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www.marnhullmessenger.org.uk December 2015 - Issue 60 From the Surgeries Gardening Tips From The Churches From The Schools What’s new from Monthly tips All the latest The latest from our local doctors from our village news from the our village surgeries experts churches schools page 7 page 21 page 12 page 14 Happy Christmas From the Marnhull Messenger! This Christmas scene was created by Georgina Horn, from St. Mary’s Primary School... G & A COOK Motor Vehicle Services Burton Street, Marnhull Tel: 01258 820239 General Repairs, Servicing, MOTs (Cars & Motorcycles), Brakes, Clutches, Diagnostics, Tyres, Wheel Alignment Petrol & Diesel Blandford Verwood Bournemouth Southampton 92% CBt and 125cc training pass Direct access advanced rate performance ridertraining enhanced rider scheme In association with Please call Andy for a free quote Call Mike Nelson for bookings/info: 01258 821036 Marnhull 01258 821427 01202 820170 Mobile 07939 196384 07944 162712 Email: [email protected] For more info visit: www.bikemaverick.co.uk www.marnhullmessenger.org.uk Introduction Marnhull Messenger Welcome to the November Marnhull Messenger Chris Ryu - Messenger Editor Well here we are... the last Messenger of 2015. A big thank you to all of the contributors, the Messenger committee and our fabulous distributors! Our village schools have once again held a competition for the children to have their picture on the front cover and this year’s winner is Georgina Horn - well done! There were so many entries this year and they were all so good. Abigail, St. Gregory’s Primary School We’ve selected a couple more to show off on this page. With this issue, you should also receive your copy of the Marnhull Directory. We hope that this proves useful to you. We rely on the Children’s Drawing village clubs, groups, etc to let us know if anything changes, but we’re confident that everything is up to date. Competition Runners-up Advertising Time is running out to book your advertising for next years Messenger... Don’t miss out, please contact Vaughan at: [email protected] Reminder Service Regular contributors will have probably noticed a new automated Rosie reminder service this month. This sends a reminder 2 weeks and then 3 days before the messenger deadline. There is a link at the St. Mary’s bottom of each email if you no longer want to receive them. If you’d like to sign-up to the service, please email me and I’ll add you to Primary School the list: [email protected] Next Issue As in previous years, there’s no Messenger in January and so the next deadline for your articles is the 19th January for the February edition. From all at the Messenger, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Marnhull Messenger Contact Details Editor: Chris Ryu - [email protected] Matthew 01258 821654 - 3 Corner Close, Marnhull, DT10 1PB St. Gregory’s Webmaster: Chris Ryu - as above Primary School Advertising: Vaughan Ham - [email protected] 01258 820344 - 24 Plowman Close, Marnhull, DT10 1LB Treasurer: Bill Shannon - [email protected] 01258 820890 Circulation: The Eveleighs - [email protected] 01258 821049 - Weavers House, Burton Street, Marnhull, DT10 1PS Chairman: Ian Gall - [email protected] 01258 820484 Disclaimer The opinions expressed in the articles and on the pages of the Marnhull Messenger are not necessarily those of the Marnhull Messenger. All the dates and details are as supplied by the contributing organisations.. The Marnhull Messenger is not responsible for errors or omis- sions, accuracy of the content, nor the failure of any published event to go ahead. The letters and articles published in this magazine are Deadline For Next Issue accepted in good faith and the views expressed therein are not necessarily the views of the Messenger Steering Committee, whose decisions on publication are delegated to the Editor and are final. This publication is provided for your use "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied; inclusion of an advertisement for an event or service does not imply that they are endorsed by the Marnhull Messenger. The Marnhull Messenger will take all reasonable precau- MID-DAY 19th January tions to ensure that the content is socially and morally acceptable. Privacy Policy E-mail all texts, announcements and other requests to: The Marnhull Messenger respects the privacy of organisations and persons who submit information for publication. Personal details, in- cluding photographs, will only be published if approved and submitted by organisations or individuals. No personal details will be given out [email protected] or sold to any third parties, whether individuals, organisations or companies.. Marnhull Messenger News & Events December 2015 Jack’s Fish n Chip Quiz Marnhull Fest at the Legion Save the Date! Saturday 5th December Saturday 23rd July 2016 7 for 7.30pm Full day of events - fun for all the family! Further information available in the New Year. £6 a head - team sizes flexible To book, call 01258 820800 or email Marnhull Parish Council [email protected] Have you been here a year? If you have then by now you would have found out about all the things Village Hall Supporters Club Marnhull has to offer; sports facilities, clubs, shops, and services of all descriptions, but I wonder if you have considered representing the Village This has been an excellent year for the Club, as we have sold 456 tickets and looking after the interests of all our neighbours. and thus raised over £1300 for the Village Hall maintenance. If you haven’t and have around five hours a month to spare how about The next Prize Draw will be at the WI Meeting in December, and the total becoming a Parish Councillor as there are vacancies. amount in prizes will be over £400. In the Messenger in January & February will be the entry forms for the If you would like to learn more then why not give me a call to find out year starting in March 2016. I do hope that all the present Supporters, how worthwhile it can be. and also the newcomers to Marnhull, will buy tickets. Cllr Trevor Vaughan MBE Chairman Marnhull Parish Council Shirley Blackford 01258 882636 Promoter [email protected] Annual Diary 2015 For Village Hall bookings please call All events are held at the Village Hall unless otherwise stated. 01258 821427 OR 07786 667796 December January February 2nd - Table Tennis Club - 2.15 - 5.45 p.m. 4th - Parish Council Meeting 1st - Parish Council Meeting 3rd - Toddler Group 6th - Table Tennis Club - 2.15 - 5.45 p.m. 3rd - Table Tennis Club - 2.15 - 5.45 p.m. 4th - Lunch Club 7th - Toddler Group 4th - Toddler Group 4th - Christmas Bingo 8th - Quiet Half Hour - St Gregory’s Church 5th - Fish n Chips Poppy quiz at the Legion £6 8th - WI - From Popes to Pop Stars. Ian Gall. This 12.00 noon is an open meeting, visitors welcome. 7th - Parish Council Meeting 11th - WI: Living with Blindness, Tony Castleton 7th - Christmas bingo at the Legion 7pm 10th - Table Tennis Club - 2.15 - 5.45 p.m. 12th - Garden Club - Weeds and their control - 8th - Garden Club - Club dinner and skittles including Japanese Knotweed 11th - Toddler Group 9th - Table Tennis Club - 2.15 - 5.45 p.m. 12th - Quiet Half Hour - Our Lady’s Church 13th Mothers’ Union - South America - talk by 12.00 noon 9th - Mothers’ Union - Christmas Event Kerry Gardiner 10th - Toddler Group 15th - Marnhull Music Society - Ladies’ Choice 13th - Table Tennis Club - 2.15 - 5.45 p.m. 11th - Headland charity concert at the Legion Presented by Judy Fyfe Tickets £5 14th - Toddler Group 17th - Table Tennis Club - 2.15 - 5.45 p.m. 11th - Quiet Half Hour - Methodist Church 18th - Marnhull Music Society - Presentation by 18th - Toddler Group 12.00 noon Judith Forster 24th - Table Tennis Club - 2.15 - 5.45 p.m. 14th - WI Christmas Party 20th - Table Tennis Club - 2.15 - 5.45 p.m. 16th - Table Tennis Club - 2.15 - 5.45 p.m. 25th - Toddler Group 21st - Toddler Group 17th - Toddler Group Xmas party 17th - Christmas bingo in aid of Percy’s bench 27th - Table Tennis Club - 2.15 - 5.45 p.m. 6.45pm 28th - Toddler Group 21st - Marnhull Music Society - Christmas party and Committee’s Choice 23rd - Table Tennis Club - 2.15 - 5.45 p.m. Club Representatives 30th - Table Tennis Club - 2.15 - 5.45 p.m. Please can you send me your 2016 schedules when possible. 4 www.marnhullmessenger.org.uk News & Events Marnhull Messenger Superfast Broadband By Other Means Marnhull Cricket Club Although Marnhull has been enabled for superfast broadband there are still a large number of properties that either cannot get it, because they are too far from a cabinet, or whose speed is still unsatisfactory. Dorset County Council is looking at other ways of speeding up these connections such as Fibre to the Remote Node and Satellite. There is, as yet, no funding for the former and the latter may not help surfing unless your current speed is less than about 4 Mb/s. Wireless is another real possibility and a firm called Wessex Internet is actively looking at providing coverage for the Henstridge Industrial Estate and the Dorset Air Ambulance. Marnhull is close to these areas MARNHULL CRICKET CLUB DINNER AND A.G.M. and they would be interested in extending the coverage to our village. In October the club held a very enjoyable awards evening dinner Speeds of up to 50 Mb/s are possible and there is also a deal that can be attended by sixty at the village hall.