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Where am I? Issue 231 October 2019 March’sSt. Mary’s Church, Shroton answer: The Village Hall window!

Mother’s Day The Shroton Lines is published by the Shroton Village Hall Commiee for the residents of the village. It is wrien, published and delivered by a small team of willing volunteers. Your thoughts and arcles are always A reminder to all! It’s Mothering Sunday on March welcome and should be addressed to the editor, Claire Low, either by hand to The Old Barn, by phone Shroton Armisce 100 31st! 07802753057 or by email to [email protected] Deadline for submissions is the 15th of each month. Shroton Church will be running a special Mothering 10 and 11 NovemberSunday Service, where we thank God for mothers, and Diary Dates this Month have a posy of flowers to give to all mothers present! 2 Oct Recycling (Green) 11am - 4pm at the Shroton Village Hall 10.30-12.00 Coffee Morning Special weekday services 5 Oct Macmillan Coffee Morning 10am-12noon - Village Hall People are parcularly encouraged to come to During Lent we have arranged three lunchme 9 Oct Rubbish (Black) the Hall aer the Sunday Remembrance Church 10.30-12.00 Coffee Morning meengs when we shall be exploring Luke’s Gospel. 12 Oct Live Band - Sunny Side of service. These are scheduled for Wednesday 13 March, Swing (inc. Lindihop class) 7.30pm 16 Oct Recycling (Green) There will be a Village history display and other Wednesday 3 April and Wednesday 10 April all at 12 10.30-12.00 Coffee Morning WW1 displays - and many poppies made by both noon, and a Saturday meeng at 10am on 23 March. 16 Oct Parish Council Meeting the young and old from the Parish. More details on the posters in the village. Village Hall 7.00pm 18 Oct Quiz Night Village Hall 7.00pm Refreshments available. Please just call in and Thank God for Fridays give a lile thought to those from this Parish who 23 Oct Rubbish (Black) 10.30-12.00 Coffee Morning are no longer with us but We connue with our monthly Yes, the Shroton 28 Oct Lunch and a Chat 12.30 gave so much of their lives TGFF services, led by Rev’d Chris to the Great War. Jervis. These enable us to look pantomime is back! Fridays 5.30-6.30pm - Swing Train fun Free admissionmore deeply at some Chrisan exercise class with Jazz steps & Charleston The 12 named Silhouettes that were placed on benches, in the Hall and moves beliefs. The next one will be ThisChurch were year a wepoignant will reminderbe trying of the 12 men who never returned after During the weekend there Yes, it’s Lunch and a Chat and Coffee Morning take Shrotonvolunteering Community to fight in WW1. place in the Village Hall will be a commemorave ourFinally hand “Take Meat RobinBack to DearHood. Old Blighty”,If which was an evening of Groupback! Oak tree planted in the youPoetry, would memoirs like and toletters, take a quiz part and music from the Shroton Ukulele Cricketers Arms: FundBand -and Raising the Last Post played by Nick Briggs, was extremely well Fairfield and the WW1 either as an actor (adults **** please note the update **** Yes, the Shroton bench will be unveiled on received. Thursday Night - Pie Night £8.50 Clothes,Stand children) shoes, or bags, behind the Fresh Fish Friday - from 6.00pm the Glebe.Thank you to all who supported the above - donations of over £300 will be Please note: New Sunday opening hours pantomime is back! David’shats,scenes,split between belts, please SSAFA coats, and contact Blind Veterans me UK. Open 12-6, food served 12-4 curtains and sheets 10 NovemberAnneall wanted. Pearson. To book: 01258 860421 DayWell done Shroton! This year we will be trying our hand In this month’s issue: at Robin Hood. If you would like to IQuiz7.30pm-10pm at the Shroton Village Hall am organising the “BagstoSchool” fund Editorial and Village Hall News - page 2 Tel: 863892 take part either as an actor (adults raising scheme for the Shroton Community Brass Quintet event review - page 2 email: [email protected] and children) or behind the scenes, Group.“Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty” I will deliver bags to each house- and Parish Council News - page 7 An evening of WW1 Poetry, Memoirs, Music from Friday, 1 March at 7.30 Hungrytown Folk Music concert review - page 8 please contact me, Anne Pearson. our very own Ukulele band, Quiz and “The Last leavePerformances bags in the willBus Shelter be on and Friday in my 11 and porch..please help yourself. The final date ThePost” will be played at the Shroton Village Hall. Saturday usual format Following a recent bereavement we find our for collection is 27 April. Please ring me and home full of family memories, mementos and ITea and coffee available but bring plate of your teams andwill collect12 January. of your six. filled £5 bags. per head, furniture so I am looking for a new home for Tel: 863892 own food and drink.bring your own drinks a box of Shroton Lines going back through email: [email protected] the ages. The archive was started by Terry TheandYou Community should nibbles be Groupavailable has for been Dress established Rehearsals Tickets £2.50 from Judith Hewi 861565 Hills and is already sorted by years going Performances will be on Friday 11 and Saturday and to organise Community events. back to 1989 and documents Shroton Life or trevandjude@bnternet.com the weekend before. There will be some - not 12 January Back by popular demand and the efforts of many to maintain the Thanktoo many! you for - your rehearsals support from mid October Judith– C h 861565 r i s ’ l i v e m u s i c community spirit. Editors come and editors Proceeds to SSAFA and Blind Veterans UKonwards, usually on a Sunday afternoon. Your Saturday go, but the Shroton Lines continues, could You should be available for Dress Rehearsals the round! village needs you! you provide this archive with a new home? weekend before. There will be some - not too many! - rehearsals from mid October onwards, usually on a Contact Mike at [email protected] Sunday afternoon. Your village needs you! Saturday 21 September 2019 at 6.30pm

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Editorial - Claire Low Village Hall News Andy Rees Dear Everyone, Meggy Moo’s Having a Thank you you all who emailed me to conﬁrm receipt of On Saturday 14 September Shroton Hall lit up. An celebration tea or Park Farm, Bessells Lane, Shroton DT11 8TP your e-Shroton lines! Your kind words of gratude and American folk group, Hungrytown, were performing and the friends for coffee encouragement were greatly appreciated. old school hall seemed transformed by a few fairy lights and Are you looking to reduce your plastic waste and want to make it some haunng music. Hungrytown are based in Vermont special - call Kate. I hope you are able to join some of the many events going and had organised a tour of village halls all over England and & food miles? Scotland. Everyone enjoyed the evening. on this month, so many to choose from! Last year I was Treat your friends thrilled to win some bath smellies at the Macmillan Coﬀee Try our new self-service milk vending with showstopping Morning on Saturday, 5 October. Do donate and come A quiz is in the process of being prepared by our very own machine. cakes and tarts. along, it was a really well aended event and a good chance queson-seers for the evening of Friday 18 October. It is to make new friends and catch up with your community. always a sociable and smulang occasion, so please get a Fresh, pasteurised Whole or Semi-Skimmed team together and enjoy the frisson of compeon! milk, dispensed straight into a reusable glass Denise wanted me to pass on the following message to the village. “What a wonderful village Shroton is! I can’t believe On a more mundane note, a very real thank you to members bottle, recyclable polybottle or bring your the huge amount of help and good wishes I have had since of the Commiee and also Hazel Ward and Mike and Janet own clean container from home. breaking my back in the year. I’m sure my recovery would Jones, who gave up an aernoon recently to weed the back have been much slower without all of you lovely people. and front of the Village Hall. It looks transformed. Simple to use, accepts coins, notes & gives Thank you.” change. All the best, Claire £1.00 per litre Available 7am – 7pm, 7 days a week

Tel. 07908267410 Brass Quintet Raises Money to Repair Church Organ I liked Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, despite my Dad www.meggymoosdairy.co.uk playing it! by Rose Briggs Anna Blake (Phil’s 10yr old daughter) sang beaufully. From memory, she sang two songs, in front of a On Saturday, the Blackmore Vale Brass Ensemble Painter and Decorator & Property packed church. Prey clever! played at Shroton church. They are Neil McMullen, John Maintenance Bilby, Lee Baines, Phillip Blake and Nick Briggs (Dad). All The food and drinks were really, really, tasty, well are local musicians. done the chefs! Everyone had an amazing me and enjoyed every bit of it! Well done to all those Exterior offer running all this summer They played many diﬀerent types of songs, including involved! The Lion King, The Drunken Sailor and The Post Horn Gallop. A huge thank you to Judith Hewi for organizing this We also do decking ﬁtting and event and coordinang the volunteers who produced treatments. Shroton villagers some very special refreshments for the occasion! discount. Call Kevin 07887 988591 THANK YOU to everyone who cooked, baked, washed up and supported the Coal Merchants event! We raised £712.40 towards the NATURAL BEAUTY Church Organ Fund. Open sacks delivered to your door! Mobile Beauty Therapist Beauty Treatments in the comfort of your own home A huge thank you to the Blackmore Vale Contact F Compton Brass Quintet who we found out last night The Glen, Berwick St John Manicure / Pedicure I Waxing I Shellac I Facials have more events planned in the area. Shaftesbury, SP7 0HD Massage I Lash/Brow Tinting I Pamper Parties Email [email protected] or call 077241 23050 for more details. Please call with enquiries or orders For more information call 01747828353 or www.fcomptoncoal.co.uk 07920 269664 [email protected] Judith Hewitt Saturday 21 September 2019 at 6.30pm

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Here to make life easier Please call Miss Ball 01258 861651 or 07938 389250 Parish Council News expected to finish on schedule. Residents have experienced a LOGS! good deal of inconvenience while this work is undertaken, but Next Parish Council Meeting the work must be done, Dorset Highways are reasonably good Macmillan Summer is almost over and it’s time Will be on Wednesday 16 October 2019 in the Shroton at coordinating road closures and communicating with local Coffee Morning to think about logs! The first Village Hall and will start at 7:00 pm. communities before and during disruption. However, given the delivery of the year will be: impact on local people during recent months, Highways will be organised by Jane Morris The Glebe Trees required to make minimising this hardship a priority, against which the local community will measure their success. Cllr Saturday, 12 October The parish council commissioned an inspection of the This year’s Macmillan Coffee Morning will Glebe trees by the Arboricultural Manager, Jane Somper (Beacon Ward) continues to press this view with be held at The Village Hall on Dorset County Council in February 2019. The the new Corporate Director of Dorset Highways. Please let us know how many bags you Arboricultural Manager’s report states that work is Saturday 5th October 10 am-12 noon need, along with your name, address required to a number of trees on the Glebe. This work is All scheduled work can be seen on the and money (price to be confirmed by currently being determined as ‘works to trees www.dorsetforyou.gov.uk website, including a useful online There will be the usual yummy cakes, teas supplier upon order). applications’ are being processed through the roadwork map. Paul Starkey is a Community Highways Officer, and coffees and a raffle Government Planning Portal. The work is scheduled for available on [email protected] We are now at Kingsbere, Fairfield late 2019 and into 2020, and is weather reliant. The Glebe and village residents will be kept advised of access Digital Champion – Beacon Ward Road, Shroton (first house to the Shout out to all you lovely Shroton cake requirements to the Glebe road by the Arboricultural Digital Champions are volunteers who help and support bakers to stand by your ovens!! right of the cricket pitch). team during this work. A copy of the Glebe trees people in the local community to use the internet and gain inspection report is on the parish website basic online skills. The details of the nearest Digital Champion Also, any donations of raffle prices grateful Many thanks, Teresa & Jason www.shroton.org - parish council documents page, as are for the Beacon Ward: Andy Hargreaves, Thursday 10 00 am – 12 noon at the received. the minutes of meetings where this matter was recorded. Teresa's mobile - 07894 2483904 Shaftesbury Arts Centre Email - [email protected] Traffic in the Village - Speed Limit The parish council has been advised by a Community All sessions are free for anyone to attend and they need to ring Highway Officer from Dorset Council Highways that to the library number or our hotline 01305 221048, to book a slot move forward with a potential speed limit for village with the Digital Champion. Learners don’t need to bring a roads the following will be required before submission to device to the session, but are welcome to bring their the Traffic Regulation Team, Dorset Council: smartphones, tablets or laptops if they have one. 1. assessments for roads to be included in the 30mph zone Planning Matters 2. production of maps detailing the limits (start & Work has started on producing a new Local Plan for Dorset. A finish) of the 30mph zone, Local Plan determines what level of development is needed to 3. speed data survey of the proposed 30mph zone meet known housing demand over a 15-year period, and sets Shroton Church organ roads out in broad terms where development should be located. It by John Simmons 4. production of accident data for the proposed zone also enshrines local planning and conservation policies and roads Dorset Council is required to have a new Local Plan in place by A number of people have been asking what the 5. identification of location of roads to buildings & 2024. Consultation with local residents and Parish Councils is a posion is regarding the Church organ. width of roads details. statutory requirement of the Local Plan procedure. In the There would be a cost for this research & survey work, meantime, the existing North Dorset Local Plan and the various The Diocesan organ adviser tells us that "the which is not yet known. For the parish council to move Neighbourhood Plans continue in force across the North Dorset organ was built by JC Bishop and probably dates forward with this initiative, it would require a positive area and remain the basis for any comments by Parish from the early 19th century. This instrument has indication from village residents that indicated there is Councils or other consultees. the potenal to become once again a valuable committed support for a speed limit before the parish and appropriate part of the beaufully re- council would be minded to commit an element of its The arrangements for requesting planning applications to be ordered interior of this important church. It precept for this initial survey work. If you feel strongly considered by committee varied slightly across the former needs full restoraon to a high standard". The about this matter please communicate with the parish local council districts, and have now been simplified and PCC are exploring how this can be council either by attending the next meeting on 16 agreed across the new council. Details are on the website but, achieved with several organ builders, and will October 2019 or in writing or by email. essentially, a Parish Council or Ward Member can request hope to be able to secure some grants towards [email protected] committee consideration. This must be done within the the cost from naonal grant making trusts which consultation period and the planning grounds must be given. specialise in organ restoraon. Dorset Council Highways The final decision rests with the Head of Planning. The newly Residents will all be aware of the extensive programme of appointed Head of Planning is Mike Garrity and the new The PCC are exploring with several organ repairs to our roads in recent months. In particular, Dorset Service Manager for Development Management and builders how this can be achieved, and will hope Highways have undertaken a number of high-profile Enforcement is Anna Lee. to obtain a quotaon for the recommended bridge repairs, most notably the major engineering work. Meanme the PCC has already raised over project to replace the flood culverts at Durweston, and LK 26/09/19 £4,000 towards the cost. Much more will be work on Blandford Bridge and at Sturminster Newton. Parish Clerk needed! The Durweston project has run to time throughout and is [email protected] Parish Council News expected to finish on schedule. Residents have experienced a LOGS! good deal of inconvenience while this work is undertaken, but Next Parish Council Meeting the work must be done, Dorset Highways are reasonably good Macmillan Summer is almost over and it’s time Will be on Wednesday 16 October 2019 in the Shroton at coordinating road closures and communicating with local Coffee Morning to think about logs! The first Village Hall and will start at 7:00 pm. communities before and during disruption. However, given the delivery of the year will be: impact on local people during recent months, Highways will be organised by Jane Morris The Glebe Trees required to make minimising this hardship a priority, against which the local community will measure their success. Cllr Saturday, 12 October The parish council commissioned an inspection of the This year’s Macmillan Coffee Morning will Glebe trees by the Arboricultural Manager, Jane Somper (Beacon Ward) continues to press this view with be held at The Village Hall on Dorset County Council in February 2019. The the new Corporate Director of Dorset Highways. Please let us know how many bags you Arboricultural Manager’s report states that work is Saturday 5th October 10 am-12 noon need, along with your name, address required to a number of trees on the Glebe. This work is All scheduled work can be seen on the and money (price to be confirmed by currently being determined as ‘works to trees www.dorsetforyou.gov.uk website, including a useful online There will be the usual yummy cakes, teas supplier upon order). applications’ are being processed through the roadwork map. Paul Starkey is a Community Highways Officer, and coffees and a raffle Government Planning Portal. The work is scheduled for available on [email protected] We are now at Kingsbere, Fairfield late 2019 and into 2020, and is weather reliant. The Glebe and village residents will be kept advised of access Digital Champion – Beacon Ward Road, Shroton (first house to the Shout out to all you lovely Shroton cake requirements to the Glebe road by the Arboricultural Digital Champions are volunteers who help and support bakers to stand by your ovens!! right of the cricket pitch). team during this work. A copy of the Glebe trees people in the local community to use the internet and gain inspection report is on the parish website basic online skills. The details of the nearest Digital Champion Also, any donations of raffle prices grateful Many thanks, Teresa & Jason www.shroton.org - parish council documents page, as are for the Beacon Ward: Andy Hargreaves, Thursday 10 00 am – 12 noon at the received. the minutes of meetings where this matter was recorded. Teresa's mobile - 07894 2483904 Shaftesbury Arts Centre Email - [email protected] Traffic in the Village - Speed Limit The parish council has been advised by a Community All sessions are free for anyone to attend and they need to ring Highway Officer from Dorset Council Highways that to the library number or our hotline 01305 221048, to book a slot move forward with a potential speed limit for village with the Digital Champion. Learners don’t need to bring a roads the following will be required before submission to device to the session, but are welcome to bring their the Traffic Regulation Team, Dorset Council: smartphones, tablets or laptops if they have one. 1. assessments for roads to be included in the 30mph zone Planning Matters 2. production of maps detailing the limits (start & Work has started on producing a new Local Plan for Dorset. A finish) of the 30mph zone, Local Plan determines what level of development is needed to 3. speed data survey of the proposed 30mph zone meet known housing demand over a 15-year period, and sets Shroton Church organ roads out in broad terms where development should be located. It by John Simmons 4. production of accident data for the proposed zone also enshrines local planning and conservation policies and roads Dorset Council is required to have a new Local Plan in place by A number of people have been asking what the 5. identification of location of roads to buildings & 2024. Consultation with local residents and Parish Councils is a posion is regarding the Church organ. width of roads details. statutory requirement of the Local Plan procedure. In the There would be a cost for this research & survey work, meantime, the existing North Dorset Local Plan and the various The Diocesan organ adviser tells us that "the which is not yet known. For the parish council to move Neighbourhood Plans continue in force across the North Dorset organ was built by JC Bishop and probably dates forward with this initiative, it would require a positive area and remain the basis for any comments by Parish from the early 19th century. This instrument has indication from village residents that indicated there is Councils or other consultees. the potenal to become once again a valuable committed support for a speed limit before the parish and appropriate part of the beaufully re- council would be minded to commit an element of its The arrangements for requesting planning applications to be ordered interior of this important church. It precept for this initial survey work. If you feel strongly considered by committee varied slightly across the former needs full restoraon to a high standard". The about this matter please communicate with the parish local council districts, and have now been simplified and PCC are exploring how this can be council either by attending the next meeting on 16 agreed across the new council. Details are on the website but, achieved with several organ builders, and will October 2019 or in writing or by email. essentially, a Parish Council or Ward Member can request hope to be able to secure some grants towards [email protected] committee consideration. This must be done within the the cost from naonal grant making trusts which consultation period and the planning grounds must be given. specialise in organ restoraon. Dorset Council Highways The final decision rests with the Head of Planning. The newly Residents will all be aware of the extensive programme of appointed Head of Planning is Mike Garrity and the new The PCC are exploring with several organ repairs to our roads in recent months. In particular, Dorset Service Manager for Development Management and builders how this can be achieved, and will hope Highways have undertaken a number of high-profile Enforcement is Anna Lee. to obtain a quotaon for the recommended bridge repairs, most notably the major engineering work. Meanme the PCC has already raised over project to replace the flood culverts at Durweston, and LK 26/09/19 £4,000 towards the cost. Much more will be work on Blandford Bridge and at Sturminster Newton. Parish Clerk needed! The Durweston project has run to time throughout and is [email protected] SHROTON VILLAGE SHOW Hungrytown Folk Music Concert by Ena Rees by Ena Rees As always, this year’s show began the day before the show with the erecng of the marquee alongside the Village Hall and the seng up of the Hall itself. Suffice to say that without the undaunted approach of Nick and In a new venture for the Village Hall Lewis Briggs, and the quiet supervision of Barbara Briggs, the marquee might sll be a muddle of poles and parts of the whole. Luckily, the sun shone, paence endured, and the job got done! Thank you to all those who Commiee, we held our first ever concert, turned up to help – many hands really are needed for that job! and already audience members are wondering when we might do another On Saturday31st August the morning brought an intermient flow of entries and Alex Smith had organised her evening with perhaps a different style of team so well that all went smoothly in seng up the show and we were ready to welcome the judges on music. It takes a lot to prise villagers from schedule at 12.00 noon! It was a surprise and delight to see the producvity and the creavity of members of their comfortable sing rooms in Shroton, our village as the tables began to fill with colourful displays. Some of the children’s entries, parcularly the invenve Lego models and the iced cup cakes and arsc works of Rose Briggs, were impressive to see. Relave but it was agreed that it had been worth the newcomers to the village won prizes for photographs, cra work and produce, immediately showing a effort! willingness to join in our village acvity, which was encouraging for the organisers who noted that we were down on numbers of entries in some categories this year. Rebecca and Ken played and sang two sets, and aer a slightly wobbly first number, soon Our thanks to Alex Smith and her extensive team for making this a well-run show, and to Judith Hewi and her got into their stride and charmed their team for providing the tea and cake, which added such a convivial atmosphere to the aernoon viewings for audience with a variety of stories about how everyone. the songs came to be wrien and their ⁿ experiences of touring Britain, and they Below is a list of the cup and trophy winners, not including many who went home with 2 and 3 place award performed a truly impressive range of songs cards. and accompaniments using guitars, a The audience clearly appreciated the Woody SHROTON VILLAGE SHOW CUP WINNERS 2019 mandolin and a mouth organ. As their Guthrie song and joined in a lile; then an publicity suggested, what was most striking easy lyric with immediate appeal called ‘Sally Ceres Cup - best performance in Produce Mike Jones was the beauful clear voice of Rebecca, ably Galpin cup - best single entry Produce Mike Jones (Onions) Lazy’ had even more people tesng their Miss Hale Shield - best performance in Cookery Hazel Ward supported with backing and harmonies from voices. Talking with friends aerwards, the Ken. WI Centenary Cup: best single entry in preserves Hazel Ward (Plum Jam) lyrics and music of ‘Any Forgoen Thing’ was a Lady Baker Cup: best performance in Flowers Jane Hurst favourite, as were ‘Falling Star’ and ‘Calliope’. Elizabethan Cup: best single flower Andrew Davies A number of CDs were sold aer the Sarah Cavan Cup: best performance in Flower Arranging Diana Duncan performance which in itself shows the success Patricia Humphrey Cup: best single entry Diana Duncan (Miniature Arrangement) of Hungrytown. Photography Frame: best performance in Photography Robin Scoones Photography Cup: best single Photo Helen Coleman (Buerflies) Maggie Page Trophy: handicras Chrisne Lane (Painng) With the help of Denise Parry-Jones’s know- Hambledon Cup: overall winner 12-18 Rosie Briggs how and Ann Websper’s arsc flair, the hall Patricia Goodbody Cup: Children and under John Bichard looked magical with fairy lights, lanterns and Children 7 & Under 2nd Rafe Bridgeman candles. In the experienced and capable Children 7 & Under 3rd hands of Judith Hewi, the bar was set up and Bella Howle Cup: Children 8-11 Tabitha Bridgeman Children 8-11 2nd Coco Bichard smoothly run throughout what turned out to Children 8-11 3rd Cecilia McMillan Lewis Trim be a very sociable and enjoyable evening. Shroton Trophy Overall winner Hazel Ward

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