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Piddle Valley News and Views

March / April 2016

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RUSSIA AND EUROPE: What Next?

John Pilkington

Passion and conflict from Ukraine to the Caucasus - join the award- winning adventurer as he recalls a journey of intrigue and disputed borders, encountering suffering, survivors, and surprises th Friday 18 March 2016, 7.30 pm at Piddle Valley First School,

Piddletrenthide.

Tickets £8.00

Bar - Tea/Coffee - Raffle

Tickets from: Rebecca Howard 348406, Cynthia Legg 348591, Alan Phillips 348220, Di Rogers 348405, & on the door if not sold out. In aid of the Millennium Green (Charity No: 1074956) and Piddlehinton Village Hall

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Item Page Dates for your Diary 7 Mobile Library Dates 13 Piddletrenthide PO + Stores 24 Letters to the Editor 27 Services 30–31 News from the Benefice 33 News from the Villages Alton Pancras 38 Piddlehinton 39 Piddletrenthide + White Lackington 39–41 General News & Notices 42–48 Clubs, Groups, Organisations 48–52 Piddle Valley Parish Council 52–56 Piddle Valley Losses in the Great War 57–58 Sport 58–59 www.piddlevalley.info 60 Surgeries 61, 62 Beauty & Power 64–66 Local Walk 67 Index of Advertisers 86

Event / activity posters are displayed throughout this issue Advertisements are mainly towards the front and back of the magazine

Cover: We were fortunate enough to have a kingfisher visit our garden pond in January - it used a metal heron sculpture as its perch © Neil Herbert

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The Bridge Educational Trust

The Bridge Educational Trust (Registered Charity No 1068720) was established in 1990 in memory of John Bridge, the last of the family which founded the Piddle Valley School in the middle of the 19th century.

The objectives of the Trust are educational, and grants are given primarily to those wishing to study at a school, college, or other educational establishment. Applications are particularly welcomed from residents of the Piddle Valley and its immediate neighbourhood. Normally applicants should be nearing the end of their school careers or have left school, though younger children with special educational needs may be considered.

At the Trustees’ discretion, expeditions or travel groups for young people which are organised for scientific or cultural purposes may be eligible, provided they contain an educational element.

The Trustees give priority to cases involving hardship or difficult family circumstances and where, without some assistance, the desired education, course or activity would not be possible. Special consideration is given to older people who may wish to start training for a particular career or other purpose after normal education has been interrupted.

During the past year grants made by the Trust have included those to help university students with accommodation costs and equipment; to provide support for children with specific learning difficulties; and to provide training for adults hoping to change career.

Meetings of Trustees to consider applications are held in May, September and January. Those wishing to apply should obtain an application form by writing to The Administrator c/o Piddle Valley First School, Piddletrenthide, DT2 7QL or by emailing [email protected]. Applications by post or email should be received not later than the 15th of the month before the meeting at which they are to be considered.

Further details of the Trust can be found at www.bridgeeducationaltrust.org.uk but if you feel that you would like to discuss a possible application with one of the local Trustees, please contact one of the following: Hannah Murphy (348564), Richard Drewe (348253), Nick Harland (348272), Olivia Steven (348909)

Richard Drewe, Chairman

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MAR APR 16.indd 6 25/02/2016 09:44 Dates for your diary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

March 3 Thur Piddle Valley Over 60s. Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall at 2.30 6 Sun Parlour tricks, Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall, 4.00 pm 10 Thur Beauty & Power, Dorchester Town Hall, 7.30 pm 10 Thur Licensing Service Rev’d Roger Butcher, All Saints’ Hilton, 7.00 pm 11 Fri Coffee Morning with Raffle, 10.30-12.00 pm Memorial Hall, 13 Sun Breakfast Club at Piddlehinton Village Hall. 9.00 am to 11.30 am 13 Sun Black Voices, Piddle Valley First School 2.00-5.00 pm 14 Mon Mobile Library 18 Fri Russia and Europe, what next? Piddle Valley First School 7.30 pm 18 Fri Lunch Club, Memorial Hall, Piddletrenthide 18 Fri Barn Dance Club, O’Dalaigh’s Ceilidh Band, Buckland Newton Village Hall, 7.15–9.30 pm 29 Tue Piddle Valley Parish Council meeting, Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall, 7.30 pm

April 7 Thur Piddle Valley Over 60s. Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall at 2.30 9 Sat Piddle Valley Gardens Club Spring Show, Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall, 2.00 pm 10 Sun Breakfast Club at Piddlehinton Village Hall. 9.00 am to 11.30 am. 22 Fri Barn Dance Club, The Hat Band, Piddle Valley First School, 7.15- 9.30 pm 26 Tue Piddle Valley Parish Council meeting, Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall, 7.30 pm 29 Fri Lunch Club, Memorial Hall, Piddletrenthide

Future Dates Sunday 15th May. Breakfast Club at Piddlehinton Village Hall. Sunday 19th June. Piddletrenthide and Plush Village Fete, Manor House Piddletrenthide.

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MAR APR 16.indd 7 25/02/2016 09:44 Piddle Valley News & Views Advertising rates, deadline + contacts Dimensions (w x h) page proportion annual (6 issues) single issue 128 x 180mm Full page (b/w) £95 £25 inside front + back (colour) ----- £35 back cover (colour) ----- £50 128 x 88mm Half page £80 £20 128 x 58mm 1/3 page landscape £60 £15 62 x 120mm 1/3 page portrait £60 £15 62 x 88mm 1/4 page £50 £12 62 x 56mm 1/6 page £40 £10 62 x 42mm 1/8 page £38 £10 Small ads per line £4

Advertising deadline – 2016: 10 April, June, Aug, Oct, Dec Editorial deadline – 2016: 10 April, June, Aug, Oct, Dec

Editorial team Editor: Julie Bennett 07740 083657 [email protected] Webmaster: Andy Howard 01300 348406 [email protected] Treasurer/Advertising: Minnow Walker 01300 348699 [email protected] Distribution: Ann Jordan 01300 348015 Proof reading: Gill Bingham

2016 deadlines: 10th April, June, Cerne Abbas August, October, December By post / hand PVNV Postbag, Airport Taxi PO & Village Stores, Piddletrenthide, DT2 7QF Audi A4 Quattro Estate Printed by Creeds of Bridport Tel: 01300 342 129 Mobile: 07554 702 705

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Wednesdays 13th, 20th and 27th April sees the Institute of Advanced Motorists free Lectures commence at 6.45 pm with an 8.45 pm finish at Committee Room 1, County Hall, Dorchester DT1 1XJ. Entry to Committee Room 1 through glass doors at Colliton Corner and parking is free. The Lectures, given by a Class One Civilian ex-Police Instructor with many years’ experience and a sense of humour contain information and advice that could save your life. As we strive to better ourselves at most things in life, why not driving? No need to book, just come along and bring your friends. For further information contact Jane Percy on Sunny Portland 820963 or [email protected].

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Mobile Library Mobile Library Mondays 2, 16 +14 30 March March 13 + 27 April Alton Pancras Holcombe Mead Alton Pancras11.25–11.45 Holcombe Mead 11.25–11.45 Piddletrenthide Poachers Inn ANDREW SHAW Piddletrenthide11.55–12.10 Poachers Inn 11.55–12.10 MASTER THATCHER WightmansWightmans Close Close13.20–13.50 Over ANDREW30 years experienceSHAW 13.20–13.50 AllMASTER inquiries THATCHER welcome Piddlehinton Over 30 years experience PaynesPiddlehinton Close 14.00–14.40 Paynes Close Tel: 01305 265384 All inquiries welcome 14.00–14.40 Mob:Tel: 0130507879 265384 610583 Mob: 07879 610583

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Please contact Mark Chutter on 01963 210354 Email: [email protected]

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MAR APR 16.indd 13 25/02/2016 09:44 Philip J. Ralph Agricultural & general contractor, groundworker and excavations Footings and foundations, Drives and concrete. Garden landscaping. Walls and patios. Fencing. Tree work and stump removal. Welding and metal fabrication. Paddock topping. Plant Hire incl : JCB, Mini digger. Tractor & trailer. Mini tractor and rotavator. Hydraulic log splitter. 8” Wood chipper. Ride on Mower. No VAT : Fully insured Plush Dorset 01300 348730 0789 9928461 [email protected]

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Remembering Piddletrenthide – A Picture Book of Village Memories

Just to remind you that soft cover copies of the this book are on sale at Piddletrenthide Village Shop/Post Office.

A very few hardback copies are still available from Ivy House (opposite the shop).

All profits from the sale of this book will go to the Memorial Hall to promote events and to assist with ongoing repairs and maintenance.

Dave and Bridget Bowen 01300 348255

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MAR APR 16.indd 19 25/02/2016 09:44 J A S P E R S HAIR SALON

01300 348 569

Main Street, Piddletrenthide, DT2 7QL www.jasperssalon.moonfruit.com

A modern Salon providing a friendly and professional service

OPENING TIMES We are pleased to announce that Emma

Dunham will be returning to Jaspers on Monday: Closed th Tuesday: 9.00am-5.00pm the 8 July following maternity leave

Wednesday: 9.00am-6.00pm &

Thursday: 9.00am-5.00pm Congratulations to Alice Newton on

Friday: 9.00am-7.00pm achieving her Level 3 Hairdressing

Saturday: 8.30am-1.30pm

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MAR APR 16.indd 20 25/02/2016 09:44 EXPERT FINANCIAL ADVICE ON YOUR DOORSTEP

We have the knowledge to help you successfully secure and enhance your financial future. We focus solely on face-to-face, plain-speaking advice to build long-term, trusted relationships with our clients.

We specialise in: • Investments & Savings • Pensions • IHT & Estate Planning • Protection • Tax planning • Mortgages

For a free, no obligation discussion about your financial future, please call:

Tim Gallego Poundbury Wealth Management 01305 266 866 Alan Wing House, Holmead Walk, Poundbury, Dorchester, DT1 3GE Email: [email protected]

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MAR APR 16.indd 22 25/02/2016 09:44 SHAWSCAPE LANDSCAPING SOLUTIONS

EXPERTS IN ALL ASPECTS OF LANDSCAPING

NATURAL STONE SPECIALISTS INCLUDING FLINT-WORK

DRIVEWAYS/PAVING/FENCING/WALLING/OUTBUILDINGS ETC

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MAR APR 16.indd 23 25/02/2016 09:45 PIDDLETRENTHIDE STORES

We receive fresh fruit and vegetable deliveries daily, our prices are very competitive, so why not give us a try? We stock in-season fruit and vegetables, and can order large quantities if needed. We can supply speciality breads such as cottage loaves, French sticks and large wholemeal cobbers from Evershot Bakeries – ideal for entertaining. Balls the Butchers are happy to cut meat to individual customers’ requirements. We have a new supplier of fresh chicken, reared at Piddlehinton from ‘Piddle Valley Chicken’. The birds are given time to grow slowly on a natural diet with corn, grass and clover which gives their traditional chicken flavour and succulent meat. Living in large grassy paddocks and in small flocks these are the happiest chicken in Dorset! I support this very ethical new business and wish them well. I thank you all for your continued support of the shop and I am sure this will help it to go from strength to strength.

Shop opening hours are Monday – Friday 8.30 am to 7pm and Saturday 8.30 am to 1pm

Telephone No: 01300 348330 Carol and the Team

NEWS FROM THE POST OFFICE

New Postmistress: Philippa Rodale

Post Office Services – Stamps, parcels, Postal Orders, Gift Cards, Euros and other currencies to order. Post Office Card account and pension and benefits. Post Office Saving Accounts, ISA’s, telephone and broadband, insurances for car, travel, house and pets. Moneygrams, mortgages, telephone top ups, electric key, bill payments such as electricity, telephone, water rates, council tax and income tax.

Post Office opening hours: Monday and Friday 9am–1pm and 2–5.30pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9am–1pm Saturday closed

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Window Cleaning Services

Commercial and residential window cleaning - We clean up to 80 ft from the ground using the latest water fed pole system which use purified water. Internal windows can also be cleaned using the traditional methods too.

We clean all year round in all weathers except high winds for safety reasons and operate on a 4, 8, or 12 weekly cycle, with cleaning all year round we can maintain a regular, high quality service for our clients.

Gutter Emptying Services

Gutters Blocked?

Why not get in touch for a free no obligation quote to have your gutters cleared and facias and soffits cleaned. We operate from the ground using CCTV to ensure the gutters have been emptied completely, we can clean to a height of 50ft.

Gutters need to be cleared of debris in order for water to be carried away from the house so it does not cause damage to your property by potentially back filling and flowing back into the property causing damp. In order to keep them working as they should we usually book these in once or twice a year depending on the surroundings i.e. trees, hedges etc.

If you would like to book any of the above services then please contact JAMIE on

Mobile – 07977106487 Email – [email protected] Home – 01305 821134

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MAR APR 16.indd 25 25/02/2016 09:45 G.J.S. Plumbing + Heating Ltd

also L.P.G Installations Service, Checks + Ugrades (Gas Safe Reg) 01305 267765 07951 880654

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MAR APR 16.indd 26 25/02/2016 09:45 Letters to the editor~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A big thank you must go to John Cox for getting up in the middle of the night to see the culvert was clear from the rising river so we could go to bed with peace of mind. Thank You, Derek and Eileen Cuff **** Dorset Community Action are running their “Best Village” competition again this year, which now includes categories such as Environment, “Best Village Shop”, People’s Project and Neighbourliness. Further details will be put on our www.piddlevalley.info website as soon as they are available, but you can read more about the competition now at the DCA website at http://www.dorsetcommunityaction.org.uk/#!dbv/c1xcz. The closing date for entries is 11 April for the “Best Village” category.

**** On the 5 May 2016 the District Council will be holding a Referendum to ask registered electors how they would like the District Council to be run. The poll will be combined with the election of a Police and Crime Commissioner for Dorset and, in the Loders area, a Neighbourhood Planning Referendum. For the Referendum on the Way that West Dorset District Council is run:- On the ballot papers, the choices are either: • by a leader who is an elected Councillor chosen by a vote of the other elected councillors (how the council is run now), or • by one, or more, committees made up of elected councillors (a change from how it is run now). As part of making sure electors get an informed choice on what a new system would look like we have available a copy of the outline of a different system (if it were to change) and this is available on our website for inspection, as well as the current way the council operates (the current Constitution). To vote in the polls on the 5 May electors will need to be included on the electoral register by Monday 18 April 2016. Register to vote at https://www.gov.uk/register- to-vote. Applications to vote by post must be received by 5pm on Tuesday 19 April and applications to vote by proxy must be received by 5pm on Tuesday 26 April. The address to submit applications is to the Electoral Registration Officer, South Walks House, South Walks Road, Dorchester DT1 1UZ or by email to elections@westdorset- weymouth.gov.uk

Thanks very much for all your help. Mrs Sue Bonham-Lovett AEA (Cert) Electoral Services Manager www.dorsetforyou.com/elections

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MAR APR 16.indd 28 25/02/2016 09:45 Walter George Sims 1931 – 2015

Walter was born at Bookham, Buckland Newton 22nd May 1931. He was the youngest of five children born to Frank and Lavinia Maud Sims. The family moved to Piddlehinton, where Walter spent most of his childhood attending school there and making long term friends. Walter married in 1952 and lived with his wife and parents at Bank Cottages on the same site where the new “Banks Cottages” now stand. He worked for Cyril Green at Swan Lane. Walter worked on a variety of farms in Dorset, he moved around the country but was always drawn back to Piddlehinton, his roots, he never forgot his friends and was a regular at the village fete where he would catch up with some of those friends, some of whom he went to school with. Walter was diagnosed with dementia, and when his health declined it was agreed that he would benefit from living closer to his family. In October 2014 he went to live in residential care at Taunton, Somerset. Although suffering with dementia he would often talk of Piddlehinton, friends and childhood antics and could tell a tale or two, always conscious of his humble beginnings. In the summer of 2015 Walter welcomed two great-great-grandsons making him the head of five generations. Walter passed away on 13th December 2015 in Musgrove Hospital, Taunton. His burial took place at St. Mary the Virgin Piddlehinton on 22nd December. He is now at peace resting in the same churchyard as his parents and sister Ivy. He lays next to a friend and with others that he knew and grew up with. Donations made in memory of Walter amounted to £220 and will be divided between St. Mary the Virgin Church and the British Heart Foundation. It is a great comfort to the family knowing Walter is back home where he wanted to be, and they would like to thank all those who attended the funeral and extend their thanks to Alan Neades, Fay Lord, John Hudson, Thimble Inn, and Tony Monds for his advice. Kathleen Darby (Daughter)

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MAR APR 16.indd 29 25/02/2016 09:45 THE BENEFICE of THE PIDDLE VALLEY, HILTON, THE BENEFICE of THE PIDDLE VALLEY, HILTON, SERVICES and CHESELBOURNE and MELCOMBE HORSEY SERVICES and CHESELBOURNE and MELCOMBE HORSEY READINGS READINGS Piddle Valley Three Churches Piddle Valley Three Churches

th rd 8.30am Holy Communion (RB) 6 March 8.30am Holy Communion (HE) 9.30am Family Eucharist (SR) 3 April 9.30am Family Eucharist (RB) Alton Pancras Mothering Sunday Alton Pancras Hilton Easter 2 Hilton Purple White 9.30am Family Service (GB) 9.30am Family Service for 11.00am Morning Prayer (HE) 11.00am Morning Prayer (MS) Piddlehinton Ps 127.1-4 Mothering Sunday Melcombe Horsey Ps 150 Melcombe Horsey Exodus 2.1-10 Piddlehinton Acts 5.27-32 11.00am Morning Prayer (RB) 6.00pm Evening Prayer 6.00pm Evening Prayer (HE) 2 Corinthians 1.3-7 John 20.19-31 Piddletrenthide John 19.25-27 Cheselbourne Cheselbourne

th 13th March 9.30am Family Eucharist (RB) 8.30am Holy Communion (HE) 10 April 9.30am Family Eucharist(HE) 8.30am Holy Communion (RB) Alton Pancras Hilton Easter 3 Alton Pancras Hilton Lent 5 6.00pm Parish Communion White 6.00pm Parish Communion Red 6.00pm Evening Prayer (RB) 11.00am Parish Communion (HE) Ps 30 6.00pm Evening Prayer(HE) 11.00am Parish Communion (RB) Ps 126 Piddlehinton Melcombe Horsey Acts 9.1-20 Piddlehinton Melcombe Horsey Isaiah 43.16-21 John 21.1-19 Philippians 3.4b-14 th John 12.1-8 17 April 8.30am Holy Communion (RB) 9.30am Family Eucharist (HE) th Easter 4 Piddletrenthide 9.30am Parish Communion 20 March 8.30am Holy Communion (HE) 9.30am Family Eucharist (RB) Cheselbourne White Palm Sunday Piddletrenthide 9.30amCheselbourne Parish Communion 11.00am Parish Communion 11.00 am Morning Prayer (RB) Red Ps 23 (HE) 11.00am Parish Communion 11.00 am Morning Prayer (RB) Acts 9.36-43 Hilton Ps 31.9-16 Piddlehinton (HE) Hilton John 10.22-30 Isaiah 50.4-9a Piddlehinton Philippians 2.5-11

Luke 23.1-49 th 8.30am Holy Communion (RB) 24 April 10.00am Family Eucharist (RB) th Cheselbourne Easter 5 Piddletrenthide 24 March White 10.30am Stepping Stones (RS) Maundy Thursday 6.30 pm Holy Communion (HE) 6.30 pm Agape and Communion (RB) White Alton Pancras Cheselbourne Ps 148 6.00pm Evening Prayer (AN) Melcombe Horsey- Old Brewery Acts 11.1-18 Piddlehinton Hall

John 13.31-35 th 6.00pm Evening Prayer (RB) 25 March 2.00pm Devotions (HE) 12.00noon Devotions (RB) Hilton Good Friday Piddletrenthide Melcombe Nil

RB Roger Butcher AN Alan Neades th Easter Vigil 6.00 pm 26 March HE Helier Exon GB Ginny Butcher Cheselbourne JA John Allen RS Richard Saunders Easter Saturday Nil RS Richard Press MS Margaret Smail

27th March th 9.30am Holy Communion (RP) Correct as at 29 January 2016 Easter Alton Pancras 9.30am Parish Communion White 11.00am Parish Communion JA 11.00am Parish Communion Acts 10.34-43 Hilton Luke 24.1-12 (RB) Piddlehinton

12.00 noon Parish Eucharist (RB) Piddletrenthide

Services shown in italics are taken from the Book of Common Prayer published in 1662.

The Family Eucharist (based on Common Worship Order One), Family and other services are in contemporary language.

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MAR APR 16.indd 30 25/02/2016 09:45 THE BENEFICE of THE PIDDLE VALLEY, HILTON, THE BENEFICE of THE PIDDLE VALLEY, HILTON, SERVICES and CHESELBOURNE and MELCOMBE HORSEY SERVICES and CHESELBOURNE and MELCOMBE HORSEY READINGS READINGS Piddle Valley Three Churches Piddle Valley Three Churches

John 13.31-35 th 6.00pm Evening Prayer (RB) 25 March 2.00pm Devotions (HE) 12.00noon Devotions (RB) Hilton Good Friday Piddletrenthide Melcombe Nil

RB Roger Butcher AN Alan Neades th Easter Vigil 6.00 pm 26 March HE Helier Exon GB Ginny Butcher Cheselbourne JA John Allen RS Richard Saunders Easter Saturday Nil RS Richard Press MS Margaret Smail

12.00 noon Parish Eucharist (RB) Piddletrenthide

Services shown in italics are taken from the Book of Common Prayer published in 1662.

The Family Eucharist (based on Common Worship Order One), Family and other services are in contemporary language.

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MAR APR 16.indd 31 25/02/2016 09:45 Funeral Service 126 years in Dorchester, Weymouth & throughout Dorsert 24 Hour Service •Chapel of rest • Pre paid funeral plans Tel: 01305 250425 11a Icen Way, Dorchester DT1 1EW

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MAR APR 16.indd 32 25/02/2016 09:45 News from the Benefice~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

All the Church Wardens would like to extend a warm welcome to all who wish to attend:

The Licensing service of the Rev’d Roger Butcher 7PM on Thursday 10th MARCH 2016 at ALL SAINTS’ HILTON

And afterwards at the BREWERY HALL ANSTY for drinks and refreshments to meet him and his family.

Please RSVP to [email protected] or 01258 837065

The Watercolour Class

The Watercolour class continues with options at Buckland Newton in the Spring on Wednesday afternoons and Charlton Down on Thursday mornings, starting in early April. West Dorset artist Lynda Connolly has an exciting programme to enable you to learn about watercolour painting techniques for landscape, sea- scape and still-life. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced dabbler, this is a great opportunity to develop watercolour skills and techniques to include washes,wet in wet and dry brush and much more. All classes promise a jolly atmosphere, places are restricted to ensure lots of attention and quality tuition. Diary Dates – The Summer Boot Camp Intensive Techniques 2 day workshop ;arch will be on 23 and 30 June at Charlton Down, suitable for absolute beginners and improvers. If you are interested in joining the class or the boot camp, there are a few places for new students, please contact Lynda on 01305 871178 for further details.

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MAR APR 16.indd 33 25/02/2016 09:45 Are you struggling with your technology? Do you need help with your iPad or printer? Jane offers setup and support of all technology for older people. Small group sessions or one2one in your own home. Unlimited email/telephone support. Windows 7/8, Apple iPads, Android tablets and much more. Visit www.carersconnected.co.uk for more information and testimonials. or call Jane on 01305 260645 or 07989 322718

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MAR APR 16.indd 34 25/02/2016 09:45 Support And Information For Older People

If you are over 50 there is a free resource you can call on to help you find out what you need to know about services and activities that are important to you in your community. It is called POPP (Partnership for Older People Programme). POPP is funded by DCC and NHS Dorset to improve the quality of life for older people by ensuring that opportunities are put in place locally to promote health and wellbeing, independence , preventative services and activities . Locally there are two people you can contact: Ellis Ford – who is what is termed a POPP Wayfinder and Julian English – a POPP Champion.

Ellis will provide one-to-one support and signposting and can visit people in their own homes. He has a wealth of information and relevant contacts at his fingertips and if he doesn’t know the answer to any question immediately he will find out.

Julian challenges the way that the statutory bodies deliver services to older people, so if you have any concerns you should raise them with him .Julian will also support groups to fund new activities and initiatives that help older people remain active, healthy and involved with their local community. In Cerne POPP has seed funded the Giant Social and the Community Defibrillator .

Contact: Ellis Ford – 07825 264346 – [email protected] Contact: Julian English – 07825 206050 – [email protected] For more information about POPP across Dorset:www.dorsetforyou.com/popp

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Bumps, Babies & Toddlers Group

0 – 3 years, older siblings welcome.

Piddle Valley First School

Tuesdays 9.30 – 11.30 (term time)

£1 per child 

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Contact Alicia 01300 348932 Or just come along! 

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MAR APR 16.indd 37 25/02/2016 09:45 News, comings & goings in the valley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Alton Pancras

AP The big event in the Alton Pancras calendar, the village fete, will again be held in the glorious gardens of Barcombe Grange, thanks to the kindness of Iain and Janet Barlow. The magic date for your diary is Saturday 28th May, 1.00 pm.to 4.00 pm.

AP Sue Dean can supply glass jars if people could kindly fill them for sale at our village Fete on 28th May. Not just jam or marmalade, but sweets, cakes, biscuits, bath salts – not all in the same jar of course.

AP Complimenting dog-owner Ed Willis of Box Cottage on providing a box in his porch for mail (and PVN&V), to prevent his dog from attacking the letterbox from within, he said that he did that after finding that his dog had chewed up his income tax return and he was punished by the government for not completing it in time!

AP We have previously thanked Ray Goddard for keeping the pond bank neatly trimmed so it will be no surprise to learn that the first display of a line of snowdrops was his latest creation.

AP A box of secondhand books for sale will again appear in the church from Easter onwards but some new titles are sought. The original idea had been for village readers to drop in occasionally while passing to see what’s new. Donations of suitable material to Sue Dean please (348524, e-mail below).

AP An article in Dorset Magazine, December 2015 (p84) mentioned that comedian Ricky Gervais’ grandfather Tom George House was born 1851 Piddletrenthide and his 3 x great grandmother was Susannah Squibb. We know that in 1924 a Miss Florence Grace House was running AP post office, and the name Squibb seems familiar in AP too!

AP We mentioned the AP Magazine Exchange in our last issue. We are grateful for regular contributions of magazines for circulation from Heather Bland, Jan Burnett, Susan and Sarah Cheyne. We could handle a few more titles; a form of recycling?

AP The main concern about the proposed conversion of New Barn to a house, seemingly miles up Ripps Lane towards the Old Sherborne Road, (since withdrawn) was … who was going to make the long trek up there to deliver News & Views? A quad bike would have had to be provided.

[email protected]

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MAR APR 16.indd 38 25/02/2016 09:45 Piddlehinton

Piddlehinton carol singers We managed to dodge the showers and set out on a mild evening around the village singing carols and raising money for Dorchester’s Foodbank. The young raced from door to door whilst the rest of us tried to keep up finally ending up at the Thimble. We were sustained by kind village folk as we sang and raised a wonderful £185. Thank you to all singers, givers and supporters.

Susie Harland

Piddlehinton Village Hall Breakfast Sunday 13th March and Sunday 10th April a full breakfast with tea or coffee will be available in the Village Hall 9–11.30am. Cost £5.

Hilary French 01305 848501

PIDDLEHINTON VILLAGE HALL EVENTS

BREAKFAST CLUB Sunday March 13th From 9 am to 11.30 am Full breakfast with tea or coffee for £5

BREAKFAST CLUB Sunday April 10th From 9 am to 11.30 am Full breakfast with tea or coffee for £5

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MAR APR 16.indd 39 25/02/2016 09:45 Piddlehinton Village Hall – What’s on every week

Tuesdays YOGA 10–11.15am (block of 6 sessions £40) Contact Jane Evans / 01305 259754 TABLE TENNIS 7–9pm Contact Beryl Ellis / 01305 267394

Wednesdays BROWNIES 6pm Thursdays POST OFFICE 2–4pm SHORT MAT BOWLS 7.30–9.30pm (September – Easter) Contact Sheila Hornyak / 01300 348264

To Hire All available for very reasonable hire rates for groups, parties and events –15 large and 5 small tables, tea urn, crockery, cutlery, glasses and other equipment

Bookings Contact Vickey Steven / 01300 348294 Bridge House, 4 Rectory Road, Piddlehinton

Chair, Cynthia Legg / 01300 34591, Treasurer, Fay Lord / 01300 348335 Acting Secretary, Hilary French / 01305 848501

A date for your diary PIDDLETRENTHIDE & PLUSH VILLAGE FETE SUNDAY 19th JUNE 2016

At The Manor House, Piddletrenthide

(By kind permission of Mr & Mrs James Boughey) A day for all the family with many new and exciting events

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• Coffee morning 10.30–12 noon, 2nd Friday of the month Contact Janet Keen 01300 348851 for further details

• PIDDLETRENTHIDE LUNCH CLUB

MENUS 18th March (note a week earlier than usual because of an early Easter) Beef in Ale, Mashed potato and vegetables Lemon Meringue Pie

29th April Chicken and Ham Pie, New potatoes, Peas and Carrots Fruit Trifle

Lunch is served at 1230. Two courses plus coffee or tea and a chocolate! £5 per person; please book your place by ringing Ann Hawker on 01300 348329 unless you booked your place at the February Lunch Club. New members very welcome! To join us for lunch please contact Ann Hawker / 01300 348329

• Fit Moves Classes are designed to suit all ages and fitness levels with a mix of dance, cardio, conditioning and stretching. Tuesday mornings,10.00–11.00 am – Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. KFA registered teacher/Reps level 3 instructor. Sarah Mitchell / 01258 817288

• Artsreach and other events, see separate posters in this publication.

• Gardens Club, Over 60s and other events held at the Hall have more variable programme dates. For more information on these please see under Clubs, Groups and Organisations.

TO HIRE THE HALL at a very reasonable rate, including furniture and well equipped kitchen with dishwasher, please contact the Bookings Officer Diana Clears / 01300 348417

Tables, chairs, tea urn and crockery are also available to hire separately for outside events; contact Caretaker Diana Clears / 01300 348417

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MAR APR 16.indd 41 25/02/2016 09:45 General News + Notices ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Association of Dorset Watches (ADW)

The Association of Dorset Watches (ADW) needs Volunteers to help with a variety of tasks including publicity, recruitment, minute taking, assisting with the planning and running of meetings and events, and working with the ADW Executive team to implement plans and programmes. If you are able to help in any way please contact me to discuss details, even a few hours would help and be most welcome. My contact details are shown below.

Thank you in anticipation.

John Shave MBE, Chairman, Association of Dorset Watches Email: [email protected] Twitter: @ADWChair Text/Phone: 07464 857801

Blood Donation in Winter

Blood stocks always tend to run low in winter because even regular donors are prevented from attending sessions by winter illnesses and bad weather, so now is an especially good time to decide to become a donor.

You can make an initial check to find out whether your health allows you to donate blood by calling 0300 123 23 23 or on the Blood Transfusion website (www.blood. co.uk). The website also explains what to expect at a donation session and how blood is used. You can book an appointment as well, which minimises your waiting time at the session.

DORCHESTER sessions will be held at the United Church Hall, South Street (near Goulds household store) on the following Thursdays:

10, 24 March, 7, 28 April

Sherborne, at the Digby Memorial Hall – Mon 18th April

These sessions are all open at the same hours, 12.45–15.30 and 16.30–19.30 pm.

Rosalyn Charlton

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MAR APR 16.indd 43 25/02/2016 09:45 CYBER-CRIME EVENT

14th March 2016

2.30 - 3.30pm

Community Room Wightmans Orchard (Magna Housing) Piddletrenthide, Dorchester, DT2 7QQ

Come and visit us to find out how to keep safe while shopping online and using online banking.

Free entry and open to all

#HangUpOnFraudsters #CyberSafe

Be ‘Cyber Savvy’ - keep your personal data safe

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MAR APR 16.indd 44 25/02/2016 09:45 Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance – Coast to Coast Cycle Ride Annual Appeal for Cakes and Bananas.

The time has come again when we are asking please for donations of cakes, healthy snack bars, biscuits and also bunches of bananas to “fuel up” and support the 600 cyclists who will be doing a 54 mile sponsored cycle ride from Watchet in Somerset to West Bay in Dorset on Sunday 15 May to raise vital funds to keep your Air Ambulance flying.

Air Ambulance volunteers run “pit stops” for these cyclists offering refreshments to refuel their efforts. We will be at Ilminster Ambulance Station as stewards for this very popular event.

It takes £2 million per annum (£2500 per mission) to keep this vital Air Ambulance service operational and we are reliant on donations and fund raising efforts (no funding from Government or Lottery).

If you are able to help by donating cakes, bars, biscuits or bananas, please could you bring them to Piddlehinton Village Hall between 10:00 – 12:00 on Saturday 14 May. Alternatively, if this time is not convenient they can be delivered to our home, 22 Paynes Close, Piddlehinton on the Friday 13 or Saturday 14 afternoon/ evening.

UPDATE: £64,400 has been raised so far from the 2015 Cycle Ride.

Thank you all so much for your continued support.

Susan & Terry Dredge – 01300 348120 (Volunteers, Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance)

Dorset Trading Standards

Tell us about Illegal Tobacco. Anyone selling illegal tobacco commits a criminal offence. The seller can face up to 10 years in prison and an unlimited fine. Why does it carry such a heavy penalty? Sold at pocket money prices, cheap tobacco makes it all too easy for our children to start smoking. The sale helps fund organised crime and those selling illegal tobacco may also be selling other illegal goods and introducing more crime into your local community.

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MAR APR 16.indd 45 25/02/2016 09:45 So what is the law on this? It is not illegal for you to go abroad and buy cheap cigarettes for your own use but bringing them back and selling them is. If tobacco doesn’t come through legal supply chains it could very easily be a counterfeit product. The manufacture of counterfeit tobacco isn’t regulated so you can’t tell where it comes from or what it is made out of. Where counterfeit tobacco has been tested and has failed those safety tests it has been found to contain asbestos, animal faeces and glass. Since 2011 cigarettes must also be able to self extinguish themselves too, but illegal tobacco is more likely to cause fatal blazes as they may not self extinguish.

How to spot illegal tobacco: - Often tastes different; - Can be sold in boxes with poor print quality and have spelling mistakes; - Might be sold in packets without required safety warnings; - Sold in packaging with a handmade look and feel.

Trading standards are committed to disrupting the sale of illegal tobacco and you can help us. If you think you have information about someone selling illegal tobacco, or know a place where it is sold, then please help us. Any information no matter how small may be the piece we need. You can tell us anonymously on-line at www.stop- illegal-tobacco.co.uk or by phoning the illegal tobacco hotline number on 0300 999 0000.

Pension Scams Last April, the Government introduced new pension rules enabling greater access to and freedom around, how people spend their pensions. However, there is growing concern that the new rules will increase the risk of investment and other types of fraud. Indeed, it has already been reported that one in seven over 55s have been targeted by pension fraudsters, and it’s been estimated that the amount of money lost to pension scammers between April and August 2015 was just over £9 million, which is around twice as much as the same period in 2014. The most common way used by potential scammers to contact over-55s is by email, followed by phone and then by post.

Be very wary if you get:

A cold call offer of a free pension review; A cold call offer of a one off investment opportunity (for example, in land development, fi ne wines, precious stones, etc);

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MAR APR 16.indd 46 25/02/2016 09:45 Hurrah for Home-Start!

Family support scheme Home-Start West Dorset is celebrating, with 17 new home-visiting volunteers trained and ready to offer their allocated families a helping hand, a listening ear, and the caring friendship that can make all the difference when things get tough.

As Senior Organiser Helen Horsley explains, Home-Start supports families with at least one under-fi ve who face a variety of challenges; two or three hours a week of volunteer home-visiting can help them make changes, and give them some valuable quality time.

Home-Start always needs more volunteers, so if you’re a parent with time to give, why not apply? Volunteers join up for many reasons: young mother-of-three Emily from West Dorset says she feels blessed, and wants to share her good fortune with others; Alice, now enjoying retirement in Dorchester, says she loves children, homemaking and a chat, and hopes to put her life’s experience to good use; Anna, who travelled the world and worked in a Romanian orphanage before settling in Sherborne, says she’s keen to make a difference closer to home.

Home-Start also welcomes general help – Weymouth-based ‘behind the scenes’ volunteer Kit says “It’s only too easy when there’s so much doom and gloom in the media to feel powerless. But making the decision to volunteer is a really positive step; and becoming part of a caring and well-run organisation like Home-Start West Dorset makes you feel good too… I can recommend it!”

For more information, visit www.homestartwestdorset.co.uk or call 01305 265072

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MAR APR 16.indd 47 25/02/2016 09:45 An offer of an investment described as ‘unique’, ‘overseas’, ‘environmentally friendly’, ‘ethical’ or in a ‘new’ industry ; An offer of exploiting a legal loop hole; A proposal to put all your funds into one investment; A convincing marketing offer that promises returns of over 8%; An offer involving transferring your money quickly, and sending documents to you by courier.

Do not rush into apparently attractive financial offers and make sure you seek advice and guidance before agreeing to anything. Dorset Trading Standards Buy With Confidence scheme has a list of approved financial advisors. Impartial guidance is available through the Government’s Pension Wise guidance service. Visit www. pensionwise.gov.uk or phone The Pensions Advisory Service on 0300 123 1047. Finally, beware of copycat websites – some websites can look like they’re official government services like Pension Wise when they’re not.

If you think you’ve been the victim of a pension scam or would like details of a Buy With Confidence approved financial advisor, call Citizens Advice Consumer helpline on 03454 04 05 06 and report it to Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040.

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Fiddlesticks: parent and toddler group

Run by Kathy Kelly, a fully qualified child care worker who has been working with families for 12 years, providing a nurturing and creative space to play. Fiddlesticks has its roots in celebrating the Seasons and Festivals of the year. Using baking, crafts, music and story telling, Fiddlesticks operates currently on a Thursday from Cowden Care Farm, Charminster. First session free, then £8 (£6 concession) per session; payment by the term when settled in. If interested in a place call

Kathy Kelly / 07776141824

National Gardens Scheme at Ivy House Garden

The time is fast approaching when once again we throw open our garden gates to eager visitors keen to slough off the cold cloak of Winter. But of course, this Winter has been less than the usual with an absence of the stiff frosts crisping the grass, delaying the start of the gardening day. Instead we’ve slithered and slid down our steep slopes and even our abnormally free-draining soil has proved a sticky challenge!

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MAR APR 16.indd 48 25/02/2016 09:45 Spring Show Opens at 2.00 pm Saturday 9th April 2016 at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall Come and join us to see some of the best local produce in the Piddle Valley. Have a go yourself and enter one of the many classes: ★ Vegetables (7 classes) ★ Flowers (34 classes) ★ Floral art (3 classes) ★ Photography (3 classes) ★ Cookery (4 classes) Refreshments will be available

Full details from Jean Groome tel 01300 348598

* most classes open to all

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MAR APR 16.indd 49 25/02/2016 09:45 So how do we judge when Spring has sprung? Whilst our daffodils are no further advanced than usual, many other flowers are unexpectedly bursting forth, including perennial geraniums, clearly mistaking the double-figured temperatures for early May.

On yesterday’s early morning ascent with the dogs, I counted in excess of 25 flowers bedecking trees, shrubs, perennials and bulbs.

But perhaps the surest sign of Spring’s advance lies at the entrance to the beehives., where industrious bees alight, rear legs heavy with pollen: a true sign that their Queen is in full lay and new life emerging within.

We welcome you to our garden on Monday 28th March, Sunday 17th April, Wednesday 20th April, Sunday/Monday 1st/2nd May all from 2–5pm.

Bridget & Dave Bowen / 01300 348255

Piddle Valley Over 60s

Our next meeting, which will be on March 3rd in The Memorial Hall Piddletrenthide, will be “Call My Bluff” which will be great fun and all are welcome. The team who do this do it to raise funds for Weldmar so there will be a collection at the end.

On 7th April there will be a talk by David Downton on “Dorset Language”.

Hilary French, 01305 848501

Piddle Valley Players – CAROUSEL

A show reviewer usually reports on just one performance; not all nights might be the same. This correspondent covered the Thursday show and can only write as he finds. The briefest he can report is; SENSATIONAL! The opening scene involved all the cast wandering round the coastal fairground, smiling, joking, greeting each other, relaxed as we would be in happy mood – and without a single scripted word! That set the atmosphere for the whole evening, us older ones instantly recognising the famous songs such as When the Children are Asleep, If I Loved You and many more, all delivered without too much attempted American accents, accompanied by three musicians with the lightest of touches.

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26th Feb Casterbridge Band caller Ruth Thompson

18th Mar O’Dalaigh’s Ceilidh Band caller Helen Woodall *at Buckland Newton Village Hall, DT2 7BZ*

22th Apr The Hat Band caller Paul Miles

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MAR APR 16.indd 51 25/02/2016 09:45 The show was sponsored by Dorset Cereals and the Piddle Inn. It would be invidious to name individuals, but performers and audience recognised show director Rachel Olley’s massive input at all levels, particularly in teasing out good performances. By the time you read this she will be well into planning the next show! As always, the Memorial Hall dressed up and adapted well, its committee and supporters forming most of the front-of-house team, so it was a happy audience who set off in search of their cars afterwards, cleaning off the frosty windscreens, perhaps with the hope that June would soon be Bustin’ Out All Over in the Piddle Valley.

Colin Dean

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MAR APR 16.indd 52 25/02/2016 09:45 Event in Piddletrenthide at The Memorial Hall Great Family Entertainment Tickets £8, £6 (u18s), £25 (family) tel (01300) 348247 or from the Post Ofﬁce, Piddletrenthide Sunday 6th March 2016, 4.00pm

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MAR APR 16.indd 53 25/02/2016 09:45 Piddle Valley Parish Council ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Meetings The Piddle Valley Parish Council meets in Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall, normally on the last Tuesday of the month, at 7.30pm. Meetings start with a “Democratic half-hour”, during which any local resident may personally raise direct to the Council any matter that affects the Valley community. So, if you have something important to say, please either contact your local Parish Councillor or raise it during the start of the next meeting. Please also note that Minutes of meetings are published on the website, so if you do not wish your name to appear, please state this before beginning speaking.

Next meetings are: March 29th , April 26th

Waste Collection arrangements General Waste & Food – alternate Fridays – March 11th, 25th, April 8th, 22nd Recycling & Food – alternate Fridays. – March 4th, 18th. April 1st, 15th, 29th Your containers should be put out by 7.30am on Friday. Please try not to put your wheelie-bins out before Thursday evening and take them in again as soon as possible after collection on Friday.

NHS Clinical Services Review The NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group are responsible for the planning and funding of many local health services. They want people in Dorset to help shape the local NHS service by sharing their views and experiences.

Join the Health Involvement Network for opportunities to get involved. There is no cost or obligation and the level of involvement is up to you.

For further information visit: www.dorsetccg.nhs.uk, email: [email protected] or call 01305 368900. Twitter: @dorsetccg. Facebook: www.facebook.com/NHSDorsetCCG There is also a short film available at www.dorsetvision.nhs.uk

Village Meetings & Village Clean-ups After some confusion, it appears that it is again possible for volunteers to be involved in the annual spring Village Clean-ups of litter and rubbish, provided the volunteers work within the 30mph speed limit areas.

The Parish Council will make available hi-viz jackets and rubbish sacks, volunteers only need provide enthusiasm and stout gloves!

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MAR APR 16.indd 54 25/02/2016 09:45 Piddletrenthide clean-up will be on the 12th March from 10.00am, meeting in the school car park – where you will be allocated an area from which to pick litter.

Piddlehinton will assign areas at the Village Meeting, to be held at 7.00pm on Monday 21st March in the Village Hall. Alton Pancras will assign areas at the Village Meeting to be held on 14th March.

PCSO Visits We now have a new (possibly temporary) Police Community Support Officer for the Valley. PCSO 6500 Alison Donnison is arranging to make regular calls to the Post-Office at 3.00pm on the third Friday of every month, to meet residents and discuss any issues they may have. She may also try to attend at Lunch Club sessions. Please do not hesitate to contact her by telephoning 101 if there are any Police issues that concern you.

Parish Councillor Vacancy – Piddlehinton The Parish Council is short of one Parish Councillor for Piddlehinton. Please contact John Cox, Chair, on 348454 if you are interested. Queen’s 90th Birthday celebration. It is understood that there will be another beacon lighting celebration for the Queen’s Birthday. Further details will be published on the website and notice boards as they become available, but please contact your local Parish Councillor (or myself on [email protected] ) if you want to take part in or run any event, so that these can be co-ordinated and publicised.

BOATS We understand that the Planning Inspectorate Hearing into the proposal that the routes from Snowdrop Corner to Doles Wood and Chalky Knapp to Doles Wood has been completed and the Inspector has confirmed the original findings that Snowdrop- Doles will be classified as a BOAT (Byway open to all traffic) and Chalky Knapp will be classified as a Restricted Byway (open to non-motorised traffic).

PLANNING APPLICATIONS Approved WD/D/15/002789 Doles Ash Dairy, Drakes Lane. Extend existing, finishing building WD/D/15/002785 Apple Tree Cottage, Piddletrenthide. Demolish existing asbestos and concrete garage, replace with timber frame garage. WD/D/15/001888 Armswell Farm, Armswell, Plush. Demolish conservatory and erect Sun Room WD/D/15/002160 Manor Gate Cottage, Harveys Farm, Plush, DT2 7RJ Minor alterations to previously approved scheme - reduction in basement and internal & elevation alterations (Full)

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MAR APR 16.indd 55 25/02/2016 09:45 Refused WD/D/15/002523 Rake Hill Barns, Alton Pancras – convert to residential dwelling. WITHDRAWN WD/D/15/002527 17 High St, Piddlehinton. Demolish garage and erect detached garage with studio over. WITHDRAWN

Pending WD/D/15/002947 Little Platt, Plush. Replace existing garage with car port. WD/D/15/002970 Flintcomb Ash – Certificate of Lawful use – land as a garden WD/D/15/002959 West Hill House, Harveys Farm access road. Plush. Re-roof existing extension with tile. WD/D/15/002803 Mulletts, White Lackington. Demolish conservatory, replace with 2 storey extension, alter windows and create new access. WD/D/15/002770 Little Monkwood Hill Farm, Plush. Erect agricultural workers dwelling (revised application) WD/D/15/002656 Newhouse, Muston Farm Lane, Piddlehinton. Certificate of Lawful Use requested – Dwelling. WD/D/15/002256 Butts Cottage, Plush. Convert barn to dwelling. WD/D/15/002236 Glebe Cottage, 2 Church Lane, Piddletrenthide. Erect single storey extension to the rear. WD/D/15/002224 Little Puddle Barn, Piddlehinton. Change of condition to allow Unit 1 to be used as Residential. WD/D/15/001766 Carters Barn Farm, Piddlehinton. Change of use of agricultural barn to mixed use – One residential dwelling , Holiday Let & Workshop. WD/D/15/001745 Bourne Park, Piddlehinton. Change of use from Workshop to indoor motocross facility WD/D/15/001564 The Barn, Church Lane, Piddletrenthide. Install window in external door and window in each side panel. Listed Building. WD/D/14/002611 Slyers Lane, Charminster. Erect 6 wind turbines and associated infrastructure. Consultation only, as in Charminster Parish, but the PVPC has formally objected.

Note. By the time applications have been published here (possibly up to 10 weeks after I have been notified of them) , the opportunity to make representations has generally passed. Planning applications are however also listed on www.piddlevalley.info as soon as I hear about them, and therefore may still be open if you wish to comment to the Planning Authority.

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MAR APR 16.indd 56 25/02/2016 09:45 Piddle Valley Losses in The Great War~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

REGIMENTAL HUMOUR

The months of March and April 1916 did not see any loss of men from our Valley, so we’ll look at some of the more light hearted incidents which are recorded in “The History of the Dorsetshire Regiment – 1914–1919”. It’s very likely that some of our local soldiers knew of these incidents.

As may be expected, the early days of the War were a rich source of entertainment with enthusiastic troops who had not yet grasped correct military ways, especially on sentry duty. A sentry’s correct challenge is “Advance and be recognised”, but one Commanding Offi cer swore that he was challenged to “Advance and be baptised”.

Another zealous sentry in the 3rd Battalion near Weymouth heard someone approach his post one dark night. With his rifl e loaded with ball and and his mind loaded with Germans, he ordered the intruder to halt. There was no reply. The sentry took careful aim, fi red and killed the offender – a cow!

In 1914, imaginary spies lurked everywhere. The 4th Dorsets, stationed near Plymouth, were advised about a wireless installation in a private house which the Intelligence Department considered should be investigated. At the dead of night a subaltern’s party raided the house and the young ladies living there were politely requested to wait in the living room while their rooms were searched for spies or other incriminating evidence. They were in their night attire. One cannot help feeling that the subalterns may have engineered this incident. Could the young ladies be the reason for the raid?

Overseas, and facing the stern test of battle, the humour still kept up. On the Somme in October 1916 the 6th Battalion recorded that one man, stuck in the mud, was handed over to a relieving battalion as trench stores.

One of the 6th Battalion’s offi cers is described as having a most delightful and unregulated sense of humour. He maintained that people had tea between the lines and even brought back some crockery from a patrol as proof. Once he was ordered to take a patrol to inspect the enemy’s wire and report on gaps in the entanglements. When he sent in his report he included two envelopes. One, containing a minute bit of wire, was marked “herewith sample of wire”. The other, “herewith sample of gap”. It was empty.

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MAR APR 16.indd 57 25/02/2016 09:45 The 5th Battalion went to Gallipoli in 1915, landing at Suvla Bay on the night of the 6/7th August. The boat conveying the Commanding Officer, Lt. Col. Hannay, grounded about 60 yards from the shore and a sailor invited the C.O. to step overboard and wade. The C.O. told the man to try for himself. He did so and promptly disappeared under the water, much to the amusement of the soldiers. Humour aside, Hannay was being sensible. Soldiers had drowned in the first Gallipoli landings on the 25th April 1915 when they jumped, heavily laden with equipment, into deep water.

Lice were a constant problem on all battlefronts, and delousing baths were known as the Lyceum. Visits to these baths were often accompanied by a parody of the Aladdin cry “New lice for old”!

My favourite tale comes from the 1/4th Battalion who were in Mespotamia in June 1916. A Sergeant of the guard had run out of cigarettes and was longing for a smoke. He could not leave his post, so called upon a passing Private to purchase a packet from the YMCA. The cost was 4 annas. “Be sharp” he said, “here’s 8 annas. You can have a packet yourself”. The Private disappeared but did not return that day. Next morning he presented himself at the guard tent. “Seargeant, here’s your 4 annas change. They only had one packet and I smoked he!”

Bin Roy / 01300 348227

Sport ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Piddle Valley Tennis Club

Welcoming new and old members for only: Family £28 per year Single Adult £17 per year Single Junior £10 per year Visit - http://piddlevalleytennis.googlepages.com/ or call 01300 348277 Jonathan Bond, Secretary

SHORT MAT BOWLS Thursdays Piddlehinton Village Hall 7.30–9.30 pm Contact Sheila Hornyak / 01300 348264

TABLE TENNIS Tuesdays Piddlehinton Village Hall 7.00–9.00 pm Contact Beryl Ellis / 01305 267394

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CRICKET CLUB ContactPiddle Graeme Valley Stephens Tennis / Club07899 663773

BADMINTONWelcoming new and old Tuesdays members Piddlehinton for only - Gym Family 2–4 pm £28 per year Contact Hilary French / 01305Single 848501 Adult £17 per year

TENNIS Visit www.piddlevalleytennis.googlepages.comSingle Junior £10 per year Visit - http://piddlevalleytennis.googlepages.com/ Contact 01300 348277 or call 01300 348277 YOGA Tuesdays Piddlehinton VillageJonathan Hall 10–11.15 Bond, Secretary am Contact Jane Evans / 01305 259754 om/[email protected] SHORT MAT BOWLS Thursdays Piddlehinton Village Hall 7.30 – 9.30 pm Contact Sheila Hornyak / 01300 34826 TABLE TENNIS Tuesdays Piddlehinton Village Hall 7.00 – 9.00 pm Contact Beryl Ellis / 01305 267394 CRICKET CLUB Contact Graeme Stephens / 07899 663773

BADMINTON TuesdaysWith Piddlehinton our under Gym11 youth 2 – 4teams pm to build Contacton, Hilary we are French always / 01300 looking 848501 for new players TENNIS Visit to www.piddlevalleytennis.googlepages.comcome and join our successful and family friendly club. So if you and your friends are 8 Contactyears 01300 upwards 349277 and would like to join, please YOGA Tuesdaysring Piddlehinton either Graeme Village Stephens Hall 10–1.15 07899 663773am Matthew Chambers 07769751139 Contact Jane Evans / 01305 259754 Tim Mitchell 07796 857744 om/[email protected]

FOR ALL YOUR TENNIS NEEDS & Solutions Tel/Fax 01300 348277 M 07887 856462 E [email protected] FOR GROUPS, PAIRS or INDIVIDUALS Tennis Lessons (All ages: Beginner to High Performance training) - New Tennis Equipment ( Clothing, shoes, rackets and accessories) - Racket Restringing, Repair and Customisation (24 hr service) - Expert Advice (Training Programs, Nutrition, Weight management, Coach Training) - Psychology (Mental Skills, Motivation training for High Performance) - Physiology (Fitness, Conditioning, Speed training,) Piddle Valley Tennis Club, Private Residential Courts, Public and School Venues Caroline Gossage - Performance Tennis & Sport Psychology Coach - LTA Licensed – CRB Fully Insured NLP Life Coach - Help get your life on track, make personal changes in your family, work, relationships, fitness,

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Range of information available includes (updated several times per week on average)

Events calendar Events in + around the Valley; if you have an event you need including, email at any time [email protected]

Important news items Neighbourhood Plan News, reports + information Dorset Police Ringmaster warnings about local crimes (updated constantly) Valley Churches News, Schedule of Services and Pew Sheets, list of Births, Marriages and Deaths, including published obituaries About the Valley Information about individual Piddle Valley communities, together with more detailed articles about the history of the various settlements Shops + Businesses Categories listing of annual PVNV advertisers, with links to their adverts Doctors Information about the surgeries + links to their websites Valley Clubs + Societies Details + contact details of the many Valley organisations Parish Council List of Councillors, Meeting minutes, news and reports, Planning Applications, Neighbourhood Plan news P’hinton Village Hall Details of what’s available P’thide Memorial Hall Details of what’s available + the Hall’s history The Millennium Green History and news Bridge Educational Trust Details + link to their website Piddle Valley First School Articles + link to their website PVNV magazine Links to back issues from Jan 2011; articles too large or too late to be included in the printed magazine Piddle Valley Design Copy of the document Statement Piddle Valley Parish Plan Copy of the document Gallery Selected photographs of interest to the community

The small button on the top right side of the website Home Page details the most recent changes + additions to make it easier for you to keep abreast of what is available. If you have articles to contribute, suggestions for improvements, additions, corrections, or if there are bits that don’t work, please let me know.

Andy Howard / [email protected] / 01300 348406

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MAR APR 16.indd 60 25/02/2016 09:45 Puddletown Surgery Tel 01305 848333 Athelhampton Road, Puddletown, DT2 8FY

News from Puddletown Surgery Once again I am writing to keep you up to date with events at Puddletown Surgery and impart important health messages. If there are any other matters you would like us to address, please let us know by ringing to speak to Carol Taylor, Practice Manager, on 01305 848333 or e-mailing [email protected].

Opening Hours for Easter Over the Easter period the surgery will be closed on Good Friday, 25th March, and Easter Monday, 28th March. Please note that the surgery WILL BE OPEN on Easter Saturday, 26th March

If you are unwell while the surgery is closed, ring NHS 111. They will take details of your condition and direct you straight away to the local service that can help you best.

Please note that prescriptions requested on Thursday 24th March will be ready for collection from the afternoon of Wednesday 30th March.

Goodbye from Dr Anne Boyle At the end of March I will be hanging up my stethoscope and retiring to the Sydling Valley, to spend more time on the farm, with Paul, and our dogs, horses and sheep. I am really looking forward to this, but I know I will miss a lot of things about Puddletown: The continual fascination of General Practice, my excellent partners and superb team at the surgery and, of course, all the people I have got to know, over so many years, as patients. Thank you all for putting up with me! It has been a pleasure and a privilege to practise in such a lovely place.

It is good to know I’m leaving the practice in safe hands and that my patients will be very well cared for.

I believe a few people have asked if I will be having a leaving present. Thank you, but no. Instead I would like to put any donations into a collection to give to the Motor Neurone Disease Association (cash or cheques made payable to “Puddletown Surgery”). I lost a good friend to this disease; the charity does sterling work and needs support.

And welcome to Dr Julia Griffiths Dr Jonathan Bond will take Dr Boyle’s place as partner to Dr Chris Burnham. From 1st April he will be here on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. We are additionally very fortunate to have secured the appointment of Dr Julia Griffiths to join the team. Dr Griffiths will be providing surgeries on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Surgery and Dispensary Opening Times Monday to Friday 8.30am–6.30pm and Saturday 8.30am–11.00am

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MAR APR 16.indd 61 25/02/2016 09:45 Dr C T Wakeham Dr J F R Dobbs 51 Long Street Dr H M Taylor Cerne Abbas Dr J Bubb DORCHESTER DT2 7JG Tel: 01300 341666 Fax: 01300 341090

Dispensary Update

The dispensary window is now open for enquiries and collection of medication from 11.00am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday. 9am-12 noon Saturday (excluding Bank & Public Holiday weekends) Repeat prescriptions – patients on regular medication do not always need to see their doctor for a repeat prescription. All repeat prescriptions come with a printout of medication currently available as a repeat prescription. There is also a reminder of the date the doctor will need to review your medication.

Ordering medication

Your may order your medication online at any time. Register at reception (we will need to see photographic ID such a a passport or driving licence) to use the link on our website www.cerneabbassurgery.co.uk. You can also order by fax, post or in the box by the dispensary window Monday to Friday 8.30am–6.30pm These are our preferred methods as it ensures safety and accuracy. However if your only option is to use the telephone please contact us between 9.00–10.00am Monday to Friday 01300 341 163 In order to dispense items safely and because certain items may not be in stock we ask for 2 full working days between your day of ordering and your day of collection. Please do not include Saturdays, Sundays or Bank Holidays.

ORDER COLLECT ORDER COLLECT Monday Thursday Saturday Thursday Tuesday Friday Sunday Thursday Wednesday Monday Good Friday Following Friday Thursday Tuesday Friday before BH Monday Following Friday Friday Wednesday Bank Holiday Monday Friday

Collection of medication

We can arrange for medication to be collected from collection points at > Buckland Newton Village Stores > Piddletrenthide Post Ofﬁ ce > King‛s Stag Garage > Hazelbury Bryan Shop Please ask at the dispensary for more information or You can collect your medication from the surgery during the dispensary opening hours.

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MAR APR 16.indd 62 25/02/2016 09:45 ACTIVITIES AT PIDDLEHINTON GYM ENTERPRISE PARK, PIDDLEHINTON

New members always welcome Monday Evening Badminton from 8pm Contact Alan and Chris Wiseman on 01258 817512 Tuesday Afternoon Badminton 2pm – 4pm Contact Hilary French on 01305 848501 Tuesday Evening Badminton from 8pm Contact Pauline Adams on 01300 345459 Indoor Bowls Monday mornings Contact Gordon Fermer on 01305 753521 Dorchester Drama Contact Ann Ottaway on 01305 772187 Frome Valley Archery Club Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings Contact John Holt on 07970 459169 Crossways Archery Club Sunday afternoons Contact Sheila Ryall 01258 837504 Zumba classes Thursday evenings Contact Janice Sloyan on 07920 841107 Remote Control Car Club Friday evenings Contact Al Mailer on 07787 380541 Indoor Junior Tennis – various times Contact Caroline Gossage on 07887856462

If you are looking for premises to run a club Contact Colette McKenney on 07769 041248 To discuss bookings availability

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MAR APR 16.indd 63 25/02/2016 09:45 BEAUTY & POWER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Magdalena Atkinson – age 39, a resident of Piddlehinton, a mother of Alexander, Isabella and Oliver, a singer-songwriter, a teacher of Shakti Dance – yoga of dance, a music teacher, a dreamer…

“I follow my path with ease and grace… I follow my path, my wildest adventure, I follow my path & my true nature…”

Dear Readers,

Many of you may know me over the last 12 years since I moved to the Piddle Valley. I would like to share with you, my journey of inspiration and self-discovery which led me to become an artist and to publish my album “Beauty & Power” officially released in February 2016.

My musical journey started at home, nurtured with music and songs written by my mother. I was trained as a singer, a musicologist and a music teacher. I started to write my own music at University with a group of friends, forming the group “Elipsa” in 1998. My deepest dream was to perform, to write music and to travel… We were sharing the music at festivals and concerts, recording and rehearsing… It felt like my best creative years in my life.

In 2000 I had an opportunity to travel as I was accepted at the Academy of Music and Dance in Bali, Indonesia, where I received a year scholarship. My life started to unfold naturally, nourished with love and security created by my husband Tom, whom I met in Greece in 2002. We moved to the UK, we got married, we had children and a busy life, beautiful but tough at times… With all those changes I stopped writing or playing music. The piano was not touched for years; my voice was constantly not well, catching every single cold…

My deep dream of being a singer was pushed away very far, indeed. Then I hit a slight depression. To save myself I started the healing process which revealed my dormant dreams, felt like an unreachable fairy tale…

“How can I sing again”- I asked – “I am ill, I lost my inspiration, I am not good enough” - the little voice was crying…

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MAR APR 16.indd 64 25/02/2016 09:45 I needed to listen to that inner calling of creativity to heal myself and soon after I started to sing again. With the support of Jo Thornton from the Twinning Association, we created, together with David Bowen and his friend Mike Botterill, a short program of French Chansons performed in Piddletrenhide in 2011, followed by more performances across Dorset.

Not long later, I started to write new songs, inspired by my healing process. I signed up for the training in SHAKTI DANCE – the yoga of dance, which hugely helped me to unlock my creativity even further. The yogic term SHAKTI means the creative power and since 2014, I share this beautiful practice during the regular monthly workshops in Dorchester and Poole.

When Oliver, my youngest boy went to school, I used it as an opportunity to follow my dreams…to record an album of my music, after 10 years of silence...

Now I feel like a new chapter in my life is being open. I am receiving first invitations to festivals, events and concerts. I have opened the door to my dreams allowing them to unfold in the most beautiful way. Which ways? – I don’t know, but the process taught me to trust and to surrender.

WAND (Woman Action Network Dorset) invited me to share my music during the concert celebrating the Woman’s Week on the 10th of March at 7.30pm in Dorchester Town Hall. (Tickets £8/£6 at the door). It would be wonderful to see some friends from the Piddle Valley there!

New opportunities are coming my way every week… I am so very grateful… for my rediscovered gifts, for the support of my husband, my family, and friends, for the life full of potentials…

“I’m on my way to the new adventure I follow my dreams and make them true The golden Sun shines up upon me Showing the way where I am called from…”

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MAR APR 16.indd 65 25/02/2016 09:45 ABOUT BEAUTY & POWER

“We are the powerful beings who are walking on this Earth, we are beautiful…” – the words echo through Magdalena’s songs in a subtle and uplifting manner. Simple, yet beautiful melodies with Magdalena’s angelic and vibrant voice, invite the body to gently sway, the heart to open and the soul to listen. The sound of the hammered dulcimer, performed by Magdalena, the hang drum, skillfully played by talented drummer Ralph Cree and the ethereal keyboards added by the producer Steve Jones – give this recording its subtle, folky tone. The song orders is inspired by the practice of Shakti Dance – the yoga of dance – which Magdalena shares as a teacher. It starts with an invocation to the archetypes of Power and Beauty, then gently warms up the body and soul, finds its momentum and the rhythm, and slowly winds down with a soulful meditation.”

The album CD and free videos are available from my website www.magdalenaatkinson.co.uk and across major music distribution shops, like iTunes, Amazon, Spotify.

Dorchester Choral Society Registered Charity No. 285911

Saturday 12 March 2016 at 7.30pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester DT1 2HL

Carl Orff: Carmina Burana with a children’s choir from the Dorchester Area Schools Partnership Constant Lambert: The Rio Grande

Director of Music Colin Howard

Tickets on sale 13 February 2016 from: Harmony Music 3-4 Forum Centre, Trinity Street, Dorchester, choir members, DCS Box Office [email protected] or by post from 1, Pitcote Lane, Poundbury, Dorchester DT1 3GH. Please include a cheque and SAE. Reserved £16 nave or £14 front rows side aisles Unreserved £12 side aisles (non refundable)

For information about disabled access contact 01305 852977

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MAR APR 16.indd 66 25/02/2016 09:45 Local walk~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

• • • • • • • • • Route N The route is 3.6 miles of tracks and rough terrain along public rights of way. Not all hedgelines or tracks are shown.

Higher Melcombe

Lyscombe Bottom Stout footwear is recommended. If you are Nineteen Acre reasonably fit it Hanging should take no more than 1 ½ hours.

Piggery Chapel Lyscombe Farm

To Piddletrenthide

To Cheselbourne Thorncombe Farm

Route: Lyscombe - A shorter route this month. Just a short drive from Piddletrenthide there is a car park at Thorncombe Farm. Stunning views all the way and a chance to visit the beautiful thatched chapel. Use of an Ordnance Survey map is recommended.

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MAR APR 16.indd 67 25/02/2016 09:45 HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY - DORSET READING PARTNERS

Dorset Reading Partners is a charity that recruits and trains volunteers who work in local primary schools helping children with their reading development. Our reading partners offer regular, sustained, one-to-one Dorset Reading Partners support to children who are reluctant to read or who need a little extra help The Little Keep Barrack Road and encouragement. They talk, share books and play games in half-hour Dorchester sessions outside the classroom, in order to increase children’s conﬁ dence and DT1 1SQ motivation as well as their communication and literacy skills. Our aim is to Telephone 01305 458515 help children develop a love of books and a sense of reading as a recreational activity, as well as a vital and empowering life skill. Press Release for Dorset Parish Magazines

Dorset Reading Partners was established in 2006 so this year, in 2016, we shall be celebrating our

achievementsHAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY of - DORSET the READINGpast ten PARTNERS years. We shall be doing a great deal to raise the proﬁ le of the organisation during the next twelve months – recruiting more volunteer reading partners and Dorset Reading Partners is a charity that recruits and trains volunteers who work in local primary schools activelyhelping children seeking with their additional reading development. fundraising Our reading partners and offergrant regular, opportunities. sustained, one-to- If you would like to support us, doone visit support our to children website who are for reluctant further to read orinformation who need a little extra http://www.dorsetreadingpartners.org.uk/, help and encouragement. or contact They talk, share books and play games in half-hour sessions outside the classroom, in order to increase Julietchildren’s Ruddick confidence andon motivation 01305 as 458515, well as their [email protected] and literacy skills. Our aim is to help children develop a love of books and a sense of reading as a recreational activity, as well as a vital and empowering life skill.

Dorset Reading Partners was establishedMake in 2006a difference so this year, in 2016, weby shall being be celebrating a ourfriend achievements of the past ten years. We shall be doing a great deal to raise the profile of the organisation during the next twelve months – recruiting more volunteer reading partners and actively seeking additional fundraising andWe grant all opportunities. need friends. If you would like It to is support the us, New do visit ourYear. Starting something new can website for further informationbe http://www.dorsetreadingpartners.org.uk/ overwhelming and exciting., or contact Juliet Where Ruddick on to start?! Simple - Do you feel 01305 458515, [email protected] can be .a friend? Are you able to be patient and caring? You might be busy, but for as little as one evening per month, you can give so much to a person’s life. The people who use our services haveENDS learning disabilities and appreciate friendship.

In Dorchester, we have a number of people who would like to have volunteer befrienders help out with outings or activities. Once a month there is a need for people to help take people who use our services to a local friendship club for skittle, discos or karaoke. We also roles based in houses, for example we need a person to help a woman with crafts or cooking once a fortnight. We also need a keen swimmer to help out with visits to the local swimming pool.

Michael, a befriender for us says ‘I love being a friend to different service users. I was a little anxious to begin with as I had not any experience of spending time with a person with learning disabilities. Once you start talking or doing an activity and you see how much the person is enjoying your company, it becomes so rewarding and then the anxiety just goes! Sometimes all I do is listen to the person. Other times, I might do an activity or go out for a coffee. It really is worth trying.’

Training and support is given. Volunteers are highly valued in Leonard Cheshire Disability. Working with a person who has learning disabilities can be highly satisfying and can really make you feel you are doing something important and worthwhile. Do call and have a chat about how you can help.

Please contact Hilary Campbell, Volunteer Co-ordinator on 01305 213815. Or email [email protected]

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MAR APR 16.indd 68 25/02/2016 09:45 Domestic Agricultural Industrial Commercial

5 Woodsford Close Crossways Dorchester DT2 8XS T. 01305 852 976 M. 07901 666 614 [email protected]

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MAR APR 16.indd 69 25/02/2016 09:45 DAY EXCURSIONS and COACH HOLIDAYS

Call us for your copy now on 01305 851697 Picking up in Puddletown, Tolpuddle and Dorchester

Featuring NORTH WALES in BODELWYDDAN CASTLE

Cutty Sark, Royal Observatory and Queen's House Thursford Christmas Spectacular Osborne House, Isle of Wight South Devon Boat Train Blackpool

and SO MUCH MORE !!!

To enquire about these tours or for a copy of our Holiday and Day Tour Brochure, call us on

01305 851697 www.crosswaystravel.co.uk

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MAR APR 16.indd 72 25/02/2016 09:45 THE BRACE OF PHEASANTS PLUSH, DORCHESTER, DT2 7RQ

Phil & Carol welcome you to “The Brace”

WinterOpening Opening Times Times: Monday to Saturday, 12–3pm and 7–11pm Tuesday toSunday, Saturday 12–3pm 12pm to and 3pm 7–10pm & 7pm to 11pm And Sunday 12pm to 3pm

8 Fabulous En-Suite Letting Rooms Available

Harden’s Restaurant Guide 2014 -

“Well worth seeking out” (“you’ll need the satnav”), this “hidden treat” of an inn wins acclaim all round, not least for its “gourmet pub food”, including the “imaginative” treatment of game you might hope for.

Award Winning Food

Ales Served Direct From the Cask 18 Wines Served by the Glass

Good Pub Guide 2015 - Top Ten Best Country Pubs

Tel: 01300 – 348357 www.braceofpheasants.co.uk

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ENTERPRISE PARK, PIDDLEHINTON, DORSET DT2 7UA

Light Industrial units and storage available to let from 700 sq ft to 3300 sq ft. Rents from £283 per month to £1300 per month Some units have office space included Containers available to let at £60 per month

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4 Shires Asset Management 78 John Stark/Crickmay Partnership 34 Abbey Hearing 83 Jurassic Computers 11 Alastair Thomas Furniture Restoration 28 KDS Garden Machinery 37 Andrew Shaw - Thatcher 13 Knighton Countryside Management 74 Angel Cake Company 43 Lackington Joinery 69 Anthony Randall Roof Repairs 32 Lawrences Auctioneers 81 BA Wallbridge Plumbing & Heating 14 Logs (county tree services) 81 Brace of Pheasants 73 Louis Knight Electrical 69 Brian Twigg Planning 17 Marsh’s 9 Brown and Barrett 79 Newton Joinery 76 Carers Connected 34 Nicks Motorcycle Training 12 Car-lee Dog Training 37 Oil Heating Services 83 Cerne Abbas Surgery 62 P N Gray 15 Cerne Abbas Airport Taxi 8 Philip J Ralph Groundworks 14 CG Tennis Academies 59 Piano & Music - Simon Grainger 26 Charminster Garage 82 Piddle Valley Tiddlers 36 Chris Perrins Chimney Sweep 81 Piddle Valley Vets 82 Christina Shaw Soft Furnishings 83 Piddletrenthide PO & Stores 24 Clean Sweep chimney sweep 10 Plush Cricket Club 59 Conduit Mead Enterprise Park 74 Poachers Inn 22 Country Catalogue 15 Poundbury Wealth Management 21 Crossways Travel 70 PR Elford Ltd/John Howarth Heating 77 D J Chutter 13 Puddletown Surgery 61 Domestic Appliance Centre 11 Pugsley Revill Accountants 17 Domestic Repairs (Ian Coombes) 12 Rebecca Green Catering 26 Dorchester Choral Society 66 Richard Drew Picture Framing 14 Dorchester Framing (TIncleton Gallery) 43 Rob Wood Gardener Lawncare Dorset Plasterers 19 and Chimney Sweep 15 Eastment Windows & Conservatories 83 Ryan Mullins Fencing and Landscaping 71 Ecoliving 9 Shawscape 23 Fireplace & Stove Centre 16 Street Services 77 Fourniers Ltd 14 Sunninghill School 85 G Chubb Plumbing 12 Symonds and Sampson 88 GBC Electrical Ltd 76 Taking the Lead Phillipa’s Dog Care Services 20 George Albert Hotel 79 Thimble Inn 76 George Horn Man and Van 72 Trading Standards 10 GJS Plumbing 26 Watercolour Class 27 Graham Giddings 84 Wessex Carpentry 69 Grassby Funeral Service 32 WIndow Cleaning Services 25 Greenways Tree Care & Garden Services 18 Woods Funeral services 32 Grove Computers 72 Hardy Tree Surgeons 18 J & A Ridell Carpentry and Joinery 19 Jackson-Stops and Staff 4 Jaspers 20

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