Piddle Valley News & Views Jan / Feb 2014
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Piddle Valley News & Views Jan / Feb 2014 Piddle Valley First School : Above left Interviewing Juliet via skype Top right Tracy Jones & helpers at the Christmas Fayre Above Children in the library Below Mexico topic and display of Mexican masks © Cath Rothman Piddle Valley Players By Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft ‘We shall say this only once!’ Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall th nd 20 –22 February at 7 pm nd and 2pm on the Saturday 22 Matinee Tickets £10.00 Includes glass of wine and a light supper at ‘Café Rene’ Box office Piddletrenthide Post Office and Buckland Newton Stores Show contains Adult humour 1 HOME COMPUTER $+%"& TUITION *"& * Lessons in your own home with a friendly local tutor $)' Learn Email, Shopping, Skype & Photos &)*$$*"'&) Largest local tutor network in the UK! Free training booklets included! 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YOUTH MOVES fun classes for children, giving them a route to fitness through Exercise, Movement and Dance. Fridays Buckland Newton Village Hall 3.30 pm – 4.30pm (4 – 10 yrs) 5.00 pm – 6.00 pm (11 yrs +) For further details contact Sarah Mitchell on 01258 817288. (KFA registered teacher/Reps level 3 instructor) 6 Dates for your diary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ January 2014 6 Mon Mobile Library AP, P’thide, P’ton Various 7 Tues Fitness Class P’thide Mem Hall 10.30 am 10 Fri Coffee Morning P’thide Mem Hall 10.30 – 12 14 Tues Fitness Class P’thide Mem Hall 10.30 am 19 Sun Breakfast Club P’hinton Village Hall 9 – 11.30 am 19 Sun Artsreach P’thide Mem Hall 3.30 pm ‘Great Expectations’ 20 Mon Mobile Library AP, P’thide, P’ton Various 20 Mon Country Dancing begins P’thide Mem Hall 2.15 pm 21 Tues Fitness Class P’thide Mem Hall 10.30 am 27 Mon Gardens Club AGM P’thide Mem Hall 7.30 pm 28 Tues Fitness Class P’thide Mem Hall 10.30 am 28 PV Parish Council meeting P’thide Mem Hall 7.30 pm 31 Fri Lunch Club P’thide Mem Hall 12.30 pm 31 Fri The Twinning Quiz The Thimble 7.30 pm February 2014 3 Mon Mobile Library AP, P’thide, P’ton Various 4 Tues Fitness Class P’thide Mem Hall 10.30 am 6 Thurs Over 60s “The Women’s P’thide Mem Hall 2.30 pm Refuge” by Mollie Rennie 17 Mon Mobile Library AP, P’thide, P’ton Various 11 Tues Fitness Class P’thide Mem Hall 10.30 am 14 Fri Coffee Morning P’thide Mem Hall 10.30 – 12 18 Tues Fitness Class P’thide Mem Hall 10.30 am 20/22 Thurs Piddle Valley Players P’thide Mem Hall various /Sat ‘Allo’ Allo !’ 22 Sat Twinning Jumble Sale P’hinton Village Hall 2 – 4 pm 24 Mon Gardens Club P’thide Mem Hall 7.30 pm ‘Weeds as Medicines’ 25 Tues Fitness Class P’thide Mem Hall 10.30 am 25 Tues PV Parish Council meeting P’thide Mem Hall 7.30 pm 28 Fri Lunch Club P’thide Mem Hall 12.30 pm 7 PIZZERIA RISTORANTE BED & BREAKFAST Mario and Joanna are delighted to welcome you to the Piddle Inn where you will find a warm welcome, with home made Italiano food and traditional English food from Monday to Sunday 12 noon till 2.30pm in the afternoon and 6-9.30pm in the evening. AA FINE DINING AWARD 2012 The open fire is a warm and inviting place to sit on our comfortable chesterfields, avoid the weather and sample one of our Cask Marque awarded Ales, served straight from the barrel or one of our handpicked wines from LWC. Mario sources the best quality, local produce to create seasonal menus with our Fresh Fish and Specials boards offering dishes to tempt your taste buds. Sunday Traditional Roast Lunch Served from Noon until 3.00pm freshly cooked - £9.95 one course Very Large Take Away Menu ~ Available During Restaurant Hours Entertainment Start the evening with our luxurious Steaks only £9.95 (on Fridays) served with all the trimmings, then enjoy atmospheric pub with Happy Hour from 5 till 6pm Monday to Friday. To finish the evening why not have a game of pool or darts with live music events held regularly. Steak Night every Friday, Pizzeria Take Away Service Rooms to Let Open every day from 12 noon till closing 01300 348468 Email [email protected] www.piddleinn.co.uk 8 From the editor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The arrival of a New Year, is for some a new beginning with new challenges ahead, for others it is an opportunity to widen friendships and the activities of the everyday, to be more resolute in achieving so many things which we decide or strive to do, but have such difficulty in achieving ! We are so fortunate to be living among the green and rolling landscape of a rather beautiful Dorset and have escaped the devastation which has befallen other parts of the British Isles. Seeing first hand the effects of the recent tidal surges on the East coast, the flooded homes, cliffs washed away, beaches littered with debris, roads closed and flood defences breached was truly sobering. Opening our newspapers, turning on the radio, the television or online media, we are greeted by even more worrying signs of devastation though mainly caused by a country at war with itself. The world has seen a united response to the death of Nelson Mandela. It would be wonderful if the world could unite again to end the death and suffering of communities whatever their religion and allow free democracies to thrive enabling people to live side by side, children to attend schools and anticipate a future for themselves in their own countries, rather than being refugees far from home. At the start of 2014, we welcome new advertisers and would like to thank all our advertisers, contributors and volunteers for their support, enabling PVNV to be delivered free of charge to all in our community. This issue is once again full of community news and events, progress on the Neighbourhood Plan, a fascinating account of a long life and a snapshot of the scale of vehicles in the Piddle Valley. Dot Browning Contents Dates for your diary ~ Editorial ~ News from the Vicarage ~ Services ~ News, from the Villages ~ General News & Notices ~ Piddle Valley Neighbourhood Plan ~ Clubs, Groups, Organisations ~ Piddle Valley Parish Council ~ Piddle Valley First School ~ Surgeries ~ Sport ~ www.piddlevalley.info ~ A Life Remembered Photographs Cover A fine body of men carrying out river clearance along the Piddle Valley First School boundary – Chris Boiling, Norman Burrell, John Cox and Kevin Willitts © Neil Herbert Inside © Colin Dean, Neil Herbert, Cath Rothman Editorial ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Editor Dot Browning T 01300 348280 } E [email protected] Deputy Editor Ros Charlton T 01300 348063 } Treasurer Susan Chance T 01300 348311 E [email protected] Distribution Ann Jordan T 01300 348015 Copy deadline March/April issue – 15th February 5pm Confirmed copy dates – 15th February, April, June, August, October + 10th December By post / hand PVNV Postbag, Piddletrenthide PO Stores, Piddletrenthide, DT2 7QF Printed by Creeds of Bridport 9 10 News from the Vicarage ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Resolve Many of us make resolutions at the beginning of a new year. Usually these are aimed at improving our life. We know only too well from our own experience how our resolve seems to weaken by the 20th January if not the 2nd ! Academic research on will power suggests that it is rather like a mental ‘muscle’: it is a finite resource which can be exerted for only so long before it gives out. One experiment involved giving one group a two digit number to remember and another a seven digit number. Both groups had then to walk a limited distance to where they were offered for refreshment either a slice of chocolate cake or a piece of fresh fruit. Those who had to remember the seven digit number were twice as likely to choose the (possibly not so wholesome) chocolate cake as the (perhaps more healthy) fruit option.