August 2019 Copy

Where am I? Issue 229 August 2019 March’sSt. Mary’s Church, Shroton answer: The Village Hall window!

Mother’s Day The Shroton Lines is published by the Shroton Village Hall Commiee for the residents of the village. It is wrien, published and delivered by a small team of willing volunteers. Your thoughts and arcles are always A reminder to all! It’s Mothering Sunday on March welcome and should be addressed to the editor, Claire Low, either by hand to The Old Barn, by phone Shroton Armisce 100 31st! 07802753057 or by email to [email protected] Deadline for submissions is the 15th of each month. Shroton Church will be running a special Mothering 10 and 11 NovemberSunday Service, where we thank God for mothers, and have a posy of ﬂowers to give to all mothers present! Diary Dates this Month 11am - 4pm at the Shroton Village Hall Special weekday services 7 August Recycling (Green) 10.30-12.00 Coffee Morning People are parcularly encouraged to come to During Lent we have arranged three lunchme 14 August Rubbish (Black) the Hall aer the Sunday Remembrance Church SHROTON VILLAGE SHOW meengs when we shall be exploring Luke’s Gospel. 10.30-12.00 Coffee Morning 21 August Recycling (Green) service. These are scheduled for Wednesday 13 March, 10.30-12.00 Coffee Morning 31 AUGUST NEW FORMAT! By Alex Smith There will be a Village history display and other 28 August Rubbish (Black) Wednesday 3 April and Wednesday 10 April all at 12 10.30-12.00 Coffee Morning The Annual Village Show is going ahead, rather at the last minute, WW1 displays - and many poppies made by both noon, and a Saturday meeng at 10am on 23 March. 31 August Shroton Village Show on August 31st. This year we are going to try a new format and the young and old from the Parish. More details on the posters in the village. take entries on the day itself. A schedule is aached with these Lunch and a Chat resumes back in Lines and more will be available in the Village Hall, Pub and around Refreshments available. Please just call in and Thank God for Fridays September the village during August. This will require a bit of paence to get give a lile thought to those from this Parish who right and everyone will have to work hard to sort their own entries are no longer with us but gave so much of their We connue with our monthly TGFF services, led by Coffee Morning in the Village Hall and correct payment out on the day. Schedule included with this lives to the Great War. Rev’d Chris Jervis. These enable us to look more month’s lines. Free admissiondeeply at some Chrisan beliefs. The next one will be The Cricketers Arms:

6.30 on Friday 15The 12 namedMarch. All welcome. Silhouettes that were placed on benches, in the Hall and Church were a The usual entries like produce, cookery and preserves, flowers, During the weekend there will be a poignant reminder of the 12 men who never returned after volunteering to fight in WW1. Tuesday Night - Pie Night £8.50 flower arranging, photography, handicras and children’s entries all commemorave Oak tree planted in the Fairfield Yes, it’s back! ShrotonFinally Community “Take Me Back Group to Dear Old Blighty”, which was an evening of Poetry, memoirs and (moved from Thursday) included. and the WW1 bench will be unveiled on the letters, a quiz and music from the Shroton Ukulele Band -and the Last Post played by Nick Fund Raising Fresh Fish Friday Glebe. Briggs, was extremely well received. Entries can be delivered to the hall between 10am and 12 (to give St David’s Day Book: 01258 860421 Thank you to all who supported the above - donations of over £300 will be split between extra me for the change of organisaon) with the hall reopening at 10 NovemberClothes, shoes, bags, hats, belts, coats, curtainsQuizSSAFA and andsheets Blind allVeterans wanted. UK. 2.30 for viewing. As a result of the new system the schedule is slightly reduced in size compared to previous years: it will be an 7.30pm-10pm at the Shroton Village HallWell done Shroton! In this month’s issue: interesng experiment and we can see aerwards how successful Friday,I am organising 1 March the “BagstoSchool” at 7.30 fund Editorial and Village Hall News - page 2 the process has been. Look forward to seeing you on August 31st! raising“Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty” scheme for the Shroton Community Parish Council News - page 6 An evening of WW1 Poetry, Memoirs, Music from Obituaries for Gordon Adam and Joan TheGroup. usual I will deliver format bags to each house- and House Moves.. leaveour very own Ukulele band, Quiz and “The Last bags in the Bus Shelter and in my Normal - page 7 teams of six. £5 per head, Ena Rees porch..pleasePost” will be played at the Shroton Village Hall. help yourself. The final date bring your own drinks for collection is 27 April. Please ring me and andTea and coffee available but bring plate of your nibbles Village Hedgehog Firstly, welcome to new villagers Wendy and John Gredley who have own food and drink.I will collect your filled bags. awareness note... moved in to Lileport on Main Street, Shroton. They are going to be busy renovang their new home, and have already met quite a few Tickets £2.50 from Judith Hewi 861565 TheBack Community by popular Group has demand been established Hedgehogs are neighbours by aending Coffee Morning in the Village Hall. They toor trevandjude@bnternet.com – organise C h r iCommunity s ’ l i v eevents. m u s i c hungry and need a have four grown up children, but only one lives nearby. They have Thankround! you for your support little help from us. Cat food seems to go been living in Stourpaine and have long dreamt of rering to Dorset. JudithProceeds to SSAFA and Blind Veterans UK 861565 down well. A little dish of water, not milk as previously thought, would be much Secondly, Jason, Theresa and daughter Amber Macintosh have Contact Anne Pearson – moved from Lileport all the way to New Field Lane, where they are appreciated in this heat. Please check 863892, to book a table Saturday enjoying the extra space and are happy to have been able to stay in areas to be strimmed or bonfires first for or if you need to make Shroton! sleeping hedgehogs. up a team Editorial - Claire Low Village Hall News Andy Rees Dear Everyone, Meggy Moo’s Having a In July we held two Sunday aernoon Cream Teas, celebration tea or This comes to you from hot and steamy Abruzzo! I am one rather beer supported than the other, but Park Farm, Bessells Lane, Shroton DT11 8TP friends for coffee so pleased that the Shroton Village Show is taking both turning out to be enjoyable occasions because Are you looking to reduce your plastic waste and want to make it place again, thank you Alex Smith, and look forward to of the chance to enjoy the company of friends and a special - call Kate. seeing all the creave entries that the village is so surprising number of walkers and other visitors. & food miles? good at! Alex has shared a programme with this (Purely by chance, the neighbour of a maiden aunt Try our new self-service milk vending Treat your friends month’s lines, do get in touch with her if you have any who lives in Doynton near Bristol was walking the with showstopping queries. Way and I learned had been living next door to my machine. cakes and tarts. aunt for more than 50 years: ‘small world’ and we The Cricketers are offering a 30% discount off bills for only discovered the connecon by chance!) We Fresh, pasteurised Whole or Semi-Skimmed anyone that comes in for lunch Monday to Friday, must be sure to try and avoid clashing with milk, dispensed straight into a reusable glass whilst the A350 road closure takes place between Wimbledon and cricket finals and the Formula 1 bottle, recyclable polybottle or bring your 29 July to13 August and from 12:00-12:45. Grand Prix, which understandably kept some own clean container from home. potenal visitors at home! Nevertheless we I have been asked to remind you to use our village managed to raise £275 for the much depleted Simple to use, accepts coins, notes & gives Village Hall funds. website, which is kept updated by Jim Bird. Please can change. you let him know of any updates. www.shroton.org Special menon must be made of Angela £1.00 per litre All the best, Claire Carpenter’s famous elderflower cake with gooseberry jam and cream and Trevor Knight’s Available 7am – 7pm, 7 days a week simply scrumpous fruit cake, both of which were triumphs! Tel. 07908267410

www.meggymoosdairy.co.uk Our next event will be the Village Pétanque Compeon on 18 August which anyone interested is welcome to join. Please see the advert in this issue of the Lines. Painter and Decorator & Property Maintenance Finally, a new venture is being provided on Saturday 14 September, when we will have the musicians ‘Hungrytown’ coming to entertain us with their folk Exterior offer running all this summer music as part of a tour of village halls across England. Wine will be available on the evening and We also do decking ﬁtting and we very much hope this will be something new for villagers and their guests to enjoy. Please see the treatments. Shroton villagers adversement in Shroton Lines for details, and put discount. this date in your diaries! Call Kevin 07887 988591 Sunday Tea Party for Horatio’s Garden... Coal Merchants NATURAL BEAUTY

Delicious cakes, Biscuits and scones arrived at the hall Open sacks delivered to your door! Mobile Beauty Therapist from neighbours, friends and family. Generous Beauty Treatments in the comfort of your own home donaons, raffle prizes and help from many in the Contact F Compton village and our family. The Glen, Berwick St John Manicure / Pedicure I Waxing I Shellac I Facials A wonderful £300.15 was raised for Horao’s Garden Shaftesbury, SP7 0HD Massage I Lash/Brow Tinting I Pamper Parties appeal and was given over to the charity on 12th June. We are so grateful for all your support. Many, many Please call with enquiries or orders For more information call thanks to everyone who came and joined the fun and 01747828353 or www.fcomptoncoal.co.uk 07920 269664 donated so much. And, special thanks to all those who [email protected] helped make it happen… Helen & Marn Editorial - Claire Low Village Hall News Andy Rees Dear Everyone, Meggy Moo’s Having a In July we held two Sunday aernoon Cream Teas, celebration tea or This comes to you from hot and steamy Abruzzo! I am one rather beer supported than the other, but Park Farm, Bessells Lane, Shroton DT11 8TP friends for coffee so pleased that the Shroton Village Show is taking both turning out to be enjoyable occasions because Are you looking to reduce your plastic waste and want to make it place again, thank you Alex Smith, and look forward to of the chance to enjoy the company of friends and a special - call Kate. seeing all the creave entries that the village is so surprising number of walkers and other visitors. & food miles? good at! Alex has shared a programme with this (Purely by chance, the neighbour of a maiden aunt Try our new self-service milk vending Treat your friends month’s lines, do get in touch with her if you have any who lives in Doynton near Bristol was walking the with showstopping queries. Way and I learned had been living next door to my machine. cakes and tarts. aunt for more than 50 years: ‘small world’ and we The Cricketers are offering a 30% discount off bills for only discovered the connecon by chance!) We Fresh, pasteurised Whole or Semi-Skimmed anyone that comes in for lunch Monday to Friday, must be sure to try and avoid clashing with milk, dispensed straight into a reusable glass whilst the A350 road closure takes place between Wimbledon and cricket finals and the Formula 1 bottle, recyclable polybottle or bring your 29 July to13 August and from 12:00-12:45. Grand Prix, which understandably kept some own clean container from home. potenal visitors at home! Nevertheless we I have been asked to remind you to use our village managed to raise £275 for the much depleted Simple to use, accepts coins, notes & gives Village Hall funds. website, which is kept updated by Jim Bird. Please can change. you let him know of any updates. www.shroton.org Special menon must be made of Angela £1.00 per litre All the best, Claire Carpenter’s famous elderflower cake with gooseberry jam and cream and Trevor Knight’s Available 7am – 7pm, 7 days a week simply scrumpous fruit cake, both of which were triumphs! Tel. 07908267410

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Here to make life easier Please call Miss Ball 01258 861651 or 07938 389250 Parish Council News Young Peoples voices at parish council meetings At the July 2019 council meeting Cllr Morris proposed Next Parish Council Meeting the idea of having a time within the council meeting Obituaries Will be on Wednesday 18 September 2019 in the given over to young people of the Parish to talk to the Shroton Village Hall and will start at 7:00 pm. There will meeting about things that matter to them. The council be no August 2019 meeting, unless urgent Parish would greatly value hearing from young people about business requires the Clerk to issue a Notice of whether this would be an opportunity they would like to Convening Order calling parish councillors to a meeting take up. Young people can respond to in order to address the urgent business. [email protected] or speak to the members of the parish council personally. Dorset Council – free Digital Learning sessions A350/C13 Updates: These sessions are free to the public and are taking 1. Public Notice - Temporary Closure of A350 place at: Stepleton Bends to Iwerne Minister This Order will Joan Norman 1. Shaftesbury Arts Centre (SP7 8AR) – Thursdays come into operation on Monday 29 July 2019; it is 10 am – 12 noon anticipated that these carriageway maintenance 11 October 1931 - 20 July 2019 2. Sturminster Newton Learning Centre (DT10 and patching works will be completed by Tuesday 1QU) – Mondays 9:30 – 12:30 noon 13 August 2019. The road will be closed on week- Joan’s funeral will take place on Friday 9 August at 11.30 3. Shaftesbury Library is the go-to location to meet days only between 0900 hrs - 1600 hrs to allow the in St Mary’s Church, Shroton, and refreshments will be digital champions trained by Dorset Council work to take place. A copy of the diversion route served aerwards in Shroton Village Hall. There will be All sessions are free to attend and potential learners map is on the parish council noticeboard and parish family flowers only and donaons to RDA (Riding for the need to ring 01305 – 221048 to book. Learners are website www.shroton.org (on the news and Disabled). welcome to bring their own phones, tablets and laptops. announcements page). 2. The C13 and Zig Zag Hill are re-opened. The Gordon Adam Joan was born and raised in Poole and met her husband, Public Consultations: weight triggered sign to divert HGV’s along the Des, at Parkstone Operac Society for which she was a 1. Polling Arrangements Dorset Council is A350 south bound is now active, it is anticipated 5 June 1932 – 9 July 2019 dancer. They had two children, Nicholas and Sarah, and required by law to review all polling district, polling that the sign for diverting north bound HGV’s along through their involvement as parents while the children places and polling stations in the Dorset Council the C13 will be installed by August 2019. The weight were at primary school they met former villagers Susan was joined by sons Douglas and Stuart and area by 31 January 2020. Public participation is triggered sign to warn of on-coming heavy vehicles Maurice and Jo Case who became such good friends many other family members, friends from far and required as Dorset Council is consulting the public on the C13 is yet to be installed a delay in that they followed the Cases to Shroton in 1987. When wide and also from Shroton, to celebrate the life of to seek their comments on the suitability of the manufacture has put this installation back to she was young, Joan worked as a doctor’s receponist Gordon in St Mary’s Church and in Shroton Village polling station where they voted in person on 2 October 2019. to DJ Tony Blackburn’s father. She later worked at Hall. Gordon died in Blandford Hospital where his May. The review has started and the first round of Traffic in the Village - Speed Limit Harbour Heights Hotel, Canford Cliffs, and then as a work with the League of Friends had raised over consultation ends on 27 August 2019. The The matter of a 30 M.P.H. Speed Limit for the village receponist at Plumber Manor from which she rered in £2,000,000 during his rerement. consultation document and information about the was discussed at the Annual Parish Meeting in May 2019 2013. current polling arrangements are available and will be an agenda item for future meetings of the Gordon was born in Edinburgh and originally online https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/ parish council. If the parish council is to move forward Joan and her husband played an acve part in the qualified as an engineer, but his career was a varied councillors-committees-elections/elections-and- with this work and research, village residents are Village Hall Commiee, working as Secretary and and interesng one in Scotland, England and voting/polling-arrangements-review.aspx and is on encouraged to join the parish council at these meeting Chairman for many years. With Mike Jones, they first travelling all over the world. the parish website www.shroton.org (on the news to discuss the options to support or oppose a village set up the Short Mat Bowling Club. Joan was involved and announcements page) or residents can contact speed limit. A copy of the current Dorset Council - unl very recently in organising and arranging church First of all he was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant 01305 838299 for accessing paper details. Revised DCC Speed Limit Policy (Dec 2017) is on the flowers, and was also somemes able to provide floral in the navy for his Naonal Service, a real honour as 2. Dorset residents have the opportunity to parish website www.shroton.org (on the news and decoraons for our Wednesday Coffee Mornings. Unl there were only 12 commissions given per year. He comment on Dementia Services in the County. The announcements page) and may provide useful recently she also delivered copies of Shroton Lines to then worked at Marks and Spencer from 1955 unl Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group have background information for this process. her neighbours. Joan managed to do some very he rered in 1988. This culminated in him being proposed options to make improvements to the adventurous travel in her later years, vising her brother Advance notice of cycling event 4 August 2019 awarded an OBE for services to export in 1987; he delivery of dementia services and residents have whom she hadn’t seen for 45 years, in Australia in 2000. Please view www.shroton.org – news and was a Vice-president of the Brish Clothing Export the opportunity to take part by 11 August 2019. With Nicholas’s help she also visited cousins in California announcements page for details a course map for an Council, working with the President, Princess Anne. Please use www.dorsetccg.nhs.uk/dementia/ for event planned for a non-competitive cycling sportive in 2016, which shows her sense of adventure! accessing details and be prepared to pass this link taking place on Sunday 4 August 2019 out of Salisbury Many in Shroton will remember his stylish clothes onto family and other interested contacts. Joan will be sadly missed by her friends in the village Racecourse. The parish council has been contacted as and his love of a party. We send our condolences 3. Please find below details of an on-line survey both at the church and at coffee mornings and our sections of the route pass through specific areas within and warmest good wishes to Susan and all the family. being run by the NHS Dorset Clinical our locality in Dorset. Residents with any questions/ Lunch and Chat gatherings. Joan’s love of her garden, Commissioning Group. Find out more and share enquiries should contact UK Cycling Events 01425 her view of Hambledon and her befriending of birds will your thoughts on the NHS Dorset priorities by 653372 or email [email protected] be remembered, as will her elegance in her dress sense completing the online survey and her readiness to be sociable in her village LK 21/07/19 Parish Clerk community. [email protected] Parish Council News Young Peoples voices at parish council meetings At the July 2019 council meeting Cllr Morris proposed Next Parish Council Meeting the idea of having a time within the council meeting Obituaries Will be on Wednesday 18 September 2019 in the given over to young people of the Parish to talk to the Shroton Village Hall and will start at 7:00 pm. There will meeting about things that matter to them. The council be no August 2019 meeting, unless urgent Parish would greatly value hearing from young people about business requires the Clerk to issue a Notice of whether this would be an opportunity they would like to Convening Order calling parish councillors to a meeting take up. Young people can respond to in order to address the urgent business. [email protected] or speak to the members of the parish council personally. Dorset Council – free Digital Learning sessions A350/C13 Updates: These sessions are free to the public and are taking 1. Public Notice - Temporary Closure of A350 place at: Stepleton Bends to Iwerne Minister This Order will Joan Norman 1. Shaftesbury Arts Centre (SP7 8AR) – Thursdays come into operation on Monday 29 July 2019; it is 10 am – 12 noon anticipated that these carriageway maintenance 11 October 1931 - 20 July 2019 2. Sturminster Newton Learning Centre (DT10 and patching works will be completed by Tuesday 1QU) – Mondays 9:30 – 12:30 noon 13 August 2019. The road will be closed on week- Joan’s funeral will take place on Friday 9 August at 11.30 3. Shaftesbury Library is the go-to location to meet days only between 0900 hrs - 1600 hrs to allow the in St Mary’s Church, Shroton, and refreshments will be digital champions trained by Dorset Council work to take place. A copy of the diversion route served aerwards in Shroton Village Hall. There will be All sessions are free to attend and potential learners map is on the parish council noticeboard and parish family flowers only and donaons to RDA (Riding for the need to ring 01305 – 221048 to book. Learners are website www.shroton.org (on the news and Disabled). welcome to bring their own phones, tablets and laptops. announcements page). 2. The C13 and Zig Zag Hill are re-opened. The Gordon Adam Joan was born and raised in Poole and met her husband, Public Consultations: weight triggered sign to divert HGV’s along the Des, at Parkstone Operac Society for which she was a 1. Polling Arrangements Dorset Council is A350 south bound is now active, it is anticipated 5 June 1932 – 9 July 2019 dancer. They had two children, Nicholas and Sarah, and required by law to review all polling district, polling that the sign for diverting north bound HGV’s along through their involvement as parents while the children places and polling stations in the Dorset Council the C13 will be installed by August 2019. The weight were at primary school they met former villagers Susan was joined by sons Douglas and Stuart and area by 31 January 2020. Public participation is triggered sign to warn of on-coming heavy vehicles Maurice and Jo Case who became such good friends many other family members, friends from far and required as Dorset Council is consulting the public on the C13 is yet to be installed a delay in that they followed the Cases to Shroton in 1987. When wide and also from Shroton, to celebrate the life of to seek their comments on the suitability of the manufacture has put this installation back to she was young, Joan worked as a doctor’s receponist Gordon in St Mary’s Church and in Shroton Village polling station where they voted in person on 2 October 2019. to DJ Tony Blackburn’s father. She later worked at Hall. Gordon died in Blandford Hospital where his May. The review has started and the first round of Traffic in the Village - Speed Limit Harbour Heights Hotel, Canford Cliffs, and then as a work with the League of Friends had raised over consultation ends on 27 August 2019. The The matter of a 30 M.P.H. Speed Limit for the village receponist at Plumber Manor from which she rered in £2,000,000 during his rerement. consultation document and information about the was discussed at the Annual Parish Meeting in May 2019 2013. current polling arrangements are available and will be an agenda item for future meetings of the Gordon was born in Edinburgh and originally online https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/ parish council. If the parish council is to move forward Joan and her husband played an acve part in the qualified as an engineer, but his career was a varied councillors-committees-elections/elections-and- with this work and research, village residents are Village Hall Commiee, working as Secretary and and interesng one in Scotland, England and voting/polling-arrangements-review.aspx and is on encouraged to join the parish council at these meeting Chairman for many years. With Mike Jones, they first travelling all over the world. the parish website www.shroton.org (on the news to discuss the options to support or oppose a village set up the Short Mat Bowling Club. Joan was involved and announcements page) or residents can contact speed limit. A copy of the current Dorset Council - unl very recently in organising and arranging church First of all he was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant 01305 838299 for accessing paper details. Revised DCC Speed Limit Policy (Dec 2017) is on the flowers, and was also somemes able to provide floral in the navy for his Naonal Service, a real honour as 2. Dorset residents have the opportunity to parish website www.shroton.org (on the news and decoraons for our Wednesday Coffee Mornings. Unl there were only 12 commissions given per year. He comment on Dementia Services in the County. The announcements page) and may provide useful recently she also delivered copies of Shroton Lines to then worked at Marks and Spencer from 1955 unl Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group have background information for this process. her neighbours. Joan managed to do some very he rered in 1988. This culminated in him being proposed options to make improvements to the adventurous travel in her later years, vising her brother Advance notice of cycling event 4 August 2019 awarded an OBE for services to export in 1987; he delivery of dementia services and residents have whom she hadn’t seen for 45 years, in Australia in 2000. Please view www.shroton.org – news and was a Vice-president of the Brish Clothing Export the opportunity to take part by 11 August 2019. With Nicholas’s help she also visited cousins in California announcements page for details a course map for an Council, working with the President, Princess Anne. Please use www.dorsetccg.nhs.uk/dementia/ for event planned for a non-competitive cycling sportive in 2016, which shows her sense of adventure! accessing details and be prepared to pass this link taking place on Sunday 4 August 2019 out of Salisbury Many in Shroton will remember his stylish clothes onto family and other interested contacts. Joan will be sadly missed by her friends in the village Racecourse. The parish council has been contacted as and his love of a party. We send our condolences 3. Please find below details of an on-line survey both at the church and at coffee mornings and our sections of the route pass through specific areas within and warmest good wishes to Susan and all the family. being run by the NHS Dorset Clinical our locality in Dorset. Residents with any questions/ Lunch and Chat gatherings. Joan’s love of her garden, Commissioning Group. Find out more and share enquiries should contact UK Cycling Events 01425 her view of Hambledon and her befriending of birds will your thoughts on the NHS Dorset priorities by 653372 or email [email protected] be remembered, as will her elegance in her dress sense completing the online survey and her readiness to be sociable in her village LK 21/07/19 Parish Clerk community. [email protected]