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WINTER 2018 FREE News and Views from Charmouth ENTER SHORELINE’S PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION ON PAGE 13 Changing Spaces Remembrance Day On the Tarka Trail Events - Page 10 Page 3 Page 43 Three French Hens... Page 47 Exciting Times for Charmouth Primary School Charmouth Youth Page 15 Club - Page 26 Winter Birding Page 41 Gardeners’ Show The George Inn Winners - Page 23 Page 20 Shoreline Creatures ‘Beach Live: Jurassic Coast Page 33 Revealed’ - Page 34 SHORELINE WINTER 2018 / ISSUE 38 1 Shoreline Winter 2018 CHARMOUTH STORES • The supply and fit of carpets, vinyls and luxury vinyl tiles Don’t forget us for your to all areas of the home • Professional and courteous fitters Christmas food and drink • Furniture moved and old flooring lifted and disposed of • Leading brands and manufacturers Open until 9pm every night • Made to measure blinds and curtains • Always offering beautiful home accessories THE STREET, CHARMOUTH. 01297 560505 Friendly Cafe located in the centre of the Village serving breakfast, lunch, cakes & cream teas. Traditional homecooked Sunday roast (booking recommended). The Street, Charmouth. Tel 01297 560304 01297 561600 Advertising around the corner, across the South-West, in Central London and Nationally! • Our advertising and marketing is primarily • Nationally & internationally all our local, Fortnam Smith & Banwell is based properties are advertised through the in Charmouth, with sister offices in Lyme major internet portals, Rightmove, Zoopla Regis & Seaton together with our lettings and Prime Location amongst others. Plus we are linked with over 800 other company, FSB Rentals Ltd. Judy Teresa Beki independent Guild registered agents, • Our Regional coverage is through the Experts in Property marketing over 65,000 properties across the UK. where we link with around 80 other independent agents We work hard at offering the best throughout the South West. advertising coverage and customer service • In our London, Park Lane office, through The Guild of to our vendors and purchasers. Property Professionals all our properties are presented via See & like us now on our new Facebook touch screen as well as our normal brochures. page. HAPPY CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR FROM ALL OF US TO ALL OF YOU! As your Local Independent Estate Agent, we offer free valuations and accompanied viewings 7 days a week. Choose us for our local knowledge, expertise and enthusiasm, for all your purchases or lettings locally or out of area. 2 SHORELINE WINTER 2018 / ISSUE 38 Editorial World peace can be achieved Club, which had its funding unceremoniously cut On behalf of the Shoreline team, I wish all our when, in each person, the power by Dorset County Council, thus forcing its closure readers, contributors and advertisers a Merry of love replaces the love of two years ago. What is needed –as always – is Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and Harmonious more volunteers and increased funding, so do read 2019. power. Pete Wild’s article on page 26 to see how you can Sri Chinmoy help make this a reality for the young people of It seems a fitting end to Shoreline’s 10th Anniversary Charmouth. THE SHORELINE TEAM year that this should be the biggest issue ever – all When we moved to Charmouth 15 years ago, Jane Morrow 56 pages of it! Thanks go to our ever-increasing there was a flourishing theatre group, Charmouth Editor number of contributors for their wonderfully diverse Companions, which put on pantomimes and Lesley Dunlop articles on local history and palaeontology, parish plays every year under the able direction of Mike Assistant Editor, Features and Diary news, reviews of village events, updates on our Whatmore, aided by his wife Barbara, wardrobe thriving youth organisations as well as health and Neil Charleton mistress extraordinaire, and many others. They Advertising Manager and Treasurer well-being, poetry and even chicken husbandry. were all such wonderful community productions, John Kennedy After they conducted special services for the pantos involving up to 50 villagers, with ages Design and Layout Remembrance Sunday, we sadly bade farewell to ranging from 8 to 80. I even trod the boards in a Team Rector and Vicar, the Revds Stephen and Jane couple myself! It would be really lovely to resurrect Skinner, who have moved to a new benefice in North the company and maybe stage a show sometime next Devon, where Jane will become the Team Rector of year. There must be a lot of talented newcomers to nine parishes. Stephen has religiously contributed to the village who would love to get involved... if so, [email protected] Shoreline since its inception and we shall miss his email: [email protected]. I look The Editor, Shoreline, lively and well-written articles. See his valediction on forward to hearing from you. The Moorings, Higher Sea Lane, page 10. We send our very best wishes to them both Charmouth, DT6 6BD We’re pleased to announce our second Photographic for the future. Shoreline, winner of the Dorset People’s Competition with the theme Charmouth’s Shoreline Project Award 2014 With a new chairman and an enthusiastic committee, in Winter. All the details are on page 13 and the plans are afoot to hopefully reopen the Junior Youth deadline is Friday 1st March 2019. Poppy badge photo courtesy of Golden Cap Magazine. IF YOU WOULD LIKE SHORELINE DELIVERED OR POSTED TO YOUR DOOR, PLEASE CONTACT THE EDITOR. THE COST IS £6 PER YEAR. Shoreline 2019 SPRING ISSUE – Deadline 4th March, in the shops 1st April. soldiers, then becoming angels, over a field of poppies. REMEMBRANCE DAY We thank everyone for their contributions. 11th November 2018 Yvonne Bell, a Christian vestment designer and artist, came fter a short service at the war memorial, in on Saturday to hang the new banners, which depict “The the uniformed groups, representatives of Beatitudes”, She was invited by Stephen at the service to Aorganizations and parish councillors paraded down explain how she created these beautiful panels. He then to the church to a wonderful service dedicated them. Alison Taylor read the with over 300 attending. Stephen was passage from Matthew 5 verses 1-12. quite overwhelmed by a full church on his last Sunday as Rector. The Stephen was able to say goodbye outside church was beautifully decorated with the most lovely flower arrangements to many of the villagers, and he wrote in created by Helen Stebbings. We had the register of services that it had been an exhibition of memorabilia from a privilege to minister and serve in this WW1 on display which was kindly beautiful village of Charmouth for nearly loaned by villagers. A beautiful 10 years. picture was on display which showed the soldiers going up to heaven as Pauline Berridge Churchwarden SHORELINE WINTER 2018 / ISSUE 38 3 Parish Council News Charmouth Library Health Talks - Cancer For Men by Men Just squeezing in before the Shoreline deadline, I can comment on what proved to be one of our most instructive and enjoyable talks in the series. If you were not there, you might find it hard to believe that a topic so grim could also have much light relief. Four men who had had four different types of Cancer talked to an all-male group about their symptoms, treatment, side effects and results. For me, what was most instructive were their replies to the question ‘What, with the benefit of hindsight, might you have done differently.’ Some answers were what you might expect: predominantly seeing doctors sooner. Others stressed using everything within your means to ensure that the medical profession examined your case thoroughly, particularly pressing hard if there were possible delays. What I found very enlightening was the emphasis they placed upon spouses and he Parish Council recently managed an application for partners and their need for support, particularly as they too had Section 106 funds from West Dorset District Council. been very seriously affected. Three of the speakers came from TUnder S106 of the Town and Country Planning Act ‘Living Tree’, a Bridport-based charity with over 300 members, 1990, as amended, contributions can be sought from which exists to support patients and families through and developers towards the costs of providing community and beyond the very arduous times. Were I affected by Cancer, I social infrastructure. would see them as an exceedingly useful source of information and support. Some of these funds will be used to facilitate Parish Council projects including a path in the newer part of the cemetery to Bob Hughes enable easier access; low level lighting in the playing field to improve safety for the groups who use it in the evenings and an electricity supply to the Napoleonic Lookout at the Foreshore, now used by the National Coastwatch Institute. Other amounts Choir Shine for Hospice have been awarded to individual organisations within the Parish to progress projects of their own. The Council has recently significantly improved the playground at the Playing Field in Barrs Lane with the addition of several new pieces of equipment for the younger members of the community. A small grant from Section 106 funds was received towards this from West Dorset District Council. The Parish Council facilitated the very successful ‘Beach Live’ programme which was broadcast on BBC4 over three evenings in July. Luckily the weather held and we’re sure you will agree n the evening of 23rd July 2018, St. Andrew’s that the event showcased Charmouth beautifully. Church saw another wonderful performance by the Charmouth and Bridport Rock and Pop Choir, under Finally, the Parish Council is still short of two Councillors and O the superb musical directorship of Edward Jacobs. we would love to hear from anyone who is at all interested in bringing their specific skills to serve the community.