Afternoon Tea and Bingo! let the District Secretary know 17 Brownsea Branch you are coming to ensure we can cater for everyone. 3pm £5
Keith Quinton, our District Sandra and Nigel have very kindly Chairman, looks forward to invited us back to their lovely garden welcoming you all to the service for Afternoon Tea and Bingo. Come and hopes that everyone will and relax in the sunshine, enjoy good have a very enjoyable afternoon. company, good food, a game or two This is a wonderful opportunity to of bingo and a good natter! (hopefully meet up with friends from across the weather will be better than last the District and of course from year when we got a bit damp around neighbouring Districts, that we the edges!). We will be supporting our don’t see very often, so please do Chairman’s charity for the year once come along and make it a special again by having a raffle, so prizes day for Keith and Muriel. Everyone would be very much appreciated. is very welcome. Book by Monday 15 June. Sandra and Nigel’s House, 176 Verity Crescent, St Mark’s Church, Talbot Village, Poole BH17 8TZ. Contact Margaret Wallisdown Road, Bournemouth on 01202 775122 or Andrew on 01202 BH10 4HY. Contact Andrew on 743910 to book. 01202 743910.
15 June
SAT Quiz Night with Bring and Share Supper 20 Pride of Bournemouth Branch Members £2.50 7.30pm Guests £3.50
We hope you can join us for our Quiz Night with a Bring and Share Supper in June. Please bring your own alcoholic drinks - tea and coffee will be provided as always. Come and test your ‘grey cells’ and have fun with friends old and new. There will be prizes for the top scorers on the quizzes and a raffle for our Chairman’s charity. Book by Thursday 18 June. Tuckton Social Club, Tuckton Road, Bournemouth BH6 3AA. Contact Margaret on 01202 775122 to book.
SAT 27 District Charity Lunch
12.30pm £6.50
So, this time we thought we would have a lunch! At the Community Room at Fairfield once again, our Chairman, Keith Quinton, would like to invite you to join us for Shepherd’s pie and vegetables, followed by a sweet. A vegetarian option will be available. Tea or coffee will be provided but if you would like to have something stronger please bring your own. As always we will be raising funds for Dementia UK Admiral Nurses so if you can bring along a raffle prize that would be fantastic. The Community Room, Fairfield, Chickerell, Weymouth DT3 4AU. Numbers for lunch are very limited so please book as soon as possible with Andrew on 01202 743910 or Keith on 01305 780823.
SUN Annual Lunch 28 Phoenix Branch
12.30pm TBC
We will be going to The Virginia Ash in Henstridge for our Annual Lunch this year. The food is always superb and so is the company - why not join us. Book by Saturday 20 June. The Virginia Ash, Sherborne Road, Henstridege BA8 0PL. Please contact Judy on 01963 363119 as we will have to pre-order our menu choices.
16 July
THURS MON Coffee Morning Afternoon Tea 02 Pride of Bournemouth Branch 06 Phoenix Branch
10.30am £2 2pm As per menu
Why not join us for our regular The Orchard Food and Coffee House Coffee Morning and have a relaxing is, once again, the venue for our morning, meet some new friends, afternoon tea. Good food in good enjoy a cake with your coffee and company - what more could you hopefully win a raffle prize. We do want? Please bring a friend and let savouries for those who do not have a Judy know you are coming. Book sweet tooth. Everyone is welcome so by Wednesday 1 July. Orchard Food please bring a friend along too! Book and Coffee House, 14 High Street, by Tuesday 30 June. Tuckton Social Yeovil BA20 1PW. Contact Judy on Club, Tuckton Road, Bournemouth 01963 363119. BH6 3AA. Contact Margaret on 01202 775122.
MON ‘What’s What’ Summer Afternoon Tea 06 Acorn Branch
2pm £3.50
Where is it and what is it? Could be a building, an animal, or a scene. Come and join in the afternoon as we try to guess ‘What’s What’. Or just relax and chat to friends and members for this summer afternoon event. Summertime refreshments, tea, coffee or cold drinks. Free raffle for fruit, bring and buy, books and a reminder of the benefits of belonging to the Oddfellows. Raffle prizes would be gratefully accepted and all proceeds will go to Macmillan Caring Locally. Feel free to bring a friend or neighbour, just contact Flo on 01202 820965. Please note parking is limited at the hall, but Tesco car park is free of charge. Book by Friday 3 July. Ferndown Guide Hall, Entrance to Tesco Car Park, Ferndown, Dorset BH22 9TH.
17 July
WED District Charity SUN 08 Coffee Morning Early Evening BBQ 19 Brownsea Branch 10.30am £2.50 4pm £6.50 The District are holding regular Coffee Mornings or Cream Teas We are hoping for nice weather to raise funds for our Chairman’s again so that we can enjoy Sandra charity - Dementia UK Admiral and Nigel’s beautiful garden, Nurses and we hope that you would the good food, good company like to come along and join in the and maybe have a quiz. Please fun at our July event. This time we bring your own alcoholic drinks - are having a Coffee Morning - tea, tea and coffee will be provided. coffee, cake and savouries, together There will be the usual raffle with good company, a lovely venue for our Chairman’s charity, so a and the chance of winning a prize raffle prize would be very much or two on the raffle - what could be appreciated. Book by Friday 17 better? Book by Monday 6 July. The July. Sandra and Nigel’s House, Community Room, Fairfield, Chickerell, 176 Verity Crescent, Poole BH17 Weymouth DT3 4AU. If you would like 8TZ. Please book with Andrew to join Keith and Muriel please book on 01202 743910 or Margaret on with Andrew on 01202 743910 or Keith 01202 775122. on 01305 780823.
THURS Boat Trip on the River Stour 09 Pride of Bournemouth Branch
10.30am TBC
We are hoping to organise a boat trip on the River Stour leaving from Tuckton, followed by lunch or a snack at Tuckton Tea Rooms. Hopefully the weather will be kind to us and we will all have an enjoyable trip! Why not have a coffee at the Tea Rooms first, join us on the trip and then finish off with a nice lunch? Book by Thursday 2 July. Tuckton Tea Rooms, 323 Belle Vue Road, Bournemouth BH6 3BA. Contact Margaret on 01202 775122.
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18 July
MON Afternoon Tea SAT Annual Blackmore 20 Phoenix Branch Vale Walk and Lunch 25 Phoenix Branch 2pm As per menu As per 10am menu Stur of the Moment is today’s venue for our afternoon tea. It would be lovely to see you and have a catch up over a cuppa. Bring a neighbour or friend to join us. Book by Wednesday 15 July. Stur of the Moment, Sturminster House Market Place, Bath Road, Sturminster Newton DT10 1AS. Please call Judy on 01963 363119 so that she knows you are coming.
THURS Coffee Morning at Salterns 23 Brownsea Branch In a change to our usual evening As per 10.30am menu walk, we have decided to make a day of it so we don’t have to We are going back to Salterns rush the last half-mile in the dark! for our July Coffee Morning and This is a circular walk starting hope that you will want to join us. and finishing at the Rose and Salterns do a lovely selection of Crown, Longburton. 3.2 miles of cakes to enjoy with your coffee, gently undulating, mostly open or of course you could choose to landscape along paths, tracks, have a breakfast if you prefer. lanes, roads and woodland. Why not come along and enjoy Should take around 75 to 95 the wonderful views and have a minutes and give us an appetite chat with friends old and new over for lunch in the pub! your coffee and cake? Hopefully we will have a raffle. We’d love Meet at the pub car park at 10am. to welcome you to this beautiful Book by Saturday 18 July. Rose venue so please contact Andrew and Crown Pub, Longburton DT9 on 01202 743910 or Margaret on 5PD. Please let Judy know on 01202 775122 to book. Book by 01963 363119 if you are coming so Tuesday 21 July. Salterns Hotel, 38 that she can book the pub. Salterns Way, Poole BH14 8JR.
19 July
SUN Annual Garden Party 26 Pride of Bournemouth Branch
12.30pm Members £6, Guests £7
Edna and Norman are our hosts once again for our Annual Garden Party. Please come and enjoy their beautiful garden, the flowers, the food, the stalls and the fun! We will have a buffet lunch followed by sweets - tea and coffee will be provided but if you would like something stronger please bring your own. Please bring a chair and hope for fine weather! Enjoy a relaxing afternoon in good company, join in the raffle for our Chairman’s charity and have a wonderful time with us all. Everyone is very welcome. Book by Thursday 23 July. Edna and Norman’s house, 49 Warburton Road, Canford Heath, Poole BH17 8SD. Contact Margaret on 01202 775122 or Edna on 01202 677101 to book.
WED Lunch Club 29 Brownsea Branch As per 12 noon menu
We will be visiting the Tennis and Croquet Club in Salterns Road for our lunch today. The food is always superb here so we are really looking forward to a relaxing meal. The drinks are at club prices so are very reasonable and no doubt Andrew will provide us with a two course meal at a very good price. A raffle will be held for our Chairman’s charity and a prize would be most welcome. Book by Friday 24 July. East Dorset Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Salterns Road, Poole BH14 8BL. Please book early with Margaret on 01202 775122 or Andrew on 01202 743910 as numbers will be limited. 20 August MON MON Afternoon Tea Annual Picnic 03 Phoenix Branch 03 Acorn Branch 2pm As per menu 2pm Free Afternoon tea at the Orchard Food Our Annual and Coffee House, Yeovil. Please Picnic come and join us for a relaxing afternoon, afternoon having a chat over coffee which over and cake. See you there? Book by the years Wednesday 29 July. Orchard Food has proved and Coffee House, 14 High Street, to be good Yeovil BA20 1PW. Let Judy know on fun. Ball 01963 363119 if you are coming. games, quiz, no pressure to join THURS in, just a chance to be in the open Coffee Morning (weather permitting) with maybe Pride of Bournemouth Branch a view of the forest ponies and the 06 heather should be in full purple 10.30am £2 haze. Please bring your own picnic. We will have a raffle so What could be better than tea, cake, prizes would be appreciated. coffee, savouries, a lovely venue Nothing too strenuous so please and good company? Please come come along and watch us as and join us for our regular Coffee we endeavour to be a winner of Morning at Tuckton Social Club, meet a game. Just turn up, no need new friends, have a chat over your to book but please bring your coffee and generally put the world own chair. to rights. Book by Tuesday 4 August. Tuckton Social Club, Tuckton Road, The postcode is for Wilverly Lodge Bournemouth BH6 3AA. Contact which you will pass on your left Margaret on 01202 775122 to book. before you reach the car park. If you are approaching from the A35 continue on until you see the car park on your left, we will endeavour to have a member at the entrance. Wilverly Plain, Near Burley, Hants BH25 5TZ. Contact Flo on 01202 820965.
21 August
SAT 4th Olympic Games 08 Acorn Branch
10.30am £4.50
Please join us for coffee at 10.30am and view some stalls. Cakes and preserves plus the usual bring and buy and books. At midday there will be a choice of a cheese or ham salad with a dessert. After lunch the games will begin. Many of you know these are just fun games with nothing at all strenuous. It has always been a fun event and who knows, you could win a medal! This date is right at the end of the World Wide games so we can finish them off with a flourish. Please confirm your choice of salad with Flo. Free raffle for vegetables and our usual raffle. All monies will go to Macmillan Caring Locally. Book by Wednesday 5 August. Three Cross Village Hall, Village Hall Lane, Three Legged Cross, Wimborne BH21 6SG. Contact Flo on 01202 820965.
Coffee Morning at MON TUES Compton Acres Cafe Leg Stretch and Picnic 10 and Tea Rooms 11 Phoenix Branch Brownsea Branch 11am Free 10.30am As per menu This is not a walk but somewhere to We thought we would try a new mooch about and look at the views venue - Compton Acres Cafe and at Ham Hill Country Park at Stoke Tea Rooms. Come and join us for sub Hamdon. Examine ancients a chat over coffee and enjoy cake, earthworks, take photos and take in or one of their handmade soups or the air. Bring your own picnic and we quiches. They also do lovely breakfast will settle down to munch away the options if you prefer. After your coffee time from about 12.30pm. There are you could have a browse in the Gift accessible toilets available on site and Shop, look round the Plant Centre or if wet, we could just have lunch in the even tour the world famous Gardens. nearby pub. What a good idea! Meet Book by Friday 7 August. Compton by the Tourist Information Building at Acres, 164 Canford Cliffs Road, 11am. Book by Tuesday 4 August. Ham Poole BH13 7ES. Contact Margaret Hill Country Park, Stoke sub Hamdon, on 01202 775122 or Andrew on 01202 Somerset TA14 6RW. Let Judy know on 743910 to book. 01963 363119 if you are coming please.
22 August WED District Charity MON Afternoon Tea 12 Afternoon Tea 17 Phoenix Branch
2.30pm £3.50 2pm As per menu
The Chairman of the District, Keith Stur of the Moment is the venue for Quinton, invites you to another Cream this afternoons tea. Warm welcome, Tea to once again raise money for lovely food and tea or coffee, what Dementia UK Admiral Nurses. A good more could you ask for? Book by cuppa, lovely scones, cream and jam Wednesday 12 August. Stur of the or cheese scones will be the order of Moment, Sturminster House Market the day and we would be grateful for a Place, Bath Road, Sturminster Newton raffle prize if possible. Everyone is very DT10 1AS. Please come and join us welcome. Keith will be very pleased and let Judy know on 01963 363119 if to see you and thanks everyone who you are coming and bringing a friend? has supported the charity so far this year. Book by Monday 10 August. The Community Room, Fairfield, Chickerell, Weymouth DT3 4AU. Contact Keith on 01305 780823 or Andrew on 01202 743910 to book.
SUN Buffet Lunch 16 Brownsea Branch
12 noon £6.50
Our Annual Buffet Lunch will be held in Julie and Andrew’s lovely garden once again. Last year we had to cancel due to the awful weather, so we are hoping for better luck this year. Tea and coffee will be provided but if you would like something stronger please bring your own. Hopefully we will have Mary’s fantastic puddings to enjoy again this year. Why not bring a friend along to find out about the benefits of being a member? We will have our usual raffle for our Chairman’s charity so a prize would be very much appreciated. Book by Friday 14 August. Julie and Andrew’s House, 105 Sandbanks Road, Poole BH14 8BT. Contact Margaret on 01202 775122 or Andrew on 01202 743910 to book your place.
23 August September
THURS Southbourne Clifftop Walk 20 Pride of Bournemouth Branch As per 10.30am menu
THURS Friendship Coffee Morning 03 Pride of Bournemouth Branch
The Southbourne Clifftop Walk 10.30am Free has been a lovely event for the last two years and we hope you September is Friendship Month will want to join us for coffee at so we hope you will bring along Cafe Riva at 10.30am, followed a friend for a chat and a cuppa. by a walk along the cliffs and Home-made cakes, savouries, tea finally lunch at the Boscombe Cliff and coffee are the order of the day, Bowling Club. We have been very maybe we will have a few stalls lucky in the last two years and the for you to browse, and a raffle of weather has been kind to us so we course. Why not come along, meet are hoping that it will be third time some new friends and learn a bit lucky this year as well. If you can’t about our Society. This is a free event manage the walk the food at the and everyone is very welcome - the bowling club is really good and it more the merrier - but please give is fine if you just want to join us for Margaret a call on 01202 775122 to lunch at noon, or just for coffee let her know you will be coming - at Cafe Riva - either way it will be we don’t want to run out of cake! lovely to welcome you. Book by Thursday 3 September. Please let Margaret know if you Tuckton Social Club, Tuckton Road, would like to come on 01202 775122, Bournemouth BH6 3AA. so that we can arrange to have lunch together. Book by Tuesday 18 August. Cafe Riva, Boscombe Overcliff Drive, Southbourne, Bournemouth BH5 2EL.
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24 September - Friendship Month
MON WED Afternoon Tea District Friendship 07 Phoenix Branch 09 Charity Coffee Morning
2pm Free 10.30am £2.50
This is our first September is our Society’s Friendship Friendship Month so we hope you will join us for a Month chat and a cuppa and maybe bring a event this friend with you. Cakes, savouries, tea September, so and coffee, good company and the why not join chance to win a prize on the raffle - us for a FREE what more could you ask for? Everyone afternoon tea is very welcome to come and join in at the Orchard the fun - a raffle prize would be lovely Food and Coffee House. Please bring as we will have our usual raffle to a friend along so that we can tell raise funds for Keith’s chosen charity - them all about the Oddfellows. And its Dementia UK Admiral Nurses. Book by FREE. Book by Tuesday 1 September. Monday 7 September. The Community Orchard Food and Coffee House, 14 Room, Fairfield, Chickerell, Weymouth High Street, Yeovil BA20 1PW. Let Judy DT3 4AU. Please contact Andrew on know on 01963 363119 on how many 01202 743910 or Keith on 01305 780823 friends you are bringing please. to book your place.
MON Friendship Afternoon Tea 07 Acorn Branch
2pm £3.50
This is Friendship Month for the Society. Bar skittles, how many coins in the jar?, have a guess at Teddy Acorn’s favourite flower. Please let your friends know about the Society and the benefits. Our motto is ‘Making friends and helping people’. This month makes us think autumn may be approaching, so jigsaws, paperbacks and maybe some games ready for the change in season. Hopefully some bring and buy for which we are always grateful. Free raffle for jars and tins. Refreshments, desserts, tea or coffee. A piece of special ‘Friendship Fruit Cake’ suitably decorated. There will be a raffle for Macmillan Caring Locally. Book by Friday 4 September. West Moors Memorial Hall, Station Road, West Moors, Dorset BH22 0HS. Contact Flo on 01202 820965.
25 September - Friendship Month
WED Friendship Cheese and Wine 09 Brownsea Branch
2.30pm £3
We are trying something new this year for our first Friendship Month event - a Cheese and Wine Afternoon at the Croquet Club! Please bring your friends along to meet us, hear about our Society and enjoy a wonderful afternoon in good company in a lovely venue. There will be wines and cheeses to try, possibly a cheesy quiz and the opportunity to meet new friends. This event is very reasonably priced to encourage new folk to come and give us a try. Book by Monday 7 September. East Dorset Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Salterns Road, Poole BH14 8BL. Please contact Andrew on 01202 743910 or Margaret on 01202 775122 to book your place.
WED Friendship Afternoon Tea 16 Brownsea Branch
2.30pm Free
We are returning to the East Dorset Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club again for our Friendship Afternoon Tea. The club always put on a fantastic spread for us - lovely sandwiches, cake and savouries will be available to try, so we hope you will come and join in the fun. Please bring a friend with you who might benefit from joining us - learn more about what we have to offer our members and have a relaxing afternoon together. Please book early as this is a free event and places are limited. There will be a raffle for our Chairman’s charity, so if you could bring along a prize that would be fantastic. Book by Monday 14 September. East Dorset Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Salterns Road, Poole BH14 8BL. Please contact Andrew on 01202 743910 or Margaret on 01202 775122 to book your place.
26 September - Friendship Month
SAT Bingo and Fish and TUES Blue Badge Tour of 19 Chip Supper Sherborne Pride of Bournemouth Branch 22 Phoenix Branch 7.30pm £6 1pm £8
Eyes down and look in for our second The Blue Badge Tour of Sherborne Friendship Month Event - please is an historic guided walk around bring a friend if you can. Our bingo the town, taking in the many famous evenings are always good fun - why and not so famous buildings and not come and join in and try to win people who lived there. The time a prize - including cash prizes for a allocated is about two hours, but can full house! We will also have a raffle go on longer if enough interest is for our Chairman’s charity, so prizes shown. We could round off this visit would be very welcome please. Please with some refreshments in a local book early as this event is always tea shop or cafe. Meet in the Market very popular. Book by Saturday 12 car park, Hound Street at 1pm. September. Tuckton Social Club, Comfy shoes are the order of the Tuckton Road, Bournemouth BH6 3AA. day. Book by Tuesday 15 September. Contact Margaret on 01202 775122. Market Car Park, Hound Styree, Sherborne DT9 3FE. Contact Judy on 01963 363119. October
MON THURS Afternoon Tea Coffee Morning 21 Phoenix Branch 01 Pride of Bournemouth Branch
2pm Free 10.30am £2
For our second Friendship Month What could be better than coffee or event, we are at the Stur of the tea, cake, savouries, a lovely venue Moment for afternoon tea. Please and good company? Please come come and join us for this free event and join us for our regular Coffee and bring along a friend or relative. Morning at Tuckton Social Club, meet Look forward to seeing you. Book by new friends, have a chat over your Monday 14 September. Stur of the coffee and generally put the world to Moment, Sturminster House Market rights. Book by Tuesday 29 September. Place, Bath Road, Sturminster Newton Tuckton Social Club, Tuckton Road, DT10 1AS. Let Judy know on 01963 Bournemouth BH6 3AA. Contact 363119 and she will book you in. Margaret on 01202 775122 to book. 27 October
MON Afternoon Tea WED District Charity 05 Phoenix Branch 14 Cream Tea
2pm As per menu 2.30pm £3.50
We are at the Orchard Food and We hope you would like to join us once Coffee House for our afternoon again for a lovely Cream Tea, tea or tea today. Please bring a friend coffee, savoury scones will be available along for a chat over a cuppa and too! Our District Chairman, Keith Quinton cake. Everybody welcome. Book by would love to welcome you to the Wednesday 30 September. Orchard Community Room at Fairfield for another Food and Coffee House, 14 High relaxing afternoon among friends old Street, Yeovil BA20 1PW. Please call and new - have a chat over your tea or Judy on 01963 363119 to let her know coffee, put the world to rights and enjoy you are coming. a lovely cream tea. We will have a raffle as Keith is raising money for Dementia UK Admiral Nursers this year, so a raffle prize would be very much appreciated. Book by Monday 12 October. The Community Room, Fairfield, Chickerell, Weymouth DT3 4AU. Please contact Andrew 01202 743910 or Keith on 01305 780823 to book your place.
MON Mixture Afternoon 05 Acorn Branch
2pm £3.50
Come along and enjoy a bit of everything to think about! Cars, gardening, cooking, how many currants in the cake? Hopefully a bit of fun, enjoy the usual refreshments, view the bring and buy tables, any unwanted paperbacks and games would be much appreciated. Free raffle for fruit. Raffle prizes would be appreciated. Please make sure that by now, if you so wish, that bookings have been made for the Christmas events, if not already done so. Please note ‘This venue may have to change’ due advice will be given. Book by Friday 2 October. West Moors Memorial Hall, Station Road, West Moors, Dorset BH22 0HS. Contact Flo on 01202 820965.
28 October
MON Afternoon Tea SAT 19 Phoenix Branch Skittles Night 24 Phoenix Branch 2pm As per menu Approximately 7pm £5 We are back in Sturminster Newton today for our afternoon tea at Stur It’s back to The Swan in Stalbridge of the Moment. Everyone welcome for another evening of skittles. for a cuppa and a chat. Book by Great food in great company. Book Wednesday 14 October. Stur of the by Friday 16 October. The Swan, Moment, Sturminster House Market High Street, Stalbridge, Sturminster Place, Bath Road, Sturminster Newton DT10 2LL. Pre-book with Newton DT10 1AS. Just let Judy know Judy on 01963 363119 please. on 01963 363119 if you are coming. WED Afternoon Tea at SAT Ploughman’s Supper Stewarts with Beetle and Quiz 21 Brownsea Branch 24 Pride of Bournemouth Branch Approximately 3pm £19 for two 7.30pm
We had a lovely time at Stewarts last Members £3.50, Guests £4.50 year and it was super to be able to look round the Garden Centre when We hope you will it wasn’t too busy! We hope you will join us for our want to come and join us again, have Ploughman’s a chat over our Afternoon Tea and Supper, enjoy a enjoy good company with friends game of beetle old and new. Book by Monday 19 and a quiz or October. Stewarts Garden Centre, two. As usual we will hold a raffle God’s Blessing Lane, Broomhill, for our Chairman’s charity so if Wimborne BH21 7DE. Please book you can donate a prize that would with Andrew on 01202 743910 or be wonderful. Tea and coffee will Margaret on 01202 775122 so that we be provided but if you would like can arrange to all sit together. something stronger please bring your own. Book by Thursday 22 October. Tuckton Social Club, Tuckton Road, Bournemouth BH6 3AA. Please book with Marion on 01202 484427.
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29 October November
WED Lunch Club at the 28 Bridge House TUES Supper and Bingo Brownsea Branch 03 Brownsea Branch As per 12 noon menu 7pm We haven’t been to the £10 for Bingo, Supper and a drink Bridge House for a while so have decided to go back to this lovely venue. The views over the river are stunning and the carvery is always good. It would be lovely to welcome you for lunch, have a chat with friends, join in the raffle and generally put We had such a fabulous bingo the world to rights. Book by Monday evening last November so we’ve 26 October. Bridge House Hotel, 2 decided to do it all again! We Ringwood Road, Ferndown BH22 9AN. hope you will come and join in If you would like to join us please the fun, buy some raffle tickets contact Andrew on 01202 743910 or for our Chairman’s charity and Margaret on 01202 775122. maybe win a cash prize or two on the bingo. We’re hoping Andrew, November our bingo caller, will have got the hang of the job by now! We will MON have our supper at 7pm, followed Afternoon Tea by the bingo at about 8pm. 02 Phoenix Branch Please book early with either 2pm As per menu Margaret on 01202 775122 or Andrew on 01202 743910 as we The Orchard Food and Coffee House have to pre-order our supper. The is the venue for today’s afternoon tea. price includes five games of bingo, Please come and join us for a relaxing your supper and a drink, but if you afternoon with friends and cake! Book prefer not to have supper then by Wednesday 28 October. Orchard it’s absolutely fine to come along Food and Coffee House, 14 High and just join in the bingo fun with Street, Yeovil BA20 1PW. Talk to Judy us for just £5. The Pilot, 1 Adastral on 01963 363119 to let her know how Road, Poole BH17 8SA. many are coming please.
30 November
THURS WED Coffee Morning District Charity 05 Pride of Bournemouth Branch 11 Coffee Morning
10.30am £2 10.30am £2.50
Our regular Coffee Mornings are a Keith Quinton, our District Chairman, lovely opportunity to meet up with would like to welcome you back to friends old and new, enjoy a chat over Fairfield to enjoy the last Coffee our coffee and cake, and hopefully win a Morning of the year! We hope you prize in the raffle. Tuckton Social Club is will want to come and join in the a lovely venue and you can be sure of a fun, chat over your tea, coffee, cakes warm welcome - why not bring a friend and savouries and spend a relaxing along to meet us? Book by Tuesday 3 morning with us in the Community November. Tuckton Social Club, Tuckton Room. The raffle will be for Dementia Road, Bournemouth BH6 3AA. Contact UK Admiral Nurses as usual and of Margaret on 01202 775122 to book. course if you could bring along a raffle prize that would be wonderful. TUES Social Lunch Book by Monday 9 November. The Phoenix Branch Community Room, Fairfield, Chickerell, 10 Weymouth DT3 4AU. Please contact Andrew on 01202 743910 or Keith on 12.30pm As per menu 01305 780823 to book. We haven’t decided yet where to go but please put the date in your diary. Contact Judy on 01963 363119 for more information nearer the time. Book by Tuesday 3 November. Venue yet to be decided.
31 November
THURS Afternoon Tea and Talk by a Guest Speaker 12 Pride of Bournemouth Branch
2.30pm Members £3.50, Guests £4.50
We would love to welcome you to our Afternoon Tea - sandwiches, cake, savouries, tea and coffee. We hope to arrange a Guest Speaker - more details in the Autumn Events Diary. We will be raising money for our Chairman’s charity as usual, so if you could bring along a raffle prize that would be very much appreciated. Why not come and enjoy a relaxing afternoon in good company and hopefully meet some new friends. Book by Tuesday 10 November. Tuckton Social Club, Tuckton Road, Bournemouth BH6 3AA. Contact Margaret on 01202 775122 to book.
MON THURS Coffee Morning at Afternoon Tea Phoenix Branch Harry’s 16 19 Brownsea Branch
2pm As per menu 10.30am As per menu
This will be our We’re going back to Harry’s Bar for final afternoon our Coffee Morning in November. We tea of 2020, so can offer you a relaxing morning with why not join us friends old and new, a chat over your at Stur of the coffee, lovely cakes or a breakfast, and Moment before good company - what more could the panic sets we ask for? We’ll have a raffle for our in. Just relax and chill over a cuppa Chairman’s charity, so a prize would and cake. Book by Wednesday 11 be very welcome - we hope you can November. Stur of the Moment, come and join in the fun! Book by Sturminster House Market Place, Bath Tuesday 17 November. Harry’s Bar, 14 Road, Sturminster Newton DT10 1AS. Haven Road, Poole BH13 7LP. Please Talk to Judy on 01963 363119 to let her contact Margaret on 01202 775122 or know you are coming. Andrew on 01202 743910 to book.
32 November
SUN Annual District Lunch MON Pre Christmas 22 Brownsea Branch Get Together 23 Acorn Branch 12.30pm See below 10am Free This year our Annual District Lunch will be held at a new venue for us - The Elstead Hotel in Bournemouth. We hope that many members and friends will be able to join us. The price for the lunch will be £20 per person to include a glass of wine or a soft drink. Our District Chairman this year is Keith Quinton and after lunch we will have a raffle to support his charity - Dementia UK Admiral Nurses, so raffle prizes would be very much appreciated as always. The usual bacon roll and other festive savouries, mince pies etc, Keith looks forward to welcoming coffee and tea. Free raffle for you to the Elstead Hotel - numbers Christmas fare and drink. Quiz are limited so please contact Andrew on Christmas Carols and Santa on 01202 743910 to book your place. Clause. Chat to friends you may In addition we have arranged a not see until after Christmas. weekend deal with the hotel, arriving Special Christmas stall where you on the Friday afternoon including may pick up some bargain gifts, DBB on the Friday and Saturday and guess the weight of the Christmas to include the Lunch on Sunday - all Cake - the winner takes it home. for an amazing £120 per person. On the Friday evening we will have a Cake stall and marmalades. quiz and on the Saturday evening This will be a free event and all there will be musical entertainment. proceeds will go to Macmillan It is possible to also stay on the Caring Locally. As usual we will Sunday evening, bed and breakfast, say how quickly the year has at an additional cost. Please contact gone! All are welcome. Book by Andrew as soon as possible if you Friday 20 November. Three Cross are interested in the weekend deal Village Hall, Village Hall Lane, as the rooms are selling fast. Book Three Legged Cross, Wimborne by Monday 16 November. The BH21 6SG. Contact Flo on Elstead Hotel, 12-14 Knyveton Road, 01202 820965. Bournemouth BH1 3QP. 33 December
THURS Christmas Coffee SAT Christmas Event Morning Acorn Branch 03 Pride of Bournemouth Branch 05
10.30am £2 12.15pm TBC
What better way to start your All details will be in the September Christmas festivities than joining us for ‘Out and About’ as the Branch are a mince pie, cakes and a coffee? Our undecided what form the event will Christmas Coffee Morning should be take - so please be aware that the great fun and we hope you will be able start time might also change. Please to come along, meet up with friends book by Saturday 1 August with Flo old and new, try to win a prize in our on 01202 820965. Three Cross Village raffle and enjoy a relaxing morning Hall, Village Hall Lane, Three Legged with us. Book by Tuesday 1 December. Cross, Wimborne BH21 6SG. Tuckton Social Club, Tuckton Road, Bournemouth BH6 3AA. Contact SUN Christmas Lunch with Margaret on 01202 775122 to book. Brownsea Branch 06 Pride of Bournemouth Branch SAT Christmas Lunch 12.30pm TBC 05 Phoenix Branch As per 12 noon menu
We are hoping to join together again this year with our friends from Brownsea Branch for our Christmas festivities. Last year we had a fabulous time celebrating together so we hope you will want Blackmore Vale Branch are to join us again. There will be more holding their Christmas Lunch at details in the Autumn diary and the Fiddleford Inn. Why not book please be aware that the venue with Judy on 01963 363119 and join may change. Book by Saturday 28 them. Go crackers this Christmas! November. Riviera Hotel, Burnaby Book by Friday 27 November. Road, Alum Chine BH4 8JF. Contact Fiddleford Inn, Fiddleford, Margaret on 01202 775122 or Sturminster Newton DT10 3BX. Andrew on 01202 743910.
34 December Christmas Coffee TUES Christmas Party WED Pride of Bournemouth Branch Morning 08 09 Brownsea Branch Members Free 7.30pm 10.30am £3.50 Guests £1 Our Christmas parties are always Come and join in the festivities at an excellent excuse to have a really our Christmas Coffee Morning. The good time! We have a bring and share club do wonderful refreshments so supper, a game or two, sometimes we hope you will come and enjoy a a Christmas quiz. As always this is a relaxing morning with us, have a chat very popular free event, so please over your coffee, enjoy a mince pie or contact Margaret on 01202 775122 as two and catch up with friends old and soon as possible to book your place new. We may even have crackers and - we had a waiting list last year so a quiz. We will have a raffle as usual book early to avoid disappointment for our Chairman’s charity - prizes please. As always we will have a raffle always welcome. East Dorset Lawn for our Chairman’s charity so a prize Tennis and Croquet Club, Salterns would be fantastic. Book by Tuesday Road, Poole BH14 8BL. Please book 1 December. Tuckton Social Club, with Margaret on 01202 775122 or Tuckton Road, Bournemouth BH6 3AA. Andrew on 01202 743910. Travel places with Friendly Faces With group holidays, short breaks, exclusive discounts, travel offers and the opportunity to get to know other Oddfellows travellers, the Active Travel Club has something for everyone to enjoy.
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35 Business Meetings We regularly hold branch meetings and all members are encouraged to attend. We share and discuss the business of the branch including social events, finance, care, development, publicity and promotion. This is an ideal opportunity to get to know other members as well as making new friends. Most evenings are rounded off with refreshments and a chance to socialise. Acorn Branch Secretary: Judith Parkin, 43 Branksome Wood Road, Bournemouth BH4 9JT. Telephone: 01202 762553 Email: [email protected] Meeting at 7.30pm at Ferndown United Church, 505 Wimborne Road, East Ferndown BH22 9NF. Dates as follows: Monday 16 March Monday 20 July Monday 16 November Monday 20 April Monday 17 August Monday 21 December Monday 18 May Monday 21 September Monday 15 June Monday 19 October Brownsea Branch Secretary: Andrew Hampton, 105 Sandbanks Road, Poole BH14 8BT. Telephone: 01202 743910 Email: [email protected] Meeting at 7pm at East Dorset Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, Salterns Road, Poole BH14 8BL. Dates as follows: Tuesday 17 March Tuesday 21 July Tuesday 20 October Tuesday 21 April Tuesday 18 August Tuesday 17 November Tuesday 16 June Tuesday 15 September Tuesday 15 December Hand-in-Hand Branch Secretary: Stephen Slade, 21 Great Western Road, Dorchester DT1 1UF. Telephone: 01305 260081 Email: [email protected] Meeting at 7.30pm at Wessex Royale Hotel, 32 High West Street, Dorchester DT1 1UP. Dates as follows: Tuesday 10 March Tuesday 14 July Tuesday 10 November Tuesday 14 April Tuesday 11 August Tuesday 8 December Tuesday 12 May Tuesday 8 September Tuesday 9 June Tuesday 13 October
36 Business Meetings
Phoenix Branch (Incorporating Blackmore Vale) Secretary: Judy Penfold, 39 Grosvenor Road, Stalbridge DT10 2PL. Telephone: 01963 363119 Email: [email protected] Meeting at 7.30pm at Holy Trinity Church, Lysander Road, Yeovil BA20 2BU. Dates as follows: Tuesday 17 March Tuesday 21 July Tuesday 17 November Tuesday 21 April Tuesday 18 August Tuesday 15 December Tuesday 19 May Tuesday 15 September Tuesday 16 June Tuesday 20 October Pride of Bournemouth Branch Secretary: Margaret White, 15 Playfields Drive, Poole BH12 2EG. Telephone: 01202 775122 Email: [email protected] Meeting at 7.30pm at Tuckton Social Club, Tuckton Road, Bournemouth BH6 3AA. Dates as follows: Tuesday 24 March Tuesday 28 July Tuesday 27 October Tuesday 28 April Tuesday 25 August Tuesday 24 November Tuesday 23 June Tuesday 22 September
Traditional Meetings Wessex Provincial Branch of Past Grands Secretary: Robert Southam Address Flat 4, 24-28 Sea View Road, Parkstone, Poole BH12 3JY. Telephone: 01202 734705 This is a ritual Branch and all members who have taken their Purple Degree are welcome to attend. Please contact Robert for venue and date details.
Bournemouth and District Minor Degree Branch Secretary: Robert Southam Address: Flat 4, 24-28 Sea View Road, Parkstone, Poole BH12 3JY. Telephone: 01202 734705 This is a ritual Branch and the taking of the Minor Degrees is a prerequisite for being Noble Grand (Chairman) of one’s Branch. Please contact Robert for venue and date details.
37 At a glance March 2020 April Thurs 5 Coffee Morning 10.30am Sat 18 Champagne Breakfast 9.45am (Pride of Bournemouth) (Acorn) Fri 6 Rod Brewer Quiz 7.30pm Mon 27 Pub Quiz (Brownsea) 7.30pm (Hand-in-Hand) Wed 29 Coffee Morning 10am Mon 9 Tea Party 2pm (Phoenix) (Acorn Branch) Wed 11 District Charity 10.30am May Coffee Morning Mon 4 Afternoon Tea 2pm (Phoenix) Sat 14 Bingo Mania 7.30pm (Pride of Bournemouth) Wed 6 Talk and Buffet 7pm (Phoenix) Wed 18 Lunch Club 12 noon (Brownsea) Thurs 7 Coffee Morning 10.30am (Pride of Bournemouth) Wed 25 Coffee Morning 10am (Phoenix) Sat 9 Street Party - VE Day 12 noon (Acorn) Wed 25 Lunch at the 12 noon Bailey Bridge (Pride Wed 13 District Charity 10.30am of Bournemouth) Coffee Morning Sat 28 Blackmore Vale 7pm Mon 18 Afternoon Tea 2pm Skittles Night (Phoenix) (Phoenix) Wed 20 Afternoon Tea 3pm Sun 29 Wessex Provincial 12 noon (Brownsea) Lodge of Past Grands Annual Lunch June Mon 1 Afternoon Tea 2pm April (Phoenix) Thurs 2 Coffee Morning 10.30am Thurs 4 Coffee Morning 10.30am (Pride of Bournemouth) (Pride of Bournemouth) Sun 5 Spring Lunch 12 noon Sun 7 Outing to the 10am (Brownsea) Thomas Hardy Tues 7 Afternoon Tea 2.30pm Victoria Fair (Phoenix) (Phoenix) Wed 8 District Charity 10.30am Sun 7 Sunday Lunch 12 noon Coffee Morning) (Brownsea) Tues 14 Social Lunch 12 noon Mon 8 Cream Tea 2pm (Phoenix) (Acorn) Thurs 16 Lunch at the 10.30am Tues 9 Coffee Morning 10.30am Carpenter’s Arms (Brownsea) (Brownsea) Wed 10 District Charity 2.30pm Cream Tea
38 At a glance June July Thurs 11 Afternoon Tea 2.30pm Sun 26 Annual Garden Party 12.30pm with Musical (Pride of Bournemouth) Entertainment by Julia Wed 29 Lunch Club 12 noon (Pride of Bournemouth) (Brownsea Branch) Sun 14 Annual District 2.30pm Church Service August Mon 3 Annual Picnic 2pm Mon 15 Afternoon Tea 2pm (Acorn) (Phoenix) Mon 3 Afternoon Tea 2pm Wed 17 Afternoon Tea 3pm (Phoenix) and Bingo! (Brownsea) Thurs 6 Coffee Morning 10.30am Sat 20 Quiz Night with 7.30pm (Pride of Bournemouth) Bring and Share Supper (Pride of Sat 8 4th Olympic Games 10.30am Bournemouth) (Acorn) Sat 27 District Charity Lunch 12.30pm Mon 10 Coffee Morning at 10.30am Compton Acres Cafe Sun 28 Annual Lunch 12.30pm and Tea Rooms (Phoenix) (Brownsea) July Tues 11 Leg Stretch and Picnic 11am Thurs 2 Coffee Morning 10.30am (Phoenix) (Pride of Bournemouth) Wed 12 District Charity 2.30pm Mon 6 ‘What’s What’ 2pm Afternoon Tea Summer Afternoon Sun 16 Buffet Lunch 12 noon Tea (Acorn) (Brownsea) Mon 6 Afternoon Tea 2pm Mon 17 Afternoon Tea 2pm (Phoenix) (Phoenix) Wed 8 District Charity 10.30am Thurs 20 Southbourne Clifftop 10.30am Coffee Morning Walk (Pride of Thurs 9 Boat Trip on the 10.30am Bournemouth) River Stour (Pride of Bournemouth) September - Friendship Month Thurs 3 Friendship Coffee 10.30am Sun 19 Early Evening BBQ 4pm Morning (Pride of (Brownsea) Bournemouth) Mon 20 Afternoon Tea 2pm Mon 7 Afternoon Tea 2pm (Phoenix) (Phoenix) Thurs 23 Coffee Morning 10.30am Mon 7 Friendship Afternoon 2pm at Salterns (Brownsea) Tea (Acorn) Sat 25 Annual Blackmore 10am Wed 9 District Friendship 10.30am Vale Walk and Lunch Charity Coffee Morning (Phoenix)
39 At a glance September - Friendship Month November Wed 9 Friendship Cheese 2.30pm Thurs 5 Coffee Morning 10.30am and Wine (Brownsea) (Pride of Bournemouth) Wed 16 Friendship Afternoon 2.30pm Tues 10 Social Lunch 12.30pm Tea (Brownsea) (Phoenix) Sat 19 Bingo and Fish and 7.30pm Wed 11 District Charity 10.30am Chip Supper (Pride of Coffee Morning Bournemouth) Thurs 12 Afternoon Tea and 2.30pm Mon 21 Afternoon Tea 2pm Talk by a Guest (Phoenix) Speaker (Pride of Tues 22 Blue Badge Tour 1pm Bournemouth) of Sherborne (Phoenix) Mon 16 Afternoon Tea 2pm (Phoenix) October Thurs 19 Coffee Morning 10.30am Thurs 1 Coffee Morning 10.30am at Harry’s (Pride of Bournemouth) (Brownsea) Mon 5 Afternoon Tea 2pm Sun 22 Annual District Lunch 12.30pm (Phoenix) (Brownsea) Mon 5 Mixture Afternoon 2pm Mon 23 Pre Christmas 10am (Acorn) Get Together (Acorn) Wed 14 District Charity 2.30pm Cream Tea December Mon 19 Afternoon Tea 2pm Thurs 3 Christmas Coffee 10.30am (Phoenix) Morning (Pride of Bournemouth) Wed 21 Afternoon Tea 3pm at Stewarts Sat 5 Christmas Lunch 12 noon (Brownsea) (Phoenix) Sat 24 Skittles Night 7pm Sat 5 Christmas Event 12.15pm (Phoenix) (Acorn) Sat 24 Ploughman’s Supper 7.30pm Sun 6 Christmas Lunch 12.30pm with Beetle and Quiz with Brownsea (Pride of Bournemouth) Branch (Pride of Bournemouth) Wed 28 Lunch Club at 12 noon the Bridge House Tues 8 Christmas Party 7.30pm (Brownsea) (Pride of Bournemouth) Wed 9 Christmas 10.30am November Coffee Morning Mon 2 Afternoon Tea 2pm (Brownsea) (Phoenix) Tues 3 Supper and Bingo 7pm (Brownsea)
The Oddfellows is the trading name of The Independent Order of Odd Fellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society Limited, incorporated and registered in England and Wales No. 223F. Registered Office: Oddfellows House, 184-186 Deansgate, Manchester M3 3WB Spring 2020 | Issue 29 www.oddfellows.co.uk Wessex Wanderer News and views from your local friendship group
Poole Bridport and Yeovil Welcome to the 29th edition of your District Annual Lunch Newsletter The Wessex Wanderer
Why not send in an interesting article that we can include in our next edition of your newsletter? This could be a write up about your latest holiday, a family celebration, a hobby or pastime, or your favourite sport or team - ‘come on you cherries’! Once again our chairmen have been The Chairman of the District, Ron raising money for various charities Munro, was delighted to welcome and between the branches many many members and friends to the thousands of pounds have gone lunch with a special thank you to his to supporting local and national guest of honour Sister Jane Nelson, charities - well done everyone! Chief Executive of the Society Don’t forget if you have a favourite together with her husband Graham. charity let your secretary know and your Management Committee can The lunch was held at the Remedy Oak consider it for future support. Golf Club, a splendid venue with a Many of our members are unable superb meal. In her speech Sister Nelson to get to our events and socials but congratulated the District on the many explained it would be donated to a local they let us know that they really events that are arranged for the members hospice in her home area. enjoy reading the newsletter and and the fund raising involved. Every the events diary. So please, don’t branch was represented and the raffle Sister Ruth presented a cheque to Ron for leave it all to your social organisers was well supported. All proceeds went to his charity the Parkinson’s support group. to send in articles - have a go, Ferndown Support Group for Parkinson’s All too soon the happy afternoon came to we would love to hear from you, and two of their members were present. an end. Ron thanks you all for attending just like we did when Mary from Ron presented Sister Jane with a cheque the Annual District Lunch which is one of Hand-in-Hand sent in her articles for which she gave sincere thanks and the highlights for the District. and pictures - thank you Mary. How to contact your District
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www.facebook.com/ dorset-yeovil-oddfellows Acorn Annual Picnic Brownsea Coffee Goodness gracious how it rained Morning during the morning, should we go ahead or cancel? But by lunchtime Thursday 25 July the sun came out and although our Our July Coffee Morning at Julie usual place in the forest was very and Andrew’s house was such wet we found a grassy dry spot which a nice way to spend a morning was ideal. relaxing with friends. Tea, coffee, More members and friends soon arrived cakes and savouries (for those and the fun games started with the children who don’t have a sweet tooth) running backwards and forwards helping were the order of the day and as us to retrieve the wellies and balls when you can see from the pictures we they had been thrown too far. The quiz on were able to spend time outside trees was appropriate for the occasion, and enjoying each other’s company and their lovely garden. However, soon after folk brought out their picnics as you can see from the pictures, and chatted. Nigel and Don managed to escape After this we got into two teams for the to the Summer House to put the game of Smite. This was hilarious, new world to rights, compare notes and to us all so thank you Pat for bringing look after the goldfish in the pond! it. It finished off a happy afternoon that we thought may not happen due to the earlier weather.
Pride of Bournemouth Annual Garden Party Sunday 28 July
This year the weather was fantastic for our Annual Garden excellent at helping Edna with the raffle! At the end of Party, held in Edna and Norman’s beautiful garden. We the day an amazing £272 was raised for our Chairman’s would like to thank Edna and Norman for being such charity which is the Pulmonary Long Term Rehabilitation, wonderful hosts and for all their hard work to provide Thursday night group at Bournemouth Hospital. Thanks us with a lovely buffet lunch in gorgeous surroundings. to all who came along and helped make the Garden Party We had a very well supported raffle and the bring such a success. and buy stall was also popular. William and Liam were
2 Lunar Lunch Traditional In July the Poole, Bridport and ship hovered in the sky and a scrap book Yeovil District held a lunar lunch of newspaper cuttings from the actual Terms to celebrate fifty years since man time was on display for everyone to view. stepped onto the moon. All proceeds These are terms, which are used were for Parkinson’s Support Group by the Oddfellows in meetings On the tables were the space shuttles and and in publications. For those who in Ferndown and it was a pleasure soon everyone was tucking into sausage to welcome nine of the members are unfamiliar with some of them, and mash and assorted 60s desserts it may be helpful to refer to the list who were made very welcome by the including rice pudding and jam!!. Chairman of the District, Ron Munro. provided below. It is by no means Ron had chosen to raise funds for exhaustive, but these are some of Guessing the name of Teddy’s space ship this very worthwhile cause during his the most commonly used terms. was fun, and everyone was very generous year in office. The original terms have their in purchasing the tombola tickets with a origin in the history and ceremony chance to win and every ticket was sold. associated with the Oddfellows. Lift off was 11-30 and soon the hall was There were many raffle prizes and grateful buzzing with members and friends viewing thanks go to the large number who Grand Master (GM) - and buying from the bring and buy stalls attended, supported both the tombola Chairman of the Society with books and puzzles and other goodies. and raffle and joined in the spirit of the The stage set was much admired with occasion. This event raised £475. A huge Provincial Grand Master (PGM) - Ted looking through a full size telescope thank you to you from near and far. District Chairman towards the moon and stars. The space Past Provincial Grand Master (PPGM) - Former District Chairman
Provincial Corresponding Secretary - District Secretary
Immediate Past Provincial Grand Master (IPPGM) - Immediate Past District Chairman
Vice Grand (VG) - Deputy Branch Chairman
Noble Grand (NG) - Branch Chairman
Lodge - Local Branch
Sister and Brother - The Oddfellows is a fraternal organisation which means membership is like belonging to a family. This is why many members refer to each other as Brother and Sister (as members of the trade unions used to).
Annual Movable Conference (AMC) - Brownsea Coffee Morning Held each year in the month at The Spire of May at different locations. Ritual - In August we enjoyed coffee with therapy, whilst others met up again Traditional Oddfellows friends at The Spire in the High for lunch in a local hostelry! All in Ceremonies Street, Poole. It was lovely to meet all, a lovely way to spend a few up for a chat with old friends, and hours, putting the world to rights, meet some new ones! After our people watching and enjoying coffee some of us had some retail each other’s company.
3 Pride of Bournemouth District Tea Party The Chairman of the District, Ron Munro, welcomed all Coffee Mornings to Three Cross for an Afternoon Tea Party of sandwiches, scones and cakes. The Pride of Bournemouth Coffee Mornings continue to be enjoyable events, with many members and Very soon everyone was having a go at five easy games, a quiz, friends joining us on a regular basis to catch up with spin the wheel, how many pasta pieces in the jar, ten ball pickup friends, have a natter over their coffee, enjoy Edna’s and guess the weight of the cake. home made cakes and maybe win a raffle prize or two. Two folk guessed the exact weight of the cake so this was duly The August coffee morning saw more than double the expected cut in half for each to take home. Ron was pleased to welcome number come and join in the fun - with William, Margaret’s five members from the Parkinson’s Support Group in Ferndown grandson, helping Edna with the raffle! The November and which is his chosen charity whilst in office. The refreshments went December Coffee Mornings were particularly busy with new down well with the usual cuppa, as did the bring and buy with folk joining us for the morning. We have a lovely group of lots of different and new goods to purchase. The event raised over members and friends who come along regularly now - new £200 for the charity and sincere thanks go to all who donated friendships have been made, and hopefully more folk will raffle prizes and assisted in any way. want to join us in the future.
Acorn Coffee Morning and Lunch In August Acorn members and answers correct. The preserves sold well soon it was time for the raffle and to say friends arrived for coffee and on the bring and buy with a quick dash goodbye. All proceeds were for Riding biscuits and very soon were meeting home to get more supplies, and we were for the Disabled stables in Three Legged with friends both old and new to delighted with the extra paperback books. Cross and grateful thanks go to all who begin the day. There were two A glass of Pimms with the salad lunch helped in any way to make the August classes of cooking, and four classes and puddings went down well and all too event a happy day. of photographs everyone could enter if they so wished. All the entries for the sultana cakes and decorated fairy cakes looked delicious and the photographs were cleverly thought out. The judges had a task on their hands and the winners were chuffed with the token prizes. Teddy’s favourite pudding turned out to be Christmas Pudding even if a little early in the year!! The quiz was on which country ate which food with 6 folk getting all 20
4 District Coffee Morning Acorn Friendship Tea Party
Soon after 10am West Moors hall was buzzing with members and friends who had come to support the District Coffee Morning in aid of the Ferndown Support Group for Parkinson’s.
There were around 10 stalls full of bargains to purchase. The cake stall, tombola, bric Everyone soon arrived and it a brac, books and puzzles did a roaring was a pleasure to welcome trade. A new addition to the similar event two friends who had not joined held in June were the bags of potatoes, us previously. pick your own jacket potato from a box, and bowls of tomatoes. These sold out. The quiz was Famous Friends from The cakes and preserves did very well films and television. This proved to and a brisk trade continued all morning be fun and some members and friends in the annexe with the refreshments, all had brought photographs of their at nominal prices. As always books and Ron Munro expresses his sincere thanks to best friends, some recent and some puzzles were popular and some people everyone who supported the event, loaded from childhood days and these were from the village and surrounding villages their cars with boxes, manned the stalls, a reminder of what we wore during were happy to take away information of produced the refreshments and on the day those years. events and benefits of becoming a member did all those odd jobs that had not been of the society. thought of previously. The puzzles went very well as did many new things on the bring and buy. Some of the friends from the Parkinson’s The magnificent sum of just over £800 The free meat raffle was well received group came along and joined in the fun of was raised for the support group. Thank as were the refreshments and scones. the morning. The Chairman of the District, you one and all. We met in the Guide Hall which had a splendid new kitchen which was a pleasure to work in. A quick resume was given of the benefits of becoming a member of the Society and in due course the branch will hold another informal afternoon to elaborate on these benefits.
Thank you for all the support at our Friendship Month event and the many raffle prizes. A happy afternoon, although we did all get a bit wet going home!
5 Pride of Bournemouth Bingo and Fish and Chip Supper
Well, it was ‘eyes down and look in’ very sorry that we couldn’t accommodate Bingo evenings, or is it the Fish and Chips for another excellent evening of fun all those who wanted to come along. - are so popular! and laughter at Tuckton Social Club! Hopefully we will do it all again soon as Trevor was our fantastic ‘caller’ and we all enjoyed the lovely supper from the local fish & chip shop. The full houses and ‘flyers’ were a bit tense with cash prizes to be won. Thank you to Amber and Julian for helping Trevor with the checking of the bingo cards and distribution of the prizes.
We literally had a full house for this event which is always popular and we were Brownsea Friendship Coffee Morning
We had a lovely time, enjoying everyone enjoyed a good natter. from the pictures Pat won a prize! tea, coffee, cake and savouries The raffle was very well supported, Many thanks to Julie and Andrew for in Julie and Andrew’s beautiful raising funds as usual for Forest their hospitality, and to everyone garden for our Friendship Month Holme Hospice, our chairman’s who came and made the morning Coffee Morning. New friends charity this year - thanks so much so enjoyable. (and members) were made and for your support! As you can see
Brownsea Friendship Afternoon Tea Our Friendship Month Afternoon Tea The raffle for Forest Holme Hospice at the East Dorset Lawn Tennis and made over £100 which was amazing - Croquet Club was a great success - our chairman, Margaret White, would thanks to everyone who came and like to thank everyone for supporting made is so enjoyable! As usual the Forest Holme this year. Friendship and club put on a fantastic spread for us supporting one another is what we’re all to enjoy and there were many new about and we hope to see many of those faces who came along to meet us. who came along at future events.
6 Pride of Bournemouth Friendship Acorn Tea and Coffee Morning Harvest Tea It was almost a full house for our events. Thanks to all our wonderful Friendship Tea and Coffee Morning volunteers for helping make the at Tuckton Social Club at the morning a great success. The raffle beginning of September. Friends old went with a swing, the bookstall was and new came along and enjoyed a well supported, and the refreshments busy morning with us. We hope to see were a huge success as usual. many of the new faces again at future
Members and friends arrived early to support the event and the tables looked fine with harvest Hand-in-Hand Friendship Month garlands and flowers.
Dog Racing Night Members were soon engrossed in a quiz on cheeses and grains and in between had a go on spin the wheel for the highest number out of three spins. Meanwhile in the kitchen various breads and cheeses were being prepared together with other savouries and cakes.
A free raffle for cheese and biscuits was the usual fun and the bring and buy did extremely well during the afternoon.
It was a pleasure to welcome five people who had visited the District Coffee Morning the previous month. Thank you to all who assisted in any In ‘Friendship Month’ about 25 chase, with some winning and way. All proceeds went to Riding for members and friends, joined some not! There was also a the Disabled in Three Legged Cross. us for a pleasant evening with raffle and by the end of the A happy autumn afternoon. quiz sheets on the tables and a evening £52 was added to the ploughman’s supper. Everyone Chairman’s charity (the local was placing bets on the ‘dogs’ heart foundation). and with all the thrill of the
7 Brownsea Lunch Club
In October we decided to try The Pilot on Canford Heath for our Lunch Club, and welcomed a good number of members and friends, old and new, to the event. The food was amazing value for money and everyone enjoyed catching up and very kindly Hand-in-Hand Presentation Evening joined in the raffle which was for Forest Holme Hospice, our Representatives of twelve charities chairman’s charity for the year. came to receive £200 each with We would like to thank everyone the Chairman’s charity, the local who came along and made the Heart Foundation receiving over event so enjoyable. £1,200. A pleasant evening with refreshments being served was enjoyed by all who attended the evening.
Pride of Bournemouth Southbourne Clifftop Walk
Having met at Café Riva in Southbourne for coffee, we took a leisurely stroll along the cliffs in brilliant sunshine. This year we were Phoenix Branch joined by Teddy, Julia and Dave’s lovely dog, the first time we have had Skittling Fun a four legged friend along for one of our walks! It was so nice to have Teddy with us and he was a very good boy, enjoying all the fuss we made of him. long time to get to us all was well in the Some friends preferred not to walk, but end. Julia and Dave very kindly made sure joined us for Lunch at Boscombe Cliff that Pat and Bryan got home safely and we Bowling Club. The lunch was excellent were all relieved to know that Bryan was and the ladies coped very well with our soon feeling better. Phoenix Branch of the Oddfellows large numbers. We all enjoyed a good arranged the ever popular skittles chat together and a relaxing time in the Thanks to everyone who came along, fun night in October at The Swan sunshine. Unfortunately one of our guests especially the lovely Paramedics who in Stalbridge. No teams, but the didn’t feel so good and the ambulance was Blackmore Vale Branch of the helped Bryan! called and although they took rather a Oddfellows and the Blackmore Vale Branch of the U3A enjoyed cheering each other on. Special thanks go to Andy and Alison of the Swan for the fantastic hot supper they provided at half- time (not a chip in sight!). Money raised was shared with the Swan’s charities of choice and a raffle also raised a spot of cash for the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance on behalf of the Oddfellows.
8 Pride of Bournemouth Evening Brownsea Coffee Boat Trip - Poole Quay Morning at Harry’s Bar It was lovely to welcome members We thought we would try something home! Some of us enjoyed another drink and friends to Harry’s Bar in new - an Evening Boat trip with a at a local pub and then returned to the Canford Cliffs for our November Fish and Chip Supper. Unfortunately boat for the return leg of the trip. As the Coffee Morning. Harry’s is under the weather was not kind to us and it tide was in at Wareham getting back on new management, the bar has didn’t stop raining all night! However the boat was more than a little tricky for been refurbished, and Michael it didn’t dampen our spirits and we all some of us, especially if we were vertically was happy to welcome us all had a great time and a good laugh - challenged, as the skipper had forgotten to this lovely venue. Some of well, you had to really! The Fish and the step! As we came back towards the us enjoyed a breakfast, others Chips were excellent and there was quay the fireworks were spectacular, but if had cake and some had toasted a tiny bar on board where we could you wanted to enjoy them to the full you tea cakes which were fantastic. buy a drink or two. had to get even wetter - which many of I have to say that some of us us did! Thanks so much to all who came had a breakfast on arrival and We disembarked at Wareham and had a along for the trip - maybe we will do it then a cake later on! I will name walk around the town, but not too far of again another time. no names but I expect you can course as we didn’t want to miss the boat guess who was involved!! Some of Michael’s lovely customers joined in the raffle with us which was so kind of them and helped us raise more funds for Forest Holme.
Pride of Bournemouth Recruitment and Membership Shields
Brownsea Bingo and
Supper at The New Inn The Pride of Bournemouth Branch were thrilled to win both the The Brownsea Branch had a brilliant had a great time, met some lovely new Recruitment and Membership evening at The New Inn in November! people and made over £120 for Forest Shields for 2018. Unfortunately Trevor from the Pride of Bournemouth Holme Hospice. the pictures taken at the Half- Branch very kindly lent us his bingo Yearly District Meeting didn’t come out so our District machine and we all enjoyed the It was so nice that the pub regulars Chairman, Ron Munro, very kindly games, winning the cash prizes joined in the Bingo and the Raffle which and having a great laugh together. agreed to come to a business made the evening even more enjoyable. meeting to present the shields Andrew was our novice Bingo caller Margaret would like to thank everyone - he did his best! and have some pictures taken. who came along and made the evening The Branch Chairman during such a success. The raffle was very well supported and 2018 was Norman Daniels and by the end of the evening we had all as you can see from the pictures he was a bit obliterated once the presentations had been made!
9 Pride of Bournemouth Brownsea Ploughman’s Supper Afternoon Tea -
This year Corn Dollies were the order who helped make the evening such Stewart’s at God’s of the day at our autumn event! a success. Blessing Lane Marion did a fantastic job organising all the ‘dollies’ and we had some As usual a raffle was held for the Pulmonary Originally we had planned to go lovely results as you can see from our Long Term Rehabilitation,Thursday night back to The Sweet Home but as pictures. The Ploughman’s Supper group at Bournemouth Hospital, and they had recently changed hands was well received and we would like Marion would like to thank everyone for we had a change of plan and to thank all our wonderful volunteers supporting her charity once again. went back to Stewart’s instead.
As usual the food was fantastic, we all enjoyed a relaxing time and had a chat over our tea, which none of us could finish!! Stewart’s very kindly provided boxes so we could take home the leftovers - so nothing was wasted. Some of us had spent a pleasant time perusing the lovely Garden Centre and came away with a few bargains. Hopefully we will get a few more members and friends joining us next time.
Hand-in- Hand Harvest Supper
At our Harvest Supper held in October about 70 people enjoyed a traditional harvest supper with jacket potatoes, a selection of meats, and salads and sweets to follow. There was a raffle, auction, another quiz and socialising with plenty of catching up.
10 Pride of Bournemouth Afternoon Tea and Talk on the Hampshire Swift Society
Darrell Sturmey, one of our newer members, and a very enthusiastic supporter of all our feathered friends, gave us a very interesting talk on the Hampshire Swift Society at our November Afternoon Tea. I’m not too sure how a flamingo got in on the act, but it was good fun to welcome him! The talk was much appreciated by the guests and many questions were asked and answered and we were able to compare Swifts, Swallows and House Martins - we all learnt a lot and it was lovely to have recordings of the swifts in flight. Who knew that the swifts spend most of their lives on the wing - eating, drinking, sleeping?
The Afternoon Tea refreshments were excellent and we would like to thank everyone who helped in any way to help make the afternoon such a success - with big thanks to Darrell, of course, for his entertaining talk. District Early Christmas Tea and Music
The Chairman of the District, Ron Munro, welcomed and buy tables, chatted to friends and very soon it was time over 50 members and friends from the District to for refreshments and desserts. And for some, the first mince an early Christmas tea party to raise funds for the pie!! Meanwhile Julia played background music, we had a free Ferndown Parkinson’s Support Group. The tables were raffle for groceries and members generously purchased ticket laid festive fashion and it was great to have Julia with for Parkinson’s to win one of 4 Christmas Hampers and other us who made it a fun afternoon for all. Her musical quiz festive goodies to be drawn early December. had everyone guessing and overall the ladies beat the gents (we think). We finished with some well-known Christmas songs and everyone joined in and tapped their feet. Thank you to all who We then had an interlude and all had a go at the Christmas bought and purchased raffle tickets or assisted in any way with general knowledge quiz, bought many items from the bring a special thank you to Julia for her entertainment.
11 Joint Christmas Lunch For the third year running Brownsea and Pride of Bournemouth joined forces to enjoy our Christmas festivities together and it was lovely to welcome members and friends from the other lodges and surrounding Districts. The raffle was very well supported and Margaret (Brownsea) and Marion (Pride of Bournemouth) would like to thank everyone who brought Hand-in-Hand Christmas Bingo along prizes or bought the raffle tickets to help raise over £225 in The hall was filled with many arriving been generously donated. Great fun total for their two charities. Shrek early to get a seat. Mary was our was had by all and a further £400 (better known as Ian Field) paid us excellent ‘caller’ and there were lots was added to the Chairman’s charity. a visit once again from Salisbury, of seasonal prizes, with many having the food was excellent as always and a good time was had by all. Hopefully we will see everyone next year if the new chairmen agree to return to the Riviera once again.
Brownsea Christmas Coffee Morning
Julie and Andrew very kindly hosted our Christmas Coffee Morning which was a very enjoyable time spent in good company with lovely refreshments. We all had a good natter and the raffle for Forest Holme was well supported once again. Margaret would like to thank everyone who has helped raise funds for Forest Holme this year.
12 Acorn Festive Lunch
The helpers all arrived early to Shortly afterwards prepare the hall and prepare the Father Christmas food ready for the event. The hall, arrived with a gift for as always, had been beautifully all and as always, the decorated for us and the tables and singing of the Twelve chairs were soon put into position. Days of Christmas Meanwhile the bring and buy table raised the roof. With was being laid out with everything the generosity of from Christmas gifts, decorations, to everyone the tombola books and pots of hyacinth bulbs. At tickets sold out and the other end of the hall the glasses everyone that won was able to go home with were put on trays ready for that glass of bubbly with the meal. Members festive fare or goodies. It was the last event Oddfellows and friends soon arrived and by the of the year for Riding for the Disabled in dedication of the chefs and helpers Three Legged Cross and sincere thanks go to Members: the meal was served on time. everyone who donated prizes and helped in Do you need help? so many ways at this Christmas event. Local Care and Welfare Support To request contact from a Welfare Visitor and for local help and information about Branch benefits and benevolence contact Andrew on 01202 743910 or email [email protected] or contact your Branch Secretary.
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Phoenix Fiddleford to the Rescue *The Oddfellows cannot provide legal advice and accepts no liability whatsoever for advice The Blackmore Vale Christmas provided by Citizens Advice, lunch hit a problem a week before which is an independent we were due to sit down and eat. The advice agency. If you have any tenant/manager of The White Hart queries about the advice you scarpered leaving all bookings and have received or wish to make the owners in the lurch. However, a complaint then you should due to a cancellation at the service. Our thanks go to Barrie contact Citizens Advice directly. Fiddleford Inn, we were welcomed and Ilze who couldn’t do enough Citizens Advice operate a with open arms, together with an for us - and also the chef, Art. We’ll formal complaints process. excellent meal, and good, smiley be back next Christmas!
13 Pride of Bournemouth Christmas Party The Pride of Bournemouth Christmas The various Christmas jumpers looked Party is always good fun and this very festive and the Christmas Raffle was year was no exception. Marion had a huge success. Our thanks must go to organised a brilliant pass-the- all the volunteers who made the event so parcel game with antlers passing enjoyable and to everyone who came along from one to another and special to enjoy the fun and help us raise more treats for the lucky ones, and a funds for Marion’s charity. At the end of snowball throwing competition the year the total raised for the Pulmonary which was hilarious. The usual card Long Term Rehabilitation Thursday Night game where the prizes changed Group at Bournemouth Hospital stood at hands throughout, with everyone just over £2,000 and Marion will carry wanting to win the chocolate or the Christmas decorations, was good on until March when we elect our new fun and the bring and share supper Chairman. Marion would like to thank was excellent. everyone for their amazing support so far.
Acorn Pre Christmas Coffee Morning As members and friends arrived they were greeted with were mince pies and crackers the quiz proved to be appropriate the aroma of bacon being cooked for the bacon rolls with the two winners receiving a small gift. It was a pleasure to together with other savoury nibbles to enjoy. Teddy Acorn welcome members who had not joined us before and hopefully was in attendance and all could have a guess on how we will see them again in the New Year. many Christmas cards he received in 2018. Jacqui had it spot on. Grateful thanks were accorded to all the helpers and for the splendid donated raffle prizes. A happy morning to the start of Meanwhile the bring and buy table did a roaring trade with the Festivities for the Acorn Branch. Christmas pieces to purchase and many other goodies. As there
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Lifting neighbourly spirit How well do you know members enjoy a strong support network to get them through the good, and the bad. your neighbours? So why not spread that net of kindness a little wider, by extending your hand of Many of us are guilty of being friendship to those who live around you? caught up in our busy lives, If you notice that your neighbour lives forgetting to stop and say hello. alone, has a lot on their plate, or doesn’t We share so much with the people often get many visitors, then why not stop who live on our street, but often we by to see if you can help? Colder seasons barely know their names. provide a great opportunity to drop a card through their door with your contact details A strong community spirit is something we for them to give you a call if they’re ever actively encourage. Our ethos of making in need of a helping hand. Or, better still, the trips out and the wonderful benefits of friends and helping people means that our extend the gesture with a knock on their membership? You can be sure they’ll receive door and a friendly hello. a warm welcome whenever they choose to come to an event. You don’t have to become their best friend, but being a friendly face and an ambassador Wishing you, your families and your for community spirit could be the lift your neighbours a very happy and healthy 2020. neighbourhood needs. I’m of the firm belief that you can never have too many social plans. Sometimes people just need someone to talk to, or someone to suggest getting out, so why not let them know A little neighbourly spirit goes a long way CEO, the Oddfellows about your Branch’s local coffee mornings, Sharing is caring – thank you Pat! We love to recognise those who go above What’s your favourite thing about the Oddfellows? and beyond when recommending the My favourite thing about being a member is having the Society to their friends. So we’re pleased opportunity to meet so many lovely people, and with new to share that Patricia Sexton, member of members joining all the time, it’s a lovely way to make some new the King’s Lynn Oddfellows, has achieved friends. My husband, Richard, is also a member, so it’s lovely to the Gold Refer a Friend Award. go to events as a couple as well.
Congratulations, Pat! What’s the general response when you first tell Thank you. I’m very grateful and proud to have reached this level. I really enjoy being people about the Oddfellows? Lots of people have heard of us, but they don’t know what we a member of the Oddfellows, and I often do. I’ll often show them a copy of our events diary and invite volunteer for a lot of the social activities, to them along to the next coffee morning or talk. Usually, at the help them run as smoothly as possible. end of the event, they’re keen to come to the next one! When did you join the Oddfellows, and why? It was a friend who referred me, actually! Back in late 2016, I Did you know we have a monthly attended a few events with my friend Violet, and I decided to e-newsletter? join in January 2017. I love the Oddfellows ethos of ‘making friends, helping people’, as it truly sums up what we do. Featuring exclusive member offers, real life stories, advice and news, it’s delivered direct to your email inbox once a month. If you don’t receive this already, How many members have you referred? speak to your Branch Secretary, or call Membership I’ve referred 23 new members so far, and I’m very blessed to have a on 0800 028 1810, so we can get you added to wonderful and rather large circle of friends who have seen how happy the mailing list. Oddfellows makes me, before joining on my recommendation. 15 Society News Issue 8
HA Andrews and the Lupus Trust
For the next three years, the When we visited the Lupus Tr ust, to Oddfellows’ HA Andrews Memorial present the first of three annual donations Fund is supporting the Lupus Trust which will total £85,000, we spoke with its research into how Lupus to Professor D’Cruz, Professor and develops, in order to find ways to Consultant Rheumatologist at Guy’s prevent or cure this lifelong condition. Hospital, London. He’s working closely So what is Lupus? with the research team and says: “This is a vital and very exciting piece of research Lupus is an autoimmune disease in which into Lupus, so we are extremely grateful antibodies, which usually work with The Oddfellows’ team is shown for the kind grant the Lupus Tr ust has the immune system to protect us from around the lab received from the Oddfellows to fund the infection, instead attack the body and project for 3 years.” cause disease. It is not known why these Fund by members of Ware Lodge, Brian and Pamela Weavers. Their son, Paul, was antibodies are made in Lupus patients, Lupus is often called “the great mimic”, diagnosed with the condition at just 17, or even how the system in healthy people as it can affect different parts of the body and as there’s no cure, he has lived with stops this from happening. and is often misdiagnosed. It is currently the effects ever since. The Lupus Research Team at Guy’s unknown what causes Lupus, although Hospital recently identified an immune Paul now 53, says: “Lupus leaves me studies have identified a definite genetic response pathway that is defective in feeling constantly exhausted and the skin tendency, which may be triggered and patients with the most severe forms of rashes which flare up occasionally have become active. It isn’t a contagious disease, Lupus. The HA Andrews Memorial Fund caused permanent scarring. Holidays are but there isn’t yet a cure, only treatments will support the team’s research into difficult, as I have to avoid the sunshine, which help to control symptoms. understanding B-cell defects in Lupus and sand can irritate my skin. As a college To learn more about Lupus, the Lupus patients, and what causes them. lecturer, I try not to let it get in the way Tr ust and the work they do, please visit of anything I do. When I found out the Why did we choose the Lupus Trust? www.lupus.org.uk Oddfellows was supporting the Lupus The Lupus Tr ust was suggested as a Tr ust, I was genuinely over the moon.” beneficiary of the HA Andrews Memorial
The fund will support the addition of Bekki CEO Jane Nelson and Grand Master Paul takes a closer look at the research Velounias (pictured) to the research team David Randall at the lab
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