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February 2007 February 2007 DATES FOR TTTHTHHHEEEE PPPAPAAARRRRIIIISSSSHHHHEEEESSSS ooofofff BBBEBEEERRRREEEE YOUR DIARY 2007 RRREREEEGGGGIIIISSSS aaanannndddd AAAFAFFFFFPPPPUUUUDDDDDDLLLLEEEE with TURNERSPUDDLE February The Reverend Ian Woodward 10th Talk - Briantspuddle Village Hall. ‘Pirates and Poets’ 14th Autumn Leaves ‘Sayings you have heard’ 2.30 p.m. The Vicarage, Bere Regis, 19th Puppets - ‘Bird in the Hand’, Drax Hall 2.00 p.m. BH20 7HQ March Tel: (01929) 471262 3rd Dorset Latvia link Jumble Sale 8th Talk - Briantspuddle Village Hall. ‘The Middle East’ 13th Artsreach ‘The Gamekeeper’, Drax Hall 7.00 p.m. 14th Autumn Leaves - ‘The Acorn Way’ Colin Hunter 2.30 p.m. FEBRUARY 2007 April 6th Pop in Place Easter egg raffle and Easter bonnets 10.00 a.m. 11th Autumn Leaves, Trip to Stewarts, Sainsburys etc 10.30 a.m. 12th Talk - Briantspuddle Village Hall. ‘Sierra Leone’ THOUGHTS FROM THE V ICARAGEICARAGE 18th Coffee morning at Kath and Charlie’s, Larkspur 10.30 a.m. 21st Twinning Association - St George’s evening I have been thinking that whatever age we may be, we are, and indeed should 27th Pop in Place AGM 10.30 a.m. be open to doing things for the first time – so long as it is ‘legal, decent and 28th Annual Church outing - Hampton Court Palace 8.00 a.m. honest’ – as the code of Advertising and Public Relations used to quite rightly demand. And so it was that I watched for the first time the Channel Four TV May programme ‘Celebrity Big Brother’, as I thought I ought to find out for myself what 9th Autumn Leaves - ‘The Inner Sanctum’ Rob Curtis 2.20 p.m. all the fuss was about, and if the accusations of racism were indeed justified, or was it a difference of cultures. June The beginning of the programme was about as interesting as watching paint dry – 9th Pop in Place Performers Summer concert 7.00 p.m. the topics and manner of the conversations in ‘The House’ were stultifying boring 13th Autumn Leaves trip to Sidmouth 10.00 a.m. and hardly surprising when as far as I could discern there was not a single book or 23rd Affpuddle Church Fete - Cruck Cottage 2.00 - 4.30 newspaper to be seen anywhere (except the operating instructions for the cooker) and so the housemates were forced to interact with each other. But then July there was an argument between some of the contestants which generated on 15th Pop in Place Bere Regis Open Gardens event 10.00 - 5.00 the part of one particular ‘celebrity’ a shameful exhibition of degrading behaviour and disgusting language. August 17/24/31 Pop in Place children’s summer activities 10.00 - 11.45 Some of the more serious newspapers described the housemates as a collection of racist half- wits and the programme’s producers as morons. And what does it September say about those who watch it? The furore incurred comments from Gordon Brown 8th Pop in Place Performer of the Year competition 7.00 p.m. whilst he was visiting India – and one of the housemates was a ‘Bollywood’ 12th Autumn Leaves 36th birthday lunch 1.00 p.m. actress; there were questions in the House of Commons and acres of press 21st - 23rd Twinning Association visit to Cerences coverage increased not only Channel Four’s viewing ratings but a debate on the October 68 Church website: www.bereregiswith1 affpuddle.org.uk February 2007 Associatio Contact Tel AddressFebruary 2007 E-mail Meetings/Info n nature of television and its role in our public life, just at the time when the BBC licence fee was being set. And then the sponsors withdrew their support. Alas and Dorset Latvia Jenny Silavs 471577 Fundraisiing for youth of link all too often we have the media – the press and the television - that we deserve. Link village of Ikskile in Latvia Yet, more than 20,000 complaints were logged from viewers about the behaviour Kingsbere Tim Colquhoun 471360 Heatherdown, choir@tacmus Set rehearsal dates for each of the Big Brother housemates. So perhaps we do have a sense of decency after Consort Brock Hill ic.com performance all. What is clearly lacking in the cynically contrived hothouse of Big Brother is a sense of respect or interdependence for and with each other. That is at the heart Kingsbere Miss G Miller 471745 3 Boswell’s Close Monthly Drax Hall Quilters BH20 7JE 1st Wednesday @ 9.45 am of community and racial harmony, and equally, the lack of mutual respect and value is at the core of racism. Kingsbere Music Tim Colquhoun 471360 Heatherdown, kmt@tacmusi Charitable trust supporting Trust Brock Hill c.com devotees of real music Racism was perhaps most obviously expressed in the awfulness of the Slave Trade, and the Parliamentary Bill to secure its abolition 200 years ago this year. ‘Am I not a Lenny’s - Bere Terry Vine 471693 The Bungalow, terry.vine@tis Weekly. RBL Club man and a brother’ was the question of the slaves and the abolitionists. Today, Regis Youth club Lane End, Bere cali.co.uk 1st Wednesday and though slavery may have been eradicated in what was the British Empire, it still Heath, BH20 7NP following Tuesday evenings exists as I have seen, in many parts of Africa and other parts of the world too. We Juniors (8-11) 7.15-9.00 have a responsibility to outlaw it and stop it. Our Benefice Lent course this year Seniors (12-17) 7.15-10.00 asks the question over five sessions ‘Can we build a better world?’, and what we Mothers’ Union Monthly. Turberville Court can we learn from William Willberforce MP who drove the Bill through Parliament in 1st Wednesday. 7.30 p.m. spite of great opposition. So please join us – every one is welcome. Each session lasts no more than half an hour and the dates are as follows: Mobile Library Dorset County 01305 dorchestermo Alternate fortnights Car Council 224440 bilelibrary@d park The Affpuddle Group will meet Mondays at The Menzies House: Starmoor, Throop, orsetcc.gov.uk Mondays 9.20- 9.50 (471263) at 7.45 pm on 26 th February, 5 th March, 12 th March, 19 th March, 26 th Fridays 10.50 - 12.15 March. Pop in Place Angela Jones 472261 7 Boswells Close Weekly. Drax Hall BH20 7JE Monday and Friday And the Bere Regis group at The Vicarage on Tuesdays at 7.30pm on 27 th mornings February, 6th March, 13 th March, 20 th March and 27 th March. Then we all meet for 10.00 - 12.00 a House Communion at Starmoor on Monday 2 nd April. I hope you will join us. Purbeck District Peter Wharf 472246 The Old Vicarage peterwharf@h Monthly surgery. Turberville With love and prayers Councillor West Street otmail.com Court, Communal Lounge 1st Saturday @ 9.30—10.00 Royal British Mrs Glo Curtis 472620 32 Old Barn Road Glo.curtis@do Monthly at the club Legion Club rset.probation. 3rd Monday @ 7.30 p.m. Racism – Lent Course - slavery gsx.gov.uk RBL Gardening Mrs Megan 471627 2 Manor House Monthly. RBL SPEX (SPIRITED EXPLO RERS) Club Stone 1st Tuesday. 8.00 p.m. RBL Women's Mrs Eileen 471616 9 Elder Road Monthly. RBL *SPEX (Spirited Explorers) is a "meeting place" for those who find faith Section Maidment 3rd Wednesday. 2.00 p.m. hard, and the church sometimes impossible. Twinning Mrs Ann 472424 3 Southbarn, southbarn@ti Meetings and events Association Robinson Sitterton, BH20 scali.co.uk arranged as and when. We meet on the FOURTH MONDAY of every month at 7.30 p.m. at the CROWN at 7HU Winterborne Stickland Village scrap Jenny Silavs 471577 Scrap book for Affpuddle, The February meeting is on Feb 26 book Briantspuddle, Throop and Turnerspuddle Come, bring your friends , your questions and your own ideas* W.I. (Bere Regis) Mrs Diane 472331 [email protected] Monthly Drax Hall Edmunds om 3rd Tuesday @ 7.30 pm 2 67 Wildlife Events Mrs Tasie 471414 Talks in winter. Russell Briantspuddle Village Hall. February 2007 February 2007 CHURCH AND VILLAGE THE PARISHES OF BERE REGIS AND AFFPUDDLE ACTIVITIES, SOCIETIES, CLUBS, ASSOCIATIONS and CONTACTS The Vicar Associatio Contact Tel Address E-mail Meetings/Info The Reverend Ian Woodward n The Vicarage, Bere Regis, BH20 7HQ Tel 01929 471262 ([email protected]) Ancient Order of Andrew Jones 19 Louise Road, andrew@jjone Monthly RBL Club Foresters Court Dorchester, DT1 ser.freeserve.c 1st Monday - 7.30 pm Church Officials – Bere Regis Prospect 6575 2LT o.uk Lay Reader Brenda Pitfield, Hillbutts, Bere Regis, BH20 7HZ 471391 Autumn Leaves Margaret Dann 472734 4 Bitchams Mead Monthly Drax Hall Kath Jeeves 471175 “Larkspur” Snow 2nd Wednesday @ 2.30 pm Church Wardens Bob Croom, 1, Bitchams Mead, Bere Regis, BH20 7ND 471905 Hill ([email protected]) Peter Wharf, The Old Vicarage, Bere Regis BH20 7HQ Bere Regis Tim Colquhoun 471360 Heatherdown, choir@tacmus Rehearsals weekly. 7.00 ([email protected]) 472246 Church Choir Brock Hill ic.com p.m. every Friday in BR church Deputy Warden Roy Comben, Beechmast, Whatcombe Lane Winterbourne 01258 Whitchurch, DT11 0AC 881143 Bere Regis Cyril Cheeseman 471512 Village football and cricket Sports Club teams for all ages Secretary of PCC Chris Maunder, 15 North Street, Bere Regis BH20 7LA 471342 ([email protected]) Bere Regis Bob Holman 01305 Camelot, bob.holman@ 5.30 p.m.—7.00 p.m. at the Treasurer of PCC Gordon Phillips, 102, North Street, Bere Regis BH20 7LD 471525 Swimming club 848262 Affpuddle tiscali.co.uk Blandford Leisure Centre ([email protected]) DT2 7HH Organist & Choir Tim Colquhoun, Heatherdown, Brock Hill, BH20 7NH 471360 Bere Regis Lynda Crisford 471180 11 Bitchams Mead Michael.CRISF Every Tuesday 10.30 a.m.